The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-03-04 00:00:00

Gies Z-tuction. MODERN HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, &c., TRANMERE, CH ES H IP E. MESSRS, THOS. WINSTANLEY and SONS will SELL by AUCTION. Tuts DAY (Tuesday), the 4th instant, at Eleven o'clock precisely, on the Premises, Sydney terrace, Old Chester-road. Tra n ere. The modern HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, brilliant-toned 62- octave Cottage Piano-forte, by Laff and Sans, in handsome Rosewood Case, modern Electro-plated Articles, extensive Table Service of Ironstone China. Breakfast, Tea, and Coffee Ditto of Green and Gold, Glass, beautiful Parian Groups of Figures, &c., on Stands and Glass She:les, and other Effects, the Property of a Lady changing her Residence. The DRAWING-ROOM ARTICLES comprise a handsome Velvet pile Carpet and Hearth-rng, Six fashionable Rosewood Chairs and a Buckingham Coach. with richly Carved Frame in Green Merino, Circular Mahogany Table on Pillar and Plinth, and a Pembroke Table, several Groups and single Figures, beautifully executed in *tie Pariaa, Lace Curtains and Cornices, Fender, Fire-irons,&c. The PARLOUR contains an excellent Mahogany Cabinet, 4 feet wide, Six Modern Mahogany Chairs, with Seats in Leather, Pem broke Table, Easy Chair, with Carved Frame and Spring Seats, in Leather, Camphine Lamp, Window Curtain, Carpet Covering, Fender. Hearth-rug. &c. The CHAMBER FURNITURE includes a handsome and lofty Four-post Bedstead, with Ornamented Panelled Mahogany Foot board, Cornice, &c., Upholstered in handsome French Damask, Birch Half-tester and Painted French Bedstead. with appropriate Hangings, well-seasoned Feather Beds and Bedding, Painted Toilet Tables, Washstands, and Chests of Drawers, Dressing Glasses, Kidderminster Carpets, Druggets, Chairs, &c. THE useful Kitchen Requisites, &c. Catalogues may he had on the Premises, and at Messrs. T. WIN STANLEY and SONS' Office, Church-street, Liverpool. EXCELLENT HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, &c., WINSTAN LEYS' ROOMS, CHURCH-STREET. MESSRS. THOS. WINSTANLEY and SONS respectfully announce that they will SELL by AUCTION, TO-MORROW (Wednesday), the sth instant, and Three following days, at Eleven o'clock precisely each day, at their Rooms, Church-street, An assemblage of modern and excellent HOUSEHOLD FUR NITURE, fine-toned Cabinet, Cottage. and other Piano-fortes, by eminent Makers, in handsome Rosewood and Mahogany Cases, Bronze and Ormolu Chandeliers, China, Glass. Plated Articles. modern Engravings, Framed and Glazed, Paintings, and other Effects, removed to Church-street, for convenience of sale. The D aAw NG-ROOIII A RTICLES include finely- designed Cabinets and Chiffonniers. with Plates of Glass at the Backs, and Marble Tops, Circular. Lao, Card,. Sofa, and Pembroke Tables, Sets of Chairs, Upholstered in various styles, Carved-framed Sofas and Couches, Easy and Lounging Chairs, also Window Curtains, Brussels Carpets, Hearth-rugs, Fenders, Fire-irons, Ornamental Article., &c. The FURNITURE, suitable for DINING -ROOMS, PARLOURS, and SITTING-aooms,consists of capital Mahogany Pedestal and other Sideboards, Cabinets and Chiffonniers, Sets of Dining Tables, of various dimensions, on Telescope Frames. Elliptic, Circular, and Oval-shaped Loo Tables, on massive Pillars, Card, Pembroke, Sofa, and other Tables, Sets of substantial Chairs, of various Pattern:, with Loose Seats in Hair-cloth, Reclining, Easy, and Rocking Chairs, Upholstered in various Fashionable Materials, Plates of Glass, in Ornamented Gilt Frames, &c. The CHAMBER ARTICLES comprise Two modern Half-tester Bedsteads of fine English Oak, Toilet Tables and Washstands, with Marble Tops, and Framed Toilet Glasses, cn suite, lofty Four post Bedstead, with Mahogany Foot-posts,Camp,lron, and French Bedsteads, Upholstered in Merino Damask, &c., Hair Matresses, Feather Beds and Bedding. Mahogany Winged and Single Ward robes, Chests of Drawers, Toilet Tables and Washstands, Framed Dressing Glasses, Birch Tables and Chairs, Venetian, Kidder minster, and Brussels Carpets, &c. Useful Kitchen Requisites, Cooking Utensils, Office Tables and Fixtures, Shower Baths, &c. To be viewed THIS DAY (Tuesday), the 4th instant, when Cata logues may be liar! at Messrs. THOS. WINSTANLEY and SoNs' Office, Church-street. PAPER-HANGINGS.—HANOVER-ROOMS. By Mr. BRANCH, To-monnow (Wednesday), the sth instant, at Eleven o'clock, at the Hanover-rooms, AVery Extensive and Choice Collection of ROOM PAPERS. of excellent quality, embracing a great variety of Modern and Fashionable Patterns. To he viewed Tills DAY (Tuesday), the 4th instant, when Cata logues may be had from Mr. BRANCH. By Mr. BRANCH, On THURSDAY next. the 6th instant, at One o'clock - , at the Clarendon-rooms. South John-street, riE DWELLING-HOUSE, in Whitemill-street and Corner of Gloucester-street, in Liverpool, containing in front to Gloucester-street 9 feet, and running in depth 3! feet, in the occupation of Thomas Noble, a monthly tenant. The Tenure is Leasehold under the Corporation for Seventy five Years, from the 6th October, 1837. Further particulars may he had on application to Mr. LEATHER BARROW, Notary and Conveyancer, Slater-court, Castle street. STATIONER'S STOCK.—HANOVER-ROOMS. By Mr. BRANCH, On THURSDAY next, the fni, and FRIDAY, the 7th instant, at Eleven o'clock each day, at the Hanover-rooms. THE Genuine and Valuabl e STOCK o f a STATIONER declining the Business, comprising— GA Reams NOTE PAPER. 124 Reams White and Coloured PRINTING PAPERS. 100 Dozen Packs PRINTING CARDS (assorted sizes). 25,000 ENVELOPES, a large assortment of ACCOUNT BOOKS, ruled as Ledgers, Journals, and Cashbooks, CYPHER. ING BOOKS, and LANDING WEIGH!' BOOKS, and a variety of other miscellaneous articles. To be viewed TO-MORROW (Wednesday), the sth instant, when Catalogues may be had from Mr. BRANCH. BY ORDER OF THE TRUSTEES. HIGH FIELD-PARK, ROCK FERRY. EXCELLENT HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, CHOICE PROOF ENGRAVINGS, PAINTINGS, SCULPTURE, &c. By Mr. BRANCH, On MONDAY next, the 10th, and TUESDAY, the 11th instant, at Eleven o'clock each day, on the Premises, in Higlifield-park, Rock Ferry, near the Railway Station. THE Excellent modern HOUSEHOLD FURNI TURE, chiefly the manufacture of the Messrs. Abbott; handsome Table Service, of Davenport, with Gilt Handles; White and Gold China Tea and Coffee Service ; pair of very elegant Silver-mounted Wine Coolers, and a few articles of Silver Plate; choice collection of high-class Proof Engravings, appropriately framed and glazed ; several modern Paintings ; finely-sculptured Figures and other Ornamental Articles, in Marble and Alabaster ; Books, an Iron Safe, and various other miscellaneous Effects. The DRAWING-ROOM FURNITURE is composed of articles of elegant design, in finely-selected Mottled Oak, and comprises six fashionable Chairs, a C , tich end Easy Chair, all covered in Striped Damask to correspond, a beautiful Centre Table, on an expensive Pillar and Claws, tasteful Cheffonier. with Plate Glass Back, Four Tier What-not, Brussels Carpet, Hearth-rug, Chimney Glass, Fender, Fire-irons, Gas Chandelier, &c. The DINING-ROOM is furnished with choice Mahogany, and in cludes a Pedestal Sideboard, Set of Sliding-frame Dining Tables, Twelve superior Chairs, a Couch, Two Sets of Crimson Damask Window Curtains, Secretary and Book-case, Gas Chandelier, in Bronze and Relief, Brussels Carpet, Fender and Fire-irons. In the HALL: Mahogany Table, with Marble Top. Chairs, Hat Stand, Painted Gas Lantern, capital Eight-day Bracket Clock, by Roskell, Wheel Barometer, and modern Carpet, fitted to the stairs. The PRINCIPAL CHAMBER is fitted up with highly-polished Birch Furniture, and includes an elegant extra-sized French Canopy Bedstead, with Hangings aid appropriate Bedding, a modern Wardrobe, Dressing Table, and Basin Stand, with Marble Tops, Chest of Drawers, and Toilet Glass ; and the other LODGING Rooms, with Four- post and Half-tester Bedsteads, with Hangings, Feather Beds and Mattresses, Dressing Tables, Chest of Drawers, Kidderminster Carpet, Children's japanned Cots, &c. Amongst the fine ENGRAVINGS, which are nearly all valuable proof impressions, may he enumerated several choice works after Landseer and Ansdell, including " Crossing the Bridge." "The "Stag at Bay," " The Drive," "The Combat." and " Death of the Stag," "The Deer Pass," and others; " The Bowlers," after Harvey; " Dover," and " Hastings," "The Storm" and " Dutch Fishing Boats," after Turner; several after Wilkie : " The Water loo Heroes" and " The Peninsular Heroes," " With the Stream" and "Against the Stream," and numerous other Prints of celebrity. The Pictures include "Carmarthen Castle," Havel!; "Bala Lake," Hunt ; " The Italian Fruit Boy," " Norwegian Harve.t Home," and several pleasing landscapes. The Sculpture and Ornamental Articles comprise a superb pair of Marble Ewers, four feet high, a Fourteen-day Mantel Clock, in Black Marble Case, surmounted by a Bronze Figure, elegantly formed Ewer and Tazza, in Marble, a Parian Bust of the Duke of Wellington, a fine group of the Amazon, in Marble, "The Greek Slave," and other elegant Groups and Vases, in Alabaster. To be viewed on FRI DAY next, the 7th, and SATURDAY, the Bth inst., between the hours of Ten and Four o'clock, when Catalogues may be had on the Premises, or at Mr. BRANCH'S Offices, in Hanover street. Liverpool. Ir.* The HOUSE to be LET, with Garden attached. The choice collection of Rose Trees, Shrubs, fine dwarf Fruit Trees, &c., to be taken at a valuation. HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, PICTURES. BOOKS. LIBRARY WINGED BOOKCASE, &c., HUSKISSON-STREET. By Mr. BRANCH, On WEDNESDAY, the 12th, and THURSDAY, the 13th instant, at Eleven o'clock each day, on the premises, N 0.22, Huskisson street, THE Valuable HOUSE HOLD FURNITURE, 1 fine-toned Six and Three-quarter octave Cottage Piano-forte, by Aikman ' in elegant Rosewood Case, fine Framed and Glazed Prints and Drawings, a number of valuable Books, Mahogany Winged Library Bookcase, handsome Table Service, richly-cet Glass, and various other Effects, of a gentleman removing to London. The Drawing-room and Breakfast Parlour Furniture consists of Rosewood and Zebra wood Chairs, upholstered in Damask, Rose wood Couch and Centre Table, set of Damask Curtains, a fine single-plate Mantel-shelf Glass, 64 inches by 54 inches, in richly gilt and carved frame, another, similarly framed, 60 inches by 44 inches, elegant Gilt Console or Pier Table, surmounted by an Italian Marble Slab and Plate of Glass, 48 inches by 30, framed to correspond, several beautiful groups of Preserved Birds and Insects under glass shades, a fine Antique Fourteen-day Clock, of Tortoiseshell and Buhl, with Bracket to correspond, several other ornamental articles, two fine Antique Commodes of Fancy Wood and Buhl work, with massive Ormolu mountings, elegant Tripod Table, with inlaid Marble top, Brussels Carpets, Fenders, Fire-irons, Cut Glass and Ormolu Gas Chandeliers, several of the fine Prints, and the Cottage Piano-forte. The Dining-room Furniture consists of Mahogany Articles, in a Pedestal Sideboard,Eight and Two-armed Chairs,.Couch, Sliding frame Dining-table, a handsome Library Bookcase, with wings, about eight feet wide, with glazed and panelled doors, Crimson Damask Curtains, a fine old Bracket Clock, a Plate of Glass. 50 inches by 42 inches, Bronze Chandelier, Brussels Carpet, Fender, Fire-irons, &c. The Lodging rooms contain Four-post, Camp, and Iron Bed steads, with Hangings, and sundry Bedding, a handsome Maho gany Winged Wardrobe, about eight feet wide, with panelled doors, Chest of Drawers, Toilet Tables, Basin Stands, Toilet Glasses, Cane-seated Chairs, Carpets, &c. The usual assortment of Culinary and Kitchen Requisites, and other Effects. To be viewed on TUESDAY next, the 11th instant, when Cata logues may be bad on the Premises, or at Mr. BRANCH'S Offices, in Hanover street. MONTGOMERYSHIRE. BER. by Mr.T WIMHITEHALL, On WEDNESDAY, the 19th instant, at Five o'clock in the After noon, at the Oak Inn, Welshpool, UPWARDS of 2,300 OAR TIMBER TREES, growing on the north-east side of Mathrafal Frydd, near Myfod, in the county of Montgomery, marked with a scribe as follows, viz.:— Lot 1.-175 Trees, numbered I to 175. Lot 2.-200 Trees, numbered I to 200. Lot 3.-200 Trees, numbered 1 to 200. Lot 4.-200 Trees, numbered 1 to 200. Lot 5.-200 Trees, numbered I to 200. Lot 6.-170 Trees, numbered 1 to 170. Lot 7. 200 Trees, numbered 1 to 200. Lot 8.-203 Trees, numbered 1 to 203. Lot 9.-200 Trees, numbered 1 to 200. Lot 10.-200 Trees, numbered 1 to 200. Lot 11.-200 Trees, numbered 1 to 200. Lot 12.-200 Trees, numbered I to 200. The above Timber is of fine quality, lengthy, and tit for the most valuable purposes of Merchant and Navy Ship-building (Plank and Beams), Building Timber, and Cleft. Mathrafal is distant from Pool about 8 miles, from the Mont gomeryshire Canal, at New Bridge, near Llanymynech, 9 miles, and from the Shrewsbury and Chester Railway, at Oswestry, 16 miles. The Coach from Oswestry to Aberystwith, going and returning alternate days, passes near the Wood. Any information required may be had of Mr. WILot ?to, Powis Castle Office, Welshpool ; or of Mr. BLOCKLEY, Timber Mer chant, Shrewsbury. the Timber will be shorn by Mr. WILLIAM JAMES, at Mathrafal. At the same time will be sold the following Lots, viz.:— Lot 13.-117 Oak Trees and Poles, standing on Moclygarth South s ou th Farm, near Guilefield, numbered I to 17 with green paint. Lot 14.-100 Ash Trees, on the same farm, numbered 1 to 100. Lot 15.-81 Oak Trees, standing on the Gaerfawr Farm, near Guilsfield, numbered 1 to 61. The last-mentioned Lots are well situated, as being near good roads, and sear to the Montgomeryshire Canal. Mr. WILLIAM ALLEN, at Garth, near Welshpool, will show this Timber, and give any information required. 'ate by tuuton. By Mr. BROWN, On FRIDAY next, the 7th instant, at Eleven o'clock, at his Rooms, 101. Park-lane. . _ _ . AQuantity of FORFEITED PLEDGES, being Property Pledged in the respective months prior to the 3rd March, 1855, with the following Pawnbrokers, viz. :—Asher Cohan, 10, Castle.street ; Edward Byford. Dale-street ; Eugene Greason, Copperas-hill ; John Downey, Warren-street ; James J. Hutchinson, Copperas-hill ; Alfred Tnnstatl, London.road ; Meadows and Ambrose, Fontenoy-street ; Thomas Thomas, Dale street ; John Parr, Great Homer-street ; Escott Richards, Parliament street ; John Phillips, Bedford-street ; Robert Gosson, Mill-street ; Lewis Heyman, Whitechapel James Fairhurst, St. Anne street ; William Cowpe, Mill-street ; Thomas Roberton, Great Howard-street ; Richard Washington, Oldhall•street ; Henry J. Syred, Park-lane ; John Benussi, Paradise-street ; and Robert Marrs, St. James-street. Tommettial Sate. grtbay. On account of whom it may concern. • On FRIDAY next, the 7th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Public Sale-room, Exchange-buildings, Above 400 Packages MANUFACTURED GOODS, partially damaged, consisting of TWIST, GREY and WHITE COI'. TONS, HARDWARE, NAILS, &c., Just landed from the ship Fort George, hence to Calcutta, put back from sea: lying at No. 4 Transit Shed, west side Prince's Dock.—Apply to PERCIVAL, CAMPBELL, and CO., Brokers to the Underwriters' Association. THE Etberpoot Ritanbarb, TUESDAY, MARCH 4, 1856. LIVERPOOL TRIUMPHANT. WHEN Mr. LOWE, in the self-sufficiency arising from his unexpected elevation, introduced the Bill which, under the pretence of relieving the shipping interest, was specially designed as a heavy blow and great discouragement to Liverpool, we did not believe that such a malevolent scheme would be permitted by our hereditary legislators, though we deemed it pos sible that even the present House of Commons might refuse to sanction so iniquitous a job at the bidding of a Minister. It was seen, however, that the bait had taken with the wiseacres of the northern ports, who were deluded with the sop about passing tolls, whilst the Manchester party were frantic with delight at the promised gratification of their ancient revenge, and were summoning all their powers to add to that par liamentary strength which they once deemed all-potent with a truculent administration. There was, there fore, only the consciousness of justice to place in the scale against a host of implacable opponents, so that the most sanguine of those interested in the prosperity of Liverpool placed their hopes upon that House of Lords which the Premier vainly attempted to swamp by the creation of peerages for life. Little, therefore, was it imagined that the House of Commons would present such a scene as it did when the Vice-President of the Board of Trade moved the second reading of the Bill. The opposition was opened by Sir FREDERICK THESIGER in an able speech, and was immediately followed by a late Whig Minister, Sir FRANCIS BARING, who, in the course he took showed ample reasons for his not belonging to the PALMERSTON faction. Our own representative, Mr. HORSFALL, most ably justified the choice of his constituents, and with overwhelming facts demolished the flimsy pretexts and absurd false hoods of Mr. LOWE, whose assurance was only matched by that consummate ignorance with which it is ordi narily accompanied. We shall not follow the course of the debate, than which nothing could be more damaging to the Ministry. They by their mouthpiece confessed themselves guilty of the monstrous crime of direct robbery under the plea drawn with the chi canery of an Old Bailey lawyer about some nice dis tinction about property, as such, and property that was no property. There was no mistaking the feeling of the House, the accused had virtually pleaded guilty, and sentence was about to be pronounced, when a Government dupe moved the adjournment of the de bate. Here was a loophole for escape, of which Lord PALMERSTON eagerly availed himself to save his party from annihilation, in spite of the conviction that no adjournment could be necessary. He at once asked for a reprieve till Friday, but his request was not con ceded, and only till the next day was allowed, when he made a virtue of necessity, and fearing to precipi tate the ignominious fate which is close at hand, he announced that the bill was withdrawn, in order that the subject might be referred to a select committee. We need not be curious as to the result of this movement, ingeniously devised to save the ignominy of defeat. It had no other object, not even the ostensible one of perfecting some system of legislation on a sub ject which was said to be of so much importance to the unprotected shipowners of Great Britain. The expedient answered its purpose of evading a damaging defeat by a division ; and we should have heard nothing more about passing tolls or the local dues upon shipping—called so by the rule of contrary, be cause they are not paid by shipping ; but Manchester could ill brook its discomfiture; and, therefore, on Thursday, Lord PAL3IERSTON was asked when the Select Committee would be appointed. He replied, that he would give notice early this week; but it matters little, for such a reference is often a perpetual shelving of an inconvenient subject ; and long before such a committee can present a report, or any legis lation take place upon it, the present ministry may have retired into the obscurity from which they should never have been permitted to emerge, and the Parliament itself be dissolved. We entertain no ap prehensions about the preservation of the Town-dues of Liverpool, for the voice of the country has been unmistakeably expressed, even without the formality of a division ; and the author of the contemplated robbery will be effectually punished by his own party, whose annihilation he so nearly succeeded in precipi tating. We are hardly called upon to congratulate our fellow-townsmen upon the signal defeat of their op ponents and the maintenance of their corporate rights to property enjoyed by so legitimate a title, and ex pended with so much judicious regard to the public welfare. We would rather congratulate the country at large on the triumph of truth and justice in a British House of Commons ; and it is gratifying also to be able to remind our Radical friends, that the victory is owing mainly, if not solely, to the Conserva tive party, who mustered in their full strength, and proved their title to public gratitude, as well as re spect, by the front which they opposed to an unscru pulous administration. THE HOUSE OF LORDS. THE experience of the last few Sessions of Par liament had shown such a manifest incapacity for practical legislation by the House of Commons, and at the same time, by a vicious system, such a virtually ignoring of the House of Lords, by the delay of every important measure until too late a period for de liberation, that it is refreshing to witness a change by which our hereditary legislators are attaining their legitimate functions. The debates in the Upper House have now become the more interesting of the two, and in the Trial of Offenders' Bill a practical measur e of some importance has been originated, and so tar expedited, instead of experiencing the cus tomary delay The most important subject, how ever, in connexionwith the House of Lo r d s , i s th e , vhich is alle ge d t o b e d e f ec ti ve appellate jurisdiction so as to amount to a virt denial of justice, owing 11,4 to the small number of Law L ords, the uncertainty of occurrence of an their attendance, and the repeated appeal from the judgment of the Lord Cha n c e ll or given by him given in the Court of Chancery being from his place on the woolsack. Appeals from the Superior Courts may be made either to the Mouse of Lords or to the Judicial Committee of the p r i vy Council, at the choice of the appellant ; but th e defects to which we have alluded have operated as a great hindrance to the efficiency of the former Court, which otherwise is most in favour with the public, from the prestige attaching to its great antiquity, and the high position and reputation of its members. Lord PALMERSTON attempted, with his characteristic recklessness, to solve the difficulty, by the creation of a retired judge as a peer for life; but their lordships indignantly rejected this unconstitutional infringement on their privileges, and refused to admit him. As a proof, however, that they were not insensible to the defects which the Premier would have so uncere moniously remedied, nor unwilling to add to their efficiency as the highest Court of Judicature, the Earl of DERBY, on Thursday, after an able statement of the whole question in its details, moved for a Select Com mittee to inquire whether it was expedient to make any, and if so, what provision for the more effectually securing the efficient exercise of the functions of that House as a Court of Appellate Jurisdiction. The motion was favourably received, and the Committee appointed, from whom, of course, will emanate the proposed remedy ; but it was suggested by the noble mover, that, in cases of common law, the House should call in the advice of the common law judges ; in cases of equity, that of the vice-chancellors ; and have the power, in Scotch cases, of summoning to its aid some of the most eminent of the Scotch judges ; all cases to be referred to the legal members of the House, as a Judicial Committee, which should embody the decision of the judges in a report to be presented to the whole House, and agreed to as a matter of form, but still preserving to it the right of its jurisdiction. This is a far superior remedy to the rash violation of the Constitution involved in Lord PALMERSTON'S scheme, and will, no doubt, meet not only with legitimate sanction, but with public approval. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. THE PEACE CONFERENCES. THE conference at Paris of two representatives of each of the six Powers—England, France, Turkey, Russia, Austria, and Sardinia—is continued,but nothing can of course be known as to the state of the nego tiations, notwithstanding the rumours which have been current as to differences between the English Ministers and an alleged proposal to refer the question of limitation of territory to a Congress of all the European Powers. It must be evident that whatever may be the position of affairs, nothing would be allowed to be divulged until it had received the sanction of the whole body ; but, at the same time, it is but natural that speculation should be rife upon probabilities, and ingenious suppositions take the place of authentic information. However great the anxiety upon a question which concerns all Europe, we must be content to wait a little time longer, and our patience will not be very severely taxed, as the armistice which has been signed is only to the last day of this month, and only applies to land forces, so that, should the representatives of the Western Powers adhere steadily to the conditions pre-deter mined on, Russia will be compelled to give a definitive assent or refusal to the proposals for peace. It appears, however, to be the prevailing opinion that Russia has suffered so much from the last campaign as to be desirous for peace for her own safety rather than anxious for terms which may favour her future policy. We are amply prepared for a continuance of the war, while Russia is not, and therefore we may confidently abide the result of the negociations, conscious that, whilst we may gain from a return to peace, Russia will be a very heavy loser by a contrary course. THE CURRENCY QUESTION. AN attempt was made on Thursday in the House of Commons to force the Government into a consider ation of the important question of the conditions upon which the Bank of England holds its charter ; but, unfortunately, the subject was taken up by a party no torious for its extreme views on the question of Cur rency, and the ministers, consequently, received that support which, under other circumstances, they would not have obtained. What other result, however, could have been expected from a motion which was advo cated by the mover and seconder from totally opposite motives, and which presented, therefore, no tangible point of union. The members at large were evidently afraid of entering into a discussion which promised no result but long and unintelligible speeches upon the driest subject imaginable ; and that members were only too glad to escape from a difficulty which they knew not how to meet, was shown in the course pursued by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, who waited until the debate was nearly concluded, and then, taking his tone from the other speakers, opposed the motion. It was not, therefore, at all surprising that the majority was adverse ; and so, through the indiscreet zeal of the members for Birmingham, the mercantile interest has been deprived of a redress which they had a right to expect. Much ingenuity was needlessly exercised in attempts to explain the difference between money and capital, and much contrariety of opinion existed, as whether the question were one of mere speculative philosophy or pure science, so that country gentlemen were bewildered with a controversy from which they anticipated no satisfactory conclusion. Whilst some members contended that all paper issues should be founded on a metallic basis, they were met in vain by the assertion that the object was not accomplished by the present law, inasmuch as there was the limit of £14,000,000 which was fixed without any reference to actual or probable circulation, but solely because it was the amount of debt due from the Government to the Bank. The real question at issue, as far as the mercantile interest is concerned, is that, owing to restrictions rendered only necessary by the requirements of the law, the rate of interest is increased, and that where the amount of capital is fully equal to commercial necessities, a scarcity is artificially produced, because a law which might have been applicable to the circum stances of 1844 is perseveringly adhered to in 1856, although our exports have since doubled in amount, and the want of a circulating medium for internal traffic has correspondingly increased. There was no neces sity to excite any alarm about the inconvenience of discussing such a question, or the fear of undoing a system which, it was alleged, had worked satisfactorily. All that was wanted was an extension, not an abroga tion of the system ; and this might be accomplished by raising the limit of paper issues, irrespective of the stock of bullion, to an amount more nearly approach ing the average amount of circulation. A SEAMAN'S WAGES CASE.-Mr. Mansfield was occupied for several hours on Saturday in hearing a claim for seaman's wages, preferred by a seaman named Macrea, against Messrs. Henry Moore and Co., the owners of the ship Clangregor. The plaintiff was an able-bodied seaman on board the ship Clangregor, and he claimed from the defendants £36 17s. 4d., for the run from Calcutta to Liverpool. The claim was resisted on the ground that the plaintiff and the other seamen had been disobedient, particularly on the night of the 6th of February, the night before the Clangregor went ashore in Bootle Bay. On the night in question the plaintiff, it was alleged, refused with the others to lower the topgallant yards, by which, in the opinion of a pilot, the ship was lost. Ulti mately, Mr. Mansfield gave a verdict for the defendants, and several other cases similar to Macrea.'s were, in consequence, not heard. LOCAL WAR ITEms.—Be the result of the diplomatic deliberations in Paris what it may, the Admiralty officials here are as busy as if peace were a word completely unknown to our language. There are at present in Liverpool no less than 20,000 tons of steam transport shipping, and all the vessels:comprised in this amount are nearly ready for dispatch to the seat of war. The Sarah Sands will sail to-morrow, for the Crimea, with artillery remounts, stores and horses. On the 10th instant, the Resolute will sail for Malta, Constanti nople, Scutari, and the Crimea, with artillery remounts, Turkish Irregular Cavalry, men of the Royal marines, Medical staff, Land Transport Corps, and officers of the 77th, 82nd, 13th, 50th, and 88th Regiments. The Oneida will take ammunition, reserve, and a large quantity of stores from Cork. The Jura, which will follow about the 18th instant, will take to the Crimea 250 men and 250 horses of a royal battery, and a quantity of stores. The remainder of the steamers in port —the Emperor, Bahiana, Kangaroo, and Chersonese—are in a forward state. A large number of naval volunteers were sent up from here to London on Friday night. We may here state that Mr. Beneste, the intelligent and active chief clerk of Captain Bevis, will generally forward by the transports sailing from this port any small parcels or packages persons may wish to send to their friends at the seat of war. WELSH CHARITY SCHOOLS. SATURDAY being St. David's Day, and the fifty-second anniversary of the Welsh Charity Schools, Russell-street, it was selected as the appropriate occasion for the usual annual examination:of the children. Soon after twelve o'clock, Mr. Robert Roberts, the president, took the chair, surrounded by numerous patrons and friends of the institution, including Mr. J.B.Lloyd and Mrs. Lloyd, Mr. Owen Williams, Mrs. William s, and the Misses Williams, the Rev. William Jones and Mrs . Jones, Messrs. William Jones, Edward Jones, Elias Jones, J. B. Williams, and J. B. Morgan, Mr. Councillor Jeffery, the Rev. Eleazar Williams, of St. James's Church, the Rev. A. Lodge, the Misses Price, of Erryd, &c. The children were ranged in order round the room, in two squares, the boys forming one and the girls the other. After singing a hymn, they read portions of the Word of God, and were questioned by Mrs. Cotteen and Mr. Edwards, who subse quently catechised them closely in history and geography, the answers of the children being prompt and correct, and giving proof that great care had been exercised in their tuition. Two of the boys attracted much attention, one being a fine coloured boy, a native of Penang, and the other a tall, erect, well-dressed, and sharp-looking African lad, answering to the name of " Grand Bonny," He, we learnt, was the son of a wealthy African, in the island of Bonny, who had been sent by his father to be educated in Liverpool. Mr. Harrison, the extensive biscuit manufacturer and shipowner, into whose care the boy was consigned twenty months ago, at which time he could not speak a word of English, and had probably never seen a book in his life, knowing the excellent system adopted at this old established and well-regulated school, sent him there, in tending, in a few months, to place him elsewhere. He soon found, however, that the boy's progress was so satisfactory that he wisely allowed him to remain, paying the same sum for " Grand Bonny's" education as would have been required at a private establishment. Though he has only been under instruction twenty months, the young African writes an ex cellent hand, can read his Bible, has committed several pieces of poetry and hymns to memory, and is unusually expert in mental calculation. In the course of the interesting pro ceedings on Saturday, he recited the " Morning Hymn" with admirable elocution. We understand that he will shortly return to his native shores. We trust that his mind will ever retain the recollection of the virtues and that it will reject the vices and shams of civilization, and that his brief sojourn among white men may be fraught with future advan tage to his own people. With respect to the excellent working of the school, we may instance the somewhat singular but gratifying fact that there is one girl whose mother and grandmother before her were educated there. The number of scholars now on the books is about 320, of whom nearly two-thirds are boys. The boys are taught the rudiments of a sound English education, and the girls are so instructed that, on leaving the school, they may take respectable situations in service. One interesting portion of the examination consisted of the recitation, by one of the boys, Joseph Graham, of a piece of poetry, entitled " Her Ma jesty's Farewell to the British Troops, 185 t" Hugh Hughes then delivered the annual address of the scholars to the pre sident, expressing their sincere gratitude for the many advan tages they enjoyed in the school. The CHAIRMAN, in responding, gave the chief credit for the efficiency of the schools to Mr. Owen Williams, who, he said, never tired in his endeavours to promote its welfare and secure its efficiency. He then rapidly reviewed the pro gress of education during the past twenty years ; showed that positions of trust and honour were open to the hum blest, if they only worked earnestly, and prepared them selves for them; and cited two instances of advancement of children of humble Welsh parents, as illustrations of what he had asserted. He was, a few weeks ago, introduced to the Government Inspector of Marine Engines, a Welshman, who, in the course of conversation, informed him that twenty years ago he worked at Holyhead for 6s. a-week, and that by con trol and self-culture he had prepared himself for his present position. The second instance was that of the present engi neer of her Majesty's yacht, who, singularly enough, was a self-taught man also from Holyhead, and only a few years since occupying a humble position on board a Liverpool and Dublin steamer. He mentioned these facts to show the boys the re ward of obedience and attention to superiors. (Hear, hear.) Referring to the advantages of the schools, he dwelt upon the ' rule which inculcated the cardinal principle so well described by Cecil, that the soul of all intelligence was religion. (Hear, hear.) After a few words of encouragement to the girls, the Chairman concluded by expressing the gratification with which he had listened to the address of the children. Mr. J. B. LLOYD stated how delighted he had been to witness the very pleasing ceremony of the day, and ex pressed a hope that the public, by their liberality, would put the means into the hands of this, one of the oldest charitable schools in the town, of extending its usefulness. He referred also to the emotion he had experienced on lis tening to a portion of the boys' address, which lamented the loss the Principality had sustained in the death of Cap tain Wynn, who was killed at Alma; and read a letter from Lady Wynn, recording her and Sir Watkin Wynn's thanks for a donation from the pupils of that school, and the Welsh residents of the town, towards the fund her ladyship was getting up in aid of the widows and orphans of the 23rd Welsh Fusiliers. In conclusion he proposed a vote of thanks to the chairman for the attention he had paid to the duties of the office during the past year, and for his conduct on the present occasion. Mr. ELLIS JONES had great pleasure in seconding the reso lution, which was carried by acclamation. Mr. BRISCOE, in proposing a vote of thanks to Mr. Owen Williams, the treasurer, referred to his never-tiring exertions in aid of the institution. Mr. Councillor JEFFERY seconded the propsition, which was unanimously adopted. Mr. OWEN WILLIAMS, in responding, gave the chief credit for the efficiency of the schools to Mrs. Cotteen and Mr. Ed wards ; and then proceeded to show the excellent workings of the " nursery," or infant schools, from which at least one third of the boys and girls at present on the books had been transplanted, including a considerable number of their best scholars. (Hear, hear.) In conclusion, he acknowledged the receipt of £2 from Mr. Roberts (the chairman), £1 from Mr. Chambers, mid other sums towards the prizes to be given to the boys. On the proposition of Mr. EDWARD JONES, seconded by Mr. WILLIAM JONES, a vote of thanks was unanimously ac corded to the Rev. WILLIAM Josxs, for his eloquent sermon, delivered that day, in Welsh, at St. David's Church. The Rev. W. JONES having responded, the children sang the "National Anthem," and the proceedings terminated after the usual distribution of prizes and plum•bun. THE SISTOR gave a dinner, on Tuesday evening, to a large party of gentlemen, at the Town-hall. His worship, however, was unavoidably detained in London by the Local Dues Bill, and his place was supplied by the deputy-mayor, Mr. Alder man Holme. A DEPUTATION from Liverpool, on the Joint-Stock Com panies Act, consisting of Messrs. Torr and Bushell, had an interview with the Right Hon. R. Lowe; on Saturday, at the office of the Board of Trade. The deputation was accompanied by Mr. Brown, M.P., Mr. Bramley-Moore, M.P., and Mr. J. C. Ewart, M.P. LITERARY AND PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY.—At the meet ing of this society, last evening, Mr. M'Andrew (the president) occupied the chair. There was a limited attendance. The paper of the evening was read by Mr. T. C. Archer, the vice-president. It was "On the Natural Products of the Graminacm," and was illustrated by specimens. GEORGE ATKINSON, a young man, who was found about three o'clock on Saturday morning in possession of a Cochin China fowl, stolen the previous night from Mrs. Murray, of Clare-street, was brought up on remand, at the Police-court, yesterday, and fined 10s., for having property in his posses sion which he could not accout for satisfactorily. THE BRAGANZA, a handsome-looking three-masted iron screw steamer, arrived here yesterday, from the Clyde, being intended to ly, in conjunction with the Minho, Douro, and Cintra, between Liverpool and the various ports of Portugal, as one of the line conducted by Messrs.Cotesworth,Wynne, and Lyne and Co. The Braganza attracted much attention as she lay off the landing-stage yesterday afternoon. FATAL ACCIDENT IN THE VICTORIA Docx.—On Satur day afternoon, Samuel Thompson, 8 years old, son of John Thompson, master of the flat Anne, which had a deck load of crates, fell from the deck of the vessel into the Victoria Dock, unnoticed by those on board. Soon after he was missed, and his cap being then found floating on the water, grapnels were procured, and in fifteen minutes after his body was drawn out quite dead. Au inquest will be held to-day. COMMITTAL FOR STREET ROBBERIES.—At the Police-court, yesterday, Ann Long, an elderly woman of decent appearance, was committed to gaol for 14 days, for picking Margaret Healey's pocket of fourpence, in Great Charlotte-street, on Saturday evening.—Margaret Cain was committed for three months, and Elizabeth Booth for one month, for robbing Archibald Caffray, a sailor, of ten American dollars, and three shillings (English money), in Dundee-street, off Great Howard street, on Sunday evening. FATAL FALL INTO A SHIP'S HOLD.—James Shannon, aged 16, who resided with his aunt, Bridget Roach, at No. 40, Har rison -street, left home on Saturday to seek work. He was in the habit of cleaning out ships' holds, receiving old ropes and shakings in payment. He went on board a vessel in the George's-dock, and while talking to a person on board, he fell forward into the hold. He was taken to the Northern Hospital, where he died from the injuries, on Sunday afternoon. He was subject to fits, and had a severe one on Friday afternoon, so that it is probable that he had one on Saturday afternoon. An inquest will be held to-day. SMOCKING Ellis, aged about 22 years, apparently a journeyman painter, was brought up at the Police-court, yesterday, charged with ravishing a little girl, only eight years of age. From the evidence it appeared that the prisoner, who has a wife and child, lodged with the little girl's mother. On the morning of Wednesday fortnight, the prisoner's wife called the girl into the room, as she had fre quently done before, to play with her child while she dressed. The prisoner was in bed, and after his wife went down stairs, the offence, it was alleged, was committed. The medical gen tleman did not confirm the grave charge ; but the prisoner was committed for three months to hard labour, for a crimi nal assault. Cooa, BUT NOT CLEVER.—Pat McDiarmid and Thomas Burns, two youths about seventeen, were brought up at the Police-court, yesterday, charged with stealing a ham. It appeared, that, on Saturday evening, detective officers, Scaife and Thompson were perambulating London-road on duty, when they saw the prisoners coolly cut down a fine ham, marked at 17s. which was hanging on the doorway of Mr. James Battersby, provision dealer, 147, London-road. They gave chase, and captured them, and took them back to the shop, when Mr. Battersby identified his stolen property. When the prisoners were asked what they had to say, McDiarmid whined out,--" I saw the ham lying in the channel and picked it up, when this gentleman (Thompson), came up and cotched me, just as I was turning round to take it into the shop !" (Laughter.) Both prisoners being old offenders,were committed for trial at the sessions. ANOFFICER OF THE LANCASIILRE MILITIAACCIDENIALLY PTsozszn--Captain Aquilla Howe Kent, of the 4th Lanca shire militia, stationed at Newry, Ireland, has met his death by poison,administered to him bymistake. It appears that Capt. Kent, who had been for some time taking tonic draughts, had recently obtained a prescription from his physician, Sir Henry Marsh, of Dublin, which he sent by his servant to an apothe cary in Newry, and a mistake was made at the apothecary's shop in sending a preparation of aconite instead of the medi cine prescribed. Every possible effort was made by two medical men to neutralise its effects by the administration of antidotes, but the unfortunate gentleman died within two hours after taking the draught. Captain Kent, who was about 43 years old, was a native of Dublin, and a member of the Irish bar. THE PEACE CONFERENCES. MONDAY was the opening day of the great conference at Paris. Early in the morning, Baron Brunow was stirring. Soon after eight, a.m., M. de Seebach was seen to issue from the baron's, house, and proceed at once to the residence of Count Orloff. For some hours the three remained closeted together. At half-past one, p.m., the plenipotentiaries were to assemble in the Salon des Ambassadeurs, at the hotel of the Minister for Foreign Affairs. The room is separated from the minister's cabinet by another fine room, called the Salon des Attaches de Service. The Salon des Ambassadeurs receives its light from three large windows opening on the north, and looking towards the Seine. Opposite the windows are hung two full length portraits of the Emperor and Empress, with a portrait of the first Napoleon. The table at which the diplomatists sit is circular, and covered with a green cloth, twelve arm-chairs being around it. Before each seat is arranged a supply of paper of various sizes, sealing-wax, pens, &c. Four wax tapers are also on the table, in case of being required to seal letters. Between the windows are disposed two other tables, one for the two gentlemen who are to act as secretaries, and the other for the use of any of the plenipotentiaries who may wish to write in private. The table of the secretaries can be moved close to the round table in the centre, if necessary. Soon after one p.m. (says a Paris letter), a modest-looking brougham, scarcely remarked till it was within a few yards of the Ministry, drove into the front gate, and halted at the foot of the grand staircase. The carriage contained the Sardinian Plenipotentiaries, Count Cavour and the Marquis Villamarina, in plain morning costume. A single chasseur was their only attendant. As they ascended the staircase, a squadron of M. Walewski's footmen, who were on the look out, threw wide open the glass doors, and the Piedmontese representatives entered the hotel first. A few minutes afterwards came Tur key—Aali Pacha, the Grand Vizier, and Mehemet Bey, were dressed just like Europeans, except that they wore of course the inevitable red fez. The Grand Vizier wore a Talma, that might have been bought in Regent-street. England and Austria followed very shortly afterwards, in remarkably un pretending carriages. There was then a pause of several minutes. People began to ask whether Russia would not find some excuse not to come. But at a quarter past one a hand some carriage, with two chasseurs behind, drove up at a rapid pace, containing the Russian Plenipotentiaries. Count Orloff stepped out first, and although he is seventy years of age, ran up the steps like a boy. I had an opportunity of seeing him well, for when he arrived on the top landing he took off his hat as if to return the salute of the servants in waiting, and then turned round to see what had become of his colleague. Baron de Brunow got out of the carriage very slowly. His face was enveloped in an ample comforter; he walked up the stairs with a somewhat faltering step, and his spare and bent form preaented a striking contrast to that of his coadjutor. Count Orloff is a wonderful-looking man for his age. He is of large size, very erect, and his countenance denotes robust health and great resolution. He has a very large head, covered with iaon-grey hair, cropped close. The expression of his features is quite Calmuck, but as he smiled at Baron Brunow slowly mounting the stairs after him, he had a good-natured look. The plenipotentiaries having met, they placed themselves according to precedence, France in the centre, England on the right, Austria on the left, then Turkey, then Sardinia, and lastly Russia. According to diplomatic usages, the first thing to be done was to elect a president. M. Walewski was, of course, nominated. The verification of• the powers of the plenipotentiaries was next gone through, when M. Walewski delivered an address, pointing out the object of the meeting, and suggesting the order in which the deliberations should proceed. The conference was then definitively opened. At this stage Count Orloff is reported to have risen and spoken for some time upon the policy which actuated Russia. The question of. an armistice was then proposed and discussed, Count Orloff remarking upon the terms of the armistice, particularly with reference to the transport of stores and troops. Count Baol, the Paris correspondent of Le Nord declares, on authority, raised the question of the rectification of the frontier on the side of Bessarabia, upon which Count Orloff observed that the new frontier which it was proposed to esta blish behind the mountains was impossible to be settled, as no mountains existed in the vicinity. The plenipotentiaries, adds the correspondent, not possessing any precise informa tion of the ldeale, were a little embarrassed by the observation of Count Orloff. At half-past four p.m. the conference concluded. The sit ting was raised, and the plenipotentiaries walked for a short time in the garden of the hotel, conversing freely in separate groups. At five p.m. they left the hotel and returned to their respective quarters, in the same unostentatious manner as they had arrived. On the following day the Moniteur announced the opening of the conferences, and the first result : AN ARMISTICE. The first meeting of the Congress took place yesterday (Monday), at the hotel of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, at one o'clock. The sitting lasted until half-past four o'clock. It was resolved that an armistice shall be concluded between the belligerent armies, and that the armistice shall cease of full right on the 31st of March next. This armistice will not affect the blockades established, nor those which are yet to be established. M. Walewski gave a banquet at seven p.m. on Monday evening, to the Plenipotentiaries, and drank to a speedy peace. At ten o'clock he threw open his magnificent salons to upwards of 700 of the elite of French and foreign society in Paris, and entertained them with a grand concert, at which Mario, Frezzolini, and the first singers of Europe performed. The Union gives some pleasant gossip on the occasion : Some details have been communicated to us concerning the concert of Count Walewski, at which all the plenipotentiaries were present. Count Orloff; with the ease of a grand Russian nobleman, and with that elegance of manner which seems so charming when allied with military bearing, conversed readily with the various groups which in succession collected around him. After the Count, one of the high personages who most attracted notice was the Grand Vizier, Aali Pacha, the Turk ish representative. He is a man of delicate appearance, and apparently in not very strong health, and presented a strik ing contrast with the tall, manly, and animated figure of the Russian Envoy. But his intelligent and keen glance, his strongly-marked features, and his severe physiognomy, give evidence of a resolute and energetic character. Count de Cavour also attracted much attention. He is a man of middle stature, rather stout, with features remarkable for their frank ness and openness, and over which asmile loves to play. Turning to another class of guests, we may state that Generals Canrobert and Bosquet were much observed. The concert took place in the gallery in which the statue of Napoleon 111. stands, and from that apartment the guests could enter freely into the other rooms of the long suite thrown open on the occasion. Every one examined with curiosity the Salon des Ambassa deurs, in which the sittings of the congress take place. The crowd circulated round the centre table, reading the names of the several powers written in pencil on a sheet of paper placed before the seat which each representative occupies. It was then easy to see that the accounts given in some of the public journals of the position of the powers were incorrect. The real place of each is this :—The French plenipotentiaries are in the centre, the English representaves on the right, and the Austrian on the left ; next to the English are the Russian envoys, and next to the Austrian the Turks; the Sardinirns are between the Turks and the Russians. At the concert, although not a word was spoken by the plenipotentiaries to infringe the secrecy which they are bound to observe, the features of all of them bore that look of satisfaction which would imply that all was going on smoothly towards the re-establishment of peace. On Thursday the second conference was held. Of the result nothing official has yet appeared. It is believed to have turned upon the fifth point, and rumour strongly asserts that Count Orloff had demanded a congress for the solution of the question. FRAUDS BY THE LATE MR. SADLEIR. Mr. SADLEIR has perpetrated forgeries amounting to nearly £1,000,000. On Saturday afternoon, at five o'clock, Mr. Sad leir met a large speculator in the city, as he was in the act of starting for home. He shook his city friend cordially by the hand, and said to him cheerfully, on parting, "Good bye; I am going to make a long journey, we may not meet for some time." The consternation in city circles, where further ap palling disclosures of Mr. Sadleir's unparalleled misdeeds are looked for every hour, is described to be intense. On the con tinent, too, where his transactions were to an enormous ex tent, great alarm prevails. It is supposed that, frightful as is the amount of his frauds and forgeries already ascertained, a very small portion only of them has yet been discovered. The undertakings with which Mr. Sadleir was chiefly con nected were the Boyal Swedish Railway, the East Kent Railway, and the London and County Bank. He was like wise greatly interested in the Tipperary Joint-stock, of which his brother, the member for Tipperary, was chairman, and he also acted as receiver, or agent, for some Irish landowners. As regards the Royal Swedish Railway, of which he was the chairman, it appears to have been ascertained, without doubt, that he has issued an immense amount of the shares and obli gations of the company without authority, although with genuine signatures. Whether he has put forth any which are forgeries seems not yet to have been clearly established. A considerable number were forfeited for non-payment of calls, and, some time back, in order to avoid unnecessary sacrifices, the company obtained power to raise £lOO,OOO on debentures or obligations. They required the signature of two directors as the secretary, and Mr. Sadleir, having ob tained possession of the unissued quantities for the purpose of completing them with his signature, seems to have got rid of them on the Stock Exchange, or in any quarter where he could raise money. The nominal amount thus made away with is reported to range between £200,000 and £300,000, although probably the advances he received upon them were not more than a fourth or a third of that total. With regard to the East Kent Railway; it is stated that, with the exception of some arrears of calls, Mr. Sadleir is not directly indebted to that undertaking. In his capacity of deputy-chairman, however, he induced the board to deposit £B,OOO of their unem ployed capital with the Tipperary Bank on deposit notes, which fell due at the beginning of last week, and were dis honoured. In the case of the London and County Bank, it is affirmed that no loss whatever has been sustained. Mr. Sad leir was chairman of that company, but obtained no advances from it except upon sufficient securities. In relation to the Tipperary Joint-Stock Bank, it appears that this establish ment was promoted by Mr. Sadleir in 1838, its head office belly , . at Clonmel, with eight branches in the district. Although it paid dividends at the rate of six per cent., it seems to have made no return of the number of its partners, the amount of its shares, or its paid-up capital ; and, with the exception of one or two families, the share holders are said to be persons of limited means. The fami lies in question are alleged to be fully able to meet the claims that will fall upon them, but it is probable that the ruin or distress which will nevertheless be inflicted in this quarter was among the chief causes of the pain and self reproach described in Mr. Sadleir's letters. The most serious features of fraud remain still to be adverted to —namely, those committed by means of his opportunities as agent for the landed estates of noblemen and others, and also by direct forgeries of title-deeds. The trust property made away with is supposed to be extremely large, and many deplorable cir cumstances are likely to arise in this part of the history, the full scope of which will probably never come before the publi c . At present many of the sufferers are themselves ignorant of the position in which they stand, and most likely several months must elapse before all the actual facts can be unra velled. As respects the forgeries of title-deeds from the En cumbered Estates Court, it is satisfactory to be able to state that only two cases have thus far been discovered, although very general inquiries have beet made by some leading goji c j. tm in Dublin, [MARCH 4, 1856. INDIA AND CHINA. ARRIVAL OF THE OVERLAND MAIL The despatches by this mail have been received. They are. dated from Calcutta up to the 24th of January, and from Bombay to the 2nd of February. The public news, though of considerable importance, is not of a very startling nature. The Times correspondent at Calcutta, says : "The proclamation annexing Oude has not yet appeared, but the order has been passed, and the troops are swarming to Cawnpore. The home authorities, as I informed you, left the Governor-General carte blanche, and, as usual, he hag adopted the most complete and definite of the two lines of policy open to him. Oude is to be annexed and not seques trated. The difference is, that in a sequestrated province the surplus, instead of swelling the general revenue of the empire, must be spent within the province itself. The system is greatly in favour with the older officials, and has some few advantages. The province usually prospers. There is a more liberal expenditure upon public works, and greater readiness to carry out improvements which involve expense. The commissioner, too, wields the entire authority of the native court, and can repress crime and secure property by means somewhat sterner than British regulations will permit. Gen. Outram will be chief commissioner of the province. Mr. Martin R. Gubbins, well known to the public as an able col lector, will be finance commissioner. The judicial commis sioner, Mr. Ommanney, is le s s k nown ; b u t h e b ore a hi g h reputation as a young man, and is said to be a stern decisive judge. The secretary, Mr. G. Couper, has been for the past two years under-secretary in the foreign department, and has earned for himself a reputation as an active working officer. He is one of a number of young men whom Lord Dalhousie has selected, who are rising rapidly to the highest posts in the coun try, and who seem unconsciously to have imbibed his principles, administration, and government. They are the most thorough going reformers in the country, and, once in power, will effect more for India in a twelvemonth than the present race have effected in a generation. The additions to the empire during the present reign have rendered promotion unusually rapid, and we have now heads of departments scarcely thirty years of age. During his short stay Lord Canning is visiting and examin ing every object of interest—antiquarian, scientific, or mecha nical—in Bombay and its immediate neighbourhood. We are' dreading to experience a frightful scarcity of water during the ensuing four months, the fall of rain during the last monson having been barely more than one-half the average. Measures have been planned, and are about to be carried on , to a considerable scale, for the aversion of the more terrible• consequences of the calamity. The remedy, however, is but temporary, while the disease—so frequent are these droughts —may almost be said to be perpetual. Permanent relief is only to be looked for in the construction of a large reservoir or lake in the valley of Vehar, in the island of Salsette—a, work which might be carried out with comparative ease. To return to Oude. An army of 16,000 men is now collected' at Cawnpore, and in a few days will be pouring towards Lucknow. No resistance is expected, but Lord Dalhousie never leaves opportunities to the disaffected by any mistimed affectation of security. There are rumours that the Nepaulese are inclined to put in a claim for a slice of the cake, but they are already fully occupied, and Jung Bahadoor understands our policy too well to attempt any insane freak. The king will be dismissed with a pension of a lakh of rupees a-month (£120.000 a-year), and will retain his personal immunities. Oude is one of the richest countries in Asia. The soil is as fertile as that of the Doab, while the eastern districts are as rich in minerals as Cornwall. Under our rule the population will, doubtless, increase as rapidly as that of the north-west provinces, and districts which, like Nauparalr, have been re cently and wilfully desolated, will recover their prosperity. The only cause of regret is, that Lord Dalhousie will not re main to complete the work he has begun. Lord Canning is expected in Calcutta on the 28th of February, and Lord Dalhousie leaves on the 10th of March. He is very unwell—worked almost to death. Lord and Lady Canning leave for Calcutta the middle of next week, touching at Madras by the way. The money-market in Bombay has become still tighter during the past fortnight, and the banks have raised their rates of interest to 12 per cent. All securities are much de preciated in value. The import trade has not improved, prices remaining very low. In the export market some activity has been manifested. From Bombay we learn that the quarrel between Mr. Murray and the Shah of Persia had created some sensation. The new Governor-General and Lady Canning arrived in the Feroze steamer from Suez on the 28th of January. As a proof by the way, that the Indian electric telegraph is now in good working order, I may mention that the message an nouncing that the Feroze was signalled at Bombay was ac knowledged from Calcutta before the ship anchored in the harbour. On the following day Lord Canning held a levee and a native durbar, and has since received and replied to ad dresses from the community at large, and from various public bodies. In his answer read to the first of these occurs the following passage :—",I venture to hope that the progress which India has made in the arts of peace and in prosperity, under the able and vigorous administration of the distin guished man who has so long watched over her interests, will suffer no check or diminution during my tenure of the charge which he is about to lay down. I undertake that the honour of Great Britain in her Eastern empire shall be preserved without a stain; but I earnestly pray that there may be no necessity to vindicate it by arms against any foreign foe." CHINA. HONGKONG, Jan. 15. On the 31st of December we received the London mail of the 10th of November, per steamer Madras, which leaves to day with the outward mail. Admiral Stirling, Commodore Elliot, and fleet remain in, this harbour. At Macao two very large fires broke out on the 4th and sth inst., and destroyed the greater portion of the Chinese town, including the bazaar._ Uywards _of _l,OOO houses are said to have been destroyed, and property lost to the extent of more than a million of dollars. The crews of the French men-of war Virginie and Constantine were of great service on the occasion. Admiral Stirling has organized a system of convoy between the five ports, which promises to be of incalculable benefit to native and foreign trade, and highly efficient in suppressing piracy. _ _ One of Her Majesty's ships is to leave the weathcrmost port on the Ist of each month, convoying all vessels that find it convenient to avail themselves of the protection, and, proceeding along the coast, will visit each port in succession. On their return against the monsoon these vessels will make search for pirates. Such a system has been long wanted, and thanks are due Sir James Stirling, from whom the measure entirely emanates. Several attacks of the most daring nature have lately been made here on private residences, attended, in one instance, with loss of life to the watchmen employed on the premises. The numbers of Chinese of the loWest class that are now in the colony point out very strongly the necessity of improved measures of protection against outrage, The Chinese rebellion appears to be making head against the government. In Kwangsi the rebels have been successful, and have entirely possessed themselves of three prefectures in the province of Kiangsi, which threatens to interrupt the transit from the tea and silk producing country. In the north, also, the province of Honan is said to be in a state of insurrection, but no particulars of the" movement have yet reached us. We also have a report that a plague has broken out at Ching-kiang-foo, and carried off upwards of 100,000 persons. It is called the black-tongue plague from its peculiar symptoms. _ _ Ai Canton all remains quiet, but the progress of the rebels is a source of uneasiness. The Chinese new year falls on the 6th of February, and is expected to pass quietly, both politically and commercially. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CALCUTTA, Jan. 23.—The English accounts showing a. decline in most articles of our produce, our market has been similarly affected, but, the stocks generally being low, the bazaar men do not readily give way in price, and, consequently, a slack business for the fortnight is the result. Our piece goods market continues in a very inanimated state, and we fear that, with the continued large shipments from Great Britain, no improvement in prices can be looked for. Twist is rather more active, but with no improvement in values. Stocks, however, are but moderate. Metals generally are looking down in price, and dull of sale. It is very gratifying to be able to announce some improvement, however slight, in the state of our money market. The impression is general that matters have seen their worst, and that the Bank of Bengal will shortly be able to reduce the rate of interest and discount, when provision has been made for this month's demands for Arracan and Pegue, as January is usually the heaviest month in the season for those markets. In govern ment securities we have had a decided improvement, though with occasional fluctuations. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS FROM GREAT BRITAIN. At Hongkong.—Dec. 17th, the Vrow Johanna, from Cardiff —the Hero from Liverpool-23, the Felix from Newport Jan. 4, the Sea Witch, from London-6, the Fanny Foster, from Liverpool-6, the Courier, from Liverpool—the Aletha, from Sunderland—the Arrow, from Liverpool-8, Jacoba Cornelia, from Cardiff-9, the Proteus, from Cardiff-11, West capella, from Cardiff. Whampoa.—None. Shanghai.—Dec. 13, the Salacia, from London-20, the Turk, from London. DEPARTURES FOR GREAT BRITAIN. From Hongkong, Dec. 21.—The Kelso, for London—Jan. 6, the Industry, for London. From Whoa - 6°a, Dec. 5.--The Dolphin, for Liverpool-10, the Challenger, for London. From Fo - ocliow, Dec. 16.—The Joseph Somes, for London —2O, the Juno, for Cowes. From Shanghai, Dec. B.—The Aerolite, for London-22, the Menzies, for Liverpool—Jan, 4, the Kate Kearnie, for London. FREEDOM. OF THE CITY TO SIB E. LYONS. - By an unani mous vote of the Court of Common Council, London, on Thursday, it was resolved that the freedom of the City should be presented to Admiral Sir Edmund Lyons, in a box of the value of 100 guineas. BLOCKADE or TEE BALTIC. — News having arrived at the Admiralty, on Tuesday morning last, that the Great Belt was free from ice, a telegraphic dispatch was immediately forwarded to Captain Watson, C. 8., of the Emperieuse, who has the com mand of the flying squadron, to proceed immediately to the execution of his orders. The gallant captain immediately left the Downs for Kiel; and we may soon, therefore, hear that the ports of the Baltic are closely blockaded. DINNER AT THE MANSION Hot: m.--On Wednesday, the and the Lady M a yore s s ente r t a i ne d a t di nner Elgin, and a di s ti ngu i s h e d par t y o f commercial and oljtootherord Mayor r gentlemen, chiefly connected with the American and Canadian trades, members of the House of Commons and of the Corperation, and of the Cooper's Company, to meet the American Alinister, previous to his departure from this country. The Lord Mayor and the Lady Mayoress were, however, prevented having the honour of receiving Mr. Buchanan, he having received an invitation from her Majesty to dine at Buckingham Palace. RECENT WILLS.—The will of Sir Henry Every, Bart., was proved in London under £BOOO personalty ; Mr. Wm. Hilton, Danbury, £8000; Mr. Robert Hale Blagden Hale, of Cottes House, Wilts, £25,000; Mr. Charles Lamb, of Warwick, £40,000; Dame Frances Anne Wilder, £30,000; Mrs. Jane Graham, of Barnstaple, £40,000; T. J. Wilt shire, of Cornhill, gold and silversmith, £14,000; Thomas Collier, of Brackley, surgeon, £12,000 ; John Hunt, of Monument-yard, fruit broker, £25,000 ; Joseph Dowson, of Camberwell, and Prince's Wharf, Lambeth, timber mer chant, £160,000. The Hon. Lord Henry Jeauchamp died Wee*, leaving nO9O personalty. '~_ s .. (141 rPer, zttr K n i g _' 4l an, Mr , lid a y to The ex !ere corn week by £16,000. PREss u g ' h ia ,rged 1 1 - " Quee -l aa also E P NCiOtlf3 rue (11 ''aPton, i i ..!ght to t i me of h REepr afternoon .IWhos e ex i :een mai te. GirxEi W ill ams balap d sallyi l ... "ear that til °°gh s Ilrehensic :Vends ai e interi se ,Tllz e t '37300( m l)l datic 00 0 la ed az D 2, -r soas, kra td 184 8 r 1 6 ° ) 00 ,58( i ‘847 to 26e gran 2 8,31 f. ,11)8,,,tv