The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-09-04 00:00:00

La Well its in The atten proceed employ has become s say it is tim THE The West Derby Board of Guardians held their weekly meeting yesterday. The dispute between the master and Mr. Lister formed the prominent appointed to investigate the charges brought against Mr. Lister produced their report, in which they found, that Mr. Lister had made use of very ungentlemanly, improper, and unjustifiable lan guage towards Mr. Gough. The resolution of the committee was adopted by the board. Whether any further steps will be taken in the matter, no intimation was made. We perceive that Mr. Batten, in moving the adoption of the committee's resolution, took occasion to allude to, and ani madvert upon, certain remarks made in the NORTHERN TIMES on Thursday last, and to stigmatise them as an exparte statement, and void of truth. With regard to the source of our information, Mr. Batten labours under a mistake. We have means of obtaining any intelligence we require respecting the doings of the West Derby Board of Guardians without requiring any member to commit a breach of confidence, and anything that Mr. Batten may say will not deter us from doing our duty in exposing what we con- eider improp,,,T conduct on the part of our public officials. Whether the public will believe that Mr. Batten's statement is " the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth," we cannot say. We will only remark that we perceive Mr. Callis, who was absent from the • board, in consequence of indisposition, was not altogether satisfied with the committee's proceedings ; and knowing his char acter to be that of a straightforward gentleman, we expect that next week he will fulfil his promise, a Council—held ratic locality of " Great G ping but and explain to the guardians his opinion respecting the squabble in question. In another column will be found details of the news brought by the Screw Steam-ship Kangaroo, which entered the Mersey yesterday afternoon. The extra Session of Congress was to assemble on the 21st ult., and it was not expected to last lohger than two or three days at most. The President's Message, justifying the course he had adopted, and setting forth in detail the several matters on which he required the deliberation and action of both Houses, had been prepared and laid before the Cabinet, and approved. Some of the opposition journals were publishing strong condemnatory articles upon the :President's course of action, con. ceiving that it was nothing more nor less than a manoeuvre in connection with the approaching presidential election. Upon this latter topic, there is a dearth of any fresh intelligence. The demo crats of Philadelphia had assembled in mass meet ing, for the purpose of promoting the chances of Messrs. Buchanan and Brackenridge, as candidates for the presidency and vice-presidency. The preamble to the resolution, pledging the meeting to support these gentlemen at the approaching contest, sets forth that, in consequence of the exigency which has arrived, as regards the domestic affairs of the Union, the seditious and sectional feelings openly evinced by a portion of the American people who seek to disturb the peaceful regulations which have heretofore charac terised them, and the strong desire pervading in that community at that time, brought about by designing politicians, whose aim is—dismember ment of the glorious Union, and the formation of geographical distinctions in governmental matters, the meeting was impelled to select for the crisis, a responsible, energetic, and patriotic executive, to preside over their future destiny. The contest for the Presidential Chair on the present occasion will be particularly severe, and just now it would be difficult to " guess" who will be declared the win ner. Affairs in Kansas remain as unsettled as ever, and it is quite evident that the shilly-shally policy of Gen. Pierce, with regard to that distracted quarter of the American Union, has contributed, in no small degree, to embolden the invading Missourians. Fresh details respecting the Lousi ana tornado were received every day at New York. The general destruction of property and great loss of life are described as being truly heart-rending. Our Continental advices are interesting. From Paris we learn that the Minister of the Interior has sent a circular, dated August 28, to all the Prefects, desiring them to interdict the journals in the most absolute manner, from continuing to treat of the controversy about the colour of their flag, which has been for some time going on between the fusionists It is hinted about in the French capital, that Marshal Pelissier, alias Duke Malakoff, is most indignant at not being appointed, as he wished, Governor of Algeria. He considers, it is said, a pension of 4,0001 a-year, quite an inadequate reward for the military services he rendered in the Crimea. Some of the Paris papers, speaking of the matter, say that the Emperor has a due sense of Marshal Randon's services, being well assured that he has not to apprehend from him that attitude of eventual resistance which it seems Marshal Pelissier assumed in the East, whenever his instructions, no matter from how high a quarter they emanated, when they did not square with his own views. The Estafette explains the cause of Pelissier's non-appointment to the desired office, from an anxiety on the part of the Emperor to reserve the Duke Malakoff's sword for eventualities impos sible as yet to be very clearly foreseen. Several other important items will be found in the letter of our Paris correspondent, who is not only accu rate in his statements, but generally foremost in the communication of all important intelligence he Spanish Cabinet have commenced a crusade against the press advocating the cause of Narvaez, but the Madrid Gazette contradicts the report that the Espano had been seized and its Editor fined. The political condition of the people does not We read that the discontent of the improve orning since the 23rd of August the police have been employed in tearing down revolutionary placards, which are posted up regularly every night on the walls of Barcelona, and notwithstanding the vigilance of the police agents, they have been unable to dis cover the authors of the placards, or seize the persons who put them up. Court intrigues are going on at Madrid, and every day reveals new projects on the part of O'Donnell and his colleagues to retain power and controul over the Queen. The King, too, it is said, holds views Irather antagonistic to her course should be adopted under existing circum Majesty as to what stances Later advices from the Cape of Good Hope have arrived, but we do not find in them any intelligence The of the least importance There was quietness at Town, and it was thought that the Caffre hordes would give peace for a time longer WE have spoken of the Pike Scheme with great The worst we have said of it taught the worthlessne'ss of morality." Dr. " Liverpool." The history of the nefarious job, from M'Neile again complains of this article (as its commencement up to the present hour, seems to reported), and Mr. Conybere replies that Dr. have suggested the charge, while the future of the INVNeile is the leader of the Evangelical party, and undertaking is viewed with consternation Many that in the reprint he had suppressed the passage are looking for a sudden outburst of the large of which Dr. M'lsTeile complained. I body of water, shut up in very insecure resorvoirs —others say that springs are breaking out anew, and threaten to undermine some of the heaviest sections of the conduits. Some persons will have it that 150,0001. will be required shortly to supply a second line of pipes, and all those who are in terested in the mines and other property of the districts through which the Pike-water is to pass, feel fully persuaded that an accident must happen sooner or later, and that the loss of life and pro perty will be very much greater than the Burgesses of Liverpool or the public authorities have any idea of. Such wide apprehensions cannot, however, be much longer neglected. The inhabitants of Liverpool, or the people of the districts where life and property are threatened, place no reliance whatever on what emanates from the Town Council on the subject. Everybody knows the Pike Water Works have been a job from first to last, and the enquiry in every man's mouth is, " what will not a Corportion say in such cases ?" But we are inclined to think that the tima is not far distant when the matter must be noticed in some higher quarter. • If the works have not been properly executed, as is publicly stated, and if a very large body of water has been collected in the reservoirs, as Mr. HOLT asserts, the whole matter ought to be enquired into before coal-pits are deluged, and miles of country are laid under water. We have heard quite enough from really able and experienced engineers to satisfy any sane man that the whole scheme will be a failure, and that a break down on the conduits is' sure to occur. This will no doubt be pooh ! poohed ! by Mr. HAWKSLEY, and when a catastrophe does take place the Pikeists in the Council will endeavour to throw the blame on their engineer. But who is to bear the cost of the damage, which must inevitably be done to property by the sudden discharge of many miles of water on the surrounding farms and homesteads? It will not do for the Corporation to tell the sufferers that they have been grossly defrauded. They are the principals and responsible parties in the affair. They would go to the Pike for water, despite all the town could say to the contrary. They had perfect confidence in the purity of the water, the stability of the plans, the lowness of the estimates, the excellence of the works as they progressed, and the skill and ability of their engineer, until over 500,0001. of the public money had been expended ; and it is rather too late in the day for those who have allowed so large a sum to be squandered away to find fault and try to throw the responsi• bility on the shoulders of their servants. NORTHERN TIMES.---LIVERPOOL, MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL. LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY EVENING. We received later commercial advices from New York this afternoon, by the Kangaroo. which sailed from Philadelphia on the 21st ult. They did not exercise any influence upon our Cotton Market, which remains very firm as to price. Cotton is freely put upon the market. To-day's sales are estimated at 12,000 bales, of which speculators and exporters took 3,000. The following is the weekly report cf the Mobile market, dated August 18 : Our Cotton Market during the past week has remained steady, but with small sales, say about 1,100 bales. We quote middling at lop to 1010. The receipts of the week were 700 bales, a decrease of 2,300 as compared with the same week in 1855. At New Orleans last week the receipts were 5,100 bales behind the same week last year. The total increase in receipts at all the ports, as compared with the corresponding period in 1855, is 713 000 bales ; and over the same period in 18153, 270,000 The increase in the exports reaches 729,000, of which 413,000 were shipped to Great Britain, an increase over last year of 430,000, and over the year 1853 of 213,000. The increase in the ship- ments to French ports, chiefly Havre, the past year, is 69,000 bales. The decrease of stock in all the ports of the United States, as compared with last year, is 75,000 bales. Freights in this market are dull at 5-16 d, and at New Orleans they are quiet at d. There are very few vessels on the berth at either port. From New Orleans we have dates to the 19th ult, which inform us the sales of cotton on that day were but 60 bales. Middling was quoted 10ae to 101 e, andifreights to Liverpool $e Per lb. A very dull feeling characterised our Stock Exchange to-day, and prices generally fell about one per cent. Among the transactions of the day were Caledonians at 26. Eastern Counties, 91. Midland Stock, Sq. South Eastern and Dover, 224 York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 201, and Dutch Rhenish, 21p. The market closed with weakness, at its lowest point, the following being the last rates marked :—Aberdeen, 131 131. Chester and Birkenhead, 151 16. Caledonian, 251 26. Chester and Holyhead, 161 17. Eastern Counties, 9 5-16 oi. East Lancashire, 201 201 Great Northern, 24 xd 241. Do. A, 10t- 101. Great Western, 64 xd 641. Lancashire and Yorkshire Stock, 97 971. Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport, 18 181. Lon don and North Western Stock, 103 xd 1031. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 331 34 Midland Stock, 791 xd 801. North British, 10 8- l 6 101. North Staffordshire, 41 40. South Eastern and Dover, 22 1-16 22 3-16. York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 20 xd 201 York and North Midland, 29 xd 291. Leeds Capital Stock, 171171. Buffalo, and Lake Huron, 1 Id. Dutch Rhenish, 2 1-16 2&p. Great Western of Canada, 241 241. Do, New Shares, 21 2 3-16 p. Great Luxembourg, 9 . 1 Old. By a telegraphic despatch from Manchester, we learn that the Share Market there this day sym pathised with that of Liverpool. The transactions included the following :-London and North Western Stock, 1041. Midlands, 814. Leeds Stock, 981, 98. Eastern Counties, 9 7-16. Dovers, 22 7-16. Later in the day a decline took place, and the subjoined sales were posted, the market closing flat :-Leeds, 974 44. E. Telegraph, 234. Union Bank, 24 p. Great Western of Canada New, 24. Midlands, 804. Shropshire Union, 504. Great Western of Canada, 244. Whitehaven and Fur ness, 54. The Public Securities have been heay during the day. Consols for account opened at 044, and afterwards fell to 944. closing firmly at 944. For Money the opening price was 944 ; afterwards, 95 was paid, then 941 and 95 ; the closing quotation was 944 to 044. The New Three per Cents. were done at 954, but, after receding, they left off at 95i 054. Exchequer bills were held at 13s to 15s premium. In the London Share Market the business re norted was limited, and buyers had the advantage in price. Sales were made in London and North Western Stock at 1044 ; Midland Stock, 81; Great Western, 644 644 ; Newcastle and Ber- wick, 82 ; and Caledonian, 514 52. In the afternoon these rates were not supported, and the latest quotations marked were :-Caledonian, 514 52. Edinburgh and Glasgow, 54 56. Eastern Counties, 94 98 East Lancashire, 82 83. Great Northern, 96 964. Ditto A., 85 86. Great Wes tern, 644 642 Lancashire and Yorkshire, 974 974. Leeds Northern, 174 18. London and North Western, 1034 1034. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 34 341. Midland Stock, 814 814. North British, 404 414. South Eastern and Dover, 724 734. York, Newcastle and Berwick, 81 82. York and North Midland, 574 58. We find by our telegraphic despatches, that the weather continues fine throughout the country, consequently, the Grain trade is still further depressed. At Mark-lane, to-day, the arrivals were small ; the market being so thinly attended, and the transactions so limited, that prices were merely nominal. The Liverpool Produce Market is quiet, and the sales of Sugar, Tea, Coffee, and Rum, quite insig nificant. Our London report states that Sugar is unchanged. Owing to the Dutch sales the Coffee trade is firm. Rice keeps steady, there being a moderate demand for white Bengal. The following is the official report of the Linen trade in the north of Ireland :- Daring the past month considerable fluctuation was experi enced in the sale of goods. July has not done much for the manufacturers, and the first and second weeks of August did not show improvement. Within the last ten days a better feeling prevailed, and between the extensive orders from foreign markets, and the more active demand for home consumption, business in the warehouses was very active. Fine goods had accumulated, and as the turn out from the fields was exceedingly large, a short lull in sales gave great bulk to stock. We have nothing new to note relative to damasks, that portion of the trade is well up to the satis factory point, and hands are well employed. Brown markets for the week were better attended, tho larger contracts having caused a more spirited movement on the part of buyers of webs. Armagh and Tandragee were better sup plied, and in each the sale of linens was effected with greater ease. Ballymena, on Saturday, had more than its ordinary turn out, and at the close of business a large amount of transactions had been marked off. Mill owners are looking out for high rates in all fine numbers of yarns. Top qualities of wefts sell on better terms, and demand for fine warps now exceeds the power of several factories to keep pace with it. This arises solely from the difficulty of procur ing, in full supply, the class of flax requisite to spin high counts. Our reports from the country, relative to the flax already pulled, are very favourable. The yield is likely to turn out large, and the quality is superior to that of last year or the previous one. Advices were received here this afternoon, stating that the British Bank had suspended payment. It appears that yesterday there was a run upon the Bank, and a large amount of specie was paid to depositors. This morning the " run" recommenced on the opening of the Bank at ten o'clock, and at eleven the doors were closed, and the following notice was posted :-" The business of this Bank is suspended pending negocialions." At the half yearly meeting, on the 15th August, the Directors declared a dividend of four per cent, but omitted to state the amount of bad debts, which are sup posed to be considerable. The amount of paid-up capital is 150,0001. The Bank was established in 1849, and at first gave great promise of success. The shares of the Bank were quoted to-day at 201. to 221. each, although the amount paid up is 50/. The Globe of last night, alluding to the matter, says-" The bank was established in 1849, upon the Scottish system of banking, and at first gave every promise of succeeding. but within the last few s ears great mismanagement has, it is alleged, prevailed, and the directors have vainly striven to contend with the losses made by bad debts and otherwise, until at last they have been forced to suspend operations. At one time they were negotiating with another Jeirt. Siocii Bank to amalgamate their business, but this did not prove successful. It is probable, however, that some arrangement of this kind may be effected . The actual amount of liabilities due by the bank has not yet transpired." Later advices from Melbourne have been received by the London clipper ship Kent, which has arrived off Dartmouth. The Kent sailed in comp an y with the Joseph Tarratt, for this port. Her dates are June 6th. She brings 200 passengers, and 82 000 ounces of gold. As yet, we h ave no t received 'our letters or papers from the Kent, but we learn that trade was in a satisfactory state at Melbourne. The mines continued prolific, and gold was quoted at 77s 6d per ounce. By the Peninsular mail steam ship Alhambra, which reached Southampton this forenoon, we have advices, stating that, in Lisbon, bills on London were quoted at 53 to 531 Two to three cargoes of Wheat had been sold at 10 per cent less than the rates ruling before the riots. Gentlemen who will make vast lakes, and will have rapids and waterfalls to rival those of Niagara, ought to have a waste continent to experimentalise upon in the first instance. They might be useful in some places, where it would be an advantage to extinguish a burning volcano; but, where we have only coal fields and well-cultivated farms to prac tice upon, the manufacturers of rivers are any thing but a help to the community who are so silly as to allow them to try their 'prentice hands on the fabrication of a young Mississippi. There are few things too bulky or too heavy for the Aldermanic pocket ; but the science of hydraulics, taken as it has been in the Pike project, in all its magnitude, is wholly beyond Corporate comprehension. The Council could never be made to under stand that a sand-stone which absorbs an incalculable quantity of water gives it off again almost as quickly as it imbibes it. If they could have been brought to believe in this almost self evident phenomenon of nature, they would scarcely have gone to the Pike to make their Styx, and call into existence a second river Acheron. They never would have created an " Infernal Lake," in which its projectors and advocates will be the first to undergo the tortures of public indignation, if they had known that, the rock on which Liverpool stands is capable of supplying more water than five times its present population could consume. Tf they were determined to have surface water, why did they not resort to some river for it ? A narrow canal might have been constructed to bring the water from such a source to the town at a very moderate expense. This has been done in Mid dlesex, and London is indebted to a little dike called the " New River" for its abundant supply of pure and wholesome water. The Corporation knew well enough where to apply for reliable information on the subject, but they were at a loss to know where to lay their hands on the outline of a great job—something worth having. Copying the little London brook, which gives a constant supply to more than a million of people, would not answer the main end in view. They wanted something more than water, and they have it now to their heart's content. Mr. HOLT has told us that we shall be making our tea with the Pike water in less than two months, but we are now informed that it will be two years before we taste the delicious green spa. We hope that wooing frogs and affectionate tadpoles are not stopping the way of a stream which moves with a pressure equal to 250 or 300 feet. Porous embank ments ought to be sufficient for those who fatten on disappointment. Frogs and toads are harmless, except when they enter the spout of a teapot or a family kettle. Guano and Congou is what the House of Lords would call an "innocuous mixture" for breakfast; but as the public are paying even now for pure Pike water, the quality of the supply will be warmly discussed. The Rate-payers expect good and wholesome water for their money. They will not have it if it is a " little greenish" and only fit for " detergent purposes." Water which tastes " vapid and unpleasant in the extreme," is not what the town has paid for, and it appears the Council cannot set the public mind at rest with regard to the many lamentable accounts which are given of this most disgraceful affair. November is close at hand, and if the Pike water does not reach Liverpool by that time, the Burgesses will know how to receive candidates who solicit their municipal votes. THURSDAY. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. LATER FROM THE EAST According to Constantinople advices of the 27th ultimo the Minister of War had given in his resignation, and the Spanish Ambassador, M. de Louza, had been recalled. FRANCE PARIS, WEDNESDAY NIGHT A. telegraphic despatch from Paris states that the Bourse was quiet, and that the Three per Cents. was done at 70f. 80e. FRANCE. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT PARIS, TUESDAY EVENING. It is reported to-day that England, France, and Austria (yes, Austria!) finding the Bey of Naples deaf to all remonstrances, have determined on recalling their ambassadors from his court. It is said that England has at last definitively " pronounced" on the question of the union of the two Danubian Principalities, and that her pronunciamento is—" opposition to the union." Heretofore, it has been supposed on the Conti nent that England was favourable to the union, and that she even used her influence with France to make her declare for it. Marshal Pelissier is said to be very savage with. the Government for not having made him Governor-General of Algeria. His title, and his pension of 100,000 fr. (4,000) a year are, in his eyes, not sufficient to compensate for the loss of that dignity which has been the ambition of his life. The Government, however, was afraid to confer it on him on account of the independence of his character. Some of the Councils-General of the departments now sitting have already occupied themselves with the bill presented by the Government to the Legis lative Body last session, for replacing the prohibi tions in the tariff by high protective duties. The Council-General of the Heinault has, in a long string of resolutions, draWn up with remarkable skill, declared itself in favour of the bill ; and not only so, but has called on the Government to make the temporary modifications decreed in the tariff permanent, to make a complete revision of the tariff, so as to reduce all duties, and gradually to abolish those on raw materials. The Council_ General of the Nord, on the contrary, has declared against the bill, until, at least, all import duties on raw materials shall be taken off. _ _ The Government has forbidden the provincial newspapers to discuss the question of the union of the two branches of the Bourbon family. This union is advocated by some of the leading states• men of the last regime. in the belief that, if it could once be seriously effected, the overthrow of the existing Government would be easy. A telegraphic despatch, received to-day, an nounces the arrival of Prince Napoleon at Chris tiana, in Norway ; and says that, on account of the bad weather, he has given up the idea of prosecut ing his voyage. He, however, meant to visit Stock holm. The improvement which took place in the Bourse yesterday has not been maintained to-day, and business closed with a rather large fall from yesterday's quotations. It was reported that the Credit Mobilier has obtained the monopoly of the export of skins from Russia. THE PENINSULAR MAILS. (PROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) SOUTHAMPTON, WEDNESDAY The Alhambra has arrived with the Peninsular mails. She left Lisbon on the 29th ult., and brings 19 passengers £5,995 in specie, and a cargo consisting principally o fruit. _ Her Majesty's steamer Devastation, forty days from he Cape, coaled at Lisbon, and sailed for England on he 28th ult. _ The Portuguese Government had accepted the Count de Ponte's - ,resignation of the office of Civil Governor of the Lisbon districts. Count Sobrail or M. Bramcamp was likely to receive the appointment. The cholera still continues to decrease, although the weather has lately been sultry in the extreme. The official return since the last packet sailed shows 440 new cases and 160 deaths. The provinces, however, are not so fortunate as the metropolis, and the disease continues its ravages in various points—Keniche, in particular, has been very unhealthy. Exchange at Lisbon ou London, at thirty days, 53i ; at ninety days, 531. GIBRALTAR SIIIPPING.—ArrivaIs, August 2l st—Calpe (s.), S. T. Downes, 6 days from Liverpool, for Gibraltar and Genoa. Aug. 22—Euphrates (s.), A. Bruce, 51 days from Liverpool, with general cargo for Gibraltar and Corfu ' • A m erican ship Harrasceket, A. Talbert. 18 days from Liverpool, with coals for Gibraltar. Aug. 23 Meander (s.), J. Brooking, 12 days from Alexandria, anti 6 from Malta, with maize for Liverpool. Pactolus (s.), C. Mill, 6 days from Liverpool, with bale goods for Gib raltar. Palermo, and Messina (cleared). Aug. 24—Arno (s.), 14 days from Naples, and 4 from Marseilles, with general cargo for Liverpool (cleared). Aug. 25—Tubul cain (s.), W. Richards, 17 days from Constantinople, and 10 from Malta, with barley for Liverpool (cleared). Clearance, Aug. 25—Meander (s.), for Liverpool. The steamer Lady Sale put into Gibraltar from Liverpool, on the 24th, under canvas, in consequence of her machinery breaking down. She is now being repaired, and will shortly proceed on her voyage to Liverpool. LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAILWAY COMPANY. The half-yearly meeting of the shareholders was held yesterday, at the Palatine Hotel, Manchester, H. W. Wickham, Esq., M.P., chairman of the board of directors, presiding. The report, which has already appeared, was taken as read. The Chairman then rose aad said, that he would offer alfew remarks upon the report, and the subjects to which it referred, before he proposed the motion for its adoption. He was happy to be able to congratulate them on the improved, and, he might say, the improving prospects of the company. This time last year, a dividend of 4 per cent had been declared, but, in order to do that, £5,000 had been taken from the reserve fund, but this year, instead of taking anything from the reserve fund, they were able to add .e 2,000 to that particular fund. For the information of such proprietors as were not present, he thought it right to refer to a paragraph which had appeared in oue of the public prints, in which reference was made to the state. ments of this half-year's accounts—e24,ooo for repairs of roads had been charged to revenue. With respect to the money expended on the permanent way, he believed that during the six months which expires this half-year £24,718 was the sum, all of which had been entered and charged to the working expenses. The money had been expended in the relaying of the way with new and heavier rails. The whole of the suggestions in the paragraph were quite extravagant, and beyond the fact. The total revenue from all sources during the half-year amounts:to £566,047, which, reduced by £8,443, received on account of the Liverpool and Southport line, was £557,604, as against £504,207 in the corresponding half year of 1855,4 showing an increase of £53.397, or 10i per cent. The expenditure had been £255,373, and taking off £9,252, expended on the Liverpool and Southport line, left 226,121, against £211,459 in the corresponding period of 1855. The passenger traffic showed an in Tease of £14,400, and the goods traffic an increase of 3.7,000, and the traffic on the current half-year continued to be more favourable, altogether showing 'a vitality in the line which the directors hoped bad not reached its highest point. Having made some further observations, includ ing a reference to the Liverpool dock branch, which, said, the directors believed would be a most profit he able investment, he concluded by moving the adoption of the report and accounts. _ _ William Stuart, Esq., of Liverpool, deputy-chairman, seconded the resolution, and spoke in the most encourag ing terms of the prospects of the company. He remarked that, although the chairman had not stated it, he had every confidence that the directors next half-year would be in a position to recommend a dividend at the rate of five per cent. In. answer to a question frOM Mr. Watkin, the chair man stated that the' directors had every reason for believing that the la n d held' by the company at Liverpool would soon yield a good return. The report and accounts were then passed. The Chairman nex t move d , an d Mr. Angus, one of the directors, seconded the motion, that a dividend at the rate of 41 per cent per annum be declared on the various classes of shares. Carried. The Chairman thin moved, and Mr. Broadbent seconded, a resolution, to the effect that the directors b e authorised to opposo all bills in parliament prejudicial t o the interests of the company. Carried. A long discussion took place respecting a charge which had been brought against Mr. Anderton, one of the directors, by a number of merchants at Bradford. A resolution was ultimately passed, to the effect that the parties had failed in substantiating the charge, and expressing the undiminished confidence of the share holders in Mr. Anderton. proceedings then terminated with the usual vote of thanks to the chairman. TUE AMERICAN MAms.--The United States mail steamer, Atlantic, Captain Eldridge, sailed for New York direct yesterday morning, with 123 passengers, and tho usual semi-weekly mails. THE UNITED STATES• ARRIVAL OF THE KANGAROO. By the screw steam-ship Kangaroo, Captain Ewing,wh icil sailed from Philadelphia on the 21st ultimo, and arrived here yesterday afternoon, we have received intelligence from that city to the above date. The Kangaroo brings 150 passengers, a large cargo of United States produce, and specie on freight amounting 12,000 dollars. She reports the arrival of the Cunard steamer Africa, at New York, on the 20th ult. The Kangaroo's intelligence is only one day later thee that received by the Asia. We subjoin the chief peel ° of the intelligence contained in the papers now to hand. Our Washington advices state that the Presid ent ;' 0 message for the extra session of Congress, which was d meet on the day the Kangaroo sailed, had been subm it° to the cabinet and approved unanimously. It recite s the extraordinary circumstances under which Congress is con; vened, and the urgent necessity which impelled 0 ! President to adopt this constitutional resort. It special urges the condition of Oregon, Washington Territory and Florida, exposed as they are to Indian depredations a; other dangers, and the inability of the Ex , cutive afford protection, without the appropriations 0°, 11 ; tamed in the army bill. Great ingenuity °, O been exercised in presenting a plausible case t o country, to counteract the adverse effects alrea d y produced. There is said to be no truth in the sta t e tnen alleging a disagreement in the Cabinet concerning ,e policy of an extra session ; that step was resolved le o before leaving the capitol on the 18th ultimo, and wag Bs given out in well-informed circles, with the Presi den authority. The democratic members and others, who 11 , 1 arranged their departures, doubtless expressed dissatisfae tre at their compulsory stay or return. The Senor Escalantt; Spanish minister at Washington, has sent his resigua ti ?, home, being unwilling to serve under O'Donnell's gove ru i , ment, unless it shall be aided by the Progressista party , e , which he is a leading member. This step is regretted the Embassies here, among which he is deservedly pop tda , Mr. Lumley, late British Secretary, having received n„ authority to represent the Legation, will leave Washingte" temporarily. A Wasuington correspondent, writing en the 20th tilt' says : —There is a prospect of good attendance in b°l 'd houses to-morrow, both from the nature of the occasion s! l b the apprehended consequences of the new law by 1,4° , 0 members are rendered vigilant until their constituencie s reconciled to the increased pay. The army bi'l will Pr'' bably pass, in a modified form, by mutual nominal On promise, as was the case with the civil bill. All the us:o legislative forms will be observed to-morrow, as a t r e d ordinary meeting of congress. Committees will be apeoi n , e , to wait on the president prior to the reception of iness?,e' D d s and so of like matters. The army bill having been ki" e , the committee of ways and means will report a new n" containing the ordinary appropriations, when It contest will ensue about the Kansas proviso. ssi i, depends upon the attendance whether the n a 't nistration will force an issue immediately or n, ° l l ; The present prospect is that the day will be consume°, /, preliminaries, and that a vote will be obtained on Fri u9 pt when an adjournment will immediately follow. An atten.,,,, will be made to incorporate the repeal of the Kansas la r• but no confidence of the ability to accomplish it is e l - tained., The Washington correspondent of the Philadelt o f North American. thus writes at a late hour on the nig' c o, the 20th nit ---•"rhe administration has no intelligentl, other than that given in the published accounts, 4 . os present threatened collisions in Kansas, but, from preyirci,bo advices, dangerous consequences are apprehended. President is deterred from carrying out his intended Pia poses as to removals, and the discharge of the prisone rs o d Kansas, by the pressure from members of congress fl ot , elsewhere, and it is said will not act until after the ade tif e ment. Mr. Campbell will endeavour to bring the l o ts to immediate action upon the army bill with as little o i e iir i l e as possible, and, as a last means of reconciliation, viii; e r r 'si bably offer a proviso for a distinct repeal of the Tetrwrnee, laws of Kansas. If this course should be Pu rs :r t eo and the subject be opened fully in the Senat e : J session will hardly be concluded on Friday, as indicate e re my former despatch. Even moderate men in the holl s° o prepared to make the repeal a test question. Gen, Cas s ' Oil reported, is preparing a bill for abolishing the territo /16 laws ; but whether to be submitted now, is doubtful ye t ' ee has first to feel the pulse of the senate. The last conferelle;bi the army bill sat six hours on Sunday evening,at Mr.T° ° o o house, and split upon one point. Toombs proposed' substitute for the amendment of the house, one author' t iol) the President to employ the army to enforce the coneti tll lo 4 and laws in States and territories. The act of 179 0 a11 e , 0 4 only to States ; that of 1807 to territories, which e° l o lo the mooted difficulty. So Mr. Campbell agreed to acse the overture with a proviso excluding Kansas. The s e o lt l committee refused, and they divided, a gree i ng , as it `v the be the last conference, and might become hestorleait t elo group should be daugereotyped the next day in the a of disagreement." Despatches from Chicago bring fresh intellign°„ o rtil actual preparations of the Missouri borderers for a gt ne iel invasion of the territory. For this pu r pose block P' B had been constructed at various points. A, letter to 0 0 01 the Cincinnatti papers gives an account of the s acking g s of burning of a free soil town, call e d P a l m y ra , by a gater° Missourians, headed by C a b man , who were ana l ! pursued and taken prisoners by th e free soilers. 0 '0 (1 The members of the United States Congress had 00 . ,,, 0 c 8a - their pay under the new bill provided for their coinr n , tion, namely, three thousand dollars, commencing tr ee - 0 11 :, 4th of March, 1855, and ending the 4th of March, in'" A - u s p at that rate for every day from the last named peri ° " e ese ° , to-day. The members who have been voiventezei/C, tit during the late session, certified upon honour as to te` o so; thus lost, foe which a pro rata deduction wa s r fi j from their salary. The bill for a line of steamers 'OP: . between New York, Plymouth and Gluckstadt, nes t' ,„olll burg (Flansen's proposed enterprise), passed unap t the Post Office Committee of the House and will he t upon early next session. There is a general goo d a lbje toward the project. Mr. Hansen's statistical mento r great weight with the members, Al though t he "do' inserted in the Post Office App ro b at i on bi ll 500,0 00 0 0 for an overland semi-weekly ma i l to S an Francis, some point on the Mississip p i r i ver, i t was fi na lly $ r i d out g ardi b n y g th t e h e a c p ti r o a n a w o e f nt t i h at e e C le o n m ti m an it , tee th o e f re C i o a nf n e o re t n a s o e i De intelligence. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. At Philadelphia, there was nothing doing in Quere‘ r° for,# and the sales of cotton were confined to small lois, at prices. Fl our was d u ll, an d w h ea t was only in ilidti° demand. The provision market was also cinj o t ; m ore prt vailed in the Baltimore provision trade, We h -ts of th^ N Y have repot., _ae New lurk markets up to 'At, of the 20th ultimo, a day later than the Asia bre e° fo 'r append the same. 11 , " lb / ASHES : The. market is firmer at the a d van ce, 11 % jo li ht y demand ; sales of 41 brig at 6 dole 75c for pots, and 1 9 0 for pearls. The stock embraces 555 brls pots, sad A e pearls. Salseratus is steady at 7 c cas h. clro • BREA.DSTUFFS.—In Western cana l fl our there is b ttle of moment to notice. The demand lee the he' r eivrbe; o e° more animated, but exporters operate sp ar i ng ly. „ r e% „ held with less fi rmness , an d only limited enquiry ' There is a better enquiry for Indian corn. • COTTON.—The market is steady with a modera -e ll4 doing ; sales of 1,000 bales, 111 c for mid. upla° alh ,eo l ;lo, Mobiles, and for New Orlean s . Th e t ransa ctions 0 01 0 0 1 were 2,500 bal es , most l y f or export to Liverpool Continent. Th e export s i nce t h e 11th inst. has ' 1 to oll bales. The r ece i p t s 2 , 000 , an d sales 5,000 bales. „gtrelil NAVAL STORES : Spirits turpentine continue , quiet, and prices are in favour of buyers, hut the re c o' l °‘ be no demand whatsoever for export. The sale! the 200 brls at 42c, and retail parcels at 43c to 44c, h' i ' re s , y, is now an extreme rate, and any large parcels, if P„tbil l l a /' the market, would not bring over 41c. In crude tj ;n - O v ,ir been done for the want of stock. Prices rema in 3 dole 75c to 4 dole, but no sales have been made "0.4 - i 1 1 former rate. Common rosin is steady, and in moderatebtl6l 1 : , 1 , Sales 600 b r l s at 1 del 65c per 310 Ns delivered, 10 o /O 2, at 1 d o l 85 c, also delivered, and 74 brls refined'(JP,t str a r 4 dole 50 c per 280 lb s i n yard. Tar remains -a; to. 2 dols 25c per brl. 1:0"0 1 PRovisioNs.—A fair demand f or por k , an d Of.lB better for mess and firm f or pr i me ; sates of 8 71 i t O c i es dela 50c to 19 dols 621 c for mess., and 18 dols for P f 1 ;r and prime. Included in th e sa l es are 500 brlsrtietl option to the Ist of Oct o b er, w i t h fi ve days no ticetlp 01;p 50c. Beef is more ac ti ve, b ut with a good 009 favour the buyers f or or di nary qualities; the o le l to ° I O 4 brie, at 0 dole t o 7 d o l e for country prime, 8 ~_d o 6 0) ° ;;s 1 25c for do m ess , S dole Sc to 11 dole for repack e,4 he eig) 11 dole to 12 doh 50c for extra do. Included in 1 0 0 v 2,700 b r l s repacked Western at 8 dole 50e. ' LI ; oiti r iefe quiet at 14 d o l e to 17 d o l e. B eef hams are ou t of 6D ; prices nomin a l. C ut meats are steady; sale°L, II 84c to 84c for i n f er i or t o goo d s h ou ld ers, and Tl iv is °/ 1 7C ; hams. W estern bacon is lower ; sales of 20 smoked shoulders at 91c to 91c ; and hams at l a nd 0 1' ; Lard has again improved, with a moderate steep' i sc t 0 0 : 0 ) daily arrivals; sales of 260 brie and tierces a t 19 01, an and kegs at 134 c. Butter is in goo d reques t - 2 3 c. sales of Ohi o a t 14c to 17 c , an d S tate at 17 c to 4 011 tr ei is not pl en ty an d in dem an d at 8 c to 9 c. o tO o SUGARS continue dull an d h eavy, an d o ur , % blia f o, tions are hardly realised. Th e sa l es em b race 650 o ur sot Cuba, including 100 blade P or t o Ri co , with in ter' range. Refined are quiet, an d coffee qualities are il l decline of ic noticed y es t er d ay , t e" or oski , MOLASSES is dull; p r i ces s h ow no i mpor tan bid of 70 hhds, part Cuba Muscovado at 39c. 1 5,0t7 . , !y F RElGHTS,—Engagem ents to Li ver p o ol a o ttu tio lf of grain at 7d, i n s hi p ' s b ags ; 1,200 bale, ° 0 00 b cl To Glasgow, 200 b r l s rosin, at 2s 70, and a ) corn at 70. To Havre, 1,000 brla rosin, 7°c '„t tit o p cotton at le. To Hamburg, 2,500 brls rosir'',.hariej iy from St. Ge orge ' s , N . 8., for Liverpoo l, was ( ; 3, por t 12e 6d with deals ; also a,brig (2,300 brie) to laud, at 50c per brl. reant at. LER and COOK, a Man and his Wife, with ainbrance. Also, a thorough good NURSE.--Apply tern Times office• WANTED, as B • to L. M., Nort. WANTED, even NG MAN, w a TRADESMAIV;g ITOOks t; I . . KEEP.—Address, stating salary, r. ov. 4 , ,ur WANTED, a Neatly FURNISHED H for Six or Twelve Months, in Claugl containing not less than two silting roomi _ _ OTTAGE, WANTED, w. or in Chef )if railway, Ted), con- 6 exceed .4 '3O . -WANTED, a YOUNG VEHICLE, and to o take care of a HORSE and 'self useful, In the zlod character for use. N apply who cans Co be Ett, T ow a 30 LESALE DRUGGISTS and OTHERS.—TO be LET, for -1 of Years; the MILLS, WAREHOUSE, OFFICES, 'reef, lately occupied by Messrs. Edney & Raines, as 'including the Engine and Machinery, now 'remises, which are very commodious, will wholesale drugg The Pr Let togethe r separately, and -•'culars apply immediate possession can to Mr. George S. Sanders° given.—For further partm,_ 13, James-street, Liverpool. ADJOINS THE BIRLE INSTITUTION HOUSE, STREET.—TO be LET, most desirable PREMISES space is required), at a moderate rent, admirably adapte MUSIC SHOP, or the business of a MILLINER; dimensions of SLATER where fir a persons. and the of Let forth*. 3azaar, ion Com t, Ir. Breaken ook Street. aiet an mIOR S X free - UENTLEDC .M Also, BA LLIAM F. SIM k CO., Sweeting-stree BIRKENHEAD. HOUSEi ! 'D —ON SALE, in large or I ranging in price from about —See H. P. Priest's Cheshire and Lancashire Can be had gratis and free by post. Cheshire the Sale and Letting of Land and Houses, Market-cross Market -square) Market-street. Birken- ADDRESS HOUSES aeloo to .€6 Property C offices, Chambers (one door head. Salfs TO -MORROW On account of whom it may concern. To-stoartow, the sth instant, at Half-past One o'clock, at Golding and Nash's -aleroom, Corn Exchange About 16 700 Bushels \VHF: A'"' New Y.rl ex I. Foster, particulars a To-mogzow and Nas, Corn Exc 1000 Barrel For fart It. d Gentr 24 and 2E OSIE A& E R rAGGART 7SDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1836, ....-,...--- THE DAY'S NEWS Our local parliament othly meE g in the Town-ball yesterda) Either numerous, and the According to custom, one of the duties of ou 1 senators was to vote ialary to various of their officials an in We vc be sorry, indeed, to object to the liberal he Corporation's remu ,menting salaries nable and Council rmanent, that we lowed halt in the salary quest matter. A ensued upon the defalcations of Mr. Beggs, one of the collectors of clock fines ; and although Mr. Alderman Holm° laboured hard to exonerate the Finance Committee from any blame, we think that Mr_ Woodruff was quite right in expressing the that if due precaution had been used, Beggs would not h opinion, been allowed the chance of committing peeulations 1401 to the amount of should 'or the committee given him a titer responsibility than they Ld, if they did so, they should paid him for, Mr. Bennett was have watched more c n his remarks respecting th he pedestals in front of Certain" St. G onarch of the not to allude to the forest is s Su In 0 extrav a t and decora- tion. The P n on the carpet, eport of zh dated from mmendable to its its out with stating that the works are nearly completed. Then, again, he says it will be six weeks before all can be finished, and the water impounded. Mr. Hawksley concludes by observing that he was unable to say when the water would be fit for supply, and, as our readers will see, stated a few facts in connection with the pipes and other circumstances which must prove a damper to the most ardent advocate of the I author place on lengthen I and interest t. to which tter of Mr. H the sul reinarlis 1 as to ar duty to m which w nectior incil's decision thereon, topics d vie report published it will be found another part of ved in the London The Rev. D and the R, the Edinb W. 3. Conyb 5u rgit, Revie The latter had in is, that it was a monster bubble. Some of our 1 Dr. APNeile as the cotemporaries denounce it as a huge swindle—" a which " gross fraud on the Corporation and people of Warehouse 4. HARNEfT, Broker stbne o'clock, at Golding fian.e, Brunswick-street, s FLOUR. J. & M. HARNETT, Brokers 111) VA 7 LIVERPOOL, 3rd SEPT., 1856. JaJOYAL BANK BUILDINGS The present advantages to Families of the large Imports of Tea cannot be over estimated -being upwards of Six Zillions Pounds in excess of any former season-with a great improvement in the qualities of medium kinds. Owing to the continued reckless competition amongst Mercantile Firms-in Exporting Tea to this Country-regardless of the ' " " aences,--which has already caused the total ruin ,f several English Houses in China, OUR MARKETS ARE NOW OVER SUP . In many instances K useful Teas have 9 MUCH BELOW THIC FIRST COST at the s in Chin we invite the atte n of CON- s of our good Medium Teas, which the SUMERS ,s and 3s 4d per lb, present s' .hful Servants, B T ROBERTS COMP Y 'SA AND C SALISURN. • TREET, NOW READY , BOLD-STREET. R Y U 31 E A R BCRITPITLOIIB REGARD I,AWE ) FORM ER N ;AUZE, A Sl, CHURCH Nobilit THE COURT BALMORA.L 2 SEPT. 1. —Yesterday the Queen with the Prince Consort and the royal children, walked in the neighbourhood of the Castle. In the afternoon her Majesty and his Royal Highness visited the Duchess of Rent. DEATH OF REAWADMIRAL SIB JOHN Ross.—We regret to announce the death of Rear-Admiral Sir John Ross, C. 13,, the celebrated attic navigator. He was in his 801 year, and, up to the period of his last brief illness, was strong and active to a surprising degree, considering tte hardships to which he had been exposed in the many scenes, trying alike to mind and body, through which he had passed. THE BISHOP OP GLOUCESTER AND BRISTOL.—STROUD, SEPT. I.—On Sunday last t his excellent prelate preached for the first time since bis consecration in his new diocese. He had kindly undertaken to advocate the cause of the schools of this parish, and seldom has a bishop received such most o a f w th el e co c m l e r e g . y andOn la Monday itynft h b e is di l s o t r r d i et, ship ,at tended most consecratedat tened th b e y new cemetery bn Stroud-hill.