Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-10-03 00:00:00

OCTOBER 3, 1859. through the damaged reputation of a rival, dictate to the unconscientious two very different courses of conduct. It is pleasant to be in a position neither to court the praise, nor fear the malignity, of the political adventurer. But to turn to those domestic concerns which are to provide the great contest of next session if Lord JOHN " talks MalmesburS jest of our foreign policy, he isquite as ready to talk Conservatism on the subject of Reform. The Times may be right in asserting, that besides the Brightean sect, there is - only one party and 'one policy in the State. But if so, or if it appear . 80, it is because Whigs avow the principles of their Constitutional opponents. The policy of 'Conservatism is transparent and notorious. It may be found in the great example of WILLIAM PITT, and has not wanted in the present Youthful parliament its explicit, acute, and high spirited exponents. Nay, it is an hereditary 'tradition of the Constitution, and a fundamental P art of our political and social system. A great foreigner, M. GUIZOT; gives it as his well-weighed conclusion, after a learned examination into the latent facts and principles of our domestic policy, that, since anything like an English Constitution was established, since the great fusion of races in ' ear island Was consolidated and completed, the great rule of internal government has been, that every one, capable of exercising it, should have voice in the representation. To this ancient ina 'llln,Lord DERBY'S eloquent Colonial Secretary gave an elaborate expression in the debate on the last measure of Reform. Wherever a class exists capable of exercising the privilege of a vote, and willing to recognise the due balance of power be tween all sections of the Commonwealth, to that class let the franchise be extended. And now, lo! another instance of beautiful accord in this voice from the far North ! What a difference there is between the factious leader of a Parlia mentary Opposition, and the Aberdeen Citizen Who can afford to be Constitutional! " The true Principle," says our travelled and transformed Whig-Radical, " which should guide us in an " amendment of the law of the representation 4 ' of the people, should be the choosing of "the fittest individuals in the community " for the suffrage—that this principle should be " appli e d without endangering the stability of our " time-honoured institutions." Could anything be more Conservative, or more Constitutional ? If this be a sound and comprehensive policy, who can say that Conservatism has none ? The true secret of such a charge, we fear, can be nothing else than this ; namely, that such a policy is too tame, too moderate, too unsuggestive of exciting and revolutionary revulsions ; that it is too con siderate of ancient tradition and precedent, assumes the past and present order of things as containing the normal type of our national life, and the unvarying rule of our political progress ; that, in a word, it is not democratic, but still assumes the reality and importance of that which Mr. BRIGHT, in his radical spectacles, professed h imself unable to discern as a tangible object— the English Constitution. What newspapers mean in those affected sneers about the ethereal nature of Conservatism,—which are really expres- 'lions of uneasiness and apprehension at the posi tion of a great and compact party, is simply what was the foolish subject of Mr. BRIGHT'S ravings at ,.. t he early p ar t o f the year, namely, that the "ns titution, not merely Conservatism, is an 4` element." But are there no apprehensions as to the safety of the Constitution, from Whig recklessness, because, forsooth, Lord JOHN RUSSELL thus con stitutionalises in the country ? Not one whit less than when the present Cabinet opened its portals to Mr. MILNER GIBSON, than when Lord PAL MERsToN went on his knees to beseech the con descension of Mr. COBDEN and the honour of his right hand. Alas ! for the complacency of Liberal intriguers, and the success of their fond deceits, Conservative s are too old birds to be caught with this transparent chaff. Some Church men , p er h aps , the veryS last session of parliament, avowed his most determined and strenuo recent us oppositi on t o th e Chur fraudulent and wicked attempt upon ch property. They were Perhaps undeceived when, without even any change in the position of the contending parties, or in the temper of th e public mind, or in the average of public opinion ; without even a decent interval for deliberation, or the affecting of a gradual recession from pre vious views, the same caterer for party and personal interests and convenience, unblushingly gave his vote for the unconditional abolition of Church-rates. One consideration alone will suffice to decide any such f anc y as thi s . The que s ti on o f P arliamentary Reform. Lo rd JOHN RussELL h as Professedly made to turn on this point,—the extension of the suffrage to those only who are capable and deserving of the privilege. Now what is the condition that Mr. Bum= and the revolutionists attach to this extension of political Powe r? The ballot. But, as we have often had occasion to insist upon, the ballot is a device for 4e P ri ving the worthless of the thei r vote. power of selling The class, therefore, who need it are by this ' ye ll' proposal admitted to be unworthy of the conte mplated p r i v il ege . What then of Lord J o itil RUSSELL ? This. That after his long opposition to the ballot—whether sincere or P:nt ten 'lea—he has, no l ater than the last Parlia e, oPenly promised h 4 support to Mr. BER KELEY and Mr. BRIGHT, if they sho uld still per severe in the struggle for their disreputable He is convicted therefore of the inten tion " to choose" not " the fittest" but the unfittest persons in the community, for the g e f o " the suffrage ;" a n d hi s Aber dvil e go for or go for hypocrisyee prin Professions The conclusion is plain. The Policy Lord measure JOHN has been appropriating at Aberdeen is not his own, but the policy of Conservatism ; and that policy is still definite and real. It has to save such dangerous meddlers as Lord JOHN RUSSELL from 'Brightean coercion or blandish ments—it has to save the Constitution from subversion, and the State of England froin on the sub- democracy. NOTES OF THE DAY Though we still have to depend very much upon mere rumour for any intelligence respecting the nego tiations for the. . settlement .of the Italian difficulty, we regret to observe that the grounds of hope for peace become less and less stable. There is, no doubt, that bad anything satisfactory been decided upon, we should, ere this, have heard of it. The very fact of there still being nothing to depend upon but rumour, is, to say the least of it, very suspicious. One of the last reports circulated in Paris, is that Naples, as well as Austria, is likely to assist the Duke of Modena to attack the Central Italian League; and if this should unhappily turn out to be true, we do not see how a war, in which both France and Austria must be driven to take part, can well be avoided. ln the midst of all this, we further learn that Lord John Russell's declaration at Aberdeen, respecting the foreign policy of England, is having the effect of discouraging both France and Austria, as to the expediency of a European Congress. The accounts we continue to receive of the activity with which the French Government still continues to prosecute the augmentation of its naval armaments, and the forti fications of its coasts, are as alarming as ever. In ad dition to other statements recently put forth, we have one now to the effect that ten second-class ships of the line are building, all of which are to be completed within the year, and one of which was launched a few days since. The despatch with which iron plated ships, floating batteries, and gun-beats are building, and the defensive works and batteries on the coast, are being augmented and improved, is another circumstance which cannot but render the whole case one very difficult to be understood. We can only repeat the expression of our earnest hope that, whatever may be the-real object of all this preparation for apparent resistance to some suspected foe or other—although England, we are quite sure, has no intention of being such—our Government will yet take care to be equally prepared for whatever may arise. We have already had occasion to remark on the satisfactory results of the quarter's revenue returns, the principal details of which are now before our readers. The decided increase under all the chief heads, with the exception of property tax, which is easily accounted for, is an undoubted indication of national prosperity. Her Majesty's present ministers may indeed think themselves fortunate in having returned to office under so prosperous a state of the country. But let us not forget to whose administration of public affairs it is mainly due. Lord Derby's Ministry took office amid a but, by their good management, prosperity was restored ; and the country's gratitude must not, therefore, be withheld from them,— very different state of things at the same time it ought to carry conviction, even to Liberal minds, that a Conservative Government is, after all, the best for the real interests of the nation, The new phase into which the Builders' Strike has now entered, is not one in which the employers of labour in that comprehensive department of trade appear, by aiy means, to advantage. Having refused to make any concession whatever, that was worth the name, to their workpeople,—having, in particular, declined to with: draw the obnoxious " Declaration,"—all negotiation with the men has been broken, and the strike has now become a more hopeless affair than ever. We are far from wishing to see any class of master-tradesmen sub jected to the arbitrary will of those in their employ ; but, in this instance, we cannot but think that the master-builders have not only thrown away a good opportunity of returning to a better understanding with their work people, but have come to a decision which will make such a return at any future time all the more difficult. TIIE LATEST NEWS. LORD J. • RUSSELL AND - THE EMPEROR OF FRANC' Lord J. Russell's speech at Aberdeen gives satisfaction to the Liberal party in France, who believe there is an understanding between him and the Emperor FRANCE. PARIS, Saturday Evening The Patrie states that it is asserted the treaty of peace will be signed at Zurich next week ; it also states on good authority that the treaty would be a fulfilment of the preliminaries at Villafranca. Other questions arising out of the settlement of the affairs of Italy would be referred to a superior jurisdiction, by which it is evidently meant that a Congress will be held. PARIS, Oct. 1 The Imperial Court will quit Biarritz on the 10th instant, and leave Bayonne for Bordeaux on the 11th. After a sojourn of forty-eight hours in Bordeaux, they will leave for Paris, where they are expected to arrive on the 14th. The army of Italy will winter in the Peninsula. General Ulloa and M. Montalli have arrived in Paris from Florence. THE FRENCH EXPEDITION TO CHINA. In Paris it is said the Emperor will not return till the 13th or 14th instant. The Times' Paris Correspondent says :—" We hear to-day here that the Anti-European move ment commenced in China, has extended itself to Japan and Cochin China." The Patrie contains the following semi-official paragraph :—" Several journals give details on the subject of the preparations being made in France for an expedition to China, which we believe are at least premature. Our informant permits us to assert that there is nothing positively decided as to the number of ships or troops which are to compose the expedition ; and the public cannot be too much on their guard against reports cur rent relative to the state of affairs in Cochin China ; others say that the Emperor is incensed against England. It is believed that Napoleon will make another speech at Bordeaux. The French expedition will, it is said, be under the control of the Minister of War, from which it is assumed that it will be more of a particularly military character. Mr. Disraeli has had an interview with his Majesty. TURKEY. The publication of the Ottoman papers is sus pended, pending the inquiry into the conspiracy. NORTHERN DAILY TIMES. THE BRAZIL MAILS. LISBON, Oct. 1 The Tyne brings advices from Rio Janeiro to the Bth September. The Emperor of the Brazils was to make a tour on the Ist October in the northern provinces. No political news from La Plata. Rio, September, B.—Exchange on London, 241 ; Hamburg, 750 ; on which places the Tyne brings draft amounting respectively to £400,000, and 400,000 mares Banco. Coffee good ; first, 6,000 to 6,300. Stock, 135,000 bags. Exporta tion since the departure of the last mail—United States, 80,144 ; Channel, 18,315 ; Havre, 7,769 ; Marseilles, 10,830 ; Mediterranean, 17,781 bags. LATEST FROM AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE EUROPA The British and ll'orth American Royal Mail Steam ship Europa, Captain Leitch, arrived this morning in the Mersey, front Boston and Halifax, haying sailed from the former port on Wednesday, the 21st ult., and from Halifax on the following day. The Europa brings erghthassengers, the usual mails, and $541,000 in specie. Tne Persia, concerning which some anxiety was felt, on account am accident which, was reported to have occurred on her outward passage, arrived. at New York on Monday, the 19th ult. On Sepi..29, 6.30, passed the R.M.S. Canada; Oct 2, 1:43 p.m., passed the R.M.S. Africa. - _ The Nova eotian, from Liverpool on the 27th ult.,, had hot arrived when the Europa left. The Kangaroo [ss] arrived at ,New York on the _ _ RUSSIA AND AUSTRIA. Advices from Russia state that the aversion to the Austrians is as great as ever, and that there is at present little probability of reconciliation. - The relations between the Emperor of Austria and Napoleon are good; but it is not likely that Francis Joseph can forget that he has been com pelled to cede the finest province in his empire to Sardinia. The president of the German Diet has lately had' frequent interviews with Count Rechberg, it is believed, for discussing the proposed reform of the Buad. TUSCANY. FLORENCE, October 1 A public proclamation of the provisional government has been posted up, announcing that, from this time forward, all govern ment powers will be exercised in the name of Victor people Emmanuel,—the king chosen by the Another proclamation announces the adoption of the monetary system of Sardinia, and in future the coinage a Tuscany will bear the effigy of Victor Emmanuel. THE . EXPECTED KINGDOM OF ETRURIA The Prince Napoleon party at Florence is quite in despair. It is said that, when the Prince arrives at the Palais Royal from his Swiss tour, he will find waiting his perusal several cartloads of petitions praying for places in the Kingdom of Etruria, which it was supposed would be created for him. SPAIN. MADRID, Oct. Ist The Correspondencia Autografa announces that provision will be made in the Budget for an army of 100,000 men, and that discretionary power will be left to the Government to increase this number. It is asserted that England will not offer any opposition to the measures. Spain may be obliged to take against Morocco. The following telegram has been received at Mr. Reuter's • THE KING OF SARDINIA AND THE POPE. ROME, Oct. 1 It is asserted that His Holiness the Pope, on obtaining knowledge of the answer of the King of Sardinia to the deputation of the National As sembly of Bologna, had given orders that the Count Vittoria de la Minerva, Minister of Sar dinia at Rome, should receive his passports. WEST INDIA MAILS The steam-ship Shannon, from the West Indies arrived this day at half-past one p.m. KOSSUTH AND HIS VOLUNTEER COMPATRIOTS. All the evening papers contain a letter from Kossuth, in which he speaks of his late attempt to free his native land, and gives an explanation regarding his care for the safety of the Hun garian soldiers who had joined him at Aqui. The following appeared in a part of our impression of Saturday : DENMARK. [REUTER'S TELEGRAM.] COPENHAGEN, Oct. Ist.—ln the sitting of the Council of the Kingdom to-day, nine members asked for the reading of a motion containing a declaration on the present state of affairs. The President having refused reading of same, these members abstained from voting on next division, b' which the vote was rendered in- valid, the necessary number of members to form an absolute majority not voting. Messrs. Thomson and Oldensworth then left the assembly. ' FLORENCE. [REUTER'S TELEGRAII.I FLORENCE, Sept. 30.—The Savoy cross and Sardinian standard have been hoisted on the old palace. CONFERENCE AT ZURICH. [REUTER'S TELEGRiIt.] BERNE, Sept. 30.—1 t is rumoured that the plenipo tentiaries will come to this place on the 12th October, and therefore it is concluded that the conferences will not come to a close before the middle of next month. FRANCE. [REUTER'S TELEGRAM.] Bunurrz, Sept. 30.—The Empress of the French has paid a visit to the chateau of Arteaga. PARIS, Oct. Ist.—The lifonitair of this morning contains a decree admitting brandies extracted from molasses, imported direct into France from Mayotte in French vessels, free of duty. THE GOVERNOR OF CAPE COLONY. A meeting of merchants was held in the city, to petition for the appointment of Sir George Grey, as Governor at the Cape. It is stated that at a meeting of the Cape Town Rail way and Dock Company, which was held yesterday, the managing directors made known the fact of Sir G. Grey's reappointment as Governor of the Cape Colony. GUN-BOATS FOR THE ,CHINA STATION. In accordance with instructions from the Admiralty, the utmost activity is now apparent at various private ship-building yards at Woolwich, for the completion of several screw gun-vessels, laid down some time since, and which will new be available for the China station. THE BUILDERS' STRIKE A densely-crowded meeting of builders' operatives was held yesterday, at St. Martin's Hall, but no impor tant resolution was passed. The Gloucester election inquiry still continues. A large number .of sick and wounded arrived at Chatham, yesterday, from India. THE RECENT EXPLOSION AT BIRMINGHAM.--The inquest upon the bodies of those killed by the above terrible accident was commenced on Friday afternoon before Dr. Birt Davies, the coroner ; but the jury did little more than view the bodies and the premises, and this, with the examination of witnesses to identify, occupied nearly the whole time prior to the close of the court. One more body has been dug out of the ruins, and fra g _ ments of another, so that this makes a complement of twenty killed. At the General Hospital another of the injured is on the verge of death. 19th ult THE VOYAGE OF THE PERSIA.—The erank pin of the Persia, weighing about 1,800 pounds, and about three feet in length—an immense piece of iron,—broke Van the ship was between 500 and 600 miles out. A hurricane was blowing at the time, and the sea was very high. The waves dashed over the ship, and the wind blew away some of the sails. During the night, Captain Judkins got the vessel round,' so that she rode the waves better. The gale continu ing the next day, the captain determined to put back, and did put back. He disconnected the engines, and using one wheel, run over 100 miles back, and got into the lee of the Irish coast, where the ocean was com paratively calm. The engineer then undertook to put the pin in,—in which he happily succeeded, to the admiration of all the passengers, who complimented him highly therefore. This was done in about fifteen hours' time. Captain Judkins then made a new start, and again was met by a succession of heavy gales. The gale was heavy off Cape Race and on 'Satur.!ay night, and on Sunday morning, the ship was on the line gale, and the passengers suffered not a little from the storm. The — passengers raised about $6OO to give the captain and other officers pieces of plate, and the remaining amount was to' be distributed among the crew. The Persia made a terrible racket.coming in on Mon day morning, firing some fourteen guns to wake up the the dock. The city was pretty well waked up ANOTHER ACCOUNT. A gentleman, who came as a passenger in the Persia, describes the storm in which she was disabled as _most terrific. Her crank pin was broken on Monday evening, about ten 'o'clock. She lay too until next afternoon, in hopes the storm would abate, so she could repair : • but, finding no improvement in the weather it was decided to put back for Cork. Aft er proceeding in that direction about a hundred miles, weather moderated, and breakage repaired, when the steamer was put about again. When reaching again the same latitude in - which the disaster occurred, she encountered another storm, more terrific than the first, but ploughed her way throu,gh it uninjured, except the ciushing of one of her wheel-houses. The Persia has the heaviest freight she has ever brought. In. respect of the San Juan difficulty, the Washington correspondent of the New Fork Herald, writing under date of the _l6th of September, says : , " General Scott left here . this afternoon for New York, and - will sail in the steamer of the 20th for the Pacific. The present delicate and complicated state of affairs at San Juan, growing out of General Harney's movements, requires great care and caution on the part of our government to prevent a collision. The Presi dent, in conferring with General Scott, in regard to the matter; suggested the propriety of sending some one there who was less impetuous and more prudent than General Harney. General Scott at once informed the President that he would go, and that as soon as his instructions were prepared, he would be ready to start. The instructions were partially prepared, and considered in Cabinet Council to-day. They will probably be com pleted to-morrow, and forwarded immediately to New York. The Administration received some additional advices from General Harney, brought by the Star of the West. There had been no material change, and matters remained in sta'u quo The Herald, commenting upon the above intelligence, remarks:— " The latest accounts from the island of San Juan, the focus of the trouble, are to the 13th ult. • At that date quiet.prevailed, -and the British and American forces re mained as previously repUrted—the British vessels at anchor in the harbour, and the 'United States' troops in camp on shore. But it was also reported that General Harney had ordered all the troops at his dis posal to reinforce the command on the island, while Governor Douglass had directed additional British vessels of war to rendezvous at that point. Although it is not apprehended that serious consequences will result from the action of General Harney, yet the Presi- General of the army MONETARY AND COMMERCIAI NEW YORK, Sept. 20.—The recept r s of the New In dry goods the business doing is limited both among commission houses and importers, though a much better trade is now expected, as the largest of the auction sales for the season are now over. Ashes unchanged, pot 5 50, pearl 5 25. Cotton quiet, sales small, mid uplands 111 to 11 3 1. Flour, receipts 10,172, sales 10,800 bbls; State and Western heavy, and 5 to 10c lower, unsound 3 50 to 3 90, superfine State 4 to 4 25, extra State 4 40 to 4 50, round hoop Ohio 4 70 to 5 15 ; common to good extra Western 440t0 4 75. Beef dull, sales 250 bbls, country mess 5 75 to 7, prime 5 to 5 - 50, repacked. Chicago 7 to 10. Pork firmer, sales 2050 bbls, mess 15 50 to 15 68, prime 10 68 to 10 75, Western prime mess 13 to 13 50. Bacon nominal, hams 81, shoulders 71. Lard quiet ; sales 380 bbls, at 101 to 11k. Sugar steady, sales 700 hhds., muse 51 to 61; 2,400 boxes Havana, at 51 ; to 6k. Coffee firm ; sales 150 bags Laguayra, at 13. Molasses steady, clayed muse 23. Spirits of Turpentine quiet, 'small sales at 47*; rosin lower, sales 3000 bbls. common at 1 521 to 1 55. Iron quiet, Scotch $23. • Frieghts to Liverpool quiet and firm; Cotton id. ; Flour, la. 9d. CHICAGO, Sept. 20.—Flour dull. Wheat firm and advanced Ic. ; spring, 743 e. Corn tends upward, sales 6,000 bus, 70c. Oats buoyant. Receipts to-clay, 4,800 bols flour. 84,000 wheat ; 5,509 corn; shipments, 6,000 flour, 177,000 wheat, 16,000 corn. Touorrro ' Sept. 20.—Flour firm. Wheat declined 3c. ; receipts, 8,000 brls. ; sales of white winter at 95c. to $1 2c. Barley firm. NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 20.—Sales of cotton to-day 7,500 bales at irregular prices, mid. quoted 11-1 ; sales of last three days 13,000, and receipts 16,000, against 16,000 last year; exports of the three days, 10,000 ; receipts at this port 24,000 in excess of last year. Sugar firm at 61 to 6 1 for fair to fully fair. Lard in brl 111. Wiacs.ky 2g. Freights to Havre, lke SUSPENSION OF TRADE WITH JAPAN. In Japan, affairs have assumed a very unsatisfactory position. On the 11th July the Treaty was duly ratified, but since then the Japanese Government have attempted to evade it by seeking to confine foreigners to a small island about ten miles from Yeddo, and to establish the same sort of surveillance over them as they formerly exercised at the Dutch settlement of Decima. They have further sought to establish a new coin as the only one to be used in commercial dealings with foreigners, but at the same time forbidding its currency among the natives, so that all payments in the new coin would have to be exchanged at the Government treasury for the old itzabon ; and the relative value fixed by the Government produced a depreciation of 66 per cent. on foreign coins, which, according to treaty, are to be received at their intrinsic value as metal. Mr. Alcock, the British Consul-General, has issued a protest, and has stopped the trade for the present. It is a well-known maxim that " time is money "—the terms are relative ; so to save one is to save the other. We save both time, and economise patience, and present good tempers, when we have a good PEN-a bad one upsets patience and temper. Preserve all, then, by purchasing your steel pens and other stationery at E. T. Hall's wholesale steel pen warehouse, 23, South John-street. John Gillott's, Thomas Lowe's, G. W. Hughes, and other maker's, on sale at is. per grov. Pen Holders, 2d. per dozen. HoLLowey's OINTMENT AND PILLS.—AII erroneous idea prevails in this country in relation to hemorrhoids or piles. They are suff ere d t o drain the system of its lifeblood because it is deemed dangerous to meddle with them. But this painful disease can be expeditiously cured by the use of Holloway's Pills and Ointment. The former expels the acrid, irritating matter which produces the pain; while the Ointment, acting as a balsamic stypic, closes the mouths of the relaxed vessels ; and thus a safe cure is achieved. These preparations are com posed of rare balsams, as mild as they are efficacious. Direc tions for their use are affixed to each box and pot. 31 were not all trustworthy, and it was, therefore, necessary that volunteer corps should be formed for our pro tection at home and abroad. He cited several passages of . Scripture to show that the profession of arms was not all unchristian, and concluded by wish ing the gallant volunteers God speed. At the conclu sion of the sermon, collections were made on behalf of the Christ Church National Schools, realising £l7 odd, after which, the Volunteers marched from the church. After leaving church, the corps marched down Islington, along Commutation-row, amd, turning up London-road, proceeded to the Birchfield Barracks, where they dis persed, but not before they had played " Rule Britan nia" and "God save the Queen." The officers in com mand were Captain Bousfield, Lieutenant Taylor, En sign Robertson, and Captain Billham. The gathering altogether would number about 100, and every move ment shoWed the soldier, reflected through the gentleman. SOLDIERS' WIVES FOR INDIA.—The fine ship Accring ton, Captain Horner, sailed on Saturday for Calcutta, having on board some 300 soldiers' wives and their children. In noticing the fact, a day or two ago, that theAccrington was about to sail, we were unwittingly led equire I into an error. An investigation did take place by women going out had,' it - was stated to the very bad character, and it was an investi her to sail with gation as to the propriety of allow steady men. The woman was, after the investigation allowed to proceed in the Accrington under surveillance THE TOWN COUNCII at the monthh meeting of the will be held on Weduesaay Town Council, which The proceedings, resolutions, and report of the Finance Committee, comprising :—" Recommendation that the discretion given by, and contained in, the Act of 7 William TV., and 1 Vie., cap. 19, as to the appointment of an assistant, or deputy-recorder, should, at' the next sessions, be exercised by the recorder." " Recommen dation to sell, subject to the approval of the Lords of the Treasury, the reversionary interest in a piece of land at the corner of Drury-lane and the Old Ropery, to the Liverpool Corn Exchange Company, for the sum of 25.' The proceedings, resolutions, and reports of the watch, lighting, fire-police, fire prevention, gas supply, and hackney carriage and licensing committees, comprising : —" Report of watch and health committees as to registration and inspection of common lodging-houses, the consideration of which was postponed at the last monthly Council." _ _ The proceedings, resolutions, and reports of the health committee, comprising :—" Recommendation that the salary of Mr. John Evans, one of the surveyors in the engineer's department, be increased from £l2O to £l4O per annum." "Recommendation that Mr. T. J. Hughes be appointed collector of rates, in place of Mr. Peter Bradshaw, resigned, at the lowest scale of salary, viz.— £l5O per annum." " Recommendation that Mr. Edward Fitzgerald, jun., be appointed collector of accounts in the place of Mr. T. J. 'Hughes, promoted as above, at the salary of £l5O per annum." The proceedings, resolutions, and reports of the markets' committee, comprising :—" Recommendation to appoint the following persons inspectors of slaughter houses, meat, and fish, under the provisions of the Local Acts, and of the Nuisances Removal and Diseases Pre vention Acts, viz.:—Mr. Isaac Hutchinson, inspector of markets. James Stonehouse, John B. Blundell, and Thomas Thompson, managers of markets." The proceedings, resolutions , and re p orts of the Educa tion Committee. The proceedings, resolutions , and re p orts of the Gaol and House of Correction Committee. per annum." The proceedings, resolutions, and reports of the gar dens, library, and museum committee, comprising— " Recommendation to increase the salary of Mr. James o£7sestmhbele6rs. lateo f t o Mr. the£ " Council to be a Rigby, librarian at the north library, from £75 to £B5 per annum, and of Mr. Peter Cowell, librarian at the place fromta ßyley, notice of member of the gardens, library, arid museum coin mi,s,oTutttehhee, leiiibnereatt the election which was given at the last monthly meeting by Mr. Beckwith." The proceedings, resolutions, and reports of the water committee, comprising a report of the financial sub-committee on the subject of the charges for the sup ply of water ; the coroner's accounts, amounting to £4-3 10s. The Mayor's communications comprising a letter from Mr. Hawksley, resigning the office of consulting engineer for the Rivington Water Works ; and a letter from Mr. William Massey, on the subject of better accommoda tion to farmers attending the markets. The following motion, of which notice has been given :—By Mr. Robert Gladstone, "to direct the attention of the Council to the necessity for fra ming proper bye-laws for the government of persons PliP, l 7 in driving cattle in the borough and neighbourhood the whole the appomtment of a committee to subject, and to report to the council." d neighbournoou , for LITERATURE BLACKWOOD'S MAGAZINE for October Edinburgh and London : William Blackwood and Sons The October number of this justly popular periodical has promptly come to hand ; and an excellent one it is. The opening paper is the second part of Captain Speke's Journal, describing the discovery of the Victoria ;sTyanza Lake, the supposed source of the Nile We have then a second part of " Horse dealing in Syria," in which that interest in the subject of horse-flesh, so remarkably excited in the former paper, is not only well kept up, but increased. " The Luck of Ladysmide" is continued through Part VIII., and is as entertaining as ever. The recent publication of a series of excursions by the members of e r e et t o ii, sPage,", ag Ballads" e , " The Alpine Club," h as furnished the materials for a very interesting paper on " M ounta ineering." "The Sea Side in the Papal St a t es " i s a paper which will be read with keen interest by th ose w h o are i n the habit of seeking sea-side restorati on an d recreat i on at the proper seas as specimens of the popular tradition s of Brittany—one being are the givenot he r "he ' C ' u Ki s u sier's Return." A very humoro us pi ece of L on ou . s T the e " l Irish versification is given ." and a very funny legend under the ti t l e of " The Legend of Barney O'Carroll,T r it is. Four lines of the dialog ue, with which it con eludes, characterise it at once most graphically and • amusingly " An'," says he, "What do you t hink about it ? " An', An' your tale, iv not thrue, sure it's pleasant, , An' not at all bad for a dhratne." The concluding paper, in the present number, is de voted to a justly eulogistic notice of the late Sir William Hamilton, who filled the chair of Logic in the Univer sity of . Edinburgh for so many years, with so much honour ; though his reputation will stand much higher on the basis of his published works than on that of his lectures—if we except, perhaps, his Lectures on Metaphysics, which have recently been published, and of which it is said, no doubt with truth, that " there are several of them where there is much to discuss and quarrel with—much to receive and to be instructed by ; they are in every way a most acceptable addition to our philosophical literature." CORRESPONDENCE. io not had ourscb , sponsible for the opinions of our corresponden THE WATER • TOWER AT OXTON TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN DAILY TIME& —I observe in LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. AMERICAN MAILS.—The British and North American Royal Mail steamer Africa sailed on Saturday, for N ew York, with the weekly mails'for the United States, 154 passengers, and a valuable cargo of British and Con tinental manufactured goods. FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Thursday last, a bOy, named Edward Rawlinson, residing in M'Kee-street, was crushed between two waggons, on the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, at the Sandhills station. He was removed to the isTorthern Hospital, where he died on Saturday. PARLIAMENTARY BOROUGH REVISION.—The revision of the list of voters for the Parliamentary Borough was continued on Saturday, when the list within the parish of Liverpool, from D to F inclusive, was gone through. The Conservatives made 132 objections, and struck off 96, withdrawing 13. They paid ss. in costs. The Radicals made 79 objections, and sustained 54. They withdrew 10, and paid 15s. in costs. ALARM OF FIRE.—On Saturday night, about eleven o'clock, a fire was discovered in the upper storey of the premises occupied by Mr. Stowers, wine and spirit mer chant, Lower Harringtou-street. It was noticed by the servant of Mr. Wood, hatter, Lord-street, who gave an immediate alarm; but, owing to the active exertions of the police on duty in the district, acting under Mr. Wood's directions and assistance, the fire was extinguished without damage worthy of mention. LIVERPOOL ROYAL INFIRMARY.—Return for week ending Ist October, 1859. Admitted : In-patients, 43 ; out-patients, 34.; surgical casualties, 36. Dis charged': Cured, 21; relieved, and at own request, 14 ; made out-patients, 6 ; irregular, 3; dead, 5; remain in the house, 184. Visitors for the ensuing week, the Rev. R. Leicester, and j. King, Esq. Physician, Dr. Vose ; Surgeon, Mr. Stubbs. House Surgeon : Mr. T. S. Walkei; Junior House Surgeon : Mr. J. Allen ; Chap lain : Rev. Edward Poole. Robert Hutchison, trea- SAVINGS BANK.;.-It is in contemplation to make the Post-office available for the purpose of a Savings' Bank,—we presume the Money Order department of that establishment, which already partakes of the name of a bank. Our respected townsman, Mr. M'Corquodale, has taken a great interest in the subject ; and we pub lish in another column a note from him correcting a J J 0 of. When the Duke of Argyll was Posmaster-General, before the accession of the late Derby Ministry, Mr. M'Coiquodale addressed a letter to his Grace, suggesting the same plan and the same rate of interest, as tiziat now proposed by Mr. Sikes, of the Huddersfield Banking Company, who has just addressed the present Chancellor of the Exchequer upon the question. Certainly every opportunity ought to be afforded to the working classes for the safe deposit of their savings ; and no establish ment in the country offers greater security, or, perhaps, better facilities for the purpose, than the General Post office. VOLUNTEER RIFLE CORPS.—The volunteers of Liver pool and its neighbourhood attended divine service yesterday afternoon, at Christ Church, Hunter-street. The Liverpool volunteers, accompanied by the Old Swan and Birkenhead corps, occupied the body of the church, and the spacious galleries were well filled, by a numerous congregation. Full cathedral service was perfOrmed, the choir for the occasion being strengthened by the accession of that from St. John the Divine, Fairfield. The sermon was preached by the Rev. J. W. Twist, incumbent, who took his text from Matthew 22nd chapter 20th verse, " Render unto exsar the things that are Cwsar's, and unto god the things that are God's." After discoursing at some length on the scriptural beauty of the passage, as exemplifying the supreme wisdom of the Redeemer, the preacher pro ceeded to remark on the necessity of being on the alert. He said the professions of our continental neighbours paper of Wednesday, a flourishing account of an intended laying of the foundatio: water tower at Oxton, under the n Shrewsbury and Talbot, in connexion with the Wirral water scheme, and that it is to be followed up by a grand di Back Ferry, which will be .knded by the magistrates and grandees Will you permit me to inquire jectors or directors of this rota' affair, have condescended to inform this high-minded nobleman that, o: the very day Monday), it has been so very adroitly arranged to deposit this watery-fountain stone, which is to represent the united admiration of every township named in the act-• .-Tranmere in- cluded,---that on that very day (Monday next), nay, at the very moment, this rejoicing of all hearts is pretended to take place, Tritnmere, the next township—the only paying part of the wkole district, on account of its population and wealth— in the Wirral Water Act, to exempt iti inhabitants from all connection with the company. That clause, inserted by the House of Lords, declares that if the inhabitants of Tranmere .g of the act, adopt he Local Governme shall, within six months after that period, declare their tendons to erect their own water works to do so, and shall in nowise subject to the pro- ins of the Wirral Water Act. Let me also inquire f these projectors and directors have informed his lordship that Tranmere has defeated this ever-memorable company at three public meetings, by majorities ranging from 4 and 5 to 1, as well as by a large majority upon a poll of the voters ; that they have no doubt of again doing so, next week, by a still more decisive majority ? I have only one more question to ask these projectors and directors, which is : Ilav , t they informed his lordship that eight-tenths of the inhabitants of Tranmere belong to the artiia ad working classes ; that to their utmost against the nhabitants public demonstration, that may have poor man of his birthrigh of a body of selfish obedient servant, be last to countenance, by his presence, any ;t of robb' d placing its value in the pockets speculators.—l am, sir, your W. WARING PERRY POST-OFFICE SAVINGS' B:LNKS, TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN DAILY TIMES. SIR,—It gives rcie 1 there is a probability of the mac'elnery of the st-offtee being available for savings' banks. It is stated, I observe, that the proposition emanates from Mr. Sikes, of the Huddersfield Banking Company, who has just published a letter on the subject addressed to the present Chancellor of the Exchequer But, several years since, I had the honour of addressing a letter, suggesting the same plan and the same rate of interest, viz., 6d. per annum for every pound deposited—to his Grace the Duke of Argyle, at that time Postmaster-General, which letter was duly acknowledged by Mr. Hill, at the desire of his grace I only allude to the subject to show that it is not new, as you suppose, and this the authorities at St. Martin's-le-Grand can verify.—Yours, &c., GEO. WCORQUODALE Liverpool, Oct 1,1859 Sporting Intelligturt. RACING FIXTURES, 1859. OCTOBER. 3 Newmarket, 8.0 Ipswich 5 kelso 4 Newmarket, H NOVEMBER. ... 1 Liverpool Autumn.... .... 4 Shrewsbury Autumn Felton Royal Caledonian Hunt and -- Perth Richmond Bedford ... Worcester Autumn. Upton-on-Severn Hereford :t t ,,i l+ ll 9 d tinril :r e ee l r ;v• LATEST BETTING. CESAREWITCH STAKES. 11 to 1 against Artless. 15 to 1 against Gaspard. 20 to 1 against Clydesdale. 25 to 1 against Yorkshire Grey. 25 to 1 against Borderer. 25 to 1 against Petra. 25 to 1 against Royal Sovereign, 30 to 1 against Prioress. 30 to 1 against Magnum. 100 to 3 against Heiress. 100 to 3 against Vanity. 40 to 1 against Target. 40 to 1 against Argosy. 40 to 1 against Tunstal Maid• 40 to 1 against Moorcock. East• 40 to 1 against Star of the Zest -." - -.' st Compromise. 50 to I again 55:200 to wt t 0 0 11 1. a g sa. g a 2 : 7' CAMBRIDGESHIRE. 100 to 8 against North Lincoln. o t o 1 against Artless. 25 to 1 against Volta. 25 to 1 against Penalty. 25 to 1 against Maud. t t Wildgrave. 30 to 1 against Ariadne. 100 to 3 against Hal O'Kirkness. 50 to 1 against Benbow. THE DERBY, 1960. No change. PEDESTRIANISM NUTTALL AND KEARNET, 200 YARDS MATCH FOR £5O These men untended on Saturday, at the Preston. Borough Gardens, when Nuttall won by three yards, the attendance being one of the largest ever seen here.