Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-08-12 00:00:00

Cotlmerriat THIS DAY On account of whom it may concern. This Day, the 12th instant, at Half-past One o'clock, at the .Broke 4iffice, Corn Exchange-buildings, Brunswick-street, _ 100 Tons RICE, _ore or less damaged, s =11: - Appfy to On accopnt of whom i Corn-Excha roeifAtf)'.; sy"fie viewed on '—Apply to * - .Aff l 9to NEX 3f FLO', ()inlay next, the 15th in. Orolcer's °tile 1;000 Sir GEORC fin Thursday, MI Hunt **,i,l3=-to 'OiTfiursd a y, the it* ()thee, IPPY to o r ;,, f , th, ply to 3,000 Bags I N. WAI 2,400 E. I. TA BROWN 450 Singap 150 Dry Nl' 49 Bales Bomby HEMP, e & SONS, B. BROWN CO., Bro' clock, at Brown, UNTEI air CORK PICKLF,D ~p`.v to 'co., B WALT 3. A. HAYMAN, 4, Chap Sti LPIIATI 14 Tons Devon SHINING OR GEORGE WILLIAM ON SAL 40 l' 1 THOMSON, `3AGIIA rid I3UTTERWORTH, N A T ON NASSAU SEL T Z E Fresh and direct from the Briumir H. W. BUCK -alley North ON BA R S and Sole Agent, cent., provenu Stock business. S W 'I S - S OF - MESSRS TN BULK IN BOND, OI In any quanti rkpoii to H. W. BUCKNALI • 'Unless nreviously disposed of by On Thursday next, the 18th instant, at 1 Wilson, and Co.'s Sale-rooln. Exc 1 17 )"4t =1 for thirteen ye he was a. • _ ORMON T D AND CO urge-alley North etssers gVirction measu: found, ur .dantly found with yards Apply to ;101)19 to Length, 117 f 3-10ths Built at fine vessel, in addition to her handsome model, is as s very 'west materials and workmanship can make her, tons dead weight on 14 feet draft of water, and is abund 44..eyery way; stands without ballast, was launched tAeitills, and can be sent to sea at once. In Prince's pod CUNARD, WILSON, & CO., Unless - previously disposed of b Thursday next, thelBth instant, at • Wilson, and Co.'s Sale-room, o • The well-knu 1 'OHIO, tf . 406 tons register. Lgii,gth, 113 feet ; breadth, 25 feet ; 714 4:4i449,.. depth, 17 feet. Built at Boston, U.S., of line oak and pitch pine planking ; is coppered and co pp er -f astened, ttifis just delivered 602 tons gross of mola sses f rom Cuba ; shifts v- Nithout ballast, is well found irt.tres, in good order for any yhyage, tjend will be found a good useful vessel for any trade h er size 'may In• Prince's Dock.--Apply to .4 ' CU NARD , WILSON and CO., Brokers D'olook, ,at Cunard, zY Aiale. FOR, SA The handy Brig NORTH E ,• length 101 feet, breadth 23 1 4 :/ „,,4 5 -10ths, 24'i tons register, bu . 4 ...a Jr" uvry ,Ic.ccal .43 1, 1., c ..egs in fair order, and will be 17 desirable vessel for the coasting, or , tit . lay suit ; lying in Brunswick-dock. inventories, &c., apply to M. J. WILSON, 6, Yorl 5-10ths, depth 13 fee ~buildings, Liverpool ON SAL • The Ship NAIIOB, • N• 1 4 ." * length 144 feet 3-10ths, breadth' 36 feet 5-10th% depth 4 20 feet 6-10ths ; built in the United States in 1845 ; haF - just come out of the graving dock, where shehas be thoroughly overhaulo , boottopped, and r metal, and is now classed AI hired for f --mitet put in; she is a large carrier, • Australian or other trade=. Lying in Salthouse Doc rtiter particulars, inventories, &c., apply to • . AI. J. WILSON, 6, York-buildinr, >ur years ; had a new is well suited for the or fur- LiN;erp6ol. tths The Brigantine WILLIAM; 116 tons register. F •t. Built at Prince Edward's Island in 1851. Length, 77 t 01 feet 3 inches ; breadth, 13 feet 3inches ; depth 1I feet 44 1 , 2 inches. Jest arrived from Newfoundland, in which At tirade she has always been employed by the present owner_ ; a handy vessel, suited for the coasting tr and will carry a large cargo on a 1: d Dock.—For further partici "Boyiring & Co., South John-street ; c TONGE & CO., Broke acte'; takes t ;o CURRY, ILF,LLOCK, and, CO., ,04BROKERS FOR THE SALE AND PURCHASE OF ,t%, SHIPS 'AND S TEAMERS, SHIp VALUERS, AND e t al,,, APPOINTED BI KERB To TUE limit COURT OF - ADMIRALTY, Wpamer-buirclings,. Water street. ROBERT. A. MUNN __ __ AND Co, ADMIRALTYBROKERs, BROKERS rOg T STEAMERS, TB SALE of Slurs AND SHIP VALuEns, 'ONETARY & COMMERCIAL THURSDAY EVENING In Cotton to-day the business done was rather restricted, the sales not exceeding 5,000 bales, of which 1,000 were on speculati on and for eiport.! Prices remain unchanged. The Liverpool Share Market remains in a most; stagnant condition, and, with the exception of rather; more firmness at the close of the day, there was no! new - feature. The sales included—Chester and Birkenhead, 76, sti ; East Lancashire, 941 ; Lances-, ter and Carlisle, (New: Third Shares,) 124 p. ; Mid-; land, 10411 9 ; Dovers, 22 5-16; Great Luxenabourg,; North and. South Wales Bank, 84. In the market for the Public Funds and Secu.ritiesl there was a rather better feeling, and Consols ad-i ,;:,;Y:a)i - eed. to 951 buyers. • Towards the, close of buSi-; however, there was not so much buoyancy, and' they closed—sellers at 951. The New Threes were •cproted at 95a to $5 2 . _the London_ Railway . . Share-market, to-day, there was no new feature of interest. 'TransaCtions It - 1 1 0 , 4re 'not, numerous. Canadian Shares were inactiire, s '..;an4 French were a shade , lower. Mexican ii s Aares have been in demand, and advanced to 201- Zibigers. At the close Caledonians were quoted at t ‘)!qtl ; East Lancashire, 94 to 95 ;:Lancashire "r•V""" Yorkshire, 951 • London and North-Western, ' 74 t 1)14, a .nd, 104 1 ; Doyers, . e . B is still the prevalent feature in the Liver . 1-r(Hi llee Markets. Sugar is very quiet, at just "tate-rates. ca fe r' r-rltice re ma i ns e, Kum, and Molasses are negleetedt 117))*r• t c At, Mincing-lane, to-day, Sugar et -1 " s ' : - a t °f ree stead ' / and the sales of Tea aro ,4-ivogressing favourabl tz - i.;',.',Ele,Corn trad e wak 3 i r. verY steady to-day, and 4 1 4 prices of last w • - - maintained. , • so 'Me adjourned Ir andiXanada Land C on , e tr'n of the wt New Brunswie4 . repprt was presented by Y t. took plac e to-day, when tSat_ of the committe e . T he ee directors in reply to y to state that they . have the consideration of confined their chief attention the means required for releasing eh htaliteniisseilluve,? /26,10003 its present difficulties, for which Conipanyi'from agreed ,to subscribe amongst Purpose they if the shareholders provide wh a t tiler wa for the overdue liabilities. This is the substance of the reply of the directors, and th e di scuss i on on the subject IS now in progre& With r eferencc to the market for American secu r. E . . F. Satterthwaite reports as follows : 3r American s, United States F aess transacted being perCeat and Six per ni in price. d at some little cone loth shares, and bonds have declined 1 per cent. Tii it position of the New York and Erie Railroad is be tec is sl did not pay rstSei paid wit doubtedly secure their' being met s we eon, d most piobably has ' , earned, t Lu g _ d into any other channel whatso€ LONDON STO E 3 iurt at the Bank has bro. Etising the rate of Lee. th ;c0 lave . lx nt extends to some other departments of the xchange, but is restrained by th Con - so] 'or the ed 95Z- to '951. and are now quoted or moi the pre is 95,1 Reduced have been dealt in. at 951 wee per Cents., at• 95 to India: Sta per Cenf. Debentu and Exchequer Bills at n Stock Market land for Mexican Bond and have risen z Ited 20,1- to Bank Stool three per Cents. 95r,-1 SI{AILES Lanc. & York .. 951 L. and N. W... 944 L. and S. W Leeds Northerr Man.Shcff.&Lin. a 5 : ; - b - 1 6 Midland Stock. .104 North British . • N. Staffordshire. S. E. and Dover. 741 York,New&Bcr. 91k 2 York &N. Mid. 734 4 :CHANGE.—AuGusT 1 .ng prices to-day : North Staffordsh. 4'-,, 4d N. E. Ber. c. Stck 91 92 Yorkcapital Stock 73•`' 74i Leeds Stock .... 44 45 ). 5-16 22 7-16 61d S. Easten, Dutch Rhenish Gt. Luxem. .. 6 6-7-16 G. T: Canada .. 8 9-16 8;- : -": G.W.Canada.. • . 141 /) new shares 6 Lomb.-Venetian ... 2 new shares 24 2p the N at 219 ; the Indian Fo at 941 ; ditto, 1859, at is. prem is an increased dei which a y buol me per cent the new .731 to remain heavy E FUNI , Account . 954 Exchequer Bills. 25 28 ILIILWA Amb. Not. &E. 3 .. 61 ; Caledonians .... 81i Dutch Rhenish.. -- Eastern coluitie 01 I G 4 I East Lancashire . 94' 95 Edinbgh. & Mas. 73 74 Great Northern..lol 102 A. 82 84 Gieat Western... 59 ; —l - 4 Gt. W. of Canada 14 L'„ Gd.Tk. of Canada 84 Gt. S. and W... 107 109 LIVERPOOL STOCK EX The following were the closi Ches. & B'head .. 75,4 75: Caledonia Stock .81 82 E. Counties.ll 7-16 11 9-16 E. L. Stock .... 95 G. N. Stock ,lOO 102 Great Westerns 59 59-1 Lan. and York. .. 94'4 958 Lon. & Nor. West. 93 94 k--shares... . 1 5-16 1-td M. S'. and Lincoln 351 xd 35Z- Midland. Stock . . 104 k 1041 Nor. British Stock 574 58 The market has been singulary inanimate all day, but closes with a slight improyement in tone. The London dividend is expected to be 4-1 per cent. (From Our Manchester Correspondent.) THURSDAY EVENING, August 11 In coil Sequence of the news from India our ma r ket s h ave shown less firmness to-day, and there al:years more decided symptoms of a re-action than for a long time past. We hear of several orders withdrawn for the present. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET.—AuGusT 11 - There has been a very quiet market for Cotton to-day, without quotable change in price. The sales, including 220 Bahia at 7 3 - 7 4 0. i 30 Maranham, Bd.; 150 Egyptian, 81d. to 91d. ; 1,000 Surat, 41d. to sd. 15-16th, are reported 5,000 paws, or vylilelt goo two on bpeuulution. end for export. LIVER POOL We have no change to notice in the .Sn [es are restricted to 90 hhds. Jamaica at cwt.,. and we have nothing to report in Moles: At auction, 1,000 bags Larong Rice were sold at 7s. 9d. and 1,000 bags Bengal at Bs. Od. per cwt. The Sago:Flour offered by auction this morning was no sold. Of Rapeseed, 1,200 bags Guzerat aro reported, at 48s. Gd per quarter, Seeds : 1,200 bags Guzerat yellos istard at 48s. 6d per quarter. Dyewoods : Five tons Lima.wood, at £l4 10s. per ton Drysalteries : Ten pipes concentrated Lemon Juico, a 11-16 d. per degree ; 65 bags fine Palermo Sumac, at 13 s _ . per cwt. ; 15 tons best seconds Brimstone, at £8 10s. ; 20 tons Nitrate of Soda, at 14s. 3d. to 14s. 6d. Ashes quiet : Pots 275., Pearls 295. to 295. 6d., with small sales of the latter. 42 cases fine India-rubber, at 2s. 34d. to 2s. sd. per lb. ; market very firm. 300 tons Bone Ash at £4, on a basis of 70 per cent., and a few tons of Bones at £4 10s. per ton. Oils, &c. Palm, 10(1 tuns, £44. Tallow steady, at late rates. Olive, Lisbon, and Spanish inquired for ; 20 tuns Lisbon, at £4B. Linseed Oil, 295. 800 barrels fine Rosin, at 125., to 155., with some low medium at 4s. 3d. 20 barrels Spirits of Turpentine, at 335. Bd. per cwt Pig b:on.—Business done at 535. 9d. all this and market closes with sellers at 535. 9d. cash, and 545. 6d. three months open ; with buyers at 535. Gd. cash,. and 545. 3d. three months open. MINING mARKET A LONDON. In the mining market this morning nn i : s r i Ze s aPlc n el ot been .b . - -....1.1GTJ5T 11. large, but shares in Wheal Mary Wheal ' Clifford, West Caradon, East Wheal RussellTtr e tiY Park, Par Consols, and Great Wheal Vor, have met with some attention: . East Wheal Russell shares are rather firmer, being marked in the Stock Exchange 101 and 101. Par'Consols have been dealt in at 12k. oreign and colo nial Mining securities exhibit ,no movement. Mariquita mining shares are marked 15s. LONDON PRODUCE MARKET, AUGUST I. i Sui;ar : The market continues exceedingly dull, and sales to any extent could not be made without giving way in prices. , , Refined also reir airs dull. Coffee : The sales have gone off well, and prices of Ceylon have advanced about ls. Tea : The letters :-.lv the China mail, and the shipments to Europe to date, was 60,730,000 against 76,000,000, at the' same time last year. Rice : White Bengal sold at 10s. 6d. to I.ls. 3d. ; fin 13s. 3d., which were full prices. Piniento sold at I d. advance, 3 1 1 to 3-7 5 d. Pepper sold at fall prices, white Cotton : 300 bales sold at previous rates. LONDON TALLOW MARKET.--AuausT 11 The market remains steady. Priee.s are quoted as follows Town Tallow, 533. ; Petersburg, Y.G. on the spot, 555. August to September, 555, 3d. ; October to December, 55; 9d. ; do. separately, 568. 3d. CORN AVERAGES. (W - cek ending August Gth, 1.859.) 8. d.l Wheat Barley Oats .. 43 1 Rye , 29 0 Bean 25 1 Peas , per quarter. MANCHESTER CORN MARKET. 46 5 37 6 -AUGUST II There was a moderate attendance at our. market to-day. Wheat, both English and Foreign, was in fair request, at the currency of this day se'nnight. Flour was flat, and met with a very. .slow sale, at previous quotations. Oats were ld. per quarter, and Oatmeal 6d. to Is. per load, cheaper. Indian Corn in good demand. • GLASGOW IRON MARKET.—AtrausT 11. There was a quiet market to-day, and all qualities wcre Auoq.dat'63s.'64; ti) 9d. peF;t?n . • • •• . „ NORTHERN DAILY TIMES.' The following appeared ia a part of au v impression of yesterday (From the Times city Article.) WEDNESDAY EVENING. The English fluids have not periencedany material change to-day The applications liscount at the Bank to-day C RgaiTl l: .e in some regard to the possibility of advance in the aiiiii - nurn rate - to-hiErow Mete stand in the Railw (From the Daily )NESDAY E lay in the Stock I ments Cite A be but charity to regard as the veriest ciphers, now oscillating between Sardinia and Naples, or moving like mere puppets, as Austria pulled the strings ; and of this Confederation in the cent lastly, right would exist another State the Papacy, whie must remain, in motionless and neutral, t being of the slightest ously balanced, wou talian mtederatia also objects to the Rome, constitutions How can the peace n ad discord prevent dds, " can .only be.. trio_ spiritual character of Its r u every great national eris to all the other States so._tO Ind so c the proposed asks, Modena, be amalgamated Europe be established These gra blished b-9 We may her state, that one of the Paris papers now openly expressing have Prin 'or their Grand Duke name spelt in full ; there is no veiling nor disguise 4 o dash after the I consequentl, Mayenee, between the Pru aglish Wheat an ad lark Lane yesterday increase he bills on London scipein comm s City Article reports increased firm THE CURRENCY AND THE WAR Irreney is attributed to the Lions now in London, con- ar, and which are now in course At the commencement of hostilities m o this country, and drew against Lose many large speculations me the subject of double trans: ;s appear generally IRKET, AOUST 11 A new pocket of hops from K a a comparat v_l - at an Tod quotation 30,000 METROPOLITA ITTLE Supply of Beasts rather limited ; of Sheep and Lambs od prime qualities are in fair request at full prices, but Lferior kinds move off slowly at late rates. Calves much ss active, and prices are 2d. per Blbs. lower. Pigs rule 2s 8d to 4s Gd I Ve 33 2d to 5 Od 1 Poi 4z, 8d to 6s Od TOTAL SUPPLY . 9581 Cows Sheep and tainb: TO CORREBPONDENTS. absence of 54- to ;o: day act The 7 sterday )er au state: The trad 1, and The duty is c In Avstr A apoleor 3s 10d to 4s 10d 3s ea to 4s 0d Under no circumstances can we insert communications not accom panied by the author's real name and address, not necessarily for publication, but as a guarantee of good faith. Short letters are encouraged on matters of public interest. T should be legibly written on one side of the paper only, and cal taro (in confidence) the writer's name and address. TO SUBSCRIBERS. Subscribc to the NORTHERN DAILY TIMES, who have not had their copies delivered as usual, are requested by the New Proprietary to fiumish their names (and address to which the paper is to be sent) to 13, SOUTH JOHN -STREET, in order that they may be regularly supplied as before. TO ADVERTISERS. 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THE DAY'S NEWS TITERE was not much business of importance trans acted in the House of Commons last night, there Sven o'clock. Sir G. C. t out abou Lewis stated that the Government had refused to be an arbitrator between the master builders and the workmen. Some discussion took place on the order for the third reading of the Charitable Trusts Act Continuance Bill. Mr. Newdegate moved tbat it be read a third time that day three months, but this was negatived by a vote of 70 to 47. The Divorce Courts' Bill passed through committee, with one or two minor alterations, and - was read a third time and passed. In the Continental news to-day there are several natters calling for particular attention.- It would wear- from our Turin advices that a very large ;e will remain at Venetia during the mation of the people of Tuscany has been published. It states that the Government had re- ceived authoritive encouragement for the course it was pursuing, and trusts that the elections will offer the Emperor Napoleon a valid reason for accomplish ing his .benevOlent intentions towards Italy. The document concludes as follows :—" Europe desires peace ; but Europe will not have peace if the legiti- Mate'opinions of the Italians, calmly manoince d,b, not respected." The idea of a Confederation of the Italian States does not meet with much favour, either in England The Morning Post of yesterday, in tended division of the Italian to prom after giving a st", - ..tastical .urn of their population, proceeds to show what weight each province the ce-would illd3";id ually yield. says Post, one of the States comparatively insignificant as regards Italy, y e t w i t h overwhelming of t isformingpowerp a a n:kre:,istless influence, from th e fact of .an Empire with f or ty millions of subjects , , and an armed force of six hundred thousand m en. Then there are two States nearly equal t, other in. tl% power—one in the north and the e south of Italy ;, and these two States, bee-414 ft 'the only two important Italian States, would e ' 4l t l ".t an unceasing antagonism with the view of ob,ftining . influence. There would be three States in I 'Ventral Italy—the_ three Duchigs--Which it would Tfiere is first," stopped by order of the Russian Government, iti con sequence of the political complications of the times. The St. Petersburg advices state that the contractors have now been authorised to proceed. It is, there fore, probable that the loan will be announced in London within a fortnight. The Naples correspondent of the Times says that circulars have been sent to the bishops and civil authorities, directing them to use all their influence to induce the people to sign petitions against the Italian Confederation, as proposed by the two Em perors. The writer adds—" The Neapolitan Govern ment was creating great disappointment, because, while affecting to do something, it does nothing." Some of the metropolitan builders' yards, yester day morning, were able to proceed with their work to a certain extent, a large number of men having arrived from the country. We observe that -the master builders publish their manifesto in the lead ing London journals of yesterday. Eligland is becoming a disgrace among nationg, in one respect at least. There is hardly a day passes our head that we are not called upon to record the particulars of some fearful murder, or other shocking tragedy. To-day we report two additional murders. At Luton, Herefordshire, a man named Castle and his wife had been estranged through the brutality of the husband. On his promising amendment, and coming to the place where she remained, she prnrniqPri to gn blink Zvi )s for advertise- 1 murdered her on t ie road home, by cutting her throat with a razor. At •D ursley, in Gloucestei shire, a man named Rutter, and' his wife, had led a very unhappy life, and on Saturday night last they appeared to have quarrelled at a public house where they had both been drinking. The man left his wife carousing with some of her boon compa nions, and proceeded homewards. From some cause she suddenly became frightfully excited, and, in la wild frenzy, avowed her intention to go home and cut her husband's throat. Another woman went out with her, and seems to have pacified her to some ex tent; but, in an hour or two after they parted, the incarnate fiend had actually carried her threat into execution, Rutter's throat was cut from ear to ear, and he was otherwise fearfully gashed. ' At a meeting of the Dock Committee yesterday, it was stated that nearly £lBO,OOO had been expended on new works on the Liverpool side of the Mersey during the year. A somewhat interesting discussion took plaee respecting the line of telegraphic corn= munication along the line of docks. Mr. Mondel said that they had at present fixed the number of stations at eleven, and he proposed that the working of the line be let, subject to a notice of six months. Mr. Graves was of opinion that no competent per son would take the working of the line if he thought that he would be ousted at the end of six months. This gentleman made one or two very important suggestions. He would wish to see the line extended to the Central Police Station, which would be a great boon in case of a fire breaking out at either end of the town. The assizes opened yesterday. Baron Watson de livered the charge to the Grand Jury, but it does not possess any 'features calling for attention in this column. It, and the cases disposed of so far, will be found fully reported in another portion of to-day's paper. 4 ONE of the evils attaching to our Town Councils, under the Reform regime, undoubtedly is, that the Liberal or Whig-Radical party, in almost. every borough in the kingdom, contrive to make them, as far as possible, net so much municipal as political bodies ; and, perhaps, in no Municipal Corporation in the kingdom is this more strikingly illustrated than in that of Liverpool. The elections to seate in the touncil are invariably conduCted by that party as political proceedings ; and too often they are invested not only with all the party- rancour that, belongs to political contests, but with much factious feeling also,—under the influence of which, it must be evident, the real interests of the town are apt to be completely lost sight of. It is not always the best men,—men of station, of character, of intelli gence, and therefore of real respectability,—who are induced to come forward as candidates ; or for whom, if they did, there would generally be much chance of success ; but too frequently the noisy democrat—, the forward, boasting demagogue , — he who can curry favour with the populace, and has th e b est opportunity, therefore, o f carrying his point by moans of a zampant . and. PIatISPAPI Otough 11019 w ,qian troops on the one side, and the Austrians and Bairarians on ti At the fOrmer place the combat took the shape of 4 3 dthe running fight, and th Allerheiligen passed through :gate, when soon the entire eastern ex. of the town was occupied by the combatants, - who continued Rghting until nine o'clock, when patrols in numerous bodies put an end to the disturbance. At Mayence the combatants on both sides were 500, but no 1 The agitated state of Savoy continue es In ttte province, one favour e, the second favourable to the annexation to Switzerland, and the third faithful to the King's Government. There is, besides, the Ultramontame press, which opposes all three 'hat practical aim it is difficult to perceive. Advices from St. Petersburg confirm the-statement of the French journals that the arrangements for the issue of the Imperial Russian Three per Cent. Loan of 1859 have been virtually completed. It may be remembered that the emission of the loan, which was about to commence at the end of April last, free pa able to the anne: theoreti, popularity. The actual success of such a COMO probably more limiter! in Liverpool than in moan, boroughs, by reason of the Conservative element having so decided a preponderar Still, the Town Council is very mud moulded afte] that fashion, although not yet, happlly. :o_ much so as_to _give The attack that has beer made, in our Town Council pon Mr. CHARLES RIVER is only spirit which the .s aima m varia bl with them into the iunieipal Corporations of the oppor a little political capital out of 1\ TURNER'S position a connection with the transfer of the Town Ditc Mersey Docks and Harbour Board, by pretending that he had opposed the measure which granted a half compeusatior tr. JEFFREY is e forward to make his charge against Mr - . TURIVEr aver, Mr. Tux a had no difficulty But t as Mr. JEFFREY was not thus to Chat charge; ho'c a refuting be put aside, he referred to Mr. ROBERTSON GLAD STONE for corroboration; and, as this gentleman was of present, the matter had to stand over till the meeting this week, when, as went' 'ld be !en by Our terday's report of it, Mr. GLAD TON duly came forth and asserted- does the reader sup- pose P that Mr. TURNER had, as charged by hig accuser, opposed the measure . in question, and terests of the thereby acted adversely Borough ? No but only " that he could not at that moment call to mind any one act, any single e pression which fell from Mr. TURNER; calculated to accomplish or to accelerate the settle- ment of the matters ti en at issue !" So that because Mr. GLADSTONE had not the opportunity of hearing anything fall from Mr. TUItII favourable to his own view of the case,—or, it may be, because his memory, is treachexous,— -it was to be taken for granted that Mr. TURNER had actually opposed the measure in question ! Well might the Council manifest its impatience at such an attempt as this to bolster up an unfounded charge agains - tan honours,- ble gentleman, who is not only n . valuable member of their own body, but the' Chai rman of another mblic. body, having charge of even greater interests of the town and port. It' were quite unnecessary to recapitulate Mr nost triumphant vindication. • The decla TURNER', ration of his Worship the MAYOR, With which the discussion' of the question was wound up, that he had. no doubt Mr. TURNER'S 'explanation was " satisfactory—at all events that it was so to his " mind, and no doubt would be, to the town ;" the evident acquiescence of the great body of the Council in that opinion ; cannot but have satisfied aasonable man that the matter was really what we have described it to be,—a miserable affair of political and party feeling, indulged in under the vain hope of serving, not the substantial interests of the town, but only, those of a desperate party, in whose hands such interests could never be safe. It is not improbable that there was no little jealousy mixed up with the other feeling that was actuating Mr. TURNER'S assailants,—jealousy of him fi;r the for what credit he undoubtedly had with the town are St the town cannot fail to be grateful. No doubt the town felt obliged already for such emi- Lent and valuable services ; and )W, that thoSe ser ices have exposed one so dish rtedly useful and irited to so unfounded an accusation ds Mr, JEFFREY'S is proved to have been, that feeling Of obligation cannot but be enhanced .in no slight -...-..--•-•••••••-•...-. WE confess to a lingering affection for WILLIAM EWART GLADSTON The brilliant promise of his youth;. the elevated tastes and accomplishments which have continued io gild the stormiest portion of his career ; the fond hopes which once hailed him, in spite of all his eccentricities, as the proesicliunz et dulce:decus of the Church of England; the keen edge of his love for classic realms and themes, undimmed by the rust of political life ; and, more than all this, the lofty moral tone of his peisOnal character—combined to form a very noble feature in the, chequered aspect of public life,. Men might have turned with loathing or weariness from much saw in the great• world around them-from many flaunting attractions, from many loud-mouthed pretenders, from many, gay and cheating visions, from many bedecked and flattered idols, from place- hunters . and popularity-hunters, from . much sub servience of coteries, and much worship of the mob, —to the = incipient virtues and ripening maturity of the latest of Oxford's most favoured sons. To men of that age he was one bright speck in the future ; but the qualities which command so much admiration now serve to point our regret at the existence of that hidden defect, whatever it be, which spoils the greatness of the character. We are bound to say that there is scarcely a public interest, whether religious or secular, ever committed to the special guardianship of Mr. GLADSTONE, which either he himself has not betrayed, or suffered to be destroyed by those to whom he had allied him- self, For the noble stand he made against the DiNjoree and the Wife's Sister's Marriage Bills he world deserve the thanks of Conservatives and Chtirchmen, only that it is impossible to predict, even in Such grave questions as these, how long his active support can be relied upon. He is already in closeeL alliimce with the perpetrators of the former iniqr:itz, and is, therefore, involved in their recent meaFare for making its "benefits" more widely felt, and more likely to become a popular luxury for the English nation. Nay, to his own Alma Mater, if ha did net desert , he r in her hour of need, he at least lent but a cold and niggard assistance, and only did, not hound on the spoiler to his prey. What principle, dearest to him once, does he still maintain ? What hope of his yOuth still lives ? What sympathy binds him to old teachers ; old friends, and old causes for which they fought in common ? If the Church has enemies wto seek to dostroy her,.or lukewarp.frieuils AUGUST 12, 1859 who are retzdy to concede them the victory, they gig -both classes of them—in the present 0 0 ' vernment ; and he is their ally. If, among political certainly-- Protestants, there are misbelievers in some of the highest doctripes ef_our_faith,. who-seek toba,se legis• • lotion on their misbelief; they'ale in tit& present ;hear a there formers who propose' extreme ehar4 which would . _ destroy thq Constitution, or, moderate men. who tote a show of resistance merely up to a c ain point most u nc mbtedl and he is their ally In fine, if there "are and politicians who hat€ or contemn whatever he 06 loved or teemed ; who love or allow whateN T he ea hated or feared, they are in, and surrounding, and claiming connection with, and demi from, the present Governments and Mr. GLADsIOI'III is their allv, Such have been his waywardness, hi 4 contradictions, his eccentricit his startling ant theses and awkward see-1 Iws, his fatal comproml and his dangerous casuistry, that, as a study, character is either a joke or a regret; according to the point from which men look at it The finishing touch of POPE'S magnificent portrait marks off, ;entente, the present aspect of his history would not laugh if such a man there bi Who would not weep if Attieus were he We are led into this regretful tone, by observing the foolish spirit of enmity, and not seldom of affected scorn, in which. Mr. GLADSTONE criticizes the acts of the late Government. Monday night's dalate was distinguished by the vain asperity of one mon' who assailed Conservative Government for who'll he should still retain a natural affection, not in Wit most. vulnerable, but in. their strongest, point. 1 ° is jealous of the public approve 1 which their conduct of foreign affairs has received, and is anxious to withdraw -from them the fancied credit which 11'y' own vote on the want-of-confidence motion 11 1 0 GLADSTONE goes out of way to preserve the consistency of an eccentric 01 have given them unaccountable career. He is not content for a day t° be thought capable of thinking or acting like other men. Not for an hour must the grand motive of lus character be sullied with the reputation of eornriol • It must not be suspected that the guidnl o. star of his public life has, for an instant, descended from that remote and unseen sphere, where it wail' pathless and alone, into the systems of current po ll ' tics. First, he opposes the Liberal party in theit expression of distrust of Lord MALMESBURVB pol4l yet not feeling at all withheld from joining the coalition which the success of ti at motion brought into power This was sufficiently perplexing to common me* But of course there was the usual refined by-play ° subtle and elevated m, Again we were ellve loped in the "pure empyrean' of Mr. GLADSTOr charac t:ter, which so often etherialises the worst con plaints of his critics, or even invests them with I/ charm that tells with effect on his reputation. lie was again a god, and dwelt apart. I .en in this there was some pitch of divine consistency -whi°/ soared beyond the vulgar routine of a common logic But there is a diviner pitch still. The Liberal pal t i would not wait tor the Government Blue 80014 before they gave their verdict on its content MALMESBURY was reviled and condemned, absoluteli unheard. Well, the Blue Book is published, lts violent accusers of the late Government have 504.14 modified t r complaints ; that moder 3 eneillie' have completely -altered iheii tone that doubtl' friends have become confirmed in their approval; ofi d that the whole country has cried out, that Lori DERBY would not have lost his position if this 1 31 ` 1e Book had seen the light before the factious move °f Lord. JOHN RuSsEiL and his cliquE did Mr. GLADSTONE take P Just what we might expect .from him, but from no other living ma* His vote had, indeed, been vindiCated, but did vie think he could be content with that common jus,o cation which satisfies the prudence and the justie of ordinary beings P The universality of consent ° just the opportunity when the. coruscations. of hi'''. - - eccentricity burst forth over his whole character, Rl4 mark him among diminished stars as a planet deriviog his sustenance from some different and distant suo' 111 Mr. GLADSTONE had seen the Blue Book he should. have supported the motion of no-confid ! It not, of course, for us, plain men as we are, to spe'"" of thi Mr. GI 4AosToNE holds somewhere the ill° Ithuriel spear. He has the divine touchstone veil ijl him, and the causes rerum reveal their closest seeret4 beneath his scrutinising glance There is an intitte in his character which hates the profane vulgar, 011 4 _ _ drives them off.. avete lingo Let us adMire. But, after all, it painful thing to see S' GLADSTONIt separated by his own caprice from natural . allies, and joined on to the invidious P e ! both of the Church and of the Constitution. Poe' he mean to tell us that he has more in common wA` the authors of the Divorce AO, with the abolishe o of Church Rates, with go- and Dissent in all their abettors of R om anis o subtle eneroaebincntg upon the' •English Church, than with th e IRO ers of that Ocriaservative party whose Constit° tionalprincir;les are the hereditary traditiO o f his familly, and .were once the landmarks of gia political tareer ? Would his sympathies with t he __ • . Murat lave no freer play under Lord DERBY 01 unde'... Lord PALE ERSTON P Would his prejudices if. farioui •of a definite system of boll 'little sympathy in the rant of Latitudinarianisill' be more shocked than they are likely to be in his present alliance with the latitudinarians of the Stg and of religion ? Nay s does he really think that 11° connection with the Conservative party would (*: appoint any deSire he may entertain for model% and Constitutional R e f orms P On the contrail , was disposed to look with, favour on Lord . DE.I O/ difficult attempt, last Parliament, to reconcile conflicting views of the different parties in the State) and he.has not read history to so little advantagd, not to know that the Conservatives are the natio' friends of rational and Constitutional progress. - At all events, however all this may be, we bes e° him, .for his own sake s not to let us think that he