The Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-05-28 00:00:00

Otaturandat THIS DAY. This Day (Monday), the 28th instant, at Tarelye o alocko4 the Brokers' Office, 2, Dale-street, • 15 Cases East In BROWNE, HUNTER, & CO., Brokers. ,pply to This Day (Monday), the 25th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Broker's Office, Exchange-street East, 19 Barrels African GUM COPAL, IS Bales Fine YELLOW BERRIES, 150 Half-Chests sublime Flask OLIVE OIL, 6 Bales Angola ORCIIELLA WEED. HENRY GLYNN, Broker. , PPIY to This Day (Monday), the 28th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at tho Commercial Saleroom, Temple-court, 724 Half Chests Fine Lisb ernandeson ORANGES, Ex F. 1,27 a Half Chests Figneira ORANGES, Ea Vasco da Game. 20 Bags Naples WALNUTS, • 100 Sacks Spanish NUTS, 80 „ Messina DIT 10. JAMES ADAM, SON, & CO., Brokers. APFIS to TO-MORROW To-rnorroie (Tuesday), the 29th inst., at Half-past One o'clock , at the Commercial Saleroom, Temple-court, Ame o M. G rican LARD, CHEESE, ARD E R BACON, an & CO., d BUTTER Brokers. Apply t W To-morrow (Tuesday), the 29th instant, at Half-paet Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' Office, 2, Dale-street, 1,000 Bags Bombay LINSEED, 2,000 „ „ RAPESEED, 593 , TEELSEED. BROWNE, HUNTER, & CO., Brokers. APPIY to TC•MOTTO'W (Tuesday), the 29th instant, at Twel're o'clock, at the Brokers' Office, 2, Dale-street, 51 Bales Bombay HEMP, 394 Bundles COIN, YARN, 183 Coils COIR ROPE. BROWNE, 111.1NTER, & CO., Brokers. .PP I 7 to To-morrow (Tuesday), the 29th inst., at Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' Office, 30, Exchange-alley North, Liverpool, 5, the COIR YARN, 100`Coils COIR ROPE, 404 Bales COIR FIBRE, now landing, ex Dalemain, from Cochin, in Albert Dock. For farther particulars apply to 3,lessrs.. C. W. and F. Shand, Bier chant3 ; or to SAAND, & CO., Brokers. WEDNESDAY. On Wednesday nest, the 20th inst., at Twelve o'clock, et the Broker's Office, Exchange-street East, 10 Casks Discoloured TARTAR, " - 4 Cases Tongue HENRY BEANS. GLYNN, Broker. ,pply to ~ ____--------- en Nt elnesday next, the 30th inst., at Twelve o'clock, at the Broker's Office, Queen Itugurance-buildins, 460 Bags American Red CLO VERSEE f rom D, York. ex Braganca and City of Baltimore s.s.), New FRANCIS 3 . EATON, Broker., To Rlosc accounts. On Wednesday next, t he 30th histant, at Titel•re o'clock, at the Public Saleroom , 9 Caßks of French Red ARGOL DITS2, of g ood quality. 15 Pods of Fine French VERDIGRIS. Apply to T. 0. COOPER & SON, Brokers, 5, Rumford-st, On Wednesday next, the 30th inst., at Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' Saleroom, Walmer-buildings, Water-street, The whole of the MATERIALS, consisting of Anchors, Chains, Standing and Running Rigging, Sails, Boats, Blocks, Cabin Saloon Stores, saved from the Wreck of the new Steamer and Ca l cu tta, on heitlrst voyag e , and stranded on Arklow Banks, now lying at the Wrecked Shed, Waterloo Dock. Tor catalogues, &c., snug to CURRY, KELLOCK, &rokers. CO., CO., at Twelve o'clock, at the 39" Wednesdal nest ' t • it. On Trokere °Bice, Llverpool and London Chambers, 5 Tons REDWOOD, 40 Casks TINCAL, 194 Bales MUNJEET, 269 Bags TURMERIC, SOO Bundles RATTAN. 4, S-andry Ships from Calcutta. Apply to Messrs. Thomas s..nd John Brocklabank, Merchants JEEFERSOY TAYLOR, Brokers. THURSDAY. On Thursday next, the 31st instant, at Eleven o'clock, at the Brokers' Office, 2, Dale-street, . 14 Tolls BUFFALO HORNS, ex Sundry Vessels, from Bombay. Apply to BROWNE, HUNTER, Sr CO., Brokers. FRIDAY. On Friday, the Ist of June next, at Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' Office, 16, Exchange-buildings, 2,000 Bales JUNI, just landed. Apply to Messrs. Fieldeu Brothers & Co. Mer caar.ts ; or to J. H. RAYNER & CO., Brokers. On Wednesday, the 13th of June, at One o'clock, at the Brokers' Office, Royal Insurance -buildings, Dale-street, the following WINES and SPIRITS, viz : About 25 Pipes, 40 Hhds., and 80 Quarter-Casks PORT, of various brands and vintages. fl JO Butts, SO Hhds., and 80 Quarter-Casks SHE RRY. ITTO. 80Hhds.Lite CAPE. " 50 „ Red DI'PTO. „ 3 Butts 50 Hhds. Dry and Sweet MALAGA. • 30 Pipes Red TARRAGONA. „ 40 Hhds. Pale and Brown BRANDY, 110 Cases „ , ' DITTO, „ Shipped by Martell and others. , 25 Hhds. HOLLANDS GENEVA, • 250 Cases DITTO. „ 150 „ CHAMPAGNE, in Quarts and Pints. 120 „ CLARET, Together with Smaller Parcels of HOCK, MOSELLE, and SPARKLIYG WINES. Catalogues will be ready on Saturday, the 9th of June, and samples may be seen at the brokers' ofce on Tuesday prior to and on the mornine of sale. For further particulars apply to CHRISTOPHER BUSHELL & CO„ Brokers. ®u sair. COALS FOR EXPORT. BRYMBO, PURE, WITHOUT MIXTURE WITH OTHER COALS, for which the Admiralty certificate is given, SOPPLIZD 024 LY BY T. S. HANCOCK, SWEETING-STREET. COMMERCIAL. LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY EVENING, 4Y.e Cotton Rtariat. In the Liverpool Cotton Market to-day the demand has been extremely limited, at very irregular prices. The sales reported—including l 50 Fgyptian, 81d ; and 500 Surat, 31a to 4d— amounted to 4,000 bales, of which 1,000 were taken on speculation and for export. Lte State atarket. In the Liverpool Share Market to-day business was almost at a standstill. S o uth-eastern and Caledonian Stocks ha ve declined t per cent: The other principal stocks are quoted nearly the same as yesterday. The transactions included London and North-western stock, 1001 to ; Great Western, 681 to 69; Midland, 1161 to I; Lanca shire and Yorkshire, 1034 to 104; Caledonian, 89/ to 90; South-eastern, 841 to 85; Great Nor thern, 115 to 116 ; and Eastern Counties, 53! to M. Lombardo -Venetian Railway Shares are rather firmer, at par to } prem. Grand Trunk of Canada Stock and Great Western of Shares are flat. East India Railway Stock remains stea'y• The Share Market closed to-day at the following pncils : Sales after Closing Prices. , 3 o'clook. Railways. Blackburn, Birkenhead &Cheshire Jn. 70 Caledonian 71 901 Chester and Holyhead Eastern Counties - Great Northern ll5 116 -- Great Westerns Lancashire & Yorkshire lO4 1041 London & North Westernlool 1004 Ditto k-ebare3 ....... 3-16_ i td M a nchester, She, & Lin. 411 41 Midland Midland Stock North British 6l— . Staffordshire North Eastern — Ber w ick . 961 96 _ Do. York and N . Midland 79.1 ___ 80 1 Do. Leeds Northern ford, & Wolverhptn 441 451 Ox Sout h Eastern • • 2 26 9-16 Dutch Rhenis h C 1 5 7 -1 sld Great Luxem bour g Grand Trunk of Canada s B 1-16 Gt. W. of Canada Ditto nevi s hares .. • • — lid ..._ 3 , 11Ta10 and t yke Huron 4l. 5 id ad Par Lombardo -Venetian Great Ship Prainstons 113, ark& The Liverpool (St. John's) Provisions Market to-day ruled as follows g. d. e. 41. reef lb 0 8 010 Mutton Veal Lamb, fore qr „,, 10 6 „ U 0 , hind qr „ 5 6 „ 0 0 Fifth Pork salmon Cod Fish „02 „ 0 3 Soles .Bret Tun: of If atelocks „ 0 3„ 0 4 Fresh Butter „ 1 2 „ 1 6 Balt ditto Filbert; „ 0 0 „ 0 0 Grapes, for. „ 2 0 „ 3 0 Do. Eng „ 6 e „10 0 Cherries , 0 0 „ 0 0 I)smaone 0 0 „ 0 0 E 88a.... . 1 1 124 sis „ o o qi peck 4 0„ 0 0 '" --a W", - 4 4 peck 0 8 „ 1 4 A' 3 ParalicuP, l 4 l 100 0 0 „ 0 0 s. d. s. d, Fowls, 11( couple 3 6 4 4 Ducks ......... 4 6 „ 5 6 Rabbits, c'ple 1 6„ 1 I P i ge ons, „ 1 4 ~0 0 Grouse, brace 0 0„ 0 0 Partridges perbr.o 0 „ 0 B l ac k Game 00,, 0 0 Pheasants, 00„ 0 0 S u ipes.. .... 00 ~ Gooseberries,p. tit o () 4 0 „i„ 0 0 0 0 Currants, r. w. trawberries,V qt 0 0 „ 0 Larks ..... dcz 0 „0 0 Geese ...... each 0 0 „ 0 0 Turkeys „ 0 „0 0 Hares ...... „ 2 „ 2 6 Lobsters „ 06„ 0 10 0 4 „ 0 10 Cucum b e rs, „ , Aricots, pe r doz.o 0 „ 0 0 Pepache,(, e ach ... 0 0 „ 0 0 Nectarines d 0.... 0 0 „ 0 0 Pines, for. each 3 o „ .5 U , D o . Eng. , „ io o „12 0 Ztt Nritutturat rah= Narket• The Liverpool Agricultural Produce Markel to-day ruled as follows : _ Ii• 0 . e.. d. s, t i . 4. d n a y, old Ditto, new Ditto, clover 0 o .. 0 0 Do. whiterocks 210 ... S V 3ren. Clover • 0 2 i ••• 0 3 Do. Balehaws u 0 .. 0 0 Vetchez 0 0 - 0 0 Do. Beldrums. 0 0 ... 0 0 Straw, wileat 0 ei ... 0 % Do. cattle Ditto, oat .. 0 7i ... 0 5 Turnips 0 0 ... 0 0 Ditto, barley.. 0 7 .. 0 7; Carrots Atraw. 0 0 .. 0 0 O L o '' Ma ... a* i - /takes 4 0 ••nu wurzel 0 4 c Manure ... 7 6 Patan Bath of treicitt. FrelghtS are weaker, owing to ther e being a large amountOf unc hartered tonn age in ort, P The demand for ships to the East is only small, but there is fair inquiry for vessels for Jamaica, Havannah, and. St. Thomas, at 193 to 20s. A very large business has been done in Guano w ards of 20,000 tons has Freights at 60 s ; - . l p been taken within the lest ten days. Homeward Freights from India are ,f,rrn. at £3 2s 6d Cal- cutta, 45s Bombay to U.K. Freights to U.S. ports are easier, owing to large arrivals this week. The following are the rates of freight for — COAL : FROM LIVERPOOL OR BIRKENHEAD. To s. d. s. d. T o I. d. s. d. Malta l5 0 0 0 Trebizonde Trieste Corfu l5 oAncona 16 0 Smyrna l6 0 0 0 Ragus Varna nominal. Venice Gibraltar Leghorn... nom. 15 0 ... 0 0 Naples nom. 16 0 ... 0 0 Athens Havannah 2O 0 0 0 St. Thomas Cardenas Monte Video ... 42 6 ... 43 0 Bahia 29 0 ... 0 0 Buenos Ayres ... 42 6 ... 43 0 Cape of G. liope 32 6 ... 0 0 Constantinople.. 16 0 ... 17 0 Pernambuco 2B 0_.29 0 lialoniea - r 16-0 .... -0 0 Galveston Rails nominal. Aletindria ...... 19 0 ... 20 0 RAILS—BRISTOL CHANNEL. To Galveston 2ss and 5 per cent. To Mobile (nominal)... To New York ----Igo. Id. to 20s. Od. To New Orleans 265. Od. and 5 per cent. To Peniandina (Florida) 265. Od • and 5 per cent. To Portsmouth (nominal)... To Savannah ,..225. tkl. To Ifavannah (small cargo) ...308. and 5 per cent. To Alexandria 255. GENERAL FREIGHTS. s. d. s. d Liverpool to Aden 45 oto 0 0 45 0 to 46 Hong Kong _ ... _. . ' 0 2 f Ditto from 'Wales 5O oto 0 0 Chusan .. . 7O francs Ceylon : Iron. ................ . 45 0 to 0 0 11 Bombay, do 0 oto 0 0 elyie 42 6to 0 0 1/1 ...... . ti' ... . e .. 35 0 to 0 0 • Bombay : Coals .. , f 5uez..................... . 57 6 to 60 0 - l elbou dney or I£3 55 . r e g ister ton ~ rne • ~ Singapore ~ Gale ~ Shanghai 5O oto 0 0 Ditto from Wales 55 oto 0 0 Calcutta: Salt without consignment 38 0 to 0 0 II with . ditto 4O oto 41 0 Calcutta : Iron, Engines, &c. 45 oto 0 0 Ditto C oa l s Ascension, from Wales 2B 0 to 0 0 f 11 Kurrachee 37 oto 0 0 ~ Fernando Po, from Wales 32 6 to 0 0 ~ Callao 71 Flag Stones 35 0 to 40 0 Woosnng Liverpool to Madras Iron &c. 45 5 ., Clyde 505 . , Cbusan 555. Do. Coals 38s. Od. to 40s. Od. Do. from Wales 455. Od. Liverpool to Valparaiso for orders, to discharge there or at a Port not North of Callao 325. 6d. small ships. Liverpool to New York, Coals, full . cargoes, 145. and S per cent. Monlmain 80s., Teak to V. K. nominal. Akyab, option of Rangoon, Bassein, or Monlmain, to U. K. or Continent, 60s. Calcutta to Liverpool or London, 625. 6d.; ditto en the round, £5 with option of London. Guano from Chiachas t t o • o LT. K. or Continfmt, 60s. - Ditto 655. Bombay to Liverpool or London, 455. to 475. ed. We are indebted to Messrs. Taylor, Tipper ' Co. , and Co for the following rates of freight to the United States : Boston. Pig Iron, Bars, &c. Chemicals and Fine Iron Salt Dry Goods Hardware . Earthenware Pusengers Pig Iron, Bars, Rails, aka .... Chemicals and Fins Iron Salt Dry Gods liardwai e Xartherovare Passengers s. d. .. d. 12 6,.. 0 0 14 0...15 0 nominal. 10 0...15 0 12 6... 0 0 0 0... 6 0 £4 10, Od Gross. Baltimore. .. d. a. d. 15 0... 0 0 o 0...17 6 nomiaal. 20 0... 0 0 20 0... 0 0 V 0... S 0 New York. s. d. s. d. 10 0...11 . 6 0 0...12 6 14 10 ‘ 0:.1; .. . 1 5 0 6 0 o_l2 6 6 6... 6 0 £4 5s to £4 103 Charleston. s. d. s. d. 16 0... 0 0 Philadelphia. I. d. s. d. 0 0...15' 0 0 0...16 0 nominal. _ 0 0...20 0 20 0... 0 0 0 0... $ 0 £4 5s to £4 10s New Orlesna• £5 Os Nominal. s. 4. s. d. 20 0... 0 0 0 0...17 6 nominal. 0 0...25 0 0 0 : ..25 0 0 0... 7 6 £5 Os. Gross. 20 0...22 4 nominal. 20 0... 0 0 20 0... 0 0 0 0... 3 0 £5 10s. to £6 . Gross. LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING. The LONDON MARKET for ENGLISH STOCKS to day opened flatly at a further slight decline in the value of Consols, but has since become rather firmer ; business, however, is extremely limited. Consols were first quoted 95 to 1 for money and account, and are now at 95 to k for next month. Reduced Three per Cents have been dealt in at 93k and I ; New Threes, 93t ands ; India Deben tures, 96t; Exchequer Bills, 9s and 7s pm., and 6s and 9s pm. for small. The Funds closed at the following prices : Consols Money , Account Exchequer Bills Bank Stock Three per Cents. Next Account The following appeared' in our second edition of Saturday : The funds to-day were weaker and closed at a decline of I to per cent. The Pais Bourse has simultaneously given way. The share markets were likewise rather weaker this afternoon, but the alteration in prices was not of much importance. Little speculation is going forward now that the course of foreign politics is surrounded by un certainty. The business at the discount office at the Bank to-day was rather active. In the open market the demand was not urgent, and good bills were readily taken at 3 1 , to 4 per cent. There were occasinal transac tions in the best short paper at 3.1.; for six months. how ever, 41-to 4i was asked.—Dairy News. • • The English funds have shown diminished firmness to-day. The market was not affected by any foreign news ; but the distrust of France on the Italian question increases, and the advises from the Paris Bourse are dull. There has been a good demand for discount, and at the Bank a fair amount of business has been done. In the open market the general minimum is n. In the Stock Exchange the rate for loans is 3 to 3i per cent. In the foreign exchanges, this afternoon, there was no important alteration. About £64,000 in refined gold was taken to the Bank to-day. In the produce markets, during the week, there has been little activity, and prices have occasionally experienced a decline.—Tinaes. In the LONDON MARKET for FOREIGN STOCKS scarcely any business has been doing, and values are substantially the same as at yesterday's ' official close. Original Turkish Bonds have been negotiated at 75k, and new Sixes at 58. Mexi can Three per Cents. brought 21,1 and 211, and Spanish Threes, 48k. The LONDON RAILWAY SHLAAE•MARKET to-day , was inactive, with a slight downward tendency in prices. London and North Westerns are quoted 100 k and t ; Midlands, 116, 1 , and I; Gt. Westerns, esi and I ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 104 ; and , South Easterns, 84i and 85; India and Canada lines are supported. Thames and Mersey Insurance Shares are quoted lt pm., and Himalaya Tea Shares at Ito pm. Victoria Debentures stand at 1061 to k. French Routes, on the Paris Bourse, at twenty minutes put twelve, were quoted 69f. 5c., and subsequently 69f. only. The oa*t*ct described as flat. The market closed at the following prices: — Imbergate, Not., & East. Junction 6.1 Caledonians Dutch Rhenish Eastern Counties . • East Lancashire • • • : Edinburgh & Glasgow • Great Northern 116 116 A Great Westerns 68 Great Western of Canada 121 Graad Trunk of Canada . • • • 32 Great Southern & Western • • 113 115 . Lancashire & Yorkshire . • • • 103 a 4 London & North-Western • • looz a London & South-Western • 93 Leeds Northern Manchester, Shell., & Lincolnshire 41 + ; Midland Stock North British North Staffordshire South-Eastern & Dorer B7- . . 1 3 , The sath b a n a o y , ig The a ggre g ate traffic return s of railways in The by £39,120 the co rres p on e k dingendingMaY 19th, excee market was last year. 4e4 United Kingdom for the w Yesterday the railw a y t fiat ' chiefly from tled state of foreign politics, leading to a general contractione of engagement s . the absence of business, the unsettled In the provincial markets there is an e activity as in London. On the other laandaecinal w est of aut is derived from the consequence of goods trafr support Most of the leading stocks showed a decline of t o t per cent yesterday; Berwick and Great Northern bein g , however, exceptionally firm. The LONDON COLONIAL PRODUCE MARKET to day was steady, without alteration. SUGAR steady ; 6d lower for the week. COFFEE. —No alteration ; markets is to is Ed lower for the week. TEA.—A fair amount of business doing ; com mon congou quoted at is RICE inactive. SALTPETRE quiet ; 100 bags sold yesterday afternoon at 46s for 6 per cent., short prompt. I n the LONDON MINING MARKET, to-day, West Caradon shares have declined to 74 to 76, while Stray Park have advanced to 49 to 51. E a st Wheal R us sell are quoted 11 i to 12 ; West Seton, 335 to 340 ; Jlerodsfoot, 29 to 30 ; East Caradon, 71 to 8 ; Provj.dence, 44 to 45 ; and East Basset, 120 to 125 Foreign and colonial mining shares remain steady. Linares save been dealt in at 101, and Dun Mountain Copper at par and } dis. Subjoined is our usual weekly report of the LONDON METAL MARKET :—The me tal market continues fiat, with greater depression in so,,ne instances, compared wit h las t week. Copper keeps dull in demand for all descriptions, with apparently a .downward tendency. . Iron con- 531 54! tinues to be reported in limited demand from ati, quarters. Scotch pig varies but slightly. Tii is somewhat more inquired for, and Straits has become deatti.' The annual sale of Banca is fixed for the 28th Proximo; the present quantity is 142,000 slabs, with 20,000 additional slabs afloat, if it arrives in time. ' Spelter is neglected. Lead sells but slowly. Tin plates are in improved demand, and fetch better prices. The BOROUGH HOP MARKET.—The demand for all kinds of Hops has been somewhat limited lorday. — In prices, however, no change has taken place. At the LONDON WOOL SALES to-day there has been a full attendance of both home and foreign buyers. All descriptions have sold readily at previous quotations. Several lots have been taken on continental account. The LONDON TALLOW MARKET to-day was firm, at the following prices :—Town Tallow, 50s, net cash ; Petersburg Y.C., on the spot, 52s ; June, 51s 9d; July to September, 51s to 51s 6d; Oct. to Dec., 51s 6d. Market averages :—Town Tallow, 52s ; fat by ditto, 2s 81d ; yellow Russian, 54s ; melted stuff, 38s. 6d. ; rough ditto, 22s 6d ; tallow graves, 16s. Good dregs, 7s. • V PROVINCIAL, &c., MARKETS, SATURDAY. MANCHESTER SHARE. Canadians, 15i ; Great Westerns, 684 ; Leeds, 104 ; Sheffields, 41i ; Doyers, GLASGOW IRON.—Market steady. No. 1, buyers, 50s 100, sellers, 49s 9d ; Warrants, buyers, 50s 10d, sellers, 515; No. 3, buyers, 50s 10d, sellers, 49s 6d, DONCASTER CATTLE.—Good supply of all kinds of stock. Market very scantily attended by buyers ; very slow sale. Milch Cows, £l4 to £lB ; drapes, £8 to £l4 ; steers and heifers, £5 to £8 each. Fair supply of Sheep : sloW trade at quotations of last week. A thin supply of Pigs, and slow demand; small ones fully 2s per head lower. Pork 75 per stone. CORN MARKETS.--Cytth. White Wheat, 235; Barley, 16s ; Oats, 14s to 16s 6d.—DoNcAsTErt: Small supply of Wheat ; demand slow, and last week's prices barely maintained . Spring Corn in limited supply. Beans slow of sale. Oats made full prices, and good qualities scarce.—CARLISLE : Small supply of all kinds of grain. Wheat in good demand, and in. some in stances 6d more was obtained. Barley and Oats slow of sale, at last week's prices.—NEWCASTLE : Small show of farmers' Wheat, and also a very small attendance of buyers, in consequence of a large fair in the neighbour hood being held to-day. Prices unaltered since this day week, and sales slow. Little or nothing doing in South country, but holders very firm. Flour—little passing, and no change in prices. Barley finds few buyers, and prices tend down. Of Oats we have large arrivals, and to effect sales is per qr. decline must be conceded. Beans and Peas—more inquiry, at uniform prices. TO CORRESPONDENTS. Under no circumstances can communications be inserted net accompanied by the author's real name and address, which are required, not necessarily for publication, but as a guar antee of good faith. 517iirging 3uttliigturt. May 25. Rosa, Ritta Lisbon Lumley, Lawson ...Barbadoes C. H. Lunt, Moor, New Orleans W. V. Kent, Wilcox, Charleston J. G. Dealer Cleveland Marathon (as), M'Arthur, Constantinople Carlo Alexandria May 26 Honor, Uribe Havannah N. Thompson, Dickman, New Orleans Providence, Howe Lisbon Leda, Zephen Rostock Samuel Dunning, Skoltleld, Mobile F. de Souta Lisbon Clara Wheeler ...New Orleans Advance, Childs Mobile Pepperill, Hill Charleston Annie Laurie, Morris, Baltimore Nelson. Lawson Bremen Mary, Kolke lceland Susan links, Atwood, New Orleans Aolus, Spelman Salonica Merlin, Borlase, New Orleans Arno (ss), Bain Lisbon May 27. ' Timandra, Ross Demerara Westbourne,M‘N aught,Belize Honeton, Shaw Galveston Sir Alban M•Nabb, Chapman, _ ew Orl ans Emily Gardner, Limeburner, Savannah Charles Ward, Gould, New Orleans Shard, Hudson Savannah Moro Castle, Knowles, Apalachicola Fairfield, Hull Charleston Lady Blessington, Bennett, St. John's, N.B. Cintra (as), Lloyd Oporto OFF THE FOia. Ranger, Quiiota, The Queen, and William Rathbone. SAILED. May 25. Ronochan, Scott.... May 26. Joseph Steel, Jones ...Caleutta Rockaway, Lufkin, New York .Quebec Menapia, Cahill Quebec Africa (s), Shannon, New York Itydal, Harrison Natal Adirondack, Taylor, New York War Spirit, Lukes Aden FOREIGN PORTS. Henry Moore, Stewart, from the West Indies, at Madras. Khersonese (ss), from London, at Simon's Bay. Mazurka, Hill, from Table Bay, at Algoa Bay. Caractacus, from Kooria Mooria, at Ascension. Ocean Bell, Eames, hence at Trieste. Jane and Elizabeth, Edward. hence at St. Valery. Meridian, Francis; hence at Marburg. Nemesis (sa), hence at Bordeaux. Progres, Kerkhove, hence at Genoa. Prince Albert, Clark, hence at Harlingen. Maria y Julia, Ingeborg, hence at Havanna. Saranak, Rowlaud, hence it Philadelpaia. Catharine, Lendeman, and Suomi, Idman, both hence at Copenhagen. Victory, Ainsworth; Sheridan, Russell; Edwin, Murgent ; Goodspeed, Snowdown ; S. Hotchkiss Mulford; and Constel lation, Mullinger ; City of Brooklyn, Hotchkiss, Grace RCM, Pen dleton; Carlyle, Thomas—all hence at New York. Hellechena, Voss; and Haavet, both hence at Copenhagen. Eagle, ; and Nanset, Childs, both hence at Boston. Stromboli (s 6), Kelly, hence at Havre. SPOKEN. William Tapscott, bound W. May IS 49 N... 18 W. Anne Royden, Calcutta for Liverpool April 3, off Cape d'Agulhas Harriet and Phcebe, hence for Calcutta March 13 28 8 ...32 W. Thomas Baring, Calcutta for Liverpool March 25 49 S ..37 E. E. Z., Ardrossan for Genoa May 1 0 49 N.ll W. Arab, May 10, fifteen miles W. of Malaga. OUT PORTS. Duke of Beaufort, from Coquimbo at Swansea. Asia, Whitehead, from Barbadoes off Plymouth. The Pandora sailed from Belfast for the Baltic on the 25th. The Surprise, from London, and Charlotte Caroline, from Memel—both at Dublin on the 26th. Thomas, hence for Dordt, arrived at Kingstown on the 25 th, and sailed on the following day. FALMOUTH, May 26.—Arrived : Oresund, from Gergenti ; Pelican, Odessa ; Rosiedon, Ponce; Cny Mal, Moulmein ; Atlantic, Odessa. CluzENs - rowx, May 26.—Arrived : Cloud, from St. Michael's ; Olive, Smyrna; lda, Trinidad; Neptune, Philadelphia ; Torn lore, Matanzas ; Nimrod, Licata. Off : Ocean, Savannah ; and Britannia, Matanzas, both for Liverpool. Sailed : Helena, for Liverpool; Ihryroson, Cronstadt ; Feliza, Shields. GREEXOCH, MAY 26 ; ARRIVED: Frederick, from Pensacoli ; Kelvin, from Trinidad ; and Kate, from St. Vincent. - . MARITIME EXTRACTS. LlN*Eapoor, May 27. It blew a violent gale last night from the northwest. The Sumatra, hence at Queenstown for Genoa, leaky. Adolphine, Meyerdick, hence at New York ; lost jibboom when entering quarantine by collision with the chip Confidence. The C. B. Truitt arrived at this port from New York, with a cargo of Rifles, The J. M. Wood, Captain Mack, for New Orleans, took from the ship Moses Wheeler, on the Gth instant, four of the crew of the whaling barque United States, of Westport, U.S., which foundered at sea on the 2nd instant, and the remainder of the crew were put on beard a barque bound to Boston same day. DOUGLAS, Isis or MAN, MAT 24 : Part of the cargo of the Ruse, from Bordeaux to Belfast, reported on shore at Casle town on the 12th instant, has been saved in a damaged state, but the remainder has washed out. The hull end materials were sold to-day. Nostrorx (VA.,) MAT 12: A large ship is on shore off South Shoal. CAPE Tow e, APRIL 6 : A quantity of teak has been brought in here by My Garland, saved from the Otto, from Moulmein for Queeriat.owls, wrecked at Stary's Bay, 19th January. Cart TOWN, April 19: The Queen of India, for London, arrival here yesterday from Celcutta; saw four ships on the 27th March all more or less disabled, and one with masts gone. SHIPS TO SAIL FROM LIVERPOOL FOR THE PRINCIPAL PORTS THIS MONTH. Destination. EAST Ltzus : Colombo, Ceylon .... trxrrEn STATES: Neyf TOrk Vigo (SS) NORTE AMERICA Quebec and Montreal North Briton (se) .. SOITTIE ASIERTCA : Rio de Janeiro Portugal (3s) .. Valparaiso Lady Ebrington FRANCE : Ilayre Ship's Name. .Coni3tcn .May 30 .Balbec (se) ECCLESIASTICAL INTELLIGENCE BENEFICES AND APPOINTMENTS VACANT, CANONRY. In the Cathedral Church of Cheater val. £5OO pat. Bishop of Chester : Rev. J. blade, dec. DEANERY. Ardagh : pat. Ale Crown : Very Rev. H. U. Tighe, D.D prom. RECTORIES. prom. £COS with residence Bennington, He,rts din. Rochester : val. ArcistLgh : pat. the Crown : Very Rev. H . U. Ti g he, D.D., sh, Suffolk : dio. Ely : y4l. £733 with residence : pat. Jesus College, Cambridge : Rev. 7. Castlev , dec. p ate. pats. Repres. of the late R. Rye : Rev. F. B. Pryor , dec. Cavendish, Feniton, Devon: dio. Exeter : val. £ 3 7 2 with residence : C. Flood, G. B. Northcote, and Wrolley, Esq., alt. Rev. H. E. Head, dec. Kirkby, pat. B i l s N h ' West, , ofco. VICARAGES. . R C e la v e . s j te . r s : la v d a e l : d E e 7 c d . 3 with residence : h a n e s d t e d r i Maidenhead, Berks ; dio. Oxford : val. £172 with residence : pat. E. F. Maitland, Esq.: Rev. J. Kriollis, dec. Marcham, Berke : clio. Oxford : val. £455 with residence : pats. Christ Church, Oxford: Rey. H. J. Randolph, dec. Tenbury, Worcestershire : die. Hereford : val. £9OO with residence : pats. Trustees : Rev. J. Churton, dec. J. G. Yarburgh, Esq.: Rev. M. W. B arstow, res. PERPETUL CURACY. Rawcliffe : co. and di o . York: £123 ivith residence: pat. CUACIES. Ashton li.eynes, Wilts : di o . R Gloucester and Bristol. Corshatn, Wilts dio. Gloucester and Bristol. Ipswich, St. Helen, Suffolk : dio. Norwich. Nottingham St. Nicholas dio. Linc o l n : st i pend £lOO. Bopley, Hants : dio. Winchester : stipend £lOO. Yarmouth, Great, St. Nicholas : stipend geo with title. PRINC/PALSIIIP. Norwich Diocesan Training School : Rev. A. B. Power, prom. MASTERSHIPS. Aylesbury Grammar School : pats. Trustees : Rev. T. Gwynn, prom. Batley Free School: salary £l5O with house and garden. Bristol Grammar School : Head Mastership : must be a mem , ber of a Vniversity and M.A. _ Marlborough College : Assistant Mastership : E. L. Brown, dec SECRETARYSHIP. Additional Curates Society : Travelling for province of York testimonial.; before June 4. The Grand Trunk Railway Company of Canada's traffic for the week ending May sth amounted to £12,396 Os. 11d., being an increase as compared with the corresponding week last year of £2,754 12s 6td. " A Bra FLY."—Charlie (to his mischief-loving little brother some two years old) : " Brother, what's that 79u've got there" Walter: " Me's got a big fly,— look her:'" (holding up something vigorously sprawling with its long iega to escape from his little fingers). Charlie "Why, you st4pi , 3. little fellow, that's a cock roach:" Walter (delighted, as if a hew idea had struck his juvenile mind) : "Oh my ! come into the nureery— me's got lots of them there, with their skins of !" The nursery floor was found strewn with expiring cockroaches, deprived Qf their legs find outer coverings THE DAY'S NEWS. It was not to be expected that Mr. Bright would like the prosecution of his immaculate brother-in-law, Mr. Leatham, for bribery. But one was scarcely prepared to expect that he would stand up in his place in Parliament and defend that gentleman's conduct. It may be quite true that Mr. Leatham made the fullest disclosures on the faith of assurances that a certi ficate would be given to exempt him from prose- cution. That would not, however, by any means, make his conduct defensible. We quite agree with the Attorney-General, that "if the House did not follow up the steps it had already taken, it would be guilty of a solemn mockery, and lay itself open to the charge of organised hypocrisy." There can be no doubt, we believe, that, as the • learned gentleman added, it would have a very bad effect in this case if, with all the materials for a successful prosecution, the house interfered to prevent it. Of course, if Mr. Leatham was assured he would not be prosecuted, and made his disclosures--erirninating himself—on that assurance, he has been very badly used. The Attorney-General's excuse is, that " the Act expressly gave the power of refusing a certificate to the persons who gave evidence, and that was the only ground which he would recognise." But they yfho gave Mr. Leatham his assurance ought to protect him. • In considering the case of the two Houses of Parliament, with reference to the rejection of the Paper Duty Repeal Bill by the Lords, it ought not to be forgotten, that Ministers themselves are the primary cause of the misunderstanding that has arisen. They ought to have taken care not to have furnished their Lordships with so good and sufficient a reason for the course they have deemed it their duty to take. A Bill was submit- ted to the House of Lords, for which Ministers are entirely responsible, making a large sacrifice of revenue at a time when far more revenue is likely to be required for the necessities of the State than there is any due provision for ; and the House, therefore, under this conviction, refused its consent to that Bill. The Select Committee of the Commons which Lord Palmerston has got appointed to search for precedents is, we dare say, a very proper course in itself,—too proper, it is evident, for such democratic spirits as Mr. John Bright and Mr. Edwin James, who have urged the Premier to say at once whiat he intends to do—and to do it at once,—that is to say, if it should be anything subversive of the constitu tional privileges of the other House. " All the precedents of the House," the Radical member for Ivlarylebone declared, " were in favour of immediate action, and he called upon the Ministry to declare definitely what they intended to do ;" while the Republican representative of Birming ham warned them, that "although as yet there had been no great expression of public opinion, yet, in a feW days, general dissatisfaction would be manifested." All this is designed to drive Ministers into some violent course. Another pro posal, it would be seen, was not to prorogue Par liament until November, when the six months shall have expired, to which the resolution of the House of Loral+ respecting the second reading of the Bill extends,—and when, as Mr. Duncombe, in moving it as an amendment, observed, "it would be competent for the Lords. -to consider whether a different decision ought to be arrived at." But this, as Lord John Russell showed, "the House could not constitutionally accede to, for it trenched upon the ' undisputed prerogative • of the Crown in proroguing Parliament ;"—a con sideration, however, which the Radicals don't care anything about. There is no doubt, in short, that Lord Palmerston's course of proceeding is the right one, if the decision of the Lords is to be questioned at all. But it is only taken, we are persuaded, for the sake of appearances, and will have no practical result in the reversal of what has been done by so large a majority of the House of Lords. The Morning Herald says,—and we dare say very truly—that, " strictly speaking, all doubt about the privileges of the House of Lords was removed by Lord Palmerston's speech ;" but that Ministers found it necessary to do something to Pacify such of their supporters as were most deeply wounded by the decision of the Lords, — something more especially "in order to bind up the wounds of the Birmingham demagogue, and to sooth the fury and indignation of the Chancel lor of the Exchequer." But our Conservative contemporary has no apprehension whatever as to the result. " The committee on the whole," it is observed, "is very fairly chosen, and is not likely to perpetuate tfie feeling of jealousy that aow exists. Mr. Bright knows this, and, is furious. But in proportion to his disappointment will be the satisfaction of every prudent politician, and every lover of peace and order." - We are gratified to learn that there is to be a rallying of the Constitutional party shortly, in the shape of a Conservative Banquet, the apecia occasion of which is the first anniversary of the .Conservative Registration Association. The Earl of Shrewsbury iwto preside, and there is no doubt that there will be a numerous gathering of hearty if not enthusiastic Conservatives. It is much to be regretted that such occasions are not more frequent. We all remember—or ought to do— the excellent advice of the good and wise Lord Eldon, "Gentlemen, dine together oftener ;" and he said this with particular reference to the. Co nstitutional party, of which he was himself so great an ornament. Our so seldom having the Opportunity now-a-days, unfortunately, of follow ing such admirable advice is only another reason why, as Conservatives, we ought not to neglect such an occasion as that which is now forthcoming. The Sardinian Parliament has had, the treaty with France, for the annexation of Savoy and Nice, under discussion. The debate commenced on Friday, and was continued on Saturday. To morrow we shall probably be able to communi cate the result. There is no intelligence yet that is very decisive of the insurrection in Sicily—no account of the fall of either Palermo or Messina into Garibaldi's hands; and one or both must be in the possession of the insurgent party ere they can be considered to have made their position quite sure. Garibaldi's forces were fighting in the immediate neighbour hood of Palermo, at the date of the last advices ; and Messina is described as being " in a state of gloomy tranquillity." The fate of one of these cities would probably decide that of the other ; and when once Garibaldi has raised his standard on their battlements, he will have become master of Sicily. THE DAILY TIMES, MONDAY, MAY 28, 1860. IMPORTANT NOTICE. TO ADVERTISERS. Advertisements under the head of. 'BUSINESS DIRECTORY, and not exceeding six lines, will be inserted daily, in all editions of " THE DAILY TIMES," For £6 6s. per annum. For 'X3 10s. per six months. For £1 15s. per three ditto. These chargos will be payable in advance, and will include a Copy of the Paper, delivered WITHOUT EXTRA CHARGE at the private residence or place of business of the advertiser. SPECIMEN OF ADVERTISEMENT FOR £6 6s. PER ANNUM, INCLUDING COPY OF " THE DAILY TIMES " DELIVERED FREE. usittess irettorg. THE DAILY TIMES OFFICE, 3, BRUNSWICK STREET. STEAM PRINTING WORKS, 40, LEIGH-STREET, LIVERPOOL. CUIRASS SHIRT, WHICH IS SO UNIVERSALLY APPROVED OF, MAY BE (MAIMED ♦T P. L. NIACTAGGART'S, 24 AND 26, BOLD-STREET, At Prices varying from FORTY-EIGHT TO EIGHTY-FOUR SHILLINGS TYR DOtEN. Material: Good, and St Warranted. SOUTH LANCASHIRE CONSERVATIVE ASSOCIATION CONSTITUTIONAL ASSOCIATION, HOPE-BTOILDINCiS, 395, SOUTH CASTLE-STREET . EVERY INFORMATION IN REFERENCE TO REGISTRATION, AND OTHER MATTERS RELATING TO THE CONSERVATIVE CAUSE, NAT BE OBTAINED ON APPLICATION AT THE ABOVE OFFICE. F. SHAND, Chairman. J. S. BRANCH, Secretary. HIGH WATER, THIS DAY, AT LIVERPOOL. Hour. Height. 4h. 46m. 14f% 6in. sh. 19m. 13ft. I.n. MORNING EYE:4INQ (4e pa 4 MONDAY, MAY 28, 1860. THE PARLIAMENTARY CRISIS. WHATEVER dispute there might have been before, as to Her Majesty's Ministers having brought about a Parliamentary crisis, there would be none after they were driven to the necessity of applying to the House of Commons for a Vote of Credit. No doubt there are precedents for such a proceeding ; and the Secretary of the Treasury, in moving the Vote, pointed to some. But, as Mr. DISRA,ELI well observed, " all the precedents adduced went directly to prove that such a course as that now proposed had only hitherto been adopted under extraordinary circumstances, such as an impending dissolution •of Parliament, a change of Ministry, or a reference to the House itself of he estimates. In the present case they were called upon to make a precedent." That is to say, there is no precedent for such a course 'being proper under present circumstances, — unless, indeed, there is a dissolution of Parliament or a change of Ministry impending. A change of Ministry may not improbably be imminent. It could create no surprise whatever did such a Cabinet as the present fall to pieces to-morrow. It is rather to be wondered at that, resting on so insecure a foundation, and composed of such incongruous materials, it should hold together so long. But this is not acknowledged by Ministers themselves. They would, in all likelihood, deny that there was any probability of such a catastrophe. As to a dissolution of Parlia ment, that is certainly out of the question._ So that the only " extraordinary circumstances" there can be, under which such a course has been adopted, must be those which attach to the occasion, as that of a Parliamentary crisis. The fact is, that Ministers have been induced— not to say obliged—to bring forward measures in Parliament not from any real necessity for their adoption—not so much with any view to the pro motion of the public interests—but partly in fulfilment of the conditions of their compact with the Radicals, and partly in the pursuance of a merely popular policy, irrespective of the actual merits or demerits of sitch measures, of their desi rableness or otherwise, or, if desirable at all, of the opportuneness or inopportuneness of the present moment for adopting them. Their Reform Bill, and their Budget, for instance, were both matters of concession and of compact. In considering these two measures, they could not enter into the discussion of them as free to follow the bent of their inclinations as statesmen, or under the guidance of their independent judgment as Ministers of the Crown ; but only as influenced by what they engaged to do, as the condition of their restoration to office, and what it was expe dient to do in order to be enabled to retain office. Upon these grounds, we say, were their measures concocted. And it is net, therefore, surprising that Parliament has been perplexed by their pur suing such a course ; and that the result is now a Parliamentary crisis, and one the issue of which, in the present alarming state of Europe, more especially, it were impossible to contemplate without anxiety and uneasiness. The state of the case, as respects the Vote of Credit, is apparently this,—that it is im possible to carry on the business of the co►untry for the next week • without it. And surely this were pretty significant evidence of a crisis having arisen. Coupling it with the many indications there are of improvidence in their financial proceedings, this is all the more calculated to encourage the suspicion of a very critical state of things having arisen. And no doubt it was the apprehension of this which induced the House of Commons to• submit so tacitly as it did to the extraordinary proposition ; though, even then, it was only on the constitu tional condition, that at as early a period as possible the House should go into Committee of Supply, and that the Committee should be conti nuously;open, so that every legitimate opportunity might be given to the House of investigating the expenditure and of bringing it under the consideration of Parliament. The feeling, not of the Opposition only, but of the House at large, was doubtless that which Mr. DISRAELI gave expression to when he said, that " before he agreed to the proposition of the Secretary of the Treasury he should expect the Government to give that clear engagement, so that the House should not be deprived of its constitutional right of examining all the items of the civil service, and of bringing forward those subjects for the consideration of Parliament which it was usual to bring forward when the estimates were submit ted." Lord PALMERSTON, it would be seen, at once agreed to give such an engagement. He declared that " undoubtedly that engagement he was perfectly ready to enter into." And he has, thereby, entered into it. But the recess that was at hand, and that is now entered upon, will, no doubt, afford a few days' respite from what is evidently a ministerial perplexity. Nor is it to be supposed that this has arisen from what the House of Lords have done, with regard to their financial schemes. The Lords have saved them a million and a-half of revenue, which, so far from embarrassing them, must, to a considerable extent, pre . vent their being embarrassed by those schemes. True, it reflects upon their character as a Ministry—it implies a want of discretion on their part—it is tantamount to declaring them incompetent to the task of deal ing with the financial affairs of the country. But the Lords could not help that. It has, moreover, contributed, no doubt, to hasten the Parliamen tary crisis. But neither were the Lords respon sible for that result. It remains to be seen how it is all to end. The House of Commons has found itself constrained to establish a very mischievous precedent. And Sir JOHN PAKINGTON truly said, if the necessity existed, they had a right to blame the Government fOr having brought them into that condition. Under these circumstances, it is at present very uncertain what is to be the issue. The crisis is one that is, in • many respects, most portentous. We know not what a day may bring forth. It is difficult to conjecture What . thay be the position of the Ministry when Parliament reassembles next Thursday. Evidently failing in their financial policy—apparently in considerable embarrassment as to their financial condition—conscious they are losing the confidence alike of Parliament and the country—and along with all this, it is believed, at variance among themselves,—it will not be in any degree surprising, we repeat, if they are under the necessity of proclaiming their own approachs ing dissolution, and of either at once resigning to abler hands the government of the country, or else of appealing to Parliament to wind up the ession, with that object in view, as shortly as the exigencies of the occasion may allow. But in any event, the country will have gained little by their occupation of office; whilst it has undoubtedly lost much by their displacement of those who immediately preceded them therein. Certainly there will be no Reform Bill passed—not even the very little one that Lord JOHN has presented as 'his own bantling. And as to the Budget, it will certainly make itself felt in the increased Income" tax we shall immediately be called upon to pay ; but with respect, on the other hand, to any of the compensating advantages it has been promised should arise, they are all matters of ambiguity and uncertainty, and if ever they should be in any degree realised, will never, to all appearance, be worth the sacrifice that has been so rashly made in the doubtful hope of securing them. DECIMAL COINAGE. At a recent meeting of one of the scientific insti tutions of Liverpool, it was observed, on the subject of decimal weights and measures, that the public would be clamorous for them if aware of their advantages; indeed it may be asserted that the importation into England of the metrical system of France (the coinage excepted) world be a greater benefit to us than any we are likely to derive from the easier access giren us lately - to the wines and brandies of that land. Without, however, advocating literally the introduction of that system into England, which prejudice at present would no doubt forbid, it may be useful to take a glance at its origin and construction, in the hope that principles may be acquired, of safe guidance, as to the changes contem plated in our own science of numbers. The term METRE, or, as we have it, meter, literally signifies measure, and is familiar to us, in that meaning, in the words barometer, thermometer, and gasometer, so that "metrical system" signifies any system of measure whatever; but, in the case before us, it is restricted to the system adopting as its basis of measure the metre, which is the ten millionth part of the distance from the pole to the equator, or an arc of the meridian of Paris and the level of the sea. The actual measurement made was from Barcelona to Dunkirk, a distance of 9 deg. 40 min., and more than a tenth of the quadrant of the • meridian. The length of the quadrant known, it was necessary to divide it into parts, in order to obtain various lineal measures, and for this purpose the divisor chosen was 10, as a facility in calculation, and as an indication of nature, the numeration of all countries being by 10. The metre being thus the unit of measure, quantities 'greater are so-10, 100, 1,000, 10,000 times more ; and quantities smaller are EO-10, 100, 1,000 times less ; according to the following nomenclature, in which the greater quantities beer prefixes, derived from the Greek, —E(B— Dem, signifying Ten. Hecto, „ . Hundred. Kilo, ~ Thousand. Myria, „ Ten thousand. And the smaller quantities prefixes from the Latin, as Deci, signifying Tenth, Centi „ Hundredth. Milli „ . Thousandth. All which will be more apparent by a tabular statement, thus : Myria-metre Kilo-metre Hecto-metre Deca-metre Metre. unit Deci-metre Centi-metre Milli-metre .10,000. 1,000. 100. 0 . 1. 0 . 01. 0 - 001. The Metre is 39.37079 English lineal inches, usually reckoned 39.371, and its correspondence with some other English quantities of measure, lineal, square, and cubic, is exhibited in the following compendium:— , CON4PENDIUM OF THE METRE-39.371 inches. Kilo- Recto- Dka- Metre. Centi- Milli metre. metre. metre. metre. metre. - mitre English. Lineal. Inches 39,37P00 3937.10 393.7 l 39.3710 3.937 .3937 .0393 Feet ... 3,280.91 328.09 32 80 3.2809 .328 •0326 :0032 Tardy.. 1,093.63 109'36 1093 1.0930 . 109 . 0109 .0011 Miles_ *6213 '000621 .- SquAre. 1,550 . 0756 15'507 •15.0 *OOl5 10'7614 •107 •0010 11,960•46 119•60 1•1960 ••• Cubic. .61,028.0264 61.028 •0610 35.3169 Inches Feet .. Inchea Feet .. The rnyriametre, or 10 kilometres, equal to 6.213 statute miles, is not introduced in the above table. It will be observed the gradations are, in lineal measure, by 10 ; in square, by 100; and in cubic, by 1,000. The myriametre and kilometre are itinerary measures, applicable to geographical distances, add the latter per forms the office of our Mile-stone ; thus the distance from Lyons to Marseilles is 336 kilometres, or 33 . 6 myriametr es. From the metre, as a root, all other units of weight, measure, and coinage,spring, and they have in like manner a decimal analysis. The ARE is an agrarian measure of superficies, the square of the dicainetre, in three divisions, thus : Centi-are Are .... Hect-are 1.196 119 . 604 1 square yards. 11,960.46 The STERE is a cubic , )nefre used in the measuring o fire-wood, also in three divisions— Deci-stere St ere Dka-store 3.531 35.316 1 cubic feet. 353.169 The LITRE, a measure of capacity for liquid and dry goods, is a cubic decimetre, equal to 61 . 028 cubic inches and its divisions are the following : Kilo-litre Heeto-litre Deca-litre Litre Deci-litre Centi-litre Milli-litre == 220.000 gallons =-- 22.000 ~ 2.200 ~ = •880 quarts. = •176 pints. ▪ •035 gills. not in use, The GRAMME, unit of weight, is the weight of the quantity of pure water contained in a cubic centimitre, or •0610 cubic inches, but the lightness of the gramme rendering it inconvenient as a unit of commerce, the kilogramme (1,000 grammes) has taken its place These are the divisions under this head : Kilo-gramme ....1,000 2.2055 lbs. avdp.. Hecto-gramme .. 100 = 3.528 oz. Deca-gramme ' 10 = 5.646 drams. Gramme 1 =15.438 grains. Deci-gramme Centi-gramme Milli-gramme . 0.1 = 077 scruples. 0.01 0.001 = The FRANC is the unit of coinage weighing 5 grammes, and measuring in diameter 23 millimetres, er •9055 inches. Hence, it appears, the entire nomenclature of the metrical system requires for its expression only six units, and seven prefixes. All subjects of weight come under one class ; and our own anomaly could not arise, which makes a pound of feathers, " light as a feather," weigh more than a pound of gold, "heavy as gold," in the proportion of 175 to 144. It may be interesting to set forth a list of the actual measures and weights in use, as allowed by law, in France, viz. : Deci-mitre ......1.2.5. Metre Centi-litre. 1 2.6. Deci-litre 1.2.5. Litre 1 2 5 —lo, 20, 50, 100. Milli-gramme ... .1.2 5. Centi-gramme 1.2.5. Nci-gramme 1.2.5. Gramme 1 2.5-10, 20, 50, 100, 200, 600 Kilo-gramme 1.2.5. The numerals 1.2.5 are adopted because only they will divide,,exactly, the basis of the system, which is 10. In close connection with this subject is the COINAGE of France, which is so arranged `, that the standard of weights and measures, if lost, could be recovered from the coins ; for, in gold, 34 pieces of twenty francs, with 11 pieces of forty francs, measure, in their diameters 1,000 milli-metres, or one metre ; so, 156 Napoleons of twenty francs, weigh 1,000 grammes, or one kilo gramme ; and similar combinations arise from some of the other coins, both in gold and silver. The present coins of France are four in gold, five in silver, and four in bronze, as follows : ♦alue is Franca and Centinae3. Diameter in Millimetres. Weight in Grammes, GOLD. 26. 12 . 9032, 8 6 . 4516, 4 3 . 2258, 2 1 . 6129, 1 SILVER. LATEST NEWS. IBY BRITISH AND IRISH MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH:I THE FRENCH FUNDS. PARIS, May 26. 3 30 P.M.—The Bourse closed firm, and rather animated.. The last prices of Rentes were 69.25, or 15 centimes higher than yesterday. ITALY AND SICILY. TURIN, May 26. The discussion upon the treaty of cession of Savoy and Nice was continued to-day. Signor Ratazzi enumerated the inconveniences of the treaty, which he rejected by reason that the Go vernment, in ceding the Italian provinces, had violated the principle of Italian independence and weakened royalty. He also said that France, setting foot in Italy, can go no further. The new kingdom has lost its weight abroad, and Europe looks upon this traffic of people with distrust. Count Cavour in his speech admitted the sacrifice of the two provinces to be a grievous one, and that the State wag weakened thereby. In refe rence to Nice, he said, the passages of the Alps will remain with us ; and continued—the policy of Italian independence rendered the treaty neces sary since 1848, the policy of concluding an alli ance. The Emperor having shown sympathy for Italy, we are attached to France. The state of Italy does not permit us to stop. Austria has not recognised the annexation, and we are threatened on all sides. The Pope has rejected our overtures, and has opened a crusade against Italy. We meet eN erywhere with the grave dangers of war ; the armaments which are going on prove it. Count Cavour concluded by declaring that if the acquisition of Venice were to cost one foot of Italian soil, he would refuse it. (Applause.) ANCONA, May 21. It is rumoured that Gen. Lamoriciere intends tendering his resignation. TURIN, May 25 The discussion on the treaty with France, for the annexation. of Savoy and Nice, commenced to-day, and will be continued on Saturday. Nothing new was said during the first day's debate. Tke Tines has received the following from its Paris correspondent.:— " PARIS, May 25. " A telegram from Palermo, dated 23rd inst., 10 p.m., announces that the troops of Garibaldi were in position near Palermo. 20,000 Neapoli tans occupied the heights which commanded the town for two miles round. An attack was mo mentarily expected." MARSEILLES, May 26. The regular mail steamer from Italy has ar rived here. The greater part of the bankers and Neapolitan merchants have sent their money and valuables out of the kingdom. Advices from Messina to the 23rd instant state that a gloomy tranquillity prevailed. The Governor of Malta, who had arrived at Marseilles in the Indian mail steamer, leaves this evening for London. ROME, May 23. Prince Wolouski, the new Russian Plenipoten tiary, left to-day for Naples. It is asserted that he is the bearer of very precise instructions in reference to Sicily. In the official report of the affair at the Grotto, near Montefiascone, the Gendarmes are much commended. The brother of Orsini, author of the attempt, is dead. The Governor of the town of Aquapendente being alarmed, took to flight with the police. He has been removed from office by the Minister. It is asserted that General Lamoriciere left to day for Ancona. He dined yesterday with General Goyon. MARSEILLES, May 26. The packet which left Naples on the 22d instant has arrived, and brings letters from Palermo, dated the 21st instant, which state that the anxiety was increasing, and that the popular Passions were inflamed. On the evening of the 20th instant several shots were fired from the balconies in the Rue Toledo. The police returned the fire and wounded some persons. Strangers had taken refuge under their national flags. The authorities had ordered the doors of the public buildings to be built up to half their height. There was a panic among the public functionaries, and the director of the official journal had taken to flight. The churches were opened on Sunday but remained deserted. Yesterday the fire of an in surgent bivouac was seen on the. heights s urrounding Palermo, an d i t was asserted that a battle had taken place. The population were anxiously expeCting the result, which was not known. A very conciliatorycopro clamation of General Lanza had been 10. 5. received. PARIS, May 26. The Patric of this evening publishes details identical with those contained in the despatch from Marseilles ; and adds, it was believed that BRONZE. 0.10 ... 30 . 0 - 5 25. .... 02 . .. . 20. 0.1 15 1. • • • • • ... A work published in Lisbon, by Carlos J. B arreiros, 1859, third edition, under approval of the " Council of Public Instruction," and entitled " Compendio Ele- mentar do System Metrico," contains a copy of the decree of the Government of Portugal, introducing into that kingdonatthe metrical system of France, and its vocabulary, in respect of weights and measures. It is dated 13th December, 1352, and enacts — §3. The tie a' system shall be in full operation within ten vears from that date. In this interval the Government shall fix succes sively the periods when the new weights and measures shall be obligatory ; only, however, six months after dis tribution of the standards, and the explanatory tables to be provided, the first by the Government, the other by the " Public Administrations." §7. After the periods just named, the use of the old weights, &c., to be illegal, under a fine of 20,000r5. (about 909.) with fifteen days' imprisonment, and confiscation of the weights. §9. In all contracts, after the period named in article 4, until that in 3, the correspondency of the new with the old weights to be designated. 10. Officials of the law contravening the preceding article, to incur a fine of 50rs. to 100,00 Ors. for the first offence, (about 122) and double for the second, with loss of employ. §ll. No document to be available in the courts of law unless its weights be the new, or it shall refer to them. §l4. The " Central Committee" to present annually to the Government a report of its labours, for the use of the Cortes. Few in England would deem these enactments mild, except the 11th, or auxiliary in promoting among our selves the end desired ; yet it may be conceded that without the interference and power of the Government, judiciously exercised, the introduction of the system in question cannot b , ; effected even here. It is for the Government to prepare the way, among other means by legalising a weight of 100 lbs., and its subdivisions, in lieu of the present cwt. of 112 lbs ; and by providing a coin the tenth of the florin. As a case in point, the coinage of Portugal was decimalised in 1835, and it is now beautifully expressive. The Lusitanian author of the work just cited, claps his hands, and breaks forth into singing : " The metrical system, naturalised in all lands, because to all it per tains, though deriving its first impulse from France ; the metrical system, adopted among ourselves, as it hath been by other nations of Europe, and hath to be through all the world, will be one bond more between the peoples, one potency added, which, by its cosmopolitan character, will concur in the fusion of human kind. Grandific thought 1 the advances of civilisation no longer allow it to be deemed Utopian !" Well done, Tagus ! The standard of the gold coins of England and Por tugal being similar, .9161, the British sovereign as 4,600 rs., and the half-sovereign as 2,250 re., have by law a circulation in Portugal concurrent with that of the national coins—a privilege not enjoyed by other foreign monies there, and, to some extent, " a bond between the peoples" of those lands. The " Compendio Elementar" contains a series of tables converting the weights and measures of France into those of Portugal, and vice versa; also the tables of the equivalency of prices under the old and the new system. The metrical system of France, born and cradled in the era of the guillotine and the sans culottes, was eminently a creation of science, the work of the Academy of Sciences at Paris, under authority of the Constituent Assembly; it is also denominated " legal system," from its being alone authorised in France by a law of 4th July, 1837. There can be little doubt, from the proceedings on this subject in the House of Commons, June 1855, that the resolutions then proposed as to the coinage would now be affirmed on a division, and the principle would in time be of easy application to weights and measures. CAROLIJS. the assault on Palermo took place before the 27th instant. PARIS, May 26. The Herald's Paris correspondent says, in a postscript to his letter, that a despatch jus t received confirms that Garibaldithas defeated the the royal troops, and entered Palermo. PALERMO, May 22. The English and French residents have em barked on board the steamers of their tespectice nations.. An attack by the insurgents is linU" nent. The Neapolitan General will defend til e town. The insurgents occupy the heights Sur rounding Palermo. SPAIN. MADRID, May 25• The Cortes were opened to-day by the Que en in person. The Royal speech recalls the Wa r with Morocco, which, it says, has ended i° glorious peace, and in a treaty compensating much as possible for the expenses of the Treasury. The relations of Spain with all the Powers ar e satisfactory. The convention with Rome will tranquilise the conscience and facilitate the pro"' greys. The Pope has thus received a token 0f the attachment of the Queen and the nation• The Queen deplores the Carlist attempt ; but the danger being removed is happy to accord an amnesty. The Chamber will shortly receive the budget and. political administration projects °f law. The Queen, in conclusion, reckons upon the union of the nation . , which will ensure stn• bility to the country. MADRID, May 2 6 . Senor Martinez de la Rosa has been elected president of the Cortes. GERMANY. - 7 -- DRESDEN, May 26. The official Dresden journal says there is 0 foundation whatever for the statement of th e Leipziger Journal that in consequence of the dis cussion in the Prussian chambers, negotiation had taken place between the Central German States for presenting to the Federal Diet a common protest against the attitude of Prussia, and for demandig an explanation from that power. SWITZERLAND. GENEVA, May 2 6 . The Federal Council will to-morrow forwar d a note refuting the arguments contained in sj. Thouvenel's despatches of the ith and 16th ult* The Federal Council maintains the actual validiti of the treaties that the neutrality of Switzerlan d by no means depends upon the consideration and goodwill of the powers. A USTRIA. VIENNA, May 26. The Ambassador of France and the Marquii 6 de Moustier will to-day be officially presented t° the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian and the Princess Charlotte. TURKEY. The correspondent of the Times at Constants" nople says the Sultan's health gives reason O r much anxiety. His appearance for some title has been far from reassuring. THE MEDITERRANEAN AND BOivIBAI NAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, May 26, The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamier Delta, with the heavy portion of the above mail* arrived this afternoon at a quarter-past 4 p.m. Sh e brings 138 passengers, and specie value unknown' She sailed from Alexandria on the 13th, ;Malts the 19th, and Gibraltar the 21st. On the 1 5 t h spoke the Ripon, 16th the Vectis, and on the 23 0 her Majesty's 914 Queen, standing southwar d ' The Egyptian fleet and Peninsular and Oriental Company's screw steamer Panther, were at Aler andria. At Malta, her Majesty's ships Marlboro'► Agamemnon, Hannibal, Boxer, Renown, St. Jess D'Acrejordan, and Cressy had sailed for Naples. At Gibraltar, the Scourge, Doris, Mohawk, an d Quail; her Majesty's ship Megoer, with 30 gun ners of the Royal Artillery, arrived out a t Gibraltar on the night of the 18th. The /dol t° Journal of the sth, says that Vice-Adulir sl Fanshawe woald leave in the Marlboro' O r England about the 22nd. Gibraltar exchanges on the 21st instant wer e quoted—London, 90 days' date, 50i to 60 9-16 ' Paris, sf. 33c. ; Marseilles, sf. 34c. ; Genoa' sf. 32c. ; Madrid, eight days' sight, d s * Cadiz, par ; Malaga, par; Seville, 4 dis ; Alicante" dis. ; Valencia, par ; Barcelona, premitufi . Freights to London and out ports in the United Kingdom, Brazil, River Plate, and Havana, per ton and 10 per cent. CALCUTTA AND CHINA MAILS. The Ripon, with the heavy portion of tl l9 above mails, was to leave Malta on the morning' of the 24th, and may, consequently, be ex=pected at Southampton on the 2nd or 3rd of June. The Colombo arrived at Suez on the 18th jot' with 120 first-class and 104 other passengers. The Indus, from Southampton. on the I2th, and' the Valetta, from Marseilles on the 20th, reache d Malta on the 22nd, and continued their voyag es to Alexandria the same evening. The Candia, with the London mail of the 4th to the IGth April, arrived at Galle on sth 31 11 Y. CALCUTTA, (via Trieste), April 23., Ryot disturbances continue to take place. POINT DE GALLE, May t Cholera is prevalent throughout India. CANTON, (via Trieste), April 14.. The Chinese reply to the ultimatum has bee; received. It is rumoured to be unsatisfactory - The rebels in the provinces continue to be suc cessful. The silk villages are threatened. SHANGHAI, (via Trieste), April 7. Nang Chow has been retaken from the rebels. The silk districts are still in a disturbed state. E GYPT. ALEXANDRIA, (via Marseilles), May 19 . The former Tuscan consul refusing to deliver up the archives of the legation, the Sardinian , consul, accomp anied by his countrymen, went himself to summon his colleague, who thereupon gave up the archives, declaring that in so doing' he yielded to force. The Italians then traversed the streets of the city, shouting " Emmanuel for ever." Th e Sicilian subs cr ipti on h as a l r eadl amounted to 10,000 lire. The Italians demanded that Mass should be celebrated for the victims 4 i ir n h d e e p F e r n e d n ez e c , o n w s h h o t w h e e v r u u a b te ta ' u t ied fir t st he r c e a f r fl a s te ed '; consent. A demonstration then took place, to offer thanks to the consul. AMERICA. SOUTHAMPTON, May 25- The North German Lloyd steamer New Yor k ' with dates from New York to the 12th inst./ ha s arrived. She brings $280,470 for France, $ 2 0 ,0 for Hamburg, $1,250 for Bremen, but no spec ie for England; 234 passengers in all. She spok e the Fulton a few hours' sail from New York. On the 10th instant the steamer R. T. LW' New Orleans to Cincinnatti, snagged" and W ilt fifty miles below Memphis. The ship and care are a total loss. A fireman and porter and th re servants are known to be lost. The Japanese Embassy would be form: 1 01 11 Y , received by the P res id en t on Wednesdk ' its' 16th inst. The ent r y i n t o th e federal esP would be attended with all the pomp and cu_ cumstance that th e G overnm ent officials cod muster. Intelligence from Buenos Ayres was to the' 19th March, four days later than that proriouall remixed. Considerable alarm had. beet' 0404"/ by an at suppresser under am MOBIL bales. 3 CHARL 300 bale previous 4,000 bal dull. 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