Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-11-17 00:00:00

EIVS. :N 2 Nov. 15 ' procce llll, 1 3 : .t Genoa IDAY 5161° ' c ur, forraer'l G0c11313163t 3 1osc ,11: ' -13Y ,44e t ° ourne 100 at rill ( l re t 1 35 soVereig iog' encou rag t wo led fo r l i e d us 13 , suPP, be f dry o'l.d►mao. h a d asses. . 0 1 iloweirer, 7th )radon -- te r oval C ll9l B oi 593 ° tin° 53 , with 12,11, t Septen lbe t ie le gold 'l° ci sin e° ej tS e shiP ll/- 70 " een • 9 P le per 0-- by is of g °l is of thos3oo 3allarat g to ce, an d o 3f 6- 1 . P g. r a t at g°ll been 3(16:03, u mber' c ; o t .t wou ld je, , 3 on ti le t o cuto 3 1.1)14 , 00 5 he notorweif, ', that it ova year o r el le : viettsOt bad took h a s 1 10 Ogr e— o, , A 2 hot- e [4,3v 63, 61 u aad 0 ° kdelfti ( ` e 00' SebeTi e n o f y e f der 3 " -° •,10 - S The ', l ; l tb ° throwbooe' )licitor 1 011 str y en prox" r iOt i er t data , T-All AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE EUROPA• te e British steam-ship Europa arrived yesterday 44 1 4, 1 ? from Boston and Halifax. She has 1 4a,_‘_, 7 5 passengers and 6,500 dollars in specie, Istrces from New York to the 3rd, Boston to The and 'Halifax to the sth inst. lei t , e ' s steamer Arago, from Southampton, had 14 4 1 °let at New York ; also the Indian from 1e°,,,01 at Quebec. Ile 2 L o tar of the West arrived at Havannah on kfic o u e ‘a Ult. with the Californian mails, and over ler e ii,: ) , dofs. in specie, of which 500,000 dols. Th e E urope. C ommercial advices are of a more favourable Sle • sts r 310 11_, as they show a gradual but slow g il l of that feeling of confidence so necessary s sustenanee of commerce. At New York Nil• was rather more easy to be obtained, and ge on London had advanced to 107 and 108 ef• '„„Tday bills, and 109 to 109 k for short paper. ,4e,/"'swing is the last return of the condition of , e w York Banks :—Decrease of Loans 275,764 lo i ) Increase of Specie 2,471,798 dole. ; Decrease III:Illation 549,991 dols.; Increase of Una:awn Th e 3,980,252 dole. e l latest telegraph from New York states : tie' tc.t ile Money Market continued to improve eq . The foregoing returns had produced a 'lovourable impression. Stocks were irregular Se' er e, but upon the whole the market was much t ,T6 news by this arrival is of a most interesting '4 , 4 ft•e• 1 1 1 1 excitement had been caused in Baltimore, e Governor of Maryland placing the city "er uli t Inertial law. The cause of this conflict of ki ti tY between the Governor of the State, and 4 Yor of the city, briefly stands thus Swann, a gentleman of cultivation, great energy racter, and force of will, and with executive abilities re e a elual to the position which he holds, was elected to e _Yoralty by the "American" party, will whose poll '''it3tB he heartily sympathises. The rowdyism of e has been a disgraceful proverb for many years, banners it has developed itself most alarmingly As banners of various semi-political clubs, all the fortunate, because these associations are based %,,ationalities, and the native American citizen is 1 in active armed hostility to the foreign born for who contend in behalf of equality of political e , the latter. As a result, elections in Baltimore see little else than mockeries. In districts where Nothing rowdies have control, no opponent can find tothe polls except at the risk of his life ; and in other the same ruffianly means are availed of by p tic" organisations to drive of their suffrages t l,"au di ff er with them in F e entimmt. An election 'd e become a synonym for riot, bloodshed, and Net , Until peaceable citizens are constrained by fear to kt4 e ge contest to the decision of clenched fists and Colt's r e' That there is fault on both sides no just man 4 1 1: nevertheless, it is charged that Mayor Swann, • er looses to exercise the power at his command. l I II PPress the evil, and secure a fair, peaceable, Nl o ° l3 aest election. This, however, he failed to do, I ;lie spese g since, and his own partisans triumphed—as ~?t,t i r, with seeming truth, by violence and fraud. a `tee e Y , the Mayor did not evince the energy and pr • ',Ye ability which his worst enemies accord him for to 17 86 ,,rvation. of peace on the occasion referred to ; .La;ilure gives plausibility to the charge that he tellte t 0 the rowdyism because he knew that i t would '''ta,tne benefit of his own party. It also causes rnension that he will similarly fail in the discharge :°lre.?t3' at the State election of the 4th instant, which -41 11 -4 to be an exciting contest. Notwithstanding the • 4141, d er i ved from recent events. and the rapid increase Z l Sd e Zatu in the city of Baltimore, the Mayor has taken 4 atllte steps so far as the public are aware, for the pre h 10a , ft 01 8 v . order, and, as a consequence, large numbers of ;qt il : . both parties have declared their purpose to avoid il e l lto r In this emergency many citizens appealed to Go °Nt 'gm), who is a Democrat, to interose arm of b glli th e authority. The Governor opened a correspond ence th e 6 XaYor, seeking co-operation with him in measures t. preserv a ti on of order, and the freedom of the ballot N,' 4 B Mayor repudiates the interference of the holding that he is competent to disohare his (3 4, il ties as the city chief magistrate, and denyin g g the °D Tl ' right to presume in advance-that he will fail d ate of fulfil them, or that the city will become in a eq g oon to ee l 'eetion. The Governor went over to withWash the President and other authorities , rlte e i t risiltsllt,l on hi 3 return, is his proclamation declaring Protect 'er martial law, and calling out the troops for ion of the polls. ." pro clamation of the Governor had created s sensation, and opinions were divided as to le_ Pro m ` An t stY or policy. Much opposition was "le '''areas 0 it by the citizens of Baltimore generally. '' e re a e - er r esult of such opposition is thus alluded be the e 'ew York paper : I re hun el s s Ligon h as a t l as t yi e ld e d t o the pressure made entei b y the citizens of Baltimore, and has consented . r his proclamation calling upon the militia to • r res ervi^ the p eace of election day—or rather, he r(l 4 t g • his ee ih 0 our thspatch, he has gsven assurances that I . l e a .tY 'will not be made use of. Monday (tad inst.) I ,Ntl te , l wlthout any special disturbance, and there was a :teins abatement in the excitement, thousands were 4 11'0 about awaiting the result of the consultation Ite e e Governor. ~et 4: 6 is rather exciting news from Kansas. llr ear c!srno r of that territory had issued a pro -I,ll,tta Is n• in which he avers that the election re l e ', 43 sent i n t o hi m , are i n c o rrect, and have 4 c ooked," and that, therefore, there must be is 1 1 : h e lection Ho vows vengeance against any be e e• may be guilty of bribery or corruption. i-l e • l3 tes alluded to here were in Johnston e r T. He had issued another proclamation. t orp e ' e ets twelve hundred more votes, returned stt th t ee precincts of the M'Gee County ; the : I )e se r e of legal voters in which is less than one 4C; The Constitutional Convention, which kiecompton ou the 19th ult., o'osained a q e - , 4 0 11 the 22nd, and elected C J. M'llvaine 4 4 ,cle t l ' t ' The official returns of the election, dee O l tt 4 the 1,200 fraudulent votes from M`Gee, Lle) by Governor Walker, give Parrot (Free f e ',, a Majority o f ne ar ly 4,000 over Ranson, with t d Verth County to hear from. It was le et % e . t the administration were highly incensed q lt . si c , walker for this proceeding, but, according t e ll% York journal, such is not the case. One ashington correspondents explicitly con oc,,retsB, the report that Governor Walker and 10V e - e l Stanton are to be removed for having Stt e s their instructions by reiecting the frandu- S i tie r : e t es in Johnson County. The rumour is i ti . 4t ta s` to heated and ill-advised remarks of t tir ,tre et . l3 ' Cobb. It is flaserted positively that the S' s t47 °oB of the President have not been violated, conduct of the Governor and Secretary -10 Kansas meets the full approval of Mr. tz 4 t i( tn• a l , N e braska correspondent announces the ars L.° I that territory, of divers Mormon deserters, N e t f l t v Salt Lake city early in October. They Z i °, l °, Weeks' later intelligence, which, if true, te"lt e , , `gtt importance. They say that Brigham A t N I at the head of a large force, was preparing hates e‘' S tr alt Lake City, to give battle to the United tie DV I CI° P B . They further allege, that the moun colt 4 8 1 ' at which the Mormons will attempt to Progress of the troops, is one that, in Il i Ni - h Y Point of view, will give them over ree' advantage; that in their rebellion they e eetv ti le • 0 material aid from the Indians ; and art, .e t r , -11 lt • u lti mate design is to throw off all elle %Ol e ; t he Union, and establish themselves as te k tte t f' b e ndent Government. It is possible that le jtee4 told by these Mormon deserters may be -Ic cl• We shall, however, soon learn the kli f b ay A R ". e a fortnight's later intelligence from ll ep` Q .lllt. l * It is not important. The State '4 l ' In t 1 1 1 " 1 Pair was held on the 27th of Septem- ISte t ° city o f St oc kt on , an d- was a tt en ded by. ,lased of 3 from all pees of the State. Bein, con he be e ro bbing the United States Branch Mint , Ytet e % s entenced to six years' imprisonment in" Prison. The Oregon State Convention el, kt e i n session, and had arrived at no deter etta. sy "elusion in regard to the subject of tt l l ' e "elus i on The ,au °ra t ., Prospect was that it would not be s ile' l l e ee,,:` 4 , In the fundamental law. Among the Francisco California, was Colonel Fremont. ett et - t Herald, of the sth October, qty tit , 1 9 * stateme n t of the treasure shipped from m• ing the previous quarter, on steamers, camper:ad with the previous shipments of the year s viz : To New York, 8,140,256 dole. 94c ; to England, 2,299,913 dole. 55c. ; to New Granada, 104007 dole. 52e. ; total for three months, 10,544,178 dole. lc. The ship ments during the last half of the year, by steamers, to New York, amounted to 16,934,766 dole. 16c. ; to England, 4,634,115 dole 38e.; to New Granada, 20,921 dole. 25e. These amounts, combined with the above, would make the entire steamer shipments for the nine mo nths as follows : To New York, 25,075,023 dole. 10e.. ; to England, 6,664,028 dole. 93e.: to New Granada, 324928 dole. 77c. ; total, 32,063,980 dols. 80e. The amount exported at a similar period in 1856 was 36,134,066 dole. 14c. ; showing a fall ing off, in 1857, of 4,070,185 dole. 34e. We have received details of Mexican news to the 18th ultimo. The names of the members of the new Cabinet have been already announced by tele graph. It was expected that the proposition to grant extraordinary powers to President Comon fort would be brought before Cong ress immedi ately. The principal feature in the Mexican news is, as usual, one of crime. Robberies and assassi nations are more prevalent than anything else. At Colina another revolt was anticipated ; at Tepic, eighty bandits had been hung ; in the south, Alvarez had defeated the insurgents ; in Yutacan the revolution had spread ; the town of Tekax had been soaked, and all its inhabitants slaughtered by Indians ; and in Mazatlan the condition of affairs is little better. The only survivor of the Crabbe expedition had made in the latter place a state ment under oath of the history of that unfortunate enterprise. COMMERCIAL INTBLLIGEN t.lE._ NLw YORK, NOV. a MONEY.—Our last advices were of the 27,h instant. Since then it may be noticed that discouragement so general in our market for the last two or three weeks, begins insensibly to give way to a little more hope in the future, without its being easy to specify the immediate causes on which this change is based. The mechanism of commerce, entirely at a stand, (thews some symptoms of recovery. The negotiation of exc'eauge on Europe, although very irregular and difficult, is, nevertheless, less so than lately ; and the exchanges on the neighbouring cities and the interior, the rates of which have but litt'e improved are less nominal and begins to facilitate, though very slowly, the payment from one place to another. The absence of new transactions, and the forced liquidation which must continue to take place in many branches of business, will tend naturally to an accumulation of unem ployed capital. The first indications of a reduction in the rates for loans ou call - with undoubted sscutities, are already perceptible, The importation of about 1,500,000 dols. in specie, and the arrival on the 28th nit. of the Persia, from Liverpool the 17th ult., whose news has been, under the circumstances, regarded as rather reassuring, ave produced a favourable effect on the Stock Market, which has resulted in a marked rise during the two subse quent days. Although since then there has been, in a few cases, a little retrograde movement, qaotatioas indicate generally some - advance since last week. State Stooks : Missouri 6's. hare been active and have risen, touching 691, and closing at 68t; New York and Ohio, 6's. continue to rise, with moderate transactions. Virginia have" risen 31, per cent. In City and County Bonds very little has been dune. We notice, however, some forced sales at private sale, and at public auction of Milwaukee 7s (municipal) at a decline, and of Brooklyn 6'a. at 731 to 77. St. Louis 6'e. municipal, and Chicago (Water Loan) have been done at a rise. Railroad Bonds—The various issues of the Erie Rail. rood have been the mast active, with a very decided advance, especially on those of 1871 and 1883. Illinois Central constructions with less movement have fallen 6i per cent. during the week. Railroad Shares; The transac tions remain limited and extremely moderate. The chief business has been in Erie, which has risen 2; in Now York Central, which has touched 66, closing at 64i; In Panama, at an advance of 4t; In Reading, which has touched 34, closing at 39/ ; in Illinois Central, which has touched 81, closing at 81, and in Chicago and Rock Island, which has advancal 21. Money is easier for short loans, at 7. The discount of paper remains very limited on account of want of confidence. The rates are from 18 to 30 per cent, DE COPPET & CO. EN:'• Gazet te aation, d J ee; rii , ni ent for tll a nt agsir''' THE NORTHERN TIMES.---LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1857. his 71 per cent. also. Would they be such fools as to pay 15 per cent. ? Certainly not. Do away with commission and you deprive Liverpool of it ; you put it not into the Docket of the broker, but into the pocket of American shipowners, for in three months after commissions are abolished, the owners or captains won't allow more than 5 or 7/ to the brokers; therefore, the runner won't have it, the broker won't have it, nor will the emigrant gain one penny by the change. The solon of the Chronicle wants all lodging-houses to be under the surveillance of the police, and to be licensed by the magistrates, also terms for bed board and lodging, with charge for storeage, to be conspicuously posted up, &c., &c Why this is the law at present, and it is carried out to the letter, except that there are no lists of rates of board and lodging, nor tire such necessary, as not one out of every hundred emigrants ever board with the lodging-house keeper—oh, no. The general charge is 4d. per night for bed, and one-half for children, with free permission to cook their own materials. I need not add, there is scareely such a thing as a charge made for storeage or luggage. The Chronicle will have only two adults to sleep in each apart ment. I wonder where he took this from ? He must be a rigid sauatarian, for certainly such strict rules are not ob served at our very respectable hotels. Our embryo pkilantropists will have no person to hold a passage broker's license, except he be a ship owner, or in the habit of chartering ships, or, in other words, a rich man. I wonder how it would go down with the trading community of Liverpool, if one of their body, a cotton broker, for instance, were told : " Eir, if you cannot purchase a ship's cargo of cotton, you must not be permitted to deal in it; " or to a grocer, "You won't be permitted to sell sugars or teas, except you import the former from the West Indies,,and the latter from Chna ; " or to the licensed victualler, 4 You shall not have a license to follow your trade, except. you have both a brewery and a distillery ; also, vineyards in France, Spain, and Portugal." Would this be tolerated ? no, certainly not ; and I confess I cannot perceive the difference between telling the cotton broker, the grocer, and licensed victualler this, and telling the passaga broker he shall not have a license to follow his calling, except he be the owner of a ship or ships. But it is said, the humble broker must charge more to the passenger than the broker who has the chief management of the ship Any one acquainted thoroughly with the trade, knows such is not the case. Eight or nine emigrants in ono family will get their passage at a somewhat less We than a single individual. Wherefore, then, should not a broker get berths for a 100 or 150 passengers, at from 2s to ss. per head cheaper than a single individual would get. But this charge against the broker is too silly to need further reply. What more, then, is necessary, than that the broker should be a man of good character ? and that his sureties should be men of reputation, and meaus sufficient to pay down the amount of their guarantee—.£l,ooo each—in tie event of their being called upon to do so, thr mgh the default of the party for whom they are responsible. And, after all, when have we had a broker in Liverpool who has been a defaulter, or convicted of defrauding emigrants. Sir, the Chronicle may be justly compared to the " mountain in labour," but that it has not brought forth even 'a mouse. I should like to know, Mr. Editor, who are those newly-sprung-up benefactors of the human race, that presume to dictate to oar Government officers ?—where have they got their wonderful amount of knowledge ? for a wonderful amount of either brass or knowledge they must have to presume to lecture men whose every day study is the emigrant, the emigration laws, their uses and abuses—men than whom there are none, under the wide arch of heaven, so capable of forming a c7rrect judgment on this subject, nor more ready and willing to do even - handed justice to all parties concerned. Was it not unkind and uncharitable, aye, almost inhuman, of those emigration ref , rmers not to have mutilated this subject long since; bu% better late than never. Some people are so unkind as to say that the object of those philanthropists is centra lisation and monopoly: a large Emigrants' Home, an Emigrants' Exchange, or something —call it what you may —where the emigrants are to be driven, like so many sheep or geese, and kept there until they a - e driven off, in something like the style of the prison vans, to their respective ships—the public, of course, not to be admitted. Oh, no ' • 'none except a few large brokers, assisted by Sfessrs.Murray, Sullivan and Co , and a few others from, and in co-operation with, the Castle Gardens establishment at New York. I don't think, however, this will take. The days of monopoly and restriction on trade, of all sorts, are fast fading away, and fair and open competition in ,his, as in all other trades, is its life-blood. Having been one of the first, if not the first, to recom mend the propriety of grantin ! a license and badge to the runners, and also that each of them should be required to find two sureties for their good conduct in 130 or .220 each, the latter part of my suggestion, I regret, was not carried out ; notwithstanding, I am still of opinion, that the licensed runners' system is the best that can be adopted I have already admitted that there are soma bad men among them, who should not be entrusted with a li , lense, and I have no doubt the pruning knife v. ill be rigidly applied next licensing term, but I assert that no men could have taken more pains than our government agents'have, in preventing improper characters from being returned ; and. as I have said before,, there is no man, or body of men, living, who understand the "ins and cuts" of the enaigra . ion trade of this port, as well as our govern ment officers here ; and I would, without anything invi dious, particularly mention Lieutenant Prior, whose long experience in this port, and sound understanding, havemade him a complete master of this subject, in all its bearings. Apologii-ing for this long intrusion on your valuable space, and hoping you will, ere long, accord to me a corner in your excellent journal, for a few further remarks on this subject—l remain, yours, &e. FREE-TRADE. SHAW'S BROW. TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMES• Sir,— Can any of your readers inform the public why an old dilapidated building is allowed to remain standing, on the south side of Shaw's Brow ? I have asked several of our Town Councillor s the ques tion, but none of them know anything about it,—Yoars, &e , E Loor. 16th November, 1857. QUARANTINE AT MADEIRA. TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMES. Sir, —We, the undersigned passengers by the R. M. S. Company's ship Tyne, from Southampton to Madeira, beg to forward you, for the guidance of persons intending to winter in the island, the following statement : In consequence of the prevalence of yellow fever at Lisbon, that port was declared infected on the Bth in=t., and the passengers of all vessels touching there on their way to M ideir.t, are placed in quarantine for fifteen days on landing at Funchil. The Board of Health at this plac3, assuming, as we firmly believe, illegal powers, has condemned us to seven days more than the utmost period sanctioned by quarantine laws, viz., eight days. We are also subjected to restrictions quite unnecessary for the preservation of quarantine, and dictated by a spirit of despotic power. We have appealed to our respective consuls, who have done their best with the authorities, but hitherto in vain, the plain fact being that the Local Board of Health, iofluenced by popular clamour, has, by its arbitrary enact men+ s, not only placed itself above the Central Board of Health at Lisbon, but also above the law of the land and the law of rations. The discomforts we endure, and the expenses we incur, will form the subject of a future letter. We wish it, however, to be understood that this annoyance applies only to passengers via Lisbon, for those by any of the three other lines of vends direct from England are free. The island itself is in a perfectly healthy state.—We are, sir, y ur obedient servants, Baron d'llermelin Robert Lane D. Jones, M.P. Robert Lambert A. F. D. D'Orsay. Clk. James Gillies George Lund, M.D. James Rennie T. Bahr, M.D. E. M. Copeland Richard Davis F. Bahr W. F. M. Copeland Jessie Reid John R. Grimes Albert Ji.ckson John H. Gorden Henry Davies H. Krohn L. Wlliams E. A. Crowensbield G. Downard Robert Wilson W. Debaeiff Otto Treu W. Krohn BRthFORD —Amongst the commercial disasters of the day, none will occasion more regret than the failuro of Mr. Wm. Marten, woolstaplPr, of this town, whose liabilities are estimated at £40,000. Mr. Marten has carried on business in Bradford for thirty yearn, and not only in the town but in the remotest confines of the wool trade, was universally esteemed and respected. The immediate effects of this disaster will not be felt in Bradford, but in the woolgrowing districts of Leicestershire and the West of England, from which Mr. Marten chiefly received his supplies. The announcement of his stoppage, nevertheless, threw a great gloom over our commercial circles on Tuesday, which was greatly increased by the intelligence from Scot land on that day.—.Bradforel Observer. COTTON. In this city we have had some slight renewal of business in cotton ; several small parce:s have been taken to fill peremptory ordzrs from M inehester, &c. Prise?, though still far irom settled, have assumed a degree of steadiacss ' and enable me to quote Uplands Middling 121 e to 12 1 -,C ; Good Middling, 13e ; _Orleans, 13c for Middlieg, and leic to 131 c for Good Mid fling. The sales since 27th ult. to last evening I estimate at 750 bale?. The clearances during the same time have been 1,195 bales, all to Liverpool. Southern Markets.—Mere activity has prevailed than might have been 'expected, in view of the difficulties is passing bills of exchange. Tee orders from MOM anis French houses being peremptory, and for early execution, have induced great exertion on the part . of buyers in the South • the great decline in New Orleans and Mobile has enabled them to fill orders, even at the very low rates of exchange at present prevailing. Receipts, Exports, &c.—Tne receipts are 197,000 balsa less than to the co:Teeponding dates last year; some of this must be attrilnted to the lateness of the season, but a good deal to the indisposition of planters to send cotto a to market for sale at the recent heavy decline, and while monetary affairs are in such a deranged condition. Planters will persist in this course, until later accounts from Europe foreshadow the probable price at which the cotton will be needeo there. A Fysteuaatic holding back by p!an ters will not result in their favour ultimately. rie exports are larger this week than was expected, particularly to Great Britain, for notwithstanding the difficulties in the way of negociatinz, we have cleared 32,000 bales for Great Britain ; 6,000 bales for France, and 7,000 bales to other foreign ports. Crop.—We have accounts from Augusta, Georgia, of the occerrenees of a frost in that vicinity, and in ether sections of the State. It is too soon, however, to know the effect of this on the crop of that locality. From other co.ton growing districts we have no complaints, on the contrary, the reports are, the: the crop under the favourable weather for the past three weeks gives better premise. It is still too early to form an opinion as to the probable extent of the crop, though the South have generally adopted 3,000,000 bales as the probable The following is a statement of the movement in cotton since the let Sei,tember as. compared with the previous four year s Receipts at the Ports 251,030 448,000 Exports to G. Britain 84,000 50,010 " France. .. 19,0.)0 41,f,03 ',' other For. Pts. 16,000 15,0 0 Total:Exports. .... 119,003 106,009 Stock on .. 169,000 333,000 481,000 255,000 _ 162,000 73;109 71,00) 33,000 38.000 10,0!10 34,000 13 003 17,000 229,004 124::0) 98,000 289,000 211,000 177,010 01 which duruiz toe past weet-z, nictiudqd 1.1 tkti auove Receipts at tee Ports 33,000 1 92,000 ! 81,000 47,400 Exports toG Emilio 32,0101 21,0031 33,000 18,000 " Franco 6,0001 8,000 9,000 g, ,, 00 " other F. Ports 7 000 j 4.000 9,010 2 000 Total Exports 45,00J1 33,000, 56,003 29,000 I• 50.000 14,000 4 000 Summar:Y.—Receipts: Decrease at the ports compaied with last year, 107,000 bales. Exports : Incraase to Grsat Britain, 34,000 ; decrease to France, 22,000 ; increase to other foreign ports, 1,000. Total increase in exports, i 3,000 FIiBIGHTS.—Very little shipping, and the rate for cotton to Liverpool dull at and to Havre ' at cp r lb. EXCHANGE.—For bills on Loadon 104 to 108 per cent, with a lair demand, and on Paris at 5.45 to 5.55, and a good enquiry. BREAD3TUFFB. FLOUR has been in good &mead during the past week, both fur the home trade and for Export, and prices have advanced 10c to 20c par brl., the greatest enhancement being upon good shipping brands of all descriptions. WITRAT.—The supplies of prime qualities have been small, aid these have advanced 3.1 to 10c per 60 lbs., milers seeming desirous of stocking themselves to some extent. Of Caicago Spring, the arrivals Sara liberal, but with the greater facility in negotiating Exchange, the demand is larger and prices firm. Other descriptions come forward slowly, and are taken at previous rates. INDIAN CORN.—The receipts have been light, and with good home and some export enquiry prices have again a:vanced 6a to 7c per 56 lb., closing to-lay at 77c for mixed. PROVISIONS.—Pork was heavy and dull, new mess was offering at 18 dols ' but the nominal quotations on the spot were 20 duly to 20dola, 250 for ell mess, 16 dots to 16 dole 25c for prime, and 20 dohs for new mess. Dressed hogs were easier, at 61c to 713 I r soft and hard. Beef dull and unsettled, at 9 dots to 10 dols, 50c for country mess, 6 dole to 7 dole, 25c fur country prime, and 10 dole, 50c to 12 dole. 50c for repacked Western. Prime mess beef was inquired for, but votations wee nominal at 20 dole to 21 dots, Beet hams with sales at 14 dole to 16 dole. Bacon heavy ; small gales were made at 13c. Lard firmer, with sales 10 i -l i c to 13c, the latter rata for choice. Butter and cheese unchanged. SUGAR: The sales today reached 600 hhds,„ and there was shipment to Europe from first hands to a small extent. Included in the sales were 40 hhds. Porto Rico on private terms. MoLAsszs : 101 barrels New Orleans Molasses had been sold at 321 c to 33ic cash ; 70 barrels golden syrup, 25c to 25 c, cash ; and 118 barrels St. Domingo, 15ic to 18c, cash. IR ON : Scotch Pig was selling at 28 dole to 29 doh per ton, 6 months. NAVAL STORMS: Spirits of turpentine were higher, and holders were firm at 42e, refusing freely 41-1-e. Common rosin was quiet at 1 dol 35a per 3101bs 300 barrels No. 2 sold at 1 dol 75c per tale barrel in yard. Other descriptions were unchanged. FREIGHTS : Freights were without change. To Liver pool, for cotton, 6-32 d per lb. Flour, 2s 64 per bane'. Grain, 7/d to 8d per bushel. To London, flour, 2s 9d to 3s per barrel. To Havre, cotton, is per lb. BY TELEGRAPH, NEW Yoitic, Nov. 3, Evening.—Ashes quiet, pot 7 d ols 25e, pearl 6 dots 50c. Cotton—Sales 250 bales, at 121 c to 13c. Flour steady and in good demand for export ; sales 17,080 brls, common to strait state 4 dole 80c to 4 dole 90e, extra do 5 dole 5c to 5 dole 20c, common to good Ohio S dole 70c to 5 dole 75c, extra Genesee 5 dole 50c to 7 dole; Southern unchanged, sales 1,900 brls, mixed to good 5 dole 30c to 5 dols 50c, fancy and extra 5 dole 600 to 7 dots ; extra Fredericksburg 6 doh 50e, Richmond City 7 dole ; Canadian not quoted. extra 5 dols 10e to 6 dole 65c. Oats —Stale 40 to 44. Western 43 to 46. Corn. small sales mixed Western 76. Rye—Northern 80 to 81. Pork— Better inquiry from the trade, sales 200 brls; mess 20 dols to 20 dole 25c, prime 16 dole to 16 dole 25c. 132.ef, country mess 10 to 11, prime 6 to 7, repacked Chicago 13 to 14. Lard firmer and Fcsrce, in brls 101 to 121. But`er, Ohio 13 to 16, State 16 to 23. Whisky, 22i. Clover seed, sales 300 bags 011'o 10a. Coffee very quiet. Sugar, sales 500 hhds, Muscoralo 511 to 8. M slas!es, sales at 41 cash. Linseed Oil 60 to 61 ; whale and sperm in good demand for manufactured. Spirits turpentine, sales 1,200 brie 41 to 45, closing bulyant ; crude 3 dole 50c to 3 dols 75e. I,VO brls r. sin 1 dol 35c. Iron dull, Scotch 29. Tin, sales 100 slabs Bauca 251, cash. Rice 32 to 4. Tallow 94 Freights to Liverpool unchanged, cotton 5-321; flour 2, 61; grain 70 to 81. NEW OuLsalvs, Nov. 2.—Ootton unchanged, sales to-day 5,600 bales. S igar firm. Molasses 25. Mess p , rlr 20 dole. Freights—Cotton to H tyre lc, Exchange oa New York 5 to 6 dis. Nov. 3.—Cotton unchangla ; sales to-day 8,500 bales. Sales fort the three days 21,000 bales. liFeeipts three days 15,000; stock 143,010. Decreased receipts 130;000; do at all southern ports 242,500. Sagar trill ; common 31c to 4c; the new cropis now coming in. Four firm at 5 dols 37c to 5 doll 50c. Provisions very dull. Exchange on London 94 to 93; on New York 5 per cent, d:sconnt. THE LATEST BY THE EUR►OPA. (By Telegraph, via Halifax.) NEW YORK, NOVEMBER 5, EVENING. The screw steam-ship City of Baltimore, from Liverpool, art ived here to-day. The European advices by the Canada, which arrived at Halifax on the 4 - h, were pablished here on the afternoon of that day. Oar cotton market tc-day has been very dull, but pr vs are nominally the same. Etreadstuffs were iu good demand and tending upwards, exce,it for Indian corn, which was drooping. Sterling exchange to-day was quoted 105 to 108. The money market was decidedly easier, the California mail steamer, Star of the West, having arrived here with about 1,400,000 dollars in gold. NEW ORLEANS, Nev. 4, EVENING. Cotton to-day was (rite buoyant, and prices advanced 3-16;hs per lb. The day's business has been 3,500 bales. Sterling exchange flat ; but the money market was cer tainly easier. The Citizen Bank resumed payment in specie to-day. Mrssrs. Neill, Brothers, and Co., of New York, tele graph, under date November 5, as follows Oar despatches from the South to day report the cott - in mar kets generally brighter. A large sale of sterling bills has been made at New Orleans, at 10 disc , unt. Small amounts are quoted at sto 6 discount. The New Y/rk mirket for cotton to-day Ehowed no charge." THE EMIGRATION RUNNERS AND THE " LIVERPOOL CHRONICLE." TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTIIERN TIMES. Sir,—Will you, in your excellent journal, permit me to offer a few remarks upon a series of articles being pub lished in the Liverpool Chronicle, respecting the immense frauds committed upon all the emigrants sailing from this port, for it would seem none of them estate. Being like the great majority of my town's people, not in the habit of reading the Chronicle, I had not heard of those articles until last Saturday, when chaste threw the number of the 7th inst. in my way, in which I find a sort of summary of the evils complained of, together with the outlines of the remedy proposed. Your cotemporary states " there are 222 runners, or, more properly speaking. man catchers in this town. who are mostly men of no reputa tion or character." This statement is not correct. That there are bad men among them lat once admit ; and what trade, profes ion, or occupation in Liverpool, where so many men are engaged, in which you will not find some inferior characters? But, that the great majority are men of no reputation, is quite at variance with truth There are men among theee, aye, a large number, whose character for integrity, sobriety, and straightforward con duct, would bear honourable comparison with the philan thropist of the Chronicle. Why all this fuss about the frauds in the emigration now at the eleventh hour ? From whom do these complaints eminate ? DJ they come from men actuated solely by a love of their fellow men ? or are they written for selfish monopalising purposes, by paid emisaries from a mercantile establishment at New York, called the Castle Gardens ; but we shall see bye and bye. In the mean time, permit me to ask, in what trade, carried on to such an extent as the emigration trade of Liverpool. have not greater and more frequent frauds been com mitted. Rave we not had Our Redpath, our bank and railway frauds ; our police-courts teem with frauds ; then why don't our Howard of the Chronicle, our well paid Philanthropists, Murray and Sullivan, from the Castle Gardens in New York, "write down" those abuses, and " write up" a remedy The last named gentleman, it appears, is a strenuous advocate for a monster Emigrants Home in connection and co-operation with that at New York. Let me ask by the way, if he is a descendant or disciple of .his namesake the Rev. A. Minty ? If he be better for him not to mind a Home ; he will not get the Irish peop!e to go into it; they dread pro,elytisieg ; and perhaps it is not much wonder. But to return to the runners, the generality of whom are not what the Chronicle represents them ; they are men who have licensed lodging houees, and have been in tho emigration trade for years, and have their regularly esta blished cennections in England. Ireland, and Scotland, and h tve their passengers continually consigned to them, year after year, by magistrates, rectors, Catholic priests, re spectable shopkeepers, and men of influence in the country, who know the man to whom they are sending them to be honest and correct. They do not prowl about the docks night and day, " seeking„' as it were, " whom to devour " No doubt.they meet the boats, night and day, summer and winter, and in almost every case have letters from the parties coming, requesting them to meet, receive, and pro • t ect them, as they have done their fathers, methers, sisters, and brothers in times past. Yes, scarcely a passenger corning, especially from Ireland, who has not had some friend or acquaintance that passed through our town on his way to America or the colonie!, and they invariably stop at the house of the man with whom their friends had previously lodged, that is, if his friends had been honestly dealt with, and not otherwise. It therefore behoves the runner to act honestly by those who patronise him, else his connection will fall away from him just as any dishonest tradesman's would ; and let it be borne in mind, that the last thing in almost every instance the emigrant does, before going on board, is to write home to his friends, stating the name of the ship and the passage money he had paid, the name of the man with whom he lodged, and whether he was well treated or not. Notwithstanding, the Chronicle would make us believe the Irish people are landed on our quays like so many sheep, not knowing whet to do, where to go, or with whom to go; such is far from the truth. There are at present, in the possession of about 90 licensed men of this town, some 600 letters from lieutenants of counties, magistrates, clergymen (Protestant and Catholic), chiefs of police, respectable farmers, and shopkeepers, recom mending parties. Will it be begeyed, then, that all these conspired to rob and defraud the poor emigrant? Tne Chronicle wants the licensed runners to be done away with. What substitute does he offer ? who does he say is to meet the emigrant in the dreary hour of night on his setting foot on our shores, wet to the skin, sea sick, and half famished, after a deck passage from Ireland ? Are they to remain under our dock sheds, or huddled together on the deck of the steamer, wringing wet, until morning dawns to light therii to the shipping office. Do away with the runners, and such will be the inevitable result, because no man will or could afford to sit up all night watching boats for the paltry lodging money of 4d. per night, which, I assert, is the common charge made upon the Irish emigrant. The Chronicle would make it penal to receive commission on the passage money of any emigrant. Well, let us enquire whether the emigrant will have his passage any cheaper by doing away with commission ? I recollect that, in 1850, the passenger brokers of this town, with the sanction of the Government officials, entered into a written agreement not to pay any commission, nor did they pay any for two months in the throngest part of that year ; yet , I fi n d,3n comparing the rates of passage of those two months with the rates in the corresponding months of the preceding and subsequent two years, that the fares were higher when no , commission was paid. The ships taking p assen g ers, latterly, are mostly Ameri can, and their captains or consignees allow the broker from 121 to 15 per cent. for doing the business of the ship, find -1 ing passengers, &e., &c. They know well the runner gets CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. A special meeting of the council was held yesterday ; Christopher Bushell, Esq., 'Vice-president, in the chair. Mr. Mae brought forward a motion, of which he had given notice, relative to the discharging and loading of vessels, and the general working of the docks, which was referred to the committee on dock arrangements. On the motion of Mr, Rawlins, it was referred t 3 the following committee, to consider what steps, if any, can bo taken to increase the number of members and the efficiency of the chamber, Committee nominated : Messrs. Cooke, Corbally, Rawlins, Damon, and Macfie. It was also resolved that a committee be appointed to consider the French plans of obtaining colonial labourers from Africa, and to confer with the African Association thereon. Committee : Messrs. Cooke, Macfie, Harrison, Parker, and Rawlins. The Secretary was instructed to apply to the Dock Com mittee, for copes of their sub-committee's report and digest of evidence on the subject of dock fines, and the appointment of traffic managers for the docks. The questiOn of inequality of rates of carriage charged by railway companies, was b►ought before the council, and the following report of a trial, ccnfi , ming the view the chamber as taken on the subject, was ordered to be suppled with the account of the proceedings of the day : BAXENDAIE V. THE NORTII DEVON RAILWAY COMPANY.- APPLICATION FJE AN INJUNCTION In this case a rule bad bean olyained, calling upon the North Devon Railway Company to show cause why a writ of injunction should not issue, enjoining them to charge the complainant the same rate of carriage far goods from Manchester to Barnstaple which they charged to other persons. To-day cause was shown against the rule being made absolute. Mr. Lush, Q C., and Mr. Milward appeared to show cause, and Mr. Sergeant Byles and Mr. Pollock to support the rule. In showing cause it was stated that the complainant carried on business under the well-known name of Pickford and Co., and the complaint was that they had to pay for the carriage of Manchester pecks from Manchester to Barnstaple at the rate of 12s. 61, a ton, whilst the general public were charged only £2 10. The ground of complaint appeared in a circular letter issued by the manager of the North Devon line, in which he said, " I have the pleasure to inform you that I have entered into an arrangement with the Bristol and Exeter Company, by which Manchester packs will be charged at a through rate of 50s, a ton, to include collection and delivery. These rates can only be assured to consignees by ordering their packs by Carver and C 1., from Manchester, to the care of Wall, at Bristol." The goods went along the London and North Western, the Midland, the Bristol and Exeter, and the North Devon lines, and the supposed cause of complaint arose between Bristol and Barnstaple. It was contended that the application should have been made agsiust the Bristol and Exeter Company. Beyond this, it was said that nobody was to blame at all ; that the arrangement was for the benefit of the public; and that Messrs. Pickford might, if they liked, send their goods for 503. a ton, the only condition being that they should send in the prescribed way. The Chief Justice said that the effect of it was, that if the good; were sent by particular carriers, Messrs. Carver and Co., they would go cheaper than if sent by any other carrier. Mr. Milward suggested that if Ole goods were sent through Messrs. Carver and Co., they would go in a bulk, and it would be more convenient for the railway company As regarded the North Devon line, the arrangement was in a ntanner forced on them ; for, if they did not agree to it, they would lose the traffic altogether, as the probability was that the goods would b 3 carried between Bristol and Barnstaple by ste.m-boat Mr. Sergeant Bales submitted that the defendants were clearly common carriers, and, therefore, ought not to give advantage to one carrier over another ; that they, having charged two rates, had infring3d the provisions of the Railway and Canal Traffic Act, and should be restrained from so doing. Mr. Justice Crowder asked how it appeared that the North Devon Company made an excess of charge as against the complainants ? Mr Sergeant Byles said there was an excess of charge amounting to 2s. GI between Bristol and Barnstaple, and fur that part of that distance the North Devon carried. Mr. Pollock all° rose to address the court. The Chief Justice inquired if he wznid be content with his rule being absolute in the limited form of applying to the traffic on the North Devon only ? Mr. Pollock : Yes, because if the system ware continued, they could apply against the other companies. The Chief Justice.—lt might be involved in considerable doubt whether the rule might be granted in the larger form; they wore net at all clear about it. It was, however, unnecessary to pronounce any opinion upon that, as it would answer the purpose to have the rule in the modified form. The rule would th - -refore be absolute for an injunc tion as regarded the traffic on the North Devon only. Rule absolute accordingly. COURT FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF CROWN CLSES RESERVED.—Nov. 14. COITS.-31r. Brent applied to the Court, to know who was the proper persnn to tax the costs of the proceed ings in this court on the part of the prosecution. A case was tried at Liverpool, and points had beau reserved for the opinion of this Court Application was after war's made to the taxing officers of the criminal court at the Liverpool Assizes, but those officers had declined to do so. It was important that there should be some direction upon the subject, as parties did not know to whom to apply. The Lord Chief Justice said the Court were of opinion that they bad no power to order tho pay ment of costs. The officer of the court before whom a prisoner was tried was the proper person to tax the costs, but the Judaes thought it would be more convenient that the officer of this court should ascertain the costs, and give a certificate of his opinion, to be produced to the officer of this court ; and although that would not be obli gatory upon the officer below, yet the Judges had no doubt he would adopt it ; but they would make a rule, which they had the power to do, that such a course should be adopted in future. THE BANK CHARTER ACT. The Times says:—As the Bank Charter Act had not beett infringed up to Thursday evening, it was thought possible the same result might be witnessed as in 1857, when although the authority was given, it was not found necessary to use it. It now appears, however, that the regular issue has been exceeded, and that an act of indemmity will have to be obtained from Parliament. On Friday nigh , , the excess of credit-notes in eircula 4 ion, beyond the prescribed fourteen millions, was £lBO.OOO ; and on Saturday it is believed the amount will be found to have been further increased. _ _ _ The Daily Areas says:—The improved feeling in the money market is fully maintained, but the high rate of interest causes great dulness in business. It must be remembered that in proportion to the magnitude of the accommodation granted of late by the Hank, wll be the repayments falling due at that establishment. In this way the bank will be kept fairly supplied with funds wherewith to meet the demand from day to day. ENGLAND AND THE UNITED STATICS. —The news of the suspension of the Rink Charter Act, taken out to Amy rich on Eaturday, by the Africa, from Liwrpool, will probably be received at New York before the arrival there of the Atlan+ic, which sailed on Wednesday last. The Admiralty having given permission for the Africa to touch at Cape Race, Newfoundland, whence communication will bo made by telegraph, as the advices by the Atlantic were of a very gloomy character. It is vary imrortant they should be anticipated if possible. The Vanderbilt, from Southampton. which sailed on Saturday afternoon, it is believed will likewise call at Cape Race. DREADFUL MORTALITY ON BOARD H.M.S. BRILLIANT. —lntelligence has been received by the authorities of the Dockyard at Chatham, that her M jest‘'s ship Brilliant, 20 guns, Captain J. A. Pavnter, arrived at the Little Nore yesterlay evening from Portsmouth, and du ing the short passage, fourteen of the crew have died from fever. The ship has bean on the West India station about eighteen months. She was placed in commission at Sheerness on the 30th May, 1856, and since she left the W.st Indies, she has lost 130 men. She is ordered for Chatham to be plid off, but owing to the malignant fever on board, and the recent deaths which have taken place, it is most likely the Admiralty will order her te be placed in quarantine Stangate Creek for some time. ARISTOCRATIC DINNER.—A somewhat questionable hit has bsen levelled at the aristocratic dinners of the Wellington, in St. James's Street, by one of our cotem poraries, which might lead many to infer that our youthful nobility were more extravagant than those of other t i mes or of other nations. Tae price for a recherche Parisian dinner prepared by a chef from the Tuileries, and including a choice desert, for half-a-guinea, can surely not be objected to by those who can afford to pay for it ! Compare this with a questionable refection at Blackwall, at Greenwich, or at Richmond; or take Paris, Naples, Munich, or any l ea ding . capital of Europe, and the advantage will be clearly in favour of the Parisian dinner in St. James's, setting aside the refinement which there surrounds the guest. EXECUTION OF DAVIS, FOR MURDER. Robert Thomas Davis, who was convicted at the last session of the Central Criminal Court of the murder of h s wife, at Ball's Pond, by cutting h.r throat, was exe cuted yesterday morning, at the usual hour, in front of the gaol of Newgate. The prisoner had himself sent a memorial to the Secre tary cf State, praying for a commutation of the sentence of death, on the ground that he was unconscious of the act he committed, in consequence of the quantity of liquor he had taken on the day of the murder, and the under sheriffs, Messrs Millard and Parke-, subsequently ad &wed another communication to Sir G. Grey, urging, on behalf of the prisoner, that the act was unpremeditated— that theire was an apparent absence of any motive, as he had shortly before spoken in te-ms of affection to his wife, and that it was a sudden act. The answer to this was, that the evidence did not support these inferences, and the Government therefore, felt compelled to allow the law to take its course. . Ever since the commiss . on of the deed, the culprit has per sisted in stating that he had entirely lost his senses when he committed the drearlful crime, and he has repeatedly complained of what he considered the injustice of the law in taking his life for an act far which he says he was not re:pensible. He has always stated that he was fondly attached to his wife and that he never harboured a thought of injuring her until the very instant of the sad occurrence. The final answer of the Home Secretary was communicated to the culprit on Friday ev ning, and when he was told that no hope remained for him, he again complained of the injustice of his sentence, and asserted, in an earnest manner, that he did not know what ho was doing when he destroyed his wife. The prisoner appeared to have very little idea of his religious duties. While his case PM under consideration, he appeared to pay a proper attention to the exhortations of the Rev. Mr. Davis, the ordinary of the gaol, but when his fate was decided, it was evident that there had been a good deal of acting on his part, and that he was not much impressed with religious feeling, his whole desire apparently being to impress all those ,bout him with the idea that he was, as he said, innocent of the crime of mu der, because, from the quantity of liquor he had taken he was unconscious what he was doing at the time he committed the act The ordinary was with him the greater part of Sunday, and remained with him until late in the evening, when the culprit retired to his bed, but he did not sleep more than ten minutes during the night ; and as early as six o'clock in the morning the Rev. Mr. Davis visited him in his cell, and remained with him until the fatal moment. Mr. Alderman and Sheriff Lawrence, and Mr. Sheriff Allen. accompanied by the under-shctifies Messrs. Millard and Parker. arrived at the gaol about half.pest seven o'clock and a few minutes before Gi,(eat they proceeded to the prisoner's cell. accompanied by Mr. Weatherheed, the governor of Nowgate; and the usual olcials. The prisoner exhibited much more firmness than was anticipated from his demeanour at the trial, and upon the entTance of the sheriffs ho at once began to say, in a firm voice, that he was going to die for a crime of which ho was innocent. "I had," said he, "no more idea of hurting that dear creature than the child unborn—God bless her !" The ordinary observed that he Ohl not understand how he could call himself innocent when he admitted that his hand had destroyed his wife, and that it he were unconscious what he was doing, he had reduced himself to that condition by his own act. The prisoner replied, in an earnest tone, "I, was quite unconscious what I was doing at the time. I did not know what I had done until I was told hours afterward,'" He then referred to his child, and prayed the sheriffs to give her a religi6us book that had been supplied to him, and he, at the same time, requested that another religious book might be given to the col of he sister. The sheriffs assured him that his re quests should be complied with, and the prisoner, again referring to his child, said, " Ged bless her ; she will soon be fatherless and motherless, and I hope Got will protect her." While the executioner was pinioning him he told him he need not take much trouble, for it woull soma all be over, and he subsequently begged that be would be as brief as possible in the performance of his duty, and not keep him long upon the se Iffeld to be gazed at by the crowd. Ju.t before proceeding to the place of execution, the culprit exclaimed with great eagerness. " I wish I was going to die at the hands of twelve of her Majesty's foot guards, and not in the way lam going to die—it is the death of a dog and not the death of a Christian." All the preparations being completed. the usual procession was formed and the culprit walked with a firm seep to the scaffold. There was a slight groaning when he was first seen, bat in a very few seconds the ner:essary preparations were completed, the drop fell and he appeared to die almost immediately. The crowd was much greater than usual. The body after hanging an hour was cut down. and was buried in the course of the day in one of the passages of the prison. COAL PIT ON FIRE. DERBYSHIRE -TWELVE PE tiSONS SUPPOSED TO BE SUFFOCATED. On Sunday morning, a dreadful accident occurred at the Hollingwood Colliery, Btaveley, (three miles from Chester field), the property of It Barrow, E•q A fire was discovered about six o'clock in the morning, in a room in the pit, in which the colliers clean their lamps. It would appear that after the waste becomea dirty, it is thrown togathar, and by some means or othsr it ignited and caused a large amount of smoke to circulate through the pit. Information was given by a horsekeeper, whose du►y it was to go into the pit early; and Mr. Coepar, the head underviewer, his brother, and 11 other persons went down the pit with buckets to put out the fire. They proceeded tr the place, which is nearly a mile from the bottom of the shaft, underground, and Mr. Cooper ordered a man named Charles Vardy, to open a door. so as to momen tarily check the ventilation. Vardy did al reqnested, when he saw the smoke issuing up both planes of the colliery, and he at once closed the door again, and was proceeding to the place where he left Mr. Cooper and his party, but t e could not approach within 700 yards of them on account of the density of the smoke. Nothing has been heard of them since. Mr. Jencock, mining engineer, tv . th several other engineers, are at the work=, endeavouring t rescue the party, who, it is feared, have been suffocated. Mr•. Halley, Government Inspector of Mines, has been telegraphed for. Water is being pumped into the pit to force ventilation ; and as smoke has begun to rise from the cupola., it is feared that the coal in the pit has ignited. Four hundred colliers were employed at this pit, and they will be hrown ou - of employtnen•, unless wa:k can be found for them at the other pits. MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT NEAR LEICESTE3. On Sunday morning a most distressing accident was die. covered to have occurred in this neighbourhood. Mr. R. Harris, jun., nephew of Mr. J. D. Harris, went out with his dog and gun, on Saturday afternoon, over his grounds, at New Parke, near Leicester. The report of his gun was heard about four o'clock the same afternoon, but neither h nor his dog returning in the evening, serious apprehensions were entertained that something had befallen him. A search was made throughout the night, and about seven o'clock on Sunday morning the worst fears were realised. The unfortunate gentle man was found dead near a stile within two hundred yards of his house, at New Parke, with a hare lying near and his dog keep'ng faithful watch by his side. The contents of a barrel bad passed through one arm, entered his side, and passed out at the other. His hair was wet with dev, and from the quantity of blood discovered, he was evidently shot throug:i the heart, and his death must have been instantaneous. It is supposed the unfortunate deceased had hold of the muzz'.e of his gun, and slipping while getting over the style, pulled. the gun after him, and the jerk caused it to explode. Mr. Harris was married on attaining his majority about two years ago, which event was celebrated at the time by very great festivities, and which were shared by hundreds of friends and wcrkpeople. MODER, SERSIONS.—The Rev. Mr. Ryle thus describes a modern sermon :—" A modern sermon is to opan a dull, time, pointless, religious essay, full of measured, round sentences, Johnsonian Engliih, bold platitu les,tiernapidons,taatned ments, and elaborately c onnected milk a nd water. It is a l e ad e n sword, without edge or point--a heavy weapon, little likely to do much execution." F Agig .— , 4 We make a great noise," said Berang?r, " about our own small merit, and we receive sometimes which gives us the measure o f singular confirmation of it, the value ena may attach to a certain p )pularity. We were expecting several persons t) dinner, Judith had ordered a tart. At the prop,ir time arrived the pastry conk, a p-ung man some twen:y five. years old. " Sir," said ha, when he had nut the tart on the table, "Yon are a song writer ?" 4 Yes, my lad." " You do not make your songs badly, and as a proof I know same of them by heart." " I am much flattered." "Sir, lam going to be married in a few days ; could you not compose some verses for the occasion ? I am sure you would turn them well." "Many thanks for your good opinion, but I do not make wedding verses." " Excuse me, Sir, you did make them for M. Wilhelm's wedding. Perhapa you are afraid that I ghoul I not pay you. Will you have tea francs or fifteen "Thanks for your generosity, my friend, but I have lost the inspiration ?" Ala ! it is a pity; as that is the' case I must go and look up big Fleury, who For ten francs be willwho sings in the Champs make me ten verses. Good-bye,Bir."-.-Lapointe's Memoirs of Berangen