The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-10-11 00:00:00

11°-\TETARY AND COMMERCIAL -------- Tu t 4 . LIVERPOOL, MONDAY EVENING. ''lliel l Lge iniports of gold for the last week, t i ghtr e ,,,'unt to - 0 550,000, have produced a for , I - L e l_c 4 l. and gienter firmness in the London '-"' tile - '"e t: o-day; The importations of specie k Lef ore Paste eek, When added to those of the wee o. T he '4ll°llatto. the aggregate sum of 1,640,00 ," :64 ,00 °II/I L exported -for the last week, was ; l ost N ° , 4:llis,jarge. sum, however, has, for the ii r'''' , gone to our best customers, India, I a ' Aug t • L e°- ° l lift . r aha; and - some small portions to other Aeep it 'Mille. ourexports of the precious metal tr a d e r ~t h, ese directilins, they *Attend to help our the are no,'.qier than retard •it ;' and 'as long as _ they are in the e XCeSs' of • our imports, they - will not T b e high test state of the bUllion-market. h Ill 'iltli a 8 r wbieh - have ruled for the last and the Niea li ''' our-Cfrolonial Produce-markets, a l icl od tll thi n, Bell impetu s given to production has . au to , Zlsed demand, for coin in the Colonies, cf the ex ziel Ped very materially to swell the amount ~ h ,,, port,. „ . . e sent t ; efaUX. of specie is likely to continue i "ine 'to coine, but the excessively large t)118 of gold which must inevitably take i l the next year, will reduce the import e colonial demand to a mere shadow. gratifying to find, that notwithstand- S Y s tena - o - f tancipering with foreign Tting the transmission of false reports re tlefleie.th affairs of the East - the magnified -- "41 1 ) 1 , - ; °I the harvest----the unsettled state of ft,Nriket---ad the grodless aticia "'lv ar y drai n of bullion un that the n Stock AT, 11 4 an ' t n 'e ieviving. 'The payment of the divi °l-laced for the 13th of October, will re fordo .3 4 - , e f or e ?'derable -sum of Money, but. until that re 1) 10 4 3 take . place, we fear, the heavy demand ) lail l Y will continue*, and the rates of discount til , 4 ce pi 2 th ey are. . Sh ou ld a f ur th er a d v a nce ' Be ll 4 r ei ja , the suspension of labour for some 'time 1 0 4t oN„°w• The • reports. from the threatened rtit slith a i' r are becoming so. conflicting and fabu eoehl th we hope they may. have ceased to ope- T ; NIB he Northern Money Markets, at, all events. ele. t e 'c'sed at 92 •021 for both Money and ;Pe r /3 4 ' 1 ,k Stoekat 2'20 for the opening. Ex tb, The c h i us at 3s. to . Bs. prem. q t th e . a ncellor of the Exchequer having notified k r ki ed l . ll terest,on the unfunded_ securities will ell t i ' t I nnuediately from ld to 2d per day, or eitec i ° 3 per cent. per annum, the market for ° rie • Ile r - bill , ikb 14 0 , s amproved. Business was first B eg ile 'enl on , Saturday at lls dis., and the t iPle fo nt quotation was par to lOs prem. (lit',9 for eign stocks were tolerably quiet to-day, and e ,,,,,% 1.153 .1y :=Brazilian. Bonds, at 971; Small li o ' , N e x div. ; Buenos Ayres lower at 58 ; Mexi tviads i ', Portuguese, 4 per cents., 43; Russian 'ell•e 'lt S rdinian 92 and 911; Spanish, 45; 1 1 d l''7 il ' k id e shp„, .--, , ~ .. 11,, ; Sab7e market was unsettled and fluctuating, t ii'L,. B tol ~"tday's prices were ,nlot maintainable. 1 , 1 ,`,.; G re "_ ll , (l , Exeteli, 941 ; Caledonian, 51, 50 ex f,j7e .i i . 't Northerns, 74t- ; Lancashire and York k ' IV er ,., lower , than this morning ; Brightons, to 00 1; Western§, 1031 'to 1044 ; Midlands 60 p„ 8 1; o lth Easterns, 584 to 60;- Berwicks, 611 t Lelleh Y ork, .aud North. Midland, from 454 to 47 ; 'o l lte re , si lares 150,.' - t,d'‘.t 1: higher. Gold mines oil% ,u, • Atistraliiin land shares in demand; 44straitt.ustralian 35; Van Diemen's Land, 154- 151 )11 t ,! . ala -Agricultural, £l. higher. ?aces to Oriental Queen from Sydney, we have ad s; !lot i, du ne 22nd::: Her commercial intelligence i l 'tle s , fr t o nPortant. . Gold has arrived in large quan nitcl tw _ in the diggings. The Western gold escort ,Y,i(e e ,, ", days previous to the sailing of the Oriental t 'leo patr 'ought 14-16 'ounces ot gold to Sydney. The i t l h er lia steamer was advertised to leave Adelaide lithe C ape -of Gooch Hope, on the 31st July. The It o Can Lass and, Surge were to leave for London 1 l't tale ' ' - kt a , Ie 25th of June, and the Royal Alice on the it) 11 3' • these Would be followed early in July by e 137 . , . e nmutcan (announced to sail positively on Th 10th) the Agricola, and the Child° _Harold Sydney steamer had been purchased by 237(lney and Melbourne Steam Packet Company k 20,600, and is , to trade between those ports. btGovernor Cren4al Vad recommended the Le i t heire to guarancee . a' dividend of 4 per cent. to ,' . 4o ll nte r River Raihvay Company as soon as it qv oleAvrv, t l % 11AA . 1 ) ,"4.d. , The estimates of revenue for 'ti,, 1 ' 84 3 1 7: 3 4 Published. The estimated revenue Ne' 4 „ ll l ) pl e , 4 £ssl,l6s—that for 1854 £566 ; 225. Yea r ',N„"'entary estimate for 1853 is £49,871. T h ' B s4' ll, ‘ . e of expenditure for the service of the r ef 'e .ti l , as • £562,732. th e teq A t e rPool cotton market opened with in f m , i‘via,„ l4l less, owing to the advices brought by 4 4 : 1 1r 0 7 411 , which are generally thought to be in o sl ° litit ea 44 advance in priaes. The sales to-day lt et ti llec ui t o 7,000 bales', 1500 of which were taken ki:ve rA a tion . and for export. The colonial mar ads of' Steady, with a fair demand for nearly all to ' 4 O Produce 4,7 v N - 4 4 1 0 nlarket is also steady. Dealers appear Lln e v -1 "-lag for the clouds of uncertainty which er th e affairs of the country to monetary j, 411 5 - aa ` e r beforeithey - i i •enew business. This. we 4'4 4risable. The Manchester share market 1 ,,a15 0 ' e rfler and `more active condition. Money W'ee e asier in that direction than it- is • here : a s ' 'l.e consequently higher than they are with 410 th e W ill be seen by the quotations -given in 11, 13 tt , column. 'Y -l ON MARKET AND • FOREIGN EXCHANGES. p 4 .1,4 e the current price of Gold, as follows, to 1;, tkalio,„-`c merchant in calculating the rates of Exchange, by the actual current rates of tt, a 44o lQ,,as last reported : lira 7 75• 9d.; Paris, —; iramburgh,—; Am ~\ Vienna, St. Petersburg, —; ' an Constantinople, —; Alexandria, <ffley ( 4 1 1Thay, - 'Calcutta, ; Hong Kona, ; W 4 s. 6d. to 'iss.; Port Phillip, 775.; Adelaide, ; 9 1. . t 'aria 775. 6d. ; Ovens, 765. 6d. ; Montreal, —; ; j ti - -. "2 • Boston, £3 17s. 9d. ; San Francisco, , Brazils,_ 4. 4 s' e ttl:s liu join a return of the Foreign Exchanges, 3 , L17' e(1 according to the London Mint price of to - "na li t e , o 'N - cl• the ounce,;- 1 94 ' . a 11 3., short, 11. 17 to 11 174; do, 3 months, 11 19 11 2s Rotterdam, 3 ni. Hl9 to 11 19# ; Antwerp, 2.1' 4 01 11 ,.: 0 tA 25.4 5 ; Brussels, 3 m. 25 40 to 25 45 ; to 12i t 2 i •°l 3 ]3 '7# to 13, 7i; Paris, short, 25 7i to a:m. 25 40 to 25 45 ; Marseilles, 3 m. 25 42; t,,41 2, Frankfort; 3`m. 1201 to 1203 ; Vienna, 3 m. 1 1 16 14/ i .;.k Trieste, 3 in. 11 20 to 11 25 ; Petersbur t gh 0 , 6 371- , a driq, 3 m. 491 to 50; Cadiz, 3 m. 5 , 0 9 t 2, 0 6 : ;. ;`) ba• 30 10 o'3o 20 • Genoa, 3m. 2550 to o h ,Ntti a. " ", In. 411 to 4 12; Palermo, 3 m. 124 k to 121 z; 53r, In. 1241 to 125 ; Lisbon, 3 m. 52 to 533; Oporto, fja`k,‘o 531, 8., Janeiro, 60 days, —to —; New 0 1. • dit to !?k , 109# to 109 f ; BoSton, ditto,. -- to ; ivold i n b ars, £3 17s. 9 d . ; M exican Dollars, -". m B L ilver in bar'i stand, Os. Od. ; East India Com -B,House Bills 60 days ; Calcutta Co's Rupee ; bay ditto t 25. , Madras ditto, 244 L °Nt _ ON CORN M ARKET, YESTERDAY. lor;;, sa raP3s of English wheat, were picked out for seed T., a `eo, but the co ndition was generally affected by the Mjd 4 41 4 -44 'Wes proceeded slowly at last week's prices. For -11 to k nioderate deMand at about late rates, and would have to y t~ e fa ir extent if factors had made a little concession. Co pp 4r g n ' e s off -the coast are scarce, and the demand equal ;i l , l tore • Passage,they are rather easier to buy.. Indian 1, 11, y 1 request at our previous currency. Fine qualities t ok, %i lti °ll ght former prices, but secondary the turn cheaper. ‘ly et l od h ile ntal demand continues for rye. Malt steady. r t . a e4ias , oti g sca esee yew_ rce and dearer. Supplies of oats short, and , V 4AR4ET RACES, YESTERDAY Sweepstakes 50 sous, ••• ••• ••• Four ran. won cleverly by a length 20 to 1 taken. Sweepstakes. T.Y.G Fire ran 20a sous: Sweepstakes, ... i'ireepstakes, 10 sov T.Y.O Four ran. 501 • for two year olds, - T.Y.O 12 to 1 Eleven ran. - gal Pepin. I 20 to 1 against Clark's lot. ': 4 ve 411 Le 1t 4 4.14 . 1 , 11 ;0r a 7 111 E COURT.-The Queen and Court 4‘vax, to°A Thursday. They will return by the Dee )' th e Y ri to tkij Aberd een , an d th ence by th e Ab er d een `'llecleja llbullllotO, and leave Edinburgh next morning for England. THE EASTERN QUESTION. FROM OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT. LONDON, MONDAY NIGHT. Though the decision of our own Cabinet, as well as that of France, is, that the independence and integrity of Turkey are to be supported to the last extremity, the organs of the ministry speak with much reserve. They concur in - declaring that Turkey cannot be sacrificed, but affect great mode ration in referring to the means by which that object is to be attained . . They.wish all the means of conciliation to be exhausted before assuming to speak in the tone which their material preparations would justify. It is understood, too, that 'the British Cabinet is annoyed at the tone which has been taken at the metropolitan and Othermeetings against Russia. They fear it may tend to embarrass the means of arriving at a pacific solution, and wish to retain all opinion within their own command, lest the present state of complication should be rendered hopeless. They are, as lam told, even apprehen sive of Russia declaring war against us, on .the double ground of our aid to Turkey ; and the hostile tone of British feeling towards the Czar. These apprehensions are unworthy of any British Minis try. That they have existed, however, on the part of a minority in the Cabinet, I have every reason to believe, though there is unanimity upon the point of maintaining Turkey against Russian encroachment. Letters from Constantinople have been received to-day, but they do not , contain any more news than we had received before by telegraph. There is no doubt as to the Sultan having declared war against Russia; but there is some ambiguity on the point, whether the instrument was to take effect in four weeks from its date, in order to afford the Russians an opportunity of evacuating the Princi palities, or immediately. The former is most likely, particularly as the season will prevent immediate serious movements upeil any considerable scale. It is said that the Emperor of Russia received the news of this Declaration at Warsaw, and that it rendered him furious. Of course it would. It is added, too, that it dissipated the pacific ideas he had expressed at Olmutz. This is not so likely. • In the mean time the harmonious action between the Governments of this country and France con tinues, Louis Napoleon having stood proof against the temptations held out to him to withdraw from the English alliance. A well-informed correspond ent of the Morning Chronicle says :-- "As the question of peace or war approaches to a crisis, it is gratifying to find that the attitude assumed by the French Government becomes more and more firm. Louis Napoleon and his Ministers express their firm determin ation to adhere to the English alliance, whatever may hap pen ; and declare that they are determined to support Turkey, not only by force of arms, but to the utmost of their power. Orders have been g iven for the concentration of troops, as if it were felt that a struggle was inevitable. A large body of troops is to be directed towards Toulon, where they will be prepared to embark for the East at a few days' notice. In the event—the probable event—of its being necessary to despatch troops, the intention is to form a depot in the island of Candia, which will be the head-quarters of both the French and English troops. and to which stores and amunition will be directed. Should this demonstra tion not to be sufficient, and should the Turkish capital be threatened, a large body of troops will be despatched for Constantinople, and that place will be occupied by a con bined French and English army. You are already aware that the French auxiliary army will be much more numerous than that of England ; and it is understood to have been arranged, long since, between the two Governments, that the , land forces are to be commanded by a French general, while the naval forces will be placed under the command of the English admiral." Yet, in London, we know nothing whatever of any auxiliary army being collected to proceed to Cadiz, however probable such a contingency may be. If such a force as was mentioned the other day, 10,000 men, is to be sent out, it is being pre pared in the most unostentatious way possible; it will be sent out in small detachments, from many different parts, probably a few from Corfu, and will only be concentrated upon arriving at its destina tion. I understand that the military authorities at tached to the Honorable Company's service here, have not been unmindful observers of the progress of the Russian arms towards the East. Many bar ren wastes and rocky deserts will have to be tra versed before the Czar can affect us in that quarter. Still it is satisfactory to know that our eyes are upon him. The following biographical notice of the Turkish commander in Chief is translated from the Debats ; and will be read with interest at this moment : " It is known that the chief command of the Turkish army in Bulgaria has been confided to Omer Pacha, considered the best general in the Sultan's service. The following . is a biographical sketch of that personage :—Omer Pacha is an Austrian subject, born in Crotia. His family name is Lattas. His father was lieutenant-administrator of the circle, and his uncle a priest of the Greek religion. Young Latas was admitted very young into the mathematical school of Thurm, near Carlstadt, in Transylvania, and after having completed his studies with distinction, entered the corps of Ponts-et-Chaussees, which in Austria is military organized. It was towards 1830, that, after some discussion with his superior, he proceeded to Turkey and embraced 'simian. Chosrew-Pacha, who was then general-in-chief of the army, took him under his protection, made him enter the regular army t and attached him to his person. He even gave him for wife his ward, one of the richest heiresses in Constanti nople, daughter of a leader of Janissaries, whose head he had cut off in 1827, when that body revolted against Sultan Ma homed. In 1834, Lattas, who had taken the name of Omer was already chef de bataillon, and was appointed by Chessew- Pacha, as aide-de-camp and interpreter of General Chzahow ski, charged with the instruction of the Ottoman troops col lected in a camp near Constantinople. Omer was then em ployed in the reorganisation of the Turkish army, and still pushed on by Chossew-Pacha, he obtained successive diffi cult missions and important commands. The troubles of Syria and the Albanian insurrection of 1846 gave him an oc casion to distinguish himself, and to attract the attention of the Sultan. ' Being sent into Kurdistan, he succeeded in re ducing that province, which was almost independent of the Ottoman empire. In 1848, being appointed to the com mand of the corps d'armee sent into the provinces of Mol davia and Wallachia, he knew how to make the authority of the Sultan respected there, whilst showing considera tion to the susceptibilities and privileges of these pro vinces, placed under the double protection of Turkey and Russia. The year 1851 is the most brilliant period of Omer Pacha's military career. Being named commander-in-chief in Bosnia, of which the principal chiefs had refused to recog-. nise the Tanzimat, that is, the new organization of the Empire, he successfully fought against the Beys with in ferior forces. Lastly, he was sent out to Montenegro, where he found himself for the first time at the head of a regular army of 30,000 men. It may be remembered that the inter vention of Austria put an end to that expedition before he could commence decisive operations. At present Omer Pacha is at Schumla, at the head of 100,000 men • he dis plays, it is said, great activity, and is occupied in fortifying the country which may become the seat of war. Omer Pacha is 52 years old, short in stature, but with a physiognomy full of martial expression. He speaks with equal facility Servian, Italian, and German. After the insurrection of Hungary he took up the defence of the refuges, whose extradition was called for by Austria and Russia. He pro ceeded in person to Schumla, where he made the acquaint ance of the principal members of the emigration, and on his arrival at Constantinople he intervened warmly in their favour with the Sultan. He took several of them with him to Bosnia and Montenegro, and entrusted them with impor tant commands. Some of the refuges distinguished them selves there, and remained in the service of Turkey." The City has been tranquil to-day. Most of the public securities have maintained, and even im proved, their values. • FRANCE THE correspondent of the Morning Chronicle, writing from Paris on Sunday evening, on the Tuykish question, says:—" The general belief is, notwithstanding the Jesuitical denial of the Patrie, that General Canrobert is to have command of the expedition to Constantinople. It is reported here to-day, but I do not know upon what authority, that the Emperor of Russia had received accounts via Berlin of the proclamation of war against him by the Porte; that his Imperial Majesty was furious on receiving the news ; and that he immediately esponded tothe defiance by giving orders to declare war against the Porte." The visit of the Emp , eror and Empress to Com piegne has been postponed to the 12th. The Patrie says ;—" Several foreign journals have announced that the French corps of occupation at Rome is about to be increased. We are authorised to give the most formal contradiction to this asser tion." The Progris, a paper published at Arras, has re ceived a " warning" for its attacks on the religious and judicial authorities: This is the sixth paper warned within a short time. The Emperor has conferred the order of Cheva lier of the Legion of Honour on M. G. Gttibert, of THE NORTHERN DAILY TIMES. Bordeaux, the promoter of the enterprise of a line of vessels between that place and Paris, of which the Sole, now in the Seine, is the avant courier. The French government has taken a step which will excite surprise. It .has offered a command, either at Rome or in the East, to General •de Lamoriciere: The general, in replying to this flattering inVitatiou, declared that in case of war lie should place his services at the disposal of France, either as a simple soldier or as commander of any body .of.troops• that might be entrusted him. This story, however improbable; rests on the authority of Prince Napoleon, son of the ex- King of Westphalia. IRELAND. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) . DUBLIN, MONDAY EVENING. TEE RECENT FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—The ad journed. inquest is to go on to-day, at Straffan. Meanwhile the sufferers at Madame Stevens's Hospital are progressing favourably. Miss Farrell, who had her leg broken, and was otherwise seriously injured, has been removed by her friends, and Miss Pack, has been pronounced out of danger: On the other hand, to the names of those severely wounded have been added those of Mr. Lowry, and his two sisters, from Cumberland, and Mr. Bence Jones, of Clonakilty. 'The Freeman's Journal gives the following further news : —" We have learned some additional particulars, relative to the pro vidential escape of Mrs. Latham Blacker and her two daughters, which is, perhaps, the most extraordinary inci dent connected with this sad disaster. This lady and her children, occupied the coupe of the last carriage, which re ceived the first shock of the collision, and were therefore placed in a position of danger from which escape seemed to be utterly hopeless. Indeed, when one examined the coupe in which they were sitting, and saw how completely it was demolished—the whole of the seats being carried right into the middle of the next compartment—it was difficult to con ceive how their lives could be preserved. The explanation given by one of the railway officials renders the manner of their escape intelligible, but increases our wonder and admi ration at the extraordinary mode by which they were saved from instant destruction. The explanation is shortly this : When the buffers of the goods' engine dashed against those behind the coupe, the violence of the shock was .so great that the carriage sprung up (to use the words of one of the wit nesses) 'as high as the wires of the magnetic telegraph,' and falling on the engine, knocked off its funnel, and then rested on the smoke box , in such a manner that the Misses Blacker, who were seated next the doors at either side, were thrown out upon the top of the ' smoke box,' where they were subsequently.found lying in a state of insensibility, but uninjured. Mrs. Blacker being seated nearer to the centre of the coupe was more exposed to the force of the concussion, and consequently received a compound frabture of the leg. On enquiry at the Straffan station on Saturday, where she still lies, we were informed that she passed a good night, but has not yet been pronounced out of danger. She has been attended by Surgeon Adams. We have already mentioned the wonderful escape of Mrs. Barrington, who was found crushed into a corner, and covered over with frag ments of the broken carriage when her husband came to search. for her. It is stated that on hearing the frantic shouts of the passengers who were on the embankment that the goeds train was running into them, Mrs. Barrington fell upon her knees for prayer, and this attitude alone saved her life—the next moment the side of the compartment was driven in with the utmost violence, and the seat opposite to that which she had occupied was forced upwards in such a manner as to form a covering and protection for her head. Had she remained sitting this would certainly have struck her on, the head or chest just in the same manner in which several of the unfortunate passengers were killed. It is a curious circumstance that the bracelets, reticule, and other small articles which were on Mrs. Barrington's person when the accident occurred were found lying amongst the dead bodies." ACCIDENT ON THE MIDLAND GREAT WESTERN RAIL WAY. —An accident of a serious nature, though most providentially unattended with any fatal results to human life, occurred this morning, about a quarter of a mile below the Ballinasloe station. About seven o'clock, a goods train from Dublin to Galway arrived at the station: A great number of oxen that had been purchased at the fair, when waiting in a field adjoining the line to be sent on to Dublin. The noise of the train frightened these animals and several hundreds of them rushed in a most furious manner towards the line where a great gate, called the Railway Gap, is situated. Against this gate they came with tremendous force, and with the shock it burst open, breaking the massive bars into splinters. Four of the in furiated animals got on the line just as the train was passing, and, getting entangled in the wheels, were crushed to death immediately, their carcasses being very much mangled. Some of the waggons of the train were upset and thrown off the line. The railway policeman, stationed at the gate had a very narrow escape, having barely. time to jump over a wall before the maddened animals had rushed up. Had he not been very smart he would either have been erushed and tianipled en by the beak*, ur driven by them under the wheels of the train. No blame appears to be at tributable to any of the railway officials, as the gate was shut, and the , man at his post. MORE RAILWAY ACCIDENTS.—A poor woman walking on the line was knocked down and killed by an engine on the Killarney Junction Railway the other day. At the Ballinasloe station, on Saturday, Mr. Michael Morris, of Galway, narrowly escaped death in a similar manner, he fell across the rails when the train was coming up, and had he not been pulled up immediately he would have been cer tainly killed ; as it was, he was severely cut about the face. ECCLESIASTICAL INVESTIGATION.—the investigation into the conduct of the Rev. Henry Somerville, vicar of Darer aile, who was accused of having denounced from the pulpit some of his parishoners by name, was continued on Thurs day last. The Commissioners appointed by the. Archbishop of Dublin, were, Archdeacon Rider, and the Rev M. Ald worth and Gabbett. These gentlemen, it appears, are very angry that their former proceedings should have been made public, on account of the scandal they may . bring on the cloth, but.nevertheless, that has not prevented their ulterior doings .from creeping into print. The charges against the accuse& were for having been guilty of contumacy. and disobedience in refusing to give to the Itei , Mr. Maginn, the rural-dean, the customary account of his ministry, and having behaved himself otherwise contumaciously and disobediently. I The Rev. Mr. Maginn ns called on, and after expressing a desire not to be examined, his evidence was taken. It referred to the Rev. Mr. Somerville's manner of performing service,. his refusing to give information to witness, n ecessar y for a visitation. Other witnesses were also examined as to personalities and peculiarities in the Rev. Mr. Somerville's manner of which they complained. When the evidence was concluded, the Rev. Mr. Somerville requested to be allowed to comment on it, but after some consideration, the commissioners refused to' receive any statement from him, unless made on oath. At this the reverend gentleman declared himself much aggrieved, and would offer no evidence in his own .behalf, the commissioners will therefore now make their report for the judgment of the Archbishop:of Dublin. ATTE;IPTED SUICIDE.--The season appears' to be more provocative of suicide than for many years, in Dublin. On Saturday, a coach-maker named Fegan, made an attempt on his life by hanging, and nearly succeeded in the effort. Ile was, however, rescued and brought to Mercer's • hospital, where he was resuscitated. Ile will be brought before the magistrates to-day. - LISBURN ELEjrroN.—lt is doubtful, at the eleventh hour, whether there will be a contest or not; and although the tory organs boast to have a majority of their friends on the registry, they still, strangely enough, recommend their can didate not to stand. COLLISION IN THE RIVER LEE.—The Cork Reporter ,of Saturday gives the particulars of a collision which took place in the river Lee, by which a lighter, containing forty tons of wheat, was sunk, it having been run into by the Victoria steamer off Monkston pier. It would seem that her Majesty's name is not a very lucky one for ships. This is the third vessel, it is curious to remark, bearing the name of Victoria, or Victory, about which some calamity is reported .within the last month. It will be remembered, too, that Victoria was the name of the ill-fated steamer which went down with sixty people at Howth at the beginning of the year: DUBLIN AND KINGSTOWN RAILWAY.—The proprietors of 'this well-paying little line held their half-yearly meeting on Saturday. The six months' return showed a profit of over £19,000, out of which a dividend of six per cent. on the half-year was declared on the paid up capital, £275,000, amounting to . £16,500. It is understood, although no allusion was made to the fact at the meeting, that" this line will soon become the property of Mr. Dargan, to whom also belongs the nearl completed Bray railway. The bargain hats been effected to prevent the injury . of both those lines, by a greater competition than the shareholders might like. DUBLIN STEAM-PACKET COMPANY. In the city article of to-day's Freeman, we find the following :—"A letter ad dressed to the shareholders of the City of Dublin Steam Company has been published by Mr. Timothy Tyrrell, of the firm of Tyrrell, Payne, and 'Lupton, the well-known London solicitors. It is written in a most hostile spirit, and apparently in the interest of the Chester and Holyhead Rail way Company. He undertakes to show that a large portion of the capital is already lost, and that the dividends are paid out of capital ; but the figures, the only proof of the fact, are not given. It is stated that they have been forwarded to the directors, but, if the latter was well meant, they ought have been given to the shareholders. We do not think it our place to give an analysis of Mr. Tyrrell's letter, which concludes with a promise to enforce the publication of the shareholders' names, and restrain the payment of divi dends out of capital by proceedings in Chancery.. We have, on a former occasion, expressed an opinion that.the position of this great company could not suffer from a more complete publication of the state of their affairs, and still . consider it a matter of regret that an opening should be left for some of the remarks now levelled against the management by the writer in question, in consequence of the mystery in which the state and progress of the company has been always in volved." Miss Burdett Coutts has offered to contribute £lOO towards a model lodging-house for families• in Dublin, and a yearly donation of £5 to help to form an industrial education school to be attached to it,—Dispatch, MANCHESTER CITY COUNCIL-YESTERDAY. ADDRESS TO THE CHANCELLOR OP THE EXCHEQUER. Yesterday, at noon, a special meeting of the City Council of Manchester, was held in .the Council Chamber, " for the purpose of considering the propriety of presenting an AD DRESS to the Right HonoUrable W. E. GIADSTONE, M.P., Chancellor of the Exchequer, on the occasion of his visit to this city." There was a numerous attendance of the mem bers of the Council. His worship the Mayor, (ROBERT BARNES, Esq.,) occupied the chair. The MAYOR, in opening the proceedings, said he took it for granted that all the members of the Council were fully acquainted with the object in view by their meeting together that morning, as it was stated in the circular that had been sent to each member of the Council. He had no doubt in his'own mind, that there was but one opinion amongst them as to the propriety of the course intended to be pursued, as it would be impossible to . imagine that there could be a di versity, of opinion with respect to paying proper and becom ing honours to the Right Hon. the Chancellor of the Exche quer, on the occasion of his visit to this city. (Hear, hear.) Those who were best acquainted with , the character of that gentleman, were the best able to appreciate it, but he had no doubt, that all who had seen his self-devotion and perse vering efforts to promote the public good, and to give gene ral blessings to this country, would, with one heart and mind, agree that the Right Hon. gentleman was entitled to the compliment proposed to be paid to him. (Cries of " hear hear.") _ _ _ Mr. Alderman NEILD then rose and said : Having only recently returned home after an absence of considerable dura tion,he gladly acknowledged that he received the circular convening the meeting of that day, stating the object of it, with very considerable pleasure. And it occurred to him, on thinking of the object during his absence, that if the Council of the city of Manchester omitted to discharge the duty they were then met to carry out, it would have been an omission which, in his opinion, most of them would very much have regretted. (Hear, hear.) The circumstance of paying respect to such a distinguished member of the Government would not of itself have warranted the Corpora tion in taking the important step which he trusted they were about to take. The members of the Council would not take such a step merely for the purpose of flattering any man—because he held a high and important official station —(hear, hear.)—but the commanding talents—the high in tegrity of the Right Hon. Gentleman whom they proposed to honour—the prominent place which he held in the Govern ment of which he was so distinguished a member, and his high character—entitled him to their respect. (Hear, hear.) And they would forget the honour that was due not only to great talents, but*to great perseverance, if they omitted in a suitable manner to express their approbation of his conduct. (Hear, hear.) The Government of which that gentleman was so distinguished a member, presented circumstances perhaps—not perhaps, but *certainly—unknown before in the history of our country. (Hear, hear.) Floated into power as they were, if he mistook not, by the small majority of nineteen, and having to grapple with difficulties in a financial point of view, which many men pronounced it to be impossible for them successfully to deal with, the members of the Government sitting in the same House of Commons carried those important measures which it was pronounced an impossibility for them to carry. And, most extra ordinary to say, if he mistook not, they counted their majo rities, not by tens or nineteen, but by hundreds. (Hear, hear.) The Right lion. Gentleman, in whose honour they had met that day, told his friends in Scotland, a short time ago, that the time when this country was to be governed by party . was no more—(Hear, hear.)—and that it was great principles, and not party by which we were in future to be governed.' (Hear, hear.) And he (Mr. Alderman Neild) said, it was a happy circumstance for them to live in times like these. (Hear.) Whatever the principles and opinions of that Right Hen. Gentleman, the facts to which he (Mr. Neild) had called the attention of the Council, sufficiently de monstrated that the views of the Right. Hon. Gentleman were perfectly true, and that it was great principles and great principles alone that had actuated the men now at the helm of affairs. But great principles, however excellent in themselves, without the commanding talents of the Right Hon. Gentleman now at the helm oeaffairs, would not be sufficient to effect that which he had been able to accom plish. When the property . tax, was pronounced an impos sibility, when the succession tax, a tax in reference to y failed—when the d—w greatest henstatesmen these ineasures were oereir carried d nt t r h y e H h a o d u s e e o m o f p C I e o te m l mons by the extraordinary talents of the Right Hon. Gen tleman, who when he rose was told that he was about to attempt an impossibility,'but at whose sitting down the mea sures were in point of fact carried—was not evidence, ample and complete, afforded of the statesman-like capa cities of the, Right Hon. Gentleman—(Hear, hear)—and were they not bound to, pay respect to talent and integrity such as he had displayed? (Hear, hear). He thought they would ill deserve the situation which they pro fessed to hold as the representatives of this great commercial district, if they did not in a fitting manner express to the Right Hon. Gentleman that opinion of him which they felt and entertained. (Hear). The talents of that gentleman, and the talents of thoss with whom he had been associated, were known to all. They had all of them watched with too anxious an interest their course of conduct, not to be fully aware of the merits they had displayed, and the obligations the country was under to them. (ll,ear, hear). And as to the difficult point with which they had now to deal, that of peace or war, he for one felt perfectly convinced, that if an honourable peace could be preserved, that peace would be secured. (Hear, hear). But he thought they would all be agreed, that when peace ceased to be honourable,it ceased to be peace. (Hear, hear). These were difficulties in respect of which, he for one reposed his confidence most unshakingly in the Government, and he could not but rejoice, indeed, that they had at the helm of affairs, men in whose judgment, in whose integrity, and in whose ability they could so fully depend. (Hear, hear). The circumstance, too, that was about to take place, in associating the name of the Right Hon. Gentleman with a name held dear to every English man, as the associate and the intimate friend of Sir Robert Peel—the manner in which, in the important situation he filled, the Right Hon. Gentleman carried out all the prin- Ciples which Sir Robert Peel commenced—that was another circumstance which entitled him to their distinguishod ap probation. (Hear, hear). And, further, when they looked at - the undoubted talent of the Right Hon. Gentleman, when they looked at his uncompromising independence, he said there was much that must endear him to them. There was another circumstanc °which must endear him to them—, a circumstance which could not but endear him to them as a man. When travelling in Italy in search of renewed health, and meeting, as he did, with enormities in the way of government, in the shape of oppression of every descrip tion—when he then ceased to regard that official reserve common to men of high position, when he came forth and denounced in the most unmistakeable manner that could possibly be conceived, by his pen, the atrocities which he witnessed—he (Mr. Neild) said that gave him the stamp of a m an, and to the high approbation, and high character, which, he was sure, and which he felt every one around him, in common with himself, would be sure, he richly deserved at their hands. (Loud •eries of hear,hear.) It had been his (Mr. Ncild's) lot on several occasions to be brought in contact, in an official capaeitY, with the Right Hon. Gentle man, and the contrast between him and other gentlemen in office, with whom he had been brought into contact, as to official reserve, was of the most delightful and pleasing character. The Right Hon. Gentleman seemed to depend upon himself and his subject, -and upon that alone ; to him the dignity and reserve of office appeared to be a matter of no consequence. (Hear, hear.) He felt himself fully con fident that he could deal with. every subject, and he had con fidence in grappling with any statements that might be made to him. These were matters that were extremely gratifying to him (Mr. Neild) and the opinions which he had ventured to express lie had heard borroborated by others. (Hear.) Ho thought these were sufficient claims upon them to induce them to confer upon the Right lion. Gentleman the honour proposed, and he thought that if they failed to meet him in the way the circular convening the meeting that day announced, they would fail in a capital duty to themselves. (Hear.) If they felt and appreciated great principles, and esired to cultivate them, and if they . wished to give their meed of applause to great talents. and integrity with which those great principles were combined, they would com pletely forget their cluties:if they.did not do that which, as a Council, he hoped they would do. (Hear, hear, hear.) He begged to move that an address be presented to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, on the occasion of his visit to this city. Mr. Councillor ABEL HEYwoou said he felt very great pleasure in being permitted to second the resolution as pro posed oy Mr. Alderman 'staid ; and in doing so, although he cold not follow exactly the same train of thought as ex pressed by the mover of the resolution, yet he felt he must say that in paying the compliment to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, which was then proposed to be done, that that compliment was intended to be given to him principally for the commercial views which he entertained, and the position which he occupied as Chancellor of the Exchequer in the present ministry. (Hear, hear). . It could not be supposed that the Council, composed as the Council was, couldbe called upon to express unanimously their views in relation to that gentleman's opinions upon other matters—political matters. He said it could not be expected that the Council should ex press its opinion with regard to the political views which that gentleman, either at present or previously, had enter tained ; but it could express an opinion, and that opinion a strong one, in favour of the course which that gentleman had taken as Chancellor of the. Exchequer, whilst he had been a member of the present ministry. (Hear. hear). Not only, he (Mr. Heywood) thought was one class of the population to be thankful to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and that class the higher class, but there was another class which that gentleman had taken into his consideration in the Budget which he presented to the House of Commons. (He ar , hear). For years a subject of some importance was repeat edly. brought before the attention of the government—of previous governments—and it remained for the present Chancellor of the Exchequer to solve the difficulty, and to remove the obstacle altogether. That he had done most suecesafull,y that to which he (11rs eywood) referred was the abolition of the soap duty. The Chancellor of the Exehequer also accomplished a boon, which one of the mem bers for Manchester had made it his particular duty, a part of his particular duty, to bring regularly before the House of Commons for several years. (Hear, hear, hear.) The Chancellor of the Exchequer, seeing the feeling on the part of the ministry, seeing also the force there was in the argu ments addressed, and the feeling there was throughout the country on the subject, though he could with difficulty, as Chancellor, spare the amount of money that was involved in it, yet he had, with extraordinary ability, and temper also, so conducted the business connected with the Budget as to take off the advertisement duty. (Hear, hear.) That course, the abolition of duties which press upon production, he (Mr. Heywood), presumed was a great principle, which commer cial men in that district held to be advantageous to the general good. (Hear, hear.) The abolition of protective duties—the abolition of duties which prevent capital from getting its fair share of play—and the apparent object of the Chancellor of the Exchequer seemed to be to follow the course recommended by Sir Robert Peel, in abolishing, as nearly as possible, all duties that interfere with labour in its production. (Hear, hear.) And the Chancellor must, as circumstances enable him, remit the paper duty, a duty which interfers hostilely with labour and capital throughout the country : and that, he had no doubt, would be one of the imposts which the Right Hon. Gentleman would contem plate removing ,when ever the financial position of the coun try might enable him to do so. (Hear, hear.) He said it was not for them, as a Council, to refer particular or imme d. " ' he an b.n.a--4- • -aately to the antecedents connected with the character of the Right Hon. Gentleman (Hear, hear.) It was a matter of great pleasure to them to find, that at the time when Sir Robert Peel left the party with which he had been connected for so many years, and adopted the free-4 policy—that one of the gentlemen who followed him, one of the gentlemen who supported him, the principal mar fact of the party, and who gave him extraordina , - . - was the Right Hon. Gent.,the Chancell- - ' Ravin,* , near, near). ..cie tile party with whom he had been conneetea for so many years, he had adopted that commercial policy which the enlightened men of the age had considered to be absolutely necessary for the welfare and the glory . of this Country (hear,hear). As car rying out, then, the views of Sir Robert Peel, in connection with the commercial policy of this country, the Council met that day for the purpose of doing honour to the Right Ron. Gent., the Chancellor of the Exchequer. (Rear, hear). And it was not so much an honour they did to the Right. Hon. Gent., as an honour they did themselves in acknow ledging his great ability and high character. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Councillor llrrencoex most cordially supported the proposition to present an address to the Chancellor of the Exchequer. The motion was .then put from the chair and carried un animously amidst loud plaudits. On the motion of Mr. Alderman WILLERT, seconded by Alderman Sir Jonx Porran, the mover and seconder of the resolution, together with Mr. Alderman Shuttleworth, Mr. Alderman Hopkins, Mr. Alderman Bancroft, were appointed a committee to draw up the address, and to do so, they retired into an adjoining room. _ On their retain, the Towist CLERK read the address proposed for adoption. Mr. Alderman SnurrnEwon= said, he rose for the pur pose of moving the adoption of the excellent address which the Town Clerk had just read, and he did so with the most intense delight. He believed that the Right Hon. Gentle man, to whoin it was proposed that that address should be presented, was the ablest Chancellor- of the Exchequer that this country had ever known. (Hear, hear,) To him (Mr. Shuttleworth,) it had appeared most extraordinary that any gentleman should, in one session of parliament, so completely have overcome the difficulties which had here tofore been considered indispensable, of introducing a scheme of financial arrangement in this country, which was consistent with principle, and which from its being admi rably contrived in connection with' that consistency, so as to prevent that bickering and contention, that state of conflict with regard to our system of taxation, which had impeded for many sessions of parliament, recently the public business of the • country. He believed that all the points referred to in the address were just the points which it was desirable should be brought under the notice of the Council, as characterising the policy of the Right Hon. Gentleman to whom the address was to be pre sented. (Hear hear) There were circumstances in the public career of Mr. Gladstone, which he thought entitled him in the fullest manner to the respectful admiration of this com munity. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Gladstone had achieved, as Chancellor of the Exchequer, objects and results which he (Mr. Shuttleworth) believed the community at largo - did not expect to see so soon accomplished. With reference to one of the points alluded to, and that was the extension of the system of legacy duties in thislcountry to property of every description, the present Chancellor of the Exchequer hail done that which, as the address stated, the great Pitt failed to accomplish on the first introduction of the legacy duty in 17 . 96, and which he (Mr. Shuttleworth) believed no other Chancellor of the Exchequer, nor any other public man, had contemplated as a practical alteration in our system. (Hear, hear). The Right Hon. Gentleman stated the case with an ability, which he (Mr. Shuttleworth) believed reconciled those who were most interested in preventing the extension of the legacy duty to real propriety ; and he carried that great measure with less opposition, because he placed it before the country in such a manner as to she w the injustice of existing arrangements, and in this way he evaded the op position of those most interested in preventing the measure from becoming law. He approved of the measure of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, by which the Income Tax was extended to Ireland. (Hear, hear). He concurred in all the compliments which had been paid to the Right Hon. Gentle man, and in the aspirations breathed as to his future career. and in all the hopes and confident trust, that, by his great exertions in behalf of the interests of the community, they might see cause to speak of him hereafter, as one of those to whose intellectual power and personal virtues, they owed a great deal of their prosperity and happiness. (Hear, hear, and cheers). Mr. Alderman HOPKINS said, it was with very great pleasure to himself that he rose to second the resolution. And in saying that he felt a satisfaction in rising to second the address, it was partly from the consideration that there could not well be any opposition to it. Ile believed it was a subject respecting which they felt all alike—they were unanimous, he believed, upon the point. (Hear, hear). He thought that as a body, and as representing the public gene rally, they did right to seize opportunities of paying due respect to all eminent public men when they came amongst them. (Hear). He thought that in our popular state, in the state in which we now were governed in a great degree by public opinion, it was right and proper that the public in various shapes, should speak to !public men and let them know what were the feelings that pervaded the com munity. Respecting the particular measures brought for ward by the Chancellor of the Exchequer recently, it was an extraordinary thing to say that, labouring in that depart ment, he should have given almost universal satisfaction —a department in which it was said to be difficult for a man to give general satisfaction, much less universal. When they considered the difficulties of the position of the Right Hon. Gentlemen, he thought the language of the address was fully warranted as to the manner in which he proposed and car ried his measures. (Hear, hear.) Mr Councillor Ginn had great pleasure in giving his coil ' dial vote for the resolution. And he thought if anything could add to the value of the address proposed to be pre sented to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, it must be the knowledge of the fact that it proceeded from gentlemen holding all shades of political opinions, which they sank in paying him the compliment under consideration. He had no doubt that any representation coming from a city occu pying so commanding a position in the country, would re ceive due consideration at the hands of the Chancellor of the Exchequer. • The resolution was carried unanimously. Alderman Sir JOHN - Porrza moved the next resolution, to the effect that his Worship the Mayor be respectfully re quested to make arrangements for the presentation of the address to the Right Honourable the Chancellor of the Ex chequer. He said it was a very great gratification to him that he was permitted to take an humble part in the pro ceedings of that day. It was a somewhat singular circum stance that while two years ago, on that day, the Corporation of Manchester and the citizens of Manchester were called upon to express their unanimous and enthusiastic loyalty to our gracious Sovereign ' they were to-day assembled, as the Council of Manchester, to express their unanimous approba tion of the conduct of one of England's statesmen, and that they . were enabled to do so without the slightest diference of opinion being expressed, or any opposition being raised on the ground of its being a party question. (Hear, hear). He thought it a satisfactory evidence of the spirit of the times, when they could all join together, throwing aside all minor differences of opinion, and when they could all join together in recognising undoubted worth, and in offering . their thanks to an individual who had been mainly. instru mental in carrying out the policy of the late Sir *Robert Peel. He rejoiced they could do so without any difference of opinion or party asperity. Had this been in any way a party question, he could scarcely conceive it would have been the duty of the Council to take a part in reference to the proposition made that day—but such was not the case. Believing . that tho Chancellor of the Exchequer had done more to maintain the great principles of Sir Robert Peel, than perhaps any other statesman during the last ses sion of parliament; he thought it was most gratifying that the Council could meet where they were then assembled in the discharge of their . public duties, and unanimousiy ex press their feelings of gratification in including the Chan cellor of the Exchequer amongst them. (Hear, hear, hear.) Mr. Councellor AnsunAD seconded the resolution, which was carried nem con. A conversation followed as to whether the members of the Town Council should wear their robes, on the occasion of the inauguration of the statue to Sir Robert Peel, on Wed nesday. It was announced that the Mayor and the Town Clerk would wear their robes, but it was left to the discretion of the Councellors generally, either to wear their robes, or appear in their ordinary costume. The Council broke up at two o'clock. THE . REPRESENTATION OF WlNuson.—On Satur day it was currently reported at Windsor, that Lord Charles Wellesley is about to resign his seat for the royal burgh. The leaders of both parties within the borough are making active Arrangements to meet - the probable contingency, • - EARLY CLOSING TO THE EDITOR OE THE NORTlEfilrli DAILY TI ~i SlB—You are doing gopd servi in -reeuiting pahliPttA, tention to, the long neglected and niost'formi4e.p.sul.qc .21F. Early Closing, as you have don . )44.otir papvf the 41! instant. AtTi 4 1,ii.i.,-,---- -, That the system of. late hours t - s- ? ~ .1 1 / socially, pohtically—aye, and rel "OVOZE,t9 : - 11 -1 : •,,, . think, been long ago proved. The nitgcrOle pnopa,. Tv. that system has been sustained,: he , e' Md. ep c i oilip ly knocked from under it, by arguments-Uteini,Lebnthi ng.,- and accepted .by the world ; and .so much has the sub ject been sifted, examined, and laid before society ; that it appears, neither voice nor pen can have anything new to. say in the matter. All that they can hope is to revive old ar gu.ments, and remind the public of its duty and its pledge, (made years ago in our Music Hall, and signed by thousands of respectable householders) 'to di - scountehance this perni cious system. • ' ' I cannot abagree with you,• Mr. Editor, that the efforts to procure the earlier closing of our shops have " proved, in the main, a melancholy failure." Observe the hours of closing shops now, as compared with tl some four or five years ago, and you will fine_ --- far as the leading streets are concerned—a very considerable .e good rule, and that too.in shops which would.lcad one to believe that ,gressive civilization themselves, of their class— baneful in their baneful influence on other forcing by their nosed neighbours f young m ) labour in shops may all be evening's leisure, which almost all other classes aruenjoying with benefit to themselves and; advantage to society. • At present, I will not trespass further on your . space, but I shall watch the progress of events, and hereafter throw in my mead of praise. or blame as the case may. demand. I am, sir, yours respectfully, , A LOOKER-ON. 10th October, 1853 TURNING OF THE FIRST SOD OF THE EUROPEAN AND NORTH AMERICAN RAILWAY. This railway, which is in the first instance to connect St: John's, New Brunstick, with the whole of the railway sys tem of the United States and of Canada, and is eventually to be carried on to Halifax, being a link in the great scheme of a connection from Nova Scotia to Lake Huron, had its first great celebration on Wednesday, the 14th ult. Nearly 40,000 persons were present. About one o'clock his Excel lency Sir Edmund Head, the Lieutenant Governor, and suite, arrived on the ground, - and were received with the usual honours. Isis Excellency was accompanied by Commodore She:brick, of the United• States Navy, and other officers of the frigate Princeton, which had come expressly to St. John i s for the occasion ; also by Mr. William Jackson, M.P., and Mr. E. L . . Betts, of London.. The address presented to:the Governor by the directors having alluded to the national character of the work in which they were engaged,. preeed: ed to state . . " It will fDrm a link in the mighty chain which is `to bind Great Britain more closely to her colonies, and perpetuate the feelings of amity with the great public of the Western World. The thousands - who crowd the hills around us, the deep enthusiasm pervading every class, the exulting feelings of hope and pride which animate every face, proclaim to all that results are anticipated from this , work, Which language is powerless to convey. From, Lake Huron to the Atlantic the course for the iron. horseis laid, and the wealth whi c h i s t o ena bl e ourse l ves an d our children to develope the rich resources of onr province, and to spread civilisation through our broad lands, comes from, the home of our fathers. Our ships now hold a proud position in the mercantile marine of England, and may vie with the fore most specimens of naval architecture the world has hitherto produced ; our agricultural capabilities arc daily, becoming more apparent, and when by means of that great work, the commencement of which we have now met to celebrate our facilities of intercourse shall have been incre ase d, an d the tide of emigration directed ;to our shores, we may safely assure to the industrious emigrant a home which will leave him no cause to regret the laid of his nativity. "For the attainment of railways, the legislatures of Canada, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick have wisely paised most important measures, which, preserving un fettered their revenues, and without burthening their people, have neverthelesi induced the eminent capitalists of Eng land to,make these provinces the field of their great railway operations." N • - The address being suitably responded to, and &prayer given by the Rev. Dr. Grey, the rector of Trinity Church, Lady Head turned the first sod, and deposited it' in an elaborately prepared barrow, amid the enthusiastic shouts of the immense; surrounding multitude, and a salvo of. 70 gods fired by a troop of Royal Artillery. His Excellency de posited the second sod, and the third was removed by Com modore Shubrick, and the others by the Mayor of St. John's and the officials of the Company. When' the barrow was fall, his Excellency rolled it - along the plat form, and « dumped it," amid cheers such as were never In the evenine.there was .a lent p( W. Row S. Ashw heard in the 1 magnificent dinner, presided over by the Chirman of the Company, at which 1;500 persons were assembled. On the right of the chairman was the Lieut. Governor, and on the left Commodore Shubrick. The evening's entertainments KCIIEc cft town yesterday morn rHE PENSIONERS.—The (bled Tester( under the command of Capt Swan, for week's - exercis6 STEAM-ENGINES SENT ABRCLII).-It 1S shown by official returns that in the month ended the sth ult. the de clared value of steam engines and parts of steam-engine's exported Was £63,928, while at the like period of the last year the amount was £36,710. IMPORTATIONS OF POTATOES.—It appears from an official document just issued, that in the month ended the sth ult, there were 9,838 cwt. of potatoes imported against 1,896 cwt. at the same period of last year. .They are free of duty. • FUNERAL OF MADAME MENDELSSOTIN:---ThD Widd\S of the late Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, who expired at Frankfort some days ago, at the residence of her mother, after a fortnight's illness, was buried on the 28th Alt., with great ceremony. Madame Mendelssohn was only thirty: five years of age. She has left four orphans to lament her. The Minister of Finance .has uat.holised. M. Bil laud, the syndic of, the ageris-de-change, to make an ar rangement with the chairman of the stock brokers of Lon don, for the simultaneous publication the same day, daring Bourse hours, at Paris and London, of the public funds. These quotations will be officially placarded.. - :The measure commenced being carried into execution from this: day. ACCIDENT ON THE' GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY. — On Saturday morning, as a coal train. from Doneastv was proceeding to the south, the axletree of one of the carriages broke near the Bawtry station, trt I several . of the, trucks were thrown of -the line, some of them very much sl4attered, and the others more or less damaged. The rafts were torn up for a considerable distance, and the road -being also covered with coals and the debris of the carriages, it was quite blocedup..._ - _ TAE' . PEA6E CONFERENCE-The• Peace Qonfer enee, which meets at Edinburgh to morrow, is to extend over two days. In addition to Messrs. Cobden )and Bright, and the other members of Parliament already announced ) the following names have been sent in :—Mr. Hadfield, M.P., Mr. Hindley, M.P., Mr. J. B: Smith, M, P., and Mr. L. Heyworth, M.P. The principle on which the conference will be constituted, and which those who become members of it will be' assumed to acknow ledge, is the following That an appeal to arms for the settlement of international differencies is a custom conderined by religion, reason, justice, humanity, and the interest of peoples." Resolutions will bo submitted to the . conferenc - e on the tollowing topics :—The use of moral and social influence, by means of a better' education of youth, by the pulpit; the platform, and the press,-in order to eradicate international prejudices and animosities. The reference of national misunder standings to arbitration. The adoption, by the Goirernments of Europe, of a system of mutual and' simultaneous disarma ment. The strict observance of the principle oftion-interVei tion, on the part of one State, in the affairs of another. The revisal of the present colonial system of this country, so tending to augment our military expenditure, and to involve us ine a constant succession of distant wars. The necessity of revising those treaties which bind this country tto interfere by force of arms in the affairs of other nations. ROBBERS SCARE) BY A COCKATOO —An attempt was made to rob a house in Rutland Crescent, Glasgow, on Saturday last, before daybreak,.admisSion having been cained by placing a ladder against a window.to the rc The rob- bero, after entering the hot - room. in which there was a quan tit y o f Over plate, were alarmed by the crie s o f a coc k a t o O, an d compe ll e d to' beat a theix way t. 9 a precipitate retreat without touching au artic AGENTS IN Mr. Kerrigan Mr. Cooper. E. & C. Mulls *fr. Luteliffe. THE . COUNTRY !Preston I essrs. Wort Birmingham ).- Walker Burnl'y Bolton 800t1e.... Barnsfeu Samuel Gardn Mr. Ewati. Richard Pybu! 'Horatio Lawson I Roach ;3 Crewe.. Chester Mary. Cotton. Dovglas Holyhen, Huddersfield, Hyde.. Macclesfield Orvzskirk Prescot„, , Preston t. kelen. Stock :port %Viliiam Mills. Isaac Sharpe. Thomas Butler It. Johnson. Samuel Bailey R. Riley, Mrs. Quigiins. H. G. Hughes. Wigan Edward Clayton. Woo/to George Booth. Wigan . Mr. Shuttleworth „ . Williatp Garside. . Thomas Traverse , Jona Lamberts Strickland. Messrs. Hutch. ings & Roberts. Mrs. Ramsdale. 13, Beck*,