The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-08-09 00:00:00

ii1I)oc1 TUESDAY 111ORNI THE WEEK Tra most important, if not the m o f the week, has been the favoura weather, which with our last public at very little intermission, r ski of fine weather at this critical when all are auxiot lisation of their hot .s of mat rial consequence, lfare of the population, but also f poll commercial affairs—as any gr must naturally lead to a drain upon our monetf resources for th a sun; which will b e p ro portionately en h ance d in vain, Wt is gratifying ance of the wheat fields, at presen is most pr( is which haN raising ; and the imm taken place into this port within the last few c food. ' The Agricult an elaborate to Lt, prc reports from all parts of the count on of the cror a stat viewed with caution, as it of _file opinions of 13 and too often 1 irect of such a report At the meeting of the nesday, there was a ' IV('. hPar : su i te d with the gravity of our local parliamen Alderman LANGSDALET on one of the arc-ants of the Corpor a ti on , w h o h a d not been able to resist the temptation of inclul 30 , 1 .3. the bou: g the excite- raent of the ele( n event which, it is f e ared, proved too seduct ;ions of many more, intoxication, but h, for the His swe condemnation called up r lOUGH, who fheetiously rem 1113 t immaculate, as he remembered, on of having to assist h a to his home wh o'er all the ills of life victorious This wa gotten it, and therefc The scene I )re denied the soft impeach by no means added to the of the Council pro< become inordinatel mot answ g of the H board, a position alve the iittee, on Thur of Alderman LANGSDALE at he not been his own wanted tc Birkeni of the Gore the Government ma s, within order to presersc ,ents ght prove injurious ; but it i s a money valui f the encroachment coney should legalise ther hand, it would pro' ) be I wound at th WILs( sailant as to the he probabl ;ountry markets, nment for the with ,ily unC M anoth 11 of ti .eason that right to ti tidal rivers, i Connell, on Wed- Minis- the navigation free from encroach- right yl&h has, or ou fpitl-tfie simpl( ould pros iud if, on t the mere nominal permission to occupy the ought to be conceded. It - was mor( by the Liberals of the Dock Committee, that the insinuated difficulty arose from Liverpool b They. nei ng represented aps, how their by two Consen one party best, but we sho )e loth to accuse the Ministry of being actuated by such paltr3 lafever he reason of their ,nduct on this occasion, it is indefensible, and Mr er LADsT oNE, to his credit, repudiat Li ver p o ol submitting to such inius. I the notion of The pros serous state tion property Las induced the Town Council to make a cc Eiderable ir. linost all their Affieerg At a time when in higher wages in almost every department of in dustry, it is, perhaps, a more prudent economy to - ma k e a graceful concession of add mal remunera Lion to de demands for il- ,erving servants, than to wait until the :er than the means of satisfying them. The employers who do not wait to be asked, are generally better served than those who pay no more than they are obliged. The subject of the smoke nuisance, with reference to the steam-boats which ply on the Mersey, was brought before the Health Committee, on Thursday, and a suggestion made that the invention of Mr. LEE STEVENS should be tried. It was applied to the Genova steamer, previous to her last trip to Genoa, and was found to answer admirably, no smoke being pe rceptible, even clirectl Ly after firing ►the ferry steamers fin]. the landing-stage, are -usually a very great nuisance to Liverpool, from the immense quantities of foul smoke which their •- - . lit, and some plan should be devised for compelling them to abate the nuisanct, wooled be no bards' ' dvantage to the orhers, as the invention to which we have alluded has not only been proved t. . _ efficient for the purpose, but also eireets a considerable saving in the cost of fuel, a proportion of which the inventor would be willing to accept for his patent right The proceeding__ Royal Durance Company Lnual meeting of the L Thursday, were of a tar more'favoarable character than many had been led aiatkvatu; - 'Phe *feats • which had been en tertained of the hem responsibilities from insur ance transactions in America were shown to be in a great measnre groundless. It was stated that 21though the balance of loss against the Company, after the extensive fire at Montreal, was no less than £17,000, it had been reduced by the end of Only £0,273, and that while the whole f the American losses, including £13,000 at New l e year Orleans • - ere E 13,000, the premit received wer 127, 600, thereby leaving a i l;ofit to the Company o f e 4,600. In the life department the business had a lso beell. very uccessful, and the shareholders were Zratilie 1 by the dividend 1 anouncement not only of a The township of Birkenhead, which may be con- one of ti important suburbs of Liver aneral improve- Xent, owing to the rapid increase in the commerce A t the monthly meeting of the Corn sday. M triTGHEs stated that Pool, is largely 'taking of the 44 tthe port _ had risen in value fully twenty-five per cent - Akthe last three months, awl small houses Much of this is )btained Divine' , 1, zorous prosecution of the outer works , a wii‘ an d c o. the contract with. Messrs. bRASSEY I A the improvement will. be still greater on-t cor he „_,„ _ tion of the outer wall, which will en. iitteen ith4 ;:rors to adit iona gi l men. Birkenhead .ve employment to abhas out nowthe meatZtad_ , and, 0n 'lvancement almostwithinher own a , future occasion, we shall point to f e w details t o Which wasn advantage.it attention might be directed th at one time thought that Birkenteld wouldh grown wiser; t o Li v erpool ; but the o blje. haye now rravern mit at the other wiser, and view' the fin side of the Mersey as a :4;aluablo. aid to-the co mmie ggiva on Aroji ree of the p ort . c • . 1 a 94 f3jiturclay fiirown. bands cl Am additional pros and so arduous other : superiority, that + Laic ad by minutes in a vo: proof in itself of which steam navigation h t steam-, ne, between this port against eaci been the struggle for as to be estimated veral thousand h perfection to brought, through The I competitors. Britian is announced to sail on Thursday for and from the great care which has I the Antipode Peen bestowed on her equipment by her enterpris- :rs, and I known first-rate qualities hot )mbination or inde- ct of each oil it is confidently expected will make the quickest passage to At I tralia eve IThe Election Petition has cease I to be a subject The enterpi e is so Quixotic, and the s of it so evidently i sincere, that it is deemed to be a mere flash in the pan, reluctantly :en for the -perforn intended to be have been asked whether 'ettum of ded with Messrs, .tiers dependent on re decided by what I tatOittai. ht to ha tip, but HORSFILL and LID: ired. Of this ther it to be no doubt, for those g€ men were ed, and h pers for Liverpool man who could be so )olish as to lay a wager on the success of their pponents, deserved to lose. 3 amusements during the week have been more than UST townsmen were determined to enjoy the season. Mr. C. MITHEws, from London, has been drawing large houses at the re Roya a, and Mrs. FITZ- and Mr. BIICICSTONE have succeeded fit the Zoological Gard Ltiam s the conductor has proved a liberal eater( n rewarded with le the fine weather has en- crowd t from blished of visitors ; wl )oats to reap a rich h ded the fer on the s: THE CYCLE :TH respect tc erion 15 7 THE WEATHER a_ of wheat the undeni- aocume .unary capacity," without any gloss, can .and the weekly averages, by the imperial .er, from the Government Gazette —vi z ., on ..day, July 22, 1853, wheat was 41s. per quarter; Friday, July 23, 1852, wheat was 495. Bd. ; and t week, 51s. 10d. per quarter, being a difference, the Free-trade system, against the Free "loafer," of more than 10s. a quarter in One If any man ever placed any reliance upon ex mclient, let him now reflect ‘ange and quackery, h e of years of scarcity and g ds have existed fiom au ue while the world lasts. that, in his pr for ch ca ouch pc .ot the piimar Lbindance LIIIIG, eLII.U. YY 111 W.L. Were it not that there is ONE regulation in these affairs, -infinitely superior to any Act of any Parlia ment, no factor or miller could govern the ma r k e t s f the world in a matter so material for one hour. ited and blamed in any Go- A l s I What is to be lar. ernment, whether Free- this trade or Conservative, is never prepar , ed for such ewer- GIILIC, In this rather peculiar state of things, we find that Count Abel Hugo—the most celebrated statis tician in France—a Conservative, too, though the near relative of Victor—has just published a work, entitled " Memoire sur la Periode de Disette qui Menace 1a France," which, in that country, has created amongst politicians an immense sensation, and deservedly so: for the count proves by hard, drv. ii , rmtr ,- 'Me figures, that "periods of scar- city and abundance of corn are of -regular -AX. _ recur rence."overtiv To those periods of e . scarcity local distress which he specifies la. past tines, he traces discontent, Confusion and riot, and at times revoalec.l - ; and in these inferences it would be difficult— nay, impossible—to overthrow Count Hugo's argu ment. Several of our own " strikes" are ascribable to the same cause. But with regard to the Count's he is entitled to no merit or credit discovery of the " cy cle or p eriods of scarcity and abundance" whatever. To th e readers of this paper for several years past the subj ect of this c y cle mu st be fami liar ; and on the p resent occasion we need only ob serve that the ed itor of the Glebe, who lately brought the work of Count Hugo prominently un der notice in this c ountr y , on bein g remind ed of the ; fact, admitted the claim of one of our own country men to this importan t discover y . In f act , a " P;i mary Cycle of the Weather" was communicated to several authorities in this country in 1818 and 1819: and in 1821 was transmitted to, and acknowledged by, the Academy o f Sciences in Paris ; and, so far as the periods of scarcity and abundance are con . cerned, the work o f Hugo is merely a re-p ro d uc ti on, or rather an adumbration, of the di sc o ver y o f Mackenzie. It appears that Sir David Brewster has been familiar with th is system and wrote upon it so long ago as 1818 ; and so lately as 1851 was furnished by the author with a diagram of the cycle, retrospectively and prospectively, for a per i o d of two hundred an d sixteen years ; by which the corresponding p e riods of atmospheric extremes and have the industry meteorological disturbance can be clearly and ea s ily traced by all those who or the inclination to study them. With respect to the weather of the existing p er i o d of the cycle, we are led to the conclusion that there is little or no prospect of any improvement, so fai as regards the productions of the earth in this coun. try, before the years 1855-56 ; and that, t ry i ng , to the agriculturist and grievous to the consumer a s years es , the present year may prove, there is no appearance whatever of next year being more propitious. The t e ll Y e e b ar al i Pnc 3 wet weather of last winter and spring, andthe cc — in ` e pressed weather of the year, as deduced from the cycle, are doing their allotted. work; which was un. Providence, equivocally announced_ more than two , throughout England TbldegiSCnOttolanreds.toThre will, in all probabilitY of the existing extreme in the weather • and it oni e remains for us to hope that, und er some means may be found in the inte rva l to , art wi e t r h s a : s People w hi c h miti gate those distresses of _our " m f a o r r he i d i such periods,invariably superinduce. Count Hugo's work has been Th e present subject .seems to be far from an ac - The one to those in " high twroeaultdedatpyetahre that t horities in France 6ciu neglect and i g norallt,l)rjudie as IVlackenzie's dis covery has met with in this country. It would seem to be pur posely reserved for higher names and more influential parties to develop the system. Be that as it may, it can be safely predicated that the order of the weather is as regular and irreversible as that of any other system in nature—that there cannot be in existence such a thing as two cycles of the seasons no more than there can be two SIMS in the firmament--and that all future observers must on this subject have recourse andfile o whichy exposition which has yet been produced, _ has been for upwards of thirty years before the ,publio— Ore than s i xty founded, moreover, as it is, 7t m t. nof the " years' daily and 'continuous reqist ra i l° nd.— C wea ther in all its phases by one solitary la hurch and State Gazette. _ -.N.- r in, tates that the grape-blight in the Opinione of AUSTRIAN ITALY.—A letter from Milan of the 29th ult., io s mbardy and that the scar 't felt. All the labourers and wocirky cau,ses great uneasiness in of corn is begining to be .ects, have been ordered back to Lombal dy. The same letter states that men, being Austrian sub! now in Switzerland, one Bese t s, a priest, and vice-curate of the cathedral at lean, hs absconded with a large sum of money he had scraped together by playing upon the credulity of poor people who resorted to his c,onfessional, and from whom he eztorted their savings under various pretences. SAD CASE AT CLINTON.—The Decatur (Marion county, 111.) Gazette of the 15th ult. ha.s. the following :—Herr Alexander met with a most terrible check at Clinton, pis tol, it proved to be loaded with, balls, and Dewitt county,, last week. In playing off the hocus pocus G e orge Smith, who was to stnd up and of the magic the young man , catch a fictitious ball in his mouth, received the contents_ of the loaded pistol in his left side ; and from the character of the wound the probability is that it will terminate his life, leaving a widowed mother, who was solely dependent on him, inconsolable. " SANDING" TILE SUGAR : CONSCIENCE AT WORK AMONGST TIIE GROCERS.—The Washington County Post says, that a denizen of a certain village, with whom•he is acquainted, having had sanded sugar sold to him, inserted in the, weekly paper the following :—"Notice. — l pur chased of a grocer in this village, a quantity of sugar, from which I obtained one pound of sand. If the rascal who cheated me will send to my address seven pounds of good sugar, (scripture measure of restitution,) I will be satisfied ; if not I shall expose bim." On the following day nine seven pound packages of sugar were left at his residence from as many diffewnt dealers, each §uppogiughiwatliQ intended, THE LIVERI FOREIG2 —On Saturday Ld, at which fanaticis: superior c FRANC: Duke de ham The Ere Im suspend the pre and the Empres; to ti take place this yea INTELLIGENC_E iale, a - journal of the 11 are been received at the i na, Prince Jerome Mathilde, and the s Pyrenees, stle of Pau to s, as the journey of the Emperor south of France will decidedly not It is stated dint the French C net does not re answE Vienna - e been is not anticipated, but an e Bourse on TL A few forced s 'was heavy, and de nit, woulc lave sufficed to cause a far .sion than actually oc leveral s at the ex ant of the iencerr., It is rep( he departure of these young men, passports were denied to other inha bitants of the principalities, who likewise desired to go The Moniteur has published an article on the great ad vantages conferred upon French vessels enteringthe British ports since the repeal of the English navigation laws. ITALY.—The King of Sardinia in returning to Turin from his journey and gratifying visit to Spezia, had an The vessel struck on a reef, but happily injury sustained by crew or pas- no life was lost, nor was conveyed asho: boat, and Turin in perfect safet DENMARK. The Cologne - Gazette states that the had returned before the time Sivedo-Danish squad fixed for the termination of its evolutions, in consequence of its having received an order to repair immediately to the Baltic. A letter from Copenhagen, of the 29th tut., states that the cholera was then increasing in intensity, 346 new cases being announced, and 184 deaths. There have been in all 4,759 cases, and 2,508 deaths. PRUSSIA.—The Queen left Berlin on Monday for Vienna and Ischl. On the King's going to join her Majesty au interviry will take place between him and the Emperor The accounts from Coburg respecting the health of the Duke and Duchess are highly satisfactory. The cholera sels from Copenhagen, all such are kept strictly in Quarantine. having appeared on bo: —The. Emperor Francis Joseph, and several members of the Imperial Family, intend going to Ischl immediately after the nuptials. of Her Imperial Highness Maria Henrika, which are to take place at Vienna, by proxy to-morrow (Wednesday). PnusrA.—Prince Dolgorouki, the Russian Envoy at Teheren, demands the cession of the province of Azer baidjan, one of the richest in the monarchy, as compens tion for the non-pa (80,000,000 of real the Scah to the C contiguous to the Caspian Sea A.USTII .t of an ends is owing from ;e of Azerbaidjan is south of the Turkey, tions of The Hos assian possessions to the is have occur aused by the : had susPended provisionally all relat :counts more rec d in various parts of certain por- achia, acting the Sul- uence of their compelled refusal to pay tribute to the Porte, have been summoned to Con stantinople, and that the Consuls of England and France in the Principalities have had orders to lower their flags . The fort -'4-4 Hospodars, in cou ried out o: inciple throng Russian troops are being Car _:,zighout the uished in all the Works c defence are c provinces. strong points of the country, and daily arrivals of ar "^-2 positions. The troops are, besides, rnree entrenched camps, which are intended to , dered impregnable. But startling news that the several bridges of boats Ismail with the isle of inforce beyond this information i itussians have actually th across the D Tehetal The, to connec The Portofoglio Maltese of the 16th ult. announces 1 - 4- Ttinita of the French steamer Ajaccio, with or officers on board, who are to enter the Ottoman service. It also states that the French steamer Leonidas left Malta on the 15th for Constantinople, with 120 chests of muskets on 'board. 52 French su: A squadron of five Tunisian ships Constantinople. The English stem Fury are at anchor in the Golden F are on their way to ,iners Retribution and lora. The Inflexible, _ _ in crossir )ardanelles, ran asho, and is now undei repair in th f Constantinor dated Jas tion has just been rect. Russian Governme, of Moldavia and Wmllat ppwer, has decided that tl 3 001, STAN 20th - ult., states that informa- Petersburgh, that the to the reigning Princes nd their nominal joined to them a at. while 1 hia their t e shall Council of Government, composed of three members, ap pointed by the Czar. All affitirs are to be submitted to this council, whose decisions will be sovereign. Indepen dently of this fact, the country has just been subjected to a contribution in kind. Several young Boyards having manifested their discontent at the exactions committed by the troops who occupy the country, were immediately incorporated with the Russian army, where they will be coinpelled to serve for three years. Engineers have been lays past taking a plan of the towns of Jassy and Bucharest, which are, it is said, to be fortified in such a manner as to be able to support the operations of the Russian array. The bulk for several , a the nu: n army of o cupation is spread . throe h Wallachia , 6000 troopsonly remaining m Mol davia. The Grand Duke Constantine, lately named Grand I to Sebas a the Black S, I the tr RUSSIA.—On the 22nd ult. the Emperor gave a grand file at his palace of the Hermitage; on which the Patrie observes that "the ambassadors of France and England, it was remarked, were the objects of particular attention from his Majesty." • Russia is still actively pursuing her warlike prepara- She has just called out her contingent for the year to its full extent, by an imperial ukase, dated July 20. The annual levy of seven men out of every thousand is called out in Eastern Russia, in order to complete the land and sea forces. Two other ukases are also published, fixing the details of the levies to be made. In virtue of a fourth ukase the Odnodwures, and the inhabitants of Kiew, Podolio, Wolhynia, Minsk, Grodno, Vilna, and Kowa are also to supply recruits._ The Hamburgh' birrespondint, under date of St. Petersburgh, 21st ult., says,—" The armaments in the interior of the empire continue without interruption. The battalions of reserve of the 4th corps of Infantry are con centrated near Tula. The guard and the corps of Grena dieri still occupy the positions in the camp, near Krasnoge Selo and near Badost, not far from Gotschino. The manceuvres of the two corps, which form an effective force of 100,000 men, still continue. A letter of. the 26th from St. Petersburgh contains assurance that the Emperor is less inclined than ever to give way an inch. From Copenhagen we learn that the Czar has ordered the Baltic fleet, consisting of about twenty ships of the line and fifteen frigates, to be equipped, and to go to sea immediately. The intelligence of the assembling of a corps of Russian troops in the neighbour hood of Erzeroum is fully confirmed ; and it is stated that the city would be invested by the Russians in the first fortnight of the present month. DAMASCUS.—The Governor has summoned the prin cipal Christians and Mithometans, and strongly urged them to live in peace together. The Governor of Aleppo, who is renowned for his energy, has seized some thirty fanati cal Turks and locked them up in a fort between Alexan dretta and Lathkia. EGyrr.—lntelligence from Alexandria dated July 21, says the last of the Pacha's fleet left the harbour on that morning, and proceeded to join the ships outside, when the whole set sail for the Dardanelles. The fleet consists of three line-of-battle ships, two large frigates, two cor vettes, one brig, and one steam-tender, together with eight transports full of troops and stores. It was at one time proposed to send the magnificent new steamer which has for some months been lying idle iu port. She is 2,800 tons burthen, with engines of 800 horse-power, and is one of the most superbly fitted up vessels afloat. She remains at Alexandria. AMERICA: ARRIVAL OF THE ARABIA, By the British and North American royal mail steam ship Arabia, Commodore Judkins, which arrived on Satur day forenoon, we have intelligence from New York to the 27th ultimo. The Arabia sailed from New York at 0 35 p.m. on the 27th, and on the 28th, at 5 15 a.m., she passed the steamer Asia, hence for New York. On the 28th she ran 274 miles ; 29th, 286 ; 30th, 287 ; 31st, 290 ; August Ist, 301; 2nd, 301 ; 3rd, 314; 4th, 320, and sth, 328 miles. On the sth, at 7 45 p.m., Innistrahull was passed ; on the 6th, at 6 50 a.m., she was abreast the Calf of Man ; at 10 21 a.m., passed the Bell Buoy ; and at 10 57 a.m., rounded the Rock Lighthouse, liaving,made the run from the anchorage at New York to the Rock Light in 9 days 17 hours and 26 minutes. The Arabia brought $671,481 in specie, and ninety eight passengers. The United States mail steam-ship Arctic, Capt. Luce, which sailed from this port on the lath, arrived at New York on the 23rd ult. • The screw steam-ship City of Manchester, Capt. Leitch, arrived at Philadelphia on the 24th ult. The United States steam-ships Fulton and Princeton had left Portsmouth for the fishing grounds. Complaints having been made of the indelicacy of nude statuary at the New York Exhibition, the directors had been compelled partially to screen it. Yellow fever continued to prevail at New Orleans, but it was confined principally to the lower orders. The deaths averaging from thirty to-forty per diem. Lieutenant Ottinger had arrived in New York with spe cimens of coal, from the Puget Sound coal, mines. The coal lies very near the surface, and it is said that a wharf could be constructed for $6,000 which would enable steam ers to load directly from the pit's mouth. A slave belonging to H. France, of Pettis County, Mis souri, was publicly burnt, on the 13th ult., for murdering the wife of John Rains ; his master was ordered out of the state for conniving at the crime. - The following circular respecting imported merchandise has been issued from the Treasury department :—" Trea sury Department, July 20, 1853. Your special attention is called to the following instructions in relation to the appraisement of merchandise, under the act of 3d of March, 1851, additional to, or in modification of, the circular in structions from this department, dated 27th March, 1851: The invoice cost of foreign merchandise, supported by the oath required by law, 'will be held and taken as the im portor s declaration of value at the port and time of ship ment-and conclusive against ,the importer ; unless, before entering the same, the said importer, his consignee, or agent, shall declare in writing, under oath, on the invoice, a decline in value between the time of such purchase and the date of shipment, and the amount thereof ; in which case such declared value shall be conclusive against the importer ; but in either case the appraisers will determine and fix such additional value as the law and the facts my warrant.—JAMES GUTHRIE, Secretary to the Treas ur y -" The Northern Light had arrived at New York with Ca lifornia advices to the Ist ult. and $389,030 on freight. The Oregon sailed from San Francisco on the Ist, with $1,645,709 on freight. Among her passengers was the Caßtg i9UYj!Ct; rotii4 VDc3421413.91 1119 last three day FOREIGN )ARD, AND GENERAL COMMERCIAL y time pil got thei ost enco hear ti rally re Cost -favourable resented as doing great many water in operation that many miners were successfully at work - where it had previously been impossible to do anything. The city of Shasta had been totally destroyed by fire. The loss was estimated at SOOO,OOO. Several duels had occurred. We have intelligence from the city of Mexico to the 16th nit. The papers were filled with discussions as to the Spanish protectorate, which is favoured by govern ment. A commission had been appointed to form rules for the Jesuits, who were invited to return to Mexico. Santa Anna was preparing to unite church and state. .Count.Ronasset de Boulbon,. the -French adventurer, lad arrived in Mexico, and visited the President. Dreadful inundations -had occurred in Jalasco; the town of Huajaca was destroyed, and many lives lost. The diligence - from Vera Cruz to Mexico had been robbed, and one passenger killed ; fifteen rebbers'ivere arrested. A decree had been passed, affixing the death penalty for defrauding the Treasury. A terrible cloud of locusts was ravaging southern Mexico for a distance of four hundred miles, destroying the indigo and corn crops. The French paper, Trait 4'Union, had been forbidden to write comments on the government. The cholera wa s raging at 'Vera Cruz. We have intelligence from Monte Video to the sth, and Buenos Ayres to the 4th ultimo. Buenos Ayres was still besieged, and guerilla -contests were of daily occurrence, in which many were wounded and killed, particularly among the outsiders. The National Congress at Santa Fe had adopted a constitution for the confederated pro vinces, in most respects like that of the United States. It had been accepted. by Urquiza, but it was not probable that the authorities of Buenos Ayres would accept it while Urquiza, with his army and fleet, surrounded the city. The time allowed vessels hi the port of Buenos Ayres to load had been extended twelve days. Hides were eagerly purchased at advanced prices. Wool was coming in, and purchased for English account at high prices. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, NEw Yous, JULY 27. MONEY.—Money continues abundant " on mlI" and for short paper, at five to six per bent. Long negotiations are not so easily effected, and command better rates. Re ceipts of gold from California, for the fortnight, $400,000. Exports, $1,280,153. There is but little activity in the market for foreign exchanges. The demand and supply of bills are limited at 9* per cent. for sterling. COTTON.—(From the New York Shipping List of July 27.) —The market continues dull and depressed, with the tendency of prices in favour of buyers, and we have to slightly reduce our quotations. The sales for the s are 2,900 bales. We quote : Atlantic Other Gul Ports. Florida. Ports. Inferior nom. nom. nom. Low to good ord. Low to good mid 10 —ll 10 —it 10-4 —ll Mid. fair to fair ll4 111 11 112 .12 —l3 Total import since Istinstant27,6so bales. Export from Ist to 26th July, 1833, 21,993; 1852, 12,439. RECEIPTS, EXPORTS. AND STOCKS OF COTTON Exports to Total Exports Stock and Receipts. Gt. Britain. to For. Ports. on shipb'd. 1853....3,193,201 1,680,746 2,440,583 171,586 1852....2,987,492 1,624,727 2,383,098 106,373 Increase. 203,71,9 56,019 57,483 62,213 (Prom W. P. Wright's Circular, of July 21.) From the Atlantic States we hear more favourable reports of the crop ; the plant has revived under the effects of genial showers, and, though still small, is looking better than at any previous time this season. BREADTUFF9. — The advices to the 9th instant per Europa, and to the 13th per Artic, have caused a very decided re action, and quotations show a decline from the highest point of last week of 314 c. to 30c. per barrel, or 6ic. to 12ic. below those of last week. Holders of wheat demanded an advance of 5 cents per bushel on the receipt of the Franklin's advices, but present rates are 3 to 3 cents below the quotations of the 19th instant. In Indian Corn there is no alteration of im portance. PROVISIONS.—Western pork has continued in good de mand, partly for Australia and California, and, as the arrivals are light, and the stock not large, prices have advanced 124 c. to 18fc., closing firmly. Beef continues in steady fair re quest, and, as the arrivals are moderate, prices are supported. Butter is plenty, and, though in fair request, stale is a little lower. Prime cheese is scarce and wanted ; there is gene rally a good demand, and we quote fair to prime 7ic..to Sic. liiox - .--=The stock of Scotchpig is small, and il'Olders very firm ; but the market generally is inactive, and prices some what irregular, sales having been m a d e a t va r ious rates, from 831.50 to 833 , six months. We notice an improvement in English bars ; 100 tons sold at 859, six months, and more is now asked. _ _ _ FaEt a HTS.—To Liverpool the offerings have been to a fair extent. Cotton is taken to that port at 5-32 d. to 3-16 d. per lb. ; flour, 2s. to 2s. 3d. per barrel ; and grain, in bulk, 7 - kl. per bushel. To London, flour 2s. 6d. per barrel ; ;rain, in bulk, Sd. per bushel. To Havre, cotton ~ and flour 60c. per barrel. NEW ORLEANS, JULY 22.—Sales for the week, 6,000 bales, Middlings ate quoted 10ic. to 102 c, stock in port, 36,000; Receipts for the week, 2,000 bales. CHARLESTON, JULY 26.—The sales of cotton to-day have been 1,500 bales, at full prices. The quotations ranged from 9c. to 11,ic. MISCELLANY. DENTISTRY IN MADRID.—The authorities of Madrid have prohibited the drawing of teeth in the public streets, "because it is derogatory to the dentist's profession." CURIOUS MEDICAL CALCULATION.—During a discus sion between Drs. Draper and Watson, at Boston, U.S:, Dr. Watson stated that, in the course of four years and a half, he had taken from the- citizens of Boston and its vicinity one hundred barrels. of blood, and had adminis— tered 401bs. of mercury ! GOLD FIELDS OF Vicrout&--By the courtesy of a private friend, we have been furnished with some elaborate and interesting statistics-of the gold fields of Victoria, during the year 1852, drawn up with great care by. Mr. Edward Khull, of Melbourne. From this work we present our readers with the following summary of the total gum, tity and value of gold dust taken into Melbourne, Geelong, Adelaide, Sydney, and Van Dieman's land during the fait year :—Melbourne, and Geelong, 2,835,046 ounces ; Ade laide, 573,380 ; Sydney, 591,739; Van Dieman's Land, 217,402 ; total, 4,247,657 ounces ;- or 176 tons 19 cwt. 2 qrs. 21 lbs. 5 ounces ; which quantity, at 70s. per ounce, is worth £14,866,799 sterling. The population of Melbourne had during the year increased, by immigration, no fewer than 77,661 persons, being- an increase of 100 per cent. over the census of 1851.---Morning Herald. A FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT occurred three days ago at Cherbourg. 'The engineers employed in the works of the military port had occasion to cause the explosion of a mine, and in the meantime, sixteen workmen were assembled on a scaffolding against a wall at some distance. The shock caused a mass of earth above the wall to fall, and they were all buried. Measures were immediately taken for rescuing them, and the news of the accident having spread like lightning, the wives, mothers, and children of the men em ployed on the works hastened the spot. The troops had to be called out to keep them at a distance, but they filled the air with their sobs and cries. After four hours' hard digging, four of the men were got out alive ; they were but slightly injured. Shortly after, three corpses were found, and five others were seen —all were dreadfully mutilated. There were still four others to be found when the account came away. The men saved relate that when the fall took place not a cry was heard from any of the victims, so that their death must have been instantaneous. Out of the twelve men killed, seven were fathers of families, and they leave eighteen children and widows without resources. One of , them had eight children. THE FETE OP THE 15TH OF AUGUST IN PARIS.----The following are some details relative to the preparations for The general arran gemen t s will comprise the between the Tuileri es a n d the Triumphal Arch thise aspaceot rtdheefep, lyingEl o 3 i see the Clam Th i e p P s lac El e yes de se InarC°ento be decorated at each side by open porticoes springing from double pillars. From the Place de la Concorde to the theof the grand Champs avenue Bond - Point 124 arcades will be, placed at each side. Five. lofty triumphal arches are to be erected across the avenue in that distance, and a colossal eagle will spring from a • sphere erected over the fountain of the Rond Point. The Arc de Triomphe de l'Etoille is. to be lit with gas,-and in the centre will be represented the cross of the Legion of Honor. The avenue of the Champs Elys6es will be illumi nated by.means of lustres placed at short intervals from floWers. The entire ornamentation - of the fete, in the each other, and hanging from' columns adorned with Moorish style, •is- intended to give some idea of the Arabian monuments of Cordova and of the Alhambra. From three to six o'clock boat-races will take place on the part Of the river opposite. the Champ de Mars, where the equestrian troop .of the Hippodrome is to give a grand representation. The troop of Franconi's Circus will succeed that of the Hippodrome, and represent the taking of Leghouat, with other combats. A balloon ascent and a parachute descent will 'close this part of the fete. At the same hour there will be jousting on the river near Bercy ' • two mhts-de cocagne on the Place Walhubert ; and spectacles of various kinds at the BarritSre du Trone, and two mats-de-cocagne. At night, a display of fireworks will be given on the place near the barrier ; another on the river opposite Bercy ; and a third and a principal one on the Esplanade of the Invalides, near the water, where ; will be represented —first, the apotheosis of Napoleon ; next, the eagle and the Imperial ciphers ; and, lastly,, the dome of the Invalides will be lit up with coloured lights. SPECULATION IN MASSES. —Lorenzo Benoni tells us that in Italy scarcely any man dies so destitute that he is unable to leave a awn, however small, to be spent in masses for the repose of his soul. Others, while living, are as seldom without the means of purchasing the celebration of masses for the benefit of departed friends and relatives. The mass-market is therefore a considerable one in Italy : the mass is paid for, and the articles form no inconsiderable stock whereby to increase the priest'aincome.„ The price, we are told, varies accordine, to the demand, as on the' Stock Exchange ; and mass es ' rise or fall exactly as consols` do, according to the greater or less supply in .the market. The Loggio of Bauchi is described as the locality 'where investments in masses may be made to any amount. The priestly brokers there drive their bargains. " Suppose a priest (says Benoni), who had some hundreds of masses to say, to he in want of ready money, he found there those said brokers who took the masses at a discount, and paid him the difference. Some of the big-wigs—Rothschilds of thousands a us g al oo u d ls p o ri f ee masses. and ses. then These this Exchange—had in th e i r pocket-books thousands and got ese rid men of it monopolisedata profit' li to e ware poor priests, their clients (especially to those from the country),- and thus realised considerable gains." Here follows an a I!. As de thelivery er ludicrouslyS ignorservant Beilßenoni ei m illustration of the way in which this precious systernworks, so e an lF sy) c d h sese o n i tribbe sc 3 : si l us i N e v s imia t at o sitie w er hi lfrr c iot h nine i As t sied g b i a v :r_ es o, a large village at a few miles distance, was bargaining with a priest for a mass to be celebrated at the said place. The servant had been authorised to offer as much as three francs ; but it was Sunday —the weather was bad—and there were but few priests at leisure. The merchandise was looking up, and here comes something graphic—` I wont stir for less than five francs,' says the priest, turning away, as if to break off the conference. ' Five francs ! that is unconscionable (said the servant), whe n one m i g ht ge t a Novena for that. Well, then, get your Novena ; but you shall not have a mass The priest crossed a street and entered a liquor , shop. ' Boy, a glass of brandy 1' said. he to the lad behind the counter. The servant who followed close at the priest's heels turned pale. If the priest should break his fast, farewell to all hopes of a mass ! 11l give four francs, though lam sure I shall be scolded. Five francs : that's my first and my last word'—raising the glass t o hi s li ps —' you may take it or leave it as you please: He was just on the point of swal lowing the contents when the servant stopped his hand, saying, ' You drive a very hard bargain : however, you §lll4 ign tag AY9 40 11 VrAlli uttl4! IMPERIAL P. 'SE OF LORDS.-' ADVERTI -4.-• lIE S DAY; AND TURIKEY.—The I 4ULS of CLA <LUTON SE - YAWL - E. tO d sent to Sir HA.31,._ the Russian tiovb mand an explanation fro: unication MOLDAVIA had received from the in that Principality, respect to ssian Consul-General The Stamp and passed. ties (No. 2) Bill third tirr ENTRY OF SEAMEN.-011 VILLE, the Entry of Seamen Bill was read a second time. —The Earl' of Tah.DwidKE expressed his general appro; bation of the bill, but took exception to the seventh clause ) call for the (giving iwn power, by services of all ground that i a in cases of en t substiti-ited tar principl reply to the M tiOni had be CA.RDI SER CLAUENDON, in LTEEATION OF COPPE.-: .tion from the coffee pla plaining of the Treasury minute uth sented a r be mixed and sold with ci debate ensued, in the col declared that he believed with the exisistiug arras: reason to alter it. TORIIINGTON pre rs of Ceylon, com- A lengthy and igelent, and desultory BEEDEEN that he saw no BuLs.—The Irish Landlord and Tenant Bill any the Tenants' Compensation Bill were read a fi ordered to be read a second time on Tuesday Several Bills were advanced a stage, and ti journed shortly after eight o'clock. EXPENR ported t tee was ragmen, &( the lat, arried by 87 to 20. andidates employ --On clause 1 BROWN hoped the clause would pass without Sir J. G )e given to the pas im said the best cour He did tion of the clause, hov ay that celebration of local triumphs ri., or w ,ne mel n or villa€ the seat of a member who h. Northumb€ scarcely a collierY which h he•lmew from experience tt ne who pro 3nowN sup- ae at elec )n to inte he old Er 0 COM- safe, and e with the here an election was going Durhal its band of mnsi tt tt I eleCtior when public feeling must be very much excited, it was the custom of these bands of music to go out to meet the candidates who might be popular with the inhabitants )f the district Now the candid upon to pay these bands, or eve refreshments, but, sure, such simple and the -Mr. C. I the people m the obi ec :EUKELEY said, tlia Liverpool had ken of the ad' at elections, as if he depended upon seat. He would just point out to the Te not called vide them with 1 to this mea- )f regard on .ed criminal it having Tent of The Times news. last election for Liverpool, the with the utmost decorum, while gentlema and such things: would like to be pa liberal ge ban; accompanie accord- I behaved 4f the hon. processions Jstira tune J. Graham how he town, preceded by a a party newspape that house.—The a a band of music LIDDELi monyir to be received as authority in Mr. LIDDELL moved to substitut penal After some 4 68 fo 47, that the ( monthl—Colonel S ktulated the country good riddance from suet '—The Lunatics Car then went into c muses were gone thron ?MS.—The Nay-1 'oat VOltult ittee nSDAY A new writ was ordere room c Hundreds. Tr Nuxx: in numbe Y QUESTION.—Lord J. Ru busine.ss would be allowed to have precedence on Wi days, and he trusted that Mr. Phinn'would, on Wedn _Bow f motion.relative to au iuqui —Mr. PRINN said that as would be taken to ) take pre to the convent understood the went the I question, he had no wish to business by persevering wit GATE and Mr. SPOONER severe, notwitl CHARITABL flee of his nal system. TRUSTS.-0 t measu] on the Et variety of further amendments 11 Lord J. Russiin, on t NEWD on to pi J. Russf charities from the operation of the b DIESIGER and Mr. NEWDEGA.T EDERICK ➢lr. HEADLAM supported it opposed the clans( AUGUST 4 THURSDAY, ROYAL ASSMICT.—The Royal mission to the following bills, viz. The Successio Duty ; Common Lodging-houses ; Convicted Prisoners Removal and Confinement ; Savings-banks Annuities ; Coinage Offences, Colonies ; Colonial Bishops Act Exten sion ; Patronage Exchange ; Taxing-officers, Common Law Business (Ireland) ; Bankruptcy (Scotland) ; Land Reve nue ; Copyholds ; Customs . Duties ; Dublin Parliamentary Registration ; Stamp Duties ; Stamp Duties (No. 2) ; Resident Magistrates (Ireland) ; Turnpike Trusts Arrange ments ; Sheep, &c., Contagious Prevention ; Battersea Park ; Westminster-bridge ; Spitalfields to Shoreditch Improvement ; Pimlico Improvement ; Whittlewood, otherwise Whittlebury, Forest ; York and North Midland Railway (Reissue of Hull and Selby Purchase Shares) ; London and North-western and London and Blackwall Railways ; Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax Junction Rail way ; Warrington and Altrincham Railway (Stockport) ; Carlisle Canal and Port Carlisle Railway ; Electric Tele graph Company of Ireland ; Wakefield and Sheffield Road ; St. Helen's Canal and Railway ; Leeds Northern Railway ; Holme - Reservoir (No. 2) ; Lianidloes and New town Railway ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway (Barnsley) ; Nantwich and Woore Turnpike road ; Caledonian Railway (Connecting Branch with Edin burgh and Glasgow Railway) ; Furness Railway ; Edin burgh and Glasgow Railway ; Edinburgh, Perth and Dundee. Railway; London. and North-western. (Oldham Branch) • British Electric Telegraph Company ; London and North-western Railway (Northampton, &c.) • London and North-western Railway (St. Alban's, &c.).) ; East Lancashire Railway (No. 2) • Southport, &c. ; Birkenhead Dock Trustees ; Llanelly Railway and Dock (No. 2) ; Ribble Navigation ; Whitehaven and Furness Junction Railway ; Birmingham and Oxford Junction ; Birming ham, Wolverhampton, and Dudley and Great Western Railway ; Birkenhead Dock Company ; Newport ; West gavenny; and Hereford Railway ; W London tal Palace Railway ; Chorley Improvement ; and a gre number of other bills, being a total of 115. INDIA BILL.—Lord WYNPORD presented a petition frog the East India Company, agreed to at a general court, against the provisions of the Government of India Bill. The Harbours (Scotland) Bill was read a third time and mittee. number of oth, and their lordships adjourned. bilis were advanced a stage FRIDAY, Ar Numerous petitions were presented from Manchester and other places, in favour of the Combination of Work men's Bill, which was withdrawn on the mot . second reading, ion for the TEE INDIA BILL.—Earl GRANVILLE moved the second reading of the India Bill.—The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH said he didnot intend:to oppose the second reading. He regretted that, after haring - seen three India bills, he was not destined to seethe• complete reconstruction of India, and to behold thegovernment founded on principles which afforded a prospect of happiness to her people, and of grandeur and honour to England.—Lord MONTEAGLE said, that this was the first instance, in his recollection, in which both houses of. parliament had appointed com mittees to inquire into a complicated question, and then had been suddenly summoned to rush into legislation be- fore either of those•committees had pronounced an opinion. The present bill would complicate, instead of simplifying, the administration of India, and he should feel it his duty, in committee, to propose several amendments, which he considered essential to the efficiency of the measure. After some further discussion the bill was read a second time without a division. The Entry of Seamen's Bill was read a third time and passed, and the house adjourned at forty minutes past eleven o'clock. HOUSE OF COMAIONS.—TITESakT, AUGUST 2, CueuiT.LBLE TRUSTS.—On the order for going into committee upon the Charitable Trusts Bill, Lord ions RUSSELL said he should propose a few albei-ations of the bill in committee. One was that, as the services of the three persons named in the bill, who were to receive salaries, might not, probably, after a time, be required, one of the appointments should, at a certain period, cease. Another related to Romanist charities, the placing of which under this body, without special provisions, might lead to questions affecting the very existence of some of them, unless great care were taken. He proposed, there fore, that Romanist charities should be excluded from the operation of this bill, not, however with a view of omit ting them permanently. He thought it would be a great advantage that they should be brought under a body of this kind, to prevent their being diverted from their pro per objects ; but this would require a separate bill and very special provisions.—The house then went into commit tee upon the bill, the clauses of which were agreed to ; after much discussion, the amendment of the 60th clause, ex empting Romanist charities, being deferred until the report. PETITIONS.—Mr. COBBETT presented petitions, 37 in all, from operative bleachers and dyers in Lancashire and Cheshire, praying that the Ten Hours. Factory Bill, with restrictions on the moving power, may be extended to the petitioners.—Mr. FEILDEN presented petitions from ma nagers, overlookers, factory-workers, and operatives, for the reduction of the hours of labour of women and children in factories to ten hours daily, and for . restriction being placed on the moving power: RUSSIA AND TURKEY.—In answer to a question, Lord J. RUSSELL said, when the ambassador of the Emperor of . Russia left Constantinople, it appeared to her Majesty's government that it was desirable that there should be a conference of the representatives of all the Great Powers of Europe, in order to arrive at the terms which might put an amicable termination to the difference between - Russia and - the - Sublime Porte. It was the opinion of the . government of Austria that it was not desirable to have any such conference while the matter remained in the state of diplomatic relations, and that it would not be desirable to have such a conference unless the Emperor of Russia, by invading the principalities, should for a time, indeed, have disturbed the status quo of Europe. When that event occurred, the government of Austria, in conformity with its previous declaration, declared its willingness to hold a conference at Vienna, and it sum moned the representatives of the four other Great Powers of Europe to attend, for the purpose of a conference on the affairs of Russia and Turkey. The minister of the Kmperor of Russia did not attend ; but the ministers of England, of France, and of Prussia attended that con ference. Certain- terms were then agreed upon, which,. in the opinion of the representatives of the foiir powers, might be accepted with honour by the two governments of Turkey and of 'Russia. Those terms have been assented to by the governments of England and France ; and, ac cording to our belief, have been transmitted from Vienna to. Petersburg and Constantinople. THE PARSEE MERCHANTS.—Mr. J. Pnummonn, after an elaborate exposition of his " case," legal and equitable, moved, "That an humble address be presented to Her Majesty, praying that she will be graciously pleased to cause the case and memorial of the Parsee merchants, Jevangee Merjee and Pestongee Merjee, to be referred for the examination and direction of the Judicial Committee of Her Majesty's Privy Council."—Sir C. WOOD resisted the motion.—ln the course of the discussion which en sued, Mr. H. LIDDELL reminded the House that the firm to whose case their attention was drawn by the present discussion had come forward at a moment of danger to render assistance to the British Government—assistance which it could not have derived from any other source. The right hon. gentleman said that the debt had been incurred contrary to the law of the country ; but, if so, how happened it that the British Government through their Resident sanctioned the act for a long course of years ? (Hear, hear.) The act, if originally illegal, was purged of illegality by the sanction given to it by the British Resident. The silence observed by the Supreme Government for a very long period respecting these transactions must in fairness be construed into tacit assent to the acts of their Resident. (Hear, hear.) Was not the obligation of honour equally binding between a Government and an individual as between two individuals ? Not only had the firm assisted the British Government in the hour of danger, but they were recommended to the notice of the Nizam in the first instance by that government. Then, how had the firm conducted themselves in. the Nizam's territories ? They had improved the means of communication, and promoted the growth of cotton. That circumstance alone entitled them to favourable consideration. The unfortunate peti tioners had been bandied about between the Indian and the home government. This was their last chance of obtaining redress. Let it not be refused. The House of Commons had always been distinguished for the attention it had given to eases in which a claim, for justice was involved. Let it not belie its character on this occasion. The interests of numerous respectable families depended on the decision to which the house was about to come, and lie trusted that decision would be influenced only by consi derations of justice: For his own part, nothing which had fallen from the President of the Board of Control had changed the opinion he had formed from considering the facts of the case, and he felt bound to give his hearty sup port to the motion.—Upon a division the motion was negatived by 113 to 71. Several bills were read a third time and passed. COLONIAL Cnuncir.—On the order for the second read ing of the Colonial Church Regulation Bill, Lord JOHN RUSSELL moved that it be deferred until Monday, in order that the house might see the amendments which had been prepared by the Solicitor-General.—Mr.KlNNAlnD opposed the motion, and moved to defer the second reading for three months.—A discussion ensued, inwhich the objects of the bill were explained by Lord J. RUSSELL, and warmly defended by Mr. ROUNDELL PALMER, and the CIIA.NCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER took a general view of the status of the Church of England in the colonies, and of its exigencies.— Mr. V. Smith, Mr. Henley, and Mr. Newdegate opposed the further progress of the bill, and Mr. Kinnaird's amend ment was agreed to. Various bills were forwarded a stage; aria the 1191 , 150 rose at hapeAt tw9 9'441 It restric been brow operation be limited - to two AiSrD DOGs.—On the rep Bill, the CHANCELLOR of the several amendments, which were agreed tx rases .b to allow the•proprietor of race horses to fix t Assessed He propose amber of his stud, and upon that number be assess required, as at present, to pay upon all horses that replaced others. Horses used by farmers while attending Divine service be exempt from the tax, and on parties who, although not profoonionnl faxmcra, J ef, practising tarmh. s -, the tax to be commuted to a guinea a year in respect to horses which they kept for general use. With regard to the tax upon dogs, the only proposal was to repeal the ex- at being emption made at present iii favour of POSTPONEMENT PALMERSTON ; the Truck Act Ai supers. I Lord poned till next session GOVERNMENT OF JAMAICA..—Lord J the intentions of the Government respecti Jamaica. They did not propose to suspend. the representa tive constitution in the colony, but to induce, if possible, the Assembly and the Council to act in harmony. They pro posed, in the-first place, that there should act, containing grants for those officers deemed fit that permanent salaries should be given the colony of 3 permanent .liTom it was secondly, that the Assembly should make no grant of money except upon the initiative of a representative of the Crown, and that the officers of the Crown should be responsible for the expenditure of the money. On the other hand,. it was proposed to endeavour to place the finances of Jamaica upon a sounder footing. The public debt of the colony amounted to £500,000, upon which an interest of six per cent. was paid ; and it was proposed that the Imperial Government should give a guarantee for the interest of the debt, a sinking fund being provided for its extinction._ Another guarantee was proposed. The House of Assembly had insisted upon their right to make a reduction of salaries,..which the Council had regarded as a breach of faith. It appeared to the Government that this quarrel might be , settled by the grant of a compensation, which might induce the present holders to relinquish their offices, which could be filled by other persons at reduced salaries. This would require £50,000, which sum the Government proposed should also be guaranteed by this country, making the aggregate sum guaranteed £550,000. There .was one other point. Sir Charles Grey had already held his office as Governor, which he had discharged with signal ability, for the full term, and the Duke of New castle was of opinion that Sir Henry Barkly, who had been many years Governor of Guiana, would be the best person to succeed him, and he had accordingly recom mended her Majesty to appoint Sir Henry to that office. A question would arise, however, as to his salary, which the Government considered should not be less than £5,000, and, to avoid dispute, they proposed to vote £3,500 towards making up that sum for three years.---Sir J. PAKINGTON expressed his satisfaction at the proposals of Government, as did several other members.—Mr. HOIISVAIX regretted that the noble lord had not given a distinct answer to the question put to him with regard to the enlistment of Coolies in the West India islands. He should have been. pleased to hear a declaration from the noble lord that orders had been sent to the officers in those colonies not to adopt a course so injurious to the interest of the colonists. He then read an extract from a letter, com plaining of the hardship inflicted upon the colonists by the enlistment of Coolies. He trusted that the Government would direct their attention to the subject, and send out such instructions that no doubt could possibly remain on• the subject. The colonists in the West India islands were at present encountering great difficulties in competing against slave labour, and it was the duty of the-Govern ment not to throw obstacles in their way. SUPPLY.—The house then went into committee upon the estimates for the British Museum. After a lengthened discussion, a vote of £55,000 was agreed on. The next votes were obtained without any material discussion, except one for repairs of the British ambas sador's house in Paris, and another for £12,175 for pay ment of rewards for suppressing the slave trade on the coast of Africa. Several Bills were advanced a stage. New BILLs.—Mr. LOWE obtained leave to bring in the following bills :—Bill providing places of confinement in England and Wales for female offenders under sentence or order of transportation ; bill to render valid certain mar riages in the Church of the Holy Trinity, in the township of Hulme and parish, of Manchester, in the county of Lan caster; bill to amend an act of the seventh year of Her Majesty, for the better apprehension of certain offenders ; bill for further continuing certain temporary provisions concerning ecclesiastical jurisdiction in- England ; bill to continue an act to amend the laws relating to loan societies ; bill to continue the exemption of inhabitants from liability to be rated, as such, in respect of stock-in-trade, or other property, to the relief of the poor. The house adjourned at a quarter-past three o'clock FRIDAY, AUGUST 5. The Clitheroe School Estate Bill was read and passed. SOUTH SEA ANNITITIES. — The motion f reading of the South Sea Company's Arrangeme Trusts Bill led to some discussion, but the third time the third nt and lotion was finally agreed to. TIIE PILOTAGE BILL.---The committee on this bill was resumed, commencing with clause 10.—Mr. Housium, moved an amendment to the clause which gives power to the Board of Trade to license the masters or mates of ships to pilot their vessels into port. The object of the amend ment was to limit the licenses to the masters or mates of coasting ships or vessels, and the hon. membe it, - reminded the committee that the in moving trances to many For in- ports were constantly undergoing a chan_ stance, in the entrance to the Mersey, there were banks marked upon the chart which were supposed to be covered with twelve or thirteen feet water at one period of the year, while at others there were only five or six feet. Now how was the master or mate of a vessel which had been abroad for several months to know when these changes took place ? The banks and channels leading into the Mersey were continually changing, and no one could answer for the destruction of property which must inevitably occur if this clause was passed as it now stood. At present, from the efficient pilots which the port authorities employed, vessels trading with Liverpool were. carried with safety into port through the most dangerous channels, and the merchants and under writers of that town were therefore averse to this proposed alteration in the practice of restricting the navigation of vessels up and down the channel to authorised pilots. The Power propoml 1)Y tlils clause, w already ojoyed by the AUGHT een me ST Z 1 with it general ana not I .t that the • clams that it w the clause prc re than once of coins ), 1853. heyhad therefore :LL observed, that e, there were other and sine of go far enough. On the whole, how- the medium osed, and as that coarse recommended by the re -11-informed .., co be cautious bow gidly enforced, was cal" the pilot service of the !peated Mr. Horsfall shifting banks of the " , GE supported the .he heavy pilotage -Mr. lionsrALL repeated g a most undue power to the Board of scussion, Mr. HORSEALL said it would -- ..rnment, and withdrew :ulty would be discretionary 1 +he committ ,IDDELL V and not compul adopted a, lir the efficien hon. gentles s with reference is 1 to aenounc )01 would move t Upon a divis upon ti TIII mgh Live ential another decL ever, he thol culited to i: 'era' of his amen& amendments were pro' posed, and also withdrawn. All the other clauses were agreed to, and the bill was ordered to be reported. _., wished to call arrivai or the mail trains at ask if any measures were being taken x'ost-office authorities to insure punctuality in the transmission of the Irish mails to their destination.—MT' Wusozr said that steps had been taken to insure tint' formity in the arrival of the night mail, but that the dag mail was not under THE HOLYILE attention to the Holyl - ir- , A • by 0- M.kus.—Mr the control of the'postmaster. The 3' railway company was merely to convey contract witl certain n FOREI X AND COLONIAL POSTAGE.—The CHANCELLOD of the ExcnEquEn stated, in reply to Mr. Gibson, that next session there would be no objection to appoint a cow: mittee to inquire into the whole subject of foreign ana colonial postage. _ THE CHINESE REBELLION.—Mr. HOBSEALL said that on the 13th of last month a communication was made to the Secretary for Foreign Affairs, expresssing the appre hension of the members of the East India and China Association at Liverpool that sufficient protection wag not afforded to the British residents in China in the preset' peculiar circumstances of that country. Lord Clarendon, stated in reply, that a copy of that communication had been forwarded to the Lords of the Admiralty. As the latest news from China fully bore out the justice of the apprehe ms of the associition with regaid to the in sufficiency of the British force in the Chinese waters—it having been found necessary, it appeared, to apply to the United States Consul and to the French Consul for prcr —he•should be glad if the First Lord of the Adiru7 ralty would inform him whether the Government had sent any additional force to that quarter, or' whether they cor" templated doing so, or were of opinion - that there was no necessity for it J. GRAS oaiu Lae accounts last received froth China were most satisfactory with reference to the corn• munications which had passed between British residents With reference• to the British ...use waters, anticipating such a necessity as had irisen, for the presence of a larger force, he had sent orders for an additional steamer to proceed from the Indian to the Chinese seas ; and such an additional steamer had, 11 anticipation, been despatched. 1 on that stat force alto hi those seas Ldequaie to all t Trade. After some 'ges of ti is was grant ss to contend In addition there-had beetl the essities of the case r of war; in his opinion► The house went again into a he remaining civil - ere debated w DVET aed deb: Lfter a conver ions of the govert pended II be issued FRIGHTFUL FALLS OF - SIAGARA. ander da mmitice of supply upon ice and other estimates, which til midnight, when the chairman reported` at respecting the sag:. :o that no lie ills were advanced a stage, and the house ad" OCCURRENCE AT TO of 19th of Julio frightful accident at A. correspondent particulars 01 t. a :—" A boat, in which were three men ,st night, and floated into the curren t, Two of the men'Were carried inune er the Falls of Niagara, and dashed to pieces on v. The third, named Joseph Avery, caught a stump i. his passage, and clung to it. He was at on the brink of the Falls. Several boat -5 der to rescue him, but they were -the Jnt they touched the Rapids. excite'arge doer of persons left this city for the scene of d 3, ent by the trains, and swelled the th ousan ds l i e ~ a therediarotmd the spot. The man was in ap s , "f the rapids where the rocks rise nearly to the surfo e ° twe et:, A. log o f woo d, a pp aren tly we d ge d tightly be _ the , and crossed by another, still hi g h e r out °, f water, was his resting place. Here he remaill„ea , ,; clinging to-and half perching upon the log, from louci' would oc,casioually slip down and walk a little on the rock i s which were only a short distance under water. A few feet n advance was a small fall of about four or five feet, and here gives•the &Mail the Falls of Niag ere it was upset the rock& below a' covered aimot launched in c swamped,the mom the rocks, and on each Hide of him the water§ ruicd wildly on at speed of about 4.r) llour. A raft was constructed, _-- • - - formed of en strong fastenetlin a square form; g placed in the centre. The raft Was strongl3; secured withropes on each side, and was floated down to the rocks upon which Avery was stationed. As it approached the spot where he stood the rope got fast in the rocks and the raft became immovable. Avery then appeared•to mus ter strength and courage, and, descending from the log , walked over- the rocks to the place where the rope had nnd, laboured long and hard to disengage it from After some time he succeeded, and then with renewed energy, inspired by the hope of rescue; he pulled manfully at the rope until he succeeded in bringing. the raft from the current towards his fearful resting-Place' Avery now got on to the raft, making himself fast thereto by means of ropes which had been placed there for that 'purpose, and those on the land commenced drawing it . towards the:; shore. It had approached within 30 feet 0f one of the small islands, towards which its course was directed, when suddenly it became stationary in the midst of the rapids, the ropes having again caught in the rocks c i All endeavours to move it were found to be in vain, all_ much fear was entertained that the strain upon the ropy might break them and the occasion the poor fellow's Various suggestions were now volunteered, and s ever!P attempts were made to reach him. One man went out 1 11 a boat as far he dared to venture, and asked him if he would fasten a rope round his body, and trust to her drawn in by that. The poor fellow, however; shook J us t head despondingly, as though he felt that he had 00 strength enough remaining to make himself secure to 1 1 rope. At length a boat was got ready—a lifeboat, 81 1 ._,i c had arrived from Buffalo—and was launched. Seeing the preparations, Avery unloosed his fastenings, the intention of being ready to spring into the boa' Borne on by the rushing waters, and ami(Lthe-breath le t suspence of the spectathrs, the boat approached the thrill ram through the crowd—the boat lived in the sog''' waves—it struck the raft—a shout of joy:rang forth fe e l the shore, for it was believed that he was saved—when sou denly the hope that had been raised was again destroYe d j a moment's confusion followed the collision, and in the the victim was seen in the midst of the waters, separe'; from his frail support, and struggling for life. For 4.1 1 minute or two the poor fellow, striking out boldly s's' towards the island, and the cry echoed from shore to s hore that hewould ye lys t fi nehs he t v ihl ed .eas . shb ß oore_ u rn t e so l o ; ja n sck t s h t r i e n e f n t a o g et t t h h be e w c. fi a l s e ni r e c e v e i ce s d t eu rt :: 4 .! i ao f t a i 1 ill that dttii he o . creu receded r Gradually t ly a - p a p t ro filt, ea th t e h n e mo bri r n e ii ra o p f idl t 2 e -. fa n cipice, the waters had him at last their undisputed vietL Cu'' and madly they whirled him on to death, as though raged at his persevering efforts to escape their fury. t . A sickening feeling came over the.spectators, when,.llls on the brink of the precipice, the: doomed man sprang from the waters, clear from the surface, raising hirnse„. upright as a statue, his arms flung wildly aloft, and, afpiLcincagtasrlacuite, fell ktha b t ac ra k n ag g air,loudloytahheofso-eamith foaming mockingai,es alid rl .of , lunch& of commenttfatalhe ht precipice. ponth e m e taract see]; was hurled a h e ll ur :h nil a ed ve ev o n v e o n er t h . t ea h v e rt is b i ro to fo w n r osity, and the timid and imaginative will fancy, in the dill: the scene of the terrible catastrophe with shuddering curt of the evening, that they still hear above the waters'. to the mighty ea the fearful shriek which preceded the fatal plunge. caught, the - rocks. iota A MAN ASLEEP ron FivE YEAns.—On the, iark• June, 1848, a man named Cornelius Vrooman, dept son, in this county, went to sleep, since which he 1ia„ 5 „,." a all the time, awaking at long intervals, sometiraes l ,s ° ,7, he five months, and staying awake an hour or two, wl . "; resumes his nap. He is fed by his attendants duria.ore sleep; when he awakes he eats voraciously. This s t „, matter is certified to by some of our leading physi c " —. Rochester American.ri , CATTLE TO AMERICA.--Considerable interest 5 , 0 occasioned at New York by the arrival of the Brit Crown, Captain Duncan, from Liverpool, h a ving , fifty head of Durham cattle, a celebrated Clevelanasoe horse, a Neapolitan sow, and a fine litter of pry' sad of the cattle were from the stock of Lord Feversh ara, v the expense of introducing them into America 103 ,-, inferred from the fact that one bull an d heifer cotbr. guineas. A portion of the stock was intended for MSeri Atchison, Alexander, one of the most wealthy 3 -01114 1 ,p,4 of Kentucky, and the ramainder belonged to a c° l , o cP of farmers in the counties of Fayette, Bourbon, and ford, in that State. A - ti Cl , l.b CRIEACTERISTIC ANIERICA.N SPEECTL—xxoc“ e'rreaee of some interest (says the Washington Union) Oswego, during the celebration of the 4 th of JulY_e of mayor, Mr. - Colver, delivered an address, in the Coto-Jo! which he launched out into the usual strai n of PaAtios' demagogism about rum. This inappropriate manifes Let; of fanatical zeal met with a prompt rebuke from_fi, it. Richardson, Esq. The Daily Times reports his si "nA follows :—" As the speech just deli ver ed by .t,!„ ice mayor is not in the programme, I.think it glaYf:o ule: p that you have another, which is also not in the rog!..o' The mayor has introduced a subject which is not here ill nor necessary to a 4th of July celebration. I n lll , d en ounce his isms, and do denounce them , • 1 1 , ln lp denounce them on all occasions when unfairly 51 , 1 " of perly brought before the people. This is. a 4ta celebration. I like men to do what they do °P e • i : not preach one thing and practise another, be the how ranee, or be it what it may. Now, I know , ann c hing te e , mayor knows that I know, that he who is prea l bo ttl perance here to-day has drunk—drunk out of 13 Y re, e irt ll within the host two weeks ; and, what is 111 _ ° 10; to t ile !) more than I did. Now, when any man under.t . ' 0 .0 abolitionism or temperanceism, or any otherrivnirho. an occasion as this, I will denounce him ; • ' t attle f in man (turning to Mr. Colver) began, I left ay_ ° min ce 'l:4.that crowd there, and came up re of July g solved of to and I have done it. Let the of • o s s e eP c i, p his hand to the crowd). The conclusion o! . greeted with great applause, laughter, and el 1_ u"' lasted for several minutes, he ackjol xi, and,