The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-10-16 00:00:00

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The ne w arrangemen t s , w hen com pleted, will impose upon the Proprietors the necessity of ceasing t o supp l y extra Sli ps to Subscribers, but no increase will be made in the rate of subscription, which is now 335. per annum. NORTHERN DAILY TIMES OFFICE, 19, South John Street THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1856) THE 9A► E of FL E run swick Dock, v Ten o'clock THIS DAY, landing ex E Merchants ; c Tins DA' Bro A.ply to rata'. :Baltl. TIIIS DAY Wi,ODS in the Mahogany ST - eds, ed nis Mo FINING ( Ihursday), at EDWARD CHALONER, Broker. TURN I be resum the 16 h instant : at Twelve o'clock, in the Corn raid Saleroom, goo Drums Old SULTANA RAISINS,' landing ex Euphrates GEORlik BADENACH & SON, Brokers. 'rats DAY, th, o'clock, in the ns }Turkey FIGS, D Skeetcn Case ex Teneriffe, from S OR6B - BADENACH & SON, Brokers, Tais DAY at Twelve o'clock, in the al Saleroom, 51 Barrels 1 Zante CURRANTS, 44 Boxes 1 Carotr, a E Cephalonia CURRANTS, (s.s.)—Apply to INlPssrs. E. Rae and Sons, GEORGE RADENACEI & SON, Brokers. 16th instant, at rwelve o'clock, at the Office. 13, Exchange-buildings, 0 Pocke s Bengal BICE, a Calcutta. west side Prince's Dock. John Brocklebank, Merchants; or LITT L E D A L E & CO., Brokers. Messrs. Thomas an! T. & H. Thl3 DAY. the 16th instant. at Twelve o'clock, at the Broke , s' Office, 13, Exchange-buildings, 203 Boxes CASSIA LIGNEA. LITTLEDALE & CO., Ero`iers THIS DAY, the itith instant, at Twelve o', lock, at the Brokers' Office, 13, Exc'nange-rniidi gs, 143 Bags SAGO Fi.OUR, 2806 BUFFALO HORNS, ex - Minerva, from Singapore, 2 and 3. Albert Dock.—Apply t) T. & H. LITTLEDALE & CO., Brokers, TO-MORROW. ce,Amt of whom it may conc-rn TO-MORROW. th 4 17th in,t tnt, at Half-past One o'clock, at Messri. Golling and Nash's Saleroom, Corn Exchange-buildings, Bruns wick-street, WHEAT, lying in Downward Harrington-street.—Aprly to iARLES B. BUCHANAN & CO,, Brokers. To.xoFtitow, the 17th instan at Twelve o'clock, at the )Rice, 23, Olclhall-street, "Mocha COFFEE, 300 Bales or par GbADST ,rs apply to Vh & SERJEANTSON, Brokers. To-mo.anow, the 17th instant, at Twelve o'clock at Noon, on the Quay, East Sde Brunswick Dock, 641 Pieces WHITE PIN?. TIM B containing 599 30-40 tons, averaging Itli inches, 112 BIRCH Tl5l SER, containing 103 10-40 tons, aver- aging 15i inche4, 6,081 „ SPRUCE DEALS and BATTENS, containing 266,133 feet, 1,170 PINE DEALS and BATTENS, containing 111,585 287 „ F, quality DEALS and BA TTENS, containing 9,35 feet, 343 „ SCANTLING. containing 6,562 feet, II Cords LATHWOOD, now landing. ex Ceean Wave, from St. John N. 8., on the Quay north End o' the Queen's Dock. f the Tmporters )S5 Pieces St. Peter U 0 DWODI) and 8 feet L ATH WOOD, St. Petersburg EtEDWOOD DEALS, 'etersburg .—Apply to Messrs Frederick Huth and Co., 5' er , 9,32 t Pieces St Petersburg I 6.600 „ 4, and 8 feel now landing ex Knickerboc Messrs. Edward Heath and Other BALTIC and to the above, particulars of DWOOD DEALS and BATTENS, LATHWOOD, 'et . , from St. Petersburg. —Apply to Co., Merchants. E RICAN WHITEWOOD will be added which may be had on application to I.DW'ARD CHALONER, Broker, No. 6, East Side Queen's Dock. NEXT WEEK ONDAI -GUANO, For the On MONDAY next, the h - our of Twave o'clock, at Fahant About 400 1 landed ex the BArgue trot age from Calao, ens of Peruvian GUANO, in Bags, \ugusta .Icssie, damaged by sea water, on her Parties who porch sed some of the above highly of its quality, from which it slightly injures the valuable properties of 'n load in safety at Fahan Point, in en m.les from Derry, and les, spe fdr Lloyds, appears tna Ves e y, which is distant about se there is a good post tvian Guano d from thence to the Wreck ;ti A. S 11 & CC Auctionee WEDNESDAY On WEDN E 8 , at Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers'' Rice, 13, Exchanee-buildings, 1085 Brgs 3aLTPETIW, landing ex Maraban, .ro Calcutta, west side Prince's Dock.— Apply to Messis. Tt.om-s and John Brocklebank, Merchants, or to T. & H. LITTLEDAL,E & CO., Brokers,. T HIS DAY, It. I. NODDEI a of 'Parisian - and English RIDING and WALKING HATS, BONNETS, and CAPS, with very description of Trimmings, Feathas, Laces, &c., of the most ashiogals 81, CHURCH STREET. GENTLEMEN'S TRAVELLING PLAIDS, RAILWAY RUGS, WATERPROOF COATS AND LEGGINGS, WATERPROOF CARRIAGE APRONS, CARPET AND LEATHER BAGS, PORTMANTEAUS, &c L. MACTAGGART'S, 24 and 26, BOLD- STREET. FOREIGN CORRESPONDENCE.—A superior Lot of FOREIGN POST PAPER, on SALE, at 7s. 6d. per ream, or Three Reams for 215., Cash, at CHAarais W11.1,11E/08 Wholesale Paper Warehouse. 19. south John-street. A IT ILLMER'S RAILWAY AND iTEAMBOAT V GUIDE, for OCT.—PRICE TWOPENCE. Sold t Bookse y CH4RLE, ttmaa, 19, South Johu- treet, and by a: THE DAY'S NEWS s of the day are again not only interesting but numerou 4 , meetings, in which all classes of the community are interested, are being held, and they who have any desire of reading of the sayings and doings of the aspirants for muni cipal honours, will now find the first instalment The local ineide THE NORTHERN TIMES.---LIVERPOOL, THURSSDAY. of what may be expected ere the first of November ensues. As it is, all eyes are now centered on the con test in Lime-street Ward. The Tory party rejoice in their old representative, Mr. J. B. Lloyd, and the Liberals have selected Mr. J. R Jeffery. Both are able gentlemen in their way. We have alluded to it in a leading article, and do Mr. Jeffery will address himself to the electors, and say how, and whit, he would do in reference to the gas and water questions. 'As journal ists we know no party. The benefit of all classes of the ratepayers is our object; and no candidate be he what he may, Whig or Tory, Radical or Con servative, will satisfy us, who fails to declare openly, manfully, and unreservedly, his opinions and intentions upon the Gas and Water questions. To act otherwise is cowardice; and it ill becomes any one, no matter to which party he belongs, who aspires to a seat in the Council Chamber, to xpect fortunate man whose ruin he had previously resolved on. This was so well known that the ministers or courtiers trembled when the King was more than usually kind or familiar with them. It is said that a curious and sharp encounter had taken place between General Narvaez and Guel y Rente, the husband of the Infanta, sister of the King :of Spain. At present no particulars as to the cause have been announced. _ The affair of Naples is drawing near to a crisis. All hope of an amicable adjustment is believed to be at an end ; for King Bomba remains as obstin ate and inflexible as ever, and will not yield a jot. The latest report is that an ultimatum, signed by France and England, was sent to his Majesty on Saturday last, and if a favourable answer be not returned to it, the representatives of the above Powers will be immediately recalled, and the united fleets ordered to appear off the coast with out delay. In a few days, therefore, we may expect to hear something decisive upon the subject. The Emperor and Empress of France purpose leaving Paris for Compeigne on the 19th instant, where a large party has been invited to join his Majesty in the sports of the field. The ilioniteur con tains two more official reports from Algeria, giving accounts of further successes of the French troops over the Kabyles, after a stubborn resistance On the part of the latter. M. de Brunnow is shortly expected in Paris, as he has been appointed by the Emperor Alexander to represent Russia at the approaching Conference. The sums deposited in the Paris Saving Bank last week amounted to 414,909 f., but those with drawn reached 583,029 f. The Empress has taken under her patronage a Benevolent Society, whose object is to take apart ments in the faubourgs, and sublet them, at half price, to those who cannot of to pay the high rent demanded by the proprietors. This remedy is but temporary ; it may relieve the most pressing wants, but it will not prevent the proprietors from raising their demands as they think proper. Preparations for the Compeigne festivities are nearly completed. Their Majesties purpose repairing thither on the 10th to hunt; and for the 20th the first list of invitations is already sent out. Seventy persons are included in the " first category ;" among them are the Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Sate ; the Duchess of Istria (Dunn), who has hitherto passed for a Legitimist; M. and Mme. Cadour, who occupy some high post in the house. hold ; M. Hubner, who is now at Vienna, whither his invitation was sent by telegraph, when he replied that he should be at Compeigne in time for the chase ; M. Hatzfeit, Sze Advices from Constantinople to the Bth, state that there were still rumours as to a change of ministry. Riehid Pacha is named as Grand Vizier. A finnan has been published relative to the national representation of the Principalities There is no question in the finnan of the union of the two provinces. By the last American steamer we have received intelligence confirming our previous advices of the total loss of the West Indian Royal Mail Steamer Tay, off Lobos Island, in the Gulf of Mexico. Captain Strut, the commander, has forwarded a full account of the disaster to the directors of the company, wherein he says—" The Tay left Vera Cruz at noon on Friday, the 00th of August. The wind was very light from the N. and N.E,, and calm. After having steered three miles N. and by E., shaped the course N. and by W, half the engines being in the sixth grade of expansion, making 16.2 or 10.4 revolutions per minute, giving the speed of ( o a at v l e me r ui e ld l' a e rtl V ii og e n ' i nk ta n ob o oN t s urltv b2 R sy u l n vn ting in this miles, supposing oasiitne course, by gl'etclhatthiet cours ewould take me twelve miles to the eastward of Lobos. I was on deck at two a.m, and remained there up to the moment that the ship struck. I was on the forecastle looking out with the chief officer, and suddenly observed on the port bow what appeared to be a squall of wind coming over the water. I drew the attention of the chief officer to it, who thought the same. I immediately went aft, in order to get my night glass, but before I could get it, the chief officer cried out, 'Hard a port, hard a port,' which was immediately done, and the engines stopped ; but the ship struck with much force, and after striking heavily her head came round to the N. Seeing the perilous position of the ship, I immediately ordered all the boats to be cleared away and lowered, which were carried out without confusion. I then got the mails from below, and placed them in the starboard lifeboat. which soon after left the ship in charge of the Admiralty agent and second officer, with the intention of proceeding to Tampico. All efforts were then made to get the ship off. I got a 16 cwt kedge anchor out on the starboard bow, with an eight inch hawser fast to it, hove well taut, and steamed on ahead, engines going at full speed. During this time the rollers were breaking heavily over the after part of the ship, and sea increasing momentarily, the hawser broke by the great strain, and the ship surged much further up on the beach. Stopped the engines and eased down the steam, for fear of accident in the engine-room. I then got a second 10 cwt kedge, with a nine inch hawser, out. I hove this taut, but by this time the stern had been carried further up on the beach; the stern-post and rudder were gone, and the cabin was full of water ; in fact, the sea was making a breach right over her, and. finding it impossible• to do anything more, resolved to abandon her to her fate, in order to save life. lam unable to account for the sad the mu s south ward, haveuth hadacci accident e t x i t n r a a o n r y th other c w u a r y r t n h t a s n e t t t h i t a l w g t o e ward, for which I had not made sufficient allow. rtnce." THE Western Alliance, at one time, promised to be the precursor of European amelioration. The Continent looked upon it with hope, and Great Britain hailed it with delight. Every imaginable good - was anticipated from it, and a career of honour and glory would, it was believed, have cemented the union of the two most powerful nations upon earth. The world has been woefully disap.• pointed on these several points. The dream has not been realised, and the rich promise is still further off. We are not the independent nation we were. We have an Ally who will move or not as he thinks proper. It would be wrong to speak out on King BOMBA'S atrocities, to drive the Russians from the Isle of Serpents, to order the Austrians out of the SULTAN'S dominions at the point of the bayonet, to make O'DONNELL find mo ne y to pay Spain's foreign creditors, and to settle the difficulties of Italy, simply because we have allied ourselves to the Bopapartists We must hold our tongues forego our independence, or break up the union of the two Powers. We are laughed at throughout, tha world as the last people in Europe who can move in the cause of humanity, or civil and reli gious liberty, much as we may talk about such things. The King of Naples cares no more for our threats than FRANCIS JOSEPH, the CZAR, or the ruler of Prussia. France has check-mated Great Britain in diplomacy, and instead of reaping a harvest of honours, and drawing round us the confidence of Europe, the most we, can get is a charter for a college from the Vatican, and a gua rantee that the Irish Government hacks in the House of Commons shall be returned at the next general election. If Lord PALMERSTON had not arran ged this little affair through Bishop CULLEN'S influence at Rome, we should really have lost all the Cabinet have been playing for abroad. How long this state of things is to last, we may simply leave the reader to infer from what he knows of the past. Permanent Councils sitting pire, wil in foreign capitals upon t he material and political interests of this great Constitutional Em n ot give the public the security and satisfaction which some wiseacres beli eve. British rights and i ns tincts can never be fair l y represented on the Continent. We have bee n in a minority in Europe for ages, and we shall have fewer Powers on our side in these days of rampant despotism than we ever had. France will p la y her own game, and if • the PALMERSTON Cabinet eau turn the elections in their favour through Rome, or any other foreign I State, we may consider ourselves Wry fortunate. But how long are we to occupy this contemptible positkii ? Russia escaped from our grasp just at the moment we were ready to fight our battles unaided, and now we hate to submit to a renewal of her designs upon Turkey, to drive her garrisons from the mouth of the Danube, and to defeat her intrigues in Naples and Spain. This is what we achieved by Paris Congresses. The people of England were deceived, and thrown back into a far worse position than they were in prior to the declaration of war. And we are sinking deeper daily into the humility which we allowed to be brought upon us by accepting the terms of peace at the hands of a foreign council. We are called upon by the voice of humanity to send relief to the cuff, ing people of Naples ; but we must pause for the consent of Continental diplomatists. The Austrians ought to be met by force, as invaders in the Danubian Principalities. The Russians should be made to evacuate the Isle of Serpents by the broadsides of our fleet. But Great Britain must wait for the Emperor NAPOLEON, and France must tarry for her ruler. All thie reads very like " drifting into war," or something much more deplorable. What chance have we of being able to do our duty while I we are trammelled by the whims and caprices of i other countries? We are able to preserve our independanee, or we are not ; and it is time that we made up our minds whether we should declare that we have not abandoned our pretensions, or admit at once that we are no longer able to stand alone, and meet all the contingencies of a perfect freedom of action. The idea that we are not able to maintain our ground in European affairs, is spreading rapidly, and we must speedily unde ceive the credulous, or bow to the dictation of imbeciles and intriguers. If France is strong, it is not because we are weak, but because we are willing and in a condition to sustain her in the hour of need. She is powerful because we do not dispute the assumption ; but if she would preserve her union with Great Britain, in fact, she must either lead on our time-honoured course, or follow in our wake with a degree of alacrity which will leave no doubt as to her sincerity. The King of Naples and his despotic supporters must he checked in their career of crime towards their own subjects, and perfidy in their dealings with foreign countries. If France cannot take her part in this work, England is not surely to be made to remain a mute witness of inhuman atrocities, by her Ally's want of decision or strength ! Oun Monetary position, as depicted by Mr. JOHN Wir.r.s in the NORTHERN TIMES of Monday, is really alarming for those who throw aside all common sense, patriotism, and sound principles, and rely solely on the extraordinary powers and perfection of Bullionism. All who dread prosperity will be terrified to find, that while the Bank of Englan3 has parted with 1,000,0001. of gold, the discounts have increased 2,000,0001., leaving the Bank with only 10,784,257/. in bullion to meet 39,967,511/ liabilities. This state of things is enough to cause the Bullionist to tremble ; but we do not see what more enlightened monetary men have to fear from the failure of the great usury scheme. The Bank of France will assuredly buy gold as long as they are pressed for specie, and no advance in our rates of discount will prevent them doing so, as we have repeatedly shown. They can buy our yellow metal at a high premium, and still make a profit on their discounts, and they will make any sacrifice to sustain their issues at the highest level, and keep the springs of industry in motion It matters little to them what inconvenience we suffer from their prudence, and instead of stopping the supplies, as Mr. WILLs suggests, their policy, according to Mr. WlLLs's own showing, is to purchase gold in order to keep up their circulation and preserve a fair commercial rate of discount. The suspension of " cash payments" would be a still more suicidal course. Let those who will and must have gold, have it R 5; long as the Bank of England can give it. Merchants must have bullion, and our manufacturers and other large employers of labour must have sovereigns, in the absence of the one pound legal tender note. The suspension of " specie payments," before an enlargement of our legal tender note issues has been sanctioned by Parliament, would instantly prostrate our importers, exporters, and employers, and 'few men would advocate such a course. If the Bank of England should experience a further drain of the precious metals, and if their resources should eventually be reduced to eight or nine millions of sovereigns, we should feel no uneasiness about it, if it were not that the Bank would follow their old practice, and reduce the note circulation, and raise their rates of discount. These two movements invariably produce a suspension of ‘` cash payments" in trade. Money is not to be obtained under these circumstances by the merchant or trader, and although the Bank may be all right enough, the public are left without a sufficiency of either gold or notes to meet their demands. The large excess of the Bank's liabilities at the present moment over their bullion reserves shows that the legitimate drafts made upon them are too urgent to be resisted with safety to the commerce of the country and the stability of the State. And they find themselves constrained to pursue a course which they would never attempt with the law and practice as they are laid down, if they could avoid it. The recent advance in the rates of discount was forced on the Directors by a pressure which the law alone makes them feel. They know full well that the country view convulsive contractions of currency as great social enormities, and 6,7, and 8 per cent for bona fide commercial accommoda tion as usury or a frightful political abomination. Every man sees that, notwithstanding our incal culable wealth and unfailing industry, we are wade to participate in all the poverty of the Con tinent, and to share the curses of the natural sloth, filth, and darkness of the Hindoo. \\ hen a panic comes, no man can find money to pay his debts, and millions of beings, whose highest ambition is constant employment, are thrown out of bread. It would take something more than a temporary drain of two or three millions of gold, to justify or reconcile the people of England to such a string of lamentable consequences. And it is hard to believe that the Directors of the Bank of England would resort to stringent measures if they could avoid it, and we believe that there is patriotism enough in the Banking world to avert a panic at this critical moment. If the Bank of England does feel a heavy drain, it does not follow that the Private and Joint Stock Banks of Great Britain have experi enced a similar amount of exhaustion. It is not likely that they have been heavy Bullion sellers, or that they have fed the drain by increasing their discounts. If we can believe our London counsellors on this subject, it will, no doubt, be found that they have reduced their discounts, and contracted their liabi- ANIMMiNIMS BII litlea as much as possible. Every prudent banker we may fairly conclude; has taken the usual steps to prevent a drain. But sho - uld caution have proved irqile- , ;-should the positiori of the Bank of England kale all other t anlis in a powerless condition-4f the Bank of France should buy the Bank of England's remaining 10,784,2571. of bullion, and leave them with nothing btit bills and liabilities, what would the result be? First, an insufferable panic and universal ruin, caused by a depreciation in the prices of all commodities. And it must soon become a question with our Private and Joint Stock Bankers, whether it would be better to wait for those calamities to overtake the country, or at once convene a meeting of their body and make a voluntary return of the amount of bullion they actually have in reserve. The dangers the public now apprehend, and the high rates of interest demanded for money, may be traced to their silence on this subject, and the only way to meet the evils of alleged scarcity, or threatened exhaustion of our bullion reserve, is to declare openly, and at once, the amount of bullion there is in the banks individually and collectively. If the bullion basis of our entire circulation and banking transactions has been reduced to the reserve held by the Bank of England, the sooner specie payments are suspended the better it will be for all parties concerned. But we believe the country was never so rich in gold as she is at this hour ; and if the Private and Juiut Stock Banks have in their vaults twenty or thirty millions of bullion, and refuse to admit it, and allow the nation to be prostrated by groundless fears, they will bring upon England a season of trials and suffering which it is the duty of every patri• otic citizen to labour diligently to avert. Should they hold back to the last moment, the public may not be willing to receive information which ought to have been supplied at an earlier date, and before moral movements assume the aspect of political expedients. THE Municipal contest in Lime-street Ward is becoming fierce and characteristic. The ad dresses of both candidates are before the Consti tuency. Mr. J. R. JEFFERY accepts the distinction his fellow-townsmen propose to confer upon him, as an onerous and sacred trust. He reverts to his past career in public matters, and pledges himself to continue on the path he has so long trodden. Mr. J. BUCK LLOYD writes to the Electors of the Ward in the strain of a man separated from the vulgar multitude by a Peerage, and isolated from all Corporate affairs by chains of dignity and State, which , fortunately for the exalted wearer, are more ideal than real. Mr. LLOYD relies on his lofty position, and the extraordinary purity with which his name has been associated. His opponent's address is - in some respects reasonable and explicit enough, but we notice the total omission of all reference to the two most important questions which must speedily press themselsks upon the attention of the Council for permanent adjustment. We did expect that in Mr. JEFFERY'S address we should have had a clear and candid expression of his sentiments on the Gas and Water questions, and we do not hesitate to express our belief that his silence in reference to them has jeopardized his election. The omission may have been accidental, and, if so, he cannot too soon remove the dis appointment universally felt, if not expressed. There is a grave question at issue in this contest. The great bulk of the Ratepayers of Liverpool are tradesmen and shopkeepers, and the question to be decided is, whether the tradesmen of th e town—the bona fide Ratepayers—ere to be all but excluded from the Town Council, or whether they are to be fairly represented in the Corporation by men of their own class ? We dispute the right of the Corporate Electors to go beyond the limits of the Borough for their representatives, and to select men who pay two or three pounds a year rates, while they have active, intelligent, busi ness men, who contribute as many hundreds of pounds towards the support of the town, and give employment to a large number of its inhabitants. Mr. J. BUCK LLOYD'S partisans may put forth placards on the walls to insult every tradesman in the Borough—they may make what use they please of " awful sacrifices," and issue as many " import " ant notices" as they think proper, but it is to be hoped the tradesmen of Liverpool will not make an " awful sacrifice" of their class, self-respect, rights, and interests ; and that they will show that they know how to resent an insult, and exercise the power the Constitution has conferred upon them. We could reply to the insolence of those who treat with habitual contempt, the intellect, bone, and sinew of the town with cutting sarcasm , if it were necessary, but we l e a ve th e sp i r it an d letter of the " important notice" to be dealt with at the Corporate hustings. We must confine our selves to supporting the claims of shopkeepers to their fair share of representation in the Council. They are the heaviest Ratepayers, and if we wish for an economical and honest administration of the Borough funds, the public must select those men to watch over their tills, who have tills of their own to guard. Professional gentlemen with tin boxes filled with the dusty records of many an " awful sacrifice," in which they may have been the manipulators as well as the vendors, cannot be expected to look as carefully after the prodigal doings of their compeers as a man whose pocket is to be emptied to pay the piper. What need any man, who lives out of the town, and has no stake in its burdens, care how heavily the tradesman and householder is taxed ? Merchants, bankers, warehousemen, and trades men, are those who should represent the town in the Council. When we come to Parliamentary representation the area widens to bring in every man who contributes to the support of the State. We may select our members of Parliament whence we please, and the inhabitant who pays assessed, or any other Imperial tax, is entitled to vote as he thinks best. It is quite a different affair, however, in Munici pal Elections. The Ratepayer is bound to see men returned who understand the business and true interests of the locality he comes forward to represent —men who will not job away his brother townsman's substance and make an incessant feast of what ought to be a moderate and frugal meal. Separate truth from political humming and sectarian clamour, and we shall be amazed at the shocking resemblance the prodigal side of our Corpo rations bears to the most ravenous members of the animal kingdom. Cant does much to per vert reason and defeat human exception ; but we have not heard of any invention which is to keep the local tax collector from the Burgesses door. Political and religious party leaders have yet to teach the world how this most neces sary end is to be attained. Mr. LLOYD has to tell us how all the monster jobs he has supported are to be carried out, without putting the hand of the Council in the pocket of the Ratepayer. We once had a " BONHAM for Liverpool" who was cruelly puzzled when called upon to answer straightfor- . __. ward questions, and we fear 111 t. LLOYD, who wag Sir G. BONHXM'S bottle-holder in the late elec tioneering farce, will be equally confounded when' asked to enlighten his constituents as to what future policy will be on the Gas, Water, Dock, Corporate Salaries, and other itnportant MosE questions, in which the shopkeepers and bab a ' bitants of Lime-street Ward. are. s o deePII interested. There is nothing like malwaise honeo about Mr. J, Bum LLOYD, and the Electors, whose( suffrages he solicits, hope to hear something 133ore' from him than his ad dress( contra SPORTING INTELLIGENCE ....----8..-* - NEWMARKET RAC ES, —YESTERDAY; 2 90 94 OATLAND3 PLATE.—FIattCYC T, 1 ; BLOSSOM. -• , at with Nathan and Little Bird for 3rd. Eleven ran.- , MATcri.—Peeping Torn beat Arflati. t C 2 - HAND .CAP SWEEP3TAKES.— Vaulter, 1 ; Evening ..,.,a- t Fiften ran HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES.—KestreI, 1; Freethinker, lel, 3. Eight ran. OWN PLATE.—Dead heat between T y re and Anenottle. Five ran. Stakes divided. BEDFORD STAKES. — Vedette , I ;, Western rowel' Sunil iwer, 3 :m.—Eardrop, I ; Shiver, 2 ; S. SWEFPSTAKE A TZST BETT.CICG. CAMBRIDGESIIIIIE.-4 to 1 asst Iren,'eance to 1 apt Polestar (taker); 15 to 1 agsE.Valaeoa take-) Jona tball WARRINGTON POLICE COURT.—OR S,tUr daYt °- E;(1.• Rudd and George Gill were broug ht before T. Y G 'area - charged with night poaching on the preserves I;= un l a wful hall, Esq., M.P., and having in t heir possession , it , 04 01 weapons, namely, a dagger and two bludgeons, at t• hour of two o'clock in the morning. They were copa l ' to K nutsford, for trial at the ensuiog asszes. p,„, r . SOUTHERN AND TOY.TETH HOSPITAL, WEEKLY . ---- October 15, 1 856 . — 1 n -patients D is c har g ed : C ured, a' d„ j , I l i: relieved, 0 ; at own request , 1 ; irreg ular, 0 ; de e ,, re a entered, 25 ; under treatment, 65 . Out- p atients : , 46 ; entered, 45 ; under tre atment, 59. Treasu,e James Houghton, Esq. Visitors : J. Farnworth, and S. Martin, Esq. Honorary Cha p lain : Rev t ' Barry, BA. Physicians and Suro,ons for the egr,, Dr. Cameron and Mr. Minshull. House Surgeons E. C. Garland and Mr. William Townsend. o Obis' T HU RSDAY LECTURES IN HOPE HALL.---The first taip, i n t ere sting course is to be delivered this evening, s t pro' past seven o'clock, by Dr. Fairbairn, Prinaarius fessor of Theology in the Free C:. - ‘urch College, 613sg e - ele; and author of " Typology of Seri' 'Aare," and othejoisb, bratA works. The topic of l e cture, " The 04 Theocracy," is one which his great t alents and leatisfac. qualify him for discussing in a most thorough and selue :ory manner. Recent important changes in the S est i g eturet singular attractivene;s to the subject of next weele „ s o bY t he " Mabornet and the Koran," which is to be talc En' tagetti Rev. Mr. Hope, of Wamphray. The chair is t bog to-morrow by Mr. William Jones. Mr. Edward ..-je; consented to act as chairman at the following lectui of LECTURES AT BLACKBURNE HOUSE.—The fir,st,vdi.e" 111" series of lectures on scientific and literary subjects, „'- the for ladies, was delivered at two o'clock, ye sterdah Ladies' College, Blackburne House, by Dr. D. P. T he „ g3 oo; on ," The Study of Natural History and Pby siologY• subject wan treated by the lecturer in its bro ad and I°,? aspect, and afforded both information and pleasure'.°sibge large assembly of ladies who were present. This irr'iore, at eleven o'clock, the Rev. Professor Griffith s will , Ireton, el on " Geology ;" and on Tuesday next, at three ,1;01 lecture will be delivered by the Rev. James Cranbroolcrthe "English Literature." These lectures will be free te t hb' public, and, from the reputa•on of the lecturers , an,uii oce attractive nature of the subjects to be discussed , v 7 : t fi t doubt draw together large audiences. It is said " little learning is a dangerous thing," but in these dais' lo one need incur such a risk. Sciences the most abstt 0 , a i •nd difficult are made simple to all h '• cornpre ension dittere of such lectures as those to which we now invite att e ".. ir and the advantages of which are eo obvious that il' ri e# unnecessary for us to here dwell on them. Th, iB „ s f e e sser will be followed by another course of lectures by xr--- Retslag. 'We ar ,, 6. BONDS ON THE EXPORT or WARLIKE STOD.:--,-‘. s oro- 1 xtrcmcly gratified to be able to annouuce to the o:e.stet parties here who are suffering the inconvenience inel,,7 to having given bonds on the shipment of iron, 10 ' OA during the war, fur which they now experience the g r d e e r tb' difficulty in obtaining the necessary certificates in e r a dente' have them cancelled, that, alter a lengthened corresponeetbe bete•ePn the Chamber of Commerce and the latt r have ae•reel to meet the case by Tre t he baa o as r :, r iot legal construction of the documents rewqauiivriff, placed the whole matter in the hands of the Custorn'titiof r e authorities here; so that, after proofs' have been eieeee' the arrival of the ship at the port of destinitiont thee s itV f the transaction may be established, and , 13 ,, e v b elt fii / s, confirmed by such other evidence as It 132'„•7,ee the power of parties to furnish ; thus putting e ach its real merits. The business qualities and acconle"cli-eie• nt' spirit of the Collector of Customs here afford 3 66 OA guarantee that no better solution of this difficult V e t t be! could have been arrived at; and we feel assured th. it itr mercantile community will appreciate the liberal sP ir as eed t h which her Majesty's Treasury have met the rernnesitTffieolt and suggestions of the Chamber of Comme rce on isall ova question, backed as the; have been, o n this as ort sions, by the influential ait; of our borough member e ' lis o gih GRATITUDE OF A SAILOR VOY.—Some twelve melit sore a poor destitute boy applied to Mr. Mansfield fereristie C harael o pa assistance, and that gentleman, with his benevolence, not only procured the lad a ship, but Ord tlO hire with an outfit, and got him ap n Tuescleeift before finest vessels sailing out of Liverpool. 0 manly, well_dressed sailor lad, presented laitene elf fre b it ° gt . worthy magistrate, and tendered hie gr'' tude to him; and if anything could add tO fication of one who has done so much for poor e',„•• bls, pe.,enticed to one goo boys, it must be the receipt of the following letterro was written by the able commander of the shil i l e t bie li l Mansfield. Such conduct, on the part of boy s, e e l grallising, end we hope to see others following ""*. thiS• iI 7 of this grateful lad. The following is the letter :, be , Gipsy Bride, October 14, 1856, Sir,—The bearer Ik e s hit who came recommended by you to the owners of t b , l e edte; Messrs. Magee, Levingston, and Walthew,before P ° pay on her last voyage to Melbourne. He is anxious t° ort respects, and tender his gratitude to you ; and ha°;th t he pleasure in stating, that he has conducted himself sr'reatr hit greatest propriety, and has always shown the Ite t inclination and aptitude in everything connected, wi 0 00 profession. lam sure you will be glad to hear ths a os tlf, of him, and 1 have great pleasure in making the fl ee, fr . cation, and in subscribing myself, faithfully MURPHY, Commander of the Gipsy Bride. To f ie) field, E-q." This is highly creditable to he oaP ta- ° c ape fee6o - to the boy. FEAST OF THE TABERNACLES.—This e etr; observed in accordance with the Divine commaine Ow; conveyed in the book of Leviticus, and intendet e t lijere L e- i0 merative of the Israelites wanderings in the " 0 0'0 se ttle ,ide between their exodus from Egypt and their the Land of Premise, is cow being held by the Je Wsr e e g ba b li e in Liverpool, in common with the Hebrew race tbr° l4 t the world. The Bibilical scholar knows that, He rer cob; celebration of this festival, the Jewish people h o. e t - 0 mended to dwell in tabernacles or booths, which e r a ci bere" - f, open to the Heavens, and, accordingly, sach a ee l st f e - $ has been erected close to the synagogue, in re": 6 o where the feast is here being held.ltis P att ia Lkle v i, n a o over, the climate of these countries being too 1) - ; ",b, wif severe to allow such shelter being diseelse d openings are left through which the Heavers' ere e ts if (10 visible. The climate also interferes, in other re-011;0'0W the strict observance of the festival here. In °t i e ao - to the strict Jew sleeps as well as eats in the tuberose- get, A &IP I the feast, but in England the inconvenience and eV I , health would be so great, that he is obliged . 0 41° devout pleasure to him of dwdling in it tin.rin_girts :10 The religious services, according to the requtr e ' tedi" t h• e Levitie 11 law peculiar to the oce . asion are condu, e of n a Ad el adjoining v. synagogue, and embrace ' an invocatle „roe,job which is on the abundance of the ea rth'e. fi r, Voir theich is symbalised in the fruits and flowers if 1 ; 0 , of o e, tabernacle is in rich profesion decorated. s , h o e se h et' s of _fruitst were covered with gold and silver, and " - „Tel ' ",,eli bined with the Hebrew inscriptions in letters of g: o g'lnt i o amidst . the evergreens, gave to the tabernacle g, „ l s 04, striking and pleasing appearance. The decornt l°- c eere free-will offerings of the female members of t il ? - tee c !,44 tion, and refl,ct the greatest credit alike on th eir ei r c elitr, nationality. We may mention also tha'; services inclede a prayer for the health and hloblvitb. Q•ieen Victoria, her royal spouse, and the othe r e. °' the royal family, and for the peace and Pr°sP Ivies of t whole country. - • MONEY MAKING BUSINESS.—It is repOr'firoirl—At fe tlifi L tl:ll‘ ; Of n c e e vE re r was greater activity seen in the FrenOnc't h is at. present. Not only is the chief ests'ools;lo.l work Finance night and day coining money. but th e t porrn fa f, has issued orders to the branch ruints;,9l-allf,lo°,:i Rouenet, Lille, Strasburg, &c., to keep nn llt-11 4, 0v 'e rs operation. At Paris the mint produces abou t 600 ft rye per day, chiefly in gold pieces ; and at Strashait'aods in silver coin. The Bank of France is receiv illg' ' f of a te; rate of 5,000,000 f. per day. It may not be generally known that the fat il h e ire e el to' Nightingale possesses, in addition to his Stafforeas'est of 10' a very fine property adjoining Broadlandst t i lp of S i t ll:. Palmerston, and that long previrus to the nal' o fed c l of f gale having become so distinpi ished and 11° ,, I ftin te ff - 0 01 7; person of Miss Florence, there had been a gr — dtha' . 0 0 of neighbourly civilities between the Minister and bieet i oto b Miss Nightingale is understood to have a K e t h at the being lionized, and this feeling, co upled vo m P a ti e ien' .4 01 state of her health, induced a desire for se° o rs r requiredired the all-powerful influence the invitation to induce her to visit Scotland. assume a style of address that can be construed into wilful or studied evasion. The West Derby Guardians have concluded their report respecting the charge of unfair distri bution of relief to the paupers of the Union. As we said in yesterday's impression, Mr. Shaw has failed to substantiate his charges. We observe that the Inspector, Mr. Farnall, has emphatically stated his impression that the present wirkhouse is entirely unfit to answer the purposes for which it is intended. The Metropolitan and Provincial Law Associa tion continued their sittings yesterday, and it will be perceived from the report of their proceedings some interesting ensued. The topics which engaged attention was discussions " the Reformatory and Industrial Schools' Act." The remarks made by the gentlemen who took part in the discussion, showed not only the importance of the subject, but the vast advantage of using a course of training which will produce well-trained lads in seamanship. Political gossip begins to be of a more interest. ing, and even reliable character. It is now said, and that too with an easy air of confidence, that the Liberal party has made the discovery that Lord Palmerston is among them, but not of them; that they are led, they do not know whither, by an astute Conservative in disguise, who is able to bring into practice the doctrine to which Lord Melbourne was secretly devoted, naively, that it is the province of Whig chiefs in office to correct the errors committed by their fol- lowers when in opposition by a covert but steady adherence to things as they are. A rumour prevails that Lord Panmure is to be Prime Min ister, and that his friend, Lord John Russell, will accept the office of President of the Council ; furthermore, it is affirmed that his Grace the Duke of Newcastle is a part of the new government and, moreover, Manchester is to be represented— at least to the extent of Mr. Milner Gibson—at the Board of Trade. According to the statements of some of our Irish metropolitan cotemporaries, some gossip has prevailed during the last few days on the subject of the appointment of the new Judge cf the Court of Appeal in Ireland; and they say that there is a genuine Irish Office intrigue going on in the matter. The First Minister, who, whatever may be his failings in other respects, at least understands men and their fitness for offices, is in coincidence with that public opinion which would give the post to Mr. Black burne, but the turmoil that the notion has created among Irish officials at the bare idea of giving any berth to a political opponent, merely because he is the best man, has compelled the Premier to pause. He has been absolutely startled by what we may be par doned for calling the " hullabaloo" which has been It is not, however, believed that he will consent to give the second seat in the Court of Appeal in Chancery to a common law judge, in the 1 face of an Act of Parliament which makes a corn mon law judge a constituent part of that court when necessary. They say that if a recently reported vacancy in the Court of Exchequer had really occurred, the matter might have been accommodated, and the judgeship in the Court of Appeal offered to Mr. Blackburne. A seat on the raised bench, must, however, be found for some one before he will consent to cease bothering Lord Palmerston. Yesterday there was issued the detailed account of the receipts and expenditure for navy, army, commissariat, and ordnance services in the financial year 1854-5. From this document it appears that the naval expenditure exceeded by ~-C204,000 the amount of £14,812,000 granted by Parliament. The total, under the different items of increase, was £659,000, which was, however, reduced by savings in some of the departments to the above net amount. The excess arose princi pally for victual-- for seamen and marines (,€144,000), and naval stores for the building, of ships (£435,000), the latter being attributable to increased prices of hemp and Baltic masts and timber, and the larger expenditure of naval stores in con sequence of the war. In the army accounts the grant and expenditure meet very closely, the gross excess being 318,0001, and the saving 286,0001, leaving but 33,0001 net excess, which was at the time provided for by a supplementary vote of Parliament at the outbreak of the war. The prin cipal item of the increase is 39,0001 for staff officers, and of the saving of 194,000/ for " Land forces." Under the head of " Commissariat" the expenditure exceeds the amount of ordinary grant by 631,0001, IN hich excess was provided for by a vote of the House of Commons. The ordnance accounts show that the sum expended fell short of that granted by the net amount of 340,000/. We observe that yesterday, at the Mary•le-bone Police Court, London, the case of Mr. J. W. Howell, Secretary to the General Industrial Life Assurance Society, already alluded to in the NORTHERN TIMES, was brought before the presiding magistrate, Mr. Herring, but as Mr. Howell did not choose to make his appearance on the charge, a warrant for his apprehension was immediately granted. This case will, we have no doubt, when it comes on for legal investigation, disclose some singular and important manoeuvres on the part of needy adventurers, who live more upon the power of their intellect than that of honesty or morality. Among the most interesting portion of our Continental news is that relating to the decline and fall of the O'Donnell government in Spain. According to our latest advices no one could be more amiable in manner, kinder, or, apparently, more determined to keep on her Ministers than the Queen up to the last moment. At the levee, on the 10th, her Majesty's birth-day, she was particularly gracious. General O'Donnell requested her to give the Grand Cross of Isabella Cattolica to the outgoing Minister Cantero ; she replied that she should do so with the greatest pleasure, and not only to him, but to the whole of the Ministers, and she was pleased to add that she never hid Ministers w ith whom she was mote satisfied. In short, she was all grace and condescension. In two days after they were all turned out. It is the history of Ferdinand VII , and his practice of makin g some present indicative of his special favour to the un.