The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-12-08 00:00:00

Commtufai ftict—trbi4 am. At twelve ngo'clock, at tha brokers' office, od 16, Exchange. uildis, 4,822 bags Nitrate of Sa.—J. H. Rayner and Co. - --- - At eleven o'clock, at the Commercial Saleroom, Temple court, a large quantity of Fruit.—George Badenach and Son. At twelve o'clock, at the brokers' office, Colonial-build ingi, Dale-street, 1,493 pockets Linseed.—Bushby and Co• - - - At twelve o'clock, at the public saleroom, Exchange _ building, a large quantity of Ships' Sails, Anchors, Boats, Spars, Standing and Running Rigging, Blocks, Hawsers, Cabin Furniture, Stores, Iron Work, &c.— Percival Campbell and Co. Cominticrat THIS DAY Tina DAY, the Sth imtant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' Office. 16, Exchange-buildings, 4822 Bags NITRATE OR SODA, ex Fwilicr, from Iquique.—Apply to Messrs. Gibbs, Bright and Co., Merchants; or to J. 11. RAYNER & CO., Brokers. 'Tuts DAY, the Bth instant, at Eleven o'clock, at the Commercial Saleroom, Temple-court, 140 Cases Valentia ORANGES, ex Europa (s.s.), 4.0 Cases Valentla ORANGES, 70 Cues Valentia ONIONS, ex Duero (s.s.) ; '9O Bass Spanish CHESNUTS, 90 Boxes Port ORANGES, lea Douro (Ls.) ; '2'i Port CH ESN UTS. 66 Boxes Gibraltar ORANGES, I t Boxes Gibraltar LEMONS, .ex Danube (sot.) ; 100'C , ises Messina LEMONS, 50 Boles Port ONIONS, ex Amazon:lS; 80 Boxes Port ONIONS, ex Allegria do Minho; 180 Baskets Port ONIONS, e 2 Braganza (s.s.) ; 500 Barrels Newtown Pippin APPLES, ei Atlantic (C) ; 300 Barrels Newtown Pippin APPLES, ex Eriissmi (s.); 200 Barrels APPLES, ex Kangaroo (s.s.), front Philadelphia; 80 Bags Black Spinish NUTS. GEORGE BADENACH & SON, Brokers. App! to T O-I\lo R ROW To -swallow, the 9th instant, at One o'clock, in the Commercial Saleroom, 63 Barrels CURRANTS, } ex Philllgre, from Patras; 105 Boxes DI I TO, 29 Caroteels DITTO, ex Arab, from Patras. All damaged by sea water. May be viewed in Gladstone's bonded Warehouse, Union•court.—Apply to GEORGE BA DENACH & SON, Brokers. To-moanow, the 9th inst., at half-past One o'clock, at the Commercial Saleroom, Temple-court, About SOO Firkins Old Cork PICKLED BATTER. Apply to John Bristow, Esq., Merchant; or to WM. GARDNER & CO.. Brokers, To.sionitow, the 9th inst., at Twelve o'clock, at the Broket's office, 7, Exchange.chambers, 8 Barrels TAPIOCA, now ►anding es Rosamond, from Bahia.—Apply to FRANCIS J. EATON% Broker To-moRROW, the 9th instant, at Twese o'clock, in the C,mmercial Saleroom, Temple-Court, 100 Boxes of FIG CAKE, ex Europa; 100 Boxes of Fine Layer Muscatel RAISINS,) ex Duero 04 Boies of Jordan AL!IoNDS, THOMAS PARRY Broker. On aceotint of whom it may concern i'u-scoaaoav, the 9th instant, at Half-past One o'clock. at Golding and Rash's Saleroom. Corn Exchange, Brunswick-street. , A Q iantity of Damaged WHEAT, ax William Rathbooe, from New York; lying in Bramley-Moore bock quay. And A quantity of partially Sour FLOUR, ex I. A. Stowell, from New Orleans ; lying in Ridyard's Warehouse, Brancker-street.--For further pat ticulars apply tot J. & M. ETT,Brokers. WEDNESDAY :On W3DNESDAY next, the 10th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Broker's Office, Exchange-street West, 120 Casks TA LLOW, landing ex James Baines and Lightning, from Melbourne.—Apply to Messrs. H. A. and D. Sratth and Co., Merchants; or to MACGREGOR LAIRD, Sen., Broker. IMPORTANT SALE of HONDURAS and CITY ST. DOMINGO MAHOGANY, ROSE and ZEBRAWOODS, DEALS, BIRCH, PINE, LATH WOOD, &c.. &c. On WEDNESDAY next, the instant, at Eleven o'clock in the foreno3n, on the Victoria Wharf, Birkenhead, 1987 SPRUCE, &c., DEALS, 61,550 feet, 79 Logs SPRUCE TIMBER, 40 tons, 17 Logs HEMLOCK TIMBER, 12 tons, 3 Logs PINE, 7i Cords LATHWOOD, 167 Logs BIRCH TIMBER, of superior quality and size, being the cargo now landing, ex Aleppo, from Maitland.—App y to Messrs. J. S. de Wolf and Co., merchants. At Twelve o'clock at loon, in the Honduras She is, Birkenhead, 542 Logs, measuring 280,844 feet, of Honduras MAHOGANY, and 7 Logs CEDAR, being the cargo now landing, ex Shakspeare. Logs of the following dithensions comprise the caro, of counter top, panel, machinery, and generally u eful Wood : I Log, 43 inches dep. 23 Logs, 29 Inches deep. 1 .. 42 10 .. ?8 3 .. 40 1 .. 38 t .. 35 111 .. 33 8 .. 32 16 .. 31 13 .. 30 49 .. 21 • • 64 .. 20 100 . • under 20 inches Apply to Messrs. Hyde, Hodge and Co., Merchants. 375 Logs City St. Domingo MAHOGANY, ex Herefordshire; 15S Logs City St. Domingo MAHOGANY, ex New Parliament. On account of the importers. 320 Curls City St. Domingo MAHOGANY, ex Phoenix. Apply to Messrs. H. Frommel and Co., Merchants. Casett MAPLE VENEERS, 850 Planks Z EBRAWOOD, 40 Tons Honduras ROSEWOOD, 12 Tons ZIRICOTEWOOD, 23 Logs Havannah CEDAR, 20 Tons Honduras MAHOGANY LOG ENDS. 7. 4 On account of the imparters. With other Furniture and Fancy Woods. HO r..ME & SLATER, Timber Measurers and Brokers, 7, Water -street, Liverpool; and 3, Canning-street, Birkenhead. THURSDAY k On THURSDAY next. the 11th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' Office, 2, Dale street, 155 Cases CASSIA, 68 Bales MADDER ROOTS, ex Glenalva, from 14 Tons LooseAMYRABOLAMS,r Bombay. 500 Bags RAPESEED, all faults, Apply to BROWNE, HUNTER & CO.. Brokers —-- - - en itatt. ON SALE. 25 Curs of SARDINES, all faults. THOMAS PARRY, Broker, Apply to T HIS DAY, as the unwilling slaves of a dreadful storm. As yet no disasters of any consequence have been named, but no doubt a few days' posts will bring us unwelcome tidings from sea. The weather at sea must have been severe, for it was only last evening the screw steamer Canadian, one of the Montreal Ocean Steam-ship Company's vessels arrived from Quebec, although expected here on Wednesday. We learn that she encountered very boisterous weather, and lost the greater part of her boats. At the time we write there is not any intelligence of the Europa, which was to sail from New York on the 20th ult. Crime is on the increase. Despite of capital punishment, of transportation, and penal servitude, murders and highway robbery are now becoming daily occurrences. To day wo publish the par ticulars of a terrific double murder in Yorkshire, and when one contemplates the circumstances under which the foul assassins completed their barbarous tragedy, the heart sickens, humanity is shocked, and we are almost disgusted with our species. According to our latest advices respect ing this truly melancholy affair, we learn that sus picion points to two men who were seen to enter the village late in the evening of Thurday, and the police are actively engaged in the endeavour to trace the parties. The shop was not closed until eleven o'clock. The deceased was considered eccen iric in his manner of business, but was a most striving and industrious man, and was esteemed by all who knew him. There can be doubt that the object was money, and in all probability they have succeeded in securing some. To this appaling crime we have to add the highway robbery of Mr. Singlehurst, in Birkenhead, on Saturday night. These, With other cases of less import, are duly detailed in other parts of this day's impression. In the midst of such criminality, and when neither life nor property is secure, every one is asking themselves the question, How is it that the administration of " law and justice" does not, cannot, arrest the spread of the worst of crime ? We fear that much of the present outrages against life and pro perty arises from the " ticket-of leave sys tem" which has been in vogue for some years. The experience of the past warrants us in declaring it to be a complete failure. The good intentions of its advocates have not been realised—the liberated convict is unreformed, and he is let loose upon society to inflict still greater injuries, and perpetrate more audacious and barbarous brutali ties than his original offences. We consider that it is full time the Government should again resort to transportation—nbt to the Australian colonies, __ many other parts of the globe which are under the sway and controul of the British Crown. What we contend should not be done with these criminals is, to turn them loose, under circum stances that make their entering on a fresh career of crime a matter of certainty during the uncom pleted term of their former sentence. We would object to any renewal of this most dangerous experiment, and we confess to an inability to discern any good reason why it should not be at once abolished, instead of being persisted in, until the whole of the offenders comprised in the class of " old transports" shall have had these " condi• tional" pardons extended to them, which are in effect an unconditional liberty to commit new offences• Transportation to a penal colony is objected to because it is expensive. The expense of main taining the convict is, however, not to be compared with the loss incurred from his depredations when at large. There can be no renewal of transporta. tion to the settled colonies which have outgrown it, even to those whose present prosperous existence and promising future are derived from their origin as convict settlements. But in the vast range of the British possessions there may be chosen some regions eligible for the re-commencement of a mode of disposal of our criminals, which, whilst giving them the best chance of restoration, after a pro bation of punishment, undoubtedly offers a greater security to society than any substitute that has been tried or suggested R. J. NODDER Will respectfully offer his Selection of 'Parisian" and English RIDING and WALKING HATS, BONNETS, and CAPS, with every description of Trimmings, Feathers, Laces, &c., of the most fashionable and tasteful kind. 81, CHURCH STREET NORTHERN TIMES PERAIA.NENTLY ENLARGED DOUBLE ITS ORiGINAL SIZE IT IS NOW AN EIGHT PAGE DAILY PAPER, POSSESSING THE LARGEST CIRCULATION AND IS THE BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM IN LIVERPOOL.] SMALL ADVERTISEMENTS Our late representative, th Ed ward Cardwell, has been delivering a speech to his constituents at Oxford, in the course of which ha took occasion to refer to the late war with Russia, the treaty by which peace was again proclaimed in Europe, and also the leading topics which would, in all proba bility, be called upon to consider and discuss. He was particularly emphatic respecting free trade inland ; this he regarded as a difficult but an important question, and one which Parliament will be called upon to consider next session. This speech of Mr. Cardwell, is another proof of his great ability as a statesman, one who is destined to occupy a large share of public attention, and to be the leader of a party liberal in politics, numerous, and influential. The more we examine the career of Mr. Cardwell, and the closer we investigate his talents and abilities as a statesman, the greater is our regret that Liver pool discarded him from being one of her repre sentatives, giving way to faction and party spleen. Our Dublin advices inform us that much surprise was expressed in that city by the abrupt and totally unexpected manner in which Baron Richards, chief commissioner of the Incumbered Estates Court, ceased to fill that office. Mr. Commissioner Longfieln, on taking his seat in chamber on Friday morning, stated that he and his brother commissioner, Mr. Hargreave, had received a royal warrant intimating that Baron Richards was no longer a commissioner of that court, and that, in consequence, all cases standing in Baron Richard's list should remain over until further orders, all notices of motion for the full court also standing adjoarned for the season. This proceeding appears to have been quite peremptory; it was not anticipated by any one about the court, nor can any surmise be formed as to the future arrangement, and as to the mode of appeal from the decisions of individual commissioners, whether they shall be direct to the General Court of Appeal, or whether a new third commissioner shall be appointed to constitute a full court. In the meantime, the late chief commissioner will be limited to his functions as a Judge of the Court of Exchequer. The evidence taken at the private inquiry into the murder of Mr. has been printed, but not yet made accessible to the public. Several vague rumours about the suspected assassin are still afloat, and the public interest in the subject has scarcely suffered any diminution. It is now known that James Robinson, the insane man, who is de tained by the police, was examined at the inquiry previous to his exhibiting symptoms of insanity, and was to have been brought forward as a crown SIXPENCE EACH. ht Honourable The NORTHERN TIMES is delivered every morning at Subscribers' residences, within five miles of the Liverpool Exchange, by special messengers, by Eight o'clock, for the Annual Subscription of £1 18s. Od. in advance. OFFICE, 19, SOUTH. JORN-STREET, LIVEnrooL. , the Oldest Daily THE NORTHERN TIMES , and command- Newspaper in the Englis!iy of Advertisements.— rrovince, log the Largest and most Influential descriptionati"'is the best medium n the North of England for every &pries 19, SOUTH JOHN STREET. tvitaroot.,—r , E 8 PI RR. Pliblielef. ...HAILL - - (Cfe nort4tru fintts witness. The Commission for holding the South Lan cashire Winter Assizes, was opened before the presiding judges, Baron Alderson and Mr. Ser geant Channel, at St. George's Hall, on Saturday afternoon. This forenoon, the Grand Jury will be sworn, and the charge delivered, after which the regular business will be proceeded with. In our Police reports will be found an important case respecting the forging of a free pass on the London and North Western Railway. In refer ence to the matter we have received a communica tion from Messrs. Pearce and Nash, stating that the Mr. Nash charged with the offence is not of their firm., and that the card quoted in a previous report of the case, an old one belonging to their firm, was not used in evidence. Whilst on the subject of Police Courts, we would beg to direct attention to an article in another column, and to say that as the matter is set forth, we consider that Major Greig will do well to investigate the case, and should all that is stated prove correct, the valiant " blue" should be severely handled both for his want of courage and com mon civility. - • --- MONDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1856. Our continental intelligence is not of an impor tant character. The Paris Moniteur publishes the following intelligence :—" By a decree, dated Dec. 2, promulgat e d at Vienna, the Emperor Francis Joseph has removed without exception, thd segues tration placed upon the property of the Lombard emigrants. Ninety persons sentenced for the crime ieBaere granted a full pardon.'' majeste, in the Italian pro vo i f high ee s o f t r t e h a e s on o , empire,r A telegraphic despatch from Paris, dated Sunday evening, informs us that the Moniteur confirms the news of the approaching meeting of the Congress. THE DAYS NEWS than 10 The weather since our last issue has been very unsettled. On Saturday night it blew a ccmplete gale from W. to S.S.W. On the river it was unusually rough, and ships of all classes had extreme difficulty in riding out the storm. The scene along the docks was one of terrific grandeur, as the masts and spars of the vessels moved too and fro, and uttered forth their own peouliar moan, THE NORTHERN TIMES. ---LIVERPOOL, MONDAY It likewise announces the signature to a treaty between France and Spain, relative to the limita tion of their respective frontiers. Respecting Spain, we may observe that the impossibility that that power can go on with her present manner of government is exposed in the very nature of the new loan negociated by M. Mires. There appears, indeed, to be some kind of mystery as to the exact terms of the loan, but we have no doubt that the best aspect will be officially presented to the public. We know, however, that the point at which Spain starts in this new effort to raise the wind, that there is nothing at all improbable in the accounts supplied by our Paris correspondent, who, in matters of this kind, is not only accurate but early in his intelligence. The Constitutionnel states that several French vessels of war are intended to cruise in the Indian Ocean, in company with the frigate Nemesis, which will be the flagship of Rear Admiral Rig,ault de Genouilly. Two steam corvettes, the Phlegeton and the Primauguet, with four gunboats, will compose this little squadron, to be joined to the naval force which is already in the same. region, under the command of Rear Admiral GlierleD, who has hoisted his flag in the Virginie. News reached Paris yesterday of the loss of the French aviso Duroc in the East Indian seas. The officers and crew were saved. The cause of the catastrophe is imperfectly known even to the government, and no details have transpired. The Duroc was a screw steamer of 4 guns and 120-horse power. A letter from 13Liin, of the 2nd, in the Post Ainpt Gazette of Frankfort, says :—The Duke de Ossuna, the Spanish envoy to Russia, was robbed while on his journey from Cologne to Hanover, not only of a considerable sum of money, but also of important despatches, particularly of a letter addressed to an influential personage 2t, St. Petsrsburg, by a German diplomatist accredited to the French court, and who has played a certain part in late events. Late advices from St Petersburgh state that on the 15th ult. the proof number of a new periodical, at Helsingfors, as an official organ of the govern ment, had been published in the Finnish language, which will continue, from the Ist January, 1857, to be circulated twice a week throughout the Finnish Austria. We shall return to the European Coun cil more like swaggerers, than masters of the position, as we were in April. When we demand the fulfillment of the stipulations of the Treaty of Paris with regard to the Bessarabian fron tier we shall be told to remember the cost of recalling troops from Canada. If we insist on the free navigation of the Danube, and the Black Sea's remaining a commercial Lake, de facto, as it is at present, we shall be reminded of the trouble and expense attending the raising of a large militia force, and sending out another army of 50,000 gallant soldiers to the East. Our diplomatists must reappear at the Conference, consequently, as supplicants, ready to receive whatever terms may be offered to them, or men forewarned to retire on the instant an attempt is made to reduce Great Britain to that humiliation which diplomatic art, as thus far, kept Russia from. The negotiators we sent to the Paris Congress have left no middle course open to us We cannot, with any degree of honour towards the Sultan, or regard for our mercantile interests, withdraw our ships from the Black Sea, and aban don-the free navigation of the Danube to the Russians, in possession of the Isle of Serpents, and the Austrians who occupy the banks of the Danube in full force, only a few leagues from the Sulina mouth. Hence, we have been brought into a position in which we find ourselves compelled to submit to that humiliation which we would not inflict on a perfidious enemy, or we must inevitably be prepared to resort again to the pains and cost of war to uphold our rights as a civilised and com mercial people. Still, the cant preached is, that those who conducted the " peace negotiations," on our behalf, are not to blame for placing us in the position in which we now stand But we can never subscribe to this doctrine of irresponsibility. The PALMERSTON Cabinet knew their men before Lord CLARENDON went to Paris as well as they do now. They knew the depth of Russia's honour, Austria's sincerity, and European diplomacy's love of truth and justice from many a bloody tradi tion and page of history. The name of CLAREN DON occupies a prominent place in the list of British historians. Lord PALMERSTON has had a quarter of a century's experience in the world of negotiators, and it is rather too much to say that they could not foresee what was likely to come to pass after we had given up all our gains in war before the terms of peace were carried practically into effect. It was not because the French Government were in a hurry to get rid of the w ar, that England should have abandoned the only means she possessed of securing the peace of the world. If a parish schoolboy blots his book he is made to pay the penalty. If our old apple women take too much opium or gin, and we regret to say they are beginning to take about an equal quantity of both, they are taken up and fined. Every class of persons, in a word, are held responsible for their acts, and why diplomatic negotiators should be exempt from a universal law we cannot at all under stand. It mill not do to say • that the men who undertake the restoration of the world's tran quillity do the best they can. This would be throwing the doors of the highest and most difficult offices in the State open to the greatest boobies and most unqualified provinces. Accounts from Hamburg mention that the Com mercial and Industrial Union . ' at the town of Kiel has formed a committee for the purpose of carrying out the project of uniting Kiel, Eckern forde, and Schleswig by a railway which promises to be of the greatest future benefit to that part of Holstein and Schleswig, and consequently it is fully expected that the Government will afford to the execution of the scheme every desirable support. The committee is composed of men of the highest respectability and influence in those respective places, which cannot fail to make a favourable impression upon the Minister for the Duchy of Holstein. The plan of uniting the Altona and Kiel Railway by a branch line with that of Hamburg and Berlin direct has been unsupported by the government from strategic motives. Among the many steam navigation companies now being formed in various parts of the north of Europe, may be noticed one formed in Copenhagen, in the spring of the present year, to establish a line of steamers between that city, London, Hull, and Leith. To this end the directors have given orders to the firm of Messrs. James Henderson and Co , of Glasgow, to build for them three large screw boats of GO-horse power each, and to carry a cargo of 350 tons heavy weight of goods, or about 3,000 tons of grain, and to be so constructed that they will be capable of withstanding any sea in heavy weather, and to enter into any of the small ports along the coast from their light draught of water. It is fully expected that these vessels will •be ready to enable the company to commence running them at the commencement of the ensuing season in 1857. Their length of keel will be 160 feet, and with a breadth of 23 feet, they will not, with a full cargo, draw t de for the convenience of running into the ports on the coast 'of Jutland and other parts of the Danish dominions, they will be provided with an apparatus to supply them with water as ballast also. The first of these screws will be named after the late meritorious state councillor (L. M. Heidt), whose family have given the directors permission to that efft ct. fore hold those who undertook the Paris mission responsible for whatever disasters may grow out of the treaty to which they affixed their names. This responsibility may be purely of a moral character; yet the popular voice can make that species of obligation as onerous and insufferable as any other which calls for universal condemnation; and if we should be dragged into another war, in order to secure a reasonable interpretation of the Treaty of Peace, the Cabinet to which its nego tiation belongs will, assuredly, share the heavy censure which the public will heap on their over confident Envoy. THE Paris papers inform us that another diplo matic Conference is to take place shortly. What a precious hoax ! Russia, who was on the eve of yielding to the bayonets of the Allies, will not bow to pens, ink, and paper. Her troops still occupy Galatz, a fortified town on the Turkish side of the Prutb, and the Isle of Serpents, at the mouth of the Danube, whilst the Austrians retain possession of the Principalities. None of the boundary ques tions have been settled. Intrigue has tied the hands of the Sultan so that he cannot carry forward those reforms he desires. The influence of his great military leaders, and among the rest that of of OMER PACRA, has been wholly destroyed by the most dastardly slanders. His military strength has been broken up. His fleet has disappeared. And yet we are to be led to believe that another Conference, composed of the same men or their repre sentatives, who have witnessed all this, is to settle the Eastern question, give life and independence to Turkey, and greater stability to our commercial relations with the Ottoman empire, and Asiatic nations on the borders of the Black Sea. Foreign diplomatists must certainly look on Great Britain as a power which is still in its swaddling clothes. A huge mass of living stupidity and ignorance, which cannot see one yard before it, or under_ stand the plainest language in which the current of past events is recorded. We have always contended that this would be an interpretation the CZAR and his sympathisers would demand, after our over-ready acceptance of the terms offered by Austria. And now we may safely refer to what may be called " the middle " passage of the history of the Russo-Turkish " dispute," to prove the truth of our assertion. All that has been done since April last, up to the present hour, has given Russia time to recover her shattered strength, and to favour the work of creating a variety of new political, and dip lomatic organisations on the Continent. Suf ficient time, and abundant opportunities have been allowed for both these purposes, and now we are asked to appear again in a second Conference, where the true interpretation, to be given to written terms of peace, is to be decided by vote, when concessions have failed to pro duce the desired solution ! These are the bases of the peace we enjoy. We are to go into a foreign Council in a minority—standing alone probably on the side of humanity, truth, aud jus tice ; and if our rights and interests as a free, independent, and progressive nation are put to the vote, we must either bow to the decision of our rivals and enemies, or be prepared to set all Europe at defiance, and enforce at the cannon's mouth that which we have been given to under stand was secured to us by a solemn and irrevo- The Court of Common Pleas has taken up to the first day of next term to arrive at a decision in the case of SWINFEN v. SWINFEN; to decide, in fact, whether counsel has a right to compromise his client's case in direct opposition to his instructions, and accept £lO,OOO where £60,000 is pending on the issue. It may he necessary to take time to consider the best means of keeping within the limits of mouldy and obsolete statutes in such cases, but it will be difficult to convince the country that one moment's delay was needed in order to administer justice or give a plain common sense judgment in the matter. The compromise which Mrs. SWINFEN has been called upon to ratify would deprive her of 50,0001., and leave her open to a charge of having set up an invalid will to defraud Captain SWINFEN, who has endeavoured, but unsuccessfully up to the present time, to set it aside. This liberal offer, which Captain SWINFEN'S counsel, the then Attorney- General,instantly snapped at, originated, as it is now made to appear, with Mrs. SWINFEN'S counsel, Sir F. THESIGER. Counsel on behalf of the Attorney General deny most stoutly that the offer came from that officer. The only inference to be drawn then is, that Mrs. SWINFEN'S counsel was the person who first offered to compromise the case, and we would ask the special attention of the public to the grounds on which counsel , ventured to take that course, as it is one of transcendant importance to the whole community, but more particularly to the cable international compact. Time has not changed the men who took part in the Conferences of April last, although the conditions in which the contracting parties stood at that period. have changed vastly. Turkey has fallen into that low state of disorganisation which invariably follows the excitement of war in half civilised countries. The Allied : armies and fleets have been brought home, and the expenses attending their concentration will not be lost sight of by the wily negociators of Russia and property classes. The trial commenced on a Saturday, and in the course of the proceedings Mrs. SWINFEN'S counsel, it is alleged, thought that " a very unfavourable " impression had been made by what had `‘ occurred." This led Sir F. THESIGER to com municate through Mr. WHITEMORE, his junior, with Mr. Simesori, Mrs. SWINFEN'S attorney. This brought about an interview between Sir F. THESIGER and Mr. SimrsoN, when the former gentleman urged, that as some compromise was desirable, it might be well worthy of consideration whether Mrs. SWINFEN should not accept an annuity of 1,0001. a year for her life. This proposal Mr. Simrsori refused at once to make to his client. Sir F. THESIGER then expressed a wish to see Mrs. SWINFEN at his lodgings, and a meeting took place in the course of the same evening (Satur day), when the proposal made to Mr. SIMPSON was repeated, and Mrs: SWINFEN left her chief legal adviser, requesting that she might be allowed time to consider the offer. The lady then left Stafford for her home, having previously resolved to reject the compromise, and on the following morning,' (Sunday) she sent a telegra phic message to. Sir F. THESIGER to say, " The offer is refused." This surely was putting a veto on the power of counsel and attorney to compromise the cause in their client's name. It appears, however, that Mr. SIMPSON went to Sir F. THESIGER at 8 o'clock on the following morning (Monday), and said that i. something had come to his The gold fields appear inexhaustible. Coal regions. knowl e dge which made it extremely desirable tha t are being daily discovered, and copper, lead, WA, the cause should be settled." This seems to have silver are among the latest new productions is to : been quite sufficient for Sir F. THESIGER , who mostly all these colonies. Miners and agricultur.. 's message, "The are alike successful, and the case of the latter thought no more of his client rewarded for their labours. We The virgin soil of offer is refused," for he hastened away to the mos t ATTORNEY GENERAL, and the affair was settled in a all the Australian settlements yields twinkle. luxuriant crops of grain, and the Pe stu . r. Mrs. SWINFEN was to get an annuity of 10001. a age lands produce cattle and sheep in , year only Mr. SIIHPSON was to receive 1,2501. great abundance. Again, we hear, by our lo; costs, notwithstanding that Sir F. THESIGER had advices from New South Wales, that steps a% his client's final decision in his hands, which was being taken by the respective colonial governtriee',, gran d trun; binding both on her counsel and attor- for the construction of a series of ney. Had Mrs. SWINFEN, the pl.aintiff, been railways. When these are completed, the r ye. out of the way while the trial was going sources of the country will be still further d o on had she not been consulted , t hen even lo p ed, labour will be in greater demand, and t ot we should not admit that her counsel industrious emigrant certain of finding instfithe and attorney had a right to compromise the case employment at remunerative wages, whil st a of their client. But here we had the principal in small tradesman who ventures forth will h ale ° a court ; she was consulted, and did reject , in the most profitable field for capital and the °Orel's most unqualified terms, the proposal made to her, his trade experience and business habits. and what right had Sir F. THESIGER to act on the On looking over the last numb er of the 3001171106 attorney's passing fears when he had his cl ient ' s Herald which has reached us, we find that wid peremptory refusal in his hands ? He never ca lled the p ro g ress of the colon y of Victoria is most rsPdis. on Mr. Simpsort to show him his client's authority and unexampled. In addition to the gol d ie j for compromising her case, nor had Sir F. coveries, a silver mine had been found at 5 P' a re g THESIGER any ? The last thing he had heard from called Coliban ; and, what will rejoice the ell ie u ° o - 0 Mrs. SWINFEN was, "the offer is refused," and all of these distant lands, a bank of codfish bad bO-ea that Mr. SIMPSON agreed to, with regard to the nego- discovered within a few hours sail of Afelh °ll ' o icl tiations of counsel, was subject, as it appears by Now, as to employment, married couples Wer e •P' ork . his affidavits, to the approval of his client. But ' 751. to 851. per annum, with rations. The se o lio. in ratio n, there Was no time allowed for further refusal or sisted of 12 lbs. of mutton, 10 lbs. of flou r, b : i t s consent ; for when Mrs. SWINFEN arrived at of sugar, and -1 ; lb. of tea, per week. Stock-heeP to Stafford, on the Monday morning, to hear, as she received 601. to 70/. ; general farm servants, 2O.'er, thought, the remainder of the trial, she was in- 255. per week, and rations; a thorough fema le s es , formed, for the first time, that the whole thing had vant,2s/. to 30/.; housemaids, 20/. to 25/4 laundr es ti s in , been settled, and she was to receive a life annuity 281. to 30/. ; and nursemaids, 151. to 201. per s°ll t i v e, of 1,0001. a year, instead of estates worth 60,0001. At these rates the demand for servants Was ac Aio g Mr. SiMpsoN's request—" Will you wait until my a feature of much encouragement to client comes"—was not enough to arrest the zeal of emigrants. Taking everything into c onsid r(i . ti t ai l y . the learned counsel. The ready acceptance the there is no question but the colonies of 0 6° 4 0 proposal made on Mrs. SWINFEN'S behalf met, on the hold out strong inducements to all who are disP" str y opposite side, furnished the most unquestionable to leave their native home and settle there. Te d A ti on cl proof, that Mrs. SWINFEN'S assailants were stand- and sobriety are sure to meet their due rewa rd ; ing on their last legs, still all would not do. in the course of a short time, a comparative 1 i jo i Counsel proceeded to exercise the right now p endence will be the! ecom p ense of those Vent° claimed by the bar—namely, " the power of counsel to reside in any one of these colonies. jia on " and attorney to settle a cause, whether the client We have been led to make these ren 3ar i , a re " was in court or in France, and irrespective of his glancing over some Emigration returns wh i f - fa tioli These are the dicta been placed in our hands. Another consiae^roato in connection with the question is how ei nig s ooo can best proceed to any one of the At istr . dra titi colonies once they have determined to B ml of of For years Liverpool has been the favourite P bee n departure, and many very fine vessels ha ve sou tli sent out to all parts of Australasia, N ew i, L od Wales, Melbourne, Hobart Town, Aucklanu outer other ports. Foremost among the ma i l . 11 the prising firms who have been engag ed 1 , 0 0 Australian trade are Messrs. GIBBS, BBlChildorde& Co. They are certainly most jus tl y ref' with as the pioneers of trade and commer ce ah ipB Australia. Many, indeed, are their noble Poso which have sailed forth, all freighted With 11:10a It beings, to New South Wales and Victoria. °they is a remarkable fact, which reflects greatly t° oc id credit, that of the many vessels which have trial. to and from these colonies under their flag, n ° s nt d complaint has yet been preferred as to 1 / 5- 00 passenger accommodation, proper dietary' °t ute' absence of any necessary which could o uutr' co or either directly or indirectly, to the health or " presence and instructions set up by the learned profession in this most remarkable affair. But this doctrine is somewhat knew to English men. We were not aware that British subjects forfeited all the Constitutional rights of citizenship, the moment they entered an attorney's office handed a brief to counsel—that a freeman was compelled to sit in a court of justice, like a slave in the presence of Mr. JUSTICE LYNCH, while his property, his liberty, or his life, was being bartered away, or staked on the issue of a trial. The political and moral instincts of the age are in favour of allowing the bar the utmost freedom of speech. The intelligence of the country must not therefore feel outraged at the extraordinary and despotic privileges our forensic magnates claim for their craft ; yet, we confess that we do feel anxious to hear what the judgment of Mr. JUSTICE CRESS WELL and his brother judges will be on this reading of the prescriptive rights of the bar. If they decide that coancil and attorney have such powers in our civil courts, it will be necessary tc whether they lay claim to the same power trial of political prisoners and allged criminals ; for it would be rather a lamentable thing to allow those who are paid to do what their clients tell them, and nothing more, to plead guilty to a charge where the prisoner's innocence would very naturally prompt him to plead " not guilty." Mrs. SWINFEN did put in the latter plea in answer to a charge which, if established by compromise or otherwise, would have left her under the stigma of having fabricated a will to possess herself of pro perty to which she had no right. There can be no deeper tinge of moral guilt than this, or one with which the law should deal more severely ; and are we to be told that the bar can do as they please in such cases with both the character and substance of their clients ? Is Mrs. SWINFEN to be sent to prison and deprived of her liberty es well as her legal rights to property, because Sir F. THESIGER chose to act for her " irrespective of her instructions?' The issue is in the hands of the Judges, and we shall not fail to give that publicity to their decision which the welfare of society so imperatively demands. bba' We observe that on the 15th inst. Messrs. Gi la Bright and Co., send forth another of their "!$/sbe Line" of Australian Packets—the Colurnbis't is a noble vessel, well-moulded, stro n g l Y bull" tied of great capacity. Her between decks a re o pal lofty, and the means adopted for securing P-0100. \ ventilation, are, without exaggeration, f th' firs,il oiptt e have made a cursory inspection o• V examined her passenger arrangemen ts and auPPOI ments, and are satisfied that they are of alth description. Everything that can secure -13 11 0 happiness and comfort upon the 0130 re (1 01 been studied and adopted. The ectOk'tjiag partment will be a complete model , and acc;ol3l4 to the well known and invariable rul e of tb6; sbas: ant provisions of all kinds, good in quality OW din quantity, will be put on board. f a r 0 0 man of high repute is engaged for the Pass:sriael that the Columbia will start fitted uP and with everything that the most fastidi°llh-oilt, desire. But the ship may be strong ] Y '00 0 : great sailing power, the passenger aeeerctorstit; may be good, and the creature comforts ji- n tiag and excellent, still another requisite is Wt : - g ean i ; secure, as far as human foresight ani iea sa can provide, a quick, a safe, and a trtai r voyage—namely, a first rate cono67ie this respect, the Columbia will have el.:01,11;g her captain, who possesses great nautical optira, had extensive experience as a navigator of the world ; added to which h e is , e A t v amiable in his deportment. A single gitjrntl3oo' countenance at once tells the behe ll _ e ,,, of Captain Clarke, there is a total abseu"- obno, blustering bravado, which but too °Et,fribel tenses the ocean-going capta in • tb ' see in him a firm determination t " tb ao - 0 duty, hut, at the same time, wh ils t " rg o ,; y discharge of that duty, he will nevet1:010:01)(1 exercise of benevolence and true caf e - pa towards all who may be committed t° P n - 0 0%0 keeping. In a word, the Columbia is c : v Ms t : o . t ir by a mariner who, in addition to linistliak qualifications as such, combines thos e " n piAt' man, the christian, and the philantlittillinge coo' understand that the Columbia is f s9 ',, s iti to , A -o t 6 and . when we take the foregoing f tl° : s uon ts o sideration, it is but reasonable that OP - • Both the owners, the ship , gl icl ., t ,, b o e rt. are worthy of every confidence a nd stir' fort of the most humble emigrant. THE recent advices from Australia afford much encouragement, both as regards the rapid progress of the several colonies and the vast field which continues to open up for our redundant population. The reports from the gold mining districts of New South Wales and Victoria continue of the most favourable and satisfactory character, whilst the settlers of Tasmania are all on the alert, and " off to the Diggings" is the order of the day. South Australia and New Zealand, too, offer advantages of no ordinary character to all persons who are deter mined to observe a life of industry and sobriety. The emigrant who contemplates leaving his native land, and seeking in another country a living and a home, has to consider a variety of questions, each of which are intimately connected with the other. The topics to which we refer are climate, soil, and its capabilities of production, the natural resources of the country, its trade and commerce, extent and character of population, &c., &c. Now, if we con template the several Australian colonies as regards any one of these subjects, we must admit that, in no other quarter of the entire globe, are the inducements to emigrate so great so real, and so likely to reward the steady and per severing emigrant. He may go to the far west, settle down in the prosperous Canadas, or proceed to the go-a-head country of the United States. Yea, more—he may w ander on to the Brazils, or California, but each and all of thee, places, not withstanding their many advanaghave drawe backs of a some what serious character, so that the British emigrant has to contend with difficulties, for which, in most instances, he is not prepared. Foremost among these drawbacks is that of climate. In Canada and the United States, the severity of the winters and the burning suns of the summer, are most trying to unaclimatisod settlers; and, although labour is well rewarded, the uncertainty of health, and the risks of fever and ague, often and very reasonably deter many people from seeking a home in the "Federal Union," or the British American provinces. The s ame remark applies to other countries. Australia is an exception. In New South Wales, in Victoria, and South Australia, in New Zealand and Tasmania, the English, the Irish, and the Scotch emigrant finds a climate nearly simi lar to that of his native land. He lives under a clear blue sky, in a country now famed for the richness of its productions, and fertility of soil. E MAIL SERVICE' f r sailea 8m fax. She carried a — 1 a rsghei the usual weeklyg Steam p t ace h nno e T dtme h Af PB ss 00 French manufactures. The Dt liti° ' O a ° 0 informshtneilne make usar arrangements that enamoeunatitlss,faolnradsetsa,ntfurfoubncilbiDescebroralisrsocif:oo,3:ll:ifilittlie.l4:l, sow 6 nesday c ote , " n i, til , i,erpo. ~i, next. One sail ofofrouNrloYnodrokildirect Aritrie " Messes . Wltr.er, of I ) ' co oprA i managers of the the wail/ Igt fe Of have been in Southampton within the J ii- itg eil tro Royal Mail coalesced , Ste recently ut connection with the EuroPe,,,al/Lani, OS Tian carrying which association the Guna uo7retTeolli 0 u, 0— „ i ii,,., „051 purposes 0 ' - B et. ' to for the Navigated foile/00, out the Australian mail ooll.tri expected great extension of trade wi l d colda tO Southampton from the fact of the D u na „Oil e d, whose operations have hitherto bee n A - " vo te ' ar ti' Liverpool, having determined to utpelace, P'l.oll attention to the steam traffic of t l3lB ,,, r i cati lli , ell b t4 cularly in reference to additional oc"--„,03, `',) with India, China, and the IVlediterro°, Oat: we understand is their intention to earrJ . rsiFepteorißrieess nole: Royal a onlM Saturdayai I