Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-09-20 00:00:00

tzmnurcial. THIS DAY Sacks. FLOUR 10 Bushels damag H. H. GOLPING, Broker This Day, the a COFFEE just Landed Co., Merch nil, SONS ?ALETHORPE, Brokers 'M Bass LINSEED, RAI ult*—For particx and GINb'ELLYSEED, ars apply to PITORNEWILL & BROOM, Brokers 1, 0!till 100 Tons Uppei P, Brokers This D; at York-' 80 Tierces JanaltiCa COFFIi CLARK, Brot PATT k, at Browne at One o' Apply to Oftlee,,l, Oki 455 Bags Guzerat 200 Bags Seinde RAPESEED. 1125 Bags Brown • 1100 Bags Bombay LINSEED. .01/N I TO-MORROW, 190 Tons LOGWOGD, irn, in George's Dock.— If* Graham and Co:, Merchants; or to JOHN BARON & SON, Brokers, Twelve Royal Bank-buildings, 25 Bales MADDER ROOTS, 100 Bags MYRABOLAMS, 2. Bales WORMWOOD. ra apply to THORNEWILL & BROOM, Brokers About MO Bales S 20 Bales Ameriean,DlTTO (all faults And a quantity DITTO PICKINGS. 'T. & H. LITTLE:DALE, COTTON Brokers k, at the Broke e 21st instan Office, 17, Exchange-buildings, 134 Bales . Upland COTTON lard, 'damaged by wat( tx Lizzie Sou ad now lying particulars al a the tia Yard, Llve-lan o:, Mel Chants ;• or to DUCKWORTH & RATHBONE, Brokers THURSDAY s Guzrat RAPES. H. RAYNER & CO., Broker. One o'clock, at the On Thursid H. JN O. 'AV , ssrs. Bernard Hall & PATTINSON & CLARK Brokers ',ay. tue - zutu .........., --- Runter, and Co.'s Ofd lN cSEEe,.2, Dale-street, 70 Saks ' L Bombay D, all faults, 1,000 ~ f 1 RAPESEED, 1,000 „_ „ MUSTARD SEED, __ _ 3.00 ~ NIGER SEED. , BB,dI,WNE..RUNTER..&;CG.,.BroIiers Appiy to _Messrs at the late fire rew . Lots of Loose a Leigh and from the late y's Yard, opp FRIDA) On Friday next, the 23rd insta•=.t, at One o'clock, at the Brokers' Sale-room, 25, Temple-street, JO Bales ALPACA (sound), ex tiruaguay 13 „ DITTO, ditto, ex and Mystery W. GREAM} Bags MYRABOLAMS 09 Baia GINGER it 6 Tons Rokelle CAMWOOD. BROWNE,HUNTER, & CO., Brokers. NEXT MONTH at Twelv On Thursday the 6th Octob Broker's Office, 22, Tower -23,000 East India KIPS at th, ex Prir !ss Royal, fi.om Ca. Merchants 0: On lige. Apply to ON SALE, SULPHURIC AND MURIATIC ACID. liIGLSNIVSONS, & JEFFREYS 20, Exchange-buildings. ON SALE, REFINED T.t.BIE SALT, Packed in Hermetically Sealed Earthenware Jars. suitable for the Australian, South American, China, India, &c. Markets. W. ROCKLIFF. Arpty to WORKS, RIGBY-STREET ON SALE, MANGANESE, vLpiivit, ORE, ARSENIC:', VENETIAN RED, SULPIIATE OF COPPER., GEORGE 'WILLIAMS, ON SALE, THE CELEBRATED SWISS CIGARS pp MESSRS. ORMOND AND CO., VEVEY, IN BULK, IN BOND, OR DUTY PAID, KIVI In any quantity not less tun H. W. BUCKNALL, Impor 4, Exchange-P ey Nord Apply to TO EXPORTERS AND THE TRADE. Q M. SALOMON, Importer of every description of C,„ TOYS, LEATHER GOODS, MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, FANCY MERCHANDISE and TOYS of Every Kind, Whole sale and for Export, 73 and 75, DUKE-STREET. The above goods can be had in bond. • - _ On satt. ,aul new Brigantine GRAMPUS; L.1.0* . 226 tons builders' measurement, 132 tons per /66703 A.:: register ; copper-fastened up to the wales, is of a -•- -• • beautiful model and best workmanship, rigged and fitted out ready for sea ; the framework heart of the best Denbighshire oak, which is not subject to the dry - - vessels built of it upwards of thirty years ago are stc the letst indieation of the disease. Length of keel, breadth over all, 221 feet; depth, 121 feet; estimated burthen, 240 tons ; draft, 12 feet ; to class nine years A 1 at Lloyd's.— For further particulars apply to Mr. John Roberts, the builder, Bangor; or to TONGE & CO., 6slo Brokers for the Sale of Ships, 1, Ilaunford-' 1 without 84 feet ; BY Therlt s l p N l ' en A. d T id E nesh TREATY, A ., ,,,4 , * G a E4 7 I 8 .9 feetl , ,oB L 1 tons br builders' eadth ~.........h. ..t v .1,066 tons register,- ~---- --.,.„. • measurement. Length, 6 feet 3-10ths ; depth, 22 feet 9-10ths. Built at saint ( . 8., this summer, by the builder of the well-known aa .I N o o hn r' e ship Rowena, and classed seven years at Lloyd's. She ll is mstructed of the best seasoned heckmatack and savannah itch pine • her frame is diagon all y stra pp ed outsid e with iron, ad iron kneed complete on the stocks : the lower knees are Lstened with yellow metal bolts , • has pitch pine masts, top shed cabin, and outfit of the best She is fitted with masts, &c., ,a Liverpool manufacture, and of extra siz Cunningham's patent topsails, and a , ' In addition to a very handsome mode' a recent : ombines g capacity, altogethermak. It - in the colonies.—For ever bi Messrs Liston, Young, and Co. , 4 -^ FOR PRIVATE SALan.r.d. Now building at an outport, can be launched shortly, t.y- 2. lbt, A very handsomely-modelled and useful SCREW-STEAMER, b uilding under special survey to class nine years A 1 at Lloyd's . L ength over all, 204 feet, breadth, 29 feet; depth, 17 feet 3 , al e t e rf about 772 tons builders' measurement, about 690 tons ' e and about 550 tons, exclusive of engine room; will carry about 830 tons dead weight, besides about 130 tons of coal in bunkers, on 15 feet 6 inches draft of water. Is flitted with water ballast tanks, which may be used either for ballast cargo; has two tubular boilers, fitted with superheated , aratus, and di rect -acting engines of 100 nominal hor -r ; has 'a half-poop 60 feet long, and a full f^- - 1g; is expected to steam from nine - t ship and quality of material will be -f the most unexceptionable character.---For speci , and further particulars, apply to WILSON, & c o., 8rK1,...- to ten knots Rventories, UNARD, CURRY, KELLOCK, and CO., BROKERS FOR THE SALE AND PURt,.IASE „0"1)%\ OF SHIPS AND STEAMERS, SHIP VALUERS , e s ;: . d di,„,l4,-; AND APPOINTED BROKERS TO THE HIGH OF ADMIRALTY Walmer-buildings, Water-street. MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL. MONDAY EVENING There was a very quiet Cotton Market to-day, and prices are hardly so firm as on Friday. The sales to-day were 7,000 bales, including 1,500 on speculation and for export. COTTON STATEMENT, (From the N - ew York Shipping List of &ptember 7.) Receipts. Ex. to-Gt. Britain. Total Exports. Stock 726.000 • - 3,011,000 2,016,000 114_00 i 3,077,6 48 1,603,770 83,796 1,413,465 45,642 The tone of the Liverpool Share Market to-day has been slightly firmer than on Saturday, but there is still so great a paucity of business that there is no new feature worth recording. The sales to-day included—Birkenhead, 77, ; Western, 601, -1; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 951, ;• Midland, 104, ;‘ Dovers, 22a. ; Grand Trunk of Canada, 81, 13-16 ; Great Lux embourg, N ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln- Great shire £6 shares, r4p. The market for the Public Funds and Securities tp-day, has been extremely inactive ; but prices were, on the whole, rather firmer, the Calcutta telegram not presenting any feature of a dis quieting character: Consols at the close were quoted the same price as on Saturday, viz., 95a for both money and the account. and Ex- to 951 lequer Bills were done at 22 to 25 Fern. In the London Railway Share Market to-day, there was no movement of importance, owing to the absence of business. The New Indian Loan has advanced to 1001 to 1001, and Railways gene rally improved on the receipt of the Indian news. At the close, however, the higher prices of the day were not maintained. Caledonians are quoted at 861 to 862- ; Eastern Counties, 541 to 56 ; Lan cashire and Yorkshire, 951 to 96 ; London and North-western, 931 ; Midland, 1011 to 1041 ; and Dowers, 751 to 751 The first sitting for the proof of debts under the bankruptcy of John Edward Buller, attorney, of Lincoln's-Inn, who haS absconded, was held in London to-day. The debts are said to be of very large moment—one case occurred to-day in which the sum of X 15,000 had been fraudulently obtained. Owing to the moderate views of holders, the business in the General Produce Markets has been pretty fair to-day, and the leading articles of consumption were purchased freely at about The Iron Market keeps dull, with very little The stock of Sugar in Liverpool, on Saturday, was 26,895 tons, consisting of 8,404 tons B.P. and 18,491 tons foreign, against 26,161 tons corres ponding dated last year, of which 9,092 tons were. B.P. and 17,069 tons were foreign. These figures show a decrease in B.P. and an increase in foreign —though only to a trifling extent. • The American letters received by the Etna, delivered this morning, state that the New York Money Market was without alteration. The demand was moderate, and the supply ample. Sterling exchange was in fair demand at firmer rates. Bankers' bills quoted at 110 to 110 3-16. The weekly statement of the New York City Bank shows an increase in the specie reserve of 517,502 33c. The Cotton Market had- been at 'a stand still, and had declined ; lc. to ac. per lb. Crop accounts on the whole continue satisfactory, notwithstanding complaints of rain in some quarters. Flour quiet and heavy for better grades. Wheat dull and droopirig. Corn quiet at 80c. to 81c. for mixed. Beef dull, but un changed. Pork steady for mess. Freight to Liverpool unchanged. Cotton taken at 3-16 d. to 7.324. i Flour at Is. 6d. per barrel. LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE LONDON, Monday Evening, In the English Stock Market only a limited business was done to-day, at prices not materially changed from those of Saturday. Consols opened steadily, but ' the tendency at a later hour' was unfavourable, and notwithstanding a further purchase of £lO,OOO by the government broker, Consols are now quoted flat, at 951 1 for money and account. India Debentures of. 1859 realised 951 ; ditto Bonds, 7- dis. ; Exchequer Bills 255., 225., and 235. prem. The market for Foreign Securities was moderately active, and values generally were firmly supported. Bra zilian advanced a per cent. ; Russian t better, but Spanish rather less firm. Original Turkish have been dealt in at 831, 83, and 84. New Indian Loan is quoted at 1001, e ; and the New Russian Scrip h dis. to par. In English Railway Shares the amount of business has been unim portant, and prices in some cases are adversely affected, though only in a moderate degree. Great Westerns, with Lancaster and Carlisle, have de clined 1 per cent. Midlands are ss. lower. The qubtation for French Rentes, at a quarter-past twelve, was 69E, whence they subsequently receded to 68f. 85c., with a heavy market. The arrivals of specie constitute the Beechworth, from Mel bourne, with 19,998 ounces of gold, valued at £79,992 ; the steamer Ceylon, from Alexandria, with £18,000; the Etna, from New York, with £253,000 ; and the America, from Boston, with £lO,OOO. THE FUNDS.-CLOSING PRICES as, Money, 952- I Bank Stock.... I Three per Cents (shut.) „ Account 95 Exchequer Bills 22 RAILWAY SHARES.-CLOSING PRICES 54 61, I 861 7 Amb. Not. &E. J Caledonians . . . . Dutch Rhenish . . Eastern Counties. 55,1 6 East Lancashire. Edinburgh &Glas 731 41 Great Northern 101 2 f „ A. 841 51 Gt. Westerns.... 601 G. Wes. of Canada 131 Gd. Trnk. Canada 81 9 Gt. S. and West. 106 Lancas. & York.. 95 1 6 L. & N. Western 931 L. and S. West'n 921 I Leeds Northern.. 441 5 Man. Sheff. &Lin 351 6 Midland Stock ..104 1 North British ... o n 94 N. Staffordshire.. S. E. & Dover .. 751 York, New. & Ber 881 York &N. Mid .. 711 24 LIVERPOOL COTTON M ARKET. —SEPTEMBER 19. The market continues very quiet, and prices are irregular. The sales—including 100 Pernambuco at 7d., 200 Egyptian at Bd. to 9d., 2,000 Surat at 4d. to 54d.—are reported 7,000 bales, of which, 1,500 are on speculation and for export. LIVERPOOL PRODUCE MARKET.—SEPT. 19. SUGAR.—The holders continue to accept moderate prices, and a fair amount of business is consequently reported, comprising 200 hhds. Demerara at 365. 3d., 20 hhds. Barbadoes at 405., 100 barrels St. Lucia at - 318. to 385., 200 hhds. Porto Rico at 38s. 3d. to 445. 9d., 3,000 bags Maceio at 19s. 9d. from the quay, 1,400 bags Paraiba at 20s. in store, with 2,000 bags at 19s. 6d. ex quay, and a cargo (4,500 bags) to arrive, now off the coast, at 19s. EA. per cwt. MOLASSES.-400 puncheons Cuba Muscovado have changed hands, but the price is not reported. Rum.-60 puncheons Jamaica, have also been taken, without change in value. RICE.—The sales are confinedlo 2,000 bags Necran sie at Bs. 6d., and 750-bags Bengal- al 10s, 9d. cwt. LINSEED.—We have also to notice 250 bags Bombay at 48s. 9d. MUSTARD quarter 4,000 bags Guzerat yellow at 475. per SAGO FLOUR.-550 bags at. 16s. DYEWOODS-A few tons of earn Wood Roots at £24 155.. to £25 15s. 40 tons •Honduras Lozwood, £4 17s. 6d. to £5 per ton. DRYSALTERIES, &C—There has" been little business transacted since Fri:ay. 27 casks Red Oporto Argols at 41s. to 435. 10 cases Japan Ware at 755. Nothing done in Brimstone; higher prices asked. Nitrate of Soda steady. 400 bags Calcutta Saltpetre, 81-to 74 per cent. at 345. to 355. 6d. Ashes, small sales of pots, at 265. 6d. A little - Bichrome at Ild. per 115. -OiLs ' &c.—Palm, £44 10s. to £45 • ' Tallow quiet, at 58s. to 58s. 6d. for P.Y.C. ; fifty tons Olive, principally indirect Galipoli, on private terms; twenty tons Linseed at 28s. 6d. ; 2,000 barrels common Rosin at 4s Us. 9d. per cw PIG IRON cash No business done; scilers at 51s. 9d. 525., one month ; 525. 3d., two months ; a n d 525. 6d., tree months open : buyers shy. LIVERPOOL CATTLE MARKET, SEPT. 19 The supply of cattle and sheep at this morning's market was larger than that of last Monday.' At last week's prices the demand was slow for the best quality of. Beef ; but middling qualities were lower ; Mutton also was rather lower ; Beef was worth from 4d. to 7d. ; Mutton from 50. to 7d. per 1b market 3030, of sheep 12,520. Number of cattle at LONDON PRODUCE MARKET.—SEPTEMBER 19. SUGAR.—The market has a more steady appearance than of late. Refined lumps, 48s. 6d. to 50s. COFFEE.—No sales of imnortance reported since Fri day. TEA.-A large business has been done in congou since Friday, at full prices, and the article is very firm. BRANDY.—Martell's vintage, 1858, sold at 9s. 2d. ; Hennessy's, 9s advertised for to- LIVERPOOL STOCK EXCHANGE.-SEr. 19 CLOSING PRICES Ches. & B'head , N.Stafford Caledonian .... 87 ad 87:4 N. E. Ber. c. Stck 8841 4d 89 i E. Counties l lB 111 York capital Stck . . 711 71: E. L. Stock .... --- Leeds Stock 44-1-, 441 : G. N. Stock.... 101 103 S.FILst. 2211-16 ad &n 2 2 3,,, Great Westerns.. 60 1 61 Dutch Rhenish 5- sid Lan. and York 95 ad 95Z- Gt. Luxem. .. 61 6 13-16 Ln..Bz Nor. West. 931 933 G. T. Canada .. 84 815-16 , 1- s hares hares 1 3-16 1 1-16 d G.W.Cnda l 3l 14 11. S. and Lincoln 351 353 ~ new shares 6 1 - 63d I Midland Stock .. 1043 104 1 Lomb.-Venetian 1:1 21p pool. d 1 N. British St. 59 ad & a in- „ new shares 77t 771 NORTHERN DAILY TIMES. CorroN The following 300 bales sold on Saturday mblie sales an morrow : sugar, - 356 hhds. Barbadoes and 1,300 Be nd: Coffee : 600 casks, and 1,200 bags Ceylon, 600 packal East India. Rice : 16,000 bags East India. BOROUGH HOP MIRKET.—SEPTEMBER 19. Messrs. Pattenden and Smith report that an extensive demand has now set in for new *Weald Kent and Sussex hops at the following prices :--Wealds, Sussex, 60s. to 655.' Very few Mid and Rents at market yet. Duty, £280,000 LONDON TALLOW MARKET.--SEPTEMBER 19. The market is quiet at the ay.nexed prices :—Town tallow, 565. net cash ; Petersburg Y.C. on the spot, 575. ; September, 575. ; October to December, 575. to 575. 3d. ; ditto, separately, 575. 6d. LONDON MINING MARKET.—SEPTEMBER 19. In the mining, market to-day. a considerable amount of business has been done in shares in Wheal Mary Ann, Vale of Towey, East Wheal Russell, Wheal Charlotte, Trewetha, Wheal Trelawney, Great Wheal Vor, Drake walls, and West Caradon mines. In the Stock Exchange, East Wheal Russell Shares are officially marked 91 and 92, showing as improvement, and Wheal TrelaWney, 28. The demand for Fortuna Mining Shares continues, and a fresh 'advance has taken place, business being recorded at 3 to 31 United Mexican are also inquired for, and have been dealt in at 2.-?, METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET.—SEPT. lg. The number of beas`s is considerably larger, but the average quality is only middling ; therefore choicest kinds are not lower. Several inferior ones remain unsold. The supply of sheep is about the =same as last week. The trade on the - average is not quite so good. Trade is rather better for calves. From Germany and Holland there are 1,780 beasts, 7,850 sheep, and 109 cal—es ; Scotland, 80 beasts ; Ireland, 700 ; and 2,600 from the northern and midland counties. Per stone of Sibs. •s. d. s. d. I Per stone of Sibs. s. d. s. d. Best Seots, Hfords . 4 6 4 10 Best Long-wools Best Short Horns 4 4 4 8 Do. do. Shorn... 2nd quality beasts 3 4 3 8 Ewes and 2nd qlity. 3 8 4 0 Calves 4 64 8 rigs Bestpns &111f-brds 5 0 5 2 reiSts at market, 5,770 ; Sheep and Lambs, 29,400; Calves, 134'; Pigs, 360. % • CORK CORN MARKET.—SEPTEMBER 19. White Wheat, 18s. 6d. to 225. 9d. ' • Red ditto, 18s. 6d Barley, 13s. to 16s. ; Oats, 10s. to 12s. 6d. • to 225 , The following appeared in a portion of our impression of yesterday THE MONEY MARKET. • (Fvm .the Daily. Hews City Article.) SATURDAY EVENING.—A fresh advance of k per cent. was followed, late in the afternoon, by a sudden relapse, and Consols closed 1 8 per cent. lower than on Friday. The movements of the Funds on Saturday, however, afford little index to the oourse of affairs, either finan cial or political, as businessis confined within such nar row limits. Demand foi money slack. There were no bullion operations at the Bank to-day. (From the Times City Article.) SATURDAY EVENING.—The increase of bullion shown in the Bank returni-although not larger than was gene rally anticipated, caused Consols to open this morning at a further advance of 4, but the market was less firm at the close. The stagnation of business, both in Lon don and Paris, is more remarkable than any previous autumn. The demand for money has been very moderate. MANCHESTER SHARE MARKET.—SEPT. 19. Dovers, 222- 9-16; Leeds, 95 , 24 ; Midlands, 1048 Eastern Counties, 11 3-16: ' LONDON CORN MARKET.SEiTEmBtIi. 19 Supplies of foreign Oats heavy: of other grain mode rate. English and foreign Wheat fully is dearer : Floaters held for a similar advance. Flour in favour of sellers. Maize 6d better than this day week. Barley in good consumptive demand. Beans and Peas fully as good. Oats generally not cheaper than on Friday.- TO CORRESPONDENTS. "Amor Justicia. "• '—Under consideration Quietus."—Not having complied with the rule of furnishing your name in confidence, your communication, even if other wise unobjectionable, could not o b t ain admission to our columns, Under no circumstances can we insert communications net accompanied by the author's real name and address, not necessarily for publication, but as a guarantee of good faith. Short letters are encouraged on matters of public interest. They should be legibly written °none side of the paper only, and contain (in confidence) the writer's name and address. 4t ffarttru Mmes TUESDAY, S.EFTEMBER 20, 1859 THE DAY'S NEWS. IT will be •seen by some further details of the latest news from America, that another boundary dispute has arisen between the United States and this country. It has been evident for some time that the Americans were looking with jealousy upon our possession of British Columbia, since it has become so valuable for its gold fields ; and it is now pretended that, according to tLe boundary treaty of 1846, the line of demarcation between the British and American dominions would_ give to the latter a larger portion of the channel, in which lies St. Juan Island, than the British authorities upon the, spot have admitted By this new interpretation of the treaty, the Americans claim St. Juan Island, where the com- mander of a detachment of American soldiers has The effected the establishment of .a military post governor of British Columbia and Vancouver's Island, as in duty bound, has taken measures to resist this assumption of authority ; and there is home ground for ap'prehending that hostilities may arise out of it . -- , - We - :we - te enabled - to announce, 'in: part of our iinpres . sion of yesterday, that Lord Olive will now shortly retire from the command of the Indian army, and that he is to be succeeded by General Sir Hugh H. Rose. Constantinople has been thrown into a state of commotion by the discovery of a conspiracy to assassinate the Sultan, in which some of the troops are,said to be implicated. Xumerous rests have taken place, and amongst them that of no less a personage than the Pasha of Albania, who is said to have been its chief abettor. The London Builders' Strike is at length.realls manlier entirely satisfactory to the masters, any more than to the men. The former are get ting to work with new hands ; but they are said to be very inferior to those who struck, the most of whom still refuse to return until their whole point is gained. It is but a few weeks since we were called on, as public journalists, to record - the sudden death of one Member of our Town Council; and to-da3' it becomes our duty once more to chronicle another and similar visitation. In the present instance a large body of our fellow-town'smen will recog nise, in the unexpectel death of Mr. Alderman Chilton, a public bereavement of no ordinary Mr. Chilton was an old member of character the Corporation, and in that capacity is well munity, particularly in regard to financial ar rangements, his extensive practical knowledge rendering him peculiarly useful in that depart- meat of municipal business The Calcutta Mail has arrived at Alexandria and from the scanty details furnished by the tele graph, we learn that a bill had been introduced in the Legislative Council to tax all trades and professions in India, with the exception of the land cultivators. The House' of Delhi has been deprived of all titular distinctions and privileges looked upon as complimentary. Nor does it serve any humble but useful purpose, like the salutary scratching rhich some optimist philo sophers have assigneti as the final cause of fleas. "And yet, disliked by everybody - , detested by " most people, and useful to nobody, it is so uni " versa' as to constitute the prevailing impression " which all but a few highly spiritualized minds " bring back with them from a foreign tour Now, if instead of a foreign tour it were a home —if it were a tour, for instance, of this very town of Liverpool, to go no further,- —such remarks as these would be found to have quite' as close an. application, upon the whole, as they bear in reference to any- foreign land whatever. The Tofibgraphy of Dirt is really quite as "curious a for ever The French Admiral commanding in Cochin China has, it appears, concluded a treaty with the Anamise, and will probably start with his fleet for China , The calamitous disaster which occurred on board the Great Eastern is meeting, as must have been expected, with a searching investigation Mr. John Scott Russell and his chief engineer distinctly deny that they were in charge of the -engines, or had any responsibility--in connection with them at the time of the accident. This is as strictly denied by the chief engineer to the com pany, and Mr. J. H. Dillon writes a letter to the Times impugning the testimony of Mr. Russell and Mr. Dickson. THERE is a very amusing and instructive article in the current number of the Saturday Review, entitled " The Geography of Dirt." The writer admits that it is certainly an unsavoury subject ; .but still it is " one that at this season of the year "is deeply interesting to vast numbers of her Majesty's subjects." Our able contemporary, however,—true, we admit, to the title of his article,—makes it so thoroughly and generally geographical, that although very interesting to those who travel about on the Continent, and visit those popular places of resort to which his remarks more especially apply, yet has not that direct importance to us here at home, as a na- tional subject, which it might otherwise have possessed. Of course, we must change the word geography to something more special, and more local, if we would point the moral of such a sub ject to a more patriotic purpose. It must be the Topography of Dirt, rather than its geography. At the same time, the subject is treated, in the article we refer to, in a manner which may be .easily adapted to the case of many of our own localities, . here in England,—to most of our crowded towns, indeed, in too many districts of which there is quite as much dirt mid stench as, we will be bound to say, there is to be met with in the whole range of the geographical limits which the article we speak of takes in. Yor instance, when it is observed that ".to the investigator of cahn mind and stoical "nostrils, who enters upon his subject without any "undue predisposition to nausea, the geography of " dirt is really a curious scientific problem. Its " distribution appears to depend on no other single " concomitant, and to vary by no fixed rule. The " only approach to a law which the most diligent "inquiry can detect is, that the race of sight-seers " are doomed to be stink-smellers ; and wherever "it is desirable to take an opera-glass, it is also "generally desirable to take a pocket-handker chief. It is odd enough that the nuisance, to " such an extent, should exist at all. It has not " the same hold on existence which is possessed " by many of the modern plagues of human kind. " It is not, unhappily, like pocket-picking, diffi " cult to detect ; for nature has in this matter " made each man his own detective, with a fore " sight for which it is some times difficult to be as grateful as we ought. Nor is it a desagrement, "like chattering or tobacco smoke, about which '"there might be a difference of opinion ; for in "ma known language is the epithet of filthy' scientific problem" here as it can possibly anywhere else. We do not say that sight-seers in Liverpool are necessarily, as foreign tourists are, doomed to be stink-smelters ; but no one; whatever his object, can possibly penetrate any of the more densely populated portions of the town— -those, at least, which are inhabited mainly by the humbler classes- without being assailed by quite as unsavoury stenches, and seeing quite as much of dirt in all its forms, as any sight seer would meet with through a Continental tour. One of our local philanthropists;_ indeed, has so ically illustrated the Topography of Dirt in Liverpool, by a series of illustrative maps, which he has recently published, that we , may take in the whole, case by a simple glance at any one of them. Dr. HpmE, after having paid great attention to the subject, actuated, we believe, by the most benevolent motives, has shown in the maps we refer to, that, topwaphically, our sys- tern of dirt is quite upon a par with that which, geographically, has been described as pervading so many portions of other lands One cannot but ask, therefore, how this comes to pass. We are, as a nation, proverbially less fond of dirt, and less addicted to dirty habits, than the people of some other countries are ; those countries, more especially, that are included in the " Geo- graphy of Dirt" to which we have been referring And yet, we repeat, in most of our large towns, there is positively as much to exemplify the lEoldest theory of a Topography of Dirt as the most ingenious could devise How commonly might it not be said to anyone about to pene- trate any of our most populous purlieus, as was said to one of old, in the well-kn Own lines of the poet " Is common dirt the passion of thy life ? Look but on Gripus, and on Gripus' wife a GRIPUS and his wife being to be met with in almost every other inhabitant of such localities ; carrying along with them, too generally, in their own persons, samples of the dirt by which they are surrounded, not only -in the lanes and alleys where their dwellings exist, but within the very portals of home itself In saying this, we do not mean to reflect severely upon the poor people, to whom such re mails will more immediately apply. It cannot, that were their habits of life it is true, be dui improved, they might exert themselves m!re to resist those influences of dirt by which they are so often overwhelmed. E•at the root of the evil is to be found in the circumstances in which they are unhappily placed:: the situations in which they are obliged to live,—the dwellings they are under the necessity of occupying,—the associations to which they are committed,—all this must be changed before we can have any effectual refor- mation in the Topography of Dirt that prevails amongst us ; and such improvements the poor generally find themselves very powerless to effect. Certainly, too many of them— the women, we mean, more especially—may be so inveterately addicted to the habits of Mrs. APCLARTY, and " canna be fished" to be cleanly and tidy, that it would matter little to them, without some greater effort than they will be themselves disposed to make, where they reside, what is the character of the locality, or what are the conveniences of their cottages. Still the case of even such is not altogether irremediable. As a rule, those who are doomed to live amidst dirt and stench are, we repeat, under the circumstances in which they are placed, not very able to help themselves ; and on this account it is, that the benevolent are called upon to do more than has probably yet been attempted— in Liverpool at least—to improve' the condition of the working classes, and 'the poor, as respects their habitations, and their habits of life ; ever remembering the homely, yet incontrovertible truth, which is so important in every considera-. ation of their case, on the highest grounds, that with them, as with us all, " cleanliness is next to " godliness. A RETURN recently published by the Board of Trade of the number of vessels and their tonnage entered inwards and outwards, at each of the twelve principal Ports of the United Kingdom, from . 1847 to 1858 inclusive, shows some interest ing results. When, for instance, one contrasts the year 1858 with the previous year 1857, it is seen that in the latter year the number of vessels entered inwards was 28,259, the total tonnage was 7,829,613, and the clearances were 25,550, with 7,481,321 tons ; while in the former year 27,755 vessels entered inwards, and 26,307 out wards, with a tonnage respectively of 7,893,057 and 7,632,024. The total amount of our ship- ments in 1858, from the twelve ports, was £104,695,864, against £110,504,960 in 1857. These figures, it must be observed, do not include our Coasting Trade. In further examining the return, we shall find that the whole exports declined last year about five per cent., which is not surprising when we take into consideration the depressed state of commerce abroad. But about one-half of the ports show a small increase, as compared with_ the previous year. The fol- lowing is the declared value of the exports last year from these twelve ports : London Liverpool Hull .. Bristol Neweastl€ Southampton Leith .. Glasgow Greenock Dublin Cork Belfast £28,886,8 . 39 50,899,668 • .. 13,449,733 538,418 1,863,976 2,242,907 825,836 5,193,164 545,985 59,722 180,268 The Board of Trade has enabled us, by such a return as this we here allude to, to trace, with considerable accuracy, the progress _of the Ship ping Interest daring the last decade. In 1847 the" arnomif of British tonnage was 4,942,094 en tered inwards, and that cleared outwards was 4,770,370 tons, inclusive of steam - vessels. Of foreign vessels, the tonnage inwards was 2,253,939, outwards 2,312,793, inclusive of steam vessels.- In 1858, the inward tonnage of British ships was 5,233,311, outwards 6,743,986 ; and of foreign, 4;582,822, and 4,462,719, respectively,—also in- elusive of steam. By a table which appeared is our impression of yesterday, it would be per ceived, that while British Shipping has increased only thirty per cent., Foreign has increased one hundred per cent. and upwards ; so that it is obvious our Commercial Marine has not had its just and equitable proportion of the carrying trade created by an augmentation in commerce of upwards ninety per cent., in the last ten years. In the same period, it wou ld b e f oun d , that while there has been a larger proportion of increase in British steam tonnage over Foreign, there has been a lamentable diminution in British sailing tonnage. A very fallacious argument might be deduced from that fact,—namely, that under the Repeal of the Navigation Laws, there has been an augmentation of British tonnage ; which would. be true as applied to steamers, but false when stated of the gross amount. Now, the great importance of the Shipping Interest to this town cannot be exaggerated, when we cast our eyes over the immense sum which the exports from Liverpool have reached, viz., upwards of fifty millions sterling per annum, or nearly a million per week. This fact warrants our recurrence to the very disadvantageous position into which an. Interest of such magnitude has been thrown by - the indiscriminate and injudicious application of the principles of Free Trade, which has ignored the necessity of placing British Shipping upon equal terms -of competition with that of those countries to which we have so rashly thrown open our ports. The prosperity of our own com- munity is, of course, most intimately concerned with the welfare of the Shipping Interest. If steamers are likely to supplant, in a great mea sure, sailing vessels, as carriers, we ought surely in the meantime to give every encouragement o. t our commercial ma r i ne ; e l se we s h a ll extinguish- our sea-faring population, which must be neees sarily diminished in number as steamers supersede sailing vessels, requiring for their management fewer hands, and those generally ineffi- cient seamen This, however, is but one of many reasons for taking care of such an Interest There are other reasons; almost without number; and the more the subject is examined the more indispensable will it appear, that British Shipping; must be encouraged, and placed upon equal terms' with Foreign Shipping, if British prosperity is to be maintained, SEPTEMBER 20, 1859 NOTES OF THE DAY. The news we had yesterday from America, of the efforts that are being made to eject from their situations prominent federal officers in certain States of the Union, only affords another illustration of the mischievous working of a polity under which important public offices are appropriated, not to persons qualified to fill them, but only as rewards for political services,—and such services, too frequently, of no very reputable kind. In the United States, a man becomes a politician as a matter of business. He embarks in it as he would in any other enterprise , mainly with a view to his own advantage. He is, is word, a mere trading politician; and trading, not evol- I in the interest of a party, but only to his own or his interest. He devotes himself energetically and • unscrupulously to the most unprincipled political war fare ; and if he succeeds in his endeavour to get the party to which he attaches himself into place, then he has gained his point,—he obtains an office in the service O f the Federal Union, and immediately sets to work to turn it to the best, the most remunerative, ac count. The consequence is, that as integrity even has not been taken into the account in his appc.intmen t, he very often turns out to be one who will not stick at trifles, in appropriating as much as he can lay his hands upon for his own special enrichment. Several such worthies as these have lately been suspected to be becoming unfaithful to the party of the Administratio n, and consequently no pains are being spared to bring home to them some malversation or other, for the. purpose of getting quit of them,—in which, in marl instances, they are proving successful. Such is the of republican institutions. The intelligence we gave yesterday, intimating, in substance, that the French Emperor had at least quail.: fled his concession of freedom to the Press, could lic b create surprise. We have more than once taken occa sion to express our own conviction, that no real liberty of the Press would ever be found consistent with s / : despotic a system of rule and governance as that whic h obtains in France. And so it is turning out. The semi-official Maniteurhas been instructed to dissipate the illusion under which' several . of the Parisian Bedacte ur had began to labour, by declaring that i 4 the Gec er b g _ ment of the Emperor will not deviate from the e sta tr. lished system which, in allowing a field sufficie%t; large for discussion, controversy and analysis, prevc,d, on the other hand, the disastrous effects of false" nle ° ' calumny, and error." This, being interpreted , d a s. that, virtually, the Press is to remain as shack the . the ever ; its Imperial Censor himself claiming t ° o m , ay and be which sure, will e h n e v aew judge of any violation o f th e pr i nc i p l e that i s on , down, call in questio n any o f his public acts and de has- At no moment, p er h a p s , s i nce Louis NaP° iona ation to whenever t y h s e b Presse ventures we p cist been permitted to enjoy the leisure and recren which he had entitled himself by the anxieties a I en durances of his Italian campaign, has his Masaie lie mill so severe an interruption to his enjoy ment, ju re a n t e; s e ur x7 e r an ien di e l e w d h u i i n in l, g it th is e upesardeernsttawode,ekin. h?isChreerteirt a e