Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-09-23 00:00:00

eammurig sbalts. THIS DAY, On account of whom it may concern This Day, the 23td instant, at One o'clock, at the Brokers' Office, 1, Oldhall-strect, 13 41;4, Dmerara SUGAR, all fauleg, ex Lady de Creipigny lying in Carrntlie] Apply to N. WATERHOUSE & , Hanover-street ,O S, Brokers. This Day, the, 23rd instant, at Twelve c' Office, 3, Exchange-alley North; k, at the Broker's 1,000 Barrels ROSIN (in store,) Apply to Messrs, fc,aser,,Trenholm, and Co., Merchants; or t THOMAS , SI'LL Broker. On account of w This Dan :tlu nay cone nsta: , .t, at One o'clocni 37 Apply to Apply to This Day, the linnte close a - : - ..e613/As A the Brokers' Sale-room. 25, Temple-street, 10 Bales-LV.PACA (sound). ex Uruaguay, 13 „ nyrro,. ditto, ex Peruana and Mys 14 „ Egyptian, damaged by sea ,- W. GREAMI 3-1 Inds. CASTOR.OIL, 5 Tons TALLOW OIL, 7 Cases LARD OIL, 6 Cases French SOAP. 2 Casks OLIVE OIL PUMPING& - J. 11. RAYNER R CO. Apply to . 'On account of whom it may c This Day, the 23rd instant, at One o'cloi Sale-room, Atherton -buildings, 44 ttallots ALPACA, damaged' by 195 „ • DITTO, sound: 230 Ballots.— _ . For catalogues, &c., a HUGHES & NEXT WEEK TUESDAY On Tuesday next, the 27th instant, at T Brokers' Office, 900 Bales JUTE, Chiistina. 23rd instant; at Twelve _ 'at Browne, ~ and Co.'s Oftlee,-2, Dale-street, 109 MIAs. M , E. I. FISH OIL, 1700 Bags YRABOLAMS„ 109 Bags GINGER, About 6 Tons Rokelle CAM WOOD: BROWNE, HUNTER, & CO., Brokers. he Brokers' e o'clock, at the per Cambridge, No. 2, Albert Dock T. & H. LITTLEDA & CO.. Brokers. lack, at the Apply to On Tuesday next, ti ~7th instant Brokers' Of 1,894 Bales JUTE, now landing ex Sumatra, Prince's Doc Thomas and John Brocklebank, Merchants ; or to T. and H. LITTLEDALE & CO., Brokers Apply to Messrs the 27th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' Office, 100 Bales Bombay HEMP, 100 Bales COIN. YARN, 1683 Bundles COIR YARN, Apply to 1. & H. LITTLEDALE & CO., Brokers WEDNESDA On Wednesday next, the 28th inst the Public Saleroon 1286 Bags SALTPETRE, ex Sumatra.—Apply to Messrs. Thomas bank, Merchants ; or to ;_ T. & H. LITTLEDALE & CO., Brokers Twelve o'clock, at ex Kallibolia, A: id John Brockle- worth and CO., M( FRIDAY s Plantation Ceylon COFFEE On Thursday Nicol, Duck- ants, or to td H. LITTLEDALE & CO., Brokers NEXT "MONTH ; Twelve o'clock, at the buildings North, 25,006 East India KIPS, ex Princess Royal, from Calcntta.—Apply to Messrs. Thomas and John Brocklebank, Merchants ; or, to SAMUEL BECKWITH, Broker. On .Sttle. PACKING CASES ON SALE AT 75, DUKE-STREET ON SAL'. A Quantity Second-hand ALE HOGSHEADS and BARRELS Apply to JAMES STUBBS, PRICE, & CO., 14, South Castle-street. ON SALE, SULPHURIC AND 11YRIATIC ACID. BIGLAND, SONS, _&JEFFREYS Apply to ON SALE, REFINED TABLE SALT Packed in Hermetically Sealed Earthenware Jars. suitable for the Australian, South American, China, India, &c., Markets. W. ROCKLIFF. Apply to WORKS, RIGBY-STREET ON SALE, MANGANESE, SULPHUR ORE, ARSENIC, • • VENETIAN RED, SULPHATE OF COPPER, GEORGE WILLIAMS, 52, Dale-street. IN SALE, CELEBRATED Apply to TO EXPORTERS AND THE TRADE M. SALOMON, Importer of every description of . TOYS, LEATHER GOODg,IrUSICALINSTRUMENTS, F NCY MERCHANDISE and TOYS of Every Kind, Whole sale and for Export, 73 and 75, DUKE-STREET. The above goods can be had in bond. Vtsseis bn Auction. In Bankruptcy.—By order of the Assignees.--PeremPtfa.rilY and without reserve. On Thursday, the 6th October, at Three o'clock, at Cunard, Wilson, and Ca.'s Sale-room, Exchange, Liverpool, SIXTEEN SIXTY-FOURTH SHARES 1 . :of the British-built Schooner P-• ' DART, , ~- ' imr2 llB tons late, 110 tons present register, and about - s ~.. -,-• 122 tons builders' measurement. Length, 77 feet 9-10ths ; breadth, 18 feet 6-10ths ; depth, 10 feet 9-10ths. ~...:‘.. ... ci-,...,..-„, z.. i a_4l. and classed in 1858 for two years, na • zppears to be in good order. Lying. in the Canning Apply to CUNARD, WILSOA, & CO., Brokers. Iscd of by Private T On Thurs3ieav, gertho7t7l3er, at Thiree o'clock, at Cunard, Wilson, and Co.'s Sale-room, Exchange, Liverpool, The splendid British-built Barque - SEA ROVER, • kt,\ . , 234 tons late, and 212 tons new register. Len g th, ) feet 8-10ths ; breadth, 20 feet 8-10ths ; clef th, 12 feet 8-10ths. Built at Mostyn; in 1855, of the s. very best materials, and classed A 1 for 13 years. This fine vessel carries a large cargo on a light draft, is very abundantly In the Prince's Dock.— iOund, and can be sent to a at one _s_apply to CURRY, KELLOCK, and CO., BROKERS 'FOR THE SALE AND PURCHASE A fil OF SHIPS AND STEAMERS, SHIP VALUERS , 1 ,Tllx AND APPOINTED BROKERS TO HIGH 31 , 011 L-Ur COURT 'OF. ADMIRALTY Walmer-buildings, Ww-er-street. MONETARY AND COMME ttCIAL THURSDAY EVENING. The Cotton Market to-day has been again quiet. The supplies having been ample, and the demand limited, prices were irregular, although values have not materially changed. The sales reported amount to 6,000 bales, of which 500 were taken on speculation and for export. Our Share Market opened with a considerable amount of activity, and Midland and Caledonian Stocks were in deniand at slightly higher prices. Towards the close of business, the tone became more inert, and prices drooped a.little in conse quence Sales were effected at the following rates, viz. :—Birkenheads, 771 d ; Caledonians,. 88 ; Eastern Counties, 111 ; Great •Westerns, 62 11; Lancaster and Carlisle - New Third' Shares, 151 p. ; ditto, Kendal and Windermere, 131; London and North-Western, 931 1 .-,, 1, ft, ; ditto, e Shares, 1 3-16 d. ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 351 ; Mid lands, 105, 41, 5,1, 1, 1 ; North-Eastern, Ber wick Stock, 891 ; North Staffordshire, 41 ; South- Eastern, 221, 11-16 ; Dutch, 4 15-16 d ; Grand Trunk of Canada, 84; ditto, 7 per cent., 1867, cum int., 731 ; ditto, 7 per cent., 1862, cum int., 84; Great LiixeMbourg, constit., It ;Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 3i per cent. pref. shares, 67; Liverpool and London Fire and Life In- Royal Insurance, 49 p. ; s, 203; Pacific Steam Com- sittle. The beautiful new Brigantine GRAMPUS; 226 tons builders' measurement, -132 tons - per 4f_. register ; copper-fastened up to the wales, is of a • beautiful model and best workmanship, rigged and fitted out ready for sea ; the framework of heart of the best Denbighshire oak, which is not subject to the dry rot; vessels built of it upwards of thirty years ago are still without the least indication of the disease. LenAth of keel, 84 feet ; breadth over all, 22,1 feet ; depth, 124 feet ; estimated burthen, 240 tons ; draft, 12 feet ;to class nine years A 1 at builder, Ba r further particulars apply to Mr. John Roberts, the builder, Bangor ; or to TONGE 8c CO. Brokers for the Sale of Ships, 1, Rumford-street. LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE. LONDON, Thursday Evening. The market for English Stocks gave indica tions of increasing firmness at the opening and at the commencement of business. Consols were about one-eighth in advance of yesterday's closing FOR SALE, prices ; throughout the day they remained - V, The splendid new A 1 for thirteen years t• ',;74 :4). Clipper Barque, steady, 95-1, being the general quotation ; 95t- I .10 it., ROMEO ; for money or account. New Three per Cents - --- - 490 tons builders' measurement ; 450 tons per re ; g ister, present system. Dimensions : Length of cur-keel, 136 (by special transfer) were done a t 954 Bank ft. 6 in. •, length for measurement, 142 ft. 6 in. ; extreme breadth, 27 ft.; depth, 15 ft. 9 in.; built by Mr. Cox, at Brid- Stock, 219 ; Exchequer Bills, 235. pm., and 265. port, under special survey, and classed A 1 for thirteen years. She is thoroughly copper - faste n e d, iron-kneed in a ver y supe rior manner, her frame trussed with iron previous to planking, ate attention, and values again exhibited a firm and constructed of English oak, teak, and greenheart. Has half-poop 40 feet long, and elegant cabins of polished teak ;is appearance, combined with some advance. Mexican sheathed with heavy yellow metal to 15 awl 14 feet, quite stiff were 4 per cent. higher. Spanish for money rose without ballast, and is estimated to stow 650 tons of weight, or 800 tons weight and measurement; about 15i feet draught of 1 per cent. Original Turkish realised 841 and 4, water. Is fitted with all the most recent improvements, in cluding Cunningham's patent reefing topsails, and is well and the New Sixes 694 to 70. New Indians were worthy the attention of purchasers. Lying in George's-dock. d 100! to -1- noted t, and the New Russian Scrip par For inventories and other particulars apply to Messrs. C. T. q Bowring & Co., Merchants ;or to TONGE & CO., to 4 pm. The English Railway Market was Brokers for the Sale and Purchase of Ships. active in'a moderate degree, and prices exhibited BY PRIVATE TREATY, ''i The splendid new Ship a very favourable tendency. Caledonian, Great - 4 . .4 •.I.‘t. EGERIA, Western, Brighton, London and North-Western _,, ET , e 1,066 tons register, and 1,082 tons builders' . measurement. Length, 178 feet 5-10ths ; breadth, and South-Western, have each improved about 36 feet 3-10ths ; depth , 22 feet 9-10 ths. Built at Saint John , N. 8., this sum mer, b y the builder of the well-known and favour- 10s. per share. The quotation for French Renter ite ship Rowena, and classed seven years at Lloyd's. She is construc ted of the best seasoned heckmatack and Savannah at ten minutes past twelve was 69 f. 10 c., whence h er frame is diagonally strapped outside with • pitch nine ; iron, they improved to 69f. 15e., but subsequently and iron kneed complete on the stockg • the lower knees are returned fastened with yellow metal . bolts ; has pitch pine masts, top- to the first-named price, with a very r fl o t v t e e i n d e w n i t t s h . masts, &c., a beautifully finished cabin, and of the best active market. At a meeting to-day, of the pro- Liverpool manufacture, and l o s t; e an xt d ra a s l l i z r e e s c . en outfit im p prietors of the Chartered Bank of India, China, Cunningham's patent topsails, In addition to a very handsome model, combines great speed with of the finestships and Australia, a dividendof 2 1 half-year was declared. r, per cent. for the carrying capacity, altogether m aking her one ever built in the colonies. —For further particulars apply to Messrs. Liston, Young, and Co., Merchants ; or to THE FUNDS. — CLOSING PRICES. CUNARD, WILSON, & CO., Brokers. d • ___.----- -- 7 — _ _ - Consols, Money , '95-Z- 1 I Bank Stock.... Three per Cents (shut.) , Accouitt 95Li Exchequer Bills 23 --------- . . FOR PRIVATE SALEd can be „: .....l. -N Now building at an out p ort, . an l aunc h e d shortly, .- ' ' Attli.illi A very handsomely - mod elled and useful RAILWAY SHARES SCREW-STEAMER , Amb. Not. &E. J. 6 1 ,„ building under special survey to class nine years'A lat Lloy 3 Caledonians ... . 88 4, d's. L eng th over all, 204 feet ; breadth, 29 feet ; depth, 17 feet Dutch Rhenish . . inches ; about 772 tons builders' measurement, about 690 tons register, and about 550 tons, exclusive of engine room; Will Eastern Counties. 551 6 carry about 830 tons dead weight, besides a'sout 130 tons of East Lancashire. Coal in bunkers, on 15 feet 6 inches draft of water. Is fl itted with water ballast tanks, which may be used either for ballast Edi n burgh & Glas 76 7 Or cargo; has two tubular boilers, fitted with superheated Great Northern 1004 11 apparatus, and direct-acting engines of 100 nominal horse power ; has a h alf-poop 60 f eet l ong , an d a f u ll f ore gastle 34 77 A . 85 6 79 feet long ;is expected to steam from n i ne to ten k no t s . Th e Gt. Westerns... . 61 3 2 , workmanship and quality of material will be found on inspee- G.Wes. of Canada 134 g tion to be of the most unexcept i ona bl e c h arac t er .---F or sped- Gd. Trnk. Canada 81 9 tications, ißventories, and further COrs, apply t CUNARD, W ILSON, Gt. S. and West. 106 7 & CO., Brokers, Live o rpool. d -CLOSING PRICES. Lancas. & York.. 95 4 61 4 L. &N. Western 93i 41 L. and S. West'n 92t 31 Leeds Northern.. 441 51 Man. Sheff. &Lin 35 Midland Stock. .1051 4 North British N. Staffordshire.. S. E. & Dover .. 75.1 York, New. & Ber 881 91 I York &N. Mid 711 4 NORTHERN DAILY TIMES. LIVERPOOL STOCK EXCHANGE.-SEp. 22 CLOSING PRICES. Ches. & B'head 77-4 771 N.Stafford • 4l 4d Caledonian .. . 871 xd 88 N. E,Ber. c. Stck BBl 89+ E. Counties .. 118 11 346 York capital Stck . 7ll 72 E. L. Stoci Leeds Stock 44* 45 G. N. Stock. ~ . 101 103 S.East. 22t-, xd&n 22 11-16 Great Westerns.. 61 , 2- 613 Dutch Rhenish 5B 43d Lin. and York 9q,-' xd 953 Gt. Luxem. 7 3-16 7 5-16 La. & Nor. West. 93;;', 931 G.T. Canada 813-16 815-16 „ k-shares lk 1 1-16 d G.W.Cnda l3l 14 U. S. and Lincoln 35 351 „ new shares 61 64(1 - Midland Stock.. 105 ' 105' Lomb.-Venetian 11 2p N. British St. 494xd& a in- „ new shares g WI S OF MESSRS S CIGARS ORMOND AND CO., VEVEY, IN BULL, IN BOND, OR DUTY PAID, In any quantity not less than 500. H. W. BUCKNALL, Importer and Sole Agent, 4, Exchange-alley North. 6226 d On Tuesday next, surance, 7, pany, i The applications for discount at the Bank yes terday, were considered to be of fair amount. The current rate in the open market, for best In the London Share Market a decline, partially exhibited, took place yesterday morning, but after official hours some business was done, and the tendency► seemed more favourable. Notwith- . standing this, however, several of the leading British stocks closed ti to 2 per cent. lower. The principal fluctuations were in Cale donian, which advanced in the earlier part of the day to 88;x, receded to Kt-, and left off 871 . to 88k, or the same as yesterday. Great Western was fractionally higher. At four o'clock, London and North-Western was quoted 93 4 to 94 ; Mid land, 1044 to 105 ; Great. Western, 60i to 61k ; North-Eastern— York, 7 11 . to 721 ; South- Eastern, 754 to 76 ; Great Northern, 1001 The traffic on., the Grand. Trunk Railwc Canada, for the week ending_ the 3rd September, was £9,296 9s. 21d., with 880 miles of railway open, against .£8,922 ss. 34d., with 849 miles of railway open, at the same time last year. For Foreign and Colonial Stocks the inquiry was more fav,urable, and a general improvement was noted in Indian Guaranteed, Atlantic and St. Lawrence and Buffalo and Lake Huron. Grand Trunk of Canada left off at 35i to 36. Foreign shares were firm, and in several cases, especially- Lombardo-Venetian, showed an ad vance; the latter closed at 21 to ti premium. In American securities a fall took place in the shares of the New York Central. No material change occurred in mines beyond a rise in West Caradon. In joint-stock banks, English, Scot tish, and Australian Chartered improved. In miscellaneous descriptions, Canada Land and Mediterranean Extension Telegraph were quoted higher, The Produce Markets offered no feature to call for remark. Sugar was dull, Coffee rather better, and Tallow, also, was in better request. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET -SEPTEMBEE There has•.been a , quiet. market for •Cotton torciTh and, with very ample supplies, prices are very irregular. The sales, including 70 Maranham, at 80.; 550 Egyp tian, at 71d. to 10c1::, and 700 Surat, at 4nd. to 50., .ea; of which 500 are specu- are reportec export LIVERPOOL PRODUCE MARKET.—SEPT. 22. SUGAR.—Without exhibiting any animation, the market continues steady ; 250 bags grainy Surinam are reported at 435. from the quay, 1,000 bags Ceara, in bond, at 215., and 110 cases, 370 bags Bahia, at 225. 6d. per cwt. _ _ _ MOLASSES.—Nothing further done. ~ RUM.—The sales aie confined to 65 iitihcheons Deme rara, without change. COFFEE.—We have nothing to notice. .. COCOA . -120 bags (from r 'Barbadoes) have realized .. 565. per cwt. RICE.—The transactions comprise 500 bags low Ben gal at 9s. 3d. to 9s. 6d., and 2,000 bags low Arracan at ?s. per cwt. GINGER.—We have also to report 100 bags African at 28s. 6d., duty paid. _ _ SAGO FLOU :300 bags at 16s to 16s. 6d. per cwt -1,200 bags Bombay at 48s. 9d. per qr ?50 bales Manilla at £24 to £25 a. per ton _+._ THE object of the meeting held in St. Saviour's School Room, in this town, on Tuesday evening, port of - which appeared in our impression of Wednesday, was to'instrUct the public mind on the Church-rate question, and to establish a counter agitation to that which has hitherto been so successfully carried on, in the country, and in the House of Commons. We have always con sidered that the attack made upon the Estab- Fished Church, by the Church-rate agitation, a very unfair one, grounded, as it is, upon neither law nor equity. It is virtually attempt to deprive the Church of property which belongs to lier,- 7 -settled by ancient legal enactment, and hallowed by long-possessed prescriptive right. But it is more than this. It is also an effort to rob the poor, and to enrich the wealthy. " If," says Dr. PALEY, " there is one place more than another where. a poor man may feel hiniself upon an equality with his more late neighboUr, it is'in the Parish Church We only wish this were more exactry true, and practically correct. But the principle exists Theoretically, every LINSEED, HEIIIP.-., DYEWOODS.—No sales. DRYSALTERIES, &c.—A few eases white Pens. : 'Aryls, at 965. to 975. 6d. per cwt. 120 bags line Palmero Sumac (Ingham's) at 14s. 90 cases and casks of Sierra Leone Guncopal at 625. to 1455. per cwt. for low to fair. 200 tons Brimstone 3rds, to arrive, at £8 ss. Nitrate of Soda steady, at 14s. 6d. to 15s. 6d? 105 bass Calcutta Saltpetre 6a per cent. at 375. 6d. Pot Ashes, 265. 6d.; Pearls, 28s. per cwt. _ _ _ • _ _ _ _ OILS, &6.—Nlm, £44 10s. to £45 P.Y.C. Tallow, 58s. to 58s. 6d ; Olive firm at late advance ;_ Lard rather dearer; 20 casks Gingelly Oil, at 31s. to 325. ; nothing reported in Rosin, Common 4s. 3d. Spirits of Turpentine dearer ; 50 brls sold on the spot, at. 365..; and 100 brls., to arrive, at 355. 6d. per cwt. PIG IRON.—Nothing done; sellers, at 51s. 6d. cash ; 525. one month ; and 525. 6d. three months opeli.; 'with buyers at 51s. 6d., one mouth open. LONDON MINING MARKET, -SEPTEMBEIt 22 The Mining Market remains firm, with a good amount of buSiness. Great Wheal Vor shares are in demand, and are marked in the Stock ExChange 11. The other transactions have been principally in shares in Carn Brea, Camborne Vean, Par Consols, Wheal Margaret, Providence, Great South Tolgus, and Herodsfoot mines. steady in pric MANCHESTER CORN MARKET.-SEP7MBEI Market well attended good samples of English Wheat commanded an advance of ls. per quarter; French held for rise of 2d. per 70 lbs, but did not sell readily ; Flour 6d. per sack dearer, with a limited busi ness; Oats, a turn cheaper; new Oatmeal, declined Is. per load, whilst old was steady;, Egyptian Beans, no change,—English fell is. per quarter ; Indian Corn, a turn dearer DUBLIN CATTLE MARKET SEPTEMBER 22 A good supply of all kinds of stock, in prime quality. Beef realised late rates; nliddling and inferior difficult of sale. • Good Sheep made our quotations ; inferior lower, and a good number left unsold. Veal plentiful, and not much sought after. Wool a shade lower, and not much offering for sale. Beef, 455. to 465. per cwt. Mutton, 6d. to 60. per lb. ; Lambs, 16s. to 28s. ; Veal, 6d. to 7d. per lb. - CORK CORN 'MARKET.- . White Wheat, 19s. 6d. to 23 20s. 6d. ; Barley, 13s. 6d. to 165.; --SEPTEMBER 3s. ; lied ditto Oats, 7s. 6d. to 12 GLASGOW .IRON MARKET All 51s. 44d. to 51s. 6d. Market inert --SEPT GLASGOW CATTLE MARKET There was a larger number of cattle at market to day, sales extremely dull, and prices decidedly lower, particularly for middling and inferior sorts, which were more difficult to sell. The number of sheep were similar to last week, prices unchanged, and all sold. Lambs nearly out of season. Top Scotch cattle, 625. per cwt. ; top Irish, 58s. ; middling, 505. - ; inferior, 40s. to 455.'; mutton, 64d. per lb. 1,092 cattle, 6,722 sheep, and 2,147 lambs at market. •SEPTEMBEr The following appeared in a part of our impression of yesterday MANCHESTER SHARE MARKET Midlands, 104-4 ; Leeds, 951 ; Great Westerns, 601 1 Eastern Counties, 118. SEPT. 22 CORN AVERAGES. - (Week ending Sept. 17th, 1859.) Wheat, 41s. 11d.; Barley, 355..3d.; Oats, 21s. 7d. Rye, 30s. 6d.; Beans, 40s. 4d. ; Peas, 38s. Bd. BOROUGH HOP MARKET.—SEPT. 22. Fine new Hops selling steadily: other kinds slowly, at yesterday's quotations. Duty is called £285,000. LONDON TALLOW MARKET.—SEPTEMBER 22. Very firm on fresh news from Petersburg. Shipments going on very slowly. Russians had stored . 22,000 casks. Spot 57s 6d to 57s 9d ; September alone, 57s 9d offered ; Oct. and Dec., 58s, buyers : 6d more asked. METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET.---SEer. 22. The supplies of Beasts and Sheep moderate, and the trade for them is slow, at Monday's currency. Calv es, the supply of which is limited, are in fair request, at very full prices ; and Pigs fully maintain their value. Beef 2s 8d to 4s 8d 1 Veal 34 4d to 4s 8d Mutton 3s Od to 5s Od Pork 3s Od to 4s 6d Lamb Os Od to Os Od Blbt. „ foreign .. Cows... TOTAL SUPPLY. 1100 Calves - 3001 Foreigi Foreign foreign... 1800 1 LONDON PRODUCE MARKET.—SEPT. 22. COFFEE.—So far, public sales have gone at previous rates. Market steady. :Market quiet. Common congou quoted ls. 41d. to is. sd. RICE.-1,000 tons Necransie sold privately at 10s., being a full price. Market steady. Rum.—Firmer since Government contract has been. out. - §+LTPETRE. — Quiet. SUGAR.—No public sales. The market generally is better, with a tendency to' improvement. TO CORRESPONDENTS, A pr ssure of local and other important matter compels us to po one the communications of several correspondents. Und no circumstances can we insert communications not accompanied by the author's real name and address, not necessarily for publication, but as a guarantee of good faith. Short letters are encouraged on matters of public interest. They should be legibly written on one side of the paper only, and contain (in confidence) the writer's name and address. rid)4t tlort4triT `'Jitats FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1859 THE DAY'S NEWS. A proposal has been submitted to the British Association, at the hands of the Prince Consort, for the establishment of a " Humboldt foundation for physical science and travels," in furtherance of which his Royal Highness has liberally given a contribution of a hundred pounds. It was ori glinted in Germany but there is eveit-probabi lity of its' being taken up.warmly by the scientific portion of our countrymen, as it has already been most favourably received by the Association. We have already notified the resolution of the British Association to have its meeting next year at Oxford. We further learn, that . Lord Wrot tesley will be the President of the Association on that occasion.. ' It appears that three transport ships have already been selected to convey troops to Alex andria, for the overland route to China,—in addi tion to a screw-steamer gun-vessel that has already left with the first squadron .for that country. The latest reports about the Italian question only confound one more and more. Some of them are called "corrected reports." One of the latter states that the Count of Flanders (King Leopold's son) is to have the whole three Italian Duchies. . We report in our columns to-day an event of _no unimportant local interest, in giving publicity to the proceedings connected with the First Annual Show of horses, cattle, sheep, and other stock, together with seeds, roots, and implements, under the auspices of the Wirral Farmers' Club, which was held yesterday at Rock Ferry. The. show of stock and produce was good, and so far as can be judged from the appearance of the show-yard, and the proceedings at the dinner, which took place at the close of the exhibition, there seems good reason to congratulate the gentlemen who have taken an interest, and no doubt much trouble, to establish this club, on the success Which has attended their efforts.- Further information from the United States favours the belief that the misunderstanding as to the island of St. Juan has arisen out of a desire, on the part of General Harney, to protect the white settlers from the savages, who were com mitting most atrocious murders. Nothing inimi cal to the British Government was intended by such a movement, it is said. If this be so, little -difficulty appears to stand in the way of an amicable adjustment of the dispute. The arrival yesterday. of the Blue Jacket from Melbourne, with 36,000 ounces of gold and 11,000 sovereigns, is a &attire in the general business of this port which, without in itself impuging the arrangements, leads us once more to regret that the Australian Mail service has been removed from Liverpool. parishioner is entitled to a free sitting in the church of his parish. is only hypothetically shows us, is That it so, as our experience a gross abuse, which lye must seek to remedy. 'Church-rates are intended to support those material fabrics of the Church, which the piety and. munificence of our forefathers have built and endowed ; so that the poor may have preserved to them such con secrated edifices, and the same may be kept in repair by their wealthier brethren. JOHN BRIGHT, and those other hostile dissenters who so persistently advocate the total abolition of Church-rates, would really take away this great privilege from the poor man, in order to fill their own pockets with the money of the Church that provides it. One good result, however, of this onslaught by dissenters is, that attention has been more universally directed to the adoption of open pews and free sittings ; whereas, until now, such a return to a right principle has been too apt to be regarded as the symbolism of a mere party in the Church. •By Lord BLAND FORD'S Act, every churcli must put aside half the seats as free. Yet why, we ask, should any be closed to the worshippers who congregate there ? And again—wllieh half is it that is too gener ally appropriated to 'the poor ? Is it not the worst situated, and -the most incommodious, whether for the purposes of public worship, or the hearing of the preacher ? We advocate, there fore, the open-pew system in its integrity, and its entirety, in all our churches, throughout the length and breadth of the land. We maintain that " first come first served" should be the rule in every church, and that no line of demarcation should ever be drawn that would be offensive to the feelings of a poor man, by forcing him into a position which publicly proclaims, if not his relative, or his absolute pauperism, yet his worldly inferiority, not to say his social de gradation,—and this in the house of Him who is no respecter of persons, and before Whom rich and poor meet together on terms of perfect equali ty in such respects. This point was very happily and forcibly dilated upon by the Rev. Mr. TAY LOR, of St. John's, at the meeting we refer to. The Dissenters,—at least, such as are most pro minently hostile to the Established Church, — profess to have a conscientious objection to the payment of Church-rates--that it is supporting a religious system, of which they do not approve, and of which they wish to get rid. And, more over, the sum, they pretend, that they want the Church to give up is so trifling—only some £300,000 per annum. But the sum is really not so unimpor tant as they would represent it, since at the ordinary rate of legal interest, it would repre sent a capital of £3,000,000 ; an amount which, if ChUreh-rnteS are to be abol - Aed, we should be glad to see voted as a compensation for them, and which in all justice and equity ought to be done : it would relieve the Dissenter of all recurrent violence done to his conscience annually, would allay all the heartburnings upon this vexatisslina qutestio, and afford an opportunity of abetter adjust ment of the amount set apart for the maintenance by the State of the fabrics of the National Church. We should. prefer some such modification as this to the irritation which the discussion, upon this topic ever and anon provokes in the House of Com mons and in the country to say nothing of such an unbecoming and lamentable spectacle as that which the dispute has lately exhibited, of two venerable and experienced statesmen so disgrace. fully, for the paltry and petty triumph of party, and the transient possession of power, repudia ting their long-cherished and often-expressed convictions, and voting for the abolition of what they always professed to consider the just and legal rights of that Church in whose arms they were born, and in whose bosom, as Christians, they must hope and desire to die. There are many queStions which Conservatives and Liberals will be at issue upon, in the coming session of Parliament. One of these, of course, will be, as hitherto, the subject of Church-rates. To quote the words of the Morning Herald : " It must never be forgotten, that this attack " upon Church-rates is, in point of fact, the first " step towards a vigorous attempt to separate " Church and State, and to apply to secular uses " all national property now held in trust by the " United Church of England and Ireland.' thing short of this will satisfy the opponents of the Church, whether sectarian or infidel. With a Barabbas-like acquisitiveness they seek to mis- appropriate property which the late Sir ROBERT PEEL emphatically declared > belonged solely and exclusively to the. Church,—an authority; certainly, of no mean or trifling character—the opinion of one of the most distinguished practical statesmen of our country. Much more might be said upon the Church ind most forcibly said- rate question,— —if a contrast were drawn between the parochial and voluntary principles of the Church and dissent. We reserve its further discussion to another occasion T IT is something to find out that the Financial Reform Association have assumed a false position in the first. instance. We can then understand why they often Carry tolerably sound reasoning to dangerous issues ; and, by the ordinary law of sophisms, are deceived, by the correctness of the propess, into absurd .conclusions. If we put rich and poor on different sides, and impute to them wholly dissimilar interests, and independent aims we may easily strike the balance between them It is then only necessary to concentrate every effort in order to work a compensation for the ine- qualities of fortnno, and to throw every advantage, into the weaker scale. But if the bowidaries•be- tween the two classes refuse so abrupt a definition; if their interests are associated, and run the one into the other, in a thousand close and inextrica ble ways ; then we must see that the social scheme needs a more delicate handling than this, and cannot be wholly measured, or distributed, or harmonised, by the rule of a narrow-minded When the Financial Reformer tells us that the Revenue of the country is divisable: into two branches, in one of which the lower classes of this country are in no way interested, otherwise than that they are compelled to contribute to it it = is fair to ask for what item of expen diture the national taxation is employed, which is not national in its necessities and. in its results ? A very great prOliortion we -know goes to pay the interest upon that national debt which, was incurred in putting a stop to the ravages of a great and unscrupulous conqueror, of which we were about to be the next victims. Mr. BRIGHT, indeed, tells us that this was a war of the artistocracy. Mit the national feeling of the time, the universal traditions of Englishmen, are a suf ficient answer to the foolish calumny. Was it no concern of the working-classes that this country should not be trodden under the iron hoof of NAPO LEON ? Would its trade and manufactures, and all the resources which feed, and support, and remu.: nerate industry, have not suffered almost to extinc tion, in a struggle for life or death at our own doors ? When we had succeeded in repelling the bold invader ; and, in setting ourselves to repair the multiplied evils which an almost universal suspension of comm9ice and cultivation had en tailed; will these vain and captions sophisters venture to say, that we should not at this day have been far behind our present stage of pro -that wealth would have been as abundant' gress— and therefore happiness as widely diffused; that, in short, the social machine would have worked as freely and easily as now ? No one can be more con cerned in the-preservation of our colonies and our ships than the working classes of the country ; and therefore it will scarcely be thought a hazardous remark, that they are not wholly uninterested in the provision of a navy and an army to pro tect them. But though the position, that the protection of property and life are two distinct and independent objects of taxation, in one of which only the poorer classes of the people are at all concerned, is manifestly untenable, yet we may be told that the direct possession of property may suggest the most equitable adjustment of the public burdens. Here there is certainly the prospect of something Practicable. The line of argument which assumes that tea is taxed for the " protection " of tea, coffee for the " protection" of coffee, and so on, is briefly answered and exposed by the very obvious consideration, that the defence of the nation, that SEPTEMBER 23, 1851 the maintenance and progress of the various means' of social happiness and employment, that in fact . -the efficient government and wise directiOn of evei branch of the bodypolitic,- is supported by the general revenue of the country. Let us all, without petty divisions of imperial interests, admit this' truth, plain enough to be .called a maxim, and. we , can then address ourselves with something of good-will and sYmpathy to the -questions,—WhaP is the best way to raise this revenue P What fs the most equitable proportion in which the classes of the community can be called upon to con- tribute ? That there are inequalities in the present system, we repeat, is undeniable. That it is de sirable to modify as much as possible a system, which perhaps is open to the charge of turning" into a reason for larger demands, the very cir-- cumstances which make the tax-payer the more . unable to meet them, may be admitted. But to, shoe• the difficulty in obtaining this object, for- tunately our new instructors are themselves sufficient. No mode of taxation - can be so exposed to this charge of pressing unduly upon those who are least able to meet its increased demand as a capitation tax.. Yet this is the substitute for pre' sent modes of taxation, so far as the poor are concerned, which the Financial Reform Associa- tion suggest! We shall not offer to canvass its expedience. We merely remind its suggester, that it is open to the very objection upon which in some measure they base their argument s a gainst indirect taxation. The man with a large family, who is less able to pay a single tax than another with none at all, is called upon to pay the same tag five or ten times multiplied. The man too with out a fixed income, living from hand to mouth, spending his pence as he makes them, is unable to control his expenditure, or even, as is some times the least irksome alternative offered to penury, for a time suspend his ordinary desires, in order to proportionalise his earnings escape as much as possible the burden of taxation, Let our agitators, then, at least learn to escape the snare of extreme theories and abrupt conclu sions. It is quite possible, if they will look at the subject as men of common sense and not as transcendentalists, they may effect much practica l good. But if they begin by applying the short and decisive tests of their logic to the round about expedients of public policy, they ma y end by destroying everything and constructing 11°' thing NOTES OF THE DAY. The report that has been current in Paris, of the Emperor having suggested that the second son of the King of the Belgians' should have the crown of Tus cany, and the Archduke Maximilian be entrusted with the sovereignty of the united provinces of Parma uhu Modena, is now said to be nothing more than a French canard,—or, as we less polished Englishmen would call it, —a piece of humbug. It is quite passible, indeed more than probable, that the mere fact of King Leopold having been closeted with the Emperor Louis Napoleon n: cn Get of tho- difputei.ho suggested it, and that there has been no other g round for it whatever. Certainly, such an. arrangement would be anything but carrying out the establishment of " Italian independence," or " Italian nationality," o r any other explication of what the French Emperor 11 35 been amusing the Italians by persuading them was the darling object of his interference in their behalf. i t the same time, it is most desirable that the disput e should be settled in some way or other as speedily 0 . 5 possible. The present state of things in Italy is a nl est undesirable one ; and the sooner it is put an end ter the better for Italy and for Europe at large. - If not canards, like the report we h a ve j us t remarked upon, there is little doubt that many of the rece nt speculations, as to the real intentions o f the Frenc h Emperor regarding Italy, have been very baseless --er ' q_any rate, very suppositious. Very likely hiS Wiest): has had it all settled, in his own mind, long ago ; 133 he is not one of those who foreshows his plans, or w ile takes into his confidence even his own councillor s, moment before it is necessary to have their co-operation' One of the recent reports connected with Italian 0 3° ' which has been generally believed, was that of an approaching meeting between the Emperors 'of Fra nc t and Austria at the Castle of Arenenberg ; 1)1.1 4- this, it now appears, was altogether a supposition, ,0 not a mere invention ; for the compt ro ller of Castle denies that he has received any directions to prepare it for such a visit ; and it is scarcely likely tha t the two Imperial personages would meet there, wit ll° , ll e . the place being made ready for them. It is true t" ) , , idea may have been entertained, but abandoned ; it 11/11 ,t now have been rendered unnecessary by the receo.., interviews of the Sardinian and French AmbassadePtf at Berne, with the plenipotentiary from Austria,- -er e , tb the still more important interview of the King O f Belgians with the Emperor of the French. But, be tbi as it may, it would now seem that Arenenberg Cast le not - at present to be honoured by an Imperial visit. the The confirmation of our worst conclusions as t o ers , fate of Sir John Franklin and his fellow-exPl er a r which we Yesterday communicated in a portion ot ter impression, and which we now give at g re cer length, however important it may be, as such , og roboration, will yet have very much the effect o f op e n to out afresh wounds which time was already beginn il i te a close; and, on this account, it is perhaps to be reg re he d, that any such intelligence should have been Pu bli p 3 be lf There could be no reasonable doubt as to the welatlvfall fate of those brave, but most unfortunate, voyagers.o.eue four years ago the American expdition that was s e ' er et t rously sent out in search of Franklin and his gallant .d e at obtained information from which it was quite es °' that they had all perished ; and this, it may b e 01" hat bered, was so completely confirmed by a disee i r s , ice was afterwards made through the instrumen tal it of the Hudson's Bay Company, that there ,tany not be remaining the slightest vestige of hop e t of them had escaped the rigours of the climate i% is, of they found themselves destitute and powerless. o re, course, satisfactory to have assurance made doll s an as to the abandonment, for instance, of the B re of the as well as regarding the precise perio d facto ryt l a mented death of Sir J o h n Franklin,—otls it ex' though in a very melanch o ly sense ; no t becau se al ter"' tinguishes for ever a ll h ope regar di ng that Arctic erons prise, but as setting at rest a point which some y_ o . or- - might still be di s p ose d to di spu t e , an d also settlui h i s tai.TP tain details concerning it which, as matters of hi be if not of geo gra ph y lik ew i se , it w ere desirable shoo dete7mined. ex tolling Some of our con t emporar i e s, we observe , ar c iated u s anon the utilitarian views of the Premier, a s en_ dahisy.raill:acyonsnpeecectihonatwAitnhdroavilevir,awyheinchterpwqri nzaeri°taitcilrbeitiFyst; of necessity, be a great deal that is util" t be ab s°ltltell: do not see how, on that account, it can