The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-04-22 00:00:00

On account of whom it may concern. On THURSDAY next, the 24th instant, at One o'clock, at the Broker's office, About 200 Bales COTTON, slightly damaged, ea Wellfleet, from New Orleans, and Fayal ; lying in North Stack Warehouse, Stanley .Dock.—Apply to W. H. Haynes, Esq., Merchant, or to H. JNO. WEBSTER, Broker, 7, Rumford-street. On account of whom it may concern. On SATURDAY next, the 26th instant, at One o'clock, at the Broker's office, About 600 Bales COTTON, all faults, being part of the cargo of the Mobile, from Mobile, and Islay; lying on the north end of the Prince's Dock Quay.— Apply to Edward Bates, Esq., Merchant, or to H. JNO. WEBSTER, Broker, 7, Rumford-street. R - bp J. NODDER, HATTER, 61, CHURCH-STREET, Begs respectfully to inform the Nobility and Gentry of Liver pool that his NEW STYLES for the Season are NOW READY for Inspection. THE SYNOD of the PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH in England MEETS DAILY until SATURDAY, in ST. GEORGE'S CHURCH, Myrtle street, and, being an OPEN GENERAL "ASSEMBLY," the Christian Public are invited, Ef t lt kortlyrn TUESDAY, APRIL 22, 1856 THE avalanches of interrupted commerce are thought to be threatening destruction on every side. Such are the dangers of peace; and if they should convince even one civilised nation of the enormities of war, mankind will have reason to be thankful. We e. hav repeatedly said that bloodshed as a pastime is impracticable in these days. There is no want of human weakness and wickedness to invalidate this assertion. But the social revulsions, followed by a vast accumulation of national debts which come upon us on the restoration of peace , are the [salutary admonitory to deter men from embarking in war. Our 800,000,0001. of indebted ness has made Great Britain the champion of uni - fersal tranquillity. It 16 that domestic Zizanero who keeps us from employing the sword for inva. sion or less humane purposes. Make 27,000,000 of people debtors to folly to the same extent, and they will become wondrous wise and merciful. Add for the Russo-Turkish war another 100,000,0001. to our former burdens, and we may expect to see statesmen become second DANIELS, and our ploughboys profound moral philosophers. We have no wish to see all this come to pass. But consols wll not be quiet—corn will go down, and cotton must " look up." The specific gravity of sugar, especially " crushed lumps," and " stiff-clayed,"—the bulki ness of tea, and the other leading necessaries of civilised life, are all reduced to so many negatives by those well known and much dreaded tyrants — supply and demand. They are the monsters whose movements the world have to watch in this age. Even gold has lost its ponderosity, and moves about the worldin parcels as big as the bags in which we formerly imported German feathers and dandy baskets. And the statesman who can grapple with all these phenomena is by no means a contemptible genius ; and we should be disposed to back him, either in peace or war, against all the dreamers of military glory and bucaneering renown, in creation. For example . Let us suppose that the British Government could assure the public that Consols would not fall, cotton would not go up, and corn would not follow a " downward tendency" for the next twelve months, what incalculable strength this would impart to ourselves and a whole circle of foreign countries. But where this cannot be done, what doubt, difficulty, and weakness, war bring , s upon nations. The savage impact which bears men forward to the crimes of bloodshed, is but a myth compared with the force of the recoil which attends a return to peace. And it is impossible now for any man to say wbat will be the future of trade As for this country, we are in anything but a healthy condition. In the olden times our com plaint was a bucolic ephemera, or one day fever, but since we have imported our ruling economic principles from the Esquimaux, epilepsy has become the national disorder. Look at our actual position at this moment. The stability of com- merce, and the solid interests of trade require that there should be no sudden re-action in the price of commodities, while, at the same instant of time, we are told from the House of Lords that the present high banking rates of discount are the result of a drain of bullion, and that " the means " of getting back the gold is by making money " dear, and causing a fall generally in the price of " commodities." Now, with such a system as this in operation, how are we to escape that re-action in the price of all our import and export produce, which must destroy the stability of trade ? What can keep corn from going down, or the manufac turer and farmer from sacrificing his produce at the low price required to bring back gold ? Does industry gain by this artificial cheapness ? The working classes must know that an impoverished and cheap country is the last place in the world for a labouring man of any kind. Who, then, does this forced gold cheapness benefit ? We need scarcely point to the profits divided by London bankers of late years in answer to our question. The bullion trader has the whole fruits of the industry, the entire profits of trade and commerce falling into their ten and twenty per cent. dividend coffers. And at the very time the House of Peers is dis posed to add 2,000,0001. or 4,000,0007. to our limited note circulation, the House of Commons is passing a bill to authorise the Bank of England to continue the payment of a commission to private, and other banks of issue, for the abandonment of their right to issue notes ! This will deprive Lan cashire, and the other manufacturing districts, of fully 5,000,0001. of that local note circulation, which the rapid expansion of trade so imperatively requires. The first efforts of the banking mono polists, was to deprive Lancashire•of its legalised paper issues, and fearing that the liberal and trade-sustainingl.bankers of Scotland would come to our aid, they absolutely obtained an act, 7th George IV., to prohibit, under penalties, the circulation of Scotch notes in the North of Eng land ! The completement of this Whig usury policy will be found in the Bill now before the Commons. How the Lords will receive this legalised currency restriction measure, before the whole of our monetary and banking laws have undergone " a most searching investigation"—to use Lord EGLINTOUN'S words, remains to be seen. The Bank directors, doubtless, are anxious to get that bill carried before they apply for a renewal of their charter. They want to keep the banks of Lancashire out of the issue market, that this county may be made to pay a or one per cent, more for banking accommodation than Middlesex, and that they may be able all the readier to employ " the means of getting back gold by " making money dear, and causing a fall generally "in the price of commodities." The commission which the Bank of England now pays the pro vineial banker to forego his right to issue notes, is charged to the public, and the people are therefore paying for the prohibition of that cir culation which should expand with the increase of population and trade. But to revert to corn. That it must fall in price in obedience to the law which makes money dear, and all other com modities cheap, is quite certain. Seven per cent. for money is the application of the bank-screw, without any mistake . ; and what we want to know from the Chancellor of the Exchequer, or some other usury oracle, is, at what point epilepsy is to stop, and what other commodities are marked out for the falling sickness ? It is quite enough for those in the corn trade to know that Russia alone is ready to send us large supplies of grain, and that prices must recede to the European average of 1852. For these natural changes the merchant may be able to prepare himself, and escape without serious loss ; but how is he to meet the forcible means employed to depreciate the value of the substance he holds, to bring back gold, and satisfy all the other wants of the bullionist's and usurer's rapaciousness ? The State will require a loan of 15,000,0001., as we predicted long since, to close the war; and until that amount has been obtained, the Bank of England directors, who are only required to look at such matters as ordinary bankers do, would be acting contrary to the interest of their stock holders, if they were to think of reducing their minimum rate of interest in favour of trade ; and they will not attempt it, unless sorely pushed by a pressure from without. Consequently, prices must fall, and the public should always be pre pared for that which is inevitable. Commercial Sale. THIS DAY. On account of whom it may concern Tins DAY, the 22nd instant, at Half-past One o'clock, at the Commercial saleroom, Temple-court. About 161 Boxes Long Middles American BACON, damaged by sea water, ex Emerald Isle, from New York.— Apply to TRIMMER & GRAINGER, Brokers, Bank Chambers, Cook-street. On account of whom it may concern THIS DAY, the 22nd instant, at Half-past One o'clock, at the Commercial saleroom, Temple-court, About 560 Boxes Long Middles American BACON, damaged by sea water, ex Westpoint, from New York.— Apply to TRIMMER & GRAINGER, Brokers, Bank Chambers, Cook-street. Tim DAY, the 22nd instant, at Half-past One o'clock, at the Commercial saleroom, Temple-court, 500 Boxes American CHEESE. Eajust landed ex A. Z., from New York.—Apply to Messrs. thbone Brothers, & Co., Merchants, or to WM. GARDNEB. & CO., Brokers, THIS DAT, the 22nd instant, at Half-past One o'clock, at the Commercial saleroom, Temple-court, 90 Boxes American BACON, WM. GARDNER & CO., Brokers. Apply to Tars DAT, the 22nd instant, at Half-past One o'clock, at the Commercial saleroom, Temple-court, 273 Barrels Choice American LARD, suitable for culinary purposes.—Apply to WM. GARDNER & CO., Brokers. THIS DA/ Apply to Tins DAT, the 22nd instant, at Half-Fast One o'clock, at Messrs• Golding and Nash's saleroom, Corn Exchange buildings, Brunswick-street, About 450 Bags FLOUR, 1000 Bushels WHEAT, } all faits ex Florence, from Savannah ; lying in Brancker's, Dickson street.—Apply to CHARLES B. BUCHANAN & CO., Brokers. THURSDAY On account of whom it may concern. On THIIRSDAY next, the 24th instant, at the Broker's saleroom, Exchange-chambers, About 150 Bales Mexican FIBRE, all faults, ex Jacobus, from Tampico.—Apply to Messrs. Leech, Har rison, and Forwood, Merchants, or to FRANCIS J. EATON, Broker. WOOL SALES, On account of whom it may concern On THURSDAY next, the 24th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' office, 13, North John street, 130,Bales Peruvian Sheep's WOOL, ex sundry ships, all faults, 170 Bales Sundries. 300 Bales. For catalogues and particulars apply to LAW & WYLIE, Brokers. SATURDAY On SATURDAY next, the 26th instant, at the Brokers' saleroom, 10, North John-street, 1000 Bales East India 540 Bales Peruvian (washed, fine fleece, and WOOL. Merino), 260 Bales Egyptian, Italian, Sfax, &c., 1800 Bales. Apply to ABRAM GARTSIDE & CO.. Wool Brokers On account of whom it may concern. r, the 22nd instant, at Half-past One o'clock, at the Brokers' office, Corn Exchange-buildings, About 100 Loads OATMEAL. GOLDING & NASH, Brokers. On account of whom it may concern THE NORTHERN TIMES.-LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY, APRIL 22, 18S6. THE COURT BIJMINGHAM PALACE, MONDAY.—Yesterday her Majesty and Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, Prince Alfred, the Princess Alice, and the Duchess of Kent, attended divine service in the chapel of Buckingham Palace. The Hon. and Very Rev. the Dean of Windsor officiated, The Ladies and Gentle men of the Court and the Domestic Household also attended the service. The Princess Royal and the Prin cess Alice visited the Duchess of Kent yesterday. THE ORDER OF THE GARTER.-It iS confidently asserted in well-informed circles, that the two vacant Garters will he conferred upon Earl Fortescue and Viscount Palmerston. RETURN OF LORD CLARENDON.—We are enabled to announce that the Earl of Clarendon arrived at Dover from Paris yesterday morning, and after a short stay, continued his journey to London by express train. Tn TOWN DUES.—The Select Committee on Local Dues on Shipping resumed their sitting yesterday. From the report of the proceedings in another eolumn, it will be seen that Mr. Heron, the Town Clerk of Manchester, had the stage entirely to himself, and with some interrup tions, re-opened the monopologue which he commenced on Tuesday last. The committee at its rising adjourned to Thursday next. ANOTHER GOVERNMENT DEFEAT.-It would seem that the Lord Chancellor is fated to the same ill fortune as the more subordinate members of the Government. The measure so long in preparation by the learned and noble Lord, on the subject of Church Discipline, was last night rejected by the House of Lords on its second reading. The amendment of the Archbishop of Canterbury, that the bill be read a second time that day six months, was tarried by a majority of 13,—the numbers in the division being 33 for the second reading, 4 n4 41 for the amendment. DEATH PROM ACCIDENT.—WiIIiam Lee died yesterday in Evprton-valley, from the effects of an accident he met with by falling into a quarry-hole about three weeks ago. . _ LADIES' COLLEGE, BLACIEBIJAN E Housz.—The Rev. Jas. Ea land will give the next of a series of free lectures to ladies, at 1 3 1ackburue-house, on Thursday afternoon, at three o'clock. Lis subject will be—" Ancient Classical Lite ' - " nature SUDDEN DEATHS.— A young man, named Nicholag Hernes, was found dead in a yard in Cieorge's Place Sunday. On the sameday, a woman named Dorothy Henderson, who resided in Grafton Street, i n th e P ark died suddenly aft er eating a hearty dinner. She had,' however, been ailing for a long time past, OODOWJEE.—This fine iron ship, now lying in the Canning-basin, is the property of Edward Bates, E s q., and adds another to his splendid fleet of iron ships. She is expected to sail in a few days for Bombay. Her length is 196 feet ; breadth, 33 feet ; depth in hold, 21 feet. She was built from model, plans, and specifications supplied by Mr. James Hodgson. MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL. LIVERPOOL, MONDAY EVENING The American advices received to-day have imparted renewed vigour to the Liverpool Cotton Market, and a very large business has been done. the sales reaching fully 20,000 bales ; one half of which has been taken for speculation and export. Prices have improved, to the extent of one-eighth of a penny per pound. The Liverpool Share Market opened with a buoyant feeling, and continued steady, with a moderate business, until near the close, when it became slightly easier. The closing prices were as follows :—Aberdeen, 13 131. Chester and Birken head, 15/ 16. Caledonian, 30/ 30a. Chester and Holyhead, 16/ 161. Eastern Counties, 10 1-16 10 3-16. East Lancashire, 19 1 - 3 ,- 192. Great Northern. 23a 231 Ditto A, 9/- 104. Great Western, 64/ 64/. Lancashire and Yorkshire, Stock, 881 89. Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport, 1717/. .London and North Western Stock, 101 101/. Manchester. Sheffield, and Lincoln, 29 294. Ditto Pref., 111 12. Ditto New 6 per cent. Pref., 2 ip. Midland Stock, 74-a- 74/. North British, 8 11-16 8 13-16. North Staffordshire, 6 5/d. South Eastern and Dover, 21 13-16 211. York, Newcastle and Ber wick, 19 11-16 19/. York and North Midland, 28/ 28 ; 1. Leeds Capital Stock, 15/ 16: Buffalo and Lake Huron, 1 15-16 2 1-16 p. Dutch Rhenish, ig lip. Great Western of Canada, 26 261. Ditto New Shares, 3 7-16 31p. Ditto 2nd issue, 3 7-16 3113._ Great Luxembourg, 71 7d. *The Paris Bourse closed on Saturday, after a week of animation in all kinds of stocks and shares. The three per cent Rentes advanced 15c for the account during the day, and 41 stock 50c for money. Speculators realised handsome profits in their dealings during the week, and it was stated that several large houses in Paris had been buying into the French funds. During the week, the Bank of France shares had advanced 250 f, which is attributed to the prosperity of that establish ment, which will pay at the approaching dividend 300 f per share. Other bank stocks improved as follows :—Credit Mobilier, 38f ; Credit Foncier, 35 ; and, national discount, 40f. The upward move ment in railway shares during the week had been steady, with the exception of Mediterranean, which declined 35f at the close of the week. The rise in others comprise ; Orleans, 27f 50c; Northern of France, 37f 75c; Lyons, 50f; Eastern, 22f 50e; and Western, 17f 50c. The main cause for this improvement in the principal French Railway Stocks, both on the Paris Bourse and the London Stock Exchange, is the favourable returns issued by the companies of their receipts during the quarter just ended of the present year, compared with the corresponding period of 1855. The items are as follows : 1855 1856. Increase. Orleans ...... f. 10 200,000 f. 11,500,000 f. 1,300,000 9 6o0,0o) 10,900,000 1,300,000 Lyons 7.550.000 8 500,000 1200,000 Mediterranean 3,750 000 5,925,000 2,175,000 Eastern Western 6,154.000 8,150,000 2,000,000 On the Vienna Bourse, towards the close of last week, there was a favourable reaction in the Austrian Funds, which had previously ruled heavier at lower quotations. The 5 per Cent Meta Hies rose f, to 85- 3 4 -, and the 4t Stock was firm at 77. Austrian Railway Shares advanced 2:1- florins to 2631, and the New Bank of Credit 1 florin to 345. Money continued to be easier, and foreign exchanges lower. On London 10-3, and on Paris 1101. Accounts from the Berlin Bourse state that business had been very inanimate during the last few days, and the Prussian Funds were languid, without any variation in previous quotations. The 3.4 per Cents remained at 801. The following are the particulars of the specie on board the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamship Indus, which was to leave Southampton for Endia, China, &c., yesterday . Alexandria (gold) Bombay (silver) . Ceylon (gold) ... Madras (silver) Calcutta (silver) 2,500 209,993 2,700 14,895 126,486 £356,574 Telegraphic advices from Marseilles announce that the rumour circulated throughout Europe last week, that the Russians had officially declared their ports on the Black Sea open to commerce, as being premature. Accounts from Havre state the steamer Fulton, from New York, which arrived there on the 18th inst., brought specie to the value of 2,500,000 francs (100,0001.) The Funds to-day closed at A per cent. lower, the final quotations being 931 to 93Z. Business was singularly inanimate, and to this circumstance the day's decline was chiefly attributable. Some influence is also exercised by the knowledge that remittances against the Turkish Loan continue to operate against the tendency to recovery in the Bank stock of bullion. The comparative steadi ness with which prices are maintained is due to the belief that this drain is merely temporary, and that relief will be gradually derived from the influx of gold from other quarters. Discussions, as to the probable amount of the next Government Loan, are now more freely indulged in, and also tend to restrain the market. The Discount Market maintains the quiet appearance lately noticed. The general demand for accommodation is decidedly less active at present. In Stock Exchange there is an absence of stringency. Short loans can be obtained upon government securities, at five per cent. Some demand will arise, however, to meet next Thursday's instalment on the new Loan. At Paris to-day the Three per Cent. Rentes closed k per cent. higher for Money, and for account rf per cent. lower than on Saturday. In the Stock ,Exchange the settling day for the shares in the Alliance Bank is fixed for the 26th inst.; they will not •appear in the official list until the three remaining series are issued. The Rail way Share Market to day was rather flatter; in sympathy with Consols business was very inactive. The closing quotations were as follows:--Caledonian, 601. Eastern Coun ties, 10 104. East Lancashire, 77 79. Great Northern, 94i 95. Ditto A, 79 80. Great Western, 638 631. Lancashire and Yorkshire, 881 88g. London and North Western, 1011 104. Man (3l2pster Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 281 29 Midland gi013 1 .., 741. North British, 344 352. York, Newcastle, and ... t 3erwiCi i 781 79 1- York and North Midland, 561 561. CATTLE, &c., FOB, 4. I KBRICA.-Yesterday there was shipped on board the ship Leona, in Bramley-Afoore dock ? the following cattle, which have been purchased at the great Fawsley sale. The shipment comprised sixteen cows and heifers of the short horn breed, and six bulls, the latter being valued by the best judges at from 120 to 150 guineas. Some of the heifers had been exhibited at Irish shows, and had obtained prizes. There was also a pen of south down sheep, and an entire horse of the Cleveland bay breed, worth . 200 guineas. The whole are for Mr. Thorp, a celebrated American breeder, with which be intends to improve the breed of his stock in " Old Kentucky." DESTRUCTION OF A COTTON MILL.—OR Thursday morn ing, one of the villagers, who was up early, observed a ligh issuing from one of the throstle rooms of Catshaw cotton mill. He immediately gave an alarm, and in a few minutes the inhabitants rendered all the assistanee they could to extinguish the fire and save the buildings. The nail' they were unable to rescue, but they succeeded in preserving The gable end over the scutching-room from destruction. The mill is insured in the Sun and Manchester Fire Offices, but not to its full value. Nothing is known as to the origin of the fire. LIVERPOOL ROYAL INFIRMARY.—Week ending April 19, 1856.—Admitted : In-patients, 38 ; out-patients, 5 ; casuals during week, 9. Discharged : In-patients cured, 17 ; relieved, and at own request, 6 ; made out-patients, 11 ; irregular, 0 • dead, 4 ; remain in the house, 178. House visitors Gregson and Charles Lan g t on , sqrs. Physician and surgeon for ensuing week Dr. Dickson and Mr. Stubbs. House surgeon : Mr. G. B. Halford. Junior house surgeop : Mr. Cecil Webster. Chaplain : Rev. H. J. Garrod, B.A. Robert Hutchison, treasurer, MYSTERIOUS DEATH.--On Friday lasi a man, name unknown, but evidently of unsound mind, and in a very weak and exhausted state, was found rambling about Great Crosby village, without means of subsistence. He was taken in charge by the police, and attended by pr. May s till no,n on Saturday, when he died. The unfortunate deceased - i s t h us ,ascribed by the police authorities :—Abont forty five or fifty yja" of ar t fiv9 feet ten inches high, sallow complexion, black cu rl y a little bald in forehead, small black whiskers, s li g ht make, ant', !Ireined in a plaid Jacket with horn buttons, pepper and salt coloured 7.2aistcoat, cor duroy trousers torn across right knee, check shirt, liannel singlet, low shoes with five lace holes on a side, and cloth cap with peak. He had in his pocket a bale hook and packing needle, such as are u se d by co t ton porters . A n inquest will beheld on the body, at the George Inn, Great Crosby village, at half-past two o'clock this day. FRANCE. (PROU OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, SUNDAY EVENING The Paris papers of yesterday and to-day talk of the angry discussions in the Congress about Italy, which I announced to you in my letter of Monday last. But they give no particulars beyond whet I was able to communicate to you, except it be that they say that Lord Clarendon was so vehement that he called the policy of the Austrians, towards Italy, " infernal." The expression may have been used, but it is a very strong one for a smooth-tongued diplomatist. The telegraphic dispatches we have received to day are not without interest. From Marseilles we have one announcing the arrival of news from Constantinople to the 10th, to the effect that a ratification of the treaty of peace was to be sent oil' on the 14th ; that new disturbances, directed against the Christians, had broken out at Toukayat and Tokat; that part of the English Baltic fleet was expected in the Crimea, to assist in removing the troops; and that the report that Russia had re•openea her ports to commerce was premature. From Dresden we learn that a semi-official journal had announced positively, that Count del Nes selrode is to resign the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and is to be succeeded by Prince Gortscha koff, late Ambassador at Vienna. From Berlin, the intelligence is that the King had ratified the treaty of peace. Great attention has, as you will suppose, been excited by the speech which the Emperor Alex ander delivered to the nobles and o th ers , on _ _ arriving at Moscow, and of which, no doubt, you will receive a copy before this letter, via Germany. The tone of it is greatly admired, and the frank ness with which he admits that though Russia might have continued the war, she would have been exhausted by it, and that it had already done great injury to her commerce, manufactures, and agriculture, is considered highly honourable. But the passage which, perhaps, is of most interest to a commercial community, is the last one—" I have opened," says his Majesty, " Russian ports to the commerce of the world, and the land frontier to the free entrance of foreign productions. lam deter mined that henceforth in our markets exchanges between their merchandise of all kinds, and the raw material and manufactures of our soil shall be made as freely as possible." A semi-official Vienna journal asserts that France approves the occupation of Parma by the Austrians and that the policy of France and Italy with res pect to Austria is the same, and will continue. Paris letters, however, assert that this may be doubted. The commercial situation is beginning to be clearly marked now that peace is definitely secured. At Havre, at the beginning of the week, large sales of cotton took place ; they amounted, for the week ending Friday evening to 20,851 bales, whilst the importations in the same period were only 95 bales (23 of them from Liverpool.) The consequence was an advance in price of 2 francs on the previous week's quotations. On Georgia cotton, however, the advance was only one franc. The provincial manufacturers have received large orders, and are expecting more. In corn, however, the decline has not continued. In Paris, generally speaking, the commercial activity is not so great as in the provinces. PARIS, SATURDAY EVENING. The talk of the day in the political circles is about the speech delivered yesterday by Count de Montalembert, in the Legislative body, on the recent extraordinary judgment of the Court of Cassation, to the effect, that in an election, no voting ticket, bearing the name of a particular candidate, or candidates, could be issued without the sanction of the Prefect. He showed that such a judgment was contrary to the spirit and intention of the law on which it professed to be based, and that it would cause so much ill-feeling, that, "if he was an enemy of the government, he should rub his hands with joy." M. Baroche, the government orator, after arguing that the judgment was in accordance with the strict letter, and even the spirit of the law, contended, that to allow any persons to print lists of candidates, or even the name of any particular candidate, without control, might be dangerous, inasmuch, as the very announcement of certain names would be an act of decided hostility to the government, and would embitter opposition where it existed, and would excite it, where it did not. He said, however, that the government would allow candidates themselves to print them in bulletins, for a certain period previous to the election. Of course the discussion ended in nothing ; but when it shall be read out of doors even in the emasculated reports, which are all the government permits to be published, it will create great effect. Foreign readers will see from it to what a deplorable state of despotism France is reduced. As to M. Baroche's gracious offer, to allow candidates to print their own names, he forgot to state that if any unfortunate wight were to put himself ostensibly forward in opposition to a government candidate, he would stand a good chance of being exiled to Africa or Cayenne. I suppose you will have received, as we have here, a telegraphic despatch announcing that Prince Oscar, third son of the King of Sweden, is to marry the Princess Mary of Cambridge, and is about to go to London to seek her. Th e announce ment has created some little surprise, as nothing was known of any marriage being intended, and as, besides, it was thought on the Continent that the royal family of England was too awfully grand in its own conceit even to think of allowing one of its daughters to marry a young prince, who, though he " had a grandfather," is still but the son of a parvenu monarch, and th e gran d son o f a man who began life as a common soldier. THE RECENT ESCAPE FROM THE SOUTHWARK POLICE COURT.—Up to the closing of the Southwark police court on Saturday, no clue had been obtained to the whereabouts of Mary Leonard, although very active exertions had been made by the police. EXPENSIVE ENTERTAINMENT.--.The dinner given by the city of Paris to the members of the Conference on Monday, it is calculated by those who are curious in culinary statistics, came to £2O a head, or rather mouth ! The Paris municipality must have a strange notion of the appetites of the plenipotentiaries. FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—Another lamentable acci dent, owing to the carelessness of railway travellers, took place at the Stockport station, on Friday night, about half past eight o'clock. Two respectable females, named Mrs. Mary Goodyear, and Mrs. Bridget Cerro!, arrived at the station for the purpose of returning to Manchester by the 8 40 train ; and at that particular time a luggage train was standing on the up line. On reaching the centre platform, they attempted to cross the end of the luggage train, to the down platform, when they were held back by one of the servants of the company, who said that they must not on any account cross the line until an engine and tender re turning to Heaton Norris had passed. The two females, regardless of the caution given them, immediately attempted to cross, and at that moment thp engine and tender came up, and although the porter at the risk of his life rushed forward to save them, they were knocked down by the engine, and one of them, Mrs. Goodyear, was dragged upwards of fifty yards by the tender. When picked up Mrs. Goodyear was found to have both her legs and arms almost torn off, and Mrs. Carrel's left hand and arm were found to be dreadfully crushed. Mrs. Goodyear only survived a short time after her admission to the nfirmary, and . Mrs. Carrel continues in a most dangerous state. PROVIDENTIAL ESCAPE...—A case of a providential escape, as well as remarkable presence mind, occurred at the Wellington Colliery, Whitehaven, on Saturday morn ing. A. man named Joseph Reid, who, for several years, has discharged the duties of banksman, was in the act of removing a full basket of coals from the cage and replacing an empty one, when a portion of the basket caught his clothes and he was flung head foremost into the shaft. With great presence of mind he seized hold of the station. ary rope, against which he was fortunately thrown, and this to some extent checked his momentum. He grasped the rope firmly in his arms, but continued to slide down a distance of about twenty fathoms before he was able completely to arrest his q e scpnt, and the friction o f th e rope not Only wor e a w ay his clothes, but even the skin and a portion of the flesh from the inside of his arms. Still he held on, life being the stake for which he was contending. When he succeeded in bringing himself to a stand-still, he managed to twist his legs round the rope, which• in some measure relieved his arms. Here, then, the unfortunate man was suspended his only hopededheadd of safety ownwards about twenty fathoms from the mouth of a shaft at least one hundr e dfathoms in depth, being to cling to the rope, with arms lacerated by the fr!tstioa of Sliding down that distance from the surface ! u b r u e s t w at e r t e b attak timee n t l l o t t le release b u He was unable to reverse his position on the rope. Of himcourse from o t h m e h most js prompt predicament,mea was entertained of saving his 14fe. On the engine being set in motion a new danger awaited him, which was that of being brought in contact with the descending basket. This, however, he happily escaped, and was at length safely brought to the surface, with his feet uppermost , and released from his perilous predicament.—Cnmberland racquet. THE TOWN DUES. LOCAL CHARGES ON SHIPPING COMMITTEE. (FROM OUR OWN REPORTER.) Houn OF COMMONS, MONDAY The select committtee re-assembled to-day, at noon. Mr. Lowe in the chair. The other members present were Lord Hotham, Sir J. Duckworth, Mr. Horsfall, Mr. M. Gibson, Mr. Duncan, Mr. Bouverie (president of the Poor Law Board), Mr. Moffatt, Mr. Cardwell, Mr. Vance, Mr. Hardy, and Mr. Watson. Mr. Heron, Town-clerk of Manchester. who had been examined on Friday, was re-called, and gave evidence as to various articles of commerce, the tariff of which had been on the brass plate of the Liverpool Custom House, and which he referred to in his examination on Friday. He said he thought he had already shown to the corn. mittee, that the local dues were expended for the benefit of the town generally, and not for the advantage of the shipping. In 1751, there was a petition addressed by the Town Council of Liverpool to the King in council, praying for an extension of Ihe privileges of the burgesses. In 1691 and 1695, the corporation considerably improved the accommodation of shipping, while by the act of Geo. 11., chap 92, seven acres of land, and £l,OOO, were granted to the corporation for further improving the accommoda tion. There was a further grant under George 111., chap. 52. It was alleged, that by the improvements made from time to time, that the shipping had been benefitted by funds furnished by the corporation, but he should be able to show, that where such improvements had been made, a very large part of the funds came out of the dock rates, and that the corporation had received, undoubtedly, large sums of money out of the dock estates. That; how ever, was a part of the subject on which the corporation only could give satisfactory information, witness not having the means or getting at facts. In reply to the Chairman, the witness considered yid there if the Birkenhead improvements to be laid before the House of Commons this session were carried out, the largest ocean 'steamers could come up to the pool, and the landing stage was merely for the accommodation of passengers of the town, and not of the shipping. With regard to the connection of the corporation with the dock estate, up to 1785 the corporation possessed the exclusive power of making, but by the 51st George 111. the corporation were, for the first time, compelled to purchase land at a price fixed by a jury. By the 4th George IV. a body of audit commissioners; was appointed, whose duty was to be solely auditing the accounts; but a power of veto was vested in the Town-council, which neutralised the effect of that enactment. By Mr. Horsfall : He did not think the auditors were appointed on the part of the ratepayers, for they were appointed partly by the magistrates of Lancashire and Cheshire, as well as the corporation of Liverpool—three auditors by each of these bodies, making nine in all. 0 By the Chairman : The veto was not merely a name ; there was one case in which the corporation vetoed the proceedings of the dock trustees, who had passed' a reso lotion that a certain portion of land in Toxteth-park was vested in the dock trustees, and not in the corporation. Counsel afterwards decided that the land was vested in the dock trustees, without making any compensation to the corporation. There was a more recent case of a similar kind, which showed that the power of the dock trustees had not yet passed away. It was when an oppo sition was made some years ago—he did not know the date—to rating the docks to the poor -rate. The bill for the purpose was promoted by the vestry of Liverpool, and the dock trustees opposed it, but owing to a difficulty about some formal points relative to the corporate seal a petition to Parliament could not be sent in time to comply with the standing orders. Mr. Bramley-Moore, the witness continued, who was a long time chairman of the dock estate, once said he had made the history of that property his peculiar study, and he declared that the first grant of land to the dock estate was made in the reign of Queen Anne ; in later times the corporation became merely sellers of land to the dock trustees. The sum of £221,851 was paid, in 1840 for the site of the Albert Dock. , Mr. Horsfall, supported by Mr. Watson, objected to this part of the witness's evidence being taken. It was merely collected from a printed report of evidence given by Mr. Bramley-Moore before a Parliamentary committee, and could not surely be taken as evidence before this committee. The Chairman: Oh, go on ; go on. (A laugh.) The witness then proceeded to read part of Mr. Chap lin's evidence before a Parliamentary committee, relative to the management of the dock estate finances, and after wards referred to a petition to Parliament from the Town Council, which was presented in 1833. Mr. Horsfall again . interposed, and thereupon the room was cleared. The committee remained in deliberation for about ten minutes or a quarter of an hour. .On the re-admission of strangers, The Chairman said : Go on The witness then proceeded to read the petition, and &so an extract from a Parliamentary :report, with the view of shewing that on many occasions the Corporation of Liverpool had interfered with the dock trust, solely for the purpose of receiving their own benefit at the expense of the shipping. _ By the Chairman: The Town Dues of /Liverpool are burthened with a debt of X.1,000,0t10 sterling. This debt was incurred at different periods prior and subsequent to the passing of the Municipal Corporation Act, but for what purpose he was unable to say. It appeared, however, that one object was a large outlay for building churches, which amounted to £122,000 odd ; there was also a sum of £160,000 for the improvement of Bold-street. Now, Bold-street, as must be well known, was a long way from the docks, and that outlay could not be said to be for the benefit of the shipping; there was also £221,851 paid for 26 acres of land at Wallasey. The project for making the Birkenhead docks was renewed in 1843, and the competition for land there became very brisk, land being sold as high as 16s a-yard, or .e 3,500 per acre. He considered there was no justifi cation for charging any portion of the million debt, secured by the Town Dues, upon the duties levied on shipping. By Mr. Horsfall : Witness was quite aware that the works at Birkenhead turned out a tailure ; he thought it would be highly desirable that the Town Dues should be expended to a certain extent, as was done now by the corporation for the benefit of the shipping. With regard to the printed documents, from which h had read, he had read nothing which was not on the authority of evi dence before Parliamentary committees, evidence taken before the municipal corporation commissioners, or evi dence furnished by officers of the Liverpool corporation ; and if he had inadvertently made any error in his state ments, the corporation had it in their power to correct him. Mr. Hardy : Did you get up this case either by direc tion of the corporation of Manchester, or as a labour of love ? Witness : I am not aware of it being usual for a pro fessional gentleman to getup any case as a labour of love. (A. laugh.) Mr. Watson : Have you not been a long time getting up the case ? Witness : No, not very long. Mr,'Watson: Why, did you not get up the case before the Liverpool Commissioners ? _ _ Witness : Yes ; but three days before I went before that commission I knew nothing of the Town Dues question ; and I should have known nothing, had it not been for the documents supplied by the corporation. Mr. Watson : Have you produced all the books that are necessary to your case ; you seem to have a good many ? Witness : By no means ; I have only made reference to but a few of them. (A laugh.) By Mr. Hardy : He could state one grievance under which the Manchester merchants and tradesmen laboured with regard to the Town Dues of Liverpool. He should instance in particular those persons in the timber trade, who were obliged to pay heavy dues on all timber which they imported into Liverpool. By Mi. Watson : He did not come there to raise the question of the right of the corporation at all to these dues ; what he complained of was the appropriation of the dues. He did not say he found the word " trust " in any of the documents he had read; but the Municipal Act provided in what way the borough funds should be expended. He should not think of referring to Mr. Chaplin to establish any trust,'. but he should refer to what Blackstone said as to the origin of these dues, which established an obli gation on the part of the corporation to maintain the port, and that he considered clearly established a " trust" without any consideration. They had tolls in Manchester which belonged to Sir 0. Moseley ; these were market tolls, and were purchased of the corpo ration of Manchester for £200,000 ; the tolls yielded now about £1,500 a-year ; but he could not tell exactly how much of that Was spent on the borough. Ho be lieved there was not nearly so much spent for borough purposes as were received out of the tolls ; but he con sidered the case of a market toll was not at all analagous to the Dock Dies. Since the Manchester corporation purchased the manorial rights of the market t o ll s th e y had expended between £30,000 and £40,000 in preparing market accommodation for persons frequenting the mar kets. Persons of course paid no toll if they did not go to the market, consequsntly there was a full equivalent for the toll. BY Mr. hardy : He believed that the prosperity of Liverpool was entirely owing to its ch e ck system, and he thought it would be very desirable to annul the charge of .e 150,000 Dock Dues for which the shipping derived benefit. It was easy to point out other pla ces to whi ch the trade of Liverpool might be directed if an oppressive system of Dock Dues continued to be levied. By Mr. Cardwell : He was aware of the course which had of late years been adopted at Bristol. It was the very reverse of that of Liverpool, an d the, trade of Bristol had been greatly improved by t he adop ted of making the borough rates available for lo wer ing o the Dock Dues. A house rate of 4d. in the pound had been carried at Bristol where the corporation were the proprietors of the docks, and this policy had been found to have a good effect upon the trade of the place ; so good an effect indeed that it would probably lead eventually to do away with the Dock Dues altogether. He hoped the committee would f h a ve laid before them a return o the value of the pro perty of the corporation of Liverpool. Mr. Robertson Gladstone, he added, had endeavoured to yet such a re t urn from tho corporation, but the an_SWer returned him was that it would require thrce - years to prepare the valuation and none had yet been made. If the Liverpool corpora tion should be desirous of adopting the same course as that of Bristol, namely, to make a house rate available for the benefit of the shipping, or even to reduce the present dues on shipping, they would be stopped by a clause in Itheir municipal corpor a tio n ad. That clause forb ids the corporation from applying the corporate or borough funds to other than municipal purposes. By Sir J. Duckworth : Th ere was something in th. local situation of Liverpool that made the trade of Man chester chester prefer that port to any other. He kne w of some branches of Manchester commerce which were already diverted from Liverpool to other ports by th e Town Du e ! , but at the same time he did not wish that it should?: understood that Liverpool did not aff best facilities as a port for Manchesotreyd: thes the surrounding districts. He believed dues pressed most heavily upon salt, coal, a nu timber, and a freeman might be carrying on_ e profitable trade in these commodities, while a non-fr.:ll, man would be trading at a loss, the Town Dues m ak ' the difference between the profit and the loss. Mr. Vance asked what was the amount of the b orough rates levied in Liverpool ? The witness said, he was no t then able to state thero particulars, but he would take care to get them from Manchester, and append the statement to his evidence•iis In reply to Mr. Hardy, th e w it ness gave some det a relative to the supply of gas and water in Manc hester, which he said the people themselves could regulate e price of; as to gas, he believed it was cheap considering the quality, being 21 illuminating p3wer per candle. The ss, act fixed the max i mum p r i ce at and the minimum a' 4s, and the cost at present was 4s 6d. By Mr. Horstall : H e did no t k now th a t the c ost in Liverpool was 45,; he thought it was 4s 6d. At this point of witness's evidence, the Speaker was announced to be at prayers, and the committee thereupon adjourned until Thursday next. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS.-MONDAY The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat at five o'clock. INDIAN CURRENCY ALBEMARLE presented .a petition frp lne th the English inhabitants of Sing a p ore , p ro t est i ng a gainst d 'ntroduction, by the Government of India, of a novel an . iconvenient currency, instead of the long es t ? b Jniusion on into the venient, and commerc e satisfacto of hat onae, nd the theassocreb throvog a ced British settlements in the Straits of Malacca. highly in lished, CHURCH D [SCIPLINE BILL The LORD CRANCELtIit, in moving the second rea ding of the Church Discipli ne Bill, entered into a lengtheoe'i statement on the provisions an d wor ki ng o f the acts of 1832, and of that intr o d uce d i n 1847, 1 848, 180, and 1 8 '', by the Bishop of Lond on , an d re f erre d a l so / to the sg,,g d gestion of the two houses of convoca ti on. Th e noble 3 ' learned lord said that h e cons id ere d a ll th ese propos he savoured too much of a n ecc l es i as ti ca l c h arac t e r, andmo r a et proposed that an assessor or j u d ge should sit w ith, and e for the bishop ; a n d th a t th ere s h ould b e appo i n ted w h i l e ecclesiastics, superseding a ll v i cars genera l th rou ghou:, ; i t is h kingdom, and that they s h ou ld b e se l ecte d b y t WO En° Ile and two Irish bishops, and the Bishop of London• proposed that in cases involving doctrinal points , ! 1 1 Bishop should himself decide, though t relating the assistance of the assessor ; and in matters no to a' to doctrine, the Bishop might delegate the whole• chancellor. In disputed points, he proposed that the et„, in some cases ,%." should be submitted to a jury of four persons selected f t. rr a. the common roll of jurymen, and that there should court of appeal, which he proposed should be, as at Pre sent, the judicial committee of the Privy Council. d , The Archbishop of CANTERBURY moved, as an amen, ment, that the bill be rea d a secon d ti me th a t day six months. -- The Bishop of Derry, the Earl of Harrowby, and ,t he Bishop of Carlisle support e d th e measure , an d the Bisu_l of Exeter, the Earl of Derby, and the Bishop of OXf°' supported the amendment. Lo r d - ships LORD CHA N C ELLOR th en replied, 'and the ir ships divided. The numbers were— • For the motion For the amendment Majority against the second reading... 8 • The bill was consequently rejected. Their Lordships, at half-past 12 o ' c l oc k, 1- until Thursday. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—MONDAY. The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. NEW MEMBER. Capt. HANCOCK took the oaths and his seat for Athl°Pe PRIVATE RILLS, The London, Tilbury, and Southend Railway Increas6 of Capital Bill, was read a third time and passed. an d The Bath Gas Bill, Scarborough W a t er B i ll, Worksop Gas Bill, were considered and ordered for tbirtx reading. Mr. MASTERMAN presented petitions from the va companies, and several of the wards against the t Corporation Bill. Sir E. P KY presented petitions from Glasgow a n , a ,. various other places, in favo ur o f th e amen d men t o f t'' law relating to the property of married women. Mr. HOESFALL presented a petition from certain 51119° owners of Liverpool, praying for a repeal of that of the mercantile marine act which makes it imperaq„ cf , to ship and pay off crews at the government shiPPl3, certa office; and petitions to the same effect from masters of merchant ships at Liverpool and seam en ° Liverpool from Mr. MONCKTON MILNES presented a petition _ t . n g Wakefield,' praying for an alteration of the law rela 1 to the property of e 'married women. at a Sir J. PARINGTON presented a petition agreed to meeting of merchants, bankers, and others at the Lonvcig4, portiotie Tavern, over which the Lord Mayor presided , In .3 . t his• for an increased postal communication between country and South Australia. THE PEACE REJOICINGS. In reply to Lord H. LENNOX, of Mr. MO N S ELL said his Royal Highness the Range the the Parks had given permission for the erectiQn of buildings for the celebration of the peace. In reply to Mr. BRADY, give Sir G. GREY said that it was no t contemplated Cement op en i ng an order for the of public places of am lls— in consequence of the peace. Replying to Captain VERNON, ~ , 0 trol Mr. Moism", said the Board of Works ha d ia il the over the erection of all buildings in the arks, b n flees instance of those erected for fireworksP. eireunis„7 rendered it necessary that the responsibility should -- be - transferred to the Ordnance. In reply to Mr. Roebuck, ~, in the Mr. MoNsELL said that the proper authority matter was the secretary at war. Replying to Mr. Roebuck, A fli t t he t . The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER SOIL.. -,,- a yi.- rejoicings for the peace were in accordance with cost took place at the close of the last war. and t he would be about .8,000. be ing: Lord J. MANNERS deprecated any demonstration or, made until the two Houses of Parliament [had an oPP tunity ofjudging of the terms of the treaty. ~, city' elusion G. GREY said it was the usual custom at the elusion of a great war to give the people an oPP ers ' of sharing in the rejoicings. ;,-„igin.g l Mr. BRADY wished to know whether the rex -- would be extended to Dublin. A terfai ne Sir G. GREY said the Lord Lieutenant would ~e , - caid, whether that should be the case. There would, " e - be fireworks in Victoria Park. n , ' Colonel KNOX said the people feared the demons trat e as it was the prevailing opinion that they would b e t ,, cl on account of it. ense 9 The CHANCELLOR of the EXC HEQUER said the exP o n. would appear as part of those of the war. The de Tece stration would take place as soon as the ratification s " exchanged. Lord J. MANNERS thought the demonstration silnttibidc not be taken as an expression of the approval of terms of peace by the public. Sir G. GREY concurred in this remark. bwy a w atTli , e' hie' ) Mr. DUNCORBE wished to k . that the rejoicings were to continue d of a whole week's' the working man would be deprive It from the war, nowfera whe ther week, it which we should not have entered r been some reason for our Aberdeen, there might haveuponesu but for Lord! , war bad resulted in procurin ,, liberty demonstration if the rejoicing. They might have had something worthy of a' for Hungary, Italy, and of FProalraiened, and instead of there'f. their being ; enslaved by the words WOOD AMdro.dSiotgantloeythseaiodb, servo"' tions of Mr. Duncombe, he announce ill replying o par k t . o d that the p) ro n, exhibit at night, after the workt , nic display would be e and worild wo S u i l r d b C e . no fair in the , t . man had concluded his labours for the day, probably last about three hours. ADJOURNMENT OF THE HOUSE ; till The motion that the House at its risirAg do adj'nurn Thursday, was agreed to. SUP PLX, The House then went i nto committee or 'supply, on the Civil Service Estimates. • Some discussion arose•upon a vote of £60 , 000 for the Br i t i s h-Museum, as to the appointment c,f Mr. Pantzzi to the office of librarian, which was defended by the s t Y Lord J. Russell , M r. L ayard , and o'„hers. Odraa I the Tote was , agreed to, as were al so , severa l o ther vot es of the estimates , with more or less exisenssion. The House then resumed. peaeer, BILL. .1 the The CHANCELL OR S Of INSUR th e tES EXCHEQUER move d second reading of the Fire Insurances Bill. Mr. WILKINSON moved, as an amendment, tha t it be lead a second time that day six months. Mr. E. DENNISON seconded the amendment. Mr. BAXTER suggested the adjournment of the debat e ' Mr. HENLEY opposed the measure. „notion Mr. K IN NA I RD and Mr. GIBSON supported the --- t for the adjournment of the debate, and spok e agams the measure. After some further discussion the debate was adjourned. d time The Bankrupts (Scotland) Bill was read a thirc_ and passed. The other business on the paper was disposed of, and the House adjourned at a quarter to two o'clock. THE HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT.-Sir Charles Barry:: great whole outline work is approaching towards completion; the .! outline of the clock tower is now seen, an d the Victor Tower is finished to the top of the parapet and footle tale turrets. These latter, however, will be 7 0 fee t in .gh,c: and there will, further, be a flagstaff of great elevation, is bear aloft the banner of England whe n the Monarch present. —Builder.