The Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-08-29 00:00:00

THE RAIL/ TIMES, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29, 1860. • . Saltpetre : The market was steady, but little business was done. Shellac sold at £ll to £ll 2s 6d. The LONDON COLONIAL WO2l, ~k1,E41, to-day w ere moderatelytittendedh4buliis.' : r 4319- sold readily at extreme rides, 'AO for .1, othei qualities the biddings ruled ste*dy' . at very full prices. The operations on- foreign account tinned The LONDON TALLOW MARKET to-dily was very firm, and 51s 9d was paid for laet three months, 52s 6d to 52s 9d for Jan. to March, and 52s 3d for Dec. 1 - -t ,A N D H . FAIR 7 . WINP 4 :BPIIiIT; ' A LE, & PORTER MERCHANTS, YORK-BIJILDIN(IS, 12, DALE-STREET, LIVERPOOL.; • 3, ' ..:,- - - :,.f. ' . impezilil s irr I ...4 Quarts. Pints. llnif Billio BASS'S f'ALE ALE Gs Od d0z...3s 644d0z.-..2s 4d itq FINE MIDVALE ' 4s 6d „ ...2s 9d=„_ . • ~. BEST EDINBURGII ALE 6s Od „ ...3s 6d,'„ , -, , z TABLE BUR (Preston Pans) 3s Od „ ...2s Od'.„ ' ' GUINNESS'S EXTRA STOUT 4s 6d „ ...2s 96 , „ ,4s Od' :::: BARCLAY's LONDON STOUT 6s Od „ ...3s 6& „ commencement of their last serious troubles. The Papal Government, in answer toTutapition for relief to the beleaguered fort, of Benevento, iiehturecl. to adopt the only means which Were within its power, of corn ptilog,f44.4e requeet,;. and the consequence has been, thit the riinfikc - emetts,,ln: 'croisinCthe'.Weapolitan ter vijriCh" they Whist do under existing trilities,lit:ero 'get upon by the ihfiiititants of the town, • aa4 obliged ignominiously to return. ,Well may Francis li. Say that it is "non tali atixilio" that he is to obtain effectual help. His Holiness is also again threatened with troubles at his own door. The telegraph has brought us. some further explana, tions, to which we refer, of the terms of compromise which have' been proposed - by Count Hartig fot the set tlement of the questions which have arisen between the majority and the minority of the new Austrian Council, relative to the autonomy of the various provinces of the Austrian empire. The Count wishes to proceed with caution, but his programme is far from indicating any unwillingness to advance, so that there is room to sup pose that all obstacles to a fair arrangement of the points in dispute, will, ere long, be completely removed. not even the promise of another—and perhaps this is the healthiest indication,* Could desire as FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. LATEST NEWS. Commtrend ,Salts. 3s to 4s for foreign, in the face of a large supply and an improvement in the weather. Here we have not had much activity since Friday, and prices, though tending upwards, have ruled little higher than on that day. We have again a large fresh supply of foreign Wheat, and good of Indian Corn and Flour ; the exports are fair but not extensive; deliveries, however, to all parts of the interior continue, from week to week, upon a very liberal scale. ARRIVALS AND EXPORTS From the 21st to the 27th August, 1860, inclusive. to the future. There is no expression of regret, no apology for its'Amavoidable .postponement, no hope,th4 at an early period next session, it may be resumed. Has :Lord knally re- FRANCE. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, Tuesday, August 28, 1860. The Court newsman has followed the Emperor and Empress to Lyons, and has sent to the papers his diary of the events which took place in that city on the occasion of the Imperial visit. " The Courrier de &rine et Loire, in relating the recep- TO-MORROW. (BY BRITISH AND IRISH MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) To-morrow (Thursday). the 30th inst., at the Cotton Salesroom, 75013a1es Foreign WOOLLEN and COTTON RAOB. APPIY to JOHN L. BOWES & BRO., Wool Brokers. FRANCE. PARIS, August 28. The Count de Persigny, in his quality of Pre sident, opened to-day the sittings of the General Council of the Department of the Loire with a To-morrow (Thursday), the 30th inst., at One o'clock, at the Brokers' Office, 2, Dale-street, 400 Bales JUTE. BROWNE, HUNTER & CO., Brokers. tired from the Reform 'n.ren—thuili demonstrating, . . . if not admitting, that he assumed andlholds office Apply to All in first-rate condition. under false pretences ? What of the much-ap plauded fiscal reforms—in other words, the Treaty To-morrow (Thursday), the 30th instant, at Two o'clock, at the Broken' Office, 2, Dale-street, 48 Bales Bombay RAGS, per Euroclydon. No. 8 and 9, Albert Dock. Apply to BROWNE, HUNTER & CO., Broken. THE tion of the Imperial cortege at Chalon, mentions the following incident :—" A group of young girls came to offer a bouquet to the Empress, and one of thein, Mdlle. Meulien-Lepine, addressed a com pliment to her Majesty, who, after having em braced her, presented her with a jewel-box con taining an elegant little watch, with a gold chain attached. Children, born on the same day as the 'Prince:lmperial, and who are consequently godchil dren of their Majesties, were also presented to the Empress, who received them with that touching kindness which went to all hearts. Two crosses were given by the Emperor at the same time." A similar programme was gone through at Macon, where the enthusiasm of the population is de scribed as having been equally great as in the other towns on the route. One is curious to know what is the actual state of the case with' respect to the visit to Chambery. speech, of which the following is a summary The Count commenced by observing that he was .5.1 , 1.'.. , •••• ii FRIDAY. .A: aw j -.,.'' •i 1 d , b l 3 r , Flour. L . „ ° -0 . . On Friday next, the 31st instant, at Twelve o'alock, at the Brokers' Saleroom, 16, Exchange-buildings, LITE: FOOL, F.- 41. - ± s - -- car P4 - •:-- - Qrs ---- 4 : 9. - — Lod - ; -i— k.. Bro. FROM Qrs. Qrs. Qrs• s• • About 20 Tuns SPERM OIL, ••• jut landed per Australia, from New York. Apply to Ireland ll 6 2792, ... ... ... 1526 10 62 Coastwise 1287 J. H. RAYNER & CO., Brokers. Canada,eic 2502 ... ... ••• ••••• 531 i ::. ::: :1 500 99 On account of whom it may concern. U. States 30846 ... ..• .• • . . On Friday next, the 31st instant, at One o'clock, at the Europe,&c 7 50 570 7922 . 101 ... .. ... 373, ... 4812 ... ... „• 7146 ... Brokers' Office, Victoria-buildings. Hackins - hey, Egypt 19 Bags Mogador WOOL, INTO IOOO ex Crescent, damaged by sea water. Apply to -- -- -- --- -- -- ----- PERKINS Sr ROBINSON, Wool Brokers. Total 42031 575 4079 4812 ... 9055 1536 8299 11699 On Friday next, the 31st instant, •at Twelve o'clock, in the EIPORI OTO 60 75 25 ---- —'— Brokers' Yard, No. 4, Canada Dock, For. Parts . •• • ••• - -- -- • • • ... ... ... 219 Round HICKORY LOOS, Ireland : ..... 1979 ... ._.. . . ..1 1395 . 1523 3 180 •n Coastwise . 2405 ... 150 45 3 . 40 449 38 667'267 UIRASS SHIRT, • WHICH I& SO UNITX,RRALLY APPROVED OF, and the Budget—which were to save the country ? There is no confident expression of triumph, but about to examine the existing probabilities of peace being maintained in Europe, and said the Eniperor's programme of Bordeaux has not been changed. Without pretending to abolish war, the Emperor has, however, repudiated the in heritance of mere fighting for the sake of ven geance for the defeats of the first empire. Before the inauguration of the present empire, two extra ordinary questions were pending, viz., the question of the East and that of Italy, neither of which could be resolved by means of diplomacy. Although the wars resulting from these ques tions could not be avoided, they were carried out -with promptitude, and the Emperor succeeded in realising the objects for which they were under taken. The destruction of Sebastopol prevented Russia taking possession of Constantinople, and the Eastern question was confided to the charge of United Europe. As regards the war in Italy, the Italian . States were delivered from Aus- `The BOROUGH imp mAittEt.--our niarket, continues very firm, at fully the late advance in the quotations. The show of samples is very small. The plantation accounts are unfavourable, and the duty is called £50,000. , MAY BE OBTAINED AT P. L. MACTAGGART'S, merely a faint and *sing expression of "trust that the additional freedoin given to commerce will lead to fresh developments of productive 24 AND 26, BOLD-STREET, industry." There is an ambiguity about the sentence which even leaves it questionable ,whether French or English commerce and pro- PROVINCIAL, &c., MARKETS, YESTERDAY. At Prices varying from FORTY-EIGHT TO EIGHTY-FOUR SIULLINGSI MANCHESTER SHARE.—Sheffields, 43; Eastern Counties, 11; Thames and Mersey, 9-16 p. MANCHESTER TRADE.—Scarcely any change to note in the tone of the market since Friday last. Yarns are firm, at prices ruling on that day, but there is not much doing in them. Cloth dull, at rates of last week, and the tendency of prices still in favour of buyers. GLASGOW IRON.—Market steady. No. 1,50 s 6d to 51s ; Warrants, Ms 7d to 51s 9d; No. 3,50 s 3d to 50s 9d. PLtt nozEzr. ductive industry are said to have been freed and are to be developed. Is this another of Lord PALMERSTON'S attempts at sarcastic joking :at the expense of the Commons ? In reality, as we , all know, the much lamented treaty and disastrous budget, if they have conferred advan tages anywhere, have benefitted only the other side of the Channel. Passing on to the next promise of law reforms, and measures - of general usefulness, what says the speech. Under these heads are enumerated the Irish Landlord and Tenant Act, the Act for Regulating Discipline in On Friday next, the 31st instant, .at Twelve o'clock, in the Brokers' Yard, No. 4, Canada Dock, 219 Round HICKORY LOGS, 10 Square OAK Do., 34 Wainscot OAK Do., - • 12 Square WALNUTWOOD Do., . 7 Planks Do., 4 Logs BUTTONWOOD, 1 Log WHITEWOOD, 2 Planks Do., being the cargo now landing ex W. H. Merritt, from St . Catherine's, Canada West. Apply to Messrs. Gillespie, Borth. wick, and Co., Merchants. 23 Logs WALNUT WOOD, ex Golden Light. Apply to DUNCAN, EWING & CO., Brokers. Materials Good, and fit Warranted. gates M Ifni* IMPORTANT NOTICE. TO ADVERTISERS. Advertisements under the head of BUSINESS DIRECTORY, and not exceeding six lines, will be inserted daily, iu all editions of "THE DAILY TIMES," The first part of the inquiry before the Superior Council of Commerce concerning the English treaty, has at last been concluded. It is said that the oral evidence alone, which the Council has received, will require five quarto volumes of 800 pages each for its publication ; and there has also to be printed an enormous mass of written memo rials, letters, &c., which have been sent to the chairman. It is expected that the sitting of the Council will be resumed on the 10th of next month, and meanwhile, the result of their past Herculean labours is .about to be published. Think of five Blue Books being required for the first part of the report ! M. Vernon, one of the deputies for the depart ment of the Seine, filled, last week, an entire page of the Moniteur with a variety of very ®n salt. BELFAST PORK.—There were only 2.5 Pigs at market, and prices ranged from 45s to 60s. CORN MARKETS.—HULL : Weather fine.' Slow sale for Wheat, at 2s advance from last week. Other articles the turn dearer.—LEEDS: Wheat is to 2s above Tuesday's rates, but the quiet attendance cheCks sales. Other articles rather dearer.—Coax : Bere, 14s 9d ; Oats, 14s to 14s 9d; old Oats, lis 2d.—DUBLIN : Weather very fine. Supply of home Grain very small. Little demand for foreign Wheat, but firm. Maize firm. Very small show of Flour : advanced rates maintained. For £6 6s. per annum. For £3 10s. per six months. For £1 15s. per three ditto. These charges will be payable in advance, and will include a Copy of the Paper, delivered WITHOUT EXTRA CHARGE at the private residence , or place of business of the advertiser. COALS FOR EXPORT. 8RY32330 PURE , WITHOUT MIXTURE WITH OTHER COALS,. for which the Admiralty certificate is given, SUPPLIED ONLY BY T. S. HANCOCK, SWEETING-STREET. mwf SPECIMEN OF ADVERTISEMENT FOR £6 6s. PER ANNUM, INCLUDING COPY OF " THE DAILY TIMES " DELIVERED FREE. COMMERCIAL. stippiuff 3uttl4tua, gusiutss gitertfarg. LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY EVENING. Zt ( t COW( 11 Nadd. HE DAILY TIMES OFFICE, T 3, BRUNSWICK-STREET. STEAM PRINTING WORKS, 40, LEIGH-STREET, LIVERPOOL. Wind yesterday, W.S.W.; at Holyhead, W.S.W., fine breeze and clear. ARRIVED. The Liverpool Cotton Market to-day, with a fair demand and ample supplies, continued un changed. The sales—including 100 Pernambuco at 7?-,d to Bd, 200 Egyptian at 81d to 91d, and 600 Surat at 2id to 4?-(l—amounted to 8,000 bales, of which 2,000 were on speculation and for export. Re Catania.' Probate Nark& The Liverpool Colonial Produce Market to-day was very inactive. Sugar, Molasses, Rum, and Coffee: No tram actions to report. Rice : The business comprised 12,000 bags new Necransie at lls 6d, with 2,000 bags all faults at 10s 6d, and 1,150 bags Rangoon, all faults, at lOs 9d per cwt. for first class. Rapeseed : At public sale 2,100 bags Bombay realised 61s 3d to 625, and 50 bags fine Guzerat 72s 6d per qr. Teeiseed: 200 bags fine white sold:by auction at 76s qer qr. Pepper : 2 . 50 bags black were reported by public sale at 4kd per lb. 3hart axial. In the Liverpool Share Market to-day there was very little activity, but the tone was remark ably steady, and a slight advance upon yester day's prices was in many cases established. The tone at the close was firm. The transactions included—Birkenhead, 701 ; Eastern Counties, 101 ; Great Western, 721, I ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 1091, I ; Lancaster and Carlisle Con solidated Stock, 2111; London and North-western, 101 i, d ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 421 f Midland, 1241, x all ; Ditto, New Shares, 11 0 7-16 p ; South-Eastern, 26'1 ; West Midland, Oxford, 441, 5; Grand Trunk of Canada, 7 13-16; North and South Wales Bank, 10; Liverpool and London Fire and Life, 6/p ; Birkenhead Gas and Water Bonds, 102. The Share Market closed today at thOlollowing ptices Sales after 3 o'clock, Railways. Closing Pricea. — -- Birkenhead &Cheshire In. 791 80 Caledonian 94 94/ Eastern Counties - - 11 Great Northern ll6 118 Great Westerns Lancashire & Yorkshire 109 4 1 1091 1091 London & North Westernloll 1011 Ditto A-shares . . Manchester, Shef., & Lin. 421 431 Midland Stock Ditto pew shares ...1 1 7-16 p North British. 621 631 North Staffordshire 30 North Eastern—Berwick .96 ad 961 Do. York and N. Midland 801 ad 81 Do. Leeds Northern .... 52t ad 531 &uth Eastern ... . 26 9-16 261 261 11-16 Oxford, W. Sr Wolverhptn 441 — 45 Dutch Rhenish ..... 4 3d Great Luxembourg 6 15-16 7 Grand Trunk of Canada 7! 7 Ct. W. of Canada l2l 12 121 Ditto new shares Buffalo and Lake Huron 5 15-16 6 7-16 Great Ship Thames Sc Mersey M. Co 10/- 9-IGp 91- - 4. MEETINGS. Meetings of shareholders will be held at the following places : Aug. 29. Warrington and Stockport, at Warrington ; Mid Kent (B. and St. M. Craig), at London ; North Staffordshire, at London ; Newry and Arinagh, at Newry , Norfolk, at London ; Scinde, at London ; West 'Cornwall, at Penzance; Birmingham, W., and S. Valley, oat Birmingham. Aug. 30. Cork and Youghal, at London ; Dublin and :Drogheda, at Dublin ; Margate, at London (half-yearly land special); Netherlands Land, at London ; Sevenoaks, oat London; S'gbourne and Sheerness, at Q'borough ; ISouth-Eastern, at London ; Wells and Fakenham, at ,Fakenham ; Whitehaven Junction, at Whitehaven. Aug. 31. Ceylon, at London ; Dublin, Wicklow, and 'Wexford, at Dublin ; Eastern Union, at Ipswich ; Lon 'don, Chatham, and Dover, at London (half -yearly and ispecial) ; 0., Ashton, aad Guidebridge, at London; youth-Eastern, at London; Whitehaven and Furness Junction, at Whitehaven ; Dundalk and Enniskillen, at ; Great Western and Brantford, at London ; Vtokes Bay, at Ryde; South Wales Mineral, at London ; south Devon, at Plymouth ; Waterford and I.imerick, at Waterford. Sept. 4. Londonderry and Enniskillen, at London rdinburgh and Glasgow, at Glasgow. Sept. 5. Glasgow and South-Western, at Glasgow. DIVIDENDS PROPOSED. Dividends at the following rate per annum will le recommended for the first half-year of 1860 ; .appended also will be found the dividends for the same period last year : Norfolk.-3 per cent.—Meeting, 29th inst. Whitehaven Junction.-8 per cent. 1859, 6 per tent.—Meeting, 30th inst 1869, 4 per South-Eastern.—£4 138 4d per cent. itint.—Meeting, 30th inst. Whitehaven and Furnesd.-3 per cent. 1859, 11 per cent—Meeting, 31st inst. Caledonian.---11 per cent. ; surplus, £7,000. 3 per cent.; surplus, £2,647. Newcastle and Carlisle.—An intermediate dividend o 4124 6d per cent for the past i-year. 1859, 66s per cent. Zke emu arket. At the Liverpool Corn Market to-day, though we had a good atten dance of both town and country millers, the demand for Wheat was on the whole but to a moderate extent; transactions run chiefly on fine white and red descriptions, and these excee ded the rates of `Tuesday last by lei. per eental, all other sorts remaining without change in value; for the moment the large con sumers appear to be supplied, and inclined to act cautiously. The improvement of Friday in prices of Flour was maintained, but the demand falls o ff. leans fully supported late quotations. Oats and Oatmeal met a slow sale without alteration in 'value. Indian Corn is quite as dear ; the con sumptive demand, however, was unimportant, and there were no longer speculative buyers in any c l imi titY.—Taking the country generally, i the latter half of l as t wee k was unpropitious n regard to weatshceortkz , nufavourable change has extended tohitherto comparatively free from such adverseti in i ll t uences ; the reports 1 of the critical situation as the crops is cer tainly disheart enin g , but there have now ; an been two d a y s more clear bright than H ere tofore and with a warmer temp t - rature nv still hope that the injury which' we belatedly under been su stained, and which has the w ay =instances cannot be effectually repai red, 4ov er rah further aggravat ed, thou g h the period , utas t neceidle gathering of the entire harvest siaence of atv range, will not permit the sub . \e same taus for a long time to come, from TNee and the•Nr apprehension existing in pric fl ee further`h of Europe, continental c losed-Ns th ~i enhanbneed. The past week "Wheat in‘eat•r a ll the 4. o f 2s per quarter for yes terdaY squ4 4 to 5s ak markets; London for English, and Grain Freights are active, at advanced rates ; 8s per qr. is freely offered for moderate sized ships to load at New York, Baltimore, Alexandria, or Boston, for the United Kingdom. Mediterranean and Black Sea Grain Freights have also consider ably improved. Timber Freights are better, and there is a good demand for tonnage at an advance of 2s per load. East India and China outward Freights are firm but inanimate. Homeward the chartering is limited to Rice, from Akyab and Rangoon, at 65s to U.K., with option of Con tinent at &7s 6d. To U.S. Ports rates continue firm, with an upward tendency. There are but few disengaged American ships in port, and but few to arrive. RAILS—BRISTOL CHANNEL. To Galveston (nominal) , To Mobile (nominal) To New York To Charleston lBs. Od. and 5 per cent. To New Orleans (nominal) 19s. Od. and 5 per cent. To Pernandina (Florida) do. 265. Od. and 5 per cent. To Portsmouth (nominal) To Savannah (aommal) To Havannah (small cargo) ...30s. and 5 per cent. To Alexandria 255. COAL : FROM LIVERPOOL OR BIRKENHEAD , To s. d. a. 0 •a. d. Malta l5 0 0 Trebizonde Trieste Corfu Smyrna l6 0 0 0 Ragusa Varna Gibraltar Leghorn._ nom. 15 0 ... 0 0 Naples .......nom l6 0 ... 17 0 Minns Havannah l6 0 0 0 St. Thomas Cardenas - ... 27 0 Monte Video ... 32 6 ... 35 0 Bahia 26 0 ... 27 0 Buenos Ayres ... 32 6 ... 85 0 Cape of G. Hope 32 6 ... 0 0 Constantinople.. 15 0 ... 001 Pernambuco 2B 0 ... 29 0 Salonica l6 0 ... 0 0 Galveston Rails.. nominal. Alexandria FREIGHTS. d. s. d 0 to 4-2 6 0 to 52 6 6 to 0 0 francs oto 0 0 o to 34 0 6 to 0 0 4 to 0 0 GENERAL Liverpool to Aden 40 „ Hong Kong Ditto from Wales 57 annum 75 „ Ceylon: Iron , 4O tll Bombay : Coals 33 Iron from the Clyde 2, Snez -5$ or ~ 7dn v e - }E3 7s. 60. register ton. . Melbourne „ Singap or e 82 6 to 33 0 „ Shanghai 55 oto 0 0 Ditto from Wales 6O 0 to 0 0 „ Calcutta: Sail without consignment 43 oto 0 0 Ditto with ditto 45 0 to 0 0 ~ Calcutta : Iron, Engines, &c. - 40 oto 0 0 Ditto, Coals nominal 40 oto 0 0 Ascension. from Wales 2B 0 to 0 0 Kurrachee, from Wales 34 0 to 35 , 0 Fernando Po, from Walea Callao, from Wales 35 oto 0 0 „ Valparaiso direct, from Wales 35 oto -0 ; 0 ~ Woosung 75 Francs. Liverpool to Madras Iron &c. 405., Clyde 425. 60 . . Do. Coals 355. Od. . Do. from Wales 375. Liverpool to Valparaiso for orders, to discharge there or at a Port not North of Callao 30s. Od. small ships. Liverpool to New York, Coals, full cargoes, 12s. 6d. and 5 per cent. „ Moulmain 80s. to 82s. 64., Teak to U.K. Akyab, option of Rangoon, 8a9411111, or Moulmain, to U. K. 655., or option of Coutluent, 675. 6d. Calcutta to Liverpool or London, 625. 6d. ; ditto on the round, E 5 with option of London, nominal. -,, Guano from Chinch* , to U. K. or Continent, 60s. BOmbay to Liverpool or London, 455. Rangoon to Liverpool or London, 755. Earth Oil. 'We are indebted to Messrs. Taylor, Tipper, and CO., for the following rates of freight to the United States :=— Boston. New York. Philadelphia. ...,••••1411 -- s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. a. d. s. d. ?if Iron, B ars, 10 0 ...12 6 0 0...11 0 8 0...1 5 0 Rails, &c.... Chemicals and 1 12 6...15 el 11 0...12 6 15 0... 0 0 Fine Iron Bait 0 0...12 6 10 0...12 6 nomina l . Dry Goods lO 0...15 0 10 0...17 6 0 0 ... 20 0 Hardware l2 6... 0 0 0 0...12 8 20 0... 0 0 arthenware 0 11,,,.6 0 4 6... 5 0 0 0.,.8 0 Passengers £4 lOs Od £4 5s to Z 4 lOs £4 5s to £4 103 Gross. Gross. Gross. Baltimore. Charleston. New Orleans. --- s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. pig Ir°l4-Bus . 0 0...15 0 la 0... 0 0 s 0...10 0 Rails, &c .. . Chemicals an d 0 0...15 0 0 0...17 6 0 0...10 0 Fine Iron .... Salt . nominal. nominal. 6 0... 7. 0 Day Goods 2O 0... 0 Q 0 0.,,20 0. 0 0...12 6 Hardware 2O 0... 0 0 0 0..20 0 0 0...12 0 Earthenware 0 0... 8 0 0 0... 6 6 5 0... 0 0 Passengers........: £5 Os 25 Os. £5 103. to A 6 Nominal. Gross. Gross. LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING In the LONDON STOCK MARKET to-day the Funds were without any movement of importance, save that occasioned by the variations in ,the weather. Heavy showers fell to-day, with in tervals of sunshine. Consols were dull at yester day's closing quotations. The Funds closed at the following prices : Consols Money ~ Account 921 3 Exchequer Bills Bank Stock Three per Cents 931 Next Account The following appeared in our later editions of yesterday : The English funds have presented a better appearance than for some time past. They opened without altera tion, but the weather being steadily bright an improve ment of took place, and the market closed with a firm tone. The account of the speech of the Emperor Napoleon, at Lyons, was received with the attention due to such documents, and produced no change in quotations. In the discount market there has been a slight diminution of demand. The supply of money in the Stock Exchange remains abundant at 2 per cent. About £40,000 in refined gold was bought by the Bank. —Times. The funds continue to vary with the weather. Consols experienced a recovery of • per cent. The future course of the funds, as well as of the money market, will depend almost entirely upon the variations of the barometer. The continued influx of gold to the Bank tends to maintain confidence, as showing that whatever may be in store in the future the drain upon the resources of the country in payment for corn has not yet deranged the current of the precious metal. The other departments of the Stock Exchange were tirm. The demand at the discount-office at the Bank was scarcely more than moderate. In the open market there is a good supply of money, which, however, is rather tightly held. For the best bills 4 per cent. is demanded, and for six months' paper 5i. —Daily News. The LONDON RAILWAY SHARE MARKET to-day was very inactive, but the advanced rates of yesterday were fairly maintained, with the tone rather firmer. Canadians steady. The market closed at the following prices:— Ambergate, Not., & East. Junction 6 2 I Caledonians Chester and Holyhead 5 21 Eastern Counties East Lancashire Edinburgh & Glasgow . . . Great Northern » „ A Great Westerns Great Western of Canada . . Grand Trunk of Canada . . .; Great Southern & Western . . Lancashire & Yorkshire .. . Lombardo-Venetian -16 15-16 London & North-Western . . London & South-Western . . Leeds Northern Manchester, Sheff., & Lincolnshire 42f 3 Midland Stock North British South-Eastern & Dover . . . York, Newcastle, & Berwick . York & North Midland . . . The following appeared in our later editions o yesterday . British railway stocks have advanced to an extent which affords an idea of the effect that would attend the setting in of really fine weather.—Daily News. The following are the rates of Foreign Ex. changes:— Amsterdam, short' Do., three months ßotterdam a , o d . 11 14 to 11 14 0 . ....................... . 11 16 to 11 161 twerp, Brussels, do Hamburg, do to 25 40 Faris, short ....... . .............. 13 5 to 13 5,f Do., three m0nth5....... 225 12 to 25 17i Marseilles, d 0....... - ,i to 25 42 . 4 1 25 11: 5 Vienna, do Frankfort, do 1174 Tr i este , do 30 t Wetfa rs burg, do MadoW, do ~4 The LONDON COLONIAL PRODUCE MARRETs to day were without much alteration. Sugar : The market was steady, but the demand without life. Coffee : There was a good dewa.nd for Planta ti°ll Ceylon, which sold at full prices, and in some cases tether dearer. Tea • - `The market was quiet. 5,000 packages will be offered for sale to-morrow, chiefly without reserve. Rice: The blanket was very firm, with a go od inquiry, and by auction 2,000 bides Bengal sold at 11s to 13s 6d. . . August 27. Recruit, Arthur Bombay I Havelock, Snow, New Orleans William Henry, Redoch, Bella, Todd Hayti Mazagan I Polar, Perez Barcelona Hardware, Shaw Comma Maggie, Edslington Lisbon I Flash, Walters ..,...Miramlchi Cestus, Ainsworth ...Pomaron Falcon, Moys reara August 28. I Victory Bordeaux Protector, Crocker ...Bombay [ OFF THE PORT. Driving Mist and Eleanor SAILED. August 5.5. Triumfante, Lombard, Pomerania, Brandt Datazie I Gibraltar Rutland, Foster, New Orleans Lopcluistie, Mefors August 27. Ilos, Hyland Caracca, Melson ...Valparaiso Ida Lilly, Steens...Charleston Bella Suhur, Villa, Porto Rico Thetis, Perelli Aspinwall Bonita, M`Lood .........Halifax T. D. Marshall, Craigio, jealle Annandale, Harby, B atavia I Newfoundland Nuovo Leon, Laudeta ...Cuba August 25. • Fiel, Canal Havannah Harlequin, Brown ...Montreal I FOREIGN PORTS, Lindisfarne, from Pernambuco' at Ceara,' and loading for Liverpool Panteleon, at Valparais' San Fernandez and F. L. Wittingstein, both at Valparaiso _ Chile, Glaramara, Tacna, and Janthe, all hence at Valparaiso I.7noes,Boyd, hence at Aden S. V. Maria, hence at Matanzas Dolores Yrburta, and lisqueiza, both heneelit Havannah Harriet, Smith, hence at Newfoundland Demetrius, Chrozo; Orontes (as), Watson; and Arno (ss), Bain; all hence at Alexandria Saxon, Newsom, hence at Alicante Aflna, Goosens, hence at Cronstadt Dana, at Callao Sir J. Campbell, Davis, hence at Ilambro Wilshere, Pile, hence at Texel Medea, Zolner; Starr, Tapp; Dorothea Schroll, and Sarah Margaret, all hence at P ernan Hurricane (Tpt,), Lake, from Shanghai at Nagasaki for Pt se-che-lee Athelstan, from Vancouver's Island ; Derwentwater, Wel lington, N.Z. ; and Seallower, Australia ; all at Valparaiso Sampson and Pepperill, both hence at City Point Marian, Fleming. from Ganjam at Colombo SPOKEN. Baldwin, hence for Buenos Ayres, July 21, 12 N, 26 W Magellan, hence for Valparaiso, July 17, 10 N, 28 W Ferris, henee for Buenos Ayres ; and Speed, hence for Ma. fuegos, August 24, 18 milee north of Tuskar 1859, OUTPOSTS - - ----- Laura, from Stettin • sawe , Miramichi; and Nebraska, St. John's, NB., all at Belfast The Canadian (as), Graham, from Quebec at Derry at mid night, and proceeded for Liverpool Prince of Wales, Mewatt, from Quebec at Fleetwood Yorkshire, from Melbourne off Portsmouth Quannsrown, Auptst 28.—Arrived : Colima, from St John's, N. 8.; Aghia Spirithbni, Ibraila; Intrepid, Sulina; George Avery, Sulina; Del Ttacca, Taganrog; Dundalk, Newport for St. John's, N.B. Sailed : William Steers, for Fiverpool; Pau lina, Yarmouth ; Mata, Cardiff FALMOUTY, August 28.—Arrived : Parthenia, from Galatz ; Cicero and Germanico, both from Taganrog MARITIME EXTRACTS. LIVERPOOL, August 27. Tbe Sylph, from Clyde for Madras at Falmouth, leaky. Virginia, Lambe, from Lisbon for Queenstown, leaky The Camden, Tallman master, from Troon to New York with iron, has put into Greenock, and it is expected she wil have to discharge. The Great Eastern (s), left New York 16th August, at 6.40 p.m., and Halifax on the 19th, at 10 a.m., and arrived at Mil ford Haven, August 26, at 6.10 p.m. VALPARAISO, July 17 : From the 12th to the 16th instant this port was visited with the heaviest storm experienced here for many years. The Plumas parted chains, and drove foul of the Mary Glover, Zephyr, Apurimac, Guiseppina, and others, doing them much damage ; and after clearing, she drifted on shore, where site remains disrnasted, but with hull little injured. The Floating Bath filled and sank, and about fifty launches were also stranded and lost. . ANTIGUA, August 11 : The brig P. F. Kaye, Wragge, of Oldenburg, from Newport to St. Thomas, ran on Bird Island Reef this morning, and tilled ; crew saved. The Zemindar, from Trinidad to London, which put in here, July 10, leaky, will discharge the whole of her cargo, as several hogsheads in the ground tier are washed. NEW ORLEANS, August 16 : The Elizabeth Bibby on shore, and not likely to be got off. DEAL, August 26 : The Eweretta, Montgomery, from Manilla, which arrived in the Downs yesterday, for Liverpool, while working back through the Gull Stream mused stays, and was compelled to let go an anchor to prevent going on the brake sand, and slipped. SHOREHAM, August 26 : The barque which was in collision with the Emma, from Hambro to Liverpool, is supposed to be au American. PORTSMOUTH, August 26: The Emma, from Hambro to Liverpool, has put in here with bowsprit and stem started, loss of jibboom, foretopmast, cutwatcr, dcc., having been in collision. CALCUTTA, July 19 : The Rising Sun, Smith, arrived here on the 24th June, from Akyab, was making six inches water per hour, and has been docked and newly metalled. The A. B. Coutts, which arrived on the 9th July, from Madras, was leaky, having been ashore near Coringa. The Malakoff, from Macao at Manilla, to replace mainmast, bound to Singapore, &c. ECCLESIASTICAL INTELLIGENCE. BENEFICES AND APPOINTMENTS VACANT. RECTORY. Strensham, co. and dio. Worcester : val. £2OO with residence : pat. J. A. Taylor, Esq. : Rev. A. S. Cave-Browne-Cave, pro. VICARAGE, Cambridge, St. Clement : dio. Ely : val. £56 : pats. Jesus Col lege, Cambridge : Rev. 0. T. Thorpe, dec. - - PERPETUAL CURACIES. Eccleston, St. Thomas, Lancashire : dio. Cheshire . value £l7O with residence : pats. Executors of the late P. Greenall, Esq. : Rev. It. Greenall, resigned. Hendon, All Saints', Child's-hill, Middlesex : dio. London : pats. Reps. of the late Incumbent, the Rev. W. H. Shore, dec. Lambeth, Verulam Chapel : dio. Winchester : Rev. C. Green, prom. Penn-street, Bucks : dio_ Oxford : val. £143 with residence pat. Earl Howe : Rev. A. S. Butler, prom. CURACIES. Auckland, St. Andrew, co. and dio. Durham, Bristol, St. Mary Redcliffe. Chester, St. Mary-on-the-Hill. Haselbury Plucknett, Somerset : dio. Bath and Wells Plyrostock, Devon : dio. Exeter. Riddings, Derbyshire : dio. Lichfield. Wimbledon, Surrey : dio. Winchester. Woodbury, Devon : dic. Exeter : Assist.: with title. MASTERSHIPS. Batley Grammar School, Yorkshire : Rev. F. A. Vincent, pro. Brounsgrove Grammar School. Worcestershire • Assistant : in Orders : pat. Rev. J. D, Collis, D.D. Kingsbridge Grammar School : Head Mastership : salary £5O with house. &c. Testimonials before Sept. 8. THE SHAKO DISCONTINUED.—The authorities at the Horse Guards have decided on discontinuing the ugly and cumbersome shako now worn in the army, and sub stituting in place of it a headdress of a much lighter and somewhat more ornamental character, not unlike the large-peaked forage caps worn by several of the the Volunteer Rifle Corps, though the crown will be somewhat higher. The materials will be felt and leather, but the weight of this cap will be much less than that of the present unwieldly shako. WILLS AND BEQUESTS.—The will of Charles Few, Esq., of Streatham-hill, Surrey, formerly of Henrietta street, Covent-garden, solicitor, who died at his residence at Streatham on the 2nd July last, at the age of eighty three, was proved in the principal registry of the Court of Probate on the 31st of the same :month by his two sons and son-in-law—namely Robert Few, Charles Few, and Robert Brown, of Brixton-hill, surgeon, who are nominated his executors under the will which bears date the 24th of December, 1559. The per sonal property was sworn under £45,000. The de ceased possessed estates in Australia and New Zealand, The testator gives to his daughter Catherine, who resided with him, an immediate legacy of £lOO, and many specific bequests, together with a sixth part of the residue of his entire estate; and to this dispo sition he has also given a very peculiar direction —namely, that his said daughter may occupy the house in which he resided, and receive and entertain company in the same manner as he himself had done, during the interval of nine months after his decease, the expense of which is to be defrayed out of the proceeds of his estate. There are a variety of gifts to all members of his family. A tribute of affection, consisting of plated corner-dishes, &c., was presented to him on the occa sion of his birthday by his children, on his attaining his 70th year. This token of regard he has bequeathed to his son Charles. Mr. Few appears to have given his attention to the study of a particular branch of natural his tory ; this has been carried out by bequeathing to Dr. James Renate, his son-in-law, physicia4 Infirmary, to the Derby man', his cabinet of fossils, some specimens of which he particularly valued as having been collected by the Duke of Norfolk when a youth travelling in a foreign land. The will then goes on to distribute, after the payment of legacies, the remainder of his estate into six equal portions, one-sixth to each of his children, and concludes with some legacies to his servants,—Plitstrated Lonflon ZrewB, paikl Eimts. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29,, 1860. NEWS OF THE DAY. One of the most protracted, but certainly not one of the most satisfactory, sessions of Parliament, that has been held of late years, was closed yesterday afternoon by commission. "Her Majesty's Speech" on the occa sion, which was read by the Lord Chancellor, as Her Majesty's representative, will be , found in another column. The speech also appeared in our afternoon editions of yesterday. A great blow will soon be, if, indeed, it has not already been, struck by the allied forces in the neigh bourhood of Pekin, and the Imperial mandarins will have what they have long wanted,—ocular demonstra tion of the irresistible might of England and France. The Taku forts blown up, and those at Tien-tsin taken, Sang-ko-lin-sin will hardly risk a battle in the plain before Pekin. Should he do so, Probyn and Fane are ready and willing to give the Tartars a lesson in horse manship. The next China mail is expected to bring us intelligence of these operations on the Peiho, and the telegram in anticipation, may be expected about the 10th or 12th proximo. It is almost certain, however, that the military authorities, on the occurrence of any impor tant events, would despatch a fast clipper steamer to Calcutta, whence news might be telegraphed to Bombay in time for the approaching homeward mail. In the latter case telegraphic news may be expected here on Monday next. With respect to European intervention in Syria, a correspondent in Beyrout says :—" Opinions are pretty equally divided. By some it is believed the Moslems will be cowed and reduced to a peaceful demeanour on the landing of the troops, while others imagine they'will be excited almost to madness by the presence-of foreign soldiery. If the latter surmise should prove correct — and the recent occurrences at Damascus do not contra dict it—the position of the various Christian commu nities scattered throughout Syria will be most cri tical. • Many lives, it is feared, will be sacrificed, and some, long resident in the country, go so far as to maintain that foreign intervention will produce the most disastrous consequences, and be the cause of more bloodshed than has yet occurred, for the Draws and Moslems have declared, that, if compelled to retire, they will leave a trail of blood behind, to mark 'their flight into the Ileum. These is another danger to be guarded against—the rising of the Maronites and other Chris tian sects against their enemies. Unless all parties are disarmed, farther bloodshed is inevitable ; and I presume Europe, or at all events England, will look with equal horror and detestation upon the shedding of blood, whether it be Christian or Mahomedan." A few days ago the arrival of General de Beaufort d'Haut pod at Beyrout was announced ; and intelligence has now been received of the disembarkation, in Syria, of 3,600 French soldiers. We are told that Fund Pacha lost no time, after the appearance of the French troops, in addressing a circular to all the governors of the pro vince, in which he explained to them the object of the mission of the new comers, and called upon them to second the work of pacification which they had come to accomplish. The object of this circular was to prevent misconception on the part of these functionaries, and to bring about, if possible, a good understanding between the expeditionary corps' and the Ottoman troops. But it is more than doubtful whether it will have that effect; particularly if there should be a few fresh arrivals of the hated Franks, which there most certainly will be. The Neapolitans have been as completely outma nceuvred by Garibaldi in Calabria, and there has been as much treachery at work there, as in Sicily. We are informed by a recent advice, that the Neapoli tans concentrated all their forces along the coast from Reggio upwards by Punte di Pezzo, Torre Cavallo, Scylla, Bagnara, Palmi, up to Monteleone, where they made preparations for their real resistance. They sent off 1,800 men in search of the 200 first landed, and left the rest of the coast quite unguarded. They evidently did not imagine that one can sail round the island without passing the Straits. Of Reggio itself they were so sure that they left not more than eight companies there—four of the Line and four of Riflemen. As soon as the landing of the Garibaldini became known, a deputation waited on their Coinmander, asking him whether he intended to fight; if so, they requested him to move out of their town, as they did not care to have their houses destroyed. In case he did not choose to go out, the people would rise, and try to make him go out. The Commander promised to take the field. The officers of the Neapoli tan forces it is said are prepared to make common cause with the Garibaldini were they sure of keeping 'their rank. It will probably require another good battle to convince them that there is no risk, but, on the contrary,, gain in joining the forces of the Liberator. Later intelligence informs us that a second dictator ship has been conferred upon Garibaldi ; the govern ment and people of Potenza, the chief town of the Basilicata, have united in throwing off the rule of Francis 11., and have proclaimed the dictatorship of . the deliverer of Sicily. Considerable reinforcements' are said to have left Naples for the theatre of opera tions, but no one believes that they will be successful , in arresting the progress of the victors. Defection and' desertion are, as we have said, becoming more and more general ; they will soon be universal. The rumour of a landing of Sardinian Bersaglieri from the. steamers in the neighbourhood of Naples, is repeated, and apparently confirmed, with the addition, that.a considerable number of the invaders have been killed by the Neapolitan Guard. It is also stated that the Sardinian amimsador accuses the Neapolitans of being the aggressors, and has demanded satisfaction; while, to add to the embarrassment of the Government . of Francis 11., Baron Brenier has chosen the present as a suitable opportunity for demanding a fitting apology i for the assault made upon some months ago in the streets of Naples. One is not surprised to learn that disturbances in that city are at last imminent. A highly characteristic episode in the career of the Pontifical troops is narrated. There has always been more or less of a difficulty in accounting for the attitude of neutrality which the Governments of Naples and of Rome have observed towards each other, since the If Free Trade really is the accepted and irresistible policy of England, how comes it that we ,have pro claimed among five-sixths of the people under British sway, namely, our fellow subjects in the Indian Empire, that protection is the true system for raising state revenue ? Rival nations who have refused to listen to the call for deference to our impeccable example at home, may now be supposed to triumph grandly over our backslidings. How can we expect France or' America to listen to our appeals for Free-trade reci procity, when by our example in India we declare that Free-trade is not a principle which should be main tained under all circumstances. Protection in India already attracts British funds to that quarter. Since the establishment of the protective system, the last advices from India furnish a list of eleven new or extended companies for the erection of cotton and weaving mills. The factories previously at work were four. These had a capital of £265,000, the number of spindles being 82,566, and of looms 240. The new companies will have, in the aggregate, a subscribed capital of £878,750, and will have 249,276 spindles and 3,785 looms. The experiments now being carried on as to the com parative strength of iron plates in resisting shot continue ; and doubtless the subject is one of the greatest im portance., seeing that iron-cased frigates must soon supersede our line of battle ships. Three more iron plates have been received in Portsmouth Dockyard for experiments. Two of them are similar in size and appearance to those lately experimented upon belonging to the Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company, with the exception that these plates are not fitted with tongue and grove. The third is a 41-inch plate, 3 feet 4 inches in breadth, and 6 feet 8 inches in length. The outer face of the plate has an extra quantity of metal upon it, turned down on the ridge and furrow principle, standing out from the main body of the plate in a series of short angles running longitudinally, and having much of the appearance of an adaptation of the principle of our townsman .Mr. Jones's angulated system. The thickness of the Main body of the plate is, as already stated, 41 inches, but from the apex of the ridge or angle it measures 71 inches; base of the angle, 11 inches. The angular coating of ships' sides, so as to make the sides present an incline, and to protect the ship against shot, is said to be very old, and to have been re-invented by many Persons. In proof of this, reference is made to a description of this mode of defending a ship at page 655, vol. 2, of " Herbert's Encyclopaedia," which it is said would make the invention about !I, quarter of a century old. What says Mr. Jones to this ? There appears reason to believe that Captain Daniel O'Connell, the youngest son of the great Agitator, is about to be appointed to a Commissionership of the Police. In this event there would be a vacancy in the representation of the borough of Tralee. All Irishmen, are, doubtless, of opinion that Captain O'Connell's claims to any office the Government might bestow on him, are indisputable. The state of the crops is more than usually important. There seems to have been a general improvement in the weather all over the country, and hopes begin to revive that we are about to have a tract of suitably fine weather. The weather here, yesterday, was beautiful and mild. Already the effect of the change has told favourably upon the Stock Exchange and the Corn Market. The accounts from Poland state, that the harvest in that country is this year a total failure. The news of the harvest from all parts of France, within the last three or four days, are gratifying, and there is every prospect of nearly all the wheat crops being saved. TO CORRESPONDENTS. Under no circumstances can communications be inserted not accompanied by the author's real name and address, which are required, not necessarily for publication, but as a guar antee of good faith. HIGH WATER, THIS DAY, AT LIVERPOOL. Hour. Height. MORNING loh. Ilm. ) 13ft. 9iu. EVENING THE QUEEN'S SPEECH. THE QUEEN'S speech has been delivered and Parliament has been prorogued, all in due form. "My Lords and Gentlemen" are dismissed to their several counties to follow their several avocations. These are not likely to be of the most irksome or oppressive Character, seeing that grouse and partridge shooting are generally viewed as recreative pastimes, and " chasing the deer" in the Highlands is a process of relaxation purely voluntarily, however laborious: Neither can these sports be said greatly to interest the mass of the people of these realms, however much they may relish an occasional slice of venison, the back of a grouse, or the breast of a partridge, by way of variety. What, then, are we to think of Her Gracious Majesty's words,—or rather the words put into her mouth by Lord PAL MERSTON,—addressed to her Parliament, when she You will be returning to your counties, where you will have duties to perform scarcely less important than those which have occupied you during the session of Parliament." Lord PALMERSTON is notoriously waggish, and doubtless he has sense enough to know that the session has been frittered away to ,little or no good purpose. Could he have been guilty of the I inpropriety of deliberately introducing the words we have quoted as a bit of sarcasm ? and when he advised Her Majesty to add a fervent prayer that success might attend their vacation duties, • did he ironically mean to ins inuate the hope that the honourable members might prov e more successful as sportsmen, than they had been this session as legislators ? Verily , howeve r much out of place such a taunt might be in a solemn' State document like a Queen's speech, it ha s n o been undeserved by the majority of Lord PAL MERSTON'S supporters, the members of his Cabinet included. If we are to regard this speech as a Ministerial summary of the fruits of 'their labours during the session; what a wretched contrast do its meagre contents present to the grandly crowded pro gramme with which • they induced Her Majesty to open Parliament. We were to have no end of Reforms. The representation of the people was to, be put on a vastly amended footing, so that this long-vexed question might at last be settlid in a manner satisfactory to all parties. To do this, Ministers came into power. We were to have a fiscal reform affecting all internal and international sources of revenue so comprehensive and advantageous, that the mere contemplation of its outlines produced a delirium in and out,of. Parliament; and led many to imagine that the golden age was about to be restored when we should enjoy perfect peace and complete' exemp tion from all fears of war, and commercial pros perity, almost without any taxation. The Augean stable of law abuses, which for a generation back has been a standing challenge to every would-be , HERCULES to clean it out, was to be swept clean. At all events the law of Bankruptcy was no longer to be allowed to remain in its present shamefully defective and faulty condition. Over and above all, that venerable piece of antiquity, the City of London Corporation, which has seduced or baf fled so many Reformers, was to be fearlessly dealt with, and made conform to the spirit of the 'age we live in. Of these matters the Government voluntarily undertook to effect a settlement., How far, then, were all these fine promises a vain show ? How far have Miniiters trifled _with the time of the House of Commons and the hopes of the public ? As to the fate of the Refrn Bill Her Majesty maintains solemn silence! There is the Navy, and two acts bearing upon endowed churches and charities : and these are the whole ! Lord PALMERSTON has caused the QUeen to add a general assertion that "several" other acts , have been. passed for legal reform which must lead to , the more satis factory administration of justice," having in view no doubt, the Divorce Courts Amendment A.;:t " for the more satisfactory administration of justice" to those unfortunate people who have got into the meshes of matrimony. Why was Her Majesty not permitted to specify that important act ? Surely the beggarly list of measures spe cially named is sufficiently meagre to have made it desirable to add, with the Queen's permission, anything that would have given it increased pro portions. Were Ministers ashamed to ask her Majesty to mention that "free and easy" measure? or did Hei-Majesty positively decline to put her subjects in remembrance of the additional facilities and temptations thereby afforded for the dese cration of the sacred tie of marriage ? Be that as it may, it is impossible to contemplate the measures enumerated, and form a just estimate of their comparative unimportance, without a feeling of dismay, if not despair. Had even the Bank ruptcy Bill been carried through, it would have done much to redeem the session ; it would have been something to refer to. Had any serious attempt been made to reform the City Corporation, the pledges of Ministers would not altogether have been forfeited. But as the case stands, the session has been confessedly barren of everything but disaster. On the subject of our relations with Foreign Powers, Her Majesty "trusts that there is no danger of any interruption of the general peace of Europe." This is a very significant, and by no means unusual, form of speech, employed to soothe the alarmed in the too certain prospect of danger. A physician addressing his patient " trusts that there is no danger," while his skill teaches him to fear the worst. It may be judi cious to assert in the speech that our relations with foreign powers are " friendly and satisfac tory," but we know that even Lords PALMERSTON and RUSSELL have been anything but satisfied with France, at least in the matter of Nice and Savoy. Indeed a whole clause, and that the next to the largest in the speech, is devoted to that subject. It is so far satisfactory to find that Ministers have put into the Queen's mouth so decided an expression of opinion as to the import ance of holding a Conference on the Nice and Savoy question, with a view to the neutra lity and independence of Switzerland. Her Majesty's allusion to Italian difficulties con tains far too many " ifs " to be " satisfac tory. " The failure of the Chinese mission is confessed ; and the object of the allied exnedition is set forth to be to enforce the treaty of Tien-tsin, negotiated by Lord ELGIN. The Syrian massacres are lamented, and the joint engagement of the Powers to " offer temporary assistance to the Sultan". is said to have been cheerfully entered into. We all understand the value of such an expression of cheerfulness:, satis factory." tiWse. question how far it goes to support t he hypothesis of our relations with foreign Powers b e i ng factory." If we reflect on the pretence whi c h was so loudly urged for the overthrow of Lord DERBY'S Cabinet, namely, that the state of mat ters abroad was as critical and threatening, and Lords DERBY and MALMESBURY so ill-fitted to dispel fears of invasion, and maintain peace_ Lords PALMERSTON , and RUSSELL being probably alone competent for that great task—ev er y one must feel inclined to ask what, then, mean all our present enormous preparations for defensive, if not offensive, war, for which Her Majesty thanks " her faithful Commons ?" The plain truth is that we are' now in a far more critical position than when Lord- DERBY left office, and we owe all this misfortune greatly to Lords PAL MERSTON and RussELL's general incompetency, and especially to their erroneous foreign policy. It is a gratifying relief to turn from the review of those parts of the Royal Speech which suggest only painful reflections on the mismanagement of home and foreign affairs by the present Whig- Radical Administration, to those bright spots in the royal missive in which allusions are made to topics of universal congratulation. Her Majesty's prominent and flattering, but not less just, com pliment to the . military efficiency, honourable spirit and patriotism, of the Volunteers, cannot fail to be appreciated by all. Not less agreeable are the references to the Prime of Wales' recep tion in North America, and the spirit of loyalty, of order, and of obedience to the law, which pre vails throughout the empire. Happily we are a loyal, contented, and prosperous people, despite every difficulty from within and without; and we feel assured that all who read Her Majesty's con cluding prayer for the welfare and happiness of her people, are not more satisfied of the sincerity r o e f e h ip er ro g ea ra te eious so licitude, than they must heaitily loyal feelings of attachment to ' her throne and peison, and with one voice shout . g€ GOP SAVE THE QUEEN ! " AN EXAMFLE WORTHY OF IMITATION.--LThe pro prietors of "Our Home," a water cure establishment, located at Dansville, Livingston county, U.S., kept by Dr. Jackson, formerly of Glenhaven, publish through the columns of the Herald of that place an invitation to all editors of newspapers throughout the United States who' sick, to become at any time their guests, with out Ole charge, for three months, to take a course of treat ment for that length of time. It says : "To those of you who are addicted to the use of tobacco, ardent spirits, drug poisons, tea, coffee, or opium, and would like to be relieved from your dependance on them, we extend this invitation." REgoto—Reggio, the city which, as we are informed from Twin, Garibaldi has jnst captured, is a place of very considerable importance. It is the capital of the province of Calabria, Ultra 1., and stands on the Strait of Messina, about nine miles south-bast from the town of that name, which, of course, is on the other side of the strait. The situation of Reggio is one of the most beautiful in Europe, the plain for miles around being simply otte immense grove of orange, citron, and lemon trees, the roads through which are fringed by the clans and American aloe, and flowers of tropical gorgeousness. The climate is as salubrious as the scenery is charming ; hence many wealthy Italians have been induced to take up their residence here. Regiio was almost destroyed by an earthquake in 1783; so that the present city, with its spacious regular street s , it s floe publicbu.ildw,g,s, andfountains , fountains, and its wall s w ith flanked towers, has gra dually risen up since that time. Its population amounts p fi l s a h n i t e 7_, se o t t h B e . to some 16,000 or 18,000 . , Whose industrial Fnerßes are chiefly absorbed in expressing e essential oil. fro rn i n tly3 m or a a n n u g f e a s c , turlemons, and gr in o wnta coast man, interesting statistics relating to Paris, the popu lation of which he estimates, at the beginning o next year, at not less than 1,700,000. This 'Jape] will, doubtless, appear subsequently in another shape ; so that I shall, for the present, content myself with giving you the concluding paragraph of his statement, in, which .he thus ,eloquently apostrophises Paris :—" Socrates, the father of philosophy, scarcely ever went out of Athens ; men of distinction, men who possess minds above the ordinary level, , come from nearly all our provinces to cast anchor in Paris —in Paris, that city of expedients and resources for the poor as well as for the rich : that city in which mil lionaires by birth, and above all, the millionaires of yesterday, come to make a dash ;' that city of the happiest situations, and of the highest digni ties ; of miseries the most profound, and of call ings the most abject ; that city, in which silly people have so many honourable, so many ridi onions, and so many guilty, means of acquiring fame, and in which the wise may live Unknown ; that city, as enthusiastic in the pursuit of industry as in that of pleasure ; that arsenal of all the vices ; that home of all the virtues ; that city, in a word, at once a Hell and a Paradise, in which one rubs shoulders with devils, but sometimes encounters angels." Of course I have not failed to notice the doubts which have lately been expressed as to the future designs and success of Garibaldi, but I must again say of him that he is not only no ordinary mortal, but one of the very greatest of men. Much more than upon those who are at present giving him so much advice, does a sense of the responsibility of his position weigh upon Garibaldi, and although the extravagances of his genius natu rally excite apprehension, rest assured he will face a conflict with Austria only when he is cer tain of coming out of it victorious. He knows perfectly well the enormous defensive resources of his enemy, the strength of her strategetical positions, and the bravery of her soldiers, but he knows also the points in which she is vulnerable, and he will raise his arm to strike only at his own time, and when he feels that he has within his grasp the elements and the probabilities of success. His object is known, he has never con cealed it ; but the moment of action is a secret of his own, and rather than expose to risk the fruits of results already realised, and the triumphs of every kind which he must obtain previously to his appearing with his victorious standard before the Lido of Venice, or on the banks of the Mincio, he will unhesitatingly apply the curb to the impatience of the most undisciplined of his followers. In fact, Garibaldi is at this mo ment the only man who can at once direct and control the movement which is hurrying Italy on to her new destinies, without having reason to be afraid of either being overwhelmed in the vortex of Mazzinism, which he makes use of as an auxiliary, but at the same time controls not less effectually than he does the court of Turin. As to the perils to which he would be exposed, and the disasters which his defeat by Austria would entail on the Italian cause, it is suggested that the day may come when the handful of volunteers who now follow his standard may turn out to be merely the nucleus of a force of 300,000 men, qualified to undertake any enterprise ; for, in addition to all the skill which they will have acquired in military tactics and discipline, there would be added that patriotic elan which, while it would be altogether wanting on the part of their adversaries, would in their case be certain to rouse itself up in times so troublous, and bear them onwards until the entire emancipation of Italy was completed and secured. Moreover, this ardour would not be evoked in favour of the revolutionary principle, but in behalf of constitutionalism, and that being the case, there must speedily be brought to bear upon Austria a weight of public opinion which, looking to the dangers and troubles which menace her in Hungary, to the conditions on which her alliance with Prussia, and the aid of that power, have been purchased, m ust, in the long run, beat down all obstacles. Lastly, if the attempt to " write down" Garibaldi were to be successful, such a result must necessarily pave the way for the re-emergence of revolutionism, with all its excesses, and all its disasters. The Dictator of Sicily is clearly at this moment the embodiment of constitutionalism, and as such he is entitled to look for, and I cannot help thinking he will continuo to receive, the support and encoura ge ment of all constitutionalists. His present scheme, as far as hitherto deve loped, a dvances apace. . The defection of two entire brigades of Neapolitans is confirmed, as well as the taking 'of Reggio. The disembarka tions of his troops continue, and are,heing made at , different points On the coast, between Cape Siiartimento, a protnontory:at , the south-eastern extremity of Southern Calabria, and the import ant s eaport of Tarento, which c on t a i ns a poula lation of 20,000, and is about 150 miles from NipleS. It is evidently int en d e d to di v id e, as much as possible, the . Neapolitan forces, by in creasing the number of points which they may be called upon to defend, and to create as much uncertainty as possible regarding them. According to .a correspondent of the Debats, Garibaldi is to present himself, with the principal portion of his army, in the neighbourhood of the capital, which of course involves in its possession the it very doubtful fa,to of the kingdom; and he considers whether the General was present in person at the recent actions before Reggio. The defections in the Neapolitan navy are described as even greater than in the army four of the'be9t officers i n th e former service w ; ere " sudden l y taken ill " on being ordered to proceed ag ainst the Garibal dians, who were also about to occupy Salerno, a lso ,burst out a revolution having in that town. This writer ad d s,s that Reggio) when attacked by the troops.,°ff.rissio and de Medici, did not surrender until er a combat of seven hours' duratiqn so thatbowthe may expect to. hear of frightful slauguter. on to 2ides, The papers continue teem with most deplo rable- aeconnts of sn Syrian outrages ; , horrible, most horrible, seems to have been the fate of Christian men , but, above all, of Christian women and children, at Beyrout and a l so a t D amascus, a city hallowed by so many associations, a n d th e sulvect of a stream of historical events well-nigh. unexam pled. A letter from Beyrout, in the Sema phore de Marseilles, dated the 18th inst., states that the number of deaths in the latter city, w hich were at least 5,000, was s till co n t i nuing to increase—those who were not killed by the s word perishing by famine and the heat of the climate, against which, being homeless and house less, they have no protection--Eked it mentions that the number of women •ls han glr w o have disappeared, exceeds 2,000. The stat 9 Of the Bourse yesterday was much less A ' vourable showing that the Emperor's speech has not had: the effect expected from it. Railway shares have developed no transactions of any importance; and business i n R a il wa y Bonds is limited, and difficult to effect. The subscrip tion to, the city of Paris New Loan is to close on Saturday next. P.S,--I have just heard that the Count de Persigny has arrived in Paris. trian domination, and the principal object of of the war was obtained, although the Italians now jeopardise the independence which they acquired in consequence of the war. The principle of non-intervention—now a recog nised rule of international policy—eiercised domineering influence over the further develop ment of the question. These are the only ques tions which occupy the attention of Europe at the present moment. The apprehension enter tained in Germany respecting the Rhine frontier, and the fears of an invasion current in England, do not merit serious discussion. The Rhine is no longer a strategic frontier. France being much stronger when Germany is divided, will never support the project of German unity for any compensation she might obtain. Concerning the relations between England and France, neither of these two powers desired to enter upon such a terrible struggle as a war between them would be. The English nation is peaceful. Their virtuous Queen and the eminent men in power desire to maintain a good under standing between the two nations. In view of so many great results obtained by France, and the lustre which they throw around the French nation, it is natural that uneasiness and distrust should have arisen in Europe. France, however, did not create the complications in Italy, neither did she counsel Austria to follow the fatal policy which led to the rising of the Italians, nor is she responsible for the treaties which Austria con cluded with the Italian Princes. France used every possible effort to prevent the conflict. If the Emperor kept silence before the outbreak of the war, in reference to his promise to repulse the attacks of Austria upon Italy, it was with the motive of leaving the Italians in ignorance of his powerful assistance ; which, had they been aware of, would have spread increased ex citement amongst them. Thus the silence with which the Emperor has been reproached was disadvantageous to himself alone. The same can be said in reference to the cession of Savoy and Niee to France; the Italians, after the con clusion of the peace of Villafranca, having acted in violation of that treaty on the other side of the Alps, France could not renounce her Alpine fron tiers, seeing that a great Italian kingdom had been constituted. France has never concealed her intentions either from Sardinia or from Eng land ; she has deceived nobody. The Emperor has certainly replaced France in her legiti mate position, without shaking the confi dence of Europe. Taken as a whole, his policy was pure and honest. If he has made war in Italy, it was only because the other powers were not willing to engage their own responsibility. As soon as it was possible to arrive at the definite result, he concluded the peace desired by the world. Since 1815 France has been forced to follow the role imposed upon her by the treaties of Vienna. Another spirit now reigns, and the political system of 1815 has been subverted . by Europe herself. This system was the result of a violent transition which by two great convulsions entirely. disturbed the European equilibrium. Since then it has been the great interest of Europe that a general recon ciliation should be effected between the different powers, and that France should, by common con sent, reassume the position which belonged to her in the Council of the Powers. She no longer threatens, nor is threatened. Her work is achieved, and the mission of the new empire is accomplished- The military rule of France is at an end. It affords me great happiness to be conscientiously able to say that an era of peace and prosperity is. now opening for Europe. THE FRENCH FUNDS. PARIS, Tuesday, 3 30 p.m. The Bourse has been flat and very dull. RenteS closed at 68, being 15 cents lower than yesterday. ITALY. ROME (via Marseilles), Aug. 25. The Papal Government has sent reinforcements' to the garrison of Benevento. These reinforce ments crossed the Neapolitan territory without arms, according to existing treaties. They were insulted, driven out of Benevento, and were finally obliged to return. The Governor of Bene vento has taken military measures of precaution at the fortress. General Lamoriciere has sent military column to watch the Tuscan frontier. A political m anifestation took place at Ci vita Vecchia on the occasion of the obsequies of Allbrandi, Chief of the Revolutionary Committee. Several arrests were made. Monseigneur Merode has refused to permit the departure of the volun teers under Cathelinau, and the latter has left Rome. NAPLES. NAPLES, Aug. 25, The insurrection at Potenza has not beer' opposed, and the dictatorship of Garibaldi haw been proclaimed there. Several Neapolitan journals have published an appeal to the population to rise in insurrection. The Minister of War and General Bosco have left Naples for the theatre of war with six batta- , , lions as reinforcements, having learned through the telegraph that the defence of Reggio was lukewarmly conducted by . the generals in com mand. Fifty Sardinian bersaglieri having disem barked at Naples from Sardinian war steamers, a desperate combat ensued between them and the Royal Guard. The bersaglieri finally re-embarked. NAPLES (via Marseilles), August 25. Two days ago Baron Brenier demanded of the' Neapolitan Government the , satisfactioh due to him on account of the assault committed on his person. Baron Brenier pointed out that the best means of doing an act of justice, and of showing him courtesy, would be to proceed immediately tv the liquidation of the indemnity due to tie French subjects who had suffered through the bombardment of Palermo by the Neapolitans, and to appoint a special ambassador to Paris, with the mission of making fitting apologies for th e ' affront offered to France on his person. Nego tiations to that effect are still being carried . on, and it is not yet known whether Baron' Brenier will remain here. Several Sardinian bersaglieri were killed, ftral