Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-07-09 00:00:00

A POPULAR HISTOIIY Or THE WORKING CLASSES. ADDRESSED TOLTHE .WORKLNG CLASSES TITEMSELYES. TREIR RISE AND P ROGRESS-bOCIAL A.ND POLITICAL PART SIXTH CHAPTER FOURTH HANICAL INVENTIONS . AND DISCOVE4IS 'l'llE :GHTEENTFI CENTURY The eighteenth- century was peculiarly the age of inventions and discoveries in the mechanical arts; all of which more or less affected the interests and con dition of the working classes. It was the age of 1 improvements both in agriculture and manufSc ;. The most important of these were introduced in the following' succession : In 1710, the thrashing machine was introduced. from Holland, and about the same time it began to be used in the northern parts of the island. In 1732 the celebrated Jethro Tull commenced his experi- ments on his farm in Berkshire. He was the first to make known the process of drill husbandry, and recommended the substitution of labour and arrange ment, in the place of manure and faJlows in the culture of land, so that a rotation of crops, and the cultivation of turnips, clover, and potatoes in the field,became more general. But the greatest inven tions viere those afterwards discovered and applied to manufacturing industry. It was in the year 1764 that James Watt, a native of Greenock, began his improvements in the appli cation of steam, the powers of which mighty revolu tionary agent still continue in progress of development. By its aid it is considered that an individual can now produce 200 times more goods than he could in 1760; and, although the labours of Watt are unnoticed in the general history of the period, they have proved of more importance to man than all the contemporary transactions of war and diplomacy in which Europe was involved. Three years later'James Hargraves, an ingenious carpenter, of Blackburn, invented the spinning fenny, the first of a series of improvements in the cotton manufacture. At first, says Mr. M'Culloch, in his statistical account of the British Empire, this admi rable machine enabled eight threads to be spun with the same facility as one ; and it was subsequently brought to such perfection that a child was able to work no fewer than from eighty to one hundred spindles. Hargraves, it appears, was directed, like many other discoverers, to his labours by an accident. A spinning -wheel was suddenly overturned in his room, and continued to turn round as it lay upon th ✓ r ground, the spindles revolving in a perpendicular posi tion. Hargraves noticed the occurrence, and the thought instantly struck him that a number of spindles might be made - to revolve by the motion of a single wheel. He had repeatedly tried to move several spindles by the common wheel, but the horizontal position of the spindleS'had always perplexed his operations. But he now,.saw how the object might be accomplished, and immediately commenced a series of experiments which _ended in the production of the Spinning Jenny. • ,={The first , machine was exceedingly rude, being made with a pocket penknife, and such tools as his cottage could furnish. The spinners. of Blackburn, when they heard of Hargraves' operations, attacked his house, and broke the machine in pieco. The jenny, however, was only applicable to the spinning of cotton for weft, being unable to give to the yarn that degree of fineness requisite in the warp; but this deficiency was soon afterwards sup plied by the introduction of the spinning frame, which spins a vast number of threads of any degree of tenuity and firmness, leaving to man merely to feed th§;:machine with cotton, and to join the threads when they happen to break. The introduction of this extraordinary machine has usually been ascribed to Richard Arlcwiigt, a native of Preston, and by trade, Ak,,harber. Living in a manufacturing dis tri-+ pOyment WAS err thiit ensued, and some I oftlie new disco his attention was •drawn to the operations carrying_ on ;aroti - 1 him, and hearing fro complaint; o deficien supply o yarn, assisted by_ John Kay, air - ingenious watch set 'iabput 3tablishin_z a new m of spiliging, lio wove only to hay la dormant i original discover to John Wyatt, who thirty years bet° begun to spin by rollers, (1) Either from - the im- perfectiein of his machinery, or other cause, Wyatt was eoutpAled to .abandaa his urulertakin so that the mrit. of self in Lanca rollers a new ,‘syste In thetvear folio win r, Derbyallite andering this important' discovery thie unqinstionablv belongs to Aricwright. The difficultiesle encountered were want of ,capital and want of skill in mechanics last he obtained pecuniary as tlnbe to enable him to build factors arid ultim2 shire 1) of,cardiag ld roving by ai whine great, both froth ablish:s.cl Mtn- Nottingham, baying been forced to leave ear of violence from those who subAstenee by the old mode of spinning. 749 - he obtained a patent for spinning with and in 1771, he took out a second patent for 1785, Arksvright was knighted, and in Sir Richard. Arkwricp' op9ositio ea • a ast cautrivanc any in 0 las mostly • b master's, will be liviclual gair nade high s riff of weations encounterel a: 'fou d )r the abridgement of )ected, that workmen, foutid tho general ;- benefitted to 1. a teavylra whose occupatious led. Riots in consequence lost at MAncliest 33 was too obvious to 41tdoned by men of property, infiti 'ere accon passed 4.-roton, showing that . if a st op were put by the legislature to the erection of machines in Britain, it would *o.n:y to id to their establishment in foreign eolutrest to the detriment of the trade in our own. l'hes, resolutions unquestionably were judicious ;- and be said to form the staple of the argument ever aiployed in the folly of retaining old, in ion to new and i mprove d machinery._ Sir Richard Arkwright di e d near his works at CromP- 1) Baines'fi "History of the Cotton ManufacturE ton, on the 3rd of August, 1792, having gained that which his predecessors, Wyatt and Hargraves, failed to obtain—a vast fortune. (2). These mechanical inventions werap6e(dikiqolioWed. by others, the most important of which was the con trivance of the mule jenny, so . called from its being a compound of the spinning-jeiniyand the spinning frame. This machine was - the invention of a poor weaver, "named Samuel Crompton, living at Hall-in; the-wood, near Bolton, in Lancashire. He completed it in the year 1771, being then, however, exceedingly rude, for the inventor poisessed little operative skill, and was, therefore, unable to represent in the machine the fullness of his designs. This invention of Crompton's gave a mighty impulse: to the cotton trade, and enabled the English manufacturers to produce the fine muslins which now vie with the once famed products of the East —the celebrated Draco muslins, which I spoke of in a former part of this work. As the _inventor did not take 'out a patent, he consequently amassed no fortune, and was even compelled to subsist in his old age upon a small yearly pension of sixty-three pounds, raised by the subscriptions of those who had seen the brilliant results which had followed his labours. The mechanical improvements of Crompton were followed by gr. William Strutt, of Derby, introduc ing the self-acting mules, which may be said to execute their various tasks without the aid of man, requiring . but his word of command when to begin, and how long to work. ".The multiplicity of. their operations," .remarks a writer in reference to these, " the skilful devices necessary for accomplishing some of the simplest results, and the marvellous order apparent amidst such complexity, are fitted to astonish even the most scientific mechanists ; and few besides can fully comprehend the beauty of such machines. The lady, "he goes on to observe," who unrolls a yard of sowing cotton from the reel, may not observe the regularity with which the thread is wound upon the bobbin, so .that one turn is laid by the side, of another, all along the whole length, one never 'falling.' upon but next . the . other. Was not this a simple operation Far from it ; some of the nicest arrangements were essential to secure such' a regulated side 'movement. The finest mechanical contrivances, fruits of many a studious hour, pro duced that even reel of cotton, which the lady has in her work-box." In the year 1787, the power-loom was discovered by Mr. Cartwright, a clergyman, of Kent, and effected that economy in weaving which the jennies had in spinning. Long prior to this period, how ever, the same idea had occurred to others, for in the reign of Charles II.; a loom moved by water power to make linen cloth without the aid of an artificer was invented by a person, named De Yennes, but the age was not then fitted to received the offered gifts. So sensible was the nation. of the great services rendered by Cartwright, that Parliament voted him, in 1809, the sum of £lO,OOO, as. some compensation for "his labours and efforts to develope the idea of the power-loom. Since the time of Cartwright, the power-loom has advanced with a rapidity which few parhaps could have predicted ; for . whilst four years before the inventor's death, there, was only about 14,000, in thirteen years after no less than 100,000 of these machines made the land to echo with their ceaseless din. (3) It is needless to add that these have gone on still increasing down to the present day, and one point more remarkable than their increase is, the great command obtained over the engines, and the ease with which they are now worked,—the whole being the work of ceaseless improvements, which have continued to be effected from time to time. In the next chapter I shall take occasion to offer some observations on the much disputed question respecting the advantages or disadvantages arising . out of the introduction of machinery. [The•se articles being Copyright, Me Author reserves to himself the privilege of further publication or translation.] (2) Arkwright's patent expiredin 1785. (3) Baines's "History of the Cotton Manufacture." M'Culloch's "Statistical Account of the British Empire." Burton's "Political Economy." Mr. M‘Culloch estimated (1833) the number of persons employed in the cotton manufacture at .833,000; the agregate amount of their - 2S, at twenty millions a-year; and the annual , value of )(ids" produced in Great Britain at thirty-six milliorg. TH.R LONDON GAZETTE. BANKRUPTS, John Oliver, Worship-street, Finsbury, timber merchant. Robert Barber, Little Bentley,• Essex, dairyman and mechanist.. Henry John Dover, Annerly-vale, Norwood, Surrey, builder. Robert William Wright, Bucklershry and Stratford, Essex, auctioneer. Charles. Flint, Great Marlow, Bucks, enibroiderer. . Ernest Levy, Strand, Middlesex, jeweller and watchmaker John Dunnell, College-street, Camden-town, victualler. John bunlop, Tredegan..Monmouthshire, draper. George Miller Bailey, Poole, Omer. Joshua Binns, Openshaw, near Manchester, soap manufacturer SPURTING INTELLIGENCE TATFERSALL'S -YESTERDAY LATEST BETTING. LIVI:4 POOL Cue.-1O to 1 agst ITralian (taken freely • WORCESTER SUMMER MEETING.—YEsTEP.DAY, The Covs.Nray STAKES of 10 sovs each, with 100 added, for two year olds ; colts St 71b, fillies Bst -111); the second to save his stake ; th? whiner to pay 10' sovs to the fund; winners of 100 sovs or apwards, once 51b, twice or more ilb extra ; those having started, ad never having been placed allowed 31b; the straight Five Furlong.Cours, Man at Arm: Rattlebone The IVoncpg TER Cu (Handicap); vain ... • _ 00,sows, by subscription )f 10 sovs. each, II ft, for three year olds wsid.umward ~ • . . ei3tlemPn professionalfi 71b. extra; winners of a handicap after Jun( :ra ; oae mile thy furlonis ; 4$ sub. Misty Morn Ascot Wanderer .ch, with 40 added Loot to pay 5 sovs tifwarcis exponsi Toni td Save his winner of a handicap of 100 soya in value after June 8 .51b T.Y.C. (straight half-mile); 33 subs. r • ' • Brenhilda F'euella Contract AD VERTISRMENT A, M.. execut e . `Commissions on all th Gish or PnAt-n1T1.,.. Cort 4ion or Five per Cent TimES office, Liverpool. • -.4- •" NO-BONO PUBLlco."—This is a motto frequently made use of, hat not meaning what it implies ; but in placing it. before the public in conjunction with Holloway's Ointment a'al Pi it is just the right motto in the right place ; for these extraordinary medicines hare conferred more benefit on the public throughout the habitable globe, than any other ai ticle extant. Witness. the'daily cures of debilitated con= stitations' asthmas; coughs, colds, and cutaneous dis eases ; effected by their use; and in casesi where all other aid has been unavailing therefore, those who really wish to benefit their fellow mortals; should earnestly recommend theafflicted to make use of Holloway's celebrated ointment and pills. sir, your obedient servant, TILE BILLETIN SYSTEM. Licensed Victuallers' Institution, West Derby-road, July 8, 1859 • TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMES. Sir,—l shall feel obliged if you will insert, for the information of the trade, the following copy of a letter which have received from the War-office, and which, I doubt not, will give great satisfaction to the Licensed Victuallers of, Liverpool.—l remain, J. F. GROSSMAN, Secretary " War office, sth July, 1859. • " Sir,—l am directed to acquaint you, in reply to your note of the 2nd March last, addre.ssed. to T. B. Rorsfall, Esq., M.P., that the questi on o f bill e ti ng the Recruiting Staff generally has been taken into consideration by the Secretary of State for War, and as he has now decided that in future recruiting par ties throughout the United Kingdom shall not .be billeted, but, receive an allowance to find their own lodging, the evils complained of by the Association will be entirely removed.—l am, sir, your obedient servant, " K. BACON. " To the Secretary of the Licensed Victuallers' Association, Liverpool." THE GREAT HIGHLAND GATHERING TO THE EDITOR, OF THE NORTHERN TIMES Sir3:7-In consequence ,of a startling advertisement in most of the papers, and the puff of monstre placards, which have been freely posted about the town, I along with many others, I may say thousands, of my fellow-townsmen, were led to visit last night this so;called Monstre Highland Gathering. I arrived at Mr. Kilbee's Park, or what would be more appropriately termed field, at 6 p.m. The time when the admission was reduced to sixpence, to accommodate, as I understood, working men and their families, and the idea of visiting a park, if there were no other inducements than its own peculiarities, is at all times sufficient to draw the working man from his court or alley._ A piece of ground called a park in.. England, has generally something alluring and enchanting about it. What parks are, in Scotland I am unableto' say, but this so called park turned out upon inspection to be a purely common grass field; but I must say it was entirely in keeping with every thing I saw in the shape of amusements. I stood from six p.m. to ten p.m., straining my eyes to see some genuine specimens of Highland men, and High land games performed in the pure unadulterated style, but all I saw was one race badly run, one dance misera bly executed, and the sledge hammer thrown, with one solitary exception, as clumsily, and as awk wardly, as it is possible ,to conceive. The above games would take about twenty minutes to get through, and to see which the public. were compelled to wait fully four hours for. What the performances had been in the early part of the. day, I cannot say ; but •if the " Canny Scotchman " thinks he compensated the working-man for his ontlay, or satisfied other.' portions of the public, allow me to tell him he miserably errs, and-if the same games are again attempted in Liverpool I flni confident his temerity will meet with i ts j ust reward from a deceived and indignant public. The majority, of these would-be representatives of defunct Highland chiefs, I found,. upon scanning over their physiognomies, have been residentin Liver pool a long,time,,and their occupations as policemen,. stokers, and " - minuture merchant& of the south," have totally unfitted theta for such athletic sports. I will now leave them, hoping the public may be a long time before they are again gulled in such a con temptible manner.—Yours, A LOVER OF RURAL SPORTS,. Liverpool, July 8, /859. . MAJOR GREIG, THE COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS, AND MANUS 3pcuLLix. In our impression of yesterday, we published a report of a case at the Police -court, in which a young man, named Manus M'Cullin, was fined for being drunk. As Major Greig's name appears in the report, the following correspondence will be interesting :-- " 76, Collingswood-st., Liverpool, June 29th, 1859. " most respectfully beg leave to address you, in referetice to a letter written by me to Mafor Greiz, the officer commanding the police force,'On the 28th instant, for c orp oTal Davis.. No. 364, for assaulting , and kicking my son (Manus .on the night of .the 24th, or morning of the 25th :inst. ; and, in order to save himself from the consequences, he made his report to Major'Greig, and Major . Greig instantly sent that report to the Collector of the 'Customs, in order to get the young man out of his situation, not'knowing or caring whether, that report was, true or false, only to secure his own officer : . " Sir, I he to state, as I send you on the other side of this letter the copy of the letter sent by me to Major Greig, and he not having taken notice of it, that y - on will be so kind as to order an investigation, that there may be justice chine to all parties.—l am, Sir, your most humble servant, " MANus APCuLurt, Senr. "To the Chai r th a n o f tile Watch Committee." • " 76, Coiling wood - street, June 27, 185 . 9. " Sir, —I most humbly beg leave to address you in reference to - a letter written by you against my Son, 'Manus M'Cullin, to the Collector of COstoms; Custom-house, Liverpool. In consequence of a report of Corporal Davis, for-being drunk and forcing the door of Mr. Kelly,. publican, in Coiling wood-street, at one o'clock on the morning of the 25th instant. Sir, I beg to state, that it is a false and unfounded report. That he was not drunk—he certainly rapped at the door and : called for a quart of ale; and being refused he rapped again, when, Mrs. .Kelly sent for a policeman to remove him, when Corporal Davis came, and before he, spoke to him he caught him by the hair of the head with one hand, and with the other he struck him several times on thd head and knocked his cap off into the street, when,-stoop ing to pick it up, he kicked him. My son son then went to look for the inspector on duty; when he found him he told him how the officer behaved M hint The inspector said he was very sorry such should occur. He took the officer on one side, and spoke for some: time to him, then he came to my son, and wished him to go home. silly son insisted upon getting the officer's name and number. • The inspector then told him the poliee - man's name and number, my son at the same time : giving his name and address. Sir, I beg to 'state, as an old soldier after thirty-two years service, that your officer did not do his duty, for if my son was drunk, or in any way disorderly, it was his duty to ,put him in the police ' office. and, in ,the next place; he had no right to strike him. Sir, I beg to address you .as a gentlemen and an officer;in hopes that von will be so kind as to . order an investigation at the Head Police-station or elsewhere, so as to enable me ,fo prpve that charge an untruth.--T . am your humble and . • obedient servant, ' • 7 et TANus M.CuLEIN,. Senr. "P.S. --Sir, I beg% state that if I do not hear from you in forty-eight hours I shall put it into the hands of my solicitor." Public Offices. 2, Cornwallis -street. " Town-clerk's Office, Liverpool, 6th July, 1659. ,—Your letter was submitted to the watch com mittee, who appointed next Friday, at three o'clock, at the Central Police-office, Hatton Garden, to inquire into the matter of your complaint, and you should attend there at that time;' with your witnesses. But I must inform you that, .prior to 'your letter coming before the committee, an information had been laid against your son, which the committee were not aware of. This information, I am told, will be heard before thr magistrates on Thursday, and as those gentlemen have full power to deal with the con stable, and can hear all parties upon oath, it is competent for you to appear with your. witnesses before them, and have the conduct of the officer fully investigated, and you had better adopt that . course.—Yours obedient, "Mr. Manus M'Cullin, sen., "W. I, Ikt‘GowE-s. 76, Colli n wood - street, Liverpool, Exports coastwise I, , _Wqe to Irel'and 73 ton 791, to Sc THE NORTHERN TIMES SA fURDAI, J [SLY 9, 1859 MONETARY AND COMMER6At "Daring the month an average trade has existed Tor salt, prices remaining,, steady till the latter end, when' an improvement in orders caused manufacturers to. ask an advanced price, which in some instances were yielded to, and as supplies conic short, a general rise in prices maV . fairly be anticipated. - The total experts from Liverpool for the. month was 50,224 tons,: showing a. slight inorease on those of the corresponding, month of lag year. The United States appear only for 8,155 tons, New York and Philadelphia taking the bulk. The annual statement of exports to,the States (made up at this period) shows a total of 218,380 tops, which gives an increase in shipments of 24.225 tons when compared with those for.the.year ending, June 1858, but shows a considerabl e deerease on the same, for the .year 1857, wh6n the'exports reached 312,355 tons. The Calcutta trade is still reviving, 4,822 tons having been shipped ; but the decrease in shipments, , this. year,- when axed with those fr the last --- compi. , months of .the last, 1, 30,156 tons: The African and Anstralian . ..portS have taken an average quantity, bra a 'great decrease 'in Ship ments is:visible to the British7American. Shipments to the Baltic and other ports north of Europe have been fair, making a total of 16,948 tons on the total exports this year (six months) -to-th em , an i ncrease is apparent, the quantities, being 51,923 tons for 1850. at:rainst. 43.275 tong for 1858 With the exception of the Indian Queen, which has £lO,OOO, the whole of the Australian gold .vessels reported byrtlie last intiiF have now arrived Au .,— " - however LIVERPOOL, Friday Evening. There was a pretty general demand:* nott:_on'to-' day, at about previous rates, the sales reaching 15,000 bales, 5,000 being -on - speculation and for export. Messrs. Edmund Jardine and Co., -in their weekly circular,- thus allude to the moVements of the trade : " We closed our circular of last week oil ; a firm market and moderate demand.; at the opening of the present, a some what, improved feeling prevailed, which was further strengthened by the increased activity in the Manchester Market on Tuesday last, this imparting mare confidence to the trade, they were on Wednesday free purchasers at very full prices, and in some instances an advande of 1-16 d per lb was obtained ; this position was maintained up to the close of our market last evening. • This inorning, the unexpected' news of an armistice having been concluded between the Emperors of France and Austria, has caused holders to assume a very firm position, and an advance of fully id per lb. on the current qualities of American has been generally demanded, and in many instances paid, but the actual advance established will be abouti r d per lb., at which a large business is going on, and the sales, will probably reach 15,000 bales. Surats during, the week have been rather more saleable at former prices. Brazil and Egyptian are unchanged. In Sea Islands a large business has been i done at previous rates. The Liverpool Share Market was pretty active to day, and a general advance took place in prices. The 'general tone of business has much improved, owing to the armistice entered into by the French and Austrians, and the market for the. Public Funds and Securities opened'very strong, and advanced to 94;1 to 95. It, however, afterwards declined to 94g sellers, and closed steady and firm at 944 to 941"4- for both Money and Acoount. Exchequer Bills, 25 to 27 ; Bank Stock, 220 t o 222 ; an d the. New Threes at 94.1 to 95. 0 Messrs. Littledale and Co., in their circular, 'a proof sheet Of -which we are kindly furnished with, contains the following interesting remarks on the state of trade generally : • " The striking contrast which was drawn at the close of last year between the merchant and manufacturer, the im porter and the exporter, as to' the relative result of their Jeer's work, has held good during the first half of the pre sent year. !The former would be glad if the loss of his time and exertion was the only deficiency on his imports, while the manufacturer's career of profits has gone on with but little diminntion, and the exporter has done well in nearly all foreign markets. No one cause can -be assigned for the long continuance of this anomalous position, but it is one that demands very serious attention. The dread, of war, and its subsequent actualitY, have had 'a depressing effect on business, and kept in ch ec k any spirit of speculatio n in produce, but yet the steady, large consumptive demand which' has existed for all leading articles, and the cheap facilities for holding, ought to have enabled Importers to realise their produce without the serious losses that have aacraed, and the bad results can only have arisen from the too liberal limits sent abroad. The impression so constantly heard from agents and others, it is no use sending out low limits, you, won't get the stuff,'—is the fatal r ock on w hi c h I mporters lose their money;—not content either to get a profit, or do no busi ness, limits are constantly: sent out that would leave loss at the price of the day when the order was sent, to say nothing of fluctuations, and hence the com petition and support of ruinously high prices in nearly every foreign market. Considerable anxiety is felt as to what the Chancellor will propose in his Budget" next week, to supply the deficiency . in. the revenue. The idea of an equilisation and increase in the Sugar Duties has led to a very large qfiantity being duty paid, and the appre hension that he may put an , additional impost on Tea has quite counteracted the effect of the favourable news from China, and brought the trade to a stand. still. Had office Mr. Gladstone taken under L or d Derby we could suppose that' Custom Dirties would have had his first attention ; hut with Mr. Milner Gibson, Xi: , Villiers, and others as colleagues, an 'increased ineome7tax,-,objection able as it may be to himself personally, would seem morepro hie, or at least more in keeping-with thefree'tiyure opinions of the present cabinet. The announcement of an armistice being agreed upon between France and Austria 'has_imparted a - burst of activity acid hope—funds and securities have advanced 2 to 3 per cent and produce will follow if con firmed. Each party has had heavy knocks; the Emperor of the French has obtained 'his object and will return to Paris covered with military glory, and we think he is far too selfish and too good a tactician to push the matter further, we therefore strongly hope for peace." The London Railway Share 'Market was very buoyant to-day, and prices advanced considerably, with a few exceptions, Closing at the highest point. The following were -the closing quotations : Ambergate, Nottingham, and Eastern Junction, 5-i, 6 ; Caledonians,- 81, 82 ; Eastern Counties, 58L 594 ; East Lancashire, 92, 94 • Great Northern, 101, 102 ; Do. A., 83, 85 ; Great Westerns, 561-, 574 : ; Great Western of Canada, 151-, 151 Grand Truuk of Canada, 354, 361 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 941, 951; London and North Western, 934, 94 ; London and South Western, 94, 95; Leeds Northern, 46, 461, ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 371, 371; Midland Stock, 1011, 102; North British, 56* ; South Eastern, and Dover, 711, 711; York, Newcastle, and 'Berwick, 90!, ; York and North Midland, 731 ; Lombardo-Venetian, 4`, ; Do. New, -.4; - • • The Manchester Market was excited to-day, owing to the news of _an armistice, and 'higher prices are asked for both yarns and goods.. Producers are :generally well engaged, and therefore indifferent about sellino• even at a moderate advance. • The dullness in the London COrni Market has increased by the continental news, and hardly any wheat was sold at the market to-day, the only offers being many shillings per quarter lower than Mon day's prices; At our market: tbiday, business .was .very :dull,- and wheat declined 3d. per mental. .Thebusiness done i n th e G enera l Produce Markets thisweek 'has been hut small. Transactions in Sugar are - Very limited in consequence of the antici pated change in the diities: Molasses a're neglected, and Rice sympathises with the Corn trade, - and is dull. Coffee has met with a fair share of favour. A, good inquiry has prevailed for Salt this week, and prices are better, viz. Common Salt, 5s ; Ro ug h . do., 6s to 8s ; Stoved, ,viz., class, 8s ;.Butter Salt, 6s 6d per ton. Mr. T. J. Werninck, of prunswick street, reports the operations of the month as fol lows : lbs more. Irbil red wheat 5s 9d to 6s Bd, White is ° 7s 6d per 70 lbs. Oats 35 4d to 3s 9d per - 451bs. , FOItLER AND FREA:i. MANCHESTER TRADE REPORT.—JuLY 8• r lbThe market is much excited, , and au advance of id on middle numbers• of ya rns i s demanded on the rates 01 Tae§day : last, and vary generally paid. . l't -SLILY S. LONDON PRODUCE MARKET. Sugar has assumed rather better tone, but no change ' have'korie rather irregularb•,in.some,oal Coffee : Sales at a shade better Tea quiet ; unchanged Rice quiet.. . Saltpetre flat. LONDON CORN - MARK T--Jt - Ly S. Weather splendid. Arrivals liberal of foreign wheat, bul small of everything else. There is literally no business il l , wheat, so we cannot quote prices., Barley met a slow ss ii , at Monday's rates. Oats in fair d eman d, b u t a b ou t Du cheaper. Norfolk flour : Buyers at 30s, sellers at 31s ; fe ° sales made. , , BoßouGrt irtOp! MARKET, 8 Very favourable accounts have come to hand from the plantations both in Sussex and Kent - , and the duty has been done at £210,000. The 'market is consequently very dully and prices generally almost nominal. LONDON TALLOW MARKET _ No business done to-day, nominal quotations are for the month; 55s to 55s 6d list three months. JULY_ 8 LONDON MINING MARKET ,-Jur, 8 206,770 332,464 47,984 Shares in divideud paying mines are in better demand to day. 'There is also an active inquiry for East Wheal Ras; sell shares, which have •advanced •to 101 to 11. Who' Margaret are flat, at 47 to 50. The transactions have extended to shares in West Seton, North Basset, and Great South Tolgus. Sortridge Consols are marked in the Stock Exchange 10s. Foreign and colonial mining securities remain dull. The shares in the North Rhine Copper Mining Company of South Australia have been dealt in at 5s prem. WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET.— JULY 8. Wheat dull, and is to 2s lower. No change in other articles. ---JT:LY 8 CORK BUTTER MARKET . Firsts, 99s ; seconds, 97s ; thirds, 88s fifths, 665. Over 2,900 in market. fourths, 335; 718.670 -JULY 8 GLASGOW IRON MARKET- No. 1, makers' iron, and - No. 3,51 s 3d to 51s 6d warrants, 51s 6d to 51s 9d. Market steady. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. Tars DAY HIGH WATER. . Morn. Even.. Height 6 13 ... 6 50.. „12 8 WIND At Ltvntroor.,...N.N.W....Ligt rr HOLYHEAD,...W.N.W... ARRIVED City of Manchester N York Pudyona I Calliope St. Stephen's, N.B. Euphrates (ss: Constitution .... New York Petchelee . - I Enterprise Trinidad Royal Victoria Emerald ......New Orleans Triton I Hemisphere ..Ne w Orleans Zenith • Ellida. .. . . . .... Cullenburgh : Retriever . . . . Ronis..... . ..„, .. Ron en Imogen e Lady Franklin .. .. Quebec • " MARITIME EXTRACTS Qaebee• Trieste Valparaiso Nantes Mediterranean ,Demerark West Coast LIVERPOOL, July 8. The Cymbeline, Thomson, sailed from hence sth Feb; for Newfoundland, and has not since been heard of. SCRABSTER, July s.—The Edward 'and William, North, from 11.usqnash, and stranded on Dunnet Head, was got oif and brought into. Scrabster Roads by the Orkney mail steamer last night. The ship- is much damaged, but the cargo will not be saved. . , ._, HAvaE fury 5.-The French lugger Egeri e , f rom Sunder land for . Port" Eau* (coals), hai ; pnt into' Camaret to stop a very bad leak, and was put on shore, on the main for that purpOse June-30. - The French lu gger Jenne, Emillie, from. Swansea for. 'Beauvoir (coal), .put. into- Camaret July 1 to replace her jrggermast which was broken at sea June 22. ELSINORE, July 4.—The ships from the North Sea arrived since- last post, have all proceeded. The vessels from the Baltic are the greaterpart windbound in the roads. COPENHAGXN. July 2 —The schooner Admiral 'Rodney, Millington, from I Hartlepool for Cronstadt has put in, being, , leak-Y. REVAL, June 28, —The Grieve Berg (s), hence for Riga, which was•on shore near Odisholm, June- 11, has floated off, by ,the water suddenly rising very considerably, and has proceeded - to Stockholm to be repaged. VESSEL'S• REPORTS Report of the ship Harlequin. Terrance ; from Montreal at Liverpool, spoke the following vessels : June 27," the brig Captain, Elliott, from the Coast of Africa 84r days, in lat 49 48 N, lon It4B W. Report of the Vanguard, sailed from Foo-choo March 15, and except being detained near the Azore 14 days, with calms and very li g ht var i a bl e w i nds, happened' with nothing worthy of remark until the 25th of June, when at four o'clock a.m., in lat 42 36 N; lon 24 12 W, running 9-4 knots on an E by N course, wind W by S,. the ship was taken aback with a gale from N.E , which instantly carried away the main, maintopsail, and maintopgallant yards, breaking the maintruss and parrels of the yards, and splitting the sails. The helm was immediately put up, and the ship, wore- round to SSW. In the:meantime sails and running gear were cut away to prevent further loss of wars, and also to prevent damage to. the hull or cargo. Temporary spars were got up as soon as possible, and the ship arrived off. Scilly on the 30th, where she ,encountered easterly winds, which prolonged the passage; spoke :._ _ _ Mai 31, the Aphrodite (ship), from Calcutta for. Liverpool 102 days,.all well, lat N, ion 23 W. May 31, Alardus, Hainburg -barque, stee,ring S, lat 9 N, lon 23 W. • • - ' • June 1, Prince Woronzoff (brig), from Liverpool for Algoa Bay, all well, lat 9 30 N, 101 l .24 30 W. June 3, Cohota (barque), from COlombo for London 93 days, all well, lat 12 N, lon 28 W. OUTPORTS, - - _ GRAVESEND, June B.—Arrived : Amelia, Bahia ; Mary Merril, Matanzas ; Kate, Alethria ; Theodore, Vigo ; Ade line, Sagna-le-Grande ; Valid, Jamaica to London • Dol phin, Swan Ri ver ; L e i c hti o d , S wansea ; Alice DrOuchet, Havre ; Taymouth Castle, Shanghai ' • Gosport, C a l cu tta. Sailed : 'Thames, Geelong ; Halzer Gedhord, Halfi'ond; Victoria (s), for Antigua ; Lowe (s), Hall; Allen Hood, Port Philip. DEAL, July B,—Passed and anchored ; Dolphin, Swan River to London; Alice Drouebet, westward ; Gosport, Calcutta to Londen; Runnymede; London to Hong Kong; Early' Bird,.London to Cape •of Good. Hope. . GREENOCK, June B.—A rr i ve d : Th e Example, from Hervey, N.B. ; Britannia Nantes ; It' B Porter; Walton, N.B. ; Dart, Rouen ; Consolation, Havannah ;• Lod ,Sidmouth, Quebec ; Richmond, St Stephens ; Malo, Rouen ; , Helena, Ancona.; Charity, G ergent i . S a il e d : The Mdge (ss), Bordeaux. FOREIGN PORTS Industry, Palmer, and Augusta, hence at Constantinople. Anniversary, Henderson, hence at Constantinople, and cleared for Taganrog. Hermes, and Sturmans Harmonies hence at Cronstadt. J. Stanfield, 3Plienzie, hence at Cronstadt. Catheirina, Timmer , • Margaretha,,Antina ; Jantina,. Boer; Alida Elizabeth, Potjewd ; Pinster ; Fridioff, '.Petersen; Ilay and Catherine; Gregory; Hoop, Olden ' burger ;- and Five. Gebroeders, De Groot, all hence at Narva. Bjarke, Wolsgaard, hence at Copenhagen. Commodore, 'Gallon, sailed from Alexandria for Constanti nople, June. 3. Heroine, Chisholm, sailed from Alexandria for Constanti nople, June 6. Thankful, sailed from Alexandria for Falmouth, June 10. Mary Rogerson, Turnbull, sailed from Alexandria for Fal mouth, June 10. Mary, Brown, sailed from Alexandria for Falmouth, Jane 10. Elizabeth Morrison, Calder, sailed from Alexandria for • Falmouth, June 14. Countess of Fife, Brander, hence at Genoa 2nd July. Deva, (ss), Tat e ,hence at Bordeaux 4th July. Aurea, Corkhill, hence at Genoa 2nd July, for St. Petersburg. Helen, Hindson, hence at Alexandria 23rd June. Sextus, Attard, sailed from Alexandria for Liverpool 3rd June. Undecimus, Barbara, sailed from Alexandria for Liverpool 22nd June. America, Bonnar, cleared at Quebec for Liverpool 20th June City of Manchester, cleared at Quebec for Liverpool June 24. Woodfield, 'cleared at Quebec for Liverpool June 24. Concordia, sailed from Malta for Qucenstow'a or Falmouth June 28. Blarney (ss), from Constantinople fit Salonica June 20th, and left 21st for Cavalla, &e„ Queen Victoria, from Cardiff at Alexandria June 11. James Scott., ; a Wlt'n (1' 0 .'4 Alexandria for Constantinople .. June 2. n ovel ale's—are 69,590 bale's, of which nd x,047 for•eiport. • THIS 'WEEK Prices Paid. I Cur. Prices. rnport. I Sales This Week. I Mid. Fair 11 1,240 i Sea Island i .9,190 Upland .. 'B,M6 Mobile 1,610'j Braiil 2,720 Egyptian 7l 20 West India . 8. 6,490 East India , announce fresh .consignments. • . . ''' i LIVERPOOL 'CORN MARKET—,TuLy 8. `Owing to the impression:that an enormous amount i This morning's of Mexican Dollars w ill reach. Southampton in ' a bright sun, an d a prospect 'Of peace made buyers very about three weeks, there has b een some difficulty in timid, we might add, .rnore so than holders, and the value disposing of the supply by the last West India 'of wheat receded 2d per 70 lbs. since Tuesday last. Oats. steamer. It is probable that - the 'price fixed will not any lower, but barley, peas andinclian corn were each be 601 d per ounce; or ~ +:1 lower than that reali se d the turn against the seller, same remark applies to sa c k for the previous remittance. . The ba,r , Silver, it i s flour. In the *Value of oatmeal not any change. American 6s 6d to 6s 7d , anticipated, will b e p l aced at 62d p er ounce 1 , oaty red wheat 6 s t o -7 s 2d ; F r ench red standard. . I white 7s to 7s .6d• Danzig 8s 4d to 8s 9d per 70 lbs. Yellow , i It appears from a statement com p led by m 2 . 1 lbs. and mixed mai ze 31s to Scotch oats 3s 10d to 4s 4d per 45 lbs. Feeding 335, and white 37s to 41s per 480 -' Tames Low, of A us ti n -f r i ars, th a t th e exports of specie from England by the Indian steamers du barley 3s 10d to 4s 3d per 60 lbs. Egyptian b eans 3 6s 6d g — ,r i n Ito 37s 6d per 480 lbs. Peas 41s to 43s per 504 lb s. Lin the first six month s o f the present year nave , seed 53s to 545. per imperial quarter. Barrel flour ranges amounted to 8,42 9,338/. (viz., 21 7,402/. gold, an d ' f rom 22s to 28s per 196 l b s. Sack flour from 34s to 39 s per 8,211,8361, 4ilVer), aga i ns t 3,0046161, in the 00rre. , 280 lbs. Oatmeal ?I§ to 295, x.tra marks is to per 240 1 sponding six months of 1858, and 8,760,6411. in the six months of "1857. In addition, 934,417/. has been shipped- this 7 year . from Mediterranean ports, from. Marseilles, against 591,745/, in the six months of 1858, and 1,745,399/. in 1857. At the annual meeting of the Peel River Land and Mineral Company held to-day, Mr. Hughes in the chair, a'report was presented, showing the net profits on the year's transactions to be 14,380/., 'out of which the directors recommended a dividend of 2s. 6d. per share. The report was adopted. At the half yearly meeting of the East and West India Dock Company, held to-day, a dividend of 3 per cent., for the half year, was.declared. BANK OF ENGLAND RETURNS, ISSUE DEPARTMENT DEBIT. Notes issued . CREDIT. 31,947,870 Government Debt : Other Spcurities Gold Coin and other Bullion ..... 11,015,100 3,459,900 .17,47,2,87( 231,947,870 £31,947,670 BANKING DEPA.RTNIBNT. _ _ ..,_..,..... Proprietor's Capital 14,553,000 Government . Semi- Rest Public Deposits ' ' 9,436,986' Other Securities Other , Deposits Seven-day & other 753,230 Gold and Silver Cot Bills ,11,780,035 18,682,565 10,472,660 615,995 £41,551,253 £41,551,255 Compared with the returns of the previ the above - shows the following results : pus week Active: Circulation Bullion Rest 21,475,210—Increase. 18,083,363 —Decrease 3,226,soB—lncrease Seven•iday Sr other Bills P ablic Deposits Other Deposits Government Se 390,071 602,191 rities Other Securities , Notes unemployed.. Cash to liabilities ) per Mil 498,639 223;868 368,975 No char Amsterdam Short Ditto, a months Rotterdam , Antwerp . . Brussels__ Hamburgli Paris Short .. Ditto, 3 months Marseilles Frankfort Vienna Trieste St. Petersburg . . Madrid ...... 11 12 11 ... 14 11 . 14 25 ... 15 Business in the Stock Exchange is again extremely limited, but the Funds are rather firmer, and closed about k per cent. higher than yesterday. British Railway Stocks firmer. Some of the Indian and Brazilian Railway Shares showed heaviness. It is said that a further loan of £5,000,000' will ere long be required for the Indiaf Government. Again a good demand for money took place in Lombard street. Best bills continue to be taken at 22 per cent. The dividend will be payable to-morrow (Friday.) The bar gold taken to the Bank to-day amounted to Z 5,000. About £40,000 in Russian coin was delivered and purchased for the Continent. In the Coffee Market to-day a. fresh` decline of 6d to is per cwt. took place. Sugar was quoted 6d per cwt. lower than on last Friday. The Directors of the North Fleet Docks' CoMpany have ddcided to abandon the undertaking, the amount of capital subscribed being inadequate. Messrs. Caluta Brothers, a Greek firm, of Manchester, shippers of iVlanchester good s to ,Levant; .have—Mopped payment,, with liabilities estimated at £15,000 ox £20,000.:--Daily News - City Artiale,' Thursday Evening. ..The hank was expected to make a .fresk reduction in their rate oldiscount, and when it was found that no alteratibn had been announced,. the market became dull. The Rail*ay Market continues very in r activ; but with a firm appearance. In' most of - the leading. British Stocka_an advance of 1 to 2 per cent. has been established.—Times City Article, Thursday Evening. ----.--•-..--- LIVERPOOL PRODUCE MAR/MT.—JULY 8. SUGAR : We have no sales to notice; and the market closes- flatly. MOLASSES :- 360 puncheons Cuba Muscovado have been sold at 16s 3d per cwt from the quay Rims : Nothing has occurred COFFEE Theis continues a fair inquiry ; 500 bags Rio have changed hands at 49s to 525,, 115 bags Porto Rico at 57s 6d, and 250 bags Ceara at 50s to 51s per cwt. RICE : The business is confined 0 . 2,500 bags Bengal at 9s 3d to 9s 6d per cwt. SAGO FLOUR : 250 bags at 17s for sound. DYEiVOODB 430 tons &mood at £3 1.5 s to XI, an.l tons Limawood at £l3 10s per ton. ASHES.: No sales. NITRATE or Soo,Asteady, at previous rates. SALTPETRE : Nothing has transpired. BRIMSTONE : 20 tons thirds reported at £7 12s 6d. TARTAR: -7 , casks Cream at 117 s 6d to 1205.. MADDER : 150 hags Spanish at 48s 3d. Gum': 250 serous Gedda at 235 - 35 to 23s 6d. GAMIER : Small sttles•heated'at 17s 6d. OILS : Palm quoted at £46 lOs ; Oliye,.business, done at advanced, prices, but no particulars have transpired. LINSEED OIL : 20 tuns sold at 295. TALLOW quiet at - the quotations. ROSIN : No sales. - , PIRITS or TURPENTINE : 20 barrels at 37s 6d to 38,5. JUTE : :The parcels offered by auction were not sold. SEEDS: Rather lower prices hhvo'been accepted; 3;400' bags Bombay Linseed being Teported at 48s for single•and 485 sa per quarter for double bags., , LIVERPOOL AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE MARKET Hay. ord Ditto, new 'Ditto, cloves Green clover Vetches .r..traw, wheat......... Ditto. oats .... 4tto, barley .. Oats, in straw .... Potatoes, pink eyes.... Ditto, Xemps Ditto, Whiterocks Ditto, Flukes Ditto, Balshaw Ditto, Boldrums Ditto, seedlings Ditto, cattle Turnips Carrots ... ........ Os, ;id to Os. 1O d, .os. Od. to Os. Od. Os. Od. to Os. Od. Os; • %Id. to' Os. 3icl Os.• 20; to Os. 3d. Os. 3d. to Os. 4d. Os. 3d. to Os. 4d, Os. 2d. to Os. lid. Os. , 04. to Os. Od. Os. Od. to Os, Od. Os.• 04. to Os. Od. Os. Od. to Os. 04. 3s. 3d. to 3s. 4d. Os. Od. to Os. Od. Os. Od. to Os. Od. 3s. Od. to Os. Od. Os. Od. to Os. Od. Od. to Os. Od. Os. Od. to Os. Od. , Os. Od. to Os. 04. 4s. Od. to 6s. Od. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET.--JULY 8 Throughout the past week a good demand for cotton has seen daily experienced from the trade, whose operations ave been on an extensive scale, but in the absence of peculation, with only a moderate export inquiry, and ontinued liberal supplies, the market has shown,but little nimation, and prices, although favouring sell ers , are arcely quotably higher. Brazil and Egyptian without Surat dull of sale at late, rotes. The weekly 5,350 are on speculation, 753,230—Increase 9,436,986 13,581,531 Decrease —lncrease 1 81,376—Increase 18;682,562—Increase 10,472,660—Increase —Decrease Rate of interest 3 per cent PTREIGN EXCHANGES 11 ... 12 to 11 . 14i n 144 1- 1 11,