The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-01-31 00:00:00

at Browne, : r g rei } BEES' WAX, ags MUSTARD SEED, )o. NUS VOM Eees MADDER rii 150. DITTO, 412 Bags BLACK PEPPER To-MORROW anded ex Be' 1m Akyab.—A en bait, TO EXPORTERS VINEGAR THE ANNUAL la . A ainthg the Day, up tot and ( urcial c.altg. THIS DAY e 31st instant, at Twelve o'clock, er and Co.'a office, 2, Dale-street, MYRABOLAM 9, Damaged, BROWNE, HUNTER & CO., Brokers. TO-MORROW at Twe: ) Bags Arracan RICE, all fai SLEIGH, B:okers, JAMS, &c., THURSDAY, Is the days been BIIIGHTS and a num world could never nave enjoyed an hour's peac lays must, however, have )y the sword, and have van idler of fortune by some r Fzuortatio CO South John-ptre SCRIPTION TO THE NORTHERN :s TWO GUINEAS PER ANNUM. EVENING EDITION of the NORTHERN DAILY i every .elf ng to Pres: ortliern fimes JANUARY 31, 1856 -.-....-.--- f the Vandals the e must 1 R GIBSONS rous family of THOMPSONS, or else the The peace m 3 their )ject 1 quished the Scythia thing more convincing than long speeches delivered at monster tea parties, consisting mainly of old gentlewomen. We must declare, once more, for our own humble part, that we desire peace as much as Mr. BRIGHT, and know how to appreciate the Divine beauties of the Sermon on the Mount, as much as any member of the respected Society of Friends. But we cannot allow Mr. BRIGHT, and those who thin country and and act with him, to leave false impression that They France and England originated this war were in no wa• sponsible for its commencement, and instead of being parties to its objects, they first announced them as cruel and unjust, and it was not until words had failed that they drew the sword in the cause of the weak and murdered Turkish people. The Western Powers took upon themselves a Christian duty, but had no objects in the war beyond those which form a conspicuous part in all just and humane undertakings. They went to war to enforce peace, as the heroes of France, Germany, Poland, and Spain resisted the yoke of VANDALI. Civilised nations fight for repose, and not for the mere shedding of blood. Barbarous nations only invade other countries on a simple pretext; and where Europe is afflicted the Presence of upwards of 60,000,000 of Muscovites civilization must defend semi-barbarot itself. Mr. Bnrn hearers T s speeches may mislead his but they will never demolish the one hundred Sebastoi s which Russia has raised as a barrier to huma rty and civilised intercourse or cause h millions of bayonets to be laid aside that the ly even one year's unbroken tranquil! HT knows full well the object of des potism in keeping up large armies, and expending ials and millior in the naval ars impregnable f enly belies his conscience len he says that a ar cannot, as society is )nstauted, be necessary istifiab studying t: orm, and preparing e have millions of men at pres f warfa: in every imaginable ver and anon, for aggres- sion and defence, bloodshed must be their motive, and other nations must be prepared for self- preservation. Our object in the present con test has been, from the first, to secure peace on a just and enduring basis. The Allied Govern ments have stated, with unusual candour, tha t the war was not undertaken to re-establish down trodden nationalities, or to extend the area of con stitutional freedom. In this candour the strength of the two Cabinets lies for the moment, and it is only Mr. BRIGHT and his followers who would venture to say there has been any duplicity played off on the country on this head. With regard to the free navigation of the Danube, Mr. BRIGHT was particularly luminous. He tells us that the navigation of that river is free, and the traffic upon it has increased immensely within the last ten years. He alludes probably to the enterprise of the Danubian Steam Navigation Company established ten or twelve years back. He does not mean to say that that noble stream is as free as the Thames, the Mersey, or the Mississippi. He will not pretend to assert that ships are not stopped and searched by Russian on the Lower Danube, and by Austrian police on the frontiers of every province through which they pass from Belgrade to Buda, and that its navigation may not be inter dicted, at any moment, by a single scratch of the AIITOCRAT'S or FRANCIS JOST.PH'S pen. We enjoy on the Danube the same rights as pirates do on the Canton river in the absence of British men-of war. We may trade, if we can, after paying Russian exactions, and satisfying Austrian extor tions,and pocketing in turn the insulting arrogance of one, and the refined tyranny of the other. Mr. BRIGHT has, probably, never been on the Danube, and only speaks from hearsay, and what he has gleaned from books and that Newspaper Press which he was pleased to say " could not writs a " sentence of English." Manchester men are apt to make such remarks, but they are the last in the world who ought to quarrel with those who make them intelligible speakers, and something like rational beings, when they appear in t ype, We can, however, afford to make room in our rubbish bas ket for Mr. BRIGHT'S opinion on this subject, as well as a variety of other emanation s we receive from equally captious reviewers. Meanwhile, the Peace Party must bear in mind that the object of the war is peace, and that our motive in continuing it embraces all those disturb ing causes which must be removed before we can secure the return of tranquillity, on anything like an enduring foundation. It is perfectly childish to say that the " Four Points" might have been obtained from Russia at the Vienna Conference. It was because Russia refused them that the strug gle was continued. She only accepted them as the basis of negotiation, just as the Emperor ALEXANDER has assented to the Austrian propositions, to gain time, or, probably, to give the Peace Party of this country an opportunity of dividing the public mind, and giving a fresh impetus to that bloodshed which they are so anxious to arrest. If the Peace-at-any-price men are satisfied with the Vienna proposals, it is not unlikely that their acceptance by ALEX.tNDER will not only prove dynasty have thought and it it cotn- s not likely with a peace by We small atal: to his throne, but will lead to the over- ventional necessity ; the habits of military life as throw of what is vulgarly called the " Romanoff manly, and not wholly objectionable; and, with The true Russian and rampant these glove-like qualifications of what they con war party are all-powerful at St. Petersburg. sider to be immutable law, the world is deluged The serfs are ready to shake off their with evil-doing. taskmasters, and the Poles only require The inevitable result of all this, however, is a Russian convulsion to regain their placed conspicuously before us; and, since independence. Would the CZAR encounter all those classes who have yet the power of these dangers, and en t er u p on a course, with any carrying forward the sacred work of man's social sincerity, which would involve him in inextricable regeneration are really bestirring themselves with difficulties ? Peace orators may gull the public extraordinary zeal, we do not despair of with assurances that Russia would have accepted seeing immense good done at home and peace last April, and that she is now quite ready to among the benighted races in other parts of grant all the Western Powers can ask in reason. the world. Of our own reformatory establish- But with peace comes the CZAR'S trial, and his ments, we can scarcely venture to speak, until they mpires dismemberment. His people have suf- have been brought into full operation. The red bitterly by their rulers' love of war, and they project is a good one, and ought to be encouraged, 11 naturally look for some solid return, to make if it should only save a few among the thousands , d their losses. Had they gained all Turkey of the neglected. But we have yet to provide something rational, to draw men off from their irrational habit_s, and to supply those vacuums which, though harmless in themselves, lead to The schoolmaster, and the religious instructor, have an herculean task before them, not only in the humbler walks of life, but in the very highest circles, Truth is all we can rely upon in the work we have commenced, and it must be told boldly at the foot of thrones, as well as upon the hearth of the poorest of our citizens. It must be taught at home as well as in the wilds of India, Africa and America; and until men entrusted with the great secrets of Christianity Proclaim them aloud, in whatever position they may be placed, the most praiseworthy efforts of a few benevolent men can do comparatively little to stay that extraordinary mortality, which can only be ascribed to the infliction of those penalties which follow the disregard of the warnings we have received. crime LATES INTELLIGENCE. SECOND EDITION. ♦ TURKEY. A despatch from Constantinople, dated the 21st instant, announces that Baron Prokesch had noti fled to the Porte the acceptation by Russia of the Austrian ultimatum. THE CRIMEA The same despatch mentions that intelligence had been received from the Crimea, stating that on the 9th January the Russians had made an advance upon the ice with the intention of attack ing Kertch, but that the vigilance of General Vivian had completely disconcerted the enemy. The temperature in the Crimea was somewhat milder, but the gulfs of Odessa and Kinbura were still frozen over. A despatch from Trieste, dated the 30th, men tions that news had reached there from Constan tinople to the effect, that notwithstanding the intelligence relative to peace, General Shirley had sent orders to Shumla to prepare quarters for troops at that place. These troops were to proceed to Shumla in the spring. THE CONFERENCES A despatch from Vienna of yesterday's date announces that the Austrian Government will lay the Esterhazy propositions before the Frankfort Diet, and ask their recognition, so as to obtain the representation of Germany at the Conferences. THE FRENCH FUNDS PARIS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, We subjoin the quotations at the close o business on the Bourse to-day :—Four per Cents. 95f 76e.; Three per Cents., 70f. 90c. THE COURT WINDSOR, JAN. 29.---The Queen and Prince and the royal family walked out in the Home-park this afternoon. The Duchess of Sutherland arrived on a visit to her Majesty. The dinner party comprised the Duchess of Kent, the Princess Royal, Prince Edward of Saxe- Weimar, the Duchess of Sutherland, the Earl and Countess Stanhope, Lord and Lady John Russell, Lord and Lady Stanley of Alderley, Lady Fanny Howard, the Baroness de Speth, the Right Hon. William and Mrs. Cowper, the Right Hon. T. B. Macaulay, the Right Hon. T. Pemberton Leigh, Admiral the Hon. R. S. Dundas, Major-General Sir Richard Airey, and Major-General Dupuis, R.A. ARRIVAL OF HER MAJESTY AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE.— Yesterday morning at half-past eleven o'clock, her Majesty, accompanied by his Royal Highness Prince Albert, with the royal suite, left Windsor-castle, and travelled by special train on the Great Western Railway to Paddington, and on'arriving at the terminus proceeded in several of her Majesty's carriages, escorted by a detachment of the 3rd Light Dragoon Guards to Bucking ham-palace, where the illustrious party arrived shortly after twelve o'clock. Her Majesty and illustrious party were received at Buckingham -palace by the Marquis of Breadalbane, Duke of Wellington, Right Hon. Lord Ernest Bruce, M.P., &c. The Guard of Honour on the parade at Buckingham -palace, consisted of the Coldstream Guards. In the afternoon the Queen held a privy council, at which the lists of sheriffs for the ensuing year was submitted, and approved by her Majesty. MARRIAGE OF CAPTAIN SAYER AND Miss PHIPPS.— Yesterday the marriage of Captain Sayer, of the 23d Royal Fusiliers, to Miss Phipps, eldest daughter of Colonel the Hon. C., B. Phipps, C. 8., Keeper of her Majesty's Privy Purse, and niece to the Marquis of Nor rnanby, took place in the Chapel Royal of ;St. George, Windsor. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Princess Royal, the Prince of Wales, the Princess Alice, and Prince Alfred were present at the ceremony. iiTHE PEAC ;CONGRESS AT PARlL—ThelC onst i tut i onne l of yesterday states its opinion, that the Peace Congress will not b able to commence its deliberations before the 20th or 25th of February. It also says, that the signa ture o' the preliminaries of peace will be reserved for the Congress. The armistice also, will not, if the above version be accurate, take place till the Congress meets The Emperor has ordered apartments to be prepared at . the Elysee, and elsewhere, for the official residence of the members of the Peace Conferences. THREATENED IMPEACHMENT OF MINISTERS. —Yesterday afternoon a public meeting was held at St. Marlin's Hall, Westminster, in compliance with an invitation placarded to the following effect :—" Do the men of Westminster desire peace at any price ? " The Hon. Colonel Vereker moved the first resolution condemnatory of the proposed pacification and declaring the terms to be unsatisfactory. The resolution was seconded by Mr. A. B. Richards. A stormy discussion followed in which Mr. Harris attempted in vain to move an amendment of an opposite character, and eventually a resolution in favour of the impeachment of ministers was almost unanimously agreed to. RUSSIAN COMMERCIAL POLICY.—The Journal de St. Petersburg just received, contains a communication from the Russian Consul at New Orleans, suggesting that Russian merchants should make arrangements for obtain ing, corn direct from America, at a less expense than it can be supplied via Liverpool and London. The same journal remarks, that as the least saving in the price would be of the utmost importance, direct relations ought at once to be established for opening this new branch of Commerce. The Invalide Ruese contains news from the East coast of the Black Sea. Iskander Bey was severely wounded on the 23rd instant, and General Prince Andronikoff had been dismissed from . his post, as Governor of Tiflis. would tney can get nothing. therefore, fear that all orators can say at tea-parties, and other political entertainments can do little towards re storing the world's tranquillity. Peace is, however, by no means a contemptible species of capital for member of Parliament struggling to reach the Ministerial benches It is an event which must come, sooner or later, and those who have taken a part in its advocacy will be able to turn round and say " peace is restored " and we now claim of our grateful country " that reward to which we are so justly " entitled." Messrs. GIBSON, BRIGHT, and COBDEN entially men of 'business, and they know Ipital quite as well as they lo that of Manchester broadcloth or cotton yarns. We trust, however, when their ends have been fully attained, that the reasonable demands of France and England will have been secured, and that their interference, in the meantime, will not swell that frightful torrent of blood which has already deluged the banks of the Danube and the shores of the Black Sea. Ilue of political c THE Press has succeeded, after years of agita tion, in securing for the country the general adoption of reformatory institutions for juvenile criminals. The publicity given to the crime brought before the authorities, day by day, has had its effect, not only in forcing magistrates and corporate bodies into action, but in rousing the moral and religious classes of the community, and bringing them to look diligently to the degraded and dangerous condition of their fellow -creatures, as well as to their own temporal interests and eternal peace. Moral reformation has, in fact, become a universal movement; and it is not too much to hope, that vast individual and national benefits will bo the ultimate result. The house less orphan, and the ill-used offspring of ignorant and drunken parents, have been too long neglected in this country ; and, as it ever must be where society neglect their duty, we have been made to pay dearly for our recklessness, in taxes for the erection of prisons, and the maintenance of a large police force for the suppression of crime. Hitherto, however, we have confined ourselves mainly to the punishment of offenders. That, after incurring an immense expenditure of money, has failed. We are now entering on an era of reformation, and hope—by affording timely shelter and tender regard to the youth unconscious of the guilt they commit, and the frightful end that awaits a life of vice—to rescue them from the yawning aulf into which so many thousands have fallen. This is, indeed, a great and good work, which every member of the community ought to sustain by contributing his mite, be it ever so The human family present a most appalling spectacle when viewed as a whole ; and, though it may only be possible to grapple with one limb of human depravity at a time, still, there is much in the actual condition of our race to call for mighty sacrifices and endless toil, in the great work of social regeneration. We have always contended, that the whole of mankind is threatened with pre mature destruction by those vices which are still rampant, not in this country alone, but throughout the universe. We always put forward the extraordi nary decrease in the duration of human life. as a proof of the inroads which vice, of every des cription, is making upon humanity. We instance the longevity of our species, as disclosed to us in Scripture in the early ages of the world, and we come down to the averages given in our present tables of mortality. If we go back to the days of JARED, METHUSALEFT, LAMECH and NOAH, we may safely conclude that the average of life was 100 years. But what is it now ? By some it has been set down at nineteen years ; but, certain it is, that the duration of man's existence has been shortened by three score years and ten, since the period to which we allude. We cannot attribute this fearful curtailment of life to physical causes. Our conventional ideas—our habits—our recognised follies— our cherished vices—and our anti-Christian neglect of each other, have worked out that appalling result, which awakened reason can scarcely venture to contemplate. The wars of savage nations have contributed to the universal desol a ti on . Africa and Asia have known no peac e w i t hi n the memory of man. The Mogul Tartars, who first inhabited the American Continent, have all but disappeared in wars of extermination ; and Europe is cov ere d with the bones of her sons who have fallen victims to those Pagan notions of grandeur and power which rack ,her genius, and are incessantly deci mating her manhood. All this, aided by our false ideas, ridiculous habits, petty vice, and criminal neglect, has robbed man of his prolonged existence upon earth. Every work of regeneration must, therefore, be hailed with unmingled joy by all who regard the temporal and eternal welfare of their fellow - creatures. It is not enough that we should have a fraction of our population stalwart at sixty, full of intellectual vigour at seventy, and go down to their grave, in possession of all their mental faculties, at eighty. years of age. The average of life is rapidly dropping down to infancy, and those who regard the great superstructure of human existence should be up and doing ! Mind should enforce its influence over matter, that the frail templ e o f life may b e preserved as it was in primitive times. All those devastating follies and vices, which afflict the world, should be more vigorously assailed than ever. Missionaries, with schoolmasters, Christian churches, with their bishops, deacons, and priests, should, one and all, go forth in increased numbers, to reform the heathen, and to arrest the shedding of blood in every land. Had the priests of Russia trained up the minds of her rulers and people to abhor war, What a blessing on would ha ve conferred on the presentrccrng on generations to come ! Had the chuha e, and n other r Christian lands d enounced the impiousne bloodshed, and h a d employed a forty ye of years' peace in weaning their respective nations from the evil tenor of their ways, w e should have had no invasion of Turkey, nor Crimean battles, But, they look on war as a con- 72 74, NORTHERN TIMES.-LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY, JANUARY 31, MIA MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL. • LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY EVENING. There has been a very active demand for Cotton to-day, both from the trade and exporters, and a large business has been done at an improvement in price of a of a penny per lb. The total sales reach 15,000 bales, and include 5,000 for specu lation and export. The Liverpool Share Market has been lower to-day upon the decline in Consols, and the arrangement of the share account. At the close, however, the tone was somewhat firmer.- -Aberdeen, 12i 12i. Chester and Birkenhead, 131 131. Caledonian, 281 283. Chester and Holyhead, 121, 133. Eastern Counties, 91 9-7,. East Lancashire, 18 181-,. Great Nor thern, 231 23-4. Ditto A, 91 91 3 . Great Western, 58 591. Lancashire and Yorkshire Stock 81,1 811. Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport, 15 151. London and North Western Stock, 99 991. Manchester, Sheffield and Lincoln, 25 253. Ditto Preference, 11 12. Ditto New 6 per cent Pref., ; in. Midland Stock, 693 693. North British, 72- 71. North Staffordshire, 8 71-d. South Eastern, 18 7-16 183. York, New eastle, and Berwick, 187,-, 183. York and North Mid land, 244 241. Leeds Capital Stock, 14114;. Dutch Rhenish, 1 4p. Ditto New Shares, 23 21p. Great Western of Canada, 25i 251. Ditto New Shares, 34 3 5-16 p. Great Luxembourg, 84 81d. Letters from St. Petersburg state that the total amount of bonds bearing interest, and issued by the public treasury, had risen to 85 millions of silver roubles from the ordinary average in times of peace, which seldom exceeded 60 millions. The amount of paper money in circulation not bearing interest has increased from 336 millions in 1854 to 400 millions at the close of last year. Accounts from Peru, by the West India Mail packet Atrato, furnish some interesting particulars regarding the guano trade from the Chincha Islands. It appears that the net produce of a ton ofguano to Peru when sold in England is 23 dols sc, and when sold in the United States 21 dols sc. The loss by trans-shipment, waste, and accidents by sea, is cal culated at 12 per cent. Recent estimates of the quantities on the group of islands are as follows : On the north island, as computed by M. Faraquet, a French engineer, 4,189,477 tons; on the middle island, as calculated by Senor Castanon Cana and others, 2,505,948 tons ; and on the south island, as estimated by the same authorities, :5,684,679 tons—making a total of 12,380,102 tons. From official returns it appears that the quantity of guano exported from,November 1853, to Oct. 1855, was 780,000 tons, or about 800,000 in two years, which is valued at twenty million dole. At the present time the National Debt of Peru is 46,698,889 dollars, bearing interest amounting annually to 2,101,750 dols. Should the proceeds, therefore, of guano be judiciously applied, there is sufficient to pay off the debt in a few years. According to the customs returns at Panama, the trade between that port and California is steadily increasing. During the last year there were thirty-two vessels of the United States mer cantile marine entered the port from thence of 49,300 tons aggregate measure, and laden with cargoes including gold and specie of the value of 30,691,815 dols. The Funds have been weaker to-day. At one period of the morning, the extreme reduction from the final quotations of yesterday was R per cent, but a partial rally afterwards took place, and the market closed a to 2- per cent lower than yesterday, the final quotations being 91k to 911. The depres sion is attributable to large sales by some of Lthe influential parties who originally purchased in the hope of peace, and who have since retained their stock. There has also been a continued pressure for money, especially in the Stock Exchange. It is assumed, however, that the stringency in this quarter will be merely temporary. Rumours con nected with the state of our relations with the United States, and other reports thinking that the Queen's speech will only refer in guarded terms to the peace negociations, assisted in the prevailing tendency towards depression. In most quarters, however, there is a disposition to scout the idea that any serious embroilment can arise between this country and America. The commercial rela tions of the two States are, it is hoped, ,too inti mate, and too mutually beneficial to admit their disturbance. Another failure is announced on the Stock Exchange. The individual is a broker, who had speculated for a fall in Consols and Turkish Stock. Neither in this case, however, nor in tiro t reported yesterday is the amounts heavy. At Paris to-day the Bourse was extraordinarily buoyant. The Three per Cent. Rentes closed fully 1 per cent higher than yesterday. About one half of the 496,0001. in gold, ex the Champion of the Seas, has been sent to the bank ; the other moiety goes to the continent. The amount of specie brought in by the Atrato, from the West Indies, is stated at 276,000 dols in silver, and 445,000 dols in gold, making a total of about 144,0001. The Railway Share Market to-day was generally well supported, notwithstanding the flatness of Consols. Subjoined are the closing quotations :—Caledonian, 56+ 571. Eastern Counties 91 91. East Lancashire, Great Northern, 934 9471. Ditto A, 77 79. Great Western, 57/ 58,f. Lancashire and York shire, 811 80. London and North Western, 99 991. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 25+ 254. Midland Stock, 69+ 70. North British, 30 31. South Eastern and Dover,6l+ 611 1 . York, New castle, and Berwick, 75 7.5 i. York ' and North Midland, 481 491. The weather still continues frosty and cold, although otherwise fine overhead. There is an indication of con tinued frost. The Gazette of Tuesday evening announces that the Queen has approved of the appointment of Mr. William Watson as Consul at Liverpool for the republic of Vene zuela. FIRE LAST NIGHT. —About half-past eight o'clock a fire was discovered in a public-house in the Old Ropery, near Fenwick-street. It was extinguished before any material damage was done. LADIES' COLLEGE IN LIVERPOOL,—We understand that some of the clergy and laity of the town, including gentle men connected with the Collegiate Institution, have under consideration the propriety of establishing a college for the instruction of young ladies, similar to the colleges which have been so successful in London. SUDDEN DEATHS.—Yesterday an old woman named Catherine Harding, who lodged in a c iurt off Lawton street, and who sold fruit in the street, was found dead in her bed. A child named Egan, 22 months old, was burnt some days ago and died yesterday. Mary McGee, a child, died suddenly yesterday in Bolton -street. PROPOSED PLAN FOR RENDERING THE MECHANICAL FORCE AFFORDED BY THE RISE AND FALL OF THE TIDE AVAILABLE AS A MOTIVE POWER FOR PROPELLING MACHINERY.—Such is the title of an elaborate paper (M.S.) with which Mr. Joseph T. Price, of 34, Hunter-street, has favoured us. He also sends us plans in reference to George's basin, as illustrative of his principle. All appear to have been compiled with great care, but at present we are not in a position to offer any remark on the mooted question. Mr. Price's theory seems to be the construction of machi nery to be worked by a wheel, which, in turn, would be put in motion by the rising and ebbing of the tide. He enters elaborately into this point, a❑d if what he proposes on paper could be carried into practice, no doubt the success would be unquestionable. We think the subject worthy the attention of scientific persons, who, from practical experience, would be enabled to pronounce on the merits of the suggestion. YouriG MaNs' CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION.—Last evening, the Rev. Luke Wiseman, of Stoke Newington, attended at the Hope-hall, Hope-street, for the purpose of delivering the eighth of a series:of winter lectures to the members and friends of this association. There was a very smaa attend ance. At the time appointed. the Rev. Mr. West took the chair, observing that on that occasion his duties Would be exceedingly light. Sometimes the position of chairman was attended and surrounded by many difficulties ; but wh( n they considered the lecturer and the subject, he felt that he was relieved from all difficulty, as both commended them selves so much to the meeting. (Applause.) He would, therefore, conclude by introducing the Rev. Luke Wiseman. (Applause) The lecturer, on c:miing forward, was mst enthusiastically received. lie said it was possible that the title of the lecture, ' Things sacred and things secular," might not seem to restrict them to any particular line of thought, therefore, before illustrating the subject, it might be desirable that he should explain at the commencement, a little more particularly, the object he had in view. He then went on to explain the meaning of the two terns, sacred and secular, the latter denoting worldliness, an d t h e other it s opposite, and relating to all things spiritual and ecclesiasti ca l. Wh a t th e y wou ld h ave to consider was, where th e t wo were at var i a nce with eac h ot h er, when they are so ant agon i st i c t h a t i n no p osi t ion o f li te could they be brought t o act w i t h eac h other. The lect urer t h en pro ceeded t o t race t h e var i o u s opinions that h a d ex i sted ou the subject, and finally concluded by showing th a t t h e two were not opp ose d t o eac h other, but might act in unison. A vote of thanks to the lecturer concluded the business. At the next meeting, on Wednesday, the Rev. Dr. Raffles will give a lecture on " St. Peter's, and the Vati:an." WEST INDIA MAIL, We yesterday announced, by the publication of a telegraphic despatch, the arrival of the mail steam-ship Atrato at Southampton with the West Indian mails. We have since received the following, FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT. The last dates of the Atrato are as follows : —Vera Cruz and Greytown, Jan. 4 ; Colon, Jan. 8 ; Havanna and Jamaica, Jan. 10 ; Hayti, Jan. 11; Demerara, Jan. 9 ; St. Thomas, Jan. 16. The Atrato brings in spade 254,502 dollars in silver, and 445,393 dollars in gold ; Plata peria, £4,404 ; jewellery, £240 ; and pearls, £4OO. The general cargo consists of 504 bags cocoa, 112 bales bark, 10 serons cochineal, 127 cases cigars, 71 bales tobacco, and 78 cases sundries. No specie was taken on board at Vi ra Cruz, arid neither mails or specie were received at Tampico in consequence of the boisterous weather prevalent there, The Atrato brings the fallowing passengers t—Mr, Pur ' , old. Mr. Rod r i guez an d w i fe , M r . MP, Mrs. Thurlby, Mr. G. Tighe, Mr. W. A. Jones, Mr. Ordaz, Senr. Lozana, Spanish minister, Mr. Aumigole, Mr. d'Elor ly, Senr. and Sena. Canas, Mr. Lemaitre, Mr. Gomez, Miss L. and D. Fe is, Miss Rosa, Mr. Dieudoistne, Mr. Beauvallet, senr., Mr. Beauvallet, jr., Mr. and Mrs. Latouche, Mr. Felik,senr Ur Felix, jr., Mr. Cherry, senr., Mr. Cherry, jr., Mr. Palletier, Major Murray, Ist West India regiment; Captain and Mrs. Tuitc, 67th refit. ; Captain and Mrs. Synge, 67th regt, ; Lieut. Mallon, 69th refit. ; Lieut. Codrington, R.N. ; Lieut. Knevett, R.N. ; Archdeacon Courtnav, Mr. Gayleard, Mr. Brandon, Mr. James Forbes, Ass'stant Engineer, 8.N., Mr. Hoare, Mr. Miller, Made. Roger, Mr. de la Vera, Mr. Payne, Mr. Henderson, Mr. Girardat, Mr. Carasco, Mr. and Mrs. Lacave, Mr. Viviro, Mr. Charles, and two distressed British seamen. From the Islands we learn that the new Governor of Barbadoes, the Hon. Mr. Hineks, lady, family, and suite, arrived at St. Thomas in the steamer from Halifax, and await the departure of th' packet on the 18th to proceed to his government. Sir W. Colebroke, the ex-Governor is exnected to leave by next mail. The islands are all healthy, except Porto Rico, and there the cholera is raging to/a great extent. Advices from Mexico, dated Jan 2, inform us that Gen. Comonfort, the present President, has succeeded in com pelling the late President, Alvarez, to fly to the mountains with his Indian friends. General Uraga is at the head of a force in opposition to Comonfort. The present government is constituted as follows :—Don Luis de la Rosa, Minister of Foreign Affairs ; Don Payno, Minister of Finance ; General Yaues, Minister of War ; Don de la Fragua, Minister of Home ; and Don Montes, Minister of Juestice. This is the third President since the flight of Santa Anna, and his government, it is expected, will last no longer than that of his predecessor. The country is in a very unsettled state, and anarchy and confusion appear to exist in every way. REVIEW OF THE MARKETS. KINGSTON, JAN. 10. ALEWIVES: The receipts being very limited, sales hare been made at 265. BurrEE: Sales of Irish at 14d to 15d; American 121 d. BEEF : Smith's family sold at 535. BREAD: The market is yet inundated with bread and crackers. We have stock enough to last four months. CORNMEAL : Sales have been made at 235.: CANDLES : Imports have been very large lately, and sales at 10d to 10id in small lots. COFFEE le wanted. Sales at 38s to 40s. CODFISH has been dull of sale at 15s in tierces ; boxes have moved off more readily at 19s to 20s. 100 tierces which were on hands a few weeks, sold at prices not allowed to transpire, but supposed to be 135. Two entire cargoes, and portions of two others remain on the consignees' hands. CHEESE : D.G. is worth 15d. FLOUR : There is a total absence of speculative feeling, and the article can only be moved in small quantities for immediate use, chiefly at 495. Sales of .500 barrels, some time in the island, at 48s. HERRINGS : " Shore," and " Newfoundland," have been moved at 24s and 20s respectively; but as the receipts have far exceeded the consumption, there is a large stock in receivers' hands, for which buyers refuse to pay those prices, and also decline to name others, being themselves amply supplied for their present requirements. HAMS : American of best quality is at 91d to 10d. LARD • Sales of 300 kegs American, at 10d. . LumnEu : An over stock of W. P.; and the quotation of 85s is only nominal. W. C. shingles of good quality are worth 225. MALT : Steck is now light. MACKEREL : 26s in cario. The price which has lately prevailed is not now obtainable, owing to the receipts being much in excess of demand. OiL : Cod in cargo at 43, but alone, at a higher figure. PORK : Limited sales in mess at 112 s, and 101 barrels at 110 s. RICE : A lot of about 2,000 bags is held by one party, sales in small quantities at 20s. RIME : Sales'at 33 741 to 33 91 per gallon. SALMON: Sales of No. 1 Halifax, of prime quality, 112 s. SALT : For 2000 sacks, Liverpool stored, put up at public sale yesterday, only Os 6d was hid; but we have heard of sales in moderate quantities at 7s to Bs. SOAP : 221 and 21s for 60 and 50 lbs. crown, and 14s for 481bs fe; , e.er, are the prices asked for recent receivals of both Steele's and Casey's ; but there is still several hundred boxes in the hands of purchasers at the former low prices, which must first be consumed before this ad vance can be obtained. SUGAR : Sales at 20s to 254, according to quality. ExcuArrans—On London. Jamaica, and Colonial Banks —9O days, 1 per cent. premium ; 60 days, 1 per cent. premium ; 30 days, 2 per cent. premium. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVED AT KINGSTON.—Dec. 31, barque Agnes, from Cardiff, 58 days, with coals. Jan. 2, barque Glencairn, from Cardiff, 39 days, with coals. Dec. 31, barque Sir Walter Raleigh, from Liverpool, 45 days, with general cargo. Jan. 2, ship Jane, from Newport, 45 days, coals. Bremen barque Charlotte, from Newport, 32 days, coals. ANNUAL REVIEW OF THE MARKETS. We quote the following from De Cordoua's Mercantile Intelligencer KINGSTON, JAN. 10. —The year 1855 has not been a brilliant one fbr our importers of foreign stuffs, still, taking it as a whole, we look upon it as a fair average. The excess in the importation of flour this year over that of last, amounts to about 1,500 barrels, and the lowest figure for that article, which we have reported, is 46s ; at which price the market was cleared on speculation in the beeinninz of November. The highest sale we have quoted is 60i, and the average price of flour has been 51s. The stock on hand at the commencement of 1856 was not large, consequently the consumption kept pace with the supply, which was hardly to be expected from the abundance,of ground provisions with which we were blessed. Meal is an article which has gone more out of consump. tion with us than any other we could mention, and the demand for it apparently grows less. With an importa tion of only 5012 barrels against 12,366 in 1853, the market throughout the year has been dull and exceed ingly heavy, and a large proportion of sales has been made considerably under the cost of importation. RlCE.—Bengal and Patna have met with full:demand and generally been sold at remunerative prices. BREAD AND CRACKERS have lett very heavy losses on importations from the fact that their high cost prevented our retailers from disposing of more than the most limited quantities. LARD.—America has taken the place which was once held by Ireland. The quality of the lard received from the former place is now superior to that from the latter, and consequently it generally obtains the preference. It is an article of great consumption with our populuce, who prefer it to every thing el-e in cooking, except pork, which is really one of their greatest staples. BUTTER, in large quantities, has been imported from America, and being generally of fair quality, has acted very unfavourably on importations from Ireland, yet brokers of the Later have, succeeded in obtaining remu nerating prices. Potti.: . -Our importations of 5425 brls, has nearly gone out of the market, and in this as in lard, our people give the preference to American. The year commenced with an ample stock, and limited demani with nominal quota tions of 72s to 745, with little fluctuation till February. Frem February to April we had no sales to report, and nominal prices were asked. InApril 693. to 70s. was the figure, Lnt in May, the mar• ket having been rid of superabundant stock, 803. was asked, and obtained, and this price was fully maintaine : and from that period the article has been firmer and in more demand. In July and the early part of August, 84s. to 87s. was the ruling rate. Towards the end of August a speculator cleared the market at 993. to 925., and by the end of September 1163. was asked, and obtained. Since this last period 110 s. to 114 s. has been commanded by importers, but 112 s. has been the prevailing rate. Our stock at this moment is quite sufficient for our wants. Fisir : Our demand for dry and pickled fish is great, but generally our supply is greater. In other articles of Imeorrr a fair business has been done and so long es shippers and importers do not inundate us with goods, fair profits in , y be realised, but if they will madly outvie with each other, and judge their business by the amount they sell, and not by the profits they realise, they must be content to gather the fruits of their own folly. For o r,na u ntD r ehieli E ectehh x r : o:: ) ,e n iera T nna s e t , dt e x r3 v i ,sn e a9j e n,ai a (in n , al s ar p iy, 3l e ,er a i speak ei 1855,cs hearthe cheerfully, g u 4hl l .sao l tb y i a taplf n rivolev d e(rriiis.etao i hxge f meeej t eono h olrytyt e f.: present prices for our products are maiutaiLed abroad, we s e 0 can congratulate our Sugar and Coffee growers, though compelled to milolc with miners of Pimento Walks, reneloomßtswenljdni:‘telliistanding the large extra manufacture of the article, What, then, must we say of SUGAR, which in January was sold at ruinously low rtes, and which in February we quoted at 12s to 17s, but which December . was eagerly t Ab qualitiesg h lastt u up sent f r a o m to ray a 2 y 3 this s ogno t om o oowfefmd 3 i jaa o or s tyifkoi , ,aoelp t ttl i gehcl oearufidlinhpeielarsoastscat nearlyei k osa i nsbn n edolavfmht idhecaia,:nmkoaotrlninll only thankfulness. east siig:xe.. J,..maiea planter, and for the first time in our experier e their doleful dirge over their fallen fortunes has given placersoinpce since ot werei e a s s areodn mMoanntyhsp We are now feeling the benefits, whits our English f r iends are suffering from the evil effects of their wise and judicious legislation. It is quite time the tables should be turned, and we hope we shall keep them as they are for a long time. COFFEE opened in January at 31s to 325, and closed December at gas 6d to 37s 6d. It has reached 39s ; but the general ruling rates have been between 32s and 365. PIMENTO : The crop this year has been enormous, and has been sPut on to market with stocks lying over from the previous year. Speculators from the first pla=ced a fictitious value on the article, and dearly have they paid for their temerity or generosity—let them call their want of prudence and foresight what they will-41 has been the ruling rate, and most of the crop has realised that price, or 3 1 ,-,d. This has paid the pimento growers handsomely, but with every nierket overstocked with this 'year's crop . : wh at may be th pects for 1856 it is not now our province to anticipa can only say, we hope they will share in the prosp the sugar and cotton growers. Should we have , the Russian ports be thrown open, their prospects will ilv_come better. In reviewing the DRY sons operations of the past year, it is clearly apparent that the 121 per cent. additional duty on imported goods has tended to reduce profits to wholesale dry goods houses, to check consumption, and generallk to diminish transactions, resides the high rates of exchange which have prevailed here and in England,—the war tax, stamp duty, and other imposts, have had the effect of lessening their gains. The total decline of our foreign trade has been a serious blow to their interest., in common with all others, and the dry goods merchants have cause to r Bret this. Added to these circumstances, the coot of yarns since the war has been another obstacle in the way of invorters, because the increased prices have checked the import tion of Oznaburgh and other coarse goods, which are const‘m,d by the mass of the people. Altogether, tl'c year just elosP4 has been marked by great depression in the dry goods busi ness, pith the prospect of a still greater depresLion this Sear. INDIA AND CHINA MAILS. The files of the journals brought by the Overr land Mail have arrived, via Trieste. The Bombay Times of January 2 gives the following summary of political intelligence : The S'antai insurrection may be said to be suppressed. Tranquillity prevails throughout our dominions, and we have not for some months had a single disturbance even on the Punjab frontier. The Kingdom of Oude is about to be sequestered, the King to be allowed 100,0001 a year, the army to be reduced from 80,000 to 15,000 ; the entire administration of affairs to be entrusted to the resident, General Outran). The settlement of the Oodeypore differences, which renders the political agent supreme, has dissatisfied the chiefs. The native princes, whose administration is admitted to be blameless, are endeav ouring to obtain some better security than they have hitherto enjoyed for the retention of their dominions. The charges of the Indian navy are about to be increased from half to close on a million sterling annually; one fourth the revenue of the Presidency, two-thirds the charges of our army of 60,000 men. Lord Canning is expected at the Presidency on his way to Calcutta a fortnight hence ; the present Governor general retires on the Ist of March, after an administra tion of eight years' duration. A fair business has been done in the import market; money is scarce, and exchange has advanced. CHINA 54 The intelligence from China Ts unimportant. The fole lowing is from the Ouerland Friend of China of Dec. 15 : At Canton there has been another extensive fire; sin gularly again on the site of the fire in:1852. There are now three large spaces in the vicinity of the factories caused by fires within the last twelve months. We believe the whole of these fires have been the work of incendiaries. :Trade in Canton in old teas during the month has been brisker than it has been for some time. Of new teas hut few have been brought to market, and operations have been limited. In Hong Kong there has been what Americans would call "an indignation meeting.' deprecatory of an attempt by Governor Bowring to take away the peculiar benefit of marine lots, by rnnning a public parade in front of them, which parade His Excellency thinks should be made for the benefit of the public by the holders of the marine lots, so requiring from them an outlay of an average of 1,0001. sterling per 100 running feet. One of the benefits to be derived from the construction of this parade, according to government, would be increased facilities for police purposes. Our police force and sys'' tern, however, are so notoriously inefficient, that mer chants prefer guarding their sea frontages ; and evert with such additional guarding they are not sale, as evidenced in an organized attack on Messrs. Wardley and Co.'s offices, a few nights ago, and successful escape of the burglars, with about 3,000 dols. in cash; not. 0 , policeman being found for half an hour afterwards. The failure of several Chinese shroffs at Shanghai, fol lowed by the suspension of Messrs. Aspinwall, Mackenzie, and Co., with liabilities, it is said, exceeding 150,0001., have caused something like a panic in that quarter. Our table of latest dates is as follows Noo• 11th ; Pekin, Nov. 12th ; Shanghai, Dec. Bth ; canton, Dec. 12th. COMATERCIAL IN'T'ELLIGENCE - - 805113 t.Y MARKETS, DEC 17, 1855, TO JAN. 1, 1‘36 , The Overland Mail of the 26th November, per Pvn in ,11.. lar and Oriental steamer Ganges, arrived here on the 22.1 a of December. The tightness in our Money Market (luring the fortni::lit has increased considerably, and the banks since our I. st report have raised their rates of interest 1 per cent., with every prospect of a further advance. IMPORT MARKET.—A fair amount of business has born transacted during the past fortnight in cotton nib, les, but we regret to say at a further concession in price, ho:d rg seeming desirous of disposing of their goods to avail oft lie very favourable rate of exchange on London," which is some measure compensates for the decline noticed. COTTON YARN : The market continues very dull, and, with 'a pressure to sell, prices have declined for both mule and water. EXPORTS. COFFEE : The supplies in the market are scarce. but ive do not observe any change in value either of Mocha or Malabar. PEPPER remains unchanged in value, and the demand OPIUM : Until the last few days the market was very' active and considerable transactions had effect, but Intel.. ligence received via Calcutta, by electric telegraph, two days ago, of lower prices for Malwa, has caused the mar , ket to become quiet, and prices have declined. FREIGHTS have slightly given way; 3/ 2s to 3/ 5s to Loidon and Liverpool; seeds, 3/ 103 to 3/ 12s"6d. EXCHANGE on England during the fortnight advanced considerably, and the business done we' quote as follows; 2s 2d to 2s 2U for China and first-class credits, and 2s 21d to 2s 2M for documents ; on Calcutta, 102 r at sigh; and 99ir at Go days' sight; on Madras, 100 Ar at sight an 99}r at 30 days' sight; an d on! China, 215 - r at 60 days sight. CALCUTTA MARKETS, DEC. 22 Sine , ' the issue of our last fortnightly report we hay' had advices from London to the 9th ult., via Bombay, the, mail steamer from Su ez h av i ng a l so b een announce s early yesterday morning, The prominent effect of the commercial accounts was an immediate excitement in ee! sugar market, which has since abated, and prices, which had advanced considerably, have again declined fully tvo! rupees a maund, although supplies from up the counta have been quite scanty. In rice a brisk business is in progress at advanced prices. The demand f9r indigo' though not very active, public sales have resulted s at's" factorily as regards fine qualities. In seeds, owing t! very small stocks, a limited business has been done a'' full prices. We regret to have to report less favourably of the stay of the IMPORT MARKET, which seems to suffer most froto the increasing scarcity of money. Our MONEY MARKET is again tighter, nor is there all appearance of relief for some time to come. The banks: as well as private capitalists in the Bazaar, are enable'fr to obtain their own ter ms , w hi c h i n many instances ar,e, very exorbitant, and to w hi c h necess i ty alone compel' borrowTs to submit. FREIGHTS : The abundance of tonnage and the scarcity t of supplies of some staple articles have caused a slir decline in the rates of freights to England. The entrig e ments during the past fo r tni g ht h ave b een on a moderato scale, and the existing rates to London are Si for sueral; ; , 4/ lOs to 41 12s 6d, saltp e t re ; 4/ 17s 6d. rice ; 57, wheat' 4/ 17s 6d, linseed or rapeseed ; 3/ 10s, jute ; and 51 55 to 5/ 10s, indigo. To Liverpool, about 5s per ton lower t 11 3; these rates; for Austr a li a , as hi gh as 61 has been paid f°' a small vessel to sail immediately. INDIGO : Very little has been done by private con+ro c ., t ; though at the public sa l es pr i ces of fine and middling qualities have been fully maintained. EXPORTS from the Ist of November to the 18th of D e ' cember, 1855 : To Great Britai n Franc- "036 A ierica Other parts C ‘,2 h o2 e 369 st l s. mrn6l4 715 3 34 3 14 CHINA MARKETS. EXMANCIR AND BULLION. CANTON, Dry. 12 :On Lond on, 4.101 to 4.14 -110 nn 4 bay, 225 to 220; on Calcutta, 219 r ; carolus dollar°, per cent. premium. TIONGItinNG, DEC. 14 .— 0 n London, six mouth,-,' tp 5 - - sight 4.8 ; Indi i, Onßombay 22;5 to 226. on (N e , l;ll ; r', 219 r. per $100 ; on S ydney and Melbourne, 30 days' s'b iit, 4.7 A; Singapore, par. IndSilliN3-101;‘.ItoD3E,c2.rG. Drafts on Canton, 281 per cv discount. MANILLA, Drc. 4.—On Lond on , s i x months, 4.1 7 30 clays' sinter, 4s ;on Canton, 4 per cent. prenit' on Amoy, 6 per cent premium, OPIUM. CANTON, DEC. 13.—New P,Cna 3871; New Ben Iregy $405; Afalwa, $540; Turkey, $460, SHANGHAI, DEC. 6.—Malwa. $420 to $422; Patna, v to $324 per chest. FREIGHT AND TONNAGE. CANTON.—To London nominal, £4 for tea. 5 W:a SHANGHAI—To London, £4 for te a , a nd £5 for To New Y:rlf, $l4 per ton of 40 cubic feet. 4 I . ° MANILLA.—T o L on d on £3 10s; Australia, ''''' United States, nominal, $l2 all round.