Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-10-17 00:00:00

SMITHSONIAN HOTEL' B ROA DwAT, COrller of lIOUSTONT-STREE New YORK. Named in honour of the SMITHSONIAN INSTITOTEOK, Established At WASHINGTON, by the U. S. CONGRESS, With Funds bequeathed by JAMES SMITHSON, of EiouLAN - D, Saviag the Friendship of the OFFICERS of the NATIONAL INSTITUTION Is conducted on the System of llJtels in ENGL.:ND. CHAS. H. SH/T-H. e'rzticn. MUNICIPAL ELECTION. S AINT PETER'S NIARD. A PUBLIC MEETIN'G OF VIZ ELECTORS OF ST. PETER'S WARD„ Favourible to the Eie,tion of C. T. BOWRING, ESQ. As one of its Representatives in the Ciuncil, Will be held ON MONDAY EVENING, AT SeVi:N O'CLOCK, At the - CLARENDON ROOMS, :MUTH JOHN-STREET, By oder of the Committee, CFI* ILES WI.LMEr?, Chairman, RICHARD CROSSLEY, Vic.:-Chairrun, J. C. M`DONALD, secretary. TO THE ELECTORS OF SAINT PETER'S WABD. GI4_INTLEM EN,—The receipt by me ot a requi sitien from a very numerous and highly respectable portion of your body, inviting me to al ow myself to be nominated as a candidate to represeut rot in the Town Council, leaves me no other course (compatible with a sense of duty) than to come forward as a c naidate-for your suffrages, at the approaching Municipal Election. Connected as I have been with your ward, as a ra.tera.yer in it, for a period of nearly twenty years, such a mark of your confidence is highly appreciated by me; ar,d should it be the wi.l of the majority, to place meat your representative, in the council, 1 beg to assure you that my best exertions shall be con:int:ally exerasecl to 'erward your hterests, and that, of the ( oinnrunity generally. A lthonge we have a compare ive absence of great party cries, and subjects 01 centention. soncetve there are en abundariee of objects to which the attention and labours of your representatives should be directed. The prevent state of the supply of water, cannot longer be borne with ; it calls for the ear rest attention, and immediate action of your Town Co nett ; the supply of so importicA a necossa'y of life and health, in the ours state, ovetilles all other consieerations; and from the interests involved, demands an early settlewen'. That your Corporate fanes should. be managed with the gre - itest eeo moony, is so evident a proposiVon, that I will only allude toil by :raying, that the..att ntion of your council should be kept constantly alive to the necessity of keeping the expenditure of the great revenue intrusted is their managemeet, and derived from the hard labour of all the various classes of the community, at the lowest point compatible.w.th the waits and interests of that community. Connected wit', this sub j ect, scnother of great importance. It is highly essential, that a careful revision ot the Corporation Property should be made, so that it may be c esti) , ascertained i f Iv:Jet it consists. There are mat.y other subjects which cannot be more than touched upon, within the limits of ..n a :dress, such as the spreauing of Edu cation—the fosterit g of useful institutions, and e:evating lnfluenees which I hold to be ti.e cuty of our local legislature. Tires, subjects, if it be your pleas - ire to return me as your representative, shall nave the mast earnest and industrious applieatton of my abilities applied to remain, Gentlemen, yours obedient servant, C. T. BOWRING. South John-street, October 15tha1457 TO TILE ELEC I'OR3 OF LI NdE -S - fItEET WARD. GENTLEMEN. —As the term of c , f11 , 3e to which you elected me its your representative iu the Town Council is about to expire, It would devolve upon me either to retire from hub is duty, or again to sol.dt a further continuance of your outrages. put LaviA received a strong expression of approval in a highly re,p?ciable and numerously signed requisition winch his been presented to me by the E!ettors of both political p&rtes in Vie Ward, requesting that I world allow my eelt to be put in nomination a oerill time, for the honour of representing your interests in the council of thee' Good old Town." have murh pleasure in renewing the offer cf my services in doing to the utmost of my ability, all I can to promote the prospe fly and general interest of the v,ard, and the Town at large ; and if again elected as ore of your representatises, I will endeay.ur to discharge those duties faithfully, and to the hest of my &bitty. Permit me. to take this of portunity of relit n .rg yon my sincere thank. for as lat.oness and courtesy l , bave received trom you during the Nine years I hate been honoured with your confidence as your represent .tire for Lime-street Ward. Gentleimeti, I retain, yours very faithfuly, JAMES JOHNSON, 105,:London-road, 9111, Oztob‘:r, 1857. EGY:' CLGTHI G NIAD F. WITH GREAT TASTE AT LEWIS and i:anelugh•strect. AkIUSEAIE:iTS, 14tEEPENG3, &o. THIS PAY. TEMATED ROY4L —Operatic P.:xi', rmancee IiCIAL AM PIIITUFATUE—Dramatic r -.rCormance-7 p.m. Lrompoor. ACAD&UL ^ Z EXEIIBITION, Postoce-placs. WAxwoas. EznIRITION-10 a to 10 p.m. Oril./TOIN Clayt , tt-square—Gordon Cr.mming—Ei 1107. AL Cot.lssau.i —Gen3ral Entertainment-6.30 p.m. ST. GB3IOIE'S EALL—Orpn Terformancea -Z.p in. For particulars sea advertisements. TO CORIZESPONDENTS. WE hare received a letter from M. G. Turnbull, which can only sip' ear as an adatr.istment. Excuzsiox TRAms —ln j-esterea.Ve Fa; cr we e a repo tcf a case at the t tcuelling excursion train% in which 60:II8 reffoclions wera made upcn their mansgement. Our experience of those conducted by Mr. 11. R. Marcus enab'e us to say that such TEL cti , as could t apply to tloze with which he is kanuccted. So far from such-heir.; the case. we believe h's arrancements to be the sno,t perfect, and that he has ever given oriver , al satlsfactien n,t Only to the public, tut tie companiea with 'oh ch he has-connexions. TA N'rED, COPIES of the " >lox:mm.llY DAILY Times" of the followitT dates :—April 10th and 4th.—Arply at -t as rcrthern Times oTce. 74)1 . 34p4 • " V fYe"el T„ti, t 4 tiat SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1857, THE DAY'S NEWS. The full details of the news per the'Overlund M ail will , 'be found in our columns 'this day. They are of a r egative character, and on that account may be considered a. %tisfae tory—at 188.4 such an opinion has been formed 'on the Stock Exchanges of London and Liverpool, for the . ..nnds have advanced and the Railway Stock Markets are L'uoy ant.s Yesterday the Finds advanced fully I per cent, 'and in the Railway Share Market a la, ge business was done'st higher prices. The produce markets were also more buoy ant, and in cotton the transactions were much larger than' for some days past Altogether we may look for better times, and the anticipated failures, it is hoped, will not take place. We kayo further particulars respecting .Genernl Havelock and his brave troops. Although greatly da maged by sickness, they had, after a few days 'rut at -Cawnpore, again taken the initiative, and marched •towards Bithoor, where alarge body of the rebels had posted them selves in an entrenched and very strong position. The right sing was towards the Ganges, and the left on a deep mullah, crossed a bridge. They were, however, after a sharp contest, in which they lost 230 completely routed, and their guns captured. The British force, however. I ost 14 killegt, and about .30 wounded The previous aeceunts only noticed .Captain Mackenzie and 15 men asouTided- 7 -none killed. The cholera, more formidable than the rebels, e as fi'EO carrying.off ten or twelve of the most e'igib'e candidates for the Victoria Cross dal y ; but fortu nately its ravages were beginning to abate. Sir James Outran) has very properly decided on permitting General Havelock:to receive the glory, and the more substantial rewardt; that must be bestov eel on the rescuer of Lucknow. It is said that, although a senior officer, it is his in' ention only to accompany the force in a elk il capacity, placing his military services at the disposal of :General Havelock. This disinter:sted and truly n.blet eonluet will be fully appreciated.: Lucknow erifdl The eff)rts of Ameba had drawn off the invading force, so that the garrison were enabled to make a sortie, and provide themselves with an abundant supply of pr:sisions. Taey had been ordered to, hold out to the last extremity. Bat such orders were scarcely required. Wilt fail knowledge of the itfamorts breach of faith towitds those who had cspitnlated at Cawnpore, they *odd not be expected to fall into a s'.nalar trap. They know that, not merely their hoecur, 'jut their lives, are depen dent on their o endurance, and under such circumstances there is but little reason to fear any failure on their part. They hid repelled the Aseault made on them with te:rible slarAhter, and the last report stated that they ware ‘' right and in goad spirits." At Delhi tile*Y thing appears to be going on in a tatisfaetory man - per, and abundant g : ponds for hoping that the •neat mail will briog accounts of its slownfall. General Nicholson's decisive victory at Nuyolfghur had completely disheartened the rebels, depriving theca of their last hope. At Hissar, too, they had been defeated with considerable loss. It is all right at Agra. Maj Montglmery, with a small but heroic party, had completely routed the enemy. He had not, however, sufficient force to follow up his success, and was, therefore, obliged to fall back on Hattrass. Of local news there is very little this morning. We ohmye that at the Police Court, yesterday, those publicans Who were summoned for trading on Wednesday the Pith inst. (the fast day), were ►ery properly discharged, the magistrates receiving their excuse in the greatest good nature. A female "Fortune teller" w..s brought up, and charged with obtaining money on false pretences, and was remanded for a week, Open-air preaching has, it seems, not been abandoned in Belfast. The Sunday before last, seven sermons were preached in the open air in different parts of the town, and last Sunday nine, and to-morrow a still larger number will, it is said, address the multitude. As there have been no riots, the people must, we presume, have grown more tolerant. Peace, on the basis of " liberty of prophesying," is certainly better than the opposite arrangement. Mr. Ernest Jones has written a poem, entitled "The Revolt of Hiedostan, or the New World." We have not yet read the poem, but our rea , 'ers may be interested to know how the Morning Post deals with tl - ,e Chartist poet. Complimenting Mr. Jones on the " striking imagery and melodious cadencci," which are the'' unfailing characteris ties" of his verse, the critic says, " While we disclaim sympathy with his political opinions, we are not the less willing to acknowledge the grace, beauty, and elegance of his writings. Though not free from the leaven of Chartism, his present poem contains many noble sentiments, and bears the impress of a genial loving nature, which grieves for the sorrows of humanity, and woul 1 fan leave the world better and happier than it found it." An important discussion took place on Wednesday, in the London Court of Common Council on the state of the finances of the Corporation. It arose upon Mr. Fry's motion that the report of the Special Revenue Com mittee should be adopted. Mr. Fry took a rather gloomy view of the city balance sheet, there having been during the past ten years an aggregate deficiency of 1915,989. Mr. Da Jersey, in a sensible speech, prcdue , A an addition to Mr. Fry's motion, to the effect that the Special Revenue Com mittee should be requested to prepare and submit to the Court a plan of such steps as they might think it advisable to recommend for regulating the expenditure of the corpo ration and improvirg its revenue. The motion was agreed to. The report of a most di , graceful scene which occurred at the Manche3ter Exhibition on Thursday wilt be found in another crluran. The Lords cf the Treasury have, at the instance' of Mr. Scott, an envelope maker in Charlotte-street, Blackfriars -road, directed the Board of Island Revenue to grant a dra %back, under careful regulations to the waste cut from envelopes not made at a pap lr mill. This act of justice pots an end to the unfair advantage now possessed by paper makers who make envelopes in their mills, and of course use their waste to make fresh paper, pa3ing duty only on the envelops themselves. The effect was a differential duly of about four or five pounds per ton to the detriment of the domestic envelope rather. The correspondence on the p,rt of Mr. Scott was carried on under the advice of the Association for Promoting the Repeal of the Taxes on Knowledge. Our advices from abroad this morninr, do not cell for much comment. The Paris publishes the official return of the amount of the receipt of the taxes and indi rect revenue for the nine expired months of 1857, as compared with the corresponding period of 1850 The amount of the former period was 781,083,000 f , being an increase of 26,865,000 r ,on the latter. As compared with the first nine months of 1855, the receipts of the present year show au increase of 81;294,000f. The following political speculations are indulged in by a Paris coireepondent of the A'ord of Brussels : —"All the pre. parations have been made for the removal of the court to the chateau of Compiegne and the invitations will be issued between this and the end of the week. It is thought that im portant negotiations will take place at Compiegne in order to enable the eorgress at Paris to terminate its labours. The second pleuirotentiaries except to be convoked after the return of the court from Compiegne, that is to say, about the latter end of November. The period for their meet ing cannot, hoNever, be fixed until after the vote of the divans ad,hoc, the arrival of the report of the European commission, and the receipt of their special instrnctions from their respective courts; a delay of six weeks will not be too long for all these prellatinariea. From Madrin we learn that General kmero has been named President of ne Council of Minizters• Accounts Iron' .Circassia in the Osservat9re Triceino state that the Russian comtnanlant of Fort 11 . ,,ick1, being out hunting with ten of his officers, was suddenly attacked by a party of Circassians concealed in a forest on the banks of the Adialtan. After a severe conflict, in which two (;ffic,n.6 were killed and three woundad, the commandant was taken prisoner and conveyed to the mountains. ,The steamer Royal Charter arrived off . Qacenstown on Thursday evening is 62 days from Melbourne, with nearly £400,000 in specie, but up to the time of going to press, she had not arrived in the Mersey. She will, no doubt, reach here in the course of the torenoen. The steamer Tamar .arrived at. Southampton, yesterday with late news from South America. Details will b 3 found elsewhere. I'he nature of the returns of the Bank of England in last night's Gi trate fully iceezants for•6he course taken by the hank directors. In the week ending Oct. 3, the bullion had decreased £613 396, and in the following week ending Saturday last, .e552,749—a total of .e4116,:145 in a single ifortnight. The total amount of bullion in the bank on the latter day was .R 10,109,943, which is le3s than for any period since . November in last year. THE ,details of the Indian news, which we publish at full length this 'inoraing, may be looked upon as much more favourable than that received per the last Overland Mail, at least, so far as Lucknow .c.nd the Cityloflhi are concerned. The former city continued to hold out with great for,!itude, and - the . several encounters between the zmall band of Briti heroes cooped up in the garrison, and the hordes of barbaric Sepoys which surrounded the walls, had taught the latter that the British soldier when - placed at' bay' is equaP to 'any emergency. It was e fa xpeCter . that a large reinforcement would soon aid the besieged, as when the last mail left Altahabad EYRE was already irr march to join . 11...tvarsocg, and OUTRAM was following. There is one piece of pleasing intelligence respecting the - _impending reduction of tucknow. General OUTRAM, senior in command, has left the entire move ments in the hands of General HAVELOCK. who has proved himself equal to any emergency with which he . may be 'called upon: to •eope',' and this generous and- self-denying determina tion to leave the uncontrolled demand in the hands of ll.s.vELoca, had been highly lauded by persons in India who were fit to form an opinion On the respective merits of these commanders, THE NORTHERN TIIVIES.-LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY,. Such conduct on the part of General OUTRAM is a forcible contrast to the selfish, grasping, and imbecile behaviour of Lord CANNING towards Sir COLIN CAMPBELL. It is really feared that the latter will throw up his command in disgust at the treatment which he has received from the Indian Government. We should be sorry to hear of such an occurrence ; but if Sir COLIN is expected to put down the rebellion, he surely ought to have his own way of doing so, and not be completely wrapped up in the meshes of red tapeism. Another piece of Lord CANNING'S absurd sys • tern of government is made known by the arrival . of the Calcutta Mail. His Lordship had refused to take common precautions for saving the lives of the Europeans under his care—he had refused to comply with the request of the people of Cal cutta, that he would proclaim martial law,—as he (Lord CANNING) believes that the substitu tion of courts-martial for that of the ordinary courts of justice would " be accompanied with much private inconvenience, uncertainty, and hardship; and he is not aware of any commen surate gain." This, in the abstract, may be sound sense, but when we look at the condition of India, the fire of revolt which is smouldering even under the very nose of the Indian Executive, and the state of suspense and alarm under which the people of Calcutta are labouring, it is sheer madness to allow the native populace that amount of liberty with which they have been, heretofore indulged. Delhi had not yet succumbed to the prowess of the British forces. Indeed the relative position of the contending parties was but little, if anything. unchanged since the rebellion broke out. Several sorties had been made, and. they were gallantly repulsed ; but, on the whole, we may be said to be only holding our own in that quarter. It would, however , appear that the hope, indeed the assurance, or speedily reducing the city of Delhi to terms was indulged in by the military authorities on the spot. Inside the city the greatest alarm is said to prevail, matters were in a fearful state, large bodies of the rebels were deserting, and a letter in the Madras .ilthenceun avers that there was a split among the commanding officers, that they were disagreeing, and that the streets were filled with the dead and the dying. This will, no doubt, be looked upon as an exaggerated picture of the misery of the inhabitants of Delhi; but that there is some truth in the statement cannot be contradicted, seeing that it comes from several different sources and authorities. Dis sention, disease, death, and desertions had reduced the fighting population to some 17,000 men. Before the end of September there would be 15,000 British troops in the immediate vicinity of the besieged city, and we confidently anticipate that a grand assault will soon be made, and that the British will prove triumphant. The intelligence from Agra contains the satis 'factory announce►vent of the arrival of a pretty large force of British troops, accompanied by a number of heavy guns; but as yet we are not ,told from what quarter this reinforcement had been received. As we have said before, the news may be considered satisliictory. Our troops were proving victorious in every encounter with the enemy ; every where we have been able to make a stand against them, and if we have not advanced we have not receded. Lucknow had held out with unexampled heroism, and a large force would soon reach Dihi. By the next mail we may hear of an assault upon that city, and, let us hope, of a signal success. THE TOWN COUNCIL. ECOMBLIINICATED The horizon is cleared, the Towns' Dues battle has been fought, and speaking municipally, .we suppose we say lost ; the great Pike questi4 promises a speedy settlement, and already we see signs of renewed life in the Council, though now bereft of one-half of its influence and power, and about to put an end to its pet squabble. On Wednesday last Mr. SAMUEL HOLME made an excellent speech against-the late scenes in the Sessions House, on the occasion of the municipal revision (when the greatest abuse of a legitimate privilt , ge took _ place), and, without imputing blame-to either party, exposed the system most complete - ly, and promised that he would bring the Matter before the Council in a.formal motion at some future date. Alt Reformers have for some years been aware of the loop-holes which the Mu r nicipal Act affords for this petty warfare, which is unworthy of either party, and we rejoice to s , x the evil exposed by a leader of the Con servatives, which will, we hope, ensure its'reform at the meeting of Parliament. The suggestions of Mr. HOLME, as to how these petty and frivolous objections to persons who were notoriously entitle 1 to be upon the burgess list were tobe'rnet,'are sOUnd and well considered ; the fine 9f-51. would put ;A very effective stop to wholesale objections, and if the onus of proof were thrown upon the person who objects, instead of, as now, upon the persoilobjected to; all objections would be withdrawn fur which no foundation whatever existed: Tile Liverpool Town Council will, indeed, take its proper position as one of the representative institutions of -the country,' if its members will from time to time.expose the abases of the sys tem under which it exists, and soggest well-con sidered remedies and sound reforms. Tile letter, ofthe Rev. Mr. GILLOW, of Arnold's Court Reformatory; near Bristol, soliciting a grant from the Council, under the powers of the new Reformatory Act, in ail of an extension of their premises, on the ground that fifty-six girls had been received there from Liverpool, brought the whole question of Reformatories and gaols before the Council. It is one to which they will, ere long, have to give their most serious attention. The new Act gives every Borough and County the power to establish new Reformatories, or to afford aid to already established institu tions, and the ratepayers of Liverpool cannot long allow their juvenile criminals to be maintained and reformed by the subscriptions of a few warm hearted of their fellow-citizens. Besides, Arnold's Court is not the only Roman Catholic Reformatory which receives our juvenile delinquents; the Mount St. Bernard Reformatory has a still larger claim upon us, and bath shese institutions are principally supported by persons who have no connection with this city. During the debate, Mr. Alderman PARKER (if correctly reported) gave vent to an expression of intolerance and bigotry, with which we have no sympathy whatever. If Mr. PARKER " never will consent that any of the Corporate funds ' should be appropriated to a a distinctly Roman Catholic establishment," he should tnove that the Roman Catholic ratepayers should be absolved from paying rates, and, no doubt, the leaders of that body will support him. Mr. JOHN AIKIN'S proposal that the whole question of extending the Reformatory system should be referred to the Finance Committee, was excellent but premature, and we hope that he will bring it forward again at an early period, The great proportion of our Juvenile Delin quents are of the Roman Catholic persuasion, and for many reasons, into which we will not enter at present, it is extremely desirable that a Re formatory for young criminals of both sexes of that Religion should be established in Liverpool, under the control of our own Bench of Magistrates. Meanwhile the immediate question of a grant to the Arnold's Court Reformatory is simply one of °justice. We owe that institution a sum of money, and we must pay our debts. The rate payers who look at the question from the " pocket" point of view, without importing into it the intolerant spirit of Mr. PARKER, may be assured that the town will financially be much the gainer by the reformation, or even by the withdrawal of these 56 Girls; as the injury done to property by each member of the light- fingured profession" has been estimated at 1501. to 2001. a-year by Mr. Recorder HILL. Mr. HoDsoN thought the occasion a pod one for making a speech against Prison discipline, and the superb accommodation and sumptuous dinners of the Palace of Idleness at Walton; every sentence he uttered was perfectly true, but the occasion was not well chosen, for it is rather too large a question to discuss on the receipt of a ' Mayor's communication." We drew attention to the subjects some months ago, (February 19), showing how the Cork County Gaol, containining 1000 prisoners, was managed at the rate of 6/. per head per annum, thus .saving, when compared with Walton Gaol, 24,0001. a-year to the ratepayers of the County Cork, It is to be hoped that Dr. HonsoN, or some other member of the Town Council, will bring the whole question before the Council, and devise some means, if not of diminishing the number of prisoners, at least of curtailing the expenditure. For our part we believe drunken ness to be the secondary cause of the vice which fills our prisons, and ignorance to be the root of that, as of all evil ; and we would urge the esta blishment of schools, and that it be obligatory on all parents, and employers of labour, to send the children under their control to be taught in them some hours each day. Reformatory insti tutions and imprOved Prison discipline are but attempts to cure the disease ; wide-spread educa tion alone has the least chance of eradicating any portion of it. Every one will heartily rejoice to see that the Town Council seems inclined to take tin the Criminal question—the most important question of the day—and we are sure that when the best men of the Town, be they Conservative or Liberal, see that such practically useful and truly Christian subjects are to be brought before them, and that they can be instrumental in carrying out valuable reforms, and measures of great social importance, there will not be the difficulty there is now in inducing them to come forward to serve their Fellow-Townsmen. BURSTIN4 OF THE RIVINGTOI4 WATER PIPE, NEAR ST. HELENS. O 1 Friday evening, one of the large conduit pipes, for conveying the water front the Rivington works to Liver pool, burst, in a fleH loslongingito a Mr. Hammill, at a place called Denton's Green, about two miles beyond St. Helen=. The rush of water was very great, and caused considerable alarm and excitement in the neighbourhood. Persons ware despatched in all directions, in quest of the " water-mau," but, like the Policeman, he was non eat, when wanted. The self acting valves, which were intro duced into the main at a vary heavy cost, and which were said to possess such an amount of sensitiveness as to shut their capacious mouths voluntarily, in the event of any such catastrophe occurring as we now record, were " nowhere." Hence, the water flowed from the evening of Friday until that of Saturday, without cessation. Denton's Gran is situated in about the eeutre of a valley, hills rising on either side. The Rivington Pips is carried through and over these; thus forming a syphon, at the head of which the,fraeture t >olt place An examination of the pipe shews clearly that the fracture w as not of recent date ; probably a flaw existed at the time of its being laid ; yet it is strange that it was not discovered by some of thorie charged with the duty of testing these pipes, either here or in Glasgow. The metal of w'hich the Pipe 'is composed appears of of the most questionable character. Tne socket end is one mass of clinker, and is honey-combed throngliout. There is no doubt but the greater portion of the -pipes in this district are of the same description, and as the main passes right throug'i the ex easive coal fields in this ptrt of the country, in the event of a serious fracture,' occurring the consequences would be fearfully disastrous to the OCTOBER 17, 1857. Corporation. In the present instance the loss (although considerable) is not so great as had been anticipated. An enormous hole has been washed, or rather scooped, out of the field, and as there was nothing more retentive than fine sand to restrain the rush of water large portions of that has been carried away and deposited on the adjoining lands. A number of men are now employed in scraping it off and wheeling it back into the cavity. The loss may amount to some hundreds, but it would be indiscreet to assign any specific sum. The numerous frac tures which have taken place since these pipes were laid, must have entailed considerable loss on the Corporation or their contractors, although these matters appear to be kept very quiet here. It is asserted that, a few weeks ago, a burst took place at Ashton, and damages to the extent of £5OO wss the result ; since that occurrence there has been another rather serious bust near Presept, the damage being esti mated at a large amount. The people about St. Helen's appear in great glee at our misfortune, in place of p;tying us. They themselves have got an ample supply of water from the Sandstone, Mr. flawkesley's scheme), and they smile at the simplicity of the people of Liverpool, in resorting to the Pike for what they designate " dirty porter." AMUSEMEN [S. THE NATIONAL ENGLISH OPERA COMPANY. —Since Mon day last we have been prevented by press of matter from noticing the performances of this company of opera singers. We then said, on their representation of the " Trovatore," that they had plenty of power, but lacked on that occasion, refinement. Their subsequent per formances have confirmed us in our opinion as first expressed, They a-e a collection of fine voices, and in general do their work very well as to power and energy, but occasionally sin on the side of coarseness. This may be a mistake as to the auditoeial capabilities of the Theatre Royal, but we can assure them all, or nearly all, that they -neod not make such great exertion to produce effect. In the "Bohemian Girl," last night, half the expenditure of power would have sufficed, and the conclu , ion of the opera would have been the better for it. Mr. Henry Haigh, who sung the part of Thaddeus, would have done himself more justice in " The Fair Land of Poland, had he noz made such great exertion in the previaue music. We must compliment this singer on the most judicious use of a very fine falsetto, which, togeth:r with his style of singing, obtained him a well deserved encore of " Oh, then remember me." As we anticipated in our Tuesday's notice. The operas written to English words hive been more successful than the translations, though the Somnautbula was very satisfactorily given. Miss Lama was the Amine, and Mr. H. Haigh the Elvina. Mr. Charles Durand the Count Rodo/pho Miss Emma Heywood made a very pretty _Lisa, and sang her music very sweetly. Mrs. Tully is, we suppose, very shy. as she has allowed Miss 'Emma Hodson to have the credit of several parts performed by herself. She acted Teresa in the " Somnambula," and Dame Cicely, in the musical farce of the Quaker," and so well that she need not be ashamed of either perfor mances. If this be a blunder of the parties who under take the advertisements and bills far this opens company, it is quite consonant with the advertisements of the operas, and should be looked to, as it will work mischief. " Mari tana" was advertised for Thursday, and we know parties who kept themselves disengaged for the pleasure of hearing that opera and we e disappointed in consequence of its being given on Tuesday, when engagements made on Monday, prevented their reaching the theatre. Artists of ali kinds are too apt to be negligent in these common bus'. ness matters, and the disappointment of the public acts against them. Miss Lanz% appeared in the advertisement and bills as the representative of Arline—Lucy Escott played the part. Miss Emma Heywood was advertised and announced in the bills to play the Gipscy Queen, and Wil.helmina in the " Watermand," but it was Miss Emma Hodson, who performed both parts, and very well. These mistakes, or alterations, should be guarded against, if the National English Opera Company wish to succeed as fully as they deserve, and we wish that they should. They have a numb. r of fine voices equal to the representation of any opera, and no false pride to render the principals who may be unoccupied unwilling to take part with The choruses, which, of course, go all the better for their aid, The band is good, and admirably directed by Mr. Tully. It will go with the company to the Amphithenrte next week, when this company will risk the formidable competition of the fashionable names of the popular fa,vouaites—Madame Gassier and Mr. Sims Reeves. It is scarcely kind in these distinguished artistes to p ovoke euch decided comparison as will be the inevitable consequence of their performing the same operas as their less known rivals have given at the Theatre Royal this week ; but we wish our national company all success in the struggle, and hope that the lower prices at the Amphitheatre will secure them good audiences, which they will deserve by a little moderation in their singing ; and to Mr. Ayneley Cook and Lucy Escott? we must add, some moderation in action. In the "Bohemian Girl" the latter was particularly disadvantageous to both performers. The operas are put on the stage, as to dresses and observations, as well as those of the great Italian companies ; and the musical farces —" The Quaker," " Midas" and " The Waterman," admirably acted, and sung—Mr. Manvers, Mr, E. W. Temple, Miss Emma Heywood, Miss Emma Hodson, Miss Annie Long, Mrs Tully, and Miss Hammond doing full justice to their several parts. Mr. Stolle has also rendered valuable assistance. To-night, instead of "Der Frischutz," Auber's opera " ?.lasaniello" will be given. AUSTRALIA. ARRIVAL OF THE ROYAL CHARTER. FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT. QUEENSTOWN, FRIDAY. The Steamer Royal Charter, of the Eagle line of Australian packets, arrived off here last evening, She sailed from Melbourne on the 13th of August, and brings 400 passengers, and 350,000/. in specie on freight, IL:r mails were landed here, . and 'forwarded on this morning. Six passengers also landed. Captain Taylor expects to arrive at Liverpool to-morrow (Satur day) morning. B ~ AZ[LS AND THE RIVER LPr A F . (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY The RDyal Mail Steam-ship Medway arrived here to-day from South America. Her dates are—Buenos Ayres, Sept. 1 ; Rio, 15; Lisbon, Oct. 11. Among4t her cargo are diamonds worth £20,000, and gold worth £1,290 ; End her passengers number 77, the majority of whom were landel at Lisbon, The Indian troop steamer, Bahiana, has put into Lisbon, damaged. All well on board. The Indian transport gydaspes was at St. Vincent on the Ist inst. All well on board. The following Indian troop transports put into St. Vincent on the following dates, namely :—The Calcutta, Augast 27 ; the Victoria, the same date ; the City of Manchester, September G ; the Qaeen of the South, 11 ; the Scotia, 24. A Spanish vessel reported that on October 10, a dis mantled Bkitish three-decker, with troops, was seen near Cape Ortcgal. The Mcdlay's course was altered to examine the place, but nothing was seen. Our advices from Buenos Ayres state that the Argentine Republic is in a sad state. A Buenos Ayrean merchant holds the custom house at Risario in mortgage. The Argentine government will be obliged to appear in the market for a loan. French emigrants have landed in the Argentine prLvinces in a deplor ble condition. All the promises made by Urquiza to induce French immigration have been broken. The Beitish Packet of the last date, however, says : "The onward march of Buenos Ayres is unquestionable, and in addition to the moderation and liberality of the Administration, the amount of capital now com Pro — mi ea g a t in public enterprises, may be accepted as a collateral e_, effective guarantee of peace and order. The tirae . 7 , reactions and revolutions has passed, we trust for ever' as ° the occasional outbursts of the public press we regat d . tie passing clouds, from which commercial Interests h ave lit be to fear. There are ripples on the surface -while t current of events, like the waters of the Plate , rolls at in solemn and undisturbed majesty to the shoreless oceso° - futurity. In the course of our money market acco rdiagif i we have clear and decided indications of a settled se increasing confidence, that reacts in all directions, Pre-eis meting and hastening the grand consummation a wh . it is at once an earnest and foretaste. Like t h e ten Was tost mariner, who require repose; a sound and b e 1 ,11 1 0; sleep, that disregards the buzz of insects, or:the tiny e' l le of the perverse mosquito. No doubt we t h6 i o still a vestaga of caudillos in their dotage and aspirants embryo; but the efforts of both are powerless, to the vis inerte of the masses. This is our sheet sac'. of hope, internally and externally ; and with the mate progress that has been made, and is making, both ill t e when cae: or State and the Confederate Province, we 510 rat, despair of our commercial prospects. At the i( we now advance, we must speedily ° etgt° jt the infirmities incident to youth. By a strange fa telitY c is from our halls of legislation we apprehend the .0 serious causes of perturbation. The trial and con fis t i of Rosas, the sale of public lands, the law of vagran c y' are specimens of the measures to which we allude; these we must now add the obligatory citizenshiP of sons of foreigners, as detailed in the following— roe° The Paraguay trade is bad. The Brazilian go er to are trying to induce Lopez to open up the Rice r F f t eo The American government are about to urge their e ' — o g. , on the Hopkins South American Company. Toba cca fallen in price.' " From Rio we learn that the anniversary of Br azil : independence has passed off well. Some slaves emancipated in honour of the occasion. Lord Ernest %lin Tempest is at Rio incog. COM NIERC r AL. 1. 131:Ksos AYRES, ogo l% r i o t In manufactured goods the demand for the local M a e for , has been extremely limited. This is easily accounts rtiel Our short winter is now approaching its close, and Oripg... are apparently in no humour to ant i c i pate the si l t be supplies, which seldom commence to any great ext eil h ove fore the month of September. For the last three gou t of have had no communication, we may say, with the e eti OS; districts, owing to the impracticable state of the, Ips l and though the dry weather of the present mon th e el part obviated that difficulty, another obstacle has p et been nearly as insurmountable. Our dry weather ha s a , a 4 accompanied by bleak winds and a succession of 13 ,q 0 0 frosts, that have left us hardly a vestige of ve' e s v ii s uel l and as n artificial preparation is ever mad:W.oo emergencies, the I ropuo has no choice but to 0 %0 growth of grass ; so complete is his dependence hoe bounty of Providence. In one or two instances O a of heard of .caravans carrying hay with them for o rs consumption on the road; bat they are exception s° code' that they hardly deserve to be noticed. For the. b ola. deration, on the other hand, a considerable traw,lt4oo". ness has been done. Of the goods by the Carnal'," nearly the whole have been dispose fOl for the Rosario ; and it is probable that the s um the' happen with those latterly imported by briag Wild Wave. For that destination there is . 11 4 11v, demand, and even spring supplies are being ranuti,"or prices that help to relieve and compensate the w o re tony of the local market. For Paraguay we are n ot a oth ; that any thirg has been done in the course of the ms,° ale • but as this is a traffic that comes by fits and sta;io6 may look forward with greater confidence to the e ,, -- gelic mouth. The certainty is they continue to export len ient an' of course can afford to import in the same preff t . e at• and are almost certain to do so in the course of w e n 'verf Altogether our imports in this department have bee aired moderate, and certain articles are now urgently r,,el d to to make up assortments. Prices as yet ore nota`;Pate beast of, but with the Conrederation as a safetY leis 'the/ have less to fear than formerly from pleth)ra, wi le ; thing' should happen to gat glutted at the same tit° ; O f th e not very improbable, when the successful results in tbo irst speculations become generally known.; ana as idabl i! " ease the danger of a reuction is equally M' vei . o 43 it 4 a Meanwhile, our import m arket has in port ree n Ce as d healthy tone ; and with our past eg° el4 4 ,:j v of th lr safeguard, we feel entitled to auger 11 °P e ' - fte ur e. PERNAMBUCO, Sept 21.--Fu;ar : Since the date of tle o o n e e e in cow. ea not last circular our market has been very du ll, of the continued fall in prices in Europe, the entries A tl i' t be to 18,567 bags, or about 1,326 tons, and alt11) 11 gi n e weath ersugar are continues sm all smaller th very an m g favourable,been ne expected'arrivals e. shipments during the same period have been 4,0 0 , Cotton : The accoun s received per Petropolis steam the steadiness of the market in England, caused pr itr ' ' O O advance about 5 per cent, both on the spot and in one is descriptions, but comparatively littl e has bean "..,; 0 0tP A Parstibas, and the price remains the same as las t "; The receipts during the month have been 3,37 1 bsg A 'be e : the shipments were 3,032 b, , g4. Hides: 'There 1131 ; no at"' some considerable shipm. nts made during the owl* chiefly to Franco, and although prices have var i , e , be the market is rat her firmer, 305 to 310 rs. per lb..uatitotlL, paid here, and 118000 to 118500 per arroba f 01) 3 ports. Rum : The demand for the River Plate an t p 0 1 4 Janeiro has been fair, and prices have varied a li t t ;: t i re a g ' ruled from 1128000 to 1208000 per pipe Freigil - O . abil, few transactions have taken place during the t a t , - f e, 4 l consequence of the small quani y of produce ash an d o r. and absence of orders for sl ipment, 3 Begli" . „ I La — Dutch vessel wre chartered for the Chu el orders at 30( and 5 par cent., 1 English $01; Valparaiso at 20i and 5 pa r ca n t , and 4 vese e- a ballast to Liverpool at 10( 15( and 20( par tea 1111 a 0 11 4 cent., and Cotton at 1 1- and 7116 per lb, and 5 f v e - m e Exchange : The rate h as b een gra d u ally receding assl r- s lc to 271 d, and 273 d; . at these rates about £130, 0 -/u nte 13 1 . 1 . ; c 1 transacted during the month. Discounts : % A ka 5 0 reduced the rate to 9 per cent. for Bills at 4 ra ° l o at money has been plentiful during the month at a 0 same ra e. Rio JANEIRO, Sept 14 —The Coine Marke t '4;l the 11th and 12 , h. Business continued with all • l a ce fell and 118,500 bass were sold, making total sales e 4 . l al eel Ist instant 143 500 bags ;of which 57,400 are ele s a ' a' the United States, 72,100 for the Chealivtostleili North of Europe, 11,000 for the 3.l.„edLt:s rd. and 3 000 for the Cape of Good Hope. rr" - ,,f a 1 1t 58050 to 58150 for dealer's, round lots, some i n ° had been long on hand, and, as repotted clasnittio: lase, comprised much of very ordinal t D at a showing a e e cline on such lots of a"! es 50; per arroba, while priaee of picked ssicatio ss L it maintained. We quote Superiors, 5550 0 t° ,3 lO s ' Utr' C l as good firsts, 58200 to 58100. Stock left on ha ° li • bagg, and arrivals are fair in quantity, and 01 c and better in quality. - • INDIAN AiuriNii9f In c )ps , (pence of the press being orrl, r of Government, the on} tai) sTsc'esoltl' ni - Taius at Calcutta, corn?s thro Y uffh P rivltt 111 11' ces, 'no accompanying letter, wr itten „De, i n i Teliant of good standing tl-ere, contains P:ij most unbiased information ' that e°- • had : 1 9d1 ; e fr CALC UTT Bth Septerav — ' t ool As we recently led ycu to expect, we now nd ° Gie s " much in the same position we were a month sg.::olo°* not ben able to effect the of ' 1- Vo l° and now awaits reinforcements at CawsPors' th Delhi the ace ;nuts are favou able, and we at 1611g— jo te , to entertain a hope of th?, early fall of that citY••coesei Punj.:,ub all is quiet, the prompt and vigarottg. 131 6/151 sa le s ' there taken by the authorities have been dea cle t , we 6" cessful, and form an admirable cOmmentarY °llt r 'eg• vAcillatirg policy of Lord Canning and his by tll'" It might reasonably have been supposed thatthogieg. time they at least had ha 1 ehou , h of the far es °f , / mutinous re 'meets for their goo d conduct att' ete rie tl not so, ho rit ever. Lord Can ing, with bar alf th a obstinacy, still pursues the s ame insane Poliel'aciateleer few days ago, by his a pp rova l, General 1101rsaY o f the deeply disaff ec t e d t roo p s o f Barrackpore, sooluu thanking them f or th e i r " r ecent good condaet?' %gale with requesting th em t o vo l u nteer for China, a oo I ; c i they received with contemptuous s ilence sa id b e d se believes the G en e ra l s p o k e the truth when u t as made it without the cognizance of the gove rll9l : ek e he has neith e r been suspended : nor 111 1111`1