The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-12-24 00:00:00

ComnTercfni talrd._Ebf4 ay. At twelve o'clock, at the brokers' office, 2, Dale-street, 500 bales Madder Roots, 470 bags Nux Vomica, and 1000 bags Myrabolams.—Browne, Hunter and Co. At twelve o'clock, at the brokers' office, 7, Exchange chambers, 237 bags Saltpetre.—Francis J. Eaton. At twelve o'clock, at the brokers' office, Exchange street East, 10 tons fine American Lard, and 6 casks Palm Oil. —W. and J. White. At tha brokers' office, 6, Exchange-cbambers, 11 pun cheons Spirits of Turpentine. and 6 casks Palm Oil. — Hill and Latham. At twelve o'clock, 12 tons Myraboiams, in bulk.—Finla3 9 Lawrence and Lance. At twelve o'clock, at the brokers' office, 18, Hackin's-hey, 164 bags Ist Quercitron Bark.—Baltuain and Hill. At one o'clock, at! the brokers' office, 19, Exchange buildings, 290 bales Surat Cotton.—Marriott and Co. At twelve o'clock, at the broker's office, 18, Hackin's-hey, 1000 bags Palermo Sumac (anchor brand).—H. W. Jackson. At twelve o'clock, a quantity of Black Sea Linseed, all faults.—Cox Brothers. At twelve o'clock, at the brokers' office, 16, Exchange buildings, 500 barrels fine American Rosin.—J. H. Rayner and Co. At twelve o'clock, at the brokers' office, Exchange-alley West, 200 tons S!. Domingo Logvvood.—Pryce add Lace. - At t wet ie o'clock, at the public saleroom, Exchange buildings, 300 bags Palermo Sumac, and about 30 tons Red Sanders Wood, all faults.—Bower and Slack. At one o'clock, at the brokers' office, Royal Think Build- Dale - street, 200 bales Cotton.—Newall and Clayton. At twelve o'clock, at the public saleroom, Exchange buildings, 450 bags Palermo Sumac.—Rooke, Okell and Spence. At twelve o'clock, at the brokers' office, 21, Oldhall. street, 3 chests Madras Indigo.—Buchanan, Browne and Co. At tlvelve o'clock, at the public saleroom, Exchange buildings. 200 bales Bombay Madder Roots.—T. and H. Littledale and Co. Commercial Siltt. THIS DAY. Tars DAY, the 24th Instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Broker. Office, 2, Dale-street, 500 Bales Bombay MADDER ROOTS, 470 Bags NUR VOMICA, 1000 Bags MYRABOLAMS. BROW NE, HUNTER & CO., Broken ♦pply to Tr ts DAY, the 24th instnnt, at Twelve o'clock, at the the Brokers' Office, 7, Exchange-chambers, 237 Bags SALTPETRE, now landing ex Medina, from Calcutta in the Ahert Dock.—Apply to FRANCIS J. EATON. Broker. • Tits DAT, the 24th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Broken' Office, Exchange-street East, 10 Tons Fine American LARD. 3 est arrived ex Ericsson, from New York.—Apply to W. & J. WHITE. Brokers. Taus DAY, the 24th Instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' Office, Exchange-street East, 6 Casks PALM OIL, ex Gambia.—Apply to Messrs. Wright. jun. and Co.. Merchants; or to WILLI .\t & JOSEPH WHITE, Brokers. NEXT MONTH. Ou fuuasnAv, the 15th January, 1857. at Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' OfEke, 2, Dale street, About 9 lOM INDIA RUBBER, ex Magrico.—Apply to BROWNE, HUNTER & CO., Brokers. " DAN WEBSTER." Just Imported from the Havana, Some Cases CIGARS, of ‘his and other celebrated Brand•. Apply to R MORRISON & CO., 3, Old Hall, Oldhall.ttr,et. OLEY'S AMERICAN GOLD PENS CHARLES WILLMER, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL STATIONER, 19, SOUTH JOHN-STREET. Respectfully intimates to Merchants, Traders, and Dealers, that he has ben appointed Sole Awent for the Sale of FOLEY CELEBRATED AMERICAN GOLD PENS; which are universally acknowledged to be far superior to any other Manufactured either in America or this Country. They are sold Cheaper, are made of the heat Gold,with superior Points, and are war ranted to wear at least ten years. In America they have been extort sively used fn. that period, and are preferred to new ones. The Prices range rrom FIVE SHILLINGS to a guinea each. Supplied Wholesale, by Charles Willmer, 19, South John-street, Livvrpool. USIC FOR THE MILLION To learn sweet music, you only need go To Seventy-nine Dale-street. where y u will find A master of talent, whose genius doth show In playing the Accordeon, to strengthen the mind. The Flutina, as graceful, is taught with success, 'Whose soft thrilling notes are delightful to hear ; While the chaste Concertina doth magic express, To gladden the heart when rude sorrow Is nearl The name Is GEORGE JORDAN, whose fame is well known; The Cornopean, Saxhorn. and Flute he repairs ; Thus, Diusual Instruments, when old they are grown, He manages neatly to powerful airs. He deals in Accordeons and Flutinas too. And Concertinas unrivalled for sweetness of tone; Now, Cnristrnas is coming, he promises you To teach you those instruments sweetly, you'll own., THE ART OF PLAYING on the Accordeon, Flutina, or Concer tina taught in a superior style, in a few easy Lessons, for Ten Shillings. ♦ccordeona, Fluttnas, Concertinas, 'Mus'c Boxes, Cornopians, Sax horns, Trombones', Clarionets, Flutes, Violins, and every other article in the Musical line, of the best make, cheaper than any other sstAltshment. Every description of Musical Instruments tuned, ispaired, or taken in exchange at - GEORGE JORDAN'S MUSICAL WAREHOUSE, 79, DALE STREET, (Opposite Sir Thomas's Buildings, Liverpool.) GEORGE'S HALL ORGAN PERFORMANCES Will be given by the Organist, MR. W. T. BEST, On SATURDAY NEXT, the 27th instant. Saturday Af ernoon. at 3 p.m. Saturday Evening, at 8 p.m .. Admission, 3d. The Concerts last one hour. Doors open half an hour before each performance. St. George's Hall, Dec, 23 1856. gsr TO-MORROW BEING CHRISTMAS DAY, THERE IVILL BE NO ISSUE OF THE NORTHERN DAILY TIMES. AMUSEMENTS, PUBLIC MEETINGS, &c. TMIS DAY. Liverpool Academy's Exhibition—ten a.m. to ten p.m. Queen's Hall—Hoffman's Organophonic Band—eight p.m. Royal Colosseum—General Entertainment—halfpast six. Freemason's Hall—Gallery of Anatomy—eleven a.m. to ten p.m. ** For particulars see advertisements in first page. (4e kort4ern WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1856. THE DAYS NEWS. In spite of capital punishment, the crime of murder increases in almost every quarter of the United Kingdom. As we have before observed, Judges may sentence to death, chaplains may ex hort, and Calcraft may pinion upon improved Kin ciples, draw the fat al bolt, and usher murderers into another world, but all this will not stop the bloody deeds of barbarous assassins. At an early hour yesterday morning, intelligence reached us that Birkenhead had just then been- the 'scene of an awinl tragedy, and that notwithstanding the execution of Wm. Jackson on Saturday, at Chester, another fellow creature had perished from !he effects of a wound by a knife, which ho received in tho region of the heart. The circumstances of the case are fully reported iu another column. Deeply do we commiserate with the b ereavemen t sustained by the mother and sister of the unfortu, nate deceased, he being, it is alleged, their chief and only support. From what has transpired, the bloody deed was no doubt committed in the heat of passion, instigated in all probability by drink. That, however, is no palliation of the offence, for society must be protected against such murderous actions. The Coroner held an inquest on the body of the murdered police man. and after the examination of witnesses, and hearing the medical testimony, the jury returned a verdict of " wilful murder " against Smith, who must now stand his trial at the next Chester Assizes, on the charge above-named. From the evidence adduced at the inquest, together with the voluntary statement of the accused, we fear that there has been a great want of forbear ance on the part of the police, besides the adoption of measures of coercion not only unnecessary but unreasonable. In addition to this vile offence, our paper of today contains accounts of other murderous doings in several parts of the country . Whilst these have been going on, the three Italians, Guiseppe Sagara, aged 20, Giovanni Barbalaus, 18, and Alatteo Peterick, 21, have been hanged on the top of the county gaol at Winches ter. iahey were convicted at the recent assizes, before Mr. Justice Coleridge, of the wilful murder of John Pattinson and 1 van Evans. on board the barque Globe, in the Bosphorus, and before their execution they made a full confession of their guilt. There was an immense crowd cf persons present, who behaved very decorously. The Select Vestry held their usual fortnightly meeting yesterday, but the proceedings were devoid of any real importance. A long discussion arose upon the conduct of Mr. Kelly, one of the medical officers, whom Mr. Denton alleged had acted in a very questionable manner, with regard to certain vaccination returns which he had sent into the Vestry, and, after giving his version of the Dr.'s delinquencies, moved that his connection with the Vestry be terminated Mr. Churchwarden Wood ruff defended the course pursued by the finance committee with regard to the " great irregularities" of Dr. Kelly. Mr. Denton's motion was lose, but we hope the discussion will induce the Dr. to act with greater caution in future. The proceedings of our Police Courts yesterday were of the usual character. Another posteffice official, a letter carrier named John Connor, was brought before Mr. Mansfield, for having neglected to deliver letters entrusted to him for that purpose. These offences are becoming of freqe en t occurrence, and we cannot but help thinking that, in too many instances, the parsimonious treatment of all post riffice servants is the main cause of many of the frauds perpetrated. To entrust a man to discharge duties of importance, and confide to his care and keeping articles and documents of value, whilst his rate of remuneration is barely on a par with that of the common dock labourer, is sheer madness. Stern and inflexible necessity —the necessity of to-day's and to-morrow's bread, acts as a strong temptation, steels the conscience, until at last dishonesty sets in, and pilfering and plundering other men's property become the final result. We know of no more important duty than that of the safe and punctual delivery of letters. It is one that deeply concerns the very humblest individual in the land. Place, then, the letter carriers, and all other Post Office officials, in a position com mensurate with their usefulness and importance. Hold out inducements sufficient to attract men of sterling worth to enter the service. Make it not, as it has in many instances bet n, a kind of refuge for the unfortunate, and a doorway whereby aspir ing senators can reward the services of political partisans, after or before a general election. A question of some interest and importance to foreigners has arisen touching the nature and effect of a certificate of naturalisation. In a letter to one of the London papers, the Chevalier de Chatelain, who is a Frenchman, and married in this country, says :—" I have taken up my abode from predilec tion. I became naturalised in 1848, long before the Presidency of Louis Napoleon, and conse quently the establishment of the second empire From that time I have exercised all the rights of an English subject, voting both at vestry and Parliamentary elections, considering myself de facto an Englishman." The other day, however, he got a letter from the Home Office, intimating that no certificate of naturalisation granted by the British Government can place him " beyond the lawful power and control of his native country unless he has been denationalised by the Government of the latter." The Chevalier complains that he was not notified of this when ho was naturalised here in 1848, when he could have easily obtained his denationalisation from the then French Government. " Since the coup d'etat," he says, " not regarding the empire as founded on a legitimate basis, I cannot of course solicit any favour of the said Government. I pledged allegiance to Queen Victoria, as to a con stitutional monarch who has kept her oaths. I decline pledging any such allegiance towards Louis Napoleon, for the contrary reason." The Chevalier will be obliged to any one who may enlighten him on the subject. A strange circumstance has just occurred in our relations with tho King of Naples. Her Majesty the Queen has imitated the example of the Emperor of France, and has caused a memento of sympathy on her part, to be transmitted to King Bombs, on account of the recent attempt made upon his life. The English residents at Naples have, also, sent an address of congratulation on his miraculous escape, in which they say that they " never cease to pray for the prosperity and happiness of the Neapolitan Royal family ! " Are these documents meant as jests ? or are our naval and military menaces at Naples only make-believes—a pretended dislike of a king whose sway, as a sovereign, has been one of terror and tyranny. The tenor of our latest Continental advices does not abate anything as to the dangers which may ultimately arise from the dispute between Prussia and Switzerland. It is said that an exhortation addressed by the four Powers not engaged in the quarrel will be addressed to the Swiss Confederation, to make, on her part, the first conciliatory step. France is represented as having suggested the step. Such exhortations should be addressed to both parties, without regard to whose right is the stronger. A right does not always involve the duty to make it respected under every circumstance, as Prussia herself has acknowledged The state of Europe is at present such as demands reserve and forbearance, for the sake of preserving the general peace. In the meantime the reports of active preparations for war on both sides are fully borne out by the latest intelligence. A telegraphic despatch brings the confirmation of the statement in our Berlin correspondence, that the Bavarian corps d'armee would receive marching orders; and from Switzerland we hear that the twenty thousand men which the Swiss intend to devote to the defence of their northern frontier will be concentrated, one half at Basle, and the other at Schaffhausen, that is to say, at the two points where the Prussian attack is to be expected. Constantinople advices of a late date seem to intimate that the negotiations between Lord Strat ford de de Redcliffe and Feruk-Khan, the Persian ambassador had been broken off, and that the latter functionary would proceed to Paris. This in some respects agrees with the intelligence which we published yesterday that the ultimatum of of the British Ambassador, had been forwarded by Feruk Khan to Teheran. Had it not exceeded his powers to accept the condition insisted upon by Lord Stratford de Redcliffe, it would have been unnecessary to send the ultimatum to the Shah. We must wait more explicit and authora tative information as to the nature of the condi tions demanded by Lord Stratford. At present we will only say that if the version of these conditions contained in the telegraphic despatch turns out to be true, they are very strange indeed. The so called declaration of war speaks of a breach of the treaties on the part of Persia, and now we are told that it is not required of her to keep the treaties ; but that the treaties should be revised. Next, we hear of demands of concessions for English commercial factories on the Persian coast, and for English railways across the Persian territory. These may be very good things, although their desirability should be scrutinised, but are we to go to war for such purposes ? With respect to the approaching Paris Con ferences, we hear that the Turkish plenipotentiary is said to be armed with peculiar instructions, and that he is to deny and oppose any indemnification to Russia for giving up the Bel grail. It is to be remembered, that a frontier regulation and not a diminution of the territory of Russia is under consideration. It is true that military reasons are said to exist—which we altogether doubt—why Bolgrad should be trans ferred from Russia to Moldavia; and if so, it is evident that the simplest way to solve the difficulty is to indemnify her at some point where no mili tary reasons exist against an equivalent extension of her territory. If Tus!:ey opposes this, then she or her masters, do not wish for a lasting peace. Rather unpleasant intelligence comes to us from Madrid. It is said that Queen Isabella's present advisers are fairly entering the path 'of the cele brated Calomarde Ministry under Ferdinand VII. ( ; -*!.* t Their conduct is quite as arbitrary, and their rule is quite as despotic. They have recently issued orders for the early closing of the shops and cafes, precisely as he did ; and these measures, which are cons;dered by them as precautionary, produce great irritation among the public with out any advantage whatever to the Government. The Ministers do not stir out v ii.hout being accompanied by police agents. Each Minister is attended by three of them as a bodyguard, and when his carriage stops at the door of a house, two policemen place themselves at the corner of the street, and the third at the entrance of the house. All wear large cloaks, and carry under their arms a loaded blunderbuss. General O'Donnell had an interview with the Queen on the 10th, which is said to have caused much alarm among Ministers, and a Cabinet Council was held at midnight. By the Braganzie (s) which arrived here from Lisbon, yesterday, we have advices to the 15th instant ; but they do not contain any political in telligence interesting to our readers _ Since writing the foregoing, we have received our usual telegraphic despatches, dated Paris, Tuesday evening, informing us that Prussia has demanded the passage for her troops by the 15th of February. The preparations for war were going forward in all the Swiss cantons. The students of Zurich had volunteered their services, and were entering the active - army with great enthusiasm. The lest accounts from Persia, which reached Marseilles yesterday, say that Murat Mirqua had marched to the south, towards the sources of the Hercosdt, and had occupied Terrah in Cabu?. The visit of the Grand Duke Constantine to Persia is spoken of, after his return from Nice, where he is to take his wife on a visit to the Empress Dowager. Before we again address our readers they will have enjoyed the time-honoured festival,—Christmas — that day which brings with it not only the greet ings of friends and relatives, but the usual good cheer and general enklyments which always accompany, at all times, and in all lands, a national holiday. From the extensive preparations which have been made by all classes of the people, and from the demand for evergreens, the holly bush, and the mistletoe, there are but few who will not garnish their dwellings with these time-honoured symbols of the happy season. Our tradesmen have been taking advantage of the good old Christmas times. Preparations to vend their wares upon an extensive scale have been adopted. Independent of those who deal in the many kinds of creature comforts, the drapers, the silk mercers, the haberdashers, and the milliners present attrac tions rich and rare. The booksellers offer hand somely bound Christmas gift s, and stationers, with the view of inducing those whose strong and settled affections will prompt them to write and despatch loving mementoes, and finish up by presenting " the compliments of the season" to friends or future matrimonial partners, offer all kinds of pens, ink, and paper. The toy shops are replete with goods for presents to the young and rising generations ; the theatres are ready with their pantomimes ; the public concert rooms with Kew and most popular vocalists. The gin palaces are decorated and ornamented with profusion, and seem to say that joy and mirth, feasting and pleasure are to be the order of the day. Every heart seems light. The multitude regard the day as one wherein the cares and anxieties of the world are to be for a time forgotten. Let us not forget that there are many, very many excep tions to this rule, the widow and the orphan in many a street in Liverpool will have no cause to rejoice; the distressed, the needy, and the afflicted will, no doubt, mourn over their poverty. At such a time all should be happy, and it becomes every one, while enjoying the festivities of the sea son, to remember those around them who have not the means of procuring Christmas cheer, and to con tribute a something; so that they, too, can, in a greater or less degree, partake, on the memorable 25th of December, of the roast beef of Old England, with the other accompaniments that are usually served therewith. We are glad to see that the paupers in the Workhouses, the children in the Industrial Schools, and the inmates of other Charitable In stitutions will not be forgotten. This is as it should he. And now to all our readers we, respect fully, wish A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR. THE Christmas festival approaches once more to mark the flight of time. It comes fraught with its usual share of joyful and melan choly reminiscences. This time last year we were engaged in the savage pursuits of war. The then future was one unbroken blank which remained to be filled up by Providence. We had no thoughts that peace would be our portion, yet the world's tranquillity was as near at hand as the renewal of hostilities appears to be at the present moment 'lt fell upon us as a great Continental necessity and diplomatic affliction, which is without a parallel in the history of political pusillanimity and moral recklessness. We have gained nothing by our tergiversations but a glorious uncertainty, which has saddled us with a military expenditure which has just trebled the annual burden of our National Debt of 800,000,0001. But this is not the moment for discussing these gloomy subjects, and we should not have adverted to them if it was not that the public expect a Christmas box from their rulers, and would feel much displeased if they had found themselves minus the little favours of a season of war. We now pass on, however, from bitters to sweets—from politics to plum-pudding —to those types of good old English hospitality and joviality which it is hoped the ravages of time cannot deface. No other festival has withstood the indiffer ence, objections, and prejudice of ages. Where it is not kept as a day of unbroken sacredness, and recognised in its spiritual essence, it is universally admitted to be the anniversary of the Christian's deliverance and promised redemption. There is something in this reflection to reconcile the conflicting religious sects who now share the blessings of Christianity and the fruits of its civilisation. The world is as young and pre cocious as it was on the day ADAM was created, if we are to believe our most profound politicians and industrious philosophers. The developments in the mental and material world in our time are said to be so wonderful as to induce us to think that mind and matter at all former periods was one huge chaos. We can afford, therefore, to be conciliatory and generous to one another—to hold out the olive branch to the religious sceptic, as well as to the untaught heathen. We can console ourselves with the imperishable truth that it is to the Gospel we are indebted for being what we are, as a nation ; and that the spread of re vealed religion will vastly increase our strength and store. The most demoralising wars and the mo , t abortive treaties of peace cannot defeat, though they may retard, the consummation of this belief. The paradise the Pagan has lost we have acquired, and to-morrow we shall be called on to celebrate the eternal triumph. Let us, then, be as merry as we are full of hope. The heathen may, some day, appreciate the cause of our mirth, and take part in our .8J It I L t4fiallTSl.o7i ► lnl their figures, they must find fully 3,000,000 0 extra slaves to give us the additional 3,000,000 bales of cotton they say we must have. And if we only estimate the cost of each negro which reaches the States al eat 200 dollars, we find that the sum required to carry out the brutal design would amount to 600,000,000 dollars. This would be a formidable sum to draw on the bullion resources of the world for, within the next ten years. Another view may be taken of this portion of the subject, which will give the reader a still better idea of the immensity of the slaver's pro position. The New York journals state that the cotton crop amounted to 430,000 bales only in 1820-21, and that it reached 3,227,845 bales in 1855-56. The ratio of increase here shown is over 600 per cent. in 35 years. Should cotton isation continue, therefore, to progress as it has done within this latter period, we should require 18,000,000 bales, or 18,000,000 slaves capable of producing one bale a head to meet the de mand of 1890. Now, we have always admitted the commercial omnipotence of cotton—its fabulous importance and untiring activity ; but we are not prepared to say that it is destined to enslave so large a number of the human race. We will not sanction the thought that all the good it has done for mankind is to be attributed to the growth of an " institution," which is at once a scourge and a disgrace to our species. There is ax infallibility about heinous stns, but it adds nothing to the stability of a nation's crimes• " Nothing unholy can last " is the immutable law which the orthodox criminal never attempts to deny. He confesses his weakness to go further when he is aroused to a sense of the burden of guilt he has already - taken upon his head. But time does not appear to have made the slave holder conscious of his transgressions against the unalterable decrees of Gon and man. That arithmetic to which he pins his faith cannot teach him to beware of the follies and dangers of his ways. He does not see that great and grievous wrongs cannot be multiplied, or the gains of a protracted age of criminality calcu lated and divided at will. There can be no doubt whatever that the demand for cotton will continue to progress steadily for the next thirty-five years, and that were we require one bale of cotton now, we shall want six at the end of that time. But can the slaveholders of America suppose for one moment that by extending their man-debasing " institution " they can supply what free nations want and can produce ? Can they suppose for one instant that England will be a party to a scheme which would throw the ocean open again to a wholesale traffic in human flesh ? Such notions had better not be relied upon too far. The public—the commercial men of England will never sanction any attempt t) increase the number of slaves employed in the cultivation of cotton or any other tropical product. And if sensible men will only take the trouble to go carefully over the figures on which the slave holder pretends to have made his arguments in favour of a renewal of slavery, perfectly good and unanswerable, they will find that the whole affair is a chimera, and that we, as a mercantile people, threatened with a scarcity of the raw material required for one of the most stable branches of our manufacturing industry, ought not to suffer ourselves to be misled by the ravings of visionary zealots, and neglect the business of providing for our future wants from some Christian and more certain source. THE PREROGATIVES OF THE CROWS.—This ques tion is thus alluded to by one of our London cotemporaries, in an article discussing the topic of settling the foreign p ;Hey of England. Our cotemporary says :—" Nothing can be at once more ridiculous and humiliating than the results of this anomaly of the British Constitution. Nobody in England, except the dozen noblemen and gentle men who form the Cabinet, knows anything about the proceedings of our Foreign Office, until those proceedings arrive at that final stage when they become accomplished facts. How we stand towards Russia, or Austria, or France —what the approaching Conference is to do, and what not—are as much mysteries to us all as if we had no concern with them. Lord Palmerston might at any time during the last throe months have gone to war again directly with the Czar, as he has with the Shah, without as much as saying to the people of England " by your leave." And this is not because Parliament happens to be not in session. It is the prerogative of the Crown, and the people, who are in this respect thoroughly the subjects of the Crown in the old divine-right sense, have only to obey. To be sure, informa tion is vouchsafed, usually, when asked for by a Member of Parliament in his place ; but it is only such information as the Minister in his dis cretion, or contempt, or caprice, chooses to impart. " The interest of her Majesty's service" is very often the convenient excuse. A perfectly valid excuse it is, since in theory as well as in fact it is her Majesty's service, not the service of the nation, as it ought to be. It follows as a strictly logical consequence from this maxim of the Consti tution, that Parliament need not be informed except at the pleasure of the Minister, or not informed at all, of what our Government is doing in relation to foreign States. Parliament is not informed, and being ignorant, it of course cannot give advice, cannot even form a clear opinion until after the event. The documents being then laid before it. though even then in a mutilated and " cooked" condition, it may pronounce what is strictly an, historical judgment. and it may also vote want of confidence in the Minister, but that is all, and as a check, experience has proved it to be practically nothing." CABINET PROPITECIES AT WASHINGTON.—By the Persia we learn much speculation was going on at Washington respecting the constitution of Mr. Buchanan's Cabinet. A well informed party thus writ3s: For the next four years, however, the exe cutive power remains with the democrats Whether it will be misused as it has been during the present administration, and its influences exerted for the unworthy purposes of the Southern pro-slavery men, is yet to be seen. Moderate men of all parties are anxiously watching every move ment which may indicate the course Mr. Buchanan will pursue. The South is confident that South ern interests will be his first care. In the North the hope prevails that he will adopt a conci liatory policy, and strive to redeem the errors of his predecessor. Whatever his intentions may be, that they will be fully shown in the se lection of his cabinet, which will represent his views as nearly as possible. There is much speculation in regard to this matter, and the New York Tribune, which undoubtedly possesses great advantages for obtaining accurate political infor mation, asserts confidently that the cabinet will be composed as follows :—Seoretary of State, ll Lewis Cass; Secretary of the Treasury, fl° We n Cobb ; Secretary of the Interior, Jesse Bright ; Secretary of War, C. J. Faulkner ; S ecre ‘ tary of the Navy, Win Preston; Postfußeeto General, Cave Johnson; Attorney-General, Is n 9 Toucey. These gentlemen are all known fl i t statesmen of moderate and liberal views, 1; committed to the support of the rabid firte eating slaveholding democracy of the O tl io Their selection would be regarded 8 „ 5 avowal of conciliatory feeling on the part 0 1 -' O l Buchanan, but I have a higher authority than t OO of the Tribune for pronouncing its supposi W ve t groundless. The President-elect has no t chosen his Cabinet, and although some 01 : 0 gentlemen aboTe-named will occupy pos itt %f therein, it is doubtful whether more titan thre i l e them will. Mr. Cass has little hope of being 63 , 1 to the head of the State department ; Mr, Sfivi e he of Louisi.tna, whose name do , ,s not apps a!' Tribune's list, will certainly•fill one of the Ca 7io offices ; Mr. Preston has not been thought et, connection with the Secretaryship of the nrld i and the post of Attorney General has been (O to , to a disti;lgnished gentlemen of Massa,chtts.: is and not to Mr. fouvey, of Connecticut. Bu t i t t be quite impossible to state as yet precisely, - 1 10 :0 Cabinet will be formed% for the simple reason the President-elect himself has not decided upo the subject, WHAT WE AllE TO EXPECT FROM THE APPO' teg li, CONFERENCES.—TIIO London D a ily Te/egr a ' v 4 which writes vigorously upon th e p re sent 05 P t i j d of our foreign relations, i n commenti n g uP° ll ,„ - o f approaching Conferences, remarks, with all f,g''?rit confidence, that from the indications whicil Lir present themselves, it cannot perceive anY re a h 'io able grounds for believing that the approa c 4 ";„; Conferences will lead to anythi n g but (H 6 0 0 4 1 10 and disappointment. The Emperor of , s ae French, notwithstanding the p a i n s which O tr y been taken to persuade the people of this coll ij oi of his devotion to English interests, is man ife : be watching to ascrtain the powers with whi c a sr e ought to establish friendly relations; and the re be • many reasons for arriving at th e conc l us ion til ti gri . l l) is not indisposed to cultivat e th e same amity ls Russia that Napoleon I. found so va l ua ble, P l h — o yl on her side, seems resolved, at a ll r isks, to °P; of her tralitional policy, and whatever her dreal'u t iot aggression may formerly have been, it is Pla in :8d recent sacrifices and disasters ho ve not sucee' d ot in humbling their spirit. The Telegraph 16 03 1 :00 it would bo a delusion to im “ii ne that we 7, 0 10 now secured a lasting peace, when, to judg, ) f passing events, all we have obtained is a , ;ilobe. truce. Under these circumstances, it wow" t he well if Ministers imitated Russia, and ge", be lt public some authoritative declaration of foreign policy. THE TRIPLE EXECUTION AT WINCIIESO R. . gel ° WINCHESTER, TUESD AY ,MORNlNG.—This re., crnin s lo( convicts Guiseppe Lagava, ag e d 20 ; Gi ov anni lie rh— i o p°: 18; and Matteo Pett r i c k, 21, were h ange d on th e i e cell; the county gaol here. They were convicted at n e m irdt a t assizes, before Mr. Justice Colerid ge , o f the rilli e `"ln't of Joseph Pattinson and Evan Evans, on boar e 9 o. barque Globe, in the Bosphorus. The circeMst an i c e al li the murder and piracy were det a iled at full Of° in our columns at the ti m e. Th e fact tha t i Wpili persons were to be e xecu t e d a t once now a rare occurrence) drew together a very lar,e o o o ' course of persons, not a few of whom Were A - to t he Every town and village in the county co ntribute . A3r A number of anxious spectators who crowded to the bt r, of execution. Many took up their position last nig a eoft are still waiting to see the bodies cut down. Mani S DI el' supposed to hag Q come from Portsmouth, were seen drop el/ crowd, which continued to increase even after t,iorei fell. Great efforts had been made to induce Sir u' lin ed i ; to spare the lives of the miserable men, but he d e i c o peP n he would not listen even to a respite, and a seoci a ,..,`„v *ft iu favour of Pei:rick, who saved the life of the ' - itire" afterwards appeared as chief witness against the of dr y was equally fruitless. Among many even who do n g i s tg! approve absolutely of capital punishment, there e ; b st feeling' that these foreigners have scarcely bad, is a," : : c tiled a fair trial—they having be en t o all in' e " fn 0 ' purposes undefended. However, they we re left :" to rb At a quarter past eight the officials were brought ` l3 ro ofe'r apartment to which the prisoners hid been ° m ete:, e Here they were pinioned, according to the t r adop'ed at the execution o f NI arkv, and shortly of m tba bell begin to toll, and the procession moved towa l i ti gelli Waco of execution, the chaplain (the Rev. Mr• retina reading the burial service, from "I am the rei t ' . :II t b :, and the life." Upon a rri v i ng on ti le scatroo , 0 )0 convicts addressed the chaplain and the ex ec (Caltraft) in Italian—but what their remarks Wer e ir gull; unable to say, further than that they c onfessed t he t he 15 1 ;: They had, however, made a full confe.ision to tbro ug chaplain, The preliminaries having been gon e a n d °i d the bolts were withdrawn by the hangin ae ',,,,sen ee ho wretched convicts were launched into the their Maker. With the exception of Lag s , a p . r y 0 ; 4 struggled convulsively, they appeared to die ',;„ olfro posedly, notwithstanding a considerable diffi e nte s 0 3 11, to there not being fall enough. There was an crowd of persons present, who behaved very. a eo n s.; which. is rather au unusual thing on thesU 0001. THE COURT, e ,° ' D E WINDSOR, 0 0 0 0 The Queen and Prince Albert walked in t he th e Park this morning, The P r i ncess Royal .311 : 1 0/ 111 Princess Alice rode on horseback. The you n g e r children took their nsual exercise. pest ! 1 04 DBPARTURE OP PRINC E F REDERIC K WILL IA.I ", PARli.—Prince Frederick William of Prussi l le " b 1 ° on Sunday night at twenty minutes to el e°eil izol li special train on the . Strasburg Railway. s' ;l to t he Highness was accompanied by Prince Napoleon de e, terminus, where the prefects of the Seine and or g P of t be several high authorities, and some of the director" of oho company were assembled. After taking le ace af ea r persons assembled, the Prince entered the 11°1 ;01 ef riage, and the train took its departure. Th e (I y pers e i t : the imperial household attached to the Prtn ee : accompanying him to Strasburg. From thl"rliace° Royal Highness proceeds to Baden to visit t he I to th° Louise, his sister, who has lately been W illed Grand Duke. „ ire 16 4 His Royal Highness the Duke of Carabri - P,, k , 0 "; James's Palace on Monday for Swakelef-Pe'rq"eis e' Uxbridge, the seat of Mr. Clarke, where the li '!: 3 10 01# i Donegall and a select party were to meet his r°31.0.40i. ° In the evening the royal duke dined with th e f Donegall at Harefield Place. ped „fie Lard Stanley, M.P., has joined the familf nirepostliej° with the Earl and Countess of Derby, at o f Lancashire. h 98$a The South _Eastern Gazette reercts that t he bt sie eet Canterbury, wit) was taken speechless a fertla still remains in a very precarious condition• w hole t tie . The Essex Herald has reason to believe tba l ath' a i n of the foreign le g i ons w ill cease to exist by th e oefin"'„ ary next. Colonel Percival, who commanded th; so tto' Legion since the departure of General Baron Y e c d tit helm with the volunteers for the Cape of G f o t he Lieutenant-Colonel Bathurst, in coron3a n3 A4 4ts i : t o Regiment, and Major Ellerman, filo Assi sta %fortb' n d General, have left Colchester; Captain Stui" 11-. Brigade-Major, has been left in charge of the:woo:1 others remaining at the camp. Dr. Freun::,nrieciPt. General of Hospitale, has been succeeded as of, the .bra medical officer by Dr. Taylor, staff surgeon 01 class. op j so icee o g YOUNG MEN'S ASSOCIATION.—The annt4u eh4l xe,eot meeting of the Canning street Presby terian Men's Christian Association was held in the 11 t ine night. _A sio l4 t on; COMMITTAL OF A GANG OF SWINDLERS. f e rrre d 8 ,0 0 since we gave the details of a charge pre Te o , * polico court, against two s, father an!:"lteyrroiust: Goulding, alias Ridgeway ,here(l name), 0 , / , _ . ,! st and all the names that follow, Jaeksoa, TheD elifsrolo a nd others: gory' smith, Camcbell, Mathews, Reed, was for obtaining, and attempting, to obtain' Manchest .erei in the various names, from Stockpart, y ee t persons in all parts of the three kingdoms, with, Nantwich, Runcorn, and other 4)-0711,.5.1ie elder pOr these two, with another son, and the wife . e n c t ,... 1 0 I !Y d iot saner, were brought up at Warrington, .bvti:,,ol6oari_ved the magistrate, when Mr. Reay, from the i s 3) Society, attended to prosecute, and ha e i i c t o , o 9 , four cases against them, the prisoneis sver,, o a thb on s e ttie l to abide their trial at Chester next fiESiZ p spiracy to defraud, and for having deflaud (x of goods, &c. by 1c,t...te,r;i1.0010.; THE NORTHERN TIMES.---LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY rejoicings. Be mindful of our poor neighbours, and leave the rich to their glory. They both have their burdens to carry, and stand equally in need of compassion. It is vain, then, to be quarrelling about things which only differ in in sound. Let us all be merry and thankful. The myriads of mortals who are to come after us, will not have the laugh at the comparative few who have gone before them. They will not fit in the number of houses we possess. They must bring their bricks and mortar and hodmen with them. The land will not give them bread. They must emigrate—risk their lives on the ocean —and squat in the wilderness. All man kind would not be rich, if they could. There must be paupers and poorhouses after we are all gone. The Church may regain its dominion over the State, and reduce all Constitutional order to a mockery. Time and Christianity make men wise, just, and merciful. Why be miserable ? By comparison we find the Past, Present, and Future balanced to a nicety. Human woes and joys are equally divided by the Guardian of all, if men would only believe it. The poorest man has the advantage of us In the length of the road. Let the poor, then, feel exalted and merry ; the rich, hum ble and jolly. The wings of pleasure and pain bear us all away in one direction. We are here to-day, we are gone to-morrow. But before we go we owe a duty to posterity. To show them how to regard and enjoy a Christmas Day ! The popularity of roast beef and plum-pudding is worth preserving. They play important parts in the material world. The farmer feels as much delight in heaping up fat on an ox as we do in carving a sirloin of beef. What would become of the vitality of modern Greece, if it were not for the mountain of fruit swallowed on this annual festival? Abolish your pudding bags, and there would be no independence in the Levant. We were going to say that no reasons could be shown to justify the large sum we expend yearly on a . protectorate of currants. If we dis pensed with prime roast beef on this single day our farmers would die young, and their herds would be left to pine away and die of old age. Our Christmas dishes are never-failing institu tions. They fear no innovators. The farmer's safety is placed beyond peril by the diameter of the national waist-belt. The Greek has made a lodgment in the deepest recesses of our affections, and feels that he is entitled to large privileges, so long as plum-pudding and mince-pies remain the patriotic attendants of our esteemed roast beef. May no change take place in British cus toms or taste to disturb the remarkable compla cency of his feelings. We have a duty to per form towards our children. They must have their plum-pudding. Who will venture to stand between them and their rights as Britons ? They wait patiently, from one year's end to another, for their merry-making. The feast of their fore fathers is their birthright. Deny it not to imi tative youth. Let them be merry, and share with the aged many returns of those plea sures of the season, which we wish to all men. The sincerity of this wish will, we trust, be proved by the humble effort we have made to convince friends and foes, that there is nothing worth quarrelling about, and that the better we understand each other, the greater amount of contentment and peace there will be in the world. THE world has been led to believe that the discovery of gold in California and Australia was the type of Divine thoughtfulness, and the har binger of a brighter era for the millions of penni- less paupers on the earth. We were among those who viewed it as the precursor of greater social amelioration and political equality. We indulged in the hope also that the cause of Christianity would have been advanced by the possession of ample means to, push onward the great work. We have been deceived, however; and it has been left to American statists to give us a better insight into the use which may pro bably be made of the merciful munificence of the DEITY. 100,000,0001. of gold has been added to the treasury of civilisation. This immense store is to be increased tenfold within the next ten years. Providence has fulfilled one portion of this promise, and it only remains for man to do his part, and the gold worshipper shall have enough, and to spare. That some evil genius should seek to prosper by diverting the precious store from its natural channels, is not to be won dered at. The prime workers in these perversions of Godly gifts have, however, lost themselves in the magnitude of their designs. They propose to invest the spare bullion of Europe and Ame rica in human flesh. To grow cotton to clothe the naked savages of Asia and America, they would steal from Africa her finest children. United States' slavery is not as prolific as their gold fields. The yellow metal can be increased at pleasure, but the black man cannot be propa gated with equal rapidity. The latter can only be increased at the rate of three per cent. per annum. This is too slow an affair for those who will have cotton. The power of consumption of slave-grown cotton in the old and new world, is to be equal to 6,000,000 bales within ten years, and as the States can only produce one bale a year from each slave, and as they had only about 3,000,000 negroes in 1850, it s will be necessary to import no less than 3,000,000 more slaves from Africa within the next ten years, in order to give us the 6,000,000 bales of cotton it is said we shall require, and cannot procure from free labour ! To obtain this ocean of human blood from Africa, would require —allowing for the waste of life in internal wars, mortality in the barracoons, and the " horrors of the middle passage"--fully 10,000,000 negroes to supply the growing demand for slaves. What portion of the African conti nent would be capable of furnishiug this number of unhappy victims, those who write on the sub ject in the American papers have not informed their readers. If there be a shadow of truth in J. ''-I i a , th kq