Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-06-26 00:00:00

ROBERT MULLINER, (successor to Gossr it Co.), (Late with Win. orne, London), CARRIAGE AND HARNESS MINUFACTURER, 59 and 51. GREAT CHARLOTTE-STREET, LIVERPOOL, MANUFACTIIZIR. OF ZWILY DSSCIUPTION OP FASHIONABLE CARRIAGES. ote Agent for the Patent Dioraples, for which a Prize Medal was awarded at the . Gre.it Exhibition. A Great Variety of New and Fashionable CARRIAGES always on view, which are ready for nimediate use. Estimates given for repairs. CARRIAGES TAKEN IN EXCHANGE. Good standing on moderate terms. mission. Carriages sold by Corn- Merchants supplied :vith Carriages for exportation on liberal Grins. STRAWBERRIES AND CREAM, READY AT TEN O'CLOCK. I C E S. STRAWBERRY CREAM AND CHERRY WATER. AMERICAN DRINKS. MORRISH'S MERCHANTS' DINING ROOMS, LANCASTER-BUILDINGS, TIT HEBARN-STREET. tTo umerciai Din. As half-past one o'clock, at Golding and Nash's saleroom, Corn Exchange, Brunswick-street, 1,000 barrels Baltimore Flour.—John Tomlinson and. Co. . At twelve o'clock, at the brokers' office, 9, Rumford-street, 1,000 bales Gambier, and 7,502 bags Bengal Rice.—Whii.aker, Whitehead and Co. At twelve o'clock, 50 casks Seed Oil, 47 bales Jute, 81 bales Stuin Hemp, 74 bags Gum, and 14 barrels Frank;ncense.—Cox Brothers. At twelve o'clock, at the brokers' office, 10, Water-street, 3,000 bags Rio Coffee.—Hall and Jones. At twelve o'clock, at the broker's office, 2, Exchange-buildings, 154 packages Cutck.—W. W. Smith. At twelve o'clock, at the brokers' office, 11, Oldhall-street, 25 bales Hemp Tow.—Ferguson, Palen! and Co. At twelve o'clock, at the brokers' offic.., 130 bales New Zealand Flax , and 3 tons Flax Ropes.—Bigland, Sons and Jeffreys. git' For particulars see advertisement?. AIII7SEMENTS, PUBLIC MEE rr NGs, THIS DAY. Rural, Am P ZIT ft EaTltfi —Dramatic Performance-7 p.m. gammas's Guam) CIRQUE VA:it - era, Dale-street-7 p.m. FREEMASON'S HALL—Gallery of Anatomy-11 Ei.M. to 10 p.m aoTAL Coaosseux—General Entertainment-6.90 p.m. ZOOLOGICAL GsaDEars—Grand and Varied Entertainments. rtir For particulars see advertisements. za s , - FRIDAY, JUNE 26, 1857 , THE DAYS NEWS In the House of Lords last night, the bill for the suppression of obscene books and prints was read a second time, not, however, until Lord Camp bell had promised that the bill should be amended' while going through committee, so that what were obscene works should be defined. The attention of the House was drawn to the numerous evils arising out of litigation in our law courts, by Lord Brougham, who proposed the second reading of the bill, which had for its object the creation of courts of reconciliation, to which contending parties should have recourse to. The Lord Chancellor and Lord Campbell took another view of the question, and were afraid that the remedy proposed by Lord Brougham was worse than the evil, and the latter nobleman, not wishing to press it upon the attention of the House when it was evidently against it, the debate was adjourned sine In the House of Commons Mr. Lowe stated that he regretted that the state of public business would prevent him from introducing in the present session the bill for the abolition of passing tolls. There is some hope for the Established Church after all. Mr. Labouchere stated that the bill passed by the Canadian Legislature to enable the members of the Established Church to meet in Synod, and there enjoy the same privileges granted to other religions bodies, had received the Queen's sanction. By this bill the bishops will be appointed by the Synod, and not, as heretofore, by the Queen. This is a rather democratic, though very just, measure The Catholics are dead set against the bill having for its object the admissiOn of Jews into parliament. The Marquis of Blandford, on the motion that the Oaths Bill be read a third time, moved that it be read a third time that day six months. Amongst his objections to the bill was the fact that that portion of the oath which Roman Catholics are obliged to take viz., that they would not act against the Church, was not included in the oath for the admission of Jews. Mr. Drummond seconded the motion, and said that the bill could never pass a house that was un christianised. Mr. O'Donoghue, Mr. Bowyer, Mr. Deasy, and several other prominent members of the Roman Catholic Church, also protested against the bill, but the opposition was of no avail, as it passed a second reading by a vote of 291 to 168, showing a majority of 123. The result was reseived with loud cheers. At the weekly meeting of the Health Committee yesterday, the medical officer of health reported that the mortality of the borough was unusually lore, the deaths last week being fifty less than the corrected average for the previous seven years. A report from the sub-committee on the expediency of removing the public office from Cornwallis-street to Dale-street was read. The report was decidedly in its favour, and a discussion took place, the result of which was that the committee unanimously adopted the report. Land enough on the site of the public-offices will be reserved for the erection of a post-office. A report was also sub mitted to the committee, respecting the treatment of the sanitary officers of Liverpool, who went out to the Crimea by request of the government. The Dock Commitiee's weekly meeting was held yesterday. A communication was read from Mr. M`lver respecting the statements of the last weekly meeting. Mr. Alver took them as per sonal ; but Mr. Mondell denied that they were so— he only used the expressions that he made in a public sense, and he considered that he was quite justified in doing so. He did not run down the performances of the Cunard Line of Steamers ; in fact, he had from the first been foremost in ap plauding them when applause was deserved. A letter was read from a number of firms complain ing of the want of accommodation for discharging timber, and also suggesting some alterations. The home news this morning is not of the least importance. The defence of the Liverpool Town Dues, in opposition to the Mersey Conservancy Bill has not yet concluded. Mr. Hope Scott's speech seems to be a crusher. An epitome of the proceedings of the several election commitees, yesterday, will be found in another column. We to-day publish an article from the Times, on the subject of the Cotton supplies, the gist of which is, that Government can render no other aid than that of removing obstacles, after which the manufacturers of Lancashire must do the rest for themselves. It would appear from all accounts that the result of the elections at Paris are a moral blow to the Government. At Lille, Bordeaux and Lyons it is said that Opposition candidates have triumphed. The result is officially known in 226 out of 267 cases. With the exception of about six or seven, the returns may be all considered favourable to Government. A most important piece of private news, received at Vienna from Constantinople, states that the attempt of the Porte to free itself from the abnormal jurisdiction exercised in Turkey by tha European embassies, has failed, aga inst the resist. ance of the European Powers. A meeting of the Sovereigns of Austria ar_id Prussia is announced. If the Flyvepost newspaper at Copenhagen is to be believed, the Danish ultimatum has been despatched, and must already have arrived at Berlin. There is a report, requiring confirmation, of a soldier having unsuccessfully attempted the life of the King of Naples. We have a report that the Russians have met with another disastrous defeat in Circassia, by which they lost 1000 men. By the arrival of the Teutonia at Southampton, we have a few days' later news from the Brazils, but it is unimportant, politically and commer cially. The European and American screw steamer Indiana, from New York, has also arrived at Southampton. THE result of the French Elections is not yet known, but enough has already transpired to occasion some uneasiness to the Emperor, and to ruffle the smooth surface of despotism. It is only, of course, conjecturally that we can ap proach to know the real sentiments of thousands and millions of people, but if straws show how the wind blows, then broad facts may indicate what the many think. We may easily believe that no effort has been spared to induce the people to vote for the Government Candidates. All governments are naturally conservative of their own existence ; the government of the Emperor is probably no exception. Yet, what is the result in Paris, the metropolis, where government influence may be supposed to be strongest Why, that the Government Candi- dates recommended by the Emperor, and backed by local influence, have mustered no more than 110,000 votes to 95,000 given for the opposition candidates. But this is not all. There are said to be, in Paris, 350,000 electors. Adding then all the votes on both sides we have 205,000, which, substracted from 3.50,000, leave in round numbers 145,000 who have taken no share in the election. Assigning to the government 110,000 voters we find that not so many as one man in three testifies his zeal in support of the existing mode of ruling France. Less than one third of all the electors of the metropolis have recorded their suffrage in favour of the present state of things. This is not quite what was expected and must occasion anxiety in high quarters. For it will be remembered that recently the French Prefets, acting as the instru ments of higher authority, made it distinctly to be understood that satisfaction or dissatisfac tion with the present dynasty was the quession to be answered at the ballot box. The answer is equivocal but hardly satisfactory—nearly one third saying " yes," nearly another third saying "no," and the remainder, more than a third, giving no answer, taking no part in the matter. Perhaps we should not be far wrong if we said that two thirds of the Parisian electors are unfavourable to the present mode of conducting things in France. And this is a result of universal suffrage and the ballot. No doubt, in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred, the government candidates will be re turned. This is quite a matter of course. But the majority may often be slender, and the minority powerful and increasing. It has often been said that Paris is France; and if the metro polis is a sample of the whole country in this election it looks rather omenous. So astute and sagacious a person as the present ruler of the French cannot fail to put the natural interpreta tion upon the facts. They are not very reassur ing. Among the opposition candidates three eminent Republicans are reported as returned— CAVAIGNAC, CARNOT. and GOUDCHAUX. These are determined antagonists of the empire. More over they are still members of that National Assembly which broke up under protest on the well known 2nd of December, but is yet undis solved. It is doubtful if those three men will take their seats, and the oath, and yet more doubtful if they could effect anything suppose they were to enter the Legislative Chamber. But these things, slight as they are, indicate the direction which political feeling is taking in France. The Republicans have not yet decided what course to adopt in reference to the oath of fidelity to the empire—and when Cavaignai was asked definitely what he would do in this case he requested time to consult and consider the answer. It is not easy to say what is most expedient and right in this matter. The rule of the Emperor has certainly secured internal repose to France, with a great develop ment of material prosperity. Now despotism is better than anarchy. It was the unfortunate feuds, dissensions, factions, and rivalries, that gave Lours NAPOLEON the best pretext for dis persing the National Assembly by force. If moderate and enlightened patriotism had ani mated that Assembly it might have been existing now. It broke up into innumerable angry fac tions, and was put out of doors by one man. The one man has ruled firmly, sternly, with an iron rule, which, however, has been constant, and in that constancy is tolerated by the middle classes because it gives them a guarantee against anarchy. CAVAIGNAC and others, by entering the Chambers, if they can do so conscientiously, might get the thin edge of the wedge inserted, and thus begin a more hopeful state of things, and bring back some portion of constitutional government. But this seems at present very remote. A government resting on half a million of bayonets is not easily subverted. And little is to be hoped from violent revolutions at the best. Moral victories alone are permanent. The gradual and progressive improvement of the THE NORTHERN TIMES.-LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY, JUNE 26. 1857. whole people is the only safe path to improved institutions. It seems most unlikely that the present con dition of things should continue in France. Yet how the change is to come no human wisdom can divine. The Emperor has no constitutional bulwarks around him ; there is no safety valve to let out popular discontent, or inform him of the real wishes of the people he rules. Here is the greatest danger There is representation of the people but only by the Emperor. The Corps Legislatif is the creature of one will ; ditto the Senate with its pay and paraphernalia. Should any sudden event cut short the life of the Emperor we should despair of seeing a NAPOLEON IV., and we should tremble to think of France thrown again into the cauldron of revolution. Yet this must be regarded as a possibility. France is not finally constituted. As there are few or no constitutional guarantees and connect ing links between himself and his people, his throne, in spite of the spy system, may be under mined without his being made aware of it. And no one should know better than he, that what was gained by one revolution may be lost by another. THE Council have granted the Water Com- mittee a respite till August, but, in the mean time, the inhabitants of this great !town are doomed to drink a mixed water which, in many instances, is truly abominible. True, we believe that the doctoring and drugging with the Pike rubblsh is not carried on to the same extent as it was. In place of seven-twelfths of Pike, and five of well, the decoction now consists of only one-third Pike, and two-thirds well water ; at least that was the Chairman's statement. Just enough of the wash to destroy all the good and brilliant qualities of our unequalled well water. But why, we ask the Water Corthnittee, should this be, with abundance of. pure'-.spring water at their disposal ? Why, in the name of all that is sacred, just, and merciful, should they still continue perversely to persist in contami nating our pure well water with any admixture whatever of the rotten bog wash from Rivington.. We have no wish to re-open old sores, no desire ,o embarrass the Water Committee, or further to excite the indignation of the inhabitants against proceedings which admit of no palliation whatever. The wells have been proved capable of supplying forty-four million gallons of water per week, a yield which might be increased, at a trifling cost, to upwards of fifty millions, and that, too, within a fortnight. This, as we have over and over again stated, will be equi valent to upwards of twenty gallons to every inhabitant of Liverpool, men women, and children. We all know that this is far more than can be legitimately used by the ratepayers or their families ; and we here repeat the question we have often put before without receiving any answer—" What becomes of this enormous quantity of pure spring water ?" One thing is certain, the people do not receive it. The manipulators of our water supply ought to be honest—be, in fact, open and aboveboard. With the dog days upon us—the thermometer ragning from 80 to 100 degrees, we must have no more tampering and juggling by a parcel of emperical officials, who, to promote selfish objects, keep all their proeeedings in the dark, and make a mystery of the simplest subject in creation. No, no. The poor thirsty sons of toil are not to be longer compelled to drink a hot and unwholesome compound, called water, to please the caprice of a few scheming jobbers. We repeat, we have abundance of pure, cool, and pellucid spring water—the greatest luxury and blessing that our reeking, teeming thousands could at present enjoy. But this, the choicest gift heaven ever conferred on an aggregation of humanity, is adulterated and poisoned by some few unprin cipled Aventurers, who have no object to serve but their 'own selfish interests. And we do trust that the Water Committee will yet have the honesty—the moral courage—to emancipate themselves, even at the eleventh hour, from the mass of corruption, secrecy, and juggling trickery which has been hitherto perpetrated upon them by their own servants. Such a piece of reckless and brazen imposition must meet the condign punishment it merits—if not at the hands of the 'Water Committee, then the people of Liverpool must speak out in a manner which shall not lie misunderstood. We are no advocates of Lynch law—far from it : but if ever an organised body deserved summary punish ment at the hands of a grossly outraged people, it is the water jobbers—men who stint the poor of their water, and who conspire to pollute the pure springs which the people of Liverpool have enjoyed for the last century. The poor man cannot get a patent filter, neither can he enjoy the luxury of Wenham Lake ice ; nor can he swallow the rotten stuff which in many parts of the town is the only water beverage which he can procure. Hence he is driven by dire necessity to the public-house, or beer-house. It is notorious that since the introduction of the Pike water into Liverpool, drinking has increased to an incredible extent. Nor is this unfortunate propensity confined to the mere working classes. Ask any of our hotel and restaurant keepers, and they will prove that hundreds—we may say, thousands—who were formerly water-drinkers, now indulge in beer or spirits to qualify the Pike decoction. On this point there can be no doubt. In conclusion, we do hope that the Water Committee will• act as men ought to do who hare the interests of this great community at heart, on such a vital question as the supply of water ; and if their own servants persist in throwing impediments, as they have hitherto done, in their way of doingwhat is right, let them be superseded, and their positions occupied by honest men. That is the proper—the only course to be pursued at present. THE DEFICIENT SUPPLY OF COTTON. CIMAITINICATED. The importance of an additional supply of Cotton is becoming one of the leading topics of the day. The manufacturers of Lancashire are now agitating this question, not only in public meetings in Maticliester s : Liverpool, and other towns, but have appealed to Parliament to come and help them, calling on Government to develop a new system of transit, a new tenure of and, and an improved method of irrigation in [ndia, as the panacea in this crisis of deficient supply, to which it is self-evident we are approaching with too rapid strides. The Cotton ',crop of America for the year ending the Ist September, 1856, was over 3,500,000 bales, ,the largest estimates of the crop to be received at the American ports for the year ending the Ist September, 1857, are 2,900,000, or probably 50,000 more : in plain figures, a total difference in supply for this year of 600,000 bales. At the close of 1856, our stock of American Cotton in Liverpool (after receiving the largest crop ever grown in the United States) was reduced to 173,000 bales, and of all kinds to 281,000 bales, being, as Mr. ASPINALL TURNER states in his speech in the House of Commons, a supply of only eight weeks' consumption for the whole of Great Britain. It may well excite alarm on the part of Man chester at the prospect presented by these figures ; for not only will the stock, on the 31st December next, to a moral certainty, exhibit a great reduction from the very small stock of 1856, but the accounts from America from the most truthful and respectable sources assure us, that the Prospects of the growing crop are gloomy in the extreme ; that the plant is a month or six weeks later than that of last season, and that nothing short of uninterrupted fine weather, and a late fall, can insure us even an average crop For the coming season. Hence it is, we are called on to regard this question as a " national" one. Hence it is, the ordinary laws of supply and demand are to be invaded. The " Slavery" cry, which was never raised while America could grow three millions and a quarter up to three millions and a half of bales, is now put forward as a reason why we should make ourselves " independent of America ;" and our consciences are pricked on a question of philanthropy, now that there are six hundred thousands of bales less to b e gathere involving, as this must do, less labour for the dusky sons of Africa. The system of slavery is one which we all deplore, and this allusion to all its sorrows and wrongs would have told with more effect from what is called the " Manchester school," had it been ventilated at any other period than a short crop year, now the pseudo philanthropists of the manufacturing districts render themselves liable to have their motives, shall I say, misconstrued into its being a mere pocket question ? The whole argument resolves itself, however, into a question of price. When ever there is a large crop in America, the cotton now so humbly sought to be produced in India, is allowed to remain almost nnsaleable, and few are the merchants who have not some sorrowful recollections of "those Surats," which, while they swell the aggregate of stock here, and are, therefore, useful to depress the value of American qualities, are nearly abandoned by the spinners in ordinary years, except at a price which affords no remuneration or encouragement to the importer, and can it be wondered at that Mr. MANGLES should assert, from his place in the House of Commons, that India cannot, and will not, grow Cotton on such terms. If the agitation of this question were to be the means of stimulating an increased growth in India, at a time when we had the promise of a bountiful American crop, we should be met with precisely the same indifference ; and sad would be the fate of the merchant or importer who would have then to rely on the generosity of the consumers, were he to carry out their wishes for an "increased supply from India." His Surats would numerically tell as dead weight, and we should hear no more of " slavery," " new roads," irrigation," or of " the claims of British India on a paternal government." Let us not be misled by misconceptions in this business, or endorse fallacies because Manchester utters them. Parliament can do just nothing; and I venture to predict that not one bale of Cotton more will be produced, for another year at least, by all the, agitation of Parliamentary speeches. If Manchester be in earnest, let her take the burthen b'erself. She is rich enough. Rich at the cost of many a Liverpool Cotton importer. Let her form a League Fund, and guarantee to give a fair remunerating price for every pound of Cotton of a certain standard quality and cleanliness, produced in India, and imported here. If they will interfere with the inexorable laws of supply and demand, let it be done by private and united enterprise. They may seek, and will seek in vain, for exoteric aid, in such a case as this; their remedy is not in Parliamentary committees or blue books, and Government will do well to indorse the free trade doctrines formerly enunciated in Man chester. "All we ask," they used to say, "is a fair field, and no favour," and " that Govern ment will let us alone." How the mighty are fallen ! Oua COTTON StrpLT.—The discussions on the great question of our Cotton Supply, if they have brought one or two points of the case more decidedly into controversy than befors, have placed others beyond any reasonable doubt. There c n be no uncertainty about the reality or urgency of the crisis itself. True it is, that through what has now been a long series of years, we have invariably found supplies forthcoming from the United States, without any of those interrupt ons which might be theoretically conceived. True it is, also, that notwithstan ling the astonishing increase of the demand, the supply has hitherto kept pace with it, and our manufacturers have, as a matter of fact, been pretty well provided with the raw material which they required. But it is also true that to make both ends meet is gradually growing more and more a matter of difficulty, that scare;ty is felt even now, and that the Americans themselves have expresoad apprehensions as to their continued powers of production at the rate of increase prevailing. Another point established is, that India can undoubtedly supply all the cotton which our increased consumption may render necessary, and of any quality desirable. Mr. J. B. Smith, who opened the debate on Tuesday, related an instance in which Indian-grown cotton had been sold in Manchester at bid per lb., the ordinary value of native produce being 3id., and Mr. Turner, who followed hien, added the weight of his personal autho ri yin confirmation of the general proposition. The cotton of India, in its original character, though not so good as might be produced by skilful proceedings, is by no means of a bad staple, its principal blemishes being caused by removable drawbacks attending its picking and card ige. As to the capacity of the country for productions there were not two opinions. Mr. Mangles himself—the representative of the East India Company—said, that under certain conditions, India " could supply all the cotton that this country would require ; " in fact, that there wet " hardly any amount " which our manufacturers might not obtain from that source, if they were to-set about the work in a proper manner. This being the case, and it being admitted, both that it is highly expedient to provide for a demand so rapidly on the increase, and that India, from the circumstances of its territory and population, offers the hest means of effecting the provision, why Is a result thus shown to be both desirable and prac ticable not brought to pass, or, at any rate, pat into pro mise:ie. train? Here lies the critical point of the case. Why does not India export more cotton, and how can it be enabled to do so? We need not include in the argument the calls of the home con sumption. No doubt, the Ilindoos absorb a large portion of the cotton crop themselves, though it is by no means sure, as Lord Steal ey sug. gested, that they might not be clad more cheaply with English calicoes even after all the cost of carriage backwards and forwards. But this consideration is of no moment whatever, for it is perfectly certain that the capabilities of the country in this respect are boundless— indeed, in a single province of Bombay there is uncultivated land of extant and quality sufficient to yield mill on; of bales every season. Why then, are such crops not reared ? There was some force in the argument of Mr. Mangles, that the requisition for Indian cotton was rather a casualty than a certainty, and that a permanent supply could hardly be expected where there was no permanency in the demand. If the function a-signed to India in cotton-growing is merely to fill up a possible gap, it is not likely thAt the production of the article would be pushed with much vigour. Bat here it must be remarked that, according to our present prospects, the question seems no longer con fined to the insurance of a given supply. Looking at the probable de mend for our manufactures, there would scarcely be any limits to our want of raw material, and, if millions after millions are to be clothed from our looms, market after market must be opened to us for cotton. Admitting that the Americans may command the first purchasers, there will bs plenty more for the Hindoos if the quality of the produce is brit satsfactory, If, then, this quality is attainable, why is not the problem solved, and the long-desired tragic established ? Taking the objections on one side and the answers on the other, the expostula tions of the Manchester spinners, and the replies of the Indian autho rities, we find the gist of the whole case to be somewhat as follows: The production of cotton on a large and efficient scale requires —like all such enterprises—a greater investment of capital and energy than are at the command of the Hindoo. It is not simply money which is wanted, but vigour. If Manchester agents would go out with full purses and European ideas, tho country is broad enough and populous enough to furnish all that is required besides. So argued Mr. Mangles, and with perfect reason, as far as the mere facts went. The tables, however, appear turned upon the company, when we come to inquire why Englishmen do not embark in this as they would in any other speculation of promise ; for we are then told that the administration of India is such that no man accustomed to free government will live under it. Excluding the great capitals of the Presidencies, there are actually only 317 British subjects in ladle, independent of the com pany's service. This service represents a caste as complete and as privileged as that of the Brahmins themselves, and Englishmen are naturally 'not much disposed to be treated as outsiders. But can this be effectually remedied? It cannot be forgotten that the government of India, though doubtless bound to consult the requirements of the British markets, is also charged with the administration of an enor- mous empire, and that, even if half the population of England were to migrate to the Deccan, their numbers would be lost in the native millions around them. Thes3 millions, too, are so touchy and sensi tive on particular points of faith or custom, that the most harmless proceeding, as we have reeently seen, may be interpreted into an alarming grievance. Fairly enough may it b 3 argued, that the ineti tutions of such a country are not to be easily adapted to English notions of freedom. Whether the tenure of the land offers any rea 1 obstacle to agriculture activity over and above those arising from the traditional ideas of the population, it may not be easy to say, but there was certainly one point on which all parties were more or less agreed. Mr. Mangles acknowledged that "roads" had something to do with the price of cotton, and Mr. Turner de cribed the damage which the material suffered in its conveyance to the coast. Dr. Buist, as our readers will have observed, goes more directly to the point, and comprehensively asserts that, "were the valley of Berar connected with Bombay by railway, Liverpool could get all the cotton she wants for 2ld a-pound, all land and sea charges included." Now, this point, at any rate, need involve little controversy. There may be a question between English and American systems of construction ; but itis clear that facility of transport is the great thing needed. "At the rates which now existed upon the Madras railway," said Mr. Mangles, " one pound of cotton might be conveyed 450 miles for 3-sths of a farthing," and he thought the file - , ought to satisfy the Lancashire remonstrauts. No doubt it does, but over how many mile , can cotton thus be carried' At the same time, although there can be no disguise about the obliga tions of the Indian Government in this respect, we think the authori ties of the company may fairly ask for some issue rather more definite than has yet been raised. What is it, specifically, that they are re quired to dot Mr. Mangles detected the weak: point in the Manches ter case when he recommended his opponents to put their own shoulders to the wheel, instead of calling upon the company. Cer tainly we have no wish to see an artificial cultivation established in I n dia by any system of bounties or protection against the natural laws of trade. If a supply of cotton cannot be created by the fair operation of demand, it can never be successfully msintalned by Government intervention. The authorities, however, may remove obstacles, and this species of aid is all the more indispensable in India, where nothing can be done without Government concurrence, They can, at least, p emote cultivation by public works ; they can hasten the execution of railways, and they can take care that no impediment shall be found between a fair field for the husbandman at one end and an accessible port for shipment at the other. After these conditions have been satisfied—and they ought not to be very embarrassing— the manufacturers of Lancashire must do the rest for themselves. —Times. NEW ANTI-COLLISION SAFETY LAME'. Some scientific and practical gentlemen had, yesterday, an oppor tunity of ins, ecting and examining in detail, a new lamp called bythe above name, invented and patented by Mr. C. Symonds, of Crooked lane, Custom-house. As everything pertaining to eheps is of an inte resting character, a few words respecting this simple and most effective (for all valuable machines are simp's) invention, will be fo'und worthy of attention. When a practical man, with • scientific mind, turns his attention to improvements--improvements suggested by experience, which shows him there is something in his peculiar pro fession wanting, then it may be hoped that a beneficial result will follow the experimente,which must neeeesarily be made to arrive at a correct data. It is well known—it leis been proved over and over— that the majority of collisions, and consequent losses that take place, between vessels, arise from in - me:feet light ; or, if not from that pecu liar want, from a want of the true position of the vessels, which a true light would indicate, and thelsOfore prevent collision. It is needle.s to refer to the many instances of the above sort that we have had to record from time to time, The point, therefore is, to do something calcUlated to prevent a. recurrence of calamities affecting both life and property. Mr. Symonds, a practica l seaman for years, seeing the necessity that existed for something in this way, bestowed much atten tion on the mattee , and, after much labour, he has produced a lamp which he calls e.e above ; and, if anything approximates to perfection in the line, this lamp may be said to be that apparatus. Collisions at sea and in tae Channel most frequently happen, in consequence of the difficulty there is in vessels making out their positions, or the direction in which each is proceeding. To obviate this, the lamp is fixed on the bowsprit of the vessel, by an ingenious iron frame, which acts as a sort of axis, upon which the lamp turns at the touch of any one, until put in the position required, when it is mode fast with a screw. It has four sides, with powerfully magnifying lenses—red, green, white, and blue. There is a lamp inside with great reflectors, but when the exterior is turned round, the reflectors are so arranged that the lamp only points to one colour, the reflector, adding lustre to the lens where the point reflects, conceaeng all tee ethers. The mechanism is beautiful and simple, at the same time most effective. The great value of the whole lies in this—when the red reflector appears the vessel is on the star. board tack, and is to remain so until the light is changed to green, when she is on the port tack. When a pure white light is shown, the ship is running free before the wind ; and the exhibition of the blue is a signal of distress, and for a pilot. We saw the lamp examined in every way ; and to sea-going vessels, as well as channel, river, and other steamers, it appears invaluable, and calculated to prevent colli sions—indeed, if properly used, it would be almost impossible that any collision could take place. One of the Government officials, who in spected the lamp yesterday, expressed himself in high admiration of its value • and his testimony is the more valuable, as he is a practical man of great experience. He said he would have it brought under the notice of the Admiralty and Board of Trade ; and sure we are, that, before the end of the next six months, there will not b 3 a ship afloat that will not have one of these indispensable lamps hanging at he. bowsprit. The lamp is applicable to 'railway' as well as ships, TELEGRAPHIC NEWS. [By British and Irish Magnetic Telegraph.] FRANCE. PARIS, THURSDAY. The Emperor left Paris this morning. He will remain a day at Chalons, to ii:spect the preparations for the camp, and then start for Plombiers, where he will remain to the end of July. Subsequently he will join the Empress, at Biarritz, when their Majesties will visit :Queen Victoria, at Osborne. The Three per Cents closed to-day at 68f. 45c, THE EAST. A despatch dated Thursday, June 25, has been received, but the intelligence is not of a very authentic character. The Porte, it is said, has demanded explanations from Lord Redeliffe respecting the occupation by the English of the Island of Periur, in the Red Sea. Another Circassian victory is reported, in which 1,000 Russians were killed. The Cireassiaus who assassinated General Tokonoff had succeeded in making their (scape. THE BRAZILS. The steamer Teutonia, belonging to the Hamburg line, has arrived at Southampton, from Rio. The Teuto nia's dates are only two days later than Teviot's, and she consequently brings no news. She left Bahia May 23, and Pernambuco 26th. At Pernambuco there was but little change in the markets. White sugar in better demand, at advancing prices. The Teutonia broke one of the fans of her screw on the Ist of Juae, and will have to go into dock before proceeding to Hamburg. On the voyage spoke barque Duke of Roxburgh. A correspondent at Pernambuco writes as follows on the 26th:—Since we last addressed you by the Teviot on the 22d inst. very little change has taken place in our market. White Sugars, however, are in better demand, and prices tend upwards, about 200 reis per arroba. No stock of Muscovado left for sale. The Dante, from St. John's Newfoundland, came up this morning with a cargo of codfish. Exchange.- 9 7i at 66 days sight. Nothing done since he Teviot sailed. Freights.—A vessel has been engaged for the Mediter ranean at 56 , s and.,s per cent. Two Austrian and two American ships of war were at Madeira on the 16th inst. LIVE: :RPOOL DOCKS. 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Yesterday, two "Crimean heroes," in the persons of Sergeant Brunell, late of the 46th Regiment, who had his left leg shot off at Sebastopol, and private John Mitchell, of the 68th Regiment, who had his left arm knocked off at the same place, were presented with the French war medal on the flags of the Exchange, Therewas an ovation —such as it was—on the occasion ; and although it was generally con sidered an interesting farce, and loudly spoken of as such, we don't coincide exactly in that opinion. No doubt much of the proceedings partook of the ludicrous, and provoked a good deal of laughter ; but we don't sae why Sergeant Brunell, and private Jolan Mitchell, should not be glorified as well as men who, by the accident of birth and for_ tune, happen, in the world's eye, to be placed above them in position. It was such men as Sergeant Brunell and private Mitchell that won the fights at Alma and Iniserman—it was such men who worked in the trenches, and ultimately took Sebastopol ; and if, in addition to the medals, a few sovereigns had been added, much as they prized Ike medals, the latter would be an agreeable sort of garnishing to the ribbons from which the honours were suspended. It is, no doubt, a proud thing to wear a medal ; but the bauble hanging over an empty stomach is not exactly the "cheese.' It was not presumed that Messrs. Brunell and Mitchell had empty stomachs, although we could a tale unfold, that would lead to the conclusion that they had very dry ones. But that's nothing neither way—they were " honoured ;" and, to do them honour, the pensioners' corps, band and all, assembled on the Exchange flags before twelve o'clock, yesterday, and formed a square of two deep, in the centre of which were Colonel Bell, the field inspector; Lieut.-Colonel Rogers; Captains Faulkner and Ria with a body of gentlemen, called the " Liverpool Drill Club." The windows of the Town-hall, looking out on the flags, were fall of ladies and gentlemen, including the Mayor, although his worship declared, half-an-hour before the presentation, that he knew nothing at all about the affair. The windows of the Exchange-square were also fall of people, who were collected by the sound of the drum . When the preliminary arrangements were complete, Colonel Bell, in a short, disconnected, but tolerably appropriate address, presented the medals to both the heroes. These medals, he said, were sent by his Majesty, the Emperor of France, to brava men ; and, after the honour of the medals conferred by the Queen, these were the greatest honours that could be ccnferred on a British soldier. He alluded to the bravery of the British troops, and said no one knew the hardships they had gorse through in the Crimea —nobody knew what happened there—no, rot even the Times reporter. (Rear, and laughter.) But English soldiers only fought for victory, and they were successful. (Loud cheers.) He regretted he was not an orator ; he was a better soldier (no doubt of it), and he knew what had been done, for he share i in it with his comrades—(load cheers)—and therefore he could i appreciate his gallant friends in arms. (Renewed cheers.) After paying hanasome personal compliments to both men, and wishing them long life and health to wear the honours conferred on them by his Msiesty 'he Emperor of France, he decorated both with the medals, and shook h-mds most cordially with each of the brave fellows, amid loud cheering. Mr. Mitchell stepped forward and briefly returned thanks, amidst enthusiastic applause. He then called for three cheers for the Queen, which was heartily responded to, and then three for the Emperor of France, which was duly answered, and soon after the flags were cleared. The medals are hard , ome, and bear the likeness of his Majesty on one side, and a scroll on the other, with " Reward of bravery." r._There was a large body of police present, bet for what reason it did not exactly appear.