The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-12-15 00:00:00

, U ;-., INCOME TAX lr 1 2 T TY1E EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMM hereread of various meetings else retative to the unfair exaction ofsthe Income 14. 4 ' wherewith " our representatives" have blessed the a sk You why has not Liverpool taken a step blßeane direction I have seen reports of 4 - y e t e t ti ngs elsewhere, in which the present oppressive The a 1 has been co n d emne d, and with good reason. ork t i i 4 gurilents made use of by the various speakers !s o 8 subjeet are generally good, but none more • at r those which point to the injustice of taxing aeoz i „, e , "Ault per centage, incomes derived from k er : l "ted or invested property, at the same rate as th e tbults and others,who have precarious incomes : tit o ,„,,, tt er /nay have one or two good years, and the fir e C i fi or third may be bad. Now I will take the be that his net income is according to the l' l t°aB instructions appended in the broad sheet i z, instruct s you how to make " your return" — 4 (14 1'1 , 11 i :1M are to put in and what you are to 'Va s £3,000 or £ 3OO nex;ett . F " ..• 1,000 or 100 Th. I lls third ••• ••• • nil nil trld" three added, give an average of 1,333 1 6s 8 b , our r " t his he is assessed by the same (enacted y the re his at the present RATE of is 41 in t kittt ind, OT say 901 :-901 or thereabout , but no Prin, th ,',as to th e exac t a mount to 101.—'cis to the t he c r e object to, as will appear by revers in g foll ow " -- viz., the merchant or trader in the two mo re -n i g Years h as t wo bad ones— in other words , t ore,• l3 ,„` ai elY understood, he loses money — there . pi a ' In stead of having to return an Income (in fair has to support his family and current 111 ,14/ a , - 2, 68 of his busines, out of his previott , ly accun bliai-t4 capjfai, or that with which he started i ti T e , 6B - This I prove by the following figures : . W i ne stated at first ... £3,000 or £3OO I° losses of ... ..• ••• 1,000 or 100 A tosses 1.000 or 100 the following " 2,000 or 200_ Yekrs , e h " to pay again on his average of T HRE E which will stand thus : G • aln, the first year ... £3,000 or £3OO Loss " . £l,OOO or £l OO w- o 2000 or 200 ter b e ,, t ,hec divide an average thus, according to or 41 0 . T t ed instructions referred to, viz :—£l,ooo 1 the to Pay on—to the Government—whereas hi t t r ra der has, on the average, gained nothing by ove r , 3, and thus he pays hii Income Tax twice dttoi n l v .en, in fact, he i 8 SINNING money and re ut als capital. Beet 4„, ' ix this the case with the man who has a tr ."'alated an d i nveste d capital—say in land, or ?ther i nvestment t h at i s equa lly permanent? " 14 01 4i ttcla Y not; and what I have stated, as it re -BpelieTilerohants and traders' incomes, is equ all y te. ble to prof e s s ional ones. io 5140 4 this, there are another class which are . igui to co ntributo rs , b u t m ost unfairly so, to this int l adti a t ir nPost. I mean salaried clerks , a most laer,i;" l24l B class, and on whom nearly all our lorl l V ln ta and principal traders have to d e p end 1:10 0 , - °Wing how their houses stand; but yet, these u ldustrious, hard worked men —having a j'n an average, say of £2OO per an.. 111 have to contribute to the Income Tax 4 ..„ 0 , R,Ari noe s „ proportion as their " Merchant t ., :is,,a n ,ii _s:l.e.e s masters, who sack their net ro• ko rt , — . 7 or £3 , 000 to £50,000 per annum, or eve n . than my figures point to. Now, is p oin t air, Mr. Editor ? But I have yet another l th e ; 4 ‘ o urge on your a tt e ntion, and thereby to ca.l 14 00 "‘ t ention of the industrial community. The or e Tax was levied by the Ho use of Commons,s pre ss s o - called representatives of the pe o p le , at it ilt hieh rate, for one year after the rat i fica tion tio n • e w — „„ e, from th e s t h o f April. Now, this rat i fies 1 44 4 ; 58 delayed until one day after (or two or three, t iler 1, - „ c ' t noW well remember) the sth of April, Posee-ft giving the government an occasion to im i D ah 'i,"'s unjust collection of revenue to fatten -1 and other poverty stricken dependants that. Gov ernment, and to pay other extravagant 11 04 " and ill spent money on the late war, to s ay b red tape of the extra charges incurred therein y or oth i l e and. o ffi ce blunders, as which any Liver po o l .t house would have been ashamed of , bu com e e s e matters are past offences, and have been t Dre ser , lll . ll ed. I forbear to go further into the m . a atiN t - `• My object in writing to y sir, is to 9o o d your pen to get the merchant princes of " the 1 0 , 4 t ti town" to bestir themselves, and as they have 13 sir" °PPortunity of setting that example to the a 1t .„ t ,, 84 Pub/i 0 which such an influential set of ir l d t riants should have done, they should now be tliog ced ' t to act as good Henchmen, and back up to t l e t . w ho have preceded them. In fine, it comes gen e „ ls , Mr. Editor :—We are not far off from a ti lei .4 ' election, and the electors have it with in 4 toe a r " 1 power to remedy the evils I have briefly savoured to bring to their notice in this letter. s o y "lee to them is, elect, nor promise a vote to r s liku l n‘ f r :xot\r, 01r 8 f ei ,cuas whoTarge taEes proportio nsewws assessors, extinctiono olrsm, not oaa uf y ociv fpo, which r tinihe e cdce r hyo iemonhniei himself ti e i s aig e t s xoo l e f eu / fessfoot Income fattentheircc to collectors. an tai tome the inquisitorial nature of the tax, the manner a Q thParties over pay to sustain their rotten credit, 1 4 9 . 1 ,2 Bankrupt Court has made manifest, and d u e s others to under pay, who have the courage to b orn " , these two leave much of the burthen to be t 4 t) ;tee e 13 3' the conscientious trader and merchan t, °tilers, whose income is freced from them by aaekc co mpanies and the government , through the °f 4. °f- --ingland (as their agents for t he p a y ment ease lvid end money), and in all these , a nd other of ten submit to the payment or deduction of ' c anis - t rie q ual impost rather than expose their cir teoiniallees, or submit to the vexatious forms to theb7 l3l what has been unjustly withdrawn from Several cases of this latter description tt u e ,,,Z ° lne under my own notice as an executor. Iqb - 1" 11 will exercise your powerful pen on thi s . altiri b c- continuously, for without its being (with. t 6 ba j .j . f harped on" we shall not get a movement t° any avail. Our merchants who get 1,0001 . 11011 - 4"" °1 . to 100 , 0001. per annum will not stir "Bin es g ~1 11a de ashamed of their poorer neighbours s ad FLEECED" by exactions from hard earned, Pitch:t 4l at smaller incomes. Remember, sir, to wjaholto , wh o ' divers times and often," the men .t, Wheti," er ecifter to represent us in parliamen a1 t0, ",7t they be Liberals or Tories. Remember, ewes the Test word must be, " income Tax or no . In ' 0 111 unless equitably adjusted" No Oandid . ate ti lt ol e .,! 4ll °lved to escape from clearly expressing of sotP°llll hereon when he comes to the point -c ` tin g Your votes —Yours, dre. Liv A MERCHANT OF LIVERPOOL. er POOl s Dec. 12, 1856. A - Mr, E . 17I'AL HUSII&ND.—The Manchester city coroner, Itid... e . e nerford held an inquest on Friday , at his court, Ella 1 -14, on the body of Mary Ann Jones, the wife of ll tifort One s, of 30, Back Turner street, aged 48 . The vi kob uhate deceased, according to the evidence of her lc,„ a rf, Was ill treated and neglected by her husband. On until .7 she was in a very bad state, and gradually sink usbajeadaY, when she died. Last Saturday night her "° 1 came home drunk, and because the nephew was ir e 4 'f 4•".Ait,t little he could for his au nt, the husband ill that h ilt. The wife was so frightened on that occasion hea` Nat fea re d s h e wou ld die then. From the evidence r'eartAfr. At the poor woman died from disease of . the the time of her death she was in a most destitute iq u '"°n, there being even no bedclothes to cover her. The /lad e lt was delayed until Friday to find the husband, who t aitle auso on Sc onded, but his whereabouts has not yet been ascer kelie'' It transpired in the course of the enquiry that a m r. ll certificate of the cause of death had been given by l 'ilur n l !Y le Y to enable the deceased to be buried. The j ur y add" - a verdict in ac cordance with the medical evidence 4r, p e . i .o at the inquest, and the coroner and jury censured 4 ttee c r ItYley, surgeon, who incorrectly certified that he L avin ed dece ase d , an d t h a t s h e died of acute bronchitis, he vc g Only seen her once, and while in a dying state. ate OE OBTAININ G( MONEY BY FALSE PRETENCES a'an '" a iSH°P ß NEics —Mary Anne Murphy, who was re. v ar i o e ' on the charge of obtaining money flnd goods from ttie e tl o B ,PeoPle, by fradulently representing that she was the eou nt ,. ,;ho Right Rev. the Bishop of Cloyne and Roe s , to th e 'y \' ‘ ork, Ire'and, and that she was entitled to property 'tit() value ef £3,000, of which she was shortly coming posse s • Joh ri , possession was again brought up on Friday, before Sir "Illsgrove, for the further investigation. Several fresh 4 51, 3 :4 against the prisoner were gone into, after which Sir u!grove decided on remanding the prisoner till to ow (Tuesday). F THE NORTHERN TIMES.--LIVERPOOL, MONDAY. GOSLING v. R T AN H C E COMPANY NEW NATIONAL E . TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMES. Sir,—The leading article in your paper of to day, referring to the romarks of the Courier on the above case, induces me to hope that you will not think unworthy of insertion a brief recapitulation of the leading features of the case. For my own part, I think that the attention of assurers, and intending assurers, cannot be too urgently directed to it. The case is one in which the payment of a life policy of insurance is resisted by the company issuing it, and the grounds of resistance, divested of technicalities, are, " intemperate habits on the part of the individual whose life it insured," and " concealment of facts in the form of proposal for insurance, which it was important the company should know." Of the first plea, suffice to say that, after an abortive attempt to substantiate it by evidence, it was withdrawn by the company ; but let any one whose lite is insured, and who may not from childhood have been a strict teetotaller, pon der well on the possible result of a searching inquiry into his private habits with a view 0 the repudia tion of his policy, and then compare the probable value of his policy with that of the assured in the case now alluded to, who, according to the evidence adduced, was never known to be drunk. Ou their second plea the company were more fortunate, and succeeded in inducing the jury 'to confirm their repudiation of all responsibility under the policy The plea, as before mentioned, is, " Concealment of facts in the form of proposal, which it was important the company should know" —the fact concealed being that the life proposed for insurance had been already declined by another office. At the first glance this may seem a fair ground for disputing the validity of the policy, but a closer examination will, I think, lead to a far dif ferent conclusion. It must be premised that the assured, although a large and successful trader, could neither read nor write. The blank form of proposal was filled up by the agent of the company, and, according to his state ment (now of course impossible to be denied), at the dictation of the intending assurer, now deceas ed. This agent, on behalf of the company, his principals, testifies that the important fact concealed in the proposal was well known to him, ho being also the agent to the company referred to as hav ing previously declined the life, when offered to him through his agency ! Imagine this individual receiving the premiums on a policy he knew to be invalid, and prepared at the proper time to furnish to his principals the evidence to enable them to repudiate it. Remember, too, that his assertion as to the suppression of a fact in a document written by himself concerns a man who could neither read nor write, and is, of course. beyond contradiction, the man being dead, and I think your readers will agree with me, that sufficient cause exists to excite in the minds of all, who by life assurance are endeavouring to forestall the future, grave doubts as to the wisdom of their proceeding. Whether we look to the two pleas in the case I have narrated, or to the thousand points existing in all companies' policies on which a repudiation may be founded, the conclusion is the same—no policy exists whose validity or utter worthlessness may not depend on the whim or interest of the company issuing it. It is not the first time that the over-zeal of an agent, in securing an assurance, has led to the repudiation of the policy by the company—his principals, and your just structures on a recent case of this description, induce me to hope that you will not think the present one unworthy of notice.—l am, sir, your obedient servant, A Lo OXE R-ON. Liverpool, 13th December, 1856. A NARROW ESCAPE IN A CHAPEL.—On Sunday even. ing an accident, which might have been attended with fatal consequences, occurred in Mount Zion chapel, Birmingham. The Rev. Charles Vince, the minister, was approecbing the conclusion of his sermon, a few minu'es after eight o'clock, when suddenly a large quantity of plaster beading encircling some scroll work in the centre of the ceiling, fell into the body of the chapel. It was at first th , ught that the roof was giving way, and many of the females present uttered piercing screams, but the gentlemen present cried out there Was uo danger, and deai rc- the utplicuue to keep their seats. The plaster which fell struck against the front part of the pew in which sat Mr. David Neal (of the firm of Neal and Tonks,butten manufacturers),with several members of his family. Mr. Neal narrowly escaped losing his life, for, bad the falling mass struck him on the head, it must have fractured hie skull, as it weighed at least sixty pounds, and de4cended from a height of between thirty and forty feet. It grazed his nose, struck him lightly on the knees, covered him and his son with dust, and smashed to pieces a small wooden projection in front of him, used to deposit books upon. The heavy border plaster kept its form until it came into contact with the pew, and was then broken into pieces, some of which weighed fire pounds. A great many ladies fainted, and the excitement was so great that the preacher deemed it right to dismiss his congregation as soon as the benediction could be pronounced. Careen LIVINGS FOR SALE.—The Ecclesiastical Gazette contains a large number of benefices in connection with the church of England for sale ; but it is a singular fait that, although there are a large quantity of benefices ode , ed for sale, and all of them are fully described, no name is men tioned in a single instance. The following are among the number :—" A rectory and vica ra g e, five miles from the market town of Sleaford, of which the present incumbent is a gentleman aged 63, and who has lately expended a large sum in making the vicarage house a most comfortable family residence replete with every convenience ; the population of the united benefice does not exceed 600 ; and the rectory, which comprises less than onesthird of the population is distant about four miles from the vicarage ; the net annual income is £800." " A very de-irable living in the midland counties, within about two milts of a railway, in a healthy and delightful situation ; the populati. n is under 1,500 ; the tithe commutation amounts to about £5OO net." " A rectory situate in an agricultural district, income £7OO ; population moderate." " An important living, situate wi• bin 32 miles of London, income £1,400 asyear, exclusive of parsonage house and grounds, incumbent between 60 and 70 years of age." " A rectory, of the annual value of £4BO, with good parsonage house, surrounded by a glebe of 21 acres of rich meadow land, in one of the most interesting and beautiful districts of the county of Hereford ; society good ; age of present incumbent 50, price moderate." " A rectory, situate in a southern county, with excellent house and grounds, with a net income from rent charge and glebe of about £650 ; present incumbent's age, 76." " A living within a short ride of London, with a superior parsonage house on its own grounds ; net income, £BOO aayear ; the present incumbent between 60 and 70 years of age." " A most eligible living, in a beautiful part of the west of Eng• land, with superior parsonage house, offices, and grounds annual value upwards of £9OO ; present incumbent 80 years of ar." These are specimens of some 60 or 70 livings in the market at the present time, some of which seem to promise early possession, as the incumbents have long since passed the age ordinarily alloted to man. " THE NEW SAFETY INKSTAND.—We could scarcely believe that we had to contend with to many minor grievances in writing until this admirable invention was brought to our notice. It exempts your ink from mildew, evaporation, dust, and oxidation, and at the same time prevents the pen from becoming overcharged."—The Irtsbech Advertiser.—Price is Bd, 2s 6d, 3s, and 3s 6d each. —Advt. AS MANTLES and JACKETS are so very generally worn this Season, J. MAC LENNAN, 36, CHURCH STREET, (Orrosm PARKER-STREET), Has made arra , gement' to have a Case of Paris MANTLES and JACKETS, in Velvets, Reversible Cloths, and all the other Fashionable Materials, delivered Every Week for the next Two Months • therefore, t h ose Ladles desirous of having the Fashions' as soon as they make their appearance in Paris, combined with moderation in prices, are respect fully solicited to inspect the Stock. ing JU sh S o T ut ß 7 E oo CE is l i V A E N T L f E ro s m London Two Cases Contain 4s. I id. commencingMANTLES, arily Low Price of at the extraord'n- SHAWL AND MANTLE WAREHOUSE, OPPOSITE PARKER STREET. ZIL A /si A C RA D Enl OF ID NAVIGATION AND NAUTICAL ASTRONOMY, _ . ABLY ASSISTED, PRACTICALLY. BY CAPTAIN A. MACNAUGHTAN, ACADEMY, and the LIVERPOOL MASTER MARINERS' ASSOCIATION'S ROOMS 24, GREAT GEORGE-SQUARE, LIVERPOOL . •„. Ingaire for full copy of prospectus at any of the Opticians, THE TALBOT CASE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE STANDARD. SIR.—It was not my intention to have resumed my pen in reference to this case further than to express my satisfaction that it is now in the far abler hands of your correspondent " Cujus," and the gratitude which, in common with every lover of justice, I feel to yourself for your powerful ad= vocacy of the cause of truth and innocence, I believe with you that the victory is won, and that public opinion has already reversed the decis ion of the three law lords. My object in now addressing you is to seek your assistance to solve a riddle which perplexes me more, the more I consider it. Who and what is Mrs. Tennant, alias " Mrs. Truman ?" That she was all along the agent to Mr. Talbot there can be no doubt. The single fact that, whilst in her correspondence with myself (I have dozens of her letters in my possession) she was expressing the utmost abhorrence of Mr. Talbot, she sent copies .of that very correspondence to Mr Talbot's attorney, is conclusive upon this. Whilst this correspondence was carried on by her under the name of " Truman" with myself and the Rev. Mr Gage, the other brother-h.-law of Mr. Adair, the Rev. Mr. Kemmis, through whose hands it passed, swears he never knew that she went by the name of " Truman" at all I well remember, is one of my early interviews with her, when, in answer to her inquiries as to Mrs. Talbot's family, of whom she either was, or professed to be, in entire ignorance, I told her that her father, M. M'Causland,was a deputy lieutenant of his county, that one sister was married to Mr. Senior, the commissioner of poor laws, another to Mr. Vaughan, of Harrow, another to a son of Mr. Bright of Abbots Leigh, and another to my brother, she paused for a moment, and then said, as if thinking aloud, " Oh ! then they are not sach snobs as he says." Who was the he? I supposed at the time that it referred to something which she had heard from Mrs. Talbot of the slighting way in which her hus band had spoken of her family. Now, I am die posed to think it referred to some more direct commun:cation. To Mr. Gage and myself she was " Mrs. Tru man." To Mr. Kemmis Mrs. Talbot was " Mrs Armstrong ;" in the house she was " Marie ;" and there was, and perhaps still is, another unhappy prisoner, who passes by the nam e of " Rosa." There was an Italian maid serva , t in the estab lishment, and a " Helen A." Never, surely, in one house were so many persons collected, each passing under an "alias!' That I was for months the dupe of her artifices I freely admit. Any one of your readers who can honestly say he has never reposed a mistaken confidence in a woman is entitled to a laugh at my expense. To detail a tenth part of the arts which she employed to throw dust in my eyes, would occupy half your paper. At last she threw off the mask, locked the door in the face of Mrs. Talbot's sister, Mrs. Tertius Paget, denied that she N‘as in her house at all, and then surrendered her pri soner, with hardly decent clothes, and with all the precaution which befitted a lunatic or a dumb animal ! This is not the first time that Mrs. Tennant's name has appeared, and her establishment been referred to, in a court of justice. One of the wit nesses in the Achilli case came from the House of Mercy, at Windsor, recommended to Mts. Achilli by Mrs. Tennant." If the story told by this woman was true, after being a common prostitute, and having professed to have been reformed at the establishment of Mrs. Tennant, she lived for five months in adultery with Achilli in the same house with his wife. That was her own story. If true, she was infamous ; if false, more infamous Now, passing over Mr. Talbot and Mr. Adair, I did the Rev. Robert Gage , a nd the Rev. George Kemmis deliberately place Mrs. Talbot in an asylum for common prostitutes, and leave her there, concealed from her friends, for six months? Who. I ask, is Mrs. Tennant, alias " Mrs. Truman ?" What is the nature of her establishment? Is it a private lunatic asylum, or is it a reformatory for prostitutes ? Or is it simply a place where any gelideman who wish es Lu get. rill Of ills wife may have her placed in seclusion, under a false name, whilst he procures a divorce in the Ecclesiastical Court ? If any of your readers can answer these ques tions, they may very possibly further the ends of justice. I shall have pleasure in contributing to the same object by giving every information and assistance in my power to any father or brother who may have reason to suppose that " Rosa" is some unhappy daughter or sister who has been spirited away to that " House of Mercy," which Mrs. Talbot " took for hell," and believed she was consigned to by the devil in the shape of the Rev. Mr Kemmis. One thing is certain. An insane person has been confined for six months without any legal authority, under a feigned name, in the house (f a woman who passes by an "alias." Beyond that, all is mystery.— I am, Sir. your obe dient servant, JOHN PAGET. 3, Brick court, Temple, Dec. 10, 1856 [The Stand ,rd of Saturday, in giving insertion to the above, introduces the letter with these re marks :—" We feel that we do not, in inserting the letter, deviate from our premise of suspending original remarks or the communications of anony mous correspondents. The writer gives his name, and his 'noble conduct,' acknowledged by the House of Lords. gives the highest possible authority to that name.''] FATAL COLLIERY ACCIDENT.—Mr. E Herford, city coroner, held an inquest at his court, Ridgefield, on Friday, on the body of John Monks, aged 21, of Kersley, near Bolton, who was employed at Mr. Jacob Fletcher's Clifton colliery in wasgoning. On the 18 hof November last, he was pursuing his ordinary avocations in the Moss pit, when the chain attached to two waggons, to which he was attending, snapped, the waggons ran back upon hire, and broke his right leg. As soon as might be he was removed to the infirmary, bit eventually died from the injury he then sustained. Evis dente was given to show that the chain was stronger than are used for the same purpose in another part of the colliery, and that there must have been some flaw in it incapable of detection. Upon the evidence, the jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death." BLUNDERS OF ENOLI9II. JouasmisTe.—English writers should really let Scotch matters alone ; for, to use a homely phrase, whenever they write upon them, they are sure to " put their foot in it." Examples are not wanting. Not many weeks ago, Mr. Sala, in Household Words, spoke of crossing the Grampian hills from Northumberland, and so entering Edinburgh ! The Examiner, not long ago, in reviewing Mr. Massey's volume, spoke of Craigcrook castle, the residence of the late Lord Jeffrey, as a ruin. The Saturday Review talks of the same place as the residence of an eminent acconcheur. The Edinburgh Directory says it is the house of John Hunter, Eq., auditor of the Court of Session. Not many weeks ago the Times did not know the difference between James and Professor Aytoun. Punch is of course a privileged joker, but his j Ike! against Scotland are often marred from his ignorance of the people and their habits ; nor will. his shabbiness in criticising all ill written advertisements as a part of a Scottish penny paper be soon forgotten. This was a piece of trickery that he of the hump could have easily dispensed with. In fact, the Eiglish gentlemen of the press should leave the Scottish thistle alone. Let them remember Remo use impune laces it.— North:Briton. CARDSHARPERS IN GLASGOW.—Our cotemporary, the North British Daily Mail, of Friday contains the following : I —"B inds of these vagabonds continue to haunt the steam boat quay, the railway station, and indeed everywhere in this quarter where they are likely to fall in with victims.— On Tuesday, in the gloaming, one of them stopped a young man at the foot of !Manse Lane, and politely asked him if he knew when the train left for Ayr. He then pressed the stranger to go with him into a spirit shop at hatd, to par take of lemonade. They were scarcely seated when other two of the gang entered, and then a third, who professed to be a pedlar, and, pretending to be strangers to one and other, the peeler tried to force a sale of a mock silver pencil-case, not worth 2d, for 7s 6d. He then produced cards, and the other fellows appeared to fight shy. They then played with each other for flash noes, but could not induce the stranger to join ; and at length he got out of their company by pro mising to go to fetch some money to play with them. Thus the mode of operation pursued by the rascals may be under stood. They contrived to defraud a man, a few nights ago, out of £7 in a spirit shop in the neighbourhood of the rail way station. From the great passen i ger traffic going on between the steamers and the railway, even at this season of the year, they evidently find this locality congenial to their calling ; and we repeat our warning to travellers, to beware of their machinations. MONETARY AND COMAIEaC.Af. LIVERPO^L, SATURDAY EVENING. We have not any change to notice in our Cotton Market to-day. The demand keeps quiet, but steady, and as there is a good supply, prices are well sustained. This day's sales are estimated at 5,000 bales,' of which 5)0 were taken by exporters and speculators. Surats sold at 4d to 5-td, Maran ham 71d, Pernambuco 'ld, and Egyptian 71 per pound. The Liverpool Share Market was rather inactive today. Few sales were made, and prices favoured the buyers. We quote Caledonians 31 , 1 t, Lanca shire and Yorkshire 97A East Lancashire 21i Great Western 691 70, London and North Western Stock 1051 106, Midland Stock 821 t, South Eastern 221 22 he settlement of the account is going forward, and the rates of " Contangoes" were to day much the same as reported yesterday, so that we need not here requote them The Manetary proceedings of the week now closed, justify the hope so generally entertained, that we have entered upon a quiet restoration of financial ease. Nevertheless, there is not at present any reason to anticipate that the Bank of England will reduce its rate of interest for a time longer. The demand for Money, is sufficiently active both in the discount market and the stock exchange, to maintain the value of general accommodation at the quotation to which the minimum was lately modified, besides, it is believed that the ordinary inquiry for loans, &c, apart from any extra pressure arising from the late exceptional state of things, will induce the direc tors to hesitate before they make any further relaxation. Although a considerable portion of the gold by the True Briton is finding its way into the bank, the circumstance that purchases continue to be made on continental account, would tend to show that the pressure abroad had not wholly subsided. Should, therefore, another t per cent have been taken off, the rate, it is thought, would enlarge the contracts which are known to be open for the supply of the Bank of France and the Credit Mobilier. Such assistance would be speedily made available, if the expense could be in a measure reduced, and it would only require a further partial alteration to cause the capitalists on this side to recommence those transactions on a much more extensive scale. The supply of capital ih Lombard-street is pretty equal to the demand ; but, according to the representations of the leading bankers and brokers, advances will not be obtained for the next week or so much under the current rate of the Bank of England. The enquiry for silver for shipment to the East has partially diminished, and owing to the reduction by the lion East India Company in the rate of exchange for bills on Presidencies, the quotation for that metal has declined. It is now thought that the remittances by the next mail will not be so large as previously ; and should further advices from India and China record a favourable movement in the exchange at Shangbae and Canton, it may be presumed that the enormous amounts trans mitted since the beginning of the year will not continue to be sent away. The Public Securities have been rather flat to day, and the dealings therein limited. This is, however, chiefly attributed to the nature of the outstanding engagements, as there are no adverse circumstances to warrant a decline. On the contrary, there are such indications of a steady recovery in financial affairs as would at any other period but the present have stimulated extended speculation for an advance in values. Now, how ever, as usual, just at the termination of the year, every one appears desirous of curtailing their operations, and the steady improvement in the resources of the national establishments, above referred to, produces no beneficial effect on the Funds. Consols opened at 95i and advanced to 051. and subsequently receded to 951, Closing steadi yat Mt 95k. The New 3 per Cents left off at 93'4 to On. The Reduced 93' to 93;1- Exchequer Bills were ss. to Bs. premium, and Bank Stock held at 217 to 218. The subjoined statement shows the fluctuations in Consols during the week ending this after- noon : Lowest Highest Closing prium prices. prices. Monday ... . Money 94a 944 944 Account .. 933- 94 931 Tuesday ......Money .. 94 941-, 941 Account .._ 933 931 931 Wednesday... Money 941 shut 94 Account .. 931 94 94 Thursday ..Money siva Account 931 Friday ....Money ... shut Account .. 937 Saturday ....Money shut Account 931 931 This being making up day in the London Railway Share Market, the business transacted has been very limited, and most of the principal lines ruled at rather lower quotations. Caledonians were done at 611 62. Eastern Counties, 91 9: Great Northern, 90 to 91. Great Western, 69 to 691. Lancashire and Yorkshire, 96a to 961. Bri g hton, not to 1111. North Western, 1051 to 1051 South Western, 1071 to 108. Midland, 82 to 821. North Stafford, 121 to 121 South Eastern, 73 to 74. The Foreign and Colonial lines are very inactive, and no alteration can be quoted in prices, Great Central of France being 41 to 5 prem. Northern of France, 371 371. Paris and Lyons, 54 to 541. Grand Trunk of Canada are 111 11?-, ; and Great Western of Canada, 241 241. Euphrates Valley are dealt in at 1 to 1 prem. Towards the afternoon there was a further decline in the prices of most of the leading lines :—Caledonian closed at 621. Eastern Counties at 9 1 9 :. Great Northern , 881. Great Western, 68/. Lancashire and York shire, 974. Brighton, 110; North Western, 105; South Western, 1071 Midland, 821 North Bri tish, 391. North Eastern, Berwick, 83; ; and South Eastern, 73 to 731. The value of the precious metals arrived during the past wet k have hi en about 480,0001., of which D 60,000 has been from Australia, 5,0001. from the coast of Africa, 4,0001. from South America, and 112 0001. from New York. The following are the particulars of the week's import :—By the Flora (s) from Oporto, 15 cases 2 pkgs. silver coin ; the Fanny, from Cape of Good Hope, 1 case of specie ; the True Briton from Melbourne, 90,000 ozs of gold, 360,0001; the Tamar (s) from the Brazils, 3,940/. ; the Europa (s) from America, 560,000, dole. or 112,4001 ; the Gambia (a) from Africa, 1,269 ozs. of gold, or 5,0501. During the same period the exports, as far as they are known, have not been very extensive, and have consisted chiefly of shipments through the London Custom House, to the extent of about 214,0001, independent of private remittances of gold to Paris. The Avon, for the Brazils, took 166,0001, and the Tagus, for the Mediterranean, 15.1161 The accounts from the manufacturing districts do not show any material change from last week. Our Leeds advices of this afternoon inform us that several large buyers have been in the town during the current week, and although they have pro fessedly been looking out mostly for something rather under the market, yet we understand they have operated to a considerable extent in some of the wholesale warehouses. The country trade is quiet, but a moderate business is doing in the shipping houses. On the whole, the woollen trade continues in a satisfactory state. At Bradford there is equally as much firmness manifested in the wool department as last week, and the high prices which then ruled have been fully maintained. At Manchester the advance in the India and China departments, which, in the beginning of the week, scarcely amounted to Id per lb on yarns and 3d per piece on shirtings, is now certainly established at those figures, with a partial bias in excess of them, and indeed something more than a bias in certain sorts of shirtings ; but, of course, the sales are become very limited, because there is hardly anything to sell. There is a general disposition to look forward to the turn of the year, with an expectation of an improved trade ; for money is becoming easier, corn is slowly declining, and our customers are nowhere overstocked with yarns or goods. The wool markets of Hudders field and Rochdale have been very animated, and prices tend upwards. The flannel trade of the latter place is still dull, but the wills are said to - - 94 94 94 931 0t0,r45",a. be " running further time." In several instances, however, they are only working four days in the week. The lace trade of Nottingham is very inactive, owing to the continued dearness of money, and the manufacturers are principally engaged in taking stock. From Bir mingham we learn that a meeting of the iron and coal masters of the Wolverhampton district was held at the Swan hotel, in that town, on Wednesday afternoon, the purpose being to con sider the propriety of reducing the wages of the thin coal and stonemen in that part of the country 3d. por day. A lengthened discussion took place, but no decision was come to, it being resolved to postpone any definite reduction on the subject for a fortnight. It is very likely, however, that the reduction as proposed will be carried out, although the high prices of provisions makes the trade re luctant to adopt a proceeding of that character, especially at this period of the year. The vise in the price of copper announced last week has been followed by an advance. in the price of brass o three farthings per lb. in the metal. The Mining Journal of to-day contains the follow ing respecting Mining market—" For many months we have not been able to report upon so buoyant a market for shares as we have had during the last week. The difficulty now is to get shares in good mines, and not to sell them, as formerly, and we fully expect to see a further and considerable rise in prices, especially in copper and tin mines. Many mines which have hitherto paid good dividends must now increase them, and others which had been paying cost will be enabled, through the ad vance in copper, to give dividends. It will be acknowledged on all sides that the miner is deserving of this turn. The smelters have had it all their own way for many months, and, having laid in a good stock of ore at their own prises, have raised the metal 181 per ton, without, of course, supposing that the East India Company would soon be in the market for a large quantity of copper. The fo!lowing is taken from a London weekly produce circular issued this day : The colonial markets, which in the early part of the week were brisk, have closed fl itly. On Tuesday the sales of sugar went off with animation at fully 6d p-r cwt advance, but to day - there was very little inclination to purchase, and the rise has been barely maintained. The sales of coffee have been small, and rates are maintained. For the low qualities of rice there is a good demand, but good sorts have declined in value about 6d per cwt. Salt petre has been sold at about is per cwt reduction. Black pepper is id to M per lb lower ; and cassia lignea has been sold at 5s to 6s per cwt. below the previous currency. Very extensive operations have again occurred in tea, and prices are decidedly higher. The Euphrates Valley Railway Company have received advices which indicate that the affairs of the company were proceeding satisfactorily at Con stantinople. These accounts mention an anticipa tion that the Imperial firman, when obtained, will be lodged in the hands of the Turkish Ambassador in London until the preliminary stipulations of the contract shall have been fulfilled by the company The directors of the Ceylon Railway Company have issued a rather singular notification to the shareholders. Whilst announcing that the royal assent has been given to the ordinance confirming the agreement between the Ceylon government and the company, they also state that "in compliance with an address from the Ceylon legislature to her Majesty, a supplementary agreement has at the satne time been entered into, by which th prosecu- I (ion of the contract is rendered continl,ent upon the result of a re-survey, to be made at the exp3nso of the Ceylon government, showing that a railway can bo made from Colombo or its immediate vicinity, to the town or suburbs of Kandy, within or for the sum of 1,200,0001, by some line affording reasona ble prospect of fair return for the outlay." In con aequence of this modification of the original agreement, the directors made a formal offer to pay off at par any of the scripholders who may he desirous of withdrawing from the un lertaking. As the shares however, Stand in the market at nearly 30s prem on 11 paid, of course none of the holders will be inclined to accept par. We learn that the East India Companywill receive tenders on the 17th inst. for the conveyance of 84 tons of dead weight from England to Bombay, and of 400 tons of dead wight to Calcutta ; also for the conveyance of two pairs of marine steam engines, with their boilers, paddle-wheels, &e.,from England to Kurrachee. The Admiralty have notified that tenders will be received on the 10th instant, for the conveyance of stores (combustibles, filled gun cartridges, ball cartridges, masts, sails, coals, shot furnaces, live shells, biscuit, lime, carriage platforms, &c ), from the River Thames to Rio Janeiro, Auckland, Mel bourne, Jamaica, Antigua, Trincomalee, St. Helena, Cape Town, King William's Town, the Mauritius, Gibraltar, Malta, and Hoag Kong. On the 18th instant the Te,migration Commissioners will receive tenders for the hire of a ship to proceed to Ade laide. This vessel must be ready to receive passengers between the Ist and 7th of February next. Commerrtai Intelltynce. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET.—DEc. 12, There has been a quiet market fer cotton to day, the demand has been nilderate, supply ample, ani prices are without change. The sales—including 60 Pernambuco 7;,, 220 Maranhams 41, 150 Egyptians 73,d, 500 Surats 4ld to 5 1 ,d—are reported 5.000 b a l es , o f w hi c h 500 are on speculation and for export. AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE MARKET.—DEc. 13 Per stone, 2Qlbs. Per 9011os. a. d. •d. s. d. a. d.: Potatoes. Seedlings 36t0 3 9 Hay, 01d...... 0 8 to 0 84iDitto, Kemps .... 3 9 to 4 2 Ditto, new.. 0 6 to 0 8 Ditto, Whiterocks.. 3 0 to 3 2 Ditto, clover 0 6 to 0 7'Ditto, Balshaws .. 211 to 3 1 Green Clover Vetches 0 0 to 0 0 Ditto, cattle Straw, wheat 0 24 to 0 34' Per ton. Ditto, oat Ditto, barley .... 0 24 to 02i Carrots Oats, In straw .... 0 0 to 0 0; Mangle wuriel 17 0 to 19 0 'Manure (I to 7 •111.1,....1M,M1. LONDON TALLOW MARKET.—Drc. 13. The market is quiet at the following quotations : Town tallow, 58s nett cash ; Petersburg Y. C , on the spot, 593 ; all this month, 58s 6d ; January to March, 58s 6d to 9d. MARKET AVERAGES : Town tallow, 603 33; fat by ditto, 3s 24d ; yellow Russian, 60i 6d ; melted stuff, 453; rough ditto, 28s ; tallow graves, 17., ; good dregs, is. LONDON MINING MARBET.—DEc. 13. British mining stocks continuo to meet with a good business. The chief enquiry is for dividend descriptions. Alfred Consols and Great Wheal Alfred shares are also in demand: In the Stock Exchange, this morning, Sortridge Console shares are marked 14 and 2. Foreign and Colonial mining shares remain inanimate. Subjoined is a list of yesterday's transactions in the Mining Exchange :—Alfred Consols, 17, I ; Grambler and St. Aubyn, 105 ; Great Alfred, 121, 4, t, 4 1 ; Lady Bertha, 19s 6d, 20s 6d ; Providence, 70 ; Par Consols, 214, 4: Ped nandrea, 21s ; Pendeen, 20s ; Sortridge Consols, 2, it, 3 ; South Frances, 3524, 3578 ; West Frances, 21, 4 ; West Grenville, 4s. 53; Wheal Margery, 30s ; Wheal Grenville, 265, 27s ; Wheal Kitty (Lelant), 102, I ; Wheal Margaret, 40 ; Wheal Mary Anne, 44, 4,4, 4,4, 45 ; Wheal Trelawney, 15, 4,1; Wheal `trey, sg, 4. In the Stock Exchange :—Wheal Mary Ann, 42/,-; Al fred Consols, 164, 17 ; Sortridge Consols, 1 15 16, 2, 1-16, 2 ; Great Wheal Alfred, 12, 1,4, 4,1, 1 ; Par Consols, 214, ; Vale of Towy, 15s 6d, 163 lid ; Great South Tolgus, 134 Lelant Consols, 44 ; Nanteos, 178 6d ; Wheal Gren ville, 275. 28g. Santiago shares were rather more offered. In the metal market the demand for copper continues large, and the market is very healthy. In iron, the Welsh market for bars and rails is decidedly better, and an advance of 10s per ton has been established. There has also been a larger enquiry for other descriptions of manufactured iron. Scotch pigs are very firm at the quotations, the stock being scarcely more than half what it was this time last year. In lead there is no change, and the market dull. Spelter quiet, but firm. Tin—The prices of foreign have again advanced, and it is not unlikely that the price for English will be shortly raised. Tin plates in fair demand at full rates. _ The prospectus is issued of the Little Down and Ebber Rocks Mineral Mining Company, limited. This company is formed for the purpose of working an estate situate near Wells, in Somerset, and for " the developement of the resources of the Mendip Hills." It is mentioned that th e estate contains " vast deposits of manganese and iron in beds and veins, ochres, argentiferous lead ores, calamine and copper ores," &c„ and that the whole may be ap proached by edit. Reports and essays are appended, in confirmation of the value of the property. The capital is fixed at .00,000, in £5 shares, but it is mentioned that no call beyond the deposit of £2 per share is anticipated. CORK BUTTER I\l ARKET.—Dsc 13. The supply at mark e t to-day was extreme ly limited, ;~: ~. ZOl4 only 200 kegs and firkins, yet prices were unchanged, ♦is. —Firsts, 118 s ; Seconds, 117 s ; Thirds, 1068 ; Fourths, 102 s ; Fifths, 993 per cwt. GLASGOW PIG IRON MARKET.—DEC. 13. There is a moderate business, sales being reported at 72s 6d 0, en all December, and 72s 3d one month. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. LIVERPOOL, DECEMBRI 15. HIGH WATR rt. —hf Orn. 1 20 —Even. 1 41 —he►ght, 16 It• 9 in OFF THE PORT AND INWARD BOUND. Rydal, from Madras ; and Great Western, from New York. Dec. 12 AitEtivP.D. John ..... Quebec Ann Jones . P.R. Island Flint Castle .............. Neath Unicorn .............. Newport Enierpriae i~iaa..•. ...... Cardiff Martha . Carnirvon Betsey and Jessie ... ... Wicklow lk• a t er wtt ch Dublin Alma), ..Dublin I Thampion Opal..... Glasgow Dec 14. . Lisbon :ron Duke Newfoundland Henrietta and Clara.. Porto Plata' Lelia Jesse ht‘Farlane ......Aigras Ray Maha Ranee.. ...... ..Calcute Amtwand Jhe• on Rangoon Gambia (s.s.) Africa & Plymouth Dec. 13. Sandbat.h Demerara' (Orient ............. Monte Video lane . P F. Island lielois Nolte Bestir - 4101e Ro3ar na ICh wringee Calcutta IS'h 1 mrock ...... ['Humph .. Carnar von 1 fersev .. .. Glasgow Grimaldi .. Portland Glasgow knot( Dixon .. , Glasgow H. C. Rowden .. Strangford I Confidence .......... Waterford ;Victoria .... .......Ulverston• Lercothea 'Jew Orlean San( Arab;., John H0we11.... Belmont .....M obile' . New York St. Andrews ... St. John, N. H ~tar of the . outh .. .. .. Puiwash Ma , dor. .. Maria Louisa.. Gener.il Wyndham .. ___ Wentworth Thomazin ...... Ro-rance.". Golia'i Floren re . Leander Anne Baldwin Empire Para.;on „..Quebec'. Quebec Bathurst . BarcMonal . Seviile . .. Alex 4ndrip St. Atidrewb . Quebe, . Madresi . Calder:. . New Yori, SAILED. Franklin Sierra Leone Europa (s.) .. Melit t (s.s.).......Constantinop'e l ' , peed Mobile Protector.... • •.... Kingston. &c... l .iff v ......Barbadoes Grenalva— ...... ...... Bombay,Ziliah.. Valparaiso Wm. Rathb me New York Zialta Monte Video Confianee Sydney; Sirius Guatemala Latrpedo ........St. Joh.. N.8./Vigilant ... Ostend Empire State.. ..... .... New York,Commerze .... Ostend Coronet Valparaiso'l 7 rirgia Dec 14. ,Padyona Charleston Nonpareil PhiladelphiacJamet Husse:l Bomb y Tuscarora .... .... Philadelphic'satah Aurora New York Marianne .. ... ... Baltimore Anglo Saxon Dune (a.s.) . Havre 11 , Pat‘c Cincinnatus .. Calcutta Roiali. Isahe'la 11I'Leod Melbourne Alliance ......... ... ... Halifax Ide Admiral Prince Albert .... Datifc Sarah ............ Sardinian BombaylCoronet .. Venice Grey Oak New Orleans; Hephaibah .... Bangor Lydia . . ChariestoniCommerce .. Bangor North American.. Sea Lark James Ray.... Rinse .. .. . . LimalJohn and William .. Port Madoe ballah Rookh ..........CalcuttWDauntless ...., Carmarthen China . .. Baltimore' Dec. 13. ENTERED FOR LOADING. Dec. 19. 'Ancastria Pernambuco Lady Ebrington.. Arica and Isla) 1. & C. Jost mot . John's, N.F. Anne .. Constantinople tnglesea ....5L Thomas Firs' of May Aleppo Malts admiral Heidleburg OUTPORTS. Queenstown, Dee. 13 —Put in—Lady Campbell, from Quebec—. Allerto ~ Ross, from Leghorn for Liverpool—Flora, Quera. frori Shields for Cadiz, with loss of bulwarks. Newry, Dec. 11.—Arrived—Maria Roes, Adair, from Liverpool. Swansea, Dec ll.—Arrived—Rurncoose, Packet; and August, Lomas—both from Llverp 01. Truro, Dec I I.—Sailel—Reques', Rees; and Eleemosyna. Jones - both for Liverpool. Woodbridge, Dec. 12.—S ailed —Mary and Betsy, Bardwell, for LiveraPol. Whitehrven, Dec 12.—Arrived —Oetavia, Carr; and Capella, He 34 bath from Liverpool. Deal. Dec. 13.—Arrived—Childe Harold, Richardson, from Calcutta —Shailett, Peart, Penang—Cliudia. Peele, Demerara—Great Britain, kfontreal—Rot .er, Lobb, Monte Video—Ann, Taganrog— Annechtna orallint). Gravesend, Dec. 13.—Arrived—Trio, Foster, from Lisbon —Nene, Dawson, Watson, Denia—Walser Scott, Caldrey, New York— William and Mary Collins, Havre. Newport, D c. 1 i —Sided—Emily, Jones ; and Seafl3wer, Pieroe —both for Liverpool. Neath, Dec. l2.—Sailed—Emmo. Laura, Bennett; and Marls, Roberts—both for Liverpool. MARITIME EXT R.k CM Liverpool, Dec. 14.—The Cordelia. f r Halifax, sailed Dec. 2, has put back —The Baltic, which arrived on Friday last from Nast Yo•k. came th•ou2h the Nort'i Channel. On the sth, of t►e skerrymore Lighthouse, experienced a very heavy gale from the g.w., and on the 9th, off the Copelan-ls, eec nantered another heavy gale from the S.W.— fhe Arabia, which arrived here on illaturd.g from New York, anchored on Friday near the Crosby Lightship, and about three o'clock on Saturday morning parted h-r chains and drove aaho•e on Taylor's Bank, where she remained till 7.29 when she came off on the .o d, was talon In tow by three steamers and brought into the Mersey, making a little water. It blew a violent hurthane at ' ec'ong, Dec. 9. The shipptnt sec toed, but were torn from th it oor , nr. Scilly. Die washstand. pai-ted whle, and tohsr pieces of wreck were washed ashore, De:. 6 and a c , sk of palm oil has been p.cked up on the Island of St. Agnes. A large ship, supposed to be out war , / bound, NV+nt en shore yea te!day afternoon on the Splough Rocks, n. sr Wexford; wan aban doned. Crew were going into Wexford in the pilot boat at 5.3 k p.m. yestrrJay. Greenock, Der. 13.—The Wi , d.tor Pores•, from New York to Liverpool, put Into this port with loss of yards, &c., having encoun.. tered a gale off Cape Clear. Cardiff' Dec. n. - -The schooner J^seph, of Ghent. from Bridge. t tr e be, Alien, docked front an water to Liverpool, has pit in here with ballast shifted. pumps choked. and 4 feet of water In her bold ; h h a o v o e n discharg.d. London ' L l ire . r ) Po p ol i , e w , i l t l h — g T en h e e a E l n c ig ar m go a parted both her ch in cables on the night of Dec. 9. and drove ashore early next morning., at Shaltag's Brows, about 4 miles off this harbour; she has received very trifling damage, but l-ee so high on the beach that it is not exnected she can he got off these spring. ; cargo discharging. Wexford, Dec. 11.—The Blonde (brig\ SPAlmond. with flax seed, went ashore in Fethard Bay, Dec. 9, and Is now full of water; cargo wishing nut. Dun zarvon, Dec. 10.—TIe Seabird, from Halifax to Liverpool. which went ashore on the Bth, is discharging her cargo, and it la hoped will be got (IT next tide without apparent damage. Skibbereen, Dec. Il.—The C. S. Fletcher. of Prospect, U. 1 4., Ellis. from Cardiff to Kew Orleans. anchored between Cape Clear and Sh , :rtrin Island, 9 h Dec ; next day she weighed anchor, and. in running for a place of safety, s • ruck on a rock and filled w.th water and is likely to become a t - ital wreck. Oben. Dec. 11.—A dismasted ship. laden with mahog tny, was driven on shore at the south end of the island of 1 --ar during the night of the 9th Dec.; crew saved. The master has gone to Green.. ock for assistance. Should the weather be moderate, the ship and cargo may he saved. Yarmou.h, Dec. 11 —The Arlie; Heineman, from Hambu rg t o Liverpool, which went ashore on Winterton Beach, 27th Nov., has been got off and brought in here. Lena, e n t t e o u u r n e n t e s r , e w d h a i c h p a arrived l e n t and sustained considerable Ly 11.—The ei vrerralaotoel. og n nt n h a t hoec7tt. t ß h u e A e m m no s o s t : h d . a r o m e f sifhren Dec.. damage t in hull, rigging, boats, Arc. The slip was tight. Tio Earl of Rostock Flinck, from Kllruah to Liverpool, to ballast, went ashore on Formby Beach, Dec. 6. Crew saved. Falmouth. Dec. 14.—The Rattler (s.s.). for Lisbon, hos returned, with loss of boat and cookhouse.—The Crichton. from Shields for . Cadiz. has r•ut in leaky. and bowsprit damaged.—The Emma (tt). 4 from Cardiff to Bordeaux. has pat in with pogo Injured. Wyborg, Nov. 26 —The following vessels are detained by iee, and there is no chance left fir them to leave the port before the re.cpen. trig of the navigation next spring ; —The El taa Kirkbride. of Hartlepool; Enterprise, of Liverpo ; Corunea, of Whitby ; .. 1 1 ,4 a. of Scarborough; Thomas Rowell, Wilton Castle. Cactus, Tarrow (?)„ and Admiral Moorsom, all of Shields; Everthorpe. Aeolus, and Swan, all of Hull ; Adam Smith, of London; Niord, of London ; and Viola, of Dundee. Fernando Po, Nov. 3.—The Coquette, which sailed hence Oct. SO, for Liverpool. had to.iched Point William Reef. whilst coming to here on the 26th, from Gaboon, but no damage was reported. SPORBN. in lat• Lon. Nov. 24.. David Croza, from Africa to Queenstown— 24 N.. 32 W. By the Jessie M'Farlatie, arrived here from Algoa Bay. Dec. 10.. Summer Cloud, henc.e to Melbourne, 20 miles W. by S. of the Smalls, by the Marcia . _ GreenleA'arrlved here. Report of the schooner Leon Raymundo, Newton, of London. arrived here from St. Michaels ; sailed Dec. 1. Left in the Roads of Ponta Delegada:—The Isabella. Aurora, Flown, Violet, Volante„ Juan, Prosper°. Vivid. Ariel, Dolphin, Gnerdon, Rebow, Speedy, Liffey, Volant, Barbara, Australian, Comet, Providence, Lightning, Jane, Andante, Doctor, Lotus, Mantura, Alarm, Stsghound, Page, Little:Jenny. Fruites, Blue Jacket, Daring, Pet, Mary Ann, Weasel, First Fruit, Red Coat, and Fanny Gann. Spoke In let. Lon. Dec. 8.. Great Britain, from Shlnghae to London .. 50 3.. $4O W. Dec. 10.. Avon, of Yarmouth, from Cardiff for the south- ward, 20 miles south of Cork. FOREIGN PORTS. Neptune, Ball, cleared at Martelllth for Cardiff; and SUllaD. for Liverpool, Dec. 10. Galene, Piet:er, sailed from Hamtnirg for Maracaibo, riot Liver.. pool, Dec. 10. Artemas, Parry, sailed from Hamburg for Liverpool, Dec. 10. Galathea, Puss, hence at Sainegmurde, Dec. 9. Jenne Albert, Niret, hence at St. Louis (Senegal), Nov. 17. Edmund Harvey, hence at Table Bay for Sydney. Albanian (p.a.). hence at Trieste. Tiber (Ls.); and Ettj Berg—both hence at Legimsti,k. Melanie Isabel, hence at Ant we rp . 4 Rhone (s.s.), sailed from Trieste for Liverpool, Dec. '4. James, sailed from Leghorn for Liverpool, Dec. 5. ancell 0" CT! MU S Cil ANcuty been before the courts for about CASE. —A. chance- I . cue which has Friday by the Lord Ch 1 - ..t.) rave judgment in the case " Booth v. Alling,4os " ' on an appeal upon the deci sion by Vice-Chancellor 'Stuart. The P e main question re v21.,0 5' :rare, was decid.ul_ _ on garded the clnstrUction of a deed of appointment made by Mrs. Booth in favour of her husband. Mrs. Booth, under the will of her father, was entitled to a legacy of £120,000. She had the power to appoint the whoie or any part of this legacy during her life, or to bequeath it by will. In de-, fault of b et d o ing so, it was to be divided equally among her childr e n. hi re . Booth ha I three children, and d ur i ng her life she made a deed of appointment giving £30,000, part of the £120,00 0 legacy bequeathed by her father, to her husband. The legacy, however, did not realise the, full sum of £120,000, but only about £BO,OOO, and the question was whether the appointed sum of £30,000 should abate rateably or be paid in full. Vice-Chancellor Stuart held that as the sum of £30,000 was described to be "part of" the larger sum of £120,000, it must be held to be the fourth part as three was the fourth of twelve. The Lord Chancellor held that the sum of £30,000 must be allowed in full, and be paid before any part of the residue of the £120,000 was distributed.