The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-01-10 00:00:00

CLIBBORN & THOMAS, 35, North John-street NORTH %V ANNUAL SUBSCaIP DAILY TIM and 0 packed I supp NORTHERN NING EDITION I of t Afternoon )aitti ie pro 1 real tie' An Evettitsg aising I er T4ollll'll luttyrt h a mous mpany, would be said of their busin s in wh amoun I unmean- .1 condition spirit, much less carry lemand burban distr in price But asses of ley cannot incurring a ruinou ts, and they have sense of *7e accu a long ance and wanton prodi- tind no extrava s plant parat m en ta Ratepayers ,e 1 for ev rthy sixteen Councilmen and carried uch a prof ition in thei It is well to have a a step forward to scue, and propose to purchase their corn untenable mono- Ist admire the Tnizs thorns pith an undertal iircultn world— means so terated in the Ga the Corporati le Compa a town's mec and public natter 7ch is I the Bur >r of ti past One o'c ying at JAMS, &c., NORTHERN DAII t Three o'cloo illits tigations have edings of the ( Would the Town Council venture to undertake privent the numerous c been already, and may h nee mo propose to f the speakers on eith or facts, figures, and argum on our own resources, and impunity measur monopolist liament, but they f light, and on terms Vohich would benefit of the something face ler the cover of an Act of Par employed by a muni- I ch have the Manufacture and distribution of 19 their fello everly ma tched twelve were first coun rpool exaction. The Corporation mpany s after be introduced, in ? Is the l in another monster job, to a and discomfiture of those from Iniversally anticipated ? Th 'hole affair Reform )se eI rate Oath tion of justice Sofa their muni )U to E quired to v pub a 10 to led to P ❑, and ling like a emus CI BENN without committing an open violation fanation nciple which ought to govern the acts so remotely connected with the The public may submit wrong at the hands of a company who contend that 1 by a special Act of the ill not brook injustice at the ival rulers It would be and if the Council's 50 per cent ty of Aldermen and Aber suburban district an outer yen Our men to keep clear of ow repeat our modest The real torrent of agitation will never ,hing effect, dragged into loomed to jobber fair name this family of conjurin dismal state such Counc vllicti ver to throw a litt ventilate the names As meas. .dopt the Gas 'y with their and to airing of necessary process totall between pro ners ! The present dark and sphere certainly favours But we must endeavour t into the Chamber, and to day, will aid us in ar as the le•are concerned 3 must fall hat the Turee, a private :liaise will be dispo; rug VALE stant. al TO EXPOW indebted to 'ho supported behoof ! end at Court," is a proverb, y believe the gas consumers admit its They application in the easonably ask ion will do Corpora . h a board of experienced meter' 1 England s and repairers in the conduct at a profi`, except by the xposed in this urnal. and rei- Report Would shoulders a debt ) be added the " value' in-trade, without convening subject and eli ich Ratepayers important Corporation is not a man in the Corporation ,nything about it, except Alder- and that esteemed functionary's got be) and the " tiekleation', lerman HOLME knows nothing more than that Mosley-hill is exceedingly well lighted, and although Mr. KITCHEN is disposed to ‘, burn the midnight oil" in search of information I on ti bject, it will take him another life, before e can speak from his own practical or even theo- nowlodge, or any one matter involved in the manufacture and distribution of light. Why then should the Council embark in what they I retical Com- y say for granted We hope not We shall, however, look carefully into the report of the Council's proceedings yesterday, and return to the subject at the earliest opportunity. Meanwhile, we need only remark the resolutions are prepos- THE COURT Wricnsou,"January B.—The dinner party yesterday le Duchess of Kent, the Count of Flanders, Baroness de Speth, and Captain de Burnelle. Prince ided t Jompan7ed by the Count of Flanders, went out shooting this morning. The Prince of Wales and Prince Alfred went to London and attended Mr. Faraday's lec ture at the Royal Institution. The Princesses Helena and Louisa drove out in an open bert, ac -1 arriage. THE COUNCIL OF WAR IN PARIS.—His Royal Highness e Duke be boat trait Paris, in her Majesty's xner Vivid to ba all A Cambridge, General Airey, and Admiral Lyons at 10.40 a.m. yesterday —His Grace the Duke of Argyll, Liquor Law in the Island of zed to his people there a f November last, "no tenant d for Calais, en route -kr The usual honours Tuesday E ~. ,uat eaehed unerals, or any other e terms of this it lands at the next term." --.....- or Kans.—We learn from Vienna, under advices, dated the 31st ult. 'rom Constantinople, stating that igating ulation of Kars NORTHERN DAILY TIMES. - LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY, JANUARY 10, 1856. :les dated Vienna, evenin vho brings a reply to the propositions of the Allies, left wevions day (the 7th inst.). announce tackelberg, St. Petersburg on t Journal des Debate of yesterday quotes advices St. Petersburg to the date of the 3rd instant. Count t had an audience of the Czar. The rhazy had not y e took place on the 28th, and a second interview )n the 30th. " The second conference was occupied with 11 recriminations." On the 3rd of January there Petersburg ; the struggle Count Nesselrod was great anxiety at St , en the war party and the peace party was becoming closer and closer every day. M. ae Nesseirode inclines it is said, for peace ; but Privy Councillor Seniavine is for This division of opinion exists around the Emperor d even in the midst of the Imperial family Empress-Mother desires the end of the war—the reigning Empress inclines more to the side of war. The Emperor has not declared himself ; it is believed that he hesitates before the immense responsibility of the decision which is expected from him. THE WAR IN ASlA.—Despatches received from the sh Camp to the date of the 2Sth Nov., states that news had come in announcing that General Mouravieff had issued a proclamation to the Mahometan population of the frontier Asiatic provinces, warning them to beware of the unholy alliance which Turkey has formed with the Western Powers, and pointing to the present occupation of Constantinople as a reason why they should mistrust the professions of the Allies ; at the same time he assures them of the sincerity of Russia and the honest protection which she will ever afford to her Mussulman subjects. This piece of diplomacy has, it is said, produced a consi derable effect in those quarters for which it was more spe cially intended. The violence of the weather for the last few days had rendered any attempt at an advance out of the question. Some of the temporary bridges which have been thrown over the streams, where the old bridges were destroyed by the Russians, have been carried away, and river Ziewie, which runs through the camp, has swollen into an impetuous torrent. Three more - spies had been shot by order of Omar Pacha. One of them was the adopted son of Said Bey (Prince Demetri), who is a near relation of Prince Michael of Abasia, and a Major- General in the Russian army. Prince Michael himself has returned to Shemserrai froma visit to the Princess Dadian, who still remains a t Gordi, a mountain fortress distance to the right of our line of march cy Her Highne ss will pursue in the difficult position in is placed has not yet transpired. A letter signed Schamyl has been received by Omar Pasha, informing ommunication , as this is the road principally used by he Russians for reinforcing their Trans-Caucasian army ,eaamyl, if it a winter, this manceavre on the part of S has been thoroughly -••••-•.•+.-- The London Gazette of Tuesday notifies that the Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. John Edward Naylor as consul at Liverpool for the republic of Peru. ne um John ➢l'Allister has been curacy of Blakeney, Glouesstershire, at £ l, . Lord Bishop of Wells. He is er, of Glendermott, and junior \l'Allister, Liverpool. . James ORDINATION.—The Bishop of Chester intends to h o ld an ordination on the second Sunday in Lent (Feb. 17.) The examination will commence on Thursday, the 14th February, at the Palace, at ten o'clock. Candidates must send in their papers on or before the 14th January, to C. T. W. Parry,:Esq., Chester, his lordship's secretary. Doxenox.—Yesterday, Inspector Murphy handed to Mr. Mansfield, for the use of the poor box, the sum of 18s., which was the fee paid to a j ur y at th e C our t o f P assage , and thus appropriated by those gentlemen. An acknow ledgment in the NORTHERN DAILY TIMES was requested. VILLAGE LECTURES.—Last evening a series of winter lectures, under the above interesting title, was commenced at the Assembly-room Coffee-house, Wavertree. The Rev. C. M. Birrell was the first lectu rer , and the subject on which he addressed his audience was, " The life and writings of John Bunyan." The rev. gentleman was listened to with great attention: SOUTHERN AND TOXTETH HOSPITAL.—WEEBLY REPORT, JAN. 9TH, 1856. —ln patients :—discharged : Cured, 8 ; relieved, 0; at own request, 0 ; irregular, 0. D ea d , 2 ; entered, 13 ; under treatme n t, 62. Out patients : C ured, 18 ; entered, 33 ; under treatment, 30. Treasurer, James Houghton, Esq. Visitors, Mr. T. Ingram, and Mr. T. Rogers. Honorary chaplain, Rev. D. T. Barry, 13. A. Physicians and surgeons for the week, Dr. Cameron, and Mr. Churton. House surgeons, Mr. Charles Royston, and Mr. E. C. Garland. MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL. LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY EVENING. The Liverpool Cotton Market continues dull, and with a supply in excess of the demand prices have still further given way, and must now be quoted fully a farthing per pound lower than on Friday last. The sales to day amount to 6,000 bales, of which 2,000 have been taken for specula tion and export. ) The Liverpool Share Market opened at a decline upon yesterday's closing prices, and with a heavy feeling in consequence of the sudden fall in Consols. From the trifling business that has lately been doing, and the small speculative account there is open, shares are less affected than might have been expected, but the market closes with a feeble tone :—Aberdeen, 11 11-1. Chester and Birkenhead, 13 13t. Caledonian, 26k 27. Chester and Holyhead, 111 1 11. Eastern Coun ties, 8 1-16, 8 3-16. East Lancashire, 178 17k. Great Northern, 211 22. Ditto A, 81 01. Great Western, 511 51 1 . Lancashire and Yorkshire St oc k, 751 76 . 4 Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport, 131 14. Lon don and North Western Stock, 931931. Manches ter, Sheffield and Lincoln, 23k 231. Ditto Prefer ence, 134 13i. Ditto New 6 per cent Pref., 7-16 1p- Midland Stock, 621 621. North British, 71 71. North Staffordshire, 81 81-d. South Eastern, 16k 17. York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 161 161. York and North Midland, 221 221. Dutch Rhenish, 13.16 11-16 d. Great Western of Canada, 24k 24. Ditto New Shares, 2 28p. Great Luxembourg 101 10d. At the meeting of the proprietors of the Colonial Bank held to-day, a dividend at the rate of five per cent per annum, free of income tax, was declared. This, it was stated, would require 12,5001., and that as the profits for the half-year were 21,0861. 2s 11d, it left 8,5861. 2s lld to be added to the fund to meet bad debts, which fund is now increased to 159,7111. 12s 6d. The report was adopted, and the retiring directors and officers re-elected. The half-yearly meeting of the London and Greenwich Railway Company was held yesterday. The accounts for the half-year were laid before the meeting, from which it appeared that an available balance of 11,332/. 3s. 6d. remained for the divi dend on this occasion, which was settled at ss. 3d. per share for the last six months, free of income tax. The accounts were passed unanimously. A dividend at the rate of 7 per cent. per annum has been declared on the shares of the Commercial Bank of London, payable on or after the 28th inst. The Ottoman Government have published a Re port of the Minister of Finance, concerning the budget of expenses occasioned by the present war to Turkey. This important statement is submitted to the consideration of a board of control appointed by the Sultan, and comprises the budget from the 27th May, 1853, to the 27th September, 1855—a period of 28 months. During that period the disbursements of the treasury for exraordinaiy expenses of war, marine, and artillery, amounted to 11,200,0001. sterling, of that sum 5,400,0001. is covered by the budget allotted for the three departments; and 4,573,0001 . obtained as f o ll ows : —Produce of the first loan 2 286,2881. ; advanced by Rothschild on the new loan 600,0001.; national gifts 201,800 /. ; issue of paper money 1,440,0001., and bank of deposit loans 46,700/. ; thus leaving a sum of 1,227,000/ to be claimed by the Treasury as excess of expenditure. To make up this deficiency, and to prepare for any further outlay in prosecuting the war with vigour and ease, as the Minister expresses himself, there is a likelihood of Turkey being obliged to come again into the Money Mar. ket for a new loan. The downward movement in the English Funds has made a further decided progress to day. The opening rates this morning were no less than K per cent below the 4 o'clock quotations of yesterday. This fall was caused by a general impression that the answer of the Czar, which has been despatched from St. Petersburg to Vienna, amounts to a rejection of the peace pro posals. No official confirmation has been given to this reported version of the reply; but opinion in the City today was utterly adverse to the idea of peace. The extreme depression during this morning, however, was followed by a partial recovery. At the close of the Stock Exchange the reduction, as compared with yesterday's prices, was / per cent., the quotations being 86 1.16, 86 8-16. The general character of the market is de cidedly unsettled. The arrangements for the monthly account in Consols increases the pre vailing sensitiveness of prices. The late heavy sales of stock attributed to the bank on the government account, have greatly aggravated the collapse of the market. Added to this, there is a growing apprehension that the money market is becoming more stringent. An uneasy feeling pre. vails as regards future returns of the bank. It is feared that the stock of coin and bullion will be con siderably reduced under the combined influence of the dividend payments, and the foreign demand for gold. Despite, therefore, the temporary relief imparted to the money market by the dividend disbursements, which commenced this day, the belief that the availa.bte resources of the institution are diminishing, causes each succeeding weekly board-day at the bank to be looked for with anxiety. The demand for money continues good, and full rates are exacted, but there is no especial pressure. At Paris the Three per Cent. Rentes closed to-day about A- - per cent lower than yesterday. The Corn Market to day was firmer, at fully last Monday's prices. The Railway Share Market continues to suffer from the steady fall in Consols. This department, however, is comparatively much stea dier in character. The following were the closing quotations :—Caledonian, 553 551. Eastern Counties, 88 81. East Lancashire, 67 68. Great Northern, 87 88. Ditto A, 72 73. Great Western, 51i 511 Lancashire and Yorkshire, 751 76. Leeds Northern, 12 121. London and North Western, 9n. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 23 231. Midland Stock, 621 63. North British, 28 29. South Eastern and Dover, 561 566. York, Newcastle and Berwick, 663 67k. York and North Midland, 441 45. The Admiralty will receive tenders on the 17th instant for the supply of 20,000 blankets for the transport service TILE CAMBRIA.—This splendid steam-ship, which has been engaged by the government as a hired transport since the 14th of April last, arrived here yesterday, after calling at Plymouth on her return from the Crimea. During her employment in the service of the government, the Cambria has steamed upwards 22,500 miles. Captain Brett. of the 15th Hussars, was among the passengers, and the Cambria brought home two horses belonging to Colonel Wilson Patten, M.P., in command of the Duke of Lancaster's own militia regiment nov stationed at Malta. ORDER OF TEMPLARS.—The officers and members of St. George's Temple of Honour and Temperance celebrated their fourth anniversary on Monday, by a soiree and ball. Upwards of 300 of the brethren and their friends partook of the " cup that cheers, but not inebriates," and a most excellent collection of the good things of this life. Brother Wm. Atkinson, W.C. Tern., presided, and amongst the visitors were, 'Brother' John Vickers, W.C. Tern., and several of the brethren from the City of Manchester Tem ple, also several from the Sona Temple, No. 2, of Liver pool. After tea the whole of the brethren assembled on the platform dressed in costume and displaying the splen did regalia of the order. The opening Ode of the Temple was sung, after which Mr. Knott, optician, kindly amused the company by exhibiting his splendid series of dissolv ing views ; then followed songs, choruses, and recitations, by Messrs. William Simpson, Brother Joseph Thomas, D.M.W.T., and several other ladies and gentlemen. At half-past ten o'clock the room was cleared for dancing, which was kept up with the greatest spirit, and most efficiently conducted by Brothers Oliver Huston and Jas. Sweetman, as masters of the ceremonies, until four o'clock in the morning, when the company separated highly delighted with the pleasures they had enjoyed. CAPTURE OF A GANG or COlNERS.—Yesterday morning, the police made a capture of a gang of coiners, in Eldon street, and at the morning sittings in the police court, before Mr. Challoner, the following persons were brought np by detectives Scaife, Thompson, Laycock, and Gris— thenwaite. Peter Mahon, alias Clark, Thomas Davis, George Seymour, John Thompson, Mary Sullivan, and Mary Cross. The facts of the case were these. The police having received certain information, that a gang of coiners inhabited the house, No. 77, Eldon-street, they went to an empty house adjoining, from the top room of which they could see into the house in question. They watched one night, but nothing " turned up." However, early yesterday morning, they saw all the prisoners in a room, in which Clarke was observed to make several counterfeit half-crowns. The officers having procured assistance, broke into the room, when a fierce scuffle took place, and after considerable resistance, the prisoners were captured. It appeared that when the prisoner Clark made the coins, the other prisoners examined them, and on - searching the room, 17 base halt-crowns, a quantity of metal for making coins, moulds, and all the other ingredients and apparatus used in the manufacture of base coin were found. The prisoner Clark is the husband of a woman, who a few days ago was committed for trial for having thirty base crown pieces in her possession. The prisoners were fully committed for trial, the mint authori ties undertaking to prosecute. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. SECOND EDITION. THE ARMY IN THE CRIMEA, DESPATCH FROM GEN. CODRINGTON A supplement to the Gazette of Tuesday pub lishes the following despatch received from Gen. Sir W. J. Codrington by Lord Panmura. Sebastopol, 27th December. Lord,—Your Lordship has referred in several despatches to drunkenness in this army. Returns are now in my possession from every regiment of all cases of drunkenness tried by court-martial, as well as those settled at the orderly rooms, for the months of September, October, and November. It was during this time that arrears of field allowance, more than £2 each man, were received as back pay, besides 10,000 receiving additional working pay, and yet the result is that, including artillery, sappers, and infantry, the number of crimes of drunkenness, (and there are many more than the men drinking,) is a little above one man in two days per company estimated at one hundred men. No doubt there are many facilities in all these open and crowded camps for drunken men to get in without being seen ; no doubt they do so and escape observation. But suppose we double or tre. ble the amount of these numbers which are taken from official returns, and I suspect the army will bear a comparison with many towns, many villages, and many populations of Great Britain. It is as easy to give, as it is as easy to read, a minute, a ludicrous, or even a filthy description of drunken men, and it seems seized upon as the type of the whole. The fathers, and mothers, and wives, and sisters in England, are fully persuaded we do nothing but drink, and the good character of the army is forgotten, in a few sketches from nature.—l have, &c., W. J. CODRINGTON. To the Lord Panmure, &c., &c. ~._ DESPATCH FROM GENERAL VIVIAN Head-quarters, Kertch, Dec. 21st, 1855. My Lord,—l have, with much regret, to report to you the death of Captain R. S. Sherwood, of the cavalry of this force. This offic3r was engaged in a skirmish that took place on the 16th inst. between a detachment of our cavalry and a party of Russian cavalry. His gallantry in this affair was most conspicuous, as is reported to me by the officer who commanded the detachment. Capt. Sherwood was severely wounded, and was carried off by the ißussians, and, as I have since learned, died on the 19th from his wounds. I deplore his loss, for he was an intelligent and very promising young officer. I have reason to believe that the treatment he received from the Russians was most humane and considerate.—l have, &c., R. J. H. VIVIAN. To the Lord Panmure, &c.. &c. OMAR PACHA'S RETREAD Despatches, dated St. Petersburg, January 9, confirm the intelligence already promulgated with respect to Omar Pacha's retrograde movement, and states that the Turkish troops are suffering much from the severity of the season. The detachments of Russian militia, including that composed of Mingrellans, did considerable damage to the rear-guard of the Generalissimo's army, THE PEACE QUESTION. Intelligence has been received from Hamburg, to the effect, that the Danish Government has just sent a circular to the different States of Europe, in which it renews the declaration of its neutrality. Denmark persists in maintaining the position of a neutral power, and admits no engagement on its side, in relation to the treaty concluded on the 2 lst November last, between Sweden and the Western Powers, THE FRENCH FUNDS. PARIS, IVEDNE3DAY EVENING. The transactions on the Bourse to-day closed as follows :—Four and a half per cents., 91f. 25e. Three per cents., 63f. THOMAS'S SHILLING CONCERTS PHILHARMONIC-HALL. Mr. Thomas assumed his baton for his season of 1856 (to last one month) on Tuesday evening, and was honoured with the presence of a large assemblage, who appeared to derive much pleasure from the performances. There are many now faces in the band this season, but in general excel lence, the band never was equalled at these concerts. The se lections are, as before, culled judiciously from the best masters, consist - ng of overtures, symphonies, danse-music, inter spersed with solos, for Prospero, the giant of the orchestra; De Folley (flute); Gobin, whose purity of tone on the cornet is only rivalled by Kcenig ; Sorge (clarionet), &c.; and last, though not least, the charming Madame Amadei un dertakes the vocal department and sings each night two or three songs. This lady is the fortunate possessor of a remarkable contralto voice, and though a little deficient in fire, sings in a very pleasant style all the favourite airs of the contralto role. She sang last night "La donne e Mobile," from Rigoletto, and substituted the ever pleasing "Il Segretto" when encored. Other vocalists are to follow on the termination of Madame Amedei's engagement. The band last night gave the overture to " William Tell" with great precision and effect in all its varied features, and the andante, from Mende lssoh n' s " Italian symphony," was a specimen of quiet chaste harmony that could hardly be surpassed. The selection from "The Huguenots" was admirably played, and also some interesting polkas and valsee. These concerts are a very satisfactory, quiet, recreation for two hours nightly, and we can conscientiously recommend them to all classes, as affording an opportunity of hearing the very best music, played by master hands, for a mere nominal charge. We trust this season will afford delight to many thousands, and at the same time repay the spirited conductor, who provides the banquet. CORONER'S INQUEST.—Yesterday the deputy-coroner held an inquest on the body of a child, aged thirteen months, the son of Mr. Harris, master of the North Corpo ration Schools. On Christmas-day the child pulled a jug of hot water off the table on itself, and was so injured that it died from the effects. Verdict accordingly. SUICIDE AT BOOTLE.—Yesterday morning, a master car ter, named Thomas Booth, residing at Bank Cottage, Bootle, hung himself in his own stable, The deceased was 38 years of age, and for some time past be had suffered from low spirits, in consequence of his horses being idle. On New Year's morning he made an attempt to hang himself with a handkerchief, but was prevented by his wife. On Tuesday he was in a very low state, and lay is bed the moat part of the day. At ten o'clock he asked his wife to get a pint of ale to cheer him, but he did not drink it; he got up about four o'clock to feed the horses, and about eight o'clock his wife found him hanging in the stable. There was an inquest on the body yesterday, when the jury returned a verdict of " temporary insanity." The Prease d'Orient of Constantinople says that the Czar has admirably received the French officers who were taken in the neighbourhood of Kinburn. His Rassian Majesty is reported to have said to them, " I shall soon shake hands with you as your friend." RE3fARKAULEIBTEOIII.—A very brilliant and remarkable meteor was witnessed at Southampton on Monday last. At about fiva minutes before five o'clock in the afternoon a streak of light darted down from the heavens, and when apparently about a mile and a half above the earth, the lower end of it expanded into a blue and red ball of fire, about six inches in diameter. This ball separated from the streak, and as it was falling towards the earth it separated in five smaller balls which vanished in the haze that eb soured the horizon in the south-west. But the moat remark able part of the phenomenon was the streak of light, which remained precisely in the same spot where it was first seen when the ball of fire left it. FRANCE. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, TUESDAY EVENING The Austrian government, I hear to-day, takes the greatest pains to ccmvince the governments of England and France, that whatever may be said, her firm determination is, at the proper moment, to take part in the war against Russia. The French cabinet, for its part, feels perfectly certain that it will do what it promises, and it is even said that Lord Palmerston, who is known not to enter tain any great liking for Austria, declared a few days ago, that " he was satisfied with her." As a proof that Austria means to act as the Allies require, it is stated, that her Ambassadors at Paris and London have almost daily interviews of the most friendly nature with Count Walewsky and Lord , Clarendon, and enter into the fullest and frankest explanations with them on all matters respecting the past, the present, and the future. To such an extent do the Ambassadors carry amiability, that they have even, dit on, revealed several things affecting Russia and Prussia, which were formerly regarded as the gravest secrets. They have always made known that the precise tenor of the letter addressed by the King of Prussia to the Emperor, and sent by Col. Manteuffel, is to press Austria to shake off foreign influence, and to enter frankly into the Prussian policy of neutrality. A telegraphic despatch informs us that the Dres den Journal, which is supposed to speak with authority, declares in its number of last evening that the negotiations for peace at St. Petersburg are not :absolutely unfavourable, and that, at all events, Russia will not decidedly reject the Aus trian propositions. This, however, does not amount to much, and does not accord with what the Eman cipation of Brussels told us yesterday. I need hardly remark that even supposing it be true, it does not affect in any way what I have more than once had occasion to say, as to not the slightest hopes of peace being entertained from the Austrian propositions. 13 - 37 the Euphrate, just arrived at Marseilles, we have accounts from Constantinople to the 31st ult. In the Crimea, the Russians are keeping up a vigorous fire to prevent, or rather delay, the blow ing up of the docks at Sebastopol. Fifteen vessels had been wrecked near Kamiesch, and one, con taining ammunition and clothing, destroyed by fire. The French Ambassador had presented the Sultan, in a very pompous ceremony, with the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour, and had delivered a very suitable harangue, the Sultan replying. This is the first time the Commander of the Faithful has ever accepted a foreign decoration. Greece had signed a treaty with the Porte for the suppression of brigandage. The decree of the Egyptian govern ment prohibiting the export of corn had been abolished. The Moniteur publishes some official details on the finances of Turkey. It appears from them that from the 27th May, 1853, to the 27th Septem ber, 1855, 11,200,000/. sterling were disbursed in extraordinary war expenses. I heard it said to-day, in an important financial quarter, that the French Government, which had resolved to delay calling for a new loan as long as possible, is on the contrary now disposed to ask for it very - shortly—that its amount will probably be £36,000,000 sterling, and that Messrs. Roth schild and other great bankers are to subscribe it . It was added, that England was to share in it, or at least to guarantee it. But take notice—these are mere reports, and I do not in any way vouch for the authenticity of them. P.S. The vessel destroyed by fire at Kamiesch, as mentioned above, was the Themis. She belonged to England, and was freighted by the French government. She had on board 30,000 projectiles, and 3,000,000 ball cartridges, and they exploded successively. The following appeared in our Extra Editions o f yesterday : A BATTLE.-100 RUSSIANS KILLED AND TAKEN PRISONERS. The Paris Afoniteur of this morning publishes a despatch from General Pelissier dated Sebastopol, December 28th, which reports that a slight en gagement took place on the previous day between one hundred Russians who had taken up a posi. tion near General Autemarre's outposts, and the French. Eighteen of the enemy were killed, and the remainder were taken prisoners. The French did not lose a man. THE WAR IN ASIA. (From the Monitsur.) ERZEROUM,' DECEMBER 12. The Russian army took up its position at Kars last Monday, the 3rd of December. The troops have been quartered in the town, and a small division of about 2,000 men, consisting of Cossacks and irregular Kurds, have been left at Sohardy Dagh, where it occupies the fortifications erected in the month of June last by General Mouravieff. Yeni Keni, a village some fifty-four miles from Erzeroum, on the road to Kars, is likewise occupied by the Russians, who have collected there large stores of wheat, flour, and barley. . It appears that the Russian General is apprehensive of Sehm Paella's coming to attack Kars, for he has con centrated all his forces at that spot, and has left at Alexanderopol only a weak garrison, hardly strong enough to do the duties of the citadel. The Turkish forces, under the orders of Selim Pacha, are still encamped in the mountains of Deveh Boynou. There is no fear of the enemy's attempting now a coup de main against Erzeroum. The exhaustion of the troops and the state of the roads forbid it. A LEAP IN THE DARK.—On Sunday, on the North Kent Railway, a female, who was in charge of police officers, made her escape out of the carriage while the train was proceeding at the rate of 20 miles an hour through the tunnel, which is 2 miles in length. It was supposed that she escaped when they were in total darkness ; she must have contrived to open the door, and thus let:herself out, without being felt, as she was not missed until the train arrived in the light. Every one concluded that she was killed, and the station-master Mr. William Priee, immedi ately proceeded into the tunnel with an engine to find the body, but to his surprise, on the engine corning up to the opening of the tunnel, midway between Higham and Strood, he found the woman endeavouring to escape by climbing up the cliff, which is upwards of sixty feet high, and almost perpendicular. She was recaptured. She is a well-known character, named Susannah Kates, and is fifty years of age. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT BELFAST.—On Monday evening, a few minutes before eight o'clock, a fire was discovered on the premises of Mr. John M•Laughlin, tobaccontst, North street, Belfast, at the rear of which, the printing establish ment of Mr. Denis Holland, proprietor of the Ulsterman and Morning Post, was situated. Considerable alarm pre vailed, in consequence of the flames appearing to spread into the immediately adjoining establishments. By the exertions of the firemen, the casualty apprehended was prevented, and the disaster was confined to the building where it originated. The printing-office of the Ulsterman was, however, we regret to say, ultimately destroyed before the devouring element could be subdued. On inquiry, we learn that the fire broke out iu a snuff-shop immediately below the printing-office where the Morning Post was, at the same moment, being printed for the morning's circulation. The flames spread to the composing-room of the Ulsterman two floors fell in consecutively, and the types half melted and wholly destroyed by the "pie" into which they were knocked, fell to the ground. The premises burned had been only partially insured ; and we are sorry to state that the printing-office of the Ulsterman, into which a large amount of property, in types and other materials, had just been transferred, was entirely uncovered by any insurance.— Northern Whig. DISSOLUTIONS OF PARTNERSHIP.—R. Miller and W. Lancaster, Preston, Lancashire, cotton manufacturers. E. T. Allen and S. W. North, York, surgeons. S. Fletcher, T. Fletcher, H. Sheldon, W. Howe, J. Nickson, and T. Jones, Manchester, merchants, so far as regards S. Fletcher. J. S. Woodhous, James Grimshaw, and Joseph Grimshaw, Manchester, calico printers. T. G. Ward, G. Ward, and B. Ward, Leeds, woollen merchants, so far as regards G. Ward. W. Wardlaw, C. M'lndoe, and S. Hodgkinson, Manchester and Glasgow, so far as regards S. Hodgkinson. J. William son and T. Williamson, Cleokheaton, Yorkshire, cloth met.- chants. Mary Baldwin and Hannah Cochrane Butterworth, Bury, Lancashire, provision dealers. James Chadwick, J. Chadwick, and T. Chadwick, Rochdale, Lancashire, cotton spinners, so far as regards T. Chadwick. James Chadwick, John Chadwick, and T. Chadwick, jan., Rochdale ? La?ca jsh.iErev, a c n o s tt a o n n d sp s i . nn i z i s c , h a o s ls f , ar m a a s n r c e h g e a s r t d e s r, T. Chadwick, commission mmissionag .e j n u t n s .. f G o u . Oxley, de r s, so N ViarOaxslreeyg,aarndds J. s Es t t a a n n i i f f o o r r t t h b : S m he . ffi sc e h ld u , nk ir , o3- . , F m . W anc . h ß es e t n e e r c , k L e, ee A d . s er , a . n ß d e ß ne o c e k h e . , a D n . d S J o . u H ch . a .B v, e C ne . c l k . e S , o L u J c n h d a o y, n T. v a k , c n a s l o i c n o dealers. p a ri n d n s , e rs r yAa s sr o hd wl e far oyr thas, and regar dsGreatj . Ba mB A f 00 . rl dt G o, G. e dL n h e aa c nm k e e ,a . sLh cotton cashire, cotton spinners. J. Whittaker, G. Wood, Carlton, G. W alker, and C. Watson, Manchester, general ware h o usemen, so far as regards J. Whittaker and G. Wood TRADE REPORT.-WEDNESDAY. CoTrow : The Cotton market continues dull, the demand to-day has been only moderate, and holders evincing a general disposition to realise, prices are again lower, making a decline of about id per lb since Friday. The sales—including 100 Pernambuco, at bid to 74d ; 60 Maranham, at 51d to 6d; 150 Egyptian, at 64d to 7d; 1,300 Surat, at nel to 4d--are reported 6,000 bales, of which 2,000 are ou speculation and for export. Pio IRON : There has been no change in the market to day. Prices for Warrants nominally closed the same t yesterday for cash—viz., 745.6 d. GlAtiiEn : About 300 bales sold at 16s. to 16s 3d. for. sound ; 15s. 9d. for heated ; 15s. 6d. damaged. CUTCH : Firm at 30a. GUMS : 127 bags Lowrie put up-255. 6d. bid. BORAX : No offer for East India; English refined, 90s. NITRATE OF SODA : About 50 tons, at 17s. 3d. to 17s 9d.. CArawoon 119 bid for a mixed lot of indirect. LOGWOOD: 430 tons of indirect St. Domingo Logwood sold with spirit, at £6 10s. to £6 12a. 6d damaged and short cue, at £6 7s. 6.; Campeachy, retails, at -C7 17s 6cl a; Honduras, at £6 15s. SAPAN WOOD : 74 tons Bombay, at £l4s. 10d. BARWOOD : 15 tons, at £5 ss. LIMA NICARAGUA - WOOD : 7 tons, all faults, at .Cl 6 1.28,6d a MADDER Roo rs 20 i-bales, and 20 t-bales, of Naplesi, at 335. to 335. 6d. SAG° FLOUR : 127 ba g s, all faults, sold at 325. for l s . class ; 265. 9d. for 2nds ; 225. for 3rds ; the sound advert tised was withdrawn. SAFFLOWER ; 8 bales brought 80a. No bidding for Berries, Blues Gall, Verdigris, Gum Tragacanth, or Lucca Oil. GALLS are in large demand, and the market is very well cleared ; price now 755. to 80s. for fine Blues. MUSTARD SEED: 400 bags sold. Sound, at 708 ; Ist class damaged, sold at 61s 6d; 2nd, at 50s; 3rd, at 40s; damaged and repacked, 30s. . _ _ Siiirmac : 290 bags Palermo, at auction, brought Ils 3d, since which 300 bags sold at Ils 6d. TALLOW : Spot, 68s. ; January, March, 68s, at which there are buyers; deliveries, 307 casks. Nothing done at the sales to-day. PALM OIL : Nothing done. OLIVE OIL : 45 tuns of Galipoli, at the high price of £55 ; 60 tuns Seville, at £5l lOs ; fine Smyrna, £52. BRIMSTONE : 60 tons best 2nds, at £5 ss. TARTARS : 2 casks Discoloured, at 97s 6d ; 4ea.sks Cream, at 105 s ; 2 casks Grey, 92s 6d. AROOLS A few Perugias at 82s 6d. ANNATTO : NO Sales. FARINA : No sellers under 235. WAX : Good enquiry. LARD retails at 68s to 69s for American. ASHES : Nothing reported. CONCENTRATED LEMON JUICE : More selling at lkd. LINSEED OIL firm at £43 lOs to £44. SPIRITS OF TURPENTINE : No change. SEED LAC: 20 bags at 13s. ROMAN VITRIOL : A few casks at 36s 6d. ROSIN: Buyers at 4s 4d for American. Sellers at 4. 6d for common. SUGAR, MOLASSES, and Rum, nothing doing. COFFEE: 60 bags of Santos have been reported at 52s 6d per cwt. TEA : There is nothing important to notice; the market, generally, is steady, save for Scented Orange Pekoe, which is heavy of sale at lower prices. _ _ Rice: The sales have been confined to 20g bags Bengal, at 14s 9d per cwt. _ PEPPER: 100 bags of white have been sold, hut the price has not transpired. RAPESEED: 50 bags, and 1,200 pockets Calcutta have been sold at 69s per quarter. LIVERPOOL ARCHITECTURAL AND ARCHIEOLOGICAL SOCIETY. Last evening the above society held their usual periodical meeting, at the Royal Institution, Colquitt-street, The presi dent, Mr. J. Hay, occupied the chair. _ . . . The secretary announced that the society had been presented with two tinted bird's-eye views of Liverpool in 1655 and in 1855. The Chairman then directed attention to the following resolution, which had been passed in December last : " That though this society has the power of enforcing payment of the subscriptions in arrear, by the Literary Institution Act, yet, in , lieu of taking legal proceedings against those members more than twelve months in arrear, who have neither acknowledged the letters of the secretary, nor promised their subscriptions, it is decided that they shall be read out on the first public meet ing in January, 1856." He added, that upon consideration of the matter the council had found, that out of 150 members, there were only eleven in arrears:— five of that number had come forward and paid up their subscriptions, three were in bad health, one had sent an insolent reply, :two had sent no reply at all. Mr. William Stubbs was elected an associate member. The Secretary read a letter from Mr. T. W. Jones, point. ing out tho inaocuraciee mocto in a roport of the ooeioty's lair annual excursion relative to Crewe Castle, and said he would comparo it with the official reports. The Chairman then, in a very lengthy paper, introduced the business of the evening : " Whether it was desirable or not for this society to co-operate with the London Architectural Association in endeavouring to obtain the issue of a diploma." Mr. Boult on giving his views on the subject, expressed himself in favour of the profession obtaining a certificate, but that architecture and engineering should be combined. He denied that such a system was alien to the spirit of the age. He concluded by proposing a resolution to the effect that the meeting was favourable to a systematic course of education, and that the society was willing to co-operate with the Society of British Artists to obtain a certificate. Mr. Thomas M, Rickman offered a few observations in favour of the views enunciated in the resolution. Mr. Rimmer did not agree with the former speaker, and he thought there were several almost insupportable objections to the allowing of a certificate, or a diploma. Mr. Hay agreed with the views expressed by Mr. Boult, the mover of the resolution. The Secretary concurred in the general observations of the gentlemen who had spoken in favour of the architect having a regular education, and in favour of their having a certificate. The Mover of the resolution was hero informed that his motion had not been seconded. Mr. James Hay then seconded the resolution. Mr. Verelst next addressed the meeting. He conceived that the students should exert more energy than they did, and then neither diploma or certificate would be required. He replied to some of the arguments adduced by the mover of the resolution. He concluded by observing that he bad not been able to form a decided opinion, but he thought he was rather more opposed to the resolution than otherwise. Mr. Davis suggested, as the meeting was so very small that the resolution should not be decided upon on that occasion. The Chairman concurred in the suggestion. Mr. Boult replied to some of the spakers observations. After which the resolution was carried by a majority of five to three. SANITORY INQUIRY AT WATERLOO. Yesterday Mr. Alfred Lamerte Dickens, one of the superintending inspectors under the general board of health (brother to Mr. Charles Dickins), held a public inquiry at the national sch?olroorn,Waterloo, iu reference to the proposed introduction of the Health of Towns act into the townships of Great Crosby and Litherland. The inquiry was held in consequence of a report made to the general board of health by Air. Rawlinson, C.E., after holding a public inquiry last year, and from which report it appeared to the general board that in case the act should be applied to the two townships, the present township boundaries were not those which might be most advantageously adopted for the purposes of the act, and that it would be proper to form a new boundary. Mr. Mason, solicitor, appeared on behalf of the pro moters of the bill. There were several ratepayers present, some in favour of, and others in opposition to the intro duction of the act into the township. The evidence as regarded the township of Litherland was first gone into. Mr. W. H. Weightman, surveyor, submitted a plan, showing what he: considered ought to be the new' boundary. He considered that the present boundary was insufficient, as it excluded a quantity of swampy land near the railway, which ought to be drained. He proposed that the new boundary (for the purposes of the act) should include the whole of the township of Litherland, and the low lands near it. Mr. W. instanced the unhealthy con dition of Litherland, in support of his statement. Mr. Ormisher resisted Mr. Weightman's proposal, and stated that the ratepayers of Litherland were opposed to the introduction of the act into the township. A meeting of ratepayers was recently held at the Red Lion-inn, ninety-four were against the introduction of the act, and only five in its favour. He denied that Litherland was unhealthy, and remarked that people who resided there, lived to a long age. Mr. Weightman on the mortality of th e p l ace, s h owe d githened:and irreg u l ar di scussion, the inspec ew the land p roposed to be included in the - ttnoherAewwfctbeoeonrnuttanrtadoireayynry. At one o'clock the inquiry was resumed, when the case of the township of Crosby was proceeded with. A plan was submitted on the part of Messrs. Myers and Houghton, which proposed to include in the new boundary, a quantity of land north-east of the railway, belonging to Mr. Myers. Mr. Reyes, auctioneer, of Crosby, and several other ratepayers present, opposed the proposal, as well as the introduction of the act into the township, as both nu' necessary and injurious to the intersts of the ratepayers. Mr. Dickens, the inspector, did not see the force of the objections urged. Mr. Myers wished to have his own land placed under a public body, for sanitary purposes, and he thought it would be a monstrous injustice if a public good was not to be effected, on the ground that the highway rates might possibly be increased. After receiving further evidence, the inquiry terminated, the inspector stating that he should make his report to the general board, which would be:communicated to the ratepayers.