The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-04-15 00:00:00

TO-NORROW, the 16th instant, at the Brokers' saleroom, Oldhall-street, 9 Tous FUSTIC, ex Jacobus, from Tampico.--Apply to Messrs. Leech, Har rison, and Forwood, Merchants, or to JOHN BARON & SON, Brokers. COMMERCIAL STATIONERY, CHARLES WILLMER, WHOLESALE STATIONER AND PRINTER, 19, SOUTH JOHN-STREET, LIVERPOOL. THE attention of Merchants, Brokers, Trades men, and others, is respectfully drawn to the fol . owing list Of Cam PRICES for LETTER PAPER Per Ream. For 3 Reams, s. d. .4 0 s. d. , 6 0 017 6 6 6 0 18 0 6 0 0 17 0 superfine large thin Cream Laid. Ditto ditto Blue Wove . Ditto ditto Yellow Wove Bank Post (Towgood's) for Foreign } 761 1 0 Correspondence Ditto French, extra thin.. 7 6 1 1 0 FOOLSCAP OR CUSTOM HOUSE PAPER. Thin Blue Laid Middle Yellow Wove Per Ream. For 3 Reams .90 1 6 0 ,96 1 7 6 ENVELOPES Laid Adhesive, full letter size. ~.. ... Taick Yellow Wove, ditt0........ .. ss. per 1000. 6s. per 1000. NOTE PAPER. El Iperfine Large Cream Laid, is for 5 quires, or 3s 6d per ream. 7, Ditto Ditto Blue Wove, is for 5 quires, or 3s 6d per ream. LETTER COPYING BOOBS, Half-bound, calf, paged and indexed, 6s; 480 do, 7s; 500 do, 7s 6d; 580 do, 8s 6d 40) leaves, ACCOUNT BOOKS, of every description, manufactu best style, on the shortest notic? red on the premises, in the , and at prices equally low. Orders from the Countr ive prompt attention. WHOLESALE PAP; 19, SOUTH JOHN-S It WAREHOUSE, 'REEF, LIVERPOOL. WILLMER'S RAILWAY AND STEAMBOAT GIIIDE, for APRIL—PRICE 'TWOPENCE. John-street, and by all Sold by CH kRLES WIL Booksellers. errial iialts. THIS DAY On account of whom it may concern THIS DAY, the ^ 15th instant, at Half-past One o'clock, at the Brokers' office, Corn Exchange Buildings, Bruns wick-street, - WI .1...1." ... vv., About 7300 Bags Indian CORN, now landing ex Ozeonthe and Walter Scott, from New Orleans, laying in Wellington Dock.—For particulars apply to Messrs. Richardson, Brothers and Co., Merchants, or to GOLDING &NASH, Brokers. On account of whom it may concern. THIS DAY, the 15th instant, at Half-past One o'clock, at the Brokers' office, Corn Exchange Buildings, Bruns wick-street, About 400 Bushels (slightly damaged) WHEAT, ex Delhi, from Calcutta ; lying in Albert Dock Warehouses. Apply to GOLDING & NASH, Brokers. On account of whom it may concern THIS DAY, the 15th instant, at Half-past One o'clock, at the Brokers' office, Corn Exchange Buildings, Bruns- wick-street, About 1115 Loads OATMEAL, 300 Bushels Rad WHEAT, ex sundry 9) 20 Sacks VETCHES, vessels. 5 Pockets HOPS, For particulars apply to PATTERSON, BROTHERS & CO., Brokers, On account of whom it may concern Tins DAY, the 15th instant, at Half-past One o'clock, at the Broker's office, 10, Brunswick-street, 818 Barrels FLOUR, cx Thornton, 600 Bags DITTO, ex Flaurence, 400 Bushels WHEAT, ex Constitution, 500 Sacks BRAN, 50 Sacks BARL EYMEA.L, 300 Empty SACKS, 384 Loads OATMEAL. WILLIAM PARKE, Broker Apply to T O-M 0 R R 0 W. On account of whom it may concern To-mortnow, the 16th instant, at One o'clock, at the Brokers' office, Rumford-street, 161 Bales COTTON, all faults, _ _ • the remainder of the cargo saved , from the wreck of the Henry Pratt, from Mobile, stranded at Pwllheli ; lying on the qaay, west side Waterloo Dock.—Apply to HOLLINSHEAD, T ETLEY & CO., Brokers. To-MORROW, the 16th instant, at Oae o'clock, at tho Broker's office, 7, Exchange-chambers ' Tithebarn-street, About 5 Tons VEGETABLE WAX. lately landed ex Hermione, from Pernambuco.—For further particulars apply to FRANCIS J. EATON, Broker. THURSDAY Oa THURSDAY next, the 17th instant On account of whom it may concern Brokers' off About 800 Bal being part of the carp, and Fayal ; lying in Stanley Dock.—Appl: or to OR THURSDAY nes , at One o'clock, at the les COT [ON, all faults, )f the Wellffeet, from New Orleans e yard and warehouse, north end D W. H. Haynes, Esq., Merchant, H. JOHN WEBSTER Broker, 7, Rumford-street. just arrived e. 17th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' office, 200 Bags Madras RICE Winifred, Albert Dock.—Apply to T. & H. LITTLED ALE & CO., Brokers NEXT WEEK TUESDAY WOOL SALES Oa TUESDAY next, the 22nd instant, and following days, at the Brokers' saleroom, 13, Exchange Buildings, 700 Bales East India WOOL. T. Sc H. LITTLEDALE & CO., Brokers. Apply to On TUESDAY next, the 22nd instant, and following days, at the Brokers' saleroom, 10, North John-street, 1500 Bales East India and other WOOL, Apply to ABRAM GARTSIDE & CO., Wool Brokers. - - On TUESDAY next, the 22nd instant, and following days, at the Brokers' saleroom, Atherton -buildings, Dale-street, 4000 Bales East India and other WOOLS. For catalogues, &c., apply to HUGHES & RONALD, Wool Brokers. WEDNESDAY On WEDNESDAY, the 23:d instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Public saleroom, Exchange. buildings, 44 Bales Bengal SAFFLOWER, 435 Pockets SEED LAC, just landed.—Apply to ME Merchants, or to !ssrs. Malcolm Campbell & Co., T. & H LITTLEDALE & CO , Brokers. To Shippers to the West Coast FINE BLEACHED 'WAX, , STEARINE WAX, SPER- _ MACETI AND STEARINE CANDLES, Suitable for the West C ast, and other markets. prices and further particulars apply to FRANCIS J. EATON, 7, Eschanße•chambers EARLY DELI NORTHERN TIMES?' '—Any subscriber within four miles of the Liverpoql Exchange, or at Rock-ferry, Traumere, Birkenhead, Woodside, Oxton, Claughton, Seacombe, Egremont, 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. As our messengers commence their delivery at five o'clock on each morning, it would greatly facilitate its completion if subscribers would have letter-boxes in their doors through which the papers might be dropped, as the detention at some houses is very great at present, and causes delay and disappointment to other subscribers. EVE ;TING EDITION ezir An _Evening Edition of the NORTHERN DAILY TIMES is now Published every A lfternoon, at Three o'clock, containing the Markets, together with all the News of the Day, up to the hour of going to Press. TK I3 ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION TO THE NORTHERS' DAILY TIMES to TWO tGI JINEAB ANNUM. Eke Mart lnn fitivo TUESDAY, APRIL 15, 1856 not to charge the consumer more than 4s. 6d. per thousand feet, without telling us at what pressure, or the illuminating quality, at which light is to be supplied. The Corporate Committee appointed to enquire into the whole subject, reported in favour of the union of the contending gas manufacturers, but having, subsequently, discovered that they had laboured under a variety of delusions, they con vened a meeting, and passed a resolution, call ing on the Council not to sanction the amalga mation. Then commenced the Oriental pastime of juggling, in which balls and cups, plates and civic swords, inexhaustible bottles, and many well known tricks of gas conjurers were resorted to with triumphant success. Everything was talked of and attended to but gas—that is, its quality, cost of production, raw material employed in its mani pulation, waste or leakage from engineering defects and bad management, mode of distribution, and construction of measures, commonly called " meters," or conjuring boxes, through which light is supplies to the public. Mr. SALISBURY was anxious for an amalgamation. His party supported his behests. The citizens either knew nothing about gas, or were most strongly opposed to the proposal ; but Mr. SALIS BURY'S influence prevailed, and the people of Chester are to pay 4s. 6d. a thousand for light, which may be equal to only eight candles, delivered through " meters," which, like those of Liverpool, may be from five to fifty per cent. against the consumer, or at a pressure which may make a slow measure, as bad for the public as one of the Lancashire gallopers. But before the Chester Corporation ventured to give the subject their consideration, and bestow their sanction on a proposal of such importance to their constituents, we think they ought to have entered into the discussion commercially, and satisfied the gas consumer that the vendors of light do use strictly honest measures, are not made to pay for more pressure than is required for illuminating purposes, and are dealt fairly with in every other respect. Unless the Chester Council have done this, they may have given their " sanction " to the most glaring abuses ever recorded, even in the history of gas lighting. Chester may have " meters" ten per cent. fast in construction, and many rendered ten or twenty per cent. faster still by " repairs." Mr. CLEOG, the father of gas engineers, may be consulted to advantage as to the possibility of one, and Mr. ALFRED KING, of the United Liverpool Gas Company, respecting the extraordinary transformations which take place in gas measures while undergoing " repairs." But assuming that the Corporation of Chester have dealt with the gas question as men of busi ness ought, and that they are perfectly satisfied that the citizens have nothing whatever to complain of, that their gas is equal to eighteen or twenty candles, the meters and pressure as honest as they can be, why should they " sanction" the town of Chester's paying 4s. 6d. for light, when the street lamps of London are lighted for 2s. 3d., the houses of Bolton for 35., and those of Liverpool for 4s. per thousand ?—and while we have before us at this moment the estimate of a gas Engineer of many years experience, for lighting a place in the immediate neighbourhood of this Borough for 2s. 9d. the thousand, the consumption being reckoned not more than 17,750,000 feet per annum ? If the Chester Council were ignorant of the whole question, as they evidently were, they ought to have handed Mr. SALISBURY, with the whole of his co-amalgamationists, over to men more capable of dealing with them, and bringing before the ratepayers and consumers generally, the exact position in which the public and monopolists stand to each other. The Chester people are paying for cannel gas, while the Corporation do not pretend to deny that their gas is made, for the most part, from common pit coal ! This, surely, is not right to begin with ! There are some pit coals quite equal to cannel for gas purposes ; but it may be that the Chester manufacturers are using THE Chester Corporation have decided that the people of their ancient city are to be the victims of a Gas monopoly, and have positively " sane imation of the the two " rival inderstanding that they are " tinned" an am the very worst description of common coal. If that be the case, what must be the quality of their light ? The consumer may be compelled to have two, three, or four burners, where one would suffice, if the fluid was of a good standard quality. It is all in vain, however, to hope for anything like amelioration in gas lighting, until the legisla ture are convinced of the gross injustice to which the whole community are exposed at the hands of light monopolists, who are encouraged and sus tained in all their worst tricks by the powers con ferred on them in their Acts of Incorporation. Parliament are as much in the dark with respect to this discription of light as they were forty years They know nothing beyond what they hear from engineers, gasholder, pipe, and meter makers, coal owners, landed proprietors, secretaries, diree tors, town-councilmen, and other local function aries; and until we can get either the House of Lords or Commons to take the matter up, and pass some comprehensive act, embracing all the injustice now so loudly complained of, we can hope for little more than being able to keep the subject alive, by giving publicity to all the cases of hardship which come under our notice. The House of Commons is at this moment legislating on a number of gas bills, and Mr. BROTHERTON, the member for Salford, has now an opportunity of showing the country how far his liberalism extends in dealing with the pockets of the trading and industrial classes. That honour able member has an instinctive horror of Town Dues, and we will wait to see whether he has the same antipathy to extortinate gas bills, and on what grounds he would justify a maximum of Os. per thousand in one town, and 3s. 61 in another ! Such things have been done repeatedly in the course of one session of Parliament, if not by one committee, and when the people neglect to bring their representatives to account on this question, we shall have no redress, and that which, for moral, sanitary, and all other domestic uses, ought to be next in cheapness to the light of Heaven, will be dealt out to us through fraudulent measures, and by the hands of tricksters who have been allowed to batten for so many years on the credulity of their millions of victims. companies, on tn TIM NORTIIERN TIMES.-LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY, APRIL 15, 18S6. MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL. LIVERPOOL, MONDAY EVENING There has been very great activity in the Liver pool Cotton Market to-day, and a large business has been done; the sales amounting to 30,000 bales, of which 20,000 have been taken by the trade, and the remainder for speculation and export. Prices must be quoted id per lb higher than on Friday last. The Liverpool Share Market opened buoyantly this morning, and continued to improve until the afternoon, when it again became more quiet, and prices rather easier. The closing quotations were --Aberdeen, 131 134. Chester and Birken head, 154 164. Caledonian, 301 303. Chester and Holyhead, 16a 164. - Eastern Counties, 1011 101. East Lancashire, 19i 191. Great Northern, 23a 231. Ditto A, 94 101. Great Western, 64 65. Lancashire and Yorkshire Stock, 89 891. Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport, 17 171. London and North Western Stock, 1014 1011. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 29 291. Ditto Pref., 113- 111. Ditto New 6 per cent. Pref., 7-16 9-16 p. Midland Stock, 75 751. North British, 84 81. North Stafford shire, 651 d. South Eastern and Dover, 214 22. York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 191 194. York and North Midland, 28k 281. Leeds Capital Stock, 154 16. Buffalo and Lake Huron, 14 2p. Dutch ;Rhenish, 11 14p. Ditto New Shares, 31 3;p. Great Western of Canada, 251 26. Ditto New Shares, 34 3 3-16 p. Ditto 2nd issue, 31 3 3-16 p. Great Luxembourg, 74 7*d. Letters from Copenhagen mention that the report stating that the English government had refused to sanction the capitalisation of the Sound dues is incorrect. It ap.pears that they merely wished to modify the proposition. The Cabinet of Copenhagen has communicated the particulars of the counter proposition on the part of the British government, which stipulates that the sum of 35,000,000 thalers demanded by Denmark as their proportion of the capitalisation, be paid in fifteen or twenty instalments of two millions or one and three-quarter millions each. Accounts from Russia state that the prohibition of exporting gold and silver is to be maintained ; although there are other modifications in the tariff of a free-trade character. It is mentioned that a convoy has just passed through Nischui Novgorod on its way to St. Petersburg from Siberia, with 61 poods of gold (about 310,000 ounces, and 320 poods of silver (about 153,000 ounces). The official report of the quantity exported from the RuFsian dominions in 1854 was 1,490 poods 181bs, 72 solot nicks and 44 doli, against 85 poods, 411bs, 23 solot nicks, and 43 doli in 1855. This return does not include the quantity raised in the mines belonging to the Emperor. Accounts from Trieste state that wools are in great demand there, in consequence of a large de mand for the English market. Holders of stocks have stood out for an advance and obtained it. Sales of 1,050 bales white Albanian realised from 32 florins to 341-, 340 bales from Scutari of lambs' from 48 to 50 florins, and a lot of coarser quality from Bosnia brought from 37 to 41 florins. The remarkable defeat of the directors of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company, at the meet ing on Thursday last, has led to the resignation of the entire board, which comprises Messrs. Thomas Baring, Russell Ellice, C. E. Mangles, John Masterman, and other gentlemen of eminence. A meeting is to be called for the election of new directors as early as possible. In many quarters, however, an impression prevails in favour of the re-election of the present directors. The business of the week closed on the Paris Bourse with a fall of 20c in the 3 per Cent Rentes for Money, while other national securities re mained unaltered. There has been very little doing in the French Funds during the week, as capitalists and speculators have been directing their attention chiefly to Railway Shares. The market closed with a rise in Orleans of 25f ; East of France (Old), sf; Ditto (New), 10f; Lyons, 27f 50c ; Mediterranean, 15f; Geneva, sf; and a fall in North of France of sf, and West Swiss of 20f. Bank of France Stock closed with a decline of 150 f, making a total fall of 300 f during the week on the previous rise of 550 f. Credit Mobilier Shares were in demand at an advance of 10f. The funds to-day were rather quiet, especially in the afternoon, business remaining dull, and attention chiefly directed to the settlement of the account in shares and foreign stocks. The decline, however, did not exceed 8 per cent, the closing quotations being 931 93a. The market is chiefly regulated by the continued dearness of money and by the steady creation of stock. The tendency of speculation, however, continues in an upward direction. At Paris to:day the three per cent rentes closed at a fresh decline of to 4 per cent owing to a preponderance of speculative realisa. tions. • The Blackbird, from Melbourne, with. 87,284 ounces of gold on freight, put into Pernam buco on the 11th Maich, and sailed again on the 14th for London On Saturday the rates of insur. ante on this vessel had risen to 5/ 5s per cent at Lloyds. In Mark-lane to-day, English wheat ruled 3s to 4s lower than on Monday last ; in foreign, the decline was 2s to ss, in flour 2s per sack. The French markets are generally reported lower, owing partly, to large sales of American produce. The railway shares to day was, generally, well supported. The closing quotations of Railway Shares stood as follows :—Caledonian, 61 61i. Eastern Counties, 10 1-16 10 3.16 East Lancashire, 76 78. Great Northern, 94 941. Ditto A, 782 791. Great Western, 64k 65. Lancashire and Yorkshire, 888 89k. London and North Western, 1011 102. Man chester Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 29 292. Midland Stock, 74f, 75k. North British, 35 352. South Eastern and Dover, 721 73k. York, New castle, and Berwick, 782 79g. York and North Midland, 562 57. LADIES' COLLEGE, 13 LACIEBITRNE HoUSE.—A lecture on Modern German Poetry will be given by Dr. Carl Retslag, to-morrow afternoon, at ten minutes past three. COMMUTATION OP SENTENCE.--Wall and Carr, the two men left at Liverpool to be hanged for the murder of a seaman by strangulation, have had their sentences commuted to transportation for life. NEW WESLEYAN ASSOCIATION MISSION.—The annual public meeting of this association was held last night in the Russell•street Chapel. Addresses were delivered by th• Revds. J. Nicholas (New Connexion Minister), W. Patterson, T. Newton, &c., &c. _ THE PASSAGE OF THE PERSIA.--It appears that the passage of this splendid vessel was only nine days twelve hours and seven minutes, she not having left New York until forty five minutes past three P.M. on the 2nd, instead of at twelve o'clock noon the usual hour. FATAL AccmENT.—Yesterday about one o'clock a poor old woman was crossing from the Adelphia Hotel towards Brownlow-hill, when shy was ran over by a shandry, and killed on the spot. The driver was taken into custody, and awaits the inquiry this day h _fore the coroner. AstERICAls'Mh - aLs.—The United States steamer, Ericsson, with mails, &c., will sail for New York to-morrow. Letters, &c. will be received at the General Post Office up to half-past six, and with late fees to half-past seven in the morning. The box at the Landing-stage will be open for letters, with late fees, up to half-past eight o'clock. THE PoaT OF LIVERPOOL.-.-Moit conclusive evidence of the wonderful increase in the commerce of this port is afforded by the fact that, on Saturday last, there were dis charging in the docks, from foreign ports, 229 vessels, whose united measurement amounted to 168,304 tons, or an average of 735 tons per vessel. This return (which we have obtained from official sources) does not include those vessels which arrived on Friday and Saturday, nor in the Birken head docks. The number of vessels there discharging amount to ten—representing 3,052 tons. ACCIDENTAL AND SUDDEN DEATLIS.—On Saturday even ing a child, named Thomas Culbert, aged five years, was ran over in Park-road by a car, driven by a man, named John Pickersgill, and died from the effects of the injuries. Bernard Morgan, a labourer, fell into the hold of a ship, and died from the effects of the injuries received. Elizabeth Fenwick, the wife of an eating-house keeper, who resides in Park-lane, died suddenly yesterday in Scotland-road. It appears that the deceased did not reside with her husband, and that she went to visit a friend in Scotland-road yester day, when she was seized with a fit and died. Inquests will be held on the above cases this day. ARREST OF AN ESCAPED FEMALE CONVICT IN LIVER POOL.—On the 19th February last, Mary Leonard, a female convict in Ilorsemonger-lane gaol, London, con trived, by the exercise of much boldness and ingenuity, to elude the vigilance of the officials of the prison, and to effect her escape from it. She was tried and convicted in August, 1855, for robbery from the person, and was sentenced to six years' penal servitude, and, at the time of her escape, was undergoing the term of her punishment in the above prison. She delighted in a number of aliases, and, under the shelter of one of them, came to Liverpool, to enjoy her newly gained freedom. Unhappily for her, our Liverpool detectives are too lynx• eyed, and she was arrested while in bed yesterday morning, in a house in Mill-place, Hill-street, Park, by Inspector Murphy, of the detective force, by whom she will be taken back to London to day. She is 29 years of ago, and a native of Sheffield, THE COURT Bucxmou.a.m PALACE, MONDAY. —Yesterday morning her Majesty and the Prince Consort, the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, Prince Alfred, the Princess Alice, Prince Earnest of Leiningen, the ladies and gentlemen of the court, and the domestic household attended divine service in the chapel of Buckingham Palace. The Hon. and Very Rev. the Dean of Windsor officiated. Tnoors FOR CA Ans.—The Standard of last night says : " Ten thousand men are to be sent to Canada from the Crimea, under Sir Richard Eyre." -__.......___ TILE IMPERIAL BAPTISM.—From all continental intelli gence, it appears certain that the 9th of June has been fixed for the baptism of the French Imperial Prince. The ceremony will follow the programme of that pursued on the occasion of the baptism of the infant Ring of Rome, and will take place at Notre Dame. It is further asserted that his Royal Highness Prince Albert will att en d i n the person asrepresentative of Queen,Victoria on th e occasion. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. THE CONGRESS PARIS, MONDAY EVENING. To-day the Plenipotentiaries held another meet ing, and on Wednesday. (to-morrow) their final meeting will take place. FRANCE. (FROM OIIR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, SUNDAY EVENING I am informed that in addition to the meeting of the Peace Congress, which is to take place to morrow, another is to be held on Tuesday or Wednesday, and that it will probably be the last. A commission, consisting of the second Plenipo tentiaries, will afterwards, as I informed you the other day, be appointed to occupy itself with certain special questions affecting the present state of Europe. According to the semi-official journals the exchange of the ratification of the Treaty of Peace cannot take place before the end of the month, inasmuch as Turkey will only be able to send off hers by the steamer which leaves Constantinople on the 16th. I hear that it is decided that Marshal Vaillant, Minister of War, shall go to St. Petersburg, to compliment the Emperor Alexander on his accession to the throne, but he is not to remain there permanently, and one of his colleagues is to discharge the duties of his department during his absence. The Moniteur has created attention for its ultra monarchical declaration, that "union has been happily re-establ•shed amongst sovereigns." The Paris papers which at first doubted that the Italian question was brought before the Congress at all, now admit that it was. From what they say, it appears—first, that the famous memorial of Count Cavour, which has created so mnch sensa tion, was presented by him to the Congress, not in the name of the Sardinian government, but in that of certain distinguished Italians—a fact which deprives it of much of its importance; second, that the Congress is of opinion that the tyranny under which Italy groans must cease, and that forei g n troops must be with drawn, but that it does not seem disposed to admit territorial changes—in other terms, to strip Austria of her Lombardo-Venetian provinces ; and third, that Austria strongly objects to withdraw her troops from the Legations, and has scornfully rejected a proposition from the French Govern ment to recall its troops from Greece, as an equivalent thereto, saying that she (Austria) is in the Legations by the will of the Pope, but that the French are in Greece, contrary to the wish of the King. The most marked feature in the commercial situation is naturally, now that peace is secure, a disposition to embark in important commercial operations, but thus far nothing very important has been' done, owing to the scarcity of money and the dearness of raw material. An important trade with Russia is expected, in spite of tho crusade which has been commenced there against French fashions, and in favour of the national costumes. The commission on the Transatlantic Steam Navigation has at length presented a report. It proposes to reject the seven companies which demanded concessions, retaining only the Messageries Company, the Franco• American, and the Roths• childs. The Messageries asks for a govermental subvention of 16,000,000 f. (L 640,000), the Franco- American 11,500,000 f., and Messrs. Rothschild 10,000,000 f. The government has this day removed all the restrictions which on the breaking out of the war were placed on Russians visiting in France. One of the papers calls attention to a new con demnation pronounced by a provincial tribunal (that of Vigan, department of the Girond), of 50f. (X 2) each on a number of Protestants who met for worship, without having permission from the authorities. In France no meeting of any kind can be held without permission, and in many places the Protestants are refused the privilege of meeting for public worship. They are conse quently, as one of them remarked, placed under the alternative of breaking the laws of the country, or violating those which, in their consciences, they believe to be from God. By decree of the 4th, the Emperor of Russia authorises the free exportation of wheat. A letter from Nicolaieff says, that a Chamber of Commerce has been established in that town, and that a grand Agricultural Exhibition for all Southern Russia is to take ;place in May of next year. PARIS, SATURDAY EVENING. Contrary to expectation, the Congress did not sit tc-day, but it.is to meet on Monday. __. . _. The minister of war has ordered that the soldiers on furlough, belonging to the army in the East, are not to be sent back, but are to be sent to their depots, or to be allowed a prolongation of furlough, until the regiments return to France. A large diminution is decidedly to take place in the army. The government intends to take important measures with respect to Algeria. Among others, itfproposes, it is said, to give the colony a sepgrate army, and civil administration, and to make all office-holders consider it as their adopted country. Of the Turkish and Prussian balls, given in honour of the conclusion of peace, it is not necessary to say more, than that, from the former all the Russians were absent, as I told you they would be, but that, en revanche, the Emperor was present, and that he opened the ball with the English Ambassadress. According to an ordinance in the Piedmontese Gazette, the expenses of the war in the Crimea, incurred by Sardinia in 1855 and 1856, were 74,198,401 francs, nearly £3,000,000 sterling. HAMBURG, Sunday.—The last of the English men-of war passed the Belt yesterday. The Lord Mayor of London gives a grand banquet on Thursday next to the new American minister, Austria has agreed to evacuate the Danubian Princi palities within a short period from the ratification of the Treaty of Peace. It is now said that the period at which the ratifications may be expected to be exchanged will probably be sooner than the beginning of next month. The Patrie says, it is confidently stated that the prin cipal difficulties which have arisen in the congress have been smoothed down. BERLIN.—ApriI 6, the fete of the Annunciation according to the Russian calendar, a grand court recep tion was held at St. Petersburg. A Te Deum was sung for the peace. IRISH INSOLVENTS.—J. F. Eyre Fitzgerald, of Olin Castle, in the county of Limerick, better known as the Knight of Glin, figures to-day in the insolvent list; his petition to be heard at Limerick on the 7th of June. MARSEILL3B, Sunday.— By news from Malta to the 9th, we learn there had been great disturbances at Doniah ; the Christians had claimed the Sultan's protection. General Williams is to be entrusted with the survey and regulation of the Asiatic frontier. THE CONVICTS UNDER SENTENCE OF DEATH IN NEWGATE.—The two women, Elizabeth Anne Harris and Celestine Sommer, who were recentiy convicted, the former of the murder of her child by drowning, and the latter of the murder of her child by cutting its throat, and whose cases excited so painful an interest upon the trial, were removed, immediately after the sentence was pronounced, to separate rooms on the female side of the prison, where they will remain until their fate is decided upon by govern ment. A female turnkey is in the room with each prisoner the whole of the day, and at night two women sit up with them. The condemned women, although they were much excited during their trial, particularly the woman Harris (who destroyed two of her children), have become much more composed. Celestine Sommer, who was convicted of murdering her child at Islington, by cutting its throat, and who was stated to be only 25 years old in the calendar, is, it appears, two years older, but even according to this, she must have brought the child, whose life she destroyed, into the world when she was little more than fifteen years old. She has stated that she expects to be sent to a lunatie asylum, and that after sbe has been con. fined !there a few months she will be set at liberty. Whether or not this belief is real or assumed cannot, of course, be positively ascertained ; but the auth or i t i es o f t h e prison, as well as the medical officer, seem to b e o f opinion there is no ground for supposing that her mind is in any way deranged. The prisoner appears t o h ave rece i ve d a good education ; and it is stated she is respectably connected. Harris is only 25 years old, an d she appears to have received very little education. It is understood that a petition for a commutation of the sentence is in coarse of preparation. HOUSE OF LORDS.-MONDAY. TORTURE IN INDIA. The Earl of ALBEMARLE drew attention to the subject of torturing in the collection of the revenue in India, and moved resolutions deprecatory of the practice. In sup port of his motion, the noble Earl read extracts from the reports of the commissioners appointed to enquire into the subject. The Duke of ARGYLE condemned the practice, which was inherited, he said, by the East India Company from the original rulers of the country. It had always been held to be illegal, and had never been sanctioned by the company's servants. He announced that measures were being taken for the final prohibition of torture in any shape, or for any purpose; and, if these facts were encouraged in the resolutions, he would not oppose them. After some remarks from the Marquis of CLANRICARDE, the Earl Of ELLENBOROUGH, Lord MONTEAGLE, and others, the resolutions were amended according to the suggestions of the Duke of Argyle, and assented to. Their lordships rose at a quarter before nine o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—MONDAY The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. NEW MEMBER. Mr.' Tottenham took the oaths and his seat for New Ross. PRIVATE BUSINESS • _ The following bills were read a second time :—Birk enhead Improvement Commissioners Bill and the Wol verhampton Water Bill. THE FALL OF KARS Mr. WHITESIDE gave notice that, on the 24th, he should move a resolution to the effect, " That while this House acknowledges and admires the gallantry with which the fortress of Kars was so long defended, it is of opinion that the surrender of the garrison was, in a great measure, owing to the want of foresight and energy on the part of her Majesty's Government." THE AMERICAN QUESTION Mr. H. BAILLIE observed, in reference to his resolution on the paper on the subject of foreign enlistment, that he would not bring it on if he received a satisfactory reply from Lord Palmerston, as to whether the papers relating to recruiting in the United States of America would be laid on the table at any reasonably defined period. Lord PALMERSTON—The groundwork on which the reply to the last communication has only just been received. It came to me to-day, but the House is aware that my noble friend at the head of Foreign Affairs is now absent in Paris, engaged in negociations of great importance, which would necessarily occupy the greater portion of his time, never theless he has been able to transact the most important business of the Foreign Office, with only the delay which is necessarily incidental to the distance between Paris and the Foreign Office. Now the answer to the United States requires to be carefully considered, so that it may not prejudice the discussion of the question, nor omit anything that is essential to the cause, and the answer had not yet been dispatched. The answer will shortly be communicated to Mr. Dallas, and as it is very probable that my noble friend will return to this country by the end of this week, I have no doubt that the papers will be produced in the early part of next week. Mr. H. BAILLIE expressed his satisfaction at the noble lord's explanation, and withdrew his motion. SUPPLY The House then went into committee of supply. On a vote for consular establishments abroad, Mr. WYSE drew attention to our consular system, which, he said, as compared with the French, was very inefficient, and urged the adoption of the recommendations of the committee that reported on the diplomatic service in 1850, viz., that a committee should be appointed to enquire into the consular establishments, and to consider whether fees on shipping might not be abolished, and a rule established preventing merchants from becoming consuls. _ . _ Lord PALMERSTON promised that a committee should be appointed for the purpose mentioned. He would not object to its appointment at once, but Lord Clarendon was gathering important information on the subject, and he thought it advisable to postpone the committee till they were in possession of that information. The vote was then agreed to, as were also several other votes of the estimates, after some miscellaneous discussion on their component items. The House resumed shortly after midnight. _ _ The other busines; on the j papers was then disposed of, and the House adjourned at five minutes past one o'clock. THE CRIMEAN ENQUIRY.-MONDAY, The board re-assembled at the usual hour. Colonel Tulloch withdrew the question put by him to General Airey at the last meeting, with reference to the paragraph in the report of the commissioners, stating that there was a want of promptitude and ingenuity in providing shelter for the Calvary horses in the Crimea. Gen. Sir R. Airey was then recalled. He had stated to the commissioners in the Crimea that he obtained plant ing, and timber, and other materials for providing shelter for horses from Constantinople, and placed them at Lord Lucan's disposal, on the 12th of November, 1854. In explanation of this he stated that his answer did not refer only to that particular date but to different periods, and included all the preparations that were made after it was determined that the army should winter in the Crimea. Colonel Tulloch remarked that no explanation of this kind was given to this question of the commissioners, and their report was framed upon Sir R. Airey's explanations. General Airey stated that he was under the impression that the only object of the commissioners was to obtain information as to the supplies. Had he known that any further proceedings would have arisen out of the report of the commissioners, he would have given them fuller and more detailed information. He would not admit that the Cavalry had neglected their duty to the country ; he thought, that under the circumstances in which they were placed, they had done the best they could, and he thought the commissioners had committed an error in not going sufficiently into evidence. The evidence of General Airey lasted throughout the day, but nothing further of importance was elicited. At four o'clock the board adjourned till Wednesday. THE WEST INDIAN MAIL, We yesterday announced !the arrival at Southampton on Sunday, of the Royal West Indian Mail Packet Atrato, Japtain Woolley, with the West Indian and Pacific mails. Her dates are—Panama, March 25 ; Jamaica, March 27 ; Demerara, March 25 ; Trinidad, March 25 ; Barbadoes, March 29; St. Thomas, March 31 ; Mountserrat, March 29. The Atrato brings 86 passengers, among whom are M. Corvaia, Venezuelan Minister of France and:Hol land, Lieutenant Swinburne, R.N. ' of her Majesty's ship Daring, Lieutenant Murphy, and Dr. and Mrs. Thomp son, of the Ist West Indian Regiment ; the Rev. G. and Mrs. Milisom, &c. _ _ . The freight on board consists of specie to the amount of 645,088 dollars, which are on account of merchants. The specie consists of 211,848 dollars value in silver, and 433,240 dollars value in gold. The cargo consists f 198 serons of cochineal, 5 serons of indigo, 423 bales of bark, 27 cases of plants, 6 bales of tobacco, 11 casks of bees'- wax, 1 bale of sarsaparilla, 1 case of tortoiseshell, 11 cases of succades, and 45 packages of sundries. The Atrato during the greater portion of the voyage experi enced fine weather. Our advices from Jamaica are to the' 26th ult. There is but little intelligence to communicate. The island is generally healthy, and business brisk. Mining intelli gence is favourable. Exchange on London is quoted at 90 days 1 per cent prem. ; 60 days, 1 per cent ; 30 days, 11 per cent. Intelligence (to be found in another column) had been received of the destruction of the American steamer Osprey, by fire, near the Palisadoes, on the 25th ult. From Demerara our intelligence is to the 25th ult. The court of policy met on the 24th, and was chiefly occupied by the discussion of a bill to amend the militia ordinance recently passed. The weather continued dry, and the estates were suffering in consequence. Agricultural operations were almost universally suspended. At Grenada sugar making continued, but many of the canes did not exhibit a good yield. The shortness of labour was a good deal felt in the field, native Creole labour becoming more scarce every year. - News had arrived in Port of Spain of the partial de struction of the town of Maturin by fire. A very large quantity of property was destroyed. At Barbadoes crop operations were proceeding satisfac torily. The West India islands generally were healthy, but rain was wanted everywhere. The following information respecting her Majesty's ships of war in the West Indies has been received by the Atrato. At Greytown the Hermes ; the Eurydice was cruising off Mosquito. At Barbadoes the Marinor and the Vestal. At St. Thomas's the Medea. At Jamaica the Imaum, the Arachne, and the Daring. On the Havannah station the Powerful, the Arab, the Espiegle, and the Buzzard. The Termagant and the Argus were expected at Havannah, and the Boscawen was en route to Bermuda. The French steamer Le Grondeur and the"schooner La Jouvenielle were at Guadaloupe, and the French frigate Iphigenie, with the Admiral's flag, at Martinique. The allies are to have six months to withdraw from the Crimea, It was known at Nicolaieff on the 25th ult., that the Czar had instituted a chamber of commerce in that city. This measure was regarded as sufficiently denoting the future character of Nicolaieff. Next month a grand agri cultural exhibition was to be held. KONIGSBERG, April 11.—A rescript from the Emperor Alexander, received at St. Petersburg, confirms during his whole reign, by the faith of his imperial word, the rights, customs, possessions, and privileges of the nobles of Livonia, Esthonia, and Courland. MADRID, April 11.—The Gazette gives intelligence from Valentia of the 10th. The city continued tranquil and in the same state as on the preceding day. General Zarala had arrived the previous evening at Albacita. Troops from various parts were marching in Valentia. WHAT Is THE lslimE ?—Ths strange name of the new Cunard steam-propeller, which arr ive d a t this port on Thursday, is a subj et of no little curiosity. The news boys were greatly puzzled. S ome cried the arrival of the "Aymoo," some the " Hemew,"and others, not observing a mispr nt, lustily bawled t he arrival of the " Amen." The name was generally spelled wrong; it should be Emu, And, by the way, if not remarkably poetical, it is very appropriate. The Emu is a species of the Cassowary, a large bird, whose wings are unfit for flight; and the ship Emu is a large propeller, depending upon steam, whose sails are the secondary power.—Boston Paper, wwrr' f THE PATAGONIAN CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY. A public meeting of the members and friends of this society was held last evening at the Hope Hall, Hope-street. gr" Adam Hodgson was called upon to preside. The meeting was opened by prayer, after which The Chairman said they were met together o n a ve . r ..y particular, and a very interesting, occasion ; namely , to testity the interest they took in the Patagonian mission, and thus tot strengthen the hands of those going forward to that alreas remote and almost untouched land of missionary labours. It was only about two years since that they had met inftil t building to hear the painful, but deeply interesting account, of the death of Captain Gardner. Since then, the country had sent forward her armies to shed their blood in a foreign land, and history would transmit to posterity recor ds of daring valour, such as, he believed, could not be surpassed by t a il !'" event in the world ; but, he believed that no heroic acts co surpass the daring and enduring hardships, or the Christian faith, of Captain Gardner. With regard to the death o f that pan; i tleman, he would not attempt to touch upon, as that inig n be further alluded to by those speakers who would follow but would simply say that there was a gentleman on the p . 1 3, form who was about to supply his place—it was the Rev. 3 " . . Despard. He (the chairman) did not doubt but that the r . ?v . gentleman would receive the prayers of the meeting, and tha t they would do all they could to promote the cause of tie d no t sion ; and, when that gentleman was far on the sea, he dld doubt but that he would look back at that meeting, which, )! not numerous, was sincer3, and be encouraged and comforted with pleasing recollections. The chairrnbaY n concluded, on the part of the meeting,sing a hope, that the Patagonian mission would eventual)), tak deeper root in the minds of the people of this great kingdonl;o The Secretary then read the report of the society, from which it appeared that already a ship had been sent ou t proper l equipped, and had arrived safe at the island. •" -- wishing the rev. gentleman God speed—and by e a exp res The Rev. Mr. Falloon next addressed the meeting. is The Rev. G. Pakenham Despard, the gentleman "b° about to take his departure as the Patagonian missionarYt nfeun addressed the meeting at considerable length, giving of a the ' history of Captain Snow's visit to the various islands, . 0 1 natives and their habits, amongst whom it was so &SINUS promote the Word of God. Other gentlemen addressed the meeting, which, aft er a c° l- lection, concluded with the doxology, LITERARY AND PHILOSOPHICAL SOOO9 The ordinary meeting of this society was held in the Royal Institution, Colquitt-street. Mr. Archer in the chair. member The Rev. S. Minton was admitted on a ballot a raeln of the society. last nigbo: COMASS . Dr. Thompson, the n secretal P y, laid before COMMITTEE the society tb o a r report of the Liverpool compass c om mittee, for the the lBss. The report commenced by setting forth that at re e close of 1854, when the committee was formed, the,. appeared a growing conviction in the minds of persons eeof versant with maritime subjects, that the present ln,,, ed • ot correcting or compensating compass errors to meet the requirements of many ships, and more esps, cially of those iron ships which trade to southern henntof pheres ; that many apparently well authenticated as s es the unlooked for and sudden compass changes called fer r, immediate investigation of the merchant and underwn4%. , e re s to and, generally, that full and trustworthy information " ting to the magnetism of iron ships, and the cha n t' ded which it is liable, was highly desirable, and was dem° ag as much by the interests of the shipowner and buildenthe was insanele e_ for the general satisfaction and security e f t he public. The report then proceeded to state that rs enquiry should necessarily extend over two or three Yet' before decisive information could be obtained and arranged ; but from the information already obtained the c o rtan' o d felt bound to record their conviction that the energy of the captains of iron craft have generallY betbe sufficient to overcome all the difficulties arising . fr era o f magnetism of their ships, and to make the navigation s. these vessels as safe, if not so easy, as that of wooden h , l t il i es It should not, however, be concealed that these fa n have sometimes been great, and that the navigation r to iron ship on her first voyage, particularly if it extended fa ter. the south, severely taxes the care and prudence of them as t hat These was reason to believe, the report further stated , that compass disturbances may be very much lessened, and talents a en it having been reported that ships with cargoes of trun'i frequently leave this port with o ut being swung'„: is also that iron ships are not swung so often - , l , T at desirable, through the delay, expense, and risk, att en l e ho on moving them into a dock suited for the purpose, aw , committee are about to introduce a plan which will g re facilitate the process of swinging ships, and that wil l enabl : it to be satisfactorily gone through in the river, w hen ~9 4 opportunity in dock is not afforded. The mode propose" '0 very simple, requires only a short time, and involves no additional expense. It will probably be in operation in few weeks. The expenses incurred up to the present amount to sh atit £4OO, and it is estimated that a similar sum will A b n e f' required annually for the next two years. The BoarA6 : Trade contributes £lOO a-year ; London Lloyds/ Trinity Board, £25 ; Colonial Land and Emigration C°" 1 ": . missioners, £25; Messrs. W. Denny and Co., Dumh 3rll l, l ; £2O ; Liverpool Underwriters Association, £3O ; Mr . Jc` Laird, £2O ; Shipowners' Association, £3O, &c., 8zo•tl er!1 ev t I TA The Rev. Mr. Higgins, the secretary, and other gen commented on the smallness of the Liverpool subscriP though few places could be more interested in the enqui or derive greater benefit from its results. s o f The paper for the evening was upon 4, Adulteration ~.ed Food," by H. S. Evans, Esq., F.C.S. The writer eg,,7, 10 with some of Dr. Hassell's statements, but differed lir:in him in others, and acquitted the retail dealer, particulaNle the article of arrowroot, from any intention to defraile,4.o public in selling an inferior or adulterated superior, as the inferiority or adulteration could only detected by the aid of a microscope. en, la The Chairman, Dr. Edwards, and other gentlenitiaese discussing the paper, regretted that Dr. Hassell, Od d no t allied with him in the adulteration enquiry! h a ts , to explained their labours, and the nature of their tea 11 , 0 other scientific men and bodies before giving t Would the result of their investigations; as, by so doing' theyfallen on have been spared the errors into which they have d i the the subject of adulteration. All the speakers Pa . , r w as highest tribute to the ability with which the PeP t v io j atticle rbe drawn up, and rejoiced that so important and Pr'! a ,. subject had been introduced to the notice of the sociebY• THE SACRED HARMONIC SOCIET TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TlMEubS'licatioo SlR, —Seeing several letters in y o ur valuable p be ing respecting the Sacred Harm on i c Society, I thoug ht, f ea r subscriber, I might venture to ask you to bboeti:trheelkeinea re g ef a F ders, my case, respecting the above society. eruary, I was calleda y gentleman, eking me to b become a subscriber , , statin by g that oun there would be g ora l good concert by the end of March to be followed bY t ido others, and that if I would pay two , guineas, it Wou ld me to five tickets for each concert, and having a l ar g i e r i fall n:b 10 I thought the money would be well spent, as it w e , e 0 that each of my children to go ; so I paid the money. Since est coae n e tie , time to the present, I have heard nothing about the but what I have seen in your papers. Moreover, O lt : A ge e 7 6 man told me that the tickets for the last concert sold , r os. each, and that if I did not wish to go, the tickets being L .r i o . sue i 7 tit 'i ferrable, I might be able to you sell with a part to pay for tion. lam sorry to trouble such a long letter , the ir think it quite necessary that others should be Putth°in'. the I guard, lest they should be done as I have been. money ought to be returned. I remain, tours, 86 e'Y pot* Liverpool, 14th April, 1856 of TRIESTE, April 10. — Accounts from Constantinotrotio the 31st ult., state that the special law 1'001" b e r yiro' right of property to Europeans in Turkey will mulgated very shortly. , i ,,, 100 , NAPLES.—The Independanee r of Brussels, of the 10a0 quotes a letter from Turin, stating that the Seatoree, reducing rr government h e Times i ,t neb se i ssa duty a y b s o : _ u o about publisholnfo rexportsm abt yi Information onbsupplementaryoh half.a has b:en fo r - 0 ri le d s to a us, on very competent authority, that the fr A o ll o s t ier th e o f Parma, e r about to take military possession of the ma, on the side of Piedmont. We are aWar e °f d the hideous assassinations which have recently disg race evils c to ause of liberty in Parma. But is a relief for those,. it be sought in ti e military of Austria ? j ust i n not on the contrary, more than robable, that in g o proportion as Austrian policy has prevailed at Pi t h has the fire of revolution and anarchy burst fer t "„ r , bY fresh power and intensity ? The policy of cocrel,"..,- the foreign armaments has borne its usual fruits T tile Duchy of Parma. The wonder, however, is, tha t jr ' v ery present conjuncture of European politics —at at the time that the Italian question has been submitted tools consideratiou of a general congress of European na c iou a —the Austrian government should dean fitting one for an act of agression "whin are The Journal des Deb tp ublishes * . a 3 details believed to be authentic, on the Italian qu estim t o f says: —The Italian question has been the soklectheY conversation amongst the Plenipotentiaries, but.arhile agreed not entered upon a formal deliberation of it. being, i the effreece as to the indispensibility of great reforms l' the °co-- selve s ' • la plentiepdoteboytiathrieeslatraelidanividgeodveronomecnotrstaitohepwoints, cvliiisced turn chiefly upon when and how the reforms, reclllther by them to be necessary, are to be effected • W I , c iat the powers represented at the Congress have the ','„ 0 , to impose these reforms on the Italian sovereigeqi_"7oo sort of moral constraint ; and, in case rernrl?”,aoce denied, it will be owing to the power of I s i , l i s ie L tber derived from the occupation by foreign troor• (i f corn' ought not this occupation to cease, as a means - a eon pelling the sovereigns to consent to the demanded by their people ? The Austrian rci„nia„,ress jonrnals strongly oppose the intervention of thantic" for in the affairs of Italy, and deny its right to s'' a tic the sake of gratifying Protestant England and sch ist° Russia. araeliorteriai