Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-12-14 00:00:00

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FOIt 'SALE, BY PRIVATE TREATY,
The well-}mown Chepstow-built Brig
pi** -ELINOR _CIIAPMAN,
cnprered and copper-fastened ; 293 tons
„ Fcr further perticulars apply to
CHARLES CALLIS, 2 New Wapping ;
or on board, to CAT.TAIN FRANCES, Coburg Deck. Cd

FOR SALE, BY PRIVATE NREATY,
The tine British-bnilt Barque
• c !CONRAD, Al.
.1 ON% coppered and copper-fastenodi 328 tons :Z.LN.:II.
Now iring in the West India Export .Dock,
London. For forger particulars apply to. Suart and Simp-
son, 9, Cement's-lane, Lombard-etreet, London; or to
CHARLES CALLIS, 2, New Wapping, Liverpool.

• , FOR SALE, ,: • •
The beautiful barque
•
• ARBITRATOR ;
'Length,.l42 feet 9-10ths ; breadth, 30 feet ; depth,
r 19" feet. 537.t0ns register, and GO7 tons 0./tt: Tnis
superior vessel Was launched at Quebec,, this
year, having' been built under special- inspection, • of the best
materials, and is classed in Hull for 7seven years (see Lloyd's
• Rekister, in Supplement No.. 49) ;• ske is well Enished, her
spats and rigging are of the best quality and dimensions; has
two neat houses on deck for officers and 'creW, Will carry a
large cargo OA a moderate !draft of. water . sails well, will
.' stand without ballast, and he found on inspection to possess
the good qualities of a most Useful merchant ship, and at the
• same time -sightly in . appearance : lying in Brunswick Dock.
FJT furtber particulars apply to
'CitARIXS SAUNDrII.S. mwf
• •

FOR SALE
The handsome an,d superior Ship
_
-11.....5A Length, us feet a-VX7ET.,L ;
. 64,4 depth, 22 feet 7-nthhqs;
breadth, S 5 feet C-10ths ;
. 1,026 tons 0.m.. bail. .. 1;000 tons register, and
. . _ 7 ln isss af
test materials, pr:ncipal.v well-seaioned'h-eekQinueabtaect:-
oufndtheer
spee'Ad inspection of Lloyd's surveyor and '
sent from this.country ; is classed in Ball 'for:lPetent person
seven years (see
.1.1ov(I's Register, in Supplement Nco 3.5); has
calL, neatly fitted up, and topgallant -forecastle, .rick andi
space for crew; spars and rigging well proportioned, aTtnP-c
the best quality, and is well finished in 'hull,; w:11 carry and of
large •eargo on a moderate draft of water, sails well, shifts
-without ballast, and will be found on ,inspection a strong,
well4astened, and faithfully-.built vessel, 'possessing the best
qualities of a first-rate Merchant' ship : lying in Brunswick
Dock. Apply.to CHARLES SAUNDERS. mwf

MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL.

LivEßrooL, Tuesdny Evening.

The 'Colton Market to-day wa.s oniet, without
nct,,vithstantling which however a large
=mint of business was transacted. The sales re-
ported extend to 10,600 bales, of which 6,000 are
for export or taken on speculation. The business
is I)clieved to have been influenced by low rates,
although iio change •en Friday's prices has been
mad-%

EL the Liverpool Share Market the tone was
good o.nd-steady, with prices in most cases some-
what higher. The tone at the close was very
steady. The transactions included Eastern Coun-
ties at l 4.; Great-Western, GSA, ; Lancashire and
Yorkshire, 991, ;' London and North-
Western, 9811 Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln,
37. Z; Midland, IN-: ; _South-Eastern, 24 9-19, ;_!!, ;
Grand Trunk of Ganda, 1.01; Liverpool and
London Fire and Life Insurance, 6 15-IG, gip. ;
Liverpool United Gas, 204; British. and Irish
Magnetic Telegraph A., 36,k; Great Ship,

CLO SIN G PRICES.

Cll6...ster & B'head 7811 7 8h
Caleqcniart .... 924 93
E. Coani:es . . i 1 11,1
G. N. ....103 107
Great Weiiterns.. 684 6.9
Lan. and York 99-* 99:4
Ln. & Nor. West. 931 994
„ -4.-43har-es ..
.9-13 t d,
M. S. and Lin,:oin 373 37
MidlanclSteek _1661; 1033
N. British Stock .. 611 611;
N. Stafford

Y.. E. Der. c. Stock 94,-4 94=1
York-capital Stock '781: 78b
Leeds Stock .... 481. 481
East. 2J 24 11-16
Dutch Rhenish .. 47.4 4,t1
Gt. Luzena. 711,
G.'f. Cana... 10 5-16 102
G. ANT.Can, 132 14
„ new share's -6 6,1 d
Daffalo & L. Ilurart 4.1
Great Ship 10 0 10 6
Lomb-Vi.netian.

LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE. •
Tuesday Evening.

The market for Eng:ish Securities has been
maintained to-day at about the final quotations
of yesterday. Little business however was done.
Consols opened with steadiness, and are now
qcoted rather buyers at to ex
.div. for
January. Reduced Three per Cents. have been
dealt in at 95:;:- and ; New Three per Cents. at
same; India Debentures at 97; and Exchequer
Bills, :305., 2Ss.; and 275. prem. Stock of the
of the New Indian Loan is quoted 1061. toe for
delivery, and 10;31 to for account. Ocean

Marine -I.l.;rance Shares are steady at 11 to 1Z

The English Railway Market was t, yet
firm in tone, and with a tendency to
Great N3rth'ern, Great Wekern, and
may be consfdered per cent. better ; South
Fasterns are rather firmer.

The Market for Foreign Securities on the
whole has been steadier, but dull in the ex-
tremz. Mexicans have recovered to 221 and ;
Spanish have been done at 45L-- ; Original Turkish
brought 77 k ; and the New Sixes, 66:4.
The usual telegram from the Paris Bourse has
not come to hand, owing, it is said, to an
acci-
dent to the wires.

The steamer Canada has arrived from Halifax
with specie to the value of £4,500.' The Ethiope,
from the west coast of Afrft'a, brings 1,557 ounces
of gold dust, worth. X 6,230:

THE r:INTs.—.TLOSING PRICES. •
Consols, Money, shut. Bank Sthek.... 227 8
„ Acconnt .... 951 f: Three per Cents E,5,2.
Exel:equer Bils 27 80

RAILWAY sTrAr.ms.

Lancas. & York. 091
L. &N. Weil:— iBl
L. and S. West.. 971 8
Leeds Northern.. 48 1
Man. Sheff. & Lin 37 t
Midland Stock ...108,1
North British ... 601 14
N. Staffordshire,.
S. E. & Dover 82
York, N. &B. . . 94,1
York & N. Mid... 781

Amb. Not. &E. J.. 61 =2
Caledonians . . . 921-3 3•
Dutch Rhenish
Eastern Counties. 571 8
East Lancashire.
Edinburgh & Glas 80 81
Great Northern .106.1
„ A. 95 96
Gt. Westerns.... 691 1
. a
G. W.Cana. 13 13-16 15-16
Gd. Tk. Canada ..4C_; 1-1
Gt. S. and West. 112 114

• FOREIGN EXCHANGES.
Amsterdam, 0,,•••••• - •11 13 to' 11' 13 •
Do., .* three months - 11 151 to 11 15'
Rotterdam; do.
Antwerp, do. 25 22:1 to 25 30 .
Brussels, do. 25 221 to 25 30 -
Hamburg, do II 5 rto - 13., 51' i
Paris, short 25 e to .25 15
Do., three rwanths 25 30 : ' to 25 35
'25 321
Marseilles, do - .
. to - 25 37'a
Franlifort,.. do • ,117 . ,ta' 1171 ..\
Vienna, do l2 55 to, 12 c 0
. Trieste, do l2 55 to 12 G 2 '
Petersburgh, do. - 34 a to - 341
Madrid, do - 491, to . 991

. .
The following appeared in a part of our
impression of yesterday •
COMMERCIAL.
The directors of the Provincial Bank of Ireland have
declared a dividend and,bonus, for the half-year ending
at Christmas, equal, together, to 11 per cont. per an-

. _
num. .
The Times says the ndvices from Marseilles state,ihat
the failure- of the Fianco-Belge sugar7regnery; at •that
port; has caused, great trouble and discredit. The man-
ager, it is said, is.iii.prison..
Taal Teleg-rams from -St. PeterSburg announce the failure
02f,5.T. Frederick Hill, with'. liabilities estimated at
_bt;cesTillta:lehlrioewzubles,- or about 'X40,003. The loss will
in hemp, havlenaimost entirely in Russia. 'Mr'. Hill's transactions
Is, took place grain, and linked.
; aatitiv, yesterday, an advance of 6d. to
the :says the 'movement is
although entirely speculative.
this
. expected to continue.•
is
ills is a period of the year
In the meantime,
when the ' consumption
gradually lessening. argest, the deliveries are
-
. • •
. . MONEY MARKET • &
, -(7".
The general' transactions in the StOek Exchange to-
day have been extensive,' but -corisol-itiarket- affected
at opening by a :slight preponderance of sales, and
remained without material improvement to close. • The
market was not influenced, by • axy foreign news; and
money was in full supply at 2 -per_ cent. There has
been a. fair demand for money to=day; the ratein open
market-continuing at 2,1 per :cent. ' they market
has been -firm and little affected by flatness in the
funds.—Times.
The funds were again rather weaker to-day, and
closed flat, at a-redUction of i- to i per-cent., notwith-
, standing the continued buoyancy of Paris Bourse. The

L 1 172
'd T4'• • 1,3 Flour.
INTO i 11 a
faa
--
FROM Qrs. Qrs. arz. qrs.lQrs. Qrg Drls.
2347 420
Coaftiv-IF,e . 127 C: 9( 95 .. 124 052 ...
U. :.;tates •
8:,-; 5770 700'031' .., 843
Egypt
""" "'
INTO
RUNCO2.I4 23(. 23 52
--
Total 0589 05 3451 31071 7003773 2471 13134 ...
EXTORTS -
For. Parts. .. ... ...1 5.3
1335 ... 101• .. 72t . 1436 155
Ccastwise .5c 2.. 71 2471 31' 4; 719 140
Tx.,-77,nr,ny rt,Tri-r7l- ITITTTS I r -pr TsTrTlrfl TS • "

LIVERPOOL AGR:

:CULTURAL MARKET, DEC. 13

*lay, old
DitW, new OO ... 0 11 i Do. Seedlings. 2 _
'Ditto, clo.ver, 0
.:)_) ... 0 9). I Do. w'biteze2l:s 2- 7
(1-1 .-!c::: Clover O. 0- ... 0 'O.- D. 1-',11,1-_pw . 0 0
Vetches 0 0 ... 0 0 DJ. rt,idruhr. 0 0
straw, ni,ea:
Ditto, oat
Dit:o, barley 0 4 .:. 0 4), Carrots
Oats, in straw. 0 0 ... 0 0- Mlngeiwttrzel 20 0
PotatoOlukes 3 6 ...- 3 3 1 Manure 5 0

LONDON PRODVCE MARKET.—DEC. 13.
SUGAR stiff to-day, and public sales. going at fail
rates.

. Corrnn.—The 'sales by auction have gone at full
prices. Market film.' . _ _

TEA.—There is rather better jenaani.l, but no change
in prices.

RICE.-Of 4,500 bags ordinary Nocransie, about half
sold at 9s. 6d. Market very firm.
SALTPETRE firm, but quiet.

LONDON TALLOW MARKET.-DEC. 13.

On the, spot and for delivery in all .the month quota-
tions are not quite so firm, while for March alone and
January to ittar&a there is an improvement of 61 per
cwt., Subjoined are the prices :—Town tallow, 545. 9d.
net cash; Petersburg Y.C. on tre spot, 565. 6d. to 565..
9d. ;' all the month, 565. 6d. ;. January to March, 565.;
March only, 5Cs. Gd.

LONDON MINING MARKET.-DEC. 13.

.East Whcal Russell shares are in bctter demand to-
d,ty, and have been dealt in in the Stock. Exchange at 11.
Stray Park • are marked '2ok and 201, and Tamar, 3.
We also hear of transactions in Great Crinnis at 31s.
The other principal bargains have been in shares in
Camborne Vean,'• West Bassett, Kelly Bray,.Grambler
and St. Aubyn, and Rogewa.rae United :Mines.- A tele-
gram received to-day from the latter reports that the
lode is worth £lOO per fathom, and that no wall has yet
been .reached. United •Mexican Mining shares have
been dealt in at 1 and- .14. Port- Philip Mining 'are
quetcd 13s. to 13s. 6d., and. Great Northern Copper
(smith Australia) ki prem. Worthing Mining have
been dealt in.at 10s. • - •

BOROUGH HOP MARKET.—Die. 13.
Very firm market, and prices have an upward ten-
dency. Show of samples limited.

MANCHESTER. TRADE REPORT.—DEc. 13.

The subdued tone of the niarket s_ more apparent to-
day than it was last week ;" With few exceptions, prices
both of Cloth and Yarns, especially the latter, are in
favour of buyers.

MANCHESTER SHARE MARKET.—DEc. 13.
Great IVesterns, GBl, ; SheiCelds ; iDovers,
24:a; Trunks, • 104, 3-16 ; ,Londons, ; Mid-
lands, 108-1. •
NEWCASTLE. CORN MAIIKET.—DEC. 13.
There was a'quiet trade to-day in Wheat, and Satur:-
day's prices were obtained for all sorts. In Flour there
was not much doing. Barley was rather lower, -except
for grinding qualities, which sold well. Oats were very
'steady; butt• not dearer. Beans and Peas met a slow sale.

THE DAY'S ...NEWS.'

All the Powers invited to the Congress having
now sent in their adhesion, including., last of all,
Rome and Naples, the Congress may be considered
as constituted in principle. As one of the semi-
official journals of Paris observes, "the unanimous
adhesion to it proves that Europe knows how to
appreciate and acknowledge the energetic and
loyal policy of the Emperor, and allows us to
presage a satisfactory solution of the difficulties
of the Italian question." Let us hope that this
idea will•be fully realised. The fulfilment of such
a presage cannot but conduce to the interests,
because to the pacification of Europe. The only
question is, whether, in its fulfilment, such a
measure of independence can be secured to Italian

States, as will satisfy their reasonable desires, and
grant them that nationality after which they so
ardently yearn, and the attainment of which is
now, perhaps, an essential element in the per--
manent solution of difficulties which have done so
mush to throw Europe into a state of anniety and

nTr,
—.—,—.•

It is com:)lained in Paris, we observe, that
.there is a great dearth of po:litical news and con-
jectures. They might to be satisfied, however,
since it is evident that the better understanding,
which is believcd to
,have been promoted be-
tween Franco and England, is conclu.cing most
materially to the benefit of trade, both in the
capital and throughout the provinces. The in-
timation of its being the intention of the Govern-
in.,2nt to bring forward a revision of the Customs
Duties, is rett...rded with considerable satisfaction
by many of the commercial community; and
there is now little doubt, we believe, that the re-
vision will take a direction decidedly in favour of
free trade. It is said that Mr. Cobden has had
some lengthened conversations with the Emperor
on the subject, whom he found quite disposed to
enter into his views, and to give the utmost
effect to them that he could, consistently with
what the mcl.chants and manufacturers of France
consider their own interests. As yet, however,
it is more a natter of speculation, than a matter
of fact.

Spai:i is at length reinforcing in earnest her
arrnam:_ilts aga.:ust Morocco. The third corps
cl'arine has embarked at Malaga, amidst the
p:audits of the people ; and it is stated that
immediately on their arrival at Ceuta, they are
to take the offensive, and offer battle to the
Moors.

Austria is proceeding to adjust her financial
affairs in the best way she can, under the cifcum-
stances of her case. An imperial decree has
already gone forth, ordering the payment of the
interest on the national loan,—to commence on
New Year's Day, and to be paid in silver—pay-
ments in that coin having already been resumed.
Lord St. Leonards has done good service, not
only to the building trade, but to the interests of
the mebhanies and their employers generally, by
the letter he, has addressed to the Times on the
Builders' Strike. The law, it seems, as it now
stands, is quite sufficient to regulate their mutual
engagements, provided only that its requirements'
be adhered to. But it would seem that there is
considerable ignorance of the law on the subject.
Lord 'St. Leonards suggests therefore, that a'
recital of the several provisions of the law should
be printed, framed, glazed, and conspicuonSly
posted in every builder's shop, in order that the
workmen may understand the conditions on
which, under the law, they enter upon their
employment; and that their acceptance 'of en-
gagements, where such paper is posted, should be '
considered as indicating their comprehension of the
law, and their obligation to observe it. When
this is done, there can be no occasion for any
such obnoxious document as the "Declaration,"
which has caused so much : mischief 'between
masters and 'men. Of course such an arrange-
ment as this must have the effect of breaking up
the Trade Unions, the tyranny of which has
proved so ruinous to all concerned.

The annual general meeting of the. Liverpool
and London Fire and Life Insurance Company
was held yesterday. The meeting was one of
deep interest, as such meetings always are. Full
details of the proceeding's will I.le found in our
.reporting columns. . •

By the arrival of the Ethiope we have the
mails and' general news froM the West Coast of
Africa. The intelligence thus conveyed is of
more mercantile than political importance. Par-
ticulars, so far as these are furnished by the general
despatch, and also additional information from
reliable private sources, will be found under the

proper head.

, -

TIIE remark of Baron MARTIN, in his Charge to
the Grand Jury at the opening of our Assizes on
Monday, respecting the growing prevalence of
that most reckless violence which brings so many
criminals into' our Courts of Justice, is one that
well deserves the attention of those who seek the
improvement of society. Out of sixty-two cases
is the calendar, there are no less than fourteen
for homicide,—all of them the results of such
reckless violence. " It appears," his Lordship
obser'red, " that in this' county, upon the slightest

provocation or offence, upon a dispute between
persons immediately before upon the most friendly
terms, the party offended has recourse to a
knife, an- iron tool, or any weapon that comes to
his hand; and upon several of these occasions—
I dare say not less than ten or a dozen of them—
you will find the man immediately killed by the
violence applied to him under the circumstance,.
There are three of-them which are most deplorable
cases. One of them is that of a child. A man
received some insult from some boys, and he imme-
diately seized some iron weapon, flung it at them,
and killed a child, for he died almost immediately
afterwards. Another case is that of a man and
wife, who, both being drunk, abused each other
for some time, when the enraged woman stabbed
him, and he died in a short time. Immediately
afterwards the woman exhibited traits of tender-
ness and great contrition when she fond that the
man was dead, and that she was left a widow in
consequence of her violence. Another very sad
case is one in- which two men were sitting to-
gether in a perfectly friendly way in a public-
house, when a woman, the sister of the deceased
man, came in and upbraided him for being, as she
said, on friendl3; terms with the man she called
his enemy. The result is a struggle ensues, and
one of the men is killed. These are three of the
cases, and they are specimens, and most melancholy
ones, of others which will be brought before you."
Now, it were certainly worth while to enquire,

what is the cause of such a state of things as
this among the humbler classes of society ; for it is
among these, we believe, that such outrages more
generally occur. Certainly, it argues great bru-
tality ; and thtre cannot be brutality without
depravity, more or less, of a general character.
No man or woman would perpetrate such cruel-
ties as the learned Judge has described, who was
not more or less depraved,—more or less degene-
rate, and demoralised. For cruelty is the sure
indication of a state of heart and mind, which
must be the source of other and, it may be, even
more dreadful evils than the acts of cruelty or
violence which they are led to commit.
It is the remark of a great philosopher, that
"Nothing is so pregnant as cruelty ; so multifa-
rious, so rapid, so ever-teeming a mother, is un-
known to the animal kingdom ; each of her ex-
periments provokes another, and refines upon the
last; though always progressive, yet always re-
mote from the end." This, we believe, is the
true state of the case. And when we consider it
in this point of view, we may form some idea of
the magnitude of such an evil as that of the pre-
valence of cruelty among the masses of the peo-
ple,—a disposition that is constantly inciting
them to acts of violmice, which not unfrequently
terminate in murder itself.

In considering, then, the means of improving
those classes of the people, this is a subject which
will require to be closely kept in view. For our
part, we believe that the vice itself is one which
. g.
or:mates in very early life. As boys and girls,
they arc cruet,--they are addicted to cruel prac-
tices towards each other; and the vicious feeling
grows with their growth, and strengthens with
their strength; In the education of those classes,
therefore, we see how indispensable it is, to train
them up in habits of gentleness; kindness, and
virtue. To teach them to read and write,—to
make them darer, in the worldly sense of the
term,—will do nothing at all towards that end.
The elements of the mischief can never be reached
by any process of mere secular instruction. A
higher principle must be instilled . into their
hearts and minds, than any which can be im-
parted by mere popular instruction,--the princi-
ple, namely, of mutual forbearance, kindness,
gentleness, and charity. Until this principle is
so directed as to exert an influence over the
minds of those classes of the people, that reckless
violence, so justly complained of by the Judge of
Assize, will still prevail, and only become more
deeply rooted and more aggravated by its preva-
lence.

TnEnE are so many inefficiencies and inadequa-
-cies in everything that can be devised for • the
purpose, that the objector to the present system
of Government, or Representation, begins with a
very heavy burden of proof resting upon him.
This condition of the ease cuts two ways. -For
whilst it makes it very easy to find fault, it makes
it just as difficult to find a remedy. The re-
former has to prove, not that there are deficien-
cies and incapabilities in the existing scheme of
things, but that he can provide a substitute which
shall avoil them and overcome them. The mo
meat he comes down from his transcendentalism,
his ,castles in the air, his vague dream-land, he
finds that he has to do hard battle with human
nature itself ; that he has not merely to elaborate
a new theory- but to construct out of the old ma-

Y,
terials a neW stage for its exhibition. The plat-
form `of humanity, as he finds it, is of too-rude
and awkward a nature for the purpose.
Our Radical reformers do certainly sometimes
come out of their unpractical reveries, and ven-
ture an attempt to save their consistency, by
making definite propositions. But this they
always take care to do, when there is little chance
of their suggestions being adopted, and when the
most they can expect 'is, that a feature here and
there may be taken from their hasty plans. The
distinguishing mark of these schemes is, that they
are always made to flow inevitably out of some
first principle, and that they pretend to a great
.exactness of logical sequence. They are, therefore,
easy of construction, but impossible to be embo-
died ; being, in truth, like the razors, made not
to cut but to sell—not to work but to engage the
enthusiasm of a political following, and form a
rallying point in party tactics. But no politician
makes out a claim to the reputation of a states-
man, and no demagogue rebuts the charge of
being a visionary and fan.atic, by elaborating pre-