Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-03-21 00:00:00

are not wanting in perspicacity, and they foresee that t he magisterial tone assumed by the Emperor Napo leongive e qua l o ff ence to the Prussians, and to Se inhabitants of the second and third rate German tates. Th e French Monarch may be likened to a schoolmaster distributing marks to his pupils ; the anover, impetuous little b o y s (Bavaria, Wurtemberg, &e.) get bad mar k s , an d th e bi g boy (Prussia) gets a good one because he has maintained r eserved attitude." ' lt is not my intention to enter into a criticism of the Moniteur article, but I cannot refrain from observing that its author has s played a s t range want of positive know l e d ge. 18e sp,eaks of th e "animosities an d pre j u dices of 13 ,' and does not seem to know that the Germans Fare exceedingly proud of the part which their t e hers pl ayed during that eventful year. It was r deriek Willi am 11 1. of Fruss i a, t h e f a th er o f th e pres ent Ring, 1813 who took the lead in Germany in ; and in the month of March issued at Breslau _L III address which roused the patriotism of the t • er mans to the very highest pitch. At the same .une With the a r ti c l e o f th e M on it e ur came the fol lowing' news from Baden : " Oa the 12th i nst. t h e Mi n i s t ers o f W ar o f th os e German States which furnish contingents to the Bth federal corps d'armee held a conference in the castle at Bruchsap, T he Stat es a ll u d e d to are W urtem b erg , B a d en , a nd Hes se Dramstadt, which between them raise a federal corps of 30,000 men. I le intelligence received from Lombardy and V enice is scanty and of little importance. In fact, PLora must now l ook to Turin rather than'to Vienna news _ . The armaments are carried on with as r l i e,a energy as ever, and should France take the e 'a she will find that Austria is no contemptible adversary. During the last 24 hours there has been 1, further rapprochemedt between Austria and 0 1118 sift• The Holstein Estates have been taking all d O 7 B Of resolutions, but no one now troubles himself e ut . the doings at Itzehoe. I t is related that Count Sclick is gone on a special fission to St. Petersburg. mails of the 4th, hence, arrived at Gibraltar on the 10th. The following telegram has been received by the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation -Com pany, this day :—" The Pera, which left Southamp ton with the Bombay and Australian mails on the 12th instant, reached Gibraltar yesterday afternoon ; all well. Detention caused by terrific gales." not offering sufficient to satisfy holders. Quotations not changed —nominal. Freights less - active than the previous week, and no chance for improvement; the harbour being full of vessels of all nations. Ex changes—London, 10d to 101 d prem..; New York; 2 to 3 discount ; New Orleans, 1 to 2 premium, short sight. Health of Havannah and country good. The tobacco crop is large and of good quality. We are in receipt of Tampico dates to the 26th ult. The liberals were actively prosecuting the war. Jaurez had taken the field and gone to Vera Cruz, which is in a perfect state of defence. General Espaga had been taken by the liberals at Aguas caluntes SECON EDITION. NORTHERN TIMES OFFICE, MONDAY, 6 30 A.M. AMERICA. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, March 8, The weekly statement of the New York city banks, of their average condition for the week ending March 5, shows, as compared with the returns for the preceding week, a decrease of $645,016 in loans, $1,415,809 in net deposits, and an increase of $334,711 in circulation $299,794 in specie. We aunex`the averages for the week, and for the corresponding date of last year : Date Loans & Disc. Specie. Circulation. Deposits. Mch. 5, '59 125,221,067 26,769,965 8,071,693 86,800,028 Mch. 6, '5B 105,021,863 32,739,731 6,851,624 90,382,441 ARRIVAL OF THE CANADA. The Royal Mail Steamer Canada arrived here this morning at two o'clock, but it was after four ere the mails were landed. She brings 67 passengers, and $200,000 in gold, and 5,0001. in English sovereigns. She sailed from Boston on the 9th inst. 10th March, 11.20 a.m., twenty-five miles off Seal Island, R.M.S. North Briton, bound west. 10th March, 9.20 p.m., ten miles east of Liverpool Light, passed R.M.S. Arabia, bound west. 11th March, 8.40 a.m., twenty miles east of Sambro Light, passed 4.M.5.5. Osprey, bound for Halifax. 14th March, in lat. 43 10 N, lon. 46 53 W, passed the R.M.S. Asia, bound west. 18th March, in lat. 49 43 N, lon. 23 44 W., at three o'clock, a.m., passed a screw steamer, bound west, supposed to be the Alps. March 20, 7.20 a.m., off Minehead, met R.M.S. Persia, bound for New York ; received from her the crew and passengers, consisting of 10 of a crew and 6 passengers of the brig Agnes, of Glasgow, from Troon, bound for St. Vincent, West Indies, which vessel was run foul of and sunk by the Persia, the previous.night, about 20 miles E.N.E. of Tuskar. The news is four days later than that previously to hand. " From Washington we learn that the Postmaster- General of the United States, the Hon. Aaron V. Brown, died in that city on the evening of the Bth inst. _ . . . . _ SARDINIA. n 'r „ ul tix, March 16.—Notwithstanding the impres 81—s communicated to me by Sardinian officers as to the strength of the contingent just called out, I have ascertained beyond a doubt that it will very little, if sali henio time to 30,000 men: And. I suspect it will take on .ime to put these in a condition to move—not account of the men, who have all served their five Y e ars already trts but by reason of the necessity of pro - °f hoi?- 'a Port and equipment. I have not yet heard alth ses h aving been p urc ha s ed to any great extent; greaT l ir,' ; 4l a nticipation of war, horseflesh has here four f e ' sell i n- price , and anything decent upon snapped hat t ii 4 p at Presents tself in the market is instantly s p h u e r l e lt a i s m d e i go A i r l o n na t of horses were brought here_ been England, where they had They a) ° , e , u y a c ommission of Piedmontese officers. at c ost officers' use, and are supplied to them Mean rice dicers the Government. th e so id. v hlie V olunteers continue to come in, and lers Y ou a will re called of the reserve—provincials as they are presenting themselves to the authorities. easily imagine the great inconvenience nut sifoaed to innumerable families by the calling th e o p `"q contingent. A committee, headed by p4tiesrehsidents of the Senate and Chamber of De putiesbeen formed to raise subscriptions for . tutee th at will be left necessitous, and even desti tam' °Y the departure of their husbands and ft ers. It is hoped that not only this country, but a 1 , 41 2:, 11 general, will show itself prompt to meet the e ` t r„`",'• I presume that no attempt will be made to 2c- „„ -ii i ,a it to any non-Italian countries, for, assuredly, - i,' e re north of the Alps is any sympathy felt 6 :4" . the bellicose preparations that render it neces- Mr. M'Lane, appointed Minister to Mexico, would leave Washington on the 9th inst. for New Orleans, and take the Tennessee, sailing on the 15th instant, for Vera Cruz. So desirous is the government that he should be in Mexico without delay, that a tele graphic despatch will be sent by the State Depart ment to . detain the Tennesee, should Mr. M‘Lane by any chance not be able to reach New :Orleans by the regular day of sail ing. Mr. M'Lane goes out with discretionary powers to recognise and present his credentials - to whatever government he may find in a position to maintain itself, and based on the will of the people. It is believed he will find the constitutional govern ment in that position. Still the administration, whatever may_ be the sympathies of our people towards the liberals, will not interfere with either party, but will be governed by the existing state of things. In fact, the administration is careful not to take any step to • afford European Powers any pretence for interference. In con sequence of this resolution of the administra tion, Senor Mata will return to Mexico in a few days. The question of recognising the constitutional government of Mexico is, therefore, transferred from Washington to Mexico. It is believed that Miramon will not be able to take Vera Cruz. General Robles is with Miramon, in command of the artillery. It is said Robles has sent orders to dispose of his effects in Washington, and therefore does not expect to return. informatioa has been received that the French vessels of war were about to be withdrawn from Vera Cruz. The Senate had ratified a number of treaties with the Washington and Oregon Indians ; also the Cass- Herran treaty, by a large majority, after amending it by a provision to the effect that those who have not already presented their claims may do so before New Granada shall take final action on the subject. The treaty provides for the settlement of all claims against that Republic, including those prior to the Panama riots. General Herran was in Washington to ask in return a provision for the settlement of all questions in which New Granada is the claimant ; among others, those relating to the transit of mail . matter across the • Isthmus, and The tonnage tax. She has proposed liberal terms for settling these in equity. The New York _Herald, in relation to the Session of Congress just ended, says :—The Thirty-fifth Congress has finished its miserable career of folly and faction, and has dissolved and dispersed. As we expected, the pressure of the heavy business of the session into the last three days resulted in much bungling in finishing up the regular appropriation bills. With these short comings on the part of Congress in reference to the doMestic machinery of the Government, and in regard to the critical inter national relations of Mexico and Central America, whether the President, through the long regular Congressional recess before him of nine months, can or cannot avoid the alternative of an extra session, a few days or a few weeks will probably determine. All the bills relating to the Post Office Depart ment, including some twenty millions of appropria tions, fell through for want of time, after the exhaustion of the session in frivolous debates and buncombe speeches. And so the immediate question, whether there shall or not be an extra session, de volves upon the Postmaster to answer ; and we sup pose that his answer will be : " We shall try to get on as Mr.• Cobb does, upon credit, and upon our expectations of the next Congress." For all other purposes, financially, the re-issue of twenty millions of treasury notes will do ; but in the absence of any modification of the tariff, to increase the resources of the treasury, the next Congress will have, as its first duty, the task of providing for the redemption of a hundred millions of public debt and deficiencies. A fire occurred at Memphis, Tenn., on the night of the Ist inst., which destroyed half a square on Mainistreet, including five newspaper establishments. The loss is estimated at $150,000. The trial of the case of the barque Laurens has been commenced at New London. It is a proceeding in the name of the government to obtain the forfeiture of said barque, lying in the harbour of New London, on the ground that she was fitting out for a slave voyage, in violation of the acts of 1794 and 1818. Mr. James W. Hannum, of Boston, alleges that he is the true and sole owner of the Laurens, denies .all the allegations of the libel, and demands that the bark shall be restored to him. Letters from the Paraguay fleet contain well grounded reasons for the, belief that Lopez was making active preparations for the defence of his territory, and if our difficulty with him should not be settled by negociation there may be some fighting to do on hand. Appliances on board the ships for removing obstructions from the river were very ample. Paraguay was spoken of as having a good soil for the cultivation of cotton. We have news from Hayti dated at Gonaives and Port au Prince on the 20th ult., brought from the former place by the brig H. C. Brooks, and from the latter port by the brig Isabel Beurman, arrived on Sunday. At Gonaives everything was quiet and trade improving. Port au Prince was quiet, but the inhabitants were apparently dissatisfied with Geffrard,' he being rather unpopular there in consequence of his demand on produce exports and the power which he is commencing to exercise, which they presume will soon expand to tyranny. • A despatch from New Orleans, dated the Bth inst., contains late news from California. It says : " The steamship Quaker City is below with San Francisco advices of the 19th ult. The steamship Golden Age left on that day for Panama with $1,250,000 in gold, and one hundred passengers. There had been heavy rains thronghout the State. The prospects were good for a large trade. The mining accounts are favourable. Water was plenty in the gold districts. The steam-ship Uncle Sam had again sailed with troops for the Colorado river. By this arrival we learn that Miramon was still pre paring to march on Vera Cruz, at which place Juarez was preparing to make a desperate resistance. The overland mail arrived at San Francisco, Feb. 1 7th." avannah advices are to the 2nd inst. The feeling still continues strong against the Thirty Million Dollar Cuba. Bill. From the country we learn that the stq yiel dpf gars 132,00 Q bexes cane i s qu i te equal to that o f l as t year, 141aVkQt dull, burrs ately fi enollisions saw it stated that there had been -slight 4 on the Lombardo-Sardinian frontier, but : e t t, be,ween the troops ; nor, I can assure you, i i :e is en civilians ; or, if there have been, they nothingueen so exceedingly slight that we have heard hour °I. them here, although within four or five 4 of the frontier referred to. NAPLES. A letter f r tiierillg ar 113,rtiri:T,t °nl Naples says rived at - Portici on the 9th from the ; - --oggerio, a large steam frigate, which: p BPee 'ally fitted up for his accommodation. . Froni unable alace at Bari the King, who had for some been , to rise on account of great pain in his side, iraconveyed to the vessel in a litter carefully closed The Q eur tains. Troops lined both sides of the streets, tiouut de 13 0 -lleen, who was bathed in tears, the Duke and Co chess of Calabria, the Count de Trani, and the Caserta, followed on foot. , but it All the popula ,2: assembled behind the troops, knelt as the King z-ed was impossible to catch a glimpse of and The whole scene was a melancholy one, ve reSetribled a funeral. On arriving in t e Lobel, th e it: 4.-Ing caused the curtains of the litter ,eo, the open, and -with his hand saluted t . h d e r pP l e who had collected near the quay ; they crie been tva a R e ! , ' Viva la Madonna!' A report had , s-. B P r ead that the King was dead, and the greater ai i i , the King was part of the people believed it until they saw his Ma tiest. 3 ' salute them. On being disembarked at Por conveyed in the litter to the . P i a \ e v ,aY, where a train was in waitinj, and 'vas be c ' in a carriage, one entire side of which could be or closed as desired. The other members l'i . a( he Royal Family took their places in other catr -witVs, and the train proceeded direct to Casser e b een °a t stopping. at Naples. Positive orders have given that no one shall be admitted to the Palaceand in order not to cause emotion in the King; M a in c °osequence of these orders none Of. His -leBtY's brothers have yet been to visit him." SPAIN: The 111 All follo wing telegram has been received to..d a 4. 1 t, 11 ),, March 16, Evening.—" In the sitting of co ns a me Congress unanimously agreed to take into the Secretion the proposition for impeaching before P o l . & coate Estevan Collantes, ex-Minister of Ten Affairs." The chamber - Madrid journals of the 14th have arrived. with the of Deputies had again been occupied eo tkle "7 . ° affair of Mendizabel's statue, but had not 11 , 1 14: any conclusion. The discussion of the m '3alai„ — of Marine having been commenced, the , 3 , 1. pi oposed that the navy should be augmented,h is strength of it being, he said , insufficient. the R b y ° Position was received with marked fa vour that e h amber, but the Minister of Marine showed ße o e Na,te ' r u - nnancial state of the country did not allow G sacrific e s t o b e made for the navy than the with e .a, rull ent had resolved on, and the motion was Par C,, aw n. Although it has been stated that pre °einag.t -ns for an expedition against Morocco were th at .!nade, it appears from a letter from Tangiers f th e Spanish prisoners so long in the hands o ioors had been given up." TRE INDIA AND CHINA MAILS. bhi"cTiiiimProN, Saturday Morning.--the steam -13611, Ceylon, Capt. Evans, has arrived, and` brings general an , l v a ssengers, £10,700 in specie, 2,014 bales silk, cargo. „.?ne left Alexandria March 7th; Pri h. p r . nee Gholun Mahomed, Prince Zerozeshah, Bukht, and nine attendants are passengers, th e t 3 P•ln, yesterday, she exchanged colours with saili ng L sh is i b p o N n. epaul and the Company's steamer 'Quid°, f or Her M • It s Majesty's ships Euryalus and Caradoc, the ";" 11 Mail steamer Teviot, the Peninsular and ‘il:ll4aelgt earn, apental steamer Panther, Austrian steamer Arca ulsa, United States' steamer Macedonian, and the I V Egyptian fleet were at Alexandria. At Malta were her Ma:est 's ships Marlborough , y Ariel queror, Centurion, Princess Royal, Vulture , Reeruit, Tartarus, and Medina ; also the Russian ship of war Cesarewitch and corvette Medlead. At Gibraltar, her Maj es ty's ship Argus, -F , chan ges at Gibraltar—on London, 501 to 501 ; Paris, 528; Marseilles and Genoa, 529, Ih ` Th e Ripon, with outward Inditv and China Malta, 11th ; 1240. Wheat very dull. Freights to Liverpool .7-16 d. Sterling exchange, 108 a. New York, 60 days, 21 and sight d to 9-16 ',twit or PASSENGERS per R.M.S.. Canada, Capt. Lang, arrived here • sailed from Boston, March 9 ; Halifax, March 11 :—Dr. H. J. Bowditch, Missißowditch, Mrs. A, E. Rykert, Messrs. J. H. Kynoth, Bradford, Westhimur, J. Platte, S. R Halle, A. Bulyn, J. B. Kelly, A. Henbuck, Dr. E. M. Quackenboss, G. H. Hughes, Rev. John Cordner, Messrs. J. Phillips, H. Wensell, W. Mayer Thos. Fielding, A. Borrowman, F. Lahinzen , Mrs. Kendri ckson, F. Butter field, D. Bell, Mrs. Carswell, Mr. and Brooks, Master Brooks, Messrs. W. Buck, Daniel Knight, J. Abbott, Messrs. J. M. Dickens ; J. T. Dickens, R. Richter, C. A. Cassid, Samuel- Green, William Foster, Thomas Packer! William Wheale, W. S. Marsh, S. Lehman, E. Kents, J. P. Apter, John Hartwell, J. C. Bollman and sister, L. Stafford, C. W. Smith, M. Schaps, William Stevens, George Hazeltine, Edward Mendock, J. Watkins, F. Ferguson, Deputy Commissioner General Turner, Colonel and Mrs. Turner and three children, Mr. R. Hutchinson, Mr. Hamoin, Hon. R. B. Dickins, Messrs. Alexander Adams, Thomas Hill, John Carruthers, David Gregory, John Peive, Mrs. David. Gregory, Mr. William Cunard. THE QUEENBOROUGII MURDER. HOME CIRCUTT.-MAIDSTONE, MARCH 18. Frederick Prentice, aged 20, was charged with the murder of a young virl named Emma Goppins. Mr. Deedes and Mr. F. M. White appeared for the prosecution. The offence was committed a few weeks ago. The prisoner was a labouring man, and he came to reside at Queen borough about twelve months before the fatal occurrence, and very little was known of him before that time, but he was always considered a rather sullen and morose young man. The deceased was the daaghter of a labouring man at Queenborough, and was stated -to be a very pretty, and at the time she met her untimely end she was only fifteen years old. She had for some time been employed as a serve.' the lOse Inn, at Queenborough, and the the habit of frequenting that house, attention to the deceased, which caused his to joke Min- about her. But it did not appeni any way returned these attentions, but, on the central ., she always appeared to be afraid of the On Sunday, the 9th of January, the deceased v t another young girl, named Emma Edwards, soner was seen. to be watching them, and when I, ey hat passed he followed, and the deceased was st alarmed that she ran away and hid herself the following. r committed. It AUSTRALIA. ippeared prisoner was il and he paid great n companions that she in out wit and the pri evening that murder was used went up every evening a uouL nail -past. eig Lib to the Ship Inn, at Queenborough, to fetch beer for her mistress's supper, and on this evening she went out with a jug, as usual, and on hdr way she called at her father's house, and stayed there a few minutes, and then went on to the Ship, where she was served with the beer, and then went away for the purpose of returning to her mistress's house. A very short time after she had left the public house, a violent scream was heard, and upon some persons going to the spot, the deceased was found lying in the road with her throat cut in a frightful manner, and quite dear' with an open razor covered with blood, and a ARRIVAL OF THE SIR WILLIAM EYRE AND THE SALDANHA. The Liverpool Line of Packet ship Sir William Eyre, Captain Jopp, arrived here on Saturday with nine days later news from Australia, having left Melbourne on the 25th December, with 11,741 ozs. of gold, 2,198 bales of wool, 2,330 hides, 54 bales sheep skins, 40,420 horns, &c., &c., and twenty passengers, including Mrs. Trottman, Mrs. Estcott, Total 62,000 bales. Average 6.5-16 d. Miss M. Prentice, Miss E. Prentice, Master Prentice, There is now in Excess in receipts of 945,000 bales compared with last year. Mr. Robert ifliney, and Mr. Thomas Whitney, in of 568,000 bales on 1856-7. Crop, 2,939 M. the eabin, .. of 416,000 bales on 1855-6. Crop, 3,527 M. . The Black Ball Liner Saldanha also arrived here New YORK MARKET.-An active business has been done yesterday, with Melbourne dates . of the 23rd Dec. in this market throughout the week, buyers being stimulated d intimated, the news is nine days later, by pacific aceounts , from Europe, a rapid decline of receipts, As ahead Y and renewed activity in all the southern markets , The but it is not of much interest or importance. business has been general, all classes of buyers participating, The Tasmania had arrived at Melbourne, from and the salesinelude cottOn on the spot to arrive and in transitu. Liverpool, and the Sussex from London; also the Prices have gradually advanced, and closed 8c to ic dearer. Augusta Amelia from the same place. The Tornado on the week, middling upland being q uoted 124 to 12k. had sailed for Liverpool , and the Wooloomooloo had Transitu cottons have been in active demand, aud improved sailed from Sydney for London. to the same extent. The week's sales are 25,000 bales, of Mr. Bell had been newly elected for Grant which about 15,000 cotton afloat, ou the basis of Ilc. for ar„.44, : You must unute-___ County. middling Gulfs, with -Id freight, and 11te. for middling, The price of gold remained at former quotations, Atlantic, with 5-16 d to 3-Bd*freight. SOUTHERN MARKETS (by telegraph) : The past week has viz., from 76s to 78s 6d, and for ingots it was 73s 9d _ , • I e Llbu.. , -- _ been one of unusual activity in the staple, the recent foe per oz. The number of Ships sailing, and the mail reign advices and dedlining receipts having been responded steamer had caused a considerable demand for gold, -- ae,,;,, to hex s_ to by an active demand in all our markets. The demand which was not fully met, the quantity offering being has beenlOr all markets, including some speculation, and being limited. The new s from the mines is of a prices may be generally quoted le dearer on the week. At ' satiefactory character. The shipments from Mel- New Orleans the week's sales reach 72,000 bales, and prices I bourne to England were a s follows : Tornado, to have advanced te. At Mobile, with a large business, prices 1 Liverpool, 29, 163 ounces ; Mornin g Li g ht, do., - yam,. have•also advanced 1c to ic, middling being now quoted I 1180 to 111,e, with sales for the week of 34,000 bales. 13,703 ounces ; Anglesey , to Lon don, 24,699 ounces ; . e ...ea ne Columbian (ss), 23 , 437 ounces ; va riousl y shi pp ed this ••••• Buyers on English account at that point have been en- y ea r. 2,311,601 ounces ; total, 2 , 402 , 507 ounces ; couraged by the low freight-the current rate to Liverpool being now 11-32 d to td. An active demand in the Atlantic valued at £ 9,245,404. This is exclusive of the gold markets has also put prices up 4c. both at Charleston and I shipped by the Sir William Eyre and the Saldanha. fast clearingof Savannah, and the tendency is still upward. Our ta ble I The labour market was the un above shows the latest quotations from each point. The employed persons at very liberal wages-that is total sales for the week amount •to 162,000 bales, being , agricultural labour-but skilled artisans continued nearly double the quantity received at the ports. I very numerous, seine only partially engaged, RECEIPTS.-The decline in receipts, of which we advised . others entirely, without work. Females toter the commencement in our last, continues with somewhat ably plentiful, but their wages kept up. Married greater rapidity than we expected. We advised you that 1 couples very plentifeil and the demand only moderate, the decrease this week would be 20 to 30,000 bales. It a great difficulty exiting should they have children. proves to be 35,000, (the week's receipts being 84,000 bales, The wool sales had ben postponed for a week. against 119,000 last year,) reducing the excess to ~ 945,000. Next week there will be a further ' ;The advices from England had had a g ood effect ff of probably 30 to 40,p00 bales. upon the Melbourne' market, and altho u g h there is fatting o A portion of the present week's decrease must certainly no decided advance quoted , still p rices are firmer, and be ascribed to wet weather in the interior,. and the conse- those buyers who were previously wavering acquired quently bad condition' of the roads. But still there is . more confidence. There was little doing in tallow. enough to prove that the receipts must show a steady and From Sydney, New South Wales, there are advices generally rapid falling off as compared with the large received by telegraph at Melbourne to the 21st deliveries of last' sing. December. Some of the firms who are reported to EXPORTS : The exports to Great Britain this week be iinplicated in the customs frauds arc said t o be amount to 55,000 bales against 49 , 000 la s t y ear, makin g 'making arrangements with their artslfttelleeeit.trt4 the excess of exports since beginning of the season 201,000 In the Legislative Assembly? •• . ,.110 .- Colonial bales -precisely the same excess ich we showed on 4th January. During the last two months we have therefore . Secretary, in answer to a questionepul•ta•liiin, said, cleared for Great Britain no more cotton than in cor- he hoped that arrangements for election by ballot, responding period last year; but in consequence of the under the new election bill, would be , completed favourable winds the arrivals there have been much larger. before the completion of the lists. on : . th . o I , 2th of of Captain .. , :.; ,. e . • ) Of recent clearances from New ' Orleans we regret to April. . ueterrieg to tee .. . .. learn that a large proportion, estimated at 95,000 bales, are The amount of gold coin issued from the ' Sydney.. "though t wish - 'Youel •''and - . his tamn still detained at the bar, of which about 60;000 bales are mint, for the week ending the 17th 'Deeenaber, it better; that - the marriage should no' supposed to be destined to British ports, including several was 25,000 sovereigns. The gold dust received!liit : take place until after his .-reeurn. , .:Defendint =Mel 'o' • • j inely weut to , Cliina. He was Arrsnecessful in his veyages, of the ships cleared in January, of which we gave a list in . the establishment during the week was 3,569 sitme.,l4.,. . , and appeared to be. o e clever afelrisine men. During his ab out circular of the 16th ultimo. Deducting this and the _Business generally was quiet. Government a ito*ii- . .. ,„ . , excess in arrivals at British ports prior to the 18th ultimo,4. seneo a copstant, eel' leipnaderee.:C between the ; parties ;took ~, ~ tures were quiet. The demand. for fine-dila pods I place, both of them writing •by every mail The letters of there is now, known to be actually at sea for Great , . n Britain about 100,000- bales less cotton than last „ li provisions, oilman's stores, &e-, &Co ' was "lio4.,f'ltherdefendant.wbre exceedingly voluminous, and formed a year, taking the corresponding dates from all points. but for ordinary descriptions there was .little ,re-.- very formidable, pile ; in -front of the •leagued counsel. Counting the detained cotton, as if actually cleared, the q uest. The Wool market was firm, the sales of . the Seite.ral... extracts ; froni . the letters" were read. They exports to Great Britain are still 30,000 bales short of those week being 400 bales. The highest price obtained usually commenced, "My • 46 . 4?"."E1fy," and concluded to the same date in 1855-'56--the 3,500 M crop year. 3 d lb. Tallow d supply,and My dearest Elfy.'!- One of the► letters contained 'the was !,- per was a goo The week's exports to France are again small, adding up 1 prices followhice paSsago --" I am very much pleased.- with o d or hardly so high. Hides have declined is to interesting much P. . . ) e but 6,000 bales against 9,000 last year, making the total lis Gd each. ---- letters, put there not scandal in them. ' (Laughter.)' :In- other letters deferidzint gave a minute 330,000 bales against 242,000 last year, and 323,000 in The South Australian Parliament was getting 1855-'56. To other foreign ports the exports are 290,000 through its business with great speed. count -In the ae • Qt: his professh d prospects, and in one he said-" I send in the box certain . tik . ures cut in bambOo, bales against 165,000 last year, and 304,000 in 1855-'56; Assembly the Attorney-General had obtained leave Which will do for our little _garden When We are 'spliced." and American spinners have taken 512,000 bales against to introduce a bill to facilitate the release of . insol- (Laughter.) In another' letter *defendant; referring to the 144,000 last .year. vents from custody. The bill was introduced, read plaintiff's portrait, .said-"I "must get' John ,Chinaman to Pitosreces : We fear our manufacturing friends are 1 three times, and passed, at one sitting.. : make your left arma little' longer. (Renewed laughter.) making a mistake in relying so implic itl y u p on the Liver- Other. letters were reed, ; all of Wald): 'contained endearing pool market for their future supp l y . At the be g inning of -.9 , .• * • • - character which expressions, although not of that rapturous the season the speculators who usually supply that market , - general ros erity , made an egregious mistake. Seeing' the p p SHIP BURN TED IN THE MERSE I Nr tire Semetimes found in love epistles. • A few months before his `arrival fft'hoinc . 4 . .fc'tictint wrote 'to • Iplantiff..: expressing of trade, they concluded, without sufficient reflection, that AND - earnest hone they, would, he' united before twelve me"' cotton must be safe. They consequently gave 114 c to 12e . at our southern Ports for cotton which we have all LOSS OF LIFE. '- . ; --er.tioir beads.' On his return to Engle- ' -ediately to the plaintiff's ' along maintained planters would have given for -- • ' ^e. went to part; 10c, had buyers been less impatient, and shipped an'erne,. On Saturday afternoon, shortly after. one o'clock, a fire be on the most attectiona, t . excess of 200,000 bales•upon the previous year by the end of I I broke out on board a Dutch ship, proceeding to sea. the. a.e.- , ' December, as to prevent the possibility of the cotton selling , Her name is the Equator, and she was outward at a profit. Had it not been for the extraordinary . I bound for Batavia. She is. a large barque, and favourable state of trade with spinners, which was supported went down the river on that morning, having a keneral by the demand from India on a scale far beyond what cargo. When going down, it was discovered that a fire ,had could have been reckoned upon when the October broken out in the after part of the ship, which spread and . November shipments were made, it is apparent with great rapidity, and in a.short time had reached . the I have.i. that the losses would have been still more serious mizen mast. Great volumes of smoke issued from 'the vessel, , . tile same. I Tn,--4- than they were, followed up as the ship ments were b y the and occasional blazes came forth. The wind was very fresh I immense excess of receipts which we have lately had to from the west, and blew the volumes of smoke over the shi p , advise. Taxing this into acco unt, to g ether with the large so as to almost preclude people from working or getting at the early imports at Liverpool, it appears to us that a degree of seat of the fire. The vessel's head was then turned, and she strength and confidence has been shown by holders there, Was again faced up the river, and soon after ran on shore greater than the shippers had any rig ht to ex pe ct in face of off Eeremont. Two engines, reels, &c. were at once des.: an excess of 206,000 bales at that port alone in December from Hatton-earden and a large number of fire-police patched. , , and January over those of the same months last year. were also sent off in a steamer to the ship, and at But now we enter upon a different state of affairs. once commenced to play on her. The stroke still con- Hitherto we have had to advise enormou sl y increasin g tinned to increase, which showed that the fire was inine round receipts and a large increase in exports , an d withal p rices Soon as the ga g .circumstance became known latest. dates are already relatively hig her at Liver p ool through town, great excitement • prevailed, and than with us. The question now arises, how will they rule thousands of people from 'Change and that locality, rushed after weeks and months of diminished receipts and exports towards the landing-stages, where the rumours about the from 'this side ? Will Liverpool importers, who have lost vessel, the origin of fire, &c., were as numerous as the so much by their early imports in consequence of the excessive faces of the people who had collected. It was stated past supplies, be slow to take advantage of the diminshing (eenerally, that there was a large quantity of gunpowder on future ones to get a share of the profits now divided between board ; 'but this was incorrect, as she had only the the grower and spinner ? We fear, as we have more than once usual allowance for her own individual use. Later in intiinated to our friends, that nothing but a serious Euro the afternoon, two additional engines were desp atched. pear war can prevent a material advance in the value of , the ship dried about four in the afternoon, and the cotton during the spring and summer, and we should only fire continued unabated. She was partly scuttled be doing an injury were we to encourage them to rely upon and the flames for some time seemed subdued ; but when the Liverpool market for the latter half of the season, how being swung to the tide, she burned up again, on the flames ever prudent policy it has been durin g the first half. catch i ng some s pi r its, together with the wind blowing on NEILLBROTRERS AND CO . the burning side, and, at much risk from the flames, the BY TELEGRAPH. engin • es were kept playing till midnight, when she was• NEW Yoke, March 8, eve.- Cotton steady, sales 2,500 thoroughly scuttled, the water:being. level with the gun bales ; mid uplands, 124. Flour : Receipts, 9.110 brls ; wale. The vessel is burned amidshipteto the water's edge, sales, 9,400 ; state and western unchanged and less active ; and she was beached higher up by yesterday afternoon's tide. unsound 4 25 to 5 ; superfine state 5 6eto 5 85 ;extra state en The mizen mast fell at half - pa st one y esterda y morning; 6 50 to 6 75 ; round hoop Ohio 6- 7 5 to 6 85 ; comm- killing abe atman, and the mainmast at half - pa st four. to good extra western 6 65 to 6 85 ; southe rn firm, The foremast was standing last evening. No accident sales 4,300 brls ; mixed to good 6 25 to 6 65 ; further than the boatman dossin g his life is reported. The fancy and extra 6, 75 to 8 ; Canada extra 6 60 to 7 60. Equator is a Dutch barque, of 595 tons, commanded by Corn quiet ; sales 8,000 bushels ; mixed western. 88 to 90 ; Captain Appel, and was consigned to Messrs. Toe, and Co., nominal, new white 85 to 86, new yellow Jersey and and Messrs. J. Tyer and Sons. The loss is covered by Southern 86, to 87. Beef steady, sales 1,050 bbls, country insurance. mess 8 50 to 9, prime 6 50 to 7, repacked Chicago 9 50 to .. 11. Pork firmer, sales 650 bbls. mess 17 87 for new, 17 IMPORTANT TO FRIENDLY SOCIETIES.-ILLEGAL. INVEST.. 374 to 17 45 for old, prime 13 12 to 13 25. Baeon quiet, MENT OF FUNDS.--A ease of great importance to -Friendly hams 84 to 94, shoulders 64 to 64. Lard dull, sales Societies has just been heard at the County Court at Leeds. 350 bbls 114 to 12. Butter quiet, Ohio 11 to 18, State The plaintiffs were a portion of the members of a Friendly 17 to 27. Whisky 27k. Rice firm, sales 160 tierces Society at, II•olbeek, called the Brotherly Love senate, and 34 to 44. Sugar steady, sales 550 hhds., N. O. 74 to 8, the defendants were the trustees of that society, which muse 64 to 71. Coffee quiet, no sales, Ris 101 to 16, is a branch of the Ancient Order of Romans Friendly Java 144 to 15, St. Domingo 9,i to 94. Spirits turpentine S oc i e ty. For some time past it has been the p ractice firmer, sales 4060 brls. 50 to 51 ; crude 3 874 ; rosin quiet of the trustees, with the consent of a majority of the at 1 724 for common 900 brls Wilmihgton tar 2 75. Iron members of the society, to invest part of the society's firm. Scotch 30 to 31. Oils dull, linseed 67, lard 61 to funds in a Loan Society at Holbeck, called tba 55 5e ; sperm 141 to 1 5 ; whale 58c to 60c. Hides firm, Brotherly Love Loan Society. The minority protested sales 17,000, Orinoco 25, California 25, Southern 17. against such investment as being illegal, but without effect. Tobacco firm, sales 50 hhds, 11 - y 6 doll to 6 doll 12c. S evera l months ago a meeting a the society was calle d, Tallow dull, 2 , 0•,000 lbs 101 d. Wool quiet and unchanged. w h en a majority again decided that part of the fundeshould S A VANNAH, March 7 : Cotton quiet, sales to-day 750 be invested in the Loan Society. Subsequently the minority bales. incompel the trustees took the present proceedings order to .n AugusTA, March 7 : All qualities of cotton advanced to perform their duty. The application was for au order i under the Europa's advices, sales to-day 2,000 bales. c trustees to _with the nature of an injunction to compel th CRADIESTON, March 8 : Cotton sales to-day 2,000 bales, t draw the funds invested in the Loan Society amounting any closing with an advancing tendency. 4106, and to restrain them from hereafter investing New OimeeNs, March 8.-Cotton advanced le; sales to- part of the society's funds upen personal security, or upon day 12,000 bales, mid 114 to 14. The Europa's news any other security not authorised by The defendants eaused the advance. Sales of last thr e e d ay s 30,000 b al es ; consented d u r in g the sitting of the court lavr. to do all that the receipts same time 2 1. 50 0, against 46,00(1 last year. Sugar p l a i n tiffs reatiitecl of them, and to pay the costs..-Zred 4 (440 , at 64 for fully fair, Flouri s adeaueed I,2ie,isupettue la mercury, cap, both of which articles subsequently turned out to belong to the prisoner, lyinc , by her side. The deputy-clerk of assize having read the indictment to , • malice forethought, killed and wounded Emma Coppins, he asked him, in the usual form, whether he was guilty or not guilty. The prisoner, in a calm, firm voice, replied, "I am guilty." Baron Martin, addreSsing the prisoner, said : Do you understand that you are charged with the crizne of murder with malice prepense, and that if you plead guilty, or are convicted of that offence, you will certainly be, executed. ? So consider well what you are about. . Prisoner : I am guilty, my lord. Baron Martin : Do you wish for further time to consider what yon will do ? Remember, it is a very serious matter. Prisoner : I cannot speak against my conscience. Baron Martin: You must understand that by pleading not guilty, you merely say that you desire to have the crime proved against you, and you do not speak at all against your conscience in taking that course. With this observation I again ask, whether you wish to haVe further time consideration, or do you persist in pleading ? Prisoner I cannot plead otherwise. Irdship then ordered the plea of guilty to be recorded and the prisoner was asked. in the usual form w had anythi— of death should not be to say w passed upon him The prisoner made no reply. Baron the black cap, and passed sentence in in the usual forru isoner, iv slightest emotion at any y 3etrayed t then re don of the proceedings, was BREACH OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE. FIVE HUNDRED POUNDS DAMAGES. WESTERN CIRCUIT, EXETER, March 17, MITI T. Y ovEL.--uounsei ror Llle pututuut, 1111. Va. , ~ and .Mr. Prideaux ; counsel for the defendant, Slade and Mr. Younge. This was an action •to recover compensation in damages for a breach of promise of marriage.. The plaintiff is Miss Harriet Elfrida-S'mith, daughter of an oil merchant at Ply mouth,- and -the defendant is a master in the royal navy, and the son- of -Capt.•Youel, of the same town. In Nov. , 1853, anAcquaintance commenced between the parties. The young lady was then about 21 . years of a g e, of great personal attractions, and the defendant was a few years older. In 1854 he made proposals of marriage, and was accepted. After that he was a frequent visitor at the house of plain 4411%.1qIielcal A3114)(7411 . Yyo.ucl also was stated to be fiour of . tlie< : eagagenient. - In February, 1854, file defendant was appointed to the command of the:gaCeborse, and went -to -China: *He expected to have been , abseilt twelvemonth; bfit •he was away four years., .!-ytexiou,s to .• his'leaving England. defendant . -AnxioUs to marry, but plaintiff. :.expregsed mat pursuits ui passed .ov.erAlleir heads.' On his return to England defen dant came - immediately •to the plaintiff's house. They visited. friends together, went to parties, and appeared to be on the most affectionate terms: 'On the last occasion the' defendant, on, .returning from a party ,with the plaintiff, kissed her, and said to her, "If I ilo•not come to-Morrow morning, as usual, do not think anything of it, .as I am not well;. rod bye, .dearest.' The. defendant _ - 41.‘0 next day, or the next, upon whialt 'She wrote a letter, ann.t singular.answer . ...etved your note, the same, I must refrain from all further intercourse with you, for I nll^ l- marriage will cause nothing. au%• live in that state •I In iFply to ilutdiscord between our familia, . cannot". The plaintiff's father then had an interview with the defendant, and asked fel' an' explanation of his conduct. He said, " Our tempers won't agree," and afterwards he said, " I cannot love her; I've been trying to do ?9,. but I cannot." The result of this conduct was that the' plaintiff became seriously ill, was attended by a medical man, and having kept her bed . for a fortnight she was removed to Torpoint for change of air • Mr. Slade, for the defendant, admitted the breach of contract, but said that his client (feeling that he no longer loved the plaintiff) had wisely and considerately broken off the engagement, for if the parties had been married they would have led an unhappy and miserable life together. He then addressed the jury in mitigation of damages. His Lordship having summed up, the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff—damages, £5OO. Madame Itistori has arrived at Paris from Turin. A brother of this lady is, about to enrol himself under the fla g of General Garibaldi. The son of the celebrated singer, Tamburini has also left Paris to join the Sardinian army. Oulu. CON%—DAZIAGES £l,OOO —At the Tipperary Assizes on Thur i sday, the case of Cashell against Harding for criminal conversation. was decided. Damages were laid at £5,000. The jury found for the plaintiff, £l,OOO. The plaintiff is a dispensing doctor at Tormatrara, in the county of Tipperary, and thetlefendatit, Mr. Jonathan Harding, is a young gentleman of property in the same district. The details" are better passed over. The 1 following is a copy of a letter addressed by the defendant Ito Mrs. Cashell after their guilt had been disaovcred by her injured husband :—" Oh,. my God, wha to have I done to make you both miserable ? Whathave , said about you I know. not, but I recollect sayingfor, ' That woman I would not inj ure. ' Oh, I don't care myself, it is for you both. lam mad ; I don't know what andi it will be in lam doing. Oh do tell h im if lie speaks; the mouth of all and every one, and it will make matters worse than they really are. I fear to write to you, I can. if you Call, let me hear from you, and tell me all. never sec either of you again. God help us. I am the same to you, and I will always think of you. ,I will never be happy again. I'm in, such a state I know not what rm i , doing. I dread the treatment you will g•et now that it & known. May God forg ive me. May God protect you, and; may God comfort him. No one at Beaborough I gill kin teout any thing of it, except he tells himself .auything. . of my mind if I don't hear from you by return o f post, send it under cover to me, care of lli. ALtn letterstrong . w , as e„ Wi c klow-street, but write the direction as if the for use. I was thinking of writing to him and telling him I loved you—not to blame me, but that wus. all, and that I will never go next or near eithe r o f Pu again ; an d I will tell him I will let him kill me if he wishes, and that I will meet him anywhere be likes for i h e avens llam a d I 'dreadful man. dratt PurPose. Oh , him, myself, or 'any °ale • not even will never be forgiven.by. hate, ' tie myself_ yrn ii I God. It' is not to you I Say might I write t o him ye. • I don't know what to' do. I tllinckanlmTtigwhrtit;:omLoro6r.d direct me for the Last w h a t to do . I I For give me if ve,A c i . an, Ever Tow erring and affectionate fiend s ~ " DANNIE," vil " I :re ;ea I° 't v;; doll, .1 l 4 'hie. THE NORTHERN TIMES, MONDA.Y, MARCH 21 1859 COTTON The following is a statement of the week's sales here and at the chief Southern ports, at latest telegraphic dates, with the closing prices f. o. b., with freight in sterling at current Exchange Sales. Closing. Middling. Freight. F. 0.8. N. Orleans, sth March... 72,000 /c. higher. 11/c. 7-16 d 6.5-16 d Mobile, sth „ _31,000 ic. „ 11 c. 3-Sd. 6.3-16 d Charleston, 4th „ _22,000 lc. „ 5-16 d. sid. Savannah, 4th „ ... 9,000 . „ 14e. 11-32 d. 6.5-16 d New York, Bth „ ...23, 000 /c„ Up.l2/c. 3-16 d. 6id. PION. 11 I NORTMEILIc TIMES OFFICE, IIONDIY 7 9 14..11. INDIA. THE BOMBAY MAIL. The Times has received a despatch from Malta, with Bombay news to Feb. 25. The mail left Malta on Friday. The Rohillas have been dispersed bv Brig,adier Hill. The forts were captured without a blow. Tantia Topee is still at large ; Ire is believed to bo in the neighbourhood of Decca. There is no news of moment from Oude or Nepaul. A new loan of five crores is announced from the Ist of May next, at 5 per cent. S u b s criptions i receivable half n cash and half in 5 per cent. paper, The Bombay import market dull, with a decline in prices. Business in exports very limited:. 25.. 2d. to 2s. 21d. for credits. Exclianga PROSPECTS OF PEACE. The• Times announces that a Conzress of the Great Powers will meet, either at London or Berlin, to take into the state of Italy, and the complications to consideration Lou - which it has led. This solution is the only one, considering how far each of the two Sovereigns principally concerned has committed himself, and how much a . retreat would, detract from the pretensions of either. Thus is the res o ult f Lord Cowley's mission. The Emperor o . f Austria is willing to take away every excuse for an. aggression on the pert of France; has stated his intentions respecting Italy fully and frankly. As to the separate treaties of Austria with the Italian States, Francis Joseph declares they have been only a burden to him, exposing him to constant importurities from Riffprent Sovereiens ; and that; he is willing to consider a plan for placing those States on a more 5a....- The Times contains a despatch, dated Vienna, Saturday afternoon, saying that within the last few hours things have _a --- .nneArance. Both France and. Austria display a very conciliatory spirit. The Paris correspondent of the- Times repeats the expression of his opinion that, as regards Italy, the danger is passing off for the present. It is a great point that the Emperor Napoleon seems well disposedl. COMMERCIAL. The remarkable rise which took place yesterday afternoon in the Stock Market is fully supported, in spite of the absence of definite intelligence. Operations in the Stock Exchange have again been of a character to strengthen the growing impression that continental politics have entered upon a new and more reassuring phase, as the first fruits of the diplomatic intervention of - the British Cabinet. Fresh orders for the purchase of silver for transmission to India have been given. The . drain to that quarter no - w excites much attention. The silver market remains very firm_ About £12,000 in gold was to-day withdrawn from tha Bank for transmission to the COntinent.—Daily Hews City 4-#;ele. Saturday Evening. - hably have been greater )ti on pacific ye from efforts of the _ et, the romise that ria will r( 4/4.7 . ,Pt.wvv..• The Impulse of prices would pr 6 Question as to t and tt to-day, but for tl overtures between Fran oaromia. peace-makers ; while, supposing he inference will be that she has been c I be me the change of course wt. until some actual reduction of armaments be witnessed, the public will not be drawn into any unhesitating manifesta tion of confidence.—Titnes City Article, Saturday Evening. The Post announces the death of the Earl of Devon. • The Arehbishop of Canterbury has appointed Wednesday next to deliver his decision on Sir. Poole's appeal. MAIL NEWS.—TheNepanl, with mails from Bombay and the Mauritius, arrived at Marseilles at 3 p.m. yesterday (Sunday). The mails for London left at 10 p.m. The passengers are placed in two days' quarantine. No dates from Suez given, and no mention of Australian mail. A portion of the Neapolitan exiles lauded at Bristol on Saturday. The reception was of the most enthusiastic kind. Mr. Langton, M.P., and other city dignitaries, went on board, tlig,yessel,..a s tid,savg i tifill. a,le.irty welcome, 1140404111§y1:4-00g. eZti4i . ilis tit r, of • tOintiegsAiWandS, - ; ; ••••„: 'SHIPPING DisAsTp.s.---Aeeording . , ..tidvices . 'by . the West :IndiaMail; the Britilh, v riteret-.:Vess'el Ithoriel foundered in the Gulf Stream: The Cypei vas lost:off the Mosquito. slloze. The Peruvian ~ Eit,..Bejize, the Agnes Taylor at Demerara. The . caPtaias; of :all those ;„: 41,4, Mog_rdalena, barque vessels nave come noom of London, was• on shbre at Belize, and become a total wreck.. kely - to DISTRESSING POISONING CASES. • On Thursday, an inquest was held at Eeelesfield, on the bodies of 111+ Samuel Greases, farmer, of Ecelesfield axed 81 years • and of Mary Greases, his yfe,.. aged 7G use .deatbs beep. -Onset", bv 7 eating a herb r‘nzi mown as " W6lfsbane .or mOhishiied the examination of several witnesses that Mrs. p-reaves, on. Tuesday forenoon, went into the gnrden . adjoining her house and the Ecclesfield churchyard, forithe-pOrppse ; of. obtain— ing some lettuce, chives, and. passfeY; in :order to make% nf rifitilPrinct'kttire •it seems t ap'pearer that she plucked a quantity - of "•wOlfsharie monks hood," which was. growing in• the garden: Suh4equently she mixed ' together the parsley, and,.. what &c.,..ancl the salad was placed upon the.diniicitable. :Both Mr. and Mrs. Greaves partook freely of • the salad-and colt mutton which had been provided for dinner, and , shortly afterviards‘Mrs. Greaves became very sick and ill. She . was ;sted np stairs and placed upon a bed. Her sufferings she expired. Mr shortly were intens, Ind alioui three r before her death, when he was also taken ill in a similar manner. After sufll-ring considerable agony, Mr. Greaves died about four o'eleek—an hour after the death of his wife. Mr. Illingworth, surgeon, on examiation, found the " wolfs — bane" or " monkshood" amongst the sale, agc 0,4 on,,inspectil.; ing the garden diseoTereditni7int4,44l4.lo9',9.-.lcpAti on bed i'vliere: the herb - -was; gitowiitO: ;441105% ! Wei& pereeitable near 'the lettueb wakth(eir.ed; thia• she .had . by mistake'monkshead!' Ileeb.instela of iettnce. Be the direction of the coroner, Mr. Illingwortli ade . a 'post- mortem , examination of the baffles. He - state& id he had not the slightest doubt whatever, from the -- during life and the•examination after death, that poison. The medical both died from ury returned. a verdict in accordance with th has been. rs. Greaves, for sonic time past, rnbecile and' childish • MUSICAL, DRAMATIC, LITERARY, ARTISTIC NEWS AND GOSSIP, Madame ninon is in. Leaden. Madame Novell° is coming in May. . The American papers announce a last reading by 3frs - . Fanny Kemble, previous to her retirement from fo .public e The French - booksellers' list announce a l th_e_orn m• g volume •by Dr. Liszt, on " T he Bohemians and their Music• ."' Herr Wieniawski's Quartett party consists of M. Bernard, Herr Schrenrs, and a - M. Tieuxtetaps for violoncpllo, addition to himself. The Gazette Musicale of this week announces that a. Stratluarins violin has lately changed hands at Paris for the sum of 15,000 fr., £ 6OO. •. • The exhibitions by the. Royal Botanic Society of plants, flowers, and fruit this season, will take place on Wednes— days, May 25, June 1 5 ; and July 6. .• ,• . 'The new play of Mr:. E. Falconer, to be tmotinced for his benefit at the Lyceum , Theatre, on the 31st inst:, is entitled " Francesca." . Mrs. Charles Young will plar. the heroine. Mr. JosephWyon,. a very promising . v,oung medalist, as well as the son and grandson of excelleuL engravers, has. thewir Leedsi i eh s sa s ii ig a r s i c sp d : received the appointment of chief engraver of hr Majesty's seals. -mtulame in d rt s a V ne i ci t . n ec i4 n t teuem a r n tn d i n h a e an r iad h og u ri s vt b a DAC visit Leeds a d t s Institution. 14711iey2rbeer's new opera has been,re-christened, and is to see the light at Paris (positively next week) as Le Pardo* (id:Notre Dame di Auray. M. Gualied's Faust is also now on the Orreshold. Herr Reichardt, the popular German • • Prusaia, t eno r, has returned. to. London fo r th e season, after -a- mos t s uccessful autumnal. and Holland. and wint er tour in France,_ Germany, Austria, Poland, • Tile ' 44 th anniversary dinner of the Artists General Benevolent Institution will.take'phice at the Freemasons' T 'Ye/n etn : Saturday the. 16th. Of April, when Viscount The dates for the ardte will ''performwes, of the Handel Com— memoration Festival at the Crystal Palace have been fixed as follows :—Monday, June 20, ./Ifessiah ; 22; Dettingert. fres Deunt and a Selection ;. 24, Israel in Effyrt. Mr. Harcourt Bland, the accomplished comedian of the Theatre Royal, Glasgow, has accepted an advantageous engagement with Mr. liarris, who succeeds Mr. Charley Kean in the management of the P rinces s' s Theatre. Christy's minstrels, whose reputation is now fully estab— lished in almost all the cities of . Europe, appearancewe larn about to visit 'Cheltenham. They make their r at the Asserubly-roonis ;off the Ord : and two following dap. Measures are said-to he in contyrump lati ediately appointing b the council of the Horticultu ral Society- for im a auperintendent to manage the gardeut 4 tLCi c i h is ag w r ie e k o a r s t a he st e ti x edy_ erimental establishment, and to t , exp - 1 Wiens in Loudon. riot the trio , the cte Llo°, B rf - , itt r f ity° lb o f 80 11 0 t ° r ac t he of ante 0 1 'oil