Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-02-09 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL POLICE INTELLIGENCE BEFORE MR. mw.ornwum " A COOK AND STEWARD."—John Leggett, recently a cook and steward on board the ship 'Canna, was brought up on the following charges. Mr. Snowball appeared for the prosecution and Mr. Campbell for the prisoner. Mr. Snowball said the prisoner was cook and steward on board the ship, and, when at Mexico, , three of the men deserted from the ship, and the prisoner supplied them with provisions (biscuit and beef), so that they might get away. He also assaulted the mate, aid threw a valuable pig overboard. These we re th e charges preferred against him. Captain Wreford was examined, and proved that the prisoner gave awaythe provisions to the men; and, on one occasion, the prisoner went up to the mate and struck him, and, at the same time, flung a valuable pig overboard. Mr. Campbell endeavoured to show' that the men who had deserted were the persons who took the beef and bread. In:reply to Mr. Mansfield, the captain said the pig was subsequently got ant of the water. The value of the beef and bread was about a guinea. Win. Williams, the mate, proved that the prisoner assaulted him w ithout any provocation; and a sailor, named Carey, proved that he saw the prisoner take the, biscuit and beef into the forecastle to the men who deserted. Mr. Campbell cross-examined the witnesses, and it seemed the prisoner was drunk at the time of the assault. His Worship thought the charge was a serious one, and sent him to gaol for twelve weeks with hard labour, and ordered a sum of 21s. to be deducted from his wages. Mr. Epworth, out-door inspector, charged a person named Henry Francis, for deserting his wife and child, and having proved the case, the prisoner was sent to jail for one month. CHARGE OF FORGERY.—Mr. John Ellison, the secretary of the Adelphi Loan and Discount company, Renshaw street, chargod John Sheridan, a master, mariner, who lives at 199, Mill-street, Park, and Robert Branderwith also a 'master mariner, living at the same house, forgery. It appeared from the evidence of Mr. Ellison, and Mr. Cole, one of the inspectors of the company, that a *person named John Sheridan, wanted the loan of £5, and that 'Bernard Sheridan, senior, and junior, were offered as sureties for the loan. The references were found to be satisfactory, and the loan was granted. The prisoner Branderwith signed .the bill in the name of Bernard Sheridan, and the other prisoner signed that of Bernard ,Sheridan, jun., to the bill. This was dis covered by Mr. Ellison before the money was paid aver, and the parties were given in charge. Mr; Campbell (for Mr. Cobb) appeared for the prisoners, and produced witnesses to show 'that the prisoners were authorised to sign the names. Mr. Ellison said, he had no wish to press the ease, but to warn and prevent others froth doing the like. The prisoners were discharged: James Garvey was charged for defrauding a.cabman of his fare. Mr. Bluck defended. It appeared that the prisoner, in company with a mate of a ship, went in a cab to Hotham-street, and on arriving 'there the mate and the prisoner took to their heels ; the cab Man pursued, and the prisoner, who was the' slowest runner, was over taken, and conveyed to Hotham-street bridewell, put in irons and handcuffed. The prisoner was ordered to pay 3s the fare, 2s 6d for cabman's time, and the costs, amounting to 4s 6d. William llenessy, remanded from yesterday-, was charged by Mr. Rees, joiner, of Duke street, with steal ing a quantity of nails and other goods, while in the employ of the prosecutor, was brought up on cross examination by Mr. Bluck, who appeared fdr the prisoner. The prosecntor admitted that the articles in question came from Birkenhead. Mr. Bluck objected to the want of jurisdiction, in which Mr. 'Mansfield agreed; aid directed that the prisoner should be taken to Birkenhead. BEFOG MR G. HOLT BAD MEAT.— Samuel Speed, was summoned by Market Inspector Read, for having exposed 400 lbs. of beef, on the 31st January, for sale, at a slaughter-house, in Trow bridge-street. The defendant was fined 10s. and 4s. 6d. costs. Mr. Holt and Mr Smith, were engaged for a con siderable time in hearing seamen's wages cases, but the details were void of interest. LIVERPOOL COUNTY COURT ,- - ,..YESTERDAY BEFORE J. R. BLAIR, ESQ., JUDGE SEAMAN'S WAGES.--JAN EGBERD SPRENGALRAR'MP V. KARS DERKER.—This was an action brought by the mate of the Dutch ship Lisa Anna Rick, to recover wages due for work done aboard of that vessel, which he had left by the orders of the captain. Mr. Cobb appeared 'for the plaintiff, and Mr.- Wilson for the defendant. Mr. Cobb stated the case as follows :—ln this case the plain tiff is a Prussian, and he was first mate of the Dutch ship Lisa Anna Rick, of which defendant is captain. , The plaintiff signed articles in Veedam, in Holland, in Feb., at £3 as 4d. per month, in English money, from Ham burgh to Danzig, and thence to Scredarn, thence to Danzig, and thence to St. Petersburgh, and from that to Liverpool. The ship arrived in . Liverpool about three weeks ago, and shortly after the captain discharged the mate by telling 'him that' he' had nothing more for him to do. The mate went to the Con sul, who advised him to go back to the ship, which he did, and the captain again told him that he would not allow him to perform his duties as mate of the ship, and also said to him that he would meet him at the Consul's office, and pay him his wages, They did meet, when the sum of £9 10s. was tendered. The claim was for £22. On the mate refusing to take the sum tendered, the captain refused to pay him anything. The wages now claimed was from the time of signing articles till the time he was discharged by the captain. The Consul said the captain had no power to discharge any man in a foreign port, except at the Consul's office. The mate was examined, and gave his testimony through an interpreter. He said : The ship arrived about three weeks ago, and he remained eight days on board the ship after her arrival. 'After that time, the captain told him he might go ashore. He did so, and went to a boarding-house with his clothes, and then to the Consul's office. The Consul told him to go back to the ship. He went back, and remained a day-and a-half. The cook was bringint , some meat aboard, and when he went to help the cook, the captain desired him to let it alone, as he had no right to work there. The captain offered him £lB English money, but he refused, unless he got £22, the amount due. He would not have left the ship, had the captain not desired him to do so. Mr. Wilson cross-examined the witness at some length, but nothing important was elicited. The defence was; that the mate was disobedient, and that a portion of the bulwark had been washed away through his negligence. A clerk in the Consul's • office said, the mate made an application for a discharge, which could not be granted, but another man bad been discharged at his own request, and full wages paid him. His Honour gave a verdict for •the defendant, on the ground that it was his belief that the plaintiff had desired to be discharged, which was not the intention of the captain. JOPINSTON V. READ.—This was a servant claiming wages from her master, she having been discharged with- oat'notice. Mr. Hime appeared for the defendant. The plaintiff said she was enga g ed by Mrs. Read, at the rate of £6 per annum, and had been ordered to leave , in one - a month's notice.. At: the time she lid 4s 8d for the fortnight she had day, the custom bein, left she had been been in the servicE now claimed the remainuer of the month's wages. Mrs. Read said she .engaged the plaintiff on trial, and not for any time, and consequently she tho"-' Auired. His Hononr wanted he was to be on trial. He could t no notice was rec to know - how long understand her bein w g on trial for a week or a month,.bul there was no time mentioned to try the plaintiff. Under these circumstances he thought her entitled to the balance due of the month's wagei r was accordingly KINDER V. DAvts.--This was a case brought by a shopman against his late employer, Mr. Davis of Great George street for a sum of £7 15s 6d, alleged to be 'due as wages, in consequence of his being turned off from the situation without a month's notice, which plaintiff allegpl to be usual in the trade. .Mr. law appeared on behalf of the. defendant. The plaintiff Mr. Rime, that the cause • of. his discha,,_ calling in the shop to purchase some gauze when he asked.one of the young ladies in the shop - she told hint it was in the other she He did not know said, in reply to ie was a lady gauze nom it was, Davis I himself he env, about vepteen dim there there was no it's notice. He Wag .t.O receive a 'salary -ary with board. At th e time that this about :the ribbon took p 1 from home, and Mrs. Davis s Mr. Davis was ~at for him and told He said he would Mrs. Davies insisted that he at once, which he consented to do, but, at gave notice.that he would want a mont'h's Davis deposed to her having seen plaintiff - wspapers.iu the shop, by which-he not own duty but' kept others from id better leavt it notice, but only neglect basin Jr. Trim( t usual to give rade left at once. ddendani where that w In on- iff mentioned several instanc pontio , where Aen given, and - some was caulec where tli( ht the petition of it being polia to give a Honour month's He 'svOuld sulary i but would give an 01'06 ,0 03 00, a make no allowance fur board NEWEL—The letters from Calcutta and China are be delivered on Saturday or Monday next. THE CARDINAL'S VISIT. TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMES Sir,—Allow me to congratulate you on being a sharer with me and others in the formidable condemnation of your correspondent " Spectator. 7 All honour to the Press of Liverpool that dares to be free ! When it was my privilege to make an extern,- poraneous address at the. Concert-hall, more than a fortnight ago, I had not the most distant idea it would find its way into the newspapers, much less than it would so strikingly signalise the "unknown, and awaken such a profound consterr nation amongst the lovers of moral and spiritual thraldom. - - _ — This result can, only be accounted for on the ground that, the - speech contained some startling and undeniable facts. It is all very well for " Spectator" to speak of " rampant bigotry," " un blushing impudence," and " the dastardly attack," but a discriminating public knows how to appre ciate mere declamation side by side with stubborn facts. And just because I happened to give a narration of such facts, therefore, " Spectator" burns with fiery indignation. That is all. He has the effrontery to deny them, but he has neither the moral courage nor the argumentative ability to disprove them. It Was my intention to have supplied you with a few comments on his unmanly assumptions and assertions. I shall not, however, occupy your valuable space ftirther than to say, that I respect fully invite him to the meeting in the Concert-hall, on Thursday evening next, at which I hope to be permitted to expose his untruthful letter, and furnish undoubted proof about the stolen child, the weeping captives, and the shameless Popes.— I have, &c. THOMAS ROBINSON, Incumbent of St. Bartholomew's Church. 56, Great Mersey-street, Feb. 8, 1859. CARDINAL WISEMAN AND MR. JAMES ASPINALL TOBIN. TO THE EDITOR OF THE ICTORTHERN TIMES. Sir,—There is a, phrase in courts of justice called " swearing by the card." The same thing is sometimes, in common parlance, called " Jesuitry." But these things are not commonly attributed to high-minded Protestant gentlemen. I have been much struck by a letter, in last Saturday's Courier, in which Mr. J. A. Tobin denies, with great indignation, an allegation made by the same newspaper, on Wednesday, that he had repaired to the Catholic Institute to meet Cardinal -Wiseman. The article of Wednesday had imputed to him that he had met his Eminence at the Institute, and also at a banquet elsewhere. One observes that the denial does not extend to the banquet. Now, were we dealing with some oily Casuist, we might except to this omission ; but, coming from Mr. Tobin, we cannot suppose that when charged with meeting the "Pope's Legate" , at the Institute, he would publish a general denial, if the accusation was only untrue as to the locus in quo. Nevertheless, it might be a satisfaction to the Courier, and the Mail, to have the denial repeated in an unqualified manner. If Mr. Tobin did not go to meet the Cardinal on Wednesday, at Hope-street, did he, or did he not dine with him •on Monday at the Old Swan, and if he thinks the one imputation worth denial, will he negative the other P I confess that I do not see the discredit of going anywhere to meet a man of such undeniable eminence as the' Cardinal ; but, if Mr. Tobin thinks it wrong, or is ashamed of it, he will be glad of the chance of denying it properly.—Yours, obediently, INQUIRER. AMERICAN RAILROAD SECURITIES. From the Money article of the " Daily News." LONDON, 2nd Feb., 1859. We have received a copy of a report addressed by Mr. Thoinas Kennard, C.E., to the European bond-holders of the Atlantic and Great Western Rail Ways of New York, Pensylvania, and Ohio. Mr. Kennard presents the subject under three separate heads, viz :- 7 1. The geographical posi tion of the railway, • and its Vources of traffic. 2. The present state of the works ; the amount of casknedessary to complete the same; and.the time required to place them in active operation. 3. The legal position and constitution of the Company-. The line commences at Little Valley, a station on the New York and Erie Railway, and keeping ,in a westerlY direction through the th'ree States aboVe mentioned, forms a connection with the Cincinnatti, Hamilton, and Dayton. Railway, at Dayton, "thus conlleting the only uninterrupted line of communication between New York and. St. Louis." " This route," Mr. Kennard. observes,' ".clearly occupies the natural site for a grand trunk road to the west, entirely avoiding the Alleghany Mountains on the south, and the high lands running along the shore of Lake Erie in the north, and obtaining a remarkably level line." Glancing at the position of three other great railways, which run in the same direction, Mr. Kennard declares his conviction that " there exists, at, the present moment, a traffic amounting .to £2,400,000 annually passing from east to west, _ _ and vice versa, on the existing, railways, and that, as, the Atlantic and .Great Western will be by far the best, quickest, cheapest, and only continuous route, it must, under any circumstances, secure at least a fair share of this traffic, which I estimate would yield a return of 12 per cent. in a capital of £8,300 per mile, the contract price being £6,700." . Mr. Kennard further mentions that he has "caused a legal agreement to be executed, under which the company cannot incur a floating debt, which has been the ruin of so many similar enterprises in the United States. The report concludes as follows : Finally—ln placing this report in the hands of Euro pean capitalists at a time when American Railroad securities are not viewed with particular favour, I desire to call attention to the amount of money invested and the return derived, from the same collectively. I there fore place in the appendix a list of 171 railroads taken indiscriminately, good, bad and indifferent, and including 23 just completed or in progress, on which thirty-three millions have been expended, and as yet unproductive, representing 17,649 miles in length, and a cost of nearly 800 millions of dollars, from which it will be seen that the net profits are 'equal to 5 per cent. on the expendi ture, or 10 per cent. on the bonded debt. I would further call attention to the fact, that by-far the largest portion of the bonded debt held in England has been advanced, often upon 'the simple representations of paid agents sent over to negotiate, in the shape of the most wretched description of rails, at prices averaging at least 30 per cent. above the market value. I submit, there fore, that it is unreasonable to expect a steady return on all capital thus invested. Over-confidence and reckless trading must sometimes be attended with total loss. _ Iu Concluding this report, there are three paints to which I would draw especial attention : Ist. That the average return on the whole bonded debt of Tailways in the United States is about 10 per cent., and that the position of the Atlantic and Great Western clearly entitles it to rank above an average line: 2nd. That the present traffic per mile on the two roads of which it will form the centre link, is above the average, and that the only road—The Lake Shore —with which it can fairly be compared, has paid .dividends exceeding 30 per cent. per annum since its opening. . 3rd, That the existing through irafficwill far wore than cover , the interest on the bonded. debt, without estimating ill, in addition be very large. wlncll It will never be 1 froth • THE QUEEN AND lan SOLDIERS forgotten that when sick and wounded men r( the Crimea, her. Gracious Majesty t Queen, with characteristic 3 b• ' went down to Chatham and' idrgonau y cheered,ene by her IN bc . mnant smiles, those ivho had suffered in their country's cause. 11Iight Slime to express a hope h the advisers of h l e v r e jesty, or th ose who enjoy ,the high priv . ilege sp o b f m ac,c ti e n.. Ss" tq her . preF.ence, will take an opportunity of it to her th a t t h e su ff er i ngs of the poor men ,who have been invalided' home from India, after the toilsome campaigns of 1857 and 1858, would be much alleviated, if their sovereign could be induced to enter the' hospi tal ? It is not necessary that we should enter upon a calculation of the relative miseries of the soldierS of the Crimea, and those who have been:actiVely engaged in India. The latter may not have been as eonamnui five as the former -7-at least comparatively few of their letters have been published -- b u t no one who can form . ; a tolerable conception of warfare in India, doubts that their constitutions have been very severely tried. Their loyalty and gallantry have been beyond all question.— United •: Service Gazette. _ MONETARY- AND COMMERCIAL. LIVERPOOL, TuesdaS , Evening. Business in Liverpool has not been very active to-day. In the .Cotbin market, the transactionB amount to about 7,000 bales, and include 1,500 for speculation and export, without any change in prices. In sugar, the transactions were very limited. A fair amount of business was done in Jute, at full prices. The Liverpool Share Market has been dull, and prices not very steady. The transactions were as follow :—Birkenhead. ILancashire, and Cheshire, 67; Lancashire and . Yorkshire, 95,1,_951 London and North Western, 95 4 ,„ 954- ; Midland, 1011 ; York Capital StoCk, 71 ; South Eastern, 22 1-16 ; Dutch Rhenish, 5 3-16, 51-, 5 d • Liverpool and London Fire and Life, 91 p. After official hours, the following were the quota tions :=Blackburn, 114, 11 1 • Chester and Birk- enhead, 661, 671 ; Caledonian 858, 851 ; Chester and Holyhead, 471, 48 ; Eastern Coun ties, 121 3 , 1Z ; last Lancashire, 951, 96 ; Do. £9 shares, 1, 8 p ; Great Northern,' 104, 106; Do. A, 88, 89 ; Great W6sfern, 551, 55f4; Lancashire and Yorkshire Stock, 951, 96 ; Do. £9 shares, 4, §-„ p ; . London and North Western, 958, 959 ; Do: one-eighth shares, 15-16, 13 2 16 d ; Manchester - She ffeld, and Lincolnshire, 37A, 371 ; Midland Stock, 101-'4-, 101 k ; North British, 62,. 628 ; North Western, 132,-'134 • North Staffordshire, 4A, 41 d ; North Eastern—Berwick, 931, 931 ; York and North Midland, 782, 79,; Leeds Capital Stock, 481,481 •, South Eastern and Dover, 22 1-16, 224 ; Dutch Rhenish, d'; Great Western of Canada, 161, 161 ; Do. New Shares, 44, 4i d; Great Luxembourg, 61, 68 ; Grand Trunk of Canada, 8 3-16, 8 5-16. The Liverpool Corn Market presented no mate rial chringe from Friday. There was a moderate attendance, but Messrs. Fowler and Frean in their circular say : " Only a moderate trade in Wheat at unaltered rates ; same applies 'to Oats, Barley, Peas, and Beans. Indian Corn 6d to is per 480 lbs. dearer. Sack and barrel Flour, as also Oatmeal, unchanged in price, with'slow sale. Messrs. T;and H. Littledale have issued their usual monthly circular to-day, and from it we quote the following remarks in reference to trade in general : • War and commerce certainly do not agree, and the ru mours of war are almost, if not altogether, as injurious in their effects as actual conflict. The bright anticipa tions with which everyone engaged in trade was disposed to view the opening year, have been siuldenly overcast by the threatening _position of Continental politics, and our different Produce Markets seems to have . gone back to the same . groove of quietude and dulness in which they were during the autumn months. War or no war is now the all engrossing topic of discussion, and it was hoped that this would .have received a solution in the Queen's speech at the opening of Parliament, on the 3rd instant; that knowing the deep anxiety felt by the nation, indeed by the world at large, Ministers ' it was thought, would have obtained from our Ally, the Emperor of the French, such an assurance of his pacific intentions as would • have enabled them to dispel in a great measure the existing alarm ; but, unfortunately, instead of this being the case, the very grave apprehensions expressed by all the principal speakers in the debate, have led to the conclusion in the public mind, that the danger of war is' even greater than was before supposed. The cause of dispute, and the object to 'be attained,• seem so purely theoretical and so trifling, when compared with the vastness of the conse quences involved, that we cannot yet believe in war.; in the meantime, however, Continental orders and credits are being everywhere withdrawn or limited, and our exports, will soon feel the effect of this state 'of uncertainty, whilst, larger imports, particularly Cotton, will be directed to this country. The French Emperor's speech, delivered yesterday, though Warily, expressed, is certainlYpicificin its tone, and we trnst may have the effect of restoring confidence to some extent. The only movement 'of consequence during the past month has been in Tea, which, from the falling off in supplies, and probable great deficiency in the season's export from China, coupled with a large consumption, has assumed a strong position, and attracted the attention both of the trade and speculators, but without causing any serious advance in prices. In reference to Money matters they say : The demand for Money has been fairly active through the month, but the supply-has been considerably in excess of the wants df 'the public, and any disposition to speculate or to enter upon extensive operations has been effectually checked by the rumours of war. Loans to the extent of about £20,000,000 for different countries, including one of £7,060,000 for. India, are ready to come on the market, and will tend to absorb the present surplus capital, and prevent any further decline in its value, it is therefore probable, that, the rates of discount will remain with little variation for some time. First class paper is done at 21 ; 'three months at 23 to 3 per cent ; four and-six-months at 3to 3* per cent. Bullion in the Bank, £19,295,022, being an increase of £150,000 since the opening of the year, .and of 44i millions as Compared with 3rd February last year. Notes in circula tion, X 20,909,690, and reserve, £12,100,055, being about the' same in both Iteins as last month. The usual monthly circular of Messrs, G. F. Martin and Sons, reporting the transactions in Hides, haS also been issued. They say : The arrivals this month from the River Plate are small, including the_ "Elizabeth" and "Kelton," from Buenos Ayres, bringing 3,246 Salted Ox and Cow, and' 1,645 Salted Horse-Hides,: the Queen of the West" and " Dmita," from Uruguay ; ".oiontes," from Rio 'Grande, have also arrived with Bones and Bone Ash. The arrivals of Hides from other quarters comprise 28,100 from Australia ; '7,600 from the Brazils ;, 3,100 from Callao, and•2o,ooo East India Kips. Daring the past month, we have had a brisk demand for Salted Hides, and an advance of , Zd. to id. per lb. has been paid: for Buenos Ayres, to which the demand has been chiefly confined, Monte Video's have not been so much enquired for, and our stock of 13,798 hides are mostly of the latter description: We are now almost entirely without . Buenos Ayres slaughtered hides in this market, and but few are in second liana ' as the hides sold during the last two months have gone directly' into consumption. The leather market is now in a very healthy condition, higher prices have been paid, and the stocks in Factors' hands are unusually innall. With regard to the future prospects of this market, we are inclined to think hides will be higher, although a great deal will depend upon the quantity coming forward from the. River-. Plate, of which we are - at present without any information. The present quotation for Buenos Ayres, heavy and light Ox, is 71-d: per lb. for good quality. The reports from the Manchester Markets to day state that, although generally quiet, there was more inquiry for India, in consequence of the favourable tenor of the ast advices from that quarter. Prices generally were steady for both Goods and Yarns. It is said that the French Emperor's Speech had allayed a !good deal of the uneasy feeling which had previously prevailed among buyers for the continent ; nevertheless, there was no disposition to enter into operations on European account. In London, the Funds opened with more firm ness this morning, but subsequently "resumed a dull appearance. Consols, at two o'clock, were — s quoted per cent better than at four o'clock yes terday, but about 1 per cent below the quotations attained after that _ S hour. A want of confidence is still generally apparent. A steady revival of buoyancy on the Paris Bourse, however, is yet required to restore confidence in this market ; and the telegrams from the other side of the Channel are still awaited with 'much anxiety. Consols are higher than at the close yester day, . being 951 to 95i for Money, and to 95' for The March Account, with an improving, tendency. The final closing prices were, as follows : Consols for Money, 9511 Consols for Account ) 951, 95: 2 , 9th March.; 3 per Cents, 951, 954 ; Bank Stock , 227, 229 ; Exchequer Bills, large and small, 33, 36 premium. The foreign T market also presented a more settled appearance, but still the business done was not large: . The discount market remains easy. First class bills were negotiable yesterday at` . 2l to 21 per . cent. ' • FOREIGN EXCHANGES, Amsterdam Short - 11 ..1 15/ to 11 ... IG- 1 , Ditto Three Months.. 11 ... 18 ... 11 ... 18 . 1 Rotterdam 2 .... 25 liatriburgh Paris Short 25 ... ... 25 ... 12, Ditto Three Months... 23 ... 32/- ... •25 ... 37 Marseilles Frankfort Vienna 25 ... ... 25 :.: - 113 7 118 Z 10-... 63 ... 10 ~. 70 73 ... 10 ... 80 Petersburg Madrid - , 352 - 36 - 493 - 49 The Railway Share Market opened flatly at the decline experienced after the official hours of business .last night, but it has since become some-. what stronger. The transactions are very moderate. .Great Northern,arelo4, 1941. Great Westerns, 55, 551. Lancashire and Yorkshire, 951, 951. Loudon and Brighton, 108, 109. North Western; 95*. South Western, 951. Midland, 101+. East Indian and Great Indian Peninsula Shares were steady at the improvement of yesterday, and the other Gdaranteed Stocks exhibit no important variation. Foreign Railway Shares are inactive at about previous rates. Bank and Miscellaneous descriptions of Shares are quiet. The final closing prices for Railway Stocks were :—Arnbergate, 61-, 61 ; Caledonians, 85, 851 ; ditto Preference, 103, 105 ; Eastern Counties, 61, 62 ;, East Lanca shire, 94, 96 ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 69, 70 ; Great Northern, 104, 105 ; ditto A., 86, 88 ; ditto 8., 130, 138; Great Western, 551, 551; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 95*, 96 ; Brighton, 108, 109 North Western, 951, 951; South Western, 941, 951 .; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 37, 371 ; Midland, 1011, 102 ; North British, 611, 62 ; ditto Preference, 111, 113 ; North Eastern — Berwick, 93, 931; ditto Leeds, 48, 481; ditto York, 781, 781 ; North Stafford, 41, 41; South Eastern 731, 71 ; Turkish Sixes, 89/, 89+ ; ditto Fours, 1021, 1031 ; Great Western of Canada, 16, 161 • ditto New, 41, 41; Grand Trunk of Canada, 8 + ,.8 a . , _ _ _ - At the half-yearly meeting of the Mediterranean (Extension) Telegraph Company, held yesterday, the dividend declared was at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum. With reference to the late stoppage of telegraph communication between Malta and Cagliari, it was stated that, in the event of a like occurrence, the Treasury would continue the pay ment of a sum sufficient to secure a dividend of 6 per cent. for a period not exceeding three . months from the date on which such interruption might occur. The report was adopted. The following meetings are newly announced, viz. :—Ceylon Railway Company, for the 18th inst. ; New Brunswick and Nova Scotia Land Company, for the 10th March ; Eastern Bengal Railway Company, for the 25th inst. ; Class A shareholders in the St. Andrews and Quebec Railway Company, for the 24th inst. The annual meeting of the Madras Railway Company is Called for the 18th instant. A resolution will be proposed for the conversion into stock of paid-up shares 'in the original, first, and second extension capital. ' The prospectus of the Australasian Land and Emigration Company (limited) is issued. The object of the company is to purchase and re-sell land in . Australia, and to facilitate emigration. The proposed capital is .2100,000, in shares of X 1 each. _ _ The Brighton Railway traffic return shows this week an increase of £1,775. With reference toAhe Silk Market, the monthly circular of Messsrs. Hunt and King has the fol lowing : The silk market during the past month has been very quiet, the aspect of political affairs having shaken the confidence previously existing, and caused a reduction in prices of China silk of about is to is 6d per lb. ; some forced sales have been made of parcels held on foreign account, at even lower rates ; and except for thrown silk the continental demand has ceased. Manufacturers generally are busy, but now buy only for present require ments to complete orders. The deliveries for the month are about 6,000 balei. In Bengal silk there is nothing doing but in the best descriptions, which are a shade lower. In Italian silk holders are less firm,hut very little doing. The Irish Railway directors are preparing their various half-yearly reports. The accounts to be presented at the meeting of the Cork and Bandon Railway Company to-day, show a profit of X 2,005 on the working of the line for the six months ending the 31st of December. Out of this the directors recommend that a dividend be declared' on the No. 1 'Preference Shares at the rate of sA per cent. per annum, and on the No. 2 Preference Shares at the rate of 5 per cent. The traffic receipts show an increase of £216, s and in the expenditure there is a diminution of £614. The meeting of the Dublin and Wicklow Company will be held upon the 25th instant. In addition to the ordinary business to be transacted thereat, the proprietors will have to determine the order of rotation in which the present number of directors shall go out of office, and what number shall be a quorum at their meetings. The directors of the Waterford and Kilkenny Railway Company have issued a circular to the proprietors, pointing out the advantages to be derived from the taking up of the new debenture stock. The rate of interest offered is a high one, being at the rate of six per cent. per annum for the first five years, and five per cent. in perpetuity thereafter, in addition to which the amount is guaranteed as a first charge upon the most ample security whilst the instalments are made payable in such small portions, and at such distant in tervals, as to enable their being met without any difficulty. The weekly report of the Glasgow Wool Mar ket states that there has not been any transactions of importance entered into during the week. Several parcels of various sorts have been cleared off by spinners, but they are only buying to supply immediate wants. Stocks being light, holders are able to watch the market, and do not require to accept lower rates; as would be the case if stocks were larger. Spinners also generally are well supplied with wools. Both parties, therefore, are content to remain quiet in the meantime, until political affairs on the Continent assume a more decided aspect. There is little, actual change to report, unless in laid and white highland, which has rather improved. The old rates have been easily obtained, and, from the short supply in the 'market, it is confidently ex pected this class of wool will yet go higher. As a whole, fleece wools maintain their previous value. The excitement in the Stock Exchange to-day was such as is rarely witnessed. The news of the rally of to 1 per cent. attained by the French Funds, on Saturday, and by a further rise of 1 1 per cent. at the Little Bourse, 4 on Sunday, caused the Stock Ma r k e t s h er e to open with a feverish appearance, and a great advance was quickly established in all the leading securities. The immediate impression produced by the speech was one of disappoint ment, and Consols fell to within k of the closing quota tions of Saturday. After the recognised hours, a renewed speculative demand sprung up, and an improve ment of k or per cent. was quoted. Most other classes of securities left off sensibly better than on Saturday, though considerably below the prices attained prior to the actual receipt of the speech. The Discount Market remains easy. First-class bills were negociable to-day at 2k to 21 per cent. There were no gold operations at the Bank to-day. Compared with the closing prices of Saturday, the French Rentes on the Paris Bourse shew a rise of -} per cent. The' market for Sardinian Stock was firmer to-day, inasmuch as sales were practicable, but the price was no better than 80 to 82. The Scrip of the new Austrian Loan was quoted, at one period, a to 1 premium, but the quotation was nominal, and was weaker in the afternoon.—Daily Hews City Article Monday Evening. . There ,were sanguine expectations as to the probable character of the speech of the French Emperor at the commencement of business this morning, The, first transactions in Consols were at an advance ofd per cent., and there was immediately a further 'improvement. The market' then remained steady till towards the afternoon, when the favourable feeling began to subside, and the receipt of the Emperor's speech from Paris completely caused a reaction.—Tim's City Article Monday E reulng. The Cairngorm and - Great'Britain' have aTrrived frOrn China with 1 - ,798,7001b5. of tea. The commercial advices from France mention serious defects in all quarters from the 'policy of the Emperor. Numerous failutes are reported. Among the largest disasters is the stoppage of Farmer and Roger, bankers, at Orleans, who we,;•e compelled to suspend after having paid away £BO,OOO during a run. The exchange quotations from China, reported on • Monday, show an alteration. in favour of this country equal to about 3 per cent. at Shanghai, and 21 per cent. .at Hong Kong, diminishiag shipments of silVer are consequently anticipated . On 'Monday advices were received from China showing that 'the exports of tea to date were 28,000,000 pounds, showing a deficiency of 7,000,000 pounds: The mail steamer from China has on freight 3,000 bales of silk, The exports of silk to date were 46,000 bales ; Total shipment, 52,000 ; of which 4,000 had taken place during the last fortnight. General Mahon, the commander-in-chief in Algeria, has announced that the division Renaud had been recalled to France and has issued an Order of the Day on the occasion. ' _ RAILWAY NEWS.—The directors of the Midland Rail way Company recommend a dividend at the rate of 4 per cent. per annum. The Brighton Railway traffic return shows this week an increase of £775. THE NORTHERN TIMES, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1859 YESTERDAY'S -MARKETS LIVERPOOL PRODUCE Colonial, &c.: We have no improve ment to notice in the demand for Sugar, the business being con fined to 600 bags yellow Cossipore at 47s Gd per.cwt ; and nothing has occurred in Molasses, Rum ' or Coffee. At auction, 10 , 000 bags Moulmein Rice went off at 5s 7/d: by private, 700 bags of Bengal brought Ss 9d per cwt. The business in Dyetcoods is limited to 13 tons Campeachy Logwood at £7, and 5 tons Slam sapanwood at £l5 per ton. Of Ashes, only 10 barrels Pots at 30s, Pearls quoted at 325. 150 bags Nitrate of Soda have realised 15s ; and 450 bags Calcutta Saltpetre have been sold at 39s per cwt for 7i to ai per cent. refraction. Of Brimstone,, only 10 tons best 2nds reported at £8 5s per ton; and in other Drysaltery Articles we are without anything further to report. Oils : Palm at £42 to £43,per tun '• and nothing to notice in Olive ; a little business in Gingelly at 35s • and retail sales of Cochi n C o coa-nut Oil at 44s per cwt ; 19 casks Cod Liver have been taken at Gs per gal -1 on. Tallow rules at Ms for P.Y.O ; and only limited transactions in Rosin at 56 per cwt for common. For 2,765 bales of Jute offered by auction, there was but a moderate demand, and holden; being firm, nearly the whole was taken in, but subsequently 600 bales were sold at previous, prices. The. Manilla and. Bombay Hemp was withdrawn. In Seeds, we have only to notice 800 bags Bombay Linseed at 53s to 54s per 'quarter. 50 tons Kooria Mooria Guano have been sold at £4 59 per ton. . LIVERPOOL COTTON.-With a fair demand, the cotton market rules very steady, but without animation. The sales—including 100 Maranham, 'lid to BAd ; 300 Egyptian, 7ad to 9d ; 1,000 Surat, lid to 6d--are reported 7,000 bales, of which 1,500 are on speculation and for export. LIVERPOOL CORN.--At this period of the year a practically correct estimate of our wheat crop of the previous harvest may be generally arrived at, and judKing from the experience of the past four months, we may safely' pronounce that the last crop ,realised in this kingdom has not only been abundant, but has exceeded in quantity the liberal estimates formed at the time of gathering; this, combined with good old stocks left over, has all along kept us in a position comparatively independent of foreign aid, and thus the almost total cessation of imports from America has had little greater effect than to prevent a further reduction from previously low prices, while the business done with the near . continental ports has in few cases been attended-with profit, and generally resulted in moderate loss. The markets of the country at the close of the past week were somewhat more firm, but in a very few instances could any improvement be obtained, the con tinued mildness of the season still prejudicing the condition; and Mark-lane yesterday ruled quite dull. Here we have had a mo derate enquiry for wheat since Friday, at full prices, but flour has moved slowly. .Indian corn and beans firmly supported. We have no arrivals from America, and the week's imports are below the average extent. Notwithstanding a better attendance at our market to-day, the actual business in wheat of any descrip tion has proved upon a limited scale, holders generally requiring previous rates, which we repeat as on this day week, though to sell in quantity some decline would be necessary. The flour trade is without alteration, with little business passing. Beans bring extreme prices. Oats are in very limited request ; but there is an improved enquiry for oatmeal, and the value of the latter has improved 2d to 3d per cental on the week. Indian corn does not go freely into consumption to-day, being generally held for 2d to 3d per cental advance, which serves to check the demand, R. MAKIN & SONS LIVERPOOL SCOTCH PIG IRON.—Our market for warrants closes at 52s 6d to 52s 9d cash. 2,00f' tons done at 52s 6d. Shipments from Glasgow last week, 6,585 tons; ditto, corresponding week, 1858, 8,689 tons; ditto, corresponding week, 1857, 5,411 tons. Total shipments from Glasgow from Ist Jan., 1859, to date, 38,113 tons.; same period, 1858, 52,376 tons - decrease, 14,263 tons. Price this time last year, 56s 9d. THE MANCHESTER Goons.—There was a very buoyant feeling in the Manchester goods market this morning, produced chiefly by the favourable advices received from the eastern markets, but the unsettled state of European politics, tended to check in a material degree the improvement which other Wise would have taken place. The amount of business done was moderate, and the rates were about,the same as last week. _ LONDON PRODUCE.—Sugar : The public sales are going off without showing any material alteration in prices. Refined lump , quoted 52s 6d to 545. Coffee : The public sales are pro gressing steadily. Tek: The public sales have commenced Id decline. Rice : 10,000 heavily, and common cong ou so ld a t bags Bengal were offered, a n d a p ar t sodfrom 7s to 9s. Pimento : 900 bags sold in public sale at 30 to 3id. Cotton : 200 bales sold yesterday on 'Change at previous rat. Rum : The market qmet. Saltpetre has a firm appearance. Bosouon Hor,—A fair average business has been done to-day in new hops, and full prices have been realised, but in other kinds scarcely anything has been done. • LONDON TALLOW. --The market is firm at the annexed prices : Town tallow, 525, net cash ; Petersburgh Y.C. on the spot, 53s 3d ; on or before end of March, 53s 3d ; March alone, 53s 6d; April, 52s 9d to 535; April to June, 52s 6d; October to December, 52s 6d. • LONDON MINING. —ln the mining market, this morning, the transactions :lave been principally Zonfined to shares in Piovi dence Mines, Wheal Kitty (Lelant), Wheal Mary Ann, South Tolgus, Cook's Kitchen, and Cam Brea. The market generally presents no feature of striking interest. Foreign and colonial mining securities are steady, with very little business. LEEDS CORN.-With small arrivals from the coast, our show of wheat was but moderate. The trade ruled slow, and the busi ness done was at Friday's rates. To get on freely in sales rather lower prices had to be taken. • Barley was very firm at late rates. Beans and oats as before. Other articles unaltered. HULT CORN:—Fair supply English wheat, slow sale•at last weeks prices, except fine' dry wheats which were readily taken by millers. Barley, beans, and peas, unaltered in value. Oats for seed Is per quar:er dearer. NEWCASTLE Coax.—Very thin attendance of buyers, and the bulkiness done was rather lielow the prices of Saturday. HALIFAX WORSTED, :Feb.. s.—The wool trade continues in active, and altogether about the same condition of things pre+ails which we reported a week ago. Holders of the raw material are generally much easier to deal with, and the re duCtion which we spoke of last week at id per lb has now got to id. BELFAST Poax.—The supply to-day comprised 1,059 pigs, and the quotations were from 45s to 50s: DrBLIN Coax.—The supply of home wheat was short, but the demand, being good, prices were sustained. There was very little barley in the market, and prices were rather higher in consequence. There was very little inquiry for foreign wheat. Coit c 13CrrEn.—The folloN'ving were to-day's quotations : Firsts, 130 s ; seconds, 130 s ; thirds, 105 s ; fourths, 88s ; fifths, 64s per cwt. 200 in market. Cri.Asoow Imnc.—The demand continues dull, and scarcely any business has been done to-day. The shipments this week amodnt to 6,585 tons against 8,689 for the corresponding week of last year. The quotations to-day were—No. 1, Ms 3d to Ms 6d ; warrants, 52s 6d to 52s 9d; maker's iron, 51s to 51s 3d; No. 3, 51s to 51s 3d. TRADE OF LEEDS, WOOLLEN, Saturday.—There has been a very good business done in the Coloured Cloth Hall this morning in all kinds of light serviceable goods; : in fact, any quantity meets with ready sale at present. ROCHDALE, WOOLLEN, Monday. Manufacturers are still employed on old orders. but as these run out they are not replaced, except for small lots to complete assortments. BANKRUPTS. Thomas Hill, broker, Liverpool. George Allibone Drage, boot and shoe manufacturer, Olney, Buckinghamshire. Henry Richard Orrig, builder, Kingston-upon-Thames, and Esher. John Brown, grocer, Crawford-street, and Oxford Market. Charles Meads Coleman, farmer, Coleshill, Warwickshire. James Hick, shoemaker, Great Driffield. William M'Kinstry, broker and commission merchant, Liver pool. Margaret Wilson, milliner, Halifax. William Manion, currier, Liverpool. PROPERTY TAX AND POPULATION Under this heading a return has been published, showing under different columns the annual value of all the real property, including railways and -canals, rated under Schedule A, for the year ending the sth of April, 1857, as well as the amount payable-for that year, in each county or Parliamentary borough of the United Kingdom, the population of each according to the census of 1851, the present number of Parliamentary voters in, and the number of members returned for, each. The information is first given separately for each county, borough, &c., as is then embodied in tables, from which we learn that in England and Wales the annual value of prOperty rated under Schedule A is 60,501,1671., the amount payable for which for the year endin g sth April, '57, at a rate of is 4d in the pound,. was 4,033,369/. These two sums in the case of Scotland were respectively 8,013,0051. and 534,1971., and in that of Ireland 9,826,905/. and 655,062/., making in the aggregate a sum of 5,222,6281 derived from this source in the year mentioned, and showing that the annual value of property classed under this Schedule A, and belonging to counties, exclusively is 78,340,267/. For boroughs and cities, in England and Wales, these sums are '42,995,086/., and 2,866,3631. ; in Scotland, 4,569,741/., and 304,603/. ; and in Ireland, 2,089,1911., and 139,2591. Added to the sums above mentioned, we get a total of 127,994,2881. as the annual value of pro perty under Schedule A in the United Kingdom, and another total of 8,532,858/., derived from it in the year ending sth April, 1857. The proportions borne to one another by the population, the constituencies, and the members, may be best, shown in the following tabular form. The population is in accordance with the census of 1851 : Counties. Population. Voters. Members. England and Wales 10,495,930 506,654 159 Scotland .. .. 1,726,620 50,403 30 Ireland 5,960,109 161,672 718,729 United Kingdom .. 18,182,659 Boroughs and Cities. England and Wales 7,443,822 435,604 317 Scotland .. Ireland .. .. 1,136'122 878,430 49,668 23 20,373 41 United Kingdom . 9,458,374 514,645 401 Counties, Cities, &Boroughs. England and Wales .. 17,939,752 942,258 496 Sealand 2,862,742 100,071 Ireland 6,838,539 191,045 105 United Kingdom 27,611,033 1,233,374 THE PROPERTY AND INCOME TAX A return has been published on this subject to an order of the House of Commons. The gross amount of pro perty assessed in the year ended sth April; 1857, under the Schedules B and D, is given for each county and borough of England and Wales, Scotland and Ireland. The information is first given separately for each county, borough, &c., and is then summed up in the following, comprehensive tables : ABSTRACT OF COUNTIES Gross Amount of Property Assessed . April 5, 1857, under Schedules (B) -(D) England and Wales £3B 726,869 £17,845,658 Scolland Ireland 5,809,932 2,497,751 United. Kingdom .... £ 17,034,552 £21,483,454 ABSTRACT OP CITIES AND BOROUGHS. England and Wales £55,666,269 Scotland Ireland.. 84,787 3,256,247 . United Kingdom .... £2,666,546 £67 ,715,496 A table incorporating these two is also subjoined : ABSTRACT OF COUNTIES, CITIES, AND BOROUGHS. England and Wa1e5....... .• ..•.....4.41,186,404 £73,511,927 Scotland .............. .. ... .. ... 5,932,156 , 11,109,149 Ireland ..... ,-- ,- 2,582,533 4,577,874 United Kingdom . t ..£49,701,098 £89,198,950 SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE• HIGH WATER Even. Height 3 10 15 2 Tins DAY WIND At LIVERPOOL, S.S.E.—Light breitze „ BAD,—S.E.— Do. Lisbon I Fairy . Africa 1 lowa SAILED. . .. Havre Restless ... Gibraltar Tamerlahe St. Michael's Thetis .. Charleston Kestrel ~New York Meese ..Rio Janeiro Santa Cruz ,Pernambuco D. Harrisor __Bombay I Calphurnia ..Rotterdam •Regina ..Havannah. Aguia ....Shanghae Nde la Gard .....Bombay Crown St. Domingo Bolivar I .. New York Enterprise . p a rsbi% BCC' Mobile, Itio Gra ns '? PhiladelPhr Pernambu calla° ••::Surina° Ayeri° • • • . . Lisb ° Afric Monte VidpO Arno (ss) Armeniin (r.m.s.) British Queen (ss Arab .. . •• . Vivid ..... •. • • Stalwart Universe ..... . . Falcon ......... Mutlah •....... . Minerva Rhea. ... Hersilia Mary StenliousE Ernst August .. J. Bradshaw .. PUT BACK, Susan E. Howell, for New Orleans MARITIME EXTRACTS BOULOONE, Feb. 7.—Water as high inside the• Jubilee a 9 side ; ship very badly logged ; metal washing off ; silk fet" 'tween decks mostly in good order ; a few bales only wet. 2n,, bales landed in all up to this time, and about 500 packageb tea partially damaged; "weather fine. FLEETWOOD, Feb. B.—The iron schooner Elfin, of LiverP&' e Lni " rooL, Feb. 8. with pig iron, from Ardrossan, sank after collision with the Pin Patrick (s.), hence to Belfast, which has put back dam a g e , The master, his wife, and two hands of the schooner We drowned. KIRKCUDBRIGHT, Feb. 4.—The cargo (herrings) of the Berl Volant, from Pentewan to Liverpool, sunk near here,. and afte `i wards raised, is being transhipped for Liverpool, .as the verse will not proceed. PORTIICAWL, Feb. s.—Parts of the wreck of a vessel have beta washed ashore here with some papers of the Ind i a >Tic° , Acamadilla, Pictou, 13, including master." BOMBAY, Jan. 10.—Intelligence from Cochin by telegraph 11 been received that the Koh-i-noor,---, with a full carg° 011 board, took fire Jan. 4, and was scuttled in 16 feet water close t o the shore, as,previously reported. Nearly all the oil on hoa r would probably be saved, 100 casks from top tiers having been landed uninjured, also 150 damaged bales recovered. The C harici t Callow, frcm London,arrived here Dec. 28, leaky, having str aineo from overloading. The Gladiator, Jiffanes, from Liverp ool ' arrived here 26th, has also suffered from the same cause, SYDNEY (N.S.W.), Dec. 10.—The Sylplaide arrived here 2 a:, Nov., encountered a Violent gale when rounding Cape Hope, "; lat. 41 S, and fell in with a large number of iceberg's from 3 00 „,„ 8 400 feet in. height. On the berth for London ',.:,- Woolloomooloo, owing to the slow arrival of the new clipe 0 5 been detained longer than was expected ; she has now, howel% nearly completed her loading, which will consist of 1,600 bale6„l; •wool, 457 bags gum, and a quantity of hides, horns, &e. will sail in a few days. The Nourmahal is now nearly full, o,r t i with cargo and passengers, and will get away about the ' , Ts 8 instant. The Speedy has nearly the whole of her dead weig,lllAl board, and a great quantity of wool engaged, and 1'.;21 meet with quick despatch. The Vimeira has got the greater port l ei l of her cargo on board, and a full complement of passellg.,,t, engaged, and Will sail between - the 18th and 25 th in st a:,,a The Wave of Life is now taking in timber, hides, &c. , is expected to sail about the end of. January- The Damasca"..,, now ready to receive wool, &c., having Miller dead weight &al and on board, consisting of 5,000 ' hides, gum, &c. She by t probably get away early in January. The light of the Age nearly discharged her inward cargo, and is receiving dead weig'4 The Granite City has all her dead weight and a good part of P.! , wool on board; she will get away the latter end of the moa, La Hogue is rapidly filling with cargo, and will sail positively the 14th January; she will be quite full of passengers , l. the poop cabins, with the exception of two, being erigage,,; The British Merchant has all her dead weight and a small ir b i e e tity of wool on board, and anticipates quick dispatch. o a cabins have been engaged. The Gladiolus has sailed f or Moreto Bay, to load for England. The David Mllver has her de e d ; weight on board, and the greater portion of her cargo engag., o 4 she is advertised to sail on the 15th inst. The Quito is lo a. „10 at the Circular Wharf, and will sail -in December. I t a Leichardt has been, placed on the berth, and will meet dispatch. • Yom T e t ll GRAVESEND, Feb. B.—Arrived : The Scorpion, . sv. Liffey, St. Michael's ' • Fanny Gavu, Tercels • ' Isabella, 1 4, Michael's ; Era, Boston ; Culloden, Bombay ; Prince Al b f e ,/, Ismail; William Simpson, Batavia; Sea Park, Calcutta; ,; St. Michael ' s,;. Cleveland (ss), Genoa; Brothers,. Deny Cleadon, Calcutta;. Bury St. Edmonds, .Mauritius; VitterT. Calcutta, Sailed : The Margaret ThoMpson, for Launceslo.a.4 Triumph, Bermuda ; Andromache, Pdit Phillip ; Caldera, Sydncli, DEAL, Feb. B.—Passed : The Cleveland, Westward London ; Alfredi . London to River Plata ; Monarch, Alexandria to London; Marathon, Calcuttd to Low?" htf, Q,neen of the Sea, Denier:ura to London; Waterl.ll7' Bankok to London ; Jeune Henri, London to IW4;, Anchored : The Dundee, from London for Jamaica ; WharneV ot London, Simon's Bay ; Barracouta, London, Mauritius; SO —A, London, Syra ; Monnequasto, London, Kurrachee ; London, Monte Video ; Walton, London, Aden ; Carlscror; London, Rio Janeiro • Rapid, London, Cardiff ; .Venus, Lon r p, ,Siberia ; Theela, London, Granada Jowe Koske, Antc..,„, Genoa. Passed: The Lammermuir, Whampoa ; London, Moreton Bay, in tow ; Blue Jacket, London, CahO r i og , in tow ; Peninsula (s), Cadiz, London ; Pelican, raga' North ; Odin Feb.hooner), Westward, London. GREENOCK, F 8. —Arriied: The Torojan, from DemerON . Aitutes, St. John's, N.B : ; Strathfieldsg o e, Java. Sailed: .J Gray, for Trinidad; Louii Napoleon, Alexandria. BELFAST, Feb. B.—Arrived: The Jenny, from Alex Sailed : The Fanny, for Glasgow ; Doncaster, Newport. ; QUEENSTOWN, Feb. 8. =Sailed : The Lind, for Botterda o3 , l Eliza Jenkins, Greenock; Aurora, London. Put back : Tho u "' English, for Limerick. KINGSTOWN, Feb. 8. —Arrived : The Rose Esther, from Vera: DUBLIN, Feb. B.—Arrived : The Osborne Elizabeth, fr ° A . Ancona ; Huntress, Smyrna ; Brockley, Newport ; 31 ' Bond, Newport. VESSELS' REPORTS. S a i led Report of the Barque Victory, Fry, at Bristol, Feb. 5 ; from Half Jack, West Coast of Africa, Dec. 8 : rfpl Jan. 24, in lat. 40 51 N., lon. 26 2 W., passed the lower Pa # 45 a ship's lowermost, evidently not long in the water, ab ow o feet from heel to partners, four feet painted green from Par 9 IS to saddle, iron belaying-pins with gear attached, and ab out feetainte whe from sadd frome toacture. Report of the d •Prem it ier, Smith, London, at Dundee, Feb' 4; experienced gales from S.W to N.W. Jan 26, the Coquet W. 35 miles, discovered a brig about; mile on the port quarter, lying to under a reefed tryt, suddenly disappeared ; supposed she must have shifted ball.' capsized, and gone down. Jan 30.—While lying to, a hurricane passed over the ve sse throwing the Premier on her bears ends for some time. Report of the Richard Bustead, from *Mazatlan, spok e following vessels : ia vG Nov. 13.—John E. Kosko, from Glasgow to California, 33 S, lon. 47 W. , Nov. 27.—Orolinda, from Oporto to Rio Janeiro, in hit lon. 39 W. Jan. 4.—Wild Pigeon, for Valparaiso, in lat. ... Jan. 7.—William Schroeder, for Africa, in lat. 2.. Jan. 15. -Epaminondas, from Liverpool to New, Orleans, 32 N, lon. 31 W. Report of the Merchant , lowing vesss : • Nov. 9.— el Euroclyclon, from Bombay to Liverpool, in lat. 1 O N, ion. Q Vii, 1..21:41 from Bombay ) 'spoke th., lon. 57 Dec: 8.-.-Spartan, from Macao, in lat. 33 S, lon. 28 1 Dec. 10.—Catherine, from Mauritius, in lat. 34 S., Lon. 2 Dec. 15.—Leonie, from- Bombay, in lat. 34 S., lon. 17 E• 17 .—Pekin, from Batavia, in lat. 31 S., lon. 14 E. Australian, from - Batavia for Cowes. in lat. bee. 2U lon. 9 W. 25. —Clara, bound north, in lat. 36 N., lon. 35 \V 6.--Hermione, and Helene, off Holyhead. FOREIGN PORTS. ale Douglas,from London ; Gladiator, hence ; Prestonjee Born o cl Moulmein ; Acadia, Aden ; Stebonheath, Calcutta ; Charles,loo, Forerunner, London; Alligator, Cochin; Kate, Aden; Eugit China ; Great Tasmania, Mauritius ; and Flora, Kurrache e "" at Bombay to 10th Jan. sn Coriolanus, Norah Grearne, William Wilson, Kertch, Wigtownshire—all sailed from Bombayfor Liverpool to 10010"" John Sugars sailed from Bombay for Liverpool 10th Jan. 0 4 Arachne, Sharp; Bellona, Miller ; Torrell, Morgan; Edith Eagle, fro Byrne ; all hence at ' Calcutta Jan. 29. i r aetn; m Mauritius • Margaret M`Kenzie, from Mon ...04 Martaban, Lawson, from Java ; and Gertrude, from Melb ou* all at Calcutta to Dec. 29. Helen Wallace, Ilenry, sailed from Calcutta for Live r P °°l Dec. 2" Vict • n* Emanuel, sailed from Calcutta for Liverpool De c ,hantman, sailed from Calcutta for London Dec. 29• Eulihra hence at Gibraltar Jan. 29. ENGLISH PATENTS. The following patents, amongst others, were sealed durin, , , v er• week ending February 5, 1859 : —James Fogg, of Great P`o,si near Bolton, bookkeeper, for improvements in pressure 0 43 ;0 4 dated August 12, 1858 ; Evan Leigh, of Manchester, met?, pre' engineer, for improvements in machinery or apparatus 1 °`,4 0 0 ,4 paring and spinning flax, wool, silk waste, or other P,,,'015 • materials, dated'Aug. 5, 1858; George Hinton Bovill, of ford Lodge, Wimbledon, Surrey, for improvements in the n a pe! , fanture of gas, also in the manufacture of coke and othe r for dated Aug. 6, 1858; James Walker, of Glasgow, enginen o ia improvements in machinery or apparatus for maalding or '„, „";dot i metals; dated Aug. 7, 1858 ; .Louis Alexandre Forot, of w f ie* , and Paris, merchant, for a new mode of ornamenting re 3b1559t and in the apparatus connected therewith, dated Aug. 11' r ta3Y Stephen Hine, of Macclesfield, silk manufacturer, for t l i ft if, improvements in machinery or apparatus for twisting, do il te riA and retwisting and.winding silk or other similar fibrous 1 115 40 4 dated Aug. 2, 1858; George Weston, of Sheffield, for a W, 3 ";,,ter , machine, dated Aug. 7 5 1858; Francis Preston, of Mane mechanical engineer, and William M'Gregor, of the salne'iiste° mechanic, for improvements in, machinery for, cutting files, r oe' Aug. 20, 1858 • John Macintosh, of Regent's Park, for in l Pot' ments in insulating telegraphic wires or conductors, and i n ble ratus employed therein, part of which apparatus is applies 1358 ; the manufacture of tubes from India rubber, dated Aug. 24, r ofe' Alexander M'Ewen Peter's, of Edinburgh, plumber, for 1 11 41; ments in apparatus for regulating the flow or passage of 0 _ o re , ti dated Sept. 8, 1858.—From Messrs. Hughes and Bloo , ' List. SPORTING EN C E Mr. Johnstone's ho Laodamia w instant the wei INTELLIG !dons. r • , died a few days ag c !: M e t ropo lit an stala* a at Uxbridge, Wide ~hts appeared. x has let his horse Defiance, by Old Eng M. Der Loid Middleton,. for the season_ It is in contemplation to establisl management of Mr. E. W. Topham, of The Irish two-year old colt Terror, by I Hibernia's dam, has been sold oxlt of the Stand- a high flgurc BLINK BONNY.—This PAnson, has, it appears 'closed her racing caieei, and , she will become a broodrnare. • The horse Gemma di VergY (formerly the property °I -A 9 s ett v 'o Palmer, who was executed at Stafford) _ ,- 0 , has been sold Marquis of Waterford for 800 guineas, and the animal f from London to Cumghmore last week. tiar ie loff MEETING OF THE ,JOCKEY Clrn.—The intended nice Jockey Club did not take place on Friday last, there n O 4 or' sufficient number (nine) to form a quorum, and 1 t ,„ adjourned until the Craven meeting, at Newmarket. s o fi s d - DERBY STEMPLE CHASM—The Derby steeple chas e Olt race meeting is announced to come off on Thursday, the March. inba {r During During the past week, the following arrived at m Mf oca._e Scott's stables, Whitewall House, near Melton, to be tr.pflas' engagements ;—Lord Glasgow's : Brother to Bird-ce"th r g r )rated. ti at6d animal, thefopi