The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-12-31 00:00:00

POULTRY. GOOD NEWS FOR THE NEW YEAR. MHOMAS PORTER, 22, RICHMOND -STREET, has the pleasure of informing his - numerous friends that he has received from Scotland and Ireland, advice of about 600 Prime Fat Geese and Turkeys, which he will this day, Saturday, dispose of at extraordinary low prices. GO AND SEE ! JUDGE FOR YOURSELVES! Observe 22, Richmond-street; Two Doors from William son-square. §Daie by Rudloff. Semi-Grand Cottage, and Square Pianofortes, by Broad wood and Sons, Eight-day Clocks , Wardrobes, Nests Shop Drawers , Scales, Beams,- Weights , Office Desks, Ale Barrels, Casks Brandy, Madeira, Vinegar, Bottled Ale, Drapery Goods, Stationery, Perfumery, Brushes, Combs, Fancy Soaps, Books, Ink, Pens, Umbrellas, Shanghai and Cochin-China Fowls, Fancy Fowls, &c.—Hill's Rooms, 54, Hanover-street. BY Mn. HILL, o a N nTA Y ID N A.V6 T ni , 2jNa'npu;ary WEDNESDAY,atllo'clock T eah 4rl; day, excellent Household Furniture, sets Mahogany Chairs, Lounges, Couches, Sofas, Carpets, Rugs, Chiffoniers, Cabi nets, Loo, Centre, Dinner, Pembroke and Snap Tables, Gasaliers, Burners, Lamps,Hill Chairs, Tables, Rods, Car pets, Barometer, Eight-day Clocks and Time-pieces, four post, Camp, French, Iron, and other Bedsteads, Mattresses, Feather Beds, Chests Drawers, Wardrobes, Toilet and Dress ing Tables, Washstands, Toilet Glasses, Chairs, Commodes, Carpeting, Kitchen Furniture and Utensils. At 12 o'clock on Monday and Wednesday—Stationery, Paper, Ink, En velopes, Wax, Wafers, &c., Perfumery, Fancy Soaps, Oils, Brushes, Combs of all sorts, Jewellery, Silk and Alpaca Umbrellas ; also fifty 36-gallon Ale Barrels, Casks Brandy, Madeira, &c. Friday next, 6th, at 12 o'clock— flocks valu able Shanghai and Cochin-China Fowls ; Egyptian, White Poland, Black Spanish, Dorking and other celebrated breeds of Fowls; Geese, Ducks, Harness, Gears, and other effects, &c., &c. " COACH . AND HORSES," LOW-HILL. MR. AIon TROTTER Tuesday i neat, s'nstrue the te 3d instructed to Luay, E n LL r bz t Twelve o'clock precisely, on the above named Premises, the whole of the useful HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, Baga telle Table, a small quantity of Ale and Spirits, Fixtures and other Effects, co using four-post and camp bedsteads and hangings, palliasses, mattresses, feather beds, with appro priate bedding • painted chamber chairs, toilet tables and basin stands , chimney, box, and swing dressing glasses, par lour and stair carpets, oil cloths, window curtains, gas chandeliers and burners; mahogany articles in chairs, chests of drawers, dining, Pembroke, card, and snap tables, and sofas; the usefui kitchen requisites, stilliges, casks, &c., &c. May be viewed on the morning of sale, and catalogues obtained on the premises ; from Mr. John Kirby, 12, Peter's lane, or the auctioner, 5, College-lane, QfN SALE, SITES for 'MANUFACTORIES, on the London and North-Western Railway, three-and-a -h miles from Liverpool, with a command of coal free from eartage. Cottages for workmen can be had in the locality. Apply to "E. 8.," NORTHERN DAILY TIMES Office. TO CORRESPONDENTS. Whatever is intended for insertion must be authenticated by the name and address of the writer ; not necessarily for publication, but as a guarantee of his good faith. We cannot undertake to return rected communications. All communications, Books for Review, etc., to be for warded to the Editor must be addressed to the Publisher, CHARLES WILLMER, and those from London may be sent to the care of Messrs. Simpkin, Marshall, and Co. ,TO..ntfijtru itttto. THEATRE ROYAL. Williamson-square. THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS. Thin EvEnnio (Saturday), 31st instant, the Performance will commence with TIME TRIES ALL. To be followed by the Grand Comic CH It IS TM AS PAST OM IM El entitled THE BUTTERFLY'S BALL. and THE GRASSHOPPER'S FEAST; or, HARLEQUIN AND THE GENIUS OF SPRING Founded on the Popular Poem by Mr. Roscoe. of Liverpool.— Harlequin_ ....Signor Lauri. Pantaloon.. Signor C. Lour. Columbine.. Madame Masotti. Clown .... Signor F. Lauri. Admission—Dress Boxes, 45.; Upper Boxes, is.; Pit, 25.; Gallery, Is. The Box-office is open from Ten to Three o'clock daily, for securing Seats and taking Private Boxes, under the direction of Mr. T. Shuttleworth. Children In arms will not be admitted. Doors open at half-past Six, the performance to com mence at Seven o'clock precisely. ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Great Charlotte-street. PABLO FANQUE'S SEASON. FIRST EQUESTRIANS IN EUROPE. LONDON ACTORS.—To NIGHT (Saturday), Slat instant, the entertainments will commence for the sixth time in England, ROB ROY! as an EQUESTRIAN PICTORIAL SPEC TAcLE on the stage. BAILIE NICOL JARVIE, MR. GOUR -I,AY. The performances will conclude with NOVEL FEATS OF HORSEMANSHIP. Great Attraction and Grand Chance.—For MCIDAT, January onct—LAST WEEK 'OF ROB ROY—the enter tainment will commence with Pablo Fanque's CELEBRATED SCENES of the ARENA, followed by the Last Two Acts (at Half Price) ct the Successful Grand Equestrian Spectacle of ROB ROY. --THREE GRAND,JUVENILE DAY PERFOMANCES, viz., on Monday, Wednesday. and Friday, January 3rd, 4th, and 6th. at TWO o'clock, on which occasion the Last Two Acts of ROB nov, and various new Settles of the Arena, will be represented.—Doors open in the Evening at a quarter past Six to commence at Seven precisely. Admission: Dress Circle, 35.; Side Boxes, 2s. 6d. ; Pit, Is. 6d.; Gallery, 6d. Second Price—Dress Circle, 20.; Side Boxer, Is. ; Pit, Is.; no second price to Gallery ; second price to Boxes and Pit at nine o'clock. ROYAL ADELPIII THEATRE, Christian Street, Islington. Tuts EVINING (Saturday), the 31st instant, th• Performances to commence with Shakepeare's Play of RICHARD THE THIRD. To conclude with an entirely New, Grand, Gorgeous, Glittering, Historical, Comic Pantorn;me, entitled THE VALE OF GEMS; or, HARLEQUIN AND SINBAD THE SAILOR, ♦tND THIT FAIRY •r CORAL GROT (written expressly fcr this Establishment, by Mr. John Courtney, author of " Time Tries All," " Tricks and Trials," Acc., &c.,) which bas been in preparation for the last three months, with sew and magnificent scenery, costumes, and appointments. Sinbad the Sailor, Miss Carte, from the Theatre Royal, Haymarket, Nautili, Miss M. A. Egan. Harlequin, Mr. C. Brown. Pantaloon, Mr. Jackson. Columbine, Miss E. Gibbs. Clown, Herr Teesale. Sprite, Signor Bylrani.—Dress Boxes, 21.; Side Boxes, Is. 61.; Stalls, Is. Pis 6d. ; Gallery, lid. On Monday—A NEW DRAMA. ROYAL PARK THEATRE. Parliaraent-Street, near St, James's Market. GRAND GALA NIGHT. Tots Eversixo (Saturday). Sist Instant will be presented a new Romantic Drama entitled THE FATAL SECRET or THE GI P REY'S PROPHECY, in which Miss MARRIOTT will appear. To conclude with (seventh time) the New Magniloquently Grand, Comical, Local, Operatical, Cabalistical, and Anachronismatical CMRISTMAS PANTOMIME, entitled, ORMSFIEADTua GREAT; or, HARLEQUIN & JENNY JONES, AND THE . FLOWER OF SNOWDON. Written expressly for this theatre by the anther of " Ye Siege of Leverpole," &e., with new and beauti. tel scenery, by Mr. John Wright. from her Majesty's Theatre, Mr. Liver, and assistants; properties h 7 Mr. flames; Music, composed by Mr. Hops ; Machinery. by Mr. Jackson dresses by Mr. West and assistants; and the whole produced under the immediate eaperintesdence of the Lessee, Mr. R. Edgar.—Ou Monday (by Desire) a Grand Day Performance at Two o'clock, on which occasion will be performed the Drama of the MISTLETOE BOUGH and PANTOMI '4E. In the Evening will be presented the LADY OF LyoN4 : Pauline, Miss Marriott; Claude Melnotte by Mr. Donald. To conclude every Evening with the Grand New Comic Pantomime. Doors open at half past six, to commence at seven o'clock pre cisely. Prices of admission.—Dress Boxes, is.; Front Boxes, 2s. Pit, Is.; Gallery, 6d. Half-price to the Boxes at Nine o'clock. Rocks of the Pantomime may be obtained at the Theatre. GAME PIES! GAME PIES !—The Celebrated Yorkshire Game Pies !—The greatest Treat of the season for Christmas Parties. Suitable for Ladies, as well as _Epicures, and everybody else. Made only by W. Litw.ros, Ban HOTEL, Queen-square —who contracts for Public Balls, Suppers, and other large Entertainments—where will be found Good Beds, Good Viands, Good Wines, &c . THE NEW.YEAR! A BARON OF BEEF WILL •BE ROASTED AT THE MANSION-HOUSE HOTEL, I, DRURY-LANE, ON THE 2ND OF JANUARY. HIGH WATER IN THE MERSEY'. Tale DAT- 7 Morning, 11h. 52m .... Afternoon, Oh. Om. SATURDAY, DECE.2IIBER 31, 1853. VARIOUS causes have been assigned for the great mortality which has . lately occurred on. board emi grant vessels—some, probable ; others, quite the opposite. This terrible calamity has given rise to a . variety of surmises. Of 'course we cannot'object to diverSity of opinion being expressed upon a subject of such importance ; indeed, it is only by such means very often that the truth is ultimately arrived . at. We only condemn - theory . when it martyrs truth, or theorists when they cast asper sions upon the character, honour, and humanity' of eminent individuals who by no means deserve 'to have injurious imputations flung in their faces, or unjustifiable reports circulated to their disadvan tage: Thodry is all tory well as long as it confines itself to its own domain ; but when it becomes didacious or dictatorial, then indeed we have just cause for dissatiSfactiOn and disgust. The Times newspaper, in endeavouring to account for this distressing mortality, has adopted groundless hypothesis—assumed untenable pre mises— used flimsy arguments--and arrived at illogical conclusions. Luckless ship-owners, and brokers, and all others in any way ostensibly con- 3 !,:." nected with emigrant vessels, are the scape-goats upon whom this High Priest of Journalism would fain cast the awful responsibility of the emigrants' misery, disease, and death. "A ship," observes the Times, "may leave the land without any indi " cations of disease, having satisfied the vigilance of " the inspectors under the Passengers' Act, and " complied literally with the stinted and niggardly " provisions of that most narrow and paltry mea " sure; but after a few days have been spent in " the pestilential atmosphere created by the fes " tering mass of squalid humanity imprisoned " between her damp and steaming decks, the " scourge that every day more and more constantly I " waits upon the uncleanness of crowded, un washed, and unventilated dwellings, bursts out, " and to the miseries of filth, of foul air, of crowding, of darkness, and ceaseless din, is " added the dreadful presence of cholera. Amid hundreds of men, women, and children, dressing, " undressing, washing, quarrelling, fighting, cook " ing, and drinking, are heard the groans and " screams of a patient in the last agonies of this plague. This is no imaginary picture; so con stant a concomitant has this disease become of " the voyage of an emigrant-ship to America—so ;" uniformly does it break out after the first three " or four days at sea, and so relentless are its " ravages, that it has come to be a received theory " among persons who feel the necessity of ac counting for the fact in a manner as little disgraceful as possible to the proprietors of these ".floating charnel - houses, that the cholera is domesticated in certain degrees of latitude and "longitude, that the atmosphere which broods " over the waters of the Atlantic is loaded with ". death, and that between us and America is raised " a barrier more formidable than dretded \finds r , and waves- —a barrier of pestilence and infection. 1 " It is no time to make theories, for the facts " multiply fast upon our hands, and demand an " explanation of some sort." No time to make theories, forsooth 1 so that ,an explanation of some sort is better than none at all. But— " Leas dang'rous is th' offence To tire our patience than mislead our sense." The argument here adduced is compleetly over thrown 'by the fact; that so far from malignant disease continuing to augment, after it makes its first appearance, until the vessel reaches port,— which would infallibly be the case if the causes assigned by the Times be correct—it invariably diminishes in intensity and extent after the lapse of a few days. The testimony of the physician to the ship Marathon will be• regarded as conclusive on this point. The :''arathon sailed from this port with 531 emigrants on the 22d September, and after a protracted voyage of fifty days—a most unusual circumstance—arrived at New York on the 29th ult. The mortality on board this vessel was very great, amounting to 64 deaths. The following is the narrative of the medical officer :—" Ship Ma " rathon left her dock at Liverpool, September 22, " and sailed from the river on the 27th, with very " stormy weather. No sickness occurred on board " untiLOctober 10, when cholera broke out on the " lower deck. The first case was an Irishman ;he " was seized at eight o'clock in the morning with " cramps, coldness of extremities, excessive purging " and vomiting, and pulse almost imperceptible. "He died at twelve o'clock the same day. By " Monday October 17, the disease had materially " decreased in virulence—so far, that only three "or four died per day. On the 27th it again raged " fiercely, when the number of deaths were an " average of five per day. From November 4 until " the arrival in port, no deaths from cholera oc " curred. During that time, however, several " children died of diarrhoea. At the period when " the disease was at its height, there was an average "of 15 sick per clay, The total ilun*er of ca....,- " was 91, of which 64 terminated fa S tally. Cases " were from four hours to a week, from the time " of infection, before terminating fatally." Hence we find that the disease broke out a week after the vessel left the Mersey, but ceased to be fatal after the expiration of a fortnight—a circum stance not at all probable if the accommodation, diet, and sanitary condition of the numerous emi grants were disregarded. If the internal condition of emigrant ships be such as the Times charac terises as " noisome dungeons, airless and light " less, still reeking from the ineradicable stench " left by the emigrants of the last voyage, which "no fumigation can remove, no perfume over " come." If " cleanliness is impossible," and "no " attempt is made to purify the reeking dens," why we should have had a far more melancholy tale to tell. Contagion would have continued to spread—mortality to increase --- until scarcely a survivor would have been left to describe the hor rors of a passage across the Atlantic. The New York Courier and Inquirer also nega• tives the arguments of the Times. It observes :-- " It will bc asked, of cholera, why is it confined to ," emigrants who suffer from imperfect ventilation, " filthy and crowded decks, and bad food? The " reply is simply that such is not the fact. The " ship Constellation is, as we -have already men " tioned, one of the best arranged, and best " managed ships that sail out of this port. She " was not over crowded. Her second cabin is en " tirely isolated from the steerage, roomy, airy, " and with good state rooms; yet .in that cabin " there were four deaths, Other cases might be "mentioned where 'the officers, their wives, and "-the, grew have suffered from attacks of cholera, " and in some instances died. If the disease be " cholera, and it is impossible to doubt it, it does not result from the imperfect sanitary condition " of the ships." Other causes besides those alleged by the London Oracle must be sought for - as occasioning this extensive mortality. And we are strongly in clined to favour the opinion which the Times sneers at, but which, nevertheless prevails in scientific quarters, is favoured by American physicians of • distinction, and advocated by intelligent American journalists, that the mysterious agency of the disease, vomited forth from the foul dens of India, is now careering over the broad bosom of the Atlantic ocean. •The day after the arrival of the Marathon, seven emigrant ships __reached New York, five being from this port, conveying altogether 2,416 passengers, out of which immense number, ' only seven died during the voyage, viz., four on board the Man hattan, one on the •Princoton, and two on the Neptune. Thee first two sailed from Liverpool with a complement of 869 emigrants. On board the Cambria, Universe, and jos. Walker, conveying respectively 349, 631, and 443 passengers, .not a solitary death 'Occurred !' These,' we need hardly inform our readers, are all Liverpool vessels. And yet the Times will rant, and rave, and vituperate, and taunt :Its abOut our "sordid and heartless avarice," in extracting "booty - from . helpless "poverty and ignorance !" 'Tie really too bad to fulminate such accusations. It. shows ill taste and worse perception :' .The Hew York Times was induced to indulge somewhat also in the imaginative, and spoke of the filthy condition of a certain emigrant vessel—but in the same 'journal the statement was subsequently contradicted on affidmit, • ; Amongst some Southerns there seems to be a great prejudice against anythingbearing aLiverpool Lem,) ).;71(1.::1 THE NORTHERN DAILY TIMES. stamp—indeed it amounts to a species of jealousy, which, if it does not wear " green," certainly car ries very " jaundiced eyes." And we are inclined to believe that a few of the London journals are labouring Under that species of opthalmia. lioiv eVer we shall do our best, as opportunity serves, to improve their vision—although we confess to its being a hopeless, thankless, and onerous duty, for most likely should we— • • "AT chance go right, they'll purposely go wrong." Be that as it may, we shall never silently suffer the character of an influential and honourable class of the community to writhe under the foul aspersions and unmerited castigations of our Metropolitan contemporary without an attempt, however feeble to remove the one, and repudiate the other. Tint Emperor of FRANCE has made another great concession to British commerce, and one which for its importance far surpasses all those which have gone before it. The Moniteur publishes a decree abolishing the restrictions imposed by the rescript of the Bth of February, 1826, on raw cotton im ported into France from Great Britain and the British possessions in Europe. Under this re script, cotton, the produce of Asia, Africa, and America, shipped from England and from Euro pean possessions to France, was admitted for re- exportation only. In France the abolition of this restrictive law its a boon of the first magnitude, while to England its advantages are no less con siderable. THE LATE SHIPWRECK IN THE IRISH CHANNEL. CORONER'S INQUEST, Yesterday, Henry Davis, Esq., one of the county coroners, held an inquest at Ringsend on the body of John Co-_ michael, one of the erew of the Scotch steamer called 'the Eva, which foundered on the' coast off Dublin Bay on Wed nesday morning. It appeared that she had been a paddle steamer on the Clyde, not more than nine months built, and had been lately fitted out for a sailing voyage to Mel bourne, by unshipping her paddles and making some altera tion in her rigging. She was an iron boat, of 82 tons burden and of great length ; and on leaving the Clyde had her engine and boiler on board in the usual place. She encoun tered very severe weather and heavy seas on Wednesday morning, and the weight amidships, is supposed by those who were saved to have occasioned a breaking of the vessel in the centre, and her consequent sinking. There were then on board 14 men .and a boy, including the captain, named Robert Fisher; and also his wife and the sister-in-law of the latter, making 17 in all. Of these seven were rescued alive through the heroic exertions of the captain and crew of the trawler Emerald Isle, two of whose men braved a dangerous sea in their small boat at the imminent risk of their lives ; but one of the seven, John Carmichael, the engineer of the Eva, died shortly after he was taken on board the trawler. The remaining six, as had been already men tioned, were brought to Ringsend, an.d hospitably treated by the inhabitants; after which they were brought to the Sailors' Home, and taken care of t here. The names of the survivors are—William Alexander Gordon, blacksmith ; Elisha De Avila (a Portuguese), Alexander Grammont, Walter Scott, and John M'Kenzie, the steward. The name . --- --- of the sixth could not be a s c er t a i ne d . - As the largest hypothecator, England must of A respectable jury was sworn, and after they had viewed necessity be the largest holder and importer of the body, the following were examined:— cotton. But in dealing with England for this Bute;h John Mwagia eslitezwiear7a o m n in i t r j th li e ve Ev in a, Isleßoss- r shire, ok. sl C l i e f commodity France will obtain her supplies had been a paddle steamer on the Clyde, and was fitted out on much better terms than she has hitherto, more for Melbourne; her paddles - were taken out, but the engines particularly - with respect to the co tt ons o f Af r i ca w kelartomonthbooarcdiydaendattheonbe oi o l , e o r lo l c e L t o fu a ll T o n f ea w d a a ter a ; fte w r e re itiad Asia. In Asia we are the bona fide`producers ; saile d- noon; on Wednesday morni ng th e capta i n came dow y n and and in the African markets ;we have nearly a per- called the mate, saying "The boat is fast going"—meaning feet monopoly. To deal with England, therefore, pumped anti! d wasd filling; , saowonwldatewrorukp noto the lon c o a r b . in t t i l o oo o r n , and for raw cotton is to buy direct, and at prime cost. P house then began to fill ) ; the captain called for the life-boat The justice and the wisdom of the change must, to be got in order • there were fourt een men an d a b oy on consequently, be obvious to all. board, also the wife and sister-in-l aw o f t h e capta i n ; I With re came on deck, and just th en a sea struc k the vessel, and she gard to American Cottons we also believe rent a little in the side, and the water poured in ; she began that French consumers will be very materially to sink ; a flag j avas hoisted on the wizen pea k as a signal benefited by being allowed the option of purchas tolien m of distress, for us, and I saw a and the ma mate hel dup alight; g steamerhaon t ithg:wtarawolff . trawler N t vas ing in the English market, as well as in that of captain ordered the life bo a t t o b e p u t ou t , and immediately America. America. The range of prices with us being often some of the men jumped into her, when she overset, and an more in favour of buyers than it is even in Ameri ca hoisted out thinke drowned; the mate and I, an d a young man, only other boat we had, and got into her; itself. Our largest importations are generally made the second mate jumped in, and she also upset; the second when the prices of cotton and freights are low, and mate and I got hold of her keel; she tumbled over several when we get into large stocks, both pri ces an d times; the second mate kept a hold of h eg f or h a lf an h our, and then dropped off ; there was a very A% vy sea • I kept freights in America often rise, without pr o d uc i ng my hold of the boat, and was about a mile from the' sinking any advance in prices with us. But under the late vessel when she went down ; from the time I got out of law prohibiting the consumption of cotton imported from m ve t as hr e e l e u to nt f i o l ur l _Nv ou as rs picked up by the sm ac k' s b oa t, was h . into France from this country, the French con- Captain Thomas Dearl examined—l am captain of the Burners were shut out from a participation in the Prince steamer; we discovered the Eva in distress about nine the was then on her o'clockway on Wednesday . morning; . Prince commercial advantages here shown. That the from Liverpool to Dublin; we instantly bore down for benefit alluded to will be quickly and highly appre- her • she was about 18 mil es wes t b y nort h o f t h e Ba i ley elated in France is quite certain, and the effect it light; just after bearing away I observed the smack pretty will have on our market will both be immediate close under her lee; in exactly five minutes after we bore away for her she sank ; she was then about three miles from and continuous. France is capable of consuming us, and in ten minutes we ran down to the spot; I saw three quite as much cotton as we can, and that she is persons on a spar, and immediately stopped the engine ; about to make an effort to supply the wants of her life f tile we had been running towards the distressed vessel our boat had been getting ready, also life buoys and cork people.is very evident ; but we do not apprehend jackets; after stopping the engines we lowered a life boat any injury to our trade from this source. from its usual place abaft the paddles; the steamer unfor- The manufacturing wants of Fran ce a re very tunately rolled and dashed a ga i ns t th e b oat, i n cense quence of which the wo o d en en d s parte d f rom the stern posts; them, and they have not been supplied to one- there were three men in the b o at a t th e t i me ; two of tenth of their real extent; and, therefore, supply- alarmed by her being stove in, got back into the steamer ing the raw material required to produce the by the tackle falls, and she broke adrift with the other remaining nine-tenths, will do our manufacturers man ; I then had st e am p u t on, to get the steamer's head round, in order to l o w er another boat to leeward, for it would no possible harm. At present she can buy cotton have been dangerous to attempt to lower it from the wind in the markets of the world with the exception of ward side ; this occupi e d us a b out a quarter of an hour ; England, and if she had been really able t o c o m as this other boat was b e i ng l owere d a sea struck her and carried her stern away, and also took one of the stern pete to any prejudicial extent with this country, rings, to which one o f th e tac kl e falls was attached, we should have felt it many years ago. Th e preandsliewas t the lost; two men who had been lowered with sent change will, therefore, tend simply to i m p ar t ._her got backeanother large steamer boat, i b dent y en the d fotacklreasai ; v w n e could ldh have , J ,svredship's greater activity to our cotton trade at h ome , which( .4ompany, in five mi nu t es , or a g i g, b ut the men savingto will lead, ir(its turn, to more comprehensive op the smack had been so smart with their boat in the mean time that all who could b e save d were rescued , the steamer', rations abrf 4. , , —,,,. to NinaTrarci of Ulu w teuk, farm Toe smack to leeward; In rndi ‘-otton the French will probably do ;and there was a very bad sea running; the steamer rolled so much that I could not go too near for fear of dest ro ying th e the largest atide ; and the fact of ad m itti ng diet. 11 , )eople who were floating; we remained the r e f rom a b ou t a direct from the British possessions at home is a n ,i i iparter past nine until ten minutes past eleven • after we act, which ought not, in common justice to both ' saw that the smack had d one every thi ng, we picked up our countries, to have been so long delayed. Coming b b o lat , a with the man in it, whi c h h a d gone a d r if t, an d then as it does, however, even at this late period of ti me, A Ju w r a o y r . : How was it that • the smack's bo a t lived in the we are bound to hail it as another pledge of sea? NAPOLEON'S good faith towards England Such Witness: Our boats would have lived very well if we acts carry with them the prestige of still ,b e tt er could have got them cle ar o f th e steamer, but it is very difficult to get them clea r w h en a h eavy sea is is running, and and greater things. France is no longer to be tied the difficulty partly arises from the overhanging side of the down by the laws of a long protracted military steamer; ais nmg.we cannot keep a boat a l ongs id e w h en a h eavy usurpation. The monarch who hopes to hold his A Juror : Did any of your men refuse to go in the boats ? sceptre, must let in the light of sound civil Witness : None of them refused to go, but they came out government ; and must employ his time in of oho Dunne the boats whene in iam master ex th a e m irown lveswermeaesndr of the trawler angered releasing industry from the galling yoke With which Emerald Isle ; we left Dublin to fish on Tuesday morning ; the legislation of military ambition invariably we were three men and a boy on board; about seven o'clock surrounds the social system, of the state. In yesterday morning we saw the wreck ; her flag was flying at her 'man peak whits signified distress, or it might indicate P erpetuating the military usurpation.of sovereign that she wanted a pilot; we hauled up our nets and made power in France, NAPOLEON'S abilities, , were barely towards her, we were about forty fathoms from her as near questioned. But great doubts were entertained as I can guess when she went down ; s h e a pp eare d t o b rea k in two amidships and sank bodily, her head and stern dis by many of his most ardent admirers, as to his appearing last; it was then about half-past nine o'clock, and capacity and aptitude for civil governthent. France we had been two hours going up to her; there was a heavy sea had long needed repose from kingly perfidy and running; w e ho v e t o am id s t severa l peop l e w h o were i n the water and got our little boat out ; W i ll iam C arro ll an d P eter C ollins, political contention, when Louis NAPOLEON _ as- both of Ringsend, were the men who got into it ; they saved sumed the direction of her destinies. And that all they could, while I and my son, a boy, made sail on the k and saved one • the boat picked' u repose he has not only given to her .up to the sin " , P five; two men go down; I saw two women on a raft, but they present hour, but we find him, -day by day, wiping appeared to be dead ; I sailed by the steamer and called to away from the statute-book of France, those blind the captain who was standing on the paddle-box, to lower acts of reprisals which were conceived 'in a wild the boat that was hanging fr o m th e s t ar b oar d tackles but he did not seem to h ear me ' ; the steamer had spirit of military domination, and which rendered come up when we were lowering our boat ; I saw social progress and political tranquillity perfectly a boat in the water before speaking to the steamer; the boat incompatible. . I desired the captain t o l ower was suspen d e d f rom the star , . . board tackle, and if it had been lowered I think more lives To discover the real source of the great disturb- would have been saved ; the steamer's life boats were not ing causes in society, is a work, of no mean ebarac- lowered at all ; they "caned to be alarmed on the deck of ter, and to strike an effectual blowat their existence requires great penetration and coolness, and in the Free Trade measures adopted by France both the Emperor and his government, appear to have dis covered the main causes of those fearful convul sions which have taken place in that country within the last century. And if NAPOLEON would now turn his attention to the oppressive duty on linens which enter so largely -into the manufac tures of, and give such general remunerative emploYment in, France, he would bestow still greater advantages on the two countries.. The duty now _ paid on linens imported into French ports is in many instances fifty,per cent., which fails to check the importation, while it adds an excessive amount to the cost of those French the steamer; I was on the weather side of the steamer ; there were, persons floating in the water a-head of her ; after five men had been picked up we ran under the stern of the steamer and saw a sunken boat attached to leer; we looked about . to see_if we could save any more ; we saw another man on a sunken boat and saved him; he was the steward; the deceased was barely alive when he was got on board ; it was then about eleven o'clock : we made for the land and arrived at Ringsend about half-past four the same after noon ;. the man clinging to the boat was a long way to windward of us, and we had to work to windward in order to reach him ;We were about an hour and a-half picking up the others. William Carroll examined : I did not see the steamer lower any boat; when the smack hove to I threw a sound ing line to two men who were on a spar ; they caught it but the line broke i the smack's boat was then got oat, and Collins and I got into it; the two men on the spar were the first we picked ; men we saved were to leeward of the steamer ; I did not see the steamer rolling ; I was sur prised to see her so steady. productions it which linens are largely employed. On this important subject of commercial reform in ,France much yet remains to be. studied, and we feel assured that the head that has done so much,, will continue the good work until the French are placed in a commercial position which shall render their exquisite skill and industry of solid practical advantage to mankinl . generally. The screw-steamer Collaroy, bound to Australia, was towed into Beaumaris bay yesterday morning, in a disabled condition. Mr. William, TomlinsOu examined : I am a surgeon ; I live at 181 Great Brunswick-street; I saw the deceased man yesterday evening on beard the smack; he then appeared to have been dead about two hours. Collins, the other man who went in the smack's boat, was then called forward. The coronet said it appeared that the survivors had been taken out of the water through the very meritorious conduct of the men in the fishing smack, who had behaved in a most creditable manner; and the only question remaining f or th e jury to examine was, whether the steamer had rendered all the assistance in her power. Collins said, when we got into the.smack's boat I observed the steamer lying dead stall; and I neither saw her people heave a rope to persons that were in the water close under them nor lower a boat at all. Coroner : Is it your opinion that they did not make all the exertions that they might have done ? Witness lam confident that they did not. Mr. George Brandon examined : The evidence of this gentleman went to show that the captain 'and crew of th e Prince had done all they were capable of doing to rescue the drowning crew. The jury were then left to themselves, and after delibera ting for about a quarter of an hour, found the folloaiug verdict :—" We find that John Carmichael came by his death through the ship Eva, of which he was engineer, foundering in the channel on the night of the 28th inst. ; and the jury cannot separate without b r i ng i ng un d er t h e notice of the public and the authorities, the gallant and humane conduct of John Dunne, 'William Carroll, Peter Collins, and Edward Dunne, the crew of the trawler Emerald Isle, who, by their great exertions, and at the very great risk of their own lives, succeeded in saving six persons from the sunken vessel. " RAILWAY ACClDMT.—Yesterday, the train leaving Lon don at seven o'clock in the morning, was delayed at one of the stations on the line, for upwards of an hour and a half, in consequence of some slight accident. Dn. Bownnvo.—We believe it is now settled that'Dr. Bowring is appointed gdvernor of Hong Kong, and chief superintendent of British trade in China. Tae WKECit ON CARLINGFORD Ban.—On Tuesday the wreck of the schooner Bohemian Girl, Hine, master, from Smyrna, stranded on our bar during the night of the 19th instant, was got off, and brought up to Warrenpoint. ' THE WEATHER.—OHANNEL TRANSIT.—III consequence or the storms which hare prevailed during the Week, the com munication with Ireland has been very much interrupted. Yesterday morning, and from an early hour on the previous night, the wind was felt in Liverpool, a thaw was the result, but as the day advanced the wind fell, and the frost again succeeded ) and still continues very hard. But the high winds give manifest evidence of having entirely subsided. ia!?If!:, The survivors express'their deep gratitude to the captain and crew of the Emerald Isle, for having saved their lives at so great risk to their own : to Mr. Go )de, the owner of the fishing vessel, for the liberal manner in which he has dealt with them; and to the managers, and Mr. Marshall, the superintendent of the sailors' 'home, where they were kindly, treated,-and temporarily supplied with clothing, the cost of which remains to be defrayed. THE DEFICIENT HARVEST IN FRANCE. We read in the Mon iteur,— "As soon as the insufficiency of the last harvest became known, the administration of the city of Paris occupied itself with the means of providing for the exigencies of the situa tion. Was it to have recourse to bread tickets as in 1847, and on previous occasions under similar circumstances ? In 1847 this measure cost more than 9,000,000 f. to the city of Paris. Without counting the exnense, the adminis tration ascertained that grave and numerous abuses arose from the difficulty of control in a population of 1,000,000. Many persons whose position did not justify them in having recourse to the munificence of the city, procured tickets, while other really necessitous, but resrained by a sentiment easily understood, dared not ask for any. The fear of seeing these abuses renewed caused the municipal adminis tration to adopt another system. The price of bread has been paid at a rate which does not exceed the re,souces of the labouring classes • and, as all will be called on to compensate gradually the advances which the measure renders necessary, it has been extended to all without distinction, so that no person has, in any respect, the right to complain. However,. the bakers who sell bread at less than it costs them must be indemnified for the loss they sustain. Hitherto, the municipal treasury alone has been charged with that ; but such a state of things cannot be prolonged without inconvenience to the finances of the city, and to the services in view of which they have been calculated. It has accord ingly been found necessary either to provide means for pay ing an expense which could not enter into the estimates of the budget, or to interrupt the great works which the city has so wisely undertaken in order to restore manufactures, arts, commerce, and labour. As for the resources of the State, they belong to all France ; it would not have been just to cause all to contribute to the exclusive advantage of a few. To avoid this difficulty, the municipal administra tion has had recourse to a system of compensation which satisfies all the conditions of justice and economy. It is to regularise this system that the Caisse de Service de la Bou langerie has been instituted. This will be the intermediary between the bakers and the town. By means of special ac counts, it will pay every fortnight to the bakers of Paris the difference between the price of 80c., the present rate of the loaf of two kilogrammes , and the price establi s h e d b y the market lists. At a later period, when abundance shall have returned, the Caisse will be reimbursed for its advances, by levying on the public, by the instrumentality of the bakers, a slight difference between the selling price and the cost price. By this arrangement not only will the bakers be exactly and immediately paid for their advances, but the municipal treasury will be relieved from a charge which weighed exclusively on it. Nor are those the sole advantages of the new institution. The flour which the bakers were obliged to have in deposit in the stores was, so to speak, an unproductive investment. It will hence forth cease to be the basis of their credit at the Caisse, arid, consequently, of their independence. Certain to find there, at moderate rates, the money which they require for their business, they can lower the price of bread for the advan tage of the consumer. On the other hand, while leaving to each baker the right of obtaining his supplies as he pleases, the decree obliges him to declare the amount and the price of his purchases, and thereby affords the authori ties new means of assuring themselves of the sincerity of the market quotations. Placed under the surveillance of the Prefect of the Seine, guranteed by the city of Paris, and by the depots of flour, of which the value amounts to several millions, the Caisse de la Boulangerie will easily procure the sums necessary for its operations ; it can even, at a later period, form a reserve fund destined to provide for necessities similar to those which have caused it to be established. After having enjoyed a notable reduction in the price of bread, the population cannot complain at being obliged to reimburse the advances made to it, by paying a slight addition when the price of corn shall have consider ably fallen. Thus limited, this measure, which is both practical and simple, .provides for all the necessities of the situation ; it maintains good order in the finances of the city; it permits it to continue the great works which, with the resources of charity, are the sole •efficacious relief for a necessitous population in difficult times. The resolution taken by the municipal administration of Paris is, then, dictated at the same time by prudence and foresight. Other municipalities, which may find themselves in a simi lar situation, can employ the same system. In towns in which the population is less dense, and in w-hich the re sources of each person are more easily known, bread tickets could, without causing the same inconvenience as at Paris, be employed. The government can only applaud all the measures which have for their object the alleviation of suf fering; what it in particular desires is, to behold the re sources of employment increasing, because that is the most efficient means of preventing distress. Such is the object of the decrees which have recently accorded 4,000,000 f. as subventions to useful works, principally in the rural com munes. The circumstances which we R 7 ,1" C:.73:::,,,"' Er'r^"", 'are diffletett,•but^they ought not cause any &ftfloss. „ If prices are still high, the a sce n siona l movement appears to bo stopping. The severity of the season has permitted the farmers to thrash their corn, and to carry it to market ; in that they have acted wisely. The arrivals from foreign countries to the ports of our two seas continue with abun dance and regularity. The Afoniteur of Nov. 17th announced that the quantity received amounted at that period to 3,600,000 hectolitres ; at present they exceed 6,200,000 hectolitres. Iu comparing the present situation with th e crisis of 1846-7, the following results are arrived at :—To the end of January, 1847, the sliding case was acted on, and, in consequence, during th e last five months of 1846 only 2,380,946 hectolitres of foreign corn had entered ; whereas this year in the corresponding . five months, nearly double the quantity arrived. The arrivals which are still going on will not allow any return t o th e elevated prices which were seen in February, March, April, and May of 1847, and which far exceeded those of the present day. The government will thus reap the bexefit of its active fore sight, and of the security and liberty which it accords to commercial transactions." THE BELFAST STEAM-SHIP COMPANY 'VERSUS 28 - B CORK STEAM SHIP COMPANY. It is with great regret we learn that a difference has arisen between these two respectable and enterprising steam companies. The contest in which they are engaged would appear to have resulted from the aggressive conduct of the Cork company, and it is desirable that the facts of the case should be laid before the public. It will be in the recollection of oar readers that, in the early part of last year the defective state of our steam-carrying trade with Liverpool (at that time in the hands of the Cork company and our townsmen, Messrs. Lingtrys and C 0.,) was brought under the consideration of our chamber of commerce by Mr. John Mulholland. That 'gentleman contended that the growing importance of oar town, and our increasing relations with Liverpool, demanded a daily sailing from either port—that the companies then in possession of the line were unable or unwilling to provide the requisite accommodation, it having frequently happened ; that only one or two departures, and those of an inferior class of vessels, had taken place in the week ; and he strongly urged the formation of a local com panv, of adequate capital, to provide the additional ac commodation demanded by the trade. This public notice subsequently led to the formation of the Belfast steam-ship company, consisting of upwards of one hundred and twenty of the most wealthy and enterprising of the merchants, manufacturers, linen bleachers, and shopkeepers, of this town and neighbourhood, and a first-class steamer was forthwith contracted for. During the progress of- its fur - mation, Mr. Pike, the managing director of the Cork company, obtained an interview with some of the directors of the new company, and voluntarily stated that he consi dered the Belfast people should supply additional steam accommodation with Liverpool, if they considered it ne cessary ; and that he would not act with hostility against the now company ; but, on the contrary, would carry on the trade in an amicable spirit. When the Belfast com pany's new steamer , Telegraph: (confessedly the finest and fastest channel steamer afloat) took up her station, her owners adopted the scale of freights and passage-money ' previously charged on the line. The railings took place on the unoccupied days :of the week, although unfavourable for obtaining a fair share of the traffic ; and, in other respects, .the new company- adopted a line-of policy which showed an anxiety to reciprocate the friendly feelings professed by the Cork company. For a few months all went on har moniously and satisfactorily; when, without any intimation being given to the owners of the Telegraph, the Cork com pany suddenly dropped their freights and passage-money to r rates of a.ruinous character. Against this proceeding the owners of the Telegraph remonstrated, at the same time as suring the Cork company that the Belfast people did not want exclusive possession of the line, their aim being to fur nish, at their own exp ense , the additional steam accommo dation which ,they conceived their trade required ; and they made a proposition that the three companies should agree to adopt a stale of moderate; but remunerative. charges, which proposal was not acceded to. • Thin amicable proposition was formally repeated to the Cork company, with an intimation that, if' declined, the Belfast company would necessarily be compelled in self-defence to adopt retaliatory measures on one or more of the steam lines occupied by their rivals; but no notice was • taken of this further communication. All attempts to bring about a satisfactory arrangement having ' failed, the Belfast company have considered it their duty to purchase the fine steamer Sea Nymph, to enable them to carry out their intentions ; and the Telegraph is advertised to sail from Liverpool to Cork, on Tuesday next. The pur chase of this additional steamer so promptly entered on will, perhaps, convince the Cork company that they have under estimated the power and spirit of their Belfast rivals.—Nor them Whig. WRECK YESTERDAY.—A schooner capsised on West Hoyle Bank yesterday morning, and there is reason to sup pose all hands are drowned. MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL• LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY EVZ I4I° 4 The London St oc k M ar k et opene d buoys 4 to-day. , Consols were first quoted 931 from ` l4 , 4 ` hi l they advanced to 94, on its becoming known ` 6 7,1 the Directors of th e B an k o f E ngland had isl 3 a notice to the effect, that those persons who not commuted the stocks held by them accor d ' s ; to the financial resolutions of last session, ImlY 4l , c / be paid off without waiting for the period when fall due on the 6th of next month, without ') charge being made as dis coun t. I t w ill be P i ' from this announcement that the offers that O' t made some time ago to discount, first at 4 per c e !,, and then 3 per cent. per annum, have not bee,'" cepted by the public to any extent, but it is o f col v i to be anticipated that, as the discount has 13° 1 , 1 fallen to zero, the holders of non -commuted st 4e j, will avail themselves of the opportunity now ; forded them. The sum of 3,000,000/. will 61 0 4 thrown on the market. This, while money for_' . 4 count readily commandas per cent., will be K tio relief. Consols, however, receded towards closing, and were finally quoted 931. ket There was More doing in th e Sh are 140 4 and several Stocks have advanced considers% Manchester and Lincolnshi re 22 ; Midl an d 621 b Midland Great Western (Ireland) 49; Newmarnl Bury Extension 41 ; Newry and Enniskillen gi! Norfolk 48 ; North British. 304; Oxford and vv. ° , l ,' verhampton 36. 1 ; Scottish C en t ra l 92 ; S e otti% Midland :58 ; Waterford and Limerick 25; Abp deen Berwick 64 ; Ditto E x t ens i on 1 1 1 ; Au-45 deen 214 4 ; Caledonian 55 ; Eastern Countl„ 134 4; Great Northern 844 ti ; Great Southel: and Western (Ireland) 104 ; Great Western 133 !: Lancaster and Carlisle, New Thirds 144 ; cashire and Yorkshire 664 2 - • Ditto Fib . 10 4; London and North Western ' 1044 0 4, 1 Antwerp and Rotterdam, 4 ; G ran d T run k Canada, Shares and Bonds, 64; Luxembourg, V i paid, 11 104; ditto 101., 7 ; ditto 51., 4:1; Paris 0, Lyons, 262.; Sambre and M euse , 8! . I n inisce!" ttn eoris shares the transactions were limiter. Australian Agricultural - ) . Inpany, 43. Australia n Royal Mail, 21. Crystal Pal ace , 14 premium. Pe e d River Land, to prem. Van Diemen's end Company dull at 144 to 144. In the Foreign Stock Market there was not ;na b business transacted. Mexican Stock, 241; 81, sian Four-and-a-Half per C en t s ., 981; Span's; Deferred, 22. The only othe r b arga i ns were Dilt' 21 at 641 ; and Fours at 961 97. BAN% OF ENGLAND RETURN'S. An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria. c 4 ! l / 4 : 32, for the W ee k en di ng on S atur d ay, December 'A 1853. ISSUE DEPARTMENT. Debit. Notes issued . . £29,128,436 Credit. Government Debt .. . . Z 11,015 , 0,, Other securities 2;984,9' Gold Coin and Bullion .. . . 15,128, } ' . 29,128,45 S £29,128,435 Total . PAUTMMT. Credit. Government se curities • • 15 043,01 Other securities 16 : 643, 65 ; ' Notes 8 318,25 u Gold and silver coin BANKING D: Debit. Proprietors' ca- pital Rest Public deposits 11,157,724 Other „ 10,607,922 Seven day, and other bills T0ta1.... £40,696,267 Total .... X40,690 - _, The foregoing Returns of the Bank of Engla r : b show the following result s , w h en compare d those for the preceding week :—Notes issue increase, 398,705/. ; Bullion, in both departmen,,k s o ' increase, 376,785/. ; Rest, incre ase , 9,3651 .; Db-, Deposits, increase, 665,0381.; o th er deposit' decrease,. 91,762/.; seven-day, and other Biller decrease, 4,7501. On the credit side, the ameu t t, of Government Securities i s unc h anged ; while :7`; the other securities th ere i s an i ncrease of 406,637," Notes unemployed, increas e , 194,175/ . ; a c tua l car culation, 28,548,110/. ; increase, 469,3221. On the London 'Change business was head' to' day. Town Tallow was quoted ls. 6d. per C 7 ' ‘ , higher. St. Petersbu rg c l ean H emp, 361. L'ig Scotch Pict Iron, 795. 6d. In the " London Corn Market th ere was it.fsito# demand for wheat at Wednesday's prioo2S. ! ....444.44 satsy ---- swill... se • 1.--"SdlOr*essoirweism........ , -eI , .Z. les per quarter, sales were restricted. Some Sal e$ made of floating cargoes to the south brill , the week. The value of sp r i ng corn of all desca ' tions was fully maintained. Flour met fair inqw"' at an advance of is. per barrel. We announced a few day s ago th a t th e Va te 4 office authorities had gi ven th e contrac t f o r conveyance of the mails of the 4th Feb. for Austr4 . lia to the General S crew St eam Company, 1"/ send them out by the B os ph orus , a sma ll vess el °f but 700 tons, and but limited horse power, whiel vessel is now some days overdue from India an the Cape. The Liverpool Cotton Market closed to-day ul outchange. The sales amounted to 5000 bales, which 500 were taken for export and speculatin n i By reference to th e a nnua l return o f t h e Liverpow, Cotton Trade, which will be found in another of , of our pape r , it will be found that the tow, Import into this port during the present year h amounted to 2,028,830 bales, being a deereaao 178,190 bales comp are d w ith l as t year,and an inciess of 279,930 bales as with th a t o f 185 1. The PIPnI4 gt from this Port amounts t o 259,549 bales, again:l 226,717 bales in 1852, an d 210 ,978 b ales i n 185 . , 0 The Stock in Liverpool, as d ec l are d t hi s , day s i e 597,500 bales, against 577,810 bales in 1852, an_, 423,730 bales in 1851, s h ow i ng an exces in Wu computed quantity this year of 52,490 A L ierica o, 4620 Pernam, 1660 Bahia, 1610 Maranham, 53 , , 50 ,Egyptian, 280 West India, and 130 B engal; an d ,deficiency in Surat and Madras of 4200 balm 1 1 1 !4 actual increase as compared with the Estimaw Stock being 61,560 bales. The total deliveries fo r Home consumption f rom the ports of the Unite Kingdom are 1'855,107 bales, being an averal weekly delivery o f 35 , 6 7 5 b a l es, against )6146 ,bales in 1852, and 31,951 bales in 1851. In the statement of the StOcks held this yet there appears to be a serious discrepancy betwee n the annual and weekly returns, The quantity' presented in the latter being 62,000 bales less tilkw :the actual quantity stated in the annual retur n " We have noticed similar errors for the last thre° l years. Monday next will be observed as a genet' holiday in the Liverpool Cotton Market. Our Share Market improved very conside t ably to-day. Prices were steady, and a fair amours of business was done Caledonians, 274 f. Easti ern Counties, 13, 5-16. Lancashire and Yorkshire' 66i -I. London and North Western, 103; 4. Mi ti land, 621 ft. South Eastern, 18 5-16 t. Y or k an d North Midland, 231 ' l 4 . Sheffield Stock, 22i 4. The Manchester Stock Market was buoyant esi day, and prices were steadier than might ha , re bee n anticipated, seeing the depression which is felt in London for the last 'few days. Birkenhead, Lir cashire and Cheshi re J unct i on, 10* die. Calecor nians, 274. East Lancashire, 16 5-16. Ditto Pr! ference Quarters, 9. Lancashire and Yorkshiw 661 4. London and North Western, 1034. Mo i r chester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, No. 1, 11. Ditto New Preference, 5-16 pm. Midlands, 63. 0 The Leeds Share M ar k e t was fl at to-day, and t!la, amount of business transacted was limited. M 3, lands, 63k. Easte rn C oun ti es, 13 1 . Caledon i at V 27 9-16. East L ancas hi re, 16 3-16. Leeds BOP' 27. The following are th e l a t es t quo t at i ons of the ra t es •nii of Foreign Exchan ges —A n t werp, 25173 20. 11131; burg 13 4.1 t. St. Petersb urg , 38 371 . Frankfort' 118 1 Leghorn, 30 221 27f Paris short, 24 O' r 25 21. Three Months, 24 271 30. Not much fat e ation and little doing. . The commercial bank of London have given no i t' that they will pay th e i n t erest on the Callao Municipal Loan Debentures falling due on the, of January on the second and following days. London Joint Sto c k B an k h ave likewise g,ll, notice that they w ill p a y th e usua l dividends fai due same dates on the Lehigh Coal and Naviga Company's Bonds, Michigan Central Railway C °. pany s Bonds, and Wilmington and Raleigh way Company's Bonds. A new sompany, called the Cent ra l A i neri p O/1 Steam Navigation Company, have given notice application for a charter of incorporation. At a meeting of shareholders in the Port Iron Company held yesterday, a dividend of Ti 4 cent. Was declared. Hi^ E: ;xcelloney Namiek Pacha honoured F. W. Esq., Q.C., brother of the gallant Muchaven PohlI!, his company a t di nner yesterday, 29th inst., at his row in Lo wndes-square.