Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-03-16 00:00:00

On account of whom it may concern. On ItloNn.ay next, the 21st instant, at Half-past Eleven o'clock, Id the Commercial Saleroofn, Temple-court, 499 Barrels Scotch White HERRINGS, 4 i-Ditto # partly damaged, on view at 75, ➢farcbone.—Apply t 6 GEORGE BADENACH and SON, Broker On IN'F.DN KS 23rd instant, at the Brokers' Oldhall-street, 100 Bales Mozambique, 1 ORCHELLA WEED, 91 „ Angola just landed, per Twinde Brodes, from Lisbon.—Apply to Messr Leech, Harrison, and Forwood, Merchants ; or to R9OKE, OKELL, and SPENCE, Brokers. Comnurciali THIS DAY THIS DAY, the 16th instant, at Three o'clock, in the c o mmercial Saleroom, 300 Cases Valentin ORANGES, 100 , B a rcelona DITTO, ex Tajo (ss), 76 Cadiz DITTO, 90 Naples LEMONS, ex Milan (ss), 200 _ Messina DITTO, ex Adelaide, 200 Bags Para NUTS, 200 , Turkey NUTS, Apply to GEO. BADENACH and SON, Brokers Tuts DAY, the 16th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' Office, 16, Exchange-buildings, 1,000 Pockets Bengal LINSEED, now landing, ex Agenoria, from Calcutta.—Apply to Messrs. J. H. Schroder and Co., Merchants; or to J. H. RAYNER and Co., Brokers, TO-MORROW TO-MOUROW, the 17th instant, at Twelve o'clock precisely, at the Brokers' Saleroom, 54, Hanover-street, SO Bales Paraguay TOBACCO, __ _ _ all faults, all faults, 8 Colunibian 84 „ Turkey 51 „ Flat-laid Greek 120 „ Greek S „ Palmyra 9 Cases German 15 Boxes CavendiAh 7 Hhds. Kentucky 19 Tierces Maryland lying in bond in H.M. Tobacco Warehouse, K in g 'i Doc ulars, apply to DWARD SAMUELSON and PIKE, Tobacco Brokers further part TO-MORROW, the 17th instant, at Twelve o'clock, in the Commercial Saleroom, Temple-court, • , 100 Cases '!.ante CURRANTS, just landed, 30 A-Pipes old DITTO, 60 Barrels „ DITTO, 23 Carrateels „ DITTO: kr.l GEORGE BADENACH and SON, Broken ai instant, at Twelve o'clock,' in the I Saleroom, Temple-court, A quantity of Valentia RAISINS and CURRANTS, damaged by water, and laying in Walker's Bonded Warehouse, 70, Hanover-street, where they may be viewed on the morning of sale.—Apply to GEORGE BADENACH & SON, Brokers. Imam FRIDAY 2,600 Bags Bengal RICE. BROWNE, HUNTER, and Co., Broker Ipply to NEXT WEEK NEXT MONTH DAY, April 7th, at Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' Office, 2, Dale-street, 11 Packages INDIGO. BROWNE, HUNTER, and Co., Brokers. Apply to On ,lIIt. JAMES BANKS, CASTLE-BUILDINGS, DERBY-SQUARE, LIVERPOOL. FENCING WIRE, Black, Bright, and Galvanised; [TELEGRAPH WIRE and SIGNAL CORD, Wholesale and for Exportation. TO EXPORTERS AND BOTTLERS. ON SALE, William Whitwell and Co.'s INDIA PALE AND MILD ALES, PARRY and CO., Agent 15, North John-street. a first-rate condition ON SALE, 45 TONS LOCUST BEANS, ex Pilar, from Barcelona.—Apply to GEO. BADENACH and SON, Brokers TO be Sold, a sold a barga handsome Newfoundland RetrieTer Dog ; will be Lin. Apply at No. 7, Leeds-street, off Oldhall -6m23 TiFISTORY OF THE WORKING CLASSES, Every Saturday, in the NORTHERN DAILY TIMES, Price AMERICAN SOLACE. CHARLES TURMEAU AMERICAN SOLACE. AMERICAN SOLACE. CHARLES TITRMEATI AMERICAN SOLACE. AMERICAN SOLACE. j CHARLES TURMEAt AMERICAN SOLACE. TO CORRESPONDENTS Under no circumstances can we insert communications not accompanied by the author's real name and address, not neces sarily for publication, but as a guarantee of good faith. AMUSEMENTS, MEETINGS, &c 'ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE—Madame Celeste. HENGLER'S CIRQUE VantaTE—Miscellaneous Attraction, THE PARISIAN GALLERY OF ANATOMY, Paradise-street. Roma Com.essitrm.-:-Miscellaneous Attractions. Mir For particulars see advertisements on Bth page THIS DAY both the outgoing Ministers and the Emperor himself may reconsider their intentions at the eleventh hour. Meanwhile signs of war are always in the ascendant. The event of the day is an article in the Siecle, which takes the bull by the horns with commendable courage, and people are wondering whether the Government will notice or contradict it. " What we wish," says the Siecle, "is the com plete exclusion of Austria from Italy." It also points out the interest which France must feel in the Italian question, and makes dexterous use of warlike passages in . the Emperor's Speech, and of the circular of M. Delangle. As for the diplomatic " means of conciliation," and the note of the Moniteur, the Sleds disposes of them in a style which must make the Patrie and other papers turn pale with amazement. on the other hand, correspondence from Berlin says that r. report was in circulation which, if con firmed, will tend greatly to strengthen the hopes of the friends of peace. It is asserted that Baron Budburg, the Russian ambassador at Berli n has communicated to the Minister of _Foreign Affairs a despatch from Prince Gortschakoff, in which the latter pronounces himself in a pacific sense, and promises to support Prussia and England . in their_ endeavours to procure a peaceful solution of the pending difficulties. The Russian Cabi net admits, •it adds, the necessity of the maintenance of treaties, but advises a revision of the separate treaties of Austria with the small Italian States,. It is added that young Prince Gorts chakoff, who recently passed through Berlin on his way from Warsaw to Paris, took a despatch to Baron Kisseleff identical with the one communicated at Berlin. The visit of Prince Souvarovvto Paris is at tributed to the same cause. The - Paris correspondent of the Dag!, News says: "I am sorry, to say that the Senate, that generally useless and now noxious body, has made a grand demonstration against free trade. You will see, by the Moniteur, that on Saturday last the Senate, on the motion of M. Ch. Dupiu, voted by 110 against 3, that the petitions on their table relating to the corn laws should be referred ,to the five ministers principally con cerned, for their consideration. This decision was come to by the above immense majority in the teeth of a speech by M. Baroche, who was present to • represent the ,government. The peti tions in question were all in favour of the re-estab lishment of the sliding scale, which the Emperor wishes to abolish definitively. - I understand that the committees on the budget have this day com municated to. Messrs. de Morny and Baroche their unalterable determination to vote for the suppression of the Ministry of Algeria and the Colonies as a cumbrous fifth wheel of the state coach. The . trials of the Phamix Club prisoners have concluded at Kerry. The jury after being locked up for twenty-two hours were discharged, as there was no probability :of their agreeing to a verdict. Itis stated that the numbers were ten to two. branch of the Legislature," and "it will not be very_ long before Mr. MILNER GIBSON will put the House to the test." Let it not be forgotten, that the branch of the Legislature to which belongs the privilege of grant ing the supplies has already resolved and recorded, " That the maintenance of the Excise on paper, as a permanent source of revenue, would be impolitic." And, for the sake of its own character—for its own credit and consistency the House must give effect to its own resolution and record. It would indeed be most derogatory to allow such a declaration to remain inoperative. At most, therefore, it can only be a question of time; and, for the interests of the people, we are decidedly of opinion that, in such a case, there can be no time like the pre'sent. A QUESTION OF SHIPBUILDING The charge against the first and second engineers of the Bogota steamer, for having caused the death of a fireman on board, as already reported in our paper, was investigated yesterday, at the Police Court, and lasted over five hours. It caused much public atten tion. There was a great mass of evidence given, and it went to show, that the deceased was tied up near the fires, and that he was heard to call for mercy. The medical evidence _was of a conflicting nature,--- as medical evidence mostly is. Two facts are proved at all events---first that the man was tied up, and second, that he died, not from " roasting, but from the effects of the fire. The magistrate however, had only one course to adopt, and that was to send both the prisoners for trial for manslaughter. The details of the case will be found in another place in our paper, and will be read with interest. It was not stated what had been done with the money and other property of the deceased. A small "scene" occurred yesterday at the meeting of the Toxtech Board of Guardians, which met for the election of two medical men to the Union, which we shall notice hereafter. To-day we have only space to refer to the report. come to the conclusion that " there had been a THE NORTHERN TIMES WEDNESDAI, MARCH 16, 1859 Who seldom remain more, than two, years in office, and are constantly altering the plans of their predecessors." The subject is one in which,-of course, the whole country must be deeply interested. But in such a town as Liverpool- it has a peculiar interest, from its connection with the great staple of its commerce, as a place of the foremost maritime importance in the kingdom. Whether as regards the question of docks or of shipbuilding, there are those in such a community as ours who possess a prdctical knowledge which, could it only be brought to bear upon the affairs of the Admiralty, might in no long time save the country, not merely thousands, but millions in its expenditure. IF, in the various and necessary avocations of Her Majesty's Gel , ernment, the business of ship building must unavoidably be included, since Ministers cannot themselves be expected to know anything of the art and mystery of the ship carpenting craft, they at least ought to take care that the officials who have to direct its operations know something about it. Yet the effect which, not only the discussion in the House of Commons the other night, but almost every discussion in Parliament on the subject of our Admiralty affairs, produces, is an impression that there is a manifest want of practical knowledge of ships and ship building among those who have the chief control of that important department of the public service. Admiral Sir CHARLES NAPIER could pay the compli ment of saying—and so far it was very satisfactory —that " the present First Lord of the Admiralty had not acted badly, taking all things into account — considering that he knew nothing whatever of naval affairs." But then he was: constrained, in justice, to add, that " he 'conceived it impossible for any economy to exist in the navy so long as the Minister at the head of it was changed with every Cabinet." This being the case, one cannot wonder to find it declared, as it was by Mr. LINDSAY, that " without meaning to cast reflections on the First Lord of the Admiralty, or upon the Surveyor of the Navy, he was certain that if the system which prevailed in the private dockyards was adopted in the Govern ment dockyards, seven millions of money expended in the construction of ships would go as far as ten millions would at the present time." Now this, be it known, is .the declaration of a practical busineSs man—of a member of the Shipping Interest—who knows, from personal experience, a good deal, not only about dockyards, but about the construction of the ships also which occupy them. It is a question which here in Liverpool cannot but be well understood. Ours is a community which need not to be informed of the importance of - those who take upon them to have to do with shipping and with docks, knowing something, nay, a good deal, about them practically, if they are to avoid burning their fingers. And when one hears of 500 sailing ships in our Navy having been pronounced of no use, and having therefore, in their present con dition to be abandoned, involving, as it needs must, an enormous loss to the country, it is impossible to resist the conviction, that in the business manage ment of such an affair, in order to secure its, being done, we will not say with advantage, but with justice to the people, whose means are so largely exacted. for such expenses, there ought to be reliable practical business knowledge . brought to bear upon it. Take the method of disposing of such ships of the Navy as, under modern improvements in naval architecture, and naval tactics, have had to be laid aside and superseded—that of attempting to adapt them to such improvements : hear what the same practical shipowner whose opinion we have already, quoted took occasion the other evening to "remark, while maintaining that the system of converting old ships into what they called new ones was a bad sys tem":—" The fact was, he knew -from experience, -that. they could not convert an old ship into anything like a good one. There was no better instance than that of a five-barred gate. The five-barred gate was framed of cross-bars, and if they attempted .to patch up that gate by putting new timber into it they could not join the old and the new so that it would be safe or useful. It was the same as regarded a ship.. If they drove a new plug or a new fastening into the hull of. an old ship, he did not think it would be secure. He was opposed, therefore, to the system they had of converting these old ships _ into new ones, and_ he considered that so far as the navy was concerned their. better system would be to sell . the old_ ships and build new ones." And yet have the Admiralty been spending thousands and tens of thousands in this very objectionable, not to say impossible thing, of attempting to convert old ships into new-ones ! The statement of Lord CLARENCE PAGET, in the discussion we have referred to, must have made a deep impression upon the House of Commons, although it did not, at the moment, succeed• in accomplishing its object. He is hiinself a naval man ; and having, as he assured the House, over the estimates for the last four years with a view to ascertain the money spent in shipbuilding; and upon the other hand, been to the dockyards to ascertain what they had to show for it,"—he had The Earl of Malmesbury has appointed John Elliott Hyndman, Esq.„ . to be agent :at Dublin for the issue of foreign office passports. " gone The next competitive examination of candidates for, admission to the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich, will be held on the sth of July and following days. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Major-General. Robert Henry Wynyard, C. 8., to be Lieutenant-Governor of the Cape of Good Hope. THE NEAPOLITAN EXILES.—CORK, Tuesday.—The Daily Reporter, of this morning, states that upon yesterday the ex-Mayor, Alderman Donegan, accompanied by Captain Brine, F. Woodley, Esq., and some other gentlemen, waited upon Baron Poerio, and presented to him a letter from C. J. West, of Ruthin Castle, North Wales, expressive of hisdeep sympathy with the exiles, and enclosing a note for £lO. The _Reporter also states that fifteen of those gentlemen will leave for London to-day, and ,that many others will follow them soon. OPPOSITION Rumouns.—A rumour (from a source of high authority) has just reached us, which is very signifi cant of what is brewing. It is to the effect that in case Lord John Russell should be called upon to form an administration—which, for England's sake,. God forloid ! the following gentlemen have offered their services, and have been promised places in the Cabinet : —Mr. John Bright, Chancellor of the Exchequer ; Mr. Milner Gibson, Secretary of State for the Colonies; Mr. Ayrton, Secretary of State for India ; Mr: Roebuck, President of the Board of Trade, with a seat in the Cabinet ; and Mr. Horsman, Chief Commissioner of Works.—/Iforning Herald. system of extravagant expenditure on the part of the shipbuilding department of the Admiralty which ought to be looked into." It is a state of things for which the present Administration is no more accountable than any of its predecessors, —or, in truth, so much so,—and Lord PAGET, whilst denoun cing the system pursued, could not forbear, it appeared, " praising the right hon. baronet (Sir S. PAKINGTON) for having inaugurated a new system, by taking the House of Commons into his confidence." But more than this is requisite,—:-or, rather, the principle of it requires to be fully carried out. The, object of Lord PAGET was to place on record a resolution whereby the House of Comnions might have the same control over shipbuilding as it has over the building of barrack 3, or docks. And it will evidently come to this. The very system which it is admitted the present First Lord of the Admiralty has " inaugurated," must of - necessity lead to it ; as it is probable Sir JOHN PAKINGTON meant that it should. • As respects keeping a check- upon the expenditure in that important department of the public service, we believe, with Sir JOHN' FAKINGTON, that the great point is to look closely to the Naval Minister of the day. And Sir JOHN himself would appear to have no objection to be looked closely to. For hi s part, he gave the assurance, he should make a practice of frankly stating how he proposed to spend the money for which he asked. This is ingenuous and just. But it does not go to the root of the evil. What seems to be wanted, we think with Sir CHARLES N.'"t.P‘lE ft, is some better system of construc ting the Board Admiralty,—" the great evil being the constant (;),, the Lord 4 of the Admiralty, , . A I.IIIERINANE ON THE EAST COAST—SEVERAL SHIPS Losz.—Teleg,ranis, posted yesterday forenoon at Lloyd's, communicate the raging of a fearful storm on the eastern coast during Monday night and yesterday morning, amidst which several ships were lost. It appears to have been most severely felt at Shields, where in the course of the night three vessels were dashed on the rocks, and were totally lost. The following are the names : —The Elizabeth, Captain Palmer, from Boston, with a cargo of wheat, bound to Newcastle. The crew were snatched from a watery grave by the Nortlofiields life boat.. The brig George Reid, from Harburg, in ballitt. Only one man saved out of the whole crew ; the vessel bas broken up. The Sir William Curtis, of Yarmouth, also entirely broken up ; crew saved by the life-boat. Other fatal losses are also reported on various parts of the coast. ACCESS TO THE GARSTON RAILWAY. —lt would be seen by our report yesterday of the further proceedings before the committee of the House of Commons, on the bill for leasing the Warrington and Stockport Railway to the Lon don and North-Western Company, that an unsuccessful attempt was made by the promotep of the measure to set aside the running powers which the committee had decided to give, over the line, to the Birkenhead company ; although such powers are not to be exercised during the time that the present agreement of the company with the North- Western is in force. If this arrangement should contribute to keep down the spirit of monopoly on the part of the North-Western Company, it may prove a desirable one. But it would have altogether been much more satisfactory to Liverpool, had the opportunity been taken to secure some more effectual guarantee against the line from Garston being placed entirely at the mercy of a company whose interests may be So affected, by its affording free access from Liver pool to other lines, that the public may be deprived of its full benefit. The more outlets by railway there are, the better for the general interests of the town ; and the want of one to the lines from Garston is at present severely felt. But, then, to give the town the full advan tages of such a communication, it ought by right to form an independent competing line, so as to operate as a wholesome check upon the other companies that have already got access to Liverpool. We are no advocates for any unprofitable competition ; for such a course never really serves the public interests, in the long run. Yet we cannot but look with suspicion, to. say the least of it, upon the acquisition—in fact the monopoly—by an already over powerful. company, like the North-Western, of a line to Garden which, in independent hands, might be so much more safe and serviceable_to the public at large. THE PAPER DUTY AGAIN. IT is very important that this great practical grievance should not be lost sight of, amidst the many exciting political questions which the proceed ings of Parliament have already, and very naturally, thrown out. Even the great cause of- reform must not be allowed to throw it into the shade, if it can possibly be avoided. For let it not be forgotten, that the obnoxious tax is one that of itself, in its every day operations, does more to obstruct the progress of reform than any one single influence besides. It is the extension, the increase of intelligence that, more than anything else, is to hasten that progress. And the tax on paper is one of the greatest obstruc tions to such extension and increase. The Press is the great dispeller of prejudice, the sure corrector of error, the dreaded exposure of corruption. But the tax on paper shackles the Press—obstructs, and often paralyses its influence. The irresistible power in this country, is that of public opinion. It is a power to which the changing structure of its governmenk is continually giving additional force. Just in that proportion, therefore, ought public opinion, even among the masses of the people, to be constantly enlightened, by means of a cheap, and popular, and right-principled Press,—cheap, that its influences may find access to every class of the people ; popu lar, that it may duly ingratiate itself with the people ; and right-principled, that it may not lead them astray, but instruct and counsel them in the ways of truth and justice. liztthttn Eimm. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16, 1859. THE DAY'S NEWS In the House of Lords last night, the Earl of Malmesbury in reply to the Earl of Clarendon, stated, in reference to the treaty with Hanover of 1814, that on the 11th of August last, when he told Count Platen that notice of the termination of the treaty was about to be served upon him, he begged that it might not be done, but that it was given notwith standing, and there could be no doubt but that it took effect from that day. He hoped that by deplo matic means the Stade dues would be reduced, and that the grievance under which British commerce laboured would be removed. In the House of Com mons, upon S'.r J. Trelaw my moving the second reading of the Church Rates Abolution Bill, Mr. Griffithis moved an amendment, which was, however, at once withdrawn, when Mr. B. Hope moved another amendment, that it be read a second time " that day six months," but upon a division the amendment was rejected by a vote of 242 to 16g, and the bill was then read a second time. The Reform movement gathers strength daily, and all parties seem now to recognise the fact, that there is in the country a very strong feeling in favour of a comprehensive measure, and one that • I observed, " condemned the tax as emphatically as shall settle the matter for years to come. The 1 the Deputation did. He told them, it is true, that idea that prevails, that, because there has not hither - they had said nothing new on the matter, but we to been any great amount of agitation upon the - ourselves had told him that we felt that his previous question, that the people were indifferent, is rapidly giving place to a conviction that the quietude was the favourable declaration had made it incumbent on us result of a settled belief in the sincerity of the pro- to avoid wearying him with argument. His sole mises of the various governments of the last few reason for keeping on the tax was, that Government years. However, now that a measure has been proposed, which falls measurably short of the public wanted the money. But he did not venture to ques expectation, the people are beginning to express, tion the accuracy of those who told him that the in unmistakeable terms , their fee lin g s and wishes. Repeal of the tax would improve the R evenue . I t must be considered, therefore, that this is no t d en i e d, The letter of Earl Grey, alluded to in ou r p a p er o f yesterday, as much as admits this, and hence his and , that there is some other reason. It does not anxiety for a final settlement. Meetings continne to be held in various parts of the country, and the follow that that reason exists irr Lord DERBY'S mind, resolutions a d o pt e d are a ll pretty much of the same but A exists in the minds of other men whom L or d character. Those that have most recently taken DERBY fears. It would take three years to fill place were h eld in Bolton, Ashton, Cong l eton , C o l- up the void in the Exchequer, and thus create uneasi- Chatham.chester, Ha nley, Dublin, Stirling Inverness, and A meetin g of the . LiN b 'erpool .Refo;mer.s, ness." All this, we dare say, is most true. We under the auspices tlipßeform Association, will ourselves are quite persuaded, that both the Premier be held in the A mphitheatre l, in to-morrow night, with Thomas Brockleb an k , and his Chancellor of the Exchequer would gladly .of thethe chair. We understand it is the intentio n of repeal the duty to-morrow if they could 'do it with the promoters of meeting simply to offer res n o o l t ut t ions condemnatory out occasioning that amount of inconvenience which of the Government bill, but tl ( i ) e affirm the prin- they apprehend would arise in their financial ciple as to the measure that people require. Mr. Gladstone, we believe, w ill arrangements. 'We humbly think, however, that not attend the meeting. their apprehensions on this score are in a great The Continental news adds little to that previouslyt measure groundless. Not but that it would require known, but what is fresh is not favourable to peace. some contrivance to make up for even the temporary In every direction the note of preparati on i s ex ing ; and the least accidental circumstance wouldusae; derangement that might be produced. Eventually The Pa r i s corres- . there need be no doubt at all,—and in no long time th e whole of Europe in a blaze. pondent of the Herald, writing on Monday evening, either,—that the revenue would recover itself. And says —gi A modification of the Imperial Cabinet i s ' in the mean time, there must be some good manage imminent, and the retirement of M. Fould,M. Rouher, ment to supply the deficit. Necessity is the mother and M. Delangle is looked u p on as inevitable. of invention ; and the necessity in this case would no Walewski will resign the Foreign Office to M. doubt invent the means required for whatever was Thouvenel, and succeed M. Fould as Minister of State. M. Pietri and M. Laity are still the short in the Exchequer, without harm to any interest favourite candidates for the post of M. Delangle ; of the country whatever. " If, therefore," as it is further obs erve d, " the House of Commons can be and as for M. Rouher the number o f candidates for brought to pass a second resolution still further con the office he is about to vacate— Public Works -is we do not anticipate that Lord con legion. These changes are very eammg the tax, warlike symptoms ; ~ but though they are now fully decided on, it is im- 0 possible to say whether they will be carried out, as DERBY will provoke a conte. t with the popular It is most encouraging to find that the Gazette which is published by the Association for the Repeal of this most hurtful duty, considers Lord DERBY'S reply to the Deputation that lately waited upon him, to again urge their case, as in its general tenor, when closely examined, rather encouraging than otherwise towards the object in view. " Lord DERBY," it is THE COURT The Queen held a court on Monday afternoon, at Buck ingham Palace. Count de Lavradio, the Portuguese Minister, had the honour of an audience of the Queen, to present, on behalf of the King of Portugal, the insignia of the Order of the Tower and Sword for the Prince of Wales and Prince Alfred. . . . fy ~ The Right Hon. William E. Gladstone was presented to the Queen at an audience, by the Right Hon. Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton, Secretary of State for the Colonies. Sir E. B.•Lytton had an audience of her Majesty The Queen was attended by the Earl of Sheffield, Lord in Waiting, and Mr. R. Ormsby Gore, Groom in Waiting. The Prince Consort, attended by Colonel the Hon. A. Hardinge, visited the Exhibition of the Architectural insti tution on Monday morning. _ _ _ The Queen hid a diniier party in the evening. The company included the Princess Alice, the Earl of Malmes bury, Earl Cowley, Lord and Lady Raglan, Captain the Hon. Dudley de Ros, the Dean of Windsor, and the Hon. Mrs. Wellesley, and the Hon Mrs. Biddulph. The band of the Ist Life Guards attended durinc , dinner. Her Majesty's private band afterwards performed in the Drawing-room. DEPARTURE OF HER MAJESTY FOR OSBORNE. —Yesterday, at half-past nine o'clock, her Majesty, accompanied by his Royal Highness the Prince Consort, her Royal Highness the Princess Alice Maude Mary, the Princesses Helena and Louisa, their Royal Highnesses Prince Arthur and Leopold, with the infant Princess Beatrice, left Buckingham Palace in six of her Majesty's carriages, escorted by a detachment of the /sth Hussma, and outriders in scarlet liveries, and proceeded to the new station in the Wandsworth-road, and travelled by a special train to Gosport, the bugle announcing to the authorities in attendance at the Royal Clarence Yard that her Majesty and suite were approaching, and in a few seconds the Royal train passed through the garrison, and brought up at the covered way, which had been exceedingly well arranged to provide against the inclemency of the weather. The instant her Majesty allighted from the royal carria g e the Union Jack was lowered, and the Royal Standard hoisted. The guard of honour presented arms, and the band performed the National Anthem. Her Majesty having embarked, the royal steam yacht Fairy, Captain the Hon. J. Denman, steamed for East Cowes, en route for Osborne House. In attendance were Lady Macdonald, Earl of Sheffield, R. Ormsby Gore, Esq., Hon. Lucy Kerr, Hon. efary Bulteel, Major General the Hon. C. Grey, Colonel the Hon. A. Hardinge, Lady Barrington, the Master of the Household, &c. Her Majesty was conducted to her carriage by the Marquis of Exeter, the Duke of Beaufort, Viscount Newport, Hon. Cecil For rester, &c The directors and other officials attended at the railway on the illustrious party. ARRIVAL AT SOUTHAMPTON.—Southampton, Tuesday. — The Queen, Prince Albert, and the royal children, arrived here by special train from London at mid-day, and em barked on board the. Fairy yacht for Osborne House. A guard of honour formed of companies of the 15th Regiment and the Royal Engineers, attended. her Majesty and the royal family in the docks. Some thousands of persons were present in the docks. Her Majesty looked well, and was enthusiastically cheered. A brilliant staff of naval and military officers were present to receive her Majesty, amongst whom we noticed Admiral Bowles, General Sir James Scarlett, Colonel Jaines, and others, The band of the 15th Regiment played during the embarkation. 1 Tins PRHICI: OP WALES IN Roam.--A Roman letter of the 9th inst., says :—On Saturday his royal highness received from the hands of the Marquis Massimo d'Azeglio, the cordon of the Order of the Annunziata. " - Besides Col. Bruce, and the gentlemen travelling with the Prince, there were only present at the ceremony Count Balba and the Marquis d'Azeglio's aide-de-camp. The Prince afterwards entertained at dinner Lord and Lady Stratford de Redcliffe, Lady William Russell, Mrs Bruce, the Marquis d'Azeglio, Mr. Odo Russell, Count della Minerva, Count Balbo, Count Croce, Col. Bruce, Captain Grey, Col. Percy, Rev. Mr. Tarver, and Dr. Chambers. • The Archdukes Ranieri and William of Austria arrived in Rome on Monday afternoon,. and found themselves imme diately in the thick of the Carnival, as they took up their residence at the Lozano Palace, in the Corso. It is stated that their Imperial. Highnesses have a mission similar to that of the Marquis d'Azeglio, and will confer upon the Prince- of Wales the cordon of the most distinguished order of Austria. Splendid entertainments have been given during the Carni val week by the Queen Dowager of Spain, the Austrian and French ambassadors, and the French general, besides those of the leading Roman and foreign families. It is the intention of Lord Clarence Paget, as soon as the reports on machinery (steam) and dockyard labour are laid on the table of the House of Commons, to move that it be referred to a select committee. On Thursday evening, Mr. Labouchere will ask the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether it is the inten tion of the Government to present the report of Mr. Glad stime-on the 'state of the lonian Islands to parliament. DEATH OF SIR ANTHONY OLIPHANT. —WO have to record the death of Sir Anthony Oliphant, formerly Chief Justice of the island of Ceylon. He was born in 1793, and married a daughter of Colonel Campbell. He was called to the bar in 1821 by the Hon. Society of Lincoln's Inn, and prior to being appointed to the Chief Justiceship of Ceylon was Attorney-General at the Cape of Good Hope, LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. INQUEST AT BIRKENHEAD.-An inquest was held, yester day, on the body of James' Boodle, six years of age, son,of Mr. Boodle, Kenyon llouse,,Alfred-street, Birkenead. It would appear that, about three weeks ago, the child was scalded by some boiling water falling upon him, and that he lingered on from that day, dying on Monday morning. The jury returned a verdict of " Accidentally scalded." —The CI,AREMONT LITERARY ASSOCIATION, KIRKDALI eighth lecture in connection with this society, was delivered by the Secretary, Mr. M. W. Emery, on Monday evening last, in the School-room under the Independent Chaliel, Claremont Grove. The subject of the lecture was, " Men of the World," and the lecturer concluded his interesting and instructive address, by protesting against the spirit of money-worship, which is generally the ruling influence amongst men of the world. CHARGE OF FRAUD ON A MERCHANT. —A case that is likely to come before the police magistrates this day, will probably be of some. importance. We learn that two persons of some standing in the mercantile world are charged with having defrauded a merchant to some extent, by conspiring to make certain false returns of certain pro perty. More than this we cannot say at present, but as before remarked, it is more than probable the .case ,will be, interesting this day at the police court. HENGLER'S CIRQUE.—An old proverb - says that " in the midst of judgment we should remember mercy." This may not be applicable (exactly) in the present instance, but with a slight alteration we might say " in the midst of mirth observe the Jester." Friday next is devoted to the benefit of that prince of jesters, Jackson. It would really be superfluous in us to speak of his merits. Three seasons among our townsmen must have convinced the most fastidious that as a Clown; using the words of our immortal Bards, "We never shall look upon his like again." It is true, says Wallet, that he is but the gatherer and disposer of other men's stuff, but yet he so gathers and disposes of it, that wise men glean, and meaner men may reap, an usefnl lesson. We trust his patrons on the night will be in the ascendant. CELEBRATION OF ST. PATRICK'S DAY.—The celebration of St. Patrick's clay (the 17th of March) will take place as usual in the Concert-hall to-morrow night, but more than usual efforts have been made to render the solemnisation interesting and effective. The chair will be taken by the Rev. James Nugent, and among the speakers of the evening will be Mr. John Francis Maguire, M.P. for Dungarvon, and author of a work which has created much controversy of late, " Rome, its Ruler and its Institutions." Mr. Maguire promised, although at considerable inconvenience, to attend the soiree, and a letter received from him yesterday by the Rev. Mr. Nugent, announced that he was fully resolved to keep his promise. Mr. Maguire is by far the most able and generally respected member of the Irish party in the House of Commons, and his presence will no doubt prove a source of much attraction in the celebration of to-morrow evening. _ _ BANKRUPTCY .COURT, Yesterday.—(Before Mr. Com missioner Perry)—ln re SMITH AND MlLLS.—These bank rupts, who are stationers at. Chester, and proprietors of the Chester Observer, again came up and applied to pass their examination. Mr. Massey appeared for the assignees ; Mr. Payne for a creditor, and Mr. Pemberton on behalf of the bankrupts. Mr. Massey stated that their examination had been adjonrned on the last occasion in consequence of the bankrupt Mills having some hesitation in signing the memorandum of his having made a full disclosure of his estate, and now having made inquiries, he understood they were prepared to pass. several witnesses were examined as to their knowledge of any goods . belonging to the estate which had not come into the hands of the official assignee, but nothing was elicited detrimental to the bankrupts, who were allowed to pass. The certificate sitting was appointed for the 11th of April. CORONER'S COURT. —Yesterday, inquests were held in the following cases :---On the body of Ellen Shields, wife of Peter Shields, a ropemaker, residing at 27, Holborn street, Low-hill. It would appear that on Monday, Shields and his wife were out together, drinking. Shields left her, and returned home. In the evening his wife was brought home by a neighbour, the worse for liquor. The husband had gone to bed, and, on coming down stairs at half-past seven, he found her lying on !the hearth-stone, quite dead. The Jury, taking into consideration that the woman had been labouring under a violent attack of asthma, returned a verdict of " Died from natural causes." On the body of Elizabeth Beans, eight weeks old. It seemed that the mother of the Child had been out that day on some business. She;was returning home up St. James's-street, when the child gave a peculiar cry. She thought it was through cold, and she wrapped it well up, round the body and head, and put it to the breast. `On arriving home in Longville-street, Toxteth-park, she found that the child was dead. Verdict, "Accidentally suffocated." THE LIVERPOOL FESTIVAL CHORAL SOCIETY.---ThiSlollg established society gave their sixty-fourth public perform ance last night. " The pieces selected, were Handel's Serenata, " A — cis and Gafatea." The Music in Macbeth, and some of Sir 'Henry Bishop's choruses. The principal singers were Miss Whitham, Mr. John W. Morgan, from Rochester Cathedral; Mons. Napoleon Nono, and Mr. Cuzner. Mr. Baetens led the band, and Sanders conducted, Mr. Best also played a solo on the organ. It is not to be expected that every performance of a society like . this should be uniformly good, and we must admit that last night was not one of the most successful. The known principals were the best---the novelties scarcely strong enough for the work set down for them. The music dragged, and more energy was required to give effect to what - ha.4 a teudency to — become heavy Whitham was the most equal to what was demanded of her, and next to her Mr. Cuzner, but we must do Mons. Nono the justice to say, that he sang " Would you pin the tender creature," with far more spirit than was_evinced in any other part of the performance. Mr. J. W. Morgan's voice is weak and veiled ; not attractive qualities in a tenor. The choruses were not quite so steady as we have heard them on several occasions, and there was some defects in the orchestral portion, which, however, we are told, arose from defective copies of the facts, which occasioned some doubts in the performance. These things should be looked to by somebody, for it is not fair that the performers should be thus placed at a disadvantage with the public. The hall was tolerably full, and so hot that two ladies fainted. This can also be attended to another time. THE WONDERFUL PASSAGE OF THE FINE SHIP DREAD- NOUGHT.—In Monday's paper, we gave a copy of the log of the world renowned clipper, the Dreadnought, and certainly it was a prophetic name to give her when she was built, and one which she has amply sustained, for she has done her work in the teeth of elementary difficulties, that have baffled most other ships. Frequently as we have had to "chronicle her almost electric voyages, there are a few facts connected with her recent success, that ought to be known. In fact, the vessel had been scarcely missed from the port, when her arrival back from New York was announced. Her passage even beat her former rapid runs, and beat most steam vessels. She made the run in thirteen days eight hours, and but for the fog, and the bad weather in the Channel, she would have done it twenty-four hours or more sooner. A very curious fact too, is that on her way back she met _ several vessels some way from Cape Clear, that had sailed from this port with her, on her outwaro o voyage, that had not got further yet. This proves two things, that Captain Samuels, the respectable commander of the vessel, is equal to the ship, and that she is jnst the thing for him. He would, we believe, make even a slow ship dance through the water. It is also a curious fact that early in 1854, we prognosticated that the Dreadnought would beat all other clippers afloat, and from that time to the present she has done so. She has made 18 voyages in that time, and her average passages are found to be wes t war d, or ou t 21, days, and eastward, or home, 17. She rat 387 miles in 24 hours, drawing 21 feet 7 inches water, and always delivered her cargo in perfect order. We think these facts ,speak suffi ciently for the ship and captain Salamis, aild, prove both equal to any task, TIDE LATEST TELEGRAMS• THE PAPAL STATES• ROME, March 13.—The Pope has announced bef°ll the Consistory that he did not claim the fulfilmeut of the demand for the evacuation of the Papal State: His only intention was to prevent a collision of Or e two Catholic empires on his :own dominions. Pope also said, he had. entrusted his destiny to P r vidence, and that orders- have been given for P bie prayers for the maintenanee of peace. s ' -- GERMANY. Tuesday.--The Manheini journal state; Ministers of War of those states wilic furnish contingents to eight corps c r a r,nce Of the federal army, had held a conference.. BERLIN that the NAPLES. The an operation on the thigh, but the fever till ,c?ait NAPLES 4arch 15 I n dere° King h tinues The Duke of Calabria presiJes councils of ministers in which the ordina touching public business are discussed PIEDMONT. The Independente of Turin, enumerates number of volunteers who have come over fry; . _ neighbouring States to serve in the Piedniontes: army, and classes them as follows :—From and Venice, 1,331 ; Parma and Piacenza, 576 dena, 480; Tuscany, 34; Romagna., 8 ; Hungari'7; 2 ; Corsica, 1. Fornlillg Switzerland, 2; Sicily, _ total of 2,363. It adds that there arc amongol. triliv 264 landed proprietors ; 454 students ; 409 of ', ° , le , liberal professions ; and 1,037 artisans, b e " 4 peasants. RUSSIA. It is reported at Berlin that a communicati on n . 1 1; been received from the Russian Cabinet pro 10' support to Prussia and England in their to procure a peaceful solution of existing difficu' THE FRENCH FUNDS. n otO PARIS, Tuesday, 15th March, 'l2 20 commenced at 67 95, and fell immediately ¢4 Waids to 67 85. 117 pm.—The Bourse o pens c he t flat, Rentes, •67 85, with a tendency ta.9 decline. ,3 23 p.m.—Bourse closes hess.yr R : e : g 67 70 for Money, and 67 65 for Account- per cent. lower. Railway Shares lower 2 to 7 e /111 FOREIGN INTELLIGEO' FRANCE. PARIS, Monday, 6 p.m.—lt is reported th— the talked of note for the Moniteur will be P - ell instead of warlike. If lam asked whether Z s ' i f I credit to the story, I should say quite as ranc h fts ite was told it would be warlike, because I alp n' t the sure that, as matters stand at this itionl r ei tug 6 mysterious personage who inspires the 3 0 ". 0 t 0 and. who guides the hand th a t pens those note' knows exactly what h e h a d b es t say We 115 ' ffi *ce i sio° so many contradicti ons i n th e 'semi-official that have by turns puzzled and irritated the P fu'„ that one does not k now w h a t t o believ e focti, instance, here is the sol e m n de c l ara tion P ut in the, celebrated pamphlet, Napole°l" 1)1 et 1' Italie : " Nevertheless, Piedmont cannot remain `„ 1 0 •;"/', great peril at the point she now is. She e s "; c itt,`," l vain have taken the lead in the Italian movel l 'i ti te!: order to draw back afterwards. It is abs° EO:f necessary that she shall find means of gic . `" v aj faction to the hopes she has excited und er l i er", i t losing all influence in Italy, and of being . n re!.: e r outstripped by the passions which her '1 'l.c/1 popularity only restrains." • fi ~t Nothing can be clearer. The condition Xll t, Piedmont is renders it impossible that she declare war against Austria. Compare , ri et `; " this statement about the perilous condition Oll mont with the famous note in th e Monita r .re B'o l a week ago "In the presence of disquietudes without foundation (anal londee) we liketio. I : i „its and which have agitated the _public nail" s t olv A rl mont, the Emperor proinised the King 01 . t he p d it to defend him against any aggressive act ° P e fi of Austria. He had promised nothing 11a°1" foe is known he will keep his word." AOl l . Jot' ) In truth, matters are in a bad couu ;# .,L i ep Emperor evidently had no t su ffi c i e ntly IT. did. l i l l account the feelings of the French people , ,,; understand the change effected for some tii . "„poni. their character. He did not dream of the °r o c tef ooi l that would be offered to the grand schcol e , he 11 , 0 1 of torial aggrandizement for Piedmont by and treasures of France. He did not 111 - e ' tss l3 :., l ls his.ground before he entered into thes P i e rr t ile ments. It is only now he sees that th e s° oik h ir produced by the minister of the Inter /0 0 f Prefects by his orders to get up a shoo' . 0 tope siasm, has bee n . s till more d ec id e d oppes it . l cs , f,ll l, war from the peopl e an d th e i r represent ej people, on who m th e b ur d en o f the Israe f , 0, 111 .i$ begin to ask, was it f or th ese thi n gs that V - 7 line Prince Louis Napoleon Bonaparte Ernper c4 ;ioo , ° f .is to repair the inj ur y i n fli c t e d 'b y th e rev olll , 1%P:;0$ urge them to a wild chase after adventur es c i are h 0 11 to do battle for oppr esse d na ti ona lties, e n Ifiv - tllc their wishes and their wa n t s em broil the'.scitll t he Europe for a cause which is not their s % e petl t de i r barren assurance that he will only (t P p l ) " °" - A P last words of the speech from the Thr° ll „ - I c aee' pr; an account of his acts to God, to his cen's: a t til e d to posterity ?" They naturally think t_° Saje,. A 0 sent generation have some claim to li s ter es*o l consideration, and are quite as much ,I P bc , these matters as their posterity can hell 4 . pea these things are heard you suppose 013 " fi c to' Te d is becoming general. . . I believe that M. Cavoues,. or ra tilt d e ee d• ! ‘ O 3 , Emmanuel's position in Italy is critical /11010100 thousands of revolutionists of every o ldis el ed denomination, the free lancers an d fro/ 11 10 1 P fortune that have gathered in Piedm ont a re .Is' ter quarter at the signs of the coming Ava l;ot - Y 0 if they are baulk e d, t o g i ve the irapruu ti ble• A and the ambitio us Ki ng a g ood deal of OP t cle*:, Brea a le e are they to be got rid of ? 3 g All peaceable men here feel that di r tl o ee' V depends on England at this moment, O A witb add that no man has ever been expected . Y anxious impatience'than Lord Cowley so s o ad o r The Memorial Diplam a ti qu e publ. hick it t e on the politics of the week, •/1 1 of ti " ce d several proofs of the pacific intentio trian Government.. uallY cc o le° ll ol l The Memorial Diplomatique is e q,. or of the pacific intentions of the En l P e- o te kit e t it t The 'Week condemns the pacific n ote ths l r ob lished by the Moniteur, and b el Y t ion cif inspired .by an incorrect ,aPPr ecia opinion. --., ii ONITEUR" ON THE ~ 0 1 THE ~ Aff pvtat IN GERMANY. 1 • tO r "cer 15 f 1 3 PARIS, Tuesday.—The Monitor of this ° tili publishes a fresh article, stating that riictil tit ° many ast now presents an appearance both cw eif o -i . onishing. France has occupied hers, fr .alarming state of affairs in Italy I n c re I , n , concert with the Allies, and " t . i ) ,i' L'aropcan tranquiljty. It Li i111r06,1