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44ellee of the country. A treaty had been made
een the two
, J,O great Western Powers that a loan of
00
'°"-) Pqo should be jointly guaranteed, and the
r L OtIS NAPOLEON immediately obtained
'late' e sanction to the arrangement, which was
w„!ulispensable to the successful prosecution of
Boom"
irons Lord PALMERSTON came down to the House
zitl with his proposal, which he deemed so much
la'tier
an
°course, that it required no further argument
exPlanation of the circumstances, and the
kzt, lias called upon at once to sanction the arrange-
+C e found, however, that the members were
ZO'4ll7llageable as to agree to his proposal, merely
4e1:: stated that it was to give effect to a treaty.
q4clin
'liced them to refuse a specific vote of want
1,,c1e„
"ce, but they were unwilling to give any
IN %at "Jr of their confidence, and the consequence
„!, kite
ts a'.s, au 'earnest appeal, in which he affirmed
nli?ll,."'ter of life and death, he only succeeded in
I.,,r'it4l\ze from political extinction by a majority
'elllhert,, 401-Ise consisting of nearly three hundred
11'4 tilt
!):11e 4t' :ok*Oence-of refusing the sanction of the
ag dis 11161 tis to theproposed guarantee should
theA astroz
be tke 3as Lord PA.LMERSTON predicts, it will
ttc Niscion'attiral result of his retaining office with
)!ace of the
that he no longer possesses the con-
471tec jar Country or the Legislature.. He has
4.1 grit IlDn 8 Peculiar tact in evading every direct
that his position as a Minister, and finds, at
e is most vulnerable on the very point
Aeetoed himself most secure. He has treated
With a kind of cool defiance, which showed
tlr recklessness of consequences ; and just at the
session, when .he may have fondly deemed
to be over, he is 'barely saved from break-
SCI,on a financial aitangement which he thought
;N4lia,Lly have excited an adverse vote. We are
Itokt7it that a question in which the honour of
1,7N117 vas involved with her Allies, was not one
sa Ministerial condemnation should <have
tblilt to hang, out we cannot sympathise with
~th 4 _
tiotN,44 has shown so little sympathy for
tl4ll ,41 40 leas contrived to maintain his -posi-
Nitl, the -goodness of his cause, but on 'his
49,1,44-E_ETING 2751 S BO'YAL
jetTLITI_RAL SOcrETY-

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l'llt, !Illoli ooR OWN REPORTENt)
%;,, a:abi, CAELIsLt, Monday.
tv 'le, the meeting of this swot,/ takes place this year ino _
, '414
beiN:eelapetition of live stock and the award
the
Nttrite'te and for Wednesday. Trials ofn
Iliii "fitki.;*`` roachinery of different kindsnocoodninecthe
tll.lloti-311' operations of husbandrycotmh:
t.Y, 4nci
,tou:Silay, and were continuedexpected,
be completed
tcl4.l7ote (Tu` day, and will, it is commenced
on Friday,
15§..14.e.- "(laY). The machinery tested has consisted
A;), Lk
tenths
f 'mg fornranddiversified capa-
N 4 . km es —o vary.
agriculture • of thrashing-
,4ol of' purpOses ef •agr--- , .
and
4,:lNtb.fbaftcutters, turnip-slicers, cake-crushers,
The
14 It h, ,7 belongi- _
, ug to .the barn or the farm-yard. 1
.4..\,,,,.4aPienients, on the wholei is considered less t um
,ticlfNittilba Point of nuniher ; but they are looked onby
~ the thg2rerY select, and perfect of their respective kinds.
I"4l,iii,;;Lugs are rather improvements and modifications
'4tA1i4,1„.. rnachhaes 'than inventions. In point of fact,
Ne ~, less sought after than excellence. One _re-
.,Al44 h'Ptieri to this observation. is applicable to an
1 Vill. ' °tit ),''kt working . power and-singular appearance
'';lity*; a 4 • "tete for the first time. It is Boydell's Traction-
., eh of .great power, extraordinary .adapta-
;' ' itaaee peculiarity --which in some dream-
''''lllellt. 14 Irks: on- as invaluable_; -it lays,. and. lifts
iti ''',,th it a self -aching endless• railway, which is at-
kitliettili: eablepsortion- 'S
like huge shoes, to the perimeters
Vq} 4 ,la such a manner that one portion is on the
1 l:koh, see"
being laid, and a third.being lifted at the
1 01,-ellt, While other portions are- in the act of being
r kr'iti:tted with the circumference of the wheels as these
e ktt)e €.:,::'lrse of their revelations. This instrument, although
t i,;:),,t,)towieldy and awkward in its aspect, was on trial
rZ.ll,ltZedinelv irartahle and fliteilV moved in stir
bitk.kx,t,,:ng readily made to travel backwards and, for-
-1
tof S,lale line—to deviate in one direction, or to diverge
l'ec'el4‘4l4l*,„po,,,i ",,ve circle, or to surmount inclinations
kllif,:PeraZ lb . ,':iless in.aand in all of these conflicting or
`4lDedit-Vofaetioill'i it ma,,114-,,,q,in• ed a ponderous, though clumsy,
4ttie eteetede!itillimA_me' Which 1.10 obstacleeM
bac'dktwhawrdarotr,
forwardand lo
tkipi by t • Its•threet motions .
setek'slibjectr_ aPPlication of the ordinary driving übe6.
'"qe,;‘'eaetioll `uthevrill of the engineer, :who can at anytimeotion
';titio4 ' r th2r.the driving apparatus, and so secure m.
',ltt43 are uh:DOSite directions; the lateral and curvelmear.
‘-'l,llti.:l'ehet3eifto the control of another agency. The guide
X,,,''' .1911,,a1 tn axlerhich has a horizontal motion similar
,A..iL'eti a 41-5 01 an ordinary carriage, in front of which axle
h•e ,44 4 eh 110014 guide bar, to the extreme end of which
~N, the
e"4.41- This chain is brought back to the axle, and
":,`Pp she extern al. wheels on each side is made to pass
'464 NI% ' and is taken up on a cylinder, round which
144, 4A 4° tolled •
4 ill .Opposite directions. -To this cylinder
' kAi kight wi,,,,,
Pt,
~ftil, eteeri, ' ••,-,4„,Quthe same principle as the tiller-
'l e rig 14 Alit,:g•wheel, of a ship. By means of a turn or
At ht ''. t guide incline the ponderous monster
ttt;k4fl,,..c't to L.,,,
i't'-oli :.mtill,.. the ...0 ~w=t-• li the greatest facility and c the.
ll 5.t1,41 fikt '', eertainty. This machine was .not in om
}:tatt ti,4l. ea1)41",.ap., but was.merely put in motion to displayfrom
'tk ',lt • udities • and it has been noticed simply
Ac,,N it, .,
tt 'l'l. Nth Workingappewance was so extraordinary. as
ih.'N• A.SIL attention and .occasion many expressions of
i.7toiLltikk-'434lflumingld with mirth,
.fromasthe s.pecta-.
ttlkbet-Ntliorl e lalPlies, it is intended chiefly an instru
Sh / 010,:ri is to e used for the purpose of dragging
I Ofek bt , '8; but it is also fitted up in such a manner
Ot 4ttet,Nik,' 4413? used as a stationary engine for the pur-
l't' it • -tiau t '''' threshing. This engine has attracted
rti la Lk, a.-
./.%,••Dev,... am
01-1-K- practical agriculturists, by many. of
n% .„tir es the ,s's a great move in the way of applying
"iagtuaz.- 44 'Rik,,,,,Zl
07.titless of the farm. Its inventor is, ex-
% Q aPPeals; Pt ',,.,_tS capabilities ; and all agree in deserib-
i 'atrda peak
4.1'014 and var;ed adaptability as well as
•it 3', MI. ' -
Ikt kial on ~, NIA
le
14t44'1.th-Pie'st r''s SitaAlements were commanded to
eteri with theok_94ll of Draw-dykes, about two miles to
.41 "aals The business of the day corn-
•• elder c °rlie
and scarifiers.
~,. With grain ame the
ia,..tse-hoes, grubbers,
res
'4'itilpl and 0the,714-machines for sowing mann. _
,t, lu2ents have be-e-:'740 ; and the perfection to which
'llll, e same d • - bht is very great-
'At 'riled 411 be;„ ,;„ ;Ate ola„n, ---g So constructed that it can sow
Nit re "" e, go h
nitrate of soda, at
Generally
'tr, ''4t, '42i to 20 C as guano, or .,1,1111, Of 11,041 n 0 bushels per acre ; farna- d manure,
Ntitto 100
bushels
ht 018125 bushels, or weetrit manure at the rate
rewhich these
\4N ' WltAt flobieeetedr,ewr were 'severe, and the results most
(o i 4 songtake those who were on the ground and 1
N. IP e 4 •
kichil l'eo 4 eel:. interest in the proceedings, ifs, was Mr. 1
‘l't hl -a ~,48k3"115, the author of Ta,pa, or the
IttOk:4 'l,i. 'laY-farm," and Mr. Mechi, of Leadenhall-
W 1 th"ree Rail. The latter gentleman delivered a
q'0,1,1 44) bA 1-,, g,eueral state of British Agriculture," in the
~,t`h.,;'ehdetikele, at two o'clock on Saturday afternoon.
!ti 4411 ,ee-
el about 700 of an audience ; and on the
r,:lih r 4 ka ed.
i'll, ae}kiließw-dYkea, was devoted to the testing of hay-
ittq,e opea'ld horse rakes, and also to the trial of
tk,i.t:; „lo u, aiZtious with these implements attracted
k, Ntikit tbe
show re generally considered as vpr.y. fa-
'N°s,,. Wi',llle,, ard, beside the general exhibition, ~,,it Ltt,l, aile'Lus gimilar to those first mentioned were
NN Itik ex these will be continued throughout to-
NA biZ the Peeted that all these will be cot through
AVt 114,;k111 n'aY* The trials of the reaping machines
),.4,,i fro '',ll4t. to take place to-morrow at. the farm. ^Ati,,,,iilesd 4ese are looked forward to with muck Niki',l)lae43', 4
,1q,,„ to,
,e, ahflready stated, the show of stock and pro-
''' Vt: biti"l' on. Thursday the chief feature of the
141,,e.tpt1 41',k-,,,,he, takes Di Many celebrities are ex-
',,,'Ntrir Ne4),l4.l.4l,'"%iocluding" Lordaee Brougham, the Dukes of
,vt,l4 4111,10peaft4,aad Sir James Graham, all of whop
~t'lh I:ith4A4tigas bee" certain toasts. In the meantime the
1,, th h t,,, 'led ill certain
Very throng and very gay. The
irq tlf • pietlN alany places by triumphal arches deco-
tip 11,41)4115et 40Cal 'lllB and flowers, and plentifully adorned
iet,t tq 44 ft eYices are also common in front of many
i):11 4,l`)Ape!' Ala at? Project from nearly every window. A
k. to
~,,,,„, eo to el:,.111 the Assembly Rooms on Wednesday.
qt4,4lo%d..Thar..72Pened on Wednesday, which will con-
°, Oh Nv f,,_13- and Friday. Small balloons have
VA ual the New-town Gardens and the gala
t 'Nay . grand displa f fireworks from these
, gill ht. y o
t'l 641114 the
• `l,:lk NI?
11,
thitin
-_____
4 tk,,kost very t the Past week has been showery,
kIlt40: (\upon ,14, with alternations of cool breezes,
Nii
rr Os :4111Y, when contrasted with the heats
41 k,I. ttltio4 tce)i 1%1:11.
.kinds look well, although on the
d Yield promises to be good, and, with
44°341‘Ze kea-er3- wart', weather the the
kh
bl'eswutrisenw'itoianulngdd,
k4ltitie t‘et'Z striq'
ithlloola'tjlslrnaisiopslooloefrrem
esi3aranad 10
kil to heix„t, er°P. The disease has not yet been
°Pt it °llrhood (Carlisle) this season, and
Olay
have forgotten to pay its periodical

LIVERPOOL COURT OF PASSAGE.

YESTERDAY.

rAFTER THE CONCERT.—RITSH V. JONES AND WIFE.—
Mr. Brett, instructed by Mr. Grimmer, appeared for the
plaintiff; Mr. Aspinall for the defendants. The action was
brought to recover damages for an assault. The defendants
keep the Globe public house, at the corner of Dawson-street,
and the plaintiff is the sister-in-law of a young woman named
Margaret Fagan, who was employed as a vocalist in the music
saloon of the Globe. It appears to be the "custom of the
house" for the gentlemen who attend the concerts to express
their admiration of the young ladies who sing, by treating
them in the bar, after the performances have closed ; and Miss
Fagan was in the habit of remaining to take her share of the
good things giving away. Her sister, the plaintiff—
according to her statement in the witness box not
liking her to be out alone, at so late an hour
of the night, made a point of calling for her. And it
was this desire to play the part of a protector that took her
to the Globe at midnight, on the 22nd of June. She re-
mained in the bar with the musical young ladies and the
gentlemen who were " standing treat" until two o'clock.
And, up to that time, she admitted, all went on comfortably
enough. She then began to fear that her sister would'have a
headache in the morning; and suggested that she should drink
ginger-beer instead of gin-hot." The young lady herself
" did not much mind which it was," but Mrs. Jimei resented
the plaintiff's interference, and, according to the evidence of
the sisters, attacked her without further provocation, tore her
bonnet and dress, pulled the hair out of her head, and finally
turned her out of the house. The assault was not denied,
but it was said to have been a trumpery offence, arising out
of a quarrel among women for which the smallest possible
amount of damages would be a sufficient compensation. The
jury gave a verdict for the plaintiff, with 40s. damages.
A KICKING HORSE.—CALVERT V. REFS.—Mr. Brett (in,
structed by Mr. Grimmer) appeared for the plaintiff; Mr.
Aspinall (instructed by Mr. Bremner) for the defendant. The
action was brought to recover damages for an injury, which
the plaintiff had sustained from the kick of a horse belonging
to the defendant, on the 23rd February last. The plaintiff
stated that on the day in question he was employed In Deni-
son-street, with other persons, in putting some sulphur on a
wagon belonging to the defendant. The wagon, which had
three horses in it, was•standing in the middle of the street. His
(plaintiff's) attention was called to the horses by a man named
Davis, and, in consequence of what Davis said, he went to the
head of the shaft horse, which was blind. The middle horse,
a black entire horse, immediately " struck out," and kicked him
'violently on the head : the blow rendered him insensible, and
he had to be taken to the hospital, where he remained until
the 19th of March. After that he was miller treatment as an

out-patient until the 30th of June, until which time he was
unable to resume his work. His wages were 255. per week.
He. never touched the horse before he received the kick. The
only question in the case was as to the defendant's knowledge
of the kicking propensities of the horse. The plaintiff's case
was supported by two witnesses, discharged servants of Mr.
Rees, who spoke to declarations -which implied such know-
ledge; while the defendant himself'and three witnesses swore
that the horse was not an habitual kicker, and that he had
only, as far as they knew, offended in that way twice ; once
when his breeching had become entangled with a cart, and
once (after the injury to the plaintiff) when it was irritated-by
a piece of timber falling upon it. Defendant had given the
,plainEff two half-crowns while in the hospital. Tire. jury
found for the plaintiff—damages £l5.
RATNER v. EATON.—Mr. Aspinall and Mr. Brett, (in-
- strutted by Mr. Rymer) -appeared for the plaintiff; Mr.
Broome and Mr. Fenwick, (instructed by Messrs. Anderson
and Collins,) for the defendant. The action was brought by
the daughter and executrix' of the late Mr. Rayner, to-recover
-a-sum :of money due to the estate of the deceased. The de-
fendant had paid £ll9 irito-court. It appeared that Mr. Eaton,
-in the lifetime of Mr. Rayner, had acted as that gentleman's
agent, and on an examination of the accounts, after Mr.
:tuner's death, he was found to be a debtor to the estate to
the amount of £1,276 16s. 2d. Becoming embarrassed in his
=circumstances, he proposed to make a composition with his
creditors, and offered es. Bd. in the pound. elie creditors
generally agreed to take the composition, 'but the present
plaintiff, for some time, withheld her consent, and her case
to-day was, that she-=only gave it at last upon 7condition that
her father's estate-should be indemnified against loss, in re-
spect to certain open-contracts for palm oil and tartaric acid,
which the defendant had entered into with a Mr. Atkinson, in
his own name, but in the late Mr. Ra3rner'e behalf. On an
adjustment of the contracts, a loss was ascertained of £9OO, for
which Mr. Atkinson had eventually taken the composition of
6s. Bd. to the pound on Mr. Eaton's estate. The questions for
the jury were-1, -whether £9OO, the whole amount of the
loss on the contracts, was to be deducted from £1,276 16s. 2d.,
the defendant's debt to Mr. Rayner's estate, and the composi-
tion paid upon' the balance, in which case the amount paid
into court would hardly cover the plaintiff '-s claim ? 2, whe-
ther the defendant was entitled to deduct not £9OO but £3OO,
the amount which he had actually paid ? or 3, whether the
composition- was -not payable on the whole amount of 21,276
16s. 2d., withant any deduction whatever, that being the
construction of the arrangements contended for by the plain-
tiff, who insisted that the defendant was to hold the estate
harmless, so faras the contracts were eoncerned,from any loss
whatever? The-jury took the latter view of it, and found for
the plaintiff. Damages, £425 125., including the amount paid
in to court.
ASSAULT AND SLANDER.—DUTTON v. VINEBBEBG.—Mr.
Thompson, (instructed by Mr. Grace,)-appeared for the plain-
tiff; and Mr.-Axpinall, (instructed by Mr. Andrews,) for the
defendant. The action was brought to recover damages, laid
at £5OO, for an.t.ssault and defamation—the assault, consist-
ing of an alleged attempt to'kiss, and the defamation, of lan-
guage imputing to the plaintiff that she was dishonest and un-
chaste. The plaintiff, who, being under age, sued by her next
friend, and whose appearance and demeanour in the box made
a very favourable impression, was the first witness examined.
She stated that, having been for some time in the service of
Mr. Watson, of the Marine-hotel, New Brighton, as bar-
maid, she engaged herself in the same capacity to the,
defendant, who keeps a public-house, principally fre-
quented by German emigrants, in Lime-street. About a
week after her entering his service,, he called her into the
coffee-room andattempted to kiss her • he did not succeed;
she told him that he ought to be ashamed of himself, and
that, if he did -not know his place as a master, she knew her's
as a servant. She left the room. Me repeated the attempt
on several occasicns afterwards, but always unsuccessfully,
and, at the expiration of seven weeks, her mother took her
away. She applied to a Mr. Heatley for a situation on leaving
the defendant's -service, and lie agreed to take her, but he sub-
sequently told her that the character given of her by her
former master, Mr. Vinesberg, was .not sufficiently satisfac-
tory, and he, therefore, declined to receive her. Had never
been guilty of any conduct which would justify the defendant
in imputing to her-dishonesty or unchastity. .
In cross-examination the plaintiff denied that she had ever
taken any liberties with a French gentleman, or permitted
any liberties to be taken by gentlemen with her, but she ad-
mitted that upon ,one occasion, when .a person named Ash-
croft, well known to her and her family, was in the house in
-a state of intoxication, and throwing his money about, she
put the money (100 in her pocket to -take care of it. She
afterwards accounted to Mr. Ashcroft' for it, and he thanked
lier for what she had: done.

Mr. Heatley, who was called to prove the slander, distinctly
negatived the statement in the declaration as to any imputa-
tion of dishonesty on the contrary, the defendant had stated
that he had never found her dishonest, •but he had told him
that "she was in the habit of allowing gentlemen to take
great liberties with her, and was not a proper person to be in
any respectable house, and that he believed her to be a —."
it was entirely in consequence of this representation that he
had •declined to take the plaintiff into his service.
The mother of the plaintiff was called to prove that she had
given notice of her intention to take her daughter away ; the
defendant's former cook to state that her conduct, as far as
she saw, was irreproachable ; and Mr. Watson to speak to
her behaviour, while she was in his service, which he stated
to have been irreproachable: he added, that he should be
perfectly willing to take her.again.
The defence was, that the .statement made :to Mr. Heatley
was not-volunteered, bat was made bona fide, and without
malice, and was therefore privileged. To show that he had
good ground for making it, Mr. Vinesberg, and himself, and
his nephew were examined, and they described the plaintiff's
conduct, while in the house, as most immodest and improper.
The nephew. said lie had complained of it to his uncle, and
the uncle, that he had given her notice, in consequence of her
misconduct, before her mother said she would take her away.
The attempt to kiss was entirely denied. Verdict for the
plaintiff—daroages 40s.

A Corxisioi.—McCA.BE V. NEWTON.—Mr. Brett (in-
structed by Mr. Grimmer) appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr.
Aspinall (instructed by Mr. Greatley) for the defendant. The
action was brought to recover damages for injury doneAo the
,plaintiTs " shandry " by a " float," the property of the de-
tfendant, which ran into it in Hanover street, upset. it,,leoke
-both shafts, and otherwise so damaged it, that it had eost
£5 13s. Gd. to repair. The plaintiff's wife was also thrown
out and very much ..shaken. The defence was that there was
neither negligence nor want of skill on the part of the de-
fendant's. servant ; that the horse had run away and defied all
the efforts of the driver to restrain it ; that the width of the
street made it impossible to pass the shandry without coming
into collision with a cotton-laden lorry ; and that having been
a pure accident, the defendant was not liable. Verdict for
the plaintiff—damages £5 13s. 6d.
SKILLIN V. BATES.—A stevedore who had contracted to
discharge a,vessel of her ballast, complained that he bad been
interfered with in carrying out his contract. First of all by a
number of ship-carpenters, and afterwards by another steve-
dore, wholcame with a larger ste,ff and turned him off the work.
lie sued the defendant, as the owner of the ship, for damages,
complainieg also that, in the course of a quarrel with the in-
terloping parties, the police had been called, and he had been
given into custody. The answer as to the imprisonment was
that the defendant bad had nothing to do with it, and as to
the other part of the case, that the plaintiff's dilatoriness and
neglect to fulfil his engagement, had made it necessary that
other parties should be employed. Verdict for the defendant.

FALSE IMPRISONMENT:—MARSHALL V. THIRKELL.—Ari
action against a brewer for assault and false imprisonment ;
the plaintiff, a commission traveller, lately in defendant's ser-
vice, having been taken into custody by his order, on a charge
•of embezzlement. The defendant justified, and both the
parties were examined at some length. The jury eventually
found for defendant.
BEAVER V. THE MERSEY AND IRWELL NAVIGATION
ComP.A.isrr.—An action of trover, for certain crates of
crucibles. A person named McNair, in April last, kept a
public-house in Cleveland-sqnare, and had a cellar at No. 14,
Islington, which he had occupied about a month, and where
he carried on business as a commission merchant, under the
firm of Robert McNair and Co.. A Mr. Lowe, of Manchester,
sold the crucibles to MlsTair, and gave them to the defend-
ant's company to deliver, and McNair sold them to Beaver,
and endorsed over the freight note to him. Beaver
demanded the goods and tendered the freight, but,
in the meantime, Lowe had ordered them not to
delivered, and the company refused to give them up. The
defence was that M'Nair had never any property in the goods,
because he had not complied with the conditions on which he
was to have them. He was to accept a two months' bill and
send it back by return of post, but he had allowed an interval
of three or four days to elapse, and in the mean time Lowe
had made enquiries, the result of which was unsatisfactory.
The evidence as to the contract was conflicting. The
Assessor evidently inclined towards the plaintiff, but the
jury found for the defendants.
GODFREY V. KIMETON.—An action by an attorney, to re-
cover the amount of a bill of costs for business in bankruptcy.
Verdict by consent, for the plaintiff, damages £4O, subject to
a reference.

PEMBERTON V. SMIT}I.—Au undefended action on two
I 0 U's, both parties being solicitors. Verdict for plaintiff,
for £136 ls. _

The Court rose at a quarter-past 11 last night, the causes,
78 in number, having been disposed of, except one, which was
made a remand by consent.

COMMERCIAL and MONETARY NEWS.

MONDAY NIGHT.

NOTWITHSTANDING the hazard of another minis-
terial crisis and the absence of any accounts from the
seat of war of a favourable nature, the Publie Funds
have maintained their value duringthe week, the price
of Consols having fluctuated during the week not
more than 4 above or below 91. This equability is
owing, in a great measure, to the large amount of un-
employed capital seeking investment counteracted by
the preparations making for the anticipated new loans
and the contributions to the French and Turkish
Loans. There is little otherwise deserving of com-
ment. Business generally is quiet, and new enter-
prises are delayed until Parliament has come to a
final decision on the proposed alteratiOn in the law of
partnerships.
According to the Bank returns on Friday, the de-
crease in the stock of bullion was only £255,170,
which may be considered equivalent to an increase
when the payment of the dividends is taken into
account, as shown by the decrease in Public Deposits
of £4,041,336. The increase in other deposits" is
no less than £2,461,652, while the decrease in " other
securities" is £646,973. As far, therefore, as money
for commercial purposes is concerned, the market is
in a most favourable condition, and the rate of dis-
count continues low, that for first-class paper being
below the minimum fixed by the Bank of England.
Since the failure of STRAHAN, PAUL and Co., the
Bank of England have determined on opening a
West end branch, •and have taken Uxbridge House,
Old Burlington-street, for the purpose. The annouce-
ment had the effect of advancing Bank Stock fully half
per cent. Very few transactions have taken place in
the precious metals, the imports during the week
having been only about £400,000, and the exports
perhaps slightly in excess of this amount.
Trade in Manchester has shown a slight tone of im-
provement, owing principally to a notice havinc, been
given •cif a reduction of the hours of labour, which will
tend to lessen the supply. There are also more favour-
able accounts from India. The Woollen Trade con-
tinues steady, the demand being equal to the supply,
and pieces have rather an upward tendency. The
Hosiery and Lace Trades are. without change.
In the Corn Markets throughout the country at-
tempts have been made with but partial success to re-
cover the decline. There is promise of an abundant
harvest, but in the mean-time supplies will no •doubt
be short.

Our SHARE MARKET has experienced a further
depression during This week, speculative sales 'having
lowered prices considerably. These are founded on
apprehensions still entertained of bad reports from
the London and North-western and other lines, but
we believe thatstill all these are but conjectures, the
London report' is not yet prepared, and 'nobody can
know the dividend. We are informed that the Leeds
report will be very good, and the Midland not bad :
the fact, however, appears to be that the public are
doing so little that the market is a query to the jobbers
of the Stock Exchange, who rule prices as they wish.
Local Stocks are very steady, and Bank and Insurance
Shares are in demand at higher prices. We annex
quotations ofthis day :—Caledonians, 311 East Lan-
cashire, 10-; Lancashire and Yorkihire, 801 1
Liverpool; Crosby, and Southport, I'4l ; London Stock,
98 ; Ditto Fifths, f-,d ; Midland Stock, 701 ; South
Eastern, ISt ; North British £5 pref. shares, 105 -
Luxembourg constituted, 91d; Commercial Bank, 111;
Royal Assurance, 1 7-16 p.
COTTON.—The market during the week has been
very steady, prices of middling qualities having been
without change, while fair has partially declined id.
The sales for the week, up to Friday, amounted to
46,330 -hales, of which 6,980 -were taken on specula-
tion, and 2,870 for export, leaving 36,480 for the trade.
TO-DAY, the advices received by the Baltic were of an
improved tone on the other side, but it had but little
effect on this market, which was steady, the sales
amounting to 6,000 bales, including 1,000 for specula-
tion and export, and prices without change. The
following is a comparison of -present rates with those
of the corresponding period of last year :

1854 1855
New Orleans, middling
, fair -1.-
:Upland, middling
„ fair

PRODUCE.—The Sugar market has been very' firm,
and refining qualities in good demand. Coffee in small
supply. In Tea little doing. Rice improving. Rum
steady. In Palm Oil a considerable business doing.
For Tallow a good demand. TO-DAY, there has heen
a very good demand for Sugar, at steady rates; in-
cluding Saturday's transactions, the sales comprise
105_hhds. Barbadoes at 345. 6d. to 38s. 6d.. 710hhds.
Jamaka at 365. to 38s. 6d., 70 hhds. Dominica at
355. 9d. to 365. 6d., 1800 mats Mauritius at 345. 6d.
to 365. 6d., '4O cases Bahia, from the quay, at 355. 6d.
for brown, and 375. to 38s. for white, besides a cargo
(400 tons) afloat, for a northern European port, at 225.
per cwt. 410 puncheons Molasses, of indirect import,
have been disposed of, at 175.. 9d. for Cuba.Muscovado,
and 18s. per cwt. for Porto Rico. Nothing has taken
place in Rum. 350 bags Rio Coffee are reported at
41s. to 465. per cwt. for ordinary unwashed -to low
washed. The Tea market continues in an inactive
state, and the sales are principally, confined to -a few
boxes of Scented Orange Pekoe and Caper, at former
rates. Saltpetre continues to advance, 250 bags having
realized 30s. to 325. per cwt. for 81 to 61 per cent.
refraction, and 15 bales good Bengal Safflower are
reported at £5 2s. 6d. per cwt. We have . also to
notice 150-tons Logwood, at 17s. 6d. for- Jamaica,
and £6 for indirect Campeachy, also 15 tons ,green
Ebony, at £7 12s. 6d. to £8 per ton.
WooL.---The attention of the trade having 'been
.chiefly occupied with the public sales now proceeding
in London, there has been rather less activity manifest
in this market during the past week, but stocks of
all useful descriptions of low clean Wools are very
scarce, and- the late advance fully maintained. The
imports for the week are 914 bales, consisting of 122
bales Mediterranean, 133 bales Portugal, 284 bales
East India, 244 bales Scotch, 11 bales Jamaica, 87
bales Irish, 35 bales coastwise ; total, 914 bales.

METALS.-Our Scotch pig Iron market opened hea-
vily-last week, ands rumoured prohibition of shipments
of Iron to the North of Europe, by an order in Council,
brought prices down to 70s. 6d., which was paid here
on Friday. This prohibition has since been found to
be unimportant, and yrices have recovered, 725. 6d. to
735. being to-day's quotations for store warrants,
m.n. f.0.b., at Glasgow.

BANICHIIPTCY COURT.—Yesterday, Wm. Fenton, late an
iron-house manufacturer in this town, passed his examina-
tion, unopposed, before 31r.-.Commissioner Perry.
A LARGE 'SCHOONER got _ashore across the bottom of the
Tranmere slip, about seven. o'clock yesterday morning, and
stuck fast, until the flood tide yesterday evening floated her
off. She received less damage thanwas expected.

PICKING POCKETS UNDEB, THE EYES OF A PREACHER.—
John Kenny, an old man who had the appearance of an
Irish reaper, was charged at the Police Court yesterday by a
young man who gave his name as Hugh Mackay, with picking
his pocket. Mackay said that he was listening to a preacher
on the Exchange .flags on Sunday afternoon, when he felt a
pull at his tail pockets. He turned round, and saw the pri-
soner standing beside him. He then stepped back, and the
prisoner stepped into his place. Just then he missed his
handkerchief, and beckoned a police inspector. He laid his
hand upon the prisoner's shoulder and saw his pocket hand-
kerchief, as he thought, drop from between the prisoner's
legs ; so lie gave him into custody. It was not quite clear
that the complainant's pocket had been picked, and as the
old man was not known to the police he was dismissed.
DROWNING OF BOYS.—Reuben French, a little boy, seven
years of age, whose parents reside in No. 10, Windsor-view,
was sent by his mother to buy a loaf at the Speakfield cottages,
Edge-hill. On coming back, he took off his clothes and went
into a pit in a field by the side of Lodge-lane, where he sunk in
15 feet of water. A boy passing-saw the loaf and clothes ly-
ing upon the bank, and gave the alarm to a ,mau in a neigh-
bouring brick-field, who managed to get the body out, but
quite dead. At an inquest yesterday, a verdict of " Accidentally
drowned" was returned.—John McNabb, 14 years of age,
whose father lodges in a room in Mann-street, and who was
employed at the shop of Mr. Levi, outfitter, James-street, left
his father on Sunday, saying he was going to dine with a cap-
tain who had been very kind to him. About nine o'clock,
that evening, James Burke, a dock labourer, heard a splash in
the Brunswick-dock, and after obtaining the assistance of a
police-officer, succeeded in getting out McNabb's body. An
inuqest in this case resulted in a similar verdict.
AN EARLY BIRD CA.IIGHT ON THE WING.—Ann Jones, a
good-looking Welsh girl, who had lived as servant with Mr.
Thomas Munroe, 29, Marylebone, was brought up at the
Police Court yesterday, for plundering her master. The police-
man on duty caught her "flitting" through the front door
about five o'clock in the morning,with a bundle of her mistress's
wearing apparel, consisting of shawls, print and other
dresses, stuff-petticoats, boots, &c. In her defence she said
she was " taking them to be mangled," but as boots seldom
undergo that process, her ingenious story was disbelieved,
and she was sent to gaol for twenty-one days. Mr. Monroe
said he had taken her into his service without a character
from motives of charity. The officer said he knew that she
had been a common prostitute for at least two months before
obtaining her situation.
PUNISHMENT OF BEGGING IMPOSTORS.—Henry Bale,
James Wilkinson, and John Walters, who had been remanded
from Saturday, was brought up at the Police-court yesterday
as begging impostors. They had been in the habit of going
round to houses, representing themselves as " poor men out
of work" from Manchester, Stockport, Rochdale, or any
locality that they fancied would suit their tale. Amongst
other places, they called on a Mr. Lloyd, in Knight-street,
and represented that they were unfortunate officers, formerly
in the Inland Revenue service, and that one of them was in a
consumption. Mr. Lloyd was so moved by their "piteous tale"
as to give them two shillings and a bottle of cod liver oil.
When they found that the master of a house was not in, they
usually tried to bully or frighten the mistress into giving them
money. They called at the house of Mr. Councillor Stewart,
in Mount-pleasant, where their conduct was so outrageous that
they were given into custody. They were each sent to prison
for seven days, the magistrate regretting that he could not
ipflict a heavier punishment..