Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-10-19 00:00:00

SMITHSONIAN HOTEL, BEWAVIKAT,COTTLET of HOUSTON-STEER r, New YORK. IRKIROGI in honour of the SMIWDNIAN INSTITUTION, Itstablished at Wes INGTON, by the U. S. CONGRESS, With Funds baqueathed by JAME 9 SMITII3ON of ENGLAND, ssaiogthe Frietialhip Of the OFFICERS of the NATIONAL INSTITUTION Is oonductad on the System of Hotels in ENGLAND. CHAS. H. SMITH. flitini C'ertien. MUNICIPAL EL ECTI oN. HINT PETER'S WARD. A PUBLIC MEETING OF THE ELECTORS 0 R ST. PETER'S WA-RD Favourable to the Election of C. T. BOWRING, ESQ. As one of its Represer.tatives lathe C4unell, Will bs held THIS EVENING (MONDAY), AT SEVEN O'CLOCK, At the 'CLARENDON .ROOMS, SOUTH JOIN-STREET, By ordor of the Committee, CHARLES WiLLI4IE3, Chairman, RICHARD CROSSLEY, Vice-Mailman, J. C. WDONALD, secretary. TO TILE ELECTORS OF SAINT PETER'S WARD. rIENTLEIVIEN,—The receipt by me of a requi ur ition from a very numerous and highly respectable portion of your body, inviting are to al ow myself to be , zonated as a candidate to represent you in the Town , Council, leaves me no other course (compatible with a sense of duty) than to come forward as a c mdidate for yonr suffrages, at the approaching Municipal Election. Convected as I have been with your ward, as a ratepaye: in it, for a peried of nearly tweet! years, such a mark of your vcrradence is highly appreciated by ma; and should it be the wiil of the majority, totplace me as your representative, in the council, I beg to leisure you that ray best exertions shall he continually exercised to , crward your utemts, and that, of the Community generally. Although we have a compare ive absenceef great party cries, and subjects oecontention. I ce rce ve there are an abnedance of objects to which - the attention and labours of your representatives should be directed. 'The present state's:* the acpply of water, • , :annot longer be borne witt ; it calls ler the earnest attention, and immediate aetion of your Town Council ; the supply.ef so importeret a necessa'y iel life and health, in the wire -state, overides all ocher ,eonsideratione; and from the interests invelaecl, demands an early settlement. 11 nut your Corporate funds should be managed with the gesitest eco omy, is so evident a propcsit;en, that I will only allude telt by saying, that the attention ofyour cannel should be kept constantly alive to the necessity of keeping the. expenditure of the great revenue entrusted to their management, and derived from the hard labour of all the various classes of the community, at the lowest point compatible with the wants and Interests of that community. Connected veto this sub ject, s another of great importance. It is highly essential, that a Can' n 1 revisien of Corporation Property should be made, so that it may bee e srly as-ertained it what it consists. There are many sober sal; eets which canaot be more titan touched upon, sithin rho timits of sue: i dress. suzli as the spreading of Edu cation—the fostering of useful institutions, and elevating influences - Which I hold to be lee duty of oar local legislature. These subjects, if At be your p!eastire to return rte as your te e resentative, shall have the most earnest andindustrious adplication of my abilities applied to them.—.l remain, G entlemen, yours obedient cer van • C. T. t, BOWSING. € :nth John-street, October. 13th, 1857 TO TILE MUNICIPAL. ELECTs)ItS OF EVERTON AND UALE :WARP. , GENTLEMEN, — fIAVI,\ Cir been urgently requested by a large and influential thly of We Llotors of thin Ward. ed,cvery shade of political opinice, to come forward as a CAN DID AT r. for,tha honour of again rep. esanti .g you in the LIVERPOoL To WN COUNCL.. at the approaching Election, I Ii c great plsaenre in acceding to t tat request. .During the time I have been one of your represen!atives, I have endeavoured latthfully,:hmestli, and indetendently, to discharo the various duties of the •affice ; and. I am happy to find the:: my endeavours have teen aporecieted and approved by mon of the most cp,paerte opinions. It yon rhoult do me the honour to re-elect ina as one of . our Representatives, I s ail eoutinue to be guided by the same indepen dent prineip' es as heretofore, and to devote the sane zeal, industry, and aitzntion to your hit-rests. and those of tLe EamugligecerZy, hitliceto done.—l have the Loomis to be, Gentlemen, year °bilged and tuithful Servant, DANIEL LAWS iIII.VAITeI. W.htlef old ttotue, Everton, Liverpool, Oat. 10, 1857. MUNIIdIPAL?_ZLECTION. TO THE ELEOfoio3 OF CA.SrLE-STREET WARD. hAve received titioexeA Ur Letter fructi our C;aticlittate, JANII.I and as it so fully eavesses 11:1 views flint' ali important topics, the Committso :lave dec4clef wpnu pacing the same ref,re file Electors. Trusang to yozr earneitsupport on the day of Elcibn, I retina, Lirott,•rn,v, Youe's fkathtury, (Sigmsd) JA Ai ES Q.R.Oi lEL 9, Cherman, 12Ja Octetzr, 1857. • Lictrpoc i , S ptember lath, 18;7. To Lt CAC. rIELr, rag., M.A. - m . in el the Committee of Liberal ELotors of Cz,tie-street Ward. I have rer-eived a it-s.atiou., pissed unanimously by yonr Com mittee, requesting me ti become a Candidate for it seat in the Town Council a this B woag i, for your 'Ward, on tha let of novamb r u?xt. I have to pz.trre s my siaacere tbsaili. - s for the contideica sind honour thus offered mu unsought- You know that 1 have no •w s i .to leave the retirement o'_private ties. I n of (OM= teat it ie incousjstent with the far and Impartial discharge of the dutle3 of a Representative that he should have obtained bis Electirn by a l.ersonil aclicitatioa for vot. s Tina-course. I shon-cl oir no aceciald, whiatev..r ;?bonne; but, should the Elect TS of Castle-street Karl. by a 1. - itiniate exerei e of their righ's, return rue as one of :heir Reprostntatives to t.ier Council of my naive town, I should .feel it my duty to they their cia 1. I need .bar-ly sty that I hold :ha poltical principles knew.i as "I Pieral . ” prioc;ple4 I iniiekitcsf:; Lit these pzituiples 1. , •748 educate:l; .anb, of their irornu.ab!e truth and jut Le, thu experience of a life of hal a tefltury has most thoroughit coiiviocea no. I shall. the: er: -re. only de , :lars my continued, consistent, an 1 tintish.er able belief .1: their cerroctnem, and erriire applicability to al matters of panic cenccra Thee. printkrks I sincerely believe are advan tig,oas'y applicable to ti.e business of a, fax,r4e compau.ty like that of Liverpool, a folloirei no with mo4eration and firmness, will, I believe, b 3 arc lot-b:e.aad. b.urtlcial tr art partii-s. •olata train-faren4 o tai the rutuagena.at of the Docks and the To wntrucsfrom the control of thaTawn,:attucti l ernseive to have :our unjust ett:i inezped.cot. ;t w 11, .a 4 wever, szrt,ier nipre nesuful th3rough h.veht,gati n. Intl the i reupainins; Koperty of the Corpor: Lion, with t' view to too mote conn.t)l4:e devolopoonent of its value, and its more erficimic applNatien to the requiream.ms of this rapidly irreps,is7ig commn,Li , ty. As I have stated, I :Ave no ai 'ration for I,seat in the Council ; but if it shcuid bane desire ut th • _Electors of C.3.q.1e.5tri.r. , 3 Ward to cal me to fetch this ditty, and if' , they tru t hbeir iriterrsts to my guardianship, it shall be my ended 70ui;.7., and it will be my duty, to convince them that they hate not mi. plated a coati', fife wit eh it Is a high honour to have old imd. and a- sitar higher komi,ur to to.ain. Believe me to. MelletiV, Very res,pectiu!ly, JAVES rojzr. XlO iiiorrctal ^Ol/) At twilvo o'clock, at the brokers' office, 16, illmelianze-t4ildin3r, 50 tins Palm 01!.—J. H. Rayner and Co. At tgol7c o'cloc', at the broker?: o Ere, 7, l'xchinge-earnbara,..., boxes B.:c an:l 25 bdi Vegetable Wax,. 2,231 ,ba".es anti .bandies I'i.isi4ava.—Francis J. 1. - .40n. At t leven o'clock, at the commerdal.E.4le . . - oom, ..receple-cort, a gum • tity of Fruit.— fhonasa Parry. At eley-on o'cloz.k, at the comm !rcial saleroom, Tomple-court, 6.f.-imaz tity of Frait.—Geo. Badenach and Son. At eleven o'clock, at tie commercial saleroom,Taa ipi.c.court, a .pan qtututity of Fruit.—James Adam, son and Co. : 1 1- For particulars see advertis,menti. a,qiJSE.tIE.4.U3, PUBLIC NlKEi2i:Niaj r Ac. THIS PAY. ▪ RQ;AL —Operatic Rirr,rx.,..7.Dea 2." 0 . EGYAL A:arutr i EAT itit-o,le:atic Fe:form tnces —7 p.m. Llrsiroot. Ace..oEmiz's EX.EItRIT' ON, Po.totflco-place. A!.Laop's WAxwon.s. E IBITION —l4 m. to.lo p.m. WaItToN.IIALL, Clayt , ,n-square —Gordza CnnaGliug — S pan • COL3SBISUX—GPOEtraI Entertain:neat—G.2u p.m. C-g" For particulars soe t'..(lvertisoments. , • •„. WANTED, COPIES of the " NoKruElv...: DAILY Taiga" of the followirg dites lOW and 4th.-4 i 7 at the It'ortkr) Times o fo t n ./61 ? , tge 41 / ja,t. MOVDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1857. kLE DAY'S NEWS. The Municipal Election is /fast -approaching ; but, as yet, there is no appearance (f opposition in many of the Wards. St. Peter's, however, we are glad to say, ,is to be con tested by C. T. Bo . Aring, EA., And a public meeting of the electors will be Meld, at the Clarendon•rooms, South J )11n street, this (Monday) evening, when Mr. Bowring will promulgate his views on the various topics of municipal interest. gr. Bow ring'saddress is already in the possession of the public ; and, apart from the claim which he,, as a mer,:h4a_t and a shipowiler for a period of neariY twenty.years in the ward, has n.pon the burgesses, the in,inly and independent torte assumed therein is a. siacie..:;:t guarantee that no better candidate could lierk the suff.ages of the electors of St. Peter's \Yard. Mr. J AMQ:3 Thompson will not contest Scotland Ward ; and we believe we are not misinformitM.our readers when we state that Mr. Ityclir will not .o'er himself to the electors of Abercromby Ward. The Mane:rester Arts' Exhibition was formally closed on Saturday. There was no great public display; and in a few .days the contents of the building at Old Traffrrd pill be scattered fir and p is gratifying iy lore that the guarantees THE NORTHERN 'TIMES. LIVERPOOL, MONDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1857 for the expe .uses of the-Exhibition will ntt called upon even for •a single sixpence. The receipts, it appears, are fully equal to the ex Fend iture. The Bin ningham Social - Science Conference has terminated, by >a Nery'successfut meeting, held in the Town—hall, at which the leading members of the Conference took part. Before Lord John . Russeli's . departure from Birmingham, the Liberal politicians of that town thought it their duty to present hint with an address. 'ln 'reply, 'his' lordshi p did not employ any observation worthy of comm‘ nat. At 1 .ast the police think that they have discovered a clue. that may dispel the mystery of the Waterloo Brill ge affair.. There appears to be strong grounds for the belief that the mutilated remains are the se of a Mr. Hugh Patterson, a gentleman fre m Australia. IC so, the motive for the m order will sufficiently appear in then state .ent of a Staffordshire police authority, that ho c arried t 3,800/. iegold in his carpet bag. The rio:ncidence in the description of this man and his clothes aid his carpet bag is very roma:liable. It is understood that Mr. Layard, late M:P. for Aylesbury, will proceed to India by the next mail in order to visit the seat of the rebellion, and judge for hirgzelf as to its cause and results. It will be remembered, Says a London paper, with what alatritv the hon. gentleman started for the Crimea witl; a somewhat similar intention, and how much the parliament and the country were benefitted by his personal knowledge. It would be a great gain if some vacant constituftey would elect Mr. Layard, during hia absence, so that the House of -Commons might have tile advantage of his information when he returns. The ministerial organ of yesterday (the Observer), is " glad to be able to'state that there is no present intention of calling Parliament together, and that it is not apprehended that any occasion of eufficient gravity will arise to cause the premature assem bling of both houses before the usual time. Lord Eilenborough sees no possible salvation for E.lgland in India, and no possible protection for Rigland at hcme, unless we largely increase our military force. If the country gentlemen and farmers, according to his lordship, do not work as zealously to get recruits as they do to bring up voters at a contested election, we must submit to be dishonoured in India ; and dishonour there, he affirms, would be very speedily followed by an invasion of this Island by the continental powers, " slwayo prepared for war, offended by our pride, resentful of former victories, and coveting our present wealth." There are several items of interesting news from the C intinent. The clouds hanging over the Danubian Principalities are by no means disap pearing. It now comes our, that the assertion of the German papers, though flatly denied by the Constitutionnel, of a protest made by the English and Austrian Ambassadors at Constantinople against the new elections, was at least not wholly without foundation, only the protest will not be brought to beer on the present state of things, but on the decisions of the Paris Conference. At what time this .conference is to assemble is as yet uncertain, and the Nord, in its latest number, denies that it will be very soon. This also would tend to show that the preliminary negociationW betw•e€n the Great Powers for the settlement of main points in case of disliact emergencies, which, by necessity, meet precede the assembling of the eonference, have as yet not led to a satisfactory understanding. Tho health of the King of Prussia continues to improve. The Bankof Amsterdam has followed the general movement, and raised its viscount, The Admiralty of London lately recommended that resolutions should be taken in eoinmon by the different maritime states, to avoid collisions at sea The French goVernment has taken the proposal into favourable consideration, and a committee of naval .officers is appointed to report upon it. The Paris Pays says that a letter from Calcutta, of September 3, states that Sir Colin Campbell had left on the 2nd for Allahabad, whet'e ho intended ta, establish his head-quarters. The Pays also says that letters from the Asiatic frontier announce that General Jacob, with his cavalry, had evactvlted Afghanistan, and had arrived at Moult&n, in the Puojaub, August W. ll.s presence in the centre of ike Sikh country was likely to impart confidence. The mail steamer Magdalena, arrived at :South ampton on Saturdsv, with later news from Clio \Vest Indies and the west coast of South America. rat e bright upwards :of 800,0001 ia specie. Rum had fallen in the whole.of the islands in the West. Indies: St. Thomas Alvin-es state that the yellow fever had subsided. Disturbances had taken place in consequence of the re-opening of the Catholic chapel. At Trinidad there had been very heavy rains. The report of the -troops was not favourable. At Baxh:tdoe-g the .rains had set in with much ;vigour. The planters anticipate an .average crop. From Demeoara we learn that gol4 had not yet been found in the British territory; the expedition ,under government auspices had not yet been able to rzpart, progress. A second expedition, to pro-twed by another route, was on the eve of • .departure. The import breadstuff and protiSion market at Demerara was ruling at high prices ; wages were high and labourers inur.'h wanted. The canes were yielding very badly, 0_5710g to the late rains, but dry weather had now bet in. Slgar was firm ; freights low. _The prop.;sed rail-say in Honduras is popular throu4hout British Honduras. The export of mahogany has been red:riled in e:nsequenee of tb.e bad seasc.n. A great in:4vase in the, akiLauhleturo of sugar and rum has taken place. Jamaica has been visited with heavy rains, and business was suspended in consequence, The brig Mary was lost. From Chili there is no news of general in terest. At Peru the question between Castel: a anCi Tivanco was-still_ unsettled. - Vivaneo is making etnrts to enable him to take possession of the . Chincha Islands, and raise funds by the imtizeri minate sale of .guano. If ho succeeds he win pro long the settlement of the vevolution arid embarrass Castella About eighty tons shipping were loading. guano at the Chinchao.. The eLly - )rt of guano for the month of August watt . nearly 30,000 tons. The Peruvian ,government hevo appointed cemmissioners to Luvestigate charriz:s against the :consignee of their : guano in Loudon, iParis, and New. York. 't he result of this investigatioft will be, it sis expected, a ris€ in the price of guano. Cholera .had loolten out in the Guatemalan army after the latter had expelled the Ameriatn filibttster?, and it bad extended over a great pc,l:tion of the country. In conszquened of this, the exportation of large.quantities of cochineal had been delayed.. The troop, believing they had been poisoned, had mutinied, hut the mu:inv had ] been put down. The cochineal ,crop is above the average. The steamer America arrived here yesterday. She brought V.,.50.0 ia specie. The Monetary crisis in the United States was subsiding, and more cheerfulness was felt in commercial circles. Three more of the survivors of the wreck of the steamer Central America has been discovered. The men had been in the water for three days, after which they were picked up by a Britishv.: - ..ssel, put on board a ship bound for the United States, and had arrived at New, York. Advices from California to the sth Sept. are of no importance. A full and ample summary of tho news wild be found in another part of tc-day's paper. Ta-day we are enabled to publish three weeks' later news from Australia, the screw steamer Royal Charter, Captain Taylor, having arrived here on Saturthy morning. This vessel sailed from Liv r pool on the 16th of May ; arrived at Melbourne on the 20th of July ; stopped there until the 14•11 of August, on the afternoon of which day she passed Port Phillip Heads, and arrived off Queestown on Thursday evening last, the 15th—four months and twenty-nine days from her leaving Liverpool, including a detention of 25 days at Melbourne— thus rounding the world in about four months, mean sailing time. Captain Taylor certainly merits praise frr this extraor dinary performance The newt, on the whole, may be set down as of a negative character. We do not hear much good, nor, on the other hand, can we say that there is any bad, if we except the fact, that th e l a b 3ur ma rket, at Melbourne, was in a very dell state indeed. A large number of work men were out of employment, and, in fact, a " labour panic' prevailed. This is the third within three years, and, as a Melbourne paper says, it seems to annually recur, like the " ague fit." The labouring population were about holding a meet ing, for the purpose of adopting resolutions, and devising means for the relief of those out of employment, but if the Melbourn Age is right, they might as well sit by their fireside•--if they own one —while the land is in the hands of the squatter, and government striving to pass a bill for their sole benefit. The people of Victoria, including both houses of the Legislature, were at their wits end what to with the Chinese. These latter seem to be a regular incubus on the morality of the general population, and ways and means would have to be devised for their " extermination." A bill had been introduced into the House of Assembly, which, doubtless, would pass into law, whereby all Chinese, above 14 years of age, would be required to pay a tax of £1 per month for liberty to stop in the colony. Non compliance with the regulations to be an offence punishable by fine and imprisonment. A rumour prevailed that the Governor-General was about to resign, being dissatisfied with his present and former cabinets. In Parliament very little business had been trar.sacted. The ministry were endeavouring to pass the Squatter Bill, and the resolution to do away with state aid to religion, had been passed, but the act is not to come into operation until 1861. The Squatter Bill is con demned by the majority of the inhabitants of the Colony. New South Wales had been visited with storms and floods, by which great damage was done to life and property. The dead lock between the two Houses of the South Australian Parliament still continued. The Assembly have, by an almost unanimous vote, denied the right of the Council to interfere in any way with money bills, and the Upper House appears to be equally firm in maintaining the position it has assumed. It is presumed that a conference will be held between the two branches of the Legis lature on the subject. Commercial matters at Melbourne were quiescent. The import marker was overstocked. Gold realised 76.3. 61. to 79s per oz. according to quality. " So sure as GOD made MOSES," wrote the late Sir CHARLES NAPIER, " unless the British Government take warning by the past, and alter their policy towards their Indian army, they will rise up some fine morning, and find to their astonishment that a revolt has taken place,which may entail the loss of our Indian territories/ This blunt, but emphatic prediction was pooh poohed by the red-tapeists of the day, who set it down as the vagaries of an old mad soldier. Yet, the result has shown that the rough-and-ready Scot was " nae sae daft." For the disasters of the past six months have verified this most extra ordinary prediction almost to the letter. But red tapeism is not confined to our national official departments, as the doings of our local legisla tors bear abundant manifestation. Ten years ago, our Council were warned by many of the ablest men of the day that they were about to incur fearful risks by bringing water from Rivington, by means of an enormous con duit, made of that most treacherous material— cast iron. They were told that fractures would, of necessity, occur, and that the results might seriously compromise the Council. These warn ings were derided by the fanatical portion of the Pike advocates as mere phantoms cmjured up in the minds of those who were looked upon as obstructives to the carrying out or their pet pro jects. Pooh, pooh I" said the Pikeists, " what ignorant nonsense about broken pipes. Are they not all carefully tested before being laid, and has not our engineer cautiously provided a remedy even on the contingency of any pipe bursting. The patent safety valves are so constructed and disposed of that, in the event of a fracture occurring in any of the pipes, the valve would immediately close of its own accord, and the flow of the waterbe promptly arrestA." Practical men doubted the efficacy of these valves, but their objections were treated with contempt, and characterised as the result of ignorance and presumption. Well, where now are the pleasant dreams of the l'ikeists on this important branch of the subject, and at whose door do the charges of ignorance and presumption lie ? The reply is furnished by the events of the past nine months. True, we have not had to record the flooding of a coal mine, or such, like awful disaster as yet .but we have had ample warning of what is ultimately in store for us, and as sure as we exist we shall he aroused some tine morning with the announcement of some such catastropte. We stand.upon the brink of a precipice. We. have ' carried a destructive magazine over a country honey-combed in all directions by mines, many of which approach within a few feet of our cast iron conduit. This, when fully charged is, in the natural course of things, at all times liable to explode hinder pressure, even where the ground is solid; but how much greater is the risk when the pipe track is carried for miles over a mineral district, where excavations are constantly being carried on, -and subsidences frequently take place. The bare idea of what the results would prove in the event of a serious fracture occurring over one of these mines, is enough to make one stand aghast, for not only would there be a ruinous loss of property, but in all probability life would also be sacrificed, it might be, to a fearful extent. These are not vague or idle notions , advanced for the purpose of exciting alarm in the minds of the timid ; far from it. What has previously occurred is sufficiently significant of the future. Already the pipes have burst in many places, doing considerable damage, although, as yet, nothing of a very serious or fatal character has taken place. Within a very short period, there have been three or four such, although the cir cumstances are kept as much as possible in the dark. On Friday evening week, one of these occurred in a field near St. Helens. The water was observed to rush 'out of a hole in the ground, about eight p.m. The alarm was instantly spread in all directions, yet it was not until late on Saturday t - hat the impetuous torrtnt could be stayed. In the interim it flowed down fields, roads, - and ditches, sweeping all before it, and causing the utmost consternation in the district. The damage done, although consider able, is yet but a trifle to what it . might have proved. We have already published a report of the circumstance furnished by a gentleman who paid a visit to the spot on Thursday last. From his statement, it appears that the pipe was a very defective one ; that at the very point where strength and soundness is most essential, it is represented as being honey combed—full of what moulders call shot-holes, and slag or clinker. The question arises— why were such defective pipes ever permitted to be laid ? Surely if the inspectors had properly performed their duty in testing them, such palpable defects must have been detected. It is just possible that there may be hundreds or even thousands of the pipes in a like condition. This is frightful to contemplate. It is quite evident that so far, the much vaunted self-acting valves afford no adequate protection in the event of a burst occurring, That we shall always be liable to such disasters cannot now he doubted; and for what have we incurred these certain present losses, and the fearful future risks ? As we all know, and most deplore, the only object we have gained has been the procuring of a limited supply of rotten bog-wash. It is too late in the day now to undo altogether what has been done, but it is indeed grievous to reflect on the positive insanity which prompted the prosecu tion of . such a disastrous scheme in defiance of the wishes of the whole town, and in the face of the ample warnings given as to the conse quences to be apprehended, warnings which we much fear are all likely to be realised. The Pike engineer has displayed his usual sagacity in washing his hands clear of the job-- it has answered his purpose—and as he sees nothing more to be gained he bows himself out, leaving others to chew the bitter cud of disap_ pointment and grief of their own unparalleled folly. At the meeting of the Council to-day these and many other matters will be fully ventilated. We have no desire to perpetuate angry feelings further than has been done already, but we must protest against the style of argument generally employed by the " thick and thin" supprters of the Pike. We have ever given these men credit for honest intentions, but certainly not for clear headedness—on this sub• ject at all events. They have exhibited an amount of childish credulity or gullibility that is truly astJunding, and for which they ought at least to express their regret, forahe public have to pay for their. freaks, and the bantering inso lence of some of these parties is out of place under the circumstances. Let the opponents of the scheme, while avoiding all mere personal critninations, yet be firm in their denunciations of this the most villanous job ever concocted— and let an end b.! put to all further jugglery in regard to it ; let there be a frank, honest, and manly compliance with the recognised wishes of the whole town Let the spring water be given back to the inhabitants forthwith without ad mixture, and leave chemists, engineers, and the whole herd of Charlatans to experiment at their leisure only, not at the cost of the Burgesses of Liverpool. THE FINE ARTS. A novel metho 1 of distributing some works of art amongst a number of subscribers—a private art-union was adopted on Thursday last, which proved so satisfactory that it might be worth while to consider its applicability to public Art-unions. There were ten pictures, heads of characters in Shakspeare's plays, to be allotted to the 4or tunate ten out of a hundred subscribers. The usual mode of drawing the names from one box and the prizes and blanks from another, by parties who had no connection with the Art-union; but instead of the prizes being sums of money or specific pictures, the prizes were numbered 1, 2,3, &e. When No. 1 was drawn, corres p on di ng t o M r . S. Win stanley's name, he had his choice out of the whole, and Mr. F. Howard selected Falstaff for him. No. 2 was drawn by Mr. Ellis Jones, who then had the next choice, and took Prospero; and so on as the numbers came up, and all the parties who were prese n t w er e highly . satisficd at having their opportunity of selection in tu. n, and the friends of those prize-drawers who were absent made selections for them, which we have little doutt will prove equal satisfactory. The diversity of taste between a number of persons afforded each an oppor tunity of obtaining what he preferred, withoutinterfering with the preference of others. Mrs. Peter Thomson obtaimed Ariel; Mr. Edward Benn, Catherine the Shrew; Mr. Samuel (learns, Hamlet ; Mr. Henry Cox, Hermione ; Mr. Randal Sherleek, Lady Macbeth; Mr. T J. Stowe, Othellc ; Mr. John Parker, Petruchio ; and to Mr. Duncan, whe was absent, the selection remains between Bardolf perhaps the finest, certainly the most powerful head in the sat, and the Elvish Puck. These pictures were part of a set of twelve painted by Mr. Frank Howard, and were lent by him to the Historic Society, to grace the rooms of the Town-hall, when the Soiree was given to the Archceo logical Institute in July last. They formed the principal attractions of the evening from their prominent situations, and their varied character, independent of artistic skill. he picture of Opizei:a in th 3 present exhibition was one of the twelve—ten of the remaining eleven were the subject of this Art Union. If the metho i v of distribution which we have described were adopted by the Glasgow Art Union, their scheme would be perfect. They appoint, or used to appoint, a committee to expend the money collected by subscriptions in the purchase of the best pictures they can find, irre spective of prizes a ceetein amounts. They thus obviate the difflculty frequently found by subscribers to Art Unions in general, that they cannot find a picture they like, exactly corresponding in price with the amount of the prizes they have obtained. When Sir E.ekine Perry obtained a prize of £3OO in the London Art Union, there was not a £3OO picture to he found in any of the exhibi tions ; and the rules of the Art Union precluded him from going to the artists' studios, where many £3OO pictures might have been found, painted in former years, when the pictures of that value exceeded in number the prizes to be drawn, and which had not been fortunate enough to find purchasers, independent of Art Unions. This method of managing the latter would make them much more advantageous to both the subscribers and the artists. Tifig DEPVY REC3RDRII.—We hAve much pleasure in being enabled to state that Mr. J. K. Aepinall, barrister, has loftn ap,,o:nted Deputy Recorder of Liverpool, vice M. Blair, who has accepted the Jadgeship of the County Court. SAILING OF THE CLIPPER SHIP PLAN rim—The spleldid clipper-slip Planter, of the Euale Line of Packets took her dedartcre Irom the Mersey, yesterday, for Mel bourne. She was completely filled with patseigers, and the Captain, (Carlisie,) exprets to make the passage under 70 days. TGa Planter wi'l be followed by the Queen of the B.e, whith is AdvcrOsed to sail ou the .15th proximo. AMERICA, ARRIVAL OF THE CANADA. The R.M.B. Canada, arrived here yesterday morning with a week's later news ; the dates being New York, Oct. 6; and Boston, Oct. 7. The Anglo Saxon arrived out at Quebec on the sth inst., under twelve days from Liverpool. The news now to hand is rather interesting. There was an especial change in the tone of commercial affairs, but on the whole a more cheerful feeling prevailed, and business-men seemed to take hold again with fresh courage. The banks had been pressed by borrowers, but. the average of specie for the week showed that the fault was not wholly on their side. The New York Jouraccl of Commerce, of the last date, says : Many have drawn out the coin and hoarded it, so that notwithstanding the large accessions froth the sub treasury and other sources, the banks have not been able to:retain the amount given in the last report. This will not appear surprising, if we associate it with the fact that most of the money paid out by Government in redemption of stocks has been given to the savings banks, and a large part of it either returned to depositors or retained in their vaults. The specie by the Star of the West will prove a very welcome acces4on, and the payments on account of drafts by the last two mails, will cause large sums of money to change hands, and thus afford additional relief. The bank statement shows a decrease of nearly two. millions in specie, from causes above noticed, and also a general decline in loans. The falling off in the latter in the face of an implied agreement to increase it, is explained by the assertion that large amounts of temporary loans have been transferred to the discount column, thus increasing the discount line without swelling the total liabilities. The New England Banks are resolved to cut off all doubtful institutions, and to stand fast in a body by all which can show a sound con. dition. The Western Bank of Springfield, and the North America at Seymour were thrown out this morning by the Suffolk. The Rhode Island Banks are making some dis. crimination in regard to the bills of two or three of their number, with a view of an early movement for resumption. The suspenslon reported on Saturday had ne connection with the Erie R.R. It was the Long Dock Co:, whose works the Erie has leased, which was protested. That company owe very little, and as the amount now suspended is less than twenty thousand dollars, and about half its indebtedness, it will doubtless obtain an extension. There were very few failures to-day, and three o'clock passed very quietly. Messrs. Yelvertou and Walker, grocers, were obliged to suspend, but the absence or further important disasters was favourably noticed. The Secretary of he Interior had recently invested nearly one million of dollars in the State Stocks. The time was chosen for the investment, in order to contribute something towards the relief of the money market. A negative answer has been given at the General Land Office to the inquiries as to whether a number of persons forming themselves into a joint stock association, can have the benefit of the Graduation Act by becoming settlers on the public lauds, not for their individual benefit, but for that of their common interests. Tae ground for this answer is, that the. Graduation Act was intended for the benefit of actual settlers and cultivators of the soil only , not for speculators, and that the rights given by it are personal only, and because of actual settlement and culti vation already made:or contemplated. Attorney—General Black, in a recent decision, says that a person who claims land in California under a grant from Mexico, is entitled to have a patent for it issued out of the General Land Office, whenever he shows that his claim has been finally confirmed by, the Commissioners of the District Court, or by the Supreme Court ; if he, at the same time, accompanies that proof with a survey certified and approved ,by the Surveyor-Ganeral the Attorney-General has certain supervisory coutroul over the investigation of these California land claims, while the cmtest upon them is between the United States and the Mexican grantees. but beyond this, persons claiming titles adverse to the patentees must resort to the proper Courts of the State. The Navy Department had received an official commu_ nication from Commodore, Paulding, relative to the recon noissance of the, Isthmus between Aspinwall and Panama, to ascertain the practicability of constructing the Inter- Oceanic Canal. He and his scientific party took the route by which the railroad passes, as in every respect most desirable for this purpose. He reports that the Isthmus itself seems to present no serious obstacle for the construction of a canal, but there would be great difficulty in procuring labourers for the successful accomplishment of the work. The distance from ocean to ocean, accor ding to Engineer Tatteu's estimate, along the proposed line of route for the canal, is forty-five and three-fourths miles. It is calculated that the cost of the canal, including harbour improvements at.botheads, will not exceed eighty millions of dollars. The New Orleans papers of the 27th ult., publish the decree of Mexico in regard to the new Tehuantepec Com pany. The route is to commence at the head of naviga tion on the Coaiz_coalcos river. The railroad is to be corn meeced eighteen mow hs after the date of decree, and to be completed at the yearly rate of 23 miles and 73 yards, until entirely finished. Meanwhile the company mast build and keep in order a good road, with the necessary bridges, for carriages for conveying passengers and mere , andise of small weight. The surveys and plans are . to be submitted to the Minister of Internal Im provements for his approval. The company are to build, within two years from the completion of the road, the necessary dykes and moles in the ports of Ceatzacoalcos and Ventura, and will have to build immediately the works necessary for discharging vessels. The Government grants the necessary laud for depots, statioas, 5...., also the use of material from private lands by indemnifying the owners; gives the exclusive privilege of transportation, and the power to levy tolls and transit dues not exceeding 50 cents a league per passenger, nor one per cent. a league for precious metals ; the govern. ment to exact no import duties, nor contribution except twelve cents for each package and passenger, payable monthly ; the government to protect the line, but confers no right ,of trade on the Isthmus : the privilege to last six years, and the government to receive fifteen per cent. on the net revenues whenever the dividends are decla.red ; the company assumes the payment of 609,000 dogs to Falconet, loaned Sloe and Co., with interest and damages; also the delivery of all the mails a!o ig the line, ,and also the conveyance of all officers, troops, employees, and agents of the govern ment gratis ; but metals and domestic merchandise are to be conveyed at twenty per cent. less than the regular rates. The government is to have two directors in the Board, espionage on the progress of the work. The Cowprny is to construct no fortification nor give passage to any armed forces, except on consent of the Government. but shall discharge its employees when, detected smuggling, and compel passengers to obey the revenue laws. The company is not to transfer or hypothecate privileges without the consent of the Government. The line is to be free for transportation . of the,inhabitants of the whole world, but those who are not citizens of neutral countries are to be charged 23 per cent. extra. A third of the stock is to be reserved for the people of Mexico for four mouths. Foreign sealed mail bags are to be respected by the officials. The navigation or the Coatzacoalcos is to be protected by the Mexican flag for the company's put" poses. . The Bremen barque Laura, from Bremen, had arrived at New York with three persons who were wrecked in the Central America. Their names are J. Tice, second engineer; Alexander Grant, fireman; and G.W.Dawson, a passenger, whom the Mary, of Greenock, from Car denas to Queenstown, had rescued from the Central America. Mr. Tice was 72 hours drifting on a plank. On the fourth morning, drifted by a boat and succeeded getting into her, and on the fifth picked up Alexander Grant, a fireman, :who hal been five days on part of the hurricane deck. Grant having swam to the boat, the two then pulled fur the hurricane deck, and took from it G. W. Dawson, a passenger. There had been 12 men on that part of the wreck : all died. Messrs. Tice, Dawson, and Grant were eight days without water or provisions, the sea makieg a breach over them most of the time. The second day after the steamer went down saw a number of passengers on pieces of wreck, btit could not assist them. Mr.Tice saw Capt.Herndon j ast befol.e the ship went down. The physical condition of Messrs. Tice and Grant exhi bited signs of the terrible sufferings endured during their nine days' exposure. Both were very weak and reduced in flesh, their feet were swatter), an I on their lips, face and hands were traces of sores, where the ski❑ had been peeled off by the action of the salt water, and their exposure to a scorching sun. Mr Tice . had °(e one igi his feet bandaged, and it was with the gre atest di ulc „, that he could walk. His feet and legs were said to ed 85" covered with blisters and boils. Mr. Gran t look rps eu he were just recovering from a severe illness • ttislcai were black and his cheeks sunken. With proper enrei care, both of the sufferers will probably soon be r est° ,o to health. The unfortunate men were treated with.frop kindness by the captain and of fi cers of the brig 3' b at They had scarcely any clothing on when pick ed uP t i feel were soon supplied with all they needed. A t nr,s was given to them very sparingly ; and it was n ee ' . )Ic, to caution them frequently against eating to 13% 056. .0 4 Tice is a single man, but has a mother living sornew in New Jersey. Mr. Grant is married. , oar We have San Francisco dates to the sth of geP ,a ork , by the arrival of the Star of the:West at New y 1,268,734 dollars. From the Alta California, of the 6 ; Sept., we extract the following items : a t e O n A conflagration occurred in the flourishing in'n'ee of Columbia, on the 25th ult., which swept it alines", fr y t he pti existence. eean b d in a r n o kheouorutt the e n thevrhol whole Chinese husines pr p t a i r o L o o n i village was in flames. With the exception of th e : i f - tilt hall. Courier office, two or three thoroughly fire Pr", b eareu ings, and the dwellings in the suburbs, little was "' from the devouring element. This a wful' visitation, sk regret to say, was not unaccompanied by loss of li fe ,..gole in the u sti e fearful explosion ;of gunpowder occurred store of H. A. Brown, which blew down the wa ll tboa l instantly killed five men, who were standing on o r e - „eitg the building. The total loss of property, by this aPri r eol calamity, is computed at 600,000 ois, Latest fie n r s ai ee.Alf Columbia state *„thet the burnt district is being - re-built. fe they Overland emigrants are daily enteri ng the State - f own the various passes of the Sierra Nev i ada• Ma n t ra °. 1561 have, beside their ordinary esmtaigter.antNs household ehaidei g e ea ff ii . e np e ; t srsr a ci , deo n : :: :e i l ic e r_ b r :b l r s ;olol, stock, most of which has suffered little from L" h ' e yoel takrniainlmeodyp annoyance ceder driven the naa o ffthe p stockl depredations i e t p t s r . ,e jaan l td n i nt:neo some o m ml o ued u ia t nu a ss i t n: a ec ; ;, 01 - 1 ; Carson Valley, the e u d g m h o u u r d t e t r h . ever r m in th i i t n r t o g e is carried on as vigorously and nee es ea s f I River, Utah Territory, have been di scov ered , this reportedstat State yielding ha v eg ohnaentdhsiot thither, for prospecting the country for gold. Athenull.rcbi:eovrseof°fllitihu:rillgbit tr Co s A gang of villains infest the counties of Con a „.oes and Alameda. They their been getee the stealing of stock. They have u the 0 /6 mostly cofi rese ll " te" t although the citizens are on the ale n r;. ye A fire at Michigan Bar, Sacramento nty, en cou rty : ult., destroyed 21,000 dols. worth or The pioneer mail train from San Diego to SO Anto nio, due Tex afeurdsro,i,sltaaleaetirtteahtreirhdee Atlantic former place tute J a u , 1 y although 9 T h o e v e firs r r ep t D o iego, has not arrived. A large party of Niel` e-e and ht a ill s era r o a tot v gf e h g oe i uv n te g rty L h e o w dse e tsa r etr C ei. a p l t ii c o u r i c 6 0 . 0 Ai 9 all A b c a i b t : sutnr terrible riot occurred between a gang of re" .7- l e e noa n . The laatttaerp,uobnlie:hroduesreinkgept:::ol: his premises, was beset and injure '4 4 , 4 11 the r awayaß os Rogers, ee o rb er s oao o tfm r G ta e y o of they returned, and tore down the i nn . er. The eit t l t e ," organised themselves into a Vigilan c e Comm' , - their own numb er. The CO te,; the determination of expatriatingtheentire ganea e r OS! Influenza has been very prevalent during the ',"e e t n th in some of the interior counties. With this exceP"i general health of the people of the State is eXeellefd' The We have Hevanhah dates to the 30th September' 0,0 health of Havannah had improved, and iMa ines e? quiet. The Liario states that the news of the ll e‘ fia tiea "panic" had not prodneed any considerable e atn :t for in Havannah. As New York is the principal a lar : e o l4 Cuban productions, of course any commotion ber":antr' in a certain degree affect the Cuban mercantile eb ° nity, but thus far the only effect has been to eb n f era were the really strong houses of the place, and iv.iiitionet, inclined to be prematurely alarmed. The Diaria Ir e stf state whether any fi rms had failed or not. Te o fee says that advices from the interior represent Obi -te Tbir prevailing everywhere with greater or less.viol ertee. sh e Matanzas papers state that much alarm is fel t . c° r r pel° crops. The Trinidad and Puerto P r incipe Prin t6 ,:eoe tf e the same story. The Prensctuives a flattering aTeijel nevertheless, of the prospects of the crops. The /lids, sugar will probably be very heavy. The tobacco fro not look so well, the plants having suffered heal", tlO alternate draught and wet. It is expected, h o l veve i . o tb ß the quality of the leaf will be very superior, equa l gznt i best of the most favoured years. Advices from fibe r Ch Spiritus to the 21 , 11 September state that for a u, OO of in a ll that reg h l .0 0 days it had been raiuing copiously would result to the crops, country, the rain being accompanied b eavf 9°lt e raP P and south.west winds. It was cane w as) , damage sufficiently advanced to be injured by such: a kii°c ,l l.. tempest. Much of the cane had been proslratee:e. reS feared Tb rains continued without abatement at the latest da`dope' Matanzas, on the 19th, a capture was made a a , Ife 4 rate gang of runaway negroes; who had fortified the eO3 SO, in the mountains. One of the prisoners was the Lc,zaro, King of the Palanque, who had been the ° fr o " that. part of the country for .fourteen yeers • fierce fight, and died of his wounds. nn ei° 6 , 4. - ea. as tillesaet id d0.059,1i az W ain e s h t a G v o e v lC er u n c o a . ta p n dates to Sept. 15. The r e ' 0 f' Ll ' t irm a is n i t l ale b o e u tw ß ee a n rre t r e ha p d ar n t o io t s Ye i t y b as ee f l e ll o r been expected. ep w ne, n e , st ea a den sacked e di a b s y k The haei government, . slaughter rebels, and General e ' v le a nd h ad Campeche regularly rebels o k r e g p a t a u i s p e d t h: eaMrobhyl a:otiojefi crlgnacio es en L ian a n v dt e h l Lavelle. The town of of tiehe. a d c r e eri morea was ider o ri ; i t . h ct e .r in ed e , n ii ma .hie n h ag t ll ey to d s i e d cr a e f t t e er t o h n em e themselves :stil th e in4is The Advlces from Mexico are not of stay iwi li rle:Al i the e e Federal Congress met on the 14th ult. in wh at :: T ti ; regularpreparatory session; forty-five members pres e " - e reP ceremonies . session was to open on the fah, svithileooo accounts constitution, slaty-seven deputies h -lie goingt the ne w in o t r o d o e p r e o r f2 t h io i a s., inaugurated b . f t .._tt c ili a ! invasionT lenth e State ex c from rteo excitement of e snStaoniaboyr.o Francisco.h r a u di rumours o a u g r a aT i beenn h a eo d r for ow 0 Iri ' . ter another 6(11:01 s P t e a s t q e uier o had published truheaea t ssaotilrat a proclamation i v ca e l a lin ln g tbc# A n e to arms and threatening th "*- .4 A. revolution brokenout in in y o the invaders w l ict erl i i - i revolution fa have a a A f v lo e s ar din t n a o ci ll t ja' : 1 : :1 t e pl a ' : C o l i i ii i n e sra n g : 11 5 :1 4 : 1 ll e Woolt : b ; a D i it , papers before us. It is stated, however, that L a , 0•1 31 u bouriug territory of fobasco was still quiet, f ro we infer the revolution was not spreading. sev C c e r n e t a ra rt l ic A le m i e u r t ic h a e n ci a o d n v ie ic s es of , feeling of jealousyand i l- will already .ex is at pef , Nicaragua, and declares that Costa Rica 1 01113- , ( ' °l n derbilt. As the Ceonica is entir a e rS l e y epo u tf n . making any cession of the trsosi' t o fr of Nicaragua's • the government, this shows conclus' l the ni / P r-s ce ive y . to 0 ...4 a rupture between the two countries. Our p:v is ,, l , rW, 4 inform us that General Canas returned from ''', - ,. s itio' of f n the 2nd instant, and was received with denions"•o on his way greatest joy by all classes of citizenS• Fes r• to San Jose, where he would be honoorel", public reception. under the little eb.i°l3victt:esreol4:sl3!tiltP- ilio:: COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENC E 00 01311$ NE W YORE, W I; MONETARY AFFAIRS. hO , ll/Lj ir The heavy payments of Saturda last t" t ee mainly overcome, there is some slight y te'i c Ora l ly but;it must be considered very slight.... The b, n 3 1 11 2 4 went for the past week will not meet the:aPP L- that 'O4 community. It was announced last wea , ,,;010!: eo consultation among the representatives of therp :4 ak i e ce , an increase of five per cent. on their loans ha d 'V e ts n a il , upon ; but this promised increase has not t r , 8 1 3 - o - t. °/ ;osi‘ Borrowers have been compelled, when they ea — the 4° .. 1- 10 °. accommodation at the banks, to find it among 1 33 P tors. Thus while a large indebtedne s s to the it' o ar it been cancelled (nearly two millions of dollat'inote3 s ise upon the deposits has necessarily followed. AO the banks had sustained the policy indio‘ - a A° oa e convention, and which their policy in July pace p g de d romised, the deposits would not, we think, once telow seventy millions. d th ic a i t ou t s he an expansion iydo en o na f .low J n aT u June, July, smJhpeuoarlueyrl merchants a, a on u fat d s o A wcue n cru g r r i s sioetoe d ine t uol b 0000 , 5 at , to expect, uniformity I gor tutions. But the violent con7raction has of Or o jel Uy pw c r a he l is c ce u hn la tni b mu le osot evil from Bangor on the North to be r,i e lo i a o u ra , tn , i t sl h ed e fuo S rrie o n u igg t net:ecwh T ae h ne e gke e a i s l t l t t ; ha y t is done Ca t rifi n %Yiatlrtiol l died mere ; butliberal m'e course think , much es I s rt v b n ai e o un ' r w iiv way i ll :i n w . : Y o e ue b f r i :l S at a ti l 0.0 11 11 : 1 9 9 f l 32 _S , u t p: ': el i t e rip: ale s and of the accu e ad ° t he t i h ne . vit T a h b e ly fol t i ake . place bef h o a r y e e t i t g r ese u e d 2 o.o owing banks w iter •