Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-08-26 00:00:00

gommariall si,atts. THIS DAY This Day, the 26th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at Browne, Hunter, and Co.'s Office, 2, Dale-street, 800 Bales JUTE, BROWNE, HUNTER, & CO., Brokers This Day, the 26th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Apply to tiokers' Off Bank-buildings. just landed ex City of M apply to d Dream.—For particu HORNEWILL & BROOM, Broker This Day, the 2, Twelve o'clock, at the in store ouo Barrels Fine and Medium ROSIN, Apply to ANTHONY WOOD & CO., Broke This Day, the 26th ins Broker's Office, Corn I The Remainder of the '-past One o'clock, dings, Brunswick-stre( the Fire at the No Shore'M 4' Mixed WHEAT lad packag RICE, &c. less dan apply to .eted on the morning I. GOLDING. Broker, NEXT WEEK On Monday next, the 2 Offie( 109 Rolls Fine I anded, ex Isabella Sc Exchange-street East 7a SARSAPARILLA, t.—Apply to HENRY GLYNN Unless On Monday next, the vita instant, at a 600 Barrels Archangel TAR, just arrived ex Annette Smith, from Archangc P. Juncker, Merchant, 2, King-street ; or to TRISTRAM, BROTHERS, Brokers, 7, NI, ater-strc Apply to INI Ox account of whom it may concern. On Tuesday next, the 30th instant at Twelve o'clock, at the BrOkeis' Office, 24, Ilackin's-hey, 20 Bales Chili WOOL, ex Uruguay, 22 „ „ DITTO, ex Queen Bee, 32 Ballots Peruvian DITTO, ex Geraldine, 2 Bales Buenos Ayres DITTO, ex Criterion 76 Bales more or less ; damaged by sea water. PERKINS Sz ROBINSON, Wool Broke Apply to NEXT MONTH On Thursday next . Brok( the Ist Septemb?r, at One o'cic Office, 18, Hackin's-hev. i RUBBEI .d Ariel. , —Apply to JACKSON & 3.I‘CULLOCH, Broke 8 Cases 68 Bags 30 Bags 6€ ,ding ex Princess On Thursday, the Bth September, at Twelve o'ciock, at the Broker's Office, 22, Tower-buildings North, 737 Dry OX and COW HIDES, ei Palestine, from Constantinople.—Apply to SAMUEL BECKWITH, Broker. On Thursday. the Bth September, at Twelve o'clock, Broker's Office, 22, Tower-buildings, North, 3,200 E. I. KIPS, Apply to Mes ex Dream, from Calct & Co., Merchants ; a Fielden, Brother! SAMUEL BECKWITH, Broke Twelve o'clock, North, On Thursday, the Bth SeptembE Broke Office, 22, Tower-builffinf ,00 East India KIPS, DO GOAT SKINS, •om Calctitta.—Apply SAMUEL BECKWITH, Broke ex City of Xianchest, On Thursday, the Bth September, at Twelve o'clock, at the Broker's Office, 22, Tower-buildings North, 2,000 East India KIPS, L Calcutta.—Apply to SAMUEL BECKWITH, Broker, ex City of Edinburg On Thursday, the Bth September, at Twelve o'clock, at the Broker's Office, 22, Tower-buildings North, 2,000 Salted HORSE HIDES, ex Alexandrian, from Buenos Ayres.—Apply to SAMUEL BECKWITH, Broker. On tale. ON SAI MURIATIC 'ACID. BIGLAND, SONS, & JEFFREY Apply to Turkish YELLOW BERRIES _ fair average ; Price very low. GEORGE SCHOLEFIELD, Commission 1, Maryland-street. ON SALE About 55 1 Qualit ON SALE, 50 Tons SULPHATE BARYTES, 14 Tons Devon SHINING ORE, of very superior quality Apply to GEORGE WILLIAMS, 32, Dale-street ON SALE, REFINED TABLE SALT, Packed in Hermetically Sealed Earthenware Jars, suitable for the Australian, South American, China, India, &c., Markets. W. ROCKLIFF. WORKS, RIGBY-STREET ON SALE, 40 PIPES LEMON JUICE, (English pressed). Apply to THOMSON, BAGNAL 30, L, d M nd BUTT s ERWORTH, oorfield. ON SALE, CELEBRATED Is I , T et o R 7 T 03. MESSRS ORMOND AND CO VEVE IN BULK N BOND, OR DUTY PAID, In any quantity not less than 500. H. W. BUCKNALL, Importer and Sole Agent, 4, Exchange-alley North. 6226 d Apply to TO EXPORTERS AND THE TRADE §M. SALOMON, Importers of every description of • TOYS, LEATHER GOODS, MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, NCY MERCHANDISE and TOYS of Every Kind, Whole sale and for Export, 73 and 75, DUKE-STREET. The above goods can be had in bond. tile. ON SALE, ii+ The Ship NABOB, if. 04 0 8 length 144 feet 3-10ths, breadth 30 feet s.loths, leilt.l;'a.l depth 20 feet 6-10ths ; built in the United States • • in 1845 ; has just come out of the graving dock, where she has been tnoroughly overhauled, boottopped, and newly sheathed with yellow metal, and is now classed A 1 in red for five years; had a new mainmast put in; she is a large carrier, and is well suited for the Australian or other trades. Lying in Salthouse Dock.—For further particulars, inventories, &c., apply to M. 3. "WILSON, 6, York-buildings, Liverpool. tths CURRY, KELLOCK, and CO ., BROKERS FOR THE SALE AND PURCHASE N q'S OF SHIPS AND STEAMERS, SHIP VALUERS, jia4,' AND APPOINTED BROKERS TO THE HIGH , COURT OF ADMIRALTY, Walrner-buildings, MONETARY AND 1 0MMERCIAI THußsi EVENIN The demand 'Cry (1111€ To -day the sales were about 6,000 bales, of w 1,000 were on spc previous rat( The I ation and for export Venetian were done at 21 to 21; and New Shares at 21 to 2',4 In the General Produce markets there is nothing new to notice. Sugar and Tea meet with but a slow demand, yet there is no change to notice in Rice is in better demand, but prices are unaltered. prices The Corn trade remains At the markets held to-day there was a very slight demand, and verpool Share Market has been exceed ingly , good to-day, and an adva - ice in prices has been established in nearly all cases the favour- able traffic 'eturns, and the scarcity of employ ment for money, being the c dting causes The general demand for money has undergone no maten iteration. The enquiry for accom- mod.ation cputinues inactiv nd rates are about I kt the Bank of the same as previously quoted England, the application regular ;ed, but it almost entire j—except those from the ustomers of the establishment—have s not anticipated that any alteration in the minimum rate of the I establishment will be at present made. I n the Stock I ange there has been no demand for - - ment securities, and the rate of nominally at I to 2 per cent. per interest remo annum Great inactivity continues to prevail in the Mar ket for Public Funds and Securities, but prices are very firm.. At the close of business, Consols wer e quoted at 95 to 951, there being " buyers" at the former figure. The New Threes were 96-k to These prices show an advance when com- pared with the closing rates of yesterday. The London Railway Share Market was quiet to -day. Transactions continue on the most limited sca l e , but prices show an improving tendency. cwt. 4 • PIMENTO.-100 bags, chiefly at 31d. per lb. At the close, Caledonians were quoted at 85 1 to SEEDS.-2,360 bags brown Bombay Rape, at 40s. to 8 51 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 9'7 t o 971 •, 40s. 6d. ; 120 bags Guzerat , at 495. ; and 60 bags &hide, London and Nort h- Western, 96;1 to 96 1 ; Midland at 1 1 0s E . v p m e 3o r i cluart 2 e o r. 4-; and hovers, 751 to 761.t 0 ns Limawood, at £l4 10s., and 106 Fren c h and 20 tons Laguna Logwood, at V per ton. Dayskurnnins, &c.-100 baskets roll Annatto at 8-1 Canadiall sha r e s were inac t i ve. Lombardo- d. to 01d. per lb.; 10 chests fine orange Shellac at 102 s. 6d. ; small sales of heated Gambier at 17s. ; 250 tons Brimstone, on the spot and to arrive ; thirds at £8 2s. 6d., seconds at £8 10s., and higher prices now asked ; 20 tons Nitrate. of Soda at 14s. to 14s. 6d. ; 100 bags, 5 per cent. refraction ; Saltpetre at 395. ; Ashes rather firmer, pots 275. ; pearls 28s. 6d. to 295. per cwt. OILS, &c.—Palm £43 10s. P.Y.C. Tallow, 565. ; North American, 555. ; South American, 545. 6d. to 555. Olive Oil steady at the advanced rates. 700 brls. Rosin, common, 3s. Bd. to 3s. 11d., though chi e fly a t 3 s . 9d. Spirits of Turpentine very dull at 345. per cwt. PIG IRoN.—Nothing done; sellers at 525. 9d. cash, and 535. one month open ; buyers at 3d. less. LIVERPOOL HIDE MARKET.—AI ousT 25. Of salted River Plate ox and cow hides 6,000 were offered, and 92 sold ; B. A. 8641b5. at nd. per lb., tare 71bs. ; heated, 5141b5. to 61-Vbs., at 7d. per lb. 3,100 salted Australian hides offered, 1,620 sold. tare 511 ght) 49 to 301bs„ at 51d. to 4lbs. 17 „ sad. ~ 2 1,550 salted West Coast hides offered, 40 sold ; 6511b5. at 61d. per lb., tare 51bs. 4,400 salted River Plate horse hides offered, 2,300 sold; B. A. 2911b5., at 12s. 10d. each ; heated, 301b5., at 9s. 4d. each. 9,000 East India kips offered and sold. Calcutta drysalted : Average. Ist class. let rubbed. 2ndrbd. 74 to 711bs. 120 to 13d. Sad to 9d. 6id. lbs. -84 d to 121bs. 8d to 91d. 71d to 70. 61{1 5,730 tanned East India kips offered, 1,935 sold. -nd class. 3rd class. 414.. 3d. stcl. 670 Singapore cow hides offered and sold ; 19 ,5 g to 201bs. at sd. to 6d. per lb. • 5 to 1011bs at sd. to 61-d. per lb. Singapore Sinapore buffalo hides offered and sold ; 301 to 351bs. ae4l,-d. to 44d. per lb. SOUTH AMERICAN HAIR.—The following were the results sf the sales by auction :-160 bales, 85 bags, 7 serous South American Hair offered ; 100 bales, 51 bags, 7 serous sold. Cut Tails, seconds, at ls. to is. 112 d. ; thirds, ls. 30. to ls. n d. per lb. Stump Tails, firsts, at is. 9td. to Is. 100. ; seconds, 14d. to 18d. per lb. ; thirds, good at 114 d., fair 6d. to 91-d: per lb., matted at ls. 30. per lb. Grey, seconds, at ls. 64d. to ls. Bd. ; thirds at ls. 31d. per lb. Mixed good, fair to good, at 121 d. per lb; fair to good at lltd. to llad. per lb. ; slight to fair at 91d. to 11d. per lb. ; Cordova at 10d. to ls. per lb. ; Cow, off skin, at 111 d. to ls. ld. per lb. ; Cow, on skin, good at 101 d. to lOad., fair at 71d. to nd. per lb. 275 bales American Pig Hair offered ; none sold. LIVERPOOL METAL MARKET.—AUGUST 25. COPPER ORES.—The Swansea Tickettings of the last sales give an average of 18s. 11d. per unit, being a decline of Bd. per unit. The next sales are adver tised for the 6th of September. LONDON PRODUCE MARKET es very dull, and:prices are with dif- -AUGUST 25 SUGAR cont tide wears a firm appearance. demand continues limited, but holden TO CORRESPONDENTS Under no circumstances can we insert communications not not accompanied by the author's real as necessarily for publication, but as a gu d addre& Lntee of good fold 'e encouraged on matters of public interest They should be legibly written on one side of the paper only, Cie garteirn IMO FRIDAY, AUGUST 26, 1859 THE DAY'S NEWS The Zurich Conferences continue a mystery and are evidently a puzzle. By yesterday's tele- graph we learn that the French and Sardinian Plenipotentiaries held a conference—that M. D'Bourqueney has received a courier from the Imperial Cabinet at Paris—and that Count Col_ loredo has had a slight attack of apoplexy ; but, again letter. It would be ungenerous to imagine any arrangement of those awkwardnesses, but the aggregation of time may have some significance• Beyond this the troubles apparently hanging over the European Continent seem so much on the increase, that strict and prompt attentionto our naval defences becomes at once a virtue and a duty The commercial world will learn with regret that a protracted period is likely to elapse before the postal route with Australia can be established by way of Panama The " affair of Lombardy has been regulated by the plenipotentiaries of France and Austria if reliance can be placed on the Paris correspon- dent of the Morning Advertist The Pays, in an article evidently written with NORTHERN DAILY TIMES. ficulty supported. COFFER—This remain f Helena should, at all events, be placed on an equality with Ascension ; that there should be built a dock for the repairs of ships calling there ; that all dues levied on shipping should be re moved ; that the hospital, if found too expensive, should be paid for only by those using it ; and that the expense of maintaining the Government should not in any way fall upon the shipping THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE LONDON, Thursday Evening The Stock Exchange has been dull, so far as the transaction of business is concerned, but prices continued firm. The . Funds are quoted the same as they closed yesterday. Another investment to the extent of £15,000 has been made in Consols for the account of the savings banks. THE FUNDS.-CLOSING PRICES, Consols, Money , 95-2- Account 952 Bank Stock... .223 4 Three per Cents 96k 967, ExCiiequer Bills 20-23 RAILWAY SHARES •CLOSING PRICES Amb. Not. &E. J. 64- 67, Caledonians . . . . 851 851 Dutch Rhenish . . Eastern Counties. 57 57* East Lancashire. Gt. S. and West.lo3 105 Lamas. & York.. 97 L. &N. Western 955. 6 L. and S. Wesen 9-24 Edinburgh & Glas 7;3 76 Great Northern ..103 104 Leeds Northern.. 44 Man. Sheff. & Lin 351 6 1 ?Midland Stock . 1064 of yesterday . A. 85 87 North British ... 601 N. Staffordshire.. 1) Gt. Westerns. .. . 60+ 60 . 1 G. Wes. of Canada 14- 7 - 15 Gd. Trnk. of Call. 81 S. E. & Dover . . 751 61 York, New. & Ber 891 York & N. Mid.. 721 LIVERPOOL STOCK 1 CHANGF The following are the clo. Ches. & B'head 781 781 Caledonian Stock 85 85 1 E. Counties lll HI E. L. Stock .. -ins prices : N. S tafford 4 xd 41 N. E. Ber. c. Stck 891 xd 90 York capital Stck 72 xd 721 Leeds Stock . . 431 xd 44 S. Eastern . . 22 13-16 221" Dutch Rhenish . . 5. - d Gt. Luxem 6 41 G. T. Canada . . 8 13-16 81 G.W.Canada . . . . 15 151 I) new shares 51 sid Lomb.-Venetian . 2 1 2 4 p '1 „ new shares 2. 7 , ? 2-§p G. N. Stock . . .. 102 104 Great Westerns 604 xd 601 Lan. and York .. 971 9n- Lon. & Nor. Wost. 951 96 „ . .15-16 1(1 M. S. and Lincoln 351 36 Midland Stock.. 106,1 106 ,1 „ Nor. British Stock 601 604 LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET -AUGUST 25 The Cotton Market to-day continues quiet, without change in price. The sales, including 40 bales Per nambuco, at B§-d. ; 120 Bahia, at 71d. to Bd. ; 200 Egyptian, at Bd. to 81d. ; and 600 Surat, at &id. to std. ; are reported 6,000 bales, of which 1,000 are on speculation and for export. LIVERPOOL PRODUCE MARKET.—AUGUST 25. SUGAR.—The market continues very quiet, and we have only to report 1,500 bags Benares at 435. 6d. to 4.55. 6d. per cwt. MOLASSES or CoFFEE.—No transactions to notice. RUM.—Forty puncheons Porto Rico have c h ange d hands at ls. Bd. per gallon proof. RlCE.—There has been a fair inquiry, which, having been freely met by holders, the sales comprise 2,350 bags Bengal, at 10s. 3d. for old, to 12s. 9d. for good new table ; 700 bags old Arracan at 7s. 6d., and 6,000 bags old Rangoon at 7s. 3d. per cwt. PEARL SAGO.-250 boxes small grain, at 18s. 6d. per Middling white Bengal has been sold to some extent at 10s. to 10s. 9d., which were previous rates. The sale of a very large parcel, 1,400 puns. Demerara and Berbice, has caused the market to have an upward tendency, and leewards are quoted 2s. to 2s. Id., proof Demerara 2s. 3d. SALTPETRE continues dull of sale at the late decline COCHINEAL sold without spirit LONDON TALLOW MARKET.—AtiousT 25 The market is quiet bnrgh Y.C., on the spot, 55 October to December, 555. 1 ,t the following prices :—Peter 3. 3d. ; September, 555. 6d 3d. ; ditto separately, 565. BIRMINGHAM CORN MARKET.—AuGun 25 Large supply of Wheat, chiefly of this year's crop, and mostly in good condition. New was fully ls. per quarter lower, but nearly maintained its value. Barley in fair demand. Fine Oats inquired for; secondary difficult to sell. Beans and Peas ls. per quarter cheaper. MANCHESTER CORN MARKET.—Auctun 25. A scanty attendance at market to-day. In the ab sence of any transactions of moment, we repeat the currency of this day se'nnight for Wheat and Flour, although buyers might have supplied themselves on somewhat easier terms. Oats were ld. per 451b5., and ,‘„ Luct , pow Ivu 2, ulicts,pw. _DetLIIS auu nllllllll ,c,orn were also procurable on more advantageous terms GLASGOW CATTLE MARKET.—AuGusT 25, We had the largest supply of Sheep and Lambs at this day's market ever known in Glasgow. Sales were difficult to effect, and prices were very irregular, but all were decidedly lower than last week. There was about the same number of cattle as on last Thursday. Top quality was extremely scarce. Sales were difficult to effect at a reduction of 10s. to 20s. a head, and at the close several lots were left unsold. Supply-755 Cattle, 4,007 Sheep, 10,821 Lambs. GLASGOW IRON MARKET.—AUGUST 25 All 525. 9d. to 535. Market firm. CORK CORN MARKET.—Auousr 25. White Wheat, 16s. to 225. 6d. ; Red, 17s. to 21s. 6d, Barley, 14s. Oats, 10s. to 13s. DUBLIN CATTLE MARKET.-AUGUST 25 Numbers to-day ranch as last Thursday. Best Beef maintained quotations of this day week. Secondary qualities inferior were scarcely so easy to sell. Good Sheep sold freely ; but there were a large number of different quality, which was difficult to quote, and a few remain unsold. Good Lambs selling well. Wool : No change to quote. Beef, 50s. to 60s. per cwt. ; Mutton, 5 1 d. to 6d. per lb. ; Lamb, 18s. to 30s. ; 6d. to 71d. The following appeared in a part of our impression THE MONEY MARKET, (From the Times City Article.) WEDNESDAY EVENING.—The English funds, to-day, opened steadily, and afterwards experienced a decline The Russian Loan was allotted to-day, each appli sum asked for, and the final cation getting the w price was discount tc The exact amount of the übscriptions has not yet transpired The exchanges from China, by the telegram this morning, are less unfavourable for this country. At Hong Kong a downward movement seems to have boen about 2 per cent., but at Shanghai it was only a per cent. In the Corn market there was increased heaviness. The Railway traffic returns are good,—London and North Western shows an increase of £5,493, Great Northern £3,361, Great Western £3,286. In the Railway market, yesterday, the principal alter ation was 1 per cent. in Great Northerns. (From the Daily News City Article.) WEDNESDAY EVENING. — The Funds remain very firm. The closing quotations were the same as those of yesterday, although at one period a decline of a per cent. was presented. _ _ Sales of Consols, Railway Referential Stock, and Turkish Bonds took place for reinvestment in the new Indian Loan, which, at 97, pays about £5 3s. per cent. No alteration in the Discount market. There are no bullion operations at the Bank. The Wheat market was dull to-day at Monday's prices. MANCHESTER SHARE MARKET.—AUGUST 26. Leeds, 961 7,1; Midlands, 104; Dovers, 221 ; Lon dons, 96 ; Great Western; 601 ; Sheffieids, 36. BOROUGH HOP MARKET, AUGUST 26 This Market continues heavy, and prices are nomi nal. The plantation accounts are favourable, and the duty is called £260,000. METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET.—AtTG. 25. Fair supplies of each kind have been on sale here to-day. Prime beasts and calves have been in fair request at fully Monday's currency, but inferior kinds were dull and rather cheaper. Sheep and lambs changed hands to some extent at very full prices. Pigs inactive at late rates. Beef 2s 8d to 4s 8d I Veal Mutton 3s 2d to 5s Od Pork Lamb 45 6d to 5s 8d foreign .. Sheep and Lambs TOTAL 1000 3s 2d to 4s 8d 3s 8d to 4s 6d SUPPLY. Calves foreig I Pi g s.. Cows foreign much care, and considerably more moderation than has recently been evinced by that journa " If," which it takes for granted will be the the King of Sardinia refuses to accept the annexation of Central Italy, ther be a dead lock which must necessarily lead to the restora- tion of the Dukes without any recourse to arms Another speech of Mr. Lindsay, M.P., which we have given elsewhere, well deserves attention. It especially deserves the attention of our work ing men, to whose interests, it is wells known, the honourable member is much devoted ; and his advice to them, under the present circumstances of the country, as it is there given, is valuable in the extreme. He admits, it will be seen,—as we most certainly do ourselves,—that whilst labour is the working man's capital, and he has a perfect right not only to go into the market and dispose of that capital to the best advantage in his power, but even to enter into combination with his fellow workmen, if he thinks proper, to increase the value of his labour, it is yet gene- rally ?spry Questionable if it be. on the wholo, for his interest to do so. He may gain by it for the moment; but it is very probable that, in the long run, he will lose by it,—and certainly, no such combination must ever assume such a character as to interfere with others, whether workmen or employers. The reasoning of Mr. Lindsay on these points is most conclusive dr( We commend his ad- s, therefOre, to the particular perusal of our numerous readers among the working classes. Mr. Lindsay was accompanied on this occasion by his excellent friend, Judge Halliburton, whose humorous address will also be read, we are sure, with much interest,—nay, we think with edifica- For the honourable and learned gen tleman generally deals, in great truths ; though, as they are not always palatable in their naked ness, or, as he himself expresses it, " are too tion also homely for people to care much about, or too dry for them, unless, like doctors' pills they have a little sugar put round them, he adopts the admirable plan of wrapping them in a little humour, in order, as he further says, " that when people read them for amusement, they may find that they have learned something that they did not know before." The metropolitan building strike, unhappily, seems to have become so doggedly inactive that little prospect of accommodation between the con- flitting parties presents itself. Both sides seem obstinate ; and until some sacrifice has been felt among the contending parties, the hope of con- cession or reasonable arrangement must be looked on as distant. In the meantime, the ruinous consequences of the strike cannot fail to tell severely on both the employers and the parties who ought to be employed. THE England of to-day presents not alto gether a healthy prospect to the moralist or the Christian. The inordinate amount and intensity of crime which is the daily burden of the press throughout the country, which every assize bears witness to, and judges every three months de plore with increased fervency, reveals a wide spread depravation of the moral sense through out entire classes of the community. Though this, which is the most appalling feature of the evil, viz., its extent, seems at the same time to render more certain and more easy the means of cure, it may be difficult to take out an individual from the mass, and investigate the hidden causes of crime, the subtle liabilities to temptation, in a single human breast. But when immorality takes the wide range of one-half of the inferior part of the population of our cities and villages, the object upon which our skill and zeal are to be exerted assumes a definiteness of shape, and a tangibility of cause and effect, which ought themselves to guide us in inquiry, and point to the means of repression. opportunities, and powers, and agencies and vir- Given a nation wealthy, powerful, and cot- Which uphold the supremacy of England, must tented, with every resource from practical talent, and do seek consideration and protection. The enlarged knowledge and civilization, ramifying, Agricultural and Shipping Interests respectively through all grades ; the arts of government both looked for justice and fair-play 'from the ranks of local and central in high perfection ; a theoretical the late Government, rather than from the ultra standard of cultivated philanthropy among the Liberal " advanced" party. It may be in the educated, and an absence of special incitements recollection of some of our readers, that the : to crime among the vulgar,— given all these Right Hon. M. T. BAINES was formerly selected to represent Hull, very much more upon personal considerations than on account of his political The suavity and amenity of his own ndividual character, with his popular affability of manner, mainly won for him this high dis tinction. There was an express understanding, creed. however, that he should not support any measure introduced into the House of Commons detri- mental to the Shipping Interest. When, there fore, Mr. LABOUCHERE introduced the bill to repeal the Navigation Laws, Mr. BAINES, them President of the Poor Law Board, tendered his resignation to the Premier of the day, which was not accepted, while it was intimated to him that he should not be required to support the Govern ment by his vote on that occasion ; and he ab- stained accordingly. The electors of Hull im posed this condition upon Mr. BAINES, because they were aware that they could expect no relief from the Liberal party to which he belonged. A more active policy must now be pursued by shipowners, if their Interest is to be upheld_ Members should only be returned, who are pre pared to vote for measures, which will restore the broken fortunes of the Mercantile Marine. Per- sonal respect must not interfere with the discharge of a great public duty. The inertness of the Ship owners, while their Interest was being tampered with, was unaccountable and fatal; and from that supineness they have only been roused by the irritation of loss and disadvantage which has supervened. The result is, that now there are thirty members in the House of Commons, who are engaged in Mercantile Marine pursuits ; and whose influence will be recognised,—whose re monstrances will be respectfully listened to, and the weight of their practical knowledge and ex perience receive that consideration, which the House invariably extends to the statements of members who confine their remarks to the particular Interest with which they are most con versant, and in which they are chiefly embarked. One fact to which we would direct the atten- I tion of gentlemen engaged in this branch of commerce is, that to the Conservative principle of the Constitution they must look for that justice and equity, which their present depressed con dition so loudly calls for. The Manchester school of politics is entirely opposed to them ; and however applicable the theories of that party may be to some branch of industry, it is most inappropriate to this ; although they would make it appear otherwise. The Free-trade advocated in that school, is not a nostrum for all things ; and certainly it is not one to be beneficially ad ministered to our Shipping. On this ground why was Liverpool delivered from Mr. CARD-' WELL'S services ; and hence, consistently with the principles of the same school, we find him a member of Lord PALMERSTON'S Government. The extreme party which assisted to bring in the present Ministry was one, the leading members of which had spoken most disparagingly of the noble Premier and his colleagues. Our hope, therefore, is now centered in those members who have been elected to represent the Shipping Inter est, and whoie great duty it will be to use their best energies and influences to restore to office Lord DERBY'S Administration ; which, while having the confidence of the country, was evi dently overthrown by the instrumentality of gross bribery and corruption, on the part of those in whom that interest has never found friends. To this body of shipowners in the House, Mr. SOMES, as member for Hull, will be a great accession. No amount of casuistry can get rid of the facts which are presented at the present moment, with reference to the interests of that important source of our national wealth which Mr. SOMES now personally represents. But how this condition of depression is to be altered, so as to give the Shipping Interest a fair chance for the development of its energies, and for retrieving the position which it is rapidly losing, it is for the wisdom of Parliament to decide. It is a subject of gratification that the Legislature has been so far prepared for the task, by the recent introduction to the House of Commons of men, whose acquaintance with the maritime commerce of the country, in all its bearings, is beyond question or dispute. We hail, therefore, with joy the accession of Mr. JOSEPH SOMES to this party in Parliament. Happy would it be for Liverpool were a similar spirit to pervade the great bulk of its constituency. Liverpool, even more than Hull, requires its greatest interests to be wholly represented in Parliament by men, who not only understand, but sympathise with them. We depend so much upon the Shipping Interest in this borough, that none but devoted supporters of that Interest, ought ever to be returned by such a constituency as its representatives in the Legislature,—where laws are made which, as experience has shown, can either advance that interest or depress it, as the case may be. BANQUET TO LORD DERBY We understand that it has been determined to entertain Lord Derby, and several of his late col- leagues, at a public Banquet in Liverpool, to take place in the course of a few weeks, on which occasion the Address that has been so numerously signed, expressive of the high sense entertained o his Lordship's admirable conduct in the late adnii - nistration of her Majesty's Government, and of the increased confidence with which he is regarded as the Leader of the Conservative party, will be formally presented. We anticipate, on this occa prices were somewhat in the buyers' favour. At the London Wool sales to-day, the biddings for all kinds of Wool were active, and prices were well supported, The foreign buyers still The traffic returns of the Grand Trunk Rail- way Company of Canada, for the week ending August 6, were £8,041, against £7,556 the cor- responding week last year, being an increase of kt the half-yearly meeting of the Eastern Counties Railway, to-day, the report was adopted after considerable discussion, the dividend to be payable on the Ist of September.,. The chairman stated that an almost total failure in the fish traffic on the Eastern Coast, a circumstance that had not occurred fora quarter of a century, had occasioned a falling off in the receipts on that laccount of £9,000. The question of amalgamating all the lines in the Eastern Counties was stated I to be under consideration A general meeting of the Victoria (London) Dock Company was held to-day. The falling off in the receipts was attributed to a decrease of entries in the port of London The report was adopted The Board of Trade returns for July were issued to-day The exports for the month amounted to £11,285,451, against £10,993,997 last year, and £12,201,532 for July, 1857 the seven months ending July 3' exports was £74,288,061 For _ st, the value of , being £10,000,000 in excess of the same period last year Attention has been recently directed to the pre sent state of the islands of St. Helena and Ascen- sion, particularly with re,gard to their qualifications as ports of call for home-bound vessels. In con- nection with the former there is an abundant supply of fresh water; it is very fertile, and pro- duces large quantities of excellent vegetables but, on the other hand, the entire of the fixed establishment s supported by rates and duties levied on the island, and .n addition to this about £16,000 or £17,000 per annum is collected from the ships which happen to touch This is considered a great grievance, and is much complained of. Again, a free hospital has been established on the island, for which an additional tax of id. per ton on the registered tonnage of the ship is charged, and this sidered a further vexation. With regard to Ascension, it appears that the supply of water is very inadequate for the necessary requirements, and it is nothing like so productive as St. Helena. It is urged that whilst Ascension is strictly under the control of the Admiralty, and has thousands lavished upon it annually by the Im perial Government, it is not taxed. St. Helena remains fettered, and receives no government Ls con- I F CC, 14111.1 .y +l,ln,nr AIGUST 26, 1859. ; what machinery shall be devised to keep unrusted the edge of the moral sense, how shall the conscience of the people be educated, in wile way shall the progress of civilization be pre served unattended by the march of those ruder saps the vigour and life of the nation ? , and that demoralisation which If this is a hard problem, what use is it that Providence should scatter opportunities in our path ? cannot keep L'ngland moderately virtuous, of If we what use is our extended commerce, the success of the arts of peace, the increase of a well-to-do population, th 6 spread of science and knowledge, and even zeal ? Is all this vast and growing addition to , the sum of human prosperity and apparent happiness nothing but to swell the present triumph and the future downfall of the god of this world; all these material advantages but to strengthen the cry with which we assail Heaven itself, let us eat and drink, for to- morrow we die ? Yet this is the problem England has been trying to solve—how long P—and which the loathsome details of class demoralisation prove to be still it nsolved. There is much parade of means, and profession of willingness, and even arrogation of power to regenerate the masses the nostrums of the Tabernacle outnumber all the universal remedies of science : there are more quacks in religion than in medicine ; there is much self-flattery about the progress of the Gospel, and the circulation of religious know coteries of faithful and busy-minded ledge teachers without end meet to testify to the pros perous conventionalism of their school, .and the pliability of the modern mind ; they say a word or two against the refractoriness of some neigh- bouring religionist, or the enormity of some opposing creed, calculate the number of tracts distributed, audit the accounts, and are happy. A good deal of money is spent upon stone-work, and even twenty thousand pounds are not too much for a conventicle A religious teacher of some sort encounters us in every walk o f life, ; and where is the social circle without its favourite preacher, its demi-god of the pulpit ? Does not all this look promising ? Have we not reason to flatter one another—to dream of the supremacy of religious motives, and religious zeal ? If we wish to know the strength and sincerity of a man's beliefs and convictions ought we not to judge from the strength of his disbeliefs ? If we wish to judge of a man's love and zeal for what he believes to be religious truth, shall we not find the test in the strength of his opposition to falsehood : in his religious animosities and hatreds ? Surely then we who are as keen and eager in the scent of a false aoctrme as the merchant is of a bad bargain, or a pecuniary imposition—surely our zeal for the gospel is unimpeachable. Surely the interests of religion may be safely entrusted to our advocacy and administration. Yet there is no need to enquire as to the condition of the masses of our people. With all this sense of religion among the middle classes—this zeal of partisanship and power of controversy —among the masses religion is either a wholly unrecognised visitant, or never more than a coldly welcomed guest sure in the end to be rudely thrust from their doors. We are not going beyond our province in thus drawing attention to the great evil of the day, and to the inadequacy of existing agency to remedy it. Whatever has to do with the public morals and the public well-being is our concern as journalists. It is right that those who have the special care of religious machineries, should be warned when their bad working has arrived at too high a pitch of inefficiency to escape the notice of the general spectator. England, you tell us, is the most religious people on earth. What the world is inclined to say is, that never was there a nation, never was there an age; where and when there was more sectarianism and less religion. In fact, sectarianism has either tried to propagate religion and regenerate the people and has not succeeded; or it has tried to put the odium theologicum instead of pious zeal, and to propagate a religious partisanship instead of a practical reformation, and it has succeeded. You who are jealous about the repu tation of that religious system of belief for which your country is celebrated, are deeply concerned to clear it of the possible reproach that, with peculiar opportunities, it has been unable to do its work ; that, notwithstanding all those ma terial and social advantages which it is impos sible for earth to receive from any hand but Heaven, your religion has proved a disastrous and ignominous failure The scorner is not far off who delights in such accusations. It is well for you if there are even newspapers to tell you that reparation is abso lutely needed, and that the means of reparation are still within your reach. WE heartily congratulate the electors of Hull on having returned, as their representative, Mr. JOSEPH SOMES, rather than his Liberal opponent, by such an unmistakeable majority as that of 489. At the present time it is essentially im portant to the Shipping Interest that gentle men concerned and largely engaged in it, as capitalists, should come forward to represent constituencies equally interested in the commer cial marine of our country as themselves. Hull, as a port, ranks fourth in magnitude in this country. It should be remarked, however, that it is from the Conservative principle those great interests