The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-06-21 00:00:00

MT ant dr. WANTED, a Second-hand BATH CHAIR, large size, light, with hood to it.—Address, stating where to Ise seen, Box J. 1, Post-office, Liverpool. WANTED, a Good Strong PONY, from 14 t 3 15 hands high. Must be quiet, and steady to ride or drive, with good action, and modes ately fast. Price not to exceed £25. For address, see Reference List, Northern Times office. WANTED. an ACTIVE YOUNG MAN, of good address, who has been accustomed to the KEEPING and COLLECTION of ACCOUNTS. Must write a good hand. One who has a k ow ledge of the PRINTING and STATIONERY Business preferred.— Address, In applicant's own hand writing, to A. C. G., Northern Times office. WANTED, a SOLICITOR, for a First-class Tailoring and Out fitting Establishment.—A liberal salary and commission will be given to a competent man, who has a good connection with captains, and the shipping generally —Adoress by letter (Z. R.), at the Northern Times office, stating qualifications and where last em ploy ed. Co be Let. T ---- bo LET, a well furnialv.d COTTAGE, No. 2 o n th e T errace TO Waterloo —Apply at No. 4. T O be LET, near the Clare ,ce Dock, large and co nven i en t COTTON SHEDS, baying open frontages to Revnt-street and Carlton-street, and capable of storing about 7000 bales of cotton. There Is also a good Shop and Dwelling-house on the premises.— apply to Tcomas Vernon and Son, Ilynnswick Dock. PARKGATE.— TO he LET, a good HOUSE, opposite the Dee, containing two kitchens, good cellars, butler's pantry, two e drawing-room, nine bedrooms, with eoo t flower and The house has been fresh papered an 1 painted 4pply to Mr. Johnson, Li, Duke-street; or Jones parlours, o kitchen gardens. inside and out.— and Son. Noston Also, TO be SOLD, two FREEHOLD HOUSES in Park-street TO WHO LESALE D RUGG I STS and OT HE R4.—TO be LET, for a Term of Years, the MILLS, WA ttEHOUSE, OFFICES, &c., in Wood-street, lately occupied by Messrs. Edney & Raines, as Wholesale druggists, including the Engine and Machinery, now ready for work. The Premises, which are very commodious, will be Let together or separately, and immediate possession can be eiven.—For further particulars apply to Mr. George S. Sanderson, 13, James street, Liverpool. OUTHPORT.—TO be LET, furnished, on the 25th of June, AD at a moderate rental, for two, six, or two months, lEW TREE VILLA, Sea Bank Road, Southport. The cottage contains drawing-room, dining-roam, and rive bedrooms. Has been recently fnrnished, and commands a delightful view of the sea. To a six et' twelve months' tenant, liberal terms will be offered, and any *lterations or improvements made that may be desired; or the house will be let unfurnished to any party who will take the furni ture, or a portion of it, at a valuation. Water aad gas In the house. 'For terms and further particulars apply to Mr. Hargreave, London- Street, Southport. en *alt. AVariety ( (AMERICAN NEWSPAPERS, rec e ve d per B a lti c , on SALE, at the Northern Times office. KENTLEDGE.—A large and well-assorted S tock always on hand . Also, BALLAST (Pig) IRON. ILLIAM F. SIM, Sweeting-street. To be SOLD, a beautiful dna-to ne d C o tt age PIANO-FORTr, price £lO, 61 octaves, in mahogany case, by Collard & Collard, cost £65 , in excenent condition, and nearly new, the property of a gentleman who has given up housekeeping.—Addr..ss B. 8., Northern Times °thee. TORT TH PARK CEMETERY, SMITHDOWN-LANE.— NOTICE.—The Burial Board are now prepared to SELL GROUND for Gravesend Vaults, and for Interments in the above Cemetery. For scale of charges apply t the office of the Registrar, at the Cemetery ; or to the,Clerk to the Board, at the Public Office, Park-place, Toxteth Park. ADDRESS MR. PRIEST, BIRKENHEAD. HOUSES ! HOUSES! ! LAND LAN I) I ! —ON SALE, in large or small lots, variously situated, and ranging in price irt,m about .leloo to £6.,ooo.—See H. P. Priest's Cheshire and Lancashire Property Circular. Can be had gratis and free by post. Cheshire offices, for the Sale and Letting of Land and Houses, Market-cross Chambers (one door from Market-square) Market-street. Birken head. Alonev. EQUIRED .4'25 for Twelve Months, upon Promissory Note, and IL liberal interest. —Address C. B 8.. Northern Times office. frommerctai Sates THIS DAY. Tars DAT, the 21st Instant, at One o'clock, at the Brokers' Office, 9, Exchange-buildings, 20 Pales, and a Quantity Loose COTTON, damaged by sea water. ex Sehkar, from Galveston; lying in Stone street.—Apply to Messrs. E. Zwithenbart and Co., merchants, or to %t ILLIAM D. TOM LINSuN & CO., Brokers. NEXT WEEK, MONDAY On MONDAY, the 23rd Instant, at a quarter to Eleven o'clock, at the Brokers' office, Temple-court, 250 Hal -chests Lisbon ORANGES, ex Douro; 350 Cass Messina LEMONS, ex Italian; . , 1 30 Ba 5° Ba7 ' s 3 New d } Brazil NUTS, ex P r i nces s Roy a l ; g 0 300 Bags Barcelona DITTO, ex Estrella, HOUGHTON & LEVY, Braers Apply to ESDAY On account of nhom it may concern. Postponed until TIISSDAY next, the 24th Instant at Golding and Nash's Saleroom, Corn Exchange, Brunswick-street, About 2800 Qua•ters White and Yellow Indian CORN, ex Exchange, from Havannah —For particulars apply to Messrs. James Al'Henry and Co., Merchants, or to J. & M. HARNETT, Prokers. On. TUESDAY next, the 24th instant, and following days, at Four o'clock, at the Brohers' Saleroom, Hackie's-hey, 250 Bales East India, 105 Do. Entre Rios. 1 WOOLS. 1500 1.0. Peruvian, Egyptian, Oporto, and other Apply to PERKINS & ROBINSON, Wool Brokers. J. NODDER, HATTER, 81, CHURCH-STREET, Begs respectfully to inform the Nobility and Gentry of Liver pool that his NEW STYLES for the Season are NOW READY for Inspection. T HE GENTLEMEN'S SHIRT WAREHOUSE, 24 and 26, BOLD-STREET P. L. MACTAGGART. SHIRT MERCHANT MANUFACTURER. Rort4Prn fitneo SATURDAY, JUNE 21, 1856 THE strike of the Clerks and Porters of the London and North Western Railway has caused, and is likely to produce, still greater inconvenience to the Liverpool public, The town was full of complaints yesterday ; and it really does seem strange that the Directors and Managers of that concern cannot manage their internal affairs, so as to spare the mercantile community the delays and losses which the inters option of even one day in such a vast amount of traffic as they enjoy, must produce. We have no desire to interfere in a quarrel between employer and employed, except in so far as the interest of the community at large is concerned. Prima facia, the case made out by the. Clerks and Porters appears to be reasonable enough. The former simply ask from an incorporated body that reward of merit and good service which the public demand for those in government offices. Gentlemen who have been for years in the service of the London and North Western Company , and whose co n d uc t h as , up to t hi s d ay, b een irre proachable, naturally expect to be raised to those vacancies which may occur, and that the reward they have earned will not be given to others, who, from want of experience, can scarcely be fit for the employment given to them. It has cost the shareholder interest an immense sum of money to bring the railway man agement of the co un t ry t o what it is, and it seems to be impolitic for companies to think of disturbing the whole of their manual machinery for petty or personal ends. With regard to the movement among the porters or working hands, it resembles all other strikes so closely, that the most can be said of it is, ab uno disce mimes. The men complain of the arbitrary conduct of those placed immediately over them. They think 43. a day too little wages for thirteen 3s. 6cl hours' work, while dock labourers receive for eiyht hours. Mr. CARTER, who, it appears, has replaced Mr. BRAITIIWAITE POOLE, as Goods' Manager, thinks otherwise, and has reduced the wages of some of the Porters to 21s• a week, and has threatened to reduce those of the THE NORTHERN TIMES. whole staff to that level. This was the origin of the strike. The Porters, however, before turnin g out, memoralised the Directors in very respectful language, and the deputation who presented their address, asked if the able-bodied men, on the line, would be allowed to receive 4s. a day as usual, and, at the same time, sought to obtain 275. a week for the Sheeters, who now get 265. a week, with some trifling advance for the junior staff, whose ages range from sixteen to twenty years, and who only received from 7s. to 12s. a week They also asked to have Mr. SMALL, who had been reduced from the rank of clerk to that of a working man, re instated, to all of which the Directors gave a positive refusal. With this decision between masters and men, we have nothing whatever to do. The Directors are responsible to the public for a vast amount of life and property, and from the peculiar nature of the employment they give, their regulations, decisions, and general management, must necessarily appear more orless arbitrary to those under them. The slightest carelessness on the part of Clerks Porters, or the youths employed about a railway, might lead to a lamentable destruction of life and property. A monetary neglect of duty, and drunk enness, are unpardonable offences in a railway servant, as the Directors are answerable should any accident occur to the employe, or the public. Men enter their service knowing all this, and they must therefore be prepared for the moat arbitrary enforcement of regulations. The service is, and must ever remain, subject to despotic rule. The simplest order must be obeyed, without waiting to ask the reason pro or con ; and hence we say, and we feel certain the reader will agree with us, that a Railway Company, who have a sober, intelligent, trained, and thoroughly efficient staff of Clerks and Porters, are remarkably fortunate, and ought not, for a trifle, to expose the trading classes, and the public generally, to the manifest inconvenience and dangers of placing such onerous, and really difficult duties, in the hands of strange and untrained men. We would not have Railway Directors relax one particle of the strin gency of their regulations, as far as the duties of their servants are concerned. On the contrary, where the lives and substance of the community are involved to so vast an extent, we would increase the responsibilities of all parties connected with such occupations, and enforce penalties for neglect of duty with additional rigour. But we would have Directors, and the Managers under them, to bear in mind the risk they involve the public in when they stop the traffic of a line of such magnitude as the London and North Western, or give its books and porterage into the hands of an unorganised and less experienced staff than that they have hitherto employed. The difference between the Company and their servants in this case is, after all, but very trifling, and it would be well if the matter could be amic ably adjusted by the timely intercession of some third party. It is not always possible to find 900 good men, who are really fit for the duties which the London and North Western Railway staff have so long discharged with great credit to themselves and satisfaction to the public. The Directors are trying, we are aware, to get-fresh hands who will accept the reduced wages; but cheapness in this case may prove, as it does in most others, to be but sound economy. We feel very little anything cern for the men who have struck, for their labour will on be absorbed by other railways Good dy, and tried men in their way, can always get employment; but the mercantile classes whose means of transit have been suddenly cut off, and the safety of life, on a line of road on which there is so large an amount of traffic, must be considered. The difficulty and loss, in such a state of things, does not fall on those but on those who have to supply their place, and the public who have to bear so serious an interruption to trade. The Company, it is said, lost an amount which appears perfectly fabulous by a similar strike which who strike took place some time ago, although it only lasted two days, and it is not improbable that by the time they have paid for the detention and damage of goods, and other injuries which delay will entail on the public, in this instance, the loss will be much greater. It is then sincerely to be hoped, that the Directors will re-consider the resolution conveyed to the deputation, and that they will meet the complaints of their tried and trustworthy staff in a commercial and friendly spirit. SPAIN, that land of woe, which cannot find money to pay her British creditors, is arming, without pecuniary or other aid from abroad, to attack another State equally indebted to England, and without a word of remonstrance from our Cabinet. Her Armada is to be a formidable affair, and will probably reach the Gulf of Mexico at the time it ought to be seeking sheltered quar ters. A winter, or, indeed, autumnal blockade in those regions, is rather a hazardous under taking for dubious mariners and unitiated adventurers. The Mexican coast is the last place in the world that we should select either in winter or summer, for a pleasure trip ; and we would just as soon be excused attempting the defences of Vera Cruz without a large available stock of heavy metal, and a sufficient number of British or American seamen to do the work which is cut out for its hostile visitors. It is useless to caution those who will swagger and have their own way ; but we will tell the Spaniards that if they are unwise enough to allow their fleet to enter the Gulf, it will never return again, except England and France undertake its rescue. The Mexican will find half a million of sympathisers in California, Central America, Texas, and along the lower valley of the Mississippi, against whom the American Government can no more enforce the law of neutrality than the Cabinet of Madrid. The first shot fired by Spain will be the signal of a coming storm, of which it would be lir_ possible to predict the end, except as far .as the pretensions and chastisement of the aggressor is concerned. The treacherous part which SANTA ANNA has played of late years, and the frightfuL difficulties he has brought on his country, may have led Spain to conjure up a variety of ab surdities in her head, about the strength, general disposition, and resources of the _ Republic. The Old Church party may have persuaded the Court of Spain that the time has returned when it may again appear in the Western hemisphere as en cometa. But the come estrella days of European rule in the land of the MONTEZUMA'S have passed away for ever. The remaining miseries of Mexico are Spanish in their origin and essence, and her people know and feel that they can never rise to the level of surrounding nations, until they have eradicated the last traces of their early oppressor from the soil. Spain need not, therefore, buc herself up with the hope of being able t .' her subjugation of the Mexicans. tasted the sweets of freedom, and will not return to the Inquisition and bondage. Mexico's best friends are not at all apprehensive on this head; but it does appear strange that the British Government Atexican J renew They have do not endeavour to induce crazy old Spain not to embark in an expedition which must be most in• jurious to the interests of this country, and which may lead to a positive rupture between England and the States Alex co is making very great and laudable efforts, at this moment, to keep faith with her foreign creditors, and there is every reason to believe that, with internal peace, and moderately good govern ment, she will'rise within a very few years to the position of a really respectable and prosperous State. She has, at all events, made sacrifices to keep faith with those to whom she is heavily indebted, which Spain might imitate with consi derable advantage to her creditors. The national party in Mexico have always been ready to submit to any domestic embarrassments sooner than appear lost to a proper sense of their obligations to friendly Powers, whose money they borrowed to preserve an independent existence. We wish we could say as much for the patriotic sons of old Spain. But, laying aside the large pecuniary interest we have at stake, in the peace and pros perity of the Mexicans, it is high time that we knew what course Great Britain intends to pursue, if hostilities should take place between the two Powers. The United States will, most assuredly, give all the moral aid they can to their neighbours, if they do not openly join the Mexicans in arms. What, then, will the PALMERSTON Cabinet do ? Will they follow Spain in her folly, and bring us into a quarrel through Mexico, as soon as, or probably before, we are out of the Central Ameri can difficulty? The people of England will not hear of war with America, and if their Parliament and Government would save the Spanish feet from speedy annihilation, they must look to what they see going on without further procrastination. THE COURT The Queen visited the Duchess of Gloucester on Thursday afternoon, at Gloucester House. The Prince Consort, with the Prince of Wales and the Regent of Baden and Prince Frederick William of Prussia, hon oured the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland with a visit at Stafford-house on Thursday morning. Prince Albert afterwards went to the Industrial Exhibition of Articles made in the various Reformatories and Refuges of the United Kingdom, at Willis's Rooms, King -street. His Royal Highness left Buckingham Palace soon after three o'clock in the afternoon, to preside at the annual meeting of the Windsor Royal Association in the Home Park and to distribute the prizes. The Prince travelled by the South Western Railway. The Regent of Baden paid visits to take leave to the Duchess of Kent, the Duchess of Gloucester, the Duchess of Cambridge, and the Duke of Cambridge, at their respective residences. Prince Frederick William of Prussia visited the British Institution in Pall-mall, and also inspected the Gallery of the New Society of Painters in Water-colours. The Queen had a dinner party in the evening. The company included the Princess Royal, the Regent of Baden, the Prince Frederick William of Prussia, the Duke and Duchess of Argyll, the Marquis and Blar chioness of Abercorn, Major-General Sir William Fen' wick Williams, General Sir Hew Ross, and General Sir George Brown. THE RAILWAY FORGERIES IN IRELAND.—At the Com mission Court in Dublin yesterday, the trial of Knighting, charged with the Railway forgeries which have attracted so much attention, was postponed until Monday, on the ground that the two presiding Judges (Mr. Justice Moore and Mr. Barorf Greene) were shareholders in the Great Southern and Western Railway Company. THE TIPPERARY BANK.-Yesterday the Master of the Rolls in Ireland, gave his judgment in the case of the English shareholders in the Tipperary Bank. His Honour's judgment occupied two hours in its delivery. and the result is that by his decision he has freed all the English shareholders from liability, and their names are consequently all struck out from the list of con tributors. _, l ,_ NEW LINE OF STEAMERS TO AMERICA.—We are happy to perceive that the enterprise of our fellow townsmen has in no respect abated; but, on the contrary, exhibits all the indications of reaction and renewed vigour. Thus we observe th4t a new scam line of communication with the American continent, which will confer a great advantage to the commercial community on both sides of the Atlantic. has just been inaugurated. We allude to the line estab lished by the Liverpool, Newfoundland, and Halifax Steam Navigation Company, which opens by the despatch, on the 20th August next, to be fullowed on the 20th of each succeeding month, of one of their powerful screw steamers The new line will not be in opposition to any of the existing fleet which has already won '° golden opinions from all sorts of men," but will afford to St. John's, for instance, that which she has never yet enjoyed, a distinct communication belonging, we might say, to herself. Reaching Nova-Scotia at Halifax, the transit of merchandise will be accomplished in a few hours to St. John, New Brunswick, by the railway which the Government of Nova-Scotia have undertaken to complete in the course of the ensuing spring. Arrangements are also in progress, with every prospect of success, by which the Grand Trunk Railway of Canada will grant tickets to passengers between Canada and Liverpool, and vice versa, The rate of freight by this new line has been calculated so as to include that which is now carried by sailing vessels. We can only congratulate our commercial friends upon the advantages thus opened by the new line, and again felicitate our port on this additional instance of the enterprise which is indigenous to it. AMERICAN MAILS. —The Royal Mail steamer Canada will sail this day for Halifax and Boston, with the American mails, &c. Letters at the General Post-office will be in time, in the ordinary course, up to nine o'clock, and, with late fees, to ten o'clock in the morning. The receiving box at the Larding-stage will be open for letters up to eleven o'clock forenoon, but late fees must be paid of is on letters at this box. FATAL ACClDENT.—Yesterday afternoon, a man, named William Swift, a carter, was killed in Great Howard-street, under the following circumstances :—The deceased was in the employment of Mr. B. Idesketh, cartowner, of Mary bone, and had been to the Wellington-dock, where he loaded a lorry with cotton, and was proceeding along Great Howard-street, sitting on the shaft of the vehicle. when he fell off, and, one of the wheels passing over, killed him. An inquest will be held on the body this day. FIRE.-0a Thursday morning, about twenty minutes to eleven o'clock, a fire was discovered in the loft over a stable, occupied by Mr. Cowan, flour dealer, and situate in Heath street, in which a large quantity of hay and straw was de posited. The information being first conveyed to the West of England fire station, Bold-street, the engine was at once despatched with the brigade. By this aid, in conjunction with the reel froth Crown-street, the fire -was extinguished in the course of an hour. The damage is estimated at about £6O, which, we regret to say, is not covered by insurance. CHEMISTS' AssocrATloN.--The last pharmaceutical meet • ing of this society Wlt S held in the R.)) al Institution, on Thursday evening, the president, Mr. Abraham, in the chair. Dr. Ed wards delivered a lecture on " Strychnine and its dectection ;" a subject which has recently excited considerable attention, and which attracted such a large attendance, that the meeting was obliged to be adjourned from the small to the large lecture room. He first g ave a general sketch of the origin, composition, and mode of extraction of Strychnin', and then, at s'deraLlo length, dwelt upon Lnd exhibited the diff.n.e L t tests by which it can be detected. The evidence -- A Palmer's trial was also criticised, and the lecturer gave it as his conviction, that in the present state of our knowledge, the question involving the life or ignominious death of a fellow-creature ought not to be decided from the colour tests alone, but ought to be supported by some phy siological evidence as well,•and the strychnine reproduced in some form recognizable under the microscope. The lecture was illustrated with a considerable number Of experiments, both chemical and physiolojcal—the effects Of strychnine on a rabbit, mouse, and frog, being very satis_ factorily shown. After the lecture a brief discussion took pl,ce, and a vote of thanks to Dr. Edwards for his very impo. tont lecture, was proposed by Mr. Clay, and carried by acclamation. The president, in vacating the chair, announced this to be the last meeting, and expressed his gratification at the satisfactory conclusion of a very successful session. even --LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY. MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL. LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY EVENING • - The dismissal of our Minister from the States, and the apprehensions suggested by so grave an event, influenced a very animated demand for Cotton on Saturday and Monday last, and an advance of about Id per lb in the prices of all the most current qualities of American descriptions. The-adoption of our Government, however, of a policy which has dissipated all fear of war, caused on Tuesday a sudden and decided collapse in the market, and the demand having since been strictly limited to the supply of the immediate require ments of the trade, prices of Mobile and Orleans have again receded to a level with the quotations of Friday last. Boweds however are less freely offered, and maintain some slight advance. Other descriptions are without change. The sales of the week amount to 66,080 bales, 45,720 of whi , th have been taken by the trade, 17,560 for speculation, and 2,800' for export. To-day's business is estimated at 6,000 bales, 1,000 of which have been taken for speculation and export. The committee's quota tions to-day for fair cotton are as follows, viz : Bowed 6,33, Mobile 6-Id, and Orleans 61d per lb. The Liverpool Share Market again opened with great business, gradually improved throughopt the day, and closed very strong, at the highest quotations of the day, as under :—Aberdeen, 131 131. Chester and Birkenhead, 151 152. Caledonian, 31/ 312. Chester and Holyhead, 161 161. Eastern Counties, 101 102. East Lancashire, 201 201. Great Northern, 24 241. Ditto A, 91 10. Great Western, 631 64. Lancashire and Yorkshire Stock. 951 951. Liver pool, Crosby, and Southport, 171 17g. London and North Western Stock, 104 1041. Manchester Sheffield, and - Lincoln, 31 318. Ditto New 6 per cent. Pref., 9-16 ep. Ditto Pref., 11'1 12. Mid land Stock, 801 801. North British, 9 3-16 9 5-16. North Staffordshire, 6 sid. South Eastern and Dover, 21 15-16 22 1-16. York, Newcastle, and Ber wick, 211 211. York and North Midland, 292 - 30. Leeds Capital Stock, 181 19k. Buffalo and Lake Huron, 11 11p. Dutch Rhenish, 1 11-16 1 13-16 p. Great Western of Canada, 261 261. Ditto New Shares, 31 3 9-16 p. Great Luxembourg, 81 81d. We quote the following report of the Tallow Market from the Circular of Mr. F. J. Eaton : A large business has been done this week amounting to fully 1,400 casks, including small lots of P.Y.C. at 473 to 47s 6d per cwt ; South American sold at 46s to 47s 6d, North American at 483 to 493, and Australian at 44s to 46s per cwt, as in quality, The London market is rather higher; the closing prices yesterday were 46s spot, and 47s per cwt for October and December; the half-week delivery is 814 casks against 897 casks last year, and present stock 17,413 casks against 46,917 casks in 185,5. There was a good amount of business done in the Liverpool Corn Market to-day, and prices generally showed an upward tendency, The Colonial Produce Markets this week have been quiet, but for some of the principal staples a steady demand has prevailed. In sugar, business has been limited, owing to the small quantity of the article brought forward, but prices have been well maintained. Coffee has remained steady, but dull; cocoa is rather cheaper, and rice has been in demand at full rates. Common congou tea has been inactive, at 9d per lb. Cotton is dearer, and also saltpetre. For spices full value have been realised, and tallow has been firm. A telegraph message from Madrid announces that, in consequence of an understanding between the Cortes representatives and the government, the question of the reform of the tariffs has been adjourned to the 20th September. Accounts from the Cape of Good Hope report no material change in the condition of commercial affairs. A petition had been presented to the Legislative Council from parties interested in mining operations in Namaqualand, praying for the extension of leases to renew the right of search, and to charge art export duty on ore in lieu of the present rents. Sir Andries and Lady Stockenstrom and family had sailed for this country. The George Marshall, from Victoria, has arrived off Plymouth, with 100,000/. in sovereigns, and 60.827 ounces of gold, making a total of about 343,3081. BANK OF ENGLAND RETURNS An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cap 32, for the Week ending June 13, 1856. ISSUE DEPARTMENT. Debit. Credit. Notes issued . • £25,912,210 Government Debt Other securities 3,459,900 Gold Coin and Bullion 11,437,210 £25,912,210 Total .... £25,912,210 Debit. Proprietors' ca- BANKING DEPARTMENT. Credit. Government se- pital Rest Public deposits 4,112,448 Notes 6,678,46) Other „ 10,218,761 Gold and silver Seven day, and coin other bills.. 774,393 621,582 Total .... £32,873,589 I Total £32,873,.589 The foregoing Bank Returns show the following results when compared with those of the preceding week :—Notes issued, increase, 380,1151; bullion in both departments, increase, 370,3741; rest, in crease, 5,741/ ; public deposits, increase, 815,3211 ; other deposits, decrease, 515,7521; seven days' and other bills, decrease, 31,2111. On the credit side government securities have decreased 455,6581; other securities, increase, 13,773/. Notes un employed, increase, 725,7251. Actual circulation, 19,233,7501, decrease, 345,6101. It is worthy of remark, that the increase of bullion, during the four weeks ending June 14, amounts to 2,256,9271. The annexed are the closing quotations of the Foreign Exchanges :—Amsterdam, short, 11 18 to 11 181. Do., three months, 12 181 to 12 181. Rotterdam, do , 12 181 to 12 181 Antwerp, do., 25 571 to 25 621. Brussels, do., 25 571 to 25 621. Hamburg, do., 13 91 to 13 10. Paris, short, 25 30 to 25 372. Do., three months, 25 671 to 25 721. Marseilles, do., 25 671 to 25 722. Frankfort, do , 120 to 120*. Vienna, do., 10 17 to 10 20. Trieste, do., 10 18 to 10 22. Petersburg, do., 37i to 371. Madrid, do., 497 to 49g. ' The Funds to-day showed considerable firm ness, but a decline of * per cent was finally estab lished, the closing prices being 94 7.16 to 94 9-16. This slight reaction is generally attributed to the dulness of business which, coupled with the em barrassed position of the Paris Bourse, induces realisations on the part of some of the recent specu lative buyers. Apart, however, from the slight daily variation of Funds, the general aspect of monetary affairs is most favourably regarded. The Railway Share Market to day was less active, but remains very good in character. The final prices of, Railway Shares were thus quoted :—Caledonian, 622 621 Eastern Counties, 10 9.16 10 11.-16. East Lancashire, 801811. Great Northern, 96 961. Ditto A, 78 79. Great Western, 63164. - Lancashire and Yorkshire, 951957. Lon don and North Western, 1034 1041. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 301 31. Midland Stock, 801 801. North British, 361 371. South Eastern and Dover, 73+ 741. York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 831 841. York and North Midland, 591 60. AUSTRALIA. PLYMOUTH, FRIDAY MORNING. The George Marshall, Captain Wm. Henry, with 350 casks copper and a full cargo of wool has arrived in the Channel. She left Melbourne on the 21st March, the same day as the Morning Star, which arrived on Tuesday. The George Marshall brings 60,000 ounces of gold dust, 100,000 sous., and 90 passengers. Off Cape Horn, on the 21st of April, she sighted the ship Panama, of Liverpool, bound probably for Valparaiso. WAGES AT RuEsTurr.—Much agitation continues to exist amongst the weavers and winders of Preston, upon the question of wages. They contend that the reduction to which they submitted during the war, ought no longer to be maintained. The spinners are also joining in the movement. At one mill, that of Messrs. Bashall, the winders have given in their notice, which was .to expire yesterday (Friday). THE WRECK Or THE PRINCESS ROYAL.—A correslyin dent, writing from the scene of the wreck, remarks that this vessel still retains an upright position, and at a distance appears as if uninjured. A heavy swell from the westward has seriously damaged the cabin and other quarters of the ship. For some time past the ship appears to be sinking downwards, giving evident proof that the bottom must be giving way. A considerable portion of the workmen have been discharged, but a great number are yet employed. THE CRIMEA. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPODEENT.) SEBASTOPOL,-JuNE 6 yhe evacuation of the Crimea goes steadily on, and is, in fact, the only thing going , on at present. The first division, par excellence, as well as numeri cally the first, comprising as it does that embodi ment of all the military talents (the Guards), by to-morrow will have ceased to exist. Of the first brigade, the Fusiliers alone remain, the Grena diers having embarked in the Agamemnon, and the Coldstreams in the St. Jean D'Acre, for their native land. While the 31st Regiment now represents the 'second brigade, the other regiments are all departed—the 9th to Canada, the 13th to Gibral tar, and the 56th to the head quarters of the army; and these two sole remaining representatives of the division, will also soon be on the broad seas, the Fusiliers to the guardianship of our gracious Queen, and the 31st on their way to Malta. And so with the other divisions; so, that in a short time the only traces left of our conquests in the Crimea will be the dreary barren waste of land,-that tells its tale of war's desolating tread, and the gtaveyards (alas ! scattered too plentifully over it), those bleached and silent witnesses to the darker side of the "pomp and circumstance of But, that the mind may not dwell too much on these stern and stubborn realities, we had, to-day, , a little of the other side of the picture, and saw some of the pomp. Lord Gough, with all that brilliancy of spectacle and grandeur of effect which is the peculiar characteristic of grand military festivals, invested some Crimean heroes with the most noble Order of the Bath, having come to the Crimea for that purpose as the representative of our Queen. And among the number who received this honour, as a fitting finale to the breaking up of the division, was the General commanding the First Division, Lieut.-General Lord Rokeby. The whole affair was managed with such an eye to scenic effect, as evidently showed we had borrowed some hints from our gallant allies, the French. The ceremony took place in the rear of the house inhabited by General Codrington as the head quarters of the army. This house (a long rambling one-storied building) stands on the top of some rising ground, between which and the opposite eminence runs a ravine once covered with luxu riant vineyards. At the back of the house, and connected with it by a hastily-constructed wooden platform and balustrade, was erected a large and tasty pavilion, in ,the form of a Chinese pagoda, and decorated (I might say entirely covered) with flags. On the slope of the ground, and along the whole of the ravine, were drawn up, in solid masses, the English army, while on the top of the opposite eminence were ranged field batteries of artillery. The sacred precincts of the place of honour was kept by the 11th Hussars, and the usual amount of staff-officers galloping wildly about. On either side of the Pagoda (leading down as it were in two long lanes to the great mass of the army in the ravine below) were stationed the High landers on the left, and the Fusiliers on the right, looking (as they always do) in splendid order. At the appointed time, Lord Gough took his seat in the pagoda in the gorgeous uniform of the Royal Horse Guards, of which he is colonel. In a few moments the artillery thundered forth a salute, and General Codrington and Marshal Pelissier, with all their brilliant staff came slowly riding along the ravine, and up the slope to the pavilion Dismounting, they were presented in form to Lord Gough, and the proceedings of the day commenced. First of. all a kind of Queen's warrant was read. This of course was formal and slow, but at its conclusion, at a given signal, the whole of the artillery, ranged on the heights around, fired a royal salute, and scarcely had the smoke of the last gun cleared away before the whole of the regimental bands poured forth in one overwhelm ing strain our grand national anthem, " God save the Queen." The effect of this was very grand. Then commenced the Investiture of the Order. Lord Gough (having first encircled his rubicund and warlike nose with a most undignified pair of spectacles) read an address in English to those who were about to receive the mighty honour ; and as the generality of them were French, his speech, though very grand, was partly thrown away. The noble viscount is, unfortunately, not a French scholar, and it sorely tried the politeness of the French, to restrain a smile at his pronuncia tion of their patronymics. The speech ended, the usual ceremony went on ; ribands and stars were by Lord Gough's own hand appended to all the martial breasts in the most courtly and gracious manner. After it was all ended the artillery again thundered forth a grand salute, and again pealed forth, amid uncovered heads and lowered colours, " God save the Queen." Among those invested with the Order were Marshal Pelissier, and a num ber of French Generals; of the English—Lieut.- Generals Lord Rokeby and H W. Barnard; Sir Richard Dacres, R.A., Dr. Hall, Inspector of Hos pitals, and several others. Lord Gough, attended by Generals Codrington and Pelissier, and followed by a numerous staff, then rode along the lines and inspected the troops. He afterwards took up his position just in front of the pavilion, and the whole army (Gen. Codrington standing in front and giv ing the word), saluted him. The troops were then marched home, and all tvas over. One could not help remarking the universal favourite General Codrington seemed among the French officers, his knowledge of their language materially assisting him in his intercourse with them. I forgot to mention that he translated for their benefit the speech Lord Gough made to . them ;• but Lord Gough amply made up for any deficiency on the score of ignorance of their language by his gracious smiles and courteous manners, and the thoroughly English shakes of the hand with which he congratulated every Frenchman June 7.—The weather is growing very hot. Sirccco winds and a burning sun begin to make this arid waste anything but a pleasant summer residence The 14th Regiment and Ist Royals sailed this week for Malta; the 31st Regiment and Fusilier Guards are hourly expecting their orders. FRANCE. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, THURSDAY EVENING, The state of the money market is beginning to excite serious alarm. There has been another heavy fall to-day, and the " executions," (selling -up of people unable to meet their engagements), have. been extraordinarily numerous, and are not, it is said, yet at an end. It is asked in dismay, " When the fall is to cease ?" The Three per cents are now very lade above 70f., three or four francs less than they were in the midst of the war, and very nearly 25 per cent less than those of England. And railway shares and all other secu rities are equally low. If some change does not take place very shortly, things will go down and down until at last there will be a general sruash. At present, I verily believe that no man living can say positively whether this smash will come or whether it will be averted. The resources of this country are vast certainly, but the speculation of the last few years, and especially the last few months, has been out of all proportion with them. The official Moniteur has, fol: the last few days, been encumbered with lists of officers, soldiers, and sailors, who have received the Cross of the Legion of Honour or the military medal. Every one of these nominations adds a pension of 10/. or 41. sterling to the budget. The weather has again became unfavourable. In the departments of the Garonne and the Gironde there have been new inundations. With the exception ofllMAsse nzblee . Nationale, noticed yesterday, none of the papers discusses the Anglo-American affair. The Debats, however, says, in less than half a dozen lines, that even if the present affair be arranged, there will be a future collision between England and the United States, owing to the determination of the latter to get, coute qui mute, the domination of the whole American Continent Prince Jerome awl his son Napoleon are exas perated against the Emperor for having proposed to make the Empress Regent instead of them. They carried their anger to such an extent as to refrain from illuminating the Palais Royal on the day of the baptism. A St. Petenburg despatch says that travellers are no longer to be allowed to visit the Crimea. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS: -FRIDAY The SPEAKER took the Chair at four o'clock PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Lords' amendments to the Colne Valley and 114- stead Railway Bill were considered and agreed to. The following bills were read a third time and passed : Birkenhead Improvement Commissioner.!! Denny Junction Railway, Forest of Dean Central Roil s way, cott Invernesssh Central Railwayan d A , b a e n r d d e Bournemouthen ment and Pier. The Rhosydd Railway bill was considere d, and ordered for third reading. Railwalt TILE IRISH EDUCATION VOTE. In answer to Lord NAAS, Mr. C. FORTESCUE announced the terms of th National of which he had given notice on the subject of e ha s Education in Ireland, as follows :—" That this r u t the observed with satisfaction the progress P 14 " 43 h Iris instruction of the poorer classes of, her MajOuY,ioo of subjects, and is of opinion that in the adrainistof its that system or any modification or improverneM,„ rules, there should be maintained a strict and tln o 'o,,, adherence to the fundamental principle, securing Pa r ` r a il authority and the rights of conscience to PuPi l3 ,°„ denominations, the House being convinced that no pa - iv education can be carried into effectual operation, unless t ea be explicitly understood and clearly avowed tha eii , attempt be made to influence or disturb the Pec uliar r ' gious tenets of any sect or denomination of Christians. THE RETURN OF THE GUARDS FROM THE CRIMEA, iOll In answer to Mr. H. dARING, goard& Lord PALMERSTON said that the entrance of the be scr into London on their return from the Crimea won l . d bot arranged as to time of day and the line of march, them" who wished might have an opportunity of greeting THE ITALIAN ASSASSIN FOSCHINI. „. „ ft till On the motion that the House at its rising ao.l°" Monday, 1100 1 Mr. BowyznArew attention to the escape of the A , r ,. Foschini, who attempted to murder four of his co uri ra L e'd infor the men in the Haymarket, London. He had been that the assassin had escaped to America, and the f the was so certain of his escape that he slept the night ° c l o g) occurrence at the house where he previously loc i g A e rn iek did not leave till after breakfast on the following te— tions The hon. member observed that there were two fee or e of Italian refugees in London, the one of which, the m ore violent, whose object was by d es p era te deeds to p ic k his an apinest y being granted, and th e other, to w" h .- an , intended victims belonged, who were looking' "r try amtesty to be enabled to return to their native coun joy I nee Foschini was an associate the of Pianoni, of the who made an attempt upon the life of the Emper or was . French, and was connected with Mazzini. The minima instigated by a secret society which was so forn il oo pe that those who could give information regarding the e " 'e were deterred from doing so by fear of the es seeB. knife. f th e Sir G. GREY declined entering upon the facts o case, because he still hoped that they would form th e . s hed ject of judicial investigation. Telegraphic messege'veet been sent to the various ports of the kingdom to P r hae 0 the escape of the criminal, and measures had also w- - , „ bet t ;_ e : taken for his identification in those countries which and this country there were treaties of extract) teui,:, There was no doubt that the crime was proneditathe and that means were taken for the concealment oheof assassin, by which the efforts of the police to aPPr e him had been baffled. REDUCTION OF THE ARMY. cide.. Lord HOTHAM asked for expla na ti on s as to the re tion of officers in the army. Mr. PEEL stated that the est a bli s hment of the,„l„:egid ments had been increased, in consequence of the vr 4 it s 16 companies, with 26 lieutenants and 1 4 en si g n _ n s ' a nieet now it was intended to reduce them to 12 ee'mr with 14 lieutenants and 10 ensigns. _ • THE AMERICAN DIFFICULTY. icht Mr. GLADSTONE asked at what time it r°--,t to expected that the answer of the British Goverogo - , 0 to the recent despatches of Mr. Marcy with refer °ll- 0 - 0 0 the dismissal of Mr. Crampton from Washington yr tier be laid before the House. His object in putting th e ,.., ci the tion was to learn when the ministerial explanation visut by subject of the United States differences wig expected. eted Lord ParmzusxoN said the papers might be exP e in Sir th course of next week. f Sir e J. PABINGTON concurred in the expediency ° ct iner poning discussion in relation to th e American clot a nd but remarked that he viewed with feelings of anxie i y nite d shame the present state of our relations with the ' e rn' States, and deprecated the conduct of the British Gov ment in reference to recruiting in America. e . e% - Sir G. GREY censured Sir John Pakington O r ,. or eta pressing so decided an opinion on the present e''' . affairs. Mr. Moonz postponed indefinately the motion' of wh i c ill c an he had given notice, in referen c e to the Amer question. The motion for adjournment was then agreed to. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY BILL. ity rill The ainendments to the Cambridge 'Univer s .pa by were taken into consideration. Two clauses proP ° ''' te t S o t Mr. Hadfield, the one removing from under gratioa obligation of taking an oath, and the other giv b i e l or ne Masters of Arts, being Dissenters, the right to f 42 members of the Senate, were c a rr i e d by major ities ° and 24 respectively. h ni VITO The amendments were agreed to, and the w— ordered for third reading. LUNATIC ASYLUM BILL. t i i atie • The House having gone int o comm ittee on the -- --ti , Asylum Bill, Are , Colonel Durar proposed an amendment to clause ado providing that an appointment should in future b e / t he by the lord-lieutenant in oppo s iti o n to the decision 0 Court of Queen's Bench in Ireland. eative d After some discussion, the amendment was nega'' on a division, by 81 to 82. Wa g On the motion of Mr. D AVIDSON , an amendme nt „ sea l ~ inserted, vesting the management of asylums i" in t he e 0 authorities. Clause 7 was omitted, an d the bil l '' passed through committee. A a thira The Peace Preservation (Ireland) Bill was rea d - time and passed. - _ JOINT STOCK ' . Si di The debate on the second BANKS reading of BILL Sl the Joint dis. Banks' Bill was then resumed, and after some f?rtil.e: bit cussion, a division was taken, which resulted 1 11 ta passing this stage, by a majority of 112 to 97 vot es. for the The Agricultural Statistics Bill was withdrawn session. The Sardinian Loan Bill was read a second time. The House adjourned shortly after one o'clock. PRESENTATION TO MR• HINDLEY, M.P.—On /v eu 'iOr day evening a soiree was held at Ashton-under-Lyne, lea the purpose of presenting a testimonial to Mr. C"r h Hindley, M.P., who has now represented that in parliament 22 years. The testimonial consisted °lel portrait, a silver inkstand, and a gold pen a nd ign e :dst case. The portrait • Mrs j was • presented to • r 0 daughter of Mr. Hindley, and wife of the map- re Wigan, and the inkstand, pen, and pencil eas, e '„ vie ee presented to Mr. Hindley himself. Mr. N. Buck le ." t on Mayor, presided. Mr..Aitkin made the presentation o f behalf of upwards of 3,000 subscribers. The B ishop of Manchester, Mr. Alderman Neild, Mr. Watts boroug Well Manchester, Mr. A. Prentice, and other gentlemen we.. prece7 o known in the neighbourhood, took part in the ings, which were of a highly gratifying character to t hon. member for Ashton, geld he•a the CORONER'S INQUE STS .—O n Th urs d a y the coroner following inquests :—On the the irkp ern aged 72, a warehouseman, in Formb -street, in ,„ 0 w h b o o d w y a s of e g s i ployment of Messrs. Maclean, ManisYand Co, II"' lv :d a lleg he killed by a sack of corn falling on him. It was ou t that a man named Davis, sacks of corn had b een guilty of neglect, an d that in el' : sequence the sack fell. It was stated that Davis wa s i g no t rant of the business of lowering sacks ; but it :nary' shown that any wilful neglect had taken place. b o d y found a verdict of " accidental death.”—On the °9. Elizabeth Kenny, 63 years of age, who resided at 14° 11 1 e Belle-street, and who, it appeared, had been hurt, as ~ stated, on Monday last, by some boys who drove a doiu , ' o l , cart over her. From the evidence of Mr. Ackerley, su r gle it appeared that the cause of death was effusion on d bain, consequent on external • " The jury fours injury. accordingly. LIST OF PASSENGE RS PER S. S. C ANADI AN, FROM QtrEnrbe; —Mr. Day and lady, Mr. Kennedy and Nephew, P r ' me Wolfe and lady, Mr. Gilmour, Mr. M'lntyre ,Rev ' r ke, Barclay, Messrs. St ewar t, Stephens, M‘Kay, Neild, Ryan, Miss Ryan, Mes sr s. B roug h, B a illie, Heinton, ° t e mell, Mr. Forste r an d l a d y , M r . A s hton, Hon. S. Igel emp ' c Messrs. Burns, St e ph ens , F ay , C um i e , Mrs. ICirkpatllio 0 . Miss F. Kirkpatrick, Mrs. Moodie and two children, Mr e• Mrs• Crookshanks, Miss Muckleton, Lacasse, Miss Watson, Mr. Watson, Mr. Cusack, "` Cusack, jun., Mrs. Stephens, Messrs. Olivier, Harper, Ross, Willi amson , Bannerman, r Mr. Beardmore and lid •and ladY , y, Mr. M'Kenzie ak , Nordheimer, lady, four children and servant, Mrailesarii' * Mr. Bland, lady an d i n f ant , M as ter T. Bland , W re, Rantree, Loppatt, Sn e ddon, Clarke, Wade , Jac Allan, e Allan, Captain Meik, and 63 steerage passengers- Qw eeos TERRIBLE CONST ERNATION OF A. BARBER he Bosco.—The following terrific (as it seemed) eatastroPot took place yesterday, at a fashion a ble barbery establishned ;l! in —street. Signor Bosco went in to get shav pclite assistant prepared the finest lather, made of line, finest soap, and, having done the needful in that _ proceeded to whet the razor; he turned to the seated rat' and, just as he was about to commence his oper ation,,. a u_s° started back with horror at beholding one side of the I_ ci r l i exceedingly green, while the other w as as yellow a d lemon ! The soap was washed off—the man apoloo6,e, the and produced a new soap; and, having gone thro u g h the same operation, the mom en t h e t urne d his back to g et razor, the whole fac e o f th e p erson t o be operated uPc'e turned black as r aven ' s w i ng ! Th e man essaY ed i P oi further—he called th e m as t er o f the s hop, and informed hr, of whit had h a pp ene d. Th e mas t er pre p a red a new lathe % and this seemed to do w e ll enoug h ; but, the moment onr site of the fa ce was s h ave d, a t err ibl e forest of bla ck ha', sprung up o n it! The operated on, seemed to b e alarroe% and the operator was truly so for after several efforts dislodge this hirsute harvest, , he flung down the roof. tici despair, and flying in consternation out of the shop, bleat out the devil was in the place ! It is needless to Bay t signor 1305 5" 0 ,°, 3 his Majesty was not present—it was only We can vouch for the truth of the above, which lies c a quite a sensation in the locality.