The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-01-15 00:00:00

FOR SALE, Two SCREW-STEAMERS ; 817 tons measurement. Length. 200 feet; breadth, 29 feet; d Ttb, 17 feet 6 inches. Engines 200 horse-power each. Built of iron, in five compart ments, by a first-rate builder, and are exactly alike in every regpect dritught of water abJut 12 feet. Those vessels are quite new, and fitted up with every requisite of the beet quality and wo,kmanship; are armed with one 68-ponder and 'our 32-pounders. Nvizh corresponding ammunition. Will be sold svith ompass, chronometers, &a., an.l rompletefor sea in every For A IISTE N. B YesPeet Lsinrr In London CU NA RD, BRETI 5. York-buildings, L articulars apply tc the Sale of Ships , 11-street, London. 50, L?al Commercial Sala. THIS DAY. Tate DAT, the 15th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the . Brokers' office, S. Lancaster-buildings, 245 Barrels ROSIN. ex Caroline from Charleston, Albert Dock—Apply to Messrs Fraser, Trenholm and Co., Merchants. or to SILL & MEUGENS, Brokers. Tars DAY, the 15th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Broker's office. 1, Royal Bank Buildings, 0 Bales Bombay HEMP, Do. Do. DITTO, all faults. J. A. BENCKE. Broker Apply to Tuts DAY, the 15th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' saleroom, 180 Bales Bombay II E 31 P, and can be inspected in Thompson's, just landed ez Salen Robert-street North.—Apply to MOLYNEUX, TAYLOR & CO., Broken; Tins DAY, natant, at One O'clock, at 33. Tithebarn-street, 50 Tons BONES, ex Mary and Ellen, Canning Dock.—Apply to ISAAC HADWEN, JUN. & Co., Brokers T 0-M 0 R R 0 W. whom he 16th On accon To-woititow. at the Pub' stant, at Twelve o'clock, 24 Bales N., lately landed ex Calpe.—d TO-MORROW, the saleroom, Exchange-buildings. es MADDER ROOTS, all faults, Et r (iIBIRT CHRISTIE, JUN., Broker. h instant. at Twelve o'cloek, at thelPallicsaleroc;, EsChange-buildi 995 Bales GAMBIER. 804 Biggs SAGO FLOUR, E 69 Bags l Bombay MADDER ROOTS, 61 Bales 53 Bags POPPYSEED. A Quantity Damaged SEED. T. & A. LITTLEDALE & CO., Brokers, Apply to TO-MORRO' at Twelv o'clock. at the Publi , saleroom, Exchange-buialings, 1651 Bags SALTPETRE, 50 Cases CASTOR. OIL, ex Harold, from Calcutta.—Apply to Messrs, Thomas and John Brocklebank, Merchants TO-MORRO , at the P, ;. or to T. & H. LITTLEDALE & CO., Brokers , natant, at Twe m, Exchange-buildings, 40 Bales Bengal SAFFLOWER, just larded ex Queen. Albert Dock.—Apply to Meisrs. Malcolm Campbell and Co., Merchants, or to T. & A. LITTLEDALE & CO., Brokers. TO-MORROW, the 16th instant at the Brokers' 50 Bags GI at Twelve o'clock, For particulars ar MADDE R ROOT'S, LYSEED, all faults . 'dLADSTONE & BELTEANTSON, Brokers, To-aro rtaow. the instant. at One cOckiek. at the Brokers' office, 11, Exchange-buildings, 221 Bales COTTON WOOL, ex Argentine from Trinidad.—Apply to WM. CLARE & SONS, Brokers THU RSDAY On Tarr 2000 Bales East India, 200 Do. Egyptian, 300 Do. Buenos Ayres, Italian, Sfaz, Lisbon, Bosnia, &e 2500 Bales poly to eat, the 17th instant, at Four o'clock, at the Brokers' saleroom, 10, North John-street, 1-WooL ABRAM GARTSIDE & CO., Wool Brokers On THURSDAY, D at tip Commercial sale 1202 Drums Turkey }Pulled FIGS, 579 Boxes Eleme 1 1789 Do. Sultana t, the 17th instant, at Twelve o'clock, n, Temple-court, RAISINS GEORGE BADENACH, Broker FRIDAY Apply to Mew, Thomas Eccles an 0., or to On FRIDAY nex Da!e-street, CIO Do. Turkey, C For cata!opio, &c. , ar On FRIDAY next, the 18th instant, at 12 o'clock, 50 Tons English made RAPE CAKE. saleroom, Barbary, &c. i WOOL ALEX. S. MACRAE, Broker, k RONALD, Woo' Brokers, On SATURDAY MIX Foc catalogues, & VINEGAR. PIC Prepared ex Always on Sale, b, NORTH WILTS HIR Apply lo BBORN a just Jamie HUGH SATURDAY atant. at uPding: ,e Brokers' saleroom, GRES & RONALD, Wool Brokers, Ott bite TO EXPORTERS Y & CO.. 3: SAUCES, JAMS, &c ,nth John street, and Other CHEES Stock, and carefully packed. TFTOMAS, 35, North John street, LUMP AND POWDERED ARSENIC, IRISH MOSS, VEGETABLE NAPTHA, RECTIFIED MINERAL NAPTHA 'PERAS, SULPHATE OF AMMONIA. JOHN MATTHEWS & CO., Argyle street. BEEN COP 1' A DAILY TION TO THE NORTHERN 70 GUINEAS PFR ANNUM TIMES is TV EVENING EDITION do _Evening I TIMES is eentaising the Mar Day, up to t ftc TUESD going to Pi THE American .P been SD long and a i length reached us, and its leading points It is a very vill elaborat found in our paper and is inf , and care fully written, document, initely less warlike than the public had opens with the views of been led to a the Pa of the Ur 'n relations connection with the ame of Great Britain in occupies, we a fairs of Central America Next sorry to sa too prominent a place in order comes the recruitment question, PIERCE says "he was impelled to 3 of the British Government " bring u in, order `` wrong, but its reps subject is still under d which will t to you fr The message then briefly alludes to the Oregon boundary question ; and after discussing the Sound Dues in very bold and determined language, the PRESIDENT passes hastily over a variety of minor subjects, and brings us to the fiscal accounts for the year, which certainly present the most singu• nly a cessation of the ." And he adds, "the ie result of due time )mmunicat( tate of things ever The v the Nicaragua laid. before a deliberative American Government of simple matt volition concluded narrowed down to a on the 19th of Ap 'er that by the con that " neither two Governments )th parties covenanted or fortify or colonise, or assume, or eye] over Costa Rica, the Musquito of Central America. And thes se,'any dominion lst, or any part contend, do not apply merely to the f ations, they tu re, and that the settlements we had previous Honduras and in the Bay Islands, are as distinctly Colonial Governments as those of Jamaica and Canada, of 1850 as a nised rights in H convention surrender of our long recog ncluras, and along the whole of the NORTHERN DAILY ry Afternoon, at Three o'clock Timm )AY. JANUARY 15, 1856 ---t--- s Message, which looked for, has th all the News of the NORTHERN TIMES.-LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY, JANUARY 15, 1856. shores of Nicaragua, as though they had been abandoned by treaty ! The British Government take, it appears, precisely the opposite view as to the real meaning of the convention, and where opinions differ so widely, there is certainly ample room for discussion, if nothing more. With reference to the question of enlistment of recruits in the States for the service of this country, we cannot conceive what wrong has been done. If England endeavoured to entice American citizens into her service, then, indeed, she would be committing a breach of the municipal laws of the States. But, where she asks those who are foreigners and aliens, according to the constitutional law of the Union, to give their services for a certain consideration, we certainly cannot see anything in such a transaction which calls for reparation. Men who have not become naturalised, or do not enjoy the full rights of citizenship, are not, surely, bound not to dispose of their services, or not to leave the States to employ their time as they may think proper. An Englishman, an Irishman, or a Scotchman, an Hungarian, a Pole, or a German, to whom the Constitution denies the rights of citizenship enjoyed .by native Americans, could scarcely be guilty of a violation of the law by simply entering into an engagement to leave the States to embark in the military service of any other country. Still, we hold it to be mean and contemptible in great Powers going about from country to country seeking for men to fight their battles, when the money expended in such abortive pursuits, if judiciously applied, would secure at home the best raw material to be found in the world for an army. The American Government may feel morally aggrieved on this subject ; but we do not see how any legal wrong can have been committed, considering how chary the citizens of the Union are in sharing with the subjects of other countries the municipal and inter national privileges their constitution confers upon themselves. The subject is one, however, on which displomacy may fairly bestow all its leisure hours, and ingenious arguments ! It will keep alive those wilder passions of an excitable people which must be fed as well as the cool and reflective por tions of a nation. While the latter are busying themselves about tariffs, and taxation assuming the formidable proportion of three to one when compared with the actual financial wants of a Government, the filibusters may enjoy to their hearts' content the prospect of an irruption with " them Britishers." There is, however, in the moral and solid side of the American people a large pre ponderance to be found in favour of peace : and it would take something more than the diplomatic construction put on a treaty, or Ministerial quibbling ) disturb the relations between two nations who, though they profess to be rivals, cannot forget that their interests are identical. But, passing from the political to the material phases of the message, we must congratulate the American Government on their most astounding financial condition. We predicted last year that a season of repletion was close at hand, and that the Cabinet would find themselves constrained not only to modify their tariff but to make very large reductions in their internal taxation. And we have now the satisfac• tion of finding the PRESIDENT using these words :—" The principle that all monies not " required for the current expenses of the govern " ment should remain for active employment in the hands of the people, and the conspicuous " fact that the annual revenue from all sources " exceeds, by millions of dollars, the amount " needed for a prudent and economical adminis tration of public affairs, [cannot fail to suggest " the - propriety of an early revision and reduction "of the tariff of duties on imports. It is now so generally conceded that the purpose of revenue alone can justify the imposition of duties on import that in readjusting the impost tables " and schedules, which unquestionably require " essential modifications, a departure from the "principles of the present tariff is not anticipated." As for regarding the principles of the tariff as inviolable, we know full well the value of such a Ministerial assurance. The message shows us that while the expendi ture for the fiscal year amounted to 56,365,393 dollars, the receipts reached 65,003,930 dollars which added to the balance in the Government coffers at the beginning of the year, swelled the amount at the disposal of the Cabinet to 86,856,710 dols. which will leave at the close of the year, after paying all estimated disbursements, an unemployed balance in the Treasury of 15,623,863 dollars. Such an absorption of the available means of a commercial country, cannot be long tolerated by any enlightened Legislature. PRESIDENT PIERCE tells us that the American revenue is derived, for most part, from duties on imported articles. He then goes on to lay it down, as a sound axiom in political economy, " that the principle that all monies not required " for the current expenses of Government "should remain for active employment in the "hands of the ;people." Wow, if this be the PRESIDENT'S conviction, and if the American revenue is mainly derived from import duties. we are at a loss to understand how the existing high tariff can be modified, without departing from its present principles ? If the States must curtail taxation, so as to leave in the hands of the public those large sums of money which are not required to meet the current expenditure, they will be compelled to reduce their tariff; and their success in trade and commerce' will increase that necessity, until they will find themselves con strained to adopt Free Trade, or throw aside the a of the present Cabinet, as regards the convie impropriety of exacting from the citizen more money than is really required to meet the expenses of government. Free Trade is the offspring Of necessity. No nation will pass voluntarily from prohibition, with all its concomitant sluggish- ness, to unbridled enterprise, with all its bustle and toil, until some great accumulation of wrongs forces it on them. ,England was driven into Free ersity, and America will assuredly be MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL. LIVERPOOL, MONDAY EVENING, There has been rather a better feeling in the Liverpool Cotton Market to-day, and a slight increase in the amount of business done, the sales reaching 7,000 bales, of which 1,500 have been taken for speculation and export. Prices remain without change from Friday. The Liverpool Share Market opened with con siderable steadiness, notwithstanding the decline in Consols at the opening, and improved during the day with the advance in Consols, closing a shade below the highest point :—Aberdeen, 11 111-. Chester and Birkenhead, 121 13. Caledonian, 261 27. Chester and Holyhead, 1111;. Eastern Coun ties, 81, 81. East Lancashire, 17/ 171. Great Northern, 211 221. Ditto A, 9 9/. Great Western, 514 521. Lancashire and Yorkshire Stock, 76 761, Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport, 13$- 14. Lon_ don and North Western Stock, 931- 931. Manches ter, Sheffield and Lincoln, 23 231. Ditto Prefer ence, 131 131. Ditto New 6 per cent Pref., 7-16 tp. Midland Stock, 62i 63. North British, 7 3-16 71. North Staffordshire, 81 8!d. South Eastern, 16 15-16 17 1-16. York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 161 16f. York and North Midland, 22! 221. Dutch Rhenish, `! d. Great Western of Canada, 241 24 Ditto New Shares, 2 3-16 2 5-16 p. Great Luxem bourg, 101 10d. The steamer Asia has arrived here from Boston with dates from New York to the Ist inst., but she has not brought any specie, and her commercial advices are more than usually devoid of interest. Exchange on London is again quoted lower, the outside rates being 108 Q. The long-delayed Annual Message of the President was read to the Senate on the 31st ult., and will be found in the present number of our paper. Its tone on the subject of Foreign Relations, about which so much anxiety had been felt in financial circles, is digni fied and unexceptionable, and certainly not more emphatic in language, or less friendly in temper, than the nature of pending diplomatic differences with one or two of the European States would seem to call for. The Message also affords a gratifying summary of the very flourishing con dition of the revenues of the Government, and the rapid reduction of the Public Debt. The official weekly Banking Averages to Saturday, December 29, made up for five days only—Christ. mas intervening—show the following changes:— Increase of Loans ...... . , . . $733,573 Loss of Gold Increase of Circulation .. 63,053 Apparent Gain in Deposits.. Gross Deposits, average six days, December 22... 77,241,096 Less Clearances .... 20,685,007 Actual Deposits Gross Deposits, average five days, December 29 80,438,627 Less Clearances Actual Deposits, December 29 556,736,775 Actual Increase only The English Stock Market to-day was almost exclusively influenced by the intelligence from Vienna. In the morning, chief stress was laid upon the reported rejection by Russia. The Funds consequently shewed cohsidcrable flatness, at a fall of 4 per cent. At a late hour, however, ro was more disposition to hope that Russia is really desirous of retiring from the contest, and that diplomacy will make renewed attempts to effect an adjustment of the points still in dispute, and the Funds suddenly rallied. The recovery was fairly maintained to the close, the final quotations being 4 per cent. higher than those of Saturday, namely, 861 862. At Paris, the news of the day has evidently been received with satisfac tion. The French Funds were reported by tele graph as being this afternoon about one per cent. higher than on Saturday. Money maintains full rates in Lombard-street, but no pressure is observible. In the Stock Exchange there was a moderate demand, at 5 to 52 per cent. on Government Securities. Business in the Railway Share Market continues very quiet, but prices to-day were firmly supported. The last quotations were as follows :—Cale donian, 541. Eastern Counties, 8 3.16 8 5-16. East Lancashire, 681 692. Great Northern, 881 894. Ditto A, ,74 75. Great Western, 514 52. Lan cashire and Yorkshire, 761. Leeds Northern, 124. London and North Western, 911 911. Man chester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 221 231 Midland Stock, 63 634. North British, 28 29. South Eastern and Dover 561 57. York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 66 67. York and North Midland, 441 441. North Stafford, 9e 9k. CORONER'S Irmunsrs.—Yesterday, the coroner held the following inquests :—On the body of a shoemaker named Edward Brennan, who resided in Ci rcus - s t ree t. Th e deceased was sitiing at home on Saturday evening, appa rently in his usual health, when he dropped, and died instantly,. Verdict, "died by the visitation of God, from natural causes."—On the body of a child named John E. Blackburn, aged seven, which died in Upper Mann-street, in consequence of the injuries received by its clothes catching fire. Verdict, " accidental death."--On the body of a child horn on beard the steamer Royal William, from Dublin, on Thursday night last. An account of this appeared in our paper of Saturday. The death of the child was caused by want of proper attendance at the t i me of the birth. Verdict accordingly. WAvERTIVEE COTarTSSIONERS.—The monthly meeting of the Wavertree Board of Health, was held last night, at the public office, Wavertree, the Rev. W. Bmlnall in the Chair. The following members were present : Messrs.Rishton, Chaf fers, Gore, Bradburn, Hill, Clarke; Halhead and Anderton. The Chairman had two letters, one from the Marquis of Salisbury, and one from Mr. Hornby. I n re f erence to the letter of Mr. H. Hornby, complaining of great inconve nience to his house from a sewer; it was agreed that on the change of weather within a week, the complaint would be remedied. A complaint from certain ratepayers, complaining of a nuisance, in Sandown-lane, was referred to the Surveyor. The chairt;nan then read the letter from the Marquis of Salisbury, in regard to certain drainage which his lordship required; a report of which has already appeared in our paper.. In - reply to Mr. Chaffers, the engi neer said the present contemplated drain by the board would benefit the Marquis of Salisbury's land, but he could not tell to what extent until he could make a report on the subject. After a discussion it was resolved, on the motion of Mr. Chaffers, seconded by Mr. Rishton, to send a reply to the Marquis of Salisbury of the question, as soon as Mr. Newland could have finished his report on the whole point. It was then ordered that Mr. Newland furnish a detailed report, as to the sewerage, 4irc., of the whole district. The board, having to transact the nsu4l routine business, adjourned. LIST OP PASSENGEIIS.—The following is a list of pas sengers per Asia, E. G. Lott, commander, from Boston and Halifax. From Boston : Mr. Hollensworth and lady, Miss Thayer, Mrs. Hurd, Messrs. J. and A. B. Posters, M r . J. Aughton, lady, and three children, Madame Guess Messrs. Beryls and lady, H. March, R. Nixon, Person, J. West, G. Sly, J. B. Brayer, R. M. Luckie, Chadbourne, G. Mellor, G. and C. Hamilton, Henderson and servant, Capt Short, Messrs. Hickey, J. P. Roe, W. A. Murray, J. H. Winn, Hugh Fraser, M.,ollendoff, Winks, A. Urquhart, J. Gordon, J. Swinburn.: 3. 7:Stovel, W. A. Ballard, R. S. Fay, jun., W. Lambert. J. M. Jones, Stainton Blake, E. W. Forbush, Geo. B. Symons, A. Kirkland, John Stirling, Leckie and lady, W. Watson, John Kerry, John Christmas, Hughes, Thomas Grigg,- H. Vande water, G. A. Gale, A. Roy, L. S. Oliver, Claxton, Dr. Douglas, Messrs. J. Outcliffe, J. D uncan, W. Prescott, P. Lachaisi, W. J. Forbes, W. Dixon, Dr. Bellot, Messrs. H. Burns, J. 1 Hayles, lady and child,: Mr. Nathan and lady, Messrs. M. Nathan, A.. E. Smith, NiSS Leavett, Messrs. P. Stevenson, Peter Jobbing, Charles Wade, J. H. Blake, Charles Freeman, J. Cairnes, M. Jones, S. F. Stone, E. Powell and lady, J. Sander, Crowther, Tyre. . Whit e horn, T. Gardiner, Birch, Swanwick,!Miss Wollenwebber, Messrs Fick, Henry Born, Pedro de Silva, Francisco Gomez, Mr. J. Robinson lady and child. From Halifax : Messrs Bliss, J. Bliss Tobin, Combs and child, B rown , Crane,: Mons. Michel, Hon. Mr. Feely, Messrs. Thomas, Roberts, Cormick, Lewis, Simmonds, Andrews, and Baines. LIVERPOOL POLY TECHNIC SOCIETY. —The annual meeting of this society was held yesterday evening, at the Royal Institute, Colquitt-street. Mr. H. Dawson occupied the chair. Prior to the public meeting, the following gentle men, on the recommendation of the retiring council, were elected as officers and council for the ensuing year : President—Mr. Edward Jones. Vic3-presidents—Messrs. Thomas Edwards and Joules Newlands. Treasurer—Mr. F. Horner. Secretary—Mr. C. F. Salt. Council—Mr. Alderman Bennett, Messrs. G. F. Chantrell, Henry Dawson, John Grantham, H. P. Homer, William Milner, Joseph Mondel, Maxwell Scott, R. Whinerey, and J. Woore. The Secretary announced that he had that evening received a note from Mr. C. Wye Williams, accompanied by a number of copies of his "Letter on the Operation of the Smoke Nuisance, with remarks on the formation and prevention of smoke, and the remedy against the continuance of the nn igince." Mr. Smith then explained an apparatus for giving an instantaneous alarm in case of fire, and also for extinguishing fires, whenever they may occur, in warehouses, shins, and dwelling-houses. A vote of thanks was passed to Mr. Smith for bringing the invention under their notice, the society thinking it was well worthy the attention of merchants having combustible mat !rials in their warehouses, Mr. Jackson then read a paper on " the increase of light to be obtained from gas when deteriorated with atmospherics air." This paper was illustrated by experiments, whi c h were highly successful. The meeting then separated. FRANCE. (FROM ODR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, SUNDAY EVENING We have two telegraphic despatches to-clay, one from Berlin, the other from Vienna, which say that Russia has partially accepted the propositions of Austria, with, however, certain modifications ; but one despatch says that she has consented to the abandonment of the tract of territory on the Danube demanded by the Allies, and the other that she positively refuses it. This contradiction naturally throws doubt on the portions of the two despatches in which they agree. My own informa tion, obtained, as usual, from a good source, leads me to believe that the despatch writers knew nothing whatever of the real state of things. I am positively assured that the reply of Russia to the Austrian proposition is perfectly unsatisfactory, and that, in consequence, Sir Hamilton Seymour and Baron Bourqueney, the English and French Ambassadors in Vienna, have been authorised to reject any counter propositions she may make, without even taking the trouble of consulting their government on the subject. The Cionstitutionnel has information which coin cides substantially with my own. It publishes a letter from Vienna, which, it says, " in conjunction with the information it has received from Berlin, dissipates the last hope that could be entertained with respect to the early establishment of peace. Such a declaration from the semi•ofiicial organ of the government may be considered as decisive, especially as that organ has always heretofore been rather disposed to believe in peace than otherwise. What the Vienna letter says is, that if the reply of Russia to the Austrian propositions had been a favourable one, there was no reason why it should not have been given to Count Esterhazy, 'instead of being sent direct to Vienna, as it has been; and that as it contains counter-propositions, it is equivalent to a refusal, inasmuch, as the Allies, having presented the minimum of their demands, required a direct answer, Yes or No, to them. The letter adds, t'aat Bavaria and Saxony, in spite of their engagements to the Western Powers. and particularly to France, did not support the Austrian propositions cor dially—they simply recommended the adoption of them, but did not adopt them themselves; whereby they made the Czar believe, that even if Austria broke off with him, the rest of Germany would stand by him. The Oonstitutionnel also publishes a letter from St. Petersburg, which tends to show the impossi bility of peace. The dominating party, it says, was in favour of the continuance of the war. The Grand Duke Constantine; who is a greater man than the Emperor, was highly indignant at the Allies, and especially at Austria, for having addressed the propositions to Russia. " What right have they," he is stated to have cried, " to attempt to impose on us conditions which would cause us. even temporarily, to be no more in our sea than the Turk ? But let them go to Nicolaieff—it is stronger far than Sebastopol !" The Moniteur announces that on Tuesday the Emperor will pass in review, in the Courtyard of the Tuileries, the regiment recently returned from the Crimea, and that his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge will distribute on the occasion, in the name of the Queen of England, medals to all the officers, non-commissioned officers, and soldiers. All ! Never assuredly was such a whole sale distribution of honours witnessed ,in France, and for my part I greatly fear it will be turned into derision. The French, both civil and military, are eager for decorations that are, or may be sup posed to be, the reward of merit; but decorations delivered en masse to a crowd—decorations which fall to the skulking coward as well as to the brave man—to the cook who made the broth as to the hero who wars maimed at the Malakoff—can pos sess no value in their eyes. You will perhaps look to me for some information respecting the Council of War which is now sitting at the Tuileries, under the presidency• of the Emperor; but its deliberations are kept strictly secret. I hear, however, that Prince Napoleon, one of its members, has revealed to his intimate circle, that in the first sitting the question whether the Crimea should or should not be abandoned, with the exception of - the points actually held by the Allies, was discussed, and that the general opinion seemed to be in favour of transferring the war elsewhere. In the second sitting the question debated was whether it would be desirable to make what is called la grande guerre against Russia, that is to say, excite a revolution in Poland, in Finland, and wherever she keeps nations in thral dom—compel all powers, great or small, to declare for or against her, and to treat them accordingly— and to carry on the war with ruthless severity, and with all the tremendous means of destruction which science has created and can create : or, instead thereof, to wake la petite guerre—that is to say, to attack her in her southern and northern provinces as heretofore, and with the same means as heretofore. No formal decision on this subject was come to. The Emperor, you know, never takes part in any discussion —he listens profoundly to every thing that is said pre and eon, but opens not his lips, and scarcely ever makes a sign of approval or dissent. It is asserted that he acts precisely in this way in the council of war. But, though I transmit these details to you, as what is said in well informed quarters, I cannot take on myself to guarantee their truth. PARIS, SATURDAT EVENINQ , The curious article in the Ilioniteur noticed yes terday, has been placarded on all the walls--a proof that the government desires to attract the atten tion of the public especially to it. Its precise object remains for the moment an enigma, but in well informed quarters, it is believed to be what I stated yesterday, namely —a preparation of public opinion for the proposition by the Senate of certain unpalatable measures which the Emperor, from the fear of losing his popularity, does not wish to assume the responsibility of bringing forward. Certain zealous Bonapartists, however, poo.h! pooh! this view, and pretend that the article is nothing more than a hint to the senate, to exercise the rights conferred on it and the Constitution, of proposing, or as the French phrase is, taking the initiative of measures of public utility. According to these worthies, it is quite a mistake to suppose that the Empire is a despotic government; it is a govern ment of two branches—one the Emperor, and the other the Senate—and both are bound to bring forward all useful -measures. But as the Emperor, absorbed by the daily details of the government, and with the conduct of foreign affairs, has not time to inquire into what is useful or desirable, the Constitution leaves the Senate to do it. lilt hitherto the Senate has entirely neglected this part of its duty, and so the Illoniteur has aroused it from its sloth. In support of this view, I am referred to the various publications of M. Louis Couture, the eminent Bonapartist author, who has gained celebrity by having done more than any man to explain the philosophy of Bonapartism. He has always insis ted that the Senate is not a mere asylum for invalids, as is generally thought; but is, to use his own words, the guide to the initiative of public opinion." A. telegraphic despatch from Berlin announces that Baron de Seebach, the Saxon Minister, had arrived in that city, on his way from St. Peters burg, and, " it was said" that he was authorised to continue the negociations for peace , at Paris. This is an on dit which requires confirmation. We are pleased to call the attention of our numerous readers to one of the course of lectures, to be delivered this evening, in connection with the Sunday-school and Literary Institute, in the Concert-hall, by the Rev. Mr. Ilarcus, who, a short time since, gave a course of instructive lec`ures to the workmen of the Mersey Iron Works, at the close of which, they made the rev. gentleman a presentation of plate, as a token of esteem and respect for the highly valuable course delivered. Tars SANIN Gs B ANK .—We are glad to learn that con siderable improvements have recently been made in our Local Savings Bank. The object of the managers is to afford to depositors as many facilities as possible, and we confidently believe that the present order of business is eminently calculated to produce that end. The nature of the changes made will be sufficiently understood, when we state that the bank is now open for receipt and payment of money, every day in the week, except Thursday, from half-past ten to half-past two, and on Saturday evening from six to eight o'clock. Any sum, from Is. to .£3O is received at one time. The notice required previous to the withdrawal of money is seven days, if the sum do not exceed 15, and fourteen days for larger amounts. THE RUGELEY POISONING CASES. INQUEST ON THE BO DY OF MR. WALTER PALMER RIIGELEY, MONDAY, This morning the jury, empannelled to enquire into the causes of the deaths of Annie Palmer, wife of Mr. Palmer, surgeon, of Rugeley, and Walter Palmer, his brother, again assembled at the Town-hall, Rug : eley, Mrs. Palmer's case having been disposed of, the jury proceeded to enquire into the case of Walter Palmer. Mr. Deane, as before, appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. John Smith, of Birmingham, watched the case on behalf of William Palmer, Mr. Kenealey, barrister, and Mr. Pemberton, surgeon, of Birmingham, also attended with Mr. Smith. Professors Taylor and Rees were likewise in attendance. The following insurance offices were also represented, viz. :—Mr. Hornby, of the Prince of Wales ; Mr. Brigg, of the Medical, Legal, and General; Mr. Lawton, of the Universal; Mr. Farren, of the Gresham ; and Mr. Robertson, of the Indisputable. The first witness called was Mr. Henry Day, who said : I am a surgeon, and reside at Stafford; I knew the deceased Walter Palmer and was his medical attendant about six weeks previous to his death ; when first I was called in, on the 7th July last, he was suffering from chronic inflammation of the lungs, and also symp toms of affection of his liver and kidneys ; I prescribed for him; I did not make up the medicine, but Mr. Masters, the druggist, of Stafford, dis pensed my medicines for me; I attended him at first very nearly every day, up to the 31st of July; I also attended him from the 10th of August up to the day of his death; I saw him on the 10th, 11th, and 12th August; I called on the 13th and 14th, bnt did not see him; I next saw him on the 16th; he was then in articulo mortis; virtually, though not actually, dead ; there was a con ♦ulsive twitching of the muscle from the left side of the face, and the left arm, which showed that the body had either fallen down by its own weight, or it was a move ment of the body itself, not voluntarily, because there was no consciousness; the features looked a little swollen ; there was no more than an ordinary colour in the face—a little bluish, if anything; I believe he had died from apoplexy, and I certified to that effect ; the head was a little turned on the left side, and there was a little fluid running from the mouth, which smelled of brandy and water; he was lying 'on the' sofa when I found him, dressed, but without a handkerchief to his neck, and his shirt collar unbuttoned ; I did not notice anything else. By Mr. Deane: I examined him some months before for insurance ; I did not discover any particular disease except the want of rhythm in the heart. (The certificate given by Mr. Day, in April last, was read.) It was as follows :—" From a careful examination for the Universal office, I consider his life to be one perfectly safe for insu rance." That certificate is dated the 7th of April; at the time I made that examination, Walter Palmer was a per fect stranger; he was introduced to me by his brother, Mr. William Palmer ; I have heard his (Wm. Palmer's) name, but never before to my knowledge had seen him ; not having known him before, there was only one way that I could judge of his habits, and that was by his own and his brother's representations; from circumstances that afterwards came toi my knowledge, I was induced to write a letter to the office—the substance of which was, that I had discovered that Mr. Walter Palmer was not a temperate man; I attended Walter Palmer professionally at the request of Mr. William Palmer, on the 7th July. He called upon me at my residence in Stafford. He said that his brother was so ill, and that he was so much occupied that he could not attend to him, and that he (Walter Palmer) had been drinking largely ; that his doing so was then, and had been before, a deep source of regret to himself, his mother, and, indeed, to all the family, and that if I could but get him well, and break him of his habits, he (William Palmer) and the family would be ever lastingly obliged to me. That I was to see him as often as I possibly could, not to spare either trouble or expense, and that whatever the cost might be, he would defray it. I replied that I would attend to him, and do all in my power for him, but as for payment I should not think of taking any, considering that he was the brother of a medi cal man. Mr. Wm. Palmer then said that he would not allow me to see him upon any such terms, and that if I would not attend, and be paid as in ordinary case, he should employ some other medical man. I then answered, that if nothing would satisfy him but parting with his money, I would take all he chose to give me. I cannot state precisely what the prescriptions were; they were principally addressed to his liver ' • all the pre scriptions I gave Mr. Marsden has • the most of them con tain blue pill, opium, henbane, hemlock, and benzoic acid ; then there was a little mixture of antimonial wine ; another mixture was some carbonate of potash, some gum water, spirit of sweet nitre, and an infusion of gentian ; from the Ist of July I don't think I saw him until the 10th of August; Mr. William Palmer called at my house on that day; he saw my wife, and wished me to see his brother, for he had returned from Rugeley, and had been drinking a great deal too much ; I called on the morning of the 12th, and by appointment went in the afternoon ; his brother William opened the door; and he said that Walter was asleep on the sofa, and that it was no use disturbing him; there were two days of Wolverhampton races, but I cannot tell whether they were on the Monday and Tues day, the 13th and 14th of August; I saw a person named Walthendine when I called during his illness ; I saw him, and an irregular conversation took place, in which he said "Doctor, those pills last night were twisters. ' " I asked him, "What pills ? " h e rep li e d , " t h ose you sent last night ;" I said, " I sent you none ;" when he replica," you must have done; Will must have had them either from you or from Manson, for he gave them to me out of your box" In consequence of that conversation, I occasioned the inquiry to he made by Mr. Marson ; I don't think I could state precisely the hour I saw him on the day of his death, the 10th of August, but it would be some where between eleven and twelve o'clock in the forenoon ; he was lying on the sofa in the sitting-room, dressed; as no post mortem examination was made, I formed my opinion on the previous knowledge I had ; at that time I did no:, know that his life was insured ; I did not suggest the pro.. priety of a post marten; examination ; I described the cause of death as apoplexy, and general viscera disease ; in my opinion, apoplexy was the cause of death; Mr. William Palmer, the person named Walthenden, and Mrs. Walthenden, whom I understood to be the wife of Walth. enden, were present at the time of death ; I only heard of the attempted administration of brandy, or brandy and water, and that I am told he could not swallow ; it would depend very much upon the state of the person at the time whether I should administer brandy to a person in a state of apoplexy ; I consider, taking his previous habits into account, it might have been the only thing William Palmer could give him ; I did not notice any other smell whatever, but that of brandy and water; I felt for the pulse, and felt what I believed to be them distinctly beat ing ; the eyes were open, and I looked at their pupils ; they were dilated; narcotic poisons produce, in my opinion, a state bordering upon apoplexy ; I am not prepared to say that a dose of morphia would, or would not, produce apoplexy; the eyes were dilated, and I should rather suppose that morphia would contract them ; there was no breathing when I saw him; I thought it highly probable that a dose of narcotic poison would produce ta )re rapid effects upon a person in Mr. Walter Palmer's state of health, than upon a healthy person. By Mr. Smith : I did not deem a sedative or narcotio, properly applied, not to be a proper remedy a few days before his death ; it is impossible for any one having to examine for an insurance office to make such strict investi gations as you have in an ordinary case of disease; it is not practicable ; if they were submitted to a more rigid exami nation, you might detect a state of disease which in ,usual cases are not under the ordinary examination ; I examined Walter Palmer in a state indicative of disease of the kidneys; assuredly there ware indications of disease of the liver, enlargement ; a pain underneath his shoulder blade, and his cough ; that was accompanied by expectoration, and which occurred principally in the morning when first getting up ; he occasion'illy vomited large quantities of bile ; I was informed by his brother William that he died from delfriam tremens; I repeatedly cautioned him as to his course of life, referring to his habits of drunkenness; he gave me a volley of abuse for my advice; 1 never saw him thoroughly sober; I think his mode of life was such as tended to promote apoplexy. It depends very much upon the natural constitution of the man, but drink ing more generally produces apoplexy. Taking into , consideration the state . in which I saw him, I cannot say whether the dropping of the arm I previously described was or was not a state of apoplexy; on the 10th of August, when I saw him; I told him It was but of little use my send. ing him medicine, and that if he did not at once stop his then course of life, he would shut up as rapidly and as securely as the penknife which I then shut before his eyes, to which he replied that I was a methodist parson, and that I had better get nut of the house ; he was then in a state of drunkenness ; he did not tell me in what way the pills I had sent him no pills for some days were "twisters previous By a Juror: He did not complain to me before of the first pills ; he always talked in a wild delirious way of giving me money and horses. By M. Smith : From his conversation, and my inter course with him, I found that I never could be certain whether ho was telling the truth or not; I thought it strange if his brother had given him pill s out I thought little of it, and that what he said night not be trite; I mentioned it to his brother afterwards, and be denied it, and said "it was all bosh" ; I mentioned it to his brother again, the next time I saw him, and before Walter's death ; I have stated in my certificate, that the cause of death was apoplexy. By the Coroner : I never , said I thought Walter Palmer was poisoned. _ By Mr. Smith : The skin was merely moist ; a mere pumidity of the skin ; I don't know that there was much heat about the head ; his hands, throat, face, and the upper part of the chest I felt, and they were cold, clammy, and moist; I never saw a case of poisoning by Morphia; Dr. Taylor, in his book on poisoning by Morphia, page 614, says : " The pupils of the eye are strongly contracted, and quite inactive, the heat of the head increased, and the scalp and lice covered with a copious perspiration." No symptoms of this kind were apparent. By a Juror : I did not notice any" particular change i n the deceased, on the morning after he said he had take 4 the pills, which were " twisters." By Mr. Deane : During the time I caw him, he was suffering fromdeliritem tremens. By Mr. Smith : When I first saw Walter P4lmer, 4 told me that he drunk a qnart bottle, to a bottle and a half, of gin a night. I told him 1 wanted to reduce him to a halt bottle. which I thought a good descent. Previous to his leaving for Liverpool, he told me he had so reduced himself ; but on his return from Liverpool he was as bad as ever. Mr. Marson examined : I am a chemist, and made up medicine for Mr. Day (the last witness) ; I produce the prescriptions which were given to me by Mr. D:ty, and made up for Mr. Walter Palmer ; they bear date tb and 9th of July, and the lath of August, mixture of the 7th was only made once, b , were repeated several times; the press, the 9th was made up on that da . mixture was repeated, with a small 4 every two or three days, up to the 31st July ; that v list time it was dispensed by us ; the pills of July 7th repeated four times I think between the 7th and the July ; from the 10th of August two composing pills v made up ; they consisted of 31 grains of blue pill, and grains of Dovers powder, to be taken at bed time ; that v all the medicine I supplied. By Mr. Deane : I believe Mr. Day enquired o' between the sth and 10th of August about the pi 11... By the Coroner : Th e enqu i r y was ma d ' by M personally ; I recollect, on referring to no medicine had been supplied for severa' days p. By a Juror : I did not supply any pills or medic Mr. William Palmer ; I don't think that any body establishment would supply him ; they would not him personally ; he would not be supplied with pr, acid, as that is only supplied to medical men, and young men, not knowing him, would not have sold it him. my boo At this stage of the proceedings the Court adjourned for half an hour. On resuming, • Mrs. Lucy Walkerdine, of Stafford, was examined. She stated that the deceased, Walter Palmer, lodged with her and her husband for some time before his death, and that daring that time he drunk very hard, and witness was of opinion he died from apoplexy. Thomas Walkerdine, husband to the last witness, was next examined, and deposed to attending Wolverhampton Races along with the deceased on the 13th and 14th of August, during which time deceased was drunk ; he was drunk when he went to Wolverhampton Races, and drunk on his return; he was taken ill on his return home, and died on the 16th of August. Deceased was in the habit of drinking a quart of gin a night ; he was of opinion that he died from apoplexy; William Palmer frequently came to , see him. Mrs. Philips, an attendant on the deceased during his last illness, was of opinion that be died from apoplexy. Professor Taylor was next examined. He stated that in conjunction with Dr. Rees, he had made an analysis of the several parts of the body of the deceased, and had not been able!to find any trace of either mineral or veg , table poison ; the liver and other parts of tho body were diseased; after fi►e days consultation they had been unable to discover the cause of death, but after the evidence which he had now heard. he was of opinion that it was the result of anoolea caused by excessive drinking b• Harland, of Stafford, deposed to making an examin ation of the deceased last year, for a life insurance in the Gresham Insurance Company, and reporting him a hFalthy life, on the representations made of deceased by William. Palmer. The enquiry, at seven o'clock, was adjourned till to-Tnor row, when witnesses will be produced to prove that William. Palmer administered medicine to the deceased. INTELLTGENC SECOND EDITION. Trade by act driven to its adoption, by a season of prosperity without precedent. Meanwhile, it is highly grati . fying to find that there is no reason to apprehend anything like an armed rupture between the States and this country, and that all the PRESIDENT complains of, may be satisfactorily adjusted, by trifling diplomatic concessions on both sides. nuicx. Worm —We have received the following letter for insertion :—"United States Mail Steamer • Baltic.' I am happy to testify to the quick dispatch I have received in coaling my steamer, the Baltic,' on her present voyage, Henry Truman, foreman to Messrs. W. and C. Bittersby and Co., having shipped into the bunkers 1000 tom Wales coal, in the short space of eighteen hours COUSTOCK s of Signed, THEATRICAL.—Bucketone has revived the old comedy of the " Beaux Stratagem" at the Haymarket with complete success. The circumstance is more interesting to ns from its being the occasion of the debut of Miss Bella Copeland, who played the part of Cherry with excellent effect. Our metropolitan cotemporaries, one and all, pronounce Miss Copeland's appearance a success, after making due allowance for the natural nervousness incidental to her position. A " playful clearness" seems to have characterised the imper sonation of the fair aspirant, and she bids fair for much future excellence in the realm of Thalia. LATEST THE PEACE NEGOC/ATIONS. l ie r b e A despatch, dated Vi enna , th e I,3th instant, ived, and Prince Gortschakoff that the, entire Aust r i a n Bu t o t i, h theßussian aving co r n e s p i y had ' dt i , . r informed legation at St. Petersb urg, Would quit that capital a th ri a n t " C n ocuenst t ha on the 18th of the present month. THE FRENCH FUNDS PARIS, MONDAY EVENING. The transactions on the Bourse to-day closed at the following prices :—Four-and-a Half per Cents, 91f. ; Three per Cents, 62f. 65c. --- 0. - -...- THE ARMY IN THE CRIMEA Advices from the camp before Sebastopol, dated 1, state that the weather continues frosty, hut not as it was. The writer says:—There can hardly b perfect example of a sinecure than the office of a new. correspondent in the camp before Sebastopol at present time. There seems little chance of the sians meddling with us at present. WO the g,, in its present state, it would be difficult to artillery. The men are well clothed, well f the quarters are as good as circumstances will permit, tl appeared contented, and have every reason to he It expected that the docks we have mined will -be blown this week, but no day is yet positively fixed. MILITARY DESPATCHES FROM THI CRIMEA. A supplement to the London Gazetts of Friday., ( two despatches, with enclosures, addressed to Lord p, by General Sir W. J. Codrington. The first consist s o f a letter from his Highness Omer Paeha, in ecknowlEdgment of a despatch announcing the gracious intention of Her Majesty to bestow the Crimean medal upon the Ottoman troops. The second is Dr. Hail's weekly report, dated 31st December, 1855, which shows a Terry satisfactory sate of the general health of the army, More than half the deaths during the week have taken place in the Land Transport Corps alone. They are as well :fed and clothed as the soldiers, but uear'y one-half of the force is . composed of natives, not of the Crimea, but of Asia Minor and other places, and they bear the winter ill. The numbar of deaths during the week were forty, ani of during the previous, week thirty-six. nmure, THE PEACE PROPOSITIONS. THE RUSSIAN REPLY. 7We learn from Paris, in addition to the intelligence sup plied by our own correspondent, that the Russian reply to the Austrian propositions is couched in terms extremely mild and conciliatory, but that Austria was not satisfied. The runture of relations between Austria and Russia is regarded as a fact. From Vienna, under yesterday's date, we learn that the Emperor of Austria displays great firmness, and insists on the unconditional acceptance of the proposition of which Count Valentine Esterhazy was the bearer., The Vienna correspondent of the Constitutionne/ com plains of the want of energy shown by the Ministers of Saxony and Bavaria at St. Peter sburg, who might be re garded as representing the minor of the German Con federation. Had Germany combined frankly with Austria to enforce those terms as an ultimatum, with out modification and withont discussion —as they have now been presented by the Envoy of that Power to ther Court of St. Petersburg—they would have rendered/ Alexander IL an immense service, by enabling him to place himself in the right point of view before his Owl subjects, as only yielding to an irresistible- Europeans combination of force and opinion. Had the minor Gemmel States —to say nothing of Prussia concurred to exhibit that combination, the war might have been brought to $ speedy close ; but as matters now stand, nothing will be left but foriAustria to withdraw her ambassador, and act with the Western Powers in pursuance of the policy she has finally espoused, and peremptorily placed before the moffoernrecnottmattevriepurnozposaintyionms ocraennthotanbeat epnaterristaoi Court of St. Petersb urg . The attempt of that court to r ne L d on f d o o r n:. and unless in the improbable event of Russia changing her" mind, and accepting, at the eleventh hour, the terms , which have bean laid before her, there is no prospect but the renewal of hostilities with redoubled energy, as soont as the season permits. CHURCH OF ENGLAND SCULPTURE READEDA A'' . . 4ocL, g ir ml Sorip nhcee'platform we'.'e the R ev . Dr. M'\ lie, R'v ilnussaolemiaetineotingwausf i t ie h l e a C i o n u t r h c e h c o o l' l El ie n . giate I a a t ken by the Lo r d W .shop of Chester. Among tcaa — lt hht e foa T u a shi i d e i rl i a e e alt r lwft s p a -taeosn: tl ' p n ast six doe'cslpoictke,olleasstevneriget There was rather Id of the n i g h t. Tito Dr. Hume, Rey. W. Pollock, Rev. Messrs, T. e. C,wai I. W. Bardsley, J. J. Batten, W. T atten, F. Pain, C. W. Lawc:,neo Taylor, J. ilaq, G. Read, Moeran, Leslie, Av ;,ter,,on Wooller, Gilmour, H unt, Dandy, Wolseley, Conor, M'l Powell, Williams, Moore, Holmes, Power, Ellison, Harper, H. Carpenter, Messrs. Greg,son, Adam Frodgson, Christi- ~o r Bushell, Webszer, Halhead, Rounthwaite, &c. Th , Mr. Cowan read the annual report. It g. acknowledged the large amount of support which th was receiving from the public, but stated that on th acomint there was a deficiency of £125, th e inc while the expenditure amounted to £2,339. Th r l e B 3a s: ei , ros i s n . c o l f u T s t i h v h e ee n o s f uom t c h; et yr p r o e sc v ve i o irse u i s t9s y 6p, e 3a a i3 r: i6 s ,d b u : r ; rn i g c p: e rti , h ; il it ej , : air:, ab, five annual contributors, of largo amounts, for the : of particular readers —one of £lOO, two of £65, and 16,000 on the number in 1854. Of these visits 6,311 is t and 17,629 to Rom an C at h ol i cs. An rich c;os the the fo r report reading the Sc r i p t ures i n Irish has been establisbet further stated th a t several house aoentt and s s ick, declared that since the visits of the readers to the dwellings occupied by Irish Roman Catholics, a spirit of piety was growing up amorg them, and that they were daily becoming more orderly and. cleanly. The report, in conclusion, set forth that the income , f last your had not been equil to the expenditure, and that when it was known there were but 31 readers to visit a population of 200,000 people, the public would see how unequal such a number were for the work,. and how liberally they should come forward in aid of the society. The report was adopted, and the meeting agldressed r at considerable length, by the Right Rev. Prelate in the chair, by the Rev. Dr. M'Neile, Rev. W. Pollock, 111 r. (4regson, and Mr. C. Bushell. A vote of thanks to ti 0 chairman was passed, and the proceedings were closed by the benediction. ratetnlly X 2,114,