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PICKLES, SAUCES, JAMS, &c., Prepared exprermly for Exportation. hv EVERY & CO., 35 South John-oreet. THE LIVERPOOL REFORMATORY INSTITUTION. MMITTEE John Crop Rev. RPctmr J. S. 3lansfie William Ratl George Holt. Harmood Sal J. A. Tobin, JohnVybera Samuel Holm Samuel Mart J. P. Palmer, Charles Lang John Clint, Esq., John Aikin, Esq, I Rev. F. Bishop, Thos D. Anderson, Esq., -sq., J. Wakefield Cropper, Esc) Captain Schomberg, R.N. John North, Esq William Mann, I J. R. Brougham, ,ry Romi S. R. Graves. Esq., In, Esq., Samuel Rattibene, E The following cirri porters of the Instit h December, 11 ' Sir,-A lion, I beg to ha I the lief, the ' AkbarS, es and Re Governme cit is now ready for the reception ) has cart about .el6OO ; and as the se of maintaining the School (besides what the aliows) will be considerable, the Committee earnestly eral aid towards the Funds of this Important I asti- Contributions can be paid either to Afessrs. Arthur Heywood, eons, and Co , bankers ; or to your obedient servant, raomAs o• ANDERSON, Treasurer." ttee hope in the spring to commence a Reforma tory on land for Boys, as well as one for GUIs, if their funds will allow them to do so. The Comm )ONATIONS AND SUBSCRIPTIONS ALREADY RECEIVED DONATIONS. d. 000 0 100 0 0 10 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 21 0 0 100 0 0 109 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 102 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 Town Counci The Right Hon. I James Aspinall 'T Esq., ex-Mayor ry Florifall, Esq., M.P. ,q., R e corder of Liverpc gomintrcfal c4altg. THIS DAY irokers naged L S. R. Gra H. Ran, T. D. A Charles Jonathan Will ia Charles Langton James tieezley, I Philip Rawson, Jolla Clint, Esq. Charles Forget, ] Messrs. Humble Rev. Thomas Ca J. P. Primer, E: Charles Shaw, F John Alkio, F'sq. B. H. Jones, E.c G. H. Thorrip.on, J. B. Ll9O, E-,q. J. Stewart. Esq., R. A. M•Fie, Esq S J Esq., Joseph C. Ewfut, Mr. Willia Rathhone, Mr Samuel R athbone Mrs. Samuel Itathbone John Woodruff, Etq... William Rathbone, Esq. John Crnppe H. Banner, 1 J. B. Branck .1.3 Mansfield q s a, Esq John Wy Rector Camp John Woodruff Sa•nuel Julia C The First Annual Meetin at the To ,, in the cha Worship On the mo ion of the Rev. Rector CAMPBELL, s,conded by Wm. BROWN, Esq., M.P.. it was resolved —" That the report of the secretary be .ead, printed, and circulated under the direction of the commttee." On the motion of Mr. MANSFIELD, the stipendiary rrastistrate, seconded by Mr. S. H (mat R. it was resolved --•' That this association, viewinu: with concern, the continued increase in the number of juve 10e cr.mioals, and believing a course of reformatory discipline, as now proposed to be carried out in this lwality in a schoil frigate, to be succeeded by land reformatories as funds accumulate, is the heat mode of dealing with those who otherwise become hardened in crime mittals to prison, earnestly appeal to the public to rai'y with funds in order to establish and carry on hbourhood." supply t the hist! it this neig ons require C. EWA RT, q., seconded by J. A. Tom win? gentlemen constitute bell; J. S Ma/Wield, Esq. ; Win. Harwood Banner, Esq. ; J. A. Esq. ; Sam. Esq., it was resolved —" That the fc the committee . ftey. Rector Carni Rathbone, Esq.; George Holt. Esq Tobin, Esq. ; John Wybergh, jun.. Mart.n. Esq. ; Chari..s Langton, Esq. ; Hugh Hornby, Esq.; John North, Esq.; Willi em Mann, Esq.; Henry Rornilly, E,q.; .6. R. G. ayes, E4q. ; John Clint, Esq.; John Atkin, Esq.; Rev. F BI hop; Captan ccitomberr, R.N.; Samuel Rathbone, Esq.; J. Wakefield Cropper, Esq. ; J. P. P•lmer, Esq.; J. Woodruff, Esq.; T. D. Anderson, EAq., treasurer; John Cropper, Esq., and James R. Brougham, se •retaries." Sam, H ;Im,, Tit ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION TO THE NORTHERN DAILY TIKES Is TWO GUINEAS PER ANNUM. EVENING EDITION t ur An Evening Edition of the NORTHERN DAILY TIMER is now Published every Afternoon, at Three o'clock, eontaining the Abricets, together with an the News of the up to the hour of going to Press (T) he Lathan 'VEDA' E 8 D AY , JANUARY 30, 1850 mover nts iu the diplomatic world entious the intelligence from the nuch like one of TERRY from Stoney batter, de- ing incidents of a w of t air. A. Britis imp in these days and indescribable must, indeed, present a strand An inactiv ).000 men can ,TIM y o falling into every species of 1, whatever demoralisation has taken scarce , disord kept from ranks, must be attributed solely to That drunkenness should have found its way into the camp, is not surprising ; and, if it most dangerous of all breaches of were not th e—as dangerous to the whole the drunkard individually —we offence which is the least of all rcumstan s in which our military dis army as believe it to be an punishab under ti 1 placed for the last fivo mouths. When the correspondent of the London Times drew attention to the prevailing inebriety gallant troops On Funk No. 8 a WILLI are all-p, Crimea r 0' DRISCOLL'S d scribing a fel Donnybrook held on Tue.day. the 2gth inst e Mayor,JOl4? STEWART, Esq q.. M.P. NORTHERN TIMES.--LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 30, 1868. in our camp, the new Commander-in-Chief, Sir WILLIAM CODRINGTON, undertook to set the public right on the subject. In a spatch dated the 27th of December. the general says—" Returns are now in my gallant possession from every regiment of all cases of drunkenness tried,by court-martial, as well as those waled at the orderly rooms, for the months of September, October, and November. It was during this time that arrears of field allowance, ceived as back " more than 2/. each man, were r " pay, besides 10,000 receiving additi, " pay, and yet the result is that, including artillery, and infantry, the number of cases of ial working sappers unken ss, (and there are many more than the men d days y MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL. LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY EVENING. The, tone of the Cotton Market continues very firm, and although there is an ample supply, the activ3 demand gives sellers the advantage in price. The Sales to day have been 10,000 bales, and in clude 3,000 taken for speculation and export. The Liverpool Share Market has fluctuated to day about one half per cent., closing, however, rather firmer than at one time during the day, in consequence of the declaration of another operator for the Bear account —Aberdeen, 121 121. Chester and Birkenhead, 13 131. Caledonian, 281 281. Chester and Holyhead, 121 131. Eastern Counties, 9 1-16 9'3-16. East Lancashire, 181 18:. Great Nor thern, 23. 1 , 23:4. Ditto A, 91- 9-1,. Great Western, 58 59. Lancashire and Yorkshire Stock 81 $l.l. Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport, 15 151. London and North Western Stock, 984 981. Manchester, Sheffield and Lincoln, 251 25i. Ditto Preference, 13 5-16 13 7 16. Ditto New 6 per cent Pref., 1 ap. Midland Stock, 691 693. North British, 7 11-16 7 13-16. North Stsffoidshire, 7/ 71d. South Eastern, 18 7-16 181. York, New castle, and Berwick, 18 181. York and North Mid land, 244 241 Leeds Capital Stock, 11 141. Dutch Rhenish, 13-16 x all 15-16 p. Ditto New Shares, 2 3-16 21p. Great Western of Canada, 26 26k. Ditto New Shares, 3 7-16 3 9-16 p. Great Luxem bourg, SI 8.1 ; d The Li )rn Market has been dull to-clay, at a decline of ld to 2d per . Flour was is 6d per barrel find sack and holders of most articles were anxious LATEST INTELLIGENCE. SECOND EDITION. ♦ SWEDISH PREPARATIONS FOR WAR From Hamburgh, under date of the 28th inst a despatch has been received announcing that the War Administration of Sweden has just withdrawn 1,100,000 francs from the Treasury, to be applied to the urgent defence of that Kingdom THE FRENCH FUNDS PARIS, TUESDAY EVENING To-day the final quotations at the close c business on the Bourse were as follows :--Four per Cents., 95f 35e. ; Three per Cents., 69f. 93 THE WEST INDIA MAILS (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) SOUTHAMPTON, JAN. 30 The steam-ship Atrato has just arrived. She livings sixty-two passengers, and 700,000 dollars in specie. _ Her dates are Grey Town, Jan. 4; Havana, Jan ; Jamaica, Jau. ; PUft() Rico, Jan. 14; St The Mexican mails and specie were left behind, on account of bad weather. The Emperor of Hayti having loSt the frontiers of St. Domingo, and given battle, was completely defeated. Busi ness is dull at Port au Prince. At Jamaica the Sugar market was depressed. We learn that peace reigns in Chili, and that the mining pros pects were good. From Australia we learn that rich veins of quartz have been discovered twenty miles from Geelong, and that there was a great mass of persons at the spot. There has been an earthquake in New Zealand. The islands are reported to be healthy, with the exception of Porto Rico, where the cholera was raging. Business in general was flat throughout the whole of the colonies. is a little above one man in two r compan, estimated at This s )ne hundred atement placed the whole ques- before the country in an intelligible form keeording to Sir WILLIAM CODRINGTON's showing, that t nnmber of crimes of drunkenness was the above one man in twc lays per company timated at one hundred men," we should be justified in inferring that each company would be drunk in less than two hundred days, and that the whole army would be tried by court the orderly rooms to , or appear iat period to [number 50,000 men, anything over one per cent. in two a considerable fraction over 230 cases of drunkenness in the ranks each day —a number quite sufficient to attract considerable attention in the area of a camp. But, Sir WILLIAM CODRINGTON does not appear to have been impressed with the full magnitude of his ures, and feeling indignant at the charge, he hurls it back on the country from whence it came. For he says in the same despatch, doubt there are many facilities in all these open crowded camps for drunken men to get in without being I:seen ; no doubt they do so and escape observation. But suppose we dcuble, or treble, the amount of these numbers which are taken from official returns, and I suspect the army will bear a compaifson with many towns, " many villages, and many populations of Great " Britain." Now, we have too much respect for official returns to think of doubling or trebling em to justif a most illtimed comparison, or to slur over the demoralising effects of a long season of inaction on the part of a British army, with an enemy before them, whom they were capable of attacking, and ought to have defeated if not anni hilated. If Sir WILLIAM C3DRINGTON is not to blame for the suspension of active military opera tions, which is the true source of the evil com plained of, it must be attributed to the political spirit which directs the war, and not to the natural viciousness of the British soldier, or people from whose numbers our heroic armies are taken. If we were to double, or treble, the number of cases of drunkenness in our army, we should have the whole camp reeling in one hun dred days, and the whole army tried by court martial, or passed through the orderly rooms every six or eight weeks. We can scarcely believe this is the impression Sir WILLIAM CODRINGTON wished to make on the public mind at home. When drunkenness first appeared in the ranks under his command, why did he not prohibit the sale of spirits and intoxi• eating drinks? and, instead of punishing men for drinking maddening and poisonous liquors, inflict heavy fines on their vendors, and banish them from the Crimea? A Commander-i Chief has the power of doing this; and where it is not done, every reasonable man will see where the blame lies. Let tho soldier have every comfort, every neces sary, his extra pay, his rational amusement, but, in the name of all that is just, cut off that which injures his health, undermines his moral courage, Ind exposes him to the horrors of the lash, and an ignominious death for neglect of the sacred duty antrusted to him, when on duty as a sentinel, or when called upon to take his place in the moment Df battle. Military commanders in the present lay may well copy the " Great Duke," where a country's militar presto lie field is concerned ; and in dispensing rith the lash, they need not be at all afraid f following the example of the late Lord RAGLAN. That humane man conducted the whole siege rting to corporeal punishment ; and in the immediate presence of foreigners, amongst whom the lash is not known, we think its use is very inexpedient. It has already led to one mutiny in a regiment of the G'rman legion, on board a transport bound for the East; and if we are to have camps composed of different nations, 'stand ing side by side, we must endeavour to assimilate our punishments to those of equally warlike countries—if our alliance is to be looked upon as barely respectable. The charge of drunkenness against our army did not originate in these columns ; and we have waited impatiently for some days for our cotemporary, the London Times, to answer SIR WILLIAM CODRINGTON9 on behalf of its Crimean correspo n d ent. But since the leading journal" has not deigned to use the Commander-in-Chief's statistic, to prove the truth of its correspondent's allegations, we could nolonger resist noticing the official disclosures, and pointing out, what we humbly conceive to be, the natural remedy for the extraordinary evils our cotempo rary was the first to bring to light. without res THE COURT WINDSOR, JAN. 28.—Prince Albert, attended by Colonel F. H. Seymour, left Windsor at 9 o'clock this morning, and visited Aldershott Camp. The Prince returned to the Castle at a quarter before four. A dramatic performance took place at the Castle in the evening. A comedy, in three acts, by Mr. Tom Taylor, entitled " Still Waters run deep," and a farce, in one act, by Mr. J. M. Morton, entitled " A Game of Romps," were selected, and the parts were filled according to the following programme : STILL WATERS RUN DEEP, - - Mr. Pott er Captain H aw k s l ey John Mildmay Dunbilk ..... . . . . M Ai r r. . A p l a f n re:cl ers Wigan Langford ....... Mr. Coney Markham Mr, J. H. White Gimlet ........ .... Mr. H. Cooper Jessop .... .......... Mr. Franks Servant 11 ...... . ... Mr. Rogerson Mrs. lrs. M ll i e l e d t l:ay rSte . .rn..h.Old.. .. ... . . Miss Maskell • °m Dr. Rhododendrum .. la ......... cop Romps .. • A • m i.r Julian M The I ; Marchioness ivet.. : ... . . .. ... . .'. . . ..... .. Mr, s. F. Matthews Violet Miss M. Tertian Blanche ........ Miss Heath Jeannette Miss Murray About eight o'clock the Queen and Prince Albert, 't the Prince of Wales, th e P r i ncess Royal, Prince Alfwreldh, the Princess Alice, and o t h er mem b ers of the Royal Family, enter , d St. George's Hall, attended by the Ladies and Gentlemen in Waiting. The Queen and the Prince were accompanied by the Duchess of Kent, the Earl and Countess Stanhope, Lord and Lady John Russell, Lord and Lady Stanley of Alderley, Lady Fanny Howard, Baroness de Speth, the Bight Hon. William and the Hon. Mrs. Cowper, the Right Hon. Thomas B. Macaulay, the Right Hon. T. Pemberton Ltigh, Admiral the lion. R. S. Dundas, Sir James Clark, Major-General Sir Richard Airey, and Major- General Dupuis. The performances commenced on the entrance of her Majesty and the royal party. Refresh ments were served to her Majesty's guests in the Music Gallery. MADAME CONSTANTINI'S CONCERT Under the patronage of the members of the Borough, St. George's Hall was opened last night, for the first Grand Concert, given by Madame Constantini, whose pre ceding fame was established locally by the enthusiastic plaudits of a densely crowded, but not less discriminating, audience. The prestige of the fair vocalist ensured that which was to the letter fulfilled, a fell attendance of her fellow townsmen, and still more of her townswomen, and hence the adventitious aid of the public announcement of the patronage of members of parliament, an arena seldom accustomed to harmonious sounds, was superfluous. We know not whether either of our senatorial representatives were present, but we can assure them had they been so, they would have found in St. George's. Hall, last night a most pleasing symphony to the labours which to-morrow will be opened to them by another, but still regal, programme. Of the audience assembled last night, it is gratifying to repeat that the numbers were multitudinous, and not less discriminating their taste and judgment, It now behoves us to allude to the performances which elicited the manifestations of both those desiderata. It would be an idle task to run through the programme in the order in which it was set out, and, indeed, were we so disposed, our space prohibits the prolix task. We may dismiss it with a passing encomium upon the judgmete: which dictated the selection of which it was composed. Divested of orchestral accompaniments, the vocalists who appeared were the prima donna, Madame Constantini, Mr. H. Braham, Signor Veroni, and, though " last not least in our esteem," that gem of ballad minstrels, Mr. George Perren. Madame Constantini made her debut (for the es ening) in the Scene and Cavatina, from Bellini's opera of " Norma," already well known, and popularly appreciated under the lineal annonce " Casta Diva." If the fair songstress failed at ull, it was in the absence of the orchestral accompaniments, to which we have already adverted, and which are so essential to the effect necessary even to a Concert-room outline of the lyric drama. A piano-forte accompaniment, however efficient, is incomplete to assist in the effects necessary to accomplish the designs of the great composer, Bellini. Hence, the greater the triumph achieved last night by Madame Constantini, who rendered the recitative with immense effect, and concluded the cave tine, in which a descending chromatic scale was strikingly introduced, and executed in a manner which drew down long and well deserved plaudits. As a whole, we never heard the music better sung even by Miss Adelaide Kemble, who established a claim to lyric renown in that character, the same extent as those whose patronymic she bore, and from whom she had descended, had woa histronic laurels. Madame Constantini again appeared in the first part, and with Mr. George Perren, gave a well kna ein duet from " Sonnam bula," with the most exciting effect. Again she took part and led in the quartetto from " Lucia di Lammermoor," In a manner which fully established her fame in the difficelt art of which she must be pronounced, as undoubtedly she h, a brilliant and distinguished expositor and ornament. But her triumph of the evening was accom plished in her enurciation of the recitative and scene from Tully's new cantata, founded on the taking of Seha - itopol. The sublime effect with which the last stanza, concluding with the words, " Sehastr.,aol is ours," was inueed a chef d'oeuvre, of which Liverpool may be proud. We are old er ough to rejoicein the development of these specimens of our old masters, which some may think out of f ishion, Of this class we may mention the somewhat antique ballad of Shield's, "The Thorn," which was rendered by Mr. Geo. Perren with a chasteness and accuracy which ought to revive its pristine popularity. An encore deservedly rewarded the vocalist, in this as well as in his subsequeet solo, "My pretty Jane," which won enthusiastic plaudits. The name of Braham, and the fame - which historically is attached to it, suffered no deterioration by the vocalism of Mr. Hamilton Braham last night. His embodiment of Dulcamara's buffo song, from the " Elisir d'Amore" was most artistically given in the Eng lish instead of the German version of the author of the original libretto. Mr. Braham, was deservedly applauded, and in this as well as his other efforts fully established his claim to the name which ever must hold a piece in the annals of British musical renown. It would be invidious did we omit to make honourable mention of the exertions of Mrs. Mathewsland it would be equally unjust to exclude from our hurried category those of Signor Veroni. To both lady and gentleman we would pay the just tribute of our praise, and turn to offer an equal tribute to the instru mentalists who eo much contributed to the perfection of the evening's entertainments. Master Radcliffe, in his flute solos, evinced a close rivalry with tne performers on the same difficult instrument, of whose concertos he last night was the exponent. The young gent'eman achieved a perfect success, and retired from the orchestra in which he had distinguished himself, amidst genuine applause, To say that Mr. W. F. Best presided at the organ is only to announce that Weber's overture, " Preoiosa," was execu ted with sublime effect by him upon the magnificent instru ment of which he is so perfectly the master. An " Andanto," with variations, his own composition, with extraordinary pedal effects, which opened the second part of the concert, was astounding. We have hurried a few lines to record an event of which the concert of last night is but the exordium, and when we express the delight we experienced, we but furnish an echo to the whole mass of the auditory. and we hope that the repetition of the pleasures of last night, under the same auspices, will not be long deferred. ALARMING ILLNESS OF THE LORD LIEUTENANT OF IRE LAND.—A. d despatch from Dublin, dated yesterday, announcing that the Lord Lieutenant, the Earl of Car lisle is seriously ill, has reached us. We sincerely trust that the intelligence we are constrained to publish, may prove to he somewhat exaggerated. That this estimable nobleman has for some time suffered from indis position, the public is already aware, but we entertain, in common with our fellow-countrymen, sincere trust that his life is not in danger. LOSS OF £2OO IN A LIVERPOOL BANK.—SINGULAR CIRCUMSTANCE.—A gentleman, whose name it is at pre sent unnecessary to mention, yesterday lost £2OO in the following singular manner. He went into one of the local banks to deposit about £4OO, of which £2OO was in notes, and the remainder in gold and silver. While engaged in counting the gold, he placed the notes on the counter beside him, a person standing near—the bank being crowded at the time—touched him on the shoulder, and on his looking round, called his attention to the beautiful effect of the decorations of the ceiling. The gentleman looked up, in obedience to this kindly sug otfhey the had notespositively orarchitecturew the person who is presumed to have taken th em h as yet beens a sug gestion, and having fully admired the artistic eff ec t, looked down again. His feelings underwent a very dis azrecable change, when be discovered that his n o t es an d his polite acquaintance had both disappeared. E very de t trace whatever was ofn ornamentalva i vain—they " enquiry likewiseg disappeared, aftero and ae. t h en thev.ooatm discovered. _ _ FUNERAL or DR. Baowx.--The remains of Dr. Brown, Roman Catholic Bishop of Liverpool, were yester. day interred at St. Oswald's Church, Old Swan. The body had lain in state in Capperas.hill Chapel for the last two days, and yesterday, at twelve o'cicck, a large number of the Roman Catholic clergy, including four bishops, attended, and assisted at a Requiem Mass, which was celebrated by tha coadjutor bishop, Dr. Goss. When the ceremony was concluded, tale body was removed in a hearse, followed by twelve mourning coaches, and a large number of clergy, who attended it to the grave. 5 0 o 5 0 1 1 0 sellers There has been a better feeling in the Manches ter goods market to-day, and a fair inquiry has been experienced for both goods and yarns, and for the latter rather better prices were obtained. Accounts from Vienna give a very 'satisfactory report of the state of affairs on the Bourse, and the effect of the late pacific news has given new life to the capitalists and speculators there. 5 per cent Metallics ere above 82, and all other securi ties show continued firmness at advanced quota tions. The stock of the New Bank of Credit is in request, and also that of the French Society, who purchased the Austrian Railways. It is said that the former is likely to obtain the monopoly of salt and tobacco (at present held by the government) upon favourable terms. Also that amongst the ulterior financial prospects of Baron Bruck, he intends to consign the conveyance of mails and messages throughout the empire to the French Railway Society, and that the system shall be organised on the model of the Imperial Messa- genie of France. Intelligence from Madrid announces that the minister of finance has been entering into negocia tions with the bank of St. Ferdinand to obtain advances on the remaining portion of the clergy lands unsold, and which appeared in the budget for 1856. The sum obtained is 65 millions of reals, at the rate of 6-1 per cent. interest. This negocia tion has been concluded on better terms, although of the same character as that obtained by the Minister Bravo Murirlo. At a special general meeting of the proprietors of the City Bank, numerously attended, held at the London Tavern to-da3, —Sir Robert Carden, chairman of the Board of Directors, in the chair —the directors were authorised to increase the capital to the extent of 7,000 shares of 1001. each. The chairman stated that the directors would exercise the power so conferred in such a way, and at such times, as the interest of the bank should dictate. The English Funds to-day have not fully maintained their late rise. Prices closed k tot per cent. lower than yesterday, the quotations being 91 7-16 91 916. The decline was mainly attributable to an increased and unusual pressure for money in the Stock Exchange. This has oc casioned renewed applications forloans at the bank, and some stringency in Lombard-street. and elsewhere. The rate for money in the Consul Market has risen from 6 7 to 7 per cent., and, in several instances, even 8 per cent. was paid. The pressure is to some extent explained by the arrangements for the settlement of the account in Railway Share and Foreign, Stocks Markets. Although lower in price, the Funds retain great firmness of character. At Paris, the Bourse continues to show buoyancy. A fresh rise of t to ', l ,ths per cent was to day established in the 3 per cents. All the other Continental Stock Markets are also rising rapidly. The appearance of the Foreign Exchange this afternoon was leather less favourable, especeially as regards Paris. The following are the closing quotations of Foreign Exchanges :—Amsterdam short, 11 17 to 11 17k. Do. Three Mouths, 11 19$ to 12. Rotterdam, Do., 11 19; to 121. Antwerp, Do., 25 50 to 25 60. Brussels, Do., 25 50 to 25 60. Hamburg„ Do., 13 9; to 13 10k. Paris, Short, 25 25 to 25 31. Do., Three Months, 25 65 to 25 722. Mar. Do., 25 65 to 25 724. Frankfort. Do., Vienna, Do., 10 5. to 10 59. Trieste seille Do , 10 58 to 11 3. Petersburg, D.,., 351 to 36. Madrid, Do., 49,1 to 401 The Railway Share Market to-Jay was well supported at the late rise, notwithstanding the arrange ments for the settlement. The priees closed as follows :—Caledonian, 56,-1 :574. Eastern Counties, 91-i- 9/. East Lancashire, 72 74 Great Northern, 94 93. Ditto A, 79 80. Great - Western, 57/ 48. Lanca shire and Yorkshire, 80 . 4 81. London and North Western, 98i 98/. Manchester, Sheffield. and Lincolnshire, 251 25/. Midland Stock, 691 , 691. North British, 301 31. South Eastern and Dover, 61/ 61/. York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 73i 74i. York and North Midland, 48/ 491. LONDON GAZETTE ALBERT MEW, Upper • -street, Islington, licensed viotualler. ROBERT HUGHES, Bury, Lancashire, paper manufacturer. JO37TH CLAYWORTH, Gracrchurh-street, City, poulterer. SAMUEL BENTLEY, Woodhouse, Lecester shire, dealer in general hosiery. JOHN HENRY TRUSCOTT, Sutherland-terrace, East Brixton, Surrey, stationer. BENJ. FARMER, Bristol, builder. HENRY FAIRWEATHER, Nor- wich, upholsterer and cabinet maker. SAMUEL EAR'VES, Oldbury, Worcestershire, draper, GEORGE WELLS, Wor cester, licensed victualler. Gito. THOMAS BATE, West Bromwich, Staffordshire, grocer and provision merchant. WILD lAM SHIRCLTFF, Longborougb, and Quorndord, Leicestershire, manufacturer of hosiery. JAMES FRASER, Lower Thames-street, wine, spirit, and beer merchant. Jsmas REYNOLDS Gummow, Wrexham, Denbighshire, builder. FRA.XCIS Dusx.E. Willand, Devonshire, innkeeper. Euw. LEECE, Whittle-le-Woods, Lancashire, cotton spinner and manufacturer. THE WAn ComstmEE.—Yeaterday, a meeting of Cabi net Ministers was held at the War Department --there were present Viscount Palmerston, Lord Panmure, Earl Gran ville, Sir George Grey and Sir Charles Wood. There were also present his . Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, Sir Edmund Lyons, Admiral Dundas, General Airey, Sir Harry Jones, and Lord Harding°. The meeting sat up wards of three hours. On dit in the clubs that Sir George Grey is likely soon to resign the Hotnp-office, in favour of the present Attorney general, Sir Alexander Cockburn. In this event Sir Richard Bethel' would become Attorney -general, and the vacant Solicitor-generalship would be conferred on Mr. Collier, Q.C., the able member for Plymouth. It is also rumoured that Sir John Jervis, the present Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, is to be raised to the upper house with a life peerage, and to be succeeded on the bench by Sir Frederick Thesiger --T The Actandard of last night has the following :—" A rumour has prevailed during the last two days, to which we are inclined to attribute a considerable degree of credit, however wonderful and almost incredible it may appear. It is said that ministers intend to move the adjournment of Parliament for a fortnight immediately on the opening of the houses. The declared ground of this extraordinary proceeding is, the fear entertained lest ministers should be embarrassed by annoying and injudicious questions, whilst the negotiations at Paris are going on. In that case we shall very probably be without a Parliament for the next six months. For ourselves, we have such con fidence in the patriotism of Parliament, that we do not apprehend an y di sas t rous conseque nces from th e exerc i se ofits constitutional powers. Ministers are, no doubt, as the ra andxatotuesgagetnopeopseluit off the evil day when they must give account of th e f a ll of Bars, and other d i sasters, as well t b m le i r a b n u a t g t e h m e en c t on o ny of the i w ll a n r, ot to be as di d s i p s o ta se n d t to gratify th em at the expense of a fortnight's precious time of the session." FRANCE. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, MONDAY EVENING Another day has passed away and the public has not received any official or semi-official announcement of the signing, by the representa tives of England and France at Vienna, of the protocol containing the acceptance by Russia of the Austrian conditions. The delay excites some little uneasiness :—it was on the 16th that Russia notified her acceptance of the conditions to the Austrian Minister at St. Petersburg ;—twelve days have elapsed since then—and yet •the protocol on the matter is not forthcoming :—how is this ? has any hitch occurred ? It is useless, however, to give you any of the injurious specula tions on the subject which are made here, as it is not improbable that the Vienna telegraph will have flashed to you news of the signing of the prr)tocol before this letter shall arrive. The Journal des Debats publishes another of its quasi-diplomatic 'articles. Aftn- stating the terms in which Count Nesselrode originally proposed to modify the Austrian conditions—modifications little more than verbal, and penned besides with remarkable moderation of language—and after again stating that it was chiefly in compliance with the earnest recommendations and the scarcely dis guised threats of Prussia, that the Emperor Alex ander ceded—it says that Russia will consider in the Conferences that the fifth article, on which it pieeopted, tells as inuoll in favour of lier as of England, and that cons-quently Russia w• 11 demand that England shall be prohibited from fortifying the island of Heligoland, which is a menace to Denmark and Northern Germany, and shall be obliged to submit to a treaty limiting the force and number of her vessels in the Baltic. The Debats may be right; but if Russia should dare to ma!:e any such proposition, it can hardly be doubted that the English plenipotentiaries will at once quit the conferences. The choice of Lord Cowley, our ambassador, as one of the plenipotentiaries in the conference, does not excite much pleasure here, as the Noble Lord, though very discreet, does not enjoy the reputation of being intellectually brilliant. It is well known that it was the personal favour of the Queen, and not his talents or services, which secured him his nomination to Paris ; yet the Paris Embassy is the highest and most Important in the diplomatic profession, and ought to be reserved to the most worthy. A Constantinople letter says, that the Sardinian Minister in this city Las protested against being exclude . ! from the Conferences on the Danubian Principalities. And, apropos of Sardinia, it is alleged hore (in Paris), that though she will have a place in the approaching Conferences, she will only be allowed a voice in snr:h matters as interest her directly —not on those which affect Europe. P.S. It is believed here that the announcement of the signing of the preliminaries of peace is reserved for the Queen of England on the opening of Parliament. It is also believed that Prussia, after all, will be admitted to the Conferences. The following appeared in our Extra Editions of yesterday : TURKEY. The Porte has opened negociations with a view of adjusting the differences between the English Minister and the Persian Government. Delegates of the Protestants of London, Berlin, Paris, and the United States, have caused a great commotion at Constantinople, amongst the Sultan's ministers and high functionaries, by addressing a demand to the Porte for liberty of conscience for Turkish subjects. The greatest caution and prudence, it is observed, are neces sary in attempting to effect so great a change in the Mussulman law. FRANCE It is reported in Paris, that the Polytechnic School is to be dissolved. Its studied silence on the day the Imperial Guard entered Paris, was remarked upon as a mot unpatriotic demonstration. The prospects of peace are beginning to exercise a beneficial influence on the trade of Paris. The down ward movement in breadstuffs makes fresh progress in France. The decline in flour varies from Bf. to I3f. per sack. o THE CRIMEA Camp, Sebastopol, Jan. 15 During the past three or four days, _ camps on the extreme right have been on the alert in the expectation of an attack from the enemy. Rumour fixed upon the 12th instant, the Russian new year's day, as the prob,hle date of this event. Nothing more than usual transpired, however, nor did observation of the enemy's position indicate any signs of movement. In the course of the morning of the 12th, General Codrington rode over towards Inkermann to reconnoitre, attended by two of his staff, and, as usual, a single orderly dragoon. On Saturday, the 2uth, the weather was so mild and fine, that the winter clothing was universally laid aside. The thermometer, yesterday morning at nine o'clock, indi cated only 10 degrees -hove Zero. The troops every way appear very healthy and vigorous, notwithstanding these sudden varia ions of climate. No occurrence of note has taken place in the camp. A few days ago, a French officer, wandering too near the Tehernava river in pursuit of game, was shot dead by one of the Russian sharpshooter:, who line the whole length of the Tcher naya on the north side, and omit no opportunity of firing a shot at a casual straggler. March is fast drawing nigh ; and, if haste is not made, we will be pushed at the last moment. There is no reason in the world why all the quays should not be blown in, which would take much longer time to rebuild than the five docks and basins after the debris were cleared away, and liiiewise all the white buiFlings and perfect stone storehouses destroyed, so that, when this army quits the Crimea, it might be truly stated, that " not one stone was left standing upon another." Flags of truce have been lately of rather frequent occurrence. Yesterday, No. 3 general order was to the following effect—" All officers are desired to supply themselves with saddles and field equipments with as little delay as possible." This looks like a move in the spring.—Daily News. THE RUSSIAN ACCEPTANCE. The Tines publishes an exact translation of the circu lar issucit by the Russian government to its diplomatic agents, in which it announces the acceptance of the Austrian proposals. This document is dated ST. PETERSBURG, JANUARY 19 After alluding to the fact th it, at last, an agreement had been actually arrived at on many of the fundamental bases for peace, the circular proceeds as follows :—Due regard being had to the agreement manifested by the whole of Europe, and to the existence of a coalition, the tendency of which was every way to assume larger proportions, and considering the sacrifices which a pro traction of the war imposes upon Russia, the Imperial government has deemed it its duty not to delay by accessory discussions a work. the success of which would respond to its heartfelt wishes. It has, in consequence, just given its adhesion to the propositions transmitted by the Austrian government as a project for preliminary negotiations for peace. By the energy of its attitude in the face of a formidable coalition, Russia has given a measure of the sacrifices which she is prepared to make to defend her honour and dignity by the act of moderation. The imperial government gives, at the same time, a new proof of its sincere desire to arrest the effusion of blood, to conclude a struggle so grievous to civilization and humanity, and to restore to Russia and to Europe the blessings of peace. It has a right to expect that the opinion of all civilized nations will appreciate the act. The magnificent Boston liner, Jo?.n Eliot Thayer, Capt. Gains Sampson, sailed from the Mersey on Sunday last for her destination, with another enormous cargo, of upwards of 3,400 tons ; th e va l ue of which, cannot b e compute d at less than £130,000. THE WEA THER h as t a k en ano th er c h an ge since Monday night. Ab ou t n i ne o ' c l oc k t h ere f e ll a h ea vy showe r c f hard hail, f o ll ow i ng b y a smar t f ros t, which continued a ll night; and yest er d a y morning, the streets, particularly in the upper parts of the town, were in a dangerously slippy frost stat set e.T i h n e a d g a a y in w iae as . , t however, fine, d fin th e, er b e nt is in e te v n ery sely ap c p oeldaiance and of its continuance. __ RAILWAY ACCIDENT AT MANCHESTER.- On Saturday evening, as the eleven p.m. train from itlanchester t o Alt r incham was starting from the Oxford.road station, Manchester, the man whose duty it was to turn the points so as 4 0 admit the train from the platform siding on to the main line, turned the wrong ones, th e consequence of w hi c h was that the train ran into the engine of a goods train about forty or fifty yards Lora the station, waiting to come towards Oxford-road whea the passenger train had passed. The latter was advancing at the rate of only two miles an hour, or the result might have been extremely serious. As it was, Mr. Rogerson, farmer, and Mrs. Rogerson, of Timperley, and ilrs. Palmer, of Salemoor, 'were severely bruised, and the lady first named recAved so severe a blow on the head as to induce concussion of the brain. Several other persons were bruised, but all are expected to recover. LIVERPOOL JUVENILE REFORMATORI ASSOCIATION, A meeting of the Juvenile Reformatory Association was held in tho Council-chambers, Town-hall, at twelve o'clock yestc y, for the purpose of receiving the repor of the executive committee, appointing a committee fo , the present year. and other business. Among the gentle men present, were Messrs. William Brown, M.P., Josepl C. Ewart, M.P., John Stewart, Mayor, the Rev. Recto Campbell, William Rathbone, J. D. Anderson, J. .13 Brougham, James A. Tobin, Samuel Holme, Hilton Hal head, Rev. Francis Bishop, John S. Mansfield, J. Wood ruff, Francis Clint, Hugh Hornby, Ven. Archdeacoi Jones, J. Pemberton Heywood, Harmnod Banner, Davi , Hodgson, Major Greig, Adam Hodgson, William Bennett Rev. Mr. Carter, John Cropper, John Drinkwater, San" Martin, E Jones, Charles Langton, Captain Schonberg J. Clarke, John Clint, R. E. Harvey, &c., & was occupied by Mr. John Stewart, Esq., Mayor The Chairman briefly opened the proceedings servin7, that it was the first meeting of the Li Juvenile Reformatory Institution, and that in c r with one of its resolutions, he, as the Mayor for t bPinq, F resided on the occasion ten stated ti had received letters from J. B. }Torsion the Recorder, Gilbert Henderson, Esq., regret being absent from town, they could not be press meeting, but expressing the warmest wishes 1 cess of ti institution, Mr. Brougham then read the following REPORT oe of the JuvPnile RM.() following report of t proceedings during the past year • In the early part of the year a pros-ectus wag up and issued by the committee, in wit4.h they propose establishing a r ,, formatory, embracinz three institui viz. : lst—A reformatory ship in which boys should 1 trained for the navy or merchant service. 2nd—A ref mstory on shore, where, in addition to the ordinal industrial employment of mechanical trades, thy mi' 2 / be employed in agricultural labour. And 3rd—An List tution for the reformation of girls. The commute immediately applied to the Lords of tt Admirality for a supernumary frigate, and after !Lye delay, owing in part to the change in her Maje- Government, their application was granted, and in .I'l l last her Majesty's frigate Akbar was placed at the di , posal of this committee until she should again he require for her Majesty's service. The committee believed the she is admirably adapted for their purpose, and she capable of accommodating at least five hundred boys. The committee have been fully and diligently oceupie in making the requisite alterations and arrangements board the ship, and also in the preparation of the rule which have been printed and circulated, and a copy which is herewith laid before the association. A. superit tendent and other officers have been appointed. In the alterations and fitting-up more than 1.000/. already been expended. The ship is now ready for tl reception of boys, and has been certified by her Majesty Secretary of State for the Home Department as a reflo! matory within the meaning of the "Act f.;r the betti care and reformation of youthful offenders." (17 and I Vie. c. 86.) Already some boys have been committed 1 prison by the magistrates, and are thereafter to be so on board the Akbar for a term of years. Application was made to the Dock Committee for lea' to moor the Akbar in the Birkenhead Float, which apP l cation was kindly acceded to, and at present she is lyir near the Messrs. Laird's building -yard, in the Gres Float; but it is probable the committee may find it m° l desirable to have her -mo ore d i n t h e river, where, would be brought more conspicuously before the public. The necessity for juvenile reformatories is admitted t all, and associations for their establishment are beir rapidly formed throughout the country ; but Liverpool the first to try the experiment of a reformatory seta ship, for the purpose of training boys for the navy merchant service, a profession, it is thougnt, peculiar' adapted to the unsettled habits of many of these juveol criminals and dangerously destit u t e b oys ; and LiverP O4 with its large amount of shipping and great demand fi sailors, affords in an especial manner a ready outlet a removing such lads from the influence of their old haul l and associates. As all boys are not adapted for a seafaring life, i 7 s been suggested that until our reformatory on shore 0 , been established, some arrangement might, be made exchange boys with some of the reformatories in Ott' parts of the country, and it is probable this arranger: oex will be carried out. The committee regret that, owing to the t e „,, rO O , ,„. .„. . . ditheutty or obtaining a suitable plot of land at a re . ‘ s `' j able price, and also, latterly, their time and attentl4 havitn been so much required in establishing the ref° matory ship, they have been unable to make any Pr , , gress with the other two branches contemplated in the prospectus. The funds requisite for the efficient carrying, _ important an institution must necessarily be v ery c`: siderable, and, although very liberal donations have received. they will all, and much more also, be expen` in the fitting up and establishment of the three insti tions ; and the committee earnestly hope that they be supplied with liberal annual subscriptions, wit which it is impossible that the institution can be ca: on, as the amount at present allowed by gevernmet , such boys as may be sent by a magistrate is inadet to pay for their efficient superintendence and mainten besides which others may be received for whos ance no provision is made The Rev. Rector Campbell moved the adoption of t report. He said : I have great pleasure in rising to W° that the report road be adopted, printed, and eiretll3 under the direction of the, committee, and in app the meeting for their approbation of the resolution not think it will be necessary to trespa great length on your time, nor to plead my want of s' at the present moment s z re:l,Am of the brevity appeal, because I think the subject which has bro,l4''t together is one on which we shall most coraially a!;ZI (Hear, hear.) The report expresses our opinion stror4: l and it has one great recommendation in its favour io mind—that it is very brief; and I shall imitate its WO' in the observations 1 shall lay before you. And in my chief oh.,ect in rising is to express what I very (IPI feel—my commiseration—my heartfelt commiseratioo the beings whose reformation we are met to promote, °I I should not think that my heart was in its right place I did not feel that commiseration. Engaged as this parish, to a great extent, with the vast burtheet responsibility it involves, my duty is, so far as my ini r:° _,„ ability permits me, to labour earnestly f or th e 'T PA , tion of the people, and to promot e th e sp i r i tua l an d te l poral good of those who, to a cert a i n ex t en t, a ra e °, mated to my charge. All those who are willing to a r ? t of the administrations of the Established Church, 1 our bounden duty to do everything we possibly c 3 hi them ; but then, unhappily, the clas3 of society to I am now alluding do not accept our administrati olls ' any administration wh a t ever . (H ear, hear.) The y 9t as it were, lost—the children of perdition, but that 15 reason why we should l e a ve th em i n t h at lost an d per all' Christians, condition. (Hear, hear.) It is the d u t y o f us al" t Christians, and as men, not only as m i n i s t e rs of t, Gospel, but as Christians and as men, to do, e verYt P i that we possibly can to redeem those lost a n d perighi, souls from destruction, temporal and eternal. O le hear.) It is my anxious wish to do all I cae ehl promote this sacred obj =.ct, and I M us t con f es s I look with greater hope, perhaps, than to other means of help, t o th e esta b lishment of this i'l,°'lll, v' re and ragged schools, t o l ay hold of a population '',lo seems intangible, and whi c h the Recorder of Birmierol compares to the owu er l ess d ogs of the city of - 00 11 , 5 t' nople. He says our countrymen in Constantinopm'fog us how that city is infested by troops of ownerlesg 0 ,11 which gain their livelihood by the exercise of their e and a slight effort of the imagination will bring bef t :lto' the annoyance whi c h must b e produced by thisi o a of four-footed outlaws. Now, if we substit u t e i n OT pt wi_idsyoung human beings for those dogs, we shall„s • pare oursdies for undeiStanding the cha rac terlsV ate that portica of our juvenile population which is 410 around us, and whose reformation we a re en d eav our' y t l secure. The ownerless dogs are types of them , owl them, they have received but little kindness; tl ll they live more or less by their wits ; like they' ro are active without occupation—restless, capable t itle sheer necessity of beari ng h unger and cold, their i ns great, their affections uprooted, their religion non e .' i y, are poor creatures, whom it is our object, if possi objects They a r o e r n t o h t e reclaim and save from destruction, and I say t i l l eo for Christian commiseration. They have nevel t - e lle o v l e tle y c ts deepest of taught their duty to God, to themselves, and their 1 ,13; creatures ; they have every temptation to sin ; th e y at every temptation to continue their evil courst,'°; c m a i n s c e i r c a o t n io t n einp ( t, llZ , .. b e pe il such, lam sorry to say, is in great measure the ss e large majority of the lower p ar t o f no working el a e , large towns. They have not b een b roug h t up in tli Alit of God and man ; they ha ve no d omest i c comfort s we can hardly wonder, th oug h we must deePlY., i • ,, e i,' that thtfgo to the beer- s h op an d the gin-palace, '1,10.0 the consequence is a s t a t e of demoralisation, *yd. fearful to every reflecting and every Christian rni" are told that the people of this country expend of 1 1 52,000.0001 a yea r , a sum equal to the reveni/el country before the war ; and it is sl' they expend in snuff and tobacco twice the rel t e the Established Ch urc h . (Rear, hear, and , Now, perhaps, th a t d oes not apply to this though thet e is no wrong in ,o;eationing it, attoi matter which we are cons id er i ng is juvenile crime or ,r source of their d emora li sat i on. Ido not know► j o oti it is, but I quote from the repirt of Major Gr e ','"),t state that the number of disorderly persous bre"e N joe„. the police-otlice on Monday was 120, but that the .v l o t,'„ before last it amounted to 190. Ido not know 10r t,t), caused this evil in the population, but let us i ; c ti sake do something, if we possibly can, 1 0 reln e - neti deadly sin which almost seems to call down the pe l of God upon a corrupted nation. (Hear, hear. 20 0 20 0 20 0 20 0