Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-12-22 00:00:00

LONDON STOCK EXCTIANOE.
• 1 e es ay Evernng.
The market for English Securities was firmer
to-day, though only a lingering amount of busi-
ness was done. Consols opened an eighth per
Cent. better than the final prices of last night,
and throughout the morning have been well sup-
ported at that advance, the latest quotation being
95;q1 ex div. ; Reduced Three per Cents..have
been dealt in at 951 and ;" NeW Three per
Cents. at the same ; India' Debentures, On
Exchequer Bills, 31s. pm. ; Do. Small, 28s. pm.
Stock of the New Indian Five per Cent. Loan is
nominally marked 1041 to 2. Ocean Marine
InsUrance Shire's ot•ened firmly,'• when they
shortly improved to 11 and 1, and subsequently
advanced toll and 11 pm.
In the English Railway Market business seems
almost suspended; nevertheless, shares fairly
Maintained their values- at about yesterday's
quotations. South-Easterns are, if anything, a
shade firmer. The Market fur Foreign Securities
was dull, in some instances stock exhibited a
want of firmness. Mexicans are, however, sup-
ported at 24 and 1.;-btit 'Sardinian haVe declined
per cent. Original Turkish realised only 77
for money, and 761 for account ; the New Sixes
have been dealt in at 646 to 65.
The quotation for French Rentes at five minutes
past twelve was 70f. 50c., they afterwards became
slightly better at 70f. 55e., with a very firm
market. • •

LONDON MINING MARBET.—Dn. 21.
:In the mining market to-day there is ,a relapse in
East Wheal Russell shares, which have been dealt in in
the Stock Exchange at 121, 12k, and 123. Great
South Tolgus, are inquired for, and marked 141 to
141. The, other, transactions havee-been principally in
shares in Stray Park, North Basset, Wheal Unity, Great
Hewas, Camborne Vean, North Robert,; and Treloweth
mines. Bon Accord C9lspg shares have been dealt in at
dis., and North Rhine Copper (South Australia) at
par anal prem. ' English and Australian Copper are
marked 11. . Great Noftlierii -Copper ,(South Australia),
are quoted A, to I prem., and St. John's (Newfoundland),
3-16 to 5-16 prem. • The oontributories of the Welsh
Potosi Lead and Copper Mining Company are required'
by the Court of Chancerfto pay a call of £1 10s. per
share by the 21st of `January.

The royal mail steamer Parana 'has arrived
from the West Indies•with specie to the value of
£149,480

THE PDNDS.-CLOSING PRICES.
Con. Money ...'. -- - Bank Stock.. : 227 9
„ Account. :... 951 1 Three per Cents. 952 Z-
Exchequer Bills. 28 3? 'Next 'Adcoitnt " - -
RAILWAY SHARES.
A. Not. &E. J. -. : - -60' ---' - Late: & York...-. -991 106
Caledonians .... 931 L. &N. W 9Bl -1
Dutch Rhenish.. -r —;L.& S. W.
Eastqm Counties- 581 1 Leeds Northern 4Bi
East Lancashire. -- Ifan.Sheff.&Lin 3Bl 9
Edinbgh. & GLiS. 82 83 Midland Stock . lO9l Z
Great Northern.. 1061 -4, North Britiih'-: HI --•-
, „A. 94t 54 N.'Staffordshire. ——•
Gt. Westerns.... 691-, eS.E. & Dover
Gt. W. Canadal3 5-16 7-16 York, N. & B
Gd. Tk. of c.. 410 746 9-16 York &N. Mid 7B/ .1
Gt: S. and W... 111 113 , . , • .
The week's traffic of the London and North-
westbrn Railway was £72,534, being an increase
'of £5,982.
The traffic of the Grand Trunk Railway. of
Canada, ending the 26th-of ,Nov., with 970 miles
of rail Way open, amounted to .£12,982.155. 4d.,
against £9,686 lls. 111 d., with 880 miles.of rail-
way open, the c.orrevonaig week of the previous
year. - ' ' '
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The Hudson's Bay Seal Skin Cloaks and Jackets,
One Guinea each, at the New Shawl and Mantle Ware-
house, 40, Bold-street.—Shellard and Hodgson, Pro-
prietors.

The following appeared in a portion of our im-
pression of.yesterday!z--

THE MONEY MARKET,

The approach of the holidays has caused business in the
Stock Exchange to relapse into a quiet state. The.de-
mand for money was brisker to-day ; very few bills
were discounted below the Bank minimum. The tele-
grams received to-day from Amsterdam report a decline
of 1 per cent. in Austrian securities. No gold was
taken from the Ban.k to-day for exportation. The whole
of the £272,00e.by the Norfolk has now been purchased
for the Continent and the supply by the Vigo and
Africa will also be sent away. Foreign exchanges this
afternoon experienced no alteration worthy of notice.—
Daily News. .
The English funds have been dull and inactive to-day,
but they closed with a slightly improved tone. The
appliCations for discount at 'the Bank were numerous
to-lay, and are- likely now to continue rather heavy
until the end of the year, the daily amounts absorbed
for th'e public for revenue and other payments being
considerable: The railway market has again been very
inaetivef and several of the leading British descriptions
closed at a slight decline. The market, however, con-
tinuei to possess considerable inherent strength, from
the absorption of stock to the public at the late settle-
ment, the absence of supplies of any consequence, and
the prospect of continued favonrable traffic returns in
the new year.—T nes:

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1859.

THE DAY'S NEWS.

The arrangements for the approaching Congress
still occupy considerable attention at Paris, and
continue to be the subjects also of much political
speculation. One of the latest rumours is, that
Russia and Austria combine in insisting that
either our Premier or Foreign Secretary shall be
present at. the Congress, on the ground that
they are the principals with whom business
of 'so much European:importance must be
transacted on such an occasion. We merely give
the report without believing in it. But if it be
true, it will only be one of several signs that we
observe of a desire in certain quarters to render
the Condiess after all nugatory, so far as any real
settlement of the Italian question is to be accom-
plished. They have at length succeeded in securing
the appointment of Count Cavour as chief Sardinian
plenipotentiary; and the Pope, it is expected, will
be represented by Cardinal Antonelli. There
be no objection to the- latter a 'ointment ;

LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET.—DEC. 21.
The Cotton market continues very quiet, and, with an
anxious desire to sell, prices show considerable irregu-
larity. The sales--including 40 Pernambuco, at 74d..;
300 Egyptian, at 72d. to 13d. ; and 1,000 Surat, at 4d.,
to 574—are reported 5,000 bales to the trade.

LIVERPOOL PRODUCE MARBET.-DEC. 21.

SUGAR.—The market remains steady, but the business
is confined to 100 hhds. Demerara, at 375., up to 435. 6d.
per cwt. for grainy.
MOLASSES AND Rum.—Nothing has taken place in
these articles.

may . t. ,ppt
but it is very questionable, we think, that Austria
will consent to Count Cavour.
The Spaniards in Morocco are still not pros-
perous in the war they have entered upon.
Heavy rains have flooded their encampments
around Ceuta, and impeded the further advance
of Marshal O'Donnell's troops, at the same time
that they are likely to swell the number of his
sick. The Marshal is receiving large reinforce-

COFFEE.-1,200 bags Bahia, to arrive, have realised
50s. per cwt. from the quay.
In RICE there is nothing to report.
SAGO FLOUR.-200 bags at 16s. 6d. per cwt.
DYEWOODS.-450 tons Barwood, to arrive, on private
terms; 50 tons St. Domingo Fustic, at £6 ss. per ton.
DRYSALTERIES, &C.-1 cask Sicily Argols, at 80s.
20 casks G. L. & Co. discoloured Tartar, at 120 s. 9
chests common button Shellac, at £8 ss. 400 bales
Gambier, all faults, at 16s. 6d. ex quay. 11 cases
Druggist Gum, at 51s. No sales in Brimstone. 60 tons
of Nitrate of Soda, at 15s. 6d. 300 bales Bombay
Madder Roots at 30s. for fifth class, and 40s. sound,
some Naples roots at 445. 570 bags, Myrabolams, at
7s. 3d. to Bs. 6d. 25 tone Curacoa Divi, at £l2 10s.
per ton. 150 tons American Linseed Cakes at £9 2s. 6d.
to £9 ss. per ton. 550 bags Saltpetre, 151 to 10 per
cent., at 335. to 375. No change in Ashes.
OILS, &c.-Palm, £44 10s. to £45. Tallow steady,
at late rates. 50 brls. Lard, at 575. to 58s. 6d. Gingelly
Oil. 335. 6d. to 345. 200 brls. Common Rosin, at 4s. 4d.
Small sales of Spirits of Turpentine, at 345. per cwt.

yesterday devoted to a review of the recent meet-
ins id the Liverpool and London I:

orpot, _nsurance
Company. The writer takes up the same view
ofthe subject as Mr. 'Matthew Forster:did in his
pamphlet—indeed there is much about the article
to induce.one to conclude that the writer is either
directly or indirectly in the interest of that gen-
tleman. We' have not thought it worth while
to copy it, or any part of it, into our columns,
since it simply consists of a repetition of the cir-
cumstances of the case with which our readers are

familiar, accompanied by a few ex parte com-
ments reflecting upon the Liverpool Board, and
evidently intended to justify the course which
Mr. M. Forster has thought proper to pursue in
assailing the company.
The first meeting of the Mersey Branch of the
Society for Missions to Seamen took place yester-
day, at the Sailors' Home, his Worship the Mayor
presiding. The meeting was further enhanced in
moral value by the presence of a great number
of our leading shipowners and merchant& The
proceedings, as will be seen from our lengthened
report, were highly interesting. The remarks made
by the Rev. Rector Campbell, and also those by the
Rev. Dr. M'Neile, indicated in lively terms one
phase of the evils to be encountered by the
society. Our respected townsmen, Messrs. Wm.
Brown, Ralph Brocklebank, and S. R. Graves,
spoke distinctly and emphatically on other points
connected with the well-being of the sail:or& both
afloat and on shore,—the whole tone of the meet-
ing being in the highest degree salutary and in-
'spiriting,

AMONG domestic questions, the question of the
day,-.---and of alll questions,, whether internal or
external, the one most really concerned with the
fortunes of this country, is the question of Re-
form. There is a, vague impression,:abroad,that
Reform is nothing loss than a fatality ; and that
all that remains for the prudent is to make it as
usefnl or as harmless as possible. Now it much
depends on this " vague impression" in men's
min& what turn the new treatment will take ;
and we shall make no 'apology to our readers, if
we think it advisable, bet Ween this and the coming
session, to make unwearied and repeated effort,s
to intensify and consolidate their impressions
upon this subject.
The truth is; there is greater
,danger at-
this time to the stability of our, institutions' i
just because there is by common consent,
no danger so immediate and threatening as to
call for any united effort to avert it. All things
go on quietly in political circles. The course of
legislation is looked forward to as if it were to
receive no violent or marked interruption. The
character of our political system is still speculated
upon and thought about, as something well de-
.fined and permanent, as having in it finality at
least in its leading principle of self-develop-
ment. No one thinks that it is so soon to have
the 'experinzentum crucis applied to it. That it
is to be forced upon its trial by self-made judges,,
who pretend they have seen the handwriting on
the wall, and are now' meditating the execution
of the sentence. Every one supposes, indeed,
that something has to be done ; but something of
no importance, and to be shuffled over as quickly
as may be, that the national mind may give
itself to more serious work.

No one will deny that this describes accurately
the present character of the crisis. And proba-
bly it corresponds, not too inaccurately, with the
real value of the question involved. But at the
same time it may be feared that this supineness
will lead •to more or less danger from the man-
oeuvres of faction making use of the stealthy ener-
gies of democracy. Parties are so balanced in
the House of Commons, that the gravest interests
of the country may be sacrificed to the merest

ments, however, and seems resolved to make a
formidable onslaught on the Moors as soon as he exigencies of a government. Mr. GLADSTONE
is afforded a fitting opportunity.
may withdraw his countenance from a govern-
The West India mail has brought over un-
ment rushing blindly on to hurtful measures; but
favourable accounts from St. Thomas, the popu-
this tardy consistency may occur only in time to
"
lation of which continued to suffer severely from throw the honour" of Lord JOHN RUSSELL
more unreservedly into the keeping of Mr. BRIGHT
yellow fever—its ravages extending even to the
and his democrats. A government may be turned
shipping in the harbour. Jamaica and the other
out and extreme measures averted, but the tradi-
islands are reported to be healthy.
Great efforts have been made in London all tionary Apostle of Reform may be thrown into a
new position, and find his only account for the future
ing on Sunday, by securing Monday as the
this week to compensate for Christmas day fall-
in an unreserved dependence upon Mr. BRIGHT.
W
Christmas holiday. The movement has been mete know how much personal considerations are
apparently in the very best spirit by all those at the bottom of this standing question of Re-
who have it in their power to give it practical form ; and that the only person really in earnest
effect : and there is no doubt that Monday will is he who wishes to destroy the Constitution. It
is
be a better type of the good old English Christ-
because Lord JOHN RUSSELL is said to be
mas day, in so far as the festitities of the occasion pledged to Reform, that the House of Commons
are concerned, than the day itself will be. is to lend-him all its collective aid to redeem the
The London Times continues to exert its in- pledge. It is said to be because his "honour is a
fluence in a most benevolent spirit, and apparently posseisiOn of the House of .Commons" (!)•--by
with no slight success, in behalf of the houseless an airy euphemism it must, be admitted—that it
poor of the metropolis at this inclement season. is to reckon upon no work as its more peculiarly,
Ouri contemporary has more particularly pointed than the work of assisting to keep the jewel untar-
out the necessity of relief being extended to those nished. We who have rougher and staler notions
,who are in the strictest sense of the word house- of this statesman's political honour, can see before,
I less; and the appeal that has been made is alto_ us another possibility in the case. Though-
gether responded to in the most liberal spirit, mad measures of political change almost amount-
Would that something of the kind could be done ing to a revolution, may be for the PreWat
here in Liverpool. For notwithstanding the defeated, yet what new condition will by imr,orted
number and extent of our various charities for into these personal considerations, if
,ord. JOIIN
the relief of the poor and destitute, in one form or RUSSELL finds himself by a party nikol
e thrown into
another, webelieve that there are thousands of such the arms of the demagogue, ania "pledged" to a
homeless poor amongst us as are found in London greater instalment of democ-v-
-.y What will then
also, and who are the least prepared to resist the be done with his "•hontror
r, and will the House
rigours of such a winter as that into the depths think it has it still in ijr
keeping ? So ridiculously
of which we have now entered. In so far as food confused is the
• rwsent notion of the relations of
is concerned, no better means could be adopted Lord JOHN to, Valls.
eternal question, and so res-
for feeding the hungry than that of soup kitchens pectable is 0
ne amount of tact which this beau
—but there arc the naked to be clothed, and the itljal
party leaders has always in reserve, that
destitute to be housed, as well as the hungry to we, ~should not be surprised in some future session
be fed ; and the only effectual way of doing these 4,
o hear the whole force of the legislature chal-
things is bysome vigorous effort to seek thew, or '
lenged in support of Lord JOHN RUSSELL magnifi-
awl relieve them.
Nearly a column and a halfof the Tie. cently engaged in redeeming his pledges to—
nes under Mr. BRIGHT !
its money market and city inteUiPence head, was The nescessity of the moment is simply to

put to a proper use that' well ascertained
and substantial body of opinion, which is
really at the bottom of the whole political
life of the country. "The honour of Lord
JOHN RUSSELL in the keeping of the House of
Commons" is a pleasant and amusing fancy enough,
to which, so long as the best interests of the country
are not played off in the reciprocation, there is no
great objection, which we care to bring. But the
country , must learn that its Constitutional
interests are not safe in the hands of Lord JOHN
RUSSELL. It must be fully awakened to the
danger there is, lest the Constitution be left
unreservedly to the honour of one man with a
traditional character, and then handed to another
of no political character at all,—that is, of no
character That can be recognised in that present
governmental system which is :the only basis and
the only regulator of Reform.

rest assured, is that prison officer, without whose
agency so desirable an object can never be s,ccom-
plis. h6d.
•

THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY.

Christmas falling on a Sunday this year, will of
necessity deprive some hundreds of thousands of indus-
trioui people of, their usual Christmas holiday,—as it is
popularly considered,—unless some general arrangement
be made, by which the following day, Monday, can be,
by common consent, appropriated for that purpose. It
is very desirable, we think, that it should ; for those
who are engaged in the daily drudgery of life, have so
very few holidays now-a=days, that it is very hard to
deprive them of one which they always contrive to enjoy- -
with more than ordinary zest, and the relaxations of
which, to say nothing else, we have no doubt are exacta- ,
cive to the health of both body and mind. We have
received a great number of communications upon this
subject, but they may all be summed up in this one
sentence,—they argue strongly, nay irresistibly, for
Monday being set apart as the Christmas Holiday, as an ;
act, not only of generosity, but of justice to those
numerous classes who, but for such an arrangement,
Would have no Christmas Holiday whatever, and there- I
fore, as they esteem it, no Christmas enjoyment. In 'll
the metropolis, we understand, every facility will be
afforded, not only by tradesmen and others in business,
but by the various public offices—the banks and discount
establishments—to relieve, as far as possible; all who
are employed by them, from duty on Monday, the 26th.
A similar resolution has 'been adopted, we 'believe, in 1,
most of the large cities and towns of the kingdom. Ti
Indeed, from all we hear, it seems probable that there will ,
be almost as complete a suspension of ordinary business on 4,
Monday, as though it were Christmas-day. Let us hope, ;
then, that Liverpool will be no exception to this excellent
movement. We shall not presume to dictate the course to
pursued, either by our public bodies, or by private estab-
lishments, on such an occasion; but we would strongly,
though respectfully, urge the adoption of the principle ,!
which has been settled in London and elsewhere, that
the day shall be made, as much as possible, a holiday, in
order that, those who would otherwise be deprived of , ,
great annual treat, and one which has many endearing- -
associations at so hallowed a time as Christmas, may'
not by the accident of the. great Christian Festival itself'
falling on a Sunday, have any reason to complain of a
limitation to those only too few holidays, which, through-
out the year -they are permitted to enjoy,—to a vast
majority, indeed, one of the two only holidays for the
whole year.

THE report of the Chaplain of her Majesty's Gaol,
the Castle of Lancaster, has come into our hands ;
and, although it is brief, it yet suggests some
rather important considerations to the Magistracy
orthe county, and to all who take an interest in
our " prisoners and captives." It would., be well,
indeed, if more could be induced to feel a concern
for those unfortunate persons ; for they belong to
classes of the people whose moral and social im-
provement has very much to do, with the interests
of society at large ; and if our gaols could only be
made reformatories, as well as prisons, a great
work would indeed be 'done in ; the promotion of
those interests.
The Chaplain first passingty alludes to the
debtors' side.of the gaol; of which he regrets that
he can give bnt a poor account. "It is true," he
observes, " that my position towards them is
exactly that of a clergyman in an ordinary parish
towards his parishioners ; but the stay of a debtor
in gaol averages not more than from five to seven
weeks. He may, and often does, go up to court
after an incarceration of three weeks. My inter-
course, therefore, with them, besides being very
brief, is with men of whose private life and
character I seldom know anything." What he
learns of them in the gaol, however, would seem
to be anything but satisfactory; for he does not
hesitate to declare that, judging from his official
point of view, he regards the whole process as a
very debasing one. "I can conceive of very
few," he observes, " Making the average stay in
Lancaster Castle, who are not, morally, the worse
for it for life."

THE LATEST NEWS.

iBY BRITISH AND IRISH MAGNICTIC 'rBLBOICAPH.I

FRANCE.

With the criminal prisoners his opportunities
are different. It is his duty to put himself in the
closest communication with them, as one who
has charge of their spiritual interests ; and judg-
ing from the manner in which he expresses his
sense of that duty, and the means he adopts most
faithfully to discharge it, we have no doubt that
he is in all respects an exemplary Chaplain. He
states it to be his endeavour to obtain as complete
a knowledge of each prisoner as possible ; " and
this," he says, " supplies me with materials
for indirect moral and religious teaching—for
conversations whose undercurrent is religion—
materials which enable me to speak of guilt and
sin otherwise than in the abstract—and to point
out to them, in many cases, what has been the
turning-point for evil in their career : it enables
me, when I visit them, to seem, what it is my-
great object to seem, as well as to be,—their
friend." Such a course of proceeding as this
cannot but have a salutary effect, provided only
that the general system of the prison is such as
to favour and enforce it. This, however, is un-
fortunately not always the case. Sufficient im-
portance, in fact, is not generally attached to the
Chaplain's department of prison discipline and
duty, and that which it all involves is not
regarded, as it ought to be, as " the one thing
needful" above everything else.
An instance of the indifference with which the
religious department of the prison is too often
treated, and the insignificance that is attached to,
its practical arrangements, is given in this very
report. " I cannot forbear," says the Chaplain,
" again calling attention to the state of our
chapel ; it is so darkened by galleries, that the
female prisoners, who are placed under the
debtors' gallery, can, with great difficulty, see to
read ; although the daily prayers are at ten
o'clock in the forenoon, the chapel has to be
lighted with gas throughout the winter months ;
the windows are still covered with, and darkened
by, thick iron bars. No class of prisoners can
kneel during the prayers." Now it is evident,
we think, from this, that the prison chapel has
been thought to .be a place of
'very little impor-
tance indeed._ And we .have -reason to know, that
in the arrangements of
kx
any out-of-the-war 'prisons, too commonly,.
'Place is apt to be thought
good enough,
or " the chapel, without regard to
"VP.mience, or to comfort of any kind ;
while tho
fact just, mentioned, that " no class
Pri",oners can kneel during prayers," shows
even the commonest accommodation for.
divine worship is not thought worth while to
be provided. All this arises, no doubt, from
the absence of any due appreciation of religion
as an element of prison discipline—even in its
penitentiary processes; and yet, there is no other
element, we may depend upon it, that can ever be
brought into successful operation in the great
work of onr criminal reformatory system. To
teach prisoners to read and write is certainly
most desirable ; but e Ten this, apart from any
religious influence, will be of no avail in reclaim-
ing the wandering—often, indeed,
quite a contrary effect, by making them all the
" cleverer" as rogues and vagabon as • The great
object of our prisons should be, to it may have
endeavour to
return upon society those who become their
inmates the better, if possible, for their ineareera-
tion there,—certainly not the worse, as is too
generally the Case ; and the Chaplain, we may

THE 'FRENCH FUNDS.
PARIS, Dec. 21.

The Bourse opens very firm. Itentea-at 70.50. 4,
3.28 r.m.—Rumour of an intended reduction
of the interest on treasury bills, bons de tresorf
were current to-day on the Bourse. It was also
said that the Moniteur of to-morrow will contain
a report of the minister on general and-financial
affairs. Funds have materially improved; and
the final:quotations of Rentes were 70.65, shavr
ing an increase of since yesterday.

SWITZERLAND.

BERNE, Dec. 21.
In reply to a memorial addressed by Switzer-
land to the Powers: composing the Congress, the
majority have expressed themselves favourable
to the admission of plenipotentiaries of Switzer-
land at the time when the Congress deliberateo

on. the neutrality of the province of Savoy.

Mr. John Blengole, of Chayley, will be the'
Liberal candidate at Lewes, in room of the late-'
Mr. Fitzroy.

The following appeared. in a part of oar/
impression of yesterday :

FOREIGN MAILS,
The French and Belgian mails have not read
London.

FRANCE.
[RBUTBIt'S TBLEGRM[.]
PARIS, Dee:.2l:.

The Ifoniteur of to-day publishes nominations. I),
several Secretaries to French Embassies abroad, amoste"
which Marquis Chateaurenard is Secretary of. EtabagsY
at London.
The state of Prince Jerome's. health continues tr:
improve, and there will be re bulletins published f°'
some days. ,

WEST INDIA, PACIFIC, ANDI MEXICAN
MAILS.
The steamship Parana, from the West Indies, put jut°
Plymouth, yesterday, short of fuel. She left St. T 11:
mas December 3rd, and experienced strong head will,
and heavli seas all the passage home. She brills—
,
$747,000 in, specie and bullion.
St. Thomas contirned to suffer severely from yellovt:
fever, whieh, had caused many deaths among the shS
ping. The Parana put four men into the hoe2o
I there ; and several of the crew- suffered severely on ti"
voyage.
Jamaica and other islands healthy. Trade dull.. Al
On the 31st Oct. a fire destroyed considerable pt0Pe,,,,,..,'
1 at Valparaiso. The principal sufferers were Messrs. P;
son Bros., Ajacio nros.; Manuel and Co., M. MartiA,nies
the Hotel d'France, J. V. Sanchez, and Pie.l*---
Harker, and Co.
eci °
Capt. Grenfell, of H.M.S. Amethyst, has seiz re
Mexican cotton-laden ships, and threatened to,taka tiio-,
if Mr. Allsop, the British Consul at Tepie„ was nat 1 e,
mediately released.
•
THE VOLUNTEER RIFLE. CORPS' ,
MOVEMENT. ite
Sir John Pakington has attended a meeting at DOOlO
with, for the purpose of establishing a rifle corpse sod
moved a resolution inviting all classes of the tOvill,ho
neighbourhood 'to join. He said ; He was not one "fool
contemplated an invasion as a probability, nor didll_2_„,,..
distrust in the personal intentions of the Emperor l'an',,i)
leon, but within the last two or three years there bad ui:l
occasions on which our present relations with Franeeoon
been endangered, and it was impossible to see how ,a to
this might again happen ; therefore, they were bonus
be prepared. lie wanted Europe to see that we Za,
prepared for all contingencies. Our navy was 51,1,, he
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The Court returns to Windsor to-day for
Christmas. . tts.4
The Advertiser speaks of Lord Llanover as Boaa of
successor ,of the late Mr. Fitzroy, at the
Works. heleilti
The majority of banks and discount establis Cie r 0
have agreed, as far as possible, to relieve their
from duty on the 26th. tea
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