The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-12-20 00:00:00

THE NORTHERN TIME S.—LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY. -............. _ Iriv c MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL. Ii OMIE TAX REFORM—GRAAT MEETING IN States, that this department will purchase the same until house rent, 4,6311 is Id ; making a total of 15,1651 hane, 12s 1 I e lfi BIRMINGHAM. --- the 31 March next, unless the sum of 1,500,000 dollars shall 15s 10d, and being an increase of 906/ 16s 7d on 22 ; Whea LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY EVENING. be previously obtain3d, and will pay, in addition to the 12s 6d. town meet i ng the preceding half-year. The dividend for the evA ,„ : _ . mi was held in Birmingham, on Thursday The Cotton Market to day was very firm, closing interest accrued from the dde of the last . semi-annual half year, at the rate of 7 per cent per annum, WAI [lei go ' v 4 e i r ug, to consider the propriety of metnorialising the at an advance of fully id per lb on last Friday's dividend of interest thereon, together with one day's would be payable on the 15th January next. The There w flu M ayo rtalen t on the present oppressive income tax. The quotations: The sales to day were 12,000 bales, adiitional interest for the money to reach the vendor, the and, with I le d coucirtp7,sided, and most of the members of the town , including 3,000 on speculation and for export. following rates of premium on said stock : For the stock report was adopted. <t- is per qua ThA'l,„. and many of the leading manufacturers were present. Messrs. Wright, junior, in their circular issed for of 1842 a premium of 10 per cent.; for the stock of 1847 there was] el - 'ssayor, i n - and 1848 a premium of 16 per cent.; and for the stock of kl7ommerrtal - 7.ll:eilignce. ftl to an income , opening the business, said he was not opposed the Niagara, which sails to morrow for the United 'be - administered; tax, if it was fairly imposed and properly States gives the following particulars respecting 1850, commonly called Texas Indemnity stock, a premium in T h h e er p e r D w ic l be but he was decidedly opposed to the amount of the tax the movements of the trade during the past of 6 per cent. • LIVERPOOL COTTON MARK U.—DEC. 19. 111 a nd d --z now levied. Mr. Mentz, M.P., said he was o- At the London Stock and Share Market a very There has been an active market for Cotton during the week :- 1 - ii o la sed s to . the tax. It was unjust because partial; , . past week. The trade have operated to a large extent, t,olimited business was done to-day, and the variations in our circular advices of 12th instant, per Europa, we and . speculators have taken a fair . interest . . Holders con rof self, 0 inquisitorial that no man could help him- in the value of the principal lines has not been to p ted the cotton market steady and quiet at the close. tinue to offer their stocks with considerable liberality. CC tot ', In former times the people of England would es any great extent. 'With one or two exceptions, but are firm in their demands, and a daily gradual hard- The supi B e former ut u - has a , .„ P p with such a tax. The Ship Money r T e h or oenin business of the week under review was not prices have shown a downward tendency. Great ening in price has ensued, resulting in the week in an and firkins characterised by any notable chance . An average extent .., lit, .I, s _ u trifle compared with this, yet that led to a rebellion.isi orthern, Lancashire and 'Yorkshire, Brighton, advance of about Id per lb. on all classes of American. Firsts, 122 " 0 rda of sales were daily effected, the trade being the principal of th e ~.0 Y , we ought at least to secure unanimity against Midlmd, and North British, were about 5s lower : Brazil and Egyptian in better request atextreme rates. Fifths, 995, r'i , lent s vernment as a means of putting an end to the pre- operators, and holders meeting the demand as required Surat in good demand, and rather dearer. IV N re . system of income tax. The fact was, that members of Tuesday's Manchester market resulting favourably f or spin- and East_ Lancashire, Edinburgh, Perth, and Dun- The weekly mks are 55,860 bales, of which 9,690 are on GLAS oi ra. 2';:loo merit were not independent einough of the govern- tiers and manufacturers, inflaenced renewed activity here on dee, Great Western, North Western, and South speculation, and 3,380 are for export. . There w, V' ~p f it, or the thing would not have gone on so long. H e Wednesday, when 10,000 bales changed hands at harden- Eastern were higher about 5s to 10s. The French This week. Nicespaid Currt. Prices. at 735. Itei,,La : for it in the first instance as a dire necessity, and for o f ing prices, but without quotable advance. Speculators and lines were dull, but Lombardo Venetian and Grand Import. Sales. Description. this week• Mid. Fair. Stocks. tuipuioritteedd it, other terms he would never have exporters participating, and by their action infusing spirit Trunk of Canada slightly improved. The East ——-- -- --- be LIN if At present many who were best title to pay did into the transactions, which have continued on a more Indian declined about 10s. d. d. d. d. ( 330 Sea Island - 7a to 34 13 • 15 0 I, L ' e Pay a farthing, and the greatest liars got off the easiest. liberal scale since then. An active demand for money In Joint Stock Bank Shares prices have given 930 1 9850 Upland --51 to 71 6 15-16 71 Ny il is present mode of assessment was a farce, and anything accommodation has prevailed, and as our imports are 7420 Mobile --5/to 74 7 74 210008 way to a slight extent. Bank of Australia, •• 19834 21700 New Orleans 51 to Si 7 11-16 71 37 2780 Brazil - --6 i to 84 6f 74 23510 4 1 at i d preferable to the actual system, which was inquisitorial increasing, this feature . is likely to continue,. but in antici . Ottoman Bank, and London Chartered of Austalia, easier, import S l c A o loi t r h : ! 4 ' just. Let there be a bona fide property tax, and if pation of large arrivals of specie and the improved position 1074 3960 Egyptian - - 6f to 12 6t 7i 40440 Ighoattl2rld not be done, let the income and property tax be have_ be in done at rather lower prices. r, of the funds in the Banks of . England and France, the.. West India - to fit 7 960 ) 6 .....“ .-T. () f both to - Tether. He moved as the first resolution interest rates have . again been reduced, and now std _ln Miscellaneous Shares Canada Land have •• 24621 9820 East India -44t051 4f 5 1-16 65720 the sales a advanced to 125, and the Government 6 per Cents _— —-- —._ sipore at 5: 0 ' , -, li j at iaat_the inc me tax laws, in their present form, are at 6 per cent. This measure, being somewhat unexpected Crustal Palace brought 21, national Dis- 55185 55860 Total 341290 Benares at A town meeting was held in Birmingham, on Thursday "e ning . , to consider the propriety of memorialising the gov ernment on the p resen t o pp ress i ve i ncome tax . The Mayor' presided, and most of the members of the town eonneil and - many of the leading manufacturers were present. an income in op en i ng th e b us i ness , said he was not opposed _ Or the aanunistered ; but he was decidedly opposed to the amount biz now levied. Mr. Muntz, M.P., said he was op- P e a sed to th e tax. It was unjust b ecause part i a l ; • . s ° inquisitori a l th a t no m a n could help him. at In former times the people of England would have put up w ith suc h a tax. Th e Ship M one y . ev e a trifle compared with this, yet that led to a rebellion. Our day, we ought at least to secure unanimity against , g ov ernment as a means of putting an end to the pre system Of in come tax. Th e f act was, t h at mem b ers o f aera; li,a,ment were not independent 'enough of the govern reeor the thing would not have gone on so long. He • 'ea for it in the first instance as a dire necessity, and for a limi ted h , term —upon other terms he would never have top Ported it. At present many who were best atle to pay did , r e t o lley a farthing, and the greatest liars got off the easiest. .14 present mode of assessment was a farce, and anything the Preferable to the actual system, which was inquisitorial th at l thitlet. Let there be a bona fide property tax, and if got .. ?ould not he done, let the income and property tax be of both toeether. He moved as the first resolution aojoa• t le , at the i ncome tax laws, in their present form, are tel etated npressive, and degrading, and ought not to be ea t i sfi _, by a free people, and that the people should be e e „ e.‘ , , o l , with nothing less than their total and immediate Being""l . Mr. Scholefiela, 11. P., seconded the resolution. Property i n favour ee;.tirect taxation, he advocated an equitable and tag__ . `"1 th e ; thing not to be obtained with an income tax, Ab` ecquisitorial nature of the levy should be got rid of. Tree,nlerty tax was best for the government and the people. • dueelieeed that the income tax was so inquisitorial , Peressiv e in its present form, that the people of re at !rnd would endure it no longer. If Government per kee''' in adh er i ng to the literal interpretat i on o f t h e ac t t o do4 th e sixteenpence till 1858, their conduct would call circa p 6 ▪ r epresentation Al them national condemnation. It must be a • th e 6 re presentation t o i n duce him to vote for tenpence in outed Ra wl • As to the present system of assessment, it was em end ' Y intolerable, Mr. J. S. Wright moved an • the t„ me nt praying for an equitable adjustment of it "roe - tax • th t the ebe a distinction between a n d , a r realised property ; and that the tax be levied ,t 2,040 graduated scale. He would have the man with tert a i n ° Year pay a higher rate than a man with an we . rape ' fl oomo. This was not seconded, and the original veas carried unan i mous ly. Mr. George Dawson h ave eu the next resolution. He believed that they would it sea r Make a fair income tax, do what they would. In fact, i°aat3_,El confiscation of the property of the middle class, who lie s e a u , r g h o o adin g to action. The rch man was comparatively qbd government of this country was a family warren, boue ee lii°ll° Poly for the order of the governors. He de e, too d the secret commissions as an illegal office. It was leer e t re an honourable office than the hangman's. If they but ° have commissioners, let the people elect them. teetitgovernment officials— they were a self-governing Peopl e , ' The income tax was not liked, and he believed the ascended have it no longer. Mr. Alderman Manton opp ee the resolution. He mentioned as an instance of Vei e i t s . s . L ien within his knowledge that a trade, the profits on h ue d had been as low as £3O. and never amounted to one tesuleree' and fifty pounds, was assessed at £5OO. The eeee fen, which was as follows, was carried unanimously : co eato ac this meeting condemns the mode in which the ha ve issioners for general purposes under income tax laws th e d t „ ° ,°, frequently exercised their powers, and declares that Itriti 3 l7: Les of additional commissioners' are such as no B`pglihlegislaturo ought to be allowed to impose, and no • ati s ts °la ° ought to perform." The meeting was after ee too addressed by Mr. T. A. Attwood and other gentlemen. p t ul a riaLto the Queen and a petition to parliament were l'he hall was well filled from the commencement e close of the meeting. e Vir tu , -4 , - WE Do WITH OUR. U 0 NVICTS.--Anex-M.P. fettlYester , • e • b daY 8 Daily News, after endorsing the views set Jtir, ' ll 'ar , Alderson's charge to the Liverpool grand elohiona.,e,risearys Years ago I pointed out a place infinitely. e in every important feature to Australia. Th b ra :tit() temperate, yet sufficiently severe to prevent . the ra tth e e -e° of &bush ranging ; the soil fertile,' bat requiring 'le %jet-Ir' labour to render that fertility available for . sub ' rorr e e- ie re i the existing population scanty, yet sufficiently eh a - aole to deter the convicts from attempting to escape ; l et i l e ' a llee of employment, not merely in agricultural t labo ur th at ' Cutting timber, fishing and mining, rendering certain p ," ; e aeh colony would in a few years not merely be self sup -1:1L,",'4`4, but able to reward, and reward well, those who had • - i',:eelaimed. Where, you will ask;is this El Dorado ? I Vanconver's Island. Yes, Vancouver's Island has tel; r ! _er,, advantage I have named ; and the plan which I beT, st ed years ago might, in default of a better, . have --, e d i p ,"tied at inconsider . able . expense. But, ; drift—drift .ae d Lte--a thousand objections s tarted, but no reason given, Zo • ' th e Governs did nothing, bat waited patiently ee e 'war what would come of it. Will the people — their only true organ, the Press, permit w, the .eh le r : l 2reent still to do nothing on a question which •of e ery day beaming more formidable ? c i s l p a ea ai lt s th ' 4 ° government as a whole, not of i di th e eabine,, deciding to wait and see what turns . up. Of :tdtlainietrative abilities of Mr. Baines I ente.ta• twin i r ,keet 'lion but on such a question he would be po then th r , a unless supported by public opinion ; and even , oi4 a ° a lone who know the tactics of the Circumlocution • can estimate the Herculean task of introducing a new ' ▪ of transportation, viz., that of making the Dilly . N ews l out a plan which affords the only r at i onal cone • °ll of the social problem, What shall we do with our e•tets o , p 40 , b . -en RITING INR.—ViThat a delicious treat it is • I ke ; blest cornh d li,opos w ed ith free, flowing writing ink. We have often A to quarrel with our very finger ends when . °_,ell4 l ; e ,_ l4 to use some of those abominable quasi-fluids s uuced , 1114 ,' Mr. E. T. Hall, of South John street, has pro f") Pr " 41 ink, which we have tried, and we do not hesitate .re e i °° °nnee it one of the best kind we ever used. It flows d by i 3 t r o f rom the pen, and is amongst other things distingifs i e l ?'fined affinity and intensity of colour.—Northern and 2s each,` 4 g4 October, 1853.—501 d in Bottles, 6d, ls, an ig , r 11 A 7w. "air NEW INIESTAND.—We have used on e of these , have Vele inkstands, anti find that it surpasses all that we ther e h' ee n ; in a word, it keeps the ink from . the air, and welt s Y Preserves it pure and free. The pen is preserved It may be used in the midst of your papers t Z h i a th t? al t slttiflee ar in o k iblotting, and is so simple in its arrangem e e r n s ate te olnnot get out of order. It is a boon to all_ 't fr ee f “ to ese Who wish to keep their table covers and t w ca r e i r n pet; V4 ir ( l e t° i nk-blots should never suffer any other o !er eore •" - -Ilampshire Telegraph and Sussex Chronicle. P" 6 18 8 d 2s 6d, 3s, and 3s 6d each. "bete ee . Av oided e °ll .—How much regret, pain, and evil may be i 5 , (1 timely forethought ! If it be desirable to ta pes time and money is it not still of greater impor e-eason look to your health ? During this inclement . -elu te we strongly advise the use of the Aromatic shortness k Of to on the chest. Coughs, colds, asthmas, lari ge rea th; pain or tightness of the chest, affections of the enti re are effectually relieved, and in many cases inealaq,_ Prevented, by the timely application ofthese eore k i n e au le plasters to the chest, which are far superior to t he the Warm plasters, and in many cases entirely superse d e o ught of of internal remedies. No person during the winter .l. road, ' 0 be without one • persons about to travel by rat • I ° lll V e ßt o e ,„*) Th in particular. '6d, Is, and is 6d each. To be had Zeude r-- - c • G. Jones, Chemist, 5, Paradise street, and 94, h - road, one door from Seymour street; where also : r ef) a 11 -e !ad the Horehound and Squills, so celebrated for r 1 , - ?b g es B ',„ - • °. ,_ , in bottles, is ltd, 2s 9d, and 4s 6d. .M . 11` .15 I. e s uow any party interested a number of t.estimo e ise, o e e 'tie great benefit derived from the Aromatic Spice ehe et Q a21 , c1 the Horehound and Squills, in affections of the 40ta it ektir e „. KE P UBLIC — N o is sooner iao THE a medicine wet public favour than a host of imitation spring l e• uz en ?° Esse nce o f H ore h oun d an d Squills, Pectoral Laraar;! s, and Aromatic Spice Plastars, are sold only at 5, `u"st treet, and 94, i London foad, and one agent n ___erie in the kinelem•--"vi' In our circular advices of 12th instant, per Europa, we reported the cotton market steady and quiet at the close. The opening business of the week under review was not characterised by any notable change. An average extent of sales were daily effected, the trade being the principal operators, and holders meeting the demand as required Tuesday's Manchester market resulting favourably for spin ners and manufacturers, influenced renewed activity here on Wednesday, when 10,000 bales changed hands at harden ing prices, but without quotable advance. Speculators and exporters participating, and by their action infusing spirit into the transactions, which have continued on a more liberal scale since then. An active demand for money accommodation has prevailed, and as our imports are increasing, this feature is likely to continue, but in antici pation of large arrivals of specie and the improved position of the funds in the Banks .of England and France, the interest rates have again been reduced, and now stand at 6 per cent. This measure, being somewhat unexpected before the turn of (ha year, imparts confilence in the present, and is calculated to stimulate the future state of trade. Later American advices are looked forward to with interest, much of our position resting on their nature in regard to supplies, and the cost at which imports come forward. The total sales of the week amount to 56,860 bales, of which 39,300 are American. Speculators have taken 9,690, and exporters 3,380, leaving 42,790 bales of all kinds to the trade. The import for same time is 55,179. bales, of which 29,447 are American. The quantity known to bo at sea from American ports is about 60,000 bales. PRICES TO-PAY. New Orleans Fair, 711 Middling, 7d Ord., 54. d to 61d MObile „ 71-,d „ 6 15-16 d „ 5 Ad to 61-1 Atlantic it 70 „ 670 „ 54.4 to 611 1856. 1815. Total taken for Consumption, 2;085,150 bls 2,035,350 bls. 11 Export (Actual) 260,470 big 184,757 his. Stock 'this day. American Brazil Egyptian Eastlndia Westlndia Total 215,820 24,500 40,400 66,080 480 347,280 Same time 1855. 176,730 56,600 45,700 86,580 3,480 369,090 The Liverpool Share Market was rather dull to-day, but prices on the whole wore maintained. The day's transactions consisted of Eastern Coun ties, 9 5.16; Great Western, 69k ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 971, 4., ; London and North Western, 1051-, a, I; London and South Western, 1074. f. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 331; 1,1; Midland, 324., . -Z.; Birmingham and Derby, 5511; York Capital Stock, 294. ; Dovers, 221. 3.16; Great Western of Canada , new, 22. p ; Magnetic Telegraph, 461. The closing prices were- Aberdeen, 13 131. Blackburn, 7 71. Chester and Birkenhead, 171 171. Caledonian, 31/ 311. Chester and 'Holyhead, 19 191. Eastern Counties, 91 98. East Lancashire, 22 5-16 22 7-16. Great Northern, 22 24 Ditto A shares, 94. 91. Great Western, 69/ 692. Lancashire and Yorkshire Stock, 971 971 Liverpool, Crosby and Southport , 18 f 184.. Lon don and North Western S to c k, 1051 106. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 334. 334.. Mid land Stock, 82/ 82/. North British, 10 101. North Staffordshire, 51 51 South Eastern and Dover, 228 22 3-16. York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 204. 21. York and North Midland, 294. 30. Leeds Capital Stock 181 181. Buffalo and Lake Huron, t Dutch Rhenish, 1 . Ip. Great Western of Canada, 241 241. Do. New Shares, 2g 24. p. Great Luxemburg, Ha 104.4. The reduction in the Bank minimum rate of discount has produced a very favourable impression in most quarters; but the continued restrictive policy pursued by the Bank of France has checked the buoyant feeling which the alteration at first excited, because it is now feared that 6 per cent. will be maintained as the quotation for several weeks. The discount firms have lowered their allowanra for deposits " on call" to 51 per cent., and to 51 per cent. for those at seven days' notice. There is now a moderate demand for discounts, but no pressure is experienced. At the same time, however, the payments on account of revenue, and the liquidation of the annual accounts, will, no doubt, continue to occasion a good enquiry for accommodation at full rates. The Funds have been supported with firmness at the closing prices current last evening, which, however, are 4. per cent. below the highest values attained after the Bank Court adjourned yester day. There were some heavy sales by the Greeks and other speculators, which imparted a heavy tone to the market, and there is still an absence of buoyancy, although the prices are steady. Consols have been within 4. per cent. of 931 H all the morning. Exchequer Bills were heavy, at 2s to 5s premium. The New 3 per Cents. were 934. to 94, and the Reduced 931 1. Bank Stock is 2171. Foreign Securities were very dull. Turkish 6 per Cents, 951 a and 951 8. Spanish 3 per Cents, 424.. Sardinian, 89 894 ; and Dutch 4 per Cents, 97. The following were the nominal prices of Foreign Stocks :-Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6 7 ; Mexican, 214. 2; Peruvian 41 per Cents, 76 8 ; do 3 per Cents, 54 6 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents, 44 6; Russian 5 per Cents, 106 8; do 41 per Cents, 95 7; Spanish 3 per Cents, 421, 1; do Deferred, 24; do Certificates, 52 6 ; do Passive, 5,1 6. Messrs. D. Bell, Son and Co. state that during the past week there has not been much activity in the market for American State Securities, whilst for railroad bonds there has been a good demand at improved prices. The report of Mr. E. F. Sat terthwaite says:- There has been an active demand for all classes of American securities in London during the past week, and holders have become exceedingly tenacious. Illinois Construction Bonds have touched 86, Freelands have brought 100, and shares 15 and 16 premium. The call recently announced on the shares has produced no adverse effect on the price, as it had been fully anticipated, as needful for the increasing business of the road. Erie Third Mortgage and Sinking Fund Bonds have brought higher rates, and are wantedat the improved rates. Michigan Central, and New York Central Bonds have also brought full rates. There is a demand for United States Six per- Cent. Bonds, from the notice of the Secretary to the Treasury. We note a considerable sale of Detroit and Mawaukie First Mortgage Bonds, at 70, and they close in demand at 70. The French Funds declined 20 centimes yester day. , This slight reaction is attributed to specula tive sales, and the reduction of the rate by the Bank of England does not appear to have been known until after business hours. The Committee of the stock Exchange are adopting precautionary measures in order, if possible to prevent the recurrence of such frauds as those recently committed by Robson and Redpath. The public have been taken somewhat by sun prise by the details given in the Bankruptcy Court relative to the enormous speculative transactions in which Leopold Redpath was engaged. Between May and November the amount of his acount floating in the market appears to have varied from 70,0001 to 131,000/. Transactions to the extent of 30,0001 in Great Northern stock, and 40,0001 in Con sols, are mentioned. Making every allowance for the position of Stock Exchange brokers, we cannot help thinking that the system of thus extending facilities for excessive speculation to the clerks of public companies and other employes is a serious evil. As a mere clerk of the Great Northern Railway, this unhappy man ought not to have been able to find respectable members of the Stock Ex change willing to conduct . for him speculations to this reckless extent. There are many firms of standing connected with the Stock Exchange who would have refused altogether to act for Red path, for the simple and sufficient reason that his ostensible means, as indicated by his position, did not warrant large speculative transactions. In the interest of the community, we hope that the com mittee of the Stock Exchange will at once interfere to check the facilities given by the members of that body to men in similar positions, for the system, if persevered in, can only lead to fresh discredit, and may even prove in some degree accessory to fur ther frauds upon the public. Subjoined is a copy of an official notice just issued by the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States :- TREASURY DEPARTMENT, Nov. 29, 1866.-Notice is hereby given to holders of stock of the loans of the United In Joint Stock Bank Shares prices have given way to a slight extent. Bank of Australia, Ottoman Bank, and London Chartered of Austalia, have be m done at rather lower prices. In Miscellaneous Shares Canada Land have advanced to 125, and the Government 6 per Cents to 1138, Crystal Palace brought 24, National Dis count Company, 6. An important undertaking is announced, under the title of the Mona United Collieries Company, limited, with a capital of one million sterling, in £lO shares. The company proposes to work, on a large scale, certain collieries, situate in the well known coal basin of Mons, in Belgium. Five of tho collieries are now in full operation, with an ample plant, and yield a minimum net profit of 'X40,000 per annum. A preferential interest of six per cent. per annum on the capital now to be raised is to form a first charge on these returns. The unworked concessions, with those applied for, occupy an area of 18.000 acres. It is mentioned, as a favourable augury of success, that the vendors have agreed to accept, in part payment, 20,000 shares (representing £200,000) denominated B shares, which, though considered as paid up, are only to receive dividends in proportion to the amount paid up on the A shares now offered to . the public. Parcels of bar gold to the extent of about 20,0001 were yesterday withdrawn front the Bank for transmission to the Continent, in payment for silver. The steamer Baron Osy arrived in the Thames yesterday from Antwerp, with a . large amount of silver on freight, estimated at about 70,0001. This remittance is destined for shipment to India. Yesterday was the last day for effecting shipments by the Indus. The amount of specie brought by the Magda lena, from the West Indies, &c., is $1,021,585 or about 204,300/. About half of this sum is in gold, and the other half in silver. This supply is expected to be in hand on Tuesday next. The wind is now favourable for, homeward-bound vessels, and the • Red Jacket from Melbourne, is calculated to have been 83 days at sea. The steamer Sultan has taken out 28,0131. in specie to the Peninsula. The rate of discount at Hamburg has suddenly risen to 6 per cent., being effected by the movement of silver. At Copenhagen, also, a , considerable rise has taken place, occasioning much inconveni.nce. As much as 8 to 10 per cent. last week, owing chiefly to to the scarcity of silver. It is scarcely necessary to remark that these rates must be regarded as merely temporary and exceptional. 1855 1854 AIANTLES and JACKETS are so a. ve generally w orn this Season, - ' I AC LE ry NNAN, 36, CHURCH-STREET , Ira sm (OPPOSIT E PARKER-STREET), and j ado arrangements to have a Case of Paris MANTLEg . "the r t e KETS, in Velvet, Reversible Cloths, and all the text ashionable Materials, delivered Every Week tor the Lavi Two Months; therefore, those Ladies desirous of i n p n Lt. E the Fashions as soon as they make their a ppearance fuli,. p.; teedcombid with moderation la prices, are respext jbjcited ispect the Stock. fag 0 ,2.: RECEIVED, from London, Two Cases contain -7co MANTLES; commencing at the extraordin ' 4- . l v Price of 4s. lid. each. SHAWL AND MANTLE WAREHOUSE, OPPOSITE PARKER STREET. e t AIT 0 - N HALL T CLAYTON SQUARE. FAREWELL CONCERT T OF BROUSIL FAMILY, I S (SATußpta) EVENING, 20TH INST., At Eight o'clock. Boxes, 25; St its Is I Gallery, 6d. hane, 12s 63; Vale of Towy, 14s, 15s; West Frances, 21i, 22 ; Wheal Grenville, 275, 28s; Wheal Harriet, 11s 6d, 12s 6d. WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET.—DEc. 19. There was only a very moderate business done today, and, with the exception of dry descriptions, wheat declined Is per quarter. Beans were also is cheaper. In barley there was no change. • DUBLIN CORN MARKET.—Nc. 19. There was a very dull market to-day, without change in.the price of any article. CORK BUTTER MARKET.-DEC. 19. The supply at to-days's market consisted of 2,400 kegs and firkins, and prices are still on the advance, viz, : Firsts, 122 s ; Seconds, 120 s ; Thirds, 108 s ; Fourths, 102 s ; Fifths, 995, per cwt. GLASGOW PIG IRON MARBET.—DEc. 19. There was hardly any business done to-day. One seller at 735. LIVERP)OL PRODUCE MARKET. (Review for the week ending Dec. 19.) SUGAR: The demand has subsided, and with a heavy import of East India, prices of this description are rather easier, other kinds remaining without material alteration ; the sales are confined to 2,400 bags Bengal, including Cos sipore at 533 6d to 555, with syrupy at 523 to 52s 6d, and Benares at 52s to 53s 6d duty paid, and 920 bags Bahia to arrive at 333 9I in bond ; a cargo of 700 tons Mauritius was sold at the close of last week at 35s per cwt in bond, afloat for the United Kingdom. MOLASSES : No transactions to report. COFFEE : The business is again of a retail character, being limited to a small parcel of Jamaica at 86s 66, 100 bags Mysore at 555, and 133 bags Santos 'at 52s per cwt. PEARL SAGO: 600 boxes realised 25s to 26s 3d for small, 27s to 27s 3d for medium, and 29s 6d to 29s 9d for large, also 550 boxes to arrive 245. Cocoa: 100 bags Guayaquil found buyers for arrival at 68s per cwt. PEPPER : 400 bags black brought 41d for sound Singa pore, and 60 bags white 81 per lb. Rice : A steady demand has prevailed, and for low de scriptions full rates has been realised ; the sales are 4,500 bags Bengal, at 9s 66 to 103 for broken, up to 13s for good table, besides 200 tons for arrival, no price named, 2,000 bags Madras at lOs 3d, 7,000 bags Arracan at 9s 9d for Larong, and Ils for Necransie, 650 bags ordinary Moul mein at lOs 3d, and 400 bags damaged Rangoon at 6s to 93 6d per cwt. Rum : No sales reported. TEA : A good business continues for nearly all descrip tions, at improved rates ; common Congous are now 9id to 10d per lb Capers and blackish-leaf kinds, from Is Id to Is 4d, are much sought after both by the trade and speculators, but the firmness of holders somewhat restrict operations. INDIGO, SHELL LAC OR LAC DYE : No sales reported. GAmBIER: 1,000 bales have been disposed of at 17s for heated, and 17s 3d for sound. Sao° FLOUR : 900 bags sold at 18s, and at 193 per cwt for small parcels. SALTPETRE : 1,000 bags have been sold at our reduced quotations. NITRATE or SODA : 400 tons for arrival at 18s. and 1,000 bags on the spot at 18s to 18s 6d per cwt LOGWoOD: 80 tons Campeachy sold at .e 8 to £3 ss, 20 tons Honduras at £6 15s, and 30 tons St. Domingo at £5. per ton. PUSTIC: 50 tons Curacoa sold at £5 12s 6d to £5 15s. CAMwooD: 8 tons Rokelle sold at £26 per ton. SAPAN WOOD: 12 tons, all faults, sold at £l7 15s per ton. LIMA WOOD: 45 tons sold at :817 to el 7 lOs per ton. Rosin : 4,000 barrels have been sold at 4s 6d to 4s 7d for common, 4s 96 to 5s for better quality, 7s to 8s for medium, and lOs to 16s 6d per cwt for fine. TURPENTINE or TAR : Nothing doing. ASHES: 170 barrels are reported, at 47s to 49s for Pot, and at 49s to 50s per cwt for Pearl. LINSEED : East India continues• scarce, and no transac tions are reported. RAPESEED: A small parcel of Bombay realised 61s 6d per quarter ; for Bengal there is no demand. HIDES : At the public sales on Tuesday. East India Kips brought very high prices, about 30,000: having been sold at 16d to 17d for good dry salted, 14id to 15d for Ist rubbed, 1316 to 1326 for 2nd rubbed, and other sorts in proportion ; 1,500 dry salted Brazil have also realised 10id for Pernams and 10d for Bahia, 300 wet salted Cape Bd, 180 Australian Bid per lb, and 2,500 River Plate Horse, 15s for salted, and lOs 6d to Ils 7d each for dry. BRIMSTONE has again been in demand, the sales being upWards of 1,500 tons, at £5 15s to £6 5s per ton, a , further advance being established, and the quotations are raised accordingly. ARGOLS have been neglected; only a few cases Perugia white are returned at 90s. TARTARS : No sales. BA.nm t 25 hhds Philadelphia were disposed of at 12s 9d. SUMAC has sold freely, 1,600 bags Palermo being reported at lls 3d to 12s, 150 bags Catania 98, and 80 bags Trieste leafy at 9s 60. BEES' WAx : 6 packages sold at ,t 7 10s. MADDER ROOTS : The only transaction reported is 47 bales good Turkey at 625, and 90 bales of Bombay, all faults, at 25s to 40.3 per cwt. ANNATTO: 4 casks flag sold at 106 per lb. OLIVE OIL has been purchased freely, the demand having been large; the sales reach 430 tuns, at daily advancing rates; quotations are now ..e57 for Gallipoli, £55 to £56 for Spanish, £55 to £55 5s for Lisbon, and £53 per tun for Mogadore. SEAL OIL: Nothing worthy of notice has taken place. COD OIL has been in good demand, on the spot and for arrival at £4B per tun. LINSEED OIL is in fair request at 37s 91 to 38s. RAPE : Pale continues without change; 50 hhds Foreign brown are reported at 475. GINGELLY : 150 casks sold at 45s to 45s 3d per cwt: 1 SPIRITS or TURPENTINE : 200 barrels American have realised 40s to 42s per cwt. PALM OIL : 370 tons sold at £45 lOs to £46 per ton. TALLOW has been in moderate demand at 59s 6d to 60s 6d for Petersburg Y.C. LARD is nominal at 82s to 84s per cwt, there being no stock here. JUTE is without change, and 1,000 bales sold at £l4 5s to £22 7s 6d for common to fine, being previous rates. HEMP: 110 bales Sunn realised £2O lOs to £22 per ton for good and fine. Monday,22bagß2oodo. Rapeseed; Dec. E . N 2 S7N 6 G B SALES B IW AUCTION. 20 brls Pot Ashes ; 8 tons Piassava. Tuesday, 23 : 1,650 bales Jute. Wednesday, 24 : 200 bales Bombay Madder Roots ; 800 do. Gambler (heated, all faults); 5 casks Honey. Wednesday, Jan. 7, 1857: 50 tons Mother -of-Pearl Shells ; 680 boxes Camphor. Thursday, 15: 70 tons Para India Rubber. LIVERPOOL PROVISION (AMERICAN) MARKET. (Report for the week ending Dec. 19.) We have to report the market for Beef as remaining without improvement. Holders continue to press sales, but dealers cannot be induced to take more than their present wants require, having throughout the season been able to make each succeeding purchase cheaper than the former. Pork moves slowly. With an assortment of better quality than the present stock consists of, there would be a good business in American ; but the new Irish is pre ferred for stores. As usual at this period of the year, the demand for Bacon is slow, but the prospects for a brisk spring trade are on the whole favourable. The price of Lard. in the absence of arrivals, is about maintained ; a considerable reduction, is inevitable, as soon as the supplies increase. The market for Cheese has not varied this week, prices are now considered reasonable, and buyers are rather more on the alert. AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS OF SCOT- LAND, 1856. The official returns of the estimated produce of the crops in Scotland for this year, of which we formerly published the acreage, have been transmitted to the Board of Trade, and show the following comparative results with those of the two preceding years : Wheat. Barley and I Oats. Bere. Beans and Turnips Potats Peas. Bushels. Bushels. Bushels. Bushels. Tons. • Tons. 7270952 6083076 31966381 1279440 . 6540 67 413890 5063t , 74 6649927 30081351 1183647 6161988 732170 4848679 8290;46 34093040 10 4 126316411419 529915 The most remarkable feature in the returns is the extraordinary increase in the acreage and produce of wheat, which within two years have advanced 56i per cent. The Irish statistics for the present year show a result in the same direction, though not to an equal extent. But, if the returns of the two countries are put together, they will prove how rapidly farmers adapt their cultivation to the demands of the market, and how certainly an increase of price is followed by an in creased supply. Thus, the respective acreage under wheat was in— 1854. 1856. Ireland Scotland 168,216 263,328 579,500 792,691 Showing within two years an increase of 36 per cent. In other words, the breadth of wheat sown by the farmers in Ireland and Scotland has increased more than a third since 1854. But, in so far as regards Scotland, a large deduction must be made from the gross result this year, owing to the very serious damage caused by a wet harvest. The corn districts on the east coast suffered most severely, and the loss from this cause is estimated by the enumerators variously between 20 and 40 per cent. Weather so disas rous to the condition.and quality of a crop, which was COURSE OF.EXCHANGE, Amsterdam Ditto, three months .. 11 lail Leghorn .... Rotterdam.. Antwerp .. . Brussels Hamburg Altona ..... IPalermo .. . 130 Paris Ditto. three months .. 25 67a Lisbon :...... . Marseilles. Bordeaux Frankfort-on. 118; Buenos Ayres .. ..... Berlin Vienna ...... 10 41 Philadelphia Trieste Potersbur t ; 371 (Foreign Gold, in Bars .Z'3 17 9 Mad rid Cadiz . 3 494 Mexican Dollars 0 0 0 Barcelona .. New Dollars ...... 0 0 0 Seville 'Saver, iu Bara .. 0 0 0 The Bank Returns of this evening are of a satisfactory nature, showing, as they do, an in- crease in bullion of nearly 250,0001. BANK OF ENGLAND RETURNS. An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 32, for the Week ending Dec. 13, 1856 ISSUE DEPARTMENT. Credit. Government Debt Other securities '3,459,900 Gold Coin and Bullion 10,050,995 Debit. Notes issued • • 524,525,995 L 24,525,995 Total 524,525,995 lEPARTMENT. Credit. - Government se curities £10,640,867 Other securities 16,828,728 Notes 5,323,186 Gold and silver coin BANKING D: Debit. Proprietors' ca pital 'Rest Public deposits 6,300,625 Other „ 9,042,822 Seven days, and other bills.. 811,191 .. £33,934,311 Total . Total ... £33,934,311 n of the previous week, we £18,702,810 • 492,830 10,692,526 206,338 Rest . . Increase Seven day and other bills Decrease Public deposits Increase Other deposits Decrease Government securities 10,640 867 Increase Other securities ... 16,828,728 Decrease 560,937 Notes unemployed Increase The Chartered Bank of Australia held their half yearly meeting to-day. The balance sheet represented that on the 31st of December, 1855, the balance in hand was 11,1031. 14s 11d, and that the balance of profit and loss in London and in the colonies for the half-year ending the 30th of June, 1856, amounted to 17,3601. Os ld. On the other side it appeared that the fourth dividend of 2 per cent. for the half year ending 31st Dec , 1855, had absorbed 11,0001, and the proportion of Parliamentary expenses for the half-year ending 30th June last, 5811 4s 4d, while the dividend to be proposed at that meeting would require the outlay of 14375/. The balance then to be carried forward to the next account would amount to 2,5071. 10s Sd. , The half-yearly meeting of the South Australian Company was also held to-day. The report embraced the transactions in the colony during the six months ending the 30th April last. The affairs of the company continued in a prosperous state, and manifested a gradual improvement. The rent rolls, made up as usual to 25th March last, showed an increase on the gross annual rental reported at the last annual meeting in June, of 1,3421 13s 4d; and 2,5971 over the amount on the 25th of March, 1855. The particulars were as follows, viz. : Rental, of country lands, 15,3161 5s 7d ; rental of town lands and buildings, 4,2001 18s 6d ; rental of port lands and buildings, 2,1781 14s ; rental of mineral lands, 8471 is; making a total of 22,542/ 193 ld. This increase arose from new leases granted, renewals of others about to expire, and from an advance of rent on some of the country sections in the second and third terms of their leases. The amount of revenue derived from rents, wharfage, and warehouse rent, which had been carried to credit for the half-year at the 30th of April last was as follows:—Rent from country lands, 7,0961 Os 9d ; town lands and buildings, 2,0581 14s 3d, port lands and buildings, 1,04918 s 3d ; mineral lands, 330111 s 6d; wharfage and ware- Compared with the retui have the following results : Active circulation Decrease Bullion Increase LIVERPOOL PRODUCE MARKET.--DEC. 19. SUGAR : We continue to have a quiet marzet, and only 550 bags Benares sold at 53s per cwt. MOLASSES, Rum, AND COFFEE : Nothing has occurred. RICE: Of 4,000 bags Bengal offered by auction, 2,500 were sold at lOs to lOs 6d per cwt for broken to low middling. SALTPETRE : 600 bags have been taken at 40s to 45s per cwt for 6i to 3 per cent refraction. JUTE : About 4,000 bales were brought to auction this morning, of which, 1,150 bales wore sold, at prices ranging from .t'l6 5s to X 22 12s 6d, being previous rates, the re mainder being withdrawn through thelfirmness of holders. DaMP : 100 bales Sunu brought £2O lOs to £2os 15s per ton. MYRABOLAMS: 1,000 bags sold at 9s. GAMBIER: 200 bales sold at 17s 3d per cwt. PEPPER: 100 bags Singapore black sold at 41d per lb. LIVERPOOL (sconn) PIG IRON MARKET. —DEC. 19. Our market for warrants closes with buyers at 73s cash, and 74s three months open. Business reported -500 tons at 74s three months open. LIVERPOOL CORN MARKET.—DEc. 19. We have had a more general enquiry for Wheat at our market this morning, and the demand has been more healthy than of late, but it 'has been confined chiefly among the retail millers, and, though the transactions are more extended, they do not altogether exceed a moderate amount of business ; in some instances rather lower prices have been accepted, but we can hardly note them gene rally cheaper; one or two lots of fair American red with a slight mixture of Oats, have been purchased for the interior at 8s Id to 8s 2d per 70 lbs ; the market closes firmer for such at 8s 2d to 8s 3d. The Flour trade is steady at previous rates. Beaus are rather cheaper and very slow of sale. Oats and Oatmeal in moderate request at our quotations of Tuesday. Indian Corn has declined 6d per qr for mixed, 32s 6d having been taken from the quay-; white is nominally unaltered ; on the whole but little done. Arrivals from the 16th to the 18th December, 1856, inclusive.—lnto Liverpool from Ireland—Wheat, 99 qrs; barley, 14 qrs • oats, 1,691 qrs ; oatmeal, 3,934 sacks; flour, 1,144 sa cks. Coastwise—Malt, 25 qrs; oatmeal, 3 sacks; flour, 7 sacks. Canada, &c.—Oats, 812; flour, 3 brls. United States—Wheat, 16,993 qrs ; Indian corn, 5,960 qrs; flour, 11,788 brls. Europe, &c.—Beans, 287 qrs ; pease, 25 qrs. Egypt—Wheat, 3,865 qrs. Total— Wheat, 20,957 qrs; barley, 14 qrs; malt, 25 qrs; oats, 2,503 qrs; beans, 287 qrs; pease, 25 qrs; Indian corn, 5,980 qrs ; oatmeal, 3,957 qrs ; flour, 1,151 sacks, 11,791 brls. R. MAKIN & SONS. AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE MARKET.--DEC. 19 Per stone, 201b . e. I Per ginlis. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. l Say, 01d...... 06to 0 8 1 Ditto, new 0 0 to 0 0 Ditto, clover 0 6 fo 0 7 Green Clover Vetches 0 0 to 0 0 Straw, wheat 0 2a to 0 3 Ditto, oat Ditto, barley 0 2a to 02a Oats, in straw 0 0 to 0 IPo.atoes, Seedlings 3 6 to 3 9 Ditto, Kemps 3 9 to 4 1 (Ditto, Whaerocks 3 0 to 3 3 Ditto, Balshaws 2ll to 3 1 Ditto, Beldrums... 2 8 to 2 10 Ditto, cattle Per ton. 'Turnips lB 0 'Carrots mangle wurzel 17 0 Manure Ti 0 to 19 0 to 0 u to 18 0 to 7 0 MANCHESTER TRADE REPORT.—DEc. 19. There was a very quiet market to-day, sellers asking for a further advance, checking business. LONDON PRODUCE MARKET. —DEC. 19. StIOAU : We have had a very dull market for this article during the week, and some importers, in order to close their accounts before the expiration of the year, have submitted to a reduction of Is to 2a to effect sales. Refined has declined Is. Lumps, 61s to 635; Our market will clOse on Wednesday next, and re-open on the 6th January. COFFEE : The :public sales have gone off steadily at previous rates. Native Ceylon, 52s 6d to 535. TEA : There has been a good demand this week, chiefly on speculation, at last week's currency, but holders have pretty generally asked higher prices, which has prevented a large business being done, but the article has an upward tendency. RICE : A fair amount of business done at the full prices of last week. SALTPETRE : It is difficult to give quotations, so small has been the amount of business done ; yet it is evident sales could not be made without submitting to a serious decline on last week's prices. SPICES : The public sales have generally gone off about last week's prices, with the exception of Cassia Lignea, which has declined 4s to ss. COTTON: Ahout 1,000 bales' sold during the week at previous rates. Rum: There has been a fair demand during the week, and prices aro id to Id dearer ; Demerara, 2s 9d to 2s 10d, proof; Leeward, 2s sd, proof. JUTE has sold at rather higher prices. COCHINEAL sold in public at Id to 2d advance. Dunne have sold heavily in the fortnightly sale. in other articles no material alteration. Sales as usuul are limited towards the close of the year. LONDON TALLOW MARKET.-Dn. 19. The tallow market is quiet at the following quotations : —Town tallow, 58s 6d nett cash ; Petersburg Y. C., on the spot, 58s 9d ; all this month, 58s 3d ; January to March, 58s 31 to 58s 6d. BOROLIGH HOP MARKET.—DEC. 19. There is still a good demand for hops, at improved prices. LONDON CORN MARKET.—Dsc. 19. The English wheat left over from Monday was tolerably well cleared off to-day at the decline then noted. Foreign wheat was in little request, and where sales were pressed 2s less money was taken. Flour 6d to is per barrel and sack cheaper. Barley fully supported the rates of Monday. Oats were dull sale and rather cheaper. Beans and Pease sold much on the same terms as before. ARRIVALS INTO LONDON FROM DEC. 15 TO DEC. 19. Wheat. Barley Oats Malt, &WWI and Scotch Irish 4020 3840 110 2770 Flour, 140 sacks. 24 Foreign. •. •. 30160 Go 2280 1140 7410 ;,250 barr e ls. 1. Lori DON AVERAGES: Wheat, 64s 4d; Barley, 43s 10d; oats, 27s 11d; Rye, Os 0d; Beans, 89s 6d; Pease, 451 Bd. IMPERIAL AVERAGES. Wheat. Barley. Oats. Rye. Beans. Pease. Nov. 8.. 655 3d 46s 8d 26s 5d 40s 4d 46s 04 145 s gd 15 .. 64s 4d 46s 7d 26s 24 41s 7d 47s 341438 2d --22 .. 63s 9d 45s 7(1 25s V 40s 4d 46s Sdl43s 6d -- 29 .. 61s lld 44s 114 245 8d 424 Od 45s 6d 43s Id -- 6 .• 60s lld 43s 10d 25s 0,1395 11d 44s 54418 14 Dec. 13 .. 608 14 43s Id 'Ss 5d 42s Id 43. 74 41s 10d - - - 6wk'sAg.Av. fl2s 84 45s 14 ,25. 3d 4os Ho 45s 64 ; 43s 14 LONDON CATTLE MARKET.—DEc. 19 The number of beasts is small for the day ; consequently trade is brisk, and prices are rather better than on Mon day last. The supply of sheep was quite as large as was expected, although choicest descriptions are not very Plentiful. Monday's quotations are well supported, and. in a few instances, exceeded. Calf trade dull-, except for primest quality. Foreign supply consists of about 60 beasts, 240 sheep, and 228 calves. From Norfolk and Suffolk. 400 beasts ; 250 beasts from the Northern and Midland, and 130 milch cows from the Home Counties. Per stone of Blbs. s. d. s, d Per stone of 8113 s. a. d. s. d Best Sews, Herefords 410 5 2 Best Dn.& Hf-bred Sh Best Short-horns 4 8 5 0 Best Long-wools 4 8 5 0 Second quality beasts 3 4 4 2 Do. do. Shorn Calves 4 0 5 2 Ewes and 2nd quality 3 8 4 4 Pigs Best Dns & Ilf-brcds 5 2 5 4 Lambs — Beasts at market, 1,284; sheep and lambs, 5,510; calves, 305; pigs, 143. LONDON MINING MARKET.-DEC. 19. The market for British mining securities is rather quiet; but skr-es in dividend paying, and good progressive mines, which are very sparingly offered at pcpsent prices, continue in good request: Sortridge Consols shares continue to show a drooping tendency. In foreign and colonial mining stocks there is no move ment whatever. Nouveau Monde shares are marked 2e 6d. Subjoined is a list of yesterday's transaeTtiOnTitT the Mining Exchange : —Alfred Consols, 171; Great Alfred, 13, a , 123, 13 ; Great South Tolgns, 14 ; Great Vor, 5, k ; North Crofty, 41, s ; South Caradon, 346, 350, 340, 345 ; Stray Park and Camborne Vean, 41; Trewetha, ; Tre- otherwise most promising, has not been experienced since 1816. • The potato crop. which last year was so abundant both in England and Scotland, is this year much less productive in the latter country. With a slightly increased acreage the estimated produce has suddenly dropped by 43 per cent, and is an additi ona l proof, if any were wanting after the Ir ish famine, of the utter unfitness of this crop to be relied on as the main article of a nation's food. The gross results of this year's crop, as compared with that of last year in Scotland, show an increase of about one twelfth in the yield of corn, bat that will be more than balanced by the deterioration of quality and by the deficiency in potatoes. On the whole, we gather from these returns that the Scotch harvest of 1856 will yield hardly so much food as that of 1855, and about 5 per cent less than that of 1854. - This is now the third year in which these statistics have been voluntarily returned by the farmers of Scotland, and each year's experience has added to their correctness and value. No testimony could be more trustworthy than that of the farmers themselves, as given in these returns, to their unobjectionable character ; and we cordially join with Mr. Hall MAwell in the conclusion of this report, which is as follows : "It is my pleasing duty to inform my Lords that the returns continue to be freely and voluntarily made by the agricultural community. Instances there are, no doubt, of opponents, who plead the objections so frequently heard in England ; bpt such cases are singular. The farmers of Scotland have practically satisfied themselves that the enquiry is in no respect ir qaisitorial; and that it cannot possibly divulge or compromise individual interests. They appreciate with intelligence the importance of statistical information, and they would rejoice could the enquiry be systematically extended over the three countries, believing that its results are comparatively valueless so long as its operation is partial." SKIPPING IN LELLIGENCE DECEMREH 20. 7 Sven. 5 59 —Height, 11 ft. 8 in ' 'VED. swallow Seamander (s.s.) Alexandria Nation Er New n (a . ) . Win. Bell K,lrush Sapphire Glasow John alilntho g rp sarah and Mary Charlestim P. E. Island lan 7.......... ....... Pentewart Riniko Castle Newport Six Brothers...—. Carnar von .ED. lAteppo ' Uncle Toby. Boston Abbots Beading Valparaiso S. Carlin g New Crleans ElizabsthA.Bright St.John,N.B. R LOA DING. Italian (s.s.) . H..vre Fortune Moultan • • Lima Constellation New York James Foster, jun New York Saratoga Anne Baldwin Pernambuco Aurora. Rio Janeiro Golconda. Sydney Alms.... Wein/Iwo n, N.Z. Atrevida Vera Cruz lonian Caldera and Callao OUTPORTS. LIVERPOOL. Rion WATER—Morn. 5 27-4 ARM' • Dec. 19. Athens ... . Victortne . Ostend Mary Plra,ants Oran Callao Firefly Dreadnought New York Windsor eorreat .. Greenock Wm. He 11.... MeggY ... ..Taganrog West Docks. ... ..... Dungarvon . SAIL Dec. lg. We'ster.. New Yolk Snowden . Newfounliand Alexander Baring ......Calcuttal Robert Ritson Calcutta Neptune .. New York ENTERED PC Dec. 18. George Andreas Babia Ann E. Hover.... ...Baltimore St. Andrew (s.s.) Rosanna Barbadoea Victor Emanuel Bark hill Bur nos Ayres Nottingham Calm to llfaha Ranee Calcutta Athens (s.)..Constantinople. &c. Mary Bibby Demerara Vigo rlavannah, &c. Falmouth, Dec. 17.—Arrived—Iona, Davison, from Shields fc r Trieste, will loss of foretoptnast, &c.—Aan and uarah, Booth, from Alexandria. Waterford, Dec. 19.—Arrived—Alnwick, White, from bliramichi— FraterniUul, Olsen,Chflatz. Beaumaris, Dec. 18.—Arrived—Qneen, Pritchard, from Liverpool for Genoa. Folkestone, Dec. 17.—Off—Victor, Halwyck, from Ostend for Liverpool. Portinad, Dec. 16.—Off—Albertina, Kreiger, front Hambro for Liverpool. Plymouth—Arrived—Sverige, from Liverpool for Africa. Greenock, Dec. 18.—Arrived—Martha'a Vineyard, from New York-Catherine, Rouen—Don Pedro (as.), Lisbon. _ _ Dublin.—Arrived—Hetrick, from Leghtiin—Kate, Rotterdam. MARITIME EXTRACTS. Liverpool, Dec. 19.—The clipper-ship Robin Hood, from Aber deen, and shin General Berry, for New Orleans, were in collision last evening, in the Sloyue. The former had bulwarks stove, &c., and the latter lost jibboom, anchor, chain, &c. ; bath vessels sub. sequently drove foul of the Inez, from St. John, N. 8., which sus taineronly trifling damage.—The Fury (s. tug); Swallow, Murray; and West Decks, Power—all from Dungarvon with wrecked goods from the Adriatic.—The Ericsson (s.s ). Lowlier. from New York, arrived In the Mersey this evening at 8 o'clock, bringing dates up the 6th inst. She has 11 passengers and 50,000 dols. On the 17th bast., spoke the American shit) Irene; bound west. A few bales of cotton from the ;. L. Warner have reached Wexford. The Ripon (P..M.5.), which left Southampton Dec. 4, for Alex. andria, with tte India and China mails, was at Co: ana on the 12th, coaling. Oporto, Dec. B.—lt has been blowing a hurricane frcro S.W. &II night and to-day, with a very heavy sea on the bar for some days, Mary Bradford, Thompson. from Ca-cldl at New York, having experienced very heavy weather west of the Banks, and has had head of rudder sprung. The Britishbaigne - Ro:lerick, from Prince Edward 'eland, sup• posed for Boston. is reported by telegraph ashore on Saud Point— no particulars. New Yo,k, Dec. 6.—The schooner Brazos, Fidget, from New Orleans for Bailie, Hon., was wrecked un the morning of the 20ta of Oct3her, on the Coral Beef, Northern Mangles, about 80 miles from Belize. The captain and crew arrived at Belize on the 3rd ult. The captain reports the vessel full of water. Vessel and cargo a total loss. The pAssen_ era were four or five days on the wreck without provisions before they were taken off. There was no insur ance on the vessel. The cargo was insured in New Orleans.—Capt. Giet, of the ship Whirlwind, arrived to-day, reports, on the out ward passage to Australia (sailed hence Feb 29) in running down her casting, In 48 and 50 to 53 south, fell in with very large icebergs and saw ice for 12 days from 11 degrees F. to 75 degrees. Saw more or less ice every day. He says: I would caution all shipmasters to be very careful after getting into E longitude Sof 45. Although making the same passage last time, and saw no ice, yet this time the sea had the appearance of being full of it, and I was obliged to shorten sail every night and frequently during the day, as the, snow squalls and thick fogs were very frequent, and at times it was irnposs ble to see beyond the vessel's length. SPOKEN. In lat. Lou. Nov. 21.. Newhaven, hence to St. Croix l7 N.. 60 W. Nov. 10.. Josiah Bradley Nov. 13... Albania, for Rio Janeiro . Nov. 17.. Sesostres, of Liverpool, bound south Dec. 13—Columbia, : hence to Melbourne, off Tutkar at 3 30, a.m FOREIGN PORTS. The following vessels were at Chinchas previous to Nov. g —The Consul, Nepaul, Albatross, Ebba Brahe, Eldorado, Wallace, Alma, Chesterholme. Nob Roy, Santisga, A. H. Stephens, Libertas, Ard. millan, atideira, and Earl of Hareweod. The following vessels sailed from Chinches in October:—Tl eB. L. Harriman, Olive Branch, Athol Bimmonds, Geo. Metcalfe, Shakespeare, Empress of the Sea, Nabob, S. Gildersliere, Humboldt, Ellen Hood, and Samuel Watts. John Laweonsailed from Acajutls for l lverpool, Sept 4. Alexander sailed from Acejutia for Gurvaquil, Sept. 2i. Westbourne, from Sane Jese at Acajuita. Cathaya, hence at Valparaiso in 84 days. Odessa, Albrecht; and Montmorency, Brown—both at St. Thomas for New Orleans. Queen, Batchelor, hence at Paerto Cabello. Orontes, from Trebizonde at Constantinople. Mery Stewart, hence at Trieste. Verwatching, hence at Viie. S tOird, hence at Adelaide. Valparaiso (s.a.), Wells, hence at Madeira for Brazils, all well, in 6 days 23 hours. Ellen. Oliver, from Suatow at Havannah. Excelsior, Swift, hence at New York. Factor. Thompson, from Havannah at New York, with loss of sails, boats, &c. I Eleanor Dixon sailed from Mica for Islay, Oct. 9. Sir W. Raleigh sailed from Black River for Liverpool, Nov. 22. Josephine sailed from Bordeaux for Liverpool. Dec. 13. Lord E'gin sailed from Payta for Callao, Oct. 15. Temora (s.s.), hence at Cuxhaven. Dec. 16. Anne Helene sailed from Genoa for Liverpool, Dec. 10. Eugenie, hence at St. John's, Nov. 15. Susan. hence at Marseilles, Lady Kingsale, and Maria I ouisa—both hence at Sevil'e. Balbec (e.s.), hence at Havre. Lady Franklin, Jordan, cleared at New York for Liverpool, Dec. 5. j a Tta T:7 Arago (s.), Lines, from ITavre at New York, Dec. 5. Manhattan, Dixon, hence at New York, Dec. 5. Arabia (s.), hence at Boston, Dec. 5. Oromocto, Webster, Sarah, Plage ; and Avon, Monnce—all hence at Savannah, Dec. 1. Rover's Bride, Larkin, cleared at Savannah f or Li verpoo l . D ec. 1. Kossuth, Colb urn, cleared at Charleston for Liverpool, Dec. 2. BIRTHS. On the 16th Inst., at Englefield-green, Surrey, the wle of Captain Newnham, late Bombay Army, of a daughter. On the 16th inst., at 1, King-street, St. James's-square, Mrs. James Parkinson, of a daughter. MARRIAGES. On the 17th Inst., at Maghtil, by the Rev. G. Holden, Mr. Thos. Sumner to Miss Elliabeth Ball. On the 17th inst., at St. Paul's, Canonbury. I y the Rev. John Sandys, M.A., the Rev. Richard Bull. M.A., vicar of Flarwich. Essex, to Maria. youngest daughter of James Wilson, Esq., of Tyndal-place, Islington. DEATHS. On the lath inst., at his residence at York-gate. Regent's_ a 1 John Barrett L eonard, Chi ef Clerk of Her Maje.ty ' s Privy Council Office, second son of Sir Thomas Barrett Leonard, Bart. On the 18th inst., at Southport, Mr. Josiah Mather, of the Rail way Hotel, Southport. ______ IMPURE WATER. —Daring a series of lectures at the Polytechnic Institution, in London, by Mr. Pepper, on this all-important subj ec t ( whose lectures have affordedt so much interest and instruction), he particularly urged s fr u o p m p 1 w h t to whatever r ce cethe absolute nec ess it y of the adoption of some stringent measures in order to insure, as far as p oss ibl e , a wholesom e y era infection against the use of water in its nat ura ll y sophisticated state, because all water, substances, such as c l ay, flinty matter, chalk, sulph a t e o f lime, nitre, common salt, sulphate of potash, artimalc u l te , &c., and urged, in conjunct i on w i t h P rofessor Faraday, particularly cautioned persons predisposed to cholera the absolute necessity of filtration, in order t o remove public,eour a r n e ci i ved , cannot be free from oth er such mech a nical impurities. There can b e no doubt, however, that when the Liverpool water is properly filtered, it will be found to be among the b es t d escriptions of water supplied to the public. It is much to be lamented that fraudulent venders of feeble and ineffective imitations of valuable inventions are numerous in large towns and c iti es ; we would recommend our friends, therefore, to inspect the warehous es o f M essrs. Saunders and 'Co., Parker-street, Church -street. It is but justice to their inventive genius to `pronounc their filters far superior to anything of the kind ever offered to the public, being unique in structure, judicious in development of power and action, and reduced to a price with the reach of all classes.