The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-02-19 00:00:00

trommtrcfal halts. THIS DAY THIS DAY, the 19th instant, at Tv; Brokers' office, 20, Hackin's-hey 682 Bags Bengal RICE, landing ex Security, from Calcutta.—App E l lG y to A. & S. H. LEIGH, Brokers lye o'clock, at the THIS DAY, the 19th instant, at Half-past One o'clock, at the Brokers' office, 14, Brunswick-street, 143 Sacks English FLOUR, 1700 Bushels Mixed Spanish WHEAT, 400 Quarters New Saide Egyptian BEANS, 60 Do• Damaged Do. DITTO. JAMES & ROBERT PROCTER, Brokers. Apply to THIS DAY,. , at the Brokers' office, Sweeting-street, 144 Barrels American LARD, Apply to ARNOLD, LEETE, ROSCOE & CO., Brokers, On account of whom it may concern TRIS Div, the 19th instant, a At Messrs. Golding and Nash's saleroom, Corn Exchange, Half-past One o'clock, Brunswick-street About 574 Sacks Damaged WHEAT, ex Windermere, from New Orleans ; and 253 Sacks Damaged WHEAT, ex Currituck, from Baltimore.—For particulars apply to Messrs. Baring, Br, Merchants, or to J. & M. HARNETT, Brokers hers and Co., On account of whom it may concert THIS DAY, the )th ins ant, a at Messrs. Goldin and Nash's s oni, Corn Exchange, Brunswick-street, About 10,000 Bushels PEAS, ex James Rowan, from Montreal —For particulars apply to X. Dowie and Co., Merchants, or to J. & M. HARNETT, Brokers. On account of whom it may concern Tars DAY, the 19th instant, at Half-past One o'clock, at Messrs Golding and Nash's saleroom, Corn Exchange, Brunswick-street, About 600 Quarters Damaged WHEAT, ex Clangregor, from Calcutta.—For particulars apply to ROBERT CHRISTIE, July., Broker. On account of whom it may concern. THU DAT♦ the 19th instant, at Half.past One o'clock, • at the Broker's office, 10, Brnnswi k -street, About 1600 Quarters of Yellow INDIAN CORN et Criterion, from New York, 120 Barrels Ft. OUR, 500 Bushels WHEAT, ex Dreadnonght.—Apply WILLIAM PARKE, Broker, On account of whom it may concern TEN DAY, the 19th instant, at Half-past One o'cloc'r at Messrs. Golding and Nash's saleroom, Corn Exchange. Brunswick-street, About 400 Barrels Stained and Damaged FLOUR, , 95 Do. Do. Do. DITTO, ex dolambia, from New York.—For particulars apply to J. & M. HARNET r, Brokers, TO-MORROW. tb landed ex Rita, from Bi Oleaga and Co., Merchan T 0-M 0 R 0 W. at the Brokers' othee, 24 Cases LIQUORI 13 Do. DITTO at Twelve o'clock, Hackin's-hey PASTE, JUICE, apply to Me ssrs. F. De & S. H. SLEIGH, Brokers THURSDAY at Twelve o'eloek, On TIIIIRSDAY next, th at the Broltprse office, 13, Exchanee-buildings, 1000 Bar Benral RICE, , in Calm' , west side Prince's now landing ex Security Dock.—Apply to T. & H. LITTLEDALE & CO., Brokers FRIDAY, On FRIDAY next, the 22nd instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' otfic,, 16, Exchange-buildings, 15 Tons Roquelle !Exchange-buildings, lying in the Stanley Dock.—Apply to James Burnett, Esq Merchant, or to J. H. RAYNER & CO., Brokers. THE ANNUAL SUBSCIOP rioN TO THE NORTHERN DAILY TIMES is TWO GUINEAS m ANNUM. EVENING EDITION fu r . An Eveninq Eali R.N DAILY TIME - S 25 t Three o' contain Day, ht, —Any subscriber within Your n at Rock-ferry, Trawn , who does not il Eight o' to him at the c cause of compla our messen each morning, subscribers won which the p some houses disappointment to other IIRST EXHIT SCHOOL of a MAD'LLE ROSA e FINI GREAT P "THE HORSE FAIR," Is NOW OPEN at the Liverpool A cadem place. Church-street. Admission I. men's Season Tickets, Ss. Ladies' Ditt till Five o'clock. looms Old Post-of —Open from Te B. FRODSHA.M, Secrotar Rutban tium TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1866 Our relations with America havelost nothing, thus far, by discussion ; and the country is deeply in debted to Mr. ROEBUCK for the timely and solemn declarations which he has placed on record in the name of the British House of Commons and attempt what it pleases, ie thing and mean people. Intrigue ma) and Governments ma another, but of this the citizen rest assured, this country wi with America. Our Cabins f them, every apology which could be asked o individually and collectively, and that the Ameri- can Ministry ought to be satisfied. But the tell us whether anything shox CRAMPTON will be considered sufficient atonement for the gross breach of faith and illegal proceed ings of our Representative. The popular voice throughout the Union has demanded the return of Mr. CRAMPTON, and as long as we refuse to comply with a request which is perfectly justifiable after Mr. ROEBUCK'S exposition of facts connected with those paltry enlistment transactions, which are enough to bring a blush on every Englishman's face, this country said to be " drifting' into war with her own flesh and blood. Wherever the ques tion is mooted publicly, some exasperating lan guage is used. Mr. ROEBUCK himself could not resist throwing a poisoned arrow or two at that free, enlightened, and growing America, which he admires so much, and would fain claim as a nation To avoid further discussion, there y with the just request of those against whose laws we have offended, Mr_ CRAMP, TON should be forthwith recalled. may be of brothers, fore, and to comp has made np his mind no' If Lord PALM to Withdraw that g be held answerable fox leman, the Premier alone ca sequences. Th unt has already given explanations the noble N were highly creditable to But it has not been denied th 1 his colleagues Nlr. CRAMPTON has violated the neutrality laws of the United States, and therefore the Americans have a perfect right to insist on his recall. And those who wish to see the friendly relations between the two countries ma i n t a ined, could raise no valid objection to such Had Lord Pea.mtnstx‘ been really a course, desirous of putting an end to the popular excite- ment which has been felt on this subject, both in France and England, he would have seized the earliest opportunity, on the opening of Parliament, of informing the country that he and his Govern ment had decided on the removal of Mr. CRAMPTON from Washington, accompanying that an nouncement with the ministerial apology already made, as a simple measure of justice awkward posit on in which be had been I by obeying the )f the friendship of our 1 nstructions forwarded Since this pl n which ch would belong m ,ursued, t would 1 lightened community 1. Thos give us credit kheads, and those who consider us all•wis in such matters, ar watching our money market, and the movements Exchequer r aniici which the Compared with the return for the mouth ending January 10th. Now, the question is, at what cost was the public faith sustained, and the trade and industry of the country delivered from a crisis of the most alarming character ? The Returns answer this question. On the credit side of the bank's statement of accounts we have this item— " Premium on purchases of gold and silver, " 1,064,434 f." Here we find, for the small sum of 4,351/. the Bank of France was enabled to carry )entry through a season of unprecedented ttic difficult For that paltry sum the directors maintained a bullion reserve sufficient to enable ~ontinue their them to c ecommodation to mer- chants, traders, and manufacturers, at a maximum rate of discount which was by no means exorbitant, considering the extraordinary circumstances of the times. But, while this was going on in the monetary business of the country, trade appears to have suffered wofully. For we find, by the last Return, the bank held no less than 20,682,375/, overdue ommercial bills ; while in the Return for the 'nus month, - the total amount of overdue bills 26,601/. How this extraordinary com mercial embarrassment has occurred we cannot at II comprehend. It is true that taxation has - ?.d in France 4,000,0001. within the last ten years—that the amount of French Rentes pur chased in the provinces alone, within the last year, something over 5,400,0001, and that tho war has absorbed in loans very nearly 45,000,0001. But all this would not account for the startling phenomenon which the commer cial bill department of the Bank of France exhibits. There can have been no " overtrading," caused by an over-issue of notes, for the increase in the issues for the month only amounted to 702,230/ „which was justified by a large increase in the Government and private deposits, and the heavy demand - for advances on public securities. In the Bank's discounts there was a decrease of 276,0101. for the month. Therefore, the Bank cannot be said to have been bolstering up trade. The facts, however, are sufficiently intelligible to men of business : and while the cause which has led to such a'state of things is of secondary im portance to the mercantile classes in this country, the probable effects should not be lost sight of for a moment. The overdue bills may be met during the current month, but with the figures we have before us, no one can pretend to deny that France has been overtaken by a commercial crisis of alarming magnitude. That it must be felt Nas only ti increas bitterly in England is certain, and those engaged in the French trade would do well to give their earnest attention to the very critical condition of the commercial credit of those with whom they have such heavy transactions. With these matters politics have nothing whatever to do. It is purely a question of s. d. between trader and trader, and it should be approached in a purely mercantile spirit. THE COURT .s TIM sing a note r that the As removed tion if it doors through ITION of the FRENCH tiRTS it verpool, including BONIIEVR'S Mons New B of th with unprecedented interest pate the collapse of our greatness, of The form certain indications in the sudden aba' the war without indemnification, and the stration o 1r commerce while the latter are g to a long run of mains on the Stock The mercantile classes have, however, nothing to gain, but much to lose, by The money movements of our Ministry ar kept as secret as those of diplomacy and it is n it a fall, or a ris of two or three per cent in the value nment Stocks—the nation's substance—has taken place, that rumours are officially confirmed tions made knows tes may ill not tolerate a war they have made London Times of Sa all of Mr this country, and our P Is that e or the Ministry's inten- minds must under- go more than an ordinary degree of and must have unquestionable proof home to them, before they can believe tha ' • brought rsons enjoying, ever so remotely, the confidence of the Crown, disclose that which i 3 kept from the public ear for the benefit of the whole community, and turns to their own account that which can only lead to the plunder of the national creditor. The _ iy broadly hinted at the do not possibility of such things havin g taken place in 3 correspondent has told ite intelligence is used upon the B )urse by high dignitaries without reserve this be the case, we at once ay, farewell to all confidence in statesmen ! With official stock jobbers in France; and State dealers in England, hat would become of the Government-annuitant 3S, and those who are forced by statute to money in the public securities of either For ourselve s, we cannot believe that such things are done ; and until we have incon- trovertible proof that such a system is at work in high official circles, the public will not shake off heir incredulity. • With regard to those matters which are far more imoortatit to the commercial class( returns of the Bank of Franc€ for the ending the Lith inst , disclos se features. For upwards of five months . has been suffering from a drain of specie, and when the efflux of bullion assumed a really threatening aspect, its Directors c. chasing gold at what was considered, b some singul the Ban nmenced pur- uninitiated, a ruinous premium. - Times, and other Bullionist organs, exPre amazement at the reckless course the French Directors were pursuing, and hinted at certain contingencies which would necessarily follow, But The London the Bank went oa purchasing .old at a premium ; public confidence was maintained throughout France; the rate of discount was advanced to five per cent. only ; the circulation was kept up ; th e " critical point," as the Bullionists call it, wa s passed, and the returns for the last month show an increase of 590,6601. in its specie reserves, as NORTHERN TIMES.-LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1850. MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL. LITERPOOL MONDAY EVENING There has been a very steady Cotton Market to day, and with a very moderate supply prices have ruled steady at Friday's rates. The sales amount to 10,000 hales; and include 4,000 taken for specu lation and export. . The Liverpool Share Market opened with firm ness and a slight improvement, end remained quiet until the result of the Chancellor of th Exchequer's annow amount of Loan being so much below what was IS known to K pea Stocks but was not maintained at the close. The final quotations were as follows:—Aberdeen 12i 121. Chester and Birkenhead. 14 141 Caledonian, 27 15-16 28. Chester and Holyhead, 13 131. Eastern Counties, 99 10. East Lancashire, 18 18,ti Great Northern, 221 23. Ditto A Shares, og- 9, Great Western. 561 57. Lancashire and Yorkshire Stock, 82 82 : 1. Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport, 15 15k. London and North Western Stook, 101 i 1011. Man chester, Sheffield and Lincoln, 241 25. Ditto Preference, 11 11 . Ditto New 6 per cent. Pref., H p. Midland Stock. 697 701. North British, 71- 71-. North Staffordshire, 61- Fib d. South Eastern and Dover, 191 19 7-16. York. Newcastle, and Berwick, 19 19k York and North Midland, 251- 26. Leeds Capital Stock, 14,1 154. Dutch Rhenish, ra. Ditto Now expe,;ted, an advar took place in tl heavy Shares Ditto it 21 27, p. Great Western of Canada, M I 26a. New Shares, 3 np. Great Luxembourg, 94 8, 7 r, d. _ This morning a number of capitalists waited upon the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in accord ance. with the published invitation, when it was announced that the new loan would be, as stated in the NORTHERN - TIMES of Saturday, for 5,00P,000/, the first deposit to he made on the 26th instant, and the remainder in four payments. the last to fall due on the 24th of April. It was also stated by the Chancellor of the Exchequer that the amount of Exchequer Bills to be funded was 3,000,0001. The import of specie from America has recom menced, the Africa, which arrived here this morning, from Boston, having brought 303,941 dollars. The- commercial accounts by the same vessel. are of . a very encouraging character. The news from Europe, and the position of political affairs at Washington, were regarded at New York as highly satisfactory, and had contributed to give a buoyancy to the Stock market that had not been felt since October last. The supply of money on call was largely increasing, without, however, leading to any reduction in the rate of interest. The Bank statement for the week ending 2nd inst., show an increase of 1,083.290 dols. in loans, and 907,378 dols. in specie. The receipts of gold from California were 1,524,446 dols. Foreign Exchange at New York was more in demand, and quotations on London had in consequence an upward tendency. Banker's bills at 60 days were selling at 1087 to 108-:71-. The Money market at New Orleans was not quite so easy, and the amount of paper offering for discount was rather in excess of the supply of capital. The amount of foreign bills offering was large, and sales had been made as low as 6. Of the state of the market, the New Orleans Price Current says : For tho i).'st three days we have had a very quiet market for all descriptions of Exchanges. The demand for This on England has been fair, and with consi•lerahly reduced offerings; prices have, however, remained unchanged, except for occasional sales of strie signatures, where a fraction more than our outside. (rotations is paid. The market ranges as follows : For bills with hills of lading attached 6 to 61 and G ; for clear bills 61 to 6; and 7 per cent premium. At these rates the market may be said to close quietly. Bills on France are again dull, although the offerings are by no means heavy. The best signatures do nat sell at over 530 f,r hills y pl-Irrie direct on Paris, and the RI. ral run of signatures from 5.311 to 5.35 and 5.37 A per dollar. On Wednesday arid Thursday the demand was quite fair, both for Ex change purposes, and for direct remittances ; but yost _ there were but few buyers in the market, and the few bills on sale were freely offered without finding pur chasers. Domestic Bills, both on time ard at sight, are very heavy. The market is amply supplied, and the inquiry very limited. The very hest drafts at sixty days do not sell at better than 2g, except bankers' drafts, which sell slowly at 21 per cent discount. The generA run of signa tures on Boston, New York, So., eel at from 21 to 27, and 3 pi-r cent dis. Sight and short sight funds are very heavy. The banks compisin of the lack of demand, and sell slowly at from p to K per cent dis. far sight. Out of de. , s the rotes range at frorn S z 7- per cent discount. 5, 10, and 15 day bil We quote sterling for extremes - 6 to 6f: for bills with hi of lading attached ; and 6 to 6 and 7 Der cent premium for clear drafty. France 5,30 to 5,35 and 5.37 k per dollar. New York, Boston, &e., sixty day drifts, 21 to 2/ a 3 per cent discount. Sight drafts 4 toe and 1 per cent discount. From a private source, we have a report that the steamer Union, from Southampton for New York, had put into Boston, short of coal. A report has also been received that the steamer Persia, from Liverpool, had arrived off New York, after a passage of eleven days, but this does not to rest upon any reliable authority.' We quote the following report of the New York Dry Goods Market, from a New York paper : appear Trade is frozen np—the intercourse with the Vest is suspended, at least as far as freight is concerned, and the steamboats do not run to Boston. The weather is intensely cold, and merchants generally are quiet—as quiet as th e y can be. The principal business doing is with the South, and that is confined almost entirely to dress goods. The jobbers of Charleston, Nashville, and New Orleans, have been making some of theirpurehases, but the business has not fairly commenced. If the weather should moderate. the present indications are, that business would be very active. There are a great many buyers in town from the West, but they complain that they cannot get their goes forward, and will not buy until they can forward their goods with more certainty and rapidity. The stocks are now very inviting, and the arrival of several steamers, with valuable cargoes, enables the im porters to offer inducements in the way of nice things. Very few goods have been - offered at auction thus far, the importers see that it would be folly to crowd off goods on a Market unprepared to receive Oena. However, there has been something doing all the while, and January has footed up to the satisfaction of the trade generally. The goods (especially Continental goods) have been held at higher rates than the autumn prices, and jobbers will not buy in anticipation unless the importers }field a little in time, to say the least.' Some houses have been rather liberal in extending the credit, but the most of them will not go beyond eight months under any circumstances. The stock of British goods is very large, but continental goods are not very p'entiful, and not likely to be. Si ks are rather scarce, and 'he high prices abroad will keep them so. Black silks that brought 70c per yard last spring will now bring 8.5a871-c readily. As soon as the weather moderates, we look for a very active trade from all sections, and a rush may be con fidently expected. Accounts from Egypt mention that the crops thir season are particularly good, in consequence of the abundant flow of water from the Nile upon the agricultural lands. During last season the Government was afraid of a dearth in the country, and prohibited the export of grain for a short time. This caused them, on the subsiding of the waters in November, .to encourage the husbandmen to extend their .plantations. this season, and now that the crops are far on in ear, it is calculated that there. will be 3,000,000 hectolitres of grain and cereals of all kinds over and abi,ve the con sumption of the country, so that Egypt is likely to export largely during the present year. .This cir cumstance, with the, probable opening of the Russian ports in the Black Sea. will tend to keep down the price of grain at MarSeilles and other markets on the. shores of the Mediterranean, even should the present tendency to rise in the Western continental grain markets continue. The news that the loan will he fnr only 5,000,0001, in addition to a funding of 3,000,0001 in Exchequer Bills, caused rt n immediate rise of I per cent. There was subsequently a . partial reaction, but the closing quotations were still to per cent. above those of Saturday—namely, 011 to 011. The smallness of the loan .has evidently produced a very favourable interpreted in many quarters as indleativp that confidence is felt by ministers in the speedy restoration of peace. The Chancellor of the Exchequer very properly declines' to give a pledge that no fresh Loan will be applied for by Govern ment this year. "int few people believe that this loan will suffice for the Government requirements for the whole year, even if peace be concluded. Messrs. N. M. Rothschild and Sons will open a list of subscriptions to the new loan tomorrow. This temporary locking up of funds may, perhaps cause some stringency in the Money Market. To day, however, there was no pressure, although in being to our ambassador, . for th if not dish place to him from the Foreign 011ie( nse course has not 1 are we to infer Are the PALM Cabinet about to carry war from the East to the Do they hope by the sword to 2tard the civilizition which has kept rolling onward for the last forty years against all odds, and which is demolishing the last landmarks of caste, the fictions of class, and sweeping all that is idle, worthless, and impotent into the vortex of progress and universal amelioration ? If men say they desire peace, and do that which would read o keep up an agitation which a mere accident may __-,0 war, their actions are diametrically apposed to their words -rho conve and it behoves those movements Central American dues tion Lord PAL- I, as much as any man in the Kingdom, by the assurances given in Lord JOHN RUSSELL'S despatch of 19th of January, 1833. The noble Viscount was a member of the Russell Cabinet, and he must hay tha lespatch I contained these memorable words : hey is to do all that honour and humanity require on behalf of the Mosquito nation. But we intend to adhere strictly to the treaty of " Washington of the 19th of April, 1850, and not to " assume any sovereignty, either directly or indirectly, "in Central America?' Nov, to attempt to give any interpretatio.n whatever to that treaty after this solemn assurance, would be a perfect outrage on morality, and particularly coming from a member of the yery - whom it emanated. Talkinq public Cabinet from mt putting ran spective constructions on State documents under which we hay will not assu either direct] or indirectly," is pro laiming to the world that when statesmen change they are perfectly at liberty to break up all pre-existing understandings between ther nations this and This despatch was not suffered to remain a pocket document in the hands tMPTON, but it was formally communi on Congress by Mr. EVERETT, eated to the Amer sed to do so b th© British who was Minister at Washington. It, therefore, became more binding on England, and the people must e it is not now openly violated, merely to find employment for those fleets and armies which some are disposed to believe will not be required much repeat once mo. re, wo must have An armed crusade agains war with America liberty, and civilization cannot be . contem plated for any holy or even rational purpose could only inflic e places nation BUCKINGHAM PALACE, MONDAY.—Yesterday, the Queen and the Prince, with the Prince of Wales, 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 Buck" ingham Palace. The Hon. and Vel y Rev. the Dean of Windsor officiated. 3 comforts and luxuries of life INDISPOSITION OF Mil. SEIONANT TirILKINS.—We regret to learn that this eminent advocate was taken unwell yesterday morning in the Court of Common Pleas, Guildhall. After some restoratives had been applied, cab was called, and he was conveyed home. The last accounts represent the learned gentleman to be some what better. The Right lion. the Speaker gave his second full-dress parliamentary banquet this session on Saturday, at his temporary official mansion in Eaton-square. A large party of members of the [louse of Commons dined with the right hon. gentleman, including the Right Hon. Ben jamin Disraeli, the Right Hon. Spencer Walpole, the Right Hon. Sir John Pakington, Lord Stanley, Lord John Manners, Viscount Newport. Lord Claude Hamilton, the Right lion. J. Napier, the Right lion. J. W. Henley, Sir William Jolliffe, and others. DEATII OF Ma. 13n..tuxm.—The death of Mr. Braham took place on Sunday. It was John Brahatn who, beyond any other man, excited in this country a know ledge and love of the highest musical art; but the unhounded popularity which he so long enjoyed was derived not so much from the Italian opera, as from the fact that he expressed. in his well-known songs, with wonderful force and fire, the national feelings of his The immense fortune which his genius and energy had once gained, was lost by nnforunate specu lations ; but his declining years have been passed in the most cheerful comfort, sezured to him by the care of his daughter, Lady Waldegrave. He died unexpectedly, but not unpripared, full of years and of honours. DEATH OF THE DUKE OF NORFOLK.—We deeply regret to have to announce the death of his Grace the Duke of Norfolk, which took place yesterday morning, at Arundel Castle. The Duke had been for some days past somewhat unwell, but no danger was apprehended until Sunday night, when a serious change for the worse took place, and at ten yesterday morning he expired. The deceased, Henry Charles Howard, thirteenth Duke of Norfolk, was the head of the nobility of England, held the hereditary office of Earl Marshal, and was a Knight of the Garter. He succeeded his father in 1842. Born in 1791, the Duke married in 1811, the eldest daughter of the first and sister of the present Duke of Sutherlald, by whom he had issue the Earl of Arundel and Surrey, now Duke of Norfolk, Lord Edward Howard, Lord Bernard Howard, who died abroad some ; Lady Foley, and Lady Adelira, recently married to Lord George Manners." The present Duke is married to the daughter of S r Edmund Lyons, and, by her, his lord ship has Henry Fitzilan, now Earl of Arundel and Surrey, and several sons and daughters. The death of the Duke -' ribbon of the Garter at the disposal of her Majesty! SUICIDE OF MR. JOHN SADLIER, M.P.—The most painful sensation was created on Sunday last, by the announcement that Mr. John Sadlier, for many years connected wi'h the Irish representative body, and identified with several of the leading monetary and commercial enterprises, in the city of London, had committed suicide. The unfortunate .gentleman was found cold and lifeless, at half•past eight o'clock on Sun day morning, in a secluded portion of Hampstead Heath, near the Jack Straw Castle Hotel. Beside him lay a large bottle, which contained the essential oil of bitter almonds, and it was but too evident that with this powerful poison he had terminated his existence. There were a few men outside the house of Rothschild who speculated to, such an extent in foreign and conti nental railways and mining undertakings, and it is believed that during the last few weeks he sustained such enormous losses, as not only completely dissipated the large fortune he was known to have amassed, but involved his affairs in hopeless and inextricable ruin. On the person of deceased were found several pounds in gold, a Bank of England note of £5, a silver cream ewer, containing a portion of bitter almonds ; a bottle, containing a portion of bitter almonds, labelled as such in six places, and marked poison; a razor case, contain. ing two razors. Dr. Nichol at once proceeded to the residence of Mr. Sadlier and saw the housekeeper only, who informed him that she bought the poison on Saturday, at Maitland's, Chester-terrace, Hyde -park, by her master's orders, and that her master wrote many letters, and one to a Mr. Norris, who was expected at his house in the course of the day. It appears that Mr. Sadlier left his house about half-past eleven o'clock on Saturday night, and, as yet, nothing further has been ascertained of his movements. leep and mortal wound on our commerce—that Kist e nce and independence which raises sofa nation above the iron grasp of the ft equally among the millions of our fello We must have this age, no demon I the mass creatures war, originating with dotards, deluging the earth with the blood of free men, and throwing open the Df Constitutional Liberty to despotism and ?ALMERSTON Cabinet are in ,vith a all quarters preparations are being made. At Paris to-day the Three Per Cent Rentes quieldy improved a per cent higher than the closing quota tions of Tile Railway Share Saturday Market to-day was better, and this after noon considerable buoyancy prevailed. The following are the closing quotations : Caledonian, 55 51. Eastern Counties, 10 1-16 10 3-16. East Lancashire, 71} Great Northern, 91.1 021. Do. A, 76 77. Great, Western, 57 574. Lan shiro and Yorkshire, 811 82. London and North Western, 10q- Ma.noheste,l Sheffield, and Lin. nshire, 24 25 Mi.lla.nd Stock, 691 70. , . North British, 21) 30. South Eastern and hover, 69 691 York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 75 76. York and North Midland, 51 52, THE PROPOSED GOVERNMENT LOAN. --•--- Yesterday afternoon a large number of gentlemen con nected with the City assembled at the Treasury, for the purpose of hearing from the Chancellor of the Exchequer the particulars of the proposed loan. The Chancellor of the Exchequer, who was attende l by Lord Palmer ston and Mr. Wilson, read the following document :- 1. The Loan to be for the sum of five million pounds. 2. Fir every £lOO subt , crihed in money, the contractors to re ceive 3 per Cent. Consolidated Annuities, and the biddings to be made in such annuities. 3. The interest on the 3 per Cent. Consolidated Annuities to commence from tha sth of January, 1850. 4. The days of payment, and the propor tions of the contributions to he to be as follows: On Tuesday, Feb. 26, 1856, deposit of £2O per cent. Thursday, Mar. 13, „ payment of 25 „ Saturday, M:a. 29, „ • Thursday, April 10, „ )2 15 If Thursday, April 24, „ 15 ~ • • • , 5. For each instalment after the deposit a proportional amount of stock to be created for the contributors. The stock for the deposit to be created at the same time with that which will be due on the last instalment. 6. Scrip receipts will be issued by the Bank in the usual manner. 7. The bddin.ss to he maee at the Treasury on Friday morning, the 22nd Fib., 18.56, at 10 o'clock. In answer to Baron Rothschild, the Chancellor of the Esch( quoit stated, that no loan of any kind would be raised pending the instalments. After some further conversation, hut which elicited no fact of importance, the gentlemen from the city reired. MANCHESTER CHAMBER OF COMMEILCE.—A few days before the departure of Lo'd Clarendon for Pais, the directors of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce sent a memorial to his lordship, in which they referred to the gross and culpable neglect of the interests of commerce at the Vienna Conference of 1815, and expressed a hope that during the coming negotiations at Paris advantage would be taken by his lordship of any opportunity that might arise to increase the number of outlets fir British com merce, and promoi.e its interests in any other way. A reply promising most careful consideration of the suggestion has been received. The London Committee for promoting the establishment of baths and wash-houses for the labouring classes has just published a return showing the number of bathers and washers at the establishments in town and country during the year ending 31st December. From the document we extract the information ea three heads, with respect to Liverpool : At the establishment in Cornwallis-street there were during the last year 144,527 bathers producing a return of £1,902 14s. 6d ; at Paul-street, 55,401 bathers ; 12,381 washers, return £906 ; at St. George's Pier-head baths 54.460 bathers, return £1,911 53., and at Frederick-street, 16 463 washers, return £402 14s. 101 FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—On Friday night an acci dent occurred near Doncaster on the Great Northern Railway, which has terminated fatally. Immediately after the - ap-express train leaves Doncaster, a train is despatched to Retford and Lincoln. That train left, at the usual time, 5 20 p.m., and on approaching the Decoy-crossing, one mile from Doncaster, the driver perceived something on the no-line, but, it being dusk, was unable to make out what it was. For safety he opened his whistle, as a warning of the train's approach. On getting nearer he found that it was a child, between two or three years old, upon the railway, and, at the same moment, saw its mother, Mrs. Gibbons, the gatekeeper's wife, cross over, and run after it, she walking on the six foot. On seeing the danger in which the child was placed the steam was turned off, and the engine reversed as quickly as possible, but it was too late. Mrs. Gibbons had just seized hold of the child when the buffer struck them both at the same moment, killed the cl ill en the spot, and the woman was knocked down. When the train was brought to a stand, the guard returned to the spot, and found the woman and child lying bleeding on the line. Assistance was speedily procared from Doncaster, and H. C. Fairbank, Esq., the company's surgeon. was soon in attendance. He found that the poor woman had been run over by the wheels of the train, which had cut off her left foot below the knee, broken her collar bone, two of her ribs, and the toes of her right foot, and severely fractured her thigh. Not the slightest hope is entertained of her recovery. as, beyond the injuries above narre-I, she is bruised internally FXTRAORDINATIY Bumf.- —The Siecle publishes the ing extraordinary narrative :—" The Roe de Fau. du Temple has been thrown into a state of great ex citement by an event of the most extraordinary kind. At noun yesterday, at the moment when the corpse of a womln named Aignenl, who had died at No. 65 in the street, was being removed for interment, drops of blood were seen to ooze out from the coffin. The undertaker ordered the bearers to stop, and on the coffin being opened cries were heard issuing from the bloody shroud with which the body was enveloped. The spectators of this appalling scene were deeply moved. Bat what was their astonishment, when on the graveclot.hes being torn they saw that the deceased had given birth to a child of the male sex. The child, nerfectly well formed, was living. It was immediately consigner] to the care of a nurse, and the interment of the mother• was postponed far 24 hours." Baron Rronow has had an interview with the French Minister for Foreign Affairs. 101 l ,w: b011:7, Mr. Behnes has received a commission to execute a statue of the late Mr. Edward B tines, of Leeds. The figure is to he eiTht feet high. and the price is 700 guineas. DIARILICAL C aIM s. —Notwithstanding the many contra dictions given to the report that a race-horse, named Aclrifer, in training at Mr. John Scott's stables, at Mahon, ha been destroyed by poison, which it is suspected was intended for the horse Fly-by-Nieht, the fact is now placed beveng doubt by a reward of X 2,00 being offered by Mr. Scott for such information as shall lead to the apprehension and conviction of the p3rson or persons by whom the poison was administered, or especially of the person or persons who caused it to be administered. MALT Faanns.—Last week, at Enniscorthy, a discovery of fraudulent malt manufacture was made in a singular manner, by the revenue officers, at the house of John Maguire, a schoolmaster. The manufactory in Maguire's house was so inTeniously concealed that. notwithstanding one of the officer's tact and great experience, the first search proved unsu , cessful On their return the officers observed, in passing through the school, that Maguire had written for a cO , y, " Fear attends guilt," and the trembling of his hand appearing to indicate that he had written the sentiment feelingly, they determined to search until they found, if that was NN ithin the range of possi bility. One stray barleycorn pointed out the way, and a rack with a boarded back and duly laden with sundry crocks was removed, an opening in the wall was dis covered, and then a cistern containing grain in operation, and capable of holding 200 bushels. MADAME GOLD4CTIMIDT'S CONCERTS AT BIRMINGHAM.— At'the ballot on Wednesday for secured places for these concerts, seventeen-hundred guinea seats were taken. Lord Ward has accepted tha invitation of the Festival Committee to become the President at both concerts. his lordship is staying at Himley, and has intimated his intention to take a large party to both performances. "A reading room for the exclusive use of ladies has been added to the Leeds library. The ladies entitled to the privileges are the wives of the propietors and such ladies of their families as subscribe ss. per annum. Count de Lowenbjelm, Minister of Sweden and Norway in Paris, has given in his resignation, which has been accepted by King Oscar. He has occupied the post of rogilent minister at Paris for 30 years. 'Rear-Admiral Sir James Stirling, commanding the RIO Indian station, is recalled from his command. it is stated that this step has been taken at the pliant °Meer's ow•n soli"itation. COURAGEOUS CoprzucT.—An occurrence which recently took place in the roads of Smyrna proves that our sailors are not merely courageous before the enemy. The Ranni bal, Admiral Sir Houston Stewart's flagship, was in the roads of Smyrna during a dark and squally night, when one of the seamen aloft lost his footing and fell overboard. Two of his messmates immediately sprang after him to save him. One of the two was immediately carried by the wind round the ship, into which he clambered on the opposite side ; the other was seized with cramp, and must have perished with his messmate had not the commander, Captain Charles Wake, s^-rung to the rescue. The dark ness was so intense that it was impossible even to throw the life-buoy with any certainty, and the noise of the thunder and the wind so great that the shoats of the men could not he heard. Fortunately a Sardinian boat was at hand, and had lights on bo 4rd, by which they distinctly saw Captain Wake in the water holding up both men. Three persons were thus rescued from the death which would otherwise hive been inevitable. _ "HE T{UCIELEY Porsortmo CASES.—Since the termina tion of the inquiries before thy Coroner, into the circum stances attendant upon t'e death of the persons, f r the murder of whom William Rdmer has been additionaleencommittedfo trial on the C.;roner's inquisition, touch infor mation has, we are informed, been obtained, and which will of course, be produced at the trial. In order that the prisoner trriy have every opportunity of knowing the nature of this additional evidence, it is intended that the elamination of the prisoner shall take Place before the magistrates, on a day yet to be fixed, when the whole 'of the evidence will be gone into, and the ca ses com pl e t e d for the presentation of bills of indictment to the Grand Jury, at the ap- , roaching assizes. The hearing will take place, we believe, in the County prison.-Begjordshirs delvertiser. LATES 1' INTELLIGENCE• SECOND EDITION. FRANCE, Owing to some unexplained cause we are withou t the letter of our Paris Correspondent of Sunday date. We learn, however, that the Earl of Clara" don, who, with Lord Cowley, reached Paris Saturday, was received on Sunday by the EulPe r°l of the French at a private audience. Advices by the Jourdain, which arrived at I\lar, seilles on the 16th, announce that o n the 4th Ni b ' the French bl ew u p F or t Ni c h o l as , at S e bast°P° ,t with complete success. TURKEY IN ASIA Despatches from Berlin, dated the 17th, men: tion that intelli gence h a d reac h e d th at c ity, IV "Z., of Vienna, which sp ea k o f a b att l e b e tween Turks and the Russians, on the sth January. n °r ., Zugdidi. Six battalions surprised a s i n gle Tti ll ' ls : - battalion. The Turks got off with a small loss 1: men, but left 10 guns and all their baggage in the enemy's hands. The Russians then plundered the % town, and set fire to the Prince's palace, and the neighbouring villages. The Cewcasus (St. Petersburg j o u rna l) says tilt !: Colonel Lake and Captain Thom son are on th eir way from Tiflis to St. Petersburg. Gen.l iat % being in ill health, remained at Tiflis with 111 aide-de-camp. TURKEY. Advices received at Vienna by telegraph g h tv e nounce the following as the 21 points of t ' A Turkish Reform Bill which has been sanctio ne 7, by the Sultan :-1. Maintenance of the g fittl y Sherrif of Gulhaneh. 2. Guarantee of alle le % ecclesiastical privileges to the Greek and Arn: lol9 f Churches. 3. Deprives the " Patriarchate temporal and judicial power. 4. Equality of all C e ir fessions. 5. Abolition of persecution and pil° l %, meat on account of change of religion. 6. A-cl ir : l- 0 sion of Christians to State offices. 7. I n troduc tl % of civil jurisdictions for the Rayahs (Tllr kl9 ,l Christians). 8. The existing civil and crit ll/9- 9 , laws to be collected into one code or diges t. , D 6 Code of laws to be in all the languages used in empire. 10. Prison Reform. 11. Police ite f°P- 0 12. Recruiting among the Rayahs. 13. Admittal?e, of Christians to military honours. 14. R e fornial o of the provincial authorities. 15. Right of / 11111 c i to possess real property in TTurkey. 16. Vi re o , taxation. 17. Improvement of highway's. 0 Public budget. 19. Representation of Chris tie eo . in Council of State. 20. Credit bank for count er 21. Reform of the currency. THE LOSS OF THE POLYPHEMUS- SAFETY OF THE MISSING PORTION THE CREW. ADMIRALTY, Fs 18* eg The following intelligence has this daY beef received at this office from H.M Consul Go n % t , at Hamburg :—I have great satisfaction in rell°;(1 ing that the Quartermaster, Samuel Fletcher , ° r e fifteen seamen of the late Polyphemus, wb° s'f i t : o ll in the two boats, have been saved by a P 31 34 vessel, and have just arrived from llgert4r. They will go in charge of the chief enginee r ' 'g. Wood, with the other men to London this evelli.a (latex PARSAGE.—The ship Asterion, Canta'n . ,t; from New Orleans, left the bar on the 23rd niti nl ''' il l t I I p.m., an'i arrived in the Mersey on the 16thinst. , fri p.m. ; thus making the passage in 24 days SO a hours. 3 1te 6 AMERICAN MAILS.—The United States mail ste..9o, Atlantic, sails to-m orrow f ur N ew Y , r k, with th e n e e; &c. The post-office w ill h e open up t o e i g ht. a n I tvi t '"og e for late letters, till nine o ' c l oc k a . m. A t t h e l a nding c ),.. ill letters will be taken with additi ona l f ees till ten de lc .. the morning. me the' ,l HONOURS AT THE COLLEGIATE INSTITUTION- "Th in remit of the upper school, Mr. Webste r , h a s just o'; e flrf t distingnished honours at Cambridge, being first in ir i ;,, re,t . class of the Moral Science Tripos. This is one of t 1 4 01 ' Tripos lately established in the University. The 5 ' ~f o i of examination are Modern History, Politied })3°L t io o Law. Moral Philosophy, English Jurisprudence, and Inte'''n t Oig STANLEY LITERARY AND, DEBATING SOCISTII3i IP society held its usual weekly :meeting at their r oorA t. gr; Repository, Slater-street, on Thursday evening if, 15 0:10 0 Sherlock in the chair. The question for debate , ()f d the Crystal Palace and other places of arausemen: 'l:pilj e ; on Sundays?" was opened in th e a ffi rma ti ve by NI flee i and in the negative by M r . S. H. Elli s , and e rtil ) ' d spirited discussion it was adjourned to Th ur sday e ' o f 2I st inst. • 16th e. LIVERPOOL ROYAL INFIRMARY.—Week ending fit iev t , February, 1856.—Admitted : In-patients, 30; o..n t ttie t) t, 6; casuals during the; week, 10. Discharged In ode ''4g cured, 16; relieved, and at own request, 5 ; 113, Inn, patients, 4; irregular, 0 ; dead, 0. Remain in the 12° 13. c' a rr 0r , House visitors: Rev. J. Stewart, A.M., and 'Arm. u • i I , e A Esq., Physician and surgeon for the ensuing,rl3. v a t- Dickinson and Mr4Stubbs. House surgeon : Mr. uw e bs' 9 , ford. Junior house surgeon ; Mr. Cecic'io,i o Chaplain : Rev. H. J. Garrod, B.A. Robert 01l r ,a treasurer. , „, 0 3efo fi k l e LIVERPOOL BANKRUPTCY COURT—Yeer. ,4 -/" . 1 ., .., r Mr. Commissioner Perry .) — ln re B. Hainswort." Lireej bankrupt, who carried on the business of a brewer I n np ol t g , pool, applied this day for his cert ifi cate . He was su 4 r ie le 41 by Mr. Evans, Mr, Frod s h am appeared for theitt`rs ' l '4 but did not oppose. Th e ba n k rupt ' s trade an d 1 1 5 0 ; expenses were small; but as he made an assignment! 4 ll9 about three years before his present bankruptcy, 1 2,, i- a il Pk said that he could not grant him other than a see' a r certificate. Immediate second class certificate ne e " 40 4 granted. ~ °L; t . LIST OP PASSENGERS PER R.M.S. APRICA, ^ a Jyr' b Yoga. — Miss Jane Hope, Mr. Oscar Kingstt'h f,,, c- if . Raith and Son, Mr. Wm. Moore (died on 10 P' li' Messrs. J. Rusyite, R. M. Heneker, J. Bral lw ,.le' i' Merrell, H. Lodge, Leopold Sarbach, John S ha t ' re' i l)' E. Visser, T. M. prey, Macrousti, Thomas 'II I .1' ; it H. Woods, James Gillespie, William Southo e ''AP 'l o Van Wart, IL IC. Johnston, George Holdsyrorth' - 14ps Sein, Thomas W. Harcourt, It. Pasquce, Ele i Ci f° ,,,d ',i f s^ Parodi, R. Bois, G. Noble, L. C. Clement s a- ct 7 Clements, Mr. Bell, Mr. Charles Bellaire, M r ' itti pi ll Oscar, Mr. J H u ll . ii ; ,I LITERARY AND PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY....r: ltd i f il ' l ordinary meeting of this society was held nt„ ne ' 13 ,01 Institution, Colquitt-street, last evening, Dr. 1 ", - ,sec i c t e absence of the president, occupied the chair. I "i h e P„,;oi l ant ounced the donations he had received fronloige i ret and Astronomical Associations ; after w hi c h, gr., 0 O' F o . exhibited some photographic views of the Afil l ` l ide e t 'l Toxteth-park ; the chairman did so of the in , c r ` t) „ t I e ii i tli iie v , vase, brought from Rome by Miss Hope . The ng-ejOg;;I {or business having been disposed of, the chairman, - 4 10, 4 his paper—" A plea for the Emperor 'r ive- or t ;( which he received the thanks of the meeting- n go t ' t:, m th o e n q ia tr , i v it a k l i u s e o f 7 ll o lr gu . D i n i g e n a a s ! PRESENTATION TO MR. DIGNAN. Last ei re- ,. o lv b sj , ° e;', l' of gentlemen, testified their esteem and: aPl4 O * - 0 10" 'cobmy p p r E i e s s in en g tit a ig I t ) c epe : o - 1 0 ie f eni ok ti $ to e and its auxiliaries. The presentation tee'` A OF" 0' .. ., dinner, in Whiteman's Brunswick Hotel, an n - e eteAq occasion, a large number of gentlemen 0 1 1 ), in,',. '' / .o` , the various institutions of Liverpool, atten o 05.i 1 ., 'O, nition of his eminent public services. 1 - 11° by '''ri r ir ,, tilled by Mr. M. J. Wh , try. The vice-chair, —cle' l a ,', 4 . Ross. After the cloth had been removed , tu e e on ve,',l, , proposed the health of the guest of the even r ''' in o e!'",4 Lord. the chairman. of the committee, _OO l ,t 1 teb handsome term s . p resente d the and R t eo go Mr. Diguan responded in a most apr opriat e a pi 00 0 , speech, and altogether a delightfully social 31 4 1 ,1 a g ri afg e d lO tual evening was spent, in the interchang ° ig' co o amenities that our now cosmopolitan condition,tio,4ll4 . , e „ .-,,,, five or. And there are not wanting in o % 0 0 , ' c iet legitimately respond to the great alliance Ave per and England, France, and Italy. whi c ,„,V o t Pe' and an outlet to the feeling that at this mow - , the entire society of this country. .