The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-08-30 00:00:00

The Banquet will be held at the Depot in Canning-street.

Excursionists' Tickets from Liverpool Landing-stage to Bir-
kenliead-park and back, including Ferry, may be had at the
Company's Offices, 23, Lord-street, and at the Landing-stage
Refreshment-rooms, PRICE SIXPENCE.

BY ORDER.

THE BIRKENHEAD COMAIISSIONERS.—Yesterday morn-
ing a special meeting of this board of commissioners was
held at the Public-otlices, Hamilton-square, but as the
business to be transacted was purely a motion of finance,
the reporters were requested to withdraw.
The number of petitions presented during the present
session has reached the enormous amount of 24,264.
On Monday, the Borough Magistrates of Bridgewater
intimated their intention to protect the inmates of the
Agapemone against the attacks of the Rev. Mr. Price
and his friends.

VISCOUNT SANDON.—Iu consequence of the state of
his health, which will compel him to spend the winter
at Madeira, Viscount Sandon has been obliged to resign
the command of the Stafford Rifle Corps.
A Missouri editor announces that the publication of
his paper will be suspended for six weeks, in order that
he may risit St. Louis with a load of bear skins, hoop
poles, shingles, bark, pickled catfish, &c., which he has
taken for subscriptions.
AN EMPEROR ON THE ROAD.—The Mcmiteur de 'la
Cote d' Or states that M. Gorsse, the postmaster of
Clermont-Ferrand, who is charged with organising the
relays of horses for the Emperor's journey in 'Savoy, has
sent -off 900 horses to the different points where they
will be required.

111. Simon, of Breslau, one of the leading men in
the revolutionary movements of 1848, and who took
refuge in Switzerland after the dissolution of the Frank-
fort Parliament, was drowned last week while bathing
in the Lake of Wallenstadt.

IMMEMORIAL TO SAMUEL CROMPTON.—A meeting of the
inhabitants of Bolton was held at the Concert Hall, in
that town, last evening, to consider the subject of raising
a memorial in honour of the late Mr. Samuel Crompton,
the inventor of the " mule." The question has been
taken up with much spirit by the population of Bolton.
No PASSPORT FOR " CASSANDRA."—TiIe Opinitme of
Turin states that on the occasion of a new tragedy,
" Cassandra," being performed in that city on the 24th,
the author, M. Somma, a Venetian, had applied to the
Austrian police for a passport, in order to witness the
first performance, but was peremptorily refused.
RAGGED SCHOOLS' FESTIVAL AT HOUNsEY. —Au
entertainment was given on Tuesday to a large number of
the children of the Metropolitan Ragged Schools, on the
Tottenham-wood estate, belonging to the Muswell-hill
Palace Land Company. The children, about 3,000 in
all, with their teachers, were conveyed to the spot by
special trains on the Great NoLthern Railway.
MIGRATION OF SWALLOWS.—AS a proof of the un-
seaeonably inclement weather which has recently pre-
'vaned, it may be stated that during several days past
multitudes of swallows have been observed hovering
over the river about the Lower Hope, evidently engaged
in their annual migration, the present time being at
least a month earlier than the usual aerial voyage of
these birds.

ANCONA.—The Central Administration of the Ponti-
fical Ports on the Adriatic has issued a notice to captains
of vessels of all nations, announcing that the port of
Ancona will henceforth be closed during the night by a
chain. During the day this chain will be let down to a
depth of about ISO feet to admit vessels, the lighthouse
giving the proper signals both for the opening and closing
of the port.

JOURNALISM ABROAD.—The Unita Zialiana was seized
at Genoa, on the 23rd, for having published a letter from
Mazzini, and the Cattolico, an ultra-clerical paper, for an
article against the Government. A daily newspaper in
French, called 1' Italie Nouvelle, has just been started at
The Ost DentBelie-Post, of Vienna, was seized,
on the 22nd, for publishing an article on the situation
in which the press is placed in Austria.

THE PEARSON PARK FETE AT HULL.—This fete
was continued at Hull, on Wednesday. In the after-
noon two more trees were planted in the Park : one by
Master Pearson (the Mayor's son), and another by Miss
Pearson. The ceremony was witnessed by a large com-
pany, including the Mayor, Mr. W. D. Seymour, M.P. ;
the Mayor of Southampton, &c. Various amusements
were indulged in during the day, and the Pearson Park
fete will be an event long remembered by the inhabitants
of Hull.

CLOSE OF TUE TAY :SALMON FISHING.—The Tay
salmon fishing season closed on Saturday evening last,
much to the regret of the tacksmen of both the upper
and lower stations, on account of the large number of
fish caught during the past week. On Saturday the
" takes" were excellent, and the grilse caught perfectly
clean and in excellent condition. We believe, indeed,
that the number of both salmon and grilse in the river
is unusually large for the season. The rod fishing con-

tinues till the Ist October, and on the Tay and tributa-
ries excellent sport is being enjoyed, and is likely to

continue.

SHOCKING AND FATAL COLLIERY ACCIDENT.—On
Tuesday morning, an accident, attended with fatal re-
sults, occurred at the Wharncliffe Silkstone Colliery.
About half-past four o'clock, two men, named Charles
Coward and John Haigh, after having been working at
the bottom of the shaft, were ascending, when, from
some unforeseen cause, the truck which they were in was
precipitated to the bottom. Haigh fortunately caught
hold of a conducting rod, and there remained in awful
suspense for ten minutes, when he was liberated by
assistance from the top of the shaft. His companion,
however, was killed on the spot, his remains being
found under the truck at the bottom.

TIMBER BROKERS. - Some strong complaints have
been received regarding the practice of the War-office in
refusing to entertain tenders for timber except through
the medium of brokers—an agency which necessarily
increases its expense. The Admiralty, it is said, adopt
the opposite course with much advantage. If this be
the case, an alteration must be necessary. In ordinary
transactions the employment of a broker is usually the
best economy, but iu the great public contracts of the
Government it may often be unnecessary and undesirable.
and there seems, therefore, much impolicy in making an
arbitary rule on the subject.
COTTON.—In a letter from the Zambesi, dated March

12th, Dr. Livingstone says —" We have found an
opening into the magnificent cotton field through part
of which I travelled far to the west, and the form and
fertility of which, if I am rightly informed, have been
confirmed by Burton and Speke. This discovery, how-
ever, has been at the expense of a vexatious delay, the
produce of a fraud, to our proceeding to the Macololo
country, but it has opened a field for direct influence on
the slave trade in several parts on the east coast 1 never
anticipated."

WEST CUMBERLAND ELECTION.—Mr. Percy Wynd-
ham, second son of Lord Leconfield, was elected on
Monday without opposition, a Knight of the Shire, to
serve in Parliament for the western division of the
County of Cumberland. The newly elected M.P. then
addressed the people from the hustings. Towards the
close of his speech, from some cause not explained, the
platform of the hustings gave way, and in its fall car-
ried with it the speaker, the High Sheriff, Lord Mun-
caster, Mr. Hoskins, and all the gentlemen surrounding
them. Fortunately, however, the height was not great,
and, as all the gentlemen managed to keep their feet,
the only injuries sustained were slight bruises, with the
exception that ono man who had been standing beneath
at the time of the accident had his arm broken. The
accident created considerable alarm and confusion, which
subsided when it was understood that no one was
seriously injured. The hon. gentleman, having climbed
to the reporters' seat, which had not fallen, then resumed
his address. -
TRADE RETURNS FOR LAST MONTH.—The Board of
Trade returns for the past month are highly favour-
able, the declared value of our exports showing an
increase of £1,237,247 over the corresponding period of
last year. More than half this augmentation has been
from cotton goods, which have been largely taken in
the Levant, South America, and the United States.
Nearly all other articles have likewise been extensively
shipped. We subjoin a statement of the total declared
value of the exports of British and Trish produce and
manufactures during the month and seven months,
including only the " enumerated" articles :
For the month.
1858
£60,122,586
1859
1860
The total exports during the first seven months of the
year have been £74,542,687 against £74,288,610 in the
same period of 1859, showing an increase of £254,077,
or about '4 per cent. Including the " unenumerated
articles," the aggregate exports stand thus :
For the month, For seven months.
£10,993,997
11,285,451
12,522,698

1858
1859
1860

_
Compared with 1858, an increase is shown of
£1%080,886, or more than 15 per cent. With regard
to imported commodities, the most striking feature is
the large arrival of grain and flour of all kinds during
the month. Still the totals of wheat and wheaten tiour
taken during the first seven months of the year are more
than 20 per cent. below those from Japnary tq Ji4z i‘tt
1859,
and
also in 1858. 4 may be presumed, there-
fore, that the large how 0,49: consequent upon recent
good harvests ka,ye been consWerably diminished. As
respeots other artictes, the consumption during the
raoiAh. of cocoa, coffee, wines, and spirits, shows an
iizerease, and that of sugar, tea, tobacco, and spices, a
decrease,

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stamps).
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charges.—Messrs. eA.BRIEL, dentists to the Prince d'Ottagana.
134, Duke-street, Liverpool, established 1815 (see diploma); and
at 33, Ludgate-hill, and 110, Regent-street, London. Messrs.
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They also will be glad to show specimens of their newly-
invented work to those interested.

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ACCOUNT BOOKS.—A Large and well-seasoned
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Parties can have tbeir Account Books bound and ruled
pattern on the shortest notice.

ATISCELLANEOUS STATIONERY, comprisin?
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from 2s. to is. 6d. per ream ; Envelopes, large size, 3s. 6d. per
1,000 ; Stationery Cases and Envelope Boxes, in oak tam
walnut, from 2s. 6d. each • Mordan's Copying Presses, from
30s. each; Letter Scales, inkstand, Die and Press, 16s. 6d.;
Penis, Copying and Office Ink, very best (own manufacture);
and every other article suitable for mercantile firms.