The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-10-30 00:00:00

Commercial Saltt. TFIIS DAY. THIS DAY, the sOth instant, at Eleven o'clock, at the Commercial Saleroom, Temple-court, 600 Boxes port ORANGES,} ex Allegria do Minh° ; 2go ~ .. ONIONS, 200 .. .. ORANGES, ex Alice; 140 • • • • DITTO. ex Rattler (s.s.); 320 .• • ..• DITTO, ex Dour) (s.s.) ; 170 Barrels Newtown Pippin APPLES, ex Africa (a.) ; 500 - • .. .. DITTO, ex Baltic (s.) ; 2 0 .. Baldwin DITTO, ex Canada (s.) ; ' 200 Bags Black Spanish NUTS, ex Albert. Apply to GEORGE SADENACH & SON, Brokers. THIS DAY, the 30th instant, at One o'clock, at the Brokers' Office, 9, Exchange-buildings, 60 Bales Repacked American COTTON, ex Otaeouthe.—Apply to W. D• TOMLINSON & CO., Brokers, THIS DAY, the 30th instant, at One o'clock, at the Brokers' Office, 21, Oldhall street, 80 Bales Repacked American COTTON. 24 Bales Surat COTTON, all faults, and A Quantity PICKINGS and RAGS. BUCHANAN, BROWNIE,& CO., Brokers Apply to On account of whom it may concern. Tats DAY, the 30th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' Office, 8, Lancaster -buildings, Tithebarn-street, 408 Barrels ROSIN, 473 Barrels TAR. now landing ex Weymouth, from Baltimore; In Stanley Dock, north si_e.—Apply to SILL & MEUGENS, Brokers. TO-MORROW To MORROW. the 3ist instant. at Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' Office, 2, Dale.street, 170 Bales Mocha COFFEE, BROWNE, HUNTER dr CO., Broken Apply to To-MORROW, the 31st inst., at Twelve o'clock at Noon, on the Quay. north-west corner of Queen's Dock. Liverpool, 89 Pieces Red FIR, containing 628, - 44 M ASTS, 61 to 91 inches diameter. 12 'SPARS, 4to 6 inches diameter, 1474 Pieces Redwood DEALS and BATTENS, 512 Whitewood DITTO DITTO, being the carzo now landing ex Rapid, from Porsgrund.—On account of the importers. To which will be added the WOODS withdrawn from the Sales of the 24th instant.—For particulars apply to EDWARD:CHALONER, Broker. TO-MORROW, the 31st instant, at Half-past One o'clock, at Golding and Nash's Saleroom. Corn Exchange, Brunswick-street, About 766 0-70 Bushels White WHEAT, In Du 2-6, 2924 17-70 Bushels Red A HEAT, in Duke's 2-7. For further particulars apply to JOHN TOMLINSON & SON, Brokers. On account of whom it may concern. To.stoatow. the 31st instant, at Half-past One o'clock, at Golding and Nash's SaleroomVorn Exchange, Brunswick-street, About 428 Barrels Baltimore FLOUII For further particulars apply to J. & U. HAMNETT, Brokers Op account of whom it may concern. To-moitaow, the 31st instant, at Half-past One o'clock, at Go'ding and Rash's Saleroom, Corn Fxchanve, Brunswick-street, About 200 Barrels FLOUR, and A Quantity of Damaged WHEAT, For further particulars apply to J. & M. HARNETT, Brokers , NEXT WEEK TUESDAY, :on TIMM next, the 4th November, at Half-past One o'clock, at the Commercial Saleroom. Temple-court, 604 Boxes American CHEESE, lust landed ex sundry vessels from New York ; 283 Loose American CHEESE, ex Ehersonese, from Portland.—Apply to GEOROE BADENACH & SON, Brokers. WEDNESDAY On WZDNB3DAY next, the sth Nov., at Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' Office, 2, Dale-street, £1541 Bags Bombay SALTPETRE, BROWNE, HUNTER & CO., Brokers. Apply to T HIS DAY, R. J. NOWDER Will respectfully offer his Selection lof IParisian and English RIDING and WALKING HATS, BONNETS, and CAPS, with every description of Trimmings, Feathers, Laces, &c..;of the most fashionable and tasteful kind. 81, CHURCH STREET. ENLARGEMENT OF THE NORTHERN TIMES, DOUBLE ITS PRESENT SIZE. The patronage and support hitherto accorded to the NORTHERN DAILY TIMES, has rendered it necessary for the Proprietors to enter into arrangements for its speedy Permanent Enlarge ment to Double its present size. Until this is effected, Double Numbers will be issued whenever a pressure of news, or an influx of advertisments, shall render it necessary. In making this an nouncement, the Proprietors, grateful for the flat tering encouragement they have already received, avail themselves of the opportunity to state that they will spare neither pains nor expense to render the NORTHERN DAILY TIMES the most accurate and earliest authority upon all matters of news — Political, General, Monetary, Commercial, and Maritime. The new arrangements, when com pleted, will impose upon the Proprietors the necessity of ceasing to supply extra Slips to Subscribers, but no increase will be made in the rate of subscription, which is now 38s. per annum. NORTHERN DAILY TIMES OFFICE, 19, South John Street. TO CORRESPONDENTS. The Courier, of yesterday, in its notice of last Saturday Evening's Concert at St. George's 'Hall, takes the :unwarrantable liberty to say " the NOBTFIEItig DAILY TIMES is pecuniarily interested in the speculation." t We beg to tell the Editor of the Courier that we have no pecuniary interest whatever in the matter, and have I no more to do with the management than he has. We ir can afford to forgive the malevolent feeling which I • prompted the publication of the wilful falsehood. E, e ilartOtu timeo THURSDAY, OCTOBER :JO, 1856, THE DAY'S NEWS Yesterday, we mentioned that a rumour was current that it was the intention of the Town Council to impose a Borough rate, in conse quence of the enormous expenditure connected with the Pike Scheme. We gave insertion to the report as it reached us, for the purpose of receiving an explicit declaration on this point, whether or not such was to be the case. We are glad to find that no such intention is yet enter tained in the Council Chamber, as Mr. Holme, at the meeting of the Council, yesterday, denied the correctness of the rumour. It is sincerely to be hoped that the new Council will bear in mind the assertions of Mr. Holme, and not put an additional tax on the already overburthened burgesses of this municipality. Mr. William Brown is tired of the inertness of the Liverpool Corporation. Some three or four years ago, he offered the sum of mon& towards a build ing for the accommodation of the Public Library. His donation was thankfully accepted ; but, after the lapse of these four years, nothing more has been done, than to advertise for, and receive plans for the intended building ; the authorities have not even come to a d e termination as to Which p l an is the most suitable, seeing that they only intend to spend 20,0001 in the erection. Mr. Brown i s much in favour of the design of Mr. Alton, and offers a further 6,000/ if the Coporation furnish a like sum. If not, he wishes that a suitable site be .procured, and a building for the library axone be at once proceeded with. We think that Mr. Brown's `letter to the Mayor, of which we give a copy i n another part of to-day's impression, is a very reasonable one. It is high time that a building, towards which a donation of 6,0001. was given four years ago, should be in existence", Political rumours are very rife at present. It is understood that a reduction of the chief officials in the War Department is about to take place, Mr. Monsoll vacating the place of Clerk of the Ord 1. mance, and Colonel Munday that of Extra Under secretary. This, it is stated, is consequent on the removal of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Mr. Y. Peel, whose place Mr. Alonsell will take, the THE Clerkship of the Ordnance merging into the Under Secretaryship. There was a struggle between Mr• William Cowper, the. present President of the Board of Health, and Mr. F. Peel, for the Vice- Presidency of the Committee of Education, which, despite family ties, the latter has won. This, how ever, is not absolutely authenticated, as there is still a doubt about the Secretaryship to the Treasury, and whether Mr. James Wilson will vacate it or not. Among domestic gossip we hear that Lord Ernest Vane Tempest, notwithstanding the enormous deal of trouble he has given to the Marchioness of Londonderry, is very determinedly supported by that wealthy, strong-minded—we had almost written imperious —lady. A pamphlet is to be expected in which an attack is to be made on the Commander in -Chief, embodying a number of facts connected with his military, and even his private life; and war to the knife is to be proclaimed against the Horse Guards by the house of Vane. How such a " brochure " will be received by the public, strange as it may appear, it is not quite easy to say ; for it is a fact that the " practical jokers " of the Fourth Light Dragoons have absolutely a party, and that not confined to persons of the class to which Lord Ernest Vane Tempest belongs ; but certain ultra-democrats are taking up their parable against the mode in which the punishment was adminis tered, insinuating that there was not a sufficiently English trial, and, moreover, that the dismissal was not for the bad behaviour in the first instance, but for the breaking of the arrest afterwards. Our Continental advices do not contain any news of importance. Contradictions continue to cross each other between Paris and Vienna, con cerning the occupation of tiro Principalities and the design of the Porte. At Paris they maintain that the Porte has required the retirement of the Austrians. At Vienna they obstinately affirm the contrary By some mischance, up to the hour of going to press, our usual London intelligence had not reached us. This will account for the meagre summary of our commercial and continental news. THE grave calumnies on the Emperor NAPOLEON and his EMPRESS, which have appeared in a Man chester journal, have excited the well-merited indignation of the French Government, arid the honest disgust of their readers in this country. We claim for ourselves the most perfect freedom of discussion on matters relating to the internal condition, policy, and prospects of Foreign States. To watch diligently the movements on the political board, and the changes which are likely to prove injurious or otherwise to our moral or material interests, is the first duty of a Newspaper Press. But when public journalists become pimps and spies, and give publicity to the whispers of base and treacherous employes about a Court, they for feit all claim to that impunity which our laws and institution allow them. What is it to the people of England whether the EMPEROR and EMPRESS of France are the purest saints or the basest sinners upon earth. We have no right to draw aside the curtain, pry into the private affairs of the Imperial Family, and measure Royal weaknesses by Manchesterian morality and ideas of social While France finds no fault, the interfer ence of foreigners is the excess of impudence— nay, indecency. And it is to be hoped that our cotemporaries will be constrained by the force of public opinion to abandon the publication of their well concerted onslaughts upon the privacy of an Allied Court. There are matters of far more importance to Free Trade Manchester than the dastardly whispers of political knaves, and palace flunkies. We are the parents of the new economic doctrine, and since our mawkish example has failed to satisfy Europe that Manchester is sincere—that she knows what Free Trade is, we have to demonstrate to the world that our bantling is not a humbug, and vanquish prejudices and over• throw still stronger suspicions, by an intelli- purity. gible array of facts, showing that we are both in earnest and right in practice. France admits that the Manchester theory is sound ; but she looks in vain for a practical illus tration of its benefits in this country. The word reciprocity has been erased from our political vocabulary. France wants to sell the products of her soil—her wines, brandy, liquors, and fruits, and while she makes reductions in her duties in favour of manufactured goods, she expects some corresponding advantages for her staple commodi ties, and, as we are not prepared to make such con cessions, she proposes to bide her time, when she will give us a political thrust which we shall not speedily forget. French statesmen see that it remains for them to force reciprocity upon us and the rest of Europe. They may be driven forward by an advance on our part, but they will not forgo a prolific revenue for a mere display of empty words. France has not forgotten the lan guage employed in the recent debate in the House of Commons on the wine duties. Where was the spirit of reciprocity on that occasion ? " Protec tion" for British industry, and other common clap traps were not brought forward on either side. The revenue ! " Consider the revenue," was the uni versal cry, and France very naturally responds— " Think of my income." And no.v she finds that we are in a dead lock in finance, she sees it remains for her to carry out at her leisure that which we have been very little more than talking about. There is a balance of about 7,000,0001. per annum against us in our trade with France, and to increase that balance twc-fold, she need scarcely do more than reduce her import duties on those yaw materials which enter largely into the cost of her productions. How far the decline of that specious bubble, the Credit Mobilier, will hasten her steps in this direction, remains to be seen.. Its sudden, though perfectly natural decline in public estima tion, must precipitate a crisis ; and it is not at all unlikely that an attempt will be made to avert it, by some bold financial stroke for the relief of trade. As a monetary institution, the Credit Mobilier never had a basis. I t raised a certain amount of capital from the common stock of the money market, and while it absorbed a large share of its floating capital, it added nothing whatever to the general money power of the. country ; and when all its liabilities are told up, whether in a season of pressure, or comparative ease, the total must be very great, and the consequences of its failure proportionably disastrous. There never was a greater mistake than giving credit a vast organisation for stock jobbing purposes, or a more childish phantom than hoping to correct the evils of a scarcity of money by creating an enlarged demand for cur rency, without augmenting the supply. France did not want a fresh impetus given to the move. ments of her circulation ; nor could the Bourse hope to bo sustained by a credit bank, which was not allowed the privilege to " promise to pay." The Credit Mobilier must then be, sooner or later, numbered among the things that were. It cannot stand the shocks of political excitement. It is not proof againstla‘'reactionary policy, and it will be the first colossus to break down under the weight of popular anxiety These, and the other mighty eventualities hang ing over France, present a sufficiently wide field England, w itho u t con to the journalists of d esce nding to the meaness and weakness in upon the pri vacy o f t h e ofEmperorbreaking NAPOLEON and his family ; an d our Manchester cotemporary would do well to devote more of his valuable space to matters of far greater NORTHERN TIMES importance to the people of both countries. The bullion panic, from which French commerce is suffering so bitterly, will not be obviated, or its lamentable consequences averted, by calumny. It is the result of deep-rooted distrust. Every arrest, every act of apparent oppression and supposed injustice, acts upon the barometer of the empire. Trifles in such times assume the dimensions of monsters, and it ill becomes Englishmen to interpose in the affairs of others with the view of doing incalculable mischief, simply because the moment they select may appear more than usually opportune. There is much which directly concerns us which Manches ter scribes might write about, such as the faultiness of the Treaty of Paris, the proposal for another diplomatic Conference at Paris, the unsatisfactory position in which the Western Powers have left the East, the Emperor's Russian sympathies, his ukewarmness in the affairs of Naples, Italy, and Spain. Here is a field wide enough in all con-. science for the transcendent abilities of the Man chester Press, and while the plain unvarnished truth supplies abundant food for the lovers of news, it is earnestly to be desired that the North of England should not be disgraced by encouraging well disguised political slanders of a most out- rageous character FRoM all we can learn it appears that the trades men of Lime-street Ward are resolved to return Mr. J. R. JEFFERY to the Town Council. That gentleman's able and luminous speech has satisfied them that he knows more of our corporate affairs as a Burgess than Mr. J. BUCK LLOYD does, notwithstanding his fifteen years' servitude, and long professional experience. And why should it not be so ? What is there in the business of the Corporation to require our Councilmen to be so many Cicero's, and philosophers ? An honest man can never make a jobber it is true, but an intel ligent and active citizen ought to be quite as capable of arriving at a sound judgment on corporate subjects, after hearing them debated when in office, as ho is before he enters it. The public can tell by newspaper reports whether the Council are acting wisely with their property or not. They do not want Mr. J. BUCK LLOYD to tell them when the prodigals are squandering their substance, and getting up costly and impracticable schemes. Away, then, with the cant about expe rienced representatives, and length of servitude. Why are our Municipal representatives elected every three years? Simply, for the purpose of giving local taxpayers the power of getting rid of extravagant, thoughtless, and incompetent mem bers. Our Constitution wisely suspects every man. It was designed to prevent the monopoly of place, and emolument by any individual or party, and there is no ingratitude in telling a public servant, who pleads a long life devoted to the service of a constituency, his services are no longer required. It must also be remembered that public opinion is progressive, and that, as education and refine ment advance, liberal sentiments, a just regard for the honest administration of public affairs, and political moderation spread rapidly—that con stituencies change, and the voice which was once illiberal and corrupt, speaks out with moral force and honest determination. Mr. J. BocK LLOYD has found this to be the case in the course of his personal canvass of the electors of Lime-street Ward. The mejority of that Municipal district are Reformers, and ho finds the fifteen years he has spent in opposing their moderate behests, and appropriating their funds contrary to their often repeated opinions, are not recognised as giving him a claim upon them for their suffrages. If there had been the considerable excess of Reform voters in the Ward fifteen, or even three, years ago that there is now, Mr. J. BUCK LLOYD would never have offered himself as a candidate for election. The constituency has changed, and Mr. LI.OYD is not the right MAUI to represent Reform He cannot do them justice in the exclaim—' Burgesses Town Council. Mr. ROBERTSON GLADSTONE has told us why Mr. LLOYD ought not to be returned, and Mr. LAWRENCE HEY WORT FT could give s us a few more cogent reasons for keeping him out of the Council Chamber. Mr. LLOYD may not have written the articles which have recently appeared in the London Times against Mr. LAWRENCE HEYWORTH'S views, but we may rest satisfied that he is ready to endorse every word the " leading journal" has published on the subject to which Mr. letter relates. He is a man of no independence. He dare not speak, think, or vote against his party. Whatever jobs the dock, water, finance, or improve ment committees propound heanust support. They can rely on him with as much certainty as they can ou the return of sun set. If it should so happen that he could not be seen at the moment a division was about to take place, it would only be necessary for the whipper to ask, " Where `` are you, Mr. LLOYD ?" to make the Town Hall re-echo again with the answer, " Here I am, Mr. " Chairman." AEYWORTH's These are the chief recommendations which belong to the great length of corporate servitude of which Mr. J. BUCK LLOYD and his prodigal associates boast. Men who have been for years in the Council know the critical moment at which they should show up on the carpet, or make them selves scarce. These may be very desir able accomplishments; but to say they give their possessors a decided preference over talented, active, and experienced men of business, is drawing a little too freely on public credulity. Nor is it one whit less preposterous to hear Councilmen talking of the strides the trade and commerce of the port have made, as though they were the authors of the Mersey's prosperity. The weelth of Liverpool is due to the ohipowneis and mer chants. The frightful cost and remaining indebted ness of the port and Borough belong to the prodi_ gal Councilmen. All the accommodation the shipowner receives might have been supplied at one-half the cost, whilst the merchant has built his own warehouses .and all the other appliances of his business ; and the Mersey must have become just what it is if there had never been a Council sitting in the Town Hall I " Look at what I have " done for the trade and commerce of Liverpool" may be a great catch-line for an electioneering bill ; but the interest of the money which has been sunk with a reckless hand is beginning to alarm think ing men who see the subject in the right light It must tell a tale ere long, unless wasteful expendi ture be rendered impossible, and some provision made for the liquidation of the dock and corporate debts, and when these matters are brought up for discussion, few of those gentlemen who talk so majestically about what they and their supporters in the Corporation have done for our trade, will venture to identify themselves with the past as freely as they do now to secure their return to the Council. There is much to be said about the allurements held out to the confiding Burgesses of some of our Wards ; but they shall be enlightened in due course. The reign of clap-trap is drawing to a close, and then the Electors of Liverpool will be "country -LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY. shown without reference to politics of any kind) that their real interests are inseperablo from those of the multitude. The dry and threadbare cant of party is easily seen through, when figures which reveal the truth are placed before the public. When Mr. J. R. JEFFERY gets the return of the Borough Estate moved for by Mr. ROBERTSON GLADSTONE, he will, no doubt, make a full and legitimate use of it ; and by the time the indebted , ness of the Dock Estate and the Borough has been carefully handled, we shall know pretty well who to thank for the position we have been brought into. We shall then be able to refer to Mr. J. Bues LLOYD'S and his Corporate associates votes with advantage to the Burgesses. El:action squibs only touch the surface. It is necessary to count the millions which have passed through the hands of the Council, and their Committees within the last twenty or fifteen years, to examine the votes in every case where a division has taken place, and then see the exact state into which the town has been brought financially. We do not wish to make habitual jobbers tremble at the thoughts of the disclosures which are in store for them, but we do earnestly entreat the Reform electors to aid the good work of Munici• pal purification, to show that, as a Reform Ward, they will be represented by one of themselves, and that they do know how to receive and reward tradesmen who owe all to their own talent, industry, prudence, and integrity. If such men are not trustworthy in public affairs, what then shall we say of our representative institutions ? THE news received by the last mail from the United States, with regard to the Presidential election, appears to be quite incredible. Pennsyl vania—the Quaker State—cannot have declared in, favour of BUCHANAN and despotism. Its Puritan's and freemen cannot have countenanced slavery — in word, much less in deed ! We will never credit such a report, until we see it confirmed by a majority of votes. The American people may differ among themselves on religious subjects, and with all the world on politics; but there can be but one voice in Pennsylvania respecting slavery —the stealing, selling, and flaying of human flesh. The man who would traffic in the blood of his fellow-creature, simply because he has a black skin, would enslave his white brother-man; and this is the character BUCHANAN'S return will secure for the great nation called into existence by the immortal WASHINGTON. But, although the tools of European despotism would thus degrade their country to gratify their ambition, still the gauntlet has been thrown down to the Free States ; and those Abolitionists who have taken up arms in the cause of Negro Emancipa tion, will not lay them down until they have driven slavery out of the Republic. BUCH ANAN'S triumph will not settle the Kansas struggle. It will only add fresh fuel to the flames of civil war. The Southern news papers have spoken out in strains which will fill the Northern men with exasperation which it will be difficult to remove. They have dared to give expression to political sentiments which, in this peace-loving country, would draw down the sum mary vengeance of the masses upon their authors' heads, and endanger the public peace. Will BUCHANAN, or his supporters in Pensyl vannia, presume to endorse the opinions of the South, or to indentify themselves with a cause in which we find the most terrible political profanation coupled with the most abominable social curse ? I Are we to have a civilised government who " sicken " at the name of Free Society ?"—a Cabinet of Americans who ask, " What is it but a congloma " ration of greasy mechanics, filthy operatives, small fisted farmers, and moon struck theorists ?" Well may their Printing-house Square enemies Shades of WASHINGTON ! is this, then, " the end of the great experiment ?" Well may we in Europe tremble for the future, when we hear these things coming from the West. We flogged HAYNAU in our streets for less than the abominations the slave-holders practices daily ; and we have just shed torrents of our best blood, and spent millions of our treasure, to avert a far less threatening and unholy future than that which is impending over the Great Republic, if BUCHANAN should be raised to power- But, we reiterate, such an event cannot come to pass. It would be a signal for the Free States to sake up arms to a man, and to demand an, instant separa tion from the South. Europe may be anxious to witness this scene, and BUCIIANAN may not shrink from such a line of policy; but this will not delay the emancipation of the slave. The Abolitionists will have no slavery on the North American Continent. The recent insults heaped upon them, and the outrages offered to civilisation, will give intensity to their zeal and determination. BUCHANAN, if elected, would go into office in direct opposition to the voics. of the people, which in a republic goes for something more than a majority of votes ; and, notwithstanding his old European associations and influence, he would be compelled tc throw the South overboard to retain place, the attainment of which appears to be his sole aim. Apart from the question of slavery, the return of a President to guide the destinies of the New World would be a matter of little import to this country, and we are inclined to think that the people of the United States would treat the subject with as much indifference as we should. And since it is quite manifest that BUCHANAN'S elevation to power cannot retard the cause of progress iu the West, or subvert the decrees of a merciful Provi dence, we should trouble ourselves as little about it at the present moment, if we did not know that it must inevitably lead to civil war and bloodshed. It' he persists in his canvass, and his Southern supporters in their exuberant depravity, the next mail or two will put us in possession of some strange tidings. His over zealous partisans have coupled his name with doctrines which his agents will not, we hope, attempt to import into the North, where " Free society" is appreciated far more highly than it is even in Great Britain. The electors of Pennsylvania had spoken in favour of BUCHANAN before the South put forth its anathe mas against civilisation. If they were the first to sanctify the slander of the Free Soilers, their dis_ grace is indelible. The use which will be made of them throughout Europe will develope itself for many generations. The foes of the popu- lar cause ... will revert to them with delight, and Americans will be made to blush at their recital in every land. BUCHANAI , I himself may live to be humiliated in the presence of despotism by the repetitions of the political beauties of the school, whose succour be asks to raise him to the rank of ruler over a free and enlightened people The world-wide mischief has, however, been done, an d when slavery falls, and BUCHA NAN disappears beneath its polluted and ruined bulwarks, we hope there will be some scribe bold enough to say of him what a Roman historian has said of CATALINE, that "his fall had been glorious si pro patria sic " concidesset, had he so fallen in the service of his MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL. LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY EVENING. There was a fair demand for Cotton to-day, the sales reaching 8,000 bales, cf which 2,000 were for export. Prices, of all kinds, were much the same as last reported, with the exception of American which I may be quoted 1-101. per lb. lower than on Friday last. The following statement, on behalf of the Liver pool American Chamber of Commerce and the Cotton Brokers' Association, respecting the evils arising from the false packing of Cotton, has just been issued :-" Liverpool, 23rd October, 1856. To the Chambers of Commerce of New Orleans, Mobile, Charleston, and Savannah, and to all cow cerned in the Cotton Trade of the United States- The magnitude and importance of the commerce of Great Britain with the United States, in the article of Cotton, is sufficiently known, and to those who are acquainted with the details of the trade is a matter of satisfaction, that the machinery by which the distribu tion of so enormous a quantity of material is effected, has, up to this time, worked so smoothly, owing to the honourable character of all concerned, from the planter to the manufacturer. But, in order to sustain the character of the trade, and to retain the mutual confidence which has hitherto existed, it is essential that every sample of Cotton offered in the market should fairly represent the quality of the bulk from which it is taken, as every deviation from this rule tends to create distrust. Of late, however, so many instance of careless packing have occurred, causing a discrepancy between the sample and the bulk, that serious loss has been sustained both by the manufacturer and the merchant, and it has become a duty to call the attention, not only of the American planters and factors, whose reputation is thereby injured, but also of the trade generally to the present growing increase in the proportion of irregular and false packed bales, and to invite their serious consideration of the evils which must inevitably follow the continuance of the practice, and to solicit their assistance in checking it. In most cases, the irregular packing is only dis covered when the bale has reached its ultimate destina tion, and is opened by the manufacturer, and the trouble, cost, and inconvenience of repacking and returning the bale, and the trouble and difficulties which attend a prosecution of his claim have frequently induced him to bear the loss in silence. Similar reasons have prevailed with the merchant to suffer the loss resulting from such cotton, returned by the manfacturer, rather than resort to the tedious and often useless process of, seeking redress against the planter abroad. It is on this account that so few instances have occurred in which the real offender has borne the consequence of his neglect, and, presuming on this forbearance, the evil complained of has, from careless ness or otherwise, increased to such an extent that, in a large proportion of shipments arriving in Liveopool, instances of false or irregular package are discovered, I and occasionally whole parcels, consisting of twenty, fifty, and even a hundred bales are found mixed in the bale, and sometimes plated ; in other words, the outer layer, from which the sample is taken, is more or less superior in quality to the interior of the bale. It is hoped that all parties will see the urgent necessity of promptly coiiperating to stop and remove this serious and increasing evil, which will otherwise disorganise the trade, and destroy that mutual trust and confidence without which such an extensive and important branch of commerce cannot be carried on.-THOMAS SELLAR, President American Chamber cf Commerce. THOMAS HAIGH, President Cotton Brokors' Association. At the Liverpool Share Market there was rather an improved feeling-more business was done, and higher prices were obtained for the leading stocks and shares. The transactions consisted of Black burn, 71. East Lancashire, 201.. Lancashire and Yorkshire, 93i, 94, .1. London and North Western, 102!4, /, 31 Manchester, Sheffield, and Dovers, 2(4,1, 21. Bank of Liverpool, 23. Liverpool Exchange Buildings, 251. The following business was done for next account :-Lancashire and Yorkshire, 961, g, London and North Western, 1034, Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 34. Mid land, 7514, I - , 3-, 1,1; 79. Dovers, 20, 9,1, 20, 16-1.6, 1, 1-16. Great Western of Canada, 24,1. The closing prices, which were not so high as the best quotations of the day, were as follows :- Aberdeen, 12 121 Chester and Birkenhead, 151; 152. Caledonian, 273- 27A. Chester and Holyhead, 16a 167-. Eastern Counties, 8 0. East Lancashire, 20 201. Great Northern, 238 231. Ditto, A shares, 10 101. Great Western, 64 641 Lancashire and Yorkshire Stock, 03a. 03;4, Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport, 171 18. London and North Western Stock, 103 103 . Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 331 331. Otoolr, 77a 77; 5 '. North D. itioh, O 010 9 5-16. North Staffordshire, 5150. South Eastern and Dover, 201 21. York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 191 20. York and North Midland, 281 281. Leeds Capital Stock, 171 171. Buffalo and Lake Huron, 4 2d. Dutch Rhenish, 1 3-16 lip. Great Western of Canada, 24:1; 24g. Ditto, New Shares, 21, 27-, 7 p. Great Luxembourg, 11/ l 1 d. The continuations paid were --Caledonian, k is • con. Eastern Counties, is 1-16 l s 1-16. East Lanca shire, is 61. Great Western, 8. Lancashire and Yorkshire Stock. 2. London and North Western Stock, a 4. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, is 91. Midland Stock, a 7-16., South Eastern, even. York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 2s 3d 2s. Dutch Rhenish, is 6d 1-16. THE MURDEROUS OUTRAGE IN PARLIAMENT STREET About seven'o'clock on Monday evening the unfortunate man, Richard Cope, who had not previously articulated a single word, was heard by one of the nurses in the ward where he was lying, to whisper his ability to eat some thing. Immediate information was given to the house surgeon, who felt it his duty to communicate with the chief superintendent of the police, with a view to obtain the attendance of a magistrate at the bedside of the injured man. Mr. Jardine, on learning the facts, at once accompanied Mr. Burnaby to :the hospital. Upon the prisoner's arrival at the hospital, Mr. Marshall having first satisfied himself that Cope was in a perfectly rational state, and able to articulate, allowed Nlr. Jardine and the other officials to be introduced. Mr. Burnaby took a posi tion close to the bedside of the injured man, to whom he explained in a soothing manner, the occasion of the visit, introducing to him Mr. Jardine, who stood on the other side of the patient's bed. All being in readiness, the prisoner was brought in between two officers, and placed at the foot of Cope's bed, iu a position allowing full observation of his features. The prisoner bore this trying ordeal with remarkable nerve, looking down sternly, and unmoved upon the emaciated and pallid form of his Tictim, whose personal appearance was rendered more haggard than it would otherwise have been by a grizzly beard and moustachios, which nearly covered his face. The first question addressed to Cope by Mr. Burnaby was—" Do you know the man standing at the foot of your bed ? " Cope surveyed him with a penetrating glance for some few moments, and then faintly ejaculated—" Yes." Mr. Burnaby pursued the question by enqniring how he knew the prisoner, upon which Cope replied, in a tremulous voice, " That is the man who struck me." Mr. Burnaby next asked Cope whether he could tell what it was he was struck with? Cope looked anxiously towards the prisoner, and articulated, in a thick guttural voice, "A. life-preserver." Mr. Burnaby then asked the sufferer whether he could tell how many blows had been given to him by the prisoner? Cope appeared anxious to reply more fully to this enquiry, hut, after an effort, was only able to articulate a simple "No." Mr. Burnaby, after a short pause, next asked Cope whether the prisoner had spoken to him before commencing to attack him. The unfortunate man, whose utterance up to this point had been gradually becoming more imperfect, appeared excited by the last question, and in reply muttered some inarticulate sounas, from which nothing could be gleaned. Mr. Burnaby looked towards Mr. Marshall, who all this time stood at the bedside watching the effect of the examination on his patient, and on gathering from him that a continuation of this mode of examination might probably be very prejudicial to Cope, Mr. Burnaby said he had got quite enough, and that if the patient would affix his mark to the deposition he should not be troubled any further. Upon this intimation Cope stretched out his hand and tremblingly affixed his attestation, upon which the prisoner was removed, and th e few present retired, painfully affected with the scene they had witnessed. THE BRIAN-MALLY COLLIERY ACCIDENT.—Faur more bodies have been discovered in the mine and brought up to the surface. A jury was sworn, and after two meet ings, the inquest was adjourned until Monday next. The workmen in the employ of Messrs. Blackey Brothers, celebrated the festival of St, Crispin on Monday last. At noon, accompanied by an excellent band, they started for the Aigburth Hotel, where for some hours they enjoyed themselves. In the evening a most sumptuous supper was provided for them, at the Vine Hotel, 1 4 , Pitt street, the style in which it was served up reflecting the greatest credit on -the obliging proprietor, Mr .Hofken. Singing an d dancing was kept up with much spirit, and the company broke up at a late hour, highly delighted with the enter tainment, and the spirited man ner with which the liberal host Mr. Hofken, carried out the imanagement. LIVERPOOL BonouGu SEssioNs.—At the Sessions, yester day, the following prisoners received the under men ti one d senten c e s, viz , for felony—Gilbert Patterson, five months ; Bernard Shevlin, six N , veeks ; Patrick S m ith, s i x wee k s; Henry Gibb, eight mont h s ; John Holborne, fifteen months ; James Westtiead, four years penal servitude ; Eliza A. Tur ner, ten days; and Elizabeth Turner, ten days. Misde meanours--Pedro Delmas, six weeks; John Sidney, six months ; Henry Guy, five months ; Margaret Carroll, seven months ; Archibald M`Glashan, nine months ; Peter Har rison, three months ; Thomas Tripp, seven months ; Mar garet Cochrane, twelve months ; Antonian Eaddie, three months, mz,i). ll TOWN COUNCIL. A special meeting of the Council was held in the Tom Hall, at eleven o'clock, yesterday, for the purpose of w inding up the corporation business, previous to the municipal elec tions. The mayor, John Stewart, Eq., occupie d the chair: FINANCE COMMITTEE. The proceedings of this committee comprised the folloW; ing :—" Recommendation that notice be given to lgeset,', Parry and Fowler to determine their contract for the suPP!! : of coal. Recommendation to purchase a freehold house. Eldon Place, from Mr. William Wright, for £3OO. commendation to extend and improve the chain test.irnes machine and premises, so as to meet the increasing re ( l ll . l ee e meats of the trade of the port." The proceedings con the a number of regulations recommended for adoption invent collecting and paying over of dock fines, in order to P te ' o f defalcations for the future. The plans and s the new daily courts, in Dale Street, were also refereed,. as being now fully prepared. The consideration of ~:`,.. Mansfield's application for increase of salary was still tw ther postponed. . 4 or Mr. Alderman Samuel Holm moved the con&raatie., the proceedings. lie said the council would have perceVel that there was a variety of very important matters contT t he in the proceedings, T ic e„ it was. his duty to move th, e , d , be council do adopt. Three of them were special, 31. ` t i e e: should have to make separate motions for their ad O P ee q uite The first subject t o which he should make allusion vee s b - e ur, pecificatioes_, that the surveyor had now completed, after immense 'soy the whole of the plans and spt cifications of the nev r we re courts to be erected in Thle-street. The quantities ory now being taken, and the committee hoped that at Ci c ote , early period of the next year the buildings woul d be sent menced, when they would be enabled to liberate the Pereewell, daily courts, and should have for sale the present brit': gee together with the whol3 of the property at the n ot 011 of Exchange-alley, and the block which was subsecitleivera purchased, and which, as the council were aware, 60 00 simply keeping in readiness at the present time, t h e tee aet being all on yearly notice, for disposal as soon e s they t efe the new courts er: etell. The surveyor hoped ° lost eighteen months, but assuredly within two years, all 0 t t o property would be liberated for sale. The next subjecdeelt which he had to draw attention was the collection 0f.060, and town fines. The sub-committee, who sat mall ti de of and took a great deal of pains to ascertain the best an keeping the accounts, entertained a hope that the resole . 1 to they had come to, and which he should ask the el l it el a taa adopt, would have so circumscribed the collection , anu eee iell' have given such an effective check and placed the re'rbette bility where the responsibility ought in all cases t°, t ee been placed, that it would be almost impossible Woe future any defalcations should occur in that respectoo of next subject to which he bad to direct the attenil b t it the Town Council was a special one, and be bolos forward with some degree of pain. It was the r econenl e eri wol elsr that notice be given to given to Messrs. Parry an d "e re eor to determine their contract for the supply of coals. Toy sequence of the complaints made as to the very bed g r tier of the coal and slack supplied by these gentlemen--Ps.,,ebt larly from the Baths and Testing-ma Chine buildings, soil subject had been taken up by the Finance Conernittenef the the contractors were invited to attend. SaraPl es e ;4 o , l coal and slack were produced, but as the causes of 0 0 '1 0 00 0 were not of casual occurrence, but were, unhalWi l iP ra ed to be very frequent and grievous, and as there atottl be no prospect of better coals being obtained, the 0 0 ' 0 001 felt themselves bound to recommend that the by should put an end to the contract, as they NV er Lner:. terms authorised to do. This was only another int." o g, P; if any instance were necessary—of the evil of t e '" 0 0 " every case, the lowest tender for the supply of article:oo of corporation, without reference to the quali fiefi To c eir ee' the parties to supply the articles. (Hear, hear.) tinue, however, the receiving such rubbish, vr°- bo thought, be an act of injustice to all the parties Who sent in tenders to the corporation. Many of them 01). the highest respectability, and the corporation vo e „ o itS e s: doubtedly, authorise the committe to determine the e y o 11P„' which had not been broken through by the corporal° ;At had fulfilled, faithfully, their part of the stipulatio ns, the _fr the parties themselves, who had contracted to sulePli de er, M h tidies. He begged to add, that one of the parties ca ll f e UP; last evening, and presented him with a letter. 'he sea was addressed to himself personally, he stated to t is tleman that he could hold no communication with his private capacity. I declined opening the letter , be L oos' ing him, if he had any thing to state, to send it tot tob cil, through the Mayor, as its recognised head. As 1 , 6 11 probably been done, it would be only fair that te oo llo should be read. This morning, however, he 1( 1° ' st 9 1e had received an anonymous letter through the P e t ; te' t. although he usually threw anonymous letters in oe eitt fire, yet as this contained some very grave c harge s t; the some of the officers of the corporation in reference 0 0°4 contract—charges which, if they were true, instant dismissal of the officers referred to t and e e e , sB tbrotag not know the writer, tho letter having reached mul ho nt i the post. he should take the liberty of laying, it 00,r a ; ' 4 ," hoping that some person would discover the wr i t "' obey; would ca bs d whenever one person made grave charges agei n ,, 6 ' n et charges which affected their moral character, wit"-aeser ing the manliness to put his name to the letterenelorel, to be shown up. (Hear, bear,) He should , to move that the council authorise the giving of 1 1 ° t 4 termine the contract of Messrs. Parr a nd Fowle r ' i dt ts'ef The Mayor said he had received, w i t hi n the cyoll' minutes, a memorial from the Messrs. Parry an upon the subject. m ot Mr. Woodruff moved that the memorial be re 3 f (i f : etit ho '" The memorial was accordingly read. It se " 1 1 '9 0(Voti the order given in the first instance for best coals 0 0 4 , changed in several places, which it mentioned, 048,4 coals—that for six months there had been but ba t 'l OO plaint, and that the complaints at any time were isit,stee, few. A letter from Messrs, Parry and Fowiperootenett, read, addressed to the chairman of the "'inane. The letter repeated the statement of the ni e— r eK e eilt added that the contractors had been f re quent ba d v t is that they were not so liberal as their predecessorgoote,to and not having paid any attention to those broad iv 001 had probably some influence upon the matter. - " ln atee c eet denied that the sample of coal shown to the coney the 0 0 1 a fair specimen , as it was taken from the toP fthe ko de where the small ' coal all was found, and stated tb e tio eS '00! who brought the sample said he had had instr e e e theft, so. They also urged that their coal had receive" Do approbation from corporate officials and oth ers bt /1 quarters. tbe ti m e g Mr. Woodruff said, in the few remarkgr reisitt - dr, necessary to make upon the subject, it was no ' - c ootr . teri to support Messrs Parry and Fowler, or any other "el who did business for the corporation, in supplYiTelle t el a s rior to their contract. On the contrary, he wo oo tre".o,,i to use every effort possible, where parties wi le - ot °mit' certain prices to supply proper goods, di d 1 11 determine the contract at the earliest opporttleireete,iiief thought they had a duty to perform to the COs et a r seeing that full justice was done to them, l o t tb s to alleged that they had not had fair play, an d !A i ,/ t i re cumstances under which the contract was, ; : e tea " g e s o il determined had not been thoroughly inYeste t aeVe finance committee themselves, then he though t aete h do sif not be doing justice to the contractors if t e , b ,, el e ooe: t the:contract without any further enquiry. - L - e to P e or i ef did not hesitate at all to tell the council, 011- 4 . e iS 4 0, 4 11 names to the document, that during the.„‘ t fil% 5 rad they had had no complaint. At the end oft edr i ," o o o. o they stated that they were reminded that they .40 10 .1E 10 so liberal as their predecessors. Gentlemen "007 0 stand what that meant, he presumed. I °lo SPO s etto that was not responded to, then the contratore t be e , complaints, from one quarter only. It ine s o Cae e i mind that the complaints came principally frA ie 0 00 ord street, and the chain cable testing machine. i eeees, e r t e reminded them of six or eight other Lot eely,4l made no complaint. He could not eerlsell of 1 be e on the finance committee intended to do an 36 " bt 4 . A 11 - 0 1 R the contractors. If anything at all, he thl o a g b a mistake in not having proper information, toitteesitertbe suggest that the chairman of the finance 03 10 0 , 0# 3 0 6 1 pouargthiets to permit this resolution to go hack again for o ,' t o eitih i r mation. If the charges were true, they ouguy t he 0° 419 1 , who s o determinea cted "l i e f they contract,w e ee; d o t true , t he ° ode leave ee 00 11 4 tlie having made a false charge to rest upon 0 11 t ° (Hear, hear.) Mr. Woodruff conclude d b a l ba el‘ this portion of the proceedings be referee finance committee. of Mr. Haydock seconded the motion. 0 3 '0° tll l Mr. Fernihough said he bad listened to tile s , Pi ed of b e contractors with some attention, inastnu e , l i t y 10 01 ‘, 0 10, 1 14 charge of his public duty, having frecene l ti o n ti e r resi, coal, and been called upon to pass an opinion t ni ed e 'd could not keep silent upon that occasion• a deee e oo o r of the finance committee were aware, b 0 " e tc , Oc o ee 0 0 1 . ; duty to draw the attention of the comora te t e tbe 6 6 , e 4 tebetro would be in the recollection of members ° ie stre e l to a A i l mittee present, that the surveyor au Iva! tbe" - eoei s itS d d municate with the contractors, and , v ii i " re . it ° t o ) 0 mode of treating the committee in f u r ft Is" it fe e d s elapsed, and the thing was not improve' oote l ! i j e cle do et! thing to have it said in the letter that n e " ye ti ej e . Pj been made, because complaints were. on of f 1)11/ et 111 head-quarters. He drew the attentl_ence 0 0 111. 0 041 committee to the subject, and, in conse% o c o rn 0 0 1 005 so, the surveyor was instructed to go to o w. ea pd 1? baths and examine the coals. li e is w s it. ° t , arranged to meet the surveyor, and the eoe denimitte_, tio, lie samples of it :were sent before tbe .. ft ;1;4'01 committee were aware of the rest h ' ot Ye itt li) that, after the interview they had w n e e d d n to th r e it ',/ Fowler—he could not say which , for UPMot 0 1 gentleman—the coal was satisfactor% gessrpoolobot:of however, the name on their card wa ra e of La il s tein Fowler, but since that period the ri.g. ere nt Ser. ty, upon the card. They were getting dit e w ith it ter 010 Messrs. Parry and Fowler had a rrangu s u en aing_ lee os o lli to improve the quality of the coal, by ~0 the, P er e e t place, he did not know. it was ste t _ ei li;str e , er tlie the only complaint came from Corns orr is only say most positively, that Mr. complained more than once of the ee"'