Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-11-16 00:00:00

MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL.

• • LIVERPOOL, Tuesday Evening.
The Cotton market to-day was quiet, with a
limited demand; and that notwithstanding intel-
ligence of extensive transactions in Manchester
at slightly improved rates. The sales reported
here have. been only to the extent of 4,000 bale's,
with Out material change in prices, although here
and there there was a slight concession in prices.
• The sales included 500 bales for export, or taken
on speeultion.•
The Liverpool Share market was tery depressed
and gloomy all day, and lower prices were in all
cases. submitted to, till just .at the close,
.when
slightly improved feeling sprung up. The 'busi-
ness transacted included the sale of Birkenheads
at 77 c. ; . Great Western, 611; London and
North Western, 9', e. e. ; Midland, 106 is ;
South EaStern, 234 ; great Luxembourg, Constit.,
6 15716, i; Great Western of (2.44ada, 5-16;
Commercial Bank (Liverpool), 12,t, ; LiverPoOLl
and London Fire and Life Insurance; p.

CLOSING

Ches. & B'hcad.. 77 774 N. Stafford ...4y 4;d
Caledonian .. 911 911- N. E. Ber. c. Stock 904 91
E. Comities .... 11 11 York capital Stock 75 754
E. L. Stock .... Leeds Stock .... 464 47

G. N. Stock ....102.;1024
Great Westerns.. 64:1 66
Lan. and York .. 961 961
Ln. & Nor. West. 951 951
, it-shares
M. S. and Lincoln 35 35a
Midland Stock ..1051 1051
N. British St. .. 591 591

S. Eastern . . 23k 233 3-9
Dutch Rhenish 4y 40
Gt. Luxemb'g 6 16-3 6 18-9
G. T.Ca'da 9l
G.W.Canada 13+ 1311
„ new shares 71 7d
Buffalo &L. Huron 41- 5
Great Ship

LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE.

Tuesday Evening.
The Market for English Securities did not to-
day manifest any indication of improvement, and
at one period, rather early in the day, Consols
were fully 1 per cent. below yesterday's final
prices; subsequently, however, a partial reaction
set in, and the quotations were registered at 961
for money, and 961 1 for the account. Bank
Stock has been dealt in at 2261, 226, 2271, and
.228 ; New Three per Cents, 0-4, ; India
Stock, 226 and 228; ditto Debentures, 96k ;
and Exchequer Bills, 315., 275., and 30s. prem.,
and for Small, 31s. and 28s. prem._

The English Railway Share Market was ex-
tremely dull, scarcely any business being 'done,
and quotations do not offer any noticeable feature,
although somewhat steadier than yesterday.
The Market for Foreign Securities has not been
animated, and the operations recorded have been
limited to a few of. the principal stocks, whilst
values do not appear to have materially
rallied from the partial depression of last night.
Mexican exhibit a fall of g per cent.. Original
Turkish Sixes have been done at 751, 76, and 763- ;
and the New Sixes 64, 65, and 659. New Vic-
toria Loan is quoted 1099 to 110*, and the New
Indian ditto at 1031 to I.
The price for. French Reiates at ten minutes
past twelve was 69f. 85c., and subsequently to
69f. 90c., but with a rather dull market.

TIP FUNDS.—CLOSING PRICES.
Con. Money .... 196 4
1. Bank Stock ....226 8
„ Account .... 964. i Three per Cents. 94;-1
Exchequer Bills. 28 31 Next AccoUnt ..
RAILWAY SHARES.
A. Not. &E. J. . . 6 as Lanc.&Yorkshire 961 I
Caledonians .... 901 11 L.& N.Western. 951 6
Dutch. Rhenish.. L. and S. W.... 95 t
Eastern Counties 55 i Leeds Northern.. 461 7-
East Lancashire. Man.Sheff.&Lin. 35 -1-1
Edinbgh. & Glas. 783 93 Midland Stock . .105 f 6
Great Northern-102 i North British .. 591 i
» „ A. 89 90 N. Staffordshire.
Gt. Western..... 64/ 5 S. E. and Dover. 77 1
Gt. W. Canada .. 131
.A York New &B 90 1
r 4 - 7 el".
Gd. Tk. of Ca. .. 9-f I York &N.Mid.. 75
Gt. S. and W...108ii 97,

FOREIGN EXCIIANGES.

Amsterdam, short
Do., tEree months,
Rotterdam, do.
Antwerp, do
Brussels, do
Hamburg, do
Paris, short
Do., three months
Marseilles, do
Frankfort, do
Vienna, do
Trieste, do
Petersburgh, do.
Madrid, do

11 ]3.
11 15
11 15
25 22
25 22
13 5
... 25 72
~.25 30
... 25 32,1
...117 -
... 12 60
... 12 60
33
„, 40

to it 13,2
to 16
to 11 16
to 25 30
to 25 30
to 13 6:1
to 25 121
to 25 35
to 25 37
to 1171
to 12 70
to 12 70
to 34A
to 50 --

n a; si ci
• 4.-1 >0 3 Flour.
INTO r• f:O 114 g 0
LIVERPOOL, - -
PROM Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Sks. Sacks. Erls.
Ireland 960 194 546 .. . 5623 1537 ...
Coastwise
Canada,&e 2iFys 2390 3347
U. States 712 ... .. . .. . ... 1541
Europe, &c 46 ... 10088 ... 103 250
Egypt
INTO
590 63 .........36 ...
- -
Total 4686 22C 1192 196 2890 11846 5673 1678 5138
EXPORTS TO - - -
For. Parts . .. 437 ... 21 .. . 105 .. . 100
Ireland 495 . . . 5 843 . 910 412
Coastwise
32 126 7.9 389 100

LIVERPOOL AGRICULTURAL MARKET, Nov. J.
s. d. e. d. I • ' s. d. s. d.
Hay, old
Ditto, new
Ditto, clover 0 9 ... 0 91,1 Do. whiterocks 2 6 ~. • 2 8
Green Clover 0 0 ... 0 0 Do. Balshaw . c 0 0 0
Vetches 0 0 0 0 Do. Beldrums. 0 0 ... 0 0
Straw, wheat
Ditto, oat
Ditto, barley 0 0 ... 0 0 Carrots 32 0 0 0
Oats, in straw. 0 0 ... 0 0 Mangelwurzel 0 0 0 0
Potatos, flukes 3 0 ... 3 4 Manure 5.0 6 6

LONDON PRODUCE MARKET.—Nov. 15.
SUGAR.—The large public sales are going off heavily
at about previous rates. Refined unaltered.
COFFEE.—The public sales are progressing steadily.
TEA.—The demand continues limited ; prices are un7
altered.
RICE.—The market has been firm but less active to-
day.

SALTPETRE steady.
SPICES have a firm appearance.
Ous.—Last week's prices are pretty generally sup-
ported.
Markets generally quiet to-day.

LONDON TALLOW MARKET.—Nov. 15.

The firmer tone noticed yesterday is maintained, and
prices have this morning fuither improved 3d. to 6d.
per cwt., being quoted as follows :—Town tallow, 60s.
net cash ; Petersburg Y.C. on the spot, 595. 3d. ; all the
year, 595. ; December, 595.

LONDON WOOL SALES.—Nov. 15.

The sales held today have been well attend e 1 by. buyers.
For all kinds of Wool the competition has ruled: active,
and, in some instances, Australian Wools have sold at
an advance on the previous series of nearly lid. to
2d. per lb. For export, next to nothing doing.

BOROUGH HOP MARKET.—Nov. 15.

Show of samples generally has become very moderate.
Weald of Kent and Sussex Hops are in good demand,
at very full prices. Other kinds rule about stationary.

LONDON MINING MARKET.—Nov. 15.
The market for Britiqh mining stocks retains a steady
appearance. In the Stock Exchange West Seaton and
Wheal Mary Ann shares are inquired for • the former
are marked 390, and the latter 381. Wheal Monis
have been dealt in at 305. Shares in Wheal Margaret,
Sortridge Consols, East Wheal Missal, and Great I ewas
have also met with some attention. St. John del Rey
Mining shares are still inquired for, and have been dealt
in at 14. Other foreign as well as colonial mining
securities are quiet.

MANCHESTER SHARE MARKET.—Nov. 15.
Dovers, 23 3-16 1; Midlands, 106 ; Londous, 951

MANCHESTER TRADE REPORT.--Nov. 15.
Firm and healthy market. Producers both of cloth
and yarns being well engaged, are demanding an ad-
vance on the extreme prices of last week. -

LEEDS CORN MARSET.—Noy. 15.
A fair demand for wheat at an advance of is per qr.
OR rates of last Friday. Other articles unchanged.

NEWCASTLE CORN MARKED',--Nov. 15.
English Wheat in good demand at a further advance
of ls. per quarter on Saturday's ra:.cs. Foreign also
saleable at a like improvement. Flour held for more
money. Barley firm, at Saturday's advance, Oats

THE BAY'S NEWS.

A significant intimation, is given in certain of the
Continental journals, supposed to be in the confi-
dence of the Powers referred to, that Prussia and
Itu ssia have communicated to their envoys at foreign
-courts theimportant fact of the recent interview
at Breslau, between the Prussian Prince Regent
and the Russian Emperor, having shown that
there was a complete coincidence of their views
on all the questions of moment relating to the
political state of Europe.
We give an extract from an Australian news-
paper, of respectability and reputation, illus-
trating, very forcibly, the practical evils of
the ballot and universal suffrage, in the colony
of Victoria. It is already •found, that under the
operation of the ballot, and with' universal
suffrage, "the. general result of the elections will
be to give increased power to the extreme demo-
cratic party in Parliament,"—a result which is
highly to be. deprecated,' as 'calculated to dis-
organise the colony, and greatly hamper its
interests. " A great many candidates,' it is
observed, " are in nomination,. though it is
still feared and complained that few out
of .that class, best fitted to represent the
intelligence and respectability of the people
have come forward to claim the popular
suffrages. The fact is, that " intelligence and
respectability" are so completely swamped by
the mobocracy that any one presenting qualities
so eswatial in any desirable state of society, is
deterred by the prospect of.certain defeat, accom-
panied, not improbably, by insult and outrage.
The Wakefield Election Cominission, after two
days' further sitting upon the spot, has again ad-
journed. The witnesses who have been examined
on this occasion have -not thrown much more
'light upon the case. One object of the. Commis-
sion, in the examination which liaskist-concluded,
has apparently been to connect the Conservative
candidate, Mr. Charlesworth, and his friends, as
closely as possible with the bribery and corrup-
tion that so extensively prevailed at the last
Wakefield election. There is no doubt whatever
that the Conservatives, as well as the Liberals,
were deeply implicated in those corrupt. proceed 7
ings ; but the excuse Of the Conservatives is that
they were obliged to fight their Liberal opponents
with their own weapons. - Certainly, the whole
of the proceedings shows very forcibly, that those
classes of the people among whom it is proposed
to extend the franchise, ,constitute almost the only
portions of the constituency that were open to cor-
rupt influences. The adjournment has been deemed
necessary, in consequence of one of the Commis-
sioners (Mr. Willes) having just received the
appointment to a county-court judgeship in Nor-
thumberland, and his presence being required
there immediately. The inquiry is to be re-opened
in London on Monday. Very few witnesses re-
main to be examined ; and it is not expected that
it will be necessary to return to 'Wakefield.
It appears that the number. of ROyal Naval
Volunteers that it is proposed to raise, under the
Act of Parliament which we referred to yester-
day, is thirty thousand ; and the success of the
scheme is regarded with considerable confidence.
From this body, too, it is expected that there will
be a continuous reserve for the navy. So that,
altogether, it is a most important and judicious
enterprise.
The Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, it will be seen,
has been holding forth at Cork on the advantages
of that harbour as a station for the American
packets. " lie felt donfident,"=hb said, " that it
was an enterprise *which .had for its aim to
augment the resources, and promOte the inter-
course, and 'prolong the friendship of the great '
family of man, that nations may find their richest
reward." This is all very fine upon paper—or
in an afterjdinner speech—but that it is sub-
stantially true remains to be proved.
The invest;gatioll in regard _to the eircum-

stances attending the loss of the Royal Charter,
instituted and conducted under the auspices al
the Board of Trade, commenced yesterday, it St.
George's Hall. The inquiry, which promises to
be, a very searching one,. is conducted by Mr.
O'Dowd, assisted by Mr. Tyndale, of this town,
and the, proceedings of yesterday, which were,
protracted, although only a few witnesses ware
exitmined, may be said to have done little more
than merely enter upon the threshold of the
inquiry. In his opening address, Mr.. O'Dowd
intimated that the size, the structure, and the
quality of the materials used in the construction
of the ship would form important features in the
pending inquiry. He also intimated that, while
fully editing • the testimony given as to the
perfect sobriety of Captain Taylor, he felt that
the circumstances of thecase demanded a full and
impattial inquiry into his conduct with respect
to the navigation of the vessel. He intimated
that full evidence had been tendered by Messrs.
Gibbs,
.Bright, and .Co. as to the quality of the
machinery, the Conipbsition of the ship, and her
general sea-worthiness. . The proceedings will
be resumed this morning, and. so far as yester-
day's progress can be taken as a criterion, the
inquiry promises to be a protracted as well as a
searching one. •
The, ambition which seeks an opportunity of
vindicating in the Municipal Council those views
of general management and economy in the affairs
of the borough, entertained by an individual,
appears not by any means to have been quenched.
in Mr. 0.,P: Carne, by his factiously; effected'de-
feat in the Everton and Kirkdale Ward. So far
from this being the case we rejoice to see that he_
comes -ifoi4ard again, and manfully to 'uphold
those principles ,which he sincerely believes to be
the only true ones on which the general benefit
can be rested and. secured. The elevation of
Mr: Woodruff to the *aldermanie chair havin-g
caused a vacancy in the representation of Scot-
land Ward, Mr:' Came has valorously came for-
ward to the rescue, and afforded .to the electors
an opportunity of sustaining that character for
sound.. constitutional feeling which placed Mr.
Crellin at the head of the poll, and which finds
additional countenance, as well as support and
gratification in being represented on the alder-
manic bench by' so
,independent and high-
ininded a gentleman as Mr. Bennett.
As will be seen in another part of our
paper, Mr. Carne last night addressed a large
and influential meeting of the electors of the
Ward, and *Om them met with a most cordial
and assuring reception. His address, which em-
braced nearly all the leading topics of municipal
discussion, was such as to meet with warm appro-
bation. In point of fact, Mr. Caine, by his clear
business-like statements, has evidently won his
way into popular favour; and we doubt not that
the result of Friday's poll will show that if his
merits had been earlier known they would have
been sooner made available for the public benefit.

AFTER long advancement in Christian civilisa-
tion, it would still appear, from events happening
around us, and especially from the supposed
aspect of a neighbouring country, that nations
have some need of a seer who shall instruct them
in one or two of its most characteristic prin-
ciples. We make no doubt, that as has been the
case in many other subjects, the atmosphere in
which this one has been infused, drawn from
classical idea and the precedents of ancient history,
has perverted the coarse of modern thought, and
given rise to what in the altered conditions
of the human mind is a false and unnatural
instinct. There must be some mark of difference
between the ideals of classical and Christian civi-
lisation. And it is as obvious to say that if there
be Such a difference at all, it must be a difference
occasioning a variety, perhaps a contrariety, of
tone in the later growth of human advancement.
Man we know .is still man.; and perhaps, out-
wardly at all events, there is more alike than
different, in the heathen and the Christian
specimens of the genus. They are ruled on
the whole by much the same set of motives,
stained by much the same sort of moral defects,
and animated in their public condiict by much
the same interests and associations. The dif-
ference between the two, we apprehend, mainly
consists in the 'presence 'of a certain controlling
power in the later form of national life, and of a
moral sentiment which unconsciously tends to pro-
pagate a. superior sort of public conscience. The
public conscience of ancient States was honour;
that of Christian States is—or at least is, in its
true ideal—religion.
Now it becomes a question which we have
some right to ask, whether France, at this stage
of the world's history, is prepared, or is prepar-
ing, to teach Christian nations some entirely new
lessons in the ideal of moral progress ? We sup-
pose we have been advancing in this knowledge,
as in many other accessories of civilisation. The
Christian nations of Europe have sent together
their high diplomatic messengers to confer on
international interests ; they have assembled
their solemn and deliberative conclaves ; they
have come mutually to their conclusions, on the
bases of international understanding and com-
munication ; and they have always acknowledged,
though perhaps tacitly, the supremacy of a public
conscience. Amid, therefore, this buzz of war, and
this reported development of the demoniac prin-
ciple among all classes of her people, it occurs to
us' to ask whether France really feels herself
charged with the birth of a new moral era among
nations ; and whether these are the signs of inner
troubling till she have brought forth ? Now the total
abeyance of the-war spirit, is not what we expect
to mark the present dispensation of GoD's provi-
dence. Such an expectation is the dream of
visionaries ; while taken as a doctrine, it is the
mistake of students and philosophers. Nothing
can be plainer than that while the world remains
as it is, right must often arm itself with might.
The alliance between the two is natural, and has
the highest sanction that precedent can secure ;
for its great example is that Divine Government
which is not a more perfect exposition of power
than it is of justice. Wars, then, of interest, even
when that interest is imaginary; wars into which
avtelbey still which
' nations are precipitated by unforeseenhocjucsutii.cr
stormeenacne the,
humanity indeed would have s
and by a gradual process ; wars
by the evil passions of men, ilhlurpassions
n
momentarily aroused and faking
perhaps involuntary, actors,—such wars as these
we must count upon as frequent accidents in the
life of nations. Again, history supplies us with
many examples) which will again and again be

NOVEMP;ER 16, 1859

illustrated
the ,world's progress, of material
contests. following upon the encounter of civilise'tion,
and non-civilisation. And however unjul-
t.ifiable may be the particular pretexts upon
which these contests are at the time provoked,
nothing seems plainer than that they are in"
evitable pioneers in the march of morals and
religion. But, if we wished to fig_ 01% an`-"
thing as especially alien from the spirit of
modern civilisation, and essentially subversive of
the great Christian idea, we should characterise
it as war .from a wanton spirit of revenge, from
mere rivalry of prowess, from an insane worshiP
of fanciful reputation. Wars of avarice and
encroachment, wars of religion or bigotry, are
violations doubtless of Christianity. But a war
of this sort, for no substantial object, not t°
maintain or propagate any real principle, not t°
acquire any certain and appreciable advantage',
but for the mere exaltation of self, for the
mere infliction of useless misery and huinilia-
tion, is the degradation of every redeeming
feature in the moral aspect of mankind, the fibs°-
, lute negation of public conscience, the lettiul
loose of the Devil in person among the nations °
-Christianity. A war of wanton passions, e°°2-
pared with a war of interested violence, is inle
the same as a personal outrage subsidiarS to 511
e
act of pinnder, compared with a mere outran far
'wickedness' sake: All men agree that in the
most naked manifestation of revenge they see the"
very, spirit of Satan ; a sublimation of spiritual
evil unrelieved by considerations more gerin
N :
to humanity, even in its weakness. ow it
the same in nations as in individuals ; and Ice
must confess, that the full manifestation of
spirit in Christian France is to us an elnin°°3
prelude to that temporary reign of Incarnate
Evil, which prophetic authorities bid t°

expect,
What remains for England, however, is, tu°
take care that'she have no"part or lot in
matter. With this satanic spirit we call h3ce
nothing to do, except, if it assail us, to resist and
chastise it. The undying confidence, under Fr°i
vidence, which Englishmen feel in their phyo
and moral prowess, needs little encouragolcilt.
But never could it be so justifiably felt as in tle
defence of their country, and the chastisement °f
an impious and barbarous marauder.

THE trial of the American negro-captain, BRoo'
for his participation in the rebellious outbreak. at
Harper's Ferry, has been characterised Tel
strikingly by all that bad feeling which is eater
tained in the Southern States towards the nee
population. Usually, in that country, even
is
the most serious criminal cases, the law is not 3P-.
to move with much expedition. As one of the:
own journals well observesr=" In most cases ti'
a
" public complain of unreasonable delay, in by
" of indecent haste ; most offenders coacrea.
"some means or other, to obtain not onlysl.vl be
" time to prepare for such defence as they ras*llve
" able to urge, but also time to avail thellise,
of all the technical cv,asions and subterfuges
.
which the practised ingenuity of counsel ere
" suggest. Neither private suitors nor pub of
" justice, as a general thing, find the courFr.
" judicial proceedings so rapid as, at any rate;
"anticipate their wishes." In this case, 11°
,0
ever, there has been a most singular exception to
the customary deliberation with which °,t
Atherican courts act,—the more singular, since ;
is the case of a man tried for his life on tile
gravest charges known to the law—for muillefl'i
t
servile insurrection, and
nw
cr
reteahasoiobunit
7;
tandshheo
ritto se
erc,i 101
(al
ofil
se been
timecocli disposed
conviction
fortsie odn°feffectedi n
Americanan law proceedings, :5t
difficulty or. demur,—a result, we repeat' the
cols
unusualUnitedStates.in deed nonthethiscrhniacncoaul
n7%03'115:0:
only on this, that we regard it as s'll'trest
r
For, most assuredly, it is not singular t° scith
the negro population in the Slave State9e
and
any such consideration, even in cases 0-f lif
tioo
death, as to call for greater leisure and ate;
b Stoll
than they have thought it worth while to -e of
upon this most wretched and most fatal ssec

negro insurrection. 0 eek
The character of those hasty criminal Pr c
iint
ings is very forcibly set forth, in an aeee- ffota
read of it in one of the American journals; the
which it appears that he was captured °nvo
18th of the month, and on the 29th he waslioxitig;
into court at Charlestown without his Real
been able to provide himelf with anY had
assistance. The preliminary examinatiellhad
taken place on the 25th, the indictmeotst god
been presented on the 28th, and arraigninellosel
trial followed at once,—so that when his c°, fat
at length appeared, the trial was actualvi oir
advanced. " If, therefore," as it is Welt el°
served, " it was intended by the law Wool
prisoner should have the benefit of cc' 0
" selected by himself, it is clear that
" intention was frustrated." Not, we ss,l:the
til the fourth day after the evidence le'tood
prosecution was all given, did the chief COotil
for the defence finally appear ; so that not.voef
that moment could it be said that the rl'
a to
was represented in court. "And if. wee
th prize
"this," continues the account, "that tiot
"has not yet recovered from his wono' „ccaseci
"was brought into court upon a bed, ad e;aa, t//3
from standing while the indictment Wbete
fat t
"account of his manifest debility, an efeoc°
".was no time to get the witnesses for the."oo
" together, we have a'
"ness, such as is hardly paralleled oil° of the
"judicial crimes which blacken the Pages A 03
d
"English State Trials. If BROWN ha 4.
eono t
" best defence in the world, air court Asti
"no right to assume that he had not,---1",, vot
picture of baste ana two
" have broken down in such a trial as thi's'