The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-12-19 00:00:00

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENeE.

Exchange is quoted—London, 27; Paris, 352
to 356; Hamburg, 670.
Coffee firm at 5,500 to 5,600 reis per antsba for
good first. Stock 50,000 bags.

ANNIVERSARY OF THE CLOSING OF
THE GATES OF DERRY.
LONDONDERRY, Dec. 18.
1 P.M.—Everything quiet ; crimson flags are'
flying from the usual places, and the effigy of
Lundy is suspended from Walker's Monument for
conflagration in the afternoon. No firing of can-
non has yet taken place, but troops are placed at
convenient stations to act if necessary.
4 P.m.—Six rounds were fired from one cannon.
Everything quiet.

Tuesday night.
The celebration by the apprentice boys of the
anniversary of the closing of the gates has• termi-
nated without disturbance. The effigy of Lundy
was burnt at three p.m., and six or seven skots
(from one cannon) were fired, although Mr.
Coulson, magistrate, remonstrated. A display of
fireworks took place at six p.m., and a soiree in
the Corporation Hall commenced shortly after..
The speakers were Mr. Hempton, Mr. Johnston,.
and others. The proceedings terminated about
midnight. The city is perfectly quiet.

The case of Hooper r. Warde, in the Court of Queen's
Bench, has terminated in a 'verdict for the
.plaintiff.
Damages: £5OO for the assaults, £lOO for the jewelery,
unless given up, and £BO for the loan.
Sir W. Verner, Bart., is authorised by her Majesty to
wear the insignia of a Knight Commander of the Royal
Hanoverian Guelphie Order, conferred upon him far
distinguished services during the Peninsular war and at
Waterloo.

The following appeared in our later editions of
yesterday :

FRANCE.

PARIS, Dec. 18.

The Moniteur contains a decree reducing the
number of officials in the Imperial Courts of
Rennes and Poitiers, augmenting the number of
tribunal judges in some towns and diminishing
them in others.

The Moniteur also publishes a decree suppress-
ing the prohibition against the export, from
Algeria, of barks, for tanning purposes.

MEETING OF PARLIAMENT.

At the Privy Council, at Windsor Castle, yesterday,
Parliament was ordered to be further prorogued from
the 3rd January until the sth February, and a proclam-
ation was issued summoning Parliament to meet for the
dispatch of business on sth February.

The Great Western Railway Company have appointed
Mr. John Fowler their consulting engineer.
The Daily News says tilkat private telegrams from St.
Petersburg do not afford hopes of any more prisoners
being recovered from the Chii:ese.
The Times in a leader praise:, the conduct of Lord
Elgin, who has by a firm policy, irf three weeks, put as
end to wars in China.

It is said in the Italian correspondence of the Daily
News, that the resistance at Gaeta was coonected with a
plan laid at Rome, and that the Emperor Ni;poleon was
determined to bring affairs to an end.

BANKRUPTS.

Frederick Young, woollen warehouseman, Basinghalt.

street.
Philip Ings, artificial manure manufacturer, Moretown,

. .
Ringwood, Hants.
John George, victualler, Pemberton-row, City.
William Newland Williams, chemist, Farnham, Surrey.
Thomas Bagley Cousens, underwriter, St. Michaere-
alley, City.
George Robson, saddler, Handswortb, Staffordshire.
Thomas Harris, cabinet-maker, Cardiff.
Charles and William Stark, corn and cheese factors,

Mark, Somersetshire.
Edward Williams, builder, Wrexham, Denbighshire.
John Sellars, manufacturing chemist, Newton Heath,
near Manchester.

The tea-party connected with the church and echoefil
of All Souls', will be held on this occasion in tit@
Concert-hall, Lord Nelson-street ; for, though the
school-rooms are large and commodious, they would be
too small to accommodate the company. Several volun-
teer officers will be present on this occasion, and will
give a new character to such social meetings.
LIVERPOOL EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY, MOUNT-
PLEASANT.—ConsuIting Surgeon, Dr. Hugh Neill,
F.R.A.S.; Surgeons, Dr. R. Hibbert Taylor, Dr. Nevins,
T. Bickerton, Esq. ; Assistant Surgeon, Robert Batty,
Esq. ; Treasurer, J. G. Livingston, Esq. Report for
the week ending Dec. 15, 1860 :—New cases : Eyes,
53 ; Ears, 22. Prescribed for and received surgical
assistance : Eyes, 297 ; Ears, 110.
TRADE OF LIVERPOOL.—The following is a return
inwards
and the number and tonnage of ships reported
and cleared outwards at this port as compated with
the corresponding periods of last year :
REPORTED INWARDS, For the Week ended Dee. 15.
1860
1859
Increase in ships
Increase in tons 59,160
CLEARED OUTWARDS, For the Week ended Dec. 15.
1860
1859
Increase in ships
Increase in tons
REPORTED INwanos, From Jan. 1 to Dec. 15, 1860.
1860
1859
Increase in slims .....
.. 86
Increase in tons .......................................... 416,255
CLEARED OUTWARDS, From Jan. 1 to Dec. 15, 1860.
1860
18.59
Increase in ships ....................................... 237
Increase in tons 366,033

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