The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-09-22 00:00:00

AMERICAN AFFAIRS- FROM OUR OWN CORRFSPONDENT.) Th e • NEW YORK, SEPT. 9, 1856. most exciting news of the week is from Kansas to rr '''';,. three °rY• The Pro-Sl aver y f orces, t o t h e amoun t o f hundred men, on the morning of the 30th ult., I"tacked nearly the same number of Anti-Slavery settlersnumbers at Osanatlamie, and routed them. Large ,Utabers were wounded and killed on both sides. l'slearcunorth was also attacked, and every Anti efarerY resident driven from it, after being robbed et or dollar he possessed. Private houses and s or es were burned to the ground. Forty of the tt l er ers had arrived at St. Louis, entirely desti se e ' t hough a few days previous they were pos th eec l,of houses, lands, or goods, and were in a takrtring condition. The Pro-Slavery party has v . en Possession of all the routes of travel into -->ao sa . •State. and prevents immigration from the Free the United at the point of the bayonet. The President of di tt nited St a t es d oes not i nter f ere w i t h t hi s con °ll of thing s . H e p l aces b o th par ti e s on the :verysame Ijiw n ii cted ' level.and demands first, that the anti settlers shall obey the infamous laws they Missouri marauders, which they One fact it behoves every impartial man to con %Kier When he looks at the Kansas difficulty, and i n - ' thi s :—The South scarcely colonises, and never f l e terri tcrY so high as that of Kansas. The North 11 41 and it i s an i ncon t rover tibl e f ac t, th a t th e t er .7, i til has sent only bona fide settlers into the t°r Y , While the South has sent armed men, who n ever intend to settle, but who come for the th l4 l , l3°Bn of driving out the free settlers. Now , iS it not manifest injustice for the President 41 ' a ce both of th ose p ar tie s , the settlers and the a rp T id ers, upon the same footing ? I ,, T e feeling grows more intense throughout the rth state neon this question. The Governor of the °f Wisconsin has called together the State for ere in extra session, to provide measures %,the protection of those of its citizens who have Ore e. ,,, at ,ed to Kansas, " inasmuch," he says, " as the • A rh ` r al Government wilfully neglects to do so." Xa n ;; )n ,u some of the more recent outrages in sh e . s ,7 B nY the Pro-Slavery party, there is one which fists . 81 A 1 1 5 the moral character of the insurrection setn,„ small party attacked the house of a free i` r ,i and by force abducted a young lady, took - viai a . ,.% ° a prairie close at hand, and most brutally dail; e ' her person. This is a specimen of the - fra t ;i i . ; w i crit of the "border ruffians." If, rendered o ny such things, the settlers take up arms 4 1ce b riv e out their oppressors, the government Iltal - i e ,, B t hem of treason and misled revolution, and % pi n o distinction between the assailed and thp,i - s ai lants ; or, if there is any, it is in favour of ,' , att er. kao v ' to 'rnor Leary, newly appointed, is on his way 13 0 " 411 , 8 a a s, and hi s i ns t ruc ti ons are , t o en f orc e the fr ee ws of the t err it o ry, whi c h enslave all the th -e L :t iers, and to preserve a strict impartiality t uto e civil war! In the meantime, the legisla karte.:,,c,f Southern St a t es are voting money to send it h 'i °ands into Kansas. is C i e exciteme n t i n re f erence t o the wh o le matter . St at e P i ng on the cause o f F remon t in the Northern " l e .„ . 4 . The co urse pursue d b y t h e Ad m i n i s t ra ti on i s etell c alculated to defeat Mr. Buchanan, and it s i r n a age that hi s f r i en d s d o no t see it. bad ee my last letter the State of Vermont has li on its state election, and the result is an indica. eve ° f the result of the Presidental election. Aa,a7,,Meniber of Congress elected is for Fremont, .20 ,40 'ie State has gone republican (Fremont) 1 Tat e. majority, a great increase upon last year's h e he T aq a dministration at Washington feels so it 1 1 . . 3 ' The criticism of the Northern press, that lii ste 's Publish e d, in the government organ, a Up 1 1 2 Y of the recent proceedings in Kansas, got b fain f P ro - Slavery agents, and suppressingt the , 131 1 ,,, a cts of the case, or torturing them . into . v ,-a , ort of the administration. It is a pity that al .o g n e e cl f ile stion has in this manner become a politii. IPolitt e . € Kansas is left to the tender mercies of the 1 11 }4 111 1'n , he or i" la r: a . ' l, l . 3 lo rook s , who has the unpleasant r.eputa g mained Charles Sumner in the . sated States Senate, has returned to his constid sttlytndin South Carolina, and has been feted an 1 , he ; with Compliments ever since his return. hero r n Pie of South Carolina exhalt him into a of? Because he entered the Senate th e -United States, and while one of its members I : t at hi s desk, with hi s l eg s under it so that he conic A fr o !se, he b rutally felled h i m to t h e eart h, t e Z"rig him no chance for defence. This is ttli el l i ge in South C arol i na! Th at M r B roo k s i n 4n eat of passion might be guilty of such an act, still be a generous and honourable man, we wiled believe. But it is a strange and sad sight as ter n we beh o ld l arge bodies of men, months as • t he attack, justifying it, and glorifying the hear from Utah, the land of the Mormon . fa mine, that the inhabitants are threatened with I , o "Li tvv ine, caused by dearth and grasshoppers. But, ,trat.lthstanding this, the saints have been cele ' .10 4 ,.. 1 " the great hnlidays—the fourth and twenty- Ra n i: cf July. Th e fi rs t was th e we ll-known - th e -er sary . of Am er i can i n dependence, and last `Salt anniversary of th e ir entrance into the valley of Lake. IthA.a rec ent arrival at Boston, from Honduras, shows .a .rn t t here is a comp l ete un i on o f a ll the Central IPr e ' R e f ic an States aaainst General Walker, which rat r Res his downfall. As might be expected, a geti ' n . ,rig feeling of hatred against, all Americans is en- Of the throughout Central America by the doings n et ' u f filibusters. The people of those States do Pa n e l ' n l 3 to consider the fact, that the American e do not approve of the proceedings o . f 'f o ,"'er—it is sufficient. for them that he and his b - "l are Y th e Americans. Thue, we shall lose ground ,er nduct of Walker, and the sympathy shown i a i by the Administration ; and any commer. , eitr enterprises undertaken in Central America _by eitizbns will be rendered unsafe and unprofit. S c The Honduras Government has issued a f cree, it forbidding all Americans to land at any o into its . int, l) ; nr ts for the purpose of proceeding Or Three artists in the employ of Haefens Of - 4; 41 1te, of this city, engaged in taking sketch es to ha ve country for the magazine, were obliged stick th e protection of the Government soldiers T , as the ,prejudice of the people against all tneri ean 4 25 m conditi on of the. New York stock market is 1 v%. , h a nd the sto c ks o f th e f anc y kinds are gene buoyant. Flour is a trifle higher, and is in tio e .„ 1101 t demand. file condition of the country ptlise to e r wa,,' bett as to its commerce, industrial a n d It er s harvests. FANCE. ( I r ROM OUR OWN CO IRESP" DENT PARIS, t g ... FRIDAY EvENINa. N D s e . Pat enes received by th e Gl'overnmen from w my h as re,c,, announce that C oun t de'" k Ordi l er v4er l from the Cza r th e Grand C.""s of the ,and of th e . St. Andrew, th e hi g h est in Russia, have re ce l n !, Il ltriry and civil members of his embas.'Y ...‘., ItnA ',ed. decorations of the order of St. Stani:` 4la "' ' °t.- Anne. to An c ' f fiPialreturn, published by th e Governmen;, 1 d , th o kV , s hows that the receipt s o f t h e Customs in Ij4 fi rs t Eight months of the pres ent year were : 3P -1 ` ,525 f; in the corresponding period last c ; r ar they were,139,964,210f, and of 18 54, 93,7750 f 000 f. i , cotton, the quantities imported were, 837,446 6,) trieal quint:lls in 1F56 ; 745 531 in 1855 ; and ( ":1 27 0 in 1854 ; and of coal. 26 577,794, in 1856 ; ' 4,2 21, in 1855; and 22,396,669 metrical quin- Lils, in 1854. I am t o ld that the Grand Duke of Tuscany has manifested. som e i ntention of visiting Paris. A Yl:t from 1 8 the Ki ng of Greece, which was expected, now stated to be likely. has Some of the ,1 given ordersirtrs ne s w ay sh ill are t s M sh . a d l o l be liven 1,110:7e holders of the shares on the Northern 1,_11.1,,1way, which were stole n by Carpenter and kir clet, but it appears, from all that is said, that neither he nor any other of the directors intend to take the loss on themselves. It will be the com pany that will have to bear it. It is now stated that it has been ascertained that the total robbery amounts to as much as 400,0001. in English money, but, no doubt, this is an exaggeration. The •` additional act" of the Madrid Constitution is in sixteen articles. Amongst other things, it declares that banishment from Spain shall hence forth not be practised. The Austrian papers give a new version about the fate of Civerracheo, the Italian revolutionist : It is, that so far from having been killed by the Austrian soldiers, he is alive, well, and wealthy at Constantinople, having made a fortune as a dealer in wine at Balakiava during the war. This tale looks very like a canard. Roman letters say that a sort of Congress of the European powers is to be held at Rome, to deliberate on the situation of the Roman States. RUPTURE WITH NAPLES. A London morning cotemporary says :—" Our Paris correspondent informs us that the French government, unless some unforeseen event occur, is about to recall M. Brenier and the whole of the embassy from Naples. To this we may now add that a similar course will, we are enabled to state, be taken by the Queen's government. The whole of our diplomacy will be recalled from the Nea politan Court. We shall send, as will the French, two line•ot-battle ships and a corresponding force of frigates. These will be the representatives of the alliance—these will protect the interests of the subjects of both powers—through these alone will either communicate with the King. We believe that there is no likelihood of a return to friendship between the Court of Naples and those of France and England. What part these great allied powers may be ultimately compelled to take in the settle ment of Neapolitan and of Italian affairs remains to be determined." THE SPANISH CONSTITUTION. The following is an analysis of the Additional Act appended to the restored Constitution of 1845, as given by the Gazette of Madrid :- 1. The definition of offences by the press belongs to the jury, except in special cases provided for by the laws. 2. The law, of which mention is made in Article 8 of the Constitution, being promu'crated, the tefritory to which it refers shall be made suhject, during the suspension of the provisions of Article 7 of the same Constitution, to the law of public safety previously enacted. But., notwithstanding, the government shall not be authorised to remove Spanish citizens from the territory of the kingdom, nor to transport them out of the Peninsula. 3 The first creation of senators shall not exceed the number of 140, after which the Sovereign shall not be able to make any new nominations, except during the time in which the two Chambers are assembled. 4. It shall devolve upon the Electoral Law of the Deputies to determine if they shall or shall not be bound to prove the payment of the necessary taxes, or the possession of the requisite income. 5. The Deputies shall be subject to re-election, even if the office they may have accepted shall be theirs by right of sonority. 6. The Cortes shall remain assembled during at least four months in the year, reelcon;ng from the day on which the Congress shall be definitely constituted. 7. If it should happen that the two Chambers do not agree upon the law of the new budget, the law of the previous year shall be applied to the following one. 8. In passing judgment on any D?putieseotnprebended in Article 41 of the Constitution, the prior authorisation of the Chamber will be necessary. 9. Over and above the cases comprised in Article 46 of the Constitution, it will be necessary that the Sove reign shall be authorised by a special law-Ist, to grant a general p 9-don to condemned persons, or an amnesty ; 2nd, to Alienate, in whole or part, the patrimony of the Crown. _ _ . 10. It will be equally necessary that the Sovereign shonld be authorised by a special law to contract mar riage, or to give permission to that effect to the members of the Royal family, who, though his subjecs, are in the line of succession to the Crown. _ _ 11. There shall be a Council of State, which the Sovereign shall be obliged to consult in all cases pre scribed by the laws. 12. Cases of translating, placing on active service, or retirement of, members of the magistracy, shall be deter mined, whether arising out of the act of the government or the course of discipline, by a regulating law. 13. The Sovereign shall not nominate allcades, or mayors, in towns of which the population does not exceed 40,000 souls. The interference which he may exercise in other nominations s'sall be determined by law. 14. The lists of elec ors for Deputies shall be perma nent; and the qualifications of electors shall be examined, and any objections permitted, in public court. 15 The government shall be bound to present to the Chambers, within a week after their assembling, the public accounts of the past year and the budget for the next. 16. Previously to considering the budget, the Cham bers are to deliberate on the law referred to in Article 70 of the Constitution THE EXPERIME'T IN IRON SHIP• BUILDING. (From the Mining Journal.) Sir,—The Great Eastern is literally a double ship there being a space of two feet nine inches between the internal and external ship all round the vessel. The two sides are connected by plates, with four pieces of angle iron rivetted to them, and then attached as longi tudinal framing to the sides of the vessel, which in sec tion represents the letter El This framing is crossed with angle iron vertically, which represents in section the letter T. The great width of the longitudinal and vertical fr.:ldling leaves a large space across the plates not supported'hy framing. A comparison of this vessel's ft-inning with that of the human body will elucidate the argume•kt as to the middle of the plates between the frames being weak. Take, for example, the shoulders and hips to he longitudinal framing, and the waist to be the plates ; by placing a precsnre on one of the shoulders, with the opposite hand on the ribs, will solve the ques tion whether this fact is not too palpable to be over looked in so valuable a piece of property as the Great Eastern, which, when finished, will cost little short of one million sterling. The Great Eastern will, when launched, no doubt change the ideas and expand the minds of shipowners, and precaution ought to be taken to turn her out as near perfection as possible. There is no doubt in my mind but she will put England and New York within seven days, and vice versa six days of each other. There is no difficulty, with capital, of constructing large steamers that will bring Australia, China, &c., within thirty days of England. Bessemer's wonderful discovery in the manufacture of iron will do great things fur the mercantile marine; not taking into calculation what it may do for the old fogies who are folded up in dogmatism, and who infest the " Circumlocution Office," and with all their " how not to do it" dispositions, still allow the " Barnacles" to stick to their sides and bottoms, so as to impede the inventions and improvements that are the life, wealth, honour, and glory of enlightened England. It will not do these days. If the cocked hat, epanlett, sword, &c., fraternity of Great Britain fear travelling by sea at over twelve miles an hour, it does not follow that the traffic of the would is not to be conveyed, and with safety too, at upwards of twenty miles per hour, and by vessels that can he built with an increased strength and internal capacity to the Great Eastern. It is quite practicable to attain in these days of iron wonders what might in olden times have been regarded as impossible. As for the building wooden vessels for the navy, it is not to be thought of, after what the French float ing batteries developed in the Crimea, which were built from designs furnished by myself to the Emperor, and for which 1 hold his Imperial Majesty's receipt. Sq lam na± speaking off the book. The British government ratified the same plans at the conclusion of the war as were put before them at the commencement of it, by building at Messrs Napier and Sons, on the Clyde, Messrs. Samuda Brothers, in the Thames, and Messrs. Palmer Brothers, on the Tyne, floating batteries that would repel shot ; and n o w t h e i nmates o f the Cireutn. Locution Office, want to purloin fro m me my rights. Such con duct as this is the drawback to improvements in England, and foreign governments oft en get th a t b ene fit by which Great .Britain ought to profit. A s t o any silly a igurnents r 4.seo against iron vessels for plugging the shot holes, it can be overcome by mechanical applica tions, which will sunnount wh.ttt it is not practicable to rs tover' in wooden vesseN. splmters, fire from hot shot, dry rot, leakage, &c. It is practicable to build iron ships strong, free from leakage. and so internally arrange them tl:at they cannot sink, and if they get on rocks they would hold together and save life, and if grounded on a sandy beach would take no injury. I say, wi bout fear of contradiction, that what is utterly impossible with fibrous material, is practicable with metal for ship building, and by which the clima x i n t h at art is only atta i na bl e upon scientific and mechanic a l bel masts ow ( d m e g a b s t , to an b p de ri l s i t ol e r c ip y o i n a e r s s d i co nstructed e l a d e, ranged aGsretaot E g istvsett ventilation oeran allow w t l e ) r e studding sail booms to haul inside of them—vide my patent for masts and spars. J. CLARE, JuN, 21, Exchange Buildin gs , Liverpool: THE NORTHERN AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE NIAGARA. Shortly after noon, yesterday, the Royal Mail steam-ship Niagara, Capt. Leitch, which sailed from Boston on the 10th, and Halifax on the 12th inst., entered the Mersey. She brings 65 passen gers, the usual mails, and specie on freight amount ing to 497,923 dollars. • The steam-ship Canadian arrived at Quebec on the 9th, after a passage of 12 days, By the Niagara we have four days later news, of which the following is a synopsis:— Our Washington advises do not contain any intelligence of the least moment. The President had left Washington, and was located at Warren- town Springs. The papers were much occupied in discussing the Presidential campaign. According to the Southern papers, it would appear that C o l. Fremont is pretty certain of being the favourite and successful competitor for the much-coveted office. As they were busily discussing what the South should do in the event of his election, the New York Times says :—" The tone of our Southern brethren is that of men who regard their defeat in the present contest as certain, and are taking " Time by the forelock," in discussing what they shall do when the dreaded event ceases to he questionable. If they would but look North, they might learn a profitable lesson from the cheerfulness of the Republicans, who are equally prepared for defeat or success. If they elect their candidate, they will do the best they can for the country; and, if they should be defeated, they will re organise their forces and try harder the next time. The thought of rebellion to the regular constituted authorities has not yet been formed this side of the Potomac; hut it is quite otherwise " down South," where disunion is the most familiar of household words, though no one but South Carolina Brooks has, as yet, openly announced any rebellious plan of pro ceeding." According to the same paper the news from the State of Main is more satisfactory than was antici pated, and left no doubt that the friends of Freedom in that State had triumphed as gloriously as they did in lowa and Vermont. The whole State Ticket has been elected by the Republicans. Hamlin has been elected Governor by a majority of from ten to fifteen thousand. The Republicans have also, it is thought, elected all their candidates for Congress, and would have a strong majority in the State Legislature. _ _ _ _ The Journal of Commerce, of the last date, Sept. 9th, contains the following :—There is to be a grand torch-light procession and turn-out of the various Democratic clubs and associations of this city and vicinity, this evening. All the Wards will be represented ; also Brooklyn, Staten Island, Williamsburgh and Jersey City. An unusually stirring time is expected. The Democrats of Waterford, Saratoga county, had a tremendous meeting last Friday evening. The largest hall in the place, capable of holding 1,200 persons, being The necessities of our own consumers have compel led them utter to purchase cotton in this market rather free l y , and bein g ly inade q uate to accommodate the crowd con vened, the meeting was held in the open air. The ero w e h e o St h i a n y t e o : i o so co o p; e t r it a i t o e n d w m i t a h fa b i u r y e e x r t s e o u n t, s i p e e fl c u u e l e at e i e o d n b a y n a d ee e a x u p u or ts t Hon. Lyman Tremain, of Albany, and R D. Davis, Esq , a well known speaker in the campaign ofc c o ro n p a i d n e n al: o expectation cti section, , advanced thesmall receiptef ast o storm and injury 1840, delivered addresses which elicited the most in C j o u tt r o y E t , o a t n h d e enthusiastic applause. The New Hampshire prices in the Liverpool market later k on—has enabled holders, stoc u , et t a o tiers obtain an advance of to in n o t 'i w e e r f lb the t d o in w 'in b i iCh ing Democratic State Convention assembled at Con-are at made to conform. cord on the 4th inst., and is represented to have The e sales P for the week my are q estimated 9,000 bales, and been the largest and most unanimous and include about 2, 000 bales in transitin The export during the enthusiastic convention ever held in the State. same time has been : To Liverpool, 2,046 ; Hamburg, 393 ; - year. For Speeches were made by Judge Rust, of Louisiana,d a x-Mayor Hammersly, of Hartford, Ct , Hon. total, sevensoilTt The 2 e. ,rg4n ports l is eight, s* b r ae numbera9in ot t le l m against twelve g Last for Great Britain in seven. of vessels now loading John S. Wells, B. F. Butler, B. F. Hallett,France, Ex-Governor Hubbard, Fletcher Webster, By telegraph the following has been received : and many other distinguished men. The proses- NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 5 : Receipts far the week, 5,700 bales ; sion was composed of 450 carriages, and 8,000 same week last year, 21,000. Sales to day 1 000, and persons on foot, and extended two miles and a fo_r_the week 3,600. Stock on hand, 12,500. Middling, ll half. During the day a banner was unfurled -90 ie per lb. by 60 feet—made by the ladies of the city. The alosiee, Sept. * . 6 • Middling, 10 1 ,,,e. Crop accounts not so Hon. John S Wells was nominated for Governor satisfactory. by acc l amat i on. CROP: The reports from the South are not as favourable The South Carolina Times states that the New as they have been, and it seems pretty generally believed that in Era, the " only paper in South Carolina the Uplands the crop will be deficient as compared with last whose editor condescends to support and season, tl.e plant is small; and the drought has lessened the advocate the election of Fillmore and Donelson," yield ; the recent storms have also had an injurious effect. From the section south and west of the Alabama river the was sold under the hammer last week, for 215 dols. information is of a conflicting character, and though it is The Republicans held a mass meeting in Beloit, Wis., on the 4th inst. Delegations were present entirely too early to arrive at any decision as to the aggregate yield, I am compelled to admit that there exists, both here and from 13 counties in Illinois and Wisconsin. A at the South, a disposition to estimate the crop at from 250,000 large meeting of the Republican party was held in to 600,000 below that of the season just closed. Rochester, on Friday, the sth, which was addressed TS are dull at Id per lb to Liverpool, and is to and Havre. FR E 1" by Messrs. Burlingame, Stebbins, Raymond, . Giddings. Mr. Burlingame spoke two hours and EXCHA NGES are rather heav y at 109/ to 109 k per cent on ten minutes. The return of Speaker N. P. Banks London, and 5.15 to 5.161-, on Paris. to his native town, Waltham, Massachussetts, I copy the following from the New Orleans Price Current was made the occasion of a grand ovation to of Ist September : —We may note as a prominent feature of that gentleman. He was received at the Railroad the season's operations their more than ordinary speculative depot by a procession, and was welcomed in a character. The probability of continued war or a restoration of peace entered largely into the calculation of chances, while a speech by the Hon. Mr. Bradbury, to which he wide diversity in the estimates of crop constituted another made a brief reply. Mr Banks also made a speech element among the incentives to action or inaction. And thus at Worcester, where he was publicly received. it was that many of the accustomed operators were comparatively The Boston Journal has a letter from a reliable sparing in w hile other parties, more confident, source in Pennsylvania, which confirms the state- and purchases, operated 455 average aud weight of the meet that Johnston will withdraw his name for the 1) +les we have ascertained to theagamst 444 ' Vice-Presidency, and states that he will take the pounds last year and 448 the year previous, a n nd s, aggregate tis stump for Freemont and Dayton. The friends of weight of the portion of the crop received at this Pe Fremont in Pennsylvaniawill be thoroughly united, 800,478,315 pounds. As for the coming crop, we adheret to our rule long since adopted, to avoid estimates, for at and will carry the State. The friends of Fillmore in Michigan are pre- this early period of the season the chances of the future aro so wrapt in uncertainty, from the various vicissitudes paring to bring out an electoral ticket in his behalf. The Ann Arbor Register, devoted to his interests, which may arise. that no prescience can penetrate them or calcula.ion reach them, with any assurance of approaching a contains a call for a meeting of all those who favour the election of Fillmore and Donelson, "at the correct result. We may remark, however, from our inforrna- City Hall, in the City of Detroit, on the second f t oil on and ob d ervation, that preparations were made for quite a generally ereas with eaa fair i d peos i pe h cts i though the back day of October, to take into consideration the vutr d e n r e o s P ; of an the ef n crop list a s mayan r and tiatf lastisd year, propriety of nominating candidates for Presiden t . which has been asserted for ' months Pre past, w . which . emon tial electors, and for the transaction of such other strated by the great difference in receipts, we conceive to be business as may be deemed advisable." not at all in its favour, as it shortens the time for gathering, and the essential requisite for securing a full yield is a long Chas B. Lines, from Kansas. recently addressed and favourable picking season. In calculations of crop it a very large audience, on the affairs of the territory should he borne in mind that probably in no former year was in Newhaven. During his address Mr. Lines said, there so ama i n a proportion of the old crop left in the interior, that in his travels he overheard a Missourian ask w h e reas el i u n d t ed iereceipts of last year it is estimated that there David R. Atchison how he liked the Presidentialabout 150,000 to 200,000 bales of the crop of nomination. Atchison replied : "The nomination werelBs4in Thus the supplyy e storm ar 'a this i, year . will depend almost ex optrotheieltOtnh. A is not exactly what I had desired. I should have elusively upon the We are gratified to preferred either Pierce or Douglas, because he and learn that the severe A u gust did not extend . , and that the dame Douglas both ere so thoroughly identified with our far into the interior, c i r b o e p is not t effect being some delay in the picking operations and P in'u cause, that a victory won with them would lie a likely to be as serious as was at first apprehended, g Buchanan will pal to the quality of the small portion of the crop that was open. jry victory worth fighting for—but It may be proper to remark that the quality of the crop answer just as well, because -the party is thoroughly receipts e thus afsatr year,does not bei a g con i i n par n e lost favourabl yinstances with deficientth e ear i ly n identified with our cause:' sta ple, colour, and cleanness. It should be borne in mind, The Capital City Fact, hitherto a neutral journal, published at Columbus, Ohio, has, it is said, put the names* of Fillmore and Donelson at the head that were that exposedthe receipts et thus ieu far of arc tile flraotem storm, regions a and d f country , i tootr e fair ws s indication rontar ka 6 loof fortis of its columns. • remembered e m en b e e r r a e l d cli t a h r a a t ct t e h r e o crop r o t t p h o: The Democrats of New York had a grand demon- limited in quantity to be al. stration on the 9th. There was a- torch-light pro - be. It should also be cession, thousands upon thousands being in the procession. Delegates from New Jersey, Brooklyn, excellence, up to the storm of the middleYlst of s September. and Staten Island were present. A correspondent From Mobile Price Current, ofmo re entember :—" The of the New York Tribune states that the American season of 1856-57 commences with a limited all stock fe of State Council of lowa had met at lowa city, and cotton than for many years past. The stocks .. markets also, with the exception of that of Great Britain rci a g r u e agreed to support Fremont and Dayton A meeting of Whigs was held at St. Louis on the 6th extremely light, and unless shipments to Liverpool should be much larger than there is any reason to expect, the stock of inst, and nine delegates were appointed to attend American cotton in that maiket, on the Ist January, 1857, the convention to be held in Baltimore. Resolu- will he reduced to very low figures, probably not over 150 tions favourable to Mr. Fillmore were adopted, to 175 M bales ; and if the French and domestic buyers make pledging him their support, if no other candidate their purchases as usual, early in the season, there is little doubt was presented. that England will be deprived of now often until late in the The following despatch from Washington ap - year, unless she is willing to pay pears in the Boston papers of the 10th inst. Since than that now existing. The prospects of the planting interest the commencement of the Presidential campaign, ma y therefore 1e considered favourable, and it will probably the Republicans of this city, it is reported, have be advi sable, therefore , for p lanters to send their issued 4,000,000 of docutnent'S, including 200,000 market earl y. In re g ard to the growing crop of cotton, era any to y copies of Sumner's speech, or 40,000,000 of pages ; estimate at this early period would be merely speculative, ee and .about one half of this number have been distri. calculated to mislead, and mi g ht possibly unfortun a t e resu lt as last season, when, at Y tl P a r is edu the eriod ra s t a h m e e buted 'through the Washington Republican Asso gloomy f ore b o di n gs were hazarded and w p'' proved ciation,and the remainder by members of Congress The National Democratic Executive Committee is fallacious, as the crop has reached an extent beyond any former one," Tl now extensively engaged in a similar work of le following are particulars of operations in the principal sending off, it is said, 20,000 documents every Southern marke's since toy last circular :•--. s ' slay. The American party, too, is not idle in that MOBILE : Receipts for the we e k e nding August 31, 993 line of business. bales. Export to Liverpool, 2,995. There has been a fair Our miscellaneous intelligence is meagre. From demand throughout l consequence of stork, h t al week,andprices,in Philadelphia we learn that Dickson's cotton mill, our reduced slightly . advanced. The sales are the 23rd Ward, was burnt down. The fare COM- estimated at 1,600 bales, and prices close firm at our quota inmenced in the drying room. 80 persons in the tions. SAVANA : Receipts for eleven days ending September 1, upper story narrowly esca p ed with their lives, 1,279 bale s Up. and SS. I. No foreign export. The sales many of them jatty4ag to leap from the windows. amount to only 286 bales. Tho stock of Upland on hand is Loss, 18,000 dols. 700 bales, of which 241 are new crop. The only transactions The Boston Anglo-Saxon states that the eenk of' making are in middling and middling fair cottons, which are K C. 8., or Knight Commender of the Bath, is noWliel bales,d at 114 c to lee, The total receipts of new cotton is about to be bestowed on Mr. Crampton, late 300 indicating the favourable season enjoyed in this British Minister at Washington, and that the next State for advan&ng the staple to market * official gazette will probably contain the a pp le,- C HARLESTON : Rec ei p ts from 22nd August to Sept.atn g 4t priate announcereent. It is unders tood that this 1,107 bales U p ., and 12 S. I. No forei g n honour is conferred by the speeial desire of the o f interest has transpir e d in this market ; t hee po sales Nothin g honour CS sum Up 1,147 bales, and include 20 bales ofmiddling new cotton, fair Queen. at 11 , 1-c„ Freights to Liverpool nom, W. P. WRIGHT , The yellow fe ver wa g on the decline in the State ittE4IISTIJFIS. of New York FLOUR: We have had a steady market during the past We find in the Philadelphia Bulletin; of Sept. 6, the week, with a good demand from the local and Eastern buyers, particulars of the burnin of the Mount Vernon and some little doing . for shipment. There has been no Hotel, at Cape Island, a g watering place pp the , material _ch . enge in prices, but the new flour commands a coast of New Jersey, on Friday night, Sept. 5. _ d higher tetanal) value than old Western canal and State, old The hotel w " of mammoth size, capable, whQn 4 ()Is 75c, to p dole §cso per 41, red sleepiee l new, 6. dal' TIMES.---LIVERPOOL, MONDAY. completed, of accommodating twenty-one hundred guests. Its cost was one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars, and it was first occupied in 1853. It was four stories in height, with four towers at the corners, each five stories in height, with a large tower six stories high in the centre of the front The entire structure, both outside and upon the court yard, was surrounded with wooden piazzas that extended from the ground to the roof, with floors at each story. The wing was a quarter of a mile in length, and the front covered nearly an equal extent of ground. The dining room, which was four hundred and twenty-five feet long and sixty feet in width, was capable of accommodating three thousand persons. There were four hundred and thirty-two rooms in the building. It was claimed that the Mount Vernon was the largest hotel in the world. There was a tank in the centre tower of the wing of the Mount Vernon capable of holding twenty thousand gallons of water. The water was forced into it by means of a steam-engine. The furniture of the hotel belonged to Messrs. Cain and Foster. It was valued at 24,000 dollars, upon which there was no insurance. The total pecuniary loss by the conflagration will not fall short of 150,000 dols. At the time of the fire there were no guests in the house, the season being over. Mr. Philip Cain, sen., one of the lessees, sixty-five years of age ; his son, Andrew, twenty years old, his daughters Martha and Sarah, sixteen and thirteen, together with Mrs. Atherton, a widow, thirty-five years of ag e, who acted as housekeeper, all perished in the filmes. Philip Cain, jun , the only remaining one of the family. escaped by leaping from a window of the second .f.ory but was badly burned, The charred remains of Mr. Cain were found the next morning. Th e new Collins steamer, Adriatic, was to sail from New York for Liverpool on the 11th proximo, prior to which she will make a trip to Boston, at the solicitation of a number of merchants and others in that city. The accounts from Kansas are still of an unsatis factory character. The revolution continues, and without any prospect whatever of a settlement. From Cuba and Mexico, there is not any additional intelligence; and affairs in Canada were quiet. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW Yoßx, Sept. 10: Business affairs in this city are in a quiet but satisfactory state. The demand for money is very active, and the rate on business paper still very high. Little is done ontside the B inks under eight and nine per cent, and much is passed at ten to twelve per cent for money well known, The reduced export of specie to foreign ports is looked upon as a favourable indication for the future; and the demand for bills on Europe is such as to prevent any advance in rates now quoted. Foreign Exchanges are active, at nearly unchanPed rates, anti the transactions for the Niagara large. We quote Bankers' signatures, 60 days' sight, on London, 1091 ; Paris, 5.16 k to 6.15 ; Antwerp, 5.161; Hamburg, 36i ; Bremen, 79 ; Amsterdam, 411 ; Frankfort, 411 ; Berlin, Leipsic, and Cologne, 72. COTTON. 25c to 7 dole ; Ohio, Indiana, &c , 7 dole to 7 dols 35c; Canada, none ; Southern, 7 dole 25c to 7 dols 50e ; fancies and high xtras, 7 dole 50c to 9 dole and 10 dole. WHEAT : The receipts continue light, and with a fair ship ping demand since the arrival of the Persia on the 3rd inst. prices have advanced 3c to 5c per 60 lbs. Southern white, 155 c to 170 c per 601bs; Genese and Western, 160 c to 170 c; Canadian, 163 c to 170 c ; Western red and mixed, 148 c to 153 c ; Southern red, 145 c to 133 c. INDIAN CORN has been active at an advance of 4c to 5c per 56 lbs ; yellow, 70c to 72c per 56 lbs ; white, 72c to 75c ; Western mixed, 66c to 683. RYE without change. 88c to 90e per 56 lbs. BARLEY, 125 e to 130 c per 48 lbs ; corn meal, 3 dols 75c to 4 dols 121 c per brl. RYE FLOUR, 4 dole to 5 dole 50c per brl. WOTHERSPOON, KINGSFORD, & CO. ASHES remain firm ; pearls 7 dole 75c, and pot ashes 7 dols 121 c per 100 lbs. NAVAL STORES : The market is rather quiet to-day for all grades, but there is a steady feeling among holders of spirits at 4n-c to 43c, the latter rate generally asked. Crude continues nominal at 3 dole 50c, at which fi4ure most of the present receipts were taken, to arrive. Common rosins aro in fair request at 1 dol 6.5 c per 310 lbs ; medium grades move but slowly, while for fine there is a good enquiry as the stock is light. Tar may he quoted at 2 dole. PROVISIONS : Mess pork was rather inactive to-day; a few sales were made at 19 dols 50c, and prime at 17 dols 624 c to 17 dots 75c. Beef is in good request, and prices aro firm ; 800 brls sold at 10 dole 50c to 11 dols for repacked Chicago ; extra do 12 dots to 12 dole 50e ; state mess 8 dole to 8 dole 50c ; prime do 6 dols to 7 dole ; repacked Western mess 8 dols 124 1 ,--c to 9 dole. Cut mess steady ; hams at 9c to 9ic ; shoulders 81c to 83:c ; sides 91c to 10c ; smoked hams 101 c to 121 c ; sides 1 to 111 c ; shoulders 9c to 10c. 380 brls of lard sold at 131 c to 131 e, the latter price for a prime article. Ohio butter sold at 15c to 19c ; grease do 10c to 101 c. Cheese is in fair request at 7c to 91e. FREIGHTS are without material alteration. To Liverpool : Tobacco, per hhd, 235; cotton, square bales, per pound, id; flour, per brl, Is 9d to 2s ; rosin, do, is 9d to 2s ; heavy goods, cheese, &c., per ton, 20s to 25s ; grain, 7il to 8d ; beef, per tierce, 4s. To London : Cheese, per ton, 27s 6d to 30s ; flour, per brl, 2e to 2s 3,1 ; rosin and turpentine, per 2801b5., 2s to 2s 3d ; furs and skins, &c., per ton, 2.5 s to 30s: heavy goods, oils, &c., 20s to 25e ; beef, per tierce, 4s 6d. LATEST BY TELEGRAPH. NEW YORK, Sept. 9 : Ashes firm, sales 100 brls pot 7 25, pearl 7 75. Cotton is 8, to lc better, sales 2,800 bales. Flour 10e to 15c lower, sales 7,200 brls corn. to strait State, 6 to 6 30; Upper Lake, 6 20 to 6 30; corn, to good Ohio, 6 25 to 6 60 ; Southern lower, sales 1,600 brls, mixed to good, 725 to 7 50 ; fancy and extra, 755 to 8 25. Canadian quiet, extra, 650t0 7 75. Oats heavy, State, 45 to 47, Western, 46 to 47. Corn better, sales 42,000 bush, mixed 661 to 63 white 69 to 75, yellow 68 to 70, round do, 68 to 70. Pork closes better, sales 350 brls, mess 19 50 to 19 62, prime 17 62 to 17 75. Beef steady, sales 400 brls, country mess 8 to 9 25, prime 6to 7, repacked Chicago 10 50 to 11. Lard firm, sales 300 brls, 131 to 131. Bacon quiet at 11 to 111. Hams 9to 91, shoulders 81 to 81. Butter steady, Ohio 15 to 19, State 16 to 22. Whisky 33 to 34. Fish firm, 5,000 qls dry cod 4 50 for St. Georges. Coffee firm, sales 800hgs Rio 10 to 111, Java 141. Sugars le better, sales 1,600 hhds muse 7Z to Bi. P 71 to 81. Linseed oil steady at 1 dol to 103. Spirits Turpentine steady, 300 brls 4 39; 2,100 do rosin 165t0 1 70. Hides firm, sales 2,000 B A 28. Iron steady, sales 100 tons Scotch 32 to 32 50, 6 ms. Lead steady, German 6 dole. Tobacco firm, 50 hhds Icy 9to 15. Rice quiet, 110 tierces 4to 44. Tallow firm, 6,000 lbs all. Freights to Liverpool heavy, cotton -Id, flour 2s, grain 71d to Bd. Stocks are up, but not very active. Money in good demand for call loans. Sterling exchange nominal. Illinois Central Bonds 92H, N Y Central RR 86, Erie 611„ Cleveland and Toledo 77, Reading 85 1 Galena and Chicago 1081, Michigan Southern 911 b 10. NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 8 : Sales cotton to-day 600 hales, mid Ilis to 111 c. Sterling exchange 91 pm. Sugar 91c to 91e. Flour 6 dole 12c. Corn, yellow 75c, white 95c, keg lard 14c, MEETING OF THE SHAREHOLDERS OF THE ROYAL BRITISH BANK. A meeting of the shareholders of the above bank took place on Saturday, at the London Tavern, on which occasion the directors submitted a full statement of the affairs, Previous to the opening of the proceedings, a gentleman, who stated himself to be both a heavy shareholder and a depositor, complained that no means had been taken whereby all persons save the shareholders in the British Bank, and representatives of the Press, might be excluded, for no other persons has any legal right to be present ; upon which the whole of the persons assembled retired, and previous to again entering, each signed his name, and produced his authority for being present. There were about 250 shareholders present. Mr. Edward Esdailo, chairman of the board of directors, occupied the chair. The 'advertisement convening the meeting having been read, The Chairman said that a vote of confidence had been passed upon the directors some time ago, but since then circumstances had occurred over which they had no control. Sufferers though they might be, it was grievous, indeed, for him to add, that many of them were lasting and irremediable sufferers, but he hoped that any indignation the shareholders entertained would be laid aside. He thanked the assembly for their forbearance; and, acting upon legal opinion, he had called the present meeting for the purpose of submitting the affairs of the bank. The bank affairs had been put into the hands of a professional accountant, Mr. Colman, by whose investigation, be was sorry to find, the losses far exceeded their most serious anticipation. (Hear, hear.) He would now call upon the accountant to produce his statement of liabilities and assets. Mr, Colman, after some few prefatory remarks, read the following statement of the affairs of the Royal British Bank, 3rd of September, 1856 : LIABILITIES. Creditors. s. d. To Head Office „ Strand „ Lambeth ~ Islington .......... 73 596 17 7 „ Pimlico. 9,831 19 1 „ Borough „ Piccadilly. 14 887 3 7 „ Holborn ..... 15,375 2 10 Total liabilities. ASSETS. Cash. Debtors, &c. Buildings & Furniture. £ 1. d. £ s. d. £ s . d . Head Office 29,022 2 10 169,6''8 10 7 14,180 0 11 Strand 6.963 16 10 28,972 16 7 6,000 0 0 Lambeth 3 573 16 10 5,956 12 10 • • • Islington 1,649 6 6 2,950 3 4 1,000 0 0 Pimlico 1,54') 9 6 731 4 10 750 0 0 Borough 3,587 7 10 5.252 1 2 500 0 0 Piccadilly 1,565 1 6 5,673 17 8 1,000 0 0 Holborn 625 19 5 6,304 9 9 2,000 0 0 £48,528 1 3 *225,669 16 9 25,730 0 11 TOTAL ASSETS. Head office .. ... . , „ .. £213,130 14 4 Strand ... ... ... .. .. 41,936 13 5 Lambeth .. „, , . 9.530 9 8 ... .. Islington .. ... . , 5 599 910 ... .. Pimlico •• • • •• • • • • • 3 021 14 4 Borough .. ,. Piccadilly , , , , . • 8.238 19 2 .. Holborn ... ... .. ... ... 9,130 9 2 £299,927 18 11 Lees allowances for contingencies, exclusive of any expenses, five per cent on 16e. 9d.* . 11,282 10 0 Total assets .., £288,644 8 11 (Exclusive of the Welsh works.) Welsh works cost, exclusive of interest .. £108,453 4 9 Some discu , sion then ensued between the directors and shareholders upon the value of the Welsh coal works, in which the bank had invested £106,000, Upon which the Chairman remarked that, although that investment was large, they would, according to one of the best judges, sell at the present time for £40,000, and will return £16,000 annually when in full working operation. He then proceeded to state the working of the bank -for the last few years, doting which he was interrupted by several of the shareholders, accusing the directors of want of skill and judgment in the executive of the hank. Ono shareholder said that in 1851 he had been misled by advertisements to deposit money in the Royal British Bank, which, he said, had put forward false statements, and which must necessarily have the effect of making, not only him, but many others, look with suspicion upon commercial men. He had, he considered, been swindled out of £lO,OOO ; and said that, in 1853, when he applied, for his shares the bank was insolvent, The Chairman : No, sir; the bank was then solvent. The Shareholder then proceeded to review the proceedings of the bank, and said that Mr. Humphrey Brown was at one time creditor to the hank of u p wards of £70,000 . The Chairman sa id that, althou g h that was the case, when he was elected as chairman of that board he was not aware of the debt of that gentleman. (Great sensation, and cries "You ought to have known." " Shame,'l ,4 lt's a swindle." ( ; ) 1 Another Shareholder said that, owing to a stateme n t put forward by that bank, he had not only placed his money in that interest, but induced many members of his f a mily an d other relations to folloW his example. In reply to a question put by him to the chairman, he was answered that Mr. Cameron, the general manager, was at the present indebted to the bank X 3 0,000. "Swindle.") (Great senqtien t " Shame," OP of the directors here attempted to speak, b u t a call was made for M r . Colman, who pro ceded to pu bli s h the items of amounting deficit, aounting in all to £270,000. There had been a loss by Mr. Gwynne (who had been a director) of £13,640, which had been growing from 1850. The adjusting interest o re t st account, which was th e ma in cause of fAilur-et amounted £22,356. The next creditor was Mr. Macgregor, M P., to the anammt of 47,360. cgreat confusion here ensued, and questions having been put to the accountant, he said that ho must confess himself unprepared to provide details.) He had estimated the \talus of the debts, but he thought it would be an act of extreme injury to themselves to publish them in a public room. There had been bad debt losses of £O,OOO ; the bad debts incurred by Mr. Cameron's account amounted to £21,000, and £B,OOO by his traffic in shires. Toe directors had believed that there were policies on Mr. Cameron's life, and also some securities ; but be believed that the valuation of those shares had been over-valued. The late solicitor owed £7,000, which forms a loss of £121,000 by directors ; £2OO had also been lost by one of the auditors ; loss on sundry accounts £59,000, which he called, at least, doubtful debts. The losses by bad debts on branch establishments were £10,408, and the estimate upon the value of the promisee showed a loss of £14,220 ; hut he deemed that no loss would result from the head office. There has been a loss on the side of securities of £3,706. The bank had begun with a theory, which in practice had proved a failure. The person who had started the bank had started upon a spacious and subtilc p-oce dure. Ho had stated facts, and would only say that there never was a board strong enough to garble his accounts, but he would refute that with indignation. The bank, he said, in answer to a question by a shareholder, that if the bank had been conducted as it ought to have been, there would never have been a dividend delayed. A Shareholder said that in many cases the board had seemed to play and adapt the charter to their own particular require ments. A failure of this bank at all times would have been serious, but would it not have been hotter, more honest, and far more principled, if, when it was found to be a commercial failure, they had made known the state of affairs; but he would not help saying that the curse of many would for ever rest upon Alderman Kennedy. The accounts presented last year were fallacious to the extent of some hundreds of thousands of pounds, and he could not, therefore, exculpate the board when such facts as these were known. He could not conceive how any honest board could meet the proprietors with a statement of their progress and flourishing condition. He would advise that the proprietors decline to pay any call into the hands of the existing board : not considering them the safe custodians of OUT money, General Aitchison was determined to have a most searching investigation into the affairs. He was perhaps the greatest loser in that room, but he thought it was due to the hoard to leave he thought the affairs in their hands. He was also a depositor, but that it was their duty to endeavour to pay the depositors 20s in the pound. If it were possible he would he one to make the defrauders amenable to the criminal law. He had early issued a circular, which stated that they must, sooner or later, go to law, to give them the power of bringing to justice those vaga bonds by whom they had been misled. (Rear hear.) They must co to Chancery to press those parties who had evaded the law. There is no other course but that of seeking the benefit of the Winding-up Act. Ho then proceeded to read extracts from that act which had reference to their case. The moment, he said, you appeal to law, not only the present shareholders, but those also who have been shareholders withil the last three years, are also liable. Writs have already been issued upon the bank, but if he found any depositor claiming from that bank any sum, be would himself bring a writ against it. But the only way to obtain justice to all parties must be done by seeking the benefit of the Chancery Court. He thought if the shareholders could come to any arrangement, even after the decision of the Court of Chancery, the best thing would be to confer together upon the ultimate proceedings to be taken. He would suggest that the present meeting be adjourned to a future day in order to examine accounts, and deliberate upon their position, He knew that the accountant would give every possible information that could be afforded. Another Shareholder, who described himself as a poor man, ~ said he thought that from the antecedents of that board the directors were unfit men for the custody of their money. Mr. Gillott (a director) said, as he was one of the sufferers, he claimed a hearing, and he said that if the advice which ho some time back gave had been acted upon they would never hive been in their present position, and with that subtlety which had marked Mr, Cameron's conduct, had said that if he had tried to amplify the proceedings of the bank instead of meddling with its affairs, he would not only be doing the bank a service, but maintain his status in the bank monofrrnent• II h ope d that all would do all they could in order to decrease the ex. 1 penses attending the winding up of this corporation, for if each of the depositors presented his would clainit i o nc t i fi c:3o M t a h : sc e r x t p h e e n y se w of ou ti l i d e each cost two guineas, which corporation nearly £lO,OOO. John Stapleton, Esq., (another director), said, under the circumstances no wher course but that which had been adopted was left open to the corporation, for as soon as the bank doors had been closed Mr. Coleman was sent for, and placed in possession of the facts concerning its affairs. Referring to Mr, Cameron, he said he had gained securities under false pretences from his eon in-law, A Shareholder, who, it was said, was a surgeon in Clerkeo well, but whose name did not transpire, after a few prefatory remarks, proposed the following resolutio❑ :—" That the directors of the British Bank, excepting the three who had recently formed part of the directory, by their systematic misapplication of the funds of the bank, and also by their uniform and culpable misrepresentation of the state and condition of the bank, and also by the discredit able proceeding of issuing new shares after having become insolvent, thus bringing dishonour and ruin upon many families have shown themselves unfit for the position they occuly, and totally unfit for. holding a similar capacity in any other pro. primary." Upon the reading of this resolution great warmth of feeling was evinced, tho Chairman stating that any resolution not proceeding from the Chairman would be informal, which the meeting would not allow. The - Chairtnan, in continuation, said he repudiated with indignation the charge of dishonesty or dishonourabl e d ea l ing& on the part of proprietary, and sa id th a t as that room was then full of honest men, so had the directors in the whole of their actions been actuated by pure and honest motives. (Cries of " Question," and other marks of disapprobation.) Mr. Owen having offered a few remake, in which he vindi cated the character o f M r. Sh er i ff Kennedy, complained of the working of the bank. Although he was entirely ignorant of all that had occurred at the disclosure to-day ' such confl dence had he in the bank th a t not s i x weeks ago the manager said he could return our shareholders 1& in the pound, putting aside minor matters. fle had been d ece i ve d up to the last but he pledged his Honour that he would not w i llingly deceive' anybody. The resolution condemnatory of the proceedings of the directors having been presented to the meeting (given above.) The Chairman appealed to the sympathies of honourable men to pause before they put that resolution. The FeEo l .llt 0 t was thtn passed, with but some seven or eight{ dissentien ts. The Chairman then announeed that a resolution had been placed in his hands to the• effect—" That it appears to this meeting that as the reserve f un d h a d b een l os t, t oget h er with a fourth of the capital, the affair be wound up." Before this resolution was passed, s-we discussion ensued as to the effect produced by this step. It was, however, resolved that under tbo circumstances, the passing of that resolution was the only means left open to them by the charter. The resolution to the effect that the affairs of the batik are dissolved except for the winding up was then passed. At the close of the proceedings, a committee or shareholders was formed to adopt the best means compatible with the urgency, of the case,—London Standard. TERRIFIC FIRE IN LONDON. On Friday night, a few minutes before eight o'clock„ a fire, attended with the destruction of several thousand pounds worth of property, happened in the. premises belonging to Messrs. Matthews and Co., brush manu facturers, situate No. 106, Upper 'Fha.mes-streA. The premises were of vast extent, stretching in one dir:?ctiou nearly 333 feet, of proportionable width, and several floors high, abutting into. Old Swan.llne, contigu , ,us to Messrs. Harker's warehouses. Something—but what it was could not be ascertained —explo teal , and made a great noise, causing terrible confusion throughout the densely_packed neighbourhood. The ward schools of Candlewick and Dowgate beieg next door, the roof soon took fire, when the mistress of the schools, who had been . confined only a few days, was carried nut by the hours, and taken to the Old Swan Tavern. The inmates of the warehouse, as far as can be ascertained, succeeded in effecting their escape, some by getting ever the roof . ngtne, and others by running down stairs, and Borne floating orne by getti ng out e of windows. With asl g it i t n le es d a el t a t y as possible the engines of the London Brigade , the powerfulhalf -past g oneea t r numerou s other land en exer tion on the part o f the endd firemen, e. by By dint o'clock the flames began to diminish ; but they were even then far from being enti , •e d ly the numerous sufferers by this Daw, machine ruler, who has "' had Isextinguished.aasl disastrous oh uiss goods ti A s l removedlit. g c st and greatly , injured by breakage and water, and, unfor unatel MattheYw's ihseneiasrl y uncnsured. The factory of Messrs. destroyed, and the damage done to the surrounding premises, especially to those of Messrs. Berwick and Co., Scotch ale merchants, and others, must amount to several thousand pounds. The Royal Society's fire escapes, with conductor Low, were early in attendance, and rendered great assistance to the fire men in enabling them to carry the hose of their engines to the top of the building, which had the effect of saving the Old Sh ades Fishmongers'Tavern• an Hall,cutting off the fire in the directi f direction no FATAL ACCIDENT.-. On Friday evening, Joseph Waugh• a ship carpenter, residing in Water-street, Park, was at work an board th dock and was kille e d s . uip California, when he fell into the SIT:IDAY SC HOOLS AND SCHOLARS. --We observe that a meeting will be held this evening to promote a simultaneous canvass of th e t owns hi p f o r Sunday scholars. The chair will be take n b y t h e Rev. Mr. Badnall. MAIL FO R J a iv A icA.—A mail will be made up at the Liverpool Poet-odice, this day, for Kingstown, Jamair which will he carried out by the new screw steamer Saladio. Letters require to be posted before two p.m., or, with lees fees, until half-past two p.m. Each letter or newspaper to be marked " Per Saladin." Itn isl I t l° 110