The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-12-02 00:00:00

Tau DAY. the 2nd December, at Twelve o'clock, at the Broker's Office. 7, Exchange-chambers, 28 Bales Mexican FIBRE, Dow landing ex Neptune, from New York.—Apply to FRANCIS J. EATON, Broker. Tuts DAT, the 2nd instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the - Brokers' Office, 7, Exchange-chambers, 8 Casks TALLOW OIL, 80 Barrels American SPIRITS TURPENTINE, now landing ex Grecian (s.s.)—App Fß ly to ANCIS J. EATON, Broker, 'Tuts DAY, the '2nd December, at Half-past One o'clock, at the Commercial Saleroom, Temple-court, 330 Firkins Cork Pickled BUTL ER, lying in Bristow's cellar, North John-street.—Apply to John Bristow, Esq., Merchant; or to WM. GARDNER & CO., Brokers. Tars DAY, the 2nd December, at Twelve o'clock, at the B ol.era' Office, 2, Dale-street, 301 Bags Bombay SALTPETRE, 700 Bags Bombay LINSEED, 576 Bags Bombay NIGERSEED, 40 Casei COURIES. I 5 Tons COT lON SEED. BROWNE, HUNTER & CO., Brokers Apply to Tuts DAY, the 2nd instant, at Twelve o'clock, at Browne, Hunter and Co.'s Office, 2, Dale street, 700 Bags Bengal 1110 E. BROWNE. HUNTER & CO., Brokers A pply to Commttcfai IAI(6.—CW On. At twelve o'clock, at the broker's office, 7, Exchange chambers, 28 bales Mexican Fibre, 8 casks Tallow Oil, 80 barrels American Spirits Turpeutine.—Francis J. Eaton. At half-past one o'clock, at the commercial saleroom, Temple court, 330 firkins Cork Pickled Butter, and 616 boxes American Cheese.—William Gardner and Co. At twelve o'clock, at the brokers' office, 2, Dale-street, 301 bags Bombay Saltpetre, 700 bags Bombay Linseed, 576 bags Bombay Nigerseed, 40 cases Couries, 15 tons Cotton Seed, and 700 bags Bengal Rice.— Browne, Hunter and Co. At half-paskone o'clock, at the brokers' office, 14,Fenwick street, 159 barrels slightly damaged W. C. Flour.— Lane and Rigby. At twelve o'clock, at 27, Tithebarn-street, 678 salted River Plate Ox and Cow Hides, 140 tons Cattle Bones, and 40 tons Bone Ash—lsaac Hadwen, Jun., and Co. At twelve o'clock, at the broker's office, 269 salted Ox Hides, a quantity Hide Cases, 160 tons Bones, 200 tons Bone Ash, and 40tons Shank Bones—John and Samuel Beckwith. At twelve o'clock at the brokers' office, 400 bags Santos Coffee, and 559 bags Rangoon Rice—T. &H. Littledale and Co. At twelve o'clock, at the brokers' office, 357 bales Jute— Percival, Campbell & Co. At twelve o'clock, at the public saleroom , a quantity Bar, Hoop, and Sheet Iron, 13 bags Nails, 4 crates Earthen ware, 9 casks Hardware, 61) kegs Bicarbonate Soda, &c.—Percival Campbell and Co. At twelve o'clock; at the brokers' office, 16, Exchange buildings, 1,500 bags Arra'an Rice.—J. H. Rayner and Co. At twelve o'clock, at the brokers' office, 10, Water-street, 100 tierces tine Carolina Rice.—Hall and Jones. At twelve o'clock, at the brokers' office, 13, Rumford street, 1,300 bags Necransie Rice, and 1,400 bags Ballam and Moonghy Rice.—Whittaker, Whitehead and Co. At twelve o'clock, at the brokers' office, Lancaster buildings, 700 bags fine new crop Valonia.—James Gordon and Co. At half-past one o'clock, at Golding and Nash's saleroom, Corn Exchange-buildings, Brunswick-street, about 3,200 quarters Turkish Barley.—W. N. Bell. At half-past one o'clock, at the commercial saleroom, Temple-court, 22 boxes S. M. Bacon (boneless). — George BAdenach and Son. Commercial Salt!. THIS DAY. Till! DAY, the 2nd instant, at Half-past One o'clock, at the On account of whom it may concern, Apply to Brokers' Office, 14, Fenwick-street, 159 Barrels Slightly Damaged W. C. FLOUR. LANE & RIGBY, Broilers This DAY, the 2nd instant, at Half-past One o'clock, at the Commercial Sahroom, Teikiple-court, 22 Boxes S. M. BACON (Boneless), ex Kangaroo, from Philadelphia.—Apply to Messrs. Richardson, Btothers and Co., Alerchant,; or to GEORGE BADENACH & SON, Brokers. To-MORROW To.Moaaow. the 3rd instant, at Twelve o'clock, at Shand, Higson and Co.'s Office, 30, Exchange alley North, 084 Bags Bengal MICE, now landing, ex Conqueror from Calcutta, In Prince's Dock. — Apply to SHAND, HIGSON & CO., Brokers. To-monuow, the 3rd instant, at Eleven o'clock, at the Commercial Saleroom, Temple-court, 718 Half-chests Lisbon ORANGES, ex Cintra (s.s.) ; 52 Half-chests Port ORANGES, 163 Bags Port CHFSNUTS, j• ex Douro (5...) $ 7 Cases Oporto EGGS, 52 Half-chests Lisbon ORANGES, ex Vanguard 42 Cases Malaga ORANGES, ex Duero (s.s.); 53 CLsea Ma.aga ORANGES. 50 Boxes NI alaga ORANGES. 14 Cases Malaga Bitter ORANGES, ex Europa ts.e.); 25 boxes Malaga Bitter ORANGES, 135 Cases Messica LEMONS, 305. Boxes Palermo ORANGES, 50 Bags Naples WALNUTS, 50 Bags Sicily WALN UTS, 100 Bags Messina Nirri. to JAMES ADAM. SON & CO.. Brokers THURSDAY BANKRUPT'S AND OTHER PROPERTY On THURSDAY next, the 4th instant, at One o'clock, at Christopher Bushell and Co.'s Office, Royal Insurance-buildings, North John street, Liverpool, The following WINES and SPIRITS, in wood and bottle, being chiefly the stock of Messrs. Walker and Knight, Wine Mer chants. Chester, sold by order of the Assignees; and of the late firm of Messrs. Unwin and Son, Liverpool, sold to close Partnership accounts, viz.:- 70 Pipes anl 70 Hogsheads of PORT WINES, of various ages, in Bond; shipped by Quarles, Harris and Co., and others. 10 Butts, 30 Hogsheads, and 10 Quarter-casks of SHERRY, shipped by P. Domecq and others. 60 Pipes WHI E 20 Hogsheads and 16 Quarter-casks MADEIRA (direct, and West I dia.) I Butt, 5 Hhds., and 10 Quarter casks Lisbon, sweet and dry. 10 Hogsheads of MARSALi. . 150 Cases of CHAMPAGNE, in quarts and pints; shipped by Moet," " Perrier Jouet" and Co., and others. 25 Hogsheads and 25 Barrels BRANDY, shipped by Hennessey and others. 6 Puncheons Jamaica RUM. Together with smaller parcels of Claret, Red Lisbon, Benicarlo, and sundry otker Wines. samples and catalogues will be ready at the Broker's Office, This Day (Tuesday), the 2nd instant. CHRISTOPHER BUSHELL & CO., Brokers. Ort THURSDAY next, the 4th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Broker.' Offiae, 13, Exchange-buildings, 1721 Bags Bengal RICE, 364 Bags Bengal RAPESEED, 69 Bags Bengal LINSEED, now landing, cx Conqueror from Calcutta, west side Prince's dock. Apply to T. & H. LITFLEDALE &CO., Brokers. On THURSDAY next, the 4th inst .nt, at Twelve o'cicck, at the Broker? Office, 7, Exchenge-chambers, 682 Bogs RAPESEED, now landing, ex Matilda Wa!tenbach, from Calcutta.—Apply to FitANCIS J EA roN, Broker. FRIDAY On FRIDAY next, the sth inst., at Twelve o'clock, at the Broker's office, 7, Exchange.chaxbers, SO Toas LINSEED CAKE (Earles and Carter's make ) . Apply to _ FRANCIS J. EATON, Broker. On FaIDAT next, the sth inst., at Twelve o'clock, at the Broker's office, 7, Exchange.chambers, 630 Begs SALTPETRE, now landing ex Conqueror, trom Calcutta. —Apply to FRANCIS J. EATON, Broker. la* TENT ASPIIA.LTE ROOFING FELT.— jE A cheap, durable, and perfectly Waterproof ROofing, one Penny per squ.re foot. W. W. POWELL, Office and Warehouse-8, CRIME STREET T HIS DAY, R. J. NODDER Will respectfully offer his Selection of Parisian and English RIDING and WALKING HATS, BONNET-1, and CAPS, with every description of Trimmings, Feathers, Laces, &c., of the most fashionable and tasteful kind. 81, CHURCH STREET IR - THE NORTHERN' TIMES WILL BE A DOUBLE SHEET TO-MORROW. Olartlitru iTurieo TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1856 THE DAY'S NEWS . Intelligence from nearly every quarter of the globe ha s come t o h an d since the publication of yesterday's N ORTH E R N TIMES This, with the localincidents of the day, and the general domestic news, enable us to present our readers this morn ina w ith a paper, the contents of which are un- nsuall nteresting to regard the frequent deliberations of ibinet Council assembled, as an re paration for the approaching tneat, we must cert a i n l y adm i t t h at i sa t work in real earnest just rday there wasanother p rotracte d Bitting of the Cabinet. Th e frequency of these poli meetings begins to arrest the attention of tieians, and the frequenters of the We st End ehibg; and, as we have already stated, they are regarded by some as the sure and certain eviden ce of a want of unanimity amongst Ministers. We have heard sty of Wea End rumours within the last day Minis evidence PICEI4IOII 01 L6rd Palmerst now On Sa varlet - - -: - --- - ----- r-- -. or two. The most probable of the reports to which we allude is the prospect of the Government being strengthened in tue higher offines before the session has far advanced. Both Loi d Panmure and the Earl of flarrowby will, it is said, retire, and, in some quarters it is stated that the first Lord of the Admiralty is likely to tender his resignation— a peerage being the reward of his self-sacrifice. To supply the place of the foregoing, several names are put forward; including the Duke of Newcastle, the Duke of Somerset, Mr. Sydney Herbert, Lord Dalhousie, and some say Lord John Russell. If we are to judge of recent events, we should say that the appointment of the Duke of Newcastle to the Lord Lieutenancy of Nottingham, and the more recent one of the Earl of St. German's to that of Cornwall, is an unmistakeable proof of the existence of a good feeling between the Premier and some of the leading Peelites. But it is confidently stated that this cordial understanding does not extend to Mr Gladstone or Sir James Graham ; the former, it is said, is regarded as belonging to the opposition ranks, whilst no reliance can be placed in the Right Hon. Baronet the member for Carlisle. A reference to this subject reminds us that the new Attorney General, Sir Richard Bethell, has been down to Aylesbitry, for the purpose of inducing the electors of that borough to re-elect him, Sir 11,Lhard promises a variety of measures connected with Law Reform, and if he can but bring to a successful issue one half of what he stated, he will undoubtedly merit, and justly too, the appelation of a great man. In his speech on Saturday he told the electors of Ayles bury that the war with Russia had been waged for the liberties. of mankind. We are sorry to see that, although promising much in the way of Law Reform, and the adoption of a remedy for great commercial frauds, he was silent upon the question of an extension of the suffrage, and other kindred topics. This may be taken to mean that Lord Palmerston is not yet prepared to propose a new Reform Bill. We see it bruited abroad that there is to be some kind of change with regard to the conveyance of the Australian Mails, to and froth Melbourne. The sum total of the alteration being, that Messrs. APlver and Comcany, are to carry passengers, mails, and specie, between England and Alexan dria, and between Malta and Marseilles; placing some of their transatlantic steamers on the route. The steamers, it is said, are to sail from Liverpool, and call at Southampton for the mails, specie, and passengers ; from which port they are to proceed to Alexandria direct, and, according to the- new arrangement, the entire distance between South ampton and Melbourne is to be completed in 55 days. We believe that some of the reports in cir culation are as yet but mere conjectures. Be this as it may, we cannot but regard the fact of the Cunard steamers sailing from Liverpool, and call ing at Southampton for mails and passengers, as a most unnecessary and unreasonable arrangement Liverpool should be the port of departure and arrival for the Australian malls ; besides, we con tend that, at the present moment, Messrs M'lver and Co are in a position to carry the mails between Liverpool and Melbourne, delivering them in both places within forty-three days from the hour of their embarkation, if they would only adopt the Panama tonte - : — We shall Watch the final settle ment of the proposed change, as it is one of vital importance to Liverpool and the manufacturing districts, as well as to the commercial public of Scotland and Ireland. The King of Prussia has opened the Diet in person, and delivered a short but significant speech, which, from its tone and tenor on the disputed question of Neufchatel, is satisfactory. He desires the settlement of the matter, not by force of arms, but by negotiation, through the great powers, reserving to Prussia, in case that desire is frustrated, the right to have recourse to belligerent means. The sentiments of the King were loudly cheered by the Lantag. The Prussian Ambassador to Switzerland has returned, and in consequence of the decree of the Federal Council respecting the release of the Neufchatel prisoners, there has been an end, for the present, of any direct negotiation between Prussia and Switzerland. Our advises from the East represent Russian troops as being on the move :towards the Black Sea, and which, if true, is a matter of some importance under present circumstances. At the same time, it is suisfactory to know that Admiral Lyons's fleet is in the Black Sea in full force. From Belgium we learn that the oppositiol party had been defeated on their amendment t, the ad - tress, by a majority of nearly two to one. The result of this &feat, which had reference to the Education question, will, it is said, preclude the professors of Belgian Universities from attack ing existing and acknowledged creeds. We give in other columns a variety of the latest intelligence f other parts of rom France, Austria, Prussia, and ' the Continent of Europe, to which er our readers The West India mail brings but little news of importance, but among her letters are some from Mexico, which place continues in an unsettled and disturbed state, almost bordering upon a revolu tionary condition. There is not any intelligence respecting the British expedition to that Republic. From Chili we learn that the attention of the Government and the people was occupied with the religious question previously noticed, and having its origin in a dispute between the Vicar and the Prelates Menses and. Soles. The Government had determined to repeal the duties on the exportation of copper should the fall in prices in England prove permanent, and effect that important branch of industry. The harvest proved to be an abundant one. In Peru revolutionary movements continued, and the Government did not•feel itself secure. All was quiet at Bolivia. The difficulties respecting the Quina contract with Huize & Case had been satisfactorily arranged. The intelligence by the Overland Mail is given elsewhere. - It does not appear that the Persian expedition finds much favour with the people of India. Matters in China are in a rather unsatis.• factory state; and it is said that Sir John Bowring must so arrange as to compel the citizens of Canton to open their gates and give free accese to the British residents A telegraphic despatch, dated Naples, December 1, has just reached us It informs us that Baron Bentrenga was at the head of the insurrection in Sicily, at Cefalta, near Palermo, and that the emute had not been effectually quelled. The Paris Funds closed last evening at 65f. 25c.' for the Three per Cents, and 92f. 50c. for the Four mid a Half per Cents. • The local news of the day is rather varied and interesting The monthly - meeting of the Chamber of Commerce was held .yesterday, and also a meet ing of the Liverpool shareholders of the Luxem bourg Railway, when Mr. B loe, the agent of :the line, laid before the shareholders a very gratifying statement of the present state • and future pros• pects of the undertaking, which gave much satis. faction. Io yesterday's NORTHERN TIMES we alluded to the loss of the steamer Lyonnais, froin New York to Havre, and the probable destructiOn of a large number of human lives. It will be in the recollec tion of our readers that, on the arrival of the Neptune, from New York, .on the 25th ult, the captain, Peabody, of that ship, reported falling in with a boat, out of which he took the chronometers, spy-glass, &c., on the Bth ult., in lat. 41, lon. 65. These, it is said, mere belonging to the Lyonnais; if so, the unfortunate beings who were in the boat must have perished. Still, it is somewhat singular that the articles in question were in the boat, as set forth in Captain Peabod,N's report. The shareholders of the Eastern Counties Rail way held a meeting at the London TaYern, yester day afternoon, to receive the result of the poll for the election of a director, in the room of Mr. Waddington, M.P , resigned. The. numbers were —For Mr. Love, 28,473 votes, representing stock to the amount of £1,686,810; for Mr. Malins, 26,498 votes, representing stock worth £1,297,670, tints placing Mr. Love in a majority of 2,375 votes. Mr. Love *as then declared duly elected, after which the meeting separated. LAST week's reports of the proceedings in the Superior Courts of Law supply us with two very remarkable illustrations—first, with regard to the ; ri - 1 T t ot , Li, ._ cruel sham of unlimited liability in Joint-Stock Banks ; and, secondly T with respeet to the extraordi nary powers which the Bar claim for themselves in dealing with the property of their clients. In a struggle of creditors to obtain justice, a conten tion takes place between the officers of the Courts of Chancery and Bankruptcy, and of this fierce battle the Vice-Chancellor does not hesitate to speak before the world in the most candid manner. " The practical struggle was " said the learned judge, " who should get the per centage on this " vast fund." The large sum alluded to is the amount paid into court for the benefit of creditors, and, strange to say, that the expenses of the litiga tion carried on between the Court of Chancery and the officials of the Court of Bankruptcy were made costs in the cause ! The creditors are made to pay the whole of the expenses attending on the effDrts of the officers of two rival courts, to get their hands on the per centage of the wreck left after the failure of a bank, which has, in all likelihood, brought hundreds to beggary. The mercantile world should weigh these disclosures with more than ordinary seriousness, They should ask themselves a few simple questions. " 'What is " the use of driving an insolvent concern into the " Court of Bankruptcy ? Why prosecute share " holders and debtors, and make them pay up at " any sacrifice - ?" It is only supplying vast funds to be swallowed up by placemen and lawyers. When the debtor and creditor have settled all their differences, the courts to whom you fly for succour, can squabble about their jurisdiction and sweep away the money of the needy creditors. The man of business who resorts to such a sys tem barely deserves the paltry d vidend left, after the great legal farce has been enacted. He goes forth to crush all who come before him as debtors, to put money into the pockets of those who will be paid as no other class of men are. He works, in fact, for the courts and their servants, and not for creditors, and we cannot be surprised when we learn that the VICE-CHANCELLOR'S candid con fession produced " great laughter" at the expense of the few who are silly enough to suppose that they will receive a respectable dividend from the " vast fund " paid into court in the case of the Royal British Bank. The innocent contributors to that fund may have been left houseless in making good the calls made upon them. The creditors must have advanced money to carry on the proceedings against the shareholders and other debtors. NVhat will it all end in ? Some re ceiver or official assignee will make a fortune. But what will the bona fide creditor get for the money advanced, and his original claim ? We are a law-loving people. Our fine sense of jus tice often over-rides our necessities, and makes us embark in what our experience shows us promises only a doubtful return to the principals in a cause. Still, we rush into it. We see that our courts were designed to inflict the utmost amount of '.njury on both debtor and creditor, and yet we go on cutting and thrusting with their two-edged swords without looking at what we are really about. Economising the means of those who owe money is the first duty of those who hope to get their own. Creditors go to Courts of Equity for this purpose, and when they have been so fortun ate as to raise a " vast fund," those very tribunals go to law among themselves, and the " practical struggle" is all about large per centages ; and the result is, that the creditor is laughed at when the thoughts of the parties, really interested in the estate, flashes across the mind of the crowd who hear the judge's remarks. There is some reform needed here. The jurisprudence of the country is but very little adapted to the present time ; nor can we expect much from the patronaff ° e-creating spirit of the Legislature of the day. The com mercial public must find within themselves some practical remedy for the injustice to which both the debtor and creditor interest are exposed in the superior courts. Law should secure all parties justice, and cannot much longer be suffered to remain the engine of injustice that it is. The cost of obtaining the protection of the statutes of the realm must be cut down, and the Bar must not be suffered to exercise the power of judges, juries, advocates, attornies, and clients. The case of SWINFEN v. SWINFEN, which was recently heard in the Court of Common Pleas, must have amazed our readers. This action was heard at Stafford, and was an issue out of Chancery to try the validity of a will. At the trial a compromise, it was alleged, was come to, and the plaintiff refused to fulfil the terms proposed. The court had held that counsel had a right to compro mise his client's case, and an attachment had actually been obtained against the plaintiff—a woman—for not carrying out the terms said to have been agreed upon. The property at stake was worth £65,000, and the compromise was to give the plaintiff an annuity worth only £lO,OOO. Sir F. THESIGER, Mr. ALEXANDER, Q.C., Mr. WHITMORE, and Mr. GRAY, were the counsel for the defendant in the former suit, and the three last-named gentlemen were, according to their affidavits, present when the compromise took place. We need not travel into the whole cause, however, to show the danger to the public from the system which the courts uphold. Sir F. THESIGER conducted this case for the defendant, Mrs. SWINFEN, and the reasons he as'igns for entering into the compromise are, that he could do no better for her—that he had heard something " in a high quarter," and that the case was likely to go against her. Now, the queStion to be considered is—had counsel a right, knowing all this to be true, to entertain an offer of a compromise at all ? When a plaintiff begins to shake, in any degree, the natural conclu sion men come to is—that he has no case. Any such exhibition of weakness on the opposite side ought . to have inspired Sir F. THESIGER with increased courage. But it did not; for he accepted an annuity, in his client's name, and in direct opposition to her desire, as she and her witnesses aver. " Mrs. SWINFEN declined," said her coun sel, " to make the bargain urged upon her, because " if the will were invalid, as suggested by Sir F. " THESIGER, it would be a conspiracy to defraud " Captain SWINFEN. She only wanted her own, "and would not accept a bargain on any such " terms. Having said this, Sir F. THESIGER " treacherously went and made a bargain behind " her back, and now they sought to commit her, " and not the man who had betrayed her. It " would be a shock to the public sentiment of the " whole country to do so. It could not be done. " The ATTORNEY-GENERAL had said, on moving " for the rule, that it was reasonable and conve " nient that counsel should be able to make such " arrangements ; but it could not be done. Such " an agreement might be good at Constantinople, " but not in this country, where we proceeded by " forms of law." It is to be hoped the decision of the Bench will prove that the learned counsel is right, and that such things cannot be done in England. Making client's parties to " a conspiracy to defraud" is not a desirable course to pursue, for, as the counsel for Mrs. SwiNFEN observed, " If " the principle were established that counsel were " agents, it would be impossible for a client to " trust counsel without being at his elbow, If " counsel could so act, he did not hesitate to say " they were the most powerful people in the " country." He next asks, " was Sir F. THESI. TBIES.---LIVERPOOL, (}Res-conduct right ? He sent for the attorney, " and-could - not prevail -on -him-, and he sent• for " Mrs. SWINFEN, a lady, and urges her, in the " presence of three counsel, who now came to make " affidavits against her. Shame on them (said " the learned counsel), I say ; and they don't " deserve to have any briefs again." The country will freely acknowledge the truth of Mr. KEN NEDY'S remarks on behalf of his client. We can not, however, pretend to do more at present, than direct the earnest attention of the whole commu nity to this most remarkable affair, and the course the bench may adopt when dealing with what appears to be far more anomalous, if any thing, than the proceedings going on in chancery and bankruptcy, in a case where irreparable mis chief has been done to a wide circle of society, and where the creditors' interest is laughed at for its love of law and extraordinary credulity. Mr. JEFFEItY'S return to the Town Council was a great Reform triumph, and we are not surprised to find that the Electors of Lime-street Ward arc about to celebrate their victory in a grand Reform banquet. The grief of the discomtitted Phillis t nes, who weep over the defeat of their can didate, may be very seriously augmented by the Joyfulness which they see iu the camp of the vic tors; but they must prepare themselves for still more signal reverses, and far more gageous dis plays of Reform, earnestness. When we put down corruption there will be no prodigal party—no ex treme faction. Once the Corporation has been purified, the Borough will be liberal, but consistent. We shall have a united popular voice, and the im portance of Liverpool will make itself felt in the State. We shall no longer be a nullity in the le gislature, or classed among the dumb consti tuencies of the realm. We shall have men coming forward to represent us in Parliament and the Coun cil Chamber who are, in every waY, qualified for those important offices. We want men of integrity and business in the Corporation, and statesmen to look after our interests in the House of Commons. For these men we must look to the Reform ranks ; for where are they on the opposite side ? The Tories or prodigals of the present day are not what they were a few years back. Their former leaders excited the admiration of their most determined opponents, by the boldness of their views; but those whom they now profess to follow, draw down upon them the contempt of the world, by their solemn mockery of statesman ship; and, to encourage the tag-rag of this party, in a large commercial emporium like Liverpool, is really most absurd. There can be no party in this country without a recognised policy and a leader, and we should like very much to hear from those who are not Reformers, what they really are—what their policy is—and who are their statesmen. There is no use in Mr. C. TURNER'S looking towards Knowsley, or Mr. HoßsraLL's pointing to the parish church steeple. Mr. S. HOLME, trembling fur the prestige of both, looks to something more promising, and will endeavour to keep the scattered tribe together by the use of patronage, giving away good things, and holding out still larger hopes. The Dock Committee will do their best, the MAYOR will help them, and Mr. JOHN BUCK LLOYD will exert himself to the uttermost without. But all this will not suffice. The Borough Accounts will still tell the same tale. There will be no lino of policy propounded—no leader on the stage. The farce will lose its attraction, like our coining Pantomime, as soon as the season is : over, and it is rapidly thawing to a close with our prodigals. They are up and doing already for next November. They will win all next year. Delusive hope ! They will have a banquet. Had they not better go to the feast which is prepared this year ? It does not do to be over sanguine, particularly in these hard times. They would rather rely on the great headless, voiceless, peutrid remains of Toryism, and the fat offerings of Corporate extravagance and corruption. Let them have their choice ; but the Reformers should remember that the Municipal Reform Act has given them a power which must be removed before any pratical relief can be obtained. As long as they can pitchfork any one they please into the Council to tax the Burgesses, they will always have an irresistable ma jority in favour of jobbery. It is the law then that must be reformed. That portion of the Municipal Reform Act which gives Corporations the power of inflicting on the municipalities of England taxation, without representation, must be repealed. It is art outrage on the fundamental principles of the Constitution, and to this subject the Corporate Reformers of Liverpool must give their immediate attention. There would be no wholesale jobbery going on in this Borough, with the sanction of a large majority of the Council, if it were not for the defects of the Municipal Reform Act. Attack that act, and remove from the statute book the iniquity of which the Burgesses com plain, and there will be no more Liverpool Tories, and, as a natural sequence, no more jobbery. Architects, and other professional men, would not be so anxious to obtain seats in a deliberative assembly, which ought to be employed about the current business of the town, and nothing more. It is the province" "of the public to suggest the imProvements and embellish_ manta they wish to bequeath to posterity The Council are not elected for the purpose of devising schemes and thrusting them down our throats at their own prices and as they please. What should we say to the Houses of Parliament if they were to concoct railway, town improvement, dock, water, and gas schemes, and force them on the country? They very properly leave those mat ters to be brought before them by the parties seeking to be benefitted. They are not conclaves of originators and rate-makers at the same time, and it was never intended that Municipal Councils should be incessantly scheming. There is no end to the inventive genius of a cor poration. Mr. S. HOLME, and a few others we could name, could design irnpeovemen is for all England. They have no modesty about waiting to be asked for the blessings they would confer on the public. " Lay down the idea and ask for the money" is the course they recommend. But what should we say if the Imperial Parliament proceeded on that principle? The legislature never inter. fere with what ought to be left to private judg ment and enterprise, and why should local bodies be allowed to do so. Private enterprise has provided the three kingdoms with railways and every other port with docks except Liverpool. It has carried out all the improvements which have taken place in London, and every other large town except this- jobbing Borough. It has supplied water, canals, steamboats, and every thing else that has been required, where there was money to pay for the undertaking. The Town Council of Liver pool may, therefore, leavL all they volunteer to rUESDA Copy of Memorial to the Town Council. And your Memorialists will ever sing, do to the same active spirit. But the first evil the Reformers have to grapple with is the election of Aldermen. While the Corporation retain the right of making Aldermen from the non-elected mob, the Ratepayers will have no control over that body; and, as the Borough expects much from the Reform party, we hope to hear that they intend to devise some practical remedy for that glaring evil. Still, should the subject not be mooted at the banquet, we do not despair of its being taken up by some of the leading members of Lime-street Ward, and in time to prevent the repetition of the scene enacted in the Council Chamber on the 9th of November last. OUR attention has been called to . the following Memorial which was addressed to Ihe Council some weeks ago by the Liverpool Festival Choral Society, in reference to the charges at present existing for the use of St. George's-hall Showeth—That your Memorialists engaged St. George's Hall in September last for a concert : That the amount charged to your memorialists for the use of the Hall for one night and for a rehearsal amounted to £33 15s : That a charge of £5 5s was included in this sum for a rehearsal, and a further sum of .E. 2 53 for gas, & your memorialists, considering such a charge for a re hearsal to be very unusual, made enquiries from the Town Clerk, Birmingham, as to the charge made for the Town Hall there, and particularly as to whether any, and what charge, was made for a rehearsal, and your memorialists were informed in reply, that the sum charged to an inha bitant for the use of the Hall per night was Ten Pounds, and that a further sum of about Three Pounds covered the expenses of lighting, fires, and cleaning. And your memo rialists were further informed that the use of the Hall might be had for a rehearsal (if disengaged) without any extra charge. That the difference in favour of the Town Hall, Birmingham, appears to be upwards of per night. That your memorialists submitted these facts to the Law Courts Committee, and requested them to con sider whether the charges here could not be revised, but more• especially as to whether the charge made for a rehearsal could not be abolished, but they were informed that the committee had no power, as the charges were fixed by the council. Your memorialists, therefore, respectfully submit these premises for your consideration, and pray that you will be pleased to give such instructions to the Law Courts' Committee as will .enable them to comply with your memorialists' request.) Signed on behalf of the Liverpool Festival Choral Society. To the Mayor, Aldermen, and Couneil, } of the Borough of Liverpool. This memorial has been referred by the Council to the St. George's ball Committee, and there no doubt the matter ends for the present. But it is beginning to be generally felt that the Counc . il will have before long to revise the estab lished scale of charg( s. That scale was adopted as an experiment, and now that the experiment has palpably failed, at least as far as regards some of the most important results it was expected to p'roduee, it cannot reflect in the least upon the wisdom, or touch the dignity of the Committee to make a second trial upon a different scale. We scarcely anticipate that any one will deny the failure in a very great degree of the original experiment. The Hall was never opened as a merely mercantile speculation, having for its sole object to draw the largest pos sible amount of money from any source that would pay. One great and important, if not indeed the greatest and most important, object with which this Hall was founded, was that it should be a popular institution to place the sources of enjoyment and mental elevation within the reach of that vast class who are wholly dependant upon public institutions for such advantages. The Council, however, determined wisely in the first instance, not to become providers of public amuse ments, except in the instance of the ordinary organ performances, but to kayo the arran4ement of amusements to public enterprise. Accordingly the capabilities of the Hall for great popular con certs have been tested, and found eminently suc cessful. The people have shown that they appre ciated the value of the great institution thus thrown open to them, and have crowded to take advantage of it. But it has been also ascertained at the same time, that popular concerts, at any reasonable price, cannot possibly be continued in the Hall, for the plain reason that the scale of charges for the use of the building prevents any performances, although attended by an audience crowding every foot of space, from covering its own expenses This, it is well known, was the cause which led to the discontinuance of the spirited attempt recently made to establish in" St. George's Hall, great popular Saturday Evening Concerts. - This is the cause which prevents any similar attempt from being made by others, although the St. George's Hall Committee are well aware that, when the first of these concerts had taken place, Many competing applications were made for the use of the Hall for similar purposes. This cause, too, operates even against performances of a more expen sive, and elaborate character, such as those of the Festival Choral Society. We need not dwell upon the arguments and examples to which the Society, in their memorial, have alluded, or the very many others to which—wisely confining themselves to their own immediate portion of the question—they have made no allusion This fact is perfectly evident, that none but high-priced concerts can take place in St. George's Hall, while the charges continue as at present. In other words, the great bulk of the people can have no share in the enjoyment of as institution, in the cost of whose erection and maintenance they have neces sarily to bear some share. The organ perform ances can hardly be termed popular entertainments. Only ears having some scientific and cultivated powers can be long kept attentive by organ s , los, however skilfully executed. The Council may remember the sensible and truthful remarks of Mr. ROBERTSON GLADSTONE on this point, when the question was under discussion, and the predictions ho then uttered are becoming more evident) , realised day after day. It is not a rash affirmation to declare that, after a time, even high - priced concerts will became rare in St. George's Hall. This, however, is scarcely material to our present subj yet. We would only call the attention of the Council at present to the fact that, while the charges remain as at present; no popular performances can be sustained in the hall, and that this is a sufficient reason for a revision and reduction of the charges. This insti tution is not to be dealt with as the Philharmonic, for instance, where the benefit of the shareholders to be derived from the rents obtained is the prin cipal object. It is an institution built by the funds of the public, and of which the advantages should be placed within the reach of all classes of the public. That the original experiment has unquestionably failed to attain this object, is a sufficient argument for an attempt on an altered scale It need scarcely be pointed out that by the present organ performances, the profits on which are calculated uithout - deducting the rent of the , Hall, the Corporate fund actually loseB inßtead of gaining, as compared with the rent, upon even a much diminished scale, of a series of concert per formances. We have only dwelt upon the one main question, which, we believe, is in itself of such importance, that it ought to be allowed to decide the matter. _ . _ Since writing the above, we are gratified to observe that a notice has been placed upon the books of the Council by Mr. Alderman Pan, ICER, to the effect that the charge for the Hall be reduced to 201., and that of the small Concert•r'om in Pro' portion, with power to the committee to make 9 further reduction, in the event of the Hall being taken for a series of Concerts exceeding two• We sincerely hope that this reasonable proposal m ay be adopted MON AND COM NIP: VIAL LIVERPOOL, MONDAY EVENING. There is rather more animation in the Cotton f market. The sales to-day reached 7,000 bales, of which speculators and exporters took 500. price s generally were fully supported. There is a steady enquiry for all deseliptions 0 Railway property, and prices are well maintained' the transactions to-day embraced Caledonian, 2 1" Chester and Holyhead, 191 Eastern Counties, 9#. Lancashire and Yoll& - iire, 971. &, 97 ' East Lancashire 21/ London and North Weste rn, 108, 51,Manchester. Sheffield and Lincoln, 33,1„ , idland, t. 2e, 2 , 4,1 South Eastern and Dover, 2'2/, .1, I-, I, 1„ 1:: Dat e r Rhenish, 1 5-16. Grand Trunk of Canada, I L, 9 ° Great Western of Canada, 241,-. Do. New, 2 2ye Luxembourg Constituted, 10' e. Borough Bank Liverpool, 12k. The market closed quiet at sliguv,, easier rates. The last quotation s m a r k e d O r ' the following:—Aberdeen, 121 121. Bl ac kburn' 7 7-16 71. Chester and Birkenhead, 101 17 Caled nian, 29 7-16 29 9-16. Chester and Hol% 19 , 1 198. Eastern Counties, 91 n. East Lancashire , 2 " xn 21./ Great Northern ; 226 231. Ditto A Sbure s d 9/ 9-1. Great Westerr, 691 691 Lancashire Yorkshire Stock, 97 971 Liverpool, Crosby , 9 ' 11 , 3 Southport, 18-e 182, London and North Nest er Stock, 1051 106 Manchester, Sheffield, and,." in t - h coin, 35N 352. Midland Stock, 82k 821% 1 '1,4 British, °a 9 11-16. North Staffordshire, 5 1.,7 r k, South Eastern and Dover, 2'l, 22 3.16. . T ., - a Newcastle, .and Berwick, 211 21g. York North Midland, 301 30/ Leeds Capital Stu b, 18 8 19. Buffalo and L a k e Huron, Op. Pli o - 4# Rhenish, 11 lt-p. Great Western of Canada , 244. Do. New Shares, 21- 2p. Great Lu se ' ; bourg, 10-1 The gross receipts of the eight ra il wa ys hati g , their termini in the metropolis amoun o t ' s / ; Ix the week ending November 22, to 173, 1 " to and for the corresponding week of last yea The 168,085/—showing an increase of 5,053/. ‘ , O receipts of the other lines in the United Kingr o g amounted to 239.5101; and for the correspou ul o f period of 1855 to 227,1861—showing an increl e a 12,3241 in the receipts of these li nes , w hich, ° d u o to the increase on the metropolitan lines, 1339 t ba the total increase 17,3771, 'a s com p ar ed NN'i l, " . ., t. of corresponding period of 1855. The amoir i - gt railway calls falling due in December is I, 4Bl '; ae d The total calls for the present year are thus h a nd to 12,738,9781, against 15,578,3211 . i n 1855' - . . 13,171,6421. in 1854. eg n Money has been in b r i s k d eman d to-daY, ia'a%ssion to the preparations f or mee ti ng bills paY e '; - has the 4 - 1 instant, when the the Conan! Accoun t or L likewise to be arranged. During the next ' i - s ecl three days, therefore, there is lik e ly t o be inc l. % ia stringency. In all eases the minimum ebaNret fully paid, except where the paper is, of a verYaded rate character, when 6a or 6: 1 4 per eent is t letran a la We continue to la me aerate supplies e` from America, notwithstanding the unfave t a 'iso, position of the exchange, and from Mexie ° ' ;hese there are remittances to a. fair extent. Fretn , i t his two places about £420 000 hes been announ ce " eat morning, and it is expe c t e d t h at a b o ut the °nd Mexican packet w ill b r i ng b etween 2,000,000 9 at 3,000,000 of dollars in specie. On S a turdaY, a el lat £35,000 wa s t a k en f rom t h e b an k i n bar g° l 7.' t he transmission to the Continent, on accotillt the silver lately purchased for India and China , _ L ai amount of which to be dispatched by the nest ta is estimated at about XBOO,OOO (10 The Consol Market has been very quiet to doe most parties being engaged in making prel )3 . l.a a l for the settlement of the account, which, aar i ''' a rle recent extensive operations, will be rather W e d, ant. Contangoes are still quoted at Per jeer' but owing to the confid en t f ee ling now P re- ebli e this change does not exercise any effect, the P ie for paying it without any reluctance. Co l ° a fter Money opened thi s morn i ng a t 941, wards realised 94 5.16 an d 941 They r e ,, n -g O4O steady all day, c l os i ng a t 941 ; e re g v For the January Acc o u n t th e quo tations , a - 1 4 e 1a to 951, but few sales were reported 913- Three per Cents were done a t 931 t° 93 „, Exchequer Bills rose to 5a and 6 a premie n:l ie ' e ad° l- : Business was rather brisk to day in the Railway Stock and Share Market, naieesa and Testing much firmness throughout. 1 3 .ar r le a 7h SP; -LN Exeter, East Anglian, South 'Western, ' at as t ,`; tish, and South Wales have advanced ab" 0.013: 108. An active business has been don Th e gal e l Trunk of Canada, at a slight advance - I'', 0 9 „' reported included the following :—Ch`' Holyhead, 39 40. Eastern Counties, 9.1. F 1 , 54 . 71 10, 69 'd and Glasgow, 55-1 Great Western, 694, rn ,'„, 3 se Lancashire and Yorkshire, 974, a, 7. fae ttu soli t ' 4 North Western, 106 a. Midland, .82,-I.,,,,ariae- Eastern, 731 4f. The market closed firm u.i 'se" having rather an upward tendency. aaaellael' The Emigration Commissioners have -- dn d th e for vessels to carry emigrants to Sydney "a - 0 0 .-- g r bourne, to be ready for passengers betteretw 28th and 31st of January, as may be '" determined. 13 core . The London colonial wool sales, wil c ie at ard e .l o i meneed on the 6th inst , terminated on . ov r ip The quantity put up was 52,067 bales °I des e and 10,023 bales of East India and Other. err tions. At the opening an average imPr i ev te acl..elhe ld per lb. was realised, and the upwar u , e9 c 4 e a was maintained throughout, the final Pr ic a aeg ad a principal Australian descriptions sh e ; jaar r iar advance of 24 over those of July ti j a .," a lli fe a at The rates realised for Eaat India and 'weir ° wools were id per lb lower than those ° btO the last Liverpool sales We have received later advices fret e an abie a .oo they do not add much to the teleg a L;aoe s ' f oe patches previously to hand In the 9 _," ea rY P" a b . Shanghai it is stated that the extraer",,,, l vier per of the Carolus dollar, 92 of them e n a i n j a t 36 1 th e tamed for 100 teals of silver, beinff evsatiee t - rit ae; cent. above their intrinsic value, 6 ,1 " a ' a ei ol pawnbrokers, those engaged in the ' OO OO - a hool and, in fact, the chief portion of th e n / Set the community, to petition the Intendant " t e il e dian't• Singkeang to order foreign merchant e w al. a tiog Sycee silver, not dollars, us the eirattla t A l e pre el- • and also to prohibit native dealer s a , dollars other tha n C aro l us. SRO: Of The failure is reporte d o f Mees ra 'rehe n-a lh e Kidd and Co., li cense d crus h ers and 11/ ,, - a ted t. ° •aea Hull. Thei r em b arrassments ar e att"' The lia'alrds recent rise in the price of linseed. an d oP - h ag , of the fi rm are es ti ma t e d a t 'X40.000 "-p a teasa i jer, A telegraphic despatch, from S t ' s till e ° .aes states that the weather had becolne deg li t e go the thermometer (Reaurnur's) shoWitaed to oho, of frost. The winter was thus ee° e, wined o .oo' r fairly set in, and no hope was eate r e lease of the fleet of m erc hant vesse ls ° i 9 by theafire- no htly The grain trade, although sag ~t Alair ate"' price, continues quite inactive. for 9- 9 6 to-day there was very little busine i e for the rt of and the value of all articles rernaine o Th. reP° nominal at last week's curreneY• , _ o der. e a the Belfast market is of a similar 1 ,7.,&r e a te! The Colonial Produce i o nt - ns eff e %eq in London, are quiet. The transactions b 143 to-day have been of a limited charafl.es com a t e ght are supported. . The London tea I be b r°l•l r rS to-morrow, whea a large quantity barea to-re ° ' forward. The sales to come off ta will be found duly notified, in another clv