The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-12-22 00:00:00

AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE PERSIA. INSURRECTION AMONG THE NEGROES. a L i t s ummary of the following appeared in our '1`,3,11-1 - Edition of Saturday :H Lc le Briti s h M a i l steamer Persia, Captain Jud -1;48' has just arrived i n th e M erse y, after another 1 ) 2 E4 successful run from New York. She has t i°ught 164 i passengers and 863,020 dollars n Pecte ' -hoY her we h ave o ur files of New York Pa pers l to th e 10th inst., which are f our d a y s l a t er lilt/lose received by the Ericsson. tip " steam ship Atlantic, from Liverpool, arrived ,i is at Ne w Y ork, on the Bth i nst. 11T "h er e has been no improvement in the Stock 1 - l'Aet, whi ch continued in the greatest state o f I 111 "lon, in co nsequence of the suspension of . af f ;: s t's• Jacob Little & Co., and in regard to whose b e - ti lls it is remarked n o offer of settlement had oteen-p, There was an active demand form Y , and the supply was scarcely so free as of e ve , Call leans were negociated readily how a t ,ercis4 seven per cent, and first class com ity paper at from Bto 9 per cent, accord "tan. The demand for Foreign Exchange t ott „. llo t active, but the quotations on London , td steady at 109 to 1091 - . The Cotton by rl et had been quiet, and the European accounts Thee Atlantic were rather unfavourably construed. riej rai4 trade was buoyant, and an advance , in la some cases, had been established. The - g r marker, was also active ) and prices tolerably Th e A e() political and domestic news is meagre th at ,U,nts from Cincinnatti, of the nth instant, state hess Leer, is great excitement at Franklin, Ten the ee , , owin.g to the projected insurrection among kegs t aves there. Twenty-four muskets and two of a o f Powder had been found in the possession pPng of negroes at Columbia, Tennessee. kill ed Y, Tennessee, fifteen negroes had been th e f i' v OY thei r owaers . The Evansville Journal of in ti l t .' i nat., learns that there was Much exciteme nt lad the neighbourhood of Dover on the Cumber pßl 4 ver, among the negroes. Many of th e eaders had been arrested and eleven hung. te n t W hite man disguised as a negro had been th e ~aced to nine hundred lashes, but died before arr a r ea altY was fully inflicted. • The whites were Re ri - Ig for defence. An opinion prevailed that a Ilest, e r r al uprising would take place among the w e r e during the holidays. Escapes of slaves T h unusually numerous. e e ,, r ` e 'a followi n g ex t rac t f rom the Washington Nve rti ?ondence of one of the New York papers, is le tter 3' of perusal :—" The allusion in my last the west the policy of commercial reciprocity with ise eo ,, lndies, by which Mr. Marcy hopes to th e I T all the advantages of actual acquisition to of tilted States without involving the principle territorialroatt annexation, turned out as I supposed, of" of graTi3 consequence. The country has on as i d the good effects of Canadian reciprocity, tn-i t .V 7 in regard to the trade and industry of the ttn ee "" States, but in quietening the question of IniO ati on, which involved domestic discord at and Possibly trouble abroad. By that policy la t i o e cured all the advantages of production, popu ele: and industrial wealth, without the disturbing Th e rs e nts incident to the annexation of new territory. ee tl i ncinle, applied as Mr. Marcy proposes, to the o rth - Lndies, gives to the shipping interest of the gre at . a nd east and to the producing interest of the gradual a new outlet and source of wealth. The ia effect of such a policy on the West Indies t e ,"'lent. In the course of a few years they would tvhieis:lvetahoroughly Americanized, and detach as naturally from Europe as Canada ev „in time set up independently of England. In Possible point of view it is the interest of e h i a k nd, France, and Spain to yield to these Of titened suggestions of the American Secretary re a rA st e• If they do not, a more decisive policy be introduced by Mr. Buchanan, which will 1 311 -44 to consequences to be avoided by all parties, thr t ; w hich the next administration will not part of from assuming. The repeated offers on the in r ; L f the government to settle this Cuba question Sp; ; " - 'anner consistent with the true interests of e ',.: a, and with a due regard for her dignity ; the thL'ated interposition of the United States against . na vy (minion of the people; the ou l ?port!ng 'vY in the Gulf to aid Spain against the invasion t he t ax f th e at ti i ° ll , levied on the persons and . property o j eti . Southern people; the long list of outrages th„ le ,. t ed not only on the commerce and persons of A-united States Government, but upon tlie merican,, flag in American seas, which, ha, p e rpetrated by a strong power, would _ A t'l ve lead to reprisals long since, with 1 e . ) . ; uniform courtesy observed toward he a he - e ill sh government, make out a case o f forbear unequalled in history. Once again Mr. na — Y comes forward and proposes a final, just, ac 4 liberal adjustment, upon a basis already i n c epted by England in regard to her own colonies h di • America . Certainly Spain cannot suffer in her I),R,:itY by following the example of the greatest - , e r in the world. What Great Britain can do, Pale certainly can. She has no right to set up if insisted i n the shape of obsolete ideas, and which, ".'sisted upon, must array all liberal minds figoainat her. This policy, then, of Mr. Marcy, will Cub °lle of two things: it will either solve the lib e ", Problem, by giving this country a an te. c i o°nln,m ol e . rcial reciprocity instead of actual place Spain so clearly in the wrong t o r tle — ric l:ave her without a friend in Europe or The committee on military affairs in the int use has reported already a bill of particular res e . rest to the army, and in view of the frequent h tanlgnations of our best officers—a measure whic h, p ay la °t be acted upon too soon, It increases t 3 (l o i s " all commissioned `officers, at the rate of 20 ti le Per month, with the addition of 10c. in thi s Co mmutation of rations. The equity of ine r measure consists in the proportion of litn' e t n a a se of pay to the young officers whose tia a „ l— ` 4- income makes them the object of so zrte-YLhardshipe The lieutenant gets his 20 dols. a %e t ' , equally with the Colonel, or General. An pro cer whose pay is 40 dols, gets 60 dols under the i s i°ne of this bill, being an increase o f 50 p er 22ut, while the officer who receives 200 dols receives dd• -° 's—an increase of 10 per cent. The 10 o 0 f tt i °nal o n th e rat i on p r eserves the equality of TC mPe nsation under the longevity ratio n p rinciple. aoc is bill w ill strike every one a t a glance as just Puhir,•easonable, and its simplicity reco mmend it to pr e 'e favour. N o doubt it will be acted on I ntly by the house. Of ti ' l 7 advices from Mexico report the suppression . the 20th e n i L llSUrreetion in the northern provinoco. On cal V iA tti of November a convention between Gene elai,„'aurri and General Rosas Landa was pro his — Led at Monterey, by which the former retains Part P°sit ion as governor in New Leon, and that d t c) - ,°,f Coahuila which he claimed, and which le \rid his revolt, is annexed to his jurisdiction. if the stipulations of this compact are f ` i s it h i a f u i y observed, may therefore be considered Rev 'tying triumphed. He agrees to support the ita t e ,r i tnent of Comonfort upon the condition tha t dr. - "Ps under Rosas shall be immediately with nwo. latest advices from Veracruz state that the vigor obfutl: as yet, con tinues to be prosecuted with yet, without any decisive result.— t ror , e Probabilities are, however, that the government i 8t ,. ) : 8 will again succeed in crushing the reaccin ea„7„'n that quarter. Communications with the ca pital, as well as the interior generally, is almost des l t re ly suspended, the pronounciados robbing and Th„ r° 2ing all mails that fall into their hands.— thi; Progress newspaper of that place, alluding to l eo ' n, matter, says :—" Already the reacciontstas no eiti r , er confine themselves to the defence of their e se-- invading private rights and committing atst °f vandalism which will place them in the r es :g e rY of footpads and assassins. it was r ved for the defenders of religion y fueros to b e l e n such examples of immorality. To them an the glory of such criminal conduct, Of `4- to society the duty to purge itself st a Su ch depraved beings. Under the circum flees, people write only when a courier is despatched, and, as this is but seldom, we have consequently very meagre and irregular advices from the city of Mexico and all parts there beyond. In fact, we are in a state of profound ignorance as to recent events in Quertare, Michoscan, &c. Public mind is much occupied with the Spanish and English questions. A squadron of one or both these nations is seriously and daily expected. Among the' lesser symptoms that something may be apprehended, public rumour declares the English Consul is refitting his house preparatory to receiving the Admiral. There had been a serious accident on the Cleve land and Pittsburg Railway, by which the following persons were killed : Jacob Rudy, of Alliance, John APlntyre, of Alliance, Dr. Smith and lady, of Alliance, J. Atterhurst, of New Garden", Ohio, Mrs. Ritchie, of New Garden, Ohio, N. T. Taylor, of Philadelphia, John Brooks, of New Jersey. A despatch from Baltimore, dated the 7th inst., announces the death of the British Consul there in the following terms:—Henry George Kuper, British Consul at this port, was suffocated whilst in a house in the eastern part of the city which was burnt. The other inmates narrowly escaped. The deceased has a family in England. THE NORTHERN TIMES.-LIVERPOOL, MON DA Y. COTT() N; NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY, Dec 10, 1856.—There has been a fair demand during the past week for cotton on the spot, and the sales, which 1 estimate at 9,000 bales, have been chiefly for export to Liverpool, Havre, and the Con tinent. Prices have been gradually hardening, until, at the close of yesterday, it was difficult to purchase middlings of any growth, at the quotations annexed, which are advanced ec upon those per Niagara. Holders are firm, and offer only a portion of their stock at outside epota. tions. The clearances for the week have been—for Liver pool, 3,799 bales ; London, 100 ; Havre, 944 ; Limburg, 292 ; Antwerp, 179 ; Marseilles, 100—total, 5,414 bales. NEW ORLEANS, Dec. o : Receipts for the week, 51,000 bales ; same week last year, 70,000 ; sales for the week, 38.000. Export to Liverpool for the week, 22,000 ; Havre. 14,000. Gaod ordinary, 11 to 111 c per lb ; low middling, 1 1 -to ; middling 11i to 118 c ; good middling, l2t, to 12ic; middling fair, 124 to 13e ; fair, 131 c. Freight to Liverpool, 2.(1 per lb ; Havre, 1 : 1c. Exchange on London, 71 to 8 per cent. Dec. 6 : Sales, 6,000 bales ; market unchanged. MOBILE, Dec. 5 : Receipts for the week, 36,000 bales ; same week last year, 30,000 ; sales for the week, 17,000. Export to Great Britain during the week, 5,000 bales. Middling, 111 c per lb. Freight to Liverpool, d 4. Crtol , : It seems so universally admitted in the corres pondence from all sections of the cotton growing region, received here during the past week, that 3,000,000 bales must be regarded as a maximum estimate for the crop, that further comment is unnecessary. The following is a statement of the movements in cotton since the Ist of September last, as compared with the previous three years :- 1856. 1855, 1851. 18t3 Receipts at the Ports 946,000 964,000 620,000 569,000 Exports to Great Britain 172,000 327,000 223,000 155,000 " France. BB,OOO 114.000 68,000 35,0,0 • " other For. Ports. 43,00 0 76,000 3 0 38 000 Total Exports . 303,000 517.000 325,00 223.000 Stock on hand Of which during the past week, included in the above:— Keceipts at the Ports 103,000 121,000 85,000 72.000 Exports to Great Britain 25 00 4 i,OOO 47,(,00 24,000 " France.. 17,000 18 0;0 7 000 8.000 " other For. Ports . 3,000 13,000 i 4,0 , 10 5,000 Total Exports 45,000 76,0001 58,000 I 37,000 SIJMNIARY.—RECEIPTS : Decrease at the ports compared with last year, 18,000 bales. EXPORTS : Decrease to Great Britain, 155,000 ; France, 26,000 ; other foreign ports, 33,000. Total decrease in exports, 214,000 bales. FREIGHTS continue dull at 5-32 d to 3-16 d per lb for cotton to Liverpool, and lc to Havre. EXCHANGES are dull on London at 109 k per cent. On Paria there is a good demand at 5.20. W. P. WRIGHT. BREADSTUFFS. FLOUR : Notwithstanding the declining tendency of the English markets, the prices have been well sustained here, but on the receipt, this morning, of the accounts, per steamer Atlantic, from Liverpool, to the 26th instant, business has been checked. We cannot alter our quotations of last week. WHEAT has been in good demand at s teady prices, the close of canal navigation counteracting the effect of the English advices. INDIAN CORN without alteration. RYE firm, at previous rates. 88c to 91c per 56 lbs. BARLEY, 120 to 130 c per 48 lbs. CORN MEAL, 3 dots 50 oto 3 dols 87 c per brl. RYE Fnouit, 4 dots 25 c to 5 dols 25 c per brl. FREIGHTS are again lower to Liverpool. To Liverpool, for cotton, 3-16 d to 7.32 d per lb ; flour, 2s per barrel ; grain, 6cl to 7d per bushel. To London, flour, 2s 91 to 3s per barrel ; grain, 10-Ad per bushel. To Havre, cotton, lc. per lb ; flour, 700 to 75c per barrel ; grain, 20c per bushel. EXCHANGE on England in active demand at last week's %notations, say 108, 2 , 1091 to 1091 per cent. Balls on ranee, or. 200. to ot. 224-0. WOTHERSPOON, KINGSFORD, & Co. PROVISIONS : The market continues very quiet, though with a small stock holders still maintain the advantage on mess, while other kinds are in favour of buyers. The de mand is mainly for the local trade, there being no margin for profit on shipments to Europe. Occasional purchases are made for the West Indies and British provinces, on peremptory orders, and we also notice some speculative enquiry for future delivery ; sales 1,000 brls, closing at 19 dole 12ic to 19 dols 25c for old, and 19 dols 371 c to 19 dols 59c fur new mess, and 17 dols to 17 dols 50c for prime, in cluding 600 new mess, deliverable in all January, on pri vate terms, and small parcels for all this month, within the range. Beef continues in good request, and with a small supply, prices rule in favour of the seller. Prime mess is quiet and nominal at 16 to 20 dole. Beef hams continue in light supply and the market is firm. Dressed hogs are in active demand, the weather being favourable for cutting; prices are now 71c to Bc. Bacon is in active request mostly for export to Great Britain. Hams and shoulders are scarce, firm, and in good request, with sales of 200.hhds. at 91c for plain pickled hams, 10' , 4-c for sugar cured do, and 72c for dry salted shoulders. Lard opened active, with a very buoyant market, but at the close buyers had the advan tage. Grease Oc to 9c cash and 4 mos. Better and cheese continue buoyant ; rates remain unchanged. IRON: Scotch pig has been quiet ; small sales are making at 29 dots to 30 dots 6 months, the latter rate of Cot ness, Gartsherrie, &c. In English bars there is but little doing ; 130 tons of common bars sold at 521 dole 6 mos ; 50 tons of refined Staffordshire brought 571 dole 6 mos, and 51 tons Shropshire, an inferior grade, 56i dole 6 mos. In hoops and rods we have nothing to report. NAVAL STORES : There is but little crude turpentine on sale, most of the stock (about 5,000 brls) being held for shipment, and prices show more firmness ; 400 brls, a mixed lot, sold at 3 dols 25c as it is, but a fair quotation is 3 dols 371 c to 3 dole 50c. Spirits turpentine are flat, the receipts being large and the stock pressing ; the dosing rate is 43 to 44c for large and small lots; the stock is 6,000 brls. Rosin is dull ; common is selling at 160 from yard for small parcels ; but cargoes afloat would not bring 1 dol 55c ; other qualities are unchanged. Tar is quiet and moderately nominal at 2 dole to 2 dohs 25c. Pitch is quoted at 1 dot 75c to 1 dot 871 c. OILS: Linseed oil has been in fair request, but has again fallen off in price, closing at 81 to 83 cents, in casks and barrels. Crude whale oil has been quiet, and is nominal ; buyers and sellers are awaiting further news from the whaling fleet, the present advices being considered too indefinite to serve as a basis for future operations. Crude sperm is held with more firmness, and we notice a sale in New Bedford at 1 dol 35 cents. Winter bleached whale oil is jobbing out at 90 to 92 cents; natural sperm, 1 dol 70 cents; bleached ditto, 1 dol 75 cents. Lard oil continues firm at 1 dul to 1 dot 00 cent, cash and four months. SUGAR : The demand is moderate, but the market remains unchanged. Sales 600 hhds Cuba 81c to 91c; 800 boxes 9Zc to 91c ; 100 hhds Porto Rico, in bond, 810. TOBACCO : We notice sales of 245 bales Havanna at 27c to - 36c; 1,098 Yara 38c to 40c; 134 St. Domingo, on private terms; 78 cases seed Seed Leaf Ilc to 28c; 89 do Florida 20c to 70c. WHALEBONE: We have only to report 20,000 lbs Northwest, and 10,000 lbs Polar, exported to London, on private terms. FREIGHTS remain steady. We quote Liverpool, tobacco, hhds, 30s to 35s ; cotton, square bales, per lb, 5-32 d to 3-1 6 d ; flour, per bbl, 2s ; rosin, 2s to 2s 3d heavy goods, cheese , &c., per ton, 25s to 27s 6d ; grain, per bushel, 61 , 1 to 7d. To London, cheese, per ton, 32s 61 to 36s ; flour, per bbl, 2s 101 d ; rosin and turpentine, per 280 lbs, 2s 3d to 2s 6d ; furs and skins, &c., per ton, 30a to 32s 6d ; heavy g oods, oil, &c., 3 0 s to 35 s ; oil cake, p er ton, 27s 6d to 30s ; grain, per bush, 101 d. - - THE INCOME TAX. —A public meeting, which was attended by a large number of merchants, tradesmen, and professional men, was held in the Guildhall, Exeter, .on Thursday afternoon, to " consider the proprie t y o f ado p t i n g a petition to parliament, praying for an immediate reduction of the income tax and its ultimate abolition, on the ground of its being as inquisitorial in its form as it is oppressive in its operation." The mayor, Mr. W. Buckin , Tham, presided. Resolutions in accordance with the object of the meeting, and a petition to parliament, were adopted.—A requisition, very numerously signed, has been presented to the mayor of Bristol, requesting him to convene a public meeting of the citizens, " for the purpose of petitioning parliament to modify the present grievous and unfair income and property tax." The mayor immediately acceded, and the meeting is fixed for Friday, 9th January , at the Guildhall. TUE DIRECT WEST INDIA TRADE WITH CANADA. We are more than ever firmly persuaded " that there will yet be a regular commerce between Canada and the West Indies," and we find that our opinion is quite as firmly shared by men in the trade well competent to form an opinion. It is true that the West India trade is not a new one to Canada, and it may be well to review its for mer position. Mr. Keefer, in his essay on the canals of Canada, traces its fluctuations. We condense his state ments : The British market was closed by prohibition against our wheat until 1814, but the West Indies and Lower Province gave a sufficient demand so long as the free export of American produce was permitted by this route. As early as 1793 our exports of flour and wheat were as high as 100,000 barrels, and rose in 1802 to 230,000. In 1822 the Canadian Trade Acts destroyed one-half of the export trade of the St Lawrence by imposing a duty on American agricultural produce entet ing the British American Colonies and West Indies. The accidental advantages resulting from the differences which arose between the United States and Britain, led to the interdiction of the United States export trade to the West Indies, and reduced it from a value of 2,000,000 dole in 1826, to less than 2,000 dole in 1830, and so restored for a time our ancient com merce. The trade of the St. Lawrence was also assisted by the reduction of duty upon our flour for the West India morket, and therefore rapidly recovered, and i❑ 1830 far surpassed its position of 1820. In 1842 our trade with the West Indies was annihilated by the reduction of the duty upon American flour brought into these islands. By imposing a duty of 2s 8d per barrel upon American flour imported into Canada, and reducing it in the West Indies from .5s to 2s, an improvement equal to 5s currency was made in the new position of American flour exported from the Missis. sippi, Baltimore, and New York. The value of our trade with the West Indies i❑ 1830, during the exclusion of the Americans amounted to 906,000 dollars, and in 1846 it was 4,000 dollars." Such have been the fluctuations of this branch of trade, but of late years it has again sprung up, both by means of direct importation and by transhipments from Halifax and Portland and other American ports. Several houses are now extensively engaged in the business, and the extent of the trade is being developed pro portionately with the growth of the province. The large sugar refinery in our midst is a practical proof of the new aspect the trade is assuming. In spite of difficulties and customs hindrances, it is steadily assum ing a healthy aspect, and we are satisfied will yet, and that speedily, be one of our largest branches of eommerce. We lately referred to the state of the trade as in 1853, and we now complete the view. The value of articles imported from the foreign West Indies in 1955 was £85,158, of which there was directly imported £35,389, via the United States £19,079, and via the Lower Provinces £30,688. Our trade with the Lower Provinces, which besides comprehends many West Indian goods, which are not included in the foregoing figures, amounted for 1855 to £208,170 lls lid, two•tltirds of which was in these descriptions of goods. Our exports to the British West Indies were only £737 5s l Id, and our imports £3,533 18s 4d. For our part, we have already expressed our convictions of the neces sity and propriety of an immediate effort on the part of our Legislature to secure the benefits of reciprocity in the native production of Canada and the British West Indian Islands, and the British possessions in South America. Canada submitted too tamely to the frowning down of a movement, which was misunderstood and misapprehended at a distance, but which is called for by every consideration of patriot • ism and attention to the interests of these British Colo nies. Surely, it were more for the interests of them all, and of Britain too, that an inter-colonial trade should be maintained, than that our American cousins should be the middle men between us in some instances, and in others engross the trade. Several of the West Indian colonies, and also British Guiana, are now prepared to go heart and hand with us for the measure, and we are satisfied that Britain will not long withstand the joint wishes of her colonies, if expressed in a firm, respectful tone. We can supply the West Indies with "wheat, flour, oats, bran, pease, beans, salted meats, horses, lumber and staves," receiving in return sugar, molasses, rum, fruit, &c. In the words of the Barbadoes Legislature, "the proposed interchange would be mutually beneficial to both countries ;" and "that whether looked at from the mere commercial and finan cial point of view," or " in its social and political bearing." We shall take up the question at an early day, and show' how far the movement had already advanced, when it was for a time stifled. Meanwhile, we demand the measure on sound commercial, colonial, and patriotic grounds, and are satisfied that it will with all its advan. tages be eventually secured. But till then, and in spite of all difficulties, we rest confident that the enterprise and energy of our merchants will not fail to maintain and greatly extend the existing trade, now, again, Phoenix-like, rising from its ashes, especially when taken in corjanction with active measures to secure the trade of the Western States. We stand at. the outlet of the new Mediterranean ; fortune will favour us, if true to WILLS.—The will of Field Marshal Viscount Hardinge, G,C.8., has been proved in London under £BO,OOO ; also have been proved, the wills of Lieutenant General Sir John Rolt, K.C.8., K.C. ; Sir Edward Sherlock Gooch, Bart., M.P. for East Suff )Ik, £50,000 ; C. Walker, Eq., Seymour House, Jubilee place, Chelsea, and of New Inn, formerly of Old Jewry, £100,000; Miss Elizabeth Mary Miller, of Ansley Manor House, Hants, £30,000 ; William Cox, of Dorchester, £14,000 ; Miss A. Dupree, of York place, City road, has made a curious will, and amongst other legacies, has bequeathed to the Friendly Female Society £3OO, the interest to be distributed to poor single women of good character, or widows above forty, having bad sight, and who are hardly able to work, being English Protestants ; to the Rev. Mr. Hetherington's Charity for the Blind at Christ's Hospital, ;£5OO ; Aged Pilgrim's Society, £3OO ; Society for the Prevention of cruelty to animals, £3OO ; Asylum for Idiots, Park House, Highgate, £3oo.—lllustrated News. THE CONVICTS UNDER SENTENCE OF DEATH AT MAlD STONE.—lmmediately after the conviction of the two men, Thomas Mansell and Dedea Redanies, for murder at Maid stone, they were removed to separate cells. Mansell, who was convicted of the murder of his corporal, by deliberately shooting him with a rifle, is a very fine young man. When the trial was concluded, he expressed himself surprised at the result, and said he thought that as it was a Maidstone jury, who he knew were averse to capital punishment, that tried him, he did not expect to have been convicted of murder, but thought they would only have convicted him of manslaughter, and that he should be transported for life. He does not, however, entertain any hope of a commutation of his sentence. He had served for ten years in the 49th regiment, and conducted himself well before the enemy in the Crimean campaign. The foreigner Redanies, who was convicted of the murder of the sister of his sweetheart, having previously murdered her also, and pleaded guilty to that crime, has excited a considerable feeling in his favour by his apparently mild and inoffensive disposition. He is a Servian by birth, and originally professed the Mahomme dan religion, but he states that he was converted to Chris tianity, and he appears to pay great attention to the spiritual exhortations of the Rev. Mr. King, the chaplain of the Maidstone gaol. A good many years have elapsed since there has been an execution in Maidstone. The ordinary course for carrying out the sentence of the law, is for the execution of a criminal to take place on the second market day after his conviction, but as in the case of Mansell this would fall on Christmas Day, the probability is, that the sheriff will appoint the following Thursday for the execution, and that both the wretched convicts will suffer on the same day. _ IMPROVED WRITING INK, —What a delicious treat it is to be blest with free, flowing writing ink. We have often been disposed to quarrel with our very finger ends when compelled to use some of those abominable quasi-fluids called ink. Mr. E. T. Hall, of South Joh❑ street, has pro duced an ink, which we have tried, and we do not hesitate to pronounce it one of the best kind we ever used. It flows freely from the pen, and is amongst other things distinguised by its affinity and intensity of colour.—Northern Daily Times, 24th October, 1853.—501 d in Bottles, 6d, Is, and 2s each.—Advt. "TnE NEW INKSTAND. — We have used one of these admirable inkstands, and find that it surpasses all that we have seen ; in a word, it keeps the ink from the air, and thereby preserves it pure and free. The pen is preserved as well as the ink. It may be used in the midst of your papers without fear of blotting, and is so simple in its arrangement that it cannot get out of order. It is a boon to all writers, and those who wish to keep their table covers and carpets free from ink-blots should never suffer any other to enter their doors."—Hampshire Telegraph and Sussex Chronicle. —Price Is Sri, 2s 6d. 3s, and 3s 6,1 each. AS MANTLES and JACKETS are so very generally worn this Season, J. MAC LENNAN, 36, CHURCH-STREET, (OPPOSITE PARKER-STREET), Has made arra,gements to have a Case of Paris MANTLES and JACKETS, in Velvets, Reversible Cloths, and all the other Fashionab!e Materials, delivered Every Week for the next Two Months; therefore, those Ladles desirous of having the Fashions as soon as they make their appearance in Paris, con.bined with moderation in prices, are respect fully solicited to inspect the Stock. JUST RECEIVED, from London, Two Cases contain ing about 700 MANTLES, commencing at the extraordin arily Low Price of 4s. lid. each. SHAWL AND MANTLE WAREHOUSE, OPPOSITE PARKER STREET. MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL. LIVERPOL, SATURDAir EVENING. The Persia's advices have had a stirritilating effect upon our Cotton Market to day. Speculators have become active operators, and prices have advanced id. per lb. To day the sales reported were estimated at 25,000 bales, of Which speculators and. exporters took 15,000. The market closed with a hardening tendency. From New York we are advised that the receipts at the ports, made up to latest mail dates, in the Mercury Prices Current, dated Charleston, sth instant, are 939,007 bales, against 958,022 bales last year. The export to Great Britain, 164.611 bales, against 321,429 last year. To France. 87,269 bales, against 112,658 last year. Respecting the crop, we are informed that the extreme figures, advised from any quarter, are 000.000, and we notice in our corresponience of the past week a leaning generally to lower figures. The market closes to day with a limited enquiry. The Liverpool Share Market has been . rather quiet to-day, The business trajisacted was liniited, but prices generally were pretty well supported. There is still an active demand for Money, both at the Bank of England and Lombard-street, so that full rates of discount have been paid, for all descriptions of commercial paper; and, owing to the settlement of outstanding claims usual at this period of the year, unemployed capital finds ready employment. We regret to say that at present there are indications of some few suspensions. Already two or three small firms have announced their inability to meet their engagements, but their affairs are not likely to involve other parties. The names of one house in London and another in Manchester alone require mention, but it is possible other failures may occur in the course of the next few days. Inquiries in the proper quarters, however, show that trade is regarded as unusually sound, and that no great embarrassments are in the least apprehended. The houses referred to are Messrs. Robert Johnson and Co.. warehouse men in'Watling street, and Messrs. G. Ashworth and Co , of Manchester. There has been an improvement in the English stock markets of to 1- per cent., but the trasac tions have continued of a circumscribed character. The favourable Bank of England return, the steady influx of gold from the United States, and the large sum anticipated by the Red Jacket, encourages speculators to look for a rise in prices, and, although their dealings are con tracted, they impart additional firmness to the market. Consols were 934 to 04, and afterwards 94 to 94k, at which they officially closed. Subse quantly, however, a reaction of k per cent. took place, and the latest quotation was about 94, sellers. The Unfunded Debt was heavy, namely, par to 3s premium. Exchequer Bonds were 984 and India Bonds 2s discount to 2s premium. The New Three per Cents, were 94 to 941-, the Reduced 931 a. The following statement shows the fluctu ations in consols during the week : Lowest lazhest Clrs;ng prices. prices. prices. Monday ... Money ... shut - Account .. 93 Tuesday ......Money . . shut Account ..., 93;3- 941 93 Wednesday... Money .. 9l shut Account 934 931 93Z - Thursday . • Money .. shot Account .. 933 Friday ....Money ... shut Account .. 932 Saturday.... Money ... shut Account ... 934 . J 1 94 The London Railway Share Market was quite inactive, and in some instances a slight decline upon yesterday's quotations may be reported. Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee, Lancashire and Yorkshire, South-Western, North-Eastern Berwick, and South Eastern were about 5s loser, East Anglian, Great Northern, North British, and North Eastern were about ss, and Brighton V- to 1/. ss, Grand Trunk of Canada adven,:ed about ss. Joint Stock Bank and Miscel laneous Shares are dull at previous rates. • The sales included Eastern Counties 9; 1. hdinhurgh, Perth, and Dundee, 36!. Great Western, 691 p Lancashire and Yorkshire, 911. London and North Western, 105. London and South 'Western, 107. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 34 331. North British, 40, South Eastern, 74. There was a steady inquiry at the close. 93, 7 1 93Z- 931 93; `93; 931- a-to inn►:t►fi►oturing districts continues steady. From Leeds we are infcirmed that the improvement reported last week in most descrip tions of business has been fully maintained, and first-class buyers from Loml.m, Liverpool, Glasgow, and Manchester had operated rather freely, and imparted a very animated tone to the market gene rally. The shipping houses were fully employed, but the country trade, as usual at this ti►no of guar, ruled rather dull. At Bradford the worsted trade had been rather active, with a large fetendance of buyers, consequent upon the approach of Christmas week, and the prices of all descriptions of wools were steadily supported. In the piece trade a fair business had been transacted at, i❑ some instances, rather better pries. At Halifax business is very dull, the high price of the raw material effectually preventing any large transactions being entered into in either yams or piece goods. At Manchester there has not been quite so much activity, but prices rule firm, with an upward tendency for goods suitable for the India market. Domestics, T cloths, and printing cloths have been in fair demand at steady prices. The accounts from Manchester state that Messrs. George Ashworth and Co., agents and manufac turers, have failed, with liabilities variously stated at from 30001. to 100,0001. The other firm already alluded to was engaged in a similar branch of business in London, viz., Messrs. Robert John son and Co., and their engagements are estimated at from 50,000/ to 00,000/. During the week, also, intelligence has been received of the stoppage of the Kidderminster Bank (Messrs. Farley, Turner, and Co.), owing to the dr ath of the last representa tive of the firm. The estate is said to be perfectly solvent, and arrangements have been in progress for a resumption of business. While on the subject of banking, it may be mentioned that the recent decision of the Lord Chancellor in the case of the Tipperary Bank caused the run upon the branch of the National Bank located in that town, to resist which large sums of coin have had to be sent from London as a measure of precaution. It is expected, however, that the panic among the depositors will speedily subside. The reports from Birmingham inform us that, circulars have been issued announcing another advance of 41. per cwt. in the price of tin ; com mon blocks from 138 s. 6d. to 1425. 6d. per cwt; refined block, 145 s ; lead to 1495. per cwt.; ingots and bars in the usual proportion. The trade of the town is gradually quieting as the year draws to a close ; it cannot be said to be any reaction, for the manufacturers continuo to be pretty full of orders, and in some branches, in which they are not usually so at this late period of the year; the jewellers, for instance, are tolerably busy, and for several months they have had a very good and steady trade. In the district, trade presents un appearance of increased animation ; business is rather slack at Willenhall ; but at Darlaston and Wednesbury, it is reputed healthy ; the works in the neighbourhood of the latter town, being in more active operation than they were at the corns meneent of the quarter. The iron trade is undoubtedly firm ; there is a better demand for all descriptions of finished iron, both here and in Wales ; the latter chiefly for rails. By recent advices from the United States we learn that the various connexions of the Michigan Southern Railroad are being rapidly pushed for ward. By the completion last month of that part of the Fort Wayne and Chicago railroad lying between Fort Wayne and Plymouth (65 miles), the Michigan Southern becomes the last link in a direct chain of communication between Philadelphia. and Chicago, by way of Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne, Ply mouth, and Laporte. Before the end of the year the Michigan Southern line will also be connected, through the opening of the Detroit and Toledo railroad, with the Great Western railway of Canada, when there is little doubt it will share, along with the Michigan Central, a large portion of the Great Western traffic. The completion of the Goshen branch, which will take place about the same time with that of the Detroit and Toledo road, will pro vide the shortest route between the Great Western railway of Canada and Chicago. The traffic returns of railways in the Uoired Kingdom for the week ending Dee, 13, amounted to 397,5861, and for the corresponding period o last year to 388.3641., showing an increase of 9,2221 The gross receir sof the eight railways having their termini in the metropolis amounted, for the week ending as above, to 173,143/, and for the corresponding week of last year to 173 695/., showing a decrease of 2521 The decrease on the Great Northern Railway amounted to 1,7291 ; and on the London and South Western to 1,397/. ; and South Eastern to 1931. ; together, 3 3191. But from this must be deducted the increase on the Eastern Counties, amounting to 6051 ; on the Great. Western to 971.; on the London and North Western to 5871. ; on the London and Blackwall to 166/. ; on the London ; Brighton, and South Coast to 1,6131.; total, 3,0671. ; leaving the decrease as above, 2521. The receipts on the other lines in the United Kingdom amounted to 224,1.111., and for the corresponding period of 1855 to 214,6691, showing an increase of 9,474/. in the receipts of these lines, from which must be deducted the decrease on the Metropolitan lines, le tying the total increase 9,2221. as compared with the corres ponding week of 1855. The following are the comparative states of the traffic:—London and North Westerns, 5861. more; Great Westerns, 971. more; South Westerns, 1,3971 less ; Midlands, 4901. more ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 2,001/ more ; York and North Midlands and Berwick, 1471 less ; Eastern Counties, 8041. more ; Erightons, 1.6121 more ; South Easterns, 193/Jess ; Great Northerns, 1.7291. less , Caledonians, 1,5731 more. Daring the past week the arrivals of the precious metals have been considerable, viz., about 071,1801.; consisting of 83,0001. by the Niagara, 10,0001. ;by the Ericsson, and 172 800/. by the Persia, from the United States; 194,000/. by the Magdalena, from the West Indies and Pacific; 40,500 by the Alham bra, 20,880/, by Colombo (both from the Peninsula); and 150,000/. in silver, from the Continent. The exports have been 492,5851. to the East Indies by the Indus; 29,0001. to the Peninsula, 4,5001. to the West Indies, and about 80,000 to the Continent, through the London Customs, making a total of 606 085 j., exclusive of about 200,000/. sent to France by private hands. The run upon the branch of the National Bank at Tipperary, consequent apparently upon a blind panic, caused by the recent decision of the Lord Chancellor in the case of the Tipperary Joint stock Bank, has necessitated the hasty transmission from London of a large amount of gold coin. Between 100,000/ and 200,000/ in sovereigns has been with drawn from the Bank of England, and it was to this circumstance, that a sudden pressure for dis counts observable towards the close of business seemed attributable. Not the slightest question is raised in any well informed quarter as to the sound ness of the establishment, and there is no reason to hope that the alarm will have passed off even before the arrival of the present remittance,• and that in the course of a short time it will be sent back. The royal mail steam-ship Persia arrived here this morning with New Yolk advices of the 10th instant, and a. large quantity of specie on freight, namely, 803A26 dollars. The money market was steady at New York, and discount accommodation rather more easily obtained. One of the money circulars issued for the sailing of the Persia, says —There is a full supply of money, at 7 per cent on call, and 8 to 9 per cent for first class paper, although, during the last few days, the banks, in consequence of a drain of specie to the other cities, have been rather stringent. The Foreign Exchange market has been rather firm for this mail, with considerable activity in sterling and francs - . Bread stuffs were in active demand for home purposes, and prices generally were well sustained. Cured provisions maintained firmer terms. We under stand that the Insurance losses at New York have been this year very large, and have disabled several of our old companies. The losses by the British underwriters have also proved very disastrous. According to the English papers the advices that have lately been received at Lloyd's furnish a fearful catalogue of losses at sea. During the last eight or ten days of November no fewer than Di losses have been recorded on the books. Amongst the number are three steamers. Nor is this the extent of the disasters, for nearly 500 casualties aro reported during the same period. Happily, however, the loss of life has been com paratively small. Contincrrtal Tntelliqcnce. LIVERPOOL COTTON 5I ARK.T.—DEc. 20. The ad vices from the States to hand this morning caused great animation in the Cotton market to-day, and an extensive business has been trate.,,Lta 1.1 an v dot., 250 Pernambucos 200 Bahias 7d, 500 Maranhams i 1, 1,000 Egyptians 611 to Is, 2,000 Surats 41d to s}d—are reported 25,000 bales, of whicht.ls,ooo are on speculation and for export. AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE MARKET.—DEc. 20 Per stone, 20Ibs. l Per gOit4s. s. d. s. d. s. d- s. d.' Potatoe4, Seedlings 3 8 to 3 10 Flay, 01d...... 0 6 to 0 S}j Ditto, Kemps .... 311 to 4 3 Ditto, new.. 0 0 to 0 o,Ditto, NVhiterocks.. 3 1 to 3 4 Ditto, clover.. 0 6 to 0 7 Ditto, Balshaws .. 3 0 to 3 3 Green Clover 0 0 to 0 0 JDitto, Beldrums... 2 8 to 2 11 Vetches 0 0 to 0 0, Ditto, cattle . Straw, wheat 0 2i to 0 31 Duo, oat 0 2i to 0 3} Ditto, barley Oats, in straw Per ton. Turnips lB 0 to 19 0 Carrots Mangle wurzel 0 0 to 0 0 Manure 5 0 to 7 0 LONDON TALLOW MARKET.-DEC. 20. The market is flat to-day at the following quotations : Town tallow, 58s nett cash; Petersburg Y. C., on the spot, 58s 6d; all this month, 58s 3d; January to March, 58s to 58s 6d. MARKET AVERAGES.—Town tallow, 60s 31; fat by do, 3s ; yellow Russian, 60s 3d; melted stuff, 43s 61; rough do, 27s ; tallow graves, 17s; good dregs, 7s. BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET.-DEC. 20. Scarcely any business has been transacted here this week either in raw or refined sugars, and the market has assumed a very quiet appearance, but which is looked upon as only temporary. For rum the demand is very limited. CORK BUTTER MARKET.—DEc. 20. The market to-day was moderately supplied, the quantity brought forward amounting •to 1,600 kegs and firkins. There was a fair demand, and prices were well sustained. We quote—Firsts, 122 s ; Seconds, 1203; Thirds,lloB3 ; Fourths, 102 s ; Fifths, 995, per cwt. NATIONAL SAYINGS BAND ASSOCIATION.-A meeting was convened on Friday, in the B committee room of the Town-hall, King- street, Manchester, by the Rev. J. , Beaumont Hawkins, B. A., resident managing director of the "National Savings Bank Association," now in the course of formation, for the purpose of affording him the opportunity of explaining to the public - of Manchester the nature and objects of the above association. The attend ance was very limited. Mr. Hawkins explained at length the objects of the association, which are to consolidata and improve the savings bank system, by offering better interest, and greater facilities for depositing and with drawing money, and perfect security to the depositor. It is a joint stock association, with a capital of .'lOO,OOO in as many £1 shares ; that capital being intended to secure deposits to three times that amount. He referred at length to the great losses which had accrued under the present system, to the small interest paid. to the heavy working charges, &c., and showed the ground on which the association he represented claimed, to be based on principles which would remedy these defects.—Another similar meeting was held in the Queen's Hotel in the even ing. We understand Messrs. Rutter and Price have been appointed solicitors to the association in Manchester. DEFALCATIONS BY PARISH OFFICERS.—It appears that the board of guardians of the City of London "Union are now engaged in an investigation of the accounts of two of their officers, whom it is estimated are defaulters to the extent of between £12,000 and £15,000. In the case of C. G. Manini, a collector of poor rates, deficiencies up to the 21st of October last to the extent of £ll,BOO are stated to have been discovered, the sums being represented by the different parishes in which he officiated in the following proportions : Barking, .L 4138 ; Allhallows, Staining, L 1159 ; St. I3enet, Gracechurch, £683 ; St. Ethelberga, £96 ; St. Helen, Bishopsgate, £1225 ; St. Leonard, Eistcheap, £528 ; St. Martin, Ludgate, £967 ; St. Margaret, New Fish street, £1274 ; St. Olave, Hart street, £lBlo—making the total £ll,BBO. An assistant clerk is asserted to be deficient in his accounts to the amount of between £3OOO and £lOOO, but the entire enquiry has not yet been completed. As may naturally be supposed, these revelations have occasi )ned considerable surprise, especially as the accounts are under stood to have been regularly audited. Both parties, it seems, haNe practised these frauds for a lengthened period, and it is believed have in some degree acte d i n concert'. Having absented themselves from business, the authorities have adopted measures for effecting, if possible, their appre hension. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE LIVERPOOL, DECEMBER 22. • Hine WATER—Morn. 7 44 —Even. S 5 —Height, II ft. gin, OFF THE POET AND INWARD BOUND. Minnesata. ARRIVED. Dec. 20. Persia (R M. 5.)........ New YorklMazeppa . ....Charente War Spirit • • ..Bombay'D inzic .. Governor Langto n .. N ew Orleans i Cluny .. Belize Tuornton ............ New IN k; W. T. Tilor is .. St. Stephen, N.B. Looshtauk St. John. N. 13 , James Ca , krle Quebec Malakoff St. John, N.B.:S. Crowell ....New York Hamilton Grey . ..... P.E. !slanril Ba; neo Preciosa .. • '.. ••••• lbr.il ALis (a. 5.)....... ...... Malta, &c. Vigo (s.s.) .... Havre and Milford : British Queen (s o.) Malta Eloanor Rhone ' ....Charleston:Eh:o (s.s.) Barcelona Glasgow Nsomie .... ....... ...• Ce,.r:eston•r;insey Que n .. . New York I , restor I eith Plutarch ... , victoria .... . .. Gijon Amy Robsart ......... Alexandria Karnak (5.5.).... Columbus .... Jane Mortice • London ti ughard . ..... ..... • FI. el • .. Swansea ....... . Dungar.on Sir D. Campbell.... ..... Newry Dec. 21. .SAILEI). Dec. 20. Dec. 21. Niagara (11.M.8.) . ..... .. Pos',,, 1, it annia Monte Video Cyclone .. M limn ne 1, my Cook New Orleans Athenian (5...).... Coubt.ntinvlL stay Queen..... Rio Janeiro 0d.. 1 .. tams. Dixon ...... Glasgow ENTERED FOR LOADING. Dec. 1 Constantinople Calcutta • Call e..... ..... ....la.avil, Are. Emma Charleston Cumberland tlonny.Wickers ..Genoa Charles Horsf,ll Prance of Orange .. Bombay OUT PORTS. Gravesend. Dec. Ig.—Arrived—The Mary Ant, Parthnton, from Antwerp—HA ig Jultl, Copenhagen. Sailed—The Cashine,e, Pearsoi,, for New Zqalond—Lady V.tilant, Mon , gomery, Mauritius Lady Hilda, Notley, Barbadoes Casilc Lachla t. Stevens, Jamaica. Sa'l -d, Dec. 20—Lady Hoclkiuson, Wilson, Sydn y. Deal, Dec. Fatima, ti 111 from Amsterdam for Liverpool—Harrier, Strang', Newfoundland—Eagle, Quance, from Cronstadt for Bri•t&.—W.rrior Queen, Buckley, Dublin. Sailed— Norwood, Stapleton, for Port Philip—Token Le Blaney, Cape Coast Castle—Beatrix Verschord, Adelaae, n.A.—Migrator, Potter, Ceylon —Courier. Gunton, Cape of Good Hope. Queenstown, Dre. 18.—Arrived—The Helvellyn, Hall, from Bor ton for Cape Briton, leaky and loss of• sai•s. Falmouth, Dec. 18.—A rrived The Catharina Larrisen, from Monts Video, Freeland, M'Kenzic, from Odessa ; and William Storald, Adamson, from Alexandria, with fore and main-topgallant m a s t cut away, loss of 'aids, rigalng &c. Holyhead, Dec. 19—Arrived—The Aeron Qu: en, Barwell, from Cardiff, leaky. Falmouth, Dec. 19.—Arrived—The I ord Hardinge, Irwin, from Rangoon v with rud •er broken, jibboom carried aA ay, and sails split; Vriocess Alice, Robertson, from Newport for Sydney, N.S W.. leaky, and rudder broken; Ludwig and Elise Coin 13ellast for Constant!. r ople. Sailed—The Karin Elizabeth, Hall. for Lisbon ; Saxon. mtGregoy, for Santander; Charles Ch Alontr, Fox, for Savannah. Off—The eZina Carolina, Freri lot, from Rio Grande for Teignmouth. Kingstown, Dee. 18.—Arrived—The James Rolt.m: from Berbice, with mainmast and wsprit sprung, rai and bulwarks en port side carried away, and decks sw - .7,qt of &c.—Palmyra, two bolts, caboose, water casks, from St. John, K . •;,.. for the Clyde. MARITIME EXTRA7r3. Liverpool, Dec. 2l.—Tne \t'ur Spirit .ed here yesterday from Bombay, was i n cnitact with a French brig o n .7/Le . 26th ult.. in Ist. 10 N , lon. 27 W., and lost inaivioomitst, channel i. s !''tes of mizenrigging, &c. The brig lost her bowsprit, but did not W,mlt assistance. —The schooner Mermaid, wrecked on the night of the 16th inst. on West Hoyle, was from Wicklow for this (steam tug), arrived here from Dungarvon, with wrecked goods from the Adriatic.—The Vigo (s.s.), from Havre and Milford, put in hers yesterday fer repairs, boun.l to New York. Amsterdam, Dee. 10.—A barque, abandoned, apparently English, with raised decks, was seen on the lo , h ult., in lat. 20 N., lon. 36 W. Antwerp, Dec. 19.- A large vesse► has gone ashore near the Isle of Jane, south coast of France, and it is feared the crew are lost. Southampton. Dec. 20.—A iiritish brig, laden with codfish from Newfoundland for the Mediterranean, went ashore on the 10th inst. near Cadiz. Crew saved. The Fame, Chester, of Quebec, cleared at Quebec for this port on the 22nd August, and has not since been heard of. Waterford, Dec. 18.—The Eliza, of Cardigan, James, from Cardiff to Cork, with coals, was driven ashore in Traumore Bay last night, and is not likely to be got off. The Colombo (s.), from Alexandria and Gibraltar at Southampton, brings intelligence up to the 11th inst. The Sea Quern (American ship), from Leghorn, which left Gibraltar on the 2nd inst. for New York, put back on the morning of the 14th from about .500 miles to the west of Cape Spartel, having encountered a tremendous gale from W.S.W., in which she sprang her main and foremasts, lost spars, yards, and sails, and was in a leaky state. Boldera. Dec. 9.—The Jean (English brig). Storey, hound to England, has put bark from sea leaky, and with pumps choked, and must discharge and be hove down. Falmouth, Dec. 19.--Tlse Princess Alice, of Liverpool, Robertson, from Newport for Sydney, has put in here leaky, and with rudder sprung; here up from lon, 12 W. The Mary Warrall, which arrived at Monte Video on the 7th Sept. from Liverpool, had been ashore on the English B.,nk, and assisted off by H.M. steamer Rifleman. A consilerable portion of er cargo was damaged, and she had been hove down and repaired prior to the sth November. Annapolis, N.S., Dec. 9.—Several vessels, names unknown, went ashore in St. Mary's Bay during the lat_, pales ; and feiirs are enter tained for many vessels belonging to the western part of the province which were out in the same gale. Jersey, Dec. 16.—A boat, with "Mariner, Liverpool," paint d en the: stern, was picked up in the English Channel by the Jolly, arrived here from Southampton. Crookhaven. Dec. 17.—Arrived—The Blue Rock, Diane, from St. John, N .13.. for Liverpool, with decks s • ept, loss of bulwarks, and other damage. Key West, Dec. 3.—The Nep'une, from New Orleans to Havre. put in here Nov. 26. for ballast, being too crank. It is necessary to take out 225 bales of cotton, which were shipped on board the H. B. Roach (s.s.) for New York, which has arrived at Savannah. New York, Dec. s.—During a N.W. gale last night, the ships E. C. Scranton and Cultivator parted their moorings, but brought up at anchor in the stream without much damage.—The Roderick, front P. E. Island, is reported to be on shore on ziand Point.—The cargo of the Enterprise, hence to Liverpool. which touched on Diamond Reef, has all been discharged in a perfectly sound state. The Enter prise was taken on the Sectional Dock Dec. 9.—A large fleet of grain vessels arrived at Owego Dec. 5, from the Welland Canal. SPOKEN. In lat. Lon Nov. 17.. Mary Crocker (ship), bound south • .., 2G N.. 28 W. Nov. 22...1a5s Pieterzoon Koen Verloop, hence to .. 9 N.. 24 W. All Spoken the same day by the Dreadnought, ?d'Donald, arrived at London— Floating cloud (barque), hence bound south, in lat. 55 N., lon. 28 W., Nov. 15. Merrie England (ship), from London to the south with emigrants. Walmer Castle from London to Mribourne. Walter Hood, from London to Sydney, N.S.W., No. 2,530, srd dis. pendant London to Sydney. Amaranth (barque). from Bremen to Ceylon. Dalriada (barque), hence to Aden. Mosquito (barque), bound south. Report by the Lord Hardinge, arrived at Falmouth : Spoke. In Jot. L on , I Sept. 7.. Water Lilly, Moulmein to Falmouth.. 540 S. 50 S. Sept 23.. Rent (whaler)...... Oct. 6.. General Barrow, Batavia to Rotterdam-29 40 8..34 40 S. Oct. 9 . Maude, !Bonilla to Boston; and Bell, Mauritius to London ..... 3O 52 5..32 17 E. Oct. 10.. Swinbarn Packet, for Morsel les 3l 58 S.. 31' 40 E. Oct. 21.. George Carr, Rangoon to Falmouth 30 50 S.. 10 30 E. Nov. 14.. Hermine, Cardiff to Monte Video, and the Ruby, of New Bedford.. Nov. 19.. Thompson Hankey, London for Mauri tius .. Nov. 22.. Samuel of Baltimore.. Nov. 16.. Nox, of Jersey, Pernambuco to Gib ral ter .. 27 05 N.. 31 05 W. Dec. 16.. Economic (French brig). Fecamp to to Alexandria; and the Ilenr:ch. from Antwerp FOREIGN PORTS. Atlantic (U S.M S.). Eldridge, hence at New York, Dec. P. J. L. Bogart, Conway, cleared at New York for Liverpool, Dec. O. Astoria, Hutchinson. cleared at Savannah for Liverpool, Dec. 2. Lady Elma Bruce, Bradshaw, cleared at Savannah for Liverpool, Dec. 2. Clarissa Bird, Bird; and Pocahontas. Cotter—both cleared at New Orleans for Liverpool, Nov. 23. Thomas Jefferson, Hill; and Rappahannock, - Cushing—both cleared at New Orleans for Liverpool, Dec. 1. W. J. Morris, Taylor sailed from Eastport, Nov. 29 ; and Nor. man, Flanders, Dec. 3—both for Liverpool. Clara, Titcombe—hence at Boston. Charles Tupper, Jenks, hence at Sullivan. Whistling Wind, hence at Camden, with part of cargo (salt; thrown overboard. Fatima, Bell, hence at Texel. Frankfort (ca.), sailed from Genoa for Leghorn, Dec. 10. Flying Venus, from London at Falmouth for Liverpool. Acastus, P,lte, hence off Queenstown, Dec. 20, for Newfoundland, leaky, loss of foremast, and in tow of a pilot cutter. Taurus (s.s.), hence at Gibraltar, and sailed for Constantinople.' Tajo (s.s.), hence at MarseiPes. Wcstbourne sailed from Acajulta for Liverpool. Oct. 21. Tirrell, Hiles; Patterson, Hill, and Sir Charles Napier—all hence at New Orleans. Wasp, S'orey, hence at Mobile. Bonaventura ; Greenock, Jamieson ; Odessa, Bars'ovi; and Oro mocto, NV,- hater—all at Savannah. Henry Buck, Pendleton, hence at Virginia. BIRTHS On the IStli inst , at Eaton-p1.;,11;don, the Hon. Mrs. J. Drum. mond, of a daughter. On the 19th Dec., Mrs. Lomax, Foregate.house, Chester, of 11, daughter. MARRIAGES. On the 16 h inst., at Clifton Church, Bristol, W. W. Browne Eaq., 9th Bombay N. 1., son of T. W. W Browne, Esq., of the Woodlands, Shropshire. to Geraldine Fanny Winifred, daughter of R. Brouncker, Esq., of Boqveridge, Dorset. On t . ,e 18th inst., at St. Alphage, Greenwich, by the Rev. R. Chaffer, M.A., assisted by the Rev. John Knox, M.A., Thos. Rowland Duncan, of No. 3, Bou.evard Sebastopol, Paris, to Mary Anne Ralph', youngest daughter of Mr. Richard Willey, of Blackheath park. DEATHS. On the 14th Inst., at 15, Suf,, , nall-street, in the sixth year of her age, Margaret Jane, the only and beloved daughter of Mr. William overend. On the 17th inst., Anne, Wife of James Jump Davies, Esq., Great Crosby. 02- Births, Marriages, and Deaths, are only inserted when sea to our Office duls , authenticated. The Berlin journals state that a manuscript of about 100 pages of the philosopher Kant, which has hitherto remained unknown, has just been discovered in that city. They also state that attempts are about to be made in the royal library to photograph old manuscripts. The 2:Tottingham Review states that steps are being taken to erect a monument in that town to the memory of the late Feargus O'Connor, in the form of a statue, which will be a perfect representation of Mr. O'Connor, as he ET. peered in the plate of O'Connortille.