The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-08-22 00:00:00

UR ant rlx . WANTED a Furnished 11011 SE, for Six or Twelve Mouths. for a genteel family; the neighbourhood of Prince's Park pre ferred. —Apply by letter, addressed Z., Northern Times office. en Sat. ....,_,„........_ _ FO, SALE. a Small PONY: a beautiful animal; quiet and free from vice —Apply at Walton's Livery Stables. ADDRESS MR. PRIEST," BIRKENHEAD. HOUSE 3 I HOUSES 11 LAND! LAND ! I—ON SALE, in large or small lots, variously situated, and ranging in price from about .0100 to s6l►,ooo.—See H. P. Priest's Cheshire and Lancashire Property Circular. Can be had gratis and free by post. Cheshire (Aces, for the Sale and Letting of Land and Houses, Market-cross Chambers (one door from Market-square) Market-street. Birken head. emu/twat *atm THIS DAY On account of whom it may concern. Tins DAT, the 22nd instant, at One o'clock, at the Brokers' Office, 17, Exchange-buildings, 51 Bales COTTON, damaged by sea water, es St. Patrick, from Mobile.—For particulars apply to Melly, Romilly •ad Co., Merchants, or to DUCKWORTH & RATHBONE, Brokers. Tuts TS BDA the nd instat. at Twelve o'cleck, at the roke 22 rs' Office, 17 n , Oldhall.street, 150 Bales GAMBIER, 1500 Bags NIGERSEED, 500 Bags LINSEED, all faults, 150 Bags SURSEESEED, 100 Bags GINGELLYSEED. Per particulars apply to GLADSTONE & SERJEANTSON, Brokers. On account of whom it may concern. Tits DAT, the 22n4 instant, at Half-past One o'clock, at Golding and Nash's m saleroo, Corn Exchange. Brunswick-street. About 556 Barrels Ohio FLOUR, About 113 Barrels ex Samuel Crowell,) „ 49 „ ex Webster, • 162 ~ ex Emerald, „ 70 ~ ex City of Mobile, From New Orleans. 1 ex Aeddian 12 , ax Caravan, ~ 74 ex R. L. Lane, J For further particulars ap WILLIAM BLAIN & SONS, Brokers. On account of whom it may concern. , _ TXIII DAY, the 22nd instant, at Golding and Nash's saleroom, Corn Exchar ge, Brunswlek-street, • About 2623 Barrels FLOUR, It sundry vessels from New York.—For particulars apply to J. & 111. H A RNE CT, Brokers. NEXT WEEK. TUESDAY. On account of whom it may concern, On Tins° AT next the 26th Inst., at Half-past One o'clock. at Golding and Nash's sale•oom, Corn Exchange, Brunswick-street, About flab Barrels Ohio Sour FLOUR, ast Daniel Webster, from Ne..v York.—For further particulars apply to J. & M. HARNETT, Broken. On account of whom it may concern. On TUIIDAY next, the 25th inst.. at Half-past One o'clock. at Golding a. d Nash's saleroom. Corn Exchange. Brunswick-street, About 1376 Sacks Spanish FLuU It, CZ Inetory, from Requijada.—For further particulars apply to J. & M. HARNETT, Brokers. WEDNESDAY, O" account of whom it may concern. On WIDNES DAY next. the 27th instant, at One o'clock, at the B °kers' Office, 30. Exchange-street. East, 3 I sees of very valuable OIL PAINTINGS, landed from the Zebra, stranded near the Lizard, on her voyage from Havre to Liverpool.—For further articulars apply to PERCIVAL. p CAMPBELL & CO. Brokers to the 'Underwriters' Asssociation. THURSDAY On Tnuasnev, the 29th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' Office, 17, Oldhall-street, 15 Chests Bengal INDIGO, just landed ex Sea Horse.—For particulars apply to Messrs. Thom son, Finlay and Co.. Merchants, or to GLADSTONE & SERJEANTSON, Brokers. COPY YOUR LETTERS-NO MACHINE WANTED LETTER BOOKS CHEAPER THAN EVER COPYING BOOKS, containing FIVE HUNDRED Leaven, haltbound, paged, and indexed, which require no Machine, are sold by CHARLES WILLMER, WHOLESALE STATIONER, 19,, SOUTH JOHN STREET, LIVERPOOL, TENPENCE will buy FIVE QUIRES of SUPERFINE CREAM LAID NOTE YAPER, at CHARLES WILLMER'S WHOLESALE PAPER WAREHOUSE, 19, SOUTH JOHN STREET, LIVERPOOL, THE PRICE OF THZ NORTHERN DAILY TIMES 111 NOW TO 81113SCRIBRIIS IN ADITANCE 38/ PER ANNUM. Attention is respectfully drawn to the above announce ment, and parties living within four miles of the Liverpool Exchange, who desire the latest news from all parts of the World upon their breakfast tables *very morning, should, to prevent disappointment, send their names and addresses to the Office, 19, South John street, Liverpool. Copies of the NORTHERN DAILY TIMES can be sent though the post by affixing a penny postage stamp on the envelope, or three copies can be sent in one cover for the same cost. The NORTHERN TIMES is registered for transmission to foreign countries. T J. NODDER, IL • HATTER, 81, CHURCH.STREET, Begs respectfully to inform the Nobility and Gentry of Liver pool that his NEW SFYLES for the Season are NOW READY or I asp ection. to-day, is the trial of the Manchester strike rioters. Eighteen were condemned to imprisonment, for terms varying from twelve months to three weeks. The others were set at liberty, on entering into their own recognisances. An important decision of the magistrates of Gravesend, under the Merchant Shipping Act, will be found in another column. The point turns on the refusal of a qualified pilot by the captain of a barque, then in the Blackwall-reach, and his using then and subsequently, the services of an unquali fied pilot. The decision was against the master. Walter Savage Landor, the last of England's Golden Age of Literature, writes to the Times on the murder of poor Ciceruacchio and his sons an indignant letter, which closes :—" Sir, the world is " under a triumvirate of Emperors. England is but "a dependency ; Germany sways what a few years " ago it was not ludicrous to call Great Britain; " Russia sways Germany, and there is a Colossus " which has a foot over each. Nations have lost " their independence, their power of resistance, '• and even of remonstrance. What is left to them ? " Antiquity tells us. Justice, driven from the " earth, thunders above, and will strike those heads " which have been held sacred. Never was there " a time when the earth was so effete. No great "man, no image of a great man, stands upon it. " Vengeance is mine,' says God ; but God, in His omnipotence, may use as His engine of vengeance "some very minute material—one animated atom." THE unsettled state of political affairs on the Continent has had a very lamentable effect on the trade of France. Public confidence, particularly at Paris, has experienced a serious collapse. Every man in the French capital seems to dread the occurrence of some national calamity,, while not a few add to their fears an apprehension of some European commotion, and all that appears to be wanting to give consistency to their doubts and alarm, is the striking of the first blow. This honour was reserved for Spain, since O'DoNNELL was the first to make his murderous coup d'etat, but as he has not been overthrown and brought to judgment, the question again asked is—" Who is " now to strike the first blow ?" King Bontet having taken courage from the success which awaited the military despots and political imbeciles of Madrid, will, in all probability, strike or cause the much dreaded blow to be struck. He wants no counsel, and seeks no assistance to preserve his crown. He cares not a groat what difficulties his tyranny brings upon the rest of Europe. While conster nation reigns around his throne, he sees no reason why the pleasures of uneasiness, and evil forebodings should not fill the rest of the Continent. He looks upon Naples as the highest temporal judgment seat, and all the world besides as his footstool, and there he sits like what is called in Spain juez de mestos y canadas, to decide, when solicited, the disputes of its humble shepherds and peasants. This is trifling, however, with the stability of at superstructure we style civilisation, and which he has done more to distort than adorn. It is playing with the daily bread, nay, the life's blood of that great family of nations, of which the people he represents constitute but one of the most paltry members. He has chosen for himself an antago nism to the moderation and enlightenment of the age, which has filled sensitive nations with suspicion, and fears which woulri not have existed if military intriguers, and self willed imbeciles had not broken in upon the internal quiet of the countries afflicted by their presence. Enough has been done in this way already to show us the neces sity of preserving tranquility by counselling moderation where tyranny has gained a momentary ascendancy. There can be no such thing in the Europe of this day, as galleys and prisons filled with peaceable citizens " suspected" of holding opinions opposed to any particular administration, without calling forth a universal outburst of dis. gust. Such things must disturb the public mind, and give rise to social derangements, such as we witness in France to-day, and may feel still more rigorously to-morrow. Our desire is to go on peaceably and prosper ously, and our entire policy is, or ought to be, directed solely to the attainment of this object. We have no ends in view except those which belong to a people who have great material wants to supply, and no ambition to pamper, beyond a desire to discharge faithfully the sacred duties of that mission which Providence seems to have entrusted to those who have the power to protect the weak against the follies and vices of the strong. We have no interest in war. Peace is the mainstay of our existence ; and when our policy countenances bloodshed, it is diametrically opposed to the national weal. This ought to give foreigners sufficient faith in our often repeated desire to preserve universal tranquility, and it is something for other Powers to know that when our statesmen depart in the slightest degree from a pacific course, they do not fairly represent the feelings of Great Britain. When we venture, therefore, to give a word of advice to a foreign Court or people, our admonitions may be received as sincere, and there can be no doubt that what we seek for ourselves will be found to contribute to the good of all. We do then ask for moderation in the government of Europe, that we may have peace throughout the world—that we may have plenty pouring in upon us to displace want wherever it exists or may arise—that we may have trade to keep the mind and hands of every people fully and honestly employed. Great Britain has long since been recognised as the centre of the industry of Europe, and if she is allowed to get her springs of production and consumption into full play, she will give the much to be desired divertion to the temper and feelings of the times—she will let go the wealth of her commerce, wherever tranquility .eigns—she was never richer in all those resource which other States so much require. She can buy for cash, and sell on credit—she can cover the Continent with rails, and lend the capital to pay wages in the construction of great arterial lines of communication. There is no placing a limit, in fact, to the aids she could bring to those whose political moderation she admires, and w h ose mor al rectitude and pacific intentions she cou ld con fid e in. As a mercantile peopl e we e have no right to embark in specu lation,remotely connected with politics ; but we believe that popular sympathy would far exceed th e matists, if the public caution flt of our diplo safe. There is a strong disposition in England, moment, to engage largelyn foreign enterprises, which would contribute materially to the strength and general prosperity of those countries which are beset with the worst symptoms of i chronic di sor der ; and without waiting to enquire -- nto the expediency of adopting such a course, we can only say, that if there were no BOMBA'S in Europ e we should have peace, and that that blessing 4 Would be most felt in the universal abundance which would attend it, even if scarcity, arising from the failure of crops, should be general on the Continent THE attack recently made on the Insurance offices of this country, under cover of a Govern- ment Return, ought not to be lost sight of by the public. In Liverpool, and throughout the manufacturing districts of the North, the amount of insurance effected on life and property must be enormous. And it would be most injurious to the whole community to allow those offices, whose business has been conducted faithfully, to be demolished by an inquisitorial investigation and exposure of their affairs. If the Government went fairly into the whole question of risk, pre miums, and capital, and demanded a return of the income, expenditura, and claims of all Insurance Companies, old and young—those which are assumed, from their long standing, to be rich, and those which are presumed to be poor, from their youth—Englishmen might be induced to prize the REGISTRAR-GENERAL'S statistic more for its spirit of fair play, than for any other quality it could possibly possess. If the Legislature were prepared to give us tables of mortality, by which some uniform computation of the duration of life could be formed, or some reliable basis on which to provide for the risks of fire ; to show what pro portion capital should bear to insurance liabilities at any given period, and at all times ; if they were ready to adjust these matters, and fix a uniform rate of premium for the security of life and property, which would be equally fair towards the insured and insurer, then, indeed, the public might be able to understand the propriety of demanding their periodical returns, if only to show that there was no imposition practised on either side. This has not been done, nor will it ever be accomplished by the present system. The Board of Health have thrown no light on the subject, after years of labour; and the duration of life, and the risks of fire, will always remain incalculable mysteries to the unitiated. Seasons of excessive mortality send no heralds before them to announce the approaching deaths of their thousands of victims. The myriads of little flickering sparks which play about our candles and hearths are the countless messengers of destruction, whose devastation cannot be corn. puted—the thoughtless child and incautious parent—the reckless housemaid—the base incen diary—the foul chimney, and the treacherous steam boiler, are the enemies of property which baffle all our knowledge of figures, and laugh at the idea of our preparing for future casualties, by our catalogues of past calamities. Both systems of insurance are therefore purely hypo thetical, and consequently no two offices, whether life or fire, see their risks in the same light. This is proved by the marked difference we find in their tables of premiums. Some spread their liabilities over a short period, for which they make the insured pay a high rate of premium. Others take a wider circle of years, and charge less. The public have no means of testing which is right. The total liabilities of every Company must accrue and fall upon the office within the period over which their probabilities are laid, and any interference on the part of Government, or those newspaper scribblers, who know nothing whatever of the subject, before the time specified has expired, must be most injarious to the provident members of the community. Let us, for example, take an old company with a nominal capital of 1,000,0001., of which probably 100,0001. has been paid up—with an income of 80,0001., an expenditure for any three or four years of 120,0001., and 2,000,0001. of policies spread over twenty-five years, would it not be most destructive to the prospects of those interested in that 2,000,0001. of liabilities to publish within any fractional period of the time fixed for the realisation of the scheme such a statement under Government surveillance, which always implies a doubt, not only with regard to the stability of the scheme, but also as to the honesty of the promoters and supporters of the Company ? The great majority of the public and the Press weal take up such a document as they would a Banking, or Custom House return of imports and exports, and declare the Directors were mad, the office insolvent, and the insured a benighted set of dupes. But, strange to say, in surance is one of those human inventions by which the insured can lose nothing except a trifling bonus, or small extra rate of premium on the transfer of his payments to another office, unless in the event of death, or an accident from fire taking place while badly insured. This distinguishing feature alone ought to be sufficient to screen these provident institutions from an absurd " scrutiny" of their affairs. The REGISTRAR GENERAL, the London Times, and all those wise acres who think with them, may take any one of the companies who names they have put before the world in the most painful light, and after taking into account the amount of capital paid up, the incomes received, the expenditure, including sums paid for re-assurance, preliminary expenses, and their tables of premiums, and they cannot tell the public what the actual position of that Company was at any particular period within the last four years, or what it will be within the next two years. They may select any Company they please from the REGISTRAR-GENERAL'S return, and if they cannot show us how and when the provident classes are to lose by it, it is a great pity that the Legis lature should have armed the ignorant with the means of doing a vast amount of mischief. Insurance business is not an ordinary commercial pursuit, in which tolerably accurate conclusions may be arrived at by merely copying a few totals out of the ledger. It is easy enough to ruin forty or fifty offices for the express benefit of some twenty or thirty older concerns, by an exhibition of figures which really mean nothing or anything; but beyond this our moral instructors and would-be public guardians cannot get, and until the Government are prepared to lay down some intelligible standard by which the country can decide what is sound and honest in such matters, they ought not to suffer the provident classes to be injured by the dissemination of the rubbish put forth by the oracles of Somerset House. We cannot dispense with insurance, as it is mixed up with all the relations of life and property, and since competition has extended its advantages to all sections of society, and as much yet remains to bo done by making the system sufficiently popular to enable insurers to make still greater reductions in the rates of premium, it is most desirable that the utmost encouragement should be given to the young companies, who have done so much towards throwing open the doors of independence to the friends, wives, and offspring of every industrious and provident man. TO CORRESPONDENTS Tax )44CW tuoirr COHTROVER34.—The letter which we yesterday insert d must cio , e this discussion. Except as advertisements we can pubii-h ••0 more correspondence on Use subject. CAPITAL PIINL3II34K,IT.—The letter of ' A Subscriber," on this snhjeci, shall have insertion on his supplying us wi'h his name and address—the only condition upon which we can insert corn naunicatio,,s. Ese Rartimu fitneg FRIDAY, AUGUST 22, 1856 THE DAYS NEWS The Cunard steamer Alps arrived here yesterday, with news to the Bth instant, They are wholly unimportant The Health Committee held their meeting yesterday. The health of the town remains in a highly satisfactory condition, especially if compared with the corresponding week of last year. Th e su ppression of nuisances goes on ; a suggestion was made for construct ing a depot for seized meat and smothered cattle, and a very comfortable provision made for sending some of the members on a trip to Paris to study the question of Abattoirs. We trust the " elect" will not be like some other deputies we have heard of visiting Paris:—Ml, of course, knew French, but once there, they spent their time in interpreting for each other, no one, however, Erne_ Deeding in either understanding himself, or m a ki ng the others understand, what was said about t h em. The Dock Committ ee held its usual meeting yesterday. Th e proceedings are interesting— especially those touching Compass Reform, and a Special Dock for steamers. The inquest on the unhappy sufferers by the fire yesterday morning,took place during the day. In so central a neighbourhood, with all the appliances of the borough for the protection of life from fire al most within call, and after so early anotice, it se ems incredible that six persons' lives could have been sacrificed under the circumstances detailed by the witnesses. Who can retire to his bed with any feeling of security, as he reflects on a tragedy which might apparently have just as easily hap pened in any other house in Liverpool? The case demands a searching examination, not only as to the origin of the fire, but as to the extent of our appliances for safety in such cases, and the use of them in this. The Assize feature of interest in our report of THE NORTHERN TIMES.---LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY. THE COURT 03BORNE, August 20.—Prince Albert embarked in the Elfin yesterday, and went up the Southampton Water to inspect the progress of the works executing at the Royal Victoria Hospital. Her Majesty afterwards joi ne d the Prince, w h o re tur t .ed with the Queen in the Fairy. Vis count and Visc o untess Palmerston arrived on a visit to her Majesty, and remain at Osborne. Lord Ernest Bruce had the honour of dining with the Queen. MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL LIVERPOOL. THURSDAY EVENING The tone of the Liverpool Cotton Market has in no degree changed to-day A small business has been done at Friday's quotations, the sales amount ing to 6,000 bales, of which 1,000 have been taken for speculation and export. The amount of business done in the Liverpool Share Market, has not been large. The market opened heavily, but improved during the day, and closed firm at the following quotations :-- Aberdeen, 138 131. Chester and Birkenhead, 151- 16. Caledonian, 281 281. Chester and Holy head, 17 171. Eastern Counties, 9 11-16 91. East Lancashire, 208 xd 21. Great Northern. 241 241. Ditto A, 101 107 4 . Great Western, 654 65i. Lan cashire and Yorkshire Stock, 982 98t. Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport, 18k 181. London and North Western, 1071 1071. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 34i 34k. Ditto New 6 per cent. Pref 11-16 13-16 p. Ditto Pref., 124 124. Mid land Stock, 841 841. North British, 98 xn 9,1. North Staffordshire, 4i xd 44d. South Eastern and Dover, 221 22 9-16. York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 21 3-16 211. York and North Midland, 291 30. Leeds Capital Stock, 18 181. Buffalo and Lake Huron, 1 jp. Dutch Rhenish, 21 21p. Great Western of Canada, 257, 25 7-16. Ditto New Shares, 21 27,p. Great Luxembourg, 9 9-16 9id. The business done in the Manchester Goods Market has been small to-day, but prices remain without change. The Funds have been quiet to-day at yester day's quotations, and the transactions still remain limited. The unfavourable aspect of the day combined for such as this, and its influence would have been manifest except for the abun dance of money on the Stock Exchange. The Three-per-gents for the 10th September closes at 95 5-16, 95 7-16. In the Foreign Stock Market there was a limited amount of business done in Turkish and Russian at full rates. Turkish 6 per Cents., MI ; ditto 4 per Cents. Guaranteed, 1038 ex div. Russian 5 per Cents., 11] ; ditto 4i per Cents., 98. Portu guese 3 per Cents., 46. Spanish 3 per Cents., 441; ditto New Deferred, 24a. Dutch 2i per Cents., 64 ; ditto 4 per Cent, Certificates, 96. Mexican Bonds, 24 Buenos Ayres, 81 ; Brazilian, 01 ; and Grenada, 19 The Railway Share Market is quiet without any important alteration in prices. We append the principal quotations :—Caledonian, 57 57k. Eastern Counties, 9 9-16 9 11-16. East Lancashire, 831 849 Great Northern, 98 989. Do. A, 95k 96k. Great Western, 65i 651. Lancashire and Yorkshire, 988 98k. London and North Western, 107 k 107 t. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 344 341. Midland Stock, 8484 x. North British, 36 371 South Eastern and Dover, 741 751. York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 84 85. York and North Midland, 60 609. THE STEAMSHIP KHERSONESE.—This fine steamship went into the river, yesterday, preparatory to sailing for St. John's, Newfoundland, Halifax, U.S., and Portland, U.S., on Saturday, the 23rd instant. All letters to go by said vessel must be posted by one o'clock (addressed per Khersonese) on Saturday afternoon, or until half-past one with a late fee. CHARGE AGAINST TEE FERRY COLLECTOR AT TRAN MERE.—Joseph Pickering, late collector at the Tranmere Ferry, was brought up, on remand on a charge of embezzle ment, before the Birkenhead magistrates, yesterday. Mr. Willoughby, the proprietor of the ferry, was present, and intimated that, in consideration of the prisoner's long service and previous respectability, he would not press the charge. The prisoner was accordingly discharged. ARRIVAL OF A RUSSIAN SHIP.—On Wednesday after noon some interest was caused on the Princess-pier and Landing-stage, by a vessel that was observed coming up the river, with the Russian flag flying at the mast head, she proved to be the Ahti, Captain Javelin, a Russian brigantine, from Wasa, and was reported at the Custom house, yesterday, by her agents, Messrs. Vos, Browne, and Co. This is the first Russian hip that has arrived at our port since the conclusion of peace. PUBLICANS' LICENSE. —Yesterday being the annual licensing day for public-houses, Mr. Alderman Holme, and Mr. J. A. Tobin, sat in the Nisi Prius Court, in order to dispose of the applications that came before the court. There were about 1,450 applicants, but there was nothing very remarkable in the details yesterday, as the only cases dis posed of were such as were not opposed, and those in which single small fines were inflicted. In the latter cases, the applicants were cautioned. In cases where three reports by the police, and where more than one fine had been recorded. their worships adjourned such for a week, in order to consider theta. CONTRIBUTION BY THE EMPEROR OF THE FRENCH TO THE MANCHESTER MECHANIC? INSTITUTION EXHIBITION. —We have already stated that Lord Palmerston has con sented to deliver the inaugural address at the opening of this exhibition next month, and have before referred to the nature of the objects of art and industry proposed to be exhibited. When it was first proposed to inaugurate their new building by an exhibition, the secretary addressed the Minister of the Interior of France, to bring under the Emperor's notice their project, and suggesting that his Imperial Majesty would render important aid to the directors of the exhibition by graciously condescending to lend for exhibition specimens of such of the. art manufactures of France as have given that country a distinguished pre. eminence over others—such as porcelain, tapestry, buhl work, and bronzes. The letter, it appears, should have been directed to M. Fould, the Minister of State, and was handed over to him by the Minister of the Interior The directors subsequently sent a deputation to wait upon M. Fould. In these applications they received advice and aid from Lord Cowley, our own Ambassador, and have now received the following note from his lordship—" Paris, Aug. 16, 1856. Sir,—l have the pleasure to inform you that the Emperor has given the necessary permission to enable the Minister of State to send to Manchester the objects you desire to have for the Mechanics' Institution, and they will consequently be expedited imme diately.—fam, &c, COWLEY. E. Hutchins, Esq." FATAL ACCIDENT IN THE ROYAL ARSENAL, WOOLWICH. — On Wednesday a sad accident occurred to one of the party employed in the timber yard belonging to the carriage department. The unfortunate man was a wheeler by trade, named Malings, and appears to have met his death in the following manner : —The party had been engaged removing timber from trucks and stacking it, when by some unlooked for casualty several of the logs rolled off, and one of them struck the unfortunate man and broke his neck. He was instantly conveyed to the hospital in the Arsenal, but life was extinct. The deceased had but recently returned from the Crimea, where he had through the war followed the same trade. - CANADIAN RAILWAYS.—The marked alteration in the opposition against the wise and far-sighted policy of the Canadian administration—not only the present, but of all during the last few years—with respect to the encourage ment of public works and railways, is very great, now that the political animosities of the moment are dying away. At this distance we can hardly enter into the feelings of the latter; but, looking at the benefits which must result to the province from these undertakings when they are eompleted, we are glad to see that this is the case. The communication with the West will then be thoroughly opened, and the development of its traffic and resources in full progress. It was to restore this traffic that Mr. Hincks, under Lord Elgin, propounded the grand trunk system of Canadian railways, in lien of protection and bounties, which will enable the Canadians to ply their industry all the year round, and render them independent of canals and danger ous river and lake navigation. Liverpool will also essentially participate in the growing prosperity of Canada, in the way of exports and imports, being, via Quebec, 1,000 miles nearer Chicago than by New York. The works in the course of execution are being rapidly proceeded with, and the preliminaries for the othe:•s are going on most satisfactorily. Nearly all these undertakings have at present representatives in this country; most of whom are either connected with the government of Canada, or are amongst the most prominent men in the province.— Canadian News, London. A SOMNAMBULIST AT SBA..—One evening last week a matron, living on the Wick side of the river, created a stir among her neighbours by her anxiety as to what could have become of her " laddie," who had failed to make his appear ance as bed time approached. He had brought home the kye, of which he was the herd, at the usual hour, but from that time no one had seen him, and she, in her motherly solicitude, was impenetrable to any other conviction than that he had met with some sad fatality. At length some passer-by con3oled her by the information that he had, in the course of the evening, seen the errant youth leave the river in a fishing boat with another of his young companions. And this, it appeared, he had done but instead of this fact being a consolation, it increased the mother's anxiety f rty fold. From his childhood the lad had on repeated occasions risen in the night time, and, though sound asleep, had toddled " but" and " ben't the house, and committed a variety of eccentricities, to repeat which at sea might —so thought the mother—be the death of him. And, as it happened,-her fears were not altogether groundless. In the grey of the morning, as a crew were hauling their nets in ti the offing, one of their number was surprised to see a boy in another boat close at band —none other than the aforesaid prodigal—get up on one of the thwarts, walk to the boat's side, place his foot upon the gunwale, and finally step de liberately into the sea. Being unable to move from their nets, they shouted and better shouted until the crew in the other boat were awakened, when they were apprised of what had happened, and fortunately eueeedea in rescuing the youth, not before he was much exhausted, but otherwise uninjured by his sudden, and to him, surprising immersion. .-.-John fi Groat Journal. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. PRUSSIA BERLIN, AUGUST 20. Our Prussian correspondence announces that the Ministers of the European commission of the Danube will assemble immediately after the con clusion of the work. The commission is summoned to settle the frontier question. The permanent commission of the Danube is not yet named. THE RIFF PIRATES The Prussian Government has applied to the English Cabinet for its aid in suppressing the Riff Piracies, and in punishing the delinquents. THE AVERAGES. LONDON, THURSDAY NIGHT, The average price of wheat, in England and Wales, for the week ending Saturday last, was 71s; the average for the preceding having been 765. THE FRENCH FUNDS PARIS, THURSDAY EVENING. The Three per Cents closed today at 70f. 85c. FRANCE. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, WEDNESDAY EVENING A telegraphic despatch announces that the Emperor and Empress arrived at Biarritz this day, at five minutes to t,velve. They must thus have travelled all night. It was said, however, that, in order not to fatigue the little Imperial Prince, they would stop on the way. The Moiliteur announces that the complete evacuation of Turkey, by the French troops, was effected on Monday, the 18th ; the last detachment of troops, and the general in command, sailed on that day. It has been stated in some telegraphic despatches and newspapers, that the French and English are to evacuate Greece by a given day in September, but I can inform you, that though an early evacu ation be probable, no day for it has been fixed. The attack of the Riff pirates on the Prussian Prince and his crew, excites considerable interest here, and accounts from Berlin say that, as was natural, it has created tremendous sensation there. It is very probable that England, France, and Prussia, will combine in taking measures for putting an end to the too-often repeated atrocities of these pirates. The Austrian government is trying all the means in its power to bring the King of Naples to his senses, that is to induce him to satisfy the demands of the Western Powers. But his Majesty shows no signs of yielding. If he should really persist in his obstinacy, England and France must necessar ily come to a rupture with him ;—indeed, they would have done so before this if it had not been from regard for Austria. • Gen. Todleben, the Sebastopol hero, is now en gaged in visiting the principal fortresses of Germany, and he is to come to France also to visit the fortresses she possesses. The consequence will be that on his return home he will make those of his own country infinitely more formidable than they are. It turns out, from a Warsaw letter, that the telegraphic announcement the other day, that Russia has diminished the seventies of her passport system is unfounded. That system is kept up with all the ancient rigour. The naturalisation of the Imperial Prince as a citizen of Biscay, which was accomplished under curious circumstances immediately after O'Don nell's coup d'etat, is again upon the Lapis. Two delegates have been sent from the Basque provinces to present the letters of naturalisation to the Emperor on behalf of the infant prince. This document is written on parchment, ornamented with a border in which the colours of France and Spain are blended. At the foot of the patent are seen, in one corner, the great seal of Biscay, and, on the other, a copy of the resolution voted by the junta on the 17th of July. The names of the delegates are MM. Leguerrica and Calle, and it is said that the fact of one of these gentlemen being a Progressist and the other a Conservative, proves that the compliment paid to the heir to the French throne was not prompted by party feeling of any kind. It is quite certain that the French and English diplomatists are not pulling well together just uow either as regards Spain, Italy, or Russia. The government journals are instructed to make them selves the advocates, as far as they can, without too ostentatious a display of zeal, of Austria, Russia, O'Donnell, and even the much vituperated King Bomba. The Constitutionnel takes the advantage of the announcement in the Moniteur that the French troops have evacuated Constantinople, to say, " This note sufficiently answers all the uneasy suggestions which a portion of the French and foreign press have made respecting the execution of the treaty of March 30. Russia will be no less scrupulous than the Western Powers in executing the engagements entered into ; and whatever difficulties may have arisen, owing either to delay in the transmission of advices or misunderstanding of them when received, these difficulties are not of a nature to cause the least bad feeling between the contracting parties." The Patrie speaks entirely in the same sense. It thinks that a " great deal too much noise" has been made about Russia's hesitation in executing the treaty. It seems, however, to see the difficul ties that have arisen in a somewhat more serious light than the C onstitutionnel does. It admits that Russia makes a stand about Bolgrad, but it pleads that the letter of the treaty is on Russia's side. If Bolgrad were really omitted by mistake, which the Patrie only faintly acknowledges, then indeed the error ought to be put right. But the Patrie argues that it must first be proved against Russia that the general line of boundary intended cannot possibly be traced in any other way than by excluding Bolgrad. The treaty was concluded bona fide. the Patrie tells us, and it pledges itself that it will be executed in the same spirit, but to solve difficulties of detail, the moderation and conciliatory disposition shown by the members of the Congress must be imitated. At about three o'clock on Tuesday afternoon, a strong body of sergens de ville occupied the whole length of the quay on the right bank of the river, from the Pont Neuf to the bridge opposite the Hotel de Ville, and arrested a number of indi. viduals between those two points. There is no explanation of this extraordinary occurrence; but I mention the fact from the report of an eye witness. RU S-SIA We read the following in the Courrier d'Odessa —The enemy's troops have finally quitted the whole of the Crimea, and the following i s the successive order of their departure: Kinburn was evacuated on the 16th of May, Eupatoria on the 80th ; Yenikale on the 20th, and Kertch on the 22nd of June; Sebastopol, with its environs, Balaklava and the Bay of Kamiesch on the sth of July. At Eupatoria, as at Balaklava, Kamiesch, and Kertch, only a few foreign traders have remained of various nationalities, who have not yet succeeded in exporting or selling all their goods and the wooden huts they possess. As soon as the enemy quitted these towns, steps were taken for purifying them in conformity with the regulations laid down by the sanitary police; the inhabitants then en tered them, when the civil and judicial authorities were re-established. Aide-de Camp General Count Stroganoff, Governor. general of New Russia and of Bessarabia, commenced, between the 14th and 21st of July, a tour of inspection along the coasts of the Crimea on board of the steamer Andia, with a view to ascertain in person whether all the measures he had thought it his duty to order had been carried out. He particularly remarked, with extreme satisfaction, the rapidity with which Kertch is rising again from the destruction of which it had been the scene. In three weeks order has been completely restored there ; all the streets are already almost entirely freed of the filth that en cumbered them ; the inhabitants, on their return to the town, are busily employed in reconstructing their dwellings, and the sal' of a li mentary articles is again going on in the markets. The inhabitants of the neighbourhood have also resumed the culti vation of their fields. A sum of 20,000 silver roubles has been assigned by way of succour to the inhabitants of the Vitebsk government, the harvest in which may be looked upon as almost a general failure. AMERICA. The Cunard Steam-ship Company's steamer Alps arrived in the Mersey yesterday morning from New York, with dates to the Bth inst., but the papers are wholly destitute of news of interest. The condition of the Money Market was the same as previously reported, and in Foreign Exchange there was very little doing at previous quorations. The Cotton Market continued quiet without change in prices. The Grain Market had become dull, and prices were lower. In Freights there was very little doing. The following is a report of the NEW YORK MARKETS.-AuG. 7, Ashes : Small sales are reported at 6 dols 50c for pots, and 70 dols 75c for pearls. Cotton: The market is without important change and the demand is quite limited. Flour and Meal: We notice a pretty brisk eastern and local trade demand for flour, and the market may to quoted 5c to 10c better on the medium grades ; shippers will not operate except at a material decline from present prices. Grain: The wheat market is dull and lower; shippers refuse to operate except at a material decline; holders are willing to submit to a reduction of sc, but shippers want 10c to 15c. Provisions : The pork market is without important change, and the demand continues moderate. Beef is dull, with sales of 450 brls at 7 dols to 7 dols 37c for country prime. Freights : The market is without important change. Engagements to Liverpool include 30,000 bushels grain at 6d to 6rl in bulk and ships' bags ; 1,400 brls flour, is 6d; 300 bales cotton, id, and 140 tons logwood, 20s. THE QUEEN OF OUDE AT SOUTHAMPTON Amongst the passengers of the Indus. as we have stated, are the Queen Dowager of Oude, and the brother and son of the ex-King, with 106 followers. The Queen Dowager is a good looking woman, of dark complexion , 55 years of age, and very intelligent. She is very sanguine' as to the success of her mission to this country, for the restoration of her son to the throne of Oude. She has £BO,OOO for current expense-3. The jewellery she lost on her voyage was worth about £50,000. Some Portion of it was intended for presents for the i Queen of England. The brother of the ex-King s a fine tall man, and is a general in the Oude army The son of the ex-King is a very handsome youth. The,' dress in the most magnificent style, their head- dresse s being covered with diamonds and emeralds. Many of the followers are small, poor-looking men, and exceedingly dark. They are shoemakers, tailors, cooks, and of other trades. They were working all day long on board. The cooking apparently never ceased. The Queen of Oude and suite occupied the whole of the fore part of the shift: where a cooking galley was fitted up. The party lived upon rice, curry, sheep, and lambs, between Alexandria, and Southampton. The dishes were usually served up 0 ' curries and pillaus. The Queen of Oude occasional sent into the saloon for the English passengers a curry or pillau, and such dishes were found to be delicious. Al l eunuch is with the party ; he is a very extraordinary loolt ing personage. He has long hair, and a feminine bust and voice. There are six maids of honour in attendance on the Queen every day. A screen was erected on deck, th e enclosed part was carpeted, and the Queen and ladie s were escorted up behind the screen, and guarded by the eunuch, who behaved with remarkable severity in keeping all persons from gazing on the ladies. He is a general 0 , infantry in the Oude army. The whole of White's RoY a .`,. York Hotel, Southampton, has been taken for them 1 " was uninhabited, and workmen and charwomen have been working night and day to clean and fit up the hotel. The Queen is to pay twelve guineas a day for the use o r the hotel. Five houses in Regent's -park, London, have been taken for the Queen Dowager. One of the party, le a moonshee, or writer, died on th e vo y age . H e li ve d for long time entirely upon opium. It is believed that the box of jewellery which has been said to be lost was stolen' The ex-King, of Oude is expected to leave Calcutt a shortly for England, with 150 followers. The treasures` which the Queen has on board consist chiefly of the mos t costly Cashmere shawls and jewellery. THE MERCHANT SHIPPING ACT GRAVES EICD, Wednesday.—A case of considerab le importance to the mercantile marine came betore th e bench of magistrates for this borough, at the Town-hal l to-day. Captain Joachim Vanvellow, the master of t he Prussian barque Peter Rolt, of and bound to. Danizie, surrendered in discharge of his bail to an informati on charging him with employing, and continuing to employ an unqualified person ( a waterman) to pilot his vessel 4 Gravesend Reach, on the 18th inst., after a duly qualifie s pilot, Edward Tracy, had offered his services to t charge of the ship. A. summons had been issued again s a the defendant in the first instance, but he having intimat e . his intention to disobey the order, and sail away to se t " with his vessel, a warrant was issued under Jervis's A e and he was apprehended; he, however, was subsequent l y liberated on putting in bail. Mr. Sharland, the town . clerk of Gravesend, appeared to support the co 1 , 1 _ 1 ; plaint. The defendant was charged with violating t",,, pilotage clauses of the Merchant Shipping Act, tl' 353rd section of which specified the vessels that Wef e exempted from the powers of the act. A captain of `„ exempted ship might pilot his own vessel out, and if , required any other person to do so, he must employ a d 6 y o, qualified pilot, and, in default of doing so, was liable t t the penalty provided. The charge against the defencle" to was that he employed an unqualified person t o navigs„ his ship after a duly appointed pilot had offered his see , vices. Double the amount of pilotage which would " charged under ordinary circumstances was the penalty and in order that the pilots might have that protects , which the legislature afforded them, he asked the bett e d , if the case was proved against the defendant, to imPe', it. Mr. Edward Tracy, the complainant, said he wa g • g qualified pilot of the Trinity Board, and produced "A, license. On Monday afternoon, the 18th inst., he wag " s , the look-out with Dodd, another pilot, to pilot vesse l v o He saw the defendant's barque, Peter Bolt, coming de . 0 the Reach, and when they got near her they noticed : a unqualified person was on board at the helm. (3thserv or `, him put the helm down to stay the ship, and then go f •ve ward and let go the forebrace. Did not hear him P e a any order to them. From his general acts he appea r . t h to be acting as pilot of the ship. Went on board wt tn Dodd, produced his license to the defendant, and offered 0 take charge of the ship. Defendant repli e d th a t he o v i not read, that he had a man on board, and that he ship take him, the unqualified person, and no one else. d t ordered witness out of the ship. Th e cap t a i n then w e ..'a ,to the helm. After he had te n d ere d hi s serv i ces he he ar s the man in charge give ord ers t o s t ay th e s hi p from t i e r north shore, to go abo u t f rom th e nor th war d. The or 4 was given to the mate, w ho pa sse d it t o th e c a ptain, a° „. the mate acted upon it. After he had left the st,lp P, O advised the unqualified person to leave and cr:,me into bL, boat. The ship on getting into the Terrac e - p i er , go t irl e `i some difficulty. She was then brought up, and the hoisted for a pilot. Went on board about an hour any* half afterwards with the summoning officer, and ' t o unqualified pilot was still on board. Knew the man was acting pilot very well, but did not know his na s t. He caused him to be turned out of the ship O re stes 1 , 120 Sunday week. The barque drew eleven f ee t o f w ater; pilotage would be £6 10s. By the Bench: Pilots gener a o took the helm in:a narrow channel; but, had he b t he charge of the ship, perhaps he would not h ave b e en at t he helm when he saw the unqualified person there. Heard.", unqualified person give the orders to work the ship. 70 William Brown Dodd said he was a qualified Trinity-h e t ho pilot, and accompanied the last witness on board rd barque. Saw an unqualified person at the wheel. ilrie• him call " haul," and he wen t f orwar d and let go t he le o p brace, The man was acting as pilot. When they ft,,,,e%rcl ° the side the defendant t oo k h o ld o f t h e helm. Lot Tracy tender his services to pil o t th e s hi p. Defend a 1 replied that he would employ whom h e lik e d, an d he a man on board. After this refusal, heard the t oo licensed person give the order " about ship," to the 1 104 and captain. When this crder was given, the ca 1 3 . 00. adopted it. Knew the man was an unlicensed per The ship got - into - some difficulty afterwards, and brO ill Y, 1314 up. Returned to the ship in ab ou t an h our and a - 0 and saw the unlicensed perso n was st i ll on board. to the Bench: Ships might have river help waterme n ,,,oo assist the crew in worki ng the ship, but they must 00 act as pilots. M r . O a k s (a magistrate): It is ne' b" ag offence to have hands on board to assist the creM t e, long as they do not act in the capaoitv of directing. o working and navig a ti ng o f t h e ship ? Witness • It leZ.ce, but if there is a waterman on board, and he glees u'i l ot. tions to "haul'' and "go about," he i s acting as a P i ,"o By the Bench: Sometimes in cases of e mergency, he the let go the forebrace, but it was not generally -00 pilot's duty to do so. The Mayor then called 1-1 114 1 the defendant for his answer to the complaint. r na o defendant, in rather imperfe c t E nglish, said the "lt/ ho had on board was not acti ng as pilots, nor did h e Zel 4 orders for working the ship. If the man gave any e ' c iDt e to the mate, he (defendant) could not be held respon"l4 for them when he did n ot adopt them. While his i n" a: was in London some of th e crew got sick, and, as tbo „ t he had been the capt a i n of a collier, and had been habit of going with vessels about the coast, he te 01 oot: as a kind of help er to assist the crew, but not as a.rr,006 In going dow n t h e Reach the wind was blowing from the north-east, and he had charge of the Ship' The man did not give any orders to work the t 1 3:: When the pilot came on board, he (defendant) wag -- „ t ite''' wheel, and he told him that he did not require ajeolt; Mr. Oaks : Then you mean to say that it was not its oar' sequence of any order from the waterman you had on u. n ot" , that you altered the ship's course ? Defendant :It w e- 04. Mr. Oaks ; Both the witness have stated that the dint was acting in giving orders as the pilot, and Ya g . a f atit l ij that you took the man for his knowledge in na taw ships round the coast. The bench having Mayor said it was evident that the defendant Was s t eer. ? that the man was engaged to pilot the ship. They . X/ 0 ; fore inflicted upon him the penalty of double pilotag t e e 'sti h l The defendant . paid the amount, strongly pr e ; l o - t against the decision. The bench allowed the PZ,ne penalty, minus the expenses, for his loss of t' prosecuting the case. consulted'of. Le Oce THE TAURUS.—This vesse l , w h ose loss was spe" v the NORTHERN TI MES o f M on d ay, i s not t h e Tolir longing to Messrs. B urns an d M clver. Si i CONSTITUTION.—The BURNING OF THE CON S Th hull of 081' A Constitution, which w as d es t roye d b y fi re i n the •"'beiO'' and afterwards b eac h e d near Eastharo, was got off the at yesterday's tide, and taken to the Sandon-basio•