The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-10-22 00:00:00

MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL , was the business of the Bank directors to know how to procure gold and silver for their wants, without recurring to means of a revolutionary character." If this statement be correct, there is no likelihood of that national establishment issuing any 25 franc notes over and above their regular circulation, far less suspending specie payments. Advices from Constantinople state that the Com mission appointed to decide upon the application for the concession for the formation of a national bank had given notice for all the plans to be sent in by the 11th inst. These plans were to be based on the principles described in the Times of the 28th of August, but it had been announced that the loan, the raising of which was to form part of the condi tions, must now be for 8,000,0001., instead of 5,000,0001. as originally contemplated. The Com mission consists of Fuad Pasha, Foreign Minister ; Rifaat Pasha, President of the Council ; the Alinisters of War and Commerce, and the Master of the Mint. Intrigue was active to prevent the return of Redschid Pasha to power, but that event was, nevertheless, daily expected. The, general business of the port of London during the past week has been active, although the arrivals have been less numerous. The number of vessels reported inward was 195 ; being 93 less than in the previous week. These included four cargoes of sugar, three of tea, seven of fruit, and a large number of grain and flour. The number of vessels cleared outward was 116, showing a decrease of 7 ; LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY EVENING , The Cotton Market continues very firm. Specu lators, influenced by the Canada's adv ices, carry on extensive operations, and, compared with the rate 3 current at the close of last week, prices of American ar e id per lb dearer on all current qualities ; other kinds are idper lb. up. T o -d ay ' s sa l es are 15 , 000 bales, of which exporters took 2,000 American, and speculators 1,000 Surat and 5,000 American. The total sales since Thursd a y l as t are 70,000 bales, and the imports during the same time 15,000. The Liverpool Share Market has been well sup ported to-day. A little weakness was manifested early in the afternoon, but it soon passed away, and the closing quotations, especially for London and Midland Stock, were the highest of the day ; of the heavy Stocks, Leeds was least buoyant. Blackburns were depressed, owing to a rumour that the negociations with the Lancashire and Yorkshire were not progressing favourably. The transactions of the day comprised— Blackburns, 7 11-16. Bristol and Exeter, 921. Eastern Counties, 9. Lancashire and York shire, 931, .1, I, 94, 31, 38, t. London and North Western, 101; 8, 1. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 324, I. Midland Stock, 761, , 1. South Eastern, 20:, t, I. East Lancashire, 5 9-16. Great Western of Canada, 221, 3, 221. Magnetic Telegraph, 46. The market closed with considerable steadiness. The last prices were—Aberdeen, 121 13. Chester and Birkenhead, 151 151 Caledonian, 271 271. Chester and Holy head, 151 161. Eastern Counties, 9 91. East Lancashire, 20 201. Great Northern, 231 231 Ditto A, 10 10. Great Western, on 64. Lauca shire and Yorkshire Stock, 934 94. Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport, 18 181. London and North Western Stock, MI! 102. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lineolu, 321 324. Midland Stock, 764 77. North British, 9 9/. North Staffordshire, 51 5,11. South Eastern, 26 5-16 264. York, New castle, and Berwick, 19i 191 York and North Midland, 271 271. Leeds Capital Stock, 17 171. Buffalo and Lake Huron, 4 fd. Dutch Rhenish, p. Great Western of Canada, 221 231. Ditto New Shares, lip. Great Luxembourg, 111 110. The Money Market, both here and in London, is somewhat easier, which, with the expected early arrivals of gold from Australia, assists materially in giving a more confident tone than it would otherwise present In the absence of any important intelligence of a character likely to affect the English Funds, they opened to-day with steadiness at the final quotations of yesterday, which they have maintained without alteration up to the close. There is not much animation in the market, and it would appear as if the more extensive operators are not yet satisfied with the aspect of affairs generally to enter into large transactions. This remark also applies to the Foreign and Railway Markets. According to a telegraphic despatch from London we learn that the quotations at the close were :—Consols, 91 911 for Money, and 911 92 for Account. The New Three per Cents were 911 911, and the Reduced. 90 914. Exchequer Bills 3s to 6s premium. Bank Stock is 2101 213 . those clearing in ballast amounting to 17. The number of ships on the berth loading for the Australian colonies is 52, being 10 less than the last account. Of those now loading, 4 are for Adelaide, 1 for Auckland, 4 for Geelong, 3 for Hobart Town, 5 for Launceston, 1 for Melbourne, 2 for Moreton Bay, 7 for New Zealand, 8 for Port Philip, 1 for Portland Bay, 1 for Port Fairy, 12 for Sydney, 2 for Swan River; and 1 for Warrnam b 001. 1 By our Paris advices we learn that in moneta r y matters there is a tendency to greater steadiness, but the accounts regarding the p o sition of the Bank are still contradictory. Some persons assert that, notwithstanding the better appearance of affairs in general, it continues to lose money every day. Probably such improvement as may be observable is chiefly at the branches, and that upon balance there is a recovery. The large contract lately made for gold is insisted upon as a reason for confidence, and, in addition to this, the Bank and the Government are said to be using the strongest persuasions upon such money dealers in Europe as they may be able to influence, to induce them for the moment to limit any trans actions that might have the effect of drawing silver from Paris. TRADE REPORT -TUE SDAY. LIVERPOOL COTTON : We have again to report an active demand for cotton to-day, and, with only moderate offerings, yesterday's prices are quite maintained. The sales— including 60 Maranhams 7id, 700 Egyptians 6M to Bid, 2,000 Surats 4-id to stel—are reported 15,000 bales, of which 8,000 are on speculation and for export. SIMIAN : There continues a very firm market ; the sales comprise a small parcel Demerara at 48s, and at b2s 6d for grainy, 200 bags yellow Dates at 495, 250 bags Cossi pore to arrive at 51s 6d, 20 cases 1,660 bags Bahia in bond at 30s 61 from the quay, 70 tons brown Bahia, to arrive, at 31s, and 100 boxes Havana at 33s 6d per cwt. - In the Foreign Stock Market the principal change to notice has been in Turkish 6 per Cents, which, owing to a statement that a new loan of 8,000.0001 will shortly be announced, have declined to 89k, 894, 891; the 4 per Cents are 994. Portu guese 3 per Cents are 44. Russian 5 per Cents quoted at 108, being an advance. Sardinia are 881. Spanish 3 per Cents, 41-a ; and the New Deferred, 231 Dutch 4 per Cent Certificates realise 95k. A moderate busness has been done in Railway Shares, principally in Lancashire and Yorkshire, and London and Brighton. Prices, however, have in some few instances not been supported, while a slight advance may be noticed in one or two of the leading lines. Caledonian are 54f, Great North ern, 714. Great Western, 631 631. Lancashire and Yorkshire, 934, z, 94. Brighton, 1041 105. South Western, 102. Uidland, 751 76k. North British, 361 361. North Eastern, Berwick, 781 79. North Stafford, 111; and South Eastern, 67 67k. _ _ _ MOLASSES : We have nothing further to notice, Rum: Very little has been done, COFFEE : The Jamaica offered by auction this morning sold readily at full previous prices, 75 tierces realising chiefly 60s 6d to 92s per cwt, for !good ordinary to fine middling. RICE : The sales are confined to 1,200 bags Bengal at 9i 9d to lOs 9d per cwt. PEPPER : 20 bags white at 74d, 100 bags Malabar at .54d . CASTOR OIL: 140 cases at 6:1 per lb. SCOTCH PIG IRON : Our; market; for warrants closes at 68s 6d to 695, cash. Shipments from Glasgow last week.. - z Do. do. corresponding week, 1855, Do. do. do. 1854 . Aggregate shipments from Glasgow from Jan., , ,1856, to date, 411,736 Same period, 1855 443,764 Decrease The aclvdrice in the Cotton Market lies had the effect of inducing Spinner° to ask au advance, of id. per lb in the Manchester Market, but buyers only operate from absolute necessity, but the dealings are only limited. At Bradford, yesterday, trade was rather dull and unsatisfactory, and the business was like preceding markets. Manufac 7enerally speaking, have only portions of . machinery in operation, and look out very ,ixiously for orders. Prices are fully maintained, and, contrary to being easier, rather show an upward tendency. The attendance at the Roch dale Market yesterday was fair, but business gloomy. As compared with last week fully as much has been doing. A correspondent writes :—" We had one or two Londcn buyers in town, bnt we heard of no spur to business in consequence. The continuance of long time is still considered but of temporary duration, arising from special circum stances The accumulation of stocks is dreaded with the prices at which Wool now sells. There his been a brisker enquiry for Yorkshire goods, and fully more business doing than a week ago. There is a pause in the grain trade. The deal ings in the London market yesterday, and at Dublin, Leeds, Hull, and Liverpool to-day, were not only limited, but prices were the turn in favour of the buyer. Complaints still continue to prevail of the general inferiority of the condition in the southern parts of the kingdom, nor can a remedy be expected till a searching January frost, or driving March winds, penetrate the sta-,:lia, to prepare the grain for the mill. Scarcely any really dry samples of pew English wheat have lately appeared ; these have been readily placed at nearly the late prices, but the bulk has declined fully is to 2s per quarter, with great difficulty of sale. Foreign corn increases in demand, and the imports have continued liberal. France, America, and the Baltic have been com paratively quiet, but the Italian States and the Levant have been raising their rates of produce. The first reports of damage in France and Eng- ante nUGaAIcI a limited:T he business marketsteady therivate has opened with a appear land,has been done in p and the consequent demand, having given a contract market, at full prices, and the large public sales spirit to the Eastern markets, which has been sus- are progressing steadily. L The refined market is firm; tained by the lowness of their stocks and the grocery lumps, 58s to 625. appearance of .a mercantile fleet in the Danube and COFFER : The large public sales of East India are going Black Sea, so much above the means of loading. off without showing any material alteration in prices. America being not only the best but cheapest Native Ceylon is quoted 523 to 535, partly nominal. market, her produce must appear to meet the TEA.—Blackish leaf congoct continues fair; the recent necessities of Europe. and another year of sue- arrivals of the new season's crop are nearly all sold, an d i cessful agriculture is before her. he bulk goneinto consumptio.n. RICE : The market is quiet, 'without showing any altera- The report of the Governor and Council of the lion, in. prices. Clyde Navigation has been published. It shows Russ remains steady, but the , demand is very limited. the surplus revenue for the half-year ending 30th , SALTPETRE has further adva need fully Is; refraction 7i to 72 sold at 36s 6d to 37s in public sale ; and 37s 6d cash Sept. to he 32,266/; the rest from last half year refused by private contract for retraction 3. was 16,683.1; making, in all, 48,0501. Out of this hanoo (Fouava Day): 2,000 chests have passed ace sum the Governor and Council recommend a tion. 500 were withdrawn ; Lalo bought in—leaving 520 dividend at the rate of 6 per cent, which will take sold. Out of Catalogue B, seconds, but few were sold. 3 larger sum, by nearly 2,0001, than the surplus Out of Catalogue A. Bengals sot d heavily, occasionally at .revenue, reducing the rest fxonn 16,6831, last half- a shade lower prices. Dry leaf Madras bought in at 6d tn 91 advance on July sales, year, to 14,7101 for the present half-year. The Corrox : 1,500 bales sold report alludes to various unfavourable causes advance. which have affected the receipts of the past half- TALLOW : The market is steamy atl the following quo year. Among these, the reduction of mineral tations :—Petersburg Y.C. on the spot, 54s 9d to 55s ; last traffic consequent upon the colliers' strike; the three months, 54s 6d. MINES : Business in the market for British mining diminished importation of grain into Grangemouth stocks continues moderate. The;enquiries of late have °Wing to the bad harvest last year on the shores of been chiefly for shares in South Frances, Condurrow, the Baltic ; and the present low rates for goods West Basset, Wheal Trelavraey, Wheal Mary Ann, Great which exist on the Edinburgh and Glasgow and South Tolgus, Par Consols, Wheal Edward, Wheal Caledonian Railways. These circumstances are Cupid, and Lady Bertha. In the Stock Exchange this considered to be altogether of a temporary nature, morning United Mexican shares have been dealt in at 32; and one of them,• National Brazilian (Cocases) at 311; and St. John Del Rey in fact, has ceased ; therefore, at 191. Subjoined is a list of yesterday's transactions the Governor and Council consider themselves in the Mining Exchahge:—Alf!ed Consols, 15/, ; Ding warranted to continue the dividend at the rate Dong, 32, 2; East Basset, 4s • G Alfred, 9, //2 9, , mat , , above mentioned. a ; Great Baddern, 30s, 355; Lady Bertha, 20s, 21s, 225, 22s 6d ; North Robert, 25; Pax Consols, 24, / ; Sortridge Consols, 3, ; Trewetha, 3*, 1; Wheal Edward, 32, 4; Wheal Grenville, 35s ; WheaL Mary Ann, Xi, 38, /. In the Stock Exchange :—Wheal Basset, 31, 4, 32; Alfred Consols, 152; Great South T:olgus, 121, 13 ; Great Wheal Alfred, 92; Sortridge Conso is, 31; 'Wheal Edward, 31 1 ; Lady Bertha, 20s, 22s 6d; ,Great. Wheal Baddern, 245, 255. Price this time last year, 76s 6d. CORN : The weather continues favourable, and is enab ling harvest in the late districts to progress slowly towards a close, but on the whole, not in very satisfactory Condi tion. In all the agricultural markets fine dry wheats support their value, while that of other sorts is lower without encouraging business either with the merchant or miller; up to a few days ago interior buyers took largely of foreign wheats, from this and other outports ; but, with the decrease of choice, the demand, though steady, has slackened off; the abundant supplies received here this week from America, however, will probably stimulate renewed active transactions, especially if importers yield somewhat in price • these arrivals are almost exclusively of the new crop, and, while much of the stock at this port of sweet old has been taken into consumption, we may now look for scarcely any more of this description from the States. Indian corn, in the face of large supply, has again rather; improved in value since Friday, and has been taken as well on speculation as for consumption. New York advices come lower, against receding values reported from this side; supplies to the sea board increasing of wheat and Indian corn, but limited of flour. To meet the large supply, and in expectation of purchasing on more favourable terms, we had a large number of wheat buyers in attendance at our market this morning. A. fair but by no means extensive business was done, however. Supe rior qualities of white and red new American supported the rates of Tuesday last.aiMiddling classes of each were obtainable at 2d per bushel cheaper ; but old, of which there were few sweet parcels offering, can scarcely be considered lower in that proportion, though from: but a small demand being directed towards them, some concession would have been made by sellers. Barrel flour has been in tolerably fair request, but the turn Is in favour of the buyers, and sack flier is Is per 280 lbs lower. Beaus sell slowly at the improvement noted on Friday. Barley without variation. Fine oats support late prices, but middling parcels being in better supply are Id per bushel cheaper. New oatmeal must be quoted 6d per load lower ; old oatmeal unaltered, and taken to a moderate extent for the country. We advance our quotations of Indian corn 6d per quarter on the week. Sales have not been freely made to-day. Mixed American, 333 9d to 34s ; white, 35s to 35s 6d per 480 lbs. R. MAKIN AND SONS. res, k LONDON. yesterday chiefly at id The following is a ret urn of the traffic on the Comp any of Canada for the Grand Trunk Railway 56 , and corres ',l 20th September, 19 week endir ponding week, 185 5 : Date. Passengers. Merchandise. Total. s. d. s. d. £. s 2,308 3 4 2,6 87 7 1 4,995 10 d.i 1,879 10 7 2,490 4 7 4,369 15 2 ______ " THE NEW SAFETY IN %STAND, we can bear personal ----- Increase 428 12 9 197 2 6 625 15 3 .. ,witness to, secures to all el: cases one which will keep the ink Decrease . ' o ' x w iii a e ys clean and good- wi di prevent that accumulation of best ....... • • ...... pe. which spoils the f Lnest writing, and destroys the The Continental advices regarding the state of means of tl iis inkstand, too, the amount of the Money Markets are more favourable, sifil the ink taken by y t the pen can be easily regulated." — solution of this important question appears to be Portsmouth 43 'itr b e , s y _a n d Nc. real Gazette.—Sold by all Book as yet unsettled. In Germany, the bankers, by sellers. Price MINOR. mis as intiva 36 . • and is 6d.—Advt. stringent measures, have recovered from the aongst the multitude of minor miseries there are few that recent perturbations sooner than in France; andisz t painfully annoy as the injuries it appears that the endeavours of the Bank inflicted on the feet by t neglect of boots and shoes, and not unfrequently by t he of France to obtain power from the Governmentare incipient corns and bunk vs . causes is advertising l t u o the The Mention t at o t f e the toe nails or of to issue a larger amount of notes than they r i t s tioT . of residents or privileged to do, has been met with a decided visitors suffering from 3i t ni be rris se to'Her negative by the Minister of Finance. It is said He is the author of a p ructical exposition on th g e c fe o et m a n na that the Minister, in his reply to a deputation id announcement of Mr. t from the Bank and Chamber of Commerce on his testimonials from th e nobility, also Physician matter, made use of words to the following effect, Is neighbourhood, speak f Majesty, medical and otl ter gentlemen, and residents in this g themselves. Consulting Rooms, As being the opinion of the Emperor • ~- .- That it 36 Slater-street.—./dv THE NORTHERN TIMES.-LIVERPOOL WEDNESDAY NEW ZEALAND AND ITS PROSPECTS The following is a continuation of the remarks of our cotemporary, the Aus'ralian and New Zealand Gazette, respecting this important and rising colony. The statements put forth are well worthy of perusal : In our last number we took occasion to state some facts respecting the progress and present position of the settle ments of New Zealand on the north island, viz., Auckland, New Plymouth, and Wellington. We purpose to follow the same coarse with respect to the middle island, concerning the settlements of Nelson, Canterbury, and Otago. The recent discovery of gold in Nelson, which appears to be now folly substantiated, must give a vast impulse to the progress of this settlement ; and the establishment of new lines of packets will greatly facilitate the increasing intercourse between that colony and the mother-country. The town of Nelson lies at the north-west angle of the middle island, or on the south side of Cook's Straits, which divide the north and middle island, and a short distance to the west of the port of Wellington. The military hero of England represents the northern island, and its naval hero the middle, Cook's Straits separating the two islands. The town of Nelson possess a very excellent harbour and anchor. age, while the district of which it is the chief town, contains s )use fine land suitable for agricuitural purposes and the feeding of sheep and cattle. For several years past the largest proportion of wool shipped from New Zealand has been the produce of Nelson, but the exoorts from Wellington and the more newly formed settlemen.t of Canterbury will very soon rival those of Nelson. The settlement, though commenced only a few years since, is now in a highly prosperous state. Up to the close of the last year the quantity of land fenced in and cultivated was 19,401 acres, and of this extent there were 3,379 acres of land laid down In wheat, 777 in barley, 1,626 in oats, 14 in maize, 755 in potatoes, 4,305 in Enzlish grasses, 638 in orchards, 6 in hops, and 664 in various other crops. The natives have in the province 309 acres of wheat, 9 of barley, 43 of oats, 111 of maize, 192 of potatoes, 31 in gardens, and 34 in various crops. Small as these latter accounts may appear to English readers, they serve to show in a striking manner the advance which has been made by the native population, and the change which has taken place in the habits and pursuits of the people. A short time since the name of a New Zealander was but another term for a cannibal and a savage, and the remarks of the witty Sidney Smith with respect to the serving up, at the breakfast of a chief, of a portion of a cold missionary, correetlyeindicated the existing state of things in New Zealand in that day. Now, however, we find that our antipodean subjects are the cultivators of crops, the names of which are familiar to every ear. The total amount of stock owned by European settlers last year was—horses, 1,504 ; mules, 14 ; oxen, 12,660 ; sheep, 235,033 ; goats, 3,006 ; pigs, 4,814; while the natives owned 38 horses, 152 oxen, 520 goats, and 982 pigs. With respect to the population, the following statement was given a few weeks since in our Gazette :—" The total number of persons who arrived in Nelson daring the year 1855 was 1,585, being 1,090 males and 495 females. The departures were 963, being 708 males and 255 females. The arrivals in 1854 numbered 1,121, the emigrants 623, being an increase of 478, whilst the increase in 1855 is 622. The total increase in population during the two years from this source alone was 1,100. The European population of the province in 1854 was 5,858-3,186 males, 2,672 females ; in 1855 it was 6,665 —3,674 males and 2,991 females, being an increase of 488 males and 319 females, in all 807. The Maori population in 1855 was 1,120, of whom 692 are males and 428 females." The climate of Nelson is generally considered as the finest of the settlements of New Zealand. Wind, rain, and heat we are informed by a gentleman who has been long resident in the colony, appear to be so equally apportioned that the transitions of the seasons are scarcely perceptible. The indigenous vegetation is evergreen. Plants which are carefully treasured up in the more genial temperature of a window with a southern aspect in England, during the winter months, not only live but blossom during the same period in Nelson, in the open air. The extreme heat of the hottest day is 89 deg., the main average of the hottest month, 70 deg ; the extreme cold of the coldest day has been 29 deg., and the mean average of the coldest month 50 deg. A local record kept at Nelson gives the average number of fine sunny days in the year at 229 ; of fair an.] cloudy, 46 ; of showery, 66 ; and of continu )us rain, 22. Our antipodes have certainly much more cause for thankfulness respecting the weather than have their friends at home. The social condition of the settlement is highly favourable to the emigrant from this country, as will be seen from the following extract from the Nelson Erami ner :—" Labour is high, and to be obtained with difficulty ; £3O to £5O is given, with board and lodging, for a single individual. Provisions are dear, as the following specimens will evidence : Bread, 141 per 41b loaf ; meat, 9d per lb ; butter, 16d per lb; wheat, 9s to 10s the bushel ; oats, 8s to 9s; firewood, 30s the cord. The average yield of an acre of wheat i 3 (tutu 25 to 30 bushals. Any spare cash may be invested at 10 per cent, on good local security, or in sheep, which would give a handsome return. From the same source we learn that Nelson, with a population of about 6,000 souls, spreading along 150 miles of coast, and separated 1w geographical features from the other colonies of New Zealand, " has a Parliament of its own, elected by almost universal suffrage, and this Parliament or Provincial Council has voted £32,933 towards assisting schools, erecting reading rooms, providing libraries, forming roads, bridges, and gutters, besides £B,OOO to promote emigration, and a certain sum for an annual fund to keep up a monthly communication with Wellington and Canter bury. and a monthly communication between Cook's Straits and Melbourne. Of the entire expenditure of the colony, amounting to £32,138, not less than £26,500 was appro priated in 1855 to useful public works." Of Canterbury, the most recently formed of the New Zealand settlements, the general tenor of all the accounts received in this country is that in no one of the British colonies can an Englishman and his family find a greater amount of agreeable society, or a larger share of those comforts which distinguish a rural life in this country, than in this set tlement, with the additional advantage of a most agreeable and healthy climate. The province of Canterbury lies between that of Nelson and Otago, and occupies an area of about 4,000,000 of acres, known as the Canterbury Plains. These fertile plains are pierced by several navigable streams. The largest proportion of the population of the province is located at Christchurch, situatedan d i n the on neighbourhood t o h f e t h e l a a t s s t i o e w a y , a n n a d m o e f d C c a a i a m n o a , greit extent of the land which, but four years since, was a dreary waste is now a rich corn-growing district. Mr. informs usththeata t g h e e n t littler f o t t o h w e n s p n o province e p r i o n v i t n h e i e s , i c , o t u h n o t u r g y h , at present struggling in appearances, have churches, schools, mills, inns, stores, wharves, public offices, and most of the necessary requirements of civilised life, and are growing rapidly in size ; farm buildings are springing up in all directions around them, and the roa d s, where they require it, are being metalled and made generally available for traffic." Lyttelton. so named after the noble lord who took so active a part a short time since in the establishment of the province, is the port town. The climate of Canterbury is described as one of the healthiest in the world, and possesses a happy mean between the coldness of England and the warmth of sunny Italy. The latest returns received from Canterbury exhibit a gratifying increase in the prosperity as compared with 1854. In that year the population was 3,895, at present it amounts to 5,200, while the number of acres of land fenced in has risen from 7,221 in 1854, to 13,E in 1856. In 1854 there were 596 horses, there are now 1,200 in the province; there were 6,363 oxen, at present there 9,000; in 1854 the number of sheep was 99,245, there are now in the province 225,000. The settlement of Otago was founded under the auspices of the New Zealand Company, by an association of lay members of the Free Church of Scotland for promoting the settlement of Otago. The first body of emigrants left England in December, 1847. The principal harbour of this province is Port Chalmers, and the town established upon it is Dunedin. The harbour is the most southern one on the eastern side of New. Zealand, available for large vessels, and is about 250 miles to the south of Banks' Peninsula, in the Canterbury settlement. The trade of the province has gradually increased, and in the last year its imports amounted to £44,545, and its exports to ,e 24,182. The revenue of the province was £4,375. The population numbers 2,557, exclusive of the natives. In 1849 the whole extent of land in cultivation was but 42 acres, last year it reached to 3,168 acres • in 1849 there were 35 houses, 375 oxen, 2,430 sheep, and 50 goats, in Otago. There are now 435 houses, 6,511 oxen, 58 902 sheep, and 231 goats. Among the exports in 1855, wool alone figured for the amount of £ll,OOO. There is mach credit due to Messrs. James Baines and Company for the energy and activity which they have displayed in establishing a regular line of well equipped packets between this port and the leading places in New Zealand. Their 'ships are famed for the comfort and accommodation of passengers, the punctuality of sailing, and the excellent passages which they make. The first vessel on the berth is the Indian Queen. AN UNWELCOME VISITOR. —An occurrence of a very remarkable kind took place on Tuesday week, at the Custom Howe, Pill, near Bristol. One of the boatmen was in the act of enterirg the watch-room, for the purpose of looking out, when he heard a curious hissing noise, and on attempt ing to ascertain by what it was occasioned he saw a l arge snake on the floor. The creature at first crested at hi m , but in a inoment darted into a corner, and coiled itself up . The man immediately got his blue Jersey shirt, for the Purpose of throwing over it, when the venomous reptile again began to rear its crest, apparently with the intention of darting at his assailant. The surveyor, Mr. Fairburn, anticipating danger, very discreetly gave orders to kill th e reptile, which w as effected by means of a piece of rope. The snake, which is of a foreign species, and exceedingly venom. ous, measures twenty-eight inches in length, and has a b r i g h t yellow mark round the neck. It is conjectured that it must have by some means been brought from an African o th er foreign ship, on board of which the officers had b een t o rummage. At the time wben it was discovered the re were several children about the place, and a bed room c l ose t o the watch house is slept in by some of the younger b ranc h es of Mr. Fairburn's own family. It is therefore a most fortu nate circumstance that the venomous creature was observed and destroyed before it had done any mischief.—Bristol Journal. THE SURREY GARDENS CATASTROPHE In yesterday's NORTHERN TIMES we gave a full account of the particulars of this melancholy disaster, and now append the following additional particulars : From an early hour on Monday morning thousands of persons assembled before the garden gates, endeavouring to obtain admission. The gardens, however, were kept strictly closed, excepting to officials. On viewing the hall by daylight the first feeling is of astonishment that the fear of fire could have occurred to any one within the walls. The basement is surrounded with glass doors, so that every facility seems to he afforded for egress, even if the panic had been justified. Almost every window is shattered, and fragments of glass are scattered in all directions. In one place, where the glass was a quarter inch thick, an individual is stated to have deliberately run against it for the purpose of getting out, although half the door of which it formed a part was open, and his b'ooil is plainly to be seen on the fragments of glass and walls. From a close inspection of the place, however, we are inclined to believe that the unfortunate man must have beer. forced through. The balustrades leading to the galleries are broken in two places ; they seem to be strongly built, and the pressure of the crowd must have been immense to have broken them. To one inspecting the place it would seem that the majority of the deaths must have occurred at one of these openings, but the officials aver that many casualties, but no actual loss of life took place here. Most of the deaths were occasioned by pressure, causing suffocation, and by the trampling of the crowd. Mrs. Barlow, whose case is briefly mentioned elsewhere, is tiirowri herself from one of the galleries on d r , her fall breaking the slate now stated a the av 'after t.o crowd had found a way out, one woman was found lying dead on the gravel, about ten yards from the door. Two others were picked up in a state of compete exhaustion. The accidents of a minor description are much more numerous than has been stated in any previous account, consisting chiefly of cuts and bruises, while many of those who escaped sound in limb suffered greatly from fright, and will probably bear to the end of their lives a vivid recollection of the appalling disaster. As an instance of the astounding force of a congregated mass of human beings, we may mention that the angles and edges of the stone pedestals of the pillars are literally broken or rounded off. The objects left behind the people in their fright are of a very miscellaneous order, comprising handker chiefs, combs, hymn books, scent bottles, &c. The congrega tion included persons from all parts of London, and not a few from the country. The strongest appeals were made to their liberality by placards posted on the varions walls, and which still remain. The subscription would no doubt have amounted to a very heavy sum. One of the firemen employed in the gardens states that while Mr. Spur geon was reading the lesson he was seated with other of his confreres in the small gallery over the orchestra, when one of the deacons came upstairs and desired his immediate attendance in the third tier of the north-west galleries, alleging that some youths had been misconducting themselvesithere, by exploding small quantities of gunpowder. The firemen directly proceeded to the spot indicated, and on arriving there distinctly perceived the smell of gunpowder. No person being able or willing to point out the offending parties, he was in the act of descending to the ground floor of the hall, when the cries of " Fire !" first rang through the building. Mr. Superintendent Lund, of the metropolitan police, has male a statement respecting the occurrence. He says that lie was present in the Hall from the commencement of the service until the fatal occurrence took place. He occupied a position on the platform, very near to Mr. Spurgeon, and had an unin terrupted view of the whole body of the Hall. Ho asserts that about the time stated above he distinctly saw three persons in the body of the hall suddenly rise, and, lifting their arms towards the roof, shout, " Fire ! fire !" He is convinced they were not swell - rnobsmen, as was first supposed, as he states thieves never occupy so prominent a position as the persons he saw, generaly stationing themselves near the doors to rob people as they make their exit. He believed the alarm was raised by some opponents of Mr.Spurgeon, who had repaired to the hall for the purpose of disturbing the proceedings. It is to be regretted the vagabonds in question are not in custody ; but it is said some slight clue to their identity is in possession of the police. Mr. Lund related that as soon as he perceived the immense audience making a desperate rush to leave the building, he sent one of his men to Mr. Spurgeon, who was continuing his prayer, notwithstanding the great confusion, and prayed him to desist. With apparent reluctance he did so, Mr. Lund's message being that it would be impossible to clear the hall if he continued. The terrific scene described above followed, but during which we have the authority of Mr. Lund for stating that he saw at least a dozen men and boys hurrying about with money boxes in their hands, which they shook furiously, and endeavoured to procure contributions from the congregation, who were struggling frantically for liberty. The exact number of dead is not yet known, but the bodies of six have been identified. They are as follows : —Mrs. Barlow, married woman, 19, Bath street, London road. Samnel Heard, aged 30, labourer, 8, Alio street, Bermondsey New road. Harriet Johnson, address unknown, but supposed to be in the Westminster road. Eliza Mead, aged 43, 7, Love lane, Stockwell, married woman. The identity of the fifth woman in the above wor- house, has not been clearly established, A young man viewed the body yesterday, and stated his belief that it VV,.9 that of his sister, named Harriet Matthews, of Newington. There is some doubt, however, that this is the case, as the deceased's clothing was marked with the initials "M. H." In yesterday's publication we stated that Grace Skipper, Dobson -terrace, Kennington, had died at her residence. The . following are also reported is having died from the effeets of the injuries they sustained :—Harriet Matthew is a young woman of robust nature and good features. The blackened state of her face and neck sufficiently show this poor creature to have died from suffocation. Harriet Johnson is also a fine looking young woman. She is stated to have been an admitted member of Mr. Spurgeon's congregation, and the fact is supported by hymn books of the Park-street chapel haying been found upon her person. This poor creature was also suffocated. The young man Heard has sustained a frightful fracture at the base of the skull, from which it is inferred that his death was caused by leaping from a window of one of the upper galleries on to the roof of the refreshment room, on the north side of the building. Upon the slates of this roof there is a fractured indentation corresponding in size with a man's head ' and several splashes of blood are observahle in its vicinity. From this it is believed that Heard, finding the staircase blocked up against his descent, formed the despera'e resolve of leaping out on to the roof below, and thus met a sudden and horrible death. The subjoined is a list of the injured persons now lying at Guy's hospital, a portion of whom we mentioned* yesterday —Thomas Peachy, 15, Grange road, Bermondsey, broken thigh, and other serious injuries. James Arkwright, James street, Long Acre, contused wounds all over the body. G orge Lane, Goswell road, arm broken, and other injuries. Margaret Weston, 21, Cumming street, general bruises. Edward Whitnall, 3, John's place, general bruises. Besides these persons at Guy's Hospital, there is a little girl who has not yet been owned. She is very beautifully dressed, and we regret to state somewhat seriously injured. INJURED PERSONS CONVEYED TO THEIR OWN HOMES.— John and Mary Aldis, man and wife, Mansi on H ouse street, Kennington. Elltn Stanton, 5, Penton grove. John All worth, 1, Russell place, Old Kent road. Eliza Fletcher, 24, Bath street, London road, ruptured a blood vessel. Henry Urge, 17, Apollo buildings, Westminster road. Ellen Goddard, I, James street, single woman, rib broken. Sarah Bridges, 4, St. David street. All the above are more or less seriously injured, and it is feared death will supervene in some instances. The above list, we deeply regret to state, forms only a moiety of those known to be dying in various houses suffering from wounds received during the rush, but whose names and addresses have not, up to this time, been clearly ascertained. As before stated, the exact number of killed is not known. It was rumoured on Monday that four other persons, besides those already identified, had been killed, and had either been conveyed to their own residences or were lying in the neighbourhood. We trust there is no truth is this statement, which, however, was received with much credence, M. Jullien was telegraphed for on Sunday night. He was at Brighton. Upon arriving in London on Monday morning, he was much excited upon being made acquainted with what had occurrA. Mr. Carter commenced an enquiry into the cause of the accident on Monday afternoon. Mr. Grace Jones, the architect of the building, has made a survey of the hall, and Mr. Scott, the builder, of New Inn—yard, together with Mr. Ellis, the secretary, and other officials, made a clre• ful survey of the pioperty, for the purpose of ascertaining whether any ground existed for the rumour that the place was on fire, or that the roof had given way. The result of the survey showed, beyond the possibility of a doubt, that no fire of any description had occurred, and that not so much as a fissure in the roof or in any of the ceilings had taken place. The only parts of the premises that had given way were the south-western an d nort h eastern staircases;- or, more correctly speaking, the iron ballustrades. These were formed of twisted iron pillars an inch and a half in diameter, covered by a massive mahogany rail four inches wide by three inches deep. Notwithstanding the extraordinary pressure to which the balustrades were subject, only two portions have given way, the remainder are perfectly sound, and apparently, from the test applied, quite secure. The cause for those parts giving way is thus described by the architect and builder. When the alarm was given a great crowd of persons were endeavouring to ascend the stairs, and a still larger number were trying to leave. Those below, not knowing the cause of those above attempting to leave, clung to the hand rail, being determi ne d t o k ee p their positions, and get, rfpos- Bible, into th e ga ll e ry; but by so doing they lifted bodily the rail from the iron pillars, when the leverage became so great as to strain the iron work against the sockets in the solid stone work, brea kin g the solid masonry away as if it had been formed . of nothing stronger th an a thin hoard of deal. From the inspection made, not so much as a fracture could be found in either tl.e wood, iron, or stone work; and, although some of the pillars on the stair cases have been broken into three pieces, not the least flaw could be perceived in the !metal. Th ere i s no doubt, i therefore, entertained n the mind of the scientific gentlemen employed to day, that the balustrades gave way from the cause previously described. It is, however, right to say that none of the persons dead lost their lives from falling from the stairs, although many aro seriously in jured. The only case that is likely to prove fatal is that of a girl who f e ll on her head, and it is feared has received concussion of the brain. She still remains in a very dangerous state in Guy's Hospital. The sister of one of the females who lost their lives waited upon the police authorities on Monday, and gave a painful narrative as to how the deceased was killed. She stated that she herself smothered her sister, that when the t ush took place, both being anxious to get out, the deceased, who was in advance of ber, fell, and was forced with her face on the stone flags, and she was driven upon her, and felt the last respiration she gave, but being so closely pressed by those from behind, she was unable to get off her, or to render the least assistance, although she screamed with all her might for help. IRELAND All the preparations for the Crimean banquet were corn_ plete.l yesterday evening. Accommodation for 1,200 spectators will be provided in the galleries. A few persons who obtain admission by tickets are allowed to view the preparations, From a statement in the Dublin Freeman's Journal, it would appear that the emigration commenced some years ago from this country to Monte Video has no not yet been ab )r,doned. The Freeman says :—" On this day 135 erni gr.in•s will leave the river by the fine ship Waterwitch, of Liverpool, fat Monte Video. The greater portion of the emigrants are from the west of Ireland. It is ten years sine- a ship left Dublin for Monte Video." e influential meeting, at which the Marquis of Clanri carde presided, and which was attended by the Earl of Clancartv, Lard Dunsandle, Lord Claremorris, Captain B llew, M.P.. Sir Thomas Ber': , , M.P., Mr. A O'Flaherty, M.P., Mr. NI. J. Blake, M.P., and a large number of the leaded gantry of tLe cour yea-, held at Galway on Satur day. for the purpo=lof prom ,zing the further extension of railway communication in different parts of that county by means of branch lines, and with that view, of considering the expediency of agreeing to a guarantee recommended by the grand jar; at the last assizes. The proceedings were conducted with great unanimity, and the develop went of the 1. , cal resources by means of railway traffic was discussed in a very satisfactory manner. It was unanimously resolved that the meeting approved of " a guarantee of five per cent upon a sum not exceeding £6,000 per mile being given by the county for the purpose of constructing a line of railway from Athenry to Foxhall, provided that a bill be brought into parliament during the next session for the purpose, and that the county members and the members for the county of the town be requested to support it in the Hou-e of Lords." It was also resolved that a line of railway shall be made from Athenry, one of the stations of the Midland Great Western line,.to the borders of the county of Clare, passing through Gort, and having a branch to Loughrea. MR. JOHN CLARE AND THE " ALBION." TO TILE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMES, Sir,—My attention has been drawn to a statement made in the Alb on, of yesterday, by the editor, in which he states I have put myself "to the trouble of fabricating an account of an interview" with him (the editor of t hat journal), and adds, that I had " gone to the expense of advertising it." The truth of the allegation I deny, and challenge him to disprove a single word of the statement I have published. Until he does so, I shall maintain that the charge of fabrica tion will rest rather upon him than myself. JOll N CLARE, jun. 21, Exchange Buildings, by the Underwriters-rooms, Liverpool, October 20, 1856. WHISKEY REQUEST NOTES Messrs Henry Roe and Sons, Dublin, have yielded to the wish of their customers, and issued a form of transferable request note, not in blank as the old one was, but filled in with the name of the purchaser, "or order," and transferable on being endorsed. The following is a copy : TRANSFER REQUEST NOTE Permit Henry Roe and Sons, Thomas street distillery, to send from bonded stores to -- of or order, one cask of spirits, marked H. R. and S., containing gallons stored -- day of Dublin ---- day of --- 185— For Henry Roe and Sons. To the Excise Storekeeper. The excise authorities have, it is understood, assented to this document, which gives them the protection previously required of ascertaining that the first purchaser, at least, is a licensed person. To complete the document at the time of duty paying the following is added on the back:— Permitted to Address Date This document appears to us to partake so closely of a dock warrant or bill of exchange as to answer all reasonable purposes, as far as the distillers are concerned, and, if adopted in good faith by all the' houses, will be greatly to their advantage, as well as that of the trade in general. We should have liked to have seen what is usually on dock warrants, an absolute recognition of the ownership of the holder, but we take it that the feet itself is Admitted no the fare of the document. If now the Excise get a man of business and sense, in lien of their late head, some further reforms may be hail. For instance, the request note might be enlarged a little, and serve to contain all the necessary particula-s of the warrant, so as to serve for a warrant when duty paying. The present annoyance of obtaining a counter signature to the warrant would then be unnecessary. The revenue and storage departments of the- Excise should be separated, and the duty taken as in the Customs, from any body offering to pay it. What an absurdity would it be considered if the Customs sent every body who came to pay duty to find the original importer, and get his signature to the warrant, although they, too, indulge the fic'ion of treating all pro perty in the stores as the property of the importer. Then they (the excise) should either let their stores to Messrs. Scovell, or any one else, and let them deal with the owner ship in the ordinary way, by transfers or dock warrants, or transact the business in that way themselves. We trust that now the distillers have gone so far, they will put their shoulders to the wheel to free the trade from every unneces sary trammel, and we feel satisfied that no difficulty will be thrown in the way by the officials here. Uuder the present warehouse keeper many useful facilities have been introduced, and plunder most materially put down, and the collector is most conciliatory on all occasions. But with the authorities on the other side, a little parliamentary pressure will be necessary, and, sooner or later, the duties will be equalised, and we hope a large export trade to England arise. Additional facilities for the latter purpose will also be imperatively demanded. —Dublin Freeman's Journal. By an imperial ukase the Protestant and Roman Catho lic chaplains, attached to the Russian army, are henceforth placed on an equal footing as regards state pay, &c., with those of the Greek church. Accounts from Rome in the Augsburg Gazette says : " Three Catholic priests have arrive I here from Wurtem berg with the view of negociating a concordat between that country and the Holy See. The Pope has convened a congregation, when the project will be communicated to the latter by the priests in person." STOPPAGE OP COTTON MILLS AT PRESTON.,—During the past five days the cotton mills of Messrs. John Pc:ley & Co., at Preston, were stopped, owing, it is said, to some private arrangement bring about to be made. Consequently the whole of the operatives employed at those mills have been this day temporarily thrown out of employment. It is expected that conditions will shortly be concluded, and the mills resume operations. The firm is a very old and respectable one, and the stoppage has caused considerable sensation. There is a rumour to the effect that the firm is unable to meet all demands, but how far this is from correct we are not prepared to say. . PROPOSED PUBLIC PARE FOR PRESTON —The anti-race party at Preston, in opposing the re-establishment of races in the town, have adopted a proposition for the laying out of the Moor Park ground as a public park as soon as possible, and have waited upon the town council to further their object, so as to frustrate the proposal made to the council, about a week ago, by the racing party for the appropriation of the same as a racecourse. To the former proposal the council expressed their appro bation, and an active canvas is about to be made in furtherance of this desirable project. The Moor Park is situate on a very pleasant and commanding site on the north side of the town, and. being the property of the corporation, and within a mile and a half of the market place, possesses considerable advantages over any other site in the neighbourhood of the town. INSULT TO THE UNICED STATE OFFICERS.—An insult has been offered to the officers of the sloop of war Cyane by some rowdies in the streets of Halifax. The Halifax Recorder of the 27th ult. thus relates the circumstances : " We are sorry to relate that, on the evening of T ues d ay last, a party of the officers of the United Stat es corvette Cyane were grossly insulted whilst passing through some of our streets. They were followed up by a crowd, who very emphatically advised them to go to Greytown,' and shouted out various insulting expressions and opp ro b r i ous ep i thets after them. O ne of the insulted pa r ty, we un d erstan d , expressed a will i ngness to gi ve a li c ki ng to the best man in the crowd, but the individuals who com p ose d th e l a tt er preferred, i t seems, limiting themselves to giving the foreigners a piece of their mind." The Cyane left Halifax on the 25th for the cost of Newfoundland. SUPPOSED CHILD MURDER AT PRESTON.-011 Sunday afternoon, the dead body of a female child, about ten weeks old, was f o u n d b ur i ed in a cap abutt i ng upon the river Ribble, at Sea Marsh, about a mile from Preston, by two operativ es , name d John and Willi am T a yl or . The child's body was wrapped in an old print frock, and a red and black woollen shawl, and it had a grey calico cap upon it s h ea d . When extricated from the sand in which it is supposed to have been buried for a few weeks, the body, which was in a state of decomposition,. was removed to the Plough Inn, at Ashton, and information of the same was given to the police. Subsequently, it was found that the child's bead exhibited several external wounds upon the left side, which were much discoloured. A post mortem was made by Mr. H a id er) , surgeon, of Preston, the following day (Monday) and an inquest was being held last night by Mr. Myres, coroner, when in which p arce l was despatched. From the position whi c h t h e b ody was found, and of the nature of the injuries upon the child's bead, there is not any doubt but that the little sufferer is the victim of a cruel and inhuman parent. Up to last night nothing had transpired that might lead to the detection of the perpetrators of this foal deed, [ADVERTISEMENT.] TO SHIP OWNERS WHO ARE CAPITALISMA`Vi3D WISH yy, r , P TUFIR 31021rEr TO GF i rr e l (1 6 11: AYD NOT PAY HIGH PRP flllifS FOR fA r '' p. US IRON SHIPS CLARE'S PRINCIPLE THE ONLY MODE THAT WILL g,lOllll SECURITY TO 'IFS AND PROPERTY WILL LAST AI AT LLOYDS FOR By loPing John Clare, Junior's commercial experience de Ve eon where the defects lie in what are called iron Ycsg eig ' ither ructed by people who are not mechan les 'i j o n he 65 ' il ! ntellect or skill, bat upon the "tin-pot" prinCh 3- ',,f ths' leave that proportion of the trade to persons " o to class who have turned out sinking coffins to collg a re watery graves her Britannic Majesty's subject4,l', ° UP , marine travelle-s in such things as the Or le- 'heaa' Tayleur, Faith. Forerunner, H.M.S. frigaetfe c n o i i r i lc i i ri sie t o ll ti a l t , foundered many others, including a number with their crews, of which were inet. t h 0! and ,, unrnechanicallv constructed, in accorlance T' j f . On tin-pot" principle. The public are ignorant °„ 00 ol they travel by when on board the present descriP" fon iron vessels, as they are unsafe and unseawortVbee of vv hie their hail construction and the light material e composed upon the " tin-pot principle. t , ea t ile are If security to life and property be the des iders. o l ie, marine department of the Board of Trade have , ie „..rd i. they ought to put their authority (i.e. if that u"-effee, sincere in its intentions towards the public) in te selP e forthwith, and cause a scale and mode to be laid dow n ti which iron vessels will only be allowed to be blditderieg, that is done, there will be no end to vessels fl o geoe,, &e., and sinking from collisions, such as the ' life. ' sacrificing some £60,000, but, rovidentially, n ° --., Shied my attention has - been directed P to the art of iror t r e tieo, safety t° ,:b l apic s : building, to attain the climax whereby property is practicable upon scientific and te d e- t htfo principles, the development of which apPear'fAclerP"'"„ti given Mr. Charles Bean (the editor of the '' o l reve s "„ Albion,) great offence, as it will naturallY ;01,1 puffing his friend, Mr. John Laird. of Biv i ll e- Ir thme way he has done ; as the said person . _t .. ° o ; o orln n ip ig g Wednesday , that he put that scurrilous publication, on the 6th inst., beea ar bee n 0 0 00 his friend (Mr. John Laird) down, fal se ,but I f I flatly donied. He qualified it, , and said , n" --bu a" 4 have his ships. Mr. Charles Bean said, if Yon g i c a l l e rdt . 1 ., 01. you must take a tat. I said, if Mr. John t ;;;,itall ia ,i - i any other person, calling himself an iron s" . ,j'a do "" t : made coffins to drown people, I, as a man, vi ° _..." . ..0. --:. I best to protect my fellow-men from a watery gt-55 On; that t as a man, and always treated every persan g 0 rr!„,`" was a man in principle, and as T alwaYA s a t - be si lt spoke of extend as I found them, I care" ieoprit courtesy ed to me. I will take ' d° ll°- an fr ti myself by an unmanly action. I told Mr. Charles A-10, 0 any person who might be annoyed at n 39 i t u h e y °, b ,f se provided I was right, might write as much a g i areSS ' Lre v it ; about me, if they attached their names and a u „" ti to bribe then he could not be blamed; but he was In nu,, t itO tr f for lowering the dignity of the Albion if he ' We rt,e As concoctor of that document. As he stated tbnl ~,`", 5, ~ , t at foot had given him and his friend, Mr. J,_ ° ," -- ,,,s ol) „g r e such great offence, which appeared in the Alot°'-i 0 1 ;1 time ago, for the good of the public, 1 a g all oo t ' " battellros the it to be printed. The French floating repelled the 64 lb. shot in the Crimea, and hulltjestf t 'A . designs furnished by myself to his Imperial , 1 "'„t, TV ',; (l g Emperor. also, the same plans being -careen °"build.;;; British Government at the close of the war, b i l e Cli a t i at Messrs. Robert Napier and Sons, Govan , 0n 0 ,""e - le;. - ei. Messrs. Palmer Brothers, at Jarrow, on the„: ‘ ,"ThiSte Messrs. Samcda Brothers, at Blarkwall, on ":,„As no Fl sheds from the same p o ' l f an t s h a e n A d il d ni es i l r g a Tif V l e fo ' r e e furni by me at the request 9th and 16th of July, 1855, but originallyh vngght IV° u ldv iie e °II the Hon. Sir M. F. H. Berkeley and Sitr a 110 ' Walker, the Surveyor of the Navy, at Sowe r set the 11th of June, 1854. . i ditt --, t, bo .118 This admission by the British tGovernnien;, fhi e „ l pl , Iron Floating Batteries, as thus described , i S a ; 111Ar t ` i 0 proof that my ideas are sound and efficient in n' - s tie ii tecture, whereby ships may be constructed 00 - and mechanical principles. J ohn Clare, thou bast a good old nettle, 0 ! shall it not be known to fame? aply the sailor far at sea N e'er shall forget to honour thee. C an skill so well brought out as tbioe L ong fail as it deserves to shine ? Ws, A h Jack, as his pure draught he'll cir R eally full oft of Clare shall think. E ach novice o'er his glass shall ask Who was it made this water cask? And men the proud truth shall declare The inventor of this cask was Clare; • Nor casks alone, but o'er the sea f r ee ;, Clare's ships shall float from dam a g e So sailors now shall drink pure water!.• Nor fear the cannon.ball's dread slang/11e' Few are the dangers which enviro f ,. 0 0; Ships made, as Clare's are made, of Masts, spars, and ribs may well defY Dangers from foes, from wave, or sky And when, far o'er the AtlantiC se a ' Another home belongs to thee, Your house of iron, all complete, So strong, so beautiful, and neat, .1 rar er Will make wife's, daughter's, son's foil A blessing on the name of Clare. SHIP OWNERS' gO5 VIS CUM LEVITATE. -trtS- j i 14 DERSONS desirous of baying ob. ) ,01 built that can neither _Leak nor Sink ri s ie . `ei ifficient Ships through the medium of the 0 %11 c, patents, who is now prepared to excc .ute confided to him. JOHN CLAll;o'venod Sole Inventor and Patentee of l' - 'spi ts 'aplP in Shipbuilding, Metallic Ma4ts, upon scientific and mechanical p rig c 21, the Ex by by ane-buildings, lo g Underwriters' Rooms, Life SHIPPING INTELLIGENa LIVERPOOL, ()crown:. 21- pr n • • HIGH WATER-Ikt' orn.s 54—Even. 6 40 -- ERN . " WlND.—South-East, light. o°` ,409, 13 ' ARRIVED. O h ,* Oct. 20.—Haiwatha. M'Kennie, from Talmagouc.(o.) , , "o Bradish ; and Henry Clay, Caulkins, New York--A 1 " 4 , 1 0, 9 ,,,;501, 10 0 Alexandria—Heroa, Apenrade—Castries, St. Lucia - 7 — i . , ar,..b,01 NF. —Oct. 21—Intrinsic, from Quebec—S. M. 1° ,5p0 1 1,0" 0 0, New York—Diana, Mauritius—Alegria Domini)°, co o v _ 4 ier, Sherriff, Gijon—Granite, Jones ; a..d Erin, Owens ' r laa' d pe rk Castle, Irving, Doughton, Newport--'' ° n o; 9" Par—Mary Jane, Doughton, Port Madoc—Raven. Fv a gore ° 'stffe Evans, Conway—Venture, Richardson, EllesMite"„01( 1 .„01" Ba , ,gor—Thomas and Ann, Coppack, Chester•—.-0. os' Bridgewater.— Diligence, Rees, Newport—Abbey, J cin iff. Ellen, Rowland, Limerick—Commerce. Thomas, Card 9 1, BAILED. sfes JO r G dM Oct. 20.—Shamrock (s.s.). Stewart, for Havre''''' n - or dt•oll' a pt: Bovon—lsabel, Corgi!, Azores —Pillgwenly, ot,"eo' —Matoul,a, Kewley, far Sydney, N.S.W.—Mary Croc, t. JOi l o se. Callao—Timandra, Sergent, Calcutta—Star of the .` i fo ut, O ,I I O A —Cartherine. Evans, Swansea—Esther Ann 01,• Herald, Herbert : and Emily Jane, Roberts. Barrotc. lands, Conway—lntrepid. Woitehaven—Jane and E 44 f ib Madoc—Pelican (s.s.), Croft, Rotterdam. it o OUT PORTS. 11, (f ef' Queenstown, Oct. 20,—Arrived„ Alabama, bfiLicor er (of —Madgo, Veta, from Cardiff for Barcelona —M! Taganrog for Cork. 000 uoth (02 , Falmouth, Oct. lg.—Arrived—Jane, De Grouchy l4'&' Rotterdam.,-Hedwig, Kahll, from Akyab for Brem en-- _of, Cherry tor New York ff" Dublin, Oct. 20. - - Arrived—Marie, from Chare nt 00 , terdam. me o 10' Beachy Head, Oct. 17.—Arrived Off—lfamPae ° ' 41 1 Liverpool f.a. Hamburg. (0 _ no ( Scilly, Oct. 18.—Arrived—Jessie, Tyr,..11, from Live rn •, °° freife rr Pentland Firth, Oct. 10.—Arrived—Wiodsor, Ge ° l o t pool, for Flensburg—Nile, Milligan, f om Cronstan,, —Catherina, Brown, from Liverpool. for Narva. „ Stornoway, Oct. 13.—Arrlved—Fremen, HMdm ~Q Ol , Carl-4)y for Liverpool. ofe rr Ballina, Oct. U.—Arrived—Caroline, Miller, from canvas and bulwarks car red awry. fro' „01 0 lA leff , . Newport, Oct. 16. — Arrived—P4ncess Alice, Boag , ' for Sydney, N.S.V. 0 ,„ Leith.—Arrived—Roseneath, Ellis, from Cal!ao. c t lAARITIMF: EXTRACTS. e d CIS 5 1. ,1%d0v Liverpool, Oct. 21.—The Rowena, arrived here Algoa Bay, experience , ' a heavy gate, Oct 15 in r t io. ° ,fsrepill,l O n W. • was struck by a sea which carried away but a ; Jalli e . - r iatil"; jibboom. Off Cork, passed a vessel ' s e r4 , : w oqfp'i Kelly, for Messina, h s pia hack, with ~f Ari. e r having experienced a terrific g e from the N.Vi r ,2 ° ,,elt ° ,;0 1, ,1 lurching and labouring heavily, and taking tn' ,- •verl i- porHle - Report of the Magician. Gibson, from Laguayra at "; w , 0 D' a io , Sept. 12: tin the 4 t h O ct., i n lat :36.40 N . 100. 4 ' oe t. gt . fri o in Bahia packet, hou n d t o V era C ruz.—On 1 7 tti c e n o le ePl e O " " a. 8 . W. of Cape eAr, spoke the ba r C• *" 1 he br or / bound to Liverpool. On the I.Bth Oct. passed t the c o 0 , of Swansea, steering for the British Channel. 7th 5191 , arrived at Liverpool, reports that on the / 0 113 n olte g li ell Cork, spoke the George Green, hence for ,Ing' s t - ii The Rowena, Smith, from Algoa Bay reoorts ha; b e I°' ,15, N ffre Asia, of and from Glasgow, bound lo ' Calcutts, v;00, 5 i in lat. 2 N., lon. 23 W.— port ,t the Alice ."" - i ;tr Jamaica, at i 1•7erpool : On the 18th of October,sioe Head, spoke the Jane Leasitt, bound to Newry' the Young Eagle, hence, $.O • 14' if 6N./ o fl a d 4 Ca-pentaria, hence to Aden, August '2:9, .nla t ' l• t Windsor, from Bombay to Liv er p oo l; S ep t. IS, in lonit„ W.—Kertch, hence to Callao; Sept. 4, in lat. 1 , 3 „ let .1 1 . 0 10 0 64 Edward John ;trine, ." ne, hence to Call ao , Sept. 15, '27 , I g ia W.—Annie Hall, from Akyab to Queenstown , J o ' „a 10n.92 E., with part o f cargo t h rown over board, a SPOK xx FOREIGN FORTs. . re. ce ' I Emeu (Le ). and Italian (s.s.)—boih hence at ,' Deo Idas, Wescott, hence at New Orleans. a sh ri• Albanian (s.s.), hence at Genoa. ii i.....b to „ t Vii Rob Roy, Hansen ; and Elba (s,s.), Ha ulin Cronstadt. ,), henc` 4 Britannia, Peck; and Beraza, Whltehead — "" Jacoloa, Vander Plus, ht n^e at Texel. cbi' t ll' Algeria, Cochrane, hence at Bathurst. . gira, Oc *, Riphias, Morris; and Algiers—both hence B ,„ e irp°,6 Tamaulipas (s.s.) sailed from Bordeaux for P oct. ' i 6. John Martin sailed from Danz'c for Liverpool,d, Oct. Caroline sailed from Brouershaven for Liver 26 - Sat' 26r Jane Pirrie, hence at Adelaide. Eyry, for Liv,rpool, put back to St. John, N• 1 3" Da ce ' 4 and sailed aain, Oct. 4. Markwell, g Balleiae; and Granville, Touzel---b°th st GOO' hence pebiur. Unity Bobilliard • and Ulys.es, Weary—b oth an jets fe Pandora, Pirouet, hence of Perce. Royal Thistle, Larsen, hence at Salonica. „ fa its, 0 .0 St. Andrew (s.s ), Chenowlth, ,hence at 0 for the lexandrla. a ion Teneriffe (s.s.), Little. hence at Malta. stn ita . Bosphorus (s.s.), Wri g ht, f rom n ot e at lkio 0 . ' DEATH. !so ( 0 01 otb er4D t;b" On the igth inst , at the reAdence of her et ~ k ;iii Richard E. Birkett, of Park Grove, Trannierei,,.ted. Breakey, aged 28, sincerely and deservedly !TIPP"' • erted• A be° le° 1 , •• Births, Marriages, and Deaths, are only ins erted to our OMce duly authentica