Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-12-23 00:00:00

AIIiIISEI:JE7iTS, PUBLIC MEE PINGS,; &c. THIS DAT. z o7 , t y, Am purrzittrui—Ecne3triam Performs!lce-7 p. 111.0 VMS:4'3 HALL, UOLD-STREIT—Bosco -3 p.m. CiItuiIVAAIRTE, Dale-street —7 p.m. are:AL CoL7SSZMl—General Entertainment-6.39 p.m. a" For cdreztisesients Ate secoad pAgg. €o I,,,mtat iNacs.—Ebt:s ir.fan At the broker's saleroom, Sweeting-street, 100 cases Pearl Sago, and 1 case Vermicelli.— A. S. MACRAE. .At one eclock, at the broker's office, Chapel-rtreet, 12 bales Cotton, and a 'quantity of Pickings. —LEI, WADDixorox, & WALTHEW. At eleven o'clock, at the Commercial Saleroom, Temple-court, a quantity of Appl: Benzwacu & At twalva o'clock, at the Pablia Saleroom, Exchange-bnillings, a quantlty of Trrmeria ' Myratolami, Linseed, and Sopmwood.—T. & H. LITTLEVAL.I & Co. At twelve o'clock, on tht quay, south-west corner of Brunswick Dock, a large GU n'ity of Deals, &c.—Enwean JUALONER. At twelve o'clock, a qnantity.of Rattans, Redwood, and Fastic.—Cox, BROTHERS. At or.e o'clock. at the brokers' office, 15, Exchange-buildings, about 133 bales Cotton.— tricuatr. 13 st.cuaa & Co. At twelve o'llek, at the Public Saleroom, Exchange-buildings, 80 tone Ftretic, and IGO tone Logwood.—Roote, OK ELL, & PENCE. At twelve o'clock, at the P_lbiic Saleroom, Exchange-buildings, a quantity of Argols, Alaider, and ;ladder Roots.--tiowas & SLACK. At twelve o'clock, at the brokers' office, Exchange-street East, 300 bags o'nmac.—Haart v & Co. At Twelve o'clock. at the Pubiite Saleroom, Exchange-buildings, 355 tons Logwood, and chests Pumicestene.—FElGUSSOS, Pruett, & Co At twelve o'clock, at the brokers' office, Exchange-alley West, 12 1 - .13e Qnercitron Bark.--FaTcE & Lace. At twelve o'clo-k, at the brokers' office, 3, Exchange-alley, about SO tone Ilarwood.— J. B. Tnom & Co. ' At twelve o'clock, at the brokers' office, Sweeting-street, a` - ..out 70 tons Vustiz.—AD.NOLD, LEE rt. Roscos, & Co. s At twelve o'clo k, at the brok-r's office, Exchange-street East, 137 baskets Roll Annatto.—ll, Near G~rwN. At twelve o'clock, at the broker's office, 19, Chapel-street, 93 br7s Flour Sulphur.—W. O. WOODS. At twelve o'cloc -, at the brokers' Malec, Olclhall-street, a quantly of Linseed. Rapesesd, Gum Arabic, and Gum Darrimar.—JAMES BATES , N, SONS, CO. At twelve o'clock, at the Public Saleroom. Fx •hange-b ,ildings, a quantity of Salipe , re, Gambier, tags F10.,r, and Pearl sags.— JOHN bAlteN & SON. NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS. Persons seeking Employment, parties requiring Servants Assistants orClerks, and those in search of Apartments, or having Lodgings to Let, can best bring their wants under the notice of the public, by advertising in the NORTHERN TInE9, and which, from its large circulation, is the most efficient medium of publicity in this district. The cash price for this special class. of advertisements is now reduced to THREEPENCE FOR TWENTY WORDS, and for every additional five words one penny, On SATURDAY, JANUARY 2, 18,58, WILL BE PUBLISHED, THE NORTHERN WE FAKLY TIM ES WITH A SUPPLEMENT, MAKING A TWELVE PAGE, OR 72 COLUMN NLWSPAPER, THREE HALF-PENCE. News Agents must, to prevent disappointment, give early orders. OIFICH, 19, SOUTH JOHN-STREET. ir • vd ) e tra WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1857. THE DAY'S NEWS• Fr At the Bankruptcy Court, yesterday, the case of Mr. Doherty, late a corn-merchant in this town, came before Mr. Commissioner Stevenson. We report the proceedings at full length. It will be seen that Mr. Doherty refused to answer a great number of, question - 8 which might criminate him self. The total amount of Mr. Doherty's debts are about £lOO,OOO, £83,000 of which are secured. He began business in 1851 with £2,000 only, and at the time of his stopping business operations. he was in debt to the Liverpool Borough Bank to the tune of nearly £33 000. The proceedings of a meeting of the creditors of Messrs. - Wright and North, shows the manner in which paper accommodation is carried on iu the iron districts. Although ihe money market is stated as showing improvement daily, commercial disasters are, just now, very frequent. Depression continues in the manufacturing districts, and destitution among the operative and labouring classes. Want and discontent are spreading in the northern counties ; and riots so abrining as to call for the inter venticn of the military are occurring on several points. For some days past the colliers in Lord Granvrle's pits, aboUt Barnsley and Hanley, have assumed a menacing attitude, and commited serious damage. These riots, how ever, are the rcsult of a strike, not of want of work. At Middlesborough, in the North Riding of Yorkshire, there have also been serious dis turbances created by the ironworkers there, who, to the number of 400 or 500, paraded the town, demanding work or bread. A detachment of the sth Dragoons had to be brought in all haste from York. Altogether, we fear, there is anything but a " merry Christmas" this year awaiting the work ing population of England. The case of alleged perjury by a gentleman named Robinson, in the celebrated action for °rim. con., tried in Liverpool Borne years ago, is now before the Court of Queen's Bench. The evidence is almost a reiteration of that already published. We shall, in to-morrow's publication, give a detailed account of the present ation. Want of space prevents us doing more than merely alluding to it here. Two of the three Birmingham gun makers, charged with having felonious possession of mili tary storee, were convicted at the Warwick Assizes, on Monday. From the revelations made on the trial, there can be no doubt but that the govern ment stores have been long and systematically robbed, and any measures that may be taken to suppress such serious losses, and to punish the guilty, should meat with general support. We are not aware of the intention of the prosecutors as to pursuing their crusade against the wrong-doers, but wheth::r further proceedings are taken or not, Mon iey's convictions will act in a salutary manner. The prisoners were not sentenced. Yesterday another fatal accident occurred from the eagerness of the public to obtain a view of the launch of the Leviathan. A number cf persons had congregated on a craft a short distance below Millwall, having been ferried across from the opposite side of the river, when a gentleman, stretching himself forward, lost his balance, fell overboard, sank, and was drowned. After beinv in the water nearly an hour the body was found, having been carried by the curre n t a cons id era bl e distance down the river. There was an interesting meeting of colliers and a few employers at Wolverhampton yesterday. It was explained by one of the colliers that circum stances would not allow them to send a written invitation to every employer, but they had an nounced their meeting to the whole district. The same spokesman read a calm and respectful address upon what the colliers consider to be their painful position. Some few days ago, Mr. F. W Stevens, a London stock-broker, preferred a charge of robbery against a gentleman named Killby, and that the charge was dismissed by the Lord Mayor. 'We regret to learn that the disgrace which Mr. Killby conceived to be attached to his confinement in a police eell, has so preyed upon his mind, that he has committed suicide. The inquest on the body of the young woman Maria Blackmore, who was murdered at the fashion able watering-place of Lynton, in North Dev on , h as terminated in a verdiot of wilful murder against John Barwick. In a case which came before the London Court of Bankruptcy, yesterday, the debits were under £2OO, and the assets were still lose, consisting of a " donkey and cart," not yet realised. Really it is time these matters should go to the Insolvent Court, the main principle of this court being that it is a tribunal for the distribution of assets. It would seem that the campaign of the India Reformers has forced the Government to a decision respecting the East India Company, and such decision is said to be the almost sompletwannilli lation of the Company. From abroad we have several interesting items of news. The Imperial decree abolishing serfdom in the LiAsusnian provinces of Russia, is published in the St. Petersburgb. newspapers. It bears the form of arescript, addressedito the Governor-General or the government districts of Groin() and Kowno, and to the Military Gsvernor of the government district of \Vilna. The fundamental principle of the measure is, that the proprietor is only proprietor of the soil, and not of the man who tills it, and it establishes distinct rights for both parties, for him who gives the soil, and for him who gives the labour ; the latter being secured against removal, and having even a legal prospect of becoming the owner of the land which he tills and of the house in which he lives. Herr Von Manteuffel, the Prussian Prime Minister, has taken pains to explain to the artisans of Hamburgh why Russia has refused to lend them money. Among other things, he says that it was far better they should apply to Austria, as they afterwards did, because the Austrian Bank, not being in the embarrassing position of that. of Prussia, which is obliged to rsalise its notes, could petter part with any hard cash it happened to possess. Nor could Prussia persuade herself that any advanca of money on her part •could have proved effieacious against the commercial crisis, as events afterwards have amply testified. But the Prussian Ministers of course bad immediately taken the lsmand made by Hamburgh into serious consideration, as the welfare of that commercial emporium must always be dear to Prussia. It may he now said that even the North of v.urope, which has suffered most from the monetary crisis, seems to have been the worst. It is not the help afforded, but the bankruptcies, which have done the work. All over PI ussia, and in the interior of Germany, only minor firms have succumbed. The Kangaroo, screw steamer, arrived here yesterday, with one day's later news from the United Sates, and 250,000 dollars in specie. The news is important President Buchanan has dis missed Governor Walker, of Kansas. He had also caused Mr. M`Keon, District Attorney for New York, to be removed from office. it appears that Brigham Young is determined to oppose the United Slates troops, and there seems to be no doubt, but that a collision will occur between the Mormons and the military, this winter. THE 8.8.'5, that is, the Bullionists and san guinary Bears, are caught in their own trap. The Manchester " Pig upon Pork" bills cannot he rediscounted at ten per cent. Lombard-street has survived the dishonest assaults of the London Times. Messrs. OVEREND, GURNEY, and Co., and other discounters, who can get money without going to the Bank of England, are cash ing bills largely at eight per cent. OVERSTONE and Co. cannot do this. They have gone the full length of the tether, and Llrd OVERSTONE'S paper, the London Times has gone round just seventeen-thirty-seconcis within forty-eight hours. Our cotemporary thinks now that, the Bank of England ought to treat the dictation of the ten per cent. Premier with contempt. He sees gold flowing into all the sewers of the Metropolis. The FIFTY MILLIONS lost by a six week's panic, and the ONE HUNDRED MILLIONS lost by the depreciation of home and domestic produce, are not to be considered for another moment. Gold is pouring in from all quarters, and the proprietor of seventeen-thirty-seconds of the London Times must have such a reduction of the rate of interest as will enable his customers to make " profitable investments" in low-class Cottons ! What a sudden change ! How the Bank of England will be extolled for its excessive prudence, and how Lord PALMERSTON will be reviled if the rate of discount is not reduced to eight per cent. instanter. The " Pig and Pork" interest must not be sacrificed for another day ! We admire the disinterested enthusiasm of Printing-house- square on this very important subject. It is so natural. Men must obey their masters. But will a commercial nation suffer themselves to be longer duped by such systemised juggling ? We may rely on receiving large remittances of gold from Australia and America, and well the London Times knew that a large supply from our Southern and Western Colonies was on its way to England when it wrote to produce the com mercial and national catastrophe of 1857. Its writers knew that the panic at New York origi- nated with the mercantile classes who resolved not to be "shaved" by the Wall-street Bufflon ists, Restrictionists, and Usurers. When the American bankers refused to discount with a superabundance of gold in their coffers, Wall- street was besieged, and the Banks were forced The movement became general o close. throughout the States, and it will be some years before the American Bullionists attempt again to tamper with trade. Here our readers see the trus cause of the American crisis. Commercial dishonesty, and a desire to wipe off the debts due to foreign creditors, as the London Times has alleged, was never dreamt of by the American merchant. This is proved by the large ship ments of gold which have been o this country within the last month. Tatre were no first-class bills in the New York market; and merchants, to save their credit, shipped bullion to meet their Eig;ish bills. But We shall be told that the ten per cent. wisdom of the PAL MERSTON Cabinet, and the extraordinary caution of the Bank of England, have produced a favoura ble turn in the exchanges, and a rapid reflux of of gold. "Bah !" we say, to this Cockney blar- ney. The commerce of America has righted itself on the ruin of Bullionism. Will the merchants and manufacturers of these Islands follow the American example when hankers run riot in trade ?: and will the B ullion ists take warning by the remarkable ,ar►.d salutary precedent we have recorded ? For the present, we must content ourselves wits the marked revival which took place in our Cotton Markets on Friday and Saturday. On the first of these days 5,000 bales of Cotton were sold. On t last, 10,000 bales were sold. An advance of about id. per lb. was realised on first-class Cottons, and an improvement of id. per lb. was quoted for inferior descriptions. On Monday 8,000 bales exchanged hands. Spinners come down from Manchester in considerable force, and we have reason to believe that the largest buyers on Saturday were the very holders who sacrificed their stocks in the early part of last week, for anything they could get in the shape of money. There arc some sound practical deductions to be drawn from these facts. The London Times tells us that the failures in the provinces repre sent 35,000,0001. of liabilities. Can this astounding statement cause any surprise, when men are constrained to make forced sales on one day in the week, and forced purchases three or four days afterwards ? There can be no stability, safety, or reliable profit in trade while Ministers and political servants of the State are suffered to interfere with the commercial rates of discount, and London newspapers are allowed to make millions of money for a clique of eighteen-pence in the pound capitalists, by slandering trade, and trampling on the commercial. integrity of the whole country. If such a system is to con tinue, there is but one antidote the nation can resort to, and much as we despise the dangerous expedients which bye-gone demagogues employed for political purposes, still the only safeguard against panics will be the revival of the cry— " Run for gold." If we are to lose 150,000,0001. by banking restrictions and currency quackery, every five, seven, or ten years, some means must be found of rescuing the commerce and industry of the people from such intolerable penalties. The practical and successful example of the American traders is before our eyes. Banking restrictions were resorted to on the other side of the Atlantic, under the shallow pretext of checking the drain for gold. The merchants resisted them, by drawing out their deposits as far as prac ticable. The Banks suspended " cash payments." But out came the gold. The respectable mer chants had no idea of paying the Wall -street price for money, or allowing their English bills to be returned with ten per cent. added to them. They therefore insisted on having gold to export, and the Banks were forced to disgorge. The gold is coming to us consequently, and will con tinue to come, until confidence between America and England is restored, and commercial paper is no longer despised by eighteen-pence in the pound bankers, and their hireling newspapers. The Cotton Market of Liverpool has, to the astonishment of the panic -mongers, survived the crisis, and once more presents one of the best challenges for the employment of. money. Low classed cottons, which have hitherto been neglected, are forcing their way upwards, and although the stocks of the the finer qualities. are for the present comparatively in excess of the demand, we anti- ticapate an active demand far them when the larger number of the Lancashire mills can be said to be at work. Meanwhile, pric7s in America will probably continue low and unsteady until the news by the next outward ►nail reaches the States, when trade in the American ports will assume a more cheerful tone, and regain its natural buoyancy, to the great displeasure of interested Alarmists on both sides of the water. THE question of Indian Reform, not only as regards the temporal Government but spiritual welfare of the native population, has been well ventilated in the City of London during the past week. The meetings held at Willis's rooms, and St. Martin's-hall, have given to certain eminent public individuals an opportu nity of enunciating their opinions and senti ments on the very important Matters to which we have just made reference. Bat it is not in the metropolis alone that the public attention has been called to the past, present, and future rule of India. There is scarcely a corner in the United Kingdom where you will not meet the inquiry, " What will Government do with . regard to the East India Company's Charter ?" We reply, abolish it ; and, in support of the adoption of this course, shall take a cursory glance at the governmental management of Hindostan by the Hon. East India Company. It is, just now, one hundred years since Gene ral CLivs fought the memorable battle of Plassy, and, with the nominal loss of twenty-two sol diers killed and fifty wounded, scattered an army of nearly sixty thousand men, and subjugated an empire larger and more populous than Great Britain. It is undeniable that the result of that engagement decided the fate of India. Since e period to which we allude, brief though it is in the history of a great nation, England has had an onward career of aggression and subjugation until she has at length acquired a sway, direct and indirect, over the inhabitants of Asia, who are numbered by hundreds of millions. As Mr. ROEBUCK and Mr. Justice COLERIDGE, at the meetings alluded to remarked, the assumption of Governmental rule over such a vast portion of the habitable globe, and a population so numerous and far removed from civilisatimi, and the heavenly influences of Chris tianity, involved upon the conquerors duties of no ordinary character —duties which relate to THE NORTHERN TIMES.---LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1857 viz., raising them to a share in the same privi leges—the same lofty and beneficial knowledge which has made her the admiration, the envy, and the wonder of the world. Thus it is that we have, in some respects, imparted to them things—wise and good in their degrees, so that what science, skill and civilisation has done for Europe, began to dawn on the darkness of Hindoostan. Thus England taught the slave of Asia how fevers might be cured and disease ar rested ; to stay in its course the lightning of heaven, and at last to rival that very lightning in the magic swiftness of the electric telegraph ; but notwithstanding the fact, that the Hiadoo was taught to sow and reap, kill and cure, as a civi lised being, England omitted to make a deter mined and effectual effort to Evangelize the country. We have already reaped the con sequences of this neglect of duty. The savage hands of a debased and an atrocious enemy have been raised against us. The honour and majesty of England have been called in question . Her daughters defiled and polluted, tortured, and put to death, whilst treachery, cruelties, and indignities of an uuparallelled character, have been the fate of many a gallant defender of the proud banner of Great Britain. This, we say, was the result of the misgovernment of India, whereby its boundless resources .vere left unde veloped—public works neglected, and every pro posal to construct railways, cultivate the land, render the rivers navigable, or establish means of intercommunication, was systematically thwarted. No wonder, then, that there should be a lond and general cry for the abolition of the Leadenhall-street monopoly, and that the general opinion of that monopoly should be, that it is one altogether rotten, and requires an immediate remedy. The necessity for Reform, which has s• long loomed before us as a problem requiring solution, but did not press for imme diate solution, has at length become a matter of the utmost exigency ; so that the remodelling of our Indian Administration is the topic of the day, and is discussed with an eagerness and an anxiety almost superseding any other question of domestic or foreign policy. Already has the meeting held in St. Martin's [Tall had some fruit. The Government, it appears, has given notice to the lion. East Indian 'Company, of its intention to abolish the present system of double Administration, and it is more than probable that in doing so, Lord PALMERSTON will create a Secretary of State for India, who shall be responsible to Parliament for the good and proper administration of that vast Empire. This will be the first step towards the improvement of the country and its native popu lation, rendering it one of the richest and most valuable gems in the British Crown—giving to us a country teeming with wealth, and a people useful and profitable to the mother country in every sense of the word. In the preparation of the Indian Reform Bill, let us hope that no time will be lost, and that the Government will not stoop to consult private and personal interests, but legislate for the peace, the benefit, and the happiness of both India and the mother country. LEWIS AND COMPANY'S NEW ESTABLISIIMINT FOR BOY'S CLWIIINCL—Numbar of bays clothed for the week ending Saturday, December 19th, 814; correspond ng week last year, 494—increase, 320. CORONER'S Isquisr.—The Coroner resumed the inquest on the body of Thomas Simon, who was tonal in the pottery hole, as described in our paper of yesterday. Surgeon Wall, of the Northern Ho.3pital, said he made a pose moreeni examination of the body, and the cause of death was drowning. The marks of violence on the head, he said, would In cause 1 by a fall against the vessel in the dock, and then the deceased would have rolled into the water, and be drowned. The jury returned a verdict of " Found drowned." The Coroner also held an inquest on the body of a black sailor, named William Johnston, who was found dead in his buck, on board a ship in the river. The details of the inquiry showed that death was the result of natural cause., and the jury found accordingly. the mental, moral, and social condition of the people. The past history of India shows that this has not been the case. On the contrary, we know full well that as nation after nation yielded to Vie irresistable force of England's arms, the conquerors never failed to exact from the ♦anquished a tribute of freedom and of treasure, which, as was natural, for many a long year branded the name of Englishman, in the eyes of the native population, with the cltle of invader, tyrant, and robber, in place of a feeling and generous conqueror. This, however, did not arrest the progress of aggression, nor abate the lust and might of conquest, which spread itself far and wide throughout the area of India, every where the proud banner of Christian England was hoisted amidst the millions of deluded and degraded Pagans. These conquests were gained and claimed as a Christian victory by a Christian power, so that, outwardly at least, the idol-worshipper saw in his conqueror the disciple of the Christian faith. In course of time he was told that the conqueror's faith was truer, purer, and diviner than that of the bar barous and sensual Mahornetan. the cunning and deceitful fanatic of Bengal, or the benighted and obscene worshipper of wooden gods on the mountain or on the plain; yea, more, he was told to regard the very men who ha I invaded their country, and exercised to the utmost extent their powers of repacity and plunder, and other wise inflicted injustice upon the tribes of India, were Christians. Still we kept from these numerous conquered races the real precepts of that religion —precepts which forbid, in the most emphatic manner, injustice, oppression, and cruelty. Thus, then, we sec that England in the flush of victory and conquest forgot, whether wilfully or by accident we shall not stop to inquire, her first duty to the millions of human beings whom, by virtue of the sword, we forced under our control— TELEGRAPHIC NEWS, ITALY. NAPLES, DEc. 17. A violent earthquake, on the I.7th, has destroyed numerous edifices at Salerne anl Potenza, and upwards of 1,000 persons have perished. THE PRINCESS ROYAL. BERLIN, DEC. 21. The publis entry of the Prince and Princess Frederick William of Prussia is fixed for the 4'l of February. The rate of discount is reduced to-day to 61 pe r cent. FRANCE. PARIS, TUISDAY The Three par Cent. Rentes closed here at 67 ARRIVAL or Smrs —Yesterday evening several ships arrived in the Stanley Dock, and we are happy to say that employment was afforded to over 500 men immediately. This is very cheering, and we hope . the arrival of the fleet outside will continue to afford work to many poor fellows who are able and willing to do it. LIST OF PAEISZNOZRS —Messrs. J. R. Rhodes, J. M. Lopez and two daughters, Tilstone, R. J. 'Wilkinson, S T. Farnall, W. Blackham, T. J. Pearse, Wm. Burnell, Charles Sandez, J. G. Trimble, William Davies, J. C. Withers, Bury, H. Spanner, Richard Brew, T. J. Maws, B Buckingham, Phillips, Midner, Goldstein, Schramm, Murphy, Thompson, Do Jaski, Neale, Percival, Thompson, Philip, Ezekiel; Captains, Bravo and Twyford ; Mrs. Johnson and two children, Mrs. Duff, Mrs. Captain Whepple. ACCIDENT ON TIIE RIVER—FORTUNATE ESCAPE.—Yestor day evening, an alarming accident took place on the river, but, most fortunately, no serious damage to life or limb followed. The steamer Ant, on her 7 o'clock trip from Rockferry, came into collision with a ship at anchor in the river, and the most fearful consternation prevailed. The chimney of the steamer was carried away, and several passengers hid narrow escapse, but, thank goodness, no one was hurt. We could not ascertain how the collision took place, nor what damage was done to the ship, the name of which we could not learn at the time. CLOSE Or Arnasor•s ROYAL WAX WORK EXIIIBITION, LIME -STREET, LIVERPOOL. —The above splendid (ssablieh. ment will positively close on the 25th of January, 1858, wi'hout fail. Mr. Ailsop respectfully aanounc:s that he has just added full-length figures (correct likenesse') of the Rev. Mr. Spargeon and General Havel ck, and a number of other beautiful figures, as an addition for the Christmas holidays. Mr. A. respectfully begs to inform his friends and the public that he is going to travel with his Wex_ ?ark Figures; therefore, after the close of his Exhibitio', the proprietor has given instructions to Mr. B ranc h t o sell by auction the whole of the splendid Statuary in the Sculpture Galleries, all the plate looking-glass,s, twelve gas chandeliers, a number of single bracket., a great variety of choice busts, and the whole of th e ti m b er i n t h e Sculpture Galleries. Mr. A. would be willing to come to satisfactory terms with the next incoming tenant to let the galleries stand. CATHOLIC BENEVOLENT BOCIETY.—The annual meetin g of this society was held last night, in St. Nicholas' School Room, Copperas-hill, the Right Rev, Dr. Go , s in the chair. The Chairman briefly explained the object of the meeting, which was far the purpose of contributing charity, to be distributed by the clergy, not only at this season, but at other portions throughout the year. It required no argument, on his part, to prove the necessity of the ssciety —it wes self-evident—and he therefore begged heartily to commend it to their c maideration and support. Mr. John Yates, jun., then read the report of the committee, from which it appeared that during the last year there was a decrease in every source of income on which the society relies, amounting, in the whole, to £73 is 7d, the income for 1856 and 1857 being respectively £4Ol 13s 91, and £328 12e 7d. Aided, however, by a previous balance, the ceinatittee were enabled to give three hundred and forty three pounds for distribution through the hands of the clergy during the year, against £359 in the previous year. Mr. Corballv read the statement of accounts, from which it appeared that there was a balance in the hands of the treasurer of £4B 1 Is. 91. On the motion of the Rev, Canon Kendrick, seconded by Mr. Stewart, the report was unanimously adopted, On the motion of the It v. Mr. Grant, seconded by the Rev. Mr. Walsh, the grateful ticket) wledgments of the meeting were tendered to the donors and subscribers during the past year, and their con tinued support earnestly solicitad. The Rev. Mr. Sheridan, in brief but forcible terms, advocated the claims of the society, and earnestly urged the meeting to contribute towards its support. Tae Rev. Provost Cookson also advocated the claims of the society. A subscription list was here opened, and £l2l subscribed. Thanks ware then voted to the Chairman, after which the meeting separated THE JENNINGS PROPERTY.—A society was formed in Dublin some years ago, of persons of the name of Jennings, with a view of discovering the right hairs to the immense wealth of the Jennings family, and • the following is the report of its committee : —" To the momber3 of the Jennings' Family Association—Report of the Committee. 1013, S im mer-bill, Dublin, Nov. 14, 1857. Gentlemen,—ln making a final report and surrender of the trust committed to our &large, we congratulate the association on the successful termination of our efforts. By labourious investigation we hive been enabled to remove the obstacles that complicated this intrioa:e case, and during the years the examination has occupied our attention, have progressively advanced in i s elucidation by calmly and cautiously disembarrassing the evidence from obscurity, prejudice, and mis-vatement ' sedulously submitting each claim t o c l ose scrutiny and deliberation, and every essential link in genealogical descent having been satisfactorily ascertained and proved, can no longer hesitate in pronouncing Mr. Joseph Martin, the descendant of Jobe, the son of William, the son of Humphrey, tha true heir. We have had to contend with and overcome difncultie3 of no ordinary kind, but the investigation has enabled us not only to point out the heir of the late William Jennene, of Acton-place, but also to accumulate an invaluable mass of information respecting the family from a remote period of antiquity to the present time, to classify and separate the respective branches, and trace up theie lineage with great accuracy, forming records that may, at a future time, be useful to other parties, who do not at present anticipate their necessity. In orthography the name presents eleven variations, but a consent, almest universal, has merged them all into Jennens or Jennings —a name illustrious in every age : it has been distinguished in the Cabinet and in the field, by sea and by land, in Literature and art, on the lynch and at the bar, in invention, in commerce and manufacture, in enterprise at home and abroad. Identified with history the name is imperishable, will descend honoured to posterity andlfford striking and instructive illustration of what may be achieved by indomitable in dustry and determined energy of purpose. We trust that the course pursued by the Committee has been approved. We have endeavonred to act impartially having assisted parties in the investigation of their claims, with out confining ourselves to actual Members of the Asso ciation. Many, no doubt, are disappointed in discover ing that they have no title, not others will not allow themselves to believe that they have no right to the inheritance ; for the information of these it may be satisfactory to state that no member of the committee has hitherto succeeded in provirg himself to be as nearly allied in blood to the late William Jennene, as the Martin fatally, so as to entitle him to claim these vast hereditary estates. We have acted gratuitously throughout, and some of our members have incurred considerable expense, the means placed at our disposal having been limited and altogo,her insufficient for the purpose ; but we ourselves rest satisfied with the result attained, The committee intend continuing to act as heretofore, until the Association notifies a wish for our dissolution. We are, gentlemen, your obedient humble servants, Henry Corlett, Chairman. John Jeaninge, Secretary. HIGIIIVAY ROBBERY NF.AIt HALIFAX.—On Seturdq evening, between six and seven o'clock, a carpet weaver, named Wiliam II arisen, was attacked by five highwaymen on the Brighouse and Denholnie Gete turnpike road, near Stone Caair. One of the robbers held the poor man, w:iilst the others to k from him a silver watch, a pocket knife, a bunch of keys, and 53. 9d. in money. Harrison was left in the road quite insensible. MAN SHOT AT KILUARNOCK. —On Saturday an accident, arising flow the incautious use of fire-itrms, occurred at K , ltnarnock, and terminated fatally abdT half an la ;tar after. A collier, named Jahn Crawford, who resided at Bonnington Pit, had gob out with a gun, with the object of shooting at small birds. He had exhausted his percussion caps, and as a sabatitute put the end of a lucifer match into the dogh2ad. Unexpectedly the gun went off, when the muzzle was directed to his head. There was a man and a boy along with him at the time, and as speedily as possible Crawford was carried home---:his house being only at a short distance—but the nature of the wound was such as to preclude all hope of reeorery.—North British Mail. AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE KANGAROO. The screw-steamer Kangaroo, 'Captain Jeffreys, W hicb , sailed from New York on Thursday, the 10th insta n t ' arrived here yesterday with 300 passengers, and 2 5 dollars in specie. The news is only one day, later, but it is of O ro slight interest. I. From Washington we have: despatches 'conteetil important intelligence The President has peremptorily dismissed Robert Walker and Frederick P. Stanton from th e Goveruorsa l ti and Secretaryship of Kansas. Colonel Ri c hard:o , " e Illinois, who piloted the Kansas Nebraska bill throutth ie e last House of Representatives, is app o i n t e d to sea c w o r Governor Walker, and Gen. Denver, Conoinission er ye e Indian affairs, will supersede Mr. Stanton. Gen. D'', Ei h n is now in Kansas, and will enter up cn th e d u ties of sea new office as soon as the special mess enger despetc,7lo from Washington reaches the territory. Th e ca use ei ' de dismissal of Mr. Stanton is the fact of hi s having /5000 proclamation calling a special session of th e Lec0n 3 1 3 . 4 Legislature to meet on the 7th inst. Th e cau ses wh n l ;t have led to the displacement of Gover n o r W a lk er need " - 11 be recapitulated in this place. They are tolerably known to our readers. The President had also removed Mr. M'Keon froe3 tbe r District Attorneyship of New York. , Th e !feral ° that city remarks : The announcement contained in our Wasbing.re despatch, to the effect that Mr. John M'Keon, late Vl e , States District Attorney, had been removed from me st , created a terrible trepidation in th e custom-house, P e e office, assay office, navy agency, surveyor's office , a te , other places where the spoilsmen g enera lly con grega The prompt action of the go v ern men t a t Washineton frightened the officeholders to a most extraordinary gree, and several of the opposition journals, in cowm en e ing upon the matter, pronounce the most reelanch%, diatrihes, predicting th e u tt er d own f a ll o f t h e administrhe tion of Mr. Buchanan. We incline to the opinion that has taken the very best means of keeping it up. The Senate. on the 9th inst., was the focus o f brilliant assemblage of foreign ministers and speetla r 1 390 of every degree, to witness th e d e b a t e on th e Fay I question. Senator Douglas led off w ith hi s accustom spirit in opposition to the Kansas Lecompton const it l: tion. Senator Bigler replied in v i n di ca ti on o f the Fre i dent. We quote from the telegraphic despatch : . 00 Mr. Douglas said that he had been und er th e impre ss t i es that the President had approved of the action of . 00 Lecompton Convention, and while under that impres s t i be he felt it his duty to state, that whil e h e concurre d I° pi general views of the message, yet so f ar as i t did aePr • d i s , or endorse the action of that convention, he entirety tented from it;' and he would avail himself of a n O, opportunity to give his reasons for s uc h dissent. T:P e ° a more careful and critical examinatio n o f th e messag e ' was rejoiced to find that the Presid en t h a d not ennriso approved of the action of that Convention. He was li e d rejoiced to find that the President h a d not recornme ri t ee that Congress should pass laws recei v i ng K ansas into at at Union as a State under the con s tit ut i on frame'tee Lecompton. True, the tone of the message indicates A willingness of the President to sign a n y bill th e - Conerr s t might pass receiving Kansas as a St ate un der t i l t constitution; but it was a very s i gn i f i cant fa ct e e en the President had refrained f rom any endorsee' to of the Convention, and any recommendation a s s td the course which Congress sh ou ld pursue i n re l ie d to the admission of Kansas. Indeed, the President at expressed deep mortification and disappointment e l ' o p the whole constitution was not submitted to the P e O vba of Kansas for their acceptance or rejection. He prO, s ' e s ` e ye to show that Congress could not properly receive eeleet into the Union under the Lecompton constitution• ue only the slavery question, but a ll ot h ers, mus t be eto Knitted to the people of Kansas, as they are g u arantee d 05 , establish all their domesti c institutions for thernsel On this principle th e w h o l e const i tut i on must be s p. mitted, to ascertain whether it meets with their aPP r° O O tion. Mr. Douglas contend e d th a t t h e people of 10" tee ought to have an opportunity to vote against it constitution, if they desired to do so. He coolO re i eo to the freedom of election in Paris w h en L ou i s Nelo'n was chosen. The reason assi gne d w h y t he P e tt ; fist should not be allowed to vote on it s acceptance wee, so if they had a chance th e y wou ld vote it down "eel, overwhelming majority. H e b e li eve d t h at t h e y vi° eic and he thought it was a c l ear v i o l at i on of t h e ors act, to force an obnoxious constitution upon them. ee Mr. Bigler replied to Mr. Do u gl as , say i ng the Confyeed tion was called according to law, an d h ad b een re ccetni vi ' e e by the President and Governor of the T err i tor y. It or their right to submit the constitution t o the peatlees send it to Congress without such a submission. If it et el right in iself, republican in form, an d th e people ;08 fairly decided the slavery q u esti on , it wou ld no t be ; o p to keep them out of the U n i on s i mp l y b ecause the 11 ,"ge constitution had not been submitt e d t o them. To a ° , et e would be inconsistent with th e d octr i ne o f no t eititer o s Lion. There was nothing i n t h e pas t h'storY ° f t or country to justify such a co urse . I t wou ld b e the die J oe Congress to look at the question as it came before t i the and do the best they could, looking to the happiness ceto entire country. He had long b een un d er t h e impressiooqtits it would be best for the U n i on an d K Irises that thee , la should be admitted at the first allowable opp mtuniti r t iot order to localise the st r if e . li e woul d have pre f e rred b et the whole constituion had been submitted to the penP le ' e fere persons outside the Territ or y h ave no r i g h t t o t he with the slavery question there. He believed tly ee itio people of Kansas now hav e an o p portun i t y to whether to have a free or slave St a t e . _H e could go,'ran ever, determine his entire course un til they s'neul'se-dai such decision. He said the positi on o f M r. Douglas:4oP was in utter derogation of that which he occnpieu ,10! he voted for Mr. Toombs' bill, which proposed to n ! t eolP State constitution and put it into operation submitting it to the vote of the people, and this short time ago. He could not understand 11;;"„g the Douglas had so readily be c o me sens i t i ve regerule"e s° rights of twat people, aft er h av i ng attempte d 5° infringrnent upon them. t he The Treasury Departm en t suspen d e d payme nt o ' o o 9th. Unpaid bills to the amount of half a million 61° 60 0 were held over. This will do u btl ess l ea d t o t h e inan e t er passage of an act authorising an issue of Treasure' 11° in accordance with the suggestion of Secretary C o9 'tab A. letter to a St. Louis paper, respectine th e .(i expedition, states that Cal. Cook's command vli- e fat miles west of Fort Laramie on th e 3 r d o f Nov. lith-„efea' the travelling had been pleasant and easy, but noW the verr trier was gro ?inn colder, provisions getting scarce, P r o 5 ar e der giving out, and it is app aren t th at great h ar dshlP sslt before them still. Notwithstanding the threats fro m s the Lake City, the entire army w ill p rocee d as rapidly rioter elements and the supply of food will permit, to th e pri“, quarters marked out by Colon e l J o h nson , on llo ol . e tett , , Green river. It is rumoured that B r i g h am Yount s Or tion is to fight the troops this winter, as it will au ° ' re el' best chance for an equal conflict, and then, boV e , r ot 0 ',,, e eade sine forcements can be sent to the troop s i n th e s pe l o e ' all the Mormon possessions in U za h, an d proc eed "" other country. 11 The report of the Postmaster-Ganeral of 010 ff States had been presented t o C ongress . It is 11 :of valuable document. From it we lea rn th a t the oti ajb r oe post-offices in the United States o n th e 300 °f ` ; 1 0 0 1857, was '10,566, and that the net expenditure of t he , t ter' year, ending 30:1 June, including paymen ts to ' 6 /0, carriers, and for foreign postages amoun t e d to 10% 1 ' jog dols., an] the net income was 8,053't, We 9.51 dole' 3,453,718 dols. loss than the exp e ndit ure . From the annual report of the Secretary of learn that the whole strength of th e arm y of th e 7:; 1 0 / States, as posted, consists of 17,934 men , a nd th e '- strength on the Ist of July . was 15,764. COMMERCIAL. nee. l6' NEW YORK; "" 10 0 The sales of cotton yesterday were confined to 100 t 3 n small lots, chief; to spinners, without quotable al:OP:A(: 0 00 while holders were firm at the pre.vims day's rates. vie ,oes heavy, though without change of moment in Pri ce !i pd r ,, c ,ol formesdeand was chiefly from the d 6 om:s ic Ira le, with 501 , 10 ,is "„ port. Wheat was sold te a fair extent, the transO" col , •4 $. reachel about 30,000 bus'lels, p ices in fair reluest, with mod-rate sa'es, Irian jug Westi n &DIGO 80c. to 82c., with Jersey and :southern new, pa:t a iittle o yrit oo cl 60c. to 67c. Bye toll at 76. i. for Northern. Pork,, vi t ialP f t 70 1 1 change, whle sales were moderate. The so gar Mall aD ) 4 1 4 o' . given elsewhere ooso about oae-eighth of a cent per lb. The sales embrac e `roi 9 • o hhdl., includin; 108 Porto 11 ca and the remainde r foe 00 , CO r tao f Cuba ma'c e vado at prices given in another column. ju ,po 3 . 9 o molerate request, w tile prices were without change % CIS I° ,lo o The stock of trio is about 109,000 bags, and inclu iing Fr' is Java the packaces of all kinds amoint to about 1. 35,4) 4 090 0 on a were dull and engagement s very light. Ta Liverpool " grain were taken at 41., and 800 bbl,. flour at Is. 61. ALLE3III3 FORGERIE3 STAFFJRD.—We a re Sar f r ei tia state, that in aMitioa to the excitement recently 001' Safford by the failure of M r . Join Y ites, c l for ll ° a ch p 4 p n re t 'h i e t n i s l o n n o w on sa a id ch t a h r a g t e a o f wa fo rr r a g n in t g h t a h s e b :a e m a name him, man of the town to an acceptance given IV hi Tir . ea ti eC warrant was placed in the hands of the police 00 -. sot° day, but Mc, Y ite had previously dd it " s abscou e • , the to that several other acceptances held by persons in , b 0 fund neighbourhood have ly.en since ascertainecl2o forgeries. We understand that the amount of gr- :I I to c li a a r b r i i l e i d tie a s n is not at present known, though they ar — e bicb Advert be considerable in comparision with the bu3iness:ordshif° • aer , which was not of a great exte_n_...--5102/ T. beg s that £l4, dral .eS,A Plaii t a k tax teri