The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-12-15 00:00:00

1 ~• ®...v. Comintrriai Arm. At one o'clock, at the brokers' office, 4, Lower Castle street, 18 bales Maceio Cotton (damaged), and 28 bales Mobile Cotton (inferior).—Fairclough and Chinn. At eleven o'clock, at the commercial saleroom, Temple— court, a large quantity ol Fruit, consisting of Oranges, Nuts, Onions and Grapes.—James Adam, Son & Co. At tw elve o'clock, at the brokers' office, Colonial-buildings, Dale-sti eet, 630 pockets Bombay Linseed, all faults. —Bushby and Co. At twelve o'clock, 40 bales Turkey Madder Roots, and pipes Concentrated Lemon Juice. —John Stuart and Co. At twelve o'clock, at the broker's office, 13, Tempest-hey, 29 tierces new Carolina Rice.—John Rowlinson. At twelve o'clock, at the brokers' office, Apsley-buildings, Oldhall-street, 5 tons Gambier.—Ruoke, Okell and Spence. At o'clock, at the brokers' office, 8, Lancaster. b ill lings. Tithebarn street, 240 barrels fine Rosin.— Sill and Meugens. At twelve o'clock, at the brokers' office, Apsley-buildings, 250 bags Sicily Sumac.—Bower and Slack. At twelve o'clock, at the brokers' office, 4, Chapel-street, l'7 tons Tobasco Fustic, and 450 bales Surat Cotton. —Campbell and Preston. At I o'clock, at the brokers' office, 1, Oldhall-street, GOO bags Nigerseed, and 200 bags Rapeseed.—N. Waterhouse and Co. At twelve o'ciock, at the commercial saleroom, Temple court, 730 half-chests Lisbon Oranges, 150 cases Valencia Oranges, and 50 casks Dutch Apples. — Fletcher and Firth. ,At twelve o'clock, at Hoylake, a quantity of Ship Tim ber, &c.—Percival, Campbell and Co. Commerc:at THIS DAY. . - . • On account of whom it may concern. 'nth DAY, the lath instant, at Ong o'clock, a:. the Brokers' Office, 4, Lower casil?.str et, IS Ba'es Maceio co frog, damaged, fei Amelia; lying In Ccor.pbeil', , ,Grattwell-striet ; Also, '2B Bales Mobile COUPON. inf, rior. FAIRCL.OIIGH & CHINN, Brokers. THIS DAY, the 15th inst., at Ekven o'clock, at the Commercial SaLroom, Temple-court, 552 Large Boxes } St. Michael's ORANGES, ex Gazelle : 63 .mall Ditto 141 Chests S vide China OR VsTGES. €77 Half-chests D.tto PO, lex Ann 55 One-third Ditto DI TO, I& Half-chests Lisbon DIT PO. ex Magrico ; C 64 Ditto St. Übes DI VTO, ex St.t , tan ; 715 Dit o Lisbon DI ' TO, ex Patriot ; 220 Ditto Ditto Dll'7o, ex Cori.ithiah (s.s.)'; 604 Large Boxes l St. mich ier4 ORANGE s, 135 Small atto I ex 'Leon Raymonda; 2000 Boxes Pa:ermo ORANGES, 32 .Ditto Ditto Bitter ntrro, 30 Ditto Alanchtritle DI I TO, ex Calve (5.05.) ; 50 Bags Fine Naples WALNUTS, 283 Bags 31essinA NUTS, 150 Bags Spanish NUTS, &/ Rags Tur;<ey NUTS, 40 Bias Sicily WA , N1.3 7 :6', 50 Half-chests Port CnIftINS, 50 Boxes Lisbon Dar , ' 5t Barrels Almeria G" A pr. I y to ES. 3 4 ORS ADAM, SON & CO., Brokers. - TO-MORROW. TA-stnanoW, the 16th instant, et Twelve o'clock, • 81 Bales Bombay HEMP, • 87 B tles Sunn HEMP, 2 'lons COIR FIBRE, 545 Bagi ) 287 Pockets Bengal R IC E, BROWNE, HUNTER & CO., Brokers. WEDNESDAY. On WEDNESDAY rext, the 17th 'meant, at Twelre o'clock, et the Broker , ' Office. 2. Oale-street, Cases GUST ARABIC, 'I4 Bags MYRABOLAMS, 16 loos Loose DO., 97 Bales MADDER ROOTS, FsROWNE. HUNTER & CO., Brokers ►only to On Wsuansosy next, the 17th instant, at Twelve o'cloc:, at the Public SWeroom. 237 Bags SALTPETRE. now lauding ex Madeira, in the Alb rt Dock.—Apply to FRANCIS J. EATON. Broker. On WNW, IiSDAY next, the Ina inst., at one o'clock, at the Broker's Office§ 7 Exchange-chambers, Titnebarn-striet, 16 Casks A m-rican SPERM OIL, 20 Tons Thick TALI.OW OIL. FRANCIS J. EATON, Brok-r. to • • On WEDNESDAY next, the 17 , h instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Public Sale.ooni, Exchange-buildings, 220 Tons I.aguva LOGWOOD, ex Barkill, King's Dock —Apply to Messrs. W. and J. Tyrer, Fier• Chants; rto BOW Elt do SLACK, Brokers. THURSDAY. On lELOIRODAY. the lilth i s: ant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Broker.,.' offire, 2, Dalc-vtraet, • About 9 Tons BU ,TALO HORNS, ex Christopher Newton.— A pp , y to BRO W N 11 U %TT ER k 13rnkers. FRIDAY. tau FaIDAY xt, the 19 h inst., at Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' Office, Apsley-buildings,lhall-street, 200.) Bundles RATTAN CANES, Just landed.—Apply to 'Messrs. Thom ,a and John Brocklebank,Mer. t fonts. or to JEWFERSON & TAYLOR. Brokers, T HIS DAY, R. J. NODDER Will respectfully offer his Selection of Parisian and English RIDING and WALKING HATS, BONNETS, and CAPS, with every description of Trimmings, Feathers, Laces, &c., of the most fashionable and tasteful kind. 81, CHURCH STREET. WANTED, a Clever KITCHEN-NIAID, who has lived in a large Establishment; also, Four Good COOKS.-• , -Apply at Mrs. J. G. Stevens's, 44, Norton-street. MESSRS. DUGIT AND MARTIN beg to inform their Friends and Pupils that their Annual JUVENILE BALL will be held at the PHILHARMONIC HALL, on FA IDAY next, the 19 hof Deceinhcr. Tickets to be had at the residence of Mr. Dugit, 116, Duke-street ; and at the Doors of the Philharui nit: Halt. JUVENTILF, CI ASSES for Instruction in Dan. The• HOLIDA_ clng, will meet at ht. Academy Thee Limes a week. The Second Series oF EVENING CLASSES will commence on the 3rd o' January. 184. - S GEORGE'S HALL, LIVERPOOL. GRAND FESTIVAL OF SCOTCH MUSIC. TUESDAY and WE a D t N E r g rAy ie E k VE E NINGS, Dec. 30'h and 31st, And WEDNESDAY MORNING, at e H% u l g f:part Two o'clock. AIR. JULIAN ADAMS, The eminent Pianist, will introduce for the first time in Liverpool, hit FESTIVAL OF SCOTTISH MUSIC. VOCALISTS: MISS HENRY and MISS M. HENRY (the popular Duet wingers) : and MR. T. CRAWFORD (the popular Ectxti n Tenor). • Instrumental Solo Performer, ROYAL RARMONICORDE, JULIAN ADAMS. (Who had the honour of playing before Her Majesty the Queen, His Royal Highness Prince Albert. and the Em eror Napoleon. on the occasion of tae Great Paris Exhibition); and in order to afford the Public an opportunity of hearing the NATIONAL MTISIC OF SCOTLAND, the following HAND of HIGHLAND VIOLINISTS will appear in the Costume of their respective Clans: — Mr. JAMES ALLAN (from Fortar).; Mr. DUNCAN WEl:act:ma (from reel player to the Earl of Airlie.l Dunkeld). successor to Neil Mr. JAMBS BLAIR. (from Perth). i Gow, and reel player to his Mr. WM. BRYSON (from Perth). Grace the Duke of Athol. Mr. W. IvPLictszt (from Abertelrly, Nit*. JAS. Bl'lNTosir (from Edln reel player to the Marquis o ; burgh). Rreadalbane. I Mr. Bay soN,jun. (from Perth). Mr. C. 111‘lwro3u (from Athol). Mr. A. SIKINNRR (from Aberdeen), Air. P. Mitaszs ifrotu Aberdeen) reel player to Her Majesty at reel. player to the Martinis and' Balmoral Castle. Marchioness of Huntly I Mr. Jsro . A. MAY (from Dundee). Mr. JAS AI.:DRAWS (from Irvine). Mr. BOWMAN prom Montrose). MY. P. MICHAEL *On Kama, Mr. D. M'DoNALD (Glasrow), nock. w nner of a prize at the E burgh competition. And other Scottish Violinists, being a combination of the first Strathspey and Reel Players, who will appear In the COSTUMS of their aespacriva CLANS. Leader MR. BRYSON, Perth. Pianist and Conductor MIL JULIAN ADAMS. Admission—Reserved Seats, 31; Bt dy of the Hall, 2s; Gallery, Is. Tickets and places may be had at Messrs. lists and SoN's MUSIC warehouse. S 7, CR.irch-street. - - - TEETH !] IMPORTANT NOTICE. TEETH ! MESSRS. GABRIEL, THE old-established DENTISTS, have the honour to inform their Patients and the Public that they may be consulted daily, from Ten to Seven at their Establish ment, *4.* 112,. DURE-STREET, LIVERPOOL, *** where they continue to supply, as for many years past, their cele brated ENAMELLED AMERICAN ItIINERAL TEETH, From as. 6d. per To3th. Set..es, as. Superior to any now in use. Warranted to answer fully ever Y Purpose fo r which nature intended t he:originals. Without Fa; ratti ng Teeth or St umps , an d without Wires any description , o r caus ing a ny _ By the New and Painless System, One Viotti:lly is required from Country Patients. CZ- A PERFECTLY WHITE ENAMEL ..c 5 for Decayed Front Teeth, which entirely supers e desd° generall y, of es the use of any - of the Amalgams now In use, consisting , as t e y Quicksilver and other Metals, than which nothing ca n b e more i njurious to the Teeth and constitution generall y . • The WHITE ENAMEL is a non-matelliC preparation, and re _ quires to be seen to he appreciated. Only to be obtained of Messrs. GABRIEL, at their Establish. . merits, ttl• 112, DUKE-STREET, LIVERPOOL. London Establishment, 33, LUDGATE-HILL, Consultation and every information Gratis.—Established 1804. C, scaling the Teeth. Extracting, and Misfits Remodelled, by;,t MESSRS. GABRIEL, SU RGEON DENTISTS, 112, DUKE-STREET, Just Published, A Pamphlet, entitled " A Few Words respecting the Teeth." May be had gratis. or sent on receipts of two postage stamps. Ear All Letters receive immediate attention. Messrs. G. wish to state that they have no professional conneetic with air/ person or firm. Apply to 717 .5- _ TIE NORTHERN TIMES.---LIVERPOOL, MONDAY. genuine philanthropy, self denial, and attractive manners. And the universal reverence in which he was held for his personal and public virtue and worth, was, on the day of the funeral, emphatically attested by the suspension of all public business throughout the city. High and low, rich and poor, Catholic and Protestant, alike joined in this well earned mark of esteem and regard. There was a public .proteasion, in which the clergy of the . diocese ef Cork and Cloyne, and the civic authorities; . the merchants, and traders of Cork, and the leading magistrates and gentry of the surrounding districts ,joined. We read that the scene presented at the cementery on the art ival of the body, was affecting and solemn in the exe treme. Here many had waited, with a reverential and an affectionate ankiety, notwithstanding the torrents of rain,` from an early hour; in order that they, should witnesses of ale last act of the sad ceremonial: But over the interment—the en, tonibment—we must draw a veil. The feel ings of grief which here found a voice, and proclaimed their intensity, ttere too sacred to become the theme of newspaper parade. Oe. entering the cemetery, the clergy ranged them selves at vither sides of the entrance, chanting the burial-service, arid-accompanied the body to its last resting-place. The grave ls situted at the toot of the large stone cross, erected by the very rev. deceased, a short distance inside the inner gate, this being the place selected by himself for his grave. The body was then lowered, and when the heavy fall of the earth on the coffin was heard, the feelings of the thirty thousand people who surrounded the grave, became almost e Azle 1. , Tri..OttitVt;it'pe . r of to-day will' found particulars of 11:sact cltlatnity WhichlitipPened here yesterday, namely, the burning to death of a man and woman in Athol-street, in the north end of the town What makes the event more melancholy is that, as far as we know of the case, the sad calamity has been caused by the intemperate habits of the unfortunate sufferers. This should be a warning to all who indulge in the practice of partaking of the faccursed drug—that which frenaleS reason; causes, man to overlook all self respect, and renders him unfit both: fel-tittle and for eternity. Another matter to which we would here. refer is the horrible treatment of a female in Peter-street, when a monster in human form made a most brutal and murderous assault upon a little girl often years of age. Such atrocity merits the several punish to our gallant defenders, than we are to the men who stood before Sebastopol. That heroic little army restored the military prestige which a forty years' peace bad almost obliterated. They gave to our half-forgotten tra ditions all the realities of fact. Poor CHARLES JACKNIAN may have been one of the least con. spicuous of the soldiers who took a Part in the great struggle. Still, he was a Crimean soldier —a Christian—and some respect ought to have been shown for his cloth and his creed. He ought to have been allowed a parish funeral, if nothing More. The churchyard 4 New Town should not have been the scene of an ,exhibition worthy of the days when CHARLES 11. dragged the body of the gallant BLAKE from his grave, and cast it into a ditch. It may not have been pos sible to have buried the soldier with military honours, but he was entitled to a shroud and coffin from the parish in which he died. His legal claim to these decencies might, probably, have been disputable, but his title to his country, men's respect could not have been denied. The medal he wore placed his claim upon them for so much, beyond all doubt ; and if the people of the parish in which he died did really suffer him to be carried into the 'cl-archyard like a dOg,,,lhe,y, deserve the reprobation of all England,: But what were the military authorities about? Are they wholly irresponsible in such cases ? Is a soldier on furlough not to have a decent burial ? This cannot be the cases Why, then, was CHARLES JACKMAN left to be carried to his grave unshrouded The commanding officer of the 33rd Regiment, or the ,Horse. Guards, must have been com municated with by the coroner who presided at the inquest, or by some of the local authorities ; but no notice appears to have been taken of-the matter. What, then, are we to think of the per fection of our military system ? We cannot wonder that everything goes wrong in oiir camps -abroad when such things can occur when we merely ape campaigns at home. Here we have a soldier going from his regiment to 'his home ; he takes ill on the road and dies, and there is no one to take any further trouble about him. His "decorations are saved for his relatives." Con siderate age ! The bit of metal and ribbon are to be preserved as heirlooms, while the corpse of the gallant wearer is consigned to the tomb with less regard to decency than we bestow on criminals after execution. We cannot, however, persuade ourselves that there is any truth in the statement we have quoted. We have iaken it from the London Times, and such a case of bar barity, originating in a manifest neglect of duty in some direction, cannot escape the censure it deserves, should it really have occurred. If it has, to the rank and file of the British army, meat the_ law can inflict. Another examination of the parties implicated in the great gold dust robbery took place at the Mansion House on, Saturdayi Further evidence of a condemnatory character was given, and another remand ensued. Like the Great Northern frauds, the preliminary enquiry into this affair is not only wearisome but seems interminable. ' The forei g n intelligence is not of much moment. Austria, wehear, is still continuing her amnesties Political prisoners have been liberated in Venice, and the events of 1848 and 1849 in Hungary are A: to be entirely forgotten. 0066 Np; to" t e Gazette de Cologne, the replies of the cabinets --of London and Vienna to the Russian memorandum were sent to St. Petersburg, the first on the 23rd of Novernbcr, and the second - on the 4th of the pre sent month. In the Austrian despatch the ques tion of the Danubian Principalities is referred to in a manner _which necessitates, it is said, a reply from . - the' Russian government. The Rus sian memorandum is said to proceed from the pen of . the Baron Brunnow. A -Vienna correspondent of the Nord . says :—The high oflicials regions. here were divided into two parties, one of which recommended the adhesion of the Aus - irian 'Cabinet to the convocation of the Congress, whilst the second objected with obstin acy to that course which certainly is the only means of "solving present difficulties. An auto graph letter from the Emperor of the . French, put an end to the hesitation of our cabinet, and the Emperor Francis Joseph, on receiving it, at once entered into the views of his august ally. We observe, by a despatch from Naples, touching the late attempt upon the life of the King, that the assassin has declared that he acted in conformity with suggestions made to him, but he does not state from which these proceeded. The Oesterreichische Zeitung of Vienna, attributes the at. tempt to the " Mazzinists," but in the adjoining column we find the following passage, contained in a letter written by a Conservative Turin correspon dent on the sth inst. :—Naples is said to he in a state of extreme excitement, and a spirit of insu bordination and mutiny is belived to prevail in the Neapolitan army. A collision between the native troops and Svdss is considered likely, and the latter look forwaid to it with sombre resolution. The letters of our Paris correspondent, which we give at length in other columns, contain all the intelligence of moment from that quarter, and will repay an attentive perusal. From India and America there islater intelli gen ce. By the former we learn that war against Persia bad been proclaimed at Calcutta, and the last division of the expedition had left Bombay on the 13th ult. India is represented as being perfectly tranquil. We have 'already announced that fferat had . fallen into the hands of the Persians. It was on the 26th of October that the town surrendered. Some days before a considerable breach had been made at the foot of one of the numerous towers which flank the walls of the town ; but in order to reoch the spot it was necessary to carry a work in front of the place, which had been raised by English -officers. The . attacking columns, composed of picked troops, rushi - d to the assault with great intrepidity, and the Aff ghans, though resisting the first shock, were soon cblig. d to give way Then lea Khan, who com• mended the la, sieged, seeing that further resistance was quite impossible, submitted to Murad Mirza, commander in-chief of the Persian army. The Eng. lish troops have already begun to operate in the . Persian Gulf It is said that France offers to mediae in the dispute, and that Ferukh Khan has,had a Cons ference with Lord de Redcliffe. it is due that proper provision should be immediately made for the decent interment of soldiers dying on furlough, as well as if they had died in the regiments to which they belong, And we cannot help thinking, that parish authorities over-strain the law, when they refuse to supply a coffin, and allow the corpse of a stranger to go " un shrouded" to the grave. We are hard sticklers for economy in Liverpool, but we earnestly hope this parish will never be disgraced by any such anti-Christian neglect and parochial meanness, as that recorded against the authorities of New Town. THERE is no such thing as an eminent pro fessional man in Liverpool, according to the prodigal side of the Council. The late debate on the proceedings of the Library and Museum Committee proves this encouraging fact. Spoiled children always look on their parents with con tempt ; they despise their nurses, and tell their preceptors that they are blockheads the instant they get an upright collar to their shirts and go into public alone. From this very troublesome and ungrateful progeny of Liverpool the great majority of our Councilmen have been selected. There are no eminent men in Liverpool but themselves, and they, as a matter of course, are pre-eminent in all things. They are liable, how ever, to make mistakes as well as less pretending folk. They have discovered genius among their professional townsmen. They employed one Liverpool architect to embellish the exterior of St. George's Hall, and they are so well satisfied with his elaborate and classic productions that they would employ him, again if they were not afraid of the vengeance of 'the lion family and unknown monsters he has brought into the world. The majority of the Council have not ventured to condemn anything their side of our provincial artists have produced, and yet they give the public to understarid that we have no eminent architects among - us, by their votes. If they want a library, museum, or landing-stage built, they offer premiums out of the Borough .Fund for the best designs; and after they have awarded prizes for. what they say is perfect. or best, they directly turn round and declare that the architect of their choice 4 ' has " not the ,confidence of the Council," and that they must have an eminent man employed who has not condescended to submit a design of the work required to those who seek :his services. This man who keeps his pre-eminence out of sight gets into his possession the prize designs of our local artists, and after a little dexterous manipulatibn of these men's brains, he comes forward with a great work, remarkable only for the awkwardness displayed in its compilation. Mr. Alderman HOLME describes how eminent men, and those who have the confidence of his side of the Council, act, in a few words : "When the landing-stage 'Was about to be built, "designs were invited by that body, and prizes " awarded.. The best designs were then handed " over to Sir WILLIAM CUBIT; and he, with their " aid, prepared the - design of a stage` satisfactory to all parties."; =The " best designs " alluded to by Mr. HOLME were. those of Liverpool men ; and was it not most unjust to hand over the drawings of what is essentially a marine structure to a London builder and architect ? In Mr. ALLOM'S case, the injustice appears to be still greater. The Corporation advertised for _ A PARAGRAPH has been going the rounds of the papers, which is really too appalling to be generally creditecl.,' The disgusting..episode is headed, " How to Bury . a Warrior," which, according to modern usage, appears to be most inhuman. The story is this Charles Jack_ " man, of the 33rd Foot (the Duke's Own), on " furlough, left Aldershott Camp on the 2d inst., " travelling by' the• Great -Western RailyfiLy; On the train stopping for refreshment at Swin don, he was taken insensible from one of the " carriages, and, died after a few minutes. An " inquest was held on the 3rd. On the sth he " was conveyed in a cart to the churchyard a t " the New Town. Among the guests at the " Queen's Royal Hotel, chanced to be a clergy " man ; and thus, though the unshrouded corpse " was not *admitted within the church, the " funeral service 'was read over the grave of a survivor from Sebastopol, the clasp and medal " for which he. wore. Those decorations are " saved for relatives.- Now, can it be possible that a soldier could have been suffered to be buried in a Christian country, and within only a few miles, comparatively, of the head-quarters of his regiment, or the Horge-Guards, without a clergyman to bury him , or a shroud 'or coffin to cover him ? We trust, ,for the credit of the Bri tish army, arid the honour of the .co,untry, that there is no truth in the report in question. England has often been indebted to the survivors of her foreign wars. She owes her present inde ' pendence and power to the devotion and valour of those who have long since gone to their account ; but we were never more deeply indebted designs for the Public Library. Mr. ALLom's . drawings took the highest prize. And, yet, when it comes to be given away, the execution of the work—the "job" which the Corporation know so well how to value—Mr. SAMUEL HOLME stands up and states that, " Mr. ALLoi had been . " successful in 'carrying off the prize ; but he bad " not the confidence of the Council, and that " should be a bar to the execution of the idork being' " entrusted to him. He (Mr. HomgE) agreed with " Mr. JOHN tiTEWART, that the liesk course would "be to instruct the surveyor to prepare their " desig,nS; at'leastfor the ground planS of the coil " striiction, and he could then : get an architect to " assist him in the preparations of the elevations." Mr. Holois must have forgotten, when he gave utterance to these words, that the Council have to pay less than one-half of the money set apart for the Library, and that, in treating Mr. ALtOm with. injustice, he was heaping the Council's ingratitude on Mr. BROWN, whose entire confidence Mr. ALLorsi enjoyed, and re tained, until worried by every influence which could be brought to bear upon him, that truly patriotic and charitable man, abandoned in disgust, at the Corporation's intriguing, :his. unqualified preference for, Mr. ALLOM• "tirAati architect. Had the Council a less sincere and tolerant man to deal with than Mr. BROWN, he would have declined, long since, to have anything more to say to them or the Library. money was not offered as a sop to hungry corporate officials or eminent men, who show their abilities in working up the designs of others. It was never intended that the Borough Surveyor was to be the architect, who was to " get an architect to assist him in " the preparation ofthe elevations." This was an after-thought, and a most cruelly unjust one towards the Liverpool Architects, whose designs will be carefully dissected, and made to supply nine-tenths of the plans produced from the Surveyor's office. It is also taking from the non official professional men of the Borough a large amountof employment which belongs to them, and centralising, it in the Corporation. What right have the Council to be architects and builders ?,‘ They have, it is true, gleaned the architectural brains of the town by. offering a few paltry prizes, to enable their officials to understand what is wanted ; but who will get the contract — the fair commercial remuneration and encourage ment due to talent ? Some man who has the confidence of Mr. SAMUEL HOLME'S side of the Council Chamber will get all that is to be made of Mr. BROWN'S munificence and the public's lighter share of the money. The whole affair has already assumed the unmistakeable features of a corporate job, and it will not be a little amus ing to watch its growth, and note its ultimate magnitude. Mr. ALLOM may have sinned with regard to cost ; but it is, to be hoped the econo mical side of the Chamber will not let those eminent men " who have the confidence of the majority run into the same error. In the mean time, we would recommend the architects and other professional men of Liverpool, whose business is now monopolised by the Corporation, to make common cause with the Ref3rm Electors, in an effort to purify the atmcsphere of the Town Hall. AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE NIAGARA. . . _ The ROyal Mail steani-Ship, from BoStori via Hali fax, arrived here this morning,and landed tier maile at two o'clock. she.brings 61:passengers, tbe usual and a quintiey Of. specie. The news by this arrival is important, containing, as it does, the Pre `sident's message. -It is as usual a lengthy docu-, meat: Affer a brief introdpction,in wh'ob he alludes to his official position enabling him to speak-of the past - ,and prevent poSitionatti futUre Prospecti of the Union, he remarks that the internal condition of all the States, their trade, commerce and agri culture, are in a satisfactory condition. He deplores the bickerings between the North and -the—South respecting slavery. The outrages in the territory of Kansas are referred to, and a hope expressed that everything will run smooth, and peace and order, and, happines,s among the_ people , rule supreme. The - efficiency of the 'army and are eulogised; - and a further increase of, the-latter recommended. Both the Treasury arid O-eneral POst-offica 'reports Present,satisfactory results. The United: States continue in - the. enjoyment of amicable relations with all foreign powers. On the late diffeiences with Greitt'Britain, the Presi dent "says_ : that, occasion of con trovergy ~ on this: ' point has been removed by an additional treaty, which will be immediately subibitted to the Senate for its consideratiOut...The effeirti to.`relieve the American tracle,in,the Baltic from the S.ound Dues, babe not yet - been attended with success. Mexican affairs are touched-upon, and the Political•ciidition of the country stated:4o be the eause of forbear ance on the part of the United States. With regard to Nicaragua, he states that. as matters at present exist, and awaiting further developments, he had refused to receive either of the _contending _diplomatic repre— sentatives from that country. The exaction of the mail tax by New Grenada he considered exor bitant, and must not be submitted to by the Unite( States _ Redress Jor r the outrages at the Isttnnus c Of Panama must be 'insisted tipon, and satisfactory Security obtained for the general interests of the United States. Such are the leading points of the message, which we shall give in extenso in ajseeond edition. News frorn California to -the - sth- November bad reached New York by the Illinois, which broupt l 1,830,222 dols. in treasure, The election forTresi• dent had taken place in that State, and the returns as sent in, gave Mr. Buchanan fully s ;o o Crpliiratitya In the city , of San Francisco, the vote was closti between Buchanan and Fiement; thelo'rmer having only between 100 and 200_ majority ; 'the Whole opposititin charto.:: tickg, ,however, was successful by about 1,000 Notei,over the democrats. The- Governor had withdrawn his proclamation declar: ing the city of San Francisco in a state of siege," and the Vigilance COmmiltee,had surrandeied - the' captured Spate arms. Two opposing parties of. Chinese; numbering in all: about' 2,500, hail been engaged in a battle near Mound Spring, on the Sonora road. The • affair resulted, as the accounts state, in four being killed fr a four wounded. Two hundred 'dere-taken prisdners by' the civil authorities..; SevEraL attacks had *been made in the newspapers upon P. T. Herbert, the- Present member of c an f irelsfrAtrcgalifornio,; which" elicited from him a card of explanation in regard to his antecedents and course in Washington. From Nicaragua we learn that all was quiet, and the report that the San Juan river was to be blockaded by General Walker's troops was contra dieted. The general had been reinforced by four hundred and ninety men, and occupied San Carlos THE NORTHERN TIMES PERMANEN T LY ENLARGED TO DOUBLE ITS ORIGINAL SIZE. IT IS NOW A `7 EIGHT PAGE DAILY PAPED; POSSESSING THE LARGEST, CIRCULATION, • AND 13 THE BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM IN LIVERPOOL.; SMALL ADVERTISEMENTS SIXPENC E EACH. The NORTHERN TIMES is delivered every morning at Subscribers' residences, within five miles of the Liverpool Exchange, by special messengers, by Eight o'clock, for the Annual Subscription of z el 18s. Oct. in advance. OFFICE. 19, SOUTH JOHN-STREET, LIVERPOOL. L . 42 e fttjrii a °Nadi', DECEMBER 15, 1856. E DAY'S NEWS. TH By the time our publication of to-day is placed upun the table of the greater par . .., of our readers, another human being will have perished upon lite scaffold. .The law will have vindicated its majesty, and public' revenge had its satisfaction. Neve' the-' less, t.ve again question the expediency, the the efficacy, or the justice of legal strangulation. As journalists, we have opposed its infliction ; an& true to our principles, we must not allow any suitable opportunity to pass without urging in emphatic terms the abrogation of a system that is as equally unsuccessful in effecting the objects for which it was intended, as has been the notori ous " ticket of leave" scheme. The last twelve months have been most fruitful in public execu tions. lt has been to Calcraft a complete harYest. During the period we mention he haS been Profes sionally engaged in very many of the counties of England. With rope in hand and cap in pocket,his symbol of death and destruction, he commenced the year by operating upon Jonathan Heywood at Kirkdale, and we suppose he will end it by giving the law's last finishing touch to wretched Jackson at the ancient city of churches—Chester. Old arid young, male and female, have submitted to his fatal process of pinioning, and afterwards to the other dread but momentary ceremonies which precede the drawing of the fatal bolt. Thousands upon thousands of the population have gone forth to witness these revolting scenes. But if we can credit the reports which have been published after.. their occurrence, not only were the witnesses, but the convicts themselves, unmoved. Indeed, the later, we are told, have walked up to the fatal beam with firm step and unmoved nerve. The near approach of appearing before the Great Judge of all mankind presented no terrors to alarm—the thoughts of a murderer's doom brought no feelings of regret fee a life misspent, nor did the scrutinizing gaze of the congregated thousands of fellow beings who assembled to gratify the feelings of a morbid curiosity. To the last moment the doomed con victs, if we take their conduct from the hour of Isentence to that of execution into account,' have regarded themselves convicted martyrs and dying heroes. The last night of their existence, we are told by the prison aut horitit s, they have eaten well and slept soundly, rose next morning without trepidation, received the Sheriff's visit, and ob served the hangman's entrance with much com posure, if not complete indifference. And as regards the multitudes who saw these wretches " cast off," the effect has besn equally as fruit less in quelling crime, for in no period of our, criminal annals have the offences of that de seription been as rife—within the present half century—(at least) as they are now. Nor is it in one portion of the country where such a melancholy state of things exist. In England, in Ireland, and in Scotland too, these fatal deeds of barbarous and savage ferocity are of common occurrence The gallows there is no cure for the crime of murder. As well naig'at, we expect that the youth, who peruses the pages of Rob inson Crusoe, and sips in the hair-breadth escapes on sea and land, through which he passed, the privations which he endured, and the solitary, dangerous, and romantic life which he led, would have an effect of putting an end to his longing for entering upon the adventurous career of a sailor. The details of a bloody carnage on the battle field, the heart-rending accounts of what our glorious troops suffered and endured before Sebas topol, and the sight of the maimed and the sick who returned therefrom, could not abate the ardour for, or the love of martial glory, or eradicate an eager desire to be amongst the strife and din of arms, the participation of the soldiers sufferings and privations. No more then, will capital punish ments repress crime and outrage. If society is to be protected, the disgraceful exhibitions of the scaffold must be given up, and some other mode of punishing those who embrue their hands in inno cent blood ; adopted one in consonance with the sprit of the age in which we live, and which will be dictated by reason and common sense. We have given in another column details of the ravages of the storms of last week. The disasters both by sea and land are truly appalling, Many a ' fellow creature has perished by this terrific raging of the elements. We remember no period (save 1839), when such. disasters have been the result of a winter's storm. Deeply do we commis. aerate with the poor and needy who are victims to its ravages, and hope that, considering the season, Christian benevolence will step forward, and, as soon as possible, generously aid in relieving suffering humanity. A public return of much interest to the nation at large has just been published by order of the House of Commons, on the motion of Mr. W. Williams, the would-be successor of the late Mr. Hume. The return is an official account of the income and expenditure of Great Britain during the two years at which we were at war with Russia. According to the tables of this return, the year ending the 30th of March, 1856, was wholly spent in Warfare, yet the expenditure of action was less than that of preparation. - The income for 1855 was 64,091,171/, and for 1856, 70,552,145/, and the total expendittire above the income in the two years was 29 ; 000,000. The return, as a whole, is a most interesting one, and demands a separate and more lengthened notice than we can bestow upon it under this head. . . As yet nothing is definitely settled . respecting the,Southampton election, which will take place in February: Two Liberals and one Conservative are on the field as candidates. The liberals are still split among themselves, and should not the breach shortly be healed, Sir I dward Butler will in all. probability occupy the seat vacated by the new Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas. Mr. Bailie Cochran is up for Lanarkshire, but if we can attach any importance to the statement put forth in our respected contemporarY, the North British Daily Mail, he has no chance, as the people of that county cannot, and do not relish his political principles and past public career. , The mortal remains of the venerable apostle of t emperance, Father Mathew, were consigned to their .-fi n d ' resting place on Friday last. time the corpse remained uninterred 'upon thousands of the very humblest During thousands the of the citizens of Cork flocked to where the body . to pay their last sad tribute was laid out in state of pious and affectionate respect to the remains of one who lived and moved so long in the midst of them, diffusing an odiom of sanctity around him, gion by his and lending grace a nd di gnity to reli YiLTOII f. TOOCICT r hi S I r. 11r1,1 1 Vr? Yr/ :_q .: ; ~~ i.~ r. ~~. _> 4 ~'. i and Seraqiqui. President Walker himself writes that he had entirely defeated the allies at Massaya and Granada; that the :t;tieternalans were extin guished, and that the transit route was free. From Costa Rica we learn that President Mors had consented to act for another term of three years' and an extraordinary credit of 10,000 dols. lJia been voted him for the current year. All the bonds issued during the struggle. against, Walk were to be paid in national money. Congress WI voted a sum. of 7r),000 dols. in order - to carry d on a thb next campaign against Gen. Walker, an ' special envoy had been sent t o Peru and Chile is eorcler to perfect the allied league. The American brig Dover had been bought for war purP ose° ' There were eight vessels at La Unio n for the Par' pose of conveying two thousand Guateulalan soldiers to Nicaragua , and iiiAli6lrupdred Men 000 San -Salvador were emb arkin g at Realejo for rho same dcstinatiog. New Granada advices state that two vessels af the English fleet had arrived at Aspin wall f t ad , San Juan, and the tlag ship of the Pacific selo, ron was expected at Panama Iron], San Franoi6c_ct American travellers on the Isthmus were proteetuto by detachments of marines a nd sailora sent fil3by the • United States sloop-of-war Se. MarYs , ,, lov i Commodore INlervine. Retures from Boonta that Senor Mariano Ozpeua w as electedrPee'lutd of the republic. A new postal treaty Nvg'; ab°ti tterg be made with Great Br it a in. The charge.;le-:;sti, to New York had been complained or. The 13 14 - l A ' n p residents in Bogota had petitioned Lord Clara' not to carry out the Macintosh claim blockad e ' .„ . 4 . News from Mexici,o-inforrn us that Vidaurri 41;1 Garza engaged in a pildhed.hattle orethe near Monterey. - The force S-of the latter we-re'°.th pletely routed, Garza himself bare l y esea p ingll o his life. The previously received r eports 01 e e s. operation of the runaway Mexican war steautio, Democrats Coatza it is fired into the schooner Majors Barbour, but not stated whether the sho ts -ocCasione ' ct damage. From Cuba we have news intimating, that it vi b l , proposed to alter the apprenticesskip syste at .: t he introducing labourers on the 'seine footing Chinese, the planters; agreeing to send tbea3,4- end of - years to the Island of Fernando r°' labourers paying elle dollar per month dulia,kl period of their service, as a fund towqoee expense. . From other quarters the news is unimportoatl COM M ERCIAL, w YergIC,'DFC o lsOi Money is quite easy at 7to 8 per cent on call, an d el l facilities - for negociating first'class napes ; but paper known is subject to severe rates. &lA/ The supply of Foreign Exchanges is large, and the - - h etr generally is dull, except for drafts on Paris and on for which there appears 'o exist a good demand. Sterlingdoe especially are heavy. We quote first class signatures, 6° sight, on London, 109 to 1091-. COTTON. 01 1 s INIr. W. P. Wright, in his.eireular issued far the'Ningar s o ! ng of —The 'demand for Cotton in this market since did prime '- the Europai:has•beeteire.l, with more doing for export; bOl ti t have improved to -I,c per lb, and it is not so 0.9 4° to t b-e the annexed quotations; which are' changed to co nform to A business of yeerday.: The salei since 2 5 th ult. 4 ecneu 12,000 bales, chiefly for Liverpool and the Continent. 44p export during same time has- been—to .Liverpool, Antwerp; 376 . ; Hamburg. 291. Total, 3,115 bales- de gar; COTTON IN TRANsITII.—S:vet al sales have been a bushedo ing the past week, and prices may he said to be esta.oijog. 12c for middling Orlen.ns with 15 32d f.eight ; strict W t ' . ..i o gs 12 is same freight ; low 'mid.lling 11;ic to 111-3• consi-it of only a few parcels from Mobile and New Nothing here from the Ath.atic ports. , roe So TH FHN MARK ETs have been active, with a iar.1 .0 .10 4 Lion of the 61,500 bales sold in New Orleans takenfu-, the Continew, and our northern manufacturers. - u k ith in Mobile, Savannah, and Chaileston has been acti(e'ottef rather a larger amount for Great Britain. In the tic° cotton markets an advance of te his been established. eto BRRAMTUFFs. t * ic Flour has' been in fair demand throughout the P l . s without change in prices, closing, however, rather 4%:"' s , i illiet The ( c ia o pers requiring some concession whiCh holders are o t o ; f eit to accede to. Western Canal and State, god- 44 1, 9 v' 6 dolts 200 to 6 dale 75c per brl: Ohio,. .Indiana, ° to 7 dole 25c. Canada, 6 dole 50 c to .7 dole , 6oe. ~,° , 1 " :166 °° 7 dots lOcto 7 dols A o c. Fancies a nd hi g h extras,l to 8 dols 50e, and 9 dole 25.% • 00' WHEA't was in active enquiry for Shipment up tai d B3 - t riff: last, and an advance of 2c to 4c per bushel - viPs 1 1 , 2 ! ' o rri f 'd white qualities bk ing in - most demand-•-yesterc* tn ° 1 60c' were large and prices lather easier. Southern white! . coy 172 135 c per 60Ibs. Genesee and Western , 166 c to 17 5 cc to dian, 162 e to 173. Western red and mixed, Southern red, 148 c to 160 c. - N 1 5 INMAN COH is without cha k nge. . 0 ‘25 , to. o . PROVISIONS : Old mess por is held at I S do' lee to-°tlo, dots 50c, and new at 18 dole 871 c to 19 dol notations " o „,is have been confined lots, and that these bu rr'q , fi C re ott rfion ;!:t lo69 ,.to l • considered nominal. Beef firm ; sales of 400 JO I male at 6 dole to 7 dole 2.5 c for country prime, and ° tier , to 10 dols for old mess. oat 1 3 ta Fio Grain to Liwrpool otherwise' no eh:Alga. To Liverpool, for 7-321. per lb ; Flour 23. 3d. bri.; Grain 71,31.; Groo, per bash. To London, Flour. 2s. 9,1. to 3s. P Fleaf+ 11(1. per bush. To Havre, Cotton, lee; per lb.; to 71 - 3. per bile Grain, 20c. per hush. ~,A; see 614pr1 ° N 110 ORLEANS, Nov. 28 —Cotton une.'„icti day 14,600' bales; sales of the week 51,00 0 ;.,'''o o l ol ° 28 200; rectipte ahead. of.laSt year 6.000. pc" advanced slightly; Cotton to Liverpool 17.321' 104 j .20 0 on London 3 per cent. premium. 4 . Of 71' Nov. 29.—Cotton has advanced lc ; salcsfehaair bales, at 11 arid 117.-,C for middling. Sterling Freights still tending upward. —_— THE COURT. - • _ . of t" OSBORNE, DEC. 13.—The unfavourable eitsoteaPiesist); weather throughout the forenoon prevented 13e 0 , aria find Prince _Albert , or the royal childrea, fr;(001.1to' 'their usual early walks. - His lloyal Higbee° Doeci:ises hilleep Singh arrived. in -the afternoon frf lj e ea/ 0). v ( pay a visit to the Queen.: The royal cirCle B er it ing t ° , o cl • her 'drace the Duchesiof Atholl, Lady-le-SV:oliferieg'ost Majesty ; the lion.' General Grey,' Gen e ral - „ a , D lO n o o f ' thellativ.ClaPtaiti de•-Ros, Iler alajestr 2 " the r,r.', t pill Highness,Prince,.Albert„ acCothlianied il?Y• i , 01 '111 ':eail Wales, the Princess Royal, and the Youag e ' , o " o .o, are expected to lek've here - with the ctk urC next, the IStli iiise,for'Winclsor Castie. ' re ae • . ~ ________•..._:---- tiveatsme of - , r ./ . ArPoF 4 Trarig• ....'The following a P e r ill h . f 111- 1. i made :on - Saturday :—.Mr. S2 - Ar. S.urtees, — „4 l') g r : 0 0°. thei . ,,S:tOreme Cotirt of the Mauritius' s;tr, 0 0 to ter Remono, Puisne Judge of 'that' court. wa rt, ' 3 ; 0 0 Conti, Judge at Malta ; Mr. Alexander S te d it,tr• it u eil oo ll , of the Legislative Council of Trinidad; ° wive ' d i °' Ambrose Loxeny, a member of the Deß s : e Coll . " 0;• til e -Mr. Hugh- Low, -Member of the Legi sl9P it l y Ob er Labuan. The Chief Justice of Antigua s e Council of that island. sw A ..,„ Ca 0 --40---- of tpv, 0. , \_ , pap, MilgtxTocr.—Several of the merebert3.o, Si o r f V II' have left London, including Lord Iler r id %rae l g - tati ' ° a 3 Lewis, Lord Stanley of Alderley, the '..--.Aiteer'- Lars of Argyll. dowite,, and eu Lord r roc oils• Yo ttr e the other Ministers remain in the ll'eti,ord it to De Granville retnniect to toWillou)SailiraaP , o f 6 9 10 01 : w,as sufficiently recovered from his Fri day'attaf 11 . 1 -$ °'- present at tl't Cabinet Council held oe s at P l Dee' rsv d° l itig i ts' 'ship has also attended during the last l e hal of w ar office in Pali-mall, the department f°r yoke tios se ' c i for '', o recently removed thither from •POrP li j,, ° ," - rete .lit'e aat eci. hall. Lord Stanley of Alderley: whe 11-- , is es' last ten days at his seat, Alderley Pe r ' t week %0° return , to London in the early pa rt of ae ''vl ...- 0 ce fa's a 1.1 , 314 a:: • ---0.---77-: , '„ o lg ; ti° ___ FRIGHTFUL RAILWAY .1 , CCIDENT :( j e nt t; o dil . . , 10 t, at night, a dreadful and fatal a i e ri l' a ` o eve e l'oct; s , t the above station, when a young.,l „i. 'r t t e ll i cV, l , ascertain his-name at present) was 1 0 ' t i t apo; pear's '' t rA l ' d .communicated to us .are as follows :-- o g 0 1' ' ill e tli tl ., six o'clock, on Satur day evening, a Y e . ti e aft er o f P` i 5 r !taker at - the station, had•crossed the heurpoo 3t 00 0 ;.had passed up from Liverpool, up a signal light regarding the express, ' do e _ . ° o ouo,silf_ the way down frourChester. Ilavini'rala Ca y" Ilt ',or!, irecroising tha line, when theospress- he waroia, tali for the P.r tt; , r i e ~t full speed, and catching the poor fel i at'hs r e s t l ee t n ' oil., opt into atoms.. It was statela tgus I 1 tea t' l $ - eci at 'lS r ; saidriged theyhad to be teh ee ur ely s the 1 0° that that the dreadful affair was P eijo,,,; a bed 1 t i. 34 LIVERPOOL CORN EXCIIANGE.----"sletird3P Iollotif bers of this Exchange, was held on .. . 9 - for do 0041000 rcso!ved to open the building every (l in ta O f o se° of business, thus removing 'the e° llll3 s tiae ° e ts , made about tbe collection and coeg!q...ng etre and others in Brunswick and the adi °W •;;;•.7 ,