Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-07-31 00:00:00

atottantr.

STEAM COMMUNICATION. BETWEEN LIVERPOOL AND
GLASGOW.

Unless prevented by any Unforeseen occurrence, the under-noted
or en! strainer, are intended to sail (with or without Pilots).
betwe Liverpool and Glasgow, with goods and passengers, as
under:—

PANTHER (new ateamei)......Capt. H AUDI,
LEOPARD (now building) ....Capt. MAIN
FROM CLARENCE DOCK.
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PANTHER
Saturday .. 1 ....at *evening
PANTHER ... Thursday .... 6 ....at *2 afternoon
PANTHER .......... Tuesday ...... 11 ....at 2 afternoon
PANTHER Saturday...... 15 ....at 6 evenit g
PANTHER ....Thursday:.... 20 ....at *2 afternoon
P 4NT HE rt .... ...... Tuesday
PANTHER ....... ... Saturday 29 ....at 4 afternoon
From Clarence Pierhead on days marked thus *
N.B.— Goods for shipment on days marked *must be alongsidetho
vessel three hours, and on other days one hour before appointed
sailing time.
Freight for be a and bale goods ,20s per ton of 20 cwt. oaodia-
fro from Manchester and the manufacturing districts, when conga,—
to the care of the Company's Agents. 15s per ton. FillP.'
(Including Steward's Fee) , 15a; Steerage,
full fare.
Apply to GEORGE & JAMES 111711*-.
1 Glasgow, ALEX. fiI‘CULLOCH •1"
JOIN WAI.KX3,77A, Market--'
O. *".

date in Cabin,

..5, 9 . Buchanan-street,
...xdle-buildings, Greenock.
-.reet, Manchester :or here to
.AO IVER & CO., 18, Water-street.

Exclueivelv -
CLOTHING BOYS from 6 to 20,Years. &
COMPANY. RaLeragh street.

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8 THE NORTHERN TIMES.---LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY, JULY 31, 1857.
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LABOURERS' DWELLINGS COMPANY. .' CONrPAItATIVE TESTS.—WIRE v. HEMP ROPES. MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL. 1 LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET.—JULY 30. from St. John, N.B. and 34 from other ports; at the same Commercial Seel.
_ The sales in cotton to-day are 8,000 bales, including date last year, 81 vessels, 63,540 had arrived.
—• 1 1,000 on speculation and for export, at about previous TABLE OF IMPORTS. THIS DAY.
Or Monday, a set of experimental tests wera instituted LIVERPOOL, Thursday Evening. rates, but with rather a tamer feeling.
The ordinary yearly meeting of the shareholders in 'this, '.- From Ist February, 18:7, to this date.
to asssrtam the comp +retire strength of wire and hempen
company was held at Boon yesterday, in the Philadelphia- ropes for the standing rigging of ships, in which ship- The business doing in our Cotton Market con- —. , a , ... 1 .
IMPORTED ;I_4 &F. f.t. ag t4' 71.-S; 4 '''' 1:31 1,1 THIS DAY, the 31st instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the
Brokers' Office, 16, Exchange-buildings,
chambers, Hackin's-hey, John Croppor, Esq ,in the chair. owners, ships' commanders, and indeed 1.1 the mercantile times active, and prices of all kinds are firmly LIVERPOOL PRODUCE MARIKET.—Jutx 20. 0-004 0 05 0—,,. ce o al Q 6, , 0 .., _
FR" .44 -a . ,40 -41 .:I.c =lt 1 4°44 '-44 A'2,500 Ba'es JUTE,
Mr. Threes, the secretary, read the advertisement ton- classes, are deeply interested. The experiments were made maintained. The sales to-day were 8,000 bales, SUGAR.: The market keeps quiet, but steady ; the . g I 1 1 (Cm Ban andra 1 Sea Huse, from Calmuta. Open for inspection to
at the Corporation testing m2chine, north-west corner of including 1,000 on speculation and for export. transactions consist of 40 hhds and fifty barrels Barbadoes G ell-street. —For further particulas apply to
vening the meeting. Quebec :0932 1703 1952 1483 118 149 181919 ~
the King's Dock, and were witnessed by several merchants. at 50s to 57s 63, 50 hlids Jama ca at 584 to 603, 700 bags st John N 811314 J. H. RAZYNER & Cs., Brokers.
The CnantstaN observed 'that the meeting was purely a The Liverpool Share Market was rather firmer 3629 1068449 14563 -
Bengal at 56s to 583 6d for Dates, and 57s 3d for syrups, Other Po•rts. 7. • ..
- • •
Ain-masters, and professional riggers. Among those.. 269 .. .. .. .. 3347 1 383982 I ~ Tuts DAY, the 31s: instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the
to-day, although the business done was not of an and 2200 bags low Pernams at 36s per cwt in bond. ----; —l - --1— Brok rs' Office, 9, Rumford-street,
formal one, and that it vas-held in compliance with the present were Captain Cornforth, overlooker for Messrs .
. extensive character, The transactions reported MOLASSES and COFFEE: No transactions. Total.. 114478 1703 1902 1483 TilB 7145 1634350 1 14566 750 Ba 'es JUTE,
act of parliament, for the election of two directors and an Potter Brothers, who promoted the test; Mr. Beach, of••
were as follows :—Caledonian, 38, 38*, 38, Rust :90 puncheons Demerara have found buyers at just landed ex British Trident, and Inkerman, frog Calcutta.—Apply
New York ; Mr. Kendal, C ptain Wakeham, Captain Same time last year.
auditor. 381, Eastern Ciunties, 11, 716 ; Lancashire 3s 10d to 4s per gallon.
;Boyd, &c. Mr. M`Doanell was the superintendent under Rice : Lower prices have been accepted; the sales con- :
le rj ~., ;Li co' • * • *• CO •,',l' (1/7 4' . 7,•); ---;
M. C. Busnnr, moved that Mr. John Cropper and Mr. whom the experiments were made. Besides the test of and Yorkshire, 100-; ; Lancaster and Preston sist of 2000 bags Bengal, at 93 tad for broken to Its 3d for IMPORTED ,B).= e,r, r.l
,:, hp
.i Le ~., o --i e.; z.,, gii.,, Tnis Pax, the 31st instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the
Samuel Gregg Rathbone be re-eleeted directors. . strength, there was also on trial the beat method of Twelfth Shares, 6i p ; London and North Western, middling, and lOs 9,1 for Bassein, 3000 bags Necransie at FROM 40. ~,4 ,4c::, .4,A -1.4 4 4.0.2..) .-I
c 4 Is. cli Brokers' Office, Exchange-strset West,
10 Bags COW,LIES, all faults.
Mr. Marrifesox seconded the motion, which was unani- fastening the dead-e 3 es in wire ropes, whether by splicing 1.031. 1031 ; North British, 1.11 ; North Eastern, Ils, and 2000 bags Rangoon, all faults, by auction, at —_— —— -- Apply to MACGREGOR LAIRD, Jun., Broker.
or " turning in." 23i, 1, ~12, Z, 4, -a, 1; Leeds Capital Stock, 221, 221, ; 93 9.1 per cwt for first-class damaged. Quebec...... 9269 716 1093 690 28 168 44690 ..
In)usly adopted.fit. John,N.B 13682 .. .. .. .. 4948 76'425 8064
The ropes, whether of wire, hemp, or Manilla, were all Grand Trunk ot Canada, lb/ ; Bank of Liverpot 1, INDIA RUBBER ;Of 50 tons Para offered by auction,NEXT WEEK.
On the motion cf Mr. C. Groves, seconded by Me. 'C: of the manafacture of Mess-s. •Garnock, B bby. and 221 ; Liverpool and London Fire and Life, 8k p. onlys about 10 tons were sold at about previous rates. Other Ports.. 3182 .. .. .. .. 2041 179281 ..
-- --
Bushell, Mr. Goorge Henry Horafall was re-elected an Co. ; and the firm was, on this occasion, represented by The following were the closing prices :—Black- SALTPETRE: We have to report 140 bags.at 44s for 6
P r cent. T0ta1.... 26133 716 1093 693 28 7157 988399 80:4 On TtiEstass next, the 4th August, at Half-past One o'clock, at the
Commercial Saleroom, Temple couit,
auditor. Mr. Stephenson, who affneled 'much interesting infor- burn, 77,-, 8 ; Chester and Birkenhead, 68, 681; - eSaco FLOUR: 150 bags sold at 17s 6 1 per cwt.
About 1,5„0 Box, s American CHEESE,
"on res ecting rha several ro es extended in the BALTIC TIMBER. lig by sundry vessels.-Apply
tt1)1.4'.0 Irs'lLencri.&BCrooiemrser-
On the motion of Mr. Enshdl, seconded hy Mr. Groves,
mmaactihine. p 13
Caledonian, 38E381 ; Chester and Holyhead, 18i, Lonwoon :90 tons St. Domingo, all faults, sold at
Of this but very little has come in of late, there having chants, or
Mr. John Cropper was re-elected chairman for the ensuing The following are the sires.and materials of the samples 18i Eastern Counties, 1.1 7-16, 11 9-16 ; East LINSEED:.£4I 24 6d er3otoon.
quarters Sicilian sold at 64s per quarter. been only one vessel of 490 tons arrived since our last.
Lancashire. 961_ 961 : Do. 01 shsirea. .4. 9-16 nThe sales have been few, and altozether of a retail _ Postponed from Wednesday, 29th July.

Oa the motion of Mr. Eushdl, seconded by Mr. Groves,
Mr. John Cropper was re-elected chairman for the ensuing
Yom•

The CFLUT,MAN said that the buildings were now cora-
Tlete and all paid for. The entire cost was £6,300, being
.XI7 under the estimate, a citcamstance which reflected the
greatest credit on their architect—(hear, hear)
and one the like of which he had scarcely ever
met in his experience. The houses were all let,
with the exception of six or seven. and if they were all let
the gross rental would be £9 153. per week. Such 'houses,
hlwer;er, were rarely all tenanted at the same time, and
the directors therefore thought it fair to deduct in their
calculations a certain proportion, but notwithstanding, he
might say with confidence that there was every probability
of a dividend of five per cent. per annum being paid. So
-far as he was able to ascertain from the accounts of the
agents, there was no,fault found with the houses, bat nearly
one-half of the tenants who had gone into the houses trst,
had left them in consequence of change of occupation and
other causes over which the Directors had no control. The
tints were tolerably. well paid, and the directors had reason
to be satisfied with every arrangement which they had
made. They had agreed to recommend to the share-
holders to look out :Immediately for two additional sites,
one at the north end, and one if they could find it in the
centre of the town. They had two pieces of land in view.
They were surveyed and reported on by the Architect, and
,he thought they would adopt one, the piece at the north
end. If they could not find a piece in the

centre of the the town or about ledge hill, they
would take up a second piece at the north end
so as to employ all the capital of the company at as early
a period as possible. From their increased knowledge of
the state of the habitations of the poor, the directors were
convinced that their undertaking was of the greatest im-
portance to the best interests— to the moral and social
welfero of the poor. The buildings which were being now
erected by parties who employed their capital in building
were much improved, and contained accommodation Ivhieh
did not exist twenty yews ago in any dwelling In con-
clusion, the Chairman said, that if they sanctioned the
recorninexidation, it would involve a call before long.
Mr. 8. G. RATIIBONZ observed, that it should not be
inferred from the statement that half of the tenants who
first entered the houses had left them, that these houses
had not been re-let. They were all re-let, but it was to
be expected that for same time the tenants would
fluctuate.

Mr. Gao,. ES asked if they had determined on the site at
the Norh end ?
The CHAIRMAN replied, not exactly.
Mr. GR,ONZ3 suggested that it should not be near the
chemical works at the top of Eaton-street, Vauxhall-road.
The proximity of the works would prejudice the letting
ilouses built in the neighbourhood.
Mr. C. BI:i3ELL said the proprietors should under
stand that it :.td not been from any neglect on the
part of the directors that a second lot had not been
taken by this time. It was simply from a desire that

they sh;uld see something like aresult from the houses
they had built before entering on the erection of any new
bloom. That result they now had before them, and it was
quite clear that the 5 par cent , as originally proposed as
the amount to be ps,id to the proprietor; would be paid.
They might therefore g) forward with confidence, and
encourage others to go forward with like confidence in the
ereztinn of similar houses. He had had many inquiries
from.various quarters, exhibiting great anxiety on the part,
of the pablic, to know what the Company was doing ; and
the fact that houses built by cther orties were greatly
improved, showed that Arcady the Company had accom-
plished a zreat good. People building houses, knowing
that they would have the dwellings of the Company to
compete with, would seek to give every accommodation to
the poor, and in that respect alone the Company had
Accomplished a great moral and social g ,od. The Company
did not .eontemplate building all the houses required by
the poor, but to prove to parties who put their money in
sa.vings' banks that they would find a safe and excellent
:davestment in the building of such houses, while they
--would also enjoy the satisfaction of doing good to their
-Lenox creatures. He would recommend the Company to
exaed with confidence and he hoped they would have
s, wmiaveeted the full extent of the capital entrusted to
th, 14:4-
"hanks were then voted to the chairman, after which the
mee fig separated.

TO_ Vt3TH PARK BOARD OF GUARDIANS.

The us lei. weekly meeting of the guardians of this
eistria w, w held yesterday at four o'clock, at the public
office, Mr.. ttiatkas in the chair. The following guardians
were in at -endanee—Messrs, Lord, Mercer, Robinson,
Grindrod, W Lou, and Pickup. A cheque for £94 was
given to Mr. .1. ",utts, for out-door relief. The Board then
went into the relief cases. A :letter was read from Mr.
11.,..gistrar-General,stating that he intended
George Graham,
to apply to the Searetary of State for the Home .Depart-
ment, for; leave , ,s
, unite, for registration purposes, the
union of ~oxteth I"sirk to the union of West Derby. It
wae egreed to pay the West Darby Guaedians monthly
for the poor whom
ight be admitted into the workhouse,
from the Toxteth Par k .district.
Mr. WILSON mov, WI, and Mr. thindrod seconded a
resolution to the eft..• 't that a valuation should be made
of the township in rega rd to the proportion of it in the
West Darby Union.—Ca n4ed•
In reference to the le tier from the Registrar-General,
there was no objection, a utl the letter was sanctioned.
ken transacted, and the Board
The routine business was t
adjourned at six o'clock.

TRADE OUTRAGE AT DRONE M.D.—About three o'clock
on Monday morning, it was di. wavered that a serious out-
rage had been committed o. s the premises of Mr.
Rotherham, sickle manufacturer, Drurifield, Derbyshire, a
considerable portion of the premises ha.virg been blown up
with gunpowder, and a large awn ant of damage having
ard
been done. The explosive compon. having been placed
under the boiler, which was complet tel seaaz.hed to pieces,
and the walls of the engine house ad., ,4eitaing were partially
thrown down. Considerable damage Las also done to the
engine. The search which was i lattitu.ed upon the
premises produced tbe fragments of a wo vim barrel, large
enough to have contained about a guar ter of a cwt. of
gunpowder, and from the appearance of he fragments it
was evident that the barrel filled, or par by filled with
gunpowder had been employed for the purpcse of blowing
up the premises. This outrage appears to harts been caused
by the engendered against Mr. Rather halal, owing
to his opposition to the rules laid down by the t,•ade union.
The feeling has been manifested on a previous. oce,..asion,
some year or two ago, when a vessel filled t%-ith gun-
powder was thrown down the chimney of his mantrfa&ory,
and oae end of it completely blown to pieces. For that
offence a man was convicted and sentenced to four Tears'
penal servitude. It is to be hopeci that the perpetrator of
this dastardly outrage will also be detected.
MURDEROUS ATTACK OtJ A GAYE,KREPEIR.--At the
Wakefield petty sessions, on Monday last, Michael Burnt,
Catherine, his wife, and Geo. Lacy (the latter not appear-
ing), were charged with assaulting William Sims, a
.game-
keeper, is the employ of the West Ardaley Association.
Sims is peculiarly active in tha prosecution of poachers.
About nine sa'clock on the evening of the 17th, Sims Was
sitting on his garden wall, playing with his chrdreu, when
Burns, his wife, and Lacy cause up, and without Sias having
uttered a word, or giving the slightest provocation, Burns
and Lacy seized him, dragged him off the wall on to the
ground, whenithey all three kicked him till hi waa in a state
of insensibili4—bloed pouring from his mouth, ears, and
nostrils. Buras's wife, nut content with thie ran back to
her cottage, and returned with a large knife, with which
she made an attempt to stab Sims. Fortunately, how-
ever, by this time a large number of the neighbours had
ceflected, several of whom wised the woman, and took the
knife from her hand. Till within a day or two Sims had
not been able to leave his house. A great many witnesses
preved the c3se ; and tbe chairman said that defendants
bad been guilty of one of the most wanton assaults that
bad ever coin; within his knowledge, and providentially,
one of the witnesses L‘d not taken the knife from the
woman, the case would hare been one of murder. Burns
and his wife were then fined £2 1 1,14, In default of pay-
men' they were uatenced to two moal-se' hard Aabour in
the 'louse of Correction. A warrant was; .issned fer the
apmbonsion of Lacy,

The following are the sires•ard materials of the samples
sainted to experiment, with the- result :

T. C.
31 inch galvanised wire rope, broken at 20 15
31 inch M mina hemp, ditto 5 17
3, inch Russian hemp, ditto 4 15
31- inch galvanised wire rope, ditto 16 10
21 inch galvanised wire rope, ditto 8 10

There were also some experiments made with-soft and
hard wire rope, the who'e 'series being as satisfactory to
those present, as they must have been to the manufacturers,
who proved, by this best of all methods of proof, that their
ropes withstand a str tin considerably beyond their trade
lists and the Admir tests of strength.
The testing of the hempen ropes proving the strength of
Manilla to be so far superior to Russian hemp,took many of
those present by surprise, as a converse opinion was enter-
tained by some of the gentlemen who witnessed the ex-
periments. Mr. Stephenson explained that the method of
Messrs. Garnock, Bibby anti Co., in manufacturing Manilla
aids greatly to the strength of the rope. All their ropes
are machine spun, a method of which admits the whole of
the fibre to be extended at full length and the strength of
the material obtained, whereas haw:l-spinning does not
admit of the like advantage in manufacturing. .

The straining tests show the immense superiority of
wire rope over that made even of the best fibrous mate-
rial ; but from a table handed to us we perceive that this
is not the sole, or indeed we might almost say the
greatest of the advantages it presents. For instance,
we observe that wire rope is a fourth less in weight, and
not one-half the balk of that made of hemp of the relative
strength and enduring capacity. The advantage of this,
especially in beating to windward, needs no comment.
Moreover, we are assured the cost is 25 per cent. in favour
of wire rope over hemp, estimating weight and saving.
Again, wire rigging is much less susceptible than hemp
of atmospheric changes, the latter continually stretching ;
and when, in addition to all these advantages, it is re-
membered that wire rigging needs no stripping or refitting,
as hemp rigging must have every few years, we cannot but
come to the conclusion that wire rope seems destined, ere
many years. greatly to surpass, if it shall not entirely
supersede, hemp rove in ships' standing rigging. Already,
indeed, we see that for years it has bean gradually creeping
into more general use; and if the apnr)vil of experience
can add, as it must, to the value of scientific tests, the use
of it will be even more than proportionately rapid, for
those who have used it invariably prefer it over hemp. As
a proof of this, we may mention a fact significant enough.
Three-fourths of all the vessels now rigged out in Liver-
pool are rigged with wire rope, Messre. Garnock, Bibby,
and Co. alune having either fitted or in orders twenty-
three vessels for wire rigging daring the presant year.
From the experiments made, it appears that splicing
was the best mode of fastening the dead-eyes in wire-rope.
A piece of rope 34 inches, with dead-eyes spliced, bore a
strain of 20 tons, and broke in the splice. A piece of same
size rope, with dead-eye seized with hemp, gave at the
seizing with a strain of 10 tons ; another piece, same siz.,
seized with copper cord, gave way in the seizing, showing
that for that purpose hemp is more tenacious than the
copper cord.

The experiments made on the comparative resistance of
hard azd soft wires were greatly in favour of the hard wire.
The hard wire was found to bear 60 per cent. greater
strain than the soft. Both wires were the same, the one
remaining precisely as when drawn, the other having ben
annealed. The annealed is most pliable for splicing ; but
being found so much weaker, the decision was, of course,
in favour of the hard wire.

The Russian war, the consequent scarcity, and great
increase in the price of Russian hemp, led our count, yinen
to direct their energies and capacity to the discovery
of means which should leave us independent in so
indispensable an article as ropes and rigging, of the great
northern despot. The result of the testing on Monday
shows that English energy and skill have been as invaria-
bly as heretofore crowned with success. Better and
cheaper substitutes than Russian hemp have been found
for those works of which it formed the great staple.
Manilla, so much stronger —as the tests establish—is also
one-fourth lighter, as we believe it is also much cheaper,
than Russian hemp ; besides it does not require tarring,
and, consequently, must run more freely in the blocks.
Our cousins (the Americans) were earlier advised of the
superiority of Manilla, which they use almost exclu-
sively ; and to the enterprise, sagacity, and skill of such
firms as Garnock, Bibby, and Co., we owe it that we are
not still behind them in the use and knowledge of
so valuable a commercial product. To them, too, we
owe the superiority of the present ovtr the
former method of manufacturing the fibre. Messrs. Gar-
nock, Bibby, and Co. found that the rope they produced
by hand spinning cost them considerable more than the
same quality was produced for in America, while it was
not nearly equal in quality to the American manufac-
ture. They found that in America the fibre was machine
spun, and they determined to test machinery. They
ordered at once a complete set of machinery for the
express purpose of spinning Manilla hemp. But they
had another difficulty to encmanter. No sooner had they
erected their machinery, than " their hands with one
accord struck work," as the best means to adopt for the
purpose of copping that which they supposed—ignor intly,
as it has since appeared—would totally supersede hand
labour. One' consequence of the strike has been the
erection, by Garnack, Bibby, and Co., of double the
amount of machinery, producing ropes at much less cost;
but we are happy to say, for the sake of the operatives,
that another result has been, that they employ double the
number of hands alsa.

We ought not to omit to mention that during the con-
tinuance of the war with Russia, and the consequent
dearness of hemp, Garnock, Bibby, and Co. manufactured
rope from cotton, and also from cair yarn. The latter
article is still used extensively—is found to wear well,
weighing only half, and costing not more than about one-
third of the price of Russian hemp rope. It hes great
elasticity, and on this account appears particularly well
adapted for hawsers, warps, and such like.
In conclusion, we may state that the click and baom of
Garnock. Bibby, and Co.'s machinery may be heard any
day as you pass along the Wavertree road, from six o'clock
in the morning until nine o'clock at night, and not un-
frequently all night through, and showirg all those in-
dications of prosperity which unfailingly reward well-
directed skill and ent rprise in commercial as they do in
other pursuits.—Tost.

NEW INDIAN BISIIOPRICS —lt was stated by the Chair-
man of the Esst India Company, by the President of the
Board of Control, by Mr. Disraeli, and other speakers on
the Indian question, oa Monday even ng, that the native
inhabitants of India were always ready to converse with
missionaries " pure and simple," but that they had a great
objection to have anything to do Isith missionaries who
were supposed to be ereiasaries from, or to hare any
connection with the government. In apparently direct
opposition to this view of the case, Lord Palmerston and
the President of the Board of Control have at this moment
under their consideration a Scheme, recommended to them
by the Archbishop of Canterbury and other church digni-
taries, for the immediate appointment of three additional
bishops for India, in direct connection with the govern-
ment ; one for I gra, for the northern provinces ; one for
Lahore, for the Punjanb ; and one for the missionary pro-
vince of Tinnevelly.
PURLIc DRINKING FOUNTAINS.—In Liverpool the want
has been felt just as acutely as in London. There was
" Water, water everywhere;
But not a drop to drink"—
unless paid for so C. P. Melly Essq, has,at his own expense,
erected in different districts of Liverpool plain granite or
cast iron drinking fountains. It is stated that in a day in
July the numbers drinking at one of these fountoins ex-
ceeded 2,500 persons. In no city in the world is there
greater need for a due supply of drinking water than in
London. A few pumps are scattered in the back streets,
and the poor man is driven into the public-11,7,nint to ex-
pensively slake with adulterated beer his uncoetrellable
thirst in the dog days, instead of seizing a drinking cup at
a public fountain and refreshing himself by a pure cool
draught of well filtered water. Situations eligible for
such acquisitions are numberless. For instance, there is a
a gas lamp—and a very ugly gas lamp too—at the circus
where Regent-street and Oxford-street cross. Were there
arrang-d beneath this a plain granite font, into which four
heaes threw small continuous streams of water, whilst
many drinking bowls depended from its edges, we believe
that hundreds of the poor would bless the man that
placed it there.—The Lancet

The business doing in our Cotton Market con-
tinues active, and prices of all kinds are firmly
maintained. The sales to-day were 8,000 bales,
including 1.,N0 on speculation and for export.
The Liverpool Share Market was rather firmer
to-day, although the business done was not of an
extensive character, The transactions reported
were as follows :-Caledonian, 38, 381, 38,
381; Eastern Counties, 11, 716 ; Lancashire
and Yorkshire, 100-; ; Lancaster and Preston
Twelfth Shares, 61 p ; London and North Western,
1031. 1031 ; North British, 1.11; North Eastern,
23i, -R„ 12.1, 4, ; Leeds Capital Stock, 221, 221 ;
Grand Trunk of Canada, 1;4; Bank of Liverpot 1,
221; Liverpool and London Fire and Life, 81 p.
The following were the closing prices :-Black-
burn, 77,-, 8 ; Chester and Birkenhead, 68, 681;
Caledonian, 38E381 ; Chester and Holyhead, 181,
18* Eastern Counties, 11 7-16, 11 9-16 ; East
Lancashire, Ha, 068 ; Do. 0/. shares, 1, 9-16 p ;
Great Northern, 241, 241; Great Western, 631, 631;
Lancashire and Yorkshire Stock, 1001, 1001; Do-
9/. shares, 9, 1 p; Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport.
191, 191; London and North Western Stock, 1031.
10811 Manchester, Sheffield. and Lincolnshire, 431.
438; Midland Stock, 83. 8-1; North British,
11 7-16, 111 ; North Staffordshire, 41, xd, 4 d ;
North Eastern-Berwick, 231, 23 11-16 ; York and
North Midland, 381, 381 ; Leeds Capital Stock,
221, 221; South Eastern and Dover, 22 7-16, 223 ;
Scottish 'North Eastern, 121, 12; ; Buffalo and
Lake Huron, 44, 43 d ; Ditto New Shares 41, 4 d ;
Dutch Rhenish, 31, xd 31 d ; Great Western of
Canada, 211, 22; Ditto New Shares, 8, 1 p ; Great
Luxembourg, 8, 8* ; Grand Trunk of Canada,
13,1, 131.
The Funds, to-day, sustained a fall of 1 per cent,
sales being pressed, and a less favourable feeling
being entertained relative to the prospects of the
Money Market, as affected by the drain of silver to
the East. Consols for Money closed at 901 to 90*,
and for the account at 901. Exchequer Bills 5 dis
to par ; and the New Three per 03nts at 90* to 911
Mere has been a very active demand for discount
accommodation to-day, and the appearance of the
market is decidedly tighter. We have already
explained the causes of the increased pressure, and
can only remark that in financial circles it is not
presumed that a return of stringency need he
apprehended. The Bank Directors did not make
any alteration in the rate of discount to-day.
The London R iilway Share Market to-day was
quiet at about previous rates. The closing prices
were as follows :-C iledonian, 761-, 761; Oswestry,
Worcester, & , 34, 35; Eastern Counties, 111, 11a;
East Lancashire, 96*, 971 ; Great Northern,
971, 98; Do. A., 91, 93 ; Great Western,
631, 64; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 1001, 1001;
Leeds Northern, 441 ; London and North
Western, 1031, 10311 ; London and South
Western, 99, 100; Manchester, Sheffield. and
Lincolnshire, 431, 44; Midland Stock, 831, 84;
North British, 451, 461; York, Newcastle, and
Berwick, 95, 96 ; York and North Midland,
761, 77.
Letters from Spain and the South of France
state that the Maize crop is completely burnt up,
and that the failure of that important article of
food must be expected to cause a proportionate
rise in grain.

The various Corn Markets held to-day were very
firm—indeed higher prices for the principal articles
were insisted upon. Buyers, however, were very
slow in acceding to the demands of holders.
The half-yearly meeting of the United Mexican
Mining Association was held yesterday. The
report from the mine was more satisfactory than
usual. From the accounts it appeared that a
balance of about 3.0001 remained in cash and
assets. There being a vacancy for a new director,
Mr. Phillips was chosen for the office. The meeting
then adjourned.
It is reported that the English, Scottish, and
Australian Chartered Bank will exhibit, at the
approaching meeting of the proprietors, profits
equal to a dividend at the rate of 6 per et nt. per
annum ; but in some quarters it is considered
doubtful if payment of a higher rate than 5 per
cent. will be recommended.

At the London Wool Sales, Messrs. Edenborough
& Co. disposed of a full average quantity of wool,
chiefly of good fine and useful kinds ; the bid-
dings ruled steady, but there was no change to
notice in prices.
The half-yearly dividend on Canada Debentures
are advertised by Messrs Baring Brothers and
Company.
At the settlement in Railway Shares, yesterday,
the rates of interest required from speculative
holders were generally light. The outstanding
speculation for higher prices in this department
is evidently diminished, and the market is thus
rendered intrinsically steady. Lancashire and
Yorkshire Stock is held to some extent on specu-
lation, but Great Western continues prominently
scarce in the market. The rate on the latter
stock, as well as on. London and North Western,
was sensibly lighter in the afternoon than in the
morning.

The East India Company have notified a rise of
id in the rate at which they will receive cash for
bills on India. The rates are now fixed, until fur-
ther notice, at 2s 011 per rupee for bills on Bengal
and Madras, and 23 ld for bills on Bombay. In
thus rescinding the reduction of id, which was
announced on the Ist instant, the India House
authorities probably desire to abstain from adding
to the already heavy disbursements entailed upon
the government in India. In discouraging remit-
tances to India through the medium of bills, this
measure is also calculated to stimulate remittances
of silver thither.

The bar silver brought by the Orinoco, from the
West Indies, &c., was sold yesterday for the East,
at 5s lid per ounce standard, showing an advance
of ea per ounce on the price realised for the supply
by the previous packet. This advance is, of course,
occasioned by the increased demand for silver o❑
the eastern account.

Late yesterday afternoon it transpired that M.
Giustinani of Constantinople had suspended, and
hence, all expectations of the firm of the same
name who had failed a few days ago being able to
resume payments has been dissipated. It is now
said the liabilities of the London house will pro-
bably exceed 300,0001., and the results of the
liquidations, it is thought, may prove unsatisfac-
tory.

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE MARKET.-JULY 30.

Per stone, 201bs. Per gOlbs. s. d. s. d
s. d. s. 4.lPotatoes. Seedlings 0 0 to 0 0
Hay, 01d...... 0 6} to 0 8 Ditto, Pink Eyes .. 0 0 to 0 0
Ditto, new.. 0 6 to 0 62 Ditto, Whiterocks. 0 0 to 0 0
Ditto, clover 0 0 to 0 o,Ditto, Balshaws .. 0 0 to 0 0
Green Clover 9 2 to 0 2} Ditto, Beldrums 0 0 to 0 0
Vetches 0 2 to 0 21 Ditto, cattle 0 0 to 0 0
Straw, wheat 0 2i to 0 3i Per ton.
Ditto, oat
Ditto, barley .... 0 0 to 0 OCarrots •
Oats, in straw 0 0 to 0 .0 Mangle wurtel
,Manure 4 0 to 5 6

A report has been issued by the directors of the
Mariquita and New Granada Mining Company,
which states that the balance standing at the
credit of profit and loss after payment of the
dividend declared in January last, and transferring
the sum of 5191. to the reserve fund, is 31,6671. It
is, therefore, proposed to declare a dividend of ls.
per share,
An extraordinary meeting of the Crystal Palace
Company was held to-day, at the Bridge-house
Hotel, Southwark, Mr. Farquhar presiding. The
meeting was called for the purpose of laying before
it a report, from which it was seen that " the past
year's revenue, after paying all expenses for the
year, shows a gross balance of 28,4671 is id, and a
net balance of 5,6871. 4s 9d, after deducting all
interest accrued on borrowed money, and on pre-
ference shares. The directors are not without
hope that further' experience, leading to a more
economical expendi:ure, as well as an increase of
income from the additional traffic which may be
reasonably expected from the opening of the new
railways, will show a more encouraging result in
future years." The report was adopted.

Of this but very little has come in of late, there having
been only one vessel of 490 tons arrived since our last.
The sales have been few, and altogether of a retail
character.

SHOCKING ACCIDENT AT BURY.--On Monday evening
last, about half-past eight o'clock, a dreadful accident
happened to Thomas Barlow, of Fletchef Fold, aged
t`Wenty-nine years. Deceased was engineer at the Hollins
Vale Bleach works, and while endeavouring to put a ;!rap
on a Lindley while the machinery was in motion, he was
suddec:v thrown between two large wheels, the cogs of
which ift, yally tore him to pieces. He was dead before
be could be ttilteu out, The hotly presented a shocking
s e;tacle.

SPARS are worth from 6d to 7d per foot.

DEALS AND BATTENS : These articles are interfered
with by the low prices of North American. When sold it
is chiefly for export.
LATDWOOD is dull of sale.
Since the Ist of February 35 vessels (9,723 tons) have
arrived, against 35 vessels (12,198 tons) to date last year.
A. F. & D. MACKAY.

Postponed from Wednesday, 29th July.
On WEDNESDAY next, the sth August, at Twelve o'clock, at the
Broker's Office, 7, Exchange-chambers,
548 &des Mexican FIBRE.
now landing ex Conqueror, from Tampico.—Apply to Messrs. Leech,
Harrison and Forwood, Merchants ; or to
FRANC! i J. EATON, Broker.

Oa WEDNESDAY next, the sth August, at Twelve o'clock, at the
Brokers' Office, Apsle)-buildings,
8 Tons REDWOOD,
500 Bundles RATTANS, lex Arachne, from Calcutta.
75 Chests CASIOR OIL,
72 Bales MUNJEE I'. ex Cormoric , from Calcutta.
Apply to lasers. Thome and John Brocklebank, Merchants ; or to
JEFFERSON & TAYLOR, Brokers.

On THURSDAY next, the 6th August, at Twelve o'clock,
100 Cases CASTOR OP•, ex Sea Horse;
12 Do. ARROWROOT,
3 D. CURRY POWDER ex Aletheia ;
18 Pipes LUCCA OIL, ca Princess Royal and Taurus;.
Apply to JACKSON & id•CULLOCH, Brokers,
18, Hackin's-hey.

SIX HUNDRED DOZENS of par:icularly line WINES, being the
Private Property of a Gentleman leaving his present Residence la
the country, and disposing of his entire Cellar.
By Messrs. THOS. WINSTA.NLEY and SONS,
On THURSDAY, the 6th August next, at one o'clock precisely, at their
Rooms, Church-street, without reserve.
THE STOCK consists of
220 Dozens PORT, of first•class vintages,
180 „ MADEIRA, ditto,
120 „ SHERRY,
80 „ CLARET, Sir Claude Scott,
and smaller quantities of other Wines and Liqueurs : namely, BO
Old Hock, Malmsey. Tokay, Shrub, old Rum, and Liqueurs. Parti°
attars of which will appear in future adver•isements and in the
Catalogues which are preparing, and samples may be tasted preylota
to the sa'e.
The Wines will be delivered from the Cellars in which they now lie;

FIRST FALL SHIP.
FOR HALIFA X, N.S.,
The fine fast sailing Barque
1
; THAMES;
por . W. ANTHONY, Commander ;
427 tons per register ;
Of Windsor, N.S., iron kneed, and only eight months old. Thin
vessel has Just now c,mpleted the fistest pa sage ever made by al'
selling ship across the Atlantic, viz. from St. Paul's, in the Gal( o
St. Lawrence, to Liverpool in ten days fifteen hours. The port frosl
which she hails is a sufficient guarantee of her superiority, and
therefore presents a favourable conveyance for fine goods.—Loading
in Brunswick Dock.—For terms of freight or passage, apply to
J. S. DE WOLF & Co.

STEAM TO
UNITED STATES AND CANADA,
BY THE

NORTH ATLANTIC STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY,

IN DIRECT COMMUNICATION WITH
THE GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY of CANADA,
GIVING THROUGH BILLS OF LADING, AND
THROUGH TICKETS TO ALL THE PRINCIPAL CANADIAN

-
TOWNS.
The following new or other powerful screw steam.
I<\ ships (intended for a fortnightly line) will, for the
.
aC
, present, sail ,
FROYI LIVERPOOL TO PORTLAND,
CALLING AT ST. JOHN'S, NEWFOUNDLAND, AND HALIFAX/

N.S., OUT AND HOME, AS UNDER.
Ships. Tons. Captains. To sail..
KHERSONESE.... A 1.... 23u4..... W. H. TH om sow .. Aug °
Returning from Portland 27th June and Bth August.
Cabin Passage Money to St. John's' Newfoundland, Halifax, N.S.,
and Portland, 16 Guineas.
FREIGHT FROM LIVERPOOL TO

St. John's, Newfoundland 4ss. Od. sterling, and 5 per cent. prim•
Halifax and Portland sos. Od. sterling, and 5 per cent. print.
Montreal and Quebec s7s. 6d. sterling, and A per cent. wird.
St. John, N. 8... .. 6os. Od. sterling, and 5 per cent. prim•
Heavy freight as per agreement.
Freight made payable abroad if required.
For further particulars and circulars, apply in St. John's, to
Bowring. Brothers ; In Halifax, N.S , to B. Wier & Co. ; in Port-
land, to Terence Cochran & Co.; in Boston, to Joseph Brooks, Si,
State street; in Montreal, to Rae & Mitchell; in London, to Cunard.
Austen & Co., 59, Fenchurch street; in Glasgow, to Robert Hassle'
& Co., or to
WIER, COCHRAN & CO.,
Weaver.buildiflgs, Brunswick-street...U.:7er:: 7.
Messrs. SABEL & CORTIS, 19, Water-street, Liverpool, are a gentf
for Third Class Passengers.
Third Class Passage Money....
A few intermediate berths

SOUTHERN HOSPITAL.

Weekly Report,

July 29, 1857.
OUT PATIENTS.

IN PATIENTS.
Cured ........ 11 Cured 26
.Relieved ...... 6 Entered 45
Discharged A
t own request. 1 Under treatment 19
Irregular...—. 1

Dead... .. .. 1
Entered ..
Under treatment ...... .... 82

Treasurer—James Houghton, Esq.
Vi81T03.9 —Messrs. Halhead and Fletcher,
HoNOSALRY CHAPLAIN—Rey. T. Liveson.

PHYSICIANS AND SuzazoTa;;;;HlCW Cameros. and

Mr. Hamilton.

MOUSE SURGEONS—Mr. Joseph J. Pope and Mr. John M. Bstesof•

Printed ,end Published by CHARLES WILLMER, of Oxford;
street, at his General Printing and Stationery Establishineo"
19, South Jobn-street, Livrrpool.
FRIDAY, JUL 31, 1857 .