Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-11-01 00:00:00

AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE CANADA. The following appeared in a part of our im pression of yesterday :--- The British and North American Royal Mail steam ship Canada, Captain Lang, arrived this (Monday) morning from Boston and Halifax, having sailed from the former port on the 19th, and from the latter on the '2lst. &Sides the usaal mails and a valuable cargo, she brought alSo 69 passengers, bat so specie. The Canada passed the following vessels :—Oct. 26th, 6.40 a.ai., R.M.S. Europa; Oct. 29th, 10 a.m., 120 miles - west of Cape Clear, the steam-ship City of Baltimore ; 'Oct. 30th, 7.45 am., : off Tuskar, H.M.S. Asia; Oct. 30th, noon, off Bardsey, signalled Arieriean ship Aderon dock, and passed Cultivator for Nei , York. A most strange and .almost incredible piece.ef infor mation comes to ns, says the Nay l'okk iikraid, by 'telegraph front B;:itimere. It represents that a mob of 'negro insurrectionists, numbering several hundred, and led on by white men, bad seized -en Sunday night upon the United States Arsenal at Harper's Ferry, possessed - themselves of the arms of the government there de posited, sent waggon loads of titles into the interior, stopped and - tired into passing traias, planted cannon upon the bridge .over the Potomac, cut the telegraph ( 1 wires, seized and .kept in custody the p eaceable an orderly citizens of -the place, levied contrib dons upon the 'hotels anal provision stores, slot several parsons, and otherwise committed dreadful baroc and ensisaghts, all against the -peace :and sovereignty of the people of.the 'United States. Our Baltimore despatches leave us alto ether at sea in regard to tie origin and causeGf the outbreak, but our special despatch from Washington gives more particu lars. From this, we yearn .that the Secretary of War has been officially informed of the dangerous extent of the movement. It appears to be a regular negro con spiracy or insurrection, planned lad organised ar some time past, and led on and directed by White men. The Secretary had information months since of the existence • of such a conspiracy, and of the intention of the negro plotters to seize upon the arsenal at Harper's Ferry, possess themselves of arms wherewith to arm the slaves of Virginia and the neighbouring States, establish themselves at Wheeling and other points, and regain their freedom.. He seems to have gixen no credetkee to the story when he first hea.rd it, .bat it now becomes fearfully verified. - The steamship Star of the West, Captain G. Har rison, which left Aspinwall on the 3rd of October, at eight o'clock in the morning, and Key West on the 10th instant, at one o'clock in the morning, arrived at this port at one o'clock on SMiday afternoon, with the Cali fornia mails and passengers. The Star of the West, at eleven o'clock on the morning of the -Ith instant, when 140 miles from Aspinwall, broke her starboard shaft,' close to the wheel, and was detained three hours in consequence, since which time she made the'entire passage with the use of one wheel only. She left, at Key West, 210 passengers, and $267,653.51 for New Orleans. The Star of the West left, in the port of Aspinwall, United States steamer Roanoke, sloop Preble, and storeship Relief: Crews all well. The NM YOrk Times of the 18th gives some interesting information relAtiveto the recent filibustering attempt at New Orleans. The statement which c.mes from sources apparently entitled to credit, also explains the hitherto mysterious 'connexion of the steamer l'hilade;iNa s of the United States mail line, with the ,filibusters. It appears that a large quantity of arms and munitions intended for Walker's expedition against Nicaragua, together with several. boats to be used for transporting the filibusters up the Colorado branch of the San Juan River, weio shipped on board the Philadelphia from New York ; and these arms and munitions were retained on board the steamer after the rest of her cargo had been discharged at New Orleans, and that she was des tined to convey Walker and his men to Nicaragua. Notwithstanding- the searches made, the Collector of that port and the ~United States Marshal failed to de velop the existence of these arms. It is alleged that they are still on board of the steamer, and that it is the intention of Walker and his men to depart in her on the 20th inst: for Nicaragua. The Philadelphia and Empire City, it, is,anderstoad, are to constitute the line for carrying the mail from New Orleans to Aspinwall. Whether either of them is to be used meantime_ to land the filibusters at Sari Juan del Norte while she is pass ing that point on her way to Aspinwall, is a question to be decided. The latest reports from Vera Cruz, San Luis' : Potosi, and the city of Mexico only confirm news we had before received—i. e., that everybody was preparing , for the coming fight. Among the most active was Gen, De . gollado, who was still e San Luis Potosi, where he had made the following appointments, some of whir,t, w ill surprise the reader :—Gen. EchelgaraY-2,: ne sa i nt) gen tleman who fought. a few mrltus ago for the reaction and the church—to be ',lief of the staff. Gen. Tapia to be chief of a nrps of officers, to be formed out of all vattPitea officers. Gens: Zaragoza and Tracoui to - different commands of the line. Gen. Corona had gone to occupy Tepic. Miramon, it is staved, was, not less active ; he would take the field in person, leaving in Mexico - a Vice-President to direct the affairs of State. The impending danger seems to have united Miramon and Marquez for the. present. To judge from appear ances, the church party will be the first in the field. In the meantime, a conspiracy against Miramon has been discovered at the capital. • It does not appear .who was the leader • but it is certain some twenty perigns, many of them of high standing, have been arrested, Tlig rives PEAK GOLD li-NOION. LEAYENW4R,TII, Oct. 14 - ...ue overland express • "" ...Laos Denver City dates of the 6th inst. An - election had ° been held for a delegate to Congress, and B. D. Williams is probably chosen.- - The vote was small. An election had also been held in Arrapahoe county, under the-laws' of Kansas, creating considerable feeling, the previous policy of. the mining region having been the ignoring of all political connection with Kansas. Snow • had fallen to the depth of a foot at Gregory diggings and other localities, causing a temporary suspension of mining operations : but the succeeding mild weather had enabled the miners to resume their work. A large number were leaving for the . States—to pass the winter. The mines were prcKlOng. well i a nugget worth $l5O had been taken from Russell's Gulch, and several others of less amount had been found. . Two hundred men were still at work in the Tarryall district, all making good wages. The Kansas lead had yielded $5OO in two days to three hands. The miners• remain vigorously at work at all the diggings. • MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL. NEW Wm, V3Ol Oct,. . . The money marketis gradually settling (loud Into a eondition as easy as that which prevailed all Wander, The brokers are borrowing at 5 to 6,•according to their standing, the quality of their collateral and the 'necessities of the lenders. At the disaountaauses first class - paper, even over ninety days, gnes without difficulty at the legal rate of interest, and very choice single names under ninety days at 6a to 7. Second class paper is less easily disposed of, and, as usual, the rates vary widely. Fair names, on short paper, *o at 7 to 8 to 9 ; on longer paper at 9 to 'l2, according to standing, Are. .. _ , COTTOX.—The sales footed up about ,1,000 bales on the basis of the following quotations : NEW YORK CLASSIFICATION. Ordina . Upland. Florida. *Haile. 4 IGO. 4. Texas. ry - 81 ' 8 - , 81 Middling l4 Middling fair l2 111 111 . m Fair l2 12a 124 121 From the circular issued by 121 1:3 Messrs. W. I3 P. Wright & Co., on the 18th inst ~ we extract the following ; The gales in this market for the ollow k in a g '— have no change to taken principally by our spinnerswee. vi-ealount to 2,500 bales, which closed steadd • notice in Prices, nexed quotations. The clearances for V t ge w terday, at the au to Liverpool, .589 bales ; Glasgow, 29' Antweee,k l have been— ' 104; Bremerhaven, 82 ; Hamburg, h 4.6. • rota ? , 1 ., L' 2 tiremen, COTTON IN TRANSITU. — There has been more lookinales. during the past few days, but without leading t . g about 0 ousin ess . We have now samples from New Orleans llobn , • -e, and awn_ willing to sell at a loss, and b • nab. Holders are not u 3 Cis South. There ' orders to the is no pressing, prefer sending their . . to buy except at low rates. nor is there any disposition . . 'll , complaints continue, • and we foresee SANDY COTTO'N.- - --e in the future in regard to much trouble and disappointment low and sandy qualities o f the crop now coming to market. .Mobile, It is difficult at New Orlean s and even at this early for even miming Middling period of the season, to fill orders h , e alread dispro or higher grades, and' the prices for suc al l . y . portionately high. The leafy and sandy parce s are increasing be tempted by and must accumulate. Some buyers may an apparently lsw price into shipping these grades; but so strong is the dttermuiation in England to reject such cotton, that it will be found to-be a losing business. We hope that buyers on this side win steadily refrain from touching this stuff, OR principle, so that-nis evil, now grown into gigantic proportions, may be abandoned. SOUTEIRFLN MARKETS, as advised by mail, show a decline of ie. on the better and 4c. on the lower grades. At New Orlearo and Mobile, for a week later, we learn by telegraph that a large business. was done at steady prices, closing firmer at 101 e. for Middling in New Orleans, and 10 5 c. in Mobile. Freights in bOth places firm at 9-16 d per lb. The business has been on English, French and Continental account. Yesterday, in all the Southern markets, a good business was done after receipt of the accounts from Liverpool per North Briton to sth B - P rices were firmer, with a - q_ advancing tendency. By telegraph the following ' h as been received New Oni.XANS, Oct. 15.---Receipts for the week, 62,800 bales (net) ; Fame week last year , 28,000 . Sales for the week, 43,010. Middling, 10i c. per lb. Export for the week to Great Brita'n, 21,000 bales to Havre none. Freight to 1 , Liverpool, 9-16 d. per lb. , k Ar....- ' Sales to-d ay, 16,500 hales, - - at stiffer, but not quotably higher prices. ;Freight linnet, tat the quotation. 17th—Sales to-day, 12,500 bales; market icrin. Freight to Liverpool, I*-32d. MOBU.g, Oct. Receipts for the week, 25,40 bales ; same week last year, 14,000. Salts for the Week, 19,000. Middling laic. petit. Stock on hand, 82,000 bates. Exchange on London, 109 to 1.094 per cent. Freight to Liverpool, 9-liad. I par lb. P-31.--Sales to-day, 2,000 bales; prices unehawged. 17th.---Sales 2;000 bales. Middling 10A, and since recc..pt of the North Briton's advice s he. advance, has been paid. 7'.iarket firm. Rain •has been falling since yesterday. Export for the week to Great Britain, 13,000 bales. 1,500 bales. Holders SAVANNAS, Oct. 17.---Sales to-day, demand an advance. CIIARLESTON, Oct. .11.--Market active. Sales t.o-c1ay,1,200 bales. AUGUSTA, GA., Oct. 3?.---Sales to day, 1,000 bales. Prices stiff, but not quotably higher. CROP.—By mail up to the latedi dates, we have fareurable accounts of the cro 3. On Friday last there was heavy rain at New Orleans. Judging from the change of the temperature here since than, and the position of the wind, there may have been colder weather at the South, not enough, however, to produce frost or injure the cotuos plant. The favourite esti mate is 4,000,00 0 bales, to make which it is generally thought we most have tine maturing and picking 'weather usdl ittlesst: the llith November: Yesterday evenkig the wind got round i to ,the south, with warmer weather. This morning we .have had rain, with wind southwest. Receipts at the ports are free, and in excess of all previous rears; in estimating the extent of a crop from a comparison of receipts with previous years, it should be considered that, all other circumstances being equal, there is a tendency to market thecrop earlier each season, growing oat of the ex tension of railroads and increased facilities on rivers. This season, so far, we have had high rivers, good roads, good prices, and plenty of buyers. The following is a statement of the movement in cotton since the Ist September lest, as compared with the previous four years. 1839. 1858. 1957. 11956. 1855. , Rec. a' Ports 375,000 340,000 161,000 268,000 631,000 E5..20 G. B 05,000 55,000 41,000 19,000 09,000 ~, France 29,000 25,000 5,000 24,000 21,000 „ other F. P. Total Exports 136,000 87,000 50,000 54,000 a32;010 Steel:. on hand 319,009 281,000 144,000 210,000 274,000 Ott which, (luring the 'past week, included in the above: Bee-at Ports... :17,000 100,000 59,000 83,000 ;72,400 Ex to G. B. „ France , other F. P 6,000 2,000 2,000 4,000 5,000 Toted Exports 33,000 22,000 18,000 17,000 26,000 SuzscartY.---Reesipts.—lncrease at' the ports compared with ;last year, 35,000 bales. Exports.---Increase to Great Britain, 40,000 bales; increase to France, 4,000; increase to other foreign ports, 5,000. Total increase in exports, 49;000. Asstas.---The market was easier for pots and steady for pearls. The sales embraced about 175 brls., including pots at $5.25 and pearls $1.611 to si.37i per 100 lbs. • BRE.tlirrtirrs.---The flour market was less active and buoyant, while the sales embraced about 13,000 brls., Canadian flour was' heavy, with sales of 100 to 150 brls., at . $5:25 to $6.25. Souther' flour was in good demand, and prices sustained, with sales of 3,500 brls. Corn meal was less buoyant, with small -sales at a trifle lower figure. Wheat was moderately dealt in, the sales being confined to about 7,000 bushels, cluLd ing white Western at $1.42, red do. at $1.23, and amber coloured Southern at $ 1 .26, with sozae Chicago spring at p. t. Corn was steady and prices sustained : . the sales - embraced about 11,000 bushes, including Western mixed at - $l, and Jersey, Yellow, afloat, at 99,1 c. PROVISIONS.--There was more ton - e in, the Pork market, especially for mess, While pri ne , was unchanged and inactive. The sales embraced about I,2oo.brlsa including mess ' at $15.25 to $15.37,1; thin mess at $15.12, and prime at.510,62%t0 $10.75; and 1,000 bbls. mess were sold, deliverable at seller's option, oni or before the 15th November, at $l5. Beef was steady, with saleS of eountry prime at $4.20; country mess at $5.33, and new repacked ditto at $lO to $ll, and extra ditto at $l2. Beef hams were steady, with sales of CO barrels at $l6 to $l7. Lard was in fair demand, and prices sustained, with sales of about 450 barrels, and tierces at 11c. to 14c.. Butter and cheese were in steady demand, and prices unchanged. . FRED:MTS.—There was rather more offering, while the rates continued steady. To Liverpool 2,000 brim. flour were en gaged at p. t., .5,000 bushels wheat in ship's bags at 5d., 600 bales of cotton at 7.32 d: to 1-41., Apo brls. resin at p. t.; 500 boxes chease by steamer at 405., and 200 do. by sailing vessel at 2.is. To London 2,300 bbls. flour were engaged at 23. 3d., :lad 200 anda. tallow at 153., av,l 2, - i 0 W 9 MO turpentine p. t. LATEST BY TELEGRAPH, via HALIFAX. NEW YORK, Oct. 20, Evening. Perfect order now prevails at Harper's Ferry, and the insurrection is regarded as effectually crushed. The yacht Wanderer (which was seized some time ago on suspicion of being a slaver) has sailed from Savannah, with a full crew and a large quantity of ammunition on board. Her destination is unknown; biit it is supposed that she has gone after a cargo of slaves. The cotton market here is buoyant, and prices have advanced lc per lb. The sales to-day were 3,000 bales; and for the last three - days they foot up 5,000 bales. Middling Uplands is quoted 11r4e. Breadstuff have - also slightly advanced on all descrip tions, and the closing tendency is upwards. Provisions in general are steady, at previous quota tions. Naval stores are dull, bat prices are unchanged. Freights arc rather higher. The stock market tends downward ? and quotations to day were generally rather lower, NEW O RLEANS, Oct. l i.:--Sales of cotton, to-day, 6,000 bales, at n.".:laanged prices. 3 foßn, Oct: 10.—Cotton sales to-day 3,500 bales, at rather easier prices. Middling, 103 c. CHARLESTON, Oct. 19.—Cotton in this market tends upward. Sales to-day 2,000 bales. LIST OF PASSENGERS. FROM BOSTON.—Itcy. J. Wayland, Mrs. Wayland, Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Cabot, Miss Howcs and maid, Major Edward and Mrs. Foy, Rev. H. H. Reid, Mr. H. Brown, Mr. W. A. Gaus, F. de Arriquinaga, Mr. W. A. Moore, Mr. Wm..M. Whitney, Mrs. Whitney and Son, Mr. and Mts. W. J. Scott, Mr. Charles Lcppett, Mr. J. P. Bush, Mr. Knight, Mr. L. P. Thompson, Mrs. L. Langlois and daughter, Mr. Holland Smith, Mr. L. Duhair, fun., Mr. J. L. Sugden, Mr. E. Delgrado, Mr. E. Caron, Mr. G. K. Crockett, Mr: Duncan M'Pherson, Mr. E. C. Burragc, Mr. C. F. Harden, Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Kellogg, Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Scars; maid and infant, Mr. Nixon, Mr. and Mrs. B. G. Wainwright,.Mr. A. H. Bourse, Mr. A. Leggett. Mr. G.. Solomans, Mr. George F. Train, Mr. P. R. Crusts, Mr: J. H. Brooks, Mr. George 1/. Rose, Mr. Wm. Burton, Mr. Wm. Townsend, Mr. E. Helmer, Mr. Janes Peter, Mr. Win. Wilson, M. Van Prong. - FROM HALlFAx.—Licut. Duncan, Mrs.• Duncan, child, • And IllirS6 !Amt. Munro, Mr. Pre, Mr. Ramsbottom, Col. Hunter, Major Carey, Lieut. Kerr Mi ss I ll i a a u vq oz i n c i Y ,'Mr. Bernier, J, 9. Calder, Mr. J. Horner, ur. r, W. Smith. A NEW TENOR.—Siguor Iforini, Who is not, despite his name, an Italian, has lately appeared with some success in It Gitteaniento, at Paris, with •Mesdrinies Penco and Alboni. THE REGIMENTAL SWINDLER PUNISHED AT LEEDS. —At the Leeds Michaelmas sessions, on Saturday, William Henry Douglas, a young man of respectable appearance and address, was charged with obtaining £1 by false pretences from Mr.. Wellington Barton, bar rack-master, Leeds. The - prisoner described himself as au ex-quartermaster in the Rifles, and craved a little assistance from Mr. Barton to help him forward to Liverpool, where said he had a situation open to him. In explanation of his destitute condition, he stated that he had lost his carpet bag, containing all his papers, valuables, &c. Mr. Barton, believing his representa tions, lent him a sovereign, but on hearing that Douglas was carrying on the same game at Bradford, caused him to be taken into custody. The jury found the prisoner "'and was ordered to be imprisoned for eighteen guilv, 6. • calendar months, THE WILL 011 THE LATE ROBERT STEPHENIQN.— The above has been sworn by the executors (George Robert Stephenson, civil .engineer • Charles Parker, solicitor, of Binfield ; and. Charles Parker Bidder, civil engineer). The document, which covers two sheets of foolscap, is dated the 13th of August, 1859. The per sonalty is sworn under £400,000. The principal legatees are the executors. The cousin of the deceased, George Robert Stephenson, of Wimbledon, in the county of Surrey, has bequeathed to him the deceased's interest in the factory at Newcastle, and in the Snibstone Collieries, in Leicestershire, which the deceased in herited from his father, the late George Stephen son.. The testator also leaves to the same cousin his leazehold house in Gloucester-square, Hyde-park, together with the furniture, pictures, plate, library, wine, and other effects, and half of the furniture and effects in the deceased's office in Great George-street, "Westminster, the other half being bequeathed to Mr. George Parker Bidder. Mr. George Robert Stephenson further obtains an absolute bequest of £50,000 in money. The other two executors receive £lO,OOO each. To Messrs. Robert and James Stephenson, two other y h e e,_ d e t c h c e as r tr i p bequeathed th th e e N cousins of th e d ecease d, res id en t i n Newcastle-on ,o factory, oO and s e t rvcas o t f le ls another gentleman connected with that establishment, are each left £2,000. f. 4,009 i s b equea th e d t o a l a dy named Emily Li ster £1,500 each to her tw , o saistet of Boulogne-sur-Mer, and are left to various civil engineers including Legacies of £2,000 each Clark, of Sydenham ; Mr. ThorWasi ot if rison, Mr. Mr. Edwin W. IV. H. Budden, of Clapha m , &e. Several cousin's of the deceased, most of wh om are married, femaleobt legacies of £2,00 0 . The suns of 45,000 i s left foitahine m aintenance and education of the child ren o f the late' Mr. Starbuck, of Walbrook. An annuity of £lOO is pro vided for a servant of the deceased, named Margaret Tomlinson ; and the sum of £2O each is given to all the other servants who had been with Mr. Stephenson up wards of twelve months. Thd will further includes bequests to various philanthropic and educational insti tutions, the particulars of which have been already pub lished ; and it concludes by vesting the residuary estat e equally . in the three executors. The will is remarkably simple in its language, and almost entirely free from technical phraseology. FP..EB LIBRARY, MUSEUM, SEVENTII_ ANNUAL IMPORT. The Committee of the Town Council for the manage , Inca rof that popular institution, the Free Public LibraiT and the herby Museum, of this Borough,- 1 with which the Committee of the Botanic Gardens (all :these Objects being maintained out of the same fund,) has been, this year, amalgamated,—has just presented to the Town Council, and published for circulation, the -seventh annual -report, which now lies before us. From this very gratifying document we observe that .the icapa ibilities and usefulness of every part of this 'institution stl eontinuele be progressively developed. The " Reference" Library in Duke-street,—the books issued at which, as is well known, arc read on the premises, and handed back -to -the librarian before Eeaving,the reading-room,--continues to present one of the most interesting and hopeful pictures of real life to be found:in the centre of a vast population. Here daily, : fromttea a.m. till ten p.m., may be seen hundreds of working Melt quietly and earnestly crowding together to pore over the silent page, for instruction or mental recreation. What a striking. contrast is this to too many other scenes in this town, where vicious excitement attracts thousands to the paths of ruiu! It appears that besides the fifty-five, magazines, reviews, and scientific journals placed on the tables, and which are constantly is requisition, this noble library now contains 29,344 volumes, of which 2,636 were added last year. The number of volumes issued here last year was 202,534, or on an average 710 volumes per day ; which, by our calculation, is equivalent to an issue of all the books in the library, neatly seven times over, during the year. The increase for the last year, as compared with the preceding, is about three and a-half per cent. These results are the more astohishing when we take into con sideration the limited dimensions of the present building. What may we not look for when the library is removed to the new building ? We have prepared the following short analysis of the classes of works read, and the daily average of each class, which will afford a reliable index to the popular xaste . Average Classification. Volumes. per day. 1. NoVels, &c ' '• ' --- 75,245 263' • 2. ' History, - Topography, " . Voyages, - 25,873 * 91 Travels, &c ' - 3. Philosophy anal 6cienc.. 2 4. Classics, Encyclopaedias, 5. Political and Social Economy 6. Miscellaacous , Total Although there has been an increase in all the classes of works issued, it is remarkable that the proportion of imaginative works has considerably diminished, which shows that the free circulation of this class of light literature is quite consistent with a healthy and grow ing thirst for works of a more solid character. The Lendine , Libraries, of which, as our readers know, there are two—one for the north, and another for the south end of the town (the issues of which are free to any 'person recommended by two burgesses)-:-- , still continue to grow in• popularity and useful ness. Last' year there was an actual circulation of 436,509 vols., among 8,277 readers; or an average. of 8,394 vols. lent per week. - This is , an in crease of 45,096 vols. in all, or 867 additional vols. per week. The number of readers has been increased by 522. There is a 'noticeable increase in the number of female readers. As to the clas s o f wor k s l en t, we be lieve that, of the total number of persons at present using the Libraries, about 3,000 read with a real desire to acquire useful knowledge, while the remainder appea r to prefer works calculated to improve, while they more . 1 ostensibly . ainase and rtlcl'eate, the mind. That inte resting portion of the community who are- de ptived of eyesight, have been anxiously kept in vie*. We observe that no fewer than 607 volumes of embossed books for -the blind, on Moon's system, have been pro vided, and are, no doubt, greatly prized by that class. Another feature, which we see with pleasure, is, that valuable additions were recently made of standard mu sical works, including oratorios, and also the " Standard, Lyric Drama,'! being a series .of all the best operas. The total additions to these Libraries number 3,046 volumes. One of the most satisfactory circumstances is, that so few of the immense number of books -lent go astray—only four, of trifling Value, having been Jost to the Libraries during the year. The Da "Mtneum—a most interesting and instruc ti•n resort, especially for the young—was visited last year by 120,207 parsons, being an average of 564 a day. It appears that one of the most important addi tions made last year is • a remarkably fine specimen of Pallas's short-toed sand grouse, 'a • native of Tartary, never found before in Europe, Which was shot near Tremadoc, Carnarvonshire, and presented to the Museum. Among the names in'n' long list of donors during the year, we are proud to see foremost the name of the Earl of Derby, as affording another proof that his lordship still retains an active interest in the institntiore 'which so deservedly takes its name from his noble predecessor. The beautiful collection of corals, formed last year by the Rev. H. H. Higgins, also deserves special notice. Many other valuable and interesting additions have just been made. The Botanic Gardens have undergone considerable improvements in the arrangement and naming of the - numerous and valuable trees and shrubs. 'We learn that the collection of Ferns has become quite a striking and valuable feature in these gardens, numbering - about 600 distinct species; and now considered one of the best of the sort in this 'country. The number of visitors has been greatest in the evenings and on Sundays. Several valuable additions have been made to the Botanic Library at the Gardens —and altogether this department is in a very promising condition. The account of receipts and disbursements for the year to 31st August last, (examined and certified by the - corporate auditor,) are too lengthy for insertion hero, and, therefore, we have prepared the following general abstract of them, which,. with a few remarks we may add thereto, will , we think, enable our readers to obtain, easily, such a bird's-eye view of the whole, as will satisfy them of the judicious manner in which this fund is ex pended for the improvement and recreation of the people. I.—MUSEUM 'RATE FUND ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR, TO 31sT AUGUST, 1839. RECEIPTS. Rate received, including arrears £7,478 13 5 Fines, £ll2 12s. 9d. ; Catalogues, £lO7 14s ' Tickets, £3465. Bd. ; Miscellaneous, £l7 ss. 11(1 271 19 4 £7,750 12 9 DISBURSEMENTS. Balance due at close of pre'ious year -15 5 1 1.---REFERENCE LISEABY. Salaries : Chief Librarian, £180; Sub- Librarian, £80; Wages, £199 £559 0 o Interest of Money borrowed 260 11 10 • Rent, Insurance, Printing, Gas, and • Coal, dr , 355 8 5 Books, 2391 1,306 15 0 2,37115 1 2.---LE::nINo Linn.utiEs. Salaries : Superintendent Librarian, £120; assistant, £56 163. ; Libra rian; £75; wages, &c., £l4O 6s. 7ii £3o2 2 7 Mason and painter work 7OB 4 7 0 ' ' Printing Rent and miscellaneous expenses 259 16 4.4 • Beaks, 3,046 2,85 8 la 3..--DEBBY MUSEUM. Salaries : Keeper, £l5O ; sundries, . , £372 ss. sd. Specimens bought, fittings,'&e. ...... 302 511 Miscellaneous expenses ... _ - O3O 13 4 4.---13QTANIC GARDENS. -- - Curator, £105; wages, &c.,'E613 133. 3d. Redemption Fund 258 3 0 Miscellaneous expenses --- 1,762 16 8 Balance on hand and in bank at close of year IL CAPITAL ACCOUNT. £7,750 12 ' 9 NEW FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY AND MUSEUM. For year to September 1, 1859. Balance due to Bankers last year £1,417 7 9 Additional outlay on land and premises 1,050 0 0 Interest and law expenses 7O 16 8 Whereof taken up in bond, Due to bank £2,538 4 5 ....£5OO 0 0 -.2,038 4 5 2,538 4 5 It thus appears that the total receipts for the support of all these objects this year amount to £7,750. The disbursements for the reference library amount to £2,371; of which sum £260 has been for interest of money bor rowed, and £1,396 for books. The expenditure for lending libraries has been £2,485, including £7OB for building, &c., and £862 for books. The Derby Museum, this year, has required £9BO, of which £302 has been for specimens and fittings. The Botanic Gardens have been maintained at a cost of £1,762 ; but of this, £258 has been paid towards the redemption of the original cost. In conclusion; it is gratifying to observe that, although the year began with an adverse balance, there was left a', the end of the year, after paying all expenses, f b o t r tt l i a t n w d i andll b e p o r h em se i r s v e e s d for th t a h t e a Ne d w ebt upwards of a h un d re d poun d s to begin th e current, year ; Library,has been- which incurred n olv. amounts to £2,538 4s. sd, DEMERARA S.A.ILWAY COMPANY. itc half-yearly m1 , 2=1 meeting of this company was. • held 'yesterday an .tae West India Committee -r00m,,, Brunswick-street; Kr. J. Orosthwaite in the chair ; and there were also Tresent—Messrs. C. Holland, T. F. Bennett, S:lMartin, and J. 0. Johnston.. • The , CHAIR3rAN—I believe that our proxies enable us, with the nuniber of proprietors now present, to Consti tute a meeting in conformity with the rules of the company. Mr. G-ARNETT read the advertisement calling the . , meeting. The seal was then affixed to the list of shareholders, which was on the table. Mr. GARNETT then read the following REPORT. 'lThe directors regretthat they are not'yet in a poSition to an nounce the removal of the obstacles which were so unexpect-' edly raised •to the fulfilment of the arrangement entered into by the Colonial Legislature of British Guiana with the corn par*, as long ago as December, 1857. In accordance with the ,resolution pas4d . at the extraordi nary general meeting of the company, on the'23rd of July last, a deputation of the directors and principal bondholders had an interview with the Duke of Newcastle, at the Colonial-office on the 9th of August, and on the following day, by Ws grace's desire, submitted a statement of such modifications as were deemed requisite to be introduced into ordinance No: 4 of 18S9, to render it. conSistent,with the terms of agreement pre viously concluded between the colony and the railway, com- Pan3;'. The representations of the directors caused the Duke of New castle, to with old the 'royal assent from the new ordinance, and his Grace was pleased to intimate to the board that he had referred the matter back to the colony, together with the • modifications sought to be introduced . The Duke of Newcastle was further good enough to make a suzgestion (of which the board have gladly availed themselves) that, with the view of expediting a settlement of the question, the directors and bondholders should seek the friendly offices of a gentleman of high standing, and possessing an intimate acquaintance with the views and requirements of the colony. It would be premature to speculate on the. probable result of this last appeal to the colonial legislature, whose decision I must be knOwn here in a very few days. 110 directors have much pleasure •in reporting an improve ment in )he traffic since the chairman's visit to, the colony, when third class carriages were added to the trains, which - have conveyed 14,996 passengers, besides an increase of 6,006 in the second The receipts for the half-year endiag 30th June last have been £10,027 I Is. 4d., namely,' £5,921 17s. Id. for golds, and £1,105 14s. 3d. for passengers, ttta.; being an increase of £1,501 16.. 6d. as compared with the half-year ending 28th August, 1858. . In consequence of having been, prevented from raising the money which it was agreed by the articles of guarantee should be appropriated to the repair and improvement of the line, rolling stOtk,"&c:, tht directors'still find it necessary to' apply the whole nett earnings of the railway to maintain the concern in working condition. The new manager, Mr. W. J. Martin, arrived in the colony at the end of August. He appears to be discharging his duties satisfactorily. • • The CHAIRMAN in moving the adoptionof the report, • said he had very few remarks to make. - During the last six months they had ordered a conserved supply of bridge rails, and also an iron tunnel across the Lamaha canal. The, wooden one had been done away with, and it was thought better to substitute one,of iron, He believed that for some time they would not be called upon to pay any further expenses on that part of the line, where there was a great deal of traffic with goods and pas- • sengers.'. He concluded by moving that the report be_ printed and circulated. _ Mr. JOHNSTON moved a vote of thanks to the chair man for the trouble he had taken. Mr. C. HOLLAND seconded the motion, and observed that they were much indebted to their honorary secretary, Mr. Garnett. This concluded the business. • The h: LIVERPOOL POLICE COURT.-YESTERDAY (Before Mr. MANSFIELD ) VIOLENT ASSAULT. ON A FEMALE.—Michael Neary, a labourer, was charged with violently assaulting Cathe rine Bishop, a respectably attired married woman,. in Brick-street. Mr. Bluck defended the prisoner. Prom the evidence of two females, it appeared that the com plainant was going up a dark passage on Saturday night, about .eleven-o'clock, when the prisoner was going into his sister's house. Without any Provocation, he .knocked the complainant down, and kicked her on the jaw with such violence as•to break it. Mr.Bluck doss examined the witnesses, in order to show that the prisoner was not the man who committed theassault.• Mr. Mansfield . said he should remand the prisoner for seven days, and, if the complainant was not able to attend then, he . would be further remanded. ' A CAUTION TO POLICE-OFFICERS.—EIICII JCIDlingS was charged . with baying assaulted officer No. 82. The complainant, who was corroborated by poliee-Coistabli -237, said that on the previous morning . he, in company with the other officer, was visiting public houses... They saw the defendant with a jug in her hand, and sus pecting that she had obtained some beer from a house close by, they stopped her. After a few words passing between them, she struck the officer, .82, with the jig. In reply to Mr. Mansfield, the officer 82 said they stopped her to see if she had beer in the jug. —Mr: Mansfield : Then you had no business to do so. You committed a trespass and assault in the first place, and it is not to be wondered that the woman retaliated. If officers knew what they had . a right. to do, and what they had not a right to do, and would act on that know ledge, 'it would be a great deal better for all parties. 'Officers visiting public-houses had no right to stop any one in the street. If they did so, .and any one resented it by assaulting them, and were taken into custody, he should discharge them, as the law allowed him (Mr. Mansfield) to do. The first assault having been cora mitted by the officers, the defendant would be discharged.' COUNTY COURT.--YESTERDAY. (Before J. K. BLAIR, Judge.) 'An. v. BLUNDEIIL.—In this action Mr. Hime ap peared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Pemberton for the defendant.—The plaintiff, Mr. John Neil, captain of the Corfu, entered into an agreement with Messrs. Jonathan Blundell and Son, to load his vessel with coals in three , days after she was placed under the crane in Bramley;. Moore Dock. The vessel was, placed under the crane on the 20th of September, but was not fully loaded till the 27th September. The defendant, therefore, brought this action to recover the sum of £8 Bs., being demurrage for four days' detention.—The • defence set up was, first, that the plaintiff having laid his vessel under the smallest crane for loading coal in the dock, and having received the quantity lying opposite to it belonging to the defendants, would have been removed under the larger crane, and there receive the complement agreed upon, had there not been a vessel aground under it; and, secondly, that there was a verbal agreement, that he (plaintiff) should have his vessel in dock on the 18th in which case there would have been no detention. His Honour considered that the second point in the defence was merely an expression of what the plaintiff 'expected to be able to perform, not an express promise ; that the written agreement between the parties plainly stipulated that the vessel was to be loaded in three working days. His. Honour there.- fore gave a verdict for the plaintiff. AGNEW v. HEALING.—This action was brought by the firm of Thomas Agnew and Son, picture dealers, Liverpool and London Chambers, to recover the sum of £3 35., the amount of subscription to a plate of " Her Majesty's First Visit to her Wounded Soldiers." It appeared Thht'the defendant, after having subscribed for, had returned the plate, on ,the plea that he was unable •to pay for it. • Messrs.: Agnew and Son immediately wrote to him that it would lie at his risk. Defendant, in court, again raised the plea of inability to pay the amount. but also expressed his willingness- to enter into an arrangement with plaintiffs, by-which, if the plate was sold at a loss he would make it up. His Honour stated he had nothing whatever to do with that ; the law upon the question was clear that the defendant was liable, and consequently he gave a verdict COT the plaintiffs. JUDGMENT SUMMONSES.—Orders for commitment to prison were given against the following persons for not. having 'complied with orders of the court :—Robert Houston, Barmouth-street, 14 days ; Edwin Starkey, Fultonstreet, Regent-road, 14 days ;' and Edward Grant, Vauxhall-road, 14 days ; warrants to issue in one month. - PERZURY IN THE COUNTY COURT.--During the day a number of cases of no public interest or impOrt ance were heard, but in which there was more than an ordinary amount of cross-swearing. The judge took occasion to animadvert very, severely upon the preva lence of perjury in this court, expressing his abhorrence Of the extent to which it was carried, and his deter minatiOn to commit the first person for trial, to whom he had any prospect of bringing home the charge. 40 - CABINET COUNCIL.—A Calimet Council was held on Saturday, at the official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury, in Downing-street. The Ministers pre sent were :—The Duke of ArgYll, 'Sir G. Cornewall Lewis, Lord John Russell, - the Duke of Newcastle, the Right. Hon. Sidney Herbert, 'Sir Charles Wood, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Duke of Somerset, the Right Hon. T. Milner Gibson, Sir George Grey, and the Right Hon. .C• Villiers COURT-OF PASSAGE. (Before E. JAMES 2 _Esq.,.Q.C., Assessor. ACTION FOR LIBEI.--AVGiVINTY 0. EDY.— IS was an action for libel. Mr. Aspinall appeared for the plain tiff, and Mr. Deighton_for the defendant. Mr. Aspmall, in stating the case, said that the plaintiff had been in the army, and is now a pensioner, and also one - of the overlookers in the salvage corps. On the 26th of July last, a large fire t oo k place at the North Shore Mills, and the salvage men were employed to look after the property; and it was - the duty of the plaintiff to visit the men and see that they were attending to their datics. On the 28th of August, oae of the salvage men, named M`liane, was tipsy, and th e pl a i n tiff repor t e d him to Captain Falkner, and he was suspended. M•liane was a friend of Edy, who exerted himself to have M'Kane rein stated. He was unsuccessful, and, on the 2nd Sept., he wrote a letter to Capt. Falkner, the following of which is a copy Please to excuse the liberty of writing to you, but the annoyance is so great that I am forced to com plain. Orr the 24th August, your visiting sergeant M'Gwinty came here in a state of intoxication, and dis turbed all the neighbours, and they thought some-. thing was wrong. There are several persons who will prove that M'Gwinty was also drunk on the 28th of August." The letter was signed George Edy. In consequence of this letter M‘Gwility was suspended, and the present action was brought to clear the plaintiff's character from the imputations cast upon It.—The plaintiff was called, and said that he was a pensioner, and a sergeant in the salvage corps. He was not at the North Shore Mills or Love-lane on the .24th August. He was there on the 28th, but he was perfectly sober.—A number of witnesses were called to prove these facts.—Mr. Deighton contended that there was no evidence to show that the letter had ever reached the hands of Captain Falkner, or that the plaintiff had suffered any pecuniary loss.—Mr. Aspinall asked per mission to call another witness, Mr. John Moss, secretary to the Salvage Company, who proved that the letter had reached Captain Falkner, and that the plaintiff was suspended on that account.—Several witnesses were called on the part of the defendant, whose evidence went to shoW that the plaintiff was drunk on several occasions, and that he had caused much annoyance. —The Assessor summed up at lengh, and concluded by asking the jury did they believe that the libel was true: was the plaintiff dr ink on the occasions alleged ?—The - jury considered th.f.t the letter was written in a bone fide manner, and in the discharge of the defendant's duty. -Verdict for the defendant. This concluded the business of the court. THE LAST MARCH OF FRANKLIN'S BLUE JACKETS. In 1845 the Erebus and Terror sailed for Baffin's Bay, under the command of Sir John Franklin and Captain Crozier, and performed in-- the autumn of that year one of the most remarkable Arctic voyages on record—having sailed up Wallington Channel to 77 deg,. N., and returned to Barrow's Straits by the west coast of Cornwallis Island. The expedition wintered near Beechy Island, and in the summer of 1846 succeeded in sailing down Peel Sound as far as the 70th parallel of latitude, off the north point of King William's In taking this course, Franklin f o llow e d exac tly th e orders he had received on leaving England. On the 12th September, 1846, having reached this Point, the expedi tion was beset by the ice, and prepared to winter in the pack, no doubt expecting to drift with the ice consider ably during the winter. They were now within a few miles of the open water leading into the Pacific, and may have indulged in the bright hopes of a successful accomplishment of the north-west passage on the-break up of the ice in the following summer. Sir John Franklin died in this hope on the 11th 'June, 1847. The officers arid crews he left behind saw the autumn and winter of 1847 pass without any breaking up of the ice, and with the alarming symptom that the ships had onlydrifted - through twelve Miles in nineteen'inentlis. Many ships have been known to drift 1,200 miles in a pack from autumn to spring—in fact, the ice that covers the Arctic Sea is a vast floating plane or raft, !inhabited by 'bears, seals, foxes, and hares, which, by :accident or design have become its crew—they all drift together on their floating island, feeding upon each other, or starving, when the supply of gulls and lemmings runs short on the approach of winter. Motion, often rapid, generally constant, is the characteristic of this ice --piano ; and its most terrible feature is the motionless solitude that for those nineteen months hung round the devoted Erebus and Terror. The doomed .vessels had really reached the line of stationary pack ice that marks the junction of the Atlantic and Pacific tides, where the restless waters of the two oceans destroy each the other's motion, and so render stationary the ice-pack that floats upon their surface. Along this fatal line, which no ship has yet crossed, and which no ship will ever cross, are ranged the skeletons of ships, abandoned in the vain attempt to coerce and override the laws of nature.. Kane's Advance lies on this. line in Smith's Sound. Sir Edward Beleber's two fine ships—Assistance and Pioneer—are placed on its prolongation in Wellington Channel ; M'Clure's Investigator lies on -this line in the Bay of Mercy. The Erebus and Terror, in vain attempted to cross this magic ring. In -a year and a half they had only made twelve miles, and were. finally abandoned by their despairing crews on 22nd April, 1848, under the command of Crozier and Fitzjames. During the early months of the year preparations had been made for the final retreat, by building two large boats, capable of accommodating one hundred men, and those boats were mounted upon sledges of oak, for the purpose of dragging them over the ice, until!they should be launched upon the Fish River, distant 220 miles. The voyagers started, 105 in number, on the 22nd April, 1848, and after three days' incessant toil only made fifteen miles to Point Victory, where a record in the handwriting of Crozier, shaken and imperfectly written, revealed the broken health and shattered strength of the commander of this forlorn hope. Five miles per day was all that this overloaded band, whose strength was doubtless enfeebled by scurvy and sickness, could accomplish—dragging with them their heavy boats and sick companions. From the time they had sailed from England sixteen had died, and the remaining 105 were now starting on their last and dreadful journey. The cape, on whfoli they rested for a time, was named " 'Victory" by Sir John Ross many years before, in honour of his little steamer, and within sight of it were two headlands, also named by him, Cape Sir John Franklin and Cape Jane -Franklin. From this point the retreating crews slowly retired, tra velling on the ice along the western and southern shores 's of l w sl h an ie d h , b t a h rr e e l n ow ia a n n a d c s o n u o ld w- s c c o ar ve e r c e ly d dragging .their weary load. Near Cape Herschel, one b l o i f e m e K d io n t n t g n e g i W t s r rilhiaiecade from the ice on which — they walked, m s brave fellow, not wishing to trouble his shipmates with a biirthen he was unable to carry any further himself, fell from the ranks, and folding the letters from one he loved at home, to his heart, quietly lay down and died. Provisions had now run short, and a party of about forty was sent back to the ships for food and, fuel. They dragged one of the boats with them, which they used as shelter while sleeping, and when within sixty miles of the Erebus and Terror, finding the load too great, left two of their party in charge, and returned to the Erebus without their boat, intending to carry back a fresh stock Of food, and resume the journey to overtake the advance guard at the Fish River. On their reaching the Erebus, the way ward ice broke up, and dashing her to pieces, submer g ed her beneath the waves, carrying to the bottom as gallant a crew as ever-volunteered to save their suffering ship mates. The Terror was driven on King William's Island by the same catastrophe, manned by a skeleton whOse bleaching bones terrified the savage Esquimaux who first boarded her wreck. 3feanwhile, the two watchmen in the boat kept guard, anxiously waiting for the return of their comrades; but in ,vain. The time appointed elapsed, and their food ran short; they wrapped themselves in their furs and cloaks, and waited for death to release them from their sad fate. Foi . eleven years the dead watchmen kept ward in that solitary boat, with loaded guns beside them, waiting for their comrades. y Ri 3 v l e e r, an w t h im er e e ; ' th th ey e m en ain oamp b e o d d T had woiting re f a or ched h the foodte Fish they had sent for to the Erebus. In the long march (220 miles) from the ships, upwards of twenty-five had fallen by the way, heartbroken, and weary Of life's burden; but the discipline of the party, we may safely imagine, never failed until the last few days, when their officers h be a i v n i g ng de p a e d ri a s n h d ed th i e n ir th fo e o s d h e i ;h , aus a s tewd,astheeviird e return in p ary t the long lapse of time, the last survivors gave way to the horrors of their hunger. m p ha y e c t t t i i i ;e: o 7 nT e first of a batch of eight locomotive , engines LOcomfonvelEvcEasstoi I N o E S . FOR yn IB ai F e A. i r us E. t - c l o reS , S l T i S. elin a have been commissioned to make for.the zap.; thorns, o Cape of Good Hope, THE LONDON PRESS ON THE GREAT CONSERVATIVE DEMONSTRATION• The report of the speeches at the Conservative deg monstration, on Saturd.ay, occupies from six to seven . columns of the morning papers. All the principal Pa' pers make it the subject of a leading article. The Liverpool gathering of Saturday night, says the Tunes, with some allowance for improvements in the stage decorations suggested by the experience of near a century and a-half, Might be easily mistaken for a real.% hearty, party enthusiasm. Above, there was a circle of Englishwomen, all dressed in the Tory uniform of 114 and blue, exhibiting an aggregate of beauty which England only can show, smiling their sweetest smiles , waving their best embroidered kerchiefs, eyes flash ing strong excitement, and every gesture indicating - the enthusiasm which the gentle creatures so promptl.%; feel for any cause their fathers, their husbands, and their brothers have taught them to consider as their own. Below, a mingled mass of gay uniforms and sober black coats was assisted to form a general effect by all the paraphernalia of flowers and fruit and wine . The clear voice of the skilled orator drew forth 11. succession every common sympathy, and supplieu the •intoxication which it is no longer in our habits to seek from wine. There was one point, however, in this display which was a reality. It was a grea t compliment to a high and honourable statesman, and 3 testimony of affection offered by his neighbours to an amiable and illustrious nobleman. We take Lord Derby's speech to be something more: than the mere hackneyed form of phrase in which som e ambitious public man, impatient for office, declares th 3 ", he is animated by no factious motives, and that be good. The country will, we believe, recognise shapes his conduct with the single object of his country's wisdom of Lord Derby's resolve and the patiiotisa t which dictates his reserve. If he will wait, and wet honestly and patiently, he may gather strength, and even efficient adherents, and the day will, perhaPt arrive when the people, growing tired of a party whi t '', .has nolonger any reforms to give; may throw themselv e ' into his arms, and when he may reckon upon a lease of power even from popular - ingratitude. Lord - Derby, says the Standard, needs' no eulogy frog' us. A far higher one was paid by the men of Liverpool in their enthusiastic reception, a. compliment all the nwr . , gratifying, inasmuch as it was paid, to use the noble ear'' words, " in the centre of this great commercial m eteor lis of the country ; but, not only so, but in my own natir county, and where not only my public but my private from my earliest boyhood, is open to the criticism of a , whom I address." It is no insignificant proof of the fore;, sight and judgment of " the great warrior and statesma n who is now gone, that in the' temporary disrtiption, ° ` the Conservative party consequent on the repeal of the corn laws, he should have selected Lord Derby as til l leader upon whom his mantle should descend, f should have implored him to accept the command the hopes defeated but unsullied band on which rested O le hopes of the constitutional cause. The 'secret 0 1 well kept, and few of those who have wondered 8 the charms of 'office to the Conservative peer can ha ° the guessed that, in accenting the task of forming an administration in the face of an acknowledged ink,' rity in the House of Commons, the noble lord s ra ' actuated by obedience to the latest Solicitation o f onee who also in his time had done " some service to tile state." Those who expected a confession of faith or 1 : programme of Conservative policy a t th e Liverp o° 4 l banquet are disappointed. Programmes are not Inac in favour now-a-days. Whig programmes have at. 3 times proved, very unsatisfactory shadows of con y % eventsa and our own recent continental experi el l , 0 . seems to show that the word has lost suu 4 of its ancient meaning. But he who runs read in Lord Derby's words the consciousness of strap_ and the certainty of success, tempered by . the deterrulTe tion to permit no subordination of the interests of t."_;, country to party gain, nor any trifling with the charac,t,.'; of parliamentary government in order to wrest from !"0 so-called Liberal Administration the position they ' o° by a discreditable mancenvre. When the next bat tle e ei parties is fought it will be on a question involving rtre principles. The Liberals may hope much fron t etc forbearance of their opponents; nothing from t h ' i l eh abandonment of any one of those barriers ° do . are the necessary defences of our Constitu the Lord Derby' pointed out the direction whi el d ' t hat course of true reform should take, when he stat e The the aim of Conservatism is social improvement- or , as question is wheiliei: the - ,mere gift of political P°,:vvs • to conveyed in the right of suffrage is the best Ine",7 f i e ld ward this end; and the disclosures of ha and Gloucester, the ruinous combination amongst t„ t London operatives, seem to us to answer it ver • Y clearly in the negative. "What line the Pr ese ar o o Government will take it is hard to say. Ther e certainly difficulties ahead which Would justify to but a Whig Government the postponement of the co" . 0 sideration of a new reform bill; and these are it'o many opposed sections in the Cabinet as to mak e i , doubt the possibility of an agreement amongst its I" hers, even if their want of - harmony had not alr e i ,': , 4 become a notorious fact.. But they have Lord Deroujit, assurance that their scheme will meet with an 1 1 (2. 0 1 .0 able and sincere support from Conservatives, if it au et it a hope of .settling the reform question on a perm o k and constitutional basis ; whilst they may certainlY2t be for the most determined opposition if their prn e als founded on' the expressed views of the extreme 11 1, 0 ed of their Administration. In _the meantime,i w ell Derby's words of warning should be pondeteu r , of and diligently acted on. His fourteen Y e t arduous service deserve some- better recognition t'i a ti ited enthusiastic demonstration, they ilionld be relLoich by equal earnestness in the great cause, it f oe s indeed, be unfair to expect Lord Derby to take as third time in the undignified position of the leaderose bare majority or of an actual minority. The PeeP le o . t hea stand by their leader; and must support and stre n e sen is out of Parliament the compact phalanx h ta o now to be so near to victory. - It may be 1 3 01 exertion will be needed on the part of Lord i n to and his supporters, and_that the ripe apple will faL ati tie 4 his hands without his effort. It may be that the, has a of a Conservative opposition will be best fulfilletiner'oas, patriotic abnegation of party feeling, and by ..g e lco rao support of the "present Government against el. th eos*: menace or aggression. - But whether for the ove r tuft of the Whig Administration or for its assistance "c e itca democratic pressure or foreign intrigue, th e .riat'' strength of the Conservative party will be calf, th e play, and every man shall prepare himself iv, o p er struggle in the conviction " that he has a duty form and a cause to serve." a - Upon their own showing, says the ifornie,,,,o, Liverpool contained, on Saturday last, the er e l ea the senatorial .talent of the British empire ; t u ien e i her! captain was there, and all the most prominent p_,jog of his' staff were gathered around him, constit?'oleti force efficiently powerful to " save the ceuntrY; s ' ; any conceivable concurrence 'of c i r cumstane those shining lights of the political flral a r ace d bl O sembled at a banquet, where toasts, in-n o/ 0 4 0 ' 5 speeches which touched upon various points and forei,gri policy, gave ample occasion for theol?" dale on all the most important questions of d What words of wisdom issued from the liP.!_ w ieg t`:i heaVen-born guardians of the'State, foreshadow noble deeds which they are prepared to ach! . England again entrust her destinies to their their to What line of conduct did they declare it to Du _ - ig tention to pursue if they are permitted once :1 0,, climb the giddy eminence of power ? On onea_P:'sosibolj true, Lord Derby and Lord Ifalmesbury sp o t t ioe, g o lf and manfully, repudiating a policy of interv o e o ", fo ie maintaining the duty of England to keep al The Herald says the real political irnro ola gathering is, the proof it affords of the deep _ o a . 01 1 :_ to interference in the quarrels of other nations- _t of t, l '; Conservative principles have upon the heart t ; ai T id he th t e ru p t r h os is p , ec o t e on ke avo , Aland, at Liverpool, is -uoitt in n f t s h o e u people th Lan a f s h E i r n e g , ai l OA bet sion of the process that is going on , throng' .eeti country. by 's s ider News looks through Lord Der triumph which it reveals. The _Dm P in vain for any distinct utterance of principl e that can by possibility be made the cornt o . ii e a future Conservative policy. All. is alike ; c o w. ve h em ent—in tone enthusiastic, but in sens e 4- c furd Bl ,,er THE STEPHENSON MEMORIAL.— On special meeting of the committee who have t e stePhe ins hteera meat of the memorial to be erected to Gre„ ( l. t h-Ea s son, was held 'in the boardroom of the ""4°,o,etleel'Protr- Railway Company, Central -Station, New__ suee lin Tyne, to consider what course should be rn!' ctpo bei. l 4 sequence of the lamented death of Robe decided ta:01 on should 6 to 10 monument to George tephens referene with, and that the steps to be taken in o the on , - :tan' e memorial to Robert Stephenson , - ti hnle. a es Nicholas Wood, Es q. )resided. It was üb'e pro_ce of the 1 he co considered at a public meeting to be held in t • o N f e a w `fortnight. eas t leand, neighbourhood, ___ A: 6 NORTITERN D.:ITIN 'TIMES. NOVEMBER 1, 1850.