The Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1861-01-12 00:00:00

~';~ tommarial Salts. ARRIVALS AND EXPORTS From the Bth to the 10th January, 1861, inclusive. s ' NEXT WEEK. INTO . F A 8 3 az 1 ;.. 1 4c.) : 0 On Monday next, the 14th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the LIVERPOOL, ------ --.-. ..-..-.- ..I ..---. -...-.. . - Commercial Saleroom, Temple-court, Fame Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs.klrs. Qrs. Lode Sks. Brls 203 Cases Messina LEMONS, Ireland Z 42 0, lq. li Flour. 16 53 579 158 3837 .. ... 50 Barrels Newtown PIPPINS, C oas t w i se . 45 ... 73 ... ... 50 Boxes Lisbon ONIONS, -- ... ••• ... ... . Canada,&c. 212 ... ..., ... 3553 ..• ••• ••• 2316 50 Bags French WALNUTS, U. States... 3763 1297 20 Bundles Faro BASKETS. ..., ... ... Europe,&c. 3105 ... ...' ••• •'' •" 327* ••• Apply to JAMES ADAM, SON, & CO., Brokers. E gypt INTO On Tuesday next, the 15th instant, at Half-past Ono o'clock, Ro at the Broker's O ffi ce, Corn Exchange-buildingss ..._.--. A Quantity of Damaged WHEAT, Indian CORN, and PEASE. Total 8426 53 652 141 3 3553 158 3839.. 5274 4. 3616 Apply to H. H. GOLDING, Broker. EXPORTS TO - - -.-- ----- '. -- ..------ '- On Tuesday next, the 15th instant, at One o'clock, at the For. Parts . ... ... 100 Broken' Office, 2. Dale-street, Ireland 2192 ... ~.. •••I .1 ... 3372 4 473 640 38 Bales and a Quantity Loose COIR YARN. Coastwise Apply to BROWNE, HUNTER, & CO., Brokers. - On account of whom it may concern., 0 117 ....4. Aes err , AY -IA A,L# _ - On Tuesday next, the 15th instant, at Half-past One o'clock, at Golding's Saleroom, Corn Exchange, 14 Bales American HOPS, ex Belle of the Ocean, from New York, damaged by sea water on the voyage of importation_ Apply to Messrs. Hennings, Gosling, and Co., merchants; or WM. GARDNER & CO., Brokers. gaffs of .rtigtf, Freights to India and China are steady, with rather an upward tendency, but the business has been small this week, owing to the interruptions caused by the holidays. Homeward Freights are firm, and merchants show more disposition to take ships; £3 per ton, with favourable limits to cargo, has been paid from Calcutta to. Liverpool or London. To U.S. Ports we have no improve ment to note since our last, our inland navigation being still closed by ice. On account of whom it may concern. On Friday next, 18th instant, at Half-past One o'clock, at H. H. Golding's Saleroom, Corn Exchange, Brunswick-street, 11,000 Bushels Red WHEAT, 200 Barrels FLOUR. For further particulars apply to J. & M. HARNETT, Brokers. On Friday next, the 18th instant, at Three o'clock, at the Cotton Saleniom, 750 Bales East India 230 „ Lima, unwashed fine, 250 „ Buenos Ayres, unwa.hed common, WOOL. 100 „ Morradore 10 „ California 140 „ Portuguese Liverpool to GENERAL FREIGHTS. Aden Hong Kong Ditto fm Wales I (nominal) 1 Chusan Ceylon : Iron (nominal) Bombay : Coals Ditto from Wales Iron from the Clyde s. d. s. d. 38 0 to 40 0 50 0 to 0 0 55 0 to 0 0 75 francs 40 0 to 0 0 32 0 to 33 0 0 oto 0 0 35 0 to 0 0 45 0 to 0 0 _1,500 Bales. Apply to JOHN L. BOWES & BROTHER, Wool Brokers. AFTER NEXT WEEK• o Suez ss Sydney or I£3 12 s Gd register ton. Melbourne o King George's Sound, Australia 40 0 to 0 ~ Singapore 13 O'to 0 0 Ditto from Wales • Galle ~ Shanghai 55 0 to 0 0 Ditto from Wales ~ Calcutta: Salt without consignment 40 0 to 0 0 Ditto with ditto 42 8 to 0 0 Ditto with Locomotives 47 6 Btspret. , Calcutta : Iron, Engines, &c. 42 6to 6' 0 Ditto, Coals Ascension, from Wales 2B 0 to 0 o Madras Ditto from Wales 0 0 to 0 0 Kurrachee, from Wales 34 0 to 35 0 f f Fernando Po, from Wales 3O Ow 0 0 St. Paul de Loando „ Callao, from Wales 35 0 to 0 0 , Valparaiso direct, from Wales 32 6 to 0 0 „ Woosung , . (nominal) 75 Francs. from Wales „ 80 Francs. Liverpool to Madras: Iron, &c., 40s; Clyde, 42s 6d. Do. Coals, 35s Do. from Wales 375. Liverpool to Valparaiso for orders, to discharge there or at a Port not North of Callao, 32s 6d small ships; • Swansea to ditto, 40s. Tyne to Callao, Coke 50s, Coals 30s Qt. Liverpool to New York, Coals, full cargoes, 8s and per cent., nominal. • Moulmain, 90s, Teak to U.K. ; or £7 2s 6d on the round, nominal. Akyab, option of Rangoon, Bassein, or Moulmain, to U. K. 65s Od, or option of Continent, 67s 6d to 70s, nominal. Calcutta to Liverpool or London, 60s Od. Guano from Chinchas to U. K. or Continent, 656 for ships under 900 tons ; to Mauritius, 655. Bombay to Liverpool or London. 50s. ; Continent, 555. ; Medi terranean, 60s (small ships only). RAILS---BRISTOL CHANNEL. Te Galveston (nominal) 25s and 5 per cent. To Mobile (nominal) To New York lBs ed. To New Orleans ISs Od and 5 per cent. To Charleston lBs Od and 5 per cent. To Pernambuco 37s Cd. To Pernandina (Florida) do. 26s Od and 5 per cent. To Portsmouth (nominal) To Savannah (nominal) o Havannah (nominal)...2ss. To Alexandria (nominal)...2ss. To Cape of Good Hope 37a 6d. COAL : FROM LIVERPOOL OR BIRKENHEAD. On Monday. the 21st instil - tit, at Four o'clock, at the Brokers' Office, Victoria-buildings, Hackin's-hey, 1,400 Bales East India, Mogadore, Fine Scoured Frontier, Spanish. Oporto, Lisbon, English, and other WOOL. 44 Bags WOOLLEN RAGS. Apply to PERKINS & ROBINSON. Wool Brokers. On Monday, the 21st instant, at Four o'clock, at the Cotton saleroom, Exchange-buildings, 650 Bales East India 120 „ Egyptian WOOL. 200 „ Other EDMUND BUCKLEY, Wool Broker , Colonial-buildings, 36, Dale-street. To s. d. s. d. Lisbon Malta l5 0 ... 0 0 Trieste Corfu Smyrna l5 0 ... 0 0 Varna Gibraltar Leghorn... nom l5 0 ... 0 0 Athens Llavannah l4 0 ... 0 0 Cardenas Monte Video j small 40 0 Buenos Ayres ) ships Constantinople l5 0 ... 16 0 Salonica l6 0 ... 17 0 Trebizondo,nom l4 0 ... 15 0 To Sinope Ancona Ragusa Venice Genoa Naples nom. Rhodes St Thos.fmWales Rio Janeiro Ditto frm. Wales Bahia Cape of G. Hope Pernambuco Galveston Rails AlexandriafmWls 18 AlicantefmWales 17 s. d. e. d. 14 0 ... 0 0 17 6 ... 0 0 0 ... 0 0 17 0 ... 18 0 16 0 ... 00 16 0 ... 17 0 16 0 ... 17 0 17 0 ... 00 28 0 ... 0 0 30 0 ... 31 0 27 0 ... 0 0 35 0 ... 35 0 28 0 ... 0 0 0&5 p o 0... 00 0 ... 0 0 We are indebted to Messi for the following rates of fre irs. Taylor, Tipper, and Co. eight to the United States : Boston. LIVERPOOL WOOL SALES. On Thursday, the 24th instant, at Four o'clock, at the Cotton Saleroom, Exchange-buildings, 2,200 Bales East India 55 „ Mogadore and Sfax 2 0 ~ Cape WOOLS. 50 ~ Egyptian 98 „ Sundries 2,423 Bales. Also. on Friday, the 25th Instant, at Three o'clock. 250 Sheets English Skin, Fleece, &c., WOOLS. Apply to MALCOLM GREAME & BILBROUGH, Brokers. LIVERPOOL WOOL SALES. On Friday, the 25th instant, at Three o'clock, at the Cotton Saleroom, Exchange-buildings, 500 Sheets English Skin and Fleece 300 Bales East India WOOL. 200 ~ Fine Lima 1,000 ~ Egyptian, Turkey, Smyrna, &c. 2.000 Bales and Sheets. Apply to W. GREAME de CO., Brokers. en Sgt. ON SALE, PATAGONIAN GUANO. JOHN DAVIES, 8, Lancaster-buildings. Apply to ELLIS & CO.'S ASPHALTE ROOFING FELT, HAIR BOILER FELT, SHIP SHEATHING FELT, SUPERIOR PORTLAND CEMENT, SOLD WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. 14, STRAND-STREET, LIVERPOOL. ON SALE, SEVERAL PARCELS OF SHERRY WINE, Pig Iron, Bars, Rails, &c .... Chemicals and i 1 Fine Iron .... Salt . s. d. s. d. 0 0...17 6 s. d. B. d. 15 0... 0 0 s. d. s. d. 0 0...20 0 o 0...20 0 nominal. 20 0... 0 0 20 0... 0 0 o 0...10 0 £5 Os Nominal. 0 0...17 G o 0...10 0 nominal. Dry Goods Hardwate Earthenware 1 Passengers nominal. 0 0...20 0 0 0.,20 0 0 0... 6 6 £5 Os. Nominal. 12 6... O. 0 0 0...12 6 0 0... 4 0 £5 5s to ES lOs I Gross. LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING. In the LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE to-day business was extremely dull. The Funds were very quiet at yesterday's prices. British Railway Stocks were generally weaker. The changes in dicated in the monthly return of the Bank of France were of much importance. The Coin and Bullion have decreased £3,280,000. The Discounts have increased £2,800,000. The Treasury balance has decreased £2,000,000, and the note circulation has increased £1,240,000.- The market closed at the following prices :--- THE FUNDS. Consols Money „ Account (Dec.) . . . - 2 Exchequer Bills 5 2 dis Bank Stock Three per Cents 9ll i t, RAILWAYS. Ambergate, Not., & East. Junction 81 1 Caledonians Chester and Holyhead 531 Eastern Counties East Lancashire New York and Erie . . . . Edinburgh & Glasgow . . . . 86 8 Great Northern 1111 121 „ A. 1071 8 Great Westerns Great Western of Canada . . Grand Trunk of Canada . . . Great Southern & Western . . Lancashire & Yorkshire . . . Lombardo-Venetian London & North-Western . . London & South-Western . . Leeds Northern 631 Manchester, Sheff., & Lincolnshire 56 Midland Stock North British South-Eastern & Dover . . . York, Newcastle, & Berwick . York & North Midland . . . The following appeared in our later editions of yesterday : The traffic returns this week are much less favourable than of late, owing to the severity of the weather. Yesterday several stocks closed to 4 per cent. lower, owing to the apprehension of a decline in the traffic from the disturbance in the American trade. This has been settling-day in the English funds, but the market has been generally steady. The demand for discount at the Bank was moderate. In the Stock Exchange 5 to 5, per cent. is paid for short loans, and 6 per cent. for longer periods. In the Paris discount market money is freely offered at terms below those of the Bank of France. About 80,000 sovereigns were taken from the Bank, of which 50,000 are for Canada, and the balance for New York.—Times' City Article. The closing quotations of the funds were scarcely equal to those of yesterday. In refraining from raising the rate of discount further the Bank directors are pro bably actuated by a wish to avoid exciting unnecessary uneasiness. Should the American advices next week indicate a prolongation of the present drain the rate can be raised on any day. The demand at the discount office at the Bank continues more active than is usual so soon after the payment of the dividends. This is owing to the circnmstance that many other establishments are by no means anxionoto do business at present, and that the rates, apart from exceptional instances, are not generally below 7 per cent.—Daily Hews' City Article. The East and West India Dock Company to-day declared a dividend of 3 per cent. for the half year. The following is the usual Bank of England Account for the week ending Friday : ISSUE DEPARTMENT. DEBIT. £ CREDIT. Notes issued 25,971,915 Government Debt.. 11,015,100 Other Securities .... 3,459,900 Gold Coin and lother Bullion... 9 ' 869 ' 817 Silver 8u11i0n......... 1,627,098 £25,971, 915 I BANKING D 1 DEBIT. £ Proprietor's Capital 14,553,000 Rest 3,285,418 Public Deposits 3,737,397 Other Deposits . 15,477,425 Seven day and other 1 Bills 662,833 £25,971,915 DIPROVENEVT 1N - GENTLEMEN'S HATS. TITIIEBAR:sr..STREET, LIVERPOOL. GENTLImEN,—I have given your Patent Easy-fitting Hat a fair trial, and I must say it is the most comfortable hat( ever wore, particularly when crossing the water in a windy day, when with the old style of hat I invariably had a headache, which with your new style is not the case. I can, therefore, safely recommend it to any one, particularly to those subject to headache.—l am, gentlemen, yours truly. I have worn for some time one of the Patented Easy-fitting Hats sold by Mr. —, and I can testify to the advantage derived from the absence of that unpleasant pressure, particu larly on the forehead, usually felt from the hats generally worn. -- House, Cheltenham. (Signed) —. This letter is from a first-rate English admiral. The name is not given for obvious reasons. NOTICE.—Fire Pounds Reward upon conviction of an in fringementof tny Patent. _ . _ _ Simpson's Patent Easy-fitting Hats are on.y 1'.?..d in Liverpool at No. 6, St. George's -crescent (two doors from the top of Lord-street), and at 9, Dale-street (opposite Royal Bank Buildings), and in upwards of one hundred other towns, a list of which would make this advertisement too long. The Agents n each place make themselves known. ECCLESIASTICAL INTELLIGENCE. New York. s. d. s. d. 5 0... 0 0 8 0... 0 0 nominal. 10 0...17 6 0 0...12 6 o 0... 4 0 1 I£3 5s toS3 7s6d' Charleston. Philadelphia 1. d. 8. d. 0 0...15 6 o 0...17 0 nominal. o 0...20 0 20 0... 0 0 0 0... 9 0 £3 10t to£3 131 _„. Apply to UPER I 0 it IN WOOD ♦ND BOTTLR, WHICH WE CAN CONFIDENTLY RECOMMEND. HENRY BROTHERS & CO., Foreign Wine Merchants, 7, Dale-street. NIXON'S DUFFRYN SOUTH WALES STEAM COAL. SHITPRD T CARDIFF FOR LryzarooL AND BIRKENHEAD. These COALS are worked from the deep Duffryn Colliery, end erclusively from the celebrated Sears known as the " Upper Four Feet." One uniform and unmixed quality is thus secured. They are on the English and French Government Lists, and Are supplied to the Peninsular and Oriental, Royal Mail, Cunard, Pacific, Liverpool, New York, and Philadelphia, Galway, and other Steam Companies.—Apply to TOWNLEY & MARTIN, 3, India-buildings. COMMERCIAL. LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY EVENING. gte Catton Tarket. In the Liverpool Cotton Market a more cheer ful feeling prevailed at the beginning of the week, which was further increased on Monday, by the tenor of the advices from the States, and a good business was being transacted at fully yd per lb. when news of the rise in the Bank rate to 7 per cent., followed by a similar movement on the part of the Bank of France, caused an almost entire cessation of business ; and, without any pressure to sell, prices became weak at their old position. Yesterday, the advices per Etna, together with a more hopeful opinion respecting monetary affairs, caused an animated demand, and 25,000 bales were sold at the extreme rates of last week for all descriptions of Cotton. The weekly sales are 59,420 bales, of which 8,540 were on speculation and 3,770 for export. This week. Price paid Cur Prices Description. this week mid. fair. Stock. Import Sales — - 9948 550 Sea Island... 9d 6IN 140 4/160 10510 Upland 4i 7 7 1-16 373500 7520 Mobile 5 7f 7 3-16 79 23716 33290 New Orleans 3 9 7 5-16 7rt 1815 1250 Brazil 8 9 9-16 1 9,- 12140 5764 2420 Egyptian 7 120 4 81, 28420 119 330 Westlndia 6 8 7 7; 3880 1 728 5550 East India 3 51 41 5/ 122300 6109 0 59520 Total Total 540240 Re Start Barkft. The Liverpool Share Market to-day remained quiet, and there was little or no change in prices. The transactions included—Great Western, 73f ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 118, 17/ ; London and North-Western, 1001, g ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln ; 561-, 6 ; Midland, 136 ; Newry and Warrenpoint, 71; North-Eastern, Berwick Capital Stock, 105, 41 ; South-Eastern, 26 1-16, 6; Great Luxembourg vinstit., 61 ; Caledonian 41 per cent Preference Shares, 1011; Queen Insurance, f. The market closed at the following prices:— Railways. Sales after 3 Closing Prices. o'clock. Birkenhead &Cheshiran. 81i 82 Caledonian 96,1 -97 Eastern Counties Great Northern ll2 113 Great Westerns Lancashire & Yorkshire 1171 118 118 171 London &North Western 100 1001 Manchester, Shef., & Lin 56 —5 6 t. Midland Stock 1351 135 4 130 g A Ditto new shares 2 —21-16 p North British.. North Staffordshire 2 7-16 —2 5-16 d North Eastern —Berwick lO4l 105 1041 Do. York and N. Midland 941 95 Do. Leeds Northern South Eastern .• • .. . 25 15-16 26 1-16 Ox & WolYerhptn 471 48; fg rd , Dutch Rhenish Great Luxembourg 6. 11-16 613-16 Grand Trunk of Canada 5 7-16 7 - 51 Gt. W. of Canada lOl 10. Illinois Central Buffalo and Lake Huron 4B 5 G r eat Ship ss. 1. od. ss. 6d. Thames & Mersey M. Co —15-16 p- ACCOUNT OR TICKET DAYS FOS. JANUARY, 1861. London 15th & 30th I Liverpool.... 15th & 30th PAY DAYS—Liverpool, 17th Jan. and Ist Feb. DAYS FOR BUYING-IN FOR THE ACCOUNT, the 27th Dec. Scrip ....31st Dec. I Transfer.. 7th Jan. LAST DAY FOR 15TH JAN. ACCOUNT... 14th Jan. Ztoe Coiordat Protract "Alarktt. In the Liverpool Colonial Produce Market to day business was rather quiet. Sugar : There was nothing done in this article. Molasses : 70 puncheons indirect Port Rico and Cienfuegos were sold at 19s per cwt from the ship. Rum, Coffee, and Rice : There was notice in these articles. Pimento : 200 bags were sold from the ship at 21d per lb. Zfre emu Pad. At the Liverpool Corn Market to-day the attendance of buyers was very thin, and the transactions in Wheat of any description was on quite a limited scale; in some cases nearly the rates of Tuesday last have been obtained, while in others sales from the quay have been made at a reduction of 2d to 3d per cental. Flour moves slowly and the turn of prices is in favour of buyers. Beans without change. Oats and Oat meal scarcely support our previous currencies. Indian Corn has again declined 6d to 9d per qr., at which reduction there is an improved sale. The weather has at length become milder, and we have had yesterday and to-dry a rapid thaw. At the provincial markets held since the com mencement of the week, a moderate bvsiness nas been done in Wheat at previous currencies ; at the outports business h as b een much interrupted by the severity of the weather, interfering with deliveries ex ship; and this, together with the advance in the rate of interest, has produced a depressing infl uence on p rices . The same remarks apply to the trade here sinc e Tuesday, Wh ea t an d Flour being in very limited demand at prices the turn in favour of buyers ; while Indian Corn h as been offered at a decline of 6d per qr. Th e The imports of the past three days are small. evports are to a moderate extent. ~r ~~y lEPARTMEN T. CREDIT. , S Govt. Securities , 10,019,721 Other Securities 21,499,766 Notes 5,518,1,5 Gold and Silver Coin 678,471 £37,716,073 The following are the rates of Foreign Ex. changes:— Amsterdam, short ll 15 to 11 16 Do., three months ll 18 to 11 181 Rotterdam, do ll 18 to 11 18 Antwerp, do. 25 40 to 25 50 Brussels, do Hamburg, do l3 7 to 13 71 Paris, short 25 20 to 25 30 Do., three months Marseilles, do 25 67i to 25 75 Frankfort, do llB to 118 k Vienna, do l5 60 to 15 70 Trieste, do l5 GO to 15 70 Petersburg, do 34 to 343 Madrid. do 4Bl to 49 The LONDON COLONIAL PRODUCE MARKET to-day was firm. Sugar quiet, at 6d to is under last Friday's rates. £37,716,073 Coffee steady. Tea in rather_ better demand at sales : No change in prices. Rice quiet. Saltpetre : 20,000 bags; only one lot sold at 33s for 49 per cent. Remainder withdrawn. The LONDON TALLOW MARKET to-day was PRESENTS FOR CHRISTMAS AND THE NEW YEAR. W. K. TOO K E, SUCCESSOR TO F. L. HAUSBURG, In presenting the usual address at this Season, begs to return his best thanks for the kind and liberal patronage conferred upon him during the past year. To his extensive and unrivalled Collection of BRITISH AND FOREIGN MANUFACTURES has been added every ENGLISH AND FOREIGN NOVELTY, And the greatest care has been exercised in the SELECTION of the GOODS, to /SECURE THE BEST QUALITY at the very Lowest Prices. Especial attention is requested to the large Assortment of FANCY ARTICLES, including PARISIAN NOVELTIES, FANS, CASKETS, SOUVENIRS, BOUQUET HOLDERS, and the NEW STYLE of HEAD ORNAMENT in the greatest variety. AN EXTENSIVE STOCK OF FRENCH DECORATED CHLNA, ALABASTER FIGURES, PARIAN DITTO. A Splendid STOCK of BOHEMIAN, ENGLISH, AND FRENCH GLASS VASES, LUSTRES, The unequalled Stock of DRESSING-CASES, DESKS, WORK-BOXES, BAGATELLE TABLES, &c., manufactured on the premises, will be found complete in all its branches. The assortment of ENGLISH AND FOREIGN TOYS, GAMES, DISSECTIONS, &c., is replete with every novelty, and includes a great variety of ORNAMENTS FOR CHRISTMAS TREES. W. H. TOOKE hopes, by his unceasing personal attention, to secure the continuance of that confidence and support which have hitherto been so kindly extended to him. OLD POSTOFFICE-BUILDINGS, LIVERPOOL. NEWS OF THE DAY. The mails from China, Australia, and Calcutta, will reach London to-day. Meanwhile, a Foreign office telegram, received yesterday, supplies us in advance with some further particulars of the results which have followed on the ratification of the treaty with the Chinese beyond those given in the telegram which reached this country on the previous day, through Mr. Reuter's agency. For example, we learn how much the Emperor has " astonished the natives" by his condescen sion in permitting the Barbarians to placard the walls and public places of his capital with the terms and conditions of the treaty which he has deigned to conclude with them. We also find— mirabile dictu—that visits of ceremony have been exchanged at the Imperial Palace between Prince ; Kung and the Allied Ambassadors. Admiral Jones, it is said, was on the eve of paying a visit to Japan, with a view, no doubt, of repeating the stroke of policy which led to Lord Elgin's unexpected visit to Jeddo after the conclusion of the former Treaty with the Celestials, and to the consequent opening of the Japanese ports, for the first time, to vessels bearing the English flag. There is also the satisfactory statement that no mention is made in the advices, which these telegrams anticipate, of any hurricane or naval disaster in the Chinese waters. According to the Moniteur of yesterday, the Chinese authorities have granted a site for a Roman Catholic Church in Canton ; and we gather from an annoucement in the Russian organ, Le Nord, that Russia, as usual, has profited by the present favourable opportunity, to conclude another convention with China, which confirms the privileges already acquired by Russia on the Amoor, and extends the v commercial advantages attached to them. The official organ of the French Government announces that the negotiations for an armistice at Gaeta remain without result. The same journal repeats in substance the explanations given in our Paris letters, of the conditions suggested by the French Emperor for the proposed suspension of hostilities. A new Lieutenancy Council has been formed for Sicily, and a subsequent telegram prepares w for a similar event very speedily taking place w regards the council of the new Viceroy of Naples Another expected popular demonstration ii Naples has been postponed, possibly owing to tiv Government having published a decree grantinf pensions to the deprived priests, whom it was no; unnatural to connect with most of the various developments of disaffection which have recently manifested themselves in that city and in 'flit adjoining districts. The published returns of the state of the Bank 0:: Pig Iron, Bars, Rails, &c f Chemicals and Fine Iron Salt Dry Goods Hirdware ~ Earthenware.. Passengers ...., s. d. s. d. 12 6... 0 0 0 0...13 0 nominal. 10 0..15 0 12 6... 0 0 0 0... 6 6 43 15s Od Gross. Baltimore. New Orleans. dull, at the following quotations :--On the. spot, 59s 6d to 59s 9d; January to March, 59s 3d; March, 695; April to June, 58s 6d rrather buyers for the last three months, 57s 6d. In the BOROUGH HOP MARKET to-day there was a good consumptive demand for.both English and foreign hops, the show of which is moderate, at very full prices. • In the LONDON CORN MARKET to-day the supply of engrain -was very small. Attendance thin. Business very dull. Prices unaltered for all things. PROVINCIAL, e4c., MARKETS, YESTERDAY. MANCHESTER, SHARES.—Leeds, 1171 a , I; Canadas, 108; Dovers, 26 1-16, 6; Londons, 1001, a ; Sheffieldi, 56 Great Westerns,' 731 ; Midlands, 1354 ; Berwicks, 1041. GLASGOW IRON.—Market firm. No. 1,48 s 43d to 49s Od ; Warrants, 49s Od to 49s 3di No. 3,47 s 3d to 47s 9d. MANCHESTER TRADE.—The tone "of market is slightly improved since Tuesday, but the actual business going on is very trifling in extent, and the prices cur rent at the close of the past year are scarcely maintained. CORN MARBETS.—WAKEFIELD : Wheat trade slow, with a downward tendency. Barley lower. In other articles no change. BANKRUPTS. Thomas Buck, dealer in electro-plated goods, Paternos ter-row. John Cooper, piano-forte maker, 'Berners-street. William Henry Rowe, builder, Gloucester-place. Henry Hollingdale, hay dealer, now of Adlow, late of Bitibridge. • Mary Wood, innkeeper, Bumtwood, Staffordshire. James Smith, lace manufacturer, New' tenton, Xot-- tingham. Henry Pjochbeak, builder, Florneastie-street.. John Henry Cattam, machine - maker, Rittolt-in-Land- William Hilliar, hotel keeper, Easthnm, Cheshire. Godfrey Morton and John Williams, builders, Port Madoc, Carnarvombire. John Noble, ropemaker, Carlisle. 2tippinff Ittritigturt. WIND AND WEATHER REPORT.—.YESVEBDAY. LIVERPOOL • S. BELFAST HOLYHEAD S.W. DEBLIN N.N.W. QuEENsTowN ...W.N. W., fine. Jan. 10. St Helena, Cotter, Sin Francisco Emma Matilda Akyab J Chapman, Chapman,_ New Orleans Constitution, Jones, Neivirork Bea Bangs, Bartlett ...Boston OFF TH: Ship llarino, Armenia SAII Teischelling StinttnAer Jan. IL NetovoCibeWetii,idiace, Bilboa Gevalia, Jones Santander C ..Rouen keynard, Jones .........Dieppe Celeste Marie, Lehresta, Bayonne E PORT. an (rmss), and Marian. LED. Jan. 10. America, Ryan St Thomas Meattezuma, Sules...Savannah Compact G Trow, Vries, Clarendon, Picthall ...Jamaica duracoa Esmok, Parsoe Calcutta Cintra (ss), Lloyd Oporto Ocean Guide, Woodward, Arno (ss), Bain......Alexandria Galveston I Attilla. Timmins • Bombay FOREIGN PORTS. lonia (ss), Simpson, hence at Naples. Gelca, , Manson, from Marseilles at Malaga, and cleared Dec, 28 for Liverpool. Ane, Sorensen, hence at Messina. Belle of the Plvme, Beer, hence at Naples. Laconia (ss), Karam, from Constantinople at Salonica. Levant, from Calcutta at New York. Vourvarts, from Marseilles for Liverpool at Malaga. Marvel, from Ibrail for Dublin Ikt Cephalonia. Athenian (ss), Power, hence at Naples. SPOKEN. Etna, hence for Bombay, Nov. 27, 2 N, 23W: Shakamaxon, POS, 30W. Matilda, bound west, Jan. 7, off Cape Clear. Comorin, bound south, Nov. 25, 3N, 25W. Rose Standish, bound south, Nov. 27, 6N, 25W. Lord Dufferin, Cardiff for Singapore, Nov. 27, 3N, 24W. OUTPORTS. Paquehot Parana, hence at llolyhead for Gorce. City of Agra, sailed from West Hartlepool for Bombay. Edmondsbury, from Mauritius off the Wight. Bede Tidre, hence at Portsmouth for Prosgrund. Bueton Castle, from Calcutta off the Start. Belsize, hence at Holyhead for Buenos Ayres. Keepsake, from Quebec at Shields. Margaret, from Quebec at Sunderland. Liverpool, hence at Holyhead ior Naples. Bucephalus, front Calcutta off Brighton. Selina Jane, from Gulf of Mexice at Lochindaul. Cinmore, from Garracha at Newport. Albuerrea, hence at Holyhead for Matanzas. MARITIME EXTRACTS. Livsaroor, January 11. The Esmeralda, for Havana, has put back with loss of bow sprit, Sce„ from collision off Point Lynas. The Benjamin Bangs, from Boston, was in contact yesterday off Lynas, with a foreign barque, damaging bulwarks, and in docking damaged her bows. The Star of the Sea, from Palermo at Almeria for Belfast, after being ashore. Lloyd's, Jan. 10: The Crest of the Wave is reported to have been carried on to Blackwall Point by the ice in the river. Wexford, Jan. 9 : The weather continues so rough, th it lit tle work can be done at the ship Brandywine ; she rolls so much that the great surges inside have tossed about and broken some of the cargo casks, and started part of the lower deck. The Selina Jane, from Gulf of Mexico at Lochindsul with maintopsailyard carried away. Milford, Jan. 11 : The Arethusa, of Liverpool, from Cardiff for the Andaman Islands, put in with loss of sails and bulwarks and leaky; crew refusing to proceed. Malaga, Dec. 31 : The Vourvarts, from Marseilles for Liver pool, with flour, sprung a leak off San Sebastian, and put into here to-day; she must discharge to stop the leak. Patras, Jan. 9 : The Marvel, from ]brail for Dublin, has put into Cephalonia leaky, and is reported to have damaged her 3iiramichi, Dec. 24: The Sicilian, from Liverpool for this port, which went ashore at the entrance of Richibucto harbour Oct. 7, was got off with loss of part of false keel, and was par tially caulked and made staunch, was sold by auction, was sold by auction, and sailed for Liverpool Dec. 8. BENEFICES AND APPOINTMENTS VACANT, RECTORY. Freystrop, Pembrokeshire : dio St. David's : val £145 : pat Lord Chancellor : Rev. J. T. Walters, prom. VICARAGE. Urchfout, w Stert C, Wilts : din Salisbury : val £320 with residence : pats D and C of Windsor : Rev. H. Killick, prom. CHAPLAINCY. Warminster Union : Rev. H. E. Dicker, prom. CURACIES. Aldridge, Staffordshire : dio Lichfield : stipend £l6O with residence. Black-Chapel, Essex : dio Rochester. Bray, Berks : dio Oxford. Churchstoke, Shropshire : dio Hereford : stipend £BO. Eckington, Derbyshire : dio Lichfield. Fradswell, Staffordshire : dio Lichfield. London, St. Mark, Old Street. Scissett, Yorkshire : dio Ripon : stipend £BO. Toddington, Beds : dio Ely. Warminster. Wilts : dio Salisbury. MASTERSHIPS. Felstead Grammar SC&I, --- ETiei: Assistant : Rev. C. B. Wardale, prom. London, Stationers' School, Bolt-court, Fleet-street. Rothbury Grammar School, Northumberland : Under : Salary £4O : testimonials before January 21. Sherborne School, Dorset : Assistant : Rev. E. 31. Acock, prom. sporfing utettigence. HUNTING FIXTURES. The WYNNSTAY PACK will meet on Saturday, January 12, at Each day at half-past ten. Master, Sir W. W. Wynn, Bart., M.P. ; Huntsman, J.Walker. Selattyn The CHESHIRE HOUNDS meet on Saturday, January 12, at Monday, January 14, at Wednesday, January 16,:at Thursday, January 17, at Saturday, January 19, at Monday, January 21, at Wednesday, January 23, at Thursday. January 24, at Saturday, January 26, at Monday, January 28, at Wednesday, January 30, at Thursday, January 31, at Saturday, February 2, at Each day at half-past ten. Astle Tabley ..Ilighwayside Crewe Wrenbury Station Beeston Station Peover •krley Vale Royal Warmingham Village Norton Priory Appleton .Crewe Station THE DAILY TIMES, SATURDAY, JANUARY 12, 1861. CHANDELIERS. LAMPS; &o. W. H. TOOKE, SUCCESSOR TO F. L. HAUSBTIRG, Respectfully invites attention to the extensve STOCK of CHANDELIERS, of Glass and Metal; . LANTERNS, BRACKETS, LUSTRES, of all descriptions, ' France for the last month, show a decrease, under the head of "cash in hand,' of £3,280,000, and an increase of nearly £2,250,000 in the discounts. According to the Eines, the arrangement entered into, a short time back, between the tank of England and the Bank of France, has been worked out. On Thu.rstlay afternoon it was rumoured in London, on 'Change, that the Bank of France had suspended specie payments - , Ma it will be seen that the state Of draft's &Oared by the returns is fer from being so desperate as such an eVek Would indicate. An address to the Prime Minister is in circula tion amongst the members of the House of Com mons, calling attention to the present high rate of the national expenditure, and showing: tlin necessity for its reduction. We ple6lish the -docu ment elsewhere, with the remark that, all 'circum stances couviclered, the proceeding looks uncom monly like an expression of want of confidence in the Government. At a banquet - given by the Lord Mayor of York, on Thursday night, Sir Charles Wood, among others, took an opportunity efexpressinghis opinion On Home, Foreign ) and American affairs. To the treaty With France Sir CharleS aPiears to be constrained to give faint praise. 'Pie 'Af - tlue of it consists, he thinks, more in the opening of intercourse betWee:n t.le two countries than in developing Their industry. From the Chinese treaty uir Charles Wood expects great results, though he avows that it is a " moderate" one. In referring to the conduct of the Secessionists of America Sir Charles designated their proceedings as . an abuse of liberty. Poole, the bankrupt ) lt,-hdo WAS committed on Thursday for frakkdttentlyboncealing and disposing of good, WO tried yesterday for miSdeineanciur, hkring committed forgery during his eXaminm tion before the Commissioner in Bankre.ptcy, and found guilty: bUt . sentence Wft.' . .3 deferred. Yesterday, in the Court of Common Pleas, Mr. Edwin lades moved for a new trial in the Cambridge Proctors' case, on the ground of mis direction, but for which, he alleged, the damages would have been larger. The Court, however, suspended the motion, in order to see whtktedikige the defendants would take.. The horror excited_ by the double murder of the brothers Shaw', tit Vlonaghan, has hot a whit subdued ' , When another atrocity, of which a fall account will be found in another ooldn'in,'CoMpre hending, however, this time three ' , :ictitn, follows close upon the heels of tit frightful crime. On Tuesday night A, grocer of Ballymote, county Sligo, named Calaghan, with his wife and a servant girl, had their throats cut. It is supposed the assassin or assassins were in search of plunder. No trace of them has yet been detected by the police, .\ re have likewise to record the particulars of another murderous outrage, tot less atrocious in its circumstances ) though attended as yet by the death or only one of the victims, which has been committed in the West of England. A secluded cottage at Dundry, near Bristol, inhabited by an aged couple named Waterman, was entered on Wednesday night by two burglars, The woman was barbarously murdered', and the old man is not expected to survive the injuries inflicted on him. PATENT VESTIBULE AND OTHER LAMPS, INCLUDINt THE CELEBRATED AUREOLE LAMP. Public Buildings and Private Residences fitted for Gas. Experienced Gasfitters employed on the Premises, and all kin,ls.ut,repzira carefully attended to in the Manufactory, 24, CHURCH-STREET. Crepy's Foreign Refined COLZA OIL, espeeially adapted for tho Aureole Lamps. A large Asrortrnt-nt TABLE AND POUET CUTLERY, et the lowest Prices. The Stock of • A , PAPIER MAC H; GOODS Inilndes a very extensive assortment of Articles selected from the productions' of the most eminent Manufacturers in the Kingdom, ensuring the greatest durability, exqaisito finish, &c. . OLD POSTOFFICE-BUILDINGS, LIVERPOOL. OUR BULWARKS AFLOAT. BRITAIN has ever boasted that her greatest strength, her bulwarks, and her towers, lie afloat upon the deep. On the rolling wave the stalwart sons of our little sea-girt island are as much at home, and rejoice as freely, as on the firm-set shore. On the giddy topmast, on the swinging yard arm, on the tempest beaten main-100k-out, on the surge-swept deck, the jolly tars of England are more in their element, and as light and firm of heart and foot, and certainly much more at ease, than they would be in the gay and luxurious salons of fashionable terrestrial life. Our children betake themselves to the sea-shore, to toy with the dashing billows, or pick up the shells of ocean, as instinctively, and with as much nafural glee, as the young sea-bird first expands its white wings, and utters its earliest scream over the bosom of the foaming, briny deep. The highest genius of our insulated population seems to breathe most amply and refreshingly, while standing on the pebbly beach, or on the high perched rock, or on the elevated cliff, gazing on the roaring, restless, illimitable, horizon-kissing sea—fit emblem of that high destiny in which we believe and aspire to, whether as individuals or as a nation. In all its aspects, we love and confide in the trackless ocean. In smiling sunshine or in frowning dark ness, in glassy repose or in tempestuous storms, we still pride ourselves as having our homes upon the bosom of the mighty deep, Nay, more, we are not merely at home on the face of that subtle element, for there, before an armed, envious, and jealous world, we boast ourselves supremely powerful, whether in skilful industry, in com mercial enterprise, or in naval warfare. We can dictate our will to all who would traverse the high seas ; for still " Britannia rules the waves." May it long—may it ever be so! An effort has been made to convince us that our ancient supremacy on the waters is about to be wrested from us. When the French iron plated steam-frigate La Gloire was set afloat, we were told that nothing could withstand her, while she could withstand anything. The launch this day week of our own armour-plated frigate Warrior, which we duly announced, has again been made the text from which we have been lectured and warned of our impending humilia tion, if not ruin. But we do not believe any such thing. That the present Government deserve all that has been said and written against its tardiness, jobbery, and indecision, we need not care to deny. But with all its faults, it has not been altogether indifferent or supine ; and we • have no scruple in saying that, after all, there is every reasonable prospect of our being able to keep sufficiently near the van of improvements in naval warfare and ordnance to prevent the possi bility of our losing any measure of that glorious ' prestige afloat upon which we have been accus tomed so largely to depend for the maintenance of our maritime and national supremacy among all the nations of the world. What does it matter to us that La Gloire was first on the water, if the Warrior now afloat is her superior? Why should we grudge the speed whereby our French neigh bours expect to have some half-score Gloires before we have above five or six Warriors ? Even then ours will be quite a match for theirs and were it otherwise, they only challenge us in a direction where our resources are inex haustible. Already supreme upon the sea, it is not our part to hasten forward preparations designed to question our own sovereignty. Surely it is enough that we see our way to keeping our oivn in all respects. Not twice ten Gloires shall shake our self-confidence. The nation which owns the Warrior afloat, and the Resistance in forward progress, need not doubt her ability to maintain her ancient power and glory. The real danger does not lie in our being too slow, but in our being too fast. La Gloire has not been proved to have been positively success ful, any more than the still unfinished Warrior. What we want, therefore, is a fair trial. Let the Warrior proceed as rapidly as possible to sea. Let her disport herself in the Bay of Biscay and return to tell us of her speed and good behaviour in a heavy sea. Why should we go on building such enormously costly machines until after we have ascertained how far they are really good for anything, and how far they are capable of improvement. There have been very contradic tory statements about the conduct of La Gloire at sea. The warmest admirers of the Warrior suspend their judgment as to her utility until they have ascertained how far trial will bear out promises and appearances. She is said to have been launched with admirable skill ; and her magnificent appearance when she first floated on the Thames is represented as having actually disarmed criticism, and the whole of the spectators . seem to have been willing to believe that such a noble and graceful ship deserves all that has ever been said in praise ENLARGEMENT. OF PREMISES. F. W . R 0 11 0 L . 30 AND 32, CHURCH-STREET, (OPPOSITE PARXER , -STEEET,) LIVERPOOL, Flatters himself that his many kind 'friends and 'patrons will be glad to learn that, having added to his own the extensive and commodious premises lately in the occupation of Messrs. Willmer and Smith, he has ,been enabled to INCREASE HIS LARGE STOCK with ;firth& SPiendid Assortinent of GEM GOODS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. BROOCHES, MIACELETS, NECKLETS, CHAINS, and every variety,of JEWELLERY, from the most trifling to 'the Most important and eipensive Articles. GOLD AND SILVER WATCHES, • -- of the best Home-made and Foreign Manufacture. CLOCKS, MUSICAL BOXES, AND BIIONIES, DRESSING CASES AND WORX . BONES, SILVER 'AND ELECTRO=PLATE, And a very large quantity of useful and ornamental Articles much too numerous to mention'; aloe the Largest Collection of MECHANICAL ANI) OTHER TOYS, GAMES, &c., &c., in Liverpool, both of English and Foreign Manufacture, which he is determined to let his Customers have at Ten per Cent. cfter the Cost Price ; and as he only intends keeping the Tel's, &c., during the Holidays for the convenience of his Customers, he will feel greatly obliged by an early selection. F. W. P. takes this ,opportunity of again returning his best thanks for the kindness which has been hitherto shown him, and looks forward with confidence to a further increased encouragement and support. Be good enough to notice the Address— F. W. PROMOLI, 30 Axn 32, CHURCH-STREET, (OPPOSITE PARKEa.-STREET, LIVERPOOL. ENLARGEMENT OF PREMISES. X C E L S I O R! A 'WINTER ODE. " They made a graven image, and set it up on high ; - And there it stands unto this day, to witness if I lie." Macaulay. Scene—Williamson-square. Time—Any evening since Christmas. The shadows of night were coming down swift, And the dazzling snow lay drift on drift, As thro' "the Square" a figure did go, Carrying a flag with this motto, Yellow ho ! O'er a forehead pale came copious hair, His nose retrousse." complexion fair; O'er his tightish eye an auburn lash ; His chin was close shaven, and no moustache. Yellow ho ! He stealthily looked "the Square all round," To see if "a peeler" was there to be found. At the big gas lamp he made a stop, As if he meant placing the flag on the top. Yellow ho As upwards he clambered, he thence did see A number of families sitting at tea; He eyed the dishes and plates very keen, To see if his " Yellow" was there to be seen. Yellow ho ! "Oh ! don't go up," said an old woman, " stop I It's freezing 'like blazes' up there on t top, You'll tumble off on t'other side ;" But the spectacled stranger loud replied— " Yellow ho Oh! please don't go up such a shocking night ; Come sleep on my box, said a cabbie bright ; On his pallid cheek a tear-drop come, But still he remarked, as he upward clomb, Yellow ho ! Look out for the branch of that high cross-tree, Dodge falling ice if any you see. With that "the Party" went home to bed, And a singlar voice replied overhead, Yellow ho ! At a quarter-past six that same afternoon, An astronomer, taking a look at the moon, Beard spoken above him, as often as twice, The very same words, in a very weak voice, Yellow ho I When "the peeler" came round at a quarter past seven, He was slow in "his beat," the road being uneven, Found the stranger dead in the drifted snow, Still clutching the flag with this motto— Yellow ho! Yes! lifeless, defunct, without any doubt, The "lamp of his being" decidedly out; On the dreary flagstones " poor Kelly" was lying, And 'twas no more use for him to be saying— Yellow Butter ho I • RESURGAM! All ye who lament that poor Kelly is lost, Just call at the " Butter Place !"—look at his ghost ! He sits in the window, and looks safe and sound, And will sell you some " Yellow " at Bd. the pound. Yellow Butter ho I HIGH WATER, THIS DAY, AT LIVERPOOL. Hour. Height. MORNING Oh. Om.l Oh. 23m. I,ll ' 4in ' EVENING pa 4 Cirrus. SATURDAY, JANUARY, 12, 1861. of her. Her form and seat upon the water extorted applause, and, at least for the moment, silenced doubt. In any case, she is pronounced to be a very splendid proof of the energy, the skill, and the resources which this country could, in time of need, devote 0 the building of iron plated shipil, the Resistance, now on the slip, and making rapid progress, will, it is contem plated, be in some respects even an improvement upon the Warrior. Still, it is a fact that already a :serious defect in the plans of both has hcettH detected, which will s of tatite, be More or less offeetnally remedied. As we have already stated, "therefore, what the public most desiderate in Connection With the immediate improvement of Our naval armaments is actual eipetiMent at sea, rather than a piveipitate multiplication of ves sels, the practical value of which yet remains to be proved on either side the channel. • , The prospects of peace in Europe are, un doubtedly, most precarious. The certainty of Englann 'neutrality is by no means so demon strable as to prevent uneasiness. France is arming to the teeth ; and although she declares for peace, we know that she did the same, and even insisted upon the absence of every \Varlit,:e preparation, only six weeks before hlie rushed like a whirlwind a&Jess the Alps, and swept the Austrit legions 'beyond the Po. It may be so even now. The Ist of March is'evidently fraught with great events in both hemispheres. It is well that England is being sorely, however slowly, pre pared for nil eventualities. We never were more ready, and every day sees us advance in our pre parations. We are still confident in the puissant prowess of our army and our navy, and still feel ready to trust all to the overshadowing prote'ettton of the flag which, for a thousand years, has braved the lAetle and the breeze! FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRANCE . , (Fitdm CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, Jan. 10, 1861. The Eastern question, as I warned you would be the case, has at length assumed a graver position than ever. France has positively deter mined on indefinitely prolonginr, hur occupation of Syria, with or without the approval of the other Powers . ; and it is stated also that M. Kisseleff has transmitted to M. Thouvenel another pressing note from Prince Gortschakoff, giving a deplor able picture of the situation of the Christians throughout the Turkish Empire in general, and entreating the immediate attention of the French Government to this important subjects Further, it appears that a pamphlet ; the authorship .of which is en' elept4 hi complete mystery, has just been published in St. Petersburg, under the title of " The Alliances of Russia." In this publication, which is universally attributed to a governmental source, the unknown author reviews the relations of the different European Powers with the Cabinet of St. Petersburg in their political and commercial aspects, and winds up by giving a decided preference to an alliance with France. It is quite understood here that Lord Granville, as well as Earl Cowley, has recently had several long interviews with the Emperor, at which thg three questions of Syria, Gaeta, and Venetia were discussed at great length, but with out any satisfactory result. As to the Gaeta armistice, the Cabinet of Turin was, it seems, desirous of limiting the suspension of hostilities to a period of eight days, but it ended by agreeing to an armistice of fifteen: The French squadron was not to withdraw in any event be fore the 20th. It is much to be feared, however, that the negotiations for the surrender of the place will not terminate satisfactorily. Francis 11. is described as not having the slightest inten tion of retiring, and as being determined to hold out to the last extremity. As for the rumoured intervention of the Russian fleet, the story is a mere fictipn. Disorders of all kinds are, meanwhile, rapidly increasing in all parts of the Neapolitan Provinces, as well as in Sicily ; and the incapacity and ears lessness of the police are unexampled. At Catania, at Messina, and in Palermo, murders, attempts at assassination, and robberies with violence, appear to be of nightly occurrence. In Naples the same, or even a worse, state of things seems to prevail, and in several instances, the victims have been English. The event, however, which has created most sen sation, is the attempt which was made on the life of the Duke de San-Donato, on Sunday evening, the 30th ultimo, near the Palais Royal, opposite San Carlo. The Duke was passing through one of the most frequented parts of the city, on his way to the Theatre Fondo, in company with his two sisters, when he was stabbed with a dagger in the right side. He was immediately removed into a neighbouring chemises shop, where he received every attention. His assassin, after striking the blow, took to flight pursued by two Piedmontese riflemen, who did not, however, succeed in coming up with him. The Duke is superintendent of all the royal theatres, and this daring attempt upon his life has produced the greatest sensation, as well as excited the loudest indignation against the police. He remains in a very dangerous state. A letter from Rome states that the Times cor respondent, M. Gallenga, has been compelled once more to leave that city. The Pope appears to hold in very little estimation the support which he receives, from the French troops. General de Goyon had occasion to obseive this at the recep tion on New Year's Day, for his Holiness in re sponding to the " compliments of the season," which were presented to hint by the General, studiously avoided making the slightest reference to the Emperor Napoleon and his family. The General was not a little hurt at the omission, and, contrary to custom, he hazarded a reply to what his Holiness had said, or rather omitted to say, by remarking that all that was being done for the security of his Holiness was the work of his sovereign. Pius IX., nevertheless, persisted in keeping silence. The Count de Trapani, and the Queen, his mother, lately dined with the Pope at the Quiri nal. This Prince is busily engaged in organising at Frosinone sundry expeditions of Neapolitan troops into the interior of the Abruzzi: A few days ago, General de Goyon having learnt that several chests of arms which were intended for these troops had been secretly deposited in a farm house belonging to Count Joseph Antonelli, he caused them to be immedi ately seized. The chief focus of these reactionary gatheringsin the Abruzzi is at Civitella del Tronto, between Ascoli and Terano. It is a remarkably strong place, situated upon an impregnable rock —a sort of inland Gaeta. A Captain Walden, to wards the end of the last century, held it with thirty men, for nine months, against the French. At present, an officer of the name of Giovine occu pies the fortress with 200 riflemen, and success fully resists the utmost efforts of General Pinelli. The brave defender has just received from Francis 11. the rank of General. It is reported that various demonstrations have been got up by the Legitimists in the provinces recently annexed to France, the initiative, in one instance, having been taken by the ladies, who, in one of the new departments, testified their dis like of the new regime by refusing an invitation from the Prefect to attend an official ball given by him, and assembling in a body at a private concert on: the evening following. A meeting of volunteer officers of Glasgow and the neighbourhood was held in that city on Wednesday; t he Lord Provost in the chair ; when resolutions were passsed agreeing to apply to Government for an annual pecuniary grant to promote, aid, and strengthen the volunteer movement. Mr. W. Buchanan, M.P. and Mr. R. Dalglish, M.P. were present, and took part in the proceedings. CHURCH OF ENGLAND SCRIPTURE READERS' 4)- CIETY.—The scripture readers connected with t his society were entertained, on Wednesday evening last , at dinner in the Adelphi Hotel, by the hospitable I )ro prietor, Mr. Radley. The clerical secretaries a !ere present ; and the company altogether numbered al mut fifty. The dinner was provided on the most lib eral scale : the table was laden in profusion with most ex cellent Christmas fare. The generous host, who had given a similar banquet last year, stated that he di d so from his desire to testify his conviction of the good the society was doing in th e t own ; that conviction 1 ae at first formed from the reports of others, but it had since been confirmed by his personal observation. E z the course of the evening several interesting state) nents were made, from which it appeared that the soda' y was very prosperous. The number of its agents had con siderably increased, and its field of operation had been much enlarged during the past year. Mr. Radle , was earnestly thanked, in the name of the committee, f or his hospitality, so wisely and judiciously dispensed. I ndeed it is evident that men engaged in such arduous le :boars must be greatly encouraged by finding s 9 is tdly a notice taken of their work. AMERICA. THE SECESSION OF SOUTH CAROLINA. In the Charleston Convention, on the 25th ult., the following ordinance was agreed to ; providing for the holding of a Convention of the slavohold ing States of the United States, for the purpose of framing a Constitution and forming a Southern Confederacy : " 1. That the Conventions of the seceding slaveholding States of the United States unite with South Carolina, and hold a Convention at Montgomery ; Alabama ; for the purpose of forming a Southern Cotifederae)% " 2. That the said seceding States appoint by their respective Conventions or Legislatures as many delegates as they have representatives in the present Congress of the United States to the said Convention to be held at Montgomery, and that on the adoption of the Constitu tion of the Southern Confederacy the vote shall be by States, . , . "3. That Nyhenevey the tennis, of tbq Coristitittion shall be agreed upon b the said Convention, the same shall be submitted at as early a day as practicable to the Convention and Legislature of each State respectively, so as to enable them to ratify or reject the said Constitution. • "4. That in the opinion of South Carolina the Consti tution of the United States will form a suitable basis for the Confederacy of Southern States withdrawing, " 5. That the Smith Carolina Convention appoint by btllot eight &legates to represent Smith Carolina in the Convention for the formation of h Southeln Confederacy. " Lastly, that one CoMmissiOner in each State be elected to call the attention of the people to this ordi nance. "Mr. Dunkin here moved that the Convention go into secret session." On the 27th the Convention in secret session passed the following ordinance : "'An Ordinance to amend the Constitution of South Carolina in respect to the Executive Department' was passed in the secret session of the Contention yesterday. "It provides as follows " 1. That the Got erner hate Pewer to receive Ambassadors, Ministers, Consuls, and aunts of foreign Powers ; to make treaties by and with the advice and consent of the Senate ; to nominate all officers by and with the consent of the Senate ; to nominate all officers by and with the advice and consent of the Senate; to appoint Ambassadors, public Ministers .and Consltls, as the G' , 2.6.eral. AsSeal'y ;nay previously direct, and also all other officers whose appointment has not otherwise been provided for by law ; to fill vacancies during the recess of the Senate by granting commissions, which shall expire at the end of the next SessiOii of the Senate ; to convene the Senate ivhene'ver he thinks it necessary; provided, nevertheless, during the existence or the Convention, that all treaties, directions for the appointment of Ambassadors, Ministers, Consuls, &c., be subject to the advice and consent of the Convention. " 2. That the Governor immediately appoint four persons, with the advice and consent of the Convention, who, with the Lieutenant-Governor, shall form a council to be called the Executive Council,' whose duty it shall be to advise with him.' " Governor Pickens subsequently issued the fol lowing proclamation "EiecutiVe Department Charleston, South Carolina, Dec. 24. " By his Excellency Franeis W. Pickens; Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and oi - er the State of South Carolina i-- " Whereas the good people of this State, in Convention' assembled, by an ordinance unanimously adopted and ratified on the 20th day of December, in the year of our Lord, 1860, repealed an ordinance of the people of this State adopted on the 23rd day of May, in the year of our Lord 1788, and have thereby dissolved the union between the State of South Carolina and other States, under the name of the United States of America ; "I, therefore, as Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over the State of South Carolina, by virtue of authority in me vested, do hereby proclaim to the world that this State is, as she has a right to be, a separate, sovereign, free, and independent State ; and as such has a right to levy war, conclude peace, negotiate treaties, leagues, or covenants, and to do all acts whatsoever that rightly appertain to a free and independent state. "Given under my hand and the seal of the State, at Charleston, this 24th day of December, in the year of our Lord 1860, and in the 85th year of the sovereignty and independence of South Carolina, " F. W. PICKENS." DISAGREEMENT AMONG THE MEMBERS OF THE FEDERAL COMMITTEE OF THE FEDERAL SENATE. In the Senate's special committee on the 25th, Mr. Seward proposed that the Northern States shall repeal their personal liberty laws, and that Congress shall amend the Fugitive Slave Law, giving to fugitives the right of trial by jury. On the 28th the committee came nearer agreeing on a plan for the settlement of the ter ritorial question than they had ever done before. Mr. Rice's project, to form all the territories north of the Missouri line into one State, and all south into another, and to admit them to the Union immediately, with a provision for the for mation of new States out of them whenever either should have, on an area of 60,000 square miles, 130,000 inhabitants, was approved by Senator Davis, of Mississippi, and also by the Republicans, with the exception that the latter insisted that Kansas should not be included in the Northern State, but should be admitted sepa rately.. The committee would not agree to this, however, all the Democrats voting against it, except Mr. Douglas. The committee then deter mined to report to the Senate that they had not agreed, and to adjourn, subject to the call of the chair. RUMOURS OF A SERVILE WAR. The New York Tribune publishes a despatch from Washington respecting the probability of a servile war, which says : The following despatch, dated Macon, Georgia, Thurs day, December 27, reached a Georgian gentleman here last night, 'who has allowed me to copy it for the Tribune : " Rumours of a rising among the slaves in the south western part of the States prevail here. It is impossible to say with certainty whether an insurrection has really taken place or is only threatened. " The greatest care is taken to keep the matter secret, but most exaggerated reports are whispered aloud in this town to-day. " There is certainly much excitement among the negroes everywhere, and the occasional rumour of fighting at Charleston makes them restless and very dangerous. " I am told that some planters are hastily getting all things ready to send their wives and young children to the North." COTTON IN QUEENSLAND. The following letter has been addressed by T. M. Mackay, Esq., of this town, to the editor of the Times : The secession of South Carolina marks the impend ing disruption of the United States of America, and along with it the possible unhinging of the Negro mind in the slave States, a contingency which might produce tremendous misery in our manufacturing districts. It is, therefore, high time to make our casts in every direc tion for the cultivation of the cotton-plant, and I look upon the covenant in the treaty with China for legali sing emigration a most Providential arrangement in furtherance of this object. Sir Charles Nicholson, than whom no higher opinion can be cited, writes me in reference to Queensland of follows : ' "The capabilities of Queensland are unsurpassed— perhaps scarcely equalled—by those of any other colony, comprising an immense area of magnificent pastoral and alluvial lands ;itis on the table-land of the interior, and en the alluvial banks of the rivers, fitted alike for sheep farming and the growth of all tropical produce. The river Fitzroy is the largest navigable stream yet discovered in Australia ; the tide rises at the township of Rockhampton (50 miles from the seat) 14 feet, and there is no bar to its mouth ; it receives a number of affluents, such as the Dawson, the Travis, the Coquil, and several others, all the valleys of which contain auriferous deposits in greater or less quantity. " I also believe that before long a settlement will be formed at the head of the Gulf of Carpentaria, that great Mediterranean lake, which will afford us such a ready transit to India and the Dutch colonies. . " You see how sanguine I lain as to the avenir ' of the new colony." This is very encouraging for the cost of bringing coolies from China to Moreton Bay or Port Curtis would only be a few pounds a-head during the favour able monsoon, and a beginning could be made at once. Already one or two farmers have been raising small quantities of cotton, and its quality is excellent, but this is a cultivation for which the European emigrant is not a match, and with the countless millions of Chinese ready to work for a small wage, it would be madness to think of any other class of labour. I hope the Manchester Growing Association will turn its attention to this new field without any further delay. It can be tested on a sufficient scale for a moderate outlay, and, if successful, the result would be incaculable THE LATE ACCIDENT ON THE LONDON AND NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY.—A most remarkable instance of the benefit of accidental insurance has occurred in the above accident. A gentleman named Kelly was found under the first-class carriage in which he had been travelling, which had broken 'away from the rest of the train near Primrose-bill Tunnell. He was dead and fearfully mutilated, and a wife and six children were at once plunged from comparative affluence into misery, as his income was at an end with his life. Before com mencing the journey, however, he had taken one of the insurance tickets of the Railway Passenger Assurance Company, for which he paid only 6d., and enclosed it in an envelope to his wife. By this trifling outlay he has secured the large sum of £l,OOO for his bereaved family, who would otherwise have been left destitute. • LIVERPOOL POLICE COURT.-YESTERDAY. (Before Mr. RAFFLES.) TIM POOR-BOX. His Worship acknowledged the receipt of £1 for the poor-box from " Anonymous." BREAKING INTO A PAWNSHOP. Eliza Flanaghan, Mary Anne Naylor, Joseph Naylor, Jane Woods, and John Woods, were brought up on a charge of being concerned in breaking into and robbing the pawnshop of Mr. Empson, Scotland-place. Mr. }Muck appeared for the prisoners Woods. The details of this case were published two or three days ago, when the prisoners were previously before the court. The shop of Mr. Empson was broken into some nights since, and a quantity of property stolen. Por tions of the property stolen, rings, Ste., were found with the prismieti. The prisoners were arrested by detective officers Smith, Scaife, and Wilson, who got the articles With theni. Pawn tickets, relating to other portions of the prdperty;,_ were found on some of the prisoners. he women Woods and Flanagan were discharged, as the evidence was not considered sufficient, and Mr. Bluck contended that the evidence against the man _ . . Woods was het Conclusive to send him for trial, ana therefore he ought to be discharged. His Worship committed Woods and the two Naylors for trial ; but said he would take bail-, tvio sureties in X2O each, for *clods . ' appearance. (Before Messrs. S. B. Lthiri and onlim:rart.) , . • PUBLICANS' ANP PEERMLEitf?' Thomas I3aily, publican, Brownlow-hill, was Chalied with having supplied a drunken man with a glass of rum. Mr. Cobb (to the officer) : Did you drink any of the rum ? Yes. Mr. Cobb : Then let me tell you, sir, you stole it.. Mr. Lloyd : He wanted to distinguish the liquor. Mr. Cobb : Oh, they like to do that—to distin guish the liquor. How would you (to the officer) like to have rum you paid for taken by another man? Officer : I only took a spoonful. Mr. Cobb severely cross-examined the officer, and called witnesses to disprove the charge, and the magistrates dismissed the complaint. Aim Harker, pUblican, Scotland-road, was summoned tbr selling spirits aiid Ale at, ntila*ftil hltirs t and for having drunken people in the house. Mi:. ri t ihtfci . cit called evidence for the defence, and the bench dismissed the complaint. Samuel Postlewaite, publican, Plumb-street, was sum moned for selling ale and spirits at prohibited hours, It *As till'ego that the liquor was given away as a gift; isminstd, Thomas Weit, Siiitalfields; beerhOtise . -keeper, charged with Sunday trading. Acquitted: Isaac summoned for selling ale on Sunday 1;1 11 ss. and costs. Michael Tynan, Ilornby-street, beerhouse-keeper, was charged with Sunday trading. Fined ss. and costs. Anne Seddon, Wolfe-street, Park, beerhouse-keeper, was charged with doing business on Sunday morning last. Fined ss. and costs. Thomas Williams, Norbury-strect, beerhouse-keeper, was summoned for selling ale on Sunday morning. Fined 20s. and costs. ATROCIOUS MURDER NEAR BRISTOL. A most brutal murder was perpetrated on Wednesday night at bunchy, a Small ivillage near Bristol: An aged couple named George and Sarah - Waterman, resided in a secluded 'cottage in that hamlet. The old man was pensioner, and ivtis torinerlY iii the 9th Poot ; he had become the owner of the cottage, iti *Mat he hhd lived for the last 30 years, and to which is attached ahotit acre of land, and carried on the business of milkman and small farmer. The age of Waterman is 75, and that of his wife 73. Shortly after 7 o'clock on Wednesday evening a man named Lovell, a butcher, residing in the neighbourhood, was alarmed by Waterman coming to his house and imploring assistance. The old man was bleeding pro fusely about the head, and stated that his cottage had been entered by two men, who had beaten him and his wife, and then robbed the premises. Loirell at once accompanied Waterman to his cottage, and there found the wife lying insensible from the blows inflicted on her'. Mr. Shorland, surgeon, of Dundry, was at once sum moned ; but medical skill was unavailing, and the poor woman died in about two hours. Two large maple sticks, about a foot and a half in length, and from two to three inches in circumference, were found on the pre mises. A pair of tongs. with which it is supposed the unfortunate woman attempted to defend herself from her assailants, showed stains of blood and traces orhaif upon them, and two pools of blood were discovered out• side the cottage. The head of the unfortunate woman was almost beaten to pieces, and from the time she was discovered till her death she was perfectly insensible. On Thursday morning Mr. Mordaunt, one of the acting magistrates of the division, took the depositions of Mr. Shorland, surgeon, and Waterman. Mr. Shor land stated that in his opinion Waterman was in a very dangerous state from blows on the head, producing extensive lacerated wounds, and that he might not be able to give evidence at any future time. Waterman, who, though much exUausted, was perfectly sensible, then made the folloiving statement :—" I am aware that I am very dangerously ill, and that I may not recover. About seven o'clock on the evening of the 9th of January somebody knocked at my door. I asked who it was, and they answered It is John, the Winford policeman.' I opened the door, and some one immediately struck me on the forehead with a large stick. I ran back into the inner kitchen ; two men followed me, one of them knocked me down, and struck me on the head several times. When I got up they told me to go upstairs to show them where the money was. They went up stairs, pushing me before them ; they asked me where the money was. I said, What I have is in my box.' They searched the boxes, and from one of them took out my money —about ss. or 65., and out of the other they took a silver watch. They broke open my• chest of drawers, and took out a black wine bottle ; they tumbled over the things, and took a silk handkerchief. They also took a Waterloo medal, with riband and three silver bars attached. They followed me down stairs, and took a loaf of bread and piece of bacon, which they cut off, and packed up in the handkerchief. They then asked me for a cord, and I gave them one. The shorter of the two men tied my hands behind me, took me into the milkhouse, and fastened me to the bacon-stand. They told me to remain quiet for 20 minutes, and then to call my wife to let me loose. They then left me. From the time I was first struck till I let myself loose I did not notice my wife ; but while I was being struck I said, Spare my wife.' The taller man said, ' I have put her to sleep.' When I got loose I went to the kitchen, and there saw my wife lying in the middle on her right side. She was quite insensi ble. I tried to lift her up, but could not. I was bleed ing freely fromthe head. I managed to get to William Lovell's to call for help. He lives about 300 yards from me. He helped me home. I think I should know the men again, especially one of them—the shorter of the two. I looked at him very closely. I think I have seen him before. He wore hair under his chin, and was a young man, about 35. I noticed that the taller man had a thin, pale face, and wore a large jacket, like a shooting jacket, with large inside pockets. They left their sticks behind them. After they had broken open the drawers they turned over the bed to search for money. A brace of pistols belonging to me fell on the floor. The taller man took them up and presented one at me,•and threatened to shoot me. The pistols were loaded. I missed a silver watch, which was downstairs. I saw it about 6 o'clock [the same evening, and had it in my hand at that time." Waterman attached his mark with his left band to the deposition, his right hand being so severely injured that he was unable to use it. His head is frightfully beaten, and in the opinion of Mr. Shorland, if erysipelas were to supervene, death would inevitably ensue. Mr. Shorland expresses astonishment that after the fearful treatment Waterman must have experienced he should have retained his consciousness. Superintendent Jones, of the Somerset County Con stabulary, within whose district this deliberate murder has been committed, has placed Henry Morse, acting sergeant, and Police-constable Andrew in charge of the case, and from inquiries he has prosecuted something like a clue to one of the perpetrator of this foul deed appears to have been ascertained. A man named John Keevil, formerly stated to be a policeman at Dundry and Winford, but now in the service of the Rev. C. Bout flower, incumbent of Dundry, as coaehman, states that on Tuesday week a man dressed as a soldier, apparently between thirty and thirty-five years of age, came to the stable where he was at work about seven o'clock in the evening, and asked if he knew a person named George Waterman, or another named Wid more. The soldier said that Waterman was his uncle and Widmore his brother. Keevil told him to wait a few minutes and he would show him where both parties lived. He accordingly accompanied the soldier to Waterman's cottage, and knocked at the door. The deceased woman came to the door and asked who was there. Keevil answered, "It is John, the policeman." Mrs. Waterman then said, "I know your voice, or I should not open the door." She then opened the door, and they both went in. The soldier stated that he was George Widmore, brother of William Widmore, and a nephew of the Watermans. The old woman, however, did not appear to recognise him, and Keevil afterwards took him to the house of his brother, William Widmore, a working gardener of Dundry. He there stated that he was on furlough, and that his regiment was station e d at Portsmouth ; he was rather intoxicated at the time. He remained with his brother some days, during which time he paid another visit to the Watermans, and had an interview with the old man. While there he pur loined a cutlass belonging to Waterman, and shortly afterwards left for Bristol, bat was followed thither by his brother, and the cutlass was found in his possession and given up. It has been ascertained that George Widmore is a deserter, and that he was not at his usual lodgings on Wednesday night. The police are making active search for him, and it is believed he cannot long evade apprehension. JEWELLERY, PLATE, &e. W. 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