The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-12-11 00:00:00

NEXT WEEK tin Trtuasnair, the 18th irrant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Broker' Office, 2, Dale-street, About 9 Tons BUwFAI.O HORNS, let Chriitrlpher Newton.—Apply to BROWNE, HUNTER dr C0..-Brol:ers T H I'S DAY, R. J. NODDER Will respectfully offer his Seimlion lof Parisian and lEnglish RIDING and WALKING HATS, BONNETS. and CAPS, with every descriptiiim of Trimmings. Feathers, Laces, &c., of the most fashionable and tasteful kind. Commercial aitis.—ebt4 nag• At twelve o'clock, at the brokers' office, 2, Dale. street, 155 cases Cassia, 63 bales Madder Roots, 14 tons Myrabolams, and 500 bags Rapeseed, all faults.— ' • Browne, Hunter and - Co. At twelve o'clock, at Shand , HigSoll and Co.'s office, - *Exchange-alley North, 6,814 bags. Rangoon Rice.— Shand, Hlgson and Co. At twelve o'clock, 80 bales Bombay Senna.—Finlay, Lawrence and Lance. At, twelve o'clock, at the brokers office, 23, Oldhall-street, 103 bales East India Senna.—Gladstone and Ser . • jeantson. At twelve o'clock, at the broker's office, 13, Rumford street, 2.000 bags Necransie Rice.—Whitaker, White head and CO. At Twelve o'clock, at the brokers' office, 13, Exchange buildings, 3,710 bags, and 1,186 Pockcts Bengal Rice ; also, at One o'clock, at the same place, lb() bales of Par Sarat Cotton,---T. and H. Littledale and Co. At:Twelve o'clock, at the brokers' office, 13, Tempest hey, about 500 bags best White Shipbread, 500 bags • Teelseed, and 50 bags Catch. —John Rowlinson. Cominerztat *ale. THIS. DAY THIS DAY, the I lth instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' Office, 2, Dale. Weal., Cases CASSIA. '6B Bales MADDER ROOTS, /ex Glena'va, from 14 Tons Loose MYRABOLAMS, Bombay. iOO sags RAPESEED, all faults, BROWNE, HUNTER & CO., Brokers APPIy to - - - Tula DAY, the 11th instant, at Twelra o'clock, at Shand, Higson and Co.'s O ffi ce, 39, Fxchange.alley North, 6814 Bags Rangoon, RICE. Ile* landing, ex Matilda, west side rrinee's Dack.—For further par ticniirs apply to SHAND, HIGSON & CO , Brokers TO-MORROW t'o-4oaadiv, the 12th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Broker's Saleroom, Liver-chambers, About 130 Tons LINSEED CAKE, now landing. ex Dio Parzen, from Lisbon.—Apply to Messrs Leech. Harrison and Forwood, Merchants ; It or to T. ARNOTT, 81, CHURCH . STREET. iIIaTENT ASPHALTE . ROOFING FELT.- IC - A cheap, durable, and perfectly Waterproof Roofing, One Penny per squ W. W. POWELL. Of"lee and Warehouse-8, CABLE STREET. CLAYTON ITALIA, CLAYTON SQUARE ONE NIGHT ONLY THE BROUSIL FAMILY MONDAY NEXT, 15TH INST, BERTHA'S BENEFIT. NORTHERN TIMES IA ENLARGED PERMA,NENTT DOUBLE ITS: ORIGINAL SIZE IT IS NOW AN EIGHT PAGE DAILY PAPER, POSSESSING THE LARGEST CIRCULATION ♦ND IS TILE BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM LIVERPOOL, SMALL ADVERTISEMENTS SIXPENCE EACH. The NORTHERN TIMES is delivered every morning at Subscribers' residences, within five miles of the Liverpool Etchange, by special messengers, by Eight o'clock, for the Annual Subscription of £1 18s. Od. in advance. OFFICE, 19, SOUTH JOHN-STREET, LIVERPOOL. Cte Mort lnn (ituto THU.RSD:IY, DECEMBER 11, 1856. THE DAY'S NEWS. We live in an age of curiosity ! Our readers, we hope, will net be startled at the idea. When we look around us and see What is daily occurring, whether it relates to person or property, we are diepoeed to ask the question, what are the autho rities doing ? Murders are of daily occurrence. Robberies in the most violent forms astound and horrify society, and all the minor details of crime are equally alarming. This is so patent that the judicial bench has been compelled to denounce our ticket-of-leave system as the main origin of all great crimes which disgrace our calendars. Orators may declaim upon the enormity of our criminal annals, gaol chaplains, too, may discourse upon the best means of reforming and improving the present and generations yet unborn ; but we seem as yet quite ignorant of the fundamental causes which originate and produce crime. The details of the trials at yesterday's assize courts has suggeste 1 the foregoing reflections. We see that there is a screw loose somewhere, and whether it is local or imperial, it is our duty as journalists to investigate and denounce an evil, which not only threatens, but has actually shaken, the very foundations of civilised society. Full reports of the Assize news are inserted else where, and from which, it will be perceived, that another unfortunate being has been handed over to the tender mercies of the hangman ; but from the judge's sentence, we have reason to believe that transportation will he the penalty for life. The Town Council held an adjourned meeting yesterday, and the first business related to •' Church expenditure," but, as a matter of course, the committee attained their point with regard to St. Michael's. Mr. Alderman Cooper was appointed chairman of the Water Committee. and, as will be perceived, an animated and inte resting debate took place with regard to the pro. ceedings of the committee. Mr. Alderman Holme and Mr. Councillor Jeffery being among the chief speakers. The West Derby Guardians held their meeting yesterday. We have reported the proceedings at full length elsewhere. They are, however, devoid of importance. Our intelligence from the continent this morning is of rather an interesting character. From Naples, under date of the Bth, we learn that there had been a review on that day. While the troops were defiling , a soldier of the 3rd Battalion of Chasseurs rushed from the ranks and struck the King on the left side, but the King was not wounded. The soldier was knocked down and seized by Colonel L dour. Our Marseilles adviccs of yesterday inform us that news from C o nstantino,pla to the Ist instant Ganges. has been received by the The Cabinet of Reschid Pacha was becoming establish e d. The Sultan had received, at an audience, General Durando, the representative of Sardinia. Th e alleged capture of Herat was still doubtful. The conferences opened by the English Embassy with Fcrouk Khan appear likely to detain the latter at Constantinople for several months. The personnel of the - English Embassy had left Teheran. Russia had demanded from the Shah of Persia permission to occupy the territory of Malou. From Vienna we 'learn that it was reported that the Emperor returned on the 6th, but this was not the fact. A correspondent, under the date of the 7th inst., writes :—" So general is the impression that his Majesty is now within the walls of this city, that several persons have within the last two or three hours assured me that he intends to preside at a Cabinet Council which is to be held in the course of the afterooDn. On the 2nd three autograph letters were addressed by the Emperor to the Governor of the Lombardo Venetian Kingdom, and one of them is of such extreme interest that a complete translation of it will now be given : _ should be the first to step forward where they bear of violence and robbery, and render all the assistance in their power in the absence of the police. A gang of villians will always disperse, when they see one or two determined men a& vancing,to attack:them ; and 'by the use -of a little vigilance on the part , of the public, in going through the streets at night a large amount of crime might be prevented and detected. The police cannot be everywhere, and we may be sure that they are carefully watched by those who are bent on a garotte robbery or any other offence. The public'ought,lherefore, to look after themselves more than is their wont at present. There is no other - way of putting an effectual stop to the atrocities we hear of daily, and if the .richer classes help each other in cases of need, and the honest working man who lends his aid in tilt arrest of a thief is fairly rewardeil , for his risk, we-shall 1 - eai Of 'fewer persons being strangled and plundered in the streets of large• towns. Finally, the cordial thanks of the people of Lan cashire are due to Mr. Baron ALDERSON for the manner in which he has taken up the subject, and the unmistakeable example he has made of' the-garotte robbers brought before him. " Dear Field-Marshal Count Radeizsky,—l have resolved entirely to abolish the sequestration which, on .the 13 h February, 1853, was laid_on the property of the political fugitives from my Lona bard° Venetian kingdom. You will, therefore, take such measures that the property still under sequestration may be delivered over to those persons who shall prove themselves to 'be the legal representatives of the different owners. I also empower you to permit the return of political fugitives, who shall be exempt from punishment and regain their forfeited rights as Austrian citizens, if they annex to their petitions a solemn promise to behave in future as faith ful and loyal subjects. I charge you imme diately to publish this my autograph letter. —FRANCIS JOSEPII.—Venice, December, 2, 1856.' The second letter announces to the Marshal that 70 persons, " who have been condemned for high treason and other offences against public order and security," have received full pardon. The names - of the 70 persons whom his Majesty had pardoned are mentioned, , and. ,we' are informed in the Gazzetta di Verona that some of them belong to individuals who were grievously compromised during the years 1848 and 1849. The third letter relates to the Church of St. Mark. His Majesty grants 20,0001 per annum for keeping that ancient and venerable edifice in proper repair, and orders that whenever the whole sum has not been expended the residue shall be added to the property of the church. There is every reason to believe that the clemency and kindness which the Emperor has displayed towards his Italian sub jects has produced a good impression on them, but persc,ns who are acquainted with the peculiarities of the character of the - Venetians and Lombards are of opinion that it will not be lasting. It is understood that the Emperor has already made the discovery that the military authorities are a positive obstruction to material improve ments, and that the company formed some years ago for supplying Venice with water, for instance, has been unable until this moment to commence operations, in consequence of the military objec tions. It is to be hoped also that His Majesty will at once overrule the obstacles which have so long prevented the completion of the railway from Milan to Venice. Although commenced thirteen years ago, there is no present prospect of its being carried through for two or three years more -at least, and in deference to the same strategical opponents, it seems the piece of railway from Milan to the Pied montese frontier cannot be finished either for three years. In such questions as these his Majesty may render his visit of great service to the country if he will interpose his authority to promote works of public utility, but unless he can solve the problem of reducing the taxation, he will have done nothing towards con tenting the people permanently. In the Venetian provinces the predial taxes amount to 80 per cent on the estimated value of the property. The estimation is avowedly very much under the real value ; but supposing it to be only half (and it can be hardly less than that), the taxes would be nearly 45 per cent. on the real value. Is it surprising that a union with Austria is unpopu lar under these circumstances, or that the prin ciple of national government obtains fresh converts every day. And yet it is said that, notwithstand ing this enormous taxation, the foreigns loans, the (forced) voluntary loan, the sale of railways, and the mortgage of royal domains, the Austrian Government is again in want of money, and medi tating a new foreign loan. As we went to press a steamer passed the Land ing-stage, and fired six or eight guns. We imme diately hastened down to the Pier Head, and some answered that it was the Cleopatra (s s) from the Cape of Good Hope, and others that it was the Cunard steamer America, which sailed on Saturday for Boston, and had met with some mishap, and therefore returned. We have despatched ames senger to find out the real fact of the matter. ORGANISATION OF TDB COAST GUARD ►SBSVICE.-By an act of last session, the coast guard service is placed under the government of the Admiralty, and premises have been taken in Spring Gardens. In a short time the Admiralty will exercise their control. The number is not to exceed 10,000. At the Gloucester assizes, as a jury was about to be sworn to try a charge of child murder, one of them rose and requested to be excused from serving, on the ground that bia strong conscientious :objection to capital punishments would preclude him from finding a verdict of " guilty," involving a sentence of death. - The julge (Baron Bram well) attempted to convince him that his conduct was irrational, but in vain, and the counsel for the prosecution ultimately challenged the obdurate juror, who thereupon left the box. -A WOMAN NINETY-SEVEN YEARS OLD BURNT TO DEATH.—On Tuesday, Mr. Barker held an inquest on the body of Mary Parker, aged ninety-seven. It appeared that deceased occupied lodgings in Cannon street, St. George's-in-the-East. London, and that on Friday after noon, whilst sitting 'in front of the grate, she by some means fell upon the fire, and when assistance arrived was found all in a blaze. She was, removed to the London Hospital, but expired shortly after admission. Verdict, " Accidental Death." THE KILKENNY MURDER, — A, coroner's 'jury has re turned a verdict of 't Wilful Murder," in the case of William Quin, a respectable farmer, who was robbed and beaten to death by a party of ruffians on the evening of Monday last, on his return hoz a fair, whfre he had disposed of some cattle. The deceased bore an excellent charadter; and by' unwearied industry had saved a colsi derable sum of money, which he emb irked in the cattle trade. He is supposed to have had £lOO about his person on the night he met his death. He has left a wife, but had no children. DISRAELI LIONISED IN PARIS.—The Paris correspondent of the Nord writes :—" Some of the most illustrious of English statesmen are evincing uneasiness at the manner in which public opinion in. Europe condemns the turbulent politics of Lard Palmerston. The celebrated Tory orator, Mr. Disraeli, has expressed himself here upon this subject with much vivacity. He has been much feted at Paris by the court and ministers, and has dined at the Tuileries with many members of the Parliamentary opposition. Mr. Disraeli was seated at table opposite Count Walewski, and next to M. de Kisselef." SERIOUS STABBING CARE.—On Monday afternoon last, a party of English and Irish labourers were drinking to gether at a beerhouse at Staveley, near Chesterfield, when a quarrel arose among them, and one of the Irish party took out a large pocket-knife and stabbed an Englishman named Redgate in the abdomen. Fortunately the thrust fell short of penetrating the ventricle of the heart, which it very nearly reached.. had the knife gone a quarter of an inch further, the wound must have proved fatal. As it was, the wound is of a fearful description, and the hemorrhage con siderable. The wounded man was at once removed to Chesterfield, and placed under medical care ; and, though he is seriously injured, it is expected that he will survive. Tan INT REIN ATION AL CUSTOMS REFORM ASSOCIATION. -The late Brussels Congress is beginning to bear its expected fruit in this country. An organisa-ion is being rapidly ma i for sustaining M. Corr Vander Maeren and Ws free sociates in their struggle with the Belgian restrie. ts, who, frorr their energy, activi and comparative are properly considered as the fliwer of the iuental protectionist army. Mr. Thomas Wink, worth, whose paper on the silk trade attracted so much interest at the Congress, has lately been on a visit to Mr. Cobden, and it was arranged that an account, Cobden and Winkworth, should be opened at the Commercial Bank, London, for subscriptions. Many coot ibetions have been forwarded from Newcastle-ons Tyne, chiefly due to Mr. Christian Allhusen, who, with three other gentlemen, has been appointed a special committee of the Chamber of Commerce of that town for the promotion of the present object. If our similar associatiots would do the same, as some indeed are doing, the pecuniary result would speedily be very large, and, what is of more importance, the British commercial public would soon begin to understand how much their own interest is involved in the matter. CHARGE OF AIMUCIION.—At Oxford circuit, Wchard Morris, a farm labonrer, was charged with abducting from her home and parents' custody a young girl, agsd fifteen, named Anna Humphreys, the daughter of Mr. John Hum phreys, farmer, Billingsley. The prosecutor, a respectable looking farmer, stated that the prisoner had been in his employ as a labourer, from May last up to the. 25th Nov.— Shortly after eight o'clock on that night he went to bed, supposing that the prisoner and the rest of the servants had gone also. He thought his daughter Anna was also gone. About half-past eight his eldest daughter came to him, and told him that Anna and the man Morris were 'missing.— Benjamin Parton, farm labourer, and brother-in law of the prisoner, stated that he lived at Hapswood, in Manville patisb, and that on the eight of the 26th of November, between twelve and one o'clock, the prisoner came to his house, in company with a young woman. Prisoner told him she was a daughter of his master's, who had turned her out of doors. Prisoner asked for the girl to stay all nigh', and be consented to allow her. Prisoner said he would go back to his master's and get him to take the girl home again._ Superintendent Baxter, of the county police, said he took the prisoner into custody upon a charge of abduction. He said " They will do no good with her (the girl) if they force her home, for she vowed and declared to me last night she would make away with herself if they did. lam going to marry her in May, and she is going to service till then."— Prisoner was then locked_ up. The defence was, that the girl had desired the prisoner to take her away, as she was afraid of her father. The jury found the prisoner " Guilty.' Mr. Baron Watson having alluded to the baseness of the prisoner, who was 25, in enticing so young a girl from her home, sentenced him to be imprisoned nine months. IRISHMEN IN INDIA.—The following narrative is con densed from the Freeman's Journal : Sir William Brooke O'Shaughnessy, our distinguished countryman, on whom her majesty has just conferred the honour of knight hood, is a native of Limerick, and obtained the-appoint ment of assistant surgeon ii the East India Company's service in ; nearly at the acme time he became physician to Sir C, (afterwards Lord) Metcalfe, governor of Agra. A medical college having been established in Calcutta for the education of native-, he was appointed its professor of chemistry. He was painted out as the fittest person to superintend the laying down of the electric tele graph, when it was decided to extend to India the advantages of that discovery. Under the direction of the governor general he has completed telegraph lines from the seat of government to all the presidencies. Sir William Brooke O'Shaughnessy is a descendant of one of the most ancient and illustrious of the old Irish families, who possessed a large territory in the counties of Clare and Galway up to the time of William 111, but were held to have forfeited them by their attachment to King James. Sir Roger O'Shaugh nessy, who held a commission in the army of James, and whose pirtrait is exhibited among their family portraits in the gallery of the Ormonde, at Kilkenny, was the last possessor of the Loughcooter estates, near Gort, having left Ireland for France after the treaty of Limerick with the army of James, and died there. The estates were held by the crown for some years, until an occasion arose on which it was necessary to bestow a suitable reward. There was a conspiracy to assassinate William a , Kensington, called the Kensington plot, which was discovered, and, perhaps. William's life saved, by a Mr. Prendergast, whom Macaulay describes to be a Roman Cathol,c gentleman of good family in the South of England. He was rewarded with a grant of the O'Shaughnessy estates. His son, who was created a baronet, Sir Thomas Prendergast, having died without male issue, they descended to Lard Gort, through the female line. These estates have recently passed from that family through the Encumbered Estates Court to Lord Gough. We under. stand Sir William is now engaged in carrying out, by direction of the East India Company, a direct line of com munication from London to Calcutta?' bolo c, THE public must be rejoiced to see the deter mination with which Mr. Baron ALDERSON has (Emit with the garotte robbers brought before him. This novel species of highway robbery must be crushed while it is in the bud. For cowardice and brutality, it far exceeds any crime previously known. Three or four ruffians seize a lone man or woman by the throat in the street, and half strangle their victim before their presence is detected. But how these gangs of wretches can go about our large towns, without being observed by the police, appears to be a great mystery. They are almost invariably beings of the lowest and most depraved char acter, and yet they never seem to excite the suspicion of our constables. They are generally seen loitering about by others while waiting for their prey, and they ought not to escape the vigilance of those whose business it is to look after them, as often as they do. Means ought to he devised by the detective force to catch them. There are a hundred ways in which they might be caught in the act, and the authorities should see that some attempt is made in the leading thoroughfares and most respectable neighbour hoods to rid society of such vagabonds. At present, a man is half murdered, and plun dered of his property, before a policeman knows anything about it; and if it were not for . the in formation given by persons who happen to see the robbers previous to the commission of the outrage, or immediately after it had taken place, they would never be apprehended. The liberality shown by Mr. Baron ALDERSON in awarding five pounds to the poor man CAPSTICK for his cour age in helping to arrest one of these ruffians, will have a good effect ; and it would be well to give all those who behave in the like manner a suitable reward. This would secure help to per sons attacked ; for any poor man would willingly lend a hand in taking the highwayman into cus tody. Respectable men might also render assist ance in such cases, which, we regret to say, they do not do now with the willingness they ought. It was only the other night, that we saw an elderly gentleman laid hold of by a man and a woman, in Lord Nelson -street, and robbed. The male thief had succeeded in getting away to a considerable distance before the gentleman could make his case known ; and when he did tell the bystanders that he had been robbed, not one of them attempted to follow either the man or woman. They both ran away in the crowd, which consisted, probably, of eight or ten per sons, who laughed and walked off. This is not the way in which respectable men should act towards their own order. They THE NORTHERN TIMES.---LPIVERPOOL, TIMRSDAY: FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE 1 FRANCE PARIS, MognAir -EvgraNa. A report has been current to-day that_an insur rection had broken out at PalerMo, and_that it was unsuccessful : but; on inquiry in an official quarter, I was apprised that the government had received no news to that effect. According to French telegraphic despatches, the city was quite tranquil on the 29th ult , and the disturbances in other parts of the island were of no importance. The Nord, the Russian organ of Brussels, publishes a letter from Paris, which affects to be written under diplomatic ' ‘ t inspiration," and which says that France and Sardinia will be on the side of England and Austria in the Conferences, and that, consequently, Russia will be in a mino rity, and will lose Bolgrad and the Isle of Ser pents. But the Goverment here, for what reason" I do not know, unless it be to soothe the wounded vanity of the Kinister of Foreign Affairs, continues to give out that the matters in despatch are not yet settled ; that :-each power maintains its peculiar views on the subject, and that they will be settled after full and important deliberation. The Bourse has begun to show again a downward tendency, and to-day there has been a fall in rento and all securities _ _ Considerable sensation has been caused by the sudden death to day of M. Thibeaudean;.counsel to the Western Railway Company. He was well known in the rail Way and speculating worlds, and at one time possesed an immense fortune, gained by speculation, but during the last year some un successful hits diminished it, and within the last fortnight no less a sum than 80,000/ English money, nearly all, it is believed. that remained to him, was swept away. The sudden death has given rise to the supposition that be committed sui-, eide,but his friends - assert that he 'died from a malady in the . .heart. He was in his early prime. The last 'settling day was a Efad one to others as well as this unfortunate Man ; several speculators suffered so much that they were obliged to have recourse to the kindness of their friends to be able to keep their engagements ; and two at least, if not more, who were indebted to a large amount, have, instead of paying, deemed it prudent to fly from France. the central Colonies. the capita aian Plenipote ~ In t that Off tioit Turkish delegates were -author's to th (see map auni August). A much- " A few words will suf placing it in its true For many Church tentiaries united -at does nc Congr should.rernain in the possession of ` 4- This - is a - simple question of should be.drawn_ south of Tabak trary to the spirit and the letter of Darated from th owe should remain annex to the idea which presi )e carr state of affai anourat loyal'a firendre) that signed the treaty of-Par: Minister of F Ln official no Conference, _ conOst: THE TREATY OF PARIS. , A documedt- was addressed by the Russian Government at the latter end of October to all the Powers that signed the Treaty of Paris-. It was accompanied .by a circular .requesting the re-con vocation of the .Paris Conferences. This memo randum is an expose of the steps taken by the Cabinet of St. Petersburg with a view to the fulfil ment of the Articles 20 and 21 of the Treaty of the 30th of March. As regards the Isle of Serpents the Russian Government says— " It will suffice to read carefully the text of the stipula tions to be convinced that they refer to a.demaroation on main ain land, and do riot apply to the possession of an island situate in the open sea. In fact, no express stipu lation of the treaty has either annexed to Moldavia or ad judged to Turkey that island, which was incontestably in the possession of Russia before the rupture." As regards the Bessarabian frontier question, the memorandum says— " Whenever the delegated for the settlement of the fron tier line came open a local difficulty, which ihey`could not settle on their own responsibility, an immediate decision, sent by order of the Czar, raised their doubts "and rendered their work easy in a perfect spirit of conciliation. In support of this with it will suffice to mention two facts. " According to Art. 20, the newfrontier,_starting- at -one kilometre from the lake of Bourna Sola, was to rejoin per pendicularly the Akermann road. That line cut in two Lake Iladji Ibrahim, and left Lake Basiriam entirely to Russia. The inspection of the localities showed the defect of such delimitation. . . " The Imperial Cabinet allowed its delegates to remedy this inconvehience, so as to include, the two lakes in the Moldavian territory. " Again, the 20th Art. made the frontier end at Kata. mini, on the Pruth. The text of the treaty did not express whether th it place was to belong to Russia or to be given to Moldavia. ThP Imperial Cabinet obviated that difficulty by allowing the Katamori to be joined to the_ principality." ' ' As regWrds the course of the Upper Yalpuck and the town . of Bolgrad, the memorandum says : "As regards the first point,-the text of the treaty indi cated the river Yalpuck as the frontier line. In its course, at a ploc called Andreeska ' the river splits into two arc one bearing the name of Yalpuck, the other that of Yalpuc hel. The letter of the treaty implies the former; the other arm would give a more enlarged frontier to Moldavia. The delegates have reserved this question for the solution of the Cabinets!, " As regards the second point in dispute, that of the town of Bolgrad, a consideration of good faith seoms to determire this question. It is this. When the Congress came to dis cuss and decree in principal the new frontier line, the Russ'ans frankly declared the importance of not taking away the town of thlgrad from the Bulgarian colonies of which it is the capital. This administrative consider ation' so frankly expressed, received the unanimous votes of all the representatives, given in a spirit of concord and conciliation. Consequently it was resolved, by common accord, that the frontier line should pass south of Bolgrad, as is clearly and precisely stated in the text of Art. 20. This resolution was not taken on the inspection of maps pro duced at the Conferences by the Plenipotentiaries of Russia. Printed in Russian they might not have appc arel sufficiently intelligible to all the representatives at the Congress. They, therefore, formed their conclusions from the examination of a map placed at their disposal by the care of the French Government. _ _ _ " This fact is worthy of mention. It shows that if the maps were faulty the responsibility does not rest with the Russian Plenipotentiaries. Moreover, their frank speech had set aside any misunderstanding. They had declared that the town of Bolgrad, which it was important should be preservei to Rassia, was the capital of Bulgarian colonies. . . . " In this avowal there was neither concealment, misun derstanding, nor deceit. The Congress, in adhering to the desire expressed by the Russian Plenipotentiaries, performed an act of (quay and wisdom. In fact, its decision upon the question of B )Igrad brought the discussions to a close. Art. 20 was drawn up conformably to the resolution taken at the sitting of the 10th March. The Rus ian Plenipo tentiaries thought right, however, to make a reserve of the approbation of their court. That approbation was an nounced by Count Orloff in the sitting of 14th March, prot. IX. " In this grave deliberation it may be said the unanimity of opinion (accord) of the Plenipotentiaries at the Con ferences was complete. Donbtless the Cabinets by ratifting the acts of their Plenipotentiaries, had not the intention of questioning or disavowing the spirit of equity and harmony which presided over their labours. "'I he first motive of dissent arose when the delegates had visited tho localities; they then found that the town of Rolgrad, instead of beinr , situate at some distance from lake Yalpuck, as was indicated upon all the maps, touched the nor kern extremity of the lake. ' . " Tee positiontitus ascertained on the spot gave rise to a difference of opinion between the respective delegates as regarded the crossing of the frontier line entrusted to their care. " The Russian delegates proposed to take as demarcation limit the valley line (Thalweg), leaving the left shore of the lake to Russia, the right-shore to Moldavia. " This combination was deemed inadmissible by the other .Commissioners. In their opinion, access to the lake open on the left bank to Russia might engender the fear of the Imperial Government forming a flotilla upon the lake, the presence of which might some day be an impediment to the free navigation of the Danube. " This supposition, we may be allowed t) say, did not tally in reality with the nature of the locality. Moreover, if the prtject of the Ruesian Commissioners had been ad mitted all subject of anxiety would have been removed before hand by the express condition, that a single brand wwla (bJat) should be allowed for the use of the Russian authorities, to be kept-at a fixed station, for the use of the custom and sanitary officers. Such a condition would surely have excluded the slightest anxiety respecting the free navigation of t h e Danube. " Nevertheless the proposal of the Russian del-gates met with decided opposition. The French Commissioner, with a view to conciliate conflicting opinions, sugeested a new plF.n—to make a high road (chaussee) along the shore of the lake, and thus to separate the town of Bolgrad from the shores of Lake Yalpuck, with the exception of permission to the inhabitants to have access to the borders of the lake for their daily wants. "By this combination the whole lake would remain Moldavian, while the town of Bolgrad, the capital of the colrnies, would remain in the possossion of Russia. " The Imperial Cabinet of Russia did not hesitate to give its consent to this proposal, which conciliated all interests and all mutual considerations. The Austrian, English, and r of ills Majesty, .the Russian extraordinary to had the sty the Em lug to the .eign Affai vocation of e of the repres contracting Powers.. .. 1 "Agreeing to this - request, the Minister of Foreign ' Affairs, in. pm name of his Government, has incited the other Cabinets to decide by common accord all the points which have hitherto remained in suspense. " So as to give to this diplomatic meetirg the character and the merit of a final solution of all the questions in dis pute, Count Walewski asked Baron Brunow whether the Court of Russia, participating in this deliberation, was de cided to abide by a majority of votes. "To this question, transmitted,by telegraph to St. Petersburg, the Imperial Cabinet 'sent back an immediate reply in the affirmative." The Memorandum concludes by expressing the hope that these two points of minor importance of detail will be satisfactorily settled WEST COAST OF AFRICA The Gimbia has brought late dates from this coast, all along which, disputes, chiefly between the natives, appear to prevail. The British Consul visited the Cameroons in the steamer Gambia, and held a palaver between the con tending tribes. The Gambia brought from Fernando Po to Teneriffe several members of the Spanish missions, and four coloured youths for training. Affairs at Lagos are quiet, but an outbreak is hourly expected. Both here and at Accra the conflict between the Ashantees and their neighbours near Cape Coast , Castle is .not , yet at an end. The ri*er trade at'Sierra Leofie continues unsettled,. through internal disturbances. According to the African, the Fellah town of Conscofi was attacked .on . the 3rd • of Octabei by the Junmano, who killed 3,876 on the field, and took 100 prisoners. Alpha Mahommedlimi has lost. his life, with most of the chief- men of his party. - - A` severe engagement. commenced on the 15th, and ended on the 17th of October, at Massaiamee, between Barmoi and Sultan. Lahai, whose forces were completely routed; Many were killed and 50 taken prisoners. Preparations for hostilities were making at Lokkoh, and there are rumours of an expected disturbance at Barra, on the Gambia, to the north of Bathurst. - ESPOND ENT.) Many of the colonists' of Sierra Leone are dissatisfied with being ruled by 'a governor whO is responsible for his measures to the home government only. Hence an agita. tion for representative institution - 8 is now going on in the colony. ,The Reformers argue that the present system confers too much power upon her Majesty's representa tives, and that those functionarios are virtually irrespon sible because they are only amenable to a government, which, from its remoteness and other causes, is unable to exercise a needful amount of watchfulness and supervision. Moreover, as the information respecting the condition and requirements of the colony, received by the Colonial Office, is derived "almost exclusively from the Governor, the colonists argue that he is almost certain to l obtain the consent of the -homegovernment to ,his measures and to ---- . _ his - poliey. The . Reform party, therefore plead for a House of Assembly, and as one means of putting their case before liParliam3nt and : the country talk of sending a political agent to London. -- - The New Era (the organ of the discontented colonists), in its impression of Oct. 4, in making some comments on an English pamphlet on the recent disturbances on the West Coast of Africa, employs rather strong language against the system of government maintained in Sierra Leone. It speaks of " fearful proscription," " unblushing nepotism," and " gross favouritism," and designates the Colonial Office as " that more than nightmare upon those colonies unblest of free institutions." _ _ . The same paper then epitomises some of the grievances of the; colony :--" Otir bill of grievanies has hitherto been will her ous laws, which have rendered us despised and distrusted, and have excited the cupidity and revenge of the abori gines—many of our laws are inexcusably bad, botched, clumsy, unworkable, and unconstitutional—many of our people are taxed next to starvation ! for the support of useless public offices. We are woefully short of public conveniences—no sufficient and convenient water supply ; we lose thousands for want of a grain market ; our necks are imperilled at night from the disgracefully neglected state of our streets and want of lights, and we could add much more. We have had promises of remedy for many of these; they are, however, like many other government promises, made without the most remote intention of being fulfilled." _ _ After thus describing some of the grievances of the colony the Era proceeds as follows :—" The remedy is within our reach. Let us by aid of the press and by public discussion thoroughly enlighten public sentiment. The next step will be to apcoint a political agent in Lon don as did the West India Colonies a body,' when they first struggled for political freedom. The objects gained for which these steps were taken. we should then petition Her Majesty for a Representative Council. This secured, then a House of Assembly!" THE LATE PRINCE WORONZOW The arrival of the report of the decease, at Odessa, of this distinguished Rnssian nobleman, soldier, and diplo matist, has not excited any remark in England. But 40 N ears ago the name was not only familiar in England, but throughout - Europe, as that of one who held high commands in all the Russian battles against Napoleon —who enjoyed more than any other the confidence of the Emperor Alexander 1.-as an intimate friend or the late Duke of Wellington—and, in the beau monk, as one of the handsomest figures that graced the oourtly saloons of Europe. The Woronzow family J. one of the most ancient of the Russian nobility, and latterly was much advanced by the Empress Catherine. The late prince was general. in-chief in three campaigns ; but his principal military achievements were those of the war of the Don. For several years he filled the office of Governor-General of White Russia, including the Crimea, acquiring an im. mense amount of property in several provinces, and a large portion of the town of Odessa. He subsequently held the office of "Governor General of the Caucasian provinces, and had a favourite residence in the Southern Crimea, which has been extolled by visitors for the mild ness of the climate, and the oriental splendour of its gardens and lawns. By the death of Prince Woronzow, Mr. Sidney Herbert, M.P., will• inherit a considerable amount of property, in Odessa, and some other parts of southern Russia, the mother of the right hon. gentleman (Lady Pembroke) having ben sister of the late prince— (Hence Odessa was spared!) A telegraphic despatch has been received, from Havre, announcing that the captain and fifteen men, belonging to the wrecked steamer Le Lyonnaise, have arrived, and been landed at Bordeaux. SOUTHERN AND TOxTETH HOSPITAL:—WEEKLY RE PORT, Dec 10, 1856.—1 n Patients, discharged: Cured, 10; at -own request, 1 ; irregular, 2. Dead, .1 ; entered, 27 ; under treatment, 72. Out patient: Cured, 42; entered, 37 ; under treatment, 31. Treasurer, James Houghton, Esq. Visitors, B. Platt, Esq., and James Houghton, Esq. Honorary Chaplain, Rev. D. T. Barry, B.A. Physicians and Surgeons for the week. Dr. Cameron and Mr. Churton: Honse Surgeons Mr. Edward C. Garland Mr. William Townsend. SUDDEN DEATH IN WALTON GAOL.—An inquest was held at the Liverpool Borough Gaol, at Walton, before P. F, Curry, Esq., Coroner, on view of the body of Eizabeth Smith, aged 19 years. She was committed by Samuel Holme, 'Esq., for being a prostitute, and using obsc ene language, and sentenced to one month's hard labour. This is the twenty-first time of her being in prison. She drop ped down. dead .whilst leaving the chapel on Tuesday morning. Dr. Archer made a post mortem examination, and found thwcause of death to have been disease of the heart from natural causes. Verdict accordingly. LECTURE To NIGHT IN HOPE HALL, BY THE REV. JOHN BAILLIE, or LoNDON.—It is gratifying to observe that a concentrated view of the leading, traits in the character of the late Captain Hedley Vicars is to be given in a lecture in Hope Hall to-night (Thursday), by the Rev. John Baillie, London. The theme of dissertation is one of thrilling interest, and one which is likely to engage the sympathies and attract the presence and attention of great numbers of those who love and admire the christian hero, the christian patriot, and the christian philan thropist. T. B. Hoistall, Esq., M.P., has kindly conoented to preside as chairman. , ,d_ to adopt_this cpi- frontier line ,f 30th ,s arisen ion, ar CI, that Bolgrad the.treat contormaD.y s Of the C llKa....ilimmim!lll.l.l'llii."l".'''"'lwt''`'°.'.‘ T lIE AT RE-ROYAIn--1 alirld AN OPERA:" is zfl resolved by some learned pundit that melody . _ whiehpleasantly ever offending it," then Belßuis char.or a of. "La Soonambula," tur nin g on !tiveddinof and the natural phenothenon of sleep walking, is an,oper.at melody; and although has ~been fondled b y thetuusle village ator continue' twenty years, it remains, rgreen, yielding delight each time it is heard. for five an operatic engagements—m this case only for t li° be 001 .ve have a continuous opera company o f c ut i a made by the management of th e Theatre mfr ~pe embracing the talent of th e Gassiers, Foust Mdlle. Sedlank, &c., and Tuesday night they open° . "La Sonnambula." Madame Gassi er was the 400' and by her admirable vocalism made up for.manv other shoe.t: comings in the performance of the opera. From first to last 0 10 was admirable, and reached her climax in Ah non § .2.10 1 1 ,1, which was given with such exquisite abandon, at the sarneit,":l; as toquite enchant the auditory who re-demanded it u . 9 .01 -4 applause. Mons. Gassier was in the Count " — t a s u ‘te r -tinent and effective. He is always so, being perfee of big resources, but he lacks sentime nt, and this wa s vl in the beautiful Vi Ravige, which was oth erwise very une.lcet.ip tionably given. Elvin° is not a character suited to Ilea Iteicus:lo peculiar powers, and he failed to give force to the tunsi,cihote wet with the marked disapprobation of the audience• t f r ost who are not acquainted with Reichart's clinging must ° , ° ",,1 be his conclude that he is without merit. In his oU'n ee"°:fie A 'sough deficient in " poitune") is a pleasing einget - --“ , sician, but Bellini never contemplated the exe‘ u re „, music Herr, Reichart. The chorus was the , t e o fq d ureit who wander through the provinces during t r l f e et v . se a son, and from time to time revisit the glii4e o °f d 51 ' lights with gauche action, harsh, but effective, voices' a l the ir expression of emotion known only to the . stages tbeY (1 , 1 0( 1-' work fairly when the band would permit-them. Vl ° ate' but it was Philharmonic night, and the best talent vira'o', engaged—was what it ought not to 'be ; however, SiPpiton Calsi kept matters tolerably right with the aid of an hellos. which, by the way, is no inefficient addenda to au er e . 0 111 The prompter was officious to a degree, which ce n b , tl° foie offended the house, and Lis pepper box only Saved e ar" their indignation. Mademoiselle SedlaZek did net h' Liza being sacrificed by one-of the choir. DON PASQUALE r. LAST NIORT. a ThiECOOtra WU put , en- the s t age last night, b at rte t . „, 0. 1 playing " Hamlet," omitting the Prince , for • therfesbli Con Pasquale in reality, only in fact a s keleton there°4 ° d hie sketched by a ge ntleman named Grossi, whose veesl to trionic gifts did not admit of anything like a P ell°llll la l b the part. The Gassier. sang admirably, particulsrs,..o duett, and Madame was as agile and tasteful al-e le io, Morale. Herr Reichart was a very poor OsAggbir'; slightly redeemed himself afterwards in the gr,,_ lln ,„„Mto. "- scena from " Fra Diavolo ," which he sang in ativ,,,—flt ortv very,meagre concert followed the ,opera, and ot sang two ballads. The house wig filled, but We 0 011 lose it contained a satisfied audience. • - - eights—which gives us a tan jproar ;en nine r PHILHARMONIC CONCERT.—ruEsnAY NIG absc rir , The first part of this, the ninth concert of the B r ,, r eri• tion of 1856, was for the most Dart made up of Dfa c ' r r s uro e ' cantata, entitled " May Day ° A caritat , P -e sce r ! a kind of opera without action, or a composition. o arro" vocalism is at once the vehicle of musical and se lli t r ie )6 !lye, or poetic expression ; of such genus, at l eas May Day," and it is a brief, but pleasing, sa r an,lo peculiarly original or elaborate, being an i m tati c irkt old English form of music applied to the inteleatili gr ; mony of choosing a May Queen. The wo rds are a ans; Jo hu.Oxenford, and contain many pretty ideas O o y r ceits, particularly in his description of the " Merl itra 'which he describes as " Queen T of All Jo w ith the,i, f erY, thy. brow: " A part song" The Hunt's iTp, " afr;eilvf.li pretty, as is also the only solo, " The Qdeen's t which - wali sung by Miss Sherrington in a Ina n ,",. - , r e te ° ri s '„ O " ° unexceptionable ; in fact, it was given w ith a ou b a ,l simplicity and purenesi . of vocalism that we bar see surpassed, and places that young lady at once In or al place among English singers. The c horus We re certain in their - parts and in a.coniesitiou requiringtoe.i delicacy,their cherished roughness told with di ,5 ; ! 1 , 1 ,id,' g ' Mist Sherrington also sung a 8311 Le l g Thomas, with excellence, and one of gen" In—d duet_tinoll, with Kips Fanny Haddart. The is / I ry also ; a very 'nieitY ballad, by Balfa and Lonfffel le the ll ' excillent effect. Herr Formes opened with Basilio's gr eat sang rrat ells • " Barbiere La Calumnia." It is so essentialli ad that rt loses_effectiuthe coneart-roonarbut it weeillli d ad'i .el a rable performance. He also sang a pathetic 1 ' 3 ,, ac tin g scriptive of life, by Holzel, entitled "The Tear° , ffec tiv it he chastened his vast organ to swee t and 3 purposes. • IA Miss Arabella Goddard performed on the P IE :00 , ° 0 Recollections of Ireland," by Mopchellei , an cl i a 4e oab ' from "Le Prophete" with much brilliance alio se rjei delicacy, and all the feeling of a musician. ~, r he :AV The grand scene from the " Huguenote ---- diction of the Toignards," was, with much discuLi t par; repeated by the chorus, and Herr Formes, jr A t. " .. a T O ° St. Bris, It was again admirably sung, a" m usic merited encore. We hope to hear more such The XOB Th ; e ali b a a n nd s y nI NV was chieflysymphony in A de m li a e j a o t:l an t to Al b ) e t n h delso lin ' gl '' 11 l t th h e e l overture .to the " Midsummer Nights Drelo'rtliel even an increase of the abidty with . The house w briefly c mg,ratulate the society on a as comparatively thinly for A 0 0 111 ,1 This concert terminates the series for 185 6 , to oil , by an admirable display of artistic talent, comrtocul: elite in the vocal and instrumental world ,seasllandidlit:-!fnegre.r; antasteful selection of music, a careful fulfilmella-ctifeto public complete promise, and a general arrangement, r ; ° fac tico d omplete order, in every department, and,o,,4ifetelte,eti the subscribers and public. There may be ti ",` to sett cordedtuted, t a h s e p L ra iv s e a r e p r o ia o g l ,Patinildhadremseortivticag us uvarlelly'e dPie9r2lor opinion on some points of . managemen s t, kat, as it be f " Id tba o ciety B f t ; for - preaP eL ` ' exertions in 1856. __________ , „,,,_ ______ • ni tiot, n o r i INJURY TO THE TELEGR IPH —Cotnu in--°,3 ROO" !AO' tire!) , suspended on Tuesday '- with • the south °` being,' eilli wires of the Magnetic Telegraph Compaq trg 6$ „d the g lee a pt order on the other side of Dublin, between Holyhead and Dublin having been cu t ' gatle b.- 0 0 IMPORTANT TO SHOPKEEYERS.--- At th e "de :te County Court, on Tuesday, before Mr. Braudttrietergteat (Smi:h v. Roberts) was heard, which is som e i i e lts'str !Oa t 0 0 l o g shopkeepers. The plaintiff's statement was. to the defendant's shop, on a S a turday flw e v v ee a re n s i h q: in s : oo i: p h o t oe : ago, for some small purchases, which eivereign. He received in chap e a half-crown, and smaller change. F ile kept th e a te eg, ° 'iios until the Wednesday, when, on being pregeli te- to th e r t tb e , shop, o it was declared to be bad, and was taken ' J oe goes h ffice, where its badness was proved. The P n a rc rePr e6e coi o , defendant,s by o a p s w ol a i s cit p o r r o , v u e r d ge ; d b t u h t e t d h a e ngerof sho wbu cf P usidoge O . pke pers 04 m o d like this brought back to them at so great a Jil t , re0..,,, a too (five days) after the stated period of their psY rn , B to r th e it almost, if not entirely, impossible for 'thritotiotilt go themselves against imposition. -On cross-dill ,10001 • plaintiff maintained the identity of thee o*-„lssessgef..„ Brandt, expressing regret at the unavoida;;tbrr ._a,l corroborative -witness, said he always desire,;',,Feillinll,l,l'er; to have ample proof of . the continuatitt. ll'e,l it "" li oti°it coin. -He thought there was sufficient evidean.ep a% or to entitle the plaintiff to recover the valu oit ' t he the k case just to put shopkeepers on their g c ard, 0 a on nown that the regular "smashers" offerJarge,her. or s l4 , that'evening more generally than on a pp ' 3 ; 0 Ore f et: nn t, FIRE aho n A t T e . ROCHDALE. — k, On tiVilleOnddryaiyngeVengib at S a r itleP i A' s She d tt i r err ho Y o t 7 6 - 4 T Haworth, currier and general leather maun fsc „nd tot ti ,otl he shed is situated close to the railw a rr'f - hs s 7ti - 0r.,7 - hundred yards from the Bluepits statinn' l,..._ :: 4o - o: 6.o l : s h oreos s be l: 6 ll‘,o ; # hitherto as a place in which to dry-j-Warael tvl SO e yed - for this purpose it contained flues, which n e L •og 00 to o phere to a temperature of 170 degrees, rell'i ll ts n ale that the men had to work in it without euh`ribAsg;(o4),i, was eight windows long, by four wide, and h ad toe TJ ~,,;r a lletti 3to v f n small, so that a new shed, running andwor work was adjoining lef, it, a 1 right, proper t a y nd d t r h y e in r there was little .eleven o'clock it w . i w n course of co . , ~1 1 ii pP,, of op a i t u f h te e reight o-'enlo!ectrP alaess a s the d i n s o o l o f d r v e e m r shed, ed £ s t o :t ai l gfe - k it s ; . ei -e in ti a Bs , 2 d . o tb o n_ g re i a : japanned leather, it appears, was steeped f '",, eh if- 1 6 6. 'll, tore the flames spread rapidly. Sergeant,Pletesbdits-i beot ing about that time nearLuikfield gill, i n i ts l'tif 11 ° there heard a bell, something like the 1 311 1„,Pin - edia - 0 0 ; ringing, and saw the dames. Ile 1 ",, rid' Erelitt d t i h r e eC ri tj a l e ' o ll b t, (it 0 :1,14 001 0 . 14:i t d h o o wn en t g o in t e l a ie w s a t a ati d o o n s , p a a n to d ho se d t , tahnedfire hel l t ' i ssu o va 3 horseback, and another engine was was distant from Rochdale two and a , r 17 ' eir1,,,,,g OS iff , during the interim buckets were used, 08 ,1"„ t astr" — A; to hell as the canal runs close b At one dole P h loogivssll tw o the works for the manufacture . of naPt he ' 1 a t° 0 0 to Bethel!, would be destroyed, but fortutiatelore tb° sot., connecting the works was pulled dowlf t? e fi r ta i .tietqf works the could take fire. Mr. Eccles, with h is d ogee" le t o • i ' confining the flames to the old 8110.,b it c O, r i o . place about half past twelve o'clock ] , a v lich ii/ o tai n t7r , o ust t° d 0 f ill destroyed, as well as the property viuly 0 ° pi 0 a rnou , 0 ,1 0 0 0 o f t The total damage will probably Haworth is insured in the West of -,F,', ll 7 3 orig i l f ea lo fi £6oo, so that he will stht,Lin a los3. "-.ol.ibritia the re . - Hues.isnot known, but it is supposed to hav e