The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-06-25 00:00:00

Olanite) ------- , WANTED, a Good Strong PONY, from 14 to 15 hands high. Must be quiet, and steady to ride or drive, with good action, and moderately fast. Price not to exceed £2O. For address, see Reference List, Northern Times office. ----- WANTED. an ACTIVE YOUNG MAN, of good address, who has been accustomed to the KEEPING and COLLECTION of ACCOUNTS. Must write a good hand. One who has a know ledge of the PRINTING and STATIONERY Business preferred. — Address, in applicant's own hand writing, to A. C. G., Northern limes office. WANTED, a SOLICITOR, for a First-class Tailoring and Out fitting Establishment.—A liberal salary and commission will be given to a competent man, who has a good connection with captains, and the shipping generally.—Address by letter (Z. R. last , at the Northern Times o ffi ce, stating q ualifications and where em ployed. to be Let. T _____ 0 be LET, a small OFFICE , on the g ro und fl o or, in Exchange_ street East. Rent. 25. —Direct. S. 4, Northern Times office. SOUTHPORT. —TO be LET, furnished, on the 125th of June, at a moderate rental, for two, six, or twelve months, YEW TREE VILLA, Sea Bank Road, Southport. The cottage contains drawing-room, dining-roam, and live bedrooms. Has been recently furnished, and commands a delightful view of the sea. To a six or twelve months' tenant, liberal terms will be offered, and any alterations or improvements made that may be desired; or the house will be let unfurnished to any party who will take the furni ture, or a portion of it, at a valuation. Water aad gas in the house. For terms and further particulars apply to Mr. Hargreave, London street, Southport. On *alt. AVariety cf AMERICAN NEWSPAPERS, received per Baltic, on SALE, at the Northern Times office. rrOXTETH PARK CEMETERY, SMITHDOWN-LANE.— NOTICE.—The Burial Board are now prepared to SELL GROUND for Graves and Vaults. and for Interments in the above Cemetery. For scale of charges apply st 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. BIRKENHEAD. HOU'iE, 1 HOUSES! I LAND 1 LAN I) I I—ON SALE, in large or small lots, variously situated, and ranging in price from about .elOO to .e6i,ooo.—See H. P. Priest's Cheshire and Lancashire Property Circular. Can be had gtatis 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. Bone. REQUIRrD .e 25 for Six Months, up - n Promissrry Note , and liberal interest.—Address C. B. 8., Northern Times office. THIS DAY Tuts DAY, the 25th inst4nt, at Twelve o'clock, at Browne, Hunter and Co.'s Office, Nn. 2, Dale-street, 500 Bales JU l'E, landing ex Argaum, from Calcutta, west side Princes Dock (No. 10 Shed.)—Apply to BROWNE, HUNTER & CO . Brokers. T 0-M 0 R R 0 W. On THURSDAY next, the '2Gth instant, and following days, at the Broker,' Saleroom, 10, North John-street, 100 Bales East India, 100 Do. fine Entre Rios and Port Philip, 300 Do. Oporto, Lisbon, Sfax, and Barbary, 50 Do. Sundries, 100 Sheets Laid Cheviot. 1 -WOOL 650 Bales. About 5000 fine Entre Rios and Peruvian SHEEP SKINS. Apply to ABRAM GARTSIDE & CO., Wool Brokers FRIDAY - On FRIDAY next, the 27th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' Office, Colonial-buildings, Dale-street, 5 Tierces r 54 Barrels 1 Jamaica COFFEE, 362 Bags ex Marianne, in Albert Dock.—For further particulars apply to BUSHBY & CO., Brokers. SATURDAY On SATURDAY next, the 28th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Cotton Saleroom, Exchange-buildings, 160 Bales Entre Rios 2 wnnT 50 Bales East India " 210 Bales. Landing ex Ferree and Petrareb.—Apply to PERKINS & ROBINSON, Wool Brokers 11D J. NODDER, _IA). HATTER, 81, CHURCH.STREET, Begs respectfully to inform the Nobility and Gentry of Liver pool that his NEW STYLES for the Season are NOW READY for Inspection. THE ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION TO THE NORTHERN DAILY TIMES p; TWO GUINEAS PER ANNUM. E4e rtherti trutpFi WEDNESDAY, JUNE . 25, 1856 Now that folly and flash have exhausted them_ selves with regard to the recent proceedings in the Irish Court of Chancery, in JOHN SADLEIR'S affairs, we may be permitted to direct the attention of mercantile men to the extraordinary importance of the decision of the MASTER of the ROLLS. Few men are capable of ariving at a sounder opinion than the honest and independent lawyer who presides over the Irish Rolls ; and we can scarcely persuade ourselves that the Lord Chancellor, BRADY, will venture to reverse the learned MASTER'S decision in a matter of such notoriety. The law, as laid down by the MASTER of the ROLLS, will, therefore, be confirmed, in all probability, by the Court above, and with that confirmation the last security depositors and creditors of joint stock banks and insurance companies have will be wholly swept away, as far as Chancery is concerned The new doctrine is, that the contract, i e., the liability of the shareholders may be vitiated, where fraud on the part of the agents or directors of a bank or company can be proved. Should this logic be acted upon by other courts, and by juries, the public would have no security against dishonest agencies or directories under the law of unlimited or limited liability. All that shareholders will have to do henceforth will be to prove that they were induced, by false pretences, or some other species of fraud, to join a concern, to shake off their responsibility to creditors No deed of settlement, registry of names and amounts subscribed on other arrangements inter se or between themselves, will give the public the least hold upon the shareholders, if the decision of the Irish Rolls Court should be confirmed and sanctioned in this country. All JOHN SADLEIR has said or written about the very ingenious manner in which the balance sheets of English Joint Stock Banks are manufactured ought to be received by the British public as the professions of PALMER'S innocence were received when the wretched man was about to face the scaffold. The Joint Stock Banks of these realms are the greatest ornaments of this age, whether we view them as the types of the frugality of the community or as the creations of the genius, industry, and integrity of the comparatively few individuals who have been intrusted with their management. Without those institutions what would Liverpool, London, or England have done ? and is it because one rascally black sheep has been discovered in such R fold, that the confidence of the nation is to be shaken in one of the greatest and most enduring monuments of moral rectitude. That there was fraud and conspiracy, of alarming magnitude, in all that JOHN SADLEIR did will be readily admitted. No one will dispute the finding of the Irish Courts on that head, but every honest man will repudiate with scorn the idea, that the Share holder, whose duty to the public is to see that his Director are honest, p roper men to b e p l ace d at the head of such an establishment as a bank, is to be released from his liability to those who have been plundered, by means of the money ho has placed at the disposal of a gang of swindlers. We must admit no such loose red tapeisrns in this commercial country. If the liability of share holders in banks and insurance companies is to be unlimited, be it so, but without any reserva tion whatever, and if it is to be limited, let the limit be unmistakeably set forth, and the amount made recoverable by a process as summary as the wants of creditors in such cases are urgent. Where fraud has been practised by. Directors the shareholder should be left to prosecute, and not the ruined depositor of a bank, or the repre sentatives of the deceased, whose life may have been insured for years. No accounts can be FvNle:l44cfcessfully as to avoid detection of - shareholders looking carefully after them. JOHN SADLEIR saw this, and trembled at the certainty of detection, which stared him in the face. Shareholders, then, are mainly to blame, where systematic fraud is carried on for any length of time ; and the general impression is, that Parlia ment has not armed the shareholder, as the party really responsible to the public, with sufficient powers for the detection of delinquencies on the part of directors. If the man who holds a share in any concern is to be made liable for all the acts of those the law makes his partners, he should have all the rights and privileges of a partner, for his own protection as well as that of the public . If the English shareholders had had the power of getting at the books of the Tippe rary Bank, they would soon have known what SADLEIR and his brother directors were about, The Joint Stock Companies' Act was SAD. LEIR'S shield. He could have done nothing if the Legislature had not shut out the share. holders from the Director's room. It appears from SADLEIR'S letter to his brother that his Irish shareholders never received a balance sheet, and that his English dupes would have been kept in equal darkness if he could have obtained their money without giving them a statement of ac counts. It only requires a popular and clever rogue to carry on a monster swindle where such a state of things prevails, and the great wonder is, that with all the facilities open to them, a much larger amount of mischief is not done. Still, lax as the law may be, and cruelly as the share holder may suffer when he falls into the traps of such arch knaves, the public must protest against the validity of a legal opinion, which would relieve Shareholders from all liability in cases where Directors are found to have dealt fraudulently with them, as tolerating such a notion would put a stop to the whole joint stock business of the country. THE NORTHERN TIMES.---LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY. THE COURT The Queen, Prince Albert, and the Princess Royal rode on horseback on Monday morning, accompanied by Prince Frederick William of Prussia. The Right Hon. Charles Pelham Villiers, Judge Advocate General, had an audience of the Queen in the afternoon, and submitted to her Majesty the proceedings of some court-martial. The Prince of Wales rode on horseback, and Prince Leopold took a drive in an open carriage and four. Prince Frederick William of Prussia visited Prince Oscar of Sweden on Monday, at Claridge's Hotel. Prince Albert and Prince Frederick William of Prussia rode on horse back in the afternoon. Her Majesty and the Prince Consort honoured the performance of the Philharmonic Concert with their presence in the evening. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness were accompanied by the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, the Princess Alice, and Prince Frederick William of Prussia. The Royal party and the Ladies and Gentlemen in Waiting, occupied six of the Queen's carriages, and left Bucking ham Palace at five minutes before eight o'clock. SOUTH AUSTRALIAN BANKING COMPANY The fifteenth annual general meeting of this company was held at the bank, in Old Broad-street, yesterday. Mr. Divett, M.P., in the chair. The report stated that the bank continued to exhibit a sound condition, and to maintain its position in public confidence. The past year, however, had shown important fluctuations in the trade of South Australia. The failure of the harvest in 1854, had rendered necessary importation of grain, the markets for manufactured goods had been over stocked, and commercial affairs had been very inactive. Owing to these and other circumstances, the income of the bank had diminished, while there had been increased expenditure in the management at Adelaide. After paying 10 per cent to the reserved fund, which now reached £49,312, there would remain upon the year's transactions a profit of £34,957, which enabled the directors to recommend a dividend of 10 per cent per annum clear of income tax. In conclusion, the report stated that there was ample evidence to believe that a satisfactory business would continue to be transacted by the company. The Chairman moved, and Admiral Morell seconded, the adoption of the report ; the former observing that the operations of the past year had been confined to ordinary banking, hence they were not able to present quite so flourishing an account as when they made profits on the purchase of bullion equal to £lOO,OOO in two years. In answer to a variety of questions, the chairman stated his belief that before long it would be desirable very considerably to increase their capital. The last exten sion had proved so profitable, that he believed they would ultimately have to increase it to the extent per mitted by the deed, namely, £500,000. The nature of the exchanges promised to become a very profitable business. The motion was unanimously agreed to. On the proposition of Mr. Grant, the 10 per cent, dividend was carried. The retiring directors and auditors were re-elected, and the proceedings terminated with a vote of thanks to the chairman and the board, VISIT OF THE KING OF THE BELGIANS.—It is expected that his Majesty, the King of the Belgians would leave Brussels yesterday for England. It is expec'ed that his Majesty will be absent about a fortnight. CORONERS COURT.—Yesterday an inquest was held on the body of John Carron, the particulars of whose death appeared in this journal of yesterday, when a verdict of accidental death was returned. SUSPECTED CASE OF POISONING.—A seaman named John Johnstone, belonging to the ship Caravan, now lying in the lluskisson dock, is supposed to have taken poison on board the vessel before reaching this port. On the arrival of the ship the unfortunate man was removed by Police Constable 622 and some of the crew, about six o'clock yesterday morning to the Northern Hospital, where he expired in about five hours and half after his admission. THE RECENT CASE OF DROWNING OF A BOY FROM TO WORKHOUSE INDUSTRIAL SCHOOLS.—On the 9th instant) a boy was drowned while bathing in the canal, and at the inquest held on the body it appeared that he had been an inmate of the Workhouse Industrial Schools. In order that no blame should rest upon the manager of these schools in the public mind for any supposed carelessness, an explanation was elicited by Mr. Jackson at the vestry meeting of yesterday, by which it appeared that the deceased boy was one of the party of three lads who absconded from the schools a day or two previous to the event, and were all bathing in the canal when it occurred. It was also stated that every convenience requisite for bathing purposes was provided for the inmates of the schools under the management of the officers. ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.—On Monday, Mr. and Mrs. Florence, from the United States, appeared at this house. Mrs. Florence is a lady of undoubted talent, her capabilities are most varied, but her crowning excellence is in the depiction of what is known among our American cousins, as the "Yankee Gal," i.e., a rather strongly coloured likeness of the unsophisticated liveliuess which is supposed to characterise them, " she critturs," " raised" in New Eng land. The character is, in itself, very racy and interesting, but it attains a new and elevated position from the " unction" with which Mrs. Florence gives forth all its oddities—chattering, singing (?) and dancing by turns, but with an abandon and ease, which is refreshing amidst the usual " staginess" of the stage. The pieces are evidently of transatlantic manufacture, and are slight in the extreme, the improbabilities of the stage being out-herodad in every way, but we forgive the vehicle, for the sake of the excellencies it bears to us. Mr. Florence essays the Irish man with tolerable success, but he cannot be compared with the excellencies we have known in this line. All who wish a hearty laugh, and would like to witness a new phase in drama' is things, should see the Florences while they stay. REFOUMATORY INSTITUTIONS. —Yesterday, Mr. Booth and Mr. Anderson, two of the borough magistrates, sat in the Grand Jury Room of the Sessions House, Chapel street, for the purpose of hearing a number of summonses issued under the new Juvenile Reformatory Act, against persons who had neglected or refused to pay for the sup port of such of their children as had been committed to reformatories. Mr. W. Morgan, one of the honorary secretaries of the Warwickshire and Birmingham Refor matory Institution, and who has been appointed by the Secretary of State for the Home Department, to act as his agent, in taking proceedings for the enforcement of parents' contributions towards the maintenance of chil dren detained in the different reformatories throughout the Midland, Oxford, and Western circuits, appeared in support of the summonses. In some of the cases, the extreme poverty of the parents was made so clear, that for the present they were exempted ,from any contribu— tion ; but, in other cases, where it was proved that the fathers were in good employment, and earning certain Wages, orders for sums ranging from is to 3s 6d per week were made on them. The magistrates, at the same time, gave them clearly to understand that the reformatory institutions were not intended as nurseries for children, but so long as th e c hild ren were k ept i n them, the parents were liable for th e i r support, and that in that respect the provisions of the act would be st rictly enforced against them. "In no case, except in that of extreme poverty, cou ld they expect . to they were told, " exempted from this charge." MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY EVENING There has been a good speculative demand for Cotton to-day, and a good business has been the result, the sales reaching 7,000 bales, one half of which was taken for speculation. Prices remain steady. The Liverpool Share Market opened with a very firm tone this morning, but dropped a little during the day, and subsequently rallying and closing firm at the following quotations :—Aberdeen, 14 141. Chester and Birkenhead, 161 161. Cale_ donian, 31i 317,-. Chester and Holyhead, 161 161, Eastern Counties, 10 11. East_ Lancashire. 20-Z. 21. Great Northern, 24 24k. Ditto A, 91 ICt. Great Western, 62t 63. Lancashire and Yorkshire Stock, 95 961. Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport, 171 18. London and North Western Stock, 1041 1041_ Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 32 321-, Ditto New 6 per cent. Pref , 9-16 ap. Ditto Pref., 11', 1 , 12. Midland Stock, 811, 811. North British, 98 91- North Staffordshire, 6 50. South Eastern and Dover, 22i 22 5-16 . York, Newcastle, and Ber wick, 211 211. York and North Midland, 3011 30,1-. Leeds Capital Stock, 19 191. Buffalo and Lake Huron, 1Z lap. Dutch Rhenish, 1 13-16 lip, Great Western of Canada, 20 5-16 26 7 16. Ditto New Shares, 31 3 9-16 p. Great Luxembourg, 81 81d. The Corn Alarket maintains its firmness, but the higher rates demanded this morning had the effect of checking business, the amount of which was small in consequence. Messrs. Brown, Hunter, and Company, in their monthly circular issued this day, remark : The increased activity that was observable in our Produce Markets last month has been fully maintained since, and a more healthy tone pervades business generally. The trans actions, which have been on an extensive scale, have been confined chiefly to the trade, with the exception of Sugar and Rice, which, assisted by speculation, show an improve. ment in value; the stock of the latter, however, being so much in excess of last year, and a continuance of further heavy supplies being expected, it is doubtful whether the upward tendency will continue, unless the prospects of the forthcoming harvest should prove:less propitious than they are regarded at present. In the early part of the month considerable uneasiness prevailed in consequence of the unfavourable aspect of our diplomatic relations with the United States, and the dismissal of our Minister from Washington, which had a temporary effect in causing a speculation in the Cotton Market, and raising prices of Ame can -,td to id per lb. ; on the other hand, it retarded a more decided improvement in other branches of business, which might otherwise have been expected from the beneficial change that has taken place in monetery affairs. Happily the differences between the two governments appear likely to be arranged without disturbing the friendly intercourse and interrupting commercial relations between the two countries. The great increase in the stock of bullion at the Bank of England, which is now £11,437,210, against £9,158,820 at the same period last month, has created more confidence in commercial circles. The equalisation of the rate of discount on bills from 7 to 6 per cent. on the 22nd ultimo, was followed by a further reduction to 5 per cent. on the 29th ultimo ; and from the large arrivals of specie which have taken place, amounting to upwards of a million during the past week, a further reduction must of necessity be made shortly,—deferred probably until after the payment of the next instalment of ORO million on the late loan is completed, which becomes due on the 28th instant ; the monetary restrictions which have fettered trade for so long being thus removed, a more permanent amendment in business generally is likely soon to be established. Messrs. Hughes and Ronald's sale of 2,146 bales of East India Wool took place this afternoon, and attendance being good an active competition was created, and with the exception of three lots the whole was disposed of at very good prices. There has been a buoyant feeling in the Man chester Goods Market to-day, and a better business has been done in both goods and yarns, at prices higher than could have been obtained a week ago. The following is a statement of the Traffic Receipts of the Great Western Railway of Cannda, by passenger and goods trains, for the week ending the 6th of June, 1856, and for the corresponding period last year :—Week ending 6th June, 1856, total receipts, £10,197 is 5d ; week ending Bth June, 1855, total receipts, £7,948 Ils 8d; increase, £2,248 9s 9d. Aggregate gross receipts from the commencement of the current half-year to date £215,477 13s 2d sterling ; do. for the corresponding period last year, £152,693 16s 10d, do. Accounts from St. Petersburg state that, in con sequence of advices from Western Europe of a rise in wheat, the grain market there has suddenly become active, and wheat has advanced in price. On the arrival of the news, 30,000 tchetwerts were sold for export, and the prices obtained was a slight improvement on previous rates. The movement in France in the precious metals during the three years, 1853, 1854, and 1855, shows that there has been an unceasing drain of money from France, chiefly in gold imported from England. Thus during that period the import of gold amounted to 1,180,400,000 f, of whirth 256,800,000 f left the country, and 923,600,000 f remained in circulation ; while the amount of silver exported during that period was 811,100,000 f, and only 333,300,000 f received. The result of this has been'to decrease the circulation of silver, and increase that of gold. The principal topic of conversation among par ties interested in the Australian tra le is the deci sion of the government now hourly expected relative to the tenders recently submitted for the conveyance of the mails to and from the colonies Very few offers it is believed have been made, and a fear is freely expressed that none of them embrace the Panama route, which every one seems ready to admit is the easiest and most advanta geous. The Point de Galle route, which appears the pet scheme of the government, bears no corn parison with that by way of Panama, and the latter has this most striking advantage, namely that half the distance to Australia is regularly performed by the Royal Mail Steam Company's West India vessels ; so that a line of steamers is only requisite to trade between Panama and Victoria to complete the entire line of communication. Most parties are in favour of this course, and, above all, its eligibility is recognised by the Australian people. The result of the tenders is natually waited for with much anxiety. The annexed are the closing quotations of the Foreign Exchanges :—Amsterdam, short, 11 18 to 11 181. Do., three months, 12 181 to 12 181 Rotterdam, do ,12 l 8 to 12 181. Antwerp, do., 25 5711 to 25 621. Brussels, do., 25 57i to 25 621. Hamburg, do., 13 91 to 13 91. Paris, short, 25 30 to 25 35. Do., three months, 25 671 to 25 721. Marseilles, do., 25 07i to 25 72k. Frankfort, ilo , 120 to 1201. Vienna, do., 10 17 to 10 20. Trieste, do., 10 18 to 10 22• Petersburg, do., 37/ to 371. Madrid, do., 401 to 49k. The Funds are maintained at the extreme point of the late improvement, but the upward tendency is restrained by the diversion of speculator's atten tion to other departments of the .Stock Exchange, and by the supply of stock from the new. loan. Consols closed to-day the same as yesterday, being almost stationary throughout the day. The final quotations were, 94 94. In some of the markets there was a little disposition this afternoon to realize the profits presented by the recent rise, but, on the whole, the reaction is unusually trifling, the satisfactory appear ance of monetary affairs giving the market a very strong basis. In the Stock Exchange to-day money continued easy, notwithstanding the prepa ration for Saturday's instalment of 1,000,0001. on the New Loan. Out of doors the general corn menial demand was more active, but the current rates are still decidedly below the Bank minimum. The Faris Bourse at length exhibit s a ra lly of about 1 per cent. Railway Shares generally have slightly given way from the previous high prices. The following were the closing quotations : Caledonian, 621 622. Eastern Counties, 101 10Z-. East Lancashire, 83 85. Great Northern, 951 96. Ditto A, 78 79. Lancashire and Yorkshire, osk 968. London and North Western, 104 1041. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 31 321. Midland Stock, 814 82. North British, 371 381. South Eastern and Dover, 74 741. York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 851 86. York and North Midland, 001. 611. LONDON GAZETTE. BANKRUPT S.—CHANNON SEARLE, Warwick -street, Pimlico, baker. GEORGE WEST, Cythorne, Kent, grocer. THOMAS ALFRED YOUNGS, Hastings, hotel-keeper, and wholesale wine and spirit merchant. JAMES BENTALL, Great Bettley, Essex, grocer and draper. SAMUEL BENNETT, Wellington-place, Southampton-street, Cam berwell, tailor and draper. THOMAS GEORGE WATTS, Manor-terrace, Manor-street, Clapham, coal merchant. WILLIAM COPELAND STRANGE, Henley - on-Thames, Oxfordshire, bricklayer, and builder. THOMAS TRUMAN, Pontypridd, Glamorganshire, ironmonger. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. DEATH OF COUNT ESTERHAZY. A despatch dated Berlin, yesterday, announces the death of Count Esterhazy, the Ambassador of Austria at the Prussian court. . , The melancholy event took place yesterday, and inflamation of the lungs is assigned as the proximate cause of the decease of his Excellency. PENINSULAR MAILS. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam ship Tagus, with the Peninsular mails, has arrived. Her dates are Gibraltar, June 15; Cadiz, June 16 ; Lisbon, June 19 ; Oporto, Juno 20 ; and Vigo, June 21. . The Tagus brings X 2,200 in specie, and sixty eight passengers. FRANCE. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, MONDAY EVENING The Emperor will, I hear, leav e Paris for Plom bieres on the 28th, or the 2nd July. Count de Walewski, Minister of Foreign Affairs, is to go to Wiesbaden to take the waters the day after to-morrow. The approaching departure from Paris both of the Emperor and of the Minister of Foreign Affairs is a proof that no important political question is on the tapis, or is expected to arise. The Emperor and Empress to-day took the Prince Regent of Baden and the Duchess Ste phanie of Baden to Versailles, to show them the palace and grounds, and to pass a review of the numerous regiments of cavalry stationed in that town. Lord Rokeby, one of our Crimean generals, was present at the review. A breakfast at the Trianon followed, and Lord Rokeby was invited to it. After it, the Emperor walked for some time, arm in arm with his lordship. The Prince Regent of Baden is to go to the opera to-night, and he is to leave Paris on Wednesday. Another delay will, it is said, take place in the departure of Count de Morny for St. Petersburg, as Ambassador Extraordinary ; instead of going at the beginning of next month, it is alleged that he will not leave before the 10th or 12th. A company, with a capital of 20,000,000 fr. (X 800,000), in 500 fr. shares, for bringing English coal to Paris and the valley of the Seine, by means of vessels of a peculiar construction, for which a patent has been taken out—is advertised in the papers to-day. A trifling improvement has taken place on the Bourse, but things still continue in a bad state. The absence of Lady Cowley, our Ambassadress, from several recent court receptions, balls, and dinners, has been a good (I , =!al talked of. The reason of it is believed to be, that she objects to the Duchess of Hamilton taking precedence of her—a thing she has been allowed to do, as a Princess of Baden and a relative of the Imperial family. Lady Cowley thinks, it appears, that as the wife of an ambassador who represents the person of the Sovereign, she ought to take the lead of the wife of one of that Sovereign's subjects. The matter may be of stupendous, and even awful importance in courtly eyes, but to the ordinary public, I fear it will appear very silly. The public has been not a little surprised, on learning, this morning through a Brussels news paper, that the Emperor (on Friday) caused a bill to be presented to the Council of State, preparatory to its transmission to the Legislative Body, for granting a pension of 200,000 fr (8,0001) to each of the daughters of King Louis Philippe, or the children or representatives of such as are dead. The Emperor was supposed to entertain such a bitter hatred of the Orleans family in general, and of each member of it in particular, as to bo incapable of doing them, or any of them, any act of kindness, or even of justice; but, in this respect, as in so many others that concern him, he has proved the public to be mistaken. The ostensible object of the grant is, that some reparation is due to the Princesses for the serious loss they have sus tained by the confiscation of their royal father's property, immediately after the coup d'etat of December. As usual in such cases, the Emperor's motives are diversely interpreted. Some say that he-has made the grant from an impulse of the noblest generosity ; others, that it is nothing better than a piece of cold political calculation, to humiliate the Orleans family with the acceptance of a favour;at his hands —or, by refusing it, to suffer distress. The Free Trade Association of Brussels has summoned,a grand International Congress, for the purpose of promoting Customs' Reform, to be held in that city for the 22nd, 23rd, and 24th September next. CHARGE OF ATTEMPTED MURDER AGAINST A CLERGYMAN. The Rev. Patrick King, curate of Aston, is now in custody at Solihull, ne tr Birmingham, on a very serious charge. He is accused of having, on the 30th day of May last, wilfully and maliciously attempted to murder a male child named Arthur ; and a half sister of the rev. defendant, the mother of the child in question, is also in custody, on the charge of allowing her illegitimate child to become chargeable to the parish of Solihull. Strange rumours are afloat as to the paternity of the child, which, however, in the absence of positive confirma tion, it may be premature to mention. Of the antecedents of the prisoner but little is known, though we have been informed that he at one time was connected with the Church of Rome, from which he seceded, and became connected with the Established Church of this country, as one of the curates of the parish of Aston, near Birmingham. It appears that some months back, the mother of the child in question, in the is a Miss Downes, late of Coventry, came to reside the Park-road, Aston, near to the apartments occupied by the prisoner, who is a single man. It was represented in the neighbourhood th it Miss Downes was a married lady, and about seven weeks ago she gave birth to a male child, the subject of the present enquiry. During her confinement she was waited upon by Mrs. Jones, a widow, residing in Aston, who having the entire management of the infant, it was nursed by her daughter, an intelligent girl of about twelve years of age. On the 30th May, the prisoner called at the house of Mrs. Jones for the child, stating that he was going to take it to its mother, who was in the country. Mrs. Jones, with a kindly feeling for the child, offered to accompany Mr. King with it, and see the mother, but he declined her assistance, and added that the daughter could carry the child for him. He then placed the infant and the daughter of Mrs. Jones in a cab, which he engaged from Mr. Clamps, of the Aston-road, ordering the driver to take the road:leading to Stratford upon-Avon. When about two miles beyond Hockley House, and about twelve miles from Birmingham, he ordered the man, Frederick Edwards, who was driving, to pull up. He then got out of the cab with the girl and the infant in her charge, and they proceeded some little dis— tance along the road. Shortly afterwards Mrs. Jones's daughter returned by herself, stating that Mr. King had sent her back to sit in the cab and wait till he returned. No notice was taken of this ; but on her return Mrs. Jones asked her daughter where the child was, to which she replied that Mr. King had taken it from her in the road after leaving the cab, pointing out to her the house where the mother of the child was then living. The matter remained in statu quo for some days, till Mr. King having hurriedly left the neighbourhood, the cabman, Edwards,' who had not been paid his fare, finding that Mr. King was a single gentleman, intimated his suspicion to his master, that the child had not been fairly dealt with. Mr. Clamp then waited upon Mr. Peake, the Vicar of Aston, and also upon Mr. Roberts, the parish clerk, and com. mnnicated the information he had received from Edwards, and on Saturday last those gentlemen went over to the spot shown to them by the cabman as that where Mr. King left the cab with the child, and returned without it. Enquiries were then made by them, and they found that within a quarter of an hour of the time stated by Edwards, a child, answering the description of the one taken by Mr. King, was discovered close to the bank . of a brook. Enquiries were then made, resulting in the tact being ascertained that the infant was at the time an inmate of the Solihull Workhouse, having been conveyed there when found in the unprotected stat e in which it had been left. On Sunday, Mrs. Jones and her daughter infant was sent to Solihull Workho use, when the was at once identified by the former as the child, at whose birth she had been present ; the clothes, also, in which it was dressed when found on ,the brook side, being the same worn by the infant when taken from her house by the prisoner. A warrant was then issued for the apprehension of Mr. King for the attempted murder of the child, and anoth er against Miss Downes for allowing it to become chargeable to the parish. These warrants were placed in the hands of Superintendent William Hall, of the Aston Manor police force, and on Monday night he apprehended both parties at Coventry. Yes erday they were taken to Solihull, but in the a b sence of the boy who found the child by the brook, and some other important witnesses in the case, the enquiry was adjourned:to one o'clock this day (Wednesday). IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS.—TIIESDAY, The House met at five o'clock. LAW OE DIVORCE. Lord LYNDHURST brought up the report of the select committee on the law of divorce, and gave notice that on Thursday next he should move to refer the subject to a committee of the whole House. _ _ The Joint Stock Companies' Bill went through com mittee. The Factories Bill also went through committee. The report of amendments to the Police Counties and Boroughs Bill was received. SLEEPING STATUTES BILL. Earl FORTESCUE moved the second reading of the Sleeping Statutes Bill. Lord CAMPBELL and the Lord CHANCELLOR supported the motion, which was agreed to without opposition. The Annuities Redemption Bill and the Transfer of Works (Ireland) Bill went through committee. The West India Loans Bill was read a third time and passed OATEI OF ABJITRXTION (No. 2) BILL. The Earl of DERRY moved the second reading of the Oath of Abjuration Bill, and stated that it was introduced in consequence of the rejection of the bill on the subject on the previous evening. Its object was to provide an' Oath of Abjuration in which no mention was made of the family of the Pretender There was now no member of the Stuart family living, and it was not only unnecessary but blasphemous to continue the bill as it then was framed. _ _ _ _ 4.44.0-•,•• Lord CAMPBELL supported, and the Marquis of CLAN RICARDE objected to the measure: The bill was then read a second time The House then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—TUESDAY The SPEAKER took the chair at 12 o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Cleobury North, &c., District Roads Bill, the Con way and Llandudno Road Bill, and Rhosydd Railway Bill, were read a third time and passed. NAWAB OF SURAT TREATY BILL. Sir F. KELLY moved the third reading of this bill, and in doing so said her Majesty's Government, by the com promise they had offered, acceded to the justness of the claim—the only opposers now to the bill being the East India Company. _ _ _ Sir J. W. HOGG moved the third reading of the bill that day six months. He said that if her Majesty's Govern ment had come to the conclusion on this claim mentioned by the hon. and- learned gentleman they ought to be ashamed of themselves, having for ten years past maintained an opposite opinion. (Laughter.) The case was first decided by Lord Ellenborough in India, and that decision had been acted on by Lord Ripon, Lord Roden, Lord Dalhousie, Sir C. Wood, and his right hon. friend the President of the Board of Control (Mr. V. Smith). He contended that under this treaty the present claimants had no right in law or equity, and it was never eontemplated they should. The compromise of the Government, to use no harsher term, was discreditable. The hon. and learned gentleman again complained that the proper course had not been taken by the promoters of the bill to decide this claim, and said the committee were divided on it, and the preamble of the bill stated that the amounts should be paid to the heirs under the treaty, to which he agreed, but the com mittee declined to decide who were the heirs. After adverting to the historical part of the question, and enter ing fully into the general circumstances of the claim, he said his experience in this case would make him cautious in future how he trusted to the slippery support of the Government. This was not a private treaty for private purposes, but a treaty between two political parties for political purposes, and did not give rights to heirs natural, but to " heirs and successors " to the political authority the Nawab possessed at the time of signing the treaty. Mr. V. SMITH defended the conduct of the Government in reference to this question, which he said had been dictated with moderation and a desire to do justice to all parties interested. The hon. and learned baronet had taunted him (Mr. Smith) with receding from the opinions of his predecessors on this question, but he begged to inform him and the house that he (Mr. Smith) did not consider himself bound by their opinions, and with regard to the opinion expressed by the hon. and learned baronet on the conduct of the Government, the greatest embar rassment he (Mr. Smith) felt was in bandying compli ments with him, or he might have retorted on him that he much regretted he had rested on the slippery support of the Directors of the East India Company. (Laughter.) The right lion. gentleman again entered at length into the course he had adopted and the opinions he had formed on this claim, and said that he proposed a compromise last week, becausejt had hitherto been treated in that manner, and reiterated his opinion that this question ought not to be settled by a private bill, but by an address to the Crown. Mr. G. BUTT and the SOLICITOR-GENERAL supported, and Mr. LowE opposed the bill. Upon a division, there appeared— For the bill Against it Majority lB5 The bill was accordingly read a third time and passed, The sitting was then suspended. On resuming, at six o'clock, a motion was made that the House be counted, and there being only 38 members present, the House was adjourned until to-morrow (this day), at twelve o'clock. SOUND DUES. (FROM OUR OWN REPORTER.) HOUSE OF COMMONS, TUESDAY. The select committee of the House of Commons ap pointed to enquire into the operation of the Sound Dues met to-day. Mr. Villiers in the chair. The ,other mem bers of the committee present were, Mr. Bramley Moore, Mr. Disraeli, Mr. Milner Gibson, Mr. Deasy, Mr. Mitchell, Mr. Duncan, Mr. Hutt, and Mr. Liddell. The first witness examined was Mr. Thomas Arnott, of the firm of Leach, Harrison, Forwood, and Co., of Liverpool. By the Chairman : I am a member of the Chamber of of Commerce, of Liverpool, and a ship owner. Memorials against the Sound Dues have been forwarded from the chamber to the government. The first was forwarded in 1853, but that memorial did not pray for the entire aboli tion, but for an alteration in the mode of levying the dues. The memorial was renewed last year, when one was for warded from the chamber to the Earl of Clarendon, praying for the entire abolition of the dues. The opinion of the Chamber of Commerce at Liverpool now is, that they should be abolished altogether. By Mr. Hutt : We think that if any change at all is made, it should be on cargo, and not on ships. It appears that the only dues paid are for lighting and buoying. The Chairman : Has this question of the Sound Dues been discussed much in the Chamber of Commerce at Liverpool ? Witness : It has ; very much, and in many instances. The Chairman ; Are there any particular interests in Liverpool affected by the operation of the Sound Dues? Witness: Yes; the salt trade in particular, in which there is a large business carried on from Cheshire. The Chairman : Have you considered in what particular way, besides their actual payment, the operation of these dues are prejudicial to shipping? Witness : Yes ; there is the delay and danger, vessels often getting ashore in consequence, and there is therefore inconvenience and additional expense incurred in regard to insurance. The Chairman: What do the Chamber of Commerce make out that this country annually nays in Sound Dues ? Witness : From £lOO,OOO to 4120,000. That covers all that is paid to Denmark. The Chairman : Now would the Chamber of Commerce think it right to do away with the Light Dues 9 Witness : I think so. The Chairman : Do you think it would be safe to allow the government of Denmark to provide the lights in consideration of a fixed sum being paid. A proposi tion has been made to pay a fixed sum down in lieu of these dues ; do you think that would be advisable ? Witness : I think it would. The Chairman: Are you of opinion that the shipping at Liverpool with the Baltic is declining? Witness : Very much. The Chairman : Have you any particular reason to account for that decline ? Witness : No. The Chairman : Have you any particular reason to suppose that the Liverpool trade with the Baltic will be less, supposing the Sound Dues to remain in force ? Witness : I have not. By Mr. Bramley-Moore: 1 am aware that America has given notice that she will no longer pay the Sound Dues. I am also aware that no American ship could go to Russia without the Sound Dues having first been paid, Mr. Brantley-Moore ; You say that in 1853 it was thought desirable to send the memorial from the Chamber of Commerce at Liverpool„in consequence of the extend ing commerce between the port of Liverpool and the Baltic. Now, was there not a very large decline in the Baltic trade from Liverpool in that year ? Witness The tonnage was certainly not so ranch as it was in 1845. Mr. Bramley-Moore : Are you not aware that in 1849 the trade was almost double that of 1853 ? Witness : I think you should go as far back as 1845. Mr. Bramley-Moore : But was not 1849 the maximum of our trade ? The witness, on referring to the tonnage returns, admitted that 1849 was the maximum, and that the trade had been falling off ever since that year. Mr. Bramley-Moore : Can you tell the committee the number of Liverpool ships now trading to the Baltic ? Witness : I cannot state the number of vessels because I have not provided myself with the data. By Mr. Mitchell: He believed no vessel would be allowed to enter a Russian port without having first paid the Sound Dues. He declined to offer any opinion on the question of compensation to Denmark in the event of the Sound Dues being abolished. Mr. Thomas Higgin, salt manufacturer, of Chester, was next examined, and he stated, in answer to the chairman, that the duties levied on salt at the Sound was a very serious item. A cargo of salt of 500 tons was worth *250. The duty imposed at the Sound was from ls. 2d to 1 8 . 3d. per ton, which would amount to about 430, and this was equal to 12 per cent on the value• This exaction undoubtedly enhanced the price of salt, and operated adversely on the trade, for the lower the price of salt was the greater would be the consumption. Not only was the British merchant obliged to bear the burden, but he was also compelled to compete with salt taken to Russia from the Mediterranean. Junaberg, and Portugal. Besides that, British salt had to compete with salt manufactured in the interior of Russia. About 100,000 tons was expori from the Mersey annually. By Mr. Braley-Moore : The dues varied according to, the price of salt. In 1840 the value of salt was alcaos' 103 or 12s a ton. sa lt By Mr. Disraeli : A duty of is a ton was paid on in the river Weaver. He was not sure that salt was roate, on the shores of the Baltic from sea water, but it could D done, Mr. Allhuson, merchant, and chairman af the evve as. tie Chamber of Commerce, was the next witnessN called' He said, that for a long time the attention of the Chan": ber of Commerce of Newcastle had been directed to the question of tha Sound Dues. He read a memorial frl the chamber to the committee against the dues , afterwards stated, that British shipping alone paid a .. much in dues to Denmark as all other nations put togeth e i y and, therefore, it was necessary that Denmark sh° tl ,.. make some equitable arrangement, so that British Me b. U , chants might be relieved of the burdens which pressed heavily them. th a t' By Mr. Liddel: The dues operate adversely oil Baltic countries, for in the article of tallow, Americ a ~a i n t y Australia can supply it without being under the neee" of pang Sound D. By yi Mr. Mitchell: ues During the last few years, had supplied 20 per cent of the tallow imported England. of DT' s°. Mr. John Ormston, merchant and shipowner , , r castle, was next examined. The witness spoke more e , particularly as to the inconveniences and dangers a 1 from the detention of vessels at Elsinore. An exceptioo_..so favour was extended to steamers of that class which ape' s allowed to pass Elsinore without detention. Their paS o e a r t , were taken to the government office by a shore L' which lay off in the Channel, for the purpose of reeei vi elie after " them from the captains, and were sent on steamers to St. Petersburg. Friday nett At four o'clock, the committee adjourned to at one o'clock. Austral!:lo THE TOWN DUES• LOCAL CHARGES ON SHIPPING COMMITTEE (FROM OUR OWN REPORTER.) HOUSE OF COMMONS, 11 ° 14°1 31 % r , The select committee assembled this day at noon) Lowe in the chair. The other members of tha committed present, were—Mr. Milner Gibson, Mr. Beamish L er Hotham, Mr. Duncan, Mr. Headlam, Sir John Duck wnrt ' h' Mr. Fenwick, and Mr. Hardy. The Towr-Clerk of Liverpool was again examined. the The Chairmen asked the witness if he could aupP l Y 0 committee with a copy of the short-hand writer's no tes the trial, before Lord Denman, on the occasion of the T °ll° Dues being disputed? The witness said he would do se ",,, The Chairman remarked, that it was very desirable tm committee should have it. By the Chairman : The Mersey was surrounded 139 number of manors, including Birkenhead. North M e . .„. 3lg ' which bordered on the Mersey, was also a manor. ag Blackburne was the lord of the manor of Hale. li e b i g not aware that he claimed anchorage dues witb irj , manor. Did not know that he claimed the 60' ; appoint a coroner. A lease of the manor of Bir kenhea was granted to Mr. Prior, in the 36th year of the re i t: of Henry VIII. He considered that the right (4 t , t , Corporation to levy Town Dues was given at the t ime the port was created. The right originally granted by Pet crown to levy those dues involved what were call ed Pe customs on all articles imported and exported. e s the The Chairman thought tbat would hardly auPP e '",.,, claim now made by the Liverpool Corporation, wuli)lys included all new articles in addition to those specifies id named in the original grant. The witness, in reply, e-by the Corporation claimed under the original grants, an d usage, to tax all new articles, and to tax them differell° according to their nature and value. That right W 117' ported and confirmed on the occasion of the trial befo' Lord Denman. any l l y i : The Chairman asked the witness if there was authority showing that the crown had power to O s articles as they arrive, commencing continuously do Ile° to The witness said he thought there was no question 0.14 the right of the crown to grant petty customs, an d 1131 :we obtained the right by grants to levy petty customs on ee l. o l o specifically named articles, he thought the Corp legally claimed to impose taxes on all fresh articles. c o The Chairman next interrogated the witness in r eferer : oo to the trial before Lord Denman, and expressed an °P e ll :: o f that the committee of merchants who disputed the r i g be the Corporation to the Town Due. did not fairly represent dea public, but that it was a mere personal matter as rea r themselves ; they only wishing the Town Does to be redue and nt abolished. By o the Chairman : Before the trial took place, th e° ll which the Corporation set up to levy these Dues ' „ lieu prescription. He did not consider that the Corpore the gave way at all, or entered into any compromise wi th all committee of merchants, when the trial was settled. ate they conceded was not asking the committee of mer cila for costs. He did not think that the merchants g a —„ t wit the action as an understanding from the Corporationi; /ea, there would be a reduction made in the dues. Ile b g e e ' n .B ba' that a reduction would have taken place if the ae"'"„," bet ) never been heard of, because he knew that several Ine — t ion of the town council of that day contemplated a redl t he independent of the action. He was of opinion that 1 „ a id bill of exceptions had been argued, the Corporation would have been successful. He had heard merchants, wh„ e ; e o it an active part in the action, state that they did not b ut in up in the expectation of the dues being reduced , u' o esg• consequence of feeling that they had no chance of sno wy He had heard Mr. Joseph Hornby state that, : bey gave up the action because they felt sure thaibti not should be beaten if they went on. He ce u r eon' admit, with all his knowledge of the circumstances, ' l3 d oe. nection with the action, that it was the question of a re to to tion by the Corporation which induced the raerchai) give way. The Chairman Do you not think that the ge nt e le ,a m i e ; from Manchester, or some other districts not conneebe-otioa Liverpool, would more fairly have raised the q u row ll as to the right of the Corporation to the, „bon! Dues than the Liverpool merchants, some ol„ a or at the trial, expressed themselves against the abel'"eoter he the dues ? Witness : No ; I do not see that the Man o ' w bole T gentlemen could have put the case better. question was brought before the court on the trial. C hair the The examination of the Town-Clerk, by the Chaofthe was continued, more especially with respect to the title ow Corporation, and the grants and leases between the CorPer tion and the Molyneux family. In 1554 a right t h Ybora scription was set up by the Corporation agai- 11 ,, e „; t, en Molyneux. A trial was instituted in the Duch! u",.- Art, conm ction with it ; but he (the Town-Clerk) wee 13° ' I t of ig ° to undertake the defence of the corporation of 1 554 ,',,, aru: Molyneux was established in his title, and a fter W ith the corporation entered into a " treaty of friendship Thu the family, and became the lessees of the Town Dn ee 'atiee ll member for Liverpool at the time tried to induce the f to give up the Dues to Liverpool, instead of the Molyneux family, but in that he nete d n ,atfr .) like a member of parliament than a burgess. (L 4 , 3 ,7,r 0 2e ; The examination as to title was pursued by the tei-teteg," for some time longer, but it was entirely devoid of °wal' as it was mainly a repetition of what has already ofaPP le The witness was next examined as to the grant s for th" which the Corporation had from time to time mad e ' a cre s ' purpose of making docks. In 1710 they granted f ol ;‘` "ore s A ' in 1748, seven acres ; in 1762, fourteen and a-hal`;nn in 1785, twelve acres; and in 1811, four O rp '" o rp os " 590 yards, the last grant being for the O r •eere", „ of enlarging the Queen's-dock, but, c sf3,c tion of that, they got in exchange the land vf",„", do t e; formerly the old dock. The total grants of land s. purposes given by the corporation was thirty-nin e e Il i: e l:0 °- 1811 the first jury was summoned to determine We - , - , r a ste : , which the land should be conveed to the dock u " b to commissioner. Counsel appe a r e d The before doek the committeejury always employed c h o y n,d t il ti tr t ; business independent of the council, Any bill beio e ho t br the docks was not promoted by him as town clerlt,,",orpe: the dock solicitor. He did not think the veto of the ' I , DO ration on the dock committee's proceedings ba d t he do c k of th e tliu any more serious effects on the management th at f than appeared on the face of them. He believed n or 1) dock committee acted as independently as if 110 I n 184 9 ve veto on the part of the o)rporation existed. portion of the inhabitants of Liverpool wished to ha Efe et dock estato rated, on the ground that it brought o,ja number of paupers into the town. The Corporation ' i t t hick make the attempt to rate the dock estate. rra did ri h o e that it was desirable to take all power away fronl t d " e - d O h ' authorities as the joint governing bodies as rig' docks, merely because the inhabitants had expres se L i it t" . : to rate the dock estate. He was not prepared to all' ec 1 0 - the inhabitants wished to throw the burden a theft ettOr and place them on shipping. They stated that whha the'''' wanted was tc make the dock . estate bear its own -tir e re He expressed no opinion as to whether the inhabitants t o right or The witness was next examined as to the cire ura f-I st e sTl ‘ °4 under which the present landing stage was erected' em eitt el still under examination when, at four o'clock, the c ° '" adjourned to Thursday next. 73nes quest was held Fisig•t ° ' THE ALLEGED ....URDER OF AN UNFORTTINATE - i . o bet An in yesterday on tbe body o f . .I brot ill been m a a t d . e, J treatm , e who it was supposed had died from soolecvever, Aitpo was or e found/r4 extahmatinsahteiondidavinfrgotob,osturot and the jury returned a verdict according'''. causes