The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-03-18 00:00:00

gommercfal Sam THIS DAY THIS DAY, the 18th inst., at Half-past One o'clock, at the Commercial saleroom, Temple-court, 4000 Boxes American CE ESE, 200 Do. Do. B H ACON. TRIMMER & GRAINGER, Bank Chambers, Cook-street. Apply to On account of whom it may concern. Tilts DAN - , the 18th instant, at Half-past One o'clock, - at the Broker's office, 10, Brunswick-street, 100 Quartere INDIAN CORN, 1 ex American Union, 10'29 Barrels FLOUR, I from New York 1000 Bushels Damaged WHEAT, ex Constitution. 600 Empty BAGS, ff WILLIAM PARKE, Broker. Apply to On acconnt of whom it may concern. THIS DAY, the 18th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' office, 13, Exchange-buildings, 15 Hogsheads Demerara SUGAR, all faults, 5 Empty HOGSHEADS, ex Martha, from Demerara ; in Shaw's, 179, New Quay.— Apply to Messrs. Jos ia H s Booker & • Co., Merchants, or to T. & H . LITTLEDALE & CO., Brokers. T H IS DAT, the 18th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' o ffi ce, 17, Oldhall-street, 230 Bales JUTE, now landing ex Montmorency, from Calcatta.t—For par ticulars apply to GLADSTONE & SERJEANTSON, Brokers. THIS DAY, the 18th instant, at Half-past One o'clock, at the Commercial saleroom, Temple-court, 120 Tierces Fine American LARD. TRIM.NIER & GRAINGEIR, Brokers, Bank Chambers, Cook-street. Apply to THIS DAY, the 18th instant, at Half-past One o'clock, at the Commercial saleroom, Temple-court, 100 Firkins Fresh BUTTER. TRIMMER & GRAINGER, Brokers, Bank Chambers, Cook-street. Apply to On account of whom it may concern. THIS DkY, the 18th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the • Brokers' office, 13, Exchange-buildings, 65 Bags Bengal RICE, all faults, ex Security, from Calcutta.—Apply to T. & H. LITTLEDALE & CO., Brokers. T 0.-M ORROW On account of whom it may concern. TO-MORROW, the 19th instant, at One o'clock, at the Brokers' office, 8, India-buildings, About 50 Bales Damaged Egyptian COTTON, ex Pactolus, from Alexandria.— For further particulars apply to REYNOLDS & GIBSON, Brokers. TO-MORROW, the 19th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Public saleroom, Exchange-buildings, 230 Bags Fine SALTPETRE, just landed ex Tigris, Prince's Dock.—Apply to Messrs Thomas and John Brocklebank, Merchants, or to T. & H. LITT LEDALE & CO.. Brokers. chivalrous princes dropped on our planet a hun- dred years after date— "Like a star disorbed." With the French, England could maintain the closest alliance through all time: No two nations on earth could minister more largely to each others wants. Mark the increase which has taken place in the revenue of France, after every modi fication which has been made in her restrictive commercial policy. Look at the _excessive amount of capital she has obtained in this country, for railways, commercial enterprises, and national loans ! England has been benefitted equally by the confidence the French have placed in our political changes, national honour, commercial foresight, and integrity. What then can disturb this mutual weal, and arrest the growth of their present friendship, and spirit of reciprocity ? Will diplomatic intrigue, or political ambition, pit itself against those material interests, and com mendable feelings of mutual good will, which ought not to be broken in upon, and which can only be interrupted for the pleasure of re-establishing them ? Such ideas may be thought out of place, and appear somewhat more than speculative ; but the most accomplished French diplonu - tte has told us to " treat our friends to-day, as though they were to be enemies to-morrow And as politics on the Continent are said to be exhibiting much of this dangerous doctrine, it is, perhaps, as well to ventilate them. Moreover, it is necessary to note, with care, the political school into which the future ruler of France has been born. It has been the peculiar misfortune of princes, particu larly those of modern times, that they have fol lowed closely in the footsteps of their fathers, with as much determination and perseverance as the sons of the alibanic lords of Lancashirehave taken to the spindles and looms of their enterprising parents. An inheritance is worth little when it is not put to proper uses. This axiom applies with equal force to both prince and peasant, and let us hope, in all sincerity, that the Emperor NAPOLEON will devote his first paternal care to the future ruler and hope of France, which an all seeing Providence has committed into his hands. Let him throw his shield between him and design ing monitors, and guard him from all political infatuation, vain-glorious ambition, and that unbridled love of absolute domination which is so ill adapted to the world as it is, and, will as all Christians trust, continue to progress in enlight enment, peace, moderation, and Constitutional Freedom. Men who oppose themselves to the fervent desires of their times, isolate themselves from the great family of mankind, and are sure to "pick themselves up " on some alien shore or barren rock, To avoid such terrible mishaps there is but one straight and onward course open to the rulers of this age. Civilised nations are startled to find that through neglect little more than a tithe of their entire numbers can read the Divine laws which have been written for their salvation against all wrong, or write their names in their national alphabets. This diabolical crime—this heinous sin—is, however, about to be grappled with, and long ere the Son of France ascends his throne, a change will have come over the face of Europe which will call for still greater wisdom, and moderation, in governing and guiding its destinies. As education spreads, the vices of the masses will disappear, and the follies and. wickedness of the few will become all ' the more painful and intolerable. It is madness then to look back except for beacons to guide us through the future. Council must not be taken from those who in the exuberance of their wisdom forfeited their rich heirlooms, and left the world without tie consolation of knowing that what did was right, while they were fully alive to the fact that the means they employed to attain their ends were manifestly cruel, unjust, and wrong. May the young Imperial Prince of France not be brought to tread the dark, crooked, and rugged . path of 'the past, but to walk with a firm foot, on the straight and onward road which we all hope to follow, as the way to peace, great' uess, and immortal renown. Liverpool, we are proud to say, commemorated with becoming loyalty the birth of an heir to an Allied Crown, by a dis play of colours, which soon became very general. And while we have every reason to believe, that at the end of the next one-and twenty years France will not be found to have retrograded in civilization, it is hoped that the BONAPARTE dynasty may be said to have kept pace with the advance of - amelioration, and in all that concerns the welfare of the human race. social THURSDAY On THURSDAY next, the 20th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' office, 13, Exchange-buildings, 437 Bags Black PEPPER, ex Quintin Leitch. from Singapore; in Birch's, 196, Robert-street —Apply to T. & H. LITTLEDALE & CO., Brokers. IM On THURSDAY next, the 20th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Broker's office, 20. Hackin's-hey, 150 Bags Palermo SUMAC, 50 Bales Do. DITTO LEAVES, now landing ex Calpe, Nelso H. Dn ock —Apply to W. JACKSON, Broker. EARLY DELIVERY OF THE " NORTHERN TIMES."—Any subscriber within four miles of the Liverpoll Exchange, or at Reck-ferry, Tranmere, Birkenhead, Woodside, Oxton, Claughton, Seacombe, Egremont, or New Brighton, who does not receive his copy of the "NORTHERN TIMES," by Eight o'clock will oblige the publisher by addressing a note to him at the office notifying the fact, in order that the cause of complaint may be investigated and removed. As our messengers commence their delivery at five o'clock on -- it would greatly facilitate its completion if tld have letter-boxes in their doors through rs might be dropped, as the detention at ery great at present, and causes delay and each morr disappoin o other subset.] Tai; ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION TO THE NORTHERN DAILY TIMES is TWO GUINEAS PER ANNUM. EVENING EDITION ar 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, Abe I.(lortiltrn fintpo TUESDAY, MARCH 18, 1856 THE birth of a male heir to the Throne of France completes the measure of the Emperor NAPOLEON'S happiness, ambition, and success. To France such events are not novelties, and therefore the nation is better able to appreciate such a piece of fortune, than an individual who desires to see the career of the sire perpetuated in the life of his scion. The French have ever been moved by like feelings, and impelled onwards by equally natural speculations. How overheated desires have been rewarded in one case, and the mains have turned up on the political dice with regard to the latter, history does not disguise or leave untold. NAPOLEON 11. can draw the same amount of instruction and directing precepts from the annals of Monarchial France, the Apostles did from HIM who had gone before them, and observing through their lives the solemn injunc tions imposed upon them by HIM who they had vowed to serve. To men of ordinary attainments and humble ambition, the birth of a being who is to fill a position in this world, wherein, to command respect and to insure success, many godly attributes are required, is an affair of extraordinary solemnity. Stripped of all romance it can only prove an incalculable blessing or an irreparable curse to mankind, and time alone can unfold the mystery which enshrouds the infant Emperor in his cradle• That NAPOLEON EUGENE LOUIS JEAN JOSEPH may be to France as good a son as Louis NAPOLEON has been a father, is our most fervent wish. But the scion of the . Imperial Throne, comes amongst us riding on the waves of war, and surrounded by an impenetrable mist of intrigue, which prevents "ciVilisation froth counting its triumphs and seeing into to-morrow. We despise superstition, but still such was really the position of Europe's affairs at the moment that Imperial Prince was born, and we 1-nln thinking it more or less ominous. Drld been at peace, had France been ,sperous and free, and had rulers no ns, n o longings, no desires but such as are purely French when the S on of France drew his first breath, we must confess, that it would be somewhat more difficult to have discovered any rooks or shoals which would be likely to prove the antwei of the as tounding splendour which has marked his nativity. For France there is no prolonged peace, no true greatness and growth of prosperity, except in the enactment of wise and reasonable laws, admin istered with the nicest justice, and the most perfect moderation. We have no faith in phases which show themselves as dreams, and pass away as the mind of a nation reassumes its suspended action and sacred mission. There is immense danger in having rulers born a century before the world is ready to receive them, as Europe witnessed in the life of NAPOLEON I. ; but there are still more imminent calamities impending, when we have cannot heft THE NORTHERN TIMES.-LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY, MARCH 18, 1868 THE COURT BUCKINGDAM PALACE, MONDAY. —Yesterday her Majesty and Prince Albert, with the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, Prince Alfred, and the Princess Alice, the ladies and gentlemen of the court, and the domestic household, attended Divine service in the private chapel. of Buckingham Palace. The Rev. John Vane, Deputy-clerk of the Closet, read the prayers and preached the sermon. DEPARTURE OP TIER MAJESTY AND COURT FOR WINDSOR CASTLE.—Yesterday afternoon her Majesty and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, the Princesses Alice, Helena, Louisa, and Prince Arthur, left Buckingham Palace, and proceeded with the royal suite, escorted by a detachment of the 3rd Light Dragoon Guards, to the Great Western railway terminus, Paddington, and travelled by special train to Slough. The royal cortege consisted of six car riages. The: directors and various officials were in attendance to receive her Majesty and royal consort. NEWRY ELECTION. — The poll opened yesterday, and at its close at four o'clock, Mr. Tottenham was declared to be duly returned. The precise numbers polled could not be ascertained. HORSB GUARDS FAVOURITISM EXPLAINED.—WO are informed that the preliminaries are arranged for a matri monial alliance between the Hon. Charles S. Hardinge, M.P., eldest son of Field-Marshal Viscount Hardinge, and the Lady Lavinia Bingham, daughter of Major- General the Earl of Lucan, and niece of the Earl of Cardigan. THE TIPPERARY JOINT STOCK BANK. —Yesterday, J. J. Murphy, Esq., the Master in Chaneery in Ireland, to whom the matter has been referred by the Master of the Rolls, nominated Mr. M`Dowell, one of the Junior Fellows of Trinity College, Dublin, official manager, and Mr. James Dillon Meldon, solicitor, for the winding-up of the affairs of the Tipperary Joint Stock Bank. ROBBERY OF ROYAL PLATE.—On Saturday afternoon a waggon, belonging to Mr. Thumwood, of Windsor, the royal carrier, left Buckingham Palace for the Paddington station, loaded, among other articles, with about a dozen chests of plate, for the use of the Queen and royal family during their temporary stay at Windsor Castle. Five men went with the waggon, viz., Bailey, one of the royal servants ; one of Mr. Thumwood's men, two helpers, and a driver. On their way to the station, they'istopped at a publichouse in South Wharf-street, and all went in to drink. According to their own account they were only about five minutes, nevertheless, on returning to the waggon, they found that the ropes had been cut, and one of the chests, containing a portion of the royal nursery plate, carried f ,ff. The two helpers and the driver were subsequently given ieto custody, but admitted to bail. Mr. Thumwood has been employed for the list 22 years to remove the v a y l ue a o f the chest could plate royal plate, and has never had a mischance before. Of is under that so Th h e ea v course no blame a l t t t i a s c s h t e r s an to ge him. be moved in so short a time, and in open day, without discovery. MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL. LIVERPOOL, MONDAY EVENING. The nverpool Cotton Market continues quiet with. a good supply. Prices are barely so good as on Friday. The sales to-day amount' to 8,900 bales, and include 1,000 taken for speculation and export. The Liverpool Share Market opened heavily this : morning, closing steadily at the reduced quotations. There was a considerable demand for Great Luxembourg shares at an advance, in con, sequence of a report that they were about to amalgamate with the Paris and Strasburg. The closing quotations were as follows :—Aberdeen 12-4 131. Chester and Birkenhead, 151 151. Cale donian, 301 30k. 1- Chester and Holyhead, 121 13. Eastern Counties, 91 91. East Lancashire, 181 181. Great Northern, 23 234. Do. A9l 10. Great Western, 63 63k. Lancashire and Yorkshire Stock, 831 84. Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport, 151 London and North Western Stock, 1001 100 i. Manchester, Sheffield and Lincoln, 26:' 201. Ditto Preference, 111 113. Ditto New 6 per cent. Pref. -a- -au. Midland Stock, 71i 71 9-16. North British, 7 11-16 7 13-16• North Staffordshire, 6a 67,-,d. South Eastern, 201 20 9-16. York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 19 5-16 19S. York and North Midland, 271 271 Leeds Capital Stock, 151 16. Dutch Rhenish, 15-16 Ip. Ditto New Shares, 21 23p. Great Western of Canada, 25 251. Ditto New Shares, 2Z-, 21p. Ditto 2nd issue, 2 3-16 2 5-16 p. Great Luxem- bourg, 74 7 d. The imports of the precious metals last week were trifling, in the absence of fresh supplies from Australia and the United States. The total arrivals represent only few thousand pounds, comprising 1,900/. in gold by the Tamar, from ; 1,3501. by -the Madrid, from the and a few parcels of gold from Paris, Silver also continues to be the Brazils kmsterdam drawn from the Continent for shipment to India. The Ravensbourne has brought in this week 22 cases from Antwerp. The exports have also been small. Direct from London, according to the Custom house statement, they comprise 50 oz. of gold to Belgium ; 2,500 oz. of silver to Belgium ; and 185 oz. of silver to Boulogne_ The only other shipment officially reported con sists of 77,9401 by the Avon, chiefly in doubloons, for the River Plate. The total exports of the week are thus scarcely 80,000 g. Of remittances on government account, however, no details are, ordi narily, published. The Cotton market at Havre during the past week has been dull compared with the previous week, and the arrivals from America were smaller. Prices, however, are well maintained, with a good demand for best qualities. Louisiana is 87f. 50c pr 50 kilos., and inferior sorts from 84f. 50c. The arrivals during the week amount to 8,958 bales, and the sales to 8,877. On the 14th instant the stock in hand was 59,013 bales, against 74,905, at the corresponding period in 1855. The other branches of trade at this port show no feature of importance. The sugar and coffee prices are well maintained, with an in creased demand for best qualities. American flour is firm at 48f. 50c. per barrel, and ditto wheat at 84f. per 200 kilos. Accounts from Bergen state that the prices of colza oil have risen considerably since the commencement of the year on account of the large demand for England and other foreign countries. During 1856 the prices of white colza oil averaged about 154sp. per tons, and brown do. 141sp. For choice quali ties 19sp. was considered a high price, and now they are quoted at 24sp , and for inferior sorts 19 to 21sp. is obtained. The sales also have increased. During the last two months the quantity exported was 45,898 tons against 31,160 tons in the corres ponding period of 1855. In France, also, there has been an advance in prices. The report, issued by the Canada Land Com pany, preparatory to the meeting on Thursday, states that the sales of land, during last year, corn ,___ed 4,345 acres, producing 6,9481. The leases amounted to 25,305 acres. An extraordinary meeting of the shareholders of the Bank of Asia is called for the 26th inst , when will be communicated the result of the negotiations with the Mercantile Bank of India, London, and China, and the steps proposed for completing the amalgamation. It is proposed to apply for a sub stituted charter. A half yearly payment, in the shape of interest, of 2s 6d per share, will also be proposed. Notwithstanding the birth of an heir to the French throne, the funds have fallen to-day 7,-, per cent. A similar movement has also taken place in Paris. In each case the decline is, in a great measure, attributed to considerations connected with the position of the speculative accounts. Here, the stock created form the New Loan is naturally, for the time, in excess of the immediate requirements of the public, although the operation 'of investments continue steadily, the market is checked by the existence of an outstand ing speculation for higher prices. Our closing quotations were 92* 923. In Paris the overbought position of numerous speculators compels them to sell upon every favourable opportunity. In Exchange, to day, Money was easier, and short loans could be obtained upon Government Securities as low as four per cent. In the Discount Market there was an absence of pressure, but full rates are exacted. In the Corn Market to-day wheat ruled 4s to 5s per qr, and flour 2s to 3s per sack higher than on Monday last. This advance, it will be remembered, was established on Wednesday and Friday. In character the market was to-day less strong than on Friday. The Railway Share Market to-day was slightly flatter in sympathy with Consols. The quotations at the close of the day were as follows :—Caledonian, 60i 60-7,.. Eastern Counties, 9.11 16 9 13.16. East Lancashire, 73 741. Great Northern, 92 921. Do. A., 78 79. Great Western, 63- 63 . 7,-. Lancashire and Yorkshire, 83a 834. Lon don and North Western, 1001 100. Midland Stock 714 711. South Eastern and Dover, 07i 671 York Newcastle, and Berwick, 764 771- York and North Midland, 55a 56. • MARINE CASUALTIES. —On Saturday last, as her Majesty steamer Resolute, was entering Kingstown har bour, she ran into and sunk the schooner Virtue, of Car digan. Following her course, the Resolute inamediatel3 after ran foul of the Colombia steamer, breaking eleven stancheons, her bulwark rail to the extent of 25 feet, splitting her crossing board, and driving in the iron plates at the water's edge. The Colombia filled in consequence of the latter portion of the damage :caused by the Reso lute, and sunk on her port side. GOOD NEws.—At the South-end Station-house there was not a prisoner booked on Sunday night. We hope the fret is a sign of increased morality amongst people of the lower orders resident in this locality. AMERICAN MAILS.—The United States mail steamer Canada sails to-morrow for New York with the mails, &c. Letters will be received at the General Post-office up to half-past seven, with fees to half-past eight, and at the Landing-stage to nine o'clock with late fees. ROYAL INSTITUTION Scnoorh—On Wednesday last Mr. W, J. Rees, B.A , late of the above school, watt elected Fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge. Mr. Rees had previously taken the highest double honours of his year (1855), being eighth wrangler, sixth in the first-class of the classical Tripos, and chancellor's medalist. Mr. Rees was lately appointed assistant tutor of Clare College. THE REDAN GALLOP, composed by Miss Hughes.—Liver pool : Hime and Son.—This is a new addition to a very long list of galopss which have already been published by various composers, The one before us, hawever, is superior to maay of its predecessors in arrangement and effect, and has becoMe popular by its admirable performance by Grib bin's excellent band. It has been arranged, with skill and taste, for the piano forte, by Mr. Martin Schneider, and being easy of execution will no doubt take its place among the most popular. and the best, of similar compositions. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.—A special meeting of the council was held yesterday, Charles Holland, Esq., pre sident, in the chair. On the motion of Mr. Torn, seconded by Mr. Kelly, Mr. John Bibby was unanimously elected a director in the room of Mr. J. A. Tobin. It was resolved— " That when the chamber appoints a committee of its own, for a definite object, it is the duty of the council to abstain from all action in the matters referred to such committee, during the continuance of the committee." - A report was brought up by the committee, to whom the Joint Stock Com panies 811 was referred, and was adopted. Copies of it were ordered to be sent to the members for the barough, with a request that they will cotumunic?.te the same to the Board of Trade, and take such other steps as they may think fit for obtaining the introduction of the suggestions made by the committee into the bill, during its passage through Parliament. The resolutions of the committee on the Mer cantile Law Amendment Bill, were read and considered. and were referred back for further report. It was ordered that the chamber become a member of the society for pro moting the amendment of the law. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. THE .FRENCH EMPRESS PAWS, MONDAY VENING We learn from the official announcement to-day, that " the health of the Empress and of the infant Prince is excellent." ---~---r RUMOURED ROYAL NUPTIALS A despatch from Berlin, dated Sunday last, men tions that in that city, the proposal to betroth the Princess Royal of England to Frederick William, son of the Prince Royal of Prussia, is spoken of. The Prince will set out for London very shortly. His visit was already fixed for the early part of the spring. THE FRENCH FUNDS PARIS, MONDAY EVENING The transactions on the Bourse to-day closed at the following quotations :—Four and a half per Three per Cents., 73f 15c. Cents., 941 50c FRANCE By some unaccountable mischance or accident, we are at the hour of going to press, without our Paris correspondent's letter of Sunday and Satur- day's dates The Illoniteur of Sunday evening, publishes the 'ollowing bulletin of the health of his Imperial ighness Prince Jerome : " SUNDAY, 3.30 a.m.—During the morning of Saturday the patient was at ease, and had a short sleep at nine o'clock at night. During the rest of the day the Prince was much better." A Paris letter, in the Independance of Brussels, Baron de Brunow, exhausted with fatigue, fainted on Wednesday in the Cabinet of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, just as the plenipotentiaries were about to enter on their deliberations. This inci dent, which caused great emotion amongst the members of the Congress, had no painful results — M. de Brunow having promptly recovered and been able to join his colleagues. Although peace be not yet signed, the question as to who will be the future ambassador at St. Petersburg has begun to be discussed. General de la Hitte, the Marquis de la Rochejaquelin, General Can robert, Baron de Bourqueney, and many others are spoken of. It is said, however. that before any nomination be made, Count de Morny, President of the Legislative Body, will be sent as Ambassador Extraordinary to Moscow, to attend the coronation of Alexander 11. The rumours of peace do not diminish the pre parations for war. At the arsenal of Metz sixty women are now employed daily in the making of cartidges for the infantry. The Paris correspondent of the Times continues to report, that the business of the Conference is nearly brought to a conclusion. WOLVERHAMPTON.—The merchants and manufacturers of Wolverhampton have, in imitation of Birmingham, Man chester, Bristol, and other large commercial communities, resolved upon establishing a Chamber of Commerce in that town. THE SUICIDE IN ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL.-On Saturday an inquest was held before Mr. Payne, the city coroner, but no new facts were elicited, and the jury returned a verdict of temporary insanity. The execution of Bousfield, who was convicted at the last session of the Central Criminal Court, of the murder of his wife, and against whom there are three other indictments for the murder of his three children, is fixed to take place on Monday, 31st inst. The Right Hon. E. Strutt, M.P. for Nottingham, has, we believe, declined the offer o: a peerage. It was con sidered that Mr. Strutt—a man of good abilities and noble character—had been somewhat hardly, or disrespectfully, used by Lord John Russell in some ministerial arrange ments two or three years ago ; and it was a graceful com pliment in Lord Palmerston to offer to raise him to the House of Lords—although, perhaps, the declinature of that offer is no less graceful.—Scotsman. THE CATHEDRAL SYSTEAL—A sqrited publication, from the pen of the Rev. A. WConkey, .A., incumbent of St. James's, 'West Derby, has just passed throngh the press. It consists of a series of "Letters on the Cathedral System, as exemplified in the Cathedral of Chester, with observations on the final Report of the Cathedral Commissioners." These letters are reprinted from the local press, and are now collected in a compact form, and are replete with information well worthy the attentive perusal and consid eration of the multitude who desire to see the abuses of our Ecclesiastical establishments reformed. THE IRON TRADE.—BIRMINGHAM, March 15.—The state of the iron trade in the South Staffordshire district remains unsatisfactory, and underselling is, according to all accounts, upon the increase. The orders from the United States at this season are more than usually limited—fewer than they have been for some years past—but, should the present differences between the British and the American governments be speedily and satisfactorily adjusted, there can be no doubt that the demand for Staffordshire iron in the States will, for a time at least, be larger than ever known; such are the anticipations of many leading members of the bade. THE SUICIDE AT BERLIN.—A letter from Berlin, of the 12th, assigns the cause for the suicide of M. de Raumer, which the electric telegraph has already announced A fresh melancholy event has thrown this city into consternation. M. de Raumer, Director at the Ministry of the Household of the King, and Chief of the Office of the Archives of Prussia, committed suicide last night by blowing out his brains with a pistol. He had been, it is said, charged by the King to Eterfere as a mediator be tween MM. de Hinckeldy and de Rochow, and not having been able to effect a reconciliation between them, he attributed to himself the disastrous issue of the duel, and in his feeling of despair put an end to his existence." ALARMING EXPLOSION. —Between three and four o'c'ock on Saturday morning an explosion, by which the captain, mate, and several of the crew, were sadly burned, occurred on board of a French schooner, the Alphonsine Estelle, while lying in the Cardiff Dock. The vessel had taken in a cargo of steam coals for the French Navy, and the captain had closed down the hatches to prevent any escape of the combustible gas evolved by them. In some way the subtle fluid had manned to escape through the crevices, and upon the captain striking a match to light a candle a terrible explosion took place. The decks were blown up, the cabin shattered, the master, Captain Perrion, was severely burned and injured, as also was the mate, while several of the crew were more or less burned. THE LATE LORD TRURO. —The ancients narrate that the prince of orators, Demosthenes, cured himselfof a natural impediment of speech by practising his art with pebble stones in his mouth. Tne following anecdote of the late Lord Truro is not a less remarkable instance of persever ance. The anecdote was narrated on Friday night in the House of Lords by Lord Lyndhurst, who, after pronounc ing an eloquent eulogium on the late Lord Truro, said : " He had one difficulty, and it was rather an extraordin ary one to overcome. 1 had it from his own lips, that he had a great impediment, which rendered it almost impos sible for him to utter certain words. He overcame that difficulty with a perseverance and ingenuity which cor responded with his character. He formed a list of those words which was a very comprehensive one, and annexed to each word every synonym he could collect. Finding any word difficult to pronounce, he dismissed it, and sub stituted a synonym with an address and readiness so remarkable that it occasioned no interruption in the flow of his discourse." AOCIDENTAL AND SUDDEN D BATHS. —S aM Uel Parry, aged fifty-seven, a cooper, who resided off Wood-street, died suddenly on Sunday.—John Pennington, a stone mason, residing in Belle-street, Everton, died in the West Derby Hospital yesterday, in consequence of injuries received by a fall from a house in Breck-road,- where he was engaged at work.— Eward Munro, a child, was found dead in bed on Sunday morning at 34, Cable-street.—Lawrence Hendrick, aged thirty-six years, who was engaged in the suddenly, dead at Pumpfields, fell down, Chemical Works, his work 3esterday morning.—Betsy Wright, the wife of a shoemaker, residing at. No. 62, Standish-street, died suddenly in her o Nil house on Saturday night.. between eleven and twelve o'clock. She had complained a short time previously. —Elizabeth Anne Nicholson, a child, residing in Tithebarn-street, died on Sunday evening from suffocation.—Robert Dingwall, a sailor, aged thirty-six years, belonging to the ship Montmorency, was, found dead in his bed at his lodgings in Crooked-lane, on Sunday evenipg. T H I BIRTH OF THE IMPERIAL PRINCE. Yesterday we announced the fact that the impress of the French had been safely - delivered of a prince at an early hour on the morning of Sund►y last. We now subjoin the full details attendant upon the auspicious event. A letter from Paris, dated Sunday evening, con tains the following intelligence:— This day adds another to the many instances of the great good fortune which has attended Napo leon the Third, His dearest wishes es a husband and the founde'r of a dynasty are fulfilled. He has a son and heir, whose advent into this world has, indeed, been accompanied with a full measure of that suffering entailed upon the children of Eve by the primeval curse, but'who has at last been born under circumstances as favourable as poSsible both for mother and child. The imperial infant; as I learn from a credible eye-witness, is really as fine and robust a boy as ever was seen. He is described as rosy, plump, well made, fully deve loped, and with a surprising abundance of chesnut coloured hair, resembling his father's. The name given to him is Napoleon-Eugene-Louis-dean Joseph. The reasons for these names are very simple. He is called Napoleon and Louis after his father ; Eugene from his mother Eugenie; Jean after the Pope ; who is to be his godfather, and Joseph in compliment to his intended godmother, the Queen of Sweden, whose name is Josephine. The Empress felt the first labour pains as early as one o'clock on Saturday morning, although they were not so decided as to be noticed officially till four o'clock. From one until the hour of her delivery (a quarterpast three this morning), she suffered at times very considerably, but there were many intervals of comparative ease. The aceoucheurs frequently thought in the course of Saturday that the crisis Was at hand, but repeated unexpected cessations of the pains postponed the looked-for event. During the intervals her Majesty enjoyed some calm sleep, and sometimes walked about the room. The Emperor never quitted her, and it is said that when her sufferings were acute he frequently consoled her by saying that all Paris was thinking of her, and that all the churches were full of the faithful, praying for her safe delive rance. A little before three o'clock this morning her Majesty's state was such thas it was thought proper to introduce into her chamber the grand dignitaries convened to be witnesses of the birth. On seeing so many people about her bed the EMpress appeared troubled, and the action of nature was awhile suspended. Terrible pains followed, and it is stated that the accoucheurs found an occasion to draw forth the exercise all their skill and presence of mind. The birth was at last happily affected. I have already said, on good grounds that the child is a remarkably fine and healthy one. It is stated by some that he is as big as many a child of two months old, and that when the Emperor saw him he exclaimed, "No wonder that the Empress suf fered so much." I am told that the Emperor wept abundantly, and that falling upon the neck of his cousin Prince Napoleon, he said to him, " You will, I am sure, los e and protect this child." 101 guns fired from the Invalides at daybreak announced the tidings to Paris. A bulletin published at 4 o'clock this afternoon states that the health of the Empress and of the Imperial Prince is excellent. Within a few minutes of the birth of the Prince at a quarter-past three this morning, the Emperor sent messages in his own name announcing the event to the Pope, the Queen of England, the King of Piedmont, the Queen of Sweden, the Grand Duchess Dowager of Baden, and I believe some other Courts. It is a very curious fact, as showing not only the wonders of the Electric Telegraph, but also the activity of great personages at hours when the world at large is wrapped in sleep, that tele graphic messages of congratulation were received in answer before six o'clock from the Pope, Queen Victoria, and the Queen of Sweden. The Senate and Corps -Legislatif remained the whole of the day, yesterday, in their respective palaces, waiting for the announcement of the event. To beguile the tedium of the long hours of expect ancy, they not only made ample provision of eat ables, champagne, and cigars, but sent for music, and invited their wives and daughters to keep them company. After remaining en permanence till half-past one in the morning, a message was received from the palace, giving them leave to go home. They could, however, have had but little sleep, for between three 'and four o'clock Most of the members were knocked up by their private mes sengers bringing the great news, and by eight o'clock they were again assembled in public sitting, waiting to receive the official communication of the intelligence. The Senate, as they are compelled to do by the constitution, sat with closed doors. To the Corps Legislatif the public were admitted. The proceedings were very short. The president (Count de Mornyl on taking the chair, said in a voice betraying much emotion : E. - Gentlemen—This:night at four o'clock the Emperor sent an orderly officer to inform the Corps Legislatif of the happy deliverance of the Empress. Her Majesty gave birth to an Imperial Prince at a quarter past three. (Cries of " Vive l'Empereur," from all parts of the house.) see, gentlemen, continued the Count de Morny, that you participate in the joy of all France. " Vive l'Empereur," cried the president, " Vive rlmperatrice," " Vive le Prince Imperial." After an announcement that the Corps Legislative would be received at the Tuilleries by the Emperor to•morrow, the house adjourned till after Passion week. Among the preparations for the illuminations of the evening, those of the Bourse shine forth con spicuously, and they are the more remarked because the Bourse has never illuminated on any of the many recent occasions of public rejoicing, The decoration erected in front of the Bourse consists of a triumphal arch, surmounted by an imperial crown. On the freize is the inscription, in coloured lamps, " The Agens de Change to the Imperial Prince." The arch is united by garlands of flowers and evergreens to four pyramids surmounted with stars, orna mented with the national flag, and bearing the in scriptions "Vivo l'Emperenr, Vive l'lmperatrice.' Between the pyramids are four escutcheons bearing the words, " Confidence, Prosperity, Credit, Secu rity." The Municipal Council, on receiving the news, immediately voted a sum of 200,000 francs for the poor, of which 100,000 francs are to be employed in redeeming bedding pledged at the Monte de Piete, and the other 100,000 francs in paying the nurses of poor mothers who are in arrear. Such an immense number of presents for the Empress and the imperial infant have lately been sent to Paris that it has been found absolutely necessary to send orders to all the railway stations and diligence offices in the country not to receive any parcel for such a destina tion. The money spent in paying for the carriage has been enormous. Of course vey few could be accepted, and the greater part were returned to the senders with thanks for their offer. The carriage of all these returned parcels was paid by her Majesty. Many of the presents were of a very odd. character. Among the gifts for the infant was an enormous case of honey, the carriage of which came to 20f.' The Empress received from a woman in the south of France an extremely dirty girdle, which the donor said she had worn for seven confinements, as she ha I had only boys, she thought the Empress would b e glad to wear it for luck! The Moniteur published the following official narrative I am assured positively that the Empress did not take chloroform, and I learn on the same authority that the forceps were used. At half past four yesterday afternoon, during a remission of the pains of. labour, the Empress got up and walked about her apartment, leaning on the Emperor's arm. She was distinctly seen by many people from the gardens of the Tuileries. To-morrow all the theatres will be thrown open fratis. The performances will take place at two o'clock in the afternoon. Today, at a quarter past three in the morning, the Empress was happily delivered of a prince. In the middle of the previous night her Majesty experienced the first pains ; these in the regular manner until the moment of her Majesty's happy deliverance. were prolonged The Emperor, who was at the side of the Em• press, immediately the signs of the acc ouchemenv were manifested, lavished the most touch in g at ten; tions upon her Majesty, near whom were be f mother, the Princess D'Essling, Grand g the Household, Madame Bruat, Gov erness of detri, Children of France, and Madame the Duchess f Bassano, Lady of Honour. At the moment delivery, their august Highnesses Pri nee-Napele:i s and Prince Lucien Murat, witnesses named byof Majesty, also their Excellencies t he Minio,o ced State and the Keeper of the Seals, wer e tntronn ;stress .% into her Majesty's chamber. rant Immediately after the accoucheme nt; the in—, was presented by Madame Bruat, Gover ness of the Children of France, to the Emperor and Empress, to their august Highnesses. Prince leon and Prince Lucien Murat, and to their E c ` o f lencies the Minister of State and to the NeeP el i ; the Seals. The proces verbal of his birth was. t , t b e entered upon the Registry of the Civil State of Imperial Family, by his Excellency the Ministet u.f State, assisted by his Excellency the President.°4 the Council of State, conformably to the artielen'd the &flatus consulte of the 25th December, 1852 : f a Of to Article 13 of the Imperial Statute of the 2197 June, 1853 d the Doles of The Imperial Prince has receive( Napoleon Eugene Louis Jean Joseph. f tie In the morning the Grand Mistress e ` of Household of the Empress had sent , by ordelo the Em peror, to forewarn the Princes and Princes .iv of the Imperial family, the members of the t11 , 11 1 3 . 1 1e1 . of the Emperor having rank at Court, 1 118 ,;;: es % officers of the Crown, the Ministers and tba dent of the Council of State, the Marshals, the der mirals, the Grand Chancellor of the Imperia l ° T r ,,va• of the Legion of Honour, the Governor of the - `:,.ds Tides, the Chief Commander of the National teL.,-.111 of the Seine, the Commander of the 1 0 P — tbe Guard, the Adjutant-General of the POO% o ld, officers and ladies of their Majesty's lo_u se Lcies who instantly came to the palace of the la"- and remained until aft ar the delivery. the The Senate, the Legislative Corps, an t ho Municipal Council of Paris, acquainted 010. morning by the officer of the Empress's holi c a%, of immediately met at their place of sitting. the officers of the Imperial Ordinance wen' to diately after the birth of the Imperial P ria '" inform them of the happy news. , This morning at six o'clock, a salvo of 1 (4 '" announced this great event to the population. t fled at The Imperial Prince was privately oblig e- fter noon to-day in the presence of the Em Mass in the Chapel of the Tuileries, by the 1319 of Nancy, first Almoner of his Majesty. ocl• The Emperor has decided that he Will b •fq'tb e , father, and the Empress godmother, ot ot legitimate children born in France on the the 16th of March. n ote His Highness Prince Louis Lucien Ba ena , tbi g has fractured his toe, and in consequenc e accident was unable to be present at the i, c ‘ e ,,,, i ' - v ere r On Tuesday, at half-past one o'clock th e D--- beg i9. peror. !bop will receive the felicitations of the Senat e ' tb e lative Corps, Council of State, magistracy' die Institute, clergy of different persuasionsiiool Municipal corps, and deputations from the N 5 Guard and from the army and navy. (tr of An extraordinary supplement of the lu en Sunday gives the following bulletins : eh 16 ' Palace of the Tuileries, gar- Bulletin of the health of her Majesty the EmP r , eg i s o clP Halfast Eleven ;17 , c od' The health of her Majesty the Empress is satoliboig, (Signed) Dr. H. Connean,Baron Paul mite 1; /A rabs Rayer, Jobert de Darralde. Bulletin of the health of the Imperial Prince', ibcl‘' * Half - pas t Eleven 0,0, The health of the Imperial Prince leav es nethl; desired. Co Dr. H L . u C ci o n nn c e o a v u o , i ß sa . r P t. ad rn Paul . pu bclss ' Every day, at nine o'clock in the ornier;rors at six o'clock in the evening, one of the Eler the chamberlains will remain in the apartment l ber to ground floor at the Pavilion de Fiore, ill or tili fi receive persons who present themselves to. ua i o t news of her Majesty the Empress, and to a ec i o f tb e them with the bulletin which the physicians Imperial house will issue twice a day. REJOICINGS IN LONDON. n f On receiving the intelligence of the birth ; Imperial Prince, the Ambassador of rra nc fivg Sunday caused a Te Deum of solemn thael;sig,;sioll to be sung at the French Chapel, at the en 9c ,,,""ber ° of high mass. His Excellency, all the 01 ,, c— e fiel / of the embassy, and a great number of -r t . sr ice• residents in London, were present at the,r, l e r t ° In the evening the ambassador gave a °. 11 ,; - 0 (1 0° ' a u ll . the French of distinction at present in Ofir s Excellency proposed as a toast :--" erior pereur, l'lmperatrice, et au prince Trorol,oo P n aisse lc genie de Napoleon I , la grace deli tl E jotl t et la sagesse de Napoleon 111., etre 11 " lananage du futur Napoleon IV." DRURY LANE THEATRE • M - Mr. E. T. Smith brought one of the 'west S ou e / Is h if seasons on record to a close on Saturday- T ue 0 05 ` 1 ,1 full, and when the audience summoned Mr. Saab ft, s yr he addressed them, thanking them for thei r sale 0013 promising the best collection of histrionic talen t so pte 0 r secure on the resumption of his managemen t r. te ber. He was loudly cheered by the audience• j On Saturday evening the company Pr e ni ll 0 3 °' Smith with a very handsome silver vase "In et3 : sl Vr e i ttl it tion of the successful and:very agreeablemsaear:lo,l fi t, was the following characteristic note : 1 ,5, 191. "T. It. Drury-lane, "My dear Smith,—The accompanying vase.r i ; vill s lo 3 testify to the general of myself and '1' 0 0 0 ;0' your company, the malignity of your scene Pour the acrimony of your band, towards you, for . 4t re' ins brutality towards us all during 'the 1 3 '" „us seasonW ! „ I he mu st " hen you turn teetotaller (which we a".7:se l very shortly), you will perceive that the converted, at the shortest notice, into a tea -nr- ; W COO S you fall into difficulties, it would be supertieen ore out to you the advant ages of the spout- ICI* ye n made aware of our mutual hostility. hA " For myself, I have only to assure you t—, r os l • s. constant and bitter enemy, " C. J• Al`‘l . -- THE NEW BISHOP OP CARLISLE.--It ris 5 I fi t°. t t h ag e u c e o v ns i e li c i r e a r t s i , o w n il o l f ta tt e e elr e nr te e r hall, on Monday, April I p ll 3 l . o a n ce a in nd th it e e C v lia p P erii°l%l' 0 . ov ey, ~,n p . h fa l wovfahtSctioEtc:onceirotyi.rNowDdrwilllfsbe:eosanTrnEeTdßmuweDemshEdobilaehxyrasEedn,frow.r—atsTh, yniiceforati7olli:raiW; tcowa rd ,.. - ice Pm -o i r m iss l m t e y nottepotnxeuTee::a,ftwerhwoxids como3Pityteeo v at: t wonth s„olf .- , fiv m i sted) , of Master-at.arma Willia m Reynold s. mi 1: 01 t° tag custody I '':ai deliverd up 131.1 )1 0 1113 Prison remove Times. All . st -f01udg . " .1)0, 4 1 0 of f N at E 2 : w j n. has "unceme 4'"CIL BANE IN BIRMIIk-- 0 0 5 ~,1 , .. Joint-Stock Bank in Birmingha m ' A v 't . ° lf t e e( l ft t 500,0 0 0 0 0 0 . 00 A, all the large towns of this we ki t g h e e nc tirec ar to e rs ( to be cra m p ) t sc o e b r e e ";p ri e i ti li t igetl i "d; of highly respectable r a i t t t y ach b e u d t to it t is he e p e r rt o a s i pect nly u the; c., ,0 ~ statement was made - h and the names peetanartedleotompsartaieflid:unirec,ditt:oo;ttibte: nof the project o l n ie: s e . ~,,, villa erroneous. ra m tu y o 'rna i ' 01 001 ktio ' w restng a orre s P tent ,TELEGRAPHIC FE/LT.—The important c O f ys i i - o it ii (published in the columns of the Daily ff ews „A the ~- 0 4 ; between the governments of Great .Britain am - , Tel" tilv at lt w m as e il y ee be mer ll;raetepiefer States was conveyed by the wires of the gag ne - ti teli ° Il ° 9 anrrartniCompanytelegraphinghvsaeml oiospsf ei tor f ha r n o et—i m i oAnnatE, L i afan i en v ngat e dtli r ac p t:hh o dia o et.nh l ade t :T o otoonwu L lonyu e tn n ionske d esen e nttio n rtpuv , aiiinne i : de 13 7 4tat , , e .s d otw i th b: eine o r ;t il l : cg o r il ii : : 1 the salo rda 7 0 , was two columns and a half. —Daily News °f 1 361. of 0 0 de r t CAPITAL CONVICTION. —A woman, HOMO or las i ; has been convicted at Down assizes for t'lluof Fo y°1?" itt' Margaret Withers, at Saintfield, on the 25th joa e c oo: Justice in this case has been prompt —a P er e!' t li t iere 6 '; more than a fortnight having intervened bet,vv,, or ~e p t.o mission of the:deed and the conviction of the .'sVithio Margaret Whhers was a poor old w°ll3. an Who . O arij r small hnxter's shop in the town of Saul "ae , 90,.. three doors of her house lived two sister!! r0 `70 0 1 5 t ne!` o and Mary West, who were In the habit sister!! ° h e , 0 chases at the shop of their neighbour, a won ret'th "cowr own. On the evening of the 22d of last ev had ottle. sisters, having heard that a small sumo f 03 00 5 A tog t beit into the old woman's possession, took coun sel ° f a th e , o l how they should kill her, and obtain the c", a ry, ste,, the' i diabolical avarice. They determined on all,: ittl'i b e d deliberately proceeded to the old woman' s s'l e les ° Vil,, e " while she was serving them vi ith some al ; tier* th e 4 little stock, they fell on her and murderet. ti poc r tP, the deed was done fear seems to have fallea seam for rev and they were unable to prosecute their ...as $ ol e wages of their sin. All that they could fi x " d o " th e pounds of butter, and this they carried o'l fruits of their bloody deed. _ .-