Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-12-08 00:00:00

golitnercht-,aatts.-117b6 al 1). At twAve o'clock, at th, broker's o9ice, 2. DWie-street, a quantity of Coir Yarn, Fibre, and Hemp.—Browns, Hunter and Co At twelve o'c'ock, a' the brokers' office, 16, Exchange-buildings, 10 0 tons American Oilcake.—J. H. Rayner and Co. At twelve o'clock, at the brokers' office, 9, Temple-court, a quantity of Fruit. —Houghton and Levy. ♦t twelve• o'clock, 93 bales Jute.—Cot Brothers. At twelve o'clock, at the broker' office, 1, Oldhall•strect 100 bags Bengal Rice.—N. Waterhouse and Sons. At twelve o'clock, at the brokers' saleroom, 18, .Chapel-street, 93,00 Coquilons.—DanielC. Bach ria.:l and Co. At twelve o'cloc':, at the brokers' office, 1,428 Sides American Tanned Leather.—John au Samu.lß:ckwith. At twelve o'eloct, at the brokers' office, 27, Tithebarn-street, a quantity of Leather and Hida Cattings.—lsaac Hadwen, j an., and Co. At one o'clock, at the Comoner, ial Saleroom, Temple-curt, a quantity of Frait.— Maher and Firth. 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In•the iI3IISO of Lords last night, Earl Granville denied --some of the statements made• by Lord Derby , on Friday night, respecting the stlzte of afFairs •in India, and the Lord Chaucellor read a message from. Hoc Majesty, recommending a pension of £l,OOO a year to General li97elock. some short discussion oce,urred, on it being moved`. by the Earl of Ellenbrrough, that returns respecting the press in India, should be furnished to the House. -Lord Ellenborough, while a4l.lnitting the trecessity of keeping a strict watch upoa the Press of India, thought that the act under which the recent censorship waa carried out =was of a most injurious chAracter to the people at large. After same remarks feora various Peers, the motion was agreed to. In the 1.101.139 of Commons, Lord Palmerston stated that the treatment of the Engineers impri soned at Cagliari, had been rather severe, but now there was nothing to be complained of. Lord Palmerston, in answer to M. Connynghem, said — all that could be now done in this matter was to secure the accused a fair, .ope , and• speedy trial, and the use of the best legal advice. The Bank Issue Indemnity Bill, after some discussion, passed a second reading. A short despatch from India has just reached us. It .is no:: of much importance, however. There had been some severe fighting, and it is reported that Sir George Outram had been severely wounded. In the House of Commons, last night, Lord Palmerstone stated that ho was of opinion that this despatch, which was received by a private source, and not by the regular mail, was merely a reiteration of former news. The report of the Cit3ster Assizes yesterday, which we publish in another column, shows that the person charged with therost-office robberies at:Ehlienheadi had been convicted. Sentence was deferred. The Bramhail murder case will come on to .day-. Yesterday, Aaron Miller was ;mind guilty of the murder of his wife, Anh at Bolton. on the Ist of October last. The condemned and the deceased had been married for about five years ; recently they began to quar::el, an.! the result was that the woman went florae to her mother, and left the prisoner. Some time after the latter went to his wife and prevailed upon her to leave the house with him, and aiterwarCs, in the open street, he pulled out a knife and cut her throat. The prisoner was sentenced to be-executed. John Peokavance was found guilty, at the Aszizes yesterday, of a garrotte,robbery in Elliot street, Liv, , rpool, and sentenced to five years' penal .servitude. The. Quarter Sessions were opened yestxday, and in the course of his charge to the Grand Jury, the Recorder staled that the maj'rity of the pri soners were women, " so that the degradation of the sex In this town has reached such a pitch, that the mejor part of one felons are Indy to be women" The ,Durial Board hell their weekly meeting yesterday, at which several reports were read. We would refer our readers to an ample report of the prozeedi.ngs which we publish in another column. - Mr. MilcierGi.bson has been delivering an era - tion at Ashton-under-Ly - ie, in which he states.his views on India, Reform, and other questions, with which .oar•readers are already in possession of.— _ _ _ Mr. SE : rikant Slice, who sat on the Conservative side of the,Hause of Commons when a member •of Parliament, has issued an. address to the same constituency, „which has very mush the appearance of a Radical. manifesto He wants church rates to be tr,ttie.4;the franehis.) to be extended, and even 5 - voltld go for the ballot if there was a large exten sion of votes.- The representation of Thetforl has' been rendered-,vacant by the retirement of the Hon. F. Baring, and that gentleman's son, Mr. A. Baring, has issued an'address of a very vague and unmeaning character. The Baring fuguence is said to be all-powerful in the borough. The National Balance-sheet for the year 'ended the 30;.11 oZ Septembzr last,- - was issued yesterday. The gross income wa5.471,1.78,602., and the expen diture was legs than,that amount by a sum of £484.330. The army.and navy took upwards of, £25,000,000; and the Persian expedition is set down as havinvost_49oo4ooo. Owing to a reduction in wages, occasioned by the .prevailing dullness of trade, some thous , inds of the colliers of thedistriet of Aberdare have entered upon a strike. They •he.Ve passed resolutions ,declaring that they will not accept the reduced .-wages ; that they will not anew the men employed --to look after the pumping and ventilation under ground to do their work; and that they will -clot pay the shopkeepers the accounts they now owe them. Serious disturbances are apprehended. Of Forei g n news, there is nothing impo r ta n t to-day. The lowering, en Saturday, of the discount by the Bank of France-to six, seven, and eight per cent.. respectively, for thirty, sixty, and ninety drys' bills, i~ considered by a portion of the commercial publicin Paris as ill-judged and premature. It is trne that Franca has hitherto experienced less of the evil effects of the preient pressure than other of the European countries, whose comaiterce and industry have acquired a higher degree of develop ment. We have, however, not yet seen the end of it; and the pressure may return to France, the in: dustry of which is of a nature to suffer more from the secondary than from the prim iry effects of the decrease of floating capital in Europe. There is certainly no more .effective cure of the evil than to maintain a high rate of interest for a considerable period, as that encourages everybody to accumulate capital. The submarine Telegraph in the Mediterranean Sea is now completed beteen Cagliari and Cerfu, Malta being the intermediate station. Correspondence from Vienna says that Austria flatters itself that the Union of the Principalities will not be accomplished. WE regret as bitterly as any of our readers the alarming nationd necessity which compels us to THE NORTHERN TIMES.---LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1857. devote so much time and space to any single sub ject, but the commercial crisis into which we have been plunged is of too great a magnitude to be overlooked even for a day. We must, therefore, and however reluctantly, give it precedence of all other questions. The contemptible assertions put forward daily, by the London hireling Press, demand instant refutation. The millions who do not read the metropolitan papers, and who know nothing of Currency—the real cause of the suffer ings and dangers to which they are exposed— need instruction, while the political poison which taints our money-laws calls for the immediate dissemmination of an antidote. The real interest of commerce, and all else that belongs to our social existence, also demand the utmost vigilance and unflinching attention of those journals which are immediately connected with the great seats of productive tabour and trade. We scarcely need any more cogent apology for the constancy with which we apply ourselves to the great panic question, to the exclusion of other matters which are better suited to the taste of the goneral reader. The nation has waited patiently for the meeting of Parliament. When that event took place, they were in hopes that the ten per cent. discount would be removed, and that some mea sure of practical relief, both for the present and future of trade, would have been brought far ward. Instead of this, the Government propose and carry' a Bill of Indemnity, to protect a dozen or so of Bank Directors, and to allow them to issue an extra supply of notes for a period of twenty-eight days from the meeting of Parliament! Here we have a self-evident admission that an expansion of our paper currency is the one thing needful. And yet the Bank's privilege to supply the wants of The people—we need say no more of trade and commerce—is limited to eight-and twenty days, when we are to return to those very limits which have produced the dangers which now beset us on every side. Another currency ~ c ommittee has been pro posed, it •is true, but this is merely a paltry evasion of ithe momentous question—how are the people :to be employed to keep them from starvation ? It the Legislature will solve this problem without delay, they may leave traders and merchants of every degree to shift for them selves. It is mere shuffing to tell the hungry masses €` that the speculative importer—the reckless exporter—dishonest competition— inflated credit—imprudent banking—and all " this, that, and the other," are the cause of this distress. Want is now written in the faces of the multitude, and it was to provide for tins want, and guard against its perils—and not class or commercial relief, that Parliament was called together. We have been for nearly forty years discussing and inquiring into money—the merits of metallic currencies—time functions and sta bility of bank-notes--the virtues of gal tender —the sophistry of cash payments—the restriction of certain species of credit, and the suppression of all others—and though last, not least, the doctrine of convertibility, which is to secure the depositors in banks, as well as the holders of notes, payment in gold on demand. On all these subjects educated Englislm-m are as well informed and eloquent as .the heatheias of antiquity were in their mythology. Bat what has' it all led to ? What have been the prat tical results of the Legislation, which date from this' inexhaustable stock of knowledge ? Mr. DisRAELI protests against oar looking back to 1819, when WILLIAM Prir's policy had been trampled under foot by Shylocks and money jobbers, or to 1825—" this phantom of ancient distress constantly raised in our debates," because we then had a usury law, which prevented Bank Directors from charging more than five per cent . discount. Lord JOHN RUSSULL speaks on thi s subject like a man struggling against the density of a London fog, while the Chancellor of the EK - chequer seeks for indemnity and pro crastination. But all this time the national misery is spread ing apace. Friday next is the earliest day on 'Which Sir C. LEWIS could bring forward his motion for a committee to inquire into our cur rency system. This farce will lead to a debate which may occupy another week. Then we shall have a strul-gle, headed by Mr. DISRAELI, to defeat the Government motion, and what will follow it is quite impossible to say. Still onward rush the waves of national distress. The com mercial devastation of another fortnight will remain, to be added to the irretrievable ruin which has overtaken some of the greatest com mercial establishments the world has ever pro duced. Our Joint-Stock Banks, which have already been denounced by Lard O VERSToNE in the House of L'Ords, and without a word of reproof, may go on " crumbling into atoms,' , under the pressure of a ten per cent. rate of discount. These are the prospects, and there is no use in attempting to deny them, with which we have to face Old England's merry Christmas of 1857. 'The Whigs will do nothing to alter our present money-laws, as we have long since stated ; and what crotchets the Tories will pro- Pose cannot be kno ;vn for ten days or a fortnight at least. This, however, is something for mer cantile men to know. What the Bank of &gland will attempt iu the meantime no one can tell; but any change they may make in the minimum rate of discount, short of a reduction of 5 per cent., which would only be justified, according to law, by an accumulation of bullion which cannot in reason be anticipated, will be purely political, or " nominal," as it is more cunningly called. The Bank of England very rarely discounts comulercial paper when the rate of interest exceeds 5 per cent. When it rises above this point advances are made chiefly on "securities." • And, therefore, any reduction which would be att.& likely to give relief to the country under ellsting circumstances, would bring little or no more money into trade. The .actual rate merchants and manufacturers would then have to pay would be 7 and 8 per cent.—the famine figures of 1847. The meeting of Parliament has enabled us to see our way thus far, as regards the discount market. But what is to become of our Joint-Stock Banks, with their depositors, shareholders, and the large trading circles who are mainly depending on them for money ? If they are to be left at the mercy of a machine which can " crumble them into atoms in twenty-four hours," the sooner Whig or Tory statesmen let the public know the fact the better it will b for the Imperial revenue and general safety of society. They represent, directly and indirectly, a capital of 200,000,0001., which is at present floating in the shape of commercial bills of exchange ; and to crumble this large amount of capital into atoms, would be to reduce the solvency of the British Empire to impalpable dust. Lord OVERSTONE sees this clearly enough, although Lord DERBY, Lord Jons RUSSELL, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. GLYNN, and Mr. DISRAELI seem to have forgotten it altogether. Of this, however, our readers may rest assured, that nothing but a stringent usury law can save our Joint-Stock Banking system ; and that we have not a man in Parliament who will grapple with the difficul ties of the times comprehensively, and convert our oppressive fiscal burdens into a source of happiness and wealth to the great masses of the people, by making taxation the basis of a paper currency, which would discharge the functions of gold at the working-man's pay-table, and in the other domestic transactions of the trader. Thus far, we repeat, we can see, but no further. THE commercial disasters, which have been the order of the day, consequent upon the pecu liar and unfavourable state of the Money Market, and the monopoly enjoyed by the Bank of England, as well as the progress of the mutiny in India, have caused the people of the United King dom, to bestow less attentiort upon Continental matters than they are wont to do, particularly those [farts of it, where despotism, police espionage, and military tyranny, are the moving elements of hard-hearted and illiberal-minded sovereigns. Naples is one of those countries. We have often had occasion to protest against her tyranny and illiberalty, not only toward her own subjects, but to our fellow countrymen and countrywomen. The security of a kingdom, rests not in the harsh, severe, and impressive character of its law. No people are more obedient and loyal, none are more industrious, sober, and well conducted, than those who enjoy liberty of speech, and power to comment -I,_, government prosecution —upon the political occurrences of the day. This cannot be done in Naples. He, or she, who have such audacity, must• prepare to become the tenant of some un wholesome prison, and there aivait the con veniance of the legal tribunals for a decision on the charge concocted. We arc loud in the vin dication of our political rights at home, and so sacred is the liberty of the subject held, that it is shielded round on every side, and those who invade it subjected to pains and penalties. This is as it should be. If, th€n, we are so cautious of the liberty of the subject at home, how should we feel at knowing that two fellow countrymen are falsely and vexatiously imprisoned in one of the dungeons of Naples, unt4•ied, and denied all intercourse or counsel with the British Consul. One of the men so incarcerated, happens to be a Newcastle man; he served , his time as an ibmt engineer, in the establish of Mr. GEORGE STEPHENSON, and from the fact that he was thus connected with, and known in, Newcastle, the workmen of that town made a move for his liberation. They got up a memorial to Lord CLA.RENDON, urging his interference, and re questing him to use his influence for the liberation of their former fellow-townsman. The foreign secretary acknowledged the memorial with ap parent courtesy, but it was anything but satis factory as to the main point in view ; chagrined that they had taken so little by their move, they determined upon a little wholesome out-door agitation, they called upon the Mayor to convene a public meeting—this was done, a numerous attendance was the result. At the meeting in question, which was held a few nights ago, there were a number of speeches delivered, and r.,!solu tions agreed to ; all of which showed the detei mination of the men of Newcastle to know no rest until King BOAIDA, and his minions open the prison doors which now confined their fellow countrymen and set them at large, and apologizing for the tyranny and the imprudence which dictated their incarceration. No pretence, with the leas t shadow of reason, can plead an excuse for the detention of these men in the dungeons of Naples, and he is not fitted to be a minister of the British Crown, who hesitates to evince the pluck" of an honest and courageous statesman in such a crisis. We have•no de4ire to meddle with affairs purely Neapolitan, nor to dictate to the tyrannical King how he shall govern his own people, although it is a very debateable question how far a free and civilised people should wink at the atrocities and degrading acts of a despotic Sovereign, In the case more immediately before us we certainly think that Neapolitan arsenals I and frigates might conveniently be made targets for British bullets, if immediate redress be not offered. Nor should we much regret that a few of those mercenary Swiss by whom King BOMBA is enabled to play his despotic tricks, and but for whom the atrocities now endured by our fellow countrymen could not be perpetrated, were brought within range of a few of our bombshells. In the very act of denying to the British Con sul all means of access to the prisoners a grevious offence has been committed against the Govern ment ; such refusal implies sinister motives, and insinuates a want of respectability on the part of our Consul. Even were the charge, one where no doubt of guilt could be entertained, there . should be no hindrance to the representative of Her Britannic Majesty. But the case is quite differ ent when there is the most positive evidence of innocence. Hence we regard the refusal of the Consul to see the prisoners in question as a studied insult to the government of Great Britain which no Sovereign in the whole civilized world could be guilty of, except FERDINAND of Naples ; and which no foreign power, with a fleet almost alongside the quays belonging to the Royal offender, but England, would brook for a mo ment. Can Lord PALM ERSTON expect to retain the confidence of Parliament and allow these men to remain in prison. He knows full well the horrors, the privations, aye, andtthe tortures too, of a Neapolitan prison. He knows that NANA SAHIB was cruel in the extreme to the christian population in his power. And he is also aware that the temper and the barbarities of the Indian Sepoys were not worse than that which has ever characterised the Kingly conduct of the Sovereign of Naples. The case is one requiring instant and energetic action, continued incarceration may cost the life of both prison ers. The rules of diplomacy must give way to the stern requirements of these unfortunate men. We cannot sacrifice two British subjects to the whims and caprice of a government which is a disgrace to humanity and civilisation. The country demands their instant liberation. New castle has set a glorious example ; let every other place in the United Kingdom "go and dc like wise," and the King of Naples will soon come to his senses, and give speedy redress for an atrocious act of despotism. WE have now had time to peruse andreperuse the tenor of all the news from India, brought by the last Overland Mail, and while it is pleasing to know that the mutineers had received a severe check, we dare not conceal from ourselves the fact, that we are by no means satisfied that the garrison at Lucknow has been relieved, and its besiegers chased as atrocitous murdwerers over all parts of the country. According to the adv ices brought by the Calcutta Mail, it was pretty evident that General HAYELocK had been obliged to leave a party of the 64th Foot inder Major or Y, Co 111CP Let., L the w uunded, 'he baggage, and beasts of burden, at Alumbag— one of the country seats of a Prince of Oude, three miles distant from Lucknow. The remain der of the reinforcement advanced upon Luck now, under the command . of EAVELOCK and OUTRAM. But as soon as they crossed, by a bridge, a canal which is cons ructed between Alumbag and Lucknow, the enemy, with ccn siderable dexterity, closed in behind them in great force, and cut off all communication with Major SIBLEICS party left in chary of the wounded, baggage, &c. When close to Lucknow, the English forces deviated from the direct line of road, and made a move ment to the right, for the purpose of tun ing the principal defences of the assailants of the Residency. In spite, however, of this 'precaution, it is well known that before they reached the Residency, their loss was lretty considerable. After their arrival, they fiund it necessary to attack the mutineers' entrencatnents without loss of time, as, from them, there was kept up a continuous and destructive fire. Of course by perseverance and the usual undaunted heroism, the enemy was driven out cf the city to the extent of two miles. But Lucknow is six miles long from S.E. to the N.W., rnd the Resi dency is situated nearly at the S.E. extremity, so that it was only out of the SE. portion of the city that the enemy had b:en driven, when Generals HAVELOCK and 0 U:RAM were obliged to desist from further operations, until the arrival of reinforcements. Hence it appears, then, that the Old Town, as thatportion of Lucknow is called, remains for tie most part intact, and it is by far tho must favourable portion of Lucknow for fighting under cover. This is a system of warfare to which they are most partial. Up to the date of the last advices, the forces under Generals HAVELOCK and OUTRAM had been unalie to renew their com munication with Alumbig. Making all due allowance for the operations of the British reinforcements, already noticed; the change in the condition and prosrects of the besieged at Lucknow amounted tc this. An increase had taken place in the nunber of fighting men, and the power of resistant considerably augmented, still they were unable to compel their assailants to raise the siege. Against this we have the fact, that the number of people—men, women, and children—who had to be fed had been greatly increased, while it was equally notorious that no increase had seen made to the store of provisions, and the reinforcements only took two days' pro visions with them when they advanced from Alumbag, expecting, no doubt, to meet little or no resistance when arrived at Lucknow. In this lye see tilty were greatly mistaken. It is true, the relieving army was using every exertion and straining every nerve to get forward in time to effect the rescue of their besieged and gallant fellow-soldiers; but the accounts from Colonel GREATIIEAD, and the operations of Colonel WILSON, in command, at Cawnpore, suggest a doubt that they would not be able to afford timely aid aad assistance. We do not entertain a fear that the garrison at Liacknow will manfully maintain, their position to the last; and, should the mutineers dare to come to close quar ters with them, teach them a never-to be forgotten lesson of the heroism of the British soldier. But is it likely that both provisions and ammunition can hold out until the army of deliverance makes its appearance : and should that army arrive too late, what must be the nor tification and pain --not to to speak of the ult.-, mate fate of that truly noble garrison, which has rendered its fame immortal in all ages, and in every clime. Should this be so, who is to blame ? Already we have lost strength and prestige to no purpose during five long months, but it will be a much sadder and more humiliating tale if Luck now falls a prey to the rebels ; and without, the rulers of the day will be .held accountable for a disaster so terrible, and mismanagement so glar ing. But, even that Lucknow is relieved, will not our Continental neighbours treat with scorn our glorification of the campaign in Oade. We have taken no less than five months to conquer—rather master—a barbarous enemy, which occupied but a small patch of Indian territory, but six hun dred miles from Calcutta, and accessible both by land and water—the road and the river being being completely under the control of the Government. There is no denying the fact that had the garrison of Lucknow been abandoned to its fate, we should certainly have gained in the total amount of human life expended, and certainly our contest with the troops of NENA SAHIB has not added to the military re nown of England. As one of our London cotemporaries justly remarks—" It is not need ful to fight a score of battles to establish the English reputation for matchless courage, and yet what other fruit has been obtained for all the bloodshed and consequent misery up to the last hour of our advices ?'' In making the foregoing remarks, we have no desire to say one word detractive of the generals in command at Cawapore and Delhi. They have each and all performed deeds of i.nperishable glory, but they have not been assisted as they ought, nor have reinforcements been sent forward with that promptitude and celerity which should have characterised the Government of India and its subordinates. We cannot afford to waste the blood and treasure of England, to enable a set of incompetents in Leadenhall-street, to assum e the sovereignity of a territory, vast in population , and overflowinz with riches. No. the nresent campaign has taught us, that India must now become the foremost of the British Colonies, directed and controlled by a power responsible to the Imperial Parliament. Then may we hope to advance civilisation among its people, develope the boundless resources of the country, and render it among the foremost of our colonial posses sions. PASSENCERS, per Gertrude, from Bombay.—Rev. W. Forster and lady, Mrs. A. R. Ord, two children, and servant, Mrs. G. i Nunn, two children, and servant, Ars. Blundell and two children. SUDDEN DRATIL—On Sunday morning,:Mtrgaret Ben nett, the, wife of a chimney sweep, rvicling in Skelhorne• street, died suddenly, and as a medicil man refused to certify the cause of death, an inquest, will be held on the body this clay. ACCIDIV;TAL DEATH. —On the 25th November, a man named William Dowe, who resided at Bellevue, Birken hind, was at work on board a ship in the Canning Graving dock, he was much injured. He was taken to the Southern floTital, where he died yesterday, from the effects of the injuries. LIVERPOOL BANKRUPTCY COURT, YESTERDAY.—Before Mr. Conamis:d finer Perry.—hz re Sutton and Hey wood.— The bankrupts, booksellers, of Paradise -street, applied this day for their certificates. His Honour granted Sutton a certificate of the second class, and Heywood a like certifi cate, but with three months' suspension. CORONER'S Coun - r.Yesterday, the inquest on the body, of Henry Timmins, aged 50, opened on Saturday, was resumed. From the circumstances of the cast, as given in our paper yesterday, it was supposed foul play had been resorted to, but on full enquiry, and on a post mor•tem examination of the body, it appeared that death was the result of disease of the heart, and the jury found accord ingly. The next invest wai on the body of a boy named Patrick Rooney, six years of age, the son of a labourer residing in Orange-street. About a fortnight ago, the lad was playing on the flagway, when be tell into the channel, and just at the moment, a cut passing, the wheel went over his foot, and he died in consequence of the injuries. Verdict, ''Accidental death." THE BANK RETURNS.—The Bank accounts show a slow but steady improvement in every point of view, as well as in the condition of the re'ative liabilities and assets, as in the indications which' they afford of the state of public feeling. The bullion shows a small increase'of £92,795, the amount having increased to £7 356,467. The circu lation of notes has decreased by the sum cf £237,8 "5 which, together have led to an increase in the reserve of the reserve of the banking department of £330,670. The banking reserve now amounts', herefore, to the sum of £2,729,037. The advances upon private securities have at last ceased to exhibit an increase ;—on the contrary, there, is a small decrease, amounting to £ls9,33l—this item however, remaining at the extraordinary sum of £31,191,389. The continued accumulation of private de posits has also received a check, showing a decrease of £515,330,—fr0m which it may be idferred that private bankers, feeling greater security than they did, have again begun to use their own resources with greater confidence. Nothing showed so much the extent of the distrust which prevailed during the last month, as the caution exhibited by bankers and others in the use of their means, and the consequent accumulation of their deposits in the bank to a sum of at least £3,000,000 above the usual amount. According to these accounts, the notes issued from the issue to the banking department of the bank upon securities, are still in excess of the legal limit by £2,000,000. Bat in the banking depart ment there is a reserve of £2,268,340 of notes, and of £460,697 of coin, making together 42,729,037; so that the actual issue of notes to the public are within the limit prescribed by £729,037, if the accounts were made up in the old form, in place of being asth ey now are divided into two. In other words; the amoar tof bullion is £7,356,467, and if to this we add the amount of se curities, £14,475,000, upon which notes are issued, we have a sum of £21,831,467; while the actual circulation in the hands of the public is only £21,102,430 ; leaving a ba►ance unissued, as we have already remarked of £729,037. —Economist. TELEGRAPHIC NEWS, INDIA, OFFICIAL, -DEspATCII. The folio- rrit4 ering telegraph was received at the F o °tee at 0.35 , pm„ on Monday, 7th December, VObegi dated Cagliari, from Lord Lyons, Malta, 2, p.U3, Dec° 4th : —' Orieu t4 Political intelligence received at Suez, per 'on the 28th November. co kaoir, Two convoys of provisions arrived safely at 4 the where Havelock was surrounded by large numb enemy, who were said to have 300 guns. at' There had been some severe fighting, and Getle'„ o ld ram was reported to have been wounded. Sir Colin Campbell and staff left Nanwoor for CawllooP° on the 28th of October, to which place the trocT s cee d to being moved up as quickly as possible, and will Pro the relief of Lucknow when in sufficient strength. 0 , 00 0 The following steamers arrived at Calcutta wi th al:o r since the departure of the last mail :—Sydney.all: ye Han passed Lady Jocelyn 10th Nov., and Canalacto Sand Heads. These were Madras steam-ships , V L I and Carthagene at Gale. Robert Lowe and Cl for merchantmen, and the Emeu, left Men on the wv Bombiy. 42 01/* Calcutta, Nov. Ist ; Madras, Nov. 6th ; Galle, JO' (kned), LIONS, Admiral, Consul Craig, 4.8 P THE PRINCIPALITIES. Stri sll The Vienna correspondent of Le Nord says the — I :, o ur Cabinet fl titers itself that the Danubian question P do ion atantially settled in favour of its views, and that tha " of the two provinces will not be accomplished' j 4. Abille dee Nord, of St. Petersbnrgb, states that the g e Lion of the Russian Cabinet is already taken' bit , French °Lothar foreign diplomatist has been able 0 ' municate to his governmen t th e na t ure o f this 616 Cele the realisation if which is reserved for the 1' 10d seAs ference. The Imalide Busse observes that Il' , est& made important samfices fcr the re-establishment $' The idea of a union if the Principalities was 0 by hostility towards her, and she now has the ri g 4 0$ require from other powerkin return, the execu tion* engagements imposed by the ti , mty of Paris. 00 10 1 ii Le Nord says, that it was nn' l th e Divan of which passed a vote in favou r o f a b an d on ing thsgnios, j oe eo if the right of electing a fo re i gn p r i nce was not O il 00 ,iit but this vote is represents I by Le N or d as a n anti -°°l lo intrigue—the object of which was t o raise $ 4"2 between the divans of each province. THE BELGIAN ELECTIONS. • i •Not% The Moniteur Belge of yesterday contains a ° I- oi l the new Cabinet. This address was rendered nec e 7 o consequence of the Opposition attempting to Preito country, by a3serting that the ministry me increasing increasing the taxes, and altering the prezent o°2° policy of the country. THE NEVi CHAMBER IN PIEDMONT. • 3. MIDI ., If the r.' The following is said t) be an impartial analr, s le ici l New Chamber :—Pur e Minist er i a lists, 11 7 ; Party, 42 ; Ultrz-conservative., 28 ; Ultra-radiciw p doubtful 8. The opposition is . more nume rous tillill o. the last Chamber, but the extreme RadieBls,:tlo disappeared as a party. This last net dePri Austrian journals of an argument #gainst stitutional system of Piedmont. FRANCE. - ___ l4 l,Fifyr• I'A It 1 ti, .BiogPAl . . i bip The Three per Cent Re n te s h ave fallen o llEller The last quotations were 66f 15e. THE HAMBURGH CRISIS. t r a wA l j HAMBURGIIy 4 " - t iogy' The plan of having reconrse t o a fresh circio'bof paper money, has been renounced. Ile bank," undertakni to discount to the amo u nt of 28,0 00,000' Negociations will be entered upon for a foreigni°3ll. APPOINTMENTS. A 1 t 0' Sir G. Le Marcitnt is to b 3 Governor of Ma , to be succ2eded by the Earl of Mulgrave. THE LEVIATHAN. Operations were resumed at 1 p.m. iPtAt suddenly moved 17 inches f or wa r d and 9 incile'„ up to two o'clock had mad e n o further nacle liiet half-past four the vessel had moved 10 feet. DEATH OF MR. WARBURTON, 0- a d i On Sunday last, Mr. Warburton, master , Abed change Booms for - upwards of sixteen year% bP i j ol ari a last in this town. For some time past, li e vt iolil 6 labouring under the fatal malady of coO t r`beell c lot with the hope of improving his health, tit er voyage to America, and another upthe all to no purpose, as the disease continued to ° ot i ago tiP" o f upon his formerly strong and healthy' 61 00 6 113 0 ,10 and, as stated above, Sunday last OW 0 jio a man respected by all and every _ : , t o ever had dealings with him. In the P' oo o (about 40) he has been cut off from a sceneof olli s r i ` oil labour, and his intimate knowledg ) of all - t ts(P; concerns of the port wilt cause him to be regLi s . who had business connections with him. t o to take place on Thursday morning, at the 11°— EXCHANGE ROOMS. PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS. „ to P ° pe ° : 6 'LA TRAVIATI" AT THE THEATRE O. On Friday next, at the above house the t o is bl , te a and the admirers of the finest music, will 9 10 opportunity of witnessing the admired acti°P.oco!Olvict ing to the enchanting strains of the " fame d r e j eol Cootlf To keep something like faith with the 1 ,1 701. 4 f it fig Mr. Lumley has resigned engagements g i 100 4 4 sa d and profi`, for the purpose of again Ir ti be g cat! atd Traviata" at the Theatre Royal, in ell f • O 4. tb i e grandeur of detail in music and accegfi l iosviog 4 is ifro' this out with the greatest success, tbg cast of the opera:— Vieetta, Mad'lle rico,°; c ergo';; di Gerniont, Signor Giuglini; // Conte " Sig nor nor Aldighieri ; Dettore Granville' h — doe °P OI" the other characters being filled up °it' Noted tta ds commensurate support to these great og cl t : to e ja g t re,. l , The Orchestra will be composed of th e 5 s Th e " bit' gaieStf ts, talists, aided by principals from her an performed in the last representation of tbis sttegtagif afforded such universal satisfaction to el l that 7,: s ci presentations. When we f u rther ° el l ) ; ente r not ea s Aiditi will be conduc'or, no doubt clui F o r talti r t P dse the entire success of the performan ce ' d the box-office will be open to-morrow ° 0 0 / lilt fel Bosco! and o hs Every one in Liverpool, y ours fu ro re b ° * "eh W ill h ° jelti P icP remembsr Bosco, who created ago, last s u mm e r. N o doubt the public n,g al, 4 1 0 31 ' to hear that he opens again, at the nae e lu doof street, on Monday night next. v`" notice his wonderful performance in detail. IMP] The Lor mss: i t C *4l:lon age The Lc fig. H "migtieb.e Barl G the aubje The Ei to th e in 4 0tite, Pers r P?ovieion giv( imirop ea l ordship: , The nob s Which w. Which b 41 peop 14 g, he the p u bi tendenc3 dried • csic Cu ethic Earl the Ear the cow Earl . ( the Indi Nurioui The E doctrine tent eh( The ] tbservat an diseatinfl °Pinion, Patible 1 tnent du The: Canning The i againk The 1 Earl had bee fir Coli it Can Provisio The I lir. , The ha and Nu On t to be it crave, On t by the Belfast Lord kajest; Xt. east; t ( tehooL Mr. tioia hE tile Br sapuu