The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-10-04 00:00:00

THE DAY'S NEWS.

Sir Charles Napier has again rushed into print.
He attacks, in his own peculiar and emphatic style,
the remarks of the Times Correspondent, Dr. Rus
sell, for his observations respecting the non-attack
on Cronstadt. After showing up the Dr.'s ignorance
of the defences of Cronstadt, and their impregnable
character, as well as taking a tilt at the Admiralty,
he concludes in the following spicy terms :—" You
have done everything in your power, Mr. Editor,
since the 4th of Oct., 1854—the day on which the
hoax of Sebastopol arrived in England—to ruin
my reputation; but I think you have failed, and
your Special Correspondent has put you deeper in
the mire." No doubt the " leading journal" will
be out upon Sir Charles, but it will have some
difficulty in overturning his brief but very
telling facts, viz.:—" If your ' Special Corres-
pondent' had taken the trouble to examine the
chart of Cronstadt, which a sensible and honest
man ought to have done, before he attacked me, he
would have seen that the north of Cronstadt could
only be approached by gun and mortar boats with
a light draught of water, not one of which I had ;
he would also have seen that the passage to the
north (which was never navigable for large ships)
was protected by a barrier supported by eight or
ten block ships, upwards of 100 gunboats, several
steamers, and the boats of twenty sail of the
line."

The elevation of Sir John Crampton to be a
Knight Commander of the Bath marks very dis-
tinctly the approval of the Government of the way
in which that gentleman fulfilled his duties as the
representative of her Majesty at Washington, and
the time and manner of raising him to the dignity
may be considered as intended to harmonise with
the far more important indications which have
been given by Lord Palmerston of his earnest
desire to avoid any unnecessary offence to the
American Government. Approving, as they did, of
Mr. Crampton's conduct, under circumstances of
considerable difficulty, it was, we think, the duty
of the Government to show in some unmistakeable
way that the aspersions cast upon that gentle-
man's personal honour found no echo in their
minds. To do so at the moment of his landing
in this country would, perhaps, have unnecessarily
ruffled our somewhat touchy cousins across the
Atlantic. Accordingly, occasion was taken to
include Mr. Crampton's name in the first list of
honours to be conferred upon the diplomatic
corps, and, along with two other old public officers,
he has been made a K.C.B , in consideration of
his long and meritorious services.
Among the other domestic rumours of the day,
is one which appears to prevail extensively, to the
effect that the contemplated reduction of the army
has been postponed or abandoned by the Govern-
ment for political reasons. The rumour. is quite
destitute of foundation, and we can only attribute
it to a misapprehension of the cause of the brief
delay which has taken place in formally completing
the arrangements as regards certain classes of the
officers. The reduction of the men has been already
going on for some time; that of the officers comes
into operation from the Ist of October, and each
of them will receive two months' pay on reduction.
Any delay that has taken place has been solely
caused by certain forms which had to be gone
through, and has not arisen from political reasons,
or from any intention on the part of the Govern-
ment to postpone or modify the reduction.

With regard to the Neapolitan dispute, we have
the following, per telegraph, dated Naples, Sept.
20th :—The arrival of the Allied squadrons is
expected daily. The English fleet has arrived at
Ajaccio, the appointed rendezvous. The Russian
Circular is generally known here. This declara-
tion, however, has produced rather a moral than a
material agitation. The preparation of the batte
ries and defences goes on; the King, at Gaeta, is
busying himself in superintending the armament
of the works. The Minister has offered a pardon
to Poerio and Setternbrini, if they will solicit at his
hands. They have refused to do so. King Fer-
dinand has proposed a Customs' Union with
Austria, but difficulties as to the suinriutendence
have stopped the project.
Acccording to the accounts from Paris, it is
rumoured that a letter from the Czar to the
Emperor Napoleon, now some weeks two, entered
fully into the subject of Naples. The writer
is said to have dwelt cn the difficulties which
lay in the way of peace, the great effort© made
to obtain it, the confident hopes to which it gave
rise of the duration of the tranquillity and pros-
perity of Europe, the injustice and impolicy of
interference and intermeddling with the internal
affairs of independent governments, and the diffi-
culty of maintaining public tranquillity, if such a
system were followed. The letter is said to ter-
minate with assurances of the greatest confidence
in the prudence and moderation of the Emperor of
the French.

The Emperor and Empress of the French have
arrived at Paris, and proceed to St. Cloud. Most

extensive preparations had been made to welcome
the Royal Family with becoming respect.
A letter from Florence of the 27th ult. relates the
following occurrence :—A. man named Nanni, of
Prato, having built a large ampitheatre on the
Piazza Maria Antonia, wanted to open it with a
grand show. The subject selected was an historical
festival of the fifteenth century, when the Floren-
tines and Siennese received the Florentime ambas-
sadors on their return from Naples, where they
had concluded the peace of 1415. The bills had
been approved of by the police authorities, since
they had been posted up for some days past, an-
nouncing in large type all the particulars of the
show. Curiosity was raised to the highest
,pitch, and there was no reason to doubt that
M. Nanni would realise an immense sum on
the occasion, when suddenly the police, being led
to believe that there would be a political demons-
tration on the occasion, sent an order prohibiting
the spectacle. Poor M. Nanni, who had spent his
whole capital in the speculation, sought and
obtained an audience of the Grand Duke, who told
him "that the interest of the State required that
the prohibition should not be rescinded." The
unhappy man lost his senses, took a carriage, drove
to the suspension bridge, and threw himself into
the Arno, leaving his family to utter destitution.
Our Madrid advices inform us that the police
were busily engaged in arresting malefactors in the
capital, and in the possession of one of them
jewellery of the value of 10,300 piastres had been
seized. The works of the Seville to Cordova Rail-
way had made great progress.
The extraordinary session of the Swiss Federal
Assembly was closed on the 27th ult. The Grand
Council of the Canton of Neufchatel is occupied
in the examination of a proposition brought before
it, to suppress the privileges of the burgess class,
and to confiscate property belonging to that body
to the amount of from 12 to 15 millions for the
benefit of the canton.

THE Triennial Visitation of the LORD BISHOP
of CHESTER to his Liverpool clergy has not received
the prompt attention we usually give to important
matters of the kind, owing to the excessive
pressure on our columns, which our readers have
observed for some time past. Of the several
topics alluded to by the venerable Prelate in his
charge, little remains to be said. The deceased
Chancellor's memory, and that of the late Arch-
deacon's has been treated with every mark of respect
and admiration the living can well bestow on the
departed. And it was pleasing to hear their
ecclesiastical chief bearing testimony to their
moral worth and religious purity. Advocating the
claims of the several societies, which, in connection
with the Established Church, are aiming at so
much, and hope to accomplish all the good they
have in view, was simply discharging a duty which
belongs to the office of a Bishop, and the allusion
made to the spirit in which the Bishops have given
their " recommendation" to their clergy, cannot
fail to give general satisfaction. The subject of
education was also treated in the most liberal
strain by the venerable Prelate. Reason and
toleration have not advanced so far, as yet, as to
lead us to belive that the several religious deno-
minations of this country will consent to send their
children to one school, to receive secular instruc-
tion, leaving their religious training to be pro-
vided by their parents.

Temporal heresy has not yet been so far over-
come. Each tamily of believers will have the
bolus of education gilt with their own religious
tenets; and there are millions who would rather see
their offspring launched into the bondage of
ignorance, than allow them to breathe the air of
worldly enlightenment, where this or that creed is

not predominant. This debasing bigotry has
made us the most ignorant nation upon earth.
It is this fell spirit of intolerance which is filling
our prisons with unlettered youth, and our work-
houses with indigenous ignorance. The public
mind has yet to pass through many long
and tedious stages, we fear, before this source
of crime and degradation can be overcome,
and ere the children of England will be suffered to
meet in one common school for education as Eng-
lishmen associate in after life for mutual good and
the world's business. And we regret to have it in
our power to cite the experience of the head of the
diocese in support of so melancholy a state of
society. Still, it is the bounden duty of the State
to provide ample secular education for the children
of the masses, free of all charge, and leave to time
a test which has never been put to the working and
poorest classes. Having said so much of the several
subjects touched upon by the Bishop in his address,
we will now venture to give expression to the
I surprise which is universally felt at the esteemed
Prelate's silence with regard to the ecclesiastical
events impending, the several theological dis-
cussions, and important movements which have
taken place among the Liverpool clergy and their
congregations. In these discussions grave theo-
logical questions have been raised, not by laymen,
but by some of the diocesian clergy. Divines of
unquestionable piety and untiring zeal, have been
rather unceremoniously treated ; their congregations
have disputed the justice and even common pro-
priety of the course pursued towards Mr. MAC-
NAUGHT. We have kept quite aloof in our editorial
columns from such disputes, as our readers are
aware. Still, we think the matter of sufficient
importance to have called for some comment from
the Bishop of the diocese in which they have
occurred. The public expected, in fact, a ripened
and deliberate opinion from the Bishop on the
several topics brought under notice so prominently,
in his Triennial Charge.
Mr. MACNAUGHT is not known through the
columns of the newspapers only. He has placed his
opinions on record in a volume which stands by
the side of the works of our greatest theoolgians in
our national libraries, and which has excited as
much attention, and led to as much deep thought-
fulness in this diocese, as any book which was
issued from the press in modern times. We shall
not, therefore, be thought too bold if we add that
the cool and deliberate opinion of the Bishop on
the subject of " Inspiration," and the several
matters of Church discipline of which Mr. MAC-
NAUGHT treats, both in his writings and pulpit,
would have been extremely valuable, and not less
opportune at this particular moment. Further-
more, we may venture to say that as our ecclesias-
tical chief has not condemned the doctrines
put forth by Mr. MACNAUGHT, the public
will come to the conclusion
that Mr. MAC-
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has nothing to say, The Intl
NAUGHT is right, and
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condemning the
however,
has, by his silence with reference to heresy on the
vital points raised by Mr. MACNAUGHT' exposed him-
self to a charg' of being pusillanimous and unfaith-
ful. If the Bishop felt sympathy with Mr. MAC.
IAUGHT, wholly or partly, as it is notorious that
several cf the greatest Christian scholar and
aa
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that he might have
thinkers do, we can understand
felt a -delicacy—which we, think was altogether
unnecessary—in publicly co
tyranny of so large a number of the clergy of his
that silencelthat to have spoken
diocese. Under
particularly when it is known
regarded as consent ;
against Mr. MACNAUGHT, if the Bishop could have
done it conscientiously, would have pleased .the
mustanybe
crest mass of the clergy- But we regret the
silence still more, as less than was, due to the
diocese and country at iilrge frT9 the Pinto? of
CHESTER, and we think that now this silence .C4ll
have but one meaning, and that is decidedly in
favour of free thought.

MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL.

LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY EVENING.
The 'fact of the Bank of England not having made another
advance upon their rate of interest yesterday, has tended to,
allay the uneasy feeling which had sprung up in Corn-.
mercial circles, money, both here and in London, is rather
more plentiful for discount purposes. It is epeoted that
"sitting day," as it is termed, will pats off satisfac6rily.
We may here observe, that during the last month business
in the textile manufacturing districts has rather increased,
consequently a larger amount of money has been required
in that direction.
In the early part of the week Cotton was in good demand,
both from the trade and speculators, the market being
stimulated V continued unfavourable accaunts of the
growing crop, and ,very full rates were current for all
descriptions of American, but the increasing value of money
has induced holders again to offer their stocks more freely,
and the market closed this evening with rather less
animation, though slightly dearer than on this day sen'night.
The transactions of the week are estimated at 7,000 bales,
of which 500 were taken on speculation and for export.
The sales of the week were 61,640 bales, of thPse 12,190
were on speculation, and 4,390 for export, leaving 35,060
for the trade. The week's imports foots up 36,500, and the
estimated stock of all descriptions now on hand
623,680, .against ' 514,250 at same date in 1855.
The total sales of this year have been 2,291,100,
against 2,467,020 last year ; whilst the average
weekly deliveries to the trade from this port up to the
present date are 41,323 bales, against 40,463 to the same
period in 1856. The quotations of " fair" Cotton, as
declared by the Brokers' Committee this ',err. , are as
follows :—Upland, 61-d ; Mobile, 67-,i; and Orleans, 71d
per lb.

Th,-• Terintss going forward on our Stock Exchange has
been of a trifling character, hut prices have had an upward
tendency, and the market for mostly all descriptions of
" Stocks" and "Shares" closed with steadiness. The day's
transactions comprised Blackburn, 78 ; Caledonian, 27k ;
Eastern Counties, 9 ; Great Western, 641 ; Lancashire and
Yorkshire, 96, 951, 4, I, ; London and North Western,
102 ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 32,1, ; Midland
Stock, 774, 77, 761 A ; North British, 91; South
Eastern and Dover, 21, 20k, 21, 20k-, 21. Dutch
Rhenish, Ik, Zp. Great Western of Canada, New,
lip. The following are the closing rates of the day :
Aberdeen, 131 131 Chester an'l Birkenhead, 151 151.
Caledonian, 27 1.16 xd 27 3-16. Chester and Holyhead, 154
161. Eastern Counties, Ea 9. East Lancashire, 20 201.
Great Northern, 23g 23g. Ditto A shares, 10 101. Great
Western, 641 65. Lancashire and Yorkshire Stock, 95-i
9.5 t. Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport, 188 188. Lon-
don and North Western Stock, 101, 1018. Manchester,
Sheffield, and Lincoln, 32 321 Midland Stock, 760 77.
North British, 91 91. North Staffordshire, 5 51d.
South Eastern and Dover, 201 20 15 16. York, New-
castle, and Berwick, In- 20. York and North Midland,
271 272. Leeds Capital Stock, 174 171 Buffalo and
Lake Huron, 1 Id. Dutch Rhenish, 1 7-16 1 9-16. p.
Great Western 'of Canada, 22k xd 22/. Ditto New Shares,
11 xd lip. Great Luxembourg, 111 Ild.
The tone of business at the Stock Exchange has decidedly
improved, and the Funds present a buoyant appearance.
There is less demand for money, as most parties have tem-
porarily supplied their wants, and the reported decline in
the rate of exchange at Shanghae has led to the inference
that the efflux of silver from this country will diminish.
On the Paris Bourse affairs have taken an upward turn, the
Rentes having improved yesterday about 11 per cent., and
purchases of silver are made with less freedom; Under
these circumstances, therefore, there is amore cheerful feel-
ing, and the opinion is expressed that the financial distress
prevailing in some parts of the Continent will subside.
Gold still leaves the Bank of England for the Continent,
however, and the next two weekly returns are expected to
show a rather material falling off in the item of bullion,
while the " other deposits," on the other hand, will no
doubt be found to have greatly increased:
The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Company's vessel
Pera, which leaves to-morrow for India and China, will take
out about 778,750/. in specie. The greater portion of this
heavy amount is. for Calcutta, Hong Kong, and Shanghae.
To the last named place the shipment is nearly 360,0001.
The Stock Market opened with renewed animation to-
day, and the English Funds have been dealt in to a large
extent, at an improvement of one-eighth on yesterday's final
quotations. The tone of the markets generally is buoyant,
but there is not so much disposition to extend operations in
shares as there is in the funds. At the same time, all
apprehensions of further depression appear to be dissipated,
and confidence has returned. Money is a little easier in
"the house."
The steamer Magdalena, just arrived from Mexico and
the West Indies, is reported' to bring 700,000 dols in specie.
The failure of an influential firm, engaged in the rice trade,
has been announced in Mincing-lane to-day.
The rumoured intention of the Bank of France to suspend
cash payments is exciting much attention, although not
generally credited. The effect of such a measure would be
to diminish the exports of gold from this country, but the
price of provisions in France would, it is presumed, consi-
derably advance, and create much misery among the lower
classes.

The Consol Market has been rather tame, being 92.4 to
93 for Money, and 931 93 for the November Account.
Exchequer Bills are 7s to 1 Is prem.
The transactions in the Railway Share Market are very
limited ; some of the leading lines, however, may be quoted
at rather improved prices. Caledonian are 54i 55. Edin-
burgh, Perth, and Dundee, 32,1 334. Great Northern, 932 ;
and the A stock 82. Great Western, 651, 65*. Lancashire
and Yorkshire, 96 to 962. Brighton,los4. North Western,
1022 l 021. South Western, 104 t. Midland, 77-1 77/.
North Eastern, Berwick, 803 ; ditto, York, 56 ; and South
Eastern, 70.
The grain trade is assuming increased firmness. At
Mark-lane, Dublin, and Wakefield, to-day, we have accounts
of rather better prices being paid ; and at the Liverpool Corn
Exchange this morning, Wheat and Flour commanded the
full rates of Tuesday. Both Egyptian Beans and Indian
Corn were disposed of at fully former prices, in some
instances an advance of 6d to is per quarter was paid. The
imports into Liverpool, since our notice of Tuesday, embrace
22,750 qrs. Wheat, 1,750 brls Flour, 950 qrs Beans, and
9,220 qrs. Indian Corn. The supplies in this interval
coastwise and from Ireland include 890 qrs Wheat, 790
sacks Flour, 2,030 qrs. Oats, and 2,800 loads Oatmeal. The
exports comprise 1,550 qrs Wheat, 5,030 brls Flour, and
1,250 qrs Indian Corn.
The Liverpool Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets have
been steady during the week. Sugar has sold to a moderate
extent, without change in price ; and for Coffee there has
been a good enquiry, sellers obtaining very full prices.
Rum and Molasses sell to a fair extent, without change
in price. The market for Tea has been inactive during
the week ; few sales were effected, and prices remain
unchanged. The dealings in Rice are somewhat extensive,
at very full rates. There has been little going forward in
Naval Stores. Oils are held with firmness. A moderate
business has-been transacted in P. Y.C. Tallow at 53s 6d to
535 per cwt for new, and is per cwt less for old. Ta London
the market closes quietly at a slight decline upon last week's
quotations; the price on the spot being 503 6d per cwt, all
the year 49s 6d, and for the spring 50s per cwt. The half
week delivery is 1,398 cks against 1,373 cks last year, and
the present stock is 7,934 cks against 28,429 cks in 1856.
We may here append a few statistics of our Produce
Markets : Of Sugar the total imports this year have been
60,432 tons, against 48,047 the same time last year. The
receipts of Coffee have fallen off this year foam 4,202 tons,
the quantity imported last year to present date, to 2,660.
The quantity of Palm Oil which has arrived here this year,
is set down at 18,230 tons, against 21,840 at same time last
year. The stock of Sugar in bond is now 19,388 hhds.
The following circular from an eminent London house is
worthy of perusal :—" Contrary to expectation the imports
of sugar do not this month show any further reduction in
the excess over those of last year, being now 311,600 tons
against 256,700; but, on the other hand, the deliveries for
home consumption have been very satisfactory, and from
the fact that the trade generally hold no stocks, this may be
taken as a fair estimate of the present actual consumption,
which may be expected to continue. The demand for export
has been maintained, and the quantity taken in the nine
months reaches 37,200 against 12,800 tons. The
comparative stock remairs in about the same position as
on the Ist ultimo, whilst in the Continental entre depots a
further falling off is apparent, being on the 31st Aug. only
24,750 against 38,320 tons in 1855, and 66,110 in 1854.
The advioes from Louisiana represent their coming crop as
the shortest since 1843, owing in some measure to the
gradual substitution of cotton for sugar cultivation, but
chiefly to the severity of last winter having irretrievably
destroyed much of the planting cane, as well as the rattoons.
Some of the estimates of the production are so low as to
seem scarcely credible ; whilst, if even the highest are to be
taken as correct, it is certain that very large supplies of
foreign will be required to satisfy the wants of the United
States, and the large stook in New York on the Ist
September, viz., 43,820 against 15,120 tons last year, will
be but a small item towards their requirements. American
buyers were already operating in Demerara and the
West India Islands at the last dates. From the data at
present before us, it does not appear that the production
is yet again overtaking the consumption of the world,
and we may therefore confidently look for a continuance
of the advanced rates for sugar. The opinion has been
very general that the production of beet root would this
year be large, and thus make up for the deficiency in cane
' sugar ; but, according to the more recent accounts
respecting the prospects of the crop in France, it i. expected
to yield a considerable less quantity of sugar than has been
obtained from that of last season, which reached 90,000
tons. It is officially known that the breadth of land under
beet culture in that country is one-sixth to one-fifth less
this season than last ; it is ripening later than usual ; and
the distillers, tempted by the high prices of spirits, are
already taking the roots from the ground, so that the deficit
arising from this combination of circumstances will only be
made up by an increase in the produe,tion in Belgium,
Germany, and Austria,"
The Liverpool Wool ea/es have terminated; and as we
I gave a detailed statement of the proceedings diem per diem,
we have little to report upon. We may, however,
remark,
that the attendance of huyere throug-nout was numerous,

both of home and foreign. A large portion was taken for
export. The competition was very spirited, and, notwith-
standing the advance in the rate of interest, the sales closed
firmly, at a slight advance upon previous current prices.
Private telegraphic accounts received from Shanghae, per
the Overland Mail, report the exchange on London at 7s 2d,
showing 'a decline of about 3d compared with the price
)tdVised by the previous mail. This decline is calculated to
moderate the.-late excessive eagerness to ship dollars to
China, and, coupled with the demand for silver on the Con-
tinent, and with the general rise in the value of money
throughout Europe, has caused numerous parcels to
be held back which were previously ordered to be
shipped by the steamer of the 4th instant. It is now
thought that the total remittances by this vessel will
be about 800,0001, instead of upwards of a million,
as was previously anticipated. At an exchange of
7s. 2d., however, the profit upon the remittance of
dollars to Shanghae is still so large that the ship-
ments must be expected to continue heavy. A very
heavy fall must take place in the Chinese exchanges
before the export of silver thither will cease.

The rate of insurance upon the outward Alexandria
steamer of the 4th November remains quoted at about 50s
per cent. at Lloyd's. It is complained, however, by parties
in the bullion trade, that this figure is too high. Owing
to the high rates of insurance charged at Lloyd's, there
has been more disposition on the part of remitters to enter
into terms with some of the foreign houses.
In Mining Shares, the following dividends have been
declared during the month of September :

Per Share.
Devon Great Consols £lO 0 0
West Basset
South Frances
Linares
Wheal Buller lO 0 0
South Caradon 8 0 0
Wheal Mary Ann 2 0 0
Ding Dung 2 10 0
Wheal Margaret
Lusitanian 0 5 0
Boscean
'ire% eatha 0 3 0

Total
COURSE OF EXCE
Amsterdam 11 141

Ditto, three months .. 11 171
R0tterdam.............. 11 173
Antwerp . . 25 35
Brussels
Hamburg
Altona
Paris
Ditto, three months
Marseilles.. .... 25 65
Bordeaux —
Frankfort-on-Maine .... 1181
Berlin

Amount.
£10,240
4,050
3,968
3,750
2,560
2,049
2,048
1,680
896
875
720
614

24,249
LANG r s DAY.
;Gibraltar

Leghorn .
Genoa .... 25 75
Ofilan..
Venice
Naples
Palermo
Messina
Lisbon ...........
Oporto ......
Rio Jvneiro ..
Buenos Ayres .....
New York, 6) days' sight

Vienna .... ............ 10 40 Philadelphla
Trieste
Petersburg
Madrid 49k Portugal Gold C0in..... 0 0 0
Cadiz
Barcelona New Dollars ...... 0 0 0
Seville
BANK OF ENGLAND RETURNS,
An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cap.
32, for the Week ending Sept. 27, 1856.
ISSUE DEPARTMENT.
Credit.
Government
Debt £11,015,100
Other securities 3,459,900
Gold Coin and
Bullion 11,128,940

Debit.
Notes issued .. £25,603,940

£25,603,940

BANKING D]

Total .... £25,603,940

Debit.
Proprietors' ca-
pital
Rest
Public deposits 8,409,851
Other „ 9,956,813
Seven day, and
other bills 927,399

,EPARTMENT.
Credit.
Government se-
curities £11,964,953
Other securities 19,616,384
Notes 5,379,710
Gold and silver
coin

640,432

Total .... £37,601,479 I Total .., £37,601,479
The foregoing bank returns show the following
results when compared with those of preceding
week :—Notes issued, decrease, 411,140/. ; bullion
in both departments, 11,769,372/. ; decrease
371,9481.; rest, increase, 10,541/. ; public deposits
increase, 500,1271.; other deposits, decrease
32,1591.; seven days and other bills, increase
18,143/. ; on the credit side government securities
show no alteration ; other securities have
increased 1,324,857/. ; notes unemployed, decrease,
848,185/.

THE PEOPLE'S CONCERTS,
ST. GEORGE'S HALL.

The first of this series of Grand Concerts is to take
place this evening, under the patronage of his Worship
the Mayor. The programme published promises a musi-
cal entertainment equal to that given at costly prices
in many musical institutions. Many of the very highest
names known as vocal and instrumental performers to our
local community, are set out in the programme. The
vocalists announced are—Mrs. G. Holden, Mrs. Morgan,
Miss Wiatt (a first appearance), Mr. Wilson, Mr. Arm-
strong, Mr. Holden, piano, and several others—the prin-
cipal instrumental performers, Mr. Best upon the Grand
Organ, and Mr. George Holden the piano-forte. The
selection of music is in every way attractive. As far as
can be expected, the character of the entertainment will
be such, as of itself to ensure success, even in a less attrac-
tive building, and with higher prices. In addition to this,
the public cannot but look with favour upon the first
attempt, on a largely organised scale, to popularise our
great Hall, and to place an evening of high enjoyment,
within that splendid building, in the reach of those to
whom the very lowest prices are indispensable. When
we consider that a long and varied Concert, rendered still
more attractive by the performances of Mr. Best, is
thrown open to the public every Saturday evening, at
prices coming down to as low a point as the cheapest
organ performances ventured on by our Town-Council,
we can feel little doubt that, so far as crowded audiences
can give success, this spirited enterprise will be successful.
Mr. Reynolds, the originator of the undertaking, we
understand, intends to vary the character of the enter-
tainments as much as possible during the season, some
grand ' monstre instrumental concerts being among the
contemplated introductions.