The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-11-24 00:00:00

1031 i .. „; E a st! , . Root' ring r, Coo t, LoUJ O . S outh Stock d Jo t s° are el l e `ell b f a e cloriT id log; 2 1; 2 t 63s 3 5 ,6; 661 P 0 1 per C ent ; !orilP B/1 „ f ; id, I ' l la G, ,05 0 ti, l °l 1021 • 0 % 51 i 00' )1P , 01 1 r r 0 0 8 IV Oil AMERICA. A RRIVAL OF THE ARCTIC. ~ ro- our -.. B te '' Third Edition 'of yesterday.) amer Arctic from New York, has arrived / I °ll , and landed her mails and a few.passen i o:her we have received our files of papers * 3l York to the 12th instant, which are two kto. later 'Led i n than the telegraphic despatch we pub „The 4 „ °11. Paper of Monday. I. . 1,358 dollars has brought home 89 passenaers, and °l iars in specie. We subjoin the letter, Of our Neu York Correspondent. ba,,,NEw YORK, SATURDAY, NOON, NOV. 12TH.. ll li tt ',.: B . steamer Franklin, from Southampton M lle Je, arrived off this city on the night of n 5 the and lay too. She arrived at her wharf ii ew l ' ue morning of Thursday, the 10th inst. I , o „,MPerated favourably for Breadstuffs, but fi y,,7 4 ° 1 37 to Cotton. This morning we have 'ti'''' a full telegraphic . report from Halifax of Ilit 'e t ws b rought out by the America, which arrived 40,eli'°rt yesterday, the 11th instant, at half-past ',Y i , ° di, a.m. Th e ma ils by this steamer will 10 14 1' aY 441 Y not be delivered in this city until S' .itlee t healt, 4e sailing of the Niagara but little news . 4. ' 4t to Europeans has transpired. Now that k Dcl ellib lina ofcongress is coming fast upon us, 1 ,. ri % f . 0 1, 14 bh ' ie lla all quarters, (" as to the subject that t g 1) 4 1;,, v ; e , 41. prominent in that valuable document c 4 h e X,,.."'‘ietit's message ") are becoming numerous. t ,?khir York Daily Times in its special Wash eldeerrespondence says " that it is under ,,,'elioilitsecretary Guthrie is in favour of a re ,'llt. Jr the duty on iron of all kinds to 25 -per leek' 'i s va/orern. It is also said he will recall :lll44,'4 salt, dye-stuffs, mahogany, and other ' ,l)ttt.' Woods, raw silks, crude drugs, and fruits i s -n t the free list. e ler, st ated that the advocates of the Sterling t i 44 e ,, c airn are bestirring themselves again. ts e , - , 4lll orcial affairs we have but little change E ri f i,:' e ; In the general progress of business, Oa ,; i ll. hreadstuffs reported by telegraph per ~,,e P l. ' consequent upon the news brought out by 71 )1 1. 0 a niciist was not maintained on Thursday. In (, 11 '04 1 1.11 ,,, i tig holders began by asking an advance 1 ,:(1 ) : 4 t - to 181 cents, lent upon these terms bat IN ,` P ations could be affected, and consequently 1!4). i t e ceded at the close of the business of that I l i at B "„is thought however by many of the mer kill4 ' , tat o :a y for the scarcity of money a great in` r i ci Would have been done even at these rates. Os that the market was quiet but firm, and to -17.044 e:elose of the day a feeling for a rise was t 4 1 , 1 ,1 1, 5, which was further increasedby a brief . tii - h'`e„clispatch from Halifax, of a continuous i i i . a -e ,-ti English markets which was brought by the Ott o c t - e , l a \ llich is continued this morning, and may k i ke c j i ,' equal to 181- cents for best, and 14- cents t ', 4 41 0 - , 1:4 , Mon for brandS of sour. The business 1"t 1 le l '„Itig. is limited from the dullness of the " , 3 01 1 ' 11 d the rain that is falling, which prevents in e 4 „ e t , ting out. iii i; e4 44 ll ey market may be said to have gained lli e e rto u; 4 rength, but there is the same difficulty 1 4 1 ,1 al t „ .. ` ll ß ; only call loans can be effected, and y is q t o ' o st at the same high rates of interest iti - ge st o 4 , per cent - teeth. ; e 't market has shown some improvement 10,p oil Loudon - 'but its continuance is • doubtful. l ';1,1 4 . have been in demand at 1098 to k .1. 011 1 el lor have been done as low as 107 i. k Na ey Cuba we have a report that a fresh con (:,,,t4ra4gainst the government had been discovered Q 44,, and that fifteen 'persons implicated had been c lier uel imprisoned. Among them were several 8. 4 elItY thousand dollars worth of property had 41 4 est ht Toyed by th e b urn i ng o f a p l a i n i ng m ill th t l k te 7e yard at P o i n t N or f o lk , M assac h use tt s . t v ,? from Texas t o t h e I s t i nstan t announce he Yellow fever had disappeared. ...._____ Il e (F NEW YORK MARKETS. ,4a FRIDAY, Nov. 10, 6 p . m. 'ta 4s — Only 35 brls. found buyers at 6 0 60 for b o th CrP 100 lbs. It t ..bSTTJFFS—FIo ur was in good demand and rathe r transpired, and the sal es 1 ‘) before the America's news i the appearance of this, reached 20,000 brls. sour at NO 25 ; superfine, No. 2, at $6 50 to $6 75 ; ordinary tAe State, at $7 to $7 1.8 . 1 ; mixed to fancy Western, p o , 1 to $7 25 ; with other grades at proportionate rates, eerBfter the publication of the steamer's accounts, kt, ~,,, ,t ed , td 121 c. to 25c. per brl. higher rates, but tlg o ' f l sales at such figures. Indeed, there was r an „ i mportance done in any article subsequent to . the 1 / 4 A4 ad i' e of the telegraphic summary. The transactions it ile rn ' a ll embraced 1,100 brls. at $7 to $7 12-1; and in (fit 3 ,100 brls. a very full quotations. Rye flour (4411e11t 3c 100 did not vary much. Wheat was in better tk i 4 N, The operations included 15,000 bushels prime dc, i ' 4 *Z . rite, at $1 78c. to $1 80c.; 12,250 ordinary to il'seci, ' s tern do ; part at $1 63 to $1 77; 20,800 good het at $ 1 48 to $1 50 ; 3,150 Southern White, a ' 41 ' 4 0 ko,_ 0 Gennesse Red, at $1 60. Rye and Barley t al lie 'Ned. State and Western Oats commanded rea -46,. • ' l ' 51e. Corn was plentiful and cheaper. The qV. c onsist e d o f 30,000 bushels, at 77c. to 78c. for mi 'oillid,,7Bc. to 80c. per bushel for mixed Western, and It i tk to , t here. i 9- -, The day's operations amounted to 1,991 bales, rikt ioh ' 9 bales for export, 441 for home use, 212 on Ni i k , k,'') and 319 in transitu. Market firm. . skkia Sales were made of 350 tons Scotch Pig at $32, , d k 4, ' ~'Y'4,'4 ,-) to $36 six months, per ton. Z liii kti 7orits —This day's sales comprise 1,000 brls. pond li ” 1 ,,1 11 . Turpentine at $4 75c. per 280' lbs. ; small lots ~. - o b entinat 67c. to 68c. per gallon; and 1,700 brls. ''Par'' ' '',„`'ty Common Resin, from the vessel, at $1 75c. ci e h! l ) ,,, o interesting change can be noticed in Whale or It/),),lhd4,le_s were made of 100 baskets Olive at $4 121 c. 1, 1 ,1 4 , 4 ,600 gallons Linseed at 67c. to 68c. per gallon. %P I 1 1%;, ( Ns.—Pork remains dull and heavy ; only 400 cif ' e4 B,, e ;'' r il were brought up during the day at $l5 75c. ,t't o ' e ` 4 ,, as , 1 411 ,d $l2 75c. for prime, per brl. Lard is freely 4 41, ‘ „'It i ,' depreciating. Some 650 brls. and trcs. fair to fi r p r p e , - ,,, obtained at 10,E-,c. to 101 c. per lb. Beef con- V4 4 - "Y brisk and steady. Sales of 400 brls. tran- N to t sti. ) , new, at $5 50c. to $6 for country prime ; $6 k 6 4. for cit ditto ; $9 500. to $ll for country tkii 1275 ecl v ir C. to $l3 25c. for city ditto ; and $l3 50c. for 4 tOld estern per brl. Included in the sales were 100 , ill messko at $lO to $lO 25c. per brl. Butter and cheese ',; ~Itio k crate demand at the recently reduced quotations t 'til l'i jool -'ls ,. — Rates were firm, but not very active. To ,Cip, 4 11. ( 1 - Z 4 -6,000 bushels wheat were engaged at 121 d. in 'i I lt iu n 'P's bags, and 17,000 ditto in ship's bags at 13d. 11 1,A,; °0 barrels flour wore engaged at 3s. 6d., and 5 4to Q,,,,,ax, at id. It N 4 Pe . , -.', °X TRADE,—Our last report was issued for the ‘kki.' s 9ll l the 29th ult. The sales, the following week 44 4 ' bales, with an improved market for middling fair 11 ,%i , tb "gt l ,N l , - n quotations being raised lc., at which they at 441,nied a since, but with an evident cautiousness on I,`Z,'''lo, bitted as the advices from the south were daily r il 1 ) 1 N: i ll pra ' gin character for the crop, the advance " 4 }- t i' If' c atene supporting g holders in their pretensions. , lit e i c ' 4 l , e 4, lk/i n from Southampton, we received on Thurs- Nip, tip v s _°ol advices to close of 25th ult. The sales of the ?s - ,,,rsp,`° last evening were 7001 bales, of which 2936 Nc,:qii„ tte d for export, 3321 for home use, and 744 for ' 4 e to‘' A' t e - sales • the market in our opinion closing very IN 0 7ard st „ t °P you! will notice the quotations adopted by . 1 1fh ic,„ . lir op - o ' l ,+. 7th inst. The receipts of the crop continue 1 4 11,7 6 so far to its probable extent, and has had a great i' qe 4 k o b p s' far i n maintaining prices. America's advices : f r in 'ails Tna at 3 p m Since the date of that circular, 'i 4 „ ci l6 l: of th' cLv e brought -' us intelligence of the destructive faro ~ frost that occurred on the evening of the 25th, ; Ill:" 't Was by successive ones on the 28th, 29th, and N,,"na ft ' ° l'er the greater portion of North and South klkfti I ,' "eorgia Alabama, and a small part of Missisippi, 41 the P t °llehed most of the sandy soils in those states, Sy q L o 1 , 4 ; ? ; " Part of jississippi and West Tennesse, L'ili 3 41 . e f',"ana, the Floridas, Texas, and Arkansas. We 'o l ,,!teti o .' estimate that forty per cent. of the cot ceased n ceased. to mature from those dates. It tr,, h, ectill'iLaion that the position of the crop till lie a 2' B ,, t a producing 1 , 00,000 bales per week Ot Peri o r. October to that date in November, about 1 . , 1 )14, 1 and , it ceased last season to mature, partly from N. R " Pl ec ,v, a , r tlY from exhaustion of vital energy. This ` l ,j i , tO 4 b - ,‘" loss now realised in that section at 180,000 L i te 'k, th added to hereafter by any drawback in . the ~‘,:eatlieerPrevious season being very free of casualties. b e tlk , gen s e, We may characterise as unsettled and i,. l os e 4, t,.; orally, and the picking has been retarded even P1)1:10a: 4c ts where the plant is still maturing. It will .4 q 4 s .ki toa l t b e le for some time to form an opinion that will ttlki l klit to the crop, but we think its backwardness of a 41 0 e of arty set off by the increase of planting. The 1, 45 44 1 4 th 'lle previous - crop, which delivered 3,265,412 I• le, *as n k Was fully 3,300,000 bales, which you will k r t' th at °Ur estimate r gat Av i of crop housed on the 24th December. - 4. 1 . cn0 0 ,,,, e would now deduct 180 001) bales, and here,. \Z o b ilt t opi n il io t us o place it fairly alongside of the other, The ob d: are between 2,700,000 and 3,100,000. o , ..ellt servants, T. J. SrrEwara & Co. t ot , 'lon Brokers, Tontine Buildings, 88, Wall-street. N to , N b gas is NEW ORLEA.NS, Nov. 9, 1853. i kt 4 14 . been very active to-day, the sales reaching 11 $6 50 kiddlin g is quoted at 8-Ic. 7,000 brls. of flour to $62, oases of CottOrtEW ORLEANS, Nov. 10, 1853. to- N day were 5,000 bales, at steady prices. 4,000 bags of Rio coffee sold at 101 c. a 11c. Mess pork is advancing; sales at $l5 25. Exchange is dull ; sterling quoted at 9c. a 91c. prem. CHARLESTON, Nov. 10,_1853. The sales of cotton to-day were 1,800 bales, and for the week 7,300 bales at prices ranging from 7c. a 104 c. ; the market shows an advance of lc. The receipts of the week have been 7,829 bales, and the stock on hand is 17,932. BALTIMORE, Nov. 11;1853. Sales were made in our markets to-day, of 4,000 barrels flour, at $7. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK. ARRIVED, Nov. 7. —Rappahannock ; W. Tapscott; Hope, all from Liverpool; J. S. Harris, from Cardiff ; Ocean Queen ; E. O'Brien, from Newport ; (10) Ariel ; Hemis phere ; Liverpool; (11) Chimborazo, Liverpool; Alexan drine, Newport. ALEXANDRIA—ARRIVED, Nov. B.—Zone, Liverpool. CHARLESTON.—ARRIVED, Nov. 7.—Ameia, Liverpool. SAN'FRANCISCO.—ARRIVED, Oct. 7.—Ann Cheshire, Liverpool ; (13) Czar, Liverpool ' • (15) Clarendon, Cardiff; Jolly Robin, Liverpool ; Hannah E. Jenkins, Glasgow. LIST OF PASSENGERS BY THE ARCTIC. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Chauncey, junior, and servant ; Mr. J. S. Wadsworth, bearer of despatches to the United States legation at London and Paris ; Mrs. Wadsworth, four children and servant; Miss Wadsworth; Mr. C. Wads worth ; Mrs. Fisher and child ; Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Wiborg ; Mr. and Mrs. H. Wright and child ; Messrs. J. H. Jackson, John Sloane, John Auer, A. L. E. Clapp, W. L. Wilmer, J. W. Adams, J. T. Gibson, C. Cavaret, John Saltig, F. G. Heye, Albert Stersberg, F. Hillyer, Miss Neill, Messrs. H. G. Russell, J. Schan, M. Benedict, George S. Brown, Colonel Stratton, H. A. Brightman, P. 0. Byrne, J. L. Cobb, Thomas Dunkin, H. C. Hepburn, G. Lemercier, A. Bonaffon and Son, A. Carson. H. H. Dexter, R. M. Grinnell, John Nicholson, J. G. Vassar, R. S. Atcheson, L. Andre,Strauss, E. Cantor, J. J. W. Clementson, J. B. English, R. Madison, P. J. Viault, M. Ash, J. Kimbel, James Dunn, J. Delaunier, P. Croizet, B. Killilea, R. Lynch, E. Martin, W. Bell, B. Cheminade, E. Sorin, G. Dowling, L. Ericsson, Mrs. Golding, Mr. and Mrs. G. Schultz, Messrs. P. Lindsay, P. Menart, E. Pouillia, G. D. Robert, S. St. Martin, J. Beckwith and Son, A. Bierstadt, L. Guerello, L. Laviosa, A. Danesi, M. Sinuot, A. Lewis, J. Smith, A. Williams. JAMAICA By way of New York we have received advices from Kingston, Jamaica, to the 28th ult., two days later than the advices received direct by the West India mail. The board of council had ordered a return of all duties collected by the customs depart ment between the 30th of April and the 10th of October in the present year, which return was also to show what would have been collected if the im port duties had been continued in force. It was certain that the retnrn would exhibit a melancholy failure of revenue. The Colonial Standard of the 28th says : " So far as the business of the session has as yet proceeded, there appears every desire on the part of the assembly to work cordially with Sir Henry Barkly, and to put an end, by any resonable means short of an absolute and unmanly abandonment of consistency and principle, to the disastrous state of things which all so sincerely deplore. To effect, however, anything like a permanent settlement must be the work of time, and of deep and anxious deliberation. The first thing to be done is to save the further loss of revenue. With this object the finance committee yesterday introduced into the house the Import Duties Act, which was read a first time, and stands for a second reading, and, probably, for committal this day." AUSTRALIA. By the Arctic we have received advices from Sydney to the 19th of August, being six days' later than those previously received in this country direct. We have no later news from Melbourne. We subjoin a summary of the news from the Sydney Empire. RATES OF LABOUR AND RENTS.—Notwithstanding the continued stream of immigration, the rates of labour are increasing, more especially those con nected with housebuilding. Stone-masons obtain from lbs. to 14s. a day; carpenters, 12s. to 13s. a day ; and other trades vary from I ls. to 13s. a day. Building materials are enormously high. Prior to the gold discovery sawn timber was from 7s. to 10s. Per 100 feet—the average was about Bs. ; it is now about stoll 21. per 1,000 ; Stone has increased i u n P none w t l al e e 4 4 o n f o w so g g o ß t ri u e n k d s e l i 7 B l l .e . same or even greater proportion. The price of stone for ordinary building purposes, at the quarries, was formerly Vid. to sd. per foot; it is now is. 6d. to 25., according to size and quality. The amount of money earned at these wages is enormous. We believe 11. a day is a very moderate amount at which to estimate the earnings of saw yers and quarrymen. Rents are gradually increasing, and for ordinary dwellings have risen about three times, and for good business premises about five times what they were two years since. Small three room cottages, in the outskirts of the town ; let for 30s. a week; five room cottages, fit for families, are from 2/. 10s. to 41. a week. In the city a good family house is worth 3001. a year. Good business premises, in first rate situations, are very difficult to obtain ; 7001. to 8001. a year is asked, and for some large premises 1,0001 has been given. One of the recently arrived banks gave 11,0001. for the premises which were years ago occupied by.the Bank of Australia, and then gave 3,0001. to the tenant, who had a five years' lease, to give up possession. A hotel, recently erected, has been let for £l,OOO a year. AGRICULTURE. — It is a matter of surprise and satisfaction to find that the agricultural and pas toral pursuits of the colony have not suffered from the gold discoveries. A very large quantity of land has been sown this year, in consequence of the high price of wheat and flour a few months since ; and although the heavy importations from the United States put prices down to an almost nomi nal rate a few months since, the cessation of im portations has caused a gradual increase during the last month. The graziers were naturally alarmed when gold was first discovered ; but the gradual increase in the price of wool and tallow has more than paid the increase of wages, as is evident from the great increase which has taken place in the price of stock and stations. SHOCKING CONDITION OF THE ROADS.—RAILROADS BEGUN.—A great drawback to the prosperity of the colony is the dreadful state of the roads. At pre- sent a ton of flour can be purchased in Sydney for £25; it cannot be conveyed from Sydney to the Turon, 160 miles, for less than £3O, thus adding more than one hundred per cent. to its cost. We are glad, therefore, to be able to state that before the end of the next year, the first section of the Sydney railway, fifteen miles to Paramatta, will be opened. A second railway company is in course of formation, for the purpose of making a railway from Newcastle to Upper Hunter. Another step in the extension of Warn naviga tion is about to take place. The Peninsular and Oriental Company have announced their intention of placing the steamer Ann on the line, be tween New England and Sydney. She is to sail this week. DISCUSSION OF THE PROPOSED NEW CONSTITUTION. —The legislature of New South Wales has been engaged for two months in discussing the provi sions of a new constitution, reported by the com mittee to whom the subject was referred. It is in tently opposed by the Sydney Empire and a large proportion of the people. Many of the most intelligent men in the colonies are warmly in favour of modelling the new constitu tion after that of the United States, and all our leading statesmen and constitutional writers are constantly quoted in the debates. The Sydney Empire says on this subject:— The outline of the American constitution pre sents us with an idea more nearly complete of a perfect contrivance for the government of a country, than we can find anywhere else. It was the glory of Washington, his times, and compeers. Nothing can be more worthy of the profound study of a statesman. And . adherence to such a plan could not fail, under Providence, to make a nation great. It is the constitution which has raised the United States, in less than eighty years, to the . rank of one of the chief nations of the world. The issue of the experiment has been so manifest that it is impossible not to wonder at the stolidity of states men who are not convinced by it. LATEST GOLD CIRCULARS. SYDNEY, AUGUST 13, 1853.---The latest news from all our mines continues to show signs of reviving activity and pros perity. We must remain contented with these glimpses of future well-being until the weather becomes more settled, but yet we prize them as earnests of what may then be ex pected. The only point worthy of notice is the falling in of about half an acre of ground at Spring Creek owing to the water having filled the excavations and undermined their supports. Happily this was attended with no accident, the water having effectually precluded all attempts at working the claims thus overwhelmed. No escorts have arrived in Sydney this week. There has been but little gold offering during the week, and the price remains firm at 78s. for Victoria gold. Exports since our last : August 11, G. S. Co.'s steamer Argo, for Southampton Add previous export Ounces 29,846 1,394,339 1,424,184 Value at 70s. per ounce £4,984,644,000 Exchange on London, drafts against gold, 1 per cent. premium. Freight I per cent. THE SANDWICH ISLANDS. We publish from the Polynesian of the 3d and 10th of September, copies of the official correspondence between the Hawaiian government and the representatives of France, Great Britain and the United States, briefly referred to in the NORTHERN DAILY TIMES of Monday. HONOLULU, Aug. 29, 1853. SIR,—We, the undersigned representatives of Great Britain and France, have the honor to solicit an audience with the king and his majesty's privy council, for the purpose of expressing our sentiments respecting some recent occurrences which we conceive deeply involve the sovereignty of the king and the independence of the islands. With sentiments of high consideration, we have the honor to be, sir, your most obedient humble servants, WM. MILLER, Em. PERRIN. To R. C. Wyllie, Esq., H. H. M.'s Minister Foreign Relations PRIVY COUNCIL CHAMBERS, PALACE, August 29th, 1853. _ _ The undersigned had the honor to receive this day in privy council, the note by the two representatives of Great Britain and France, of this date, in which they solicit an audience with the king and his majesty's privy council, for the purpose of expressing their sentiments respecting some recent occurrences which they consider deeply involve his majesty's sovereignty and the independence of his islands. The undersigned is commanded by the king to reply that he has convoked his council for Thursday, the Ist of Sept., at 11 o'clock, a.m., to receive the representatives of Great Britain and Fr moo. The undersigned has the honor to add the assurance of his highest respect and consideration. R C. WYLLIE. To Monsieur Louis Emile To Perrin, Consul, Commis- Wm. Miller, Esq., sioner and Plenipotentiary H. B. M.'s Consul, of his Imperial Arajesty, &c., &c., &c. Napoleon 111. of France. HONOLULU, September Ist, 1853. May it Please Your Majesty : We, the representatives of Great Britain and France, beg leave respectfully to intimate to your majesty, that we are fully informed of the extraordinary course adopted by some American merchants, landed proprietors, and other citizens of the United States connected with the Protestant mis sionaries, residing in Woahoo, with a view to induce your Majesty to alienate your sovereignty and the independence of these islands, by immediate negotiation for annexation to the U. S. ; and that we are aware, also, of the countenance and support that. a memorial those gentlemen have addressed to you, to the aforesaid effect, has received from high official functionaries at Honolulu, all of which proceedings have given rise to considerable excitement among French and British residents. Under these circumstances we consider it our duty to re mind you that Great Britain and France have entered into solemn treaties with the Sandwich Islands, by which treaties your mljesty, your heirs and successors, are bound to ex tend, at all times, to French and British subjects the same advantages and privileges as may . be granted to subjects or citizens of the most favoured nation; and the joint decla ration of England and France, on the 28th of November, 1843, was founded upon the clear understanding that your majesty was to preserve yobr kingdom as an independent state. _ _ . Therefore, we declare, in the name of our governments, that any attent to annex the Sandwich Islands to any fo reign power whatever, would be in contravention of existing treaties, and could not be looked upon with indifference by either the British o► French governments. We beg further to observe that, in accordance with the Hawaiian constitution your majesty could only alienate your sovereignty and islands under certain circumstances —which circumstances have not occurred— and that no mo narch whatever, according to Vattel and other writers on international law, has a right to alienate his kingdom, or to enter into a negociation with that view, without the concur rence of his people. We therefore, consider that the time has arrived for us to remonstrate, and we do hereby remonstrate against your majesty becomming a party to the scheme recently got up, or to any other project which existing treaties and the Ha waiian constitution do not sanction. EM. PERRIN, Wat. MILLER, PRIVY COUNCIL CHAMBER, PALACE, 12, Noon, Ist Sept. 1853. . . The undersigned is commanded by th king to state to the represent itives of Great Britain and France, that his majesty will duly consider the joint memorandum which they this day presented to his majesty, _in presence of his ministers and privy council of state.—Your most obedient humble servant, R. C. WYLLIE. To Mons. Louis Emile Perrin, To Consul, Commissioner, and Wm. Miller, Esq., Plenipotentiary of his H. B. M.'s Consul, Imperial Majesty, Na- &c., &c., &c. puleon 111., of France. DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN RELATIONS, (No. 8.) HONOLULU, September 3, 1853. Sm,—lt was resolved by the king in council on the Ist of this month, that I should pass to you, officially, the Poly nesian, No. 17, of this day, containing the joint address to his Maj,;sty of that day, by the representatives of Great Britain and France. This I have the honor now to do, and at the same time, to acknowledge the receipt of your de spatch, No. 46, of the 29th August. I have the assurance of uniform past experience that you, and the United States consuls under you, have ever taken a deep and active interest in the independent sovereignty of the king, acting fully and faithfully up to the principles de clared by Mr. Clayton, on the 6th of July, 1853, to Wm. C. Rives, Esq., to be submitted to the government of France, and to those declared by the late Mr. Webster, to your self, under date of the 14th July, 1851, of which copies were frankly and honorably sent by him, both to the British and French governments. With the highest respect and consideration, I have the honor to be, sir, Your most obedient, humble servant, R. C. WYLLIE. To Luther Severance, Esq., U. S. Commissioner, &c., &c., &c. U. S. COMMISSION, (No. 47.) HONOLULU, Sept. 3, 1853. have the honor of receiving your communication of this morning, in which you say it was resolved by the king in council on the first day of the month, that you should pass to me, officially, a copy of the joint address to his majesty by the representatives of Great Britain and France, made on that day, which you have done by enclosing a copy No. 17 of the Polynesian, published this morning. My thanks are due to the king and council, for taking immediate measures to apprise me officially of the exact con tents of the address, which I perceive remonstrates against the " extraordinary course adopted by some American mer chants, landed proprietors, and other citizens of tho United States," to induce the king to slionate his sovereignty and the indepot.louee of the islands, by immediate negotiation for annexation to the United States. You are aware that the government of the United States has never made any propositions to his majesty's govern ment to annex the islands, though the matter has undoubt edly engaged the attention both of citizens of the United States and of subjects of the King. To me it is not surpris ing that the " merchants and landed proprietors," whether Americans or others, should perceive great commercial ad vantages in such a connection,' considering that the principal part of the commerce of the islands is with the United States, and that the islands must look almost exclusively to the Pacific coast of the United States for a market for their products, and the means of paying for their heavy imports. I perceive, therefore, nothing very extraordinary in the pro ject remonstrated against. And if now, or at any future time, it shall be found to be decidedly for the interest of both countries to unite their sovereignties, I am unable to perceive any treaty or moral obligations on the part of either, to forbid the desired union, or any good reason for foreign interference to prevent it. French and English subjects might still be entitled to the privileges of the ' most favoured nation," and on the score of commercial advantages cannot well complain of being subjected in these islands to the revenue laws of a country which consumes and pays for French manufactures and other products to the amount of forty millions of dollars annually, and of British goods to the amount of one hundred millions annually—the revenue laws of a country rapidly growing, and whose trade is now of more value to Great Britain and France than that of any of their colonies, if not indeed of all of them added together, vast as the English colonies are. In view of these great interests which would be sacrificed by a disturbance of pacific relations, (to say nothing of several hundred millions of American stooks held in Europe, whose value might for the time be seriously affected,) it is not to be supposed that France will insist on the little ad vantage of importing into these islands, silks, wines, &c., to the amount of a few thousand dollars at five per cent. duty, as she now does by her construction of the treaty of 26th March, 1846 ; a treaty which instead of being a valid reason why the king should not transfer his sovereignty, is a stand ing and powerful argument to justify him in doing so, since that treaty denies to him one of the most important attri butes of sovereignty—one in the highest degree essential to all independent nations. Still less is it to be supposed that great Britain will claim the privileges of the " most favoured nation" under this IFrench treaty, since she has generously thrown up her own treaty of the same date and tenure, and substituted that of THE NORTHERN DAILY TIMES. 10th July, 1851, in accordance with the American treaty of Washington, of 20th Dec. 1849. The right to cede or acquire territory, or to unite two independent nations by compact, is regarded as inherent in all independent sovereignties. It has certainly been prac tised from time immemorial. The power which can cede a part can cede all the parts. Modern history abounds in examples, and none more than English and French history. Annexation is neither a new thing, nor rare in our day, as the Turks and Arabs of Algeria, the Caffres of South African and more than one hundred and thirty millions of people in India can testify—people it is hoped who maybe benefited by the change ; but whether so or not, I cannot admit that annexation by voluntary consent is any more illegal or reprehensible than annexation by conquest. But whether it be done by one process or the other, the government of the United States can have no colonies. Whatever territory is added is but an integral part of the whole, and subject to the same national constitution and laws. The expediency of union with the United States I do not propose to consider at present, for I have no authority to say that the United States will consent to any terms that may be offered ; yet I have no doubt if they shall bo offered they will be frankly received and duly considered ; but no sinister means of accomplishing the object, however desir able, will receive any favour from the United States. I am most happy to have your testimony that the com missioner and consuls of the United States have acted fully and faithfully up to the principles declared by Mr. Clayton and Mr. Webster in the communications referred to by you, and I am not permitted to doubt that you will have as little reason, hereafter, as you have now, to distrust the friendly intentions of the government and people of the United States. My regard for the king and his government, and for the highly respectable representatives of England and France in these islands who have deemed it their duty to interpose an official remonstrance, demand the utmost frankness in the expression of the sentiments I entertain, which I am sure they will duly appreciate. The agreement, or joint declaration of the 28th November 1843, that neither Great Britain nor France would take possession of these Islands as a protectorate or otherwise, was creditable to those powers. The government of the United States was not a party to the engagement; neither was Kamehameha 111., so far as appears. The parties to it, by their naval forces, had both made hostile demonstra do= upon the kin g 'o au-vcrci g arby. The tr.,;+.‘i Rtat./2 hati not, but both before and since, though their interests were ar greater here than those of any, or all other foreign powers, they have constantly respected the government of the king. They have never sought to limit the right of his government to frame its own system of finance, enact its own revenue laws, regulate its own system of public education, establish its own judicial policy, or demanded any special favours, and they were the first to recognize the complete and unqualified national independence of the kingdom, by the treaty of 20th Dec., 1849, That treaty having been faithfully observed, there is nothing in the policy of the United States toward these islands which requires concealment, or demands explanation, nothing to disturb the harmony which happily exists between the United States and the great commercial powers of Europe. Lest silence on my part, after the publication of the joint remonstrance, should make a different impression here or elsewhere, and considering the distance from the seats of government of Europe and America, it may be advisable to depart from the usual course in such mati,ers, and publish this letter also, to go with the remonstrance of the British and French representatives.—l have the honor to be, with great respect, your obedient servant, LUTHER SEVERANCE. His Excellency, Robert Crichton Wyllie, Minister of Foreign Relations, &c., &c. WEST DERBY BOARD OF GUARDIANS. YESTERDAY. The board held their usual weekly meeting on yesterday. The chair was occupied by Mr. JOSEPH HARRISOV, vice-chair man. There were also present Messrs. Roskell, Alpass, Lunt, M'Gee, G. Harrison, Hensley, Mountfield, Hey es, Horsfall, Tattersall, Abraham, Carter, Pilkington, Medealf, Janes Birch, Jeffreys, Craig, Shaw, Kirkus, and Miller. The CLERK read the minutes of the last day's proceedings. The following cheques were ordered : Mr. Allen, £65 ; Mr. Clay, £25 ; Mr. Potts, £B2; Mr. Lythgoe, £lB. THE CHARGE AGAINST MR. STEPHENS. Mr. STEPHENS, one of the medical officers for the Toxteth park district, was in attendance, in compliance with the re quest of the board, to furnish an explanation with regard to the charge preferred against him of having refused to attend the pauper Mary Clare. Mr. BARNETT, the relieving officer by whom the charge was preferred, was also present. Mr. ALrAss said it would be for the convenience of all parties present, that it should be distinctly stated what the charge was. Mr. BARNETT said his first charge was, that Mr. Stephens refused to visit the pauper Mary Clare, for at least five or six hours ; and, in the second place, that having admitted his liability to attend, by going to her in the evening, he had subsequently, up to the present date, neglected the woman. Mr. STEPHENS : I beg to state, gentlemen, as a positive fact, that I did visit the woman. I wrote to Mr. Barnett, requesting he would come over to me; and when he did come, I told him tnat I did not think I was bound to attend; that he. might be right or I might be right; but that, as we differed in opinion, in order to avoid any unplea santness, I would attend to the case. When he was going away, he said to me, " you had better go down and see her soon." I said, " No, you said yourself that she came here three times, and she surely can come here again." But as I had to pass the house in the evening I did go is, and I saw the woman. I saw that her leg was in a very bad state, and I gave an order to have her sent to the hospital, directed to Mr. Lathan. He was the person who had a right to receive the order, and I have no doubt that the cause of all this is that Mr. Barnett did not see the order. He must have been under the impression that I never saw the woman. Ido believe that if he had known I gave that order he never would have asserted that I did not visit her. Mr. WENSLEY asked if Mr. Stephens would attend paupers out of his district. Mr. STEPHENS : That I have stated I did visit her is quite sufficient proof I have done so. I differ ,in opinion with the officer; but that is no reason why I drould refuse or neglect my duty. Mr. SHAW begged to call the attention of the board to a report of the last day's proceedings, which appeared in the Mercury of Friday. There was an inaccuracy in that report. It was there stated that he (Mr. Shaw) said he was sure, from the manner in which Mr. Stephens had been treated by the board, he would not attend there. The remarks which he made, and which he was informed was correctly reported in the NORTHERN DAILY TIMES, which he had not seen himself, even to the effect that upon the only occasion when Mr. Stephens reported an office to the board, the board treated him in such an ungentlemanly manner that he did not think Mr. Stephens would ever report another office. He never said that if Mr. Stephens were called upon he would not attend. Mr. HORSFALL said that his impression was that Mr. Shaw did not use these words, and his manner was very dis respectful to Mr. Barnett. Mr. SHAW : It is very strange then that the NORTHERN DAILY TIMES which I understand co rr ectly reports what I said, should be altogether different. A discussion of the most desultory character here arose re garding the propriety of Mr. Stephens's conduct, during which almost every gentleman present simultaneously addressed the chairman, and the greatest confusion pre vailed. Mr. STEPHENS stated in reply to the chairman, that hav ing visited the woman on the day when his attendance was called to her, and having given her an order for the hospi tal, his impression was that she had gone there, and he thought the relieving officer was bound to report when she refused going there. He also stated that although he had visited her, he did not conceive he was bound to attend any person out of his district, but he did so in order to avoid anything unpleasant, until he received an order from the poor law commisissioners u ,on the subject. After some further discussion the pauper Mary Clare, was called before the board, and stated that Mr. Stephens re fused at first to look at her leg ; that he visited her on the evening of the 3rd of November, but did not order her any thing; that he called again and looked at her leg last Wed nesday, and again the previous night, but did not order her ° anythine., and that when first he said she should go to the hospital, she told him she would not do so. Mr. STEPHENS said he did not wish to bring on the dis cussion again; but he was very sorry he did not bring his apprentice there, who was present at the interview with Mr. Barnett, and could state that he did not refuse to attend the woman. Finally, after some further discussion, Mr. M‘GEE proposed a resolution that the board con sidered Mr. Stephens blameable. Mr. TATTERSALL seconded the motion. • Mr. KIRKUS proposed as an amendment that the dispute having arisen in consequence of a misunderstanding., the board was satisfied with the explanation which had been given. Mr. MILLER seconded the amendment. A poll was taken, when there appeared 11 for the motion and 8 for the amendment. The motion was there fore declared carried. Mr. ALPASS moved that in case Mary Clare continued to refuse going into the hospital, the medical officer be di rected to give her no further assistance. Mr. KIRK.US seconded the motion. A poll being taken, the motion was negatived by 11 to 7 ; and a motion proposed by Mr. Horsfall and seconded by Mr. M'Gee, that the woman be attended where she is, was car ried. The discussion then closed. _ . _ The CHAlxains stated that the health committee had agreed to make a sewer from Kelshaw-street, pro vided the board give up the right to the sewer in Mill lane. The board then adjourned. The emigration from Cork for ten months to 31st ult., Wa3 33,263 and for the like period last year, 22,687. RUSSIA AND TURKEY. PROGRESS OF THE WAR. The following appeared in our second edition of yesterday : JASSY, 11TH. The third and fifth Russian corps are on their march, but up to the present time no fresh troops have arrived at Jassy. The arrival of General Budberg is expected, to preside over the adminis tration of Moldavia; each of the two Principalities is to have a separate government. The consuls of England and France arc still at Jassy, although their official communications with the local govern ment have been interrupted for some time past. VIENNA, TUESDAY EVENING. The Turks have entered a camp near Utzitza (probably Urbitza), on the Servian frontier. They have commenced throwing a bridge across the Dwina, and have sent out picquets. The Servians, greatly excited, have risen as one man to defend the frontier. Cannon had been sent there. A con flict was expected. The engagement in which the Turks are re ported successful, took place on the Highlands of Armenia, between Alexandropolis and Altaziach, the Russians were compelled to abandon their ground. The Austrian corps of observation is concen trating at Temesvar, on the Servian frontier. ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS The count de Walewski, the French minister in London, left Paris for London on Monday, after a stay at Fontainbleau of only two days. It is un derstood.ttat he has not only received i fletructions from the,'government as to the course it means to take with respect to the Eastern question ; but that he is bearer of au offensive and defensive treaty— inure properly spealung, a treaty or pactia,aile —which has been agreed between England and France, and in which the other European powers will be invited to join. Among diplomatists it is thought that the plan will be as unsuccessful as the negotiations at Vienna, or the conferences at Olmutz. The court of Cassation has given its judgment on the appeal of the defendants in the affair of the foreign correspondents. The decision of the supreme court confirms that of the lower tribunal, by which the right of public functionaries to open letters was established. MORE CHASSEURS.—The decree for the formation of the ten new battalions of Chasseurs de Vin cennes was signed three days ago, but it has not yet been published. SCARCITY OF CORN.—The smallness of the supply of corn continues to create considerable uneasiness, for notwithstanding the enormous importations within the last two months, and the exertions of the government to keep prices down, there has only been an average reduction of about 50 centimes per hectolitre.—Paris Correspondent of the Globe. M. LEON FAUCHER.—The Paris police paid a visit to M. Leon Faucher on Monday, and searched his house. Nothing to inculpate him was found. The news given by The Morning Chronicle, which arrived here to-day, that the English and French fleets had enterei the Black Sea, has created an immense sensation; and the fact is confirmed by other telegraphic despatches which have reached. It is confidently stated to-day that the Emperor of Russia, on learning that his troops had met with a defeat, gave immediate orders to Prince Gortscha koff to assume the offensive. A despatch has been received here to-day, which announces_ that a body of the Turkish army, on the Asiatic frontier of Georgia, in an affair which they had with the Russians, und er G ener al Prince Ba riatinski, had been beaten, and had 1,000 men killed, Reports are current to-day of an insurrection at Lyons, caused by the the high price of bread. The cholera has shown itself in Paris. The number of cases does not exceed nine a-day, Lord Cowley left Paris on Tuesday morning for Fontainebleu. FRANCE. The Moniteur of Wednesday publishes a decree which fixes the duty on foreign coke brought into France at 30c. for every hundred kilogrammes in French vessels, and 80c. in foreign vessels. The duty on raw cast-iron (fonte brute) is fixed at sf. per hundred kilogrammes ; and changing duties (droits varians) on other sorts of iron. After 1855 the duty on raw cast-iron will be 4f., and on other sorts of iron in proportion. A report is current in Bucharest that Klapka was in command of the Turkish artillery attached to this corps. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, Nov. 19. An Austrian corps of observation is concentrat ing at Temesvar, on the Servian frontier. Two regiMents of infantry of the garrison of Vienna, and three battalions of Jagers have been ordered to hold themselves in readiness to march. Two batteries have already left Vienna for the Servian frontier. Letters from Krajova of the ]oth instant state that the Russians have concentrated a large force in and around that town. Their outposts are close to Kalafat, where frequent skirmishes took place. Ismail Pacha's head quarters were at Ka lafat, which Omar Pasha has been instructed to hold if possible, while at the same time he has been ordered to abstain from further operations during the winter. SPAIN AND PORTUGAL. Miguelite bonds rose in Paris on the an nouncement of the death of the Queen of Portu gal. The union of both countries is spoken of again. (From our Second Edition of yesterday.) THE BOURBONS. The Morning Chronicle's Vienna correspondent states that the convention spoken of provides that Count de Chambord is to be recognised as the legitimate heir to the crown ; in case of the Countess's death, he agrees not to marry again. If he dies childless, the Count de Paris is to be the successor to the present pretender. PARIS, TUESDAY. An imperial decree reduces the duty on coals within the restricted one from fifty centimes to thirty centimes. The duty on wrought iron is reduced from twenty centimes to eighteen, and on cast iron from seven to five centimes for the first year, and to four centimes for the second. The Bourse was dull. Threes closed at 73f. 90c. Four and aAialf per Cents at 99f. 70c. ITALY.-PIEDMONT, TURIN, 21ST. The Bank Bill having been receipted, the King closed the session and dissolved the Chambers of Deputies. The elections will take place on the Bth of December, and the new Chambers are to meet on the 19th of that month. GENERAL NEWS. Gold is about 0 48 per cent. dearer in Paris than in London, and 0.65 per cent dearer in Hamburgh than in London. Exchange at New York is nominally . 0.17 per cent. in favour of England, leaving a trifling profit on the import of gold from Ulitce straight. Paris letters state that it is considered probable that the Bank of France will shortly raise their rate of dis count to 5 per cent., owing to the drain of specie which is still going on. The Times city article says it was understood on Tuesday that Barings are remitting £300,000, in half imperials, to St. Petersburg, on account, it is presumed, of the Russian government. The additional shipments of other firms were to the amount of about 80,000. Teneriffe letters of the 17th confirm the statements as to the damage sustained by the Cochineal crop, and state that the unfavourable weather still continued. CABINET COUNCIL.—The Council sat three hours on Tuesday. NAVAL NEWS.----PLYMOUTH, TUESDAY MORNING. The Imperieuse, 50, screw ; Balous, 10, Paddle ; Desperate, 8, screw, were ordered to-day to prepare for sea with all despatch. They left at 3, p.m., and bore away for the westward. MALTA, 15th. The report of the capture of a Russian line of battle-ship, by Captain Slade, is not confirmed by later arrivals. IRELAND. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) DUBLIN, WEDNESDAY EVENING. THE CHOLERA.-Sir John Young, the Irish se cretary, in reply to a letter from the mayor of Cork, suggesting that a hulk 'should be sent to Queens town to serve as a floating hospital for such patients as should be taken with cholera in the harbour, states that the matter is under consideration —that it is surrounded with difficulties—and that every measure the law admits has been taken by the authorities to prevent the spread of the disease. No new case has occurred on board the "Prevaleo," which, having been cleaned and fumigated, was expected to sail to day. A large portion of the property of Mr. Chris topher St. George, late M.P. for Galway county, was ands old r 3 e 7 a e l s i t z e e rd a do y ve i r n 2 t 2 h y e ea l i n .s c p u u mb reh er a -e s d Estates s.The whole Court, of the day's sales amounted to £31,400. THE MURDERER KIRWAN.—The leasehold pro perty of this individual, which was forfeited by the Crown, was set up for auction and sold yesterday. The wretch seems to have been very well to do in the world, as from this source alone, he had close on £3OO a year, which at the sale realised £4,505. Kirwan's personal effects were disposed of some time ago, and - then public exposition showed that he possessed the accomplishment of thieving in ad dition to his other qualifications. Several gentle men who knew him, to their surprise recognised books, and other matters belonging to them, which Kirwan had appropriated, by inserting his own name, or in other ways. A number of borrowed name of the a mere dauber, substituted. The wardrobe and original asilesit'eoaralssoedfo, found d d t t o ha i ro v f e K t i h rl e van, who was toilet apparatus, Sce., of the convict were purchase'', it is said, by an emissary of Madame Tussaud. . MAYOR OF BELFAST.—The office of chief magistrate for the ensuing year, will be filled by Frederick 11. - Lewis, Esq. A. man named William Littlewood, was committed to Wolvernaulpt..— this week, for robbing his employer, Mr. F. Walton, of Old Hail. Mr. Henry Arthur Herbert, M.P., has been appointed to the lieutenancy of the county of Kerry, vacated by the de mise of the Earl of Kenmare. REPRESENTATION OF EAST GLOUCESTERSHIRE.—The conservatives talk of putting forward Sir Michael Hicks Beach, Bart., of Williamship-park. Sir Thomas John Clavering, the representative of one of the oldest baronetcies in the north of England, died at Clif ton on Friday, in his 82d year. STEAM TO PORTRUSR. —Mr. Burridge, the agent of the North Lancashire Steam Navigation Company, was in Cole raine and Ballymoney on Wednesday last, with a view to making arrangements for a regular steam communication from Portrush to Liverpool and Fleetwood. _ _ _ THE NEW STAMPS LAW.—The government has published an exposition of the new law respecting the stamp duty on receipts and orders for money, which must be a great boon to the public, as the public mind had been much confused upon the subject, and required an authorised explanation of a most important statute. We may mention that a distinct stamp has been prepared for " postage," " receipt," and " draft." A LABOUR PARLIAMENT.—The operatives are about to form a new organisation. This new power in the state is to be called the Labour Parliament, and is not to interfere in any way with the present trades unions and combinations of working men. It is to be composed of delegates to be elected at public meetings in the different towns, and its comprehensive duties are stated in the resolutions passed at a meeting of working men which has been held to inaugu- rate the new scheme. THE NEW PALACE AT WESTMINSTER.—Her majesty, accompanied by the Duchess de Brabant and the Duchess of Sutherland, paid a visit to the new houses of parliament at twelve o'clock to day. The royal party entered by the Victoria tower, and after exam i n i ng t h e var i ous port i ons o f the building, took their departure for Windsor. The royal party were conducted through the building, in the absence of Sir Charles Barry, who is confined to his residence by an attack of influenza, by Mr. Edward Barry, and Mr. T homas --- Quarm, the chief clerk of the works.—Globe of yesterday. ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION.—A correspotindent of the Evening Packet states, that on the evening of Saturday last, an attempt was made to assassinate Mr. G. Hearne, of Drumrig-park, county Longfortd. Mr. H. is ecclesiastical registrar of the diocese, and the owner of considerable estates. He was struck by several slugs, but will, it is said, certainly survive. No cause is assigned for the horrible outrage. COMPOSING A DIFFERENCE.—In a case tried in the Ex chequer, London, on Tuesday, before Mr. Baron Martin, a man named Turner, a " bumboat" man, brought an action against a person named Norton, ano ther " bumboat" man, for having accused him with a felony and caused his arrest. The case having been proved, Mr. Baron Martin said, Mr. Hawkins had you not better consent t o w ithd raw a juror ? You see after the supposed assault and false imprisonment the parties shake hands, the defendant carries out his pro mise not to appear against the defendant at the police-court, and at the time the latter consents not to appear the plain tiff stands some gin as a sort of ratification of the treaty, and they drink together upon it. How can the plaintiff sustain an action after this settlement ? Mr. Hawkins : Well, my lord if. the defendant will now stand treat—but only on those terms —probably I may, aft er y our lordship's intimation, be able to induce my client to consent (Laughter). Mr. Parry was quite willing, on the part of the defendant, to accede to this arrangement ; his client would stand treat. (Renewed laughter). Mr. Baron Martin : Very well ; you withdraw a juror, the defendant undertaking to stand treat. (Increased laughter.) Mr. Hawkins said his client was willing to adopt the suggestion of the court; he would with draw a juror upon his learned friend, Mr. Parry, undertak ing that his client, the defendant should stand treat. (Roars of laughter.) Mr. Parry, of course, assumed that his lord ship would have this verdict, as he might call it, recorded as a " special" verdict. (Much laughter. THE NEW MOTOR—THE ERICSSON NGINE.—It will be recollected that the caloric ship Ericsson returned from her trip to Washington about seven months ago, and that im mediately thereafter essential modifications and improve ments in the plan of the engine were determined upon. These have since been in progress, at Williamsburg, near where the ship was built, and where she has since lain. The public will be gratified to learn that these alterations are now nearly completed, and that, so far from the enter prise having been abandoned, as has been the general belief, the fullest confidence is entertained on the part of those im mediately interested, of its complete success, on the second trip of the ship. Mr, Ericsson is devoting his whole time and undivided energies to the realization of this end. It is expected that within two weeks one of the engines will be completed, and the other will be finished soon after. The several parts are all ready, and now on board. We under stand that the power of these engines will far exceed what was attained under the low pressure system employed on the first trip—as they are now to be worked under condensed pressure. It is to be hoped that these anticipations may not prove unfounded. It would be difficult to predict what change might ensue in the course of a few years, in steam navigation, should Mr. Ericsson succeed in the application of his principle for practical purposes.—N. T. Jour. Com. The fire in the woods of Michigan was checked by a re cent rain ; but it is still burning in many localities. Tens of thousands of acres of forest have been destroyed, and of the top-moil, to the depth of nearly a foot in many places, nothing is left but ashes. It is estimated that more than fifty barns and houses have been burned, with miles of fences, and many thousands of dollars' worth of saw-logs, cord wood, &c.—New York Times. Mumcmu, L&BOURS.—That popular work, " The Sto mach and Its Difficulties," gives the most accurate notion of the exertions which have been made by the Corporation of London. —Punch. OVERFLOWING WITH EXTRAVAGANCE.—A good Novem ber Fog is the cause of poor authors being extremely extra vagant, for it forces them to burn "the midnight oil" at noonday.—lbid. PROGRESS OF SCIENCE.—A scientific hair-dresser at the West-end is about to favour the ladies with the discovery of a Iv onclorful new pommade, which, he guarantees "will prevent the bonnet tailing off tho head."—Did. THE DEARNESS or BREAD.—A political baker attributes are ks otfh a e this to the war in Turkey, for he says "it is all owing to the rise in the (y)East."— lbid. THE LAST JOB FOR THE ClTY.—Having tolled every thing else that they can, the civic. body have now only to toll their own knell.—lbid. i w y or sol A fish C a A g L i l t C a O tor C s A. a L m Er ng 013ItG .Mr . Cob the operatives clock out of order ? Mr. Bright : Because they insist upon striking, without regard to the position of the hands. Mr. Cobden : You are quite right, my dear Bright.— den like : the -- TO THE PRESS GENERALLY.---The Emperor Nicholas wishes an erratum corrected in the next edition of our dictionaries. He begs to say that he h as di scovere d th a t an Ottoman is not a thing upo n w hi c h i n his calculating hest, Rather, upon w esiyou easily and comfort ably place your foot. Ibid. PAS AD HOSTS DOCERI.—A leading journal says that the reckonedre c k o n e d withoutCar,i crushi ng should l drr Turkey, y ' he " upon his host ; but a few more defeats, and Nicholas will be driven to the solitary reckoning in question, and be unable to discharge the shot.—lbid. THE GORTSCHAKOFF JACKET.—The uniform of Prince Gortschakoff has not been described. We believe the prin ciple article of it is a " cut-away."—lbid. THE PRICE OF COALS ACCOUNTED FOR.—It is usual with small tradesmen to increase the weight of coals by sprinkling cold water upon them; but in the city the reason why coals come so heavy is owing to the city dews falling upon them for twenty miles round London. When these dews are collected, it is found that the difference, which, of course, weighs upon the price, amounts, in the course of the year, to many hundred thousands of pounds !—lbid. ~~;'; ~.. <.,.