The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-07-12 00:00:00

EtANUFA. Great 13r SATURDAY 3 name for six months and ,ITY AND FORM the terr which th THE NORTHERN TIMES.---LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY. dhed against a great and kindred - 1 11- 910 PRINTERS.—WANTED, a Quantity of Second Hand nation NONPAREIL CA PS.—Apply by letter, stating price, to R. If the object of the war agitators was not to Do, Northern Times office. WANTED, a NURSE, an Eng'ish Protestant, to take care of a involve us in war with America, what could it have goin g baby None need apply who have not always been been ? Was it to retard the return of commercial accustomed to the charge of young children, and to perform the duties of the nursery, and to work at her needle.—Apply at Mrs. activity, which it has done to a serious extent ? Reid's, milliner. 61, itold.street. or was it designed to produce a depreciating NITANTED, a SOLICI ICOR, for a First-class Tailorin g and Out fitting Establishment. —A liberal salary and commission will effect in other directions ? We leave the co a competent man, who has a good connection with ns, and the shipping generally.—Adiress by letter (Z. R . ) , public to answer these queries, and to at the - Northe d rn Times office, statin g q ualificati o n s an d w h ere last congratulate themselves on the timely exposure -e. of the emptiness of the war agitators cause, and the certainty of an amicable solution of the diffi culties they have created. On the recruiting ques tion nothing now remains to be said, and it would be well for Lord CLARENDON to give such a renun ciation of our assumed right of sovereignty, stuntai: en to a ASTUDENT (in his last year), at the Medi ca l S c h oo l s o f Man cheater, wishes to enter into an ENGAGEMENT with a Medical Man, to assist, or take charge of a Practice, during tl e months of August and September next (the Autumn recess). The most satisfactory references can be given. —Apply A. 8., Northern Times office. _Jaly Ist, 1856. within the Bay of Islands, and the rest of the Hon duras territories, to Senor DON VICTOR HERRAN, as will at once satisfy the American Government, and that the whole American people may see that the dispute on the Central American folly is to be attributed, we will not say to diplomatic ignorance, but to a gross and unpardonable mistake. Lord CLARENDON ought to embrace the Honduras .v,nvoy as a veritable deliverer, and the London Times ought to beg a scrap of his garment, and lick the dust from the feet of their infallible oracle. The little Republic has, indeed, come like the mouse in the fable, to release the lion from the meshes of the diplomatic net, in which he has been heard to roar so loudly and discordantly for many months. Never was a Senor more potent and grave, a Don more to be esteemed, or a Victor more to be cheered by a defeated party. Under Senor HER RAN'S official toga those in office will retreat with out observation, while the more noisy and disor dered partisans of the "leading journal " will be able to effect an escape with their unspent am munition and tools of trade. But the sensible people of America will feel, with those of this country, considerable humiliation at the figure the war party of England will cut when retiring from the scene of their defeat, while those who profess to be masters of the art of filibustering will be greatly amused at the comical sequel of our incipient attempts at so hazardous a calling. But it is now proposed that we shall have the right of way through the territories of the Republic of Honduras, from shore to shore, secured to us by treaty, that British subjects shall be protected and allowed to remain in that country as settlers, and the two ports to be selected as the termini of the overland route shall be declared free ports. The first two of these privileges we enjoy at present, and the latter is scarcely worth accepting at the risk of any further misunderstanding with the United States. The Belize and its dependencies constitute the only remaining difficulty, and unless we openly violate the CLAYTON-BULWER treaty, and disregard the assurances given by Great Britain in Lord JOHN RUSSELL'S despatch, written while the noble lord was a responsible officer of the Crown, we cannot renew our claim to an assumed sovereignty in that direction We have, iu fact, carried folly and bluster much further than our sense of dignity can justify, and with the defeat of those who would fain have made political capital out of a war agitation, the public must hope to hear no more of the inflated discussion—unless Parliament should deem it advisable to question her Majesty's Ministers as to what course they intend to pursue in the present state of affairs. If the claims of Honduras are to be disputed, or if treaties are to be entered into with that Republic which are likely to interfere with the pre-existing rights of the States, in relation to the Nicaragua route, it would be well for the Legislature to pronnnna,., an opinion upon them before the session terminates. It is highly desirable, also, that no further agitation on the subject should be tolerated, as this country requires all the repose Parliament can command, in order that we may recover, with as little delay as possible, a portion of our severe losses by war. PARLIAMENT is proceeding. on a very singular, and, we fear, a very delusive hypothesis. There is no end of applications for civil list pensions, increased military and naval allowances; and all parties appear to be tolerably successful in their appeals. It would be impossible, however, to tell, in the first six months of peace, what position our financial affairs are in. The second half-year must supply the information so much needed. Endless confusion in our national accounts is one of the penalties of war, and we must submit patiently to what cannot be avoided on the instant. .Mr. WILLIAMS, the HUME of Cornwall, told the House of Commons, on Tuesday last, that " He had endeavoured, time after time, to ascertain what had become of the enormous amount voted " for the milita in 1855—a sum amounting to " 3.800,0001. Not more than 65.000 militia had " been embodied—a number coming very far short " of what had been voted by Parliament, and yet " nobody could inform him of what had become of the money granted by the House. It was " high time for the House to take steps towards " securing the necessary information as to the " expenditure of the public money." These are the sort of slips which will occur in the sublime confusion to which we have alluded. If the 65,000 militiamen have not been lost, with all trace of the money voted for the support of a much larger number, we have good reason to be joyful. But what we dread most is, that Parliament has for gotten that a day of reckoning must come. When entering into war, the propriety of advancing the pay and allowances of the army and navy is quite obvious; still, going back to peace is a very different affair. Paying men well while their lives are in danger, and they are exposed to every species of hardships, is a necessity based on common justice. But all the requirements of war are directly opposed to those of peace, and hence we find the necessity of retrenchment in every branch of the public expenditure, demanded by common sense, and sanctified by prudence. If the 3,800,0001. missed by Mr WILLIAMS, should " turn up," the country may hear of all that is going on in the prodigal way with greater composure, and far greater consideration. But to lose so much, and still be asked for more, does seem to he a little unreasonable. During the prorogation the mislaid trifle may be brought to light, when, perhaps, the honourable member, who was the first to miss it, may feel inclined to join Captains SCOBELL and PECHEL in their recent proposals to the House, on behalf of naval officers, and to take part in the lavish expenditure of money on a few officers of the sister service, in which every man has done equal ere - lit to himself and his country. Selecting a few pets for pensions and titles from an army of heroes, is simply doing a great injustice to all who are not partakers of the nation's bounty. Every man who has survived the Crimean cam paign can lay claim to the highest reward a grate ful people can bestow upon him. The soldier who has left an arm at Alma, a leg at Balaidava, Inkermann, in the trenches, or at the bloody Redan, is as much entitled to our commiseration as any general officer or admiral the war has made, and all we, have to give should be divided fairly among the army and fleets. It is ridiculous to say, this and that man won a MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY EVENING The sales of cotton to-day have only been 6,000 bales, and of these 1,000 were taken for speculation and export. The total sales of the week are 3,150 bales, and comprise 28,340 taken by the trade, 2,980 on speculation, anti 3,830 for export. The market has been in some degree disturbed by the failure of a broker, whose liabilities are said to be 20,0001., and which has caused some forced sales. Prices, however, have been steadily maintained at list Friday's quotations. The Liverpool Share Market opened heavily this morning, but during the day improved a shade, but subsequently receded again, and closed very flat at the following quotations :—Aber deen, 141 15. Chester and Birkenhead, 17 171. Caledonian, 301 301. Chester and Holy. head, 161 17, Eastern Counties ; 10-1 10k. East Lancashire, 211214. Great Northern, 23! 24. Ditto A, 91 91. Great Western, 621 621. Lancashire and Yorkshire Stock, 971 972. Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport, 18! 19. London and North Western Stock, 1071 1071. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 34 341. New 6 per cent. Pref., Ditto Preference, 121 121. Midland Stock, 828 821. North British, 91 91. N or th Staffordshir e , 41 4ad. South Eastern and Dover, 22 1-16 228. York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 21i 211. York and North Midland, 311 318. Leeds Capital Stock, 181 19,i. Buffalo and Lake Huron, 11 lip. Dutch Rhenish, 21 21p. Great Western of Canada, 25?-,, 26. Ditto New Shares, 3 1.16 3 3-16 p. Great Luxembourg, 81 81d. peerage before Sebastopol, while Sir COLIN CAMPBELL, with a handful of Highlanders, saved the Guards—if not the entire British and French armies on the heights of Alma—is left out of the roll of favourites. Sir CottN, and all those who have shown genuine " pluck," and the ability to command, have, however, the satisfaction of knowing, that they have gained the imperish able respect and esteem of their country men at large, and that one hearty cheer from a grateful and truth-loving people, is worth as much, in the long run, as friends in Parliament, and time-serving supporters in office. Let those who " commanded" in the Russo-Turkish war have all that they can ask ; but let the men who fought and conquered have that which belongs to them. When the day of reckoning arrives, we may find that the true military genius, and the really great commanders in the Crimea, will be fairly rewarded ; but the House of Commons ought not to allow any more money to be voted away, for any military purpose whatever, until some satisfactory explanation is given to Mr. WILLIAM'S statement. During the week in Tallow a good business pass im.); in P.Y.C. at 49 to 51s per cwt. on the spot, and 800 casks for forward delivery are reported at 48s. 6d per cwt. The London market has advanced to 50s to 50s 3d per cwt spot, and 49s 94 per cwt. for the last eight months. Half week delivery 1,651 casks, against 647 casks in 1855 ; and stock 16,634 casks against 45,623 casks last year. The Liverpool Association of the Corn Trade have published the following statement of stocks of grain as held on the 3lst of last month, as well as those at the corresponding period of two previous years—__ Wheat. Flour Qrs. Sacks. Barrels. 55,102 4 , 1745 81 78g 94,045 91,1;3 12,283 129,207 21,515 311,035 Barley. Oath. Oatmeal, Beans. Peas, Qrs. Qrs. Loads. Qs, Qr 4. June 30, 1856.... 950 13,229 56 217 40.619 2 511 June 3., 1855.... 4,046 19.307 40 693 2 i3O; 8 1,598 June 30, 1854.... 6,214 13,739 63.981 1,213 1,113 The prices ranging at the respective periods for some of the lend jog articles were as_follows— 1856. 1855. 18)4. s. d. s. d. s. d. P. d. s. d. ■. d. Best Red Wheat per 701 b 11 011 3 11 611 9 10 610 9 Best Amer. Flour.— 196 b 36 038 0 40 042 0 38 037 0 Best Spanish do 2Bolb 59 060 0 61 062 0 57 058 0 Best Indian Corn 4501 b 30 031 6 39 641 0 34 035 6 Best o,ts Best Oatmeal. Best Barley per Imp. Qr. 45 046 0 38 040 0 43 044 0 As an illustration of the antipathy of the govern ment to concede to Liverpool the advantages she ought to enjoy as a Mail Packet station we may notice that in future the steamers of the African Steamship Company are to be despatched from Li verpool, but that the government require them to call at Plymouth to receive on their outward and to land on their homeward voyage, the mails which they are under contract to carry. We understand that strong representations have been made, not only by the owner s and agents of the vessels, but by the Chamber of Commerce, to induce the government to allow the mails to be put on board and landed at Liverpool, but so far without effect. The first steamer which will sail under this arrange ment is the Candace, which is to leave the Mersey on the 20th instant, and she is to be ready at Plymouth on the 24th to receive her mails. Surely such an absurdity will not be tolerated for any length of time. We learn from our private advices from Australia that the Government were taking definite measures for the construction of a line of electric telegraph between Adelaide and Melbourne. The proposed route was through Penola and Portland; its length being only 260 miles. The line, consisting of two wires, was to be above ground, and was estimated to cost under 1001 per mile. The undertaking was contingent on the co-operation of the Victoria Government, which was looked upon as uncertain. The Legislative Council had adopted an address to the Governor, requesting him to enter into commu nication with the Government of Victoria on the I. Corn QrB. 238,177 3 7.991 181,381 June 30, 1858.. June 30. 1835 June 30, 1854. ton, but the orders received were understood not to be extensive. This is "settling day" in the English Fun and one operator has declared his inability to meet his engagements, although not to a large amount, and his assets are likely to average a•good dividend. The market is flat, and dealers for a fall are making as much as possible of the unfavourable state of affairs on the Paris Bourse, caused by the decrease of about two millions sterling iu the bullion returns of the Bank of France this month as com pared with June. Money continues to be in demand, and rates of discount maintain their full (potations. Consols for money opened at 95i 958, at which they have remained, with slight tendency to decline at the close. The following are the closing quotations of the Foreign Exchanges :—Amsterdam, short, 11 171 to 11 181. Do., three months, 11 19f to 11 191 Rotterdam, do., n 19+ to 12 191. Antwerp, do., 25 50 to 25 571. Brussels, do., 25 50 to 25 571. Hamburg, do., 13 9 to 13 91. Paris, short, 25 25 to 25 321. Do., three months, 25 60, to 25 65. Marseilles, do., 25 621 to 25 671 Frankfort, do , 1201 to 120-I. Vienna, do., 10 16 to 10 19. Trieste, do., 10 18 to 10 20. Petersburg, do., 371 to 371. Madrid, do., 49! to 491 BANK OF ENGLAND RETURNS. An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 32, for the Week ending July 4, 1856. ISSUE DEPARTMENT Debit. Notes issued ..£26,495,365 Credit. Government Debt Other securities 3,455,900 Gold Coin and Bullion 12,024,365 £26,495,3651 Total £26,495, 365 BANKING DEPARTMENT. Credit. I Government se- Debit. Proprietors' ca- . £14,553,000 curities X11,308.515 3,284,962 Other securities 15,527,912 4,817,074 Notes 6,552,720 10,470,957 Gold and silver coin pital Rest . Public deposits Other „ Seven day, and other bills.. 586,577 849,731 Total .... £33,975,724 Total .... £33,975,724 The foregoing Bank Returns show the following results when compared with those of the preced ing week : —Notes ist.ued, decrease, 408,605/. ; bullion in both departments, decrease, 462,816/. ; rest, increase, 36,5071. ; public deposits, decrease, 887,4961. ; other deposits, increase, 660.912/. ; seven days' and other bills, increase, 52,1851. On the credit side, government securities have increased 32,3601 ; other securities, increase, 723,954/. Notes unemployed, decrease, 835,9951. Actual circulation, 19,942.6451.; increase, 427,3901. The Railway Share Market is inactive, and prices have a downward tendency. The subjoined were the closing prices of Railway Shares : Caledonian, 611 614. Eastern Counties, 108 104. East Lancashire, 85 851. Great Northern, 954 96. Ditto A, 771 784. Great Western, 621 63. Lancashire and Yorkshire, 971 974 London and North Western, 1074 1074. Man chester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 34 341 Midland Stock, 84 North Brash, 371 38. South Eastern and Dover, 734 744. York, New castle, and Berwick, 87 88. York and North Midland, 634 634. THE COURT The Prince and Princess of Prussia arrived on Thurs day on a visit to the Queen. Their royal highnesses are accompanied by the Princess Louise. The Duchess of Kent paid a visit to their royal highnesses at Buckingham Palace. The Prince and Princess of Prussia and the Princess Louise, went in the afternoon to Gloucester House, to visit the Duchess of Gloucester, and afterwards visited the Duchess of Cambridge at her residence in St James's Palace. The Queen took a drive in the afternoon , accompanied by the Princess Royal, the Princeess of Prussia, and the Princess Louise of Prussia, in an open landau and four. In the evening the Queen had a dinner party. The company included the Duchess of Kent, the Prince and Princess of Prussia, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Louise of Prussia, the Prussian Minister and Countess Bernstorff, the Marquis of Breadalbane, and the Earl and Countess of Clarendon. Prince Oscar of Sweden, attended by Lieut.-Colonel Cavendish, visited Mr. Bursford's panorama of Sebastopol yesterday. His royal highness also visited the German Gallery, in New Bond-street. to inspect Mr. Barker's pictures of the Allied Generals before Sebastopol. CLOSE OF THE SESSION.—The Ministerial whitebait dinner will take place at the Trafalgar, Greenwich, and— as at present arranged—on Saturday, the 19th instant. THE OLIVER LANG.—It turns out that the announcement of the arrival off ,this port of the Oliver Lang from Mel bourne is erroneous. The mistake arose from the ship Wisconson having accidentally transposed her signals, and thereby conveyed the wrong numbers (those of the Oliver Lang) to the semaphore at Holyhead. Hence the mistake, which was purely accidental. MILITARY PROMOTIONS.—Major-general W. G. Cochrane, who has for some time commanded the Dublin district, will, we believe, have the colonelcy of the 11th regiment, vacant by the death of General Sir John Wilson. Sir Colin Campbell's commission as Lieutenant-general bas been antedated the 4th of June, 1856, thus placing the gallant officer in his proper position as senior of Si Codrington, who was promoted to be Lieutenant general on the 6th of June. THE TIPPERARY BANK A FF-1 IR.—DUBLIN, Friday.— This day the Master of the Rolls made his promised statement, in reply to the Attorney• General, in the House of Commons. His Honour, at considerable length, enume rated the several judgments he had given in the case of the Tipperary Bank, in which he maintained that he distantly pointed out Mr. James Sadleir as being impli cated in the frauds of John Sadleir. His Honour con cluded by insisting that the Attorney-General, and not he, had grossly neglected his duty by not taking steps towards .e xi., opinion in court was, that the observations of the Master were nearly a resume and reiteration of his former statement, without the introduction of any new matter. THE MILITIA MUTINY AT NENAGH.—An inquest was held yesterday (Wednesday), on the bodies of the parties shot the previous evening. Their names are—Denis Tookey and Patrick Tracey, Tipperary Light Infantry Patrick Curley, 41st Regiment, and Peter Gibbons, pen sioner. Curley had but recently returned from the Crimea, and was present at the battles of Alma, Inkermann, and Balaklava, for which he had three medals. The verdict was, " That the deceased men came by their deaths in consequence of the gun-shot wounds inflicted by some person or persons unknown, and that the death of the soldier Curley, of the 41st Regiment, was caused by a soldier of the North Tipperary Militia ;" but the verdict was subsequently modified by the omission of the sentence inculpating the militia, as it was urged that the evidence was not sufficiently clear that the shot which killed Curley was fired by a militia man. VISIT OF THE LORD LIEUTENANT TO LIMERICK.—The Earl of Carlisle, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, left Dublin on Wednesday by special train for Limerick, at half-past twelve o'clock, and arrived in Limerick at a quarter past four. He was received on his arrival by the coporation of Limerick, the Bishop of Limerick, General Chatterton, Lieut.-Colonel Maitland, Sir David Roche. Lieut.-Colonel Sir Charles O'Donnell, the High Sheriff, and a large number of local gentry. As he proceeded through the principal streets, which were lined with military, to the Town-hall, he was greeted by the most enthusiastic accla mations of the people. The banquet took place at seven o'clock in the theatre in Henry-street, which was hand somely decorated with flags and other ornaments, and was brilliantly lighted. On Thursday, the inauguration of the Limerick and Foynes railway by his excellency, who, accompanied by the Earl of Dunraven and a brilliant staff, took place. A magnificent dejeuner was given, at which the Earl':of Dunraven presided. Yesterday the Lord Lieutenant opened the Athenaeum. The laying of the foundation stone of the Sailors' Home followed. In the afternoon, at three o'clock, after his Excellency had visited many of the public institutions, he proceeded to review the troops, 300 strong. His Excellency returned to Adair, and visits Foynes and the river to-day. NEW FRENCH CONSUL Ar LIVERPOOL.—M. Flenry, the brother of Gen. Fleury, the Emperor's aide-de-camp, has been appointed French Consul at Liverpool. EAST INDIA SHIPPING.—Return for half-year ended June 30.—Entered inwards : London, an increase of 21 ships, and Liverpool, an increase of 55 ships. Cleared out wards : London. an increase of 26 vessels, and Liver pool, a decrease of 4 vessels. FATAL AcclDENT.—Yesterday a carter, named William Fryth, who lives at No. 11, Bamber-street, off Paddington, met with his death by falling from his cart. He was returning from Walton when he fell from the cart, the wheels of which passed over his body, and inflicted such injuries that he died on his way to the Northern Hospital. An inquest will be held upon the body. DEATH FROM StIFFOCAT ON.-YeStrdo.7 the coroner held an inquest on the body of a female, named Mary Green, the wife of a p3or man, who died suddenly on the previous day. It appeared that she was eating her dinner, when she fell hick and expired almost immediately. Upon an examina tion being made after death, by a surgeon, a large piece of beef was found in her wind pipe, which was the cause of death, and a verdict to that effect was returned. PARISH OF SEFTON —A ve , try meeting was held at thy.) palish church of Seft )n, on Thursday, the 10th instant, the. Rev. Joseph Clark in the chair (the Rev. T. P. Ball being from home), for the purpose of laying a rate for the necessary repairs of the said church, and other contin gencies connected therewith. A vote of one halfpenny in the pound was proposed by James Birch, seconded by Christopher Richmond (two of the congregation) ; and an amendment, proposed by Thomas Heyes, seconded by Juin Shean (Roman Catholics), that one penny in the pound be laid for the said purpose ; the original motion of one halfpenny was carried by a majority of four votes— the only Protestants voting being the proposer and seconder. Mr. Churchwarden Bolshaw argued the necessity of re considering the decision, on account of the repairs required, one halfpenny in the pound being quite inadequate tor the purpose, owing. t) the building requiring considerable re pairs. Mc. "'eyes likewise proceeded to educate the penny rate. AUSTRALIA By the Catherine Adamson, whose arrival we announced yesterday, from Sydney, we have Melbourne dates to the 10th of April, at which date the arrival of the steamer Royal Cearter, from Liverpool, was looked for with great interest, but at that date she had not been more than fifty two days at sea. There had been little or no change in the Melbourne markets since the previous accounts, which were to the 3rd of April. In reference to mining matters the correspondent of the Melbourne Age, writing from Sand hurst, on the 9th April, says--" The long fabled richness of the Whipstick appears likely at last to prove a stern reality, much to the satisfaction of those persevering spirits, who have been toiling on in that l oca lity f or a cons id era bl e time, with very poor results. This news is cheering to Bendigo generally, and proves that it only re. quires persevering prospecting to reveal treasures, which at present lie hid even in the vicinity of our old and well tried gold fields • sincerely do I hope that this spirit of discovery, from thei encouragement given by such results in this instance, will not speedily flag, and I have no fear but that a large extent of auriferous country not yet worked will prove remunerative to the miner. The rush at Kangaroo is increasing in extent and number of inhabitants, and Epsom still retains an immense population." A report from Fiery Creek, dated the 7th of April, stated that new life had been infused there by the opening of a new lead, which the majority of the prospectors called Wingfield's, in honour of one of the discovered. Reports were also in circulation that a nugget of 211bs. weight had been obtained, but these reports required confirmation. One shaft had been bottomed on the sth April, and three ounces washed from one bucket of stuff. The subjoined items are from the Mount Alexander Mail of the 4th April : _ question The Sydney government Gazette of the 15th of April publishes a general abstract of the liabilities and assets of the Oriental Bank Corporation, from the Ist of January to the 31st of March, 1856. The following are the particulars :—Liabilities: Notes in circulation, 40,6111; bills in circulation, 3,064 8s 8(1; balances due to other banks and branches, 277,8271 Os sd; deposits not bearing interest, 81,0116/. 2s 6(1 ; deposits bearing interest, 215,3081 13s. Total amount of liabilities, 619,407113 s 7d. Assets : Coined gold and silver and other coined metals, 136,0651. Os 4d; gold and silver in bullion or bars, 21,0211. 7s 7d ; landed property 6,422/. 5s 6d ; notes and bills of other banks, 2,4251; balances due from other banks and branches, 302,1751 16s 7d ; amount of all debts due to the bank, including notes, bills of exchange, and all stock and funded debts of every description, excepting notes, bills, and balances due to the said bank from other banks, 255,9901 19s Id ; total amount of assets, 725,0001 Os lld ; amount of capital paid up, 1.256,3251; rate of last dividend declared to the subscribers, 10 per cent per annum ; amount of the last dividend declared, 125,6321 lOs ; amount of the reserved profits, after declaring such dividend, 251,2651. The Colonial Produce Markets, during the past week, have been rather quiet, but most articles have maintained fully previous prices. There has been a good demand for Sugar, at an advance of 6d to is per cwt. For Coffee there has been rather a quiet market, but no particular alteration has taken place in the quotations. Cocoa has risen Is per cwt, and Rice has been purchased freely at an improvement, and Saltpetre is dearer. For Spices there has not been much enquiry. Cochineal has tended upwards, and Tallow has been largely dealt in at improved values. The public sales of Indigo commenced on Tuesday, and they have proceeded firmly at about last sales' rates. During the series 15,543 chests will be offered. Accounts from Berlin state that the conference at Eisenade is engaged at present Nvitli the accounts of the Zollverein. It appears certain that the Prussian government intend to propose an increase in the duty on unmanufactured tobacco. The ratifications of the treaty of commerce between the states of the Zollverein and the city of Bremen have been exchanged and concluded at Berlin. Some time ago the Dutch government had given their exequator to all foreign consuls in their colonies. The Prussian government have been negociating upon the matter, which has ended in a convention between the two countries, reserving to the states of the Zollverein the privilege of hav ing consuls in the colonies referred to. The Australian Agricultural Company have issued a special report previous to the half yearly meeting of the proprietors, to be held on Friday, the 18th inst., containing Mr. Odernbeimer's reports upon the company's collieries at Newcastle, New South Wales, their property on the Liverpool ' plains, and the Port Stephens estate. From these it appears that the produce of the coal mines in operation is yielding a handsome return ; and that the land at Port Stephens contains a valuable coal field, which might be properly worked. The European and Australian Royal Mail Corn. An Imperial decree extends the amnesty accorded to the pany, to whom has rec en tl y b een adjudged the Refugees of the western governments of Russia. T o mail contract, amoun ce t h at the first of their individuals who took part in the events of 1830-31, a f ter three years of good character, they will be considered steam ships, of 2,300 tons and 500 horse power, will leave Southampton in October next for Mel park on Sundays in future, and ordered public bourne and Sydney, via the Cape of Good Hope. Salford town council held on Wednesday, t a meeting of the eligible tis m f for r r government it,sic Fo a T HEPEOPLE,—At opriE employment.._ _. A l o ic m the Peel_ tc) The regular monthly communication between voted for the expulsion of bands of mus parks The in Manchester, music calfarge majority committee no tices h England and Australia, via Suez and Point de that effect to be issued. management of the people's Galle, is to commence from Australia in January, and from Southampton in February next. the corporation, ham , ' declined having under iu t i e r e , to expel Sunday bands, The directors of the London and North Western the subject is to be bro gh t t before the next meeting of the Railway will receive tenders until the 15th inst., town council with a vip t w i for the construction of the railway from Crewe to CORONER'S COURT.—ye„ t o e r c d o a e rctihneg boroughhe committee. coroner held Wem, a distance of about 22 miles inquests on the bodies ofthe following • ollowing persons : Complaints are made by Mexican bondholders Hughe7, who died from an injury he had received while at that the committee are not sufficiently prompt in work in the Albert D. , ,k Warehouse, by a hale of cotton affording information as to the reason of the late falling upon him. Verdict, accidental death.—Alfred suspension of the remittances from Mexico on Kishing, a carpenter, whose body was found on the railway, dividend account. the particul ars o f w hi c h have already been recorded. The The principal meeting of the ironmasters of Jury returned a verdict that " the deceased died from a South Staffordshire and East Worcestershire was . wound inflicted by a pistol shot, hut there was no evidence as to how it was done. —Als,, en the body of Mr. Backhnuse, Held in the Birmingham Town hall yesterday. The a compositor, who had been fdlerda suddenlyntinlberof.oyears employed tone of the market was decidedly firmer than atin an Wolverhampton yesterday, and, as a matter of at Verdict,theM ".died from disease of the heart," --On con sequence, prices were steadily maintained. Moore, a child, who died on the 9th • n Emma inst., from being' First class bars stood at 91 and hoops at 101 per accidentally burned. Verdict accordingly. FRYER'S Tows.—The population has considerably de creased within the last fortnight. It is estimated now at not more than 8,500. Within the last few days there have been numerous and various disputes, principally relating to " jumped" claims. The new rush at Kangaroo continues to yield well. A quartz-reef has been struck, from which good specimens have been obtained. The quartz reef Malmesbury and the Frenchman's lead are both doing well. The mining population generally is healthy. MOUNT FRANKLYN.—The population on the Deep Creek has increased considerably since the last report. The rush to Mount Prospect still continues to draw numerous diggers thither, There are upwards of two thousand working in the immediate vicinity of Mr. Egan's paddock, and the lead is evidently taking the direction of Creswick's Cr,ek. Many of the claims have proved exceedingly rich, numbers of them yielding as much as one pound weight to the tub. The conduct of the miners has been orderly, and the health of the population exceedingly good. The population is estimated at 4,500. There are fifteen puddling machines and six quartz-crushers at work. CASTLEMATNE.—In these districts many fresh applica tions have been made for re-working pudding-machines, and several grants have been made to crushing-machines. Some new ground has been opened to the northward of Western Muckleford diggings, which promises well. At Tarrengower, great success and activity attend quartz mining. Some of the yields which we have heard ot', and which have been previously noticed, seem to be almost fabulous, but we believe they are to be relied on. Many quartz crushing machines are about being erected in this locality. The population of Castleniaine and its locality is estimated at 10,000. There are fifteen steam-engines, seventy-four puddling machines, and forty-five sluices at work on those diggings. PORTUGAL, The screw steamship Douro, Captain Masters, arrived here yesterday from Lisbon, after a passage of seven days, bringing advices to the 4th inst. She reports that on her passage from Liverpool to Lisbon, in lat. 41.14 N., lon. 10 W., on Sunday, 29th June, she fell in with the Norwe gian barque Walhalla, P. Hansen, master, from Valencia for Christiansand, with salt, in a leaky and sinking state, and towed her into Lisbon. The s s. Vasco di Gama arrived in Lisbon from Glasgow on the 4th July; The Douro on the 7th July signalised the French barque Jacques Francois, of Granville, in lat. 43.32 N., 10.56 W. long., bound S.W., and OR the 9th signalised the British barque P. Dobree No. 6428 in lat. 48.55, long. 7.16 W., bound east. The Douro brings home Captain Ham and two appren tices from the brig William Wilberforce. of Barnstaple, which foundered at sea 2nd July in lat. 38.42 N. long., 10 35 W. Crew all saved. Co be Ed. GROVE PARK.—A FURNISHED HOUSE to be LET, at a Moderate /tent, for six or twelve months.—Address H. 2, Northern Tines office. A PA RTMENTS r IIRNI 3 IIED.—TO he LET, together or sepa 1-1. rate, a DRAWING-ROOM and PARLOUR, with One or Two Bedrooms.—Apply a: 32, Mason street, Edge hill. TO , DRAPERS AND GROCF.RS.—A HOUSE and SHOP to be "" immediate possession, in one of the most popular Wales, doing a first-rate business, and an old 18 yeirs' standing. The proprietor retiring from tock can be reduced if required. For further par. T., Northern Times office.) LET, t to vn• in Nortl ticulars a Pro be LET, with in Chatham.place. E lmediate possession, the HOUSE, N o . 3, . . . ,- ee sitting rooms on r bedrooms, wi , h Rent ,e 35. The Ho lay be purchased at ; ring England. For particulars apply to .1.2.•. o dressing rooms Is in excellent aqiation, in can sequence of the owner lea John White. 2u PARKGAT contain TO he LET a good,IIOUSE, opposire the Dee, rs, rantrY, two wi , h cool flower and "dn fresh papered and palmed Johnson, 14, Duke-street; or Jones -Apply t 4 Air, and Son. Nostoo . Also. TO e S Ln . two FREEHOLD FIOUqES in Park street T° '.:Z./LESALE DRUGGISTS and OTHER , .—TO be LET, for k Term of sears, the 111 ILLS, WAREHOUSE, OFFICES, Ike, In Wood-.treet, lately occupied by Messrs. Edney & Raines, as Wbolesale drugg , s+s, including the Engine and Machinery, now ready for wo, k. The Premises, which are very commodious, will Nei Let together or separately, and immediate possession can be eiven.—For further particulars apply to Mr. George S. Sanderson, 13, James-street, Liverpool. OIT ,i, alt . KENTLEDG R.—A large and well-assorted Stock always on hand. Also, BALLAST (Piz IRON. ILLIAM F. SIM & CO.. Sweeting-street. JUST Received, per " Arabia, " No. 29 o f FRANK LE SLIE ' S AMERICAN ILLUSTRATED NEWSPAPER, Price Sapence. To he had at ,he Northern Times office. DOXTk.TH PARK CEMETERY, SMITBDOW N-LANE.— NOTICE.—The Burial Board are now prepared to SELL GROUND for Gravesend Vaults, and for Interments in the above Cemetery. For scale of charges apply pt the office of the Registrar, at the Cemetery; or to the Clerk to the Board, at the Public Office, Park-place, Toxteth Park. A DDRESS MR. PRIEST, BIRKENHEAD. HOUSE S .rt. HOUSES!! LAND! LAND I —ON SALE, in large or Small lots, variously situated, and ranging In price from about .4'loo to ev,ooo.—See H. P. Priest's Cheshire and Lancashire Property Circular. Can be had gratis and free by post. Cheshire offices. far the Sale and Letting of Land and Houses, Market-cross Chambers (one door from Market-square) Market-street, Birken head. Ceirmierclai c,al tg. NEXT WEEK, TUESDAY On account of whom it may concern. 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Copies of the NORTHERN DAILY TIMES can be sent through , the post by affixing a penny postage stamp on the envelop nr three copies can be sent in one cover for the same cc The NORTHERN TIMES is registered for transmission to foreign countrie Elre itJttll Thin JULY 12, 1856 , honour, and consistency of is been dragged through the mire -4.-- p wards—a T the utmost rovocation has been given to the United States to 'e war against us— t is all at once discovered only vestige of title or sovereignty we Jentral America, or its adjacent islands, _ . min( ngs, by Previously existing treaties, to the iblie of Honduras. This fact has been ly brought to the knowledge of the filibus. Printing House-square, and the American Downing street, by the arrival VicToß HERRAN, as an Envoy of Honduras. This foreign _ _ a State ,im to that portion o f pute—the Bay of Islands— American Governments TON-B lILWE R. treaty 1 or fortified" by either title of Honduras cannot be denied ) f that 11( declared in the CLt ild rev -.T be " 3f the COnt:aeting parties. T 1 Islulus in question rnled an integral part 3ho threw off the yoke of - , - 310 fact has been on record in our For retary's Office since 1821 th the 3 contained in the treaty of Washington of 1850 before Lord CL&IIENDON'S and the swaggers of the London Times eyes, how are we to justify all the bullying insolence which LATEST INTELLIGENCE, THE PRINCIPALITIES. A despatch from Berlin, dated yesterday, informs us that the Prussian Commissioner for the re-organisation of the Principalities, M. de Richthoffer, has left that city to join the other commissioners at the approaching conferences. It. was stated that he would not go direct to his post, but would, on his way, pass some time at one of the Bohemian ville des bains. It is regarded, as probable, that Sardinia will be admitted to take part in the proceedings of the . . commission. SPAIN, We learn from Madrid, July 10, that in various parts of the province of Toledo, some incendiary fires had broken out, but happily had been got under without much damage. As a matter of course, the Government authorities are exerting them selves to discover the perpetrators. The Minister of the Interior, M. Escosura, had returned to Madrid from the provinces. THE FRENCH FUNDS PARIS, FRIDAY EVENING. To-day the French Funds closed as under : Four and a half per Cents., 83f. 60c.; Three per Cents, 71f. 30c. FRANCE. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, TIIIIRSDAY EVENING. The talk of the day in political circles is on the reply which the King of Naples has given to the notes addressed to him by the governments of France and England on his atrocious system of government. If lam correctly informed, the worthy man expresses his intense astonishment at their presuming to address him, an independent, sovereign, on such a subject, and he refuses even to enter into any discussion on the various allega tions of their notes. This King's conduct is so extraordinary in every respect that it is almost a charity to suppose that he is mad—but his madness is fast driving Italy, and, through her, perhaps all Continental Europe, into a frightful convulsion. Count de Morny, Ambassador Extraordinary t) Russia, has at last left Paris,---not for his post,. but for Wilbad, a watering place in Wurtemburg, where he is to pay his respects to the Dowager Empress of Russia. The body of M. Fortoul, ex• Minister of Public, Instruction, has reached Paris to clay. The dis cussion as to who is to be his successor continues to be very fierce in governmental circles. M. Dumas, of the Institute, and M. Parien of the Council of State, are, to day, supposed to have the best chance. Nobody ever supposed that the assassination of an unfortunate French soldier, at Giurgevo, by some Austrian soldiers (an event, I believe, which I was able to communicate to you before any other correspondent got hold of it,) would lead to any misunderstanding between the French and Austrian Governments. The Moniteur, of this morning, contains an announcement that the Austrian Government has commenced a searching investigation into the circumstances of the crime, and that, in the meantime, it has granted a pen• sion to the family of the victim. The Duchess d'Orleans has given 15,000 f. (6001) to the victims of the inundations. A Petersburg despatch, dated yesterday, says that the Russian government has granted art amnesty to the Polish refugees who took part in the insurrections of 1830 and 1831. A Russian return shows that the number of soldiers who perished in the late war was 277,000* The Earl of Shelburne entered on his official duties as Under-Secretary of State for the Foreign Department, at the Foreign-office, in Downing-street, on Wednesday last: SATURDAY HALF-HOLIDAYS.--OR Thursday a large and influential meeting was held at Willis's-rooms, in favour of the Saturday half-holiday movement ; Lord Stanley in the chair. Addresses were delivered by the chairman, the Hon. Arthur Kinnaird, M.P., the Earl of Shaftesbury, the Bishop of Bath and Wells, the Bishop of Sodor and Man, and the Hon. H. Liddell, and a series of resolutions in support of the movement were unanimously adopted. CROSSING THE ALPS.—The possibility of forming a road across the Alps to unite France to Italy haq, for a long time, occupied the attention of the French Government; and it appears that at present the problem is in a fair way of solution. A plan of a road from Grenoble into Pied mont by the Valley ofthe Drac and the department of the Hautes-Alpes, crossing the frontier by a tunnel through Mont Genevre, has received the approbation of the Ponta et Chaussees. FATAL AcctnENT.—On Friday a man named Charles Bellor, employed at the Agar-town carriage depot of the Great Northern Railway, was assisting at a crane, when he accidentally fell between two carriages, and alighting upon his head, fractured his skull to such an extent that the blood oozed out of his eyes, nose, mouth, and ears. lie was at once removed to the University Hospital, where he died in less than an hour. A RUSSIAN ADM.BAL.—Admiral Puttiani, who com manded the Russian squadron that eluded the vigilance of our cruisers in the Chinese Seas during the late war, married an English lady some years since, and is shortly expected to arrive here with his family, on a visit to the relatives of the countess. Prior to the breaking out of the war they frequently passed two or three of the summer months in this country, to which the Admiral is much attached. THE MANCHESTER EXHIBITION OP ARTS..--At a meeting of the council for the Exhibition of Art Treasures in Manchester, held last month, it was decided to devote 100 guineas, to be given in portions, as an acknowledgment to the artists who had sent the best designs. The executive committee have exercised that power, and forwarded a letter, with an order for 20 guineas, to each of five gentle men whose designs were " selected for further considera— tion," out of the whole, about 30. The gentlemen to whom the letters were addressed, were 0. Jones, London ; Mr. Darbishire, London; Mr. Watson, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Messrs. Holden and Son, Manchester; and Messrs. Hayley, Sons, and Hall, Manchester. Mr. Owen Jones has declined to receive the 20 guineas, but the other gen tlemen accepted the acknowledgment offered. RUSSIAN 'PROJECTILES.—The Courier of Marseilles says :—" The arrivals of war materiel from the Crimea are very numerous every day ; but what particularly attracts attention is an immense quantity of singular pro jectiles employed by the Russians in the desperate defence at the latter part of the siege. Some of these are long tubes of cast iron, closed at the end by wood, and con taining as much as 150 kilogrammes of balls and grape shot; others are masses of balls and grape shot placed in canvass covered with a thick and strong tar, and of a cylindrical form o f about one metre in length ; others again are bags of sail-cloth containing the same objects, and made:to fit the gunslofithe largest size. These strange pro jectiles were only destined to be thrown a short distance, and in many of them inflammable materials are mixed." The Daily News draws attention to the imprudent conduct of the English government in the Brazils, By instructions from Lord Clarendon, Mr. Jerningham, it seems, has threatened to renew all those harsh instruc tions to our naval squadrons which Lord Malmesbury felt compelled, by a sense of justice and propriety, to withdraw, as long ago as 1852, instructions, by virtue of which they seized on the coasting vessels of Brazil, ascended up its r ivers, put what ships they pleased out of its ports, and actually bombarded the Castle of Parana gua. The pretext for this threatened revival of harsh measures is most insufficient. The Daily News concludes by remarking that the Brazili an government has, at this time, a new tariff of customs' ditties in hand, an d w i t h the Brazilian population excited in this way aaainst England nothing is more likely than that the tariff will reduce the duties on all goods but those of England ; it may, indeed, go further, and impose differential rates on English fabrics.