The Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-05-08 00:00:00

temmacial Salts. THIS DAY. This Day (Tuesday), the Bth instant, at Half-put Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers Office, 2, Dale-street, 500 Bags LINSEED (all faults), 500 „ RAPESEED, 500 „ MATHIE SEED. . BROWNE, HUNTER, & CO., Brokers. Apply to This Day (Tuesday), the Bth instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' Office, 50 Casks I Plantation Ceylon COFFEE, 15 Barrels Just arrived, per Coniston, Albert Dock. Apply to Messrs. Nicol, Duckworth, and Co ~ Merchants ; or to T. & H. LITTLDALE & CO., Brokers. This Day (Tuesday) the Bth instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' Ofilze, 30, Exchange-alley North, 111 Casks 28 Barrels } Plantation Ceylon COFFEE, 72 Bags 672 Bags Native DITTO, now landing, ex Couiston and Evangelist, from Colombo. For further particulars apply to Messrs. C. W. and F. Shand, Ilderchants ; or to SHAND, HIGSON, & CO., Broke"' TO-MORROW. To-morrow (Wednesday), the Bth instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' Office, Liverpool and London-chambers , 285 Bags SUMAC, ex Pietro, branded Morison, Seagu, and Co. Apply to JEFFERSOF ar TAYLOR, Brokers. Tc•morrow (Wednesday), the 9th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' Office, Liverpool and London-chambers , 800 Bags Fine Borneo SAGO FLOUR, ex Amethyst, from Singapore. Apply to JEFFERSON' TAYLOR, Brokers. & To-morrow (Wednesday), the 9th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' Office, 2, Dale-street, 50 Bales ORCHELLA WEED, 53 Casks GINGELLY OIL. BROWNE, HUNTER & CO., Brokers. ,pply to To-morrow (Wednesday), the 9th instant , at Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' Office, Manchester -buildings, Tithebarn-street, 255 Bags SALTPETRE, per Slieve Donard, from Bomb ay. o For f ur ther particulars SHBY & Brokers. apply to B To-morrow (Wednesday), the 9th instant, at Twelve o'clock, in the Broker's Office, No. 6, East side Queen's Dock (by sample), both parcels are now landing oinspec the them Quay of th before e Stanley Dock, where buyers will please t the time of sale, (in lots to snit buyers), 6 M. WINE PIPE STAVES, now landing, ex Valentina, from New Orleans. Apply to Victor Poutz, Esq. Merchant. 15 M. W.0.W.1.11.11.8. STAVES, now landing, ex Invincible, from New York. On account of the Importers. 6, East Side Q ueen ' s Dock. EDWARi CHALONER, Wood Broker and Measurer, THURSDAY. On Thursday next, the 10th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' Office, 2, Dale-street, 1,074 Singapore Buffalo HIDES, 4,700 East India Tanned LEATHER. ApplY to BROWNE HUNTER & CO., Brokers. On Thursday next, the 10th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Broker's Office, 3, Exchange-alley North, Chapel-street, 197 Bags Black PEPPER, 54 „ DITTO (all faults), ex Amethyst, from Singapore : Albert Dock. Apply to Messrs. Wakefield, Nash, and Co., merchants ; or to THOMAS SILL, Broker. On Thursday next, the 10th instant, at Twelve o'clock Boston. New York. Philadelphia. precisely, on the Quay of the Toxteth Dock, Liverpool, in Lots, to suit Purchasers,) s. d. a. d. s. d. a. d. s. d. a. d. 968 Pieces City St. Domingo LIGNUMVITE, Now Pig Iron, Bars, l2 6... 0 0 14 0... 0 0 0 0... 1 5 0 landing ex Perseverance, from the City direct. Rails, &e. ... On account of the Importers. Chemicals and Lotting, with dimensions, will be given at the time of sale. Fine 1r0n..... 0 0...15 0 14 0...15 0 17 6... 0 0 . EDWARD CHALONER, Wood Broker and Measurer. Salt nominal. nominal. nominal. 6, East Side Queen's Dock. Dry Goods lO 0...15 0 10 0...17 6 0 0...20 0 Hardware l2 6... 0 0 0 0...12 6 20 0... 0 0 FRIDAY. Earthenware 0 0... 6 0 0 0... 6 6 0 0... 8 0 Passengers £4 5s Od £3l2s 6d £4 5s Od On Friday next, the 11th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Gross. Gross. Gross. Brokers' Office, 2, Dale-street, Baltimore. Charleston. New Orleans. 160 Bales Bombay HEMP. Apply to BROWNE, HUNTER, & CO., Brokers. 3 , d, s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. On Friday next, the 11th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Pig Iron, Bars, i 15 0... 0 0 15 0... 0 0 20 0... 0 0 Brokers' Office, Rails, &e .. . 2,213 Bales JU T E,. Chemicals and 1 0 0...17 6 0 0 ...17 6 20 0... 22 6 Now landing, ex John Chism. Albert Dock. Apply to Fine Iron .... T. &H. LITTLEDALE & Co. , Brok ers. Salt . Dry Goads 2O 0... 0 0 0 0...25 0 20 0_25 0 On account of the Importers. Hardware 2O 0... 0 0 0 0 : ..25 0 0 0...25 0 On Friday next, the 11th instant, at Twelve o'clock at noon, earthenware 0 0... 8 0 0 0... 76 • 7 0... 8 0 in the Brokers' Yards, Brunswick Dock Quay, Passengers £s Os £5 Os. £5 10e, ..). -n- arraTrrw nrats. 372 Standards. ex John Barbour, Nominal. Gress. Caron. On account of the Importers. On Friday next, the 11th instant, at Twelve o'clock at noon, in the Brokers' Yards, Brunswick Dock Quay, 24,707 SPRUCE DEALS, 372 Standards, ex John Barbour, from St. John, N.B. 6,348 St. John PINE DEALS, ex Great Northern. 84 Logs 2nd Middling FIR TIMBER, 1 ex Yorwarts, from 5,588 2nd quality REDWOOD DEALS, Memel. 421 HICKORY BILLETS, ex Rockaway, from New Orleans, 8 feet long, 5 to 8 inches square. E DUNCAN, WING, & CO., Brokers. gtt Cede ;Ai Watt At the Liverpool Cattle Market to-day the sup ply of Beef and Mutton was smaller ; the demand slow, at very high prices for each. Beef, 60. to Bd.; Mutton, 91d. to 100. ; Lambs, 255. to 355. each. Numbers at market—Cattle, 1,152; Sheep, 5,203. On account of whom it may concern. On Friday next, the 11th instant, at One o'clock, at the Brokers' Office, 30A, Exchange-street East, A Quantity Surplus STORES, Consisting of 20 Hogsheads Sugar, 40 Boxes Tea, 94 Kegs Pickles, 17 Cases Sago, 18 Cases Lard, 1 Cask Lime Juice, &c. : lying in Green's warehouse, 39, Lydia Ann-street Also, 117 Bags Rice, 18 Bags Bran, 9 Barrels and 18 Sacks Flour, 158 Barrels Peas, 4 Barrels Lime JuicP, 1 Cask Lard, 3 Tierces Beef, 26 Tierces Pork, 48 Tins Preserved Beef, and 18 Tons Bread, Btc. : lying in M'lver's warehouse, No. 6 C, Postman street. 173 Ale Hogsheads : lying at Messrs. Garrow and Bath's Cooperage, Mason-street and Tabley-street ; 29 is Barrels. 1 Zinc Can Gunpowder : aU landed from the Great Tasmania, from Calcutta. At the same time, 8 Casks Wine, saved from the Ann Mitchell : lying in Albert Dock ware house. Apply to PERCIVAL, CAMPBELL, & CO., Brokers to the Liverpool Underwriters' Association. LONDON, MONDAY EVENING. The LONDON MARKET for ENGLISH STOCKS opened to-day with firmness, and a fair amount of business, but subsequently became heavy, and Consols relapsed S to 4 per cent. from the late prices of Saturday, the present quotations being 95 to 4 for money and the 9th, and 954 to ,t for next month. Bank Stock has been dealt in at 226 to 2271 ; Reduced Three per Cents., 93; to & ; New Threes, 93; 4 and t ; India Stock, 219 ; india Debentures, 964 and 4; Enfaced Rupee Paper, 98! and g ; Ditto ditto, Five-and-a-Half per Cent., 1044 and o ; India Bonds, 5s and 10i clis. ; and Exchequer Bills, 6s to 8s prem. The Funds closed at the following prices : Consols Money „ Account . . . . . . Exchequer Bills 6 10 Bank Stock Three per Cents 93t Next Account The following appeared in our second edition of yesterday The funds to-day were dull, but scarcely lower than yesterday. The other markets are firm. At the dis count-office at the Bank the amount of business was above the average on Saturday. In other quarters the rate for the best bills was 41 per cent., with occa sional transactions at 4 —Daily News. Consols opened with a little tendency to flatness, and were without alteration until near the termination of business, when an advance of k took place. The character of the Bank return was the principle cause of the want of animation in the morning, but it is, never theless, expected that a reduction in the rate of discount will be made on Thursday next. The demand for discount to-day has been rather more active, and a fair business has been done at the Bank. In the Stock Exchange the rate for advances on government securi ties was from 3a to 4 per cent. No gold was taken to the Bank. About £30,000 of the recent Australian arrivals has been bought for the continent—Times. The LONDON RAILWAY SHARE MARKET to-day was quiet, but generally firm in character. Great Westerns are officially quoted 70 to 701 ; London and North-Westerns, 102; to 1021 ; Midlands, 1171 to 118! ; and South-Easterns, 87: to I. East India are firm at 102: to Shares of the Union Bank are rather firmer, being quoted at 25 to 25g. Victoria Debentures are marked 107 to 1071 ; and India Five per Cent. Loan, 106} to t. The market closed steadily at the following prices Ambergate, Not., & East. Junction 6T, Caledonians Dutch Rhenish . . Eastern Counties . East Lancashire . Edinburgh & Glasgow Great Northern • . 79 80 . . 116 • . 119 120 • . 70 /I )1 Great Westerns . . . • Great Western of Canada . • Grand Trunk of Canada . . . . 8 1 , Great South ern & W es t ern . . . 113 14 Lancashire & Yorkshire . . • • 105 Z London & North-Western . . • 102 London & S ou th-W es t ern . . • 92 3 Leeds Northern . . 49,1 60 Manchester, Sheff., & Lincolnshire 41! 2,1 Midland Stock North British North Staffordshire South-Eastern & Dover . . . • 86 1 7 1 York, N ewcas tl e , & Berwick . . 96 ? 7 York & N or th Midl and . . • • 80s The following appeared in our second edition of yesterday The railway share market, on Saturday, was generally steady, with very little doing. The traffic returns of the United Kingdom, for the week ending April 28th, exceeded by £58,015 the cor responding week of last year. In the LONDON MARKET for FOREIGN SECT RIVES to-day only a limited business w as d one, and the tendency in values was slightly adverse in some cases. Original Turkish Six per Cents. have been taken at 771 and 771, and the N ew Sixes at 621 and t. Mexican Threes are rather fiat at 21Z-. Portuguese are steady at 45k. The LONDON COLONIAL PRODUCE MARKET since Friday has been rather inactive. SUGAR.—The public sales declared for to-mor row consist of 150 hhds. West Indies and 18,000 bags Mauritius. Coffee-200 casks Ceylon, with small quantities of cocoa and rice. SUGAR.-1,200 boxes Havanna reported sold. COPFEE.-150 bags native sold at 61s. TEA.—The large public sales advertised for this article had a depressing influence. RICE has been more enquired for. SALTPETRE. Refraction 11 sold at 393. ; refraction 7i, 415.; refraction 5, 439• In other articles no material alteration. The BOROUGH HOP MARKET.—The accounts from the plantations are on the whole favourable. Good and useful Hops continue iu fair request, at full prices ; but the demand for them is by no means active. For all other kinds the inquiry is slow. The LONDON CORN MARKET.—The weather is very fine to-day, with an east wind. The sup ply of English Wheat was small, and sold slowly at a decline of is to 2e from last Monday's rates. May 6, Despatch (ss), Gardner, Kilmore Assaye, Caldwell Bombay Ocean Pearl, Kruger, New Orleans Ann Cheshire, Whiteway, Cobija Clara Novello, Davis ...Havre Bonne Fante, Aner Nantes OFF TM Crusader, Columbini SAIL May 7. Premier, Stephens, Rotterdam De Brus (s), WlCease ...Cadiz Relief, M•Pherson ...Bombay May 7. Great Britain (m), Gray, Melbourne Aurora Aviero Nemesis, Vlank Nantes Mencius I British Merchant Huanacho Middlesex, Parmalep, New Orleans John Panter Pomaron E PORT. Le, and Aderonidock. LED. British Queen (ss), Harrison, Havre Messenger, Carter...Cronstadt Florist, Baker ...Monte Video ...43 W ~.48 N... 60 W SPOKEN Eagle, hence for Boston, April 21 Judah Touro, for Mobile, April 13 per Ocean Belle. Belgower, Sunderland for Callao, April 2 Echo, London for Sydney, April 3 .. 27 W. Clyde, Galveston for Liverpool, April2o 36 N... 28 W. Isaac Webb, April 26 49 N... 20 W Lady Clark, Sierra Leone for Plymouth, Aprills 30 N... 41 W. Swiftsure, London for Melbourne, April 3 per British Merchant. Cosmos, Algoa Bay for London, April 21 49 N... 20 W Emma, April 22 49 N... 19 W. Macdonald, bound north-west, April 23 50 N . 19 Nimrod, from Bombay, April 18 45 N... 21 W Shamrock, bound north-west, April 22 49 N... 19 W per Miranda. Brunette, inward bound, May 6. Millicente, inward bound, May 6. Anna Maria, April 14 British Tar, 1 Demethea, bound soath-east, April 14 Hsrmonie, Callao for Cork, April 5 Harvest Home, Iquique for Cork, May 5 John Barbour, for Liverpool, May 5 Navarino, May 8... .16 N.. 31 W. .41 N... 13 W. .1G N... 31 E. .44 N... 39 W. .51 N... 12 W. 51 N... 12 W. .51 N... 12 W. per Great Britain (ss). ' Barbadian, for Trinidad, May 1, off Arklow, per Invincible. Escort, Africa for Ltverpool, April 5, off the Azores. Kate Carney, bound west, April 20, off Tuskar. Bello, Gaboon for Liverpool, April 23 51 N... 20 'W, Equinox, hence for Batavia, March 4 22 5...27 W . Juverna, hence for Cape of Good Hope, April 4 3 5...28 W , Kestrel, hence for Callao, March 8 23 5...27 W Mezerium, hence for Monte Video, 38 days out lO N... 21 W San Carlos, for Liverpool, Jan. 21 55 9...76 W OTJTPORTS. Boreas, Jopson, from Hong Kong at Portsmouth. Queen of the West, in Newhaven Roads. Golden Rocket, from Iquique for Liverpool. off Queenstown. DEAL, May 7.---Arrived and passed : Florist, from St. Vin cent; Agamemnon, Calcutta; Despatch (ss), Liverpool; all for London ; Lady Mansell, St. Michael's to Hull ; Annie Morice, west to north ; Mariner, Hartlepool to Hong Kong ; Northern Light, Shields to Aden; Petrel, to north; Fairy Queen, Shields to Civita Vecchia ; Nordeep, Messina to Gothenburg ; Eliza beth, Rio Janeiro to Copenhagen ; P lora Angra, London to Lisbon ; Clara, London to Bong Kong. GRAVESEND, May 7.---Arrived : Undaunted, from Penang ; Caroline, Danzic ; Sarah, William, and Samaritan, Antwerp ; Daring, St. Michael's; Crescent, and Jubilee, Guernsey ; Ann, Antwerp; Furat, and Thea, Grave ines ; Wave Queen, and Tangregsi, Terceira; Relea , e, and Rinburn, Oporto ; Bazalich, Algoa Bay; Condor,Dauzic; Erebus, Porto Rica ; J. Primser, Rotterdam; Point, Jamaica; Coral Queen, Algna Bay ; Guapi za.na, and New Carnago, Porte Rico ; Queen, St. Michael's ; Blanche Moore, and Agamemnon, Calcutta; Amethyst, Leg horn ; Florist, St. Vincent ; Mary and Emily, Pillau ; Hannah Hicks, Demerara. Sailed : Roxburgh Castle, to Port Phillip. Fai.afourn,! May: 7.—Arrived : Alexander 11., Kerman, St. Mary's, Georgia; Reays, Falconer, Alexandria; Eluisa, De Rosa, Gallipoli; Jolaana Louise, Knit, Havana. Off: Prins Adelbert, Faur, from Santa Martha; Chryais, Sager, Shanghai to London. Caoonnavz:4, May 7.—Arrived : Swinge, Kokermulla, from Monte Video; Graf Von Bulow, Barge, Lagos; Bappi, Luaini, Constantinople; Great Western, New York. Off: ohannes and Helen, from Iquique ; Queen Margaret, Singapore to Liverpool. DUBLIN, May 7.—Arrived : Leba, Bonny Amelia, and Alexis, from Nantes; 'Gustave Marie, and Thomas, Danzic ; Alexandi, Bordeaux ; Lady Kingsdale, Cadiz ; Judith, Barbadoes. Qt•EintsTowar, May 7.---Arrived: Wentworth, from Odessa ; Mercury, Rio de la Haebe ; Genoa. Ibraila ; Glake, Rio Grande ; Jollys, Constantinople; Mirmion, Galatz ; Ida, Odessa; Earl Powis. and Rankful. Alexandria: Guisichan, Odessa • Amalia Helen, Catania, goes to Newcastle; Staath raath nergemmou, Venice; Niagara (ss), Liverpool for Boston, and proceeded; Libertis, and Ambassador. Odessa ; Thiberas, Salina; H.M.S. :Niagara, Parkhurat. Off: Gohannes, and Helene, from Iquique, went to Hamburg; Brothers, Cavilla, went to Clare. Passed harbour yesterday : Great Britain (es), Melbourne for Liverpool, landed passengers and mails and proceeded. *Sailed : Mary Storen, for Hanaburgh ; Mary Ridley, Limerick; Sloke, Bristol ; Southcliff, Barbadoes. BELFAST, May 5.---Arrived: Malvina (ss), from London; Marie Rose, Bordeaux ; Ire Veunir, Bayonne. 6.---Marie Amenda, Bayonne ; 'Ville de Guitres, Bordeaux. Sailed : Fylla, for Copenhagen ; Eva, Liverpool ; Victor Emeline, Troon ; Louis, Ayr. GREENOCK, May 7.---Arrived: Jane Speirs, from Trinidad; Othello, from Matanzas ; John Ferguson, from Demerara ; St. Pierce, Nantes. Sailed : Greenock, for Mauritius. THE DAY'S NEWS. In the House of Lords, yesterday, the Marquis of Clanricarde's motion on the subject of Savoy was withdrawn ; and the Manchester Water Bill was read a second time. In the House of Commons, yesterday, Lord J. Russell said, in reply to Mr. Hadfield, that repeated efforts had been made to improve our commercial relations with Turkey, but without success. Mr. Cardwell, in reply to Mr. Vance, stated that the bill for the better regulation of the Irish Ecclesiastical Commission would shortly be introduced to the House of Lords. Mr. Bowyer, in *reply to Mr. Newdegate, said that he had been in communication with the Government about the bill respecting Roman Catholic charities, but it was not yet ready. Mr. S. Herbert, in answer to Sir S. Northcote, stated that the force despatched to China was 13,000 men. If the contest was protracted, it would, of course, be necessary to ask for a further vote. Mr. Walter, proprietor of the Times, and Mr. Horsman had some discussion with reference to a coincidence between a speech of the former, on the Reform Bill, and a leading article in the Times, in the cause of which Lord Palmerston and Mr. Disraeli took part in favour of Mr. Walter. The adjourned debate on the Wine Licenses Bill was resumed. Mr. Ayrton, Mr Liddell, Mr. Palk, Mr. V. Scully, Mr. Hu mberston , and Mr. James opposed the bill as injurious to the morality of the people. Mr. Villiers defended the bill. Mr. Henley said that the provisions of the bill were directly opposed to the unanimous report of the committee, of which the right hon. gentleman who spoke last was chairman, and which he seemed to have altogether forgotten. Mr. Buxton urged the Government to withdraw the bill. Sir M. Peto and Sir W. Mills supported the bill. The Chancellor of the Exchequer said that all the objections to the bill were in matters 1 1 of detail. He was quite willing to submit to the advice of the House in committee. After some observations from Mr. Newdegate in opposition to the measure, the House divided on the amendment that the bill be read a second time.that day six months. The amendment was negatived by 267 to 193; majority, 74. The bill was then read a second time. The Census (Ireland) Bill was read a second time. The Times made a statement yesterday, which it must have created no slight anxiety to ascer tain the truth of. "It is loudly boasted," it said, " by persons apparently possessing the full confi dence of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, that we are at last bound over to keep the peace in recognisances which we cannot evade, and that so much indirect taxation has been repealed that it will be henceforth impossible to go to war without throwing all its burdens upon a single class, the wealthiest and hitherto the most influ entialin the country." Well might it be added, as it was, that they were desirous of information on these subjects. But very little of such infor mation, that can be in any way satisfactory at least, was apparently given by the Chancellor of the Exchequer in the House last night, when he had the opportunity of imparting it. The ques tion seems still to be a most anxious one, " on what foundation the great fabric of British credit will rest when the temporary props on which it is now precariously supported have been knocked away, and whether it be indeed true that our Treaty with France is destined to promote peace, not only by mutual conciliation and commercial intercourse, but by depriving us of the financial resources required for supporting the burden even of a defensive war." The London Atlas remarks with sarcastic enlo phasis upon the fact, of the two great American patrons of their pugilistic countryman, Heenan, having actually been presented at Court ! " The Queen," it reminds us, " held a levee the other day, and among the presentations by the United States Minister were Dr. Augustus Rawlings, of New York, and Mr. Wilkes—two gentlemen who came over from America with the hero ; and wbo conducted the illustrated paper which appared immediately after the fight, and which gore to the English public the trans-Atlantic version of the affair." Our contemporary would have us be AFTER NEXT WEEK. On Thursday, the 24th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers Office, 2, Dale-street, 36 Cwt. East India SEA HORSE TEETH, 52 Cases MOTHER 0' PEARL SHELLS. Apply to BROWNE, HUNTER, & CO., Brokers. Olt s*. 1. TINS DE FRANCE. Alain Bougourd et Manjot au H&vre, Commissionnaires, en Vins de Bordeaux, de Champagne, de Bourgogne, et en Eaux de Vie de Cognac. Exportation. S. Represantants dA Nelson de Cognac. Exportation. 3. Vine fins de Champagne. Alain Bougourd et Manjot au Hirrs, Represantants de Messrs. de St. Marceau' & Co. Exporiatioll. For particulars apply to it. CH. DENES, 49, North John-street, LiTerpool. COMMERCIAL. LIVERPOOL. MONDAY EVENING. c 6t , C Cattail ax et. In the Liverpool Cotton Market to-day there has been a moderate demand, and prices continue steady. The sales r eported —including 400 Per nambuco, at 7d to Bid ; 80 Bahia, at 7.0; 30 Maranham, at 91d ; 200 Egyptian, at 83d to 11d ; and 300 Surat, at 4d to 4!d—amounted to 8,000 bales, of which 1,000 were taken on speculation and for export. trz 51iart Rtarket. In the Liverpool Share Market to-day the tons has again been very good, and although the busi ness still continues to be of the most limited character, stock remains scarce, thus extreme prices are obtained where it is wanted. Oxfords, which had rapidly advanced to 461, have to-day been rather freely offered at the price. The transactions included—Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee, 32i t ; Great Western, 70 ; London and North-Western, 101 is 2fl-2 i t 2; ditto a-shares, 1-16 p; Midland, 118 ; North-Eastern -Berwick stock, 96i I Y ; York capital stock, 801 ; South-Eastern, 26 3-16 ; Caledonian 4i per cent, 1011. The Share Market closed to-day at the following prices : RailWay3. Sales after Closing Prices. 3 o'clock. Blackburn, Bi r kenhead&ChestareJn. 691 69 1 Caledonian Chester and Holyhead Eastern Counties Great Northern Great Westerns Lancashire & Yorkshire . London & North Westernloll 102 1 201 . 7 Ditto k -shares .••• • . • p ar lip Manchester, Shef., & Lin. 42 421 Midland Stock ....... . . 1171 118 _ North British ...... North Staffordshire North Eastern—Berwick Do. York and N. Midland 80± 804. _ Do. Leeds Northern Oxford, W. & Wolverhptn 451 4 ni l ' — South Eastern Dutch Rhenish L.l Great Luxeriabourg Grand Trunk of Canada -16 8 9-16 Gt. W. of Canada Ditto iew shares ..... 6, 1 ; qd Buffalo and Lake Huron s' 5 4 . Lombardo-Yenetian - Great Ship Ol'aicatiat Praha Narket. The Liverpool Colonial Produce Market to-day was inactive, but generally firm. SUGAR continues firm, and although not active, lull prices have been realised: 20 hhds Antigua are reported at 42s to 445, 1,700 bags Pernams at 245, and 1,500 bags Ceara at 24s Od per cwt. MOLASSES.—A large business has been done, a cargo of Cuba Muscovado (300 puncheons) on the -spot having been sold on private terms, and three cargoes (together 1,700 puncheons) to arrive, at les Cd for Muscovado, and 15s 9d per cwt for d aye d, being easier rates. Rr m.—We have no sales to notice. COFFEE. —Several par ce l s . are advert i sed f or public sale to-morrow. bags Bahia hav e rea li sed 49s 3 d COCOA.-16° per cwt. RICE.—The business is confined to 1,600 bags old Arracan, at lOs Lid per cwt. RAPESEED.-8,150 bags have changed hands at 52s for ordinary, to 54s 9d per quarter for brown Bombay. REMP.-1,200 bales Manilla are also reported, at £24 per ton. GAMBIER.-50 tons, to arrive, at 17s 3d per cwt., rejecting damaged. gates a /teigtil. Freights are fully 2s to 3s per ton lower fur India and China this week, and ye peels are only placed with difficulty, as there is. considerably less demand for tonnage. Homewards there are but few charterers, and our quotations cannot be exceeded. Timber freights are firm, but the quo tations are considerably lower, and in consequence several vessels are leaving here unchartered, expecting to get better rates at the port of load ing. Rates to United States ports remain with out alteration. The following are the rates of freight for— COAL : FROM LIVERPOOL OR BIRKENHEAD. To : s. d. s. d. Malta l5 6 ... 16 6' Trieste Corfu l5 0 ... 16 0 Smyrna l6 0 ... 0 0 Varna nominal. Gibraltar Leghorn... nom l5 0 ... 0 0 Athens Havannah lB 0 ... 19 0 Cardenas Monte Video Buenos Ayres Constantinople l6 0 ... 0 0 Salonica l6 0 ... 0 0 RAILS—BRIS! To s. d. s. d. TrebizOnde l7 0 ... 13 0 Sinope Ancona Ragusa Venice Genoa Naples ..... .nom l6 0 ... 0 0 Rhodes St. Thomas Rio Janeiro Bahia 29 0 0 0 Cape of G. Hope 32 8 ... 0 0 Pernambuco 2B 0 ... 29 0 Galveston Rails nominal. !OL CHANNEL 255. and 5 per cent. To Galveston ... To Mobile .... To New York To New Orleans To Fernandina (Florida) To Portsmouth (nominal)... To Savannah To Havannalt (small cargo) ...Ws. To Alexandria Zs. GENERAL FREIGHTS. 264. Od. and 5 per cent. 26i. Od. and 5 per cent. and 6 per cent. s. d. s. d. Liverpool to Aden 45 0 to 0 0 „ Hong Kong Ditto from Wales 5O 0 to 52 0 Chusan 6O 0 to 0 0 „ Ceylon : Iron 45 0 to 0 0 „ Bombay, do 0 0 to 0 0 from the Clyde ~ Bombay : Coals ~ Suez Melbour ne f £3 Si. register ton. 62 6 to 0 0 „ Sy or i ~ Singapore ~ Galle ~ Shanghai 5O 0 to 0 0 Ditto from Wales 52 6 to 0 0 to Calcutta: Salt without consignment 37 0 to 0 0 with ditto 4O 0 to 41 0 ~ Calcutta : Iron, Engines, &c. 47 6 to 0 0 Ditto, C oa l s ~ Ascension, from Wales 25 0 to 0 0 ~ Fernando Po, from Wales 29 0 to 0 0 ~ Callao Flag Stones 35 0 to 40 0 Woosung Liverpool to Madras Iron &c. 455., Clyde 505., Cbusan 555. Do. Coals 425. 6d. .- Do. from Wales 455. Od. Liverpool to Valparaiso for orders, to discharge there or at a Port not North of Callao 325. 6d. to 35s' small ships. Liverpool to New York, Coals, full cargoes, 15s. Od. & 5 per cent. Moulmein 755., Teak to U. K. nominal. Akyab ' ; option of Rangoon, Bassein, or Moulmein, to U. K. or Continent, 60s. Calcutta to Liverpool, 655.; ditto on the round, £5 to £5 55., with option of London. Guano from Chinches to U. K. or Continent, 60s. Bombay to Liverpool or London, 475. to 50s. We are indebted to Messrs. Taylor, Tipper, and Co., for the following rates of freight to the United States : For foreign there was a good retail demand, at a slight reduction. Maize was is down from the highest point. - • The Flour trade was dull; but prices were unaltered. • There was a retail sale for Barley at full prices. Oats were in fair demand at 6d , advance from Monday last. Peas and Beans were rather against buyers. The LONDON TALLOW MARKET 'to-day Was steady, at the following price's :—Town Tallow, 53s 6d; Petersburg Y.C., on the spot, 545; May to June, 53a 6d; July to Sept., 51s 3d; Oct. to. Dec., 51s, buyers. PARTICULARS OF TALLOW. Stock on hand this day...casks Delivery last week Ditto from Ist June Arrival last week Ditto from Ist June Price Y.C. per cwt. this day Ditto Town last Friday 1856. 1( 99, 98, 545. 558. 10,528 9,911 28,911 792 1,648 1,159 4 570 95,279 76,171 276 288 43 ),385 93,623 93,012 i. Od. 565. Od. 544. .d. 9d. 575. 3d. 555. 9d. Arrival for the week ending 16th May last year, 513 casks, and delivery, 1,353 casks. The arrival last week comprised 92 casks from Australia, and 11 casks from other places—total, 43 casks. The LONDON MINING MARKET today was inactive. Lady Bertha Shares have risen to 4,1 to 5. Alfred Consols are quoted 4,1, to 51 ; Stray Park, 46 to 48 ; Trencrom, 91 to ; East Basset, 105 to 110; West Frances, 27 to 29; and East Lady Bertha, 25s to 30s. Hingston Downs have been dealt in at 4. Foreign and Colonial Mining Shares are likewise firm. There are inquiries for Bon Accord, Dun Mountain, Kapunda, and St. John del Rey ; the last men tioned have advanced. The METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET.—The Beasts and Sheep at market to-day sold steadily, and in some instances the prices were the turn higher. Lambs and Calves wero firm, and Pigs were rather cheaper. Beef Sc 4d to 4e 10d Veal 4s 6d to 5s 6d Mutton 3a 4d to 5s 2d Pork 34 6d. to 4a Sd Lamb Os 6d to is 2d aP Slbs. TOTAL SUPPLY. 3,740 Sheep, foreign It 3GO Calves Cows „ foreign. „ foreign Sheep and Lambs 25,340 „ foreign Beasts , foreign .. 3,600 149 101 520 At the LONDON COLONIAL WOOL SALES this afternoon the attendance of buyers has been tolerably numerous, and the whole of the Wool offered by Messrs. Simes and Co (about 2,000 bales) has changed hands at the decline in the quotations noticed on Saturday. IMPORTANT NOTICE. TO ADVERTISERS. Advertisements under the head of BUSINESS DIRECTORY, and not exceeding six lines, will be inserted daily, iu all editions of " THE DAILY TimEs," For £6 6s. per annum. For £3 10s. per six months. For £1 15s. per three ditto. 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Dr. Hegg, prom Widdington, Essex : dio. Rochester : val. £538 with residence pat. Major Henry Court : Rev. C. A. Campbell, dec. VICARAGE. Iwerne Minster w. Hinton C., Margaret Marsh C., and Fast Orchard C., Dorset : dio. Salisbury : val. £306: pats. D. and C. of Windsor : Rev. W. Blennerhassett, dec. PERPETUAL CURACIES. Monkswood, Monmouthshire : dio. Llandaff : val. £69 : pat. Duke of Beaufort : Rev. 8. C. Baker, prom.• Noak-Hill, Essex : dio. Rochester : pat. the Vicar of Rom ford : Rev. J. Harrison Bell, prom. CURACIES. Ateham, Shropshire : dio. Lichfield : with a title. Burnham, Bucks : dio. Oxford. Camberwell, Surrey : dio. Winchester. Carnmenellis, Cornwall : dio. Exeter : with a title. Devonport, Si. James: dio. Exeter: stipend £9O. Exeter, St. David : with a title. Gellygaer, Glamorganshire : dio. Llandaff. Hinckley, Leicestershire : dio. Peterborough. Luton, Christ Church, Beds : dio. Ely. Moordown and Parley, Hants : dio. Winchester. Newark-upon-Trent. Notts dio. Lincoln. Pimlico, St. Barnabas : dio. London : stipend £lOO with rcoms. Racunds, Northamptonshire : dio. Peterborough : stipend £luo. Steeping, Little, co. and dio. Lincoln. CHAPLAINCY. Usk House of Correction, Monmouthshire : dio. I.landaff : Rev. S. C. Baker, prom. MASTERSHIPS. Burton Grammar School : Assistant Mastership : salary £BO with board and lodging. Deptford Royal Naval School, New Cross : 3rd Classical : Rev. A. J. Perry, prom. Mill Hill School : salary £490 with residence. ellig Wind yesterday, S. ; at Holyhead, calm. MARITIME EXTRACTS. LITERPOOL, May 7. " The Arabia (s), coming into the river from the Sandon Basin, came in contact with the Great Britain (ss). The Arabia had fore rigging of.port side carried away, but the Great Britain was not injured. CITAENSTOWN, May 7.---The barque Guisichan, of Shields, before coming to anchor yesterday grounded on the Dognose Point, where she remained until flood tide. She got off, but with damage.---The American schooner Caroline F. A. Simpson, which has been on Spit Bank for the purpose of cleaning her bottom, grounded on liar anchor on Saturday afternoon, and incurred considerable damage by her anchor getting through her bottom. She tilled at tide time, and must be discharged. SHIPS INTENDING TO SAIL FROM LIVERPOOL FOR THE PRINCIPAL PORTS THIS MONTH. Destination. Ship's Name. Date. AL,ITYALIA AND NEW ZEALAND: Auckland Northern Bride May 10 Melbourne and Geelong ...Queen of India Maldanha , ,,20 Weetern Chief „ 25 Ilochelaga Rock City Sydney EA ST INDIES: Bombay ... .Kildare Indian Ocean Bencool en .Arachne Bebbington Atlghau .Annithea .Eglantine Ceni:Aon ~Aerolite ..Lady Cecilia Mary Spencer Calcutta If 16 24 Madras Colombo, Ceylon „ 10 „ 30 „ 12 Shanghai .... Sincapore.. . Port Natal UNITED STATES: New York Edinburgh (ss) Persia (s) Glasgow (ss) City of Baltimore (sa) Africa (s) Vigo (ss) Excelsior Resolute Arctic Adelaide .Arabia (s) .Maritana Enoch Train .Wyoming Western Ocean .R. B. bumner . Warbler...... ..Richard 111. .111acaulay Halifax and Boston . Boston .... Philadelphia . New Orleans ~ Charlo!ton . ........ Baltimore NonTA' AMtRICA LuLbec and Montreal ~, 21 „ 12 „ 15 quebec Montreal SOUTH AMERICA : Bahia ..Anglo-Saxon (es) ............... „ 9 Nova-Scotian (30 ........... „ 16 North Aratrican (sa) ........ „ 2; North Briton (es) ........... '„ ..Counteie of Elgin ......... 9 Ocean Monarch „ .......... .Harlequin .Giaour Joseph Wair .Mary Worrall Isabella .Marbs Mimosa .Neptune .Magellan Our Queen Lady Ebrington Pernambuco Rio de JaneirJ 12 Buenos Ayres er Rosaria . Valparaiso WEbT INDIEs: Idarbadoes Kingston, Jamaica .Levant .Everton First of May ,Irt .Ysusquiza Jesusa Demerara Havanna . MEDITERRANEAN : Alexandria, Beirout, and Alexandretta Milan (se) Araxes (ss) Atlantic (ss) Constantinople, Smyrna, and Syra Messina, Corfu, Ancona, and Trieste Genoa, Leghorn, and Naples pantander, Bilboa, and f.O Sabais4an ,•.•• Agia Sofia. Screw Steamer Cairo (es) Nina (co) .. 23 io• •• • • • 23 THE DAILY TIMES, TUESDAY, MAY 8, 1860; .11,5i1te5S itatzrp, THE DAILY TIMES OFFICE, 3, BRUNSWICK STREET. STEAM PRINTING WORKS, 40, LEIGH-STREET, LIVERPOOL. SOUTH LANCASHIRE CONSERVATIVE ASSOCIATION CONSTITUTIONAL ASSOCIATION, HOPE-BUILDINGS, NA, SOUTH CASTLE-STREET. EVERY INFORMATION IN REFERENCE TO REGISTRATION, AND OTHER MATTERS RELATING TO THE CONSERVATIVE CAUSE, MAT BE OBTAINED ON APPLICATION AT THE ABOVE OFFICE. F. SHAND, Chairman. J. S. BRANCH, Secretary. TO CORRESPONDENTS. Under no circumstances can communications be inserted net accompanied by the author's real name and address, which are required, not necessarily for publication, but as a guar antee of good faith. HIGH WATER, THIS DAY, AT LIVERPOOL. Hour. Height. Ob. 45m. l l7ft. 7in. lh. 6n. i 16ft. sin. ••••••=llllO. DioRNINQ.., .EvENixo ... ckt . ail Chum TUESDAY, MAY 8, 1860. thankful that two - inch distinguished foreigners who have come to this country on so very important and dignified a mission—should have been admitted to the immediate sunshine of R.yalty, and hopes that there will not be found to have been any mistake in the matter. For mistakes, it appears—which will sometimes occur, as we all know, in " the best regulated families," —do occasionally happen even in the Queen's household,—the following instance of which was thus advertised in the Gazette of last Tuesday, under the heading of " Lord Chamberlain's Office, April 28 : " " Notice is hereby given, that the presentation of Mrs. Duncan Stewart, at her Majesty's Drawing-room on Saturday, the 24th of March last, took place through inadvertence." So that, as is shrewdly observed, " the fate which thus mysteriously lay in store for poor Mrs. Duncan Stewart may even yet overtake Messrs. Rawlings and Wilkes." It will be something, however, to have enjoyed, like that only too briefly happy lady, the splendour and the repu tation of a Royal presentation, even for a short season. Should there not have been any mistake about it, we may hope to hear of the presenta tion, at the next levee, of Mr. Heenan, by the said United States Minister, Mr. Dallas ; followed, as a matter of course, by that of Mr. Sayers by Sir G. C. Lewis, her Majesty's Secretary of State for the Home Department. A very remarkable practical illustration of Mr. John Bright's regard for the working classes is now being presented at Rochdale, where his business operations are carried on. The work people of his own firm have never been paid as one would have thought he, as their great friend, would have taken care that they should be ; and now it is proposed to reduce their wages still lower. They are, not unnaturally, therefore, resisting the proposal. And that they are, as a matter of business arrangement, justified in doing so, may be taken for granted from the fact, that a few days since a deputation of three men went to Halifax, and, with the permission of Mr. Joseph Crossley, consulted 400 of his weavers, who unanimously resolved to support them by contributing is. a week each towards their subsistence during the struggle. Hoping, how ever, still to bring the matter to an amicable adjustment, they appointed a deputation to wait upon the Messrs. Bright for the purpose ; but they were most discourteously refused an inter view with those manufacturing magnates and high-flown democrats. The cause of the poor people is already taken up by the carpet-weavers not of Yorkshire only, but of Worcestershire and Durham also, who have issued a strong appeal in their behalf. It is such a case as this that tests most truly the real character of a politician like Mr. John Bright. The King of Naples and Sicily has evidently had a narrow escape from losing the latter divi sion of his kingdom. Garibaldi had all but embarked, it seems, at Genoa, for Palermo, with a formidable force of veteran volunteers, and a large collection of arms, when Count Cavour him self succeeded in arresting his movements. The intended expedition had been got up with great secrecy, and surprising despatch. But intelli gence of it having, by some means or other, reached the Sardinian Government, its departure was prevented just when all was ready for a start. Had it once reached the Sicilian shores, it is more than probable that such an impetus would thereby have been given to the insurrection as was alone wanting to promote its success. The assistance Garibaldi would have carried with him must have been highly conducive to such a result. But when, in addition to that, the popular cause was to be directed by one so brave and expe rienced in revolutionary warfare, its triumph, in a short time, might have been safely calculated upon. The policy of Count Cavour in Italy is too cautious, it would seem, for the revolutionary party there—more especially the Garibaldists s and he has therefore his enemies, who are said to be craftily plotting his downfall. The Paris Constitittionnel has come forward very warmly in his defence, extolling his policy, and commending him for his resistance of those who would exceed it,—pointedly declaring, at the same time, that " Europe, and France particularly, will ener getically disapprove aggression, and that the work of Piedmont is no more to extend her boundaries, but to assimilate herself with the annexed provinces." By later accounts from Copenhagen we learn, that the nature of the negotiation entered into by Denmark with France, is that of a treaty of alliance defensive and offensive, and that Sweden also has been induced to unite with them in it. Already has the marked improvement in the weather had the effect of largely reducing the price of fodder, which before was rising rapidly to a famine height. The price of hay has fallen more than one-half in Ireland, under the influence of the happy change. The annexation of Savoy and Nice to France is not yet completed. It has still to go through another process,—that of the votes of the Sar dinian Parliament. There is no doubt, we believe, that they will be obtained in just sufficient num ber to ratify the treaty. But until this ratifica tion is accomplished, the French Emperor, it is said, will defer his intended visit to Nice. The new French law altering the duties on wool and cotton has now been promulgated ; and it came into operation yesterday. It includes the raw material, and also cotton and woollen threads—the import duties on which are in due time to cease entirely. The real object, of course, is to promote French manufactures in wool and cotton. THERE are two considerations which make the Reform Bill a very perilous measure in the hands of such a Ministry as the present ; and it will be well if they are allowed to exert the influence they deserve to do in dealing with that measure in Committee. The first is, that the only pres sure upon Parliament for Reform has proceeded from those whom even this large and dangerous concession to Radical and Republican clamour will never satisfy, but only be received as a means to still more revolutionary ends ; and the second is, that its authors, or most of them, in their hearts fear and dread, yet must persist in sustaining it, not only because they committed themselves to it as the condition of their restora tion to office, but because to play false upon it would deprive them of that Radical support, without which their Administration would soon fall to pieces. Now, this being the state of the case, surely no hon. member of Constitutional principles —no supporter of that Constitution under which our country has been raised to so high a pre-eminence among the nations of the world—can be indiffe rent to the tendencies of such a measure. It is evident that they who seek to republicanise our political system are satisfied that it will most materially forward their object. And if they want such a radical change—if they prefer a Republic to a Monarchy—they are certainly wise in their generation, in taking advantage of the cir cumstances of the times to further such a revolu tion. Only let it be clearly understood that they are really aiming at such ends; and let be unmis takeably seen that they really calculate upon this Reform Bill promoting them. More, than this, — they are Close who insist upon representation as a right—even a natural right; whereas, if it were so, it would be equal—it would belong to all alike—and be the right not of one sex only, but of both : a sense in which even they them selves are not consistent enough to regard it, since we never hear of their advocating as altera tion of the law which cuts off at a sikagle spoke, by excluding the votes of women, one half of the public from a right which they yet assert to be inherent in all—a right, too, which, according to their view of it, is not only universal, but inalien able, and indefeasible, and imprescriptible. Such, we say, are the principles of .those who hare almost exclusively demanded such a measure as this; and who are nearly its only hearty sup porters in Parliament. But Ministers the authors of the measure—utterly repudiate such views, or, at any rate, have hitherto professed so to do. They would tell us,—or at least in their happier moments, and more independent circumstances, they have always told us,—that they consider it so far only as a right at all, as it conduces to public utility —as it contributes to the enactment of good laws, and secures to the people their impartial and effective administration. It is upon this prin ciple, and with this object in view, that the right of representation has been conferred. The Con stitution contemplates the calling to the national councils, through such representation, men most likely, by their superior qualifications, to know and to promote the public interest. And surely no pru dent statesman—no one who was animated by the spirit of patriotism—would ever think of aban doning so sound and safe a system, of subverting such long established and settled rules of repre sentation—at any rate, without a reasonable prospect, under that which they would substitute for it, of really procuring wiser and better representatives. There may be apparent anomalies in our present system,—it may, we are free to admit, be capable of improvement, by a proper enlargement. But ought we not, in common prudence, to be assured, before adventuring upon such a reform, that the magnitude of the evil justifies the danger of the experiment ? Let it be borne in mind that it is the House of Commons itself that is proceeding to make this reform,—that it is they, themselves, who have been: elected members of that House under the present representative system, that are invited to create a change in it, their enactment of which would be tantamount to a sentence of self-con demnation. For if the system really requires so radical a change—if the present constituencies positively need to be vitalised and purified by so copious an infusion of the democratic element as is proposed—does it not involve the implication, that they who have been returned'under a system demanding such vitalising and purifying, must themselves be in a false position, as legislators, in such a case ? And can they, therefore, be justified in the course they are now pursuing, as an estate of the realm, if they thus repudiate their own qualification to know and to promote the public interest ? With what consistency, with what integrity can they proclaim that the represen tative system under which they have been elected is so corrupt, or in any wise so imperfect, as to require an addition to the ranks of its con stituencies of at least two or three hundred thousand—and they to be taken from the lowest, and therefore the most ignorant and worst qualified classes of the people ? No wonder, when it is reflected upon in this sober and practical point of view—no wonder that, even on the ministerial side of the House, remonstrances should be heard against such a measure. No wonder that Mr. GREGORY, for instance, though acknowledging himself a Liberal, should declare that "he did not wish for such a lowering of the franchise as the bill proposed. He did not wish to see constituted, as was intended by this bill, too unwieldly consti tuencies, to be handed over, as in America, to the management of caucuses, combinations, and associations, who were themselves wielded by a few political intriguers. He did not wish to see here, as in America, men of eminence retire into private life ; and he did not wish to see men of high talent, great eloquence, and great adminis trative ability, set aside to make way for mere mediocrity. He did not wish to see forced from the helm of public affairs men whose superiority they could look up to without envy and without cavil—men whose lofty position placed them above the suspicion of all that is mean and sordid." For " as England's statesmen had hitherto been great, so had England's history been glorious, — and the time was not far off, but was even no w at hand, when the destiny of England and of European liberty would have to be decided, not by average capacities, but by England's greatest men." It will not exonerate Ministers from the opprobrium they have so justly contracted by the proposal of such a measure,—an opprobrium that is only aggravated by the factious circum stances under which they committed themselves to it,—should the kingdom, after all, be spared its infliction, either by Parliament completely modifying it, or *rejecting it altogether. The higher branch of the Legislature—whatever the lower-may do—is almost expected, it would seem, to reject the Bill, should the 16 franchise clause be retained in it when it comes up to them ; nor would its doing so be very displeasing, it is believed, to a majority of the Commons. " There is little danger," says the Saturday Review," of a conflict between the two branches of the Legisla ture when the House of Lords gives effect to the unconcealed wishes of all but a small section of the House of Commons. On the whole, however, it is more likely that the Bill will be wrecked before the termination of its present voyage. When it has foundered in a calm, impartial spectators may perhaps admit that the cause of the misfortune was rather in the fabric itself than in the perversity of the elements. Democrats and Absolutists will find ground for triumph - in the incapacity of a constitutional assembly to carry into effect resolutions which it has re peatedly announced; but a want of aptitude in committing suicide is not, perhaps, altogether a proof of defective vitality." The French have commenced preparations for the. proposed settlement on the coast of Abyssynia. THE ESCAPE FROM NEWCASTLE GAOL.—Down to Tuesday evening the Newcastle police had not got on to the track of Walter Scott Douglas, the Jack Sheppard of the north, who escaped from the gaol of that town a second time on Sunday morning. There is no doubt but that he has made off to the wilds of Northumber land—a direction he was seen to take on leaving New castle. The magistrates have held an investigation into the circumstances of the escape, and the under governor, Mr. Wood, and the warder who had charge of Douglas, have been suspended. THE NATIONAL GALLERY.—Formerly, alas, we entered the National Gallery with unalloyed satisfaction ; for, notwithstanding the smallness and incompleteness of tke collection, excellence greatly predominated ; and there was, at least, due proportion between the number of great and inferior works. But now that proportion is no more. Mere rubbish of large dimensions is begin ning to prevail to an alarming extent; and at the very outset of the collection the imagination is much untoned and nauseated by the uncouthness and imbecility of monkish altar-pieces with their gaudy framework —productions outraging common sense, Christianity, nature, and art in every way—Orcagna-saints, of aspect fit to preside at an Indian suttee, spiritualities in reli gious expression and artistic style only worthy of a Buddhist monastery—idiotically loathsome pietas and crucifixes, over which reverence and decency would alike fain drop a veil. It is surely now high time that the habit of purchasing such works—a halb.itttlberedor of antiquarians and eloquent writers who kn ow li 0.1 upon our National Gallery as in any ti e on nothing of art—should cease. We cann d ot ,r w ee i museum of archwology and historical illusstoruando of models as a gallery of art—a good . an d not w illingly 2 s u' imply crowded ac - of objects in themselves worthless and cauoluastienhowever conducive to antiquarian erudition. The national funds should not be lavished on such for delight and emulation, a quaint and dreary curiosities, to the end that when some admirable work presents itself, those funds should be found exhausted, or inadequate. Many of those already collected are so utterly worthless, that we earnestly hope the trustees will by and bye avail themselves of the legal resource id' au auction for the winnowing and purifica tion of the huge mass; or, at any rate, that they will send them to the shady corridors of one of our museums of historical and natural curiosities,—Art Joufnal. LATEST NEWS. BY BRITISH AND IRISH MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.I. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, May 7. In reply to the proposals of France, England consents to adopt, as basis of the Conference. Article 92 of the final act of Vienna, which refers to the neutralisation of the districts of Chablais and Faucigny. England reserves, however, the right of making, at the said Conference, proposals relative to the modres of this neutralisation. This declaration of England is likely to increase the probabilities of the assembling of the proposed Conference. SWITZERLAND. BERNE, May 7. The Federal Council has issued a fresh circular note demonstrating the strategetic importance of the neutralised provinces for the maintenance of the neutrality of Switzerland. FRANCE. PARIS, May 7. The 0)130 ut ioiznel has an article, by its chief editor, M. Grandguillot, severely condemning the efforts which are being made to cause the fall of Count Cavour. It details the difficulties which have been successfully overcome by Piedmont, and points out the political importance which she has acquired by the consent of Europe. It extols the policy of Count Cavour, and commends him for resisting the efforts of those who would exceed the limits of that policy. This article also clearly declares that Europe, mid France particularly, will energetically disapprove aggression, and that the work of Piedmont is no more to extend her boundaries, but to assimilate herself with the annexed provinces. It is said that the Emperor's departure for Nice is postponed until the treaty between Sar dinia and France shall be ratified by the Pied montese Parliament. Defensive works, on an extensive scale, aro still carried on with great activity on the coasts of Brittany and Normandy. The Paris correspondent of the Herald infers, from the increased charge for exemption from military service, that disinclination to enter the army is decidedly greater than it was. Official returns show that the number of seamen inscribed in the maritime inscription is 68,000. The favourable change in the weather has pro duced a reaction in the corn markets. The Moniteur promulgates the law passed by the Legislative Chamber for abolishing and, in certain cases, modifying the duties hitherto levied on wool, cotton, and other articles of primary necessity used in manufactures. Cotton and wool imported in French ships will be admitted duty free. If imported in foreign ships the duty will be three francs the one hundred kilogrammes. The bill comes into operation to-day, the 7th of May. The bounties on the exportation of cotton and woollen threads and goods are gradually to fall, and finally to expire in five months. The Tine growers say they have not sustained any damage from the frosts, and that there is a prospect of an abundant vintage. The Pays announces officially that Garibaldi has resigned his commission as general in the Piedmoutese service, and that the Prince of Syracuse, uncle of the King of Naples, has been exiled. SICILY. TURIN, May 7. The Piedinontese Gazette contains the following despatch, dated Palermo, Thursday, 3rd inst.:— The inhabitants are re-opening their shops ; the agitation is diminishing. The Lieutenant-General had published a proclamation declaring the town to be no longer in a state of siege. NAPLES (via Genoa), May 4. No news had been received from Sicily for a week. Neither government nor merchant steamer had arrived. The telegraph lines are interrupted. It is believed that the insurrection still continues on the coast and in the interior of the island. Serious apprehensions are entertained as to the state of affairs in Sicily. It is not the Count of Syracuse but his secretary who has been exiled. THE ITALIC KINGDOM. TURIN, May 7. The result of the elections which are known, up to the present time, shows a considerable majority in favour of the Ministry. General Garibaldi has only obtained 35 votes at Turin, and Signor Laurenti only 14. THE FRENCH FUNDS. PARIS, May 7, 3.25 p.m. The Bourse has been fiat, and prices have materially declined. The Rentes, which were first done at 71f. 20c., closed at 71f., or 30c. lower than on Saturday. GARIBALDI AND THE SICILIANS. PARIS, May 7. Tho Prrtrio , of thiv evening, says, , 4 We learn that General Garibaldi has left for Sicily with an expeditionary corps d' arintle." The Patric adds, "General Garibaldi, by acting thus, commits an action which falls under the application of the laws against piracy." The same journal says the Sardinian Government has ordered the Sardinian vessels off Sicily to oppose with armed force any attempt that may be made by individuals who have embarked in vessels hoisting the Sardinian flag. BAVARIA. MUNICH, May 7. King Ludwig will leave on the 15th instant for Vienna. It is believed that this journey of the aged Prince is not entirely without political motives. THE FIGHT FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP The following letter appeared in the Times of ye; terday : TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. SlR,—The period has arrived when it becomes my duty to thank the great British public for the patronage they have bestowed upon me. It is not for me to pass any remark upon my late struggle, when the New World was pitted against the Old, but one thing I can say in honesty, that I did my best for the land of my birth and dearest affections. I had opposed to me one worthy of me, and whose activity, rapidity, and pluck it was no small task to encounter. Sprung from our own race, the Americans inherit our best qualities, and as our conflicts with them have in the progress of time ended in peace so may every bitter ness engendered by the late struggle for the champion ship pass away for ever ! In your description of that conflict you drew a picture the like of which the sporting world never say/ before, and another proof in itself that genius ca n touch nothing which it does not adorn and elevat e. To live to receive the kindly notice of that journal which makes and unma k es r eputations, which che ers the humble dwellings of the poor, and makes tyrants tremble on their gilded th r ones, is to have live d for a great .and distinguished honour. upon my own part, and that of my children, I most grateful thanks, and I hum bl y o ffer to you mY t r ust, to w h a tever period Provid ence w ill extend my lif e , that no act of mine, either in private or public life, will be unworthy of one who has received the notice of the Times newspaper. —I remain, Sir, your obedient servant, Tom SAYERS, Champion of England. 30, Oxendon-street, Haymarket, London, Sunday, May 6. ---:. Our readers have only to send a penny stamp and they will receive, free by post, the " Invalid's Own Guide," or natural. restorer without medicine or exp ense, of perfect digestion, strong nerves, wand lungs, and refreshing sleep, to the most enfeebled, effectually removing indigestion (dyspepsia), and sickness, even during pregnan debility, nervousness, cy, nausea palpitation, cough, asthma, inci p i ent consumpt i on , dropsy, constipation, flatulency, diarrhoea, dysentery, biliousness, fevers, sore throats, catarrhs, colds, noises in the ears, rheumatism, goS.it, impurities, eruptions, hysteria, neuralgia, irritability, sleeplessness, acidity, palpitation, heartburn, headache, despondency, cramp, spasms, sinking, fits, bron chitis; also children's complaints. Accompanied with numerous successful cures, which had resisted all medical treatment and been abandoned as hopeless. D. T. Barry, 77, Regent-street, London. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT• HOUSE OF LORDS.-YESTERDAY. The Marquis of Clanricarde, on the appeal of Earl Granville, withdrew a motion he had placed on the paper for the pro duction of communications with France, on the subject of Savoy. The Manchester Corporation Water Bill was read a second time. The House adjourned at half-past five o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-YESTERDAY. The Speaker took the chair at four o'clock. Mr. HADFIELD asked the Secrptary of State for Foreign Affairs whether there has been a revisioa of ;the stipulation s which regulate the commerical relations of the Porte witi other powers, or in the position of foreigners resident Turkey, and whether a deliberation has yet been opened a Constantinople siace the conclusion of peace between the Porte and the representatives of other powers, with the view of attaining the twofold object in such a manner as to afford entire satisfaction to all legitimate interests. Lord J. Russiu.. said that repeated efforts had been flied° to improve our commercial relations with Turkey, but hitherto without success. Mr. VAxet asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland when it is his intention to introduce the bill for the better regulation of the Irish Ecclesiastical Commission. Mr. CARDWFLL replied that the bill would shortly be intro• duced to the House of Lords. Mr. NEWDEOATE asked the hon. member for Dundalk when he intends to pr,iceed with the bill respecting Roman Catholic Charities, upon which the Secretary of State for the Home Department has informed the House that the bon. member has been in communication with the Government. Mr. BOWYER replied that he had been in communication with the Government in respect of the bill, but it was not yet ready. Sir S. NORTHCOTE asked the Secretary of State for War whether any addition of troops has been sent to or placed under orders for China, beyond the number stated in this . House by the Secretary of Stat e f or I n di a on t h e 2 4t h d a y 01 February last? what is the amount of the addition, if any and whether it been made by the despatch of troops from India or from this country ? Mr. S. HERBERT replied that the force despatched to Chills was 13,000 men. If the contest was protracted, it would of course be necessary to ask for a further vote. Mr. WALTER moved the adjournment of the House, for the purpose of making a general explanation relative to himself and the hon. member for Stroud (Mr. llorsman). He had, la his speech on the Reform Bill, recommended that the passinf of the bill should not involve an immediate dissolution. 3 11 ". foreman had given him notice that he should, on Thursday► call the attention of the House to this part of his speech, coupling it with an article in the Times to the same purpOrt. Mr. Horsman had not done as he had said, and in consequence he had himself written to Mr. foreman, stating his own intention of bringing the matter before the House. Ho had no knowledge or connection with the article in question. He was, it was true, greatly interested in the prosperity of the Times, but he was in no way connected with it in editorial capacity; and he warmly deprecated the allusions made i 0 that House to articles in newspapers, as derogotary to the dignity of Parliament and injurious to the tone and character of their debates. Mr. HORSMAN, after explaining the reasons which prevented him from bringing forward the subject on Monday, entered into a detailed statement respecting the circumstances referred to. On entering the House, on Mouday last, he was informed that a compromise had been entered into, with respect to the Reform Bill, on the basis of a £l5 franchise in counties and £8 franchise in towns, and a condition that there should be se dissolution for two years. The last suggestion had been made by Mr. Walter, in his place, and by the Times, in a leading article, which article further contained a violent attack on himself. This was a proceeding, in his opinion, unworthy of a member of the legislature, and which he felt bound to bring before the notice of the House of Commons. He proceeded to comment at length on the connection of Mr. Walter with the Times, and read letters from himself to Mr. Walter, cow taining lengthened attacks upon that journal, and noticing , amongst other things, tke personal attraction exercised by Lord Palmerston over the editor, or the anomalous position or Mr. Lowe, or the Treasury Bench. He attacked the assumed irresponsibility of the press, admitting that it should be independent, but denying that it ought to be irresponsible . He proceeded to comment on Mr. Walter's position with regard to the Times, and the secret agency which he employed in writing the article of that journal. Mr. Bright, whom Mr . Walter had assailed for speeches made by him out of door: , had at last spoken openly, and on his own responsibility. Lord PALMERSTON said that it was true that he had been for some years the public man of all others the most abused by the press; but he had survived it all, and had not thought it worth while to rise and complain. Replying to the referenc e made .to his influence over the editor of the Times, he said those influences were purely social. That gentlemen no t others of all shades of opinion under his roof, where all, as he trusted, spent a pleasant evening. Mr. Disan.xtf rose to endea tour to extract some useful result from the debate; and added his protest to that of Mr. Walter against the practice lately adopted by members of Parliamen t of making quotations from anonymous writings in the morning . journals. He added that they should not be too critical as to the proceedings of the press, which had neither the protection nor the responsibility of the Government in legislature, and bi whose comments most might profit, and which on the whole were of the highest advantage to the whole community. The motion was then withdrawn. The adjourned debate on the Wine License Bill was re' soured by Mr. ATRTON referring to the enormous number of small refreshment houses in the great towns, who by this bill would be compelled to pay taxes to the Government and were placed tinder the supervision of the police. He further urged that the union of drinking wine or spirits with eating would be injurious to the public morality. As the law at present stood► all reasonable opportunities for companionship and enjoymen t was afforded by the existing law. From the temperament an°' position of the working classes, temptations should be kept oat of their way, and their habits ought, as far as possible, to b e guarded by the legislature. Mr. Liddel and Mr. ilia opposed the bill as injurious tee the morals of the people, while Alderman Salomans supPort e4 it as calculated to suply a great public want. Mr. VINCENT SCULLT considered the bill a most demoralising one, and should give it his decided opposition. Mr. IiMIDERATON thought that a slight alteration in th e . licensing system would effect all that was good in the presen t measure, without its objectionable tendencies. Mr. ;AXES condemned not only the corrupting influence of the bill, but its injustice to vested interests, and to the igg s class of persons who had invested their money in existing establishments. Mr. VILLIERS defended the bill, which offered every eecurd A / that those who sold intoxicating liquors were trustworthy 94 7 responsible persons. The provisions of th e bill were a dopted after careful and ample evidence adduced before the wis h committee. The argument against the bill was this, not the', people should abstain from win e , b u t th a t th ey should, r;f; drink it except where spirits were sold at the same time. argued at length against the evils of the existing system, 144 `, in favour of the poliey of accustoming th e l ower c l asse s to a' when they drank, and breaking through the habit of W ill strong liquors. Mr. HENLEY said that the provisions of the bill were dira 6l/ opposed to the unanimous report of the committee, of wh icb i the right hon. gentleman who spoke last w a s c h a i r man, s ti l which he seemed to have altogether forgotten. H e protested against the pressure put upon those small d ea l ers who .r.„ red herrings or sweetmeats to take lic enses ; aga inst PI interference of the police with ;every young woman who t i t an orange, which he supposed was a refreshment; ato P :" the invidious duty imposed upon magistrate s o f virtua l l, persons unheard and in their absence, in referciPii to which practice he quoted the advice of Lord John Rugg, to the young King of Naples, wherein the noble 10 ' must have had the Chancellor of the Exchequer in his sr; 1 he bill was, he said, got up by the poli c e ou t o f reven ge, W it I a dash of folly in ;it. The competition of two classes - ‘ l l , houses already caused much mischief, and they were o ° t asked to increase the evil by introducing a thi r d. He did lio 4 believe that the bill could be amended in committee, g' strongly recommended its withdrawal. boa Mr. BUXTON said that the London brewers, o ne a nd se ,, t - .4 refused to join the agitation against the bill. V I M, personal reason would induce him t o su pp or t th e bill. wif reflection compelledhim to oppose it, on th e ground b y its tendency to promote intoxication. The pr e ca u ti o ns taken, t the bill were virtually none at all. H e urg e d th e Govern2 o * - 4 to withdraw the bill, and introduce another placing Wise s t u a t spirits on the same footing, and strictly reforming the pre.' licensing system. Sir M. PET° should support the motion, believing that many objectionable proposals contained in th%bill m ight heV o after be amended. His own experience in various parts ° i ti t i o world led him to the opinion that a wine th inking poPuli - was the most sober. re new Sir W. MILLS would support the bill, if the tax on ment houses were taken out of it, which would be $ g hardship upon small freeholders. a ll tie The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that --,,,, pat objections to the bill were on matters of detail. He yt wish to fix precisely the class of houses which were to taP:r e licenses, the hours of closing, and many other Ina' e s. treated in the bill. Hp did not mean. to W h e er e the liability to take a license on all houses w ' s oi refreshment was sold, but where it was systemat ic te 4 sold to be consumed upon the premises. He bad adl e f e , the formal wording of the bill, as to the police, 4a rence to the report of the committee and the rev:ma's aa tion of the police magistrates ; but on this head , "- others, he was quite willing to submit to the a dvi fti c an• the House in committee. It was impossible t ° to bills of this kind without having special v il n " co y final arrangement in committee. They were boun d ' 7„ a itl sideration of the present state of society, to give oPP"" ao ni for the consumption of light drinks to that large class Of P en " t he who were unable to dine with their families. After refutil. assertions of those who declared that the measure would enoa rage drunk enness,contrasting the inebriety o f England with th sobriety of the Continent,be asked the House, in the face of all th e evidence before it, if it was prepared to maint ain, unchanr the present vicious licensing system, which shut out all O P' sideration of character, stimulated the use of spirituous lieu r " and injured the morality of the popu lation. After some observations from Mr. Newdegate in oppoe lt to the measure, the House di v ided on the amendment that tP bill be read a second time that day six months. The amendment 74' The On the motion for the secon d readin g o f the Census Ore • bill was then was read ne rse ti c v o ed isd btyime 267 to 199; m a j or ity', . l and) Bill, p at be Mr, V. SCULLY could not see why the census should n'" taken annually in Ireland. Mr. CA.aowELL observed that the census wou ld be Cs out by the constabulary at little or no expense. The bill was then read a second time. The other orders were then di sposed of an d the , slOO adjourned at one o'clock. The financial positi on of the Friendly Societieo ° f T t he United Kingd om i s shown by a return j u st issued . p ot amount receiv e d during 1859 by the Nation al Commission ers f rom trustees of Friendly Societies woo n 5,075. The gross amount paid to t r ustees o f £92,555; an d the balance due to there a 00 190 the year was £2,001,754. e t he It was stated last week, before the committee e s t ' r. , House of Commons, over which Mr. T. B. Horef3ll' '7lOll presided, that the Hull Corporation and th e , i ing Trinity-house levied in differential dues upon 0111)t he using the port of Hull last year £ 50 , 000 ; thattole Trinity-house devoted their share entirely to Ch e e rl ia . objects, and that the corporation transferred t h— • the borough fund. At . THE EFFECTS OF THE WEATHER O N Tll4")"retard' Daily N ews sa y s th e lateness of the spring " The ing busin ess i n a vas t number of internal chanuetmd of present gene r ally favourable condition of trade ;a the employment is therefore the more satisfactory' ve been ° drapery and some kindred branches payments h . s elling w thrown into ear through the difficulty 01 ivZ an goods. The advent of warm wea ther wad" g f branc hes' immediate spur to trade in a great variety cause a freer circulation of mon e y , and stir: lila ° /344.‘ fidence in harvest prospects.