Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-12-16 00:00:00

" FOR SALE, ' The beautiful bargie • ARBITRATOR ; * '`.k\ Length, 142 feet 9-10ths ; breadth, 30 feet ; depth, „1, t 4,, 19 feet. 587 tons register, and 607 tons O.M. This . superior vessel was launched at Quebec, this year, having been built under special inspection, of the best materials, and is classed in Hull for seven years (see Lloyd's Register, in Supplement No. 49) ; she is well finished, her spar s, anCl rigging are of the best quality and dimensions, has two neat houses on deck for officers and crew, will carry a large cargo cot a moderate draft of water, sails well, will stand"without ballast, and be found on inspection to possess the good qualities of a most useful merchant ship,' and at the same time tightly in appearance : lying in Brunswick Dock. For further particulars apply to CHARLES SAUNDERS. mwf FOR SALE, The handsome and superior Ship MAXWELL; Length, 168 feet 3-10ths ; breadth, 85 feet 6-10ths _, , 1.„f1,4,4 depth, 22 feet 7-10ths. 1,000 tons register, and 1,026 tons o.m. ; built in 1858, at Quebec, of the best materials, principally well-seasoned heckmatac, under special inspection of Lloyd's surveyor and a competent person seat from this country; is classed in Hull for seven years (see Lloyd's Register, in Supplement No. 35); has a full poop and eabm, neatly fitted up, and topgallant forecastle, with ample space for crew; spars and rigging well proportioned, and of the best quality, and is well finished in hull ; will carry a very large eargo on a moderate draft of water, sails well, shifts without ballast, and will be found on inspection a strong, well-fastened, and faithfully-built vessel, possessing the best qualities of a first-rate merchant ship : lying in Brunswick Dock. Apply to CHARLES SAUNDERS. mwf 6zlnmextial .'4s. THIS ' DAT This• Day (Friday,) the 16th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the . Brokers' (Mice ' 5, Exchange-building:4, 225 Bags RAPESEED, -I,o2o:Bags DITTO, all ex Tippo Saib, from 'Calcutta; lying in 4lbert - Dock Ware houses, Nos. 2 and 3. • Apply t SALISBURY, TURNER, &, GRItY,-Brokers'• This Day (Friday,) the ipth inst an t, at T we l ve o ' click, at • the 81 - 3 , .ters Office, 2, Dale-Street., • 7,:341 BUFFALO HORNS, ex. Melbourne, in Albert Dock. • Apply to • BROWNE, TIUNTEIt, and CO., Brokers. This Day ;Friday,', the 16th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' Office, 2; Dale-street, ' - 220 Bales Bombay HEMP, About 6. cwt. Loose Ditto. BROWNE, HUNTER, & CO., Brokers. Apply to This Day (Friday,) lath instant, at Twelve o'clock Noon,d'on the Quay, west :ride Brunswick Dock, Liverpool, 471 Logs White PINE TDIBER, containing 33,168 feet 20 „ White PINE, of fine epiality, 9 9 1,144 „ 60 „ BEAMFILLING, „ 2,463 „ 28 „ OAK TIMBER, '.• „ 2,087 „ 4 .1 „ Small OAK TIMBER, „ •„ 145 „ 34 ~ Red PINE TINIBER, . . „ 1,795 „ 17 „ TAMAIIAC, 619. „ 1000 Pieces Bright SPRUCE DEALS, 12 x 9 x 3, ' 65 , ~ ..Bright PLNE DEALS, 12 x 9 x'3, and broad, 2400 • „ Standard STAVES, 2,0 „ 0 ~- 0 , 18 Cords HEMLOCK 4-feet LATHWOOD, being•the cargo now landing ex Minesota fromQuebze. Apply to . On account of the importers. A. F..& D. MA OKAY, Brokers and Measurers, East Side Queen's Dock, Foot of Parliament-street, Liverpool This, Day. (Friday.) the 16th instant, (in addition to the woods already advertised,) on the Quay, east side Brunswick Dock, 79 Logs OAK TIMBER, containing 5,190 feet, - -10 Cards Merchantable HEMLOCK 4-feet LATHWOOD, now landing- ex Hannah ,Moore, from Quebec. On account of the importer. Apply to A. F. & D. MACKAY, Brokers and Measurers,, Fast side Queen's Dock, Foot of Parliament-street, Liverpool. ' NEXT WEEK, To close an account. On'Ttiesday next, the 20th instant, ,at Har-past One o'clock, • at the Brokers' Office, Chapel-street, 150 Tons Upper Peruvian GUANO, per Envelope. Apply to GILIFFITII, SONS, & PALETHORPE, Brokers. On Ti cklay next, 'the 20th instant, at Twelve 4:clock, at • . the Brokers' Office, Chanel-street, . 70 Tierces Jamaica COFFEE. %Apply, to, Messrs. Bernard Hall, and Co., Merchants ; or to • GRIFFITII, SONS, & PALETHORPE, Brokers, tha r Tuesday next, the e r t e h ke i r n s tN, ce at Twelve o'clock, at 500 Bales Mauilla ITEM, all faults. Apply to T. and IT. LITTLEDALE and CO., Brokers. On Tuesday next, the 20th instant at One o'clock, at the Broker's Office, 16, Exchange-buildings, • 31 emes Para INDIARUBBER, 96 Bags Per Isabella Svott ; lying in Johnson's, Brook;street. Apply to Messes. Drake, Kleinwort, and. Cohen, Merchants; - or to J. H. RAYNER & CO., Brokers. On Tuesday next, the 20th instant, at Half-past Twelve o'Clock, at the. Brokers' Office, 2, Dale-street, 200 Bags Bombay LINSEED, 200 „ , RAPESEED, 134 „ TE EL SEE D, 40 ' , „ Common SEED. BROWNE, HUNTER & CO., Brokers. Apply to On' Wednesday next, the 21st instant, at Twelve o'clock, at ..' at the Brokers' Office, 2, bale-street, - 250 Bales GAMBIER, all faults, '" ' 100 Bales Bombay MADDER-ROOTS, all faults, 51 Bale:: „ DITTO, Gartlings, 189 Bags ~. DITTO, 700 Bags MYRABOLAMS. Apply to BROWNE, HUNTER, & CO., Brokers. INOutWednesday next, the 21st instant, at Tseelve o'clock, at the Public Sulemon., , • 500 Bags SALTPETRE, , 572 Bags MYRABOLAMS. Apply to T. and H. LITTLEDALE and CO., Brokers. Oh Sate. NOTTINGHAM ALE. This celebrated ALE is brewed expressly for Families, and may be had in casks of 9, 18, and 36 gallons. Apply to JOHN SHELTON, Sole Agent. Stores : 68, Hanover-street, corner of Wood-street. 78f19 ON SALE, SAL AMMONIAC, SALTS OF TARTAR, GLAUBER SALTS, Ready packed for Export. GEORGE WILLIAMS, 32, Dale-street ftssels irn 211 e. Apply to FOR SALE, BY PRIVATE TREATY, The well-known Chepstow-built Brig ELINOR CHAPMAN, s 4!"/ coppered. and.copper-fastened ; 293 tons For further particulars apply to CHARLES CALLIS, 2. New Wapping • or On board, to CAPTAIN FRANCES; Coburg Dock. 8417 FOR SALE, BY PRIVATE TREATY, The Fine British-built Barque CONRAD, A l. coppered and copper-fastened, 328 tons I .x.x.m. Now lying in the West India Export Dock, London. For further particulars apply to Suart and Simp son, 9, Clement's-lane, Lombard-street, London; or to CHARLES CALLIS, 2, New Wapping, Liverpool. east b)1 Unless previously Sold by Private Bargain. On Tuesday, the 10th January next, at the Office of the Clyde and Mediterranean Packet Company (Limited,) Madeira buildings, Glasgow, The Screw-steamer Sr. ELMO, 181 tons nett, 266 tons gross register. Further particulars, and orders for inspection, may be had on application, at the Company's • Office, to THOMAS MEIKLE. , , CURRY, KELLOCK, and CO., ~ • BROKERS F OR THE SALE AND PURCHASE jr....etis4\ OF SHIPS.AND S TEAMERS, SHIP VALUERS 4, AND APPOINTED BROKERS To THE HIGH COURT OF ADMIRALTY Walmer-buildings, . _ • Water-street. ROBERT A. MUNN and co ADMIRALTY BROKERS, " • MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL. LIVERPOOL, Thursday Evening. In the Cotton Market to-day a fair amount of business was transacted, but as there was an evi dent desire on the part of holders to sell, no im provement in prices took place. The sales amounted to 10,000 bales, of which 3,000 were for export or taken on speculation. In the LiVerpool Share Market there was again a good deal of buoyancy, business con tinuing good during the whole of the day, and. the market closing at its best point, with an improving 'tendency. Great Westerns, powers,, and Midlands were in request. The transactions included Birkenheads at 781 ; Caledonian,.93l, 1 ; Eastern Counties, 111 ; Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee, 30! t ; Great Northern, 107 Z ; Great Western, 60 . -4 1 a 1 1- 70;, Lancashire and and Yorkshire, 1001 109 g 100 ; Lancaster and Carlisle Con. Stock, 202 ; Lancaster and Preston, 491 p. ; London and North-western, 99 8i 9 ; do. 1-shares, 7-16 d. ; Manchester, Shef field,rand Lincoln, 371 1 8 1 8; Midland, 109 c.; North-eastern--Berwick Stock, 951';, North Staf fordshire, 31d..; South-eastern, 25 3-16 ti 3-16, 3-16 c. -1 , 3161- 3 : 16 ; Warrington and Southport,' B;r i ; Grand Trunk of Canada, 101 13-16 ; Great Luxembourg Five per Cent. Oblig., 31 ; Preston and Wyre 1-shares, No. 4, 23 ; Liverpool and London Fire and Life Insurance, 7 1-16 p. CLOSING PRICES. Chester & B'head 784 781 N. E:Ber. c. Stock 95 3 961 Caledonian .. 931 93:1 Yorkcapital Stock 791 79 E. Counties 1113-16 11 . 4 Leeds Stock :... 49 49* G. N. Stock .. .. 106,1107* S. East. .... 258 26 3-16 Great Westerns:. 691 70 Dutch Rhenish ..5 ad qd Lan. and York ..100 100 1 Gt. Luxem. .... 71 71 Ln.i& Nor. West. 99 991 G. T. Cana. . 101 101 „ -k-shares 7-16 I,d G.W.Ca,n.l3 9- . 16 13 11-16 M. S. and Lincoln 38 381 new shares. •6& 68d 'MidlandStock —lO9/ 109* Buffalo & L. Huron 48 5 N. British Stock .. 621 62* Great Ship .. 11 0 12 0 N. Stafford LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE. I• Thursday Evening. The Market for English Securities was firmer . in tone. The Bank rate of discomSt was not altered, and although no great amount of business was done in stock, Consols were quoted at a higher figure than that at which they closed yesterday. At the close of business, however, they exhibited indications of greater weakness, although not in that respect exceeding what had been 'experienced at an earlier period of the day. The Market continues firm, Consols being 95ii, 951. The New Threes and Reduced are , 95 3 ., 951. Exchequer Bills, 28s. prem. India ilsahearttssi.oct Q'TI 071 • oriel sli++n M.CrUT T-et" Account, 1044- 1041 cx div. New Indian Five per Cent. Loan is firmer, being pioted . lo4-1 tot. Shares of Ocean Marine Insurance are marked at 11 to 1.1 pm. In, the English Railway Share Market greater firmness was exhibited in the current prices, Which in several instances again advanced. Cale donian, Eastern Counties, and Berwieks are per cent. higher ; Great Western have improved fully 1 per cent., and South Eastern 1 per cent. • The market for Foreign Securities has been operated in to a moderately fair amount, and on the whole values were steadily maintained. Mexicans have realised 22i. Spanish are firm, at 45i. Original Turkish have been dealt in at 77, and the New Sixes at 66 to 66.1. The quotatiou for French Rentes at ten minutes past twelve was 70f. 60c., the market stated to be rather firm. The Norfolk has arrived in the Channel from Melbourne, with 68,000 ounces of gold worth £272,000. THS rVNDS.-CLOSING PRICES. Consols, Money. Bank Stock.... 227 9 Ea c e c ci o uer t itillE; g ill 301 Three per Cents 951 I RAILWAY SHARES. Amb. Not. &E. J 61 Lancas. & York.loo4 Caledonians . . .93 L. &N. West... 99fr s Dutch Rhenish . . L. and S. West.. 98 - Eastern Counties. 581 t Leeds Northern.. 48/ 9 East Lancashire. Man. Sheff. & Lin 371 81 Edinburgh & Glas 81 82 Midland Stock —lO9l Great Northem 1061 7 North British ... 62 f „ A. 95 96 N. Staffordshire.. - Gt. Westerns.... 70 H S.E. & Dover .. 83-k 4 G.W.Cana 137 York,N.& B. .. 95 6 Gd. Tk. Canada lOl t, York &N. Mid... 791 80 Gt. S. and West. 111 113 The following appel impression of yesterday gyred in a part of our THE GREAT SHIP COMPANY. The terms granted by the directors of the 'Great Ship Company for a loan of £40,000, for six months, on mortgage of the Great Eastern, are 71 per cent. per annum. The lender is Mr. M‘lienzie. . RAILWAYS. • The Times city article says, the railway market con- tinues to show considerable animation, and in nearly all the leading lines a further rise has taken place. Lan cashire and Yorkshire has advanced to par. The four great railways north and south of London, viz., the Great Western, London and North-western, the Brighton and South-western, have , agreed to make t e ll s ! 3'Nie links across the Thames'and elsewhere, to shares tablis uis h c t ommunication between the whole. The Great West ern of a city " mim ye sterday , on the proba bilities=cation. COMMERCIAL. The liabilities of the Prance_Bele Surefinery , at M ars eilles, amount to £500,000. one the loss will fall on London. The Times says it is stated that a degree of anima tion pervades, in the absence of business, throughout the country rarely witnessed in December. The non-confirmation of the recent rumour that the Moscow Railway had been purchased from the Ru ss i a , Government by Messrs. Rothschild has caused a relapse in the St. Petersburg exchange. The rates of freights are reported very firm. The orders by the Australian mails, though not large, were considered to amount to a fair average, and the price of £4 to £4 10s. per ton register is fully maintained for ships to that quarter. The transports for conveying stores to China are all fast steamers, and are expected to perform the voyage to Hong-Kong under 80 days. Each of the vessels, it is stated, is hired for six months certain, at the rate of iZ1;6110 - per rittinth,..the entire consumption of Inel to - be At the cost of the Government. MONEY. MARKET, &c; The announcement of a sum to be raised for-dockyard fortifications cadged English' funds to open this morning at a decline of 8, but the market was again firm at the close, the feeling of political confidence "being strength ened rather than weakened by' each symptom of defensive vigour. The demand for discount to-day has been less active. — Times. • Although considerable buoyancy was shown in some departments of Stock Exchange, funds, to-day were flat. The principal feature of the, day's business, however, was a very animated demand, which sprung up in the after noon for British railway stocks, leading to a general and marked rise in prices. There were no transactions in bullion at the Bank to-day.—Daily IVews. . LIVERPOOL COTTCN MARKET.—DEc. 15, There has been a fair business , in cotton to-day; •but with an evident desire to sell, no change can be noticed in prices. The sales, including, 160 Pernambuco, at 71d to 81d ; 240 Bahia, 7d ; 26 Maranham, 91d; 200 Egyptian, 8d to 91d; 3,000 Surat, 4d to 57d; are reported 10,000 bales, of which 3,000 are on speculation and for export.— LIVERPOOL PRODUCE MARSET.—DEcT 15. , SUGAR.—The demand is confined to West ' India descriptions, of which 46 hhds. Demerara are reported at 395. to 395. 9d., with 80 bags_ grainy, all faults, at 44s._.3d—to_44s, 6d., 50 hhds, Barbadoes -at 375. 6d., ex quay, 65 hhds. Surinam at 375. 9d. to 405.; and 35:1thds. Porto Rico at 425, 3d. to 445. per cwt. MOLASSES.—The sales. consist of ..200,,nuncheons Antigua at 18s. Gd., and 100 puncheons clayed Cuba at 14s. per cwt. from the quay. COFFEE.-50 tierces ,Samaica have changed., hands at steady prices. busiaess is confined to 800 bags Bengal at fls. 3d. to 125., and 600 bags Ballam, all faults, at Bs. 6d. per cwt. for fait clOs. . . PmIENTo.-350 bags have realised 34-d. to 31d. per lb. LINSEED.-1,100 bags (single bags) Bombay, at 51s. per quarter. SAGO FLOiTit,--50 hags, at 15s: 6d. : per ewt: . DMVOODS.-60 tons St. Dorripigo LOgwcßid, at-£5 ton, T r ; . . DRVSALTida.9; &c.=lo casks Of Cream of Tartar, at 130 s. 150 bags Palermo Sumac, at 12s 6d. 250 bags Divi Divi, at 12s Ad. 100 Vales heated Gambier, at 16s. - 16 cakes of African Beeswax, at £8 10s•tO £Blss. 20 tons Nitrate of Soda, at 14s 9d to 16s per cwt Small sales of 3rds and 2nds Brimstone, CI £B'los to £9 respectively. : Pearl Ashes, 27s 6d to 28s ; .Pefi 27S '3d to 27s Gd. 40 bales Turkey Madder-roots, 52s 6d. 57 packages Sierra Leone Gum Copal, at 595, to 145 s per cwt. Orns, &c.—Palm, £44 lOs to £45. Olive firm, and in fair demand, 28s 6d refused for Linseed Oil ;in town - casks.. 650 brls common Rosin, 4s ld to 45,2 d. Spirits of Turpentine, small sales, 34s per cwt. LIVERPOOL AGRICUL7 s. d. ' £. d. Hay, old Ditto, new 0 91 n 11 Ditto, clover 0 :.. 0 11 Green Clover Vetches 0 0 ...0 0 Straw, wheat Ditto, oat Gift°, barley 0 4 0 41- Oats, in ,straw 0 0 ... 0 0 Potatoz, flukes 3 3 ... 3 6 tRAL MARKET, DEC. 15 3. d. s. d. -Pototos, kemps 3 6 to 3 '8 Do. Seedlings. 2 4 ... 2 8 Do. whiterbeks 2 4 .. 2 6 Do. Balshaw . 0 0 0 0 Do. Beldrums. 0 0 0 0 Do. cattle 0 0 . 0 0 Turnips 22 0 ' ...21 0 Carrots Mangelwurzel2l 0 ...23 0 Manure 5 0 6 6 LONDON PRODUCE MARKET.---DEc. 15. SuoAn.—The market continues very firm, and full prices are paid. Refined, prices are again rather dearer; brovEn_ amps 515..6d.. -- COFFEE.-1 3 1antation Ceylon was not at extreme rates; low' middling and middling, 645. 6d. TEA.—The demand has rather imprbved, and the business done is at a slight improvement Rica:—ln moderate request; while'Bengal sold at lls. to lls. 3d.-; old Rangoon, 7s. ; new, 9s. 3d. SALTPETIM.--For. 120 bags, refraction 6A per cent, 38s. 6d. has been paid. . , LONDON TALLOW MARKET.---DEc. 15. J. Lel, th eauy Lo-tia), iil. Lau tutlie.aeu prium Town tallow, 555. 6d., net cash ; Petersburg Y.C., on the spot, 565. 9d. ; all the montla,s6s. 6d. ; January fo - March, 565. 3d..; March alone, 565. 6d. LONDON MINING- MARKET.—D9c. 15. In the Mining Market to-day there have been a few inquiries fOr East Basset shares, which have been dealt in in • the Stock Exchange at 125.- The price is now, however, rather flat, at 120 to 122 g. West Caradon are marked 72 and 721 ' and are quoted 71 to 73. Card borne Vean are quoted 325. 6d. to 355. ; .Tin Croft 5 to 51 ; Kelly Bray, 3i to 3'l ; Stray Park, 191- to 20+ and East Wheal Russell, Ili to - s . St. John del Rey Mining Shares are more inquired for, and have been dealt in at 19: - Great Northern Copper (South Australia) are quoted k to + prem. • • LONDON CORN AVERAGES. The average prices of Corn, imperial measure, in Eng land and Wales, for the week ending Dee: 10 :—Wheat, 435. 11d.; Barley, 355. 10d.; Oats, '2ls: 5d.; Beans, 41s. id.` ; ?eas, 395. Id. . 1 BOROUGH HOP MARKET.--DEC. 15. Market still very firm for nearly all new hops, and very few .sellers are coming forward, unless on higher terms. Yearlings steady in price. . . METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET.—Dac.. 15. To-day's - market was extensively supplied with beasts, for the most part in prime condition, and the beef less active at a decline of 4d. per 8 lbs. Sheep, calves, and pigs in good supply and slow request, at Monday's currency. Beef 3s 2d to 5s Od Veal 4e 2d to 5s 2d Mutton 3s 4d to 5s 4d Pork 3s 6d to 5s Od Lamb Os Od to Os Od I Bibs. TOTAL SUPPLY. Beasts • „ foreign ...... .. 250 Calves Cows foreign Sheep ,foreign • MANCHESTER CORN MARKET.—DEC. 15: Market slenderly attended by buyers. Wheat held firmly, and in some instances for rather more money, but the sales effected were very . limited. For Flour there was scarcely any inquiry ; prices, however, remain unchanged. Oats and Oatmeal ruled steady, and for the latter there was a better demand. English Beanii declined 6d. to ls. per quarter, but Egyptian no lower. Indian Corn was fully as deg" with rather more doing. MANCHESTER SHARE MARKET.—Dze. 15. Midlands, 1091; Trunks, 10i - I; Sheffields, 38; Lon dons, 98f I 9i; Dovers, 23 5-16 1, 1-16; Great Wes terns, 701. 4 a- 70. BIRMINGHAM CORN MARKET.—DEc. 15. This day's market was only moderately supplied with wheat, and speculators being eager to purchase, an advance of 6s. per qr. was realised on all descriptions. Barley dull, and rather cheaper. Oats taken in limited quantities, at quite as good prices. Beans and peas tending downwards. DUBLIN CATTLE MARKET.—DEC. 15. Full' Supply 'of stock at market to-day, a good deal Of which was of a secondary quality. Best beef and mutton realised former quotations, but middling and inferior lower, and a few left unsold. Veal a fair supply, and prices about as on this day week. Wool steady. Prime heifer and bullock lacr , f, 60s, to 68s. per cwt ; secondary and coarse beasts, '6ss. to 555. ; best wedder mutton, 6d. to 61d. ; inferior, sd. to 6d. ; veal, 7d. to Bd. CORK CORN MARKET.—DEc. 14. White Wheat, 275. to 28s. ; Red, 21s. 9d. to 255. ; Oats, 11s. Bd. to 14s. 6d. • GLASGOW IRON MARKET.—DEc. 15. No. 1, 565. to 565. 6d. ; Warrants, 51s. 3d. to 575. 6d. ' • Makers' Iron, 565. to 565. 3d. ; No. 3, 565, to 565. 3(1. Market easier. GLASGOW CATTLE MARKET.—DEC. 15. The number of Cattle in the market to-day amounted to 1,012, about the same as' last week, and the quality was much inaprovetl. The demand was rather dull, and prices a shade lower. The supply of Sheep was larger, there being 4,042 offered ; but sales not being so brisk, prices were rather under last quotations. • " THE DAY'S NEWS. The Calcutta and China mails have come to hand, and the more prominent points of the news they bring will be found under the proper head. There is nothing, however, of much political im portance by this arrival. In India they were preparing, to strengthen •the China expedition, which into include, we now learn, a strong force of Sikhs, and of which Sir. Hope Grant has accepted the command. It is 'said, however,'that it is a war not popular with the Indian officials. We have some particulars of the prepara,tions making at home for reinforcing the China expe dition: The completion of the transmission. .0 stores is now being effected, and apparently: with the best prospects of their being Made'epeedily available: The, steamers conveying them are all' swift, and are expected to perform the voyage in less than eighty days. From our third edition of yesterday it will be perceived that the little State of Baden is not quite so content under secular, religious dictation as the large State of Austria Proper was some years ago, though two-thirds of the inhabitants of the Grand Duchy, we are told, belong to the Roman Catholic Church, a great agitation has been roused among them against the Concordat. The Emperor off France has a brother in what, we suppose, even he ( considers something of a misfortune. Francis Joseph of Austria, like Louis Napoleon, dreads the criticism of the, newspaper press, and has 'found it necessary, to warn, a Hungarian journal ,to desist from too fervid aspirations after the independence of the scattered nationalities of the empire. Judging from the interview which took place on Wednesday between Prince M. -Metternich arid the Emperor of the French,—the Prince representing the Emperor of Austria,—the best un.derstanding would, now seem to prevail be tween the two Emperors. The Emperor Napo leon gave the Austrian Prince, indeed, his emphatic assurance, that he " has the firm hope that the relations which have been 'so happily re-established between the Emperor of Austria and himself cannot but become' more friendly by an attentive exa.inination_of the interests of the • two countries. 'Nay more, giving runner assurance that, " since he has seen the Emperor, he attaches great value to his personal friend ship." Let us hope for the interests of Europe that these were not unmeaning words of com pliment. • A commission of inquiry, appointed by the Bishop . of London, to investigate the circumstances connected with the mysterious birth, death, and burial of an illegitimate child, the of of Elizabeth Yorath, in the school-room at St. Philip's Church, Stepney, was opened yesterday. It may be remembered that the coroner's jury returned" a verdict to the effect - thdt the child died' of. inanition. They also expressed their opinion, founded on the evidence, that " the conduct of Elizabeth Yorath and the Rev. James Bonwell is highly censurable." The present inyestigation which is to inquire into the conduct of Mr. Bon well, is likely to prove a'searching one, and after a protracted sitting yesterday, the commissioners adjourned their sitting till to-day. We 'are glad to find that there is now then prospect of the Great Ship Company getting out of its difficulties. A loan of forty thousand pounds for six months, on Mortgage of the Great EaStern; at seven and a halrper cent. per annum has at length been effected ; and it is understood that this sum will be sufficient to complete the ship, and to fit her for crossing the Atlantic as soon as the season is -sufficiently favourable for such a trial trip. At the weekly meeting of the Health Com : . mittee, yesterday, several' matters of interest to' the community were brought forward and dis cussed. Among these may' be mentioned the proposal of Mr. Crellin to circulate copies of the bye-laws relative to buildings, among the parties most inimediately interested. A misapprehension with respect to these bye-laws is said to prevail among builders. If this be so; and.' as 'the Health Committee and its officers can have no object in ' view, except a care for the public health and convenience, the more widely the bye-laws are, disseminated, and discussed, and understood, the better. Another matter of importance will be found in the report on " lodging-houses;'' pre sented -to the committee by the deputation recently appointed to proceed to Lonn, to inves tigate the lodging-house system in the metro-. polis. We publish that report in extensor and shall therefore content ourselves with merely directing attention to it, premising, bbwever, that the regulation of common.lodgiwg-houses is a . matter of vital importance as rewards the origin and spread of epidemics, and bf moral maladies scarcely if at all less fatP2 to the social well- being of the commuuity.. At the weekly meeting of the Mersey Docks and Harbour Boolrd, held yesterday, few features of general int ther ro- '':.rest were introduced. The business, although 3 r.nportant in itself, was nearly altoge atine. An application on the part of the emr:Goygs at the Albert, Wapping, and Stanley ‘iiratehouses, that they might be allowed to form themselves into a volunteer artillery corps, and also a rifle corps, to be clOthed and equipped A the . cost of theboard, was read, but the . board i declined to interfere in the matter. WE Congratulate the proprietors of the Liverpool and London Fire and - Life Insurance Company upon the wisdom of the decision they havejust come to, namely, to appoint a committee of in quiry into the charges -which Mr. MATTHEW FOESTERAIas brought against the board of man- Agement. We also congratulate the public at large, which has more than the interest of the mere. spectator in the position and fortunes of what may be almost called national undertakings. The reputation of the whole community is more or less involved in the commercial standing of its prominent members, and a sudden shock given to the public confidence, hi a concern of so much pretension and substance as this, is s-ufficient to spread a general distrust in the prudence or the probity of leading commercial men and associa tions. -Ive. remarked before when' noticing the- reply which the Board of Directors put forth to the statement .of Mr. FORSTER, tluit that reply was tolerably satisfactory in most of its features, that it contained however one or two grave admissions, and was marked by one or two questionable lacuna. We think the general, impression on reading that official defence was, that though it left great probability. that the company_ had it in their power to Make out a tolerably strong case, yet, that the mode adopted was inadequate for the purpose, and that further opportunity' was needed, and that of a different and more regular kind. If Mr. FORSTER can be suspected of pique and wounded. self=complacency as the motives kr his accusation, the Directors in their defence can scarcely Claim freedom from ail personal feeling ! • It must be admitted that the latter was markett by too much pride and passion to bear the appearance of unbiassed judgment. That the- Directors had delegated the . work of vindica tion from serious and somewhat complicated charges to the servant whose conduct was chiefly in question, was not calculated to reassure the y public mind on the graveit doubt which the whole circumstances had given rise to ; and that wasovhether the management of the company was not resigned with too little check and duper vision into the hands of one official. The ques tion really'turned. upon that which we laid so much stress on at the time, " Dummy Directorship ;" and-when such a question is raised, we can well excuse an intense anxiety in the public mind, until it is finally and indubitably settled. This is the rock upon-which so many promising and once flourishing undertakings have made disas trous and irrecoverable shipwreck, and which-has now taken the shape of an offence known to the law. On thisquestion it is simply impessible'te re-assure the public mind by statements meant to show the large extent of business carried on, or the advantageous terms on. which it is done. It is also foolish to attempt' such `, restoration of confidence by fervid declarations as to the " honour and integrity " of the direc tors. Strange as it may appear, the fact nev — er; theless notorious, that we do see "honour and " integrity" in the shape of dummy directors on all sides of us, and we may always expect to see them, so long as personal laxity and negligence take the guise of generous confidence in an able and faithful servant. As to the prosperity of the con= cern, thatonly suggests the most favourable time for correcting what evils may exist in. the management, and putting that prosperity on a sounder and more enduring basis. It is too late to probe the wound when remedy is hopeless, or inquire into the nature of - the symptoms when the disease has passed the crisis. That an. inqwiry can be going on into the position of a great commercial concern, and the public should be the while content to wait without showing any undue or feverish , apprehension, is itself an evidence - ot stability, and an exhibition - of gena; ral confidence which deserves to have its little doubts conceded to' and dispelled.. : The present steadiness of price which the share& or this con cern maintain in the stock market testifies to the absence of this undue apprehension. BUt the fact that the official manifestoes of the directors, whether of the press or the platform, have not as yet imparted any signal revival, is also an evi dence that the investing public still kv.ps in suspense and thinks further information ne cessary or desirable. It is, perhaps, not unnatural that the. Directors of a . groat company should consider it a' humilia tion to submit tithe inquiries which suspicion has suggested, and condescend to argue questions of solrency or inSolvency. But the real question has. Mr. FoRSTER proved a prima facie case suffi ciently strong to 'call for enquiry ? Now, the impression of the proprietors is, that this is just what Mr. FORSTER'S proof amounts to. The Directors, therefore, must bow i to circumstances ; and seeing that it is so, we are sorry that there for - • %a* `hr :(tht is room r one regret, in that they nag] per haps have yielded with a little more show of willingness, and sympathy. IT was one of the incendiary maxims of DANIEL O'CONNELL, as it has been ono also of most of the Irish agitators, especially among the Roman ists, that " England's difficulty is Ireland's, op portunity." And it is a maxim which has been constantly acted upon by the Romish party ; and sorry are we to see that it is still being acted troubles ; and it i s sympathy upon in that country, notwithstandi n g the bless ings of peace and prosperity wh ich it now so sig nally enjoys as a part of the United Kin g do m. There is just now in Irela nd what is called a N " v s t r i t p h a e t h p y o pfee7ar.h"is A tem fe p v o e r ltha tro t is, bringing out a latent feeling which one had hoped had altogether 'ceased to •have any exist . euee whatever—a fOling of divided and therefore of actual disloyalty towards their rightful sovereign the Queen of Great Britain' They are holding meetings in different parts V the country to give _expression to that, feeling; and sad to say, though one can scarcely be sur prised at it, perhaps the clerical speakers, in some instances even titular bishops, quite nut' do the laymen in the use of language, which if not actually seditious or disloyal, borders upon it so closely, that judging by the surround ! ing circumstances one cannot but have a Ira/ great mistrust of their attachment to that British authority, under which so much liberty, civil ana religious, is secured to them, and so many other advantages, temporal, if not spiritual also, 'which they could not find, we - are sure, elsewhere ; eer thinly not in any country where Popery is the dominant religion. At one of these meetings the other day a Roman Catholic priest declared W ith consummate irony that the Irish Romanists were foolishly "they were too loyal, for no reason, no object, no protection." Now here we have a palpable,and most atrocious, because inter.' diary, untruth. They 'have every reason to be loyal, and every object, if only, because they have- every protection which can be expected under a liberal and enlightened syste° of government. .The same, speaker did not hesitate, moreover, to- declare of her Maks' tY's Government, -that they " knew very well that the Government- of France would be as acceptable to the- Irish ,people as the pre4en t Government" New this , among the Irish PA' manists, perhaps, may be matter of taste, or 13 matter of opinion ; but, as ,a• matter of fact—the fact, namely, 'that the despotism of France i 5 preferable to the liberty and' toleration of Eng' land, is only; another gross. perversion of the truth, for a very factious, note to say-a. very,sedi tious 'purpose. We have already heard of one Very Rev. Dr. BURKE as a great gun among the Irish Romanists, and . occasionally as a grea t political agitator, when the interests of Popery were to be served by political agitation. Well , he too has been making a speech, - and one characterised by quite ' as. great a dis tortion of truth as the others were.. He did not hesitate to declare, for instance, that the Queen of these realms is the spiritual head of the Esta' blished Church,—" and certainly," he added, " it is a fine thing to see a woman the head of the Church : she can make and unmake bishops; or, to use the words of ELIZABETH, of impious memory, she can frock or unfrock them' as she likes." Here we may say is another gross pet' version of the truth. The Queen of England is he t the spiritual head of the Church ; she is only its temporal head, as an establishment o f the country. Neither has the Queen any such power as that he attributes to her. She has no power at all, indeed, in the Church, except lo conjunction with the two houses of Convocation +' and, no doubt, Dr. BURKE knew this very wel t too ; but it suited his purpose for the moment to raise a laugh and provoke a sneer at the B formed Church of England and Ireland, as 131 law established. And it is by this course of . o°' in somewhat gross phraseology, used to be termed "enormous lying," that these Romish rlgitatni l are endeavouring to abuse the minds of tn.') P' ple—to set them against the Government unde r which they live, and under which they en.K so many blessings,—blessings which, in ever/ case, it is true, are much alloyed by the curses of the religious system by which they. are O r slaved, but which are blessings nevertheless , if only they availed themselves of the opportunil to enjoy them in all their fulness and integritY° We have no wish to digress into any of the polemics of such a question as this. It is sitnPli as one of politics —as one aff ec ti ng th e , p e ace °tf society, and the prosperity of the country the we refer to it. It is a course of Romish ag its ' tion which shows the cloven foot too distinct i l to have much influence upon any but t he Romanists themselves, be their Radical and 1 r I " r er publican yearnings never- so strong, but it is that is directly calculated, we humbly conceiXe; to sow, the seeds of disloyalty, and even secliW a, among the great bulk of the people of IroW l e4 who are, unhappily for that country, in so decid o a majority ,as Romanists. It is calculated -, ot contend, to destroy that by. which, as an emill4 Wnler - lias well observed,'' More is. bil e i.fig , bind together a.. nation in one by bina7air their hearts. to &le "ruler, 'to soothe' its to agreements,. to oral it with force, to, cons o ß7 4 its polity than by all the system.s.of antaruie powers. that ever emanated from the dreams philosopher.' it is a course of agitation, t4r 4 fore, which can never be justified, whether Ito' Christian or political principles. They pursile it are the enemies of their conntrY, h e t the injurers of its people. We do not knol l it would be advisable to 'interfere with tho l 00 4 any legal process, at any rate until they to have transgressed somewhat more g laringlt_ , bounds of the law; but certainly they are V_cfil regarded as the worst of political and 9 ° th e incendiaries, and it would be well could co intelligent public opinion of t h e United 04 be forcibly expressed against it. 'Lord dough has' joiiied the Conned of the '' 4) Irish Volunteers. fc mach - The Belfast journ a l s say that smallpox's fe'otool o n the increase-in th a t t own. M any re spectahl i e . bee who had been i nocu l ate d i n , the i r c hildhood, Lat attacked with it. meet i fba NEW EXCHANGE FOR B LACKB URN.--A ,, . - „ s te e cl held yeste r d ay on 'Change, of the seise/1r re eelly Blackburn News Room, it was unanimousit 0'0.4 that a committee be appointed to select the nns' to f er g ", site for a New Exchange for Bl ac kburn, alu eou roc s ot on the same that day month. A site ha d ' 0 04 0 . 0 0 mended, and partly fixed upon, but the I.lltooce ea b approving of its suitability, owing to its io dul t i o n the centre of the town, the above res o stituted. •• 1 0 , BROKERS FOR THE SALE OF ilitlPs STEAMERS, SHIP VALUERS, a tc ";" 3, York -buildings, Dale-street. THE RAILWAY ROBBERY CASE.—APPILEHENSION OF THE THIRD THIEF.—It will be recollected that two men (Woolf Barnet and Thomas Green) are in custody on a charge of stealing a 'are quantity of goods, the pro perty of the Midland Railway Company. On Wednes day the third man in the gang, whose name is William Bolton, of Heneage-street, was placed at the bar of Bir mingham Police-court, on the same charge. He had only been taken by Inspector Manton on the preceding night, and on application being made the prisoner was ranand,Al till the case 'comes before the court on Mon day next. THE FRANKLIN RELICS.—An addition of a most interesting memento of the Arctic voyagers has just been made to the relics deposited at the United Service MUseum, and which is open to public inspection—the Lords of the Admiralty having presented the institu tion with the autograph letter of Sir John Franklin, dated . on th e 28th May, 1847, i n l at i tu d e 70 d eg. 5 Imp. north, and lonitude 98 deg. 23 min. west, and Which was deposited %y that lamented officer in those dreary regions. The letter is written at the top of one of the forms, supplied on leaving England, bearing a request printed in five languages, that the finder of the dth 4 tirnent may forward It to the Secretary of the • Admiralty, London. COMMERCIAL CIRCULARS, CATALOGUES, &c. RIFFIN--& (Snceeeeors to CHARLES Wtr.r.mgx,) GENERAL PRINTERS, Are in a position to execute, on the shortest notice, and with correetnss, COMMERCIAL CIRCULARS, CATALOGUES, '&e. 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