Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-12-19 00:00:00

AMUSEMENTS, PUBLIC MEETINGS, Sgo. THIS DAT.I Tana Tim Rota/. —rramatie Performance-7 p.m. oxvl's HALL, BOLD-wrsear—Bomeo-8 p.m. C,KQuE VkileT;, Dale-street-7 p.m. IaTTNATOOL ACADIMY'S EXHIBITION, Post-office-place. ii•IA3. CcLoss kit:ld :.-Geaeral Entertainment-6.50 p.m. * - 5" For advertisements roe second pigs. NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS. Persons seeking Enzployment, parties requiring Servants Assistants orClerlcs, and those in search of Apartments, or having Lodgings to Let, can best bring their wants trider the notice of the public, by advertising in the INOITHERN TIDIES, and which, from its large circulation, is the most efficient medium of publicity in this district. 2%e cash price for this special class of advertisements is 21470 reduced to THREEPENCE FOR TWENTY WORDS, and for every additional five words one peony. TO CORRESPONDENTS. A2CIIITECTTTRAL SOCIETY.—Sir,—AIIow me to correct your Correction as to tae numbers of votes on the division in the Arthiteetural ar,d Arahosologinal Sec:sty last v, edne acbq evening. Your report was quite accurate. The numbers were 18 to 6, by Which ad interfer nee with the Liverpool Academy was. very properly, TE j.cted.— YOU! obedient servant, FLANK H OWAZD, 27, Bold-str et, Dcc. IS V. C K.—Messrs. Pennistoun & Co. stopped payment before the waspension of the Western Bank of Scotland. The former BIM- Tending on Saturday, the Bth, and the latter on Monday, the 10th E Nos emter. On SATURDAY, JANUARY 2, 18.58, WILL BE PUBLISHED, THE NORTHERN WEEKLY TIMES WITH A SUPPLEMENT, MAKING A TWE [NE PAGE, 72 COLUMN NEWSPAPER, FOR THREE HALF-PENCE. News Agents must, to prevent disappointment, give early orders 0/710E, 19, SOUTH JOHN-STREET. Uge kurteru (Tulin SATURDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1857. DAY'S NEWS• There is an extraordinary improvement in the position of the Bank of England. The bullion this week has increased £1,381,362, and now amounts to nearly nine and a half millions. The reserve of notes an I coin exceeds six and a half millions, and Las increased £1,880,570. General Sir Henry Havelock was gszetted last night to the Coloneley of the 3rd Buffs. A seperate report has been issued, signed by the night Hon. E. Ellice, General Wynyward, and General Buckley, who differed from the other members of the Army Purchase Commission. These gentlemen do not concur in the opinion that the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel should be tilled by selection. The report of an Indian Reform meeting, just held in Lo 'don, will be found in another portion of to-day's impression. The chair was taken by Viscount Bury, the member for Norwich, and the resolution iu support of India Reform-was moved, • by Mr Roebuck, M.P., seconded by Mr. Otway, and supported by Mr. Mead. So far for the primary purpose of the 'meeting ; but two other motions followed--one a direct amendment upon the resolu tion, moved by Mr. Collett, for the virtual im peachment of such men as Lords Canning and Palmerston ; the other an addendum to the resolu tion, affirming the necessity for Parliamentary Reform in its largest sense as the only means of obtaining good government for India. The amendment was fairly put to the audience, and was fairly lost, but the _addendum. moved by a working man, and seconded by Mr. J. I. Lockhart, was carried by a large majority. Then followed a motion for a petition to Parliament, specifying the different points of India reform asked for by the India reformers. This petition was unani mously adopted. We find it stated in aeMetropolitan cotem porary, that a memorial has been transmitted to Lord Palmerston, praying him in his coming Reform Bill to make provision for granting the suffrage to certain classes of the community, wbo may be in a fit state to receive it, by virtue of their educational requirements. The memorial is signed by a very large number of noblemen and gentlemen connected with arts, science, and Eterature. Two meetings have been held in the provinces sn the Reform Movement, one at Preston, and the other at Rochdale Davidson and Gordon, the fraudulent merchants and distillers, who narrowly escaped a sentence of Long penal servitude, and who were imprisoned for a misdemeanour, have bee❑ sot at liberty, having served their term of punishment. A very peculiar strike occurred a few days since st Drogheda. A committee was formed to relieve the distress of that town, and about 350 men were employed at one shilling per day, in various ways. As, however, the funds were limited, and the Claimants increased, the committee reduced the *Dewar - Ica to tenpence per day, in order that a ' larger number might be relieved. Against this arrangement the first party struck, and have not since returned to work. .A meeting of the Crystal Palace Directors has seen held, at which a resolution was passed, ci aring that it is of the utmost importance that the balance of- the amount of debenture stock, !authorised by the resolutions of the -- moeting of Yuly the 30th, should be subscribed. Another resolution was ako submitted, empowering the Directors to agree with any proprietor for the conversion of his shares into tielcets of admission to the Palace and grounds. This resolution also muthorised the Board of Directors to issue gratu itons tickets of admission on Sundays. The trial of Jonathan Rootto for attempting to murder Jane Stone, has come to a conclusion. Jane Stone was a servant in the family of one Ir. Michelmore, uncle of the prisoner. The prisoner lived with the latter gentleman. After Mme time, familiarities occurred between the prisoner and Jjne Stone, the result of which - was, that the latter found herself encentie. She trald Roose of it, and ho seemed much put out of the way, and wished the girl to put the paternity on 1113 uncle. This she would not do. Some time after he induced her to walk in the garden, and there, it appears, some dispute occurred, and 11. - .? sot upon her and beat her in the 2nost fearful manner, disfiguring her for life, and 6110 is not yet out of danger. Justice Wales eentene3d biro to penal servitude for life. Fanny Speed, the young woman charged with tire murder of her husband at Pontefract, through administering poison, has been acquitted by a Yorkshire Jury. The woman Fanny Harris, convicted of the murder of her illegitimate child, and who was sentenced to death at the last Winchester Assizes, Sri/1 not be executed. Her sentence has been corn- ranted to penal servitude for life. It is now ten years since the last execution of a woman for this offence took place. Would it not be wiser, says a London paper, at once to abolish the capital penalty le this extent, instead of going through the solemn mockery of passing a sentence which is surd to be set aside as soon as delivered ? A rather curious presentation has just been made in Limerick. The tnayor of that city has been presented with a silver cradle, to commemorate the birth of a son and heir during his year of office ; and what, think our readers, was the cradle ? It was " in the shape of a highly wrought and elabo rately chased silver kettle, mounted on a silver stand, famished with a spirit lamp of the same o )stly material. The Rev. Hugh Hanna, so notorious for his street preaching in Belfast, and thereby causing very serious riots in that town, has been presented with a gold watch and chain, and a purse contain ing one hundred sovereigns. A. monstre soiree was held on the occasion of the presentation. The effect of the strike of the colliers in Wales is, that for the week ending the 6th instant, the traffic returns of the Vale of Neath Railway wa only ..C./06 against £1,260, corresponding week last year. _ _ - Our advices from the Continent this morning are not of much ssonaent. The celebration of King Leopold's birthday, in Brussels, wont off with groat pomp. M. Verhaghen, a distinguished Liberal, has been elected President of the Legisla ture. A moderate course of action is expected from the victorious Liberals, and the nearly equal division of parties—if the number of voters on each side be taken into consideration—seema to recommend this course. Accounts from Frankfort describe the German Federal Diet as engaged in nothing but military affairs. It- may be accidental, but the fact has not escaped attention in various quarters. A Hungarian journal, usually very well informed on Eastern affairs—the Lloyd of Peath—asserts that the Circassian chiefs have drawn up a paper setting forth their wishes and grievances, which they intend to address to the European Powers: They elaim the opening of their ports, and, in general, desire to be recognised as a civilised community. The document is said to have been drawn up at Adrianople, in Turkey. How far this is connected with the Austrian pro test against the blockade of these ports time will show. The Bank of France has reduced its rate of discount to six per cent. for bills of all dates. The Paris journals publish a telegram from Bucharest, dated the 15th inst., which does not well accord with the anncuncements in the Belgian and German press. According to this telegram it was only on the date mentioned that the Divan resolved to postpone all discussion of questions of interior administration until the fate of the four cardinal propositions shall have been decided in Paris. The Divan was, therefore, sitting at the time we were told by the Austrian organs, and Constantinople letters, that its proro gation had taken place. The confirmation of the Paris despatoh must, however, be waited for. Nothing yet is to be seen of the innch talked of prorogation or dissolution by the Porte. Lord Stratford de Radcliffe arrived at Trieste on Friday, and M. de Lesseps, at Constantinople, on this day week. Full particulars of the news, per West India Mail, will be. found in another column. THE Financial Reformers now tacitly admit that, taxation and currency are inseparable elements of finance. This admission brings a vast organisation, and a large amount of Par liamentary and general influence to bear on the subject of Commercial panics, and the multi plication of the money burdens of the State, by means of usury. Denuding taxation of all its oppressive ramifications, and merely stating that the gross revenue of the year is so much, the sums misapplied so much, and the balance so many millions, can never produce the popular interest and earnestness, which is required to carry a Reform of our Financial system. The simple operations of collecting and disbursing the public revenue, are matters of very trifling import. The question of amount, is as nothing compared to the queries of what is tax ation composed ? in what commodity is it paid ? and what is the price of that commodity ? We should think but very little of a tradesman who went on ordering goods, and selling them at any price his customers chose to offer, and sending them out without looking at the manu facturers invoice to see their quality, the price fixed upon them, and the dates at which they were to be paid for. And yet this is the course our well meaning and honest political-hearted Financial Reformers have been pursuing hitherto. They have probed and exposed the rottenness of our whole financial administration. Plain truths, however painful, have found them fearless chroniclers. Regardless of the influences of place and power, they bring to light all misapplication of the public's money. These laudable objects have been followed up with exemplary determination and purity from the first moment of the Liverpool Financial Reform Association's existence down to the present hour. But all this time they have failed, until very recently, to discover that the political recklessness of which they complained, was per fectly eclipsed by the legislative character and quality of our taxation money. They overlooked the fact that that money was composed of gold ; that this metal had an unnaturally low price fixed upon it by those who enforce the payment of taxes, and that for the use of this tax-paying money, usury is suffered to be demanded, and that the lowest rate of interest at which it has yet been offered was so much added to the total of revenue for that year. That such an oversight as this should have occurred among a number of minds given to the study of finance is very re markable. So it is, however. But now that the mist which enveloped this phase of the planet they have selected for their contemplation we may expect very beneficial results from the attention they propose giving to the subject. All national discussions require refreshing now and again, in order to render them attractive and palatable; and we will promise our Financial Reform friends that, they will rarely find a moment so favourable as the present for infusing new life into their movement. The domestic producer wants to be told the effect that the low price fixed for the metal of which our money is composed has on prices, and the additions which the depreciation of all commodities, and ten per ce,nt. usury, make to taxation. mporting merchant, ship-owner, mine -owner, land-owner, farmer, railway and general share holder, shopkeeper, and working man, want to be shown the losses they sustain, collectively and individually, by currency and taxation, as they are known to act and re-act one upon the other until the total of taxation for a year, which is nominally fixed at 70,000,0001,, may in reality, be augmented 30 or 50 per cent. A large majority of the public must believe that such an intolerable addition to our fiscal burdens, cannot possibly take place. If this was not the case, our present currency scheme would not be tolerated for one month longer. But if there be any truth in our assertions, it is ob viously the bounden duty of the Financial Reform Association to take up the question of Currency and Taxation, and set the popular mind right without further parley or delay. They have already petitioned Parliament for an inquiry into the subject of Banking and Cur rency. In this investigation, the bearing those questions have on taxation will never once be whispered. The Financial Reformers even have not asked it, and it is rather too much to expect that a committee of that branch of the Legislature, who are the especial guardians of usury, and who can never get up a respectable division i❑ Financial questions, will moot so delicate a matter. No ! It remains for the Financial Reform Association to take the initiative on this particular branch of the monetary pressures, which so repeatedly afflict commerce, and increase the intensity of the pressure of taxation. We would therefore suggest the propriety of the Council of the Liverpool Reform Association instituting all inquiry, by a committee of its members, or in some other form, into that portion of the practical working of our fiscal and monetary systems, which a committee of the House of Commons will not deign to touch. A report from the Association on this all-important topic, would be exceedingly valuable to the public, and it cannot, in the name of consistency, be refused. Ths researches of the Commons' Committee will be confined to the causes of the existing commercial distress, or to account for the fact that,when Styles got into the Gazette, Stakes was obliged to follow him. The circumstances which Jed to this wonderful phenomenon in 1357 will be disclosed sometime in the latter days of 1858, and the volume in which they will be compiled, will take an expert student in blue-book philosophy about twelve months to get a glimpse of the facts on which the Committee bases its conclusions. By this time the usurers will have made their markets. Joicas LOYD aid Co.'s London pig will have become fine fat bacon in the hands of JONES LOYD and Co., of Manches ter. Formerly it used to be, particularly in the old Palm's time, "pie upon pork;" but' in these days the taste runs in favour of bacon, owing to the increased facilities the Bank Act of 1844 affords to those who are engaged in the curing process. It is hoped, however, that the Financial Reformers will be true to the trust reposed in them, and that they will, by the publication of one of their usually able reports, forestall the rubbish with which the Parliamentary Committee's forth coming blue-book will be filled. The country wants some practical advice on the financial operation of our money-laws, and for this they must look to those whom they have so long and liberally subsidised to guard their fiscal interests. THE NORTHERN TIMES.---LIVERPOOL ) SATITIMA.Y, DECEMBER 19, 1857 THE COURT, &c. OsBORNE D:c 17.—His Royal Highness Prince Alfred visited the Qaeen yesterday, and returned to Alverbank in the afternoon. There was no addition to the Royal Din ner Party. The Countess of Gainsborough has succeethd the Duchess of Atholl as Lady-in-Waiting t 3 her Majesty. DEATH OF SIR GEORGE CATLEY, BART.—Sir George Cayley, Barr., died at his residence, High Hall, Brompton, near Scarborough, oa Tuesday, aged 84 years. The deceased Baronet was universally respected for his amiable and retiring disposition ; while, for his great attainments in mechanical science, he has long held a distinguished reputation. At one period of his life Sir Geerge entertained the practicability of travelling through the air, after the manner of birds ; but, after repeated experi_ ments, attended with considerable danger, he laid aside his scheme. For some years he maintained a manufactory in London, where he conducted his favourite pursuits ; and, though now for a considerable period he has lived in the retirement of country life, be has still continued to manifest an ardent love of that branch of science in which ke was known so greatly to excel. Sir George has contri buted largely to the scientific journals of the day ; and has, from time to time, given many practical hints and opinions to practical men, the value of which has frequently been shown in the mechanical improvements which have been the result; indeed, he has been spoken off by a recent writer as b one of the first mechanics of the day." Si George was sent to Parliament by the electors of Scarbo rough in the year 1832, being the first election after the passing of the Reform Act. lie was a fellow of the Royal Society, and was president of the Manchester Philosophical Society in 1852. His son Dighy succeeds to the ill s an d estate. . Ilsa.vr GAVEL—There was a heavy gale outside the harb,ur yesterday, and from what we hear, we fear it will sot hove passed over without some damage being reported coastwise. RECRUITS Fog INDlA. —Yesterday, about 200 recruits arrived here from Ireland. 'rimy are en their way to the Indian depots before going out there. They lookel rather cola, but are hardy smart " chap," and will make first rate soldiers. THE Siaw AMBASSAIDItg. These distinguished per sonages were expected to arrive in Liverpool yesterday, but in consequence of the indisposition of one of the gentlemen, a telegraphic message was received at Radley's Hotel, stat'ng that the visit was delayed. They will probably arrive this day or to-morrow. PUBLIC TESTING or ROPES.—The final trial of ropes manufactured by Messrs. Wilcox and Cg's American patent machinery, took place at the Corporation testing machine, on the 17th inst., when a specimen of their 83- inch Russian hemp rope, which was withdrawn on the 10,h inst. unbroken at a strain of 21 tons, owing to the inability of the siezings to sustain a further pressure, was again tested, bearing a pressure of thirty tons two hun dred weight, one strand only breaking under the siezings. We understand that in order that the public may ha►e full opportunities of judging of the merits of their ropes, that Messrs. Wilcox an Co. intend having a public trial in the course of a few days, when all persons interested in the subject can judge for themselves. THE LAUNCH OF THE LEVIATHAN.—A small model of the launch (or proposed launch) of the Leviathan, and the ship-yard of Mr. Scott Russell, with the respective levels of high and low water, will be exhibited on Monday next, at the Exchange sews-room. It has been prepared by Mr. John Griffiths, of Stafford and Finch streets, who was brought up in Mr. Scott Russell's yard. The model is carefully got up on the scale of 100 feet to an inch, giving a representation on this scale of the vessel and the tackle employed to effect the launch. All the buildings in the yard are represented, and the relative situations and pro portions of the lighters and the enormous vessel to a. scale so as to convey the most accurate idea of the mass to be moved, and the means of producing motion. A larger model of the hydraulic press is added, with a statement of the moasurements of the vessel in all directions and in all details. Mr. Griffiths will have a person in attendance to explain the neovement, and to manipulate the rising of the tide, so as to show the relative position of the present situation of the great yessol, and that which the company desires to obtain. TELEGRAPHIC NEWS, AITSTRIA. TRIESTE, FRIDAY. Lord Stratford De Radcliffe has arrived from Constantinople, anal proesods Vienna, TURKEY. CONSTANTINOPLE, Duo. 11. M. De Lessens has arrived, and will be sup ported by the French Legislation in demanding tie Sultan's &man for the Suez canal. :PRUSSIA. BERLIN, FZIDAY. Diplomatic relations will, it is now believed, be resumed. very► shortly with the Swiss Confederation FRANCE. PARIS, FRID.IY Maur; The reduction in the rat• of discount has in spired confidence. The Three per Cent. Rentes closed at 67f. 20c. PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS. TRIIATRI ROYAL. The Arnpitheltre company have transferred their ser►ices to this theatre, while the former is being fitted up for Ws reception of an Equestrian Company riving the Christmas holidays. The aew comedy of the " Victims," by Mr. Tom Taylor, was produced but night and Thursday night, and in a manner which would have done credit to any theatre, even in the metropolis. We do not think the house suffereet much from the absence of any metropolitan "star," except that the boxes were not filled as they possibly might ha►e been by the presence of inch an attraction. To-night, it addition to other eatertsiameuts, the 'Rotarian band will perform in this theatre. The title of the new Christmas pantomime has been, as our readers will have perceived, already announced. "Pass in Boo's" is a sufficiently taking name, especially for the most important class of pantomime audience—the young ho'i lay-makers—although it does not seem to suggest much novelty. So much, however, depends upon the getting-up, the hits, and the scenic effects, that it would be idle to conjecture either for or against from the name alone. LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD ; OR, HARLEQUIN DICKY SAM, AND THE WOLF OF YOE7E:TM BY C. MILLWARD. it is not generally known that the poverty-stricken fishing hamlet of Leverpole was, ie its early days, " when giants inhabited the arch and furies were wont to be their guests," the ffillrsery of many of those heroes and heroines whose stories have filled men's minds with wonder, and wrought our juvenile fancies to the highest pitch of imagination. We have already traced the romantic and exciting stories of " Jack and the Bean Stalk" (Joknnas ep ti Twig Beanos), and " Whittington and his Cat" (Ricardo Whit in-toun si Felines) to a local origin, and a further pursuit of the same learned amusement has placed before us the fact of Little Red Riding Hood being als3 a daughter of the good old town. The story, as we have traced it in the old "Domes-day boke," may be briely related :—" Once upon a time, the good old town of Leverpole was sorely troubled by one Baron WolMn-den, who had been appointed governor of the town by the then reigning Norman King, and who did tyranise over the inhabitants most grievously. Now this baron (who, by the way, was most ill favoured in his appearance) did become desperately enamoured of a fair girl, named Riding Hood, whose exceeding beauty obtained for her the title of The Flower of Toxteth, and did eadeavenr, b► all the means in his power, to win her hand and heart. Finding, however, that the maiden had pledged her troth to Dicky Sam, a young fisherman, he waxed very wrath, and caesed the young man to be banished to the far-of-wilds of Evertone, where he remained for some time in great distress. Ultimately, however, he contrived to effect his escape, and, being aided by the good little folks of the Dingle, he became the husband of Riding Rood, and the twain lived long and happily, and left behind them seven teen sous and nine daughters, from whom are descended the .Dicky Sams of the present day. We may add that the cruel baron mysteriously disappeared about the time of the young man's return, aad an it so happened that a ferocious wolf, which had long been the terror of the district, wes hunted down and slain at the same time, it is shrewdly surmised tint the baron and the wolf were one and the same person."—Pdatottime for Royal Park Theatre, 1857. PEOPLE'S CONCERTS AT ST. GEORGE'S HALL. This evening a,Concert for the People will ba given in St. George's Hall. The veteran Henry Phillips will appear and sing some of his ballads, in which he has few rivals. Mrs. Sunderland will also appear, and some other singers. If the advocates of intellectual recreation, in oppo sition to the gin palace, are in earnest, why will they not patronise thew concerts, and induce all their friends to go to the reserved seats, so as to provide a good musical per formance for those who may be unable to pay more than the price of the unreserved sea's ? It can scarcely be expected that the low price of the latter can pay fora good concert ; and those who endeavour to assist the advocates of such means of gratification of the poorer classes, have a right to expect the support of the advocates of such views, ;11, endeavouring to cover the costs. ROYAL INSTITUTION SCHOOLS. The paintings and drawings by the pupils of these schools are now being exhibited in the G-Illery of Art, • o dquitt-street. They comprise several paintings in oil, pen and ink drawings, &c., and evince considerable ability on the part c f the youths by whom they have been executed. The prize paintings of Messrs Mapples and Phipps deserve special mention for their excellence, but they are not the only paintings i❑ the exhibition which excite and receive commendation. Most of the pen and ink drawings are of a superior character, and show considerable improvement when compared with the drawings of the same class in the exhibition of last year. The exhibition, which opened on Thursday, the occasion of the distribution of prizes to the pupils of the schools, has been visited by numbers of per sons other than those immediately interested in the insti tution, and it will be admitted that its character well sustains the reputation of the schools as one of the first educational establishments in the town. The exhibition closes this eveuirg. QUEEN'S HALL,—BoSCO. Bosco is neither an ordinary trick performer, nor what termed a conjurer. It is pleasant to see some ono travel oat of the ordinary and common track of legerdemain, with which the public are martyred almost every week, in the fifty-two that compose the year. The wizard of the north is replaced by the wizard of the south, and the wizard of the west comes in and pushes out the wlzard of the east, and the wizards from every point of the compass— aye, and from a great many points not on the compass at all, come busting, and rushing, and rolling in upon the public until a sort of deluge—(that is of wiz irds) only that no body goes to be smothered at the performance—zompas sell every hole and corner where an exhibition room is to hired. It is very amusing to see the walls placarded over with the extraordinary fetes said to be performed by the wizards--nobody ever sees them anywhere else—we con sfeustnsettwiaitzalar'ed t s n b t o id p e s, t a w n o i t o b r e tbhersete odfestpbeerwatebavveenttnbreessaimnteo resemblance to Bosco's, as the classic show of punch and Judy does to the acting of Gustarous Brook ! Bosco is not a performer of tricks —any cue can play tricks—Bosco is not a conjurer in the stave acceptation of the word—he soars far above these things, and although, we might write a couple of quarto volumes about him, we would fail to convey any true idea of his superiority—he eschew antes and tables, and the silent agency of such like affairs; he despises living confederates, as his own genius masters all—h e is not only a master of his own art, hut he masters all other artists is his line, and his rod, like that of the brother of Moses, cats up the wands of all other magicians, and he may therefore be called the Aaron of al lnecromancers. It is not so much fur the astounding fetes he performs that he is to be admired, as for the grace, ease, and dignity, and the natural manner in which all subluniary things are changed into apparently different mater. This is not mere slight of hand calculated to deceive the senses by rapid passes, assisted by present or invisable confederates, and so transparent as to be seen through at a glance. There is, in a word, a refiaemeat about Signor Basco's entertainment, which, for classic, el.gance of conception, and results in detail, will sever ba surpassed by any performer. The mystery of his science lies in the fact, that he has no preparation, taking things as it were h ip•hszard—for instance, he solicits a cmple of gentlemen from am angst the audio e (the last two we saw were merchants of the first respect ability off Change, who happened to be at the performance) to assist him as it were, and with the agency of these, but quite against their will, he performs what seem miracles—for we know cot of any other name to apply, We cannot enter into a detailed account of the pertorm once, but we may sum up in a word, which ear friends across the Ailantie use as expressive of every thing, when ull language fail to convey their notion; and although we are not prone to quote Brother Jonathan or any one else, we must, f or t h e nonce , b e i n d e b te d t o him this time, by saying that Signor Bosco " Bangs all Creation Into everlasting smash !" LEWIS AND COMPANY'S NEW ESTABLISHMENT FOR BOY'S CLOTHING.—Number of boys clothed for the week ending Saturday, December 12E,h, 765; corresponding week lao year, 436—increase, 3211. MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL. LITZRPOOL, Friday Evening. The sales of Cotton to-day are estimated at about 6,000 bales, 3,500 to speculators and ex porters without any mitigation in the irregularity of prices, which are radioed d per lb sma American descriptions, and difficulty is experienced to effect sales at the quotations. Messrs. Wright, Jun., and Co., in their circular for the Niagara, remark : The depression existing in our produce markets, at the close of last week, as reported in our circultr advice' of 11th inst , per Persia, has continued daring the present, and day by day the gloom has increased. We do not reiterate but confirm the remarks in our previous issue, and which continuo to exercise a powerful effect on the market. Cotton arrives freely, and the prevailing winds aro favourable for additional supplies. The import is forced for sale immediately on being landed, aid such has been the eagerness to progress, that a mere nominal value attaches to any and all descriptions ; nor has the reduced rates new ruling, induced the trade to purchase more than is necessary for pressieg requirements, in which way the daily transactions scarcely avenge 2,500 bales. The acceptance of some very low offers for quantity swelled the sales yesterday to 5,000 bales, one half of which was on Speculation and Export account. At the year draws to a close bankers ars desirous of having clean accounts, and in some measure hasten the aril all are complaining of ; for notwithstanding tie highly favourable and still more promising aspect of the Bank returns, accommodation is restricted, and nattering engagements can only be provided for by realising the security represented, which, entailing heavy losses, frequently results in disaster, and gives rise to apprehen sions affecting the standing of long established firms of high repute. It is not too much to say that panic feeling is the order of the day, and how long it is yet to last is equally uncertsin ; for there is still considerable produce afloat, on which the losses will be serious, and the deranged state of finances en the Continent aro by no means reassuring After the turn of the year, however, more hopeful anticipations are indulged in. The total sales of the week, which are in excess of the daily estimates, amount to 28,320 bales, of which 20,310 are American. Speculators have taken 3,130, and exporters, 1,170, leaving 24,020 bales of all kinds to the trade. The import for acme time is 61,7:9 bees, of which 23,503 are American. The quantity known to be at sea from American ports is about 61,000 bales. PRIM TODAY. New Orleans Fair ..6/1 Middling.. 511 Ordinary.. 2M to 44d Mobile rf •. 64 ..s?d „ 41 to 41d Atlantic „ ..5i4 ~ • • 5 - iid „ 3d to 41d Total taken forCons'ption, 1857, 1,834,270 bales. 185 E, 2,085,1:0 bales. Export (actual) '243,917 „ „ 260,470 „ Americen Brazil Egyntiaa E. India W.lndia Total Stock this day . 135,620 38,610 14,060 145,230 2,060 387 530 Same time 1856 215,850 24,100 49,400 66,080 480 347,280 Messrs. Kershaw and Jardine state :- Oar market this week has been characterised by extreme depression, and those holders who were desirous of realis ing ware compelled to aecept prices at a decline of 1d par lb. on American and Egyptian, 4d per lb. in Brazil, and Id per lb. in Sarats. We may here remark that Friday next, being Christmas Day, the C o tt on M ar k e t w ill b e closed,' and not re-opened until the Monday follo w in g . I t will also be closed on Friday, Ist January, until Monday the 41h. The Liverpool Share Market has been very excited to-day, speculation between the various Country Markets still being carried on successfully. To-day's transactions were as follows : - Blackburn, 91, 91, 9.1 c, ; Caledonian, 398 40 Eastern Counties, 111, 11i, 11 13-16 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 92, 921, 92, 921, 921; London and North Western, 951, 951, 96, 951, 06 ; do. 1 shares, 1 d ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 381, 381 39, 39k ; Midland, 881, 881, 881, 881, 881 881, 88, 89, ; North Eastern, 238, 24.; York Capital Stock, 414 ; North ntaffordehire, 34, 31 d ; Dovers, 204, 201, 20*, 201, 20 7-16 ; Dutch Rhenish, 41 d ; Grand Trunk of Canada, 91, 9 15-16, 101; Great Luxembourg, 7 3-16, 71, 7 1-16 ; Great Western of Canada, 184. The following were the closing prices : -Blackburn, 91, 0 9-16 ; Chester and Birkenhead, 67, 68 ; Caledonian, 391 40: 7 ; Chester and Holyhead, 16, 161 ; Eastern Counties, 111, 11 13-16 ; East Lancashire, 901, 91.1; Do. 9/, Shares, Id, par ; Great Northern, 231, xd 241 ; Do., A, 01, 10 ; Great Western, 521, 531; Lancashire and Yorkshire Stock, 921, 921 ; Do. 9/. shares, par 1-16, 3-16 p ; Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport, 171, 181-; London and North Western Stock, 951, 951; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln shire, 39, : - 391-; Midland Stock, 881, 881; North British, 121, 121 ; North Staffordshire, 3,1 31 d ; North Eastern -Berwick, 231, 24.1 f ; York and North Midland, 411, 42; Leeds Capital Stock, 251, 26; South Eastern, and Dover, 20 7-16, 20 9-16 ; Dutch Rhenish, 41, 4a d ; Great Western of Canada, 181 181 ; Do. new shares, 21 21 d ; Great Luxern boure, 7. 7a; Grand Trunk of Canada, 101, 10;1. The following are the weekly Traffic Returns received up to this afternoon:-Belfast and Ballymena 1,0961; Birkeuhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire 2,3831; Blackburn 1,0011; Bristol and Exeter 5,0311; Caledonian 12,0951; Chester axed Holyhead 4,6041; Cork and Bandon 296/; Cork, Blackrock, and Pas sage 200/; Deesido 1851; Dublin and Belfast Junction 1,3561 ; Dundee, Perth, arid Aberdeen Junction 859/ ; Dundalk and Enniskillen 4391; Dublin and Drogheda 1,561/ ; Dublin and Wicklow and Dubli n and Kingstown, 1,228/ ; East - Anglian 8511; Eastern Counties and Eastern Union 23,087/ East Lancashire 4,7591; Edinburgh and Glasgow and South Dunfermline 4,9024 Edinburgh, Perch, and Dundee 2,843/; Glasgow add South Western 5,895/ ; Great North of Scotland 1,1091; Great Northern 25,5741; Great Southern and Western 6,136/; Great Westerni 27,3.291; Kendal and Windermere 1101; Lancaster mad Carlisle 5,5721; Lancashire and Yorkshire 17,90.21; Llanelly Railway and Dock 3711; London .and Blackwell 1,2411; London, Brighton, and South Coast 11,867/; London and North Western 53,3501; London and South Western 12,7651; London, Tilbury and Southend 7451; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lin colnshire 9,046/; Manchester, South Junction and Altrincham 793/; Maryport and Carlisle 924/ ; Midland 29,9371; Midland Great Western 3,575/ ; Newcastle and Carlisle 3,1991; North British 4,794/; North Eastern 30,8991; North Staffordshire Rail way and Canal 6,457/; North Western 8:591; Oxford Worcester, and Wolverhampton 4,0001; St. Helen's Canal and Railway 1,6471; Shrewsbury and Bir mingham 1,4411; Shrewsbury and Chester 2,3451; Shrewsbury and Hereford 1,455/; Scottish Central 2,6961; Scottish North Eastern (late Aberdeen) 3,170/; South Devon 2,2051; South Eastern 15,112/; South York and River Dun 2,5801; South Wales 5,8921; Ulster 1,5271; Vale of Neath 9664 Warring ton and Stockport 193/ ; Waterford and Kilkenny 2131; Waterford and Limerick, 1,1151; West Hartlepool Harbour and Railway 3,103/; Whitehaven and Furness, 417/ ; Whitehaven Junction 392/ ; Buffalo and Lake Huron 1,0771; Dutch Rhenish 2,8161; Eastern of France (late Paris and Strasburg) 36,5611; Grand Trunk of Canada 10,039/; Great Luxembourg 1.,008/; Great Western of Canada, 9,4001; Northern of France 41,739/; Orleans, Bordeaux, and Branches 41,8541; Paris and Lyons 36,679/; Western and North Western 27,3011. The Market for the Public Funds and Securities to-day was rather more buoyant, and all day the quotations were well maintained, notwithstanding a few sales which took place when Consols reached 92. A little flatness was of course produced by the operations, but the character of the market remained good. At the close Consols were quoted at 914 to 9lt. The London Railway Share Market was bouyant to-day, and prices advanced considerably. Mid ' lands touched 89. The following were the closing prices :—Cajedonians, 801 ; Eastern Counties, 11k, 114. ; East Lancashire, 91 ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 581, 591; Great Northern, 90i ; Do. A, 82; Great Westerns, 521, 53 ; Great Western of Canada, 181, 18i ; Grand Trunk of Canada, 41 ; Great Southern and Western, 97, 99 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 921, 931 ; London and North Western, 961 ; Leeds Northern 51k, 521 ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 391; Midland Stock, 881, 89 ; North British, 49, 50 ; South Eastern and Dover, 67i, 681 ; York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 951, 96; York and. North Midland, B3k, 831. After official hours the following weri the nominal prices :—Caledonians, 80k; Eastern Counties, 11 111; East Lancashire, 90 ; Great Northern, 95i, 969 ; ditto A, 7Q, 81; Great Westerns, 52J Lancashire and Yorkshire. 94 92k; London and North Western, 931, 96 ; M anchester, Sheffield, an d Lincolnshire, 314. ; Midland Stock, 55i, 85,i; North British, 4.9, 50; South Eastern and Dover, 691, 681 York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 96 96; Y o rk and North Midland, 83k. , There has been a better attendance at our Corn Market, and business more active than for some weeks past, doubtless the result of heavy imports and a better selection of samples. The buying , however, is confiaed exclusively to consumptive requirements; but, with more competition, pric es of Wheat and Fl our h ave slightly advanced, whi ls t Indian Corn has receded in valu e , an d i s o ffere d very freely. The disappointment by failing remittances, an d the receipt of paper drawn on suspended houses, together with th e i nconvertibility of long dateda, bills held by Spi nners an d Manufacturers, in fli c t s `e a telling influe nce on trade in the manufacturin g districts, and, notwithstanding the reduced pro duction of both Go o d s an d Yarn, the downOr course of prices is cont i nuous and decided, end a n " m ; impression gains groun d t h at returning confiden c e and activity, if no t a bili ty to resume an averagebusiness, must be gra d ual and slow, attended /64' ,: pauses and back reokonings. At the Bank of Englaad yesterday, the deman d for money was m o d erate. The resources of W° cotabliehment are increasing with surprising Vir i ; dity, owing chiefly to the abundance of mon e y „ " out of doors." I n t h e open market choice 11 are diacouuted at a great reduction from the B ank rate. In Stock E xc h ange large sums of moue " are seeking employment on Government securitiof, and for loans from day to day, 5 per cent. was t ll4 highest rate obtainable yesterday. The amount of Gold purchased by the Ban k yesterday was ab ou t 6 8 , 0001. The 640,0001 in gol d T brought from Ne w Y or k b y the Atlantic will roc' London to-day, and is expected to be sent into th e Bank. A considerable portion is believed to cons l l 4 of sovereigns. About 75,0001 in silver reached the Thames on Wednesday from the Continent. The Bank of France have made a further redtle" tion in their rates of discount. The current rate' are now 6 pe r cen t. f or b ills of all dates. The I n s" , previous alteration was on the sth inst., whe n reduction of per cent. was announced. 1 -,m; perseverance of the French Bank in their pol i cy of relaxation indicates that the improvement in 1 ,'„" position of the institution continues, and is als o satisfaetory as tending to encourage an e x pectation, that, when a re d uct i on in the rates of discoun t takes place in England, the exchanges betwee n country a n d th e C ontinent will not be much affected to our prejudice. At Hamburgh the rate of discount has fallen from nine to seven per cent. In some gn arterl the appearance of affairs in that city is considere d more re-assuring, but numeroue failures, thoughe! most cases of mi nor i mportance, continue to t".; place. Yesterday's advices announce the stonP a gj of the important firm of Messrs, Schulte an Schemman n , merc h ants, largely engaged in t heci trade in metal s . Th e i r transactions with Enginn. have been very extensive. The house wa s tong' tiered very rich, and enjoyed high credit, even in the midst of th e cr i s i s. Their liabilities F ill probably b e h eavy . I t seems clear, from t'.!'" accounts to ha n d, t h a t several of the first firms 1„ Hamburg') owe the maint enance of their posit i on ~, aid extended by the State. of At the adjourned meeting, held yesterday, creditors of Messrs. Bardgett and Pi car d, in thc corn trade, it was resolved that the affairs of the firm shall be woun d up under the inspection o f , • Mr. Major U s b orne and Mr. Robert Wright, bot h of Mark-lan e , w h o h ave t h e power to appoint a third inspector. I n th e meantime, Messrs. Bardge).,t and Picard ar e t o g i ve t h eir promissory notes In', the payment of 2s 6d in the pound, as follows, v iz ;i is at six Mo n th s , is at nine months, and 6a 7,, twelve months, and any surplus that may arise I° addition is also to be divided amongst the creditors' balance-sheet has already been published. The three meetings of creditors of failed L an don firms were held to-day. The most satisfactory ''a s that of M e ssr s . All en, S mith and Co., it ') n umb' been shown th a t t h e estate will yield 20s. in t " pound and leave a considerable surplus. The creditors o f M essrs. Alexander Hintz a nd ! Co., of Minci ng -l aue, h ave determined to w in" , up the affairs of th e fi rm, under insp T h e ection, for w hi ch purpose a committ ee o f t h ree was appoi n ted. -L'" liabilities are set d own at 101,4391, and the assets .011 at only 41,5461. At the meeting of the creditors of Alessrs. Barbe r, Rosenauer, and Co., good deal of indignation w a g expressed at th e t ransact i ons of the firm, and thell, affairs will be investigated at the Court of Ball W ruptcy. The d e fi c i ency i s 28,7381. Messrs. Powell and C o. , 'i n the Manchester trade, 1141,0 suspended payment. a nd The acceptances o f th e D art f or d and Gray" Bank, of M essrs . J onathan Hills and Son, wero . 3 ,1 yesterday ref use d b y t h e i r agents, the Commerce a Bank of L >laden. This is not a bank of issue, 811 its liabilities are supposed to be limited. It is said th a t M essrs. W m. Yewdall and C o ., of Bradford a n d L ee d s, i n the woollen trade, who se suspension h as j ust b een reported, are likely t° ,,. ceive assi s t ance . H opes are even entertained th a t.`, some of the other important houses in that disttTil which hav e l a t e l y b een b rought to a stoppage , be enabled to resume. The position of the market for American se e ,, ll c i rates is thus n o ti ce d b y M essrs. D. 13b11, Sony Co. : During the past week the market for American sell; ties has con'in ue d w i t h out animation, and nothing tbf occurred eithor in StatO or railway bonds or shares Yf c)r of particuLr notice, BANK OP ENGLAND RETURNS. Account, pursu an t t o t h e A ct 7t h and Bth Victoria, 011:4 03 for the week endi ng W e d nes d ay, 16tla Dec., 1854,. ISSUE DEPARTMENT. Debit. Notes issued .. £25,400,735 525,400,735 Credit. Govern Debtment £11,015'°() Other securities 5, 459 ' 9° Gold Coin and 55 Bullion .. 8,92 5, Total -----".. :PARTMENT. CrGovernmentedit se_ curities'.. £57446,13/4 Other securities 29,264,94" Notes 5,757,1° Gold and silver 525, 126 coin -----• ------ 66 Total .. • X -1 ° 993'3 BANKING D: Debt. Proprietors' ca pital Rest Public deposits 6,944,352 Other deposits 15,077,428 Seven day and other bills, 893,754 £10,993,366 Compared with th e prev i ous raturus, W 1 306 he following results : £19, 643,56 849 2 Bullion 9 450 , , 855 ' 0 Increase Rest .... Increase 1 ' ;34.10' f . / 4 Seven day and other bills Increase Public deposits Increase • 2 29 8 .* 8 Other deposits • l5 077,4,2, , ~.,o 4 Increase Government securities 5,446, 'a 1 2,01. Increase Other securities Decrease 5,7'57, 17° 0 1 Notes unemployed 856 69 ' Increase Cash to liabilities, per Mil .................. 27: Increase .. 7 ' ................................ Rate of intere5t............ 10 per cent. No change. Fore l ° The following are the latest quotations of - ii 18; . 20,8261;445,0 Exchanges : — Amsterdam short, 11 10, to 001 33 Ditto three months, 12 0, to 12 ditto, 12 11 2 , to 12 24 ; Antwerp ditto , ..l s ,,,,burgh 25 80 ; Brussels ditto, 25 70, to 25 80 ; 1-1411- 2 5 5 0 ; ditto, 13 111- to 13 12i; Paris short, 25 2 5 , t, ° _ ditto. Ditto three months, 25 75, to 2:i 85; Marseilles 25 80, to 20 90; Frankfort ditto, 1211 to 12 2 ; Y . 1 . 11. ig; ditto, 11 7, to 11 10 ; Trieste ditto, 1 1 9, t,°.„ o . 4,7' Petersburg dittO, 83, to 338; Madrid 40 " to 471, 24; Rotteo, to Active circulation Decrease _ __