Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-01-18 00:00:00

STORM oon CArssr Live Boogie g Dresses. titer in the lk.—A goodk ion of C o.'S of entirdt rater, and TAYLOR* SAX) `TDrst R, M.D. [BETS,' Bovaar Ls, Sponge' RS, AN FT E SS 'RE ET. ) O L• TESS EET, 0 L AMERICAN AFFAIRS. FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT UONGRESS: THE SENATE; THE NEW SENATE CHAMBER. THE NEW YEAR AND ITS PROS PECTS POLITICAL, FINANCIAL, AND COMMER CIAL. P OLITICAL'NOTABILITIES VISITING AT .11TENv YORK. OPENING OF THE SENATE BY A • 4- ,‘° 11, 07 CATHOLIC PRIEST. APPOINTMENT OF A REPUBLICAN ADMIRAL. PROGRESS IN CHRISTMAS OBSERVANCES. CONTINUANCE OF PRE ACHING-HOUSES FASHION OF MAKING THE THEATRES zREACHING-HOUSES : STRANGE SCENES ; ITS QUESTIONABLE TENDENCIES. CUBA: HOPES OF IT S ACQUISITION ; FILIBUSTERING MOVEMENT To THAT END. There is no Congressional news to remark upon. The House has only just terminated its Christmas 'vacation. But the Senate has been preparing for :Work. It has just removed its sittings to the chamber provided for it in the Capitol. This proceeding was made the occasion of a rather ostentatious. .oratorical display. Mr. Crittenden (of the Opposition) is represented to two spoke n t o t h e august b o d y very affectingly. -Ile told them, it seems, of the great names and the great deeds which . had immortalised that apartment and h ope d th a t hi s co ll eagues , i n , re P lev ing to their new c h am b er , wou ld carr y with them th e inspiration of their prede cessors. Upon this th e N ew York Ileratd to ru es We- think he would have done well have reminded them that there are habits and practices inconsistent with the dignity of Senators whi ch it would b e well to leave behind them. We trust, for instance, that the noble hall which is to Vrna the fut ure th eatre o f t h e i r operat i ons w ill b e tree fromthe ungentlemanly personality and , violence which have occasionally disgraced the old. Se nate Cha m ber. As the nation has gone to the. ex P e nse of providing a palace for theirsittings, the least that can be expected from them is that their, conduct shall be in keeping with the gentility of their surroundings." There can scarcely, one . Would think, be two opinions upon this conclusion.. The New Year is considered to have opened a uspiciously, both in a commercial and a political , Point of view, in the United States. In New York, the great commerc i al cap i ta l o f t h e w h o l e A mer i can . Continent, commerce and finance, are looking, Prosperous again, presenting a pleasing contrast to; the state - of things, - - in both respects, -at - the commencement of the past year. The old year, it has been proclaimed, closed on a firm and rising Stock Exchange. And this, of itself, was hopeful for th e o p en ing of its successor. '" Capital," as the New York Tinws well observes, " which was frightened back a year ago upon its citadels, is venturing out again along the veins of the body politic ; and the spirit of enterprise begins to revive with the conviction that so many of the perils of the immediate Past have been safely evaded, and in the presence 'of the magnificent Future opened to the speculative intellect of the race by the gradual triumphs in all quarters of the @obe, of the grand commercial policy of the age." then, is promising. Wisdom, it is to be hoped, has been gathered from experience. The resources of the country are unbounded, and the progress which still advances must gradually, as , It will surely, develope them. What is needed is Prudence and caution in dealing with the often too rapid results of it. Much has to be rectified, all admit, in this respect. As the same respectable public journalist says, upon this point,—" We have in our railways, our rivers,. our lakes and our C anals, a complete system of internal communica tiof onre r e fit and imp rove . E x travagance, whethe r expenditure or of economy—for it is . hard to say which kind of extravagance has done us most 1 2 1 . 11tr Y — and a reckless disregard of responsibility have bee n the crying causes of -the heaviest dis rters we have kn own i n the past. A nation of more men a s we are, we have done our business p ci care lessly-an d more ignorantly than any other people the w or ld . 1858 has given us leisure to ; lear p rithis wh o l esome truth. Let 1859 see us apply a our se l ves to a th orough reform. " This is at once ja c a er n e d n i d eeds confessio n , an d a w h o l esome re fl ect i on. ' a reform, commercially and financially,, Well politically an d mora lly. A n d h ence th e desire, as regards the issues of the .New. Let it a l so see the b eg i nning of a new addedar_ as sYs.tein of p o li t i cal action—a passing away of the a Party tricks and objects—the founding of new, organis a ti ons in the interest of principles rather than of men, of patriotism not of faction, mid we may safely await the unfolding of the, purposes . Which Providence has reserved for the twelve- M onth now b e f ore us. " Th at i s to say, if t hi s can ever be done under the institutions which now ex ist, of which many sensible and independent Blinded men are beginning to entertain.very grave doubts. The City of New York has just been enlivened, not to say excited, by the presence of three poli- Teal notabilities,—to wit, Senator Houston of Texas (and its President when an independent n epublic),,Mr. Speaker Orr, an d S ena t or D oug l as , tlie popul ar S ou th ern can did a t e f or t h e P res id ency . T he Corporation of the City have extended' towards them, severally, the civic hospitalities, and they have also been feted very magnificently' at private parties. The Speaker and the Presi dential candidate have also held levees at their respective hotels, which have been both nume rous'Y and fashionably attended. Of, course there are political objects under-lying all these social amenities. There was a somewhat novel scene at • the opening of the Senate at Washington, the day but One before Christmas Day. It was opened, as usual, with prayer ; but on this occasion the chaplain was a Roman Catholic Priest—Father Boyle, who was vested in his surplice, and accompanied by a large party of his reverend brethren, similarly:vested. The officiating Priest read from the breviary. Bishop Caroll's prayer for those in authority. The chamber was crowded, and much interest and curiosity was manifested, With every appearance of devotion in the Senators and spectators. It is said to be the first occasion since the foundation of the Government that the vestments of the Romish clergy have been seen in either chamber. The Republic is apparently progressing in aristocratical tendencies. It has always been understood that the office of Admiral was repudiated as of too anti-republican a character. But now, at length, it has been actually adopted. The Senate has passed a joint resolution creating the brevet grade of Admiral, in order that it may be conferred upon the gallant veteran Commodore Stewart, as in some degree an offset to the harsh treatment he has received at the hands of the retiring. Board. A similar proposition has b ee n introduced in the House, and it will no doubt pass. It professes to be but a temporary 'provision. But Jonathan is fond of high-flown titles •, and having accepted this most monarchical one, he will not be Willing to part with it again. The Christmastide just passed has afforded a further instance of progress ,in the olnervance of the ancient customs of CatheliZ: Christendom. Gradually has Christrna.4 been becoming a gener ally recognised festive time ; and now it may be Saul to have her''ame established as such. The u Amerb' .. an and Roman branches of the Catholic C'ilurch have, of course, always observed lt, an _ the great body of the city populations, but r‘ -.ore especially that of New York, are falling into it. The New York papers concur in opinion that, as one of them remarks, " this great Christian anniversary was more generally observed by all classes of our citizens than upon any previous occasion within our remembrance. But few places of business were kept open, and those were princi- P al ly amongst the venders of food and other articles of daily necessity. From the immense crowds which filled all the city markets on the previous day, it may with justice be inferred t hat the obligations of hospitality and charity whic h in all Christian countries are associated with this festi va l, were pretty generally , c omplied -with. t rejoices us to find that this disposition to return to one o f th e most gen i al and graceful customs of 911 r Old Country forefathers is gradually vanquish ing the Puritanical scruples which associated it With a Particular creed. The causes of hostility sad vindictiveness IN hich led to this confusion nf. ideas have long since passed away, and with it,,we trust, will vanish all remaining objections to the strict observance of an anniversary which, apart from its _religious import, exerci ses a ki n dly an d Wholesome influence upon the heart, and prompts it to acts of generosity and benevolence which otherwise might not be thought of." It is only as a Christian season, however, that sucli eharitable work can continue to attach to it. The two Catholic cominunities aforesaid make it w religio'us festival, taking care to have apvropriate services in their churches, and even adopting the European custom of decking them with evergreens. Nor are they likely to have much longer these religious observances entirely to themselves ; for already are some of the other Christian bodies - be - ginning to follow their example. It is further publicly.re marked, I see, that " the growing favour with which Christmas is regarded is worthy of note, and is due, no doubt, partly to the large accessions made yearly to the foreign population of the city, to whom Christmas is the great holiday, and partly to the increased reverence felt for the day itself and the beautiful associations connected with it." I am inclined to believe that it is the happy influences which it is seen to exert, in the two Catholic communities, and the connection thus produced of its Christian propriety in other re spects, to which may mainly be attributed this growing and general regard for this one of the Christian Church's principal festivals. - Another phase of religious action is by no means so agreeable, so orthodox, or so hopeful.- I allude to this mania which still prevails for religious novelties and excitements, often the occasion of most profane, and therefore irreligious exhibitions. It cannot be a healthy 'state. of things, when Opera Houses and Theatres are preferred to consecrated churches and meeting-houses. The following account of the proceedings referred to, which I extract from one of the New York daily papers, furnishes at once a narrative of the case, and an illustration of its'irifluences Religious life and the modes of religious worship in New York have recently assumed a new and somewhat curious phase. During the financial crisis, and succeeding it, a religious revival so far affected . all classes of our citizens that prayer meetings, public confessions of repentant sinners,• from Wall-street, from the prize ring and from the stage, were matters of daily and • nightly occurrence all over the City, not alone in the churches, but in warehouses and basements, and everywhere that a congregation could -bo accommodated.— But now the inspiration of religious fervour hag fallen upon the lyric and dramatic stage; and where the divine compositions of Meyerbeer and Verdi and Rosini delighted the upper crust of our populition during the week, or the love-and murder efforts of the sensation dramatist " split the ears of the groundhogs" in a minor theatre, songs of praise and words of holiness are echoed every Sunday evening. The upper stratum of religious life exudes its super abundant feelings of piety with respectable' and decorous bearing in the fashionable . and elegant Academy of Music, while the lower stratum does the same - with Cheers, cat-calls and stamping of feet in the National Theatre in Chatham-street. The crowd which flocks to both houses is immense. At the Academy hundreds are turned away for want, of room every Sunday evening. The doors are locked when the house is full, and all who arrive too late are compelled either to adopt the out-of fashion practice of going to church, or to reserve their fervor for another Sabbath—a difficult thing to do in this impulsive city. At the Chatham-street theatre the attendance is so large that the door-keepers are obliged to _select__ the andience, admitting the well clad and excluding humble piety in seedy garments ; a posse of police. is required to keep order at the doors, and the audience express their impatience at the non-arrival of the preacher, in the usual theatrical fashion, by stamping and whistling, hail his appearance by a storm of clapping, and compliment the salient points of his discourse - with loud applause. Meantime the churches are afflicted with slim attendance, and it looks as if the clergy, to preserve i their popularity, would have to abandon the pulpit for the sta,ge. Time was when such a descent would have shocked the religious sentiment of the country; and even now, whatever is left of the strict old Puritans must move ,uneasily in their graves at the spectacle. Ond consolation, however, is, that those who advocate tho claims of the stage to be considered a moral instructor have now the satisfaction of beholding a practical illus tration of their theory. Now this is anyihing but a sound and healthy state of things. It is altogether, it is to be feared,: an affair of excitement, and drainatism, and display. The crowds who flock to the theatres, but refuse to go to the churches, for religious worship and instruction, cannot possibly be in a desirable religious frame of mind. Then there is no reverence,—it would be strange if there were, indeed, in places devoted to the drama, often in not its purest or decentest forms. Such a profan ing and degrading of religion is only calculated to bring it into contempt ; and: there is only too much reason to fear that it is really having that effect. The Cuban question continues on the tapis, although nothing. officially is yet done with__ it. Very, mistaken ideas as to the chances of the acquisition by peaceful means appear to prevail: even the Press seems to be ill-informed as to the feeling regarding it upon the spot, and, in Spain. I find, for instance, the following statement in the New York Herald:—" The ruling policy of all Christendom, in this nineteenth century, is not to provoke, but to prevent war ; and peace with the United States is the overrulingnecessity with both 'England. and France. We may depend upon it, therefore, that any overtures which we may advance for the purchase of Cuba will be respect- fully treated, and that if the results do not involve the acquisition of the island, they will comprehend a better understanding with all parties concerned than that which now exists: With these views, we hope that the bill of Mr. Branch for the discre tionary million to the President will, without unnecessary delay, be advanced into a law of the land." This last remark has reference to a bill that is already proposed to Congresi for placing a million or so of dollars at the President's disposal, for the purchase of the Island,—a very preposterous idea. There would seem, in fact, altogether very great ignorance as to the sentiments of Spain, of the Cubans themselves, and of France and England,, which are deeply interested in the matter, what ever some people may think. Meanwhile the agitation of the question, and especially the im petus given by the President's Message, has set the filibusters on the qui wire ; and they are said to be already laying their plans for some insurrec tionary movement, of which to take advantage, under the banner of the " stars and stripbs." INDIA. THE BOMBAY MAIL. The following telegram from Mr. Acting Consul Green arrived at the Foreign OffiCe at 1 30 a.m.,: Jan 16, dated Alexandria, Jan. 10 : - ; ALEXANDRIA, Jan. 10 The steamer Benares arrived at Suez, from Bombay, on the 6th inst. The dates are Bombay, Dec. 24 ; Aden, Dec. 31. The subjugation of the disturbed districts is rapidly progressing. The insurgents are dissolving before the merciful conditions offered by the Queen's Procla mation, and the dismantling of forts and disarming of the population are being carried on rigorously. On the Ist of December, Brigadier 'lroup's column met a large body of rebels at Biswa, in Oude, commanded by ismael Khan. Our artillery and cavalry only were engaged, but the enemy made very little stand, and fled. The result of this affair was, that on the 4th, Ismael Khan gave himself up, with a considerable number of- adherents. Some others have since followed his example., Tantia Topee is still at large. When last heard of, he was supposed to be making for Oodeypore, in Rajpootana. On the sth of December a party of rebel fugitives from the Fil Fitilb, at Biswa, eluding the vigilance of the British troops, posted along the banks of the Ganges, between Cawnpore and Kimong, crossed at once into the Doab, with intention, it is conjectured, of joining Tantia Topee in Central India. This party, under Feroze Shah, mustered 900 horses, 300 foot, 1 small gun, and some elephants. On the Bth they were encountered by Mr. Hume, who was forced to retire upon llttroband pore, where he occupied a small fort. On the'l2th the rebel party was at Tangeooa, moving south, plundering and burning as they wont, and closely pursued by General Napier. The following telegram, dated Gwalior, 18th December, from. Major Manakersen, gives the latest - intelligence of them at Ranade ; On the 17th December, Sir R. Napier's force beat anti pursued 'with slaughter, for eight miles, the rebels - older I.,a6ze Shah. Captain Meade, 14th Dra. ,-, -,„ j us, capture , ' x elephants, Captain Pretl3:ahn, ttyPail'h Meth NAPLES PARIS, Sunday, Jan. 16 . THE - NORTHERN TEVIES, TUESDAY, JANUARY 18, 185 Dragoons, wounded in leg, and eight or ten men wounded ; none killed. J. GREEN. Malta, Dec. 14. ARTHUR FANsHAWE, Vice-Admiral. A despatch from Naples, dated the 12th, states that the King had signed a decree placing the city in a state of siege. MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL. LIVERPOOL, Monday Evening. There is no change to notice in the Cotton Market. The demand is steady, and with an ample supply prices are unchang ed . The sales to-day were 7 , 000 bales, including 500 on specu lation and for export. In the Liverpool 'Share Market there Was not much business done to-day, but prices- were pretty well maintained The following , are the transac tions :-Caledonian, 864, 864, 864; Chester and Holyhead, 481; Eastern Counties, 124, 12 9-16 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 971, 971, 971 ; London and North Western, 961, 964, 964, 961, 961 ; Ditto, One-eighth shares, 4 d. ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 39 ; Midland, 102, 1021, 1024, 102 ; North British, 611, 624 ; Dovers, 22 5-16, 221 ; War rington and Stockport, 8 5-16 ; Dutch Rhenish, 41 d. ; Luxembourg, 7; Liverpool and London Fire and Life, 94 p. The following are the closing prices: - Blackburn, 11 3-16, 11 5-16; Chester and Birkenhead, 67, _ 671 ; Caledonian, 862, 86'," ; Chester and Holyhead, 481, 481; Eastern Counties, 12 9-16, 124 ; East Lancashire, • 951, 96 ; Do. £9 shares, I, 1 p; Great Northern, 106, 107; Do. A, 91, 92 4 ; Great Western, 551, 564; Lancashire and Yorkshire Stock, 974-, 971 Do, £9 shares, 1, 4 p; London and North Western Stock, 961, 961 ; Do, one-eighth shares, 13-16, 1d; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 381, 394- ; Midland Stock, 102, 1021 ; North British, 611, .621.; North Western, 131, 131 ; North Staffordshire, 41, 41 d •, North Eastern-Berwick, 931, 94 ; York and North Midland, 77, 771; Leeds Capital Stock, 48, 481 ; South Eastern and Dover, 22 5-16, 221 ; Dutch Rhenish, 41, 44 d ; reat Western of Canada, 161, 161 ; Do. New Shares, 4, 31 d ; Great Luxembourg, 7, 74-; Grand Trunk of Canada, 83 x bonds, B'3. The market for the Public Funds and Securities commenced at Saturday's closing prices, and were firmer during the day, but left off rather weaker. CQnsols closed at 95 1 to 951 for both Money and the Account, the New Threes at 961 to 9611, and Exchequer Bills at 35 to 38 pm. The London Railway Share Market' opened at about Saturday's prices, and finished steadily. Lancashire and Yorkshire were firm at a slight improvement. Midland dull. Caledonian lower. Lombardo Venetian improved, but left off lower. Foreign Stocks opened steady. Turkish were very heavy during the day, and closed at their lowest point. Banks, Mines, and Miscellaneous Shares were steady. The followine , are the closing prices : -Ambergate, 71, 71 ; Caledonian, 864, 87 ; Do. Pref., 103, 105; Eastern Coun ties, 621, 634; East Lancashire, 96, 97 ; Edin burgh and Glasgow, 67, 70 ; Great North ern, 1054, 106 ; Ditto A. 89, 91 ; Ditto B. 133, 135; Great Western, 555, 561 ; Lan cashire and Yorkshire, 971 ; 971 ; Brighton, 111, 113; London and North Western, 96, 961.; London and South Western, 931, 941 ; Mancheiter, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 38, 39 ; Midland, 102, 1021; North British, 60, 601 ; ditto Pref., 112, 114 ; North Eastern—Berwick, 931, 94 ; Leeds, 48, 49 ; York, 771, 78 ; North Stafford 3, 41, 41d ; Dovers, 741 741 ; Turkish Sixes, 891, 90; ditto Fours, 105,1051 ; Great Western of Canada, 161, 161 ; ditto New, 4, 31 d ; Grand Trunk of Canada, 91, 91 ; Bank Stock, 226, 228. At the London Corn Market to-day, the supply of Wheat front ESsex was small, from Kent fair, and from distant countries the quantities offering large. The condition was not generally good, and sales could only be effected at a decline of Is. per quarter on prices of this day week. Foreign p was quite neglected. Grinding Barley 61. to ls. dearer, as was also the ease-with Oats. There was but little doing in Flour, at late rates. In the Produce Markets a • fair business is being transacted. Sugar and Coffee meet with a ready sale, and the transactions in Tea are rather more numerous on the basis of 111 d. to 11,1 d. per lb. for ordinary Congou. _ _ The letters by the Asia state that the New York Money Market was more active, and the banks had increased their accomodation. Rates were without cha ige. The business in .Cotton had been confined almost exclusively to supply the demands of domestic consumers. Prices for Cotton on the spot were well maintained, but-for Cotton on the wharf, and to arrive, prices were somewhat easier. The sales of the week were about 5,000 bales, the market closing firm for middling uplands, at 12tc. for middling Orleans. Cotton in transitu had been in better demand, the sales being 2,500 bales on the basis of 111 c. per lb. for middling Orleans, with Ad. freight. Stock, 35,000 bales. There was nothing whatever doing in Breadstuffs for export, but with a good home demand, and more speculative inquiry, the Market was firm, with rather an upward tendency. Provisions were quiet but steady. In freights we notice engagements to Liverpool at 5d to 6d for grain, is 9d flour, and heavy goods 15s to 25s per ton. The Paris Moniteur of Saturday, publishes the official return of the taxes and indirect revenue of France, for the year . 1858, with a comparison between the receipts of that year and those of 1857. The total amount in 1858 was 1,091,728,000 f., and in 1857, 1,052,713,000 f., being an increase of 39,015,000 f. in favour of the first named year ; but if the second decime on the registration dues, which was suppressed in 1858, were taken into account, the real augmentation would be 56,287,000f.' The items wluch show an improve ment are the duty on manufacture of Beetroot Sugar, 22,294,000 E ; import duty on French Colonial Sugar, 15,028,000 f. ; duty On Potable .Liquors, 12,933,000 f.; Tobacco Sales, 4,005,000 f.; Registration Dues, 2,612,000 f. ; Customs' Export Duties 1,994,000 f. ; sundry Customs' Duties, 1,071,000 f. ; postage, 1,032,000 f. ; ditto _on transit .of foreign letters, 361,000 f. ; duty on the consumption of salt beyond the bounds of the Customs, 214,000 f. The decrease falls on the following :—lmport duties .on sundry mer chandise, 8,104,000 f. ; ditto on foreign sugar, 6,939,000 f. ; sundry . receipts, 1,887,000 f. ; stamp duty, 1,607,000 E.; duty on consumption of salt within the bounds_ of _the Customs, 1,761,000 f. ; sale of gunpowder, 1,241,000 f. ; import duty on corn,, 383,000 f. ; navigation dues, 353,000 f. • post office orders, 39,000 f. ; mail posts, 15,000 f.. As compared *ith 1850. the total receipts of 1858 show an increase of r',5,521,000f. A modehate ilemanriis reiOrted in the Money Market, chiPrdy on commercial account, and there is an invizession that the improved tendency of trade 'Hill, in the course of a few weeks, provide evr.:n more employment for the available supplies of capital. The terms of discciunt are still very mode rate, becaues the resources of the market are ex tensive, and an active competition exists among the bankers and brokers for the bills brought for ward for negociation. The general appearance of the market has been easier since the dividends became payable, but the effect of that distribution will soon be negatived if the wants of the mercan tile community should increase, especially as there is a continuous absorption for loans and joint-stock undertakings. _ _ The Bank of England have entered into an agreement to supply the Metropolitan Board of Works with a loan of £3,000,000 for drainage pur poses, which, it will be recollected, was authorised last session. It is not expected that more than £1,000,000 will be required annually. The interest, which is to be 31 per cent., and the principal will be chschargediay . a rate of 3d. in the pound, to be levied for 40 years on the annual value of property in the metropolis. The announcement has not attracted much attention, and as the amount will only be raised at intervals when required, its effect upon the Money Market will be comparatively unimportant, The steamer Emeu, Captain Small, left Suez for Australia, on the 28th December, with the London mails of the 17th December, and passengers. The Agamemnon, Captain . Hyne, from London , arr ived off the Sand Heads, December 9th. The next mail from Anstralia will probably be conveyed to Suez by the Colnmbian, and may be expected, there on the g4th of this mont4, I YESTERDAY'S MARKETS. ILIVERPOOL. PRODUCE.—Colonial B :c: —We have had rtither more enquirrre viou for Suices, comprising 40 hogsheads Detw ir amount of business having 17 . - een tihin I done at p ri•ara ; 70 arrels St. Lucia at 37s Gd to 41s 60 1 110 Oili ds, Cuba at Bouoron Um:. —The market is very firm, and prizes fully s upported. 361TROPOLITAN CATTLE.—We have a larger supply of beasts, and the demand is limited. Prices are lower, and several remain unsold. The number of sheep is much smaller, still it exceeds the demand; and although lower prices are submitted_ to, a clearance cannot be effected. Good calves are scarce: From Germany and Holland there are 300 beasts, 1,300 sheep, and GO calves. Scotland 400 beasts, Ireland IGO, Norfolk and Suffolk 1,800, and 400 for the North and Midland counties. on the spot, 53s April to June, for the week ei livery 2,702 casks from Australia, 93 Total 189 casks. LONDON MINING.—In the mining marl inquiries for shares in Rosewarne, Wheal TrelaWnel , Tiny, East Basset, St. Ives Consols, Great Wheal Altrc Devon Great Consqls. Business has not been active, and pr .pre*ent little alteration. Foreign and colonial mining shares ar nominally quoted the same as on Saturday. GLASGOW CORN.—The market was quiet to-day. Buyers of wheat point to a slight reduction in prices, which holders, so far, decline to submit to. Barley and oats in better demand, and rather dearer. Beans and peas were also fully as dear. January to Morel March only, 53s 3d ; ber, 51s 9d. Arrival v there Grasoow InoN.—Our market has been steady to-day, and busi ness was done at 53s 6d cash. We quote Nos. 1 and 3 G.M.8., 52s 6d per ton. age 64 to 42s • 1 000 , ma.. ` Mauritius at 40s 3d l o 41 s 9d ; 800 ba gs Guatimala at ' 3Bs . .. per rgo ; 1,909 h.:: Bahia, in bond a t 25 ; and a cargo (5,000 bags) Pernanta and t.' raiba, for an outp ort , at 25s cwt. 550 . punchcons Cuba M lovado Molasses h ave b een sold tn, at 15s Gd per cwt, Nothing has :.'llten place in Rum and the sales of Co ff ee are confined to 75 bap,-s low ordinary Rio, at 40s per cwt. Conetderable tntsiness has tait.rn place in Rice, 5,00 0 bags Larong having changed hands at is Dd ; and 15,500 b ags Necransie at 65 6d to 6s 911 per cwt. In Dymeoods, 25 tons Campeaehy Logwood at £7 ; 90 tons Jantaica , at £3 lis Gd for short cut, at £4 to Eh 2s 6d for sound, 50 tons Lima at £l6, and 100 tons Barwood at £3 . 5s to £3. is Gd per ton. Ashes unchanged. Saltpetre steady ; and 40 tons of Alritrate of Soda sold at 16s 3d to 16s Gd per cwt. ; 21) tons Brimstone reported at £8 per ton for best thirds ; 35 cases White Perugia Argols at Ass ; 11 eases Red Oporto at 82s 6d ; small sales of Cream. of Tartar at 130 s ; _ _ ... . 50 b;is Palermo Ba i mae at les Gd ; 100 biis S.D.P. ditto at 12s 6d to 12s 9d; 25 serous Gum Gedola at 23s 6d ; 100 boxes Camphor at Gls 6d per cwt. ' • and 32 bales Senna at 6d per lb. We have likewise to notice 70 boxes large grain Pearl Sago at 15s Gd per cwt. ; and 100 bags Black Pepper at 31d per lb. Oils: At auction to-day, 50 tuns Palm sold at X.ll to £4l 10s. In Olive, 30 tuns Lisbon at £47 t0.Z48 per tun ; and 10 tuns Cecoa Nut Oil at 39s per cwt. Tallow quoted at 53s 6d to 54s for P.Y.C. Nothing reported in Lard ; and of Spirits of Turpentine, small sales at 405 per cwt. 30 tons full grown Smyrna T'alonia have been taken at £l7 per ton. lli Seeds, 170 bags American Red Cloversaed realised 57s per cwt. LIVERPOCC COTTON.—The cotton market is without change to day ; the demand continues moderate, tha supply ample, and prices are about the same as on Saturday. The sales—including 30 Maranhana, Sid ; 30 Bahia, 71d ; 300 Egyptian, 71d to 9d ; 500 Surat, 56d to bid—are reported 7,000 bales, of which 500 are on speculation and for export. LIVERPOOL CATTLE. he market was slow, supplies being increased. Beef was a shade lower, and some left unsold; sheep retained their former value. The supply consisted of 2,060 beasts, and 6,227 sheep. LONDON PRODUCE.—The following public sales are advertised : Sugar : 400 hhds. West India, 9,000 bags Mauritius, 6,000 bags Bengal, 2,000 bags Penang. Coffee : 600 casks plantation Ceylon, 1,500 bags native, 500 cases East India. Tea : 20,000 packages. Saltpetre : 3,000 bags. Rice : 11,000 bags. Sugar : A full amount of business done by private contract including two cargoes of Brazil, and prices are unaltered. Coffee : This article has been steady, but no transactions reported since Friday. Tea : An advance of kd on common Congou was established, on Saturday, when 111 d was paid, and black leaf is a shade dearer. LONDON Coas..—The attendance of the trade was full, the tone inanimate; prices of wheat lower; of spring corn higher. The supply of home-grown grain was small. The arrivals of foreign grain into London last week were reported this morning as moderate of wheat, small of barley, and very small of oats. The condition of English wheat being affected by the damp weather, sold at is to 2s per qr. under last Monday's prices. Foreign unaltered in value. Flour quiet. Barley, line, held at last Monday's prices; grinding sorts Is dearer per quarter. Oats in fair demand, at 64 to Is per qr. dearer. English beans is per qr. dearer. Peas quiet. AUSTRIAN ITALY, PARIS; Sunday, Jan. 16. The University of Padua has just been closed, as well as that of Venice. The Archduke Maxmilian is preparing for his departure to Trieste. AUSTRIAN PREPARATIONS We read in the Debas, in a letter from Milan, dated Jan. 13 :--- Every day, at Ave or six o'clock, troops arrive here by rail from Venice. As yet not a single Italian regiment has been seen, and those in Italy have been sent to the furthest extremities - of the empire. All Croitia, how ever, is being poured in upon us, and instead of the Hungarian regiments of Hussars, we have quantities of Polish Uhlans. PRUSSIA AND ENGLAND We read in a Berlin letter : It is confidently stated that very active negotiations have been going on between our Cabinet and that of Vienna. Irell-informed people assert that Prussia has declared herself with some warmth against the Italian plots. Prussia and England continue their endeavours to reconcile France and Austria, and General Niel's visit to Vienna is looked upon as the first result of their diplomacy. FRENCH OPINIONS ON " WAR.' The course of affairs is clearly tending to a pacific turn. Ido not allude so much to the sub dued tone of the Ministerial journals —as their business is to repeat whatever is told them, irre spectively of truth or falsehood—as to the manifest feeling of the . country. I am assured that the reports of the Prefects of departments, received up to the latest date, and purporting to give the sentiments of the population of their re spective- districts, are decided in their repro bation of war. These - reports, it must be remembered, emanate from men who might sup pose it to be their interest to flatter whatever interests they thought prevailed in the highest quarter ; but, even under such circumstances, they do not venture to make statements which could be at , once contradicted. These . reports, then, if I am correctly informed, set forth not merely disapprobation, but horror among the popu lation at the bare notion of a war for Italy, which would soon become European. But it is not only the reports from the interior. that thus denounce the wild chase after adventures so enthusiastically advocated by the Presse. I learn that the depatches of the French diplomatic agents abroad with, I suppose, the exception of the one at Turin, represent the feelings of the governments to whom they are accredited, and of the society in which they mingle, as equally averse to a warlike policy.—The Times. POSTAL COMMUNICATION OF IRELAND AND ENGLAND The City article of the Freeman of Monday morning, says the City of Dublin Steam Company held a special meeting on Saturday, to receive . the report of directors in reference to the contract for the mail service. The report was adopted. There to be two departures. rom Dublin, 7 a.m. and 7.30 p.m. ; and two from London at 7.30 a.m. and 8.30 p.m. The distance to be performed in eleven hours, or a penalty of 34s .a minute. Four boats, six hundred horse power, and 300 feet long, to be built for the ser vice, with a speed of 20 miles an hour. The contract was signed on the 3rd January, and the company must be ready to start to work in two years. The City of Dublin, by June 1860, and that they can then commence the service "if the jetties at Holyhead and Kingston are completed. THE MISSING MAN-OF-WAR From Australian letters and papers which have just been, received at Chatham, by the friends of officers belonging to her Majesty's missing ship Sappho, 12, Commander Fairfax Moresby, some intelligence has been obtained relative to the supposed loss of that vessel. A few days previously to the departure of the mail for England, a letter had been received. at Melbourne by his Excellency the Governor, from Coiiiin6dore W. Loring, C. 8., of her Majesty's Alp Iris, 26, dated Sydney, October 16th, 1858, in which the Commodore reports that he had just ' learnt from a merchant at Sydney that Her Majesty's sloop Sappho, 12, was spoken on the 18th of. February last, 20 miles south of Cape Nelson. Further information was promised, but had not been received at the date of the departure of the mail. Commodore Loring states that he be lieved the inforination to be correct, and that the inference xvas that the Sappho had either foundered at sea, or that she had been wrecked in the vicinity of King's Island, which lies immediately in her track from the Cape of Good Hope to Bass's Straits. The first supposition, that the vessel had foundered at sea, was not entertained by nautical men inAustralia, as none of her Majesty's ships are ever allowed to go to sea in a sinking state, and from the fact that the missing was spoken so near the Australi' - "qst, there is co" little donlit that she has been wrecked on one of the islands, probably the one mentioned. King's Island lies about ninety Miles from Port, Phillip Head, off Cape Ottway ; it has no lighthouse upon it, and is not believed to be inhabited. Hopes are entertained that she might have gone ashore at the spot indicated, and that some of her officers and crew, which numbered 140, were saved. The Governor had given directions for the despatch of a sloop-of-war from Mel bourne to search along the shore of King's Island and the adjacent coast for.any fragments of the missing ship, and also with the hope of rescuing any of the crew who might be found alive. THE BURNS CENTENARY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMES Sir, -An impression having gone abroad, that the attendance at the Soiree, Concert, and Ball, at St. George's Hall, is to be limited to Scotehmen, and the sons of Scotchmen, I beg to draw the attention of the public to the following paragraph which has appeared in our programme from the beginning : The celebration of this event will not be con fined to the sons of Scotland, but be as universal in its character as possible—the admirers of Burns of all countries being invited to take part in it.— I am, sir, yours, &c. "FfiANcis MaxwELL,-Deputy-Chairman," "" ACCIDENT FROM FIRE-ARMS.—OII Saturday an aceirlent, which it is feared will be attended by fatal cowet:winces/ occurred at the residence of a gentlemen in the Q.aeen's road, Bayswater. The so n , a youth, was passian. through the ball, and seeing his father's gun Irk - the corner, and some percussion caps lyin g on the hall ' ta bl e, took up the gun, thinking it unloaded, and, placing a cap on the nipple, drew the trigger. His sister, a young lady aged 17, was unfortunately coming down stairs, and the gun, * being pointed in that direction, received the charge of small shot i u h er face and neck. She fell to the ground bathed in blood: - On the arriVal'of 'a surgeon, it vas found that some of the shot had entered her eyes. Her sight is utterly destroyed, and it is apprehended that from the shock to her system she cannot survive. Houmniig AND MYSTERIOUS CASE.-'-=A dreadful affair, which is - at present shrouded in mystery, connected. with the death of a woman at Radford (a village . ad_j*ing Nottingham), is being investigated before sir. Loner Swann. From the particulars which have already transpired it appears that on Wednesday night last a man and his wife, named Welch (both Irish), Were heard by the neighbours to quawel the woman shrieking out " Murder ! " • Shortly after this the husband left the house and did, riot return home till about four o'clock on the following morning, when he states that he found the der', - c fastened. He then asked a policeman to assist situ in effecting an entrance. The door was forced ;,po ll , and a horrible spectacle presented itself. Hii 'wife lay upon the hearth quite dead, her clothes Ithvi ng been &dimmed by fire, and. she having been to all apP.!.,arance burnt to death. The body was irnmediats: y removed, and an inquisition held the same over. 4 :ag, but adjourned in order to allow time for a post *mortem examination, and there being a doubt on the minds of the jury as to how the deceased met I lcr death whether by violence or otherwise. BIRTHS On the 16th inst., Mrs. Stower, 32, Bedford-street North, of a son. On the 17th inst., at St. Aidan's College, Birkenhead, the wife of the Rev. Joseph Tyrrell Baylee, of a son. MARRIAGES On the 16th inst., in St'. Peter's Church, by the Rev. W. H Denney, Mr. Charles Natty, to Miss Sarah L'Amie. DEATHS On the 15th inst., at the residence of her aunt, Gardner-road, Teubrook, West Derby, Susan Gill, aged 17 years, daughter of the late Edw. Alfred Gill, of Seymour-street. Yesterday, at his residence, Speketield Cottages, aged 64 years, Mr. Thomas Fleming. Deceased lost his wife by being run over by a shandry on Friday last in Church-,treet, opposite St. Peter's Church. one of the most dangerous thoroughfares in the town. On the 17th inst., at 63, Everton-road, Mrs. glloa Margaret Barralii?r, aged 72 pars, Although it is the month of January, 1809, most people admit we are living in hard times, hence It should be the study of every one to ask themselves the question, " How can I save my money ?" We reply, without hesitation, buy your steel pens, and other sta tionery, at E. T. Hall's wholesale steel pen warehouse, 23, South John-street. Joseph Gillett's, Thomas Lowe's, G. W. Hughes, and other maker's pens at is per gro ss . Good Pen Holders 2d per dozen. _ INTERMEDIATE EDUCATION IN IRELAND.-011 Thurs day a numerous and highly influential deputation from the province of Ulster, waited on his Excellency the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, at the Viceregal Lodge, for the purpose of presenting a memor i a l w hi c h h a d been agreed to at a meeting held in Belfast on the 21st day of December last, on the subject of establishing a system of intermediate education between that disseminated by the schools under the National Board, and the higher order of instruction imparted by the several colleges in Ireland. REFORM MEE'LNO AT 'HERtFORD.—A Ablic meeting was held here on Thursday evening, to which the city members were invited, to discuss the question of reform. The proceedings occupied three hours, and resolutions were passed affirminc , the vote by ballot, equal electoral districts, with enfranchisement of the intelligence of the country. An amendment affirming that the suffrage was sufficiently low at the present time, and against triennial parliaments, was moved, but negatived by a large majority. Both the members (Colonel Clifford and Mr. G Clive) addressed the meeting. FIRE AND Loss OF Two LIVES.-011 the 10th inst., Robert Cowan and George Wardrobe were engaged in pouring some naphtha out of one vessel into another ou the premises of Mr. IV. Cass, ship chandler, Goole, in the "West Riding of Yorkshire, when, by some means not clearly ascertained, the naphtha became ignited, the premises were set on fire, and the two men eveloped in the flames. The fire raged for upwards of an hour, and did damage to the amount of £6OO to £7OO ; and both of the unfortunate men, after suffering severely, have .• • died from the injuries they received in the fire. EASTER. -It will be interesting to people who have nothing better to think of, to learn that Easter, which will be on the 24th of April this year, • last fell on that day in 1791, and will not fall on the same date again till 2011. Since the introduction of the Gregorian Almanack this has only been the case in the years 1639, 1707, and 1791. The period in which Easter can fall reaches from the 22nd of March (earliest date) to the 25th of April (latest date), leaving 35 different days for the celebration of this festival. In this century taster will fall only once (1886) on the latest date, the 25th of April. SHORT SENTENcEs.—Missionaries are bringing to light many interesting facts in regard to the mental charac teristics of the•people of Africa. Mr. Moffat, who has seen much of the southern part of this continent, gives us the following narrative, related to him by a man from Central Africa. It is, perhaps, without a parallel for its simplicity :—" My years were. eighteen: There was war. At this time my mother died, My father died. I buried them. I had done. The Foulahs caught me. They sold me. The Housa people bought It.. They brought us to Tomba. 'We got up. To a white man they sold us. We had no shirts. We had no trousers. 'We were naked. In the midst of the water, into the midst of a ship they put us. Thirst killed somebody. Ranger killed somebody. By night we prayed. God heard us. The English are good. God sent them, They came. They took us. Our hunger died. Our thirst died. Our chains went off from our feet. Shirts they gave us. Hats they gave us. Trousers they gave us. Every one was glad. We all praised the English. Whoever dis pleases the English into hell let them go." Colonisation Herald. -... . . DIPLOMATIC CONSEQUENCES OF A SNOW-BALL !—A letter from Smyrna, addressed to the Pre , ,sv d' Orient , contains the following account of a quasi-diplomatic dispute between the consuls of Austria and Russia apropos of a snow-ball :—" Children, we know, are accustomed to amuse themselves with snow-balling, and one of these missives has been the cause of an unfortu nate event which is the subject of general conversa tion.i:er A youili, attached as a domestic to the ser vice of M. Jean Fillipuzzi, director of the Austrian p ost, was amusing himself with other children in tolrowiat ff m snow-balls, when one of these innoc ent p ro j ectiles s truck the cheek of a child of M. I v a noff, Consul-G eneral of Russia, who was on t he field of . battle. After cries and tears from . the c h i l d, Madame i‘ an off complaint to Madame Fillipuzzi who, in, her hus band's absence, expressed the liveliest regrets fo r what had happened. But sonic seconds afterwards protests, seized the an officer from the Russian consulate orders Madame ivanoff, entered M. F . ll* obeying the and, ins pite of the most entered i 'prizes house, .ernrnent w se h n o -ar c i h t a l s lo is y e , d a h n i d m, b m ro a ug e ht him af porisolleard. amate o.l . l,oturipoit . sulate, and then had him trans prison. On hearing these facts, zz a i addressed dem an demand 7 1 1'1 , i t , T . e itn— con- to his consul, the cot fqr the relea4e of the el -1 , 191 1a (3 .4 - - s - a 4 s . trt; violation of his donli c u e - "VI,. htld this satisfaction, t t a k l }.ti- i.s _ ,I",,ussran consul retused , t!Rr49tio!l for the . .. . relations between-the two con- Thesulates weve, 1i....:‘ • ait\o- ' - ben off in the most perempt or y m a n ner . ii'. lohna'ssbuetien liietishhapp Constantinople. caused submitted to the respecti ve ambassa consul,. bu n P ...,rs at ta N th e is an e w a l l i p il r e it M of r. tw ß e l l u v r a rt, yea t rs he , ens to be an lonian subject, to be set at liberty. Such are the consequences of a snow-ball!" SHIPPING INTELLIGENCr. HIGH WATER Tins DAT WIND At LITERPOOL,-W.S.NV „ . Light breeze Fresh gale. ARRIVALS Palermo Lizzy Rotterdam Margaret Pride Port Talbot Riverdale Moulmein ....Huelva .. Quebec ..Newport Alexandria. New York 1 Tamaulip'as ~1 I ..New Orl eans i ',roma M. John, N.B. King ti a Michelina a W. V. Kent .B rdeauz Portsmouth New Orleans • . Alexandria Charlestou Adelaid , MARITIME EXTRACT LIVERPOOL ;any. 17. Senn, from Curacoa, has it back to this port, 2 a.m.; between Holyhead and the shifted cargo. • carried away balwarks, e vessel; to make a great hions, sails, &c 'he schooner Liverpool, from Cardiff to Liverpool, With coals.. shore near Formby Point, but is expected to be got off. A quantity of deaTswere passed on the 25th Dec., in lat 47 N, lon 40 W, apparently not long in the water, by the Lizzie Har ward, arrived here troin New Orleans. The City of Delhi, from Greenock to Calcutta,. has put back to the former port, having been ashore at Lanilaslt The Caehelot from nat., three leagues tram Agra was stranded on the 14th; The Egyptian Witch, hence to Alexandria, wMch put into. Cadiz dismasted, left there cn the 4th inst., in tow of a steamer for Gibraltar, to undergo repairs; but, in consequence of the. strong easterly winds, was o bli ge d t o b e l e ft a t Tarifa until it A masthead and chimney, apparently white, of a steamer were z'ble• yesterday above water, near the west end of West Hoyle, and a quantity of wreck was floating near. Eleven vessels have been lost at Catania, three of which are English, viz., Sappho, Catania. and Jane Price; crews saved. The brig Pomona, nearly loaded at Odessa, has foundered.- ANTWERP, Jan. 14.—The vessel bound from Bremen for this port, wrecked near Lemvig on the 12th inst.. was the Xadaphor (ex Amalia), not as reported per electric telegraph, Schieren— beck ; she was bound here to load for the River Amoor. The- Ambaina, Rusman, for Rotterdam, which put back to Batavia: Nov. 17, was leaky. FRIMitIKSItAVN, Jan. 14.—Entered : The Peter, 11.rmansen, from Isefiord for London (barley), leaky, and with other damage_ The Charlotte, of Nibe, from England (coals), is being towed hither, with masts cut away. DAN rzre, Jan. 12. —lt has blown a very heavy gale at N.W. and W. since Monday last, but the weather is now gradually getting better. The brig Othello, Kraeft, of Barth, from England for Memel (rails), has put into this bay with damage to sails. A_ pilot and four men are on board to assist her into Fairwater. LITSSINO, Jan. 7.—The Fortunato (Aust. brig), Scarpa, front Segna for Marseilles (staves), sprung a leak at sea, and was put on shore upon the Palaz7uol rocks, about four miles from hence, in the night of Jan. 5, lies in a very bad position, and it is feared. cannot be got off; crew saved. Blum rex, Jan. 14: The sloop Blossom, of and for Arbroath from Sunderland, which went on shore at the entrance of Holy Island Harbour, but was got off and brought in here, will pro— ceed on her voyage, having received little damage. The Agnes Christie, of and for Penh, horn Newcastle (coals), which drove on shore on the 10th inst., at the entrance of Evemonth Harbour, has broken up, and is now a total wreck. The Sarah, Dawson. of Holy Island, from Grangemouth for Shields, which drove on the rocks on the 7th instant, whilst running for South Sunder. entirely broken up. of the c ;0 (scrap iron) MALTA, Jan. 10.—This morning, at about 2 o'clock, it came on to blow a galp at N.E., and in two hours after a very heavy sea was setting into the harbour. The Greek brig Aghios Nieolaus, Metropolo, from Ibrail (barley) for orders, dragged her anchors in consequence of the ship Ann having come into collision with her, and went on shore close to the Ordnance Wharf, and shortly after bilged, and remains. The vessel and cargo have been. abandoned. No further casualty among the shipping has up to this time been heard of, but a large number of small boats have been destroyed, and the moles' of the city damaged. The Prussian barque Magellan, Baacke, from Alexandria, put in here Jan. 2, very leaky, with loss of sails, a heavy list to port, pump imsup cargo (wheat), and other damage. 17 ••••• ... KIIICIMBRIGHT, Jan. 14. —There was ca.t ashore a few days ago at Balmue, about five miles from this, a vessel's long-boat, with " Success, of Liverpool," lettered on the stern ; a piece of tow-rope being attached, it is supposed the boat had broke adrift when towing. Lmtwrcx, Jan. 6.—A Spanish schooner, from Christiansand for Santander (stock fish), went on shore on the rocks, between the Brethren and Greenholm, outside Bressa, and is likely to become a wreck ; crew taken off by boats from this place. Master or ship's name, " Pedro de Garteriz." famlash, Jan. 13. The Harmony, Codrington, of and from Drogheda for Troon, drove on shore -on Holy Island on the night of Jan. 10, with loss of both anchors, but was got off yesterday without much damage, afterputting out part of the cargo (lime— stone). Dt.t.r., Jan. 17.—Arrived : The Decima, front Africa • Amp Isabella, Savanilla ; R e b ecca , T erce i ra ; Contest, Patras' ; Rowena, Venice ; Shandering, Leghorn ; Orpheus, Marseilles. FALmorru, Jan. 16.—Arrived : The Therstone, from Alex— andria ; Hampden and Mary Elizabeth, Jaffa ; Concidius, Princess Royal, and Duma, Taganrog ; Genova, Berdian.ski ; Prima Donna, Ibrail ; Griffin, Beecher Stowe, Mie Figlie, Mary Ann and Jane, and Jeddera - all from Odessa. 17. The Kamtter(l) from Moulmein ; Hylt m Maid, Vellama and Tritone —both from. Alexandria ; Nuovi Chinti, Concurrent, and Ringende—all from Taganrog; Condor, Palmyra, and British Queen—all from. Ibrail ; Edward-John, G tlatz ; Urga, Ismail ; Spy, Figueira. QUEENSTOWN - Jan. 15.—Arrived The Duni - et Dyer, froin Cyprus; Globienbrat, Odessa; Armorial, New Orleans ; Amalia. L, Alexandria ; Georges, Smyrna. Sailed : The Lizzie Harward,, for Liverpool ; Sielsker, Wexford ; Bavaria (ss), New York. The followit g is an extract from the log of the ship Abbot's Reading, arrived here from Iquique :—On the Ist Nov., in lat. 56 30 S., lon. 65 55 W., at 3 p.m., saw a sail on port bow, with head to the northward, no sails set except the foretopsail, the rest having been blown away from the yards. At 3.30 passed close to leeward of the barque; hailed, but received no answer;, no person to be seen on deck. Feeling anxious to know if there was any one below disabled, tacked ship for that purpose, passed close to windward, and when abreast of her fired our swivel gun, wore ship round to leeward of her, lowered quarter bo a t, an d sent off the chief offi cer an d four hands, who returned at 5 p.m., and reported the vessel to be the barque Mecklenburg, Ritters chaff, and discovered from papers found in her cabin that she was on her passage from Glasgow to Valparaiso. The cabin was stripped of all valuables, the fore hatchway open, and from four to five feet water in the hold; boats all gone, as well as bulwarks on both sides from fore to main rigging. On the 2nd Nov.,at tn., experienced strong winds from south south-east, ark a getting up very fast; making threaten] br6ach o' Harvest Quc Lizzie Harm' The Pet a clean sel, which now appeared fast settling down- Being satisfied there was no one on board, the Abbot's Reading proceeded on her homeward passage. The derelict vessel ap peared to be aflne ship, and about four years old. Otaha, Ferguson, sailed from Calcutta for MoulinPin Dec. 1. Tubal Cain, Wells, sailed from Calcutta for Akyab Dec. 2. White Eagle, Gibbs, sailed from Calcutta for Madras Dec. 2. Stebonheath, Connell, sailed from Calcutta for Bombay Dec. 4. Joseph Steel, Jones, sailed from Calcutta for Liverpool Dec. 8. Nile, Strange, sailed from Calcutta for London Dec. 9. Kirkham, Atilick, sailed from Calcutta for London Dec. 9. - Wellesley, Smith, sailed from Calcutta for London Dec. 9. Lady Head, sailed from Akyab for Sydney Dec. 1. Palestine, sailed from Penang for London Dec. 4. Investigator, sailed from Singapore for Rangoon Nov. 24. Glengariff, sailed from Singapore for Bhanghae Nov. 29. Indian Chief, sailed from Colombo for London Dcc. 11. Highlander, sailed from Colombo for London Dec. 11. Euphrates, sailed from Moulmein for United liingdom Nov. IS. Raritan, Wyatt, sailed from Moulmein for Bombay Nov. 16. Mary Ann Folliott, sailed from Moulmein for Bombay Nov. 23_ Ann Adamson, sailed from Moulmein for United Kingdom. Nov 26. Lord Raglan, Ross, sailed from Hong Rong for Cape of Good Hope Nov. 29. Samaritan, 8 nail, sailed from Mobile for Liverpool Dec. 24. Sagamore, Gerrish, sailed from Mobile for Liverpool Dee. 24.,. Emily A. Hall, sailed from Charleston for Liverpool Dec. 27., Albanian (as), and Crimean (ss)—both hence at Gibraltar. Prince Albert, from Catanzaw ; Catherine Green, Taganrog; Hartlepool, Alexandria; Wiltshire, Malta; Coquette, Troy; Ellen Morris, Ancona ; and Huntress, Girgenti all at Gibraltar, and left for the Channel. Fear Not, from St. Ives . ; and Mary Ann, Civita Vecchia—both at Gibraltar T eneriff and Agia Sofia —both hence at Malta, and left Levnt Orontes (ss), from Alexandria at Malta, and left for Liverpool Jan. G. Thessalia (ss), Flynn, from Smyrna at Malta, British Queen (ss), hence at Havre, Joseph, hence at Ternattse. VESSELS IN DISTRESS The following is a correspondence b e t ween the Under writers and Shipowners Association respecting the indisposition of shipmasters to communicate with the Underwriters' agent at Key West, when their vessels are in trouble : Liverpool, 7th January, 1859. To S. It. Graves, Esq., Chairman pool of Shipowners' ASsocut. tion. Liver. Dear Sir,—l am directed by the commit affairs of the Liverpool Underwriters' Assoei von, for the information of the R i l l) " they have received a communieat West, to the effect that " the mast( disposition to avoid his qfli in relation to the business for managing the .ation to acquaint ° ll . —. Association, that from their agent at Key rs of British ships exhibit a id do not consult him in auy way themselves he observes that ''ile t y v d es o n sei who would be approv e d by - agent further states ths* disaster, to offer his as always select p;rties Lae owners or underwriters: 4 The he " makes it a rule, on all occasions of 41 nee - reminding the committee that he vuusigninent of a vessel, and that he is n o t ;(tw fromillowed ed the nature of his office (stipendiary ag en t f or t h e -_ ___3ror Insurance Companies) to have any int eres t i n wreck— louses, &e.' , - I remain, dear sir, your most (Signed) TuomAs CO URT , S ee . Shipowner's Association, Liverpool, 14th J an., 18 59. Dear Sir have been directed by th e Ch airman of the Ship— Owne 's Association to acknowledge the receipt of your two let— ters of the 7th instant, one enclosing extracts from letter of the. Agent of the Liverpool Underwriters' Association at Mot' mein, relative to the Pilot service of that port and the other, having reference to a communicati agent at Key West. Your letters will be 10? mittee of this Association at their next t man thinks that the comninnicatioi. tant, that he would suggest tt for making the informat obedient se' want, ,a from their before the com.— .oeting ; but the Chair— irom Key West is so impor— .,c steps should forthwith be taken in contained therein generally known. (Signed) T. CARSON, Secretary. ourt, Esq., Underwriters' Rooms, Liverpool. I am, To Thomas f' THE DERELICT SHIP MARIANNE. Tuesday last at noon: The followiqz letter bas been received in Liy:rkoor - :-..-•- p o a n rted our hawser . , .. . .- . , which 'Ateamer Resolute , ClueenstOwu, Jan• i3r Mg.- with one anchor down Dear Sir, —please to inform Mr. Taylor that we have arrived in the harbour with the derelict ship 3fltry Ann, or Marianne (I am not quite certain of the name), of Falmouth, timber lade,, the main deck nearly all gone, and most of th g e e d t ee t k h b e e . a a m ssi s . assistance of masts, yards, and rigging all standing, anchors and chains on rudder ded,- oa :laigi:ad,gueosni to go dg , l i c i s . , Ir. w A i N n " .e We are a i; i i i: _w ea i t t d l p i : l . t se e s, i: n t once• * there being a heavy westerly swell most part of the time and hanging the ship on astern until w e the Retriever to steer her, when we shall proceed harbour. I have hired a 1,, :, crew to get further up the ready to let go.-1 a:n, sir, yours obedier l the ship's anchors To Mr. T. Bramham, 3, chap e l , - 3'. PETER Javoxs, ..,.,: . .4 %met, Liverpool.