The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-06-07 00:00:00

On TUESDAY nt at, the 1 th instant, at Half-past One o'clock, at the Commercial Saleroom, Temple-c( SO Boxes hoice Cumberland-cut Arneri4 now landing ex Wiliam Chamberlain, from Ph 1 M sans. Richardson, Spe ,ce and Co., OnTvEsosy n WILLIA , an BACON, luelv hia.—Apply to It & CO., Brokers '-past One o'clocl ontreal.—A pply s, or to WanteZr. TO READERS. PRINTERS, AND OTHERS —WANTED, a P..rson capab'e of READING a Four-page DAILY NEWS_ T'APER.—Address, C. RZYNOLDS, 16, Greek street, London-road, L'verpool. One who ha: Reference WANTED, a competent JUDGE of COT CON had experience In a Cotton Broker's .se D 71, Northern Time. from :alt employer Office. WAN FED, a Middle-aged MAN, who can drive, to take charge of a Horse and Gig, and look after a Small Garden. salary 840 per annum. Two years' cha•acter will be required from last place.—Address S., Northern Tunes office. WANTED. —A SITUATION as BOOKKEEPER, or any other respectable and permanent employment, is required by a Toung married man, of considerable business experience.—Address K. T., Northern Times office. AMANCHESTER COMMISSION HOUSE, of long and first rate standing, wishes to increase its connection among the large Shipping Howes in Liverpool, as their buyer of Manchester goods; and to houses of undoubted respectability, large and liberal credits will be given. —Address A. 97, Post office, Manchester. nAILY GOVERNESS.—A Lady who teaches English, French, (acquired on the Continent), and ➢iusic, wishes to meet with an engagement, f r a few hours in the day, after the Midsummer vacation. The advertiser has had many years' expericz and can give the most satisfactory references.—Address, Northern Times office. tuition, R.. WANTED. a SOLICITOR, for a First-class Tailoring and Out fitting Establishment.—A liberal salary and con , —" - ' be given to a competent man, who has a good mission wil ection with the ehipy erally +Ad ress by letter (Z. R.) at the Northern Times oft employed. s'and where !alit LLD It T, a Double OFFI Rent, Wein tine a Irtbb and Hunt , WO be LET, in BD tie, a very Meeting House, Clno Room, L, well adap e LET, in a mo: t he2lthy and centr..l p.irtion of the town ne.r St. George's Hall. Liverpool), a good Business HOUSE sad SHOP, suitable for a Druggist. Mi lineiy, Smallit are, Hosiery, Tobacco. and Cigars &c., and tor which the shop is csmp ete. The present tenant has been in possession upwards of nine years, and Is retiring to the c.ntntry. Fent .e3O per annum. Tenant's interest, good-will, fixtu e•, coi &:.—Apply to Wm. Parker, 67, 1 910 St HO LESALE DRUGGISTS and OTHER4.—TO be LET, for 14 a Term of Years, the MILLS, WAREHOUSE, OFFICES, Messrs. Edney & Raines, a, and Machinery, now very commodious, will &c., in Wood-street, lately c wholesale druggtsos, includ ready for work. The Preto be Let together or rhparat given. —For further particul 13, James-street, Liverpool. ly, and tin diate possession can be ars apply to Mr. George S. Sanderson, en Salt. KENTLEDGE...-A large and wen-assorted Stock always on hand Also, BALLAST (Pig) IRON. 1,1 ILLIAM F. SIM, Sweeting-street. ti O be SOLD, a splendid six-horse STEAM ENGINE, direct action, with boiler, complete ; length 14 feet, diameter 3 feet, quite new, j plates.—Apply to ➢lr. Richard EL-sler, tEeacomloci, e iess, and iLlicarr;ed d riN SALE.—A fine BAY MARE, 15i ban NJ warranted sound, quiet in saddle or l'arn lady. Also, a DRAG and HARNESS, In excellent order.— PECKETT'S Stables. Oldham-street, where hey may be seen —To be SOLD or LET inin r nine capital F dr •oms and two dyes: A IGBURTH. Al. in Fulwocd-park, c0n...._ rooms, &c., with pleasure-grouno, gardener's cottage, Arc. Half the purchase-Is. 41 per cont.—Enquire of Mr. Ayres, Eldon Chart y HOUSE gardens, coach-house, stabling might remain at ADDRESS MR. PRIEST, __NHEAD. HOU4E, HOUSES!! LAND I LAND I I —ON SALE, is large or small lots, variously situated, and ranging in price Wm about eno to ~ 000.—See H. P. Priest's Cheshire and Lancashire Property Circular. Can be had gratis and free by post. Cheshire offices, for the Sale ar d Letting of Land and Houses, Market-cross Ch.mbers (one door from Market square) Market-street. Birken head. T M PORTANT TO HOLLOW WARE MANUFAC r MIER% IRON FO UNDERS AND OTHERS.—To be SOLD, by Private Treaty, by Tender, and may be entered upon immediately, all that very compact and desirable HOLLOW-WARE MANUFACTORY and IRON FOUNDRY, complete with every convenience; for ca , rying on a very extensive business, si.uate at No. 11, Upper Warwick. street, Liverp 01. The foundry contains a full and complete set of tnolilaing b ars, alto a quantity of lar, e and small g,.nerai j ebbing boxes, crane, sulnea'ingpans, annealing oven and stove, core stove, and blacking stove, &c., &c. T e '1 urning Mill con - round ar d two oval lashes with speed pulleys and bel atone, turning tools, wood chucks, &c., Sts.. The Tinning Snop con tains seven hear hs complete, with t3ellows and boilers, kette grind ing machine, drilling lathes, stakes, &c. The Fitting Shop contains nd two small lathes fitting benches, vices, tools, &c one la,e The Cover S os fifiee: con ains two stamping mach'nes, edging tool, cover &c. A'so. a I my machine, benches, vices. fooli, &c, .pressure oscillating horizontal steam further in- foimition and all p personally, or by let [ars, witt: to Ales 7, aPPIY , Solicitors, :he props I and M Sweeti g:street; or, to Georl aolitt street, Liverpcol. E. Holt, Accauutanf, NEXT WEEK TUESDAY. On TUESDAY next, the 10th instant, at Half.ppst One o'clock, st the Commercial Saleroom, Temple-court, t Boneless Middles 'American BACON. Do. Do. 403 Poxes S 21'8 Do. Lon. jot landed r x Peter Maxwe 293 Boxes Camberland-cut A just 'asded ex Car..attc.—Apply to Messrs. Fielden, Brothers and Co., Merchants, or to Tican BACON, WILLIAM GARDNER & CO.. Bro'germ , the 1 th in Commercial dans Prime Can teamer, ex North American, screw Messrs. Smith and Moore, Merr 0,1 ace On . TUESDAY I ext, 10th in ex Osterivald and ew Orleans.—, kNt PARKE, B oker On account of whom IL may co On TUZSDAY next, the 10th inst-ti,t, at 11.111 at thr. commercial saleroom, Temple-court, 30 :Arms American BACON ex City of Baltimore.—Apply to 111“tQUIS, BAXTER & CO., Brokers It.' NODDER, HATTER. 81, C lIURCH.STREET, Begs respectfully to inform the Nubility and Gentry of Liver. pool that his NEW:SCYLES fur the Season are NOW READI tor Inspection Q - U EE N' S HALL, BOLD STREET THE GREAT ITALIAN CONJUROR BOSCO, MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 9TE. 10001 BUSINESS ADDRESS _DDRESS CARDS, t -1 I cs ZS 6d ( Printed in the Best Style for j BY CHARLES WILLMER, GENERAL PRINTER , NORTHERN TIMI ---- 19, SOUTH JOHN STRE 3', LIVERPOOL 1000 POSTING BILLS PRINTED FOR sth BY CHARLES WILLMER, GENERAL PRINTER , NORTHERN TIMES OFFICE, 19. SOUTH JOHN STREET, LIVERPOOL. CIHARLES WILLMER, WHOLESALE 1 1 / 4 .) STATIONER, MACHINE PRINTER, and Foreign NEWSPAPER AGENT, 19, South John-street. Liverpool; anc 109, Fulton-street, New York. EVENING EDITION ear An Evening Edition of the NORTHERN DAMN TIMES it now Published every Afternoon, at Three o'clock, Dretaining the Markets, together with all the News of the ay, up to the hour of going to Press. THE DATI ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION LY TIMES L IN 0 WI: Elti, TWO GUINEAS PER ANNUM, Etc ~,111Vci ir 4l ,101 4 11 41 1%... SATURDAY, JUNE 7, 1856 THE decision of the Birkenhead Docks' Com mittee is, that "the preamble of the bill is not " proved." Was there ever such an opinion pro nounced by any five sane men? A judicative tribunal hear evidence on the introductory para graph of a legislative measure, and, without going ,•• . . into its details, give a decisive opinion on its merits ! When is the torrent of hostility directed against the growing prosperity of the Mersey to be stopped ? The Corporation was compelled to go to Parliament this year in the Act of last session, to get the necessary- powers to complete 1 The the unfinished works the 3 purcha corn pulcioja PI ced upon the pr proof t ney of our case and incur a very 1 pediency )mmodation of when th© Corporatio injunction of ti and propriety of present bill, is substL tune saw the u docks were wanted for th increasing trade knd ye do comply with tha arbit Hous© of Commons, expense, the " € itor! , Bm THE NORTHERN TIMES.---LIVERPOOL, entertaining their Bill is questioned, and eventually it is thrown out. For the honour of our country we hope this story will not pass beyond the shores of England—we trust it will not spread beyond the edges of the direct road which connects Liverpool with St. Stephens. Such Parliamentary romances are not fit to meet the eye of this sober and practical age. Men do not relish, in real life, those flights of fancy, which they laugh at in a work of fiction, or in a dramatic burlesque. The dock promoting side of our Town Council may often be in the wrong, but in this instance they are in the right, so far as in. troducing their bill as the completement of the Act of 1855, is concerned. As for the plans, they were a secondary consideration altogether. If the Cor poration, in getting the Dock Estate into their hands, saw that certain improvements might be made to the benefit of all parties concerned, we must be excused when we tell Sir WILLIAM CLAY, and his Committee, that it was their duty to have heard the evidence of the promoters, and that they ook a very novel course when they rejected the As a whole Bill on the evidence of the opposition ourse is pregnant with danger in a case of to sanction its bein 3r magnitude, and the HousE mmons should bestow acts of Their Committees, before any further abr gation of constitutional law and usage become matters of record. It has ted t efficient cited in )me attention on the The hardships and injustice of our ease, are only equalled by the public inconven ience which must follow delay in the exe cution of the work which remains to be done before the Docks can be made to produce a revenue, adequate to the expenditure the pur chasers have already made. If left without our bill, we may be left without a Birkenhead Dock income, and then who will work that portion of the Dock accommodation of the Mersey ? Did such a query as this enter the mind of the Com_ mittee ? But who are the parties really to blame for the defeat of the Dock Completement Act ? We answer, emphatically, the Great Western and Birkenhead and Chester Railway Companies ! If they had merely wished to give a preference to Mr. RENDELL'S plans over Mr HARTLEY'S they would have waited until the Com mittee came to the clause which related to the adoption of plans. But they did nothing of the sort. They attacked the preamble of the bill, and in that way got it thrown out aztierement. Now, it is quite true that the public have a deep interest at stake in the construction of docks, and that the best and most economical designs ought to be selected, but there were large pecuniary interests involved in this Bill, which ought to have been gone into by the Committee, even if they saw fit not to adopt either of the plans brought before them. What, then, are we to think of the whole affair? Are we to couple it with the vulgar leading article of the London Times of Thursday, which carries its author's name on its face and the animus which suggested the appoint. ment of Mr. LOWE'S committee? Shall we be sb vain glorious as to say, That Liverpool is be coming too metropolitan for Middlesex, to tolerate our further growth in commercial and maritime magnificence ? Or must we throw aside the little good breeding we possess, and tell the writer of the Cockney attack on the rights of municipal pro perty, that it is one of the greatest public frauds ever attempted, and that he resorts to wilful lying, when he says that we derive an income of 600,000/. a year from Town Dues levied "on " the imports and exports of the greatest " manufacturing country in the world." That scribe only seeks to openly gull Vie mercan tile community, when he says :—" the liberation of commerce from such burdens is a necessary "pendant to the system of Free Trade, which has received the unanimous assent of the country." man in Parliament, knows Every commercial hat value to I )n this glaring piece of impo Mr. I aqtee, it is well known, 3 liberate commerce from the tolls or dues whatever. All Ur. LowE and the London Times are trying to accomplish is to push forward the work of centra lisation, to trample on the principles of local self government, to place the collection and disposal of local dues and rates in the hands of Government Boards, and this is what is called, " a pendant to " the system of Free Trade which has received the " unanimous assent of the country." Such a bare faced piece of deception was never before played off on the community; and we must confess that the course taken by the Birkenhead Dock Com mittee looks very like a continuation of that spirit of hostility of which the inhabitants of this Borough must take some notice, and without further delay. A correspondent has called our attention to a letter which appeared in the Bankers' Circular on Saturday last, complaining that a British sove_ reign coined in Australia—a British colony--of English standard, fineness, weight, and value, is not a legal tender in the mother country, and can only be used, therefore, as bullion in commer cial transactions between two integral portions of the same dominions ! Surely this has brought us to the culminating point of human absur dity ! What lofty and perfect ideas of Empire our rulers must have ! The doctrine of integrality of dominion appears to be as little understood in these days as the laws of affinity were in those of Tursco. Among the latest arrivals from Australia, were 80,000 sovereigns coined at the colonial mint, and a question was directly raised by a commercial house in London, whether these coins were legal tender within the realm of Great Britain and Ireland. "The case stands thus," says the enquirer :—" It is assumed that the Australian " sovereigns are of standard weight and purity ; if " so, the foreigner would take them in payment of any debt due to him, since he never looks to the denomination of the currency of any other ry than his own, except that a certain " portion of that currency represents and will procure in his own country a certain quantity of " count " precious metal. This property resides in the " Australian sovereign, which is, indeed, formed " out of the very same quality of gold as the British " sovereign. But the reasoning assumes a different " form when it is applied to the United Kingdom. " The French Louis d' Or, or Napoleon, is not a " legal tender with us, because struck at a foreign " mint; the Australian sovereign is struck at a " Colonial mint; as bits of bullion the Australian " and English sovereigns are equivalent. So far, "no difficulties arise." Certainly hot, until the Colonial sovereign is put into circulation. When you twit any Itlnd, the Ai t to pay (int 3 or taxes of ralian coin only so much f( :11 the holder must take what he The Sta which has created it, will not receive it as money If it reaches England in the f trade, it must go to the Bank of England and be re-coined—for which the public have to pay—before it becomes legal tender ; and when the same sovereign gets back to Australia, gold may be at a discount, then comes another " shave," and the expense of a second re coining. The English sovereign is legal tender in the colo nies, and why the Australian counterpart of that piece of money should not possess the same legal qualities here, is a problem few can solve. The Bank of England is compelled to buy all the gold, of standard fineness, which may be taken to them, at 3/ 17s. 9d. the ounce, and they receive from the Mint 31. 17s. 100., legal tender, for every ounce of bullion they send to be coined. This will explain the Bank's interest in the matter. But if this kingdom and its vast dependencies are to be con sidered, and form one great, indissoluble, integral empire, why should not our metallic money be Im perial and possess the same attributes, and discharge the same functions in all parts of our dominions? Why put the Colonist to the expense of coining his gold and sending it to this country to be re coined before it becomes legal tender, or before it can be recognised by the Imperial Government as any thing more than so much bullion ? The fact will no sooner be made known, that Colonial sove reigns are not receivable at their mint value in e of debts and taxes, than they will be at a discount in our rapidly increasing inter••colonial discharg trading transactions From such gross perversions of common sense no good can arise. On the contrary, it keeps alive all those feelings of distrust which the colonists entertain towards the parent State; and it is high time to endeavour to remove all such impressions, and give consistency and unity to the whole of our boundless Empire. In the prosperity of our Colonies lies our greatness, and in their progress we have a promise of the world's civilisation. Spread far and near the British race, and assimilate their laws and institutions—treat each British Continent, island, and rock which is separated from our shores by the sea, as the members of one enlightened family—and who can question the result ? This is how the affections, loyalty, and patriotism of a widely scattered race are to be directed towards and fixed on one com mon centre Let us not treat the Australian coin which we ourselves undertake to make, gibingly. Their sovereign is theinstrument of trade—the only hope of the Colonist. The interest the Bank of Eng— land has in the important question under review is purely local, and the position of the Cabinet, who sanctioned the establishment of the Austra lian mint, wholly untenable. British gold coin should be, and is, so far, of standard fineness, weight, and value, and ought to be legal tender throughout her MAJESTY'S dominions ; and we hope to hear that some of those members of Parliament, who understand the real monetary and commercial bearings of such all anomaly, will seize an early opportunity of bringing the matter under the notice of the Imperial Senate and the public. MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL, LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY EVENING In the Cotton trade, under the influence of the reduction in the rate of discount from 6 to 5 per cent., a good and general demand sprung up at the close of last week; but on receipt of the America's accounts on Monday, these showing no falling off in the receipts of cotton at the shipping ports, and therein disappointing common expectation, the Market again relapsed into its previous dulness and depression—in which state it has since con tinued to rule, the demand having in the meanwhile been uniformly very limited, and prices having gradually yielded from 1-16 d to id per lb. in Ame rican descriptions pretty generally—the decline, however, being being most marked in cotton below 6d per lb.—in other kinds no definite change can be noticed, but in all the tendency has been with the buyer. The sales of the week amount to 50,100 bales, 41,810 of which have been taken by the trade, 6,780 for speculation, and 1,510 for export. To day's business is estimated at 7,000 bales, 500 of which have been taken for speculation and export. The Committee's quotations to-day for fair cotton are as follows, viz.:—Bowed 61d, Mobile 61, and Orleans 7d per lb. The amount of business done in the Share Market has not been large to-day, but prices closed steady at the following quotations :—Aberdeen, 13 131. Chester and Birkenhead, 151 16. Caledonian, 304 30k. Chester and Holyhead, 161 161 Eastern , Counties, 10 1.1610 3.16. East Lancashire, 194 191 Great Northern, 231 24i. Ditto A, 91 10k. Great Western, 601 61. Lancashire and Yorkshire Stock 92/ 921. Liverpool, Crosby and Southport, 174173 , London and North Western Stock, 101, 102. Man chester Sheffield, and Lincoln, 29/ 291 Ditto Pref., Pref.; 111 111. Ditto New 6 per cent. Pre , ap. Mid land Stock, 791 791. North British, 81 9. North Staffordshire, 6 51d. South Eastern and Dover, 21 7-16 21 9-16. York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 20 3-16 20 5-16. York and North Midland, 29k 291. Leeds Capital Stock, 171- 171. Buffalo and Lake Huron, :11 lip. Dutch Rhenish, 11 lip. Great Western of Canada, 25i 254. Ditto New Shares, 2 11-16 2 13-16 p. Great Luxembourg, 8a 81d. We quote the following report of the Tallow Trade from Mr. F. J. Eaton's circular : Only small sales are reported at 47s 6d to 48s 6d per cwt. for P. Y. C., and 48s to 49s per cwt. for N. and S. American. There has been little change in the London market during the week, but at the close yesterday, rather lower prices were accepted, the exact quotations being 45s 9d per cwt for spot and last 3 months. The half-week delivery is elo casks, against 510 casks last year, and the present stock 17,709 casks, against 47,152 in 1855. The Colonial Produce Markets during the past week have been rather quiet, but the .values of most of the principal staples have been supported. For sugar there has been a good demand, and an advance of 6d to is per cwt. has occurred. Coffee has been dull of sale. In rice transactions have been limited, and tea has ruled much the same as previously. For spices there was not much inquiry, and mace is rather cheaper. Rum has been in more request, and tallow has ruled quiet. The Paris Wool Market, which has been so active during thq last few months with some apprehensions amongst the manufacturers of a scarcity of supplies, has resumed its usual steady appearance, and the high prices are beginning to recede. This state of affairs has been influenced by the withdrawal of some American orders, on account of the stocks of fine fabrics lying on hand at New York, and the large pur ' chases made by the manufacturers of Aus tralian Wool in the London Market• The effect of this upon the ensuing clip will be to depreciate its value from 20 to 15 per cent. The wool growers, however, are standing out for their prices, and those who were obliged to close their contracts have paid from if 35c to if 500 per half-kilogramme. Advices from Marseilles report an active market there, with the following importations :-380 bales from Alexandria, 380 ditto from TuniE, 435 ditto from Casabianca, and 180 bales from Constan tinople. At the sales by auction several hundred hales of Buenos Ayres wool were sold at former prices, and the quotations generally were well maintained. Letters from St. Petersburg mention that the Emperor has given his sanction to the establish ment of two Joint Stock Companies. One, having for its object the manufacture of sugar, has been granted to the eminent financier, Baron Stieglitz ; and the other is for the purpose of forming a Maritime Assurance Company at Riga. Each of these societies is founded with a capital of 1,000,000 silver roubles, or about 165,000/. Accounts from Madrid state that the Cortes• have unanimously declared their satisfaction of the financial operation of the government for mortgaging two hundred millions of reals of the floating debt. The prospectus of the Euphrates Valley Railway Company (limited) is issued, with a capital of one million sterling, in 50,000 shares of 20/. each, on which the deposit is to be only 2s per share. This is a remarkable undertaking. The Mediterranean and the Persian Gulf are to be connected by a railway from the ancient port of Selucia, via Antioch and Aleppo, to Jailer Castle, on the Euphrates. This line will be about 80 miles in length, and is afterwards to be carried down" to Bagdad and to the head of the Persian Gulf, whence steam communication will be established with all parts of India. It is also proposed to carry telegraphic wires along the route, with a view to eventually uniting the European telegraphic sys tem with that of India. BANK OF ENGLAND RETURNS An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cap 32, for the Week ending May 30, 1856. ISSUE DEPARTMENT. Debit. Credit. Notes issued £25,241,040 Government Debt Other securities 3,459,900 Gold Coin and Bullion . 10,766,040 £25,241,040 £25,241,040 BANKING DEPARTMENT Debit. Proprietors' ca pital Rest Credit. Government se- curities ... . £12,612,119 Other securities 14,042,418 Notes 6,686,680 Gold and silver coin Public deposits 3,686,524 Other „ 10,745,271 Seven day, and 618,616 other bills.. 773,848 Total .... £32,959,833 Total... £32,959,833 , turns show the following ith those of the preceding [crease, 827,1651; bullion The foregoing Bank RI results when compared w week :—Notes issued, it in both departments, increase, 825,8521; rest, de crease, 53,573/ ; public deposits, increase, 151,3211; other deposits, decrease, 727,2101 ; ; seven days' and other bills, increase, 48,9441. On the credit side government securities have increased 132,7031; other securities, decrease, 1,334,6281. Notes un employed, increase,- 604,7201 Actual circulation, 19,554,3601, increase, 222,4451. The annexed are the closing quotations of the Foreign Exchanges :—Amsterdam, sho r t, 11 174 to 11 18. Do., three months, 124 to 121. Rotterdam, do , 124 to 124.. Antwerp, do., 25 60 to 25 65. Brussels, do., 25 60 to 25 65. Hamburg, do., 13 10 to 13 10k. Paris, . short 25 35 to 25 421. Do , three months, 25 70 to 25 75. Marseilles, do., 25 70 to 25 75. Frankfort, do , 1204 to 1204. Vienna, do., •10 17 to 10 20. Trieste, do., 10 18 to 10 21. Petersburg, do., 364 to 37fr. Madrid, do., 494 to 494. There has been a rise of 4 to b per cent in the. Funds. The closing prices were 954 to 951. There is a disposition to believe a temporary suspension of diplomatic relations between this country and the United States forms the utmost extent of the evil to be reasonably apprehended from the dispute now pending. Many of the parties who had effected speculative sales upon the chances of the American question, now show eagerness to buy back. The anticipation of a highly favourable Bank return, and the approaching reduction of the ConsolDividend also afforded great support to prices. The French Funds remain almost without re covering from their late severe fall. We learn with regret the death of Mr. Samuel Gurney, the respected head of the firm of Messrs. Overend, Gurney, and. Co. The melancholy event took place at Paris, yesterday. Mr. Gurney was in his 71st year. The return of the Bank of England fully confirms the favourable anticipations which have been indulged in. The Railway Share Market was rather flater this morning, but a recovery subsequently t oo k pl ace . At the clo!le prices of Railway Shires stood as follows t--‘Caledonian, 130/.31i. Eastern Counties) THE COURT The Queen received addresses on the throne respect ing the peace on Thursday afternoon, at Buckingham Palace, from the University of Oxford, the University of Cambridge, and from the body of Presbyterian ministers. The delegates from the University of Oxford, followed by the members, and headed by the Earl of Derby, wearing his gold robe of office as Chancellor of the University, and having his train borne by one of the members, arrived at a quarter before three o'clock. Her Majesty was seated on the throne, and wore a magnificent diadem of almonds. Prince Albert and Prince Frederick William of Prussia were on the Queen's left. Sir George Grey, Secretary of State for the Home Department, attended near the Qaeen. His Lordship the Chancellor, the Vice-Chancellor, the Delegates and other members of the University, advanced to the throne, when the Earl of Derby read the address from the Uni versity of Oxford on the peace, and then presented it to the Queen. Her Majesty returned a most gracious answer. Among the members of the University were Earl Delawarr, Earl Stanhope, Bishop of St, Asaph, Bishop of Oxford, the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, and the Bev. Dr. Symons, St. John's. The deputation from the University of Cambridge, headed by the Vice-Chancellor, the Rev. Dr. Whewell arrived in procession about three o'clock, and were conducted to the Promenade Gallery, from whence they were summoned, immediately after the reception of the Oxford address by Prince Albert, the Chancellor of Cambridge, who wore his stale robes as chancellor of the university, the train being borne by one of the gentlemen of his household. The Prince Chancellor read the address from the University of Cambridge, congratulating her Majesty on the peace, and afterwards presented the address to the Queen. Her Majesty returned a most gracious answer to the address. Among the members present were—Marquis Camden, Right Hon. Spencer Walpole, M.P., Mr. L. Wigram, M.P., Major General Sir Roland Eustace, St. Peter's College; Rev. J. Romilly, Professor Selwyn, the Rev. Dr. Dodsworth, St. Catherine's Hall ; &c., &c. An address of congratulation on the conclusion of peace was presented to her Majesty by the body of Presbyterian ministers in and about London and West- minster. The address was read by the Rev. Thomas Madge, who, with the hon. sec. (Rev. Dr. Sadler), had the honour of kissing hands. The Queen returned a gracious answer to the address. The Queen rode on horseback on Thursday morning with Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and Prince Frederick William of Prussia. The Regent of Baden went on Thursday morning to the Bank of England, and after having been conducted over that establishment, his Royal Highness proceeded to the London [lnks, the Thames Tunnel, and the premises of the Times newspaper. In the afternoon his Royal Highness visited the House of Commons, and remained there during the early part of the proceedings. TUE CRIMEAN COMMANDER -IN- CR lEF. —The Gazette of last night, notifies the promotion of Major General Sir W. J. Codrigton, to the rank of Lieutenant-General in the British army. The Gazette also enumerates a long list of officers promoted to the rank of Lieutenant- Colonel and Major. DEATH OF MR. GURNEY, THE BANKER.—It is OUT painful duty to announce that intelligence has reached us of the death of Mr. Samuel Gurney, the head of the banking-house of Overend, Gurney, and Company, of Lombard-street. The sad event occurred in Paris on Thursday last. The deceased, NA ho was well known and esteemed both in the mercantile and philanthropic world, was in the 71st year of his age. TILE ParcE OF BREAD.—A 7 correspondent has drawn our attention to the fact that the bakers' prices for bread :ere now quite out of proportion to the cost of wheat and Hour, and should be lowered. SUICIDE.—Last evening a person, whose name we have not been able to ascertain, put an end to his existence by hanging himself, at his lodgings, in Crown-street. An inquest will be held on the body this day. _ FIRE AT BoorLE.—Yesterday morning, between the hours of five and six o'clock, a fire was discovered in the rosin manufacture b,longing to Messrs. Davis, on the Nethel field-road. For some time the flames raged with great fury, but by great perseverance they were extinguished. The loss is fully covered by insurance. CORONER'S INQUESTS. —Yesterday the coroner held an adjourr ea inquest on the body of Jo;eph Robinson, a flat man, belonging to Runcorn. The jury returned a verdict that the aced w..s accidentally drowned, whilst in a state 01 intoxication.—On the body of a man, name unknown, that was found floating in the water, at Bootle bay. The body wa3 much decomposed, and there was hardly any flesh left on the head at all. There was no evidence except as to the finding of the remains, and the jury found accordingly, SATURDAY. 10 10k. East Lancashire, 78 79. Great Northern, 95 951. Ditto A, 78 79. Great Western, 61 614 Lancashire and Yorkshire, 92/ 921. London and North Western, 102 102 ,. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 29t 291. Midland Stock, 781 78g. North British, 35i 36. South Eastern and Dover, 71-4-, 711 York, Newcastle, and- Berwick, 80i 811 York and North Midland, 581 581 LATEST INTELLIGENCE. PROBABLE POSTPONEMENT OF THE IMPERIAL BAPTISM. A despatch from Paris dated last night, mentions the probability of the postponement of the baptism of the,lmperial Prince, or that the ceremonial will be shorn of its splendour, in order that the money may be devoted to the sufferers from the inunda tions. [This intelligence is anticipated by the letter of our Paris correspondent, dated Wednesday evening.] PIEDMONT. TURIN, FRIDAY. It is stated positively, that Count Cavour will set out immediately on another journey to Paris. The situation of affairs is considered so critical, as to lead to this step on the part of the govern ment. RUSSIA AND TURKEY. Advices from Constantinople mention that Russia protests against the admission of M. Stourza to the Commission for rectifying the Bessarabian frontiers. INDIA AND CHINA MAILS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) SOUTHAMPTON, JUNE 6 The Peninsular and Oriental Company's Steam ship Ava, Capt. J. S. Field, arrived here to-day at one o'clock. Her dates are, Alexandria, May 23 ; Malta, May 27 ; and Gibraltar, June 1. The Ava brings 132 passengers, amongst whom are the Bishop of Victoria, General Ovans, Capt. Corrie, R,N., and Capt. Vansittart, R N. The freight of the Ava comprises 148 bales wool ; 22 cases plants ; 21 cases gum ; 33 packages ele phants' tusks, and 245 packages sundries. On her passage home the Ava experienced fine weather but strong head winds during the whole voyage. On the 28th of May she observed the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamship, Candia, and transport No. 73, off Zembra. On the same day in latitude 37 29 N., long. 9 47 E. she met the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamship, Pera. The next day, the 29th ultimo, she observed the Royal Mail Steamer Severn, in latitude 37 17 N., longitude 5 3E• On the Ist of June the Ava fell in with off Cape Trafalgar the brigs Forth of Wexford and the Annabell. The same day, in lat. 36 25 N., long. 7 41 W., she observed the brig Arab. and on the 3rd instant H.M S. Seahorse, off Cape Finisterre. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. GIBRALTAR, MAY 25.—Arrived : Steamship Metropoli tan, eight days from Barletta, with a general cargo, for Liverpool; steamship Grecian, six and a half days from Liverpool; brigantine Balkan, forty days from Alexandria, with beano, &c., for Liverpool.—May 30th. Steamship Scamander, ten days from Alexandria, with general cargo for Liverpool.—May 28th. Steamship Balbec, six days from Liverpool. Gibraltar Exchange on London, at ninety days' date, M. Freights as last quoted. FRANCE. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, THURSDAY EVENING The inundations continue to absorb public attention here. The accounts of them in the pro. vincial papers are truly terrible, and those given in private letters are even worse. The Parisians of all classes are in dismay. The damage done by the water is gigantic ; and God knows what is to become or the thousands and thousands of poor peasants whose fields and vineyards are ravaged— whose flocks and herds have perished wholly or in part—whose houses has e been swept away ! God knows, too, what is to become of the poorer classes in the large towns, who will suffer from the dearness of provisions, which cannot fail to be the consequence of such wholesale destruction of the fruits of the earth. God knows, also, what will become of, the Emperor and the government, for it almost always happens in France that a great public disaster is the precursor of disturbances, and often of a revo lution. The deplorable news from the provinces, the alarm of the Parisians, and last, but not least, the falling of heavy rain during the greater part of the night, and all day long, (one would say that it means to create inundations here,): caused a perfect panic at the Commencement of the day's business on the Bourse, and for a time (the statement will seem strange, but it is the fact,) no sales whatever of anything could be effected at any price. But after a while, in presence of such wholesale offers, purchases began to be made ; still, at the close, there was a heavy fall in all descriptions of securities; in the threes for account—of not less than lf. 35c. In Credit Mobilier shares, the fall was 140 f. Orleans rail way, 95f; Mediterranean, 110 f. ; Northern, 474-f. The Emperor returned to Paris this morning at seven o'clock. Owing to the early hour, and the frightful weather, the idea of giving an ovation had been abandoned. In addition to the 2,000,000 f. (80,0001) already obtained from the Legislative Body for the relief of the sufferers of the inundations, a new demand of not less than 10,000,000 f. has this day been made. This was done by special order of the Emperor. I hear that his Majesty is profoundly affected at the awful spectacles he witnessed at Lyons, Avignon, Arles, Tanascon, Valence, and wherever else he went. The Empress has given 20,000frs. (X 800) to the funds raising for the relief of the sufferers, and has inscribed the little Prince Imperial for half the amount. At the different mollies in Paris, in the courts of justice, in the Na tional Guard, &c . subscriptions are being collected and bills are stuck up on the walls, calling on the people to con tribute. In Galignani there is an appeal to the English to show their generosity, and there is also a talk of calling a meeting, to get up a general subscription. The government has appointed a commission to centralise and distribute the subscriptions. Ought not Liverpool and other large towns, lend a helping hand to their Allies in this awful visitation ? General Ney has returned from St. Petersburg. He professes to be delighted with the manner in which he was received, not only by the aristocracy, but by the Emperor. The Paris papers continue to abstain from saying anything about the American question, contenting themselves with giving notices of what the English papers say. The truth is, in presence of the emotion caused by the inundations, people are not capable of attending to any foreign matter. Even an affair which touches the French more nearly than the American questions—the reply of the Austrian government to Count Cavour—which has reached us to-day, from Germany, and which will, no doubt, be in your hands direct from that country, before this letter—even the reply, which under less serious circumstance, would have excited immense sensation—has been passed over with the simple remark, that it is written in a very pert tone, and is very offensive to Sardinia. P.S.—Up to this moment the rain is still falling heavily, and it has been without intermission all day long. It is really alarming. The Turin correspondent of the Times states that Austria and France are not pursuing an identical policy in Italy. When the proposal was male for a Tuscan Concordat with Rome, after the Austrian model, the French representative at Rome was charged to assure the Tuscan government that it might, if necessary, reckon on the support of France in resisting the demands of Rome. France and Austria are also likely to be rivals, whenever a new election for the Papacy may occur. The Austrian Cabinet lately complained to the Tuileries of the injustice done to Austria in the late debates in the Sardinian Chambers. The French Government communicated this fact to the Sardinian Cabinet, accompanied by expressions of sympathy stronger than ever. THE INUNDATIONS IN F The Moniteur of Thursday records the 11 . 1 progress of the Emperor o f the French air , the districts which have been lately in 111:") and says_ The Emperor's visit to the sufferers by th dations of the Rhone has p roduced on "A - s , bitanta of these devastated distriets an iniP re that cannot be described. The E rri P er°r appeared to them like a second Providence. 0; progress takes place amidst tears of gra titga v ol public blessings. The love and mutual de vo l between a people and their sovereign Was displayed in so signal a manner• and through Valence. Lyons, through Avignon Monteli liall ' ra t gnon, inhabitants had hurried forth to rneet h is i t 1, and again salute him with repeated cries 0 ' c the Ely: live a the Emperor!" " Long live Long live the Imperial Prince!' " l' °13 ;„ friend and benefactor of the 1 00 1% at on his passage, theligaie Emperor arrived at Lyons this eVe' n ' l ,: v ieci o'clock. Here his Majesty passed 10 fr; 0 1 troops assembled under the c0n3.511111-0•7 Marshal de Castellane. During th e , r , e ,„, a l ts v acclamations of the soldiers and inhau'it e again heard with fresh enthusiasra' f; are o'clock the Emperor left Lyons on hi s .-L Paris. bsc ri" sti .ii Majestye sufferers ff t e h r e e r s Empress y the has t ,, ,,0, 5 , i0 favour Her of th 2 tl o le ,ooOfr in her own name, and of Ip,o S p naivemoifuitehteerlemepferisatlatPerinacued. :ffileifrifvgeorn-efl er Household, ier,, ef ofr Public Justice, Interior, andtheillor3sc',. War, ot lijo s Colonies, of Instruction uausteieice,n,ostfof Foreign .Aso.,irs, an d Agriculture, Trade and Public IVorks, , ‘ ,10. 1 - President of the Council of State, hav e "' j ell scribed 1,000 francs. The governtnefat has 10 on pur creating a central committee of stleceal,,'rect purpose of giving one sole and uniforrn u. ~, fl ctiv to the i produce yielded by the public aubs e ' 13 ' it if both in Paris and the departments, in be . oo o those who ij have suffered from erred rece li u t A 1 f i ef tions subscription list is op 1 1 t; fl o g lativ tions. Corps in behalf of the sufforatebY im-,,41)0 The Count derMorny, the P 'd t► is a o° ll ' - , resi en , of 5,000 f. ~:,acess l We read • in Gaiigna • • o (1 , -• , nt the followin, A tS 03 details :—" The conductors of some IL°°' try ago' wood on the Seine, seeing three dai s - - f ag the the sudden o rise of the water and the ° I- 1 .0 1: rrent, that it would not be sa fe atostops., at the u wharf at Coudray at which theYll4„„roel3, resolved to proceed to Paris; but on ail' s ° or' Choi le-Roi, they found frora the violeofiide i CUM' SY floatent that it was almost impossible to 0 1:to0 After struggling for some ti me, t, to their moored eir dismay, ran into several others wei e of 1 near the Ile Paulette. Theref°,,freoltea shock was so great that the floats Tte o,l 01 and 1 wood and timber comp tdsiastl parried ie in a mass to the bridge of lirrY,‘", 11 piers violently' oss of which they struck then passed through the bridge in l ame to the 6 de Quiquengrogne, where a ,13,03, i, other floats in to tea-ret t. were moored, and ran pressure on these floats soon becanie 9° : 0 111% 1 the posts_ to which they were fastened gav-sblo '', thefuaiotats got mixed together in inOtrielot fe A huge mass, !consisting, 13f o f tifa l than sixteen.ten ri d 0 floats of firewood and was consequently formed, and Was ea r to si's almost paris irresistible force down the Seillogg° ad it reached the city' ti le , woo ld e would . have --for i. est iP done is incalculable only have swept ' away all the bat es 01l as ing boats, and other e ditie a 1 river, but would have datosge P greatly t ate , s perhaps destroyed the bridges. g ci boats bell was rung, of the and all the labourers an ro oes ports were collected, and theY Poicaiti under the orders of the inspectors ef,„11'.0011/t and at the risk of their own. lives, to ' fort s ; ' compact mass of wood. After immense e.ooioo fearfulsucceeded in doing this, and so savdecal. danger. Fortunately no loss of Itt'ilop?' At Lyons rilt 01, cleaning numerous workmen Are e isco o out the streets which had be oer ,c water. Notwithstanding the nurnel)uto aece which i have been cut in every direction ets oa ate , e _ t he running off of the water, the srehooofa, I 1 ,4 bank of the Rhone are very sh 9vrli cl A 1 31°. r. Persons may, however, now nil de olo ti out the greater part of this va s , t ev er,' : and the of scenes which meet the 0 0 a : 11 ,,,. rai e li „ are the most distressing descriPtie"l,'so l''',"i fuhouses which have fallen, heaps of bro bas fa , 1 and buildings of which one loll; , ot I e and the the looms, curtains, and bed'nre ec-, where different floors , thus laid open a s offe' toot° t, b at, c to be seen. The unfor annot be prevailed on to desert the sP_ u , er sr e, , a s the o f ti vouac seek among at the nearest point, and eg among the ruins some reninctlty Wl' property. Numbers of poor weavers ' to ot 0' watching with eager eyes for the retireo,essess ofwater, in hopes that they may a in g e y lr ead the looms by which they e a rned _ s or e ' themselves All thebsoetit cialle for property and their families property are not, however, made wlt,essiog ti for of scarcely a moment passes without 0 s. , 0 9 _ falling roofs and walls All the stre.e_`_.; o cl , become clear of the water, tiro trans.tiu:re 00114 regular_ e entrepots, where piles of fu rn Les a t Vi d i s •ted. On every side may be seen 0' c ool': ,o e m a e poor drenched and half-nalted Ps_ Pi a your to cook some little provisio%er o f ot 1 mairie of .the G . 1 • e in lotiere and at a n0t 13 ,, o d 0 1 , places in the city • '• • o f foot , . a. 0 P , a distribution 0 0 0 0 is regularly made. The calm resigl3.,eo is t appears imprinted on every c 0 huddle tote extraordinary. Women are seen baddi , es co with their children. but not a sob or a tin see/' them, and age d / 1 1 at' among those who are eng w it 0 for their property, everything goes oil e pute or n • • q arielling. to I toot .„ti The_ 1 Minister of Public works is a' - ' - co pef i ",. the engineering works in progress, i _s v e l diss s t mitigating so far as possible th e w ill . 6 0 consequences of the inundations. Phe take same time consider what means eon dojos", tan Ile' protect the low countries frora 1 •o a 0 f el future occasions when the river tog h date -. Letters from Orleans of ThursdaY s, b irti q i numerous disasters in the t0w0.„3 ar o I houses have fallen, and many ew e ' be dap erous state. Several lives liaVe.e 00'; The a news from Tours and Ambroise L o st 11 , t water.ppalling. The city of Tours is aWi.o',,, m Boats ply regularly in he . ,er'sceii'd _ e v inmates of the Hotel de l'VV,bl,!/ do n into boats from the uPPer winos 1 de i tied together. The office of the Journa,. De s et Loire is inundated, and the PsPejciostr° appeared. The railway is completed,roisc% The__ devastation is equally great at An% bet: _The. only communication now ordoboll,'‘ Mfarseilles and Avignon is by the roan a t S i ' Nismes. Travellers leave the railway and e a D eli e Calamitieso t 0 Avignon in carriages. come tenfold i thoseaid , 111:1 1 dot' are not surprised to add to alreateif of n accident from which Mince Oscar opeal _ escaped the other day. prince Oseacirtier'bool have been placed in some danger at Cbcisites an accident to his carriage. lie he n ' a board the Biche, the breakwater, iv h is ' landed, d he got into an open carriage th e of tile, ,"die de-cam to proceed to the hotel prefect. The coachman, being daz7led by v o which was shining full on his face , di d Il° the s a_kerb-stone at the side of the waY , a v of the carriage came against it with viol e pee. na i coachmanb was thrown from the box ti t c o i-uised, and the horses, left thus wi t-11 ' 211 0 0 1 ' c dashed off at a fearful pace. The prin ut 0 v o_myanion getting alarmed, jumped ( La c ethele. Both fell, but the prince recell Mc few bruises, whilst his aide-de-cal/3.l)de, i shoulder dislocated. Noiseso the ea r l ao' whirled along by the at full oP ee to ye sto at last dashed to pieces against sonlo 4