The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-10-08 00:00:00

Commercial Saito. THIS DAY On account of whom it may concern. Tam DAT, the Bth instant, and TO-MORROW, the 9th instant, at One o'clock each day, at the Brokers' Office, 11, Chapel.street, by order of the Trustees of the Liverpool Docks, A quantity of COTTON PICKINGS, , 36 Bales COTTON, 11 Bags COFFEE, ;00 Bags RICE, and SWEEPINGS, 17 Bag s SUGAR, and SCRAPINGS, 29 Casks f 3 Bales JUTE, f WOOL, GA Ver4 Also, a quantity 14YRAISOLAMS, , Catalogues of which are now ready. DANIEL C. BUCHANAN & CO 'BIER, SAGO FLOUR, LINSEED, ItiGS, OLD RAGS, ROPES, IRON, Brokers Tuts Der, the Bth Instant, at 1 'en o'clock, in the Commercial Sa!en Eke Anil= IN VEDIVESD4Y, OCTOBER 8 , 1856, THE DAY'S NEWS Parliament was prorogued yesterday by Royal Commission. The Commissioners were the Earl of Harrowby, the Lord Chancellor, and the Earl of Clarendon. The ceremony was performed in a few minutes, and the Lord Chancellor declared Parlia ment prorogued to the 13th of November next. Her Majesty will return to Windsor Castle from Bal moral on the 15th instant. The rumour of the demise of Baron Pennefather is incorrect. The venerable Judge attended Divine service on Sun day last, when he was in perfect health. The Lord-Lieutenant has appointed Wednesday, the 22nd instant (this day fortnight), for the banquet to the Crimean soldiers, stationed in Ireland. The affair promises to be a most imposing one. Matters on the Continent are still in an unsettled state. From Constantinople we hear that a French squadron is ordered to co-operate with the British fleets, as the Isle of Serpents' question is not satis factorily settled. An Austrian squadron is also ordered to Constantinople, at which place a tele bie despatch had arrived from London, for the into the Black Sea of three steamers and tix gunboats. entrance With respect to the Neapolitan question, we read in the official Verona Gazette a leader, which observes that the Western Powers would do well to renounce the apparent zeal they manifest in favour of Italy, since it is well known that all the revolutionary movements which have agitated Italy have always come from without. " Let it be at least confessed," it says, " that powerful interests t all the British fleets to the waters of Naples; then the pretension, however illegal, will at least become more logical." Baron Mohrenheim, Rus sian Councillor of State, has arrived at Vienna from St. Petzrshurg with very important despatches for Bllon de Budberg, relating to the affairs of Naples and Montenegro. With respect to the former, it is certain that the passive policy an nounced by the circular of Prince Gortschakoff must not receive too much credit. Russia will not renounce so easily the principle of the Holy Alliance, and will employ all her efforts to obtain the co-operation of Austria in her Neapolitan policy. With respect to Montenegro, every effort will be made to maintain Russian influence in that State; and Prince Danilo's pretensions to indepen dence and to an increase of territory will be sup ported by Russian diplomatists." From Berlin we have accounts which state that the question of Neufchatel will be taken into serious consideration during the sojourn of the King of Prussia at Hohengollern ; and in the conference which will take place on the subject, it will be endeavoured more particularly to draw out the positive propositions which Prussia will have to make upon the question, the powers which signed the protocol of May 2, 1852, having admitted in principle the rights of Prussia over the Principality. The Danish Ministry has not been formed, all the endeavours made having failed. The Chambers, which opened on the 4th inst., have been prorogued to!the Ist December. The King will preside at the Grand Council. The latest intelligence from Spain informs us that a royal decree has been published in the Madrid Gazette, dissolving the Commission on Codes, and appointing a new one of seven mem bers, under the Presidency of M. Cartina. Admiral Estrada, commander of the division of Ferrol, spoken of as likely to be appointed to the command of the squadron to be sent to Naples, had been summoned to Madrid. M. Carrada, ex- Minister in Portugal, had received the grand cross of the Order of Christ from King Pedro. The Diario says that a M. San Triteban, who is described as a merchant and journalist, had com milted suicide from having made unsuccessful speculations on the Stock Exchange ; also that two speculators had become bankrupt, and that several others, unable to meet their engagements, had " We call the serious attention of the Government," says the Diario, " to the state of the Stock Exchange, and are of opinion that without waiting for the meeting of the Cortes, it ought to adopt measures for putting an end to such catas trophes as we have recently witnessed." The Garston Local Board of Health held their usual monthly meeting yesterday afternoon, when the question of the drainage of the township was again brought forward, and pretty freely discussed. A communication from Mr. Gibbs was read, in which he urged upon the board the adoption of his plan of tanks. The board, however, have made up their minds against Mr. Gibbs' scheme, and that, too, without giving any satisfactory reason for so doing. The chairman denied that they were committed to any enor mously expensive plan. A full report of the pro ceedings, together with Mr. Gibbs' letter, will be found in another column. tbsconth. The monthly meeting " of the Birkenhead Com missioners was held last evening, on which occa sion a somewhat interesti ng conversa ti on took pl ac e in reference , to the approac h es to t h e grea t landing-3tage. I. The financial statement of the t owns hip was delivered in and rea d , f rom w hi c h i t appeared that the surplus applicable to the pay ment of interest to fundholders, at the close of the present financial year, will not exceed X 3,500. The anuual meeting o f the Liverpool Auxiliary Bible Society was held at St. Georges Hall l ast evening, the Bishop of Chester presiding. Th ere was a large and influential assemblage of the gentry and clergy of the district, and several able and eloquent a dd resses were delivered on the occasion. _ TIrE news received from Paris on Monday had an immediate effect on the Money Market and London Stock Exchange. The Bank of England raised their rates of discount from per cent. to Per cent. on 60 days' bills, and to 7 per cent. for all (bills of longer date. The hoarding of bul lion in France, and, indeed, all over the Continent, has brought on us this panic, as we have been predicting it would for the last month. The entire mischief originated with the butcheries of O'DoxNELL and the reactionary atrocities of the Spanish Court. France saw who were the abettors of these paltry revolutionisers, and knowing it to be the melancholy beginning of a frightful end, the people took alarm, and hoarding at once commenced. The events which followed in the French capital helped to keep the public conster nation alive, and a general run upon the Bank of France is now going on, and must be met by a prompt suspension of " cash payments." This will annihilate her import trade, and we question the probability of her being able to sell very largely to foreigners for cash, as every country in Europe is doing all in its power to prevent the export of There is a universal scramble going on for gold ! gold ! and whoever bids highest for it will get as much as they can buy. The highest rate of interest we could ask in England will not prevent a drain in a reign of terror, when nations will make every sacrifice of property and produce to supply themselves with the means of resistance or flight. That a reign of terror has set in in France cannot be denied. The people of Paris have been left houseless by the changes made to get rid of barricades, provisions are inordinately dear, employment slack, and taxation excessively oppressive. Such blunders and misfortunes must have their effect, and we see it in the perturbation of the !public mind. The people dread reaction. They see no safety for life or property where the national voice is stifled, and the right to discuss social dangers prohibited, or made to give place to the records of military pageants or gorgeous They have no faith in the Utopias of these times. The great battle of life must be fought by words. Public opinion has to be directed and sustained, day by day, in order to convince the multitude that the battle in which they have the largest stake is being fought fairly, and that, while the weak are protected, the strong are restrained. There is no such belief as this in France. She has retrograded in all the French nation hold to be worth liviNg for, and there is now no medium course left for their rulers. It must be progress in its essence, or despotism without a disguise. No suspension of " cash payments," as the promise to pay gold on demand is called, will restore public confidence in France. Any move ment of the kind would tell as forcibly on the as it would on any other portion of the community, and it cannot be resorted to, justly, whilst there is an ounce of gold in the coffers of the National Bank. This formidable crisis has not, however, come upon us unawares. We have seen it approaching, steadily, for the last four months, and as it pro gresses towards a climax, it will demonstrate to the world the capabilities of the reigning dynasty of France, and the patriotism and wisdom of the Bonapartists. The first mistake will lead to the downfall of absolute rule, and the Constitutional party must triumph before public faith can be restored. This frightful distraction in the West has, no doubt, led to the perfidy of FRANCIS JOSEPH'S retaining possession of the Danubian Principalities—a prize too valuable to be parted with, until Great Britain demands it at the point of the bayonet. It has also made the CZAR ALEXANDER more bold, and the petty tyrants and little despots of the Continent more pugnacious; They are all evidently specu lating on the future of France—the breaking up of the Western Alliance— the summary chastisement of VICTOR EMANUEL—the success of King Bond's impudence, and, lastly, the disgraceful exhibition bullion army we make in Great Britain of monetary weakness, when, in truth, we have more bullion on hand than we ever possessed before. But we would have the great despots and the little blockheads of Europe beware how they rely too much on outward appearance, as far as England is concerned, and how they tamper with Constitutionalism, which means civil and religious freedom. We would have them remember our warlike attitude in April last, with our floating Cronstadts, and armies of fifty thousand men ready for as many Sebastopols. Great Britain did not sue for peace. She loathed the thought of surrendering her victories when only half completed. Hermoment of glory had come, and she was ready for any and all foes. She did not intrigue for " proposals." If the question be asked " who did ?" let Europe answer. Had we a patriotic—a truly national party in this realm they would proclaim the broad and undisguisable fact to the world, that we were never richer, never so strong, and never more ready than we are at this present moment to take as bold a lead in war, as we have maintained for centuries in peace. We fear no " complica " tions," no threatened union of Powers, no single handed combat. Our combinations for either defence or offensive onslaughts are perfect. We are formidable to-day—three month's hence we should be mighty—and at the end of six months we should be overwhelming, nay, terrible to confront. It matters not what lamentable vicissi tudes may be impending over our gallant Allies the French, we are what we have always .been in the hour of danger, united, cool, and fearless. We are only seen to perfection when all other countries are filled with rampant passion, maddened by benighted prejudice, and borne down to the earth by tribulation. We cannot be moved by dastardly emotions, or made to forget what is due to humanity and civilisation by the insolence of the strong or wretched absurdities of the weak. And we repeat, let what may befall France—that noble nation whose troubles we must always feel as our own—we shall ever be found ready to inforce our rights, and protect our interests in every quarter of the Globe. TOXTETH PARK LOCAL BOARD OF lIEALTH.—The usual monthly meeting of this board should have been held yesterday morning, but as there was not a sufficient number of commissioners present to form a quorum, no business was transacted. CORONER'S INQUEST.—Yesterday, the coroner held an inquest on the body of John Kirlin, a tailor, who resided in Thomas-street, and who died under the circumstances reported in our paper - of yesterday. The jury returned a verdict of—" Died of natural causes by the Visitation of God." ROCK FERRY ASSEMBLY Rooms, Rccx HOTEL, ROCK FERRY.—AII Rock Ferry should see Mr. A rtis and his wonderful pupil, the Young Garrick, of the Theatre Royal, London, in their grand and pleasing entertainment at the above-mentioned room on Friday next. Every character in full costume. Commence at eight.—Advt. It will be seen by an advertisement in another column, that the skilful chiropidist, Mr. Rendall, still continues his services in Liverpool, and meets with great success. The testimony of many scientific gentlemen and others have been given to him for the extraordinary cures he has effected, extracting the corn entirely without pain.--Advt. ST. CHRYSOSTOM'S WORKING MAN'S ASSOCIATION.—The Rev. J. Macnaught, determined not to be behind his brother Clergymen, commenced a Series of Concerts in connection with the above Association, the first of which took place on Monday evening last, at the Schoolroom, Mill Lane, F.verton. There was a numerous attendance, and the following vocalists were engaged for the occasion—Mrs. Steedman, Miss Morris, Messrs. Heelis, Mayor, and John son. Mr. Newham occupied the chair, and delivered a suitable address. The Rev. W. Wilkinson also addressed the audience. The concert, which was highly successful, will be continued on each succeeding Monday evening, under the direction of Messrs. W. H. and George Holden, junior. landing ex Arabia, amer, fi GEOR, m, Temple-col win APPLES, om Boston.—Apply to RADENACH Sc SON, Brokers MORROW lo..mortaow, the gth ins'ant, at Twelve o'c_ Broken' Offi , .!e, 13, Exchange-building 013 Bags Bengal RICE, to Calcutta; in Birch's, Ig6, Robert-street. — T. & H. LITTLEDALE & CO., Brokers. at the ex William Parker, fr, Apply to the 9th instant, at Twelve o'c'ock, at then Brokers' Office, 1500 Pockets Bengal RICE. bo*latfdlng ex Arachno, from Calcutta.—Apply to Meson. 'rhos and John Brocklebank, Merchants; or to T. & H. LITTLEHA & CO., Brokers. To.m o yuto On account of whom it may concern. To-moaftow, the 9th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' Saleroctn, No. 1, Chapel-street, Quantity of False-pacled and Damaged Bales COTTON, and . COTTON PICKINGS. TITHERINGTON & GILL, Brokers. -Avply to On account of whom it may concern. . , •to-fkaaaow, the g.h !natant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Bickers' Ofai:e. 13, Exchange-buildings, 400 Bags Arracan RICE, all faults, tx Langdale, from Akyab, west side Prince's Dock.—Apply to Messrs. Taylor, Potter and Co., Merchants; or to T. & H. LITTLF.DALE & CO., Brokers. On account of whom it may concern. To mositow, the 9th Instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' Office, 18, Rumford-street, 84 Bales Maranbara COTTON, all faults. ,t Womlman.—Apply to JAMES LOGAN & CO., Brokers. WEEK WEDNESDAY OA IiVBDNEST! A MYRABOLANIS UNTE Ft & ROW N E O N MONDAY R. J. e o'clock, at the CO.. Bro"ers. NEXT, OCTOBER 13 NODDER Will respectfully offer his Selection lof !Parisian and English RIDING and WALKING HATS. BONNETS, and CAPS, with every description of Trimmings, Feathers, Laces, &c., of the moat fashionable and tasteful kind. 81, CHURCH STREET. THE NORTHERN TIMES.---LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY. MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL. LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY VVENING Business of all kinds has felt the depressing effect of the raising of the rate of interest by the Bank of England, hence, although our Cotton Market has been steady, it closed with much quietness. The sales reached 8,000 bales, of which exports and speculators took 2,500. A writer, who signs himself "Facts," has addressed to us the follow ing remarks respecting the Cotton Trade :—ln doing so, we have to state that the writer is alone responsible for the accuracy of the several statements forwarded. " At this season, the closing of the old and opening of the new crop of cotton, it will well repay the trouble of investi gation to look to our probable supply for next year's con sumption—so important an item in the trade of Liverpool. The crop just closed, reaching 3,527,000 bales, has afforded our spinners a large supply (nearly two millions of bales) at a moderate price, leaving us with a stock on hand, of all sorts, of And at sea from United States To which add for shipments of new crop to arrive by Ist January 50,000 „ And at sea from India to arrive by Ist Jan. 50,000 „ Gives a supply until Ist January of 745,000 bales To meet a consumption and export for thirteen weeks, at 46,000ba1e3 per week (the average of the whole year beini nearly 47,000 bales per week) of 600,000 , The crop being generally three weeks later this year than last, irrespective of the old cotton on hands in the country estimated at 250,000 bales, and the large stock held in the ports, as compared to the late returns (only 64,000 bales), must of necessity make the receipts in Liverpool quite a month later than usual, besides the opening prices in America being 2t cents per lb. higher than last year, will retard shipments to England. Should the weekly con sumption continue at the average of the year, we cannot have a stock of much over 150,000 bales of all kinds on the Ist January (if our present figures are correct), and it will be many weeks before the exports from the United States to Great Britain will reach from 30,000 to 40,000 bales per week, or enough to meet the consumption. There were three vessels loading for England in all the cotton ports of the United States at latest dates, we cannot, therefore, expect more than 50,000 bales to reach us this year. The latest quotations from New Orleans was 12 cents per lb., equal to 74d per lb. for good middling Quality. The accounts of the growing crop are worse than known for years, and estimates range from 2,800,000 bales to 3,300,000 bales (the latter the quantity grown last season). In the Cotton region the estimate of three millions of bales is nearly general, should an early frost not set in. Of the last years' supply Great BritaintOok 1,921,000 bales. Continent United States , ..... ... 653,000 do. The Continental and United State's buyers are operating freely in the Southern Markets as it arrives, thus leading to the supposition that they are also bar e o f St oc k s. " Messrs. T. and H. Littledale and Co., in their excellent circular, issued to-day, observe as follows :—" We have seldom known a period when our Produce markets presented a more healthy, sound, legitimate appearance than at the present moment, and when a moderate advance in prices, if not interfered with by the money power, was more likely to occur from the position of stocks, and expected supplies. Nor does this apply to a single article only, or we might say to any one in particular, but equally to nearly all the principal imports. Sugar and Molasses, though 15,000 tons heavier in stock in bond, yet the quantity in hands of grocers and refiners is known to be deficient, probably to about an equal extent, whilst for the remainder of the year our supplies promise to be much short of last year, and a con tinuous export to the continent instead of an import from thence of 5,000 tons; but as it was speculation entirely which forced up prices last Autumn, and as the present state of the Money market will prevent such this year. prices may not vary materially either way. Even the stereotyped depression in tea seems at last likely to receive relief to some small extent by reduced shipments from China—its only hope. Coffee appears in a good position, particularly homet w h i e ic fi h n d e teh r me k oc in oo d dn s .s , u mT for pht w ei ohnsiocamhp same remark oi i nr s ke a riesa l s a ai r np g gp e l ia e ot x aah p l o re r a t ttio a o s well as other a u a e r t e i o c m l e p , a while t t h h e Grain. p e s e n The h price i a s g o be d Rice, l b o o e w u ir e a n i t o t d o s f a re n l y ati the Indigo crop is confirmed by the mail just received, reducing the estimated out-turn to 100,000 maunds, warrants a moderate advance in the articl e i n this market. East India Wool reached in our sale last week the highest price at which we have ever known it sold, say is 3d per lb, on the very day that the Bank advanced the rate of discount. And last and most important of all, Cotton must be considered as favourable for holders, each steamer bringing accounts of damage in one form or other, which almost destroy the hope of a supply equal to our requirements. Such being the position of all our heavy articles, no alarm need be entertained of a commercial crisis, and though holders may be deprived of the legitimate advance which otherwise might have been obtained, no great depression in prices need be apprehended ; but is there not something wrong in our monetary system which gives discouragement to importers at the very moment when our supplies of raw produce of every kind are likely to be deficient, and taxes our merchant with a rate of interest at which operations cannot be carried on with profit, simply because the monetary affairs on the v.ntinent are deranged, and the balance of Imports from China and the East Indies have to be paid for in the current coin of those countries ? " Alluding to the present state of the Money market, The circular in question contains the following :—" The advance by the Bank to 5 per cent on the Ist inst., was looked upon as the inevitable consequence of the rapid rise in the value of money on the continent—say 9 per cent at Hamburg, 6 to 7 per cent at Paris and Vienna, but the further rise to 6 on short and 7 per cent on longer paper announced yesterday, caused a momentary surprise, vet, seeing the state of money matters in France and elsewhere, it is simply a measure of self-protection, and must the sooner work a cure or compel the Bank of France to suspend specie payments. We cannot but think with the enormous addition made to the aggregate stock of bullion in circula tion throughout the trading world, and the still increasing supplies from Australia and California, that this sudden derangement— entirely a bullion one, aided probably by the uncertain position of European politics—must shortly correct itself, and the present pressure prove of brief duration." The Liverpool Share Market to-day was dull and depressed ; the sales were limited in extent, and prices had a declining tendency. The Grain Trade has still a hardening tendency. At our Corn Exchange this morning a pretty extensive business advanced toreadn prices a r c i o t e e d s a T n h d b e m o a t r h k t W o h t e te Leeds a d nd o u u l r b l were ro alsogh t firmer, with a fair amount of sales. The foreign arrivals into Liverpool for the week embrace 40,350 qrs Wheat, 6.490 brls Flour, 950 qrs Egyptian Beans, and 20,770 qrs Indian Corn. The supplies in this interval, coastwise and from Ireland, include 1,580 qrs Wheat, 1,170 sacks Flour, 2,880 qrs Oats, and 6,530 loads Oatmeal. The exports com prise 2,850 qrs Wheat, 1,320 sacks and 6,960 barrels Flour, and 4,120 qrs Indian Corn. A telegraphic despatch from Manchester informs us that had the Bank done nothing, prices of Yarns would have been id per pound higher: There are excellent accounts of the Leipzic fair, Yarns and to G selloods f a e t tc n h o i w n g . limitsexmtreermohearnattsesw—aibt,eyhoonpdin hoping fo lowergiven t p o r i sl e e s . n t s toa T e h . e O a d o v r p a c e o a r correspondent n deil Oporto writ are , , of the wine trade here consequent up on the mlserable es , ve s r o y oh d deplorable pl t o h r e ab a l l e ter in their state vintage, which, by :the bye, is nearly a n entire failure, as some of the largest and best vineyards wh ich usually yielded their hundreds of pipes have given only three to five pipes— for example, the Quinta de Seixo only pr oduced three pipes, Quinta de Rovis only three pipes, oth er Quintus, equally extensive, produced no wine at all; in consequence of the prices of August last. This has m ade our ek t very cenon which t. new wines are fetching here an advanc e of 25 p er f active for some little time past, and p rices are likely to go here at $3OO up still higher. Old tawny wines ar e sellin g to $350 (X 67 10s to £72), and bran d y for fortifying the wines at same prices." 25, thus writes : Since our circular of the 21st ultimo, we n market, although Messrs. Peel and Co., under date of Alexandria, Sept. have bad continued activity in our grai • prices have fluctuated, The transactions the place amount to :-180,000 ardebs wheat; 26,500 barley ; 30,000 beans; 3.000 lentils; 7,000 ardebs linseed ; 210 canters cotton ; 670 flax ; 80 ardebs sessame. Contras ,80 ts fur future deliveries are reported to have changed hands to the exter i t of 367,000 ardebs wheat, a t from piasters 87 to 95 , 38,000 ardebs beans, at from piastres 77 to 802; 17,000 ardebs barley, at from piastres 57 to 67 ; but a great portion of the wheat must be only cancelling previous contracts. We are happy to say the Nile is rising very favourably ; it is now about 44 cubits above . the same date last year, and 4 cubits above the highest point reached last being. The present value from : year. he prices of Commesti Ili, on the spot, have varied per qr., f. o. b. 6 Piastres. Piastres. s. d. s. d. 8 92 6 t , o , 1 1 0 0 8 8 f , o , r BSaeihdeirewhhe,,at .. 100 to 100, 101; . , or " 36 10 37 6to 37 38 0 76 " 87 " Beans ........ 79 c cB . 3 , " 29 0 `c 30 2 59 " 74 " Barley ...... 66 cc 68, "25 2cc25 11 2,700 ardebs fine Lentils have been sold at . piastres 81 to 85, or 3ls to 32s per qr., f.0.b., and some inferior at piastres 79 to 80. Linseed : Sifted Seed has obtained piastres 134, or 50s per qr., f. o. b. The small p arcel of Sessame sold at piastres 190 for Franey. Cotton : 6,200 cantars Pasha's sold at $lO to $l2, or 6 1-16 d to 7-td per lb., f. o. b. ; 15,600 cantars Private sold at piastres 84 to 12, or 51 to 7id per lb., f. o. b. The new crop may be expected to commence next month. Flax : The only sales are 130 cantars dressed, at piastres 130 to 135, or £35 103 to £36 163 61 p er t on, f. o. b ; 60 cantars half dress ed, at piastres 120, or £32 153 per ton, f. o. b. ; 480 cantars rou Frei gh . , at piastres 65 to 80, or £lB to £22 per ton, f. o. b. ghts : There are a great many vessels seeking, and for re-charter, with few cargoes offering. The quotations of 4s to 4s 6d f or b eans for orders, and 33 to 33 61 to direct ports, a re mere ly nominal. Cotton is shipping, at 5 -,d pe: lb. Weights and MeasurEs : 1 cantar gross-----921bs. nett cotton--_,9slbs. nett flax. 100 ardebe=6s imperial qrs. beans, 621 imperial qrs. wheat. Exchange on London piastres 101, against Naps. 81, or Soya. 1011. The following is a return of the Traffic on the Grand Trunk Railway Company of Canada, for the week ending Sept. 6, 1156, and corresponding week, 1855:-1856, Passengers, 8,743 ; Merchandise, &c., 5,570 tons 1 total steeling, 5,664/. 15s 811 1855, Passengers, 7,756 ; Mer chandise; Szc., 5,0841, tons; total sterling, 4,5301. ls. 21d. Increase, 1856: Passengers, 987 ; Merchandise, &c., 4851 tons; total sterling, 5341. 14s. 61 The fluctuations in the Public Securities during the last few days have been very ettensive, and the losses have been large. Consols have been 90k, 7-, 901, 1, and 90a •a for transfer. The November price is about 911 1. This afternoon a partial recovery took place, and a further improvement is anticipated. The public are aware that the general prosperity of the country, financially and come mer&ally, has not diminished, bat quite the reverse ; and they consequently look upon the present tightness of the Money Market as merely temporary. The low prices to which Consols have been forced, therefore, tempt them to purchase, while the Bulls feel encouraged to resume their dealings. The immediate effect of this is a rally, and Consols are 91 to 91 for Money, and 911 ; I for November —a rise of to a per cent. from the lowest point reached this morning. Exchequer Bills are dull at 5s to 9s, and the Bonds 981 99. In the Foreign Stock Market the dealings are limited, and prices generally have declined. Mexican 3 per Cents., for the Aecs)unt, are quoted at 22. Peruvian 41 per Cents., 76&. Russian 5 per Cents., 106 ; and the 41 per Cents., 961. Sardinian 5 per Cents., 891 90. Spanish 3 per Cents., 40k, and the Deferred, 24. Turkish 6 per Cents. are actively dealt in at 961, 97, and 971, and the 4 per Cents. Guaranteed at 98y, 991, 991. The Railway Share Market is very flat, and prices continue to show a downward tendency. The decline in most of the principal shares has been about 1 to 1 per cent. Caledonian are 53 to 53k. Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee, 311. Great Northern, 91 to 911. Great Western, 631 64. Lancashire and Yorkshire, 931 94. North Western, 1001 101. South Western, 102 104 North Eastern, Berwick, 781 ; ditto York, 54 541; and South Eastern, 671. The market, however, is now firmer. COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—Tuts Day. Amsterdam .... ...... .. 11 16 (Gibraltar Ditto, three months .. 11 19 'Leghorn Rotterdam. Antwerp Brasses . 11 19 Genoa . 25 40 51i1an.. 25 40 !Venice ............ 25 85 Hamburg Altona 25 30 I nessina Ditto, three months .. 25 82il Lisbon ....... Marseilles 23 85 Oporto Bordeaux Frankfort-on-Maine 119 3 uenos Ayre3.... ..... Berlin .. — New York, 6) days' sight Vienna .... Trieste Petersburg :, 10 40 Philadelphia 10 42 PRICES OF BULLION, PER OZ, 37i Foreign Gold, in Bars ..t0 0 0 Madrid Cadiz •.. 49 Portugal Gold Coin 0 0 0 ......... 50 Mexican Dollars 0 0 0 Barcelona Seville .. New Dollars .. .... 0 0 0 Silver, in Bars .. 0 0 0 FRANCE. (FROM ODR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, MONDAY EVENING, Public attention is no longer fixed on the Neapolitan affairs, but on some thing that touches the French much more nearly—their own financial and commercial crisis. The Bank of France, yesterday (although it was Sunday), resolved, as the telegraph will have informed you, not to admit from this day, bills for discount having more than sixty days to run—and the resolution has been promul gated in to-days Moniteur. Moreover, the bank has resolved not to make advances of more than 40 per cent. on deposit of public securities, and 20 per cent. on railway shares. It is asserted, too, that Bank notes are to have a freed circulation, that a new issue of notes of a smaller amount than 100 f (£4), the present minimum, is to be made, and that other grave financial measures are in contemplation. Even if these reports should turn out to be unfounded, the resolution of the bank only to dis count bills at sixty days' date, coming so close after the increase of the rate of discount, and the reduction on the amount of its advances, , a ill have no effect on trade and speculation in their present depressed state. Know ing this, the Bourse has been dreadfully unsettled to day, and prices have left off at an enormous fall, com pared with the closing quotations of Saturday—there was, in fact, at one time, a veritable panic, people selling their stock and securities almost for what they would fetch. The Three Per Cents left of at 66f for cash, and 66f 15c for true time— a fall of if 60c and if 70c, com pared with Saturday's prices. Bank of France shares have fallen 25f, Credit Mobilier 70f cash, and 65f time; Orleans Railway, 60f and 62f 50c ; Northern, 27f 5c and 35f ; Lyons, 55f and 50f ; Mediterranean, 45f and 75f ; Western, 36f 25c and 27f 50c ; Eastern (old), 22f 50c and 27f 50c • Ditto (new), 27f 50c and 35c ; and lastly, Austran railways, 35f and 40f. I hear from good authority that the government bas received very unfavourable reports, indeed, from the greater part of the Prefects of departments, as to the state of political feeling in the provinces, and still worse as to the misery caused by the dearness of food. I have good reason to believe, too, that the official assertion men tioned in a recent letter, that the arrests for political causes, just effected in Paris, were only between forty and fifty, was, to use a mild term, a sad " mistake." Several scores, it might almost be said hundreds, are alleged to have been made, and if my information be correct, more are taking place daily. There are also reports of acts of insubordination having been committed in different regiments of the garrison of Paris. The Emperor is to pass a review of the Guards on Wednesday. On dit, that Baron Brunnow, the Russian Minister in this city, has expressed the regret of his government at the publicity given to the circular of Prince Gortschakoff on Naples and Greece. The - French Government is said to be willing to accept this as an amende honourable. It seems, from all I hear, to be definitively settled that Count de Morny shall remain permanently in Russia as French A mbassador. Touching the Neapolitan question, there is nothing new about it, unless it be that, instead of sending fleets to Naples, England and France will probably content themselves with sending a— note. The present appear. ances certainly seem to indicate that the whole affair will very likely end in smoke. According to Le Nord, of Brussels, the Russian organ, the King of Prussia is so exasperatad at the conduct and language of the Federal Government of Switzerland in the Neufchatel affair, that he threatens to proceed to the military occupation of the Canton of Neufchatel, in the event of the prosecution of the royalist prisoners not being suspended. From Constantinople we have a new arrival today, which says that the English had obtained possession of the railway to the Persian Gulf ; also, that they had again sent some vessels into the Black Sea, and that the departure of Admiral Lyons had positively been post poned. It is worthy of remark that all letters from French sources in Constantinople attack the Austrians with great vehemence for the obstacles they threw in the way of the French obtaining a concession of steam navigation on the Danube. The French Ambassader, it appears, has protested against a withdrawal, by the Porte, of a concession of that kind made to a Captain Magnan. The Austrian Ambassador is accused by the French of having been chiefly instrumental in causing that withdrawal, and the Russian Ambassador is charged with having assisted him. 'WATERLOO BOARD OF HEALTH.—The newly constituted board of health for Waterloo and the district, under the Act of Parliament, met last night at Waterloo. The meet ing was the first held by that body. A reporter from our office was in attendance, but he was informed that the proceedings were of a purely private nature, and to make preliminary arrangements for future meetings of the board which will be open to the P ress. , ST. MATTBIAS'S WORKING MENS' ASSOCIATION.—Last night the members of this association gave a musical soiree, in St. Matthias's Church Schools, Great Howard Street. Mr. William Brown, M.P., with his usual readiness to promote all that can conduce to the moral and social welfare of the people, presided on the occasion ; and he was sup ported on the platform by the Rev. Mr. Shelton, the incumbent, Rev. T. M. Lester, Mr. T. Eccles, and Mr. Luff. The room was crowded almost to excess, by respect able well-dressed young men and women, and the concert, which composed many p l eas i ng popular ballads and glees, seemed, if one may take the applause and encores as a criterion, seemed to afford them unmixed delight. The principal vocalists were—Mrs. Steedman, Messrs. M'Call, G. Holden, jun., Johnson, lieelis, and Mayor, and these were ably seconded in their efforts by the amateur choir of St. Matthias's Church. During the course of the evening, Mr. Brown addressed the audience, and impressed on them the value of early education. He enumerated many in stances of men who had struggled from the humblest origin, through every difficulty, to posts of eminence in this country, and pointed out to his young auditors that the same path of honourable ambition was open to them, and with greater chances of success. He detailed the part which he has taken since his entrance into Parliament, to wear the working classes from the public-houses ; but whilst denouncing such houses in the mass as demoralising, admitted that there were many of them to which that objection could not be fairly urged. The honourable gentle man also took the opportunity to explain the nature and advantages of a decimal coinage, and expressed a strong hope that the system would ultimately be introduced into these countries. The assembly was also addressed by the Rev. Mr. Shelton, to whose unwearied zeal the present laudable association, and the night schools, reading-room, &c., in connection with the church, owe their origin and after success. THE LIVERPOOL FINANCIAL REFORM ASSOCIATION. At the weekly meeting of this body, on Thursday, a gentle man, well qualified from :his position, talents, and character, to give weight to the council, and promote the common cause, Was named as willing to become a member, and to attend regularly, if appointed. The election was postponed until the next meet ing, in order that due notice might be given. THE NATIONAL STEWARDS AND THE PUBLIC MONEY.— The financial tract, just out, entitled "Fiscal Doings of the effect manner, by calling Session," public was attention, s p oke n of i n a a s c n likelynec t t d o produce consecutive to the very slovenly way in which the monetary business of parliament is conducted—to the ignorance of Ministers them selves as to the real necessity for the sums which they demand on estimates prepared by their subordinates, on whom they have no sufficient check—to the custom of demanding far popular objects more than is wanted, in order to appropriate the surplus to purposes for which money is net so readily granted, and to the gross neglect of this most important part of their duty by the national representatives, with some few honourable excep tions. An Lbsent member wrote thus On the subject :—" The last tract, though, to the eye, it looks a dry repast of debates, is sure to toll, if read. Every paragraph is an eplgriim of just censure on our mock stewards." It is one of the worst symp toms of the " Honourable House," as at present constituted, that the handful of honest and energetic men who strive, zealously and perseveringly, to check public extravagance, and insure something like ministerial responsibility in the management of public money, are looked upon as prying troublesome fellows, whom it is the interest of all parties in the House to discourage and put down in every possible way. With a view to shame the unfaithful portion of the national stewards, by presenting them with a full picture of their own doings in committees of supply, it was resolved to send copies of the tract to members of parliament, not sub scribers to the association. PLAN OF PARLIAMENTARY REFORM.—A letter from zealous reformer, resident in London, was laid before the council. The following extract will show its tendency :—" In political matters, our country seems to be in a very anomalous condition. There appears to be no'coming man' in the House, and, what is worse, none in the country. There is much deep dissatisfaction, and stru g gling i n di gna ti on , amongs t the people, but no well-defined political agitation—for there aro no popular leaders to give voice to public feeling. The government of the country is infamous ; the people are very far in advance of their rulers in home, colonial, and foreign policy, and in administration ; but they can exercise no efficient control, for they have no adequate representation. Many of the constituencies are too largo for good men to contend, and others too small for honest men to stand any chance with, whilst the qualifications now required by law disfranchise great numbers of the most eligible ; and thus tho House of Commons has become the representative of the aristocracy rather than of the people. Parliamentary reform would seem to be the one great essential remedy for these evils ; but the term has been hackneyed for many years, unaccompanied by any action, and without any result. It has, therefore, ceased to inspire the public with zeal, or the House with respect, or to tempt political leaders to identify them selves with it. I want, therefore, to induce the doing of something which shall glaringly manifest its necessity and its feasibility, and shall, at the same time, be calculated to raise up troops of zealous advocates in place of its present supine adherents." With this view the writer suggests the organisation of a popular movement, the object of which shall be to obtain for populous districts, in and about li,ondon, now either unrepresented or swallowed up in the mammoth metro politan boroughs, that representation in Parliament to which they arc at least as fairly entitled as Tewkesbury, Eversham, and other petty places, with their six or seven thousand Wm, bitants. He anticipates that the presentation of petitions from such districts, at the opening of the next session, demanding thirty or forty additional representatives for the metropolis alone, would make a good impression both on the house and on the country. He recommends a similar movement in Liverpool, Manchester, Bristol, Birmingham, Glasgow, and other large towns, either for additional members, or division into separate boroughs. To make room for these additional representatives, he does not propose to disfranchise any borough ; but, taking as a general rule, or principle, that every 50,000 inhabitants should have one representative in parliament, he suggests that in all cases where the population of any borough falls below that number, it should he dealt with in one of the two following ways :-1. " If, by adding to it some adjoining borough, or the towns, villages, and country districts around it, the population can be raised to 50,000, then that it shall return one member only."-2. " If, by these means, the population cannot be raised to that number, then that they shall cease to exist as separate boroughs, but shall possess the elective franchise for the county, or division of a county, in which they may be situated." The writer urges, as the foundation of such a movement, the principle that " the elective franchise is a personal, not a property right ;" and on this head he says, " Every person subject to the laws is entitled to a voice in the making of the laws, and therefore to be represented in the house. It was so originally— it is so still constitutionally, though modern legislation (especially the Reform Act of 1831) hastened more and more to convert the personal right into a property qualification. All men aro entitled to be represented, but none are entitled to several representatives; there should, therefore, be no plurality of votes—no one man sending his two representatives from a borough, and ten or twenty more from several counties. Every man should vote once and once only, and that in or for the place in which lie actually resides. The personal character of the franchise should always be insisted on. It will let in all who are not physically or morally disqualified; it will lead to the abolition of all property qualifications; and it will effectually assimilate the right to vote in counties and boroughs. We may then retain the names of the boroughs and counties ; but, in fact, they will have become electoral districts ; and the abolition of the extra votes now given by freeholders in towns and counties will operate a great change in favour of good and liberal government, in contradiction to aristocratic and corrupt government. The reading of the letter gave rise to a brief discussion, during which—though the subject does not, strictly speaking, come within the province of the association—a general concurrence in the views of the writer, with some ex. ception, was expressed. It was held that the true principle of representation was to be found in the division of the country into electoral districts ; and it was mentioned as a thing per fectly monstrous, that such a place as Liverpool, having, notwithstanding all the restrictions and limitations on the franchise, 20,000 voters on - the register, should have no more voice in the legislature than one of the petty boroughs —many of them almost entirely the property of individuals, which have only some few hundreds of electors. THE INCOME AND PROPERTY TAR.—Attention was called to an attack on the association, contained in an editorial article published by one of the local papers, the drift of which seems to be, that, inasmuch as there are infinite vanities in nature, —the world being diversified with frozen regions and sunny climes—the seasons with storm and sunshine—and some races of men shivering under polar blasts, whilst others are basking on the vine-clad hills, or in the genial valleys of the south— therefore it is quite in accordance with the fitness of things that whilst some men pay taxes others should escape payment, and the rigid equality to which the Financial Reform Associa tion wishes to reduce the tax-liable world, would be a cruel, harsh, tyranical, and anomalous state of things, completely opposed to the order of nature ! The writer does, in fact, plead for the retention of " sunny places," in the which those who are so disposed may luxuriate without interruption from the tax gatherer ; and he is clearly of opinion that, though .those who pay their taxes faithfully may be very honest, they are, at the same time, very foolish fellows. The attack was deemed unworthy of notice—the logic and grammar of the assailant being quite upon a par with his morality—excepting as an opportunity for ventilating the subject of Direct versus Indirect taxation. It is the principle of the Financial Reform Association that every man ought to contribute fairly and equally to the necessities of the State, according to his means ; and they hold that this desideratum can only be effected by a properly regulated system of direct taxation, the nature of which they have indicated in several of their publications. They have also shown, as they believe, that, by the abolition of all taxes on commodities and materials of manufacture, all classes of the community would be benefited, the burden of taxation would be lighter than it now is, and the material wealth and resources of the country would be developed almost indefinitely, whilst the people, knowing the full amount of what they paid, would look far more carefully after the expen diture of the government than they do now, though paying much more indirectly, and, therefore, unconsciously, in almost every article they consume, and in the loss of business and employment, than they would even be required to pay under a just and proper system of taxation. The advocates of indirect taxation allege, as one of its recommendations, that under it people can abstain from using taxed commodities, and thus tax themselves as much or as little as they please. It is true that they can do so, without immorality, but the system itself is essentially immoral, because it is unjust. No man should have the option of evading his fair share of the public burdens ; and, therefore, the public revenue ought not to depend mainly, or even in any considerable degree, on indirect taxation. As to the public writer who contends for the privilege of evading direct taxation, by means of false returns, he must have done so from want of reflection, or in joke, for ho can hardly be serious in advocating downright falsehood and dishonesty. There was some conversation as to the best means of rectifying returns supposed to be erroneous. Mr. Jeffery said that in his evidence before the parliamentary committee, given on behalf of this association, he had suggested what he considered to be a remedy for the evil. His plan was briefly thus—. there should be an assessor, with power to surcharge, if returns were made not in accordance with what he considered to bo right, and the power of appeal should be to commissioners, in whom the public would have just as much confidence as in the judges on circuit. There should also be certified accountants, to whom the person surcharged might go, after explaining the case to his solicitor ; and, under the certificate of the accountant, the assessor should have power to amend the return ; wh i l st, it he w ere no t sa ti s fied, but still insisted on the sur charge, an appeal should lie from his decision to the commissioners, before whom there would be nobody p resent but the person surcharged, his solicitor, the certified accountant, and the assessor. A letter, from Mr. A. Neilson, in the Mercury, taking exceptions to the course recommended by the association with regard to the property t ax , an d urging in pre ference his own plan, whichincludes half a dozen different rates of charge, was . briefly noticed a t a previous meeting. It would appear that this gentleman has not given himself the trouble to investigate the general question of superceding indiiect taxation altogether, but has confined his, attention to divising remedies for the inequalities in the present partia system of direct taxation. His sliding scale is obvions ll impracticable, from its complexity. If the ta x is to be teniPa' rary only, the experiment would not be wo rth the trouble attending the making of it ; whilst, if the tax is t o be peons' nent, something far more comprehensive, though vastly ll awl ° simple, than Mr. Neilson seems to contemplate, wib. required. THE CONSULAR SY:el'ENL—It was mentioned, commentary on Lord Palmerston ; s recent declaration ia House of Commons, that the utmost care is riot taken in see? that none but properly qualified persons are made ciinSuls ; according to notices in the Gazette, a brigadier gecell d e recently been appointed consul general at Warsaw, where tll,l re is no trade,—a captain in the navy consul at Naplee•*°" an „i, colonel in the army consul at Hamburg. On the same Prin o — tc , pie government might, now and then, convert a mercha nt 1 r a general of division, confer a bishqpric upon a commodoret_oo the translate translate a boatswain to a curacy. It was observed " consuls, like ambassadors, ministers, and .diplomatic ageta generally, were much more apt in getting up disputes,; misunderstandings, than in either preventing or arrangiag!,°ebe, No doubt Lord Pahnerston, if pressed on the subject, olne" prepared to contend that military men are in every re qualified for the porformanco of consular functions, ngbet very best that could be chosen to discharge them. " - o ffr thought the best way of reforming the consular : !-ihe tens would just be to abolish it altogether; or,for expenditure must Still be incurred, to pay t h e coasa ls o o stopping at home. Every body knew what sort of many of the consuls in the Levant were. For his av al i l ,t ad he had always found that merchants in foreign ports c ti cw" much better without consuls than with theta. resided for six years in what was considered to ho ver a oi disorderly country (St. Domingo), but there was ae,o4/ as a curiol thing amiss until consuls were sent there, and then tbei all abroad directly. - t ool GARSTON LOCAL BOARD OF REAL The usual monthly meeting of 'this body . Wa s o iltem half-past four o'clock, yesterday, in the temporal Aigburth—Mr. J. A. Tinne in the chair. lioe o Other members present—Messrs. J. Cooper) Pritt, and Watts. CO' The minutes of the last meeting were read and firmed. it ai r From the proceedings of the works committeN, the peared that the board had a correspondence W" afe f General Board of Health, in reference to obtah aili V_ lo to borrow money for the erection of public odle,es'odaseilif the township ; and that Mr. G. Holtne and Air. t h h a e a t c o o w n n s s u i l , t i e p d in w c it o h nn rs e l e n tio N n e w wl i a th nd t s ha a t s of t i l ox tt i e t eg e r u it , 411 0 that they had agrei:d on the princiole od fi` drainage of both districts should be effected. 0., Health Th h e e h C ha h ad a d i s r ee m xnp a t r n oens o se od s f e hrvime(sl theire himself : a se t e rk ! se h r e dreo e G w, Ge n neral , I 3 cF e cl: 1 ,51 enquire into the plans, &c., for the neor" P.eh";,i s ited if " that them. ..„ 0 08 016/1 4 Mr. G. Holm stated that he had seen the e Mr. Ranger, at the Adelphi Hotel, atld had after vi tiL appointment, met him at the site of the proPe s ,,, e ,., - 4 ,10 t "p ings. He seemed perfectly satisfied with the P',",aell intimated that before the board in London tain the application for the loan they should ha m - as 1 ". tailed estimate before them of the cost of the e a- ",thel the other works proposed to be erected. It Wa i - tlir. fore, necessary that they should advertise the Plow. forward the estimates they would obtain to the Board. friO r. The Law Clerk was directed to coMmunicate - Ranger on the subject. Oa& In reference to the sewerage of the district , le id "j mentioned that Mr. Newlands was now takiec i .; t ieunt along the shore from the post office to the ',7f 3 that he proposed to carry the sewBrage of Tei' e t f o th that direction, in order to get into the gg re e a ao44 sewer put down in Dingle-lane some time age• r i ,„ - 0. 1 ,10 Duncan had consulted with Mr. Newlands 14 0 , 8 0 f w and they had agreed to carry out the sewerag districts on the same principle. THE PLANS FOR DRAINAGE. e rk i The following letter was read : g SA' a stO TO THE CHAIRMAN OF THE GARSTON BOARD or - o h Sir,—l beg to submit to the consideration of 9,., ° 4 105e,,, two drawings, illustrating the principle of ,h` o " - f would recommend for adoption in the towns!"P: o gitT,'„o• ton, in contradistinction to that approvalby the — o ch roe On one is described a tank to be constructed hY„ e fr otsLo prietor, for the purpose of receiving the deposh' ten/ water closets, &c., admitting the surface water q s hif oft into the street sewer s . Th ese t an ks would prov a • ota, s , want emptying every two or three years, o tatfrit deodorized, and the soil removed under proper re.g t o, 0 t d and where a cluster of houses and cottages, t e r witeled Aigburth Vale and Garston Village, a tang , '„" t istrelielf the whole village or block of houses, can be 1" fo r wr o e in the most convenient place for emptying, an d so., 9 „str the foreshore gives great facilities. Drawing P" ip e# scribes the means already at your disposal for . ao dlr ti l log the sewers, by means of a hose from the t d Vh t ro lo now used for watering the roads, commuoieet',7ol3,eol stand pipe attached to the sewers. In the pria ° , l r o ro:o, submitted lam sustained by the opinion of tnat i li, se w coe men, in addition to the two whose letters on will be found in the newspaper I forward to ir which letters we ll deserve the attention of 9 ° lo 71 As I have no interest except that comtne n ., pltibd inhabitant of the district in submitting r° ,pstia,„elt think I am not asking too much in req, -. tine board to comply with the following conditle'ils cola that the drawing and papers accompanying the JP: be retnrned to me at the conclusion of flooSee meeting, my object is to have the principle I 1: 1 ;;Ilat i i , cussed ; and, as the drawings so clearly explaining 1 0 principle is, I can see no utility in their retrlat il h i e r to il e if in the possession of the board. And, I have furl'".,,atte, ( o l that, if the board should determine to refer the "1 . pfoi, their two consulting engineers, as a r atePaY e .,:le t .dlo against that course, inasmuch as those report, having, as I understand, committed t d 1 0 , 1 00: by their approval of the plan which obtaineitity., ge ntlenc e ose premium, to the large drain system, cannot stn lo ti:! r e,l selves by the approval of one so totally oPPlere t° they have already subscribed t o , an d a re not , t I , lo a fair tribunal to decide on the merits of the P h;Q 11, 0 enunciate. Feeling assured that this matter of draihrte"' the/ whatever way it is done, will be a heavy tax °, P D Or • payers, will meet with the consideration l_le 1 „, demands, I remain, sir, yours, very respectin",.°6o A Jo o '‘ Mayfield, Aigburth, 6th October, 1856, ~, 1 0/ ' Mr. Morris observed that the plan was rnerev P of the old system of constructing cess-P, °° , l 4 fre moreover, which was all but completely extn ° ",;ote'_l s tr The Chairman thought that they were Pr e e 'ihe r`" dealing . with the question, in consequence 41 iffr tions imposed by Mr. Gibb himself. 010 0 4 :hh , s rid e Mr. Watts could not say whether Mr. u""„/ - ee,"0 41/4 a good one:or not, but, as he believed it vreent r du' 4 expenditure of the drainage of the districts 00 e consideration. ,10 The Chairman said that Mr. Gibbs had ea- - t he o 2 4 %; previously to submitting the plan now befo re r a Mr. that he had assur e d M Gibbs that the 13°3 0 sid e j prejudiced views, and that they would fully Isire, plan laid before them. All that the board d es °W A ; to drain the district in the best possible Wal' o anideer, plan for such a purpose, involving, as it to al f ? tions of science, the board could not undertlear, 0 (A without the assistance of their engineers. so d 3 d or Mr. Gibbs restricted them in that respects old chairman), therefore, could not see how they r 3 thepor the merits of his plan. Mr. Morris : Mr. Cooper will tell the htterlf' nothing new in it, and that it is one we have 0 1 9 endeavouring to get rid of altogether. et 1111 01. °f The Chairman: I told him that 7 would frote t hrle premises a tank at any price —that I suffereusotassoito, fever in my family from what I believed Wa g co li j the kind, and that on no consideration would / tole 0 . have such a tank enclosed on my grounds.,,„ n tec l 4 ol ll moreover, that even if such tanks were itU r "r e whole township, I would, myself, petition '°" • reno my own land. , 4 01°, a 1 Mr. Pritt suggested that th e y s h ou ld, as " — jst ,- 01P,j, the plan to Mr. Gibbs, and, a t th e sam e time' him that they could not consider it unless he t ooP' 40 k that they should refer it t o th e i r officers l ° 0 1 '0 had confidence. thnAt I te,lo # Mr. Morris said that the pl ans s poke fo r l'e f "sitr and that a child might und e r s t a nd their t oe' 0# nothing new in them, and he w as surprised "" A t iC e old brought forward. old ° e l Mr. Watts thought that anything that e° A - A m o t enormous cost of the drainage of the `',""re.l" - ot ti f receive the fullest consideration before be i°° ,0 0 0 0 0 10 ", The Chairman replied that he w a s not e t ,' 0 4.4 enormous cost having been incurred, or e ,;( tP," it plated, by the board ; but when a member.,sttVolr, laboured under a misapprehension in the : - hoe l :'ol (° ,o% tt not at all strange that the public outside ",:da, l 9l l 'r two plans, The board, it was true, had evi .. 3 '43e rP- et but they were not committe d • any plan of se w er age , w hi c h, i n f ac t, Al_ as it vf ° o l4#„ o laid before them. (Hear, hear.) He kne w cal idea that they were committed to 3.- 0 00 1i p A expensive plan, but that was not the Ca,S e 'eltt e 4 174) the public would now be undeceived in th ° 4 - 10I'd Irn, Mr. Watts observed that, he had al tv , 3 Y - poe l it g r tir when spoken to on the subject, that tn e fee': * committed to any plan, but still it wa room ed township that they were about to P expensive system. that 4°o( t,lO It Mr. Morris remarked it was strange chi t 0 ntt.h outside should have over l oo k e d t h e f a ct thej e feed - 0 d el plan, the cost wo u ld b o only .ell,OOO, co eOt t. 1. 0 00" board was not comm itt e d . A s to 1 • 0 ' isP 000 A 0 tanks, they would p rove t o b e t h e gre atest b ut to.oo, and had been f oun d so, not on l y b y himself; OO r (1, o all Liverpool. He had to remove they° II poi 0( houses. his os'it• Mr. Cooper said that he had a tank o This that it was a considerable distance froln, t he 0 t ) that account he was able to make use ei nu oe h ottrej, agricultural purposes, but he certainly l ir " his " 9 1 , ith I VA tank cr covered cesspool in proximity vi n sitle s , o o4,o 4 f Mr. Morris characterised the Pr°P„i t iot_„"h" e absurd. The capacity of the tanks eeliwthoue r leo 1 0 1 ,, and the pumping of the water out, even Ave A i " sation should be attempted, would b t. th e j intolerable nuisance. , 4 tha t 4 A Mr. Standing (the surveyor) also sal"; pre 6 "_ . ,, P r O not new to him, and that he had before -° td opposed to cesspools about houses. mot ion e' he r" Eventually it was resolved, on the h00 1 ".,..00 1 10 seconded by Mr. Morris, that the Plan s b s ord to Mr. Gibbs as desired, but that the ni refeok• - i tain them if he were willing to have 0 T - the engineers to report on.—This conclude'