The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-08-30 00:00:00

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E 4 Radii= film SATURDAY, AUGUST 30, 1856 -4.- THE DAY'S NEWS Although we are disposed to award every praise, and to grant every credit to the gallant troops of England, who went forth to fight our battles in the Crimea, we cannot for the life of us knoW why it is that we should, day after day, and week after week, s as to become the worship so far f pers of everyone who, in the cause of duty, went forth to fight the battles of their country. We can hardly lift a newspaper which does not teem with reports of banquets to this Colonel or that Major—the presentation of a sword, or the freedom of an ancient city, or some obscure or unknown - , ir oninion that this is all very ,-,- burg well,—the son c and admiration a feeling' abroad t E R'S is entitled to praise 1 P- but there is DUrxt now over-doing the thing. The Queen has become quite a Field-marshal in her way. Her frequent reviews of troops from the East, and her inspection of the Lines"— on prancing steed—a /a militaire, is only Contaminated by her example, the ridiculous n ie at large are just as ridiculous, in their to many of the officers from the seat ban qi of wa our opinion, such ovations will do more 1--they will engender in the minds of of vanity, and exemplify the fact rank and position, instead harm t our heroes a Teo that, in many 1 nerit, are the main incentives of real and ster - a public dinner, suggest the presenta tion.of a sword—or grant the freedom of an ancient city, or an obscure Scottish burgh• We also think The to originatE time the whole thing was g iven " the army in the Crimea should form and that history should do ncral corn deeds matter y man, from the justice mandin humblest down But looking at this question we are forced to the conclusion that our popular Queen would do more good, and e xhalt her queenly office if she would hold a few ecclesiastical reviews, and with her own hands decorate the breasts of the poorest curate, who, through good report and bad report bad fought in all in the 1 its forms W3Santeli. within 10 15. a valna ,h, Liver- ,o DISPOSE of cheap, csay fc x W. 17. Post , t;tc; exceed :430. OTHER9.-' KAREnOU: essrs. Edial -TO biLET, SW, CIFFIC.I Ley & Raines nmodiot _ ~ ate,posse_s George S, I ' ai ir.ita HE NORTHERN TIMES. 1 Sata id courage .trial CO: pest was achieved. n until a e insir-we tieeorate the .br th medals despite' of poverty and I and wiu of aristbeatio pittronage, have worked in the pea( -f iniquity—and with Rep' .ta force which your necessities required, st thouctit-aubseuently to the conclusion ot has been how, from that auspicious event, ivantages might tte derived which might for ever secure is colony from those devastating vim which have so often brought ruin to its inhabitants. easts of our military and other distill( r destroying the. imam eiings it3t- --ls susceplaDli ale—that. I ewcastle-upow-T anner it of her spect( , and r )f Miss N zi un their to be namel e honour fa& t he Gospel such i unselfish clergy, than we do the din th this topic, is the return of Miss nt of public displaye, tending thani g the acceptance of r a nublic dut' . s htingale, and the chiefs of our contrasts strongly with the of the lady who went forth to assuage THE fate of Spain, and the future 'of Italy, are still—matters of earnest solicitude _ throughout Christendom. The former has won for herself the enduring ad . miiatipn of the world by ,her early enterprise and chivalry. The latter is associated with Christianity in every land, and if her influ ‘erices be not Catholic in reality, they are thought • nations, thus esteemed and ieveredi if y by a few in each civilised community, have a )ustittency. on whose hearty sympathies acid n,rinlia watchfulness they can rely at all times. ;pain has her millions who delight in the inesti sable virtues of, : her people ; and Rome has its ,ens,of i mi!liOns who sigh for her deliverance, and he regeneration of the Latin race. Trifling with tates which command the moral respect and reli tion, and who can call around them large nd. powerful elements of resistance, if nothing sore, is impolitic and dangerous in the last degree. 'ho advanced and free peoples of the world re those who feel Spain's misfortunes and degra- Ilion, and Italy's fallen and desperate condition They alone can appreciate the high alts of the Spanish character, and understand the and injustice which the Italians groan _ . _ DIIS venera' ne most 'fanny idependent con rpqr.nred. And a to believe that the friends of one are,pr ared to see her hurled back fully a century in gious rights, or those of the Aber to see their idol torn asunder by the foreign 3rs who have dared to invade her soil on every mut; Europe, and America too, entertain high hopes, and far loftier aspirations in both instances. We all desire to see Spain as free as any other consti tutional country, and Italy as independent . and .• united as the head and home of any other Catholic Church. Political intriguing may retard the con summation of this moral design, but the promise of a glorious triumph may be found in the petty defeats which the cause of civil and religious liberty has experienced within the last ten years . . You may resist a universal will for a short season, but a world-wide prayer and fixed determination will revel in triumph in their turn. Here it may be said that it is not intended to blot out Spain and Italy from the map of Europe. Why, then, suffer the former to be trampled in the dust by the tyrant O'DONNELL, and the latter to be invaded by Aus trian woman-floggers, or any other foreigners ? Spain is an integral part of that Constitutionalism which we, 'and every free country, are bound to conserve. Italy is an integral portion of the uperstructure, which, much as we teachings, cannot be dispensed with. eeds far less earnestness in its dissem- ..e reiterate what must be manifest to nat neither of those States can be left in the --- are in at this moment, without ion, but r leading to events which must prove most injurious to the cause of civil and religious freedom. The O'Donnellisms of overthrowing Parliaments, —suppressing the national Press of a Constitu. tional people,--seizing upon the public ex - chequer, and applying millions of the. State's treasures, as a few armed reactionists may think proper, — shooting, hanging, and transporting suspected friends, doubtful supporters, and pour wretches doomed to suffer for examples sake--belong to the e of the dark a Such terrible atrocities have no constituency,—command no respect in these days, but, on the contrary, they draw down upon £heir authors heads the bitter reprobation of mankind. The O'Dorni ELL massacres have done this, and Austria's government of the Legations has excited a still more deadly hatred of military despotism. With these irrefragable facts before us, we may is doing ? ven ture to ask Lord CLARENDON what he w ith respect to the a ffairs of S p ain and Italy . We have heard the noble Earl's statesmanship very highly lauded in Liverpool on the Monte Videan Loan question. But does our Foreign Secretary advocate the lending of money to Austria to make railways to increase the military strength she directs against Italy, and the recognition of an O'DONNELL Envoy at the court of an outraged Con stitutional ally ? What part is the noble Lord going to play in these complexities ? We are all heavy debtors to adversity, and prolonged misery will add to the power of those who are downtrodden to-day. Constitutional Spain will rise again, and Rome will recover her usurped d om inions, provided Lord CLARENDON is the s t a t es man we hear he is. But, in the meantime, the Spanish Bondholder will be asking O'DONNELL for the dividends falling due, and the public will be a nxious to know whether the Foreign Office will advoc ate the rights of the British creditors of Spain, with the same impor tunity and pertinacity it displayed towards the Monte Videan defaulters. O'DONNELL found 37,000,0000 reals in the Spanish Treasury, and it is to be hoped, that the claims of foreign credi tors were provided for before the wages of par tisan reactionists were recog nised and paid. We must ere long see, however, how Lord CLAREN DON will deal with this strange entanglement of Constitutional interests, and the religious sympa thies of the Universe. _--.••••.••••••••••••••• THE premeditated attack made on the New Insurance Companies, appears destined to do its fun mna snrc of preconcorted m ischief to the provident classes, and the cause of frugality. The London Times led the onslaught on the general body, and the Daily News, We deeply regret to say, has commenced an assault on individual members of the doomed family. The public must not, how ever, suffer their confidence to be shaken by mere assertion, and under an Editorial vapouring. are no friends of the present system of life assurance. We have repeatedly stated our convic tion that the principle upon which it is based is that we mo st fallacious. It cannot, then, be said, have any direct interest in a d voc ating the cause o f the new companies The mode by which all offices calculate their risks would admit of life being insured for one-half of the premiums now charged, provided they could get lives enough on their books. Their risk bears no definable or known proportion to their liabilities, and, consequ panies ently, we are quite sa fe in advocating those com which offer the lowest tables of premiums an d in urging a ll those who wis h to insure off i ce which holds out the to go to the lowest terms. We give this advice all the more freely, because we know that, while it is impossible to calculate the periods at which liabilities will accrue, it is quite practicable to raise, and so adjust an income as to meet all engagements as they fall due. We will take the case on which the Daily News has lavished so much undisguised virulence, to illustrate our assertions. Our cotemporary selected the Trafalgar Insurance Company for his anirnad- 1 the trendies ae minis measu Tl 4 g -wage( ie Constitu =dam me mcg municipality and provincial ictive of the powers of those ,ving them of all right to interfere in politic .ons; the law on the press; introducing 3 in the penalties and the org anisation o ri srs. Bravo had obta mero, former Minister and were to resid Manuel Bertra Basque provinc Lys v; as expect' 1 at Madrid, General Z ptain General of Barcelona, h lg all associations c the coloni and between operatives last revolt of the had =been embarked= at Barcelona e Havannah Letters from Aix-les--Bains, , ire' Savoy, mention at there is about to bo held,there a congress of ncipal partisans of Prince Luc ian Mu: st-calculated to-ensur ins to,t d at Aix The Prince arr throne of has since been j ibe Rufoi days ago, eeti. and eeclings are being take nepnews, and by h a against blished the le id good wishes addressed by the udents of Paris to those of Turin. It is re d that the affair has given rise to the excisangaof some rather pungent communications --en Counts Walew•ski and Cavour, but no -d that any little difference that ill be speedily and amicably Ibt is entertaine lay have arisen anger! Dear to pass thei Emne reeably at 3iarritz, where they live They may I) king on the cliffs and wandering about the rocks s particularly is Their newly constructed acaltll expected. Ita s to the sea expo to took place a few The Emperor and Em. o constant humidi is near lys ago on the Adour lress were expected A reg ind a handsome stand was erected for their use at the end of the favourite promenade, the Allees Marines lae cause )they their Majesties did not come, to the great appointment of the crowds of spectators. Emperor and Empress gave gold medals to the Later dates from the Cape of Good Hope are to hand. The Cape Parliament had been adjourned- The Governor-General had delivered a speech on e occasion, in which he said he hoped that as The commerce and wealth of the colony develope themselves you will endeavour to mature some measure by which either a part of the Customs' revenue, or some of the advantages which arise from its expenditure, may upon some equitable principles be shared by the States and provinces which virtually contribute to it. At pre sent nearly the whole trade and commerce of South Africa flows through this colony, fertilising as it were the coun try as it flows, and enriching its inhabitants in manifold ways. The Customs' revenue is but a small part of even the public benefit which we derive from this com merce, and in no manner represents the wealth which by a thousand invisible streams it brings to almost every part of the colony. It is a difficult process to divert com merce from channels which it has long occupied, but once it is so diverted it is even more difficult to restore it to is former course. The trade which we carry on with the nterior is yet but in its very infancy ; if, then, it is now of so great and palpable advantage to this colony, who can estimate what its value a ill be when the vast tracts of the interior, to which emigrants are daily proceeding, swarm with a large population of Europeans, or of almost civilised native tribes ? If we view the subject• under this aspect, I feel sure that all must agree that every step should be taken which a prudent liberality can dictate to enter into some arrangements with the States and pro vinces in our vicio►ty which may have the Pffpet of binain , them by ties of at least reciprocal mercantile advantage' and of long securing to this colony that commerce which even now is so beneficial, and which year by year At the commence ,Pnt of the session of 1855 it was my duty to lay the system of policy which I proposed acquires additional irnportanc should be pursued in reference to the frontier and British Caffraria. That line of policy has been strictly adhered to by the Government since the time it was received with general approval on your part, and you have cor dially co-operated in every step which the Government has taken with regard to it. Its entire attainment appeared from its magnitude to be difficult and remote, but still, aided by your wisdom and experience, and cheered by your co-operation and sympathy, I patiently, with you as my fellow labourers, worked on towards the end we had in view. and which I never doubted that we would ultimately reach. It becomes me, therefore, on this occasion, to thank you for the aid and confidence which you have afforded me, and, together with you, to rejoice at the rapid advances we now appear likely to make to the ends we so anxiously desired to reach. You, lam i sure, in common with myself, feel grateful to that Divine Providence which has guided this colony through so many difficulties to the present point, at which so bright a future appears opening to it. Rising above those local and selfish views, you have indeed, by your addresses, shown the gratitude and joy with which you view the honourable:peace which has recently been con eluded, and which appears likely to secure such advan tages to the whole of Europe. The feelings which you have en this occasion expressed, will be most gratifying to her Majesty, and are due to the Queen, who, through out the recent just war in which her empire was engaged, felt so anxious a solicitude for the safety and welfare of this colony, that, pressed as Great Britain was for troops, her Majesty, nevertheles, always maintained here that muds, and aid )lio wed b, —the dissolution of al law, that is, the constitution of 1845 fications in a more libera deputation taw-is, s, an 1 leave to Atero; sued a band() manu r participation in untess and, Tkdini very a ceremony Messrs pomp i 0 Sa LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY. a versions, an office we never before heard ot—.e- stance will account in s ome measure for the trans , what do they show ? The concern , Vi e are informed, mission of gold from this country to France. LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY EVENING. The report of the Directors of the Caledonian had been in existence just three years and 'i.ii . - . \tusiness during the past week has been rather Railway Company has just been issued, and owing months. The paid-up capital was unusually arid dull, owing, no doubt, to the fact that the weather to its very unfavourable contents much dissatis unnecessarily large for a young office-12,50a has been unfavourable for harvest operations. The faction is expressed. The dividend is a paltry 55 Their expenses, including printing, stationery, Cotton Market, however, has been steady, and a share, or at the rate of 1 per cent. per annum, and a , and holders have been enabled to maintain the reason given for such an inadequate return i 5 advertising, stamps, salaries; Commissions, the rates of the previous week. According that the working expenses have increased. At the general expenses averaged 8,6181• per annum• to the circulars issued by the cotton brokers forthcoming meeting which it is contended is de- These are formidable figures, but mark what that this afternoon, the trade during the week ferred till an unnecessary late period of the year, expenditure has left a fter it. The policies inn- continued to purchase only to a moderate extent, much angry feeling will be manifested, espec ially the market continues dull, but American, though as it is alleged that large speculative sales have ning when the Trafalgar transferred its business • freely offered, is tolerably steady at the quotations lately been made by parties who must have been to the Unity General Office had reached of Friday last. Brazil has been in fair request, in possession of the in.elligence which is in ; 597,2501. This large amount of business was and is also without change. Egyptian burnt s given to the shareholders in the report. It is of obtained in three years and ten months, by an for sale is irregular and lower; Surat is still course inexpedient to give publicity to all th.e expenditure of 32,779/. The liabilities of the enquired for, and commands full prices. Specu- charges which disappointed parties may bring .: lators have taken 3,960 American, 600 Pernam, and against the directors, but they have certainly concern had, in the mean time, increased to : - . , ,e0 Surat; and there are reported for export, much to explairi. It can hardly be thought- pro- - 84,029/, while its assets only amounted to 82,2694 3,070 American, 3 . 00 Pernatn, 40 Egytian, 50 Bahia, bable, after the strictures which were ,pass7al on leaving ~ a balance of loss," of 1,760/. Such a corn- SO West India; and 4,030 Surat. The market to- the Eastern Counties and other railway directors day is dull, but prices remain unchanged. Sales a few months ago, that another instance of mis paratively small sum would scarcely have been 8 000 bales, of which 2,500 are reported for management is about to be 'discovered. considered " a loss," in so large an undertaking ' export and on speculation. We learn by A new line of Brazil steamers is about to he , by a spirited directory and proprietarY, More, the circulars issued this afternoon, that the started. They are auxiliary screws of 700 tons particularly where the company had paid a dividend transactions in Sugar were rather limited in and 80 horse power, and one is to leave South of 71- per cent. The income arising from their character, and prices favour the buyer. Coffee has ampton for Bahia and Ili° on . the 23rd of eveil met a fair enquiry, but Cocoa is slow of sale. The month. The names of the vessels are the Celt; policies could not have been less than 20,000/ per transactions in Tea are rather limited, but prices the Dane, and the Norman, and a fourth is in annum, and, assuming that their liabilities were are well maintained. Dyewoods are in fair course of construction. The Norman is to sail 0 11 spread over 25 years, no great harm could have request at about late rates. The enquiry for Oils the 23rd of September. been done, when We allow for the operation of is steady, and Tallow is in fair request at full prices. A large business has been concluded in Tallow compound interest, and all other profits of insur dutin/ the present week, chiefly in P Y.C. at 54s ance business, even supposing that no furthe r to Ols 6d per cwt., and South American at 51s to increase of income could be relied u p on. 55s 6d. per cwt. The London Market keeps This office had, in fact, arrived at a p oint when s t ea dy on the spot , at 53 s 9d p er cwt., but for the last three months there are now sellers . at 51s per no danger was to be apprehended. This is cwt. The half-week delivery is 1,263 casks p r oved by the avidity with w hich their business ag ainst 1,371 casks last year, a nd the stock is now is taken up by another association, who gave 8,916 casks againstShar2 38, e 02 in 1855. The Liverpool Market has been steady HOggag:a. MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL. PRINCE ALBERT'S BI RTHD..A RYDE, AUGUST 27. —Tuesday was one of the finest days that we have kn own for some time past, and the S dent seemed dressed for the occasion. Prince Albert's birthday sent all the colours mast high, and the waters were , tovered with gaiety and life. The band of the 22nd• at Hasler, went over i n the afternoon to Ryde, and played with immense animation until sunset. The pier was crowded by beau!y and fashion, and whoever feele pleasure in old costumes, should have been there, for the hats and mantles of the ladies made one fancy them on l l I just stepped out from the, frames of Hampton-court. ON t h ose bewitching bats, so coquettishly t u rned at th e sides, with the curle d feathers, and the bugle decorated,decor v eils, looking like the half masks of Venice, OP) wil you not have to a nswer for ? We warn all our e rea d er s from Ryde pier, for when Benedick said 1.1 should die a bachelor he never thought he should like to. be married, and certes the bright eyes of so maul Beatrices beamed on us from beneath those terrible bits' that we consider it our dut y to hold out this most seriouS LI warning. t forth by the 51011 pI them, according to the Daily News, 27,0001. for the transfer. This sum, set off against the Trafalgar's reputed "loss" of 1,7601., left the shareholders 25,2401. to divide, after they had received 7 per cent. on the capital paid up. So much for the disasters of the Trafal gar Insurance office, and now let us turn to the misfortunes of the Royal Insurance Company. This and all its kindred associations of modern growth aro thus introluced by our London cotem porary to public notice :—" It is very true that there are companies that rival the Unity in the active but by no MOW:, prieos, f a Vour the buyer. The following are the l, ra t es :—Aberdeen, 1 3 1 131. Chester and Bi atk rk enhead, 151 162. Caledo nian, 261 261. Chester and Holyhead, 17 171. Eastern Counties, Oa 01 East Lancashire, 201 201. Great Northern, 24 xd 241. Do. A, 101 101. Great Western, 641 xd 641 Lancashire and Yorkshire Stock, 98 981. Li v erpool, Crosby. and Southport, 18'1 181 . Lon -0 don and North W estern Stock, 141 xd 105. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 31i Midland Stock, 81 1 xd RI. North British, 91 4. North Staffordshire, 41 40. South Eastern and Dover, 221 22 7-16. York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 20 9-16 xd 20 11-16. York and North Midland, 29 xd 291. Leeds Capital Stock, 171 18. Buffalo and Lake Huron, Id par. Dutch Rhenish, 2 3-16 p. Great Western of Canada, 25 3-Great 2L 5-16. Ditto New Shares, 2a. 2 11-16 p. Luxembourg, 91 9-ad. The weather has again exercised a very impor tant effect upon the operations of the Grain trade. At our market to-day, the transactions were not only limited, but prices receding. Our Wakefield report states that Wheat and Flour are not only slow of sale, but prices were in favour of the ratio of the expenditure to the receipts ; or per " haps we may say there were, for they are rapidly " finding their way to the winding-up Gehenna ; " but the first pages of the Registrar's return " contain the accounts of a company in a similar " position to that of the Unity, and not of many " years' longer standing, viz., the Royal Insurance " Company." How far the press of a commercial country is justified in resorting to such Hue-and- Cry announcements, we leave our readers to decide. Few will be found to deny that the bold scribes who venture to make them ought to be able to support their assertions and prophecies by an array of facts which would remove all doubt as to their buyers. The funds remain rather dull, and the slight decline which was established after regular hours yesterday has not been quite recovered. Consols for the 10th Septembe r stood during the greatr part of the day at 051 to 1, and are now quoted 0 51. 951 exac tly. For money the present price is The three per Cents. Reduced have been dealt in at 951 to -„ ; the New Three per Cents. at 95Z- to 96 ; Bank Stock at 210 to i ; Exchequer Bills at lls. to 14s. prem. ; Exchequer Bonds at 1001 to --; and India Bonds at 15s peon Turkish Six per Cents. are a trifle better at 103-a -to ,-1. for the new account. The Guaranteed Four per Cents. are quoted 103.1 to 4, for the 16th Sept. Other foreign securities are very quiet, the sales being limited to Dutch Two•and-a-Half per Cents., 652 (exch. 12f1.) ' • ditto Four per Cent. Certifica tes at 981 Russian Five per Cents.Sardinian at 91, to 921; and Spanish Old Three per Cents., at 411. In the London Share Market a moderate busi ness has been doing at rather lower rates. Most of the leading lines are now quoted ex dividend. C a l e donian have declined to 521. Eastern Coun ties, 94 9 , ; 5 -,. Great Northern, 96 961. Great Western, 61 ex div. Lancashire and Yorkshire, S. Brighton. 106 100 A. North Western, 1041 105 ex div. South Western, 107. Mid Jana, bl 4. 812 ex div. North British, 37i. North Eastern York. SSI ex div ; and Stockton and Darlington, 36i. In the Foreign and Colonial lines very little business has been done, and prices have ex hibited no material change. Great Western of Canada are 251 251. Dutch Rhenish 141 141 Madras, 211; and Paris and Lyons, 511 Joint Stock Bank Shares rule very flat. Bank of London, 69. Oriental Bank, 40 401. Ottoman Bank, 91 4 ; and Royal British, 301 31. The Bank Returns for the week ending August 23, issued this evening, show a slight increase in the stock of bullion, amounting to .19,868. At the above date, the total amount of bullion was £12,435,756. The following is the Gazetted return : correctness. The truths disclosed by the Daily News with regard to the Royal Insurance Company are some what more brief than its accusations. It says— We find that in four years the fees and salaries amounted to 4,680/., the commissions to 2,8401., and the general expenses to 4,1001, while the premiums received were 77,6001., the receipts for " the last year being 25,400 1 ., the general expendi , ture, exclusive of life losses, 3,5001. In short, the 1 expenses of that company during four years amounted to 12,6291. ; those of the Trafalgar " Unity, after having been established about three " years, amounted in 21 months to 20,000/. The " fact needs no comment." Such statements cer tainly do not need comment. A company whose ex penditure for four years only averaged 3,157/. 10s. per annum, and whose income had reached 25,000/. a year, while they hold a balance of their prnminni receipts of 64,971/. This was the reserve this com pany possessed after deducting 12,6291. for expenses of four years' management. What, then, is meant by dragging the affairs of these provident institutions before the world ? All that our cotemporaries and we have said does not , however, prove anything for or against the companies in question. They have all been successful in raising large incomes, and every body can see that they have spent large sums of money, and without we go into the whole of the schemes on which they rely for future prosperity, nu one can pretend to give the public a reliable opinion as to whether they are or are not worthy of the popularity they seek. The old companies are evidently at the bottom of the London agitation, ' but they had better take heed of the danger of a prolonged and angry discussion of the subject of life insurance. For ourselves, we dislike throwing stones in the neighbourhood of glass-houses. ISSUE DEPARTMENT. Debit. Credit. Notes issued .. £26,226,795 Government Debt Other securities 3,459,900 Gold Coin and 11,751,795 Total .... £26,226,795 £26,226,795 Loss OF THE SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH.—The submarine telegraph, sent out in the Dutchman (screw steamer), to Cagliari, to be laid down from thence to the African coast, has been lost in a heavy gale off Galita. BANKING DEPARTMENT. Credit. Government 5e £14,553,970 curities £12,062 , 022 3,416,323 Other securities 14,562,330 4,721,846 Notes 6,287,650 10,020,859 Gold and silver Debit. Proprietors' ca pital ...... Rest ...... NEW BANK AT TRIESTE.—A letter from Trieste, in the Augsburg Gazette, states that steps have been taken to establish a bank there, with a capital of ten millions of florins, divided into 20,000 shares of 500 florins each. (The florin is 2f. 50c. P u blic deposits Other / Seven day, and other bills.. 683,961 882,965 1 Total .... £38,595,963 Total . £33,595,963 The foregoing Bank Returns show the following result when compared with those of the previous week :—Notes issued, decrease, 42,7851. Bullion in both departments has decreased to the extent of 25,9681. There is also a decrease in the Rest amounting to 42,3671, and an increase in Public Securities reaching to 53,628 i. In Seven Day Bills the decrease extends to the amount of 8,4471. The latest Foreign Exchanges are thus quoted — Amsterdam, short, 11 16 to 11 17. Do three months, 11 19 to 11 191. Rotterdam, do., 11 19 to 11 191 Antwerp, do., 25 421 to 25 50. Brussels, do., 25 421 to 25 50. Hamburg, do., 13 8 to 13 81. Paris, short, 25 271 to 25 35. Do., three months, 25 60 to 25 65. Marseilles, do., 25 621 to 25 67 Frankfort. do , 1101 to 120. Vienna, do.. 10 21 to 10 22. Trieste, do., It) 22 to 10 24. Petersburg, do., 37-1 371. Madrid, do., 49a- to 401. The bar silver ex the Parana was sold yesterday for the East at ss. Id, per oz. standard, being the same price as was realised for the previous arrival. Vic dollars by this vessel have not yet been sold. The China exchanges being reported rather higher, ae demand for dollars for that quarter is not likely TIIE ROYAL VISIT TO THE `NEST.—Her Majesty the Queen, hearing on her late visit to Devonport that several hundred pounds were still required for the completion of the new church, in course of being built by the Rev. G. W. Proctor, for the families of sailors, marines, soldiers, and dockyard artificers and labourers who reside in the district of St. Stephen, its that town, was graciously pleased to send .elOO as a contribution. Loss OF THE Isis.—By advises from Constantinople, dated the 18th inst., we learn that the barque Isis, from Liverpool, with a general cargo, ran on shore on the reef off the Rabbit Islands, on the 4th of August. A strong northerly ,wind setting in immediately aftei wards, she was drivcn heavily against tho roof, and coon filled. Portions of the cargo have been taken off and carried to the Dardanelles. to slacken. At Vienna the exchange on London, after remain ing almost stationary during a lengthened period, has advanced to 10.05. The Admiralty have accepted the undermentioned ships for the conveyance of stores, viz., the Con• servative, for Algoa Bay; Coral Queen, for Cape Town ; Venelia, for Corfu ; Elizabeth, for Gambia ; Peninsula, for Gibraltar; Voltigeur, for Halifax; Robert Passenger, for Hong Kong; Grecian, for Jamaica ; Thomas Blyth, for the Mauritius ; and the Conservative for Simon's Town. The Minna has also been accepted for the conveyance of troops to Malta. The East India Company will receive tenders on the 3d September for the conveyance of stores from England to Bombay and Calcutta. The seventh interest coupons of the Dutch Rhenish Railway Company's loan of 2,40),000f1 are duly advertised for payment. The Paris journals contain a statement made by M. Poisait to the Governor of the Bank of France, to the effect that a large business is at present car ried on in the export of 5-franc pieces, which are now saleable at a premium of 3 to 10 centimes each, the particulars of which are as follows :-Ist, a bag of I,ooof of the present Emperor is worth 1,005 f ; 2nd, a ditto of Charles Xth, I,olof ; 3rd, a ditto of Napoleon Ist or Louis XVIII., 1,020 f. These find their way to London, and it is believed that the greater portion of the silver shipped for India by the Pera, consisted of 5-franc pieces. This circum- ---410-- FUNERAL OF THE LATE EARL OF SHREWSBURY—The remains of the late Eirl arrived at Alton at eleven o'clock on the evening of the 21st, by a special train from Liverpool, and were immediately conveyed from the station by a hearse, which was waiting for that purpose. His lordship's remains were conveyed to the Castle Chapel, where they lay until Tuesday; when they were consigned to their last resting place, prepared on the south side of the altar. RETURN OF FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE.—" Mrs. and Miss Smith, from Scutari to Derbyshire." These were the fellow-passengers of voyagers from the East who little knew that Florence Nightingale was at their elbow, under cover of the name of the good aunt who accompanied her. The simple incognito answered perfectly ; and the long absent daughter entered her father's house as quietly as she left it. What a meeting with parents and sister ! What a waking next morning in the old country home. Florence Nightingale is not ill, but shi is fatigued. She needs a long and complete rest. Let her have it. Let no one intrude upon her, with praise or pro jects, or under pretence of any sort whatever. If her Present needs are duly considered, there is plenty of time ahead. If allowed the requisite repose now, the world may yet have halt a lifetime of her glorious useful ness. She wants neither honours, nor praise, nor sympathy that is not silent and practical, nor stimulus, nor sugges_ tion. She wants nothing but to be left quiet at home for a reasonable time. After what she has done for the world, the world may well grant her this. Let us wait till she moves to show how we can help her. Till then, let us gratify her by respectful silence. THE OUDE ROYAL FAMILY, SOUTITADIPTON.—This county and town has receive° a n accession to its visit ors in the sha p e of learned no' fessors of Sauscrit and Hindostanee ; philantbrop lstel' whose only desire on earth is to see justice done between man and man, with out reference to race, colour, a religion ; and gentlemen Whose long residence abrnati r h a s given them such a de e p insight into our 111°15.11f, policy that they may be said to have the matters at tb el i "finger ends." As a matter of course they are all an %intl y Si give the "oppressed strangers" the benefit tbe experience. In the country districts all torts of WW II ; bable and mysterious tales have gained circulation an credence. Fire-eaters, and fire-worshippers, with 05 eunuchs and monstrous dwarfs, are said to be corm -ping' with religions fanatics who have swung on the hoi)l‘ the Hindoo festival, or fallen beneath the O r " Juggernaut. T he latest tale is to the effect that ti‘e Englishman having looked u p on the Queen, tvvo.of . eu nuchs, with drawn s words, were in search of 13bil.le the Queen having offered an immense sum O r 1 ::11 - • In the meantime t he Easter " Court 5"0- r etains its glaring cha racteristics —forming the the, ex t re mes of grandeur and squ alor. The native Se a : e f men are in constant attendance on the Princes. ,11%30,.i s till maintain a reserved and di g nified demean° ol a nd never mix in society . The inferior attendatlo on the contrary, may be seen ever y where mingling 'Coot the people They have already fallen in drinking customs, their favourite liquors being br4-.0, and sin, vy.Lielk they drink raw, and in great nul-°titit. They will treat the company in front of the ba r °- publizhouse, and be treated to any extent; occasion will they drink out of a glass that step applied to the lips of a stranger. They enter Pu rooms without reserve, and, after making a sal an :roi s , the company, retire with a good humoured scaile,-,, their countenances. At stated periods, a large Pa r 'Y natives, carrying bundles of clothes, make an earl , ' 6 :;0l to Westend, a village situate on the banks of t b i e t r ef e Itchen, about three miles from Southampton, a u ° ac li e o proceed to wash their apparel by a very curious P r " o il At this place they have taken the entire possessiae 0 (1 field or meadow, where they prosecute their labc/ ar ! l i hang their clothes out to dry, much to the chagrin" 01 brasoa ,e 0 owner, who has never been consulted respentbill disposal of his property, and who, on remonstrttt', "plain English" against sneh an aggression, Wa s t ' with th most perfect disdain. tist l7 ,l ? SUDDEN DEATH —Yesterday a widow , named - er e rfif Stamper, aged 45 yars, died suddenly in Myrtle' 9 iioB" the house of her sister. The deceased had bees ehler) some time past, and had complained of a p ain in tootiot) QUEEN'S HALL, BOLD-STREET. —It will he, 0( a advertisement that the American Enchantress Ocitefi conjuror) will make her first appearance to audietre on Monday evening. Miss Marian cool;gi, mended by the most flattering tributes to her anoo l o9 and many of the Scotch newspapers describe h e r 148, antes as inimitable. There is no doubt that Dr d lvf will draw large houses, and spread her fame in i ii 3 O THE LEAMINGTON KITCHENER.—We have hau w - r o sive view of these ranges, at the depot, 14, Pat';(ol 7 :fi l aad, as economy is the order of all classes, we ate k - 4 O f ", that parties furnishing will consult their interes t '4 off, ing and adopting Ashworth and Leach's ranges. ,otro‘jill' to us that these apparatus are about the best Yet / 1 10,,; for elaborate operations, or such as require a sol ii „ sr/ range in the kitchen. 'Fuel, time, and money arcoV their use, and not the least featu re is that th,elillq, their own smoke. The importance of saving 11:1 ,,,11 08 ,4 1 , it ems mentioned, no doubt, will induce manY"ollitr rea lly useful ranges in their kitchens ; and if 1 , 3 „ 0 houses generally adopted them, no doubt the v'e'" premises would be considerably augmented. * g e of,i‘; LAU • CH.—The ship Culloden, belonging to wrcli De Wolf and Co, was re-launched from 01°,1,09 graving dock yesterday. It will be recollected '',"Bgt wrecked in Carnarvon Bay in the winter of ' she tiy a prey to the waves and surging o f the r ot least nine months. After that time she Wel o t ° of, brought round to Liverpool. Although o , c foy, unutient architeeta pronounced her to be O l en ' tO o t oti:i Messrs Hugh Mackay and Co. undertook "" f 0 O r d noble ship to her original strength, beauti %lis t/ of °p seaworthiness. These gentlemen have accoo l o o ° 4 task, and, if we mistake not, to the satisfael:ottlPfiJ party concerned. It is unnecessary that we 'itl 3B ,f, detailed account of the strength and durabilitY c't effectea upon the Culloden. As she now breaglit, Olt/ element she is a beautiful ship, strongly b ll ,l l O B/1 no doubt, do credit to her repairers, and profit of her spirited owners. f 0 1 'iter The traveller can now go by land or sea fre.a ft Petersburg for 150 f. This sum used to be P EP • he ago for a trip to Marseilles. jot Marshal Radetzki has permitted a refuge; or , 0 Raimondi, to return to Lombardy, and 1V sequestration on his property to be removed•Al rim Robert Peel has taken a dog-cart 't o . I/ d i Petersburg, and his smallest tiger. Tlae " apparenily intent on " astonishing the natif'.-0;,,r), The railway from Oberhausen to Arnheeß, 1: 0 ' Dutch and Prussian lines, is ready I° M . f tj. the public. The inauguration is fired • e tlY October. oftl o i The merchant Hanle!, of Rabort , on tb,.eesePtoetit' velar)? of his marriage, has made a .„ dollars to the town of Berlin, for the 0 9 ; f f 0 . 1 hos 'ital. , a . of Sti o , A letter from Berlin says that the IColv ii t 0.00 incited the Emperor Alexander to be pre 3e o boo military manoeuvres that are to take plac e ,. t o , gulf September, in the neighbourhood of tba. be time the festivities of the coronation / Emperor will go to the manoeuvres at 01; 9 Y ar my of 100,000 men is to be concentrated.o 00t$u SUICIDE OF A WOMAN SEVENTY 1 ,n1,13 reel' Lawson, a woman severity years of ag",icia,"i r Bradford union workhouse, committed e. t . o f V o l morning, by cutting her throat with a P i al beea gash, about four inches in leng, be,. o ide t/ most determined manner on the th rig 01.1 0° ' below the ear, and must have m elted ill ous death,—Leeds Mercury.