The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-10-03 00:00:00

SALFORD TOWN COUNCIL

On Saturday morning, a special meeting of the Salford
TOWII Council was held in the Council chamber, Town Hall.
The Chair was ocoupied, first by Mr. Alderman Senkinsoh,
(in the iempordry absence of the Mayor,) and afterwards, by
the Mayor, (Frank Ashton, Esq.)

TJIE BOROUGH MORTGAGES

In order to facilitate business (the meeting being held, on
Saturday,) the proceedings of the committees since the last
meeting of oOuncilwere net reads The Town Clerk, how-
dyer, -man a Verbal report as to certain proceedings of the
finance committee, He said? it would, tie is the recollec-
tion of the Council, that some linie ego, it was ordered that
the sum of £10)000 azyear should be ,laid i i licaciationsd
the hiettgage debt cif the boreith: Tlid 'aith *as the
day upon which the first instalment should be paid, and,
accordiagly, tie sum of £lO,OOO Was provided for that pur-
pose. £3OOO of that sum fell by ballot to the lot of 111 r.
Darwell, who had requested the Council to retain the money.
Thus/ that sum of £3OOO Would remain with the Co-
oration; on security Of the tolls gild prdperty_ of the boiOugli;
fOr the term of seven years, at the rate of 4 per cent. per
annum, interest. The remainder was paid off,
.and they had
reduced the debt by about £9;000; besides paying another
person who *anted his money:

NOMINATION OF BOROUGAREEVE AND CON'STABtES,

The next business was the making out of a list containing
the names of at least five respectable inhabitants, nominated
as fit and proper persons to be elected borou (-,•hreeve and
constables of the township of Salford, which list will be
presented by ,thc revtn Clerk to. the- nett Court Led of the
hundred of Salfcidj WhiCh Shdll be Wan fdr the eleCtidii
of officers for various districts, townsinPs, and place§, within
the said hundred of Salford.

The Towx CLERK said, it had been the custom, since he
was appointed to the office which he then held in the Cor-
porltiofi, for the retiring borou,ghreeve and, constables to
prepare a list of five gentlemen; (three of whom would be
elected at the Court Leet,) whom they nominated a. their
successors.

Mr. Councillor CHADWICK, one of the retiring officers,
nominated the folloNting _geriAenien Nathaniel Shel-
nierditie; Mr. Thdulas liro*nbill, Mr, Peter Gendall,
Mr. R. E. Mottram, and Mr. James Rensha

Mr. Councillor 81IELMERDINE begged that his name
might be struck out of the list as he did not reside in the
borough. Besides, he had accepted the office of councillor,
with the dutieS of which he was not sufficiently acquainted
to warrant his undertaking any other office at present.

Mr. Cothicilhir CuAbwicit -said there were- no duties to

perforirl

The TOWN Cauit remarked ihat the ptineipal duty' td
be pefformed was to entertain the Council on the Tuesday
in Whitsun;week to a light lunCh. (A laugh.)
The resolution proposed by Mr. Chadwick was seconded
and, carried Unanimously; ,

the TthNN dLtai tgoi read. a report froof
SPECIAL SANITARY COMMITTEE

detailing the proceedings which had been taken by the
committee since its appointment in promoting the health of
the borough—especially- in regard to the removal of nui-
sances and the prevention of °disease. The report stated
that there had been formed a comentrated _force of all the
authorities of the borough) together With the Officers under
their control.. The committee, in their report] expresseda
confident opinion that in a short time they would be able to
bring their authority to bear upon the principal nuisances
in the borough, and additional officers had been ap-
pointed for the purpose of carrying out the object in view.
o case of cholera had hitherto been reported to the autho-
rities, and the medical officers of the borough, at the request
of the committee, had kindly promised to give to the
committee their valuable services in any way that might be
required. The report then proceeds thus :—" There is
every reason to believe that a large proportion of the owners
of property in the borough are desirous to afford their aid
in the important task of promoting the health of the inha-
bitants of the borough. But it is a source of regret to
your committee, to have to state that the agents of some
owners living at a distance evidence much reluctance in
affording their assistance in so important a work: "Without
a cordial co-operation on the part of owners of property,
the labours of your committee will be prolonged and
rendered very tedious, and the expenses, legal and
otherwise, will be greatly increased. These expenses will have
to be paid either by the owners of property or ratepayers ;
and it behoves all who have capital invested in the
borotigh, to exert themselves to the utmost in promoting the
sanitury improvement of the district. - Your committee beg
respectfully to direct the attention of the owners of property
to the repeated complaints made about obnoxious trades
carried on in some localities, and beg to remind them that the
practice of keeping swine in confined and densely populated
districts, so as to be injurious to health, is strictly prohibited
by law. And, inasmuch as it appears in the reports of the
inspectors of nuisances, that there is a large number of pigs
kept in confined localities within the borough, it will be the
duty of your committee to institute legal proceedingsagainst
the owners and tenants, to compel the immediate removal
of these causes of complaint. Therefore, owners of property
on which pigs are kept are earnestly desired to insist upon
their tenants removing them without delay. Your com-
mittee :have also to impress upon owners of property the
obligation imposed upon them by law, to cleanse and white-
v,-nor dioir rvor...ty, —a to mnity ‘111,1,..t Ziviwc dralua.
The reports presented to your committee show that a large
amount of property occupied by the labouring classes, is in a
very dirty state, and requires whitewashing."
Mr. Councillor BROWNBILL moved that the report be re-
ceived, and entered on the minutes of the Council's pro-
ceedings.

lair. Councillor GENDALL seconded the motion, which was
carried nem. can.

LEGAL EXPENSES,

Mr. Councillor GENDALL wished to ask the vice-chairman
of the finance committee, whether, (in referance to a resolu-
tion passed some months ago by the general purposes com-
mittee, respecting the payment of the legal expenses of ob-
taining the Salford and Broughton and Pendleton Amalga-
mation Act,) any further payment had been made on that
account. Because, there was a resolution agreed to, which
stated that no more money should be paid until the accounts
came in.

Mr. Councillor MARSDEN understood that a certain sum
of money had been paid to the parliamentary agents in Lon-
don. The Town Clerk stated to the committee, that it was
customary to pay to those gentlemen money out of pocket.
He believed the agents had not yet rendered their accounts.
The TOWN CLERK : Yes, I have them.

Mr. Councillor MARSDEN said, the finance eommittee
resolved unanimously to pay to the parliamentary agents a
certain sum, in order to reimburse them for money they had
actually paid out of pocket.
Mr. Councillor GENDALL : That was against the resolu-
tion of the general purpose -committee. Would the town
clerk have any objection to lay the whole of the bills before
the general purpose committee ?
The TOWN CLERK said he had received the accounts from
the parliamentary agents in London. The last came yester-
day (Friday) morning, and he was busy examining them.
The accounts were very lengthy, and went very much into
detail, so that it would take a considerable time to examine
them properly. It hadbeen the customfor town clerk to exam-
ine the legal bills before they were considered by the committee.
He was busy doing so at present, and lie was also preparing
his own bill. The accounts might be brought before the
Council in a week, but in his opinion it would be imprudent
for the present Council to settle them. He thought the
settlement ought to be delayed until the representatives of
Broughton and Pendleton had joined the Council of Salford.
These townships would have to pay their share of the ex-
pense, and, under all the circumstances, he thought it would
be unwise to settle the accounts, until the amalgamation of
the townships had effectually taken place. The parliamen-
tary agents, Messrs. M'Dougall and Youall, had advanced
£5OO out of their own pocket, and he considered it would be
unwise and unreasonable on the part of the Council to allow
those gentlemen to lie out of that money. The agents were
bound to pay certain heavy fees, and those fees they had paid
out of their own pocket.
. .

Mr. Councillor GENDALL : —After the resolution come to
by the general purposes committee, he thought it was not
very respectful towards that committee to make a further
payment without consulting them upon the subject. He
submitted that the Committee ought to have the law ac-
counts before them at as early a period as possible. "What
harm could there be in laying the accounts before the
committee ? _ _

The TOWN Cr,Tatic said, he .was very much pressed in this
matter. He was kept engaged in fighting for the bill up to
August, and then he had to arrange matters previous to the
amalgamation of the townships. In the meantime his own
private business was neglected. He was kept in London
for five months, and during that time it was impossible for
him to attend to his private business. And then to press
him to have the bills ready forthwith, and, to use the re-
marks which had been employed, as if he was keeping
something back. He thought such conduct was not con-
sistent with that courtesy to which he thought he was fairly
entitled at the hands of the Council, under the circum-
stances of the ease. The resolution of the general purposes
committee, to which reference had been made by Mr.
Councillor Gendall, was passed at a meeting of the com-
mittee, of which he (the town clerk) had no notice. had
he been present, he should certainly have made such obser-
vations as would probably have induced the committee to
pause or hesitate before they passed such a resolution. He
would lose no time in making up the accounts and certifying
them to the committee. But he thought he was entitled to
some consideration at the hands- of the Council, seeing that
some of the accounts extended over two years. And he
wished to place the accounts before the Committee in such
a way as to give no cause for complaint—in short, to pre-
sent them in such a form, as to be creditable to himself, and
satisfactory to them.

MONEY ORDER OFFICE FOR SALFORD,

Mr. Alderman JENKINSON, asked whether anything had
been done to improving the postal arrangements for the
borough. He saw in some of the papers recently, that
an expectation was entertained, that a money order office in
connection with the Post Office, was to be opened in Cross-
laue. He thought, that that would be a very inconvenient
locality for such an office, and was of opinion that there was
some mistake, Oldfield-lane probably being meant for Cross-
lane, for Oldfield-lane would- be central, and much more con-
venient for such a purpose. He should like very much, to
this matter have pressed upon the attention of the proper
authorities, as great inouyeuience was felt by a large num-

ber of the inhabitants of the borough/ not only as to the
present arrangements for the pdstal of letters; blit, from the
want of a money order office and place,,s for the sale Of
postage stamps: He lately went to the .post office at
-Windsor-bridge fox' some stamps, but the person whb
keeps the office said, he did not sell them yet, at some
of the gin shops they would see in the windows, a
notice to this eflect;.". postage stamps sold here," which
was tin indheenient for, people to go into these shops. He
hoped soniethiiig vionld be dem fol' the j2urpo§e of prevent-
ing the evils of which people complained.
Mr. Councillor CHADWICK would do all he could in as-
sisting Mr. Alderman Jenkinson.to get a money order office,
which was mueh wanted in the -borough, A receiving
House .liad ,been recently established ill Cross.lang, .at the
ileq.ifeSE Of file inhabitan in that, district. They me,;
inorialized the Postmaster General on the kbjeei/ and; with
the assistance of their excellent representative (Mr. Joseph
BrOtherton,) gained their object. Butwhat was chiefly wanted
by the inhabitants of the boiough was a money order office.
And, he felt certain that if the post office authorities should
'sanction such an e,stablishment,,,they would expect tile
tO,grtlut a bulitaing for the ptirpose. . There was a
committee already appointee to idlie charge of this subject,
(and he• was a member of it.)
,At the. last meeting; of that
committee, the. Town Clerk was instructed to write to the
Postmaster General on the, subject, and he (Mr. Chadwick)
thought the coraniittee woul late beep called together long
before this time, to have reported to them the feat,: ~
The TOWN CLERK said, when he was in London Mr. Bro-
therton shelved him the petition from the inhabitants of
Opossi:lane for a biaxial feeeivingthouse in that locality.
ile (the town Clerk) then stated the reasons which had been
-Urged uPoii the.Pogtoig.ster inhyour of the establishnient of a
money order office. we'nfihat very day to the
Postmaster-General, and received from Jai du di/B*er tq' the
effect that a' receiving-office would be opened in Cross-lane.
He had not even seen Mr. Brotherton since then until a few
vfeeks, ago; when he did him (the Town Clerk) the honour
to call upeit hint no asked Mr, protherton what had been
done in reference to the application for the, opening of a
money order office. The Hon. Meniber said he kad made
the application to the Postmaster-General big had, not yet
received an answer froni him. As to the Sale of postage, stamps;
he knew that none were to be had at the office at Windsor
bridge. The man Who kept the shop said he did not keep
stamps.
Mr. Alderman JENKINSON said, he got nothing by retail-
ing them, and, therefore, would not-keep them.
The Tows CLERK said he thought it would come to this,
that they must all keep stamps at their houses.
_

Mr: Councillor CHAl)wicKsaid he hoped the Town Clerk
would seen Call together the committee appointed on. the
subject: The great object Was to get a money &der office
establiShed:
The TOWN CLERK said there would be a
,Meefiti,g tit the
general purposes committee held on Monday, and he had
invited MrCßrotherten. to attend it, and give the committee
the benefit of his advice,

The subject then dropped, end the council bioke up a few
minutes past 10 o'clock.

ACCIDENT TO THE ISAAC WRIGHT, EMI-
GRANT SI-HP -PERILOUS POSITION
UP THE PASS'ENGERS.

By the arrival of the ,I7encaster, Captisin Hadfield, yes-
terday, froni St., John's, N. 8., we had intelligence of.a pain-
ful nature, relative to the well-known emigrant ship Isaac
Wright, Captain AbeeL belonging to Baring, Brothers, &
Co. The Isaac Wright sailed from the Mersey for New
Yorki on the 20th ult., with upwards of 600 steerage and
10 cabin passengers, and encountered the gale of Sunday
week in the channel, hilt tithOttt sustaining any injury.
She proceeded on her voyage without interruptioni up td the
evening. of Tuesday last. Monday and Tuesday were Very
foggy days at sea—during the entire of Tuesday, the fog was
so dense that au object could not be discovered a yard ahead
of the Ship, but everything went on well up to about eight
o'clock in the evening, when the mate found the v sel close
on to shore, and immediately gave the order, "abes t ship,"
The helm was put hard up, and the ship was rounding to;
when she struck a rock aft, unshipping her rudder, and
sustaining severe damagel which caused her to make Water
rapidly. At this time, owing to the denseness of the fog,
the precise position of the ship could not be ascertained, but
the captain was under the impression that the Vessel had
struck on sonic of the rocks in the vicinity of Cape Clear:
After striking the rock, and unshipping her rudder, the
Isaac Wright floated off, but as it was impossible to control
her movements, the ship was allowed to float in the direction
which the current of the sea might take her, no sails having
been hoisted since the accident. She was found to be making
water rapidly, and all hands turned to at the pumps, for the
purpose of keeping her afloat. From Tuesday evening till
Thursday morning she remained in this position, with signals
of distress flying, and although several ships were in sight,
none of them answered the signals, until the Doncaster fell
in with her. The cabin passengers, ten in number, consist-
ing of the Messrs. Harvey, of Cincinatti ; Mr. Adair, his
wife, four children, and two servants, were conveyed on
board the Doncaster, where they were received, and treated
with extreme kindness by Captuin Hadfield, his wife, and
sister, who were on board. The Doncaster then bore up for
Liverpool, and arrived here yesterday afternoon. Imme-
diately after his arrival_ Captain Tradflata
to the owners of the Isaac Wright of her dangerous posi-
tion, and, in the course of a few hours, the steam tug Con-
stitution was got ready, and proceeded under the command
of Captain Dixon, of the Fidelia, in search of her. Captain
Hadfield states that he fell in with the Isaac Wright about
40 miles off Cork, and 34 miles from the Oldhead of Kinsale.
Captain Abeel was on deck when the vessels struck, and
nothing could be more praiseworthy than the efforts of him-
self and his crew in endeavouring to keep the vessel afloat,
and sustain the drooping spirits of the emigrants. From the
time the vessel struck, until the'cabin passengers were taken
off, Captain Abeel had never left the deck. The Isaac
Wright, when Captain Hadfield left her, was very deep in
the water, and from the fact of the cabin, passengers leaving,
without an article of dress, except those which they had on,
we may infer that it was impossible to reach the baggage.
Prompt assistance was absolutely essential, and we trust
that the steam tug may reach the sinking ship in time to
prevent such an awful sacrifice of life as would be involved
in her going down. We have gleaned the foregoing parti-
culars from two of the lady passengers of the Isaac Wright,
who are now staying at the Grecian Hotel. The Doncaster
encountered very severe weather in the Channel on Saturday.

ACClDENTS.—Yesterday, whilst Elizabeth Kelly,
a little girl, aged nine years, was sitting at the kitchen fire,
in her father's house, in atkinson Street, when a spark
flew out of the fire and ignited •her clothes ; her chest was
severely burnt. She was removed to the Southern Hospital
where she is doing well.
REvisioN ov THE CITIZENS' LISTS, MANCHESTER.
—On Saturday, the citizens' lists were revised in one of the
committee rooms of the Town-hall, before his worship the
mayor (Robert Barnes, Esq.), and Messrs. Nicholas Earle,
and Thomas Taylor, revising assessors. The only ward
to which any interest was attached was that of St. Michael's,
in which a strollg contest is being proceeded with between
Mr. Charles Ashlore, the retiring councellor, and Mr. Hugh
Warburton who aspires at the honour of taking the place at
present occupied by Mr. Ashmore, who again solicits the
suffarages of the citizens of the ward. Mr. Sudlow, of the
firm of Messrs. Crossley and Sudlow, solicitors, appeared
for the conservative party ; Mr. Wheeler, barrister-at-law,
represented the liberal interest. The objections were made
chiefly on the ground that the parties on the list who were
objectd to, had not resided long enough on the premiseis in
which they lived. On the part of the liberals there were
28 objections, and on the part of the conservatives 63. The
conservatives sustained two objections, and the names of the
parties objected to were struck out of the list. They failed
in all the others, on the ground that the notices served upon
the cittzens objected to, were not made in compliance with the
act of parliament. The act requires that the notice served
upon the citizen objected to, should be addressed not only
" to the town-clerk," but to the person individually as well ;
for instance, "to the town-clerk or Robert Bagnall." It
appeared that the person who signed the' objections, signed
them before the names of the persons objected to were in-
serted in the notices, although after the signature the names
were inserted. This was held a fatal defect, and the objec-
tions thus raised were held by the court to be inrolled. The
28 objections preferred by die liberals, all failed in conse-
quenceof one informality in the notices. On the part of the
conservatives there were 8 claims, in which they succeeded in
6, and failed in 2. There were 4or 5 claims made by the
liberals, and they sustained 2.
THE FIRE BRIGADE—NEW REEL-CARRIAGE.—
On Saturday, a newly constructed reel-carriage, was exhibited
for inspection before the members of the Watch Committee,
Town Hall. The credit of its design is entirely due to Inspec-
tor Hewitt, of the Fire Brigade ; and its improvements have
excited considerable admiration,notmore for their variety than
simplicity. It would be impossible, within the compass of a
paragraph, to enumerate the many points of superiority
which this carriage possesses over the old engine ; but they
may be summed up, in stating that it induces greater con-
venience, greater speed, and vastly increased power. It carries
three reels, (the old form of engine only carrying one) two
of them running parallel', and the other transversly at the
end of the carriage ; and on them may be wound hose to any
extent. In addition to this, hose, to some hundreds of
yards, may be coiled within its interior, while in front, it
carries sledge-hammers, axes, branches, all most admirably
classified, besides the many other apparatus
.which apper-
tain to an engine. Seats are also provided in front for the
men • and from the elevation of the carriage, the hind
wheels being more than four feet nine inches in diameter,
the hose can be worked with a degree of facility heretofore
unattainable. Compartments for scaling ladders are also
provided ; and, in fact, nothing is left to chance, which
foresight and the best directed human care can obviate. In
a court or alley, or where the fire has communicated itself
to one or two buildings, the advantages of the present im-
provement would at once manifest themselves ; for while
the old engine can at first only pour one stream of water on
the burning mass, by the carriage, the subject of our notice,
three streams on as meny different quarters, can be simul-
taneously poured. And we all know that, if not in a battle,
at least in a fire, all depends on the vigour of the first onset.
Models of this carriage have been sent by Inspector Hewitt
to the Dublin and New York Exhibitions,and we trust that
no oversight on the part of the public, will fail to award to it
the praise which it deserves.

ilf O.VE TA RY

AND COMMERCIAL

Liverpool, Saturday Evening..
lay the Asia, from New York, our commercial
advices are dated Sept. 21. She brings 236,000
dols. on freight, which makes the imports of bul-
lion into this country, for the last seven days, the
enormous sum of X 1,006,000. This we think is a
Satisfactory result for those who wish to' see our
stock df gold increased to absolute repletion. That
the precious metals, both gold and silver, /nue,
accumulate iii England to an extraordinary degree
is most certain. indeed if it was not for our
metallic monetary system, the value of gold would
be so much depreciated that its production would
be, iiiireV remunerative; bui; as long as we can
Eiffofci W £3 17s. 101 d: an ounce, we need not
be at all uneasy about a scarcity of bullion, under

existing circumstances.
The American letters are of. ith iiiipfirtatit and
cheering character. • On the arrival ol` the Atlantis
at New York an inimediate re-action took ptice
the grain markets, and prices generally- declined
very materially: The stocks on hand are nt.;*je,
and tmleSs illereitants give way to the wildest spirit
of speculation, prides are not likely to advance in
the Anierican Markets. In addition to the large
stocks lt the states,_ we have a large quantiiy
ready for any demand in C‘anada...
The New York money market is reeOveng frOM
the late depression caused by the nofehy of an
excess df bullion. Money is reported more plen;
tiful and considerably easier for trade purposes',
The actual: possession of bullion is less essential
to the Weill' I'6 Of
_tilde and cOrtinicrce in the States
than it is in any anei country With the exception
of Scotland, where they merely hold enough to
meet the very limited and act al aitiOnht of eoin
required for incidental purposes. It is thereford
impossible for the bullion holders of the States td
keep rip its value or to cripple trade by its posseSs
sion. A Mail or WO will enlighten us on this' sub-
ject. Money on call still titles at 7 per cent., and was
freely Offered. Bill brokers demanded 8 and 10
per cent. for first eftis-g paper, and as much as 10
and 12 on secOficlifate hills: The bankers anti-
cipating a heavy demand for the A. id, had demand-
ed higher rates, and the exhangc on England had
ranged from 1091 to 1098. Money continued to
accumtilate in the Treasury, and at the elo§e of
the month amounted to 28,000,000 dols. Freights
were considerably easier _

From the West.indiesi We have advices to the 9th
of August: they dd tebt contain atlything of interest
to the commercial community.

Our private advices from -Braxii, by the gwords
fish; are. dated, Pernambuco, Sept. 3td,i Bahitt?
Attgtigt 81st:, and Rio Janiero, August 25th. Did
country w then quiet. The following are tlld
rates of freights and exchang6:—Perambuco sugar
in cases, 455. ; bagS iri proportion. Cotton, to
Liverpool, I to 5-10ths. Exf3hatige 23. Bahia.
sugar, 40s, and 355. to the channel atid . Mdiiitef.;
raneati, Cotton to Liverpool, fie. Rosewood; 40g:
the ton. tcliange looking down, sugars getting

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scarce. At Rio; the freighta to the States ruled al
50 c. Eltchange 38. The Prospero arrived at Rio
on the 16th of August, from Liverpool.
Not Withstanding the depression in other mar-
ketg, there has been a good business this week in
Mining Sluff:Bs, and prices generally have been
well supported. The French have been large
buyers of lead, and the Market has risen £2 per
ton. Other metals are firm, and int good demand.
These circumstances, with a greater inclination oil
the part of the public to invest in mines, have
given a better tone to the market, though the demand
is chiefly confined to dividend shares. Alfred
Consols have reached £23 to £23 10s-, Devon
Consols £3BO, Condurrow £l4O, West :Providence
£47, Trelawny £45 to 50, Eagiebrook £9O to £95,
North Toomey 17s. 6d. to £1 ; Comforts have ad-
vanced from to £35, Bell and Lanarth £ to
£lB, and a large business doing ; Sydney £8 to
£8 10s., West Caradon £230 to £235, Kirkcud-
bright £4, Great Sheba £l5, United £235 to £245,
East Basset £46, Mary Ann £46 to £4l, Butterdon
£4 10s. to £5, Chiverton £8 to £lO, and inquired
after. When the stamps go to work it is reported
good returns of tin will be made. A good lode
has been met with at North Ding Dong, worth £.O
to £2O per fm. In the Metal Market there hag
been no material alteration in.prices for the week,
nor has there been so extensive a business doing
as of late, and, money being scarce, less specula-
tive transactions will take place. Copper, tin, hnd
lead are frill, at the quotation last made. peiter
£22 per ton for arrival; Scotch pigs £3 2s.
The tone of the provincial and London railway
markets was decidedly more steady at the close of
business to day, and as we have contended that
there was really no grounds for the alarm which
has shown itself in the public mind for the
past month, we now publish a return of the
current railway receipts for the United
Kingdom, which amount, for the week ending
the 24th September, to 368,2771., showing an
increase of 45,7021. or 14.2 per cent. over the receipts
of the corresponding period of last year, while the
total receipts from the Ist of January to the 24th
September, amount to the enormous sum o
12,481,1021. against 10,995,8821. for the same period
of 1852, thus showing an increase of 1,514,7801. or
no less than 13.79 per cent.. on the corresponding
period of 1852, throughout which year the markets
were remarkably steady 'and prices well supported.
The following are the companies in which the in-
crease in receipts are most remarkable :—Birming-
ham, 3,003/. ; Great Western, 6,4451.; South
Western, 1,2381. ; Midland, 2,5021 ; Lancashire
and Yorkshire, 1,706/. ; Brighton, 1,465/. ; Dover,
901/. ; York, 3,9771; and Caledonian, 1,3191. We
trust this statement of such growing prosperity
will not be thrown away on the shareholders of the
country.

The Banking Shares have fluctuated this week
with Consols ; the Land Companies have tended
upwards, and the Gold Mines have been steady-
All of these securities closed well. Australasia
Bank Shares have been this week 73 to 69 ex. div.;
British North American, 52 to 591; Chartered of
Asia, 31; Chartered of India, Australia, and China,
14- to 11; Colonial, 17 ; English, Scottish, and
Australian, 71 to 71; London Chartered of Aus-
trrlia, 13f to 15 ; London and County, 30*; Lon-
don Joint Stock, 23 to 22; London and West-
minster, 351 to 34; Oriental, 46+ to 45; Provincial
of Ireland, 491; South Australia, 37 to 38; Union
of Australia, 60 to 64; and Union of London, 174-.
Australian Agricultural Shares have during the
week been 281 to 35 ; Australian Royal Mail,3l to
4 ; Crystal Palace, 5.4 to 61; Ditto New, 21 to ;
General Steam, 30; Netherlands Land, 21 ; N. B.
Australian, LI to I* ; Peel River, 4*; to 5; Scottish
Australian Investment, 2 to 21; South Australian
Land; 30 to 33 ; and Van Diemen's Land, 14 to 15.
St. Katherine Dock Shares have been 95, and Vic-
toria 71. The latest prices of Mining Shares are
as follow :—Agua Fria -1 to prem., Anglo-Aus-
tralian Gold 1 dis. to par, Anglo-Californian 4- to 1
prem., Australasian lk to dis., Australasian Coal
Mining 4- to 4- dis., Australian 2f to 24-, Australian
Cordilleral to 4- dis., Australian Freehold f to 4-dis-,
Ave Maria 4- to 4,- dis., Baden (Grand Duchy of)
+ dis. :to par, British Australian Gold 1 to 1 dis.,
British Iron 7 to 9, Brazilian Imperial 34- to 3f,
do. Cocaes and Cuiaba 2+ to 24-, do, St. John del
Rey 321 to 331, Carson's Creekfl to dis., Cobra
Copper 42 to 45, Colonian Gold ft to prem.,
Copper Miners of England 55 to 65, Copiago 101
to 111, English and Australian Copper 2+ to 21,
General 14 to 16, Great Nugget * dis., to * prem.,
Great Polgooth 21 to 2 dis., South Australian ft
to dis.
. .

Private letters from Boulogne state that quanti-
ties of American flour had been bought up in that
port for re-exportation to England, at prices varying
from 42f. 50c. to 43f.

By the latest advices received by Messrs. Thomas
Lloyd & Co., whose circular we have before us, we
are enabled to ftirnish exclusive intelligence from
Leghorn, to the 26th September, and from other
ports from the 22nd to the 24th ultimo. Confirming
the last advices, we have now to announce the
arrival at Leghorn on the 25th ult., (Sunday) of the
Rothsay, Captain Munn, in 30 days from Tub
Harbour, Labrador, with 3,600 qlts. soft cured
codfish, and sale following afternoon at equal to
about lls. 3d. on the usual credit. Other vessels
supposed to be with codfish were in sight, and at
same time as the Rothsay, two cargoes of Spanish
pilchards arrived. We are sorry we cannot hold
out prospects of early improvement in the market,
and the advices from the neighbouring ports were
not encouraging, being to the following effect :
Genoa, to 24th Sept. Arrival of a third cargo,
93,000 kils. French cure, sold at same price as the
last, say £ll per 50 kils., less 3 per cent. supertare,
and 3 per cent. discount, including interest on
credit, which we make equal to about 9s. nett, per
21b. British weight. Naples to 24th Sept. Arrival
22nd, of about 500 qlts., ex Faith, from Leghorn,

,
to a dealer. Short crops, general misery, and
Vecchia;
scarcity of money among the ,peasantry. Civita
22nd Sept. The consumption is slack,
41R1 from the high prices of provisions in general,
Thwas anticipated to be very limited this season.
1e Adelina's cargo of garpe cure was sold some
,ao back, to arrive at equal to
,10s. ld nett per qlt:
"e C. Columbus's cargo of garpe cure hourly eX-
13Ne,e_tecl. at Vessels, had been sold for deli'Very at
2"uellia, but the price is not reported: -Malta, to
I," Sept. Arrival 20th, Merlin, from Round
ts'and, 18,00 qlts., which, owing to bad weather,
had not been seen. Being the first Supply of the
"on, it was expected to go off in parcels.
Pre' 1 •
, lg its in the Mediterranean kept at about 335.
to. 4.05.
Per ton, dead weight. The prohibition. of
scarce
exports from Egypt May renger frcigliAS niOre
arce
and lower bye andb.Yet The prohibition
of the export from tIA kingdom of Naples had
beet,
b.„ extended it> the end of May, 1954. Prices of
' "ella d I
e„,_ r s lave opened in Cornwall at 38s. per hhd.,
unul to about 40s. to .11. s. on board. Freights, Os.
8.
.1)€": intid., for the Mediterranean, and 2s.
;tnctditional for the Adriatic ports. There is a large
eek of this commodity remaining over from last
ear' at Naples, to interfere with this season `s
44PPlies
foliiii„,tlle London Gazette, of Friday last, we find the
9"ing important notices i
ThilD OF TRA, E, WHITER/114 SEPT. A •
td-•• Itight lion. the Lords of the Committee of the Privy
thelil.f.c.lr Trade . aria. Plantations have received, throoufgha
ttiniateeare,tarY of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy
1-ratt* -- 'tom her 11thiesty's Consul at the Hague, trans-
porairZtthhe subi.oined t‘ianslation of a decree reducing tem-
.-e duties on the importation of grain into Holland.

By order,

- J, EMERSON TENNENT.
in ROYAL DECREE:
116k-1113"n stqUence of the bxtraOrdinary. :nieaSiyes talceii by
4iiti th'ilink States tb encourre the miportation of grain
thiji°l,—," articles of fbod, it opeani necessary here also to
itive their introductio. We, thereforee &c., decree :
ti 41161*`' 1. The duties on the importation of the dmen-
° goods slilal be diminished to the following scaler:—

%atoes
Mlle
t
Wheat .•
Ala• • . • • • • •
ize, barley, malt, buckwheat, oats)
beans' vetches, peas, lentils) gf Odts,
Artea2rlharlev— 100 kilos.
.
five tia,„: „ lie ..... .. „ above regulations shall come into operation
PantJB after the date of the Staats Blad and &was Cow
lin_ IA which this decree is published, and shall remain in
bell' till the Ist of July, 1854) ui• till it is otherwise deter-
-`4(11 by law,

tlittht, Sept. 15, 1853

. . 5 per 10 mud.
. 100 kilos.
. 10 last,

(Signed) WILLIAM,

CT•
C e, Right Hon. the Lords of the Committee of Priv
t 1.1711 for Trade and Plantations have reeeited, through
dehate,,eifhetary of State for Foreigh Affairs, a copy of. a
hat Cfrom her Majesty's Consul at Acapulco, reporting
to th 11°rder had come down from the seat of Government
with e Corder
of that port, allowing all vessels laden
the al to enter on payment of reduced tonnage dues, viz.,
dolia:PaYment of four teals (or 2s) per ton, instead of one
but ••• '°llr reals (or ds) per ton, which was formerly exacted;
otbtrit memo be understood that these vessels are to have no
hanbize on board.

By order,

J. 'EMERSON TENNENT

174 failure, to a limited extent, was announced on
,_e Glasgow Stock Exchange, on Friday, (settling
'437) the liabilities are trifling.
BULLION MAUKET AND EOD.EIGN EXCHANGES.
We give the current price of Gold, as follows, to
Itstist
o the merchant in calculating the rates of
re'
g xchange, by the actual current rates of
11io4, as last reported
et;—
Loudon 775. .9d •Paris, , • Hamburgh,—;
ra, ,
li -; Vienna, ; St. Petersburg,;
- ,
Milan, -; Constantinople, - Alexandria,
d $YBombay, - ; ' Calcutta, - ; Hong Kong,- ;
tr~a - fie Y, 778. ; Port Phillip, -; Adelaide, ; Mon-
New York, -; San Francisco, -;
exic Brazils,