The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-10-01 00:00:00

ZIONETARY AND COMMERCIAL W e b Liverpooli Friday Evening. I „ -axe again. to report the arrival of 40 ; 000 L ' e - ces of geld, value £160,000, by the Esser, fly Ilo b e ,„ c el,,j ) t of this sum the imports rot thweek 81 ams an increase of £20,000 over the de 'e in the stock of bullion for the month ending 2, as compared with the sane period. Year. We anticipated this hi our money i a ;' , e of yesterday. These rapid arrivals of such d e „g e stuns of sp ec i es mu s t sure ly res to re conti- I c e if, indeed, it has really been lost in cotinnercial eir ,,c'es. If bullio n b e th e ba s i s of our prosperity, 11 ' , of the countries with which we are doing the largest trade, where can there be room for a doubt as the perfect stability of both? di scharg e its former fttitaiOns in s the trade rommerce of the country, why not avow nly, and leaVo the good sense of the trading act as the circumstances require T' tor ourselves we see very clearly, that any 7 considerable increase to our present stock or b ullion, must lead to a decline in tit value of o °ll eY, and this decrease in the value of _Money al coin for ordinary use May, and will, in L, Probability extend to a depreciation in the a tue of Bullion itself. Th e curren t quo t a -' L eons of the price of gold in the United : ', 4 ,tes and Australia, all indicate the pos. Vility of such an event. As for the present 1 ,,g 1 1 vrires of gold in Paris and some few prayparts of the continent, they must give p , 4.4 ,Y to the causes which will operate on i' 4l ' market. If our prices fall to the rates which rule 41 1 the colonies, say £3 tBs. Od. per ouneey Pow kkilfg Will Prance or any other country be ableor Willing to Pay the prices quoted at presents The heavy ex- Ports of coin which are said to be the cause of our t he apprehensions, will conti nue as l ong as die gold-producing countries continue to • export l uore than they import. To check this -efflux of gold then, it must be obvious to every one that we. do all in our power to ptish hianufac !le oi.tntries. There nto t nIY can in at horn( PI?ANCE FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) IVEDIS - Be DA 6, P.M The prevailing belief hi raris at this moment is that the whole of the fleets have been summoned to ConetAhnnople, if not ,actually there; but thOse nench politicians who consult the English journals, and imagined that, Are i oYiiiYig Post had better diplomatic information than its colleagues, haye had thtir. with much shaken by the failure of its ill-advised and too confident predictiOn, twice 41,. 4- L tl, . I A 4-1, Russian soholie'r wbiAltt have crossed the Pruth. This has.na been realized even in the sense of the adVithee into the .Principalities. _ • We read, in the Consritutionnel, the arrival of our correspondence of the 15th, brought, by the, steamer, enables us to fill up soul d OriliOioslnthe note Of the/tionhW, "It Was thi the night Of SatOi: day thatour AnibasSader, 1\1: de la Cdur, sent the tenth express, the Nitte - eio, to BeSilia to, denial - id df the two Admirals the tiSsiStandeof k)ine large ships, and in the 13th and lath two 'ships of each squadron Made their appearance ; the English ships Niger and Tiger, and the French steam-frigates Mogador and Gomer. On board of this latter was the Ad miral Labarbier de Tinan, who then found himself in command, not only of the four shipsabove-mew tiOned, but of six other steam-shills Which were aF ready at Constantinople, the frigate Retribu tion and the, corvette Fury and Caradoc, express fok the English ; and the frigate Le Sane, thb cor: vette Le Chaptal, and the apresslAjaccio, for the . French.. • The ttd'hicii des Debats gives also in a postscript, ekti'acts from letters brought by the Nile steamer, by which it would appear that an address was really 'presented to the Sultan by certain Muderi.or Pro fessors of the Coran, demanding War with the in fidels and quoting VerS:oB from • the Coran in sup port of theii' Argun - leiitn. ft was, however soon diseotiered that they'Were in collusion with the party of war.a tout prix, which is headed by Mehe met Ali, the brother-in-law of the Sultan. They were consequently rebuked by the -Seheik-ul-Islam; but. the Ambassadors had become more alarmed than usual about the safety of the French and Eng lish residents, so M de la Cour obtained Hit eon sent of the Sultan to sttinnion Nat tit the fleet. TM Steck, almost the Only journal which . main tains 11, sort of independence, and writes freely in spite of government censures, endeavours to set the advance of the fleets in its true light, andmain tains that the safety of Christian residents has never been in peril at Constantinople, attributing all reports of this nature to Russian intrigue. It says : " Some firm but respectful remonstrances may have been addressed to the Sultan, at the time when two members of the Divan counselled him to submit blindly to the dictates of diplomatists, bid since the rejection of the Viemia note, lie has recovered all his popularity. The • advance of the fleets is a reply to the last memorandum of Russia, and to the conferences at Olmutk." The Moniteur publishes, in its official part, two treaties, one relatinc , to works of art with the Elector of Hesse, and other a postal treaty with the King of Naples. .. Dispatches from Madrid of the 24th, anounce that " the question of Marshal Narvaez has been decided. He may return to Spain when he thinks fit." The Hamburgh correspondent, under the date of Vienna, says :—" We learn that the programme of the new loan of the Austrian government would have already appeared, had not the Minister of Finance considered it necessary to modify it. This having been done, it will shortly be published. The loan will be contracted abroad ; and will be for 30 millions of florins. The market opened at higher prices, but fell rapidly on the receipt of the English quotations The prices for the account are however much lower than for cash. Closing prices :—Three per Cents., 71.10; Four-and-a-half per Cents, 100.10; Bank, 2800 ; • Credit Foncier, 710. Shares :---Orleans, 1190; notion, .1005 ; Havre, 500 ;' 'Nord, 817 ; Stras bourg, 912 ; Bale, 370 ; Lyons, 875.; Mediterranean, 720 ; Western, 700 ; Central, 507. The Moiwing Chronicle's Paris correspondent says that intelligence arrived in -Paris on Thursday from Constantinople; to the 19th, via Trieste.. It states that_ the war party and the peace party in the Divan had become reconciled—the former appa rently having succeeded in getting their views adopted, The refusal of Russia was generally known, and the Porte still persisted in, it modifi cations to the Vienna Notb. The armaments which for a short period had • seemed •to slacken when there appeared a probability of an amicable arrangement, had re-commenced with redoubled activity. A quarantine had been esta blished against all vessels arriving . from Odessa, under pretext that the cholera might be introduced from that quarter ; but this step was considered by the public as a measure of precaution against 'Russian vessels. Further, a sanitary Cordon had been established in the direction of Widdin; this measure being intended it was supposed, as a pre caution against the Russian troops, who seemed of late to have been advancing towards that point. This intelligence of the 19th, says nothing of the entrance up to that date of the rest of the com bined squadrons. • M. deKisseleff, on hearing of the entrance of the vessels into,the Sea of Marmora, was heard to say, " England and France have rendered a great service to Russia. We had signed most unwillingly the convention relative to the Straits, Now we know what we ought to do. ' A letter from Erzeroum, 4 of the 27th ult., an nounces the arrival in that city of an . extraordinary courier from Teheran, with despatches for Con stantinople. It was stated as certain that Persia .had placed at the disposal of the Sultana Ncorps of 6,000 of her best troops. This step is the more important, as the Cabinet of St, Petersburg has employed every means to isolate Persia from Turkey. On Thursday last, Alderman Sidney was elected Lord Mayor of London for the ensuing year. Dispatches were received at the' Colonial Office on Thursday, from the Governors of Van Dieman's Land, Melbourne, the Mauritius, the Cape of Good Hope, and Natal. Despatches were sent off last evening from the Colonial Office to the ;Governors of the North American colonies. THE ORLEANS FAMILY.—The ex-Queen of the French, accompanied by the Prince and Princess of Join vile, their family, the Duchess de Marmier, General Comte Dumas, .M. and Madame Mussy, and a numerous suite, ar rived at Dover on Thursday afternoon, with the intention of embarking for Ostend, but, as it was blowing very hard, .the royal party decided on sleeping at Birmingham's Royal Ship Hotel. THE SHIPPING INTEREST.—The scarcity of ships is much complained of just now, which appears an extra ordinary circumstance in this maritime country, especially as shipbuilding has been extensively carried on at all the English ports for the last two or three years, while, at the same time, the North American colonies 'have not been idle. According to a statement forwarded to us, one firm alone in Liverpool has sold, within the last month, upwards of ninety colonial-built ships, large and small; and. at Sunderland and elsewhere shipbuilding has been going on as extensively as usual for some time past. The existing scarcity of ship ping may be accounted for chiefly from the new trade opened with our Australian colonies, and the extension of steam navigation to distant countries. The extraordinary influx of people into Australia has naturaliy created a sud den and extensive demand for shipping, not only for the purpose of emigration, but for the supply of the emigrants in what might be considered a new country ; for Australia, although it has been for nearly half a century a British colony, was in no way prepared to supply the large popu lation that so suddenly and unexpectedly flocked in upon it. It followed that the demand for tonnage must be great beyond precedent, and up to the present time it has very little abated. Another circumstances attending this new trade, which would create a temporary scarcity, is the length of the voyage ; and, in many instances, ships after making the passage to Australia, have been detained there for mouths, through the desertion of the seaman ; some of the ships have been altogether lost to their. owners, as in the case of the Californian trade, which has also contributed to the scarcity. To these trades, therefore , is, in the first in stance, to be attributed, the temporary difficulty in . getting the required tonnage. The increase of steam navigation, and the consequent demand for coals for foreign stations, is another cause of the scarcity. Indeed it has been found impossible to supply many of the intermediate ports, between this country and Australia with the coals required; this has frequently been attended with loss and detention to the steam vessels engaged in that trade, and has enabled ships which trusted to canvas alone to make quicker passages. These, we think, will be found the prominent causes to which may be attributed the scarcity of shipping which is at present com plained of. The country was not prepared for such unex pected demands coming so suddenly \upon it. —Shipping Gazelle. r way of keeping nitt as the excessive demand Ito - 1 / 4 ) t coin is required to pay for bullion, as the one tPes out the 'other returiis, and the variation in the Influx and the efflux of gold, will be attributable to 41_ _ It May be many Tears before luetion of this metal in Australia, or indeed, tornia, will be continuous throughout the year, end until it is so our receipts will vary with the season as they do at present. If the depreciation in the value of bullion touches a lower point than the existing rates, it is not likely to advance the prices of produce, as the present high prices in this di rection have :taken place, in anticipation of a d eprecation, and consequent loss in the purchasing market continues flat prices are variable from the opening and closing Of each day. Consols, which at their present price Yields less than 33 per cent., can however scarcely be expected to maintain their value, with money tt per cent.; and although it was stated that a; God deal of bona fide purchasing is going forward he elasticity of the market is unquestionably due great measure to speculative operations. Con sols for the account have been done from 92f to with intermediate fluctuations, and for money have ranged from 92i to 93k. Exchequer have been rather firmer at 13s. Bs. dis. In the Foreign Market there has been only a derate amount of business doing, the settlement e account having chiefly engrossed attention. s have, however, been well supported. the Railway Share Market has been less buoyant, business having been chiefly in connexion with le liquidation of - the account. No failures have et been announced, which is considered rather lordinary, considering the violence of the fluc- Prices of th verpool markets are, generally speaking, No sales are forced, and commercial men ern disposed to wait for another turn in affairs. Phis is a highly prudent course. A few days now t set the impending causes of uneasiness at The Corn market was very active, and prices In this direction we suggest " MU - artT.nrneSter -- Tn a rirets titre very much in the - toile state as our own, and no decided improve kerit can be looked for as long as the Bank remains unrelenting. Five per cent. may, when we see a tittle further into the future, be a very low rate of interest. Whatever remains to be ch - anged or ad th, itted must soo n be made known. I n th e mean tirlne there is no real cause for alarm. The temp er Of the country will not allow of much greater sus- P e ltse. Ministers are fully aware of this fact. Our t of prices will be found in another column IiIILLION MARKET AND FOREIGN EXCHANGES. We give the current price of Gold, as follows, to a ssist the merchant in calculating the rates of ~ oreign Exchange, by the actual current rates of bullion, as last reported : London, 778. 9d. ; Paris, ; Ilamburgh,_; Am sterdam, ; Vi enna , ; St. P e t ers b urg , ; B er - I --;--; Milan, —; Constantinople, ---; Alexandria, ' - Bombay, ; Calcutta, ; Hong Kong, ; Sydney, 77 ; Port Philip, —; Adelaide, —; Mon treal, -_—_-; New York, _; -San Francisco, —; Mexico,; Brazils, _ SHARE MARKETS.-YESTERDAY LIVERPOOL—The market to-day has had an upward t endency, but little business doily , . The sales are :—Birken /3.,,ead Lancashire and Cheshire, Ifa ; C a led o nian, 24 41. 244; Eastern Counties, 114 1; Lancashire and Yorkshire, Stock I rth shares, 62 13 2 3 Ii; London and North Western, 01 1 2 3 8 is 4c;. Midland, 58i 8 9Q 4 8 ;-1, 9 1-; South 'aster n Stock, 17 7-16ths 4 8 11-16ths a ; York and N orth Midland, 2218 ; Liverpool Union Bank, 12. MANCHESTER.—There has been a fair amount of busi "N transacted at the market to day at a considerable advance Z 1 the prices of yesterday. After several fluctuations the mar -14 t clos e d d u ll un d er th e hi g h es t p r i ces . Bi r k en h ea d, Lanca lite and Cheshire Junction, 114; Caledonian, 244 11-16ths b; Pastern Counties, 11 7-l6ths 4; East Lancashire, 158 4 .„; Edinb urg h an d Gl asgo w, 30 ; G rea t So u thern an d W es t ern , . I telan c l) ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 621 31 3it 1 ; ( 4 , 14 'd0n and North Western, 102 44 4, Fifths, sp, M. & B. (0) 11 7-16ths ip; Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire new £6 pref. i 11 ; Midland, 58 1 91 60 59i 8; I North I , tal i„ord . sliire, 64; South Eastern, 178 9-16ths I6ths ,York and North Midland, 22c ; Lancashire Assurance, -I, " ) NDON.—The market fluctuated much, but prices were 4 1. 8 et tY well maintained. Caledonians rose to 51, and fell to for money, and from 504 to 491 for account; Eastern i o nties are maintained at 11;1 for money, and from l c , L to 12 for account ; Great Northerns fluctuate from 71 74 ly 14 for money, and as high as 72,1 for the account. Great Oterns are improved from 79i, to 80, and to 801 for the ' e°l o . lt ; London and Blackwalls are 74 71 7 7 1-; London and Wightons fell as low as 92, but rallied to 94 ; London and 1() ),1 ; t1i Westerns vary from 101 1044 to 1014 for money, and zun _lo4+ 103 for the account. Loudon and South Westerns l a ,;,, st eady, from 741 to 76, and to 75 for the account. Mid havo rallied from 57/ to 60* for money, and from 581 to to ' to r accou n t. S ou th E as tern from 58/ to 59, and 58 1 for Account. York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 58 60 G I , a nd as high as 60 for the account. French shares are '". Paris and Lyons lower. i - A 3 LlN.—C onso ls; 911 ditto for account 13th October Paid „; 3 1 per cent. Stock, 921 I ; Patriotic Assurance, £lO, 0 00. ‘g • Gener a l Mi n ing C o mpany of Ireland, £7 paid, 15 ; li Ilackrock, and Passage Railway, £2O paid, 431 ; Dub- IrisWic%low, £6 paid, 3a; Dundalk and Enniskillen, £3O h 142 ,, : Great Southern and Western, £5O paid, 521 ; South Western, £ll paid, 5/ s ; Killarney Junction, Paid, 6i. Tilt 4e,e011 GLASGOW AND AUSTRALIAN TRADE.—Serious f the ti ts reached Glasgow, on Thursday,. of the state o koo A., lle lhourne markets, to . which immense- quantities of R Pe c if every possible description had been shipped on 8,0 00 tiers from Glasgow. Advices of the re-shipment of l'art u o h tls. of flour have been received, for this country, 41 kli" the Clyde, which will cost only 18s. per brl. in- Iva charge, although the price to the on l exporters 'N'"arne was close on 40s. We heard it s stated, pri -1141.' t hat fears are entertained of several houses b here Ilit h,at i in the Australian trade, and that the auks are l i s.,i k ed to renew bills in some instances. h 4 eI I , 3I tITY OF RAILWAY SERVANTS IN F ANCE. 4 eti, - a er ial Court of Angers has just been occ ß up i ie n d v w en it u h brought by a butcher of Tours, named. B e , t t tlk ( Lay e station superintendent of Chalonnes,. named 1"Y the b' . ` °l ' not forwarding twenty-four oxen in proper time 4 , 4 (1. e drind f eaux railway to the market of Poissy. Bienvenu_ ee te ll a t t aie : tt e t n ie.. o ; a ty gg o o x n e s n to , the station, but, for wal l t of s t u ra ffi n only sixteen were sent off in a aet ien Giti g 80 0 head of cattle in all. Bienvenu brough e t om a i i - i agabist Boulay personally, and not against the as 0111 4 4 1, 114 the Correctional Police of Angers condemned th ri a ; 100 f. fine and costs. Boulay appealed, and the ', 1 1 , 11 g been brought before the Imperial Court ,. of , 4- " 4 judgment was confirmed, thus laying Rat h !e rule that tain cases the superintendent o . f a *ith ts liabl m the c'nt to punishment before the Correction Police, e QI4 4 - , --1441 .ee to an action for damages brought against s ' l " -- Qadsg . am/. nit NORtHERN MlLir TIMES. GLADSTONE IN THE NORTH The Chancellor of the Exchequer was presented on Tuesday with the freedoni of the, burghs of Dingwall and Inverness: The ceremoniCS,at both places were marked I.)r great public enthtisiasin; anti the light lioh gUntletAan ex: perienced a ray tattering', reception, net only from the corporate bodies of those towns, but from a large congrega tion of the principal inhabitants who assembled to do him honour . • , Mr, Gladstone, in tOtuitirm hls iliAnk§; made tote logthehttd alti•esses, which appear in a third euition of the Inverness Advertiser In the course of his t I observations, at Dingwall, the right hon. gentleman said— " I ought not to omit mentioning my admiration of tho tone and spirit in which your address Is coneeiVed; In it you express a jait and .ptabeltOrtit hope that and tile goverAmetit of which I am a er; ;Indy long continue to egelleW party wilifaik; and pil? , g4s§ii c e and carry and needful amelioration,' Gentlemen,,l do feel and believe 7 —anait is 2, source of no 'Small satisfaction to myself myself - that the pivaent pverilthent• is. distinguished More than malty _ e •. Wthcii. preceded it :eoniing IeSS ill contract With more party organisation, and being lesS pledged to the purposes o f party warfare. It is composed, as you know, for the most part, of men having great experiene in public service. This is my twenty-first year of public life; and yet I am, certainly, not its youngest member, but still young, compared with those veteran statesmen who occupy the chief places in the councils of her Majesty: T4ey united IA an honour: able Bondi aild r may . Jake ale "id that their objects and wishes are no other than those .. you have expressed: I spoke of thoSe changes On the. face of the country, which are palpahle to the eye; ,on Other. changes also haveAketi place during the of those eventful yearS to a I*h liaVe keferred—changes involving a greater amoulit of legislative effort after improvement, and comprising larger and more beneficial results, than have ever been gathered together during any period of the same length in the history of our country. Looking to the course which legislation has taken setting minor objects aside—allowing fob thdt freechint of ririiniOu I,ilich; thank Oodi pteVails in this eolinify—and - Pot the differences with which that free dom must be attended, I think we must all feel that the in stitutions of the. country have been working well— that they have been working for the benefit of the mass of the com munity. The steps taken may, by some, be deemed too slow or too short; hut, on the whole, they have been in what is called, the right direction—the character of the policy which the country has pursued has been of a nature which will honourably distingiii§h hef histbry, and Whiff h Marks her state and condition in a manner the most favourable as compared With those of other nations. When Lord Aberdeen took office he declared it to be his special mission —not, of course, vatting other objects aside —to defend, complete, and seal that . great work, of cOmnierbial reform; the extension of liaS ban the Main characteristic of the last ten years, I hope you think him faithful to his pledge. At this particu lar moment, when it is pleasing Providence to press on othei nations something like a scarcity of the fruits of the earth, I hope there are none among those whom I address, who do not feel profoundly thankfill for the adoption of that wise policy by which we have removed every trammel and re , straint on the supply of that article upon which the poptila‘ tion atodepenant or subsistence," At Inverness; after expressing his obligations for the compliment paid him, the Chancellor of the Exchequer ad verted to the great • question of the day—the influence of recent commercial legislation on the present state of the food market, and our foreign policy, said :—"And how marked is the testimony to the wisdom of recent legislation in the spirit which now prevails ! Go back to other times, and we find that when corn was.dear the natural anxiety and im patience of the people vented itself in violations of law, in riot, and in bloodshed ; and even in other countries this con tinues still tb be the case. Only a few days ago I read of the governors of two Italian towns losing their lives as a sacrifice to the impatience of the population, arising from such a cause. Thus it ever has been where man steps in to correct Providential arrangements, and where the pressure of scarcity is aggravated by unwise laws. But see the con trast here ! Not in this quarter, but in other quarters of the country, there is a deficient harvest, and the demand for corn to France has affected our markets ; but not through all England or Scotland is there heard a murmur of impa tience or discontent, for the people rest satisfied that if there be a dispensation of scarcity it comes from that Providence whose it is to dispence the measures both of abundance and want ; they know that human legislation has done all that it can effect to give free scope to the ener-gy and industry of • man, and hence- there is everywhere that tranquillity, contentment., and self-reliance which we should most desire to prevail. (Cheers). Your Provost has said that we have not.met here to celebrate a party triumph. There was a time when the question of protective duties was made one of party struggle and conflict. There was a time, even after the victory had been achieved, when a large party adopted " Protection" as their motto, and inscribed it on their banners. But thoSe times are gone by ; the force of truth has won its way, and I scarcely believe that after the. evidence which the lapse of time has accumulated, there exists any longerla section of the - Community who, if they had the power, would wish to step back, to alter, or modify a system of legislation so beneficial (cheers). What was once but an opinion of philosophers in their closets, spread from one class to another, occupied the minds of statesmen, obtained the voice of Parliament, took the force of law, is now the fixed policy of England, and reigns enthroned in the sanction and heart of: the country (loud cheers.) And let me add the expression of an anticipato r y h o p e that the end of its trumphs has not yet been reached. The example. of England is of mighty force. Her example has had much to do in persuading the other nations of Europe that in a restrictive commercial code there was some magical secret of national wealth and prosperity. But the delusion once rejected by us it will not be long maintained by them ; the emphatic testimony to the advantages of free com merce which the triumphant results of a full 'and un sparing application of its principles has yielded here, will work its way among the intelligent people of the Continent, producing a similar developement of plenty and blessingamong them; mutualintercourse will be advanced, and the benefits which come in the train of increased commuica tion and augmented wealth will thus be multiplied ; great social and moral aims which we desire to see promoted will be helped onwards, the tendency to international strife and war will be repressed ; and if we do not thus realize all the blessings which Christianity promises to mankind, many of those evils which must seriously hinder their advance will be taken out of the way. (Loud cheers.) Your address also adverts to my humble efforts in behalf of those whom I believe to be oppressed in another country. It must be painful to us, natives of Great Britain—citizens of a country where the principles of liberty and obedience to law are both held in deserved veneration—of a country where the most extensive chancres are brought about by legal and rational means—it must be most painful for us to look road over the Continent and see how little progress the nations of Europe have made in the path of temperate and rational freedom. There is one year which I fear must be marked as very disastrous in their annals—l mean the revolutionary year of 1848—for while certainly there was much which deserved to be swept away, the effect was to provoke a terrible reaction—to dimmist the hope of rational freedom—to exasperate the spirit of des potism where it existed—to develop extreme opinions— and to diminish the prospect of gradual and temperate advance to that system of constitutional government the results of which we so happily enjoy. In the country where it was my fortune to reside at the period to which allusion has been made, I perceived that great sufferings were inflicted on large numbers in consequence of this re-actionary spirit—a spirit the natural effect of whose manifestations is certainly to provoke popular resistance, and to engender many terrible evils. I do entertain an earnest hope for the improve ment of Italy ; and so far as the present government is con cerned, I am sure it will be their endeavour to promote that object—not in the spirit of reckless propagandism, which would raise up the national spirit against us, 'but by such a wise and temperate policy as will secure our moral influence. At present we cannot speak with satisfaction of foreign poli tics. You well know that causes are operative which threaten the peace 'of Europe. I trust you also know, and are well persuaded, that the most anxious efforts of the Britith government have been directed towards the maintenance of general peace, and the protection of those who want strength to protect themselves (hear, hear, and cheers)... No assurance from me to this effect is wanted, for the temper and attitude of the people have shewn how thoughtfully they confide in their rulers, and how anxious they are for the maintenance of peace combined with honour. The time is happily past when an ignorant eagerness for war could take possession of masses of the community. We do not fail to profit by the lessons of history, though, after forty years of peace, when most of us have grown up without any actual experience of the evils of a state of war, we may be apt to forget their number and magnitude. The heavy burdens which war entails on pros perity is the least of its evils ; it is the effusion of human blood, b the dissolution of domestic ties, the letting loose of a moral scourge over a country which ought to be thought of, and which impose 'an absolute obligation on govern ments and statesmen, to avoid it at the cost of any sacrifice short of duty and honour. This is the principle which has guided the government throughout the negotiation of the last few months : and . by this rule they would still act, knowing that it was with individuals as with na tions—that a war might be very popular at its com mencement, which would be very hateful at its close, just as there were few people who entered on a quarrel otherwise than brave and self-reliant, but who might not like it much ere all was over. Mr. Gladstone, then, remarking that the shades of evening, which were closing round them, conveyed a warning to be brief, proceeded to re fer to the future—alluding especially to the great change which has of late come over the spirit and temper of parties. At the sacrifice of much personal feeling, in violators of the strict terms of political consistency, many useful measures had been carried through, with the further effect of com pletely disorganising old party connections. The House of Commons was not now divided into two compact forces, op posing each other on every trivial point; the broad contrasts of party had been obliterated ; and members of the legisla ture exercised more their own reason, and were actuated to a greater extent by their honest convictions. This in itself was real progress ; it was a result which argued well for the triumph of reason and justice. It was a consequence of this state matters that the present administration had ie. ceived so large an amount of what is tortried " ind liaTrly bound to go on conciliating favour of that kind; and the best way to accomplish such an object was neither on the one hand to. hug past abuses upder het pretence of maintain iiig our institutions ; tbi the otEit i l etlildsly,to urge a deliand et variance with the essential characteristics Of Thii, alio was the true way to obtain the con= fidence and support of the people_at large; yohom_it was alike vain, end Undesirable to .attenipt t 8 itoVetn oil the pifinCiple of a blind superstition. Ile thought, lie might Safely promise this would be the course the government would pursue; for himself, he would yield obedience to no other principle. The right honourable gentleman concluded by repeating his thanks for the complinient bestowed on him. At the close he was rapturously applauded I and after three cheers had been gien for him, with the additioii of one for the Provotts die meeting Separated shbrtly after six o'clock: pa Nil V6Ollll S:--=YEgithiA-i LIVERPOOL A OH ASE.—J O n Parry lyas chaigc cif wine from tje ale-17.96* of .gr. Branch, auctioneer, Hackin's-hey. A man ii; iue tinpl7inenti Who saw the prisoner jump out of a window, forthwith junipt:il t!ft , !.*t' They got on the roofs 6f some houses, and the chase was kept up over several other houses, until finally, the prisoner leaped off a wall and gotjinto a smithy. The pursuer held on, like " giim death ," but only succeeded in getting an empty wine Nttle frqin the prisoner, As proof of actual stealing was teinagr3i* . the.riiistrakcS di t scliai'ged the prisoner, AN ITssusiwio:trs• otin.—.ll.lart:hh ,Hurftoti; a good looking *male; ;respectably clid in inky AVQOd.S charged by a yOung nian,ntimed John Harrison; with rob= bing him of .£1 Os.. Bd. in a house in Mason's.:row: The prosecutor, one of did 11 terisopht" class stated that lie _had been induced to enter the house by a strange iniiii when fie, was a little drunk. He slept on a temporary bed made of chairs, and during the night, the prisoner came and took his money. He saw her do so. Magistrate : Why did you let her take it ? Complainant : I thought she would give it me h.q.& Magistrate t You had more confidence than I should have had under iirethnstaneea, (Laughter,) The prisoner was discharged, as it appeared IlarriLoon was too drunk at the time to give trustworthy evidence of the matter. STREET ROBBERY. —Ann Walshe was committed for trial, charged with having, on the 22nd instant, in company with a male accomplice, — robbed an old man in Vauxhall-road. She held , him while her companion rifled his pockets of FitEaso A VRENCIIMAN.—A Pielichmdni named tioyti•49 Divini, was robbed, on Tuesday evening, of his watch, necker- chief, and a sum of money. tie had Veen foolish enough to remain in the company of two fellows, named James Scan ton. and James Hannan, nearly the entire day, drinking from piißlid-hou.c to public house, they offering various ar ticles fur sale from time to tithe. At length the rascals threw off the masks, and one seized him by the throat whilst the other robbed him of his gold watch and his Val gent. They were remanded. STEALING COPPER.—William Gelling was sentenced to three months imprisonment for stealing a quantity of copper the property of Mr. Edward M'Cormach, Waterloo-road. The prisoner was in his employment, but getting informa tion of his dishonesty, he had him watched and detected him. AN UNGRATEFUL GUEST.—Mary Hughes charged De borah Pelocs with robbing her of a shawl and silk handker chief. The prosecutrix, out of charity, had taken her into her house for a few days uutil she could go back to Ireland. On the prisoner's departure from her house the prosecutrix missed the articles in question, and, pursuing . the prisoner, found her on board the Wexford steam-boat, just then with her steam up, and a pawn ticket for the stolen articles in her possession. The prisoner was discharged on condition of releasing the goods. SuoriarrncG.—Mary Whelan was sentenced to three months' imprisonment for stealing a dress-piece from the house of Mr. George Sharpe, Paradise-street, pawnbroker. Mr.. Sharpe arrested her himself with the property on her person. STEALING GAME.—Wm. McMillen was sentenced to be imprisoned for one month for stealing one brace of black game and two brace of partridges from the shop of Mr. MeGrinell 22, Queen-square. _ _ A HOPEFUL ScHoLAi.—William Mann, and 12 years, described as belonging to the Industrial School, ° was charged with stealing a brass candlestick from a house in Disley street. A young woman belonging to the house deposed to missing the candlestick, and to seeing the prisoner with other boys about the door. An officer arrested the prisoner with the candlestick on his person. Remanded in order to communicate with the master of the Industrial School. A YOUTHFUL OFFENDER.— Mary Ann Graham, a child, whose head scarcely reached the magistrates' table, was charged with stealing and carrying away, on Friday night, from one of the streets near Victoria .dock, a sack of coal nearly as large as herself, and weighing three quarters of a lnnidred. Tier mother came forward, and being cautioned by the magistrate not to let the child go to ruin on the ;reefs of Liverpool, was allowed to take her homE " WARMING " AN OFFICER.—Michael Milton was charged with assaulting officer 107, John Kennedy, in the discharge of his duty. Complainant was walking quietly along the docks, when the prisoner came up to him and said, " Arn't you cold ? You look like a fellow that wants warming." Without further ceremony, he struck the officer with vio lence, and knocked his head against the wall. lie had been in custody before charged with an assault, lie was fined twenty shillings, or in default to be imprisoned for one month. RETURNING A BLOW WITH INTERFST. - Archibald WPherson was charged by officer 241, with an assault. The officer said he had been oblin-ed to retaliate on the pri soner in his own defence. MPlierson showed signs of terrible punishment, his face and bead were bound and one of his eyes seemed completely swollen up. . The prisoner said that the policeman had struck him with his baton, and that the doctor had declared his injury to be a compound fracture of the skull. The magistrates said that at all events he was sufficiently punished for any assault he had committed, and told the officer that be had been guilty of very unjustifiable violence to the prisoner. The magistrate also ordered Mr. Clough to have the matter reported to the head constable, ILL-TREATING A WIFE.—A respectable-looking and neatly dressed female, named Matilda Glover, whose delicate aspect indicated much suffering, appeared before Mr. Mans field, to complain of the continued ill-treatment of her husband, James Glover, and to beg that he might be bound over to keep the peace towards her. It appeared that Glover is a skin printer, in Manchester. but now resides at Bootle, with his brother-in-law. His brother, it appears, Come time since gave him £2,000, which he ran through, and his ill-treatment of his wife arises from a claim he says he has to £1,200 more. During the last squabble between this unhappy couple, some third party in interfering had given the husband black eyes. He had on one occasion before been charged with beatin,, ,, his wife. The magistrates ordered that he should be bound over to keep the peace for three months, himself in £5O, and two sureties in £25 each. SMUGGLING.—BeItayn Cabruga, , and Benito Saford, (Spaniards) of the ship Isabelle , were charged with having each smuggled three-and-a-11;1f gallons of foreign rum, concealed in the pump of the vessel. Remanded till the 4th. . Juan Guinart, (a Spaniard also) of the same vessel, was charged with smuggling five boxes of cigars, containing 8 pounds each, valued at £8 Bs. They were concealed under neath his bed, He was ordered to pay the vaiue of the cigars, in default to be imprisoned for three days. THE RIGHT OP A PAWNBROKER TO RETAIN PROPERTY SUPPOSED TO BE STOLEN.—JOhII Potter, assistant to Mr. Murdock, pawnbroker, Vauxhall-road, was summoned by Mr. IV. C. Asgill, teacher, of Kirkdale, for illegally detain ing a quantity of plate which had been offered him for pledge. From the statement of Mr. Clough, superintendent of the detective police, it appeared the plaintiff, 11ir. Asgill, went a few days ago, to the shop of .Mr. Murdock, and offered for pledge a quantity of plate, consisting of a tea kettle, table-spoons, ladle, fish-slice, and other articles. The de fendant suspected the articles were stolen, as they were marked " Brigand," from the Levant steamer of that name, and he sent for an officer and gave the defendant into cus tody. The captain and steward of the Brigand were sent for, but they failed to recognize the property. After some inquiries had been made, it was discovered that a vessel called the " Brigand," was lost about ten years since . , on a voyage between Bristol and London, and that the defend ant's daughter was married to the captain of that vessel, whose name was Hunt. It was also ascertained there was but one gentleman resident in Liverpool who could decide whether the, property belonged to the vessel or to the plain tiff's daughter, but unfortunately he was out of town. Under those circumstance, Mr. Clough arranged with the defendant that the plate should be left in his possession until the gentle man returned, in order that the necessary inquiry should be made, and, accordingly, he desired the defendant to leave the plate at the police office, agreeably to the arrange ment made with defendant, with a view to discovering who really owned the plate. The defendant positively refused to give up the plate. Mr. Clough then informed him he would be summoned, to which he answered, he did not care ; he would not leave the property—the police had no right to it, and it was not their's. The consequence was that the police had no opportunity of making any enquiry whatever. Mr. Booth : Had it been pledged ? Mr. Clough : No, he lent nothing on it, • but the pawnbrokers say they will return this kind of property in their posses sion, and if no owner turns up they keep it. The defendant stated that on Tuesday evening, the plaintiff offered him a quantity of plate for pledge. It was marked the " Brigand Steamer." He told plaintiff he was too late, (as he wished to make enquiry before taking it) but if he called next morning, and that it were all right, he would take it. Next morning , he (defendant) ascertained that Mes4rs. Fairelough had a steamer called the Brigand, and they believed the pro perty to be theirs, that the captain would certify, and; if the party were again to present him self they would feel 'obliged if he were given into custody. The plaintiff was given into custody, and the captain and steward came but they could not identify the property. It was then recollected that a vessel called the Brigand run ning between London and Liverpool was lost some years ago, but they learned at Fitzsimon and Appleby's that nothing had been saved from the vessel, but they had every reason to believe the plate belonged to the Brigand, lie (the defendant) then mesumed that Capt. Hunt had taken given to the, owners, df !rt th insnrUnce. - They went to th police office, and Mr. Clough asliaii hint to leave the pi perty, but he refused to do so as h( plaintiff. Mr. Booth you ac but I stopped'it. Mr. Booth : he is' the ogten ttid he wished it to be left with Mr. Clough lc Tiffl9f He here took an objection to the summons which was .isssivid in tl et: the. plaintiff ,Mgil4 whilst the owner was Jiff: The plaintiff stateddthe plate Was 'trade over to his daughter by her husband's will, and that 016 plate in eestion - had • been his property. That in fact the agent of the vessel had often dined off it at Capt. Hunt's own taia.. Romiley : you cannot detain this plate. The bench thought the first part 'of his conduct very praiseworthy, but the ques tion tithi , bettttne quiet a different one. He made no advance, consequentlk requited no security, and the plate should be given up to Mr.- antgili Mn order to that effect isvas then made: _ MANCHESTER av; at the Sa Town Hall, a dyer, named SVilliatd l_ltisi • a crthi in the eniz ployment of Messrs, Thomas Berry & Uo., Atielpl!i Dye W6rks was brought up before the Magistrates, charged *ill steeling a roll of silk, weighing about three quarters of a Oda; the proirty of his employers. The silk was seen hanging out of_ tint , of the prisener's coat pc' :ets, in the course of Thursday evenhig f information was given-to the police, and inspector Tattersall aiir,ftl 6 ,..Oricd him as he was leaving, his work, at seven o'clock, and kVA tbe silk in his possession. Committed to the sessions. IVVonTAltr CADMAN.—Yesterday morning, at the Saltofd.Tbwii:liall i Captain Willoughby, of the 7th fusiliers, nbw lying in the bilirttcicsi Regent:road, preferred a com plaint against Isaac liartly, it gilder the following citeumstances i—lt appeared that tilt; othef niglit the com tilairiant was o.the Theatre Royal, and that oft kayitig hi place, Cross-lane. On f demanded 35., the fare be said he would pay no more than Is. 6 that if he was not satisfied he had his dant used thp most violent langnacre,nn had gene Vito the house, kicked at The defendant damaze done. nprisoned for to tiav 2, in - 4Jfault, to 1 CHARGE OF ROBBING A MASTEI —Yes terdt4 Bailey, an elderly man named James BroberY, was eon , mitted to take his trial at the Sessions on a charge of having stolen some cops and reeds from his employers, Sir Elkonoh Armitage and lows cotton-spinners and manufacturers, Pendleton. RE-OPENING OF THE SALFORD ROYAL MUSEUM AND LIBRARY THIS DAY. TO-DAY (Saturday) the institution, bearing the honorable title of the Salford Borotigh ROyal Museum and Library, is to be re-opened to the public, after the completion of ex tensive alterations, improvements, and additions. It will, probably be remembered by many of our readers, that the Museum 'of this popular institution has been closed since the middle of December last, in order to effect some alterations in the old building, and that the Reading Room have been closed about a month, in order io facilitate certain improve ments in the Library. The contemplated alterations and improvements have been effectually completed, and this noble institution is now again open to the public. It is not the old institution,—any book-worm who was in the habit, twelve months ago, of enjoying the intellectual pleasures afforded by its ample stores, would be at a loss to prove its identity—it is a new institution upon the old foundation, and, as if favoured by the auspicious touches of the wand of a fairy, has, within a very brief period, assum e d g r an d, gigantic proportions, and is now, without exaggeration, one of the most interesting establishments of the kind in this country The re-opening of the institution has created great interest, and we think we cannot do better than meet the public demand for information on the subject, by giving a few particulars respecting the alterations and improve ments winch have transformed the old mansion of Mr. Gar• nett into a great 'depository of literature, science, art, natural history, and antiquarian_ lore. Thcs'institution, after having been in existence about two years and a half, was found to be quite inadequate, both in extent of accommodation and in intellectual resourses, to the increasing requirements and demands of the inhabitants, who showed themselves worthy of such a boon by availing themselves to the fullest extent of the great privileges af forded to them by the Library, Museum, and Reading Room. At first, and as soon as the great want that was felt was discovered, the Parke and Museum Committee of the Town Council, entertained the idea of enlarging the building. That idea, however, was soon abandoned by the Committee, for it was ascertained upon careful enquiry that in con sequence of the contracted character of the b . uilding, and the limited dimensions of the rooms, no greater enlargement of the old mansion could be satisfactorily effected. The com mittee then took another course, and followed the idea of erecting an additional building at the west end of the original mansion, in the summer of 1852. In order to render aid in the way of meeting the expense which must necessarily be incurred, ,by the erection of the new building, the Town Council of Salford, with a liberality which reflects upon them the greatest credit, voted the sum of fifteen hundred pounds. In aid of the carrying out of the same object, Edward Royle Langworthy, Esq., an extensive manufacturer in the borough, made a donation of two thousand pounds, in addition to a thousand pounds which he gave in support of the original institution at the time of its establishment, making a total of £4,500. Notices for plans were duly advertised, mid the committee approved of, and adopted those sent in by Messrs. Mangnall and Travis, architects, Norfolk-street, Manchester, who sent in drawings and specifications for a building to be three storeys in height, a basement storey, one for the reading room, and one for the museum. This scheme was afterwards added to, by the adoption of additional plans, for a grand stair-case, and for an alteration of the central portion of the old building, with the view of effecting an opening into the additional, or new building. Contracts were speedily entered into, which included the erection of the building, the furnishing of the rooms, and the heating apparatus. The estimated cost of effecting the alterations, improvements and additions was £5OOO. The new building was commenced in July, 1852, and has gradually progressed up to the present time, when, being completed, or nearly so, it will this day be thrown open to the public. The enlargement thus effected, has en abled the committee to add an additional room to the library, which is now aecommodious and elegant apartment of 68 feet long, by 24 wide, and capable of conveniently holding 16,000 volumes. At present, the library consists of about 12,000 volumes, but to these, acccsssions are continually being made, by donors, in various parts of the country. The new reading room consists, internally, of an apartment 75 feet long, by 30 feet wide, and 16 feet high. Above the reading room is the museum, a room of similar dimensions, but havinr , a lofty vaultedceiling in the centre of the old building, which has been completely gutted during the recent alterations, an upper and a lower corridor have been made, each 60 feet long, by 18 feet wide, leading to the grand air -case, and about half the length of the new building. The stair-case consists of two flights of steps, which from their width and gigantic proportions, give it a noble and commanding appearance, -On entering the vestibule of the institution, by a flight of steps from the Park, the visitor finds on his left, a room containing specimens in geology. This room was formerly the Reading Room, and is 24 feet square. The Library and Reading Room are situated to the right, and comiktely occupy the north front, extending to 152 feet.. Along the lower corridor on both sides, are ranged casts of statues from the antique; including a group of the Laocoon and other splendid works of art. Proceeding along the corridor the visitor arrives at the grand staircase hall, on the right of which he finds the Reading Room, which is entered by panelled plate glass doors. Opposite to the Readily* Room, is a door of a similar character, which is intended Co be the entrance to an additional wing, should circumstances call for such increased accommodation, in the future. In the grand staircase hall is a copy of the Nimrod obelisk, from the British Museum, and a number of busts placed upon pedestals. On the south side of the staircase hall is a passage leading to the Lavatory, with every convenience for persons going to the Reading Room. On the wall, close to the entrance to the Reading-room, are placed models to scale of the five orders of architecture. Above each door in this ball isplaced a slab of theElgin marbles. The monumeiitalplaster work in this portion of the institution is exceedingly chaste and elegant, and is highly creditable to the contractor, Mr. William Ward, of Strangeways. The Reading-room is a handsome, light, and airy apart ment, having twelve windows, consisting of plate glass, ten on the north, and two on the west of the room. The win dows, each of which areten feet high, are what are technically styled circular-headed. This splendid room commands not only an excellent view of the Peel Park, but a magnificent prospect of the surrounding country to the distance of sixteen miles, including Prestwich village, with its fine old church, the woods of Prestwich Clough, the monument erected in memory of the late Sir Robert Peel, on Holcombe-hill, be yond Bury, &c., &c. This elegant room is furnished with fifteen tables, each 8 feet long by 4 feet wide, and forty eight sitting forms, or benches. Three of the tables have placed upon them elevated stands for newspapers. The mode in which the woodwork of this room has been finished is somewhat of a novelty, so far as its adaptation to a public room is concerned. The table and scats are made of pitch pine, and French-polished, instead of being painted, as is the usual practice. This gives the wood a remarkably neat and clean appearance, and renders it much more suitable for the purposes of such an institution as that into which the novelty has been introduced. The walls of the reading-room are hung with some of the large maps of Mr. James Wyld, of London, by whom they were presented to the institution. At the cast end of the room, in the centre, is an arched recess, with three windows, and under them a counter, which together form a sort of bar for the delivery of books. Upon the counter are placed all kinds of conveniences for the visitors and readers. At the same end of the room, and a few feet from the bar to which we have referred, is a plate a rsc to the PH parties ; intended to to .kupt'l Of the i 'visor, from a the east tbflte extreme end of the reading-room on t ;ratifying , pted and range of rising is the prospect does ( ,ken Bile' of beautiful objects, I one hundret styled _quite and fifty-fis% - ell be t this feature of th new arran favouritc institution The grand staircase consists of two flights of 30 steps, eight . feet broad, and highly ornamented stone balusters. On the first landing of the staircase are placed au antique v=ase and two loupe of statuary betiutiful wiih a circular-headea piece in the centre, find two oblong lights at the sides, all filled with plate gluN, The centre compartment of this window is 13 feet high. The window is richly ornamented, and presents an elegant and imposing appearance. This window looks into a piece of ground which forms the extremity of The building, and after that the eye rests with pleasure and as a suitable accompaniment to the noble institu. tionciver' witich the visitor is'inakinghis j upon thd chaste and clewort lonic eolith - fns forming the portico in fietrt of one of the sides of Marl to the ttist i _from the first laudii )utlic ^round staircase, 1 of the monu- the visitor has a good view of the ix ment to Sir Robert lied in the park ; ,nd, by a somewhat „ . curious coincidence, from a similar position on the second landing, he has an excellent view of the bronze statue erected in honour of the late illustrious statesman. The walls of the staircase have let into them eight qty of the Metopes, of the Parthenon, and a con - olob, twenty-one feet in length, of the • On the second or upper lauding are tinuouS Elgin marble antique busts, a &eel& vase, Rosetta Stone. On the left of door leading to the large :lies v of the celehimted is a glass panelled room is lighted in )WS on both sides , flicient mann( by rows T storey The uPT portion of the walls of the which, we it of la* of th t a thou .ution by 3 t Ann's Squar new, the eminent 'worthy, Zs Joseph Nlanchester walls is hung with a continuous S present, the floor of this room is unf of the committee who have eh argc Le lower Jut of the the requisite funds can :be intention institution is, as the realised, to lay aloe the don in flict; to make that :e mar hat in the carry -Ay and liberally turers of this room, placed titates of se,- a flight with specimc The centre two table cases at ea give light to th p/caeitt.Urvai , :wtt the cOnvenien The penetration by t the extreme end of ft door ? w ith, a sleep recess [or, the walls of which with fore insects I opening contain re - likovise midor, but several other objects of interest in uu - ' space will not permit us to enumerate them. building is heated and ventilated upon Sylves ter's principle, so that every room is kept dry, and in a well tentilated condition. The south side of the old building is our linilt( The entu- ipprovriated as the residence of M much to say that the present condition of this interesting institution, is mainly attributable to th I is tieepiv inuuul hAvi . gentleman, to whom the botoug— Langworthy, Esq., but for athom it would noi, A . beyond the limited position which it first took up. It is gratifying to find that the people are not insensible to the advantages derivable from this truly plifiauthr9pie establish- 'uce of a 1 E. It. ono ment. And if proof of that be called for, we adduce it in the fact that during the three and a half years in which it has been in existence, upwards of a million persons have availed themselves of the privileges it holds out to the public, and that 130,000 volumes have been given out to readers for perusal, without taking into consideration the number of the persons who frequent the Reading Rooms, which is always double that of those who take out books. The opening at the cast end of the second corridor is simi lar to that at the opposite end, being formed of Corinthian colums and antae. At the east end and between the pillars arc placed upon pedestals two statuettes, one, that of the Venus de Medici, and the other, that of Diana robing. From the cast end of the second corridor, an entrance is effected into the Foreign Natural History Museum. This room occupies the eastern part of the building, and conthins cases upon the walls, and table cases in the centre of the apartment, and under the windows, filled with different of foreign natural history. Lcavin :pecimenfi to the right, aleads on the north side of the upper cor ridor, leads to the room which contains specimens of British Natural History. These specimens of British birds, up wards of a thousand in number, are enclosed in costly and We may state, without hesitation, that this is secure eases. the most complete collection the museum contait of the most interesting, because of its local character. Tables run down the eere tanning specimens of British shells, Cr"' .d truly British tre of ale room eon s, fishes, bird's-nests, eggs, insects, &c. Larger specimens are placed upon tho walls, between the windows, and in other parts of the room. We omitted to state, that in the room where the _Foreign Natural History specimens are kept, one of the table ca.;es is filled with specimens of the Natural History of the Red Sea, lately presented to the institution by Sir John Potter, who collected them during a lengthened tour in the East. The institution is likewise largely indebted to Mr. E. A. Langworthy, for valuable contributions illustrative of foreign natural history. SALFORD BOARD OF GUARDlANS.—Yesterday morn= ing, the usual weekly meeting of the Salford Board of Guardians was held in the Board-room, Town-hall, Salford. A report from the joint sanitary committee of the authorities of Salford and Pendleton was laid before the guardians, and ordered to be entered upon the minutes of their proceedings. The report stated that in the Pendleton district five passages reported as having accumulations of stagnant water, had been served with notice to drain, purify, or abate, the nuisance. 17 privies and other premises had been served with notice to whitewash and purify, and 105 ashpits had been directed to be emptied. In the Salford district, 204 privies, yards, and premises, reported as in a filthy condition, had had notices to cleanse and purify th same in two days. 53 ashpits, reported as being without doors, had had notices to fix the same in two days. 18 ashpits, containing stagnant water, had had notice to fix spouts thereto, to prevent the water from flowing into them. 55 keepers of pigs had had notice to remove the same in two days, and to cleanse their premises. 11 premises, in which the drains are stopped and accumulations of stagnant water exist, had had two days' notice to drain and purify had had notice to cleans( the same in two-days HOP INTELLIGENCF The hop season in the north clays is now nearly over, and the result is a more complete failure of the crop than has ever before been experienced in this district. Of the 225 acres of hop ground of which the north clays now consist (having been reduced in the last few years), the entire yield will not be more than 15 tons, or about 11 cwt. per acre. Several of the grounds are a total failure, the plant and foliage being as black as soot; and even in those grounds where a few nice samples have been picked, the quality is far from what it is in ordinary years. The duty, which in 1846 amounted to £2,840, is, this year estimated at only £l5O. There are few yearling, or indeed any kind of old hops, in the district. The samples of new brought to hand are thin and buttony, and want colour and condition. It is evident prices must rule higher than they have done for some years past. COMPLIMENTARY DEJEUNER TO Mn. G. V. BROOKE, THE TRAGEDIAN.—About 50 of the friends and admirers of this popular actor entertained him on Thursday with a dejeuner, at the Colehole Tavern, Strand, London. Mr. T. E. Smith, the lessee of Drury-lane Theatre, presided, and in proposing the health of Mr. Brooke, stated that while Mr. Brooke had been performing at Drury-lane, the nightly receipts had been greater than at any period during the last 25 years. The experiment of a morning performance was tried the other day, much against the advice of some his friends. The result, however, was, that the house was crowded, and that money was refused at the doors, and many took tickets for a subseduent 'night performance. Having testified to Mr. Brooke's liberality and generosity to his pro fessional brethren, Mr. Smith concluded his address by pre senting Mr. Brook With a diamond ring and dirk richly mounted with silver, to be used in his representations of " Hamlet." Mr. Brooke suitably acknowledged the com pliment paid to him. It was disclosed in the course of the speechification that Mr. Brooke's departure for America would be delayed for a few day's longer, and that conse quently old Drury would have the benefit of some half dozen more of his performances. ESCAPE OF THE EXILE, JOHN MITCHELL--1110 Melbourne Argus of June 18 gives the following additional particulars of the escape of John Mitcholl from Van Die men's Land :—" Information has reached Hobart Town of the escape of Mr. John Mitchell, the Irish state prisoner, who was residing upon ticket-of-leave parole at Bothwell. The particulars of the case are as follow :---Mr. Mitchell waited a day or two ago upon Mr. Davies, the assistant police magistrate of Bothwell, with a letter, which contained the resignation of his parole of honour, and he offered to place himself in the custody of the police. While Mr. Davies was perusing the letter, Mr. Mitchell abruptly left the office, and proceeding outside, where two.; fleet horses were in waiting, rode off at full speed, accompanied by a gentle man, supposed by the police to be Mr. W. L. Smyth, the correspondent of the New York, 7'ribune. He has not been heard of since. Mr. Martin, another of the state prisoners, residing in the same district, has since reported himself to be at his authorised place of residence. This is the fourth of the Irish state prisoners who have escaped from the island. Messrs. Smith O'Brien, Martin, and O'Doherty are all who are left in Van Diemen's Land of the men of '48,"