Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-11-25 00:00:00

•-• . ,„. rT •••- r'T'rr NOVEMBER 25, 1869, of • e arangcments cmbecompleted - ;ibut little cause P %Prehension on • tiris score need • be• entertained. The, dices of such a fine body of menqtre, too valuable , to tejected—inucb. too •importt id" be lost on a point 643 f 'etiquette. c t Wizen the . an: patriotic' services, looked on r ° 4l a military point of view, reLered by the company under consideration, and their established reputation • le r discipline., • are taken into . ' account, we must . feel lured that .here we hwie a "valuable move in tire lig▪ ht direciion." We Gannet, if we were willing— which assuredly we are not—expunge from our memory 'ille.frequent instances in which they have, with .the Most disinterested alacrity, .responded to the calls = , of. 'G overnment in emergencies ; and bearing those in kind, as well as keeping , an eye to the energy of •the .eo n l Pany, and its rasolutioito do whatever it undertones 10 do well, we feel assured 'that the British and North • '4lll erican Royal Mail Artillery Corps will not be sooond I ' 4 itifectiveness to any in-the kingdom. THE SHIPPING INTEREST. general meeting of -shipowners, shipbuilders, ,ellip inasters, shipping tradesmen, and others interested in is, advertised to be held in London, on Tues 'ay next, " to take into consideration," as the announce- Inent expresses it, "theincreasing depression and present 14 :nous condition. of the British Shipping Interest, •and to take such measures thereon as may be deemed ad °crgable:." Such a meeting as this is very opportune. \ a believe that among all the various classes connected nth the Shipping Interest, there is a much more lively the prevalent than there has yet been, respecting 'e necessity that has arisen for adopting some decisive deans of checking the acknowledged depression 4 , 114 certain ruin of -that great ' Interest, which th e working of the new system is evidently. koducing. No.doubt the whole case will be very-fully gad clearly elucidated on this occasion. And coming, ° it does, at a seasonable period before the meeting pf p arliament, it will give time and opportunity for making su ch arrangements as may be deemed requisite for l egislati on on the subject. We trust that there will be 4 del egat i on f rom Li ver p oo l of gentlemen not ,only (le e* interested in the *question, but who may be ciOnlified, by their intelligence and experience, to represent, as it ought to be; that great Interest, az it e xists, in this the first port of the kingdom, not to 'bay °f the world. THE LATEST NEWS. --- • NY BRITISH A N D IRISH MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.] FRANCE. I The subject of a general disarmament was -a ;€erieral topic at the Paris Eourse yesterday. The . Opinione Nationale -of Paris pubhshes 4 Lig letter from a parish pziest, which it regards' evidence that the workiig clergy of France 'fie adverse to:the ultramontane movement. The ~"trespondent,of the _Herald quotes an article England from a Lyons paper, and infers 1.14 at no official circular has been sent to the t v feets, or the journal in question would not 44 ve - ventured to.contravene it. THE FRENCH FUNDS. PAWS, Nov. 24. 12.10 p.m.—Funds opened firm, at yesterday's ' l 4 royement. Rentes 70.10. . 3 c l rAn.—Ylarket continues da.hut buoypt. elites close at 70.15 ; a further avance since • ,Yesterday of nearly 4- per cent. ITALY. ar b ologna, which in 1849 kept the Austrian b, pr at bay for eight days, is being for6ited and , n () lihioned, at the suggestion of Farini. fitathe Tuscan Government has abolisked the 111 1) on newspapers. GERMANY. • CASSELL, Nov. 24.. - . The Second Chamber has, by , a vote of 32 again st 8, resolved upon addressing a memorial th le Federal Diet for the re-establishment of e Constitution of 1831. In FRANKFORT-ON-MAINE, Nov. 24. theb i sitting of the Federal Diet of .to-day, th e lenipotentiary of Hesse Electoral acceded to , t oA l l i'oposals of the committee, and granted some 0 4 sions in accordance with the wishes of the a mbers, but persevered in maintaining the ''' os titution of 1852. THE CONGRESS. The Paris correspondent of the Post says a de 'l(ted difficulty has grown up about the proposed )a 'ongre ss . The invitations to the Great Powers ~4 v e not been issued. Austria is said to be the ' a llse of the delay. SPAIN AND MOROCCO. t,:rhe Paris correspondent of the Times states the enthusiasm with which the war with t( leco was at first hailed, Igegins to subside, p r ilec ialy in the Basque Provinces , where the ° .,!!lise levies of volunteers are not forthcoming. DbV e Madrid journals, however, continue to addresses to the Queen, expressing v.ppro- Viti Bll 011 of the war. The Spanish Government is ki ri t „, d to have entered into contracts with English 4 .7 for supply of different sorts of stores for the 11 ,„„_ ill Morocco, and for a large quantity of " 81 1 coal for the fleet. THE GLOUCESTER ELECTION. Nov. 24. fiitti r : Gloucester Election Commissioners held a tile to-clay, in one of the committee-rooms of I, H ouse of Commons. Sir IL Carden and Sir r tl 2 : - Qayter underwent another examination. "flunissioners will hold another sitting. COURT OF EXCHEQUER. Nov. 24. - 4 rguments in the case of Swinfen v. Lord s ford were .resumed this morning, in the ` of Exchequer. the A. Ca binet Connell was held this afternoon at , eial residence of Lord Palmerston, in Tr. t 0 44. I\Torton, the magistrate of Lambeth Poli_ce \into ' was engaged in a. long investigation to-day 4 14 0 .,,, a Charge brought agamst the Rev. Robert fotr, r e, incumbent of .St. James', Clerkenwell, carmen indecent assault on a female in a railway bge• At the close, Mr. Norton expressed mi st lief that the whole affair arose out of a to 1 41 ce, and M r . M agu ire was ther e f ore a t lib er ty Oiatetiacyteerthe court without a stain upon his Th e f Ar o n , s . ollowing appeared,in a portion of, our im -I°ll Of yesterday :--- r FRANCE. 'h PARIS, Thursday. 14e tich M ElN`uis de B o n ne ville has arrived from With Ole ratified treaties, On the day •When 'the fatifiaaititnis were vxchanged, M. Armand deliverid 0 the Austrian, plenipotentiary a draft at sight for 20,000,000 florins. The re truaining .80,009;100,will be paid by four instal ments, at short intervals. _ It is believed that Count Rechberg, assisted by -Prince M'otternich, will represent Austria 'at the -Congress. • The report of the departure of -Martinis Anto 'mini for Naples is false: AUSTRIA. VIEI I / 4 MA, Thursday. An Imperial autograph ietter orders' the Ministers to grant a full amnesty'toall persons compromised by the part they - have taken in Itahairaffairs. This amnesty will apply to civil as well as military persons. Criminal offences of no political character are to be excepted. BELGIUM. BRITtSELF Nov. 24. It is stated from Paris, on reliable authority, that the object of Lord. CowleY's visit to London is to lay before his Government aproposal from the French Government for a simultaneous dis armament by, England and Franco. • REPORTED DEATH OF NANA SAHIB. The Lahore Chronicle, of Oct.d3th, containing the following postscript,' has beet handed to the Times :—Our Oude correspondent, writing Oct. 7th, says important news has just come in, that the Nana died in a -valley on the.Nepaul frontier on the 2nd current. His followers have all dis persed in several gangs. THE ISLAND OF FERMI. The Times, in order to set at crest some misap prehensiou,s in France, shows the nature of our. occupation. We have once voluntarily abandoned Perim, but, in 1857, took possession again, in order to erect a lighthouse, audit is occupied try from fifty to sixty persons, including only a single European, a young officer of the Bom bay artillery : the rest are natives of India, comprising 25 sappers and 30 .zunners. The sappers are occupied in keeping up the water tanks and store-rooms, and the Alefence of •the place devolces upon the gunners, who, however,' have no guns ; but, with Arabs and Africans, sound proteption is necessary against a sudden attack. A +email work has been formed just sufficient to contain the little garrison, and merely musket proof. Beyond this there are no defences whatever. There is not, ,nor has; there ever been, a -.single gun on the island. The Times concludes by saying, that France may confidently assure herself that we, in England, want no extension of territory or influence. in the Red Sea, or anywhere else. BRITISH TEAMERS AND THE MOROCCO WAR. The paddle-steamer Emperor, of 1,350 .tons, -the property of Xlessrs. Gee and Co., Hull, clears 3,t0-day at that port for Santander. sthe is char tered by the Spanish Government for the war service in Morocco,,and is the first of it line of British steamers taken up in this country for the Spanish war. VOLUNTEER CORPS. The Times contains a long letter urging the •efficioncy of corps of •volunteer cavalry. •Stepshave been taken for the formation of a rifle brigade, to consist of Irishmen resident in London, under the title of the London Irish Volunteer Rifle Corps. It is stated that an exceedingly efficient bodris likely to *be formed in a very short time. The applications for ,en rolment the London Jlifle Brigade have amounted to 700. The enrolled members of the Inns of Court Corps yesterday mustered 200 strong, to elect a managing . committee. A meet ing of the city of Westminster was held yes terday, for the purpose of fanning a corps of riflemen. RAILWAY AMALGAMATION. The Times says it is reported that committees of directors of the South Eastern and of the London, Chatham, and Dover Rest Kent lines met to-day, and agreed to recommend to their respective boards to consider the expediency of arranging terms of amalgamation. General Vidaurre, head of the Intendente of Valparaiso, was assassinated while at high mass on the anniversary of Chilian Independence. The Registrar-General, in his new report,' says that the youth of the country are growing at such a rate as to add a battalion to its strength every two or three days. CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES. The screw steamship Nova Scotian, Capt. Bor land, belonging to the Montreal Ocean Steamship Company, arrived in the Mersey this morning. She left Quebec on the 12th instant, and brings 36 cabin and 53 steerage passengers, and 1 officer and 53 soldiers. The Nova Scotian arrived off the Bell Buoy at eight o'clock yesterday (Wednesday) morning, and was de tained there for twenty-four hours by a dense fog. She was also detained a night in the St. Lawrence by a heavy snow storm. The Royal Mail Steamer America, from Liverpool on Saturday 22nd ult., arrived at Halifax on the 3rd November. The steam-ship Hungarian arrived at St. John's, on the 10th inst., and landed forty-two persons, who were Saved from a wreck off Newfoundland in a vessel from Labrador. The Quebec Board of Trade met on the' 2nd inst., when the mission of the French Consul-General was adverted to, and a resolution passed for the purpo se of tendering to him any assistance in their power in pro motion of the commercial objects which France might have had in view in sending him thither. Four hundred delegates, including several Members of parliament on the opposition side of the House, met at Toronto on the 9th inst., as a Reform Convention. important constitutional changes are to be discussed. Frederic Douglass, the coloured abolitionist, who is said to have been charged by Cook with cowardice in neglecting, as agreed upon, to join the Harper's Ferry insurrection, has escaped to Toronto, and is about to proceed to England. He has published a letter in which he denies the truth of the statement attributed to Cook, but admits that he was cognizant of the out break. He did not join it, because fighting is not his vocation, and because he looked upon the scheme as rash and d. The wil value of imports at Quebec, during the first ten months of the present year, was $2,879,625; for the same period during 1858, $2,704,314 ; being an increase in favour of 1859 of $175,311. The amount, of duties collected during the same ten months, this year, was $403,977 99; an 1858, $328,940.; increase in 1859, $76,037 99. From Washington we learn that, while the Cabinet was in session, Nov. Bth, the President received a dis patch, showing the positive necessity for military assis tance at Brownsville. The Secretary of War, within half an hour thereafter, issued instructions to Capt. Rickets, commanding the artillery company at Baten Rouge, to place his men in readiness for a march, and, at the same time, the Quartermaster at New Orleans was telegraphed to make arrangement& for transporting the troops to Point Isabel, towards which place they are now, probably, on their way. J. B. -Thomas, the Special delegate from Brownsville, had an interview with the Secretary of War, and fully ' explained to him the alarming condition of the' fronier of the Rio Grande. The Postmaster - General ' had returned' from the South, but had not . opened thp bids for the transporta tion of the mail between Portland and New Orleans. . The Tribune's Washington correspondent says, that, the Postmaster-General will 'isk'about $10,000,000 for mail service next fiscal year, the increase being caused by the establishment of additional overland and other routes, The ship Charles nobles, from Liverpool for Mob:le, has been wrecked; the crew is all lost. A private letter, dated El Paso, Oettiber 24, says that the new law of the luarct Government, making mar riage by the civil authorites imperative, had created much excitement in Northern :Mexico. At Durango a protzwiciainatto was issued against the law, but it was suppressed. In Chihuahua petitions were in circulation, calhng upon the Governor of the State to suspend the execution of the law. The clergy are at the foundation of these disturbances. liostitEat, Nov. 12th, evening.—Flour to-day ad vanced 10e. to 15c., with large sales. Superfine and fancy firm at $5 to $5 Me. ; extra, $5 80c. to $6 40e. No wheat offering. Ashes heavy at $5 60c. for pots, and $5 40c. for pearls. A slight accident has occurred to the supports of the last tube of the Victoria bridge, which will probably cause a delay of a few days beyond the time fixed for opening the road. NORTHERN DAILY TiMES 'COMMERCIAL. NLw YORK, Nov. p.m. There is a runarkably quiet state of things in money affairs to-day, The 'temporary employment of capital on stock sectrity is not equal, for the moment, to the sums offered by the titivate banking-houses and other outside lenders at '5 to 6 per cent. Some of the large banks are accepting the same terms. In discounts the market works with aYsteady case, which admits of little fluctuation in the rates. Since the sailing of the Persia there is not much loing in 'exchange. 'Some good Merchant bills on tendon were placed at ropl. -The reported receipts of the principal kinds of pro 'duce since our:laSt havebeen : 13,278 bils flour ; 51,919 'buil - ids wheat ; 28,529 bushels barley ; 13,543 bushels : oats; 65 pkgs. previsions. A. , HES —Pots are unsettled. 'Buyers offer $5 121; molders ask $5 1 25 per 100 lbs. No important sales 'have been effected. A limited inquiry prevails for Toads, chiefly at $5 25 per 100 lbs. Stock in the In tepection Waxehouse this morning, 1,620 brls, including '1,313 bits pots, and 307 brls pearls. COAL.—Foreign has been sparingly offered, and has been in demand, part to arrive, at - very full prices. Anthracite is in good request, and is flute firm. CorFEE.-lEio has been more sought after, and sa}as have been' made of a cargo of 4,2'0'0 bags, at lltc.; 96 bags very choice, at 13c.; 150 bags at 111 c., acrd 200 bags 'at 11c. per lb. The transactions in other kinds have been confined to 100 mats lava, at 15c.,.0.nd 50 bags Lagnayra, on private terms. Corrox has been m2derately incuired for at Are vious figures. Sales 1,400 bales. • NSW YORK CLASSIFICATION. • Upland. Florida. le. Texas. Ordinary Middling ll 11 11; 12 Middling fair 121 12 ; 12i 14 FLOUR AND . MEAL —The 'market-, has been somewhat less active to-day for State and Western flour. State brands have been less freely offerectl,and higher 'prices have been claimed for such, 'especially for extra. These eireamstAnces have had the ,effect of checking transac tions, though the demand has been _good, in part 'for export. Low and medium qualities of Western have been in fair request at uniform quotations. The inquiry for the better grades, generally, has been restricted— prices of these favour buyers.. The reported transactions since our last amount to 18,2:5`0 brls., m. lots, including superfine State, at $4 75 to $4 85, chiefly at $4 75 to $4 80; extra State at $4 90 to $5, :delay at 54.95 ; superfine Wisconsin, Indiana,, Michigan, and Ohio at $4 85 to $5; extra Wisconsin at 45 5 to-56; extra lowa, Illinois, Indiana, and Michigan at $5 10 to $6 2 - 5 ; inferior extra Ohio at $5 '2O to $5 AO ; round-hocp extra Ohio,- , chipping brands, at •$5 50:to $5 65 per bri. Southern Fleur has been more freely,:dealt in, but the demand has•tet been general; prices tend downwards. Sales have been reported since our last, of 2,850 brie., at $5 40 to $5 70 for poor to good superfine Alexandria, Baltimore, Brandywine, &c.; and -$5 75 to $7 25 for fancy to choice extra brands per bri. Canadian is inac tive, at drooping rates ; sales'have been confined to 42,5 brls. extra inferior to choice chiefly at $5 to $6 25, with some very superior as hi g gl as $6 35;t0 $6 40, per , brl. Rye Flour continues in moderate request, at $3 60 to $4 35 for fire and superfine per brl. 'Corn Meal.; sells slowly, at $5 05 to 4 10 for Jersey and Pennsylva nia, and $4 45 to $4 50 for Brandywine, per barrel. Gnanv.—Wheat has been pretty actively inquired for, and prices of desirable lots favour sellers. The demand has been mainly from speculators, who are ;buying . to store. 'We have heard of sales of 46,500 bushels, including very common White Canada at $:1 33; fair White Western on private terms:; prime , Red Western (Winter) at $1 32 ; fair to choice Mil waukee Club on private terms ; Chicago Spring also on private terms ; and prime White Kentucky at $1 50 per bushel. The range for Spring Wheat is from $l. 12 to $1 15 for common to choice Milwaukee Club, and $1 10 to 41 11 for Chicago Spring, per bushel. Corn has been very quiet, sales having been confined to small lots, in cluding round Yellow at 98c. to $l, and round White at $1 per bushel. InoN has been in limited request, including Scotch Pig at $24 to $24 50 per ton, usual terms. LE ).v , bas been moderately inquired for at uniform prices. MOLASSES.—SaIes have been confined to small lots of Cuba Muscovado at 25c. to 27e. per gallon. NAVAL STORES have been -very slightly dealt in, at essentially unaltered figures. Ons.—Transactions have been restricted, though prices have not varied materially. In New Bedford, during the week ending Nova 7, sales were confined to 80 brls. dark Crude Sperm at $1 10 ; 20 brls. Head Matter at $1 45 • 400 brls. Crude Whale at 50c. ; 600 brls. inferior to fair do. at 45c. to 48c. ; and 500 brls. Elephant on private terms. Pnovrsioss.:—Pork has been in limited request, and sales have been confined to 1,000 brls., in lots, chiefly at $l5 12 to $l5 15 for Mess, here ; an unascertained price for Mess, deliverable up to th e I s t o f J anuary ; and $lO 50 for Prime, here, per bri. Cut Meats and Bacon haVe been inactive. Lard has been in moderate demand, and sales have been made of 350 brls., in lots, at Wic to Ile, chiefly within the range, per lb. Beef is inquired for at former rates. The sales include 320 brls. in lots, at $9 25 to $9 75 for new repacked Western Mess $ll to $ll 25 for new extra Western Mess ; $5 to $5 25 for Country Mess, and $4 to $425 for do. Prime, per brl. ' • Prime Mess, $l7 to $l9 per tierce. Beef Hams, $l5 to $l5 50 per bri. Butter is in fair demand at 15c to 15c for State ; and. 1 to 18c for Ohio, per lb. Cheese is more sought after at from 8c to lie per lb. Rlcn.—Sales 150 tea., at from $3 50c. to $4 50c. per 100 lbs. SALT has been in good request, including Liverpool fine, at Si 30c. to $1 60e. per sack. SOAP.—Sales have been reported of 150 boxes Cas tile at 9c. per lb., usual terms. SUGARS have been in active demand, and sales have been made of 2,000 hhds. Cuba, chiefly at to 61c. ; 50 hhds. Texas, on private terms; 300 hhds. Melado, at sc. ; 28 boxes Havana, at Bac. ; and 8,000 bags Brazil, on private terms, per lb. TALLOW.—SaIes to-day, 15,000 lbs. Prime at 11c. per lb. FREIGRTs.—For Liverpool, the engagements in cluded 150 bales cotton, at td. per lb. ; 50 tons linseed cake, on private terms ; also, by steamer, 100 boxes bacon, at 355. ; 50 pkgs. lard, at 355. ; and 100 tcs. beef, at 6s. For London, 50 tcs. beef, at Cs., and 350 boxes "cheese, at 40s. For Glasgow, 500 brls. flour, at 2s. 6d. NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 9.—Cotton firm, but prices without change ; sales to-day, 12,000 bales. Corn firm at $1 10. MOBILE ; Nov. B.—Cotton : Sales to-day 2,000 bales middling, at I.oac. to 101 c., but holders are now asking an advance on these figures; sales of the three days, 4,400 bales; receipts ditto, 16,500 bales. Freights to Liverpool, 9-16 d. THE LATEST. (By Telegraph, via Father Point.) The agent of the New,. York Associated Press has received the following : New York dates are to the evening of the 12th inst. ; but from some unexplained cause, our usual commercial summary has failed to come to hand. The Royal mail steamer Asia was due at New York, but had not been heard of at the latest moment. NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 10.---:Our Cotton Market is firm, and the sales to-day are 7,000 bales. Sterling Exchange is quoted at 1081 to 109. NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 11, Evening.—The advices "by the Hun g arian caused an advance of lc. in Cotton to-day. The sales foot up 9,000 bales at 101(1. to 11-ic. for middling. The week's business has been 65,000 bales—receipts of the same time 72,000, against 64,000 in the corresponding.week last year. Eiports of the week 74,000 bales, making a total for the season of 300,000 bales. Stock in port 286,000 bales.. The receipts here are now 111,000 bales a-head of the same , date last year, and at all the southern ports the excess is 125,000 bales. Mosit, Nov. 9th.—Cotton is easier, but not quot ably lower. Sales to-day 1,500 halci. SAVANNAH, Nov. 10.—*--The business in Cotton for the week has been 20,000 bales. Ileceipts 21,000 against' 20,000 last year. The decrease in the receipts at this port is now 21,850 bales. - Freight to Liverpool Id. Sterling Exchange firm at 109 to 1091. CttARLESTON, Nov. 9tb.—Cotton rather favours buyers, Sales to-day 3,000 bales. A good Playing Card for ls. 6d. Sold by Mawdsley :and Son, 4, Castie-street. d 22 STEALING A BLAxirrr.—At the Birkenhead Police court, yesterday, Sarah Birch,' a charwoman, was charged with -stealing a blanket, the property of Mr, Wooleroft. The prisoner was employed by Mr. Wool croft on the recommendation of some other gentlemen, for whom she had worked. Having finished. her - work at his house 'she left, and the blanket was 'then missed. Information was given to the police, and - the prisoner was subsequerrtly apprehended. The prisoner admitted the charge ;'but, in consequence of Mr. Woolcroft stating that he did not wish to Fish the case, she - was dismissed with a caution. Accinnyrs.—John Gillen, labourer, •;residinc , in 17, Heaton-street, fell off a scaffold at a warehouse in Love lane, and -sustained a severe compound fracture of the right leg, 'which was amputated.—A young man, at present unknown, a sailor, going out with the ship Joiner, fell off the topsail yard cm , 'deck, at sea, and sustained a severe concussion of thO'brain. He was sent back with the pilot and conveyed to the Northern I Hospital. THE WIILSH VOLUNTEER Coßrs.--We have much pleasure in calling the attention 'of our Welsh friends in the neighbourhood to the advertisement in oar columns of the meeting, to be held at one o'clock to-day, in the Common-hall, Hackin's-hey, for the purpose of promot ing the formation of a Welsh Volunteer Rifle Corps. The meetinD will be presided over'hy Alderman John Buck Lloyd, who has taken much interest in this good movement. We trust that his countrymen will show . that they appreciate his patriotism, end will follow his example by attending the meeting and supporting the Welsh Volunteer Company. COMMISSIeNS.-14th Company -of Lancashire Rifle Volunteers-: Charles John Brady, gentleman, to be Lieutenant; Henry Jones, gentlemam, to be Ensign.— West Riding Rifle Volunteers: 9th Company (Wake field), Joseph Hulme Holdsworth, Esq., to be Captain; John Barff Charlesworth, gentleman, to be Lieutenant; George William Alder, gentleman, toibe Ensign. 11th Company (Leeds), William James Armitage, Esq., to be Captain; "..`Abraham Horsfall, gentleman, to be Lieu tenant; Thomas John Kinnear, 'gentleman, to be Ensign. Ist Subdivision (North Craven), Walter Morrison, gentleman, to be Lieutenant; John Ingleby, gentleman, to t eEnsign, MR. S. C. HALL'S LECTURE ON MNGRAVING.—A lecture on the subject of engraving was, we understand, delivered last night in the Royal Institution Hall, Colquitt-street, :by Mr. S. C. Hall, of London ; bat as our reporter, on presenting himself at the door, and stating his objecte business, nd was rudely repelled, we are unable to give any account of the proceedings. We .regret this the more on account of the circumstance that ..111r. Hall is a gentleman well known in artistic and :literary circles, and we are, therefore, inclined to •Iselieve that his observations might have been worthy of record. As it is, we can only reiterate the regret we feel at our inability to, publish what our reporter was not permitted to hear, and which, from the recognised position of the lecturer, the public might have felt some desire to be acquainted with. CORONER'S COURT.—The inquest on the body of Peter Doorty, seaman, was resumed yesterday, before P. F. Curry, coroner. It will be seen, by a reference to yesterdq's Northern Timm ' that deceased, immediately before his death, complained of ill-usage on the part of the capt4in and mate, during the voyage from New Orleans. All the witnesses, however, have stated that the deceased was a very lazy man, and met with no ill treatment from any of his superior officers. The jury accordingly returned a verdict of death from natural causes.—The adjourned inquest on the body of the man found in the Salisbury Dock was also resumed yesterday, when a witness was produced who identified the body as, Alexander. Mitchell, a 'aboard, residing at No. 4 Court, Collingwood-street. From the evidence of this witness it appeared that, on Wednesday morning,' the deceased went with some other men to look for a job at the Collingwood Dock. He left his companions about 3.30 a.m., and went in the direction of his own house. This being all the evidence, the jury returned a verdict to the effect that the deceased died from a fracture of the skull, but how received there was no evidence to show. LECTURES AT ALL SAINTS' CHURCH GREAT NEL SON-STREET.--On Wednesday last; the third of a course of lectures, in connection with the Scripture Readers' Society, to working men was' delivered in the above church brthe Rev. G. W. Warr, incumbent of St. Saviour's. Subject: "Care for Children—the School room and the Home." There was again a good atten dance of the class of persons for whom these lectures are more especially intended. The rev, gentlemen, in commencing his discourse, made a very strong appeal to his audience on the importance of Christian consistency ; then, having dwelt at some length on the relationship between parents and children, and the responsibility of parents, he, in the next place, proceeded to point out, in a very interesting and forcible manner, th e d u ty o f parents towards their children, with regard to the school-room, showing, amongst other thing, the great importance of a regular and punctual attendance, and of submission to school authority. In conclusion, he earnestly exhorted those of his hearers who were parents, in order that their families might be happy, to let their words and conduct before their children be always in accordance with the teaching of Holy Writ—temperate, sober, and chaste. The subject of the next lecture of the course is, "The Workman's Home—its Trials and its Happiness." `WORKHOUSE COMMITTEE.—The weekly meeting of this committee of the Select Vestry was held in the board-room at the Parish-offices, Brownlow-hill, yester day forenoon. Mr. Churchwarden Cropper presided ; and the other members present were—Messrs. Smith, Critchley, Scott, Denton, Peck, Owen, Syred, E. By ford, A. Byford, Melly, Broome.—From the weekly statistics submitted by Mr. Carr, the Governor, it ap peared that the total number of paupers at present in the Workhouse was 2,070. The medical officers re ported that the number of death's during the week end ing the 22nd instant was 7. The number of paupers under treatment in the sick wards per last report was 620 ; new cases since, 155 ; cured and discharged, 114 ; at present under treatment, 654, including 12 fever and 19 itch eases.—The master of the vagrant sheds reported that the number of destitute persons relieved in that department during the week was 156 males, 80 females, and 10 children—total, 246; showing a decrease of 33 as compared with the preceding week, and an increase of 31 as compared with the corresponding week of last year. Th e usua l rout i ne business was transacted by the committee. MR. RAREY'S EXHIBITION, YESTERDAY. We have only t o repeat w h at we h ave a l rea d y sa id o f Mr. Rarey ' s surprising power of subduing vicious horses, by the me re f orc e of intelligent handbag and patient gentleness. He exercised his almost apparently fabulous art 'Won n young unbroken colt, whose timidity he com pletely allayed, so that he could do whatever he pleased with him ; riding him, opening an umbrella before him, lying on him, striking his hoofs together, and leading him about by a straw. The second animal he operated upon was a chesnut (an entire horse), brought in muzzled, having been driven in harness but never mounted. It was a therouohly vicious entire cart horse. This anima,llvas ,purchased some monthi since from a railwciy contractor, who turn e d hi m f rom his stables as incurable, on account of his vicious propensities, since which time but one man h as 'd are d t o approadi him. in the sable, or attend him in his work. In the space of twenty minutes Mr. Rarey had him in perfect subjection, and, disperisinn• with the muzzle, sent him home as tractable as a "lady's pad." We observed ' present several , cavalry officers of rank and distinction; It was no small gratification to Mr. Rarey, that one of his original, ten muinea pupils sent 9 forty men to' v i e * hi s process of tweaking in the most savage animals, lie also remarked that he had tamed a zebra, and had the honour of exhibiting it before her Majesty the Queen, at 'Windsor, perfectly tractable and manageable. Mr. Rarey, perhaps for the last time, will, by particular request, exhibit his remarkable talents on Monday next at two p.m., at Howler's cirocs, w hen the would_ strongly recommended every one interested in the liorse=that noble creature, so useful and necessary to man—to attend. We can venture to say no one can go away. disappointed, but every one must admire the dexterity of this intelligent gentleman. CORRESPONDENCE. • [We do riot hold ourselves responsible for the opinions of our correspondents.] TIDAL CURRENTS. No. 111. TOSS OF THE EMPEROR, AND GROUNDING OF THE LADY EBRINGTON, ON THE BLACIMATER BANK. TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN DAILY TIMES. Sna„—ln my last letter on the loss of the Pomona, I gave an example of the kind of wreck, unfortunately not unfrequent on the 'Wexford coast. The tidal cur rent was only concerned indirectly in the loss of the Pooyal . Charter and Pomona, hut in the case of the two vessels to which I now ask 'your readers' attention, the tidal current was directly the cause of the disaster. I txtraetthe'following from the Daily Post of -April 20, 1857-: '":Peter George Mitehell - was then called. He said— I was late matter of the barque Emperor; she was of wood, mad 2 , 6 S tons burthaa. On the 28th of March last I sailed from Liverpool, with a general cargo, bouncl - for.Bahia. We had 16 hands all told, and two passengers. 'She drew 14 feet forward and 153 aft. The cargo consisted , of machinery for dead weight, and•coals. She was towed out. The steamer left us 'three miles west of the Bell Buoy, at half-past :three p.m., on Saturday. The weather was hazy, , with drizzliag rain. I .ordered the' ship to be steered N.W. by W. I remained on deck, up and flown, until we made the lights at Point Lynes. We had •four compasses on board altogether, but only two in use—one in the. brass binnacle, and one below. When off . Point Lynes, I found a diCerence blithe compasses,-hut I thought it was from the state of the weather. They varied a point anda-half or-two points. They were properly arranged by Messrs. Jewett the day before we left Liverpool. I found the variation to centime until we came near Holyhead. We got,round her a a distance of Sour miles. The wind was S.E. I braced my yards forward, the wind still von tinning S.E. was about me,lnigh,t when we were of Ifololead. We saw lights up to three o'clock in the morning. I ordered my chief officer to take bearings as king as he could.see to do it. I never went to bed. I was in theelothes when cast away incwhich I left Liverpool. We-steered the same course until esoon the following day. We made about site knots an hoar on an average. We had foll sails. At eleven o'clock a.m. we sighted land, which :the chief °Acer reported as Bardsey Island. I came up in the forenoon to see if d could . take obser vations, but could not. The chief ,officer said we were twelve .miles from land. I went to dinner at one o'clock. I left orders with the second officer to be sure to cell me at the slightest alteration of wind or weather. At half-past three p.m., the second mate tame down, saying the weather looked very dirty, and the wiled was freshening .and inclined more to the south. I then went on deck, and ordered the hands to be called to shorten sail. The ship kroke off at three to half-past. The ship broke off at W.S.W. There was thick driz zling rain when I first came on deck, and I could not see farther than twice the ship's length. I considered she was at that time little more than amid channel. Bardsey Island was due east. The weather looking so dirty, I thought the wind would change, and I ordered the hands to reef the mainsail to tack. Whilst so doing, she touched. This was about four o'clock. I ordered the hands down to put the ship aback. She answered her helm immediately, and came round, The wind was S.S.W. Her head came to the wind. She touched forward. She afterwards struck heavily aft, carrying away wheel, rudder head, tiller-house, and everything . abaft, excepting the upper works l She became quite unmanageable. I ordered the hands to clew up the sails as quickly as possible, and ordered the carpenter to sound the pumps. He announced three feet in the well. It was reported to me shortly afterwards that pieces of wood were coming floating up at the side. In fact, I saw them myself. I expected the masts to go by the board every moment. I ordered the cutter out. The tide was about low water, the flood beginning to snake. I saw neither land, light, nor buoy. It was now half-past five. The ship con tinued to beat heavily. I placed the two lady passen gers in the cutter, after having told them to dress in their warmest clothes. I then ordered the launch out. I left three to attend to her. I ordered the remainder to clew up the sails as snug as possible. I saw the men getting ready their bags. I called the officers, and we put the more helpless of the crew in the boats. I then held a consultation, and it was considered unsafe to stay any longer. We then ordered the men to put their clothes in the boats, and got in ourselves; I was the last. We thought we should be at sea all night in the boats. The ship reeled over before we had been out many minutes. We got to land in about half-an-hour. We saw a light on shore, and made to it. We landed at Maurice Castle, fourteen miles from Wexford, to the east of Blackwater Head. Next morning, on coming back, we found that the vessel had disappeared." It was high water at the head of the tide on Sunday morning at 1 o'clock, when the Emperor had just passed Holyhead. From that time till 7 a.m., the tidal current helped her to the south 12 miles ; and from 7 a.m., till 1.16 p.m., the flood-stream carried her to the north again 12 miles. During this latter time, the wind being S.E., she made much more lee-way than Captain Mitchell thought, and was further to the west than was safe. The ebb stream now began to set southwards ; and 133 a well known law of tidal currents in the neighbourhood of a bank, set almost S. W. over the tail end of the Black water Bank. To increase the mischief, it was three clays after the new moon, and two days after the perigee,. when the spring tides of the Irish Sea are most rapid and dangerous ; and I have no doubt on my mind, but that the ebb stream, setting from one to four p.m. across the bank with unusual rapidity, was the sole cause of the loss of this vessel. I expressed this opinion publicly in Liverpool, in June, 1857, in opposition to the sound ing lead crotchet, which is the favourite theory Of the' cause of shipwrecks, and I have since seen no reason for changing my opinion. The truth of my theory of the loss of the Emperor is conclusively established by the remarkable fact, that at the same time of the tide (viz., half ebb),' on the night of the Sunday, on the afternoon of which the Emperor was lost, another ship, the Lady Ebrington, grounded on the Blackwater Bank, under precisely similar cir cumstances, and was with great difficulty saved from becoming a complete wreck. I hope to send you an account of the loss of the Ira waddy and Fusileer in my next letter.—l am, yours, &c., SAMUEL HAITGIITON, Clk., Trinity College, Dublin, 22nd Nov., 1859. THE SATURDAY EVENING CONCERTS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN DAILY TIMES. perceive that our worthy . mayor, following the example of his predecessors, has given his patronage to the Saturday Evening Concerts, and next Saturday purposes being at the Concert-hall, and, doubtless, will be giving a donation in aid of (what used to be styled) the "Northern Mechanics' Institution." Now, Mr. Editor, these concerts have been going on for nearly 20'1years; and I should like to. know what funds are in hand fQr this long-talked of institution. It is really too bad that our mayors should give donations, and thousands attend these concerts, and yet, forsooth, no account is rendered to the public as to Abe state of the committee's funds. I do liopc that something ,may be elicited on Saturday evening next to solve this mystery.—l remain, &c. Nov. 24, 1859. VERITA S. 4 4oLLOWAY's PILLS the finest medicine of modern times. These • pills correct biliousness, prevent flatu lency, cleanse . the liver, purify the system, strengthen the Stomach, increase the appetite, invigorate the nerves, promote health, and renovate an enfeebled constitution. -These pills•'bave been fairly tried for twenty years by millions of people; and if they had not the fine proper ties attributed to them, the fact would• have been long ago discovered and proclaimed, and the sale would soon have ceased. They are as mild and , gentle in their action as they are beneficial in their effects, and may be taken safely by the most delicate. 51 COURT AND OFFICIAL INTELLIGENCE_ The Qneen ana Prince Consort, accompanied: by Prince and Princess Frederick William of Prussia, went to Claremont on Wednesday morning and visited Queen Marie Amelie. The following visitors arrived at Windsor Castle on Wednesday Duke and Duchess of Manchester,. the Duke of Newcastle and Lady Susan P. Clinton, the Earl and Countess of Derby and Lady Emma Stanley, Lord and Lady Churchill, and the Right Hon. Sir J.. C. and Lady Theresa Lewis. Earl Cowley had an audience of her Majesty on Wed nesday afternoon. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and Princess Mary took leave of her Majesty, and left. Windsor for Kew on Wednesday. Earl Cowley arrived in London on Tuesday even i n g, direct from . Compiegne, where his excellency has been staying on a visit to the Emperor Napoleon 111. The noble earl had a lengthened interview with Lord John Russell and also Viscount Palmerston. The noble earl returns to Paris early next week to resume his diplo matic duties. LIST OF CABIN PASSENGERS: Captain Reeve, Mrs. Horne, Mr. Brown, Mr. Hen derson, Mr. Berrill, Mr. Douglas, Mr. Balmer • Mr. Berrie, Mr. Carroll, Mr. and Mrs. Duncan and child, Misses Sewell (two), Dr. Sewell, Mr. and Mrs. Watts and four children, Mr. Newton,. Mr. M'Farlane, Mrs. Harris, Miss Hill, Mr. and Mrs. Brandon and child, Mr. Taburner, Mr. and Mrs. Crisp, Mrs. Ireland, Mr. and Mrs. Hester, Mrs. Barclay and child, Lieut. Allan. LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. THE ROYAL THE The first dramatic performance this • season took place Yesterday evening. The performances commenced with a Comedy, in three acts, by Mr. Bayle Bernard, entitled. " The Evil Geniur. '—Time, 183.—Scene, a' village. and park in Derbyshire. After whieh was per formed a Comedietta, in one act, adapted from the French vaudeville "Un Service a Blanchard," by Mr. Tom Taylor, entitled "To oblige Benson." Time, the present day.—Scene, Mr. Benson's house in Thurlow-square.—Under the management of Mr. Geo. Ellis, and under the direction of W. B. Donne, her Majesty's Examiner of Plays. The theatre was arranged and the scenery painted by Mr. Thomas Grieve. Shortly after eight o'clock the Queen and Prince Consort, with.. the Prince and Princess Frederick William of Prussia,. (Princess Royal), Princess Alice, the Prince and Princess of Leiningen, accompanied by the dinner company, entered the theatre in St. George's-hall, when the per formance immediately commenced. The orchestra was composed of her Majesty's private band. Robert Laurie, Esq., Norroy King of Arms, has been appointed Clarenceux King' of Arms, and Principal Herald of the South-east and West parts of England, vacant by the_ decease of James Pulman, Esq. Captain Penny, the well-known Arctic voyager, arrived on Monday morning at Aberdeen, from the whale fishing at Cumberland (of Baffin.) He left Aberdeen at the end of last Tune in the Lady Franklin, and returns thus early with three whales, about 60 tuns of .oil, and a few tons of bone. WHAT THE FRENCH THINK OP ENGLISH VOLUN TEEILING.—The Paris correspondent of L' Independance flap; writes that he has received some " curious details" on the subject , of English volunteering from an ex member of the legislative body who has just been on a visit to England. The ex-member, who is evidently gifted with an imagination of no ordinary power, states that in the various towns he visited great stores of pro visions arid munitions of war were being laid up, and that so strong was the patriotic fever, that means of transport were placed gratuitously at the disposal of the Government by the people, and that in one notable in stance, a merchant who had just received a cargo of grain handed over a large portion for the provisioning of the "citadel." The letter proceeds :—" The person who gives me these facts, and who has been as far as Scotland, saw the peasants there digging large holes in the fields. When questioned as to the object of their labours, they replied that it was to hide the riflemen when the French should make their invasion." BLASPHEMOUS LIBEL. - Those who remember the prosecution of a half-witted person named Thos. Pooley on the charge of blasphemy, and the attacks made upon Sir John Coleridge by Mr. J. Stuart Mill and Mr. Buckle, for the part he played in that transaction, will be curious to know the opinions of such a body as the Juridical Society on the "law of blasphemous libel." At the meeting of the society, on Monday night, the Lord Chancellor in the chair, Mr. Lewis, Q.C., read a p aper on this subject, the gist of which was that there is no thing prejudicial to free opinion in the State exercising its power to protect the Christian reli g ion "from ribald and scurrilous attacks." .He argue d that great public evil would result from the weakening of the " sanctions" of that creed, and that the State was bound to shield the faith which is generally recognised in thi s coun t ry " for the preservation of the law, which is based upon it." Men holding, or rather publishing, views similar to those of Paine, Gibbon, and Hume should, according to the learned ° mentlemen, be visited with th e p ena l t i es of the law, and he would also deprive parents of the guardianship of their children when their principles were in antagonism to religion, as was done in the case of Shelley, the poet. The Lord Chancellor, while fully admitting the importance of protecting Christianity from ridicule and insult, thought that more harm' than good would result from a practical adoption of Mr. Lewis's views.—Mr. J. G. Phillimore stigma tised the enactment under which Shelley was deprived of his children as a "gross usurpation, " and he .sub milted that "Christianity ou g ht t o spurnbeing defended by weapons which were taken from the armoury of error." Mr. Baron Bramwell would " severely punish anyone who would indulge in indecent or ribald attacks upon the religion of any sect, however few might be its members ; ' and the Attorney-general appeared to coincide generally with the views expressed in Mr. Lewis's paper., csportillff tetli once. CROSBY OPEN COURSING MEETING. By permission of N. BtrignELL, Esq. NOVEMBER 24TH. Stewards : N. Blundell, and C. Stanley, Esq. Field Stewards : Mr. C. Lomax, Mr. Halewood, Mr. Rainford, Mr. R. Kaye. Judge : Mr. P. Taylor. • Slipper : Mr. Billington. THE BLUNDELL CUP (for all aged Dogs). Mr. Stocker's Satin beat Mr. Lomax's Let-him-be-easy. Mr. Hope's War beat Mr. Lupton's Young Mischief. Mr; Thornton's Beatrice beat Mr. Lupton's Sydrophel. M r. Woorall's Moulder beat Mr. Graham's SECOND TIE. War beat Satin. Beatrice beat Moulder. THIRD TIE. Beatrice beat War, and won the cup. ,THE CROSBY STAKES (Puppies.) Mr. Lomax's Luck's All beat Mr. Graham's —. Mr. Rainford's Ratcatcher beat *Mr. Halewood's —. Mr. Morris's Sweep beat Mr. Worrall's Woodbine. Mr. Rainford's Dread Nothing beat Mr. Lontax's Let-her-be easy. - SECOND TIES. Itateatcher beat Luck's All. Sweep beafDreadnothing.• THIRD TIE. Sweep beat Ratcatcher, and won the stake. THE FARMERS' STAKES. Mr. Tyrer's Birdeatcher beat Mr. Winter's Captain Jack. Mr. Kaye's Kingdom beat Mr. Graham's , Mr. Worrall's \tell "% er beat Mr. inter 's Jaeone t. Mr. Hope's Lightfoot beat Mr. Halewood's Ha ppy Lass. SECOND TIES. • Kingdom beat Birdcatchor. Lightfoot beat :licher. THIRD TIE. • • Lightfoot beat Kingdom, and won the stake. TIIE HIGHTOWN STAKES. Mr. neaten's Hector beat Mr. Dickenson's Red, White & Blue. Mr. Sampson's Com e on M acduff beat Mr. Hall's Leamington. Mr. Worrall's Wallfruit beat Mr. Stocker's Scarisbrick Arms. Mr. Jump's Countess beat Mr. Tyrer's Blue. SECOND TIES. Hector beat Come on Macduff. Wallfruit beat Countess. THIRD TIE. • Wallfruit beat Hector, and won the stake. A more successful meeting has not taken place on this ground for many years, a very large company ' being in attendance. The decisions of the judge were, as usual, perfectly satisfac tory; and everything passed-off with the greatest eclat. CRICKET.—ENGLAND v. AMERICA. There arrived here, a few days since, the twelve "picked" cricketers of England, after an absence of about two months in America, where, as is well known, arrangements w e r e made been realised, as the following will Show : MATCHES AND RESULTS. S e ptember 2 1 , at Montreal—X o nt rea l , 85 and 6 3 ; total, 148. Eleven, 117 and 32 ; total, 149. E ng l an d won by t t i o on p s la r hasetvtejhealEningtehesEalevengainst twenty-t wos. The anticipa tions prove victorious, have e i g ht wickets. October 3, at Hoboken, N ew York;--H o b o ken, 38 and 54 ; total, 92. Eleven, 150. En g l an d won i n one innings, with 64 runs over. gOctober 14, at Phil a d e l p hi a —Phil a d e lphia, 94 and 60 ; total, 154. Eleven, ,126 and 29 ; t o t a l, 155. England won by seven. wickets. • October 17, at Hamilten, C an ada—Hamilton, 66 and 53 total, 119. Eleve n , 79 a n d 41 ; total, 120 . England Won by ten wickets. October 21, at Rochester—Rochester, 39 and 64 ; total 103. Eleven, 171. England won in one innin g's , with 08 runsover. Among the four matches arranged to be played, that at Hobo ken.ivm expected .to produce a severe contest, but it will be seen by the ab9ve that the Twenty-two at that :place were more easily defeated than the other:. The match at Rochester, in the state of New York, was all extra match, but the result was a victory in all.