Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-05-10 00:00:00

Th i s 0! trodl ce e t d i adra , 4 co o d i c b e bes t o t t the gi l t ;oaf ;0 anu bt hold illon; e e t' ss‘ t ' strY • Itfr' ;;netbaj'ef more , fi r 'D. Dr. jcireo, Die e h tl elc l ,A 0 so At )11 w J' be rea Sr . rt a , ' „ tr t e r ; ell. the ° lo, l o )11 , , 0 0 11; te th. l „, 11 :ti , t7_, 0 1 „r iiti e u tr e; lie * 4ll ios the ,01 rot 0 .0 ba , r o bbel c e i rhe or s. t be r e t i bOiJ .b..., y _......... - LATEST TELEGRAMS. I THE FRENCH FUNDS. ' llo s, Monday, 12.32 p.m.—Rentes open at 61. a‘tAlibee very quiet. 4 ` 33 : The Bourse closes inanimate. Rents 60.90 money, and 60.85 for account, being a decline of ` time Saturday. FRANCE. 1 "Is) Sunday.—The Ministerial combination 1141 1• Probably remain as it is, though as the moment l athe Emperor's departure draws nearer, private unitience is at work, and may, at any moment, be t,essful. Th e camarilla, which was thought to , rushes The appendage of old. dynasties, apparently 11 ,1 shes under new ones. In spite of the relatively nrrte - dant - position which a Minister fills in the , V r es'ent system, in the eye of the public, yet atten iiL 4 *ltito to a certain degree been excited, and some esity felt as to who was to be the official rs the Lieutenant of the. Empire during the u nkliee of the chief. I may add a few words to ialtt -I have already said on the subject. On Tues rotrning the EMperor sent for M. Laity, former il7itet of the Basses PyrenZes, and a devoted o tnkpartist. His Majesty informed him that in 7.l7,2*quence of a conversation some days before , NI. de Persigny, he had. made I.ip his mind to ti his advisers, and. before settin g out for the to construct his Cabinet anew, with M. de %1„1 - ney, M. laity, and. Marshal Randon for his tne 4:4a1 Ministers. M. Fould was not to be in to) ta in the new Cabinet. The Emperor handed v.,,,'Nt• Laity, a list of the Ministers drawn up , Q „, 411 his own hand, which he directed him to enolunicate to M. de Persigny, and to return ▪ it him in the evening to the Tuileries, in order decide definitively as to the Ministers. Before, :Cever, the hour came, the -scene had changed. of the Ministers menaced with exclusion • ed his influence with the .Court party to good iint. :That influence, which is too great, we are 'Tor any thing, or any one, to resist successfully, t ireniere prevailed ; and, much to their surprise, - ;:rorganizers of the new Cabinet were informed, I ,_e they came to receive theiEmperor's orders, that Majesty considered that it was too late before his f4.llparture to think of making any radical change in eabinet. M. Fould and M. Walewski, whose is said to be now impregnable, remain at :1 r posts. M. de Persigny was asked to go to on as Marshal Pelissies successor, which, as I ;annual you yesterday, he accepted. M. Laity was Zred'a Portfolio ; but he declared that without M. tlkrsigny, and with M. Fould, he would not sit in Cabinet. M. de Persigny leaves for his post on. 7"“de.y. The usual formal intimation of his ap 'Lunt:anent has been made to the English Government, 'Zaof course no objection will be made. I will add, nal. de Persigny returns to England moreconvineed "Luan ever of the necessity of maintaining friendly Iljdotions between the two countries, for the interest Xsairope ; and determined to employ his best "" orts towards that end. So far as words have any ht, his Majesty is of the-same way of thinking, it* I feel pleasure in assuring you that, notwith- Rtitnding all that has occurred, M. de Walewski has titpressed himself in a similar manner. According to„ lthe last accounts from Genoa, the entire of the itmperial Guard had arrived there, with the exception artillery. Colonel Fave, one of the Emperor's early officers, is appointed chief of the Military Lion of the Imperial Cabinet. He has left for Italy. , Situation of the French in Italy promises to (embarrassing enough. Of the Italian govern -4°4444,' whose bad administration has called for the wed disapprobation of France, Naples and Rome 'prominently forth. Despairing of overcoming Obstinacy of King Ferdinand, France and a lid broke off diplomatic relations with him, .recalled their Ministers. It was thought their ;Torture would be the signal for serious disturbances, that nothing could save the monarchy when ba ron Brenier and M. Petre shook the dust off their quitted the Neapolitan territory. No insur- Z7 l aon followed, though things went on pretty much Z i tale old style. Pulcinella had it all his own way, 'i apparently gave himself very little uneasiness We what either of those governments thought of Fn• The system of government pursued in the ~3 4t tificial States has been the theme of constant Ikrobation. The famous letter of the President of the _"each Republic to Colonel Edgar Ney; the official 41 7 Patches to the various Ministers at Rome; the official brochures and articles, and other mani rations of the Imperial Government of France, ;re exposed the vicious administration of the La, ‘ Pal dominions, and stigmatised Cardinal Anto- V k s policy. With Modena, France has had nothing to diplomatically, as the Emperor has, I believe, 'or been recognised by the great Potentate who ZaYs the destiny of the Duchy. We may presume ‘.• , t, it was not less worthy of reprobation than the L t e r s . There were two States, however, which were Z owedly less oppressed, and less viciously adminii l'ed than the others. In comparison with Naples and tot n° the government of Tuscany was just and h ant ; and the manner in which the Grand Zueliess of Parma ruled her people was, to a certain extent, admitted to be deserving of wise. Yet is it not strange that it is these ‘ l .? States, comparatively guiltless, which have the effects of M. Cavour's regenerating .."4 " n 'e • while Rome and Naples, in whose , d efence no voice was raised, have as yet passed i t " _ What is Gen. Goyon's position at Rome ? Is 4 e „,,.the defender of the status quo at all risks ? n apoleon do not go to Italy," says the Emperor apole on , in his proclamation to the French people up Tuesday last, " to ferment disorder, nor to 'curb the power of the Holy Father, whom we Ol'e restored to his throne, but to withdraw 7 3 _ 01 . from that foreign pressure which weighs 1 the entire Peninsula, and to assist in establishing der w hile legitimate interests are satisfied." T his is a little vague ; of the influence exercised 7 , Austria in Italy there is no question ; but sup e the Holy Father, as is most likely , has a d erided preference to Austrian over French " foreign pressure," what will the Emperor do ? His Majesty tri to Italy confessedly to destroy t ha t influence ; Can he destroy it without doing violence to t he 1,„ .."kates of the Pope ; or, in the words of the Praia- V°on, without " disturbing the authorit y of the I Father ?" If the Pontifical Government re /4111 n intact, what becomes of the reforms and of e hopes and encouragement held out to the I: 1-0 1 3 1 e ? Suppose the demonstration of the 24th ult. b .. 1 . 4 _e repeated, as is not unlikely, in a more energetic C ' ner, will the conciliatory proclamations of Gene ral hjon always su ffi ce for their repression ? Fancy a serous gathering of patriots in the streets of ; h 7 l rte clamouring for adhesion to the cause of Pied ink demanding to be led. to battle against the Ctriano, the oppressors of Italy. Suppose a cyotation waiting on the French General to inform ,2 4 _k that he must bow to the sovereign will of the To his efforts to reconcile profound e l'ellee for the authority ,of the Pope with the e neration of the people, the deputation respect .,l reply by showing him the letter to Colonel ayrr Ney, the brochure, Napoleon 111. et other equally significant indications of the eror's views with regard to Italy. The erenee waxes warm ; the deputation will the no excuse; General Goyon grows angry ; ko multitude assembled in the streets grow tumul be 11 . s and menacing ; French troops are ordered to lo readiness in the squares and be fore t he Palace of the Pope ; General Goyon crie s t o his sh o r n os to clear the streets ; they are resisted ; G o are fired, an d as the tumult increases , Gener a l , 's e4 l°ll, Whose good humour and patience are ou st , sh out d, and whose authority is set at defiance, r ound s Out, perhaps, in the words of Murat, wheeling bzoi _ on the pursuing Cossacks, " Dragons, chassez " 8 eogains ld ! " and the patriots whom France was to liberate were in Point of fact, handled as French Generals do ov:asionally handle riotous Welds. Something like this is likely to happen. I apprehend the Holy Father would much sooner be at Gaeta even now than remaining under the protection of the French General. The pious French Government would, of course, be shocked if any body hinted that His Holiness was not at this moment a perfectly free agent, yet it is not certain that, if he wished to quit Rome for Naples or any other place, he would be allowed to do O. Matters may become so complicated as to require, of course for his personal safety, a certain restraint over him —a slight limitation to this freedom of action. I doubt whether he is quite free at this moment ; but the time may come when " State necessity " will compel his protectors to redouble their vigi lance, in such a manner that, in the eyes of the un-regenerated world, His Holiness will be considered as a captive—of course for his own interest. The Emperor of the French would repel with indig nation the charge of his holding the Head of the Church, of which he is the eldest son, in captivity. There was formerly an Emperor who, while pro fessing unbounded veneration for the Holy Father, yet made war on him. His soldiers assaulted Rome, took the Pope prisoner, and kept him in his own castle of St. Angelo. Charles V., overjoyed at the success of his arms, yet put himself and his court into mourning for the disasters which befel the Pope ; and not only that, but he ordered prayers and processions throughout the whole of Spain for the recovery of his liberty, but which by an order to his Generals he could have at once granted him. Matters may not come to this point, but it is not the less true that the position of the French at Rome, in their double capacity of regenerators of the people, and supporters of the Papal authority is, as I have observed, very difficult indeed. A private letter from Marseilles, of Friday, informs us that the movement of troops and warlike stores continues with unabated activity in that town. Every day fresh troops embark both at Marseilles and Toulon. Everybody is of op . inion that hostili ties in Italy will assume a serious character now 'that such a considerable French force has arrived there. Every impediment is opposed by the French government to the transmission of news, either by electric telegraph or letter, from Italy to Marseilles, so that the Marseillais receive all the news from the seat of war through Paris. Fears are entertained at Marseilles that the war will not be confined to Italy, and that the consequences may be more fatal to France than anybody could have foreseen a few months since. A letter from Antibes of the 2nd inst. announces the arrival there of the French steam-packet Osiris, which sailed 'from Marseilles the previous evening for Genoa, with 200 passengers and a 'battalion of the Chasseurs of the Imperial Guard. The Osiris had narrowly escaped shipwreck on the Island of Hyeres, during a gale of wind, and lost a man overboard. The Osiris was speedily repaired at Antibes, and sailed again 'at six the same evening, The troops, on their departure, were warmly cheered by nearly the entire population of Antibes, who assembled -on the pier, crying Five la France ! Vire Italie! THE lONIAN ISLANDS AND THE WAR. The Journal des Debats of this day refers at some length to the case of the lonian Islands, and observes : " The lonian Parliament rejected the liberal consti tution offered them by Mr. Gladstone, and declared that they preferred the statu quo to any change which had not for its end the immediate annexation of the lonian Islands to the kingdom of Greece. We expressed our regret at the adoption of such an ex treme course, and at the obstinate resolution of the lonians to demand exclusively of England that which a European war could alone give them the means of conquering. Since then circumstances have changed, and the war which has commenced has aroused many hopes analogous to those which have so long agitated the lonians. Events may arise which will render less and less chimerical their per petual wish for annexation to Greece ; we may even add that if the agitation in the East tends to increase, the annexation of the lonian Islands to Greece will not be the most important event we have the prospect of witnessing in that portion of the world." _ From the Athens journals, it appears that the Grand Duke and Duchess Constantine of Russia are receiving the most flattered attentions from the King and Queen of Greece AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE EUROPA The Cunard mail steamer Europa, Capt. J. Leitch, arrived yesterday afternoon from New York, which port she left on the 27th ult. She brings 106 passen gers and $532,424 in specie. Mr. Sickles has been acquitted of the murder of Mr. Key, the seducer of his wife, at Washington. A two o'clock on the 26th ult., the case went to the jury, who, after retiring for an hour, brought in a verdict of " Not Guilty." " This is just what we predicted," say the New York Herald, " nearly two months ago, in the first article we published on the subject, when the homicide occurred. But looking back over the course pursued by counsel on both sides during this judicial investigation— their gladiatorial exhibitions, their long-winded legal dissertations, their subtle, hair-splitting mystifications, their self-contradictions and ridiculous fooleries, which, spun out for • twenty-three days, with all sorts of variations, were sufficient to confuse and bewilder any twelve honest, unsophisticated men —we have had our doubts as to the result during the progress of the trial, and we now regard it as really wonderful that the strong common sense of the jury triumphed over such difficulties, and, loom ing out of the fog with which they were surrounded, not only came to a definite conclusion, but rendered, after so short a consultation, a verdict in full accord ance with public opinion. No thanks to the counsel for this denouement of the tragedy, for never was a trial so botched and bungled before. It is to the sound understanding and firmness of the jury, and not to the wisdom of the lawyers, that this verdict of substantial justice is due, and there can be little doubt that these twelve sensible men had made up their minds at an early stage of the trial, which might as well have been despatched in three days, as forced to drag its slow length along for three weeks." From Washington we learn that the navy depart ment had received voluminous despatches from Commodore Conover, of the African squadron, dated Porto Praya, March 12. The sloop-of-war Vincennes, and the flag-ship of the squadron, were at that port, and the Dale was shortly expected. The slave trade, as usual, was being carried on extensively. Quite a number of captures had been made, both by American anti English cruisers. The health of the officers was good. Senor Mata, the Mexican Minister, had not yet arrived. He telegraphed Secretary Cass, on the receipt of his despatch at New Orleans, that he intended to proceed to Washington immediately. Senor Mata was authorised by Juarez to negotiate certain treaties, which, when he returns here, will probably be laid before our government. They are, in many aspects, important to the United States, both in a commercial and postal point of view. The first fruits of the Paraguay expedition have just reached Washington. The State Department had received a draft for ten thousand dollars, as an indemnification to the family of the seaman who was killed on board the Water Witch. News from Utah, received by the Overland Cali fornia mail, indicates an alarming condition of affairs in the territory. The ill-feeling between the Mormons on one side, and the army and the " Gentiles " on th e other, has reached a point at which it seems impossible to prevent a serious collision. A misunderstanding has also arisen between Gov. C umm i ng an d G en . J o hnston, in reference to their respec ti ve powers, and an open THE NORTAERN 1 7.1:51E5, TUESDAY, MAY 10 1859 rupture between Gov. Cuir;inin and the Federal Judiciary likewise exisied. The trouble between Gen. Johnston and the 'overnor grows out of the refusal of the forni"_ r t o withdraw the United States troops from Pl7ovo during sitting of the Supreme Court, ti air presence having been suggested by the presi!!„l n g Judge, for the protection of witnesses. The Court found it impossible to do any business, the Grand Jury refusing to find bills, and using every means to screen persons accused of murder and other crimes. The Governor had issued a pro clamation siding with the Mormons, which was severely reprehended by the Judge. Owing to the excited state of feeling at Provo a detachment of one thousand troops had been ordered to its vicinity, and a collision between them and the Mormons was considered inevitable. _ _ _ _ _ _ The steamer St. Nicholas, which exploded on the Mississippi, was bound from St. Louis to New Orleans, and is, together with her cargo, a total loss. The number of killed is not yet ascertained, but a list is published of thirty-eight who are either known to have perished or are missing. The names of sixteen are also given who were more or less injured by the explosion. . The arrest of Mr. Mejan, French Consul at New Orleans, on a charge of harbouring a free negro sailor who deserted from his ship, has drawn out a vigorous protest from the British, Spanish, Prussian and Belgian Consuls at the port. The act is regar ded as an infringement of the privileges and rights of Consuls. Our New Granada news is dated at Bogota the 13th of March, and at Panama and Aspinwall the 17th April. The Legislature was in session, but doing little business. An eminent diplomat had been appointed Minister to Chili and Peru. A revolu tionary outbreak had occurred in the- State of Santander. Financial difficulties had sprung up, with England. The news from the Smith Pacific States is impor tant. In Chili the Government troops had been signally defeated by the insurgents of Coquimbo, after a severe battle, attended_ with much loss of life on both sides. Government had revoked the exequatur of the United States Consul, Mr. Trivett, at Valparaiso, owing to an official diffi culty arising out of his sheltering and prevent ing the arrest of some insurgents in his house. A number of leading party men had been arrested, and others exiled to Europe and Magellan. Trade had improved in Valparaiso. On the 22nd of March an earthquake visited the city of Quito, in Ecuador, and destroyed the larger portion of it, killing nearly three thousand persons and destroying property to the amount of three millions of dollars. Guayaquil was still blockaded by the Peruvian war vessels, and the admiral threatened to bombard it soon. Bolivian troops had fought and beaten the insurgents. Ex-President Cordova had appeared on the frontiers with a large force. Our adviecs from Tahiti state that there had been a conflict of authority between the government of Queen Pomare and the French Governor, which resulted in a violent tumult of the natives. On the 3rd of February the Queen and some of her chiefs were taken into custody and imprisoned by the French officers. Peace was restored between the high treaty parties on the sth of February, when the Queen dismissed some of her ministers who were hostile to the French, and acknowledged the full power of the Napoleon protectorate. We have received some additional intelligence relative to the progress of the revolution in Venezuela. The latest accounts from Porto Cabello are to the 2nd instant. The city was in arms, and business was almost entirely suspended. In the interior the rebellion was wide spread. General Garvaez has been routed by Pinto, and Gen. Zamora had plundered San Felipe of $lOO,OOO worth of property. Our Tinidad files inform us that Gen. Sotillo, the most prominent man in the present revolution in Venezuela, set out from that island, where he had been as a political exile, on his mission of invasion and war, having obtained by some means a lot of firearms formerly used by the militia there. A few filibusters accompanied him, and he left in the brig T. F. Knox for Cedros, and from thence pro ceeded to Venezuela. COMMERCIAI NEW Yon April 27, The easy tone and quiet confidence in the Money Market are further strengthened to-day by the very considerable remittance of Gold from California. To the sum on the manifest of the mail steamer, $1,723,000, we have to add about $200,000 in drafts on the New York Sub-Treasury, of which $143,000 were presented to-day. The bank return of yesterday is regarded with much favour on the Street. The Foreign news by the City of Washington is variously construed. The disbelievers in ultimate war regard the latest indications, through the London and Paris Funds, as pointing to the successful intervention of England and Prussia in favour of a Peace Congress. The majority of the street speculators talk of au inevitable collision between France and Austria. Both parties have reason suppose that, if war should come, the staples of grain and Provisions, upon which our Western Railways have a material dependence, will be favourably influenced. The Exchange market to-day is unsettled by the advanced pretensions of some of the leading bankers, noticed yesterday. The business for the Europa is consequently moderate, and at the range of 1091 to 1101 r per cent. on London, Some Southern bank bills sold at the inside figure. Francs are f 5 121 to f. 5 111 per cent. weeks. For the remainder of the season the falling off will be more gradual, as we have 17 weeks in which to lose ' 175,000 bales to bring the total within 3,700,000 bales. This is still our favourite estimate. For the last week, by telegraph, the receipts at New Orleans are 20,000 bales against 23,000 last year, and at Mobile, 7,000 against 8,000 last year. ExpouTs : The week's exports have been large-110,000 bales—of whioh 88,000 to Great Britain against 53,000 last year ; 8,000 to France against 12,000, and 14,000 to other foreign ports against 14,000. American spinners have taken 17,000 against 18,000 last year, raising their total to 622,000 against 246,000. While the increase in receipts amounts to 761,000 bales, the increase in exports, and sales for consumption, amounts to 845,000 bales, made u R , as follows : Increase to Great Britain „ France ... „ , Other Foreign Ports , American spinners 376,000 The stock in the ports is at last reduced below the level of last year. There now remain only, therefore, for distri bution, as follows : stock in port ...... , 630,000 agst 664,000 last year. Future receipts, to make crop 3,700,00. 284,000 „ 459,000 „ 914,000 „ 1,123,000 „ WEATHER, &c.—During the past few days, most of our letters from the south have advised more favourable weather for field work, and planters have been very busy ploughing and getting the seed in. Upon the uplands, some progress has been made, but ground lying low has generally continued unmanageable from excess of moisture. In the river bottoms indeed, it is still to a great extent flooded, and our telegram from New Orleans reports the Mississippi at that point, higher than ever before. All reports coincide as to the backwardness of the spring—some estimating it as two to three some as three to four weeks later than usual, and at latest dates by telegraph, the weather was cold and ungenial. Our Mobile despatch says, " weather dry, thermometer near freezing point." We are disposed to attach more importance to the backwardness of the season than we otherwise should, because upon referring back for a series of sixteen years, we can only find one instance, that of 1855-56, when a late spring was followed by a good crop —while there have been eight instances in which it was followed by decidedly short crops. This is owing to the fact that cotton requires a certain . number of days of summer heat to mature. If twenty of these are cut off at the beginning of. the season, they may possibly be added at the end, and a full crop thus be made ; but in case of only an average season towards the close, the loss of twenty days in the spring must seriously affect the ultimate yield. Under these circumstances, it is pleasant to know that the weather is now more favourable for field work, and it is to be hoped that the cotton fields will speedily be in a condition to benefit by the first spell of genial warmth that occurs. NEILL BROS. R; Co. BREADSTUFF'S. —The market for State and Western flour has been much depressed since last Friday. The European advices, however, are rather more favourable, but prices are yet too low to induce a demand for shipment hence. Canada flour continues in limited request, and prices are nominally unchanged. We quote :—State extra brands, $5 80c to $5 20c ; Ohio, good and choice extra brands, $6 40c to $7 50c ; Michigan and Indiana, extra brands, $5 85c to $7 50c ; Genessee, extra brands, $6 75c to $8 ; Missouri, $7 to $9 ; Canada, $6 40c to $7 40c. Southern flour in plentiful supply, and the receipts are more than adequate for the wants of the trade, which are very moderate. The market closed steadily at previous prices. The sales or wheat durinc , the past three days were 33,000 bushels, including 9,400 winter red Western at $1 40c to $1 45c; 300 Chicago spring, 93c; and 600 white Kentucky, $1 78c to $1 80c. Corn has ruled quiet, but there has sprung up a moderately active demand for Southern, and the market closed with a fair request, and holders were firm at prices 1 to 2 cents higher that last Friday's quotations. BY TELEGRAPH MOBILE April 25.—Cotton market unsettled ; sales to day 600 bales ; middling, 12c. Nothing has been done since the receipt of the news by the City of Washington. MOBILE, April 26. - Cotton : Sales to-day 800 bales, at 12c to 12k-c for middling ; sales of the last three days 1,400 bales; receipts of same time, 3,900 bales. Freight on cotton to Liverpool, d. NEW ORLEANS, April 25. —There is an improved demand for cotton ; sales to-day 6,500 bales ; middling, Inc. SECOND EDITION. NORTHERN TIMES OFFICE, TUESDAY, 9 A.M. --.-....------ CAMPAIGN IN PIEDMONT. The Times has some general speculations on the military movements, and comes to the conclusion that the Austrians can scarcely retire without fight ing a battle, and equally impossible that the French can remain much longer without striking a blow. COTTON NEW Yonx MARKET.—The European advices have had a most depressinc , effect upon our market, bringing business almost to a stand. As the Liverpool market had shown such strength last month, without support from this side, every one expected from the falling receipts, advancing markets, late planting season, and serious detention of vessels at the bar of the Mississippi, that prices would be forced up considerably. Instead of that, however, all this timulatin,g intelligence is met by a decline at Liverpool ! This naturally causes great surprise and disappointment. In the absence of renewed orders from Europe, regular buyers are, for the moment,-quite out of the market, and the disappointment of speculative shippers keeps them equally quiet. In cases, therefore, where cotton has been pressed, a decline of le to =7-c has been required to tempt buyers ; but at this decline there are few sellers, and with a good demand old prices would be speedily recovered. Too little has been done in transitu cottons to establish quotations. SOUTHERN MARKETS.—The Arabia's accounts proved equally disappointing at the South, and at once checked business, though without producing any considerable decline at the Gulf ports. The week's sales at New Orleans only amount to 20,000 bales; yet factors are unwilling to sell below last week's quotations, and it is difficult to find a good style of Middling Cotton under 12A-c, which is. still the nominal quotation. At Mobile holders have shown more disposition td meet the market, and prices have receded ic to c, though there has been no pressure, the week's sales being 9,000 bales. In the Atlantic markets, however, prices at once fell ic to .Ic, and so little doing that quotations have become quite nominal. Freights at New Orleans have rather a hardening tendency, some shipmasters asking 5-16 d. The following is a statement of the movements of cotton for the past week, and since Ist September last, compared with the six preceding years : ••••----*ItECEIPTS.---.--, ,--EXPORTS FOR THE WEEK-. Past Week. Since Ist To Great Other To France. September. Britain. F. P. 1858-9..... 50,000 3,416,000 88,000 8,000 14,000 1857-8 71,000 2,655,000 53,000 12,000 14,000 1856-7 26,000 2,734,000 40,000 15,000 9,000 1855-6 75,000 3,142,000 68,000 15,000 13,000 1854-5..... - 10,000 1853-4 1852-3 51,000 2,975,000 48,000 27,000 24,000 ,----EXPORTS SINCE IST SEPTEMBER.--, To Gt. Britain. To France. ToCILIP.P. Total: Stock. 1858-9 . 1,451,000 359,000 453,000 2,263,000 630,000 1857-8 1,236,00) 309,000 219,000 1,794,000 664,000 1856-7 . 1,149,000 347,000 334,000 1,830,000 398,000 1855-6 1,416,000 402,000 400,000 2,218,000 550,000 1854-5 1,089,000 300,000 196,000 1,585,000 354,000 1853-4. 1,039,000 240,000 210,000 1,489,000 655,000 1852-3 1,310,000 335,000 267,000 1,912,000 568,000 Thus the receipts show an increase of 761,000 over those of last year, and an increase of 274,000 over 1855-6, and the exports exhibit the following results : • Comp'd with Gt. Britain. France. O.F.P. Total. Stock. Last year Increase 215,000 50,000 204,000 469,000 De. 34,000 1855-56 Increase 35,000 De. 43,000 1n.53,000 43,000 80,000 RECEIPTS.—The decline has been very steady. Fel : the last five weeks the weekly falling off, as compared with last year, has been 20,000, 30,000, 15,000, 16,000 and 21,000 bales. For the week the receipts at all ports has been 50,000 bales against 71,000 last year. The excess is now reduced to 761,000 bales—a reduction of 260,000 bales from the highest point. This decline has occurred in nine ELECTION NEWS. MIDDLESEX. —The total number of votes polled yesterday (Monday) were—Haigh, 1,148 ; Hanbury, 3,657; Byng, 3,611. The Times has an article on Mr. Wortley and the West Riding elections. _ _ Outi 58 returns are now wanting to complete the new House. The Tidies reduces the nett Ministerial gain to 19. The Herald gives it at 28 votes. COMMERCIAL. A general improvement has taken place in the Stock Exchange. The public are absorbing Stock upon an extensive scale. Consols have experienced the important rise of •-1 per cent., and closed with firmness at almost the best point of the day.. The rebound from the lowest point of the late depression is fully 3 per cent. In all the other departments of the Stock Exchange advanced prices have been established, under the support accorded by bona fide operations. In the Discount Market, a more settled feeling likewise prevailed. First-class bills up to six weeks or two months • could be negociated at the Bank minimum. The supply of money at the dis posal of the discount establishments is enormous. The gold withdrawn from the Bank to-day for exportation was only £12,000. The £84,400 in Australian gold by the Heather bell was at once taken for the Continent. The Great Britain and Sussex have arrived from Melbourne with a total of £226,800 in gold, which will doubtless be taken for the Continent.—. Daily News City Article, Monday Evening. The paywent of the £2,000,000 exchequer bonds issued in May, 1854, has led to a considerable increase of invest ments in government and other stocks. The market is likewise influenced by the quietude which has characterised the commencement of the long-dreaded war, and the approach of the termination of the elections also assists in promoting a tendency to steadiness. The result has been an advance in Consols of 1 per cent. There was an active, but not heavy, demand for discount at the Bank to-day. An advance to 6 per cent. is considered probable at a com paratively early date, but it will depend on the efflux of gold. The drain within eight weeks has amounted to £2,745,542, and the advance from 24 to 4 i l per cent. has not exceeded former precedents. In 1855 the Bank lost close upon 5,000,000 in ten weeks, and the rate advanced step by step from 31 to 7 per cent. The amount of Bank notes in circulation is larger than at any former period, with the exception of 1853, when the excitement of the Californian and Australian gold receipts were at its highest. The average is about 20,000,000, and the total at this moment is 22,255,685. The increase is attributed probably to the Scotch, Irish, and other banks having made extra provision against emergencies in consequence of the war.— Times City Article, Monday Evening. THE CORN MARKET. —The Times city article reports an extraordinary reaction in the corn markets yesterday, the quotation being at least 6s below Monday last. The Daily News says buyers offered 6s to 8s per quarter less than on last Monday, whilst in the sales effected sellers submitted to a reduction of 3s to ss. The Scutari and John Masterman have arrived from China with 1,307,600 pounds of tea and 1,539 bales of silk. The freight circular of Messrs. Shard, just issued, states that in less than a fortnight an advance has taken place of 50 to 75 per cent. in Mediterranean coal freights ; of 50 per cent. in Black Sea homeward freights ; and of 50 to 60 per cent. to and from some of the Baltic ports. Other freights are enlianced, but not to the same extent. The Brighton Railway traffic return shows this week an increase of £1,716. The indigo sales to-day (Tuesday) are expected to be materially influenced by the war. The Herald remarks that the accounts from the manu facturing districts, and the provinces generally, show a restriction of business, through the outbreak of hostilities. The only exception is the shipbuilding business at New castle, which, it says, has rather improved. By order of the Austrian Commandant of the garrison, the lighting of the lighthouse at Ancona is di sco ntinued. Tins AUSTRALIAN MAIL. —Although tidings have not come to hand respecting the Australian mail steamer Emeu, which was due at Suez on the 25th April, ozn pprehens ion is felt at Lloyds' f or her safety, nor has any era premiumof insurance been given on her. THE ELECTIONS. CLOSE OF POLLS. SUFFOLE. EAsT.—ll.enriker, 2674; Kelly, 2520 ; Adair 1876. DERBYSHIRE SOUTH.—Evans 3,536; Mundy 3,185, Vernon 3,184. POLLING. MIDDLESEX (12 o'clock).—Byng 1,638, Hanbury 1,626, Haigh 471. 1 p.m.-Byng 1,969, Hanbury 1,959, Haigh 595. 4 p.m.—Hanbury 3,112, Byng 3,094, Haigh 939. 5 p.m.—The close of the poll has not ° been completely made up, but there can be no doubt that Hanbury and Byng have each a majority of considerably more than two thousand over Haigh MEMBERS RETURNED. SOUTH DERBYSHIRE. —Evans and Mundy. DONEGAL (COUNTY). —Hayes and Connolly. The total number of members returned now amounts to News classifies them as follows :—Liberals, 262. The same journal complains that The Daily 324 ; Conservatives, the contests, both in boroughs and counties, have been mis managed; that to gain a majority was not the only object, and that the managers of these contests had equally at -. - heart to break down - the independent Liberal party in the House of Commons. The Times estimates that, when the new House is com plete, the total amount of the ministerial gains will be twenty seats, which, though counting forty in a division, will by no means be sufficient to give the Government a working majority. The Times asserts that in South Lancashire the influence of the Roman Catholic clergy have been thrown into the Tory scale. The severe contest at Manchester, and the success of Mr. Massey at Salford, are ascribed to the dislike of the Manchester Reform Association. ELECTION RIOT AT DARTFORD. On Friday afternoon last, during the West Dent election, the proceedings at the polling district at Dartford were characterised by a most disgraceful outrage, which caused the utmost alarm amongst the inhabitants, and resulted in serious injury to several persons. The polling booth at Dartford was erected near the Bull Hotel, the head quarters of the Tory party, and it was generally rumoured in the town that a number of pugilists and others of the same stamp had arrived from Loudon, and were snugly berthed at this house. Handbills were issued on the subject, and much excitement prevailed, as Dartford invariably gives a large majority to the Liberal candidates; and it was believed that the Tory "roughs" had been introduced for the mere purpose of intimidation. As a precautionary measure to preserve the peace, fifteen of the county constabulary force arrived from Chatham on the previous night to aid the Dartford police force, and on Friday, during the hours of polling, party feeling was strongly manifested, the Liberal candidates, Messrs. Martin and Whatman, maintaining a majority. About three o'clock a party of " roughs" pro ceeded from the rear of the premises at the Bull Hotel, and commenced an indiscriminate onslaught upon every person in the streets, A man named Osborne was knocked down and severely injured, and other respectable inhabitants were similarly treated. The tradesmen in the High-street closed their shops, the alarm bell at the Market-place was rung, and a large number of the inhabitants collected, and armed themselves with sticks, &c., determined to resist the lawless proceedin g s of the " strangers." With the assist anee of the police force, something lice order was ultimately restored, but the various surgeons in the town were amply employed in binding up the wounds resulting from the melee. It is confidently reported in military circles that Minis ters intend calling out the whole of the militia, and adding fifty new battalions to the line. The Herald says the question of war-risks at Lloyd's has lost its attraction, and there is now less disposltion to complete arrangements at late rates. The Times comes to the conclusion that so far as Austria has yet shown herself, her generals have not come up to what Europe expected from her haughty bearing and her military preparations. ROBBERY or £6OO IN THE CITY.—On Saturday informa tion was received by the police that the counting-house of Mr. Treloar, cocoa nut fibre manufacturer, of 42. Ludgate hill, was feloniously entered on the preceeding day, and the cash-box carried away. Its contents were £3OO in Bank of England notes, gold and silver, several crossed cheques on London and provincial bankers, a promissory note for £l5O, drawn by Messrs. Barry and Co., of Cape Town, on Messrs. Barry and Nephew, and made payable at Messrs. Prescott, Grote, and Co.'s, and several small bills of exchange. EXTENSIVE FIRE IN THE ClTY.—Early yesterday morn ing the police-sergeant on duty discovered a fire on the premises of Mr. Groves, Queen's Head Tavern, Upper Thames-street. He alarmed the inmates, who attempted, but were unable, to escape by the stairs, so fiercely was the fire raging. They managed however to get away safely by the back premises. Great fears were for some time entertained for the safety of the adjoining buildings on both sides, but ultimately the fire was extinguished without travelling from the house in which it broke out. The latter was entirely destroyed FATAL ACCIDENT AT SYDENH&M STATION.---Yesterday, notwithstanding the precautions which have been taken by the railway officers at the Crystal Palace, to prevent travellers alighting from the carriages before the train fully stops, casualties from that cause cannot be prevented. This morning, Mrs. Dunn, aged 37, who resided in Newington Causeway, on arriving at the Sydenham station, with others, endeavoured to alight before the train fully stopped, when she fell between the wall of the platform and the wheels of the carriages, which passed over her leg, crushing it in a most frightful manner. Without loss of time she was con veyed to St. Thomas's Hospital, where amputation was performed, but she gradually sank and expired. AUGITMENTA.TION OF THE CHANNEL FLEET.—OH Saturday orders were issued by the Admiralty for the James Watt, 91, screw, Captain Stopford ; Asia, 84, screw, Captain Robinson ; Exmouth, 90, screw, Captain J. J. Stopford ; Cressy, 80, screw, Captain Elliot; and the Hero , 91, screw, Captain Sir G. . Broke, Bart. ;to sail from Sheerness and Devonport to join the channel fleet ; and large draughts of men were sent from the different guard-ships, and the Royal Naval Rendezvous, Tower-hill, to bring the crews of each ship up to the required compliment. Orders were also issued for the Goliath, 90 ; Cadmus, 21 ; Falcon, 17 ; Im perieuse, 61 ; Melpomene, 60 ; Termagant, 25; and the Pioneer and Flying Fish, gun-boats, to be brought forward with all expedition to reinforce the fleet in the Channel. SHOCKING ACCIDENT. On Saturday afternoon last a gang of poachers left Lincoln shortly after five o'clock, on a poaching expedition, and proceeded along the banks of the river Witham, on tke way to a village named Washin borough. One of the men, named Henry Enfield, had the barrel of a gun loaded in his coat pocket, and when about two miles from the city it fell out, and, striking against the ground, it went off, and the contents entered his head, just beneath the chin, entirely blowing off the left side of his face. It is needless to say that death immediately ensued. The train from Boston to Lincoln was passing at the time ; the guard saw the accident, and immediately on his a rrival in Lincoln he gave information to the police, who proceeded to the spot, and ordered the removal of the corpse to Wash ingborough, where an inquest will be held. THE Loss OF THE GENERAL WILLIAMS STEAMER. — The inquiry into the loss of the screw steamer General Williams was brought to a close on Saturday. Mr. Traill expressed his opinion that the captain by a little attention could have saved the ship's papers. He thought also that he could have done more to ascertain the canse of the ship making water, and taking into consideration the whole of the circumstances, he should require the captain to pay the costs of the inquiry, as far as regarded witnesses. They would report to the Board of Trade their views upon the various matters which had been elicited during the investigation. Captain Walker thought that Captain Peters might have navigated the ship in a way that would have secured her better weather. Had she been brought to the wind, about four points on the bow, she would not have suffered so much. THE ACCIDENT ON THE CORNWALL RAILWAY. —On learning the particulars of this accident, we regret to find that it is of a more serious character than from the telegram published on Saturday, we were led to expect. The train to which the accident occurred was that which was due at Truro at 10.10 p.m., and consisted of engine, two second-class carriages, a first-class carriage, and a truck. When nearly at the end of the Grove-lane viaduct the train went off the line and rushed along, tearing and destroying the rails, sleepers, and everything it encountered. Just as the truck cleared the end of the viaduct, the engine fell over into the water and mud, a hei g ht of 28 feet, carrying with it two carriages, a second and first. The guard and the passenge rs in the remainin g carr iage did all they could to render a ssistance, and persons h s three : but e, also despatched to St. German s for aid. Af ter some delay all the passengers were removed from their perilous situation, very few having received any material injury • servants of the company lost their lives --41 guard, Briscombe, the engine-driver, and Ha 1 111 °s a k fo e r n a,the stoker. The body of the first-named was f oun d just afterthe the accident, and those of the two latt er an hour after wards, the rail of the engine lying on them, and from their position it ispresnmed the death of the poor fellows must have been instantaneous. ATTEMPTED MURDER THROUGH JEALOUSY. On Saturday Charles Peek was brought before Sir Percival H. Dyke, Bart., and a full bench of magistrates. at Dartford, in custody of Superintendent Brandon, of the Kent constabulary, upon the charge of feloniously stabbing Charles May, with intent to murder him, or to do him grievous bodily h arm . Th e case h as create d a great d ea l o f interest in the neighbourhood, on account of the painful circumstances connected w ith i t. I t appears that the pr i soner, i who s quite a young man, is very respectably connected, his father being a shipowner at Guernsey, and he was the captain of a brig belonging to his father, called the Anne, which at the time of the occurrence was lying off the village of Greenhithe. It seems that he was paying his addresses to a :young woman named Minter, the daughter of the landlord of the Hull Packet Inn, at Greenhithe, and rumour went so far as t o say t h at they were very shortly to be married ; but there appears to be no doubt that the prisoner was very much attached to th e young lady, and on every occasion_ of his_coming to London with his vessel he took up his abode at her father's house. and was on terms of great intimacy with the family-, It appears that on Goo(I Friday there was a sort of merry-making at Greenhithe, mid the prosecutor May. with another young man, named Webb, both of whop belong to Dartford, were at the Hull Packet, at Green lithe, in company with the prisoner, his sweetheart, and some other young people , and in the course of the afternoon the prisoner invited May and Webb, and Miss Minter and another young - woman, to go on board his ship, and they did so, and remained on board for some time, and he afterwards got out a boat, and they had a row upon the water, and returned to Grccnhithe, all of them being at this time upon friendly terms. They . - — ad it would May ,Minter than he was ey had taken, this place, but nothing pacified. About ed Lis sweetheart ro on board his seem that the prisoner was paying nor stified and he Complained, and somewhat the worse for the liquor led to an altercation, and a scuffle tot serious occurred, and tuey a half-past nine o'clock the prisoner Iv goodbye, and left the house in order Whip. For some reason or other, which has not yet been explained, the prosecutors and Webb went after him, and there is no doubt that some "chaffing" took place in reference to the prisoner's jealousy, when he became very angry, and blows were exchanged between him and the prosecutor. The struggle had only lasted a short time when May suddenly dropped his arms and exclaimed " I am stabbed," and •immediately fell to tht and the prisoner ran off tors ground secutor was picks up and c its ship 3 back The pro= to the Hull )n residing at Green ascertained that he had receceived a very severe and dangerous wound in the right breast. Sergeant Hill, one of the county constabulary Packet, and Mr. Seceoinb, a sui hith( was sent for stationed in the oreenhithe district, was at once apprised of what had occurred, and he and Mr. Brandon, the super intendent of the Kent constabulary at Dartford, at once e prisoner's vessel and took him into custody. supposed that the unfortunate prosecutor proceeded to ti At this time it w was mortally wounded, and that his death was imminent, and it was therefore deemed advisable to take the prisoner into the room where he was lying in bed, and upon the prosecutor seeing him he at once exclaimed, "That is the man who stabbed me." A search was after wards made in the prisoner's vessel with a view to discover the knife with which the injury had been inflicted, but for some time it was ineffectual. At length, however, Sergeant Hill succeeded in discovering a clasp knife concealed in the woodwork of the prisoner's berth, and, upon its being opened, the blade was fouud to be entirely covered with blood. The prisoner was taken on the following day before magistrates at Dartford, by whom he was remanded until Saturday. Superintendent Brandon informed the bench that the prosecutor was still in a dan gerous state, and unable to stand. Sir P. Dyke said that, under those circumstances, the only course the bench could take was to remand the prisoner to a future day, when, possibly, the prosecutor might be able to attend. The prisoner was then again remanded to the county gaol a Maidstone. A FEMALE THE SUSPECTED POISONING OI AT RICHMOND. Saturday bein nuniher of persons - assembled at the Court . : house, with a view of being present at the re-examination of Dr. Smethurst, who stands charged with the wilful murder of a lady . named Isabella Bankes, with whom he was living, by the administration of arsenic in small paper. he court day of the Richmond Petty Sessions. reportec quantities Owing, however, to the analyses of the stomach not being completed the case was further adjourned. decease of the unfortunate lady, additional facts have come to light. It appears that about a week since a solicitor in the town completed the will of the deceased in favour of the accused, and which, it is believed, will be produced in evidence at the next examination, and the result of the post-mortem examination proved that the deceased was enceinte. The following are the entice facts of this'extraordinaly ease, which have not yet appeared : The ifia j , .1* being nine years her senior, and both being possessed of considerable property. Dr. Smethur s t an d his wife were residing at a boarding-house, in Bayswater, as was also the deceased. An intimacy sprung up between Dr., Smethurst and the deceased, which led to an elopement, and after visiting Brighton and other fashionable places, they at length came to Richmond, about nine weeks since, and resided first at Richmond-green, and latterly at No. 10, Alma-villas, Richmond-hill, where the deceased now lies. On the 3rd of April Dr. F. G. Julius was called in to attend the deceased, who was suffering from diarrhoea and vomiting. He believed she was suffering from bilious diarrhoea, there being nothing to lead to suspicion. He administered various treatments in conjunction with Dr. Smethurst, and with his sanction. On the 18th he became pazzled, and requested his partner, Mr. Bird, to go in, the result being that an opinion was formed that something was being given to keep up the irritation. The deceased got worse, with constant vomiting and diarrhoea. Dr. Smethurst removed the vomitings and evacuations from the room. Nothing. apparently, could exceed his care and attention. Dr. Dodd with Dr. Smethurst's sanction, came down from King's College, and prescribed in accordance with the treatment already pursued, and the medicines were calculated to allay the irritation, but the symptoms became aggravated. On the following Friday, during Dr. Smethurst's temporary absence, a portion of an evacuation just passed was placed in two bottles, and sent to London for analysation, and on Reinsch's preliminary test being applied, viz., the intro duction of fine copper wire into the liquid, the wire became crusted with a substance which proved the presence of some metal. The bottles subsequently fell under the notice of Professor Taylor, who, upon testing, finding the presence of arsenic, sought the magisterial authority for a full analy sation, which, being obtained, the following letter to Dr. Julius was the result : " 15, St. James's-terrace, Regent's-park, May 2. e made a further exa mination delivered to me by M r. you",Sliert,t-e—rlonf yesterday's d w a i t t e h , h h e av of the liquid No. Buzzard yesterday evening:, and I have now to report to you that this liquid contains a small quantity of arsenic. The liquid consists of watery mucus, bile, albumen (from serum), and a small quantity of the colouring matter of blood. The arsenic is a combination with these matters. It is such a liquid as accompanies arsenic when this substance is a cause of poisoning. Considering the symptoms from which Mrs. Smethurst has suffered (as described to me by Mr. Buzzard), and the discovery of arsenic in the evacuations of the bowels, I am of opinion that this lady is suffering from the effects of arsenal poison, taken in small doses ; and, according to the advice which I have had occasion to g is i tne v n e mice in aiias s t i e m in i a la n r d cases, I would suggest that she be immediately placed under the care of some trustworthy person, by whom alone all articles of food and medicine should be administered. I believe discharges from her that aa nd dop adoption her no life wo ft h w e i s l el passing de precautions, p fr e o n m d the h ttp er on ina t arsenic her bo dy, bowels.—l am, sir, &c., Since the ChemistryF nE D a . " Professor of in Guy's Hospital." na TAYLOR, Medical l I . Jurisprudence D ' The Coroner has signified his intention to communicate with the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in order that Dr, Smethurst, who is under remand in Horse monif,er-lane gaol, may be present at the adjourned stage of the inquest. Mr. Serjeant Ballantine, instructed by Mr. Teesdale, of, the firm of Symes, Teesdale, and Sandilands, is ret a i ne d to watch the proceedings on behalf of the friends of the deceased. The circumstances in connection with this case have awakened so much interest among the inhabi tants of the locality, that applications have been made for tickets for admission to the future stages of the proceeding. Mr. William Forsyth, Q.O , of the Northern Circuit, has been appointed standing counsel to the Secretary of State in Council for India. 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