The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-12-01 00:00:00

COMMERCIAL.

Advices from the south report business ham-
pered by the pending agitation. Exchange hard
of sale, and the movement cotton consequently
retarded.

New York money market continues distress-
ingly timid ; best names 12 to 18 per cent.
Foreign exchange market dull, from the impossi-
bility of selling bills of lading. Drawers ask
1061- to 4 ; commercial bills, 104 to Stock
market closed at a slight decline ; speculative
stock declined ; most other commercial news
from New York and New Orleans anticipated.
CHARLESTON, Nov. 16.—Cotton sales, 2,000
bales ;of the week, 8,000 bales ; quotations to
lower; good middling, lot 11.

THE JURISDICTION OF THE VICE-
CHANCELLOR OF CAM BRIDGE.
An action against the Vice-Chancellor of the
Unlyersity of Cambridgei 'which involves the

jurisdiction of the Proctors, came on yesterday
morning in the Court of Queen's Bench. The
plaintiff is a young *woman, who had been con-
fided hi the silidoing-hotitie; a ort of private
prison, under the pretext that she was an immoral
character, and was in the company of students.
The action was, in effect, for false imprisonment.
Mr. Edwin James, and three. other Queen's
Counsels, with Mr. E Couch, appeared for the
Sir Fitzroy Kelly was the leading
counsel for the defendatii: Tlie brig& *ill tie
resumed to-morrow:

. . . • - - •
The letters by the morning mail from the I\Yorth;
by the tiailvcvaY, were riot delivered ill
London till late Y-e'steri n" afitbrn&U-1.
Mr, litillah; the teacher of vocal music, passed
his examination at the nankruptcy Court; yester-

day, unopposed:
Cth
A Fost-office notice suitesa v mail
steamer has commenceu rurning between Genoa
and Naples. A quick day mail has been esta-
blished between Paris and Vienna. Letters for
the mail must be specially directed via France.

The following appeared in otir later editions of
yesterday :
REPULSE OF THE NEAPOLITAN'S WITH

GREAT LOSS.
NAPLES, Nov. 29.

The garitistin of Ga.etainade a sortie in order to
capt Ore the strategical positions of the stibitrbs.
The NeapOlitatiS werE repUlsed by tie Said/dial-is
with great loss:

MORTAVIT: 1C.A.114
tettefs field Belize state that Yellow fever broke out
in the ship at Truxillo, where elefa c Lid crew and
two officers had died. Subsequently, on her passage to
Jamaica, the'reporteci
heavy sickness. iritiirty-three. dead, .and still a

THE AMERICAN EXcIIANOES AND THE
ENOLISti MONEY MARNET.
The Da* 11Tb:a sacs that late
~jrestetday iiriVate
telegrams fftim *efk fecel+pd, EtlntainWg
intern/016;A a Jkirth'ek the
American ex,clianke: The rite fir stefiliug billOiotne
quoted as Ow as
,iTirve will„ nut time after
the' rebdiPt the, Cdtriing,,,lettaS ,t 0 prepuexolti fpr
shipnieht to Ile* ,torl,b, the fltegthet of rtek,!3atitrdity,
but there is an, impression ,tliat tire: following paelot,
will caniaput perhq•Ps.,x2op,ooct in golf], The, Daily
News. remars, that, this
,drain must be watched' closely,
as the convtilsion in Ameriaa may vet have a disturbing
effect on the bullion moVeinetit, betivedi 1,14)e
tries.

The Times mentions that orders have been sent to
England for the remittance of gold to New York. The
Times, however, is of opinion that there is no ground to
suppose that even if the rate at -Sew York for bankers'
bills shall be found to hare descended to 104 i ally .eon=
siderable amount of
.gold stilt 'the
sudden nattite Of the fluettiatiottS alfeAdf, fepdttal gl,o*s
the tirfeei-Ont atteiid dbijz•stiblvdPaatioiis
on this point. goitre remarkable emperienee was Ob-
tained during the panic of 1857, although at that period
the alarm, unlike that of the present moment, was
mut upon Valid and to some extent permanent causes.
The present affair is entirely political, and the opera-
tions of merely political influence on the money market
is usually of short duration.

THE EMPRESS EUGENIE
IS MANCIIESTER4

The train, as we stated in our impression of yester-
day, arrived at the Victoria station at twenty minutes
past twelve o'clock. Very few persons in Manchester,
however, had become aware of her Majesty's visit, but
long before' the time at which the train was due, some
200 or 300 persons had. assembled at the Victoria
station to witness the arrival. Owing to the informa-
tion of the intended visit being unknown in Manchester
before, the termination oI bilsiness neither
[lib Mayor nor any of thk so far as wb
fi air; were present to rebeiVe her Imperial Majesty.
There was a strong body of police, however, under the
direction of Superintendent Leary, at the station, and
Captain Palin, Superintendent Gee, and Superintendent
Maybury were also in attendance. A telegram had
previously been received by Mr. Johnson, the proprietor
Of the queen's Hotel, to prepare the requisite aceom-
modatiOn fot her Imperial Majesty atid suite. Mr.
Johnson had in attendante a carriage drawn by a
couple of greys to convey her Majesty to the hotel, and
two carriages for the suite. A passage covered with
rugs had been laid, along which her Majesty was to
pass from the platforni to the carriage. On alighting,
her Majesty was received with load cheers, and at once
proceeded to the carriage. As she passed along she
bowed gracefully, and appeared gratified with her re-
ception. Colonel FaYe and the Marquis de la Grange
having taken their seats in the same vehicle, her Im-
perial Majesty, followed by her attendants, at once
drove off, amidst lolid cheering.
The.carriages drove up Victoria-street, Market-street,
and Piccadilly, direct to the Queen's Hotel, where they
arrived at half-past twelve o'clock. A body of police
was stationed on each side the entrance, and a consider-
able crowd of people had gathered in front of the hotel.
Her Imperial Majesty was loudly cheered on alighting,
and was received at the vestibule by the worthy host and
hostess, and conducted to the suite of apartments
engaged.
(BY BRITISH AND IRISH MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.)
MANCHESTER, FRIDAY NIGHT.
To-day the people of Manchester have been in a state
of great excitement, on the occasion of the.visit to this
city of the Empress of the French. Her Majesty and
suite are occupying apartments at the Queen's Hotel..
Early in the morning a crowd assembled in front of the
hotel, and intense' excitement and anxiety were shown
to get, a sight of her Majesty. Her Majesty and suite
left the hotel, accompanied by the Mayor and the Town-
Clerk of Manchester. As her Majesty entered the car-
riage the crowd cheered most enthusiastically, the
Empress frequently bowing. The throng of people and
-vehicles was so dense that there was some difficulty in
extricating the Royal party. The cortege drove rapidly
to Peel-park, Salford. The Empress was first taken
round the.marble statue of our own beloved Sovereign,
which she looked upon intently, and then exclaimed,
" Ah, yes, it is very good !" The Royal party
then entered the building, and spent some time
in visiting the library, the museum, and the
of ir.
asked
questions
different '
galleries. The Empress signed her name
in the autograph book. The Empress was next
takendteto . to
the
The
constantly, S on's
,Paennd-
seemed determined to know everything, especially about
the' number- of women employed there. Returning
through Salford, the Empress next visited the Man-
chester Free Library, and again signed her name. Her
Majesty next proceeded to Messrs. Birley's macintosh
works, where she made several purchases, signed her
name, and asked if it was not there that the Emperor's
ponton boots were made. On being told yes, she
nodded assent. FrOm these works her Majesty was
conducted to the large warehouse of Sir James Watts

and Co., which she inspected very Carefully and curiously
Her 11lajesty gave an order here for a moire antique
dres's, the design to be the Atholl plaid. Her Majesty
then departed amidst the loud cheering of the large
crowd assembled in front- of the building. Her
Majesty was everywhere well received, and seemed
very much pleased. Her Majesty returned to her hotel
about about half-past three o'clock. The fatigues of the
day did not in the least seem to effect her Majesty. At
five o'clock the mayor and town-clerk went to the hotel
and presented to her Majesty an address passed by the
City Council this afternoon.' His worship the Mayor,
in presenting the address, said he must express his
regret`that her Imperial Majesty's visit to this city was
to be of so short a duration—so short that it allowed
no opportunity of paying to her Majesty those atten-
tions which, as the civic representative of Manchester,
he was anxiou'L to shoW. He had only heard late on
the previous evening that her Majesty would visit this
city, or the arrangements for her reception would have
been very different. Early this morning, however, he
had called a special meeting of the City Council for
the afternoon, the object of the meeting being to
pass an address to her Imperial Majesty on the
occasion of her visit to the city of Manchester ;
and he (the mayor) had the pleasure of informing
her, that although the notice calling the meeting was so
short, the members of the Council assembled in large
numbers, and that they unanimously passed the address
which he now had the honour of presenting to her
Majesty. The Town-clerk then read the address of the
Corporation.—The Empress, in reply, expressed the
great gratification she had experienced by the attention
which had been paid to her in this city, and also said
how greatly gratified she had been by what she had
seen at the various places she had visited. The address
which had been presented to her was most flattering,
and she could assure his Worship the Mayor that she
fully appreciated its contents. She further said that
she should ever look back upon her visit to Manchester
with pride and pleasure, and expressed the hope
that, some future occasion, would enable ber
to again visit the great commercial city of Manchester.
—The Town-clerk then said that be hoped her Majesty
would allow the Corporation to forward to hen Majesty
through the French Embassy the address engrossed on
vellum,'and that the one left would be simply deemed a
copy. To this her Majesty was graciously pleased to
signify her assent. After the presentation of the address,
Miss Curtis, the Mayor's daughter, had the honour of
being presented to her Majesty. Miss Curtis was most
courteously received by her Imperial Majesty, who
entered into conversation with her. Shortly after-
wards, the Mayor, the Town-clerk, and Miss Curtis
withdrew. Her Majesty dined at seven o'clock this
evening. Her Majesty will depart from Manchester,
en route for London, some time to-morrow. It was
understood that her Majesty would pay a visit to Liver-
pool, but the Marquis de la Grange sent a telecrram to
his Worship the Mayor of that borough, and to the
DAILY TIMES, to the effect that her Majesty would be
unable to visit Liverpool.

SCOTCH RIFLE .V 0 I,li E COMPANY

FOR BIRKENHEAD.

A preliminary meeting was held in Birkenhead, on
the 24th ult., of gentlemen favourable to the formation
gdtCh. 11,i0LCottirati,' In that toitti, at
which there was a large giteii(l4l4
Letters were received from the Revs MesErs.

Thomson, and Mann, and other gentlemen, approving of

the movement. Resolution's were unanimously passed
for the organisation of the corps, and a committee was
appointed to ascertain the cost of uniform, &c., and
report to a general meeting,. which was, in accordance
with prediotis dtifitiiinEetiient, held last tight in the
SChOohrdoni Of 4 Andre Wis Presbyterian thideli,
Qin*aY-street, 13iikenhead: : the meeting has, Eon-
sidering the inclement state of the Weather,. Very well
attended, the major portion of the andiencp being edns
ef Caleclonil. Tll6. Chair Was occupied by Wm.. Walker,
Esti., who; irl opening the business of the evening, stated
that were it not for the, nrifmniable weather which had
sot during early part of the night, he had Conddenep
that they would have, a more crowded ropM. He hoped,
however; that+public spirit would not b'e ,alloWed to.
relax,„andthat
ithe movement. wlrich had,,been 9 sue-
ce,ssfully, inaugurated would he carried an equally
auspicious close., (Hear, hear.) Ike, then called, on the
secretary, Mr, Renjamin,J, Thomson, to read the re-
port, from which we learn that the uuiform for each
man can be supplied at a cost of about £3 35.; the dress
will be grey, but it is to have a national character, and
the doublet, bonnet, &c., as used in Scotch regiments,
will not be excluded. The annual subscription is not to
exceed £1 ls., which can be paid by instalments, as
' also the cost for the uniform. The secretary also read
a letter from Mr:Laird, who expressed his regret in not
being able to attend the meeting to-night; and he
adlsrisrd the &inn-fide:tad it sofifefirfatigentents with
the tfl'6 ist CheShi,re; -koldnipers,..,of the
fiiirpoo Scotch obifs-ilefAea to
that, comp 4 • •
: • ' J
Mr, 4/t/p§ 317p/RTgpi /WO itne adoption , or, the
report, and in doing so obsqrved that; there were, three
things that, in his trremted very materially
;sinst the working classes joining the ;LiniffEef
ment :—Yhe first was .the cost of the dress ; the second
was the amount of time which was required for the
purposes of drill; and the third was a little too much
displattiii %Melt the toltinteers were somewhat inclined
to In ulge. To tiOte the ritotement more popular and
ip, wt,thlii thla *Oritink theft he thought
that all these ob'staelci should be ietnided Ad in
I.'" Lord
§nport the otuptop ?
Elcho. In conelosip, he &isted theßirlephsad,
Scotch corps would loin. the iet Clr,shire;
bringing.. to, that company4l,force of some, forty or
,ftfq
men they would be
,enabydtto,har a hundred or more
Virkenheatt ficotell volunteerel, (Applaiise.) •
1 • :t
Mr. B. J. Tllo7..tgON Wottnev tote, friolatio7) , !ge
raid—lt is, I think, scarcely necessary to al

in favour of the adoption of the report of the committee,
as it speaks for itself: it shows that by forming a corps
hi eat:illation with the Ist Cheshire, great advantages
Will be obtained bt 01-41pefating with an already highly
Wined end disciplined fut6,6l thofel t2iati nblinary
facilities 44t.ikigy;cji tax drill aitd exercise; While not
ntinihets and combination Elie dpenie iit,,,Staif and
working will be kept at the lowest peitit. The onriial
subscription and the cost of uniform will be such as in
place it within the power of every respeCtable working
man, of saving and industrious habits, to enrol hiniself
at .once as a member. If he cannot make his entire
payment at once, that need not deter him ; he can pay
for his uniform by instalments, over a moderate period,
and by a few months of honest self-denial liquidate the
eri
gageirientinto which he intist, of nurse, enter when
he joins. My adOEe; is to tty to pay
for uniform and subscription at otice. Upon the tatiendl
importance—upon the great necessity which fins
instituted the volunteer movement, I need not
enter;L-it is 'acknowledged throughout the kinicloni.
We do not intend to make this new corps a class or club
affair, for we know the injury of this ; but it is to show
how well, from high to low, we understand each other's
feelings, and are prepared to stand like men shoulder to
shoilldet. Earriestfibss it a part of our national cha-
racter ; and let its be earnest hi what we how do, and
we will soon place the Scotch edips, for drill, efnciency, •
and appearance, at the head of Whateber battalion.we
are.enrolled iii. We cannot, and we ought not, to for-
get the deeds *bleb have been done of old, in arms,
when our country was alone a kingdom with a Scottish
king. The Lowland and the Highland regiments have
altays maintained their position in the army list untar-
nished 'and iinsiillied; and I have no doubt whatever
that the Scotehmen, Whom enterprise, arts, and com-
merce have brought together on the banks of this side
of the Mersey, will show that, though far from the

Land of the mountain and the flood,
Land of brown heath and shaggy wood,

they love and honour so dearly, their nationality
and clanship arc unaltered. The times are difficult
o read, but it is not difficult, to see that, in a few
short months, the black wave of war will burst over
the whole continent of Europe, and come tumbling on
our shore.- ..We know not the position which our
country may be driven to in the gale, but the bearer of
the ensign of freedom,—we must not be like a water-

logged ship among the breakers,—we must be well
manned, and our watchword—" Ready, aye ready !"

" Well is our country's work begun,
But more, far more, must yet be done ;
F peed messengers the country through,
Arouse old friends, and gather new.
Warn Lanark's knights to gird their mail,
Rouse the brave sons of Teviotdale ;
Call all, call all, from Reed's weir path,
To the wild confines of Cape Wrath
And let the news through Scotland ring!"
Dr. Craig moved—" That the committee be con-
tinued, and that arrangements be made with the Ist
Cheshire that the proposed corps rray be enrolled with
that company ;" which was seconded by Mr. James Flat.
Mr. Duncan Campbell proposed—" That in thr‘
time, names of persons intending to join be rece Ted and
that the corps be' organised at once." He spoke in
favour of a kilted company.

The motion was seconded.
Mr. Conway addressed the meeting, which shortly
after separated.

THE OPENING OF THE FREE LIBRARY.

Brown's magnificent library will be opened to the •
public on Monday morning. The greatest and most
complete preparations have been made : indeed no effort
has been wanting to perfect every department. The
walls are dry, and decorated with the paintings already
noticed in our columns. Mr. Brown has supplied forty
massive mahogany tables and desks and seventy-two
forms, for the use of readers ; a carpet of india-rubber
has been placed on the passages in ,the middle and head
of the room, in order to deaden the sound of the fall of
the feet of visitors, and the whole building is well lit
with gas. There is a. deficiency, hoxever, of day-light:
and we cannot help thinking, that if the central square
in the roof—in which the most powerful jets of gas-
light are inserted—were replaced by glas:s, that the
deficiency would be met satisfactorily. The sitting-room
will comfortably accommodate 400 persons, and on any
extraordinary occasions, 500. The students' room is not
yet fitted up ; persons desirous, however, of followin,
any particular branch of study will ,be accommodated
with sitting-room detached from that of the general body
of visitors. It has not yet been determined to add a
female's room. It appears that Sheffield is the only
town in the kingdom where the ladies are • separated
from the gentlemen ; at the British museums and other
kindred institutions both sexes read and study inthe
same apartment. Experience, however, will point out
the best arrangement in this respect for our own library.
There has been no addition made as yet to the staff of
attendants ; it is expected that their number will have
to be doubled. The crush on the few firs
lit days will be
necessarily overpowering. A body of poce w.ill be in
attendance to maintain order and render assistance to
the officials in charge.

We understand that the contract for providing/ refresh-
ments for the-new Assize Courts, St. George's Hall, has
been given to Mr. Speiser, of the Victoria Hotel.
THE CHANCERY COURT.--On Thursday, and also up
to two o'clock yesterday, a sitting of the Chancery Court
of Lancashire took place at St. George's Hall, before W.
M. James, Esq., Vice-Chancellor. The business was of
a very technical character, and devoid of interest except
to ept
to the parties more particularly concerned.
THE CROSBY CAMP POLKA : JAMES SMITH, 76, Lord-
street—This spirited and excellent polka is composed
by Mr. C. W. Smith, of Lord-street, and dolacated to
the lieutenant-colonel and officers of the Ist Battalion.
This polka was played at the ball of the Ist Battalion,
held lately at St. George's Hall, and was universally
admired.
A no' woman named Anne
FOUND DEAD.—A y‘,ll-r. . HUM-
phries.was found dead in Higlifield-street
Smithon Thursday
night ; and a carpenter named Hugh was found
dead in his house.—A man named Aspinall, a painter,
died, yesterday, in the Royal Infirmary, in consequence of
injuries inflicted by a man, who struck him with a poker
on the head, on Saturday last. Inquests will be held
in the above cases this day. ,-,
LIVERPOOL INFIRMARY FOR vIIILDREN.—Returns
for the month of November. —Fresh patients admitted,
177 ; Patients who have received treatment, 408 ;
Patients remaining under treatment, 261. Honorary
medical officers, Mr. Stephens and Mr. Hey ; assistant
medical officer, Mr. Rowe; treasurer, Arthur Dempsey,
Esq. ; honorary surgeon dentist, Mr. Newman.
PHILHARMONIC HALL.—lire have much pleasure in
calling our readers' attention to the advertisement in
our columns of an oration by the distinguished orator
Mr. T. Mason Jones on "Garibaldi and Italy," in the
above hall, on Friday evening next. Mr. Jones has
just returned from Naples, where he became acquainted
with the several leaders of the Italian revolution, and
enjoyed the confidence of Garibaldi, the great liberator,
himself. We may therefore expect that this stirring
question, in such hands, will receive a most interesting
and eloquent exposition, he having visited the scenes of
the battles, and himself witnessed_the English legion
under fire. No doubt a large audience will attend next
Friday to hear him.
THE BIBLE IN BELGIUM.—The Observatenr of Brus-
sels publishes a communication from St. Trond, in Bel-
gium, which states that four days back, at this latter
place, an extraordinary scene took place. A man exposed
for sale at a stall in the market-place a number of
Bibles of the Evangelical Society; a person bought one,
stuck it on the top of a pole, sprinkled it with turpen-
tine, and set it on fire. AVhilst it was burning, he loudly
denounced the society for distributing. Bibles. On this
a crowd which had assembled rushed on the dealer's
stall, tore the Bibles to
pieces, and scattered the frag-
ments about. This led to a tumultuous scene, and the
gendarmery had to interfere, and to make several arrests
before order was re-established.