The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-03-24 00:00:00

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EVENING EDITION ar An Evening Edition of the NORTHERN DAILY TIMIDS 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. Tim ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION TO THE NORTHER DAILY TIMES is TWO GUINEAS m ANNUM. E4e Jinttrn final MONDAY, MARCH 24, 1856 INFORMATION of a vital character came to us at one time by a direct line from its legitimate sources, and the world has been led to believe that the telegraph wires would have rendered this course more certain and expeditious. Silly thought! Good things are not thrown out of official windows for the benefit of the undeserving, nor are great or little evils to be suffered to go forth to afflict the virtuous. Thus it is we hear from newspaper correspondents in the Crimea, what diplomacy contemplates in that western hemisphere. To this " great circle sailing' in politics we are, however, indebted for this strange piece of intelligence from the camps before Se bastopol :—" A favourite camp rumour now is that " two divisions of the army, under Sir COLIN CAMP BELL, will embark for Canada the moment peace is " officially declared with Russia. The Highland, " and Third or Fourth Divisions are likely to be " the ones selected." To these momentous tid ings were added these few insulting and alarming words :—" And right glad will they be to have " look at the Yankees with Sir COLIN CAMPBELL "as their Commander-in-Chief." The corres pondent of the Daily News is the author of these war-fermenting contributions, and the exponent of the political designs of the English Go vernment on the American Continent. Three entire divisions of our army 70,000 strong to be sent to Canada ! For what ? and at whose desire ? If the people of this country do not speedily demand an explanation, and an authori tative contradiction of these rumours, those of the United states will. They will not wait to be overtaken by the avalanche of war, and surprised when least prepared. The news carried out by the last mail will throw the entire Union into the greatest excitement, even assuming that the rumours" from the British Camp are wholly had no dispute with America. The' broil corn. menced with the Administration, and are we to go I to war—to commit one of the, worst of henious sins—to substantiate the folly of a, or any, govern ment ') Experience suggests, and the wise exercise of a high Constitutional right by the legis. lature has given extraordinary sanctity to a very different course. Lord CLARXNDON'S dispatches are written in the temper and style so exclusively the heirloom of undergraduates at our universi ties. He states his case in all its broadest phases, and having magnified all the minor detail° of the subject under consideration, to the last degree, the noble Earl discusses them on the nar rowest logical basis, and with the utmost warmth of a pedant. It is not denied, however, that enlisting men within the territories of the United States is a violation of the American laws. If it were not, why should England appeal to the Government of the Union to prevent filibustering , expeditions against Cuba, Mexico, and the Mos quito territories ? If we urge the Washingfon Cabinet one day to enforce the law against others, what right have we to ask them to abrogate it the next for our purposes ? The Palmerston Ministry have offended in this case, and they only are answerable for the conse quences. The President and congress of America expect that reparation will be made ; and all they expect or ask is, that the persons who acted con trary to their Municipal regulations, with a perfect knowledge of what they were doing, shall be recalled. This, the country must admit, is getting well out of a scrape, in which no sober or orderly, management of foreign affairs could have placed us, If, therefore, the British troops in the Crimea are to be sent to Canada, it is simply because the Palmerston Ministry will not withdraw Mr . Crampton from Washington, togethor with two Consular agents, who, in the inlistment of soldiers in the States, acted on our Ambassadors instruc tions. Being enabled to fix the burden of war, in the present instance, on the right ;shoulders, the community will, it is hoped, know how to act. Our good sense, our morality, affection for one common origin, and all that is imperative in religion, prompt us to cry aloud—there must be no war with America ! No shedding of the blood of kinsmen, to gratify personal piques, or Ministerial ambition—to gratify aristocracies by the publica tion daily of lists of brevets, and the distribution of medals, which are becoming as common as fry ing pans, and other culinary utensils. These things a NAPOLEON looks on in the present age as " epi sodes,' , and the sooner we abandon scars for cotton, and cuts for breadstuff's, the better. Canada certainly needs no coersion, and the Americans will not submit to intimidation. Why then send, or even talk of sending legions of men across the Atlantic, who would be better employed, better fed, and paid in working to support them selves, and supply the wants of a kindred people, and drawing closer the ties of friendship, by which civilisation must stand or fall ? This cannot be advent of Pharisaical age, when men will make blood sacrifices at the altar of mammon, and bring down the eternal vengeance of Heaven upon the earth. Is England to become a second Jerusalem, and her people driven forth into the wilderness to mourn °ver her lost grandeur and the sins of her rulers ? To escape this, it behoves us to beware how we embark in that accursed thing—war. It would be the height of immorrality to introduce figures or ordinary calculations into such a discussion, to show on which side the interest of the people of these isles, and those of America, are the most apparent; or whether one could exist in peace and affluence, without the other. It is enough to know, that commerce is the harbinger of peace and plenty, of mutual confidence and brotherly love among all the nations of the earth ; and that those who, in their policy, repudiate this well-proved fact, are not fit to direct the destinies of civilised and Christian countries. Men who are opposed to the strict moral feelings of their times, caunot govern with honour to themselves, or safety to a state. Those who wilfully embark in a bad cause, cannot secure a good effect; and is England going to brave what she dare not believe to be right, and give way to political dreams, which have filled the world with enduring monuments of desolation ? To a war loving and blood-shedding Minister, we would simply say—" Hot braves like thee may tight," but_to the people of America, " keep to your ploughshares," and to those of Great Britain, " stick to your .00MS THE COURT WINDSOR, March 21.—The Queen and Prince, with the Princess Royal, attended Divine service this morning, and received the Sacrament of the Holy Communion, which was administered also to the King of the Belgians and the Duchess of Kent. The Hon. and Very Rev. the Dean of Windsor officiated. Viscount Palmerston returned to town on Thursday afternoon, from a visit to her Majesty at Windsor Castle, SATURDAY, March 22.—His Excellency the Ambassador of France, the Count de Persigny, arrived at the castle this afternoon from London. The count was the bearer, it is understood, of the official notification from the Emperor of the French of the birth of the imperial prince. Lord Palmerston arrived at the castle from the metro polis at the same time as the ambassador, and, in the absence from this country of the foreign secretary of state, presented his excellency to her Majesty. During the morning her Majesty rode on horseback, in company with his Royal Highness Prince Albert, and the elder of the royal princesses. His Majesty the King of the Belgians remains at the Castle, and, with the gentlemen of his suite, joined the royal dinner party, which also included her Royal High ness the Duchess of Kent, Lady Desart, (Lady in Wait ing), the Hon. Misses Macdonald and Cavendish, Lord Camoys, and the equerries in Waiting. The Queen will hold the first drawing-room this season on the 10th of next month, at St. James's Palace. ST. ANN'S DISPENSARY AND EYE AND EAR INSTITU TION, 9, ROSE-HlLL.—Week ending March 22,—New patients ehtered on the books last week, viz—Relieved at the institution, 136 ; relieved at their own dwellings, 70. Total, 206. Visitors.—Mr. E. Watts, and Mr. F. Kirk. Hon. secretary and treasurer—Joseph Kitchen, Esq. raysaPoor. OMNIBUS COMPANY.—We have received the prospectus of a proposed omnibus company to be formed in this town, on the principle and plan of those which in Paris and London have worked so much increased accom modation to the public, and so beneficially for the proprie tors who have embarked in those undertakings. LIVERPOOL ROYAL INFIRMARY. Week ending 22nd March, 1856.—Admitted : In-patients, 34; out-patients : 6 ; casuals during the week, 10. Discharged : In-patients, cured, 24 ; relieve d, and at own request, 10 ; made out patients, 11; irregular, 2 ; dead, 3. Remain in the house, 160. House visitors : Edward Gillen and Charles Freer, Esqrs., Phy s i c i an an d surgeon f or the ensuing week : Dr. Vose and Mr. H a lt on . House surgeon : Mr. G. B. drifting" into war with aHa lford. Junior house surgeon : Mr. Cecil Webster. Chaplain : Rev. H. J. Garrod, B.A. Robert Hutchison, vengeance—not into an unmeaning, aimless, treasurer. N e l n ort . .m.R.--Messrs. George Forrester and Co.. the eminent Ns R contest with despotism, but a bloody struggle with i r e ; o e r r s a h er av: in c . oin t pl , et G ed the manufacture of England has a peace party a monster mort g a civilization ! Happily o m v e e t r e n r m e T n t t: i s i m capable en os immense pi n g an i c r e on to opp ose s uch diabolical machinations. For- t p h ie r e o e win f g a d shell eighteen inches ? r n s dia charcoal tunately for mankind such wars are becoming Woolwich, the production of was re ca oe s i t ve a d t the Vauxhall Foundry, from ftrhoemßritht9 British colony Arsenal, at o d ti a, from the mines of the Acadian hon e more impossible daily. The recent publication Companyol yof there,/st'ova of the official correspondence between the a S n e , is, branch of our therefo re ,colonivaelr warlike purposes and the m a a r y tl industry, of the enormous prove of of great American and British Cabinets may have , iyndi im p o r tant , developing a new peace. quantity The h o e f been been very irritating'to some of our suseepti- ) service both for ble Ministers. But if statesmen will do what is weight twent. fi o v f e the ton s c . a s a t n i n d g was the weight, as completed, is fourteen beneath their dignity, and embark in matters as and a-half y tons. ' The length is seven feet paltry as they are fallacious, as costly as they are diameter three feet nine inches, the bore eighteen inches; ridiculous, and as unjust as they are illegal, they the ed diameter e diameter t e r o f the across trunnionsthe trunnions being eighteen inches. This must bear the obloquy they bring upon themselves mortar will pass the Town Hall this morning (Monday), at as well as less pretentious folks. Great Britain has i eleven o'clock, on its way to the Royal Arsenal at Woolwich. without foundation. But before any denial can be given the Americans will be up in arms, and then the British Government, to " guard against ~ probable contingencies," will probably consider themselves justified in verifying the camp reports by immediately despatching a large military and -J -- naval force to Canada This would be TR% fientlitlitlf 11)120044181111 1 001, slolloAtt MAACH 14115.444 MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL. LIVERPOOL. SATURDAY EVENING. The Liverpool Cotton Market has been closed to-day. The Share Market opened with a steady and firm tone, and gradually improved during the day, closing firm at the - following quotations : Aberdeen, 131 131. Chester and Birken head, 151 151. Caledonian, 301 301. Chester and Holyhead, 141 141. Eastern Counties, 91 91. East Lancashire, 181 181. Great Northern, 23 231. Do. A9l 10. Great Western, 63 631. Lancashire and Yorkshire Stock, 841 841. Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport, 151 16, London and North Western Stock, 1001 1001. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 261 27. Ditto Preference, 111 111. Ditto New 6 per cent. Pref., i t Po. Midland Stock, 721 721. North British, 71 71. North Staffordshire, 61 51d. South Eastern, 20 11-16 201. York, Newcastle, and Berwick,l9 5-16 19 7-16. York and North Midland, 271 271. Leeds Capital Stock, 151 16. Dutch Rhenish, 13-161 p. Ditto New Shares, 21 21p. Great Western of Canada , 25 ; 25 1 . Ditto New Shares, 2 11-16 2 13-16 p. Ditto 2nd issue, 21 21p. Great Luxembourg, 71 71d. A correspondent has furnished us with the fol lowing, in reference to the present condition of the Corn trade : The returns of sales of British wheat, as per Gazette, for this week are 68,661 qrs., at 675. Ild. per qr. Corresponding week, 1855, 80,337 „ 665. I Id. „ Do. Do. 1854, 53,244 „ 795. 2d. „ Ths weather has become balmy and spring -like, and accompanied by an inclination of wind to the westward, which has enabled several grain and flour laden vessels to work up since Tuesday. Inactivity has marked the grain trade throughout this week. The questionable advance made in the price of wheat at Mark-lane yesterday week has induced buyers to pause in their operations, and we have a very natural reaction. Prices have not declined to as low as they were two or three weeks back, but a very unsatis- factory feeling prevails as to the future prospects of the There are a few prominent causes why this should be so :—the restorat - on of peace, accompanied by commer cial difficulties of no ordinary magnitude,--one of the finest prospects for next harvest we probably ever had at a corres ponding season of the year, and the certainty that we shall receive liberal supplies of foreign breadstuffs the next few months. Besides these, potatoes have contributed much to lessen the consumption of flour by the labouring classes, being good, cheap, and plentiful—indeed, more so than in any spring since 1844. It is true we have at present at this port only moderate, or indeed small stocks of really good wheat and flour, but we hold largely of secondary qualities of both articles, and of Indian corn, which mast seek a vend somewhere. Quotations may be considered as almost nomi nal for each article of the grain market. The Lightning, whose arrival off Queenstown from Melbourne was announced this morning, has brought dates to the 28th September, and 12,000 ounces of gold. The Blaclfwall, which left Melbourne for London a fortnight before the Lightning, has on board 87,281 ounces, and the Emma, which left for Liverpool on the _ 13th December, has about 40,000 ounces. The advices by the Lightning report the loss of the splendid ship Schomberg, off Cape Otway, on her passage from this port to Melbourne. All the passengers and crew are said to have been saved. The report of the loss, however, appears to be based on very slight authority, and strong doubts are entertained as to the truth of the rumour. The commercial accounts in the papers now before us are of a very satisfactory character. The Money Market was remarkably easy, and there was no falling off in the receipt of gold dust. The demand for labourers was good, particularly for those ac quainted with agricultural pursuits, and the ten dency of wages was towards an advance. The price of gold had declined to 21 14s. 6d. per oz. In Melbourne, flour was moving a little, but holders were by no means eager. With reference to money matters a private circular says : We negociated several loans last week at former quota tions, viz., one on a first-class freehold property at 10 per cent. ; and others at short dates at from 20 to 2.5 per cent. interest. There is a steady demand for money at the above rates, and just now a choice of good freehold securities in the market. Investments to a considerable have also come under our notice this week in gas debentures, at par, with current interest added ; and in Bank of Victoria Shares at 211. or 61. premium. The same authority, in reference to general butiness, says : Business in general, this week has been a repetition of the last; operations are very limited owing to the heavy transac tions of the past month. We do not think it is likely to revive until after the new year, In flour nothing has been done this week to guide the market. We understand that the mill quotations next week will be £32 per ton, although the largest holders are offering flour at auction on Monday, but it will not probably fetch over £3O per ton. Brandy is very dull of sale, and prices are looking down, owing to large shipments advised per Lightning. The advices per next mail will have great intiuence upon this article. We have not heard of any transactions of importance in spirits. The demand for wine is less. Claret is very dull of sale. Hops have greatly declined in price owing to large shipments expected, and advices from England of an excel. lent crcp. They have been effered at 2s 6d. There is no rice in first hands. All arrivals have changed hands imme diately, at our quotations. For ale and porter prices remain firm. Large quantities of bottled beer have come to hand from the sister colonies ; but as there is very little expected from home, we doubt not the price will go high er . F or hams and bacon prices are firm. Owing to the superior manner in which American hams and bacon are put up for keeping during the warm weather, they command now the attention of purchasers for the interior in preference to the English package, as they are not so much liable to be affected by the heat. From Sydney we learn that there was an active business going on, and large speculations were entered into in breadstuffs, tobacco, spirits, wines, ke. The last report of the Sydney Branch of the Royal Mint, exhibits a continued rapid increase, both as respects the receipts of gold dust and the issue of sovereigns —the former being 25,795 oz , the latter 50,000 sovereigns. This shows an increase upon the largest weekly amount of gold dust imported into the Mint of 2,4Y3 ounces, and of sovereigns 5000. The greater portion of this gold is transmitted from Melbourne and Geelong, between which ports and Sydney, a systematic gold trade. which promises to be a most extensive one, is now well organised. One grave difficulty however, still remains in the way of placing this most important branch of our commercial transactions with the sister colony on a perfectly satisfactory footing Sir Charles Hotham still refuses to proclaim the Sydney sovereign to be a legal tender in Victoria; and hence the banks refuse to receive our coinage. The consequence is, that the bulk of the bullion bought by the Sydney agents at Ballarat, and the other productive diggings of the South, is paid for in British coin, drawn from Sydney, No evil, be yond a temporary inconvenience, resulting from Sir Charles's persistance in his present inexplicable policy, was anticipated ; for whilst the Victorian diggers know that they can secure immediate payment for their gold at the Sydney Mint, at the rate of 41. to 41. 3s. per ounce, there is every prospect of transactions between the two colonies, and the operations at the Mint, being increased to an amount whose extent it is impossibld.lo pre dict. With reference to trade at Adelaide, wequote the following report from the circular of Messrs. Bull and Cowie : The chief feature in trade claiming attention this week is the further decline in flour, which since last week's quotation of £3B has been freely sold during this at £3O, and within the last three days several lots have changed hands for export at the latter figure for immediate ship ment. For later delivery the latter quotation would not be maintained. The new wheat is coming forward rapidly and in better grinding condition than most of the earlier lots. The prices given during the week have varied from 8s 6d to 108 per bushel for present me, but lower rates have to be submitted to for delivery during the month. One of the vessels dispatched about seven months ago for breadstuffs to Chili came up yesterday, but of her cargo only 400 tons is flour, and we understand it will not come upon the market but be forwarded to 'the other colonies. Bran is dull at Is 31 per bushel. For hoisefeed, barley finds a preference over other grain. Potatoes are offering abundantly at WI. to 121. for new, and for old it is difficult to fix a price, it being dependent upon condition. There is more business doing in liquors, the late warm ',weather as well as the ex port trade having stimulated the demand, and both wines and malt liquor are more saleable. Company's Mills, Thursday, December 13, 1855.—Fine flour, 271. per ton ; second ditto, 251. per ton ; thirds ditto, 231. per ton ; pol lard, 2s. per bushel; bran, ls. per bushel; wheat bought at Bs. to 93. per bushel. During the past week there has been rather more ease in the Money Market in London, and Mr. William Avens. in his usual weekly circular, remarks : The discounthouses have not been doing a large business, nor has the bank Leen pressed for accommodation, from which it i sinferred that the trade of the country is not only sound, but that it will not, when peace is restored, require so much temporary capital as seems to be even no w sus p ec t e d , inasmuch as large reserves, put by in time of distrust, will be brought into active employment . At the same tim e it i s considered by cautious and experienced men, that the present ease is only temporary, caused by an abatement of the press sure arising from the payment of the last loan instalment, and other incidental circumstances ; and that a recurrence of such circumstances, which may be looked for about the end of the present month, will necessarily produce a reaction from the• present comparative ease. Money on the Stock, Exchange is worth 41 per cent. ; but on Wednesday a con siderable loan was effected on Consols, for a short period, at 3 per cent. Reports have been in circulation of the Bank of England having lowered the rate of interest on bills having more than 60 and less than 95 days to run, from 7 to 6 per cent., but they are without foundation. Such a measure, however, may probably be adopted in a week or two. Consols are no higher than they were this day week, the effect of the announcement of peace having been anti cipated. Quotations are supported by steady purchases by the public in small amounts. The fluctuation has not exceeded I, consequently the market may be described as substantially unchanged. An impression prevails in some quarters out of doors that the official declaration of peace will lead to an improvement upon present quotations ; but this opinion does not meet with ready concurrence in the House. Business has been dull owing to the approach of the Easter holidays, many dea'ers and members Gavin g left town. The same cause has diminished the number of country orders. Railway Stocks are rather lower than they have been since Saturday; but they are firm, and the tone of the market is good throughout. The traffics continue uniformly good; and we hear tew complaints from proprie tors of bad returns. Certain Stocks in this market are far more likely to rise, permanently, upon the conclusion of peace, than Consols or any other description of securities. Foreign Securities have not shown much change. A good deal has been done in Spanish New Deferred at improved prices. Turks are firm. Business however in this market is limited. To-day, although business has been somewha languid the tone of the market has been firm, and the tendency is towards improvement. It is now thought that the announcement of the approaching peace has not been so extensively " discounted " as was supposed in the earlier part of the week. Consols opened at 92-2,- to 921- for the Account, and afterwards improved to 921 to 921, at which they closed, the market looking good. Railway Shares have been firm, and several of the heavy stocks appear inclined to advance. Foreign Stocks are better, and closed strong. There is also a dispo sition to contract engagements. Turkish 6 per Cents. have been done at 98, 971, and 98k. Money is in fair demand, and there is no particular pressure. The imports of specie during the week have been by the Ravensbourne, from Antwerp, 28 cases bullion : 'lie Gambia, from Africa, 1,948 ozs. gold, or 7,83U1. ; the Asia, from New York, 559,747 dols or 110,0001; the Vesta from Oporto, eight boxes silver coin ; the Dawstone, from Sydney, one box gold ; the Tyne, from the West Indies, 717,318 dols., or 143,4601. The exports have been by the Avon, for the Brazils, 77,940 i; the Magda lena, for the West Indies ; 16,0001; the Sultan, for Lisbon, 32,187/, and Cadiz, 10,1081. ; the Ava, for India, &c., with 411,0201., of which 7,3001. was in gold, and the rest in silver, divided as follows : gold to Alexandria, 2,6001, Ceylon, 3,0001., and Madras, 1,7001. ; silver to Bombay, 219,5281, Madras, 30,3201., and Calcutta, 153,8721. The following is the official return of the exports of the precious metals from the port of London for the week ending 13th March : Gold coin to Antwerp, 50 ounces ; silver coin to Antwerp 500 ounces, silver coin to Boulogne 185 ounces ; total silver 685 ounces. In the Mincing-lane markets, this week, there has been a very limited business transacted. Sugar, however, has been in request at Od to is per cwt advance, for exportation. Coffee has been dull and cocoa steady. Tea has not attracted much attention, but holders have been firm. Rice has been rather inactive. Rum, at previous rates, has been taken to a moderate extent, and saltpetre has been in good demand at a rise of 6d to 1s per cwt. For spices there has been a quiet market. Tallow has been neglected, and the prices are almost nominal. The following are the Gazette average prices of Muscovado sugar, for the week ending March 18th, 1856, exclusive of custom's duties payable thereon, on the importation thereof into Great Britain : From the West Indies, 24s 21d per cwt ; from the Mauritius, 25s lid, do. ; from the East Indies, 23s 101 d, do.; average price of the three foregoing descriptions, 24s Sad. Much anxiety is felt at Madrid as to the result of the financial project brought forward by the new Minister of Finance, Senor Santa Cruz. The Duke of Victoria has declared to the Cortes that lie will support the measure of the Minister, and calls upon that assembly to vote the budget of revenue after they have passed that of expenditure, as a duty the own to the Govern ment, so as to enable them to carry on the public service. . Perhaps it may be requisite to make some slight modifications in the items ; but the principle of funding the floating debt has now become a matter of necessity, to ease the financial operations of the state, and to allow the Government means of developing the commercial and industrial resources of the country, as well as prosecuting the means for public instruction and the like. If the Cortes reject the budget, he declares that the whole Ministry will resign and accede to the decision of the Assembly. Accounts from Berlin mention that the Prussian Minister of Finance had deposited in the bureau of the Chamber of Representatives two new measures relative to a convention about to be con cluded bstween the government and the Bank Of Prussia. The first is to modify and complete cer tain statutes with a view to consolidate that establishment, and guard its financial operations against all extraordinary eventualities ; and the second is intended to reduce the amount of paper money recognised by the State at present in cir culation. The new law authorises the Bank to issue notes according to the guaranteed capital; and in withdrawing the paper from circulation, it will be allowed the same amount in the public debt bearing interest at 4i per cent. The Paris correspondent of the Times, writing Friday night, says, peace is so certain that people now only talk about the date of its official announcement—some fix it for the 27th. The Rev. Daniel Waldo, now in the 94th year of his age, and the 70th of his mini s t r y, has been appointed chaplain to the United States House of Representatives. The citizens of Armagh are about to erect a handsome monument to the memory of their gallant townsman, Lieutenant J. 0. Kidd, It N., who was killed before Sebas topol in a heroic and Christian effort to rescue some of his wounded comrades. The monument, when finished, is to occupy a prominent position in the Cathedral of Armagh. Tif E ADHESIVE ST.A.HP.—During the trial of Cheshire, the Rugeley Postmaster the other - day, for opening Pro fessor Taylor's letter, the Professor showed the court that the commonly used adhesive stamps could most easily be broken, and resealed in such a manner as that the fraud could not be detected. The mode of the operation was not made public, but there is no doubt of the fact. FIRE.—On Friday night a fire broke out in the Rice Mills, in the occupation of Mr. Hall, Edmund-street, Old Hall-street. The alarm was given between ten and eleven o'clock, and Mr. Hewitt, with the fire brigade, and Major Greig, with Superintendent Ryde, and a strong body of police, were speedily at the spot. The fire broke out in the Upper story of the mill, and raged with such violence that the most strenuous exertions of the firemen were occupied for nearly two hours before it was subdued. At one o'clock, however, they gained a mastery, and the possibility of further danger was set at rest. The extent of the damage could not be ascertained, nor could we learn whether or not the property was insured. SINGULAR OCCURRENCE.--Yesterday , among the vessels which left this port was the Enoch Train, for Boston, and among her passengers was a fair voyager, who had made free with a sum of £4OO belonging to some body else, with which she had absconded. Scarcely had the ship quitted the river when a countryman, respectably attired, reached the Landing-stage, attended by one o f our detectives, and was urgent for the assistance of a ste amer to go in pursuit of the vessel and the fugitive. The captain of one of the craft expressed his willingness to use every effort to catch the Enoch Train for a douceur of £2O, but the pursuers generously insisted upon paying £25, if success was achieved. The bargain was struck, the countryman and the officer of the law embarked, and the chase commenced, but with what success we have not yet learned. CORONER'S IbauzsTs.—On Saturday the borough coroner held the following inquests : —On the body of William Duff. The deceased was mate of the steam tug Ayrshire Lassie, and was 50 years of age. On Thursday the tug was waiting to take a ship into the r iver, and from accident unexplained he fell overboard and was drowned, although assistance was promptly afforded. V e rdict, found drowned,. but no evidence to show how he felt into the water.—On the body of Alice Stewart, who resided at Ellison-street. She was 41 yea r s old, and had been subject to fits, and on Thursday she had one, which ended in death. Verdict, died by the visitation of God.—On the death of Henry Mather, a ship carpenter, aged 71 years. The deceased died from disease of the heart, from which it appeared ho had been suffering for the last four years. Verdict accordingly.—On the body of Thomas Hyams, a locksmith, aged 48 years, who resided at No. 73 Peter-street. The deceased had a bad cough for a long time, and was in the habit of drinking to excess occasionally. He died rather suddenly on Thursday night, Verdict, died from natural causes. FRANCE. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, FRIDAY EVENING. Although this is Good Friday, and although, as befits the solemnity of the day, the churches have been thronged, and the theatres are this evening shut up, the shops and the Bourse have been open as usual The Congress has not assembled today. I hear that the Prussian negotiators are not at all pleased with their reception. Everybody looks coldly on them, not knowing whether to regard them as friends or enemies, and they themselves know not what attitude to assume. Although peace is considered so certain the government has not the less transmitted to the Legislative Body the bill for the levy of 140,000 men. It is expected that the enforcement of the levy will occasion some discontent in the provinces; but the government seems disposed to brave it. What is certain is that the peace will not be allowed to cause any diminution either in the number or the efficiency of the army. This fact has, as you will suppose, given rise to not a few conjectures, some of them rather wild ones ; one of them is that the government contemplates extending its do mination in Algeria at the expense of Ka.bylia and Morocco. If we are to believe the Independence of Brussels, the question of the destruction of the Russian forts on the Circassian coast, threatened at one time to lead to a rupture of the Conferences, but the "moderation " of the Emperor of the French removed the danger, by modifying the exigencies of England. According to another journal, the Congress has charged not only one sub-committee, but several, to settle matters of detail—a separate sub-committee, in fact, formed for each question. At some of the theatres, pieces in honour of the proclamation of peace are already being prepared. The Assemblee Nationale remarks, that from the terms of the amnesty mentioned in the Moniteur yesterday, it will not be probable for the dis tinguished members of the legislative assembly, and the " illustrious generals " now in exile to take advantage of it. The remark is not made in terms the most complimentary to the government. A bulletin issued today says, that the Congress is still going on well, and that the health of the Prince Imperial is so good, that no more bulletins will be issued. Prince Jerome is not quite so well to day, and a relapse is feared. An account of Mdlle. Rachel's visit to the United States—written with a great deal of ill feeling to the Americans—states that her receipts at New York and Boston only amounted to 110,758 dollars, whilst those of Jenny Lind in the same places for an equal number of representa tions were 335,409. The great French tragedienne is said to be galled to the very soul at not having made as much money as the Swedish nightingale. A Prussian despatch announces that the Eng lish fleet has established a blockade at Libau, and declared that all other Russian ports are to be considered as blockaded likewise. From Berlin we hear that the King has hastened to write a letter of congratulation to the Emperor on the birth of his son. A letter from St. Petersburg says that the speech delivered by the French Emperor, on opening the Legislative Body, had been published in Russia, with some sentences softened down, and others exaggerated. The hopes in peace continued, but the slightest circumstance caused them to waver. P.S.—The article of the Assemblee Nationale, above referred to, has given great offence at the Tuileries, and it has been deliberated whether or not the journal shall be suppressed—a thing which can legally be done—seeing that it has received several " w arnings." But it is believed that this would be doing it rather a service than otherwise, as it is in such a ricketty financial position that it desires to die with eclat ! The state of the Bourse greatly alarms the Government, and it has this day ordered that, in the hope of checking the continued fall, shares of companies not legally authorised, shall not be allowed to be quoted. PARIS, THURSDAY EVENING. I was able to infOrm you some days ago, (exclu sively, as usual), that the birth of the Imperial Prince would be made the occasion for offering an amnesty to political offenders and exiles, This morning the iiloniteur, as you will have seen, con firms the correctness of my intelligence. It noti fies that such of the exiles as may choose to acknow ledge the government may return to France. The obligation thus imposed on them will, however, deprive the amnesty of nearly all its value —or, as I said the other day, how can an exile or con demned offender accept a government against which he has fought, and against which he pro tests ? According to the official journal, out of 11,201 persons who were expelled from France after the coup d'etat, there now only remains 107)8 ; but, on such a matter, this assertion of the official organ must be received cum grano salis. The Congress was to have held a sitting to-day, but it has been countermanded. The committee which has been formed from its members, and which comprises plenipotentiaries of all the Powers, except Prussia and Piedmont, met, however, at the Ministry of Foreign affairs; but they did not deliberate long. When they broke up, they all amused themselves smoking cigars in the garden, with the exception of Aali Paella, the Turk, who contented himself with a humble clay pipe. I hear that the Emperor admires Lord Clarendon greatly, and that he proclaims that, of all the plenipotentiaries he is incomparably the most capable. An official announcement of peace being con cluded, is expected to appear almost daily in the Moniteur. I am assured on very excellent authority, that the Copenhagen telegraph was quite mistaken— not to use a stron g er word—in announcing the other day, that the United States had demanded a prolongation of its treaty respecting the Sound Dues for two months. The information that has reached the French Government is to the effect that the States have done nothing of the kind, but that they abide by their definite resolu tion of refusing to pay the duties on the expiration of the existing treaty, which takes place very shortly. They are, however, it is added, disposed to pay something in consideration of the heavy expense to which Denmark is put in lighting her coasts. The Empress and her child are going on well. In the chapel of the Tuileries, this morning, a Te Deum, for her delivery, was sung. The govern ment porcelain manufactory, at Sevres, has demanded and obtained permission, in accordance with ancient custom, to present her Majesty with an elegant cup. By the way, the Imperial child has blue eyes, like his mother—a fact which may interest your lady readers. Prince Jerome has so far recovered that he has been able to leave his bed for an hour to-day. Of late an immense number of mushroom news papers, pretending to be devoted to the interests of commerce, have sprung up ; but as a great many of them are of a deceptable character— attacking companies and undertakings which will not pay them, and praising those, however bad, which do—the government, I am told, has deter mined on sweeping a portion of them away, and, with that view, means to require them to deposit caution money, like political newspapers. There has again been a decline on the Bourse to-day, in spite of all the efforts of the government and of the Credit Mobilier to keep up prices, and even to obtain an advance. The Italian journals announce that orders have arrived from London to suspend recruiting for the English Legion. A despatch from Berlin says, that immediately after peace, the Russian government intends to reform its commercial policy; also, that marks of hostility between Russia and Austria may already be perceived. TILE CRYSTAL PALACE AND ITS FRIDAY VISITORS.— The friends and advocates of rational enjoyment to the middle classes will feel much pleasure Frith the fact, that notwithstanding the vast crowd of that class wh o v i s ited the Crystal Palace on Friday (upwards of 17,000), not a single charge was brought to the Lambeth police court on Saturday, from that vast assemblage, nor did there appear to be the slightest complaint, on the part of the police, of any injury being done to the property of the company, either en the grounds or in the building. These circum stances were mentioned to the lion. G. C. Norton, who expressed much satisfaction and pleasure at them. LATEST INTELLIGENCE• THE FRENCH EMPRESS PARIS, SUNDAY EVENIKo• The Moniteur of this day publishes the following bulletins PALACE OF THE TUILERIES, MARCH 2 2 ' The health of her Majesty the Empress e°3 tinues to be satisfactory. The Imperial Prince is quite well, and no 111°re bulletins will be issued THE PRINCIPALITIES. JASSY, FRIDAY' Tha courier sent from this place to Count Walewski with an addition for the union of the two principalities has been arrested at Czernowitz' Public manifestations are interdicted, and the Star of the Danube has been suppressed RUSSIA The Berlin illoniteur, of Saturday, contain s all order addressed to the Committee of the St°el; Exchange, by the Minister of Commerce, forb idd l brokers to buy or sell shares in foreign und ert ' '' ings, where the same are not fully Pai d '11) 3 . Brokers disregarding this injunction Will their privileges. THE CRIMEA. A. despatch dated Marseilles, the 22nd instal announces that the Allies had begun to d estr°f the wall which ran round and enclosed Sebgs- topol THE WAR IN ASIA Latest accounts mention that Ismail Pac ii3 " increasing the army of Anatola, an d that G e ' lletal o Mouravieff had received reinforcements 1 1 t way of the Caspian Sea, and Tiflis PERSIA. Letters from Persia state that Dost M4ll°/11e' . ‘ , O of the Khan Sirdar, of Cabul, had taken possessl wer° the Province of Kandahar, and Persian trooP9 ' marching against him THE INDIA AND CHINA MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON , S tls92‘ .: c ro . The Peninsular and Oriental Steam-ship°the pany's steamer Alma has arrived. here With t he heavy portion of the India and China Mails. der has brought 68 passengers and a full cargo. 1;0 dates are, from Alexandria to the 11 th ; gaits' t 14th ; and Gibraltar to the 18th inst. g• Le Nord denounces the annexation of 011 0 „ ti ! f lag abominable spoliation attempted to be justified by pretexts." 100 THE GRAND DUKE OF SAXE WEIMAR.—A. lOtt er. it Tti Weimar, of the 15th, in the Cologne Gazette, says:l r II Grand Duke is seriously, though, it is to be loPetieostie dangerously ill. His compl %int appears to be rill ess il fever. He was exceedingly restless last n i g ht, an" not until the morning that he got any sleep. " s Sul": The last letters from Constantinople sta te that ts.l, has authorised the publication of a ne ws p a p er in f sfis i ; language, for circulation amongst the inhabitants o it rfo ie d , Egypt, and other parts of his empire in which f l if ft spoken. This journal, which is to bea r the title ° I. ou se u/ Akoal (the Mirror of the Peop'e), i s to aPPea st week, f cet ticr eli. THE CASE or MR. PALMER.—The wilt 0. )30, 4 removing the indictmei ts to the Queen': et l ib preparatory to the trial of Mr- na me- Cour t fa. (April) sessions of the Central Criminal ter': v 0 0 returnable on the 15th, being the first bil . the Although the grand jury have ignored tb e . e d ou: o f the case of Walter Palmer, the accused m ust be tr i te rdic' ir s coroner's inquisition, the jury having returned.be es! 0 wilful murder in that case, It is expected tha' r l i sec t cases will occupy a week, and that a supplententa,ot the will be held, for the purpose. It is believed tu esok. t se case will be tbat for the alleged poisoning of er red °ti e° RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—A fatal accident oce ich 1 . 1 1) 0 (. Swansea Vale railway on Saturday last, by ; b e de o , ea , Os° 'Williams, an engine -driver, lost his life . up tmi,"otir' and a stoker named Lewis, were proceedi n g il e a 0,0 with a train of empty waggons, at about ten P';'oole'rffiss 'When near the Pwllmawn station the axle 0 ' 00 el / ;itli leading wheel of the engine suddenly broke. te ede,,6ro t went off the line at a right angle, taking' t k u e n i t ; th' t tl O , her, and went about ten yards down the u, ll- o dlllq, 1/L l ' waggon was upset. The deceased, who was sq l op °poi' time on the right-hand side, endeavoured to 3 ;0 the l iteir the stoker held on to the engine, which stn eic s - the Deceased was found lying on the middle oi or it quite dead. The body was much mutilated. .110, THE STANLEY LIBRARY, KING'S Istric 4. „ i tahl i , s so P e , f 1855, Lord Stanley gave £lOOO towards the ' OO 01 0 ) of a library at King's Lynn. The corporationogoss il s eu la ; annum towards the working expenses, 6() n eise ° 4 oo the purchase of rooms in buildings which c o M„r o k o is lecture rooms, class rooms, &c., of which 6 0 0 e" taken from Lord Stanley's gift, and 4 30° o ,sitii eg y pet r ,l upon a charge on the corporation gift; the re r pi t . r4 ii was expended in outfits and books. The lib (doll now numbers 4,106 volumes, and the read ir l o s r a g 4; offered have been so widely appreciated ths t li e d 1 I,v l , of about 5,000 families, there have been en has bee o f ot o ' bens, and the weekly average of books issued P rip tili be e volumes. The income for the year, for sn bae dp i, • sale of catalogues, and from the corporation ald. rii l p £262 9s. 7d., and the expenditure £ 248 145' 'll 3 i ° t he ; j lilt 1 ilt mz wT CONDEMNED CONVICT 13 01 18PIELD Is'y r: v jait i ,4ll , 11 1 i hose execution is fixed to take p l a ce on obi ;ea nst., for the murder of his wife and threewbichAses continues to exhibit that dull taciturnitY to ff 0 13 ;9 displayed since his conviction, although 1;4 0 41 il e . o t , by the Rev. Mr. Davis, the ordinary exertions have been unremitting to aw n ' e- t op t - y of the awful position in which he stands, hu 00 ,te 0 0 40 0 3 cess. He persists in reiterating his forMe r dre sul it, . 0 0 the whole scene of the murder is to hi ln ° 01° 1 0 lusion ; he still declares he has no r ecall It ie tbe oti clings to that statement with obstinacygael'oot of the governor and other authorities of t' boo ,.t ior st t oe those who have visited and conversed w ith ova! dee pfo perfectly sane, and had a full knowledge a p e s no' bi s time of committing the murder. Ile ~)ior ° justice of the sentence, and expresses t i " sco being spared. that 111 SCOTTISH ORTHODOXY.—We k 11.•• r „, t al.• t our Presbyterian fellow-countrymen ~"w o u f th e r ,`,otl c eS t dulcet strains of an organ as an intros'' ). " tt ecu s- donot l form of worship in which they are ace fort 1‘ ir d indulge, and that they have dignifi e j a d o raf o , r o 0)1 tie ) , instrument which in blindness affor ne sslv e o cl ofr e, and poets—to George 111. and to miltoniffbien seotitot Handel to his magnificent compositions.,,,.' ( par ° musical world—as a " Chest of whis`; to e d n0,,0e Kest o' whustles.") We had, holeirco'neei,vo O f 1 church bells could interfere with the PrebudY bas even of a covenanter, but one of that the e ch,_ e ns • si ts, himself as such, and thus addresseseb ur elt ° it for t oti o Greenock Gerald:—" Who rung th e f b i e t ig it isof / d would not object to the riving ° t clris legal purpose, but I certainly'decaur4rth D eal' the means of rejoicing for the ° or clu.th e lsof:l prince. The marriage of a king 40 icilig' o e n country is an occasion of national silk.reA our, Dot"; ted of a prince or a princess connec 1 , it o p Family is an occasion of national Ji h ae, io s, is there national in setting the butte pone $ p er Vs( and rejoicing for the birth of an A'tisted, , 0 0 l ,0 to have the Pope for his godfather, a" shott ie `, 0 0; 0 ‘ 1 0 1 , Cardinal Wiseman ? Is it not a ? Th e P eti V t o Protestant bell speak such hypocrisY jerg yniro trt„.o Popery is a bugbear to all Protestan.t.'''of o ur c oo OP it not encouraging it to make the bensof this churches call on the Protestant peoPle,, rejoice at an addition to the Popisp ordered the bells to be rung ?