The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-02-05 00:00:00

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EVENING EDITION er An Evening Edition of the NORTHERN DAILY TIMES is now Published every Afternoon, at Three o'clock, c e ntaisling the Markets, together with all the News of the Day, up to the hour of going to Tress. Ruthan (ituts TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1856 IF the Peace Conference about to be held at Paris should really lead to the restoration of the peace of Europe, it will be the result of some aggravated necessity. Russia has not only failed in her attempts to secure the objects for which she went to war, but, it is said, she will be compelled to concede terms and abandon pretensions which will prove to the wo I that a two years' contest has exhausted all her agg Absolute rulers find, that they have to contend with the same circumstantial and physical essive, if not her defensive resource difficulties which beset Constitutional mon archs. They know that in these days the com mand of great numerical strength goes for little or nothing where they have not an exchequer, and all the other artificial means of supply, organised on a scale commensurate with the magnitude of the exploits in which they embark. A great injustice, a mighty invasion, or a monstrous cruelty cannot be perpetrated in our times by savages or semi-barbarians, in the absence of those aids which civilisation has introduced. Hundreds of thousands of men cannot traverse frozen plains and snow-capped mountains without food and raiment ; and an army cannot take up and hold a position in the face of an enemy, unless they be well supplied with more than the ordinary necessaries of life. The fate of our army of 1854. is a warning to all nations on this head. With all our wealth, manu- factoring, a n d m a r itime appliances, our army perished on the heights before Sebastopol. Our military chests were full to overflowing, and the whole nation contributed willingly for the comfort of their country's gallant defenders, but all to no purpose. The wants of so vast a host were not calculated before they embarked in the invasion of an enemy's territory; and the first oversight was found to be irreparable. That perfect naval and military organisation which enabled England to carry on mighty wars in India and China, and to afford protection to her subjects and commerce throughout the world, failed us in the Crimean expedition, and we lost the noblest army that ever took the field in moments of victory which can never be forgotten. Has Russia escaped these salutary lessons, and woeful rebukes ? Has not the same amount of melancholy vicissitudes and experience fallen to her lot? She must have discovered that the organisation which answers the purpose of a military despotism is suited to nothing more than the duties of police ; and that in war the length of a march, and the occupation of a position in the face of a comparatively weak belligerent, are quite a dif ferent thing to removing an army from garrison to garrison, or supporting a few temporary camps which break up after a short series of reviews and sham fights. If we could persuade ourselves that Russia has arrived at these wholesome convictions, and that the Emperor ALIMAIsIDIJI is not as mad as were his predecessors, from Pwrza clown to NICHOLAS, we should place great reliance on the promised pacific issue of the coming negotiations. But, as it is, our misgivings with regard to the Autocrat's sincerity increase when we consider the political phases of the present struggle. St. Petersburg has been for three-quarters of a nastic sympathies century the depository of dy and the focus of Court intrigue. Europe has seen the extraordinary duration and cost of those wars in whichßussiahas identified herself with the dynastic policy of the West. The Czar -NICHOLAS doubtless relied on, counter-movements in France, and popular agitation in England, to favour his views in the present war, and he must have placed twofold confidence in this direction when he ventured to continue the contest against the united strength of France and England. In these hopes both NICHOLAS and ALEXANDER have, fortunately, been most signally foiled. The allian ce o f t h e two great Western Powers appears to have been a that was required to secure the peace of the Continent. Russian statesmen have long since discovered this; and though they may profess to be willing to consent to peace on the terms proposed by Austria, we cannot believe that the Muscovite nobles and people will at once abandon their fixed determination to subjugate Turkey, and to carry entirety, the long cherished lesigns of their rulers. With the restoration of peace, each European state will revert to its former position and policy, and a thousand different cir cumstances may transpire within even a year or two, to render the renewal of the western alliance impossible, Out, in their shire, 811 Bli. London and North Western 1001 1001. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln shire ,259. Midland Stock, 69-a 691. South Eastern and Dover, 62 621. York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 741 75ii. York and North Midland, 491 491. PEACE PRELIMINARIES. -.-- Our most recent intelligence induces us to believe that the armistice is expected to be extended to the 31st March. The Constitutionnel of yesterday states, that the Western Powers have agreed that, besides the fixed and accepted proposals made to Russia by Austria, the preliminaries shall contain a specification of those points, the rejection of any one of which by Russia would be regarded by theM as a cams l elli. If these preliminaries are ratified by Russia, peace is decided and se3ured, and all the other questions which will occupy the Congress have only a secondary importance. As soon as the preliminaries are ratified, the Confer ence will transform itself into a Congress, to draw up the general agreement of peace, which will be placed under the guarantee of Europe. All the Foreign Cabinets will be specially invited to give their adhesion to it, The following are the Plenipotentiaries who have been invited by their respective governments to take part in the Congress : France—MM. de Walewski and de Bourqueney. England—Lords Clarendon and Cowley. Austria—MM. de Buol and Hubner. Turkey—Aali-Pacha and Mehemed-Djemil-Bey. Piedmont—MM. d'Azeglio and Cavour. Russia—MM. d'Orloff and Brunow. The King of Saxony will not support the unre served adoption' of the proposals—the increasing. chances of peace will probably modify the hesita tion of the neutrals. As stated above, the Grand Vizier, Aali Pacha, has been appointed the Ottoman Plenipotentiary to the Conferences. He is to embark at Con stantinople on the Gth inst., and will arrive at Marseilles on the 16th. It is thought that the Conferences will open on the 25th of February. TRADE REPORT.-MONDAY, COTTON : There has been a steady market for Cotton to day, the demand has been good, the supply moderate, and prices are unchanged. The sales—including 100 Pernambuco 6id to bid ; 170 Bahia, 51,d to 64d ; 350 Egyptian, sid to 911 ; 2500 Surat, 311 to 41d—are reported 12,000 bales, of which 4000 are on speculation and for export. PIG IRON : The market has been flit, and prices for war rants closed at 75s 6d to 765, cash ; three months open 765. TALLOW : The market was quiet and inactive : quotations on the spot, 57s ; to 6th March. 57s ; April to June, 57s to 57s 6d ; October to December, 525. LECTURE.— Last evening Mr. A. M'Dontell delivered a lecture at the Concert-hall, Lord Nelson-street, for the benefit of St. Vincent de Paul's new Church. The Right Rev. Dr. Goss occupied the chair. The subject selected by the lecturer was "The influence of education upon society when directed by the Catholic Church." A vote of thanks concluded the business of the evening. NATIONAL GALLERY.—Preparations have been made for the reception of the Rogers bequest, awl for the Paul Veronese, recently purchased. It wa s understood that the latter would be placed in the National Gallery 'on Monday last ; the three pictures bequeathed by Mr. Rogers were placed there on Tuesday last. The arrangement of pictures according to schools and periods will, as the collection increases, obviously become less and less practicable in the present rooms. COLLEGIATE SCHOOLS.—The second of the two Smith's Prizes, which are annually awarded at Cambridge to the two best mathematicians of the year, has been obtained by Mr. Rigby, whom we lately had occasion to mention as second wrangler. We believe that these are the highest mathematical distinctions ever obtained by a student educated at Liverpool. Mr. Rigby went in 1852 from the Collegiate Institution to Trinity College, Cambridge, where he has been in the first class each successive year, besides being elected a scholar at his first examination. EXTENSION OF THE COURT OF PASSAGE.—The London. Gazette notifies that by several orders in council, dated Jan. 30th last past, her Majesty has been pleased to direct— firstly, that all the provisions of the Summary Procedure Act, 1855, shall apply to the courts of record established under the provisions of the act 9th and 10th of Victoria, chap. 95, in respect of all actions upon bills of exchange and promissory notes, where the plaintiff claims a sum not exceeding £5O ; and, secondly, that the provisions of the said act sha'l be extended to the court of record of the borough of Liverpool, called the Court of Passage, except so much of section 1 as provides for the mode of fixing the amount of costs to be endorsed on the writ of summons. ACCIDENTAL DEATHS.—At ten o'clock on Sunday night, a man named John Gray, need about 50 years, who was engaged as watchman on board the steamer Lyra, in the Sandon-dock, was going on board, and fell from a plank into the water, and was drowned, although assistance was immediately at hand.—Yesterday morning, a fireman en gaged on board the Wexford boat fell into the Trafalgar dock and was drowned. A custom house officer heard the splash in the water, and, along with police officer 206, rendered prompt assistance and got the poor man out, but he was dead. His name was Denis Carroll, and he was 50 years old.—Patrick Leonard, a child aged seven years, who resided with its parents, at No. 3 Court, Parry-street, was burnt so severely on the Ist instant that he died yesterday in the Southern hospital. ACCIDENT ON THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY—FOR TUNATE ESCAPE.—We have received the following from a gentleman who was a passenger by the train, and we can vouch for the accuracy of the statement. The train that left Chester on Saturday evening, at a quarter past five o'clock, met with an accident, and although the greatest alarm pre vailed for some time, we are glad to say that no injury was received by any of the passengers, although the train was very full. When about seven miles from Shrewsbury, the tyre of one of the wheels came off, and was forced through the bottom of one of the carriages, and in this state was dragged along for upwards of seven minutes. The scene that followed was quite indescribable—the passengers in the most fearful state of excitement at every window, shouting for assistance and the stoppage of the train. This was all in vain, as they could not make themselves heard by the guard or driver. When about a mile and a quarter from Shrews bury, the train was slackened, and then the shouting was heard, and the train stopped. Immediately the guard and all concerned (who are spoken of in terms of praise by our informant), did all they could to remedy the accident. The broken carriage was left behind, and the passengers were forwarded in another vehicle. Our correspondent says it appears little short of a miracle that many persons were not injured, in the excitement that prevailed amongst the passengers. Happily no one was hurt. DREADFUL ACCIDENT IN HIGH-STREET, YESTERDAY. About three o'clock yesterday afternoon, a shocking accident occurred at the old buildings which are now in course of demolition in High-street, near to the Town-hall. Thomas Jones, a master mason, of Linden-street, Windsor, and his assistant Thomas Williams, who lived in Strawberry-court, Hygean-street, were standing on the top of Old Police office, for the purpose of lowering the cornice stones, by means of sheer legs. The first stone was in course of being lowered, when owing, it is said, to the men below pulling too hard, the stays of the sheers gave, and the weight of the stone pulled over the sheers, as well as the platform into which they were fixed, and upon which the two men were standing. All were precipitated into the enclosure in High street, men, sheers, and debris together. Williams, after turning round several times in his descent, fell upon his back on a pile of flags, and after a few gasps expired: Jones fell upon his left leg, (which sustained a compound fracture) with his head against the flags, and received a fracture of the skull. He was sensible when picked up, and, at his own request, he was conveyed to Mr. Evan Thomas's, the well known bone-setter, and thence, at the request of the latter, to the Infirmary, Brownlow-hill. Jones is a man about 40 years of age ; Williams was about 19, and came from Neston, in Cheshire. His body was conveyed to the Northern hospital, but life being quite extinct before arrival, it was taken thence to the dead house to await an inquest. LITERARY AND PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY.—The eighth ordinary meeting of this society was held yesterday even ing at the Royal Institution, Colquitt-street. The president of the society, J. Hay, Esq., occupied the chair. The minutes of the last meeting having been read and confirmed, the following gentlemen were unanimously elected members of the society :—Messrs. J. Cunningham, H. Duckworth, and W. N. Bird. The usual routine business of the society having been disposed of, the Rev. Mr. Higgins announced that he had two drawers of insects of a very rare description, which were ready to be inspected by any gentleman. They were inconspicous insects, but of a very interesting nature. He believed that there were few collections out of London. He had made the collection as complete as possible, and he thought it would prove a very valuable addition to his col lection. Mr. Archer then exhibited a helmet made from the Shalo stem from India, which was worn by the native and British troops. Ile also exhibited a piece of old hat made from the same substance. He stated that the helmet powerfully resisted any impression from any sharp instru ment, but it was a bid conductor of heat. The substance was capable of being bleached extremely white. He said it 1 -was not of a similar substance to the tice paper from China, and was very inexpensive. He had much pleasure in ex hibiting these articles, the produce of foreign countries, and should present it to the museum forming by the society. The chairman then exhibited razor strap and a riding-whip also made from a vegetable substance, belonging to foreign ports. Mr. W. Ihne then proceeded to read the paper of the evening,—" A plealfor the Emperor of Tiberius,' fur which he received the thanks of the society. FRANCE. (FRO/Sf OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, SUNDAY EVE.NINO. After the announcement in the Moniteur yester day, and after what has been said in the English Parliament, you will nattirally not look for any news of importance about the Peace Conferences. The only new point respecting them that has come to my knowledge is, that the French Minister of Foreign Affairs will decidedly be assisted by Baron de Bourqueney, ambassador at Vienna ; it is pro bable, also, that if there be any president of the Conferences, it will be that minister. Tito Confer. , ences, it is said, will be held in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and on dit, that on the day they are to be opened a grand review will take place. As to Prussia, it appears from one Berlin despatch received to-day, that she is not without hopes of being admitted to the Conferences after all, owing to England having withdrawn her olD,jec tions ; but another despatch, on the contrary, declares that she will not take any engagement against Russia as the price of her admission, and that she will await events. From St. Petersburg we are assured that peace is ardently desired, and that the Grand Duke Con stantine has become favourable to it. It is added that not the slightest difficulty is expected between Russia and the Allies about Bomarsund. An article in the Constitutionnel to day appears to be written with the intention of preparing the public mind for the abandonment of the idea of demanding an indemnity from Russia for the expenses of the war. " The grandeur, and we may say the preponderance," it says, " of the political role which France has been called on to play during the last two years in the councils of Europe, and the new glory which decorates her flags, would be amply sufficient to compensate the expenses of the war." But it declares that this is not all, for that the opening of new commercial relations with Turkey, the Danubian Principalities, and even with Russia, which will certainly be the consequence of the war, will be so considerable, that they also will form a set off to what the war has cost. If this be the view of the French Government, it must needs be that of Eng land also ; and, consequently, Russia will have reason to thank Heaven for the magnanimity—it might almost be said stupidity—of her enemies. The commercial news of the week is favourable. The manufacturers, in anticipation of peace, are renewing their stocks, and the retail trade is mak ing extensive preparations for the spring. Com mission agents have intimated that they will soon be able to give large orders for the provinces, and orders have already arrived from abroad. The payment of the bills of exchange, which fell due on the 31st of January, has taken place remarkably well. Hopes are entertained that the Bank of France will soon begin the discount of bills at longer dates than at present. At Havre, another fall in cotton of If. to If. 50c , according to quality, has taken place. The quantity sold during the wee k was 3,097 bales. I have informed you that the conclusion of peace, if it takes place, will be followed with extraordinary mercantile activity. Attention being now very strongly turned to maritime matters, you may be certain that in no department of trade will that activity be greater than in shipping, and especially in the establishment of lines of steamers between France and different parts of America, Africa Asia, and Europe. In several of these lines the monopoly which Liverpool has hitherto held will be vigorously attacked. This is what the French call Dirnanchegras, and in accordance with ancient custom, a fat bull is promenaded about the principal thoroughfares, accompanied by a splendid cortege of men and women, in costumes of the time of the Romans, Francis 1., and Louis XIV., etc., by bands of music, and by a symbolical car, containing women and children in mythological costumes. There are, also, in different parts of the town, cabs, con taining maskers and mummers, in tawdry dresses, blowing on cowhorns, and playing all sorts of tomfoolery. The weather being beautifully fine, an immense crowd of all sorts of people, in their Sunday clothes, have turned out to gape at the procession of the bull. What a way of keeping holy the Lord's day ! A great many objects exhibited in the Universal Exhibition were offered to Prince Napoleon for the relief of the wounded soldiers, and of the widows and orphans of the killed of the army of the East, and he has decided that they shall be put up to lottery. Princess Augusta Bonaparte, daughter of Prince Charles Bonaparte, was married yesterday at the Tuileries, to her cousin, Prince Gabrieili. The Emperor and Empress were present. PARIS, SATURDAY EVENING, The official Moniteur has at last spoken on the great event of the day. It announces that the Russian Government, having adhered without reserve to the Austrian propositions, proposed to government the signing of a protocol at Vienna "to establish the adhesion of the contracting court to the propositions destined to serve as a basis to the negociations, and to show that plenipotentiaries will have to assemble at Paris within three weeks (or sooner if possible) to proceed to the signing of preliminaries of peace, the construction of an armistice, and the opening of general negociations." It then says (what by the way is already known) that Paris has been selected as the seat of negociations in consequence of the British government having expressed the desire that they should be held here, and of Austria having willingly given her consent. It adds that the signing of the protocol containing the acceptance of all the parties took place at Vienna, at mid-day yesterday (Friday), and that it was agreed that the plenipotentaries of the powers taking part in the negociations, shall be at Paris before the 20th February. The two facts contained in the last sentence are the only ones new to the public, or that possess any real impor tance. It will be observed that no mention is made of Prussia, so that her exclusion from the conferences must be considered decisive, at least for the present. The opinions of the press on the Queen's speech are contradictory. The Debats thinks it peaceable, but firm, and the semi-official journals share its opinion ; but the Union declares it warlike, and the Siecle is enchanted with the firmness it displays. The latter journal strongly exhorts the government to take advantage of the present opportunity of chastising Russia, and of compelling her to make reparation for her many misdeeds. It recommends the present emperor, too, not to allow himself to be deceived by the professions of admira• tion and respect which he receives from the Russian and German sovereigns, as they are not sincere, and reminds him that Russian and German sovereigns were formerly proposers of similar demonstrationsto his uncle, but afterwards subjected him, in the days of his decline, to all manner of outrages. There has been another rise on the Bourse to day, but it was not so important as expected after the announcement in the Moniteur of the signing of a peace protocol. What checked the upward movement was that the language of Lord Claren don was not considered very satisfactory. A telegraphic despatch announces the death of Prince Paskiewitsch. The Lyons journals say that Russian commission agents have already arrived in that city, and given large orders. The French Government has granted exequators to Mr. Roundtree and Mr. Morgan, as United States consuls, at La Rochelle and Marseilles. In pursuance of the liberal commercial policy it has definitely adopted, the French Government has made reductions in the import duties, and various articles in its Asiatic and West Indian possessions. VIENNA, S UNDAY.—Prince Gortschakoff, when sioning the protocol, asked that Prussia might be invited to take part in the conferences. Count Buol supported this demand. M. de Bourqueney and Sir Hamilton Sey mour said they must refer to their governments on that point. The Journal de St. Petersburg contains the following paragraph at the head of its news for the day :—" The intelligence that Russia bad accepted the proposals of Austria relative to the basis for negotiations, has pro duced a profound sensation. At London and Paris it was ,üblished officially, and was received everywhere with great joy. Hopes of peace, anticipating the event, have taken, thus to speak, the character of certainties." AUSTRALIA. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) MELBOURNE, Nov. 9, 1855.—The Shalimar sails to-morrow with the November mails, and the press of business will only allow me to forward with the papers of the day a brief recapitulation of the most i l m as p t o m rt a a i-s n i t h e i v p. ents that have transpired since the The gold fever, which has been gradually dying for the last year ; has broken out again with redoubled fury, and is rapidly draining the town of its crowds of idle operatives. At Fiery Creek gold has been discovered in large quantities, and a general rush thither has taken place from the older fields in its vicinity. All the holes bottomed thus far have turned out rich, and from the extent of ground supposed to be occupied by the vein, there is no immediate prospect of its being speedily worked out. At ‘‘ Stieg litz Run," also, about equi-distant be tween Geelong and Ballarat, rich quartz veins have been discovered, and worked to vast advantage by the prospectors. These new discoveries have given an impetus to business of all description, t.nd par ticularly to the carrying trade between Melbe.7 l rne and Geelong, which had dwindled down to almot; nothing. Now, in addition to the regular lines of steamers, cargo boats are laid on for night tripg, and go down the river, loaded nearly to the water's edge, with all sorts of supplies for the new diggings. At Old Daisy Hill, one of the earliest gold fields in the colony, a nugget has been taken out, weighing 700 ounces, one of the handsomest combinations of gold and quartz I have ever seen. A controversy haS taken place between the owners and the Custom- . house in regard to its shipment, which involves some very important principles to shippers of gold. and about which a very considerable degree or feeling has been shown by the public at large. The' Customs' wish to charge the export duty on the gross weight of the nugget, making no allowance for the quartz, which enters largely into its forma tion—l should say to the extent of fully one-half —under the plea that it is impossible to separate the quartz from the more precious metal, and arrive at a proper calculation of its exact weight. The owners, on the contrary, demur, and very natu rally, at having to give some £4O for the privilege of exporting a quantity of quartz rock, which is not free by law, but is absolutely valueless to them. and contend that the specific gravity of the lump will readily show the amount of gold and amount of quartz. Finally, the questions have been referred to the Attorney-General, for his decision, which has not yet been given. Garratt, the Victoris Bank robber, whom you may remember,. was arrested in London, has, after great difficulty on the part of the prosecution, who were obliged to search the wilds of New Zealand for a long time to discover the whereabouts of the Approver Quin, been fully committed for trial. His fate is sure. The Council has been prorogued again to the 26th of November; whether it will be alloyed to meet even then is extremely uncertain. The feeling against the squatters is burning hotter th,sn ever' Mr. Cruikshank, late chairman of the chamber of commerce, and one of the most influenti a l 1:.ler" chants of our city, but who was suspected of friendly feeling towards the squatters, and of being in favour of awarding them compensation for their pretended losses, was beaten by an overwhelming majority in a contest for a seat in the legislative council. Rae, his opponent, a man little known' outside of his circle of immediate friends, but whose principles were known to be liberal, heading him nearly 1500 out of 2100 votes. Of the governor nothing very particular has been heard lately ; his excellency has done nothing particularly' absurd to bring himself prominently before the public, and unless he does nobody meddles with him—he has sunk to that point in public contempt that no one considers him worth the trouble of conversing about. The ensuing session o f the council is looked forward to, with a great deal of interest, several new members are to make their debuts, the new constitution is to be considered, and, the bankrupt state of the colony, the ce s sation of all public works, bridges half-built, roads half" formed, government contracts ruthlessly broken , (in some cases to the utter ruin of the contractor) , all on account of the empty state of treasury , all these things are to be talked about and remedied, if possible. The prices of labour have risen considerably, in consequence of the nevr gold discoveries ; agricultural labourers are receiving 30s. per week and board, in lieu of 20s, lately paid, and are by no means to be readily procured, even at that. The, quarrymen employed in the v i c i n ity 0 1 Melbourne have all taken flight, and the Yarra, and its tributary creeks, are full of their empty barges, and a dead silence now reigns , where, a short time since, the sound of their haw mers was ringing the whole day long. I do ne t exaggerate, when I assert that the rush to the diggings exceeds anything of the kind that hag ever taken place in the colony. I was not here myself when the first grand rush took place in 1851, but old colonists who were, assure me that it did not exceed the present, only it 15 not so apparent now, from the vast in" crease of the Colony; one does not perceive it so readily ; the number is greater, but the propor tion of the population not so great ; the current is deeper and stronger, but not so noisy or rapid the prices of provisions are advancing; flour hag already arrived at £5O per ton, Chilian, and there is no prospect of its lowering; ship stores ar° very scarce, and high, and by no means of the best quality either ; candles have lowered materially, and the prospect of a factory here , whose proprietors say they can make them cheaper than they can be imported, will not improve their prospects; butter is as low as Is. 2d per lb. lowe r than it has ever been since the gold discoveries , Most other articles are advancing. The Chines°. emigration is virtually put a stop to ; th e £lO bean money has proved an effectual damper to speen: lators in the Asiatic carrying trade. The TO manian controversy is not settled yet, and appear s to be as far from it as ever. Much credit is du e to the legislative council for their firmness an d determination to probe the filthy u l cers o f official corruption to the quick; a o n o d n , g, n s o m na a m tt e e , r howfor ~ contest may end, a black mark will f or ever rentai e energyaffixed to he Sir has Henry di Young's in endeavouring te a shield the public peculator under the broil mantle of his authority, and urging and assistin g him by every means in his power to set at defianc e the authority of the Assembly, and even to defen d himself by force and arms from w h a t every go°, citizen is bound to respect, the official warrant its speaker. A public meeting held here a wee : or two since passed some very strong resolution s ' approving the conduct of the council, and tender' ing them Victorian aid and s y mpat h y i n they. righteous crusade. The Emma, with the Augn e mails, is not yet in, though hourly expected. J. W. T. It was reported from Deal, yesterday morning, that the Mangerton steamer, from Limerick, had run down tb d ship Josephine, Willis, f rom Li verpool to New Zealan..; six miles off Folkesto ne . T we l ve passengers saved; ot bg' are believed to have landed at Folkestone. tb° THE NEGOCIATIONS.—Th e P aris correspondent o f Times says :—The period of the labours of the pie potentaries has been variously stated, at from ten o, twelve days t o th ree mont h s . In well-informed quart e , b a it is thought p ro b a bl e th a t within a month, a t utmost, from th e day of opening the co n f erences , t" h' will be brought to a conclusion. t The ordinary overland mail from I n di a an d Ch! a s via Marseilles, arrived in Lond on yesterday mern l . i f i g , I having been conveyed across th e channel by aP e ‘ t he steamer, and brought to to wn b y a special train o f or South Eastern Railway. The mail was due three t o four days ago, and th e general intelligence to the da,,o which it brings reached England last W e d nesday Trieste. tot ° The Times says — We expect to hear every day tha d jo minister at Washington has received his passport, t i l i jor on his w a y h ome. That, of course, will compel siZoe' p r oceedings on our part with regar d t o the :oh rican minister ; a n d M r . C rampton an d Mr. Buct'aerni the two inoffensive gentlemen representing their e v fo s§ ments at Washington and Lond on , w ill pro b a bly each other on the Atlantic. After deploring the e `" o in. ence of this domestic quarrel, England has really °PO gised enough to satisfy ten European empires' TV cannot hold her responsible for the estrangement• lt hel Americans must reckon on an o b st i nate resistance 1 „ t sl‘g, drive us to it. Let th em count the cost before t beJ any fatal steps, else, after two or three paces, the. , make the calculation in vain. when it would be for either England or France to enforce, single handed, on Russia the conditions we now demand rho proposed negotiations may, therefore, have solely for the purpose of giving time to bring about a schism between the Allied Go- been mooted Here lies our danger at this moment vernments We may give Russia an opportunity of increasing her numerical strength on her southern frontier, to add to her fleet of gun-boats still moored inder the for tifications of Nicolaieff, and to the numbers and efficiency of her Georgian How this is to be guarded against, if we forego our claim to material guarantees is difficult to comprehend. It is a matter of little importance power the peace proposals originated, where the Conference is to be held, or who are to take part in it. If Russia means to be honest, her intentions will speedily show themselves in the language of her representatives. But if the Allied Governments have the entire propositions before them, with the CZAR'S acceptance of them, we can not understand why Her MAJESTY was made to speak of the Conference with so much doubt. If the Russian Government have accepted them with- Nith what out evasion, peace must be virtually re stored at this moment ; and all that re mains to be done is, to make public the Aus trian compact, and, if it should be agreed to by the Parliament and people of this country, to embody it in a formal treaty to be signed by the representa Lives of the contracting Powers. But surely it is not intended to ask the British Legislature and public to accept terms which they know nothing about, and have not been given an opportunity of discussing. We have not heard in this country what it is that Austria has proposed, or what it is Russia has accepted ; and the whole affair would be far more satisfactory if the usual publicity was given to the basis of the treaty which England is about to enter upon at this critical juncture. We have in England a Constitutional right to ask what it is the Administration propose to pledge us to ; and before the nation is bound to any terms the Legislature should ask for the production of the protocols, signed by the British representative at Vienna, before they sanction the ratification of treaties, embodying conditions of which they are totally ignorant. Austria may love secresy, but it is wholly unnecessary and utterly despised throughout Great Britain ; and where there are so many millions of the subjects' substance pending on these diplomatic movements, the utmost publicity should be given to the terms proposed, in order that the annuitant and com• mercial classes should be as well able to shape their course as statesmen and diplomatic agents. We could make a cool thousand or two if we could get a sight of the Austrian propositions, and what we would like for ourselves we ask for the country at large. THE COURT WINDSOR, SUNDAY, Feb. 3.—The Queen and Prince, the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, Prince Alfred, ess Alice, and the Duchess of Kent, the ladies and gentlemen of the court, and the domestic household, attended divine service this morning in the private chapel of the castle. The Hon. and Very Rev, the Dean of Windsor performed the service and administered the holy communion THE FRENCH COURT.—The Moniteur announces that the:marriage of the Princess Augusta Bonaparte, daughter of his Highness Prince Charles Bonaparte, with his Excellency Prince Gabrielli, her cousin, was celebrated at the imperial chapel of the Tuilleries, their Majesties the Emperor and Empress being present. It is understood that the appearance of her Royal Highness the Princess Royal in the great world will, for this season, be limited to the palace, it not being thought expedient to apply to parliament for the sum necessary to maintain a household while she is so young, and it being essential to the dignity of a princess of her rank, if she visited a subject, that her royal highness should be attended by a lady-in-waiting and an equerry of her own. —Court Journal. THE PEACE CONFERENCES.—It is understood that the Earl of Clarendon will be accompanied as plenipoten tiary at Paris by Mr. Edmund Hammond, permanent under-secretary of state (who, it will be recollected, assisted Lord John Russell on his mission to Vienna last year,) by the Hon. Spencer Ponsonby, and Mr. Thomas Villiers Lester, private and assistant secretaries to the noble earl, andby Mr. Francis IV. H: Cavendish, precis writer. Lord Wodehouse will discharge the duties of the foreign office during the temporary absence of the Earl of C larendon in Paris. A reference to our parliamentary intelligence will show our readers that in the House of Commons last night, the Vice-President of the Board of Trade (Mr. Lowe) moved for, and obtained leave, to bring in a bill for the abolition of passing tolls on shipping—an impost, as nefarious in principle, as it is injurious to the interests of commerce. The subject is one to which we have heretofore; earnestly invited public attention, and hence we cannot but hail with satisfaction the prospect of a realization of the hopes we have inspired in others, as they were sincerely entertained by ourselves. We perceive that 111 r. Horsfall came to the rescue of our Corporate body, from an attack made upon it by the Vice-President of the Board of Trade, but despite this and other equally puerile efforts, the measure met the general acceptance of the House. NEW ORDER OF MERIT.—The Globs of last night pub lishes the following :—We have reason to believe that a Royal Warrant founding a new " Order of Merit " has been already signed by her Majesty, and that a copy will be presented to Parliament in the course of a few days. Its provisions will, we think, be found of a very satis_ factory character, founded as they are upon the principle of the honourable recognition of personal gallantry in whatever rank of the army or navy it may be displayed. Thus in all likelihood the order will consist of only one grade, and for this distinction every individual, from the private soldier or able-bodied seaman up to the Admiral or Commander-in -Chief, who shall have distin guished himself by a conspicuous act of personal valour berf t eore the enemy, w ill b e e li g ibl e. In granting the he particular reason for which it is awarded will be specified, and along with the decoration the re cipient will b e ent i tled to a small annual pension. The orderservice, is as not intended e a a already y a recognisedreward for o continuous w g a o y o s d . It will be confined to member s of the forces of th ose who ha ve f b o a r t c o e h s o o f f c h re e a r t lV io l n aj s e w st i y l , l c a o n tn d prob able and military e that th e first evinced conspicuou s gallantry th roughout the late op e ra _ tions in the East. MR.LIVERP COMM lOOL SIONER BA NIERUPTCY PERRY . COURT, YES TERDAY......Ihp oR , S --ln re JoHtsr ostits.--- bankrupt, tailor and d ra p er of Chester, applie d this day f his certificate. His honou r granted an immediate certifi of the second class, cte MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL. LIVERPOOL, MONDAY EVENING. The cotton market continues steady, and a good business has been done to-day, the sales reaching 12,000 bales, 4,000 of which were taken for specu lation and export. The supply continues moderate, and prices remain without change. ;The Liverpool share market opened at lower prices, and some speculative selling, in conse quence of the Times article on American affairs, but buyers coming forward at the decline, a slight improvement took place. Prices, however, closed at the last about the opening rates :—Aberdeen, 12a 12Z. Chester and Birkenhead, 131 14. Cale donian, 28 3-16 28 5-16. Chester and Holyhead, 13 131. Eastern Counties, 9194. East Lancashire, 171 Great Northern, 23 231. Ditto A Shares, _ Great Western, 581 59. Lancashire and Yorkshire Stock, 811 811. Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport, 151 151. London and North Western Stock, 1001 101. Manchester, Sheffield and Lincoln, 25 25+. Ditto Preference, 111 11g. Ditto New 6 per cent Pref., I p. Midland Stock, 691 60k. North British, 71 7+. North Staffordshire, 8 71d. South Eastern and Dover, 18 18. York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 18 11-16 181. York and North Midland, 24125. Leeds Capital Stock, 141 141. Dutch Rhenish, d Ip. Ditto New Shares, 2 1-16 2 3-16 p. Great Western of Canada, 25 25+. Ditto New Shares, 2+ 3p. Great Luxembourg, 84 81d. 91 The specie from Melbourne, by the Shalimar, is valued at 296,000/. sterling. The Commercial accounts by the same vessel are of an encouraging character, notwithstanding the disarrangement of affairs at Sydney. The ,:discovery of new gold fields had given quite an impetus to trade at Melbourne, and caused a considerable increase in the demand for labour, which will no doubt induce a renewal of emigration from this country. The wages of agricultural labourers had increased from 20s. to 30s. per week and board. The price of flour had reached £5O per ton. The money market was tolerably easy, the Bank rate of discount being seven per cent. for ninety-five days currency, and eight per cent. for over. Exchange on London was quoted at one per cent. premium for thirty days drafts. The imports into Melbourne for the year 1855, up to the 13th of October, were 7,645,6631., and the exports for the same period 9,563,473/. showing an excess of exports over imports of 1,917,8101. There was a good demand for Tallow, the price of which ranged at about £42 10s. per ton. The Wool was beginning to come down freely, the dispute respecting tare and draft having been settled by the brokers' conceding to the demand of the buyers ; and to the rule established in London, &c, 10 lb per bale tare, and Ilb per cwt. draft. The Quotations are, for superior flocks, 150 to 17d per lb ; fair to good, 14d to 15d per lb; inferior to average, 12d to 13d per lb; broken, low, &c, 10d to lld perlb ; hand-washed and slipe, 10d to 13d per lb ; scoured, 14d to 17d ; sheepskins, 4id to 6d per lb; locks half the price, and pieces two-thirds the price of fleeces. We quote the following general remarks upon the condition of trade at Melbourne from the latest Prices' Current : At this period of the year trade generally revives, and we are now experiencing an extensive demand for the country for such articles as flour, butter, soap, candles, groceries of all descriptions, oilmen's stores, spirits, ale and porter in bulk and in bottle. Even quantities of soft goods are now forwarded ; whilst timber is inquired for at an advance in price, in conse quence of a decrease in importation lately from the Baltic and North America. While we can thus report an improvement, it ought to be remarked that there are circumstances which will have a prejudicial effect on the trade of the present season. We allude, first, to the commercial crisis in Sydney, in consequence of which large quantities of bankrupt stock are, and will be for some time, poured in upon this market—in many instances with instructions to realize even at a sacrifice. Another circumstance is to the fact that last year the storekeepers at the various diggings, and in the interior generally, laid in very heavy stocks in the expectation that, as had been the case in previous years, the roads would become next to impassable during the winter ; instead of which, the main lines of road, have proved to be passable at all seasons. Supplies were conveyed to the various diggings at a reasonable rate during the whole of the last rainy season, and most of the storekeepers either suffered very heavy losses, or were utterly disappointed in their expectations of profit. It is found, therefore, that, in the present season, the storekeepers give orders for comparatively limited quantities. The summer trade will not be what it has been, but the trade with the diggings will henceforth continue during the winter, and be more equally distributed over the year. On the whole, the improvement of the roads is ono of the most important circumstances to be considered in reference to the import trade, as well as to the future prosperity of the country. The immense sums formerly paid for carriage, are so much in the digger's pocket, and he is now not only enabled to work the poorer diggings, but he can devote a greater por tion of his earnings to the purchase of articles of comfort and This latter circumstance is one main cause of the immense demand that sprung up for butter, hams, bacon, and other provisions. Formerly the diggers seldom tasted butter, but now it is universally and largely consumed, and notwithstanding the prodigious im ports, it maintains a remunerative price. The season of diffi culty, which so severely pressed for about a year on the government, the trading, and the working classes, has now iu a great measure passed away. The gold fields were never in a more prosperous and promising condition ; the wool season has fairly commenced, and the clip promises well; the hay crops now being gathered are most abundant, and in the course of a month or six weeks the colonists will be reaping probably the finest, and certainly by far the largest crop of cereals hitherto grown in this country. Labour is becoming scarce, and wages are advancing. All this of course will react on trade. While we mention these favourable facts, we would strongly caution shippers against a repetition of the madness that produced such disastrous losses during nearly eighteen months in 1854 and 1855. From ad vices received from Great Britain, it is the opinion of several of our shrewdest merchants that a similar period is again approaching. The immense distance from the sources of supply, and the extremely irregular communication with the northern hemisphere, renders the trade of Australia a peculiarly dangerous one, and it requires an amount of judgment and skill which are only acquired by long and extensive expe rience. Hence the almost invariably disastrous re sult of ventures by " outsiders." The trade is now competently managed, generally, at a low mar gin of profit, by houses of immense capital and thorough experience, and hap-hazard shipments are more dangerous than ever. The new Constitution of Victoria will be proclaimed on the 23rd of November, and many of its provisions will take effect from that date. The present Legislature will meet on that day, chiefly for the purpose of passing an Electoral Act, and the elections for the new Parliament will probably be completed by the month of May or June next. In the meantime, however, responsible government will be at once inaugurated. Accounts from Spain announce that the Minister of Finance has resolved to withdraw his projected measure for altering the import duties, and to establish an import upon all spirituous liquors, so as to raise an equal amount of revenue to that which was contemplated by increasing the duty on imports. The sale of the government domains continues most satisfactory, and the total amount now disposed of by public auction has reached ofi t n o d t i h vi sum 77,119,919 rea l s. individuals The quit rents have also increa sed oZ hO 23,755,311 Teals, settled thissum the number are upwards of 6,000. Letters from Berlin state that an increased business had been done in wool, since the com mencement of the year. Although the quantity exported during the past twelve months was smaller than usual, the stocks were not multi larger than in former years, and if extensive arrivals from Russia had not taken place a scarcity would have been experienced. It was thought that an active demand for France would arise, owing to the reduction of the duty on wool, and enhanced rates were expected to be realised. The Funds to day were rather dull, owing chiefly to the uneasiness excited by the apprehension of the diplomatic rupture with the United States. Notwithstanding one or two large sales, however, the decline in prices did not exceed to per cent. The closing quotations were 90.1. 90Z- . . The comparative steadiness of the market attests the reluctance of the public to believe that any serious result will arise out of this dispute. There was an active demand for money in Lombard-street, this being the 4th of the month. The large mass of bills falling due to day have been very well met At Paris the Three per Cent. Rentes opened at 73.10, but quickly receded to 72.95. The final price for money was d per cent. above yesterday. The 80 000 ounces, worth 320,0001.. brought in by the Shalimar from Melbourne, will be in hand to-morrow. It is apprehended that this supply will not be retained here. The Railway Share market to-day was less active, and some disposi tion was shown to realise the profits accruing from the late rapid advance. The subjoined were the closing prices quoted :—Caledonian, 561. Eas tern Counties 9 13-16 9 15-16. East Lancashire, 72 73 - Great Northern, 91 1 911. Ditto A, 77 78. Great Western, 4 58i 58k. Lancashire and York- NORTHERN TIMES.-LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 18.54.