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PAPER WAREHOUSE, I N-STAEET, LIVERPOOL W IL G I STEAMBOAT —PRICE TWOPENCE. uth John-street, and by all S,)id b 3 Bookse A Y THIS On account of whom it may concern. THIS DAY, the 14th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' office, About 120 Bales COTTON, &c., all faults, saved from the wreck of the Constitution, from New York ; lying at the Wreck Shed, north end of Prince's Dock.— Apply to Messrs. Bowman, Grinnell & Co., Merchants, or to SAMUEL KEARSLEY & CO., Brokers, 36, Exchange-street East. Tars DAY, the 14th instant, at a Qiarter before Eleven o'clock, at the Brokers' office, 11, Temple-court, 272 Boxes St. Michael ORANGES, ex Doctor & Snake, 250 Do. Palermo (Sweet) DITTO, ex Tiber, 179 Do. Mess'na DITTO, ex Euphrates, 250 Cases Do. LEMONS, ex Lizzie Garrow, 300 Bags Barcelona NUTS, ex Estrella, 100 Do. Brazil DITTO, ex Princess Royal, 200 Kegs Spanish OLIVES, 10 Bags Do. CH 10 Bundles Faro SN [ITS, 181 i ;Ib. HOUGHTON & LEVY, Brokers. On account of whom it may concern 14,839 33,5.58 , under 20' inches, Apply to TO-M 0R ROW To MOBEW, the 15th instant, at Half-past One o'clock, at the Brokers' office, Corn Exchange Buildings, Bruns- wick -sire about 7300 Bags Indian CORN, now landing ex Ozeonthe and Walter Scott, from New Orleans, laying in Wellington Dock.—For particulars apply Richardson, Brothers and Co.. Merchants, or to GOLDING & NASH, Brokers. may concern One o'clock ings, Bruns- ',slightly damaged) WHEAT, lyincr in Albert Dock Warehouses, GOLDING & NASH, Brokers. WEDNESDAY. TO TIMBER MERCHANTS, MAC:RINE MAKERS, SHIPBUILDERS, CABINET MAKERS, RAILWAY CARRIAGE AND COACH BUILDERS, &c. On WEDNESDAY next, the 16th instant, at Half-past Eleven o'clock, on the Quay of the Great Float, Birkenhead, 3600 St. John's SPRUCE DEALS, 190 gtViier4 h O'cla - ek, in the Honduras Sheds, 447 Logs and 7 Curls, measuring 190,273 feet Monduras MAHOGANY, 15 Logs, measuring 7834 feet Honduras CEDAR, being the cargo now lAnding ex Hope, containing logs of the following sizes :7: 1 Dig 1 ~ 766 feet 44 inches deep. 383 „ 37 „ 1 770 .„ 36 2 Logs, 1178 „ 35 1645 „ 34 .. )1 4 „ 12 „ 8 ,1 19 „ 20 „ 21 „ 2855 „ 33 8229 ~ 32 36 „ 24 „ 7834 feet, from 18 to 39 inches deep. srs. Hyde, Hodge & Co., Merchants. 232 Logs, measuring 82,121 feet, Honduras MAHOGANY, being the cargo now landing ex Cadet. 219 Logs, measuring 94,838 feet, Honduras MAHOGANY, being the cargo now landing ex H. M. 30 Logs FURNITURE WOOD, ex Guatemala Packet. Apply to John Carmichael, Esq., Merchant. These three cargoes, 898 Logs, 367,234 feet, of Honduras Mahogany, contain every variey that can be desired in - this article, and such a selection is seldom offered for public com petition at one time. 50 Logs Honduras MAHOGANY, ex sundry vessels, 189 Logs SATINWOOD, of large size and rich figure, remarkably sound, just landed ex Agnes, from Porto Rico. Apply to Partridge and Co., Merchants. 340 Logs City St. Domingo MAHOGANY, lately landed ex Anglesea. 2 Logs and 3 Curls City St. Domingo MAHOGANY (a selection), just landed ex Governor. Apply to Messrs. Frommel and Bossi. Merchants. 1800 Planks Bahia ROSEWOOD, ex sundry vessels, 500 Planks Rio ROSEWOOD, ex Sundry vessels, 300 Planks ZEBRAWOOD. HOLME & SLATER, Timber Measurers and Brokers, 17, Water-street, Liverpool, and 3, Canning-street, Birkenhead. 2,819 „ 30 15 Logs CEDAR. Apply to ME _ _ _ THU RSDAY On account of whom it may concern On THURSDAY next instant, at One o'clock, at the Brokers' office, About 800 Bales COT rON, all faults, being part of the cargo of the Wellfleet, from New Orleans, and Fiyal.—Apply to W. H. Haynes. Esq., Merchant, or to H. JOHN WEBSTER Broker, EARLY DELI 7 Rumford-street NORTHERN TIMES?' subscriber within four m '—Any f the Liverpoll Exchange, or at Rock-ferry, Tran-aere, Birkenhead. Woodside, Oxton, Claughton. S eacom b e , E gremon t ; or New Brighton, who does not receive his copy of the " NORTHERN TIMES," by Eight o'clock will oblige the publisher by addressing a note to him at the office notifying the fact, in order that the cause of complaint may be investigated and removed. 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Ebe rtherri Tinteo MONDAY, APRIL 14, 1866 THE Peace Congress bids fair to become a per- manen international pal EUTOPE discussed and h The secret b glorious institution"—a sort of rliament, in which the affairs of the rest of the world, are to be jslated upon, with closed doors. from each of )nsist of one representative hich took part in the It is as necessary for the people of England to know how peace negotiations have been, and are to be, conducted in 1856 as it is for them to remember how the world's repose was brought about in 1815, and beyond supplying the informa tion with which tolerably reliable rumours supplies us, ,we care but little. Peace is a substantive blessing. Diplomatic designs, speculations, and intrigues, are so many empty and flying The removal of war prohibitions against the Russian ports of the Baltic, White Sea, and Euxine, though by no means a matter of transcendant impor tance, is something with which we know how to deal. It will add 15,000,0001. to the amount of imports and exports for the current year. It may cheapen the poor man's loaf, so economise our circulation, and release the commercial classes from the torture of the Bank screw. It may augment the demand for productive labour, not only at home, but in our Colonies, and other countries. This is the circle of realities for which diplomatists and every other sec tion of society have to prepare. Consols must be kept buoyant, Three-per Cents steady, Exchequer Bills at a premium, Bank Stock at 220, and Railway Securities kept from entailing misery on millions of shareholders. Shipping must have employment at remunerative freights, stocks of produce must be replenished, consump tion sustained, gold brought back by means which phantoms cause "a fall generally in the prices of commodi. " ties," and leave the trader to " Coin false moneys ' oat of that crucible called debt." It would be idle to talk of the charms of secret political conclaves, with such a pro gramme of obviously necessary duties pressing on the official mind. Let these things be neglected, and war may be forced on us again, but it will come upon us with a collapse of the whole fabric of European society. While the champions of retrogression are dreaming, the old Constitutional locomotive will continue its onward course, and Reason will spread her wings over every land. The Paris Conference will only be remembered for its one good act, and its innu merable eccentricities. The most unrelenting despots will find that their very existence is based on the prosperity of those vast interests to which a forty years' peace has given birth. The Emperor who is not in debt, and cannot keep faith with his creditors is scarcely respecta ble enough for these days. And the king who ..3• ..... .., ....• 4.1. %I II ..0 ..• v 1....... ,1....1.1. - ui 3UU jects a large amount of bullion for currency and fiscal purposes, will not be thought sane enough for this golden age. The most infatuated rulers would never, we presume, anticipate the realisa tion of an ample revenue from thousands of ships employed in carrying about the world powder and ball —young recruits and worn-out soldiers. There are no visible angles of incidents, to justify a belief in the possibility of any such deflections in civilisation. The time has gone by for separating spiritual from the material wants of nations, and leaving to miracles the discharge of those bodily and intellectual duties— the developement of those sublime phenomena of human existence—for which man was created. There is an imperishable beauty about the concur rent growth of inordinate wealth and irreproachable morality. Such things may be witnessed in Europe at this moment; and it is for the attain ment of this one great end, that all rightly balanced heads and hearts throughout the world are contending. In this unquestionable fact, diplomatists will find much for reflec tion. There are well defined political means by which the prostration of all that is really good and great may be effected, and from their employ ment no other result can follow; still entering into compacts with other States, which may compel this country to declare war against Consols, to outlaw bread-stuffs, send out to destroy Sebastopols of cotton, and bombard citadels of nuggets, and overrun lands of sugar, tea, and coffee, is nothing more than putting the mark of a mau who cannot write or read, to so much waste paper. We can have no more bloodshed unless states men are prepared to risk the overthrow of the present scheme of society. Commerce, in its English sense, and trade, according to its universal acceptation, cannot be co-existent with despotism. The freedom of trade cannot be contracted without superinducin g ruin to millions—or famine. And that commerce will bear no prohibitions has been proved in the case of Russia within the last two years. The Paris commission may, therefore, sit till Domesday, if whim should will it so, and furnish faces for a tableau which may appear, at the same time, with that which the corporate celebrities of Liverpool have threatened the lovers of " large plates." They may go on with all that is wise, or effete, silly, or in fashion, but unless they are prepared to supply Europe with some millions of corn, sugar, tea, and coffee, and to give Liver pool Land Lancashire the 16,000,0001. worth of cotton they now draw annually from tha United States alone, Parisian protocols will prove as harmless as squibs. The Czar NICHOLAS'S end ought to serve for centuries as a warning to the lovers of large camps, military budgets, and all that belongs to self-will and designs against the material progress of natiuns. With the first step conviction seized upon his mind. He saw the radical mistake of his reign, and fell a lifeless vic- tim at the feet of those household gods, which, in the moment of trial, whispered in the Imperial ear nothing but " certain humiliation." No Calmuc was ever more ignorant of the real elements of civilisation with which we had to com bat than the Emperor NICHOLA S of all the Russias, and may we never be afflicted to the same extent by the handywork of a Council of Czars sitting in Paris. But should they in their wisdom involve us in a protocol war we will back cotton against the bayonet, and breadstuffs against all the powder they can make. Our favourites are the true friends to humanity, and the wants of the millions will conquer the follies and political greatness of a commission of wiseacres. The exports of specie during the week were, by the Tagus to Lisbon, £5,900, and Cadiz £l,OOO. The following is the official return of the exports of the precious metals from the port of London, for the week ending 3rd April:—Gold coin to Belgium, 60 ozs.; silver bars to Hamburg, 129,488 ozs. ; silver coin to Belgium, 300 ozs. Total silver, 129,788 ozs. The American advices received to-day are generally regarded as satisfactory, notwithstanding that the accounts represent that the imports of Dry Goods had grown rather if,: excess of the demand. It is stated that in the month of February the total amount of dry goods thrown upon the market was 7,478,959 dols. against 6,495,420 dols. last year; while the amount entered for warehousing was only 364,211 dols. against 1 075,450. In March there had been thrown upon the market dry goods to the amount of 9,509,795 dols. against 4,215,021 dols. last year ; the amount warehoused being about the same as in February. Taking the quarter alto,gether, the market has been stocked with 29,885,343 dols., against 17,123,845 dols. last year. _ _ _ _ _ _ We copy from the New York Shipping List further returns of the exports of cereals from the United States, from September Ist to April Ist (the latest dates from all the ports, in continuation of the report we gave in the NORTHERN TIMES, April 2- 1855 1856 Flour. Wheat. Corn. To British Ports 722,524 brls 464,430 gra 424,511 gra Continental do. 616,618 „ 268,665 „ 23,000 „ Total 1,339,439 733,095 447,511 1853 1854 Flour. Wheat. Corn. To British Ports 1,549,022 „ 638,100 „ 420,167 ~ Continental do. 783,417 „ 235,490 „ 8,660 „ 2,332,439 873,590 431,827 The above table shows that America has ship ped, of Flour 993,297 barrels, and 140,495 quarters Wheat, less than in the season of 1853-54, and only 15,684 quarters of Corn more, although the receipts of each had been increasing at the various X 2.0 supplies, and exporters were unable to operate on their orders, owing to limits being below the prices paid by consumers. The deficiency in the exports is increased, compared with those we gave a month previous, by 133,642 barrels of Flour, and 5,000 quarters of Wheat. The last return of the New York Banks was unex pectedly favorable,"the decrease in the specie line being much less than was anticipated in view of the absorption by the Sub-Treasury, the shipment of 350,000 dols by the Boston steamer and the drain to the South. The Loans were slightly increased. The Deposit line had apparently fallen off, but in fact there had been an increase of half a million. Call loans were still made at six to seven per cent. There was a fair demand for Exchange, but the market closed heavily. The General Assembly of Virginia has just passed a bill providing additional protection to slave property. The object of the law is to prevent, as far as possible, the abduction of slaves by means of the vessels navigating the streams tributary to the Chesapeake Bay. The pilots are required to search every vessel outward bound, to ascertain if any fugitive slaves are aboard. For making the inspection they are to exact a fee of five dollars from the captain. An inspector general, to reside at Norfolk, is to be appointed by the Governor. If any shipmaster leaves port before such inspection is made, he is liable to a fine of five hundred dollars. The law on this subject is now very rigorous, and it behoves shipmasters to keep a bright'look out It is reported that Guano has been discovered on the small island called Pajoras, situated in the lake in front of the city of Maracaibo. An examination of it has led to its being pronounced of superior quality, and its discovery is hailed as quite a windfall for the unfortunate country. As an instance for the great facilities for traffic across the Isthmus of Panama, we may mention that the steamship Illinois left New York on the sth of March, with 800 passengers, three hundred bags of United States mail matter, and two hun• dred tons of express freight, besides parsengers' baggage. This whole cargo arrived, and left Aspinwall on the morning of the 18th March, and was transported from the Atlantic to shipboard on the Pacific in twelve hours. This fact shows the advantage of the Panama route for the English and Australian mails. Accounts from Riga mention that the announce ment of the treaty of peace being signed, had scarcely any effect in advancing the prices of tallow, hemp, and wool, as previously quoted. The fact is, the merchants had discounted the effects of peace on the market before, and it was expected by some that the advanced prices would not be maintained. However, this was not the case, and they were firm at 95 to 100 roubles for tallows of ordinary quotations. The quotation of gold at Paris is about 5 per mille premium, and the Exchange on London at short 25.37, making gold about 32 per cent dearer in London than in Paris The price of gold at Hamburg is 4263 per mark, and the exchange on London at short 13 71, Making gold 0.08 per cent. dearer in London than in Hamburg. The following are the Gazette average prices of Muscavado Sugar, for the week ending April Bth, 1856, exclusive of Custom's duties payable thereon, on the importation thereof into Great Britain : From the West Indies; 265. 11d. per cwt ; from the Mauritius, 265. Old. per cwt.; From the East Indies, .255. 9d.; average price of the three fore going descriptions, 275. 214. We have received the usual weekly circular of Mr. W. Avens, from which we quote the following report of the London Money Market for the week : The Money Market still retains a considerable degree of stringency, owinn , to the demands upon it, arising from the increased activity of trade, which is largely adding to the bill circulation, and the payment on Wednesday of the fourth instalment of the Five Million Loan, amrunting to £750,000, besides that of 20 per cent. on the funding of Exchequer bills, making altogether a sum of £1,350,000. As there remains but one more instalment to he paid upon each, amounting in the whole to £1,050,000, due on Thurs day week, the market will soon be relieved from this pressure. What the further necessities of the Chancellor of the Exchequer may compel him to ' , ^rr,:, , vr will not be known for some time to come ; Le lowest estimate is £5,000,000, the highest £20,000,000. These anticipations, however, exercise no influence at present. The tightness of the market has been most felt by those houses whose trade has been affected by the fall in prices in consequence of the return of peace. f:everal suspensions have already occurred from this cause ; and uneasiness on this account is not yet entirely dissipated. General trade, and manufacturing production are, however, improving, and we have fewer complaints of reduced profits, notwithstandin g the continued dearness of money, though during the last day or two discounts have not been more readily obtainable than they were a fortnight ago. The payment of the April dividends now in progress may tend to make the general market easier, though no abatement of rates is expected for the present. On the whole, therefore, it may be stated that while there is a very considerable degree of stringency and tightness in respect to particular branches of commerce, the features of the market are more promising for general trade, though there is manifest distrust of every thing that is mere specu lative. On the Stock Exchange, money has been worth 7 per cent ; it is now lower, as short loans can be had at from 6 to 64 per cent on Government securities. Consols, which rather suddenly declined on Thursday from 93a to on some unfavourable rumours to 93a to A, have been almost stationary at that price since, and business has been unusually languid. The improvement which took place in the value of Railway 'Shares upon the announce ment of peace, has been fairly maintained ; but transac tions have not been so numerous, attention having been a good deal turned to Foreign lines and to some descriptions of Miscellaneous Securities, which had previously remained without notice for a long time. But in no case has the , flatness of the market from the absoce of business produced anything like a serious reaction in prices ; while the tendency, whenever any movement 11,13 been made, has almost invariably been upwards. The Weekly raffic Returns, though good, are scarcely so favourable. This is always the case in the week or two fclloNving Easter or any other period when there is a considerable movement of the population. The important fact to bear in mind is that they are all good at present prices ; though relatively not so good as they have been. The French Lines, especially North erns and Paris and Lyons have considerably improved ; and the Belgian though occasionally fluctuating, maintain the , late advance. The Indian lines are rather quieter ; and guaranteed shares continue to be largely dealt in for per manent investment. A new Italian line with a guarant 9 e frrm the Austrian government, the shares of which are' still unissued, has been largely dealt in at from 7 to 8 premium; a commercial line, projected in Russia, the shares in which were announced on Wednesday, are at from 1 to 2 prinsium. Foreign Securities have been inactive. and all except Mexican have been partially neglected. Last Saturday's prices are scarcely maintained. Joint Stock Banks are firm, but with few transactions in them. London and County have been dealt in at 341 being an improvement of £5 since Saturday, owing in a great degree to the new blood just infused into the direction. The premium upon Ottomans and Bank of Egypt is la to t and 17,- to 7 6 4 . Miscellaneous Shares have been more enquired after. To-day the market for Public Securities has been steady, with no alteration of importance. Consols opened at 931 exactly for the Account, and for a temporary period there were buyers at 93; but afterwards there was a reaction to 931 to s. An arrival of gold from the United States, to the amount of 117,0001. improved the tone, and there was a recovery to 931 to I, and eventually the nia ,-I(et left off good at the same quotation. Busi ness why dull all day. The total arrivals of gold during the week have been nearly 700,0001. Rail way Shares, p ,:rticularly those in the heavy lines, have been very g,:od. . The inclination is towards a further rise, but h.. repressed by the dear ness of money. Th, market closed firm .' at our quotations. Prete:elle? Shares have been in rather active demand fax' investment. The Contangos on heavy Shares have, ,z)nstdenng the aboutdearness of money, been light, averagt:.`s per cent. Foreign Railways, in genera., are unchanged ; if anything they are, with some exce l :" tions, a turn better.- The Colonial and Indian lines are all good. The Russian Commercial line is flat to 11 pm ; Lombardo Venetian G to 4 pm. In the Foreign Market there has been little or no movement. Turkish Six per Cents closed firm ; and Mexican also at 221, to 23 for money. But little has been done in Joint Stock Banks and Miscellaneous Shares. Bank of Egypt 18 to 1 -1- pm. Ottoman 1 to 8 pm. Money has been in good demand. It is stated to-day, that the ratifications of the treaty of peace will all have been exchanged by Friday next ; that the new Russian loan will be announced the week following ; that the Chancellor of the Exchequer will require a loan to make up the deficit on the financial year, of no less than 15,000,0001; and that his budget may not be expected until the middle of May. Thr , Vtirific to flily wovo otoadia, Mo furthor decline has foil oned the unfavourable Bank return, and prices closed at 93g- 931. The purchase by the Bank this week, on the whole, of the gold, ex the Red Jacket, must form an important set offagainst the demand upon its metallic stock. There was, again, a good general demand for money to-day. The imports of the precious metals have been again large. The exports, as officially reported, are scarcely 65,0001. It is known, however, that the chief shipments, for some weeks past, have been those silently effected on government account, and against the Turkish Loan. The Rail way Share Market was slightly flatter to-day, and prices closed as follows : Caledonian, 611611. Eastern Counties,lo 1-1610 3-16. East Lancashire, 76 78. Great Northern, 94 942. Ditto A, 78 79. Great Western, 64 641. Lan cashire and Yorkshire, 881 89. London and North Western, 1011 1011. Manchester Shef field, and Lincolnshire, 281 29. Midland Stock, 741 741. North British, 34?,- - , 35. South Eastern and Dover, 721 731. York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 78 79. York and North Midland, 561 561. In our impression of Saturday the results of the Bank Returns for the week ending the sth April, were erroneously stated. The following is the accurate statement of the figures : Notes issued, decrease 391,6901; bullion in both departments, decrease 392,2281; rest, increase 12,1401; public deposits, decrease 828,4031; other deposits, decrease 3 46,8011; seven days' and other bills, decrease 8,2801. On the credit side govern ment securities have decreased 431; other secu rities, decrease 351,4581. Notes unemployed, decrease, 819,305/. Actual circulation 19,444,805/, increase, 427,615/. 0 111essrs APER Cream Laid Blue Wove extra t L ~'"\ TN Conference—namely, France, Great Britain, Sar dinia, Turkey, Austria, Prussia, and Russia. In a council so composed, what is the weight of Con stitutional or Protestant Europe ? The question is not asked in a heated political or fanatical spirit, but by those who really desire to see a long season of unbroken peace and reason. Civil liberty, and religious toleration, are the peculiar landmarks of the present age, and yet Great Britain alone is left to represent them in a secret council ofnations, composed of all the great Powers which are opposed to both. Should Lord CLARENDON return with the ratification of the treaty ofpeace, Lord CowLEY, or some other individual selected by the British Cabinet, will be appointed to the Confer ence, which is to be called a " commi ssion"—to ad j ust the " details" of the future of Europe. We view these historical incidents as matters worthy of being recorded, in order that we may have, at another day, all the links of the diplomatic chain which may be coiled around political rationality and religious moderation. It AI MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL, LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY EVENINC The American news received this morning has given an additional impetus to the Cotton trade, and the result has been a large business at an improvement in price of one-eighth of a penny per lb. The sales reached 15,000 bales, and included 7,000 taken for speculation and export. Notwithstanding the very unfavourable Bank Return, there has been a fair amount of business done in the Liverpool Share Market, which opened steady, and gradually improved through out the day, closing firm at its best. —Aberdeen, 131 134. Chester and Birken head. 154 16/. Caledonian, 304 xd 30/. Chester and Holyhead, 16-,1 16a. Eastern Counties, 104 101. East Lancashire, 19/ 191. Great Northern, 231 231. Ditto A, 98 104. Great Western, 644 65. Lancashire and Yorkshire Stock, 88,1 89. Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport, 16_1 175. London and North Western Stock, 101 101/. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 288 29. Ditto Pref., Ha 111. Ditto New 6 per cent. Pref., 7-16 9-16 p. Midland Stock, 741 75. North British, 8 9-16 8 11-16. North Staf fordshire, 6 51d. South Eastern, 21 13-16 21 15-16. York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 19/ .19 13-16. York and North Midland, 28/ 282. Leeds Capital Stock, 158 16. Dutch Rhenish, 1 11-16 1 13-16 p. Ditto New Shares, 31- 31p. Great Western of Canada, 264 268. Ditto New Shares, 3 38 p. Ditto 2nd issue, 2 13-16 24p. Great Luxembourg, 7A. 7/d. The imports of specie have been large this week. amounting to nearly 700,000/ , and comprise the following :—Brilliant from Geelong, 15,426 ozs. gold, or 00,7001. ; the Arabia, from America, 125,000 dols., or 25,000/. ; the Hermann, from New York, 10,000/ ; the Red Jacket, from Melbourne, 100,668 ozs. gold, or 402,700/. ; the Pollux, from Hamburg, one bag coin; the Holland, from Ostend, two packages bullion ; the Baron Osy, from Antwerp, 36 cases bullion ; by the Persia, from New York, 117,000/. The Blackwall, from Melbourne for London, with nearly 90,000 ounces of gold on board, we learn, put into Pernambuco for fresh provisions, on the 18th of March. _ _ _ ITHERN TIMES.-LIVERPOO7 A 4:: MONDAY, APRIL 14, 18M THE COURT, The Queen and the Prince Consort, accompanied] by the Prince of Wales and Prince Alfred, honoured the Olympic Theatre with their presence on Thursday even ing. Prince Albert rode on horseback with the Prince of Wales and Prince Alfred on Friday morning. His Royal Highness presided in the afternoon at a meeting of the commission for promoting and encouraging the fine arts in the rebuilding the palace of Westminster. The commissioners present were the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Earl of Aberdeen, the Right lion. the Speaker, and Earl Stanhope. Prince Ernest of Leiningen arrived at Buckingham Palace yesterday, on a visit to her Majesty. The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by Prince Ernest of Leiningen, honoured the Adelphi Theatre with their presence on Friday evening. It is understood that her Majesty's birthday will be celebrated on the 29th of May. No drawing room will be held on that occasion. ':'BUCKINGHAM PALACE, Saturday.—Her Majesty left the palace soon after ten o'clock this morning on horseback, accompanied by his Royal Highness Prince Albert, and attended by one of the Ladies and the two Equerries in Waiting. The royal party were absent near an hour. Soon after five o'clock the Queen and Prince Albert went out for an airing in an open carriage and four, accompanied by the Princess Royal. Her Majesty had a dinner party this evening. The distinguished party comprised :—Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, and her Ladies in Wait ing; his Serene Highness Prince Ernest of Leiningen, his Grace the Archbishop of Armagh, the Duke and Duchess of Wellington, the Duchess of Sutherland, Lord and Lady de Tabley, Lord Alfred Paget, Lady Theresa Digby, Sir Harry Jones, and Sir Charles Lyell. The following court receptions have been appointed : Tues., 15 April... Levee St. James's Palace. Fri., 25 April ...Juvenile Ball Buckingham Palace. Tues., 29 April.. Drawing Room St. James's Palace. Wed., 30 April.. Concert Buckingham Palace. Wed., 7 May:....Levee .... St. James's Palace. Thurs., 8 May... State Ball Buckingham Palace. Thurs., 29 May-Drawing Room in celebration of the Queen's Birthday!at St. James's Palace. Fri., 30 May ...Concert 7 Buckingham Palace. Fri., 6 June State Ball Buckingham Palace. DUBLIN AND KINGSTOWN RAILWAY. --At the half yearly meeting of this company, held on Saturday, the directors declared a dividend of three per cent, which, with the half yearly dividend, makes eight per cent per annum, with a large surplus to be carried to the present half year's account. The Peninsular and Oriental Steamship Com pany's steamer Madrid has arrived here with the Peninsular mails, bringing twenty-four passengers, four packages of specie, and a full cargo. Her dates are from Gibraltar to the 3rd, Cadiz the 4th, Lisbon the 9th, and Oporto and Vigo to the 10th instant. FRANCE. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, FRIDAY EVENING I hear,• but not from a source that I can guarantee, that the English cabinet has firmly insisted on Austria withdrawing her troops from the Principa•iities. without delay. Austria vehe mently opposed this, but England would not yield an inch, and Vrance supported her. After some altercation Au.stria gave way. As regards the Italian question, I am told, in the same quarter, that the Emperor Napoleon is of opinion that, to secure it on a fir, n. basis, neither England nor France is strong e,uough, nor even the Congress, but that all the pow . ers of Europe out to be called on to decide it. All the Plenipotentiaries have been at St. Ger ,2ains to-day on a sporting excursion. Tii;lßelgian papers t fi . ton_kan what I told you two or three days back (fror.o an exclusive source) as to the Congress being on the.' eve of closing its sittings, and of nominating a commission to exam i ne i n t o th e . questions it may not be able to decide—such quest ,lons to he k - fterwards brought before another congreo. 1, the Pruss i a n The departure of Barot; Mante-uffh: envoy is talked of for Tuesdoy. to ridicule Although the 'Madrid papers turn in. the giant of the Order of the Golden Flee, le to the Imperial Prince, it is intended, I hear, to cause the presentation of it to him in his cradle ...t e be made with extraordinary pomp. The Assemblie Nationale announces that Count de Chambord paid a visit, a few days ago, to the widow of King Louis Philippe, at Nerir, near Genoa. This proves what I was able to announce to you the -than clay. that a complete reconciliation has been effected between the Orleanists and the Legitimists. _ _ _ It appears that the English papers, and indeed the parliament as well, were in error in supposing that the French government meant to distribute medals to our soldiers in the Crimea in the same wholesale manner as our government did to the French. The medal to be given is, says the Moniteur del Armee, the ordinary one which is granted to French soldiers for good conduct, and the number awarded is not to exceed 500. In France this medal carries with it a pension of £4, and I suppose it will do the same for the English. M. de Falloux and M. Best were yesterday elected members of the French Academy. The former is the eminent law minister and politician, the latter the learned savant. M. do Falloux's election was vehemently opposed by all the liberal parties. The monthly return of the Bank of France has been published to-day. It shows that the amount of notes in circulation, including those of the branches, is rather more than 616,000,000 fr., and that the specie and precious metals in hand are 268,000,000 fr. But perhaps the most curious item in the account is that of 1,883,245 fr. (upwards of £75,000) for the purchase of gold and silver :—this shows how great is the demand for money, and how great consequently is the financial distress ; it shows, too, how much the bank has to suffer. The amount of bills discounted shows a diminution compared with last month of 817,538 fr., the advances on public securities are 1,178,000 fr , and those on railways are 2,597,000 fr. CABINET CouNclL.—On Friday, summonses were issued to the ministers to attend a cabinet council on Saturday afternoon, at the Foreign Office, Downing-street. Lord Granville was sufficiently recovered from his recent in disposition to be present. The other ministers at th e meeting 'comprised the Lord Chancellor,',the Duke of Argyll, Lord Palmerston, Lord,4Harrowby, Sir George Grey, Sir G. Lewis, Mr. Vernon Smith, the Marquis of Landsdowne, the Right Hon. Henry Labouchere, Lord Stanley of Alderly, and Mr. Baines. :; LIST OF PASSENGERS PER R.M.S. PERSIA FROM NEW YORK.—Mr. Alexander Graham, Mr. George Rogers, Mrs, Donat and child, Mr. Brawn, Mr. Alburtis, Misses Mary and Eliza Dunn, Messrs. Rutson Maury, Rutler. Cohen, lady and deughter, Ramee and lady, Misses Mauran, Therese Mauran, Mr. Edward Blackburn, lady, and four children and servant, Messrs. R. Makin, Mead, W. R. Bennett, E. Kirkpatrick, Johnston and lady, Charles Scott, Piston, Mrs. Geo. Rogers and son, Mrs. Ashbury, Messrs. W. J. Florence and lady, Fetley, J. C. Jones, Misses Dar ham and Stott, Mr. Marie and lady, Mrs. Stewart, Mr , . H. L. Norris, three children, and two servants, Mr. Stewart and lady, Mrs. Medley, child, and servant, Messrs. E. S. Norris, C. W. Trotter, D. Lassiter, R. L. Cook and Lady, Mitchell and lady, N. Fenwick, James Callandar, Miss Anne Haughnont, Mrs. Sarah Babbridge and daughter, Mr. G. Pierce, Mr. Sinder, Mrs. Cash, Misses Alice and Sizzea Norris, Mr. L. Kenrick, Mr. R. H Johnston, Mrs. Alfred Walker, two children and servant, Messrs. Taylor lady and daughter, Lottimer, Sully, Mrs. Dunbar and two children, Mr. Guild lady and two children, Miss Butt and nurse, Messrs. Jullien and lady, Etomed lady and servant, II Denny, jun., Hyam Joseph, Oscar Oizin, Madame Vannard and daughter, Mon. and Mdlle Dorneau, Messrs. W. It. Dean, Hyam A. Jacobs, E. Lafourcadeland friend, E. Auzerais, A. Lehman, L. Lehman, L. Burnner, Cohen, Duncan, Bett, Barbour and lady, Struthers, Leopold Wetzlar, Kilgour, H. A. Middleton, John H. Bash, James Hodges, Coombe, Graef, Moore, J. Gibb, G. Granier, C. G. Hopkins, J. C. Orcm, C. G. Honnan, J. Crawford, N. G. Bousfield, J. W. Liggins, H. W. Bates, Mdlle. Resuch, and maid servant, Messrs. Barratt and lady, I. Seeligman, Martin, Fanshawe, Robert Feason, Duncan Winter, Sudury, John D. Willbar, Edward M. Benjamin, F. E. Lawrance, C. F. Haberland, D. Williams (bearer of despatches). Fleitman, R. Wells, Jas. Rearden, Anderson, C. Purves, Peralta, R. Travers, Colin Wilson, Herbert Topping, F. Heider, R. B. Smith, W. Appleton, W. Macdonald, Greene C. H. Lowe, Westhead, John Connah, A. Schmaier, Col. A. Van Burn, Dr. Mauran, Messrs. Power, Johnston, Means, C. R. Goodwin, J. C. Cropper, W. Herrick, Thomas Roads, G. B. Bell, E. J. Richards, A. C. Barclay, J. Longmure, Geo. Giant, Guth, Hon. Malcombe Cancrow, Messrs. R. A. Jullien, Rollet, Rooker, E. R. Andrews, W. T. Andrews, S. Guggenheimer, John Flintoft, Nicholls, Brown and friend, Mrs. Parry, Mrs. Susannah Wyett, Mrs. Flenitoft and child, Mrs. Ellen Bansloe, Messrs. John M'Kenan, Edward Cadwell, John H. Vurick, L. Israels, F. M. Stranyge, C. Flurscwo, Turner, P. T rac y, Hugh Perry, Husfield, Austin, J. Wells, Millot, L. Jewitt. and J. P. M'Keward. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. BANQUET TO THE PLENIPOTENTIARIES PARIS, SUNDAY EVENING Last niEht, the Emperor gave a grand banquet at the Palace of the Tuileries to the representatives of the gr eat powers assembled in Paris for the Peace Co:nferences. His Imperial Majesty in the course of the even• ing proposed a toast to " the Union so happily re-established between the Sovereigns of the different nations assembled by their plenipoten tiaries,—an union which the Emperor remarked would be durable, if it always rested on right and justice—an union, he added, which combined the true and legitimate interests of the people con cerned." THE RATIFICATION OF THE PEACE TREATY. It is asserted that the ratification of the treaty of the 30th March by - the Sultan, will be despatched from Constantinople for Paris by the mail boat which leaves Constantinople on tne lbth inst. It is expected to reach Paris by the 26th or 27th of the current month. THE WEST INDIA MAIL, SOUTHAMPTON, SUNDAY, The West India royal mail steamship company's steamer Atrato, has arrived at this port with the West India mails. She has also brought 86 pas sengers, and 640,000 dollars in specie. Her dates are from Jamaica to 27th, Barbadoes to the 27th, Antigua and St. Kitts the 20th, and from St. Thomas's to 31st ultimo. The barque Atlantic, from Liverpool to Belize was spoken on the 19th of March all well, off Jamaica. The American steamer Osprey, with a valuable cargo, had been burnt and sunk at Jamaica. THE PENINSULAR MAILS SOUTHAMPTON, SUNDAY THE LATI MISS F. M. FEILDEN An inquest wes held at the Rose and Crown Inn, ',liver Bebington, on Friday evening last, upon the body of the late Miss F. M. Feilden, before Mr. Henry ChurtoLl, coroner for the county, and a jury consisting of u I\leszr% „ Aspinall (foreman), J. Lightbound, Pate , C onro y , Ilad sr Carter, Lewis, Davies, Smith, Tomlinson , Jones, en Lightbound. Aft • er the inspection of the" b o dy had tql[enllarriet Aduced place, the following evidence wan t „ Tucker deposed as follows : I have been in the service ofitrhore h Rev. Mr. Feildeu, of Bebington, for upwards of last years. Shortly before ten o'clock on Tuesday morniu, I saw the deceased, Frances Mary Fei lden, in was slightly indisposed. She purposed t some of Dinneford's fluid ni mnesia and inalu s.d. de afterwards `‘`, / col the some one called out to 5-.7, and 8-- ceased in her mamm , ,.'s room. She said tOken something that had burnt her, and that SU.I' 113(- 4 1 , 1 1 ,;,,,d out of the wrong bottle. She pointed out the b',:s'''F-helled , found it was that which is now produced, and , ha d " Sir William Burnett's disinfecting Fluid," and whic a of been purchased for the purpose of sprinkling the h0t 1525 the poor in cases of fever. Mr. Trevor Roper, the surgeom; was sent for, and that gent'eman continued to atien'l this hat she had ri it deceased up to the time of her death, which took plac e 'Ai" morning about three o'clock. Mr. Trevor Roper', • the ree.-; cal attendant of Mr. Feilden's family, deposed a.. lam a surgeon, resident at Tranmere. On Tuesth , c ee ing last I was requested to visit the deceased, Tr'lnot, Mary Feilden, and arrived at about twenty m i n utes f: o f ten. I found her in one of the bedrooms, comPla, ln , i rl o o . severe pain, and burning in the throat and chest. D"' f o r me that she had taken something that she had m istaken, _ to fluid magnesia. I immediately examined the bottle from which the fluid had been taken, and I found it le „ 1 1 olly " Burnett's Disinfecting Fluid." I knew it to b e a "'that poison, and instantly administered the antidote O r con poison, which was milk, albumen, &c. The pais°, a nd tamed in the bottle is a compound of chloride of zin ,;',l o te6 muriatic acid. After having administered all the knowing the dangerous after-symptoms which treat= arise, I immediately requested to be assisted in my , b c e e r, ment by Dr. Turnbull, of Liverpool. I never except for short intervals when he could take raY ;ice, until her death, and on the evening of the night Pre ° 00 , her death I earnestly requested that he would not leave mo i as I had anticipared that the most alarming sY re P,ited would soon evince themselves ; but, in spite of our ti o cic endeavours, the case terminated fatally about three 13 % r , this morning. After a cat,iful summing up by the cernci-oetir in which he called attention to the,, similarity is th e %diet of the medicine and the poison, the jury returned Y e " of accidental death. CRIMEAN COURT OF ENQUIRY' The court re-assembled on Saturday morning at. re usual hour. The examin a ti on o f C o l one l Love via ' -ble. sumed. In his opinion it would have been perfectly they p d to have got up shelter for horses in a few weeks, 'ha d ig sent to Constantinople for materials. His displayed great energy in providing shelter fo r i t ' horses when they had means. He had about one stables.the twenty men available for the purpose of erecting' Colonel- Tulloch asked whether the paragraph ° L i de report stating that a want of ingenuity and promP` had been shewn in the cavalry in providing shelter for t horses, met his view of the case ? A that Lord Lucan objected to the question, on the grip" - w ho Colonel Tulloch was calling a few selected witnessek.-ect, could not be able to form a general opinion on the all"I n a s It was the court whose duty it was to form an oPi tlio , it to the conduct of the cavalry officers in not shelteripg the horses. The board decided that the question might be Pu t ' g od Colonel Tulloch accordingly repeated the question, s i bad the witness after referring to the reply of other men certonthe, to the same question, declined making any reply, as be never considered the question. ntlf In reply to the board, Colonel Lave said he treclue - d i., visited the camp of his regiment, to enquire into the c °l/ tion of the horses and men. nod and Colonel Griffiths, of the Scots Greys, was reca examined by Colonel Tillloch : When his horses ea to Kadokol, early in December, they were Belle pretty good condition, though some were weak. about the 3rd of January before any of the hot.: under cover. They had no cover from the mi November to the beginning of January. No or given until the 16th of December. The delay was table to the want of men and tools. `,7 e - down It io , x3' w ere of ; r le s° s tribe Major Thomason, of the .sth Dragoon Guf called, and stated that his men dug trenches a earth for the protection of their horses, bu success he was not prepared to say. The excessi in his regiment, as compared with other cavalr co . , s explained by the fact that he h a d more sp few men than any other regiment . ..Rawlingson, civil engineer, oiatocl th.gt hP had examined the nature of th thatwhe r i e n the s o coralrF camp was placed in the Crimea, places horses might have been pro was next called on earth works. ,"as next examined as to the pos s w,: v bfs Mr. Braeebridge of protecting the hom, 3by earth works and canvass. ! a ils evidence went to shew 0,, to cover the horses separ,st%t might have been obtained , at a sufficient number of top , 1, ,, , and that any amount of asskik i Constantinople, if money was n.' object. bat Si R. Airey was afterwardg called. He stated t A nee might have been v °l about the Bth and 12th November . Lucan to prepare covering for his boe:ses, but Lord Lu c did not do so. s of Colonel Tulloch asked whether Sir. R• Airey wilacova opinion that want of ingenuity and romntitt;de was 5 in providing shelter for the cavalry h Ph o e rs s e ei s n . „„a tha t Lord Lucan objected to the question, on the gr 6 - mine it was not for witnesses, but for the' board, to deter t orders to Lo a f; that point. r . le the The Judge-Advocate said th e bo ar d would eO nslt matter, and state the result at their next meeting. The court then adjourned. TREMENDOUS BOILER EXPLOSION' LOSS OF FIVE LIVES POW About seven o'clock on Friday night, a terrificiamik explosion occurred at the flour mills of Messrs. l'ost ton and Arthur, Commercial-road, Hutchesontewntsoe, Glasgow. At that hour, a loud report, which W o oers , ' was compared to a loud peal of thunder, and b y - a O a ; to the roar of a piece of ordnance, was heard for ale': siderable distance, while a dense cloud of vapour, 111-burs' with masses of brick, timber, and other material fear' over the vicinity. On proceeding to the locality', a 0 ,0. fnl picture of devastation presented itself to tit e d ' i vitil For many yards around, the streets were corere,;,,oent the debris, whilst the walls and windows of the acY" de. houses were battered as if with a brisk cann oo3 p one' was in the mill itself, however, that the immense ddivh_e_re tive force of the explosion was most obviou s, it was accompanied by the most awful consequen r ' s * On' boiler itself seems to have been shivered to ribben,„'biorit3',„ the gable of the mill and a portion of the inroo e,„raref away , and several adjoining houses, couple of stables were utterly demol i s hed. 00 th e Anderson, the engineer, seems to have been Mlle:beets, spot, as a few minutes after the melancholy evl w ille A r" extricated a blackened corpse. John M'Cu bbill ''nin re l was taken out of the ruins alive, but so dreadfullY l o yera that he afterwards expired. At the same t ime o f the ! : fine horses were overwhelmed in the debris ; efie e r i f was killed on the spot, the others rescued. lu m ,The r re 'i s of Mr. Rutherford adjoining the premis es .ter e i -P explosion took place, was also damaged. - n ' - i n e: the employment, who were supposed to haYe,Ap e ir s e stable at the time, were buried in the ruins. " T ` o hn are John and Andrew Stewart. The body oft ;-8 r b a e l e n n s. rec A ov b e a r y ed x , ia b in u e t d th G a i t ib o e f rt A T n a d r r a ew er, is wa st s il s l tr a t r e g: a o ri tl y head with a brick, in South Wellington-street, n - t It, yards from the spot, and so severely injured, t i ll ,„ a el.)9 t ,,` l t since expired. The poor little fellow was stanuTceier,, side of his mother (in a back court) when the `", 00 3 ``" occurred. Considering the terrific violence of the owner, sion, and the dense showers of brick, stone , a. tic a l that which it scattered around, it is only surprister.s was e 5 greater amount of injury to persons and property ba d hi e occasioned. As it is, a man named James TOrne.r 0,110 j e t leg fractured. In a kitchen, erected over a corm he on the ground floor, and situated within 20 feet cot l w hri e • house, four children were amusing themselves,nipiet LS, portion of the boiler struck the house, and c % inie re knocked out one of the ends. They all escaped s 0 01 with the exception of the youngest child, v p a lac e le af on the hearthstone, and on whose legs the Prl a tjoll and inflicted some severe bruises. The Pre ser iace these children was most miraculous. The firef i,to blown out, and portions of the furniture hurle ab , flat beneath ; a piece of thli boiler, in weighl tie cwt., was thrown over a four-storey house on ert y, ly side of the street, and alighting on a back Pr e ,,P n i e tatir te l through the roof into a kitchen, where a wThin t 'd were assembled, all of whom escaped uninjured. _3sl piece, about the size of a dining room table top, , T !, over Mr. Rutherford's brewery, in its flight tear.lo4l, ft , destroying] the roof of the brewery, and a 2. As Govan-street, a distance of several hundred fe e ` 3 5 P, the cause of this dreadful occurrence, nothing is2,t, tll o `., g ss o a , rY arttes a pe tt: t a i known, but there is too much reason to believe.L:. stotle'; werefitti injection all of overhauledcol d water. must have been an overheatin of the boiler ana boiler, &c., was considered substantial in evert , eye rA The total destruction of property must amount 0 thousand pounds. about boilerthr ee a w n e d e weeks cae Or ° 311" t '_:111 LIVERPOOL ROYAL INFIRMARY. -- Week :endit3gatile°o April, 1856. —Admitted : In - patie nts,' 6; "t.„Paientg, 5 ; casuals during the week, 11 . D ischarged : out cured, 13 ; relieved, and at own request, 1 2 ; e 177' p a tients, 8; irregular, 2 ; dead, 1. Remain in the bou s iiv too 9 House visitors : William Gregson, and Charles 1 ,3 ,, pr, Esqrs. Physician and surgeon for the ensuing we. 18• Rose, and Mr. Halton. House surgeons beef , Halford. Junior house surgeon • Mr Cecil we • 0 0, • • gotobl e Chaplain : Rev. 11. Garrod, B.A. Robert treasurer.