The Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-08-18 00:00:00

farcarturiat Sbatts. . NEXT WEEK. =On Monday next, the 20th instant, at Twelve o'clock. at tue " Commercial S aleroom, Temple-court, the following GOODS, viz :- 13 lloxes Palermo ORANGES, 59 " ~ LEMONS, Ex Crimean (s). 44 Boxes Palermo ORANGES. 82 ~ LEMONS, 38 Cases Naples ORANGES, 111 „ „ LEMONS, 50 Kegs Malaga GRAPES, Ex Corinthian (s). 38 Half Chests Lisbon LEMONS, 50 Baskets „ ONIONS, 7 Boxes „ DITTO, 11 Half Boxes „ TOMATOES, 2 „ ORANGES, Ex Fernandes. 12 Half Chests Port ORANGES, 9 12 „ BITTER DITTO, 174 „ „ APPLES, 20 Baskets „ DITTO, 475 Half Chests „ ONIONS, 16 ~ „ PEARS, Ex Cintra (a). 32 Half Chests Lisbon LEMONS, 45 Half Boxes ++ GRAPES, 20 „ APPLES, TOMATOES, 100 „ 99 133 Boxes ONIONS, Ex Douro (s). 77 Cases Palermo LEONS. 193 Boxes DITTO, Ex laione (s). 13 Boxes Palermo LEMONS, Ex Venetian (sl. 100 Bags Messina NUTS, Ex Frankfort. 50 Bundles Faro BASKETS. Ex Aguia. JAMES ADAM, SON, & CO., Brokers. On Tuesday next, the 2lst instant, at Half-past One o'clock, at the Commercial Saleroom. Temple-court, • 100 Hogsheads American HAMS, 100 Firkins „ BUTTER. • - JOHN MARQUIS & CO., Brokers. ,pply to pply to On Tuesday Br neit, the 21st instant, at Twelve o'clock, at tl oker's Office, 11, Oldhall-street, 250 Bales Egyptian RAGS, now landing ex Christina, from Alexandria. Apply to FERGUSON, HORSLEY, & CO., Brokers. On Toes at nest, the 21st instant, at Half-past One o'clock, at y the Commercial Saleroom, Temple -court, American CHE, BUTTER, BACON, and HAMS. Apply to WILLIAM GARDNER & CO., Brokers. COMMERCIAL. LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY EVENING. Zte Cotton arktt. _ . . In the Liverpool Cotton Market during the I week the crop accounts continuing less favourable gave increased strength. All parties were active operators, and holders, although offering freely, demanded and obtained an advance of Id to id per lb. for all classes of American, at which currency the market closed firmly, but without animation. Brazil and Egyptian were in in creased demand, without change in prices. Surat was in fair request, and the current qualities were td per lb. dearer. The weekly sales amounted to 90,430 bales, of which 15,960 were on speculation and 19,210 for export. ~ . . This week Price paid Cur Prices Description. this week mid..fair. Stock. Import Sales , --- -- -- -- ---- 410 Sea Island... 5d (iti 19 12ed ai4 .• ) I 15740 Upland ...... 3 2 1 t 7400 1 966640 10177 I 11150 hile 1 : 6 7 6 W 7 111 f 44790 New Orle ans 2 3 4570 Brazil 6 S 7 7 . ... 2140 Egyptian, 7 . 10i 7 4 8 39400 ' 2 130 West India„ 26 5 7 7 360 1437 11500 East India 1 1j 36 4 103320 --- --- ------ ! , .5619 9043 u Total Total 1157620 .213619 Vie Cotpuial Pro/ma Narita. The Liverpool Colonial Produce Market to-day was improved in tone. SUGAR. —A little more done; 1,000 bags native Madras were reported at 35s 6d. 110 hhds. Porto Rico - at 43s 6d to 44s 9d, and 1,550 bags Siam at 43s 6d to 45s 6d per cwt. MOLASSES. -275 puncheons Antigua, to arrive, realised 19s per cwt. Rrm AND COFFEE. —Nothing reported. RICE.—An active demand, both from the trade and speculators, prevails, and the prices paid were in most instances 3d per cwt. higher; the sal;s on the spot comprised 6,000 bags old Ran goon at lOs lid, 5,500 bags Moulmein at 9s 10id to 10s, 2,100 bags Larong at 10s 6d ex quay, and • 2,100 bags old Necransie at lOs 4d ; besides which 500 tons for arrival (off the coast) was placed, at lOs 6d for Larong and lOs 9d for Necransie, and two cargoes (together 1,430 tons) of the latter, for distant arrival, at lls per cwt. SAGO FLOUR.-500 bags changed hands at 15s 3d per cwt. PEPPER.-200 bags black sold at 4s per ib. LINSEED.-1,300 bags ordinary Bengal were reported at 523 per quarter. Messrs. Browne, Hunter, & Co., in . their Monthly Prices Current, dated to-day, say : Public confidence has been in a great measure restored by the announcement of Lord J. Russell in the House of Commons, on the 31st ult., of the determination on the part of the English Govern :meat not to interfere with the Italian revolution. The state of Italian affairs may, however, yet :become complicated, and considerable anxiety is felt as to the result of the expedition to Syria. -But, apart from every other consideration, the attention of the whole commercial community is turned to the very critical state of the weather, and for the next month nothing but the finest temperature can possibly secure a moderately good harvest. • Reports of the Potato disease having shown itself in • several parts of the country 'increase, but as yet have only slightly affected the Rice market. Mft Sbliare Barittt. The Liverpool Share Market during the past week underwent a severe depression, and a fall in the prices of many of the current descriptions of Stocks of from 3to 4 per cent. The continued bad weather and the complicated condition of Italian politics, operating upon a heavy Bull account, were the causes of this depression. To day, however, the market was firmer, and it closed with a hardening tendency. The transac tions included Caledonian, 93i, 4,1; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 1091, 9, ; London and North Western, 101 t, I, d, t, 1,2, f , 1 j ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 43; Midland, 124 k, a, f, x all ; South Eastern, 26j, 9-16, g, 11-16, I, 1146, S ; Buffalo and. Lake Huron Seven per Cent., 61 ; Dutch Rhenish, 33 d ; Grand Trunk of Canada, 7;- ; Liverpool and London Fire and Life Insurance, 61- p ; Thames and Mersey Marine Insurance, f, 7-16 p. The Share Market closed to-day at the following prices : Sales after S o'clock • Railways. Closing Prises. Birkenhead & Cheshire Jn. 801 81 Caledonian 94 —94 t Eastern Counties ll 3-16— 115 16 Great Northern ll6 118 Great Westerns Lancashire & Yorkshire 109! 109 1091 London & North Westernlo2k 102 1011 2k Ditto /-shares — Manchester, Shef., & Lin. 43 43 Midland Stock Ditto new shares . . 11 p North British 64 65 North Staffordshire North Eastern—Berwick . 97- id 97 Do. York and N. Midland 821 xd 821 Do. Leeds North ern . . 53 ad 53.1 South Eastern ... . . 26_4 27 26 11-16 13-16 Oxford, W. & Wolrerhptn 4o! —46 i Dutch Rhenish Great Luxembourg •• • 6 3 Grand Trunk of Canada. 7 9-16 — 7 9-16 Gt. W. of Canada Ditto new shares Buffalo and Lake Huron 5 3-16 5 5-16 51 Great Ship .. B/6 91.6 Thames & Mersey M. Co. 7-16 MFETINGS. London and :North-W e stern Railway—At the half-yearly meeting of this company, in London to-day, the report, recommending a dividend of 4 5 per cent., was adopted. Great Western Railway. The half-yearly meeing was held in London to-day, when the report, which recommended a dividend of 3 per cent., was adopted. The following meetings of shareholders will take place durin3 the next seven days Aug. 18. Great Northern, at London. Aug. 20. St. Helen's, at St. Helen's; S. Yorkshire and River Dun, at Doncaster. tun. 21. Liverpool United Gas, at Newington London, Til., and South End, at London ; Lan. and Yorkshire—Preston and Wyre. Aug. 22. Maryport and Carlisle, at Maryport; Dublin and Belfast Junction, at Dublin; Monklands, at Glasgow; N o rth-Western, at Leeds ; North Devon, at London ; Southampton Dock, at Loudon. A ug . 23. Bristol and Exeter, at Bristol ; Eastern Counties, at London ; Royal Swedish, at Orebro ; Hampstead Junction, at Londox. . Aug. 24. N. and S. Western Junction, at London ; Shrewsbury and Hereford, at Shresbury ; South Wales, at London. DIVIDENDS PROPOSED. Liverpool and London Fire and Life.—ln com pliance with the resolution of the last annual meeting of the proprietors, the board has directed a payment of 10 per cent. upon the capital, free of income-tax, on account of the dividend usually declared for the year. The transfer books will be closed from the 20th instant to the Ist Sep tember, and the amount will be payable on and after that date. Dividends at the following rate per annum will be recommended for the first half-year of 1860 ; appended also will be found the dividends for the same period last year : Great Northern.-4i per cent. 1869, 31 per cent.- 18th inst. St. Helen's. - 31 per cent. on the A Stock. 1859, 3 per cent.-20th inst. Maryport and Carlisle.-6 per cent. 1859, 5 psr cent.-22nd inst. Dublin and Belfast Junction.-4t per cent. (less in come tax. 1845, 4 per cent. (free income tax) -22d inst. Bristol and Exeter.-6 per cent. 1859, 5a per cent. —Meeting, 23d inst. Caledonian.-4-1 per cent. ; surplus, £7,000. 3t per cent.; surplus, £2,547. Ulster.-5 4 1 per cent. ; surplus, £5,204. 1859, 5 per cent. , surplus, £2,610. Newcastle and Carlisle.—An intermediate dividend of 62s 6d per cent for the past t -year. 1859, 55s per cent. 6791 31 374 91 .01 71 Re Czna Bind& At the Liverpool Corn Market to-day, we had again a large attendance of buyers from distant parts of the country, who purchased Wheat to a considerable extent, at an advance on all descriptions of 3d to 4d per cental. Flour like wise sold more freely, at an improvement of is per sack, and 6d per barrel. Oats and Oatmeal , met attention at -id more money on the former; and 6d to is per load on the latter. Indian Corn met a speculative' inquiry to-day at 6d to 9d per quarter amendment. Beans also were 6d higher. In other articles no alteration. —The weather, with the exception of one or two days at the beginning of the week, has continued very unfavourable to the crops, which are much laid with the heavy rains we have had almost daily, and the prospect of a good reaping time is now very uncertain. Under these circumstances the trade at the provincial markets has ruled firm, with an upward tendency in the value of Wheat as well as of spring grain, but no excite ment is apparent, and millers generally content themselves with purchasing for the supply of their immediate wants. 'fhe trade here, in the interval since Tuesday, has also ruled firm, with g slight advance in the value of Wheat and Flour ; some considerable sales of the latter have been effected at an improvenient of 6d. per barrel. The Gazette returns of Wheat for the week ended the 11th instant are 73,291 quarters. We have to report a moderate accession of Wheat and Flour in the past three days, with small supplies of other articles. The exports are to a fair extent. ARRIVALS AND EXPORTS From the 14th to the 16th August, 1860, ineloive. i F 7 Qrs. Qrs. 45 ... 28 . 5 . 5 3671 .. 880 964 ... • • 7451 964 1670 .. , 625 5 Flour, INTO LITIMPOOL, 1 Qrs.l FROM Ireland Coastwise Canada,Bce U. States E4rope,&e Egypt IxTo RUNCORSI Qrs. 193 Total EYPORTS TO For. Parts Ireland Coastwise Lods 643 Sks. Brl 2O 71701 7374 1 4 De Pro Visions Bark& In the Liverpool Provision Market during the week, there was a slow retail trade in Beef, without much further alteration in prices ; buyers of quantity could, however, no doubt operate on more favourable terms, as the stock was so heavy. Pork attracted but little attention, still there was no disposition shown to give way in prices. There was a moderate consumptive demand for Bacon, and the small stock left was likely to be cleared out before any new can arrive. Hams remain neglected. Shop.lders were scarce. For Cheese there was an excellent demand, and prices for good useful sorts improved 2s to 4s per cwt. Fine Butter bad a ready sale, but ordinary sorts were difficult to move, Beef Pork Bacon Harass Lard Cheese Imeoars. Tres. Brie. Cwts. Cwts. Tons. Boxes. For past week from i 164... 35... 154... ••• ••• ••• ••• 8685 America From IstiOctober 50500 10872 110452 10509...5200...181407 Same date last season 32114 27192...25233 ..3393...2697... 56532 For past week from ) . 33..• 50 other places From Ist October 463..045.. 3088. 122... 829... 8202 Same date lot season 1211... 6 126 .. . 207... .. 238 . 539... 4805 Zte Oil Stets aub 0115 Market, In the Liverpool Oil Seeds and Oils Market during the week the improvement continued, and every description advanced in price. Bom bay Linseed was to-day worth 54s 6d to 54s 9d ; Calcutta 52s to 52s 6d. Guzerat Rapeseed (nominal) 68s, Brown Bombay 6s. Linseed Oil sold at 303 per cwt. in export casks, and there were few sellers at that price. Linseed Cake was much wanted, and the value of good Liverpool made was £lO. Rape Oil was difficult to pur chase, and was worth £43 to £44 for brown Eng lish. Rape Cake also wanted for feeding, and good quality would realise £5 ss. The transactions of the week were as follows ; Offered for sale-815 bags Bombay Linseed 626 bags Bombay Rapeseed ; 30 bags Mathieseed. Sales Reported-7,500 bags Bombay Linseed, at 53s to 54s 9d; 1,300 bags Bengal Linseed, at 525; 1,300 bags Bombay Rapeseed, on the spot and to arrive, at 60s to 61s ; 500 bags Bengal Rapeseed, to arrive, at 55s 6d per qr. C. F. and I. Sales advertised for nest week.,-1,000 pockets and 100 bags Bombay Linseed. Imports this week,-13,897 bags Bombay Lin seed ; 1,273 bags Bouabq Bombay Teel Seed. Friday Afternoon —Nothing done to-day: the market was rather quieter. GENERAL FREIGHTS. e• d. 5 . d Liverpool to Aden 4O oto 41 0 „ Hong Kong Ditto from Wales 57 6 to 0 0 Chusan 7O triples Ceylon : Iron 4O Ato 0 0 Bombay : Coals 33 0 to 0 0 Iron from the Clyde Suez 52 6 to U 0 Sydney or £3 53, register ton. Melbourne cent. option o o u f lm ßa a n in go B o O n s. , toßaBs2sse.in6d,.,orTe,:iltoutiomln. Ii 65 9., or option of Continent, 675. 6d. Calcutta to Liverpool London,62s. 6d ; ditto on the round, K . or 6d. , £5 with option of London. to U. Guano from ChUschas to U. K. or Continent, 665. Bombay to Liverpool or London, 455. to 475. Cd. Amigo= to Liverpool or Londou, 7f.s. Earth Oil. gates of treigtrt. Freights are improving, and tonnage in better demand for India, particularly to Calcutta for Salt, for which 42s is freely paid without consign ment, For China the rates are firm, and several vessels have been chartered this week at our quotations. Homewards from the Rice ports there is a good inquiry for ships at ki.n advance of 5s per ton on former rates; and 82s 6d is offering for Teak from Moulmain. From Calcutta and Bombay the freights are unchanged, and merchs.nt here are not desirous of taking ships. Timber freights from Quebec have improved, and ships are much wanted. To U. S. ports rates this week have barely been maintained, and rather lower rates to New York have been accepsed ; but from the very moderate supply of tonnage on the way we look for advanced rates to be paid shortly. If Singapore i O 6O t t t (~bc, 3 4 0 32 0 0 ft (Jane Shanghai 0 6 5 0 5 oto 6 0 o::. 0 1 0 0 f t __ gapore . Ditto from wales ,9 Calcutta: Salt without consignment 4 2 Ditto with (Iwo 43 0 to 0 0 Calcutta : Iron, Engines, &c. ~ 40 0 to 44 0 Ditto, C oa l s nominal 40 oto U 0 Ascension, from Wales liurrac,hee, from Wales 34 0 to 35 0 Fernando Po, from Wales 32 6 to 0 0 'Wales 35 0 to 0 0 Callao, from DI Valparaiso direct, from Wales 35 oto 0 0 SP Woosung Liverpool to Madras Iron &c. 405., Clyde 115 s. 355. , Cb Dd usan, 555. Do. Coals . Do. from Wales 375. UverPool to Valparaiso for orders, t o discharge there or at a not North of Callao 30s. Od. small ships. Liy Port - er0 0 •1 to New York, Coals, full cargoes, 12s. 6d. and 5 per RAILS---BRISTOL CHANNEL. I\3 Galveston (nominal) To Mobile (nominal) To New York do.' 188. To Charleston ' lBs. To New Orleans (nominal) 19s. To Pernandina (Florida) do. 265. To Portsmouth ......... (nominal) To Savannah ......... . (uominal) To Havannah (small cargo) ...30s. and 5 per cent. To Alexandria 258. COAL : FROM LIVERPOOL OR BIRKENHEAD. T o 8. d. s. d. To s. d. 8. d. Malta l5 0 . . 0 0 Trebizoude Tr i este Corfu ............... 15 0 ... 0 0 Ancona Smyrna ............ 16 0 ... 0 0 Ragusa 18 0 ... 19 0 V arna Gibraltar Leghorn... nom. 15 0 ... 0 0 Naples nom. 16 0 ... 17 0 Athens .......... 0 ... 17 .. 0 Havannah l6 0 ... 0 0 St. Thomas ...... 16 0 ... 17 0 Cardenas Monte Video Buenos Ayres Constantinople l5 0 ... 16 0 Pernambuco .. . ... 28 0 ... '29 0 Salonica l6 0 ... 0 0 Galveston Rails.. •nominal. Alexandria We are indebted to Mes for the following rates of f, ed. Od. and 5 per cent. • Od. and 5 per cent. • Od. and 5 per cent. rs. Taylor, Tipper, and Co., ight to the United States:— ..... -- Boston.- New York. Philadelphia. s. 0. s. d. s. d. s. d. e. 0. s. 0. Pig Iron, Bars, 1 0 0 ...12 6 0 0...11 0 0 0...15 0 Rails, &c Chemicals and 12 6.. 0 0 116.126 15 0... 0 0 Fine Iron 10 0...12 6 nominal. Sa l t Dry Goods lO 0...15 0 10 0...20 0 0 0 Hardware Earthenware 0 0... 5 6 4 6... 5 0 0 0... it 0 Passengers £4 lOs Od £4 5s to £4 lOs £4 Is to £4 lOs Gross. Gross. Gross. Baltimore. Charleston. New Orleans. s. 0. s. 0. s. 0. s. d. s. 0. a. d. Pig Iron, Bars, 1 N 0 0...15 0 15 0... 0 0. S 0...10 0 Rails, Scc ••• 1 Chemicals and 0 0...15 0 0 0...17 6 0 0...10 0 Fine Iron .... Salt . ... - .......... nominal. n o minal. 6 0... 7 0 Dry 'Goods ......... .20 0.:. 0 0 0 0...20 0 0 0...12 6 Hardware .........20_20 0 ; 0 0...12 0 E art h e nware...... 0 0... 8 0 0 0... 6 6 5 0... 0 0 Passengers £s Os £5 Os. £5 10s. to £6 Nominal. GrOss. Gross. LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING. In the LONDON STOCK MARKET to-day a decidedly firmer tone prevailed, owing partly to the improvement in the weather. A recovery of 1- per cent. took place in Consols. The Funds closed at the following prices : Consols Money Account Exchequer Bills 2 4 pm Bank Stock Three per Cents 931 Next Account The following appeared in our later editions of yesterday : The disappointment of the expectations of a change in the weather, and the threatening political contingencies on the Continent, has led to a further decline in the English funds. In proportion as the weather affects our own funds, American securities show greater firm ness, owing to the anticipstion of an active business in breadstuffs on the principal lines of railway. The clos ing prices from Paris show a renewed decline of I. No gold was taken froth the Bank. The steamer sailing for the West Indies to-morrow will take £11,620 in silver. —Times. The stock markets were decidedly depressed. The unsettled position of foreign politics, the weather, and the apprehension of a disturbance in the money market, induce a gloomy feeling. The funds have sustained a fresh decline of I per cent., and closed with a heavy appearance. The discount market continues rather tight. It is said that in an application which has been addressed by Turkey to the English Government, she offers to make the British consuls at various ports the recognised receivers of the customs revenues, aid to hypothecate these revenues specially to a new loan with England, in conjunction with other powers, is solicited to guarantee. —Daily News. The following is the usual Bank of England Account for the week ending Wednesday : ISSUE DEPARTMENT. DIEU. CREDIT. Notes Issued 29,282,275 Government Debt.. 11,015,100 Other Securities .... 3,459,900 .444 bate Qql4 Coin and 14,807,275 other Bullion ... £29,282,275 I BANKING 1)1 DEBIT. Pruprietor'seapital 14,553,000 Rest 3,520,954 Public Deposits 5,956,219 Other Deposits 12,792,434 Seven day and other 1 770,254 Bills 29,232,27 S 1100 ,EPARTMEXT. "- CREDIT. Govt, Securities., 9,404,273 Other Securities 19,338,734 Notes 7,709,380 Gold and Silver Coin 740,474 £37,592,861 I £37,592,861 The LONDON RAILWAY SHARE MARKET to-day was very inactive, but prices improved I to I per cent. on most of the principal Stocks, and closed steady. Canadas were firm. The market closed at the following prices : Ambergate, Not., & East. Junction 61 7 Caledonians Dutch Rhenish Eastern Counties East Lancashire Edinburgh & Glasgow .. . Great Northern A Great Westerns 711 2 Great Western of Canada . . 21 5-16 7-16 Grand Trunk of Canada . Great Southern & Western . . . 111 13 a Lancashire & Yorkshire . . . . 1063 I Lombardo-Venetian London & North-Western . . London & South-Western . . Leeds Northern Manch4ter, Sheff., & Lincolnshire 421 31 Midland Stock . • • . . 124 5 North British 64 1 5 South-Eastern & Dover . . . . sBt 94 York, Newcastle, & Berwick . . 06i 7 York & North Midland . • . . 81 The following appeared in our later editions of yesterday : A proposition is about to be laid before a meeting of shareholders of the Rhine and Lahan, formerly Wies baden Railway, to confirm an arrangement for the sale of the line to the Government.—Times. The Great Western Railway traffic return show this week an increase of £2,218 ; the Lancashire and York shire an increase of £5,040 ; the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire an increase of £1,540 ; the Midland an increase of £2,901. The following are the rates of Foreign Ex changes : Amsterdam, short' Do., three months Rotterdam, Antwerp, do. Brussels, do Hamburg, do Paris, short Do., three months Marseilles, d 0.... F ran kfort, d 0.... Vienna, do Trieste, do Petersburg, do Madrid. do 11 11 to 11 15 11 1 to 11 17 11 16 to 11 17 25 30 to 25 35 25 30 to 25 35 13 6 to 13 6 3 / 4 25 10 to 25 15 25 35 to 25 40 25 35 to 25 40 117 i to 117 13 35 to 13 40 13 35 to 13 40 31i to 35 49 3 / 4 to 491 The LONDON COLONIAL PRODUCE MARKET to- day was again firm. Sugar : The market was quiet ; 420 hhds. Bar ba.does were sold at steady prices. Coffee : Prices were steady, 3,700 bags Costa Rica selling at 61s to 70s. Tea : No change, there being little competition and not much business done ; Gunpowder slightly easier, but prices were generally maintained. Rice The market was firm, with a good inquiry at the advance established yesterday. Rum : No alteration ; small sales of Leewards at is 7d. Saltpetre : Prices were very firm, but no trans action reported. Hemp : 1,000 bales fair roping Manilla sold at £2l 10s. Pepper : Black was firm, and about 250 bags Singapore sold at 41d for good ; 350 bags ordinary Penang white sold at 6d. The LOI'JDOS COLONIAL WOOL SALES to-day went off steadily, at very full prices, although only a limited quantity of Wool was taken for the Continent. pit the BOROUGH HOP MARKET to-day, al though some of the plantation accounts come rather more favourable, there is a steady business doing in most kinds of Hops, at very full prices. The duty is called £70,000. The LONDON TALLOW MARKET was quiet to day, at the following prices :—On the spot, 51s 3d to 51s 6d; last three months, Ms 3d; Airway to March, 51s 6d to Ma 9d. In the LONDON CORN MARKET to-day English Wheat was in short supply. Foreign—factors generally- 'demand is advance ; floating cargoes fully as dear, but no fresh arr iv a ls : 53 s 6 d paid for two cargoes of Taganrog Ghirka on passage. Maize--sellers demand fully late prices. Barley scarce and rather dearer. Oats met free sale, at prices rather in favour of buyers. Norfolk Flour, 42s 6d sellers. PROVINCIAL, &c., MARKETS, YESTERDAY. GLASGOW IRON.—Market quiet. No. 1, 503 3d to 50s 6d; Warrants, 51s lid to 51s 3d; No. 3,50 s to 50s 3d. MANCHESTER TRADE. —The market presents a steadier and firmer appearance than on Tuesday. Fair amount of business in yarns, but cloth is heav y of sale, d an is d pi h ti e n, am in o fl u u n e t nc o e f obfuthsineewsseaistlhekre.pt in check by the CORN b MARKETS.—DIILIN : Weather wet, cold, and stormy. Home Grain—a few samples of Bere changed hands at 15s 6d to 16s 6d per brl. Maize in good inquiry, both consumptive and speculative, with an advance on the week of is to is 6d per qr. Foreign Wheat in smart demand, at an advance on the week of is 6d to 2s per brl. Flour—large sales, at fall prices. — Cola . Oats, 14s to 14s 6(1. 1859, THE DAILY TIMES, SATURDAY, AUGUST 18, 1860. BANKRUPTS. Au* Smith, builder and trader, Andover-road, Horn 'sey-:rOad.:liolloway. George Wigglesworth, leather dresser, Richardson street, Bermondsey. James Cooke Webster, hair-dresser, Watling-street, and Church-pissage, Blackfriars-road. IWilliair Smith and William Francis Patient, tanners, • &c.; Bermondsey New-road, Surrey. 'James Hall, builder, Oxford. Richard Lembrick Bil, miller, Biton,,, Gloucestershire. Thomas Bascoe, leather seller, Great St. James-street, „.Lisson-grove, Marybone. - • ' Stephen Rogers, licensed victualler, Carnaby-street, Regent-street. George Bydder, brewer, Swansea John Steele Lofthouse, licensed victualler, Liverpool. 'Moses - Cartwright, pottery dealer, Longton, and Silver dale, Staffordshire. Thomas Miles and Robert Miles, grocers and tea dealers, Derby. Frederick Charles Perry, ironmaster, Roughwood Col liery and Furnaces, and Ryecroft Colliery, near Hal sall, &c. Richard Stewart, carpenter and builder, Great Yar mouth. James Bell and Charles Wilson, stuff merchants, Bradford. John Barton, brick and tile manufacturer, Colstervtorth, Lincolnshire. • Charles Ballard, shoe manufacturer, Brownlow-place, Queen's-road, Dalston. George Stone Hubbard,, warehouseman, Aldermanbury, City. Henry Kinross and James Shaw, cab proprietors, Kingston-upon-Hull. John Bales, merchant, Gresham-house, City, and Dews bury, Yorkshire. James M'Nulty and John M'Nulty, joiners and builders, Ashton-under-Lyne. Charles SeTson Davis, bookbinder and stationer, Gos well-street, and Chatsworth Cottages, Forest - lane , Stratford. - Frederick August Gross, furniture dealer, Newcastle upon-Tyne. si#ipping rtttitignur. Wind yesterday, S. B.IV ; at Holyhead. ARR: --- Aug. 16. I Klasiena, Young Corfu Nemesis (ss), Morrish, Sylph ,antander Bordeaux Kate, R o berts Dieppe Christina (ss), Mansfield, I Heroine Marseilles Alexandria Viscountess Canning, Cint,a (ss), Lloyd Oporto I Santander Balbec (ss). Little Havre Golden Fleece (ss) Galway Calder, Griffiths Singapore Aug. 17. Oceanic, Richardson, Singapore Zion Hill, Griffiths ...Smyrna Wyoming, Burton, Philadelphia Heroine Juanita,Williamson Akyab George Laidlaw Toronto Dryad, Richardson,_ OfF THE PORT. The Primus. SAILED. Aug. 15. City of Baltimore (ss), Petrie, New York M•Calmont Dazzle Claudia, Green,Newfoundland Aug. 16. Saracen, Swap Quebec Harmony, Campion Quebec Gleaner, Lunt Boston AuF. 17. • Brooksby,Chridale,Maranham FOREIG Olitida, Harkness Ne , wfoundland Mongolia, Melchor, New Orleans Nina (ss.), Arano Santander Osprey (ss), Bertridge, Rotterdam Maese, Young Rotterdam Braganza (ss), Loudon, Oporto Caros, Black Santander PORTS. liecla (as), hence at Malta Demetrius (ss), Young, and Orontes (as), Watson, hence at Malta, and both left for Alexandria Frankiort (ss), Bonfellow ; Atlantic (ss), Horafall; Pactolus (ss), Carroll; and Bceotia (se), Simpson, from Alexandria at Malta, and all four sailed for Liverpool :Meander (ss), Leslie, from Naples at Palermo, and left for Liverpool Milad (ss), Follett, hence at Palermo, and left fer Messina . Queen of England, Corbett, hence at Gibraltar Bozzalo, hence at Genoa Michael; Kunge, hence at Cronstadt Constitution, hence at Stettin Tamaulipas (as), hence at Bordeaux SPOKEN. Monteagle, London for Bombay, June 19, 22 8, 29 W Alchymist, Falmouth for Quebec, Aug 14, 48 N, 9 W Wycliffe, London for Port Phillip, June 17, 4 N, 26 W Gharra, Cardiff fur Shanghai, June 24, 10 N, 25 W Superb, Poole for Newfoundland, 47 N,12 W Mauche2ter, Aug 8,49 N, 15 W OUTPORTS Vigo (ss), from New York at Queenstown Nicolaus, from Hamburg for Liverpool, off Wirer Francis Henry, from Portland Bay, and City of Nankin, from Calcutta, both at Gravesend Paul, from Taganrog ; Onko and Johan, Rio Grande ; Chal leege, from Girgenti, all at Falmouth Miss Nightingale, from Antwerp at Greenock Cora Linn (ss), sailed from Greenock for Lisbon Douglas Pennant, from Caen at Dublin Prineesa Royal, from Santander for Dublin, and Folly, hence for Rio Grande, both at Kingstown quauxicrowN, August-17.—Arrived; Aura, from Barbadoes ; Blackburn, Calcutta; Madre, Mimbelli, Mariammle ; Persia, Pensecola. Off : Marys, from Akyab ; Ninth, Liverpool ; Lord Palmerston, Mauritius ; Ninth, Clyde. Sailed ; Aura, for Dub lin ; Virtue, Gloucester ; Margaretta, Newcastle MARITIME EXTRACTS. LIVERPOOL Aug. 17. The dredging machine Progresso, hence for CaAhagena, is ashore back of the Head, deck and woodwork washing ashore. ECCLESIASTICAL INTELLIGENCE. BENEFICES AND APPOINTMENTS VACANT . CANONRY. Westminster : val. £ l , OOO with residence : pat. the Queen : Rev. E. Repton, dec. RECTORIES. • Crosby-Garrett, Westmoreland : dio. Carlisle : val. £lO7 with residence : pat. W. Crawford, Esq. : Rev. M. Newby, dec. Egdean, Sussex : dio. Chichester : val. £110: pat. Colonel Wyndham : Rev. J. Rutherford, dec. London, St. Olave, Hart-street, w. St. Nicholas ad Macellas R : val. £1,891 : pats. Trustees : Rev. D. Laing, det. VICARAGES. B roug ht on -in-Airedale ' Yorkshire : dio. Ripon : val. Z 190: pats. Christ Church, Oxford : Rev. E. Hay, dec. Newton, Old, Suffolk : dio. Norwich : val. £230 with residence : pat. Rev. W. Burgess : Rev. W. H. Brill, prom. Shoreham, Kent : dio. Canterbury val. £371 with residence : pats. D. arid Canons of Westminster: Rev. E..Repton, dec. 'PERPETUAL CURACIES. Cowes, West, Holy Trinity, Isle of Wight: dio. Winchester: val. £B5 with residence : pat. Mrs. dio • Rev. S. E. Bowl, Prom. Elson, Hants t dlo. Winchester : val. £l2O with residence : pat. R. of Alverstoke : Hon. and Rev. G. D. Parnell, prom. Haworth, Yorkshire : dio. Ripon : val. £l7O with residence.: pats. Vicar of Bradford and Trustees : Rev. Patrick Bront6, resigned. London, St. Philip's, Regent-street : val. £400: pat. R. of St. James, Westminster : Rev. E. Repton, dec. Raughton-Head, Cumberland : dio. Carlisle : val. £100: pats. Trustees : Rev. E. Cheese, resigned. CURACIES. ' Bristol, St. Matthiasron-the-Weir. C om bs Rawleigh, Devon : dio. Exeter. Donyland, East, Essex : dio. Rochester. Hagley, co. and dio. Worcester. Haslingßeld, Cambridgeshire : (10. Ely. Higham' S u ffolk : dio. Norwich. Kendal, St. George's : dio. Kilvey,Glamorgansbire : die. St. David'i• Liverpool. St. Jude : the. Chester. Marcie, Much, w. Yatton, co. and dio. Hereford. Nacton, Suffolk : dio. Norwich. Norwich, St. Michael. Poplar, Christ Church, Middlesex : die. London. Scarisbrick, Lancashire : dio. Chester. Sheldon, Devon : dio. Exeter. Tarporley, co. and dio. Chester. Truro, Cornwall : dio. Exeter. TwyWell, Northamptonshire : dio. Peterborough. CHAPLAINCIES. Holloway, City of London Prison : pat. Court of Aldermen: Rev. J. Cohen, prom. Leeds General Cemetery : Rev. E. Brown, dec. St. Alban's Gaol : testimonials before August 20, to the Clerk of the Peace for Herts. MASTERSHIP. Bedford Commercial School : Second : salary £l5O : testimonials before August 22, to the Trustees of the Bedford Ckarity. CAUSE LIST FOR THE ASSIZES. The following is the .Cause List for the Lancashire Summer Assizes for the southern division of the county, still remaining to be tried, before the Hon. Sir James Plaisted Wilde, knight, one of the Barons of Her Majesty's Court of Exchequer of Pleas, at Westmins ter ; Henry Garnett, Esqr., sheriff. FIRST_ LIST.—VaFORD HUNDRED. PPntiffs' Attorneys. Plaintiffs. Defendants. Dfts. At'nys. Ex...Greenhalgh &Ifflorrocks "Mawdsley QB...Suttan Simpson (sj)Reddish [& T Q8...J Htlampson Lees & ano Perera & ors Sale &Co Ex... Bode Harbour & osDaw.on Earle & Co CP...liqvley & Son Waldo Bradbury Ponsonby SECOND LIST.—WEST DERBY Enxouin. CF...W& 11 P Sharpßatten (sj) Lees Baxter & Co another Q8...8J Jones Jones exor Taylor Fletcher & H &c Ex...Qould & Son Houssfield Williams PO QB...Bimson Johnston Banner Dodge & W CP... J B Wilson Wilson (sj) L& Y Rail TA& J Grandy Company Q8...E J Wilson Whitaker &(sj) Simpson & Moss & L another another CPL...J Mason Mather Jones & ano Lowndes &Co CPL...Turner & SonForshaw Lay cock & anoCharuley CP...Forshew & G Lyons Brown Stone Ex... Barber Rayner Teale Ex Banner McGregor Crofts - LB...Fletcher &II Moore (sj) Owen Lowndes &Co Ex... Dodge & W Johnstone Horsfall & an o Anderson & y Smith Li ddell Anderson & C Ex...W Watson Poster &anoWalker & ano Moss & L Ex... Christian &Co Mellor Tamp lin Francis & A QB...Miller &Co Zuccane Bandano. Ex...Teebay Robson Bowen Payne Ex...J 0 Jones • Davies - L&YIt Cq Lewis &Co Q8...0 Hall Young Bowker Pickup CP....Yates Jun • Chapman Collis Forsbaw & G CFL.Turner & Son , Forshaw Laycock& ano Charnley , CP,..Yates Jun Muiphy L&NW R Co Lace &Co .. LB...Gibson • Green Carling Q8...0 Pemberton Rowley sj)L i t l er & ano Gartside QB...LoWndes &Co Carr & ano sj)Ballantyne Etty; Ex...Heald Hurst &Ylt Co Lewis &Co jr, Ex... Same : Hurst &ux Same Same QB...Parker Darby (ij)Same T A&J Grundy CP...Geoghegan Fottrell Ward & ano CPL.Jos Bradley Waln Jump & ano Cotton CP...Angell Wilde &ano Lofthouse Husband CPL.Lodge & H Holden&anoCarr & ano Francis & A CP..:Tates jun hfathews anoL &NW R Co Lace &Co CPL.Pickop ' pilling Bolden Richardson&H QB...Witson & Son KiLshaw Gannon Conway QB...Same Shaw & ano (sj)Smith Banner CP L.Backhouse & W Pollard Manley Baldwin Ex... Fern s; & It.' ' Brostrn Neatby FaVell QB,..Branson Dawes & ano(sj)Earl Fitzwilliam Ex... Freeman Dyson Crowther T W Clough CP...Ewer Stewart Cann' QB...Mayhew Kerfoot Marsden Jones & P QB...Lowndes &CoDu ti on& ano(sj )Powles Simpson & N Ex... Leather Singleton (sj tAndertori Leeman & C Ex... Ferns &It • Shaw & ano Wright Settle CPL-Backhouse& W Pott & ano Lomas Baldwin asses QB...Bower and Co Mayer (sj ) Spence& a Fletcher & H QB...Same Same I sj )Fr th & ore CPL.Cross ' Sherridan Bradley Howard & H Ex...Ansdell . . Johnson Greenall CPL.snowball & C -Williams L& I' Rail Co LewisL & Co CPL Same Barnes Barnes Wright & Parr QB...Maytiew Daniels - Hewitt France QB...Stone Eilpin 4 anoSeott Barrel! QB...Duncans &co givity Si ors Wilson & ano Fletcher & H QB...Bariell ' Scott" ' • Kilpin Vatic) Stone ' QB...Brabner Williams Willianis exix KnoWles QB...Godfrey Stewart . • Thornley •J .1 Thornley CP...Yates, J un Smith • Evans 8; ano Lowndes &Co QB...Walker & H MarWrood Cross Brown' Ex... Townsend & CoCrichton Lodge bodge & W Ex...lt B Moore Tooth Bradburne QB...Preat Laurie VI) stl*s 13inns Ex... Chester • Bradley Dunipa9e CPL.Campbell Price Barron Ex... Lace 4; Co ti-win (sj) Duncan Holt &it Ex... Same Davies (sj) Lindsay Oliverson 8r Co Ex.„Shaw & T Swift Lister Ferns & R Ex...J M Barret Thornton Mann QB.:.Worman Higins L&Y R Co Lewis ag co THE FATAL OCCURRENCE AT RoyEa.—The inter ment of the victims whose lives were sacrificed by the fatal gun explosion at Archcliff Fort, took place at Dover, on Thursday. As before announced, the funeral of Lieutenant Thompson was strictly private ; but the interment of Sergeant Monger was attended by the fullest military honours. It took place in the afternoon amid subh demonitraiions of wee as have never before been witnessed in the toil) of Dover. N - early the whole of the shops were closed, and, despite a pouring rain, which descended in sad accompaniment to the mournful obsequies of the occasion, the streets were thronged with spectators. TO CORRESPONDENTS. 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These charges will be payable in advance, and will include a Copy of the Paper, delivered WITHOUT EXTRA CHARGE at the private residence or place of business of the advertiser. SPECIMEN OF ADVERTISEMENT FOR £6 6s. PER ANNUM, INCLUDING COPY OF " THE DAILY TIMES " DELIVERED FR .E. tisirttss pluctorg. THE DAILY TIMES OFFICE, 3, BRUNSWICK-STREET. STEAM PRINTING WORKS, 4u, LEIGH-STREET, LIVERPOOL. HIGH WATER, THIS DAY, AT LIVERPOOL. Hour. Height. MORNING; Oh. Om.) Oft. Oin. - Evvigurci pa 4 SATURDAY, AUGUST 18, 1860 NEWS OF THE DAY. In the House of Lords, last night, Earl Granville postponed his motion respecting the Savings Bank Bill till Monday. Earl de Grey explained that, except in Case of invasion, the Government had no power over the movements of the Volunteer corps, or of their mem bers, and that all arrangements for their inspection, &c., were entirely guided by their own wishes. At the morning sitting of the Commons, - Mr. Glad stone took the House by surprise, by asking permission to borrow a couple of Millions, by the issue of Ex chequer Bonds or Exchequer Bills. He explained hat a moiety of the amount was required on accoun' of the expenses entailed on the Government by a deficient harvest. The proposal was agreed to, some of the members complaining of such a resolution being brought forward without notice. Another Irish question occupied the early part of the evening sitting. At its termination, the case of the King of bahomey, the Syrian massacres, and other subjects, were entered upon, and the discussions which rose on them and other •atters prevented the House from rising till a late hour this morning. The .I ) rib:ie a yesterday evenirq gives further parti culars of the attack of the Garibaldians oa the Calabrian Forts, and of their successful descent at several points in the neighbourhood of Scylla and Pezzo. It appears, ' from a correspondent of that journal at Faro, that seve ral futile attempts to effect a landing had been made previously to the 11th ; but during the middle of that night an attack was made simultaneously on the fortifi cations at these points by a considerable body of volun teers, on the landward side, indicating that the disem barkation had been made unperceived. A lively can nonade was heard by those at Faro, which lasted for a considerable time. At daybreak, a small vessel, chased by a Neapolitan corvette, from which she narrowly escaped, took refuge under the fire of the guns of the Faro Fort, and the corvette did not venture within range. It is added, that an inhabitant of Reggio, who had arrived the following morning at Faro, positively asserts that in the mountains of Asprimento more than eight thousand Calabrians are in arms, and that they intended, if possible, to effect a -junc ture with the Garibildians the same evening. It does not appear that Garibaldi himself was among the volunteers who landed, and the qpiniope de Turin has since published a despatch from Naples, dated the 15th, which declares the news of his having done so to be unfounded. It is quite poSsible, however, and not by any means improbable, that Garibaldi has disem barked on some part of the Neapolitan coast, with a considerable force, in the interval. .There are a variety of conflicting rumours respecting the present state of affairs at Naples, and the most recently received telegrams will be found to afford scanty means of either testing their accuracy or of establishing the correctness of the recent previous intelligence. The Electoral Committees have been dissolved, and Count d'Aquila, the uncle of the King, has been expelled, but a despatch from paris, dated- Thursdilyf states that the news of a proclamation of a state of liege, then hourly 'expected, :had•not up to that time arrived. We do not attach much importance, in present circumstances, to the communications that are passing. between Signor Farini and M. Bertami. The Emperor Joseph continues earnestly his work of conciliation and reform ; and the Nord of yesterday, referring to the Tceplitz interview, states positively that a protocol has been subsequently drain up, containing mutual engagements between Austria and Prussia, of a highly satisfactory nature; Satisfactory accounts continue to be received of the proceedings of Fuad Pasha. The Sultan has made a strong reform speech. He will undertake himself to put down the massacres and punish the guilty parties, provided he can have his exchequer put into better order. It is said that in an application which.' has been ad dressed by Turkey to the English Government, she offers to make the British Consuls at various ports the recognised receivers of the customs revenues, and to hypothecate their revenues specially to a new loan which England, in conjuction with other Powers, is solicited to guarantee. A parliamentary return states that the number of teachers trained by tale commissioners, from the com mencement of their proceedings up to December 31, 1859, was 5,387. The number of trained teachers iu the employment of the commissioners of national educe , tiou on December 31, 1859, was 2,933, This number includes the trained teachers in charge, of district model schools, workhouse and prison schools.. The last commercial advices from Bombay are . espe cially interesting in connection with the felicitations of Sir Charles Wood at the fact that the protective duties lately established in India are attracting large amounts of British capital to that country. Sir Charles con• eiders that " this is a result which no one ought to com plain of," and it appears that Messrs. Milner Gibson, Bright, and Cobden concur in that view, At the com- ; mencement of last month two new companies, in addition to those' alreadysfil: Jail activity, had been introduced at Bombay. One was the Mercantile Spinning and Weaving Company, headed by well-known and enterprising native merchants ; the other , was the Great Eastern Spinning and Weaving Mill, got up by a European merchant. Simnl taneously arrangements were likewise in progress for four more projects of the same kind. The Bombay Gazette confirms the statement of Sir Charles Wood, that these results of the introduction of protection to native industry are regarded " with the greatest satis faction in all parts of India," and expresses a cordial. wish for success to all these undertakings. The Bom bay Telegraph takes still more decided ground, and remarks that Bombay, having long been the Liver pool of the East, is now becoming the Manches ter also, "Factoty. chimneys," it is said, " already meet the eye on every side, and when the numer ous companies which have just been formed are in full operation Western' India will have cause to be proud of her capital." It is true that Mr. Bazley, on behalf of his Manchester constituents, protested against this reversal of the commercial principles of the past seventeen years, and suggested that, as the system adopted would operate practically as a protection of 25 per cent. in favour of the Indian manufacturer, the only way to insure that the duty should be for the revenue and not for protection would be to impose'an Excise duty to a similar extent on the produce of all Indian mills. But, although this is the plan pursued and recog nised throughout the French treaty negotiated by Mr. Cobden, Sir Charles Wood reproved the idea, " which was one which he hardly expected front a Freetrader." At the same time, although Sir Charles sees nothing but cause for congratulation at what has been done, be took occasion to say that the Government would be happy to undo it as soon as possible. It will be well, however, for him to consider how this latter announcement will fall upon those who, under his approval and to the satisfaction of the whole of India, are at present throwing their capital into the creation of an Indian Manchester. The future condition of the owners of those factory chimneys, which, based upon the protective system, now " meet the eye on every side," will deserve serious consideration if the calculations which led to their erection are at some future day to be suddenly overturned. The annual reports of the Directors of Convict Pri sons in England have been issued—documents necessa rily of much interest now that the Penal Servitude Act retains in this country large bodies of convicts who were formerly sent abroad. It is of the worst, most depraved, and most dangerous class that the Convict Prisons Re ports treat—those who are sentenced to penal servitude, and removed from these local gaols to Government pri sons to undergo their sentence, first in separated confine ment, and then in associated labour. There were 11,007 prisoners in the convict prisons of England at one time or other in the year 1859 ; the number at the beginning of the year was 8,115, and at its close 8,122, and of this last number 1,188 were women. In the course of the year 224 of the men were transported to Western Australia, 421 were sent to labour at the public works of Gibraltar and Bermuda, and 215 men and 20 women were released under orders of license, or, as they used to be called, tickets of leave. No less than 1,837 were set at liberty in consequence of the expiration of their sentence. At Millbank the women made last year 43,728 shirts for a city firm, without a single rejection. The experienced chaplain of Millbank prison classifies the convicts received there in 1859 thus:-61 per cent. (869) were professional thieves , following crime as a business ; 25 per cent. (304) were careless profligates, but not hardened men ; 6 per cent. (89) were occasional offenders, on the whale working honestly for their living, but committing a dishonest act when a favourable opportunity occurs ; the remain ing 8 per cent. (108) were comparatively respectable, but had resorted to a crime to extricate themselves from difficulties, generally caused by their not having had sufficient self-denial to live within their means. Of all but the regular thieves he has hope that with few exceptions they leave the prison better men than when they came, and with sufficient right principle to prevent their relapsing into crime. The Directors of Convict Prisons consider this section of the juvenile population is gradually yielding under the influence of ragged school teaching, district visiting, and the juvenile refor matory movement of the last few years. Of the female convicts (at Brixton, and Fulham) the report is that "they are generally in e xtremes." The most trouble some are young women, who know that their ill-health will shield them from punishment. But no extent of punishment could ever keep some of them in order. Their perverse depravity makes their cases appear, humanly speaking, hopeless. These cases, however, are few. The prisoners are treated fairly, with consideration and humanity, often with great judgment; they have no just ground of complaint, they are accustomed to regular halite and self-restraint, and have held out to them every encouragement to good conduct and industry. Such seed will surely bring some harvest. Dry Cullen has just issued a bull to the clergy o f hi s diocese, requesting them to caution the flocks committed to their charge " against the dangers to which they would expose their eternal salvation, and the scandal they would give, were they to listen to the seductions of others, and be present at the disgraceful scenes of which Donny brook is attempted to he made the theatre." Dr. Cullen concludes this proper warning in the folloiving terms . "We are living in times of great danger, when the phials of God's anger are poured on the earth ; all - Europe is standing on the brink of a volcano,.a prey to, or menacd with, bloody war and fatal convulsions. Let us not, by our sins and iniquities, bring the scourges of Divine justice on 'our own country, which has already suffered so much. In fine, continue to pray for peace and for the welfare of our Holy Father the Pope, who is vio lently assailed by all the enemies of civil society and religion. Would it be meet for children to indulge in disgraceful amusements and shameful dissipation while their common Father is afflicted OW persecuted ?" The Scottish Reformation Society succeeded in securing the attendance of a considerable number of eminent clergymen and laymen at the first meeting of the Tri-centenary of the Reformation in Scotland, which took place on Tuesday - last. The only external emblem of jubilation attempted on the occasion was the display of a flag from a turret of the Free Church College at Edinburgh, on which was depicted an open Bible with texts on either page. Every day of wet and gloomy weather just now increases the anxious fears for the crops. Later than usual in ripening, the wheat is still in many places exposed to risk, and the promise of more propitious weather is daily broken. The alarm is aggravated by another source of anxiety. It has already been observed that in many cases the quality of the potatoes is infe rior ; but now we hear that there are decided, and, we fear, extensive signs of the well-known potato disease. We must, therefore look abroad for supplies to make good our customary allowance. THE COMING STRUGGLE. WAR is inevitable. There will be no permanent peace in Europe until we have had another great continental strife of arms. Events now Approach so rapidly to, a elima*, that we may awake any morning to read the news of a struggle which may involve all the Great Powers before its ter mination. Hitherto, VICTOR EMMANUEL and GARIBALDI have carried everything before them ; and there is little reason to doubt that Naples, if not already added to the General's revolnti9nary victories, will fall before hind, an easy v i c ti m. His next step. is avowedly upon Venice ; and he is reported to have in contemplation a simultane ous revolution in Hungary. GARIBALDI, at all events, we may believe, will never 4.4 . 0 it from his onward course while a foreign, tyrant claims dominion over a foot of Italian soil. Such a step a n United - Italy w ith t h ose o f th e Austrian involves complicity on the part of Sardinia, and deadly collision the whole forces of by anticipation br in g s into Empire. The struggle egbatepioenonsbseimay commence Lombardy. supposedb deemedle tha a t ll A b u u s t tr im ia pr m eg ay nab li l n e t ; on the terrible Veneti an quadrilateral, whose thatfn tthheis contestlatter f e a bo v t ur t e tt e n : e n t i ts p s i t t ei ss i t shogaunvrieott have will involve Austria and ;taffy alone. France will not stand idly by l and see the provinces she wrested from Austria in 1859 torn back again from the hands of her Italian protege in 1860. Or again, should Austria, anticipating these events, at once attempt to steal a march upon the Italians—as she foolishly did in rushing across the Ticino to attack Piedmont at the commence ment of the last war—and make an effort to restore and uphold the tottering throne of FRAN- cis 11., are we permitted to believe that England and France will tolerate such an act of armed intervention between the Italians and their tyran nical rulers. Come of it what may, it is very clear that the time for anything like compromise is up. Austria, France, Sardinia, Rome, Naples, and the revolutionary power directed by GARI BALDI, are each and all of them impelled to follow an immediate and decisive course which shall instantly determine their several positions on some bloody field, to the arbitrement of which they have no choice but submit their various demands. How far England may be able to steer clear of the embroilment it is impossible to foresee. Not alone over Italy hang the dark and por tentous clouds which tell us of the approaching storm. In the East we perceive symptoms of additional complications, in which England is fully as much concerned as in those of Italy. The Turkish Empire is as irrecoverably sick and rotten as ever. Russia and France evidently have their eyes eagerly fixed on the spoil. England has already done so much for that wretchedly misgoverned Empire, without any permanent good effect, that the case may now be given up as hopeless. We are not likely to repeat the Crimean campaign—but we cannot tolerate Russia at Constantinople, or a satrap of France reigning in Syria. In that quarter of the world, therefore, affairs are also rapidly assuming an aspect of danger and complexity which demands an instant and decisive solution. It is clearly all over with Turkey, as presently governed. Not only in the country about Smyrna, at Aleppo, at Jerusalem, and throughout all Syria are fresh outbreaks daily looked for, but even at Constantinople, and everywhere in the Turkish provinces, there pre vails the same nightmare. Persecution and Moslem predominance have come to be synony mous terms. Fanaticism reigns and revels in Christian blood in the mountains and in the desert, and spreads like a contagion in every direction ; and the Government of the Porte is either hopelessly effete, or so chronically depraved, that to supersede it has become a painful necessity —especially painful to England after the enormous sacrifices she has made to redeem and reform it, and still more so in the face of dangers which unavoidably connect themselves with any endea vour to break up and re-construct that Eastern Empire. ARM! ARM! ARM! N the midst of much that is perplexing and ominous of immediate peril to important English interests in Europe and in the East, one thing, at all events, is clear. We must arm ourselves to the teeth, and be fully prepared for the worst that may betide us. We cannot trust the un- principled ruler of France ; we have nothing to Look for from the remorseless FRANCIS JOSEPH and we cannot be too watchful of the grasping Eagle of Russia. Were it otherwise, we caunol afford as a nation to exist on the forbearance o' powerful neighbours. We have already done much in strengthening our national defences, but much more has yet to be overtaken, and doubt less will not be neglected for an hour. What more especially constitutes our present duty, however, is to double, or quadruple the amount of our present Volunteer army, and to place the whole system on a pecuniary footing which shall make it unquestionably a permanent and wholly reliable reserve force for the defence of the entire kingdom. Supposing that the Volunteers now num ber nearly a hundred and fifty thousand, we maintain, and have, in these columns, demon strated by undeniable figures, that that number is a mere fraction of the amount that ought to be enrolled in proportion to the male population of the country and the actual requirements of the case. This truth has been further illustrated by reference to the fact, that, in the beginning - of the present century, when perhaps there was less real grounds for alarm, see;ng that a steam navy was unknown, the country, with less than half its present population, produced upwards of three hundred thousand Volunteers ! To come up to the same mark, we ought now to have enrolled at least six hundred thousand men—or something like four or five times as many as we actually can calculate on. Then again, as we have previously pointed out, a hundred and some odd thousand Volunteers—all that we can now boast of—are really next to good for nothing as local corps of defence scattered all over the country. Out of such a comparatively small number, so widely dispersed, it would be impossible, with any rea sonable degree of promptness, to assemble suddenly at any given point an efficiently powerful contin gent to meet a serious emergency. Take the case of any of our great Volunteer gatherings for review, and mark how one and all have been characterised by the most irritating delays in assembling the various corps, even when many weeks of preparation might have put it within their power to make the most deliberately perfect arrangements. At Edinburgh, the other day, it was most pitiable to see some of the corps, who had only some few score miles to cross by railway from their head-quarters to the field of review, coming rushing into the ground three or four hours after the first corps had taken up their positions. How much more difficult would it be to concentrate a large number on some out-of-the-way part of the coast without premonition, and in the face of every difficulty that may be supposed inevitable from a case of real demand for service 9 The difficulty is most easily got over by arming and drilling as far as possible the whole population, until every corner of the land - literally swarms with Volunteers. This can be done—there cannot be a doubt of it—without serious inconvenience or undue or unbearable expense. But it is not to be done until we adopt proper measures for enlisting the sympathies and arms of our artisan population. We have long since advocated these views, but it is only now that they are beginning to tell upon public opinion —partly because it is only now that the people begin to fear that the first burst of the movement • It nearly over without having furnished an adequate number of national Volunteer defenders, and partly because, as we have just pointed out, the threatened danger which first elicited this expression of patriotism instead of having passed away, becomes daily more imminent, and more i mßo vntively demands our utmost exertions foN home defence. t M(3 neYl it is at last frankly confessed on all hands, is the only difficulty , and it has been simultaneously discovered that this need be. no, We want ayti4aa difficulty at all.V.olakiteers, and the only obstacle to, irir joining the ranks is the e4pens.e. That hindrance is not to be gut f the self-sup over by destroYing spirit of the movement. So that if the artisans cannot come up to the cos t of the present equipment, that eost must he lowered to meet their capabilities. It is easily d o ne, and Lard ELCHO h as po i nte d out several ways in which it may be accomplished. In an y view we must have no mere artisan corps t All classes must meet together, Arka unite clektice nt their common s h ou lder to shoulder" in country. This hOTig adm,itted, the rest is an easy matteic of - detailed arrangement. Th e Govern , ment must be a little more liberal in ammunition, & e ., and the noble promoters of the present movement a little more accommodativg in their particular arrangements, aid, then, we believe, the requisite nFaber of all classes will tha:ong into the same ranks ; and a brother hood in arms will be established, such 44. will secure our country from all dangers, whether from without or from within. Then, and not till then will the Volunteer movement be anything like adequate and complete. It is the glory and boast of this country that it can implicitly trust the whole population with arms, and that every man, even of the humbler class of the people, is ready and willing to take up arms in defence of the Throne and the Constitution, if the opportunity is fairly offered to him. By thus enrolling the humbler with the more fortunate classes of society in one common cause, we afford an excellent opportunity for bringing into friendly contact the extremes of life amongst us ; and it is impossible to over-estimate the social good which has already arisen from the partial development of this commingling of different classes, or the advantages which may yet arise by weakening. if not destroying, class distinctions which none but political demagogues desire to perpetuate. Let the Government and the country at large, especially the present Volunteers, realise fully the importance of the present crisis in the great movement, and leave no stone unturned to secure the accession to our noble Volunteer army of some hundreds of thousands of our honest, stalwart and loyal artisans. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRANCE. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) THURSDAY, August 16. The expectations of the population of Paris were deceived yesterday morning. Most of them retired to rest on the previous night with the devout conviction. that the bad weather which is afflicting almost every part of the country, would not fail to yield before the anniversary of the Fete de Napoleon and Festival of the Assumption combined. It would scarcely be credited how much superstitious credulity prevails among some classes of the population, in connection with the memory of the first Napoleon, and the great days of the first empire. Not a few even believe that the founder of the existing dynasty actually has the power of influencing the weather. The commencement of the fete was announced by a salute of twenty-one guns from the batteries of the Invalides, but the rain poured down in torrents round the remaining members of la grand arinee, who, habited in their old uniforms, Surrounded the Column of July. But subsequently, as the day went on, the weather brightened up from time to time, although it could not altogether shake off the rain. The Emperor arrived from the camp quite unexpectedly the night before. It was thought he would have cele- brated the fete there, surrounded by the troops, and in true Napoleonic fashion, but it is understood that he was called back to the capital some days sooner than the time originally fixed for his departure, owing to the grave character of the news which had arrived from Italy. The city presented a very animated aspect,. and although every workshop and place of business,. as well as all the government offices, the offices connected with the different embassies, and the whole of the newspaper offices, were shut, the occupants were all abroad and stirring; the sombre appearance of the various houses and buildings, being in many instances brilliantly relieved by the gorgeous display of flags and banners of all kinds, on most of which were represented some event or other of the war in Italy. The Chumps Elygees and the Place de la . Concorde, which had the gayest appearance during the day, were in the evening illuminated with countless thousands of variegated lamps, and the cafés in the Boulevards presented an appearance of that liTely splendour and noisy bustling activity, which alone can be seen in these quarters. The public drinking fountains did not flow with wine, as in the good old times, but the whole of the Theatres were open at one o'clock in the afternoon for gratuitous. performance, and the best pieces of the repertoire were. seleeted. At the Opera there was "Pierre de Medicis ;" at the Theatre Francais, " Polyeucte ;" at the Gymnaise, " Faux bons hommes ;" and at the Opera Comique, " Fra Diavalo," &c. ; knots of people were assn bled at the door of each house, so early as seven o'clock in the morning. Foreigners and. people• from all the provinces had crowded up to. Paris. in unusually large numbers. At the satire hour also, a variety of open-air amusements for the people came off an the Esplanade of the Invalides and other places. The 62nd Regiment lent its band and 200 of its men, to one of the theatres on the Place du Trine.. The Rue de Rivoli, the Court and Palace of the- Tuileries, and all the prominent streets and public buildings of the town were brilliantly illuminated, The display of electric light on the Chainps de Afars was perhaps the finest of all, although the gaseous illuminations of the Hotel de Ville seemed to excite,. perhaps, the greatest admiration. The evening's amusements were wound up by two gigantic displays of fireworks, one on the Quai d'Orsay, the other on the Place du TrOne. They were so arranged as to be. visible from all points of Paris. The usual services took place at an early part of the day, in the various churches, and the Prefect of the Seine gave his usual' banquet to all the high dignitaries and superior function aries, civil and municipal. His speech, in proposing the health of his Majesty, the Empress, and the Prince. Imperial, was highly applauded. Many of those engaged in the festivities doubtless, however, found time to give a thought to the gravity of the present political situation of affairs. On Naples, of course, people's attention, since the recent news from that quarter, is chiefly fixed. - The sending away by the King, of his uncle, Count d'Aquila, has not surprised any one here ; for the various steps which have been taken from time to time, by this member of the reign ing family of Naples, to negotiate the submission of the kingdom to the crown of Savoy, are well known ; acrd there was this reason for this proceeding on the part of Francis IL, that the Count, inhis capacity of Admiral of the Neapolitan Navy, was contributing by his influence and attitude towels his nephew, to the disaffection. and, insubordination which are known to. prevail to so great. an extent in the fleet. M. de la Greca has joined' M. Manna here. They both busily engaged, in endeavouring to get the support of the Emperor to, some middle course which shall ser e the Dynasty. They are quite astonished t h e i r liberal friends in Naples and elsewhere are 'not satisfied with the concessions made by the BiD , _ 6 ; they point wet how much, in their view, Italie:a liberty would he en d Garibaldi, seeing that dangered by the triumph Austria, in the event a Naples falling into his halide,. pretence far endeavouring to would make that fact a recover all that she had lost in Italy by the last war. They give out, also, that if France continues to abstain as s h e has hitherto dome, from interference, they have Iva fears for the reskelt, Much has been said lately about the movements and attitade of the Government of Piedmont, but it seems the general opinion that the Cabinet of Turin is doing nothing more than playing second fiddle to the Cabinet of the Tuileries. The great question, therefore, is what will Napoleon 111.. do ? as the preparation for the struggle between Austria and Italy are obviously already so far advanced as to render another bloody war distinctly visible. The preparations of Piedmont for engaging in the contest are something quite wonderful. Besides the enormous numbers of rifle muskets, guns of the largest calibre, and ammmunition which it has pur chased front the French manufactories, its own mentifactoriis are incessantly at work, and very soon a number of vessels are to be sent to Sweedea. to take delivery of guns ordered in that country by the government. Austria on her side it similarly engaged—the defensive wurks which, she is organising iu Venetia are immense ; the Lido is nothing' more than a long train of batteries. A gentleman who has been lately at Mantua, and who saw the new military works in that neighbourhood, says, that the government' contractors are no longer able to furnish a sufficient supply of bricks for the fortifications, and letters and telegrams, are constantly arriving urging them to hasten °tithe operations. At Borghoforte, which is a tte-du-pont, by which an army could debouch into Lombardy, there are no less than 620 working masons constantly. employed ; and, what is most astonishing of all, is, that everything is paid for in ready money. I have just seen a letter from Naples, dated 11th, which gives a striking description of the panic prevailing there. I regret it is too long for insertion. FRIDAY, August 17. The Bourse, yesterday:, was almost deserted : there was so little fluctuation in prices, that speculators have ceased to pay any attention to the transaetions. Prices are, howeve, ‘ retrograding, and are likely to continue to advancs i.O a downward direction unless the English funds improve. The Threes, wkich left off on Tuesday at 68f, 05c., were closed yesterday at 67f. 80e,