The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-10-24 00:00:00

commercial Saltis. T HIS DAY T i na DAT, the 24th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' Office, 23, OldhalLstreet, 500 Bags Bombay LINSEED, all faults, 500 Bags NIGERSEED, all faults. For particulars apply to GLADSTONE & SERJEANTSON, Brokers On account of whom it may concern. Tars DAY, the 24th instant, at One o'clock, at the Brokers' Office, Exchange -place, 32, Exchange-street East, 97 Bales Sea-damned Surat CUT f ON, and a Quantity PICKINGS. ex Gipsy Bride, Constantinople; Hound, and Clasmerden.—Apply to COWIE, SMITH & CO., Brokers. o'clock, at Browne, Dale-strcet. Apply to gE, HUNL ER & CO., Brokers, Tuts DAY, the 24th instant, Hunter and Co.'s i GO Baler Bombs , 20 Bales ALOE ount of whom it may concern This DAY, the 2 tth instant.tat One o'clock, dt the Brokers' Office, 17, Exchange buildings, A Quantity of Wet Sea Island PICKINGS, ex Elizabeth. from Saran nah.—For particu'ars apply to DUCK WORTH & RATHBONE, Brokers, KT WEEK MONDAY ' t lo:lnAir next, the 27th instant, at One o'cloa, in the Commercial Saleroom, Temple-court, 590 Barrels Newtown Pippin APPLES, landin, ex Baltic (s.), from New York; 250 Barrels Baldwin APPLES, just landed, ex Canada (s.), from Boston.—Apply to GEORGE BADE NACH & SON, Brokers, TUESDAY, By Order of Transport Board. On TUESDAY next, the 28rh instant, at Twelve o'clock Noon, preci-ely, at the Broker's Saleroom. 5, York.buildings, Dale. t street, Liverpool, in Lots to suit Purchasers, A Quantity of STORES, in Bond, consisting of SUGAR, TEA, COFFEE, WINES, SPIRITS, &e. Samples of the above may be inspected on the morning of sale, at the Broker's office.—For catalogues', and terms of tale, apply to Captain Bevis, R.N.. Transport Office, Iprurv.lane or to JOSEPH CUNARD, Broker. On TUESDAY next, the 28th Instant, at Twelve o'clock, In the Commercial Saleroom. Temple-cow t, 50 Skeleton Cases, containing small boxes line Eleme 152 4 Drums ur..ey FIGS. 153 i-Drutus Apply to Mears. Whitton, Lenox and Co., Me - chants ; or to THOMAS PARRY, Broker. WEDNESDAY 0:1 WEDNE , DAY next, the 2gth instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' Office, 2. Dale-street, 1,400 Bags Bombay SALTPETRE. BROWNE, HUNTER 1k CO., Brokers App'y tl T HIS DAY, R. J. NODDER Will respectfully offer his S?.lection of Parisian and English RIDING and WALKING HATS, BONNETS, and CAPS, with every description of Trimm!ngs, Feathers, Laces, &c., of the most fashionable and tasteful kind. 81, CHURCH STREET. ENLARGEMENT OF THE NORTHERN TIMES, DOUBLE ITS PRESENT SIZE. 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NORTHERN DAILY TIMES OFFICE, 19, South John Street. ~~4`~~~ FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1856, THE DAY'S NEWS The supporters of Mr. Jeffery, as a representa tire of the Lime-street Ward in the Town Council, inet at the Freemason's Hall, last evening. The building was crowded to excess. It will be seen, trom our ample report of the proceedings, that Mr. Robertson Gladstone was in attendance, and addressed the meeting at considerable length. Mr. Jeffery merely referred to the Gas and Water questions, the bulk of his discourse being in explanation of the conversation he had with Mr. John Buck Lloyd, in 1853, regarding the vote of the latter gentleman in connection with the elec tion of Mr. 801 l to the Aldermanic chair. The Neapolitan question seems to be approach ing a crisis. According to our advices from Paris to day a despatch has been received from Baron Brenier, announcing that, if in two hours from that date, he did not receive any co mmun i ca ti on f rom the Neapolitan government, he should then pre sent his last instructions. What these " last Instructions" are is not stated, but they very probably require him to demand his passports, unless the King gave some indication favourable `p, the demands of the Allies. The despatch of Baron Brenier was dated from Naples, and after the publication of the note in the Moniteur was known by him. Another despatch informs us that the King was about to disarm his ships at Naples, Castellamare, and Palermo. The Marquis Antonini is still in Paris, and, it is said, will not leave until his passports are given to him by the French Government, even though Baron Brenier should quit Naples. Other accounts state that it is said the Neapolitan Cabinet has asked England and France to suspend the withdrawl of their respective missions, with a view of satisfying their demands. The Austrian Cabinet is reported to have urged this mode of proceeding at Naples. The Corre3pondance Antrichienne: of October 22, defends the occupation of the Principalities against the French journals; it declares the occupation absolutely necessary, until the important question of the Bessarbian frontier is settled. It affirms that England, the Porte, and Austria are all of opinion that the evacuation should be delayed till that object shall be attained. Private accounts from Madrid speak of a new ministerial crisis, the object of which was to get rid of Narvaez much in the same manner as he had ousted O'Donnell. Iu any case, Narvaez seems to be but the stepping-stone to Absolutism. The condition on which Narvaez now keeps power is. complete submission to the will of the Queen, and her Majesty shows a firm determination to get rid of every sort of check, and return to the system in vigour at th e death of her father. The project of a fusio n , s i milar to that of the elder and younger branch in France, between the Bourbons of Spai n is spoken The appoint ment of the ex Carlist General of. Urbistondo to the post of Minister at War, renders the fact more probable,A letter of the 18 t h, f rom Madrid, states that the Queen has nearly thrown off all reserve as to these ulte rior views, and that Narvaez, all imperious as he has ever been, is o bliged to 'sub mit. Four Russian men of war have arrived at Ki e l . They are the Viborg, Polliau, Castor, and Phi. lootete. Their destination is the Mediterranean. The Commissioners appointed to enquire into Archdeacon Denison's case, have given their final judgment, and sentence was delivered on Wednes day. The Commissioners find that the articles filed against the Archdeacon are proven, and they do accordingly " pronounce, decree, and declare, that the said Venerable George Anthony Denison, by reason of the premises, ought by law to be deprived of his ecclesiastical promotions, and especially of the said Archdeaconry of Taunton, and of the said vicarage and parish church of East Brent, in the county of Somerset, diocese of Bath and Wells, and province of Canterbury, and all profits and benefit of the said archdeaconry, and of the said vicarage and parish church, and off and from all and singular the fruits, tithes, rents, salaries, and other ecclesiastical dues, ht rlg s, and emoluments whatsoever, belonging and appertain ing to the said archdeaconry and to the said vicarage and parish church ; and we do deprive him thereof accordingly, by this our definite sentence or final decree, which we read and promulge by these presents." RUSSIA'S reading of the Treaty of Paris will fill Europe with consternation. When the Russians " crossed the river Laba," says the Journal de Constantinople, "to build forts in Abezech, the " answer of their commander was, that he had " come to take possession of Circassia, in virtue "of the Treaty of Paris." Now, we have nothing to fear from the Muscovite forces in the field. The power of despotism need give us no concern Our danger lies in Conferences and Treaties—in the backsliding and handywork of diplomacy. The rights of nations, commerce, and moderation, have no representatives in such assemblies. Grasping ambition, thirst for territorial exten- sion, and tyrannic sway over independent and free peoples, is all that is upheld in councils held abroad to adjust international affairs. And why England should suffer herself to be drawn into them or their snares is, indeed, a mystery. We owe much to France for the part she played in the great Crimean tragedy. Her soldiers have covered themselves with glory. But the war in which the Allied forces fought side by side is at an end ; and, therefore, we are no longer constrained to send Envoys to the Continent, to hand over millions of free people to the tyranny of Russia. If the Russian version of the Treaty of Paris be right— if that precious document has sacrificed the Cir cassians, and given their free soil to the Cossack— then let us have no more Conferences. If our rights as an independent Power, our interests as a commercial people, and the hopes of civilisation are to be traffiched in secret gatherings of diplomates, it would be well for the popular voice of this Constitutional country to speak out, and give Continental rulers to understand that Great Britain will not be a party to such base perfidy. What right have we, or any other nation to give away the freedom and lives of other people to a military tyrant—a half civilised, half Christianised Power ? " The Circassians are a " free people," as SEFER PAcHA nobly said to the Russian Commander; and has Lord CLARENDON ventured to bestow, by word or deed, the sovereignty of that territory, or the lives of its sons, upon the CZAR of all the Russias ? Was this what the noble Lord was sent to the Paris Conference to effect ? To attempt things of this kind, needed the shade of curtains, and the most profound secrecy. England would not have been a contracting party to such unholy cruelty and monstrous injustice, and we hope she will never submit to being bound by any contract which will not bear the full light of the sun. If Circassia has been given to Russia, and the CZAR is to take possession of the soil, in virtue of the Treaty of Paris, he will have gained a greater victory over the East than all the blood of his hordes of semi , barbarians could have won, or diplomacy could have achieved, in half a century. Let him take possession of Circassia, and what is to prevent his having, Asia Minor ? He got Kars for his own price, and, i c f . , he bargained it away for the former, he must still be a large-gainer. But as'the hXroic threasstawitave once more defeated and put their iriiplcable enemies to flight, it is very possible they may be able to hold their own until the present order of things in the diplomatic world develope themselves, and open noonday perfidy receives a permanent check. Meanwhile, it behoves this country to look well after those novel conclaves called " Conferences.' We have already pointed out the incalculable dan gers we incur by allowing the Executive to send representatives, in the name of England, to bind her Constitutional people to engagements which arc not openly discussed before the world. We see the fruits of it now, in the interpretation given by the Russians to the notable Treaty of Paris. While that precious piece of routine handy-craft was undergoing the process of manipulation, the right of free discussion enjoyed by Englishmen was care fully suppressed. The British Parliament were not allowed to know what the representatives of the Executive were about until the treaty was agreed to. This system must be exploded, and at once. Our stake in the peace and prosperity of surrounding nations is too gigantic for us to leave our affairs to be dealt with in the dark; and why we should abandon our Constitutional course in foreign affairs for the Emperor NAPOLEON, unless, indeed, it be to inflate him with false ideas of his great power, with a view to hasten his downfall, appears to be wholly beyond ordinary comprehen sion. The Paris Treaty, if taken as a sample of what we have to expect from Conferences, is anything but consolatory. What it may be when fully carried out is another matter; but until its stipula tions have been complied with to the letter—until the Austrians have withdrawn from the Principali ties—until the Beesarabian frontier has been laid down—until the Isle of Serpents has been evacuated by the Russians, and until the Muscovites take possession of Circassia, what can a second Conference have to legislate upon for the world, unless it is to reverse their policy before it is too late, or consider the reason, justice, and practicability of their former undertakings ? From the great European Parliament, of ten members, large things were anticipated, but where are they ? The Western Powers have fulfilled their engage ments, and something more, but who is to compel the other " high contracting parties" to carry out theirs? Great Britain is hampered by an alliance with the French regime, and France cannot g e t forward owing to England being a break cn her wheel. This is a state of things which cannot last long. We have all found that there is a limit placed by nature and circumstances to child's play. The family of free nations in Europe will not part with one of its most heroic members Their popular voice will yet protest against 2,000,000 of brave, glorious, and free Circassians being sacrificed at the shrine of a mock peace. There is no tranquillity for those noble people while one of their number remains alive ; and we lie in the face of Heaven when we say that the Treaty of Paris has given repose to the East, and put an end to bloodshed, invasion, and robbery of weak nations by despotic Powers, or that England betrayed the rights, liberties, and lives of the chivalrous Circassians into the hands of Russia, by being made a party to any sacret compact. TRs meeting of Corporate Reformers in Lime street Ward w asmostnumerous and enthusiastic. It was equ a ll y talented, Candidate and his supporters and t he s exhibit pe e c a h n e s impress of earnestness a n d straightforwa r d the as na su e r a a s n u c r e e s d , w hich contrast strangely cautious and time- serving twaddle of their oppo nents. There was no vain effort made to diguise errors judgement where a n y h ave occurred, whereas, in Mr. JOHN BUCK LLOYD will not admit that he, or those with whom he acts, have done anything wrong, and they point to their votes and THE NORTHERN TIMES.---LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY. public career to prove the truth of the modest assertion. The impression the local taxation mongers would fain make on the Burgesses is, that no man who has not sat for fifteen or eighteen years in the Council is not fit to represent them, and ought not to be trusted with the administration of their affairs. This is a famous piece of election eering cant; but the household gods of corruption are the very lumber we ought to see cleared It is time that municipal idolatory was thrown aside. Local self-government is purely a question of money, and we would ask those who affect to dread changes, to look at the Dock and Borough debts, and current expenditure of the Council, and say whether some retrenchments in the conduct of the affairs of the town are not imperatively demanded ? To suppose our intelligent and active men of business, who are disposed to protect their fellow Rate-payers, will not be able to deal with such heavy questions when returned to Council, is a piece of presump tion which far exceeds everything in the uay of pure aristocratic impudence we have ever heard of. The meeting last night will remove all impres sion as to the capacity and general information of tradesmen. It will show Liverpool that she ought to be proud of her naw and vigorous growth—. men of unpretending origin, who have grown with her prosperity, athd know what her people wants and how to do their work. Our Liverpool trades men have risen above that adjustment of social influence and political power, which has been so long upheld. When the honours and emoluments of the army, navy, church, bench, ministerial, and diplomatice services were given to the aristocracy' the privilege of voting at elections, sitting in jury boxes, and taxing themselves through a corruptible, if not naturally corrupt system of representation, was all that was allowed to the middle classes. But the trades men of Liverpool have risen above this paltry system of bartering with popular rights. They have legions of men living by their capital and enterprise, they load fleets with the products of industry, they have their representatives in every clime, the messengers of the Gospel, trade, and prosperity ; and they have their churches at home, also, which do honour to their devotion to the cause of religion and spirital welfare of society. And this is the class whom we contend ought to be fully and fairly represented in our deliberative assemblies—not by aristocrats and their attornies, but by heavily taxed, honest, and industrious tradesmen. Opposed to these claims of the trader we have a most contemptible affectation of Toryism. No true Tory or genuine aristocrat would associate his name with a clique of mere local jobbers. The gentlemen who put on the cap and bells, ribbons and badges, at our parliamentary and municipal elections, and make themselves so ridiculously conspicuous, are not recognised by the remaining Magogs, with whom they pre tend to be related When Mr. JOHN BUCK LLOYD, Mr. THOMAS BOLD, and a few other civic and political desperadoes, applied to the Carle ton, for a fit and proper person to represent them in the House of Commons, they sent the courageous few, Sir GEORGE BoNnAm, as the most perfect type of themselves, the club could produce. No Tory of political respectability could be found to associate his name with the self-styled Tory party of this rotten Borough. And the applicants for consideration were dismissed with this brief admonition, " Take BONHAM and be thankful." They did take BONHAM, but never was 'gratitude known to sit more lightly on the recipients of a generous bounty. Their candidate was dumb foundered at the intelligence of Liverpool, and the constituency was indignant at the insult offered to them by Mr. J. BUCK LLOYD'S bringing forward such a man to represent them in Parliament, and it was very generally believed the assumption of Toryism at elections would have ended here. But the Burgesses have been deceived, for they find the oil political fraud as rife as ever. Job bery assumes the title, without the style of Toryism to get into the Council, and then the prodigals in the Corporation select ' from among themselves the men who are to be our Parliamentary representatives. Tho proud, high-minded Tories, of uncompromising honour, and patriotism, if there be any in the land, have long since shaken off their connection with the little huxtering, jobbing, and quibbling Tories of Liverpool. And are we to suffer the commerce and general interests of this port and town to be• stultified by a trick, sham, and dodge ? Are we to have mutes for members of Parliament, and attornies-at-law for municipal representatives, in stead of merchants who can speak aloud in our defence, and traders, who, we know, must feel the weight of the burdens they lay on the numerous class to which they belong ? The numbers polled at the last election, show that Liverpool is worthy of an orator, a man of business, and a statesman, to represent the Liberals in Parliament ; and every meeting of the Town Council proves that we need Corporate Reformers to undertake the manage ment of our local affairs. To those epileptic gentlemen who seem to dread the idea of "change," we would briefly say,— " What do you think of the weather? Will it be " fine to-morrow ? Shall we be blessed with " the necessary changes from the winter to " spring, summer, autumn, and then back to " winter again ? Does the sky never change ? " Does time make no changes in our mountains, " hills, valleys, rivers, and seas ?" It is time benighted pigmies ceased talking rubbish. We feel altriost wicked enough to wish for a ship wreck—some " awful sacrifice" by which they might be supplied with nightcaps, at the lowest possible cost. Is society so perfect, so pure, that we require no reformatories, so enlightened as to need no education ? Are the arts and sciences so fully explored, that we may rest satisfied they will work no more convulsive revolutions in our economic system and material condition ? And lastly, is Christianity so universal, that we can dispense with missionaries, and leave the Gospel to dispel darkness without the aid of reason, en lightment, and devotion to the cause of truth? We hope to see the world vastly changed as time pro gresses, and we look for very marked improve ments in every direction, except where we find a few men assuming titles in politics which do not belong to them, and they do not understand, and professional jobbers in municipal assemblies Such mortals may well dread those strides of intelligence which have carried us thus far, and which will carry broad daylight into those dark corners, where ignorance, besotted selfishness, petty tyranny, and barefaced assumption love to hide. The change the town seeks at present, is a searching Reform in our Municipal Administration, and if the Reform Electors of the Wards.to not respond manfully to the call, they will have no right to complain of the weight of the burdens, and the bitterness of the reproaches which will be heaped upon them. Let them compare the speeches of Mr. J. R. T yEFFERY and Mr. J. BUCK LIOYD, and judge for themselves, which is the most business-like and talented candi date. MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL. LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY EVENING The advices by the Baltic do not seem to have had any effect upon our Cotton Market, which to-day exhibited the firmness which has charac terised it throughout the week. The sales to-day are again 20,000 bales, 8,000 of which were on speculation, and 2,000 for export. Prices, on the whole, showed a hardening tendency ; some qualities of American being now Zd per lb. higher than on this day week. The Liverpool Share Market opened very firm to-day, and a fair business was done, closing, however, rather dull. To-day's transactions consisted of :—Caledonian, 1. East Lan cashire, 201. Great Western, 641. Lancashire and Yorkshire, 951, 5, Z, 95. Lancaster and Carlisle, New Third Shares, 6 p. London Stock, 103. Do. Shares, .11-16 d. MAnchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 33?,-, 2. Midland, 781, I, North Eastern, 20. Dover, 20 ; 1_, Dutch Rhenish, 1 7-16 p. Great Western of Canada, 23',4, I. Ditto New Shares, 2p. Bank of Liverpool, 231. Liverpool Union Bank, 11Z-; and Royal Insurance, 2 1-16 pm. With regard to the Timber Trade of this port, Messrs. A. P. and D. Mackay, in their circular, s ays:— yf ; 1 G 1 The demand has slackened, and orders from the country have greatly fallen off. The stock of Square Timber not being over an average, and of Deals being less than half of what it was last tear at the same time, have proved not only adequate to the requirements of the trade, but they have gradually been increasing, consequent on the large arrivals and the diminished consumption ; and prices tend rather in favour of the buyer, as will be seen from our quotations. Under these circumstances, and more particularly consider ing the advanced rates of freight now paid at the ports of shipment, and the other incidental charges on importation, great caution must be observed by shippers. Hitherto the arrivals, proportionately with those of other years, have been moderate, and had it not been for this unexpected change in the Money Market, there was every reason to hope for a favourable trade. The change in the condition of trade, occasioned by the stringency in money matters, renders it imperative on us to urge caution, as with a moderate import- to the end of the season, prices may yet be sustained at the small reduction noted below ; while, on the other hand, heavy arrivals will unquestionably still further depress the market. There was no increased pressure for Money to day, but private brokers charged extrenie rates. This proceeding was, however, not dictated by any anxiety with regard to the Bank directors further advancing the terms of discount, but simply to make the most of the opportunity at present afforded to employ their capital profitably. A greater degree of confidence now prevails with regard to the future. The advices from the Con tinent are more encouraging, and little immediate apprehension is expressed in reference to any fresh disturbance of affairs. It will take some months, however, to restore financial concerns to their ordi nary position, even should no further embarrass ment arise, the position of the Bank of France with respect to its metallic resources, and the caution necessary on the part of the Bank of England, rendering any immediate relaxation of the terms of discount improbable. To - days letters from Paris speak of a more favourable feeling in most quarters, and it is stated that the stock of bullion in the national establishment is increasing. With steady arrivals of gold from Australia and America the current demand for expott may be supplied, if it prove not excessive ; but should renewed withdrawals from the Bank of England be attempted, the result could not fail to be unsatisfactory. Notwithstanding the continued tightness of the Money Market, however, the public, by their continued purchases of stock, seem to consider that it will not be much longer protracted. The quentity of stock absorbed during the last fortnight has been immense, and not only have the usual portion of the dividends been re-invested, but money has been withdrawn in large sums from the joint stock banks, where it had been deposited " on call" by many who consider Consols cheap at pre sent quotations, and are therefore tempted to buy. Under these eireutnstances there is a great scarcity of stock, and the dealers, being short, are, however, on rather onerous terms. From this, therefore, it is evident that the public have con fidence in, an advance in the Funds, and are doubtful of the present value of money being maintained, because they know that the recent pressure has been chiefly produced by exceptional causes. Yesterday the English Funds were very firm, and this morning, owing to the resumption of cash dealings, an improvement occurred. Consols opened at 921 92 , 1 for Money, and 921 926 ! for the 6th November, being an advance of 1 per cent upon the final quotations of yesterday, and they have experienced no further alteration. The Reduced 3 per Cents are 911 to 914, and the New 3 per Cents 911 to 92. The Foreign Stock Market participated in the improved state of the Funds, and the public in ' vested in the leading Stocks. Turkish 6 per Cents. were firm at 891 90, and the 4 per Cents Guaranteed at 99 09-Z. Russian 5 per Cents , 106 108; ditto 4 per Cents., 95 97. Sardinian 5 ,per Cents., 88 90. Spanish 3 per Cents., 412 421; ditto New Deferred, 231 24. Portuguese 3 per Cents., 43 45. Dutch 21 per Cents , 63 65 ; ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates, 94 96. Mexican Bonds. 212 211. Buenos Ayres, 82 85. Peruvian, 74 76. Brazilian, 99 101 ; and New Granada, 222 231. The Railway Share Market opened with increased buoyancy, and there was a more active business done than for some time. Dealings in the principal stocks have been at an improvement in the final quotations of yesterday. London and North Western, 103 10n - -. Lancashire and York. shire, 951 951. Great Northern, 921 931. Mid and, 78 781. London and South Western, 105 106. North British, 37 38. North Eastern, York, 56 57 ; ditto, Berwick, 792 804. Great Western of Canada, 23-?,- 23k. Northern of France, 371 371 Sambre and Meuse, 101 111. Riga and Dunaberg, 4 prem. Eastern Bengal, I to 5.16 prem. In Bank and Miscellaneous Shares a moderate amount of business was done at improved prices. Bank of Australasia, 97 99 ex div. Union Bank of Australia, 64 66. National Discount Company, to F prem. Canada Land Company, 116 to 119. South Australian Land Company, 342 351. Surprise is expressed in some quarters at the absence of any upward movement at Paris in the price of French railway shares in response to the remarkable decline in the rates of interest at the last settlement. On that occasion many of the leading stocks, including those of the Orleans, Eastern, Southern, Western, and Geneva Railway Companies, were carried over at " even" terms, although at the beginning of the month the rates exacted from speculators for higher prices were equivalent to 15 and 20 per cent. per annum Many parties are inclined to believe, however, that this apparent change in the position of the Bourse was mainly occasioned through the course pursued by the syndicate of the agens de change at whose re commendation the accounts of a large number of speculative buyers were carried over prior to the usual period. Prudent operators thus prefer to await the result of the more important settlement at the end of the present month, before definitively forming an opinion upon the floating speculation. The heaviness of the market for railway shares is in a great measure attributable to the knowledge that most of the companies aro in want of money for the works now in course of execution. The government having set its face against fresh issues of railway bonds, as tending to divert investments from the rentes, the companies will have no choice but to make fresh creations of shares. Notwith standing the absence of prospective issues of rail way obligations, it is noticed that these securities are very difficult of sale, although they can be purchased at rates calculated to yield upwards of 51 per cent. per annum. - • • • The bar silver brought in by the Orinoco was sold for the East yesterday at 5s 2d per ounce standard, being the same price as that realised at the last sale. The gold by this vessel was also sold for the continent._ The steamer Parana, which is due at South ampton on the Ist of November from the West -Indies and Mexico, is expected to bring a remit tance of specie and bullion to the extraordinary 'amount of about 3,000,000 dollars, or say 600,000/. The principal portion of this large sum will .probably consist of Mexican dollars. It will be remembered that no remittances of silver came to hand from Mexico by the last packet, owing to the loss of the Tay, FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRANCE PARIS, TUESDAY EVENING Some important people expected grave news from Naples to-day; but whoever took the trouble to reflect for a moment must have seen that, as there is no direct telegraph to Naples, the Neapolitan Government cannot yet have been informed of the appearance of the note in the Moniteur. The Government, nevertheless, I believe,'expected a com munication, of some kind, from its ambassador, M. Brenier, but none, has arrived—at least none had been received at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs three hours ago. As to the French fleet, it has not yet sailed from Toulon ; but it had made, we learn, some movements which seemed to indicate that it was about to sail, or, at least, expected very shortly to receive orders to do so. The lndependance, of Brussels, pretends that the Emperor of Russia has written a letter to the King of Naples, recommend ing him strongly to make concessions, lest he should bring on himself the redoubtable vengeance of Eng land; and he advises him to ask the Emperor of the French to mediate for him. Whether this letter has been written, or not, it is certain that the belief pre vails in high quarters here that the King of Naplt.s wi:l make concessions very shortly after the English and French ambassadors shall have quitted his capital. If the public expected the Paris papers to tell them what, they are to think about the article in the Moni tear, they must have been a vod deal disappointed The Constitutionnel and the Debats reproduce the article without comment ; those warm friends of King Bomba, and biter enemies of England, the Union, and the . Univers, say not a word about it, though, surely, it must have filled them with indignation. The Pattie, as becomes a semi-official organ, enlarges on it, and says exactly the same things as it does, and nothing nr)re. The Siecle, the republican organ, alone makes a few remarks worth noticing, and they are to the effect that the note goes to thelextreme limit—short of a declaration of war ; and that, after it the King of Naples cannot think of making any concessions. The Ministers have received orders to go down to Compeigne every morning during the stay of the Em peror, in order to advise with his Majesty on the affairs of their respective departments. The Emperor will afterwards entertain them at breakfast, and then pack them off to Paris. The hereditary Grand Duke of Tuscany, who is at this moment in London, is to arrlYe at. Boulogne to morrow, and to proceed direct to Comi;f4gue. Lord Howden, and the Marquis Turgd ; Engljsh and French Ambassadors to Spain, who are bG.ql in this capital, and have been here for dome time, are about to set out for Madrid. I am informed to-day, on good authority, that both the English and French cabinets are substantially agreed in the policy to be followed with regard to Spain--they both are deter mined to maintain the throne of the Queen, and not to molest the Narvaez ministry. Both the Emperor and Empress are very much annoyed at the idea of General Serrano ceasing to be Spanish Ambassador here. He is an old friend of the Empress, and his wife is such a very pretty woman that the Emperor, who likes handsome faces, is anxi ous to see her at court parties. Serrano himself owns that he will resign, and that- nothing shall prevent him; but he will hardly resist the wish of the Emperor and Empress, if his Government should be willing to keep him in its service ; and to day it is said, in- governmental circles, that it will most dikely do so. The Madrid accounts, however, assert that the Duke de Rivas has already been definitively selected as his successor. Some of the papers say that the Marquis d'Antonini, Sardinian Minister in this city, and his first secretary, have, in consequence of the rupture of diplomatic relations, retired to Brussels. The Bourse has been dull to day, and has again declined. - A Madrid despatch, which arrived late last night, says that the sequestration of the pro perty of Queen Christina, had been annulled; and that a large amnesty had been granted to the persons concerned in the insurrection of last July. From Vienna we learn that the Austrian Cabinet has, in reply to the demand of France, that she shall evacuate the Danubian Principalities, stated that she will make the evacuation as soon as ever Turkey shall call on her to do so. PARIS, WEDNESDAY EVENING I am again assured that, up to a late hour this afternoon, the Government had received no tele graphic despatch from XL Brenier, its Ambassador at Naples, consequently, neither he nor the Eng lish legation have yet left that city. The Neapo litan affair, therefore, remains just as it was yesterday. It is said that the King of Naples has requested that the departure of the Ambassadors may be delayed for a few days, but I cannot learn that this is anything more than an on dit. It turns out that the statement made yesterday in the Paris papers, that the Sardinian Ambassador in this city had left for Brussels, was erroneous ; he has not left, and it is alleged that the King has given him directions not to leave without positive orders, even if he should learn the departure of the English and French ambassadors from Naples. According to some persons, a similar order has been given to the Neapolitan Ambas , sador at London, but this is not so sure. Speculations continue rife, as to the effect •the note of the Moniteur will produce on the King, some politicians and diplomatists think that it will frighten • him into instant submission ; others, that it will exasperate him into the adop tion of rash measures against England and France. There is a report that the Government will very shortly be obliged to raise a new loan. It appears that the garrison of Versailles is to be considerably augmented ; and there is a talk in the military ciriles of the establishment of a per manent camp of 40,000 men in one of the depart ments near the French frontier. The Constitutionnel announces that the Austrian Government has consented to make a consider able reduction in its forces in the Papal States, and to reduce its occupation to the towns of Bologna and Ancona. The students of Paris are again beginning to display political activity; they are now signing an address to Italy, which is stated to be couched in strong terms. The Government, as you will sup pose, looks on this re-awakening of the schools with no favourable eye. The Bourse has again been extremely depressed to day, and there has been a new decline, though slight. The Madrid papers of the 18th, announce that Count de Beukendorff, the .Russian envoy, had presented to the Queen, with grand ceremony, the credentials appointing him Minister of Russia to her Court ; also a private letter from the Czar cnwressingqfriendship for her. The Ambassador, on the occasion, delivered a complimentary speech, and the. Queen replied in suitable terms. The Spanish Court will, of course, hasten to send an Ambassador, to the Czar, to acknowledge the com pliment he has paid her. An Italian npwspaper says that the P r i nce o f Wales is about to visit Genoa. Leghorn letters • say" that the Grand Duke of Tuscany, taking warning by the fate of King Bombs, is about to make concessions to his sub jects, modify his ministry,.and change his system of government. The telegraph informs us that the D resd• n Journal, the semi-official organ of the Saxon Government, which is noted for the general correc t ness of its intelligence, says that the early meeting of the Congress of Paris, which has been so much talked of, is by no means certain. PENINSULAR MAIL. PROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT. p SOUTHAMPTON, THURSDAY AFTERNOON.. r-isvhel Company's d here at half steTahmeerPMenaind s r u i d la , r c a a p n t d a n O r ß i e r n a t d a s l h a S w t , e a a m past two o'clock this afternoon. The Madrid experienced, during'the voyage, very fine weather, with smooth water. She brings 25 first class,_6 second class, and 11 deck pas sengers, and £3,337 in specie, and a cargo cons i st i ng o f fruits, wines, eggs , and sundries, and her dates of sailing were Gibraltar, Oct. 15 ; Cadiz, Oct. 16 ; Lisbon, Oct. 19 ; Oporto, Oct. 20 ; and Vigo, Oct. 20. The Madrid reports the following: - H.M. ships at Gibraltar : Malacca, Dauntless, Vesuvius, and Ariel ; and the Brunswick was passed to the eastward, 15th inst. At Lisbon: H.M.S. Sanspareil and Centurion; also, the French vessels Prince Jerome and Phcenix. The emi grant ship Tiptree was almost ready for sea. The clipper fruiter Royal Blue Jacket, had arrived in nine days from Bristol. Observed on the voyage: Oct, 20—The Penin sulariand Oriental Company's steamer Euxine, about six miles south of Bayonne (Vigo) Lighthouse. _DREADFU2I , MURDER IN CHESTED, AVAEHENS,TON OF THE ACCUSED. deepest pain that We announce tr° of one of the most diaolil7cal es. The greatest eil nee.he city during the whole o ng to the horrid nartsti° It is with feelings of the our readers the commission murders committed in modern. In. excitement prevailed throughort yesterday, amongst all classes, rely t. which will be found below. „ D orier It appears, from the slender inforrom. has been enabled to glean, that a pera, "' ~.a , n ; t von stried s J ackson, by trade:an upholsterer, a native o, t li a ' n ' e h es terit i girl, some years ago, from the neighbourhood o. circul astsin ;on which our by whom he became the father of four children. a o pirOf . i however, arose in September last, which led to - lo rd, sc r. between the parties—the husband retaining John t il for t six years, and Mary Jane Jackson, a little older. Ua to o t , investigation shall have taken place, it would be union , elt, the accused to give publicity to any of the varien,e II which have found their way into circulation. The wi e d facts may, however, be depended upon as being fee n .oln truth; The prisoner, William Jackson, after his tot r gone to her own friends, lived with his two children g one place and then at another. Eventually, while inagnigo,P the house of Mr. Rogers, an innkeeper, in Ilana bj ,.. l Oft: locality over the Dec Bridge, he takes, in the middle of 7 0 0 one of them only, and, in the course of a little time , r, e .o br. for the other. Questions, it seems, were put to Jn o6 osi his landlady, as to where the children had been sent c to lo,oo the answers given being satisfactory, no notice was tal , the subject until Tuesday, when the wife of the priseni:jeg rived in the city from Manchester, and not being en e _iicef . find her son and daughter, she gave information to the fv; 0 0; in consequence of which the most searching enquiri es p ilea made. Eventually, Jackson was arrested. What trap6o from his own account of the circumstances, We 0 die, it best to omit ; but yesterday a most appalli e 'gioi covery was made by a dog, which went to a e Or' of pit, in some rural gardens, leading from th psi metery towards Handbridge, and caused attention. mination followed, and in the centre was found a 0 011 0 0 grave, in which the bodies of the two missing childre n found, with their throats cut from ear to ear. LATEST PARTICULARS. tr The prisoner, Jackson, was brought up at the Exebitd. day, and important evidence was given. He was rerna em t abide the result of the inquest, which was opened /1 9 workhouse yesterday afternoon, at four o'clock, belt% tr Hostage, Esq., the city coroner, After a spectable jury had been sworn, they pro ceed to y. to view the bodies, which presented a most horrid ePt ° fjoe The deceased appearel to have been two remarkald/ children. C pl The Coroner then formally adjourned the proceeding:od Monday next at the Exchange. The jury were then ° to be in attendance at twelve o'clock. COURT OF PASSAGE.-YESTERDAY. BEFORE E. JAMES, ESQ., THE ASSESSOR. Ci Ptiel K Etv , V. Pou.ocx.—This case, which was not cel l 00 .. of the court on the preceding eveni,lti the ing. The defence set up Was 'bob° r o e n su t m he e r s t i z h ir s raol.: plaintiff had not propb :ly performed his duty; thattottbs been guilty of idleness ono _mutinous conduct; and 0 10 11 m ott punishment he had received W,..° not more than viag awarded for such conduct on boar.: a. ship. Tile d oft summed up the evidence with great uth.:. l ten",li g a t ig d PI for the jury to consider whether the pla,'", 00 0 , 11 : 1 1 guilty of di.orderly, disobedient, and mutinou: 40'4 and neglect of duty ; and if so, whetker such l' h i" , merited the punishment he had received, or wh e o tlat had been punished to a greater extent than 50 13 c 0 47 deserved. The jury, after a consultation of about Slop" duration, returned into cou r t w ith a ver di c t for the P' Damages, one farthirg. it BARTON V. JONES.—The plaintiff in this c ase ~,,0,, '' brewer, and the defendant, a Miss Elizabeth Job "' I / , ,1 a publican. It wls a disputed account on a Prorabo n d i rY „istl for £45, and also for the sum of £lB 12s. 9d. Theerisdl. ,r proved the amount due, excepting £2O, which 10 , m ( ~, mitted. For the defence, it was urged that ancn i a - 11 had been paid, which was also admitted, but Wa g have been paid on the trade account of Miss Walloo7oY joint security, and not on the promissory note. Th„ n i a ss. B4 / acknowledged to be due by the defendant, was £ ll .;',7„ce of which, payment had been tendered. The evlL'islol i Miss Janes and Miss Williams, was to the effect were the parties who had borrowed the Inon e .,/b ° ol ll f promissory note, and that they were the persons ^ * to the plaintiff—first the sum of £25, and then the end £2O. It was the last amount, that was disputed, t be t r of ° I ; tiff alleging that it had been p a id on the accon o ' beer account, and the d e f en d an t th a t it was Paid f a rtt promissory note. Mr. Brett was for the plaintiff, il':00; Aspinall for the defendant. Verdict for the P i f t ioef 7 damages, £3 15s the interest due on the pro _ e Iry note. _able A t Cox AND OTHERS .MCGLADE AND OTHERS . - an undefended action for the sum of £26, for the,,,;deir:, of iron sold by the plaintiffs, iron merchants, to ""001,i dants. Mr. Atkinson appeared to watch the n/ t led j part of Mr. Middlehurst, the defendant, and subm i tted s et • no case had been made out, as the partnerehiP proved. This was over-ruled by the Asse„e n f r 'sol o verdict returned for the plaintiff for the fall claimed. MIDDLETON v. BARR ER .—Thi s ' was an ac tion b 19 , - ibe the plaintiff, Mrs. S ara h Middl e t on , t o rec over o f s fendant, William Ba r k er , a s hip wr i g ht, th e value o f cart, and other property. Th e d e f en d an t was tf a law of the plaintiff, and lent the articles to the O f :" which he was to pay he r one s hilli ng p e r We e ',; l o/ 1 1111 defendant never, however, performed his prornie n 10;0 paying the weekly sums , an d consequen tly th e ( o loT,if applied to have the articles retu r n e d, w h e n she cw - bef 7,e that if she again went after them, she would hav e ree°,her broken. Upon this she applied to her solicitor 0 00:0 The same, and, upon the Clerk serving a notice. i n f, T h o o defendant, and being told what it was about, 0 6017 the fly might go to —" The value of the au"'" die reclaimed, was estimat e d at from £lB to £24. .I'ooo son appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Sitn lf t defendant. The latter called the defendant hi ed A '- said, previous to the 31st of April last, he Parj e oP tel articles of a Mr. Milne, who lived in Shaw'fl- 3 " 1 1 , ,,' 00 0 0 then in difficulties. Since then Milne had been in ' - ' hi rea, fof Castle. He positively swore that he had neve r „, - c eir "), articles of the plaintiff. The witness produced r,,,tiosto, the goods from Milne, but, on his cross-00n'; bloc admitted that he did purchase some chairs, roPe,"jose i, &c. for £lO, and that he was to take the articles7n. leto another time. At this stage of the case the A ns , i mated, that in reality the case was undefend!.l.6 0 4 , they could contradict the statement of the Pl a ' at b l e her having been the fir s t ac t ua l p u r c haser of t r 0070 Mr. Simon bowed to the opini on o f the Aese s ,.. A Tafen verdict was returned for th e pl a i n tiff for the 1 "' d t claimed, unless the goods wer e returned. ea k o MILNE v. BARER.—This was an action ar i s ing g t the same transaction as the last, the differe t u f e r oe ' the present claim was for ho use h o ld atensl"' coV session of at the time of di s t ra i nt . The s aw t e rnil appeared as in the last case. I n t his case the °Orli failed to substantiate his claim, and a verdict was for the plaintiff.—Damages £6B. et 10 THE WEATHER, as we anticipated som e ti m e 61 t W boo tinues beautifully fine—more lik e s p r i ng weatber4a * remember at this season for som e y ears p as t. This jritilfo boon to the agriculturalist, and although we ar e ea tinn_„ Bober. 00 few days of ‘. dusky, dark N o vemb er ," we may / deg' say, that more field ope rat i ons h ave b e en o b s ey 0 6 October, than the " oldest inhabitant" can renl e tion se T. THE CALIFORNIAN PE N .—The ever lasting ( i p ro' p ro' is this a good pen ?" has been answered !'dd o n e Hall, of South John-street, who has suee` - 0 , 2 t 1 , 13a :06 during a metallic pen, which he designate 3 ', - nollitie AP' as above. There is hardly anything more i e n .9, 1 a bad pen —every one knows the misery. The r heat/ , : t ter Mr. Hall is fit for any hand to use—.fight or de , I P, c e what is of the greatest value, it does not eer f- n erie",attr", work with equal facility in any ink. From e h l ris po'jor" metallic pens, we can say that this one, Wh ic h - pst f ie as gold, and will last nearly as long, is the "" $O. ever used. kflY". CORONER'S COURT.—YESTER DAY — S U DDEN 1::" t:0 11 , ;i t ' Yesterday the Coroner held th e f o ll ow i ng inqueet_ls;d 0%99 body of John Hughes, aged 28, who wag eigril lifv etb Albert dock warehouses, and who fell dead in O r rii i l i r/ 36 Tuesday evenicg. Death was the result of a att eslt e '4o' yearsVi, reirndci Prince's a age, c d c o o c r k d t, i h n e g w l On the body of Anna Got sit o p so, accordingly.—On reosfidtehde at 37, o s f pea ge bee thr; trp 3 o.ofoo ttog ie i .f a r g o o m , and o esday.tromrdori Verdict Wavertree. The deceased was paralysed ebe i u A " ga d 1 , n ,, 0 0 another n W attack. edn God "—On the body of Patrick Reynolds, a g7oo ll/4 2/ P S by tile . y46. 00 deceased was a plasterer, and resided la ' eo gsg,F i tlit A Abliegton-street. On Wednesday he w as , i - its, 'kir whitewashing a yard at Mr. Bishop's spirit a - v tas s i s igl; sphieedwas founu.,6-0,,,,,in barn-street, and in the course of the daY,, t a g of 1 " d 111 ., drinking out of a vat, that contained 158 ga , ' °— 0 fen o 4 he was ordered off, and in the afternoon be was As s ri y• Macvicar-street, in a state of insensibility, all (tel t of to the Northern Hospital, where he died shortlq, beu t io• Verdict, " Died of excessive drinking." ---(93 clerk' ii Joseph Harding, aged 16, who was a booking • at Waterloo station, who died • appeared that deceased was crossing the line ' a eng ille ' P est when he was unfortunately caught by t not ego/ in the Northern , 11 0 8P 0 OOP apes 1 cies ok b o : sustained such injuries that he died. Blayne to be attached to any one. Verdict, " Aa ci l e l n o ta ho /1 01 ... The next inquest was held on the body'. ei -, ra gast kA terf who came by his death under the following C t ; o f 0,7 ; tb i ° —The deceased was master of the flat Pa t __ l , l ls tnig" O" and was proceeding down the river on to log 0 014 '0 steamer Ayrshire Lassie was ccrAing up tagg i f c roae ge i 10j by some accident, or from some unexlnal:i the la • i °° ' A ID' o f vessels came in contact, when the mast in the °- ( 110 1 knocked out, and the deceased was killed l i 0 yet On a full investigation, the jury fau llu " Aocidental death."