The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-03-31 00:00:00

COMMERCIAL STATIONERY, BOLD BY CHARLES WILLMER, WHOLESALE STATIONE R. AND PRINTER, 19, SOUTH JOHN-STREET, LIVERPOOL. THE attention of Merchants, Brokers, Trades• men, and others, is respectfully drawn to the fol lowing list of CASK PRICES for --- LETTER PAPER Per Ream. For 3 Reams. s. d. e s d. Superfine large thin Cream Laid 6 0 017 6 Ditto ditto Blue Wove 6 6 018 0 Ditto ditto Yellow Wove—. 6 0 017 0 Bank Post (Towgood's) for Foreign 761 1 0 Corresp 'ndenee Ditto' French, extra thin 761 1 0 FOOLSCAP OR CUSTOM HOUSE PAPER. Thin Blue Laid Middle Yellow Wove, Per Ream. For 3 Reams 901 6 0 1 7 6 ENVELOPES Laid Adhesive, full letter Thick Yellow Wove, ditto. ss. per 1000 Gs. per 1000 NOTE PAPER Superfine Large Cream Laid, is for 5 quires, or 3s 6d per ream Ditto Ditto Blue Wove, is for 5 quires, or 3s 6d per ream LETTER COPYING BOOKS, Half-bound, calf, paged and indexed, 400 leaves, 6s; 480 do, 7s; 500 do, 7s ad; 580 do, 8s 6d ACCOUNT BOOKS, of every description, manufactured on the premises, in the beat style, on the shortest notice, and at prices equally low. Orders from the Country receive prompt attention WHOLESALE PAPER WAREHOUSE, 19, SOUTH JOHN-STREET, LIVERPOOL. go iimrrctai THIS DAY ANIMAL CHARCOAL To be SOLD by AUC rIoN, at Binyon and Fryer's Sugar Refinery, Chester-4r reet, Oxford-road, Manchester, on 2nd day (Tins DAY), 3rd month (starch) 31st, 1856, at Twelve o'cl(,ek Ab .ut 200 Tons ANIMA CHARCOAL, all faults. Samples may be fiboin,d, and further naroculars learned, by application :o FRA.N & CO., Brokers, 16, Izxchancre-aller N orrh. Tare - D&T, the 31st instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Broker's once, 7, Exchange-chambers, 62 Rig,s Veg=isibt• WAX, 50 Do. SHINAC, 011 faults, just lanrl.l-1 ez Mgrzari-t from Itahis, and Rattler (s.) from Lisbol. For further priieol;ire Pppiv to FRANCIS J. Eti• SN, Broker. T 0-M 0 R W On account of whom it may concern. To minnow, the 14 Jinni, at Half-pat One o'clock, at the Brokers' ~ffice, Corn Exchange- bdildings, Bruns wick-street, About 1270 Bsgs Sonr FLOUR, „ 150 B Ir. els Stained DI t TO, ex Druid, frian Coquimbo ; lying in the Albert Ihck Ware houses.—Fur particulars apply to GOLDING & NAql, Brokers. he Ist A pri!, ar H if-past One o'clock, at the CornrorTcial sale ° m, Temple court, 2000 Braes American BACON, tow landing ex sundry vessels, from New York ; TO•M'IRRONV Apply to 20(30 Boxes Amerie CHESS 41. TRIMMER & GRAINGER, Brokers, Bank Chambers, Cook-street. TO-MORROW, the Ist April, at Half-past One o'clock, at the Commerc•al saleroom, Temple-court, 500 Boxes American CHEESE, 50 Do. Do. BACON, to land ex Andrew Foster, from New York.—Apply to James M'Henry & Co., Merchants, or to TRIMMER & GaAINGER, Brokers, Bank Chambers, Cook-street. On account of whom it may concern. To-monnow, the Ist April. at Half-past One o'clock, at the Commercial saleroom, Temple-court, 60 Firkins Cork Pickled BUTTER. Apply to Sohn Briston. Merchant, or to Vhf. GARDNER & CO., Brokers, --- - EARLY DELIVERY OF THE "NORTHERN TIMES. subscriber within four miles of the Liverpo II Exchange, or at Rock-ferry, Tran-nere, Birkenhead, Woodside, Oxtoo Claughton, Seacombe, Egremont, or New Brighton, does not receive his copy of the "NORTHERN TIAIRS,I —Any Eight o'clock will oblige the publisher by addressing a note to him at the office notifying the fact, in order that the cause of complaint may be investigated and removed. As our messengers commence their delivery at five o'clock on each morning, it would greatly facilitate its completion if subscribers would have letter-boxes in their doors through which the papers might be dropped, as the detention at some houses is very great at present, and causes delay and disappointment to other subscribers. EVENING EDITION otar An Evening Edition of the NORTHERN DAILY TIMES is now Published every Afternoon, at Three o'clock, containing the Markets, together with all the News of the Day, up to Ms hour of going to Press. Sqortliern Till les MONDAY. MARCH 31. 1856 PEACE has been restored, in the modern accepta tion of the phrase, and we are among the first tc hail the return of the world's tranquility with becoming gratitude aid exultation. Had the public voice of Europe been allowed a hearing ir the Paris Conferences. civilisation would hay( , 4 ,i ne d some, c ompensation for its heavy losses and humanity would have secured a larger measurt yeenilectioN of so givantie a WH of protection might !lave per : ,et..l , “ in all it,: vas , ness Bet' II the mii7.olltll it It" .nn- Ot I'vti.lll.lC uth..l vcime W,• 41 il A till twetwittitm of a Islttlit Uittltilr3.. anti LIU ttllllt exl,••»dit - i+ t prolmblv 80.000.000/ chivali 4)i .11 F HUll th, hz Avery of tl riPttleS are ttot to be rewtirdett by territoriA rtily other zubstantial proofs o oimiqu. ats victory was understood from the signing c ,-Freovh Alliance. We have nothin the Ang SATURDAY, MARCH . WINDSOR, MARcH 23.—The dinner party yeste-day winded his Majesty the King of the Belgians, the Duchess .1 Kent, the Belgian Minister, (M. Van de Weyer), Lady Fanny Howard, Lady Caro'ine Barrington, Baroness de Speth, Sir George Couper, Colonel de Moerkerke, Cala rain Prisse, and Doctor Rieken. The Qneen and Prince, with the Princess Royal and Princess Alice, rode on th.. mis t na.iage. I - orseback thiQ morning. 1 9.—The Queen an , l Pr'ne rook an airingito day in an open landau ;aid tour, attended by the Qieen's Equerry on horseback. The Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and Prince Alfred have taken drives. There are no visitors at the castle, and the dinner party this evening comprised Lady Macdonald, the Hon. Misses Kerr and :Stanley, the Hon. Colonel Hood and General Buckley. It is expected that the Queen and Prince Albert, with the royal family, and the ladies and gentlemen of the court, will leave the castle on Tuesday next for London.; a Tier Majesty will hold her first Drawing Room this season on Thursday, the 10th April and her fourth levee on Wednesday, April 16, at St , James's Palace. ST. ANNE'S DISPENSARY AND EYE AND EAR INSTITU TION, 9, ROBE•HILL.—Week ending March 29,—New patients entered on the books last week, viz—Relieved at the institution, 163 ; relieved at their own dwellings, 65 Total, 218. Visitors.—Mr. E. Watts, and Mr. T. Kirk Hon. secretary and treasurer—Joseph Kitchen, El We have been requested to st,ite, in reference _ paragraph which appeared in our paper of Friday, concernir b the loss, and subsequent recovery, of a masonic jewel, that the circumstances, then briefly narrated, has been satisfac torily explained. Simons Loss.-0a Saturday a gent!cman, whist going on board a ferryboat, at the Landing -stage, dropped into the river, by accident, a paper parc-1, which contained about £5O in silver money, made up in p ' ckages of £5 eseb. Shortly a ft erwar d s, a diver was procured, an 1, in some time, about £26 of the nriney was got up, and it was expected that the greater part of the remainder would be recovered, provided the paper wrappers hold good. and that the tide did not scatter the coin from its res in , / place. MILITIA ArroiNxstENTs.—ln the Gazette of Friday evening, we read the following announcements :-2l Regi ment of the Duke of Lancaster's Own Militia—William Browning Gardener, Gent., to be Ensign, March 24. 4th or Duke of Lancaster's Own (Light Itiftntrl) Royal Lan cashire Militia—Ensign James °awl], 11 to be Lieutenant, vice Bovce, appointed to the 16th Lancer.; ; March 24 . R o y a l Lancashire Militia Artillery—George Hilton, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, vice &Ahern, promoted ; March 24, to the therefore, to 061111;18:M of b fivld t thwie forces which were 1,11. .g rntest to a speedy issue grasp of its conquerors, and handed over Poland and Finland ito the usurper for further series of years. Another campaign on her northern coast and southern frontier would have ended in the conquest of Crim Tartary, and the dismemberment of Russia. These are the results of a forty years peace. We lost an entire army in the struggle, it is true, but the rapidity with which we replaced it is the most instructive portion of the " episode." But let the Muscovite and his sympathisers ponder over these things. It is for them to beware how they arouse that strength which nations gain by repose. We have to consider how peace is to be made as prolific as ever, and its harvest husbanded as it was ere this age was disgraced by unholy scenes of bloodshed. We have little time for further mourning over the heroic dead. The life less tombstone, and the unadorned epitaph are all the slain can have of this world's care. To-morrow the living must have bread, and the dirge of war must be laid aside for the Hallelujahs of peace. had not suffered troin this cause—had our heroic England has to call back her sons from the lands deluged with blood to the loom and the plough. Her people to return again to honest toil, and to labour diligently to win that comfort and indepen dence, of which au inhuman tyrant has found he cannot rob them. We have to get home our army and our fleets; and since Russia is bound to respect public law and order, to leave Turkey and all other foreign countries to conduct their internal reforms and other affairs as they please. We cannot keep up a war establishment for the reform ation of the Turks, with one in twenty of our entire population receiving pauper relief in some shape. Our own national mendicancy has to be overcome before we engage in demolishing harems, and removing the long cherished animosities of Turks and Greeks. War has already added U► 0,000,0001. to our national debt, and we have to prepare fur that fresh burden. We do not despair of accomplishing this weighty task, if the frugality of the people be sustaineu by strict economy in the future conduct of the affairs of state. We believe p - ace is equal to all national emergencies, but the continuance of wur armaments will keep us in we condition of erents, without even giving us the chance of oaring the questionable laurels of a barbarous We alas:, therefore, to be at peace, \Vestern Neweasth North 155 15;, Share, 2 23i *25.a. struggle liter this day on a earner of retrenchment. No ,cure army recruits—no more gun boats—no more seamen for the navy, militiamen, volunteer corps or yeomanry troops can be called for. It we allow Russia to retire we have no other enemy in the field. Our foes have vanished, and w,; may remain at ease. If not, there is in truth no peace for England. The reposes for the Cossacks, aad nc a. the Briton The treat y of Paris will snow ,vaat this measure of .trauquility is hi remit) the proclamation will not enlighten us on tie subject. We must wait for the ratification of the treaty, and then for its publication, which will, in all probability, never be allowed. The policy of the Western. Allies will, however, show us, in a very short time, what it actually amounts to, and will be wortn in practice. The people of this country have no faith what ever in the machinations of secret conclaves. This may be a weakness, still it is one which cannot be played with for any length of time. If they are to gain nothing by peace, and are called on to continue all the cost of war, their credulity will be far more entitled to respect than open abuse. Let us hope, then, that with the restoration of universal tranquillity, England will be allowed to rest, and that the calls of the Exchequer will be silenced at the same time the thunder of cannon is forbidden. Let these things be done, and with peace Great Britain will continue to lead and outrun despot ism in intellect, refinement, and all else that gives greatness to a people, and dominion to our race. The spread of civilisation will render the chains of the oppressor less endurable and enduring, and will soon bring us to the Doomsday of military tyranny and European bondage. The locomotive will make the serf a freeman, the electric spark will dispel the remaining clouds of political darkness, while man's restless genius will demolish time on the ocean and bring the slave within the pale of freedom—the heathen within the call of Christianity. Peace will, then, have wrought a Godlike atonement for fiendish ambition—the prostration of the heartless invader —the death of the manslayer. Let us, then, hail the olive branch with a hearty Hallalujih ! and endeavour to make the war, which diplomacy dare not have left to the sword to decide, as little burdensome to ourselves and our Allies as the returning sense and morality of the nation is capable of rendering the most heinous of human crimes. Peace will, probably, be proclaimed by the Mayor of Liverpool in tho course of to-day ; and few duties, we feel assured, could afford ureater satisfaction to an enlightened magistrate old a loyal citizen than that which our civic ;•hi fis about being called on to perform. THE COURT Way Tar soldirrs be properly commanded, our free-bore countrymen would have swept the Russian hordes before them like swine, and the most signal triumphs on record would have been won in a few days. Our troops were not commanded by experienced generals, and the war became greater in proportion to our misfortunes —the result of abused responsi bility. Still, for all these lamentable vicissitudes, we need no greater temporal atonement than a return to peaces which will allow time for reflection. Forty years repose has enabled us to convince Russia that we have little to dread from superior numbers, and that all we do insist upon - I-- refused at imminent peril, to her Another season same duration will teach her to respect those whose independence she would now destroy—to keep her hands off those spoils she now covets. Of England it may be said that peace "gives her fame which never dies." It gives her numbers, on which war can make no visible inroad, and strength which can never fail. All we can on existence as an European power of tranquility of the listeth as a nation awaits us in the lap of peace, and all we can desire as a people must follow in the wake of our progress. Europe has just seen the fruits of a forty years' slumber tested, and Russia knows full well the cause to which she is indebted for the deliverance of her assumption of tyrannic sway. The Czar can point to those diplomatists Who have saved the shores of the Baltic from desolation, taken the Crimea out of th - THE 11011 THERM TIMIES.-LIVBRPOOL, MONDAY, MARCH ,31 18S6. MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL, LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY EVENING The Liverpool Cotton Market has been quiet to-day. The sales are 7,000 bales, and comprise 500 taken for speculation and export. Prices ar e without change. The Liverpool Share Market opened very firm this morning, and throughout the day maintained PEACE. SIGNING OF THE TREATY. REJOICINGS IN PARIS AND its buoyancy, closing at the highest prices of the day. Great Western of Canada shares were offered rather freely, and in sonsequence formed an excep tion to other stocks as rear led prices. The fol. lowing were the closing quotations :—Aberdeen, 131 13. 1 . Chester and Birkenhead, 1.5 1 151. Caledonian, 301, 30k. Chester and Holyhead, 14 10,-. Eastern Counties, 10 10k. East Lancashire, 18:I 19g.. Great Northern, 231 231 Ditto A 01- 10. Great 63t 641. Lancashire and Yorkshire Stock, 87 871. Liverpool, Crosby, and South. port, 16 161. London and North Western Stock, 1011 1021. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 281 281. Ditto Preference, 11 Q 11a. Ditto New o per cent. Prey, x , 4p. Midland Stock, 7 3: 1 , 74. North British, SZ 9i. North St:Jiro:LA- I. South Eastern, 211 22. York, end Berwiek, 191 101. York and Midland, 28 281 Loeitt: Capital Stock, Dutch Rhenish, 1:f lap. Ditto New !a 2p. Great Western of Canada, Ditto New Shares, 23 2a,). Ditto 2nd 4, 4 2,1,p. Great Luxembourg, 7t LONDON. The labours of the Conference have terminated; the treaty of peace has been completed, and yesterday the booming of artillery announced to the denizens of Paris that the work was accom. plished, and that the treaty had received the signatures of the Plenipotentiaries. The fact is announced to us in the following telegraphic despatch : PARIS, SUNDAY EvENrso. The treaty of peace has been fi:malty signed this day. The cannon of the Invalides announced the fact by a salute of one hundred and one guns. At three o'clock the prociamaLion of peace was affixed on the walls of Paris. The proclamation is in these terms . The tolloNving is a statemeDt of trafli receipts of the Great Western Railway of Canada by pas senger and goods trains for the week ending 7th March 1856, and for the corresponding p: - Tiod last year: —7th March, 1856—total receipts sterling, 8,552/ 8s Od ; 9th March, 185.5—d0., 7,4871 13s 10d. Aggregate gross receipts from the commencement of tha current half-year to date, 45,5581 14s 4d; do. for the corresponding period last year, 28,7931 18s 11d. The imports of the precious metals during the week comprise -36000 ounces of gold per Admiral, from Melbourne; 41,000 oz per Emma, and 11,689 oz per Lightning, from the same port ; the total valued at about 355,0001. From New York, per Baltic, 273,661 dots; and per America, 325,650 dols.; being a total value of 483,0351., including 1,0001. from Hamburg, and 1.5351. from the Penin. sula. The shipments include ex Madrid, for the Peninsula, 32,9601 in specie, 5,8591. in bar gold, for Lisbon ; and 20,863/. for Cadiz ; making a total of 59.6611. The governments of both England and France are still remitting gold to the East, and the Bank of France is still buying gold in the London market. In the Minting-lane Markets, which re-opened on Wednesday after the Easter holidays, the amount of business done has been limited. In sugar, however. these has been numerous transac tions at about 6d per cwt. advance. Coffee has been in little demand, and no public sales have taken place. Rice has been heavy, owing to the imp stocks now on hand. Tea has been quiet, saltpetre has Len firm, and rum ha, continued to beheld for higher rates, although the demand has not been The recent panic in the tallow market has led, and an improv,rnent of 61. per Wednesday for early delivery, he last three mouths. This ;lvt took lilac( Ind is. per ewt. fol chan',;e his been weasioned by trade speculations, the prevalent opinion being that prices may have ruled lower than circumstances warranted. During the lat er part of the week, however, the market again deidined about 6,1. per cwt. The following are the Gazette average prices of Muscovado Sugar, for the week ending March 25th, 1b:56, exclusive of Custom's duties payable thereon, on the importation thereof into Great Britain : From the West Indies, 25s 3d per cwt. ; Mauritius, 25s 7FI; East Indies, 26s Id. Average price of the three foregoing descriptions, 25 , 4 4d. We quote the following; review of the London Stock Market for the past week, from the circular of Mr. W. Avens The Money Market during the present week has resumed much of the stringency which characterised it a week or two ago ; but the change is expected to be only temporary, being attributabl- in a great measure to preparations tor .he two loan instalments of 2,160,000/, to be paid this day, also to the necessity of providing for the commercial acceptances falling due in the course of next week, wh.eh These influences understood to be u 183 away wally heavy as t peace will iiifusc new spirit into financial and commercial qetations of eve!y d a. ri.tion, it is not improbab'e that large reserves will be brought out for iavestment public securities. Money is thus ex2 , :cted grirhally to become plentiful : wi•liout any danger of its being absorbed in merely speculative enterprise.. The rates in Lom bard-street remain nownally the &irne as at the B ink. On the Stock Exc:ninge they have averaged more than 71 per cent; and some instances have occurred in which a higher price was paid for temporary advances. ONing to this being Easter week, during which many members and dealers have been absent from town, business has been dull upon the stock exchange in all classes of securities. Consols, which closed on S dur- PARIS, 00TH MAncn, 1856. Peace was signed to-day at one o'clock, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Plenipotentiaries of France, Austria, Great Britain, Prussia, Russia, Sardinia, and Turkey, affixed their signatures to a treaty which puts an end to the present war, and which, in settling the Eastern question, founds tho repose of Europe on a solid and durable basis. (Signed) The Prefect of Police, PIETRI. 8 .1 i a n y e e a ; t, 9 th 2 e l y to for h closed last a tt night ccou t a it, lso h a a t v 9 e 2 flu t c o ttlated i‘h b e ut lo l w ite lowest price has been 923 to The fluctuation, the.efore, has not exceeded ; and the market may be described as having been comparatively steady. There was some good buying at 921 to;i, which imme,fiately produced an im provement ; but it not probable that there will he any advance upon present quotations until peace is defi nitively announced. Railway stocks, though occa• sionally flat have improved, and on the whole the general tone of the market is good. The traffic uniformly show an increase; in some lines to a very considerable extent. The public are evidently pre paring for investment in this market, in preference to consols ; and some of the best lines will certainly advance in price. The settlement is now In progress. The rates of continuation are high. On I ancashire and Yorkshire and London and North Western they were aI per cent. yesterday morning ; but in the afternoon they fell to 4, which was the lowest figure for carrying over. On Mid lands, continuations were effected at 7-16 to 9.16, and generally speaking these were about the average terms. Foreign Securiti,i are not materially changed ; but they are rather lower with the exception of Turks. To-day in Loudon money has been in good demand. The pressure has been rather heavy, but the Loan instalments have, without any exception, been paid up. According to current opinion means will be fo .nd to carry on the services for the year without placing the government under the necessity of again borrowing. Consols have slightly improved. They Closed at 921 to 93 firm, mainly upon the expectatim of peace being an nounced either to morrow or on Monday. We have heard of tittmerou, orders to buy at yesterday's prices having arrived from the country ; hut in Loudon there is not altogelber the saute degree of clufidenee in a permanent rise, though of course an advautte to some extent was anticipated. The reelin , * the marliet certainly is good. The Rail is not altogether so buoyant as improving, with a decided all descriptions This event has given general satisfaction, and in the principal streets of Paris preparations are making on a grand scale for a general illumina tion this (Sunday) evening. The Patrie of yesterday says that the four guarantees are comprehensively interpreted in the treaty, and that the fifth paragraph has been settled in such a manner ai to give to Europe everything that could be demanded without, at the same time, humilating Prussia. A special supplement of the Moniteur was issued last evening, announcing " that a treaty of peace was signed that afternoon at one o'clock." It adds that the plenipotentiaries of France , Austria, Great Britain, Prussia, Sardinia, Russia, and Turkey have affixed their signatures to a treaty which terminates the present war, and, regulating the Eastern question, settles the repose of Europe ou a solid and lasting basis. The Patrie also affirms that the Allies will retain their position in the Crimea until after the ratifi cations have been ,xchanged. To-day the Plenipotentaries wore their uniforms and their respective decorations. The news r,.ached the metropolis in the course of yesterday afternoon, and a telegraphic despatch informs us that at twenty minutes past ten o'clock last night, the guns of the Tower of London were filing a salute to announce the restoration of peace, by the treaty having been signed and accepted. The streets are now (11 p.m.) thronged with people; and crowds surround the Horse Guards, the Mansion House, and the Royal Exchange. It is expected that at the last named spot the Lord Mayor may appear and officially proclaim peace. No doubt on the reassembling of Parliament this evening, after the Easter recess, Lord Palmer ston will, in his place in the House of Commons, announce the glad tidings of peace having been restored to this country. a! vullt IL vat ; suit i tervlon:y to are a the present moment higher than tray have been at any time within the last two % ears. '1 he contango on Lancashire and Yorkshire has gone oft altogether ; Midlands it has fallen to i„ bat in Loudon and North \Vtsterns, South Eastern, and Caledonians, it was heavy. Good Lancashire names have been passed for Lancashire and Yorkshire, and dealers are short of stock. Belgian Railway Shares are in demand Sambre and Meuse have advanced 3/. since last Saturday ; they closed at 14k to 141. Bel g i an Eastern Junction Railway Shares were much enquired atter at the close at 2i to Recife and Peranmbueo Shares were also better, cl os i ng I to pm. Foreign Stocks are improving, Turkish Six per Cents have been done at 99 ; and an opinion has been hazarded that they will more than recover the dividend payable on the 10th April, in a very short time. Joint Stock Banks, though with little doing in them, are better; but London and County are still declining. To-day they have been done at 29. The French Three per Cents which closed last night at 73fr. 20e., opened this At noon they were quoted morning at 731 r. 40( at 73fr, 35e. A telegraphic communication from Berlin states ng of Prussia has decided, upon the linister of Finance, that le creation of new financial or commercial credit societies will be kept back for the present. The trading association of Holland has an nounced that the sprig; sales of Indigo will take place at Rotterdam on the sth 7 -11ay, and at Am sterdam on the Bth. The quantities to be put up for sale at the former mai ket will consist of 216 entire boxes and 460 small ones, and at the latter market 48 large and 481 small. The assessed prices will range from 350 e. to 540 c. (Dutch). These show an advance on the actual prices of last sales amounting to 60e to 70c for low sorts, 70e to 80c for low middling, 80e to 100 c for good middling, and from 70e to 00c middling and fine. vir.s,_ntations of tilt FRANCE. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PAAIS, FiciDav EVENING. Another sitting of Congress has peen nefq to day, and I am assured, on very good authority, that the result of it was the removal or arrange ment of all the serious difficulties, of any kind whatsoever, that stool in the way of the eonelu ,ion peace. All essential points have been decided —even to the very wording of the various elaues of the treaty Peace, therefore, may be considered as dginitively .re-established. I have even some reason to believe that the treaty of peace is at this moment actually signed, if not, it will be to-morrow or Sunday, or, at the very latest, Mon day. lam told that the government will lose no time in announcing the " great fact" of the conclusion of peace to the Parisians, and that it has already made nrrrange ments for having placards stuck up on the walls. lam even told that the gentlemen of the Moniteur have this day received an intima tion that the text of the treaty, or the substance of it, will most likely be sent to them in time for publication in Sunday's paper. There has been a rise on the Bourse to-day. The Moniteur announces that the Emperor will pass a grand review in the Champ de Mars on Tuesday at one o'clock. The object of it is to celebrate the conclusion of peace, and to give the Emperor an opportunity of announcing, either in speech or in an order of the day, peace to the army. Perhaps, also, his Majesty is not sorry to give Count Orloff, Count Buol, and Baron Manteuffcl, to specimen of the French army. It was said a few days back that not fewer than 150,000 men would be assembled, but it appears that the review will be confined to the garrison of Paris which is much less numerous. Ail the morning papers publish a telegraphic despatch from Marseilles, announcing that orders had arrived there for the embarkation of between 6,000 and 7,000 men for the Crimea ; but it turns out from the liforateur that the telegraph writer has zommitted a great mistake, for that the troops wire to go, not to the Crimea, but to Algeria, to replace other troops ordered home. The semi offioial journals, however, this evening repeat the despatch 'file Austrian Count Buol, I told you a few days back, g 4 7e great offence to the Emperor, by speaking disrespectfully of him in Legitimist .alone. The Austrian Ambassador, Baron Hubner, has just given, perhaps, greater offence—at a grand dinner to the Plenipotentiaries the day before yesterday, he mooted M. tiuizot and the ex- Ministers of the Orleanist party. If we can believe a letter from Warsaw in one of the newspapers the losses of the Russians in the Crimea exceed anything that his heretofore been supposed : thus, out of 36,000 men composing the two reserves of grenadiers sent into the Crimea only 14,000 arrived. According to the same letter the new levy of 18,000 men ordered to be made in Poland had been indefinitely postponed• TRADE REPO RT.-SATURDAY, LIVERPOOL, Correll : A slightly improved feeling has prevailed in the cotton market to-day, and a fair business has been transacted, at steady prices. The sales—including 100 Pernanabucn, 641 to 61 70 li,tttia 6 , 1 to 61 , 1; 100 Dzyptian, 611 t o ; ; 300 Ssirat, to 4 2 . !_ are reprted 7.000 bales, of which 500 are on qecu:atiun and tor export. C)TCH PIG IRON: Our wtrket for w,Lrrauts closes at 667 61 cash THE CIIIMEA (FROM OUR OWN 00aRRSPONDRNT.) SEBASTOPOL, MARCH 13, The Monotony of camp Hie has of late been somewhat relieved by the excitement of the armistice, and the consequent opening of a new field tor the exploring genius of men whose eyes had been tired with beholding the same dreary scene day atter day. The aqueduct and the balks of the Tchernaya are now the fashionable ride for our Crimean heroes, and have become the Hyde-park of the Crimea. English and French uniforms are now seen scattered over the ground, where a fortnight back it would have been death to have showed oneself for an instant. Tne valley of the Tchernaya, apart from its historical interest, has natural attractions equal to any in the world. On Monday last the weather (which for ten days back has been as severe as at any time during the winter) showed signs of a change ; the frost disappeared, the sun gave us her glad sun shine once more, and nature seemed inclined to exhiu►t itself in a more natural and spring -like manlier. Everybody seemed to rise that twe determination to ao and have a The whole ride from the beg _`~ SOUTH LANCASHIRE ASSIZES. CROWN' COURT.—SATURDAY. The learned judge, Mr. Baron Martin, took his seat ott the bench this morning at nine o'clock, and proceeded with the trial of prisoners. CHARGE or PEILTURY AT PALFORD.—EOOB Roberts, - aged 48, described in the calendar as a joieer, and was a person of respectable appearance, was indicted fur having at Salford committed wilful and corrupt perjury. In th is case the prisoner was tenant to a person of the name of Hunt, and having fallen into arrears of rent, a distress warrant, was executed upon the peemises, and but a very small value of goods were found, but amongst them chest. The prisoner was seated upon the chest, an d ~ when asked to open it he declined to do so, as he said contained his tools. The bailiffs then took the chest to an tmpty house, and it was subsequently opened, when i t was found to contain ten or eleven bricks, an old bre ad tin, a plane, and some tew other tools, the whole of whic h were of very small value. After this, the prisoner cum: menced an action against Mr. Hunt, the landlord, and Crawford, the bailiff, in the Sal:ord county court, to recover the value of the tools, and he asse•sed their va":"' to £5O. The case was tried, the prisoner was called as witness, anti lie distinctly swore that the chest did con tain the tools, and that they w e re worth, af t er deducti n g ten per cent, at least £45. In the course of the after tie, distress, the chest was stolen from th.) house ha which it had been deposited. Several witnesses w' re called to prove the above tams, and also to give evidence that the tools allt-ged to have been taken by t" bailiff had previously been pledged by the 1311-stil ler ,: The counsel for the prison e r (Mr. F e r n l e y ), rai,ed son'" technical oujections to the indictment, all of which wer e overruled by his lordship. Having addressed filmset! to the facts of the case, he called witnesses to character:. His lordship sninmed up the case, and in the course tt• his remarks, said the only point for the jury to con , ide r was did the prisoner make a false statement on oath tat a i material point in an action then being tried, and t did he do it wilfully. The jury found the prisoner guilty, but recommended him to the mercy of the court. months' imprisonment, with hard labour. CIIILD MURDER AT MANCUESTER.—Fanny Leathe r, aged 21, described as a dressmaker, w a s charged, one coroner's warrant, with the wilful murder of her oat': born male child. On the night of the 4th January last' while some night men were engaged in emptying a privy in Gregson-street, Manchester, they discovered the btrY of a new born child, which they took to the police statiott; On the same day the prisoner was apprehended, and when charged with having been recently delivered , sh e denied the fact, and stated that she had been trouble. with dropsy, which accounted for her size. After this, the prisoner was examined by a surgeon. The surgeon could not say at what time she had been delivered; I ° might have been over forty-eight hours ; it might bays been a fortnight. There being no evidence to support the charge of murder, or that of concealing the birth, th e prisoner was acqu'tted. .lint oulxlNG FROM TRANSPORTATION.—Bridget Feries, a young woman, apparently in a very weak state of health , was indicted for having returned from transportat ion before the expiration of her sentence. She pleaded guilty: His Lordship said as the pr i s oner ' s h ea lth w as so ba d that she could not undergo a further term of transporte• . tion, he should sentence her to t we l ve months' ka prisonment. CHARGE OF MURDER AT DUCKINFIELD,--JOhn Neek ll ":, was next placed at the bar on an i n di c tm e nt charging him with having, on the 3d of December, murdered e,!" Enoch Duncan, at Duckinfield, ne a r M anc h es ter. On t' e d night in question, two females, Louisa Willinghan 2 Jane Russell went to . a house in D u cki n fi e ld to a t n e : party. After tea, they all repaired t o th e King's A rm public house to a dance, and were soon after j o ined by 1 ." 0 deceased, the prisoner, and som e o th er young me About twelve o'clock they left the public house, the two females returned to Newton's house for the Ir a pose of getting their bonnets and shawls, aa they some them there. The deceased, the prisoner, and some otne a followed them. Louisa Wellingham left the house, an was followed by the prisoner, who, as' she alleged, ea", a hold of tier. She cried, and told the young m a n Dooc a , t what he hal done to her, when he replied," Oh, d°F., take any notice or him, (prisoner), he i s m ad. The pets, over and the deceased then s cu ffl e d t oge ther, but I ` e were soon separated. The two g i r l s th e u left to go W n ' and were again followed by some o f he youths, and veti e ll near the King's Arms corner, thev heard deceased e!,, out, " Alf—, (meaning Aifred), I am stabbeo26 The deceased was then taken to a surgeon, when i t ova found that he had received a most severe wound la ne body, from which the bowels were protruding. prisoner was soon alter appr e hend e d by the police offic. v ,. l l who, upon suirching him tound a k n if e , the blade of Wh i ' L , was very Log, and with whi c h the re could nut be a% doubt the wound was inflicted, as tie prisoner said tte w being charged, "I did it in self-defence—l did not t h ; the knife was so sharp" From the evidence of the m edic !! gentleman, in describing the nature of the wound, at tpe suggestion of the jsdge, and by consent of council 1(0_02; prisoner, a vet diet of manslaughter was retuned. mother of the prisoner stated to his Lordship, that th prisoner had already been confined to a lunatic asyli tt i i . MANSLAUGHTER —Peter Connolly, a sailor, was 1 dieted ior ha.vin4 caused the death of another sailor , °' the name of Henry Barnes, on board the ship Driv er 'rue ship was on her voyage from New Y or k t o Liver pool,, when, on the 2lst of January, the pri sone r ordered to do something to the rigging of the ship. IV Ile went about the work rather reluctantly, the decease d ' Barnes, mounted the rigging, but on his comi.ig again, an altercation ensued, when the deceased s t i e _ 1111111 to knock his teeth out." 1 ", prisoner replied, "you had better try it on." They they • tiehting, when the prisoner having been knoe' nd /era' times, pulled his knife from his bel t 4 . et , stabbed the deceased, who died a few days after. Verdi guilty. Sentence deferred. BURGLARY Town sev Roberts, agel AT LivEnpoot..—Robert _ .r twenty-one, a painter, John M.. Bride, also a pain"' Thomas Garnett, aged twenty-five, a labourer, " . , v a ind,cred for having on the 19th of January, broken 1 , entered the dwelling house of Timothy Gill, and 'Tts therefrom a large quantity o f p ro p er ty. The facts f il er case were recently r e p or t e d i n t h is j ourna l. The Pr''„nti , Roberts pleadei guilty, and th e ot h er t w o were "" the guilty by the jury. His lordship, in sentencing re , prisoners, said that M'Brid e and Garnett had been P, d viously transported, and the former seventeen the latter eleven times summarily convicted in this 1. 4 ; Roberts had previously been tried on a charge of et , e : n c l e l d seven sovereigns, but acquitted. lie, therefore, se n ' — a ch• M'Bride and Garnett to ten years' penal servitude e and Roberts to four years' penal set vitude. for Broamy.—Ann Lhon, 23, dressmaker, was indic ted se nt bigamy. Bridget Cavanagh deposed that she was P re - 01, in St. Matthias's church, Liverpool, on the 20th of AE OO 1854, when the prisoner was married to John Lihon , r o ja she had seen alive two months ago. Catherine l'e .a nt at deposed that, on the sth of July, 1855, she was P res f so ner St. Peter's church, in this town, w h e n sh e saw the P ri , r titl* married to Mr. Clive. A police offi c e r produced a %and cate of the first marriage. Prisoner said her lit had had left her three weeks after their marriage, and s a - fot O f heard that he was dead. Th e j ur y retur ned a ver guilty. Sentence deferred. , oc , a BRUTAL ASSAULT BY A NEGRO.—Michael wi le „ n ffrei coloured seaman, was indicted for assaulting ' l° , l ; 29th Jackson, another coloured sailor, on the night of Ta os January. Both men were at the public house 0 ' u n t bef Perry, another gentleman of sable complexion , Wil c he fore quarrelled about Jackson having given evidence " o gre the magistrates against Parker Whitehead, also ! b e e (who was convicted of stabbing on Thursday), LI i n tb , to fight. Perry turned them out of the house, an bit bit a street the prisoner knocked Jackson down, an d St piece from his upper lip, and from his left thumb' diet, guilty. Sentence deferred. 22, ANOTHER BIT I N G CAM—Mary Ann Dong` a- icacei courtftzan, was indicted for assaulting Elizabeth t an old woman, and biting four inches out of her lef; tt , of in a street quarrel, in Crosshall street, on the f 7 February. Verdict, guilty. Sentence deferred., tlil ° At six o'clock the court adjourned until ten oelo c (Monday) morning. NISI PRIUS COURT.—SATURDAY. k Mr. Justice Willes entered Court at nine 001(4:- Saturday, and proceeded with the hearing of civil can DAUBY V. OUSLEY —ACTI diTort LIBEL AGAINSTI° "LIVERPIOL PROTESTANT HERALD. rl3 O In this action Edward D oby, a tidovaiter Liverpool Custcer a, was the plaintiff, and Thom e 3,., o h* Ousley, proprietor of a journal which has recoil'? t be tamed some entoriety, and bears the nerl - I n f :,.. ° o otil Liverpool Piolestant Herald, defendant. 11 "" eor '- was brought to r-eover damages laid at £504, w ritten libel against the pl a i nt iff, cArtained in an r.rticle w ire and polished by defe n da n t. Considerable inter ell excited by the case. and the court was densely crew A 3e for tb o pla ll i i n r ti . ff S , e a r n g d ell i y . V E i d lk w in a s rd a K nd en A e l a r iy A o s f p_ t i i n ic al o l ar d u r c e i l: c eit I ` 4 x or ed the defendant. „ t Mr. Aspinall opened the pleadings. The defel u Ltifi O3. pleaded not guilty to part of the alleged libel, a nd it fion for the remainder. ,1 Mr. Serjeant Wilkins stated the case. He 0 — I her please your lordship, and gentlemen of the jor c Y:,, you ° ,, cl the honour on the present occasion to app eer before S he bee n the of the plaintiff, who complains that be has libeled by the defendant, in a newspaper ° f . lieere ° , l is the editor. proprietor, and publisher, called tb ( %,, t , Y,, ° Herald, and I think that you will be of opinion, fe ,v ow"; shall have heard the facts of this case, with %Tel, — O , that; meats from me, because they speak for them more infamous libel was never published of frlY . ,.: o t ; for i b t : It is infamous in every point of view—it is We"' nt wett of Mo'ives and its objects—it is infamous on acco c l on d ii , harmlessness, respectability, and propriety ef whets / the mon thus attacked. he editor of that per' e h r i ',,--k°`, o att,ektd Mr. Edward Darby had never seen L', o f I P , nothtvg of him ; but bt c. he I lied 1° " - boo 131 iuse lai s Roman C itholic Church, he has thought pr" Per C ° - 14 9 (l • Christian ch ar i t y t ow ards him, and to illusirat- I° ra poT, person the v a st Cu' eriority Protestantism over as far as Christian charity is concerned , by.:lt,_°'bt in D ! o irel l ile . Ivan in a manner mean, cruel, and unm anl y s s Gentlemen, the plaintif is a man of bumble po io d be o c lie is a tidewaiter in the customs of this toven,.'h, , th w e it l h a o st ut si a xte sp en ot ra as rs— fa w r itahsontbt eb.erriulbsiaicenoiricov_ol imputation, s t aot fori n discern, upon his character. The defendant Is F ' I ; : 0 01 who has lately come here from Shrewsbury, ,- -0 ff he is the editor, proprietor, and publisher of 1D , e & De li Gerald; and certainly, if one may judge from tu 1 1 00 ' character of that paper, a more dreadful firebrand : l ee 1 1 ever thrown into the bosom of society. A Ma ll _ C ore to the town of Liverpool, where he was before enc into a LuNDON TALLOW : The market is laca , y to day, at the followilg quotations :—Petersburg Y. C. on the spot, 47s 6:1 : Match to April, 47s ; April to June, 478 ; October to D,cemb,:r, 47(; 9(1. Market avenges : Town tallow, 48s 6I; fat by ditto, 2s 64(1; yellow Rusbian 498; melted stuff, 358 ; rough dhto, 22s 61; tallow graces, 164; good dregs, 7s. 81.tha1t has a flint appearance, but no transactions, except a sale yesterday afternoon of 5,630 bags brown Pernam buco, at 244 9d, for a near poi t. COFFEE: giiet. TEA : No change. RICE : A little business doing in cargo at 83 6cl, and Madras 10s SALTPETRE 100k3 firm, but no business t) report SATURDIT's MARKETS. Corm CORN : White wheat, 30s to 38s; red wheat, 30s to 36s 6d. Barley, 14s to 20s. Oats, lls 6d to 12s 2d ; 348 to 485 per cwt. ditto, 12s 2d to 16s 6d. Pork, look at the R,►osht of the aqutdm List below the heights of Inkennann, to iu toed s most strikinsr► iii the 4 exterisive plain of th away on your right towards th fetterbaya, etre!ching f Traktir 13ri, of Balaklava, bounded in front by the massive heights still bristling with Russian batteries; behin•l by those in the possession of the, French, and gradually narrow ing titl4t meets the water of the harbour at ba,stopol, The sides of the hill are covered with the bright green of the juniper, contrasting well with the paler verdure with which spring has began to clothe the valley beneath. ft e Tchernaya runs peacefully through the valley, and at the broadest point is not more than a flunked yards across ; its banks are covered with vineyards, at.d every kind of rich vegetation; and the valley looks the more fruitful iu its marked contrast to the bleak appearance of the hills around. As you ride at the base ot the biker man range of hills, the ravines and gorges are plainly seen, through which the Russians advanced on the event ful day of the battle of Inkerman, and the numerous remains still rotting away on every side tell but too sadly of their hasty retreat. A heap of tattered clothes and discoloured bones show the spot where many a Russian has lain ever since he received his death wound. On passing the Inkermann heights, you arrive at a bend of the river, where the aqueduct is carried over a ravine on six arches, well and elegantly built. On the opposite side is seen the ancient Genoese Fort, built over those excavations, which have defied the research of the most ingenious of antiquarians, so ancient are they held to be. Thee caves (which are plainly visible), go by the name of " The City of the Dead ;" and the best received history of them is that they were inhabited by the ancient Christians who embraced the Arian heresy. Riding along the river side, you come to the remains of a bridge which the Russians broke down after their retreat from Inkermann. Here a knot of English and French were amicably conversing with two Russian soldiers on the opposite side. These men were probably sent down for the purpose, as they were remark ably strong-built powerful men, and were warmly clad in tur•lined coats. From this point the view gradually opens on the harbour of Sebastopol, and the effect of the bay %ith Fort Constantine in the distance is very fine. On reaching the docks of Sebastopol, where the aqueduct ends, we rode home through the Barabelnaia and Redan having gone through in one ride as many places of interest as a man could well see in a day's journey. The aque duct which was built in 1853, at an enormous expense, to convey water into Sebastopol, runs for four miles along the banks of the Tehernaya, and is the boundary on our side during the armistice, as the river is on that of the Russians. It is nine feet broad, and took more than a year to complete. At one point it runs through a mountain, in a tunnel two hundred yards long. Besides the bridge I mentioned at the entrance to Sebas topol, it crosses the Ouzakoff ravine on another one of sixteen arches. This aqueduct, like the docks, has been utterly destroyed by the Allies. MA RCH 14.—T0-day there was a meeting of the linssian and our own generals, for the formal signing of the armis tice. It took place at the Trak; it bt i lge, an I was a grand sight. Hitherto the restrict ions placed on English officers in regard to going into the valley of the Tchernaya, have caused great complaint. The French, as at the taking of Sebastopol, are allowed to go where they like, as long as they do not penetrate into the Russsian lines ; not so the less favoured English. Weather again wintry and cold. BREACH OF PRONII CF MARRIAGE At the assizes held at Shrewsbury was tried Morris v. Maddox. The plaintiff in this action was a young woman possessing considerable personal attractions, 23 years of age, and the daughter of a widow residing at Ironbridge, in this county. The defendant was a miller and farmer, well to do in the world, about 30 years of age, residing near to the village of Harley, in Shropshire. In that village is an inn called the Unicorn, kept by a brother-in law of the plaintiff; and in the course of his visits to the hostelrie in question, in March, 11350, he became acquainted with Miss Morris, who was on a visit. to her s , eter, Mrs. Langford. An intimacy sprung up, which rioened into love, and this state continued without bei g interrupted to Septemter, ISM. At that tiro Mr. Langford gave a dh to some of his lest being Mr. Maddox, who was I on the other pruicip 9uppo! by a sister of plaintiff's. She seemed then •'particularly in imate, and dafendant wis often heard to express his intention of making "And" his wife. In March 1,3 consequence of a misadventure, by which Miss Morris became in the family way, she left Harley, and went to a sister's at Leatninwon to be emaied. No letters had passed beit,een plaintiff and dekndant. Mrs. Hodges . , of Leamington, spoke to the plain - Ur having promised to marry her sister. The child was affiliated upon the defen dant and ho had to pay 2- 6 i per week for it. The landlord of the Unico.'n, Harley, declared that the defendant was received at his house, not as a customer, but as a visitor, and his attentions and expressions towards plaintiff led him to believe that he would marry her, VCII after the child was born. However, the plaintiff did not visit the Unicorn after that, but was married in August, 1855, to Miss C. Weaver, of Much Wenlock.— Mr. Serjeant :Pigott made a humorous speech for the defendant, contending that no distinct promise had been made—nothing more than a few idle words addressed to a good-looking young woman in her brother-in-law's bar. If such expressions were to be construed into a pro mise of marriage, no one would be safe. The conduct of the defendant was evidently that of a man who had gone too often to the Unicorn, and drank too much ale, under the in fluence of which he had uttered a great, deal of nonsense. The learned baron, in summing up, said he agreed with the learned counsel for the defendant that a min ought not lightly to be made responsible for a little trifling speaking to a woman; and the first question for the jury, of course, would be whether any promise had been made by the de fendant. The witnesses had evidently given their evidence in a straightforward manner, but they might have been deceived. He left it to the jury to decide whether the conduct and languag,e of the defendant were sufficient to prove that he had distinctly promised to marry her. If not, their verdict must be for theZdefendant. He did not admire these actions, and could scarcely understand how a woman had the indelicacy to drag a man into court after having fallen out with him. The case was different when three years of a young woman's life had been spent with the conviction that she should be married to a man, and that after that time she was prevented by the shame brought upon her by him from marrying any one else. If they found that the defendant had made a pro mise of marriaie, they would give such damages as were reasonable, having regard to the circumstances of the defendant. The jury, after consulting some time, retired, and after half an hour's absence, returned into court with a verdict for the plaintiff. Damages—L2oo. THEATRE ROVAL.—Charles Matl-ews comes once more among us for a slart stay. Having the cares of manage ment removed froth his sh ,, ultlers, he now gives himself more exclusively to the study of his art, and his audienc-s gain considertbly in the finish of his performances. During the week a drama.ic " skit," lately brought out at Drury Lane in ridictOe of the " G eat Wizard of the North," wil! he produced ; and the " Dowager," a piece onee a great favourite here, when Madame Vestris was the heroine, Lorp Alfred Lindsay being played by Mathews, and we consider it one of the most eleg tnt personatious in his original style. CORONERS INQUESTS.-0.1 Saturday the coroner held the following inquests :—On the body of a man found a few days a4o in the Bru , swick dock, but who wa.s not recog rit ed. We puldished a description of the body and the dress two or three days ago. The jury found a verdict of found drowned.—On the body of a child named WI eary, whose father is a soldier in the Crimea, and whose death was caused by a kettle of holing water falling on it. After a thorough invet•tigation of the case the jury returned a verdict of accielental death.—On the body of a German named Ludwick Schuler, a bu•cher, will resided at 36, Lime Kiln-lane. About a month since the deceased received a sum of about £4O fiorn his friends in Germany to set him op in trade, and it ap eared that since that time he has 11,rd!y ever been sober, lie i-d from excessive drinking, and the jury found a verdict ace, dingly. PArrs, Fut DAY EVEN ING. —The congre.s has terminated I'dmor, with the exceotion of a formal signature of the conilition3 of peace, which, it is said, will be definitely signed by the plenipotentiaries on Sunday next. The Paris correspond-nt of the Timm under date of Friday night, states, that among political persons the opinion prevailed that tie treaty v . ould be signed this fLly ( - aturilay.) Others speak of Sunday, and even of Monday ; but beyond that it is not now believed the delay will extend. Althou4h the order has been trans mitted not to recommence hostilities, every exertion will be used to make the conclusion of peace coincide with, if not precede, the original period fixed for tho expiration of the armistice. Al ost people incline to the belief, that the treaty will be signed on Saturday, and that the glad tidings will be announced in the illoniteur of Sunday. The Times corruspondent says, that the announcement to Paris will probably take place in another fashion. The moment the last signature is affixed, a signal will be made in the foreign office, London.