Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-01-29 00:00:00

A POPULAR lIISTORY OF THE WORKING CLASSES RISE_ ..!.. - I,ID PROGRESS-SOCIAL AND POLITICAL ; Fes- „, - 'FIE ANGLO-SAXON PERIOD DOWN TO THE PRESENT DAY 'Addressed to the Working Classes themselves) PART SECOND EgF ECT CHAPTER FIRST. OF THE NORMAN INVASION ON THE reONDITION OF THE PEOPLE—STRUGGLE FOR Nslt, FREE IN THE FAMOUS INSURRECTION OF \T AT TYLER —THE REBELLION OF JACK CADE, D THE DEMAND FOR POPULAR RIGHTS. Z Th ough the Norman revolution effected a great M a o rlY, material changes in the condition of the ope of England, some considerable time elapsed advantages. o p ?re the labouring classes came in for any share tts l its Their services, in fact, were tb, s n eeessary to the new comers, the Normans, as CY had been to their old masters, the Anglo b:cis ; and as the terms on which these had to_l3. exacted could hardly be made more onerous, tre3'ontinued without alteration. For long after Continued the same sub-divisions of society Wer e • maintained, and the people continued divided into th e t Th e • t wo great classes of freemen and slaves (1). Mitigation and final extinction of slavery r w e l.ts the slow and gradual work of time. In the Will remember ° l ' Edward the First, however, if my readers ?ernember, we beheld the condition of the lainb so far a me li ora t e d th a t, i ns t ea d o f b e i ng Red to perform every mean and servile office Pat the arbitrary will of his lord demanded, he nad t acquired a tenure in lands, on condition of g to him such slight services as reaping e ,,Corn, or cl eans i ng out his fish-pond, And as Tally as the year 1257 (the reign of Henry the we also saw that a servile tenant, if eMplosed before mid-summer, received wages, and was likewise permitted, instead of working him- B eif, to provide a labourer for the lord ; while free labourers were at liberty to barter their services to the highest bidder. Now these, it will readily be Perceived, were important transitions, indicating the rise of a Middle class, and giving birth at the B eane time to a race of free and independent Workmen. By granting to the serfs the right to possess property, they thus encouraged them to acquire more.; and by conceding to them a part of the immunities of freemen, they were raised by these means one step in the social scale, and placed in a position to treat and contend with their °Ppressors for the remainder, ,At length, as I stated_ in my l as t c h apter, we find the serfs, for the fir st time, no ti ce d as a di st i nct class of people by he Legislat ure i n 13 50. It was to this period 'Pat I then succee d e d i n con d ucting this inquiry. I shall, therefore, resume the thread .of our narrative from here. No twithstanding the amount of freedom which Nlarge proportion of the labouring population now oyed, they were still subjected by their rulers raw severe wrongs and injustice. Statutes of the .._ °s t oppressive and unjust character were iootistantly being enacted by successive legislatures °PPose their efforts towards their perfect in e r e d o ra. and independence. Not the least al npus among these was that which was ng afterwards known as the " Statute of -uttoonrers." It appears that in 1349 this country Was tams vi s i ted with a terrible pestilence, which in its v ao . , s carri e d o ff nearly one-half of the inhabi- Suela a calamity as this necessarily made ie ens u e r scarce and in extra demand ; and the -a nd ! c l i nence was, that those who were left behind, th ose able to work, sought extra wages to Th e p"Aileh they had been accustomed to receive. evil arlient, however, in order to remedy this ,issuedd proclamation fixing-the piice of labour puni enforcing its obedience bylines and corporal s. onshment. This statute, amongst other provi i;i_ set forth: —that in districts where the labour shsoue,?-sses had been severally paid in wheat, they t(i receive wheat or money at the option of their " I Plor er y ear • that they were t o b e hi re d b y th e Y a n _ and other accustomed periods, and not by the day t.hat all agri cu lt ura l l a b ourers were t o carry ham s un Piements of husbandry openly in their to mark p u b l i c et-towns, and to apply for hire in a to r _ quarter of the town ; that servants were not ,4" lo ve from one place to another ; and finally Justices conclude those oppressive enactments_ , o f i _ i t e es of peace were empowered to fix the price buo rour every Easter and Michaelmas, by procla dir_u°n. But not only were these unjust statutes woretted against the freedom and industry of the le ss man, but others of a more absurd and still re d efers d efensible character were actually framed to gulate his diet and appa rel. With w hat astonish nient and true indignation would an artizan or Pc°ininon labourer -of the present day listen to a ,roposition being brought before the House of •eniti a ons directi ng w h a t f oo d h e s h ou ld ea t, and. wh t quality of cloth should enter into the menu- Iyiof his garments. Y e t, suc h statute was 4)eted and put into force in the year 1363. It d irected that artificers and servants should be served with meat and fish once a day, or the waste that they vict ua l s , accor di ng to their station ; and they should wear cloth of which the whole Price • did not cost more than tweLvepence per C u lt :Agricultural servants were to use no other .nd of c l ot h b ut that called black russet. These 7ind of - c l o th s c l oth i ers were commanded to manu a4etnre, and tradesm en were t o h ave a suf fi c i ent 'heck upon hand at the established legal prices. It would be superfluous, says Mr. Wade, enlarging on a species of law-making so ° bvionsly at variance with the feelings and intelli gence of the present age. It cannot, however, be denied that these enactments were in good keep ing ; for it was not more preposterous to fix the rate at which a labourer should work than what he should eat, or wherewithal be clothed, and one is almost surpris ad the legislators of the day did , Ilot descend to regulations still more minute and intrusive. One important fact may be elicited from these provisions —namely, the evidence they !afford of the new social elements that had risen into importance, A great portion ,of the labourers had dearly extricated themselves from the grasp of-their feudal masters, who, in lieu of the direct power of compulsory servitude, were compelled to resort:to acts of Parliament; which, though partial, had the semblance of law in place of the arbitrary will of :their employers. Had the Working Classes been subjected to no greater grievances than those which are embodied in the humiliating enactments I have just quoted, the probability is they might have gone on silently enduring for a time those haughty insults heaped upon them by their superiors ; but when, in addition to these, the legislature sought to burden them With taxes of an insupportable character, in order to defray the costs of an extravagantly managed state's expenditure, they then felt acutely the i njustice which was being done to them, and boldly resolved to make a stand and resist their imposition. or were the oppressed class in those days wanting iu a number of sturdy leaders to work upon their 'quads, and rouse them into a conciousness of their 3.iitical wrongs. Prominent among these are ; _° l3 / 1 Ball, a zealous and enthusiastic priest belong rig to the county of Kent, and the still more 'l,l,aously, though not more deservedly, known Wat er, a native of Dartfor d, in the same county, u Who is described by Froissart as being indeed a tyler of houses." Alia • The former . made it villages, n mission to go about the different s they -11 Sundays, an d a dd ress the people, a . (1) Attempts have been made to class the population, existing at the close of the Anglo-Saxon period, into its sev eral proportions of nobles, freemen, and those of r e rvi e le condition, but with no great pretension to. e i t • llll eY. In thirty-four counties the burgesses and 102 ens are made to amount to 17,105 ; the villeins to th e e "; the bo r d ars t o 74,823 ; th e co tt ar s to 5,947; consisted i:fs, rsor thrall s , t o 26,552 : th e rema i n i ng populaion labd owneof freemen ecclesiastics, knights, thanes, and OS. SAND >.lP~' DiS 5 tEET. issu out of church, in such languag e a s the following : " Ah, my good people, matters go not well to pass in England, not shall do, till everything be common, and that there be no villeins nor gentlemen, but that we be all united together, and that the lords be no greater masters than we. What have we deserved, or why should we thus be kept in bondage ? We all come from one father and mother—Adam and Eve—whereby can they show that they are greater lords than we be ? Saving by that, they cause us to win and labour for what they dispend. They are clothed in velvet, and camlet furred with ermine, and we are vestured with poor cloth. They have their wine, spices, and good bread, and we have the drawing out of the chaff, and drink water. They dwell in fair houses, and we have the' pain and travel, rain and wind in the fields ; and by that which cometh of our labours they keep and maintain their estates. We be called their bondmen, and without we do willingly their service we be beaten ; and we have no Sovereign to whom we can complain, nor that will hear us, nor do us right. Let us go to the King, he is young, and show him what bondage we be in, and show him how we will have it otherwise, or else we will provide us of some remedy • and if we go together, all manner of people who be now in bondage will follow us, to the intent to be made free." (2) For enunciating these plain spoken and honest truths poor John Bull got shnt up, in prison, but on being released some months after wards, such punishment did not deter' him from continuing to go amongst the people, and giving even more emphatic utterance to the same things. One can readily enough imagine the effect which such democratic notions as the above, delivered in such homely and forcible phraseology, would have upon the minds of a people smarting under the yoke of no mere imaginary, but positive wrongs ; while their influence would be greatly strength ened by the fact that they were proclaimed by one who sprung from themselves, and whose class to whom he belonged, they knew to be suffering from similar indignities and an oppression scarcely less grievous than their own. When we can remember indeed, even in our own times, men, who having assumed to themselves the post of political leaderships, and with far fewer pretensions to lay claim to the honest purposes which marked the earnestness of this straight forward and out spoken Kentish priest ; some of them in fact, who have rather distinguised themselves by the absence of any such political virtue ; when we can remember, say, how such political Charlatans as these have been successful on occasions in stirring up feelings of anarchy and insurrection among those to whom they addressed their pernicious doctrines, it cannot be a matter of wonder, that the people of whom I am now writing, rude, unlettered, and ignorant of even the most common rules of political intrigue, should have listened with attentive ear to the denunciation of their wrongs thus startlingly put before them, and yielded themselves up submis sively to the guidance of any leader who might chance to spring up to demand, and do battle with them for their restitution (3). Such an opportunity was soon afforded them. In the autumn of the year 1380, the Parliament made known to the Commons that the subsidies which they had granted were inadequate to defray the debts of the State, and they therefore demanded mor e . Th e people cried out against it, but in spite of this expression of popular opposition, the Parliament persisted in framing new schemes to raise money, and, amongst others, issued one which is familialy known in history by the name of the " poll tax:" This was a tai of three groats per head on every male and female above fifteen years of age. In towns it was to be regulated by the rank and ability of the inhabitants, in order to render it easier to the poor, so that no person should pay less than one groat, nar more than sixty for himself and wife. This " poll tax," says a modern writer, (4) was *ho dro p to tho imp The penrile were already writhing under the continued exactions for the French wars, and this tax drove them to despe ration. What added gall to the bitterness was that it was farmed out to some of the courtiers, who again farmed it to foreign merchants, whose collectors proceeded with a degree of harshness and insolence which irritated the people beyond endurance. It was soon discovered that the amount which came into the treasury would by no means reach the sum calculated upon. Com missions were then issued to _enquire into the conduct of the collectors, and to enforce payment in cases where _favour had been shown, or where due payment had not been made- The people became bold, and declared at once that - they would not pay, And hence this fatal tax threw the country into a complete state of open rebellion. Those who resisted it first lived in Essex, and soon after its attempted enforement, nearly the whole of the inhabitants in this county were ma state of general insurrection. The feeling, as might be expected, rapidly extended itself to the neighbouring coun ties. From Kent, the rising of the people there spread like wildfire over the whole country, from the Thames to the Number; through Hertford, Surrey, Susses, Suffolk, Norfolk, Cambridge, and Lincoln, each of which districts selected their own leader. Their numbers are said to have reached the large amount of sixty thousand men. At Maidstone, where they collected, they pro ceeded to fix upon one general leader, and almost unanimously.elected Wat Tyler as their captain, and the chartist preacher, John Ball, as their chaplain. And here the latter preached them his first sermon, selecting as his text the following Aistich When Adam delved, and Eve span, •Who was then the gentleman It is not my intention, nor indeed does it belong to my purpose, to follow in the footsteps of this insurgent mass, and notice the different atrocities and world of pillage committed by them as they proceeded through :the country on their march. These undoubtedly ,must have been very great, and could scarcely, in fact, be otherwise, when we reflect upon the uneducated condition of those who formed it, all of them full of wild excitement, and smarting under generations of wrongs. To those who may take an interest in the reading of such details, I can 'only refer them to the numerous histories .of England extant, where they will find them duly recorded. My notion of such a history as the present is, that it should simply deal with the record of human . principles, and their eventual Action on society, not in detailing the records of wars and butcheries. I quite agree, in opinion, with a modern writer, who says (5) that historians, by devoting nearly all their faculties, their passions, and , their lives ; their eloquence, their learning, and their logic, to the martial rather than the social history of their respective countries, have done more than all other men put together to perpetuate the false taste for sanguinary fame ; and consequently, to curse their fellow-men with a growth of warriors, rather than of the true heroes of our race—those who combat errors, and who establish in our midst the triumphs of mind. Had historians placed these in the foremost ranks, and spoken of the mere physical warriors in more moderate and just terms, the world would have presented to-day a very different aspect ; and, mstead of Europe armed to the teeth, not so much to defend as to offend the respective peoples, and with its myriads groaning under a leaden despotism, which is oppressing not only its limbs, but its brain, we should have already advanced far beyond the railway and the electric telegraph, into the regions of beneficent science, and seen (2) Froissarts' Chronicles. • (3) It has been thought by some historians that the preaching of Wycliffe had no little effect in rousing the people at this period to a state of rebellion, and perhaps there may be some little truth in it. " The people," says one historian, " once made acquainted with the doctrines of human right, justice, and liberty, abounding. in the Bible, and per va di ng i t as i ts very essence, could only regard the knowledge as a direct call from God to rise, rend the bondage of their cruel slavery, and ass time the rank of men." (4) History of Bub..lands. Edited by William Howitt (5) William Howitt. nations exchanging all the blessings of mutual discoveries and mutual good-will, instead of the deadly point of the bayonet and. the muzzle of the gun. The insurgents having entered London, they obtained an audience with the King, when he " assured them, with a smiling countenance," says one chronicler, that all the demands they sought of him, were fully granted to , them. These were four :-1. The abolition of bondage. 2. The reduction of the rent of land to fourpence the acre. 3. The liberty of buying and selling in all fairs and markets. 4. A general pardon for the past offences. • These concessions, given on the part of Richard, however, did not give entire satisfaction to the whole body of the insurgents, and, amongst others, to Wat Tyler, and that portion of them which he commanded on the occasion of this interview. He therefore approached the King, and demanded from him his Royal letters, in order thAt he might carry them to the people, to convince them that what he said would be faithfully performed ; but this bold man suffered for his temerity, for being overheard by Sir William Walworth—who was in attendance upon Richard—address some insolent remarks, he rushed upon Tyler, and stabbed him in the throat. It was some time after the death of Wat Tyler that the insurgents were ultimately put down ; and the only good result that may be said to have arisen out of this rebellion was, that it gave a blow to slavery, from which it appears never afterwards to have recovered. Seventy years after this event, the people rose again, in what is called the rebellion of Jack Cade, and although this movement was unsuccessful in regard to its immediate objects, there can be no question that it helped to carry forward the body of the nation another step in their course towards their new position in the State. The difference between the demands and the avowed designs of the insurgents on these occasions, is very remark able, and throws a strollg light upon the progress the Working Classes had actually achieved in the intervening period. Thus, in 1380, their prin. cipal demand, as we have seen, was the abolition of villeinage, or the systein of slavery. To any positive political rights, any power in interfering in the making of the laws, or in the regulation of public affairs, they made no claims. But, in 1450, not a word was said on the subject of villeinage— that .question was already settled ; and what the people then insisted upon was, if not the conces sion of political power, at least the redress of public grievances. Amongst others, the profuse waste by the King of the revenues of the Crown, the illegal seizure by the Crown of the property of the subject, and the exclusion from the Govern ment of the persons of highest rank, and greatest national influence in the kingdom, in favour of One of their complaints, indeed, amounted to a distinct assertion of popular rights, —they remonstrated against the illegal interfer ence of the nobility in elections of knights of the shire, and required that the free choice of their representatives in Parliament should. be left where the law had placed_ it—in the hands of the people. The cry, therefore, for universal suffrage is not of modern existence, but was popular with the people living five hundred years ago. And successful although they were not, the proclama tion of such pretensions by men with arms in their hands, was sounding the trumpet to a battle which could only end with the conquest by the popular force of all that was claimed. foreigners [These articles , dieing the Copyright of the Author, he reserves to hiinsey . the right of their .further publication or translation.] THE LONDON GAZETTE, BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED. Thomas Suthers, reed maker, Mythelroyd, Halifax. BANKRUPTS.—James Woodrow, hotel keeper, Ryde, Isle of Wight; Henry Mix, miller, Warrington, Northamptonshire; W. Jennings, builder, Rochester; W. Hunt, the elder, green grocer, William-street, Lisson Grove, Middlesex; Richard Andrews, stationer and rag merchant, late of Fareham, Hants; Robert Steward, victualler, Park-road, Battersea, Surrey; Jesse Machin and William Catling, shipping agents, Skinner's-place, 'City of London ; Charles Fox Oppenheim, master mariner, John .*”;(4. Minories, City ; James Taylor and W. Evans Turner, hop and seed man, ...- mingham ; Phillip• W. Saunders, shovel maker, Smethwick, Staffordshire ; John Pearce, victualler, Worcester ; Geo. Bench, innkeeper, Cheltenham ; Henry Fowler, shipbuilder, Dartmouth; Edward Barrett, liverystables, late of Taunton, now of Torquay. BIRTH On the Esq., of 2Gth inst., at Berkeley-st., the wife of 11. Donaldson, MARRIAGE On the 27th inst., at the Church of St. John the Divine; Fair field, by the Rev. W. Calder, M.A. incumbent, Charles Edward Procter, •Esq., of Macclesfield, to Ellen, third daughter of James Livesey, Esq., Beech Hill, Fairfield. DEATHS After a very brief illness, Mr. Frederick T. Fowler, manager of the Horning Herald and Standard London newspapers. On the 24th inst., at his residence, Ironbank, Partick, near Glasgow, David Tod, Esq., of the eminent shipbuilding firm of Tod and M'Gregor. Mr. Tod was born in the neighbourhood of Bridge-of-Earn, where he commenced life in the capacity of a working millwright. A taste for mechanics, which could not be satisfied in the locality in which he was brought up, induced him, at the age of about eighteen, to visit Glasgow, in order that he might have an opportunity of seeing a steam-engine—a curiosity in his early days. A stay, which was at first intended to last only until he had acquainted himself with the details of that machine which has, of late years, worked such a wonderful revolution in the manufacturing and commercial world, was, however, prolonged for many years, and terminated only in his death. Shortly after his arrival in Glasgow, he entered Into the employment of Mr. David Napier, of Lancefield Works, in which he continued in the capacity of foreman for a long period, per forming the duties of his situation with rare ability. While in Mr. Napier's employment, Mr. Tod made the acquaintance of a fellow-workman, the late tin M'Gregor, with whom he after wards entered into a partnership which lasted for upwards of twenty-five years. Mr. Tod's special department in the firm was that of engineering, while the shipbuilding was conducted by his partner. It is needless for us to allude to the professional skill for which the late Mr. Tod was distinguished, or the private worth and integrity . which adorned his character. As an evidence of his public spirit, and the estimation in whichhe was held by.those in his immediate neighbourhood, it may be mentioned that when Partick was constituted into a burgh, Mr. Tod was unanimously elected its chief magistrate. The deceased gentleman was about sixty-five years age, and leaves a widow and,three sons. On the 28th.inst., at 100, Falittler-street, aged 43, years, William Brown. Madame Cavaignac, the widow of the celebrated General, animated by a high chivalrous feeling, has given up the entire portion settled on her by her father, M. Odier (200,000 fr.), to his creditors, he having unfor tunately become a bankrupt. The Atlas, 91., one of the new screw-steamers of the line ordered to be 'built at Chatham dockyard, will, in, all probability, be launched during the present year, when she will be attached to the Channel squadron. The Hood, 91, just completed at Chatham, is also intended ' 01 the Channel fleet. RALLWAY AmALGATiow.—It has been known for some time tlu.t negotiations were pending for amalgamating the Newcastle and Carlisle with the North-Eastern Railway. We believe we may now state that the terms have been agreed upon by the respective boards, and will shortly be submitted to the shareholders.--Newcastle Chronicle. CURIOUS EFFECTS OF A TRUNDERSTORSI.-It IS ROW rather more than two years sinee that a foreign family went to reside at Bideford. One of the young ladies was then bed-ridden, and continued's© up to about a month since. At that period the neighbourhood was visited by a terrific thunderstorm, and the effect of it upon the patient was that she was suddenly restored.— Western Press. EXPORT OF WINE FROM MADEIRA,---The following were the total exports of wine from Madeira in the five years 1852-1856, each year ending the 30th June : In 1852, 6,690 pipes ; 1853, 4,205; 1854, 2,227 ; -1855, 1,776; and in 1856, 1,891 pipes. Of these, the direct export to Great Britain was, in 1852, 1 , 413 pipes ; 1853, 1,128; 1854, 1,106; 1855, 671; and in 1856, 936 pipes ; about half the entire export of the island. FAUX-PAS AT A FASHIONABLE WATERING PLACE.— We are given to understand, that one day last week, the eldest son of a noble earl, who returned from the Crimea without laurels, and has since involved himself in the meshes of matrimony with a young lady of high birth and somewhat " fast " antecedents, proceeded to such summary measures, in a domestic squabble, as to turn his cara spot:a out of doors, and push her down the steps, at two o'clock one frosty morning, in a fashionable street in a fashionable watering place, not fifty miles from Brighton, with nothing on but her night dross, and her " Viscountess" coronet. A gallant son of Mars, who has assumed—we know not with what right—the title of a Baronet, who happened to be passing at the time, bestowed upon the shivering fair one his outer coat, and carried her off to his residence at —town, where her ladyship is now in clover. We believe that the whole matter is likely, before long, to be brought before the British public, and to afford matter for reflection and discussion to Mr. Justice Cresswell and tin cowl Qf Probate and Divorce.— Court:Circular. MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL LIVERPOOL, Friday Evening. There is a limited demand for Cotton, the sales to-day being confined to 6,000 bales, including 1,000, on speculation and for export, the market closing flatly at a reduction, generally on American descriptions, of id. per lb. Brazils and Egyptians scarcely support previous rates, and last week's prices arc barely obtainable for Surats. Messrs. Edmund Jardine and Co. remark :--- - The same dull heavy tone which has characterized our market for some time past still prevails, the offerings dur ing the week continue in excess of demand, consequently prices have further given way, particularly in Boweds, which are fully per lb. lower, and Orleans about 1-16 d. The import during the week has been large, amounting to 125,693, of which 124,500 are American ; this im portant addition to our stock will probably tend still further to depress prices, although the quantity known to be at sea is not large amounting to only about 65,000 bales. Advices per City of Washington received this mornin g quote a slight advance in the Southern Markets, with a strong feeling prevailing. Surats have been very heavy, and in favour of Buyers. Brazil and Egyptian have participated in the general dulness, and the former is id. lower. From the circular of Messrs. Wright, jun., and Co., we extract the following : We have again to reiterate a dull account of, with drooping prices in, our cotton market. The liberal import in the interval since the departure of the Asia seems to act as an additional impetus for realising present holdings, and the movement is probably stimulated by spinners reselling . a portion at least of such as has arrived on their account in this market, the loss to them being felt only in reduction of the profit on their production, and which is regained by . fresh purchases at a lower value. The last reeeived American advices, , although generally anticipated, are more confirmatory of what was previously considered doubtful—a crop approximating, if not exceed ing 3,600,000 bales, and the prospect which such figures involve in the promise of future supplies, induces all classes to regard the present currency too high to prove lasting, particularly it the prevailing rumours on political subjects—which tend rather to diminish than inspire confidence should assume such an attitude as to inter fere with and check consumption. Influenced.by the above considerations, the trade purchase only for present require ments, and holders displaying increased eagerness to make progress in sales, have submitted to a decline of Id per lb on last Friday's rates, the market closing to-day with irregularity. Boweds in particular are pressed for sale, and the business generally, in all classes, is indif ferently represented by the quotations. The total sales of the week, including what has been forwarded from the ship's side, amount to 40,000 bales, of which 32,170 are America; Speculators have taken 970, and ex porters 3,370, leaving 35,660 bales of all kinds to t)e trade. The import for same time is 125,693 bales, of which 124,482 are. American. The quantity known to be at sea from American ports is about 60,000 bales. PBICES TO-DAY : Nevi Orleans Fair, 7id .. Middling, bid Ordinary, 4d to 6d Mobile If 7d OP Gid ,t 5d to 6d Atlantic , 611-16 d .. „ 6 -16 a „ 4id to Gd Total taken foi : consump'n, .1859, 147,120 b 15.1858, 167,060 bales, „ export ' (actual) , 17,040 „ 8,916 „ American Brazil ' Egypen E. India W. India Total Stock this day.... 365,490 19,860 23,070 24,240 340 433,000 Same time 1858..196,020 34,410 9,820 115,400 4,360 360,100 There was a dull and drooping Cotton market in Glasgow during the week, the trade buying with caution. The Liverpool Share Market was much more steady to-day ; indeed, prices show an advance, closing with much firmness. The following are the day's transaction :--Caledonian, 861; Chester and Holyhead, 48 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 971 ; London and North Western, 96+, 961, 964, 961; ditto one-eighth Shares, 4, 13-16 d ; Man chester, Sheffield, arid Lincolnshire, 38 ; Midland, 103, 1031 ; Dovers, 22 3-16, 221 ; Great Western of Canada, 164 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire Six per Cent., 140 ; Royal Insurance, 44, p. The following were the closing prices - Blackburn, 11 5-16, 11 7-16 ; Chester and Birkenhead, 674, 671 ; Caledonian, 86, 861 ; Chester and Helyhead, 48, 484 ; Eastern Coun ties, 12 7-16, 12 9-16 ; East Lancashire, 954, 96 ; Do. £9 shares, 4, 4 p ; Great Northern, 104, 106; Do. A, S 9, 90; Groat Western, 554, 554; Lancashire and Yorkshire Stock, 974, 971; Do. £9 shares, 4, d p ; London and North Western, MI, 964; Do. one-eighth shares, 11-16, a d; Manchester, Sheffield, aria Lincolnshire, 374, 38 ; Midland Stock, 1024, 1024 ; North British, '624_ 63 ; North Western, In, 131 ; North btallordshire, 4=4, 4.4. CI :; /cm Ut ix ry 93, 931 ; York and North Midland, 77, 774; Leeds Capital Stock, 1 48, 481; South Eastern and Dover, 221, 22 5-16'; Dutch Rhenish, 44, 44 d:; Great Western of Canada, 14, 164 ; Do. New Shares, 44, 41 d ; Great Luxembourg, 6 15-16, 7 ; Grand Trunk of' Canada,. 81, 81. A large supply of gold . fram - kustralia has been announced, this morning, viz., £339,100 by the Swiftsure, and £322,356 by - the"Blackwall, making a total of £661,450, part of which will, no doubt, pass into the possession of - the Bank authori ties. As silver is in more demand for the East, and gold will be sent to the Continent for the purchase of the necessary remittance, it can scarcely be expected that the bulk •of these receipts will remain here, especially as the general exports are temporarily augmented by the transmission of instalments on account of the foreign loans lately negotiated. It is nevertheless imagined that the bullion at the Bank of England, mithough it alreadysekceeds 19 millions sterling, avill yet attain a hitcher point before a contrary movement is experienced. The Money Market re mains without any quotable variation, and these large arrivals of specie will tend to prolong the prevailing easiness. Early next week, however, the inquiry will, probably, receive a stimulus through the preparations for the 4th of the month, and the payment of one million sterling for the Victoria Railway debentures. The market for the English Funds continues in a very dull and heavy state. 'The operations, both real and speculative, are still circumscribed, and until the settlement in Consols is completed, no revival of business is anticipated, unless some political intelligence of an important character should be received from the Continent. Consols have been 95a to 961., for Money and Account, and the New Threes, and the Reduced Annuities are also rather flat. 'The Government broker has made a further investment in the 20,0004 Stock for the Savings' Banks. Foreign Securities also present a dull and un favourable appearance. The New Loans are still at a heavy discount, whieh, it may be presumed, is sufficient to delay the negotiation of the Loans, which, it is stated, are intended for Austria, Sar dinia, and other countries. The London Railway Share Market was dull this morning, there being an absence of business. Great Western of Canada improved, and London and South-Western were higher. Foreign Stocks closed rather better, and Mexican considerably impioved on purchases. There was little doing in Mines. Banks and Miscellaneous shares were steady. The following were the closing prices : —Ambergate, 6i ; Caledonian, 86, s6}; Do. Pref., 103, 105 • Eastern Counties, 62, 63 ; . East Lancashire, 95, 97 ; Edin burgh and Glasgow, 69, 70 ; Great North ern, 1041, 105 Ditto A. 88, 90 ; Ditto B, 132, 134 ; Great Western, 55, 551 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, /96 97 1 . Brighton, 1091, 110-1 ex. div. • _4 .4 London and North Western, 96, 961 ; London and South Western, 951, 95i ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 371, 38 ; Midland, 1021, 1021 ; North British, 621, 621 ; ditto Pref., 112, 114 ; North Eastern—Berwick, 93, 934 ; Leeds, 48, 481 ; York, 77, 771 ; North Staffords, 41, 44 d ; Dovers, 731, 74 ; Turkish Sixes, 91, 911; Ditto Fours, 1051, 106 ; Great Western of Canada, 161, 164 ; ditto New, 44, 4 d ; Grand Trunk of Canada, 81, 81; Bank Stock, 227, 229. The annual Timber Circulars have just been issued. Messrs. Farnworth and Jardine, in noticing the trade movements during the year says : The trade in Wood, on the whole, has been unsatis factory, for, notwithstanding the large business, as shown by the aggregate consumption exceeding that of any previous year, and that the dealers have probably experienced a profitable return, the importers generally have not been remunerated, although favoured with unprecentedly low freights from Canada. In consequence of the altered circumstances of many parties in British North America, the supplies from thence have been in moderation, and a considerable portion has been brought forward, more with a desire to liquidate outstanding liabilities than with a view to profitable employment of capital, for at no period of the shipping season was there any g0,',11 reason to expect a price in thin market which would yield the value current at the ports of shipment. From the commencement to the close of the import there has not been much change in the value of the leading articles ; importers generally have realised ex ship, preferring to make the sacrifice at once rather than face heavy storage charges. A more than usual portion of the supply has been sold by auction, although this mode of disposing of wood is not generally con sidered beneficial to the importers. We close the season with somewhat better prospects for the coining one, providing the peace of Europe be not disturbed. Stocks are in the aggregate less than in any year since 1852, and as prices are moderate, and manufacturers enjoying great prosperity, we may reasonably anticipate a fair consumption. It may, however, be well to note that the low and unprofitable rates at which a large portion of the supplies were forced off during the past year has tended to increase the consumption, and also that the country dealers hold much larger stocks than nsual. Messrs. Duncan and Ewing thus alluded to the prospects for the future : Entering upon a new year, as we are now about to do, with the stocks of the leading articles of supply not exceeding an average quantity, the manufacturing inter ests in this and the neighbouring counties in a flourishing. condition, the necessaries of life at a reasonable cost, and an easy state of the money market, it is only fair to pre dict, with all these favourable influences bearing on the future course of the market, that the present currency will be fully maintained, with a prospect of an improve ment in some of the staple articles of consumption. No change can be reported in the Corn Trade. Transactions are narrowed down to consumptive requirements in all articles, and prices of each are in the buyer's favour ; and, in the present apathe tic state of the market, difficulty would be experi enced in moving quantity, either of Wheat, Flour, or Indian Corn. The Manchester Market for Goods and Yarn has been less active this week, with an occasional increased desire to make sales at a slight reduction on previous rates, more observable where a renewal of orders is solicited. No general relaxation in prices can be noticed, as existing contracts having inn. some time to run impart steadiness ; but the feeling is evidently in favour of cautious action. During the week there has been a little more enquiry for Salt, and prices are now firmer than on Friday last. Mr. Werninek quotes : common Salt, 4s 6d; rough, 6s to 8s; stoved, 7s 6d, and butter Salt, 6s per ton. The half-yearly meeting of the Scottish Austra lian Investment Company has taken place to-day, at which a report was presented, stating that the gross profit made in the colony was 9,0841. 13s. 10d., to which must be added 19,0931. 13s. 2d., realised on the sale of Good Hope and other pro perties, which, with other items made an aggre gate profit of 28,8031. Os. 9d. The directors proposed dividend at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum, after which a balance of 15,405/. 18s. 71 would remain to be carried to the Reserve Fund, which would then amount to 22,2311. Os. Bd. It was proposed by the directors to raise a further sum of 200,0001. at 5 per cent. on Preference Stock. BANK OF ENGLAND RETURNS Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria cap. 23, for the week ending Wednesday, Jan. 26, 1859: ISSUE DEPARTMENT. E. CREDIT. 33,031,885 Government Debt Other Securities ~ Gold Coin and ot her 1 18,556,885 Bullion Notes issued £33,031,885 I BANKING DEPARTMENT 11,015,100 3,459,900 £33,031,883 DEBIT. £ CREDIT. £ Proprietor's Capital. 14,553,000 I Government Secu- 1 10,69 S 807 Rest Püblic Deposits Other Deposits Seven-day & other 1 .86, I Gold and Silver Coin Bills 16,595,620 12,321,100 620,969 £t0,236,496 I Total £40,236,496 Compared with the returns of the previous week, the above shows the following results Active tirculation Bullion Rest .• 44.1• Seven-day & other 20,710,M 19;177,85. Decrease Increase 3;25069. 280,400 8,415 10,339 Increase Bills Public Deposits „. 6,s2o,)s3—lncrease Other Deposits G°vritetr/nient Secu- 1 10,69E,807 .. \o change. Cinel 9 iNediYules 11.10..t5,0n0 i—. -..... Notes unemployed... 12,321,100—Increase Cash to liabilities, 1 676 Increase per Mil Rate of Interest 2i per cent. 259,784 FOREIGN EXCHANGES, Amsterdam Short ll 15 to 11 ... 15,1 Ditto Three Months.. .11 . 17 ... 11 ... 173 Rotterdam Antwerp Brussels Hamhorgh Paris . Short 13 ... 6 Marseilles Frankfort Three Months... 32 ... 25 ... 40 118 ... 118 i Vienna 10 , 62 Trieste Petersburg Madrid ...„ 10 ... 72 YESTERDAY'S MARKETS LIVERPOOL PRODUCE.—Colonial, &c. : The demand for Sugar from local buyers continues limited, the sales being restricted tc 270 hogsheads Antigua at 42s Gd, but a good inquiry prevails for the outposts, 415 hogsheads Demerara having been taken for the Clyde at previous rates, and a cargo of Rio for another outpost, the price of which has not transpired; a cargo (3,500 bags) Paraiba has also been placed for Gothenburg at 24s 9d 1 cwt., floating condition. We have no transactions to notice in Molasses or Coffee, but 80 puncheons Jamaica, and 60 puncheo ns Demerara Rum, have found buyers, without change in prices. The market for Tea continues to have an upward tendency, but transactions are trifling, owing to the limited supply; common Congou is worth is ld to is Id P lb. Of 15,000 bags Moulmein Rice offered by auction, 10,000 have been sold at 6s for unpeeled, and 7s to & for peeled. The business in Dyewoods is limited to a small lot of St. Domingo Logwood, all faults, at £42s Gd 11 ton. Of Ashes, only small sales of Pearls at 325, and Pots quoted at 295. 500 to 600 bags Nitrate of Soda have been sold at 15s 3d for 6k ail cent., and 1,000 bags Saltpetre have also changed hands at 42s 6d to 41s 6d lyl cwt., for sto 2i per cent. refraction. The sales of Brimstone are restricted to 10 tons best thirds at £8 ; the business for the week does not exceed 50 tons, at £3 for best thirds, and £1 5s for best seconds. 20 rases white Perugia Argols are reported at 92s far arrival; 500 bags fine Sago Flour have also been!sold at 15s ewt. Oils : Palm quoted at £42 i tun; nothing to notice in Olive, and Linseed unchanged in value. Tallm;;;" 10 pipes South American at 52s ; of Rosin, 50 barrels at 5s 6d, for common ; and 100 barrels Spirits of Tur pentine at 39s 6d to 40s cwt. At auction, 250 bales Bombay Hemp brought £23 5s to £23 lOs ton. We have also to notice 400 bags Calcutta Rapeseed at 50s; and 100 bags Bombay Linseed at 55s quarter. _ _ LIVERPOOL COTTON.—The dull and drooping tendency notice able in the Cotton market now for some time, has been more fully developed during the past week. The advices from the States, every succeeding mail, being more confirmatory of a large yield, and inducing the belief in a continued ample supply here, save caused holders to offer their stocks very freely, which, in the absence of all speculation, and with only a moderate trade demand, has afforded the buyer a great se lection, and prices have ruled irregular and easier, the decline in the week amounting to id per lb on all classes of American. Brazil about Id per lb lower. Egyptian slow of sale at previous rates. Surat without change. The weekly sales -are 40,000 bales, of which 970 are on speculation and 3,370 for export. THIS WEEK. . I PricesPaid.(i. DESCRIPTION. Import. iSales. [his Week. Mid. Fair. !in.. Prices. I d. d. d. a.' 36,843 1660 Sea Island 7to. 20 12/ to 14 \ 13,390 Upland 2,680 Mobile 87,639 18.440 New Orleans 659 1,490 Brazil 385 1,920 Egyptian 60 West India 167 4,360 East India 125,693 140,0001 ''''LIVERPOOL CORN.—With a small attendance at our Corn Exchange this morning, there was no new feature to give any interest to the trade, and sales of wheat were quite in retail at the currency of Tuesday. Flour was in equally limited demand, without any change in value. Beans and peas neglected. Oats continue to meet a fair inquiry, principally for the medium qualities, but no improvement can be noted. Oatmeal sells to a moderate extent. Indian corn is again dull, and the turn lower. R. MAKIN and Sos. quoted MANCHESTER TRADE REPORT,—The market remains quiet, more particularly as regards yarns for Germany and India, the last advices from the East being less favourable. Cloth is steady at the prices of Tuesday. Losnos PRODUCE. -The quantity pressed on the market conlou. during the week in public sale has exceeded the demand, and except for choice qualities a decline of fully 6d has been accepted to effect sales. Refined is unalter i e m d p ; r l o u v m ed p 538 to 51s 6d. Coffee : The quantity brought forward has been ' demand small this week, and prices have been about sustained. Tea The buying has been general and large this week, and prices W : e o r m e e r l e e i p ini x o t rt e te n e d d t to-day show an advance of Id on most deserip ß ti i o c n e s : o A f Common is now quoted firm at 121 d per lb. business done at previous rates. Rum : An of o n the th t trade has been experienced this week, and busineli i ee a C k ts Co tt t t o n A Um has been dene at very full prices. Saltpetre demand, and prices must be quoted is ti s oe t nuels art arna i ct e ee l s s of the trade tending in large • de was fair, the tone higher tha een Spices have been steady at last week's prices.ft last week. v t e e d Lr yob LONDON Ne e t s c; s op d nr o Ni n c. L e s a T t oh p f e r m e: to • wards. The supply of home-grow n i- this morning as small of wheat down arrivals of foreign grain into Lond ge of barley, and small of grain was small. The , large oats. English wheat sold slowly; at last Monday's prices J i flour quiet. Barley (fine) held slow to sell. English beans grinding sorts a fraction cheaper. Oats Ilk . since last Wednesday. onlyfour grain-laden vessels were reported fleet arrived last week is as. t wo wheat and two barley. The large have rapidly tllCceeded each being disposed of. Numerous sales of grain oargooo other this week, and the number remaining to-day offered on sale off the coast .is reduced to about 40, including wheat, barley, and maize. The last sales were effected at the following named prioes : Wheat, Marianopoli, 44s per 4921b5; Galatz, 38s 3d per 4801bs ; Egypt Sadi, 26s Gd to 26s 9d. Maize :—Odessa for Cork, 28s par 4921b5, Galatz, 20s Gd per 4921b5; Egyptian, 26s per 4801bs. Barley, Baltchick, 21 s 3d p er 4001b s ; Dan, St. Jane d'Acre, 21s Gd per 800ibs. To-day's a.c. Saidi wheat of superior quality was sold at 28s ; one ditto at 26s 8d per qr. C.F.I. THE DUTY ON Coax. —The duty on foreign corn is one shilling a quarter, and in the year ended the 31st March it amounted to L 486,026. GRAIN AVEnsors.—Wheat weekly, 41s 9d; aggregate, 408 7d. Barley weekly, 33s 2d ; aggregate, 32810 d. Oats weekly, 21s 8d ; aggregate, 21s Bd. Rye weekly, 30s 10d; aggregate, 30s Beans weekly, 39s 41; agg - regate, 40s 1(1. • Peas weekly, 42s 6d; aggregate, 435. Wheat sold last week, 118,261 qrs. LONDON TALLOW.—The market is firm. Prices are quoted as follows: —Town tallow is 52s 6d, nett cash ; Petersburg, Y.C., on the spot, 53s 6d ; on or before end of March, 53s Gd; March only, 53s 9d ; April to June, 52s Gd; October to December, 53s 6d. LONDON MINING.— The mining market remains steady, although, owing to the settlement now in progress, business has not been active. Shares in Wheal Bassett, Wheal Mary Ann, and Wheal Trelawney have been rather more offered. Transactions are officially reported in the Stock Exchange for cash at the following prices, viz : - Great South Tolgus, 12 ; West Basset, at 20i; Wheal Mary Ann, at 47; Wheal Tre was a small supply of wheat, yet trade ruled dull, and terms favour of 1 a B wn m e ll y i , 11 3 A 1 la; Coax.—On Wheal Basset, Thursday a t t2h2e2rt. buyers, but not quotably cheaper. Barley was held for quite as much money. Oats rather higher, but only taken in retail. Beans in less request. Very little doing iu peas. WAKEFIELD CORN.-At our market to-day there was a fair supply of wheat, but much of it was in poor condition, and the trade was firm at last week's prices. Fine dry parcels were in fair demand ; barley was steady ; beans rather dearer. GLASGOW CORN. —The market was steady, and a fair business was done at late rates. . . GLASGOW Isom—The market was steady to-day, business being done at 53s cash, and 53s 9d three months; sellers arc very shy. Nos. 1 and 3. G.M.8., 52s per ton. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. Tins D/Or HIGH WATER. Morn. Even. Height .... 8' 4 .... 8 39 .... 10 10 WIND At LIVERPOOL,—W. - Gentle breeze HOLYHEAD,—W.— Do. Abner Stetson New Orleans Johns Bridgewater British Trident .. John Parker City of Manchester (as) Leo Sennega New York Montmorency Cleator (ss) ........New York Prosperity ...... - Ds Witt Clinton New Orleans Pictou & Boston PacketNewry Contest ...............Calcutta Princess Victoria. .Maranham Florence Nightingale.. Calcutta Tacna . Islay Eigen Newry . Havre 31obize Newry Pilot Fish Singapore ...Newry • Suez Robert Cushman:. ....Calcutta ▪ Suez Milan (ss) .......... Genoa New York Beaver (ss MARITIME EXTRACTS Bordeaux London LIVERPOOL, Jan. 28.. r.m.s.s.), Small, from Suez at Aden, and sailed Jin , with the mails for Australia of Dec. from Imperatriz (ss) Imperador (ss) Robert L Lane . The Em England The John Parker, arrived here, sailed from Mobile Jan. 6, is 14 days from Cape Florida, had hard weather; wind S.W. to N.W. _ . ADEN, Jan. 3.—The Island Queen, from Suez, is reported tO be reeked at Hodeida. CALCUTTA. Dec 4" cargo partly damaged 'OFF PENZANCE, Jar Arrived with 80,589 ounces of gold The Henry Moore, from Liverpool, had Melbourne, BlaAwall OFF WEYMOUTH, Jan £339,100. The Sardinia, M'Cleery, from Loudon forßombay, with troops, at Point-de-Guile Dec. 24 ; all well. CATE OF GOOD HOPE, Dec. 17.—0 n Nov. 30, between 8 anal o'clock, p.m., a Hamburgh ship, the Arago, went on shore in Table Bay. An alarm was given by the firing of guns soon after the occurrence, and as speedily as possible the acting port captain and the officers and men of his department launched the life-boat, and pulled towards Rict 'ley, where it was believe& the ship was. ,bout a quarter past 10 o'clock they went along, side a vessel, which proved to be the barque Arago (630 tons), Bolling, of Hamburgh, from Memel September 6, this port and Batavia (deals, timber, and iron) ; she was fixed in the sand, and lurching to port. The S.E. wind was blowing very strong, and continued so until 4 A.M. The port officers and crew of the life-boat aided the officers and crew of the vessel to heave her off. she came off about half her own length, but she again stuck in the sand, and filled rapidly. There were nine feet gold, value of water in her at 3'e..m. next day, and it was evident that she;, would become a total wreck, and as it was. dangerous to remain by her any longer, all hands came on shore. The cari tain's wife (the only passenger on board) was landed early in the day . . A great portion of the stores, all the boats, and some other articles, have been saved, and no lives were lost. A court of inquiry, composed of Conunander Gordon and Mr. Salficet nf 11. M. steamer Hermes, Capt a i n Ti n l ey, Shipping Master, d4pt.: Munson, and Mr. Poppe, acting Hamburgh Consul, was appointed, to. investigate and report upon the circumstances attending the wreck. The captain made a statement to them, in the course of which he declared that the error on his part in entering Tablellay, arose from his having, after taking bearings of the lights, mis calculated the scale of miles, and thus mistaken his distance from the land. The court, however, did not attribute the loss of the ship to this cause. The following was their report to govern ment :—" That we are of opinion, from the evidence produced, that the loss of the barque Arago, was caused by the default of the master of the said ship in not taking soundings, or having the lead going, or causing a proper look-out to be kept whilst standing in for the eastern shore of Table Bay, the ship being well under command, With a fresh working breeze and a dear aLuwepke.e. The master, moreover, does not appear to have taken any bearings of Green Point light after 6 p.m., just before tacking for the last time, although the lights were clearly visible when the vessel struck." The hull and cargo of the wreck were sold by public auction. and realised £2,200. TROON Jan. 27.—Put in : The Palmas, Bracegirdle, from Liverpool for the Brazils, through stress of weather. GRANGEMOUTH, Jan. 25.—W, with strong gale. The Carron (ss), from London, arrived this morning, reports having pass.* a Sardinian brig, with " C.H.1." on her ensign, deeply laden, and bound for Firth of Forth, lying to between Berwick and St, Abb's Head. DUMFRIES, Jan. 26.—W, strong, cloudy, and cold. The higher hills in the neighbourhood slightly covered with snow. The Dumfries (s), for Liverpool, has been detained in the river since the 23rd inst.; owing to the prevalence of strong gales from the S.W. CAMPBELTOWN, Jan. 25.—Arrived : The Town of Liverpool,. from Inverness, with loss of water cask, oars, and nearly every.. thing moveable on deck, with all sails split, and part of ci (barley) dsmaged, The master reports that, during his experi ence at sea, he never hardly experienced such weather as he did last evening whilst passing the Mull Information has been , received of a large vessel having been seen to go down into dre i p water on the morning of Saturday last, about eight miles to the north of this harbour; nothing up to this time has been washed or seen ashore. Florida, Mortimore, hence at Lamlash, for Savannah, with lost of some sails. PETERHEAD, Jan Leith. OtTPORTE. -Off: The ship Moira, from Callao for GRAVESEND, Jan. 27.—Arrivcd : The Lavino, from Manzanillo; Wave, Elizabeth Chiley, Wheatsheaf, and Crusader—all from Guernsey; Claritta, Moulmein; Aza, Heather Bell, Flying Fish, and Dispatch —all from D emerara ; Gem, Leghorn ; Morrison, Odessa; Mary Ann, Terceira ; Perseverance, Medemblinck; Agra, Calcutta; Nicholas Wood, Palermo; East Anglian, Got— tenberg ; Good Intent, Seville; Princess Royal, Malta; and. Sacred, Bilboa for Santander. Sailed: The Columbine, for 'St.. Michael's. • DEAL, J an for London ; I Mauritius Passed : The Franzena nickel', from Odessa Et Hunter, Demerara for London ; Carrickfergus, )r London; Circassian, westward to north ; Hayte mrque), westward to north; Tally-ho, westward to north; Governor, westward to north ; Thomas Lowry, London for Bombay. Arrived: The Deptford, from Taganrog for London; Miehiele, Taganrog for Pandon ; Marania, London for Naples; Accra, London for Cape Coast Castle; Neptune, London for Havre; Columba, London for New Orleans; Laurel, London for Lisbon; Francisco, London for Odessa; Enmore, London for Barbadoes ; Caldee, London for Newport; Sophie Ferand, Shields for Naples, having landed pilot, who wishes to be reported; Alfred, New— castle for Caen; Cazerino, Sunderland for Malaga; Harriett, Hartlepool for Boulogne ; Gugleclmo, Shields for Naples, and not the Guyhlneo, reported on the 26th. 23. The William Cole, from Calcutta; Cleopatra, Cape of Good Hope. Sailed : The Jenne Hortense, for N an t es:; Devito, KINGSTOWN, Jan. 28. -Arrived : The Agnes, from A fo l r ex p an or d d ria c Oporto, for Oporto. Boston, u. G s. l:E p E u N t O b e a tt e , k J . an s ..2 i B le . d - Arrived: :ne j n i n h e e t t f a o r r t Boulo gne. -Etna (as), Liverpool for Now York, Jan. 19, in lat. 51 N, lon 18 W. - - - Prince of the Seas, Liverpool for Melbourne, Jan. 24, of Bardsey. Lord Dufferin, New Orleans for Liverpool, Jan. 24, in lat. 49 N, lon. 25 W. • FOREIGN PORTS. Texian, Whittaker, from Table Bay at Algoa Bay. Vampire, from Rio Janeiro at Algoa Bay. Matilda Wattenbach, Denkin, from London at Cape of Good Vespasian, Alerander, from Calcutta at St. Helena, and left for Oorondates, Pike, and Star of P Orleans. ~ Stevens, Ilene( put back to Ho for —blew—a most violent mate and $d ) onshore Argonaut,R a i alig oi)a \ill White, taei,nb hence ridg a , t h e s n a c v e atn a hn t aatht. Mobile. he Miunehaha, from Shanghae at Foo shoo-foo. a t Gallipoli, g fournal ge Ko o nornfitghv were .ee °i a r n Cs d lhA l a o Nr t li i e l isN J N° a rnaL.PEi and n rj d aSn i c t . o i lt s 2t '. f e a axl of a steamer. went on shore near o 9t f ieSi the crew of the Dnieper theelost. 13 n i t p ßussian . )I,na but n-o gotf - Nv O a frr, by yf the glints, Twee Anthonys, Van Ryn van Alke- BATAVIA, Dec. 9.—The (coolies), for the West Inclies made, for Rotterdam, put back previous einveiniilasisginag Sr. HELENA, Dee. 22. -On on the . 2nd, with damage. the West Rocks ; she 1 t . h T e heOtshhiipnshta. had sighted got s s i h g i h p ted t o h n e shorelan land th on e Proved to be the Hanover, of London nd lay to for the night, and about 7 in the Munden's Point a squall of wind took her, and the ship gathered such way that before she could be stopped she had shot across the bay under Ladder-hill, too close for the anchor to be dropped with safety. Here the ship was baffled by flaws of wind and set by the current towards the roks, where she struck and remained fast for a considerable time. Assistance Was promptly rendered both from the shore and from ll.M.'s ship Medusa, and the Hanover was hove off and warped to her anchorage. Considerable damage has been done, and it was found necessary to land the coolies at Ruperts, where they have been placed in charge of the emigration agent. It is feared the Hanover will have to discharge her cargo in order to effect the necessary repairs to enable her to proceed on her voyage. AMERICAN SHIPPING. Tonawanda, Julius, hence at Philadelphia Jan. 7_ Joseph Howe, Slater, hence at Charleston Jan. 3. Chase, Dewhurst, hence at Charleston Jan. 9. Virginia Ann, hence at Charleston Jan. 10. Favourite, Spain, hence at Savannah Jan. 7. Sharon, Smith, hence at Mobile Jan. 7. Jura, (s.s.), hence at New York Jan. 15. Savannah for Liverpool Jan. 4. M. Nottebohm, Lamb ; Halos, Vaughan ; Jan. 5. Liverpool John Knox, cleared at Savannah for cleared at Sayan- Trident, O'Neill ; Compromise, Childs ; both nah for Liverpool Jan. 6. Apalachicola for Liverpool Dec. 29. Danube, Coster, cleared at . 00l Jan. 5. d at Mobile for Liver]) . both cleared at Ellen Maria, clearc Me for Liverpool Dec. 31. Alice Wilson, cleared at , o Orleans for Liverpool Jan. 3. 'dt cleared at IS ew Vater Smi , from Cork at Charleston, after being aground. Montezuma, Ashcroft, cleared at Mobile for Liverpool Jan. 6, Challenger, ~.~ ,111 E NORTHERN TIMES, BA.TIIRDAY, JANUARY 29, 1859