The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-12-03 00:00:00

MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL. general use in every parish, could be adopted for the BIRKENHEAD COMMISSIONERS. carry goods and passengers at certain rates, but, in 1 . drying of grain without detriment to its quality. The order to do so, they had taken up a road which, LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY EVENING. importance of the subject must be our excuse for revert- The monthly meeting of the commissioners was held last under an agreement, they gave up to the township. We have not any change to report in the tone of in to it. To the perpetual recurring complaint of bad ni g ht, Mr. John Laird in the chair. The other members (Hear, hear.) He thought it right to name this matter to our Cotton Market. The demand is moderate, and condition, we simply propose the question—ls there no p r esent were—Messrs. Willoughby, Cook, Bailiff, Baylis, the board, not that they ought not to endeavour to make an possible remedy, in this age of invention ?If the old afpWberter, Bell, Macdonald, Golborne, Meakin, Perk, arrangement with the railway company—he should like to prices are well sustained. To-day the transactions solution of difficulties— '• Nil desperandum"—used to do Hind, Aspinall, Keightley, Harrison, and Verelst. see that much—but they must not quietly 'give up their were estimated at 5,000 bales, of which speculators in former times, why should it do in the days of sub- The proceedings of the lightning and watch committee, rights without showing who was to blame, and, therefore, and exporters took about 500. The market closed marine telegraphs ?" which were first read, referred to a charge preferred against they have given Mr. Waln instructions to take the necessary quietly, but with steadiness. Surats sold at 5d to Our Produce Markets do not manifest any new two of the policemen by Mr. James McDonald, late steps in the case. It surely could not be right for one man 57-,cl; Egyptian, 61d to 81d ; 111aranham, 71 ; feature to-day. The sales of sugar were rather inspector of smoke nuisances at Liverpool, which, on mvee - to build a wall on another man's property. (Hear, hear.) Pernams, 7-1 , 1 to r s ; and Bahia, 7i to 61d per lb. extensive, and prices had an advancing tendency. tigation, were dismissed. THE PROPOSED NEW BIRKENHEAD DOCK BILL. The Liverpool Share Maiket was steady to-day, Nothing was done in molasses, but some Rum The proceedings were confirmed, as also the proceedings The Chairman said there was another subject which he and in the leading stocks and shares a good business changed hands at full rates. A considerable busi- was desirous of bringing before the board. He alluded to of the markets, health, and road and improvement coin was transacted, but prices were barely as good as ness was transacted in rice, and both Saltpetre and mittees, which were confirmed without observation.. the plans for the Birkenhead docks, which were now pro- On yesterday. We report sales of Caledonian, 291 Jute were enquired after. On the proceedings of the finance committee being read, posed by the Liverpool Town Council. He had, that day, Great Western, 691. Chester and Birkenhead, 191 The usual statistical return of the trade of the and their confirmation . moved . by . M . r. Keightley, . . procured a copy of the plans . from Chester, and would . give Lancashire and Yorkshire, 961, 1, f a 7. Lan- Mr. Bell gave it as his opinion, that the securities them a few extracts which he had made in refer port of Liverpool, as given in the Customs Bill of h . the committee held from some ' of their officers ence to what was proposed. In the first place it was caster and Preston, 111 61p. London and North Entry, by which we have a statement of the num- on the part of the guarantee societies were not sufficiently proposed to build a sea wall in front of the Western, 1031 -7,-, 6,105 k. Manchester, Sheffield, her and tonnage of the s hips th a t have entered good as to render them safe in th e even t of an y d e falcations river, opposity the Morpeth dock, and opposite to that was and Lincoln, 358 1. Midland Stock, 82, li, 2, k 2, inwards from and cleared outwards for foreign being male by their servants. He instanced a society from to be built a landing stage 800 feet long and 300 feet in 1,1, , a, 1 North Eastern and Berwick, 211 i. ports, in the week ending the 29th of November, which he and others formerly held a guarantee for the depth, the superficial surface of which would be 80,000 feet ; Dovers, 221, 2,1, 2,1, 1. Dutch Rhenish, 1.3 16prn. 1856, as well as the corresponding week of 1855. fidelity of a servant in their employ, on which they sustained and with a view of spewing the size of the projeeed landing Bank of Liverpool, 221. Borough Bank, 101. The It appears that during the last week, 111 ships, of a loss of £ 7OO , the society refusing to make good the stage, he might state that the present Liverpool landing market closed with a quiet feeling, but prices an aggregate tonnage of 71,657 tons, entered in defalcation. stage , contained 30,000 feet, as against 80,000 which the were pretty firm. We note the last quotations wards', against 21 ships, 9,079 tons, in 1855, being In answer to Mr. Cook, proposed one would contain. The alteepeth dock was to be of the day :—Aberdeen, 131 131. Blackburn, an increase of 90 in the number of ships, and an Mr. Waln, the law clerk, said he was satisfied with the improved, and a new entrance made, of 400 feet long 7Z 71. Chester and Birkenhead, 16 1 17. Caledo- guarantee which the committee at present held for the and 85 feet wide, the sill to he twelve feet below the increase of 62,578 tons in the tonnage; the number hones' of were then confirmed. vessels drawin g 22 feet of water ever y da y in the y ear. The of their servants. level of the old dock sill at Liver p ool, so as to admit nian, 29-/- 29 9-16. Chester and Holyhead, 19 t - of clearances outwards during the week, 91 ships , The p 19a. Eastern Counties, 9 92. East Lancashire, 211- of a tonnage of 49,986 tons , against 94 ships and xn 211. Great Northern, 2 2 1 23 1. Ditto A Shares , 56,300 tons in 1855, being a decrease of 3 ships From the THE FERRY CThIMITTEE. Morpeth Dock w o uld thus be much enlar g ed, and would proceedings of the ferry committee, it appeared have as much quay space as the Prince's Dock in Liverpool. 91 tlei. Great Western, 69f 70. Lancashire and and 6,314 tons. The total number of ships re- that the receipts for November, 1856, were £1,976 16s 10d. The Egerton Dock would remain as it was. Beyond that, Yorkshire Stock, 97 971 Liverpool, Crosby, and ported inwards from foreign ports during the pre- as compared with the corresponding period in 1855, on the north, there would be a basin, to which vessels could Southport, 181 18. London and North Western sent year, up to the 29th of November, was 4,128, £1,679 Is. The receipts from the 24th'of April to the 30th have access at any time of tide, with an entrance 400 feet Stock, 1051 106. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lin- with a tonnage of 2,283,195 tons. against 3 781 and of Nov. were, 1856, £ 17 , 968 19 s 8 d; 1855, £ 17,562 6s 3d. lon g , and 100 wide into the great float. The proposed coin, 351 357,. Midland Stock, 821 82 - 1. North 1 , 878 , 191 tons i n th e y ear 1855, sh o wing an increase The expenditure from the 24th of April to the 30th of works would be mach more expensive than those proposed British, 91 91,-. North Staffordshire, 51, 51d. of 347 ships and 405,004 tons. November were, 1856, £11,526 5s 5:1; 1855, £13,274 7s 2.1. in the bill of last year. He might say, that the powers South Eastern and Dover, 221 22 3-16. York, The followino is a return of the traffic, on The proceedings included a recommendation that the sum sought for in the proposed bill, involved the taking away 'Newcastle, and Berwick, 211 21g. York and the Grand Trunk Railway of Canada, for the of £2,100 per annum be set aside as a reserve fund for of the public parade around the reserve, and the parade North Midland, 301 301. Leeds Capital Stock, week ending, Nov. 1, and corresponding week maintaining the stock, and also a further sum of £5OO a at the float. (Hear, hear, and great applause.) The 181 19. Buffalo and Lake Huron, : ip. Dutch 1855.: 1856: Passengers, &e., 2,345/ is 21 ; met year towards paying off the expenses of a collision. The public parades were formerly the property of the people of Rhenish, 4 lip. Great Western of Canada, 241 chandise, 3,4271 3s 31d ; total sterling, 5,7721 45 proceedings also contained a letter from the Birkenhead, Birkenhead. It was quite true that they could not use Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction Railway Company in them, but without their consent no committee of parliament 24 : 4. Do. New Shares, 2 9.16 2 11-16 p. Great 6d. 1855: Passengers, &c., 1,3871 7s Iliel ; mer- reference to the boats plying between Monk's Ferry and the would allow them to be taken away from them. There Luxembourg, HI 10d. chandise, &c., 3,558/ 5s 6d ; total sterling, 4,945/ Landing Stage. were thus 50,000 square yards, which would be available There is not any change of importance to notice 13s 51d. Increase, passengers, 9571 13s 31c1; de- On the confirmation of the prcceeding being moved, for the purpose of railway accommodation, and if they gave in the Money Market, with the exception of the crease, merchandise, &c., 131/ 2s 2,1c1; total Mr. Cook desired to have an explanation of th e l e tter of up they enhancel the value of the Corporation of Liver_ demand, which is still active and general, in con - increase, 826111 s Sid. the Birkenhead and Cheshire Junction Railway Company pool, and, therefore, he considered that they were fully sequence of the liabilitit-s having to be discharged referred to in the proceedings. e ntitled, as an e q uivalent, to the p ro p osed landing stage. next Thursday. Still there is no pressure and at - HIGH RATE OF INTEREST COMPATIBLE Mr. Harrison (the chairman of the committee) replied, The cor p oration said that they had already expended the current quotations the supply is abundant for all WITH PROSPEROUS TRADE. that the letter from the company was to the effect that sum of £1,100,000 in the Birkenhead Docks, and that, from purposes. The best descriptions of paper are nego- commencing with the month of December, one boat would L 1,200,000 to £1,300,000 more would be required. Now, if mated at 61 per cent., but for good commercial be all that the company would require. by placing that large landing-stage in front of the Morpeth bills the bank minimum is generally exacted by Mr. Bailiff drew the attention of the board to that part Dock, the traffic could be so increased as to bring their pro of the proceedings of the committee which recommended perty at Birkenhead more into connection with Liverpool; the bill brokers. While the Bank Directors the sum of £2,100 per annum to be set aside as a reserve he contended that, whatever they might spend at Birken continue to support their quotations at seven per fund. He wished for an explanation. head, they would not reap a more than corresponding bene cent., it is not to be supposed that capitalists will Mr. Harrison replied that , the committee had recom - fit in the increased value given to the property at Liver consent to lower rates, except for long- (Hear, hear, and applause.) The plans would mended that sum to be set aside for the purpose solely of Pool. dated paper, which, owing to the probability maintaining the stock, by the building of new boats when- lay before the board for some time, and he hoped that they of a sensible decline in the value of e v er the y mi g ht be re q uired. After considerable delibera- might be able to give as cordial a support to the proposed accommodation before it arrives at maturity, tion, the committee had arrived at the conclusion that it bill as they did to the bill which the corporation brought is comparatively easy of negotiation. As the cir- was desirable to keep up the reserve fund to that amount. before parliament last year. A committee had been cumstances which have induced the Bank authori- Any member of the board who might think that that sum appointed to consider the question of improving the ties to continue their restrictions , when it is ima - was too little or too much, was at liberty to bring the a roaches to the river. He hoped that committee would determinedly go forward, and go to parliament, if necessry, gined a reduction might with safety have been question before the board ; but, it was the wish of the made, are not known to the public, it is impossible committee, the board should confirm their recommends to carry their views out. He was glad that a committee to form any accurate opinion with regard to the firm ; and they put it out of their p mer to spend any had been appointed on this subject, both by the portion of the reserve fund in repairs,—it being the distinct town coancil and the clock committee, and ha felt precise period when a decline in the minimum can intention of the committee that that sum should be expended confident that, with the known activity of the chairmen of the two committees—Me. Earle and Mr. Bold—they be expected. It is not generally supposed that it solely in the building of new boats. He next explained will take place next Thursday, although a good that the £5OO a year, proposed to be set aside, was paying would spare no exertions to effect the improv , ements deal of anxiety will, no doubt, be felt to ascertain off the expenses of the collision, as referred to in the report. rreequlreed. the He was quite sure that they would absolutely the result of the usual parlour meeting. The Chairman : The £2,100 per annum was solely to increased i dockim'provements before lone, because the and cpay space on both sides of the water • The Consol Market has been rather tame to- keep up the present value of the stock. would do much to d e velope the immense resources of the day, and a decline of Ito Z- per cent., Ras esta- Mr. Harrison : Exactly. We include in our working port. (Hear, hear.) blished. This change is mainly attributable to expenses the keeping in repair of our present boats, and After a short conversation, and an examination of the what we propose the reserve fund for is in order to build plans, which were laid on the table , t he meetin g broke u p the, settlement of the monthly account, which still absorbs chief attention. The market on these new boats. occasions is always rather variable. At the corn- The Chairman remarked that every four or five years they must calculate upon having to build new boats, and he did mencement of business the quotations were about not think that the sum proposed was at all too much. Ile the same as at the close yesterday (after hours) but perfectly agreed in the recommendation of the committee. they subsequently became lower. Afterwards there Mr. Bailiff had not asked the question in any opposing was more firmness, and the market became strong. spirit, but the Act of Parliament defined how their funds Consols have been 04fr t. 94 to I, and 941 for money were to be appropriated, and also defined that a certain and Thursday, The January prices have been amount should be kept for the construction of new boats. about 94ir e 95. Exchequer Bills were maintained A sum had always been set aside for the maintenance 4 at 4s to 7s premium, and India Bonds were 2s stock, and he was rot quite sure whether the ferry committee or that board were at liberty to set as premium. The New Three per Cents. are 93 :4 , other sum beyond that prescribed by the Act of Parliament, and the Reduced 921 93 1 Bank Stock is 216 1. The London Share Market was steady this What he wished was that that board should not do anything that was illegal, or go be} tend the Act of morning, and a moderate amount of business was Parliament. transacted, but prices have ruled not quite so The Chairman : Even in that case, we should have the buoyant. Great Northern, Great Western, Lanca- money in our hands, and that is some comfort. (Pear, shire and Yorkshire, North Western, South hear, and laughter.) Western, North Eastern, Berwick, and South Mr. Bailiff : True ; but we should not do that which we Wales were slightly depressed ; the French lines, have not the power legally to do. The Chairman : The sum that has been hitherto laid however, exhibited a marke d im p rovement, and aside is a Great Central of France , N orthern of France, and merely nominal sum, an s d what the committee want, as Paris and Lyons have advanced about 10e, to 15s. Mr. Harrison has stated, i to have the amount required for the new boats in cosh. The Canadian, East Indian, and Belgian lines After some further conversation, in which Mr. Bailiff ruled steady. Among the sales were—London persisted in stating that there was no necessity for the pro Stock, at 106 51. Lancashire and Yorkshire, 96/ pawl -7 1 . Midland Stock, 821. Great Western 69a 'l. of the committee. The Chairman referred to the attempt which was now Dovers, 734. North British, 39. being made to keep the river clear from the dangers of Trade in Manchester was said to be rather colli ions with the ferry boats crossing between Woodside better to-day, as the prices demanded by producers and Liverpool. Mr. Wain, by the direction of the board, last week, are now willingly paid. We take, from had called upon the town clerk of Liverpool, and he (the one of the monthly circulars, issued in that city chairman), was happy to say, that a committee had been appointea, which had taken up the subject ; and a resolution yesterday, the following : had been come to by the committee which would be read at The general tone of our market has been dull and the meeting of the Town Council to-morrow, td the effect, inanimate throughout the past month, and the business that no acs el be alloWed to anchor in the river, between done has been on a very limited scale. Stocks of goods, Mr. Clayton's yard, on that side of the river, and however, have been light, and there has, therefore been no dispositnn on the part of producers to force sales. Conte. quently prices have not given way nearly so much as might the and AnlfbetrhteDßeicrkkeonnhethade optheeekr wall ; and nor the between.wanda Woodside ee Basin,south have been expected under the increased pressure of the Money Market ; indeed, the prices asked to-day, owing to the and right the ght Prince's direction. Pies e As o n be th had e ot h e a r lr aide. eady That and G w e aes rg a e' s s t e ll ; isni Basin a the better accounts just received from the East, are barely ta per cent, lower than our quotations a month ago. The add he thought the committee said, ft would come beforethe wThoowhnadC,bnienencilthteo-mmeoarnrsowof, exports of cotton piece goods and yarns for the month are, 95,872 packages; against 106,292 for the same time last b pr ri a n ti g t i u n d g e ab o o f u a t l s l ue o h n a t h r e a c t o m sidem e n e d f a t t h i o e n r , i r w e e r r . e entitled i e t led t o the 95,872 he a t r.) e He would call upon the clerk to read the letter which year. This is rather under the average for the previous three months, which is 97,800 packages. The following bad been received from the Town Clerk of Liverpool on classification shows, at a glance, the proportion to the the subject. 'various markets : atiNliorn :lia.llln, the clerk, then read the following communi- East Indies China ... kistralia.. Pkgs. cotton Lbs. cotton piece goods. yarns. 26.2 13.6 . 5 7 3.8 . 18 00 Central and South America ... 21.6 North America .. West Indies ... 3.9 0.0 Coast of Africa Turkey, Egypt, and Levant.. 11.7 6.7 Germany and Holland Other European States The Liverpool cotton market has been somewhat irre gular during the month, the common qualities of American being Id per lb lower, while middling qualities are quoted the same. Any improvement in the Manchester market will probably lead to higher prices in the raw material. Mule twist No. 30's to 50's are about ad per lb lower, other numbers remaining the same as before. Water twist : A large business would be done at a reduction of i tiff per lb on our quotations, but spinners generally decline to accept lower rates. n piece goods there has been very little fresh business during the month. The market has, however, been supported by unexpired contracts for home trade qualities, and the lightness of stocks generally in the hands of prod'icers, Ills printing clothe, of low qualities, la F e been taken freely, while the better sorts have been in `less demand. The production of 34 and 36-inch makes, of low qualities, has been greatly increased, and they are rather lower in price. India shirtings are selling at unre munerative rates to the manufacturers, and as stocks are light and the quantity produced much under the average, some advance of price may be looked for with a revival of demand. Domestics, long cloths, and T cloths are without much alteration, the tendency being in favour of the buyer. The arrivals of Grain and Grain Produce during the past week have been to a fair extent, while the exports not only coastwise and to Ireland, but :;oreiga ports in the same period are pretty :extansive. The trade at our Corn Exchange, to- day, was not extensive, but there was rather more firmness than last :yea. The Mark Lane Express, of last night, in its weekly review of the Grain trade, contains the following remarks : " So variable is the weather in the Baltic, that no fur ther dependence can be placed on supplies thence ; indeed, at Petersburg, after cutting through the ice for the passage of sessels, very few have been able to avail themselves of the opportunity for the want of steam tugs. The demand for hard wheat for Spain has been revived, and 69s per quarter has been refused for Cubanka intended for shipment there, prices here being the only impediment to the execution of large orders. France has varied little in her markets since our last ; and America, in receipt of large orders, notwithstanding the extent of her recent exports, has somewhat increased the rates for breadstuffs. The depressed condition of the first London market has not been fully responded to in the country; and this, coupled with a foreign enquiry, gave a b.-ater tone to Friday's report, with some indica. tion of a partial reaction in the rates of fine quality ; but the low price of Norfolk flour (45s per sack) is a suffi cient warning for millers to protect themselves, in the purchase of all damp parcels. For the mutual benefit of growers and consumers, we heartily wish some simple And inexpensive plan, available on every farm, or for We have often attempted to impress upon our readers the great force of a truth which has come to light of late years, and which is of the highest importance to bear in mind in all matters touching either finance or commerce, and their relation to the material interests and condition of a people—we allude to the fact of which we have now so many illustrations, that a high price may be caused as well by a great demand in the face of the largest and freest supplies, as by the smallest supply created by the most restrictive fiscal system ;—but that in the former case high prices, so far from being an evil, are the best evidence of the prosperity of a nation, and that they may therefore continue and be permanent in perfect consis tency with the best interests of the people ; while in the latter case it must be a source of the greatest suffering, and must inevitably lead to an early reaction, caused by tLe diminishing resources of the country and the means of consumption. In short, it is not " price" which is abstractedly a good or an evil :—it is the quantity of anything :—it is scarcity or plenty in which the country is really interested : -" price" is a relative thing, which is either a burden or not, according to the means of the great bulk of consumers. 7he tra le returns which we publish from month to month, baar ample proof that takingcommodities generally there is no deficiency of sup ply ;—year by year, month by month, the increase of the importation of all the great articles of consumption, as a rule, steadily and rapidly progresses. Butprices of all arti cles, as a rule, remain high; indeed at rates which in former years would have led to the most serious evils of diminished consumption, of lessened demand, of a reaction in trade, and of reduced employment, lower wages, and increased pauperism. Instead of those calamities, high prices now produce neither inconvenience nor discontent. If, however, we look to another portion of the monthly trade accounts, we may discover the true cause of this conse quence. Our imports have increased enormously, but our exports fully keep pice with them. In the present year they will exceed by no less than twenty millions those of 1855; thus pointing to an increased activity in trade, to a corresponding demand for labour, higher wages, and greater consuming ability, which fully account for a continuance of high prices, and the absence of murmurs and complaints. But this principle is no more applicable to ordinary articles of commerce than it is to capital, the value of which is regulated by supply and demand, and by the laws which govern other commodities. It has been a matter of daily astonish ment for a long time past, that however high the rate of interest, whether five, six, or seven per cent, trade is not affected thereby, but that confidence and credit continue unabated in the presence of the same circumstances, as would a few years back have produced dismay and panic. And it is very natural that it should do FA when the true causes are considered. As in the case of the working man, it matters less what the price of bread is, provided it is the natural price and is not caused by scarcity, so long as he has full employment and good wages corres ponlling therewith—so long, in fact, as it is his large consumption that causes the high price and not a restricted supply created by partial laws—so with the trade, so long as the high price of money is caused by a profitable demand, it may be regarded as the best proof of prosperity, rather than as the cause of anxiety or alarm. It is not necessary that we should remind our readers that the interest paid by traders for the use of the capital they employ, is really only a portion of the profit obtained by its employment, and that it is very much as profits are large or small that the rate of interest will increase or decrease, over an average of time. This result would necessarily follow from the simple facts, that with good trade and large profits the natural ten dency of all traders is to increase their operations, and thus create greater demand for capital, while with bad trade and diminished profits the natural tendency is to contract operations and release money from employment. We do not speak now of periods of sudden pressure and panic, such as 1847, when for a short time the value of money is very high, caused by a scramble to discharge the obligations of a past period of speculation, and which are always followed by serious reactions, but of periods when for a long time the ordinary rate of interest con tinues high or low. That it is the greater or lesser demand, at one time or another, that causes a high or low rate of interest, we have only to refer to the Bank accounts for a series of years to be convinced of—that a great demand for borrowed capital will only endure for a long time because it is profitable, and a small demand because it is unprofitable, is obvious enough. The best proof which we can have, of an official and public kind, of the degree of demand at any one period for borrowed capital is the amount of private securities carried to the Bank of England for discount. If we refer to the ac counts of the Bank for a series of years, we shall find that generally, if not always, when the rate of interest is low, the demand upon the Bank, as indicated by the amount of private securities, is very small ; and we shall also find that when the rate of interest is high, the demand upon the Bank, as indicated by the amount of private securities, is very great. The year in recent times when the rate of interest was at the lowest point was 1852. During the whole of 1851 and the first half of 1852, the Bank rate was 2i per cent ; during the second half of 1852, it was 2 per cent. During the whole of that period, the demand upon the bank for accommodation was so small, that the amount of private securities varied from only £10,000,000 to £13,000,000. The period of late years when the rate of intetest has been at the highest point, has been during the last eighteen months, when the bank rate has varied from 5 to 7 per cent, and during the greater part of that period the demand upon the bank has been indicated by an amount of private securities reaching as high as £19,000,000 to £21,000,000. That the larger amount of accommodation required, and the consequent higher rate of interest during the latter than the former period, has been caused chiefly by the legitimate increase of trade, may be inferred from the fact that even in 1852 the whole value of our exports very little exceeded, seventy millions, while in the current year it wilt exceed one hundred and seventeen millions. While, therefore, it is freely admitted that there are many other causes which, in some degree, affect the prices of commodities and the value of capital, besides the great demand caused by prosperous trade, yet both experience and reasoning equally point to that as the main one ; and, therefore, as t long as high prices are the result only of a great and profitable demand, they are to be regarded much more as a proof of prosperity than as a ground of apprehension or discontent That the present high price of money will very long continue is not to be expected ; but that we shall von see a return to a very lot rate is not to be desired. Iu the meantime, the best proof of the highly prosperous condition of the country is, that the ex , remely , high rates of discount in the present year have neither prevented a great expansion of our trade, nor a most satisfactory condition of the public revenue.—Ee ono mist. d any " Town-hall, Liverpool, Nov. 29. " Dear Sir,—A bye-law will be proposed for the sanction of the council, at the meeting to be held on Wednesday next, for so regulating the mooring of vessels in the river, as there shall be at 111 times a clear space of 500 yards in width or thereabouts, between the Landing-stage and the Woodside-ferry. " The provisions of the public acts relating hich to bye-laws, require compliance with formalities, w will occupy some time, but every exertion will be made to bring the bye-law, if passed by the council, into operation with the least possible delay.—Yours, very truly, " Wit. SHIITTLEWORTH. " To Ambrose Waln, Esq., Clerk to the Birkenhead Commissioners." The proceedings of the committee were then confirmed. LIBRARY COMMITTER. The proceedings of this committee contained a recommen dation to the board to take premises from Mr. Craven, in Conway street, at a rent of £BO a year, for seven years, for the purposes of the library. In connection with the proceedings, a memorial was read, signe I by 43 ratepayers, opposing the removal of the library from Priceo Conway street, on the ground th at the prem i ses in Pr street t o street were ample, and would be for some time, for the purposes of the library. The proceedings of the committee were confi lONrmed. THE BIRKENHEAD AND CHESHIRE JUNCT RAILWAY GARSTON LOCAL BOARD OF HEALTH, The monthly meeting of the members of the Garston Local Board of Health was held yesterday afternoon, J. A. Tinne, Esq., in the chair. The other members of the Board present were Messrs. Chidson, Cooper, Beavan, and Goodwin. The Law Clerk having read the minutes of the last monthly meeting, The proceedings of the works and health committee were read, and included a recommen( , aton of the com mittee to repair Lark Hill road at an expense of x'2oo; also a recommendation not at present to widen the Garston old road. The proceedings further embraced a joint report from Messrs. Duncan and Arthur Holme ; and also a report from the surveyor, with respect to a plan proposed by Mr. Gibbs to the board (and whose letters on the subject have already appeared in the NORTHERN TIMES) for sewering and draining the district by tanks from the dwelling house of each proprietor. The reports, which were rather lengthy, were read by the clerk. They strongly condemned the construction of tanks from each house, as proposed by Mr. Gibbs, giving it as their opinion that, in a sanitary point of view, they were most objectionable, and, if adopted, their effect would be to pollute the atmosphere, and injuriously affect the health of the inhabitants of the district The outlay would be £9,000, and no advantage would arise either to the proprietors or other parties. The number of men whom it would be necessary to employ to attend to them was also another objection to the adoption of Mr. Gibbs's plan. The reports recommended that the sewerage of the district be effected by the ordinary system of deep drain ing now in use. Mr. Cooper objected to that part of the report of the c )mmittee which recommended the postponement of the widening of the Garston old road. He understood that the owners of the land required were willing to give it to the board for the purpose of widening the road, and on that account he thought that the improvement ought not to be postponed. He moved that that part of the proceed ings be referred back to the committee, with the view of the road being widened at once. The motion, having been seconded, was carried, and the rest of the proceedings of the committee, including the reports of Messrs. Duncan and Holme, and the Surveyor, were adopled. The iproceedings of the finance committee were next read and confirmed ; and after some other general busi ness the board adjourned. [The crowded state of our columns prevents us from giving the reports of Messrs. Duncan and Holme, and the Surveyor, to-day. In all probability we shall publish them in extenso to-morrow.] COMPANY AND THE COMMISSIONERS. The Clerk, at the request of the Chairman, next read the following letter : " Birkenhead and Cheshire Junction Railway Company, Secretary's Office, Cathcirt-st., Birkenhead, Nev. 29. Dear Sir,--In consequence of a conversation between the Chairman of the Commissioners and tha Chairman of this company to-day, I am instructed, with reference to the wall lately built to enclose our goods station, to say, that it has been built at the urgent recommendation of the B)ard of Trade, for the protection of the public; and withozAt prejudice to any claim which the Commissioners of Birken head may have against this railway c ompany.—l am, dear sir, your most obedient servant, "IVILLIAM JOHNSTON. " Ambrose Waln, Esq., . commissioners era an " Clerk to the Commissioners of Birkenhead " which The Chairman then entered into the . circumstances under which the railway company had built the wall, which the commissioners had now a right to complain of, showing that, in 1849, the railway company declined to build the the railway C Inning street bridge, for which they bad then parliamen. tart' powers, companyan d a n arrangement agreed to o was give th t c h n e c c. o o m m e m t access and road to the docks, of 86 feet wide. About that there could be no mistake, it gave an acce ss o f 86 feet wide to the Egerton Doc.k. Tan ac re was taken in charge by the township, and had b ees repaired by the township ever since, but now the railway company had built their wall 60 feet b e y on d their own prescribed boundai. Ile considered that the township, under the circumstances, would be at liberty to claim a very large sum to compensate for the course which the railway company had adoptee, them because by it the township lost 36 feet in width. But he did not see that any amount of money could compensate them for losing that right of road to the docks. Ile must say that it had been a very great breach of faith on the . part of the railway company. On their part they said that they must The " very chiefest authority" .to whom Sir R. Peel alluded in a recent speech in connexion with hi s at t ac k upon Sir Charles Napier, is said by the friends of the latter to be Sir Charles Wood. THE NORTHERN TIMES.-LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY. LONDON TALLOW MARKET.—DEc. 2 The market is steady at the annexed quotations :—Town tallow, 58s 3d ; Petersburg Y.C., on the spot, 59s 3d; December, 58s 9d ; January to March, 583 91. LONDON MINING MARKET Business in British mining stocks has shown increased activity during the last day or two. Dividend stocks are in chief demand. The market shows firmness. In foreign mining securities there is no movement. Subjoined is a list of yesterday's transactions in the Mining Exchange : Alfred Consuls. 16/, 17 ; Copper Hill, 180, 165; Gonameena, 261; Great 'Med, 101, ; Herods foot, 31; L-dy Bertha, 21s, 22s ; North Basset, 351 ; Rosewarne and Herland, 4 ; South Cam Brea, 161: South Frances, 3421, 345; Tavy Consols, 10s, Its 6d, 123 6d; Trehane, lOs ; Trethellan, 171 ; Vale of Towy, I6s, 15s 63, 16s, 163 6d ; West Frances, 21, 1, 21, 201, 21, 1; Wheal Edward, 21, 5-16 ; Wheal Grenville, 345, 353, 365, 36s 6d, 35s Wheal Mary Anne, 42, 1, I ; Wheal Tre lawny, 141, o. In the Stock Exchange:—South Caradon, 300 ; West Caradon. 1271 ; Tincroft, 31 ; Vale of Towy, I6s ; Sort ridge Consols, 31; Great Wheal Alfred, 101, i; North Crofty, 41. LEEDS CORN MARKET.—DSc We had only a small show of Wheat at this morning's market, so that the sales were rather rr stricted, but prices were fully equal to those of last week. Batley met a slow sale, and other articles were much the same as last reported. - HULL CORN MARKET.—DEc. To day's market was fairly supplied with English Wheat, the quality of which was much improved. With an improved demand, there was an advance of 2s per quarter. Foreign was also is per quarter higher. All kinds of Spring Corn was in good request. CORK CORN MARKET,-DECEMBER 2 The tone of the trade is rattle' firmer, bit the sales of all leading articles are by no means large. We quote—White Whea►, 31s 6d ; Red, 323 6 c to 33s 21; Barley, 21s to 225; Oats, 14s to 14s 6d. LONDON TOBACCO MARKET, (Review for the Month of November.) The active state of the market in October, resulting in sales of 2,400 hhds, on a comparatively small stock, gave increased firmness to prices, and holders were unwilling sellers unless at extreme quotations. A temporary cessation of business at the commencement of last month was antici• pated, and little was done beyond a few limited sales for the immediate requirements of the trade. Subsequently there was considerably more enquir y, and s evera l parce l s, both leaf and strips, were taken at current rates, increas ing the sales during the month to n ear l y 1 ,800 hhd s, v i z. : 619 hhds Virginia leaf, 256 hhds and tierces of Virginia strips, 300 hhds Kentucky leaf, and 590 hhds of strips, to which may be added upward of 100 hhds of Maryland. The character of the market remains in a similar position to that described in our last, and we have seen no dispo— sition on the part of holders to effect sales unless at full rates. We have resumed our previous quotations, with the exception of Virginia, several sales of leaf having been effected at 11d, 111 d, and Is. Latest advices from the United States represent the market firm for all descrip tions, but there are no new features deserving comment. Imports : 2,724 hhds. Deliveries : 1,071 hhds against 818 hhds in the corres ponding month of 1855. Stocks : 11,033 hhds against 10,300 hhds in 1855, 10.969 hhds in 1854, 19,113 hhds in 18)3, 19,304 hhds in 1852, and 23 010 hhds - Ibsl. In Demand was active at ex t reme rates, Virginia . especially for good and fine sorts, both leaf and strips; the latter have been taken to some extent fur re-sale, at outside quotations. Kentucky Leaf and Strips, as before stated, were taken freely during the latter part of last month, sales being 900 hhds, at our present quotations. There was some enquiry for good and fine leaf for exportation, but the state of stock afforded a very small quantity of suitable quality. Maryland: Sales have _been upwards_:of 100Chhds. LIVERPOOL SUNDAY SCHOOL UNION Commerttai Intenigcnce LIVERPOOL PRODUCE MARKET. -DEC.2 SUGAR : We have had a good demand, and a large busi ness has been done, at full prices to 6d per cwt advance, the sales comprising 4,500 mats Mauritius at 49s to 523, 250 cases 1,000 bags Bahia from the quay at 33s 63, 350 bags Pernams at 32s 6d, besides 3,250 bags to arrive at 33s in bond, and 11,050 mats clayed Manilla on the spot at 48s 6d per cwt. MoLAssEs : There are no sales to notice. RUM : 100 puncheons Demerara have been sold from the quay at full pric - COFFEE : At trade at 503 6d Rica: There has been a considerable busines3 done action, 200 bans Santos were taken by the 5,500 bags Rangoon being sold at 103 33 from the quay, 1,300 bags Necransi , , all faults, 93 31 for lat class, and 2,100 bags Bengal at 93 93 to lOs 61 for sound, and at 93 6d to 93 91 per cwt for Ist class damaged. SALTPETRE : At auction, 300 bags Bombay realised 32s 3d to 34s 3d per cwt for 23 and 20 per cent refraction. JUTE : 250 bales are also reported at £l7 lOs to 1:20 per ton. LIVERPOOL (scoTcH) PIG IRON MARKET -DEC Our morket for warrants clo open, sellers. No business repo Shipments from Glasgow, last week Do. Do, corresponding week, 1855 Do. Do., corresponding week, 1854 at 72s 6d, three months Aggregate shipments from Glasgow from Jan., 1856, to date.. 473,542 Same period, 1855 Decrease Pike this time last year, 78s 6d LIVERPOOL CORN MARKET.—DEc. 2 This morning's market was largely attended, as well by neighbouring as by distant millers, and a good extent of business has been trans , .cted in red and white American wheats at an improvement of 2 , 1 per bushel on the rates of this day week; medium and low descriptions were also in fair request., and brought rather more money ; several parcels of fine quality were taken for export. With home wheat the market was tolerably well supplied to day, and upon a fair demand realised the advance noted in foreign descriptions Flour is quiet, and without change of value. Beans dull, and with difficulty make previous rates. Barley neglected, and rather cheaper. No change in oats, but oatmeal in better demand at our quotations. _ - . _ Mixed and yellow Indian corn offered at 3d per qr re duction from the quay ; white unaltered in value ; the trade generally slow and quite in retail. During the last few days the weather here has been severely cold with hard frost and snow. Arrivals and Exports from the 25th November to the Ist December, inclusive.—lnto Liverpool from Ireland— Wheat, 606 qrs ; barley, 43 qrs ; malt, 15 qrs ; oats, 1,856 qrs ; ,beans, 35 qrs ; oatmeal, 3,810 sacks ; flour, 2,033 sacks. Coastwise—Wheat, 17 qrs; barley, 5 qrs : oats, 40 qrs ; Indian corn, 20 qrs ; oatmeal, 15 sacks. Canada and other British Colonies out of Europe—Wheat, 2 ; 925 qrs ; oato, 536 qrs ; flour, 2,010 brls. United States— Wheat, 49,224 qrs ; Indian corn. 16,652 qrs ; flour, 13,096 brls. Europe, &c.—Wheat, 3,170 qrs. Egypt—Wheat 2,447 qrs ; beans, 3,913 qrs. Total—Wheat, 58,389 qrs ; barley, 48 qrs ; malt, 15 qrs; oats, 2,432 qrs ; beans, 3,948 qrs ; Indian corn, 16,672 qrs ; oatmeal, 3,825 sacks ; flour, 2,033 sacks, 15,106 brls. Exports to Foreign Parts—Wheat, 4,272 qrs ; barley, 37 qrs : oats, 685 qrs ; pease, 10 qrs ; oatmeal, 140 sacks : flour, 800 sacks, 600 brls. Ireland -3,309 qrs ; Indian corn, 3,014 qrs ; flour, 678 sacks, 889 brls. Coastwise—Wheat, 2,649 qr.: ; malt, 23 qrs ; beans, 178 qrs; Indian corn, 265 qrs ; Indian cornmeal, 40 sacks ; oatmeal, 12 sacks; flour, 183 sacks, 163 brls. _ _ R. MARIN & SoNs. AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE MARKET.—DEC. 2 Per stone, 20Ibs. Per golhs. s. 11. s d. s. d. R. d. Potatoes, Seeilings 3 5 to 3 6 O 8 to 0 Bi l Ditto, Kemps 3 10 to 4 0 O 6 to 0 8 Ditto, Whiterocks 210 to 3 0 o6•o 0 7Ditto. Balshaws 2Bto 2 9 0 0 to 0 01 Ditto, Beldrams... 2 3 to 2 6 O 0 to 0 0 Ditto, cattle Ray, old Ditto, new Ditto, clover Green Clover Vetches Straw, wheat . Ditto, oat .. Ditto, barley 0 3 to 033 Per ton. 19 0 te, 0 3 to 0 3i Turnips 0 0 to 0 0 Carrots Oats, in stray MANCHESTER TRADE REPOR' We have had an improved feeling at this day's mirket. More business was transacted in twist and goods, and prices were a shade higher. LONDON PRODUCE MARKET -DEC. 2 SUGAR : The market has opened with a good demand, and the public sales are progressing freely at a shade ad— vance. Refined firm ; lumps, low to fine, 59s Gd to 623. COFFEE : The large public sales are progressing, with out showing any material alteration in prices. The large public sales are going off rather heavily; they will conclude to-day. Rice : 12,000 bags Madras were offered in public sale, and bought in, 93 6d to 113; 2,000 bags Bengal partly sold low, 103; the remainder bought in, Ils to 13s 6 1. RUM: This article has a very firm appearance. SALTPETRE : The quantity offering landed is so small that we can only quote last week's prices fully supported, but they are partly i orninal. In other articles no material alteration. The quarterly meeting of the teachers and friends associated with the Liverpool Sunday School Union was held last evening, at the Presbyterian Chapel, Islington. Notwithstanding the unfavourable state of the weather, there was a pretty fair attendance. After the company had partaken of tea, C. R. Hall, Esq., was called to the chair; and when he had briefly addressed the meeting on the objects for which they were assembled, reports were presented from some of the schools. They were of a gratifying character, and demonstrated the zeal and perse verance of the teachers connected with them in the good Cause of Sabbath school instruction. The Rev. V. M. White then brought forward the subject for the consideration of the meeting, " What are the requirements of the Times in relation to the Sunday School Work." In doing so he took a comprehensive review of the prevalence of crime in the present day, portayed the vast advantage of Sabbath School Education, and graphically depicted its advantages for time and for eternity, and urged upon all present to give.their earnest and hearty support to a cause that did so much to promote God's glory and elevate their fellow beings. Several other ministers and friends addressed the meeting, after which the company separated. THE SPEAKERSHIP. —Mr. Shaw Lefevre will probably not retain that office longer than the duration of the present Parliament, which will, in all probability, be the summer of 1858. Should the present government remain in office till then, Mr. Worthy would be almost certain of election to the presidency of the lower house ; for Liberals and Peelites would support him, and it is doubtful even if the Tories would put forward Sir Frederick Thesiger against him. Before taking office under Lord Palmerston, Mr. Stewart Wortley is understood to have consulted his old political friends, and especially Mr. Gladstone, who, 1 believe, counselled him to take the S,li,:itor Generalship, if his views of foreign policy were consonant with those of the Premier. THE TEMPERANCE MOVEMENT IN LoNnoN.---The winter campaign of the supporters of the Temperance movement in the metropolis has commenced, and a combi nation, formed between the various Temperance Societies in London and the National Temperance League, to hold a series of great meetings, has been arranged. Immense posters are displayed all over London, thus well announcing to the liege pub'ic that Temperance reformers do not mean to be dormant during the coming winter; Amongst the numerous orators who are to advocate the Temperance cause, we find the names of Mr. W. R. Baker. the Rev. H ug h Allen, M.A., Incumbent of St. Jude's, Whitechapel, who has just been on a Temperance tour in Ireland ; the Rev. W. O'Neill, Minister of New Broad street Chapel ; the Rev. Dawson Burns ; Mr. T. Hudson, Rev. J. Harcourt, of Regent street Chapel, Lambeth ; Mr George Cruikshank, the well known f. author of the " Bottle ;" Rev. Newman Hall, 8.A., i Surrey Chapel, Stc. Last evening o the series was inaugurated by lectures, in Carlisle street Temperance Hall, Edgeware road, by Mr. W. R. Baker ; and in Camden Hall, Camden town, by Mr. W. J. G reen . We are glad to find the friends of Temperance so active, and hope their efforts will prove successful to s t e m the torrent of intemperance, which is so productive of immorality, domestic misery, and irreligion. Some parcels of good and fine have just been sampled, all° are now on the market. • . Havannah Leaf :No arrivals deserving not ice since Off LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET.—DEc. 2 last. Stock of good and desirable sorts in the hari c tf. The market continues without change to-day, and a importers nearly exhausted. Aerivals shortly e x P e Tio / 1 m Th o e derate business has been transacted, at steady prices. Havannah Segars have been more enquired after , sa les sales including 40 Pernambucos 7* - 1 to 71d, 80 for home trade and exp,,rtation, and a fair extent of halve Bahias 61d to 61(1,200 Nlaranhams 70, 100 Egyptians 6/d effected. Suitable descriptions for general trade - „ to eii, 600 Surats 5d to 51(1—are reported 5,000 bales, of become scarce, and stook ' in the hands of importers CO' which 500 are on speculation and for export. sist chiefly of heavy and mixed sizes. brig% Turkey :In mod-rate demand, excepting for fine which is ot obtainable. lith Greek :Nothing doing, stock bare of suitable qua shortly expected. a Ce ti sed Leaf: St. Domingo and Fl orida, he latter. is arrived last month, but theailes; d by holders have prevented 013, rw l o , 1y coodned to middling and a:small parcel Havannah Sc limited sales m Jav vanced rates Several p business has h ary sorts. of o.— brazil: Stock nearly bare. s 0 - I Varinas Roll and Porto Rico : Two smal l p aree cently arrived, are now on the market. Columbian (Anabalema, Giron, and Carmen) w c° ll A .,133 in steady demand. The Glanmire has arrived ith serens, which will shortly be placed on the market.,..4l4 For Palmyra there have been several enquiries ul"" the month. No arrivals have taken place. paced state Paraguay: Very little done, owing to the re,tlCpled - of stock. 350 bales are just landed, and will b 3 import in a few days. Manilla Cheroots ; Sales have been made t o a tsloou extent both for Home Trade and Exportation• qualities are now scarce. VIA 0 Manilla Leaf: Slme small narcels of low quali ties been taken by the Trade for Cutting purposes, aita Yara: Sales have been quite of a retail charac,,l e ',4lB 6 l confined to selections from old parcels. About 7wh'inst, just landed, will be offered at public sale on the 1 7t ", 4 ea' Cuba : Our market is now quite bare. Sever' quiries for good and fine sorts. German : A large amount of business has beell.„o.- acted both in Segar and cutting qualities a t a"'"" ve rates. bS In Amersfoort, suitable for cutting, several sa.e - lots. been effected at higher prices. A good enqui r y still el t he Negrohead : A few purchases have been made ° best brands at full prices ; demand limited. e 03 5114. Cavendish, good and fine qualities, in active - Stock in first hands greatly reduced. American and Mixed Stalks more enquired afte r ,: co. • Smalls in good request. GRANT HODGSON 17, SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE, LIVERPOOL, DECEMBER 3. ft • 1 i n HIGH WATER — Morn, 2 33—Even. 2 57 — Height , • ARRIVED. Dec. 1. Fusilier Temora (a.s.) Hamburg . 01 010 Rattler (s.s.) ...... • •• •0 St. Michaels Commander Haldfelt •70•6tA15% Melbourne Mary .... ....... Ne' f barlell w o .. New York Pride of Canada ...... Active ..Ne.v York,British Queen ...... ••• .Getw • .. Charleston' Ann Elizabeth • • ..... .. Valparaiso BAILED Greyhound Summer Cloud Benjam'n Adams , Dec. 2 Caravan .. Lalla R00k?..... Dennis Brundett ENTERED FOR LOADING. inde° goo— 9 ,er. T. 0... ... ..... •• • • pflat. 3 :d u si Araminta ..... .......... Ade , aldel Tamaulipas (s.a.)•••• • ... ' l O O America (5.).. Boston and .11 fax I Eugenie •........ •• ' SY _ v . Matilda Wattenbaeli.... CalcuttalJohn and Lucy ...... Tain d Melita Constantinopl e,Scc.i Coronet ............. David Maclver ..... ...Geelong i Yuung Marquis •• • Cintra (s.s.) OUTPORTS. Queenstown. Dec. 2 —Arrived—Bellario, from Monte Vide:1101 proceeded to Hull—Veill Vold, from Memel—Schulti, °dejs Blain. Quebec. 0 ,10: 11 Greenock, Dec. 1 —Arrived—Charles Napie r. from Pal6ll Brown, Montreal. Sailed—Alert, for Marseilles. MARITIME EXTRACTS. Calpilurnia, from Cocona.la at Mauritius fo r London. 10°1124 of cargo discharged, and will shortly be hauled on the OP. Foo Chou Foo, Oct. I . — The Lord Raglan, Mitchell, h e sepi' London, which went on sho re on a rock, near Spitefu Islan d ' heri 29,1 discharging her cargo (teas',„ which will be brought 01ter. for examination st ,, tl s'owage. The ship neirly dries at lO C see , —The Marden, from 14. mg Kong to Shatighke, put in bet e st 0 14, leaky.—The Walmer Castle, hence for London, Sept. 1, %or s hore in leaving the ricer, but floated cif' without appare nt Gibraltar, Nov 18.—The schooner Hiram is reported se "de struck on z " , the river at Laroch e, and foal' bar in ent., r. 7 iyerP o led Milford. Nov. 29.—The Elizabeth Martin, from an db 3 iin / apore, which put in here leaky, has been ligh tened, on to the beach. Her °or foot a- d part of keel are carriea. br oltti three planks on the flat of the ft , or are chafed nearly ; o viop supposed through strikintr on a sunken wreck. No t 110 ., r btlYi to twelve cases and bales are dal axed and Clem put slis l'ep Rat under water. RO I ' n at Mauritius, for Londoti, rom Calcutta at Maurit us, for Loa"— r e 01.4 limpatam at Mauritius' Mary Stewart, from , arm" Dv' -The 13riti , h barque Alexaeu re- ' tog b.'")1 1 Acajutta, in ballast, on discharg_ooll making inches water per hour, " leaky in th 3 Guayqull, Gct. d on the 19th inst. ft last was found to b to be laid on a bank. tate 11 Cons' antinople. Nov. 17. drivs from the Dar %nal: s oo ,ll ll° the gale of the 6:h caused the stra .ding of several vesges'eilies.;io, and foreign, and that the Enmore (R. barque), from O ar Arlo, $ 5 et reported as being full of water at Aktash.— The schooner .dot got ashore at the same place. but succeeded in getting """ g the throwing her ballast overboard. her e - lArr Mauritius. Sept. 23. he Maidstone, which arrive o f g ted 17th, from Calcutta, passed the bowsprit and jibboonle,„ paPos, ship. about 2 , 10 miles east of this is'and low „w. The rit 0 00 be d black, and apparently belonging to a ship of about ou t la 00 Oct. 20. The Canute. from Calcutta to L o ndon, wh l earg„ ° tll 6 in distress, and was nearly ready for sea , wi th nil ,hour ( "4 0 0 board, after repairirg, was completely burnt in , h is ha' N ett'. 00 1 ith Oct. She is 61p tons regi -ter. The cause of th e fire., otemsf• to the combustion of some 1,500 hales of jute she 10 %4, board after undergoing considerable repairs in tiV Cti v oter much underv - hued by the 7 1 ,01'5 0 0 ,ne harbour master and deputy ua ; and Captain Phillipps, woo ccimi g seSdea unfortunate ship, left in the dark, although it is due t°.uccrir ship and presence of m'nd to have sailed the ship out of ' 4 ' os harbour, and. thereby prevented a general con fl Agr atio% y 00 Kurracbee, Oct. 27.—The Somnauth, from 13° 1 ° ,;:oft e jiiiii, Persian Gulf, with coals, arrived off here Oet. '24, tte":,thf on the 12t t* cargo was flu dtobe on fire, but al. -„;' c iied 1) 1 w •c fire was extinguished. She was " a for 13 from his, and it was considered safe believe the loss to 4 t the services of the h. are at'ove the mark rd th fire was ext 11 0 proceed. , lot. Moulmein, Sept. 14.—The Eleanor, Marouar e. United Kingdom, put back here Sept. 11, leaky. and eb„ oo ole,fir Calcutta, Oct. 22 —The Henry Si o-c has been ile the Three Bells, rnd h qi covering boards, bulWarkS , A se' p 4 70 0 away. She is being repaired. • e b o. Belfast, Dec. 2. —The schooner Scotia, of Carnatv ° ,..,t se c etl°, ter, from Glasgow to Liverpool, 1• den will Skulpattin Rocks on Sunday, was got off yesterday a t olle" the beach full of water. Mr. Fitzimmons and a steal] ] to her assistance. pig iron' Sod --- ---------- SPOKEN. I , ,e' Report of the Garland, arrived here from Africa-' pt. •!'r's Spoken. .1() rt' Oct. 7.. Marco Polo, hence to Australia ...... 6.40 Oct, 18.. Wesus Minor Oct 26.. Guide (schooner Nov. 3.. Mayolo (barque) Nov. 4.. Walter Bain (brie) Nov. 9 . Neptune (barque) Nov. 23.. Nelson (brig).. 'Si °9 94 S O 60.42 FOREIGN PORTS. Oct' S9' Sandbach sailed from Demerara for Liverpool. Princess Victoria, hence at Maranham, Port Wallace, from Sun&rland at Rio Janeiro. l Oc t ' John and Henry sailed from Derne:ara for LiverP ° "' Golden Era, hence at Melbourne. 00 1 Chinsural, Cornwall, from Canton ; and Franc e 0 Tutreorien— both at Deal. 1 6 / Nauphante, Orr, hence at Pernambuco, in 27 day s ' O ct. odOi n i Cairnsmore sailed from Whampoa for BorribiLY' d fo r lA~d Qu ensberry, for Foo-Choo-Foo, Oct. 16—both to roa d Kildare, Slyunklin, from Calcutta at Singapore. China, Oct. 20. Mary Ann Jann, hence at Port nu Prince, Oct. 10 . Etolle de la Mar, heno' at Pcrt au Prince, Oct. 7i Lucy sailed from Mauritius for Liverpool, Sept' 1 . 1 4'" P" fOr Anne Melhuish, Bessie, and Rosamond—all h=o=e eo ce Lady Hayes, from Port Phillip at Hong Kong ...,„,;11, , 1 00 ° ,11 Cambalu, Alleyne ; Le'ckhards. Bennett; and D1" n d00t . .74, fr 2 4, Shanghae ; Confucius, hence, and Invincible, from il l , flaito`' .- Kong ; Wenam, Andrew, from Manilla, and Celest 0 0 6 I Whampoa for London; Cressida, hence for Manill a ' OM . Brown, from Manilla for this port—all at Anjer. C I Rajah, Robb; and Clymene, Threlkield—both fro 1.117. Mauritius riOnc ~ pt. King William, from Moulmein at Mauritius for ni De Fie nor Dodson sailed from Mauritius for Live, o 2 / 7. ' 9 6 ', 04 Bella Marina sailed from Mauritius for Cork, P"oct. ' 1 %40 Margaret Deane sailed from Mauritius f r CO'"k 0 be' re. African, lonia, Alps, and Queen of the Isles, 3 1 0 b Oll Topsey, fr om I s t am b on l— a ll at C onstan ii no ple• ,6 ~ Prince A r th u r ( s . s .), h en ce a t C on st an tinople In • les. VaP Karnak (s.s.), and Triumphant—both hence at 'ce Ranger, Williams, and Edward and Mersey---all hen CORRECTNESS OF CIIARTS 0 56 ,1 Underwriters' Roonis, J. /4 no Fxtract from a letter dated Beypore, Oct. 17, 1856 ' fro g ' i d dO got anew Chart of the Nlalabar Coast. on a large sca _„otla bol o corrected up to 1856, on whichlfi d this part of the 0 0_ 4 d I ugy pd. nothing short of 25 miles too f r to the eastwar • , en ce , ec o , two chronometers, on which any amount of cov.,`A tto es or o placed. The Greenwich time of each has not differeavoct jl since left England, au .l I may safely say th'Y are l 19t :aord mile of loneitud.. I believe my ship to be a nchore /31 Vogl mile N., lon. 75 45 20 F. about mil e from the chart we ought to be in lat. 11 10 N., lon. 766 6= • - -- BIRTHS. 0 01106 On the 28th ult., at 15, Gloucester-street , v e-r° 34 ' a B e 'gra the wie of M. A. Hart, Esq , of a son, ..f 0 Charles J Bastard, Esq., of a daughter, stillborn. , Abbe On the " Bth ult ,at Ardsley Bury, Harts, prematurelf, the Wife do On the 28th ult., the wile of Mr. John Neste, of 2. , St. John's-wood, of a daughter, stillborn. MARRIAGE. ,„ ftec..ol On the 2nd inst.. at Crit's Church, Claughton, 13,7r.-f.,44))f. Clementson, M.A , assishteds by the Rev. J. E. Ola ke , au nel. :00 1 the rev, W. to . Tallor. LL D., Church, the ts;,..betb, '- Incumbent of Christ's Claughton, daughter of the late Robert Bibly, Esq. - DEATHS ~f til t , of On the 19th Oct., at San Francisco, California, 0,.... o f bw— to d heart, aged 42, Henry Gunter, Esq , forrnerly of sloe l, h a Ore , On the 3 th nit , at Seacombe, after a short 11100, J''' Y Crump, Esq , aged 57. 1 0 00 4 On the 2nd inst., at his residence, K i r kd a le, John Jo Delo — Fio7. Births, Marriages, and Deaths, are only inserte to our Office duly authenticate