The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1861-01-01 00:00:00

PATENT VESTIBULE AND OTHER LAMPS,

INCLUDING TIIE CELEBRATED AUREOLE LAMP.
Public Buildings and Private Residences fitted for Gas.

Experienced Gastitters employed on the Premises, and all
kinds of repairs carefully attended to in the Manufactory,
24, CIIWICII-STREET.

Crepy's Foreign Refined COLZA OIL, especially adapted
for the Aurdole Lamps.
. A large Assortment of
TABLE AND POCKET CUTLERY,

at the lowest Prices.
The Stock of
A j
PAPIER MACHE GOODS

Includes a very extensive assortment of Articles selected from
the productions of 'the most eminent Manufacturers in the
Kingdom, ensuring the greatest durability, exquisite finish,
&c.

OLD POSTOFFICE-BUILDINGS,

LIVERPOOL.

PRESENTS FOR CHRISTMAS AND THE NEW YEAR.
W. H.
iooKE,

SUCCESSOR TO
F. L. HAUSBURG,
In presenting the usual address at this Season, begs to return
his best thanks for the kind and liberal patronage conferred
upon him during the past year.
To his extensive and unrivalled Collection of
BRITISH AND FOREIGN MANUFACTURES
has been added every
ENGLISH AND FOREIGN NOVELTY,
And the greatest care has been exercised in the SELECTION
of the • GOODS, to SECURE TOE BEST QUALITY at the very
Lowest Prices.
Especial attention is requested to the large'Assortment of
FANCY ARTICLES, •
including.
PARISIAN NOVELTIES, FANS, CASKETS;
SOUVENIRS, BOUQUET HOLDERS,
and the NEW STYLE Of
HEAD ORNAMENT
in-the greatest variety.
AN EXTENSIVE STOCK OF
FRENCH DECORATED CHINA,
ALABASTER FIGURES,
PARIAN DITTO.
A Splendid STOCK of
BOHEMIAN, ENGLISH, AND FRENCH GLASS VASES,
LUSTRES, &c.
The unequalled Stock of
DRESSING-CASES, DESKS, •WORK-BOXES,.
BAGATELLE TABLES, &c.,
manufactured on the premises, will be found complete in
all its branches.
The assortment of
ENGLISH AND FOREIGN TOYS, GAMES,
DISSECTIONS, &c.,
is replete with every novelty, and includes a great variety of
ORNAMENTS FOR CHRISTMAS TREES.

W. H. TOOKE hopes, by his unceasing personal attention,
to secure the continuance of that confidence and support
which have hitherto been so kindly extended to him.

OLD POSTOFFICE-BUILDINGS,

LIVERPOOL.

NEWS OF THE DAY.

The Directors of the Bank of England) in consequence
of the continued drain upon their resources; yesterday
morning suddenly raised the rate of discount from five to
six per cent. This measure was not altogether unex-
pected, because it was noticed at the date of the last
return that the position establishment Was tery
little, if any, stronger than it was just before the autho-
rities made a similar alteration in November last. As soon
as the late arrangement was concluded between the Banks
of England and France for an exchange of £2,000,000
gold for an equal quantity of silver, the Money Market
underwent an improvement) and the authorities here
related their regulations Le the eiteitt of Otte per Cent.
but since then an efflux of gold has taken place in
another direction, viz. to the United States, which,
together pith a revival of the demand for accommoda-
tion, has produced such a variation in the supplies of
bullion, the other securitlt'a, and the reserve of notes,
that renewed restrictions hate bedon:e netessary. The
intimation has been followed by a fresh fall of k per
cent. in the munds, and to 4 per cent. in most of the
principal British Railway Stocks. The other markets
are likewise heavy. Generally throughout the Stock
Exchange much heaviness prevails, but this arises
doubtless partly from the state of the weather.
The latest news front China reaches us through a
Foreign Office telegram. It is entirely of a negative
character, though not unimportant, inasmuch as it
shows that the status quo was undisturbed up to the
18th of November. Some additional particulars of
interest, relative to the proceedings of the British army
before Pekin, will be found elsewhere, as well as the
text of the treaty between France and China.

According to the Ost bedtseke Post of Saturday Count
Rechberg has tendered his resignation as President of
the Council of Ministers in the Austrian Cabinet ;
but, adds that journal, the resignation has not been
definitively accepted. Count Rechberg., ,it is well.
known, has always been the
,adypcate and supporter of
the old absolute regime, and strongly opposed .to, alt
liberal innovations. As bang, therefore, as he remained
in the Cabinet doubts were entertained as to the sin-
cerity of the Emperor's acceptance of the programme
of M. Schmerling,` advising thci 'grant of a constitu-
tion with representative government, religious tolera-
tion, and freedom of the press,... Theiseeession of Count.
Rechberg will, therefore, give general saiisfaction,
and secure for the Emperor that confidence and support
in the heart of his empire so much needed when the
outlying provinces are being excited to revolt by foreign
agents, and an attempt to wrest Venetia front him
threatened in the spring. It can hardly be doubted,
therefore, that his Majesty will definitively accept the
count's resignation, Indeed, the Austrian Gazette says,
it is asserted that M. Schmerling is ^to be
,appointed
President of the Council, and Count Mensdorff Minister
for Foreign Affairs. The Emperor is also exhibiting
the greatest desire to pacify the various provinces, and,
in addition to former concessions, he has now agreed, at
the solicitation of the Hungarians, to incorporate the
Woiwodina and the Banat with Hungary. But it
is insinuated in various quarters' that this line of
policy is adopted by his :Majesty chiefly in order to
strengthen the resistance which it is stated he is deter-
mined to oppose to the surrender of Venetia on any
terms...ln consequence the French and Sardinian
Governments are making immense preparations for the
war, which it is fully expected will 'commence in the
spring.

Couht Ladislaus Teleki has been sent to the fortress
of Josefstadt, in Bohemia. The Paris correspOndent of
the Times writes:—"l have much satisfaction in stating
that the Emperor Napoleon has caused the matter of
Count Teleki to be taken up in a manner that does him
great credit. lam assured that. strong remonstrances
have been made both to the Austrian and Saxon
Ministers here, and the conduct of the Government
represented by the latter has been commented upon in
terms of special reprobation."
An important Cabinet Council has been held at the
Tuileries, at which it is said the chief subject of discus-
sion was the recent changes in the mode of conducting
the debates in the French Legislature. At this meeting
Count de Morny offered the most strenuous opposition
to any further advance in a constitutional direction, and
did not hesitate strongly to condemn the concessions
which the Emperor had already decreed, but he found
himself in a decided minority. The Emperor, it will be
seen, has converted the occasion of his presence at the
first representation of a new melodrama, at ono of the
Paris theatres, into a political demonstration of great
significance, as bearing upon the present position of the
Eastern question, and the attitude of France regarding
it.

The returns for the year and the quarter were to be
officially completed last night. The results for the
quarter are a decrease in customs of £350,000, a falling
off in excise of £l,ooo,ooo,—but the change in the
malt credit will account for £900,000, and the post-
ponement of the hop duty for £50,000 more : there is a
decrease under the head spirits. In stamps there is an
increase of £18,000: in taxes a at.........k_0f31 000,
caused by the transfer of game certificates to the excise.
The increase of the income tax is about £2,600,000.
In the Post-office there is an increase of £50,000. The
nett increase on the quarter is about £1,160,000 com-
pared with the same period in 1859. Taking tbe entire
year, Zustems show a decrease of £1,700,000, but the

inconie tak eihibits an increase of £6,800,000; excise,
fin increase of £28,000; stamps, an increase of £300,000;
post-office, an increase of £185,000. The nett increase
of the year is about £5,900,000. It will be observed
that the increase on both quarter and passed year is
almost entirely due to increased taxation, and the large
decrease which is observable, is admitted to be due to
the extensive and disturbing financial changes which
have still their course to run for good or for evil. The
high price of provisions must also have contributed to
a considerable extent in keeping down the resources of
the country,

The traffic returns or the railways in the United King-
dom for the week ending the 22nd December amounted
to £540,370, and for the corresponding week of last year
to £498,890; showing an increase of £41,480. The
gross receipts of the eight railways having their termini
in the metropolis amounted to £235,620, and for the
corresponding week of 1850 be £124,4431 showing an
increase of £ll,lBl. The receipts 'Oh the other lines in
the United Kingdom amounted to £304,744., and for the
corresponding weeir
,of last year to £274,447; showing
an increase of £30,207, whith, added to the increase oh
the metropolitan lines, makes the total increase £lll4BO,
as compared With the 'coitetpohdint week of 1850.
The Hefter' Coal Company have jtist don'e a /host
munificent act. TheY haVe Undeitakeii to provide for
the families of 'tilde WhO we're left destitute by the late
explosion in one of their collieries. Mr. Nicholas Wood,
One of the paaners of the company, said it was at Rrst
the intention of the proprietors to subscribe £l,OOO to a
fund for the relief of the afflicted; but the owners of
the colliery subsequently determined to extend their
munificence by providing for the widows and children,
the former for life or till re-marriage, the latter till they
Were able 10 piOvide fur theilitielVet
Her Metesty the 4uVon 11aabeeil Most gratiOnslY
DleitSo td 'forward a donation of £lOO to the fund of
the Metropolitan Visiting, and Relief :Assoaallon ((of
Whieh the Bishop of Laden is
.iiesideht),, in fit. liar=
Trafalgar-square. nth bohtribhtion was
teo4iVeyea With her Majesty's commands that it should
be promptly applied to alleviate the distresi now exist-

pleased to observe she felt the present severe weather
must so greatly tend to aggravate:.
A liberal but aneriyinoWs tenqA:Ctdr llabit3 Stilt the
1)4..W01i •Sdlisitniiy a very handsome donation, suffi-
'dently large for the purpose, his lordship has purchased ,
a commodious and suitable house in the Close, Salis-
bury, to convert it into a theological'COiteie for trdining
candidates for holy, order
The ,e.rd's u the Admiralty have decided that the
bounty given to seamen on their entry into the service
shall be discontinued. The experiment has been a very
costly one, and it is said not a very satisfactory one.
Next to Parliamentary Acts, it has been well re-
marked, is the direct action of the p'eckile `6't England
themselves in raising, equipping, and organising an
Artily of Volunteers. It has been calculated that
£2,000,000 of money has been spent by private indi-
Tiduals on the movement—that is, the people of
England have taxed themselves an additional Income-
tax of twopence in the pound. The past year has
been the year of the movement ; at least one hundred
thousand men, private citizens in January of this
year, are now citizen-soldiers drilled and tegis-
mented ; and 1860 has seen three great Retign
=•=a Royal ReVieW lit Ycle Were the
girded reviewed $2,d07 '; the Scottish review, when
'0,06 men met in Holyrood-park ; and our own
Knowsley review, when one county mustered 11,000
men. We publish to-day—and we are sorry our space
has not enabled us to do so earlier—the proceedings of
the important meeting which took place at Preston, on
Friday last, under the presidency of the Lord Lieutenant,
for the formation of the Rifle Association for this great
county. The rules and regiilations Of this association
were given in a pieVions dumber of pi* paper; find it is
Most satisfantory to Witilets the bOrdial aid edthlislastie
manner iu which the project is to be carried out. It
will be obserVed that the meeting was one of the most
influential which has been held in the Duchy in con-
nection with the movement.