The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-08-09 00:00:00

;On WEDNESDAY, the 13th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' office, Oldhall-street, 7780 Bags Nitrate of SODA, ex Wandrahm, Decker, from Iquiqui,—Apply to Messrs. Leech, Harrison and Forward, Merchants; or, J. BARON & SON, Brokers Want tn. .VANT OF ALL WORK, of good Northe, MAT-NI A KERS, &C.—WANTED, a MAN TEACH MAT-MAKING, WEAVING RUGS, cc., at the school for the Blind, Hardman- he Brazil Trade, a BOOK_ x J. 56, Post-office, Liverpool, the Medical Schools of Man ❑ ENGAGEMENT with arge of a Practi, luring e The ezt (the utnmn recess given.—Apply A. 8., Northern Co bt Ed. BOOTING.—The ROGGAN MOORS (about 60P0 acres), near 0 Bolton Abbey, which ere well stocked with Grouse, will be LET to six gentlemen, in Se , son Tickets, at .le4o each ; to extend from the I2th August to the 30th September next, inclusive. Tickets not to be transferable.—Arply to Mr. Procter. 32, Cts,le-street. PR.AKGATE.— TO be LET, a good HOUSE, opposite the Dee, containing two kitchen., good cellars, butler's pantry, two parlours, one drawing-room, nine bedrcoms, with goo t flower and kitchen gardens. The house has been papered and painted inside, and thoroughly painted ont.—Apply to Mr. Johnson, 14, Duke street ; or Jones and Son. loToston. Also, TO be SOLD, two FREE HOLD HOUSES TO ESALE DRUGGISTS and OTHERq.-:TO be LET,for a Term of Years, the MILLS, WAREHOUSE, OFFICES, &c., in Wood-street, lately occupied by Messrs. Edney & Raines, as wholesale druggists, including the Engine and Machinery, now ready for work. The Premises, which are very commodious, will be' Let together or separately, and immediate possession can be elven.—For further particulars apply to Mr. George S. Sanderson, 1 James-street, Liverpool. pn *de KENTLEDGE.—A Jar Also, BALLAST (I assorted Stock always on hand 1.) IRON NILLIAM F. SIM & CO., Sweeting.street ON SALE, just arrived 00 Bundles of Hamburgh White WILLOWS, —Apply to THOMAS PARRY, Broker, North John-street 1N PLEDGE, for ..e2 IN, a Gold HUNTING-WATCH, by Dent. London, cost, two years ago, 15 151, the ticket of which will be FOR SALE, This day only, for £ 3.—See reference list,Northern .., Times office, TOXTETH PARR CEMETERY, SMITHDOWN-LANE.— NOTICE.—The Burial Board are now prepared to SELL GROUND for Gravesend Vaults, and for Interments In the above Cemetery. For scale of charges apply n t the office of the Registrar, at the Cemetery; or to the Clerk to the Board, at the Public Office, Park-place, Toxteth Park. ADDRESS MR. PRIEST, B 1 RICENPIPAD. HOUSES! HOUSES ! ! LAND ! LAND 1 ! —ON SALE, in large or small lots, variously situated, and ranging in price from about .€lOO to 4'69,000.—5ee H. P. Priest's Cheshire and Lancashire Property Circular. Can be had gratis and free by post. Cheshire offices, for the Sale and Letting of Land and Houses, Market-cross Chambers (one door from Market-square) Market-street, Birken head. rrfal ff,-:,ate. NEXT WEEK WEDNESDAY AFTER NEXT WEEK WEDNESDAY Or WEIDPISSDAY, the 20th instant. at Twelve o'clock, at the 3rokers' Office, 01 'hall-street, Kola Orchila WEED. ales Pale ex Fernandez to Messrs. Leech, Harrison and RO OK E & ()K E LL, Brokers. THE PRICE OP Tllll NORTHER DAILY TIMES IN AD 38/ PER ANNUM. ment, Liverpnol in _four of the ho desire the latest news from all part, f the Wor upon their breakfast tables and add to the Office, 19, South John , street, Liverpool. Copies of the NoRT RN DAILY TIMES can be sent through the post by affixing a penny postage stamp on the envelope, or three copies can be sent in one cover for the same cost, The NORTHERN TIMES is registered for transmission to foreign countries R.' Pool that his NE for Inspectlo NODDER 24 and 26, BOLD-STREET. H O S I E SUMMER W E A R, MANUFACTURED WITH SCRUPULOUS REGARD 417A.LITY AND FORM. DRAWERS, UNDER VESTS, &c. SILK, COTTON, GAUZE, AND MERINO, P. L. MACTAGGART Nobility and Gentry of Liver le Season are NOW READY A,art4till (gillits SATURDAY, AUGUST 9, 1856 • WE have, at last, heard from the Corporation. The extraordinary passiveness and almost unbroken lence that body have observed for the last three months, induced ma iy of their warmest admirers to believe they had given up the ghost. Fortunately, they were deceived. The Council is not defunct. They:were never more alive, or better up to the We felt considerably refreshed They corporat after reading dnesday re full of They may have )ut there are time it a local acimmis to avoid pe,mnia The intere,ts town and port must be diligen tched f the dut Uoun c i 9th the _ pros )t the public of an Ambassador, with an abode, and depository for THE London for the best part of the year, and under- taking extra duties, when he can devise a way in which the town may be as well served for less He has done this, or rather Mr. SAMUEL money municipal archives of of St. James's. The former services to the Ratepayers latter __by r , the TOWN GLEE ntlemen who give their gratuitously, and the whose expenses seem to be during the sitting of Parliam sufficiently great to produce a certain feeling ation which more than counter b a l an ces ts of an eleven months' sojourn at the princely Burlington Hotel The Town-clerl has discovered, that a ruby tint - 'leeks when the day arrives ')ill. This sort o f expen _ _ _ _ _ will find it behind it, except to "mir would be superfluous to say that such exceedingly unpopular with lme folks would not thank one sided matters ar the legal profe you for goose without apple sauce, and lawyers never relish capers without a leg of mutton. WE to find Mr must not b surpri ttle disposed to remain in WAN 1 0 WEAVERS, qualified to LOBBY CLOTH,Si W A N KEEPF: business, and wh A " che moths of A an at the t Liverpool to the ( is called for by diture le host," al s no prof situation, o squaring" tl has done it for him , and we know that we can get a solicitor to reside in the Metropolis, to HOL NI lo all our Parliamentary business, for 6001. a-: tavern for the last session amounted to 1,1001, the saving clear enough Our Corporate officials could not r sibly spend less than 1,100/. in eleven months in London ; economy in such cases is wholly out of the question. All Liverpool is a large affair, and those who undertake its per- sonation must play a very extensive part. A Londoner could do the work for less money, and the Council, finding this to be the case gave a tardy assent to Mr. SAMUEL HoLME's motion and we shall consequently have a resident minister either in, or close to, Downing street, whose busi ness it will be to promote and oppose all local bills brought into Parliament, and to watch all those ministerial and other measures which will in at interfere with the maritime, commercial, and municipal interests of this great mercantile corn munity. And we regret to say, that such a public servant was never more required. We have, in fact, arrived at a reign expediency—not in a com prehensive and national sense—when expedients directed by personal and party inter•ests are suf fered to ride over the fundamental principles of the Constitution, and pervert the whole current of legislation. The House of Commons having abandoned the old and strict path of Constitution alism, have imperilled their own privileges, and. have swept away almost the last guarantee of the subject's rights and liberties. We are as backward in the art of Constitutional legislation as we are in many of those branches of science of which we talk so largely. Every Session of Parliament proves this. Our local or general laws are not made to give a wider scope, a bolder development, and greater practical effect to the Constitution under which we live, 13t , t to cripple the political, destroy the moral, and subvert the social ameliora tion, which is inherent in the noble and all-power ful organisation we have been taught to look up to and revere. History warns us of the danger of such a course. It tells us how manfully the municipal bodies of England stood by the Sovereign and the people, when the rights of either were threatened by dis guised reactionists, impregnable party and family compacts, popular and professional clap-trapists. The time has again arrived, when the Corporations and local bodies of England must take their stand against innovation—when they must again become the champions of the civil, religious, and political liberties of the citizen. They must have their agents to watch the current of spoliation, to see that the rights of property are not violated—the freedom of commerce reduced to a sham—trade rendered impracticable—and the independence of capital, labour, and thought prostrated, by " clauses introduced," as Mr. SAMUEL HOLME candidly tells us, " suddenly inserted in bills on the third reading." While such a system of legislating for a country like this exists, we shall not only require a vigilant agent constantly in London, but that officer ought to be one of the most active, well informed men of the day. The Borough is not properly dealt with at present in its Parliamentary uvvy vf every out that is orougnt before the Legislature ought to be sent to the Liverpool Corporation. An abstract of every mea sure, which would in any way affect the business of the town or county, could then be pub lished, and the public would have an _oppor tunity of discussing its merits. At present, no opportunity of the kind is given to them ; and bills are suffered to become law before their prac tical operation can be considered, except by those who concocted them, and who are influenced by as many passions, prejudices, and interests, as there are days in the year. Let us, then, have a Corporate Agent in London, and a man of energy and first-rate attainments as a lawyer, that the country may be made acquainted, not only with the spirit—which may be assumed—but the letter—which cannot be mistaken—of the laws which they are to be called on to respect and support. THE members of the Royal Oak Burial Society are evidently resolved to earn a most unenviable notoriety, They have indeed rendered the meet ings of their body a perfect nuisance and disgrace to the town. The. reports of their proceedings when the members are called together for the pur pose of transacting the business of the society, in accordance with the rules recently laid down by the County Court for its government, are most disreputable, and cannot fail to bring disgrace upon the parties concerned. We do not believe, however, that the masses, whose conduct is so exemplary on all other occasions, are the real trans gressers at the gatherings of the society in ques tion. We will not suffer ourselves to be persuaded that the respectable artisans who constitute the bulk of the 50,000 members of this once popular burial club, would be guilty of the egregious folly of packing a room with noisy women and other disorderly characters, when the object of their meet ings was to ascertain what had been done with the money they have already paid, and what is to become of their future subscriptions ? The work ing men of Liverpool are not so utterly devoid of common sense. If the great body of members do not pack these meetings, and prevent the busi ness of their society from being carried on openly and fairly, who are the guilty parties ? The misapplication of the funds of the members have been admitted in the County Court, and a ted to, to save further 3 and trouble neNN et of 1•111 ment of the club's affairs, at no NORTHERN TIMES.---LIVERPOOL, it was stated on Thursday evening, be made to him for further assistance in the matter, and it is to be honel that the law will be allowed to take its course. It is perfectly childish to treat with consideration those who show themselves to be wholly unworthy of it. Abundant time has been allowed for the adjustment of old grievances and the adoption of the new rules in the man- and another moment to be given where the manifest object of some party or other is to keep every thing connected with them in disorder. Should Mr• PoLLocK exercise his power, and take the entire management out of the hands of its members, it would be well for him to call in an accountant, to ascertain the amount of benefit each member should receive. The payments vary very materially, and it would be well to lay down a thoroughly honest scale of benefits under each head. The subscribers now do not receive a fair equivalent for the money they pay—not such as they would obtain from many Insurance Offices—and this matter should be set right before the County Court lets the society out of its hands. The first desire of the legislature, and every thinking man in the com munity, is to encourage provident institutions among the working classes, and here is one which ought to be fostered with the greatest care. Its numbers show the vast amount of good which it is capable of bestowing on the poorest of our fellow townsmen, and the extent to which similar societies might be carried by honest and judicious management. The working classes are fully alive to the benefits which association confers on them, and if this was a society which was designed to aid them during life, what incalculable bless ings it might bring to the needy. As it is it can do . much good, and we trust the County Court will deal with its recreant members, be they who they may, as they justly deserve, ful in future. SATURDAY. MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL, LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY EVENING The demand for Cotton has been but moderate during the past week ; a firm steady feeling has, however, daily characterised the market, and the prices of Friday last have been fully supported in all kinds. The sales of the week amount to 53,330 hales, 40,400 of which have been taken by the trade, 7,780 for export, and 5,090 for speculation. To• day's business is estimated at 6,000 bales, 1,500 being for speculation and export The corn- mittee's quotations to-day for fair cotton are the same as List week, viz. :—Bowed 68d, Mobile Old, and Orleans 7d per lb. The Liverpool Share Market has been dull to day, and after opening with prices weak, became firmer, but again relapsed, and closed flat at the following quotations :—Aberdeen, 141 141. Chester and Birkenhead, 16a 161. Caledonian, 291 30. Chester and Holyhead, 17 171. Eastern Counties ; 10 101. East Lancashire, 211 21 13 16. Great Northern. 241 241. Ditto A, 101 101. Great Western, 63 631. Lancashire and Yorkshire, 97 98. Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport, 181 181. London and North Western, 1071 107 ti. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 341 341. Ditto New 6 per cent. Pref., 11-16 13-I6p. Ditto Pref, 121 121. Midland Stock, 84 84 1 ,.. North British, 91- 91. North Staffordshire, 41 41d. South Eastern and Dover, 221 221 York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 211 211. York and North Midland, 301 31. Leeds Capital Stock, 181 181. Buffalo and Lake Huron, ip. Dutch Rhenish, 2 7.16 21p. Great Western of Canada, 251 251. Ditto New Shares, 21 21p. Great Luxembourg, 91 91d. We quote the following report of the Tallow Market from the circular of Mr. F. J. Eaton : A large business has been done this week, several hun dred casks P.Y.C. selling at 51s fid to 53s per cwt, and fine quality South and North American at 53s and 54s per cwt respectively. The London market is also firmer, the closing quotations last night being 53s per cwt spot, and 51s per cwt for last three months.. The half week deli very is 1,040 casks against 1,299 casks in 1855, and the present stock 12,205 casks against 44,020 casks at the same time last year. In Liverpool, the Corn Market to-day has been rather more firm, and prices for Wheat have been nearly maintained at Tuesday's quotations. In Flour, the business done was very small, and prices quite nominal. Accounts from the Vienna Bourse report a slight improvement in the Austrian funds, but money was still very scarce, which has had the effect of restricting financial operations, and maintains the high premium upon the precious metals. The more sanguine financiers of Vienna were expecting that the National Bank would have been able by the commencement of the present month to have issued nothing but metallic currency. Two houses in connection with the American trade have stopped payment ; the one is Messrs. Courtenay, Kingsford, and Co., with liabilities to the amount of 95,0001; and the other is Messrs. Pickford and Keen, the amount of whose liabilities has not transpired. Money continues in demand on the Stock Ex change, and previous rates of discount are fully maintained. There is some talk of the probability of a new Turkish Loan being announced, which, added to the pressure in the Money Market, has created a further decline in the English Funds. They were quoted at the commencement of busi ness at an eighth lower than the closing prices last night, and have not since recovered. Consols closed at the following quotations :-951 95k. In the Foreign Stock Market business has been very limited, and prices remain steady, The following are the final quotations of the Foreign Exchanges :—Amsterdam, short, 11 16 to 11 17. Do., three months, 11 19 to 11 19k Antwerp, do., 25 50 to 25 55. Brussels, do., 25 50 to 25 55. Hamburg, do., 13 7 to 13 71. Paris, short, 25 25 to 25 30. Do., three months, 25 571 to 25 621, Marseilles, do., 25 571 to 25 05 Frankfort, Rio , 1191 to 120. Vienna, do., 10 19 to 10 22. Trieste, do., 10 20 to 10 23. Petersburg, do., 377, to 371. Madrid, do., 497, to 491. Rotter dam, do., 11 19 to 11 le The Railway Share Market is disposed to be firm and buoyant, but the heavy state of the Fund,, dcpi C3dC3 the market. We annex the final quotations of the day :—Cale donian, 591 60. Eastern Counties, 9-'4 104 East Lancashire, 86 88. Great Northern, 974 983. Ditto A., 82 83. Great Western, 63/ 631. Lan cashire and Yorkshire, 98 98/. London and North Western, 107 1071. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 341 35. Midland Stock, 831 84. North British, 37 38. South Eastern and Dover, 731 73f. York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 86 87. York and North Midland, 61 62. The Bank Returns in to-night's Gazette show that the bullion amounted to 12,432,8701 for the week ending August 2nd, being an increase of 44,0061 as compared with the previous week. FATAL ACCIDENT.—On the 6th instant, a man named Garrett, who was at work on board the ship Devon, at the Queen's dock, fell from the vessel and fractured the base of his skull. He was taken to the Southern Hospital, where every attention was paid to his case, but he died yesterday from the injuries received. THE MAIL AND EXCELSIOR.—Mr. Mansfield and Captain Schomberg again sat in the Sheriff's-court, St. George's hail, yesterday, and resumed the enquiry into the circum stances of the recent collision between the Mail and Excelsior. They will again sit this day, but the enquiry will probably extend over a few more sittings. THUNDERSTORM IN CHESTER.—In the early part of yesterday a violent thunderstorm accompanied by heavy rain broke out over Chester, and lasted unintermittingly for several hours. Heavier rain was scarcely ever seen there. The storm was merely local, being confined to Chester and a few miles of the neighbourhood around. Persons who travelled up from Chester, and had got thoroughly drenched there, were very much astonished at arriving at the station near Birkenhead, to find no sign whatever of rain, storm, or even cloud, up to that time in our neighbourhood. MANCHESTER AND SALFORD REGATTA.—The annual three days' boat races on the river Irwell, at Manchester, terminated on Wednesday evening. The principal race was on Wednesday, for the Pomona Champion Prize of £5O, given by the proprietor of the Pomona Gardens. It was won by the Perseverance crew, H. Kelly and John Mackinney, from the Thames; T. Bruce and E. Winship, from the Tyne ; these four defeating the Shakespeare crew of Manchester, who last year won the champion prize on the Thames. A race for the Ordeal prize of £lO, on Monday, was won by H. Kelly (Thames) ; Richard Clasper, of Newcastle, coming in second. There was a very close contest in the deciding heat for the Victoria prize of £l5, between the two Manchester crews, the Five Friends defeating the Shakespeare by a long distance. The most valuable of the other prizes were the Ellesmere cup (£25). won by the Minerva Club's Olympia ; the Trafford Park Stakes of £lO, won by Kelly and Mackinney; the Brackley Cup (£10); and the Heywood Stakes (£10). COUNTY COURT, YESTERDAY.— (Before J. Pollock, Esq.) —Doran v. Barnes.—This was an action to recover the sum of £6 10s for money lent. The plaintiff stated that he had lent the money in two separate sums to the defendant's wife, who had been in the habit of visiting a lady staying at his house. She had told him it was to pay some debts ; and, as she appeared so excee , ingly respectable, he had no hesitation of lending it to her. His Honour : Did you ever ask her to repay it ? Plaintiff : Wben I found she did not call, I went to her house and asked her for the money, when she promised to pay me. His Honour : Have you any evidence to show that her husband knew that you had lent her the money ? Plaintiff : No ; I never saw him but once, and then he said he would not pay me. His Honour : Nor do I see why he should. There are some things for which a wife does the husband is responsible, but he is not bound to pay money borrowed by her. Mr. Hime, who appeared for the defendant, was not called upon to ques'ion the plaintiff, and his honour gave a verdict for the defend ant, but, at the same time, declined to give his opinion as to whether the amount could be recovered from the wife, who, it appears, was living separate from her husband. CORONER'S INQUESTS.—Yesterday, the Coroner held the following inqu sts :—On the body of a fine-looking man, about 24 years of age, that was found in the river. There was no clothes on the body, and it is supposed that the deceased was drowned whilst bathing. He was about six feet high, and had fine black hair, very long behind. Ver dict, " found drowned."—On the body of a child, named Thomas Price,'4 years of age, who was killed in Carlton street, on Thursday, by a bale of cotton falling on him. A man, named Thomas Worthington, who had charge of the , lorry on which the cotton was, had been in custody et th e police court, but evidence was given which completely re leased him front blame, and he was discharged. It would appear that the unfortunate affair was accidental ; but the jury, iu finding a verdict to that effect, were of opinion thct great c,krelessnesa was shown by the persona about the lorry at the time the cotton was thrown from it.—On the body of William Ward, a labourer, who was killed yesterday, shortly before twelve, at the Stanley dock warehouse, by the break• ing of a chain that was employed in raising a cage, capable of lit ing 20 barrels of flour. The cage was worked by hydraulic power, and it appeared that, by some unaccount able means the chain broke, and the deceased fell amongst the 0 0 barrels of floor and was smashed to pieces. The jory found a verdict of accidental death, with a recommendation to the persona in authority about the dock to be more care- THE COURT -40 übmitted to the County Court s approval, and now that these rules neetings held for those purposes the most disgusting bear certainly, lrd en treating the leniency of the County Court with the utmost ingratitude and con tempt.We never had much faith, we must confess, in the course pursued by Mr. POLLOCK in this matter. The learned gentle man's object was to save the society from falling to pieces; but we are disposed to think that there was a shorter way open to the Court of attaining that desirable end, and that course will now be resorted to, no doubt, tobring the refractory spirits There must be something nisly wrong going on, when the members desirous to know how their affairs stand, suffered to hear one word about what has lone, or what remains to be completed. ) their re•marri; Superintendent The County Court Judge has, assuredly, a ie conduct pursued, when has been made to carry nd to give full effect to the rules that he has approved In Honour will not be trifled with, nor allow the funds of the societ special n of apology to the committee mistaken in the 1 ut his copdmnatory of tY y to be squandered in calling In application will, together turbulent weetin OSBORNE, Thursday.—The Queen and Prince, the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and Princess Alice, cruised in the Fairy yesterday afternoon. The Earl and Countess of Clarendon, Lieutenant-General Sir W. Codrington, Colonel the Hon. George Cadogan, and Col. the Hon. W. L. Pakenham, accompanied her Majesty. Prince Alfred, attended by Lieut. Cowell, landed in the Southampton' Thcks, from Osborne, where the Prince had been to celebrate his birthday. His Royal Highness left the Southampton railway station at 5 p.m. en route for the Royal Lodge, Windsor, to resume his studies. The Duke and Duchess de Nemours visited the Duchess of Kent cn Thursday. Viscount Palmerston left London on Wednesday for Brocket-house, Herts. SIR CHARLES NAPIER'S BET.—A letter from St. Peters burg, in the Constitutionnel, says :—Various reasons are agsigned for the visit of Sir Charles Napier; and, curi o:linty enough, that which is most absurd is the most generally credited, namely, that Sir Charles has come here to wiu a wager which, it is declared, he had formerly made—that he would breakfast at Cronstadt and dine at St Petersburg on the same day. It is further said that, as these two pleasing operations have been effected by him between sunrise and sunset, he has won his bet, What I can, however, inform you of with certainty is, that the Emperor despatched an invitation to him by an aide-de-camp offering him a suite of rooms in one of the crown palaces. THE AUSTRALIAN MAIL CONTRACT. We understand that three screw steamers, of the first class, have just been 1. 7 kLo wna .A.uota align Itv, al Mull Steam. ship Company, for carrying out the above contract. Two of them, for the service between Southampton and Alexandria, will be each of 2,000 tons, and 470 nominal (600 Admiralty) horse-power, and the other for the Suez and Australian line, of 2,800 tons, and 650 nominal (800 Admiralty) horse-power. The latter will be built by Messrs. J. and G. Thomson, of the Clyde Bank Foundry, Glasgow, and the other by Messrs. Hill and Inglis, also of the Clyde. They are to be named the Sydney, Mel bourne, and Australian, which has given rise to an unfounded report that the inefficient vessels of the old mail company had been bought up for the service. THE GREAT BRITAIN STEAMSHIP, —The Owners of the Great Britain are about to introduce improvements into this vessel, for the purpose of applying more effectually to her the principles on which the Royal Charter is con structed. The vessel will be supplied with new sternposts, projecting beyond the present ones, and a new rudder. The screw will also be made to lift, by which it is ex pected the speed of the ship will be accelerated about two miles an hour when under sail alone ; and as these alterations will project the rudder about two feet further aft than it is at present, and proportionately lengthen the run of the ship, it follows that she will steer better. But one of the most important alterations proposed relates to the removal of the mainmast, which is to be placed 15 feet forward of its present position, and by which the ship will obtain increased sailing capacities. Very material alterations will also be made in the deck houses and cabin accommodation of the ship, an almost entire transformation being contempalted in this department: MISSING SHlPS.—Notices have been posted at Lloyd's respecting several vessels which are missing, and are supposed to be lost with all on board. The ships August and Julias sailed from Lagos for London on the 11th of last November, and has not since been heard of. The City of Montreal sailed from Liverpool for Quebec on the 2nd of last April, was afterwards spoken with on the 24th of last month in lat. 45, long. 47, since whioh nothing has been heard of her. The Eclipse, Captain Hughes, sailed from Sangor on the 2nd Nov. for the Mauritius. and has not since been heard of. The George and Mary, of Hartlepool, sailed from the Tyne, for Constantinople, in December last—not since been heard of. The Nereus Monte, Captain Rickles, which left Liverpool on the 6th of March, for Konigsberg; the Venezuelan ship Pauline, from New York, for Puerto Cabello ; the Progress, Captain Rabat, sailed from Liverpool on the Bth of January, for Goree, and the Trione, of Wivenhoe, for Ballyshannon, have not been heard of since they sailed. PROTESTANT DISSENTERS.--The ordinary half-yearly meeting of the Protestant Dissenting Deputies of the three denominations was held yesterday at the Milton Club, Ludgate Hill. Apsley Pella.tt,, Esq., M.P., was e, and proper accounts are to lin the chair. The C lairman, in his speech, regretted the withdrawal of the Church Rate Bill, but he had to con gratulate the meeting with regard to the success of the Marriage Bill—the Dissenters' Marriage Bill, as it was at first called, but the title of which had been altered, and it was now termed an Act to Amend the Law relating to Marriage and Registration. He directed attention next to the question of the burial laws. The Dissenters had long contended that, whether a burial ground was conse- crated or not, they had a right that their ministers should perform a service over the dead. In Ireland that had long been the custom, and in the last session an act had passed which gave full libeaty on that point to all denominations in Ireland. He had pointed that fact out to Sir. G. Grey, and next session it was a point for which the Dissenters would contend. The committee had taken steps with reference to cases in which cler ymen of the Church of England had insisted on the ge of persons who had been married by the Registrar, and a prosecution had been instituted against one clergyman, the Rev. Mr. Lush, which had resulted in that gentleman's sending a letter acknowledging that he was and in his paying the expenses of the prosecution. On the whole, the labours of the past year were therefore successful. A resolution was proposed Induct of the government with tes 1:011, but the general feeling of the meeting was opposed to it, and it was disposed of by the moving of the previous question. FRANCE. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, THURSDAY ENENING If we are to believe a Berlin telegraphic despatch, part of the English fleet was left in the Black Sea, to see to the execution by Russia of the conditions imposed on her by the Treaty of Peace—conditions which she seemed inclined to violate by retaining Kars, and pouncing on the Isle of Serpents ; but the presence of the fleet having filled her with wholesome fear, she promised to do all that could be asked of her, and the ships were ordered to leave. About Naples, it is not easy to say what we are to believe. Well informed German papers say positively, that in compliance with the remon strances of Austria, King Ferdinand has deter_ mined to turn over an entirely new leaf, and, as a proof of his sincerity, has already pardoned several of the political victims in his dungeons. Letters direct from Naples assert, on the contrary, that he persists more than ever, in his insolent defiance of England lnd France, and his scandalous injustice to his subjects. In one of the German papers, it is alleged that in the reply he caused to be sent some weeks back to the notes of England and France, he inserted with his own hand, some passages highly offensive to the Emperor Napoleon personally ; in another, it is alleged that the passages he inserted were offensive to England. St. Petersburg letters say that the Military Order of St. George, which has heretofore been confined exclusively to officers, is henceforth to be given to deserving non-commissioned officers, and soldiers as well. When Russia, in imitation of France and all the Continental nations, thus pro vides recompenses for simple soldiers, is there any reasonable reason why our brave fellows should not be admitted to the Order of the Bath, as-well as Lords and Generals? • There is only one fact of any interest in the Madrid papers arrived this morning, and that is, that a deputation of the Cortes is to be invited to the marriage of the Princess Amelia and a Bavarian Prince, which is to take place on the 16th. This seems to indicate that O'Donnell does not mean to dissolve the Cortes, at least for the present. AMERICA. SOUTHAMPTON, AtiausT 8 The United States mail steamship Fulton, Capt. Woolton, from New York via Havre, arrived off Cowes this morning, with the American mail,. 105,000 dols in specie, and 93 passengers. By this arrival we are in possession of two days' later intelligence from New York, viz., to the 26th ult. On the 6th instant, in lat. 50.40 N., lon. 13.18 WT., exchanged signals with the barque Idalgundi and the ship Fifeshire. Herbert, the California senator, who murdered the Irish waiter, has been acquitted. Cotton is dull Breadstuffs opened well, but buyers did not come forward. . Freights inactive. Exchange on London.—The leading drawer was asking 110. The range is 109 to 1091 for eommer. vial signatures, and 109-a to 1091 for most bankers. Advices from Constantinople state that 500,000 sovereigns had just been shipped in a government steamer for Eng land. These will produce a good effect on the money market, as they will be taken to the Bank of England. THE CONVICT MARTHA BROWN.—NO intimation has yet been received that mercy will be extended to Martha Brown, and Saturday next (to-day) at eight o'clock in the morning, has been fixed for the execution. Calcraft is retained for the purpose of putting the dread senteuce of the law into execution. ROYAL MUNIFICENCE.-Her Majesty, In accordance with the sympathy which she has invariably shown for the sufferings of the gallant men of whom her fl , Tts and army are composed, has been graciously pleased to send a donation, which is to be an annual one, of £3O to the Army and Navy Pensioners Employment Society in Parliament street, of which his Royal Highness Prince Albert is the patron. The people of Morgan City, Missouri, suspected a man, named Ray, of poisoning a well. Ray was at feud with the whole neighbourhood, and had sworn he would be revenged. The well was poisoned, and some shool children who had drank of it got seriously sick. Ray also had taken away his own two children from this school. There was not legal evidence against him, but the people took him out and hanged him. FINANCE AcnouNrs.—On Wednesday morning were issued the finance accounts of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland for the financial year 1855-6, ended 31st March; 1856. These accounts embrace nine heads— viz., cash account, public income, public expenditure, con solidated fund, funded debt, unfunded debt, disposition of grants, arrears and balances, and trade and navigation. The cash account shows at a glance the financial operations of the year, and it appears that while the expenditure amounted to £92,532,850 7s 3d, the total income only reached, £69,808,996 2s 2d. The difference was made up by loan. The balance in the Exchequer on the 31st of March last amounted to £5,600,621 6s 10d. A PROFESSIONAL BEGGAR.—A female beggar by profes sion, named Gamier, has just died at Troyes, and, to the great surprise of all those who had been accustomed to relieve the extreme misery which she appeared to be labouring under, on examining her room, there was found a large supply of household linen in excellent condition, about 2,000 f. in cash, and bonds and securities amounting in value to about 10,000 f. She fell ill about a week before her death, and was token as a pauper to the hospital. Feeling her end approaching, she gave directions for her funeral, which she wished should be in harmony with the property she left behind her. She ordered a com fortable coffin, and also that the finest ornaments should be displayed on the hearse, which was to be followed by all the poor of the parish of St. Remy, where she had long resided. THE LONDON AND NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY.—The accounts of the London and North Western Railway Company for the half-year ending the 30th of June, which have just been circulated amongst the shareholders, pre paratory to the half-yearly meeting to be held on the 15th lust., give us the present amount of the share and loan capital upon which dividend and interest have to be pro vided out of the revenue, 33,489,8531 7s 3d, of which 22,049,0421 16s lid has been received in subscriptions on the share capital, and is entitled to share in the dividend, 62.390 takes interest on calls paid in advance, and 11,378,4191 103 41 takes interest, as debenture stock. The revenue for the half-y: ar, including traffic from the main and subsidiary lines, interest, rents, and all other sources, is stated at 1,539,813/ 7s id, and the charges, 1,009,89 9 1 19s 9J, leaving a balance of 529,9501 7s 4d, which, added to the balance left over on the previous half year's account of 48,5111 14s td, gives a disposable balance of 578,4621 is sd, out of which the directors pro. pose to pay a dividend at the rate of 5 per cent per annum. This will absorb 564,385/ 10s, leaving a balance to be carried forward to the next account of 14,0761 1 is sd. OUR MILITARY ENCAMPMENTS.-..1t is at present in tended that the troops to be permanently eneamp-A at Aldershott will consist of a brigade of cavalry of four regiments, and two divisions of infantry, each made up of two brigades of three batallions. The first division, as at present intended, will comprise three battalions of the Guards (Ist of the Grenadiers, 2nd of the Coldstreams, and 2nd of the Scots Fusiliers), in one brigade, under Major-General J. R. Crauturd ; and the three battalions of ;the Rifle Brigade, in another, under the command of Colonel Lawrence, the senior regimental officer, who will have the rank of Major-General. This division will he commanded by Lord Rokehy, who had the first division of the Crimean Army under his direction. The second division will consist of six battalions of the line, of which the 7th and 23rd Fusiliers, the 88th Connaught Rangers, and, we believe the 19th and 33rd Regiments will form a portion James Yorke Scat lot; Will command the cavalry artillery and Lanil Transport, the total number of men on the ground will generally be about 14,000. Sir Colin Critipbell's command at Shorncliffe will com prise three regiments of cavalry and six battalions of infantry. The Inuiskilling Dragoons, with the 4lst and 44th, and the 42nd, 79th, and 93rd Highlanders, will be among the corps encamped there. In Dublin there will be a cavalry brigade of four regiments, and six igades. At the Curragh the strength. Fernley is destined to ..tary station in the south of Ireland. r ,. oicipal camps above enumerated aecommo -1 Ibs provided for thirty battalions of infantry .arty-one constituting the home:establishment, ;or fifteen of the twenty•one regiments of cavalry not employed in India. infantry regiments in two h force will be of sin be the principal mi out of the THE CONVICT WILLIAM DOVE (FROINI OUR OWN REPORTER.) YORK, FRIDAY NIGHT All doubt as to the execution of this wretched criminal having been removed, by the final determination of Sir George Grey, not to interfere with the due course of the law, the rel itives and friends of the culprit have visited him to•day and yesterday, for the purpose of taking a last farewell. The final decision of the Home Secretary was com municated to Dove yesterday morning, by Mr. Noble, the governor of the jail, and on it being intimated to the prisoner, that there was no longer the slightest hope of his life being saved, the prisoner appeared qui'e unmoved and unconcerned, remarking that he vas not at all surprised at Sir George Grey's decision. lie con versed with the governor very freely about it, and observed that he was sorry his friends should have given themselves such an amount of unnecessary trouble on his behalf. He addei, "it is just what I have expected for the last few days. I never looked for anything but an unfavourable reply from him " Yesterday forenoon, the chaplain of the jail preached the usual week-day .rmon before the prisoners in the jail, and l)ove was The reverend gentleman's subject was not in direct reference to the unhappy criminal, but present practically, it may be said that it was the condemned sermon,,as it very frequently touched upon the peculiar nature of Dove's crime. The prisoner appeared to listen to the sermon very attentively, and on several occasions during its delivery he wept bitterly. He hid his face in his hands, and seemed to be suffering intense mental anguish Between eleven and twelve o'clock yesterday forenoon a carriage, containing Mrs. Dove, the prisoner's mother, his two sisters, and his late wife's brother, the Rev. Mr. Jenkins, drove up to the gates of the castle. The parties had come to pay a sad farewell to their miserable relative. They were informed that the prisoner was at that time attending divine service in the chapel, and on this information being conveyed to them they retired, and went again shortly after one o'clock, when the painful interview took place. The prisoner, who had written for them the day before, was apprised by the governor of their approach, and expressed his gratitude for the visit. On the afflicted family entering the prisoner's cell, the scene was most heart rending and agonising. The aged mother threw her arms round her wretched son's neck, and unable, in words, to give expression to her grief, she sobbed convulsively for several minutes. The sisters kneeling at her feet were equally overpowered, whilst the Rev. Mr. Jenkins, the prisoner's brother in-law, offered up a fervent and appropriate prayer% Several minutes elapsed after Mr. Jenkins had finished praying, before a word was exchanged botwee the prisoner and his relatives. At length, his mother threw herself at her son's feet, begged of him fully to confess his crime, if he was guilty of it, and entreated him, by fervent and unceasing prayer during the few remaining hours he had to live, to prepare for the awfu l change that awaited him, and make his peace with Got. The prisoner was deeply moved by his distracted parent's affectionate appeal. He fell down on his knees, and with uplifted hands earnestly prayed for forgiveness of his sins, but he avoided making any direct confession of the murder. His relatives then all knelt round him and the Rev. Mr. Jenkins again engaged in prayer. This . done, an interval of several minutes' silence followed- At length the last farewell was taken, the mother, sisters, and Mr. Jenkins again embracing the prisoner, and the former was so overpowered that she had to be led from the cell. All reference to the murder that his relative s could obtain from the prisoner was, that " all would b e made right after his deith," and it is said that he has confessed to the chaplain, on condition that the confes sion is not to be made public until after hi; execution. How far this maybe true, a few hours will determine The prisoner's spiritual adviser is the Rev. Hartley, Wesleyan minister, formerly of Leeds, but now resident in York, This gentleman was well acquainted: with the prisoner's family during his residence in Leeds,. and it is owing to this circumstance that he now visits= the prisoner. It is, however, due to the chaplain of the gaol, as well as to the prisoner, to state that the chapliau has frequently visited and prayed with the prisoner, and that the latter has always received his visits with thank fulness. Mr. Wright, the prison philanthropist, is also in constant attendance upon the prisoner. To-day, the Rev. Mr. Hartley had a lengthened inter view with the prisoner in the forenoon. He remained' with him from ten o'clock until twelve, and again saw him this afternoon. In a conversation which I have. just had with the rev. gentlsrnan, he represents the, prisoner as deeply penitent, and, from all I can lertr- a , think it is not at all improbable that he will r , :fake a full confession before the execution. Mr. Wright has b een with the prisoner several hours t4-day. The execution is fixed for to-morrow, at twelve o'clock. Contrary to expectation, Calcraft not officiate on the occasion, but a man from Rotht'rhatn. LONPJON GAZETTE BANKRUPTS.----IVILLIAn ., `Dapping, Rosa, Ilill-street, WA ow of Sydenham, Bent, shipsmith. JOSEPH WALTER D n late of AY LOCKWO OD , Threadneedle-. street, Stock broker and dealer C in shares. rown-court, DAVID THOMAS, Plymouth, grocer. A claim against the King Consort of Spain for eight millions of francs, under a written agreement made by him in 1840, when he was Don Francisco de Bourbon, with M. de Tastet, a French merchant in London, to pay that sum in consideration of certain services, is likely (says Le Nord) , to be litigated at Paris, and to lead to some very curious, disclosures. INSPECTOR FIELD AT A LtsoP'S WAX -WORK EXHIBITION. —Every one who had seen Palmer, declared that his like ness at this establishment is the best that is extant, and a day or two since, Mr. Field, the celebrated London officer, on visiting the exhibition, was at once struck with the exact likeness of that notorious person, and declared it to be the• most perfect he had ever beheld.—Adv. An action has been brought, at Paris, by M Jules, Decomte, a correspondent of the Indepoviance against several of his brother journalists, for defatnition of his character, in a controversy originally provoked by some very harsh and disparaging criticisms which he heal written upon the great Italian tragedian Ristori. The tad has been going on for two days before the Correeti-onal Court of the Seine, and is not yet concluded. The extensive farm premises of Mr. Warner, r:f Steeple Court, Botley, one of the wealthiest farmers in 'Hampshire, were burnt down on Tuesday last. Sixteen r,;igs, thirty-six sacks of wheat, a large quantity of harue,ss, and several carts and wheel vehicles were destroyed. Fortunwely the dwelling-house, which was near the farm, escaped. All the property was insured. The tire, is supposed to have originated in a labouring man a cidentally throwing a lucifer match, or the ashes of his pipe, amongst some straw littered about in the farm yard. VEGETARIANISM.—The ninth annual banquet of the Vegetarian Society took plane on Thursday evening, 24th Glasgow, and was numerously and respectably slpe in the ctably City attc‘nd lla ed ib .The chair was occupied by Jas. Simpson, Esq., of Fc , xhill Bank, Accrington. The com pany were served with a most sumptuous repast, con sisting of a great variety of savoury dishes, all prepared without the flesh or fat of any animal, followed by a , service of coffee and fancy breads, and concluding' with a , dessert of the most delicious fruits of the season. Several: gentlemen from various parts of Great Britain, Irelan. and America, aderessed the meeting. Some of the speakers had not tasted animal food for upwards of forty years. STATUE OP THE LATE GENERAL SIR CHARLES NAPIER.-- Yesterday morning operations were co mmenced in Trafal g a r square f or preparing the foundation for the erection of a granite slab, on which is to be placed a statue of the late General Sir Charles Napier. The statue which will be erected at the south-wost corner of the square, exactly opposite the Union Club House, is executed in brotizct, fro.n the designs of Mr. G. G. Adams, sculptor, of sioan e _ s t reet , it is rather more than , twelve feet in height, and will stand on a pedestal sixteen feet high. The gallant general is represented in a military undress, with a sword in his left hand, his right hand, which is extended, there is a scroll indica tive of his Governor-Generalship of India. The likeness of the general is well preserved, and there is a boldness ag , well as an accuracy about the work which will render the statue no inconsiderable ornament to the metropolis. The site is a good one, and when another statue is erected at the south eastern corner, which, it may he hoped, will soon be i the case, th e a p pearance of the Fquare will he much in, proved. We understand that the expense of the statue has been borne by p r i va t e subscription, government having given the site. ml