Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-11-12 00:00:00

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Delhi was completely in the hands of the British forces on •the 21st September, and the whole of theenemy were expelled, so that osir advises pee the last mail have been ithly confirmed by the despatch received at the Foreign Oliieo yesterday. But the taking.of Delhi has iciest England dearly, Geaeral Nicholson had been so severely wounded. that he died on the 21st. On the 14th Sept., one • week before the cnnplete oevunation, the British forces lost 61 officers and 1,098 men. The edvices which we have received by this mail do not mention the total amount of our loss in the taking of the city, but there is not th e l east d ou b t that feat - Oil carnage teak place. As previously intimated, the King, hie sons, and his wives had escaped. They were, however, evertakee about 15 miles south of the city. The King and his wives were spared, but his eons and his grandsons were executed on too spot, and their bodies taken to Deihi, acid exhibited to the populace. It is hoped that this summary dealing with the Royal Family of D, ilai will strike fear into the heert of the rebels. leueknow had been relieved. The telegraphic despatch intimates that Gen 'rat Havelock crossed the Ganges from Cawnpore on the 19th of September, and arrived in the vicinity of Lueknow on the 25th. On the 26. h, the enemy were stormed, and by the 29th, they were comple ale routed, and the city was iiiveited by the British. That this is a most important victory, is apparent, from the fact, that thncity - was so closely ooseiged, all the garrison was reduced to siteh an extremity, that they had determined to blew themselves up on the 26th, rather thee fell into the hands of the rebels. We are sorry to a. 1.1 that the relief of Luckuow has cost us the life of a gallant man—General Neill was killed, also 530 officers aial men killed and wounded. The other portions of the news to-hand is not so satisaietory as could he wished. The Melvinia Couutry 'was iii a destitute state, and Bhopawar hail peen burned. Scinde, though quiet, was not deetned in a satisfactory state, and General Jacobs was 11 1 301.1 t proceeding to that province. A plot hal been discovered at Bombay, and two or three of the guilty ones tied been blo - tvis from the guns. - We regret to sly that Commercial matters remain in a vary gloomy condition. In addition to the stoppage of the Western B ea k o f S cet l end, an . nounce in cur impression of yesterday, we have to-day to state that the City of Glasgow Bank has also closed its d :ors These are the first instances in which Joint Stock B inks in Scotland have met with surge a cela:nity. It appears that the closing of the Western B et:lk of Seetla.n.l has been caused by the most reckless mismaniteement, which lets the bank utterly unable to struggle against the present crisis. Mr. John Taylor was appointee to the management in October, 1852, and it has now been arc irtained th•it this gentle:nen has advanced the funds of the bank in the most reckless manner to concerns which were totally unworthy of enlarged credit. Four of these concerns have become bankrupt within the last month, and the losses by these houses alone are es..itnated at not. less than I..ouu,vtro tee s .me tune tne directors have exhibited very great negiigenee in overlooking the transactions of their manager. Mr. Taylor was dismissed from his ()Rise about four weeks ago, bat it was too late to repair the mischief, for an under-current of distrust had set in, by which the deposits were in the course of being withdrawn to• a vast amount. Looking to this augmenting drain, and the great mses of American bills becoming due in London, the other Banks found it was hopeless to attemat to sustain the Western, and hence the entastrophe. The Bank had a paid-up capital of .£1,500,000, and previous to the setting in of the witherawal of the deposits it was understood to hold deposits to the amount of about £l,OOO 009 sterling Its b teking powers were thus set down as more than seven millions sterling. It is co .solatery that not a ferthieg will be lest by any but the shareholders, who amount altogether to 1,200 persons. Among them, hew ever, there are a large number of widows and orphees, whose whole means had been invested in the Bank shares, which of late years have paid a dividend at the rate of 9 per cent. The City of Glasgow Bank closed its doors yesterday, at eleven o'clock. A run toek place the previous day, which being continued, the Directors were induced to adopt this alternative. It was estab lished in 1839, with a paid up c 'phial of 1,000,000/, and a Reserve Fund of 90,6001. It had not less than 96 branches, and has been paying dividends of per cent. &wend failures have taken place in London, Liverpool, and elsewhere. One in London, a bi.!-/iscounting house, said to have to a very heavy amouet. The Bank of Fiance has raised its rate of discount to 8 per cent. for hills of 31 days ; to 9 per cent, for those at 31 to 60 dad s ; nod to 10 par cent. for bills from 61 to 90 days. This will no doubt be pieductive of mumb mischief, but it was the on y course which the bank mull have pursued, unless it hal exercised ha power of issuing additional notes. In France. precisely the same as in this country, every branch of business is affected, and a siirieus depreciation in goods and produce has taken pl_ c', Silk had undergone a milled decline, and holders cannot realise except at a heavy loss Money is scarce, and trades of all denominations are put to g -eat imrnvenience. The transatlantic crisis having caused a an:apathetic move ment both in England and France, a sudden check has been given to commerce, but it is sincere y biped that the evil will soon pass away. Representations have been made to Louis Napoleon, accompanied by a IN cutest that an export duty on gold, or an addiqonal issue of notes, should be determined upon, but this has not been complied with, a fear, no doubt, existing, that any new urea. sure might be instrumental in creating increased uneasiness. If any novel experiment were tried, it might he construed into an admission, on the part of the Government, that affairs were exeeed ingly disorganised ; and as it is always their policy to show that the financial and commercial relations of the country are sound and healthy, they have hesitated to take any steps. when, by waiting a few weeks, a recovery might set in by natural means. Tho pressure is too severe, however, to preclude the necessity of some stringent regulation. From France to Ireland is a natural transition. In the latter country monetary affairs are, we are glad to say, in a most sound position. Money is .com paratively cheap, and very few failures, indeed, hive as yet been announced. At the meeting of the R iyal Bank of Irelanl,yes'erday, it was stated that that Bank was in a most finirishing condition, and th tt no such thing as over-trading had as yet been intr.:awed into Ireland. They declared a dividend of 11 per cent. per annum, after leaving a balance of some £15,000. There is a variety of political gossip going on just now. Tt is stared that Lord Palmerston has determined to call P.A.:iarnent to assoinble on the 17th January. This is a fortnight earlier than the usual time. The money question, and the state of aff►irs in India is no dcubt tile cause of this determination. We hear that, pending the ap- THE NORTHERN TIMES.-LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY , NOVEMBER 12, 1857 proaching meeting of Parliament, there will be v little agitation respecting India. The old Indian Reform Association are, says a Loudon cotem porary, "likely to initiate a series of meetings to take the sense of the Public, and the Reform League of Calcutta will, no doubt, immediately Ow.; their views before the country through the means of platform demonstration. The motion which Mr. Cobden carried in the House of Com mons with respect to China may probably, by this t me, be forgotten ; but we are able to anno unce that her M;4jesty'a Ministers Lave so far acted in accordance with that motion as to have resolved upon the recall of Admiral Kepple, on account of his violent proceedings at. Canton. The Navy will be annoyed, but it need not be sur prised to hear that the Admiral's conduct was too murderous even for Palmerston. On Tuesday a deputation from the tobacco trade had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer. They complained of the alterations made in the law last session, by which the expenses of ware. housing tobacco in the port of London had. _been.. enormously increased, and tlvzir trade seriously affected. Sir Curnew a ll L aw i s promised to con fer with - the proper department respecting the grievance. The news from abroad this morning is not Of much moment. From what begins to transpire of the intention of the new !Spanish Cabinet, the fact becomes more and mare visible, that an enlightened free-trader, Mr. Mon, is in it, and forms its real brains. The sale of all the domains, reduction of expenditure, and - free-trade reform of the tariff, is the hopeful programme at Madrid, which nobody abroad will be, more delighted to hear of than the unfortunate creditors of Spain. The French Atnbassad - r at Cmistantinople has been brought so far to reason by his Government, that he no longer refuse to hold intercourse with the Vizier whom the Salter) has appointed. The affair of the Principalities drags slowly on, and it is possible that the Paris Conference, originally fixed for next mood'. may not be able to meet before the middle of January, It is said that the Prussian proposition to give up the idea of a here= ditary dynasty at Bucharest, and to create a hospadariate for life instead, has already received the private approval of other Powers. From France there is not the least item of intelligence ioteres:ina to the general reader. The African mail tseanaer, Ethiope, arrived at Plymotyh yesterday, but she brine,a'no important news- The season had -been very sickly. at both the Cameroons, Old Calabar, and Barmy ; so much so, that at the latter phce trade had been stopped for 45 days, but had again been resumed. Several slavers had been cap 4 ured off the coast. The intelligence by the Kangaroo, arrived here yesterday, is one day later. Money at New York was easier, and prime paper scarce and wanted. The Stock Market was firm, and Exchange on England ruled at 106 to 1.07, The Financialaffairs at New Orleans were as gloomy as ever. THE fall of Delhi is confirmed, and placed beyond doubt. The relief of Lucknow is also announced. These, however, are but the events of war, and the effect they are likely to have on the future prospects of the belligerents remain to he disclosed. As military achievements, their value must be measured by their cost. In the meantime, their importance, coupled with the most perfect restoration of peace and good order in British India, would not be sufficient to relieve this country of the alarminz.consequences which must follow a blind and obstinate adherence to the Bank Charter Act of 1844; nor will the assurance given by Lord PALMERSTON, at the Lord Mayor's banquet, to the effect that the Exe cutive have as many men at their disposal as they had before the Indian mutiny occurred, bring one moment of consolation to the commer cial public, whose entire substance is threatened with immediate confiscation. The fall of a Pagan citadel, defended by a handful of semi -barbarians, before a host of well dis ciplined and robust Europeans, would under ordinary circumstances excite little surprise and leave still less room for extravagant exul- But the disme.ms3rtn3nt of the greeest mercantile country in the world, and the electric like impoverishment of its people, and the de struction of its wealth, dignity, and power, is a phenomenon which admits of no paliation, and must startle posterity. Such dangers as the present cannot be removed by crowing over military glories. A few crafty speculators in electric wires, may realise their per cent. by an advance in Consols. But what have we from India to sustain our produce markets. give em ployment to our people through a dreary winter, save our banks, and restore the great temples of credit to which all sides are equally debtors ? tation. `We have n thing to get from India for many a long day but that renown which has left us with 800.000,0001. of debt. This is, doubtless, a most acceptable comojity for those who like it; still there are other staples in which the people of E igland—her millions of working hands, employers of labour, merchants, ship owners, and tra.lers--leal, and unless these ate rescued from the hands of bind destroyers, —the fathers of crotchets and champions of economiO atrocities—where is the money to come from to purchase this article " renown ?" Can Lord PALMERSTON and his Chancellor of the Exchequer, about .to test the practicability of the Greek fable. all)w this country to be ccn sumed, in order that they may call it again into existence from its aches ? Can the Premier and his colleagues have been waiting the arrival of the mail from a dis'ant seat of intestine war, to restore public confidence and 'the commercial credit of these islands ? If they have, they will find themselves most grossly deceived. The news, as we have it at present, can only be said to be satisfactory as far as it goes. The mail has brought no gold, no bills, and no trade. No tidings of a political character can he made available at moments such as these. We are suffering from the operation of an act of Par liament which has been thrust on trade to suit the ' supposed interest of a besotted clique of money-usurers, and nothing but the prompt application of administrative foresight and wisdom, or the prudence and judgment of the Legislature, can prevent universal bankruptcy in trade. It is ridiculous to suppose that minor houses, though of known respectability and wealth, can stand when the greatest firms in the world are compelled to suspend payment. We have lived to see the day, as we have often predicted we should, when wealth goes for nothing, and when the name of a houseless wanderer is worth just as much on paper as the first merchant's in the kingdom. " Commercial paper'' has ceased to exist, and it will take some considerable time before it will again discharge its invaluable functions to the State and in com merce, Remedial measures may be delayed too long, and we fear this is the case in the present instance. We have no man at the helm of the nation who under Stands the nature of the crisis which has overtaken us. A Ministry which manifestly allow themselves to be ridden in!o one corner after another by the London Times, do not, as a matter A* course, see that any mischief can arise from a 12 or 1,5 per cent, rate of discount. These figures have been mentioned, and therefore We may fully expect to see them demanded. The fact is, the Bank Charter Act has left the British Empire bankrupt, after destroying one half of the foreign commercial world besides. The Government have the first demand on the Bank for the public deposits," and these they will expect to receive in gold, and as the Directors cannot prudently part with any more notes, they must resort to demanding rates of interest which are equivalent to refusing to supply money on any terms. This may avert a run for gold for a few days. But for how long? Tui is the all-important question. We appreciate the Indian news as highly as the widest military enthusiast; but it will not pay the debts of trade, or keep the doors of the English and Scotch Banks open. We say this distinctly, that the commercial public may not be thrown off their guard, or suffer their well founded fears to give place to a passing and fatal lull. What the country requires is an immediate abandonment of the Bank Charter Act of 1844, and an enlarged issue of legal tender notes, secured by the deposit of public or othe: securities, to be approved by Parliament. These notes should bear the State Seal instead of the delusive " pay on demand." After seven years incessant production of gold at a nominal price, ala in the largest quantities ever known, we are unable to realise the drain of " cash payments." There is net a Bank in the world that can pay its depositors and its other creditors ingold at any given time, much less when a general run is created by pub lic alarm or distress. Now, we contend, that the commercial community have not felt, anything bordering on alarm sine.; the present crisis cornm2nctql. Mercantile men have been com- pelted to draw heavily on their bankers, by distress. The commercial embarrassments of America following the disturbances in India so quickly, hurried forward the pressure. But, if these events had never occurred, the Bank of England .would have been overtaken in a very short time by the state of affairs we now witness. Gold is losing its purchasing power abroad, and we are compelled to give more gold for the products we import. This is nroyed by the fact that whibi tha rAt-on of discount have risen to 10 per cent., the price of gold is ouly 3/. 17s. 91 per ounce, which is lid. the ounce below the low price fixed upon it at our Mint ; and at this reduced price we are assured that the exchanges must shortly, be in our favour ; that to say, gold will be dearer here than in any other country. This is all very well where we are sellers—but where we are buyers, particularly of corn, and other agri cultural produce, for which g)ld is required at all times—we must give more of the precious metal for what we purchase. Our large importations of food-stuff, added to the large balances of trade which we always have to meet in India and China, must force upon us a hurried repeal of our banking laws, commencin; with that of 1819• Gold must be restored to the category of unrestricted commodities, and allowed to find its natural value in all markets. And it has become a question for Free Traders whether they will adopt this course, or forego the free portation of corn and prov i s i ons , in favour o our eccentric gold standard, issues of notes based on bullion at an artificial price, and usury ending in panic and universal distress. Free Trade and such a system, are obviously incompatible, and one or other must of necessity give way if the Country is to be saved from wholesale desolation. THE public will rejoice, in common with ourselves, that at last the repeated assaults have succeeded in overthrowing that most arbitrary boAy, the Water Committee. The Pike faction, as such, may be fairly said to exist no longer ; they have been put hors de combat—their organisation is broken up. The persevering opposi'ion has driven them, step by step, from every position they fell back upon, until at last they have given up the contest in sheer despair Of the whole fourteen members who constitute the present Committee, but one only belongs to the original phalanx of Pikernen—Mr. WILLIAm EARLIC is the last man" of that once formidable body left, to wail over the broken fortunes and blighted hopes of his former companions. The revolution in the Water Committee is complete. and it furnishes another proof that evil doers may flourish for a moment, but their ulti mate fate is certain—that deception, however specious, is evanescent, while truth is eternal— that perseverance in a righteous cause will ultimately surmount all difficulties —and that whatever temporary benefits fraud may confer, yet, in the long run, one and all will find that " honesty is the best policy." So soon as the new Committee get shaken into their places, and into working order, the matter which will demand their first consideration is the restoration of the well water, without any admixture whatever. This is a sine qua non with us and we trust, that no specious pretexts will be resorted to to evade this just claim of the inhabitants. We must not be told that the wells are inadequate to the requirements of the town ; we know the reverse is the fact—and " facts are stubborn things." Those who tell us that there would be any want of water, any risk of deficient supply, either for extinguishing fires or any other purpose, if we were dependent solely on the well supply, are either guilty of wilful mis-statements or utter ignorance of the subject on which they venture to express their opinions. ' How stands the case? It is admitted that the wells are at present . , capable of yielding forty-five millions of gallons per week. It cannot be denied that in a very few weeks, and at a very small cost, this could be increased to fifty millions; and as our popula-, tion does not exceed 400,000, here we have at once a supply of 120 gallons per week to every soul in the Borough, young and old. Can such a quantity of water be usefully consumed ? Certainly not. In addition to this, be it observed that the great majority of our large manufacturers are not as they are in many other places, depen dent on the Public Works for a supply, most of them having wells sunk on their premises, which yield ample for their requirements. Again, when Mr. HA WK3LEY presented his report to the Council in the early part of 1848 , nearly ten years ago, he stated that the quantity of water supplied by the Harrington Company did not exceed 1,700,000 gallons per diem, and from the Bootle Springs not more than 800,000 gallons, making a total of 2,500,000 gallons per diem. This, at the time, constituted the whole supply, according to Mr. HAWKSLEY'S authority, or exactly one-third of the present supply. We do not pretend to say that this was an ample supply, still there were comparatively few com plaints, in fact, none from parties having storeage room for their water; to all such the supply was equivalent to a constant service. Surely, then, if in 1848 seventeen and a half millions of gallons sufficed for the necessities of the town, fifty millions ought to be an ample supply in 1858. In short, every one conversant with the question knows full well, that the wells are now yielding much more water than the inhabitants can possibly consume; but it has suited the purposes of certain parties to repre sent the contrary as being the fact, and the present Water Committee need not expect to be undeceived by those who have been so long playing this game of deception. No; if they are really disposed to do justice to the town, as we believe they are, they will insist on the wells having a fair trial before taking any other steps whatever. It must be borne in mind, that ever since the Water Works passed into the hands of the Corporation, the great object of one and all connected with the Works has been to act,' ceiate Ole nome supply by every possible expedient, in order to show the necessity for the Pike. We have, over and over again, shown that the whole question of water supply is, in itself; so plain and simple as to be accessible to the weakest understanding. Engineers, chemists, geologists, and quacks, of every denomination, have managed to make a pretty entanglement of it. We hope, however, that the Gordion knot will be boldly cut, and an end put at once to all the mystery by which it has been so long surrounded. The Committee have but to act honestly and fearlessly and they have nothing to apprehend ; in this course they will command the approval of the whole town. An absurd rumour is abroad that it is in contemplation to elect a rabid Pikeist as Chairman, but we consider this to be only a good joke. The Committee would not so far stultify themselves as to entertain such a proposition ; it would be positively absurd, nay more, suicidal, in our opinion, at all events. Par be it from us to dictate to the Committee in their choice of President, but we can only say that if they overlook the claims of two gentlemen who so long fought the people's battle on this question, the public in general will not feel satisfied. Long and faithful services merit acknowledgement, more particularly among pub lic bodies. AMERICAN SYMPATHY WITH ENGLAND. —We are in the midst of a terrible convulsion. Our business interests are threatened with utter ruin, and our working classes already feel the pressure of want. The darkness thickens, and no eye can see the ems of the accumulating trouble. But, gloomy as we find the position of our affairs, they are sunny and cheerful compared with those of out. mother-lard. Here we already know the worst of the calamity that has come upon the country. There the clouds are still gathering and they must expect two storms to burst on them at once—each sufficient to try most sevwly the fortitude of any nation, and calculated to crush many beyond recovery. The winds from tl!e East, where, not many mouths ago, England commanded the homage of a vast and wealthy empire, come laden with the shrieks and groans of her slaughtered sons and outraged daughters, and even above these sounds of expiring misery are heard the imploring accents of little bands of heroes who are fighting against tremendous odds of ferocious mutineers, and bravely upholding their standard, though almost exhausted in the struggle. Ti►e little island is being drained of every hand that can be spared from the factory cr the field. There is scarcely a family in the realm which has not contributed an arm for the fearful battle, and scarcely a fireside that does not • :niss a familiar face ro•.v absent in that tropic land of blood and horror, or hurrying to the point where England needs most desperate strokes. The strain upon the energies of our ancestral people is mighty ; yet they bear it with an iron determination peculiar to a race born to conquer and command, They not only display no shrinking from the conftet, but dare to talk of their ultimate triumph as certain, and plan the punishment of those who have mused the lion', vengeful ire. Even while the struggle with the mutineers is most disastrous in its aspect tbis brave nation prose- t cutes a war against the million.% of China, and maintains the supremacy of its dig in, every portion of the globe. Their morning drum-bet does not cease to follow the sun around the earth, But it is plain that this test of I British courage and strength Is one of the severest ever vet applied, and it is even confessed that at the present hour their power In the East trembles upo n the verge of annihilation —that Asia seems slowly slipping from their grasp. Just about the time that the news of further Indian disasters will reach England, a steamer will arrive at Liverpool from New, York burdened with in telligence that will send a fearful thrill through the heart of the kingdom. This people, who have already two great wars upon their bands, will learn that the financial panic in this country has proved more thorOughly destructive than they had any reason to anticipate ; that the debts due to them in the United States cannot be paid, and that, instead of sending them gold, we are looking to them for a supply .to relieve our distress. Each succeeding steamer will convey to them additional news of disaster, and, it is almost needless to say, will set in motion additional trains of ruin and misery among them. The great manufacturing towns, crowded with operatives, will be swept as with the breath of pestilence, and all the horrors of extreme poverty we may behold around us will be as nothing compared with what will be experienced in those industrial cities,• where labourers are never blessed with extra wages, and where there are no resources such as we find in the great natural wealth of our country to fall back upon to recuperate. A kingdom which even in the most prosperous times has its millions of paupers, must at a period of distress following a financial convulsion exhibit such a mass of misery as will appal the heart, sicken the soul, and dim the eye of humanity. Not only will this suffering of the ge eat work ing population make the strongest appeals to - the charity of those who are untouched by the storm, but it will probably lead to tumult and violence, threatening the very existence of the Government. The English are a Conservative people, and disposed to be loyal and devoted to the powers that be. But the desperation of the poor drives them to acts of unthinking indiscriminate fury, and they care not how they direct their rage to crush- and destroy. Here is the home trouble which now combines with the bloody strnggle in the East to darken the sky of Britain as it has seldom been darkened before. Let us trod that her energy and fortitude are sufficient to bear her through the double tempest. Again, we say, while we are lamenting over our own gloomy situation, let us not forget the straits in which our mother land is placed, and let us learn from her a lesson of patience and resolu. Lion which :'svill;:ren•ler us truly a heroic people.__ Philadelphia Evening Journal. DEATEI OF MR. ARMIES tI,D HASTIE, M.P.—We re gret to have to annannee the death of Mr. Archibald Elastic., M.P. for Pakley, which took place at Edinburgh On Monday last. Mr. Hestia had been much indisposed for some months; but it was hoped, until recently, that the strength of his constitution would enable him to recover. He was in his 65th year. Mr. Elastic) was in many respects a remarkable man. 113 was descended of respectable parents in the West of Scotland. He had merely the common school education of his country ; but that and his native sense fitted him to fill with credit various important situ tticaa. At an early pbriod his brothers settled in Calcutta,. where they carried on business partly as coachbuilders and partly as merchants, while he settled in London, actisrg partly as their agent and partly speculating on his owa accouat. The whole family were very successful. At a later period Mr. Hastie became connected with the East India Docks, and his sagacity and ability were eminently displayed in the skill and success with which he assisted in rescuing that important concern from the depression into which its affairs had sunk after the cessation of its monopoly. In 18.36 Mr. Hastie was elected Member of Parliament for Paisley —a distinction on which he set a . high value. lAnd it may be said that it cost him a high price, for, owing to the Severe distress with which his constituents were frequently visited, very heavy demands were made upon him, which ho met with the greatest generosity and good will. In politics Mr. nestle was an independent consistent Liberal, and voted uaiteraVy with that party in Paa ilament. In private life he was in the highest degree generous, open-hearted, and friendly. His hospitalities were conducted on a large and a liberal scale. Re was the owner of Burns punch-bowl, and the celebrations of the poet's birthday held at his house were by far the best of such festivals ~ i w ~J COMMERCIAL MORALITY.-111r. David Thernpson, late of Maghera, died in the year 1643 after a tedious illness, during which time his affairs became embarrassed, so that he was in considerable debt at the time of his death. His two sons, David and James, some time afterwards sailed for Australia, which they reached in safety, and after three or four years of severe toil. and having endured many hardships, they accumulated a sum suffi cient tl pay off the debts due by their father, which amounted to between £1,300 and £1,930. On their return home they sent a circular to each of the creditors to furnish a statement of their accounts, all of which they have since paid in full. Some of the creditors wished to make a return for such handsome conduct by presenting them with a se vice of plate each, but of this they would not accept. These honourable younc , gentlemen have again sailed for Melbourne, and have talon with them a powerful quartz crashing machine.—Belfast News-Letter. Honourable they may well ba called, for honourable they are-,-more honourable a thousand fold than all the courtesy honours of public life could make them. This is the noblest monument they could raise to their father's memory. A paragraph worthy to bear this company appears is an English paper : GRATIFYING INGIDENT,--Solle years ago—March, 1854 —Mr. James Martin, of Bradbnry-place, grocer, became embarrassed in circumstances, and being unable to dis charge his liabilities, gave up to his creditors a'.l that he possessed. It is gra'ifying and pleasing to be able to record that having prospered, he was able on Thursday to call his cred tors together, and after a friendly cup of tea, to settle all their claims in full. Integrity such as this was deserving of some special record ; and the creditors whose claims he satisfied have presented to Mr. and Mts. Martin each a gold watch, in taken of their ap preciation of the unusual act, and or their wishes for their future happiness and prosperity. It almost required something of this kind to testify that morality was something mare than a legal necessity, after all the instances of fl ',grant fraudulency we hare read of within the last twelve months. THE COURT. WINDSOR, Nov. 10. The Queen and Prince Consort drove out yesterday afternoon. The equal ries in waiting were in attendance The Princess Royal also took a carriage drive, attended by the Hon. Emily Cathcirt. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge (attended by Lieut.-Colonel Clifton) and Lieut.-General Sir William and Lady C Arington and Miss Codrington arrived on a visit, and dinc'd with her Majesty in the evening. The dinner party also included their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Kent. the Prince of Wales, and the Princess Royal, their serene Highnesse3 tho Prince of Leminingen and Prince Victor of Hohelobe, Lady Augusta Bruce, Lady Caroline Barrington, Major-General the Hon.• Charles Grey, Sir James Clark, the Rev. Mr. Turner, Lieut.-Colonel Howard Vyse„' Commanding Officer Royal Horse Guards, Lient.-Colonel Dalrymple, Commanding Officer 2ad Battalion Scott; Fusilier Guards, Mr. Gibbs, Mr. Glover, and Lieut. Cowell, R.l, The following had the honour of being invited after dinner :—The Belgian Minister, and Madame Van de Weyer, Mr. V. and Miss Van de Weyer, Colonel the llon. N. and Lady Mary Hood, the Hon. Mrs. Grey, Miss Barrington, the Hon. Mrs. Wellesley, the Hon. Elizabeth Montagu, the Hon. Mrs. Biddulph, the Hon. Mr. Cadogan, Mr. Woad, and Mr. Gladstone. Yesterday her Majesty anti, his Royal Highness the Prince Consort, with the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and oth'r members of the royal family, inspected Mr. Bellamy's model gallery, which had been, by her Majesty's command, removed to the precincts of the castle for inspection. Tho Queen, with Prince Arthur, Pr,incess Helena, and Princes] Louisa, walked in the grounds adjoining the castle this morning. His Royal Highness the Prince Consort, accompanied by the Duke of Cambridge, the Prince of Leiningen, and Prince Victor of Hohenlhhe, went out shooting. The Queen received intelligence, at two o'clock to-day, of the sudden death of the Duchess of Nemours, first cousin of her Majesty and his Royal Highness the Prince Consort, Shortly afterwards the , Primo_ Consort, attended by Captain the Ilion. D. de Ros, went t ° Claremont to pay a visit of condolence. is THE APPROACHING ROYAL MARRIAGE.—AItnoea" -t yet too early to di scuss th e cerem onials to be observed 3 t the marriage of the Princess Royal with Prince Frederic William of Prussia, yet our readers may be assured tri the ceremony will tak e place at the Chapel R9lll, a nd that the arrangements adhered to at the nuptials oilier Majesty and the Prince Consort will be the model for th e proceedings at the, wedding of the Princess Royal. th e Court will leave Windsor early in January, and will tal ' e , up its abode at Bnckingham Palace. After the mare* the royal pair will retire to Windsor Castle, an d, remai n ' ing there a week, will return to town to receive the lo lbbe t congratulations of the Court on their union. T his Is 3 present the arrangement ; but it may be greatly al— nclfie or even altered, should there be any serious change la t ' i health of the King of Prussia. In the case of a fats t result everything would depend on the time when it W h o place; but shoul4 matt ers p rogress as at present, ved readers may depend that the course we have Ind ic° will be the one followed.— Court Journal. AMUSEMENTS. MR. R. W. THOMAS'S SHILLING CONCERTS I T Ting PII/LTIARDIONIC HALL. Ct 5° The Mendelssohn F e sti va l, l ast n i g h t, did n ot attr j r large an audience as the name of this great c0n 1 7 3 1 , 5 : 85 , wont to do; but the attendance was fuller than 011 f i be day night. Mr. E. W. Thomas played two pe r ' s o A Violin Concerto, and the w'iole of the SymP ll°l l o', Minor, batter known to the public as the Scotch SP nl)- „ics, was performed entir e ; b u t we cannot t hi nk suc h 1 0 4 ! rj - ee s however fine, Are fit for cheap cmcerts. The su die t , o t, go to thes e p r i ?c ipaly for pleasi ng enter° l : - 00 id rather than to h ear mus i c i n i ts higher sense. 6:est thro' the Rye," sang b 1 Miss Louisa Vi nn i n g 01 6 " e w er archness,- will take p rece d ence o f the finest a ri4 to• written. A goo d programme has been put foal 11). t he night. Sig nor R asp i an d Mr G.. 11. Davies will ia . be , solo perfo rmers on t h e b assoon and clarione; ; and srtite Nicholson, Haycock, Davies and Chambers, will t il igio solos in the selection' from the " Trovatore ;" an d Louisa Vinning will sing an air from the same °peril - " The Reason Why." ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, MR. WESTON'S- BROW . her o Mr. Weston had a goo d b ene fi t l ast n i ght. AD. 1341;013 played Sir Giles O vei reac h i n " A New Way to lihdf pld Debs," and, bating a li t tl e too much imitation °Disket Kean's stage-tricking, played it very well. Die' r,, to rl made a capital Nara,. Mr. Villiers was vary sat l l .6 : he ir in iVtlthorn and the othei p er f ormers sastallea " I f e , characters very creditably. Mr. Roberts, Mr. Bake r ' 'l3 Villiers, and Mi ss P age were ca l led before t h e nt lft : l 3, at the close of th e p i ece an d much a2Pl4l.. ti ' A t he Mr. Flexmore and M a d ame A ur i ol followed, wit'w interesting piece of " The Dumb Savoyard and his :;1 1 . key." To-night, Mr. Roberts will play Richelieu, and "Dumb Savoyard and his Monkey" will be re/novel. CHARLES HATIIEW&S AD VICE TO THE ARE EWA r`T3' three Charles Mathews made a s p eec h i n B o ston, t `'` lo . weeks Ago, in which he said :—" lam somewhat lee in timing my visits to America. In 1838, son" A ni'letee il 3 years ago, I first crossed the Atlantic, and pePP eu ,:"„o pecuniary crisis in New York ; and uow, in 1.8a7 , 1 . " f o had the luck to pop upon another. It seems as , I `„ai presence were doomed to bring a panic with it-4 4v i5 laughter)—but lam happy to find at any rate that i t ` t i r e• not had the effect of frightening you out of the th e3 , o , (Laughter and app'ause.) I liked, ladies and gen tleni' ,9 I think the best you can do is to come into it as oft° possible, and to divert your mind for an hour or t t la from the cares of real life. In times of difficulty , 5° from its being an expen s i ve l uxury , t h e t h ea tre i 5 a ), 'a re the cheapest mode you c an alopt of passing year Ic ' s r i ti e at moments. (Laughter.) D ur i ng one. o f oa r lia r- o t winters in London a poor man wa s o b s erved 1 164 0 every night to the surprise of the' money-taker, P i l i t; his threepence tothe gallery of the Surrey Theatre• last, oat of curiosity, he got into conversation wit h ! l ed 'How is it,' said he, that you, wh) appear to be 3 ' h , t e pater man, can aff)rd to came and pay your 13231v b f B ly night after night, when one wou ld think you had enough to keep life and seal together at him"' 6 '•) uig i :l te m) , ° it,' said he, 'I com e h ere out of ecollmy. (L It's the cheapest way I can spend my evening. At 11 ' 7 Pa t I mast burn fire and can dl e , an d have son3thing to w, and drink for myself and f r i en d, an d at, an ' exe - es °. t or three shillings at th e l eas t ; while here I net wr p ctie a , n si lighted, lodged, and amused, with plenty of goad around rue, and all for threepence.' There was phi ar in this, ladies and gentlem en , an d I recommen d it toy serious consideration." (Mach laughter.) Trim AsrEEVAN MAILS.—Th 3 United States t he Steamer Atlantic, Captain Eldridge, soiled 14 '1 5 0 4 Mersey for New Y »k, y e ,t er d ay , w i t h 6 8 pas senger £26,000 in specie on freight. ; e ROYAL INsiTtru nor/ FeaGOL, —ln the tra•v-' s3s' vre telfigence contained in yesterday's Land f sc• observe that Mr. W. Rees, B. , bud 1,410 c ° , lo lif John's College, C ttubridp, and la'ely CAnnira 8 . 3 ,0 0 of the above school, carried off the Carus Greek Te c j io prize for bachelors. Mr. E. T. Hilkre, of College, was second. 0; 1 ' DEATH Famt SllFFacArloN.—Yesterriay morning , a yi lle only ten weeks olcl, named Paiwio Scarborough' , , 0 05 , father is a clog mak er , li v i ng at N o. 4, P resco t-str het found dead by the side of its mother. In she S 3nle qe i 5 h' with this child was another, aged 20 weeks old. to doubt but that child was cvtr.l,in, and di ed • r' sufflcation, a very frequent o c c urrence . tl, Ypr The new clipper ship Mi nne h helong."& oca o f Walthew's Liverpool li ne of Australian pacle'se . Melbourne on th e /oth lost. She had her eJull )B ;ye ' passeng rs and a valuable cargo. It is expects) s , ot i „le wake a very favourable passage, and she had the a' ; • P' fie of a fair wind on starting. Tae fine 'w.ll-ks° 0 11" Africa, the next monthly packet of this line, is 1) tit" scr the 7th December. Dr. Livingstone the cel e b ra t e d Af r i can traver Pc‘ ; e t i o ' livered a lecture on Fri lay n i g ht i n t h e P r i n ce °I vi sit t School-rooms, Rugeley. The docto r h as b ee n 00 5 . s 51; T. B. Horsfall, E N ., M.P , far Liverpool, st b p ' a u Belamour ; and at the es.u4 s t ri quest o f a nual", - ei f ivo inhabitants of Rugaley, coasea'ed to ° ot o address on his Africa). explorations. The r` l crowded. and the vi car occu pi e d t h e cha i r. ay 016 Bone FOUND.—Y e st er d a y norn i ng, t h e Vof o l is ce a female, apparently ab ou t 45 y ears o f age, was fl j oy b oo Canal, near Leeds-street Bridge. Sh e h a d evW. no , 4 0. rather stout in statute, and of a d ar k coroplex„, L " 3 to body of the d e e use d was f oun d by a labourer 113—,ged tt Marsh, who, with n sistance, immediately consq”of the dead house, where it now lies, is 130°, 5 ois a B ,f identified. An inq ues t w ill Ire hAd on the WO brO9 ACCIDENTAL DEATlL—Yesterday morning tb: 1 .1 1 0 0 captain llackloek, of t'ae schooner Virginia, lo ite .des, t be the south of the Canning Dock, was found cl u e go cu frtte board that vessel. His head was resting on the tor.. foe anchor, and his legs entangled in the rle t ,,; - k 0 0 is deceased was, in Mersey -erect about two ° oft morning, very much intoxicated ; an I frAte the ' T . goirloa which he was found, it would appear that a`,..t,,e,is.uilloof. hoard the ship, be had gone forty when be k u e id tb,,H B ; and shied of .14)cation. An inquest will be. u 0 3 LIST of PASSENQERS taken out by the Auantiv,pez beg Mellor, Messrs P. Perkerson, B. Riley, j• V °T i figt daughter, E Wright and lady, .T M FOrbes , ' 3 - go i' e ver, and sister, Mrs Anthony, Mr J. F. Lewis , T• Miss Lemmon, Miss Swift, Messrs t:010, R J. Arnold, Westfelat and servant, S. a „ d OO O T. Patterson, Beawley , R. A. Alexander, 3. It a n f a ssai i ill o t ijer lady, H. Thomas, C. Gignoux, King 813 C I) Mama, E. G. hompson, J. L. Kellogg, petetleab and lady, H. C. Leigh, J. Roberts R. 11 : c y . ifce° o , Opdyke, Miss Opdyks, Messrs H. Roberts, eert j A Sanderson, lady, five daughtore son, and lenris'iles' Hunt and three ladies, C. S. De ' doolt,E. F- The Ore ol sr• THE OVEADUE AUSTRALIAX MAIL. n t 15 Australian September mail, per Emu, nog nr.,, e ietsPb e es due, is anxiously looked for ; and great disa i lT s D ot o bly felt by merchants and others that she I' o, e elesf v el annou:nd in due course, more es2eciallY ' oppo tu n tr l itta comes forward promptly, there will be " s o uth 3 if replying by the outward mail, on the 12th, and, via M.f.rsviilea, wh i c h leave. jot . 11 o re on the 161 _ 1 ' vic 81) 5 4 , , poll steamer was deapatchad at the proper (law! , be 1 5 "., 1 rt 3 advises from Sydney to the I lib, 31.1b 3 ur n ," 11 : 0 , 0 from Adelaide to the 10th of Sep'embel* , s ,,, a th M ose ° t be a regular mail from the latter place, a- unary the P, ar cl , i has refused to joie in the postal subsidy u n a u trea3 E° s c 3 l f arrange menu for the trausmiasion of letter n vert heler a t b she receipts of letters and papers are, .1014 enbved upon to the date mentioned. —Mw tny Nov. 7. Th e A Ea 4 "allt ' fa • e git tqam,„, ; and D] 10; 1 4% c te T e a, at t ale iti:d a " , r,; t 4 !tr4 t 11 4: ! he hit L°4 l tb 'vir e tlte 4 4 4 t iN t ; : t e t'd ‘ttti