The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-03-29 00:00:00

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EVENING EDITION or An _Evening Edition of the NORTHERN DAILY TIMES is now Published every Afternoon, at Three o'clock, containing the Markets, together with all the News of the Day, up to the hour of going to Press. Qe SATURDAY, MARCH 29, 1856 THE anti-Liverpudlians of Manchester held a meeting in the Town Hall of their native city on Thursday. The chair was filled by Mr. THOMAS BAZLEY, the President of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce; and the precise object he and his brother malcontents had in view was to consider " the propriety of organising an association in " defence of the measure now before Parliament, " and concentrating the efforts of the various " localities affected by the bill, so that by evidence "and otherwise before the select committee of the " House of Commons, the case of the promoters " may be sustained." Now, as far as we under. stand the political and material organisation of these realms, we believe there never was a case in which the " propriety" of engaging in a public agitation was more necesary, or likely to prove more signally fatal to the success of a revolutionary movement. We use words in their literal sense ; and, when we say " revolutionary movement," we wish them to be understood as we give them, for we contend that the worst of all re bellious acts is to attempt to subvert the rights of property. Such designs make the reformer a degraded rebel—the enemy of all whose industry has raised them above beggary, and the foe of the inheritors of the unre mitting toil, frugality, and talent, of those, who have bequeathed their labours to posterity The mission of true Liberalism is to give to the public, andiadd wealth and comfort to the common stock of a people. Men of ordinary political understanding look to well proved economic principles, and unswerving morality, in their administration for the removal of abuses, and the accomplishment of great social amelioration. Not so with the Town Dues agitators of the Corporation of Manchester. They come forth like locusts, to cut up the produce of every municipal homestead, to bring fresh inflictions upon their neighbour, and subscribe money fo. what ? For what indeed ? Where is the need of money in the present instance ? Is it to secure a majority for Mr. LOWE'S bill ? or is it to make another COBDEN out a HERON ? We will not presume to think Man chester can carry any bill it pleases, with the aid of cash. And yet they will take money from their dupes, to take from Liverpool its lawful property end leave its inhabitants to pay additional taxes to make good that of which they would rob them. These are the Municipal Re formers of Manchester ! But Liverpool alone is not to be assailed in their future designs. The Chairman of the meeting of Thursday recommended the formation of a national spolia tion association, as " the collectors of town dues "in various parts of the United Kingdom appear "to be determined still to appropriate to private " ;nunicl;pal purposes taxes which they gather from " public sources." We are at a loss to understand what Mr. BAZLEY means by " private municipal purposes." That gentleman either knows very little, or cares less, for the etymology of his mother tongue. It is the first time we have ever heard of a municipality's having any private rights, or any power to apply taxes to private or personal purposes. Such things may be done in Man chester, but the Liverpool ratepayers will not suffer them in this Borough. We bought the right to levy Town Dues, and every farthing of income they produce has been capitalised, and the borrowed money spent in creating a sea port for Manchester, and the whole of the manufac turing districts—in calling into life a Liverpool for England and the world. Were it necessary to go further we would tell the Manchester orators that the money to do those things was borrowed publicly, expended publicly, and trade and commerce are reaping the harvest. Mr. BAILEY sa)s, " that the adminis " tration has shown a want of administrative " courage" in not following up MR. LowE's pro centralisation scheme, and novel notions of muni cipal reform. Manchester speakers talk of sea ports as though they were so many private drawing rooms, and MR. BAZLEY hopes to see the day when " Li,rerpool shall cease to be adorned at the " expense of the people of England." Who, then, is to " adorn" this island with ships and commerce, with docks to hold the former, and all the facilities required to enable "the people of England" to carry on the latter ? We are not to go to the New Zealanders to pay -for these, our greatest national adornments. No ! We go to those who use our ports—those who are directly benelitted by them, as the landlord goes to the tenant for the rent of the dwelling he occupies. This may be rather too common place a mode of procedure for Manchester, but her malcontents are not bound to come to Liverpool. They can go to any port they please ; but as long as they come here, they must pay for the commercial advantages afforded to them, just as they would be made to pay in London, Southampton, or any other place. We do not at all underrate or despise the trade we have with Manchester, but we think the conduct of the Corporation of that city in the Present instance most despicable, and no less subversive of all the principles of local self- government Mr. HERON, unlike most town clerks, talks too much, even for a whole city council. Yet, as he ex hibits simply the weakness we find in all long-winded spouters, it would be scarcely fair to find fault with his extraordinary loquaciousness. When speaking of the difference between the Liverpool Town Dues and the Manchester market tolls, he says :—" If, as Mr. BROTHERTON intended to have " stated upon a second debate, the Manchester " corporation stationed collectors at the entrance " of the town, and said to every market gardener, " and every person who came in with goods of the " kind, 'we must have a toll from you here at the "'entrance to pay the local expenses of the "'corporation,' and then sent them into the market, and charged them again there for market " toll, then there would be some analogy between " the case of the Manchester market tolls and the " case of the town dues of Liverpool." What abominable trash for a town clerk to talk ! Mr. HERON, however, is probably the only man of business in the kingdom who would name Mr. BROTHERTON, except in a debate on that most interesting subject—early to bed. But since Mr. HERON has ventured to quote what the honourable Member for Salford said, we tell him that the Manchester market tolls are derived from the constituents of the Council, the men who pay Mr. HERON his salary, before they can sell in those markets, and that the producer has to pay that man before he can enter the market as a seller, and that the income derived from these tolls, if not applied to municipal purposes, must be put into the pockets of the Councilmen. Mr. HERON is quite right in stating that Manchester raises market tolls under the powers of an act of parliament; and that any Corporation can obtain a similar act. But this only shows that Manchester can get rid of our Town Dues legally by going to the legisla• ture for a bill to purchase our right and title to levying tolls from those who choose to make use of our port, and the accommodation it affords to ships and commerce. For any work of public utility, Parliament will always give its consent ; but measures subversive of the rights of property will never pass the Imperial Legislature, and to this moral certainty Manchester may as well subscribe at once. THE 1 1 1622THER14 TIMM-LIVERPOOL, SATYRDAY, MARCH 29, 180. THE COURT, WINDSOR, MARCH 27.—The dinner party yesterday included his Majesty the King of the Belgians, the Duchess of Kent, the Princess Royal, the Belgian Minister, (NI. Van de Weyer), Lady Fanny Howard, Baroness de Speth , Colonel W. Thornton, Commanding Officer 2nd Battalion Grenadier Guards, Colonel de Moerkerke, Captain Prisse and Doctor Rieken. WINDSOR, THURSDAY.—In consequence of the boister ous state of the weather, his Majesty the King of the Belgians has been induced to defer his departure a day longer, and orders were accordingly sent last night to in form the various authorities concerned in the journey of the fact. As at present arranged, the King leaves Wind sor t half-past uine o'clo ck to-morrow morning. DEPARTURE OF THE KING OF THE BELGIANS FROM WINDSOR CASTLE.— Yesterday morning his Majesty the king of the Belgians left Windsor Castle en route for the continent. His Majesty was attended by Colonel de Moerkerke, M. Sylvian Van de Weyer, Captain Prisse, Dr. Ricken, Lord Camoys, Captain the Hon. Dudley de Ros. His Majesty and suite travelled by the Smith Western line to the junction at Wandsworth, thence down the main line to Guildford, proceeding to Reigate, and by the South Eastern line to Dover. DEATH FROM SCALDING.—The child of a soldier, named O'Leary, was scalded yesterday by some hot water, and died from the effects. There is blame said to rest some where, and, in consequence, an inquest will be held this day. LIST OF PASSENGERS PER BALTIC.-Mr. and Mrs. G. F. Dale, Mr. and Mrs. Marcellua Hartley, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Brush, Mr. and Mrs. Pascal S. Hughes, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Plumb, Mr, and Mrs C. Seguine, Mrs. Thorne, Mr. Charles Thyiv'ssen, bearer of despatches , Messrs. James 11. Woods, Charles Lord, Edward Kinn, . B. Stephenson, Edward Yard, N. F. Miller, Samuel M'Lean, Charles E. Alilnor, A. W. Little, Robert Slimmon, James Sullivan, Goo, A. Wicks, Henry L. Stone, J. T. Rittman, Robert Moore, Ross Campbell, F. W. Coggell, W. H. Coles, W. Boale r , Charles Topham, E. P. H as l am , L. B. Binssee, Captain G. W. Howe, Messrs. Wm. P. Humbert, Wm. Simple, Jonathan Murphy, J. A. Connor, Wm. Keifer, S. C. Shepherd, S. H. Carpenter, Gaspard Baumane, Fred. Baare, T. H. Black, Gustavus Reinecke, Aug. de Hillern, R. M. Oberteuffer, W. F. Kitchen, Mr. and Mrs. John Abel and M D a e a w s , r Li T o n h o e l s . C H O o h l e l n i "A y , n N ci v r e m w . Eves, w Miss i C n ha m rl a o y tt a e n T , a j r o o h n n i, child, Barclay, D. de Haan, A. W. Brown, Chas. Monday, J o h n G Weber, P. G. Wilson, and T. R. Clarke. MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL. LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY EVENING The sales of Cotton to-day amount to 6,000 bales, and include 1,000 for speculation and export. The total sales of the week are 41,700 bales, 29,800 of which have been taken for speculation, and 4,570 for export. Prices are about the same as on Friday last. The Liverpool Share Market has been strong to-day, and with a moderate business, prices have been firm, and closing as follows :—Aberdeen, 131, 131. Chester and Birkenhead, 151 151. Caledonian, 301 301. Chester and Holyhead, 141 142. Eastern Counties, 91 98. East Lancashire, 181 18a. Great Northern, 23 231-. Ditto A 9'l 10. Great Western, 621- 631. Lancashire and Yorkshire Stock, 851 851. Liverpool, Crosby, and South port, 154 16, London and North Western Stock, 100 1001. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 28 281,. Ditto Preference, 118 11a. Ditto New 6 per cent. Pref., &p. Midland Stock, 724 721. North British, 8 7-16 8 9.16- North Stafford shire, 6 51d. South Eastern, 21+ 21Z. York, Newcastle, and Berwick, Di 191. York and North Midland, 27-a 271. Leeds Capital Stock, 15i 151. Dutch Rhenish, 18-90 20p. Ditto New Shares, 2 5-16 2 7-16 p. Great Western of Canada, 251- 25:g. Ditto New Shares, 21 Zap. Ditto 2nd issue, 2; 214). Great Luxembourg, 71 7-Z -d. The Liverpool Corn Market has shown more firmness to day, but still the amount of business done was not large. The advises from New York by the Baltic state that the failure which attended the laying of the submarine cable last year of the New York, New_ foundland and London Telegraph Companies across the Gulf of St. Lawrence, from Newfound land to Cape Breton, has not deterred the company from the prosecution of their enterprise, and arrangements have already been made to secure its successful accomplishment during the approaching summer. Accounts from Pesth relative to the wool trade in Hungary show a falling off in prices since the announcement of the peace negotiations, still the ruling quotations are satisfactory, and these have been firmly maintained in the presence of favourable advices from London, Berlin, and Breslau. Compared with 4:h-e prices at the corresponding period last year, the reduction is from 411. to Ofl. per quintal (about Bs. to 10s. per 2201b5.) on winter wools, and on other sorts from 811. to 12f1. per quintal. The greatest reduction has been made in qualities which have been deteriorated by sand. In finer quali ties there has not been much demand, and supplies from Zigaga and Zackel are firm at pre vious rates. The stock on hand at Pesth is about 12,000 quintals, of which about one-half has been sold for home consumption, and 300 quintals for export. The sanitary condition of the flocks throughout Hungary during last winter is reported to have been very satisfactory, and the mortality below the average. It is expected that the average weight of fleece this season will be heavier than last year. The condition of the Wool trade at Paris conti nues favourable, and manufacturers are more active than they have been for some time past, which creates a good demand for the raw material, and sustains former prices with firmness. Sales of good qualities from Brie have bee►► effected at lf. 20c. to lf. 30c. per half kilogramme. In Germany there has been a rise in prices of 8 per cent. Accounts from Belgium contain the report of the directors of the Bank of Flanders of their operations during the past year, which shows that there has been a steady progress in the affairs of the bank during that period, notwithstanding the general financial crisis on the Continent. The amount of deposits in cash was 148 million francs in round numbers, against 132 millions in 1854, showing an increase of 16 millions. In discount operations the results have been equally satisfac tory, 88,222 bills, representing a value of 97 millions, against 68,894, amounting to 82 millions, in 1854. The profits for the year are 227,118 frs., which allows a dividend of 5 per cent on the amount of shares, with an addition to the reserve fund of 68,545 frs. At an extraordinary meeting of the " Societe General des Clippers Francais," held at Paris on the 15th inst., it was resolved to increase the capital from 10,000,000 f. to 20,000,000 f. (800,0001.) This increase is consequent upon the purchase in England' of eight clipper ships, for the sum of 500,0001. The shares are to be of 4/. each. The subjoined are the closing quotations of the Foreign Exchanges : Amsterdam short, 11 102 to 12 01. Do., 3 months, 12 2to 12 2+. Rotterdam, do. 12 2+ to:12 2+. Antwerp do., 25 62i to 25 67+. Brussels, do., 25 62+ to 25 67+. Hamburg do, 13 11+ to 13 111. Paris, short, 25 37+ to 25 45. Do , three months, 25 80 to 25 85. Marseilles, do, 25 80 to 25 85. Frankfort, do., 121+ to 121+. Vienna, do. 10 27 to 10 32. Trieste, do., 10 20 to 10 34 Petersburg, 36+ to 361 Madrid, do., 40 to 49a. BANK OF ENGLAND RETURNS An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 32, for the Week ending March 22, 1856. ISSUE DEPARTMENT. Debit. Credit. Notes issued .. £24,221,825 Government Debt Other securities 3,459,90(► Gold Coin and Bullion £24,221,825 Total £24;221,825 BANKING DEPARTMENT. Debit Proprietors' ca pital Rest Public deposits Other „ Seven day, and other bills 726,362 Credit. Government 5e £14,553,000 curities £11,951,006 3,813,664 Other securities 18,425,297 5,638,865 Notes 5,836,745 12,107,043 Gold and silver coin 625,886 £36,838,934 Total ... £36,838,934 The foregoing Bank Returns show the following results when compared with those of the preceding week :—Notes issued, decrease 156.2707; bullion in both departments, decrease 180,8547; rest, increase 8,2841; public deposits, increase 132,741 i; other deposits, decrease 543,4921; seven days' and other bills, decrease 29,9681. On the credit side govern ment securities have increased 500,0007; other securities decreased 859,7311. Notes unemployed, decrease 48,1201. Actual circulation, 18,385,0807; decrease, 108,l 50/. It is confidently asserted, in quarters usually well informed, that the treaty of peace will be definitively signed at Paris tomorrow (Saturday). Reports to this effect have caused a sensible rise at Paris to-day, but the effect upon the English Funds has been trifling, the advance scarcely amounting to 4- per cent. The closing prices were 921 92k. The upward tendency is restricted by the continued demand for money. On the other hand, confidence is inspired by the belief that the conclusion of peace, whilst arresting the creation of new government stock, will give a stimulus to the desire for investments. The demand for money was to-day very active in all quarters, in anticipa tion of to-morrow's instalment on the new loan. The arrangements in connection with the settle ment of the fortnightly account in shares and foreign stocks, have also increased the demand on the Stock Exchange. At Paris to-day the Three per Cent. Rentes show a rise of upwards of 2- per cent. In addition to the 650,00/. in specie brought in by the America from New York, the Baltic arrived to-day with 'about 54,7001. The Madrid has taken out 59;.647. in specie to Lisbon and Cadiz. The Corn Market to-day was quiet at last Monday's decline. Of the 11.0i,oating cargoes of grain which have arrived at ! p,, II of call during the last fortnight, many have.l#6 - en cleared and the number remaining for 4. - lispp.4iil fr is•consitter: ably reduced. According to; Sft 'Petbrsliurg ad vices of the 20th inst., the fall in the price of Tal. low in the London Market has caused a correspond. ing decline there; the price quoted was 138 roubles. The heavy decline in the other se unities indicates sensible diminution in the demand for money. The Railway Share Market has generally advanced to - day, owing to the belief that peace will be signed to-morrow (S4 it i.da y ) . To-day the market closed with the following, as the prices last quoted :--Eastern Counties, 90H 901. E ast L ancas hi r e, 734 744. Great Northern, 944 95. Do. Class A., 791 804. Great Western, 63 634. Lancashire and Yorkshire, 86 864. London and North Western, 1004- 101. Manchester Shef field, and Lincolnshire, 28,1 282 Midland Stock, 73 7 34. North British, 354 344. South Eastern and Dover, 71: 1 711. York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 761 761. York and North Midland, 555 552. FRANCE. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, THURSDAY EVENING, The Congress has held another sitting to-day and it will probably hold daily sittings until its labours shall be terminated. A more cheerful view of things is taken to-day by the public and the stockjobbers, and even in a high political quarter I find that a more hopeful tone prevails ; —not that in reality peace has for the last ten days been considered at all doubtful, but that the diffi• culties which arose fromPrussia,Turkey &c. it caused the most sanguine to feel discouraged. What the Congress has done to-day, I am not in a position to tell ;—but its proceedings seem to require an immense amount of writing,—for all the clerks of the Foreign Office who write at all legibly, have been told that they will be required at a late hour at night, on a secret and important service, and at this moment the poor devils are locked up, and are under strict surveillance, in order to prevent them from communicating with any one. An official personage who is ordinarily well in formed, tells me, that what their clerks have to copy is, the " Treaty of Peace," but the treaty can hardly require so much scribbling. It is remarked that within the last few days, Count Orloff, and Count de Buol, the Russian and Austrian plenipotentiaries, have been apparently on somewhat better terms;—at a dinner yesterday, given at the Minister's of the Interior, they talked a good deal together and very amicably. And apropos of Plenipotentiaries, Baron de Manteuffel, the Prussian Prime Minister has had very little success in." society,"—first, because he is short of stature ; next, because he is very reserved ; thirdly, because he wears spectacles ; fourthly, because he does not speak French fluently; and lastly, because he wears a coat of unfashionable cut. Argal, he is set down as an ass and a humbug, and this is the way " les salons " reason ! The revelations which the London Times has made as to the lamentable state of the French army in the Crimea have created profound sensa tion in the capital, and all the more from the fact that as no newspapers dare publish them, they are exaggerated by public rumour. In the highest official circles they have done more than create sensation—they have created profound indignation because they are looked on as an attack on the government, and through it on France. The minister of war, Marshal Vaillant, whose depart ment is more peculiarly affected by them, is in particular, in towering wrath, and all his subor dinates, high and low, naturally share his sentiments. And do you know what the enemies of the English alliance are doing ? They are going about saying that " perfi lions Albion," through her news papers is attacking, and in suiting and calumniating chivalrous France, who had the generosity to save her army from destruction at the Alma and Inker mann, to save it from starvation last winter, and to repair its defeats and mishaps in the siege of Sebastopol. The effect which such representations will produce is not difficult to predict—great ill will against England. If this effect were confined to the vulgar crowd, it would, though no doubt greatly to be regretted, be of comparative little consequence, for the crowd counts for nothing in French politics just now. But depend on it that it will reach and influence the government also. It is not suspected in England, and yet it is the undoubted fact, that all the great personages about the Emperor, and the members of his own family, with the exception of the Empress, and some of his ministers, are bitter enemies of the English alliance, and lose no opportunity of vent ing their spite against it. It is not suspected in England, and yet it is the tact that at this very moment the Emperor is besieged, in season and out of season, by people who try to persuade him that it is a duty to himself and his country to get out of the English alliance at any cost and as quickly as possible, and to form one with Russia. Judge, then, how much these people's chances of success are increased when they are able to say that the English, by articles in their newspapers, or by unseemly revelations, are seeking to damage France in European estimation. The article in the Jfoniteur in reply to the Times on the above subject, was written, I am told, by Marshal Valliant himself, and it displayed a not over-friendly feeling to England. A. circular from the Minister of Justice contra dicts the report that has been for some time current to the effect that the government contemplates taking possession of the monopolies of notaries, avows, auctioneers, etc., and consequently deprive the possessors thereof of the sums they have paid for their places. Vienna letters assert that no change whatever is to be made in the commercial policy of Russia, and that Russia has politely, but peremptorily, refused to modify her commercial treaties with Austria, as desired by the latter. LONDON GAZ ETTE, BANKRUPTS.—HENRY PRING, Bristol, baker and flour dealer. HENRY ERMANNI FELLINGER, formerly of Red Lion-street, Holborn, but late of Regent-square, flour merchant. THOMAS EVANS, Wood-street, Cheapside, umbrella and parasol manufacturer. ROBERT LINCOLN, Tottenham-court road, licensed victualler. R ICHARD POTTER, Exeter, shipbuilder. JA.vIES BAILEY, Wood-street, Cheapsido, merchant. WM. BARKER Moss, Stamford, Lincolnshire, butcher. HENRY COLLINS, Ashford, Kent, carpenter and builder. JOSEPH HirKlss, Tipton, Stafford shire, iron master. JONATHAN THOMAS OWEN, Swansea, optician and mathematical instrument seller. JoHN Buck TOKER, Manchester, and Ospringe, Kent, manufacturer of malleable cast iron, and trader. IVIAXIMILIAN LASKER, and GUSTAVOS BILTER, New Basinghall-street, merchants and commission agents. JAMES COOPER, Ryde and Wootton bridge, Isle of Wight, grocer, tea dealer, coal and corn merchant, and miller. UPPER COLLEGIATE SCHOOL.—Mr. J. Rigby, whose distinguished mathematical honours were lately announced, is in the second class of the Classical Trips, at Cambridge. COUNTY COURT, YESTERDAY.—Mr. Pollock, the udge, pr e sided in this court, and disp ose d o f t h e usua l number of cases, all of which were devoid of interest. In the case of Bahr Bebrend and Co., His Honour postponed giving his judgment unt'l Tuesj - ly week nex`. THE WEATHER.—During the week the atmosphere has been very drv, with a harsh easterly wind, which, for a day and night, blew a strong gale. It has been very sunny, but cold all the week. Agriculturalists do not, however, object to the state of the weather, up to the present time, although a day's rain or so would he acceptable. ROBBERY AT MANCHESTER.—At the Corn Exchange, Manchester, on Thursday, the agent of a Liverpool corn house was robbed of £750. He had placed his money in a drawer, whilst be went across the room to speak with a friend, and ou returning, five minutes later, found that the whole had been abstracted. THE CHARGE AGAINST THE RAILWAY OFFlClAL.—Yes terday the prisoner in this case, William Parsonage, was put forward according to remand, before Mr. Mansfield, when Mr. Blenkensop said he had to apply for a further remand for seven days, as it was found impossible to be prepared to go on at present with the case. He had com municated with Mr. Brotherton, who conducted the defence, and an arrangement had been made for the remand. The prisoner was accordingly remanded to this day week. An application to bail out the prisoner was made, but at present Mr. Mansfield said he could not grant it. GOVERNMENT SCHOOL OF ART.--Some pupils in the School rf Art, connected with Collegiate Institution, were lately mentioned as having obtained prizes from govern.. ment. The following additional pupils have recently received the same distinction :—William Woods, of St. Mary's School, Edge-hill; Thomas Howarth, William Bathgate, and Archibald Bathgate, of St. Chrysostom's School; Henry Nicholls and Elizabeth Welch, of St, James's School. Miss Jane Brown has also been appointed pupil teacher, under the regulations of the Board of Trade to give assistance after the quarter day, the first of April, to Mr. Bishop and Mr. Burkinshaw in the female drawing classes, whtch are largely increased. Friday's Daily News remarks— No serious apprehension is !entertained that the conferences at Paris can prove abortive. Nobody, however, will venture to say that peace is concluded, until he sees it in black and white. All the world is waiting to be assured of a fact which, in their hearts. they would most potently believe. Alen gather into groups, and whisper conjecture about the delay in the announcement of peace, and cannot settle to business until it is published. The stock-braker pauses in his speculations, and merchants hesitate to give orders in m anufactures—nobody will move till - the members of the conferences set the example. There is nothing to alarm men in this state of affairs, but it is excessively tiresome. If the Plenipotentiaries would but let people know what they have resolved upon, the world's business would resume its wonted course. THE PEACE CONGRESS. To the communication last addressed to us by our own correspondent in Paris we again invite the attention of our readers, as the source from which to ascertain the most authentic intelligence from this presumed seat, not of war, but of peace. In the state of natural excitement which prevails with reference to the ultimate solution of the question which occupies the mind of Europe, and indeed the world, it may be well to present in our columns the various phases through which the nation is regarded by other authorities. We learn from the Express of last night that" no serious apprehension is entertained that the Con ferences at Paris can prove abortive. Nobody, however, will venture to say that peace is con cluded, until he sees it affirmed in black and white. All the world are waiting to be assured of a fact which in their hearts they must potently believe. Men gather into groups, and whisper conjectures about the delay in the announcement of peace, and cannot settle to business until it is published. The stockbroker pauses in his speculations ; merchants hesitate to give orders to the manufacturers ; the very Gas Company of Paris postpones its arran , ,..ements for an illumination. Nobody will move till the mem bers of the Conferences set the example. ' The Plenipotentiaries' carriages stop the way.' There is nothing to alarm men in this state of affairs, but it is excessively tiresome. If the Plenipoten tiaries would but let people know what they have resolved upon, the world's business would resume its wonted course." Another writer communicates in his note of Thursday evening this view :—" Without pretend ing to any knowledge of what passes within the doors of the Congress, I believe I may now announce with certainty that unless any event, wholly unexpected by the French government, should arise, peace will be proclaimed before the end of the week. All the shopkeepers, and all private housekeepers, more or less under the influence of government, have received orders to day from the police to be ready to illuminate on Saturday. Moreover, gratuitous performances are ordered for Saturday at all the theatres. This fact seems conclusive." May it prove so. In the Journal de Debats of yesterday, the follow ing intelligence appears :—" Some secondary diffi culties are spoken of as delaying the denouement expected by public opinion, and which a few days ago appeared on the point of arriving. According to a report seeming to possess a certain consis tency, although we are not in a position to guarantee its correctness, it is foreseen to-day that this incident will necessitate a prolongation of the armistice. It is generally understood that the difficulty in question consists of pretensions raised in the congress by the plenipotentiaries of Prussia, pretensions to which England opposes an insur mountable resistance, in which she would have the other powers join. Nevertheless, this incident, we repeat as confidently to day as yesterday, is not of a nature to cause any anxiety, any doubt, as to the final result of the negotiations. Peace is more certain than ever." If the prognostication of divines be calculated to inspire confidence in the result of the Conferences, a hope is induced by the subjoined narrative : "The Archbishop of Paris gave a grand dinner yes terday (Thursday) to several of the plenipotenti aries—to all of them, in fact, who were not at the same time dining with M. Billault, the Minister of the Interior. After dinner the Archbishop made a little speech, in which he said that next Sunday was the festival of Quasimodo, a day looked upon by the church as an especial anniversary of the mission of the Prince of Peace, and that he trusted the Congress would not pass over without giving peace to Europe. The plenipotentiaries present said nothing ; but they smiled, and their smile was construed as a promise." In anticipation of a pacific solution of the difficulties which incommode the plenipotentiaries, we are told that workmen are at present employed in restoring the apartments at the Palace of Ram bouillet. Everything is to be completed within the space of three months. Also, the old Hotel des Chasses is being repaired, and a great number of rooms are being arranged there for the persons connected with the Imperial hunting stud, which is to pass three months there every year. Stabling is to be got ready for 130 horses. Itambouillet, it will be remembered, was Charles the Tenth's favourite hunting residence. It was there that he took refuge after the events of July, 1830. THE ARMY IN THE CRIMEA. We have despatches dated from the camp before Sebastopol to the 18th instant. One of the writers remarks that, " notwithstanding the armistice, the present has proved a busy week. On Monday one of the Russian brigs, sunk in the creek which divides the French from the English positions in Sebastopol, was blown up, under the superintend ence of Mr. Deane, and on Friday (this morning) we have had a glorious muster of the Allies on the Tchernaya, to receive certain Russian authorities at the Traktir Bridge, under a flag of truce. On the three intermediate days there had been foot races near General Codrington's head quarters, theatricals in several parts of the camp, and balls in others." The meeting of the Generals, to arrange the armistice, took place on the 14th, and is thus described :—" The Tchernaya was the boundary be tween the Allies and the enemy. On the near side where the two tents were pitched, we observed not only officers of every grade, but a lady on horse back, who was said to be a Mrs. Dalrymple, of some family well known about John O'Groat's house. " The ground for the conference on the Anglo- French side of the bridge was kept by the Zouaves. Marshal Pelissier did not attend, but sent his chief of the staff, Gen. Martimprey. Gen. Codrington, Commander of the Forces, was present, with a brilliant staff; and the Sardinian General in chief and suite accompanied them. Part of the cortege rode across the bridge, some few hundred yards, to receive and escort the Russians to General Codrington's tent. Some of the Muscovites wore very striking uniforms. They had evidently turned out on their best steeds, and in their best attire. After crossing the bridge, the generals entered one of the tents, remained there a short time, and then adjourned to the other, where, it is said, an abundant supply of champagne and other good things had been prepared for them. When the Conference was over, the allied generals with their staff escorted the Russians back again over the bridge." Another correspondent describes the day as having been raw, dull, and disagreeable, with a sharp northerly breeze blowing, but nevertheless a considerable number of English, French, and Sardinian officers found their way to the bridge, doubtless in hopes of a repetition of the canter of the 29th of February ; but if that was the bait that lured them thither, they were completely disap pointed. This time there was no scouring the plain and gossipping with videttes; the aqueduct was the limit where observance was enforced by a chain of Zouave sentries patrolling to and fro. A Russian picket was stationed at about rifle shot beyond the river, along whose further bank Cossack and dragoon videttes were posted at short intervals. There was more variety in the Russian troops this time than last; some of the cavalry were in scarlet, and others in light blue, and some wore the gray greatcoat. There was nothing else of any interest to observe, and most of the persons whom curiosity had led to the spot soon grew tired of standing at the edge of a ditch, and gazing at a distant handful of Muscovites, so turned their horses, and tried to warm themselves by a canter back to the camp. Of the state and condition of the Sardinian troops, the Times correspondent thus speaks : " Independently of the military aptness and profi ciency evinced by the Sardinians, they have dis played qualities highly valuable and useful in civil life, and the exhibition of which to other nations (for which opportunities have been given by this war) cannot but elevate them in public opinion. They show much mechanical ingenuity ; their things are all well made, and at once durable and in good taste. Their dress. accoutrements, carts, ambulance, horse-shoes, and materiel of all kinds are excellent. Their farriers are extremely good, They have abundance of masons, plasterers, and other artisans in their re giments, as is proved by the way in which their huts, stables, hospitals, &c., are got up. Their batteries, redoubts, field fortifications .~*~" of all kinds, and parks of artillery An d inspection°. engineers, all bear the closest In short, it is well known to all out her, who have taken the trouble to i ns pect an„" . inquire concerning them, that General Deir, Marmora's little army, which now number s ' t: included, nearly 18,000 men, is a model that mig ht be studied with profit by many. Since its firs, arrival here it has lost 1,500 men by death, a"; 1,000 have been sent home. A very large P rop tion of the deaths were from cholera, wh ich 4 Y° t will remember bore hard upon them when iirs they were in the country." Marshal Pelissier had issued the following order of the day : 'a Soldiers,—A medal commemorative of the war in the Crimea has been instituted by the Que er ; 0 England. That August Ally of our Emperor wished to decree it as a testimony of the estitnatl in which she has always held so many fatigues 611 il i dangers shared with her own soldiers. YotlyNovutsr receive this noble sign, which will testify 49 11 breast the glorious and fraternal achieven3en 0 accomplished in twenty combats, and in a sieg memorable for ever. I will Re-entered into your families, this raoda commemorate in the most remote villages alliance of two great peoples. .01 La Marechal de France, Commandant-en.Clll' PELlssi,"' o f Our sappers are still pursuing the ly°r o f destruction in the docks. The large bloeks.ailt valuable granite, and all those parts which 1 13 '04 be rendered available in the future constructiol u or similar works, are being broken up hY ra c in t he explosions. The great terraces in front oi wc h barracks, and the wharves and storehouses " I n i s bound on one side the Karabelnaia port, still rettli" untouched. Drafts of men from England continue to 00111 11 : up, and scarcely a day passes upon which t c i o camp is not once or twice enlivened by the 111 , ti i ; of the regimental bands, who go out to P a r Jd s welcome to their newly arrived comrades. Ifp wa ' n d of 3,000 have arrived during the last day or sotl t - a , we are told that a far larger number are at I V13 1 ; 1 , 0 about to embark for the Crimea. This the war" organ sap . , do€ s not look much like peace. Snow is now (Friday evening) falling, t" . 'T n a not heavily, and a strong and biting wind is bl o%l / 4 ,:`. -- c ii from the north. The sky is overcast with t'l l og gloomy masses of grey clouds, and every th , i around wears again a bleak and wintry aspect. LATEST INTELLIGENCE• THE PEACE CONGRESS PARIS, FRIDAY EVE N"Ia. To-day there has been held another sitting of the Congress. It is agreeably stated that pe ace will be 0114 el£111Y announced on Sunday. PRUSSIA A despatch dated Berlin, the 27th in s "; declares that the King has refused to authorise Liu formation of any great credit establishm e ad ma ° 1 .0 Prussia. This announcement has been m the Moniteur de Prusse. ricl 4 '• The same despatch reports that Prince Fr ed William will go to England at the beginning e• ye ensuing month of May, and will remai n s° weeks. PARIS, FRIDAY EvOi l its The closing prices on the Bourse to-day stooueoe. follows :—Four and a Half per Cents., 94f * JO Three per Cents, 73f. 15c. THE PEACE A despatch from Paris, dated yesterday, rnen"— tions that peace being considered both certain an immediate, the armistice will probably be proloygeil by six weeks to give time for the ratifications, sv b d will be exchanged within the first fortnigh t - May next. The treaty will not be known textually u ntil the ratification. The Empress desiring to possess the p en ` yitli n which the treaty of peace will be signed, the 0131' jeweller has been employed in the ornarnentitti°o. of the quill of an Eagle, with which the pie tentiaries will affix their signatures last nig~ OUR RELATIONS WITH PERSIA.—The Globe of publishes the following, with the semblance of autborlb/a.ocl It is reported that the differences between this counttf ,i a g Persia have terminated—the Persian governateat ha ore, made an amende honorable. Mr. Murray will, tiler shortly return to his post at Tehe'ran. a pp oin t ee THE TIPPERARY BANE :.— The official manager ow for winding up the Tipperary Bank has issue d a lit„aas' cautioning the depositors and creditors against before ferring or disposing of their claims on the bank, This they have had them proved in the regular ways 0,5 notice was necessary, as a sort of irregular tralm;area carried on in the securities, and advertisemen ts ti p pi ng t , o „ inviting persons holding such securities, and wl s ,'"„ e s dispose of them, to present them at certain 01 'w ger , n ., 5 08 „ London. The course required by the official . 1 0 pa was thus necessary for the protection of those wh o to se li chase the securities, as well as for those who aria' 0° the Fm. ALL OF A ROMAN CATHOLIC CHAPEL AT PRES T° ,-.' (spe lt ,. Thursday last, about noon St. Mary's Catholic Los ot Friargate-hill, suddenly fell down, and became a,. sop! ruins. Several workmen have been employed 111: time at the building, preparatory to its enlargernen.o3 tg, were about to widen it, and for that purpose intmth hat take out the side wall. A. large quantity of earthat been dug away from the wall, and it is suPPoselaestrar weakened it, and was the immediate cause of the nd ittg ; tion of the building. The two gable ends are still stalooitea but in such a dangerous state that their fall MaYr ia cleef i r i for any moment. The seats, furniture, books, allu'o,o3" every thing belonging to the chapel, have bee,n: and torn to pieces, and buried beneath the rillnk' " u itdinb eo fortunately none of the men employed about the sire were in any way injured. The chapel will novi be entirely rebuilt.—Preston Guardian. tO THE CULPRIT MARY WEEKS.—A Memorial god Majesty has been signed by the jury who convicted ;ell; Weeks of the murder of her child, at Exeter, at th e oteu ass zes, praying that sentence of death might be nO nl be lie le into transportation or imprisonment for life, theY o f the that she committed the crime under the influen te , o vis!, principal witness against her, Thomas Warren, 11 : 0 induced to give information on account of tSttiteA; reward which had been offered by the Secretary 0 ' ,f, g and that she was labouring under so much e xcitent e ' ns ibl e trouble at the time that she was temporarily irresP An for her actions. ACCIDENT ON THE EASTERN COUNTIES RAlLVatiLie On acc ident occurred on the Eastern Counties 'Q Wednesday which prevented Prince Albert visiit't7,•lo 11 ; camp at Colchester on that day, as he intende d done. It had been telegraphed to the various sr/ an that donoew the no, etrloacPi o'clock. n hT c o e ww w oe v o oe u rr l would threegpo pass s off effa d tr o hr w ei a n rg a t e h ist es of, line i s n toh e oen b p e a t a w frti e ei ei litte , r a t ti t 10 1 . " os4 the Chelmsford station, at that part of the line, i'g 01°, 1 ' 0 ' 0 1 works are going on for the Royal Agricultural . - „ ° f te,v meeting, and were dragged some distance , nnel;cl ah turning over, but fortunately escaped being b ill% e3n iu of the steep embankment. The passengers werationbst shaken, but none of them seriously hurt. plf °l.° :iras ti the matter was sent to London, and the reply ro , the prince's journey was in consequence pos t Ogo. TERRIFIC EXPLOSION OF A BOILER.---.YeSter ing, about ten o'clock, considerable conster,l3,3l,ond°o6l occasioned in the neighbourhood of Spitalfleinace, it in consequence of a report as of a piece of or° wie ie r the sudden falling down of numerous buildings'f a bo!,rs was soon ascertained arose from the bursting l at t i er t ' is of a steam engine on the premises of Messrt i s W il l on saw mills in Club-row. The boiler, whit " no ., an - dg ii termed low pressure, was about thirty feet ' ° lFtill l " bursting it took an oblique direction, forcing itee e atir e o f several walls belonging to adjoining preinis e ,„ s e ' rea c l; ti a destroying a cowshed and stabling in. t.,.,..1.00„,‘,„0 premises in Slater-street, and also passng LP out o t,l' ir private house in the same street, knockille (i? o s o entire front of the house, and at length P as a r r rn ave :f t e D e t e wards into the cellar, burying itself into the earth V e rs ed great a depth that scarcely more than lengthfour from the surface was visible. The entire t. A- h e by the exploded missile was about seventy fe2e're time of the explosion a number of workme n ; v oa iclecl er es• premises, several of whom were severely road near injured, and one man so seriously that it was M ess e, sary to remove him to the London Ho s p ital. statiaellite• were sent to the various brigade engine a nd "wer e shortly after the engines from Jeffreys sclu, r cross-street stations arrived at the spot , un',„ o 3eci l ' a on not called into action, the fire having bee n 1 al l's Jr Cath er 'OO l subdued. The damage done to Messrs. & s lob the surrounding premises is very extensive.. :I,oiler..,ed and providential escape took place while the " jk a tT o g passing through the house in Slater-stree a yo" female was sitting in one of the rooms, was" child, but they were both unhurt.