The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-09-25 00:00:00

MIL antelf. MO SOAP MAKERS, FRIT MERCHANTS, and BACON FACTORS.—WANTED,U a COMMISSION in either of the above trades, by a Gentleman calling upon Grocers, and having an extensive connection In the principal firms of Lancashire and Yorkshire. Respectable refer euce, and security if required.—Address Alpha, Post-office, Bolton. Co be Let. ----- TO be LET, a Spacious Bonded VAULT. Old Ropery, Fenwick street.— Aoply at No. 7, Brunswick-buildings. To be LET, Furnished, for a few Months, or longer, a genteel semi-detached HOUSE, containing Parlour, Draping-room, five Bedrooms, Bath and Closet, with Garden, Stable, and Pew In Church. situated within fifteen minutes' walk from Egremont or Seacombe Ferries. Moderate terms would be made. Apply S• G., Northern Times office TO MANUFACTURERS, kIifACHINISTS' WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS, &e. —TO be LET, for a Term o f Years, the MILLS and WAREHOUSE, corner of Wood-street and Back Colquitt-street, lately occupi e d by Messrs. Edney an d Raines, Including an ENGINE, of 16-horse power, and MACHINERY, now ready for work. The premises are very commodious, and imme diate possession can be given.—For particulars apply to George S. Sanderson, 13, James's-street, Liverpool 23, On *alt. FOR SALE, a Small P ONY : a beauti f ul animal; quiet and free from vice —Apply at Walton's Livery Stables. KENTLEDGE.—A lar (P g it) IRON e and well assorted Stock always on hand. Also, BALLAST . ILLIAM F. SIM & CO., Sweeting-street. V AL UABLE FREEHOLD PROPERTY.—TO be SOLD, by private Treaty, the DWELLING-HOUSE, together with a COTTAGE and WORKSHOP, situate 47, Sir Thomas's-buildings. tpply at 49, AIGBURTH.—TO be SOLD, a capital FAMILY HOUSE, Free , hold, and having a view of the river, with garden and all requi site outbuildings. Half the purchase money might remain on at 4.} per cent. —Apply to Mr. J. Boult, 24, North John.street. SCHOLASTIC. —TO be SOLD, the immediate TRANSFER of a CLASSICAL and COMMERCIAL DAY SCHOOL—estab lished ten years—highly reputed, and yielding a clear annual income of .el6O. For GOODWILL and St.:HOOL FURNITURE, a moderate sum required. Also, a LADIES' SCHOOL, in a respectable locality, with a good connectioi. They may be pur chased separately or conjointly.—Address C. T. M., Northern Times MU. ADDRESS MR. PRIEST, BIRKENHEAD. ! HOUSES !! LAND LAND ! !—ON SALE, in large or small lots, variously situated, and ranging in price from about £lOO to £6),ooo.—See H. P. Priest's Cheshire and Lancashire Property Circular. Can be had gratis and free by post. Cheshire offices, for the Sale and Letting of Land and Houses, Market-cross Chambers (one door from Market-square) Market-street, Birken head. gonuntrvai :-matts. THIS DAY THIS DAY, the 25th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Broker's Office, 7, Exchange-chambers, 13 Barrels TAPIOCA, now landing ex Emperor, from Bahia.—For further particulars apply to FRANCIS J. EATON, Broker. Tais Day. the 25th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' Office, 8, Lancaster-buildings, Tithebarn-street, 1150 Barrels ROSIN, About 6 Tons LOGWOOD. now landing ex John Fraser, from Charleston, In Victoria Dock. — Apply to Messrs. Fraser, Trenholm and Co. Merchants. or to 0 SILL BIMEUGENS, Brokers. kb; This DAY, the 25th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' Office, Apsley-buildings, Oldhall-street, 1000 Pockets Bengal RICE, j wit landed ex Robert rulsford. from Calcntta.—Apply to Messrs. Thomas and John Brocklebank, Merchants ; or to JEFFERSON & TAYLOR, Brokers. TO-MORROW T0.11011.110W, the 26th Instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' Office, Apsley-buildings, Oldhall-street, 535 Bales JUTE, ex Robert Pulsford, from Calcutta; on show in Warehouse, Rum ford-street.—Apply to Messrs. Thomas and John Brocklebank, Merchants ; or to JEFFERSON & TAYLOR, Brokers. IMPORTANT TO TRAVELLERS. G ENTLEMEN'S TRAVELLING PLAIDS, RAILWAY RUGS, WATERPROOF COATS AND LEGGINGS, WATERPROOF CARRIAGE APRONS, CARPET AND LEATHER BAGS, PORTMANTEAUS, &c., P. L MAC TAGGART'S, 24 and 26, BOLD-STREET. T 1 J, NODDER R. is 81, CHURCH-STREET, Eegs respectfully to Inform the Nobility and Gentry of Liver pcol that his NEW STYLES for the Season are NOW READY t r Inspection. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1856, THE DAY'S NEWS Yesterday we had later intelligence from the Brazils. The Sultan, although not a Brazil mail, brings, via Lisbon, advices from Pernambuco to the 20th of August, at which time the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies had passed a bill, authorising the government to open a credit of six hundred contos, to be applied in promoting colonisation, and for other public services. A bill had also been passed to regulate the strength of the naval forces, and another establishing international copyright between Portugal and Brazil, were under discussion. The additional articles of the bill of the Maria Railway and the Amazons Company were sanctioned ; but the Chamber, at the sugges tion of the Prime Minister, had resolved to frame a new project, to prevent its being embarrassed in its progress through the State. The Canadian royal mail steamer North American, entered the Mersey last evening after an excellent passage, considering the state of the weather, of eleven days four hours. She brings us Quebec advices of September 13—five days later than those previously to hand. It appears that the Kansas agitation was still going on, and that the revolutionists, if such they can be called, aro energetic in carrying out their barbarous designs. Our Continental advices this morning inform us that at Paris the Neapolitan question now occupies public attention, almost to the exclusion of all others. No doubt is now entertained that England and France are determined to make an energetic demonstration towards the King of Naples. The French legation is about to be recalled from Naples, as well as what remains of the English one, and the two Allied Governments will each send four line-of. battle ships and four frigates into the Gulf of Naples. It is said that the first place of rendez vous of the force will be Ajaccio, and the French part of it has received orders to immediately leave Toulon. The united squadron will have on board as " 140 Y from the Minister of Foreign Affairs of l ran " , 'with- decisive instructions for M. Brenier. a hould the reply given to the demands presented of these i • nstructaons by the French ambassador, with all the characteristics of an ultimatum, be, as seem s to be expected, of a nega tive character, diplomatic relations will be sus pended, M. Brenier will withdra w on board the Alli e d fleet, which will make-_ap.esin o a r r d rangements to N rem ain in the Gulf of to protect the French and English reersitdo ts be ready From Madrid we learn a letter had been. ssued from the Minister of the Finance to the Director of Customs, announcing that the Government has rejected the claim of certain English traders of Santa Maria to be exempted from the payment o f 20 reals for each cask of wine taken from that place by the river. The Espana had again been seized. Ott the 10th October the concession of the railway from Puerto Real to Cadiz is to be put up to public competition, and on the 15th those from Madrid to Valladolid and Burgos to Irun The Venice Gazette has the following from Rome —" A meeting of cardinals and prelates was con vened by the Pope a few days ago, to discuss matters relating to the Roman Catholic Church in the East; the Sultan having latterly proposed some measures to the Holy See in favour of his Roman Catholic subjects, through the medium I of the sections of Mgr. Hassun, the Latin Archbishop of Con stantinople." The state of affairs in Montenegro remained in statu quo. In order to be prepared for whatever may take place, the head quarters of the corps d'armee of Roumelia has been established at Monas. tir, within reach of the frontier of the above named province. The Gazette of the German Empire announces, on authority of a letter from Servia, of the 13th, that it is believed that the Powers of Europe will soon consent, even in spite of the opposition of the Porte, to render the dignity of prince of the pro vince hereditary in the family of Prince Alexander Karageorgewitch, the present ruler. From Vienna we have the following intelli gence :—The affairs of Naples continue to occupy the attention of the Imperial Cabinet, and are the subject of daily conferences between Count Buol and Count de Martini, the Austrian Minister at the Court of King Ferdinand. It is stated that in consequence of despatches received from Baron de Hubner, the return of Count de Martini to his post will take place sooner than was intended. It is wished by the Emperor that the count should be at Naples with Baron do Hubner, and that they should conjointly make a serious effort to induce the King to change his language and his attitude towards the two great Western Powers. According to late despatches from St. Petersburg, Russia intends to prosecute her claims to the rock, and is wing every effort to induce other Powers to make it a subject for mutual decision. There ought to be no question whatever, that the Island of Serpents has traditionally belonged to that Power which holds the nearest continental land. The new Russian frontier, though extending beyond the Dneister, will make Russian ground at least 50 miles from the Island of Serpents, whilst it is within about 20 of the mouths of the Danube. That fact alone ought to suffice. Our naval force has very positive orders should Russian troops again attempt to land. The Nord of Tues day contains a telegraphic message from Berlin to the effect that the principal net work of railways in Russia has been conceded to a company composed of capitalists of various countries, among whom are the Paris Credit Mobilier, and M.M. Hottingeur, Baring, Hope, and Stieglitz. The concession is granted for 85 years, and a minimum interest of 5 per cent. is guaran teed to the shareholders by the Russian govern ment. The lines must be completed in ten years. In consequence of this decision, M.M. Isaac Pereira and Thuraeissen, on the part of the Credit Mobilier, have left for Russia. Our Paris correspondent, writing yesterday, says :—Apart from the Neapolitan question there is no news of interest, and as the intelligence is derived from your side of the Channel, to send you the rechauffe accounts which find their way into the French papers would be worse than carry ing coals to Newcastle. The step taken by the Western Powers, however, is very generally ap proved of. An incipient quarrel between Turkey and Austria about Montenegro also excites some attention, but it is thought to be nothing more than a feu de parole. Turkey, it is expected, will have to yield. The domestic and local topics of the day are easily summarised. The Denbighshire and Flintshire Agricultural Society have held their annual meet ing, and, according to our reporter's observations, all was highly creditable. Further statements regarding the unfortunate ship Imogene are pub to cloy The pnblio hcavo now hoard both sides, and we must close our columns to any further remarks, and leave a legal investigation to reveal who is to blame for the late melancholy disaster. Sir James Graham has been delivering a speech at Carlisle. Like all other states men, he is " canny," as to what course Ice will pursue during the next session of Parliament. We publish some additional remarks respecting the Royal Oak Burial Society, whose affairs are just now in a queer state. The Oliver Lang has at length taken her depar ture for New Zealand. She sailed yesterday —the weather preventing her from starting, although ready in every respect on her appointed day. The Oliver Lang has gone out well fitted and appointed in everything that can contribute to the health and comfort of every one on board. She is the pioneer of an important line. We wish her God speed on her errand, and earnestly hope her voyage will prove satisfactory and remunerative to the enterprising firm who have sent her forth. THRE are many considerate politicians who would confer the Parliamentary and municipal franchise on women, and •,ve must confess that we were not very strongly opposed to the idea, until we had witnessed the scene which was enacted at the Concert Hall on Monday evening last. The Royal Oak Burial Society held their adjourned meeting in the Hall, for the purpose of electing officers to manage their affairs for the next twelve months. The " ladies" enjoyed, in this instance, the right to vote, and the use they made of their privilege was original and amusing. They voted first for their enemies and then for their friends. They applauded everything that was proposed, but cried down every one who attempted to speak. They asserted their vested right, and claimed a perfect monopoly of all that belonged to the orato rical part of the business to be transacted. They would have a majority, and did carry every resolu tion their own way. Taking the Redan would have been a much easier task than attempting to carry any proposition against their united voices. The spirit of Mosms and the lungs of CULLEN were of no avail against the angelic clamour of a thousand tongues. Nor were the delectables deficient when it came to show of hands to decide which side was to gain the day. When a resolution was put to the vote, up went two hands above each bonnet. If a foot would have been taken for one, we verily believe that every shoe and stocking in the room would have followed the hands into the air. Such enthusiasm was never before witnessed ; and their determina tion not to be counselled, hoaxed, or defeated was not to be shaken. It was impossible for a man, whether friend or foe, to get a word in, even side ways. The consequence was, that the former President and Committeemen were re-elected, to the utter amazement of every respectable member of the Society present. Had there been no women in the room to vote, a very different tale would have been told. All is not lost, however, The members have very absolute powers conferred on them i n th. h e new rul es . If th e y h ave an y r eas o n to b e li evet the funds of th e S oc i e ty are b e i n g i m p ro p er ly applied, th ey can appeal to the County Court Judge , who can restrain th e officers of the Society. This eb largethatStillis number of members will discontinue their contrib u • tions, and allow themselves to be thrown out of benefit. This, we think, would be very impolitic, considering that the County Court can be applied to at any moment, should anything transpire to render such a course necessary. The old clique have the whole of the Society affairs in their hands at the present THE NORTHERN TIMES.---LIVERPOOL, THURSDA moment; but it is not likely that Mr. POLLOCK will allow the female members to vote at another election, after the very discreditable part they played on Monday evening. Their motive, throughout the whole affair, was too palpable to be mistaken; and we do not see how giving one set of men a monopoly of the management of any public society, can contribute to the honest and impartial administration of its affairs. New blood is required in the direction of almost all undertakings of a public character, and the members of the Royal Oak must be tolerably well satisfied that it would be all the better for them if they had a few fresh faces on their board of managers. The matter is settled now, however, for another year, when those members who keep in benefit will have a better opportunity of judging what ought to be done for the purification of the Society, and when they may probably be allowed the right of hearing and speaking in the absence of women, whose sole object at the Society's business meetings is to render MOSES as unintel ligible as possible, and to make CULLEN appear a martyr and a saint. MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL. LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY EVENINCI - The ,Liverpool Cotton Market begins to be animated, and holders have the advantage in price, although not to the extent of a quotation. To-day no less than 15,000 bales changed hands, of which speculators took 5,000, and exporters 2,000. • The market closed with firmness, holders feeling inclined to withdraw their stocks. The rates paid were-41d to 5d for Surat, 61d to 7d for Brazil, and 6d to Sid for Egyptian. The imports this week are only to a moderate extent. Our Railway Share Market is still dull and stupid. Sellers would willingly realise, but buyers seem quite unwilling to operate to any extent. We might almost reprint our remarks of yesterday, as to the opening and closing of business to-day. Among the latest sales, we notice Eastern Coun ties, 91. Lancashire and Yorkshire, 961 961. London and North Western, 1024. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 32a. Midland Stock, 78. South Eastern and Dover, 21 3 16. The market closed with firmness at the following quotations, which are the best prices of the day Aberdeen, 132 131 Chester and Birkenhead, 151 151. Caledonian, 271271. Chester and Holyhead, 16i 16/ Eastern Counties, 91 91. East Lancashire, 201 201. Great Northern, 231 238. Do. A, 101 10. Great Western, 641 64/. Lancashire and York shire Stock, 968 961. Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport, 181 181 London and ii:ortli Western Stock, 1024 10`.1 Manchester, Sheffield, mid Lincolnshire, 3:2 1 ; 3 Midland Stock, 78 78'. North .B, i i..sh, t) 11-16 91 North Staffordshire, 54 6d. South Eastern and Dover, 21,1 211. York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 191 20. York and North Midland, 27i 271. Leeds Capital Stock, in 17j Buffalo and Lake Huron, 1-to d 1.10 p. Date h Rhenish, 2 2,1 p. Great Western of Canada, 231 231. Ditto New Shares, 1/ 11 p. Great Luxembourg, 101 101 d. ". There is hardly such an active and general demand for money either here or in London, and if anything the rate of discounts must be con sidered somewhat easier; at the same time, no bills, no matter what signature they bear, or how short the date, are done' under the minimum rate of the Bank of England, 4-1 per cent. The Consol Market opened quietly this morning, and there was not much anxiety to operate ; business was done at 931 to 94 for the account, and 931 to 94 for transfer. The market left off with quietness, and the last prices quoted were 93i to 94 for the acount, and 931 to 931 for money. Exchequer Bills were quoted at 14s to 17s prem. In the Railway Share Market the business transacted to-day was limited, but without any material change in prices. The sales reported comprised-Caledonian, 54, 548 ; Great Northern, 931; Great Western, 64; London and North Wes tern Stock, 1021, 102 ; Midland Stock, 772, 78, 771; South Eastern and Dover, 702 ; Newcastle and Berwick, 79; York and North Nidland, 554. The last prices of the day were as follows :-Caledonian, 541 55. Eastern Counties, 9 1-16 9 3-16. East Lan cashire, 794 804. Great Northern, 90/. Do. A., 811 821. Great Western, 641641. Lancashire and York shire, 861 86k. London and North Western, 1021 102/. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 32t 321. Midland Stock, 771 78. North British, 38 39. York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 79 80. All descriptions of Foreign and Colonial produce \ continue in good demand, and full prices are readily maintained. Coffee has been quiet, but prices are unchanged. Rice and Saltpetre are firm, at very full prices. The Tallow market is firm, at 52s on the spot, and 49s 9d to 50s for October to December. A special meeting of the Fire department of the Unity Fire and Life Association took place yes terday, at the London Tavern. The cause of complaint is the great expenditure in establishing the society, and also the cost of maintenance. After some discussion, a committee was appointed to go into the past and present management of the company in respect to this department. The shareholders and assurers of the Unity will, doubtless, be glad to learn that the differences which have of late agitated this company are now nearly, if not entirely, at an end. Mr. Mechi having appealed to the shareholders to support him in the views he enunciated at the late meet ing, has received replies from nearly 750 persons, representing upwards of one half the subscribed capital. Thus armed, he appealed to the board in a spirit of conciliation, which was promptly responded to, and the majority of the directors, bowing to the decision of the proprietors, as expressed at the late meeting and through Mr. Mechi, will, it is understood, retain their seats at the board, which will, however, to some extent be modified, so as to secure the utmost amount of confidence from the propretary, the assured, and the public. Mr. Baylis, with the cordial assent of all parties, resumes his position as manager. The scarcity of money on the Continent is becoming more and more apparent, nearly all the State Banks having been compelled to put up their rates of discount. The Leipsic Bank, as well as that of Vienna, have made a move, and it is expected that Belgium will soon again follow the example. Purchases of the five franc pieces in Paris continue active, and as the Money changers give a moderate premium, a large quantity is disposed of every day. Nkre learn that the parties to the petition for winding-up the affairs of the Royal British Bank, left London this morning for Bury St. Edmunds, to go through the form of presenting the petition to to• Vice Chancellor Kindersly. A telegraph despatch from Bury St. Edmunds, states that his Lordship has made the order for winding up the affairs of the Bank. Accounts from Constantinople mention that the question of establishing a National Bank is again suspended ; and that the money changers at Galata, profiting by the circumstance, have man aged to raise the exchange of the pound sterling from 118 piastres to 125. The financial affairs of the government are said to be in an embarrassed state. Telegraphic advices from Vienna, of the 22nd inst., mention that there'was considerable agitation exhibited on the Bourse in consequence of the position which the Neapolitan complications had assumed, and the resolution adopted by the National Bank to increase their rate of discount to 5 per cent. At the close of the Market on that day the Austrian Funds declined l per cent, to 821; the New Loan to .108; and the Lombardo-Venetian Loan to 92. Shares of the New General Bank of Credit fell 10 florins, to 345. Money was daily getting scarcer, and the premium upon the precious metals had risen to 5 per cent. The last American papers give a statement, made up to the end of 1855, of the extent and cost of the railways of the United States, compared with those of Great Britain. The number of miles of railway in America is 23,242, and the cost of construction has averaged 7,1001. per mile. For this country the total is put at 8,334 miles (reckoning 3,076 miles of double track as 6,152), and the cost has been 36,0001. per mile. The people of the United States, therefore, are congratulated on having obtained nearly three times the extent of railway possessed by Great Britain at little more than one-half of our aggregate outlay. The difference in the durability and general character of the roads, and also of the rolling stock must, however, be taken into account: The weekly reviews from the Amsterdam and Rotterdam produce markets state that the opera tions have not proved important, but that prices emtinue to be supported. The letters from Rouen mention the appearance of increased activity in the market for manufactures, purchases generally having been made on a more extensive scale. It is stated that the silver shipments to India and China, by the mail from Southampton, on the 4th of October, will amount to a million and a quarter sterling. The rate of insurance has advanced from 35s to 90s. was held o'clock, for E LEC TION OF TIONORA.RY SURGEONS TO THE L IVERPOOL D ISP Eris A RIBS . Yesterday, a special meeti ng o f t h e sub. scribers to h s' at Clarendon Rooms, ivseorpuothol for the purpose of electing two honorary sur geons , i n the raom of Mr. Fenton, and Mr. Hay, wh o h ave resigned. The chair was occupied by Charl es B oot h , Esq. There the Liverpool J D oh is n p - e s n tr s e a e ri t, e were three candidates in the field—Mr. John Aitcherley, Mr. H. W. Slack, and Mr. Lyrch. The first named gentleman was proposed by Mr. Nicholas D. Bold, and seconded by Mr. Thomas Frost, jun.; the second, by Mr. Walter M'Gregor, a n d M r. W. M. Moss ; and the third by Mr. F. Mill, an d M r. M'Gregor. At two o'clock Mr. Lynch withdrew from the contest, a poll having been entered on immediately after the nomination, and Mr. Aitcherly and Mr. Slack were declaied elected to the office. LATER FROM CANADA. ARRIVAL OF THE NORTH AMERICAN. - - -- - The Royal Mall Screw Steamer, North American, Cap tain Grange, which sailed from Quebec on the 13th inst., arrived here last evening, after a favourable run of little more than eleven days. She brings a general cargo, and 150 passengers. The North American reports the Cambria at Boston, on the evening of the 13th instant. The question of a reduction on Ocean Postage occupied the attention of our Canadian fellow-subjects, and from everything which appears, they were likely to effect that most desirable object. The following is published in one of the Quebec papers :—We mentioned last week that the Board of Trade had recommended a reduction in the Ocean postage to 3d sterling. The present rate, as will be seen by the following letter handed us for publication, has been agreed upon with the Imperial Parliament, whose concurrence, it appears, is necessary to any new arrange ment. However, the attention of the Postmaster-general having been directed to the subject, he will, we are sure, do all he can to secure for the people of Canada so great a boon, and one which, it is believed, must be consequent upon the establishment of a weekly line of steamers to Liverpool. Post-office Department, Toronto, 3rd Sept., 1856. Sir,--With reference to your letter of the 27th ultimo, addressed to the Hon. Provincial Secretary, and trans ferred to this department, conveying a suggestion from the Council of the Quebec Board of Trade, that the Ocean postage should' a be reduced from sixpenc3 to threepence sterling. I am directed by the Postmaster-General to inform you that the sea rate is four pence sterling, with one penny added for the British and one penny for the Canadian internal conveyance, and, without entering into the question of the expediency of reducing these charges, that the rate is fixed by the tereis of the agreement now subsisting between the I nporial and Provincial authori• ti for the regulatiJn of the correspondence.—l have the hc Jour to be, sir, S,,L, (Signed) W. H. GRIFFIN, Secretary. To Alexander Borrowman, Esq., Secretary, Quebec Board of Trade. Alluding to the performances of the splendid steamers belonging to the Montreal Ocean Steamship Company, the Montreal Herald says :—There is no doubt that the feats of nur steamers have already created a great sensa tion in New York and the other American ports; but we shall be surprised if a small but highly important piece of news brought by the Canadian does not make our friends to the south open their eyes a little wider than ordinary. The plain truth is, that of two steamers sailing the same day, one from Quebec and the other from New York, the New Yorker was distanced by the Quebecer, which arrived and delivered her news in Liverpool before her competitor was telegraphed. Who shall say that a new era is not, dawning upon Canadian commerce? We all know the vaunts that have been made of these American vessels— and vaunts, be it said, that were by no means vain boasts. We know that no money was spared in building them, and that immense subventions have been laid out to encourage their running. In short, the highest steam has been carried in the boilers, in the treasury, in the newspapers. But here is a vessel with inferior power, and with a very moderate aid from Government, which makes the passage from the Canadian ports in shorter time than her powerful rival. We need not say that in imputing this success to the superiority of the route, as well as to the excellence of the Canadian vessels, and of the arrangements of Messrs. Edmonstone and Allan, we in no respect disparage the latter. The gentlemen in question, and the ships of their company, have accomplished wonders ; and if the advantages of the Canadian route of commerce are now demonstrated in practice as well as theory, it is to them we owe it. Still, the permanent geographical superiority of this country for the purpose of communicating with Europe, is a more important fact than any accidental superiority which might have been gained by a faster steamer over one less speedy. We know now what we are capable of with inferior though excellent means. We must not be content till we prove what we can do with a class of vessels equal to those with which we have to contend. The Quebec Chronicle remarks—Captain Judkius, of the Cunard steam-ship Persia, stated in conversation lately, that the Cunard Company have made arrangements for the construction of another iron steam-ship to be built on the Clyde, and called the Scotia. It is to be larger than the P, rsia, and Captain Judkins is confident it will exceed the Persia in speed as much as that fine vessel exceeds ordinary ocean steamers. He thinks the British naval architects have learned much since the Persia was built, and will improve both in the model and in the con struction of the engines. The Scotia will be finished in about a year.—[We give this for what it is worth. We have not heard that any such vessel is on the stocks, or even about to be laid down, and fancy our colonial brethren have been imposed upon.—En. N. T.] The news from Washington or New York are quite unimportant. The New York papers contain the follow ing advices from Kansas of the sth, which say that Lane, with 150 men, attacked Tecumseh, on the 4th inst. No particulars. Judge Trowbridge had issued orders to the U.S. Marshal to arrest Lane and other agitators. Gen. Smith had instructed Col. Cook, commanding fourteen companies of troops at Fort Reilly, to give all necessary assistance in the execution of writs. Gen. Geary arrived at Glasgow on the 2nd instant, when he left, Gov. Shannon was on his way down. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE MONTREAL, Sept. 10 —Business — liisopened very briskly for imported goods in Toronto and Hamilton. The stocks in Montreal are large, but there are few buyers yet. The demand for exchange is moderate, but chiefly at this season of the year for paper ; and in con nection with this, we have again to point out the inferiority of a Montreal importer's position, as compared with that of his New York competitor. The Montreal importer has to sell at six months, and to keep the notes he receives two or three months on hand, before he can get them turned into Bills of Exchange to meet his payments and when these notes come due, he has to renew a considera ble portion—perhaps the whole—for three months more. He is, therefore, unable to buy at short dates, or to advan tage in Europe, unless possessed of great capital, or unless he pay a heavy commission for drawing upon some British house for the 'use of the necessary means, and he is in constant hot water with renewals. The New York importer, on the other hand, sells at 8 months, , to be paid at maturity, and discounts his months paper with bill brokers for the purchase of Exchange at once ; so that l h ib is er o al wn an l d iab at il t i r t a ie c s tiv m e u c c r h edi m t or a e t fi h r e st g , iv a e n s ci a promptly, and has no trouble about the renewals, all this being the result of a greater supply of capital, and a better i mode of applying it. In yet can morepa y Flour and Wheat there s little to notice, prices being rather dull though the supply is by no means large. Up to date, the receipts of both are largely in advance of last year ; the increase to Saturday being 88,138 brls flour, and 439,749 bushels wheat. This shows that business is once more finding its way down the St. Lawrence . Coarse grains are all in active demand, and advancing. Oats being 2s 3d to 2s 6d per minot; barley 5s 61 to 63; corn 3s. Peas continue at 4s Id to 4s 3d. The supply of Corn this year, as compared with last, is deficient 95,517 bushels. Oatmeal is scarce, and 23s per barrel of 200 lbs has been paid. Ashes have taken a further rise, and have been sold as high as 37s 101 for pots—this is a very high figure, and will surely stimulate production. Pork continues to decline slightly. The dry goods trade is also very active, and prices firm. Salt has been gradually advancing here from 3s 10d to 4s 3d per bag. QUEBEC, Sept. 13.—Very few of the fall importations have yet come forward, and there is consequently no in creased activity in business to note. The following are the sales of the week :—Ashes : The demand for both sorts continues active, at outside quotations. No receipts at Inspection Store this week. Flour : A decline of 3d on last week's prices. Some good brands of Canada No. 1 superfine, however, are offered at is under quotations, and American at 32s to 32s 6(1. Inferior grades not saleable. Grain, wheat, oats, barley, and peas, unchanged. Indian Corn advanced 2d the 66 lbs. Ships' bread unchanged. Provisions : Prime mess declined 1 dol, without much de mand. Good Butter readily fetches 1111 to to is per lb. Timber : Messrs. Forsyth and Bell thus report this trade:—Since we last issued our circular there has been very little activity in our market, although the demand for wood is more buoyant in England. Within the last few days several rafts have been sold, one of large average at 9Ad, one at Od, one nearly 80 feet from the Bay at Bd, oiie of 64 at 7t-d, and the others at intermediate prices. In other articles great dulness prevails except in staves, which sell readily at £55 for standard with culls, and £l6 to £l7 for West India. Freights : Vessels are scarce and very few offering-37s di was given to the Clyde ; 459 for Leith, but for other ports we hear of no charters of late. TORONTO, Sept. 10 : With the exception of wheat, the supply of produce to-day was again very small, and prices have again regained their accustomed firmness. The i t ne a tnytcoeos:. buyers The, and do range feo or mi fornpflee inferior ieo re prime a6r 3g lots eos d. receipts of Wheat amounted to about 5,000 bushels, the s greater part of which was of excellent sample. There was a great deal of competition among the buyers and prices again advanced , as high as 7s .50 having been to 7s id was rather freely paid, The increased activity is consequentp4i d extended in fnr one or o r n that t .t w h a d ) n o n x w s ak to en Flour : There is moss offering, and the trade appears t h a a k s en t to be reviving. We quote superfine at 6 do's 25c to 6 dole 50c, fancy 6 dols 75c, and extra 7 dols per brl. An advance Mpolanctereadluraintg2sthe cents. past and week to in Freights, Qaeb e e, sz e which 3s have ruled very low throughout the summer. Four is now cents., being 'an advance of .5 cents. Wheat has also advanced a cent. to Montreal—rate 8 cents. The advance appears to have become general all over the lakes—the rise in Chicago being from 5 cents to 10 cen s on Corn to Buffalo and a proportionate increase on Flour, &c. Freight on coal from C'eveland is now 2 dole per ton, and lumber from Rondcau 4 dole per m.—ToroWo Globe. NEW YORK, SEPT. 11.—The Flour market is without change ; sales , 5 000 barrels, at 6 dole to 6 dols 40c for common to good State; 6 dols 4.5 c to 6 dols 90e for extra do; 6 dole 30c to .5 dole 40c for common super fi ne to good Western. Wheat in brisk export demand ; market excited, and prices 3c to 5c higher; sales 75,000 bushels at 1 dol 50c to 1 del 60c for red Western ; 1 del 65c to 1 del 70c for white Western ; 1 dol 71 c to 1 d e l 78c for wh i te Canadian. Rye quiet. Corn firm ; sales 40,000 bushels mixed Western at 68 1-2 to 69 1-2. Oats dull. Pork steady ; sales 500 barrels at 19 dols 89 1-2 o to 20 dole for mess; 17 dols 62c to 18 dole for prime. Lard quiet at 131 to 13 , Z, Ashes firm, and sales moderate. Stocks active, and demand better. Money easy on call at 7 per cent, Sterling Exchange dull. THE BRAZILS• FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT _ _ _ .' SOUTHAMPTON , li r DN EspAlf. ,,e The steam-ship Sultan arrived here to -day, bringl"7 later news from the Brazilian ports. The Sultan is o? 11 a Mediterranean mail steamer, and brings the follovan! 5 specie and cargo :-14 packages of specie, value A 93: chests, grape': 4 s eggs, 96 cases ; casks of wine, 14 ; lemons, 327 1,397 boxes; figs, 560 sapnets ; elephants' teethe 21 of eastros' teeth, 2 ; and 60 packages of sundr ies ; ba449 ; tomatoes, :114 boxes; pomegranates, 36 boxes corks, 1; tiger, 1, Cholera was on the decrease at Lisbon. 00 131 Some anxiety was felt in consequence of the n on ' be sth of the Braganza steamer, which left Liverpool an t line' of September ; and the Douro, belonging to th e sam e% the Her Majesty's steamer Osprey arrived at Lisbon 16th instant. ft Li st° The Avon, with the outward Brazilian mails , l e on 14th instant. ui gef London bills were scarce upon the Lisbon Bleu s oill9 and money remained over at 531 for three months.s3o 0 0 on other places were also scarce ; in demand at„ a Paris ; Amsterdam, 43 ; Hamburg, 471; Genoa, srAefter Some animation had appeared in the Stock ga .i rli gain the departure of the previous packet, but it was un Ac r e when the Sultan left. Three per Cents. register% 251; 461 to 47 ; Coupons,'46 to 461 ; and Deferred , 25,, tope° Bank of Portugal shares, 498 to 502 milreis ; a nd Bank Stock, 19 to 20 per cent. p.m. at 541 At Oporto exchange for the packet was quoted Igo for bills on London at 99 days. Plenty of woe offering, and 3 good deal left in the market. rage 1183 Wine shipments had become slack. The vinef the commenced about twelve days, but a great portion grapes were unfit for selection. o e xcit e ; The shipping interest was in a great state m -Dor merit, owing to the severe m easures a d o pted 137 and e dear' of Health of Lisbon. O n i ons were sc arce Lath'''' Orange shipments would commence early next crop short, quality good. areei th From Gibraltar we learn that the screw-steamer - ass ist from Malta, had broken her shaft, and 10- 4 ft ored into Gibraltar by the Teneriffe. The sailing tra ,r Norwood, with waggons, &?... from Constantinop le,4- on the 13th. Tam er; The quotation of produce and exchange, for the ,retasr; vary very little from those received by the 015 Business had been checked by holidays o ' o3 weather at Rio, and no coffee sales of importonfrele taken place. At Bahia the weather was fine an d . scarce. The town and province were healthy . o fer'; Pernambuco advices state that a few bags °' s old new sugar only had come to market, and been . 2,600 reis to The French 2,700 ea reis. steamer Franc Ccurtois, fr om Savre , arr i on the 25than' : habl At St. Vincent's the greater portion of the a l firtll en a had either abandoned the island or died from '; cholera which set in shortly after the Tamar left, n - dgit ii. was supposed, by heavy rains. The Dom Pedro fb`e -015 difficulty in coaling, in consequence. At Maderia cholera still existed, but less Wallis island of Porto Santo was also suffering se verelY• „ a ge ;,, s The Sultan observed the following ships on the 40 1 '; September 11, 1856, at 6.20 a.m.; exchanged aig u "tse iv `'; with the Peninsular and Oriental s.s. Aden, o ' p,o' to the north. September 20, 1856, at 1 1.3 1 0 exchanged night signals with the Peninsuto, ie Oriental s.s. Madrid Co south. September 221 ship t 7.30 a.m. ; exchanged colours with a large S tool S.W. ' The Sultan brings the following miscellaneongL 064211 intelligence.—At Gibralter, Transport No. 44. i :l6 the French war steamers, Meurthe, 2 guns ; ear 80,6- and Ovonyan, 4 do. At Lisbon, the French vial 4sia ° ,l: Prince Jerome, 80 guns, Bertholet, Phcenix, 5 0 u 0 11 1 s re l s a l p: September, Do H r ut e n, r d n ba a, us t He C ho. van r drq t . Il e s ne s , rso o a . r n ,D d w .u c k o a ern communication, t r t Ne e vr al ni drgr owingoti o d s I i o p r je3 t o yap o o e oA S I ff6pdtat n h u t h i i cholera. GIBRALTAR SHIPPING. Stir for Arrivals : September 12th, brig Wilhelmina , o 'ol9 mr , twenty-one days thin Liverpool, with bal e g 089' 0 1 Gibraltar. September 13th, barque Hermonie , %pl o t eighteen days from Marseilles, in ballast, fo r ga pteir l d (cleared). Septemb e r 15th, th e Alh a mbra. 310/ fr 16th. steamer Teneriffe, J. R. BA, nine clays fr ° ,%red)' and five from Malta, with c argo f or Liverpool (Cie" THE BRUSSELS CONGRESS This bedy met for the despatch of business on Monday. The day was dull, damp, and dreary. Nevertheless, it did not abate the ardour of the delegates from various nations, who have taken up their abode in this city for a few days, to discuss the grave subject of Customs Reforms all ov.r the world, in an International Congress. On the previous evening a preli minary private meeting of the delegates was held at the Hotel de Suede, at which business of a formal character was dis cussed, and in which vice-presidents of the various sections into which the Congress is separated were appointed. That sections are determined to work, and that the Belgian Customs Reform Association keep clearly in view the elimination of telling facts, while they discourage mere oratorial flourishes, are points which may encourage us to hope that, ere the Congress separates, it will have passed a series of im portant resolutions ; and more, will be ready to back them with carefully-arranged illustrative reports. The Belgian Association has already poured no less than 140,000 printed reports, pamphlets, &c., over the country. The ironmasters are up in arms, and while the manufacturers demand the total abolition of the import duties on coal and iron on the one hand, thew producers of native iron use tbeir power ful influence upon tho legislature to p, event the demand from being heard. Moreover, they pretend that the gentlemen who have called together the International Congress, now sitting, are simply actuated by interest, being chiefly manufacturers, or rather merchants who have everything to gain through the reduction or abolition of import duties on raw materials. These arguments are represented by such ironmasters as M. Dupont, of Fayt, and M. Moncheur. Of course the members of the association have replied to these taunts, and successfully ; being, in the first place, clearly able to retort upon their accusers, who appear to talk about the heavy compensation the government will owe them, should they listen to the free traders. But the appeal made by the association to the manufacturing towns of Belgium shows, by the answers it has called forth, the temper of the Belgian people with regard to Customs Reform. The resolutions submitted by the Central Association to the chambers of commerce of the provincial manufacturing towns ran thus :- 1. The free admission of raw materials. 2. An ad valorem duty of 10 per cent, on manufactured articles. Certain industries, however, now protected by pro hibitive duties, may for a time and under exceptional cir cumstances be protected by a higher duty, to be fixed here after. 3. The classification of articles liable to duty in broad classes, so that the tariff may be reduced to the simplest possible form. We observe that the answers received from the more important commercial towns prove that the movement has the entire sympathy of the Belgian people. On Saturday evening the list of registered members and delegates to the Congress contained no less than 561 names. Among these are the Lord Mayor; Mr. Ewart, M.P., who represents the question of uniform weights and measures ; Mr. C. Lawson, delegate from the Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce; Mr. W. Scholefield, MT, delegate from the Birmingham Chamber of Commerce; Sheriff Mechi, from the Society of Arts ; the Right Hon. Milner Gibson; Mr. Alfred Taylor; Messrs Leone Levi, John Bennett, George Lawford, James Yates, and Dr. Buchanan, delegates from the Decimal Coinage Asso ciation; Messrs Titus Salt, Henry W. Winckam, Jacob Behrens, and John Darlington, a deputation from the Bradford Chamber of Commerce; Mr. J. R. J e ff er y , f rom Li verpoo l ; n te t O o ti f n, th S e ir m k a ' n re c d h e e r , : t c e k r d a w n i d a A u f r ti . a j e w . T in ui r es . e li r, en P rY res u ide . Foster, and Commercial Association. At the opening proceedings the chair was taken by M. Cor Vac der Maeren, who in a speech of some length, thanked the foreign delegates for their presence on that occasion. He bade them welcome in the name of prosperous Belgium. Their present Congress was widely different from that of 1847. We had advanced. Holland had abolished her navigation laws, and in England the opposition of the protectionists to an established law had ceased. France had modified her tariff, and was about to erase the word " prohibition" from it ; and Sar dinia, Spain, Germany, Portugal, Sweden, &c., had liberalised their customs dues. Something had been done, it must be confessed in Belgium ; but a coalition of interested men had prevailed to retard the application of the good intentions of the government. Still the principle of free trade, or of a reduction of duties, had been allowed ; the method of reduction was alone the question. And now the two great questions which the present Congress would have to deal with were—lst. What were the obstacles in each country to the reduction of customs dues? 2nd. What were the remedies applicable to the restrictions that existed in each country ? Nor would their enquiries be limited to these questions. There were the coinage and passport systems—both matters that restricted the free commercial intercourse of nations. This remark was received with loud cheers. The hon. gentleman then referred to the meeting held at the Hotel de Suede last evening, at which the twenty-four vice presidents, representing various nations, were nominated. At this point, the secretary, M. Conorem, read the names of the vice-presidents, in which the names of Messrs. Oliveria, Henry Bohn, and Winkworth, figure with others, for Eng land. The reading of the list over, the vice presidents were requested to advance from the body of the hall, and take their places around the president. This was done amid general cheers. M. Cor Van der Maeren then announced to the meeting that M, Brouckere, burgomaster, of Brussels, had accepted the post of president to the Congress; and the hon. gentleman proceeded to take the seat vacated by the active president of the Customs Reform Association. M. de Brouckere then addressed the Congress, and expressed his pleasure in doing so, seeing that while in 1847, when he last presided at a Reform Congress, they had to deal with theories, they bad now advanced to a point when it became their business to consider the application of principles generally accepted. He now declared the Congress constituted, and opened ; and he thought that their first act should be to return thanks to the active Association, under the auspices of which it had been called together. This proposition was received with loud cheers. The president then read the order of the day, and called upon the Dutch delegates to open the discus sion. The first of these gentlemen who addressed the Congress maintained that Holland might lay claim to be one of the liberal nations of Europe, because she had abolished her navigation laws, had admitted corn free since 1847, and had abolished her old duties on the transit of goods. He contended, therefore, that Holland had little to yield, and much to demand from her neighbours. And, he might add, that the prosperity of the country had fully justified the liberality of the government. A delegate from Antwerp then rose, and proceeded to show, amid the applause and to the amusement of the Congress, that Holland was apparently a liberal State, but in reality a protectionist—a highly protectionist—State. Protection and prohibition were, in truth, the law. She had steadily continued to refuse concessions of railways between Holland and Belgium ; and was, in short, only in appearance a liberal State, In reply to this delegate, a second Dutch representative rose, and while dealing effectively with the colonial policy of Holland, and allowing that it was most faulty, begged the Congress to believe that Holland was on the high road to a veritable state of free trade. The President then introduced Mr. Winkworth, who appeared for the Society of Arts ; and, after having expressed a regret that Colonel Sykes could not be present, intimated that as he could not freely express himself in French, a friend of his would read a translation of his address to the Congress. This address, in which Mr. Winkworth went into a history of the Society of Arts, and then glanced at its influence in evolving the great Exhibitions of 1851 and 1855, included statistics showing the progress of British manufactures since the establishment of free trade. Mr. Winkworth's ad lress was followed by a call from the President for Mr. Hertz, a ielegate from Hamburg. Title gentleman read to the Congress an amusing paper, in which he explained that Hamburg was necessarily a free port, since freedom was the only advantage it could offer to the world. It was a town that was also a State in itself, that had no interior, no manufactures of its own to protect, But there were great abuses still in Hamburg: The little bourgeois had not the privileges which the great bourgeois enjoyed there were still corporations of working men, with privileges that reminded us of the middle ages ; there were closed trades, as the bakers and brewers; and there was the octroi which levied enormous duties on the food of the citizens. The delegate concluded by hoping that Hamburg would get rid of her errors, and that the world would soon enjoy the commercial freedom which was the only attraction to foreign nations. The amusing manner in which this dele gate put his case, and more especially the contrast he drew between a little bourgeois and a great bourgeois, elicited frequent bursts of laughter. M. Cherbuliea, delegate from Switzerland, then addressed the Congress, in explanation of the Swiss tariff, upheld, according to the speaker, simply to repair the roads—neither the cantons nor the federal government being able to pay the cost of maintenance, THE COURT. C OP ; BALMORAL, Sept. 22.—The Queen and the P l7ll °` sort attended divine service in the parish e llu h r lie °l Orathie yesterday. The Marchioness of Ely' toe tijo r Mary Seymour, the Right Hon. Sir G. G leY 'rl l4 General the Hon. C. Grey, and Colonel the 1- fi ll e do S , Phipps, were in attendance. Miss Nightingale n ea d l ee°' Balmoral yesterday, and had an audience of the 0 1 111 1 / 1 REVISION COURT.—The ba rr i s t er appointed to do t ot list of freemen for the boro u gh, sa t in St. Ge ° , r g i teth yesterday. After disposing o f a number of 0 ' court adjourned shortly after four o'clock. PRESENTATION TO M R . HENRY T a-. - ' 41 ,, e1 .• to te evening the friends and admirers of this gifted I S olaioti entertained him at the Ne w B runsw ick Ib te c latetoo square, prior to his d e p ar t ure f or t h e United h ' it kesr„ presented him with a superbly bo u nd c opy of S u pi et t 'ji 4 A number of literary and dramatic gen tleinell uti on t io. honour to their respected friend, and host W i gd a lts" not forget to display hi s u sua l goo d t as t e , skill, ttr towards his guests. l e ft 5° , 1 11 , EMlGRATlON.—daThefesrhi3pieNreetwon Bay, Great Brit3in, r are with i' ° t bsS l P went emigrants. The Hi n d ostan w ill leave ° ° ; - ,rstit s „ lbs on the 20th proxim o , w i t h governme nt ein'y o thflior' Sydney, and the Joseph Somes will leave PlYinostuolt 27th proximo, with government emigrants for fie wil te 4 P - $ Ol Fairy. The Oliver Lang sailed from this Pe, r , t ,'ollfr for Wellington, New Zealand. She had a filit,'" Ø of bounty emigrants, and a large cargo of goo"' pr o ig; SOUTHERN AND TOXTETH HOSPlTAL.—W r io si ' lr urekil' gI SEPT. 24, 1856.—1 n patients :—Discharged : c-perf Orel sot relieved, 0; at own reques t, 0 ; i rregu lar, Ch tS : entered, 20; under treatment, 69. Out nat ie „ ti r er,s o 62 ; entered,:47 ; un d er trea t ment , 42. Tress " o as O ,P Houghton, Esq. Visitors, Chas. Challinor, J. Robberds. Honorary haplain, Rev. D. 0 11 , 1 '10 1114 Physicians and surgeons for the week, vr•o. and Mr. Marshall. House surgeons, Mr. g' l id and Mr. William Townsend. (1 410: 54 A. PASSENGERS PER S O . S. NORTH AMERICU, GRANGE, FROM QUEBEC TO LIVERPOOL. —Miss Mrs. Spooner, Mrs. Armitage, Miss Sta ra :llol Boyce, Mrs. ransay, Miss Wansay, C• - 14 r 1 1, Wansay, Mr. A. Allan, lady, child, and nura,e , ,, p otie r tn Mrs. Foran, Mrs. Ferguson and child, Mr. Jou r . Prjlit' lady, Mr. Raney, Mr. Brown. Mr. Laferre, lst; g e., Miss Bittridge, Mrs. Bittridge, Mr. Eittridge,. , * f.,i 00 5 1 ," ridge, Mr. P. J. Hamilton, Mr. J. Henton,XJW t otP J ~ 7 Mr. G. H. Breston, Mr. J. C umm i ng , Mr. . a P C 4Y --Barthrop, Mrs. Standerwick and daughter, Mr. Figgures, Mr. Holgate, Mr. J. Hutchigell' ‘ ,44 way, and sixty-six steerage passengers. 1, 0 7 0 1 ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.—About seven o'c,..? C ti k ti o- „pr o i evening, a young married woman, named Bl' e ,`"be WO „If residing at Manchester, made a plunge from " a id ( Jiro of the landing-stage, with the intention of Pl l i on e j fl o g to her existence, but, fortunately, assistance w a n s o uer of , 4, 1 0 gr. at hand, as Robert Clock, one of the men c ‘ i reac, the landing-stage, jumped into the river,. an-fsoll ea unfortunate creature. This is the fifteenth Pel„foti 0 00,0 the man Clock during a period of nine yes e l l „,•gbt:o`;# which has been during the solitary hours 0 1 0 1 „01 , 0 8 them being in the George's gut, and in the de t ,P;ieti; and for which he has received the Humane 1;00 .- medal. Surely such brave conduct as this "" jo sti7l Olf substantial reward. E 9 . ... 4 01 1 0 A TRAINING SCHOOL FOR NORTH P to . 0 was held at th e C oncer t H a ll, l ast n i g ht, for_iw.eboo' of organising a m o vemen t t o es t a bli s h a nortneV i isol:l o l o. training of pupils for British sch oo l s in that ' 1 ! 4tt Principality. There was rather a numerer 0 1 0 0 4 0 On the platform, among others, were t' Oaf' : Phillips, Bangor • Mr. Salisbury, Chester' piridg e 4 Owen, London; ' Rev. A. Davis, Menai i ned Thomas Jones, Mold ; Rev. David Rohe";00_,•050 Henry Rees, Liverpool. The meeting, er ovlOP' o l, preliminary, and consisted of conversations' a 147, f et1:011 for the holding of a public meeting, the v public attention and support in favour of . 0 th" Most of the proceedings were carried on 1 „t language. tir tK i fi si t t HERRING FISHERY,—The John o' - -I 'O f t01 ) O that for some days preceding the 18th, the d in io t O p " was but indifferent, in Orkney good. 8 „ 11 ,,,eJ Pf . fe l d, greatly improved, though at the last mentwi o t P o t or, season's fishing is not expected. There ba g eo tekooo o 6 much reaction in the market, nor is any orP e obli b is, o r is little p ro b a bility o f any a d vance ; thirty - bat bat • fi nl i bte been given in a few cases fo r cro wn branu s +he (I, D pat ti tt thirt y-shillings would be readily accepted. onal"ocl herrings to be disposed of in the district ' o oe OD 0, 4 0 not above 4,000 barrels, which Ireland l' lo 00 1 % roli \ T v h i e ek /Vo t r o th ra er e n ter E he n a s d i7 t s h a e y r s e t h w at er d e u r e i tn n p !O y and bi o 0 manned by at least 13,000 to 15,000 ra „eatt s tn, s . a t tvo h e e r s ta e hgee have hr iecr landed th en considerably e c a r r a l la v g 2 i B v O es , a o b O o r is "" taf s o e 2 : 01 ° 00 1 ,0 0: 00 : ai l dok) ; th e that yield to the fish-curers considerably above f OP - T eit o lr, boats and nets employed, at an average ° ,,%;tot o ' o 'JP ' worth about £300,000, and the whole ell i V e ' s 0,0,1 fisherman and fish-curers could not be ie n ast . ,„ e6 ps t v ' e ll million sterling." In the course Oft he f o reiVhae thore have been exported from Wi c k, for 8 0 00 7 less than 20,000 b arre l s , an d coastwis e, cured herrings, --...-...---