The Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-12-07 00:00:00

• , 2 1 ' '.l 1861.-PRINTING.-1861. '.TEE MOST EXTENSIVE PREMISES, PLANT, AND STAFF IN LIVERPOOL. ETTERPRESS PRINTING.- UANKERS, MERCHANTS, BROKERS, SOLICITORS, AUCTIONEERS, TRADESMEN, others about to change their printer —or new Firms about to c.,;talilish houses in Liverpool—are respectfully informed that ,every description . of Hen:swells, Legal, and General PRINT :INC, is executed'with -accuracy and despatch, and on the most :nuaaerate terms. The 'premises, Plant, and Staff, for extent, toempleteness, and efficiency, are unequalled in Liverpool. Machinery of the best construction, driven by steam power, ensures 'sapidity and economy; while a large and efficient staff of intelligent workmen enables H. G. to execute orders in the lint style of the art. Merchants and Brokers are netanteed Bronomy, Accuracy, and Expedition in the Print my of Weekly, Monthly, and Annual Circulars. Estimates Burnished to large Consumers fur Commercial, General, and -FANC-Y PRINTING of every description. 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ABITER TISEMIINTS FOR ENGLISH AND FOREIGN NEWSPAPERS. ADVERTISING AGENT, Since PM. TO ALL THE LEADING MERCANTILE FIRMS AND TRADESMEN IN LIVERPOOL. HENRY GREENWOOD is the AUTHORISED AGENT IN LIVERPQO:, for receiving ADVERTISEMENTS for all the leading English, Scotch, w e lsh, Irish, Australian, Canadian, American, French, Russian, German, Belgian, Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese, Swiss, and other Foreign Newspapers, having a direct communication With nearly 500 newspapers throughout the world, and devotes to this busities.s the experience of nearir a quartet of a century. Contracts entered into for long series at greatly reduced rates. Advertisements for the 3lanchester and other district Papers' o' the following day received up N Seven o'clock every evening. All the principal newspapers filed for reference. HENRY GREENWOOD, UNIVERSAL ADVERTISING AGENT, PRINTER BY STEAM-POWER. ENGRAVER AND LITHOGRAPHER, BOOKBINDER AND MANUFACTURING STATIONER, 3 2-CASTLE-STREET-32. WORKS: HARRINOTON-STREET, LIVERPOOL. 1861.-STATIONERY.--1861. pATENT ACCOUNT BOOKS FOR THE NEW YEAR. [EARLY ORDERS WILL OBLIGE.] THE LARGEST AND BEST ASSORTMENT OF WELL SEASONED LEDGERS, BILL BOOKS, JOURNALS, LETTER BOOKS, CASH BOOKS, COPYING BOOKS, BILL OF ENTRY BOOKS, SHIPPING AND CARTAGE BOOKS, &c., ' In every size and style of binding. These Books are manufactured at H. G.'s own Works. The best workmen only are employed in the manufacture of these Books, and only the best machine and hand-made Kent papers are used. They are guaranteed to be well finished, to open freely, and to be most substantial and enduring. ACCOUNT BOOKS 'lade and ruled to order, and bound m any style, from the cheapest co the most expensive binding. AU orders executed with expedition, and with the utmost care. • M'F.RCANTILE STATIONERY. offices carefully and economically fitted up with every article Fi rs t- c l ass machine and hand-ma r d l e . WRITING PAPERS, for Some Use and Exportation. law Stationery.. 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Gabriel's productions— unparalleled in Mechanical Dentistry—the remarkable sim plicity of arrangement, together with the wonderful amount of comfort enjoyed by the wearer, as well as the perfectly indestructible nature of the materials employed, which last a lifetime, have produced a host of imitations, and the usual results in such cases. Certain persons, unable to adopt Messrs. Gabriel's Improvements, have Imitated their Adver tisements, and adopted other methods, so as to lead the Public to believe they can supply Messrs. Gabriel's Inven tions. Messrs. Gabriel feel it a duty they owe to their Patients, as well as to themselves, to stpte that their pro ductions can only be obtained as now Advertised. Address as under. IMPORTANT NOTICE. MESSRS. GABRIEL, TIIE OLD-ESTABLISHED LONDON DENTISTS, Dave the honour to announce that they may be CONSULTED at their residence, 134, DUKE-STREET, LIVERPOOL, (Opposite Berry-street,) Where their New Patented Improvements, and every-special/0 connected with the Profession, may be seen daily, from Ten to &x O'clock. (CONSULTATION G RATIS.) Messrs. GABRIEL feel assured that they have only to announce that the same principles, higb Artistic Work manship, First-class Materials only, and extreme Moderate Charges, which have hitherto characterised their practice, will he pursued to ensure from the Inhabitants of Liverpool and its vicinity a continuance of their patronage. Messrs. Gabriel's Self-adhesive Mineral Teeth and Patent Coralite Gum-coloured India Rubber Gums entirely supersede the ordinary methods, and are supplied without Springs, Wires, of Metals, and without Extracting Teeth or Stumps. Among the more'important advantages attainable by Messrs. Gabriel's Suction frames and Air Cells, the following may be enumerated : Besides being preferable in all other respects, excel in point of economy. quality, and durability, as well as for the advantages they offer to these who, residing abroad or in the country, are not able to pay frequent visits to the Den tist. One set will wear longer than three ordinary ones, they act as supports to loose teeth, require no springs, wires, or metals, while for accuracy of fit, and increased amount of suc tion, they stand unrivalled. The gradual change or absorption of the Gums, the loss of Teeth or Stumps, can at any time be made good without inter fering with the stability of the case, or the convenience of the patient, and requires no operation. The best materials, which are warranted to remain pure and sweet, with first-class workmanship only employed, while the expense is even less than half the ordinary cost. The attention of the Medical Profession and all interested Is particularly requested. Every Operation pertaining to the Profession. Stopping Front Teeth with the celebrated White Enamel, &c., at the same strictly moderate rate of charges. American Mineral teeth, best in Europe, from Foar to Seven Guineas per Set, warranted. The WHITE GUTTA PERCHA ENAMEL, for STOPPING DECAYED TEETH.—This invaluable preparation, introduced by Messrs. GABRIEL, the old-established Dentists, may be had from the Inventors, or through any Caymist in the king dom, (observe their name on each box.) Price Is. 6d., with full directions enclosed; or will be sent, free by post on receipt of 20 stamps. The GUTTA PERCHA ENAMEL is warranted free from all' pernicious ingredients, and 4 .6, therefore, only requisite to be known to be appreciated. v fill prevent toothache. and prove an invaluable boon to thor.sands suffering from this distressing malady. PATENT WHITE ENAMEL CEMENT, the only permanent preparation for front teeth, which effec tually retains its colf j ur (ss. per packet). FROM COUN.TP.y PATIENTS ONE VISIT ONLY REQUI MM gOR A Si , :.GLE TOOTH OR COMPLETE SET. MESSRS. GABRIEL, (By Appointment,) DENTISTS TO THE PRINCE D'OTTAJANA. ESTABLISHED 1813. DIPLOMA. 134, DUKE-STREET, LIVERPOOL; 110, REGENT-STREET WEST, 33 and 34, LUDGATE-HILL, CITY, LONDON ; 65, NEW-STREET, BIRMINGHAM. Varriapi, aub . Drat. ' ---____ -- , insertion, must sender. the ch ar Births, Marriages, an d Deaths forwarded for be properly authenticated m with the name an d a dd ress o f th e p e nce each. ge f or . insertion of Births will be Six . On the Ist inst., the 'street, of a wits-- of Mr, William Marshall, Mill son.. on the 3rd m.t,, Everton-terrace, son of ik danghter. Mrs. James D. C. 7.laomP MARRIAGE. Rev. P. Hams, On the 3th inst., at St : Matthim; s, by the R c ., p Mr. Jci:anston Small to Miss Elizabeth Hill. DEATHS. On the Nth ult., drowned near Waterford, by the Of a boat, while attempting to convey a rope f rom t ? xe Pvietting of the ship _Lydia to the shore, Mr. Daniel Anderson wring efficer; James Gray, apprentice; and Robert Simpki,: c 2l (l man ; highly respected and d ee p l y regretted by their employers and friends. On the 4th inst., at the residence of his son, St. Domingo_ vale, aged 64, Mr. George Rogers. litanwx and BACON most respectfully announce to their cus tomers and the public generally, that they keep a large and wvll-selected stock of articles required for Family Mourning; and that all Funeral and Mourning orders are attended to with the greatest care and economy.—Magazin : 81, 83, and 85, 80ld -street.—Axle. PLAYING CARDS.—Hitherto the keenly contested whist t,,tibbage, lan, &c., exhausted the use of the playing c ard. •L , ow, however, the beautiful, instructive, and chaste designs impartekl to their exterior, teach the form, colour, and growth . „, (4 ,___Plallta which have enriched the commerce of Great Britain. .... us e:manufactured by De la Rue and Co., are peculiarly rich d,e s agn, and can be had in great variety at Benson and Mal lett commercial stationers, 10, Castle-street. NEW INTENTION. T i iE NEw FOUNTAIN PEN.—A greater annoyance than a bad steel pen can hardly be met with—the difflculty is to get a g o d ments the new " fountaiire ' Amongst the recent improve- P e just introduced by Rudhall and Co., is the best we havieiznp.'"seen. By a simple but effec tive contrivance the ink is retained in a fountain, by means of a second inv e rte d barrel, above the and this barrel g corroded , can be kept perfectly can be taken out at any time beginhewriting nib, clean without any chance of flu tist for fiveminutes' a this pen is, that one dip in the ink a l i. Another feature every description, and quick writing. The pen itself is of the In merchants' offices, banks, and indeed time. We be found to fill a want felt by every one up Zeg i fl i ace ,.. T ,.it n w ,ii i t l , l have tried this splendid pen, handed to uspebryeeltr, South John-street, and can pronounce it sure all who use it will give a Hill verliet in it. f„,:, " ,: t . S e are nOLLOWAY'B OINTMEN I 1 LLS.—Con,,yription. Th e prevalence of this disease, and the number of victims who sink under it yearly in this cauntry, render the consideration of prevcative measures a matter of paramount importance. T - proportion of deaths from all causes M G r eat Britain, attributedhe to consumption is one-third. If the reader choose, he shall be his own physician in guarding against this malady in himself or household. When the first suspicion arises that consump tion is developing itself, let the patient have the chest and back fomented twice a day with warm brine, dry with a coarse towel, then rub in the ointment as salt is rubbed into meat topeserver it, and the coolly will be battled. ssX, Commacial satts. THIS DAY. This Day " O'r4ay), the 7th instant, at One o'clock. at the 13rokers' Office, 16. Exchange-buildings. 1,921 Bags COTTONSEED CAKES, now landing per Belle Wood, from New Orleans : in Stanley Dock. Apply to Messrs. Maclean, Maris, and Co., Merchants; or to J. H. RAYNE R & CO., Brokers. This Day (Friday), the 7th instant, at half-past One o'clock, at the Broker's Office, 3, Exchange-alley North, Chapel-street, 100 Bales New American HOPS, crop 1860, ex Edinburgh, from New York. Apply to Messrs. M'Audrews and Cunningham, merchants; or to THOMAS SILL, Broker. On account of whom it may concern. This Day (Friday), the 7th instant, at Half-past One o'clock, at the Broker's Office, 3, Exchange-alley North, Chapel-street, 79 Bales American HOPS, crop 186 a, damaged by sea water, ex Etna, front New York. 83 Bales American HOPS, crop 1860, damaged by sea water, ex City of Manchester, from NMv York. Will be on view in the bonded - warehouse, called Newman's, 102. Sefton:street. Apply to. Messrs. M'Andrews and Cun ningham, merchants ; or to THOMAS SILL, Broker. NEXT WEEK, On Tuesday next, oterltohtuinoestrt, at Dae Twelve t o'clock, at the • Bundles' COl It TARN. Apply to BROWNE, HUNTER, & CO ., Brokers. On Tuesday next, 11th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Broker's Office, Exchange -street East, • • 3 Pipes 8 Half-Pipes IQ H a tt_j ars Sublime LUNA OIL. , 92 Boxes Apply to HENRY GLYNN, Broker. On Wednesday next. the 12ta inst., at Twelve o'clock, at tire Brokers' Office, 2. Dale-street, 280 Bags GALLS. 14 Bags PEPI'ER SWEEPINGS. Apply to • BROWNE, HUNTE CO., Brokers. On Wednesday next, the 12th instant, at Two o'clock, at. the Broker's^Saleroom„ ii, Dale-street, 96 Bales Unwashed Cape 25 131ack,tipanish • WOOL. , 8i White, Black, and Mixed Lima 202 Bales. JOHN L. BOWES St BROTHER, Wool Brokers. Apply to On sate. ON SALE, PATAGONIAN GUAN'O, Apply to JOAN DAVIES, 8, Lancaster-buildings. ELLIS & CO.'S ASPHALTE ROOFING FELT, HAIR BOILER PELT, SIBIr SIIF.ATTIING FELT, SUPERIOR PORTLAND CEMENT,- SOLD STROCCSALE AND RETAIL, 14, STRAND-STREET, LIVERPOOL. ON SALE, SEVERAL PARCELS OF SUPERIOR.- SHERRY WINE, IN WOOD AND BOTTIG;'. WHICH WE CAN CONFIDENTLY RECOMMEND. HENRY BROTHERS & CO., Foreign Wine Merchants, 7, Dale street. COALS, SALT, &c., FOR EXPORT, TO MERCHANTS AND SHIPPERS. THE Undersigned beg to inform the above that they have arranged to Ship, on the mo,,t, advantavolw terms, COALS, SALT, &e., with the greatest aesp a t c h, f r o m th e undermentioned Ports : LIVERPOOL ( G arston), tIIIOCCESTER, BRISTOL and the WELSH PORTS, HULL, The TYNE, and GRIMSBY, SUNDERLAND. Tonnage procured at the current rates of freight, very expeditiously, to alt parts of the World. Ships wanted to load goods at Birkenhead for Bombay, Calcutta, and Port Blair. Insurances Effected. COLEMAN, POPE, & CO., 1, Brunswick -street, Liverpool; and at Hull. NIXON'S DUFFRYN SMITE( WALES STEAM COAL. SHIPPED AT CARDIFF FOR LITERPOIA .16111,KaxnEAD. These COALS are worked from the deep Duffryn Colliery, and exclusively from the tztebrated Seam known as the "Uppr; Four Feet." One uniform and Unmixed quality is thus secured. They arc on the English and French Government Lists, and 'are supplied to the Peninsular and Oriental, Royal Mail, Cunard, Pacific, Liverpool, New York, and Philadelphia, Galway, and other Steam Companies.—Apply to TOWNLEY & MARTIN, 3, India-buildings. COMNIERC lAL. LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY EVENING. Zip (10 .au Klatt. In the Liverpool Cotton Market to-day, the demand was more general, but, with free supplies, prices were 1-16 to 1 lower than last week's cur rency. The sales—including 20 Pernambuco, at 9d; 30 Bahia, at 81d ; 70 Marnham, at 84d to 84d; 200 Egyptian, at 81d to 104 d; and 1,000 Surat, at 41d to .51d—were reported 10,000 biles, of which 2,000 were on speculation and . for eiport. Cie ,Stare The Liverpool Share Market to-day was firm for all except Leeds Stock, which was rather freely offered at the reduced quotations. The transactions before three o'clock included—Cale donian, 964, a ; Eastern Counties, 101; Great Western, 73,3; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 120, 911,1,1, ; London and North-Western, 1004, q, Midland, 1354, 4 , ; North-Eastern Berwick, 105 y, 4, 4, 4; York Capital. Stock, 93, 4, 34 ; South-Eastern, 251, 7-16, 4, 7-16; Grand Trunk of Canada, 61; Illinois Central, 28. The market closed at the following prices : Sales after 3 Railways. Closing Prices. o'clock, Birkenhead &Cheshire JP. 814 82 Caledonian - 964 964 Eastern Counties Great Northern lOB4 1091 Great Westerns Lancashire & Yorkshire London &North Western-1001 1004 1004 Manchester, Shef., & Lin. 48 484 Midland Stock 1354 1354 1354 tl Ditto new shares North British.. North Staffordshire North Eastern—Berwick lO5l —105 t Do. York and N. Midland 94 941 Do. Leeds Northern 62 63 South Eastern ... 25 7-16 254 Oxford, W.& Wolverhptn 474 47 , 1 Dutch Rhenish -16 3 d Great Luxembourg . 0 7..16 6 9-16-- Grand Trunk of Canada 6 1.46 64 Gt. W. of Canada lO4 11 Illinois Central Buffalo and Lake Huron 5 5 1-16 Great Ship .. ss. 6d.— 6s. Od. Thames & Mersey M. Co. 15-16 1 p ...- ACCOUNT OR TICKET DAYS FOR DECEMBER, 1860. London 13th & 27th Liverpool.... 13th &27th PAY DAYS—Liverpool, 15th and 29th Dec. DAYS FOR BUYING-IN FOR THE ACCOUNT, the 29th Nov. Scrip.... 3rd Dec. I Transfer..loth Dec. LAST DAY FOR 13TH DEC, ACCOUNT.. 12th Deo. Z4c goirrittig Praha Tarhet. The Liverpool Colonial Produce Market to-day continued rather unsteady. Sugar : The market remained inactive, and no sales were reported. Molasses The was nothing done in this article. Rum : The business was confined to 50 puns. Demerara, without change in prices. Coffee : 20 tierces Jamaica changed hands at 72s to 73s 6d per cwt. Rice : 1,000 bags Arracan, all faults, were re ported at lOs 9d per cwt for second class damaged. Ivory : About 10 tons of African were offered by auction ; Angola Teeth realised former prices, whilst the white qualities were in less demand, and rather lower rates were accepted. All the large Gaboon Teeth were withdrawn, there being no disposition to purchase. Jute : In auction this article was all withdrawn; by private, 500 bales were reported at £l6 15s per ton. Pimento : We have to notice 65 bags at 30 per lb. Gambier : 100 bales sold at 16s 6d for heated, and 17s 3d per cwt for sound. Zip Zitubtr ark t. (From A. F. D. 3reedaty's Timber Circular.) Since the date of our last circular considerable disturbance, accompanied by some anxiety, has been felt in commercial circles, occasioned by the state of the money market. A drain of gold, chiefly towards France, had been going on for some time previous, and, in addition to that, a noticeable export of bullion to our Eastern posses sions induced the Bank of England to raise the rate of discount, first to 41 ' then to 5, and even tually to 6 per cent. The latter rate, however, was not of long continuance, and a return to dis counting at 5 per cent. was announced on Thurs day last. This has had a gratifying effect among all classes of mercantile men ; for, though absolute scarcity of money was never felt, the price of pecuniary accommodation was found to be a serious impediment to the profitable pursuit of commercial undertakings. While this cause for satisfaction was being brought into operation, an additional, though not unexpected, disturbance in the money market was again created by a demand from America for gold ; and such is now known to be the urgent condition of the monied interests in the United States, that a considerable efflux of gold from England to that country has already taken p l ace, an d i n t h e b est i n f orme d c i rc l es t hi s thidraindemandis will be to exist for at least some little time to come, although it is not anticipated that standing continuance. Notwith standing of long disturbing eetuati ncauses,sto which they gave rise, the uneasi nessave as w e ll as fl it i• ,aci s f actory to know that thegeneral tone of busine ss i n th e British markets isstrong and healthy; and that so far as can be judged by present appearances, the opinion i s j us tifi e d that the close of the year will find the state of commercial matters moderately easy, and, on the whole, encouraging. As regards the trade in Wood, it may be said to differ little, if at all, in general character from the leading features which ordinarily distingush to with hold as their orders, except f it at this period of the year. The necess i ty for an early settlement of carriage dues an d other charges which always t akes p lace at the close of e the year, induces consumers () a r t as distance materialsstanc will enable them to meet pressing ra d e e r m d a i n ea d r s y , and eir hence December, unless under ext.. t m he o r n e thfo still r eurcsNinees, is rather a dull than b risk business. Apart from this, however , exists a fair consumptive demand for useful timber, with encouraging prospects for the ensuing year. On the other hand, goods of particular k inds, which have been rather profusely brought forward, experienced a languid demand at somewhat droop ingppreices ; but even in these cases there appears geed reason to hope for an improved market. Pine Timber : The trade in this article from Quebec has been lively, and prices have been hardening without showing any present indica tions of receding. This state of affairs nay be in some measure accounted for by the limited amount of tonnage which has been devoted to the trade, a large proportion of the vessels usually employed in it having been taken up for the conveyance of grain, and this by increasing the rates of freight has deterred shippers from exporting, timber. From St. John, the supply continues limited, and the use of it is considerably superseded by the fine board timber 'froth Canada. Red Pine: This article is worth from 20d to 24d per foot, according to average size and quality. `Oak still meets with a fair demand, and prices arc better. Elm : This wood is in fair demand, with prices ranging from 18d for 25 feet average, to 27d for large and fine. N.B and N.S. Pine and Spruce Deals have been imported to a moderate extent, and the demand for them has been fair; but, latterly, considerable quantities having been pushed on the market by auction sales, an impression seemed to have gained ground on consumers that they might be supplied on easier terms, and at periods to suit their own convenience, which induced a hesitancy in pur chasing, even at a reduction from the current rates, and caused a large proportion to be with drawn. Since then, extraordinary means have been adopted to force sales, and the market has consequently become dull and languid. Quebec Deals : A good consumptive clehtantt exists for these ; more especially for the better qualities of yellow pine. Hardwood : St. John's is in good demand, and worth from 18d to 22d per foot, and other porti at proportionate rates. Pitch Pine A parcel 'consisting of about 400 logs of 76 feet average, from Savannah, realised by auction, on the 28th ultimo, an average of 21.1 d per toot. Greenheart : Of this there are no sales to report. t.I. Teak : The market is cleared of this article. Baltic Timber : A few small cargoes have been brought forward, chiefly on dealers' account. LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING. In the LONDON SiOCK EXCHANGE to-day the Funds were steady at the closing prices of yesterday. This was settling day in this depart ment. In the Share Market the only feature of interest was a fresh advance in Midland.% and an improvement in Pernamlnrco Railway Shares. The renewed dulness of the Paris Bourse, and a full of per cent, there ) 'contributed to check the tendency to improvement. The market closed at the following prices:— THE FUNDS. Consols Money „ Account (Dec.) . . . Excheintr Bills Bank Stock Three per Cents. . , .. . . Tt =WAYS:. . Ambergate, Not:, & East. hn‘ctl'on Caledonicttts . . . 9 . 64 Chester and tiolyhead 534 • Eastetit 'Counties Nest Lancashire Edinburgh & Glasgow . (ift Great Northern • • . 1691- 164 • ,P A. • . . . irdit Great. Westerns ~. . . 74 Great Western of Ca4da . ti 10 4 -11 Grand Vita sof Canada . . 6 1-16 3-16 Great Seetthern ft Western . . . 112. 14 Lancashire & Yorkshire . . . . 1191 Lontbarao-Venetian • "'" London & North-Western . I'6ol London & South-Wcittht .. • 9 . 44 5 Leeds Northern Manchester, Sheff., & LincolnQiire 4Bl Midland Stock South-Eastern & Dover . . . York, Newcastle, & Berwick York & North Midland „ The following appeared in our later editions of yesterday - . Yesterday the railway market improved in the morn ing, with consols, and .althdagh the hill rise was not maintained, closed intrinsically good. The principle movement has 'Nett an advance in North-Eastern, mecially the York stock, Caledonian, and Great Northern. Midland Counties scantilly supplied, and is also firm. Lancashire and Yorkshire has slightly relapsed. From the increased prosperity of railway property generally, good guaranteed stocks are in demand, but very scarce. The improvement inAmerican railway securities continues ) Illinois, Central, and New York and Erie shares being especially in demand. After rising 1 per cent. consols closed scarcely higher than yesterday, Some effect was produced by the still very unsettled condition of financial affairs in America. In theVaallet for British railway stocks the immediate tendency of prices was favourable. The discount market was moderately active, but supply was adetitiate' to the demand, and be s t bills were taken at 41 per tent. for six months' paper. The rate was scarcely below A moderate amount of bashtesslvas done at the t Daily News City Article. The English funds continue bilOyant. COnsols opened at an advance of 1 1., hilt a stlbteqiient improvement was not maintained. The applications for discount at the Bank ilvas iDt an average scale. There were no opera tion* in gold at the Bank. The £2,000,000 in silver from the Bank of France is still in course of transmis sion. The Suffolk has arrived' from Australia with two days' later advices, having made the passage in the short period of sixty-eight days. Her gold is said to be £125,000 at least, The fast prices from Paris show a decline of a in the ilentes. Although only 13,000 sous. were withdrawn from the Bank yesterday for transmis sion to New York by the Atlairtit, it appears that vessel has taken out £149,4506 Various amounts must, there 7 fore, have been drawn from private banks, or from the branch 'at Portsmouth.—Times City Article. The LONDON COLONIAL PRODUCE MARKEt to-day showed dulness, and had a downward tendency. Sugar : The market was quiet t of 677 boxes Havanna a few lots good And line yellow sold at 43s 6d to 44s 6dt 136 hhds. Cuba Muscovado were bought in at 39s 6d to 40s 6d for brown and .42s 6d for low to.good yellow. - Coffee: The sales of Plantation Ceylon went at a decline of 6d to is on yesterday's prices. Tea: The market was quiet Rice : With the exception of a few inquiries for West India orders, the market was very quiet. Saltpetre t The market Was dull, with a down ward tendency. The LONDON COLONIAL WOOL SALES to-day were fairly attended, and the biddings ruled steady at yesterday's quotations. The LONDON TALLOW MARKET to-day was firm, at 60s for the year, 60s 6d for Jan. and March, Ms for April and 3 - wile, and 37s 6d buyers for last three months, The BonOtrGyf HOP MARKET still con tinues in a niost inactive state. Fine Hops, how ever, ate held at full quotations, but other kinds are nominal in value. At the METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET today owing to the unfavourable state of the weather, there were few buyers, art& the trade, conse quently, ruled slow in the extreme. The prices realised for Beef arid Mutton were about the same as on Monday, but Veal gave way quite 4d per 8 lbs, No change in Pigs. Beef 2s 8d to 5s Od Veal 3s 8d to 4s 8d Mutton 3s 4d to 5s 8d Pork 4s Od to 3s Oct Lamb Os Od to Os Od ip Sibs. TOTAL SUPPLY. Beasts „ foreign ...... 380 Calves 450 Cows — „ foreign 332 „ foreign Sheep and Lambs 2,940 „ foreign. — PROVINCIAL, &c., MARKETS, YESTERDAY. GLASGOW IRON.—Market steady. No. 1,51 s Od to 51s 6d ; Warrants, 61s 9d to 52s Od; No. 3,60 s 6d to Ms Od. MANCHESTER SHARE.—Midlands, 1351 ; Gt. Westerns, 734 1 ; Canadas, 10 15-16; Leeds, 1191 i• CORN MARKETS.—ConK: White Wheat, 26s to 335; red do., 25s to 30s ; Barley, 16s to 20s 3d; Oats, lls 8d to 15s 6d.—MANCHESTER : The market was well attended, and a good business would have been done . in American and other foreign Wheats had holders been disposed to go on at the prices accepted during the past week, but having raised their pretensions, sales were checked ; secondary sorts were only in moderate request, and no dearer; the best English was fully as high, but other sorts unsaleable ; for extra qualities of French Flonr there was an improved demand at fully previous rates. American sold slowly, and all best super qualities were rather lower. In good marks of English there was but little doing at last week's currency, while doubtful kinds are only nominal in value. Oats and and Oatmeal moved off slowly without change in prices. Beans and Indian Corn declined 6d to is per qr.—BIR MINGHAM : At this day's market there was a less supply of Wheat from the farmers, and all qualities were fully as dear. Fine Barley was rather higher ; secondary dull. Beans and Oats held for previous rates. Peas is per qr. lower. NEWS OF THE DAY. Concurrently with the reorganisation of the social and political condition of the kingdoms and provinces corn_ posing the future " Kingdom of Italy," a levy o f 150,000 men is to be made in Southern Italy, in order to give weight to .the arrangements which are decided upon by the Government of King Victor for the acorn. plishment of that object. The conduct of the Anglo-Garibaldiati Legion towards the inhabitants of Caserta, to Which such pointed allu sion ins made iti a recent number of our paper, by a member of the_corps, has created such a disagreeable dis cussion, that formal orders have been given for its di s _ bandment. The Giornale di Roma indignantly repudiates the notion of a compromise between the Pope and the King of Piedmont. Nevertheless it is generally believed here that some arrangement of the kind is on the eapi , t—it has even been asserted that the Members of the Sacred College are being bought up by the Piedmontese Govern ment, an assertion which I need hardly tell you official denials by no means invalidate. The stoppage of payment in the affair of it9mAti dividends has little actual interest t t this side of the Channel, where a holder or such stock is scarcely to be found ) bat a high rate of interest seems to have tempted many families in Paris, as well as in Belgium, and much domestic inconvenience is the result, which is likely to continue until an arrangement between the King and the Pope. Victor Emmanuel has relieVed Austria or se much of the debt as fell to the shaft of Lombardy. Ile has taken up All the liabilities of Naples and Sicily, having been himself exonerated from a goodly propor tion of funded demands on Turin by France, in right of Nice and Savoy. It is, of course, assumed that the Roman Loan will ultimately ha provided for by Sar dinia, to whom the Pope's chief revenue-producing provinces have already been annexed ; but the continued refusal of his Holiness to recognise the present condition of affairs may indefinitely retard the settlement of the claims of the unfortunate bond-holders, It is announced that an address has been got up in Southern Italy petitioning the Emperor of the French to withdraw his troops from Rome, and is accompanied by addresses to the Italian Parliament and the British House of Commons, praying them to support the petition. The sudden death of the Count of Syracuse will be heard with regret by the many friends in Italy, France, and England whom his genuine love of liberty, princely tastes, and affable character had won him among the elite of the political, literary, and artistic world. The Prince was an eminent antiquarian. Ile had conducted the excavations at Portici, and enriched the Neapolitan Museum with valuable specimens of Roman art. He was also a distinguished soulptor. But his chief claim to the regard of posterity will be his unswerving attach ment to the cause of Italian independence, and the pro tection which, during the tyrannical reign of his brother (the late King) he extended to all who underwent per secution for their political opinions. The unpopularity of the Austrian rule in Hungary has undergone no diminution. At Waitzen, a town which is the seat of an annual fair, very serious distur bances have occurred, and a conflict has taken place between the military and the people resulting in num bers on both sides being wounded. The French Ambassador at Constantinople insists on THE DAILY TIMES, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1860. . . an extension of the period fixed for the departure of the trettob army of occupation, and the ambasiadors of the other Powers look on whilst the Sultan remonstrates against this violation of the convention. General Haut poul will be at little loss to find employment for his troops. If there is no longer any work to be dono, Will carve cut work of some kind or another for them. The Count de Persigny has inaugurated his assump tion of the duties of the Minister of the Interior ad interim by what appears to be a very judicious circular to all the prefects of France ; but he has at the same time not hesitated to seize some of the London journals where comments on the late reforms were not to his liking. Negotiations, we are informed, are being carried on for a commercial treaty between France and Belgium, and a treaty is also pending between France and the Zollverein. A gentleman who holds the office of President of the Chambers of the Imperial Court of Paris has been assassinated in that city, bat no partichlars are given of the Origin or dirounistahces of the dastardly act. A letter has beett'addreased by the African Aid Society to Badalinng, King of Dahomey, that monarch whose atrocities in offering up hecatnnabs of human sacrifices have attracted so •much attention of late, and who fdrnishel to the slaVe market a large proportion of its merchandise every year. The object of the society fs to induce this Royal slave dealer and human butcher to relinquish his nefarious practices. Savage nature and civilised nature in the human animal are acted upon by motives much alike, and most wisely is the appeal made to this barbarian's cupidity—the passion to which he is likely to be most accessible. If 10,000 slaves, sold in the market, pro dUce 50;000 dollars, how many dollars will . 150,000 peOple, furnishing one dollar's worth of cotton each, produce ? Such is the argument employed in reasoning with his Majesty Badahung, anti the solution of the question requires no extensive acquaintance with the rates of Cocker, nor does it require a deep knoWledge of human nature to anticipate its effects if fairly estab lished. ne times of yesterday devotes a leader to proving the superiorlty of Tirin over Rome and all the other chief 'cities of Italy, as regards the claims to be selected as thy, , oapital of the new Italian kingdom. It adiocates this view on the ground that the seat of government and the centre of the military power should be plated in the most inland and safest region of the Petinsiiia; out of the reach of irregular infltienees, in We healthies't amd the most tenitletate elimate; all Which conditions, it Is 'ohterVO, meet i t faVotir of Turin. A iii4tfOal - soldier writes to the Times that some part of the fortification vote should be expended in the con struction of iron-clad ships, mounting very heavy guns, to be stationed at our different ports, Mr. Craufurd, M.P. foi Ayrshiro, Mr. Soseph Cowen, jun.,' of N'a*castie., Mr. Ashnist; of tondon-, and Mr. M'Adam, Of dlasgow., have been appointed a deputation to bonVey . art invitation to Garibaldi tO visit En g l a nd. the C.Aronic?e says it has reason tO believe that no more Cabinet meetings will be held trail about the middle of Jantiary. It is Anderstood that the question of Parliamentary Refoim with refetence to next session has not yet been under discussion in the Cabinet. Parliament will, aecording to present arrangements, be summoned to meet for despatch of business on the sthi of February. We are afraid that we are about to enter upon a period of great perplexity throughout India. Informa tion has been received at Neemuch that a famine is imminent in the districts around it, and that the Dur bars of itotah, /Dhar, and Bursee have refused, iii self defence as We presume, to allow the transit of provisions &cross their frOntiers. We understand that Neemuch has but fifteen days' food left, and is in danger of being starved. Happily the transport train can carry grain in ten days from Dhoolia to the station, and, we presume, orders have been already issued far its relief. The Durbars , we have named have offered to repay the advances received by their subjects for the supply of pro visions under contract, but have resolutely refused to allow any grain to leave their territories. The policy is short-sighted and unworthy, but it would be hard to persuade the native mind that it was not justified by the seeming necessity of their circumstances. It is not improbable that a sort of informal conven tion, representing the different governments of British North America, will meet at Quebec before the close of the present year, to consider the question of a federal union of all the provinces; and in view of this event, the prevalent feelings and opinions of the several pro vinces on this great question may be stated. New foundland can hardly be considered as a part of British North America; it is not so treated at the Colonial Office, but in the case of these provinces being federally united there are reasons why that island should ulti mately be brought in. The straits of Belle Isle com mand one of the entrances of the St. Lawrence, and for this reason it is important that Newfoundland should be a member of the projected confederacy. There may be reasons arising out of the fishery dispute, which must be regarded as yet unsettled, why Newfoundland should not come in at once. The question of a federation has not attracted much attention in that island, but if it were to come up in a practical shape, and a decision upon it had to be given, that decision would most likely be in favour of federation. Private advises from Buenos Ayres by the present packet give a strong description of the satisfaction felt th rough o ut the province of its definitive incorporation with the Argentine Republic. Senor de la Riestra, the Finance Minister, has entered upon the task of reorganis ing the finances of the old confederated provinces, with, it is stated, the cordial support of all parties, and with the best results as regards internal credit. Yesterday morning Mr. Alderman and Sheriff Abbis, Mr. Sheriff Lusk, Mr. Eagleton, under-sheriff, the Rev. Mr. Davis, the ordinary of Newgate, Mr. Jones, the governor, and other officials, proceeded to the cell where the unfortunate woman Anne Padfield, convicted at the last sessions of the murder of her illegitimate child, has been confined, and announced to her that the sentence of the law would be carried into effect on Monday, the 24th inst. The poor creature,.who is placed in a room formerly belonging to one of the officers, there being no accommodation for females, received the dreadful infor mation at first calmly, but afterwards shrieked out for mercy. In her calmer moments she pays great atten tion to the spiritual instruction of Mr. Davis, the ordi nary, but she expresses a belief that her life, will be spared. Great exertions are being made, under the circumstances ) to stay the execution. Subsequent investigation 'shows that the victims to the explosion of fire-damp in the coal mine, near New port, Monmouthshire, may be set down with approximate accuracy at the alarming number of 135. An inquest has been opened by the coroner, but only formally in the meantime, to admit of the bodies being interred. Up to the present time there are still about fifty bodies unre covered, and it is probable that several weeks may elapse ere they can be reached. The Government inspector is engaged in examining the pit, with a view of ascertain ing, if possible, the cause of the accident. In the course of a fortnight the inquest will be resumed, Mark Rawlins, a clerk in the Sheffield and Rother ham Bank, has been charged with embezzling money to the amount of nearly £l,OOO. The prisoner confesses his crime ) and an inquiry is being made into the exact facts, Lord Bury, a firm supporter of Lord Palmerston's government, and ex-member for Norwich, has been returned, without opposition, for the Wick district of burghs ) in the room of Mr, Laing, who proceeds to India as the successor of the late Mr. James Wilson. The vacant seat at Newcastle will not be allowed to pass into the hands of the Radicals without a struggle. We understand that a Conservative candidate has come for*ard to Contest the bormigh, and that, although late in the field, his chances of success are by no means unfavourable. There is a rumour that an agent of the French govern ment; now iii thisPonntri, been deputed to make an Oita toi the inirdhase of the treat The Correspondance Bdlier graVoly; announces that " Mr. Cobden is gone over to London to open negotia tions for the 'sale. ef .Yenetia:" . This is mercantile diplomacy With a t engeanee. • " Among several other important matters which engaged the attention of the members 'of the Pock Beard at their Meeting yesterday, was the subject of the detentes Of the port. The chairman, as will be seen froni our report of the proceedings, stated that the_ board had agreed to give two sites, one at the Bootle landmarks, and the ether at the Sdlisbnry DoCk ; for the erection of batteries. The giving of other sites for a similar purpose is still under consideration.- Through the courtesy of the Marquis of Chandos, the : Chairman of the Directors o f the London and North- Western Railway ComPallYi we were honoured; in out eapaeity as the representative of the otily daily paper in the provinces, with an invitation to be present yesterday at the consecration of the new church, erected by the company at Stantonbur y , near Wolverton, for the benefit of the pe rsons in their employment in that locality and their families. We have accordingly the pleasure of presenting our readers with a copious report of the proceedings on this interesting occasion. The earnest and practical speech of the noble Marquis, and the eloquent address of the Bishop of Oxford will well repay perusal. • * * again w e are compelled to hold over several i m portant articles until to-morrow's publication, among which are the police reports, the meetings of the Chemists' Association and the London Conservative Land Society. PERSECUTION OF PROTESTANTS IN SPAIN, r :IIAT most execrable institution the Inquisition which once reigned in Spain with all its horrors, his been abolished for now some forty years past bit the spirit which animated FERDINAND VII. sti.l holds sway in the counci,ls of that benighted land. There Popery still triumphs over the minds and Lberties of the people, and fears mot to pu forth the most intolerant assumptions of right to dictate to all " the one faith,"—to persecute all who dare to question its infallibility,—and to inflict severe pains and penalties upon those Whom it choeses to brand with the name of heretic. • The people of England recognise it as their high national mission to succour and defend the unhappy victims of intolerant religious per secution, let it be either a Protestant or a Roman Catholic persecution, from whatever quarter of the globe may come the cry for sympathy and aid. When the appeal reaches our ears from sunny groves of the Peninsula,. where England has spent so much of her gold ) and sacrificed the blood of so many of her bravest sons in defence of liberty and independence, it is twice powerful to enlist our compassionate interest with the distressed, and entitle our remonstrating voice to be heard with effect by the Spanish Goiernment. It appears, on the authority of Lord STRATFORD DE REDCLIFFE, that a movement is commencing in Spain which promises well for the spread of civil and religious liberty in that country. In various parts of Spain not a few persons have recently renounced Romanism, and have embraced the Protestant faith. The Protestant people of England have heard with deep concern the perse cutions to which these persons are at present exposed on account of their religious opinions. As many, we are told, as twelve persons were recently, on account of their conversion, imprisoned at one time; and six others had fled to Gibraltar for protettion, their families having; in conse quence be'en plunged into the greatest distress. By a later advice it seems that other arrests are likely to bG made. Among those now incarcerated for the crime of being Protestants, are prominently mentioned one MANUEL MATAMOROS, and another Josh ALMA—both of whom are certified to be then of eiceilent Christian . dhartiCter; free from doMplicity, and zealous chiefly for the diffusion of a pure faith among their fellow countrymen—their only, but great and unpardon able offence! On the 9th of October last MATA -IIOROS was arrested on a charge laid against him in Grenada, and consigned to the prison of Barcelona, Ills house Was vigorously searched, and in his possession Were found papers tOntaining correspondetiee with his co-religionists in Seville, Grenada; Malaga; Gibraltar, and other towns of Spain, as well as in foreign countries, which have furnished the Spanish government with the names and addresses of the Protestant converts throughout the country. After several weeks' solitary confinement s he was a few days ago summoned by the Council of Gre nada to appear there; and it is expected he will be forced to travel about seven hundred miles on foot, bound to a gang of crintinals, and associated with murderers and all sorts of felons, lodged on his way in the most loathsome prisons of the smaller villages through which he must pass. Moreover, the delicate state of his health renders such a wretched journey highly dangerous to his life. According to another statement, there is a conflict now going on between the three tribunals at Barcelona, Malaga, and Grenada, as to which of them should try him. The other victim, ALHAMA, who is now a prisoner in Grenada, was . the President of the Protestant community of that town. These cases have spread terror among the Protestants throughout the kingdom, who now live in constant fear of the vengeance of the priests, or have taken to flight, as their only means of safety. Ruin. and misery are the con sequences to many; and the new-born cause of religious liberty staggers under the heavy blow and great discouragement. Any direst interference on the part of our . Government in behalf of those suffering Pro testants is, perhaps, not to be advised. But the people of England can make their influence felt through other than official channels. We can warn the Government of Spain that such an in tolerable system of persecution may in their case, as it has done before in other lands, presage their downfall and extinction. As was remarked by one of the deputation to the Foreign Secretary the other day, our remonstrances against these acts of injustice are in the true interests of Spain itself. "If the Grand Duke of Tuscany," added the same speaker, by way of illustration, " had followed the course which his lordship had sketched out for him, he might not now have been a fugitive from his country. It was worthy of remark that the MADIAI were now living peacefully in the city from which the Sovereign who had persecuted them had been driven." The priests who blindly pro moted this short-sighted policy ought also to take warning by the fate of their ecclesiastical brethren in Italy. The tide of Protestantism, which has set in in Spain, is not to be stemmed by physical force. Obstinacy in their present course can only hasten the day when in their turn the priests shall become fugitives from the indig nation of the now oppressed people. The Span ish Press, which lends itself to the abuse of the Protestants, and the vindication and encourage ment of their persecutors, must be dead indeed to the first principles of freedom, the acknowledgment of which can alone consecrate its agency in the cause of truth and justice, and render it worthy of the high position it occupies elsewhere in the van of civilisation and progress. Let the people of England speak out loudly and unequivocally in this cause, from pulpit and platform, and through the press, and never rest satisfied with their efforts until they have succeeded in obtaining the release of MATAMOROS and ALIIAMA, and in staying the persecution which now so grievously affects, and still further threatens, the Protestant Church in Spain. This appeal is made not in the interests of this or that church or sect—but on behalf of heaven-born freedom and toleration, civil and religions, to all nations and peoples—be they Protestant or Roman Catholic. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRANCES (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PAitis, Dec. 4. When the Emperor designated IVI. de Forcade la Roquette for the chief direction of the "Woods and Fotestni" the latter was not a little astonished. He could not avoid saying to the Emperor that ,he knew nothing whatever about forests, "It was just for that , very reason," replied the Em peror, that I choose you for the office, because I was certain that you would have no preconceived plans laid down in advance, dad no engagements td pursue, the old administrative routine. Some old questions reMain to be resolved, but I will tell you what my plans Ute on the subject, and you will only have to carry them out." M. de For cade having succeded in the Woods and Forests, the Emperor determined to appoint him Minister of Finance, in order tp tarry out certain plans which he has determined upon for a long time past. By referring to a book entitled "Napoleon III.," and written a few years ago by a M, Jacob, under the inspiration of the Emperor, the germ of this neW system will be discovered. There was a rumenr d, day or two ago, at the Bourse, that the principle of the change had been actually decreed, but this is a mistake. The changes in question will not be made for some months to come. Another very important question, which will have to engage the consideration of M. Forcade, is that of the Octrois. No doubt the revenue from this source is in Paris so considerable, that no one could dream for a moment, in the present state of the finances of the Government, of suppressing them; but the new Finance Minister has received instructions to direct his attention to the enquiry whether these duties might not be advantageously suppressed in other parts of France. The success of a similar experiment in Belgium, strongly suggests the expediency of following the example shown by that country in this respect, and the subject will certainly, during the winter, engage the attention of the Council of State under the presidency of the Emperor. I am also informed that a project of law is under consideration, for the suppression of the tax upon personal property. If this idea be realised, it is fully. expected, that in the increase of indirect contrihutions to the revenue, arising -from the impulse given to business of every kind, a compensation will be found for the deficiency that will be caused by the suppression of the tax. The possibility of suppressing the duty on the FRANCE. tion. tourniquets of the Bourse is also again under con sideration. M. Forcade has already had several interviews with M. Coin, the Bourse magistrate, on the subject, who has expressed astonishment to the new Finance Minister, that the Prefect of the Seine, who is such an admirable business Tnan, should cling so tenaciously to a tax, which is not only so small in its receipts, but so inconvenient and injurious to the progress of all financial transactions. It is asserted, ho*eVer, that not withstanding all opposition, the government is determined to get rid of the tax, and also to decline giving the stock-broker any compensation for the abolition. The plan of a telegraphic route to connect. Europe with Asia and America_ , and the report relative to its formation on the Continent; which Were reeently presented to the Empe3or, have been submitted by his directions, along with a special note s to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, with the view to his attending, to all questions of international interest inVolved in the project. The market for Rente, yesterday, Was very active. The Closing priCb was 70 50. PAil6; Dec. 6. It is understood that the greatest efforts are being employed by all the friends of the new order of things to obtain some modifications in the existing laws against the press, and especially those involving the hardship of the penalty, in certain cases, of entire suppression. It is also suggested that cases of suspension following upon avertissements should not extend beyond ten or twenty days. . _ _ _ There is still considerable prospect of a disso lution, especially as M. de Persighy is said to have declared himself in favOtir of that nieasdre, and to be prepared to advocate that view now that he is installed into his temporary office in the ministry. A great many of the prefects, also, have made a similar declaration ; but M. de Morny, so far as it appears, is entirely opposed to the step, and it is by no means apparent, up to the present tithe; that the Eiriperor himself is not of his opinion: It is rumoured that the command of the sub division of the Mediterranean squadron, which is at present in the Toulon roads, on its way home from the Levant, under • the command 'of Vice- Admiral Tchenne, is to be placed under Rear- Admiral Dupony, the first officer's period of ser vice having expired. Capitaine Dupre has been appointed to the command of the naval station at the Island of Refinion: It is mentioned in the papers that 80,000 rifles have been delivered by order of the Imperial Government to the Piedmontese Government. This is a_uite true : but it must, be addpa yu thg, these 80,000 rifles had been at first intended to form part of an order for arms very much more considerable in amount, which had been previously given for the use of the French army; and it was afterwards agreed to let the Piedmontese. Government have the above number, on paying for them the cost price. The result of the first sitting of the douneil Of Marshals and other heads of corps for the general classification of the officers of the army which was held the day before yesterday, is, that one portion of the duties of the government of Algeria, and especially the general management of affairs, is to be maintained in Paris, under the Ministry of State, and that another portion of these duties will be discharged in the colony itself. I may mention, however, that doubts have been expressed whether the new arrange ments proposed for the government of this colony will be persisted in. Meanwhile, M. de Chas seloup-Laubat continues to perforia the duties of the virtually suppressed department. The Empress is expected to return on Saturday next: The improvement at the Bourse still contithies. Rentes closed yesterday at the high figure of 70.55. LATEST NEWS. (BY BRITISH AND IRISH MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) PARIS, Dec. 6. The Motaiteur publishes a circular, addressed by the Count de Persigny to the Prefects upon entering upon his functions as Minister of the Interior. In this circular he draws attention to the generosity of the act of the 24th November, which, he says, prepares the country for the peaceful exercise of liberties whose development the popular throne of Napoleon is bound to protect. Count Persigny recommends the Pre fects to neglect nothing to complete the work of reconciling parties. FRANCE.—LORD COWLEY. PARIS, Dec. 6. The report in some of the Belgian journals, that Lord Cowley has tendered his resignation as English Ambassador at Paris, is without founda- THE DISSOLUTION OF THE LEGIS LATIVE CHAMBERS. Count Persigny is reported to be in favour of a dissolution of the Corps Legislatif, and Count Morny against it. The semi-official journals are less positive in contradicting the rumour of a dissolution. One of,the Liberal journals thinks it would be better to postpone until it is seen whether the new institutions work. sporting tttettifftuct. CROYDON STEEPLE CHASE .-YESTERDAY. -ESTERDAY. Croydon Stand Plate. Red Rover Sunbeam! Cockatoo Three ran. Metropolitan Steeple Chase. Johnny Longrange Fearless Twelve ran BETTING AT MANCHESTER.-YESTERDA Y . THE DERBY, 1861. Quotations. Trainers. Dundee Klarikoff: 2O to 1 taken .................... , Scott Nautilus Very little doing. HUNTING FIXTURES. The WYNNSTAY PACK will meet on Saturday, December 8, at Cloverley Monday, December 10, at Carden Tuesday, December 11, at Pentre Buchan Thursday, December 13 at Allen Sadlers Friday, December 14, a t Holston Each day at half-past ten. Master, Sir W. W. Wynn, Bart., M.P. ; Huntsman, J.Walker. The CHESHIRE HOUNDS meet on aturda Saturday, December 8, at Bceston Castle Y, December 10, at Smoker Inn Wednesdy, December 12, at WrenburY Station Thursday, December 13, at Cholmondeley Saturday, December 15, at, Delamere Tuesday, December 18, at Sandiway Head Thursday, December 20, at Tabley Friday, December 21, at Peover Monday, December 24, at Wrenbury Station Wednesday, December 26, at at half-past tea 7 Thursday, December 27, at a7i w n el g al h o a ew m iton 3 y l: l l ll l Saturday, December 29, (tasty OVERCOATS 1013, VOLUNTEER RIFLE CORY'S. HAVING made it an object . of ' specialitVdy, the undersigned has succeeded in iirouucing • A HEALLir Woof) ',Of]) t i7SRFUL REGULATION OVERO.it, WITH FULL CAPE, • 'AT THE VERY LOW PRICE OF I - GUINE'AS,- And respectfully invites Officers and Members of Rifle Corps to inspect the same. .. E. BURDEN, No. 17, CHURCH -STREET, LIVERPOOL. BOOTS FOR WINTER ! MHE CHEAPEST BOOTS in Town (quality eon sidered) are to be had of T. KENNING, BOOTMAKER, 91, LORD-STREET. Calf Elastic Boots from 16s. Od. Stout Balmoral Boots from Ths. 6d. Dress Elastic Boots from lss. Od. REGULATION LEGGINGS. Ladies' and Children's Walking and Dress Boots and Shoe in every Variety. • F. W. PROMOLI, 30, CHURCH-STREET, (OPPOSIT.E PA.h IMg-Stk.Eß T), LI VEIWOOI4 Has mAth rOleastre in informing his many kind Friends and the Public that he has just added to his well known splendid STOCK of 'JEWELLERY, • SILVER AND •EtECTROLPLA.tE, WATCHES, biNING AND tt:k.W . NG-ROOM CLOCKS, DRESSING CASEN. WORK-BOXES, AND DESKS, 1i AND FANCY ARTICLES tte Mimerous to mention, the following choice specimens • of art and worknianship, viz : . The Largest and Finest Assortment of CORAL BROOCHES, BRACELETS, NECh LETS, HEAD ORNAMENTS; EARRINGS, STUDS, PINS, &c., &e.,' ever imported into tiverpool; together with Some very Choice Specimens of ONYX AND SHELL CAMEOS, ENAMELS, &e., all at extremely moderate prices. His celebrated Stock of FIRST-CLASS ALUMINIUM GOODS. has also been re-assorted, and will be found Very teMplete ih all its branches. F. W. P. would Call partiotilar attention to his gtock of SET AND BOG OAK ORNAMENTS, Which he 'can confidently state it the handsomest• and hive. out of London. The entire success Which has attendbd the Opening 'of F. W. premolPs New Est/ablishment, has induced him to spare no e-brtfort or cost to meet the tSStek and 'reqUireffients Of his many liberal friends. and suppsrters, and therefore every novelty 'of the Sett/wins is lidded 'th its usually very choice stock. The rebrioritical pl6n do ;O:Ith his establishment is conducted, and the advantage he derives from LASE PAYMENTS, together 'with his long e x perience in business and connection l'fith Liverpool, will, he trusts, be a sure guont : ntee that a very moderate profit wilt be charged on all hi% geed& - A Manufactory - for Jewellery; &e:, is attached to the Establishment, thereby ensuring Punctnality and Eetrition* in all Orders and Repair L.. r. r t MOLI, CHURCH-STREET, (OPPOSITE PARKER-STREET), LIVERPOOL. W. IL TOO K Ei St ciCEoOie Tb •L. 2iAU SBCR U. TILE iE*ELtt EY aNTIiii:TALV SUPPLIED WITH Gooim ciF THE NHWEST CDOIDEET 14:SD:INS, AND IN TNE GRSATXBT VARIETY% SILVER and PLATED TEA and COFFEE SERVICES, DVSSERT 'STANDS Mint3t 3 la Russe), • CENTRE PIEtES, FLOWER VASES, TtA TRAYS and WAITERS, CORNER DISHES and DISH:COVERS, _CLARET JUGS, CAKE BASKETS, &o. A large collection of Fancy Articles suitable for Presents. All of the Latest Designs, and the Qmolity Irorraftted. An Inspection if, resptctrully snlicittd. OLD POSTOPPICE-I3tTILDINGS, CHURCH=STREET; ' LIVERPOOI,” W. IT TOO K E , SUCCESSOR TO F • L. HAITSBURG. CLOCK S OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS AND THE NEWEST DESIGNS CONSTANTLY RECEIVED PROM HIS 111.Altut . thrthck LP PARTS. WATCHES, L0ND624.111A1314 - tEVtt.B, IVITH All THE LATEST IMPROVEMENTS. W. it T. has made arrangements with the most eminen makers for a continuous supply of this article in the neweit and most elegant designs, combining the best construction with every recent and valuable improvement, by which the perfect efficiency of each Watch can be guaranteed. LIVERPOOL WATCHES, Or the best inake, warranted. OENEVA WATCHES, FrAzn the best Manufaettirers i warranted. Erery dabiptiOn. of Wen. made to order. OLD POSTOFFICE-BUILDINGS, CHURCH -STREET, LIVERPOOL. THE RETURN OF THE PRINCE OF WAtES. " Altogether, what with wind, hails add rain, it Was not an encouraging cruise, especially as fresh provisions were out, even to the vegetables, and there was nothing to eat but the saitest d salt Shlp's stores."— Tide Tines, Nov. 16. Our fears are at an end, the Prince of Wales Is safely landed on his native shore ; Though hail and rain and constant eastern gales Have rendered tedious his passage o'er. Most travellers by sea confess that though When starting en their Vdyage all Ore gay, But very Soon they find things somewhat slow, And strive in vain to kill each dreary day. yTits a hard task w h en i n a sw ift '° Cunarder," But in a line-of-battle ship still harder. The mighty vessel pitchesjumps, and rolls, Day after day, and chiefly under sail ; For such ship carries but small stock of coals, And so her screw is not of much avail. The only happy time in. such a case Is when each weary passenger within her Around the cabin table takes his place, And Soothes his spirits with a first-rate dinner. Those in the "Hero" found but small relief In dinners off sea biscuit and salt beef. The Prince bore his privations like a man, And neVer once was heard to find a fault ; Though, as the Times' long description ran, The food was all " the saltest of the salt." Yet still, we are informed, on one occasion, When all at breakfast time assembled, were, His Royal Highness made an observation Which raised a sigh from every bosom there ; " On this dry biscuit,".he was heard to mutter, " Oh, that we had a slice of KELLY'S BUTTER."' TEE BUTTER PLACE I 3 TOP OF WILLIAMSON-SQUARE. HIGH WATER, THIS DAY, AT LIVERPOOL. Hour. Height, MORNING sh. 44m. 1 13ft. 2in. E VENING 6h. 18m. f 14ft. Sin. (4t paily Eime,s4_ FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7. 1860. THE EMPRESS EUGENIE. The Empress is not expected in Paris till the 10th. A report that she would return by way of Holland is not credited. ASSASSINATION OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE IMPERIAL COURT OF PARIS. M. Poinsot, President of one of the Chambers of the Imperial Court of Paris, has been assassi nated. THE FRENCH FUNDS. PARIS, Dec. 7, 3.25 p.m. The Bourse has been rather animated to-day. Rentes closed at 70f. 55c., or about the same as yesterday. FRENCH COMMERCIAL TREATIES WITH BELGIUM AND GERMANY. BRUSSELS, Dec. 6. The negotiations at Paris for commercial treaty between France and Belgium are progressing favourably. When terminated negotiations for a commercial treaty between the Zollverein and France will be opened at Berlin. THE ROMAN LOAN. PARIS, Dec. 6. Messrs. Rothschild. have given notice that from this day (Monday) they will pay the coupon of the Roman loan due on the Ist December. ITALY. TURIN, Dec. 6. It is expected that King Victor Emmanuel has already taken his departure from Palermo for Naples. The Sicilians have made extraordinary mani festations of their sympathy for the King, who was very well satisfied with his reception. SOUTHERN ITALY. NEW LEVY_ OF 150,000 MEN.—DISBANDING OF THE BRITISH LEGION. The Patrie says it is expected that a levy of 150,000 men will be made in Southern Italy. The same paper reports that, on account of the dissension existing between the inhabitants of Caserta and the English legion, the latter will be disbanded. The Patric adds, the Hungarian legion is being actively organised. NAPLES. NAPLES, Dec. 4. The Teatro Nuovo was closed by the authori ties yesterday evening. It was, however, re opened, and illuminated by the people, who sung Garibaldian songs. The crowds afterwards dis persed without disorder. Yesterday, a reactionary movement took place at Penua, in the Abruzzi, but was suppressed by the troops and the National Guard. MADRID, Dec. 4. SPAIN. Marshal O'Donnell has declared to the Cortes that the representative of Spain at Gaeta has faithfully fulfilled his duty, in remaining to share the perils of the King. DISTURBED STATE OF HUNGARY. PESTII, Dec. 4. News from three towns state that demonstra tions against the Government officials had taken place. In consequence of disturbances at Waitzen a serious conflict had taken place between the military and the people, in which numbers were wounded on both sides. TURKEY. THE EASTERN QUESTION. CONSTANTINOPLE, N ov . 28. The Marquis do Lavalette insists on the exten sion of the French occupation of Syria, which the Porte refuses to accede. The other ambassadors maintain an apparently neutral attitude. Fuad Pacha will remain in Syria during the winter. The Galata bankers desire to have a share in the new French loan on contractors' terms. News from Syria to - the 19th instant has been received. A Christian Scheik had been appointed the new Caimacan of the Lebanon. CONSTANTINOPLE, Dec. 1. The French Ambassador continues to urge the extension of the French Occupation of Syria. Petitions to that effect are being got up by the French agents amongst the Christians of Da mascus and Beyrout. The Greek and Armenian patriarchs have been d ecor ated by the Sultan. Exchange is falling. Several Galata houses have failed. The Azar ports are closed by ice. CONSTANTINOPLE, Dec. 4. Vessels laden with ammunition have been seized on the Danube. A table of the revenues o f n d es patched to Turkey, signed by the Finance Committ ee , h as been Paris for 111 X" AMERICA. SOUTHAMPTON, Dec 6. The North German Lloyd's screw-steamer Bremen, Captain Yessels, from New York on the 24th, arrived off the Needles; at 5.30. Her mails are not yet in sight of this port. The weather is thick and rainy, with a strong south-east wind. LONDONDERRY, Dec. 6. The. Montreal Company's screw-steamer North American; from Quebec On the 24th inst, arrived at Moville at 4 a:ni.; mid probeeded,. ,having landed all her mails, except those for Lr'verfoool: She brings fifty-nine passengers. News gene= rally anticipated by the Prince Albert. The telegraph between Quebec and Father Point was not working for some time previous to; or at the departure of the North American. The theattires adopted ot WeAnesday . by the Associated Banks of New York, ielieving, the financial pressure, met universal approval. The bank creditors are satisfied, and consequently calls for specie are few ; but currency is still fluctuating, the closing rates yesterday being 19c to 29c discount for Southern States, 5c to 10c for Weitern, South-Western, and Middle, and for New for i Arid , QuEENStowN; Dec: The Liverpool, New York, and Philadelphia Company's steamer Kangaroo, Captain Brooks; from New York on the 24th, has arrived here. She brings 150 passengers. The steamships Africa and. Palestine had arrived out. The state of political affairs had not changed. Nothing new relative to the secession movement. The refusal of South Carolina to join the con tocation 'for discussing the matter calmly is seeiely etininiented on by the Virginian journals. The banks of Philadelphia, Washington, Balti more, Trenton, and Pittsburg, hhd suspended specie payments. The suspension of the North Carolina banks was legalised by the Legislature. NEW YORK, Nov. 23.—The banks discounted to-day to $8,000,000 , or double the amount of paper. Money was consequently easy, and the pressiith Mitigated. $820,000 in specie is en route from California. Exchange dull: Bankers ask 103 to' 105 for sterling bills. Stocks ace higher. New York Centrals, 77a, -1-; Erie, 31{, ; Illinois Central, 59 1 , 60. The flour market is buoyant and, quotations firm ; stock, 16,000 barrels. Wheat and corn firm. Oats better. Cotton steady, in bettei demand; sales, 3,000 bales; middling and upland, 10 4 . An average good demand for prO' visions: Stigiii• coffee quiet: Freights dull, and lower for England: NEWCASTLE ELECTION. Mr. P. Carstairs and Mr. Somerset Beaumont were nominated to fill the vacant seat in this borough. The show of hands was declared in favour of Mr. Carstairs, and a poll demanded on behalf of Mr. Beaumont. THE EXPLOSION ON BOARD THE STEAMER TONNING. The enquiry terminted on Wednesday. The jury returned the fo ll owing verdict —That the several deceased were killed by the explosion of the boilers on board the steamer Tonning, but there is not sufficient evidence to shew the cause of such explosion. ,THE ; LEATHER TRADE. The affairs of Streathfield; Mortimer ) and Co. underwent further examination yiiteida ff ing in the Court of Bankruptcy. MR. DISRAELI. There is no foundation for the report that Mr. Disraeli was to preside' at a temperance soirée at tee& The nomination for Souhtwatk is fixed for Monday. Sir Henry Davison, Chief Justice of Madras, died of dropsy on the 4th of November. _ . Despatches - were sent off yesterday evening, to the Governor-General of Canada, via London derry. The following appeared in our later editions of yesterday : EXPORT OF SPECIE TO AMERICA. The total shipments of gold for New York by the steamer Atlantic, which left Southampton yesterday, were £140,450, and by the Etna, which left Liverpool yesterday for the same destination, £7o,ooo—making a total of £219,450. In addition, the Borussia took £3,500 in. specie on Tuesday from Southatnpton for New York. THE MONETARY DIFFICULTIES IN THE UNITED STATES. The New York news is only three days later, though it is said in some of the papers to be six days later. The news of the sudden rise in the Bank of England rate of discount to 6 per cent. had not reached New York. The Tunes says that a considerable recovery in the New York stock market had taken place. The banks were also discounting freely, having agreed to protect each other by making common cause with their stock of bullion. The accounts of the rate of exchange are confused. One telegram quotes them as low as 103, notwithstanding all the efforts of the bank,. Another says that the range was from. 100 to 107, and another that bills are still almost unsaleable. If the price of 100 was only for inferior descriptions, and 107 was the charge for bankers' ' drafts, then there would be no advantage on gold from this country; except in cases where .persons might be willing to run risks:- The correctness of the statement that the Philadelphia banks have all stopped is open to great - doubt: The suspensiod of banks in the Southern States creates no surprise ; the effect will be to mitigate the bullion crisis, as when stoppage, has taken place there is no more struggles for a supplylof specie ; the vital question will be as to the ability of the New Orleans banks, their total capital being nearly £5,000,000, with a note circulation of £2,000,000. COMMERCIAL FAILURES. Suspension has been announced of Mr. Wm. Moult. He is at present engaged upon a contract of £90,000 for the fortifications at Dover, and another of upwards of £lOO,OOO on the north level sewer in London. The Times says it has transpired that one of the oldest and most respectable houses in the building trade—that of Messrs. Thomas Peper and Son, of Bishopsgate, is Is difficulty. THE NAVAL RESERVE. The Times publishes an important address issued bY' the seamen of the north of England to their brother mariners giving them reasons for supporting the Admiralty scheme of forming a naval reserve. Good conduct medals arc to be awarded in the Royal Marine at the end of the three, instead of five, years. Anne Padfield, now a convict in Newgate, has not yet been reprieved, and the sheriffs will to-day formally announce to her that the day of execution is fixed for December 24th. BANQUET BY THE MAY OR.—Last evening his worship the Mayor, S. R. Graves, Esq., gave a magnificent banquet, at the Town-hall, to a large party of distin guished townsmen aad strangers. All the arrangements bore testimony to the munificent hospitality of his wor ship, whose courteous demeanour and affability so well qualify him to preside upon such occasions. The cuisine was under the direction of Mr. Lynn, of the Waterloo Hotel, and was, as usual, faultless. WORKHOUSE CommrrruE.—The usual weekly . meet ing of this committee was held yesterday morning, in the board-room at the Parish-offices, Brownlow-hill. The chair was occupied by M r . Churchwarden Cropper; the other members present were Messrs. Churchwarden Smith; Scott, Owen, Shaw, Turner, Williams, Atkins, Satchell, Goodacre, Critchley, Smith, Whitty, and Peck. —Mr. Carr, the governor, reported the number of inmates in the establishment to be—last week, 2,364 this week, 2,403; corresponding week last year, 2,134; showing an increase, as compared with last week, of 39, and as compared with the corresponding week last years 269. The vagrant returns showed that during the week 205 men, 119 women, and 22 children—making a total of 346 —were sheltered in the night sheds, being an increase of 51 persons during the week, and 156 as compared with the corresponding week last year.—The master reported that 829 yards of check supplied 179 Mr. Williams, were found unequal to sample by the Sample Committee.—The number of . patients in the hospital last week was 687 ; admitted since, 173 ; cured and discharged, 152; died, 19 ; remaining under treat ment, 689. LICENSED VICTUALLERS' ASSOCIATION.- I ThO monthly meeting of the committee of this institution was held yesterday in the board-room of the Asylum, West Derby road. Mr. Thomas Jones presided, and the other mem bers present were Messrs. H. Lumb, M. Warriner, Calderbank, C. Batten, W. Crane, T. Page, James Thomson (trustee), and John Allinson (trustee). The minutes of the last meeting having been read and con firmed, a long conversation ensued respecting the reduc tion of the mortgage of £4,000 upon the institution. It was finally agreed that the chairman, vice-chairman , and secretary should wait upon Messrs. Anderson and Collins to know how their clients would be disposed to treat a proposition for the reduction of the mortgage by £1,500 ; 4 per cent. to be paid for the remaining £2,5 00 • The secretary stated that he had made an application t° the mayor for his p a t rona ge to the Licen se d Victuallers' Ball. His worship at once consented. The resignatio n of Mr. Curwan, a member of the committee, w, 6 , accepted, and Mr. Hind appointed in his place. T ° 7 secretary said that in company with _Mr. Coward an d Mr. Atkinson, he attended the dinner of the Manches ter and Salford Licensed Victuallers' Association. There were about 130 persons present, and the affair was mo st successful. Subsequently they attended a meeting !! which, although there was no formal business, t. o _7 . necessity of unity and action among the Licensed VI!. tuallers was enforced. The remaining general busi ee ' of the committee was of no interest. HISTORIC SOCIETY.--Mr. William Brown presida l at eta the meeting of the Archaeological section of this see which was held last night in the Grand Jury R°? to of St. George's Hall. Mr. Brakell moved alu of thanks " to the chairman for his late gift t° be , town. The motion was seconded and carrieu_2A acclamation, after which Mr. Brown briefly retnirt; thanks. A splendid mace of authority, giv en the the society by the president, was laid upon table for the first time. It was enclosed in fivF l handsome case, the lid of which bore the following inscription : "From the President, Lieutenfarifeaseniejrae Sir Edward Cust, to the Historic Societybee laid before and Cheshire, as a mace of authority to the presidential chair at every meetingin: James Houghton, the Rev. Dr. Taylor, the elected members of d l x B6 r o . . c " ha M ries r. White, of Warrington, were society. It was intimated that the e fo fi r rst th m e meetin g committee of general manageme nt. tias evening at the Free of inventions would be held committee is composed of the Reading Room. This delegates from the five was by Joseph Mayer, FOP' The paper for the evening leaed societies of the town. inedited Letters of Colonel Jones F.S.A., "On some Ong the Regicides. ggoaflltehrye and Major General llarr rai day bei we. phi COD the two the ac \N