The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-01-21 00:00:00

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VINEGAR, PICKLES, SAUCES JAM S, Stc., Prepared expressly for Exportation, s on Sale, by EVERY & CO., 35, South John-street, CHEESE FOR EXPORT NORTH WILTSHIRE, TRUCKLE, and Other CHEESE, always in Stock, and carefully pai Apply to CLIBBORN Tit ANNUAL SUBS( DAILY TIMES rs itir A k THOMAS, 35, North John-street, TO THE NORTHERN VO GUINEAS PER ANNUM EVENING EDITION TIMES is y Afternoon, at Three o'clock THERM DAILY eontaining the Markets, together Day, up to the hour of going to Press, WE hi Sadd publici t: 11 the News of the TO CORRESPONDENTS ' One who wishes t. writer has not complied ,hg his name, we decline to give it 10.,arthrrn fitin MONDAY, JANUARY 21, 1856 THE reported restoration of peace has already fallen into the bubbling cauldron of discussion into which innumerable political wizards throw their mites of evil forebodings and terrible augury ! Russia's acceptance of the Austrian propositions was first announced to us as "unconditional ;" in France, as an "ultimatum" which was to form the -R. In Berlin, it was spoken the preliminaries of Ilile the Russian organ, Le Nord, calls it preliminaries of peace of as the " formulation of " peac( starting point. This delirium is obvi- ously the result of that peace-fever which has taken hold of the public in a case where we have nothing more than Austrian diplomacy, and Russian If Her MAJESTY'S Minis- integrity, to rely ters gave their sanction to the proposals emanating from Vie )nvulsive floating mght• to have ether ireds of n- 3h are If Austii )ur m a the ernment could fairly sanction haye. been ma )rt official authority 3 Court of Vi offere , is it not possibl Russia should accept the terms proposed, and France and En should them, Austria may secure a pretext for still remaining neutral, or openly siding with the Czar ? Our readers will remembe ave invariably spoken of Austria with the utmost distrust without on ; for ho spirit, or to the letter, of tl We do so still, and not as she acted up to the protocols by which she ar to take up arms within 3. should, at the expiration Has she not since reduced thus leaving th ved in Bessar be guilty of bound herself la twelve month, f that p her aggressive policy her army on the Russian fron forces of the ( sbia and t: Crimea le British public suffer the national h ind to be inflated with a greater per knd yf belief that Austria ii about to deliver the world from the horrors of war ! Sober reflection can such idea. If peace should be never sanction ar brought about 3y her interference, it is because Russia is inospable of further resistance, and ALEXANDER hinds that the policy of PETER THE GREAT is the legacy bequeathed by a lunatic to his country,and that the acts of his father N ICHOLAS were -he consummation of the height of human f o il and wickedness The restoration of peace at this moment will be by all those who know the resources of England and France, received as a full and candid admis- sion of Russia's inferiori and weakness Driven from the Principalities by Turkey ; Avhipt, beaten and routed by the French and British in every engagement in the Crimea, she seeks to regain her prestige by her victory over the miserable Ottoman garrison of Kars, which was built as the home of desolation and famine. Such a triumph might have been won by a tribe of Arabs, or a few Kurds, who had undertaken to lay the surrounding country and had confined their military operations waste to plundcring convoys of provisions destined to feed 20,000 men, isolated, and shut up in the citadel of desert The siege of Kars was simply a tempo %try diversion of the Allies' strength ; and will Russia hold up to Europe such an incident as a Kalafat, Oltenitza, Silistria, Alma mann, the battle of the Tchernaya, Balaklava, the capture of Sebas 1, and in the S iu the Balt ?lomacy may ho but the age in which we live is not to be deceived such contemptible absurdities! If Russia be really , after nearly sposed to accept terms no nuch more read her kn „._ „ rn , Lite Antes, now would she have been to fall on 'or mercy, had the Allies follow_ imea, and driven Prince has had timelto ous months the necessity f changing th the East change of position tions might have rendered a from that position which he der impregnable? The preci- 3en lost may force on us Russia must not, therefor her military strength command has not been from he Could inawares on a ienced b every s the British they ought to na has ne of the wai in lies r less alarmi sable othing beyond a og condi- tend to boast of and if sh MI the force to dr he could the war ie. and eally Buonapartist in in, British in spirit and dimensions must be a her rulers ller DT as the assumed osientati and of another twelve months popular opinion worked Gut that chas tisement which is due to her crimes. She has nothing for it but peace or desolation ; and we may I hay well pardon her pusillanimity if she is resolved to adopt the former alternative with a majestic con descension! The world long since entertained the conviction that NICHOLAS was a far-seeing block_ head, and the issue of the present die nachfinnung will' sh th 3 W us how fir the Emperor ALEXANDER I large degree of tions of str inderstand t. ,ZAR must ead the world t matter It is not involving que ck can overrun Europe, if Russian rulers were so disposed. The present discussion must, however, do good, if it only leads to our redoubling our preparations for war. There was something required to infuse new life into the Government at home, and the chief actors in the tragedy of war in the East. And if it answers either of these purposes, peace may be nearer at hand than the country may suppose, even if the Austrian propositions should fail—a subject on which, we must confess, we still entertain very grave apps ehensions. xis AGAIN" is the title our respected correspon , who signs hmself " Ex furno dare lucem," ha s selected, and he urges us not to drop the Gas On this head he and the public need feel no apprehension. All we seek for is an ample supply of cheap gas, distributed at an equitable pressure, and charged for according tohonestmeters. To abandon such a cause would, in our estimation, luestion be an act of positive immorality, after having once taken it up. We have remained silent for the last ten days, in order to give the members of the Gas Committee time to wait on the Directors of the Company with their preposterous propositions, and for the Directors to wait on the Committee in turn What these interviews will lead to it is impossible to say, as the result will establish, beyond all question, the long suspected insanity of either the one or the other. If the Gas Company should hesi tate to express their willingness to give ten or twenty thousand pounds to any one who can effect the transfer proposed, they must be stark, staring mad ! And if the Corporation should seriously, and really, take the supply of gas into their own hands, and attempt to create for themselves a monopoly— make themselves responsible for the quality of light supplied to the town ; the pressure at which it is to be distributed through glaringly defective works and mains, and the inaccuracy of thousands of measures employed between them and their constituents—the Council Chamber will become a model lunatic asylum, wherein the use of the straight waistcoat could not be abandoned with safety ! The Council do not expect the Gas Company to ac. cept the;Committee's resolutions " unconditionally," They are merely to be used for the purpose of introduction, or, what is termed in the diplomatic world, " the bases of negotiation." But unfor tunately the whole of Mr. KITCHEN'S speech at the special meeting of the Council on the Gas question was fatal to the adoption of the Com mittee's Report. He contended that fl per ceu and that an e And ye moves r which, i not meant to saddle the whole of these abortions on the Council, would empower his Committee to put iliemselves lu Quiuu..Liitaittuu Trial Lite UOMpttity parties can be secured ;" while Mr. A. C. STEWART .ocated Mr. KITCHEN'S views in these words : " Another advantage in the plan proposed would " be this—that if the resolutions were carried out, " they would be relieved from any opposition by a new " Company being established." Surely Mr. STEWART must have forgotten that the object of the. present . . . s, if the ne - s; NORTHERN TIMES.-LIVERPOOL, MONDAY, JANUARY 21, 1856. gas being superseded. The matter will probably be brought under discussion at the next meeting of the Council; and when we have the actual under standing arrived at by the conferees we shall be able to form a better opinion of the chance we have of obtaining those desiderata we seek, from the means the Borough for any I now possesses. Meanwhile, if our ga.s-vendors of their light is ) that supplied in any other town, we do k they can do better than furnish a eter to ier, as suggested by our i , ondent, in order to get rid of all delusion on this head. But, in the absence of that instru ment, the consumers will be able to form a very good opinion as to the skill and veracity of the manufacturer by observing the illuminating power of the light supplied to them night by night. For the last few days it has been to the naked eye some degrees less luminous than it was a week or two since. THE COURT WINDSOR, JAN. 18.—The Duchess and Princess Mary of Cambridge, and the Maharajah Duleep Singh took leave of 11, , r Majesty this morning, and left the Castle, attended by Major Purees and Sir John Login. The Marquis of Abercorn and Lady Louisa Hamilton, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Earl and Countess of Shel burne, Lord and Lady Colville, and Lord Ashburton, have also taken their departures. SATURDAY, JAN. 19.—The unfavourable weather this morning prevented her Majesty and Prince Albert tak ing their usual early walk in the Home Park. .His Royal Highness the Count of Flanders, attended by his equerry in waiting, returned to the castle yesterday from London, after visiting Blackwall, and accompanied he r Majesty and Prince Albert last evening to Frogmore House, to dine with her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent. Her Majesty, the Prince, the Count of Flanders. and the ladies and gentlemen of the household, after wards remained for the musical entertainment. Lord Palmerston arrived at the castle this afternoon from London, on a visit to the Queen. His lordship will be the guest of her Majesty until Monday. Their Royal Highnesses le Due and la Duchesse d'Aumale paid a visit to the Queen. The party at dinner at the castle this evening will comprise her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, his Royal Highness the Count of Flanders, Lady Churchill, (Lady in Waiting), Viscount Palmerston, the Hon. Misses Cathcart and Seymour, Lord Byron, the Hon. Mortimer Sackville West, Lord Charles Fitzroy, and Colonel Seymour. CABINET CooNcm.—Summonses were issued on Sat urday, appointing a Cabinet Council to be held on Wednesday next, at the Foreign Office, Downing-street. Earl Granville, a ho, with his countess, is at present at Trentham Hall, Staffordshire, on a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland, returns to London in the beginning of the week. The other members of the Cabinet are in town. Lord Panmure has been unable to attend the Cabinet Councils held during the past week, but we are happy to state, on Saturday, a change for the better c)ok place, and the attack of gout, from which the Minister for War has suffered so severely for the last ten days, was decidedly mitigated. ST. ANNE'S DISPENSARY AND EYE AND EAR INSTITUT:ON, 9, Rose-hill. —New Patients entered on the books last week, January 19 viz. , :—Relieved at the institution, 141 ; relieved 212. Visitors X.THS AT BIRKENHEAD.—On Saturday an a man, named James flop street off St. Ann's street y the visitation of Is°, on the body of Catherine Heyes, who also nly. In this case the inquest was adjourned to await a post moriem examination of the body. MILITARY APP O INTAIRNTS.—The London Gazette of Friday publishes the following :—The Earl of Chester's .ugiment tor Ycviumuly o.velry.—The Iron. John Byrne Leicester Warren to be Cornet. 2nd regiment of Royal Cheshire Militia.—Joseph Dalway Barnes, Gent., to be Ensign. 3rd regiment of the Duke of Lancaster's Own Militia.--William Henry White, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Sheals, promoted. OSWESTRY and NEWTON RAILWAY.—This company has just appointed a secretary, after some delay, in consequence of the great number of applications for the post. No less than 106 gentlemen sent in testimonials, many of them of a high character. Of this number a committee of the directors selected six, and finally elected Mr. Richard Stephens, of the Liverpool and Southport Railway, to the office THE THOHAS-STREET R XGGED-SCHOOLS.—On Friday evening last the children in attendance in the infant ragged school in Thomas street, were regaled with tea and buns, in celebration of the Christmas festival. The children, who looked remarkably clean and happy, and who seemed to enjoy themselves to the fullest extent. were exemln.a their educational progress, and the result factory to t ) were present on the interesting' c UNEXPECTED Tair.—On the last voyage of the Pacific ± )ort to New York, her pilot, Mr. Joh n Ch r i s ti e , .coidably t a k en on to ? New York, whence he returned d same steamer. During the voyage Mr. Christie, by gentlemanly conduct, won the esteem and approbation ,r" Captain Eldridge and the whole of the passengers. While in New York, he was sumptuously entertained at Astor House, by Messrs. Coleman and Stetson. and the New York pilots vied with each other in showing him every attention, from this LIVERPOOL ROYAL INPIRMARY.—Week ending 19th of January, 1856.—Admitted: In-patients, 31; out-patients,. 3; casuals during the week, 4. Discharged. In-patients • Cured, 14 ; relieve d, and at own request, 5 ; made nut patients, 3; irregular, 8 ; dead, 2. Remain in the house, 171. House visitors : Charles Freer and R. J. Tinby, F.sqrs. Physician and surgeon for the ensuing week : Dr. Vose and Mr. Halton. House surgeon Mr. G. H. Hal ford. Junior house surgeon: Mr. Cecil Webster. Chaplain : Rev. H. J. Garrod, B.A. Robert Hutchison, treasnrpr, THE KIRIEDALE CHAIRMANSHIP. —We are authorised to state that, on Saturday last, Mr. Pollock made a commu nication to Mr. J. A. Tinne and Mr. W. Earle, as the gentlemen who had proposed and seconded his nomination for the above office, stating that though he had felt bound, at the request of a large numher of gentlemen (ineludirm the deputation who !rafted on Sir Thomas Birch), and from a sense of public duty, to attend at the sessions, which had then just ended, he was compelled to request that his name might be withdrawn from the future con sjderatjpn of the magistrates. Mr. Pollock added that he could not now, even if it were offered to him, accept the cm ce. JENNY LIND AND THE WORKING MEN OP LIVERPOOL.— We are informed that the arrangements for a concert to be given by Jenny Lind, to. the working men of Liverpool, are not in such a forward state as might have been inferred from our parAgranh on Saturday. The whole of the details are not yet fully arranged, but we have no doubt that the Swedish nightingale will show her accustomed good -nature in the matter, and that we shall shortly be enabled to announce the completion of negociations. In reference to the subject, we have received a lung communication, calling in question the accuracy of the statements IVO published on Saturday. That statement was based upon information derived from most trustworthy sources, and we have every vo,linrynes ;n ;tem . t psts;—On the body of Geo rge H o l l id ay ; the been employei for some years about the mats, and resided in a court off lernby ri lately been in ill health, and safferei much .ht he died suddenly .erdict— _se body of a child named It'Gann, aged two years, who was scalded by some broth an Thursday, and died from the effects of the injuries Verdict, accidental death.—On the body of Mary Jackson Red 41, the wife of a carpenter, residing at N Simpson -street of nat -On ti the deceased had been much addicted to drinking, and frequently remained ont all night. ,On Sunday morning she came home drunk, and while in that state ft appeared she fell down stairs, and died from the effects of the injuries. Verdict ? accidental death. Basra COIN /kJ' BiRKENITE4D —On Saturday a young woman, who stated her name to be Matilda Derkin, was charged with passing base coin, and in such a systematic manner, as .will show that she is no mean adept at the pro fession. On the previous evening she went to the shop of Mr. Bentley, No. 41, Argyle-street, under the pret nce of a pair tins it to b a request, and left the shop. In a short tim had •h ted et ke it to the s found fol when s he was to Havini selected a ece. Mr. Bentley r to go td a silver- witt and found that it )erion from whom )p. Shortly after precisely a similar come in appre- hensim the police-officer who had — ch?rge of the case, discovered that on the 96th of December, she practised a similar trick at other shops in the township. She was I remanded to await instrucltions from thQ Mint, MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL. LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY EVENING There has been less excitement in the Liverpool Cotton market to-day, but prices have been steady, and a large business has been done, the sales amounting to 10,000 bales, inclusive of 3,000 taken for speculation and export. The Share Market opened with a quiet feeling, gradually improved about 2 to 1 - 4 , per cent. on stocks, leaving off a shade under the f the day. The following were to-day :—Aberdeen, 11 HI highest i the closing pric , 131 13i. Caledonian, 28;1 284. Chester and Holyhead, 11 111. Eastern Coun ties, 8 11-16 8 13-16. East Lancashire, 18 181• Great Northern, 23 231, Ditto A, 91 01. Gr e at Western, 54155. Lancashire and Yorkshire Stock, 791 794. Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport, 14 141 London and North Western Stock, 964 97. Man chester, Sheffield and Lincoln, 247 241. Ditto Preference, 133 131. Ditto New 6 per cent Pref., 7-16 Ip. Midland Stock, 66: 4 1 ' 664. North British, 74 7-2% North Staffordshire, 84 South Eastern, 18 18,1. York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 17+ 171. York and North Midland, 234 23g. Dutch Rhenish, 4 x all 4p. Ditto New Shares, 13 2p. Great Western of Canada, 253 264. Ditto New Shares, 31 3,zlp. Great Luxembourg, 9 8:7, ri T and Birt The Liverpool Wool sales, which commenced on the 15th, were brought to a close to-day. The result is thus recorded in the circular of Messrs. A. Gartside and Co., issued this evenim Home and foreign buyers attended numerously, probably with the hope of obtaining a concession in price, in consequence of the large quantity offered, particularly in the case of East India, of which there have been 9,695 bales. The result, however, bas been favourable so sellers, and during the first two bye there was fair competition, and prices for Wool worth 9d and mirk, rry,,,,,1 1.1 1,;,.t.-.. 41._ _ - r , buyers rea 310 had hec materially enhanced in value by the demand for war clothing, they wonid necessarily be depreciated by the prospect of peace ; on the other hand, there was a strong feeling that the realisation of this contingency would benefit t'-_e market by improving the ordinary home consumption ; this latter view, being backed by the fact of stocks being light throughout Europe, pre dominated, and the sales have since proceeded with ad ditional spirit, at prices which, on the average, are qu i te equa l to our September rates. ome-grown and imported long stapled descriptions, which have, in some degree, been depressed by the consequences of the war, are firmer, and should the expected negociations lead to peace they will probably be benefitted. The quantities offered and prices realised are detailed below, viz.: -9,695 bales East India: Part of these eonsisted of clean and well selected parcels, but there was a greater proportion than usual of half-washed and inferior lots. The whole found purchasers, and the varied purposes to which this wool is applicable gives it a currency superior to most other descriptions. Fine white realised to 131 d, coarse to middling do. 7d to l Otd, fine yellow 84 to 10d, common to middling do. 6d to 7d, unwashed and inferior do. 4d to 51d, fawn 8d to 9d, black and grey 6d to 7d, blaek hair ld to 1/d, native black 6d to nd, do. grey 4d. 579 bales Egyptian • Fair parcels were active at 11t1 for first white; 9d to 91-d 2nd do ; 7id to 84-d coloured locks ; 9d to 9fd black fleece ; those lots much mixed with Syrian were dull at id to ld less. 49 bags Mogadore, 9d to I Old. 105 bales River Plate, chiefly washed common and inferior Mestizo at sid to 10-I,d, and a few second rate Cordova at 8d to 81,d, but sales of the latter have since been made at Bid to 9d. 996 bales Russian, chiefly Donskoi and Calmuc ; a few of the former sold at 81d, but the bulk was withdrawn. 2005 bales Mediterranean, &c., of which very little was sold ; but by private contract some transactions have taken place, and this port is now more bare of stock than we have seen it for many years past. The circular of Mr. William Avens, of London, gives the following review of the London Stock. and Share Market for the past week : A great change has come over the market since my last. When I had last the pleasure of addressing my friends and clients, business was certainly improving, but rations were restricted by the state of political uncer - as to the prospects of peace, and the unsatisfactory of the money market. Now, however, there are 'ations of peace, or at least of the opening of peace, while the money market, though is decidedly easier. These influences have produced a beneLial effect, for business has revived, and the prices of all descriptions of public securities have considerably advanced. The fi rs t i nt i ma ti on o f the nro- far — froTn sa!isfacto.ry, ••• bability of peace was made o n Saturday. It was indefinite, but being authenticated to some extent, it improved the tone of the market without causing an advance in quota tions. On Monday and Tuesday the substance of the Russian counter-propositions - became known, and being thought to be such as would satisfy the interests of Great Britain in undertaking the war, a decided advance : set in ; consols which closed on Saturday at 851 to 861, having improved on Tuesday to 86 ; 7-; to 87. This was merely upon the strength of the impression that if Russia did not concede all the conditions demanded by the Allies, she was at least disposed to offer some terms which could not be regarded as unacceptable. On Wednes- day, however, the foreign journals reported that she had proposed to go further—that is to accept the conditions • icd to restrict her influence and power in the Bal . . . open( YL4aI•C 4.0.0 n Toyed until ,t 861 to 86 rapidly buyers at 87 'ever, took 9 before - the close hut after hours they recovered, 3St after t froni Vienna t to 871. Or cal. Consols, which opened at 87Z- for money, and A' and an extremely larg hnt ;t maintained, and the closiroprice was 89& to 90 Yesteraa they opened at 89a- to 89k, but upon its being hour that a protocol had been signed at St. Petersburg contruninb the terms required by the Allies as the preliminaries far peace, `hey advanced to 90k to 901, but receded upon sales, and they left off at 891 to k. On the whole, notwithstanding the advance during the week, which is equal to nearly 4 per cent, the market has been extremely steady. The Money Market as previously stated, has been easier, but yesterday the demand was renewed. The payment of the dividends is daily putting a large sum in circulation, and the public have been re-investing in small amonnts. At the same time the discount houses in Lombard -street have been full of cash, though no abatement of rates can be reported. Some railway companies have succeeded in renewing their deben tures at 41 per cent. Tke commercial demand has been moderate, notwithstanding that the weekly trade reports indicate rather an increasing amount of manufacturing production. These favourable circumstances have had their natural influence somewhat increased by a report that an issue of £10,000,000 in £1 notes was in contemplation—a report not yet to he depended upon. On the other hand there are some advarse circumstances. One is the still diminishing stocks of bullion in the banks of England and France, whilst the demand, both from the Continent and the East, is unabated. With a view to stop the efflux of gold from this country, it was currently stated in the early part of the week that the bank would advance the rate of interest once more, hut the directors separated on Thurs. day without any change. Another adverse circumstance is, the possibility of both England and France requiring loans, even tbgugh peace be made. Whatever be the result of the existing efforts to put an end to the war, these cir cumstances must embarass the operations of ,the Money Market for some time. The Bank return for the week end ing last Saturday is again unfavourable. The Bullion has diminished £119.958, and the Reserve £606,453, while the Public Securities have increased £2,585,94t. indicatirg that large advances have been made to thy Go'vernment on Deficiency Bills. The arrivals of Specie during the week have been £170,000 by the West India mail, of which £117,000 was in gold, and the rest in silver; £5,400 from New York ; £lBO,OOO from Australia ; £5,457 from v the Peninsula ; and £35,000 in silver from the Continent. The whole of the gold has been taken on continental account ; is hoped that the next arrival from Australia, which 2400,000, will be retained in this country. -^ on Paris, however, is not favourable to 'way Shares, in sympathy with , but business in them has been The traffics still continue good. Foreign Securi- announ epa will be abo . nt The rate Of Ea its rema'nint hrr Ra Consols, have all advance lithited learly all higher; and many transactions have taken place in both classes of Turkish. .loint Stock Bank Shares have also improved; but there have been few deal .• ingq in them We quote the following report of the London Tallow Market from the weekly circular of Messrs. Smith & Charles : The result of Count Esterhazy's mission to the Dpperor of li.uszia (referred to in our circular, of the 17th 'ultimo) has 'been 'announced to the world. It is that the Czar accepts the terms proposed by Austria as a basis of nego elation. It were vain to speculate on the result of these negotiations. We know the result of the Vienna confer ence of last April; we know the character of Russian diplomacy. What we do not know is the internal condi tion of Russia. It may be that that condition is such as to render a further prosecution of the war by the w the opinion entertained in the city is, that the iroTa ire as nine to one. A complete as the second edition of - the news from Viennna. )u:nal ; an a seebnd naterial agitation is to secure a sufficient supply of and to give to the tow n the benefits of all the scientific improvements which have t 3n place in the manufacture and distribution of light within nis is al the public ask It:a does M STEWART say on this subject ? v management which he proposes " cannot pay the amount of interest " settled, they will have to raise the price of gas. " Respectable and proper men will be placed on the " direction, and they will raise the price if it be " necessary." We thank Mr. STEWART in the name of the gas consumers for this timely notice and candid assurince ! It is a little remarkable, however, that the Corn mittee should have gone so far out of their way to expo se the defects in our gas supply, for the purpose, as it were, of inducing "proper and respectable men'' to take its management into their hands, and to induce the Town Council to mix themselves . - up with an undertaking, which they were unable to prove was capable of satisfying the demands of their constituents. What we want is, to see gas taken into every cottage, not only in Liverpool, but in every town numbering three thousand inhabi tants, and its suburbs. Before we go forward to reform others, we commence on the very sound principle of seeking reformation for ourselves, We take the question of gas supply and cost, for a circle of forty miles round Liverpool; and com mencing with Birkenhead, on the °their cid() of the river, we find one universal complaint of inaccurate meters and excessive prices, all dating from that monopoly which Ur. STEwART and others would mantain, by uniting consumers with Shareholders, Corporate and other bodies, and giving them an interest in gas management, for their own destruction ! But the presene,resolu tions lo not biad the Council to anything. Like the Austrian propositions for peace, they only form the bases of negotiation. Whether conferences _ by the Committee, with closed Et sum le pri 11(1 do dings, in a matter of such magnitude, would be viewed, by a Eariiamentary Committee with fatal misgivings Then, again, we have Air. Alderman BENNETT'S grounds of objection to the resolutions. He tells us " If he were a gas proprietor, the fear whiah he " would have would be,:that some other light would "be discovered which woulc? supersede gas; and " what giore likely, now that chemistry was making " such rapid strider„ and scientific men were "turning their attention to tlie l?ject? What would become of them, he would ask, as shax'o - a property of the value of something ¢00,0001; if a discovery were made that would supersede gas, and introduce a new system of lighting the public streets ? It was a serious contemplate, if they considered the holders "proposed arrangei4ant in that light:" Belligerents ire often indebted to an enemy for the most and we would strongly recommend aluable hints Mr. KITCEIEN, and his Committee, not to overlook Mr. Alderman BENNET . 7 I B fears, with respect to coal n'favonr of pea Tallow vernal appeared, a seized th most s Wecepted f edition of anotl cation tt iced to 6 'ebafer, It su' with t is to be held, tt qoently declined to 625., January andiMarch ; and 603. March and April. To-day it has been almost impossible to effect sales, in consequence of the growinE, belief that Russia is preparod to yield implicitly to the just demands of the allies. Our prices are nominal. The public sales consisted of 502 casks, of which 25 casks were sold. The arrivals at present are 1889 casks ; the deliveries 10t.'7 casks—spot, 60s. ; January and March, 595. ; March and April, 58s. ; April and June, 575. ; October and December, 565. to 575. ; town tallow, 545. net cash. We quote palm oil, 453. ; linseed oil. 40s. ; tallow elaine, 565. ; tallow oil, 425. Cocoanut oil—Cochin 435. ; Ceylon, 425. , I n the early part of the week the markets at Mincing-lane have recovered to some extent, from depression under which they had p rev i ous l y subjected, but this improvem en t was not ma i n tained. Some i ncre ased dema n d f or sugar been the too k place, and on the whole, the business was sli g htly improved, although in a limited degree. C o ff ee has been very heavy, and some diffi cu l ty was experienced in sustaining previous rates. Rum, cocoa, rice, and some other staples, were also dull, and have been affected by the telegraphic informa. tin from Vienna, whi c h h as r endered o p erators more cautious. The spice market has been firm, and some advance has been recorded in cotton. Accounts from Odessa give some interesting par. titulars of the refusal at the Commercial Banl , there to pay in specie. On receiving deposits the cashier indorsed each voucher with the sum re. ceived in specie, giving a warranty that the dopo. sitor would receive the same amount in coin at any Those who deposited notes were only entitled to rec tho 1m in notes ed gold received in gold. vever, loci )tes in the expectation that he would re ie; the req,ulations instituted authoris9(l the in refusing irn the silne A telegraphie that the loan of patch from Turin announces 00,000 asked by the govern- been approved of by the Chamber of __ ... Deputies. Some lively opposition was given to the measure by members on the right of the house, tnding which the bill passed by a ma j or i ty • . . ight. • notwiti of 109 1: wenty-e Mr. Wr ind the assets are expected to be found unfavourable The English Stock Market continued good, at the late rise. On the whole the market was firmer to-day, with prices closing at 891, 90. At Paris to day the Bourse was weaker during the earlier hours of business, but subsequently recovered. The accounts from all the other Continental Stock Markets indicate extraordinary excitement, and a fresh general rise in all descriptions of securities. The total value of gold arrivals this week is abou t 362,000; the total ascertained shipments of specie are 344,0001., chiefly in silver. It is also known that the 180.0001., ex Ben Nevis, has been taken for the Bank of France. The Railway Share Market to-day skewed an increased upward tendency and the quotations closed as follows: Caledonian, 561 57. Eastern Counties, 84 81. East Lancashire, 72 73. Great Northern, 93 94. Ditto A, 79 80. Great Western, 544 55. Lan cashire and Yorkshire, 79 791. London and North Western, 96a 96-4. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 24 : 1 243. Midland Stock, 66 66i. North British, 30 301. South Eastern and Dover, 59.4 60. York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 68! 691. York and North Midland. 461 461. MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.—We are informed that a marriaee is about to take place between Colonel Newton, of the Guards, and Miss Steele, daughter of Mr. and Lady Elizabeth Steele, and the near relative of the Duchess of Wellington and Lady Emily Peel. NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.—We are happy to learn that the North-Western Railway Company of Ireland is steadily progressing. The directors have, we understand, lodged the 24,0001, and complied with all the standing orders. They are daily receiving influential accessions.— Dublin Evening Post. The conservatives of North Essex are still at loggerheads Mr. C. Du Cane has issued an address offering himself as a candidate on the retirement of Sir John Tyrell. Lieutenant- Colonel Brise has issued an address in opposition to Major Beresford, who has, he thinks, been already paid whatever debt of gratitude may be due to him. A county man is hinted at as coming forward. DUKE OF LANCASTER'S RlFLES.—Captain Littledale has relieved Captain R. A. Aspinall in the command of the depot of tho Duke of Lancaster's Rifles, stationed in this town. During the past year the latter ()Meer has enrolled and sent to head-cparters upwards of 700 men, many of whom have olunteered into the line, and gone to the Crimea. Captain Littletiala has met with similar success, the enrolling going on briskly. It is expected that an officer from the line will visit the regiment for the purpose of accepting volunteers. Upwards of 200 of the men have signified their intention of joining the regular army. THE LATE BRIGADIER WILLIAM MAYNE.—We regret exceedingly to have to announce the death of Colonel W. Mayne, of the Bengal Army, Aide-de-camp to the Queen, and Brigadier commanding the Hyderabad Contingent, which unhappy event took plane at Cairo on the 23rd ult., on his way to England. He had only. returned to India in September last. He was seized during the following -. , th with the illness which has thus terminated so has cut off in the very prime of life )t manhood, one of the most promising and in the Indian army. —Miss Mary Herbert, sister of the 1 - , accompanied her brother to the 4, in the vicinity of his estate in , ngaged in a sharp run, Miss Her -le," jumped short, and fell ident happened a few miles ,e lady was conveyed to the distinguished officers gallant Colonel II South Wales ing a st hurdlc )f insensibility to learn that Miss Herb wed home (a distance o has since bean able to I )out 14 miles), AO bones Jaein broken to be one of the finest idy rid We (d hear that the Rogers' Diaries are not so nearly ready for the press as rumout had it. Mr. Moxon —the publisher. but not, it seems, executor, of the poet— has a volume of Table Talk in the press, taken down by Mr. Dyce. This volume is nearly ready for the public. The diaries kept by Mr. Rogers himself, some of the choicest morsels in which are reports of conversations with the Iron Duke, are at the disposal of the poet's relatives, the Messrs. Sharpe. Rogers, it is said, left no instructions as to the particular disposal of his papers. Samuel Phillips, we believe, had at one time a commission from the - poet to write his life; but the young critic passed away, like many other contemporaries, before the aged poet was gathered to his fathers. No successor to the task was ever named by Rogers. ESCAPE OP CONVICTS FROM DARTMOOR.—On the morn ing of Thursday week a convict named Stewart, who had made his escape from the priume Town Prisons, broke into the dwelling-louse at Horseyhill, belonging to the Rev. Thomas Xitson, of Shiphay. After that, he broke inte and robbed a cottage at Spitchwick. He then protieeded to Horseyhill, got into the barn in the evening, and lay there until the next morning, when he broke into the dwelling-house, and stole about in cash, coats, hats, and other articles, the chief part of which belonged to the Rev. M. Morton, who is living at Horseyhili.. The inmates were aroused by tle noise he made, but he tied before they were enabled to get. down stairs. He left hi s prison dress, marked "D. P ,', at Hg,heyhill. Another prisoner, named William Dixon,•escoped trona Dartmoor on Saturday eve last, with the prison dress on. It is reported that Stewart has been captured at Ottery St. Mary, where he offered some of the articles for sale.— ..Dorset County Chronicle. The Paris journal Le Pays offers the following obser. vations :—The first consequence of the resolution, of the Russian Cabinet will, necessarily, be the opening ofoon ferences, with the object of regulating the definitive application of the principles now admitted by all parties. If the rAhesion of Russia is without second thoughts, peace will speedily be established. The Biecle, on the other hand, suggests that it would be impru dent to abandon one's self to a confidence w,hich might again be ill-inspired. The pacific news gave a considerable impetus to b us i ness a t friavre, and import ant sales were effected at improved quotations. Cotton advanced as much as 2t. It- is not unlikely that the proximate session of parliament will find the House of Commons divided into three parties. Those who see sufficient grounds, for an immediate cessation of hostilities; those who, advo. cate.the further prosecution of she War, not thinking the terms at present sufficient; and those who take the intermediate course, who bold themselves open to the voice of peace, but who will not lay down their arms . till peace is s e cure d us on a ifi rm binding oblig a ti on . I t now remains for th e governmen t s o f F rance and England to be firm in neg oc i a ti on , f or A ustr i a to keek) he; engagements honourably, f o r Ru ss i ; to see her true interests, for the British nation warindyto uphold the executive government, and for the British parliament to support the rithilitry with fi rmness, while these all important negociations are in process of arrangement. The Zmes points out to Russia and other powers the fallacy of supposing that the readiness of the English i nation to malc.! peace is at all p ropor ti one d t o it s lingness to m a k e war. We have, it says, got over the first shock, an d are b eginnin to make our element of "hat which, a li tt l e while ago, we retarded with th e horror and aversion. There is a strong itch repines at the termination of hostilities efore we have the opportunity of putting forward our id v indicating' . in a new field and ny ,ur pAc We me; rs for the very sake of the peace, P which have, as it appea's to t Co - unt Valentine Esterhazi 3r , of publi 1 Count 'c mind er slight, to kyril NAouldie renew suit in. r feeling, whict further in a pacific LATEST INTELLIGENC SECOND EDITION RELATIONS WITH PERSIA Despatches dated Constantinople, January confirm the statement with respect to the ri of diplomatic relations, between this country Persia, and announce that the rupture is n complete. The Schah has declined the med of France, immediately upon having rece intelligence of the fall of Kars The British Minister, Mr. Murray, on h would not concede any concessions, and c Teheran on the Gth inst., taking with him entire of the British legation TURKEY IN ASIA, According to the last accounts just recei Constantinople, General Mouravieff had dest all the advanced works of the garrison of Kai leaving is that fortress only, as it is asserted, 1000 men, had marched with the main body ( army towards Gumri At Trebizond there were assembled about 5( _ - Turkish anti Egyptian troops, of which the gr portion was being directed upon Erzeroui case of an attack, These troops, it is stated, suffered every sp of privation, more especially from the state of the roads, which were buried in snow The Journal de Constantinople states that in the ensuing spring a corps of the Allied army, under Sir Colin Campbell, will operate in Georgia. REPORTED ARMISTICE The Paris Patrie says that the signature of an __. . .. armistice at Vienna is imminent, There was a report at the Bourse that despatehes had been sent on Friday to Marshal Pelissier, ordering him to suspend hostilities This news another correspondent disbelieves, and states, on the contrary, that no counter-orders for warlike preparations, or even the embarkation of troops, have been issued from the Ministry of FRANCE. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, FRIDAY EVENING. The acceptance of the Austrian propositions by Russia, being a fait accompli, the question" ha arisen, in political circles, whether or not there, will be an armistice. If lam correctly informed, xl Council of Ministers was held this morning, under the presidency of the Emperor" to deliberate on it. and it is said to have come to the conclusion that one may be granted without much inconvenience, especially as from the state of the season, it exists de facto—provided Russia and Austria press for it, and England offers no objection. • • Anxious deliberations have taken place amongst political personages, as to whether the ancer t neem of the Austrian propositions by Russia be bona frde or be made only with the view to prevent the! Austria ? We a re necessar il y at this mome,ut. threatened rupt ure o f di plomatic r elations without any authentic intelligence on the sultjeOr and private telegraphic despatches from ViennP and Berlin are contradictory on the point. r therefore do not think it necessary to detail cS length what is said, but the general opinion that Russia will, when conferences shall take planoe-., shuffle out of her acceptance of the propositions, rs, she did last year. I have naturally endeavoured to ascertain, ; 71 the best quarters, what is the real opinion of tile, French Empe ror and his ministers (or rather o'r the Emperor alone, for the ministers always thi='k what he thinks), on the great question of the moment. In presence of .the extreme reserve' which his Majesty almost always maintains—he is , . you know, one of the closest men in Europe—t 1 iS. has been no easy matter. But an eminent per sonage, who perhaps knows as much as any marl of the real 'sentiments of the Emperor, said to me,- "Be assured that there will be no peace, whatever may be said or done. • Neither Eng land, nor France, desires it at heart, and they added to the Austrian propositions a declaration that they reserved to themselves to make other demands "in the interest of &rope:expressly to have a pretext for continninc , the war, in the event of Russia accepti ng t h e Austrian propositions.. " But," I ventured to remark, " I see by a despatelt of Co - tint Buol, the Austrian Minister for Foreig n • Affairs, addressed to the Count Eaterhazy, just before he set out for St.. Petersburg, which despatch has reached Paris this very morning, that any extra conditions imposed by the Allies would net be very onerous." "No matter," wa s the answer, " believe wh a t I tell you." "Bitt," I further observed, " th e governmental tribe of writers and functionaries go about everywhere prating abou,t, conclusion of peace: A t htet this o r b e a m b i a l r i t k y m o y f anin interlocutor slightly elevate 4 his eyebrows, and gave a shrug of the shoulders- - and- I took my leave. Negociations will be the necessary consequence of the acceptance by Russia of the Austrian' propositions. If my information be correct it will, probably, be at . Paris that they will he held. The Emperor of the French is very' anxious indeed that they should take place 1- the English Cabinet would prefer to have held here :‘ and b o th, at all events. are indict to allow.them to b e h e ld again at Vienna. All the' telegraphic despatches received to from Lo_nthan, Vienna, Dresden, &e., merely firm the great news of yesterday; but one Berlin says, that Russia, whilst accepting the positions in principle and detail "reserves to self to come to an understanding with the Powers on the modiAcations to be made in tl If. however, such a reserve had been made official despatch would have mentioned it. The Paris papers of this morning say very about the great news of yesterday. The Journal des Debats as was to be expe seeing that it represents a party which, from 1 lity to the Emperor's government, desires pe may almost say tout prix, is i n enthusiasm We have arri pO 'e int at which they it says, "at the preliminaries of peace. eh ar a r ap i c'ePfd itself ,, a N n ve cfaonrof immenser t o l m i el step ;t p he thinking that the pre naries of peace must nocessatily lead to r itself." The Siecle, on ttlp contrary, earnestly warn readers not to, display too much confident peace, and declares that for its "part it is inc: ions. It reminds its readers that about a yen Russia also accepted propositions, and that acceptance led also to the greatest confidence I ed in the re-establishment of peace: Arks of the other papers are not important There was art immense crowd at the Bout% day, and agoras de change were literally overwhe with telegraphic despatches from the provi countermanding orders to sell and giving ordc buy. The Threes left off at an advance of 6 cash. and 'Mc for account, and the Credit Mo shares at 45fr and s•7fr 50c. In most other secu there was an advance likewise. We learn from St. Petersburg that Prince C chakoff. has been removed from the Ru army in the Crimea, and replaced by 0-e Luger*. manifest -day, Tiro' D her 4)n th q - esselrode ; for, in the present teak n England, any attemt to procet direction.