The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-01-19 00:00:00

In to mon t realm 3 the Allied Govern its have laid down no definite line of policy it ictitto s (ton llied Power for st afraid known to tl matters neath ier hand, hay is it no taken upon him, which were no mpttn,f,i these are ail ) carefully env , counts bbers and of made up their required to de between the plaintiffs were of too complicated a The bill such as specifica to be Zfi,,s Q1)1A medial and g 'nments would enter oUld a v long ms caused an ad s. and la us spouded b vance of a ha a Uonsols our enen I head sman cre iu well, where the concerned. But 1 with our social pros. making a none but drivelling meat, suppose the Allied And, how long is this diplomatic shuttlecock t ained on 'Change the Aus f per ce 1 is followed the next morn i that lie telegraphic news ved to-da ev Marke caused g at depression in the Ind Consols receded - 7 7- ; to a. ;11 was followed by a decline of from two to e per cent in Railway and other Stocks ?" vho know anything of our M, ze sys aey Market I easily under• hose fluctuations in may be made to th bark in peace negociations delusion for weeks and months Let us hope the present acceptance cf , posals by Russia is not such 3 diploma e pract If it is, we men who can appreciate t i a pernic is system, will he plainest language• led, or steps to Sta s benefitin " in C by an ' thre, s to the CzA. 3 , :l Powers er, which are 2s of diplomacy tha aprehend t in the funds, by the g carried on all through thi be proved to have cont ibuted, it no small degree, to pro] actual result it bas prod s and aarket price of our national securities witness ar it has led to the state of t must East, for the last four months, we We can only state to decide the broad and undisguisable fact, that two of the most powerful arm s, who, perhaps face to face on ever stood aall art area, have remained ted for winter a m st inhospitable re to come upon gion, without ement, likely to corn •h the peaceful revel s is quite new to those Zvi 1 anything of war ; but in this inacti them promise the dignit, of the other have seen or r XII th age of novelty, it is vulgar to affect surprise, and it would be considered very rude to ask the name of the author of any monstrosity, no matter how great! It would be hard to believe, however, that diplomacy balanced the numerical strength f position, the difficulty and nter's campaign in the lnd energy of he other minor attributes cess and defeat in war, so as to have secured t inaction, while the numbers on either side much less than 120,000 men. But so it ose who have accomplished this, and at ,vires of Europe deserve foresight, no no mei is ; and th presen to be immortalised good fortune of war could have led to the realization and po more particularly and if it were not for the extraordin9l terrible tale of mortality, which the campaign will unfold in the next should be the last to question the that is it t pull t Yet Nv soppy of the present t tamely hand. Will th has its peculiariti end tha 1, and the s every diplomatic t: 1 diplomacy has accomp Czar. may have been induced t i's proposals for peace anything in the East, but in the Councils of war may they can ne ich plans, or accomplish such feats as Decl to some mys tell us that war kind never heard is to be the But seeing it is possible the wept FRAN lave tha y passage in the official announ ssia accepts the Austrian propositions basis of negotiation:' )r nothing in dealing .witli wily des This sig To THE NORTHERN 1 and cabinets ; and until time has given it its true ) GUINEAS AN Ntrat definition and actual character, the British public should keep steadfastly in view the practical results of all former peace proposals and qd EDITION I negociations NORTHERN DAI -..,,e,...-.._.- THE Liverpool Corporation have recently been figuring in Chancery as defendants, in a bill filed against them and their engineer —Mr. News of t SLEY, for the ery of money THE COURT NORTHERN TIMES.-LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY, JANUARY 19, 1856. squandered in " suits of this nature." An equity judge has decided that Mr. HAWKSLEY must certify contractors' accounts, and make his awards. If he will not, and the accounts between him and his contractor are so complicated that he cannot, some engineer ought to be called in, and a Corporate committee appointed, to discharge both duties for him, and put an end to the frittering away of the due to ratepayers substance in endless litigation. I MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL. LITERPOOL, FRIDAY EVENING SCOTT, the plaintiffs, in connection with ington-Pike-Wat er works o the N The case 1' Court, on the -CHANCELLOR'S to be taken at common law h all the usual matte rich, in the present instance, were entered into in accordance with the Act of 1847, er supplying the Borough of Liverpool he bett( It the report of the case, it dertoo by the to the before-, ntioned works 3 Mr. HAWKS tions, and lwarcls Ind certif [des, and the xpressly prwlided tha yineer of the , e made a party to, or r answer any bill or proceeding at law, or in equity, at the instance either of the plainti f fs or the Corporation, and that he should not mpellable to explain any matter relating to any certificate or award by him, or in what manner he settled, or omitted to settle, any matter between the plaintiffs and the Corporation ; and that if the engineer should be put to any expense by any such means, his expenses should be paid to him by the plaintiffs and the Corporation jointly ! The bill prayed for costs against the Corporation and Mr. HAWKSLEY, and the latter demurred to the bill.' re have italicised what we conceive to be the narkable features in these transactions The case was opened by an admission that the accounts between Mr. HAwksLEY, the Water-works engineer, and the contractors, were too complicated to be taken at common law. Where an able judge, assisted by a highly intellectual bar, and a jury of 3tical men, are said to be unable to deal with such transactions, how will the town Council be able to comprehend ;hem, and explain to their constituents the exact cost of the Rivington Pike water job ? Mr. HAWKSLEY cannot give the necessary informa tion, for he has just been cast in court on what ought to have been to him a simple matter of account. And what will our readers say of the legal advisers of the Corporation, who suffered proceedings in equity to go to a hearing on such a paltry and childish ground as that set up in the defence? There is something more implied th an .• meets the eye in Mr. HAWKSLEY'S attempt, on the face of a contract, to bind men down to conditions which every schoolboy must know to be perfectly worthless. Mr. HAWKSLEY anticipated the filing of bills, and proceedings at law, by contractors against the Corporation ; and he adds to this a condition, " that he should not be held to explain " any matter relating to any certificate or award by " him, or in what manner he settled, or omitted to ''settle, any matter between the plaintiffs and the Corporation." Our readers will know what to think of Mr. HAWKSLEY'S attempting to enforce on Corporate contractors any such tyrannical and to I desnotic conditions. But the Vi -CLIANCE L L 0 seems to have seen gh the character of the legal proceedings—the expenses of which remain to be paid out of the Bo rough Fund, unless, indeed, another bill be filed against Mr. HAWKSLEY to set aside his agreement ith the Corporation exempting him from and that of costs, nail be to contribute Irds the exp DR said that inusual of 1 The Maharajah Duleep Singh, the Marquis of Lady Fanny Abercorn and Lady I Howard, Baroness de Si Lo Hamilton, a, Lord Ashburton, Sir John Couper, Major Purves, Lieut.-Colonel Chapman, R.E., ant Captain Burnelle. , The Marquis of Sir Ge( Lansdowne, the Earl I and Lady Colvin, accompanied by r, Mr. L Sir Harry Beagle, Mr. ilarle John and Path Mr. H. Sal-,-• 41 - 1 Murray ; Lord Trinket, Mr. Walter Lacy; B Matthewb, , Tom (his servant), Mr. Cormaek (Oakley•s servants); Mr. Raymnnd and rvant, Mr. Barsby Oakley, Mrs- Lady I Lady Freelot Mrs. Winstanley ; Kean ; Harriet, Miss Heath ; Toilet, Miss Clifford ; Lady Freelore's Azaid, Miss Collins—Director, Mr. Chas. Kean. About eight o'clock the Queen and Prince Albert entered St. George's-hall, accompanied by the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, the Princess Alice, Prince Alfred, and other members of the royal family, the Duchess of Kent, the Duchess of Cambridge, the Princess Mary, the Count of Flanders, the Maharajah Duleep Singh, and the ladies and gentlemen in attendance. The performance immedi ately ctsmmenced. Refreshments were served in the Music Gallery to the Queen's visitors. LORD ADOLPHUS FITZCLARENCE.—We are happy to announce that his lordship is considered to be going on favourably. His lordship is relieved of gout. The medical bulletin yesterday states that "Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence is considerably better." A West-end correspondent states, on det that the Right Hon. S. H. Walpole will succeed Mr. Goulburn as the Archbishop's Church Estates Commissioner, at the Ecclesiastical Commission. On dit that Mr. Phinn is sure to be the successor of Mr. Serjeant Adams. -.0--- JENNY LIND (GOLDSCHMIDT) AND THE WORKING MEN or LIVERPOOL.—A short time ago, during her recent visit to Liverpool. the working men of this town got up a memorial to Madame Goldschmidt, (Jenny Lind), in which, after expressing their high admiration of her great talents. and the pleasure they would experience in hearing them exercised, they pointed out that, owing to the necessarily high prices charged for admission to her con certs, none of the working classes could enjoy the privilege of being delighted, like their richer brethren, by her wonderful vocalism. They begged her, therefore, to consent to give a concert for the working classes solely, at prices which would not debar the most humble from par ticipating in the rich teat of hearing her " heaven-born " voice ; and they respectfully suggested in case of her approval of their request, that the entertainment should take place in the Concert-hall, Lord Nelson-street, as being the peculiar locale of the cheap and popular concerts in this town. The memorial was duly presented, and the fair cantatrice has in her usual good-nature, accorded the boon asked, but conditionally on measures being taken to secure the admission to the concert of members of the working classes only. Madame Lind also intimated au objection to sing at the Lord Nelson-street Hall, and sug gested that St. George's Hall might easily obtained for the purpose. She also expressed a desire that the pt ice of admittance should not be lower than half-a-crown. The arrangement, it is said, is in course of being carried out, and the concert will probably take place in a week or two at St. George's Hall. It is to be hoped that those who are not really of the " working classes," will have too much good taste and proper feeling, to attempt to take antage of Madame Goldsehmidt's kindness, to the --4*--- WARLIKE r PREPARATIO: —Notwithstanclin the peace despatches weLlearn that the authorities of the war depart- ment; are not abating their At the Tower of London th , n of ordnance and commissariat stores is carried on with the same energy and dispatch as heretofore. The operations in the small arms-proving department is described as being rather on the increase. Yesterday morning instructions were forwarded to the commanding officers of the embodied regiments of militia nol ifying that volunteers from those corps will be accepted for service in Light Cavalry regiments, with the excep tion of the 10th llussars, and the il2th Lancers (which complete to the war establishment, namely •ach) and for the third (ne regiments a: )w• the seco lid) class drivers iu the Land Transport Corps CLOSE OF THE GRAND POULTRY SHOW.—SALE AT MESSRS. LUCAS'S YESTERDAY.—The Liverpool grand poultry show closed last eve ning, after a most successful exhibition, both in regard to the number and quality of the birds, and the sales effected. Of 400 pens, containing 1,250 birds, exhibited, 50 have been sold by private contract, and yesterday morning some 300 or 400 birds, many of which had been in the show, were sold by auction, by Messrs. Lucas, and realised various prices, averaging about £1 a pen. Of one private sale, the following were the principal prices :—Pens No. 3 and 4, of black Spanish fowls, the property of Mr. Davies, of London, were purchased by Captain Hornby, of Knowsley-hall, for Lord Derby's collection, at the very high figure of £lOO per pen. £4O was offered for one Spanish cock, and refused by the owner. Mr. Brundritt, of Runcorn, exhibited a pen of Spanish jets, for which he was offered £6O, but he refused to part with them at that " low price." Pea No. 11, class 1, was pur chased by Mr. Lawrence Peel, of this town, for fifteen guineas. A Dorking cock, belonging to Mr. Alcock, of Windermere, sold for the extraordinary price of £2O, but the eterprising purchaser refused to give his name. Pen 169, containing a young game cock, and two game chickens, belonging to Mr. Hineson, of Buck-lane, became the property of Mr. Bailey, of London, on payment of ten guineas. Another Dorking cock sold for £lO, the purchaser being the Ray. Stephen Donne, of Oswestry. A pen of bantams, contai,ling a cock and two hens, the pro-• perry of Mr. Dixon, of Bradford, were bought by Mr. Conyers, of Leeds, for £2O. The other pens ranged from eight, and six, to three guineas each. THE BARQUE CHEROKEE.—On Thursday this case came before the Court of Admiralty, Dublin. It will be remem bered that it was a salvage cause instituted by Thomas Mitchell and others, the crew of the pilot-cutter Seagull, fur their services rendered to the impugnant vessel. This vessel, the Cherokee, of Liverpool, had been bound from Benin, on the coast of Africa, to Liverpool, with a cargo of palm oil and ivory, and meeting with stormy weather had put into Bantry Bay, on her homeward passage, where a steam tug was chartered to bring her thence to Liverpool. Owing to the continuing violence of the gales the tug had parted her towing ropes at sea, off, the coast of Waterford, and about 9 o'clock, p.m., on the night of the 31st December last, the Cherokee had got into the harbour without knowing it, through the darkness, and let go both her anchors, but one of her chains having parted, she was dragging her remaining anchor and going ashore. The mister of the barque, at that time declined any assistance from the pilot-cutter, but about one o'clock the following morning, the Ist of January instant, the barque having then parted her remaining anchor, was fast drifting with the ebbing tide in on Creden Head. The master then hailed the pilot-cutter for aid, and she immediately complying, and putting a sufficient number of hands on board the barque, after an hour's work, succeeded in slipping both chains, which had been trailing after the barque, keeping her broadQide to both sea and wind, and thus rendering her unmanageable; got np her foresail and foretop her round, and got her up the ' strand. The Cherokee mast stay sail, wor "'arbour had been arrested by warrant of the court, in order to answer the claim for remuneration for such service, and had been bailed in the sum of 2,00 W, in order to enable her to complete her voyage, the bail affording ample security as, to the issue of the suit. The promovent's libel having been exhibited, and the cause ready for hear- Mr. Lee, the proctor for the impughant, make a 50/ to the promovents, and their costs, which conference, accepted by Mr. Ilarnerton, on the part of the crew of the pilot cutter. Mr. Lee then prayed that the stipulation of bail should be subductecl. The court granted it accordingly. The dulness and depression by which our Market had for so long a time been characterised continued to prevail until about noon yesterday, buyers having had in the meanwhile a slight ad vantage as compared with the quotations of Friday last in all descriptions except the better classes of Boweds, .which, being much ,sought after on account of their superior quality and relative cheapness, fully supported former rates. On receipt yesterday, however, of intelligence of the unconditional acceptance by Russia of the terms of Peace offered through Austria by the Western Powers, an immediate and complete change took place, an urgent desire to purchase being mani fested, whilst much of the Cotton previously offered was at once withdrawn from market. The business of the day was estimated at 12,000 bales, 4,000 of which were taken for Speculation and Export, and the prices realized were from id. to id. per lb. above those previously current. This im provevent has been fully supported to day, the sales being again estimated at 12,000 bales, 4,000 of which are for speculation and export, and busi ness has generally been done at an advance of id per lb. in American descriptiqns below fair, and id to id in the better classes and in all other kinds of Cotton on the quotations of 1 of the week amount to 58,7501 have been taken by the trade, lay last. The st ales, 44,700 of which 8,930 for speculation and 5,120 for export. The committee's quotations to day for fair Cotton are as foll6ws, viz. :—Bowed 514, Mobile 5,1 d, and Orleans 6kd per lb. The Liverpool Share Market has been firm throughout the day, until the close, when prices left off at about 4 per cent beloW the highest point, and the tone rather feeble. Aberdeen, 11 11+. Chester and Birkenhead, 134 - - 13. Caledonian, 281 281. Chester and Holyhead, 11 11k. Eastern Coun ties, 8 11-16 8 13-16. East Lancashire, 18 18k. Great Northern, 22k 221 Ditto A, 94 n. Great 54 55. Lancashire and Yorkshire Stock, irosby, and Southport, 147, 141. London and North Western Stock, 963 : 97. Man- Western Jester ieffield and Lincoln, 241 24k. Ditto Preference, 131 13-1. Ditto New 6 per cent Pref., 7-16 tp. Midland Stock, 661 66- . L North British. 7 7-16 7 9-16. North Staffordshire, 81 8-Id. South Eastern, 17 15-16 18. York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 171 171. York and North Midland. 23 231. Dutch Rhenish, x all ap. Ditto New Shares, 1 a lip. Great Western of Canada, 251 26. Ditto New Shares, 31 3Rp. Great Luxembourg, 9 84d. The Corn Markets generally are lower. In Liverpool to-day there was complete stagnation, and Wheat declined from 4d. to sd. per bushel. and Flour from is. to ls. 6d. per barrel. In Wake field there was very little business done, and sales of Wheat were made at a decline of ss. per quarter. Mr. F. J. Eaton, in his circular to-day, gives the following report of the Tallow trade : The London market opened quietly this week at 68s to 67s 9d per cwt spot, and Feb. March delivery, but owing to the large quant ty tendered ex ship gradually declined is per cwt. on Tuesday and Wednesday ; yesterday, immedi ately on the issuing of the second edition of the Times, asserting the unconditional acceptance by Russia of the Austrian proposals, there was a complete panic, and the first price paid was 61s 6d per cwt. Jan: March ; later in the afternoon, when it was ascertained that Russia only accepted the proposals as the basis of negotiations, there was a better feeling, and an improvement of is to is 6d per cwt took place, at which a fair business was done ; the closing prices are 62s 6d to 63s Feb. March, 62s 6d to 62s spot, and 61s per cwt April to June. The stock is now 21,374 cks, against 34,553 in 1854 ; half week delivery 800 cks, against 708 cks last year. Here, early in the week, small lots of P. Y. C. brought 69s to 69s 6d per cwt, but since yesterday's news came to hand the market is very unsettled, and 65s per cwt „is the nearest price ; 90 cks are to be offered to-morrow. At the meeting of Portuguese Bondholders held to.day the following resolution was agreed to : " That the agreement dated Dec. 13,1855, between Mr. Thornton, chairman of Portuguese Bondholders Committee, and his Excellency Senor Fortes, the Finance Minister of Portugal, and now read at this meeting, be approved ; and on the same being ratified by the Cortes and carried into effect, the Committee of the Stock Exchange be requested to give quotation to Portuguese Securities." The extraordinary excitement in the Stock Exchange and city circles, has, to-day, in a great measure subsided, but in nearly- every department of the security markets, however, the late rise is well maintained. The extreme fluctuation in the English Funds, which yesterday was no less than 31 per cent, did not to-day exceed per cent. The closing quotations were almost exactly the same the final official prices of yesterda At ;Paris th namely, 89/. Ktroordinary rise is also well sup ported. Bank of France shares have risen 150 f. in two days. At Vienna yesterday an almost unpre cedented degree of buoyancy was exhibited. The Austrian Funds rose sto 4 per cent. All the other Continental Stock Markets were materially higher. The following were the closing quotations of Foreign Exchanges :—Amsterdam, short, 11 163 to 11 17. Do. Three Months, 11 191,- to 123. Rotter dam, Do., 11 194 to 12. Antwerp, Do., 25 55 to 25 60. Brussels, Do., 25 55 to 25 60. Hamburg, Do., 13 9,1 to 13 10. Paris, Short, 25 30 to 25 34. Do., Three Months, 25 723 to 25 80. Mar seilles, Do., 25 75 to 25 80. Frankfort. Do., 1203 to 120 . & Vienna, Do.. 11 to 11 7. Trieste; Do., 11 to 11 10. Madrid, Do., 493 to 491;. The demand for Money, to-day, was active, at full rates, but with a bare supply. The 180,0001. in gold, ex Ben Nevis, from Melbourne, was in hand today. The entire was at once taken for expor tation, the demand being active. The Corn Market to-day, was greatly depressed. To effect sales of Wheat, the important reduction of • about 5s per quarter from last Monday's prices would have been necessary. The Tallow Market remains perfectly paralysed. Yesterday's great rise in the Railway Share Market, is well maintained, and the market has resumed a settled appearance. The subjoined were the closing quotations : Caledonian, 56f 561. Edinburgh and Glasgow, 8a 81. East Lancashire, 72 73. Great Northern, 92 921. Ditto A, 77 78. Great Western, 54/ 541 Lan cashire and Yorkshire, 781 791. London and North Western, 96 963. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 231 231 Midland Stock, 631 661. North British, 30 31. South Eastern and Dover, 593 60. York, Newcastle, and Berwick; 683 691. York and North Midland, 463. BANE. OF ENGLAND RETURNS. An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cap• 32, for the Week ending Jan. 12, 1856. ISSUE DEPARTMENT. Debit. Credit. Notes issued .. £24,274,306 Government Debt Other securities 3,459,900 Gold Coin and £24,274,305 9,779,305 BANKING I): Total .... 124,274,305 TARTMENT, Debit. Proprietors' ca- Credit. Government se- Rest Public deposits Other „ X 14,553,000 3,330,673 3,638,609 13,967,508 curities £13,413,459 Other securities 17,415,554 Notes 4,887,005 Gold and silver coin Seven day, and other bills.. 617,646 843,874 . £36,333,664 Total .... £36,333,664 The foregoing Bank Returns show the following results when compared with those of the preceding week :--Notes issued, decrease 146,8751; bullion in both departments, decrease 119,9581; rest, increase 45,3501; public deposits, decrease 1,875,9261; other deposits, increase 1,359,6681; seven days and other bills, decrease 5,9 0 11. On the credit side, govern ment securities have increased 2.585,944/. other securities decreased 2,456,3201 Notes unemployed, decrease 633,3701. Actual circulation, 19,387,3001; increase 486,4951. THE LONDON GAZETTE BANKRUPTS.—THOMAS WHITEHEAD, Rigelleap, su gar dealer and colonial agent. WILLIAM SALISBURY, Birmingham, bailder. WALTER Bomar, late of Church road, Kingsland, and Seymour-street, Deptford, papier mache dealer. JOSEPH L9DGE, Wolverhampton, brewer any cab proprietor. JOHN MITCHELL, Sun-street, Bishop gate-street, analytical c'iemtst. CATHERINE HUGHES, Fli n tshire, grocer and drap er . H ENRY WILSON IZICHARD3ON. Banstead, Surrey, licensed victualler. CHARLES DAWN, Newport, Monmouthshire, grocer. CdARLES BRADLEY, WiMSIOI9, Cheshire, tailor and draper. JOH N T. EDWARD 3, Liverpool, laceman. JOHN CRANEROOK GREGORY, Bristol, dealer in ale and porter. " Count Esterhazy writes from St. Petersburg, that M. de Nesselrode had just notified to him the pure and simple acceptation of the propositions, contained in the ultimatum, ..vhich propositions are to serve as the preliminaries of peace." The sensation which this news created was, as you will readily conceive, immense. At the Bourse the crowd was tremendous, and the excite- ment terrible shot up with surprising rapidity rise to the end. Indeed the news of the pri they began pi other securities .nd continued to known to some in g largely at once, so that the business commenced with silarge of vesterda 800 for Ganges, whose arrival at Marseilles is else announced, states that the Allies have 18 , men of the army (proper) in the Crimea, and there are about 13,000 men who do not beloi the army. The destruction, by explosion, of the do( Sebastopol had been adjourned, it was some wee A.dvice the Gre the purpose GREECE ted Athens, the Bth instant linister of War had jas )n of sixte3n columns A following up t T. Bulg. be brigands s, the Minister of the Intel addressed a circular letter to the Prefect the same subject THE FRENCH FUNDS PARIS, FRIDAY EVENE The transactions to-day closed at the lc( quotations—Four and a-Half per Cents. Three per Cents., 68f. 5c INDIA AND CHINA MAII SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY EVENING. The Peninsular and Oriental Steam-ship Co: pany's steamer Alma has arrived here with t heavy portion of the India and China mails, a eighteen passengers. Her dates are from Alexandria to the Malta the 9th, and Gibraltar the 10th inst. During a heavy gale at Gibraltar no less fifteen vessels had been driven on shore. We are glad to learn that the prospects of a vacane ; for Hereford a re not lik ely to be realised. Sir Rotel. Price's seat has not b een l ega ll y vacated, and we are hapPY,t, , 0 state that there is e ver y prospect 'of the hon. baronet commercial affairs being shortly arranged in a mano st that will not render it necessary f or him to resign 1 1 1 seat in Parliament. THE COLDSTREAMS AND SCOTS FUSILIER GuAnns., Orders have been i ssue d f or draughts of the Coldstre3sit and Scots Fusilier G uar d s to h old themselves in readine; for immediate emba r k a ti on f or the East, so as to comp l' • each regiment to 1,000 rank and file exclusive of o'4 The Grenadier G uar d s w il l not b e required to send an ; as the 3d batt a li on i n th e Crimea numbers 1,030 exclusive of sick, orderlies, &c. THE LATE CAS E OP S USPECTED POISONING AT .1./E'"%, PORT.—It will be recollected that Mr. John Hallett , quack doctor at Devonport, was committed fcr trial nt the next Devon assizes, charged with the manslaughter. 1 , Louisa Mitchell, a woman who had long cohabited w i Hallett. Inform a ti on h as now b een received of the dc3th of Hallett himself, who expired in the county gaol a 0 days after his committal. RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—On th e G rea t Northern Rat.--`.1,010 on Wednesday a tire of a wheel of a first-class carri?i e g in the up mixed express train broke about two n'' , d south of the Tallington station. Before the train CO be quite stopped, the carriage turned partly over, n ra two passengers were i n j ured—Lady Harris, who h 3 u, . E i small bone of h er arm b roken, and a son of CO 1) a l Smythe, who was sli g h t l y h urt; they are at the hotov Peterborough, and doing well. None of the other pa'se gers were hurt, and all proceeded on their journey. At PROMISED REMOVAL OF BURDENS ON SHIPPING lecture on the progress of shipping, at North Mechanics' Institute, Mr. W. S. Lindsay sai I it was "`,f great satisfaction he had to tell them, that the first t t i e on which parlia men t opene d , a bill would be laid iipori a of table of the house, by the Vi ce -P res id ent of the nodsthe . Trade, to abolish the passing tolls—that is to sl.v; Downs and Ramsgate, and other exclusive priv , '' which were the creatures of protection ; and 111 privileges wt METROPOLITAN BoAnD OF WORKS.—This board terday at Burlington House, to proceed with the el clerk to the board. The applicants were 31 in The list was rek:uced to Messrs. Woolrych, Curling Wilkinson, Isaacson, and Coode. '[he general vo then taken in the ordinary way, Mr. - Woolrvch wa clerk by a majority on the reduced list of 23, aga Wilkinson of 9. JOINT STOCK COMPANIES.—It is rumoured thi new act now in preparation by Government fi incorporation and regulation of joint-stock coma contains a clause which will increase by definii responsibilities of directors. It proposes every di shall be held to be acquainted with all acts of tie, : ! and also that every director shall be responsible 1 truth of the statements which they put forth. I say that the railway has made a profit, or that a has assets to meet its engagements, they are to bi responsible to all parties interested for the truth of they thus publish. r RUSSIAN OFFICIAL DELINQUENCIES.—TheSt. -.2ir.e burg Marine Jo urna l a f ew days back published the de..ipe dation of an officer of the Commissariat of the fleet e i n Black Sea, "for aiding and abetting in the getting false documents." St. P e t ers b urg letters mention that the Minister of War has laid before the Empere e t o it judgment pronounced by a council of war, which, w 1 1 ,5 is published, will excit e as muc h sensat i on as the se! . ; 00v lotions of Politowski did, who had embezzled I,odv' t ie o roubles from the funds of the invalids." The P2 r ipir affected, are seven membe rs , an d th e president, a al:`Io nal of Commerce in the s ou th. Th ey are understee`,i bt have made very free with th e S tate Treasury, as vc-el the funds of the tribunal itself. b l THE CASE OF lin. VAUHHAN.—It Will be recollecte4 / in this case th e d e f en d ant o b tained ex park a writ or l icti tiorari from M r . J ust i ce C rompton, removing the ment and proceedings from the Central Criminal Court 9 the Queen's Bench. An application was then made t e Li ce' Baron Platt to rescind th a t or d er , an d t h at a writ of P i ; till dendo should issue to remove the'proceedings back; 1,11 t y. learned judge, althou g h h e , expressed himself stronglYcjett. alined to interf ere w ith M r . J us ti ce Crompton's °V' leaving the pa r ti es t o apply to th e f u ll court. Since OW notice has been served upon the defender's solicitors 0 01 application will be made for a rule absolute, in the oil instance, for the issuing of the writ of procedendot which application is fixed for this mornino. ee l ',' AUSTRALIAN COPPER C OMPANY.—On Thursday, 11, Vli ing of the English . and A ustra li an Copper Compaolree.,/ held, when, after a len g th ene d di scussion, it was 4g,lrdt to accept the offer of Si r Wil l i am Foster to purchat4o(lo Spitty Works for 50,0001 ., which was alleged to be ti e t": the price the company paid for them. An adjourntliq l , i fY„' a month, to consider the question, was suggested, but ly stated that the financial necessities of the undert o required an immediate decision, to prevent affairs from b is e id' thrown into Chancery, or even reduced to a Worse eXtre„ The future management, it is proposed, sha" concentrated npou thei Smith Australian property"i latest advices - regarding which are considered encouraging. 0 0/ tl THE BANKRUPTCY OF C. J. Manz.--The exaw, f - 11 5 Pi. meeting in the cas e o f M r . J . C. Mare, the entinemof, builder, was appoint e d t o come on b efore Mr. Co t l Holroyd, in the London Court of Bankruptcy. 0 , 5 Linklater, representing the bankrupt, said that, in c l ot,/ quence of the very voluminous nature of the aceo - . 1 „V o , had been found impossible to prepare them in t!'", e (l4 this meeting. His -Honour said, as both sides ago o ro j an adjournment for two months, he would make att o tl' r ,, accordingly. It was also ordered that the alto', :11 f4 ) should be continued. The works in progress ! 1 .',t 1 ,A Mare's yard, for the government and other partie e ',. Pr 4 being prosecuted with great vigour by the assigue the benefit of the estate; and, recently, sever al additional orders have been received. Abot 1 ; 0 1 : 1 0, beginning of • the present month a n or d er was gi`„ . t°d , , the government for twenty mortar Si of o ", e each, to be completed for .£2,200 each. xof th ts ' 4 4 :4 to be delivered in the present month, six in Fol'',;V, and the remainder by the 10th of March. There 31. 0 'i i d p m t o i r n t y two mortar vessels,,, s 'flo h ar e r lyl the 1(11 O e f s e a Ar ton weight three miles. Three, / which are expected to u fe t :flt te a i nox 4 otthr,haaronaorldwidiorder was received from the South IT: t oo Railway Company for an iron steamer to ply t t Southampton and Havre; the vessel is to be of and is to he completed by the sth of April. T°' also in p rogress two large iron ships, of 1,8,,0 each, for the Genoese government. The I v° ," Westminst e r B r id ge , the contract for which "iv 3 ”„st'':o', by Mr. M are , are go i ng on as favourably as 1/- ld The wag e s paid i n diff erent d epartments averoget,O, £3,500 a week. All these wor k s are b eing carried Ol d the direction of Mr. Lee, the official assignee, James Johnson, the messenger of the court. About ''l,l'' l 4 has been realised by the sale of the bankrupt's folk) establishments at Hyde -park gardens and in 'llooi ( d bout £B,OOO f rom t h e former, and £5,000 from th e but these sums h ave b een disbursed in the payment (i t f and other exp enses i ncidental to the carrying 0110 O tt contracts. Ultimately, it is thought probable that end of 10s, in the pound will be realised. hour of es—ln summing up, suits or_this natur e What does this nation mean? Could the Court have fancied a moment that the TOWN•CLERK was aware suits of this nature" had been so repeatedly ettled of late, that all the defendants had to ect was to be mulcted in some hundreds of pounds of costs Every word spoken by the Vic C HAN LLor. was, however, of au equally imputa- His L .ship veaturel to say he bill charged that Mr. H.tWKSLEY to certify, and that he had performed acts, lnd made omissions, which rendered it proper he should be made a defeadatt Such a an imp oper kiwi, for it contained terms winch lude any court from jurisdictim in certain cases provi4ed that t lijineer should liable to any proceedinys. A stipulation of " that nature could only be treated as wlste paper:' Now, is it possible that our TowN-CLEak and Mr. HAWKSLEY were not aware; before they dragged the Corporation into the most costly law proceed _ ings, that such conditions, imposed by an engineer upon a contractor. were nothing more than so much " waste paper"? Does not the Tows-CLEnx know that it is impossible for any man to shut out another from the protection of the law in this country ? Why, then, did he suffer a " suit of this nature" to be entered upon, and carried to such lengths hThe TOWN CLERK, doubtless, took counsel's opinion on the case; and the legal gentleman who advised the defence, has little cause to be proud of the contemptuous remarks, and very natural decision of the Court. "It might be said," observed the VICE-CHANCELLOR, " that such a stipu " hation amounted to a release a!) ante ;. but a " release as affecting fraud, could not be treated as " a release ab ante to which the Court could give " effect. The bill having alleged active conduct on " the part of Mr. HAWKSLEY to the plaintigY injury, "he thought Mr. HAWKSLEY had been properly " made a party to the suit ; and the demurrer " must be overruled, With costs." A more just judgment was never pronounced in. any court. There was an assumption of primi- tive, or ante-diluvian, simplicity, first, about Mr. .1-lAwicsLEv's arbitrary stipulations, am], secondly, about taking such a case into court, which well merited the cutting rebukes, and final deci6ion, of the VICF:-CHANCELLOR, and it is only to be hoped some member of the Town Council will take upon himself to see that L. HAWKSLEY iS compelled to pay his just portion of the costs, and that the whole amount is not thrown on the Cor porate fund. Gentlemen who will insist on childish stipulations, should be made to pay, if ily for the trouble they give men of business in endeavouring to obtain the money justly due to them. It is possible, however, that counsel may advise an appeal should be made to the Lord CHANCELLOR, and probably to the House of Lords, against the VICE-CHANCELLOR'S decision. ! It is not the first time that respectable contractors have been ruined by such litigati on, and have been compelled to spend th e i r last shilling in fighting for justice against the unfathomable purse of Corporate and other public bodies, But, it is hoped some honest and independent m an in the Council Clamber will look after this case, and see that the funds of the Borough are not Wrwnson, JANUARY 17.—The dinner party yesterday included the Duchess of Cambridge, the Princess Royal , nd the Princess Mary of Cam- he Count of F Lord ( Charles Kean d Countess of Shelburne, and rrived in t ince Al is perfo s) of " afternoon, and art went out shooting Count of Flanders, the of Abercorn, mice at the Castle tool let's corned ding to the follow- FRANCE. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, THURSDAY EVENING. The telegraph will have flashed to you, long be fore I sit down to write this letter, the totally unexpected and wonderful piece of news, which the French Government this day caused to be published at the Bourse, and which is contained in this despatch from Vienna : " The Minister of France to the Minister ci Foreign Affairs : rise on the closing pric ie close on the Th 10c for account; on the Four and a a the e for Credit Mo sh, and 3115 c for account ; of ;hares 140 f for cash, and 160 )unt ; Orleans Railway 100 f for cash, and 72f 50c for orthern Ra y, 47f 50c for for ac i Railway a Medi- terranean 951 for cash, and 75f fo Western 47f 50c for cash, and 5 Great as these advances are, a would probably have taken place i been kept open longer Arni account ; and for account still greater one f the Bourse had t the public the great spread like tion—K pected, se. „hat the _French h to be very 'enthusiastically dew . a political eing t e never professed dto the war. In _ oint of view, the Bonapartists seem rather annoyed ; the -Legitimists, Orleanists, and adversaries of the government in general, who have never disguised their sympathies for Russia, are in high glee,—and their joy is not a little increased by the reflection that at this juncture, peace will not only be very advantageous to Russia, but will leave England diminished in glory and prestige, and with her past disasters unredeemed, and exposed, at no distant date, to the vengeance, not only of Russia, but of all the despotic powers of Europe, which will naturally form a stronger alliance than ever. Amongst political men I have scarcely need to tell you their opinion is, that though Russia by accepting the conditions unconditionally, has made an immense concession, it would be premature at the present moment to count with absolute cer tainty on the termination of peace, inasmuch as her past conduct greatly warrants a suspicion of her good faith; and besides, her acceptance may only be an artful design to prevent the alliance of Austria with England and France, and to break up that of the two latter. In presence of the great and astonishing news of the day. everything else is superseded. It may, however, be mentioned, that the Journal des Debats declares that in her reply to the Austrian propo sitions transmitted to Vienna (not that given in the above-cited despatch) Russia employed most conciliatory language, and declared more than once that the Emperor Alexander was most anxious for peace, in order to develop the material prosperity of his Empire, and to make the social reform of which his people has need. The telegraph says that Prussia had a large share in bringing Russia to consent to the propo sitions The Spanish Ministry has at length been modi fied :—M. Eeosura has been nominated to the Ministry of the Interior, M. Lugan to that of Public Works, and M. Uria to that of Justice. THE AUSTRIAN PEACE PROPOSALS RUSSIA'S ACCEPTANCE OF THE PEACE PROPOSITIONS. Pact of voc.o contained th we have now gained a great point. The Austrian proposals—all five—are accepted, and Russia is there fore implicitly bound by them. The public will learn this with satisfaction. The funds rise with the hopes of peace, and the next step is eagerly inquired after and looked forward to. When and where are negoJia tions to be secured, upon the 'basis now agreed to, is a question universally asked. It is of much importance that it should be rightly understood, that the pro ceedings which have had so happy an issua, by deter— mining Russia to make large and important concessions, is an Austrian proceeding, and that the five proposals, as accented by Russia, do not contain on the face of them all that the Western Powers deem necessary for the safe entrance upon negotiations. When the Cabinet of Vienna applied to Eim,land and France, to know the terms upon which they would consent to make peace with Russia, a direct and distinct reply was given. Upon that reply Austria founded the proposals which Russia has accepted, but she has not represented to the Czar the full and exact tenor of our demands. It would not be proper in us to enter upon a discussion, before the preliminaries have been arranged so clearly and unmistakeably, that Russia, on the one hand, may not have it in her power to pretend that we entrapped her into negotiations without making her fully aware of their importance, nor we, on the oilier, be open to the manoeuvres of the adroit diplomacy which has already, in former instances, confused our diplomatists to our disadvantage. In the Austrian proposals, the name of the Aland Islands is never mentioned ; but, nevertheless, we believe it will be found that Lord Clarendon had emphatically stated to the Cabinet of Vienna, that we must insist upon Russia's binding herself not to rebuild Bomarsund. This resolve, justifiable on the ground of military success, and requisite as a matter of high import to the well-being of Europe, becomes impera tive, when it is remembered that we have only recently concluded an alliance with Sweden, and that it is our bounden duty not to leave our Ally at the mercy of Russia, nor permit the re-erection of a large and menacing fortress within 100 miles of Stockholm. Under these circumstances, then, it will be the d uty of the belligerents, before negociations can be entered upon, to signify their intentions to Russia, and to require her acceptance of proposals totally free from the possibility of misinterpretation. These proposals, we trust, will have the support of Austria and the German Powers, and will, we are confident, meet with acceptance at St. Petersburg, if Russia be now really active to her own interests, and anxious for the welfare of Europe. If they are accepted, then negociations will follow, but not at Vienna, nor Paris, nor London. All prelimi naries being once adjusted, some fit place will be appointed for the conduct of the conference. In the meanwhile, we must keep our energies braced up, and relax not one iota of the prodigious exertions that are being made for the spring campaign. This, we are convinced, is the soul of successful negotiations. The Times concludes a long article in the fol lowing words : Now, then, if ever in the course of the war, it is necessary to push on those preparations which are re quired for the efficacy of our sea and land forces in the next campaign : Never before was that necessity so urgent—never would the effect of any remissness be so immediately felt. We have the goal in sight, and that ought to induce us rather to double than remit our exertions. By observing this line of conduct, we shall either have gained the noblest victory—a solid and last ing peaoe—or be in a position to inspire those who shall have withheld it from us, with a still more durable repentance. WILLIAM PALMER, THE ALLEGED POISONER. -011 MOH day list an application was made to Mr. Justice Erie for a writ of habeas corpus to bring the accusel Palmer from Stafford gaol to the Court of Queen's Bench at Westmin ster. to appear as a vvitnesss on the trial of an action brought by a person named Padmore against. Mrs. Palme*, the mother of the accused, upon a bill of exchange for b t to £lOOO. The bill is a ll eged to be a f o rgery. Palmer's presence is requi re d t o prove the plea of forgery, i t b e i ng understood he w ill prove that plea. The ha b eas corpus was issued up on t h e order of Mr. Just i ce E r l e , an d t h e b h r a o b u e g a h s t si u g p ne i d n by pu A r l s r u . a J n u e s e ti o ge f C ti o le leri w c r ig it e : and P on a c line v r e w y d i Westminster Hall early on Monday morning to await the trial, which has been specially appointed to be taken at eleven o'clock on Monday morning, before Mr. Justice Erle. The trial will take place in the Lord Chancellor's Court at 'Westminster Hall. At the conclusion of his evidence Palmer c ill be conveyed hack to Stafford. The trial of Palmer will take place at Stafford in the first week of April. It appears from the spring circuit of judges just issued that he will he tried by the new jailge, Mr. Baron Bramwell, as Mr. Justice Cresswell, vvho accompanies him on the Oxford circuit, will take the nisi Arius cases at Stafford. LATEST INTELLIG-ENC SECOND EDITION. THE CRIMEA, The Journal de Constantinople received I