The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-03-12 00:00:00

WILL POS )N sArru LAST DAY BUT THREE - VIRST EXHIBITION of the FRENCH SCHOOL of the FINE ARTS in Liverpool, including MAD'LLE ROSA BONHEIIR'S GREAT PICTURE OF "THE HORSE FAIR," Is NOW OPEN at the Liverpool Academy Rooms, Old Post-office place, Church-street. Admission Is. Catalogues, 6d. Gentle men's Season Tickets, ss. :Ladies' Ditto, 3s 6d.—Open from Ten till Five o'clock. Tha Exhibition is now onen in the Evening, from Seven to Nine o'clock. Admission, 6d. B. FRODSHAM, Secretary. IN THE COUNTY COURT OF LANCASHIRE, HOLDEN AT LIVERPOOL. WHEREAS, a Petition of PATRICK DOLAN, now and for six months last past residing at No. 11, during that time carrying on the business of a , nt ''^.rnool, in the County of ;n the Liverpool Bent - street , an cooper at 14 t Debti District County Court, and an Interim Order for Protection from Process having been given to the said PATRICK DOLAN, under the provisions of th , . Statutes in that case made and provided, the said PATRICK DOL AN is hereby required to appear in Court before JOS EP H POLLOCK, Esq., Judge of the said Court, on the 18th day of March, 1856, at Eleven o'clock in the Forenoon precisely, at the Live , — District County Court. No. 3_ Tim.. ' Examination, touching And Notic' state and Eff it his 1; cts, and to be ice of Assignees is to t so appointed, All PATRICK DOLAN, Or ...sons indebted to the said lave any of his E free' s, are not to pay e Official Asvignee, at IN THE AM STATHAM, 3, Lime-street, Liverpool COUNTY COURT OF LANCASHIRE HOLDEN AT LIVERPOOL. WHEREAS, a Petition of WILLIAM HYDE, at present and for eleven weeks now last past residing at No. I, Grenfield-street,Edge Hill, for two years and one-half !mule ^tely previous thereto residing in Crown-street, both in the Borough ' in the County of Lancaster, for two years immediately iding at Grange Terrace, Wavertree, in the ;:aid, for four years imme lend Vale, Bootle, in the D of We and County afore aforesai'i, duri ireaaid, that Debtor, and an for fou ne year immec f Lancaster and being a Sb e Liverpool District County C 'om Process hay o the said WILLIAM HYD rer the provisions of the Sta- 17utes in that case made and provided,' the said WI tti AM 'HYDE is he•eby required to appear in Court before JOSEPH POLLOCK, Esq • Judge of the said Court, on the lath day of March. 1854, at E'even o'Clock in the foreno,n precisely, at the Liverpool District County Court, No. 3, Lime-street, Liverp ,01, for Ms F rat Examina tion, touching his Debts, Estate and Effects, and to be further dealt with according to the wovisions of the said Statutes. And Notice Is hereby elven that the choice of Assignees is to take place at the time so appointed. All persons indebted to the said WitLism HYDE. or who have any of his Effects, are not to pay or deliver the _ _ e Official As Office, N it S'DNESDAY, Pill MARCH 12, 1856 KEEP to your contract," is a new and admirable expression to employ in the Gas agitation, and we onsumers of Chester have and sham competit TH IS DAY. ox Rangoon.—Apply to THIS DAY, t. 33 Bales Perham A. large qu et Sarah Anne, st Transit Shed.—A lice, Vir,, )TTON, damag tv of lo HUGH IL NICHOLSON', Bro' PTION TO THE NORTHERN ) GUINEAS m ANNUM. T ANNUA .DAILY TIMES is TW "NORTHERN TIMES. subscriber within four miles of the Liverpool Exchange, or at Reck-ferry, Tranmere, Birkenhead, 'Woodside, Oxton, Claughton, Seacombe, Egremont, or New Brighton, does not receive his copy of the "NORTHERN Tiatas, Eight o'clock will oblige the publisher by addressing a note to him at the office notifying the fact, in order that the be investigated and removed. As their delivery at five o'clock on facilitate its completion if —Any EARLY DELIVERY OF TH cause of comp Taint ma es in their doors through might be dropped, as the detention at y great at present, and causes delay and I — etter-box disappointment to other sut EVENING EDITION, of the NORTHERN DAILY TIM is is now Published every Afternoon, at Three o'clock, containing the Markets, together with all the News of the Day, up to the hour of going to Press. s . thereto I iereto In C glad to find the Gas ith becoming coolness and determina• nply means monopol to imposi nt, extortionate e of 6s. 6d. the 1,000 feet by the Mr. SALISBURY, whc Nmalgamation s lertaker engaged to supply the city with light at 4s. 6d. the 1,000 feet. To do this, all that gentleman required was 500 consumers. Had he obtained that number he would have been perfectly satisfied. But it appears that only 130 of those who promised to join his 4s. 6d. concern, have really done so, and consequently he declares that he must amalga mate with his rivals, because they have reduced their price to 45., which he thinks is the wisest thing they have ever done ! We will not name this commercial logic after any particular soil, as it does not end here. Air. says that his license is "the only SALISBURY " guarantee of the public for cheap gas, and ho " would caution them to be careful how " they forced him to forfeit it." He then goes on to tell us that, should the r;val companies amalgamate, " it will be necessary to ads ante the •` price to 5s ;" whereas, " if the citizens of Chester " would support his [the Roodeo Company], as it stood, it would be one of the most profitable " concerns in the kingdom when at 4s. 6d readers will see that this is the old story of amal gamation all over again. Chester will share the fate of Liverpool, Birkenhead, Manchester, Pr( ton, and many other large towns situated close to the best coal fields, unless its inhabitants adhere rigidly to their present resolve, and keep their gas Irers to their contracts, not only with manuta regard to price bu MR. SALISBURY'S t quality 3 does not, we presume, y please? contract naturally enough tees to hand over customers in empower him to retire and leave his darkness at a moment's notice. Some little time must be allowed to consumers to draw their light from another source, and this period ought, in our humble opinion, to be employed in making inquiries as to the price of gas in other places and collecting such information as will enable the public to protect themselves. There has been a 3118sion going on at Stockton for Borne time, that which has taken place at and the Corporation of t on Friday last for the purpose of receiving w ailers for the lighting of the town, when several offers were read. Amongst these w e find the Stockton New Gas Company tendering at £2 108 11.1 per lamp per annum, or 3s. per 1,000 cubic feet; MR. WM. ANDREW, 3, Queen's-place, Southwark,Loadon, "at 10 per cent. below the price which either the Stockton New Gas Company or very similar to Liverpool and ( Stock*- ster per cent. of the profits of the last four years to be allowed to the Corporation. And we believe obtained the contract. Now, if that gentleman can afford to supply light at little over one-half the price demanded by Gas Company, does it not show that all uch bodies think they may charge just what Mr. HORNSBY will light the same lamps for which the Company ask 35., for about Is. 6d. per 1,000! He expects a profit from his 50 per cent. of them for more than half the term of his contract, to the ( ,corpora is made acquainted with the real source from which all the present abuses spring, there will be no difficulty in altering the current of future legislation on so vitally important a subject, and correcting what has already been done by whole- Brussels, do to 13 12 MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY EVENING, There has been a quieter feeling in the Liverpool Cotton market to day, and the business done does not exceed 5,000 bales, including 500 taken on speculation. Prices were barely so firm as yesterday, The Liverpool Share Market opened steady at about yesterday's closing prices, and during the day advanced about A per cent which was lost again at the close. The Contango rates snr ere about But then he guaran I the any one else on their belptlf could offer; J. R. MAJOR, Essex -street, Strand, I ion, XI 12s lamp for 272 l amps, an allowance being between L. addition to that number—all 5 per cent. to be divided equally )1f and the Corporation; MR. T. W. 1 - IORNSBY, Stockton, offered to form a company to light the lamps at 11. 9s. 6d. per lamp, to be lighted every night during nine months--50 1, errial Fzalts. THIS DAY Twelve o'clock, at the )ffice, 15, Oldhall-street ags SALTPETRE, HANAN, BROWNE & CO., Brokers. t may concern o.inia-buildings, )TTON & PICKINGS, ew iu No. 9 TA TRAM THE NORTHERN TIMES.-LIVIIRPOOL, WIDNESDAY, MARCH 11, tion. What will our Liverpool, Manchester, and atepayers say to this ? Does it not ye practically that all the NORTHERN ThIRS fester 1 contending for can, and ought to be secured to the public. Why are we in Liverpool to pay 4s. a 1000 for Gas for our street lamps, when Stockton is supplied at such a low Ye ? The leading organs of the Gas mono doing all they can, in their humble to induce the world to believe that the Gas been " abandoned," and finally sts a liscussion has specially LATEST INTELLIGENCE. DESPATCH FROM GENERAL CODRINGTON The Gazette of last night contains a despatch received by Lord Panmure from General Sir W. J Codrington, dated the 26th ult., giving an account of the parade and inspection of the infantry of the British Army in the Crimea on the 24th. The Commander of the Forces speaks highly of the general appearance, cleanliness, and steadiness of the troops, who were in the finest health and vigour. The despatch encloses the report of Dr. Hall on the sanitary state of the army for the week ending Feb. 23. This report is remarkable, as it states that not one death from disease had occurred in the whole army, and there had been only 14 deaths in the three weeks preceding. In the Highland Division, consisting of 4,860 men, only one death had occurred in five weeks ; in the Third Division, out of 6,450 men, not a single death had occurred for 28 days ; and in the Light Division there had been no death for a fortnight, out of a strength of 6,460 men. THE CRIMEA. Intelligence dated Marseilles the 11th, and the Crimea the Ist instant, mentions that a neutral line had been traced between the Allied armies and the Russians. A review of 50,000 British troops took place on the 25th ult. at Balaklava. Advices dated Constantinople, on the 3rd inst., state that numerous invalids had arrived there from the army in the Crimea. THE FRENCH FUNDS. PARIS, TUESDAY EVENING The transactions on the Bourse to-day, closed at the followin g quotations :—Four and a half per Cents., 94f.; Three per Cents., 72f 60e. FRANCE . (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, MONDAY EVENING, It is reported to-day that the Congress has come to an understanding, or pretty nearly so, on the fifth point of the conditions to be imposed on Russia ; but I have not been able to trace the re port to any authentic source. The financial circles have not taken a favourable view of the announcement of the government, in the .Moniteuryesterday,:that it will not grant any new concessions of commercial enterprises this year. They say, that the object of it is to keep capital disposable for the loan which the government wants. They complain also, that after having given the greatest possible encouragement to speculation, even to the extent of supporting affairs not sound in themselves, the government should, all at once, put its veto on new undertakings, good as well as bad. The more long•headed financiers, however, look on the Moniteur announcement as a proof that the government sees that the financial crisis, which has long been " looming in the future," is becoming unpleasantly near. And this class of financiers whisper to each other that the Bank of France is about to take measures to limit the dis count operations of its provincial branches. If the bank should do anything of the kind, it would, doubtless, be a proof that the expected crisis is even closer at hand than was thought. The Congress has held another meeting to-day. As everything that concerns the existing nego ciations is of interest, it may be well to state, which I do on good authority, that in the first interview which the Emperor had with Count Orloff, his Majesty said, " Well, Count ; you bring us peace." " No, sire !" was the reply, " I come to demand it!' I may also mention that what at first gave rise to the confidence manifested here in the conclusion of peace, was caused by the plenipotentiaries having replied by common accord, to all the questions put to them, " Tout via Bien !" " Things are going on well !" Old Prince Jerome is rapidly getting better. It has been stated in telegraphic despatches, that a number of Russian vessels had quitted Sweaborg. and that the Grand Duke Constantine had bombastically declared, that they should attack the English advanced guard in the Baltic. But to-day this is positively denied on authority of a despatch from St. Petersburgh sent to Berlin. ; Vienna journals tell us a commission is to be nomi nated to fix the precise limits of the proposed new frontier in Bessarabia : also that Count Buol has written to his government that it is hardly possible that peace can be signed this month, but that all is going on well. The legislative body held a sitting to-day. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. THE CRIMEA, A despatch dated Marseilles, yesterday, at 8.37 a.m., states that the Euphrate had arrived, with advices from Constantinople of the 3rd, and from the Crimea of the Ist inst. The White Works at Sebastopol were blown up on the 28th of February. Generals Timoieff, Martimprey, Windham, and Colonel Pettiti, met on the 29th ult. at Traktir bridge. The three latter presented conditions for an armistice agreed upon by the Comma n d ers -i n - Chief. General Timoieff transmitted them to General Luders. The health of the troops is excellent. The bad weather is over. TURKEY. Advices dated Marseilles, the 9th inst., announce that the Austrian frigate Radetski had arrived at Constantinople, bringing an Austrian colonel with propositions relative to the Principalities. The Patriarchs have been convoked by the Divan and ordered to carry the late reforms into immediate execution. The Minister of Finance has made an appeal to the merchants to terminate the present crisis. Omer Pasha is expected at Constantinople, to give an account of his conduct. The Sultan has decorated M. Cibrario, the Sardinian Minister, and Admiral Albini, with the order of Medjidie. The Allies continue building hut-barracks on both banks of Constantinople. The English are sur veying ground for the formation of a camp in Asia. RUSSIA The Invalide Russe publishes the following : The Plenipotentiaries of& - belligerent Powers have agreed at Paris that the Commanders-in-Chief of the Russian and hostile armies shall sign an armistice which will cease upon the 19th (31st) of March, if before that time it has not been renewed by common consent. This armistice will not have any influence upon the blockade of our coast, already established or to be established ; but the Com manders of the naval forces of the enemy will receive orders not to undertake, so long as it lasts, any act of hostility against our coast: Today Aide•de-camp General Luders has sent a telegraphic message, stating that, conformably to the above mentioned stipulation, the commissioners of the belligerent parties in the Crimea had a first interview on the Tchernaya on the 17th (29th) Feb ruary, near the Stone Bridge, and agreed upon a suspension of hostilities ; consequently, the neces sary orders have already been given to our army, as also to that of the enemy. HANOVER The opening of the Hanoverian Chambers is officially announced for the 3rd of April. The government is actively engaged in devising arrange ments for putting the institutions of the country in harmony with the new Constitution. A Royal ordinance relative to the reorganization of the Council of State has just been published It will no longer he presided over by the head of the Cabinet. The King will name its President, and will himself direct its discussions when he thinks proper, on which occasion all the sections will assemble together. The statement made by the German journals that some of the Hanoverian Ministers had resigned is unfounded. PRUSSIA. We learn from Berlin, under Monday's d a t e , th a t a rumour was current in that city, that M. de Manteuffel is on the point of starting for Paris. The president of police, Herr Von Hi nc kl e d ay, was this morning shot in a duel by H err V on Rochow, whom he had felt o bliged to challenge. The New Prussian Gazette announces, but with out guaranteeing the statement, that Prince Peter of Oldenburg has been named Go vernor o f the Russian province,. of the Baltic, the North, and in Liverpool more But we would ha e those scribes e. Light is a commodity for which the AU WI cannot be taxed with impunity mono of the Gas manufacturer is derived lature, who have been deceived and grossly imposed on by the few who are learned in the mysteries of Gas making. Par liamentary Committees have been silly enough to some competition There are at this hour no less than TEN Gas Bills before the House of Commons—namely, the Bath, Cheltenham, Gloucester, Lancaster, Wands worth and Putney, Wakefield, West Ham, Weymouth and Melcombe Regis, Worksop, Gainsborough and Heywood. The capital to be embarked in these undertakings cannot be far short of half a million, and the number of persons hoping to be supplied with cheap light—that indispensible necessary of life—must be proportionately large, and it is high time for the public to expect that the Legislature will exercise a little more care than they have clone hitherto, when they are called upon to fix the price private consumers and public rate payers are to pay. The light manufacturer is not entitled to that protection" which is refused to the cotton spinner, or, weaver, on " sound and " great economic principles." The Gas consumer) should be allowed to buy in the cheapest market as well as every other purchaser. And it is really much to be desired, that the Members of Parliament for the manufacturing districts, where the Gas agitation was first commenced, should look carefully after the Lancaster, Wakefield, Gainsborough, and other Northern gas bills, and see that additional legislative monopolies of ght are not thrown upon the community THE COURT BUCKINGHAM 'PALACE, - MoNDAY.--Yesterday her Majesty and the Prince Consort, with the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, Prince Alfred, and the Prin cess Alice, the ladies and gentlemen of the court, and the domestic household, attended divine service in the private chapel of Buckingham Palace. The hon. and very rev. the Dean of Windsor officiated. PALACE, It Inied t a the Duchess I ,, nce in f Cambridge 3 Palac€ last even The Pr Nlary and the Duke of Cambridge were present. ThE msort rode on horseback in the forenoon, with the Prince of Wales and Prince Alfred, attended by Captain the Hon. D. De Ros and Mr. Gibbs. Prince Victor of Hohenlohe arrived in town yesterday, visited her Majesty at Buckingham Palace, and left London in the afternoon for Frogmore. Prince C of the Phcelix Loan Society was last night. The business a Rooms ne character )DEN DEATHS. —Fewer deaths of s have taken place during the last fort-fight Luau Av. --le length of time for many years past. One whole week and there has not been a case reported at the Coroner's court. This is very satisfactory. DANCE Music.—Under high and especial patronage we observe that Mr. W. Clerc has published a piece of dance music, entitled " The Favourite Varsoviana," and from our own practice, together with that of our " fair friends," we have no doubt of its becoming exceeding popular amongst the devotees of Terpsichore. AMERICAN MAILS.—The steamer Emeu sails this day for New York, :with the mails, ecc. The letter box at the General Post Office will be open in the ordinary course np to 11, and to 114 o'clock with late fees for letters. At the Landing-stage box letters will be received, with additional late fees, up to 12 at noon. The passengers will go on board by the tender at 11 o'clock. THE WEATHER.—It is said that a pound of March dust is worth an ounce of gold ; if so, the quantity of dust that swept about the streets yesterday might have realised " diggings" for any one inclined to gather it. The weather continues very fine, with a bracing sort of wind and dry atmosphere. There gas a slight sprinkling of rain on Monday morning, but nothing of consequence. We believe a good fall of rain for a few hours would not be unwelcome to the farmer. However, on the whole, the agriculturists seem well satisfied at the prospect, which at present looks like a continuance of fine and dry weather. TURXISII MissioNs. — The annual meeting of the f r iends of this society was held last ni ght , in Hope H a ll, Hope street. There was a ver y p oor atten dance. The chair was occu pied by Mr. Crosfiel d, and the m eeting was addressed by o u t the . R w e h v 0 . D. representedr . Crichton, Rev. S. Minton, and Rev. Mr. Young established by some New England divinity students, and it is still wholly conducted by American clergymen. They report that within the past twenty years a great change has been wrought in the Turkish mind, and that the best con sequences to religious freedom and toleration may be expected from the late " firm-tnn" issued by the Sultan at the instance of the Western Powers. A collection was made in aid of the society. TRICKING THE " CARD TRICKERS"—The tide in the affairs of " card sharpers" would soon be very low if all in tended victims acted as the two stout gamekeepers belonging to the locality of Southport did, and whom, for the present, we shall call Joseph and Peter. These two men, a Sunday or so since, were returning from town by the Southport train, and being well-dressed, simple-looking, rural folk, likely to have some cash about them, they were marked out by three " card sharpers" as proper victims. Messrs. Joe ACCIDENTAL AND SC 'a'n'cli"eter had just taken their seats in a carriage, when they were joined by three real-looking gentlemen, who, in the most condescending manner, spoke very flattering things to our aforesaid neighbours. Peter was "wide awake" for the dodge, and nudged his friend Joe, as much as to say, " they think it's all right, and so it is;" and so Mr. Peter made it before he parted company with the three " real gentlemen." When the train proceeded, one of the " gentlemen" took out a pack of cards, as he said, to "beguile the monotony of a jaunt in a railway train." Peter gave Joe another nudge, and Joe understood it by giving friend Peter one in return, which said, as plain as nudge could say, " I know." Some apparently simple trick was proposed, and one of the " real gentlemen" offered to bet Mr. Peter that he would not tell a certain card. " How much will you wager ?" asked Peter. " Half a crown,' replied the " real gentleman." "That's too small," replied Peter ; " make it half a sovereign." " Done," said the gentleman, and down he laid a bran new shining Victoria. Peter very coolly put the coin in his pocket, without any more ceremony than that of lifting it up. The gentleman enquired, " What that was for ?" " give you some information on that subject at the next - station " and r lied Peter ; " I know what you are—' card sh arpers: , ' i you over to the police at the next station !" The sta. ,n was reached, but the three gentlemen mizzled he train could well be stopped, forgetting to ask Mr. return the coin, and leaving him and his brother iniet possession of 10s. more than they ; and that gained, too, in a legitimate man ; the example of these spirited men may be fol with equal success, and then " card A in th© out with We tr wed in days be our «~'~ ame as last account. The - following were the Aberdeen, 131 131. Chester and Caledonian, 29 3-16 29 5-16. closing prices Birkenhead, 15..15i Chester and Holyhead, 121 13. Eastern Counties, 94 9i. East Lancashire, 18 184. Great Northern, 23 234 Ditto A Shares, 91 10. Great Western, 601 614. Lancashire and Yorkshire Stock, 834 831. Liver pool, Crosby, and Southport, 15 158. London and North Western Stock, 994 991. Manchester, Sheffield and Lincoln, 241 25. Ditto Preference, 11.!. 111. Ditto New 6 per cent. Pref., 11- p. Mid land Stock, 601 691. North British, 74 71. North Staffordshire, 61 61-d. South Eastern 20 9-16 201. York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 19 198. York and North Midland, 264 261. Leeds Capital Stock, 151 151. Dutch Rhenish, e Ip. Ditto New Shares, 21 28p. Great Western of Canada, 251 251. Ditto New Shares, 3 3-16 3 5-16. Great Luxembourg, 8 Bd. The Corn Market has been firm to-day, and most articles were held for an advance. Sales of wheat were made at 3d per bushel above the quotations on Friday. The accounts from Manchester report a firm market to-day, with a moderate amount of busi ness, and prices generally inclining upwards. Some discussion has been occasioned by a para graph in a Trieste journal, to the effect that local pposition is made to the Bank of Egypt, and that toted to the bank by the Viceroy has asequently withdrawn.. This statement is founded upon some misapprehension. The pro moters of the bank have never laid claim to the possession of any firman or similar document. Prior to granting a charter of incorporation to the bank, the British government is known to have ascertained that the government of Egypt is favourable to the project, and the representations made to the company's agents in Alexandria are, we are informed, of a similarly satisfactory charac ter. The opposition is believed to originate with Greek houses, which have hitherto profited largely by their command of the class of business contem plated by the new institution. A project is on foot for the formation of a new joint-stock bank at Birmingham, with a capital of £200,000, subject to increase to £500,000. The annual meeting of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company, is called for the 10th of April. Commercial advices from France show that a feeling of uncertainty still exists among traders in fancy wares, and the usual orders for bijouterie, bronzes, &c , have been kept back, which has ren dered the season very dull to the manufacturers. On the other hand, the silk factories at Lyons and elsewhere are in full work, with orders from Ameri can and English houses, and on Russian account, which will keep them employed for the next two or three months. At Paris the sales of spring novelties have not yet commenced, in consequence of the backwardness of the season, but large purchases have been made in woollen manufactures. In the provinces trade has improved, and manu facturers of general articles of merchandise are fully employed with town and country orders. Those of Alsace and Rouen have had their stocks so completely taken off that purchasers have had a difficulty in obtaining supplies; and prices, which had been declining for some time past, have advanced. Generally speaking, such a steady state of trade has not existed for some time, as there is apparently all absence of speculative transactions. At the same time, all are anxiously looking forward to the close of the present month, when the result of the peace negotiations will become known Meanwhile, the feeling displayed in the commer cial world shows that the majority are sanguine of a favourable result Tel egraphic accounts from Hamburg state that advices have been received there from Norway announcing that a serious commercial crisis has occurred there. In the city of Bergen alone twenty houses had suspended payments. The following are the closing quotations of the Amsterdam short, 11 191 to nn Exchang Do., 3 months, 12 24- to 12 21 Rotterdam, kntwerp do., 25 661 to 25 671. 25 604 to 25 671. Hamburg do, 13 111 Paris, short, 25 40 .to 25 474. - Do , three months, 2 824 to 25 874. Marseilles, do, 25 824 to 25 874. Frankfort, do., 12l 1- to 122. Vienna, do., 11 30 to 11 36. Trieste ; do., 11 30 to 11 36. Peters burg, do., 36 to 304. Madrid, do., 496 to 494. The Funds were rather flatter this morning, owing to an increased demand for money. In the Stock Exchange the demand was stimulated by the settlement of the account in Consols. The pressure in the Discount market was also con siderable, partly in anticipation of the instalment which fells due next Thursday on the new loan. Generally, the Money Market is tight ; neverthe less, the Stock Market in the afternoon excited renewed firmness, and the closing quotations were almost as good as those of yesterday, being 926. Upon the whole, the Funds must be considered extremely well supported. At Paris to-day the three per cent Rentes exhibited a recovery of about per cent. The Railway Share Market to-day was rather flatter, owing to the approach of the settlement, and to the apprehension that high of interest will be exacted for carrying over the accounts of speculative buyers. The closing quotations were as follows : Caledonian, 584 581. Eastern Counties 9 2-16 9 11-16. East Lancashire, 72 73. Great Northern, 92 923. Do. A., 774 783. Great Western 60l 602. Lancashire and Yorkshire, 831 834- Lon don and North Western, 994 991. Manchester Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 25 251. Midland Stock 694 694. North British, 30 31. South Eastern and Dover, 66 664 661. York Newcastle, and Ber wick, 75i 764 York and North Midland, 52 524. THE LONDON GAZETTE BANKRUPTS.— JOHN SEARLE, Ely, builder. GEORGE DEWING, Bath-street, Newgate-street, printer. WILLIAM DEACON, BOXMOOT, Hertford, brewer. SAMPSON LUCAS. Lawn Villa, merchant and commission agent. DAVID DEACON, Kilburn, butcher. ELIZA GORTON, Cleveland street, Fitzroy-square, music seller. PATRICE SKIPPING TON, Ponnelly, builder. WILLIAM HUTCHINSON, and Markus FLOCETON, Leadenball street, ship brokers. JOHN HARVEY, Farmingham, licensed victualler. Josgra Mrloom Everts, Abergavenny, builder. Jowl RICHARD SON, Liverpoal, timber merchant. ALEXANDER SIMPSON, Kingston-upon-Hull, warehouseman. GEORGE HAMLING, Leadenhall-street, ship broker. PETER. Lam - Erma, Strand, metal broker and commission agent. Picco, the " Sardinian minstrel," appeared for the first time before a London audience on Saturday evening. Hi• performance on a shepherd's reed not more than three inches long is very extraordinary. The " Casts Diva" and the " Carnival of Venice" were very wonderful displays both of taste and skill. THE DUKE OF BIICIEINGHAM.—After many years of re tirement from public life the Duke of Buckingham appeared at Aylesbury, on Friday, to preside at a special meeting of the Royal Bucks Agricultural Association, founded in 1833, under his auspices. In the evening a number of members of the association dined together. The duke was received with the warmest cordiality. In the course of the evening his health was drunk, when be spoke with much feeling of his former relations with Buckinghamshire and its agricul turists. The Marquis of Chandos was by his father's side. NEW CORN EXCHANGE IN WIGAN.—A new corn market in Wigan will be opened on Friday next. The spacious room at the Commercial-hall, Market-place is fixed for this purpose, and being situated in the centre of the town, cannot but prove very advantageous to farmers and others immediately interested. From the facility thus afforded, parties from a distance have an opportunity of sending their grain at any time during the week previous to the market day (Friday), which will be received by Mr. Reuben Howarth, the proprietor, who will be responsible for its custody. It is also intended that one portion of the room shall be allotted for cheese, &c. The proprietor has seen for a long series of years the necessity of such a place for business, and has been actuated by no other motive than to afford farmers an opportunity of having a place set apart strictly for the transacting their own business, and not, as heretofore, in the streets or public houses. By this accommodation they will not be subject to the inclemency of the weather, and their produce will at all times be in a saleable state, and open for inspection. The highest praise is due to our enterprising fellow townsman for providing such accommodation for public business. The same gentleman is about to present three splendid silver cups to the parties growing the best crops of wheat, corn, hay, clover, turnips, &c., from his bone manure. Tile cups are of the mostlelaborate description, and finished by the firm of Royle and Rawson, jewellers, "Wigan. 101.11.MMI,NOMMIM.Mial=AMMIK , .C1k1111,pmemio PHILHARMONIC-HALL THE " ST. PAUL, ' LAST NIGHT• The first concert of this year's subscription (whien now to embrace ten concerts annually) was given 1!,,s t es night to a well-filled house. The performanc e was ~ delssohn's Oratorio of St. Pau1...4 With this wor— Liverpool is not very familiar, b u t all st udious , s er e' amateurs know and appreciate it as one of the mast grandest and most expressive works. The perfornashe as a whole, considering the very high qualifications' vocal and instrumental, requisite for such a compositio t. o e may be pronounced a favourable one, but it wil l not de t leave the work as it is, if the members of the Philharroon band and choir wish to maintain their former fame. The °case choruses, numerous and difficult, were given°ve, sionally with full vigour, and in the slower PleT6. d ments with great propriety of feeling; but t he grnd til intention of the :composer was often misunderstood, a-0 t° the effect was marred at times, by a weakness in tenors and altos. Remarks we have previously li ed A , make regarding the absence of requisite light a nd sha". ; may again be applied to every part of the chor us ' 9° 6 1 0 is really time some effort were made to tame down and exuberant force of crir otherwise excellent choir, m ust be 3 inspire them with' delicacy and grace, which characteristic of all genuine singing. The coMelittete deserve credit for providing an xcellent tre a P e A f: render the comparatively insimificant solos. Weiss undertook the bass, and in every part wa s elc.,e;t lent ; in the " Consume them all," and the elevated '" " Know ye not that ye are his temple," he produced ° P I; site, but equally admirable, effects. Mr. Montern 93/ .4 1 h was the tenor, and the possession of a puree thn7,310, limited voice, and an intelligent eloquence of s t •ii i ; enabled this gentleman to acquit himself most credi tsll.l i although the tenor has little to do beyond a nu n3b . i et ungrateful recitatives, which were given with mu ch D i r ression; and the only air, a ße hiss faithful," was a piece of genuine singing. Ta Dolby was entrusted the contralto ; part. 1/ ..A 3 1 5 was really a sinecure, if we except the air, , g The 1. 0 ". if mindful," which was sung with all the charming fey that distinguishes this lady. Madame Rudersdorg, Agos, o we suspect is a contralto by nature,) was not very succestes, ful iu the soprano part, being at times untrue is n {vex and neither devotional, nor musically exPresso:eii in her readings. On the whole, w e :,:tbe recommend a careful revision of the Oratori o w ith society, and that it will soon be repeated, we trust, ss more complete effect. The next concert is fixe d f°r Dft. ominous day, the lst April, when the Gassiers low Swift sing. anci exr ADJOURNED INQUEST ON THE LAI MR. SADLEIR, M.P. The adjourned inquest on the body of thl_l a vir te oli' Sadleir was resumed yesterday morning at the house, Hampstead, before Mr. Wakley and the impannelled on the first occasion. The jury having answered to their names, + A the The Coroner asked Mr. Manning, the solicitor jeey deceased's family, if he had any more witness to e%eifioor Mr. Manning said he had not, but he had soon noel ments to lay before the jury. With regard to the'rrds9 said to have been paid to the deceased on the Satl l d h od previous to his death, he had found that the dec ease of been paid £1384 in Bank of England notes, but Ile," oft , the notes had been since aid in to the bank. Pl i tield , Manning) had received al etter from Messrs. Fr,_ es orieU , solictors to the London and County Joint•StoeN,,,,d stating that they had examined the deeds dePee"; t heOl the deceased, as security with that Bank, and fou n t t hat to be genuine. It was believed that the stater eateries had been put forth with regard to the'deceased' s were exaggerated, if not unfounded. h g r. The Coroner said that if the ma tt e rs to whir esoi Manning had referred were to become evidence, witn must be called in support of them. rode ° Mr. Manning said it would be impossible to s elf, evidence that the deceased had, as he had accused eloold ruined thousands, and he suggested that the inquiry s cr ota be strictly confined to the cause of death. Th e gA ged; here could have no claim to the chattels of the de e-- e ro3 o but the Lord of the Manor of Hampstead, under the 1` the of the original grant of 1561, to Sir Thomas R oth, creditors could not prove their right to it. (10 The Coroner said the jury had no power to d eg t o-- that question. The case since they last met ha d as t. st 4 a more serious aspect than it first appeared to present.Bol many astounding facts had come to light through the a t 101 channels of information. The question of claim lea 9 A 6 4P decided elsewhere, and he would not anticipate tha t - sion by discussing the question then. _ 4 50 1 Mr. Manning said he considered it would be a rest of time to produce more evidence. The case ran e Ltere on the evidence of the deceased's friends, and the " . ,jech he had written to show the state of the deceased's ;ore The letters if produced in the Court of Chancery re.,„"01110 to the testamentary disposition of his property, ' t he hare been sufficient to prove him of sound min d, il i i m peted (Mr. Manning) considered that when it was resn"ibere the deceased was in the habit of freely using 0'0 0 %04 could be no doubt that when its Kfects went off he b c i see much dejected, and it had an effect on his ;BIT b le he spirits, and in that desponding state it was Prn un had destroyed himself. Mr. Nicholls, the surgeon, was recalled, and sai. n d be again examined the stomach of the deceased, believed it it contained opium. obs bil Mr. Manning again ur ge d th e e ffect which Pr - d the the opium had in depressing the deceased's min d ' it tn ij Sb ° r: distressing circumstances iu which he was pla,ced, n n hia it was not possible the deceased could have been 1- right mind. He had no other evidence to offer- n d the The Coroner then summed up the evidence, n h - s ene j e jury retired to consider their verdict. After an so „ow a of twenty-five minutes, the jury returned into ev, w , han d returned a verdict that the deceased died by his °W whilst he was in a perfectly sane state. The Coroner : Then that is self-murder. The Foreman : Yes. We are unanimous in th° ost opinion. after t m i l y baf e The Coroner : My own conviction is, mature and careful investigation, that you c °l2 come to no other conclusion. A is The jury then signed the inquisition,"and t" h - closed. WW 2 Mr. Hindley, M,P., for Ashton, i s to be pre s ,,,`" n t o . s„,11 a testimonial, consisting of his portr a it, at the "." 11 of t he on Easter Monday, the 24th inst. SLIGO ELECTION.—It is said that a commit -- St'o he the House of Commons will have to decide UP °ll .L'eg election, and that a petition will be presented t.--1 06 present week. t aeet i THE POLICE BlLL.—Yesterday morning anothe r h ote of the mayors of England was held at gerb ert t l i gent Westminster, to consider the best steps to be t l • g r , order to defeat the further progress of the coun t i e s ii O ' Boroughs Police Bill, read for the second thge doste House of Commons the previous night. It ° told 40 mously decided, that strenuous opposition is ' offered to the further progress of the meastlr e io 0 0 5 present form, and that a stand should be 1 13 ,P2,410%ie mittee upon the first clause, with the view 0 1 + , ..Th010 1 " amendment introduced to deprive it of its obr""" character. The meeting then adjourned. n n , OL Ta r e, DISTRESSING DEATH OF A BAR RIST ER.--"`" -- ,„ 10 , t , e afternoon Mr. Wakley empannelled a jury, touching the death of Charles Houblon Grove , 49, barrister-at-law, an active m em ber of the , r - wod ia - r : y C bar, who expired under exceeding! melaneh °l7 .,e. t stances, at his chambers, No. 49, Chancery - l a James Taylor, the deceased's chief clerk, dePe s too lc, ;,0 on Saturday last, between three and four d a c od heard the deceased's private room bell ring, .--attle-rdo proceeding to the apartment he found the, un hie a r gentleman sitting back in his arm chair with Apearoe4 stretched out in a raised posture, and his discovered,t ough he however,as in th t a h t a t t i t u h d e e w o a f s y past the deceased had been suffering 11 0 1• 8 0 • 1 0 1) :: 1 pitation of the heart, and the medical evideoc-erelic that the death was caused by the disease. • ed_.% accordance with this testimony was at once re" • - o'r% 0 THE DESTRUCTIO N OF THE T HEATRE ROTAT" nee .- e GARDEN.—During Tuesd a y severa l h u ndred g e A visited the ruins; amongst the earliest to a tt .t i i%o t p lie lt , Lord Ernest Bruce, Colonel Knox, and se ve r dik e members of parliament. In Bow-street it li - 1 0 001 3 . - to for persons to pass along on account of the lea".,;11/ crowd assembled there, and Hart-street, 1,0":,-4 equ" re d the Queen's entrance in Prince's-place , W 7Tea t i r li- o ot crowded by persons. Several hundred person; t he I t A within the theatre, including a great Mani °,..` , C1 11 ;; e 0t Guards, and the latter being in full regime prise' picturesque effect was produced. Every 7, - , l re could be seen raking amongst the ruins to PTtoorb"; is thing as a rolic. The work of demolition th oug h t t "' Oa" e tb wall goes on with full vigour, and it is 00,401 less than a week the whole will be down' an u A o ott o r safety of the opposite houses will be secured. 4 ' he ° "tat rOP ne t .- iuquiry into the cause of the terrible catast menced yesterday before Mr. Bedford, the co° aed Westminster. dicta' fi r THE CONVICT BANKERS. Yesterday t he a ir " examination of Strahan, Paul 8: Bates, under th e ir t, O C r u u s p t t o c d y , took place before Mr. Commissioner ' /rllll,, lit °PI O until their y Court of Bankruptcy. The bankrupts were br e4 7 l t c ell ed but r e were sene allowed re toq wired.rem a i dajeas ace popf t ro in support of a proof tendered by the trusteet. '171 . 4 Fitzgerald. sister of Sir John Paul for a stun ° e s tat e, of The proof had been admitted against the joint egote it was now sought to be made on the separate Li ght r o e, Mr. Strahan. Sir J. Dean Paul was here hrLeara: court for the purpose of being examined. Hisa„„rrvircieLoo which was care-worn and dejected, excited stra" t io sympathy amongst the crowd. He stated that inra....ef. Ae knew nothing of the application of the trust-Ivu,'W. de r believed that his father was insolvent when he 'leo on was indebted to the bank .630 000. fie was trus, „Ott, several estates, and paid what he pleased into his r irr opt, account. The application was refused, but th e b ii ian oti,W ary were declared to have passed their examination., taken baok in custody to the Milbank Penitstalw° IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF OF LORDS.—TUESDAY Their Lordships met at five o'clock. THE MORTAR CONTRACTS. The Earl of DERBY inquired as to the truth of the statement made by Mr. Monsell in the other House, that contractors had supplied mortars, in which pieces of iron had been inserted to conceal flaws in the metal. He called upon the Government to state also the names of the contractors who committed the fraud, and by whom it was discovered. Lord PANMURE said, unfortunately, the statement of the clerk of the ordnance was well founded. The names of the contractors who supplied the mortars in question was Messrs. Griscell and Co., and they had inserted the pieces of iron so skilfully that it escaped the eyes of the Government inspector, and was only discovered in proving them at Woolwich, after firing ten rounds. The Govern ment would not of course entrust Messrs. Griscell with any more contracts, but it was yet doubtful whether the Government had power to proceed against them by law. The Agricultural Statistics Bill, the Mutiny Bill, the Marine Mutiny Bill, the Out-Pensioners (Greenwich and Chelsea) Bill, the Consolidated Fund (X 26,000,000) Bill, the Drainage Advances Act Amendment Bill, and the Delamere Forest Bill, were severally passed a second reading. The Leases and Sales of Settled Estates Bill was read a third time and passed. The LORD CHANCELLOR presented a Bill to Amend the County Courts Act. Their Lordships rose at ten minutes past seven o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-TUESDAY. There being only 32 members present at four o'clock the House stood adjourned till tomorrow (Wednesday,: twelve o'clock LIVERPOOL COUNTY COURT.-YESTERDAY (BEFORE JOSEPH PJLLOCK, Big., JUDGE.) IMPORTANT TO PRINTERS. ALLEN V. OUSELY The plaintiff is a foreman printer, and the defendant is proprietor and editor of the Liverpool Herald, newspaper ; and the action was broutht to recover £B, being a month's wages in lieu of a month's notice on dismissal Mr. Gro eott appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Himo for the defendant. The plaintiff, on being sworn, said in answer to Mr. Grocott, that he had been employed at the Herald office by Mr. Thomas John Ousely at the established wages of £2 a week, and Bd. an hour for nightwork. He had been employed there from the 31st of December last until the 2nd of February, when he was dismissed without notice. On that day he left the office about four o'clock in the morning, the hour at which they generally went to press, and returned about half-past eleven o'clock, as was his practice, to clear the office. He found it shut. and went to the publishing office in search of Mr. Ousely, who said he should not enter the office, nor get the key lest he might rob him [(Mr. Ousely). It was then arranged that the plaintiff should meet him at the Oxley Elms, public-house, in the Old Haymarket, (Mr. Ousely's " local habitation,") at. half-past twelve o'clock, but on returning to the office he found Mr. Ousely inside and actively employed in throwing the men's aprons into the street. The custom of the trade was always a month's notice on either side in the case of foremen, and a fortnight's notice in the case of journeymen constantly employed. Cross-examined by Mr. Hime : Received no notice to leave from Mr. Houghton. Recollects Saturday, the 19th of January. On that day Mr. Houghton called him aside, in the underwriters' room, and told him that he (Mr. Houghton) had hitherto found all the money for the affair (the Herald) and that he could not pay longer than a fortnight more. He said that he found himself in diffi culties, and that Mr. Ousely promised to bring in money into the concern, but did not. He asked what notice the men would require, and plaintiff replied a fortnight for them, and a month for himself. He then said if Mr. Ousely brought the money as he promised, all would go on well, but that if he did not, then the plaintiff would consider that he had received, for himself and his men, the usual notice. Plaintiff believed 'Mr. Houghton was part proprietor—at least he furnished the money. On the 2nd of February he received his wages from Mr. Houghton, and mentioned that he was leaving, and also that the door had been locked on him. Plaintiff moved his things from the office on the following Monday, and on the 11th of February was employed by Mr. Fraser. Mr. Hime then put in the rules of the Liverpool Typo graphical Society, of which the plaintiff admitted himself a member, but both he, and the witnesses examined on his behalf, declared that the _rule as to notice, did not apply to foremen. Mr. W. Lewis, Mr. John Fairclour , h, and Mr. Gabriel Lloyd, deposed to the practice of the trade being a month's notice on either side in the case or foremen, and a fortnight for men. Mr. [lime for the defence, contended that the plaintiff had discharged himselt in leaving under the circum stances as detailed, and that by the custom of the trade he was not entitled to more than a fortnight's notice, which he had received from Mr. Houghton, on the 19th January. He called Mr. Thomas Houghton, clerk in the underwriters' office, who deposed that he was, for some time, connected with the Herald as one of its proprietors, and that on the 19th January he told the plaintiff, that it would depend on certain arrangements to be made by Mr. Ousely, whether the paper would be continued or not, and that, therefore, he would consider that he had received for himself and the men the customary notice. To Mr. Grocott : On that occasion he mentioned that he would require a months' notice for himself. Mr. William Jones, secretary of the - Typographical Society, Mr. John Nelson and Mr. John Lyndon, on being sworn, deposed that they knew no custom in the trade, which required that a foreman should receive and give a months notice, unless in the event of a special agree ment. His Honour, in giving his judgment said, that the case as presented to the court, did not at all involve the ques tion of the custom of the trade in regard to foremen. He thought that that custom was very doubtful. Whether it entitled the plaintiff to a months' notice, or not, he was not called on to say, because what ever the custom might be, he was of opinion that the plaintiff was entitled to such notice from another circum stance in the case. On the 19th January a conversation took place between the plaintiff and Mr. Houghton, and as was clear from the evidence of both sides, on that occa sion the plaintiff claimed a month's notice for himself and a fortnight's notice for the men. Mr. Houghton was admitted to be entitled, from his position, to enter) ain any such claim; and when he (his Honour) found that neither Mr. Houghton nor Mr. Ouseley made any objec tion to that claim, he considered that a special contract existed between the plaintiff and Mr. Houghton that he, at all events, should have a month's notice. That month's notice should be taken as having commenced on the 10th January and only a fortnight having expired on the 2nd February. he was entitled to re-over an additional fort night's wages. The verdict should therefore be for the plaintiff for £4, with costs. MURDER OF A GAOLER HASTINGS, March 10.—This morning, about half-past six, a sad affair took place in the gaol of this town. The gaoler, named Wellard, aged 65, and much respected, went into the cell of a man named Murdock to give him his breakfast. Murdock, who is undergoing imprisonment for picking pockets, seized Wellard by the neckcloth as he was leaving the cell, and twisted it until he got the old man into a chair senseless. He then proceeded to the matron's room, fast ened her in, and escaped over the wall of the prison. A boy who was confined with him in the cell could not succeed in following him, and therefore remained in custody. Wellard, when discovered, was found to be dead, and officers were dispatched in every direction in pursuit of the murderer. In the afternoon some boys, playing in a field, saw a man in the ditch, and suspecting that he was the murderer, they gave an alarm. Two of them, more resolute than the rest, seized and held him till assistance arrived. The man thus taken proved to be Murdock, and he was taken back to the gaol. He is reported to have exhibited some emotion when he heard that Wellard was dead. He is described as 21 years of age, a well-known pickpocket, about 5 feet 9 inches in height, light brown hair, gray eyes, pale com plexion, no whiskers, full neck and face ; was dressed in shabby clothes, black frock coat, black trousers, black hat, black silk handkerchief, white shirt, no collar. It is believed his clothes were torn in climbing the wall. The circumstances of his imprisonment were the following—On February 25, James Murdock, 21, and George Wright, 12, were accused of picking pockets ; George Young, 25, was accused of being an accomplice. Young was discharged, and the two former were committed for trial at the next borough quarter sessions. In consequence of a statement made by the prisoners in gaol, Young was again apprehended on a charge of uttering counterfeit coin, but was discharged for want of evidence. It is probable that the statement made by the prisoners, and which led to Young's second apprehension, might have been a ruse to enable the three to concert a plan of escape after Young's second discharge. The deceased was about seventy years old, wa s well known and highly respected. The family to wh i ch he belonged is one of long standing in the town, and highly connected. He had held the office of gaoler for many . year, during which he had shown himself to be a man of strict integrity, and also of humane feeling towards his prisoners. The people are intensely .excited and indignant, both on account of the dreadful crime itself, and also on account of the generous and humane character of the unfortunate sufferer. AUSTRIA AND RUSSIA It is reported at Vienna that Count Orloff has vowed vengeance against Austria, a n d th a t h e will ask why the Euxine should be a commeroial sea, and the Adriatic " Mare °lemma," sonsegesegimumimeliteme