Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-11-24 00:00:00

~rY~ - . - . • Cantmtniat Saks. ~,_„.. , THIS DAY. IL , s -' Thi ' Day (Tlr.usday,) the-24th Instant, at Twelve o'cloCk. at bnE ,v. - .. : the Brokers' Orifice; 2, Dale-street, 850 Bags Bengal RICE. 11 ' - ' This Day. (Thursday,) 2 1 th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the' . , -.Brokers'.otßec, :16, - Exchange-buildings, • 37 Bales RAGS, . . ex Mary R , ZI.ZeT*O II , from Alexandria. •Opeti for inspection in: - Tower Gardens. Apply to 3lessrs. Rathboae.Brothers, and • Co. Merchants ;or to .T.• H. RA YNER & Brokers. Co.,' • This Day (Thtirsfiay,) 11th instant at the Brokers' Sale-rooms, 13, - Hackin's-hey, and SI, Dale-street, 70 Bales Anstriau AMIY .CLOTH CLIPPINGS, SO Bales Ita ian CLOTH and WOOLLEN RAGS. 120 Bates RAGS. Apply to 4011 L. BOWES ¶tnd BROTHER, Wool B.;.*ers .• On account of .whom it may cuueern. This Day (Thuriday,) the 21th instant, at the Brokers' Office, - • • • 2, Dale-street, •. S. Bales COTTON, • . 37 - Bags DO. ' PICKINGS; A Qoa'itity of Loose DITTO DITTO,- About 6 Cwt. ROPES; • 14 - Bags RAM:SEED, - • - • - ' • • .30 „ Mixed SEED SWEEPINGS, . • ~ . 17 „ Do. Do. and MYRABOLA.M SWEEPINGS,' 6 -„ ' MYILVHOLAM SWEEPINGS, being unclaimed - portion of the cargo es . Glenmarina, frora Bombay; transhipped at St. Thomas per Furst, _Louis Witt genstein, Mollie Metcalf, Montgomery,•and Ganges. For fur, titer particulars apply to .-• . ~ ' • - BROWE N, TIVNTF.II, & CO., Brokers. 1 ; 4 TO-MORROW, To-morrow (Friday,) the 25th histant, at Twelre o'clock, ut the the Broktnl9t9s, IG. Exchange-buildings, 5 Toils CAM WOOD, 1 es liansia laite,'Pying in Nos. 3 and 4,. Albert Dpek Ware houses. Apply to . 14. RAYNER & CO,, Brokers: To-morrow (Friday,) the 24th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the ; ; Broker's Office, 7, Bxelta,uge-chambers, ,-, • 13 Barrels TAPIOCA, tf now landing ex Bucephalus, from Bahia. Apply to. FRANCIS J. EATON, Broker_ ~S I • To-morror (Fritlay,) the 25,0 instant, at Twelve o'clock,. at the Broker's Oleg 3, Exchange-alley North, "Chapel-street, .;; 400 Barrels Medi - tint ROSIN; • ex Arctic, in -store,-;,-Apply, to Messu..Meade King,. Anti Co„ Merchants ;in to ' THOMAS ! SILL; Broker, To-morrow (Friday,) the 25th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' Ofilce; , 2, , Dale street, 31.3 1 Bides• Bombay lIEMP, . • A Quantity Loose HEMP. Apply to BROWNS, ILUNTEIt, and CO. , Brokers. To-mori•ots , (Friday,) the 25th instant, at Tweli , e o'clock; nt the .Brokers' Office, • • 500 Bales JUTE, ex ZOIIUVO. On show in Littledale's Warehouse ' 13, Exchange buildings. Apply to Messrs. NiCO l , Duckworth, and Co, Mer chants; or to T. &. 11. LITTLEDALT: & CO., Brokers . _ On account or whom it may concern. To-morrow (Friday,) the 25th instant, at One o'Clock, at th Subscribers' Office, 'Rumford-street, 259 Bales Swat COTTON, all faults, landed from the Sovercien of the seas front Bombay, and now lying in Hollinshead's '3 Warehouse, Covent-garden. Apply to HOLLINSIIEAD, TF.TI.EY, Sr CO., Bro'.;ers. N E X T W E' E : ' • On Monday next, the 18th instant, at Tvielve o'clock, at the Brokers' Office, 2, Dale-street,- • 29 .iihds. Fine Ground Quercitron BARK, BROWNE, HUNTER, & CO., Brokers. Apply to On Wednesday, tho' 30th instant, at Ode o'clock, at Christopher Bushell aria' C,'O.'S Office, .Royal The following &e., viz. • • About 100 Pipes of Superior PORTS, of various' vintagesi -shipped 157 Oftieys, CockbUrns, Harris; Ora..' • ham, ansi others. 2.3 Butts, 60 Hhds. and 40 Quarteiccasks SHERRY,, various brands. • • . •- • • - • „ 6 Pipes MADEIRA (West India). , • 65 Hhls t BRANDY (pale and coloured), Martell and others. „ 250 Dozens PORT WINE, five years in bottle. „ 200 „. CHAMPAGNE. 150 „ BRANDY. „ ! 20t) „ CLARET. And sundry smaller Parcels of'varions other WINES. , • samples and catalogues will be ready at the' Brokers' Offices; on Tuesday, the 29th instant.. For further particulars apply to • • CHRISTOPHER - BUSHELL & CO., Brokers. On ($ att. • INOTTINQIIA:' , I ALE.• • • This celebrated ALE is brewed expressly for Families, and may be had in. casks of 9, 18, and 36 gallons. Apply tO" - •JOHN SHELTON, Sole Agent. Stores : 68, Ilanoyer-street, corner of Wood-street. ' 78f19 TO EXPORTEAS. ON - SALE, • . 1,000 doz. Jars Refined Table SALT,, in lots to suit purchasers; suitable for the Australian, Cbina, • tkc.• markets.. W. ROCKLIFF, • Works—Rigby-street, Oldhall-street. • t The principal exportation is, to . the United States and Australia; but large quantities are shipped to Russia ? Prussia, West Coast of South America, the British Provinces in North America, India, and other countries. There seems no reason w , why this trade in Refined Salt should' not be greatly ek '' tended, for, while in Central Europe and the United States Salt abounds, there are large portions of the, world in which , ' it is a luxury. In Africa, according to Park, it is " the • - greatest of all luxuries," and.-Burchell'relates that lie had to send ninety miles for it, and, when obtained, he treasured it as a•valuable and important acquisition. • ' lassis on (salt. FOR SALE, A. very superior NEW SHIP, ,t 4 Now building at an outport, about 567 tons N., /Ca , and 590 tons builders' measurement: Length, 142 - feet 6 in. ; breadth, 29 feet 9 in. ; depth 19 feet 6 in. Is thoroughly yellow-metal faitened, - and classed A 1 for 13 years at Lloyd's; has poop 45 .feet long; and topgallant fore castle ; will carry about 900 tons cargo. Will be sold with hull, masts, spars, &e., or East India outfit and coppered, at pure Laser's option. Can be- launched in a month. Apply to CUNARD, WILSON, & CO., Brokers. tts ~.: FOR SALE, The Barque SALACIA, )1." . k g* 383 41-100 tons register. Length, 106 feet 3 inches ; Pr:41.4e.. breadth, 24 feet 1 inch ; depth, 17 feet 3 inches ; • . height between decks, 7 feet ;—as 'she now lies in T., ,IrCt the Victoria Dock, Hull. She was thoroughly repaired, stripped, and sheathed with felt and zinc in December last, and relassed Al, and in May last was surveyed and fitted for the conveyance of passengers to Quebec, under the strict provisions of the Passengers Act; She has houses on deck for , cabin and crew, and has a complete inventory of stores, her sails and running gear being nearly all new. For inventories and further particulars apply on board, or to Robert Garbutt and Son, Ship Brokers, Hull ' • or to D. A. B. MURRAY, 110 , Buchannan-street, Glasgow. • • FOR SALE, . ;4, The HANNAH MORE, IL 1,129 tons register. Length, 170 feet 3-10ths; tat, breadth, 37 feet ; depth, 22 feet 9-10ths. Built at 3L • - St. John, N. 8., in 1837 ; classed A lat Lloyd's 1 1 seven years; coppered, copper-fastened, and boot - topped. Just returned from the West Coast of South America; carries 416 standard of deals under deck, or 1,775 tons guano, and , requires little ballast. This tine ship was $ pecially built for; and has been owned by, the late Mr. G. T. Ray, of St John • N. 8., and is now sold by his executors. Lying in Brunswick • Dock, Liverpool.---Apply to GIBBS, BRIGHT & CO. " N.8.---lf not sold before discharge, she will be taken, out of 0, • the market. 6n30 Of CURRY, BELLOC/C, and CO., ori. BROKERS FOR THE SALE AND PURCHASE Via. i ... , ,,..t'4 \,, OF SHIPS AND STEAMERS, SHIP VALUERS . IZ*. • W AND APPOINTED BROKERS TO THE HIGH tar' ,-- ---,,-- ' COURT OF ADMIRALTY Walmer-buildings, ' -il water-street. • -' - • . i • ILO -Ifs r r " e ' L , ROIItRT A. MUNN and CO., - ADMIRALTY BROKERS, . BROKERS ror. THE SALE OF SHIPS Ann STEAMERS, SHIP VALUERS, &e., P . 3, York-buildings, Dale-street. •110' He COMMILRCIAL CIRCULARS, CATALOGUES, &c. & M'GHIE, kw:mm*4s4 o n tO CIAIIRLSti WlLL3nra,) GENERAL PRINTERS, 9 Are in a position to execute, on the shortest notice, and with 9 , correctne36, COMMERCIAL CIRCULARS, CAT ALOGUES, I ke. PRINTING °Pr.-, 15 SOUTH JOHN-STREET . _ _ „ lONE:LARY AND COMMERCIAL. -IP; L IV ERPOOL, Wednesday Evening. The Cotton Market to-day was again qUiet , ( with prices slightly in favour of the buyer. The business was limited to 6,000 bales, of which , tdi 1,000 were for export or taken on speculation. - The Liverpool Share Market was exceedingly yet prices continued steady, although very businesS was transacted. 'The 'sales in but, - tx rl,l,.cluded Eastern Counties at 11; Great Western, 654 Lancashire and Yorkshire, 97; London and North Western, 95a Midland, 1061 ; South Pastern,: 231 ; Grand Trunk •of Canada, 91; Liverpool and London Royal Insurance, 61p. ; Pacific Steam Company, new shares, 2341 3 . Great Ship, 13 . The weekly traffic returns for the London, and ath ( ifistern ' Ilailwa £75 '0 - 0 showing ) ,3, , an increase of £8,114. CLOSING PRICES. Ches. & Blind.. 77 7 7 N, Stafford .....4N 4d Caledonian. . . 913 92 N. E. Ber. c. Stock 91, 911 E. Counts. 11. 111 YorkcaPital . Stock 75 751 E. L. Stock .... Leeds Stock .... 46:4- 47 G. N. Stock —.102 1021 S. Eastern 23.3-9 23-6-3 Great Westerns.. 65 1 651 Dutch Rhenish .. 5 41d .Lan. and York 964 971 Gt. Luxem. ...... 61, 7 sharesor. West. 95,1 951- G. T.Qu'Cla 9 -1-3 9 3-9 , - G.W.Canada...... - 134 131 M. S. and Lincoln 354, .35fi , new shares 71 Eric Midland Stock _105 1 ;1061 Buffalo &L. Huron 41 5- N. British St. - 59 , ± Great Ship..... 13'0 14 0 LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE. Wednesday Evening. The market for English Securities to-day dis played a more satisfactory appearance, the qucita.- tions for, Consols. being well supported. No.. additional advance was established, and no Material fluctuations occurred at' any period of the morn ing, but Consols may •be considered decidedly firmer, the present quotations being at 96,1 to for Money and:the Account. 'Reduced Three per Cents. have been dealt in at 941 toy; New TWo and-a-Half per Cents.; 80 b ; India Stock,• 228; ditto Debentures, 961 and l ; ditto' Bonds under • s £l,OOO, 2s. prem.; and. Exchequer Bills, 27a. to 295. . In 'the. English . Railway Share Market more firmness was shown ; but no sensible augmenta . offbusiness took 'place s was - Still con ducted within a very limited : compass. Great Western and 'Midlands.= per cent. higher ; Brightons and South:EasteruS have risen ss. per share. , The market for Foreign Securities was exceed ingly quiet, and values did not appear to undergo any material change. Spanish and 'Mexican are steady. Dutch are firmer.' Original Turkish have been dealt in at ,771-, and the NeW Sixes at 67 and 66. New Indian Loan is quoted at 103Z to 104-4-, and Ocean Marine Shares at 14 ;--;- prem. The quotations for French Routes at ten minutes past'twelve was 69f. 75c., with a..firm market. ,OSING ' Bank Stock 9 Three per Cents. 94 1,- Nexi Account THE FUNDS.-CI Con. Money . . . . 96i, „ Account 961, Exchequer Bills . 27 30 SHIRES. do ranch Yorkshire 971 L.& N.Western. 951 L. and S. AV.... .95 Leeds Northern:. 461 Man.Sheff.&Lin.. 1 Midland Stook ~.105,3 North British... 59 t; N. Staffordshire. -- S. E. and Dover. 771 York,New &Ber: 91 York. etN. Mid . 75.1 , - •r ( : RAILWAY A. Not. &E. . . 6. Caledonians .... 91 Dutch Rhenish.. Eastern Connties 551 East Lancashire. Edinbgh. B,7Glas. 73.2 9 Great Nortbem..lf) 4 „ A. 91 3 Gt7Westeru 65 Gt. W. Canada 13 5-16 7-16 of On.. .9 1-16 3-16 Gt. S. and W. The following appeared in' a 'part of our impression of yesterday : THE MONEY MARKET. • The French Government is purchasing Mexican dollars, to 'meet the expenses of their expedition to China. . The present advanced•price quite, pre cludes purchasers on mercantile account. Gold. is 1-10th per cent. dearer in Paris than in London, and rather less than 1-10th per cent. dearer in London than . in Hamburg. At present, there is scarcely any profit on the importation of gold from the United States. An improved tone was observable to-day in the Stock Exchange, though not the slightest anima tion is apparent ; nevertheless consols left off it a fraction dearer than yesterday. There is kill a good demand for money, and 21 per cent. is the lowest rate. for the best bills. There were again no transactions in bullion to-day.—Daily News. The English funds have been very steady. to day, and the tendency of markets generally is towards improvement. Money was in more re quest to-day in the Stock Exchange at 2 iper cent., but in the discount market the demand was not very active, and ,some exceptional tram' tions • have taken place at a fraction below Bank minimum. In the foreign exchanges; afternoon, there has been a decline in the Hi burg rate. The quotations for Anisferdam showed a downward tendency. The marker British railway stocks has shown inere firmness to-day, the final quotations mostly hibit.ing a further slight advance.—Times. Lbac the this also for used ex- .:~: .._. COMMERCIAL. The Challenger has arrived. from Shanghai a cargo of tea and silk, after a quick run of days. The estate of White and Gregory, East Indian army-agents, is • about to pay a dividend of 9s. in the pound. The Herald says the tea sales yesterday passed off with great readiness, and prices were again lowei, common congou selling at is. 21d. to ls. 21d. . - vie . e. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET.—Nov. 23. We hixTe-•again to report a quiet market fox' Cotton, with a : slightly easier range of prices. The sales, in cluding 150 Pernambuco, at 74d. to B'—,d. ; 90 Bahia, at 71,d,Maranham, at 81-,d ; 300 Egyptian, at 71 . d. to 10d. ; and 1000 Surat, at !11-A. to 50, are reported 6,000 bal.* of which 1;000 were on speculation and for export. LIVERPOOL PRODUCE MARKET.-Nov. 23. A good business has again been done in Sugar, an. extreme prices realized ; 100 hhds. Barbadoes are re ported, at 345. 6d. to 38s. 6d. ; 70 hhds. Porto Rico, at 365. 6d. to 395. ; 1,100 bags Gurpatta Date, at 40s. 6d. to 41s. ; 1,000 bags Siam, at 355. 6d. to 38s. 6d, ; and 4,600 bags Pernam and Paraiba, at 21s. to 225. 3d. per cwt. We have no transactions to notice in Molasses or Rum. Of Coffee, 130 bags Costa Rica have changed hands on rather lower terms. No sales reported in Rice. We have also to notice 350 bags Sago Flour, at 16s. per cwt. ; and 300 bales Jute, at £l2 ss. to £l4 ss. per ton. tons liondurasSmL y 3 BPPER.--20 bags White, at 7d. per lb. 27 YElv°"B.- all sales of at Camwood £26 10s., and bier ton. DRYSALTE'rugs --lirew 525. ; 20 ca s k s ; 500 bags old a casks white Oporto Ar,gols at discoloured at 1108. ; brown, new ditto at Palermo Sumac at lOs. to lOs. 9d. ; 1%. 3d. ; 60 bags Baltimore and 300 bags Bark at 7s. 6d. ;25 bales, months Naples Madder Roots at 375. ; 930 bales eate to r s Gambier at 16s ; 20 u r s ds Brimstone serons Gumgedda at 245. 6d. • 20 14s, 6d. ; at £8 ss. ; 50 tons Nitrate of' Soda at 600 bags Myrabolams, Bs. 6d. to 96. 6d. fortoseoasunesd,panda ; 130 7s. 9d. for damaged and repacked India Rubber,_ fine new at 2s. ; old fine, 2 8 . 5. Para 40 bags old Negrohead at ls. 10d.; middling bottles . at 2s. 2d. per lb. ; Ashes : Pots, 275. 6d. ; Pearls, 275. 9d. to 28s. per cwt. Orns &c.-Palm, £45 10s. P.Y. C. Tallow, 61s, ; South American, 595. ; Tuscan, 58s. 61 5 tons inferior North American, at 545. Olive steady : Sales of Galipoli at £56 10s. Small sales of Lard at 575. to 60s. 10 casks Gingelly Oil at 335. Good business doing in Lin seed Oil : Sales for the week 160 tons, spot and for ward, 28s. to 295. 350 barrels Rosin, good common at THE DERBY BANQUET. Now ready, in a separate Form, Priov Ild., REPORT of the SPEECHES at the DERBY_ liAN4trti. The object of this Publication is to_tneet the deniand whibh still continues for Monday's Northern Times, containing the Report of the Banquet, our large impression of which was all exhausted by Monday afternoon. Published at the Northern Times Office, 13, South John street, Liverpool. The HUDSON'S BIT SEAL SKIN CLOAKS and JACKETS, 014 a GUINEA each, at the New Shawligut Mantle ,Warehouse 40, Bold-street.—SNELLARD and HonOsox, Proprietors. n 25 ,i THE LIVERPOOL CONSERVATIVE DAILY PAPER. THE "NORTHERN TIMES." THIS well-established Dally Paper,—the first that 1 vas atteUipted in the Provinees,—is now, under a new proprietary, devoted to the interests of the great Conservative party. Its principles are those so forcibly expressed by the Earl of Derby, at the reeeat Liverpool Banquet, when he said, --" I speak of that Conservatism which is not obstructive, but which is the best promoter of safe and gradual social improve ment,—of that Conservatism which, strenuously adhering to the old machinery of the Constitution, adaptafrom time to time the various parts of its mechanism to the real requirements and the real capacities of the age in which we live,—of that Con servatism which should give to all orders and degrees of men within this realm their due weight, authority, and preponder ance,—of that Conservatism which loves the interests of the people at large but will not be led away by the noisy denuncia tions of blustering demagogues, either to shrink at the voice of menace, or timidly to make concessions to large bodies of men for the purpose of obtaining a temporary popularity, when in our hearts we believe the concession of those coveted boons would be the worst injury we could inflict upon the classes it is sought to benefit." Such is the Conservatism of which the Northern Times is now the faithful and unflinching advocate : and never, perhaps, was there a mo:-..,: when a temperate and judicious application of the Daily Press to the espousal of its cause, and the dissemination of its principles, was capable of serving more beneficial purposes. Hitherto, the Daily Papers of Liverpool have, one and all, been exclusively in the so-called Liberal, that is, the Whig and Radical, interest. The Conservative cause has now got its representative, and its advocate, in the local Daily Press. It rests with the Conservative party of Liverpool to decide with what efficiency this their Daily organ of the Press shall be maintained. Its success has so far been considerable,— the circulation already secured is large and . increasing; • it is about three times 'more than it was when it came into its pre sent hands,---and if all who are Conservatives will only sup port it with their advertisements, and use their active influence to make it a profitable advertising medium, its prosperity, and therefore its influence, will soon be powerfully strengthened and confirmed. The late Derby Banquet cannot but have aroused the Con servatives of Liverpool to a more active course of public duty ; and the obligation, in times like the present, to sustain a Daily Paper in thei r i mportan t i n t eres t, cannot fail t o b e Eacknow ledged, and oug h t there f ore to b e ac t e d u p on . Office for s u b scr i pt i ons and advertisements, 13, Sorr a Jonw Editorial and Srusar, corner of Cable Street. Street, Printing Offices, 40, LEIGH STiiLET, Parker THE DAY'S NEWS. It is evident that the French Government has made a virtue of necessity, as regards the delega tiOn of the Regency of Central. Italy to M. de Buon compagni. It is now plainly stated that the arrangement was `looked to with regret, in the first instance, 4rider an apprehension that it might prejudice i thTquestion as - iris to be subniitled to the - approaching Congress. But having become convinced ihit the thaintenance . :of public order : ikas the sole object of the delegation, find that'the Regency is only of a pfovisional character, the French Emperor and his ministers have become reconciled to the proceeding. Such is, in sub stance, the statement of the . .iiiAite t t s fiehich; at the same time, reminds the public that it is the only political organ 9f the Government. Such of the Paris papers as dare to speak out on public affairs, are one by one getting "warnings' Loin the--Government .One of -them has- just been pounced upon for having had the hardihood tn. question the organic decree, respecting the press. The pretext for this interference is, ithat the journals have no business, to write in opposition to the laws of the State. This- being the case, the liberty of the press in France is , 9f course a farce. General Garibaldi's proclamation to the Italians announces to them that he leaves the military service of their country " for the moment, in con sequence of underhand machinations continually impeding the freedom of action attached to the rank he occupies in the army." His retirement, therefore, can only be regarded as temporary. He distinctly declares, indeed, " On the day when Victor Emmanuel will again call his soldiers to arms for the redemption of the" country, I will, find again a weapon of some sort, and a place by the side, of my valiant companions." It may be taken for granted, we think, that the United States Government will now co-operate with France and England, in seeking redress from the Chinese. If there were any doubt of this before; the treatment of - Mr. Ward, the American Minister for China, in his recent at tempt to visit Pekin, must have set the matter at rest.' , And, besides this, the. Chinese have acted• with the Americansas they have with the French, -and-with ourselves, in_hreakin' g faith on the treaties. As the Morning Herald well observes, 4‘ Mr. Ward is only another victim of Chinese fraud. No sooner is he fairly out of Chinese ter ritory than this treaty is annulled. He follows in the path which greater men ha#e trodden before, from the days of Lord Macartney to those of Lord Elgin. Frenchmen; Englishmen, even Yankees, are done by the Chinaman." As a matter of common policy, and common interest, it will fol low, therefore, that Frenchmen, Englishmen, and Yankees must make common cause, in teaching the Chinamen, that they are not to be " done " with impunity,—not to be,. " done" .at all any more, indeed;--but insist upon having faith kept with them in their international engagements and relations. , The fact of Lord Cowlerhaying }pen summoned to London by the Cabinet may be taken, we pre sume, as evidence of the preparations which her Majesty's Government are making for the a)proaching Congress. Z•)rd Cowley, as our Ambassador at Paris, is the medium of column nicatioA between Tier Majesty's Ministers and the French Government, on the subject of this Con gress ; and the object of his visit at this moment is stated to be Jo receive the final instructions of our Government relating thereto. Our defensive precautions; so necessary in, the present critical state of Europe, are by no means to be confined, it would now seem, to the orgarii- sation of a large volunteer force. It has been decided to increase the regular army, by the - addition of a second - battalion to - each-regiment up to and including the 35th, which will effect an augmentation equal to eleven regiments. In connection with the ',subject of own defen sive preparations, the intelligeupe ; we have from Cherbourg of the building of two large trans ports for the conveyance of horses has no slight significance. For what particular service these vessels are intended, it might at present be too curious to conjecture. But they certainly indicate warlike prospects. The official inquiry into the, circumstances attendant on the wreck of the Royal Charter was resumed yesterday, before J. S.. Mansfield, Esq., and Captain Harris, R.N. The investigation then entered into, in its leading features, was directed towards ascertaining, if possible, the character of the construction and material which, in combina tion, formed the hull of the Royal Charter. The inquiry in this direction is one of great difficulty and no small delicacy. On the one hand a question involving the lives, safety, and property of the public, to a vast—indeed an almost inconceiv able—extent, is to be thoroughly probed to the bottom, and, if possible, settled ; on the other, great care is indispensable in following out this inquiry, lest in the anxiety to solve a 'great pro blem, marked, or, indeed, crying injustice be done to individuals, whose best skill, most mature judgment, and ungrudging liberality have been applied to provide such an efficient means of conveyance as all the aids of science, com bined with the best materials, could afford. At the close of yesterday's in quiry, Mr. O'Dowd intimated his intention of having certain portions of the iron plating and. other parts of the ship tested, for the purpose = of enaltling him so to shape his inquiries as to elicit all the facts of the Lase. This is as it ought to be. In so _important an inquiry it is only right to have a full and fair knowledge of ill the facts. These; however, we humbly opine, will not be fully elicited unless a stringent investightion be made into all the peculiarities of the " ground tackle" with which the ship was provided. It has been fully proved that the immediate cause of the disaster was the breaking of a cable ; if the ship could have been held at anchor, she would not' ha•Ve been wrecked ; she did. ; not drag both' the anchors let go, as one of the cables " parted." The qualitrof this cable is, therefore, an essential element, in the investigation now going forward, and the public will naturally expect to see it, as well as the other Matters con nected • witfi this most melancholy . affair, 'fully explained. . • _ Conspicuous among the topics to which atten tion is at present 'directed with much earnestness of. purpose, are those which relate to the : general aspect of European politics, which still continue full of trouble, and suggestive off alarm ,To•nieet the menacing aspect - of the times, the country seems bent on having its affairs„-so arranged that it shall" not be taken by surprise, and the most obvious course to be pursued in such a case is that of beineprepared. The Volunteer Movement, . • . • • as will be seen from Our columns, seems still to be,.-and :deservedly to • be, , in the ascendant. We to -day record a meeting held last night at Woolton, supplementary to that • held at Waver tree, .for...the„ purpose of organising a .volunteer corps for that district. The meeting., which was very numerously attended,. was again presided over by S. R. Graves, Esq., who addressed the Meeting in eloquent and pointed terms in favour of the movement. One portion of his address deserves attention as curiously illustrative of the necessity of " prepared" cautiousness on our part. He said that within the laSt day .or two he had had personal assurance - from the Preinier, that a communication from the French Emperor, completely &Spelled all . idea of any danger from France ; Mr. Graves, however, adding: that,. he was quite unable to reconcile . that statement with what had fallen under his own observation while recently on a visit to several of 4he. French ports:- -The volunteer mow,- ment for the district' of Wavertree, Woolton, Ali Aigbu, and the other toWnshipief 'the vicinity, Whibh advocated by Francis :Shand, Esq., R. Neilson; E 44., and other influential gentlemen of the neighbourhood; promises to be very suc cessful. . ;1 ~:'_ THE true value of Tuesday night's cheering demon stration at St.. George's Hall, we take to be this, —riot that it testified to a general sense of pre'sent danger, ~and of the power and resolution to meet it, but to a permanent neeesity,—namely, that a nation of Islanders and of freemen should be a nation of Volunteer soldiers. Our insular position has imposed upon us the necesbity of an, overwhelming naval armament ; and the exigencies of a scattered empire 'and I world-embracing trade, have borne fruit in the production of efficient sailors, But this condition and this security of our island life have been alleged and accepted as a plea against a large I standing army; and it is a sneer in some' mouths, - and an admission in more, that England is not a military nation. If in deed this mean, that we are not continually casting over neighbouring nations the imposing ,s,ha.dow, of largcmasses of men, Moving about only to threaten and disquiet ; if it mean that the fsptcf,ops institutions do not include an calk; of " blatant colonels," who, upon a given signal, shall avow their intense desire for a little bldody recreation on a contiguous arena ; if it mean, in She;i, that we don't keep on' hand' halfillion. or more of idle butchers, who must, every now , . . . - and then, be amused by the promise of a victim, like the sanguinary ,populace of debased and de clining Rome,—we are not, a militlry nation. But if there be , any other meaning, then the sneer and the admission are equally foolish and equally false. Matory will :go very v far back, and at tend up,on_us „even -- to the, present day,, record ing in the same strain the super-eminence of England in the field., These fair possessions on which the sun never sets, were mostly the purchase of our valour, and are the custody of our arms. The present independence of Euiope is due As ch to our power as to-that of—its other confed erate defenders ; and as much to our military as to our naval, power. It was a British soldier that Was the conqueror at Assay e, and thd compierar at Waterloo. It is true, however, that ' for ,pOulary.and home purposes, as a securiii,for our --own shores, we have been accustomed to con gratulate ourselves upon the small necessity for a ilarge: standing army by the side of an efficient naval defence. But in the altered condition of the times, in the discovery of steam and , the,, ,ambition of unaccustomed rivals on our own element, we find that a too exclusive dependence on..,the naval arm may act as a decoy to Oitr • destruction or our injury. f ie find - that ! our island traditions are getting worn out ; that our old repugnances must be 'rudely and abruptly re versed. ..Yet our strong ,aversion td a large standing army remains.;.. both the tax payer and the freeman object,—while the humanitarian cannot but deplore the criminal fatuity of nian, which drains the strength of nationi, l in order to nourish and su pport an; un natural-and unfruitful trade.- Now, the -pr4sent great7movement, signalized that night in St. ideal, George's Hall, sol ves the difficulty in the most s a e xhaustive way. A standi ng army insult. It is the missionary of a Crusade of blood satisfactory. , in its andid, a means of oppression, O r of P4:TirkNORTITERN(ISAILY TIME& 4s. 2d. ; medium, 6s. 6d. to 7s. 6d. 50.'barrels Spirit* of Turpentine, 345. per cwt. ' 7 PIG IRON.—Business done at 535. 6d. cash, and 545. 3d. three months open. At the close of the market there were 'selirs at the above prices, and buyers at 3d.g under. ST. JOHN'S RKET.-Nov. ` 23. s. d. s. d. Beef llboskceo 7 i Mutton Veal Lamb, fore qr „ 0 0 „ 0 0 „ hind qr „ 0 0 „ 0 0 Fresh Pork . „ 0 si„ 0 6,_L Lobsters „ 0 7 „ 0. , 9 Salmon Ood Fish Soles Bret Turbot Hadtlecks „ 0 3 „ 0 6 •Fredlk Butter .„ 1 • 2 „ 1 6 Salt ditto Geapes, for „ 1 0 „ 2 0 Do. Eng „ 4 0 „ 5 0 Cherries „ 0 0 „ () Damsons „ 0 0 „ 0 0 Eggs 31248 9 „ 9 0: Peas, peck b 0 „ 0 0 • Potatoes, peek-. 0 Asparagus, 3 1 100 0 0 „ 0 0 • . s. d. d. Fowls; 1 7 1 couple 2 '6 41) 3 0 Ducks Rabbits, ap c'ple 1 4 „ 1 6 Pigeons, y, r 1 0„ 1 2 Grouse,P brace 4 0„ 4 6 Partridges perbr.l 6 „ 2 0 Black Game , 5 0„ 5 6 Pheasants,Vbrc 4 0 „ 5 0' Snipes Currants, r. &w. 0 0 „ 0 0 'Gooseberries;p.cito 0 „ 0 Strawberries3lqto , 0 „ 0 0 Larks doz 1 3 „ 1 6 Geese each .3 0 „ 5 6 Turkeys „ 3 0„ 6 0 Hares Cucumbers, each 0 0 ~ 0 0 Apricots, per doz.o ,0 0 Peaches, each ... 0 0 „ 0 0 - Nectarines d 0.... 0 0 ~ 0 0 Pines, for., each 0 0 „ 0 0 g-.„ Filberts, per lb. 1 3 „ 1 6 , LIVERPOOL AGRIOtILTURAL MARKET, Nov. 23, s. d. e. d. s. d. s. d. hay, old Ditto, new Ditto, clover 0 8 -... 0 * , Do. Whiterocks 2 5 ... 2 8 Gredn- Clover 0• 0 ... 0 0 'Do. Balshaw : 0 . 0 ... 0 0 Vetches 0 0 ... 0 0 Do. Beldrums. 0 0 ... 0 0 Straw, wheat Ditto, oat Ditto, barley:. 0 4 ... 0 41 Carrots -0 0 ... 0 0 Oats, in straw. 0 0 ... 0 0 Maugelwurael23 0 ...24 0 Postatos, flukes 3 4 ... 3 6 Manure 5 0 ... 6 6 TO CORRESPONDENTS. 7 Short letters are encouraged on matters of public interest. _ They should be legibly written onone side of the paper only. Under no circumstances can we insert commmucations not accompanied by the author's real name and 'address, not xecossarily for publication, but as a guarantee of.good faith. gly gffrtlynt gimes THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1859 LONDON PRODUCE MARKET.—Nov. 23. • , SUGAR.—The market is very firm, and the adVance on good and refining qualities-of 6d. (incited yesterday is_gu,pported.,_Pnfinnahvnip4Qc l / 4 to 51 COFFEE.—This soh', at pries to 6d. advance in public sale. Low middling 'add middling plantation Ceylon sold at 635. to 70s. ;good middling, 735. to 785.; NatiVe Ceylon; good, bought in, 565. to 58s. TEA..—The public sale closed yesterday at id: to ld. decline, and the sale is progressing heav4 to-day. RICE.—Jae sold 'at 16s. '6d. ; "Madras, 9s. lid. 10,000 bags old Rangoon sold at Bs. 411' SALITErns.---Itefraction 41 7 sold for 38s. 6d. In other articles no material alteration. LONDON CORN MARKET.—Nov. 23. At to-day's' market supplies of foreign grain small. Weather mild and damp. . Wheat : English .cleared, early at I.s. decline from Monday week. Foreign fully as dear as last week. Floating cargoes begin to arrive, but most buyers hold off till further supplies reach port of call. Flour quite as dear as on Monday. - - Indian corn quite . ' neglected on . - passage, and offered at rather less money arrived. , Barley, next to no grinding sorts here; and such much wanted. Other kinds firm. Rye wanted for Continent at is. decline Beans and.peag very firm. Oats unaltered, but a good healthy trade for fresh ,reign.—Usborne's Report. BOROUGH HOP MARKET.----Nov. 23. New Weald of Kent and Sussex pockets fully support the recent advance in the quotations. Most other kinds of hops move off steadily, at full prices. LONDON WOOL MARKRT.—Nov. 23. These sales have been well attended by buyers to day, and more business- has been transacted for ship ment to the Continent, The biddings have ruled active, and at very - Tull prices. ' LONDON TALLOW MARKET.—Nov. 23. The marketis quiet at the following prices :—Town tallowi-605.-net cash ; Petersburg -Y.G. on-the-spot, 5937; all the year to December, 58s. 6d. ; January to March, 68s. sellers , ; October to December, 1860, 555. LONDON MINING MARKET-:- . --Nov: 23: In the Mining market to-day an active business is going forward in shares. in West Caradon, East Basset, Alfred Consols, Grambler and St. Aubyn, and East Wheal Russell. The latter have again declined, being marked in, the Stock Exchange, 10, and 9 North Downs ,have. been dealt in at 68, and Tincroft at 68. In foreign descriptions 'there . has been a number of transactions iii Ciapiapo at 8 to B*. NM AccUrd Copper are'rnarked dis.; Dun Mountain, 10s.; and Mariquita, 75.• 6d. and 108. MANCHESTER SHARE .MARKET.—Noy, 23. Leeds, 97; Sheffields, 35d ; Trunks, 9 3-16. SALFORD CATTLE MARKET.—Noy. 23. Beasts, 1,688; Sheep, 4,902 ; Calves ' 100. Best beef, 61d. to 7d. ; middling, 6d. to 60. Cows, 4d.-to sd. Sheep, best—wedders, qd. to 7d. ; middling wedders, 6d. to 64d. ; Ewes, sd. to 50. Best calves, 7d. to 71d. A small market for best qualities, and sold heavy ; inferior qualities plentiful. y, , CORK CORN MARKET.—Nov. 23. • White Wheat :26st to> 4s. ; .red, 25d. td 265. 9sl. ; Oats, 10s. 6d. to 14s. 6d. GLASGOW CORN MARKET.—Nov. 23. Supplies large, but the market thinly attended, and in absence of demand the leading articles of the year was nominally altered in value.. To effect sales it would be necessary to make a concession of 6d. per boll, barrel, and sack. :«:' GLASGOW IRON MARKET.—Noy. 23. No: 1, makers' iron and No. 3,53 s to 53s 3d ; war rants, 53s 3d to 53s 6d. Market irregular. NOVRIVI,BE.R 24, 18& for its own sake, of a tyrannic and brutal selfis h ;less, or of inhuman and wasting_passinns• army. of Volunteers, though, to the vulgar ey e s outward show is nothing but gross and mate strength, yet, in inner Meaning, 'contain s tle highest ideal of all, Milian sentiment and vir til ot e ' . Itean be moved by no passion but the passi °ll „ patriotism ; it will strike no '• bl ow bu f t, hearth and home ; it acknowledges the insP iri . ' tion of no cause but that with which GO h - endowed every good man's breast; and no elle. ,mies bntthe enemies of justice and humanity.,,, What it costs to be'"a military power, this bost of tyrants 'and marauders'. —th e half century's history sufficiently instructs JP Freedom from the intolerable miseries and P r !, lions which have been inflicted on Contine ill '' :deg peoples is gained - at but a small sacrifice , - only loss .be of sueh bubble reputation a'S thy In In the systems of modern nations, where a reP e tation for military power is secured only by r j maintenance of large armies, the happines s a l t well-being of the people are at the charge' do , nations choose to pay this cost there is 1 10 culty in setting up their idol, and worshiPP g g :te, their heart's content. Neither should We L i r % them the poor reward of their devotion and which consists in keeping up a constant cis c is ; and chatter among themselves, about their ° y glory and power.. Rut 'for those who wisll ' tolerably comfortable and wholly free, a stall''. army is at the best an expensive and inapo luxury. For a nation that does not wish to 1.911' A or oppress, or terrify, or to live the slave of its vanity, but merely to be safe from attack , at the same time, worthy of its own el' vast Volunteer force is at once sufficient andr m most appropriate. Butlet those who have in :large the colt i : tion and encouragement of this new enthusi gs , o , be especially - careful to give it that kind of r pulse which, instead of a mere momentary eot citement, shall make• it a pernianent move n/e t , and a normal condition of English life. Ilre tl peat; a nation of Islanders and of freemen , b° l nature and politics teach, - should be a natil i Volunteer soldiers.' Let the Rifle be the Eng ' f it man's natural weapon. • Let the knowledge ° descend from father to son. Let the school n e ' be closed ; and let it be a part of every Eng lislr tr man's domestic discipline, to frequent, with r e g ty larity, its constant lessons. We shall escape burden of a large army, and still maintain o f truest of all military Spirit ; not the spirit 11/ vanity and: ambition, but the willingness to N -and to die for one's country. This is the lesson we learnt on Tuesday, at George's Hall; without it, the demonstrati on a childish and useless display. t he ONE of the ablest of the London jour otiiec Siturday Bevietv,—made an allusion,' 01 % ° 0 day, to that portion of the public PreS 3 to cheap our own Paper belongs,—that is, the c Press—the Press for the million,—which non very suggeStive to political parties ; and to e . , more so, perhaps, than that great -Conseryslio • • . _Constitutional_ party with whieldt_i 9 ° v privilege to be connected. The subject at' discussion by our contemporary was iliediocrit:y. There was, a great' danger, it contended; threatening us, and which Was ' 0 midable, "precisely because its character 09 c 1 4 the highest degree subtle and evasive , ' O , because, it did not admit of any definite P rec4 t y lion being taken to avert it." • This dang'er . " political niediociity" -which it pree ee , „ .e ct4 - discuss; and more partidularly in its P il ' e io s pu re b s l p ic ect a s ffa . . th ir e s. d " o ::::: t e of " a mediocrity la thought; reigning sail ° o ,e think that, in the outset, a great mistake 9 , 0 of mitted mediocrity,—what it really means, and w the .spreadent of polipol i tical ca o l of privileges, il ea e t g i e o s n : o tli g ; -enlarggreater prevalence of a spirit of freedom al )) 0 0 us, have coral - AM& - to -make politics la 4 an d t more, • . e subject". of ' every man's theagil` th ete , *Yet it by no means follows, that ir s be any mediocrity,L-neithero tioo think' that there is—" in the adnainW r9 l:/ of public affairs?: The case is pit t liti t ' i o o 4 ' We have not now to struggle with disc or or m.lO or. ill intentions, or the jealousies of to cr Classes, so, much as with the sovereigatY° f - a , door and the triumph of an honest, ieble I ? ef . to mindedtieK in Government. We are obl4 ie te, throw politica' dower. more and more C°iiir~ tee' into the hanclS 'of -thohom we call eallof and, as a matter-of fact, we find that P °P cliag A education exactly fits its recipients to ~e involves..,. administrationt h Ate' of everything that is 'superficial arid the considerable portion of the inferior posse' b are a politi&il 'power - are eXcellerit ' people, been influenced by the advance of social alu_A r ye and the, revival of religion that have vaa ri cy, last quarter of a Century. But, howeve r 0 01' 4 vial this pay be to them as individuals, lt.a-roisj:, obscures and diminishes than aids their ;00 to take part in the government of the °5 Now there may be some truth in a ll tlt i vic i e oc e - believe that there is. 'Still, it affords a° - ;et em whatever of mediocrity in those who, are 3 a rti er neat enough -to aspire to, and to secUre• a I ; e, av d po tion in the deliberations of the legislatu „el the' administration of the government. cer r this ground it is, however, that our Ot t : vi e, the temporary connects political mediocrity 0 3 ift tj popular Press; of which he says, that Called into existence because persetis been taught to read feel- a very natural ' l OO Ol timate- desire to use their, - acquirem ent ill • Al • the y DO a knowledge of what 'is- passing ' n hence fl country and age. But t he conse been that the reading o f the PeuY ,edea ' , .ha " s ) to a very large exte nt, suPe _9.n„,re _ • readi ng I ' 3, hoW( b egging naethocri. in th e pj they are Pape rs or provir Whatever 'Sgtandara °°( l , in s ubje t - 3forning eorapalis( heir wee t Will b( n ot more But gr; kedioerit 4 ntend I the nec il le such I lse morE Whethe e'')lltenapol `-the Per Xothi n , , 11 tY prei "es• Pe be th e comm be thus th at a hi alth ough all this v /ellt the 13 ' 3 Pular th e peol ect as r 10 avoid ek se, it is eat and s _ s hould ha ites a: mocrit " ° citir ai As res: as have I)Paration kedioerit no t only kzet be ( the inter /°ll ich th li etY at I Liv e full til Liver bait for u With mu we are to %i\-0 than the at preset have no I TeCted 44 tega.r We Bupv r eport s th e pri e It is, the e asily r 111111 t h NIP,I