The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-12-22 00:00:00

have 1 4 co mpleted their trigonometrical survey of °- Ivia and Wallachia, and the results of their labo urs are a l rea d y i n Vicuna.- A well-informed correspondent of the Augsburg t ` l , a ette writes " from the Polish frontiers" that a rl r .re is n o General Birjulaff with the Caucasian of and that consequently the re p ortl of an officer, t hat name having received the command of an. Y. of observation on the Persian frontier must oe ' Incorrect. General Chruleff, who has long di r eu Pied a strong position on the Arpatchai, is in can c ommunication with the Erivan corps, and ' t; - a t' any time he'reinforeed by Prince Borya itiltislli, the Commander of the . Caneisian army. 0,1 ° „ la st news Veceivad by the Tries Zeittifig from 8i1 " 11 Ita is, that Russia woula occupy " the Per pose rl Province of Asrahad," if the English took ejsion of Kirrack and, Bushire. ia-4-ording to ad vices from Rome, General Guyon A li nili ch more active than his predecessor, General. "veal' de Montreal. The new French corn zol ander examines into the condition of the native ' s wiss nt ri troops, visits the barracks, and enters wi t Z e Jery detail. The French general is satisfied il l . - le appearance of the Papal dragoons, but be' h th i nks that the Roman Gendarmerie is uneal to ie duties which it has to perform. Gen. Guyon P - L e d that it might be advisable to reinforce the t h`ich Gendarme detachment, but experience has 1 44 „‘" that Gendarm e s who know nothing of the u se i e t-le and. habits of the people are totally , • THE PAPAL STATES. that Ale. from Ravenna, of the 10th instant, states "veral arrests continue to be made. The c o " not being able to discover the assassin of t ell ?" Lovatelli, have established a system of t ° l l. * Among the persons arrested, is a member T. l e Police itself. cr e ,, 11 ,• Grand Duke of Tuscany has issued a decree ar,„;;s:tug a committee for the purpose of receiving of elca t i on s from Tuscan agriculturists. desirous A 2 B ,.. Q ; ll thog samples of their produce to the Great io — x e t la tural Exhibition—to be hell at Paris, hao I TY , 1857, and selecting such of the heto as it may consider sufficiently remarkable the i_'"sent. The committee is to correspond- with - P`'llal one of Paris in•order to concert the .. one . ‘ Of t measures for the convence and reception i o f tlZT. lid articles. The committee is composed of p - -1( " 1 -'inee do la Tour d'Auvergne, Ambassador th e •, r aiice to the Court' of Florence, president; doe' u Perintendent.General of the Grand Ducal Ati c a ng; the delegates to be elected by the 4411.-tiltural Academy (lei Georgofilli Florence ; et 4p l4. Simorii, administrator of the foresis of the v - „ Tl , t oot Twenty prizes, consisting of medals ce 4 i,..,`' ) us classes, are to -be awarded to the suc ••• Competitors. et. • • THE BALTIC. The HAMBURG, DEC. 1 8 . La s b Mission of Admiral 'Virgin to Copenhagen rittl,oecu considered one of great importance: •It is fo r , h u red to be . only one of preparation for a of t i e mission to Londen with-regard to a revision of treaty o f L on d on o f 1852, b y w hich the fear s siati political supremacy in the Baltic states ally will be at once set at rest. 'the Government question of th e. r a il wa y pia i n troduced by 'with has been taken up bytheßeichstag id er e i (l ,osiderable energy, but has met with con •tlectiule oppositi on on the part of the agricultural ttilc„ - " of the Diet. The press is almost excluSively a tl i ti ;" 11 1) with the rail Way scheme, and the most lO n P°l'tant periodicals. in the country have very, i art icles on the subject. Itteiw th l'eapeet tti the.wreek of the steamer Un na, be„, a few days back, fUrther accoun ts hav e re ceived, from which it appears that 18. per th4, s aved their lives in •. a boat which .conveyarl ti t 4 to the r oc k y i s l an d of Gran, and during the i e s t bey were compelled to remain , were exo ) s ed ha d egrees of frost. One of the p asse,igers iv•hVi erl ed to have some matches in his pocket, by they were enabled to make a fire, and• thus haepthem selves from freezing to dea th. The Kin g 'wh rl s cut' to the widow and children of a clergyman, aloja; r 9 L ' a drowned among the 19 oerso ns on this ~ IV: 1401 y occasion, the sum of 350 (lois: r .m. • snow has agaiudisappeared, and sledges are, r lcer on.the roads. fit l t,' l ish accounts from Copenhagen, of the latest mention the retirement of, Lieutenant el' or al Krogh, through ill-health, from the the l— , e ornmiind of the troops in the Duchies, and 4 '-'lO 13 ) . 1 ) a ppointment of Major General von Sch ol er, 1)1 4 : local rank of a Lieutenant-General, in his th e ..`•Phleswig Provincial Diet was opened en tr ae "lh inst.. at the town of Flensborg, for the . 11 0 : 8 1r i °tit of public business in the usual ‘2v0711. is Danish Reichstag will be closed on the deploit.for the celebration of Christmas by the au, t ea, and remain so until the sth of the ensuing Oft k ei ',Wher in the interesting statement appears th e at. orn , a , fi of the Government, with respect to I vho tt C,9, ll ot in the savings' banks throughout the Ye 4ll , IQlJallish Monaiehy at the conclusion of the the " 55 , andconsiderable progress in showing a • I , ll ' o o nomical sense of the population. amounts are respectively as follows : e i, - "••'"'doui of Denmark ...... . $20,663,970 ev of Schl esw i g t ' of Hol s t e i n 4- lehy of Launenburg 565,472 • , T he • Total , • $34,015,311 I .Saa 7, (3 amounts haVe increased since the year 1 5,02 3 " 3 " 18,392,244 dollars, having bee n then 067 dollars. Otur, lia r pPY state of prosperity experienced in th . e . lite r4 j e o li r t Holstein is particularly shown by th is • Th e 14 . CUXHAVEN, DEC. 1 6 . 4te arr aill nionia, Hamburg and New York packet Dear 41 ; 111), Captain Popp, has again • made its ap ce in the Elbe, after an excellent, but very nriri 4j r° lts run of fourteen days and eight hours, I ,, re iglit ng , l7o passengers and a valuable CfilltO, the foris said to be abOut 60,000 marks cur ‘or 3 fen t ,. . ‘ ie ban Pot). sterling), and about 1,0001 in pas . SPAIN. Th e 7, flOt 4 Tadrid ar tpea, jOUrrialt4 of the 15th instant, have PREPARATIONS CF PRUSSIA. • BERLIN, Dxo 16. nt(- , (1111 ' military circles nothing is talked . of but - pre Pitt Parations going on and the orders given to 7- 1 , lar ge Part of the army on the war foo t ti e ng iv i a i r i tO 43ove towards Switzerland. At 1 °i ce th e needful instructions for the commanders ready' • r eady,."rl ) §.l to be employed are all written out It a is d , 0 be sent off at a moment's notice. to e , t4 ted, on first-rate authOrity, that if Prussia . 1)(): 1 ,, Pelled to take any hostile measures to regain t f i let. ' x' s ,: i°n of Neufchatel, considerably more than Q rnay corps at first intended will bemobilised tat It -Mediate active service. The name of the gene . - Itle ti ° ,,• w hom the chief command is to'he entrusted is , '" , l freely, but Ido not believe that there tl iii;' l'°lln ds to warrant ite heing . considered any Pt , r ttore than an on dit. It is the Prince of rhatl a • It is talk e d o f, as an understood thing, r' , ~)r : 3 , wit zerland will eventually ba made to.pay . n " e- expenses 'caused by the approaching str ation or _Campaign, which ever it P—e4proves , Constitutionnel is, no doub t , we ll i O IIE 4 in stating that. the Neufchatel question anp en ris sttnied serious and even threatening 11 1(4 e -1 ' 4 leo, but the measures taken are nothing QvervtTio must have been anticipated by res tl i - "uY as the natural and consistent 'otit tint " the circular dispatch of the Bth a PhI L I am informed that Prussia has already , " 1 4:41 1 ° the different States for permission to 4 0 uer troops through their territory, and that tv en Moulty has been made on their part. It is bef,, B aid that the subject will be officially brought , c) rtl e ; e , t he German Diet at their next sitting, in bly ti Lo Obtain th e f o rmal sanction of that assem obj'e t ," I have already informed you that no c "mkwill be offered by France to the ener- • getic steps about to be taken by Prussia, but that • on the contrary the Emperor Napoleon has already given his hearty consent. _ „.. The flattering reception experienced by Prince Frederick William at Paris has giVen great satis faction here. as it.is justly considered as a proof of the Cordiality existing between the two courts. The young prince is expected to arrive here on the' 29th or 30th inst.,,and after the festivities about to, take .place on •New Year's Day in honour of the, • Prince of Prussia's Jubilee (as he will then have been fifty years in the army), he will. rdjoin his regiment at'Breslau. THE REOPENED CONFERENCE OF PARIS. , It is now settled that, within a few days.these- cond Plenipotentiaries are to meet at Paris for the purpose of. adjusting the'disputed question of 801- , grad and the Isle of Serpents. When the Treaty of Paris was concluded, many points, of detail re mained which could not possibly • be solved either at that time or in that Place. In the working out of the stipulations' of the treaty it was more than possible that' diSpirtes', and diffichlties might arise.. Some were foreseen at the time, others have since arisen. Hence it was deterinined that the second Plenipotentiaries should be empowered . to:, re assemble for the consideration of such questions as , were entirely new and unavoidable, and arose naturally en. - , of the inherent difficulties, of the business in hand. This provisiOn having been made, the conference was broken up, and com missions and secretaries betook- themselves to the task of working Out the details: Long before any : b - asiness of "detail was' done; or any, question - of frontier settled, the Russian Government showed' signs of a readim ss to clutch at any theanor pitiful advantage which it might.be in, her power to seize. The Isle of Serpents has always gone with the main land, to which it naturally belongs. When the Turks held Bessarabia before 1829, they htld also the Isle of Serpents. When, by the Treaty of Adrianople, that province was ceded to Russia, the Isle of Serpents went with it, not by treaty, for it is not mentioned, but . as a matter of course, as naturally as 'the Isle of Wight would go •with the County of Hants. 'Most naturally, therefore, when that portion of R;;ssarabia, which commanded the mouth of the Danube was restored to Turkey by the Treaty of Paris, the Isle of Serpents, adjacent thereto, was understood to go with it. To have held the contrary would have been absurd. The very object of the cession of that part of Bessarabia was the enfranchisement of the Danube. But such enfranchisement would be impossible as long as Russia held the Island in question. The right of Turkey to the Island stands upon custom, upon One of the very objects of the treaty, and upon the nature of the case. And if it were not mentioned by name in the treaty, it was because it was.included in the object of the treaty in spch necessity as that the treaty would be an absurdity without it Was it surprising, then, that when Eogland saw the great power of the North. making .a descent upon this choice spot, it should interpose its veto ? . True, it, was not an - armed descent. The invaders con sisted only of a lieutenant of the destroyed navy, and eight or nine men. • True, their only arms were •cotton Wick and train oil. But the substance of Russia's impropriety remained the smite. The island belonged to Turkey, and Russia had no right there. When the •English Admiral went to Odessa to complain, he was put di by a subterfuge for twenty.four , hours, in the course of which the governor there con trived to send a ship of war with troops •to take. forcible possession of the disputed 'territory; and had Sir Houston Stewart been a less experienced man, he might, on his return to the rocky spot, have seen a hundred guns bristling upon all avail able points. But while the Governor of Odessa was putting him otf, he sent off the 'Hannibal and another vessel to mount guard, so that the Russian troops, on their arrival, found thenpleiVes Outwitted, and peremptmily forbidden to land. Nothing could be more prompt or n . re proper than the action of E eland in this matter. She had g,.ine to war at great cost for a principle. When the fortune of - war had given her advantages of which she might have made the most- she was content, for the sake of peace, to make the . least of them. But she was not prepared to see the terms which she had so dearly bought, and so considerately assented to, coolly set at naught by a piece of flagrant. audacity On the part of Russia. She, therefore sent her' fleet into the Black Sea, to cruise there until the treaty should be carried into effect, and there it continues cruising to this day. It will -he remembered that Russia offered to refer the dispute to a fresh - Congress. England refused, because this - was a point on which there could be no reasonable doubt —a point which was already 'established by pre cedent and custom. The question of Bolgrad had not then risen: It arose, however, immediately afterwaid.s, provoked, as it would almost seem, by the disappOintment of Russia on the island ques tion. What Russia has "all along aimed ,at has been to, get the Conferences renewed on any terms, in the hope of rsising,fresh .points, and possibly dividing the counsels of ,Europe, and weakening certain existing alliances. 'Nothing could be easier than to invent a fresh Bolgrad, and throw the blame of the confusion of places upon the inaccuracy of maps and the ignorance 'of hydrographers. To , raise such a :qu•.;stion was certainly paltry ;,but, being raised, it must be solved, and its solution is most naturally referred to the Second Plenipo tentiaries, to whom was delegated by the Congress the task of adjusting disputed details. There is . no fear of the new Bolgrad being chosen. The treaty is express about the enfranchisement of the Danube, but that enfranchisement can never be complete if Russia makes good her present. claims. 'Russia knows this as well as we do, and, having agreed to ,abide by the Conference, will, no doubt, be glad to back out, under its authority, from a position which she cannot .maintain without a sacrifice of honour . and dignity, incommensurate with. the objects proposed - to be gained. . • SEIGE AND SURRENDER OF, .11ERA.T. • A French letter from Teheran of November 8, (probably from Colonel Buhler, the Persian com mander in chief, himself,) gives some details of the circumstances connected with the , taking of Herat., It says :—" The greatest joy was caused here by . the news of Herat having fallen into the hands of the Persians. When at first the edge operations advanced .but slowly, the Shalt - sent there French. officer named Pnhler,,whom he had for some time in his service; Air — the in% pose of instructing' the engineers of the Persian troops. That officer had belonged tn the poly *3bnic .school, and, according to custom, went to the sehopl at Metz t 0... spend two. years, at the end of which period he was named lieuten ant in the French army, Just at that time Persia required a good officer of engineers, and M. Buhler' thinking it a good opportunity .to push his fortune, gave in his resignation, and withdrawing from the • French army, pro. needed to Persia, where, after a short time, he had given such indubitable marks of ability that he was named pplonel in the Persian army. When the sieg e a dvanced SO cfpowly, the Shah sent Colonel. Buhler to the force before Herat, find transmitted special ,orders to 'Sultan Murah-Mirza, the Commander in-chief, to follow the French officer's 'advice in everything relating' to the works before the town. The day after his arrival in the be , inning of . August, Colonel Buhler was entrusted by the Prince with the command of, the operations, and at once gave an immense, impulse to the works. The approaches to the town were entirely protected, and Undies of troops were sent on to keep in .check the tribes in the neighbourhood, whom - Dost Aloham.- med was exciting to rise against the Persians, These diversions had an excellent effect; the great tribe of the 4areh, and the population of the Gnour were reduced to neutrality; and Timour Konli Khan, the most important thief in the coun try,-repaired to Teheran to make profession of his friendly disposition towards Persia, On the south side an advance was made towards the chain of mountains which extend'in the direction cf Cando har ; whilst, at the same time, operations were carried on towards Furrah, so as to counteract the • 5..•-• THE NORTHERN TIMES,---LIVERPOOL, MONDAY. movements of-post Mahomed, who, at the instance •of the_English, had, t gone„;,ita J persen to 'Candi:her:- All the efforts made to stir np_the natives of the country failed Letole the measures of the-rer sian commander; one of. the-most ne4ll-in - fliiary chieftains, the Sultan Ali•E'ran, was induced even to quit Candahar with his family, and to come and claim at Herat the protection of the General Sultan Murad-Mirzs, who.. alloted to him an , asylum adequate to his rank in the province of KhoraSsati, whilst-. he - sent one of his vassals; the chief of the tribe of the Aletchefzais, to present his homage to the,Shali, at Teheran.. As soon as the result of these operations had been ascertained; the besiegers established three streng posts to the. eastward, at Bihreod IPifin, at the. sources of the. river Heriroud, ,which flows past, Herat, and at , other places. This service was performed by the cavalry; and ,towards the end at the month of August the siege batteries were in a condition to open fire, and =the attack was• comment3ed against Fort Nettcliki . . — The artillery was well served, and the trenches were advanced regttlarly until they approached in some places within 'ten metres Of . the'difeh Which surrounds the town. 'the defen sive works of Herat consisted of a bastioned wall; which was raised during. the siege of 1838, aid which had forced the father of the •reigning Shah,, "after many useless efforts, to raise the siege-. Afterwards some English officers of the East 'lndia Company's service, added exterior works, the key of which was the fort just mentioned, Nouchki, and certain fortifications 'of no very great strength, in front of the Gate Pilehkane, the whole surrounded by a rather - deep, foSse. Whilst l the Persians. were steadily making 'their advances, the Affghansi by their frequent sorties more than once succeeded in partially destroying the works. In these skirmishes the word of command was.fre queutly _heard given in the English language; ith:ieed, there was not the slightest doubt that English officers were present in the place. One olthe most curious incidents of the siege was an attempted attlelt made by a company of Persians at an advanced station, Who, without the knowledge or consent of their lead,erS,,listened to the repeated invitations given . them by serne'fraitors within the city, and one dark night surprised - a tower, from which, however„ the . Persians, 'overwhelmed by superior numbers, were obliged to retreat, with the loss of two.thirds of their number. If this movement had been better arranged and supported, Herat would probably have fallen into the power of the Shah that very night. At the beginning of October the trenches were 'So far advanced that • Colonel Buhler pledged himself in - a deSpatch to the, Shah that the place would be taken Within a given time, and so convinced was the. ruler of Persia that the French °Meer would make goad his promise, that he raised him .to the rank of general. The exterior works were destroyed by mining, and several breaches- were effected in the wall Everything was ready far the assault, and the Persians had made all their preparations for the final attack, when•the besieged. reduced to the greatest extremities, by famine, and wishing to prevent the terrible consequences of the forced capture of . the'towa by an army irritated by a long resistance, despatched Mir-Abdol-Azim to the Persians, to declare the t ova . was willing to sur render. This overture being well received Yssa Khan, who commandoi the garrison, issued from the town, aCcompa , ,i,3d by all the chief personage's belonging to it, civil aod Military, and prcce.eled to the Persian camp, lo make, his submission to Murad.Mirza.- The-prince received_ him with great kindneSs, and with .an assurance of good treatment. Immodiatelyafter the gates of the town were throN'rn open, and the Persian troops made. their entrance in such 'perfect Order as to do great honour to the discipline acquired in the Shah's army. It is woithV of remark that not a single act Of violence was . commit‘ed. Murad-Mirsa eatahlished himself in the ,•itadel with four of his regiments. The gates were guarded by Persian sentries, and the most perfect order established in the, All .the country around Herat for a.dis twice of forty leagw•s is militarily- occupied by the Persians, and the chiefs of the Affghan tribes are hurrying in from all sides to the Commander - in Chief." The number of - delegates at the Seuthera Commercial Convention, now in .e.eesion in Savannah, ie. very large. About one fourth are from Virginia. The following list of the , "titles" of the delegat:s has been given : —Gover wars, 69 ; Generals 110; (Jolene's. 415 ; Doctors, 320 ; llonourables, 500; Majors, 23a; Captains, 250; ,not mentioned, 104. Teta!, 1989. FATHER MATHEW AND THE IRON DIME —ln 1847, the leader of one of the temperance bands in Cork enlisted in the army. He was the chief support of an aged mother, his wife and six children. The amiable Father Mathew applied to the colonel of the regiment in vain for his dis charge. Being disappointed, he wrote, contrary to the advice of his friends, to the commander of the forces, who, by return of post, sent an autograph as follows : " Field Marshal the Duke of Wellington presents his com pliments to the - Very Rev. Mr. Mathew—he mid not refuse his. application, and has directed the discharge of the soldier he desired." INTIRESTING GUNNERY EXPERIMENT.—With a view of obtaining more positive confirmation of the resistance afforded by the plates of iron which form the outer casing of our newly constructed floating batteries, a bulkhead, 14 feet by 12, has been erected in Woolwich Arsenal marsh's, for the purpose of currying out some experiments connected therewith. The bulkhead was composed of solid timber, similar to those of a ship's hull, firmly .Bolted together, so as to consolidate a depth of 1 foot 8 inches, and faced with four sheets of tolled and hammered iron, full four inches thick: The butt' so *Constructed was well secured by a number of strong spurs, and fixed at 'an angle of eight degrees in the most appropriate locality, set cted for the purpose, in the practising range in the vicinity of the arsenal. . Twenty four rounds were successively fired from one of the heaviest guns, a 68 pounder, weighing 95 cwt, and charg d with 16 lbs of powder and an 8 inch shot. The experiment at the commencement was tested over a range of 600 yards, which was subsequently reduced - to 400 yards. Fifteen shot were of cast and nine of wrought iron. The effect produced by the former on the iron coating was scarcely perceptible, except when it struck the rolled sheets, and then no further than sightly skini.ing the sur face in the immediate spot struck. The nine wrought iron shots were each flattened by the force of the anted - , and fell to the ground without making any.visible impression on the eurface of the target. The cast iron shots, h!ing broken int ) fragment , , also fell harmlessly to the ground ; the last; however, penetrated the iron Owing, and remained partially embedded in the woodwork. The . re'nit conse quently rests thus :=--Out, of the 24 experimental discharges, 21 effected no damage, two fell wide of the mark, and 'one pierced the target. • 1.."-,T OF PASSENGERS ne — THE ROYAL MAIL STEAMER PERSIA FROM New if onie.—Mr Raymond, Mr. Herring and lady, Mr C H Clarke and lady, Mr Hedge and lady, Mrs Deveepott, two children, and servant, Mrs Stratton, TOm Thumb and servant, Mrs Joseph Bell, Miss. Sarah . Grayson, •Mr F Vandenstracten, Mr John Whittaker, Captain A Williams, Mr Benjamin Jackson; Mr Yaines M'Coy, Mr Ayles, Mr B. Hewitt, Mr L W Bunn, Mr Q Smith, Mr Letchworth, Pr Riesfries, Mr Deek worth, Mr J S Playfair, Mr Corrie, Mr. S P Bidder, "Mr S S Osgood and Lady, Mr Robert Wade and lady, Mr J Deago, Right Rev 0 Connor, Bishop of Pittsbure, Mr Pedro 111 Diage, Mr 'Archibald B Triple, Mr B. H Hayes, Mr Ralph Daly, Mr Joseph Gilkison, Mr John Zealeaf, Mr Burnham, 111 i James fal‘Heury,. Mr. H. Smith Catlett), Mr Simpson, Mr More ice, Mi C Ridley, Mr J II Marett, Mr Desilos, Mr. Demian, Mr Jules Gnichard, Mr W Qun hinghami Mr Geo Warren, Mr J S Walker, Mr Kleiman, Mr Welts, Mr Wilson, Mr Russell, Mr W Dickson, Mr. Charles Brown, Mr M Leinan, Mr G H itenball,, Mr Deady, Mr Henderson, Mr A G Harper, Mr Rixas, Mr Wardle, Mrs Berm . , Miss Berm, Mrs Hoare, and two children ; Mr l'ielang, Mr O'Brien, Baron R9nehasd, Mr Beck, Mr M Burr, Mr 'W 2 Banton, rear Rehert Eyre, Mr A . J Reand, Mr James Andereon,.. Mt V Y Mac kenzie, Mr Thos Manning. pr W C Anderson, Mr E PoWer, Mr Murdoch, Mr James Stonebridge, Lieut H D MacLeod, Mr Geo Owens, Mr J Scholes, Mr.E James, Mr John Dane, Mr J M Crosaan, Mr Hammel, lady and infant 'Mr Gorden, Mr C Smith, Mr C Batton, Mr E Waitland, Mr Hutcheson, Mr IP Baby, Mr H Sehmidt, -Mr Edward Boyle, Mr R Sterling, Mr. G. H. Brenswig, Mils Cress, Mrs John Jones, Mr James, lady, two children, ',and servant, Mr Conpeux, Mr James Harris, Mr Pierce, .Mr G J Wallan, Mr Edward Berry, Mr. Sehalter, Mr. Betle, Mr S L Leopold and boy, Mr Thomas M Quill, Mr Waterman, Mr. S G. Wright, Mr J Harrison, Rev J Cross and lady, Mr W Nicholson, Mr Thompson, Captein James Brown, Rev J 0 Conner, Mr J F Fisher and lady, Mr II A Hill s Mr R Glover, Miss tltewellyn, T J Hutton, Miss MOonigan, Mr John H Trabain„latiY, and two infant, Mr S A If trvey, Captain Nugent, Bth regt, Oapt - Boyes, do, Lieut Boresford, do, Mr Geo Meakin, Mr Jos Stansbury,. Mr L F Drayo, Mr W E Spencer, Mr C Sanford, Mr Jos Bell, Mr W Roper, Mr S Rosenbaun, Mr John Booth, lady, Mr R Seddon, and thiee children, THE COURT 7 4 - _ • • ht--PARTgMOUI 11, Dee- Lo.—ller Maj cgs, Erie ce..A liter% and he court left Osborne this morning at &even o'clock, for this po'rt. The embarkation_ on beard the Fairy, screw ten der to the royal yacht, torik Place a few minutes after that hour, and the Q.leen was soon on her way On approaching spithtai the royal standard, iivas ,salute.d iiith 21 guns by the. Shannon, 51, screw frigate, 'Captain W. Peel, 0.8 ; Retribution, 23, paddle frigate, Captain B irker; and the Prussian frigate Thetis, Captain Sindensag. In running towards Portsmouth harbour the garrison also saluted from the fortificatibes, and after icards th , s was repeated' by. the Victory and other Ships in harbour. The whole'of the men of war were dressed with masthead flags, whilst the Prussian , frigate an sloop, ' and the . Arctic ship Resolute, were dressed in colours: ' All the vessels' crews cheered her Majesty as she pissed them, and none more so than the P, ussiari and Araerican crewa.' The Fairy ran up to the Clarence 3 ard, and her Majesty disembarked-et 12 o'clock, being received there by the Commander-in-Chief, Vice- Admiral Sir M. Seymour, K.C.B ; the Lieutenant• Governor Major-G,?neral Breton; Admiral Superintendant Martin; C'aptaiu SaperintOidant S. C. nacres ,• the flag and staff officers of the port and garrison ; ' Messrs. ' D via and Pinhorn, of Clarence-yard; and a guard of honour from the Royal Marines; with the bind of that cnrpa. The royal party proceeded en rotate to Windsor per South Western Railway: w is nson, Dee. 19.—The royal party arrived at twenty minutes past two o'clock at Windsor, where her Majesty was received by a guard of honour of the -Coldstream Guards, with the band of the reginient. Lady Macdonald has succeeded the Duchess ,ol' Athell, as lady in waiting to her Majesty. The heti. 13eatrice Byng has arrived as maid of honour in waiting, and Lord Rivers and Major. General Berkeley Drummond as the lord and the groom in waiting. The Prince Ernest,of Leiningen, and his brother Prince Edward, arrived in ,Loudon yesterday . Morning. Their serene highnesses left town on a visit to the Duc4ess of Kent at Frogmore, and travelled by the Great Western railway to Windsor. Mr. Joseph Ilindson and Mr. J. H. Hayes, from Liver pool, hid an interview with Mr. Secretary Labouchere on Friday at the Colonial Office. A MAN FOUND DEAD.—On Saturday night the police on duty in John's lane found a man (name at present un known) in a state of apparent insensibiiitv. • He was taken to the Infirmary, where it was found he was dead. He was dressed as a mechanic. ST• ANNEN DISPE/VARY AND EYE AND EAR INSTITUTION, 9, Rose there—New patients' entered on the books last week e viz., Dec. 20, 1856 : Relieved at the institution, 13.5 ; relieved a' their 'own dwellings, 63; total, 198 Visitors : Mr. Watts, 'Mr.' Kirk. Hon. Secretary and Treasurer, Joseph Kitchen, Esq BURGLARY IN . CHEMIRB.—EarIy on Saturday morning, the 'house' 61 the 13,.. Joshua King, Wood Church, Cheshire, was broken into by six or seven armed men, who stole front' • £6O to £lOO in bank notes and gold, together with a large quantity of plate and a variety of property. The 'police are on the alert, but up to the present they have not -succeeded in capturing any one, but there are strong hopes that they will catch the perpetrators of• this outrage. We forbear giving more details at present. LIVERPOOL Ram, INFIRMARY.— Week ending December 20, 185G.—adruitted : iu-patients, 32 ; 'out-patients; 3 ; casuals dUring week, 7. Discharged : in-patients cured, 16; relieVed, and at own - request; 12; made out-patents, 3 ; irregular, 1; dead, 3 : remain iti the hinise, 166. House visitors : Lawrence Peel and J. G. Livingston, Esqrs Physician and surgeon for ensuing week : Dr. Turnbull and Mr. E. R. Bickersteth: House surgeon : Mr. Morris Junior house surgeon : Mr. Cecil Webster Chaplain Rev. H. J. Gairod, B.A. Robert Hutchison,. treasurer. Sr; AL'eirits's irtal..—Nr. Best, organist of St. George's. Hall, Liverpool, last night, gave a performance on the new instrument which has recently been erected by Messrs. Willis, for the purposes of Mr. Hullah's concerts. The selection, of which the more important items 'were Handel's concerti, in C, the andante of M zirt's symphony (No 9) Weher's overture to 4 Preciosa," B:ich's prelude and fugue in G, and the larghetto_ from I3ethoven's Symphony in D, was edruirably executed, .and displayed to the best advantage the undoubtedly excellent qualities possessed by the organ. —Londrn Paper of Saturday. ARREST OF ,•A ►SUPPOSED BARON ,IN LIVERPOOL —O❑ 53.111. 4y, inspector Murphy, of the detective police, arrested a person calling himself B .ron Brouchow, who ass charged fur having come by the Persia, royal mail steamer, from New .York, without paying his f ,re. It appeared that the " Baron" had by some means managed to conceal himself on board the boat, and was not discovered until the vessel was some da}s out,at sea. . He said he was secretary to the Pruseiau ambassador a', Washington, and that his position was quite enough for his fare. This .sort of doctrine was not credited by the company,,the more so as he had only, is 6d ou his person. He was brought before the magistrates ou Saturday, and the above facts having transpired, ho was ren ended. THE RAILWAY PASS CASE.--MY. Godfrey, solicitor for Mr. Nash, states that the defendant did not "describe himself a, a reporter for newspapers," which he is not. That at first, as at last, it was treated as a case of fare which defendant refused to pay, and the decision was based ou that, the defendant having travelled from Crewe with a genuine, unused; but old and altered (in time, &c.) free ticket, which he insisted'he was justified in doing by his correspondence with Euston, but that correspondence being at that moment ignored, and he unable to go and search for it, the adjudication to pay the full fare, &e , followed, but it has since been found and submitted to the a uthorities, and legal opinion is, that -it fully confirms his statement, and justifies ulterior steps. POSTOFFICB MONEY ORDER OFFICE, DERBY ROAD, BOOTLE —The inhabitants of Bootle.cum-Linacre ard the surrounding districts will be glad to learn that the post. master general, in compliance with an application made to him in October last, has been pleased to authorise the establishment of a money order office at the above receiving office, where orders may be obtained on and after the Ist of January next. This public accommodation will be found a great convenience to the neighbourhcod, more particularly to the large body of men employed at the North Dock works, the troops located at the fort, and also to the residents of the lower parts of Kirkdale, who hitherto have been obliged to go to Liverpool to obtain Postoffice orders. Mr. John Rirnmer, boottnaker, has been appointed to the office. Bonouon Stsszows.—On Saturday the following sen. tences were passed :—James Clay, 18 months' imprison ment ; John O'Brien, 15 months' imprisonment ; Thomas Smith, 8 months' imprisonment; Mary Jones, 10 months' imprisonment; Edward Molyneux, 12 months' imprison. ment Robert Jenkinson, 15 months' imprisonment.; Ann Welsh, 4 months' imprisonment; Mary Jordan, 9 months' imprisonment ; William Gillery, 44 days' imprisonment, and 5 years to a reformatory ; Joseph Sloane, 16 days' imprisonment, and 5 years to a reformatory; George Kirk, 44 days' imprisonment, and 5 years to a reformatory Robert Williams, 6 montils' imprisonment, and years to a reformatory; Peter Burke 4 weeks' hard labour; Wil liam Buckley. 5 years' penal servitude; Johu Davjes, 3 weeks' hard labour ; Patrick Daley, 16 days' imprisonment, and 5 years to a reformatory ; John Smith and Emanuel . Morie, acquitted ; Michael Berry, 4 calendar months' hard labour ; John Russell, acquitted ; George BroWn, ac quitted; Ellen Amos, 4.months' imprisonment. Conosina's INouss - rs.---On Saturday, the C , r, - nor held the following inquests. On the • body of R Martin, fifty•two years of age, who resided at Summer Seat. The deceased, was suffering from disease of tho heart,- for some time past, and. 01,..S tturday morning he dropped dead in the street.—Verdiet, died by the visitaticn of Get On . the body of Joseph, Grace, four years of age, the son of ; a grocer carrying oa business in Aighburth street. About a fortnight since; the child (with an elder brother) was playing in the kitchen, when his clothes caught are, and he was so Setiously injured that he died from the efftots.— Verdict, accidental death. On the body of Joho D ivieS, a sailor, who died in the northern hospital. On Friday week the deceased got a fall _from a strip, and fracture'l his skull, from the eff.:cts of which he died in the hospital.—Verdict, accidental death. MISS LACY GASKILL'S CONCERT.—On Saturday night Miss Lacy Gaskill gave her first select concert of vocal and instrumental music in the Assembly-rooms, Great George street. Stie was assisted by Miss Wiatt, who was so favourably received at the St. George's Hill concerts,Nr. Miller, Mr. Armstrong, Mr. Baetins, and Master .119 deli&. Mr. Skeaf,. jun., wiF se accompaniments were very excellent, presided at the pianofotte. The rooms were crowded in every part, and the audience. testified their appreciation of the concert by frequent and hearty applause. Of Miss Gaskill's singing %ve have had en more than one occasion to speak in these columns in terms of just commendation. The oftener we hear her the more pleased are we with her efforts. She is very young, and not long before' theimblic, and the absence of animation sometimes observable in her singing, arises not from any want of a just conceprisn of the spirit of the music, or power to render it effectively, but front the timidity peculiar to, and pleasing in the young debutante. We liked her much in the trio " - Tt ) ,rego;' , ' in which Miss Wiatt and Mr: Millar took part, and partihlarly in " The h arp t h a t onge t h roug h T ar a 's Halls,". wbiah she song with the simplicity and feeling which constitute the charm of such melodies. Miss Wiatt, Mr. Armstrong, and Mr. Millar also creditably sustained their part, while Mr. Bletin's violin performances were faultless, and eliciied enthqsiastic encoFeq. Master Radcliffe gives prOlniee of bacorning'an excellent flentis', but he hag not yet acquired a sufficient command over the jostrnment to make bur per. formanoes even or sustained throughout. In the " Carnival of Venice" he wag well supported by Mr. Skeaf, and we think it would have been for his advantage in the encore; , had that gentleman been allowed also to accompany him. , „ .. ~ 1., . ~ THE IcIVIGHTSBRIDGE CASES.—SENTENCE. —,------ BEFORE SIR 1 DODSON. ILIDDEE (CLERK) AND HORNE V. "WEATYRTON.—LIDDLR- C (C o l.g ur r ir ) v on; a B s decision y was r. a L n us a h p i n p g e a to l to ; the with yArcheseg regard to the legality of. certain ornaments and articles of church furniture in the church of St. Paul's Knights bridge, and the chapel of St. Barnabas, Pimlico. The suits Were originally applications on behalf of Illeerrs. Westerton and Beal, ,praying : the court to direct the', removal, in both cases, ,of the altars, the " credences " (i.e. the side tables, on which the elements were laid, until they were directed .by the rubric ,to , be, placed on the communion, table), the altar erosses anti candlesticks, and the elaborree series of altar vestments used'according to the seasons of the ecclesiastical year. In_ the case of St. Barnabas, the court was also prayed io direct the removal of the chancel screen, its brazen gates, and its cross; and to order the fen Commandments to be set up against the east end of the chancel. ,The learned judge of toe Consistory Court of London granted the application of the; promoters. so far as regarded the removal of the altar, crosses, and vestments, thecredenees,'' the cross on the chancel screen, and-the communion tables (being , of stone). at St. Barnabas, and the setting up of the Commandments ;. but he, declined to pronounce agaitist the altar canrilesticks, the altar of carved wood at St Paul's and the rood screen or its gates at St. Barnabas. sir John 'Dodson now gave men:enee on the appeal. He commenced by. recapitulating the ,particulars of the case as disclosed in the records befPre the court, and expressed his obligation to the counsel on both sides, for the learning and ability:which theY had manifested in the discharge of their duty, and the assistance which he had derived therefrom. He'' 'then observed that the placing of the crosses in the altar and on the communion table formed the principal subject of dispute, and that his attention would, in the fist instanee,..be confined to-that matter. It was admitted by - counsel for the appellants that crosses must be considered as orna ments, and the question was whether such ornaments were legally admissible in the church. It was also admitted that the rubric, as at present contained in the Book of Common Prayer, must determine what was the law on this subject. Having thus intimated the nature of the primary issue to be decided, the learned judge proceeded to examine the various ancient statutes of the realm bearing on the discipline and service of the Established Church ; and in the course of his review of these he remarked that both the equrt below and counsel for the appellants and respondents, in their treatment of the case, had omitted to take notice of an act of par liament passed towards the close of the first year of the reign of Edward VI. That act was, he said, of a miscellaneous character, dealing -with a variety of subjects, and repealing.a number of acts which imposed penalties for offences of high treason, and in matters of doctrine and religion. Before the passing of this miscellaneous act the statute book contained many acts which imposed penalties for the use of prohibited chnrch ornaments, and It was to be suppOSed that_ this repeal ing statee of the Ist otEdward VI., contravened those penalties. It must, howeyer, be observed tharat - the very commencement of the second ye a r of the reign 'of the same king, the act of Parliatnent Was passed which established the Book' of Common P ayer. In this book was, of. course, contained 'the rubric., wbjeh it was ad mitted must' determine the primary law 'on 'the subject of the' use of crosses. The rubric directly prohibite'd the use of these. ornaments, and if, as he believed, the rubric was to be understood, as having repealed the Ist of Edward VI., there was 'no statutory authority what ever for the use of these ornaments.. The learned judge then referred at considerable length to the Act of Uniformity, and to e.‘..e proceedings connected With. it. Adverting to the ease of Bishop Gardiner, he remarked that that prelate was the only church dignitaliy 'of the day who disptiterl,the validity of the ordinances, issued under the authority of the act, which prohibited the use of the orninietiti in question,' and that he was thrown into prison for his contumacy, and afterwards liberated on his submission. As regarded the validity of the ordi nances which, on the authority of the Act of Uniformity, forbade thc,useoftheornarnentsunderconsideration, it had been argued that there was no pro if that the parties by whom they were signed held the offices which they were require Itodo by the act of parliament. The ,diffieulty in connection with this point was increased by the fact that the _parties who signed the ordinances subscribed their names withoht appending to them the iaties of the 'offices Which they filled ; but his researches had enabled . him to -discover, that out of the fourteen persons who . signed the ordances,,eleven held at the time the offices Specified in the' act of parliament; and it was but reasonable to suppose that the ether Lffices were - held by the other persons who slgned. After an elaborate analysis ' of the whole matter, the judge ailinned the judgment of the court below, and condemned the app e ll an t s i n t h e costs of the appeal.. A furtlier appeal was instantly asserted. The court was exceedingly crowded throughout. _ -- THE NEW BRITISH TREATY, .ash Treaty, We have reason to b e li eve that the new rb''' which has just bee n conc l u d e d b y M r. will shortly be laid befor e the. "..7, - die foSranas, and whi c h confirmation, is one of the most inaportent . lately seen the 110 iploinatic documents that hav e *. It will be remembered that when the United 8 111 6 ! and Great Britain ratified the famous Clayton Bllwer treaty, considerable dissatisfaction was felt on this side of the water. It was the opinion of many that the United States should not have departed from their policy of avoiding entangling alliances, and should have pursued their policy in Central America, lade pendint of and without regard to Great Britain. There was no doubt considerable c - gency in the arguments. At the same time, one can andetstand the motives which induced the United States government of that day to bend their principles in order to gain so desir able an end as the 'permanent enfranchisement of Central America from Bri ish intrigues. It was the belief of the American negotiator of that treaty and of his friends—a belief, perhaps, not as fully justified by the strict . language of th e t rea t y as mighthave been desir able=that after the ratification of that treaty, British aggrandisement and British encroachment upon Central America would be at an end. How that antici pation was disappointed, the world knows. Great Britain chose to interpret the treaty as debarring her from future conquests, not from present possessions, or even a conversion of squatter into actual territorial rights; and thus the only object which had induced the United States to make a treaty with Great Britain at all, on the subject of central America, was lost. Under these circum-tauces Mr. Buchanan began, and Mr. •Dallas has , concluded, a negaciation, which it may be presumed, has fivally settled this vexed matter. As Great Britain could not be 'expected to seem to be bullied out of her preten sions in the Mosquito territory, and at Houluras, and as the United. Stat es were firmly resolved to resist the further extension of. British power in that part Of the continent, and to require the withdrawal . of thu insignia of British, empire which had been latterly pla n t e d th ere, recourse . was had by the diplomatists of the two countries to compromise. The small and obscure States of Honduras and Nicaragua were made to intervene in the negotiation ; and apparently, as of, her own mere wilt and gracious motion,,England surrendered , to the one the. Bay Islands, to the other the Mosquito territory. Thus far the public are generally cognizant of the negociation. But now,we. are told a new treaty in referetwe to Central American' affairs has been concluded. What material is there for a treaty in reference' to Central America since England has renounced her only possessions' there, ' and disclaimed a desire to acquire others? \%e have every reason to believe that this new treaty, while affirm ing the old principle of the Clayton- Bulwer convention, namely, that neither the United States nor England desire to colonise or fortify, for their exclusive benefit, any part of the territory on the Isthmus or in Central America, contemplates a much larger &Ad of operations than that memorable convention. Perhaps the old tripartite treaty, proposed unsuccessfully by Lord John Russell to Mr. Everett, may have contained the germ of this new one. It has reference, we understand, to Cuba and the Spanish pos sessions, as well as Central America, and has for its object the consolidation of the present political condition of these colonies, islands and States,w it h a view to the general paci fication of that part of the world, and the extension of trade.. It is in fact a commercial and conservative treaty; if if the United States depart fromi their past policy i n guaranteeing Cuba to Spain, they do so, no doubt s in return for a grant of commercial privileges, so extensive that, in a commercial point of view, evert annexation could give thein nothing more. It may safely be assumed that the ReciprOcity Treaty with 'Canada has served the framers of this new treaty as a guide, and in , some', respects a model ; and aS the Provincial Legislature of Canada was a party to that, by the act giving force to the royal treaty, so, no dr , ubt, the government of Spain is' a party to this, and stipulates, gratefully, for the'changes by which sae Is by far the greateit gainer. Ruch is no doubt the general tenor of this most important treaty. We forbear from comment at present; the document itself will aopu be before the public, and then.a sounder opinion Way be formed. But taking for granted that the general tenor of the treaty is to effect ;:nen alterations, in the breath'ri thought,d e a deals a a usnod did his others,riv da condition of Cuba as to throw insuperable obstacles o in the way of its peaceful acquisition by pur aititdi sheeMi eaahrraccityhehaelivltraoaridn. chase, we cannot but admire the skill with which the expiring Secretary of State with his last official L w t o h i t Buchanan to his death when he went to 0 4end ; lut.N survived this, the new President is.now assailee, in a new- and yet more vulnerable place. A treo - ~.y guaraW Cuba to Spate at the inception of M7.-13uchanr.,g ‘ l°e ; stration would deprive that g‘zotie man o f hi s sing Chance of glorificat,l oo Most promi -1860 of many obnry,:sious rivals. Bet w hoar the dexter ws maner.u/re • . „ have yet to see State. be !lowed in the GRAND BANQUET TO SIR HOUSTON STEWART AT GREENOCK. , On Friday, the friends and admirers of Admiral Si r Rouston Stewart, entertain - el —a -Elm at 'banquet 'in Greenock,-which was lirilliantly attended; . the gallant admiral in returning thanks on his health heiog toasted, made a somewhat lengthy speech t_ of which the following is an outline:—lt was the privilege of Englishmen to grumbleeand the Government had been blained because of their havingheen taken by . surprise. ; It was asked why had they not had gunboats prepared for an attack in the Baltic ; bat.it seemed to have been forgetten that in this country we have a free press, and a press with Argus eves in all our colo nies, and any preparation which we make for war is at once circulated over the world. Had we begun to construct gunboats it would at once have been said that were.going to war. There were various opiniiine npon the necessity 'of that step, and they knew that it had beenattempted to stave off such a calamity; and it has only resolved to go to war when it was found that it was no longer possib'e to be 'at peace. Well, then, was it trot the duty of every officer on foreign stations who knew the intentions of government to put forth every ' energy. Malta s halt-way from the seat of war, and he. would say-that the Adiniraity of the day were most Cordially s u pp orte d . Sir J. Graham was an admirable man of b u si ness , and sill his duty ; Si r C . . . Wood, who succeeded him, did the same thing, and the review of the navy at Spithead' showel to the world what England could' do after a' little preparation. Generally speaking, Britain could not compete with occupations which mi"ht be said to be that ,of. war. We were- a - nation or shopkeepers, bat when they did begin. then the shopkeepers shut their shops. (Laughter.) Well, then, from Malta he had the good fortune t)"bei allowed to go up to, the Mediterranean fleet, and he found there a squadron the equal of which had never left the-. English shore's, and never• was there a fleet under a more patriotic and accomplished officer than that under Sir Ed- - mutid Lyons. The provost had said that in the new appoint ment he had received he might have occasion to act the part ef a diplomatist as well as an admiral: He hoped that he would. not be put to the test in the former.capacity, but if he did succeel he trusted it would not be by the • running of any ' risk which prudence, combined with gallantry, wouldi justify. It had been said they could not get their enemy: to meet them in the Black. Sea. That was true ; and-bat thought that they were quite wise not to come out. The application of steam had made a vast difference in . the art of war, and especially naval .war. They might talk as long as they liked about ships and batteries from stone walls, but what was their experience at Algiers and Acre? At Algiers they allowed their ships to take up a pos. ition The Q teen Charl o tt e was sa il ed to within an arm's length of the-quay. Biloys were put upon the shoals, and the Egyp'ians, thinking the B - . Wail shipping were going to anchor upon these shoals, and level their guns for the buoys, but the moment we had passed the buoys w e opened fire from the ships, and succeeded in destroying their batteries. He would ask any seaman here, 16 01 - -44 at the. position occupied . by the Baltic fleet, whether an attack had been made upon Cronstadt, our ships would net have been cent to the devil, 'and assuredly it was much easier to say things than to do them. With . regard to the bombardment on the 17th November, at whieh be was not present, the French maga eine blew up, and, as 4ncl been remarked, they were Ruffed out, the astau't contemplated, therefore, could not he j diciouslymade.; but it,was a difficult thing with an allied fleet, all burning fir distinction, to countermand orders, and they went at it;, The screws did beautifully ; but what was.the consequence ? We did show the weak point of the ene6 l y, only to afford them an opportunity of adding addi tioea strength . to th-ir„ fortress. That noble fellow, Todtlehen—l thise. it; must. be a Scotchmau—l wished _be, had "to4dlol bto."—made. a good use of our ex periment, and he (Sir Hou - ston) had been told prayers had Leun offaed up that our fleet would favour them with another attack. The result, of course, must have been a bombardment, unless th e r e were a suff i ciency of troops increased damage t o o ur s hi ps. I t was absurd to think 'of e hen a breach, was made ta - go in and take possession. He would like to say a word in refer‘nce to a man who is now no mere. He believed that there never was a corn mauder of more noble or generous spirit, or cooler in the hour, of danger than was Leid Raglan. He knew that sooner or latertustice would be done to that great mat, - but at the same time be was persuaded that the position of Lord Raglan was not generally understood in this country.— He made a remark to Admiral Lyons, after coming from a conference, that he did not believe, if even the Duke of W,ltington had been in Lord Itaglai,'s place, he wonld•have been able to have done more. It was a difficult position for a man to occupy, the command of merely a portion i, an army. , The great Napoleon himself had said, be - one indifferent commander than two good ores.. however brilliant, could be cenc:us ye in No results, unless it ,was vigorously followed up, "rete armies of England and . No action, Ftauce, ell first. landing iSI perhaps that ctr was sup,:liur. Marshal Arnaud `'..e Crimea, were nearly equal, Untl Lora 114 . 11 ':e. were of the same mind as to tactics, bet it wea 'to he remembered that the French GenerAls ':.O aged three -times, and as the war proceeded the e tench army was greatly increased. The peculiar cir cumstances which thereup en arose were understood without his•dwel'ing upon them. He g„ve every pos sible credit to the honesty arid perfect lime fie alliance 'of the Emperor of the French, but it was not to be expected that, with 'an array of 200 000 men, every officer would be cf . ore opinion ; indeed, it bad been a marvel to him that theallience had been so wen preserved, and a credit to betb armies. Then it was to recollected that according to etiquette, the French • General command' the Frbech Admirals, and , this along with other arrangements served very much to complicate matters. Re had the greatest respect for the Frcnch, and he believed they hid t he same for us ; and one result' of this straggle in the Crimea would be that it would - be a long timo before they had their slumbers disturbed with the idea of a French invasim. If they went to war again, however, each must have, his own part to play —a single commander with a single corps. He would like to say a a word about the Malakoff and the Redan. That was a soldier's question, and it might be admitted that he would speak impartially on the subject. He bad been a witness to the taking of the Malakoff, and if they would allow him he would read an extract from a letter which be had written from the Crimea to a very particular friend—his own. wife. The extract is as follows:—. Those who have seen the Malakoff and the Redan know well that - no comparison as to difficulty of assault exists between them. In the one case deep trenches cut in yielding soil to within twenty-five paces of the ditch having the Mamelon in the rear, keeping up an incessant heat of shot and shell up to the very instant appointed for the assault, and capable of containing any amount of troops in reserve, as well as a capacious place (terrace at the termination of the gam In the other case —th a t of the Redan— a hard rocky soil impossible to penetrate much beyond three feet in depth, and the termination of the trench at a distance of 2. - 83 paces from the p arap e t . No possibility of forming ny a - place d'armee, an d• t h e whole advance open to a . 1 'murderous fire from batteries on both Ranks of the Redan. The Redan itselfStoo, perfectly open to its own rear, where 1,000 men amid march against its defence, whereas the Malakoff being closely fortified-to its rear, was peculiarly capable of being held when- once entered. And it wag nobly entered and nobly held. by our French allies. ee' en , confident in themselves, r eso l u t e l y declined to al'ow any 'urged upon them, portion of the British and Sardinian truo);,s to join in its ,that the Malakoff' was the key of Sebastopol, arid that, if ',he if on it failed, the k ie n tt o a l e v k in , g, th o o s ug e h ‘e i r t y remaining points of w on as e ttncle; seven if successful, could not be held for one hour. - 0'12; let us net blame our soldiers for not holding the R.o,tte- They gave 'material guarantees" e a pea t, tedly at Alma, at Inkeeinir., and at Balak lava that no troop% in tne world can sure.aqs them in courage and couduce, and in that brave and truly British quality whieli our friends Call selidarite, and which we know by the familiar names of ptteck '• or bottom' Many an intelligent Frenclarnati has avowed tha t it was well for the allied eattee that the English - were on the right at Inkernsan."' The gallant Admiral paid a tribute of respect to the. Memory of Sir Qeorege Cathcart. and of the heroic deeds. of the fallen brave, who sleep with him on Cathcart Bill e ants prooeeded to say that the late war was more of a matt ary than a naval . war, and in support of the admirable I manner in which the navy had discharged the duties which it was called to perform, he read a lengthened extract from the report of the Crimean Corninission. He referred with .pleasure to the kindly reception which the army and navy had - received at the hands of their - countrymen on their return from.: active service, and predicted that When .the country's extremity did come the fruits of that kindness would exhibit itself. With regard to his appointment to another commend,- he would .assume it with a dettimination to do his duty, to preserve his own temper, and to maintain his .country's honour.. 311 r, Cobden was not more sensible of the advantages of per.e e than he wa's, and ,whether he was spared to come bad here with the consciousness of having 'done his or his bones left in'another country or under tht-, blue sea, ha trnsted that his co-nduet would he such ' t o give no man cause to regret .the• kind and affectio:iste greeting which had been given him this day: The' gallant admiral eon, eluded his speech, of which the above is but a mere out line, amidst ithe prolonged cheering of the company, standing up. PAIMMS.. NIPS DM's' LVID.--0. Bull and R. G. Liverpool, / Vietverpool, expor t dirnen and pickl e a n d sauce manufac turers G. C . •.:LcnirghP.ln and W. Orr, Hulme Manchest er 1 , nurser- ca m and sP,teismen ; F. Robson and J. Gray , H ex h am, eiorthumberland, grocers and tea dealers; 3, Bentley and 3. Oldfield, Denton, Lancashire, hat manufacturers ; B. S. Houghton and E. Francis, Leadenball street, City merchants and commission agents.; E. Riley, James Rily and Joseph Riley, Cambridge place Soutb, Kingaland road, Middlesex, sheet zinc manufacturers and plumbers ; D. Burton and W. H. Fullartm, Moller, Derbyshire, cotton. spinners,