The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-01-04 00:00:00

THE WAR. _ - THE ARMY IN' THE CRIMEA 'CAMP BEFORE SEBASTOPOL4Dee. 21,1855: —Wintp I , peace, and h e also 'declared that theY h a d b een made with the hill knowledge and consent of Austria. It if 3 fOreseen ,tbat the third of the five conditions a tremendous storm sl St. Petersburg, as J deprives Russia of a great part, of the ges which she obtained by the treaty of tronfatded, , at - Bucharest in the year 1812 "lurth article of the treaty of Bucharest, ceded to Russia' about one-third Of -ludina the' foitiesses of Chotym, ill lead to le .fact is 'now 'come upOn us in reality, and we have h for the laSt few days some very cold 'weathei— the night of the 18th the thermometer to eight degrees below zero in the camp of Engineers,gourth, Division. This .was „registering thermometer. * only-three degrees above zero;, ab. !be expected,' a great number la of..men ore or f rost -b itten., great deal from cold. Th.o Other nig.— soldiers' went into one of on!: 'tmardroonis in topoL'and asked for some c-orree, arid to to warm themselveri by the' fire, O. them .soine coffee 'and b isc4it, by the fi re ; O ne of them took no stockings) - were frost); stagge r the. and all Via; ,and this must now be returned At ten a.m. on the 1 ,o obtain( By the treaty in qu t4e whole of the proi; The me rhe Fi and gettir,g .W;ea3l,:gt CO . - pstantinopli clothed and arc spirits. Now uead to th lle w and, a dangerot__ . almoSteert, snowball; ninth N a blessing that.tl +longer frotn now. this winter and lr - • I Was t Mlle CA teems hapky , 1;4§4, 4musements 4. night, thar.24.:lsAS,,m., Cider Cellar,' , into the: -restaura bivision, composed of 'Officers meet at half-past %and have tl,rien sing till 12, When the National Anthew ._ it chorus, and the separates. The officers 't.ftf'the 'Fourth Division have - also got up - some theatricals,..which they. are :going to act in thnre -okaurint. They are to perform twice, lam told, for 16 men —that is, for-10 or ,12 Men chosen from ieath regiment, and twice for the officers of the division,' once for each brigade. I hear the first piece is Bar and Cox, - Married and Settled. These toust be the first theatricals ever performed on Crimean eoil; as I don't think the Tartars indulge much in that style. The Crimea is subject to new innovations every day. There is now a real bona de yellow omnibus in K am i esch. If are here :initeh longer we may expect to be carried from ~ C ato, to camp in ,liar4onsis: There are one or two ,dogc e arts here already. We have a h unt h ere . also ',quarters P "11.'.Q.-P." hunt, w hi c h means the ITead- aper Runt. ' This is Carried on . in th'',the: . following manner :—The fox,' whieb....iS in iAllunt a well-mounted man, has a quarter of an , our s,law,:and goes off .with his pocket full of VitCoB of paper, one of which he. drops at intervals; At the end of his quarter of an hour the field, i wftieh has consisted' on the two or three - meets itliiCh have taken place of nearly a hundred , o alter him, a littl e scattered, all looking eagerly off the grou n d f or pieces of pa on fast , per. Thace is ver fast, and consequently the field tails co p nsiderably y '4fter'S, few 'minutes. There were a great ; many Inen (nit last time who had evidently hunted in a :rer'S, different country,. and among them W., Eyre, who wa s mounted. on a very fine ho Sir rse, and cept: well ah ea d . There have been some v ery severe gales lately in. the Black Sea. One t I , 4 fieshels ha ve b een lately lost near Kamiesch. or O wo One ?nail, also, hits never turned up. yet, and las b een h eard of it since the steamer nothing left `Constantinople. It is the one due on . the 13th. There are numbers of " shaves " flying abereoutthe camp. Me n have nothing else to d o , a nd thkre make " shaVes" to amuse themselves and their neighbqurs. One of them. is; that' a night or iwo ago a Russian outlying pie' symposiui or , sort of t of the - Fourth kind ( Consisting of 120 men, posted.somewhere along the Tchernaya (where, the `! shave " did not say) came, over the river, and gave themselves:Up to the French, LIS they said they were half strayed, and suffered such hardships that they would rather become prisoners than remain where they were. The Windy.weather :has been fatal to the hopes -of 'many out here with regar.d,c,to the home-Wade plum puddings, that .were coming o ut for Christrnas•day. The ° Parcel s office in Balaklava is crammed every day with men eargerlY askiiig if various vessels are in, and who generally . - toaway disappointed. Most people will have to be' satisfied- with a Crimean plum- Pudding for Christmas-day. The turl , -- geese to be met coming from B s numerous as they used to 1 ceinpe are ahnos_.__ in the old conching des Suffolk ana Norfolk. difference in the size 01 which was due yesterda Times Carr00.•14,1.7...... Ad vice 'frc announce that had arrived' from Constantinople, which sue i. the 23rd. Sir. Edlnund Lyons, .admiral-in-G, of the English.,l3laek Sea , squadrOn, and Goner,. La Marmora, Commander-in-Chief of the Sardinian - ditinTpaSsengers in that vessel, and took their departure for Paris the,nex,t morning. Tlie Oaradoe will,.no doubt, await the return‘ of those. two personages to convey them to Malta, whence they will proceed to the Crimea, on board the Royal Albert. The Consuls of England and -Sar dinia accompanied Sir Edmund Lyons and General lAlNarnaora to the railway station. • . le British n ISOIITHEiIisI DAILY TIMES,LIVERPOOLrFitiDAY I JANUAnY 186 d. :WILL/ASEY LOCAL BOARD OF REALM 0 LaseeveninF the usual monthly meeting of this board was held it 'the Public-othces, riamllton . -aquare. The president, Mr.POoley, in the chair. The' other cOittalls=" sioriers present, Were, 'Messrs. flrill, FisbwiCk, tieville, Came, J. Wilson, E. W. Coulborn, W. R. Coulborn, Ball. and Littiedale. THE LIVERPOOL " UNITED LEGAL OR •`SRUYAL OAK BURIAL SOCIETY." -~=~--- The minutes of the last monthly meeting Were read ond'ciitifinned, as were also those of a special meeting, held on the 14th ultimo. • ' VO4KS AND HEALTH CWMIViITT.EI ngs of this committed , were• read- by' tlid k; but contained no triittel - nf public interest; g merely on matters of rot*tine, relative to the sewerage orseveral localities in the township: _Qn the motion of Mr. Came, seconded by Mr. W. R.. he recommer THE LATE FRACAS On the.29th ult 4 there appeared a potice in our paper of a meeting of abet . ° o'cieiy, held at I3evington Bush. Our reporter; on that vecaMoti, made hh escape, (with Several. othet .gentlemen. connected with the press), totlnti, ately with whole bon( for, from the following facts, s , hictrti•azispired at the police co' Curran ~►trs'~erc '~c , nfofithe body, for EVENING EDITION. NonTllm TIMES OFFICE Friday, 3 p.m TEE WAR. Government has made satisfactory explanations to the Forte7resPecting the seizure of Colonel Tarr on . Otto. trian:territor i Other ac poputaiify erf Orr stantinople say that t ha has been . 11 diminished RUSSIA . • We have already publish e d d espatches from St: ;Petersburg, received by telegraph, announcing that Prince Menschikoff has been, by an Imperial order, horninated Military Governor-General of Cronstadt, With all the rights, .power, and honours due to the Com mander-in -Chief of .an army in. ' time of war. All the land and sea forces.in Cronstadt are put under his command, and he retainslalli his present offices. The report has been current for time past in St. Petersburg, that a military command on the shores of . the Baltic would ,soon, be conferred on the P r i nc e , b ut everybody Was of Opinion that be would hot permit himself to be drawn again from his retirement. _ ' In addition t o the nomination of Menschikoff, we find in the Russian papers a letter of thanks addressed by the Emperor to General Mouravieff, ati , foilows ; The immovable firmness, the exemplary fortitude, and the strategetical circumspection, which have characterised all Youractions in Asiatic. Turkey, are now crowned with perfect success. The proud keep of Asia Minor, the fortress of Kars, has surrendered, with its whole gar rison, its artillery, and its extensive de - pors of arms. The ' Anatolian army, 30,000 men strong. exists no more; and its Commvnder-in•Chief, . Mushir Vassif Pasha, is our :prisoner. I thank you heartily for this glorious achieve went, which has covered the Russian flag with new fame. I give it to you in commission to express my sincerest thanks to the troops under your command, whose firm ries4 and courage have overcome the most obstinate defence of the enemy. In recognitio n of your praise worthy.merits, I make you herewith Knight of the Grand Cross of. St. George, second class, to which earned an indisputable right, and I remain you have , in all Imperial favour;—Your welt-affected A UNDER. The pri ces o f sa l tpetre continue to ris e beyond all calculati on an d control ; all restrictions have been remolied from it s p ro d uc ti on in Russia, a n d the Government has offered . , high prices to be paid in ready money for almost unlimited- quanti ties. The supply has remained, , however, totally insufficient. ' ' ' 'The committee that has been appointed. by the Grand Duke . Constantine to sit: in Nicolaieff to - assess the irideninification to be paid for injury to, or loss of property. in, Sebastopol. finds it no easy task, the•more so as the whole' business is required to be finished within a . year. There have already been various supplementary instructions issued on the subject; as matters; stand at present all dis• puted questions:of property' are suspended, and All payments are postponed, until the points in c on. flirt have been arranged. - 1 ,, . . A USI We have received. advices from Vienna to the date of the -80th ultimo:- From them we learn that Count Valentine Esterhazy reached St. -Petersburg on WedneSday, the :28th.. and communicated! the conditions of, pew , on the folly • e-,tp :tlle St. Petc communicate. which the Western Powers were willing to conclude to Prince Gortsehakoff the t itoyal perity I atta i kind Sovereiri thci a/AU - wishes - she forms' for the n pros-4 ffiend trio `towardsc-rn- 1,1 am bqurict• t sent to her Majesty my due add that it is my heartfelt awn more and ,more the bonds of f subsisting between the two people, tre by • interest, and above all by a 15. It is an end I "shall think it a duty to keep in view, the more so as the past and present of the two countries hold out such grounds' of encourage- uni`ed as, t 1 similarity oflristitutioCi _ . The confidence which the Queen, your august Sovereign has reposed in you, Monsieur le Ministre, in confidfng.to yon the honourable minion of representing, her govern ment, cannot fail in' being a guarantee of my considera tion and countenance. THE PENINSULAR MAIL. (PROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.). -^n7g SOUTHAMPTON, JAN. 3. The Peninsular and. Oriental steam- navigation Company's steamship Snlian, Captain Edward Christian, arrived here this morning at: eight o'clock. Her dates are, Gibraltar, Dec. 20' Dec. 27; Lisbon, Dec. 30 ; and Vigo, Dec. 31. In eon sequencerof the heavy swell, she was unable to have any communication from Oporto. . . The : , Sultan, .brings six first-class, and three second-class passengers, and her freights are twelve packages of specie, (value 31301) and a cargo conSistinc , of 261. cases of eggs ; 1773 casesof oranges, 244. bags of chesnuts, 145 serons of almonds, 236 boxes of raisins, 52 boxes of dates, 80 boxes of onions, and 136 packages of sundries. The Sultan during her voyage experienced heavy galeS, and Very rough weather, particularly on the 21st, 27th, 28th, and 31St :On the last-named day, off Cape Correbedo, she eichanged coloUrs with the Peninsular and Oriedtal Com pany's steamship Madrid, bound for Vigo. Official notice had been given that the King would open the Cortes on the 2nd January, by which time the arrival of the Minister . of Finance WAS expected. Heavy rains had prevailed, but the Weather was fairer when the Sultan left the Tagus.. Lisbon exchanges at three months are quoted by this mail at on London ;' Paris, 521; Amsterdam, 43i.; Hamburg,--44; 'Genoa, 518. There was a scarcity of both bills and money on LondOn; and consequently a variation of upon , pap thO quoted,rate; on o th er Places' few transaction's of tdhteaki, rise in o46e London er bei ng scarce in consequence. GIBRALTAR DEC. 1 ING INTELLIGENCE. 6th.—Arrived steam ship Taurus, Yalta, with cotton and wheat, for amship Melita, 6 days from Liver for Gibraltar and Constantindple, smship Milan; six days from Liver -vies, (cleared). rpool, with bale feared).' Steam- (cleared), sm. days from Constantinople, 'W.' LittPale intlttifed i lift it wV tild en: , ;t to lok4f the . bill in Tobin-street, leadiog from the offices to tho ferry, to.begin at the top of tlie str ee t. , . surveyor rep 'ram , £6OO to £7OO Ale: Conlfmrn explained that the committee did nol think it proper to recommend 'anerlicient improvenum to the, road, as it would incur such a large expenditure arveym id that it'woold cost twice as Muclilo improvement at a future period as it -- 0..--. represen- soeiet+ unts of tlie at occasion th6re to the books:for M., which, it was by the of th officers of the meeting, th he'would nt will mar*. yoii call this a friend] when his client p d •him by the throat. At yard; 6 respectal - le trader of the•town, society; stepped' forward and said, `.• do not kill the man,,7 and then there were loud cries to hear Mr. ShepPar'cl. - the - meetinit called.on Mr. shep pard,to b "0, Quto the •platform; he had an amendment to_make to the passing of the accounts, with reference to thq , :alleged deficiency of the a,300/.. and that gentleman proceeded to obey the call . of the - .meeting, but he was hurled : from:the .platfortn and• nearly killed. The com plainant, Mr. Curran, seeing Mr. Sheppard in such dan ger, went to his assistance, but it seemed the president, Mr. Ctii+an,' hid an old spleen against him, and he vented it there; he seized alttg,nnd gunrit at-Curran s head, ,and 731ece of it struck him onthe' temple; and left a mark there for Some days after. His worship would see that the ease ,was. not- one' of an ordinary, assault, but arose out of the illegal proceedings of the party. who tried to pass an account defrauding the members of the society, as alleged, out of over 2;3001. ' and a rdember of the Roby : I have listened to this long wrangle, but' I trust object to it now. The charge of assault is the only one before the court, and I must, insist on its being strictly adhered to. I have allowed, too much latitude already, The Complainant was then 'Oramined, and 'commenced by stating that_he was one of tNe persOt6 who ()injected to tbp:supiYosed fraud, committed. by the present officers Of the society. Mr. Roby : Ido not really object to this, but .I think the catarCought to confine the witness to the assault, for all he says about fraud is not true, and has nothing to dt, with this case., (To the witneSs): Confine yourself to the assault - - The witness - thin - went on to state - that the defendant promised to break his netic—(loud laughter)—but he did uot_perforne the promise, fortunately for witness—(much laughter)—but he nearly broke his temple with "a lick" of a. jug. (Laughter.) Mr. Roby: y ls that the charge ? Witness : Yes, that's it. ' Crbss-examined by Mr. Roby : I was at the right hand side of the president,; I did not know that the platform was for the committee alone ;. I am not a member of the committee, nor oan I say VIM.. Sheppard is a member of it. .He (Mr. Sheppard) was called ow by the meeting to move the amendments ; I did not collar the president in the chair, but I gave.him a kick, and that was the only way Of " radicating " (the witness; repeated the word " radicating " two or three times, amid shouts of laughter) myself from him. 7 - 11 Ir. Roby : Why, so ? Witness : Recause two more of them were fast in my neck, and they were pegging me ,like; mad in the ":lugs "—" all in the " lugs "—all the time. (Roars of laughter.) Roby: And was the president pegging you in the " lugs " too? Witness: Aye, just as well as the rest of them. Mr. Roby : And you were kicking him in the shins all thd time.? Witness : Sure I told you before that was the only way I had to " raditate " Myself from him. (Laugh ter.) •Ntr. Rood Well, what did the 'president say when you were ‘f radicatett?" - Witness•rWhy, he said that - after he passed the accounts.that he .yrould give five minutes to every one to speak. (Laughter.) The witness went on 1 - 6 give a la - ughable account of the fight that, took place, and hOW at last the police came when all was quiet. In corroboration'of the complainant's statement, l;;Gtorge Hoyle, a hair dresser, was called, and also John Carroll, and their evidence Went to show that there was a most disgraceful row; they differed as to the mode of the alleged assault, but concurred in the fact that a pied() of a jug struck the complainant. Mr. Joseph Shepherd, of Scotland -road, was examined, and said he heard a rumour that the meeting ,was to be w p a ie n c allegedlet .tryh:seul meeting d : 27 1 , a o n . oorad o oirs. f r l ipt,h7a.mesioei belonginglonmf fi agrb c i e . e r:R i r,ht i t toheoo w be yatmbahcoioolce auditors, i o esiuteo u nocac n _trtnisetse.e,datn3,:taeHo;enf amendment sdh e nern d itddsh: t etin h one e t took place—that he saw the reporters 2,3001. was paid back to officers who held it. lie all parts of the room to so he was seized by the credit tness) ge on the platfo I. in dc lent, who att dent then, ent through the mockery, of passing the . d electing himself her officers whilst the fight was going on. In 'reply to Mr. Roby, Mr. Sheppacd said he had received a letter from the senior addltAk i itating that he would not audit the accounts,. and Mrc= Murphy afterwards called on him and told him the amount- of the fraud. He (Mr, Sheppard) had always opptishd frauds,'and would ever do so: In 1851 h e eppcised ti,lloyment ofs/ eah to the'eollectors under the name of chrisfmag. 2 box," c and there were many other similar payments that-he opposed. Mr. Roby.; Did you see where the jug came from that Curran says struck him ? Witness : I did not. To -Mr.. Mansfic4d: It was the annual meeting of the society, and all members had a right to be present. It .was usual at all .othir meetings of the body for 'speakers 10 address the meeting from the platform. This closed the case on the part of the complainant. Mr. Roby at great length, contended that the com plainant had assaulted Mr. Cullen, and that he had acted in the most outrageous manner: that he wanted to get into the meeting without a card, contrary to rule, and that he came with a gang of ruffians—one a notorious thief, convicted twenty-four times—and other black guards, armed with knives, to upset the legal proceedings of the meeting. He went on to show the outrage that had been 'committed on Mr. Cullen, and at the close of his address he prodneed as w it nesses t o di sprove t h e c h arge *Of assault, the following persons :—Messrs. James Waite, Michael Melon, Mr. Balding, Jas. Jolliff, Peter Golightly, William Jolliff, Edward. O'Hanlon, John. Cullen, and Inspector 'Grace, all of whom, except the 'last-named, negatived_ the statement of the assault, and swore -Most distinctly 'that - Mr. Cullen did not throw .the Jug at the complainant, but that the complainant assaulted Mr. Cullen; and the inspector gave a very bad character Of several persons who *ere at the meeting, which he said was composed of very respectable-looking people, and very great " roughs "—one of the latter being a thief con= victed twenty-four times, and he was on the platform. Mr. Walla-Mr.-Balding, the Messrs. Jolliffs, and Mr. John Cullen were cross-examined by Mr. Bluck, and they said they were collectors of the society, but they iefused :to answer his questions as regards their having defrauded the society, of certain sums of money—they would answer anything connected with the charge, but the question about money had nothing to do with that. They were. however, prepared to answer such questions-at a, proper time and place. Mr. Roby said that w as v er y proper.' , ~Mr-, B alding said several of Curran's party were armed 'With knives. , Mr. Blu* having replied on the part of the com plainant,_ Mr. Mansfield reviewed the whole affair, and dismissed the' cbmplabit. on the weight of evidence, and on the ground that order should be maintained by the president of the body, who should be supported ; for if he were not, no order could be kept in public meetings. The'.ileolsion seemed to give great satisfaction. APPOINTMENTS.- , —The TMIdOII Gazette of Tues" day contains the following announcement : 6th Regiment of. Royal Lancashire Militia ;T. A. Ogle; late Ensign-in the 7th Regiment of Royal Lancashire Militia, to be Ensign. 'THE TEtAGRIPII IN EGYI.T.--Mr. Gisborne is now in Egypt to Make arrangements for laying the , submarine electric telegraph from Constantinople to Alexandria, to ernes Egypt, and to be hereafter extended froin Suez to Iri la. RAILWAY.. TO PA_RAMATTA.—Sydney q.dvices of the 27th of September give the particulars , of the opening of the r4o4w.aY:te Paramatta on the preceding day by Sir W. -Lvetkison, the , Governor-general. The event was celebrated by argentral , holiday, and everything passed off satisfactorily, the• first train having "reached the terminus at Paramstta, a distance of fifteen Miles, in three•quarters of an hour. The Board of Customs; with the view of having a daily account of the duties performed by the officers of; the Waterside , department, have• formed an office, by which returns can be presented - a6 one view of the lutiable goods under their several denomi- Its super Vision is with the Surveyor-gefieral, John, assisted „by,',lllr.' :Sheldrick, clerk to the lauding of all.('; Inspector-general. . . The ladies .of Launceston (Tasmania) having trans-, initte4 to her Majesty the. sum of. £1 : 13E14, to be applied benefit Of the sick•and wounded soldiers and marines, in hospitals abroad," her Majestyhas-been' pleased to direct that the above sum shall be placed at the disposal of Miss Nightingale, as the most effectual and satisfactory mode of carrying out the wishes of the ladies of Launceston. iiireasonof the,faila re or bis.present expedition. It was known that he Lad abauctimed the design of marching tin lititais', and wai'fif ftill.retreat upon Suchtim-Kaleh. 1 gm() . 61' his trolps,,with Others who were despatched, are to be sent to Trebiziond cover to Erzeroutn, which Place, it is apprehended, will be attacked, by General IVlou c ravieff. The command will be given to Ismail oxen. and 200 sheep, was driven into the Bar ( pel, When. Fort Constantine opened firc . .upon her, ani continued its fire during the whole of one day, when she a prey to the flames The intellige THE BALTIC by !Fleg!aph, - of the block amieiniced'in the liontj9n G of rejoicing_ to neat of tUe R ive►i great at this and neigh hooting ports in the Baltic, and- the arrangements whieh had • previously been commenced- for the removal of gotids to Russia have - been greatly e.7itended. The navigation ' Continues to be perfectly - open. There is nothing whatever to prevent the trade in articles contraband of war being freely carried on with the.ports of the Baltic. • . . . "Tile weather is mild; no ice to be seen here; and the thermometer stands. at 33. Fahrenheit. THE WEST INDIA. The West India royal mail steamer, Tyne, arrived at Southampton this morning t , with the mails from the West Indies. • Her dates are—Havanna, Dee, 10, Jamaica, 11th ; Demerara, 10th ;' Trinidad, 10th ; Barbadoes, 12th ; and St. Thomas, 18th. She brings 3,100,000 dollars in specie. - Cholera had appeared at Portp Rico, and yellow fever at Martinique. In Trinidad we learn that an nnnsually good crop of sugar was expected. At_ Antigda Her Majesty's ship., Medea, which conveys the admirals' letters tb Bermuda from St. Thomas,,_was detained some days, in consequence of meeting .the United ‘States: sloop-of-war; Cyane, which refused' to salute the British flag, alleging that an Ame-' ri6n subject (a 'grave), had there been 'taken out of an American vessel. At Demerara business was not so brisk, and provi-, sions were at double their usual price. The sugar crop was nearly gather e d i n . Th ere was b ut little shipping in theyort, and freight ruled hi g h. At Grenada the legislative business had been inter rupted, in consequence of a wished-for adjournment, on the Money Bill not being granted by his Excellency. It waa expeCted the dispute would lead to a dissolution. The weather was f'avourable to the plantations. The Pacific Steam Navigation Company's steamer New Grenada, had arrived at Panama with 180,000 dollars in treasure, and dates from Valparaiso, Nov. 15th • Callao, 25th; Payta, 29th. A large quantity of gold had been discovered in Southern Chili. All the revolutionary movements in the republic of Bolivia had been quelled. Later news had been•received from Australia. The gold market was without animation, and the prices were 765. to 765. 3d. The produce of the week was large a 'glance, at the map ).convince that the Dn alai Id made there will only he a dr!v'j: 7 fririn to form )etween Russia' and European Turkey 'env since bis - ,'Maje§ty th€ fOrivitrd6d autograph ssia. and 'BaiTaria licated t ,rn the propo ward positively }mown t kpartmer krelld Dresden 3 Rbyfil convinced that Austria break off" her diplomatic rela- ict ot la feet tions with Rusi. - ial - if the conditions 'of peace, of which' Count 'Esterhazy was the bearer, should be , rejected. There will be a grand ceremony on Tuesday next in th 3 Church attached to the Imperial • Palace, The Emnerer has undertaken "Vienna, sent to all the hat on, the head of the and invitations have been Chaintberlains to attend. PRUSSIA From Berlin, under date of the Ist instant, we learn . that:_thor Prussian -o(itirt pleased with Baron Seebach's journey to St. Petersburg. Col. Mantenfeel•Was senCto- Dresden t 6 learn poSitively to what extent Bavaria and Saxony had engaged themselves With the Western Allies. 'The Czar has ordered the generals commanding in Finland and the Baltic provinces to be prepared with plans f defence and statements of means, to be laid eforarthe G-raiid- COUtriCil -Of 'War' now assembling L L . sburg. - . -- The - Russian party here ~ the capture of Herat by the Persian! bloiv - to., the security of the English • lion, aria the ti f Decembl s of' 2 ant, and )e m ,c 1 an objection to"ennsid posses ns in.lndia Colonel' von Manteuffel arrived in Dresden yes terday forenoon, had annudience of the King - , dined at the Royal table, and. left the Saxon capital in the evening for * Vienna. That the exertions of the Baron von Seebach at St: Petersburg were not looked upon as particularly favourable to the Aus trian proposals or demarches may be seen by the querulence with which the Austrians ask why Baron Seebitch travelled to St..Petersburg' by way of Berlin and not by way of Vienna? PORTUGAL Correspondence from Lisbon informs us thatthe British Minister, Henry Howard, Esq., bad his first audience of the King on the Oth ult. in the Palace of Necessidades. There were present the Cardinal Patriarch, the principal officers of the Royal household, the gentlemen of the Chamber, the ministers and councillors of State, and other personages whom it is customary to invite to like solemnities. Treward delivered his credentials to the - follows—in the French spoke onour to (relive to you: Majesty the sovereign, has vouchsafed in'aeciedit. mu to Tour Majesty, in the quality cf Envoy Extraordinary' and Minister Pleni ipotentiary. In presentincr this Royal letter to your Majesty, I am instructed to convey the assurance of the high esteem and affection which the Queen bears to the person of your Majesty, as well ns of her great desire to consolidate more and more the ancient alliance, soAiappily subsisting between t he two rownq P, 24th. 7 -Steamship trans- p Mtand , in ballast, for , eight e ys from 'go for Qibraitar, P-alermo: Golden I &c., had aslo touched a, Caro at that of roone would do now•that a road was being made across the r. Littledale "tliom 4 lit it Wild be better to grapple quite time. that they should )egiti to make some improvements in the parish, and as would be as to bezi that the. - subject ack to tbe,ommittee for the iur expen and to report ...Mr: NeVille objected •td.the subject heinft postponed, as it would be - Abe:cause of suspending the present works that were then being,carried out. The Chairman inforthed the board that'a much better plan than lowering- the hill- had been suggested, and might, at some future time, be biought underdiseussion; Mr. Cairne tlinttgbt that the subject should_ he_settled at once. It was-quite certain that, some ; • improvement should be made to the town. • . • It was then decided that the recommendations, so far as related to the lowerinic of Tobin street, should he referred back to the committee for further consideration, THE •_II , INANCE .WATCH AND BYE-LAW - COMMITTEE The proceedings of this committee recommended a general diStriCt rate Of Is 6d in the P ou nd.. At'efOimer meeting it had been recommended that the rate should be Is 9d, but the subject had been further considered, the result of which was the'iecommendation Of fhb lesser amount. It was also suggested, that the necessity of purchasing a fire-engine should , be taken into con sideration• Mr. tishwick moved, and Mr. Bail' seconded, the adOption of the proceedings. . . . Mr. W. R. Coulborn wiThed to have an explanation of the estimates, upon which, , ' BilLSaid be was to do a thing. which he had never done before, either since he had been a member of the committee, or sines he had been .a member of the boar - cf. that was. to vote against the recommendation of the coin. mittee, therefore; it was . that he "hact'iequested Mr.. Fishwieh to move their - adoption. ,He ,did. ,so. on the simple ground's, thathe did not belieire that a "rate `ol' 6(1 in• 'the pound, would be adequate to raise a sufficient sum to meet the requirements. of the parish. He then Bade an estimate of what would be ; required, frinn which it appeared that the probable expenditUre would he £1,579, and that the amount already expended was about £1,400, making in all something like £3.025, to raise that amount, a rate of Is 8d would not be sufficient, and one of is 9d would raise about £lOO more than would be required, therefore, it was, that he was in favour of the latter rate, which had been formerly recommended. After explaining the proceedings of the committee, and the items which had been struck out of the estimates, he concluded by moving a rate *of is 9d in the pound. Mr. Penny thought that as - they could not levy a rate at that meeting, it would b: better to consider the esti mates as submitted by the committee. Be did agree with the principles as announced by . Mr. Hill. The Chairman, after going over the estimates; con cluded by observing that, he conceived•that a rate of is 6d in the pound would be sufficient, as there was no. necessity of having a large balance in the hands of the bankers: Mr. Penny, as a point of form, seconded the amend ment made by Mr. Hill. He inquired of the law clerk as toJwbether the board could legally apply the balance C.£170.0) handed over to theia 'b 'the old-board towards the current expenditure of the present board ? Tie'Clerk i4plied, that it had already been so appro priated. • - The board then divided, when there were, for the is 6d rate, seven ; and for the is 9d rate, five. The motion; was therefore declared carried, and a rate of is 6d in the pound will consequently be levied. The Clerk then read the proceedings of the com mittee appointed at a previous meeting, with regard to the atnnlgamation of the township with Liverpool. As the bill had been withdrawn for the present sessions, nothing could be done in the.matter. n to sec Ir. Penny .thought it would )f Wallasey )e advisable to let the Oct stand over until they had seen copy of the The.board then adjourned HISTORIC SOCIETY, )gical peeting for the session was held oorge's Ilall, the Rev:Dr. Thom its the ,Thomas BLAKE; EN., F. A. Welton, Esq., Fencliurch-street, - Vendon, and 'the Rev. Thomas Stanifertb; Sten rs, Winderinere, were elected members of tlii9;OPek.lA large numberof donatio ns were acknowledged 1?) , thelhnrorar)f sderctarV, "Dr. Hume, as having been received. Among therti wereßeport, presented to the Cambridge Antiquarian Society at its fifteenth-annual general meeting, and corn z tßini.. elatierts -Made to the society, from' the society; 'Proe'eedings and Transactions .of the Kilkenny Archeological Society, for May; !',July, and .September, 1855; from the .sbeiety';-First annual Report of the Government School of Art, 'established in connectiortith the Collegiate Institution, from the - Rev.:J. - B. trowson, Chairman of its .Council'; the Archeological Journal for September, 1855; from the Archeological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland ; from the ,- Literary and Philosophical Society .of :Leiccster,.a. volume containing , the-lait annual report and a printed, selection from the papers read since the founda tion of Abe &c; &c. Dr. Huiife - exhibiled three ancient parchments relative to families in Fiintshire•and Cheshire, part of a set of fifty4our presented to him by a friend in Ireland, in the hope.that they would possess soave interest in thisjloca:ity. Most of then] were quit4erfect, and about half of them had the,inaient seals still attached. The:dates ranged from 1106' to the latter half of the seventeenth century. Most of the papers relate:to the property possessed by . the family of the :celebrated Archibald Hamilton Rowan. , Mr.: Mayer exhibited a gold torque, and seven armilli, recently found in Ireland. They are all of nearly pure gold, and quite solid. The torqbe, or necklace; weighs near twelve ounces, and in of a rather remarkable 'form, being formed bn the flange in the inside with a half-round:on one half, and a bevilled edge on the other on the outside. • The armilli or bracelets are all of different sizes. These ornaments are part of a find, the value of, which, for gold only, is computed to be worth more, than £1,200. Mr. Mayer stated that the man who found them, fearing the claim of the Crown, refused to disclose the plee where he discovered them. Th . s,circunniance, etrungly illustrating the evils of the' law of treasure-trove, gave rise to . a brief discussion on the 'subject. .The Chairman, Dr. Etnerie, and Mr. Mayer, mentioned several instances in which valuable' antiquities Were lost to the Country by the parties who forind them concealing the fact, lest treasure-trove_might be. enforced, and expressed a bop that tlic law would' b'd loon cha - nged. • ' A conversation also took place orr, the destruction of monuments of antiquity in this age, which prides itself on being gothie in nothing else than its love of the architecture of the period so characterised—in history. . „ , . . The Chairman auggested that it would-be a wise and 'good thing. if the government appointed a conservator of ancient monuments;which would thus be saved from the hands- of modern iconoclasts. Dr.,Hutne stated that in France such an officer Was appointed for that purpose. 4' ! The Rev:W. B. Greenside exhibited a silver spoon ana four coins, recently found near Thurland Castle,- in Lan-ca sliire,Along with numerous coins -in gold and iil'Ver; 'Of- the periods of the Edwards and Henrys of England, as well as several rare and interesting Medals in silver and bronze; and one of the oval - Medallion§ thade - pc: silver, On one Side 'f which is a p or t r ait Oraarl . es the.rirst, with th e i n i t i als C. R , and on the reverse i s a tree , with,their arms, o n each of whic is a royal crown; and in the - upper part of the field is a sun in splendour, and' :Wound - Abe ' edge are the Words Revirescet tanclein. Similar. •badges were— worn' by •tho adherents' of Charles during the troublous tithes ' that 'f o ll owed his deposition. ; - -' The paper o f th e even i ng was On the western portion of the ancient kingdom of Northumberland dovin to the Roman conquest" by',the'Rev. J. W. Made, IsTewcastle-oil- Tyne. I n the absence of the writer, the paper was read ly the Rev. Thomas ,Moore. Vice-Admiral of the Red Sir George Seymour, R.C.8., G.C.U., commenced his duties as Commander-in-Chief at Poitsmouth on Wednesday. He went on board his fiagship,the Victory, and was received with the usual,honors b y - Captain Gordon and officers ; he afterwards embaiked on the steam-tender Fire Queen, and steamed round the fleet at Spithead, whence he steamed into harbour and made a similar cursory inspection. 'Mr. jUidiy . fur Ike croWd.onllie occa: irigjhgoae sai may fssthe purr #9I !donnts` . frorfi ---- At the levee on the New Year's Day, at the Tuilleries. the Emperor expressed a hope to the Minister of Den mark,' that—his country would follow the example of Sweden, SHIPPING INT•LLIGE NCI IVERPOOL, JANUARY TO -DAY, S.E ARRIVED Jan. 3.—Mona, Mauritius— Mariner, New Orleans—Uruguay, inlay. Jan. 4—United States (new steam tug), Shields. , SAILED, Jan. 3-Sarah arag, Nantes-Beta,. St Thomas Jan. 4-Ohio, Savannah -Arthur,_ .New Orivans-,Widon - Wood, _Montevideo- Cintra (ss), Lisbon-Henry.Cariven,_ Jiio Grande-Eigle; Vera.Craz Solaven, Iceland - dentinelia, Havana-r Jeanette Melanie, Ostend- Thonms Whitworth, 'Leghorn-Tigre,' Barcelona—Conrad, Valpa raiso—Prophets, Ostend—Fernanles, Lisboti—Porket-m&-not, Rio Grande. MARITIME El Coultorsey, Islay, Dec. 27—The Swift, 'Harvey, fiom Glasgow to Port Milton, is on shore at Port Filen,' near'y full of Water. Belfa , t, Jan. 2 —The Semaphore (s.S.), from Liverpool to Belfast, was in collision with the David Coffin, of and for Belfast from Mary. port, this morning, when the latter receivad serious damage, and was to wed up to the quay s by t h e steamer, w4iCh raid not receive any in jury. 1' RSCTS The Great Britain (s.s.) and Habana (5...) were in contact in docking this morning; the former lost bowsprit, tigure-hlad, &c., rind tae latter had port quarter damaged. FOREIGN PORTS Baronet, Berwick, from Madras at Cape of Goad Hope, fo r iverpool. , Fishwick; Milan (s.s.), Bruce—hence at Genoa. Charlotte, baliveson, hence at Arendal. COUNTY' COURT V E STE RDAY COLLISION CASE.—THE OWNERS OF THE STEAM-SHIP MANX FAIRY P. the OWNERS or THE STEAM-SHIP . WILLIAM FAW . CETT.—In this case it appeared that on the 22nd of August, the Manx Fairy started from the pier -head on her trip to the Isle of Man. Just prior to that the Mona's Queen had also started ou the same trip. Between these two-vessels there has existed a great rivalry, and they are, as the judge observed, constantly in the habit o f racing. At the time the Fairy started there was an ebb tide running, and she was .endeavouring to get into the middle of the stream, when she observed the William Fawcett coming from the Cheshire side. The captain hailed the Fawcett for her to have her helm put a-port. This it was alleged was not done, and hence the William Fawcett struck the bows of the Fairy as she wsa making a circuit to get into the centre of the stream, and caused sonie considerable. damage. For the defence it was alleged that after the Captain of the Fairy had hailed the Fawcett: all had been done that could by possibility be done to avoid a collision, and that the blame was entirely attributable to the Fairy going at such a speed in order "to overtake the Mona's Queen. His Honour said he would consider the points in dispute and give judgment on Tuesday next. BIRKENHEAD POLICE COIIRT.-YESTERDAY. (BEFORE MAJOR-GENERAL SIR EDWARD MT, MR. JAC KSON THE REVS. MR. FIELDING AND "CORON.) Michael MCCann, a little boy, was charged with steal ing some iron, but the magistrates permitted him to return to his parents, without awarding any punishment. Nicholas Matthews was charged :with stealing some groceries from the shop of Mr. Lloyd, of Market-street. The prisoner was employed as an errand boy in the shop on the previous Saturday, on which day several articles ' were missed. Suspicion fell 'upon the prisoner, and on his, being searched the missing articles were found upon -him. He was committed for fourteen days' imprisonment, and ordered to be well whipped. Michael Kelly was charged with having resc ued nd of a i prisoner from the custody of the police, on the April last. Since that time the prisoner had absconded, 2 2a warrant. A but had recently been apprehended un de r e witness .was called for the defendant , . ce-officer was in a who swore that at i the time. of the occurrence, the po li ce-officer state of intoxication. The statement was not corrobo rated; -and- the witness had not reported the circum stance toa k the watch committee, at' the time ; the magis.- trates Offered the defendant to• be fined , 10s and costs, and in default of payment, to be committed for fourteen days. S e veral beerhouse-keepers were7fined for h av i ng th e i r houses open during the hours proscribed by the act of parliament, on the previous 'Sunday, and on Christmas day. The particulars ot . these cases , were simply that the police-constables went into the houses on the day.specified in the summons, and. found parties drinking; for which offence they were summoned, and various fines inflicted. Mom:lp was charged with 'assaultinr , William 'IL Dean, a Cl er k . The defendant is a tailor,' living at Oston. and on the previous Tuesday the plaintiff went to his shop for.the purpose of settling - an account for clothes. 'The defendant was standing at his door with a jug in his hand, which certainly contained some malt liquor. After, _ . dtscuSsing the - amount of the balance due, a dispute arose between the parties, when the defendant caught the plain tiff by the collar, and struck him several blows on the head, and then kicked him. They had a severe struggle on the ground, during which the iplaintiff called out. ffinider ' when the defendant's wif e came an d separa t e d them.' For the defence, it was' alleged - that the plaintiff had gone to the shop in a state Of intoxication, and used abusivelanguage, when the defendant endeavoured to turn him out of the shop, and the scuffle ensued. A wit ness was called, but he did not throw any light upon the subject, and the defendant was fined 20s and costs.filliThe plaintiff positively deniedthat he was drunk at the time. TRADE REPORT.-T EIURSDAT ARGOIA : Little doing. Bologna and Perugia, 809 to K' 6d. Red gporto's, 43s to 449. _ ASHES: A iiiiall sale at 39s 6d for Ist Mont. pots. BERRIES: Fine Persians are much wanted, the value of such being 60s. Ti OF LIME No bidding at the sale of 211 bap, ,LIISTQN ons of best ,3rd ad at. £5.2s 6d; ma market continues quiet but steady, fair, and hollers offer with considerable The sides—includ -80 Bahia, bid to 6d bbd ; 606 Egyptian,_ 6d to Bid; 700 4 1—are 6,000 bales, of which 1,000 are on istion 'and for"€xport. LLS : Blues fetch 70s. ally dery I , p — rfaes re ni - aiti ;tin eh i;ged Surat, 3411 to 4 ARANdINE French offers at 46. rms. : No sales ; 20s would buy common Geddis GWOOD : A few tons of Honduras brought £7 ADDERS: The stock of Yrclich is about 44s to 455. Nothing doing in Roots. )LASS FS: 200 hlids Demerara have been sold 30 casks, and arrive TE OF SODA : Retail sales at lis The only transaction report 10 tuns of EiessAvA s done, and inch may Siiv4Ae: 900 bags of 7 Sicily sold to lls 9d with very large buyers. at Ilnything under e nearly 1700 bags, of different week -v6l !scriptions, for the tiad AND TARTARIC ACID : Little or nothing done, holders very firm. TALLOW very quiet, at 63s on the spot; we have heard of .nothinz for forwad. -- Ddiveries 235 casks. . . TEA' The Market has :been more active, and prices of most kin& are well supporter!. . . WHALE OIL : £44 refused.' "' ST. SIMON'S DAY ,AND SUNDAY SCHOOLS ANNUAL TEA PARTY . The annual tea party in connection with the St. Simon's Day and Sunday Schools, took , place at the Concert-hall, last night. The Rev. J. R. Conor was.,in the chair, and among those on the platform were-,-Rev., S. Minton, Rev. R. V. Sheldon, Rev. Henry Marlen, Rev. Dr. Hume, Rev. Joseph Bard.sley, Rev. J. D. Barry, and other gentlemen. The room was elegantly decorated-with floviArs, banners, and appropriate inscriptions, such as—" Church and State,'' "'the 'Army and Nalry;'-" The Love of Christ-eonstraineth us," and others Tea, coffee, and confectionary, were served, the pupils of the 'school acting as very skilful a graceful attendants. The.Chairthan addressed the meeting at considerable length, principally upon the prospects of the new schools proposed to be built in connection with the St. Simon's parish church. For this purpose, a sum of £3;000 would be required, and as Net only £.500 had been raised towards it. A society had been organised by a merchant of the town, Mr. Torr, for the purpose of establishing schools in districts where there was a want felt of those institutions. (Rear, hear.) He (the chairman) had made application to Mr. Torr for some aid towards these schools, and Mr. Torr promised that he should have £lOOO advanced to him as soon as the society was in working order. They would get £lOOO from government, which would. make £2500 towards the £3OOO, so that if they could get 'Mr: Torr's society into active operation, they would soon " go a-head." The present schools, he stated, had worked very well in the past year, and were now only £2O in debt, , which sum, he felt no doubt, would bepaid off that night. The chaitman aLso forcibly urged on his hearers the necessity of having a greater number of teachers for the sunday school, while there were inch numbers of young children wander ing about the streets in ignorarce, and the temptations to which ignorance exposes, aad whose miserable condition seemed to call out to all feeling people—" come, teach me." The meeting was - subsequently addressed by Rev. Messrs. . Sheldon, Marlen, Minton, Hume, Bardsley, Barry, &c. - A choir, composed of pupils of the schools, was in and sung, with great taste and effect, several hymns. POLICE COURT -YESTERDAY (BEFORE MR. ROMiLLT.) HOW MR. LANGLEY WAS TREATED.—A gentleman named Edward Langley, who said ho came from London, charged a floe looking , female, 'named Ellen Robinson,with having . _ _ _ . To from. London, and was quite a lie met the prisoner somewhere about WillTanieott-Nu; uew yecn's gift, nes of wine as a .ole his money ; and, he way sae treated. me." Tli magistrate did not d him right," but he rtunate in BREAKING Spence and with stealinv He was committed for tw (BEFORE HIS . *OB.SHIP THE MAYOR.) air': STEALING IRON.—Daniel Sherwood and Henry Alleroftp were`charged with stealing one and a-half hundred weight of iron, from the premises of Mr. Barton, Ashgrove, and with having sold it to Mr. Cleghorn, who resided quite near Mr. Bartoei: • The latter' gentleman addressed his worship and 'lad, the were not so much to blame as the persons who had 'iiven them in custody? He •thought Alcroft was drunk, and he was of opinion the ,other prisoner had acted under his directions. He 'Would take them into his employ.. taunt again, but the witnesses he would not employ any more. The'prisoners were discharged. • .: • A STOLEN WATCH.—CURIOUS AFFAlR,—George and Mary Tellett, young persons of respectable appearance,, were charged under the . following circumstances.:—Mr. Godfrey appeared for the prisoners.' The story of the easels as fellowe— On the 21st November last, a master joiner, named Joseph. Cowden, froni Halifax, in Yorkshire, was in Liverpool, and whilst in a state of intoxication, he lest , his watch, but he could not tell how, nor anything about it, except that ; it was gone somewhere near London-road. On the morning of the 22nd, a printed notice was issued, and Mr. Clough said there was a copy 'served on all. the .pawnbrokers in town. On the same day the , watch was pledged at 1I r. Webbs, of Mount Pleasant, where it remained until Wed nesday, when it was released, and in a shOrt'time after it was stopped by a young man doing business at Mr. Parley's pawnshop, London-road, when offered 'for pledge by the prisoners. The yoang man said 'he had i'description of the watch from the 22nd Nov., and the moment he saw it he recognised it, and gave the prisoners into custody. Mr: Webb's representative, in reply to Mr. Clough, denied that he ever had a police notice of the watch at all. Ultimately, the female, being the wife of the prisoner, was discharged, and he was committed for a month, for not being able to account for how he came by the watch. The article was restored to its owner. CAPTURE OF Two FORGERS.—Too notorious forginrs, named William Stranges and Thomas Be*, were Captured at Eton on. Saturday last, charged with-having forged the name of the Earl of Digby to two . oheques on his lordship's bankers, Messrs. Hoare, of Fleet-street, for the respective that ts on n f fif ty that p pounds s 2 27th hd oNnoevtnbdecredlpasottm Me ssrs. dg. It appears Hoare received a cheque by poSt, enc l osed in a letter signed Mrs. Mary Harris, purporting:to be drawn by the E ar l o f Digby. The writ er o f the letter requested the money might be remitted in Bank of England notes to Mrs. Mary Ha r rris, Marrow, near Guildford, Surrey, and Messrs. Hoare having no, suspicion of the forgery sent the money accordingly. On Friday last, the 28th Dec., acre Hoare received a second letter, dated 12, High :ton' Bucks, and bearing th e p os t mar k o f t h at own, enclos ing a cheque for one hundred pounds, signed 3igby, payable to Octavius Wingfield, Esq., and request ng that the cheque might be honoured by two £5O Bank of England notes. This letter aroused the suspicion of the corresponding clerk, to whom the letter was handed, and the firm at once instructed their solicitors, Messrs. Blake & Co., Essex-street, Strand, to investigate tho matter. Accordingly a gentleman connected with the solicitors' office immediately proceeded to Windsor. Th e result was that the prisoners were apprehended on the morning of Saturday lastigh!sttapept, Eton,earedf asrowmthaebeevarid-seiniocre that the house No. 12, Hre kept by a man named Allen, and the prisoners , had requested permission to have a letter directed there -in the name of Wingfield. Mason (an officer) was in thek tap-room in the disguise of a bricklayer, and when the prisoners applied for the letter which had been posted in London, he took tnem into custody. Horsford, an officer of the Mendicity Society, deposed that one of the pri soners' (Thomas Bew) was well acquainted with Lord Digby's handwriting, having obtained several cheques from his lordship under false pretences. On the last occasion, at the end of the year 1831, the prisoner obtained from his lordship a cheque for £25, by representinz that he was a Captain Newton, for which offence 1:c w . 1.•: tried and convicted at the 0:d Bailey in D. , et.mbt rof till year. and sentenced ti e was a w swindlers and t Both pin .g-letter. both I n repeatedly convicted. The prisoners, who are spectably dressed, were fully committed for trial at the Lent assizes for sucks. t Ils and d