The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-02-21 00:00:00

Southamptot hick IL n-on- to Corpo and r liroughout )uncilmei !en in ountr) lament that I I from 23 lie should be able to coal is tolerably perfec were is not too much to 1811•, owing t, en kept up mismanagement t, that 4. tar made at one stage of the process, that there is orts, and that the residuar some proportion to the gas produced. He should tell rthout bea laid, and what Council a long meast msumer that ire, and that ased a innot %it. price, But t )enditu 3re an additional s e should e can be er by the op We do no beinq ra ie public ru are ( of th T LIB ABiNTIA: DAILY rtir A Evenin EARLY subscriber within tour m at Reek -ferry, Trauma' . Claughton, Seacombe, each morning, it would g disapp IRST EX SCHOOL oft MAD'LLE place, Church-street Thtll'S Season Tickets, 5s Is NOW OPEN at 01 il Five o'clock, lIISTORIC Paper ft Insects By C. S. GR Mottlittn fintts ~rYe IRE Gas ag of Chester it has already extended to R, Tees, Dud Hereford, and whole country ma in fact, be said to be alive on this most important subject. The fame of the meter, which was first made known in Liverpool, and the short-comings and high-pressure tricks of gas re spreading far and wide. Parliament engineer having failed to unravel the mysteries of gas nianufac Lure and supply, it was high time that lefend themselves A little mo. he ordin means resorted to t gh dividends from defective plant, usequen in the ompanies benefit o public should publicity given obtain iii inferior raw material and light, need way of numer DUlci g immense impro the manufacture ell as sumed. T might a case of no gas burnt in the ret products throub quantity of luminou us what the mains are, how the was Chamber, and making scientific?, and mplex Any man take so Liverpo, 1 Alde the meter is no the price of gas is no stronger argument tuents of Corporate light to pass into the hands of mun►,,_ than that in almost every case they sympathise the existing monopolists, and do not hesitate to declare that gas cannot be supplied at a c' rate than it is at present. a towns' allowing the cheaper What then is to be gained by the transfer from companies to corporations? The idea has been • ' din Liverpool, and lot the people of eware how they allow the lighting of the D the hands of their councilmen. abandor Chest town to pass If the comp,: ation cannot - iupply them at 4 e others who would underta a dividend 6 or 7.1) or the Old Corn amicably Jhester and ma I;t4qdsome says, tion leads t and that m of mon price of to call such argument , Who ever heard of the 1) because there were mo Where, bas coal 1 a made d Leaat o ng into T have repeatedly shewn that gwti profit of 6 per cent, on capital, at 3s. even less. Old works, crazy mains, and dr,, engineers, may not be able to do it. But, what have the public to say to these things ? " Buy in ' - sq cheapest, an d sell in the dearest market," are ' , l words i n these days, and let those who 'repetition in gas manufacture stand ompelled to do in any other None but wretched toadies, ipt jobbers- vould be ( gntil© pursu those would enter on nonopolies which deny to cottag occ upiers that cheap light which contri so much to the health, cleanliness and butes comfort of their more ilthy neighbours The inhabitants of Chester should have their meters tested by an independent and impartial engineer, before they listen to any propositions coming from gas manufacturer _ _ possible that owing to the constructi measure, the gas for which the, _ an d 4s. 6d , may in reality cost th( per 10 ! The Importance of this phis s too obvious to need any length, subject commen readers seen the results of- the meter testing- in ;his Borough, reported in the NORTHERN )00 was sufficiently remunerative ! It behoves the people of Chester, therefore, to look for information in some higher and better informed quarter before they accept the propositions which have been made to them. In Liverpool we shall be happy to make them acquainted with all they require for their future guidance. sterday we published a report of the ordinary rly meeting of the Liverpool Gas Company readers will have observed that all its direc , tors take credit for, is, having performed their duties satisfactorily, in compliance with their Act of Parlia- urely the public know -hat such acts rges brought against called " extortioner although it was notorious that Liverpool gas was better than any in England. Mr. LAWRENCE • has not been to Manchester lately to see the gas in that city tested, and to satisfy himself that its illuminating power is equal to 23 or 24 candles, or fully 100 per cent. better than our light. So much for his empty assertion. And now for the meters : "It was said," continued the chairman, " that by some contrivance we get the meters to register to the detriment of the public, and for our owFi advantage, and we are told that, by some process or other, which I really 141 never understand, and which the council 3r explained to us, we put some sort of pros rithich compelled the public vhether they wished to to use gas almos burn it or not f Mr. LAWRENCE is cess by which the o register, he certainly is not the sent at a gas board the interests of norant of the very simple p meter s mad aan to rey either shareholders or consumers lation, 1, however, tell him, for his better infor that from seven-tenths to one inch ent for the distri- umstances; I meter, the public But when the pressure is Ashburton. . . Houghton J. S. Parsons Sultan President Lancaster J. C. Boynton Potomac R. A. Lewis Eliza Bentley Coronet Wm. Stetson Martin Luther Isabella Clara Brookman . South Carolina ... Sebastian Cabot .. General Dunlap .. Mar. of Queensbury. Granite S. Curling R. C. Winthrop Weymouth New England Western Chief Chicora . 1608 J. F. Chapman 1838 American Union 4376 Victoria 1585 Star of Empire - 3451 Wasp,... 4277 Balaklava 2237 Lady Franklin .. 2980 Sam. Dunning . 151 2669 3626 3954 SAVANNAS. 1801 1. Bradshaw 2363 Ellen Maria ..... .. 2670 Favourite 1448 Colonist.. 3711 1601 1883 3121 CHARLESTON. 4648 Sea Belle 2061 Owego 1500 City of Montreal 1621 TOTALS. 64,8691NTew Orleans 1425 1984 1500 1120 2742 3010 1681 64869 Mobile rinw YORK.. Savannah 6029 L. Frost Emerald 431 New York .... 2301 Princeton 1 0 5,786 Against last pear, 359,939 The Liverpool Share Market has been dull and inactive, and closes without animation at the following prices :—Aberdeen, 121121. Chester and Birkenhead, 131 14. Caledonian, 271 27k. Chester and Holyhead, 121 13. Eastern Counties, 9 15.16 10.1-16. East Lancashire, 18 18k Great Northern, 23 23 . 1. Ditto A Shares, 94 91. Great Western, 571 571. Lancashire and Yorkshire Stock, 81,1 82. Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport, 15 151. London and North Western Stock, 101 k 101.-I. Man chester, Sheffield and Lincoln, 244 241. Ditto Preference, 11 118. Ditto New 6 per cent. Pref., 1 - 8 lp. Midland Stock, 694 698. North British, 71 71. North Staffordshire, 61 61 d. South Eastern and Dover, 191 19 7-16. ' York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 19 19k. York and North Midland, 251 25k. Leeds Capital Stock, 148151. Dutch Rhenish, 11-16 13-16 p. Ditto New Shares, 2 3-16 2 5-16 p. Great Western of Canada, 26 26k. Ditto New Shares, 31 3a p. Great Luxembourg, 04 88 d. The Committee of Mexican bondholders have advices (via United States), from Mr. Whitehead, dated Mexico, the 19th ult. The political state of the country continues very unsettled. The presi dent had issued a decree, dated the Ist, and repub lished on the 17th ult., abolishing the old Junta de Credit() Publico, and establishing a new financial board of seven members, four of whom, including the chairman, were to be nominated by the government, the fifth by the nati ona l cre dit ors , t h e 0 sixth by the manufacturers, and the seventh by the agriculturalists. This board was in future to have the entire management of everything relating to the collection as well as to the accounts of the Customs' revenue, and of the assignments made in favour of foreign and domestic bondholders and diplomatic and con vention creditors. The 11th paragraph of the first article of this decree enumerates, among the func tions of the board, that of collecting the portion of the duties assigned to the foreign debt, and of remitting it to London, to such mercantile house as the board may appoint. It is to be hoped that General Comonfort's government may last long enough to carry out this plan. The members of the board had not been appointed at the date of Mr. Whitehead's letter, but he had himself been invited by the Minister to repre sent the foreign creditors at it. The 21,805 dollars received by the Magdalena, as stated by Colonel Facio to-day, consists of three amounts, the ship ment of which by the agents of the bondholders in Mazatlan from that port and Guaynias, by II M. ship:Brisk, to Panama, has been mentioned in former statements of the committee. Mr. Whitehead writes that the agents in Mazatlan had since then secured a further amount of 7.705 dollars, which would be remitted by the first opportunity. The following Treasury notice has just been communicated to the Stock Exchange : Downing-street, Feb. 19, 185 e. Gentlemen,—lt has been represented to Viscount Palmerston and myself, in reference to the proposals for a loan of 5,000,0001. anti a funding of 3,000,0001, of Ex chequer Bills, that it would be mo re conven i ent if the deposits are xed at ten per cent., instead of twenty per cent., as stated in the terms already published. I have therefore to request that you will cause an inti mation to be given at the Stock Exchange, at the opening of business to - morrow, that the deposits to be paid on Tuesday, the 26th instant, will be ten per cent., and that the additional ten per cent., making up the first twenty per cent., will be payable as an instalment on Monday, the 3rd March. The other instalments will remain as originally stated.—l have the honour to be, gentlemen, your obedient, humble servant, G. C. LEwis. The Governor and Deputy Governor of the Bank of England. The following notice from Messrs. Rothschild, inviting Subscriptions to the New Loan and the Funding, was communicated yesterday to the Stock Exchange : LOAN FOR FIVE MILLIONS STERLING AND FUNDING THREE MILLIONS OF EXCHEQUER BILLS. Messrs. N. M. Rothschild & Sons beg to announce to the public, that they are ready to receive applications for the proposed loan and funding from parties desirous of participating therein, and will receive the same until Thursday, at two o'clock. It is necessary that every application be accompanied with a deposit in money of 20 per cent.. on the amount thereof; and if the amount applied for be not allotted, the proportion of the deposit will be forthwith returned. All applications will be considered as joint applications for the loan and funding. N.B. In order to insure correctness in the scrip receipts, it is requested that applicants for the loan will sign their name or names in full. New-court, St. Swithin's-lane, Feb. 18. In consequence of the government announce ment of to-day, Messrs. Rothschild will receive 10 per cent with applications instead of the 20 per cent previously arranged. From a parliamentary return printed to-day, it appears that the following additions have been made to the annual interest of our public debt within the last ten years :—ln 1847, 270,8371, interest of 8,000,0001.; for Irish famine, in 1848, 09,339/. ; in 1853, three sums amounting in the aggregate to about 50,0001.; and in 1855, 601,670/, interest of the loan of 16,000,0007. A return issued to-day, informs us that on Dec. 31. 1853. there had been paid out of the Consolidtlted Fund 1,000 0001., in two payments of 500,0001. oach, on account of the Sardinian loan, sanctioned last session, and that there remained to be discharged 997,5007. The Fund 73 remain remarkably firm, notwith standing a continuance of large sales both for money and account. A temporary decline of per cent took place in the morning, but in the after noon steadiness prevailed, and the final quotations can scarcely be reported lower than those of yesterday. At the close prices were quoted at 901. The proposal of an immediate creation of 8,000,0001. of new Consol Stock necessarily tends to check the market ; but on the other hand, great support is derived from the steady investments of the public. The reduction of the deposit on the new loan from 20 to 10 per cent will materially facili tate the subscription. It is expected that the aggregate applications will prove greatly in excess of the amount of tne loan. At Paris to-day the French Funds experienced a decline of about Y per cent. The Railway Share Mar ket to-day was very firm, but inactive. Tne closing quotations were as follows : Caledonian, 55 56. Eastern Counties, 10 104. East Lancashire, 71 73. Great Northern, 92 92i. Ditto A., 76 77. Lancashire and Yorkshire, 81/. London and North Western, 114:T)00:01. Manchester Sheffield, and Lincol ns hi re, 24 24k. Midland Stock, 691 2 ,- 70. North B r iti s h , 24 30. South Eastern and Dover, 64,1 65. Y or k , Newcastle, and Be rw i c k, 75 76. Y or k and Midland, 51i 52. The only new fact touching the great question of war or peace which I have learned to-day, in my private circles of information, is this :—The plenipotentiaries now here proposed to have a dis cussion about the famous fifth point of the con ditions, which is to be imposed on Russia, but Lord Clarendon cut the matter short by stating, that as every power engaged in the war is to have the right of making such propositions as it may think necessary in the interest of Europe, nothing ought to be, or could be done, until after the arrival of the Turkish plenipotentiaries. To this, no objection could, of course, be made ; but the other plenipotentiaries were annoyed, as they considered it an indication that England really does not intend to allow herself to be bamboozled, and that, besides, she has got Turkey completely under her thumb. Count Orloff has not yet arrived, though he was expected on Saturday. A Berlin despatch says that he only left Berlin last evening for this city. The 211oniteur announces the presentation to the Emperor yesterday, of Count Buol Schaunstein, the Austrian plenipotentiary, Count Cavour, the Sardinian, and Baron Brunow, the Russian. The order in which the official journal gives the names, is that in which I have transcribed them ; and this has been remarked as a matter not without im portance—especially as it had been arranged, that in all matters of diplomatic etiquette, the respective powers should figure in alphabetical order. I am told the reception of the three envoys by the Emperor presented nothing of peculiar interest; he greeted Austria and Sardinia as became Allies, (France considers Austria an ally), and the Russian with the most perfect courtesy. It was supposed that the Austrian envoys wou.d make a great effort to obtain the admission of Prussia to the Conferences, but, if I am correctly informed, they appear disposed to do nothing of the kind. In the course of an article in the Constitutionnel, M. Granier de Cassagnac, who is supposed to write on the " inspiration," as the French say, of the Emperor himself, intimates that, in the event of peace being come to, the Conferences, or as he calls it, Congress, will be invited to declare formally that all those parts of the treaties of Vienna of 1815, which declare that the Bonaparte family shall be excluded from the throne of France, are abolished from the code of European law. This confirms what I told you a long time ago. Free trade principles are making great progress amongst the people, as well as in the policy of the government of the country. The Rouen papers publish a speech of the President of the Chamber of Commerce of that city, in which he proclaims that the existing Customs Code has become anti quated, and is not suited to the present time, and in which he demands that without sacrificing national interests, all that impedes international navigation and commerce shall be abolished. Rouen, which is a sort of French Man chester, has heretofore been the stronghold of the protective system, and this demonstration of its Chamber of Commerce is, therefore, most remarkable. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. SECOND EDITION. THE CRIMEA THE SUNKEN SHIPS, Advices from Sebastopol, received at Marseilles on the 19th instant, mention that the Allies are making preparations to complete the destruction of the Russian ships of war which lie sunk in the harbour of Sebastopol, and it was even asserted that the French artillery had already received orders respecting the operations. 1 comps 2 matter stand enough to ni Astac redress forme tolerat€ Alderma HOLM 3bares have fal n, but ;imitation , which has be le* a to transfer their works public bodies. Town C aim look 7ir 0 GUI NG EDITIO1) THE NORTHERN &AS PE DAILY hree o'clock News of thA ai TIMES IBITION of the FRENCH FINE ARTS in Liverpool, including ROSA BONHEUR'S GREAT PICT THE HORSE FAIR Liverpool Academy Rooms. Old Post-office- Admission is. Catalogues. 6d. Gentle- Ladies' Ditto. 3s 6d.—Open from Ten B. FRODSHAM, Secretary. Enc SEC Hepidop .Erenin —Anil s now in For it is just n of that a: gel 4 or Os NORTHERN TIMES.-LIVERPOOL, TMUNSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1856. y disclosed. But, assum g the ters are perfectly correct, we c tend that 4s. per 1,000 feet is an exorbitant price gas in districts so near the locality where the ained. We should not st cannc 1 coal can r 1,000 for st North, considering that the street alone of coal to the Metropol s, then , rks, salaries ; and rriag MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL. LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY EVENING There has been a fair demand for cotton to-day, but the market has assumed a quieter tone, with out producing any material change in prices. The total sales amount to 7,000 bales, of which 1,500 have been taken for speculation and export. The -following is a statement of the quantity of cotton now at sea : NEW ORLEANS MOBILE. .... 3168 ... 2157 ... 4036 ... 3228 ... 554 ... 3822 ... 5242 25154 FRANCE. (FEM . OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, TUESDAY EVENING RUSSIA Advices dated Berlin, yesterday, state that the accounts received from St. Petersburg all concur in reporting a daily increasing commercial activity since the first confirmation of the prospects of peace. The Russian Government is evidently bent on developing the internal resources of the empire. The Northern Bee has a semi-official article on the benefits a railway system would confer on Russia. Three lines are specially pointed out—One from Moscow to Odessa ; one from Moscow to Saratoff ; one from Orel to Vitebsk. The Baltic, Black Sea, and Caspian would thus be united. Under the head of " News from the Crimea," the Invalide Russo, of the 12th inst., publishes the fol lowing extract from the journal of military opera tions of General Luders, Commander in chief in the Crimea:-- From the 20th of December (Ist of January) to the 14th (26th) January nothing remarkable had occurred in the Crimea. Our artillery continued to fire with success, especially against the enemy's camp on the Fedukhine heights. The Allies have fortified Kamiesch Bay ; and on the Bth (20th) of January they commenced two redoubts to cover the Tchernaya road and lodgments rear the mountain of Sakhar - naia- Galovka ;" the fire of the artillery and rifleman from the north side retarded those works. On the 12th (24th) of January, the enemy's troops attempted to carry a lodgment near the Genoese Tower, but the precision of the fire of our riflemen compelled them to retire. Some insignificant out-post skirmishes have taken place on our left flank. On the 13th (25th) of January, among others, too companies of the enemy, and a small body of cavalry having left the village of Baga, towards the pass leading by the Baidar valley to the Markouv-road, attacked an out-post epaulement, but after an hour's firing they fell back on Ourkousta. According to infor mation received from F.upatoria, the Turkish cavalry there was very badly off for forage. Hamburgh despatches of Yesterday state, that the Emperor Alexander has just given his approval to the Budget of the Naval Stations. It is re marked that it refers only to the stations established in the ports of the Baltic, the White Sea, the Caspian, and the Eastern Ocean. The naval stations of the Black Sea and the Sea of Azoff no longer appear in the Budget. WRECK OF THE MARIA. LISBON, JANUARY 9. Information has been received here by private hands, that the Maria, Captai❑ J. H. Russell, of Liverpool, has been wrecked on the coast of Algarva, near Lagos, where she now lies. The hull still ].olds together, although the timbers are somewhat strained and open. In two or three days, should the weather continue fine, the whole of the cargo will perhaps be discharged, and there is a probability of the vessel being saved. CITY OF LONDON LOCAL DUES ON SHIPPING, COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. On Tuesday, a special court was held, for the purpose of receiving and acting upon the report of the consoli dated committee on the local dues and shipping bill in Parliament. Although the notice was extremely short, there was a large attendance of members. The clerk of the court read the report. Mr. Wood said—There was never an occasion on witch it was more necessary to call the members to gether for the purpose of opposing an injurious prin ciple. (Loud cries of hear, hear.) It was not because the corporation of London was not touched by the obnoxious bill, that they thought they were called upon L o act for their brethren in Dover and Liverpool, and other towns which would be affected by its provisions. fhe committee looked at the bill calmly and dispassion ately, and they found that the non-compensating principle was its prominent feature, and then came to the unanimous conclusion, that it should receive the most vigorous opposition. (Hear.) ♦ ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE, SANDHURST, General Sir George Scobell retires from the governor ship of this institution on the 31st of March. It is probable that a complete change will take place in its direction at that time. Rumour asserts that there will also be a change in the organisation, and that the college will be drawn into closer connection with Wool wich academy and the ordnance corps, with which view the establishment will be increased. ♦ SOUTII EASTERN RAILWAY. It is the intention of the directors to recommend the payment of a dividend of 13s. 3d. per £3O stock, which which is at the rate of £4 Bs. 4d. per cent. per annum. Mr. Costa having sold the copyright of kis new oratorio, Eli, to Messrs. Addison & Co., of Regent-street, for £5OO, has given the whole amount to the cimmittee of the Bir mingham Festival, to be applied to the charitable purposes for which the festival is carried on. He has a l rea d y made the same gener ous use of the sum which he rec e i ve d f or the production of this oratorio at the festival in August last. ROYAL INSTITUTE OF BBRITISHA nCIIITECTS.—The Council of this institution decided on Monday night last to bestow the Queen's gold medal this year upon Mr. Tile, M.P. It may be necessary to inform sorue of our rea d ers ' that her Majesty empowers the council of " th e i nst i tute " to make an annual award of this medal to any British or foreign architect who may be held by th e profession to have advanced the art of architecture, TURKISH REFORMS, The same despatch announces that the Christian subjects of the Porte are to be declared capable of acquiring and possessing landed property in their own names. THE DANUBIAN RAILWAY. From the same source of information we learn that an English house has offered to undertake the execution of the Danubian railway. The P esse d'Orient says that the Porte will, however, receive tenders for the construction of the line up to the Ist April next. BELGIUM The Belgian Chambers have voted, by a majority of 53 to 6, an allowance to the Count de Flanders of 150,000 francs per annum. THE FRENCH FUNDS. PARIS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, On the Bourse to-day the transactions closed as follows :—Four and a Half per Cents., 96f 9c. ; Three per Cents., 73f 3c. DESTRUCTION OF FORT NICHOLAS The Gazette of Tuesday night contains the fol_ lowing official despatch, addressed to Lord Pan mure by General Sir W. J. Codrington, K.C.8., Commander-in-Chief of her Majesty's forces in the Crimea : Sebastopol, February 4. My Lord,—Marshal Pelissier informed me a few days ago that this day Fort Nicholas would be destroyed ; and he again sent to say that at one o'clock p.m. the mines for this purpose would be fired. The view over the whole harbour is well obtained from the interior slope of the Redan Hill, and from other points within the Russian lines. The day was magnificently clear ; every sentry on the opposite side could be seen, every working party watched, every soldier that was lounging in the sun ; occasional shot and shell were sent from the enemy to the Karabel naia and the town, but otherwise nothing disturbed the usual appearance of quiet, almost of desolation. On our (the south) side, we looked down on the large ruined barracks in front, on the inner creek of the Dock yard, the Quay, and the remains of Fort Paul, the spa-. ous inlet from the harbour on our left, beyond which ands the roofless buildings of Sebastopol itself. There also is the well-remembered lone line of pointed arches, the casemates of the interior of Fort Nicholas, of which the embrasures in double tier pointed to seaward and away from us. It juts out into the harbour built on an inner tongue of land ; Fort Constantine forming a similar but more out ward defence for the sea approach on the north. The scene and feeling of expectation were of great interest, for another tangible proof of power and success was to take place, and 106,0001b5. of powder were in the several mines. At the hour named a burst of smoke, dark and thick, rolled from our left of the building ; it was followed by another ; the heavy sound arrived, the stony s were shot into the air and to the sea ; the explosions of the extreme right and the centre mingled at little intervals into one drifting cloud, which veiled the destruction below. The light of the sun played beautifully on the mass of gmoke, of which the lower part lay long and heavily on its victim. The breeze passing it away over the remains of the town, showed that a long line of ruin was all that remained of the pride of Fort Nicholas, and one standing menace of the harbour lay buried under its waters. The state of the docks has been given in detail in my letters. They are all destroyed, whilst the earth sur rounding them is shaken into cracks ; basin, docks, masses of broken granite, capstans, gates, beams of iron, and of timber are tumbled into one mass of destruction.— I have, &c., W. J. CODRINGTON. The Lord Panmure, &c. General Commanding. GENERAL DELLA MARMORA At a banquet given a fow days since to General Della Marmora by the senators and deputies of the Sardinian Chambers, the General replied as follows to the toast in honour of the Sardinian army :—" Gentlemen,—l thank you in the name of the brave army which I have the hon our to command, and which may call itself brave, although it has not been given it to register numerous victories. The bravery of the Piedmontese army contri buted powerfully to the success of the battle of the Tcher naya—that last desperate effort of the/enemy to save the great fortress upon which Russia expended so much labour, and for which it has made such prodigious sacrifices. Many a time, gentlemen, when our soldiers ran to arms with the almost perfect certainty of meeting the enemy hand to hand, I have gone through the ranks looking in the faces of these brave men, and I can assure you that in their eyes and in the expression of their fea tures, I read an ardent desire and impatience to be measured against the foe. Chagrin and regret were only seen on their countenances when they returned to pile their arras. I cannot, gentlemen, resist citing to you here 1 the dying words of the brave General Montevecchio. Tell the King,' said he, that I was not unworthy to command a brigade. Tell my regiment that I carried its uniform when alert:illy wounded in fighting. Bring me to the affecUcinate re. membranee of my friends by telling them that since Almighty God has called me to himself, I thank him for granting me a death which crowns my life, and fulfils all the military aspirations of my long career.' lam certain, gentlemen, that if peace is made, in spite of the pleasure which our soldiers will have to see their country once more, and to embrace their parents and their friends, they will regret abandoning the scene of so many glorious contests without having reaped more laurels." LAW INTELLIGENCE COURT OF EXCHEQUER CHAMBER.—YEsTERDAT. Mr. Biron Alderson and Mr. Justice Wightman sat yesterday for the purpose of giving judgment in several cases which had been argued on writs of error from the other courts of Westminster Hall. The following case has a local interest : HILTON V. ECKERSLEY.-JUDGMENT. Mr. Baron Alderson delivered the judgment of the court in this case, which was a writ of error from the judgment of the Court of Queen's Bench. The defendant, together with seventeen other millowners, carrying on business at Wigan, in Lancashire, entered into an obligation by bond, binding them selves, under a penalty of £5OO each, not to open their mills for a term of twelve months from the date of the bond. This undertaking was agreed to by the obligors of the bond for the purpose of defeating certain societies or combinations which had been formed with the object of deterring per sons, otherwise willing to be employed, by fear of social persecution, from hiring themselves to work in such establishments. The defendant, contrary to the condition of the bond, had opened his mill, for which it was contended he was liable to the penalty of £5OO, he having contravened the condition of the bond. The defendant, on the other hand, contended that he was not liable, and that the bond was illegal and void, being in restraint of trade. The case had come before the court below on a demurrer to a plea, when the majority of the court decided that the defendant was entitled to judgment, and that the bond was ♦oid. With that judg ment he, together with the other learned judges who formed this court, fully concurred, as combinations of such a nature as this obligation was intended to effect, were illegal, an d ..ontrary to public policy, being in restraint of' trade. If they decided otherwise, they would he giving encouragement to combinations of this nature, which would have the effect of preventing persons from carrying on their business to their own advantage, and would deprive the industrious workman of the means of obtaining a livelihood. For these reasons they were of opinion that the judgment of the Court of Quzen's Bench was right, and must therefore be afErmed. Judgment affirmed accordingly. She brings 38 passengers, and on freight ° lle , package of specie, value not s t a t e d. H e r genera l cargo consists of 5 b oxes d a t es , 2 b oxes t e a, eigb quarter-casks wine, 36 cases crape shawls, 223 bales 2 cases silk, 70 cases indigo, 1 bale hemp, 122 ba les goat hides, and 78 packages general merchandise' SHIPPING INTELLIGNCE. GIBRALTAR.—Arrived, Feb. 6, steamship British (V een ,' 6; days from Liverpool, with general cargo for Gibra lra Malta, &c. 12th —Steamship Cl ea t or , 11 days fr °lt " Liverpool, with bale goods for Co ns t an ti nop l e (cleare r]) ' ' steamship Italian, 10 days from Al exan d r i a , and b fr et o Malta, with skins, &c , for Liverpo o l ( c l eare d) ; sch°°/1-r , Alice, 28 days from Liverpool, with coa l s f or Gibralt r , 13th.—Steamship Spartan, 11 days from Alexandr', 3 , l and 5 from Malta, with a ge ne r a l cargo f or LiverPci, (cleared). 14th—Schooner King of Tyre, 32 days f r° ,,i' Liverpool, with coals for Gib ra lt ar ; sc h ooner C oun tess Morley, 40)days from Liverpool, with coals for Gibraltar,' Her Majesty's ships at Malta.—Royal Albert, Ban n ' , bal, Agamemnon, Princess R o y a l, St . J ean , Tribune, Curazoa, High-Flyer, Miranda, Himalaya' Swallow, Curlew, Sidon, Leopard, T err ibl e , SpbY, ll „ . : Medina, Medusa, Shearwater, Lynx, Beagle, Wranr" Viper. At Gibraltar.—Ariel. required for Gas- provincial town, the reasonableness of what we say will be at as compared e observed Mr. SALISBURY served his time in ran as much If we t lighting as NOAKS or iember right, his early patron now supplies with gas at ss. 10d. per 1,000, ded in a recent Sheffield Gas Bill that is. per 1, essure ouzht to be s ight, under 1 hot d to one inch and four-tenths, or tw( must pass wits o favour the o i two fold velocit ius doubling its co )st ; and if elf an•inch, or one inch, too of that measure centage ectors should know this ; but consumers ought o understand it, and to protest against the eonti mance of such a system wherever it may be found Mr. LAWRENCE dates the establishment topoly, with all its abuses, 3rvention of our Corporation of the Liv from the generous int and lie does not hesitate to confess o the timely e of t ave at its last monthly meeting. Let the inhabitants of Chester, and every other town where gas abuses are to be found, not lose sight of these municipal doings. THE COURT BUCKINGHAM PALACE, WEDNESDAY.—The Qneen and Prince Albert went yesterday morning to Woolwich, to inspect the trophies captured at Sebastopol. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness, with the Countess of Desart, the Hon. Beatrice Byng, Major-General Bouverie, and Cap tain Du Plat, left Buckingham Palace shortly before ten n two carriages and four, and on arriving at the Royal Arsenal, viewed the cannon, mortars, and other articles captured in the Crimea and Bomarsund. The principal object which attracted the attention of the s a field piece with a ball stuck fast at the :le ! It is presumed, from:the peculiar position of the n the gun, that the latter was struck by a shot fron an English piece just as it was discharged. The e d ge o f theborew - as thereby flattened in such a manner that the ball could not come out. The guard of honour which was furnished by the royal artillery, consisted of one captain, two lieutenants, six sergeants, and 100 gunners and drivers, under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel J. W. Domville, R.A. The Queen afterwards inspected, in the committee room, a number of wounded soldiers returned from the seat of war. Her Majesty and the Prince re turned to Buckingham Palace at one:o'clock. The Prince of Wales and Prince Alfred visited Colonel Colt's manu factory of re vo l vers, at Thames-bank. Her. Majesty had a dinner party i n th e evening. The company included the Princess Royal, th e F rench Ambassador and Countess de Persigny, the Hanoverian Minister and Countess Helena imansegge, Earl and Countess Granville, the Marquis , ss of Aber corn and Lady Louisa Hamilton, and Viscountess Harding e , t h e Right Hon. Sir Major-General Sir George Buller and Major-General Cator (Director General royal artillery ) , The Court, it is expected, will return t o Windsor Cast le , for the Easter vacation, a week ea r li er th an usual about ''h proximo—when the Princess Royal will receive nf confirmation. James Graha that a Military Commission will be' immediately appointed to ins titute a searching inquiry into the circumstances now so prominently before the public in connection with the officers inculpated by the report of Sir John M'Neill and Colonel Tulloch.— iement of the Empress is nov h. The ally mentions that th( news, in Moniteur, in its court Empress is in the ancy. Petitions have been adopt- ed in various parts of France, praying that the infant to which the Empress will shortly give birth, be named, if a Prince, King of Alg, E dmund Lyons, Bart., G.C.8., The Queen h as b een pl ease d t o grant to Admiral royiralSair her Majestyl license and p erm i ss i on that he may accept and wear the g ic r i a n n g d o c f r Sardiniao s s of the h as beenmilitary pleased order t oconfer ofSavoy,whichthe a mark of his iViajesty' s appro b ation of his eminent h ser vices before th e enemy during the present war.e upon The Queen has also been pleased to grant to Lieut.-General Sir Richard England, G.C.8., her Majesty's royal license and permission that he may accept and wear the imperial order of the Medjidie of the first class ; unto Lieutenant- Colonel John Lintorn Arabia Simmons, C.B, and Major John Hardman Burke, her Majesty's royal license and permission that he may accept and wear the third class of the same order, which the Sultan bath been pleased to confer upon them respectively, as a;mark of his imperial Majesty's approbation of their distinguished services before the enemy during the present war. THEATRE RovAL.--Last night the tragedy of Macbeth, according to the original text of Shakespeare, was pr o _ duced with immense liberality of outlay by Mr. Copeland with complete success. We reserve our commentary on the production until our next publication. INDIA AND CHINA MAILS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) SOUTHAMPTON, FEn. Peninsular and Oriental CompanY,° steamer Euxine, Captain Joy, arrived here this morning at ten o'clock, with the Indta' China, and Mediterranean mails. In addition t° her own Indian mails the Euxine brings those of the Pera, which were transhipped at Malta, in c ell• sequence of the latter having to undergo sonsaill repairs to her machin er y. Th e P era was to s from Malta on the 11th instant, and, therefor e ' may be hourly expected. The dates of the Euxine are as follows :—Al ex andria, Feb. 6; Malta, Feb. 10; and Gibraltar, Feb. 14. THE LOST POLYPHEMUS Admiralty, Feb. 20, 185 0 ' The following intelligence has this day be en received from Commandr Frederick P. Warren , v a her Majesty's late sloop Polyphemus, da te Thisted, February 13, 1856: I have not been able up to the present date to for" - 4t to their lordships a correct list of suc h men as have 141- A their lives. Eight bodies have, h owever , b een f o und t 31 1:,,, interred. Those which have be en id en tifi e d are remains of Mr. Herbert, master ; Thomas maunc ler c ,' boatswain's mate ; Samuel Pearc e , b o y, I s t c l as s ; Reynolds, captain aft. gd. ; and Henry Forbes, capt 3w forecastle. An address from the Irish bar to the Lord Chief itig ice ; as the head of the common law bench in Ireland, 15 ti ii, preparation, on the subject of the late motion is I I House of Commons reflectin g on th e capa bili t i es o f the los judges. bt; THE EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY.—Mr. Joseph Re 0 Morrison, late chief partner in the well known fir" . t. Messrs. James Morrison and Co., merchants, of Phill )° 3 3. lane, has come forward as a candidate /for a vacant Sea t i f , the board of the Eastern Counti es R a il way C ompany . In be. address, dated the 15th inst , he announces himself 95 decided advocate for railway reform. GREAT NORTHE RN RAILWAY.—TiIe directors ,cte ° mend dividends as f o ll ows : —O r i g i na l Stock, at theq. of 6 per cent. per annum, for the half-year 3 peaki ,5 on the B Stock 31 per cent. for the half-year, per cent. for the year 1855 ; and upon the A Stock >s per cent. for the whol e y ear o f 1855 ; and the diree% g recommend that divide n d b e p a id at t h ese rates, le3vitt the small surplus of £ll2 to be carried to the n e " account. REPRESENTATION OF SLIGO.—M r . J . P . Somers, are represented Sligo from 1835 to 1852, is again a cand i "ii i e on the Liberal interest for th a t b oroug h , to suPPliih-ert vacancy caused by the death o f M r . S a dl e i r. Mr. o°-;tlf Knox, a gentleman for so me y ears past connected p. the metropolitan daily press, is a candidate on the Si r , servative interest, and the names of Mr. Blake, Q.c. , f the L. A. Treston, Mr. M'Don ag h, an d ot h er members ° f legal profession in Ireland, have also been mentioned connection with the vacancy. e A FEMININE PIITSICIA N .—A l a d y, the daughter of te d late Mr. Samuel Blackwell, of B r i s t o l , has just comp to her medical studies iu Paris, and obtained a dipiouo ile r practise as a physician. She h as a sister, who pursue d it i studies also in Paris, who is acting in a similar naPr e - ir in New York, under the titl e o f D r. Elizabeth 13'90 well. The lady who has just obtained this honota 3 „o distinction is Dr. Emily Bla c k we ll. H er stu dies 0; 4 been principally directed to the diseases of wonlei l children. SOUTHERN AND TOXTETH HOSPITAL.—WEERLY 11' . 41 ; FEB. 20, 1856.—1 n patients :—Discharged : cured' A 9; relieved, 0; at own request, 1 ; i rregu l ar, 0. Pea":qa, entered, 24 ; under t r e a t men t, 72 . O ut patients' fis 35 ; entered, 49 ; under treatment, 54. Treasurer, J 3 d Houghton, Esq. Vi s i tors, R ev. J. Robberds, te.f, Martin, Esq. H onorary chaplain, Rev. D. T. Baron' B.A. Physician s an d surgeons for the week, Dr. Ca nl ,%too and Mr. Churton. House surgeons, M r . Ch ar l es 'W and Mr. E. C. Garland. --...-,• • --.• •••• ........“4..1,4 • Tfe FATAL AFFRAY WITH POACHERS.--CHELMSFORD, ore° DAY.—An encounter took place this morning, at it aki o'clock, between the gam e k eepers o f Si r John Tyrrel tior , a number of poachers, in the preerves at North B", e ailf near this town, One of the k ee p ers — a ta l l, power ful opt named Hales- was shot dead up on th e spot, w hil e attervell ing to arrest one of the poach ers . Th e keepers wer e a (pa with life preservers, and their opponents with guns• il i o ao; of the poachers having been tak en p r i soner, hi s co me 0 10 fired, but their names having been given up to Sir 0 0 1 Tyrrell by the captured man, th ey were arres t s a o ,: g it after, wet and dirty, and b ear i ng marks of te - I.e be conflict. The man who fired th e f atal shot has not yet identified. Q 0 14 We have to announce the death of Sir John .: 0-- ftlie, Knt., D.C.L., late Chief Justice of Malta, and T ,udfVf Or 0 1 Admiralty Court of that island, and forme*' propri e oce' the .Neto Times, on the 16th insta:,,t, at his res i A cie nt en t ! of the Law Arn e ., ll- to°: Brompton.square. At a meetinr: evikting, Lord Brougha"' 0 0 ' Society, on the following occasion to announce the ( 2 , eparture of thi s e minent 1/% 0 cl• —united with himself '„,y th e bonds of an a ff ec ti o nate 1.1 ' 0 ,0 ship of more tlr.z. lialf a century's du rat i on— d we lling ioe tit an elegnennS, heightened by earnest feeling, on the en' 10 merits ',.,'i the deceased, on his extraordinary learning' oil; great and varied t a l en t s , hi s hi g h honour and i n tegritf , 0 4 ,f kindness of his heart, and the urbanity of his manner s :AO John Stoddart had attained the age of more than el ' four years. a 0 ABOLITION OF CHURC H R ATES.— hill SiT W. Clay's bill lie" abolish church rates, and to make other provisions ' ll OO thoreof," was printed y ester d ay. It enacts the total alr er tp ° of the impost of chu rc h rates i n England andiWales al' a oa passing of the act, with a proviso saving sums borrow age church rates. The churchwardens of parishes are, 13 1„ . „,too! 3, empowered to receive and collect voluntary contril; o en" for the purposes of the parish church, but no disbur' or e t a e must be made without the approval of auditors, wh a nt ea he be elected annually (to the number of five), of ii'lL lo by i', o , will be elected by the incumbent, and the other four Ar e ' inhabitants of vestry assembled. Balances in hand 't es, be given over to succeeding wardens. The act will 13° tend to the two sister kingdoms. TT, fl' RUSSIAN RUSSIAN SPIES IN PETTICOATS. letter fro.- . . o lea mentions the following as the names of some Y . ';' - a ilL e political intriquantes now in Paris (and recorded ': s th e police list as Russian spies) :—" First on the list :, the notorious Princess Lieven. Next in itnporianee i i rock P Baroness de Seebach, a daughter of Count Ness v e e te , ' This lady has for a political correspondent at St . , A ', l la: burg, Madame Zografos, (whose maiden designa t ' . ,rl (3 :', Princess Soutzo) the wife of the Greek Auluu' - ,„. ais„`" The Princess and Baroness hare, under their iuo' ' e el e e orders, the following highly efficient and 'I I • 11 ,- 4 - da: 11 rienced staff of feminine intriguer; viZt I'd t : Kalergi, a niece of Nesselrode; 111ack k uir , igar a- n e ' r',„' Russian lady, of Greek origin, pout f i a l og ' - ' re . e pr a r o is: at Odessa ; Madame Meyendorf, th.e vitir laillie Pbree',, Envoy at Berlin ; the Princess, If' ' e 0 a ,o, fanariot, under Russian protection,„ Obreskof family —one icq whom, 3 and two I v " ~ fl„ce Count, and the othe r o f w h r „, s married I , of PI Jean Soutzo,a greek Attache is the wi fe ..,,../' 00 1 ' himself as Dal)* PERSO.NATIN9 A SPEC' 1 at St. PetersbuTAal!rte , psilant.e;iies ol lie ff ing, at the sitting of 4*,, -411 -. JuitrmaN.—Yeste r ,n i t "oc a , hall, a person .- ' 'lie 'Court of Queen's Bene i t e f ROMP evioy _ s eveni ng , son, to receive.tlisneo was Lord Ch i er l fie' CatnPbti the •r • committed by I des jo :, David V* was brought up itl. custody from n WS B ar re - '; IP above !JeirAt er;ded, - f „ l o I ilson, of 5, La f w or re f n a c i e se k t p fl a e c i t i le r r e l judgmentof the Court. The re .eo the p 4 , ~ these : -- on the calling of a special jurY„'. de s ' V 0 ;1 evening, on the name of "David Wilson, a: tile rt 1 , and on being asked, said he was the Davi d ;0 ' ) Lir ior the defendant stepped itt,"'svill tl); questim.; but some doubts arising in the'liso„ .'',/, officer, he was not sworn ; but on Mrs. " ~; ne tv,o) sent for, it-, appeared that her husband had lg,"„ en s ,i , i l :,', cutta. The defendant was then ordered in'ii lfre re that further inquiries might be made. His lords ciet ecite o 3 read the affidavits, asked the defendant wha t to De ° W e e had to make, but he merely said he believed it r oi„ 1), done. His lordship said that the prisoner had he ' re for,` D re,: a gross contempt of court, and he would t t , fors iii' 'committed to her Majesty's gaol of Newg a '' ill i calendar months. He gave a fictitious addres s ' real name is not known.