Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-09-12 00:00:00

LONDON METAL MARKET
The week has been one of great duln..ss

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COPPER is firm, and smelters -eport a fair demand
for manufactured ;in foreign very littleTdoing. '
IRON.—Prices of manufactured remain without vari-
ation, but pigs are not .quite so p.Ood, quotation to-day
525. 3d. fir mixed numbers—G.3l.B
LEAD.—The tendency not quite s(
TlN.—The prices in Rolland are miller higher, and

this article is stead'

SPELTER is lower in price, the accounts from India
being flat, and the stock very ample, viz.,. 5,154 tons,
against 4,827 tons.

STEEL very inanim

TIN PLATES

The market is flat

lower prices w

I have to

'WOLVERHAMPTON IRON .fARKET

SEPT, 10

Since our last report.

) iefet to

The - mills aM

however, there, is something interesting. Our
advices say that Mexico, at least •that portion
recognising Al iramon, is in a state of
more confusion than ever, the " Church,"
as usual, being the Principal element of discord—
the last move being the excommunication, en
masse, of all opposed to the Dictator. Commer-
cial affairs were quiescent. Money was rid go
abundant. Cotton wasqtrl-` -
and- not much- tioiis being merely nomina

.et and invae.tive,_quota;
1, and the inquiry
des were about the

same as

We giv=e a brief notice of the appearance of the
Right Hon. J. W. Henley at an agricultural
meeting in the county he represents; a few. days

In the speech he delivered,_ he took• occa-
sion to deprecate all idea of war bet'een England
and any Continental Power, and more particularly
a war with -France ; and with respect to what
was the occasion of, his unfortunate secession from
the ministry of which he was a member,—parlia-
mentary reform,—he declared, that if there was
to be any alteration in the present system of re-
presentation, it ought to be of such a nature as
would produce a real, and substantial amendment
of the condition of all classes of the population.
We may point to the several items of intelligence
from the Continent, which we give this morning
a

s indicative_ef the still unsettled state of things,
respecting the objects of the late Italian war.
The revelation by the French Government, that
one of the conditions of the treaty of Villafranca,
was the restoration of the Grand Dukes, in return
for whiCh Austria engaged to make large conces-
sions to Venetia, has naturally created :e6nsidera-
ble excitement in political circles. .The prospect
of an immediate adjustment of the Italian difficulty
is considered to be rendered less certain than ever.
We may expect that in the course-of this week; more
will transpire on this subject, from which in all
probability a better idea may be formed as to the
future. At present there is said to be great un-
easiness at Paris; under the apprehension that a
renewal of the war is by no means improbable.
We insert a letter in another column from " A
Victim" of the existing most unjust and oppressive
system of Free Trade in Shipping, which is well
deserving of particular attention at, the present
moment. It is especially the duty, we humbly
think, of the Conservative Press to do its utmost
to expose the grievances of the Shipping Inter-
est; and no one can read the. letter to which we
refer without seeing that those grievances are
not only real, but intolerable.

• A report has been received by the Ben Nevis,
which arrived in Liverpool on Saturday, that the
steamer Persia had met with an accident—the
crank-pin breaking short off; but as the vessel
had two spare pins on board, Messrs. Maclver
are of opinion that she has proceeded en her
voyage. To render all safe, however, we under-
stand that Mr. C. Maclver, the managing partner
of the firm here, has sent off one of the company's
steamers, to render assistance if required.

IT is the misfortune of people given to the
use of high-flown language, that they are often

borne on the wirgs of their fancy beyond the
sober limits of truth. These fantastic aberrations

are generally achieved with an utter uncon

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ness of anything more -than ft. -eertnin-- afflatus
which lifts the writer out of himself, and preci-
pitates him into the dulce pericalum of an extra-

vagant enthusiasm. ' Oar: French friends, for
instance, amongst whom this intoxication takes.
the egotistical form, find human language almost
too limited for the full expression of ideas, which,
with all their expansion, are made for ever to
revolve about one figure : the glory and destiny
of their country, An introverted sympathy
makes " little I the- hero of each tale," that chal-
lenges that impalpable touch of grace which
French journalists and French orators are
accustomed to impart to current topics. Their
only medium of sympathy with other nations,
or other causes, is gained by infusing around
them their own atmosphere, and gathering
them up into their own central system.
For them the Italian cause had no charm till
it was mixed up with French glory. They
have no cars for the " cry of liberty" unlesi
[it appeals to French generosity and mag-
nanimity ; and praises humbly while it appeals.
For independent and already powerful nations,
such as England, we cannot expect •any mani-
festation of sympathy, just becatue this
„inde-
pendence and power in no way mix themselves
up with the moral or physical influence of
France ; but, in some instances, perhaps, ra-
ther the • reverse. All nations must, and are
inevitably destined to undergo a more or less.
severe system of tutilage, until they shall have
learnt to watch and wait with awe and a spirit
of humble imitation, the gyrations and upward
flight of the Gallic Eagle. Nay, we could -almost
imagine that Frenchmen were a company of