The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-10-09 00:00:00

~~--~, LATEST FOREIGN NEWS. • FRANCE (FROX ODR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) of lle PARIS, TUESDAY EVENING. gr eent the day is naturall the , ;port of the Minister of Finance to the Emperor, roniteur, to financial • tittiation, which appears in the proVided to you this morning, and which 1 )0 1) , re . s unie you will copy, at least, in its essential t , tion6, Although, perhaps, the Minister paints ~11_ situation rather couleur .de rose, his report has V'eate r i a favourable impression on the Bourse. e 4- I °. ll will notice that the Minister declares that the bv.isslir'g e mbarrassments have been caused chiefly ov"e"la multiplicity of affairs, in other terms, by b r s peculation, and that they are only tem varary. I m P ru assured, on good authority, th a t the to . l s a sian G overnment has made the greatest efforts prefriduee the F renc h G overnment to .support i ts AT ; e ”ions -o n N eu f c h ate l , b ut i n va i n. Th e te a- 1 9.11 ' s de Moustier, French A m b assa d or a t t h a r 14 , who h as b een passing some days here, was therge4 trap by the P russ i an G overnment to convert o eh Emperor to Prussian views; but his ' le stY has positively declined to interfere in any yOk ener al Serrano was this d a y f orma lly rece i ve d 10L6 Cloud Emperor, at St. , and ho esented t o credentials as Spanish Ambassador. Contrary 04: 48 ,t0in, he w as no t conveye d to t h e pa la ce i n te ° A the stat e carr i ages. I t i s , T am assured, th e t rue that th e E mperor h as wr i t t en a l e t ter to to Queen Queen Isabella, i n w hi c h h e ex h or t s h er not that m a ndon the parliamentary regime, and I hear des crib e Queen has sent him an answer which is ed, as ivel funny,'' (sic.) Ab o _ . excessively Nth• 'it the Neapolitan q Y uestion there is nothing— ing unles s it be a rumour that the French itifi v , ° : n ructit has entreated the Pope to use his 4tak i- e -n ee With the King of Naples, to cause him to of t h %, ° eeessions so as to render the intervention A,.„ ° nglish and French fleets unnecessary. Ilave-3rigst the a rres t s f or po litid a l causes soo of recently been made, is one of M. A t he Admiral and ex-Minister of th - Wa s -- Nrt has also been current that M. Thi ers t 'n clistody, but it is unfounded. o f ar,;7legranhic despatch speaks but very vaguely I`at,V:4oll being commenced in Lombardy and It de past now said on the authority o f t e l egrap hi c 'll4ocues from Constantinople, that, in conse_ r e l at c 17 of the n on - se ttl ement o f t h e - quest i ons o A st o to B France will send vessels into the , Black Th e 1 QlortCi ,„ i. d oister of the Interior has left Paris for a Th e p holiday.. " 4 ilil lee Napoleon arrived at Havre yesterday, 0 0 t,s M orning at Paris. o ,„"e Lour se , t h e Th rees h ave r i sen 4 0 c . t o 2 0 c 'North II and time; Credit Mobilier Shares, 15F 20 fr . er n Railway, 10fr.; Lyons, 15fr. ; a nd other securities in proportion, Mackan at nam Western, RUSSIA I, f , 43 rii,, - rer from St. Petersburg, ia the Nerd. t h e itinerary' says:--" Everything is changed in Uot; r n ar Y of the Emperor and Empress, who will Nvill„'w go to Kieff, as was their intention. They Fill pro to Toula; and thence, on October 9, Toak r , ,hey d: ,- a solemn entry into this capital, just as at Moscow." folio:ger from Warsaw, of . the 2nd, gives the 1 , 11 g eeolint of the Empress Dowagers stay Jest „a- cit YHer Majesty entered this city aligiiii`TY afternoon in an open carriage and titl e e ' at the Lazienka Palace, where the autho to : w ere in waiting. Her Majesty appeared 0 h av i e suffered .but slightly from the effects -t he e er p.l, lr neY, and will only stop here one day. In Vele:L4:llg all the city was illuminated. At one tnis afternoon her Majestyattended Divine ni4 oe 'e at th e „ Cathedral, where all the superior 'Jae garrison and a number of ladies of . e tlted ".‘4 118SeInbled for the purpose of being pre. to • The streets through which her Maje d sty a Ill itoe i , P a ss were splendidly decorated, an recei„;ls crowd was assembled, by whom she was wi th loud acclamations. General Gort tth". ° if' will • • arrive here on the 7th. e , it is expected, arrive I tee nto -"Peror has addressed a letter to the General, Th e Pall ied by the portrait of his Majesty. 1 41a g b - sal " letter says :—" Our money market 11 414 b ee n n v ery agitated for the last two days. It ; -°ll se e s e b - act ed on by that of Berlin, and several - er e 4 VOn have experienced heavy . lo . sses. There 1114 Y l oo k a ' tall in the price of provisions, and we . i glu forward without alarm to the approach C l ieta2 te which, however, appears still to "L. for the weather continues most delightful." ITALY t he a ,,' !-)Pinione of Turin, of the sth inst., announces 4, ' 4 4 .r li val i ll that city, on the 4th, of . Lord . John tne I t 'and his family. His Lordship alighted at , ad thell r ombetta, and dined in the evening 'tad in...le:English Minister, Sir James Hudson. who . Ill h_ltilZed. in his honour Several distinguished 'n'lia t ,,. ° f the diplomatic body and the Sardinian 't he :N. 1/11(Itcen.48ecen Monitor, of the 3rd, says:—" At _a u cet it , ; "" when the Neapolitan question so intensely ~I n alt ec - V 8 Public attention, we deem it expedient . . to ( eri tt i ( "on the persons invested with the Minis the 0 'Unctions in that kingdom. The President of !har1,,,, ° : 111 ,-„eil is M. Ferdinand Troja, brother of M. ) ..' l 4l o f A ' i ' Na, who was Chief of the Ministry of the r 141i R i .I,•Pril ; the Minister of Foreign Affairs is 11 . d 4i• Ri `' lll 'ltfa, former Secretary of Lgation in Paris Pi nti g tb e ; 0 M• of Louis Phillippe ; Minister o 4 A c'ti Tlre„i'til• Murena ; Minister Secretary of State, 'I A ffd.ie;`,,-"aPliael Carascosa ; Director of Internal t lira4 -1:T. Ludoyie Bianchini ; Director of the f of:4 S icily, M. Giovanni Cassisi ; Director o — ci C I - a nd Navy Departments, Colonel Pice . nna Of t -, r enered Bilacco ; and Director of the Ministry T jr l l , ll 7? and Justice M. Luigi Pionati." ~,nit i ',,,, unbess of Orleans ' and her two sons, the '1.(1"1110 8. " Paris ' and the Count d'Eu, arrived at ~,114-"," the 3rd inst. citil inst in the Genoa Corriere Mercantile of the 0 „ l e S :----'' Yesterday a battalion of Coni left for atople by land, with the materiel necessary to •., ti by ,„ti o ,, lo troops stationed along the Eastern d o clia - , t _°, change garrisons. We were asked . why hn ull I viti' l ut re peat yesterday the reports in circula t-CPllla,. r ewird to the departure of those troops to d i\r Arn e i rll ct eve c ments in Carrara and Reggio, an „,e re t , i . Illation in those towns of the republic.. ?T e ti 'e l , le e "d that journalists are too often led into ' 44 a i l l When they derive their information 151.'3e '-' l4l-ent le and that we did not think of 4 , t g ~;,.. . sources, ' a utid '-'''e Insertion to rumours totally devoid ttti ~ on. --......---. SPAIN 2 1 11' n 1 ., 1•11() G azer from Madrid are of the 3rdinst . • w ;. _,_ 14 le eree .•-...• ,C4'ette Pllbi. 1 s the following tilv , additional proof of Royal . de: j„ roy a l ",„,"ing to bestow an _ h'rant l 11) affection on m beloved sister, the d ash am. 9r,ona Maria Luisa Fernanda, and on her ~.' l3r lea . -",°4 Antonio Maria Philippe the Once -n' "like of Moiitpensier, I order that . uirt ° I . priLouis h oian noess to whom she shall next give Nit) t e njoy the prerogatives of Infante of , 44 (1 ot'l, °Rother with the pre-eminence, honours, 11eifarelilstinctions appertaining to so exalted a , Gi 1 v on at the Palace, on the Ist of October, 1856. (00 Ri (Si QUEEN. anter --guegd)ned) " LEOPOLDO O'DONNELL, Th, , "President of the Council." .qir, th e ,razette then adds : " The Queen, consider ,_lnf,t,: nroximate delivery of the Most Serene •1111( 1 - i ‘a bc""lna Maria Luisa Feranda, Duchess of 1.0 11 0 PenSier, and wishing that the ceremonial a s We d on that occasion should be as sole th m a n t ecre,Dossible, has herself regulated . the "lonia', a n d notified to the dignitaries .of oor State, and the members of the foreign ther! Diplontatique accredited at Madrid, that th e ' ,yresene,e at Seville, which would have e ffect of increasing the solemnity of the keiefstonies. would be extremely gratifying to her oapi t ..Y. However, as their absence - from the al - to t h, rofßlit interfere with the mission con fi ded irteh,"Bo di plbmatists by their respective govern "‘e, her majeay has suggested that the Corps Diphthong Little Cob Diplomatique might choose one of its members to represent them all at the ceremonies about to take place at Seville." The Queen offered the evening before a grand banquet to all the general officers and chiefs of corps who assisted at the military manoeuvres on that day in the plain of Alcoron. • The 3rd, being the birthday of th e Ki ng , a l evee was held at the Palace, and, in the evening, there was a grand concert, at which the entire corps Diplomatique, the Ministers, and dignitaries of the state were present. M. Luis Gonzalez Bravo had arrived at Madrid. Large quantities of corn continue to be imported into Spain. No less than 150,000 fanegas of wheat were landed at Seville in the course of the preced ing week. The Franco-American Company has organised a regular steam communication with the Spanish West Indian islands. The line is to be inaugur ated by the Francois Arago steamer, which is to sail from Cadiz, for the Havana, on the 25th inst. The next will leave 20 days afterwards. THE ROMAN STATES. The troubles of the papal government at Pesaro are not yet quite over. They were occasioned, as will be remembered, by the attempt to exact the new tax which has been imposed on patents, and which cannot be collected without the utmost difficulty. The tradesmen of Pesaro have closed their shops unanimously, so that it is scarcely possible to buy even the commonest and most necessary articles in the town. The local magistrate at first made all sorts -of promises to induce them to remove this interdict. but the engagements which he offered to make to the inhabitants were all set aside at once by the dele gate of the province, Monsignor Badia,who arrived at Pesaro soon afterwards with 400 Swiss troops. It is now asserted that the inhabitants have yielded, and paid the tax; but this was effected, be it observed, not by the compliance or coercion of the persons individually assessed to it. but by a subscription amongst other people of Pesaro to provide the aggregate sum. THE NEXT CONGRESS The Gazette du Weser states that the principal aim of M. Hubner's journey to Vienna was to pre pare the questions which are to be submitted to a forthcoming Congress at Paris. "It seems certain," says this journal, " that all the Powers are agreed upon convening this Congress as soon as possible, and of submitting to it the differences which have arisen on many points treated of at the former Congress. .It is thought here that certain questions of high interest, ,such as the union of the Principalities and the relations. between Montenegroj and Turkey have been sufficiently debated to ensure a majority for the view adopted by Austria. As to the affair of Naples, it is hoped that the King may be induced to send of his own accord a plenipotentiary to the Congress, or to a special congress to be held after wards, in which the Italian and Greek questions shall be considered." The official Gazette de Verona says, that at Vienna lei a firm belief is entertained, that the King of Naples will "comply with the friendly remonstrances of Austria, which are entirely in harmony with the views of the Frenoh Cabinet " --0-- AFRICAN MAILS. PLYMOUTH, WEDNBSAY. The African Steam Navigation Company's steamer Candace, Captain Hawkesley, arrived here at a late hour last night. Her dates are :—Old Calabar, August 29th; Cameroons and Fernando Po, 30th; Bonny, Sept. 3rd ; Lagos, 6th; Accra, Bth; Cane Coast 9th ; Liberia, 13th; Sierra Leone, 18th; Bathurst, 22nd; Goree, 23rd; Teneriffe, 28th; and Madeira, 30th. She brings 3,000 ounces, of gold dust, and her cargo includes 340 casks of palm oil, 7,180 cakes of beeswax, and 70 pieces of ivory. The . Candace signalled, on the 13th September, in lat. 5.57, lon. 10 30 W., the ship, St. Andrew ; October the 4th, in lat. 41.23 N., lon. 11.43 W., the barque Henrieta ; and in lat. 49.25 N., lon. 5.12 W., the Belgian barque Van Dyck. On entering the Channel, on the 7th of October, observo , l large number of vessels. At Old Calabar trade was brisk. In consequence of the, ill-treatment of a ship's master by the natives, the Europeans had sent to Fernando Po a vessel of war to make enquiries. Fernando Po, Camero - ons, Bonny, Accra, and Cape Coast Castle were healthy. Mr. T. Hutton, of Lagos, was unfortunately drowned, when endeavouring to board the Candace from that place. Much rain had fallen at Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Bathurst, but those Colonies were healthy. Eight thousand persons are supposed to have died at Madeira from cholera, which was sub siding. Her Majesty's screw-steam sloop Plumper, 12, Commander William Haswell, - left Lagos on the sth of September, on a cruise. The steam vessel Bloodhound, 3, Commander George B. Williams, and the Firefly, 4, Commander George F. Day, were at Sierra Leone on the 18th of September. The steam vessel Dover was at Bathurst on the 22nd of September. A French screw steam ship-of-war was lying at Goren on the 23rd of September. The African Steam Navigation Company's mail packet Niger sailed from Liberia on the 13th of September, for the Leeward. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE CHESTER RAGES-YESTERDAY GRAND STAND STAKES. .1 I Evelyn 2 Princess of Orange.. 3 Six ran. Won by a length £5O PLATE. .1 I Janet Pride WYNNSTAY HANDICAP. Dead heat with Diphthcayg colt, and Miss Harkaway Five ran ,2 I Magistrate 3 CHESTER HANDICAP. Gamekeeper .1 Saraband Seven ran. SELLING STAKES. Jane walked over. LATEST BETTING. CII ESTER HANDICAP. 7 to 2 agst Saraband (taken) 5 ... I ... trzeila 6 1 Pantomime 6 .. 1 ... Gamekeeper csSAREWITCH -11 to 1 agst Middieton (taken) 11 1 ... Fulbeck . (raken) 12 .. Polestar (taken) 20 1.. Cotswold (offered) 30 .. 1 .. Cava (taken) 25 .. 1 .. Prince of Orange and Mary (coupled), (taken) Cheater Handicap. One mile 7 fur.—The following have Paid forfeit :—Polestar, Flatterer, Bonnie Scot land, Coroner, Lundyfoot, Siding Claret, Red Robin, Omar Pacha, King of Scotland. Grey Pyrrhus, Metou, Martlett, Lady Tatton, Falstaff, Fact, and Lord Berwent water. HOP INTELLIGENCE. MAIDSTONE. —Although we understand that in several districts there still remain small quantities of hops to be picket the gathering of th e b ulk of the crop may be said to ha * been completed, and an estimate may therefore be formed with tolerable accuracy of the 'general produce. In the districts around Maidstone the crop will be, we are informed, about two-thirds that of last year. Many of the samples will be exceedingly fine for col our, b ut they will not be so " thick" as was anticipated, though gene. rally sound and clean. The number of bushels required to the hundred-weight prove that they are almost univer sally of inferior quality to what was originally looked for, the bine having continued to grow so long as to have absorbed much of the strength which should ar h r o e u m ldh k a s wveie believemparted substance (to the hop itself. These apply to most of the grounds in this and the neighbourim . t counties.— South Eastern Gazette. The picking in Canter. burp generlly speaking, are goo d i n co l ou r, quality, and is, with very f ew except i ons, conc l u d e d, and the h ops,a quantity and we ag ree i n t h e op i n i on expresse d by ma n y, that the,growers need not fear the present low prices can continue. In 1852, with £249,000 duty, the hop market opened at about 60s, and a d vanced to £5 for Wealds, and .E. 7 for Mid Rents, before Christmas . . It is then only a question of time, and fine qualities must hereafter be much more valuable. .£5 was realised in (Canterbury during the last week. We have also been told of a growth fetch ing five guineas per cwt, but we believe the report incor le2csot.,ooForowmoutlhdeavpaprLroustoacbce b oun ey ts on v e d hi t c h h e h a a m ve ou r n ea t c o h f ed d u u t s y , likely to be realised.—Kentish Gazette. THE NORTHERN THE MOSCOW FETES LORD GRANVILLE'S STATE BALL. Moscow, Wednesday, Sept. 24.—The English Ambas sador and Lady Granville's state ball last night was very brilliant and very successful. The Emperor and Empress, the Grand Dukes Constantine and Michael, the Grand e and Marie, honoured the party by their presence, and all the Foreign Ambassadors and Ministers and their suites, as well as the principal Russian Duchesses Constants nobility, and ev princely hospitalities that have distinguished the Eng Aruba ssador's residen, I great peopi ble, seeing that about spacious andlaudsome apa and trouble, pr, the rear of the house, on a level with the drawin floor, into which it opened. The top and sir' formed by a monster tent or marquee, striped white and red, with alcoves—ope at one side for the orchestra, infinite pain? groom es were another 'opposite for those who ihight desire to reL. from the dance. At the further extremity were the com munications with the supper-rooms. The entrance to this temporary ballroom was of by means of a passage formed by canvass, which led from the hall through the garden, and so up by a staircase to the level of the first floor. This passage, which wound through the natural trees of the garden, had two branches, iu one of which was a comfortable little bu f fet, well provided with good wine; it was lighted with variegated lamps, and had a very pretty effect, and it was very Useful in removing the pressure of so large a party on the front staircase. The usual reception room of the palace was fitted up with much taste and magnificence for the supper of the Emperor and Empress, the Imperial family, the high ambassadors, and the ladies of the imperial Court. One long table, coverei with silver epergnes, goblets, and Cups of the finest workmanship which English hands could produce, and with beautiful white china, extended along oue side of the room. On the wall, over one extremity of the table, there was an oil full-length of the Queen, which Mr. Ker, one of the attaches to Lord Wodehouse's mission, managed with small means to paint very creditably,, and with great rapidity. Two round tables, equally well-appointed, were placed at the other side for those of the Court who did not sit at the principal The large room used • for dancing at Lady Gran ...te's previous balls was arranged as, a supper room for the distinguished p o ll o i w h o were not included in the guests at the tables of the Imperial party. well supplied with silver plate, scarcely the load cf various dishes—hams, tongues, jellies, pa de foie: gras which were placed on it, particulr was rather weak on its legs, and was expose strain all night from the crowd which pressed ag number of small round auxiliary tables were tffic'ed to sustain ly as it I to gre. to of the room, a seat at one u. exertion and ambition, or of patien ways rewarded. A row of gol I plate and st domed the buffet along the wall, and all the supper was served on silver plate. Here France had again come to the help of England, and the entente cordiale between M de Morny and Lord Granville was evinced • • sence of the servants of the French Embassy lent on this State occasion to assist in me e t; . _ the other s Nhich w who we exigencies of the night, a service which has; been reciprocated in kind. The vases in the I dorned by a profusion of flowers supper room wer hese r pets, E unonty w na t lighted with wax, was un It was about 9.30 when and comfortable and E Lady Granville at the stairs, and the attaches and su the Embassy were also in attendance. The Grand Duke and Duchesses and the ladies of the Cuurt followed, and the party proceeded to the ball-room. On entering the orchestra struck up a polonaise. The Ambassador was honoured by the Emperor led forth Lady G press arrived They were re hand of the Cz _ . opened by a stately promenade in 'this order, fro end of the room to the other, to the strains of the in a kind of measured step, the finely dressed and gl "-- crowd opening right and left, and formi shed with diamonds, gold, orders, sue'' ones, between which the EmoP- r and Empress their partners advanced:. The vu— Duchesses, the Prince and Princess de Ligne, and Prince Esterhazy and others, took part in the polonaise, and followed in the wake of the host and hostess. It should not be supposed that the procession, if such it might be called, was dancing. The polonaise is nothing more than A walk up and down to the sound of a march (some' like the Minuet de la Cour in Don Juan on this . occasioL in which those who step forth show themselves to all th. company. As the Emperor and Empress passed, they saluted the ladies and gentlemen, who bowed and curtsey when they approached in the dance. Just hi tl same way they walked through the crowd the otb' r night at the Kremlin ball. Every limn present was in unifoimi of some kind or other, and the room offered one of the brightest coups crceil of the many presented by these brilliant coronation fetes. The rich uniforms of the Court of Russia contributed in no small degree to this effect. The Chamberlains of the Emperor wear frock coats of green, slashed with gold—indeed. splashed with it front and reae—white bre = eches, silk - 'sto'ckings, and buckled shoe's, and are decorated with many orders, and their riband and gold key of office. The Ecuyers are dressed somewhat in the same manner, except that they wear long boots of patent leather, and more gold on their coats, if that be possible. The Chevalier Guard on ball nights are in scarlet tunics, with gold epaulettes an I facings ; the officers of other regiments are dressed pretty much as they are on ordinary occasions. Every man who had any wore his ribands, his crosses, stars, and medals. Prince Orloff and one or two more of the oldest an I most favoured servants of the Czar displayed what is con sidered the highest honour and reward in the power of that Czar to offer—namely, his portrait in the form of a medallion on their breasts. There are five orders in , Russia which rank the following order :—St. Andrew, St. Alexander Nefsky, St. Vladimir, St. Anne, St. Stanislas. There is another order, of which the honours are only Conferred for distinguished services in war—nanaely, St. George. As each of these orders has its cross, riband, and star, it may be imagined how perplexing it is to find out when you see an old and distinguished Russian officer what decorations he wears, and which is which. Lord , Granville could -certainly present no such diffi culties to the inquisitive stranger, inasmuch as he wears none at all. I believe that the Czar offered him, M. de Moray,- and Prince Esterhazy, the Grand Cros6 of St. Andrew, but that Lord Granville refused it. The Russians say that the Duke of Devonshire and some other English noblemen who represented Great Britain on former occasions received the Russian orders without any difficulty. Be this as it may, Lord Granville has not, we understand, applied for permission to accept the order of St. Andrew, nor will his suite be able to rdoice in that of St. Staniqas, which was offered to their chief for them. To the ambassadors of the second-rate power the Cross of St. Alexander was offered, and it was aceeptokby all but the Prince de Ligne, who considered that as he was of the bison d'Or, he could not take an order of the second class; but it has been well observed, that the offer was made to him, not as Prince de Ligne, but as the ambassador of a Foreign State ; and that the order mentioned is not below that which the rei:resentative of a Power certainly not first-rate has a right to expect. When the polonaise was over—and very glad some people were that it ended —dancing commenced, and the old generals and statesmen retired to the seats round the room to talk politics, and the old ladies to t .alk something else and to admire their sons s. The reason why the nervous people were ejoiced at the cessation of the polonaise was that it is a dance regulated by no rules or known laws, and that the persons in it may go where they please, so as they follow their leader. Thus it may happen that quiet people, who are enjoying, as they think, a safe look at the Emperor or Empress, are horrified by a sudden wheel which brings those distinguished persons right down on them, and on such occasions there is, certain as fate, a very stout and demonstrative old lady , who won't give way, behind you, or a strong man who resists your efforts to press him back by thrusting your right across the Imperial party. The Czar takes it would seem, a particular pleasure in turning into unsuspecting corners, and in traverse sailing across the waves of the ball-room. After the dancing had gone on for some time the Emperor, who enjoyed it to all appearances as much as any one, did a thing which gave sensible satisfaction, and was remarked very generally. His Majesty had been dancing in one particular set in the upper part of the room, but sud denly, when the nest quadrille was about to form, he left the upper set, and leading !Lady Emily Peel as his partner, he took his place in the second set, and began to dance among the dii minores, leaving those of the majores Pentium perhaps somewhat astonished. He born his share, and perhaps more than his share, of bumping with great complacence, and once when a long 'Englishman in all the vigour of the Britannic waltz "ran slap right into him," and actually distUrbed the Imperial equilibrium considerably, the Czar with the utmost readiness and true politeness relieved the culprit from all embarrassment by apologising to him for the accident, and saying, "he (the Czar) really could not get out of the way, the crowd was so great I . ' All the Imperial family seemed in good spirits, and were evidently much pleased with the ball. The Grand Dake Constantine waltzed, quadrilled, mazourked with the greatest zeal, and warmed up as though lie were in a sea fight; and old Prince Esterhazy disptayi d the graces of the old court style of dancing —as well as his diamonds and pearls—on more than one occasion. But, magnificent as were his jewels, they were not without rivals. The Russian ladies were blazing vs ith them. The Empress, the Grand Duch.- esses, Lady. Granville, Princess de Ligne, and many others, bore whole fortunes on their heads. A little sprig, the feeblest-stemmed shakiest thing in the world of botanical lorfevrie, trembled with drops of dew, each worth thousands of pounds, on:one head; a grand circlet of diamonds surrounded another with a million of charms ; person of note in Moscow, attended this:splendid reunion, which appropriately terminated the - - - _ - - - To meation all the persons were present, most of them of high rank or posi tion, and some of whom were so anxious indeed to pay their respects to Lord and Lady Granville that they came without any invitation whatever. Same thirty or forty people offered our Embassy this high compliment. Depu ties from the Caucasus, from the Caspian and Lake Aral, from the confines of China, and from the wild tribes of Central Asia, with unknown and unpronounceable names, and many people of note, whose names I forget, formed a portion of the company. The outside of the Graziani Palace was illuminated with coloured lamps, which cast a bright glow on a crowd of faces in the streets, all silent and quiet, as a Russian crowd ever is. In order to pro vide dancing roam for such a large assemblage, a very matt had been erected with ;jecting over the garden of -LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY. a third wore Venus's own cestus of emeralds and rubies ; and so on, till one was tired of these sparking carbonates, and long ed for a simple wreath of flowers by way of con trast. It was odd enough to see stalking among this fine society some gigantic Tcherkess in their national dress , — or wild Asiatic deputies looking with the astonc‘ - ' and admiration of Mahametaas at the datr' - ' some of them indeed nothing better than " fools with varnished faces." One Oriental gent who carried on his breast a large - full of " COLLISION. IN THE CHANNEL LAST SUNDAY OFFICIAL ENQUIRY, YESTERDAY rs ofEve, tiara (old) An enquiry was held, yesterday, before Mr. Mansfie stipendiary magistrate, and Capt. Schomberg, at t ue paper ei ,s an o rt of the li t 3 instance of Mr. Tyndal, solicitor to the - Adrniralt apprehension, and he was sedulously avoided by ma. persons all night, for it was generally believed that he o would blow up with a great crash w h en a spar k from a - _n Sunday last, the candle fell on him. He did not go off, however, except in Vigo, screw steamer, belonging to Mr. John r his carriage early in the morning, but a more dangerous the Margaret, schooner, of Plymonkh, laf' person I never saw in a drawing-room; he had at least three-quarters of a pound of powder about him in silver The enquiry opened in the Sheaf's Cr hells. As to the candles,tshowered u aforementioned, r although they H a ll , a t e l even o'elept 'd orop 1 the c r sth of Oct critic s now and ; then on Rs the„ , i, guests „.deco-rations M' r Tyndal appear e d on b e h a lf o f t n aar d , inasmuch as the draught , Mr. Watson represented the Vigo. through the tent was rather strong at th e d oors, and Swayed them to and fro. The floor, which was covered Mr. 13.iteson represented the ownr , tl , with parquetry, and very well laid, was el ast i c, and Mr. Bremner a tt en d e d on b e h al of th admirably suited for dancing. It was after midnight Mr. Tyndal applied to the court to t when the Emperor and Empress retired to supper. Their of the captain and second mate of thr? v example was followed by the rest of the guests, or by as Under the Act of Parliament the court had the p,., many as could get into the room, and then commenced demand the certificates and retain them until the cc that reign of terror, during which an iron-hearted vale- of the investigation, and thin, if the court shot] taille refuse the mercies of cold water to parched and it probable the Board of Trade would, in its' crushed young ladies, and will not yield to the entreaties suspend or cancel th e certificates, they m; of the most pathetic of dowagers for more ic e d coffee. them to the Board of Trade, or, if th(a , contrary opinion, might return 0 - The pressure was tremendous, and was quite worthy of the best English society or of Her Majesty's drawing- „ r _. rooms. The tables were squeezed in upon the footmen, m:• Mansfield asked if the steamer who forced them out again, and were in a rieketty con- pilot? dition all night, so that every speech was interlarded with Captain George Sharpe, master 0' " Prenez garde, Madame ! la table va cornier." "By Jove. vessel was in charge of a. pilot at V it will be down." "Do not push, I beg you, sir, &e." brought below the Rock to ancho However, the supper was most bountiful and unexcep- she had got clear of the thick of tionable, and , the dishes were renewed over and over rival.. bpaii,,,,-1, , . ,_ - ..., •• • rs of the " Talret the certificat di;eret RITI tothe off again.. uonsidering the excited thrusts of knives and change his boOts, forks made over the shoulders of the first rank by the we— outsiders, it 13 wonderful more people were not woundod. -- All this was " great fun," • and was done very good humouredly. Those who were charmed with ,the ball at the haw s er. dance-made were delighted with th e su pp er , an d t h ose who did not aW dance-made up for their deprivation of its pleasures by Mr. Mansfield said the court would not require the the serious enjoyment of the good things before them. certificates to be delivered up at present. Dancing was renewed after supper, and continued till Mr. Tyndal then stated, that the cturtiry was held very nearly three o'clock in the morning, suddenly, and without any direct authority from the Board of Trade. It was held at his ins'ance, by, virtue of the power given under the A e t o f P ar li ament, to h o ld such an enquiry, without direct instructions where it appeared necessary. • The Vino was I n 1,71,104 to sail the ran, and w --.0.-- ANOTHER CASPAR lIAUSER STORY. A letter in the Allgesneine Zeitung tells a most rornanti story of a girl who was found iu November, 1853, wandetin about near the village of Weiskirchen, in the Banat, almost i a savage state, unable to speak intelligibly, though she wt full grown. The gill has been carefully educated, since tilt time, by Friedrich Eck, the teacher to whom she was confide by the municipal authorities of Offenbach. She is now abl to give some account of herself, and the result has been pub lisped by Herr. Eck in, a pamphlet just printed at Frankton What can be collected from her is tart befort3 she wa five yea's' old she was seized and carried away from he mother, who lived, according to her description, in t large house, like a castle, with three towers, and pro. I previous iiatn s I not been the nec evidenc I been ohtai 71. On S d from L. becalmed w n about . a mile of t and when in that position, she was run into by th steamer Vigo. Into the cause of the collision resulted in the sinking of the Margaret, the enquiry was to be held. It wag -* n board th prescn _ then agreed ; that t h e w it nesses Im Margaret should be h ear d i n the first insti -Ralph Thomas _Thorne, master Margaret, was examined by V- , uated somewhere in Flunzary schanne about half-past afterwards she lived in a pin ock last ~r nine; h i from Liver ground, in the midst of a forest, wher an old woman called Bertha, and a man named Eleazar t to bring food and clothes for both vmout left ‘v years alter her arri old, named A' and r olf, was brought to ti' two or three m the mate t_ 'r ide of C licr to the place g, where she th© eoun the he! id found that the s r erground abod, been able to gather from th Au , owing to the calm. There e north-lest ' lack vas not under command n government by the local flood tid the tim tami t Trrn TPA 52, for 01: •1 ab s born i I.ol' 01 IT. lolved to I gay joint-stock company whatever; esolution into effect." THE TIPPERARY BANK —The 1 creditors of the Tipperary Ha =1;„ 11 otncial tnanager is declined to in of' each (IT sitor's cl igust, 1 BRITISEI BANK.—In a John M' for me rVOLV R AMPTON iy, and as company to LP, prefer to pr, ,, y, ietit shoe lament ried rn the formal proof , - - ...lepo , Ators' claims in two s,:hedul,:s Which he Might have made for ea, the goner 1 fund, for a dividend, u Excuittil iN :3.f10t) —The enormous r in and out or the lay bar onal h ()fit t of every separate el din wool', b'3 two guinels, elicitor (Itr. Mellon) has pidveil nearly 1,800 iflat to that her of 100 uned as OXFORD, Noel Smith, for many y company, has been replaced by MI and formerly of the Midland line esteem of all who came in c)ntAct from t t riT manager ha: goods trdffie , ra, of c spir been is been consider !oted horn the no isting management, bat a and in one or A.,- few are free, are' the won bered with them, must, exquisitely painful ca.. because loosely-fitting shr o v f ez e i a c s n i te g in t:tri al % part, wid other, whit kilt to its lax - substitute lb inelegant gait. We fancy that the corn-enctnnbered foot at a t of, and likely to obtain, both Mr. Sims, from Mirlin, it will bt uccess, we hope, he will meet 536. Slater-street) of. Liverp oo l FIRE IN A COTTON WASTF two o'clock on Saturday mr Clarence street station, that, Mr. Martin Rourke, Albion st, rn, was on fire. Several engines were imm ,, cliatcly despatches to the spot, and, upon their arrival, fl In\es were bursting through seven or eight windows from the cellar, in which were stored 150 tons of cotton waste. The flames reached half way across a small street, on the opposite side of which was a row of cottages. The cellar was art hed and fire proof, the arches being supporte i by pillars, which were so intensely heated that in ten minutee they would have lat awkward and luny relievir o to our od borougt h )rtly after ught to the firehouse of the co 'eet, G iyt Manchester, given way unde ng of eight attached to the main ree were brourt back of the premises from a small street, and three others from Albion street, and directed into that part of the building looking into the main yard. The fire extended through a shaft into the second and third storeys; which were also filled with waste. Ladders were raised, the windows broken, and, by the exertions of the firemen, in three hours the fire was extinguished. Two men were, however, left in charge of the premises. The inhabitants of the adjoining cottages removed all their furniture. The damage sustained is supposed to be about £560, and the origin of the fire to be spontaneous combustion. The building belongs to Mr. Fernley. THE DUBLIN CRIMEAN BANQUET.—The time and place for the Crimean banquet have been at length determined on. An offer having been made to the committee by Mr. Scovel, the lessee of the government stores at the 'Custom house, to place that large and now vacant building at their disposal ; and a sub-committee appointed for the purpose having reported favourably on the propOsed site as an eligi ble one, the offer has been thankfully accepted ; and the time for holding the banquet has been accelerated by a coin , munication from the Lord Lieutenant, stating that unless it took place by the 23rd instant, be could not be present at it, as he was about leaving for England. The committee have accordingly intimated to his Excellency that preparations could be made for h?lding the banquet on the 21st, 22nd, or 23rd instant, according as it might suit his Excellency's —, ence. It is not expected that the Custom-house 4utholittea will withhold their permission to have Mr. Scovel'a offer curried out; and as the clam subscribed amounts at present to about £2,500, and but a small portion of it need be expended in preparing the banquet room, the original idea can be carried out on a comparatively grand scale. The committee have come to the resolution that all th ese who had served in the late campaign, and who are decorated with Crimean medals, whether connected with the army, royal navy, marines, pensioners, or constabulary, or any other branch of her Majesty's service, should be equally t uponelig the itiblefor invitations at the forthcomi ng b anque t. A de putation w as also nominate d , cons i sting of the. Right Hon. Lord T a lb ot de Malahide and other gentlemen, to wait i h g e ht pup n r o o n se . o L f o a r s d eer S t e a a in to in n g , hCisomwmishanesd,eranodf con. ferring f or . ferring with him in reference to the banquet. but they at until and a v ----- The vessel had no steerage ness saw She might be six miles off any particular notice of her for three or 'ter that, when L,‘.np s i. l . ie l a v p a p i c t a e r d e dto until h e s heeocniaimnge i a eab:e's lenzth, or little more If the steamer hay 11 hands on deck, d then called gone on in that course, she would have taken th Heard a sound of "port" on boat appeared to jibboom away steamer, whteli helm, as st ered off just • had ti They on • board the The it !Yve ruidships chooner vit limner when she went hat time the aid the tide k ; there wit'i not '0 Mr. B sec! when William Tombg, also examined. It the Afargar,t, was rely a corroboration of that giv wan on , I gave c Sharpe Tyrldal nee to Bas a certli r himself point and a And a .half of ,o was going thoug the stet Captain e of s. tr bo:) two o'ctock on Son;l3s+ sink s Am 1 to id he consul l , he pilot in charge, and as off, did not think any di Did not give any ad ; about nine knots. t ay ; her sails were filled. ) trio cabin when he heard the pilot call ' That order was passed down to the Witness called out that they ought to 1, which was dime. Witness said this that 5 ZOGUt a Nr have k, The some diita uld have taken plaet,, steamer had been g inn r appeared to hat,- s length ilot hall put tha helm hard a-port. Witness estle to get the crew out of the schooner. rcely time to answer her helm. hire is a The collision took place immediately ne on deck. Does not know any more of he causes of the collision than he has stated. To Mr. Bateson : Captain Henderson, and Mr. Warbur. ton, of the Exchange newsroom, and a gentleman named Colton, were on board the Vigo at the time. Mr. M‘Nieholiwas also on board. They were going down the channel to avoid coining to anchor with a flo.3(1 tide in the Sloyne, where she should turn in the thick ships. She was on the station ft abratt a ran on the 6. the Vigo had very li - m4 vessel itness c cites, and had c Yen any ordersl a s:eatn tu2 1, intel 1 Havre to the I ome here only for reoai o try her s rhere ion in his mind whaterei: of trying the engines. 'l he was going rather slowly just before the collision. Considered the pilot competent to take charge of the vessel, ani that he (witness) was not to give . any orders, but merely to see that the pilot's orders were executed.- Did not place anybody to watch the telegraph, which communicates with the engines, when he left the deck. Thinks the steamer was about mid-channel when the collisio❑ took To Mr. Watson : If th )Nv water or if ------- -- leaving the deck, he would have recommended the pilot what to do; but, under the circumstances, he did not think there was any occasion. The chief officer was on the forecastle. The third officer was also on deck. To Mr. Bremner: Was within earshot during the time he left the deck. Heard the pilot give an order to port. Did not hear him give en order 'to starboard, and does not believe he gave any such order. Does not think that, at the time the order was given, the colliSon could be avoided. The pilot had been attending to the course of the vessel previously, and had never left the deck. He was perfectly sober, and had not, to witness's know ledge, had anything to drink on board the steamer. The schooner appeared to witness to be going about two miles an hour. Her sails were all full. Edward Goodacre, chief-mate of the Vigo, deposed. that when abri-ast of the Rock, he saw the schooner ahead. She appeared then to be about two and a-half miles away. Sh e s eeme d t o b e going throngh the water at a speed of not l ess t h an t wo knots, Witness was on the forecastle when the collision took place. When about 200 yards of the schooner, heard the pilot cry out "port." He did not say "hard a-port." The steamer The ' helm could not possibly have answered the helm quickly with I- the ers e pilot fu iPi° previously and enough then to avoid collision. ' To clear the tel n v a te i o i r d s a ttihoenn starboard, on a port helm, the order to port ought, in wi judgment, to have been given before. Hea rd the not starboarded, it was put to about the schooner, or the chance of collision helm been put either port or starboardtime,Had the collision would have been avoided. in the kii:ovpetnstd‘y‘ Had to a p d cried n h o e o r c il:t ' Had the helm been ported one minute sooner, it would have b een avo id e d. To Mr. Mansfield : S aw the pilot looking towards the schooner. Th ere was nothing else to b e seen but her, and he could not have avoided seeing her. To Mr. Bremner : Capt. Henderson said something about starboarding, which might have been heard all over the ves se l. ' That was aft er the pilot's order to port. Is positive the helm was not starboarded. -To Mr, Bateson : Capt. Henderson is Mr. Laird's overlooker nooner tioo n e r To Capt. Schomberg: Left the forecastle for a short 33 from oing north by. called out, he n_as in Thought t hen be found "port," and he found they fnot c port" been obeyed, is of een avoi ) about, tit irct• a-port." Wl,ari loner, he then called !in the order " hard- n the collison would • been Pi °per tir' gone - ross the was goin.; ILI not hay s bowsif he had stare id not at first see that th .c.r After lie had [le collision %tas inert• t witlitn a cable's Does no ion of ontinuation of tha I sume I. Alexai 'Mier fire let at he communiC a at the wh fore the collis her or et her, saw k he could helm hard have gdod ributei thei If the had obeyed dui rt of the schooner . : did not hear any The steamer Lien going dawn Era been left to wit he Crosby Lightship e least necessity for 'trail to five o'clock, as the :►i anl Falcon enquiry had fourth mVe of 3 order man, de igo's' wheel on the. morning in Tyed her helm. Received an c whist; the fi )out a minute of obeyed deposed tu the !a rboarded " port " three last be called ). The vessel rot complain s at the art , l that she " port" the a port," both off iii obedience rite order, and still more l in °near d a port." Did not, receivf,an ;q to the rboard before t orders w e collision, starboard." s Simpson, who wa iidenee of thetas 7 closed the enquiry UOGENE.- DJO I Did nt any one r; h ea, Cm AND IQUIRY The adjourned enquiry into t of this collision resumed before kr:Mansfield and Captain g, in the Sheriff's Court, St. George's Hill, at 'l,, ock, yesterday. All the professional gentlemen en ed were in attendance. George Cairnes, examined by Mr. seatnan, and have been one for 21 years certificate of competency I: I am ft I was on mate's steamer as a deck pa with the Imogene. nger when I got on i FAle4in, went to sleep at half-past that night. I came on deel past two o'cloci Ito collision. Cdrk. I ',gat pn estarboard between three-quarterstb strb or a mile The night, or rather morning, was as fine a one as ever came oat of the Heavens I could see a vessel four or five miles away. I walked forward and saw it was a ship, and I said to some men on the fore part of the steamer, "do you see that ship ?'' I cannot say for a certainty whether the chief officer was there *or not ; I know he was on the look out. The answer I got was, "to mind my own business!' I said it was my duty, being on board of a ship, to take care of my own life, as well as any body else. I made no other observa tion. I did not make any observation to the chief officer. I was on the deck, and he was on the pow above. I did not know the men on the pop. The steamer was steering amid-channel course as n. ar as tie could guess. I saw the Imogene corning on the foretack, and the steamer took her on the port how. I heard some one hail from the linogene, as I was standing forward, " to stop your engines on board the steamer." That was not done until after the collision, We might •have been a quarter of a mile from her when the mate ordered the Falcon's helm to be put hard a starboard ; she continued so until she struck the Imogene. , Witness further stated that he told the mate and crew of the Falcon it was as lubberly done a thing as ever he saw in his life. leven or isvelve' I saw o'clock out twenty minutes It wa Charles Roulston, first mate of the Falcon, deposed Chat he has been nearly 20 years at sea. Sailed from Cork in the Falcon, on the 20th September, at a quarter past eight. Was on the watch on the bridge on the following morning. There was a 100k -out marl in the bow. There were three other able seamen and a boy on the watch. Nothing took place of any consequence until about two o'clock a.m. Witness saw the light of Holyhead, and went below to call the eaptain. pn coming up again, saw a vessel on the starboard beam. The vessel was also reported to witness. Did not see any light. It was a clear morning, and witness could see about two and a half or three miles off. The vessel appeared to be about two and a half miles off. 'When she was reported, witness directed the helm. to be starboa.rded. for the purpose of giving her a wide berth, not knowing how she was' standing. The helm was put to starboard, bringing the ship abaft the beam. Finding the ship still approaching, .ordered the helot hard a starboard. At three o'clock the vessel struck the steamer. a little abaft the fore rigging on the starboard side. Considers that if he 'had ported the helm, the two ship s would have run right straight into each other. Was in the room when the last witness was examined. Never heard him call his attention tsi the ship approaching.. The enquiry was then adjourned to Tuesday next, at three o'clock. The last witness was directed by the court, on the appli cat i on of Mr. Tyndll, to produce his certificate that day. ROYAL BRITI 31.1 BANK.-CRINIINAI PROCEEDINGS time to heave the log. Was trying how fast the vessel" Nvas,goingwith the revolutions her wheel was making- Was not trying her full speed, because the engines were slackened before the collision. Was not trying he; speed against the steam tub. John Williams, pilot, deposed that he had been a Liverpool pil ot 12 years. Was ordered to go on board. the Vigo on Sunday last. When he went on board that cantain gave him orders to take her down to the CrosbT I ship. When they got out out of dock, witness rd himself on the bridge; the captain was with He did not give witness any orders or directions. schooner a-head on the starboard bow when she )ut a mile and a-half awn,. rt,„1.1 - ne a ll roun d earner was Web had got wet ,fr. Goodacre, the chief o !er, was on ue of the Law Times c (is on the question, wheth 'be fol!owing gaged . . in the affair can be prosecuted criminally : Several correspondents have et:quired if such wholesale plunder is not punishable by the criminal law. Let us endeavour to answer them. It is not directly punishable, Our disgracefully imperfect law of fraud makes no provision against wholesale cheating, but only against small pitiful obiainings of a loaf, or a gown, by false pretences. 'l'bere is impunity for great thieves; the little ones only are tried, convicted, and sent to penal servitude. Pick a pocket of 6 , 1, and you are subject to four years' servitude ; rob the proprie tors of a bank of £50,000, and you may snap your fingers at your victims. But although the secretary and directors of the an I, instead of Royal British Bank cannot be indicted directly for putting cket, it would the bank money into their own rockets, they may, we ei into toof Listh e own nan k r to , Cameron from that of the directors. Mr. Cameron Was a tthoimnka,kbee this made intelligiblecrim inally ,e must responsible se i v n e r au t o h th e er ca f s e e rm of . M B u r t . sitesrvtaiini andof the pu t ba i n t k. i:nt T ) o h t i a s ke p t o h e e ke m t owneoyulodf btehelabreaenikvf;rotora be embezzlement.. The circumstances under which Mr. anneron appropriated £30.000 of the mmeys of the bank aro not, as yet, so minWely stated as topermit p re a c t e t i i v n e g mone yinto thefrtoirnli, a judgment to be formed if he wa.: ~ ~ : ilty of either of these offences. If the directors gave him per of to overdraw, that would be a good defence. But if it a to e p a u st t o i m t was done without thei r pc!. mission, obtained is ttic regular way, or if they litnited the 'vcaeded that amount;' amoun if he d .-.,‘ Vi :Lnout their sanction, at any y, be impossible. Wherefore, then, , . --- , -.1 'night be maintained. The proof of the authority to overdraw would be upon him, and that would, probably, ; not taken ? that Mr. Cameron gave Again, it appears securities that were already mortgaged, beyond their value. If he represented these as good securities, and thereby ob •-nd advances, he might be indicted fur obtaining m oney Now for the directors. They were in ..oesston of the money, and, according to the present ect state of the criminal . law, a man lawfully in pos ,sion of Rroperty nann_c!tbe guilty. of stealing it; the sub who have pocketed so large a portion of the pro is this proceding .eq.::rit appropriatton of it is only a breach of trust. Larceny, therefore, could not be maintained. But it is said that the the knowledge of the other directors 111 s of a private book kept by Mr. Cameron. If this oe 53, and could be clearly proved, we - have no doubt that d i , r- r ( t they, together with Mr. Cameron, might be indicted for a conspiracy,Ar ~ e are also inclined' to think—but of this we are not so confident as of the other cases—that all the directors might be indicted for a conspiracy, in inviting and c ; ° d r i s d so without obtaining the subscriptions of shareholders by the false representations which they put forth of the state of the co ncern —proving, if it be possible to cio so, that they knew the true state of affairs, or at least that the concern was not as they represented it to be. Even if such prosecutions should fail, they would be of the utmost service by way of example and warning." a exe:l larc e tences. When ision was inevitable The set y, and her the sic she would'hi The last