Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-06-21 00:00:00

SECOND EDITION. N ORTHERN TIMES OFFICE, TUESDAY, 9 A.M. AUSTRIA. SARDINIA AND ROME. The Morning Post says that King Victor Em lanuel has officially declared he will not consent to V annexation of any part of the Roman States to ~ • TURKEY AND RUSSIA. The Morning Star says it is in a positiork, Prom trivate intimation, to state that the .visit of the has Already borne fruit. Turkey has contracted a i treaty with Russia, the details of which are not yet ",,,novvri, but which is considered to .be a blow to l'ench as well as to Austrian influence. ELECTION INTELLIGENCE. In reply to a depution of electors of Marylebone, Bernal Osborne has stated that he was willing to , offer himself for that borough if there was a general feeling e xpressed in his favour. Loral Stanley has address 11 the electors of Northampton, r vaused bfi Mi. Vernon Smith to anticipation of a vacaric, being made 4L peer. Captain Colhill Turner, who was defeated by only 22 totes .at the last election, will oppose Mr. I\%itbread's reelection at Bedford. Sir. Sydney Herbert's 'election address is published. He leprds financial difficulties, partly reform, and the com iPlitations of the i. 'Of the present momu talian question as Ifs. GLADS.TONE antlthe PALMERSTON CABINET. Aletter from Mr. Gladstone to the Provost of Oriel ha: been printed and circulated. The right hon. gentleman tea s the objection against sitting in the same Cabinet with Mr. Milner Gibson and Mr. Cobden, by showing that Cabinets cannot in these days be constituted without including some, and perhaps very wide, differences of ' 'opinion, even on great questions. Having joined to the vote last year which led to the downfall of the Palmerston 'Cabinet, he thought it his duty to support that of Lord 'Derby and he did not vote in the recent majo rit y , as that Would have implied a course of previous opposition. He 'could not concur in their Reform Bill, and thought the dissolution singularly ill-advised. Under these circum etanees, he consider, d his duty towards the late Cabinet had been tully discharged. He, considers the guidance of our foreign. policy with respect to the war in Italy, and Parliamentary Reform, to be the paramount interests of the Present moment. On the question of Italy, his views haVe always been in union with those of the statesmen who have 110 * charge of our foreign affairs. As to Reform, he never i understood the principles on which th at sub j ect had ueen managed by the late Cabinet, and he thinks that the fact of the dissolution, together with the return cif an adverse, and now , no, longer indulgent majority, rendered the settlement of the question by the late ministers impossible. The right hon. gentleman, therefore, naturally terns to the hope of its being settled by 'a Cabinet mainly constituted and led by the men together with Whom he Was responsible for framing and proposing a Reform Bill in 1 854 ; and as to minor points he has seen'the inconvenience °f separate political actions, and, subject to the 'conditiOns of honour and of public utility, he contd not with propriety neg• I Pass 'by any opportunity of bringing it at least in his own person to a close. INDIA. Turin paper was yesterday seized by order of the authori ties, for what ofenee I have not heard. 'VIENNA, June, 17.—The Wiener Zeitung of this morning contains the following bulletin : " VERONA, June 18.—The different corps &armee, which are takino- up the positions assigned them, have had no further collision with the enemy. The division under Lieut.- General Urban, however, had a fight with Garibaldi's bands near Castenedolo, and repulsed them. The prisoners taken say that 4,400 men,with four guns, were opposed to General -Urban." It is to be expected that the military authorities will soon give some detailed information relative to the movements of General Urban after he evacuated Varese, as nothing more is known to the public than that he was a few days ago engaged with Garibaldi's men at Canonica, on the Adda. As Urban's division was marching towards Mantua when it was 'attacked at Castenedolo, it must be concluded that it had found it impossible to retreat to Peschiera by way of Lonato. The collision at Castenedolo occurred on 'the 15th instant, when Urban was pursued and attacked by •a part of the Sardinian brigade " Voghera," and about 4,000 of Garibaldi's followers. The action was probably a sharp one, fur Urban says he suffered some loss. His assailants were, however, driven back on Brescia, after having had about 400 men killed and wounded. The Austrians .1 made eighty prisoners. The public believed that • 1 Urban's retreat would be cut off, but military men had gre -18 I confidence in 'P 4 did not doubt that he wr .its skill, am .yid not manage to reach the Mincio. If a private letter of the 4th inst. speaks truth, General Urban made the inhabitants of Varese pay dearly for their disloyalty. He inflicted a fine of 120,000 lire on the town, and is said to have shot some persons who particularly distinguished themselves during the attack which was made on two of his battalions at Malnate towards the end of May. The Austrians who some, anu crossed the Adda at Cassano, Lodi, and Pizzighettone, are on great questions. - Having joinea by .„-‘, now concentrated on the Mincio, and it does not admit of a Leh led to the downfall of the Palmerston doubt that they will speedily assume the offensive. The it his duty to support that of Lord •Ite in the recent majority, as that two armies now consist of about 280,00 0 men, and such a -se of previous opposition. He force is much too large to be shut up in a space so small as Form Bill, and thought the that between the Mincio and the Adige. General Hess Under these circum has learned by experience that troops invariably fall sick if -ards, the late Cabinet es the guidance of they have not plenty of elbow room and occupation, and you er in Italy, and may, therefore, be sure that the Austrian armies will not be *crests of the cooped up between Pesehiera, Verona, Legnano, and Mantua. yews have shave The loss of the Austrians at Magenta was underrated by Count ever Gyulai,' for it is now known that. above 10,000 men were put hors de combat. The statement of the Turin papers, that "whole battalions" of the Italian regiments deserted to the allies is a 'fiction. Something of the highest importance is now going on between Austria and Prussia, and it would not surprise me should the latter propose to the Bund to make the whole of the federal army mobile. It is whispered at Berlin that M. von Bismark-Schtinhausen, who is Prussian Minister at St.. Petersburg, does not give satisfac tion to his Government. The three Prussian oorps.cl'armee in East Prussia, Pomerania, and Silesia will not be made mobile unless Russian troops are concentrated on the Prussian frontier. There are now no Austrian troops, COMMERCIAL. excepting depOt battalions, in Galicia. Arrangements have The critical state of the relations between Germany and been made between Prussia, Saxony, and Bavaria for the Pranc e excites general attention. The effect to-day was transport of two Prussian corps d'artne to the Rhine. the more severe, because the late advance in the price of prime Gortschakoff has overshot the mark, and the Germans Public securities has materially diminished the temptation appear to be resolved to prove to him that they will not to bona fide investors. Speculators for the fall, whose re purchases co nt r ibuted gr eatly to push the market up to the be taken into leading strings by Russia. It is again the high level lately attained, have now regained courage to question of mediation, lint men in office have to-day. told Pulie sales. Consols left off at the low est p oint of me that Austria is not at all inclined to relinquish her ' the day, and fully . § . l per cent. worse than ,on Saturday. . , elanns on Lombardy, "as she expects soon to, regain In all the other departments of the Stock Exchange decided heaviness prevailed. English Railway Shares 'possession of it." In my opinion Lombardy is lost for "'ere not much pressed for, still, in the absence of deinand, ever, but the Austrian Government is remarkably 101 l 1 to 11 per cent. Indian railway shares, though..." stiff-necked," and will hardly yield until bankrupt in men eartying nearly six months accrued interest, were :pre- and money. Count Frederic nun, who is a persona grata Judiced by the discontent announced as prevailing amongst portion of the EurQpoan army in India. Th. eeeenerie et St Peterchorg. is likely to lie sent there. but it is not karleet was quiet; • but few bills were negoc iated below 'probable that he will be able to bring about a 241 reconciliation, Per cent.' Owing to the critical s t a te of continental in it being necessary that Austria should be weakened, in order 'Politics a rise of 6d per cwt took p lace to-day the price that Russia may be able to do as she pleases in Turkey. The of tallow. In the corn market, however,. prices of wheat Were quo ted at a fresh reduction of 2s per quarter from the state of public feeling in Hungary is so bad that it can 'rates of; Monday, the 13th inst.—Daily News City Article, hardly be worse. The day before' yesterday the body of Monday Evening. Prince Metternich was removed to the family vault at There has been considerable discourageme nt in the Stock i Plass, n Bohemia, but people are not sanguine that the Itbarige to-day, and Consols have exp erienced a fall of I per cent. The heaviness was attributed to a numher of system of which be was the author will be buried with him. .ean es —the apprehension that Prussia is committed to some An immense number of persons was present at the funeral 'early and direct intervention.; the appeals made by the ceremony, and not a singleniember of the diplomatic corps I tulperar Napoleon to the revolutionary cl asses throu g hout was misting. The prince wrote his own memoirs, but they Europe,; and the news of the prostration of the cabinet at 'Constantinople to Russian influence, contributes to will hardly see the light of day until a 'couple of 'generations Weake n the hopes of the localisation of the war. have passed away. The rumour that Metternich died in. There were seeeral- large sales during the morning, and the arms of Prince Esterhazy is a fiction, but it is a fact „koney was in goOd :request, not only inthe Stock Exchange, that the latter was in the house of his old, friend when he. butt in the Discount Market. The applications ford iscount et the Beek toecraY slig ht ly increased. In the Railway breathed his last. It is whispered that there is coolness Market.a general decline has taken place, in sympathy with between the Emperor and the Archduke Ferdinand Maxi inc. Funds. The Great Northern receded 1.1 per t ent. ; milian, and it is highly probable that such is really the case. aleelonians and North. British, per cent. ; and the Theinterest of the National Loan is to be paid in paper, at oth er principal Stocks, to 1 per cent. In the Corn Market, this morning, there was a partial recovery from the the rate of 1251 in bank-notes, instead of 10011. in silver extreme depression of Friday, but the rates sheeted a decline o f pearly 2s compared with those of Monday the .13th inst. There were no gold operations of any importance at the Ilan' to-day.' Silver has been in increased demand to-day ' for the Continent. It seems to be considered, that after a little time, the receipts of gold will be short of the export demand.—Times City Article, Monday Evening. DISCONTENT OF THE EAST INDIA COMPANY'S TROOPS. We have received advises from Bombay to the 23rd ult • ' • Th e question of the hour in • India was the discontent of PIEDMONT. • the East India Company's European troops at being trans- Truax, June 16. During the last 48 hours there have fare d , without re-enlistment, to the Queen's service. Lord been published but two bulletins, and those exceedingly Clyde left the hills upon the first intimation of the state of brief ones, of slight interest. The Austrians continue to matters at Meerut, related in the last advices, and immedi retire, the allies to advance, and there seems to be no great ately upon his arrival in the plains issued the following distance between them, for on the I . 3th the Sardinian army , general order : ti had , a advaneed guard at Coccaglio, which place General " The Commander-in-Chief has received a full report of the trrban's corps - is reported ; to have quitted: only 'that morn= disquiet that has lately pervaded the minds of some of the ling, moving, as it appeared, due south, towards Orsonovi, men belonging to the Bengal Artillery and, 2 nd European instead of continuing its. retreat' in a westerly directi.effilay Cavalry at Meerut. westerly" His Excellency is happy to observe that the dem e a nour I3reecia. Th . 0 reason for adopting, the circuitous route of the men towards their - officers has been properly may have been that at Brescia. the Austrians would respectful. have encountered Garibaldi, who was at that place - ',lf a soldier has a complaint to make or considers himself on the evening o f in any manner aggrieved, it is his right to make a proper the 12th, According 'to the last the King, ofand respectful representation through the usual channels to advices Sardinia's head-quarters ,were ,at superior authority, and to ask for redress. But when this Pala zz olo; . The Austrians are in all directions falling back representation has been made, the soldier must be at his upon their -fortified lines. The general impression seems duty,. and he must wait with due deference, patience, and t here to be ,that they mean at once to withdraw within desiresobe,tneceaefinormthaneduelrt-iimn_aehlletecn desires that the soldiersof the ( hem,. but, some suppose th ey will not do so until they have Bengal Artillery and 2nd Light Cavalry, who have lately ou g ht another battle, for, whose scene Monteehiari is been struck off duty, may return to their , duty : there indicated "as a likely place, owing to the plains "The Major-General Commanding the Division is directed affordini iood ground for the action of cavalry, in which to convene a h 4 special court of inquiry,' for the purpose of . aring what, every man has to say. The evidence taken arta:the_Austrians are very strong. Modena and Brescello w e ill be the fullest possible. Each man in the two regiments are rid o f th e Austrians, and General Count Annoni has se will be called upon to state whether he, has any grievance, out for the fora Ter plate, of which he is appointed milit ar y and what are 'the grounds of it. It is only by such means . ? f at the Commander-in-Chief can arrive at the real merits e cm - nandant. A body of 'Austrians from Ancona was at to Venetia, and the case as considered by the men; and in this manner. Il eaaro on the 14th, proceeding apparently thp assurance will be conveyed to them that every man's' Probabl y b e f ore this. time Ancona is entirely' evacuated. evacuated. sentiments will become known to the highest authority, Vario us p l aces i n the .Romagna have declar ed for the and,,;tthdue consideration will'he given to them. thro t egardto the question: at issue, viz., the transfer to e crown national cause. The Piedmontese Lieutenant -General f 13e l• te company's army, which has caused the Castelborgo having been appointed military commandant recent excitement, the men will perceive that it affects them ° f Milan, his division, the Ist, consisting of the Savoy and' in 'comminelwith their officers, and all the services of the G renadier brigade, and forming th e reserve o f the Sardinian conntry, g the civil serv i ce . There is no distinction drawn between any ranks, and they are called on alike to nt a l Y, has been given to General Durando. General o b e y an `act of parliament.' But if any party feels bolla r d t a k es command of Duran.do's ( 3 rd) division ; himself aggr ieved b y an r ' act of parli amen t, he is at liberty a nd Colonel Brignole, promoted to Brigadier, to petition respectfully o w e ins c t i it. It is on this ground e cy has 48 8 um es that of Mollard's Piedmont brigade. From u who considerthtehecinou s r e t iv o es f inquiry, v d if a ., v a g ri s, ev or, il, that bi t s d Milan we learn that eight hundred volunteers h a d , Ex th e e ell n i i " to eellante enable the to give expression to their own already been enlisted for Garibaldi's corps, And that the other words, to petition in a soldier-like and regular recruiting office, which had been but two days opened, was manner, which they understand themselves, against wh a t . c ontinually thronged. Several new newspapers. had they consider to be a hardship d The court of inquiry will asse mble , Compose as f ollows, s PPcared. The Gazette publishes a decree instituting a immediately after the arrival of ~ the Judge-Advocate 'emporary General Direction, attached to the Ministr y of General at Meerut : PRESIDENT : Foreign Affairs, to .which is to be referred all business Brigadier , Horsford Bengal Artillery. , • relating to the Italian provinces annexed to Sardinia or , Colonel Huyshe Be g m al E r E ' l l t l a : Artillery. Placed under the 'King's- protection.' It is to consist of a i Colonel Radcliffe, her n- Majesty's ery foot rector- eneral hiefs of bureaux, secretaries, under-secre- 1 t- ••g ' c 1 Colonel You , 7sth . , the . rig, the Judge-Mvoeate-Generai of n Amy, 411 es, &c., who may - be either Piedmontese subjects ov I will tonduet the nvoeeedin ' t - , P• „ . , ~. ' • 1 n atives of the annexed or protected provinces. The Miono i 7 No. 8. Tlie a ye order will be entered UDC the regimenta. mot ited L uoh and fowl erred ro te since 1 3363 it be ,ijgbt g ave it on till'S, cons' the oved made what sail , o pies tbe at of id b e eget efoll t tni beT, nlet. older, t at !' to 51 1 owe" pl , g . ;tate tbe T ulin &id pp er, itar ation ge jeeP inste r iots , 5 18' 0 14- so{ VIE NORTHERN TIIIIES, TUESDAY, JUNE 21 1859 and company orderly books of all the European corps at Meeitit. (Signed) W. IL MANSFIELD, Major-General, Chief of the Staff." "There seems to be but one opinion," says the Bombay Times, " upon the order, which is regarded as judicious in the extreme. It is known that at Gwalior, Berhampore s Allahabad, and Lahore, unmistakeable symptoms of disaffection have appeared. Having lost their native army, it seems that the East India Company's reputation is to sustain its last blow by the mutiny of their European one. The matter ought. never to have been allowed to reach its present stage. The fact that it was thought wessary to take a legal.opinion upon the validity of the transfer should have been sufficient reason to have given way to the demand of the men to be re-enlisted. Their pride was offended, at the same time, that they were deprived of the new bounty to which they believed themselves entitled ; and the wisdom of risking a mutiny in the army, for the sake of five or ten lakhs of rupees, may well be doubted. The last news we have is to the effect that Colonel Johnson, Assistant-Adjutant-General of Artillery, has been sent down from Meerat to Calcutta, to consult with the Governor-General to advise, as we trust, the concession of the demand made by the men. A rumour prevails that her Majesty's 75th Regiment, sympathising with the grievance of the company's troops, intimated that they would not act against them ; and if the rumour be well founded, the government must submit, for it has no alterna tive. We should be sorry, indeed, to see a trigger pulled in such a cause, and the wisest thing we can do is to offer a free discharge to every man who chooses to claim it." The Bombay Gazette says that insubordinate demonstra tions have been made at Allahabad, Berhampore, Lahore, and G walior, the cavalry at the first-named station having gone so far as to fire in the air in the presence of their officers. Hitherto no violence has been attempted by, the malcontents, nor has it become necessary to employ force for their coercion, and from the example of Meerut and of Lahore, where the failure of discipline was but momentary, it was believed that these dissatisfied men would give way to reason and return to their duty. Of the Sepoy revolt the Gazette reports : The insurgents on this side of India have not been heard of lately, and they may be supposed to have withdrawn themselves from the struggle. From the north and east we have only a meagre allowance of the usual telegraphic notices of parties of rebels having been fallen in with and dispersed withslaughter. The Nana is still at large, and believed to be somewhere on the borders of Oude and Nepaul, together with the Begum of Oude. • The littl rebellion of the Rana of Nuggur Parkur,- in the east of Sind, the origin of which is still very obscure—one report brings women into the case—has been suppressed with little trouble. Strongly posted on the hills behind the town, and in the town itself, the " Coolies " made a spirited resistance for some time, till several of our men were wounded—one of them mortally. They then broke and fled into the adjacent ravines, which afford ready but only temporary shelter. They were driven out of the hills by a combined movement on the 4th instant, but the arrangement for the capture of their chiefs failed through a misapprehen sion of orders. Their camp was found prepared for a prolonged resistance ; and it is believed that the insurgent Rana had objects in view beyond the redress of local or individual grievances, though what they were even rumour does not venture to say. According to the latest accounts, telegraphed by Colonel, Evans, in command of the force, to the 'l2th inst , the district was quite quiet, and the fugitive population returning to their homes. The leaders had fled without followers, and are said to have crossed the"Bunn of Catch, and taken refuge in the Joudhpoor district of Nyur. Colonel Evans was engaged in a strict inquiry into the causes of the revolt. H.M.'s 78th Highlanders has embarked for England. The 61st Foot and the 14th Dre,goons—which is to have a library from the European inhabitants of Bombay instead of a dinner—go to Poona and Kirkee respectively. The 64th Foot have already proceeded to Kurrachee. The Nawab of Furruckabad had been sentenced to be hanged, but it came out on the 'trial that before his surrender a letter had been written to him by Major Barrow, Fhn r r „.;,,1 „,;44, 11;c Vynnllanny the Commander-in-Chief, in which he was invited to sur render, and that in this letter he was told that pardon had been extended to all who had not personally committed the murder of British subjects, and that if he had not personally committed the murder of British subjects, he might sur render without apprehension. On the receipt of this letter he immediately surrendered. He now claims the fulfilment of the promise of pardon, being found guilty, not' f having personally committed the murder of English subjects, but of having been an accessory before the fact. The Governor- General in Council entirely condemns and disavows the act of Major Barrow, in !flaking a promise contrary to the royal proclamation, and contrary to the express order of. the government, excepting the prisoner from all benefit of pardon. "But," says an order in council,, • " His Excellency in Council will not suffer it to be said that the prisoner, having been induced to surrender on the promise of a British officer in Major Barrow's position, has, in consequence of that surrender been put to death for a crime of less degree than that which was designated by the officer as alone rendering 'him liable to punishment. The Governor-General in Council has, therefore, resolved to forbear. ( from carrying out the sentence of, the court on Tufnzzal trosein, on the condition that he shall immedi ately, quit the British territory for ever. If he accepts this condition, he will be conveyed to the frontier as a convict under a military guard, and there set at liberty. If he refuse the condition, or if having accepted it, he shall break it, or attempt to break it, now, or at any future time, the capital sentence pronounced upon him will be carried out," The Bombay Times reports of monetary affairs : The panic in our money market has subsided a littlo, and is perhaps tot likely to recur again in equal severity. The fact that all classes have weathered it successfully, and that 'not a failure has been announced in the place, speaks volumes for the character of our trade. ' COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE BOMBAY, May 22 The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-ship Bombay,' which reached us 'on the morning of the I lth instant, brought English news to the 18th April. Our Money Market is' still in astringent state ; the rates of discount for government and private securities being 11 and 12 per cent'. respectively. Cotton Piece Goods : Our season is rapidly drawing to a close, and the amount of business transacted has been limited. Grey goods have declined in most descriptions, from an anna to six annas per piece. . Bleached goods have in general maintained former prices., YARNS Both mule and water have declined, and are in limited detitand. • Turkey red yarn is very dull ; green is scarce, and orange steady. AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE HUNGARIAN The Montreal Ocean Steam-ship Company's Screw-steamer Hungarian, arrived here this morning, having made the run from Quebec in the short space of nine days eight hours and twenty minutes, having left that port on Saturday the 11th of June. The Hungarian brings 88 cabin passengers and 59 steerage, being 147 in all, but she brings no later news from New York than that published by us yesterday. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. QUEBEC, June llth, 1859 White Pine is arriving earlier than usual, and as a great deal of last year's stock is offered. for sale, rafts are very unsaleable although several have changed hands at prices varying from our lowest to our highest quotations. Though the number of arrivals from sea is about equal to last year up to this date the tonnage is less and 'of this the weekly line of Ocean Steainers must be taken into account. Red Pine was in some demand in the early part of last month for small parcels in shipping order but is now as dull as White. • Oak is arriving in excess of last year, and owing to the competition of the " Thornton Oak" from Virginia, which is preferred for, Railway purposes in the Liverpool market, is not enquired for here, and a large portion of last year's stock is still on-sale Elm is also accumulating without finding buyers, although some lots of good size sell on arrival. Staves have arrived unusually early, and are most plentiful, with little inquiry for either standard or West India. Deals are the only saleable article in the market, though we question if any large parcels could be placed readily, yet owing to the scarcity of other freight the weekly sailing of our steamers will, we think, enst.re a sale for them during the whole season. Freights share in general depression and are dull at 28s. for Liverpool and 90s. for London. There is however a better inquiry for the outports at corresponding rates. FORSYTH, BELL & CO. At Montreal, the weather has been very warm, and showery, and the crops continue to look very well. Busi ness has been very dull last week in every department. Ashes have been very dull since our last, owing to the absence of orders, and consequently of competition. Receipts, equal to about 200 barrels a-day, are making the market droop. Pots are $6 20c to $6 25c ; pearls $6 45c to $6 50c. Flour is nominally at $6 50 to $7 for superfine, $7 25c for fancy, and $5 60c to $8 for extra, but there are no sales in quantity at these rates. Retail parcels for consumption are selling at a shade over these quotations. The only favourable turn in. our flour market is a demand which has sprung up within these three days for the New England States and Lake .Champlain. For months past those regions have apparently been supplied to better advantage from New York or from the west, but at last dealers there begin to find it for their interest to'buy in Montreal again. Owing to the absence of this demand, which is for the finer qualities of Flour, Extras have been slow of sale here. They may now go better. The price of Flour is quoted considerably higher in Toronto and Ogdensburgh than Montreal, and fully as high in Chicago and Milwaukie. It is to be sup posed, therefore, that supplies must stop unless the price falls in the interior, or rises here. The receipts in Chicago are slightly increasing, but are only about a fifth of those of last year. New heat has appeared in St. Louis and other Southern markets, but it will probably be six or eight weeks before any supplies from the South can practi cally affect the markets. It is, however, to-be remembered, that vegetation is everywhere a fortnight farther advanced than at the same time last year ; and if theharvest be, upon the average, a fortnight earlier, a less stock of old will suffice than under ordinary circumstances. The consumption of the United. States and Canada for a fortnight would be a very large quantity. The problem, whether there is enough of wheat and flour on this continent to last till harvest, at the ordinary rate of consumption, is being slowly worked out. There have been forced sales of No. lat $6 50c to $6 75c, and fancy at $6 75c to $6 95c. • WHEAT: A cargo of Milwaukie Club sold at $1 35P, at which more could be bought. The Toronto market has been fluctuating. About ten days ago the price of the best samples 3f white wheat was lOs 6d, from which it fell to 8s 9d, but the latest advices show a rally to 9s 6d. Tbo ..o_,v ‘s or 41a,ir at New York, show a falling off for the first five months of this year, or up to the third week •in May, as compared with the same period of last year, of equal to 160,000 barrels flour. The quantity of Indian •corn is considerably greater this year than last. Butter is quite unsaleable except by retail ; dealers being unwilling to buy, in the expectation of a fall. It is im possible, therefore, to give any quotation except the retail price on 'the market, which loa to is for both fresh and salt. What parcels would bring if forced to sale is quite pro blematical, and country merchants would need in buying to take probability of considerably lower prices into con sideration, especially as the grass is excellent this season, and the quantity produced will doubtless be large. STAVES.—There are about 150 Mille of Standard and as many of West' India, in the market, but the price is merely nominal, there being no transactions. PASSENGERS • PER S. S. HUNGARIAN PROSeQUEBEC TO Lxvvnpoor,.-- . -Mr J. Baillie, Mr J. Ogilvie, Miss Gillespie, Mr Geo. Ainslie, Mr Gordon, Mr and Mrs. Muir, nurse and child, Mr Chishire, Mr Jas. Sheyn, Mr and Mrs David son, servant and three children, Mr A. Graham, Mr A. J. Graham, Mr and Mrs Thompson. Miss Houleston, Mr Jno. ' Houleston, Mr J. C. Claxton , Mr Jno. Gordon Mr H. A. Nelson, Mr D. Greenshields, Mr Hibbard and Lady, Mr H. -Murray, Mr Jas. Chalmers, Mr J. Dewe, Dr J. Work man, Dr J. Casault,, Mrs Casault and two children, Mr and Mrs Prowse, Misses Prowse (two), Mr Jameson, Mr and Mrs Rodewald, two servants, and two children, Mr. Paton, Mr M'Lean, Mr Thibadean, Mr P. Marialt, Mr M‘Michael, Mr E. A. Guerevux, Mr James Donnelly, Mr Masson, Mr J.. Bowman two ladies, and child, Mr M‘Kay, Mr Robert French, Mr Stucken, Mr J. A. Aldwell, Mrs Sladden and servant, Miss Sladden, Miss Marsh, Master Sladden, Mrs Munro, Mrs Fitton and son, Mrs Barrow and three children, Master Barrow, Mr Phillips, Mr Alexander Rylie, Mr and Mrs Vankoughnet and child, Rev. Mr Fraser, Mr Jno. J. Haines, Miss Ellen Ainslie. Miss A. Frizzle, Mrs M'Farlan, Hon. G. F. Moore, Mr Howe, Mr Jitmes Fitton,. Mr Crawford. . EXPORTS Cotton : This staple is in fair demand, and prices have advanced: The market at present is firm. Oil Seeds The market is still rather dull. Linseed has slightly advanced ; Teelseed is dull ; and Niger is very scarce. Exchange: The rates have been very unsteady, and have slightly declined. We quote Credits at 2s 2 1-7 d to 2s 21-d;, Documents at 2s 2,4 d to 2s 2-1 d; and Bank rates at 28 2d, at six months' sight on London. On Calcutta rupees 94, and China rupees 211 per 100 dollars, at sixty days' sight. Tonnage : The rates are pretty steady, and on London a shade lower. We quote to London, 25s to 32s 6d ; and to Liverpool, 25s to 30s. What is the difference between a good soldier and a fashionable lady ? One faces the powder, and the other powders the face. A little man grows jealous. We know of nothing to compare him to, unless its a bottle of ginger-pop in a high state of rebellion. " Say, massa, where did de Mexicans suffer de most ?" "Why, in de feet (defeat) to be sure: What you ask ,such silly_ questions ?" lIIOT AT CANTEREUIRT.—A serious riot took place at Canterbury- on Saturday night. Several soldiers were wounded, and one man, just returned from India, is said to have been killed. The dispute appears to have arisen be tween the cavalry and infantry, an a low neighbourhood called Knott's-lane. Some of (he residents went out armed with sticks, and a riot took place with the soldiers. The riot commenced again on Sunday night. Stiong patrols were out to keep order. One man was so riptch .hurt that ha wal taken to the hospital. i " So BAD "—Why is Alison's History like the prevalent fashion of crinoline ?—Because, says an historical critic, it is in a round-abowt-style. !A BANKRUPT on being condoled with for his embarras ment, replied, " Oh, I am not at all embarrassed ! it is my creditors that are embarrassed " What is that which, supposing its greatest breadth to be four inches, length nine inches, and depth three inches, contains a solid foot ?—A shoe. A notice of a new novel says, that " the style is so bril liant that the printer, with the copy before him, can set up the typt without any other light in the darkest night." A NICE CRITIC.—" Is the dialogue in this opera," inquired Simpson of his neighbour, in the pit at Covent Garden, "in prose or verse ?" "Really," was the reply, " I have such a cold in my head, I can't distinguish !" A wag sap that in journeying lately, he was put into an omnibus with a dozen persons, of whom he did not know a single one. Turning a corner shortly after, however, the omnibus was upset. "And then," said he, " I found them all nut." A man out West who had a brother hung, informed his friends in the East that his "brother on a recent occasion addressed a large public meeting, and just as he finished, thb platform on which he stood gave way and he fell and broke his neck." The Maharajah Sun„o. Bahadoor appears to be more engaged in hunting the wild beasts of the Terai than in looking after the rebels. The Urdoo Guide states that on .one occasion he brought in five wild elephants alive, and on another four panthers and three leopards four of which seven feet and a-half long from head to tail, shot himself. p.OSSENDALE VOLUNTEER RIFLE Conps.---Officers have already been appointed in the above corps, and R. Munn, n., Esq., of Thistle Mount, has been elected capt ain. The uniform will be 'French grey with scarlet facings. rgifies have been ordered for the company, and it is under stood that the practice gronnd will be near to head-quarters ,at Stacksfeada. THE MARGATE SEASON.—This favourite watering place -is already beginning_te_assume a gay and animated appear ante, the note of "preparation " .is being sounded in every direation, .and confident hopes are entertained that the sem en will be an GHWREdirbrilliant one. It is currently reported the Prince of Wales intends honouring the town by a three months' sojourn there, with a view of benefiting his' health by the pure and invigorating breeze for which Margate has been so long celebrated. Should the report prove correct, two houses in " Reyal Crescent" will be fitted up in appropriate manner for his Royal Memo's reception. --.pent Herald, AMERICAN AFFAIRS. FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT THE EUROPEAN WAR'S EXCITEMENTS : THE RIGHT OF SEARCH : OPINION OF THE FRENCH MINISTER : OPINION OF CHANCELLOR KENT: A RIGHT CLEARLY DEFINED. 'CONTRABAND OF WAR: ARRANGEMENTS IN CONSISTENCY WITH MARITIME RIGHTS : -- CRITICAL PECTS OF GOOD UNDERSTANDING POSITION OF MEXICO ITS DEBTS: OPPORTUNIT4 FOR A FURTHER ACQUISITION OF TERRITORY TO THE UNITED STATES. CHESS EXCITEMENT AT BOSTON : ENTHUSIASTIC RECEPTION OF A CHESS CHAMPION. THE NICARAGUAN DISPUTE : ITS IMMEDIATE SETTLEMENT. Among other excitements which the war in Europe has -been producing in the United States, may be mentioned that on the question of the Right of Search. It appears that some observations, made by Count de Sartiges, the French minister, in a private conversation, and variously reported, have occasioned some apprehensions, lest France might undertaKe to enforce rights against the United States as a neutral Power, which the Government would feel bound to resist. I see it stated that the observations of M. de Sartiges were simply to this effect,—" That the war would doubtless open :1 wider field for American shipping in the Mediterra nean, but that our shipmasters must be careful not to forget that the doctrine now established, and principally in consequence of the determination of France, that the neutral flag shall cover the goods,' does not at all invalidate the necessary war-privilege of searching for contraband of war. Our vessels may carry all sorts of cargoes to the Adriatic, but they must not risk concealing munitions of war. These remarks were the merest matter of course ; the really important bearing of the French minister's language being the intimation which it threw out of the now completed good understanding between the great \ maritime Powers on the general question of •the right of search." Now the reference here made to the belligerent right of search for contra band of war, does not involve the assertion of any doctrine contrary to that maintained by the United States Government, and still less does anything in the above extract bear upon the right of visitation, of which so' much was heard last year, and which created so much bad feeling throughout the Union. The opinion of Chancellor Kent has been quoted, which thus describes the right of search for contra band of war : "In order to enforce the rights of belligerent nations against the delinquencies of neutrals, and to ascertain the real as well as assumed character of all vessels on the high seas, the law of nations arms them with the practical power of visitation and search. The - duty of self-preserva tion gives to belligerent nations this right. It is founded upon necessity, and is strictly and exclusively a war right, and does not rightfully exist in time of peace, unless conceded by treaty. All writers upon the law of nations, and the highest authorities, acknowledge the right in time of war as resting on sound principles of public jurisprudence, and upon the institutes and practice of all great maritime Powers. And if, upon making the search, the vessel be found employed in contraband trade, or in carrying enemy's property, or troops, or despatches, she is liable to be taken, and brought in for adjudication before a prize court." It is thus a clearly defined right ; and the United States have repeatedly admitted its existence. Its exercise, therefore, by either of the present belli gerent Powers need not, with -common discretion and forbearance, occasion any difficulty. Excess or imprndence in its assertion, or misapprehension as to its necessity, or as to its extent, on the one hand ; and the extreme sensitiveness of American seamen, on the other ; might, it is true, give rise to misunder standing and resistance ; but care must be taken that all parties be rightly informed as to their duties respectively, and be strictly enjoined to act accord- in In connection with the question of the Right of Search, as to articles contraband of war, there has been some discussion respecting the present position of the question as to the immunity of goods under kb, nova* vol 11ct$. It ~;11 I,v vamorrihnrod ," Gaya one of the better informed of the public journals which have taken up the subject, " that the Congress of Paris in 1856 drew up a declaratiOn of maritime rights, embodying four great propositions of international law, to be observed between all Powers which should subscribe to the declaration without reservation. Privateering is abolished by that declaration ; enemy's goods, not contraband, under the neutral flag, are declared free ; neutral goads, not contraband, under enemy's flag, are declared free ; and blockades 'to be binding must be Maintained by an effective force. All of these propositions, except the first, have been claimed by the United States from a very early period ; especially the second has been the subject of very earnest discussion at times, and has, in connection with the third, been embodied. in treaties with various powers, It has, however, been steadily resisted by England, and can hardly be deemed a principle of the law of nations, independent of special agreement by convention and treaty." This resistance of England, if persisted in, might, in the not perhaps altogether improbable event of her becoming involved in the war, occasion unpleasant consequences. But it is believed that England has now signified her concurrence in the proposition. And. it is remarked that " if this should be accepted, it would lead to a similar movement by the other parties to the Paris declaration, and there is some reason to suppose that Count de Sartiges, the French minister at Washington, took measures to aid this conclusion before leaving his mission ; but it is said that the settlement is delayed by the U. S. government, by a demand for further con cessions in relation to blockades, which renders the issue somewhat doubtful." It is certainly most important, for the peace of the world, that all causes of hostile collisions on the high seas, and all risks, or international misunderstandings, should be taken away ; and it must be gratifying to the friends of peace to find that there' is now so general an anxiety on the subject on both 'sides of the Atlantic. I lately adverted to' the still ,critical position of Mexico, which continues to engage the anxious attention of the United States Government. The debt of the republic is such, that, were there nothing else, it would be quite sufficient, in its present insecure position, to render some re-arrangement indispensable. The public debt of Mexico, I find, is divided into two classes—interior and exterior. The interior debt is understood to be that arising out of obligations contracted under the Viceroyalty, and after the independence while the exterior debt con sists of loans contracted in London in 1823 and 1824. The British debt, which is a stock bearing interest at 3 per cent., with the six dividends due since February, 1853, to December, 1855, amounts to $55,816,991. The interior debt is estimated to have amounted on the 31st December, 1850, to $40,000,000. Other claims against the government now bring up the amount to $6 1 , 950 , 030 , so that the whole pulic debt of Mexico is $117,767,021,—0r upwards of twenty-three millions of pounds sterling—a sum which, for such a country, would seem to render it's case a hopeless one, as it stands at present. It is not supposed that the United States government would take any unfair advantage of this state of things. But, as I see it remarked, " although there is no immediate war of conquest in view, it is certain that our government has not shut its eyes to the opportunities which now offer for obtaining a cession of territory upon easy terms, and that the restless adventurers, who have for years made our name odious to our Central American neighbours, are as little disposed to neglect the chance of carrying their often. defeated schemes into effect. There is little reason to doubt, that through our late minister, Mr. Forsyth, and through Mr. M'Larie, our present representative in Mexico, our government has sought to negociate a settleme nt of certain claims of our citizens, of more than doubtful validity, by obtaining a cession of Mexican territory, a payment of mone y being made by the United States to balance the account. I n the present state of Mexican politics, such a prospect of an immediate supply of funds would be a strong temptation to either part- ' surrender a few remote and perhaps not very valuable provinces; and such a treaty being once concluded with a party de facto in possession of such government as exists, it would of course be held binding upon all Mexico, and the treaty title thus obtained would be established by the presence of a federal army." The only thing that seems likely, at present, to interfere with the amicable acquisition of territory, in this way, is the conduct of the filibuster ing class, whose lawless incursions upon the domains of Mexico are inconveniently threatening, and which might lead to a warfare of a disorganising character. It cannot, however, but be for the interests of all parties, that whatever is to be arranged should he done in unity and peace, rather than by violence and outrage. The city of Boston has lately been thrown into some excitement,—the chess-playing portion of it, more especially, and which is no small or insignificant one,—by the presence of a very extraordinary young chess champion, one Paul Morphv, the winner of the first prize in the American Chess Congress of 1857. He is a native of New Orleans, and is not quite twenty-two years old. He has studied for the bar ; but chess now absorbs all his attention. It is stated that, "his father being a great lover of chess, Paul was, at the age of ten years, taught the powers of the pieces and the laws of the game, and in less than two years from this date, we find him con tending successfully with the mosecompetent players of the Crescent City. One peculiarity of Paul's play at this period, while his father and brother constituted the principal adversaries, caused considerable merri ment, and is related by the Chess Monthly. His pawns seemed to him a hindrance, and his first work upon commencing a game was to exchange or sacri fice them all, giving free range to his pieces, after which, with his unimpeded queen, rooks, knights, and bishops, he began a fierce attack upon his oppo nent's forces, which was often valorously maintained until it resulted in mate." His career as a chess player has been such as to fix him in the admiration and envy of all who are devoted to the noble and most intellectual game ; and he is, even at his present early age, one of the remarkable men of those most remarkable times. I learn from the Boston papers, that " the reception of the distinguished young gentleman, by the Boston Chess Club was cordial in the extreme, and the warm welcome ex tended has been followed up during the past four days by a series of attentions as creditable to one party as they were deserved by the other—the last of which was the grand banquet at the Revere House. He has been feted," it is added, "in all sorts of ways ; has been visited by many of the most intelligent and influential citizens—but in all has appeared the modest, unassuming youth that Fame long since stamped him, and has, we are pleased to add, won golden opinions from numerous Sir Huberts." In short, he is evidently become already one of the heroes of the age, `and one whose name (in Massachusetts, at any rate, as well as iu Louisiana) is everywhere a household word. _ The Nicaraguan dispute seems at lengh on the eve of a settlement, in so far as the United States are at present concerned. Secretary Floyd is- expected home in a day or two, if he has not already arrived ; and Jeraz has left Washington on his return, carry ing back with him for alteration Lamar's proposed treaty, which is now substantially the same as the Cass-Yrissarri treaty, with modifications which the United States. Government previously consented to make with one exception not regarded as vital. It is confidently expected that the point will be at once conceded by Nicaragua, who thereby will engage to employ a necessary force to keep the transit open and secure; and the United States, when called upon by her, also agree to furnish force for that pupose. Whenever an exigency occurs they may send troops into Nicaragua for the protection of American property. It is understood that the British treaty is nearly similar differing only in one unimportant point. The Mosquito territory and Honduras dispute will now be easily adjusted. It is a very pleasant and proper thing, no doubt, to have a purpose; but happy is the man who can indulge in the luxury, now and then, of having none at all ; who can give over at intervals the steeple-chase of the world and have a heart-holiday—pass his hand across his brow and wipe out the wrinkles, and so reverse life's engine and be a boy again. A SPANISH Grandee in Havannah recently asked a Yankee ship captain, with much bravado, " What would be done if ten thousand Spanish soldiers should once land in New York ?" "Well," said the Yankee, "if they behaved themselves nothing would be done ; but if they didn't behave, they'd be clapped into the station houses, and sent over to the Island' to pick oakum." The Grandee walked Spanish. Mr. Rotten, the antiquarian bookseller, announces a " Dictionary of Modern Slang, Cant, and Vulgar Words used at the present day in the Streets of the City of Lon don, the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, the Houses of Parliament, the dens of St. Giles's, and the palaces of St. James's ; " to be preceded by a History of Cant and Vulgar Language from the time of, Henry VIII., showing its con . nection with the Gipsy tongue. A Gouunx AGE.--" My son," said a philosophical old gentleman, •" When draymen take the temperance pledge and the police refuse bribes, when an omnibus half empty goes the same pace as a full one, when the laws of private property extend to umbrellas, and when a bachelor in lodgings finds a shirt without a button off, then thou mayst chance to find a wife who will not object to travel without eight-and-twenty packages, and who will show herself possessed of such angelic self-denial as even to refuse thine offer of a dress, simply because she thinks that she doesn't need it." _ .. • • .. . , Mr. — and Mrs. T. German Reed resumed their entertain ment at the Royal Gallery of Illustration last evening (Monday), after an absence from London of twelve months, during which period they have made a successful tour in the provinces. The " Popular Illustrations," with which the public are already familiar. are now replaced by an entirely new . series, entitled " The County Assizes," and •.:, • "Sea-side Sketches," with new:scenery and illustrations by Messrs. Grieve and Telbin, whose previous efforts, under w, similar circumstances, have been been quite sufficient to -.1 show that they cannot fail to lend an additional grace to:;-: .that which will doubtless he intrinsically good. HASTE TO Tau Fund—Yesterday, in the Sheriff's Court, ..,i London, before Mr. Kerr, an action was brought against , the Society for the Protectiou of Fire and Life, of which .::. defendant is one of the acting committee. Mr. W. B. Davies appeared for the plaintiff. This was a running ~: down case, and plaintiff . and a witness avowed that one of the society's fire-escapes was driving down Trafalgar-square at the rate of ten miles an hour, and the person in charge having lost control over it, was unable to stop it from running into plaintiff's van and damaging it For the defence the fire-escape conductor and a police-constable said the escape. was proceeding to a fire in Oxford. street_ Plaintiff was.galloping round the corner of Trafalgar-square , and had ho kept near to . the kerb the accident would not have happened. His Honour said that no evidence had been adduced to show negligence on the part of the defendant, without which plaintiff could n ot . rrcover. Added to this, it had been sworn that plaintiff was galloping round the corner, and thus contribnted to his own damage. It was a sad thing to see such reckless drivi ng , and of b being gone knocked ecould downgoby something ga through. setheisitreetsu without th n outdanger round a t in a Sunday ti n 0 in morning the Bishop' of I L 'O n n 1 corner. Verdict for defend ant. St. Patirti Cathedral. Full choral service was p erfor med, the prayers being rea d by the Rev. Ric hard Shutte, M. A o Ni do O N, ° le ß ld Pi a ll general Ti°N - C;r ° d l ‘Le rector of High Halden. and the lessons read by the Rev. B. Morgan Cowie, B.D. rector of St. Lawrence Jewry. The sermon mi!, preached by the Rev. C. J. Phipps Eyre, M.A., rector of St. Maryle bone, who selected for his text the second • chapter of St. Paul's First Epistle to the Thessalonians, verse 4—" But as we were allowed of God to be put ' ,n trust with the Gospel, even so we ' speak, not as please ag men, but God which trieth our hearts." - He spoke at some length ou the influence of the Divine life in the 5.,, , . at of man, and thet . duty on the part of the clergy of prear' . the Gospel, beiree: answerable, as they were, for the a 'ling of the souls 0'1 7. . : 1 men. Their testimony should i dalvation ar I decisive, ands ' unchangeable—determined lid Je bold, t c i : 1 tnat they would never glory save in the cro - -e the Apots. Se pressed upon the consideration of thos' es of Ch o rls be ordained the holy resolutions of the An ,e about t a s principles for their guidance in their min' ,ostle Paul,• r, and warned them agaiest the danger of ,--: „eiterial caieleiilesophies of men with the sing up the p of censure of sacred truss ~i ile spoke in terms • ••• . the icy. ~ e ur ipture. - the carelessness which • ' 45 O l ,of displayedulpit, and the message of I to' tor-malism in delivering . 'rre then • , m any Clc • • , T.l T e twill, proceeded with the ordinate)n i salvation. yo I service.