The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-08-02 00:00:00

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Must have unexceptionable references. .er, in the first instance, to Box G. 77, Post-office, I y conversan x the , B. nection am g'od opening w Liverpool to bt APARTMENTS FURNISHED .—A DRAWING-ROOM and PARLOUR, with one or two BEDROOMS, to be LET, toga - .eoarate.—Apply at 39, Mason-street, Edgehill. then or MO LET, in a respectable villarre, Cheshire, a Family BAKERY and PROVISION BUSINESS, with a safe counter and out door trade.—See Reference List, Northern Times office. DARKGATE.- TO he LET, a good HOUSE, opposite the Dee, containing two kitchens, good cellars, butler's pantry, two parlours, one drawing-room, nine bedrooms, with good flower and kitchen gardens. The house has been papered and painted inside, and thoroughly painted out. —Apply to Mr. Johnson, 14, Duke street; orJones and Son.Noston. Also, TO be SOLD, two FREE HOLD HOUSES in Park-street. TO WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS and OTHERS.—TO be LET, for a Term of Years, the MILLS, WAREHOUSE, OFFICES, &c., In Wood-street, lately occupied by Messrs. Edney & Raines, as wholesale druggists, 'including the Engine and Machinery, now ready for work. The Premises, which are very commodious, will be' Let together or separately, and immediate possession can be 'articulars apply to Mr. George S. Sanderson, Riven.—For further 1 , James-street, Liserpoc TO be LET. with immediate poss e ssion, Furnished or Unfurnished. a beautiful semi-detached VILLA RESIDENCE, with taste fully laid out grounds in front, and an excellent kitchen at the back. Situate in Mount-road, New Brighton. It commands an extensive view both by sea and land, and is complete in every modern conve nience. For particulars, and to view, apply to Messrs. T. & J, Savage, 41, Oldhall-street ; to Mr. Thomas Lloyd, Surveyor, &c., Sweeting- street ; or to Mr. John Siddall, 2, Prince's-buildings, North John-street. en Sate. K large and well-assorted Stock always on ha n d Also, BALLAST (Pig) IRON. WILLIAM F. SIM & CO., Sweeting.street. IRON TANKS.—TWO on SALE. holding 1000 Gallons each. Dimensions : 8 feet 8 inches x 4 feet 8 inches x 4 feet.--Apply on board ship Agamemnon,'Saithouse Dock. TO be TRANSFERRED, a DRUGGIST'S SHOP, STOCK, and FIXTURES, near the Exchange, doing an extensive trade, and excellent dispensing practice.—Apply to John Whitney, ;adver tising agent, 8, Chapel-street. ON SALE, 150 Tona of fresh water SAND. Also, a Quantity of Damaged MATS and BAMBOO CANES, In good condition. In the ship Osprey, in Clarence Basin.---Apply to the Captain on board, or to Walter A. Hayman, 4, Chapel-street. TO be DISPOSED OF.—A Lady leaving Liverpool wishes to meet with a Lady, or Lady and Gentleman, to whom to resign her House, Furniture, and Income. The house, which is large and well furnished. is situate in the best part of the town ; none need apply but those with sufficient capital to purchase the whale.— Address M. W., Northern Times office. TOXTETH PARK CEMETERY, SMITHDOWN-LANE.— NOTICE.—The Burial Board are now prepared to SELL GROUND for Gravesend Vaults, and for Interments in the above Cemetery. For scale of charges apply at the office of the Registrar, at the Cemetery; or to the Clerk to the Board, at the Public Office, Park-place, Toateth Park. ADDRESS MR. PRIEST, BIRKENHEAD. HOUSES I HOUSES I LAND LAND !I—ON SALE, in large or small lots, variously situated, and ranging in price from about Jen° to £6o,ooo.—See H. P. Priest's Cheshire and Lancashire Property Circular. Can be had gratis and free by post. Cheshire offices, for the Sale and Letting of Land and Houses, Market-cross Chambers (one deor from Market-square) Market-street, Birken head. THE PRICE OF THE NORTHERN DAILY TIMES IS NOW TO SUBSCRIBERS IN ADVANCE 38/ PER ANNUM 4 ttention is respectfully drawn to the above announce znd partie ing within four mile ) desire the latest news from )f the liii r break fit tables prevent disappointment, send es to the Office, 19, South , erpool. f the NORTHERN DAILY TIMES can be sent t by affixing a penny postage stamp on the envelope, or three copies can be sent in one cover for the same cost. The NORTHERN TIMES is registered znsnziss R J. NODDER, HATTER, 81, CHURCH-STREET, Begs respectfully to inform the Nobility and Gentry of Liver pool that his NEW STYLES for the Season are NOW READY for Inspection GENTLEM N'S SUMMER CLOTHING. P. L. MACTAGGART, BOLD-STILEIT SUMMER COATS SUMMER OVERCOATS SUMMER WATERPROOFS. SUMMER DRESSING GOWNS SUMMER DRESSING COATS. ave rece TO CORRESPONDENTS a communication from the Tnvettigation Com al Oak Burial Society. This letter and the accom our columns as an advertise- panying address can only ar SATURDAY, AUGUST 2 corporation are resolved, it appears, to have a gas meter inspector. It is not likely they would forego the very nice slice of patronage the Gas Committee laid before the Council. The inspector's office is to be in the cellars of Cornwallis-street— not that darkness may be made visible, but that - 'ay be excluded to give full brilliancy to This is ail well enough, but if the Corpora such perfect confidence in the Gas Company, why should they put the town to the fa an inspector, clerks, apparatus, and rmx C the light tion have expense n ere ac t of preparing for the detec tion of, any wro an admission of the existence of something whi of altogether right for ourselves, we ouch be glad that the appoint- ment of an inspector has been decided upon, as it establishes the truth of our often-repea ill at a loss to understand what I allega- ns, but The injury the consumer of high pressure is inherent in hich the whole country is —the fraudulent construction pfficial i$ to do sins by the use rs tem, on Id with li mproperly charging them with water-- 3 low illuminating pow;-- m which consumers have to of interest on prodigal man _ agement—ex orbitant waste in manufacture and distributing, arising from defective plant and bad en gi D - neering—and extending mains to limits far beyond_ the distance gas can be carried economi. cally under any circumstances, are all matters for hich -the statute. book supplies no remedy. Corporations may remonstrate with Gas C ornpa hat more can they do ? They m ay call of an A u di tor, but We h a ve 1, and by Mr. BELOE' B reports we ty well of their utility in every other place where the public have to pay for their Henceforth the consumers will be le meter inspector. His taken as unquestionable, his squandering pay a monop ntment one in Liver may judge pr wholly at the mercy reports will Liverp every morning r name John•stree z roug THE NORTHERN TIME S.---LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY. decisions are to be final, and here we seem to get a glimpse at the depth of the job. We are to have a gaseous Bashaw, who is to charge all who go to him certain fees, but without the power to prose cute or redress any one abuse of which the payers of fees may have to complain. He is to be in his office to hear the Burgesses' grievances, and to take This is to be the ultimatum of the gas enquiry, so far as the Corporation and Gas Committee are concerned. It is just possible, however, that some of those gentlemen, who are large consumers, may keep photometers on their premises to test the qualities of the light they receive, and they will, probably, employ a gas engineer occasionally to examine their meters, burners, &c., while we shall certainly not forget to remind the public that gas can be supplied in sufficient quantities, and at a price which will admit of its being introduced into every cottage and cellar in Liverpool. Gas, at the Bolton and Sunderland prices, is cheaper, more healthy, and useful to the poor man and industrious family, than any other description of light, and the monopoly which withholds such a boon from the working millions, will take more than corporate sympathy to sustain it. their money No small share of attention has been devoted of late by noblemen and gentlemen, of great public spirit, to the sanitary and general condition of the working classes, and cheap light is one of those paramount necessaries of life, which cannot be much longer withheld from the working man's home. Engineers and projectors of gas com panies can no longer gull the people with their old, stale, and thread-bare rodomontades about the cost of gas works, the expenses of manufac turing and distributing light. Means must be devised by the Legislature to control the pressure at which gas is delivered to consumers, to prevent the use of fraudulent meters, and to secure the whole country a uniform Parliamentary standard of illuminating power. These are the obviously necessary changes gas reformers seek; we shall not shrink from an agitation which has such great national advantages for its object. The Liverpool Corporation, and the Gas Committee, may think that they have done all that is needful for the protection of the consumer; but we regret, ex ceedingly, that they should have stultified them selves so remarkably, by taking so narrow a view, and have resorted to small expedients, in a really broad and weighty matter. MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL, LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY EVENING. The Liverpool Cotton Market, which was very dull in the early part of the week, has now become very active, and the total sales of the week foot up 69,590 bales, of which 9,980 have been taken for speculation and 9,800 for export. Prices for American are a shade higher than on Friday last. A moderate amount of business has been done in the Liverpool Share Market to-day, and in the early part of the day prices had an upward tendency, but towards the close they became rather easier, and left off as follows :—Aberdeen, 141 141. Chester and Birkenhead, 16a 168. Caledonian, 30 301. Chester and Holyhead, 171 171. Eastern Counties, 103 101. East Lancashire, 211 213. Great Northern, 24 7-16 24 9-16. Ditto A, 91 10. Great Western, 631 631. Lancashire and Yorkshire, 971 98. Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport, 181 18-j. London and North Western, 1071 1071. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 341 344. Ditto New 6 per cent. Pref., 11-16 13-16 p. Ditto Pref., 121 123. Midland Stock, 841 84-t. North British, 91, 98. North Staffordshire, 4141 d. South Eastern and Dover, 221 221. York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 211 211. York and North Midland, 304 311. Leeds Capital Stock, 181 181. Buffalo and Lake Huron, 1 Ip. Dutch Rhenish, 21 2a-p. Great Western of Canada, 251 26. Ditto New Shares, 33 31p. Great Luxembourg, 91 9d. Under the influence of fine weather, the Corn Markets continue to show a downward tendency: In Liverpool to-day; the amount of business done was small, and the decline in the price of wheat was fully 4d per bushel from the quotations of Tuesday, whilst the decline in flour was from is to 2s per barrel. At Wakefield, with a very dull market, the price of wheat declined five shillings per quarter. The following is a statement of the departures for Australia, from Liverpool, during the past month :—To Sydney, 3 vessels, 2,537 tons, 306 passengers. To Melbourne and Geelong, 7 vessels, 8,972 tons, 1,590 passengers. To Adelaide, 1 vessel, 377 tons. Total for July, 1856, 11 vessels, 11,886 tons, 1,896 passengers. Total for June, 1856, 10 vessels, 10,897 tons, 1,679 passengers. Total for July, 1855, 12 vessels, 14,308 tons, 1,968 passengers. The following may be quoted as the present rates of freight from this port :—To Sydney, 30s ; Melbourne and Geelong, 40s to 50s to the Wharf ; Adelaide, 355. We have advices from Alexandria to the 21 inst., and from the circular of Messrs. Peel and Co. we quote the following : Our last circular was dated the 20th June, since which date our Grain Market has been very active, and prices have advanced, although there have been some fluctuations. The contracts for deliveries in September and October amount to-472,500 ardebs wheat from 81 piastres to 94, or 30s Bcl to 35s 6d per quarter, free on board; 77,000 ardebs beans from 683 piastres to 78 piastres, or 25s id to 28s 7d per quarter, free on board ; 44,000 ardebs barley from 58 piastres to 60 piastres, or 24, 4d to 25s 2d per quarter, free on board. The highest rates are now well supported. The sales on the spot amount to-18,000 cantars cotton, 340 cantars flax, 75,000 ardebs wheat, 6,500 ardebs beans, 11,200 ardebs barley. Cotton : The arrivals are falling off, and the short supplies cause prices to be pretty well supported. The chief sales have been at from $9,1 to $l2, or 524 to 71d per Ib, f. o. b. Flax : The only sales have been 80 cantars dressed at piastres 140, or £3B 12s per ton, f. o. b., and 260 can tars rough at piastres 60 to 68, or £l6 163 to £l9 per ton f. o. b., for ordinary. The production of this article appears to be disliked by the natives, and the fol lowing statement will show the falling off in the past few years ; the quality has also deteriorated. The quantities brought to this market from January to June were—in 1853 cantars 43,254, in 1854 canters 36,380, in 1855 canters 12,340, in 1856 canters 5,880. Wheat : The rates of the day are—Private Saidi on the spot piastres 104 to 106, or 395"; 4d to 40s per qr., f. ob., Behereh piastres 95 to 98, or 36s 9d per qr., f.o.b. 9,900 ardebs from the first arrivals of the Sons of Ibrahim Pasha have been bought at piastres 101, or 38s 3d per qr., f.0.b., without time fixed for the delivery. Beans are in great favour ; the small arrivals have found eager buyers at from piastres 75 to 80, or 27s 7d to 293 4d per qr., f.0.b., and higher rates are now asked. Barley has fluctuated—the present value is piastres 57, or 23s lld per qr., f.o.b. Indian Corn, Linseed, Lentils, or Sessarne, nothing. Freights : Several vessels have been taken up at 6a 6d to 78 for orders, 4s 6d to 5s 3d to direct ports, grain and seed in proportion. Cotton is shipping at Zd per pound ; wool, £3 10s ; flax. £2. Exchange on London piastres, 101 per X. The foregoing calculations are at piastres 100 per X. Weights and Measures : 1 cantar gross=92lbs nett cotton =9.slbs nett flax. 100 ardebs.-----65 imperial qrs beans, 621 imperial qrs wheat, &c. other deposits, decrease ; 1,304,1771; seven days and other bills, increase, 26,3561; on the credit side government securities have decreasd, 1,085,0001; other securities, decrease, 59,240/. Notes unem , ployed, increase, 481,745/. Actual circulation 20,447,8301, decrease, 414,800/. The Foreign Stock Market has exhibited a very dull appearance, and but a limited amount of busi ness has been reported at rather improved rates. The subjoined are the closing quotations of the Foreign Exchanges :—Amsterdam, short, 11 16 to 11 171. Do., three months, 11 191 to 12 171. Rotterdam, do., 11 191 to 12 171. Antwerp, do., 25 521 to 25 571. Brussels, do., 25 521 to 25 571. Hamburg, do., 13 8i to 13 84. Paris, short, 25 271 to 25 321. Do., three months, 25 574 to 25 65, Marseilles, do., 25 60 to 25 671 Frankfort, do , 1191 to 120. Vienna, do., 10 20 to 10 22. Trieste, do., 10 21 to 10 24. Petersburg, do., 376 to 371. Madrid, do., 491 to 491. The Railway Share Market preserves a buoyant tone, with a moderate amount of business doing in the principal lines, of which a portion is on account of the public. The annexed are the prices finally quoted for Railway Shares :—Caledonian, 601 60. Eastern Counties, 10 5-16 10 7-16 East Lan cashire, 86 88. Great Northern, 971 981. A, 80 81. Great Western, 631 631 Lancashire and Yorkshire, 97/ 98. London and North Western, 107 f 108. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 341 35. Midland Stock, 84f 841. North British, 361 371. South Eastern and Dover, 74 741. York, New castle, and Berwick, 87 88. York and North Midland, 62 63. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. TURKEY. From Constantinople, under date of the 25th ultimo, we learn that Reschid Pacha, had arrived in that city. The most cordial reception had been given to Marshal Pelissier at Smyrna, Athens, and Malta, while en route to France FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. I FRANCE THURSDAY EVENING Yesterday, the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Count Walewski, arrived in Paris from his brief sojourn in the provinces. It is reported he has been summoned to Plombieres to confer with the Emperor on Spanish affairs ; but this is generally considered a mistake, as the Emperor usually trusts to his own sagacity, and his ministers are not his " advisers," but merely the agents through whom his decisions are carried into execution. People are apt occasionally to fall into this miscon ception, regarding the French Cabinet. The Emperor is expected at Paris by the 4th of August. His Majesty will be at Luneville on Saturday. A Council of Ministers was held yesterday at the hotel of the Minister of Justice. The Moniteur promulgates the bill passed in the late legislative session for granting a sum of 100,000,000, to be accorded as loans for purposes of drainage. The Journal de Rouen says it is rumoured at Dieppe that the Emperor will shortly pay a visit to that;watering place, but that he will not stay longer than two or three days. A telegraphic despatch from Marseilles, dated this day, announces the arrival of Marshal Pelissier at Bastia, in Corsica. He is expected at Marseilles at five o'clock to-morrow evening. The Ambassador Extraordinary who has been despatched from the Court of Persia on a mission to France, arrived at Trebizond on July 9, with a suite of sixteen persons. After a short stay there he was going to Constantinople, en route to Mar seilles. Marshal Canrobert has been feted to the top of his bent at the baths of Aix, in Savoy. A local paper gives long details of an ovation given him by the officers of the Sardinian army, in the shape of a ball and dinner. The only toast reported-- doubtless an omission on the part of the journal — is, " King Victor Emmanuel," which was drunk with more than Italian enthusiasm. A considerable quantity of camp equipage was yesterday sent off to Bayonne by the Orleans railway from the military storehouses of Gros Caillou, A letter from Toulouse, of the 20th, says that three squadrons of the 4th Lancers have marched through the town for Perpignan. The Memorial des Pyrenees publishes the follow ing communication on the subject o f th e formation of the army of observation near the P yrenees : " The division of General Grobon, w hi ch has formed part of the army of Paris, is about to proceed to Pau, where its head quart ers will be established. The chief of the staff of th a t di v i sion has received orders to proceed to Bayonn e t o make the necessary arrangements. These troops will be quartered in the communes round P au and Oleron, and the mayors are immediately t o take the necessary steps for furnishing them with ac commodation. As soon as the prefect shall be informed of the day of the arrival o f th e troops, and of the manner in which they are to be dis. tributed, he will give notice to the mayors." The division alluded to, has already commenced its movement from Paris. The Bourse continues very languid. The Rentes, after a few unimportant fluctuations, closed at 70 40. Credit Mobilier shares, on the other hand, were done as high as 15 70. Many people here are confident that a formidable smash "is at hand. Others, however, equally well informed, think such apprehensions destitute of foundation. THE COURT, ALDERSHOTT CAMP, July 31.—The Queen reviewed th e troops at Aldershott Camp, under the command of Lieutenant-General- Knollys, yesterday afternoon. Her Majesty left the Pavilion on horseback at four o'clock, accompanied by the Prince Consort and the Duke of Cambridge. The Princess Royal, Princess Alice, and Prince Arthur followed in a pony carriage and four. After I the con - lusion of the review the Queen returned to the Pavilion at eight o'clock. The Duke of Cambridge dined with her Majesty in the evening, when the following officers had the honour of being invited :—Lieutenant-General Knollys, Brigadier-General Lawrence, C.B. ; Colonel Key, 15th Hussars ; Lieutenant-Colonel Williams, 4th Regiment ; Lieutenant-Colonel Eveleigh, 20th Regiment ; Lieutenant- Colonel Banbury, C. 8., 23rd Fusileers ; Lieutenant- Colonel Staveley, C. 8., 44th Regiment; Lieutenant- Colonel Stratton, C. 8., 77th Regiment ; Lieutenant- Colonel Hume, C. 8., 95th Regiment ; Lieutenant-Colonel Cameron, 42nd Highlanders ; Lieutenant-Colonel Maxwell, C. 8., 88th Regiment ; Lieutenant-Colonel Johnstone, C.B. 33rd Regiment; and Lieutenant-Colonel Macdonnell, C. 8., second battalion Rifle Brigade. This morning at half past nine o'clock the Queen drove round the camp, and inspected the various regiments just returned from the Crimea ; the most distinguished officers and men of which with clasps and medals were pointed out to her Majesty. The Prince Consort accompanied the Queen on horseback. The Princess Royal, Princess Alice, and Prince Arthur were also present, KERRY ELECTION.—Lord Castlerosse, the new Comptroller of her Majesty's Household, has issued his address to the electors of Kerry, and will be re-elected without opposition. THE NENAGH Murrmr.—The military court of enquiry at Nenagh having concluded its labours, and the case of the principal offenders on the recent militia mutiny having been disposed of at the assizes, it is now understood that a court-martial will be held to try the other prisoners who remain in custody. The general impression is that the extreme sentence of the law will not be carried into effect against the unfortunate militiaman Burns, who has been condemned to death for shooting a soldier during the riots. CORONATION or THE. CZAR.—A fact which gives some idea of the splendour with which Prince Paul Esterhazy is to appear at Moscow is, says the Cologne Gazette, that each of the six horses reserved exclusively for his personal use, is valued at from 8,000 to 10,000 florins (the florin is worth something over 2f.) The cloth of his favourite horse is a tiger's skin, the edges of which are ornamented with brilliants, and on which his family arms are designed in diamonds. This luxury will be understood, when we mention that the diamonds of the Esterhazy family represent a greater value than all its other property put together. THE LATE COLLISION IN THE RIVER.—We have been requested to publish the names of the jury who sat on the inquest in the late collision case, and it is only just to these gentlemen to state that they exhibited a great deal of patience, showed every attention t o the details during the lengthened enquiry, and, although many of them attended at considerable loss and inconvenience, they discharged their duty without a murmur. The subjoined is a list of the jury :—Joseph Duckworth (coroner), engineer, William Lax Brown, shipbroker, William Rawle, broker, Godfrey Barnsly Shaw, cotton broker, Stephen White, gentleman, George Walker, upholsterer, Walter Charles Woodward, jeweller, Charles Coldwell, gentleman, George Wilkinson, late Bath superintendent, Jonathan Williamson, spirit dealer, Charles C. Robinson, last-maker, John Clay, oil merchant, James Dwyer, fruit merchant, James Shaw, agent, John Remmington, St. George's Coffee-house, and Joseph Woodhead, gentleman. ROBBERY AT BIRKENFIEAD.—Last evening, a female was robbed of a purse, cmtaining 20s Bd, in the Birkenhead market. The thieves are supposed to be a gang of idle youths, who are in the habit of frequenting the locality for the assumed purpose of carrying parcels. ACCIDENTAL AND SUDDEN DEATHS.—Yesterday some children were plying about a gate at Mr. Brown's timber yard, in Sparling-street, when one of them, named John Mclntosh, aged 3 years, got his head jammed in between the gate and post.—John Smith, a man who worked in the yard of Messrs. Kennedy, Upper Stanhope-street, was killed yesterday by a piece of timber falling on him.— Thomas Lenihan, about 20 years of age, who came from America, in the ship Yorkshireman, died suddenly in con sequence of the rupture of a blood vesselin the lungs. —A man, who is at present unknown, dropped down dead yesterday in the Waterloo-road. Inquests will be held in the above cases this day. RURAL F.YetrasioNs—The intensely hot weather which at present prevails, invites the denizens of our crowded town to seek recreation and repose in those suburban retrea's which surround us on all sides. For ourselves we succeeded in discovering a spot which for quiet relaxation cannot be surpassed. This is the R a il way Hotel at Sutton, m idway between Birkenhead and Ch ester. A garden tastefully l a id out, with cool arbours a n d ponds full of fish the florist and disciple . of Walton and Cott on may find am ' le sources of recreation and amusement. T o quiet pic _ nic p parties, indeed to all who seek true rural felicity, apart from and the interruptions which crowded places of resort usually present, w e cannot too strongly recommend a trip to the Sutton y Hotel, where the host and hostess, Mr and Mrs. u, vie with each other in supplying the wants and the comforts of their visitors. The con willfind the cuisine of this hostelry )everages of every class in the highest sailwa; 3uting to it of good living perfect, condition and quality SPAIN, A despatch, dated St. Sebastian, July 31, mentions that news had been received vice Prepiguan and Yrun, to the effect that the whole of Catalonia had acknowledged the authority of the government of the Queen. The most perfect tranquility was reported to prevail in Navarre and the other lower provinces. THE FRENCH FUNDS. PARIS, FRIDAY EVENING The business to-day on the Bourse closed with the Funds at the subjoined quotations :—Four and a Half per Cents., 93f. 50c.; Three per Cents., 70f. 20c. ACCIDENT.—Last evening a labourer, employed in the Trafalgar docks, met with a severe accident by falling into the hold of a ship in which he was at work. The injuries he sustained are o f such a severe nature, that but little hopes are entertained of his recovery. - SUICIDE BY A FEMALE.—Yesterday morning a female named Rachel Nathan, residing at No. 53, Russell-street, destroyed herself by cutting her throat. A medical gentle man was called in at once, but life was extinct. He forth with informed the coroner, and as an inquest will be held on the body this day, we do not give any of the rumours about the transaction. COLLEGIATE EVENING CLASSES.—In the examination lately held in London by the Society of Arts, of young men from various evening classes throughout the kingdom, W. J. Alderson has obtained certificates of proficiency, or, in other words, second class honour, in geography and English history. It is remarkable that no other youth from Lanca shire appears in the list. There were 62 candidates. Upper Collegiate School : Mr. T. Widdowson, who was educated at this school, and lately obtained a high place in the first class at St. John's, Cambridge, has been placed on the foundation of his college as proper sizar. MUSIC IN BIRKENHEAD PARE.—An arrangement has been made by the Band Committee in conjunction with the committee of the Victoria Cricket Club, by which there will be an additional performance this afternoon and a cricket match. By the kind permission of the manager of the Bromborough Pool Works, the excellent brass band connected with that establishment, consisting of upwards of twenty instrumentalists, will play from half past four to eight o'clock. As the band have volunteered their services for this occasion, it is to be hoped that the public will, by a large attendance, show appreciation of their efforts to please.—Correspondent. A NEW PROPELLER. —Yesterday, Messrs. Cramm, Powell, and Co., as the agents of Mr. Hyde, of Bristol, the patentee, exhibited a model of a screw steamer (at the Exchange newsrooms), with a single blade propeller, which is stated to be an improvement of much value, as an auxiliary to steam vessels. Theoretically it looks well enough, but we have not seen any one who has yet practically tried it. It has the advantage of being worked easily at a small cost ; and, as stated, it will not at all interfere with the ship's propulsion with sails, but, on the contrary, add to her speed. It is not necessary to have the blade unshipped, as it can instantly be fastened up with great facility. The invention, considering the state of science in the particular point referred to, is well worthy the attention of shipbuilders and owners. A GREMENS OP INDIAN LIFE.—A large boa con. strietor is said to have taken up its residence for the pre sent in a remote corner of the garden house of Mr. G. H. Blacquire, in. Intally. A missing calf belonging to that gentleman being searched for led to the discovery of the reptile in a state of coma, owing to the fact of his having breakfasted on the calf. A general invitatiou is given by our informer to all those possessing guns, staves, blun derbusses, &c., for the destruction of the monster.—Calcutta Citizen. SUSPECTED MURDER AT WooLwlcir.—An inquiry termi. nated on Thursday, before C. J. Carter, Esq., coroner for West Kent, touching the death of John Woolway, a carpenter, who resided at Chancery-lane, and who was found dead on the river bank at North Woolwich. under circumstances which leads to the suspicion that a foul deed has been committed. It appears that the skull of the deceased was fractured, his eyes blackened, one of his thumbs dislocated, and his coat torn in such a manner which indicated that a struggle had taken place. The medical evidence was to the effect that the injuries were received prior to death. The jury returned an open verdict, coupled with an opinion that death was caused by violence at the hands of some person or persons unknown. Mtranau IN IRELAND.—At the Cork assizes on Wednes day, a private of the 68th regiment, named Charles M'Creedy, was convicted on a charge of murder, for hav ing fired at and killed Owen Guinsey, a sergeant of the same regiment, in Fermoy barracks, on the 6th of May last. It appeared that the deceased, on the sth of May, made a charge against the prisoner, for which he was ordered on the following day to be con fined to barracks for ten taps, and in less than two hours afterwards, the sergeant having come into the room where the . prisoner was sitting on his bed, and gone over to a window to comb his hair, the prisoner deliberately took his rifle from its proper place in the gun rack, aimed at and shot the deceased before any one of those present could seize him ; and upon being seized, he exclaimed, " Sergeant Guinsey put me in for three days again," and " that is the way to treat tyrants." It appeared that the prisoner was seized by his comrades the moment after the shot was fired, and that the sergeant did not survive his wound, which was through the back, more than ten or fifteen minutes. MR. SMITH O ' BRIEN.—In a letter to Mr. J. F. Maguire, M.P., Mr: Smith O'Brien expresses his acknowledgment to all who have been instrumental in setting aside the sen tence of banishment against him for his part in the pro ceedings of 1848. " Having done what I considered to be my duty, I could not express contrition. It therefore seemed to me becoming to remain entirely passive, and to submit without repining to the consequence of an attempt which may have been ill-judged, but which was prompted by the purest motives. At the same time, I have not felt myself bound to deprecate on the part of others the expression of sympathy which seemed to me to be highly honourable to those who entertained it—even though that sympathy was evinced in the form of solicita tion." The sympathy for him has not been confined to Ireland ; for in Van Diemen's Land he experienced the greatest kindness from . English and Scot c h, as we ll as Irish, colonists ; whilst in Victoria and New S ou th W a l es his liberation was greeted with the greatest en th us i asm. To his sympathisers in the - United States and Canada, and to the 140 members of parliament w h o memorialised Lord P a lmerston on his behalf, he willingly tenders his heartfelt thanks. The letter is dated from Dromoland. EXPORTS. Cotton. Flax. Wheat. Beans. Cantars. Ardrbs. 21,520 294 29,045 10,755 17,305 290 16,839 8,501 Barley. I. Corn. Lentils. Linseed. Sessame To all parts 11,683 250 1,442 1,233 3,260 Of which to U.K 1,128 260 1,442 1,233 The advices from Paris report a better market for French railway bonds, and express a hope that English capital will gradually flow in considerable quantities into the best descriptions of these securities, many of which are considered cheap. Investors, however, must not overlook the cause which has chiefly contributed to depress the market. This cause consists in the frequency and magnitude of the new issues of bonds by several of the leading companies. To all parts..... Of which to U.K. Commercial advices from Stockholm state that the number of vessels which passed the Sound, from the Ist January to the Ist July of this year, was 6,755, being 897 greater than the number during the corresponding quarter of the past year, but less than the arrivals in the years 1852-1853. A telegraphic despatch from Hamburg announces that six houses in that city have combined to form a discount bank, with a capital of 20,000,000 thalers. Already the subscriptions for shares have reached 200 millions. The period for the receipt of appli cations closes on the 7th August The half-yearly meeting of the British Bank took place to-day, and was largely attended. It stated that a divided was recommended at the rate of 4 per cent. per annum, which would enable the directors to make ample provision for bad and doubtful debts. An accession of business had taken place at the chief office in Threadneedle street, and also at the branches. The balance of profit was 15,0691., and the reserve fund 14,202 1 . The directors of the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire railway are inviting applications for an issue of new 4 per cent guaranteed debenture stock. The total amount authorised to be raised is 2,370,0001, in 101 shares. The company's share holders have a prior right in the first instance, and the residue is offered to the public. The money is to be applied to the extinction of a cor responding amount of debenture bonds, now existing. Debenture holders may apply for the conversion of their debentures out of any unissued portion of the stock. The directors have fixed the deposit at the unusually low amount of Is. per share. In explanation of this arrangement, they observe that this payment will " entitle the party to the option of taking up the shares allotted to him on the 15th December, 1856, when the first call of 11 becomes due." Business on the Stock Exchange continues limited, and the general state of the markets quiet and steady. No change has taken place in the English Funds, which opened with firmness at yesterday's closing prices. The Money Market is easy, and the rates of Continental exchange are much the same as previously. Consols for Money and the next Account are 95a 954 ; and dealings for September are quoted at 958 to 964. BANK OF ENGLAND RETURNS. An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cap t,32, for the Week ending July 25, 1856. ISSUE DEPARTMENT . Debit Credit. Notes issued .. £26,250,875 Government Debt Other securities 3,459,900 Gold Coin and Bullion 11,775,875 £26,250,875 Total .... £26,250,875 BANKING DEPARTMENT. Debit. Credit. Proprietors' ca- Government se pital Rest Public deposits 8,844,808 Notes 6,803,045 Other „ 10,598,296 Gold and silver coin 875,807 Seven day, and other bills.. . 612;929 Total .... £33,223,862 Total .. „ £33,223,862 The foregoing Bank Returns show the following results results when compared with those of the preced ing week:—Notes issued, increase, 66,9451; bullion in both departments, increase, 58,0491; rest, in crease, 4,4901; public deposits, increase, 601,9391; SPAIN, The most authentic and latest intelligence from Spain is contained in the subjoined telegraphic despatches published by the Moniteur ou Thurs. day. Those despatches are thus concluded : From the French Consul to his Excellency the Minister of Foreign Affairs : BARCELONA, JULY 29, 3 P.M. Order continues to reign at Barcelona. The whole of Catalonia is in the power of the Queen's troops. The Militia of Girona, like the Militia in other localities, give up their arms, disperse, and return to their homes. From the French Ambassador to his Excellency the Minister of Foreign Affairs:— MADRID, JULY 30. The authority of the Government of the Queen is recognised throughout the whole of Spain, with the exception of the interior of the town of Sara gossa. Important intelligence is hourly expected. From the French Consul to his Excellency the Minister of Foreign Affairs : ST. SEBASTIAN, JULY 30. By a despatch dated this day, General Echague announces that General Dulce is at La Muela, two leagues from Saragossa. There is no news. Private despatches from Madrid, dated July 29, forwarded by telegraph, bring the subjoined intel ligence : All the provinces of Spain recognise the authority of the Government, except Saragossa. The resist ance shown by some localities in the centre and in the east only lasted till sufficient time had elapsed to dissipate the misapprehensions which had given hopes of success to the insurgents. The disarma ment of the Militia has everywhere taken place, and the army shows itself va li ant and loyal. The government is occupied in replacing weak or negli gent officials, without distinction of party. The Queen seeks for union and activity in every branch of the public administration. The correspondence of the French journals is said to be in general incorrect, and what it says of the strength of the insurrection at Saragossa exaggerated. The reports set on foot of discord and disunion in the Cabinet are totally devoid of foundation. Madrid is perfectly tran quil. The troops of Generals Dulce and Echague are before Saragossa. The majority of the in habitants of that city are anxious to surrender. An excited minority, belonging to the lowest dregs of society, alone attempt to resist. The govern ment, above all things, endeavours to maintain public order. General Espartero is living quietly at Madrid, and has not received any annoyance. The Epoca contains a long account of the recent events at Barcelona. The minority of the Ayunta miento, it appears, had assumed the municipal power, and called out the National Guard, one third of whom only responded to the appeal. The remainder of the insurgents consisted of operatives, republican journalists, and French refugees, com manded by democratic deputies, the most active of whom was M. Franco. The Royal forces, under General Zapatero, were composed of 16 battalions of infantry , two regiments of cavalry, several brigades of artillery, and 200 carbineers. The General had, however, despatched a steamer to the Balearic Islands, to fetch the corps of engineers quartered at Mahon, who were extremely useful in blowin up the buildings in whi c h th e revolters hit , l g entrenched themselves, and opening passages through the houses. The fighting continued without interruption from the evening of the 18th until 3 o'clock p.m. on the 21st. The insurgents, driven out of the city, retired on Garcia, where, having attempted to make another stand, they suffered severe losses. In the morning of the 21st the first alcade having assembled one hundred National Guards on the square of San Jaime, sur prised a company of troops who defended the tribunal. G , Nneral Villalonga, who took the mi litary command of the place when General Basols was wounded, on being informed of this circum stance, forced his way to the building in which the minority of the Ayuntamiento was sitting, and seized the alcade and four others forming the revolutionary junta. The c asua l t i es on both sides are not yet known. Eight officers, One of whom was a captain of engineers, Were killed and 20 wounded, and 60 soldiers were put hors de combat. The loss of the insurgents is estimated at 1,300 slain, wounded, or prisoners. The latter amoun t to about 500. Some of the edifices of the city have been greatly damaged. AUSTRIA. We learn from Vienna under date of the 28th ult., that no member of the Imperial family has visited the King of Prussia since he has been at Marienbad, and this apparent want of attention to his Majesty is generally considered a proof of the extreme coolness of the relations between the two Courts. That the Austrian and Prussian Governments have marvellously little sympathy for each other is certain, but the Emperor and the King are such very near relatives that politics can hardly have any great influence on their pri vate intercourse. Whenever the King of Prussia visits a watering place he likes to lead a quiet and retired life, and this peculiarity being well known to the Emperor, it may reasonably be supposed that he has instructed the different members of his family not to pay visits of ceremony to his Majesty. Every habitual frequenter of Isehl must have had opportunities of remarking that the King of Prussia is never more in his element than when he is able to enjoy the beauties of nature without a suite of attendants, and that he appears " bored " whenever he is obliged to don the strait-waistcoat of royalty. As the Empress is already well enough to leave her room the Emperor will, in a few days, go to visit his aunts the Queens of Prussia and Saxony, at Toplitz, where he will probably meet his Royal uncle, who returns to Berlin at the beginning of next month. Her Majesty the Empi es has already attended mass in the chapel which was prepared in the Castle of Laxenburg for the christening of the little Archduchess. For some unknown reason, the London house of Rothschild has refused to certify to the Secretary of the London Stock Exchange the following facts —First, that the concession for the construction of the Vienna Linz - Salzburg Railroad was granted to Messrs. Merck and Lindheim. Second, that the Bank of Credit and Messrs. Rothschild are co founders (Mit Grunder). Third, that Government guarantees 5 per cent interest and 2-10ths per cent as a sinking fund. Fourth, that 30 per cent is already paid in on the shares. On official autho rity I now state that th e i n f ormat i on contained in the foregoing four points is perfectly correct. On examining the volunteers sent back by Russia from Odessa, it was f ound that only forty of them were subjects of Ki ng O t h o. The forty men were disarmed and sent to their homes, but the other 660 were at once returned to his Russian Majesty. A fresh consignment from Odessa is daily expected at Constantinople. ITALY, we have advices from Turin to the 28th ultimo. The principal fact that has transpired concern. - ing the attempted insurrection at Massa, is t hat the movement had been completely suppressed. How this happened, or in what manner the insur gents were dealt with by the Modense authorities, we are still without intelligence, for this is almost the only information vouchsafed from official sources, and others there are none as yet, since the telegraph, though repaired, is not available to pri vate persons for the transmission of news on such subjects. A body of Modenese troops of 450 men are on their march from Reggio to Carrara, it is said, and their place is to be supplied by Austrians Buse from ello. Casal maggiore, who will cross the Po at The official Gazette of Piedmont has the follow ing on the recent attempt at insurrection :—" Tele graphic despatches received from the Spezzia, state that a movement was attempted near Massa and Carrara in the night of the 25th inst. I n the morning about 100 men, who a pp eare d to be armed, were seen at La Parmignola, o n th e terri tory of ets Este. They had, it was sa id , se i zed on the musk of the front ier Custom -off ice of Parmi guards of Este and on the' nola. he ttet, how ever, could no t have beeng attendeTd with any serious consequences, for the last accounts, received yes terday by telegraph, announce that the most porfoot tranquility prevailed at Carrara, Massa, and along our frontier. The King'ii Government had adopted all the precautionary measures required by circum stances." Count de Salmour, Secretary-General of the Department of Foreign Affairs had left Turin, on receipt of the above intelligence, for Baveno, on , Lake Maggiore, where Count Cavour intends spending a few weeks for the benefit of his health. The last accounts from Carrara state that 450 Modenese soldiers were expected there from Reggio. According to letters from Brescia of the 25th instant, very few Austrian troops remained in that city. The garrison was said to have marched in the direction of Parma. Several batteries of artillery have recently crossed the Po. A document of considerable importance as regards Parma, showing the desires of both government and people there, has lately been par tially published by a Turin paper. It is a memorial presented by Signor Molossi (a person holding high employment under the Parma Government)• on the part of a number of his fellow-citizena to the Regent, with her consent, a nd with the consent Cren neville is said to of her Ministers. Count furnished have requested t o be with two copies of it--one of which he sent to Vienna, and one to Marshal Radetsky. The memorial enters at great length into the state of the Duchy, past and present, its history, the law of suc cession of the F arnese Bourbons, the late crimes, and many other details of government It ends by suggesting to the Duchess, as remedies for ,misting evils, Ist, to dismiss the present Director of Police, confiding this delicate branch of the service to a native of to the cou n t ry, cautious, temporate, prudent, devoted the Prince, and to the laws of the State. 2nd. To purge the police offices and dis band the mob of Guards, which has become hateful to the whole nation. 3rd. To re - organise the ar my, (most important). 4th. To l the Parmesan p ri soners from Mantua, (they are already said to be on their way back), to examine impartially into the cases of those condemned, and submit the others to a prompt and just trial. sth. To raise the state of siege. 6th. To cause the withdrawal of the Austrian troops. 7th. To repudiate resolutely the Custom -house league. Bth. To convoke under the Presidency of His Royal Highness `the Ex dinary Council o f S tate for secret deliberation on traor (a) the equity of the treaty of Florence of 1844 - (which ma d e a now adjustment of th e territories d aria Louis a ) ; ( the Duchi es on the demise of M 1), the aff a i r o f mines held by Baron Wa r d, & c.; ( cf f avourites, the red uct i on of certain p e nsions enjoyed b3r To -day is the anniversary of the death of - King Charles Albert, on which occasion there was a funeral mass in the cathedral, attended by minis ters, senators, deputies, &c., and detachments Of National Guards and troops of the line. Ine Uheltenham Exami -...-..-___.________7 Examiner says th e w i ll of the late Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol was written upon half a sheet of letter-paper. 'lwo THIEVES SnoT.—Several lead robberies hav ing been lately committed in the vicinity of the village of Ashton, a careful watch has been sustained On Monday night a man servant at Rownham lodge perceived four men on the roof of the house, in the act of displacing the lead and preparing it for removal. lie challenged them, but instead of making their escape the thieves stripped off some of the coping ;stones from the roof and commenced pelting him with them. The man was armed with a gun, and on being received in this manner by the robbers he fired at them. Two of them were wounded, and the others managed to effect their escape, The men who have been. injured, John Tovey and John Davis, were taken to the Bristol Infirmary, where Davis still remains.—Bristot Mercury. LAMENTABLE OCCURRENCE AT BEN' ItrITDDING.—FaTAr. ACCIDENT TO A LADY It is our melancholy duty again to record another death, under painful circumstances, at' the Ben Rhydding establishment, near Ilkley. On Tuesday morning last, about five o'clock, the watchman, Robert Snowdon, opened the kitchen door, and found l ai d i d a y t e I of ra a ise female ninighat p d o r o es l s, of blood the ni me b d o and, up on exam i na ti on , i t was found the decen in l aseda r h m e : as 1 a m a id en la d y , name d Allen, aged sixty-three years, who came from Scotland. Th e deceased had been at the a w establishment about six wee k s, and during that time had There is littl e d oubt the deceased had fallen been unwell. from her bedroom wind ow , t h ree storeys high. The back part of the head w as b ro k en in. The body was not taken ito the house, but removed to the lodge, near the river side. Mr. Smith, the active superintendent of police for the district, has taken the necessary steps for all proper enqui rtes.—Leeds Mercury.