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Elle nortban fitful WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4, 1856 rig Parliamentary Committee appointed to needs on the merits of the Birkenhead Dock &bane, declined, on Monday, to hear any more *silence on the part of either the promoters or opponents of the Bill, as they thought the whole sage was before them. They agreed, however, to hear counsel for the opposition, a report of whose speech will be found in another column. The proceedings have thus far been confined to the The Railway Companies osition, are desirous to obtain .h. it is said, would be vreambli who lead the or eoncessi fatal to tho Dock and public interests. But these are matters of very trifling import. In a question of dock accommodation, the conven ience of shipping, and not that of railways, ought lo be first if not the sole consideration. We can t acres of docks one day and pull ra down the next. Such works should be laid nd constructed like the pyramids of Egypt . The trade of the Mersey i 3 grow ing in too startling a ratio, and its cultural 00t construes' down and for ever. duration and capabilities are too circumscribed to admit of the engineering blunders, in the mis- carious ,orrect THE opposition would have been raised to it, and it would have passed, through Parliament without one word being said about its engineering merits. Arr. RENDELL would not have been examined. All would have gone off sub silentio, had not the Rail way's Companies taken the initiative. We should have heard nothing about the pro posed system of penning up water in docks, which is to receive a large amount of town drainage, to a certain level. We should not have heard that in " Mr. HARTLEY'S plan, lockage " was the rule, and going in and out the excep " tion ;" or that the public would save 200,000/. in money, and two years in time, by allowing Mr. RENDELL to carry out his plan, and not giving Mr. HARTLEY'S scheme the preference. The foregoing allegations are one and all of paramount importance, still it would be useless to attempt to beat sense into "the powers that be!' If we can make the inhabitants of Birkenhead and Liverpool understand the dangers to the navi gation of the river and its approaches, which must follow a large curtailment of the tidal column which now enters the Mersey twice in the twenty four hours, we must leave them to do the rest with regard to the further opposition to the present Bill. Now, in Mr. HARTLEY'S plan, it is proposed to place gates, or sluices, across the entrance to the Great Float for the pur pose of making a floating dock at low water. This is all practicable enough, but what will the effect b ? The Great Float has an area of about 150 acres, and receives an average each tide of 7,000,000 cubic yards of water, or 14,000,000 cubic yards every twenty-four hours. This, then, is the volume of tidal water Mr. HARTLEY would venture to take out of the daily circulation of the estuary of the Mersey without telling us what the practical effect would be on the outer channels, and the loss of scouring power by stopping the daily influx and eflux of a column of water, which moves with a rapidity in proportion to its immensity. 2,545,000,000 cubic yards of water enters the Great Float every year, and when we calculate the velocity at which it moves, and its weight, we may well ask what is to become of the channels it has cut for itself through the sand and mud banks at the mouth and within the bar of the That we have lost much by interfering with the tidal column in the construction of the north wall, and other enclosures, cannot be denied. When the Victoria passage was discovered by GRENVILLE COLLINS, in 1687, there was eighteen feet of water in that channel at low water. When Captain DENHAM made the second discovery of that valu able passage, there was, and is at the present time, considerably less ; and to what rational cause can we attribute the decrease in the depth of water in those valuable channels, but the mously in favour of Mr. HARTLEY'S plan, no abstraction of the circulation of water within the entrance of the Mersey by encroachments made on the Liverpool side and the closing of Wallasey Pool? What has taken place in other channels within the same time both in the river and at its entrance is well known. And yet dock engineers go on planing, and Parliament legislates away, as though the navigation of the Mersey and its approaches went on impro\ ing with every stroke of the hydro dynamic professional's pencil, and the enlightened legislator's pen. The Chairman of the Par liamentary Committee, Sir WrLLiAm CLAY, has, however, told us, that he and his brother members of the Committee will look carefully into the merits of both the promoter's and opposition's plans, and we may consequently wait until the whole bill is gone into before we offer an opinion as to how this promise has been fulfilled, or the plans of the successful engineer are likely to affect the navigation of the port, in practice. LIE London Times still persists in the assertion that the Washington Cabinet have recognised "WALKER'S Government." There never was a more outrageous fabrication, and those who read the history of Central America a few years hence, and then turn to the London Times of yesterday, will be at a loss to know what that journal means, when it speaks of " WALKER'S Government The act of recognition in question was accompa nied by a Message to the American Senate, and in that State document, we repeat, the name of WALKER is not once mentioned. That notable individual is nothing more than a soldier of fortune in the service of President Rivas, who is the de facto governor of Nicaragua ; and we might as well say that the British 'Alinistry recognised the government of the English and French generals, who served under the revolutionary banners of Portugal and Spain, when they received the repre sentatives of the QUEEN'S of those two countries, and acknowledged them as ruling When WALKER and his filibus- sovereigns ters took up arms, there were two parties in Nicaragua, and suppose he had taken the opposite side to that on which we found him, what would be said ? Would he have been a sanguinary outlaw then ? In having strengthened the hands of either of the two parties who were so evenly balanced that neither could exercise the functions of government, WALKER may have done some service in the cause of law application of space, or interference with the well Ica own and arbitary bent of tidal waters. The public's stake in a railway may be as great as that inn dock; but then, it must be remem bered, that the former can accommodate itself to the latter, by either retiring or advancing its lines of rails. Whereas, dock walls must necessarily as wide an area as possible, and, in _ o being immovable, ought to be imperish able, Railways must, therefore, in all cases where dock plans are being laid down, give way to shipping and mercantile interests. That they have not done so, in this instance, umbra tviditic appears D C *lance. aiaB Bir and order. Ho has certainly not taken upon himself the office of Dictator or the title of President of the Republic, in whose service he has engaged. Presi dent Rivas governs Nicaragua and its dependencies, and WALKER merely holds the rank of General in the Nicaraguan army. And to confirm and give stability to the State over which RIVAS presides, the American Government have opened di plomatic relations with the dominant party. This is a very different thing to recog- nising " WALKER'S Government," and laying claim to the sovereignty of that or any other portion of Central America. The United States have no desire of the kind, and they cite the treaties with, and despatches from, this country, to show that nothing can be further from their thoughts. The policy of CALHOUN and the ambition of the South, appear, in fact, to have been wholly repudiated by President PIERCE and his immediate pre decessors. The march of slavery is no longer looked upon by American statesmen as an essential element in the safety and welfare of the Southern frontiers of the Union. With this phantom the love of annexation seems to have vanished. The price paid for Texas has shown them that the conquest of a wilderness may be too dearly bought. Oregon, they discovered to be the pro perty of the States, and, in claiming it, they did no more than we should have done. They were bad geographers when it became theirs, and we were worse colonisers; and when they discovered they had a title to a territory, which we had not used, we could scarcely refuse to give them what w as their own We come now to Cali fornia. That was a prize which no nation under the sun would have refused but England, and, strange to say, although it was ours by right of discovery, we allowed Mexico to take pos , session of it subsequently to her determination o be a fortunate circum Liverpool Dock Committee missioners being unani NORTHERN TIMES.---LIVERPOOL, WEDNO of independence, and permitted it to fall' for one-millioneth part of its value, to the Americans. The other portion of the Mexi can territory which the States hold, they have acquired by purchase, just as a man goes into the land market in Europe to buy a fee simple estate ; and in these few lines we have the entire history of that wild spirit of annexation, plunder, and subjugation of which so much is made to fill Europe with alarm. American annexation is a contempt able bugbear. As long as independent States will sell their territories to foreign governments, how can we prevent them ? We cannot dictate to all the nations of the earth what they shall do with their own, when they seek to escape from the agonies of debt, the horrors of intermenable civil wars, and the robberies of lawless bands of intriguers who claim to be their rulers. American civilisation had pretty nearly ex hausted itself, when the rich treasures of California were discovered. The Southern continent was reduced to positive mendicancy, while the Northern division was sinking into a chaos of debt, and social disorder, from which all the wisdom of man could not have released it without having recourse to revolutions for which the American mind was not prepared, and change, therefore, must inevitably have led to bloodshed among themselves. In extremis, the States might have sought deliverance from domestic troubles in conquest. They might have wrested from Mexico those rich mineral dis tricts which she has failed to turn to the wide world's account. She might have grasped the com mercial facilities of New Granada, and have determined to clutch the riches of the valleys which separate the Andes from the Silla of Carraccus. But they made no such attempts. Their present defenceless condition, in a maritime point of view, shows the limits of their ambition, and their confidence in the moderation of Europe. Their sole object from the days of WASHINGTON down to those of PIERCE has been social greatness, peace, and prosperity. They were the last, as a nation, to draw the sword against Mexico, and they will assuredly be the last people on earth to allow any European Power to assault the weaker States of the Continent they inhabit. To this we may make up our minds, and if England is about to back the Nicaraguan party, opposed to the government of President RrvAs, or to support the mad war antics of Old Spain in the New World, we shall soon discover what our modern diplomacy, and Printing House-square swagger, have done for us, by the extra millions the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER will call for to carry on war without an object, or a shadow of justification. NIMIO.I9IIt.a,eM.MNNEIMIMI MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL. LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY EVENING The demand for Cotton to-day has been moder ate, and the tone of the market has been quiet. The sales amount to 5,000 bales, of which 1,000 have been taken on speculation. Prices remain without change. The Liverpool Share Market opened with a quiet tone, and continued without change until nearly the close, when it became rather easier. The closing quotations were as follows : Aberdeen, 13 131. Chester and Birkenhead, 151 16. Caledonian, 30 9-16 30 11-16. Chester and Holyhead, 16 164. Eastern Counties ; 10 1 - 101. East Lancashire, 19i 20. Great Northern, 231 244. Ditto A, 9-Z- 101. Great Western, 604 601 Lancashire and Yorkshire Stock, 92Z- 93. Liverpool, Crosby and Southport, 17-1- 171 London and North Western Stock, 102} 1022. Manchester Sheffield, and Lin coln, 29a 201 Ditto Pref., 11a 11/ Ditto New 6 per cent. Pref., i -2-p. Midland Stock, 781 78ji. North British, 88 9. North Staffordshire, 6 sid. South Eastern and Dover, 2421 11-16 . . York, New castle, and Berwick, 207- 3 - 201. York and North Midland, 29a 291. Leeds Capital Stock, 177, 178. Buffalo and Lake Huron, 1 lip. Dutch Rhenish, 1-Z- lip. Great Western of Canada, 2511 251 Ditto New Shares, 21 28p. Great Luxembourg, 8 1-16 Bd. The Liverpool Corn Market showed more firm• ness to-day, and the price of wheat advanced from ld to 2d per bushel. Flour and other articles were held for full prices. _ _ _ We quote the following report of the London Tobacco Market for the past month from the cir cular of Messrs Grant and Hodgson:— Although the market has been less active than during the previous month, a fair extent of business has been transacted, and sales may be estimated at fully 1,200 hhds, exclusive of re-sales of speculative parcels of nearly 300 hhds. In the early part of the month prices assumed increased firmness, and holders of some descriptions were not anxious sellers at an advance of id per lb. Sales of Virginia leaf and Western strips were made at this advance. As the market progressed, a firmer tone manifested itself, and since the arrival of latest advices from the United States, an advance of fully ad per lb has been asked and obtained for fine Western strips. Holders appear to feel very confident in their position, and enter tain strong views as to prospective prices. It is now stated, from two or three reliable sources, that under no circumstances can a large crop be produced this year. The make of Virginia strips will not exceed 3,500, and of Western 7,000 hhds : of the latter about 4,500 hhds will come forward. By the official returns, the export of tobacco from the United States last year was 150,000 hhds, and with this addition, the reduced state of the Stocks in the open markets of the world has been for some time past sufficiently apparent. The estimated supply to make up this year's export is as follows : Virginia Crop Western.. Maryland 65,000 hhds. 60,000 „ 50,000 „ 175,000 hhds We may from this deduct fully 35,000 hhds. of Virginia, required by the manufacturers there, and 10,000 hhds. of Western, and for the Atlantic cities and Europe, 130,000 hhds., leaving 20.000 hhds. less than was exported last year. These estimates we have deemed it our duty to enter into, without expressing any decided opinion,which we invariably think is of little value in a public circular, but we consider them of sufficient importance to deserve consideration. For exportation, a moderate business only has been transacted, in consequence of the absence of suitable qualities to meet demand. The following are the imports and consumption of tobacco in the four months ended 30th April, 1856, compared with the imports and consumption ~in the corresponding period of the year 1855: Entered for Home Ma. LOWE, we are credibly informed, is highly delighted with his upstairs apartments, and is quite satisfied with the progress he is making towards the completion of the task he has taken in hand. He probably feels a moral certainty that whatever other port or borough may escape with its lawful revenues out of his grasp, the Ratepayers of Liverpool are doomed to lose their Town's Dues- Poor Mr. LOWE is not the first man who has entertained like ideas, and who has had to bear the pangs of disappointment. The Vice-President of the Board of Trade has not possibly heard of the notorious Tidal Commissionists Bill intro duced into Parliament, in 1846, by Mr. WARD and Captain DUNDAS. The object of that sapient production was to transfer the conservancy of all rivers, the management of docks, ports, and harbours, with their dues and other revenues, as a matter of course, to a Board of Tidal Commis. sioners, composed of an officer of her Majesty's Navy, an officer of the Royal Engineers, and a barrister-at law ! This triumverate, which we will call the firm of VILLIERS, DUNDAS, and GREY, were to have been vested with powers to supercede all grants, acts of Parliament, charters, and other vested rights, and were to have sovereign sway over the creeks, tidal waters, navigable lakes and rivers in Great Britain and Ireland, in addition to the ports, harbours, and docks. _ Importations. Consumption. Stemmed lbs. 893,703 997,876 5,354,3e4 5,349,620 Unstemmed „ 3,426,003 4,598,389 4,578,091 5,527,687 Manufae tured &snuff " 502,891 324,245 69,304 83,571 Increase in 1856...959,099 The following is a statement of Traffic Receipts of the Great Western Railway of Canada, by pas senger and goods trains, for the week ending the lath of May, 1856, and for the corresponding period last year: —l6th May, 1856—total receipts, 12,4511 ls. 6d. ; 18th May, 1855, do., 9,175/ 1 ls. 3d. : Increase, 3,2751105. 3d. Aggregate gross receipts from the commencement of the current half-year to date, 184,3601 3s. od. sterling ; do., for the corre sponding period last year, 129,248/ ss. 3d., do. _ IVe need scarcely add that this scheme was universally scouted as a most flagrant Ministerial job, in which the rights of property were to be openly violated, to make commissionerships for certain troublesome hangers-on. And that Mr. LOWE should attempt to obtain for the Board of Trade powers which were denied to the Adutiralty, who certainly ought to know something more of maritime affairs, does appear most audacious. His Town Dues " Abolition" Bill is to do precisely what the Admiralty measure of 1846 contemplated. The tidal and maritime revenues of the United Kingdom are to be sequestered—given over to a Government Board—not abolished. And that the manufacturers, and men of business of Manchester, should tolerate such a system of dealing with corporate and other local rights, does ap pear perfectly astonishing. If Mr. LowE, or the Palmerston Cabinet, meant to do away with Town Dues and Passing Tolls there would be some show of sense about the Corporation's spending time and money as they are doing; but where the tax, such as it is, is to be continued, and increased, as every Government burden is, there is really no excuse for them, except indeed, that all corpo rate officials will have a Parliamentary feed when ever they can, no matter who pays the tavern bill. - The amount of business done in the Manches ter Goods Market to-day has been limited, buyers demanding a reduction of prices, which was firmly refused by manufacturers. The Paris commercial report states that trade, during the past week, remained quiet. Amongst manufacturers there were very few new commis sions ; but at this season of the year business is very dull in some departments, such as the manu factures of winter goods. On the other hand those of little fabrics at Rouen and Alsace are busy. The foreign merchants have retarded their purchases, and they have asked for a reduction in prices. Up to the present time trade has not been much in fluenced by the lowering of the rate of discount by the Bank of France. Capitalits who speculate on tne Bourse, rarely employ their means in com mercial operations. At a general meeting, held in Paris, of the share holders of the Palais de l'lndustrie, it was agreed to that a dividend of 3f 20c in the 3 per cent Rentes should be paid on each share. This is equal, it is said, to about 60 per cent on the value of the shares. _ _ _ The following are the receipts of the principal French railways for the week ending the 19th May, and the totals from the Ist of January to that date, both compared with the receipts of the correspond ing periods of 1855 : 1856. 948,111 ... .. 18,007,391 ... .. Western of 1 733,812 .. .. France 1 12,473,734 .. .. Paris and ) 762,674 .. Lyons i 14,042,674 . .. Lyons and 1 584,614 .. .. Mediterranean J 9,781,937 .. .. Northern of 1 853,952 .. .. France J 16,962,188 .. .. Eastern of 749,465 .. .. France (old) 1 14,636,639 .. .. Orleans 1855. 917,450 16,811,352 562,332 10,229,429 739,734 12,719,060 473,835 6,704,254 848,771 15,821,320 696,926 13,665,033 The 120,0001. annually paid in this port in Town Dues, would be received by the clerks of a Govern ment Board, instead of those of the Liverpool Town Council, if Mr. LOWE'S bill became law to morrow ; and to hold out a promise to the people of Manchester that they would gain anything by the change, is a gross piece of deception, which the really sensible and moral portions of the inhabit ants ought to denounce in no very measured terms. A very large sum has been already ex pended in supporting Mr, LOWE'S revival of the nefarious tidal scheme, and to keep up the popular delusion in Manchester that a large saving to its commerce is to be gained by its promotion, is a palpable imposture. Mr. LowE appears to have discovered that his greatest strength lies in Manchester's simplicity and weak— ness; for he thinks of nothing but calling on Man chester to bring up witnesses against this port, as though there was not another in the three king doms where the Lancashire manufacturer has to pay local dues. If it had not been, in fact, for our neighbours swallowing the Board of Trade's " abolition" hoax, the whole scheme would have been shelved long since. But we should like to hear from the VICE-PRESIDENT of that Board, which is said to have been established for the pro tection of trading interests, how much longer the. solemn mockery of examining witnesses as to the propriety of abolishing dues, which the Government have no intention of doing away with, is to be continued, and who is to repay the Ratepayers of this Borough and Manchester the sums expending in dancing attendance on his committee? Should no answer be given to these obviously necessary questions, it is to be hoped that some independent commercial man in the House of Commons will call the attention of Parliament to this monster and costly piece of public deception. It is expected that the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company's vessel to leave South ampton on the 4th inst, will take out upwards of 400,000/. in specie. The next West India and Mexican packet, which is now daily expected, is known to have about 700,0001., chiefly in silver, on board. At a meeting of the Buenos Ayres bondholders, held yesterday, to hear the proposal of the govern ment for the settlement of the debt, that portion of it was agreed to where it is intended to provide for the payment of interest, and a sinking fund, by increasing the present allowance to 36,9001. in 1857, to 48,0001. in 1858, to 60,0001 in 1859 and 1860, and afterwacds 72,000/ annually ; but the postponement of the interest on arrears was objected to as being unpre cedented, and it was hoped that the Buenos Ayres government would be able to settle the same at an early date. The meeting broke up after passing a vote of thanks to Lord Clarendon for the services he had rendered the bond - holders. The Bank of British North America had its meeting to-day, when a favourable report was read, showing the net profit of the year 1855 to hair() been 97,7061 7s ; and the undivided profits, 145,1171 Os 10d on the 31st of December last. A dividend at the rate of 6 per cent per annum was declared, and a bonus of 30s per share. The followina, are the closing quotations of the Foreign Exchanges :—Amsterdam, short, 11 171 to 11 18. Do., three months, 121 to 121. Rotterdam, do , 121 to 12/. Antwerp, do., 25 60 to 25 65. Brussels, do., 25 60 to 25 65. Hamburg, do., 13 104 to 13 101 Paris, short 25 35 to 25 421. Do., three months, 25 674 to 25 729. Marseilles, do., 25 67* to 25 721 Frankfort, do , 1201 to 1201. Vienna, do., 10 17 to 10 20. Trieste, do., 10 18 to 10 22. Petersburg, do., 361 to 37. Madrid, do., 494 to 494. During the greater part of the morning, con siderable firmness was shown, but a few sales were pressed towards the close, and the latest prices were 1 per cent. below those of yesterday, th e quotations being 94i to 948. These variati ons were chiefly of a speculative character . In face of the uneasiness which has arisen with reference to our relations with the United States, numerous operators for a rise have become discouraged, and rather than pay the difference of 2- per cent., which is exacted for carrying over their accounts to the middle of July, prefer to sell. The half-yearly dividend will be deducted from the price of Con sols on Thursday next. The Dis coun t M ar k et to • day was quiet, with a good supply of money. At Paris, to-day the Three per Cent. Rentes closed at a further decline of nearlyi per cent. The number Ettant dr. PARTMENTS.—One or two sting-rooms and arm-house, anywhere about Hale, icre.—Address, Box G. 43, Post-office. RS' ASSISTANTS.—WANTED, TWO experienced to G. T. Stewart, Caledonian Family Ranefagh-street. ), for a hotel in Manchester, a thorough good woman need apply but those who perfectly understand y at the Queen's Hotel, from 12 till 2 o'clock EDICAL PROFESSION, &c.—A GENTLEMAN s Eyed several years in London as PISPE NSER, &c., )t a similar ENGAGEMENT In Liverpool or Birken ss H. 40, Northern Times office. 4DAY. of vessels recently taken up by Government for convoying the army home from the Crimea is about twenty, and no further. tenders are at present invited for this service. The prices of Railway Shares were finally quoted thus :—Caledonian, 611 61k. Eastern Counties, 101 101. East Lancashire, 78 80. Great Northern, 951 96. Ditto A, 781 791. Great Western, 61 611. London and North Western, 1021 102. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln shire, 291 30. Midland Stock, 781 79. North British, 361. South Eastern and Dover, 72 721. York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 81 82. York and North Midland, 588 59. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS.-TUESDAY, The House met at five o'clock, The Joint Stock Companies' Bill, and Sir Wm. Fen wicke Williams Annuity Bill were brought from the Commons and read a first time. On the motion for going into committee ou the Appel late Jurisdiction Bill, The Earl of ABERDEEN complained that the commis sioners did not recommend that a Scotch judge should be placed upon the supreme tribunal. He objected to Scotch appeals coming for adjudication to that House, and sug gested that ,a court of appeal should be estat lished in Scotland. The Earl of DERBY defended the report of the commis sioners, contending that Scotland would be fairly repre sented in the tribunal. He added that it appeared, from evidence that had been 'given before the commissioners, that the people of Scotland did not wish for any change in the manner of dealing with Scotch appeals. Lord ST. LEONARDS also defended the report, observing that members of the supreme tribunal, from the position which they must have Previously held, could not be other wise than competent to deal with cases of appeal. After some further discussion, in the course of which an opinion was expressed by Lord St. Leonards and other peers, that this bill, if passed, would prevent the creation of life peerages in future, the motion was agreed to, and the bill went through committee. The Oxford University Bill was read a third time and passed. The other bills on the paper were advanced a stage, and the House rose at half-past seven o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-TIIESDAY There being only thirty-eight members present at four o'clock, the House stands adjourned till to-morrow, (this day.) THE BIRKENHEAD DOCKS' BILL. ANTICIPATED DEFEAT OF THE CORPORATION. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-TUESDAY NIGHT. In consequence of the Committee not having broken up, yesterday, until an unusually late hour, I vas obliged to leave the room with my despatch whilst the conversation which followed the announcement of the Chairman, was proceeding, and was only enabled to announce simply the unexpected decision of the Committee. I now forward you the resolutions of the Committe, and an outline of what followed, from which you will perceive that the pro ceedings stand adjourned to Thursday next. After deliberating for about half an hour after the close of Mr. Rendell's evidence against the bill of the promoters, strangers were re-admitted into the room, when The Chairman, after a few prefatory observations said, the committee had unanimously agreed upon the following resolution : " The committee consider that the evidence that has been adduced, places sufficiently before them the facts bearing on the question involved in the preamble, and they are willing accordingly now to hear couusel, as well in explanation of the evidence given on part of the opponents, (if by the vlsvo❑ents such eNplanutiuu be thougut to be necessary,) as in reply on behalf of the promoters." The reading of this resolution, there can be no doubt, astonished all parties, both promoters and opponents, for the latter had an immense weight of engineering evidence, in addition to Mr. Rendell ; besides directors a❑d others connected with the Birkenhead, Lancashire and Cheshire, and Great Western Railways, and they were not prepared for the committee being satisfied on every point, with the evidence (important though it may be) given by their first witness, Mr. Rendell, when a powerful array of engineering talent, including Mr. Hawksley, Mr. Abernethey, Mr. Hartley, and others, had been called and examined, in support of Mr. Hartley's plans. The promoters, on the other hand, looked staggered, inasmuch as the resolution of the committee appeared exceedingly significant of the fate of the bill. After a conversation between counsel and ts, on behalf of the promoters, Mr. Hopo Scott, addressing the committee, said, that their resolution had taken him completly by surprise, and under the circumstances he should be glad if the committee would grant him until Thursday next in order to give time for communicating with parties at Liverpool, as to the course which he should pursue. The committee at once assented, and there was an adjourn- ment to Thursday at noon. I understand that last night there was a considerable rush down to Liverpool of members of the town council, dock committeemen, and others, who have been in the committee room daily, since the proceedings commenced, and, in all probability, to-day and to-morrow will be fully occupied in discussing the question as to what is the most advisable course to be pursued in the present ticklish position of the bill promoted by the corporation. It would be idle to con ceal the fact that, in the opinion of those most conversant with the proceedings of the committee "up stairs," the decision of the committee on this bill has sealed its fate, and is only the forerunner of their declaration that " the preamble is not proved." Even many who have given evidence in its favour hold this opinion now, and an eminent engineer who was called on behalf of the promoters remarked to-day, that unless some compromise was entered into amongst the several parties between now and Thursday, his conviction was that the bill would be lost. The truth is, and it is useless to deny it, that there can be no doubt of the com mittee's having been much impressed' with the statements made by Mr. Rendell in favour of retaining the great low water basin, which is already sanctioned by parliament, as an essential part of the original plan for the completion of the docks. In defending the reten tion of this basin against its abolition, which Mr. Hartley's plan involves, Mr. Rendell not only insisted on its many advantages, but he also endeavoured to show that in the event of its being abandoned, the railway companies, who had spent a large sum of money on the faith of its construction, would be heavy sufferers. Another very strong impression said to have been made on the committee is Mr. Rendell's statement that esti— mates for the low water basin plan are ..200,000 less than the estimates for carrying out Mr. Hartley's plans. In a word, the gossip in the committees of the house to-day is, that Mr. Rendell has demolished the evidence on the part of the promoters of the bill, and that the bill itself will be " squelched" by the committee. ROYAL INSTITUTION SCHOOL.—On the 2nd of this month, Mr. John Parry, late Miff scholar of the above school, was elected to an additional scholarship at Corpus Christi Col lege, Cambridge. Mr. Parry stood first of his year in the examination, and also obtained the annual college prize of a silver cup. FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Monday night a boy, named Henry M‘Givan, aged four years, who resided with his parents in a court off Jamaica-street, was run over by a lorry in Greenland-street, and died yesterday in the Southern Hospital from the effects of the injuries he had sustained by the accident. GoRGoN LAndr.—One of the most splendid lamps ever erected in Liverpool is at present being put up in the angle between the Custom House, Salt House Dock, and Strand-street. It was much required in this place. It is of enormous dimensions, and will be capab'e of illuminating a considerable portion of the neighbourhood. ST. ANNE'S DISPENSARY AND EYE AND EAU INSTITU TION, 9, ROSE HILL.—New patients entered on the books last week, viz. :—May 31st : Relieved at the institution, 164 ; relieved at their own dwellings, 51 ; cases of prevail ing epidemic, 0. Total 215. Visitors, Mr. E. Watts and Mr. T. Kirk, Hon. Secretary and Treasurer, Jos. Kitchen, Esq. = rascaosimawaLonsina. FRANCE• (FROM OIIR OWN CORRESPONDENT.I PARIS, MONDAY NlGtlf, ter , 4 The telegraph will have informed you that d t a lif y Emperor has gone to Lyons. He started Yes somewhat unexpectedly, about three 0'10c.0.. ;19 was accompanied by General Niel, o ne t o f,, aides-de-camp, and by several officers of his 11 . hold. The object of his visit is to see foillinir the disasters caused by the inundations, a ascertain what can be done for the relief of the ers. These disasters are really deplorable, a' caused a profound effect on the P arisians- Moulins, Orleans, Bourges, Anjou, and ne al % ? fir and the towns of the south, and ent ire un der their frontiers, and miles in exten t—all are d water. In fact, the Loire, the Rhone, an Saone, and all their numerous tributaries r overflown. Judge of the damage do e ' „°- suffering caused, at Lyons, when it is Stay not fewer than 500 houses (old and er sure) have been cast down. In sever rain poured clown consecutively for 1 1 P t ‘ fifty hours. Fortunately the accounts h 3 reached the government to-day are mo re fav ° th The Rhone, the Loire, the Gier, and i . have begun to decline rapidly; at -14v-ci Etienne, 'fain , Valence, and Anj ou, a change has taken place in the weatlior, hoped that the inundations are over. A telegraphic despatch announces the at' the Emperor at Lyons, between ten an - 1,0 116 ! , sa ys taaw clock 7eceived with acclamations. The government calls on the legislate it 2.000,000 fr. (X 80,000) for the r e '. ;offerers from the It alsol nundations isive works executed for prev eu T T "iv --rs in future. Amongst other things will have the quays at Lyons raised. his on There has been rather a heavy fa ll in Bec`-iiiiv the Bourse to-day, caused partly by the i ° , ll „ - i to and partly by sales to obt ain esPos invest in the innumerable new sPectihiti which have sprung up of late—the ,611,re5 I,re in which will be forced up to lon miums. In the letter published by spe culY'eas Saturday, I mentioned a few of the se with,% a 0 which had been ushered into the world very short period indeed. What d u 2ies think is the amount which new NT cl have within the last fortnight 01 " Y , A to strani.i c d ? manded for the public—and which , relate, nearly all of them have subsenin'irvi'y i$ Very nearly 300,000,000 fr. viz. (294,575,°v;,000 just 12,000,0001. sterling. Evidently , sPect- the at this rate is out of all proportion financial resources of France, and must sou"- later lead to a crash. of A solution of the long standing questi°ll o ,ted' transatlantic steam navigation is shortly eg-ciated At Havre, last week, the sales of cotton s il l°l 'aoci 5,600 bales, and the arrivals to 6,400. Th u , '„t110 was 122,000 bales. The inferior qua lities dthe °urinqiiet week underwent a decline of one franc; sorts remained unaltered as t lw that , -.dake: Surprise has been expresses_ - Ar chi• orts , Swedish Prince, and the Austrian both intended to visit some of the Fren ellP A they did not go together ; but this was -Is ti l tliY I am told, partly to their feeling no great 0 113 P the ir for: each other, and partly to the fear t hat 01 0 joint presence anywhere might lead to discus-i about etiquette. f NY M. Feuillet de Couches, Introducer °' gar' fr. 1- '; bassadors, has left Paris this morning u seilles, to receive Cardival Patrizi, NO ° baptise the Imperial Prince. 02 0 In the visit which the Emperor illa d° t° hit . 4 cattle show on Saturday, a Tyrolian ofre i re , d e itce; two splendid oxen for " having concludeciA a]. (so the man said) and his Majesty aceePte" to rise au t i, A violent proclamation to the Ital ians insurrection has been published by Diaz Victor Hugo. THE RECENT FAILURE IN PAIIIS . to M. Place, whose failure has caused so much ea ll ri , lac e :, on in Paris, waa a partner in the firm of Noel ae"„ le Before becoming acquainted with the Credit Moil"rri6e' had a private fortune amounting to some 300,000' IP, of late; years he has been living beyond his rile alls. o kept up the establishment of a country goo tlere aci o va large fortune at a chateau near Mulen, where he h „ r tiol , of the best stocked sporting manors in the neig"' 000' WO: f a of Paris. This place cost him no less the ° .`,> a year. It is true that the expenditure euiicill,l° elevate him to that financial greatness, from i w- foa l 7; has so suddenly fallen. M. de Morny ar l " t i and even Prince Jerome Bonaparte, honoure,.sotg battues with their presence. Five hundred Of: to •be, were sometimes slaughtered in a day at this ro s let it and in return for the sport the princes of overt o f IP: Place into many a good thing. The discoverY love' embarrassments, to the circumstances of whi e , l) , o ttla, i l ii alluded in a former letter, took place after he ha" Ore" - left Paris for Constantinople, there to establish 3 on til t ? Mobilier. He had reached ' M Marseilles, and " s ,ot ° ' arseito poinVof embarking when he received a telegraP" "tura of from the house of Pereire begging him t °. - NOY r, Paris immediately. At the same 11 . 7 ce nt, - ‘ , 13 wholesome precaution, a second dispatch w 3 e, ithon,` o ' proper authority, to the Prefect of the Boucheslioo3lT4 desiring him to take care that the ci-devcost c ra i rilice . ;t did not leave the country. The last news of I ",,,, a r'S, 13 'n that he got as far as Lyons on his way back to 1 00 - t l i o n . ie; that he was prevented i3y the inundations froloci. peret' ci ' t his journey. The principal creditors are In•the Da 5.000,000 1r ; M. Ernest Andre, 3,000,000 it' ; oree s . ; Galliers, 4,000,000 fr ; M. Dessart, ,2000,0 00 f c; of O ur° inn, 1,000,000 fr, and M. d'Eichthal, 700,000 fr. I do not precisely guarantee these figures. Aw ii dl D i al ei t r e vps s Esh : t i tp toD.ING OFthrouoil after fimxtte d. c a t, oe r arriving vi n g MILITIA.—The Royal Antrire ~.1,00 Til t, town this day, es route to Belfaat: „ea LIVERPOOL BANKRUPTCY COURT, YESTERDA,,,he ba' : the certificate meeting there. e re corps will be disbanded at Belfast, ' rupt passed his last examination this day, an a (.., WI TOKTETII PARK LOCAL BOARD OF MAL —rdal COMMISSIONER PERRY.) IN RE D. liOE.---2• v" via' i. r: de morning the usual monthly meeting of thi s— b oarl k e ° d, lB health was held at the Police-office, Tolteth t t h ot e a n ll e y xt d s e h vo ip id for f p f o u r b l m ic interest . elb.o business transacted was entirely of a routine chaPraracte6 °a- Australia , as follows, o '1 i° at the General Post-office u MAILS FOR AUSTRALIA. and to nine with late feeu—s to la yea pr Shenheel :—Letters S i a be l t t d ht a ne n r Is at a rg: e°e royal 1 0 : : :: ::b e a l ji l t, n t , l3 ti, ! is advertised mails, be o°l 4 TESTIMONIAL a TO MR. tO eiht of R- will be open to ten o'clock, but. The " f S P . ' monials Town , a Benjamin full a • s length ree : tn portrait b paid. resented H o p f L t E h - r e , tared be held additional late es by Mr. Town h sense o f gratitude L deeply-felt Y ne p r _ v and st es neighbourhood,e Buckle Hall, E Ashton, on the 18th instant. The,-; tote b ig., mayor of Ashton, will preside. oOf 5 monialsy, Garside, and a pieche°3l:ficein:tbeeb:e:aiastfliottrel ave been purchased from the procee .to cler subscription got up by the inhabitants of iksbto o _, the " t a o a r the many and i acts of their . , factieallif hon. member.' An invention has recently been patented On P' 0 10 v tested, which bra os itien Promises to be invaluable to niani enterprise. We allude to Cook's new patent nal, osi' for coating . mexahpyreessmioinnelint'polio orexposed surfaces, or surfaces liable to dq i: f id . ' dationdeterioration.. The numerous testi n°lll l 3 ied the dressed by highly respectable firms who have app fovea' s a V. bcf composition, bear ample evidence of its succeso a _ e , e it a tative of oxidationsubstane or rust on all metallic rortlall,.. malleable or cast; as a coating for ROlllatt or to tv cement or . brickwork, and equallyreparatorY, "es. .80 asap ~,. hop o_. painting or papering walls in private or pubn u i v, i t, bad To the t - estimonials developing the advantages w" h ieli 01 accrued from the use of this composition, and sv„ tilos° be fo e We 1' 1 00 Lind in our advertising columns, engaged in the various branches f tures for of menu ae 7 its d ' is esigned. It i 4 , s--'' ~,,vt SOCIETE GENERALE DES CLIPPERS FRA- -1 ~,, I, t already well known that this enterprising cornPahA':ers °,4 established s en commandite have, become the ptlf°'i sco" the Com erew clippers, formerly belonging to the GenertseiveS, as vapelaln and with the alteration of the vessels then° re,a as in the course which it has been resolvea._4 0.0 them in future , it is the opinion of experienced nanticgoot,l,' that the shortest voyages made heretofore betwe6tl, S oy ampton and Calcutta, will be reduced fully one si%to.:isy 0,, regard m to the alteration of the ships themselves, it ~,"' haw, to an that their tonnage has been increased fr°L;befsei an average of 2,400 tons. The steam power (3°, 1 ' 0 l og remains the same; but the new arrangements in t' io h Inc a decks enable each vessel to carry, at starting, as In pi' Inca as will carry her beyond the Cape of Good llope• icea course intended to be followed, no time will be final r d to touching at any port or place, between So ill fl y ', ( I 1,1 Ile de Bourbon ; and, besides this, days Will be s s gra ll the selection of a course which presents every . r . i .f 3/° der a l 'i condition of prevailing winds and currents. u ll ,es O', these combinations of circumstances, the swift passarri,,, Of the new line will not fail to c fr it the prefere i tb° merchants and shippers of allscelausrsees.e The important ° aria eociete is in able hands, and must achieve an E enduring success; f lg er °JJc or t, pac lean With Otte,