Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-12-23 00:00:00

Oii Thursday, the 29th instant: at the Broker's Sale-rearn, • • • • " Apsley-building, • •- • • • • About 300 Bags RTCE, all faults, • • • now landing ex John WOod;•frorri'Sititaore. Apply to Messrs, Leech, Harrison, and For wood, Heichanti or to" S. RICKMAN, Broker. FOR SALE, The beautiful barque ARBITRATOR ; 4ALength, 142 feet 9-10ths ; breadth, 30 feet; depth, 19 feet. 587 tons register, and 607 tons o.m. This superior vessel was launched at Quebec, this year, having been built under slat inspection, of the best materials, and is classed in Hull f Jr seven years (see Lloyd's Register, in Supplement No. 49) ; she is well finished, her spats and rigging are of the best quality and dimensions, has two neat houses on deck for officers and crew, will carry a large cargo OR a moderate draft of water, sails well, will stand without ballast, and be found on inspection to possess the good qualities of a most useful merchant ship, and at the same time tightly, in appearance : lying in Brunswick Dock. For further particulars apply to CHARLES SAUNDERS. mwf FOR SALE, The handsome and superior Ship MAXWELL; NN. Length, 168 feet 3-10ths ; breadth, 85 feet 6-10ths . depth, 22 feet 7-10ths. 1,000 tons register, and 1,026 tons o.m. ; built in 1838, at Quebec, of the{ beet materials, principally well-seasoned heckmatac, nuclei special inspection of Lloyd's snrveyor and a competent person seat from this country; is classed in Hull for seven years (see Lloyd's Register, in Supplement No. 35); has a full poop and &Linn, neatly fitted up, and topgallant forecastle, with ample space for crew; spars and rigging well proportioned, and of the bast quality, and is well finished in hull ; will carry a very large cargo en a moderate draft of water, sails well, shifts without ballast, aid will be found on inspection a strong, well-fastened, and faithfully-built vessel, possessing the best qualities of a first-rate merchant ship : lying in Brunswick Dock. Apply to CHARLES SAUNDERS. nswf flesstis ha Attrtinty. Unless previously Sold by Private Bargain. On Tuesday, the 10th January next, at the Office of the Clyde and Mediterranean Packet Company (Limited,) Madeira buildings, Glasgow, The Screw-steamer Sr. ELMO, ' 181 tons nett, 266 tons gross register,. ~ 3 Further particulars. and orders for inspection, iibettiad on application, at the Company's Ocoee, a THOMAS MEIKLE. CURRY, KELLOCK, and CO. ;RRORERS FOR THE SALE AND PUR CHASE , V4'N . OF SIIIPS AND STEAMERS SHIP VALUERS ,e 7 0- AND APPOINTED BROKERS TO m HIGH • ‘ t , .. 'COURT OF 'AD MIRALTTf Walmer•baildings, water-street. and CO., ROBERT A. , m1n, 114 . ADMIRALTY BR° BROKERS roE THE SALE 1 0 (11.8 ' P,111"f SHIPS Ann STEAMERS, SHIP VALUERS a go = - 4,4 3, York -buildings, Dale-street. " COMMERCIAL CIRCULARS, CATALOGUES, &c. GRIFFIN & M‘GHIE, (summon to cuART-B8 WILLInia,) GENERAL PRINTERS, Are in a position to execute, on the shorteet notice, and with eJrrestness, COMMERCIAL CIRCULARS, CATALOGUES, dm. PWINTING Orricas, 15, SOUTH JOHN-STREET. , MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL. LIVERPOOL, Thursday Evening. The Cotton Market to-day continued extremely dull, with irregular prices, tending downwards. The sales amountcd to 6,000 bales, at a decline in value to the extent of id. to id. per lb. on most qualities. The sales included 500 bales for "r" or taken on speculation. In the Liverpool Share Market the business was limited, with prices rather drooping. This m ay , be accounted for by the near proximity of the Christmas settlement, which ge,.erally ham a tendency to cause speculators to close open ac counts. The transactions included sales of Eastern Counties at 111; Great We&tern, 69k, 9 ; .London and NOrth-Westerh f sharei, 2, d; chaster, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 381, ti ; South Eastern,' 25 1-I'6, 25, 1-16 ; Grand . Trunk of Canada; 101; Ditto 7 per cent; 1867, cum int.," 761, ' • Commercial Bank (Liverpool), 121 . ; Liver pooland London. Fire. and,, Life Insurance, 71 p. ; Pacific Steam Company new £5O shares, Bp. . : CLO§ING PRICE. Chester & Thhead 771 78 , N.E.Ber. c.:Stock 941 952 1 Caledonian .... 923 921 York capital Stock 781 781 E. Counties IIN 111 Leeds Stock .... 481 49 G. N. Stock ....106 107 S. Eastern .. 24 15-16 25 Great. Westerns. ;69 4 ; Dutch. Rhenish.. 41 1 -i xd tad Lan. and York 99 99 - 4 Gt. LiFem .. 7 3-16 7 5-16 La. & Nor. West 98 981 G. TIIIK Canada . .107-; 101 , k-shares 9-16 *d G. W. Canada 131 13 M. S. and Lincoln 38 381 , new. shares 71 7 d Midland Stock . .1081 1081,- Buialo &c. 413-16 415-1,6 N. British Stock . . 62 621 Great Ship ... .1 lt6 1216 N. Stafford 3 3ld Lomb-Vtnetian 2N 34p LONDON •STOC: EXCHANGE. • Thursday Evening. The Market for English Securities has been extremely inactive, and scarcely any business has been done, notwithstanding that the. Bank rate of discount remains unchanged. In " Consols a generally firm tone prevails, and prices have not deteriorated from the quotations of yesterday ; any change which has taken place being rather upward. The quotations shortly before the close . of the market being 951 to 1 ,, for January. Bank Stock has been dealt in at 2261 and 228 ; Reduced Three per Cents., 951, 1.; Indian Debentures, .97 . 1 and I-; ditto Enforced Paper, 96; the Bopds, 9 prem.; and Exchequer Bills, 28s. and 31s. prem. Stock of the -New Indian Loan is rather- firmer, being quoted 104•7 to ft for account; the actual transac tions were at 104•7 to I-. Ocean Marine Insurance Shares are marked 11 to 4- prem. . In the Market for Foreign Se , ,turiiiei prices were well ' supported, although only a limited amount of businesS was done. Mexicans were a_ per cent. better. Spanish have been dealt in at 454, b .Original , Turkish, at 771; and. the .New Sixes, at 641, -1 I,nd - 1. . . . The English ' Railway Share Market was re stricted in business, amount and values offered no material variation from those of last night. South- Eastern are a shade lower.,. . • - , • The ouotation for French Itente's at half-past twelve ivas 70f. 60e., thence to 70f. : 55e. and 70f. 65c., and are now 70f. 70c., the market described as very flit*. ' • , .. The Sultan had ,arrived from the Peninsula, with specie to the Value of £4,006. The Bombay Mail, of . November 26, left Marseilles yesterday, and. may be expected in London to-morrow. . , TILE FUNDS;-::CLOSING 211,IdES1 shut. Bank Stock.... 227 9 9.5 i Three per Cents. 95i ;-' i 28 - 31 Next Account ..----- ,- i ,suA.nEs. :_ ti Lane. & York... 99; 1,- ,-: L.. &N. W..... 98' ; I- L. kS.W. ... . 971 - Leeds Northern.. 481 1 Man.Sheff.&Lin. 38 7 1- Midland Stock . . 1081 9 North British .. 62 ..-,- N. Staffordshire. S. E. & DOver .. 83 i York, N. &B .. 941 5 York &N. Mid . . 781 1 Con. Money' „ Account Exchequer Bills . 1!,.4.1LWAY A. Not. &E. J. . 6 Caledoniada Dutch Rhenish.. Eastern Counties 58; East Lancashire. Edinbgh. & Glas. 82 83 Great Northern.. 100 „ „ A. 94A- 51 Gt. Wegterns..'.. 681 9 Gt. W. Canada, 'l3 I Gd. Tk. of Canada 10! Gt. S. and W... 112 113 The Hudson's Bay Seal Skin Cloaks and Jackets, One Guinea each, at the New Shawl and Mantle Ware house 40, Bold-street—Shellard and Hodgson, Pro- fEetors. araturtial • THIS DAT. This Day (Fri , lay,) the 23rd instant, at Twelve o'eiock, at the Brokers' Office, 3.dariehe:4ter4mildin)rs; Tithebarn-Street, VI Bales Orleans COTTONpaII faUlts, per Frank Pierce; Gray's, 315, Formby-strezl. Furl further particulars apply to 1 BUSIIBT & CO., Brokers. This DAY (Friday,) th e 23rd instant, at Ralf--past One o'clock,l at the Brokers' Office, Corn Exchange-buildings, Brunswick street, • ' 50 Tons LOCUST 4ANS, LL GOLDING, liroker. Apply t° , On leco* of whom It may concern. This Day (Friday, ) the 23rd instant, at One o'olock, at the , Brokers' Office, 17, Exchange-buildings, • 20 Bales Upland COTTON, 'dtintaired. by sea water, ex William Rattibone,' from iinvannah.: For particulars apply to DUCK WORTH & RATHBONE, Brokers. This Day (Friday,l the 23rd instant, at One o'clock, at the Brokers' Oflice, 8, Orange-court, Castle-street, 230 Tops BONES, 60 Tons BONE ASH, discharging per Gottland, from Buenos Ayres, in Queen's Dock. Apply to JOHN and HENRY-13ECXWITH, Brokers. On account of whom it may concern. This Day (Friday,) the 23rd instant, at •'Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' Office, Royal Bayik-buildings, 8 Miles COTTON; sea damaged, ex Florida, front Savannah ; lying in Ca ryte'S warehOuse, Dutton street. Apply to Robert Hutchison, Fsql, Merchant ; or to • MOLYNELTX,' TAYLOR & CO., Brokers. This Day (Friday), the 23rd instant, at TWelye o'clock, at the Brokers' Otrce, 13, Exchange Buildings, K (OS&C,o in diamond) 3-71 Bales JUTE, PS 179 „ JUTE, ex F. C. Clarke, from Calcutta, now landing in Albert Dock. Apply to T. and li. LITT LEDALE and. Co., iar4eig. _, .; NEXT WEEK.' On account of whom it may concern On Tuesday next, the 27th in:A - ant, at one o'clock, at the Brokers' office, 1, Oldhall-street, About 200 bags Madras SUGAR, landed ex MediUni,, (coin Point de Galle, and now lying in the Albert Dock warehonses, 2 and 3. Apply to N. WATERHOUSE & BON'S, Brokers. Oh WedneSda - next; the 28th instant, at the BrOker's •• ' Sale-room, Apsley-buildings; 9800 Bundles RATTANS, ex Johrt Wood, from 'Singapore.' Apply to: .sere. Leech. Harrison, and For-.vood, Merchants ; or to S. RICKMAN, Broker. On _Sate. OTTINGHAM ALE. • ;.• • This celebrated AI F; is brewed expressly for Families,, and may be had in casks of 9, 18, and 36-gallons. Apnl~ to' JOHN SHELTON, Sole Agent. Stores : 68, Hanover-street, corner of Wood-street., .78f19 A?plY. to ON SALE, „ ~. . . SAL - AMATONIAC, ' SALTS OF TARTAR, 'CARBONATE AMMONIA,' GLAUBER SALTS; Ready packed for Export, GEORGE - WILLIAMS, 32, Dale-strect- Pastis FOR SALE, BY, PRIVATE TREATY, The well-known Chepstow-built Brig • • t•AI , ELINOR CTIAPAIAN, irn eoppered and copper-fastened ; 20 tons zr.x.m.— ••sutrmPewzrFor further pa-tic - alars apply to CHARLES CALLIS, 2, Npw Wapping ; CAPTAIN FRANCES,,Cobnrg Dock. tor on I - K,nra, to FOR SALE, BY PRIVATE TREATY, • ' • The Fine British-built Barque ' CONRAD, A l. te.o3 r coppered and copper-fastened, 328 tons N.N.u. . • • - Now lying in the. West' India I,Etport • Dpck, London. For further particulars apply to Suart and Simp son, 9, Clement's-lane, Lombard-9treet, London; or to d 24 CHARLES CALMS, 2; New Wrapping, Liverpool. FOR SALE, in Sandon Dock, The fine well-built Barque MARIANNE. I :). 141 1 / 4 ., Length, 109 feet 5-10ths ; breadth, 28 feet 6-10ths ; • .qt , a4,l depth, 17 feet. 398 tons 0.m., 338 14-100ths tons N.N.74. This vessel is built of the b.st Baltic Pine timber, is lavishly fastened with wood knees, and is thoroughly sound. She has lately undergone considerable repairs abroad. when her timbers were found first-rate; has sister-kelsons and bilge logs, which render her a strong, useful vessel; has a quantity of stores on board, and can be sent to sea at a tritline expense. She would make a first-rate deal vessel, or coal hulk, het last cargo being upwards of 500 tens coals. Apply to the Owner, on board; or to CALEB D. WATSON & CO., Ship Brokers, 14, - Water-street. 49f11 FOR SALE, The fine new Barque • WI: 4 A GLENARA ; 1;4 ',14.• 423 tons register, about 450 tons oat.: built at Richibucto, in 1859, and classed A seven years. Length, 127 feet; breadth, 27 feet 7-10ths ; depth, 18 feet 2-lOths. Has house on deck,„and forecastle ; yellow metal fastening ; is well finished and a fine model-, and sails fast; carries a large cargo, and is a useful vessel for any trade.---For further par ticulars apply to JOHN JARDINE & SON, 6d26 5, Trafford-chambers. L in a porgon of our im- The following appearec pression of yesterday : MONEY MARKET,' &e. • The funds to-day were firm, and an improvement of per cent. took place : business was slack in the ex trome. In the share markets thete was an entire absence of animation. British railway , securities closed with rather a dull appearance. There was a good de mend for money, and few transactions took place below Bank minimum. There were no operations is bullion at the &Ilk to-day.— Daily News. The English futids this morning opened at an improve ment of and have closed with steadiness, but the transactions of the day have been unimportant. In the discount market to-day, there was a full demand at 2-1, per . cent., but at the Bank the applications were scarcely so. witnerous as yesterday. Business in the railway 'market has- been at a complete .staad to-day, and the quotations of the principal British stocks were mostly the;same as yesterday:—Tines. , LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET.—Dgc. 22. The cotton market continues extremely dull, and prices are irregular at id. to td. per lb. decline. The sales—including 120 Pernambuco, at 7 7 1- ,-,d. to 74d. ' • 40 Maranham, Sod. ; 100 Egyptian, 9d. to 10d. ; and 500 Surat, 31d. to 51d.—are reported 6,000 bales, of which 500 are on speculation and for export. LIVERPOOL PRODUCE MARKET.-DBC. 22. SUGAR.-There is no change to notice ; the business comprises 280 hhds. Demerara at 375. per cwt. Rum.-150 puncheons Demerara have found buyers at about previous rates. RICE.-Nothing new has occurred. TAPIOCA.-140 barrels Rio were sold at tid per lb. PIMENTO.-70 bags found buyers at 3d. to 30. per lb. SAGO FLOUR.-500 bags at 16s. 6d. per cwt. SEEDS.-2,000 bags Bombay Linseed at 525. 6d. per qr. DYEWOODS.-No sales reported. DRYSALTERIES, &C.-Three casks Sicily . Argols, 808. ; small sales of discoloured Tartar, 117 s. 6d. ; one ton of Tartaric Acid, Is. 91d. ; twelve bags Persian Berries, 455.: sixteen pipes Lemon Juice, Id. per degree ; 150 bales heated Gambier, 16s. 6d. ; ten tons 2nds Brim stone at SO ; thirty tons Nitrate of Soda, 15s. 6d. ; Ashes, Pots, 275. 3d., Pearls, 28s. ; thirty-four bags ordinary New Valonia at Sl6 108. per ton. OILS, &c.-Palm £44 10s. ; P.Y.C. Tallow 58s. 6d. to 595. ; le tons Tuscan Lard 545. 9d. to 558. ; common Rosin 4s. 3d. to 48. 4d. ; Spirits of Turpentine, 345. ; Olive Oil in good demand at full rates. LIVERPOOL AGRICULT AL MARKET, Dsc. 22. 8. d. e. d. Hay, old: 0 11 to 0 124 Ditto, new Ditto, clover._ 0 9 ... 0 104 Green Clover 0 0 0 0 Vetches 0 0 0 0 Straw, wheat Ditto, oat 0- 54 0 Ditto, barley:. 0 4 ... 0 44 Oats, in straw. 0 0 ... 0 0 Potato., flukes 0 0 ... 0 0 s. d. I Potstos, kemps 0 0 to ,* 0 Do. Seedlings. 0 0 d 0 Do. whiterocks 0 0 ... 0 0 Do. Balshaw 0 0 ... 0 0 Do. Beldrums 0 0 ... 0 0 Do. cattle 0 0 ... 0 0 Turnips 24 0 ...25 6 Carrots ' ' 0 0 ~. 0 0 Mangelwurzel 23 0 ...24 0 Manure 5 0 ... 6 __6 • LONDON PRODUCE MARKET.—Dic. 22. Suoan.-- , The market has been very quiet to-day, and prices ars unaltered. COPFEE.—FuII prices have been paid for this article to-day. ' • TRA..— The demand continues very good, and sales have been made at the extreme prices of yesterday., , RICE remains unaltered. SALTFETRB.—Prices have been supported. atm.—Common leewards have been sold at Is. 9fd. tole. 10d. ; Demerara proof, 2s. ld. Simms are steady. In other articles no material alteration. DON TALLOW MARKET.—Dac. 22. , 4 6,, rf i z , 1 _ w e in _ibit little change s ince yesterday, FetefirsblglTY.O. OnT January oln e t f l po o t7 , 6B s B 6 .: . al 6d l ., th n e et in c o aa nth, li ; ' 675. 6d. to 678. 9d. • March alone, 579. id. t i m-ch, sm. to 5 7 11 . 3 d.; LONDON MINING MARIERT._Th ic. 22. In the mining market to-day East Wheel Russell shares have rallied, being marked in the St oc k Exchan g e at 13. Providence are more offered, and have ew dealt in at 441.. The other transactions h ave been chiefly in shares in Cam Brea, Stray Park, South c am Brea, and Treloweth mines. Fortuna Mining s h are , continue in demand, and have been dealt in at 3t and 3i. The shares of the Great Northern Copper Mining Company of South Australia, which have this day been placed upon the official list, are marked I prem. BOROUGH HOP MARKET.—Dsc. 22. There is steady business doing in new Hops at very fall prkes. Fine yearling command extreme rates . METROPOLITAN TATTLE MARKEL—DEC. 22. The supplies of stock here to-day were very limited, THE DAY'S NEWS. There is very little foreign news of any im portance. Although the political interest of Europe may just now be said to centre in Paris, even from that capital the accounts are extremely meagre. There is an idea afloat, we find, that the Emperor may have something particular to enunciate to the corps diplomatique on New Year's Day; though it is not thought, for a mo ment, to be likely to have any hostile indica tion,- but, most probably to contain an as surance of his earnest desire to consolidate the peace of Europe. Certainly, he will have the opportunity of pointing to the Congress, which will so shortly assemble there, as one which is called together in the interests of peace, and which will have it in its power to serve those interests by -- a judicious settlement of a question which has already done too much to disturb the peace, not of Italy alone, but of neighbouring countries, and which at one time threatened to produce a conti nental conflagration. The French have already lost one of their new war steamers ;—the Dugnesclin, of 450 horse power, has run on a reef off Brest, and sunk in deep water. France would seem to be in great haste to secure a position at her new acquisition on the Red Sea, which is immediately to be made, it is stated, the head quarters of a naval station. A steam corvette is to be fitted out with the utmost despatch, in order to go and secure immediate possession. The London Times devotes nearly a page of its yesterday's impression to the translation of a pamphlet which it considers destined to produce no inconsiderable sensation. The author is M. de LagueiToniere, the same writer whose production, "Napoleon 111. et 1 'ltalie," heralded the late Italian war ; and it is the opinion of our contemporary, that "the same ominous pen is now employed to foreshadow for us the coming fate of the Popedom,"—adding, forcibly, and only perhaps too truly, that " under the circum stances, we feel that we run little chance of error in attributing to this publication the honour of expressing in the most distinct and perspicuous manner the views which are entertained as to the future destiny of the Papacy by the Emperor Napoleon himself." According to those views, then, the misgovernment of the Papal do minions is something inveterate and inevi table. Principles are laid down from which it is logically deduced that the Pope is not fit to perform any political duties, and therefore dis qualified from governing any such large State as that of the Itomagna. Yet as hia - Holinese can not be the subject of any one, the- Imperial opinion is, that) he must be left in possession of Rome itself, rich In so many associations, slid so long the head quarters of that priestly power which exerts its influence in every quarter of the globe. We' are feft to conclude, therefore, that the French Emperor will seek to restrict the temporal dominions of the Pope to the holy city itself—a position, however, limited though it be, which will probably still require French bayonets to enable him to retain. Lord Palmerston has been —king not only a , speech, but a series of speeches. He has ad dressed the labourers to whom prizes have been awarded by the Romsey Labourers' Encourage ment Association; and he has presided at the annual dinner of the members of the association, addressing the company at some length on pro posing the usual toasts of such occasions. But the Premier contrived to steer . clear of politics. The only political allusion of any kind that he made had reference to the Volunteer movement, in proposing the toast of the army and navy, when he took occasion to remarl4, that there was nothing in thee, present state of things to betoken the likelihood of any opportunity for t that martial spi r it t o b e di sp l aye d otherwise than by showing tha we are ready to defend our shores; althQP.gh it must at the same time, he said• be tis great satisfaction to know that the army and navy were in a state of complete efficiency. Perhaps the most remarkable-speech which the noble, lord delivered on the occasion, although not a long one, was one with which he prefaced_ the toast, not very common in the mouths of First Ministers of the Crown,--that of the Press. We have given this spec& elsewhere, as one, which forcibly shows how much importance so shrewd a statesman as Lord Palmerston can not but attach to that important engine. By telegraph from Galway, we. learn that the steam-ship Circassian has •arrived at that port from New York, with news to the -9th; and by telegraph via St. John, we learn by the same arrival that the President's message had not been delivered on the 13th. The formation of.. an Artisan Volunteer Artil lery Corps is in itself a.most satisfactory step in the way of forwarding the patriotic movement now on foot for protecting our country against any menace from a foreign foe. In our reporting columns it will be seen that, on Wednesday night, no fewer than a hundred and fifty stal wart and true-hearted working men were sworn in as artillery volunteers by Wm. Preston, Esq., late Mayor. This is in reality making the ser vice popular; and it will also aid in making it effective. THE perusal of the full report we furnished yes terday of the public meeting of the Mersey branch of the Society for Missions to Seamen, can scarcely have failed to increase the interest so generally felt in that important body of the people ; and we are sure, that not only the Shipping Interest, but the town at large, owe a deep debt of gratitude to those gentlemen who so nobly came forward on the occasion to advo cate the cause of the British sailor,—his cause not only as a seaman, but as a subject,—as one of the common family of mankind, and as a member of civilised society—characters, his claim to which has hitherto been only too much overlooked ; and, as a consequence of which, great evils have resulted to his own community, whether afloat or ashore, and to all with whom he must associate, whether in the one situation 'or the other. We quite agree with the declaration of one of the resolutions of the meeting, "that, although the "necessity for improving' the religious, social, "and moral condition of the British seaman has " long been felt, and many valuable efforts have "been made in the right direction, yet still, the " the great mass of our seamen have not hitherto been sufficiently reached." Nor would it be difficult, we think, to account for this. In the first place, they are a body of men not very accessible, during considerable portions of their daily life; and, in the next place, their frequent, and sometimes constant isolation from society, renders them in some degree incapable of those salutary social influences which can gene rally be brought to bear with effect upon other classes of the community. No doubt, religious influences have in some instances been exerted over our seamen to a very good purpose; and the principal object of the Society to whose meeting we refer, is to make such influences available in the most effectual manner. But, there are ob structions to the communication of those influ ences in the moral and social condition of the seaman; and that condition is so much a conse quence of his peculiar position in life, and the circumstances by which he is surrounded, as to make it a very difficult thing indeed to carry out any thorough and permanent improvement therein. He may, for instance, when on shore, be the object of constant ministerial care—his religious interests may be carefully attended to— and he may return to sea so favourably im pressed, both religiously and morally, as to present himself a very different character from what he was before. But unless the moral atmosphere of the ship itself be improved, there is no reliance on the permanency of thesb im pressions. Two or three vicious characters in the crew, may in a few weeks undo all the good that may have been done through the instrumen tality of such a Society as this, or by any other religious or moral means—even although a ma jority of the crew might at first be unwilling to yield to the old temptations. Here, then, we con ceive lies one great practical difficulty,—life at sea is so seldom favourable to the interests either of religion or morality. And when a crew return from a long voyage, thoroughly imbued, as tkey so generally are, with vicious principles, and ready, therefore, to indulge in the most vicious practices, their case is one of the most difficult that can well be conceived for any reformatory influence to aet upon. Without, therefore, for a • moment meaning to discourage the benevolent efforts of these Missions to seamen, we would earnestly direct attention to this part of the ques tion. We quite agree with Mr. GRAVES, " that " the British sailor has not kept pace with the " improvement which has taken place in other " classes around him." And we believe that one cause of this will be found in the fact we have mentioned,—that the moral and social atmosphere of too many of their ships is unfavourable to such ' improvement ; and that any reformatory efforts on shore must be seconded and carried out with equal earnestness and vigour by similar efforts on board. We would particularly point to one de moralising influence, which we understand pre vails to no slight extent on board both our steam and sail vessels—the circumstance, namely, of the crews so commonly indulging in the vicious habit of singing immoral songs. As is well known to all who have ever been at sea, many of their nautical operations are accompanied with song,—and very properly so, we think, as an excellent means of enlivening their minds 1 and lightening their toil ; provided only such song itself be free from objection. But fre quently their songs are grossly obscene, and when they are not positively so, they are of so foolish and vicious a character, as really to have the effect of depraving the mind. Now a single circumstance like this is of itself calculated, we humbly conceive, to prove a great obstruction l to those batter influences which it is the pious 1 and philanthropic object of these Viiiit , ..,, to Sea men to bring them under. And so long as those practices continue to prevail, such Missions, ex cellent as they are in their object, must to a very great extent have their good effects neutralised, if not destroyed. This, then, we consider, may be taken as one of the points in which, according to another resolu flea, the interests of such a class of men have, not been sufficiently regarded,—interests which so loudly call for the practical consideration of the Christian philanthropist. But when one sees such a body of. gentlemen as those who met at the Sailors' Home, coming forward to endeavour to supply the shortcomings of those philan thropic efforts which have so far been made, and not made altogether in vain—whatever diffi culties may beset such a question, there is yet every reason to-hope, that they will now be over come, and that the British seaman will be rescued from his prelent anomalous social position, and be advanced iu the moral and social scale to that state which he deserves to occupy, and his own influence in which, for good or evil, can scarcely be over-estimated. IT was a strange dictum in the mouth of a Roman Catholic, which the Irish Bishop, Mom- ARTY, gave utterance to a week ago, that rebel lion could not be. justified unless tyranny was in tolerable. And it might have been expected that the usual interested caution which marks Ultra montane utterances,would have withheld him from conceding so much to the political enemies of the Papacy. Such a sentiment coming in the form of a confession from an expected advocate of high prerogative doctrine, imports another difficulty into the Clefensive system with, which these arguers and protesters are trying to prop up a falling power. At the same time, it must be ad mitted, it makes argument more practicable, and, maybe, if fairly conducted, gives the latter more chance "of a satisfactory issue. It is too much the manner of Roman Catholic controversialists to begiwon the very highest grounds, where none of their opponents will follow them. The fight, there fore, goes on with great virulence, but in reality the adversaries are beating the air. They are apart from one another by the difference of a whole principle, and are prevented b the conditions of the case from coming to clOse quarters. All they can do, and do do, is, to - call one another names at a distance. To argue satisfactorily, or to argue at all, there must be a point admitted between the adversaries. There must be some common plat form, however small, where the combatants are to carry on the struggle. To this extent there must be sympathy even between enemies. The man who begins 'from the principle that rebellion is never justifiable under any amount of provoca tion and oppression, and another whose object is to establish, in this particular case, the enormity of the provocation and oppression, cannot, really argue . at , all, much less argue to any purpose. They begin from a different starting point, and go along diverging lines. The further they proceed the further from each other they get, and the less tangible and appre ciable to each other do their arguments become. England indeed has a very plain, practical front to oppose to the hard syllogisms of Ultramon tanism. She refuses to argue at all where argu ment is impossible; and commits the question to events which raised it, and which can alone, under Providence, solve it. In truth, it is well we have the last resort of circumstances to fall back upon as the sovereign solution of this question. We admit the diffi culty there is in giving its due place to Bishop MORIARTY'S doctrine ; and defining when, or whether at any time, tyranny justifies the first act of resistance. It is very rarely, however, that this becomes, in a particular case, a question for conscious argunient. It may be a point in school disputations for ever -- as it has been hitherto —at what point res elution be comes rebellion. But when in thL particular instance, these things are practically decided, what remains for the world but to accept the decision ? Bishop MORIARTY has opened another question. which has rendered argument more feasible, and yet which gives little hope of actual agreement or anything more- than agreeing, to differ. This is, as we have said, of itself a gain but no practical result, is likely to be arrived at by arguing the question on details rather than on principle. It will be a long time before the hereditary defenders and the hereditary enmities of the Papacy come to agreement on the dispute, whether the Papal rule is sufficiently oppressive to justify the revolt of its subjects. The most we can expect is, that those enmities will be avoided which differences on high principles provoke and that the contending parties, may leave each other to their opinions with some amount of toleration. Thera may, however, be a fear that when Irish . Roman Catholics are thus found coming down from their pinnacle of prerogative, they do it with an eye to the past history and the future possibilities of Irish politics. The flexible opinion of Roman Catholic authorities on the subject of prerogative, is indeed not new to the world. In oountries where their Church is in union with the State, they are its rigid advocates on the holiest of motives, and strengthen it with the strongest spiritual anathemas. But where their religion does not happen to be dominant, they are, as their interests seem to require, too often incendiaries ; and, as occasion serves, too often rebels. But who shall descend with Bishop MORIARTY and argue the multifarious details of the Roman question ? Who shall add up the instances of tyranny and m i s government, the instances and mistake, just as which those wh o are e a c lle s g allege against their Papal bad in interested of s i t r e inc apacit yd eff ects, Whose evidence is to be taken, FRANCE. A well-informed newspaper announces that au appanage is about to be erected for the Prince Imperial, and that the Chateau of Blois is to be conferred upon him. The revenues of the Forest of Blois and Boulogne are to be joined to the appanage. The consent of the Legislative body is necessary for the creation of an apanage. The Minister of Marine has ordered a sterol corvette to be fitted out with the utmost despatch , It is said she is bound for the port just acquirei by France in the Red Sea, and that this port is to be the head-quarters of a naval station, corn" posed of 5 corvettes, 2 frigates, and 10 gunboatig. The nomination of the larquis La Tour d'Auvergne, formerly Ambassador at Turin, hs second French Plenipotentiary, gives great satis faction to the friends of Italy. PARIS, Dee. 22. Count Avigao, representative of the Republic of San Maria at Paris, has presented a memoran dum to Count Walewski, addressed to the future Congress, against the enroachments of Piedmont The Emperor of the French has conferred the Grand Cordon of the Legion of Honour on the Prince d'Orange. FRENCH FUNDS. PAWS, Dee. 22. 12.10. P.M.—The Bourse opens steady ; Renteof 70 60. 3.35. P.M.—The market has again become heavy, and all descriptions of Funds are offered• Rentes receded nearly a per cent., the last pric e ' being 70 35. ITALY. - FLORENCE,. Dec. 21. M. Buoncompagni arrived here to-day. TURIN, Dec. 22. Baron de Talleyrand, who has been appointer Minister Plenipotentiary of France to this court , is expected here on Saturday. ROME Dec. 21. The report that the Pope had claimed til e Presidency of the Congress for his plenipoteir tiaries is unfounded. TURKEY. CONSTANTINOPLE, Dec. 20., Ahmed Wefik Effendi has been appoint°' ambassador to the imperial court of Paris. PRUSSIA. The Prussian Chambers are convoked for O r 12th of January. RUSSIA. ST. PETERSBURG, Dee• e;..t Prince Gortschakoff has expressed a desire _ fre l'" the opening of the Congress should only' place after the -Russian New Year (13th 1860) as he is detained on that day at the Co by the duties of his office. THE WAR WITH MO i• Yesterday, 8,000 Moors attacked the SeA7:A.„ but were repulsed energetically, and comPeu . :Tot retreat in, great disorder, caused' by gra peo hoi let grenades. The Spaniards had 51 wounde4 b pi men-of-war, formerly stationed, at Havana, A. arrived to reinforce the squadron at Al diet great quantity of provisions NO been eV!" to the army in Africa. THE INDIA. TELEGRA o The Imperador, with 960 knots of thellied aj submarine telegraph cable on board, a rr i r j olt Aden, Dec. Bth, after a passage of 67 darrail l ' a l (fir She reports that a ship from Kurraohee, vri _4 l OO banded ntrpooTpsabloef Bay, , East India ComPoul' Tk beating roan ded; but after al S ing troops and throwing cargo overw'.. lef o floated next morning *llea the Lui,,.a4l 4 )' The troops ware re-embarking. MAIL NEWS. k.go t lt QuEENsTowx, Thursday' The Kangaroo for New York, and the BoP for Portland have proceeded. A. CORK, Dec . 0 ,01 0 The special train conveying the Ames t 11.:4 of steamer Bohemian, which left Dublinails co olv a.m. arriv e d here at 3.54 p.m. The m id, of nine bags. Pore' for The Canadian steamer Bohemian , arrived here at 1.30 p.m. The Liverpool, New York, and Pi too a t t ° ' Company's steamer Kangaroo arrive d o'clock. e The Sultan, steamer, has arrived -0 i NORTHERN' nevertholoss the trade generally ruled extremely heavy, , and Beasts Were nominally:4d. per 81bs. lower than on Monday. Beet 3a 24 to 4s 8d r Veal 4s 2d to 5s 2d lkiuttoh. ..... 36 4d to 5s 4511 Pork Ss 6d to 4s 10d Lamb Od to Os Od I ap Ms. TOTAL SUPPLY. 800 I Sheep, foreign i l 196 Calves 90 ~fereign...., Pigs... 3112 „ Beasts „ foreign ..... Cows , foreign Shoe ' p 751 220 foreign.,, LONDON CORN AVERAGES. I The average prima of corn, imperial measure, in Eng land and Wales,.for the week ending Dec. 17 :—Wheat, 124,600 qrs., at 435. Bd.; barley, 92,097 qrs., at 355. ld.; oats, 12,693 qrs., at 21s. 9d. ; rye, 149 qrs., at 30s. ; beans, 5,135 qrs., at 41s. ; peas, 2,146 qrs., at 38s. 9d. MANCHESTER SHARE MA.RIET.—Dsc. 22. Great Westerns, 6 ; Trunks, 10. MANCHESTER CORN MARKET.—Dnc. 22. Only a moderate attendance, and, the close of the year being near, there appeared a general disinclination on the part of purchasers to operate. Holders of Wheat and Flour, however, asked full, and, in some instances, rather higher prices ; but the sales effected were very small, and the currency of this day so'nnight could not be exceeded. Oats and Oatmeal in moderate demand, at extreme rates. Beans were without material change ; but Indian Corn was the turn higher. BIRMINGHAM CORN MARKET.—DEo. 22; At this day's market there was again a large supply of Wheat, and to make sales a reduction of 6d. to ls. per quarter had to be made. Barley dull, but not dearer. Oats, Beans, and Peas nil quite as dear, but only in limited request. CORK CORN MARKET.—DBc. 22. White wheat, 20s. to 295. ; red, 225. to 2Ca. ; oats, 9s. to 14s. 6d. DUBLIN CATTLE MARKET.-Dn. 22 Supplies at market to=day were somewhat less than last week. The quality, of stook was of as :inferior description. Sales were slow, and, except for prime bullocks and heifers, prices lower. Good sheep main tained their price ; middling, and inferior lower, and a few turned out unsold. Veal same as before. Wool steady. Prime beef, 60s. to 635. per cwt. ; secondary, 355. to 555. ;Test niiitton,.6d. to 6d. per lb. ; inferior, sd; to 6d.; veal, 7d. to Bd. NORTHERN, DAILY TIMES. OTO -SUBSCRIBERS paying in advance the NoarasEN Mans is supplied direct from , the Publishing ce by first post every morning, to all parts of the United Kingdom. Copies may be had •st the Office, SOTtTH JOHN-STREET, or of my news vendor, at One Penny each. _ A Copy will pass free through the Post Office with a penny stamp affixed. - ADVERTISEMENTS are .received for the NORTHERN DAIL'? TIMES from Nine' o'Clock, a.m., until Nine o'Clock, p.m., at the Publishing Office, SOUTH JOHN-STREET' after which time they must be 'forwarded direct to the Printing Office, 40, Leigh Street. • N.B.—Post Oftlee Orders must be made payable to THOMAS ItAms,vr. TO CORRESPONDENTS. Short letters are invited en matters of public interest. They should be legibly written onone side of the paper only. Under no circumstances can we insert communications not accompanied by the author's real name and address, which are required, not necessarily for publioation, but as guaran tees of good faith. . • Our report of the proceedings in the County-court yesterday and several communications are unavoidably postponed. T)b't kbrOtrn Mmes FRIDAY, DECEMBBR 23, 1859. DALLY )11IM1s. Friday, - bdiiiijoill2gr,` tBO. and who is to — sift and compare it ? But with all these difficulties, we cannot doubt w hat turn the • judgment will 'take if this new Roman Catholic dictum is .to . accepted, a s the " rule of law." The witnesses against tile Papacy in the matter-of misgOvernment cannot , in fact, be repulsed; except on the high , ground which the Irish Bishop. strangely gives UP. Once admit it possiblo.for the Revolutionists* to have a case, and it is certain the whole world will give them credit for having proved it. Most men will take the fact :of their discontent as a proof. That discontent is - not spasm - odic - ana capricious, but habitual and normal.. It is - not wholly unjustified, for men of all opinions agree in finding it grave excuses. It has even been to 'some' extent recognised by the Pope himself ; insemuch'that it had become almost a tradition of his reign that its causes needed to be, and were to be, removed. The Pope has had golden opportu nities as well as the will to reform his Government, and has only by his abortive attempts renewed the lesson of history—that Popes will not make sove reigns. If, then, the matter is to be decided not by high abstract principle, which disregards circum stances and despises qualifications, but by & con cr ete inquiry into the accidents of the position;—why it is decided at once, out of the region of logic or ethics. There are evident signs that the attempt to introduce the question into th.o region at the coming Congress. will be resisted' The official pamphlet, just issued at Paris, argues it upon'a distinct issue, and accepts as the only arbiter and decision, the sovereignty of circumr stance. Circumstance has been the great writer of all history, and the world must still go on - so before, accepting whut it ordains, and not re sisting where resistance is simply vain. THE LATEST NEWS. [BY' BRITISH AND ML9H MAGNETIC TBLBGRAPII.]