Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-02-10 00:00:00

noun CO ~iO[P.lCll~ committee had ever b report, Mr. -Ear memo - NA (Mr ho tho town other i had 1 Mr. Woodrit Mr. Earle did portar4 irnprov wer to T: lan ggested TW' S COUNCIL. The adjourned meeting of the Town Council was held at eleven o'clock vAterday, in the Town-hall, the Mayor, William Preston, Esq., presided. STATE OE ,lEKILN LANE Mr. Woodruff said, as this was a quaiterly . Couneil, he He did not find'the improvement committee in the paper, therefore, he intakpremme from that The Mayor : I think you I ly a quarterly Council fi iidretter let the town-clerk ,rd.to the quarterly council such matters an adjourriment remc ,t on it. If, iff's object - were .. to ask why the towd-Clerk would allot at it would 'A found to thiect to which he intended to HI, ke thoug Th Lt subject, which reqtiired very memorial had been presented if the dangerous state of s of the ther the memdrial 1 to the iniprthiehient comm Um on ort to t d, and if le February meeting, so, why they did not tliat M Woodraff ild rise' a, a ha b, tti.mediately. after th referred to the committee., It the .nuhlic offices to ascertai ith regirct t) tli man of th improvement (touts proposed xished to have ouncil, but he was r by act saw it yesterda, ads had prepare marked u ird to put tarn a it would co on, with al Al Co hear it 3 say that it was not a very im- sent, but thetc was' a number of al atement - which had after the equally Si, and he hoped, been made the other day respecting the finances, the public would,-not be led away with the idea that any ., grand or large improvements could be made' without their putting their hands into their pockets. (Hear, hear.) It was e that such improvements could be made out of rate pntSe; and therefoie the sooner the public .eceived upon that point, if they had flattered s with it, the better, (Hear, hear.) There was useful and grand improvements could comparatively speaking, very trifling but they could not be effected out of any other impossil)l( the come' no doubt that v be made' oat of d, rat( Mr. Alderman Parker observed, that the dangerous state of - the wall referred to by Mr. 'Woodruff, did not belong t? the department of the improvement committee. It beranged to the building surveyors committee. It required no act of parliament, but merely to be referred to the building surveyor. The subject then dropped. EDUCATION COMMITTEE The proceedings of the education committee contained a recommentlatio - n to increase the 'salaries Ilig William ind Thomas Robinson, teachers .at the south rmer from £.30 to £4O 1, and the ,latter from. ) per annum, the consideration of which was ncd at the last monthly council, pursuant to the raaved that the recommendation be stated that th a very ituportaii inn and L of a :wall there which endanger, ti e town requ £4O to standing order Mr. .11,11 r, adopted, and two young men were very efficient teAchors. Okla of theta hiving b3en in the school from two years old, aud the other for twelve notion was seconded by Mr. Jeffreys and carried. the adoption of the 1, before moving proceedin— „ there was matter to which he wished to refer: He was very glad to see from the reports of the papers, the feeling displayed by that council at their last meeting, in reference to the schools, and the determina tion expressed that, whatever else they might give up, the council would not give up supporting the corporation schools. As he had often said before, they were among the most effi.cient schools in the town, and he believed it was impossible to estimate the good that they were doing, subject which he would just like to last monthly meeting of the council, There w a notice. Mr. Ilengler, t rpirited proprietor of tlie circus, invited the who the children of the corporation' schools to see the performance. They all went and were highly delighted with what they witnessed. He _called upon Mr. Hengler to tha n k hi m , but he thought this was not sufficient, and he would th liberalit to With tl recommend that the council give Mr. Hengler for his spirited recommendation he begged leave to move the pro, Mr. Houghton begged to second this. The proceedings were then confirmed, with the recom mendation. GAOL COMMITTEE The proceedings of the gaol committee were read, but contained nothing calling for special notice. TOWN HALL COMMITTEE proccedin )f this committee contained a recom the tender of Mr. Joseph Bretherton, ;es, and prove £440 per annum I' tuner moved ,the confirmation of the the adoption of the recommendation. i seconded the motion. le men and proebedings, Mr. irougi Mr. Crone( aid, before the he would nirov i it be an instruction from that council to the town- hall committee that they in future strictly adhere to the requirements of the Chimney Sweeper's Act,. 3 and 4 Vic.; cap. 85, enacted for the prevention of boys going up flues for the purpose of sweeping them. At the last monthly meeting of the council he (Mr. Cropper) read an extract from a newspaper, stating that the chimneys of the town-hall were swept by boys. He would therefore beg to move that this instruction be entered on the books. Mr. Johnson seconded the motion. • Mr. Jeffery thought they should not stultify themselves by putting such a resolution on the books. Such record, he considered, would be highly discreditabl council to iii as a body _„red tho committee mere perfectly competent the law in future without such an instruction, ) they Might have done something con: trarftci the strict laiv Alderman par id, as they were 1 makers, they He had must not nselves law-breakers no objection to t rescatition, but he tho on the books was•alto kr. Turner said, if the s ugg estions of the surveyor were carried out. reference to the alterations of sOm of the chimnies, iere , could be no nec ity for Mr Cropper's motion Mi. Beckwith said he would like to know whether any children had been employed in sweeping these chimnics. For his part, he did not see any necessity . whatevFr of adding this motion to the proceedings, because, if the resolution of the council was properly carried out, and if the ehimnies were altered as suggested by the surveyor, in order that they might be swept by nechines, then such a motion was useless. Mr. Job said it would not be proper to instruct any committee to obey the law. It was not an old or an obsolete law, and he was sure the hall committee were ready to obey it without any such instruction.. Mr. Cropper said, they had broken the law, and he did not think they would be stultifying themselves by instructing the. committee to obey it in future. .Mr. Jeffery said, he had no objection to that, but he objected to a record being made of it on thei‘r books. peared— The matter was then put to a vot e , when there ap _. For the motion : Alderman Dover ; Councillors John son. and Cropper.---3.. Anoint Me Mayor ; Aldermen Chilton, Bennett Bold, Parker, Turner, lieughtou; Councillors Anderson; Woodruff, Crellin, Shell, Shimmiri, Corbally, Holden, Steains, Rae, Jeffreys, Ridley, Tobin ' Job, Earle, J e ff ery, Hodson, Beckwith, Aikin, Farnworth, Anthony.-27. The Mayor declared the motion lost by a majority of . - Mr. V tender a I a question with reference to th for horsing the Mayor's carriage, w h e the r it was advertised or, obtained by vote; and if it was the lowest tender that was accepted ? The Mayor stilted, that it was obtained 'by vote, and that the lowest tender was accepted. The highest tender was £620, and the lowest £440. - The proceedings were then confirmed. TUE MUSEUM AND GARDENS. COMVITTEE. The proceedings, resolutions, and reports of the gardens, library and museum committee were read, and comprised: 1. The laving of a rate under the provisions of " The Liverpool Library and Museum Act. 1852." 2 Recommendation t o l a y ou t £lOO, instead of £5O previously named, an for the alterations required at the Mount Gardens; d also the appointment of Mr. Burdhell as superintendent of tho gardens, in the place of Mr. Shepherd, deceased. Mr.. Beckwith .. said, he bed to move the adop tion to the report of this tommittee, and that they be confirmed. lie believed.that the adoption of the rate had been carried at the' lagt ' - nieeting of the Council, and therefore it was unnecessary for him ,to speak on the subject. - . • The _Town-clerk : It was resolved that there should be a rate levied. It is now merely to state the amount. Mr. Beckwith : Tycn my duty simply is to move that a rate of one penny the pound be levied for the Liver pool Library and _Museum. Mr. Job seconded the proposition. The Town-clerk : There is also the recommendation to lay oat . £l.OO, instead of £5O, fOr the alteration of the Mount Gardens. M. Beckwith, in moving the adoption of this portion of the proceedings, said that the committee had recoin mended. the appointment of Mr.. Barchell in the place of Mr. Shepherd, who had looked after the gardens. Ile would tell the Council that he believed if Mr. 'Bitrchell had not been appointed, the whole of the. trees would have gone into c.:nnplete decay. The trees had not been attended to, and Wore so growing one with the other that they, had nearly to take up every tree in the garden. Mr. Job seconded the motion. • Mr.. Alderman Parker said he Should' like .to know ,whether the money laid out on the gardens was not to •be paid out .of the general museum rate, or .whether it was to be paid by the council ? The Town-clerk : Not out of the „mascara rate, because.they were established before the act came into operation. To the Botanic Gardens it would apply. Mr. Alderman "Parker said, then as he understood it, the money ,would have to be paid out of the Council funds as usual. The gardens committee had seen how willinglk the council had granted them LA and so they had asked for £l.Ol He had no great objection to that, as no doubt the scheme would be a good one. But in reference to the circulation of the books of the library, lie would like to know- the quality of the . b7oki circulated, whether they were on history or biography, or, whether they consisted in the distribution ofthe heap of trash that , was so prevalent. They had a right to know what " sort of books were distributed return hooks most in c future a return of th Formerly, they had had regular 3d the quality of the books, and in I might judge of the quality of the oil, he begged to move - that in ooks circulated be laid before the lair. 'Alderman Cooper said, with regard to the classifi -cation of the books, which the worthy alderniaU required, it had only been made once a quarter, or once every half year, and that was done for the purpose of obviating the unnecessary amount of statistics being brought before them. . Mr. Steains said he begged to be alloWed to state, that in answer to the question put by Mr. Alderman 'Parker that the greatest attention was raid to the return of the books. He could assure the council that the committee paid the greatest attention to that part. Not aline to the authors, but, the publi s h ers -- no t one o f the works of the French school or of Dumas' class of novels were allowed, and the committee took care that only, the high class of novels should be circulated. Mr.' J. H. Turner expressed an opinion, that in the contemplated alterations in making a straight walk through Falkner-square gardens, that they would be making it very ugly, and he hoped that, taking all things into consideration, the gardens clramittee would pause before they carried out the alterations. Mr. W. Earle said, as to the making of a straight path in the gardens, it was a mere mattet of taste ; but as to taking down the trees in the Abercromby-square gardens, it was not only requisite but unavoidable.(Bear, hear.) In the course of a few years it must have been done, and then the ladies would have had to bear as . much exposure as they, were at the present. What had been done was to remove all the unsightly trees, which chiefly consisted of forest trees, the roots . of which were perfectly rotten, and return those which were healthy. Mr. Beckwith, in , Zreplying, said the same system had been adopted in Falkner-square as had been adopted in Abercromby-square. They had cut down all the unhealthy trees and left the healthy ones to stand, some of which were dead and withered, and were mere stumps. He was of opinion that, had Mr. Shepherd lived, there would not have been a tree in Great George square Gardens. He concluded by moving the adoption of the whole proceedings, which were confirmed. \V TER CO3IMITTEE The proceedings of.this committee were read. Mr. Hodson moved that the proceedings be confirmed Mr. Earle seconded the motion. Mr. Alderman Parker begged, before the proceedings were continued, to congra.talate the council, and the town at large, upon the fact, that ,the water was now better in quality.: They all knew the cause of it. As the proportion of the sandstone water, mixed with the Rivington, was greater or less,the quality of the water rose or felL That fact was perfectly clear. He had no doubt that the time would come ere long when they should have no mixture, but the genuine, pare, sandstone water for the supply of the town at large. lir. Alderman Turner asked whether any steps tad been taken yet to impound the water at St. George's Church, which had been ordered by the council six months ago ? Mr. Ilcidson said the matter was in preparation, and the engineer. had the authority to get the work done as speedily as possible. lie (Mr. Hodson) should take care to ask the engineer about it immediately. Mr. Jeffery said, he thought the question was at present in the .hands of the health committee. The water committee were prepared to supply the water, but the health committee had nut supplied the troughs. The proceedings were then confirmed. . The proceedings of the baths' committee were read and confirmed, on the motion of Mr. Wagstaff, seconded by Mr. Jeffery. Mr. Stewa'rt read the coroner's account, which amounted to £26 19s. 6d. It was referred to the finance committee for payment. _ _ _ Mr. Earle wished to ask a question, as to whether carriages could be allowed to stand at shop doors —a carriage standing at a door waiting for ladies or ,others to come out. He wished to know if it could be allowed to stand when another was coming up to prevent the others from stopping. Such, ha had observed, to be the case in Boldpsfiect The Town-clerk replied that there was a provision in the Police Act to prevent such a system. Mr. Earle did not blame cab-men so much as carriages of private gentlemen, which were more in fault, generally, than cab-men. Mr. Hodson was very glad that Mr. Earle had men tioned the matter, as it was a great annoyance. He hoped the attention of the police would be called to the matter. Mr. Jeffery said it was almost impossible to,keep the street, clear in the present narrow state of Bold-street and Church -street. There was little hope of them being made wider, till his Worship, the Mayor's carriage would be broken iu, when driving to church. He hoped how ever, that his Worship would be saved if that should come to pass. MAYOR'S COMMUNICATIONS. A letter was read from lessees of land at Birkenhead ng attention to the parliamentary notie( Company, as to stopping up a portion of the corporation road,. or Canning-street, Birkenhead, and urging upon the council to enquire into the effect of the proposed measure, and, if necessary, to petition parliament against it, in order to protect their own interests and those of the public. The letter was referred to the finance committee. A letter was read from Mr. Walter Wilson, setting forth the evil results of the unchecked and indiscriminate sale of poisons, and urging the council to petition in favour of the sale of poisons' bill, for which purpose a form of petition was enclosed. Mr. Ridley ".remarked, that that measure was brought before the house last night. The Town-clerk said, it was not too late to present a petition in its favour. Mr. Hodson remarked that it was a very important subject, and one in which the council ought to feel deeply interested. Mr. Ryley moved that the subject be referred to the health committee, which was seconded and agreed to. INCREASE OF SALARIES-STATE OF THE CORPORATION BOOK-KEEPIN Applications were read from Mr. David Hennessy, book-keeper ; Mr. John Evans, draughtsman : Mr. Philip Page, messenger ; and Mr. Patrick Gavin, sur veyor, in the borough engineer's office, for increase to their salaries. theMrap. p J n e o ff a e t r i o y n b o e l f i e n v b e d o o t k h k a o t w p e o r u ld whomb e a h p e r o d p 1 9 ( r i ti m note, k u n p o n at all, to make sonic remarks upon the system of book keeping adopted in Cornwallis-street offices in particular. Some time ago the auditor applied for an increase of salary. Upon that occasion,,the application • was not entertai ne d , because "of an observation which he believed he (Mr. Jeffery) made, and it was considered necessary that the audit should be examined. He did not think the system of audit was at all satisfactory, and he feared the same remark would apply to the treasurer's office in that building. lie was not prepared to make any motion a t th e present moment, but at the next council day he should have no hesita tion in moving, that a special committee be appointed for the purpose of investigating the system of book keepinc, connected with th e entire of the corporate estate, both in the treasurer's office in THE NOTIMES, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY ;10, 1859 that building, and that in Cornwallis-street. It was quite clear that no system. could be correct which per mitted an s.ccount to slip out, and by so F.lipping out, to avoid the observation of the members of the council. Ile had reforred on more than one occasion to i Special ageurnent which was not yet forthcoming, and its omission, in his opinion, tended to denounce the present system or audit, if not the system of book keep.ing.. He should, therefore, take an early opportunity of moving that a special committee be appointed to examine into the system of audit and the g e nera l s ystem of MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL. LIVERPOOL, Wednesday Evening. • The Cotton Market is Well supplied with holders, and they, seeming to meet buyers on rather less terms, a good bnsiness was done to -clay, the sales 'rep-Ching 10,000 bales, including. 1,500 on speculation and for export. Although the ;business transacted in , the Liver pool. Share Market to-day . was not large, the tone was decidedly better, 'closing at the highest quo tatiens of the day. The sales -reported were- Caledonians, 85 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 951, 954, 96 ; Lancaster and Preston, 1 shares, 74 ; London' and • North Western, 96 ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, - 37: 7 ; Midland, 1011 ; North Western-Berwiek, 931 ; St. Helen's Rail way and Canal, A, 90 ; Dovers, 22 1-16, 221; Dutch Rhenish, 51 (.1 ; Grand Trunk of Canada, 3 3-16 ; St. Helen's Canal and Railway, 41 per cent, 991 • Chester Pref. 8 per cent, 17 ; Midland • Ere WSI). ' Valley, 140 ; Do. North Western, .15 N ; Liverpool - United Gas, 211. The sales for cash and the, next aceectinit were :-Caledonian, 851 851 851; Great Western, , 5,6; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 96, 961, 96: London and North Western, 961, 96 ; Midland Stock, 101 15-16, 102 ; Dovers,-221, 22 3-16, 22k c; Dutch Rhenish, 51 d; Grand Trunk of Canada, 8. The following.were the closing prices :-Blackbu rn , 111, 111 -; Chester and Birkenhead, 661, 67 ; Caledonian, 851, 'B5l ; Chester and Holyhead, 481; -Eastern Coun ties, 12 7-16, 121 ; East Lancashire, 951, 96 ; Do. £9 shares, 1, p ; Great Northern, 104, 106; Do. A, 88„89.; Great . Western, 56, 561 Lancashire and Yorkshire Stock, 96, 96k • Do. £9 shares, 1, p ; London and. North Western, 955, 96 ; Do. one-eighth shares, 4, 13-16 d ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 371, 371 ; • .Midland Stock, 1011, 102 ; . North British, 62,. 621 North Western,' 131; 131 ; North Staf fordshire, 41 xd, 41 d ; North 'Eastern-Berwick, 931, 94 ; York and North Midland, 781, .79 ; Leeds Capital Stock; 481, 481 ; . South Eastern, 221, 22 3-16, ; Dutch Rhenish, 51, 5d ; Great Western of 'Canada, 161, 161 ; Ditto New Shares, 4%, .41 d Great Luxembourg, 61, 6R ; Grand Trunk of Canada, 71, B._ Annexed are the continuations. paid : -Blackburn, 9d ; Caledonian, 4, 3-16; Eastern Counties, 9d, .71, 8 ; Great Wes tern, 1,4 s 41d, 3-16 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 1, 3-16, 1 ; London and. North Western, 1, 3-16, 1 ' • Do. one-eighth shares, 6d, 4d ; Manchester, Shef field, and Lincolshire, 1-16, is 6d, is'9d'; Midland Stock, 4, 3-16, 4s 4%d, 5 ; North British, 3s ; North Eastern --Berwick, 5-16, 1; South Eastern, ls, Is 11d, 10d, ls ; Buffalo and Lake Huron, 7d, Bd, 6d; Dutch Rhenish, 9d, Bd, B%d, 6d, 7%d; Great Wes -tern of Canada, ls ; Do. New, shares, 8d ; Great Luxembourg, sd, 44d, 4d; Grand Trunk of Canada, Bd, 6d,' 7d, sd. In the Liverpool Produce Markets, the business continues moderate at steady 'prices. To-day, 2,500 bags Sugar were disposed of at 48s' to 48s. 6d. for Cossipore, and 235. 6d. per cwt. for Pernams. • Nothing, however, took . ' place 'in AlolasseS, Rum or Coffee ; and of Rice only 600 bags found buyers at 9s. to 9s. 3d. per cwt. for ,Bengal. Dyewoods, Drysalteries, &c., &c., were moderately dealt in. There is no material change to notice in the state of the Money Market ; rates of Aiscount continuing very low. There seems to be a rather prevalent idea at the Turin Barsa, that the new - Sardinian Loan, perhaps half, will be taken by public subscription. It is also thought probable that, in case of another and ,larger loan being • required, as it certainly' would be if war broke out, recourse would be had to France. 'At the market for the Public , Funds and Securities to-day, purchasers have predpminated, and Consols have advanced 1 per cent. They opened steady at the closing 'price of yesterday, viz., 951 to 951, and declined to 951, sellers, being quoted at noon at 951 to 954 for Money, and 951 - to 95% for March AccOunt. A rather better feel ing set in during the afternoon, and at the close the quotations for Consols were 951 to 951 ; the New Threes were 951 to 95k, and Exchequer Bills 33 to 36. In most of the. other departments of the London Stock Exchange a more favourable feeling prevailed, assisted by the receipt of improved prices on the Paris Bourse of this day. English, French, andiombardo-Venetian Railway Shares were gene rally rather better. The following were the closing quotations of Railway Shares :-Ambergate," 61, k 6 ; 1 ; Caledonians, 85 7 , 86 ; Eastern Counties, 611, 62; East. Lancashire, 95, 96 ; Edinburgh and Glasgow ' 69, 70 ; Great Northern, 1011; Do. A., 86, 88 ; Great Western, 55N 7 561; Great Western of Canada, 164, 161 ; Grand Trunk of Canada, 84, 81 • Great Southern and Western, 105, 106 ; Lan cashire and Yorkshire, 951, 95: 1 ; London and North WeStern, 95;1, 954 ; London and South Western, 951;' Leeds Northern, 7/, 81 ; Manches ter, 'Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 371, 38 ; Midland Stock, 1011, - 1011; North British, 614, 62 ; South Eastern and Dover, 731, 741 ; York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 931 ; York and North Midland, 781. The receipts of the London and North 'Western Railway Company this week were 62,0091., being an increase of 5,6591. on the corresponding week last year. The Traffic Returns of the Grand Trunk Rail road of Canada, for the week enclitic , January 15, were 6,7361., showing an increase of 2481. on the returns of the corresponding week last year. At the Paris Bourse, to 7 day, there was more confidence shown, and Rentes had advanced at the close. The supplies of Grain at 'the London Corn Market to-day, were small, and the attendance of buyers limited. There was little business doing, but all articles maintained the prices of Monday. We have been favoured with a copy of Messrs. Radford and Sons' Card, assimilatin,., c , ' the various weights hitherto used in the corn trade to the new standard of the " cental." It is in a convenient pocket form, and seems perfectly adapted, in its arrangement, to the object which it is intended to serve. It is complete, satisfactory, and.intelligible at a - glance. Messrs. Benson and Mallett, of Castle-street, are the publishers. Respecting the Wool trade in Scotland, the following extract, from the Glasgow circular of Messrs. R. J. and W. Thompson will be read with interest :- During the early part of January, Scotch and English combing Wools exhibited remarkable firmness, and every prospect of the high prices reached being not only main tained, but a still further advance secured, at least on lustre wools, which were in very active demand. For the past few weeks the war policy of France has created consider able uneasiness in commercial circles, and though the four great Powers are making extensive preparations for war, it is earnestly hoped that the peace of Europe will remain undisturbed, but for the present confidence is shaken, and operations in 'wool are taking place on the most limited scale. Holders in fleece wool, though not pressing sales, are anxious to realise ; but even in the event of war, owing to the present extensive con sumption and the trifling stock of such wools now in dealers' hands, there can be no material reduction before the clip. Last week metals, machinery, &c., were exported (foreign) from the Clyd e t o th e va l ue o f £8,271. The weekly Traffic Return of the Great Western Railway of Canada, just received, shows a decrease of £2,212 sterling. The particulars are published of 307 bonds of the Greek loan, of the series guaranteed by Eng land, which are to be paid off at par on the Ist of March next. As these bonds could not be pur chased below par, they have been drawn by lot. The Lammermuir has arrived from China with 1,090,0001b5. of tea. GUANO MONOPOLY.-There is no question in which our shipowners, merchants, and farmers are, at present, more interested than that of the trade of guano. If the trade' was opened, with a fair price charged free on board at the Chinches, it is calculated that the consumption of the United Kingdom would be 700,000 tons, and that of the United . States, France, &c., 300,000 more, making a million in all ; the average freights of which would be £3,500,000. So much for our shipowners. Now, let us see how the case of the farmers would stand. For the last two years, the Peruvian agents in Great Britain charged us £2 per ton more than our friends in the States, the rates of cargo being £l3 ss, which stood the farmers, according to their expense of carriage, from .£l5 to Xl7. These prices put a stop to the demand, the stocks here and in the United States aecumulating to 700,000 tons, the agriculturists using bone-dust and chemical manure s ;ustead, new, if the guano was 8014 ; frr4 911 board in 0 keeping the accounts. Mr. Job said, if the sub-committee, to: be appointed, would also take into consideration the subject of increase of salaries, it would greatly benefit the public (hear, hear). , The repeated applications for increase of salary were beginninr , to involve a very serious charge upon the council ; ane he apprehended that, when they came to make up the amounts for which they had been tax d in this manner,' they would be found to be a very large' sum: In the case of the increase of Mr. Garnett's salary, there was a charge of £5,000 fastened upon the 'own ; ,and if they went on in that way, they would findthemselves getting into a . great deal of difficulty. ' The Town-clerk said, one reason why all those appli catibns caine in at that time was, that on •the recom mendation of the health committee, a resolution had been adopted with reference to the officers of that establishment that all• applications for increase of salary should be made in the month of January or February. _ Mr..Teffery said he had had some idea himself of including in his motion' the 'subject .to which Mr. Job had so properly referred, seeing that as their income was mate rially diminished, it became of the first importance that they should lofik after their expenditure, 'add he believed a, considerable saving could be accomplished by the re arrangement of their offices. Mr. Alderman Parker was not surprised at the remarks of Mr.' Joh, that gentleman being a very young member of the council ; but, he remembered that in former days such applications were - considered by a committee, and the council grewvery jealous of that plan,- and resolved that all such claims should be considered by the whole body. Fie did not think they could possibly adopt any other plan than to' have every application for increase of salarynonsidercd upon its own merits. • . Mr. Hodson entirely differed with Mr. Parker as to his mode of arran g ement. He thought it a very unfor to thing that the salary of every' servant should be by the committee under whom he acted, for nineteen times out of twenty the committee had a leaning towards their own servant. (Hear, hear.) He had always held the belief that it would be better to have a committee exclusively to take into consideration the question of increase of salaries ; for nothing was more painful than to sit upon a committee, and, when a servant asked for increase of salary, to have to oppose him. Mr. Ryley said, whether the two subjects now under discussion should be referred to one committee or two would be a matter for after consideration ; but that to have them considered by special committees would be very desirable, he quite agreed. He differed with Mr. Parker in thinking, that new members ought not to speak. upon such subjects. These questions of increase of salary came before the council piecemeal, and one by one, and it was rather an offensive thizig to be voting against the increase of a respectable worthy man's salary. It was a remarkable circumstance, patent to anybody, that the less money the council had in receipts, the more they were asked to pay in salaries. (Hear, hear.) It was high time that some definite arrangement should be made upon that head. (Hear, hear.) The applications were then referred to the 'health committee. The cost of prosecutions at the last sessions was certi fied by the council as £616 8s 4d. This concluded the business of the council. WEST DERBY GUARDIANS, The usual weekly meeting of the West Derby Board of Guardians was held yesterday. Mr. Edwards presided, and the attendance of guardians consisted of Messrs. Chalmers, Ledger, Kirkus , Roberts, Wensley, Shaw, Par kin; and Abrahams. Some discussion took place on the application of Eliza Royd, WhP is a widow, and has two children, for relief. Her husband died in April last, and she would be re movable to Manchester In April next. Mr. Shaw com plained that such cases as these ought not to receive out-door relief, and proposed that she should be taken into the house. As the woman had endeavoured to support herself, and had a little furniture in her house, and a lodger, the guardians voted her 2s 6d a week until April next. The minutes of the last weekly meeting having been read, it was stated that the balance in the hands of the treasurer was £62 8s 3d. The Clerk reported that he had examined, the day book, and inspected the other books kept by the master. Cheques were granted to the relieving officers as "fol -Mr. S. Potts, £125; Mr. Olney, £3B; Mr. Lithg,oe, £2 Tlic Governor reported that the' number of paupers in the Workhouse last week was 689; admitted since, 22; discharged, 31; died, 5 ; number in the house- this week, 675, of whom 354 belong to Tosteth-park. Corresponding week last year, 699. THE POOR LAW BOARD AND MR. DAVIS AMong the communications from the Poor Law Board was a letter enquiring whether the West Derby Board intended to apply to Mr. Davis for the sums surcharged to, his account by Mr. flees, the auditor. These sums amount in the aggregate to about £25. Mr. Kirkus drew attention to a letter received from Mr. Davis's sureties, protesting against several sums charged against them, as they we re on ly li a bl e f or fraud, pilfering, and neglect ; they demur to pay the surcharges for the maintenance of the wife of Mr. Davis. `A long conversation ensued, the result being that the guardians came to the conclusion of writing to the Poor law Board, wishing them to remit the amount surcharged for thO maintenance of his wife. Mr. Cleaver stated that he had examined the books of the hospital, and found that they had not been made up since the 28th of July last. Mr. Cleaver said that it was quite- possible to have made the books up correctly and easily; but Mr Hall (the officer complained of) stated that he could not arrange them under a fortnight. Mr. Hall was informed that, if the books were not made up by next week, the guardians should write up to the Poor-law Board, complaining of him, and request his dismissal. The Engineer who was drunk, and did not attend to his business, got: a week's notice. A letter was read from Dr. Nevins, asking that the guardians should sanction the payment of a fee to a medical man, who was required to assist him in an opera tion. After some conversation, the matter was left over for a week. Mr. Cleaver read a report from the Poor-law Board in reference to the appointment of a porter and book keeper to the workhouse. The letter stated—" The Poor-law Board have had under their consideration the communication of the guardians, but they are still of opinion that the duties of porter at the workhouse, as prescribed by the regulations, if performed personally, are sufficient to occupy fully the time of one officer. For this, as well as other reasons, the Poor-law Board con sidered it inexpedient the offices in question should be held. by one person, and they must decline to sanction the arrangement. The board observed that Mr. Bramhall, who was elected in the room of Mr. Kennedy, has refused to accept the appointment, and as the office is now vacant they must request that the guardians will be good enough to proceed to a new election, and appoint a person to discharge the duties of porter only. They entertain no doubt that the guardians will be able to obtain the services of an efficient officer, at a moderate salary, say £25 or £3O per annum." The communication concluded by stating that if it was necessary that the master of the workhouse should have assistance in making up his books and accounts, the board would assent to the employment of a person for this purpose, at a reasonable remuneration. Mr. Kirkus, in some remarks upon this communication, insinuated that there had been some underhand, and that some persons had been writing to the Poor Law Board, whether they were members of the Local Board or not he was not acquainted with. The Poor Law Board had some time ago approved of the appointment, but now they would not sanction it. He moved that Mr. Moore be appointed temporarily as book-keeper for one month, at a salary of 30s. a week. Mr. Shaw opposed, but after some remarks from several members, the resolution - was agreed to. - 7" Official instructions have been given to the commanders of French ships-of-war to prevent, in future, the trans portation of negroes from Af r ic a t o th e French Colonies. MAiL NEws. - -A telegram announces the sailing* from Lisbon, on Monday, of the steamer Alhambra, for South ampton, .with a portion of the passenge rs ex the Brazilian steamer Aden, besides the usual Peninsular mail. STRANGE RU3IOURS,—A vague and apparently im probable rumour has reached London from the Continerit, that the King of Sardinia is about to abdicate in favour of his son. The age of King Victor Emmanuel is only thirty-nine. The above rumour is noticed in the Times' City Article. AUSTRALIA AND THE PANAMA ROUTE.-Mr, Mere wether has arrived in this country from New South Wales, and is empowered as a special commissioner to confer with the Home Government and to make the necessary contracts for a monthly mail via Panama and New Zealand. Towards this service the Legislative Council, at Sydney, have voted an annual subsidy of £50,000, • Peru, at. £4 per ton, our farmers could haie it delivered — through 'the country; after allowing freight, Merchants' *fits,. insurance, carriage,' Sic., at Ell to £l2, when the demand would . exceed" the supply: We consider £4 'a fair . price, as, up to 1852, it did not nett the Peruvian government more than £3 10s.; the sales up to 1856, when the prices were high, averaginc , .£4 165, , viz.- 1,626,405 tons sold, producing £7,850,927: - These figures are taken from their own returns in Lima..; A movement has been made by the Peruvian legislature to Open the trade, in compliance with wishes of the Aine ricans and English, the f.o.b. price named by' thogovern ment being,L6; but this is much above the nett proceeds of their sales up to 1856. - Our Chamber of Commerce has received a reply' from the Board of Trade, stating that they had no official intimation of the' Openinm. of' the trade, althongh various journals gave the proceedings of the 'Peruvian congress on the subject. The example of the Belfast:Chamber of Commerce ought to be followed by those of Dublin, Cork, Limerick, and other public bodies in Ireland, as well' as 'by Glasgow, Liverpool, London,' Hull, Bristol,' Newcastle; 'Sze. Our farming friends also ought. to be up and stirring, in petitions, - through' their . representatives, to the House or Commons.' `Mr. Caird, last.year, brought before the House of Cothnions . the dif ference of prices here and in the United States, the freight and. charge - s being the, same, when it was promised to Mr. Seymour Fitzgerald that they were to be equalised for the future. They reduced the prices here from £l3 5s to £l2 ; bUt the last quotations are, viz. Tens: New York. London. thicler 30 ......... £l2 0 0 £l3 5 0 Over • 3O ........... 12 0 0 .......... 12 '0 0 Over 1,100 . _ _lO 0. l2 0 .9. Thus, it will be seen that, in Small and large quantities, tho American agents are charging the merchants 6,nd farmers much less than the English.—Belfast N‘les Letter. More steadiness has - prevailed through the Stock Exchange; and, in some..departments, improved prices havo been established. Generally, however, there is still a gi-eat want of confidence. ••The English Funds, after several slight fluctuations, closed e per cent. below the four-o'clock quotations of Monday, but it per cent. above • those established at a late hour on Monday afternoon. Dulness was induced by the absence , of. elaSticity shewn by the French Funds, as. Well as by the pecuniary demands anticipated by India, for the British navy, and from foreign dominions.. About £32,000 in gold was taken into the Bank • to-day ex Jura • and, Niagara. Oa 'Change this afternoon bills on Holland and Belgium were quoted more favourably for this _country:Thu. the other hand, the rates for paper on Hamburg, Vienna, arid Trieste were a trifle lciwer. On the Paris Bourse to-day the. Three per Cent Rentei,closed at one price, both for money and account, almost exactly the same price as -Monday afternoon.---Dairy - News City - Tuesday Evening. Artie' . . This has been - settling day in the English Funds, and there has been: some considerable • fluctuation, but the market opened at an improvement, and' the tendency has been towards Steadiness. In the Discount market tran sactions have taken place at a fraction below 2 per 'cent.' Austrian scrip 'this morning was quoted 1 to 1i prem. Lists for this loan • have been opened. at Berlin and Amsterdam. At Vienna, on Monday, there was a recovery of nearly 1 per cent. Gold is about three-tenths dearer at Hamburgh than in London, and at Paris it is about two-tenths per cent. dearer than in , London.— lymes City Article, Tuesday Evening. The Lammermuir has arrived from China with 1,090,000 pounds of tea. The quarterly sales of indigo commenced on Tuesday with much heaviness, owing to the state of politics. The half-yearly meeting of the London and North Western Railway is called for the 18th inst. LOftot OF £lo,ooo,ooo.—The Daily News says— According to one rumour the British Government will propose a loan of £3,000,090 to £4,000,000 in Exchequer Bills .or BOnd, and another of - £6,000,000' or £7,000,000. ANOTIII6I AUSTRIA.:4 LOAN.—The Herald says that letters from Vienna mention that the preSent loan of six millions, if successful, will be immediately followed by another for four millions. THE CONTEMPLATED ALTERATION IN SUGAR DUTIES. The City Article mentions, as a report, that the Chancellor of the . Exchequer contemplates a change in the Sugar duties-that discriminating rates are to be abolished. The simple plan has been suggested which . . prevails with regard to 'tea and other articles, of charging one duty without reference to difference in value on quality. WEST DERBY AGAIN. JUSTICE, EQUITY, AND COMMON ; SENSE TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMES Sir,—Being a person who has a good deal of leisure time, I occasionally stroll about to see and hear what is going on in and about this good old town ; so, the other day, I strolled in the neighbourhood of Low-hill, where I met with a friend, who (with a number of others) had been cited before their " betters" (?) to show cause why they did not pay their parish rates. They were chiefly poor women (widows, &c ), some ,of whom, no doubt, have hard work to keep off the parish, and others, think ing they were overtaxed, came, under the idea that the "Justices" would do justice,, if they only stated their case to them ; but it proved, so - far as I could learn, a " forlorn hope" in every case, for, as usual in such cases, they could not " get a hearing." As a specimen of the way in which they settle matters, I will give you an account of one case as I heard it. " One sapient gentleman," I think he was said to be an overseer, but certainly he was not a very clear seer, said, " Oh, Mr. —, you can't call this high rated for that large public-house," alluding to a hous e k e pt by a p erson of the same name, which house is worth about four times as much as the one in question. Surely, the gen tleman had been imbibing some of the spirits of the public-house, and could not -oversee the paper in his hand And so justice and equity is sacrificed, to arrogance and stupidity ; and, although the party still pushed his case for further consideration, he could get nothing from the " justicers" but—" we can do nothing for you, we have no power." Well, perhaps that was true, but I should like to know, Mr. Editor, how it is that the assessor has power to fix what value he pleases, and afterwards alter it if he choses, and yet those who arc appointed to administer the law have no power to rectify a palpable injustice when brought before them. Verily, it is a " grand farce," and is another proof of the need there is for reform both of men and things, so that the public may have justice and equity administered to them by men of common sense. If you could spare a corner of your valuable paper for the insertion of this, you would greatly oblige, sir, your obedient servant, APPIDAN. Liverpool, 7th February, 1859. WIRRAL WATER WORKS TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMES Sir,—Will you allow me space in your paper to insert a few lines ? Mr. Cunningham, the Company's Engineer, told the Rock Fe rr y mee ti ng on Thursday . last, that about £15,000 or £16,000 had been already paid up ou account of the capital —£40,000. Believing this to be an entire mis-statement, I addressed a note to Mr. B. Arkle, a partner, I understand, in the banking-house of Messrs. Leyland and Bullins, they appearing to the world as the company's bankers, and in whose hands I thought the money, or any part of it, would naturally be ; for that if such were the fact and vouched for, public confidence would be inspired, which at present, it seemed to lack very much ; as according to the statement of the com pany's solicitor, the promoters had not been able to rake together as much money as would meet the L 4 per cent. Parliamentary deposits when required. My simple object in addressing Mr. Arkle, was to set the public mind right, and so, perhaps, prevent an infinitude of mischief upon innocent parties embarking their money upon the faith of Mr. Cunningham's declaration. Mr. Arkle, in his reply, and a great curiosity it is, shelters himself from affording so important a bit of information, no doubt dictated by the highest principles of prudence, under the plea, " that he is not going to reveal the secrets of his banking house to gratify impertinent curiosity"— no doubt, a very convenient one, as it has been so often proved a disastrous one to thousands, of late years. I leave the public to draw their own conclusions.— I am, sir, yours, &c. W. WARING PERREY. Low MI, Feb. 9, 1859 SPORTING INTELLIGENCE READING RACES. —YESTERDAY. BULMERSTIE PLATE OF £5O. Two Miles and a Half. Rib worth Lass 1 I Farnworth 2 I Theodine 3 Thirteen ran. EARLEIGH STAKES, Three Miles. Alfred the Great 1 I Athlete 2 Eight ran. It was reported in Paris, on Tuesday, that Cardinal Brunelli is charged with a mission to Paris on the part g f the Acrman Government. YESTERDAY'S- MARK FITS, Livxnrootl PRODlTM—Colonial, SM. ; •The transactions f•rt Sugan continue moderate, - the business' consisting lof - 1,600t bfg* of Cossipore, at 48s to 48s 6d, and 2,900 bags Pernams, in bond;• at 23s Gd per cwt. Nothing has taken place - in Molasses, Rum, or Coffee. The sales in Rice are. conitued.to 600 bags Bengal, at Os', to 9s. 3d per cwt. In DyewOods, 40 ions St. Domingo Logwood, at £4 ss, 60 tons Barwood at £3 10s, and 11 ton* Singapore Yellow Woodi at £6 15s per ton. Nothing to notice in Ashes, Pots quoted at 30s ; 60 tons .Nitrate of Soda have changed handS, at 14s Gd - up to 1611 for fine ; and 100 bags Calcutta Saltpetre at 36s per cwt for 17i per cwt refraction... Of . Brim stime, 25 tons best2nds reportati at £8 Is per ton; 20 casks Oporto red Argols, at 43s ; 2 casks Cridni of Tartar, at 125 s ; 50- bales Ifembay Madder Roots,. at 21s to 60a,. 500 bales Gauthier, at 14s for heated,- and 15s forsotutd; .1,0 C4SCS East India Gum ' at 365; 130 biases East India Borax, all faults, at 35s ; 3 kegs Jamaica Bees!War, at £9 5s per cwt;" . 4 casks Tartaric Acid, at is 9d per 15; 230 • bags • Sago _noun; at ,14s 6d to 15s. 6d; and 200 boxes largO Grain Pearl Sago, at 16s. per..cwt. Oils : 100 tons Palm hava,been sold to-day at £l2 lOs to £l3, and £44 , per ton now asked ; nothing done in Olive. Tallow rules at 54s for P.Y.O Lard quoted at 60s for fine American, and. at 47s per cwt for Russian. Of Rosin, 200 to 300 barrels taken, at 5s per cwt for common. We have also to notice 5 tons Linseed Cake, at £9 ss, per ion:; . and small sales of Ameridan -red Clover Seed, at 61s 6d. per Cwt. 'Lry POOL Corrox.—There has been a good demand fer cotton to-day;•aud with ample supplies, prices are slightly in favour of the seller. The sales—including 10 Permunbuco, 8d ; 50 Bahia, 7d; 30 Maranham, 8d; 203 Egyptian, 7id to Eild ; 500 Surat, 41d •to 6d—are reported' 10,000 bales, of which 1,500 are on speculation and for export. SALFORD CATTLE. —The supply to-day consisted of I,466beasts, 5,878 sheep, and 169 calves. There was a moderate demand for all kinds of stock at the folliwing qnotations :—B!st7beef, 6rl 71d; middling 3d to sid ; cows, 4d to 5 d ; best wedders, 7d to 85 ; ewes, 4.1c1 to 51c1; cal Yes, 5d to 7d per lb. LOND.3II PRODUCE. —Sugar : sales of Mauritius went off well, in some,instances at higher rates; 5,120 bags Mauritius chiefly. sold. Brown, 35s 6d to 40s 6d; yellow, 40s 6d to 46s 6d; crystallised small grain, 43s 6d to 445. Coffee : No public sales ; Tea : Sales by auction have gone at about' yes ., (et' stead aY!$ price 3,000 package, including 1;800 wit scs, • Rice : .780.1ia7s Bengal, all f Is Carolina sold at 21s: Indigo : Ds, and 100 barrel. 6 IILLV IJI tion on s, with sr tre : disposi , rather relay afternoon; about 1,690 bags sold at Its 6d for '6l par cent. t' and at Its for 2f 39s for 15 ptsr ceri per cent. , LoNDON Conn. .—The weather remains very damp. The s• at to-days market were small. Wkeat was unaltered Pioatin argoes of Odes: Ghirka, and Egyptian, one of each of which are left, were offered at high prices, but did not 'ze stiffens in price. Barley quite as dear as on Mon 'in;; oats were in good demand, but fls— 11. Ma thy, F neglect; Irish is still Rorioueni Hop. - With the exception of fine new hops, which are, selling at full prices, the market is heavy at barely late rates. The shb* of saniples are seasonably good. LONDON TALLOW.—TaIIow steady at _s3s 3d on the spot; 53s 6d, March ;rs2s 6d April to. June; and 52s 6d last three months. LONDON MINING. —ln the mining market, this morning, no important change in prices is observable ; the transactions have been principally confined to shares in Providence Mines, St. Day United, Great Caradon, Rosewarne. Clijah and Went worth, and Unity Consols ; in foreign and colonial mining shares scarcely any business has been done. ' - • • : CORK CORN. -At the market to-day prices underwent no change. We quote—White wheat, 21s 6d to 23s 4d; red do., 17s 6d to 21s 6d ; barley, 12s 6d to 15s; oats, Ils to 13s. CORK Di:rm.—There were 300 kegs at market to-day, which were disposed of at the following prices : - lsts, 130 s ; 2nds, 130 s ; 3rds, 105 s ; 4ths, 88s ; sths, 66s per cwt. GLASGOW CORN.—Wheat and flour sold slowly at prices of this day week. Malting qualities of barley were fully as dear ; grinding was neglected, distillers having reduced the price of spirits. Oats were more freely offered, and buyers could supply their wan is on easier terms. Oatmeal was quiet, at tho full prices of this day week. GLASGOW IRON No.l, 51s 9d to to 51s per ton. . —The market continues to droop. We quote 2s; maker's iron, 50s 9d to 51s; No. 3,50 s 9d ROCHDALE WOOL, MONDAY.—A repetition, or rather a deepen ing of last week's dulness, has been experienced to-day ; sales have been few, and could only be effected at a reduction, the seller exhibiting most eagerness ; most qua'itics exhibit a decline, as compared with a fortnight since, of at least ld per pound. THE LONDON _GAZETTE PARTNERSIIIP3 DISSOLVED.—I. Hunt and Co., Preseot, Lanca shire,- watch movement manufacturers ; Machen, Miller, and Machen, Ecclesfleld, Yorkshire, steel manufacturers, as far as regards 11. Miller; Taylor and CO., Manchester, cheese factors; Baldwin and 'Neal, Birmingham, chandelier manufacturers , Cheetham and Barker, Halifax, silk dressers ; Wilson and Barley, Winewall, Forest of Tramden, Lancashire, cordwainers ; J. Meredith and Co., Birmingham, and Great Queen-street, Lincoln's-inn, varnish manufacturers; Beaumont and Co., Kirk burton, Yorkshire, woollen manufacturers ; Walker and Wood, Maccl estield, silk throwsters ; Kaye, Fletcher, and Co., Elland, Yorkshire, woollen cloth manufacturers, as far as regards T. Fletcher; Stanwortb, Shackleton, and Green, Fly Quarry and elsewhere, quarrymen, and Green and Shaekleton, Keighley and elsewhere, masons ; G. E. Marsden, and M. R. Tootal, Manches- _ ter. attor and Son, Birmingham and Drury-lane, carriage trimming manufacturers ; . J. Welby and Co., Notting ham, lace manufacturers; Pitts and Knowles 'Salford, curiiers ; G.Tratinter. and S.Williams, Cheatham, Lancashire, brichmakers. DECLARATION OF. DIVIDENDS.—B. Bradley, Manchester, iron merchant; first div. of 3s 50, any Tuesday, at Mr. Hernaman's, Manchester: T. Bailey, Oldham, joiner; first div. of 3s id, any Tuesday, at- Mr. Hernaman's, Manchester. W. 'Williams, Llaudilo, linen draper; first and final div.•of bs lid, any Wed nesday, at Mr. Acraman's ' Bristol, R. Whiston and J. H. S. Wiidamith, Wolverhampton, manufacturing' chymists; first div. of 25.31, and first div. of is 00 on the separate estate of B. Whistou, any Thursday, at Mr. Kinnear's, Birmingham. DIVIDENDS. --March 3, C. Steadman and C. S. Bakewell, Man chester, joiners ; E. Paton, Cornbrook . , Lancashire, manufactur ing chymist (separate estate) ; R. Fox, Moreton-in-the-Marsh, Gloucestersh;re, ironmonger; T. Bryan, Liverpool, hatter. March 4, J. 11., J. S., J. K., and A. Heron, Manchester and Wigan, cotton spinners. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. HIGH WATER Even. Heigh 3 55 .... 14 3 Tats DAY rit LIVERPOOL, - 7fs YIISAD~--S.S.~ Arcadia . Aden • • Ebra Eclair.... Gleaner Belina Prins Adalbert Princess' Katandin Ellen ..... Georgia :sengers at 1 ;dived Aux Cayes Fresh breeze Do. Ilia Heim' Belfast )away .(11.M.S.)..Portsmoutli Davies . Havre ,Odessa Cassandra Mataeong Galats Galveston Uinititbui Constantinople Gibraltar •Cadiz• Alicante Rotterdam ...Mobile Feb. 9. TuesdaYr Tarragona i Huron ... 'China I J Michael's ..Paraiba ...La Guaira I Colbert .. Cape Town Breeze ..Charlestoa I Fortuna St. Michael's Rosita ...Sa au.ah 1 Gloria .. Elizabeth St. Nazair Bertha . Economic Olive Comete K. Twentyrnan, Constantinople I liendrika Mar e Effort . Porto Rico ,tz Tito Monte Video I ayrna I Villiers 'antes Wm. Edward MARITDIE EXTRACTS A schooner, nun unknown, sunk dur near the breakwater at Holyhead. witich sailed hence for Baltimo: eveniug, has four foct The Ann E. Thompson, hence for New Orleans, has put into Lamlash. The Canada (rms' ton, on S ,ge, with the The steam-tuE the Marco Polo, Wind S.S.W. sti 'or Halifa ,r-box will be C._ till leave the Laud— I at Cork, reports haN m. on the 8 to Melbourne, at 4 for Sonthanipton on the . 6th inn., _ left for Marseilles on the 7th, at 6 a.m. • The Ripon (s), with the Bombay mails, left Malta inst. for Alexandria, and the Panther (s)•on the Bth. GREENOCK, Feb. 9. -The City of Glasgow, Muir, Dix' Calcutta, put back, crew refusing to proceed. at 5 p.m. The'Euxine (a) QuEENSTOWN, Feb. 9, OUTPORTS, Arrived : The Retreiver Liverpool ; Exact, Parana - • Liverpool 1 Liverpool for Porto It Arrived•: BELFAST. Feb. 9 :na, from Ales andria ; Vigilant, N WATERFORD, Feb. Jessie B Cork ; 31a14kho Milford The Mangerton The Rose Esthe , The Camilla (a), for LIMERICK, Feb. 9.—Arrived DUBLIN, Feb. 9.—Arrived , $), London. Sailed ther,freat Venice 2 (ss), Liverpool ; City of Paris (s), Milford. IF • GREENOCK, Feb. 9. Arrived : Lady Matheson, from Surinain; Clemantine, from Nantes; Kerstinc, from Alexandria; llesper, from Iquique. Sailed: Aleda, fo r Boston, U.S.;Arche de Alliance, for Genoa; Arnes Sophi e , f or Niania • Harriett, Or Tarragona ; Mary and Anne, for Rio de Janeiro;' city of Peki n ' for Calcutta. FALMOUTH, Feb. 7.—Arrived : The Absolon, from Pernambuco' Anne, Taganrog • Jane Almond, Alexandria ; Duke of Corn - WAI L , (s), Dublin, and left for London ; Anna Magdalena, jacmel; Lily, London for Lisbon •, Ceres (s), London, and left for Dublin; Meadi Vlairanin, Monte Video. Off the Port; The Neptune, fro!! Rio Grande; Nicoline, Cape Hayti; Brema, Rangoon. Sailed' The Rio Blanco, for Buenos Ayres, and put back; Dania, Lisbon; Bezaliel, Valencia; Anna, Plymouth Teesdale, Cork Catherine Greene, Limerick ; Pyrrha, New Ross; Virginie. Bowling; Bettp Glo'ster ; C. von Treuenfels, Limerick ; Wellamo, Livel - Pe ° "' Wm. Wheatley, Ringende Jacob, Elizabeth and Ann, and 3 10 .1: Antonio—all for Hull ; Lydi a , W e ll s ; Hanover, and Rosana—be' for London ; Brati Perucich, Limerick. In lat. Lozr.,..'. .35 5..1 8 9' SPOKEN Dec. 10_. Themis, Calcutta to Grena-- ..... ........ Jan. 4 . Caroline Reed, Plymouth to Charleston, leaky, and steering for first port 38 N-351V Jan. 7 Tigrs, New Orle is to Liverpool, off Gun --., - Feb. 3 . Prince of the Seas, outward bound Feb. 4.. A. F. Moore ......•••• • 43 N . 10 1 f 43 N - 03 ‘' Tamaulipas ts.s.), hence at Bordeaux Feb. 2. Mceander (s.s.) ; Elizabeth Mary Ann ; both -hem Feb. 4. at Venieei - Siam, Hopkirk; Kingston, 111`Loon ; both hence at :t. Jo N.B. Jan. 16. Asuncion, Arritola, hence at Havanna Jan. 10. Falcon, hence at Ceara Jan. 29. Bangalore, Miller, from Greenock at Matanzas. Jaa. 26. Rockingham, Melchior, cleared a t B os t on f or Li verpoo l Eliza, Durku, cleared at Baltimore for Liverpool Jan. 20. R. H. Tucker; Alliance; and Eloi sa ; a ll c l eare d a t Char ,,, ton for Liverpool Jan. 22. Africanus at Bathurst, (Africa.) Little Jenny at Teneriffe. po t Chandermagore, Lynes, from L on d on f or B om b ay, o f de Galle. Abeona hence at Hong Kong. e for Thirty-one States, and C onques t—b ot h cleared at M o bil Liverpool Jan. 17. Duero (ss), sailed from Tarragona for Liverpool Jan. 2 7 . Albanian (as), sailed from Venice for Liverpool Feb. 4. Frederikke, sailed f rom Fl us hi ng f or Liverpool Feb. 6. Truth, Beale, sailed from Rouen fo r Li ver p oo l F e b. 5, Belle DPW:hence at Marseilles, NVIND