The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-03-28 00:00:00

ANIMAL CHARCOAL To be SOLD by AUCTION, at Binyon and Fryer's Sugar Refinery, Chester-street, Oxford-road, Manchester, on 2nd day (Monday), 3rd month (March) 31st, 1856, at Twelve o'clock noon, About 200 Tons ANIMAL CHARCOAL, all faults. Samples may be obtained, and further particulars learned, by applicats•in t.o FRANCIS REID & CO., Brokers, 16, Exchange-alley North. On MONDAY next, the 31st instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Broker's office, 7, Eachange•chambers, 62 Bags Vegetable WAX, 50 Do. SHIIMAC, all faults, just landed ex Margaret Deane, from Bahia, and Rattler (s.), from Lisbon.—For further particulars apply to FRANCIS d. E LION, Broker. TUESDAY On account of whom it may concern On TUESDAY next, the Ist April, at Half-past One o'clock, at the Brokers' office, Corn Exchange• buildings, Bruns wick-street, About 1270 Bags Sour FLOUR, 150 Barrels Stained DITTO, Druid, from Coquimbo ; lying in the Albert Dock Ware -For particulars apply to GOLDING & NASH, Brokers. Ou TUESDAY next, the Ist April, at Half--past One o'clock, at the Commercial saleroom, Temple-court, 2000 Boxes American BACON, tow landing ex sundry vessels, from New York ; 2000 Boxes American CHEESE. TRIMMER & GRAINGER, Brokers, Bank Chambers, Cook-street. COMMERCIAL STATIONERY, SOLD BY CHARLES WILLMER, WHOLESALE STATIONER AND PRINTER, 19, SOUTH JOHN-STREET, LIVERPOOL. THE attention of Merchants, Brokers, Trades men, and others, is respectfully drawn to the fol lowing list of CA sn PRICES for LETTER PAPER Per Ream. For 3 Reams R. d. .e s. d. , 6 0 0 17 6 6 6 0 18 0 6 0 0 17 0 Superfine large thin Cream Laid. Ditto ditto Blue Wove Ditto ditto Yellow Wove... Bank Post (Towgood's) for Foreign 1 7 6 1 1 0 Correspindence Ditto' • French, extra thin 761 1 0 FOOLSCAP OR CUSTOM HOUSE PAPER. Thin Blue Laid Middle Yellow Wove Per Ream. For 3 Reams .90 1 6 0 961 7 6 ENVELOPES Laid Adhesive, In etter siz Thick Yellow 'Wove, d ss. per 1000, 6s. per 1000 NOTE PAPER Superfine Large Cr Ditto Ditto 1311 am Laid, is for 5 quires, or 38 6d per ream pr 3i 6d per ream LETTER COPYING BOOBS, .-bound, calf, paged and indexed, 480 do, 7s; .500 do, is 6d; 580 do, 8s 6d 400 leaves, 6s ACCOUNT BOOKS, of every description, manufactured on the premises, in the best style, on the shortest notice, and at prices equally low. Orders from the Country receive prompt attention WHOLESALE PAPER WAREHOUSE, 19, SOUTH JOHN-STREET, LIVERPOOL tat A,-...trs THIS DAY On account of whom it may concern THIS DAY, the 28th instant, at Oils o'clock, at the Brokers' office. 11, Rumford-street, About 200 Bales COTTON (more or less), all faults, saved from the wreck of the Henry Pratt, from Mobile, stranded at Pwllheli ; lying on the quay, west side Waterloo Dock.—Apply to lIOLLINSHEAD, TETLEY & CO., Brokers. NEXT WE MONDAY Apply to On TUESDAY next, the Ist April, at Half-past One o'clock, at the Commercial saleroom, Temple-court, 500 Boxes American CHEESE, 50 Dn. Do. BACON, to land ex Andrew Foster, from New York.—Apply to James M'Henry & Co., Merchant; or to TRIMMER & Merchant;, Brokers, Bank Chambers, Cook-street. On TUESDAY next, the Ist April, at Half at the Commercial saleroom, Temple 500 Boxes American CHEESE, ex Ellen Austen, from New York.—Apply to Messrs Bigland, Athya & Co., Merchants, or to TRIMMER & GRAINGER. Brokers, Ban': Chambers, Cook-street. ast One o'clock, court, On TuzsDAv next, the Ist April, at Twelve o'clock, at Browne, Hunter & Co.'s office, 2, Dale-str,et, 150 Bales Bombay HEMP 20 Do. STRANDS, Do. JUUF (hew crop) Apply to BROWNE, HUNT ER & . 00., Brokers, EARLY DELIVERY OF THE " NORTHERN Timss."—Any subscriber within four miles of the Liverpoql Exchange, or at Rock-ferry, Trannere, Birkenhead. Woodside, Oxton, Claughton, Seacombe, Egremont, or New Brighton, who floes not receive his copy of the "NORTHERN Tams," by Eight o'clock will oblige the publisher by addressing a note to him at the office notifying the fact, in order that the cause of complaint may be investigated and removed. As our messengers commence their delivery at five o'clock on each morning, it would greatly facilitate its completion if subscribers would have letter-boxes in their doors through which the papers might be dropped, as the detention at some houses is very great at present, and causes delay and disappointment to other subscribers. EVENING EDITION gr An Evening Edition of the NORTHERN DAILY TIMES is now Published every Afternoon, at Three o'clock, containing the Markets, together with all the News of the Day, up to the hour of going to Press. Eire Athrtiorn FRIDAY, MARCH 28, 1856 ♦ The London Times exhibits a fixed determi nation to go to war with America, under the leader ship of Lord CLARBNDON, its newly adopted " great man," or, it may be, future Premier. Never did ill-requited legal genius, or discarded moral philosophy, hold forth with greater vehemence, or more profound ergotism. Our cotemporary would allow Mr. MARCY, and the government 'to which he belongs, to take both the public law of nations, and municipal law of the United States, to decide the illegality of the British Ministry's recruiting, within the territories of the Union; but having taken both, and subse quently having, out of deference to the long cherished prejudices of Europe waived their own sovereign regulations, and grounded their charge on public law, the London Times contends the States are not entitled to the protection of either ! This logical conclusion was no sooner arrived at and the true popular opinion of England on the American enlistment question falsely represented, than we find the United States, and the Danish Sound Dues difficulty brought forward in the same insulting and warlike strain—M,.. MARCY again declared to be in the wrong. Mr. CRAMP TON'S return to his Government being all that could be asked in reason, has settled the enlistment squabble, but not satisfied with the " solution," and bein American war-at-an in favour of an same London journal makes a prominent feature of the Sound Dues' wrangle, and labours hard to show that Mr MARCY is altogetlu er in error, in urging on the States not to pay a piratical impost levied on the navigation of the high seas. E n gland must beware of these workers of bloodshed. We must receive their arguments as we do their scandals. England not only advertised for recruits in the United States, but British agents actually did carry men out of the Union with a distinct understanding that they were to serve as soldiers in the British army. In this we openly violated the neutrality laws of the States, and we were bound, morally and politically, to .make any reasonable reparation asked by those whose laws we had broken. ThiS has been done ; and yet the London Times continues its insolent attacks on the Americans, through their foreign In the American intelligence MONETARY 'AND COMMERCIAL. LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY EVENING There has been no change in the tone of the Cotton Market to-day. There has been a fair thimand, and prices remain without change. The sales amount to 7,000 bales, and include 1,000 taken for speculation and export. A firm tone has characterized the Liverpool Share Market with improved quotations for Leeds and -Dover Stocks. Throughout the day there was considerable steadiness. The closing prices were as follows :—Aberdeen, 131 13g. Chester and Birkenhead, 151- 151. Caledonian, 307 30k. Chester and Holyhead, 144 141. Eastern Coun ties, 98 9 11-IG. East Lancashire, 18 14. Great Northern, 23 234. Ditto A 91 10. Great Western, 621 631. Liincashire and. Yorkshire Stock, 84i 85i. 'Liverpool, Crosby, and South port, 15i 16. London and North Western Stock, 100 1004. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 271 274. Ditto Preference, 111 11a, Ditto New 6 per cent. .Pref, s &p. Midland Stock, 72 72y. North British, 8 1-16 8 3-16. North Stafford shire, 6 51d. South Eastern, 21 218. York, Newcastle ' 'and Berwick, 191 York and North Midland, 27-a 271. Leeds Capital Stock, 154- 151. Dutch Rhenish, 13-16 ir,p. Ditto New Shares, 2 2 , 7,p. Great Western of Canada, 25i 2.5;?. Ditto New Shares, 2,1 2-ap. Ditto 2nd issue, 21p. Great Luxembourg, 71,-7d. - The amount of business done in the Manchester Goods Market has .not been very extensive, but considerable steadiness prevailed, and prices were about the same as on Tuesday. Commercial advises from St. Petersburg to the 15th inst:, have come to hand. The state of trade was not so buoyant as the prospects of peace had led many to expect, still it was sufficiently marked to show that a pacific result to the Conferences at Paris was generally entertained. For Tallow prices have had a rather downward tendency, but this may be accounted for, as the recent high quota• tions were partially nominal. Many sales had been effected during this month for delivery in August. Flax is in demand at 24r for delivery in June, and 24f to 25 for delivery in July. Linseed is also in request at improved prices, being 7r 30 kopecks to 71r for money sales. - Accounts from Prague mention that the commer cial and financial community of that city are about to found a Bourse there, in consequence of the increasing trade and banking business throughout Bohemia. Already they have obtained the sanction of the local authorities, and are only awaiting that of the imperial government to put the establish ment on a proper footing. Meanwhile a provi. sional Bourse, with temporarily authorised brokers has been arranged, and monetary transactions in the Austrian Funds and industrial Companies will be quoted as at Vienna.. The annual meetin ,, of the British American Land Company was held yesterday. The report, which was adopted, states, that 17,263 acres of land have been sold during the year, which realised £11,505. (Halifax currency), averaging 13s 4d per acre. The income was £.1.2,435, although there had been a falling off in the operations of the company. From the accounts it appears that the cash in hand, or reserve, was £24,004. A dividend of five per cent., on the paid-up capital was agreed to. _ _ At a meeting of the proprietary of the Chartered Bank of Asia yesterday, the directors presented a report detailing the progress of the arrangements for amalgamating with the Mercantile Bank of India, London, and China. To assimilate the shares of the two banks, those of the Chartered Bank of Asia are to be converted the rate of four 251. shares with Si. paid, for one 25/. share with 201 paid. Bothinstitutions also apply jointly for a substituted charter. The report was adopted, 'as was also a proposal for declaring a half yearly payment, in the shape of interest, of 2s 6d per share. _ The Railway Traffic Returns for the past week, as compared with those of the same period last year, show the following ENGLISH LINES. Bristol and Exeter Blyth and Tyne Chester and Holyhead Deeside East Lancashire Great Western indermere TV Loudou and Brightou 1856. Corresponding week last year. £5,472 ... £5,290 • 894 .. 701 • 4,582 .... 4,353 ▪ 230 . 154 5,577 . 4,658 24,230 21,977 21,016 19.696 169 21,403 18,280 12,463 .... 10,833 . , London and South Western London and North Western.. Manchester, Sheffi,2ld, &c.. 8,605 .... 7,999 Manchester and S. Junction Mi:Rand Newport, Aber 708 26,392 North LOr 866 29,077 1,060 ..... 519 2,044 2,036 4,647 4,453 6,555 . .6,015 rth British venny, roc North Stafford , 2,07313,,24163 ..• ... .. •.. Oxford, Worcester, &c Shrewsbury and Birmingham .... 1,520 .... 1,090 Shrewsbury and Chester Shrewsbury and Hereford South Eastern South Devon Shropshire Union .. Taff Vale West Hartlepool 2,323 ..... 1,833 Wes:Cornwall IRISH LINES Belfast and Ballymena . Cork and Bandon Dublin and Wicklow 417 .... 206 Scowl' LINES. Aberdeen . Caledonian Dundee and Arbroath .. . Edinburgh and Glasgow... . Glasgow and South Western. Great North of Scotland FOREIGN AND COLONIAL, Demerara 3,360 2,809 10,756 .... 10,634 • 529 .... 429 ▪ 5,404 .... 4,529 ..... 5,912 ..... 5,396 • 974 .... 640 .... 717 616 Great Luxembourg In every department of the Stock Exchange great firmness is maintained. The general tendency is rather in the direction of improve ment, but, pending the final announcement of peace, operations are much restricted. The Funds experienced scarcely any variation throughout the day, and closed a shade better than yesterday. We quote the closing prices as follows :-92 11-16 92 13-16. Money in Lombard-street was to-day active, and will probably continue so during the week. In addition to Saturday's instalments on the new loan, preparations are made for the liabilities incidental to the 4th of April, which are expected to be heavy. At Paris the three per cent rentes, recovered 4 per cent. . The whole of the gold brought in by the Admiral has been presented for purchase at the Bank of England. The supply of the Emma will not be in hand till to-morrow.. The Railway Share Market to-day, though inactive,. was very firm. The closing prices - of the day were thus quoted : Caledonian, 501 51. Eastern Counties, 901 902- East Lancashire, 731 74i. Great Northern, 94 941. Do. Class A., 79 80. Great Western, WI 63: - 7 . Lancashire and Yorkshire, 85 85k. London and North Western, 100 1001. Manchester Shef field, and Lincolnshire, 27 271 Midland Stock, 72 721. South Eastern and Dover, 70i 71. York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 761 77i. York and North Midland, 55 551. THE AMERICAN MAiLs.—The royal mail steamer Cambria will sail to-morrow for Halifax and Boston, with the Cana dian and Ameican mails. The letter box at the General Post-office will be open in the usual course up to ten, and up to eleven o'clock with late ffes. The box at the landing stage will be open to twelve o'clock with additional fees. DVENTIMES OF £lBO IN BANK NOTES.—Some days ago a lady—she must have been one, when she had £lBO in her pocket—went into a certain public house near Siint John's Market, where, through anxiety, excitement, and certain other causes, she—we don't like to use hard terms, but truth must prevail—got drunk! She became rather pugnacious . , the assistance of the police had to be resorted to, and she was removed to the station. Jest hen outside the door of the public house, she dropped u notes, containing £lBO. In a short time a 1 was picked up by a pcor barefooted bey, it to a pertain market woman, to awertain She told him it was waste paper, but, at the resented him with a sovereign, out of, as she to get a pair of shoes. - When the owner of the cash became conscious next mottling, of course she com;lained of her loss. The matter w.s referred to an inspector of the detective force, and with his usual sagacity, he was not long until he got en the right went, and soon had the market woman in a state of surveillance at Dale street office. She at first stoutly denied .dl knowledge of the affiir, and threatened what she wou!d do. However, she sent for her attorney, and, after a brief consultation with that named individual, she consented to restore every pettily of the money, which she did. So the only thing she gained (as an Hibernian friend once said) was the loss of her sovereign. She was set at liberty. FRANCE. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) • PARIS, WEDNESDAY EVLNING In the best-informed quarters it bad been confi dently expected that the sitting of the Congress which has been held to day—the third in three successive days—would be the last, that the treaty of peace would be signed on it, and that an announcement to that effect would be sent to the Moniteur for publication in to-morrow's paper. But I am positively assured, in the highest quarter to which a newspaper correspondent can have access, that the sitting of il;is day has not led to a definitive understanding. What has prevented it I do not pretend to know; but I hear that Prussia raises difficulties about this, that, and the other; that Austria does All she can to annoy her, and thwart her wisheS ; that Turkey :objects energet ically to many things that were considered settled ; and that, in short, matters have assumed such an appearance that . there is no present prospect of the treaty being signed, for this week at least. Nay, more ; I hear that the Emperor has declared that he will call in another power to take part in the deliberations, in the hope that in the multitude of councillors, there will be safety, and what ,is not lesq, important under existing circumstances—despatch. Many persons here will, no doubt, be disposed to consider that the delay that has arisen must be considered as a proof that peace will not be ob tained after an, but I am told that peace is not the less sure now than it was days back. I hear, but not from a source that I can guarari tee, that the Moniteur will probably announce to morrow, or next day, a prolongati on o f t h e armis— tice. A despatch from, Marseilles says that news had arrived from Constantinople that a good deal of agitation prevailed in the Danubian Principalities, owing to the desire of the people for the union of the two -provinces. THS gaIiTHERN TlMNS.—LlvattrooL, MOAT. MARCH IS, 10414 PRUSSIA ' Intelligence from Berlin, dated Wednesday evening, mentions that rumours of a change of ministry i , ) Prussian cabinet are rite. The must hnportant member of the internal administration of the country is said to have tendered his resignation.. Thirty cases, filled with Minie rifles, on their way from Belgium to Russia, have been seized here by the authorities within the last few days. The accusations against MM. Von Manteuffel and Von Gerlach, contained in a pamphlet recently published touching the despatch robberies, are formally contradicted by the Prussian Gazette. THE BLOCKADE IN THE BALTIC In the Russian organ Le Nord, we read the following news, dated Stetten, March 21 : Letters from Dantzic announce the arrival in those roads of the frigate Imperieuse. The frigate left the Euryalus, the Falcon, the Py-lades, and the Harrier at Farosund, in order to cruise before the Russsian port of Libau, upon the coasts of Cour land, where it made known the resumption of the blockade to the authorities; and immediately, to give force to the menace, the English cruiser drove from the Russian ports some mer chant vessels bound there under a neutral flag. These singular vexations at a moment when a pro_ clamation of peace. is regarded as certain by the English themselves, arid the presence of the Impe rieuse in the Dantzic roads, have caused great perturbation in this commercial town. Our ship- , owners who have learnt to their own cost how little the neutral flag is respected in this war, are de termined to undertake no expedition while hostili ties continue. THE EAST Advices from Marseilles, dated the 20th inst., announce that the Gangs has arrived with advices from Constantinople of the 18th, and from the Crimea of the 15ih. General Vivian and thirty eight French military men have arrived. General Smith has arrived at Constantinople from London on his way to Shumla. Count Zamoyski has arrived from Paris. The Porte has made an application to the French Government for 10,000 carbines and as many sabres. Accounts from the Crimea to the 13th state that the weather continued stormy. The healtii of the French troops had considerably improved. The cold is severe at Kertch ; the canal of Yenikale is frozen over. The rest of the news brought by the Gange has been anticipated by the telegraph. HIE PEACE CONGRESS. :The letter of our own Paris correspondent is particularly interesting at this period, as showing the singular position of affairs before the Congress of plenipotentiaries now assembled in the Parisian capital. It is manifest from the tenor of the communication that difficulties have unexpectedly presented themselves, - and without pretending to approach their solution, we content ourselves with presenting our readers with the version, other pens have supplied to the present state of affairs. The . Paris correspondent of the Morning Post, writing on Wednesday evening, Says :—The Con gress will meet every day at one o'clock, u n til th e treaty of peace is: signed, which act, 1 have no doubt, will be accomplished before the 31st. All the questions of the Principalities, as regards the internal government, will probably be left to a commission. The Turkish government finds no difficulty about an Anglo-French force being sta tioned for a certain time in, different parts of the Turkih Empire. On the same topic, the correspondent of our leviathian cotemporary, the Times, on Wednesday evening, also says : —" Either on Monday or yester- . day an arrangement was proposed, by which the Allies should sign one protocol, and that a second should be drawn up, to which Prussia and the Allies should affix their signatures. This,if.l am correctly informed, has been adopted, and the Congress is now occupied in the reduction of both protocols. In the meantime, the last day allowed for the armistice is rapidly approaching. It is, no doubt, expected that the treaty will be signed on or before the 3 lst, but so serious a matter as the resumption of hostilities cannot be left to chance, or exposed to accident:. In order to avoid this, and With a humane desire to avoid the unnecessary effusion of blood, a message has been, or will be, sent by telegraph to the head quarters in the Crimea, not to recommence hostilities without further orders." The National Asseniblee speaks of the important subject in these • terms .—" The labours of the COngress are evidently drawing to a close. All the essential conditions of the treaty which is to bestow peace on Europe have been settled, it is said, some days ago ; and some arrangements con cerning the Danubian provinces and their internal rule have alone retarded its definite conclusion It is added that the signatures will be affixed pro. bably this week—Thursday or Friday. What. we can assume is this, that Lord Clarendon has made several visits of leave, and . has announced that he will quit Paris on Sunday morning, in order to be .• present at the Tuesday's sitting of the House of Lords. We believe that in the course of the negotiations the best harmony has not appeared to reign between the plenipoten tiaries of Austria and Russia, and that there has been in their relations something of that bitterness which is usually to be remarked in old friends who have been separated by circumstances, and mutually believe . themselves ill treated. In a word, if ap pearances were to he believed, as also the 'commen taries to which they have given rise, the intimate alliance which existed before the war between the three great Northern Courts is, more or less, seri, ously compromised. We close this extract, re marking that it will be well to be taken quantum va/eat. • The Assemblee concludes by stating that Count Orloff will remain in Paris in the quality of ambas sador extraordinary, and on the reestablishment of peace will notify to the Court of the Tuileries the, accession of the Emperor Alexander IL, whose coronation will take place in the month of August. According to the • same journal, France will be represented •at Mcscow on the occasion by an ambassador extraordinaii, and England by the Duke of Cambridge. Secretary. which we published yesterday, it will be seen that the offensive articles which have appeared in that paper, have been most severely spoken of in the States Congress. What its writers have already said of the CLAYTON-BULWER treaty is fresh in the mind of the public, and what it may still have to put forward will most likely be couched in the same unwarrantable and unmanly tone of defiance. The mercantile community have not forgotten that journal's advocacy of lie Sound Dues, and although its scribes chew that the whole affair is sealed so far as the English mer• chant is concerned, by making the British people pay 1,200,0001. as their share of the capitalisation scheme, they still fix on the United States, and hold their citizens up to the contempt of the world. Such base conduct, if pursued by the Press of this country generally, would most certainly lead to bloodshed between the two countries. But fortunately for both nations the hirelings of Printing House-square do not guide the public opinion of these Isles. They may think they see the possibility of creating a war-party in Middlesex who would venture to plunge us into an unholy strife with our own flesh and blood ; but it would not be well for them to pit such a nest full of unnatural birds of prey against the moral, national, and commercial voice of the North. In the Central American question, we are bound by the words used in the CLAYTON-BULWER treaty, and by the distinct inter pretation given to those words in Lord Jourt RUSSELL'S despatch, of 19th of January, 1853--- "Our policy is to do all that honour and humanity " require on behalf of the Mosquito nation. But " we intend to adhere strictly to the treaty of Wash " ington, of the 19th of April, 1850, and not ".to assume any sovereignty, either directly or indirectly , " in Central America." After this assurance has been placed on record by the people of England, through their responsible representative, are we to be dragged into a war with the States ? If so, what becomes of our national integrity, of which the London Times talks so loudly? Again, with regard to the Sound Dues, if we are such drivelling idiots as to pay 1,200,0001. to get rid of a species of ocean taxation, which can only boast of an origin but one degree removed from piracy, is that any reason why the United States should be equally idiotic, and continue to pay them for one moment longer than they agreed to do so? In 1826, the States entered into a treaty which bound them to pay these dues up to the 14th of April 1856 only, according to the London Times' own showing, and that time has been prolonged according to recent advices to the 14th of June next; after which day, the American mariners or exporting merchants will pay no more Dues. The Americans only stipulated to pay these taxes for a definite period. That period expires on the 14th of June next, when Al4acY says :—" Let there be no more Sound But then our cotemporary's Copenhagen Correspondent points out to his war-chief, that these Dues may, with a little ingenuity, be mixed up with the treaty of Vienna, and the States made Dues to appear as though they were oppo.e,d to the general policy and interests of Europe, as defined in that precious piece of waste paper. Not satis- fief with shuffling intermeddle in the affairs of Denmark, and th States, the Reciprocity Treaty recently entered into between this country and America, with regard to the navigation of the St. Lawrence is adroitly brought into the discussion ; and, finally, to scare us out of our wits, we are told that 'of the Union at least speak of seizin_ " Danish Wt;st Indian Is 1( lhe journals upon - the s, especially St. Thomas's, "as reprisals against the Danish Government, " should it exact the payment of Sound dues, by " American vessels passing the Sound after the " expiration of the treaty of 18',Z6. Many British " subjects being settled in those islands, and St. " Thomas's being an important British postal and " packet station, it is to be supposed that the British " Government would not look with indifference upon " such an act of violence on the part of the United "States." It is to be hoped that it will take something more than the execution of these threats to induce us to go war with our best commercial Allies, to secure to Denmark an income del ived from plun dering the commerce of the world. St. Thomas's is unquestionably a postal and packet station for England, and there are certainly some British subjects living there; but what of all that? If Denmark should be silly, or dishonest enough to attempt to enforce the payment of these Dues after ,the time specified for their continuance has expired, and the ,United States should make reprisals, and take the Island of St. Thomas's, what should we lose by the quarrel The Island would be left where it is, we presume; and the lives and property of Englishmen would be respected in the West Indies, as much as they are in any other part of the Union. We should not be one jot worse off, if the. States took the whole of Denmark into their own keeping. Knowing all this to be true, let the public watch diligently the acts of those who would involve us in war with the Americans. That the London Times would willingly lead a few crusaders into such an enterprise is quite certain, and that its editor would put the baton of a field.marshal into the hands of Lord CLARENDON has been shown on more than one occasion within the last week or two; but the exploit is too daring for the politicians of these days, and too dishonourable and blood-thirsty for the enlightened, moral, and religious spirit of the age. The pet Earl must try his hand at war in some very different quarter, if he should consent to being made a cat's-paw by his admirers among the lieges of Blackfriars. THE COURT WINDSOR, March 26.—Mr. Albert Smith had the honour of performing last night before her Majesty, the King of the Belgians, the Duchess of Kent, the royal family, and the party assemblel at the castle. The dinner party included the King of the Belgians, the Duchess of Kent, the Princess Royal, the Belgian Minister, and Madame Van de Weyer, Lady Fanny Howard, Baroness de Speth, Major General the Hon. Sir Edward Cust, Col. and Lady Emily Seymour, Sir James Clark, Colonel de Moerkerke, Captain Prisse, and Dr. Rioken. The Queen and Prince, with the ,Princess Royal and the Princess Alice, rode on horseback this morning. Major General the Honourable Sir Edward Cust, left the castle in the forenoon. On Monday next the court will leave Windsor Castle for Buckingham Palace, to remain there probably not more than a week or ten days, after which time her Majesty, Prince Albert, and the royal family will go to the Isle of Wight. His Majesty the King of the Belgians will take leave of her Majesty and the Prince, and leave the castle at half-past nine o'clock to-morrow morning, WI his return to Brussels..; LATEST INTELLIGENCE. THE PEACE CONGRESS PARIS, THURSDAY EVENING. The foreign Plenipotentiaries met in Congress again to-day, but with the same secrecy as has attended their former proceedings It is said that a grand review of the troops in garrison, in and around the city, will take place on Tuesday next ; and rumour further asserts, that the treaty of peace will be signed before that day RUSSIA. From Berlin, a despatch of yesterday's date informs us that the Emperor of Russia had left St. Petersburg on an excursion into Finland, for the purpose both of inspecting the works of de- fence, and of visiting some portions of the interior which he has,not yet seen. The Czar's route is by Heisingfors, Abo, Tavastlious, and Kekholm THE FRENCH FUNDS PARIS, THURSDAY EVENING. The closing quotations of the transactions on the Bourse to-day stood as follows :—Four and a Half per Cents., 94f. Three per Cents, 72f. 80c. THE Lusa MILITIA.—From Dublin we learn that yesterday, orders were issued by the government autho rities to stop the further issue of clothing to the Irish Militia. [ls this indicative of a confidence in the speedy approach of peace ?] THE CRIMEAN MILITARY BOARD.—The opening of the sittings of the military board appointed to inquire into certain allegations, contained in the report of Sir John Mac Neil and Colonel Tullock, has been again postponed. The board was` to have assembled yesterday, at Chelsea Hospital, but the continued indisposition of Lord Seaton prevented that arrangement being carried into effect. It is now stated that the noble and gallant lord has, on the ground of ill health, retired from the duties of President of the Board, and that General Sir Alexander Woodford has been appointed in his stead. It will be remembered that Sir Thomas MacMahon withdrew on the same grounds, and that Sir George Berkeley has been ap pointed to succeed that gallant officer. The board as now newly constituted will meet, it is said, in the course of a very few days. THE MURDER OF MI3S HlNDl.—Although the usua l assize has been just held for the County of Cavan, we learn from Dublin, under yesterday's date, that a Special Commission has been issued (as we some time since announced would be the case), for the trial of the prisoners charged with the murder of Miss Hinds. It is reported to us that two other murder cases will be included in the commission. Be this as it may, the Grand Jury are summonedlor Wednesday, the 9th proximo. ',AMU: COLLEGE, BLACIEBURNE-HOUdE.—A lecture, in troductory to the course on History, will be given on Tues day next, April ht, commencing at twenty minutes past three, by the Rev. James Cranbrook. Ladies will be admitted on presenting their cards. MISSIONS TO CHINA.—A public meeting was held last night in Hope Hall, Hope street, in aid of the missions to China, especially those of the Presbyterian church .in the district 'of Amoy. Addresses were delivered by the Rev. James Hamilton, D.D., of London, and the Rev. James Johnston, missionary from Amoy ; and a collection was made for mission buildings in that place, A " Nicx."—Yesi,crday, detective offic3r Thompson, whilst passing up Renshaw-street, siw four persons wnom he knew to be ‘. swell" thieves, prowling about, seeking an opp rtunity to exercise their vocation. He watched them for a short time, and observed them making an assault on the pocket of a lady, and just as they were about to decamp with a purse and some money, he captured them (with some assistance) and lodged them safe at the station. They will be brought up this day at the pulica court. EXTENSIVE ROBBERY OF NOTES.—On Wednesday, information was received at Bow-street Police-office that Meaburn Staniland, Esq., a solicitor of Boston, while travelling on the Great Northern Railway, was robbed of a small red linen cash bag, containing three 100/. Bank of England notes, twenty-six 101. , notes of the Stamford, Spalding, and Boston Bank, a 51 note of the same bank, two nalf-crowns, a shilling, a -sixpence, and four half-pence. The robbery is supposed to have taken place in Boston or Peterborough, or at the Great Nor thern terminus, King-cross, Loudon. FATAL ACCIDENT.—At twelve o'clock on Wednesday night police officer Riley, 379, heard a splash in the Brunswick dock, and running to the spot, he saw a man in the water, and having procured assistance, the man was got out as soon as possible, and ,medical assistance was in attendance, but all proved useless, as the man was dead. He is at present unknown, but the following description may lead to his recognition. He is about thirty years of age, 5 feet 8 inches in height, slight made ; dressed in black cloth coat, black trowsers, black satin vest, white shirt, and wellington boots, and wore a monkey jacket over his coat. He appeared to be either a captain or mate of a ship. He had only 34-d in copper money on his person. The body lies at the dead-house for identification. CORONER'S INQUESTS.—Yesterday, the coroner h the following inquests :—On the body of John Ryan, aged about 22 years. The deceased was native of Ballyshanuon, and came from New York as a second class passenger in the ship Henry Clay, and died just as it came into harbour. Mr. Kemp, surgeon, made a post mortem exami nation cf the body, and it appeared that death was the result of At rupture of a blood vessel in the stomach, purely from natural causzs.—Verdict accordingly. • On the body of Jane Parker, aged two years, the child of Thomas Parker, of Upper Frederick-street. The mother of the child had laid a panful of hot gravy on the floor, into which the child fell, and was so severely scalded that death followed. Verdict, accidental death. MORE. PROFITABLE THAN " PATIENTS."—We frequently see paragraphs in the papers, headed "honesty rewarded," but we are at a loss to know under what head the following ought to be chronicled. On Monday, about eleven o'clock, a gentleman lost a leather case, containing -a valuable masonic joie]. On discovering his loss, he at once proceeded to the Central , police station, 'described the article, had bills printed, and offered a reward of £2 lOs for its recovery. It appears that a medical person, residing north of London-road found the jewel, and that on Wednesday morning (the third day after he found it), havinc , seen a reward offered; he proceeded to the central police office, Pale-street, where he received the 10s, for which he signed a receipt, although it appears the loser of the article, and the finder, are well known to each other ! The affair has created a " small sensation" amongst a certain circle, who have pronounced " jewel finding" more profitable, to the .learned surgeon, than attendance on patients ! Honesty has a right to be rewarded, surely ! TRANSFER OF PUBLICANS' LlCENCES.—Yesterday, special court was held in Chapel street, before Messrs. Heywood and• Cropper, for the transfer of publican's licenses. There were thirty-nine oases entered. The following were granted ;—Christopher Johnson, Anne street, to G. Owen. 'William Meaney, Beviegton Bush, to Mary Lumley. H. Henderson, Bevington Bush, to Joseph 'Birchell, George Wood, Boundary street, to. Thomas Rowland. Thomas Waltman, Brownlow hill, to James Moore. Anne Stockton, Cable street, to Stephen Lloyd. 'James Wilson, Charles street, to James Hanoock. William Webster, Crosshall street, to Henry Johnson. Jonathan Worrell, Crown street, to James Storey. Matthew Warner, Dickenson street, to David Warner, Anne Gregory, Ellenborough street, to Anne Jones, Mary Wighton, Epworth street, to Margaret Hall. John Littler, Falkner street, to Richard Naylor. J. 0. Luche, Frederick street, to George Murray. John Chapman, same street, to Mary Coates. William Clarkson, Great Howard street, to G. B. Bernard. William Keeine, Great Newten street, to Hugh Halley. Eliza Haskell, Greenland strat i to James Merles. Isaac Elsom, Greenfield street, to James Porter. William Griffiths, Harrington street, to A. D. Wilkie. 'William Taylor, Islington, to Charles Squire. D. Mathewson, Lawrence street, to J. Goreham. William Blackwood, London road, to William Taylor. John Parker, Lydia Anne street, to Robert Kemp. John Blower, Magull street, to Edward Blower. James Porter, Paddington, to 'William Porter. William Nelson, (dead) Paradise street, to Thomas Harrison, Thomas liewson, Peach street, to Evan fleetly. Peter Daniels, Plumb street, tc William Swallow. William Finch, °cinema Hill, to Jane Wili4sen, AUSTRALIA. MELBOURNE, Dec. 9, 1855.—The Red Jacket, deser - vedly the favourite of all the Australian packets, arrived , here on Thursday last, after a very excellent e vers l seventy-five days—the best passage, by far, made for s months—in fact, since the Kent's arrival from Loncloo: 11€1 the had rather more luck, having been thirty-one - d a Y ° line, and but forty-four from there. Her neWs, - ‘'` veve sh i P had been in a great measure anticipated, tha 'Ffenc Gertrude, from Calcutta, bringing the account of the ster . ` l , ! '; ing of the Malakoff, and the probable occupation el . 11 , , passage or southern part of the city (received per Overlind m:rye about two day's previous to the Red Jacket's a;Tival:. dual glorious coeii, nation of the intelligence csetited of excitement, and filled every heart with joy.. lie w ° ot downfall of the stronghold of despotism, appearing -° e ( ' f u e ,st only possible, but highly probable, even .to th• by sanguine. A great deal of amusement was caused here the article in. the London 2 lines, on..the " Croou's" ite sal correspondence. The idea that the great autocrat oi,ab,e press should have been hoaxed by a squib se P a lle and so absurd, might well, as it ha s done, cause the '.!e s s muscles in every colonial face to expand, as ( )ilea 95 , 1 ) firti es presented itself to the mind. Since the sailing o ' l t ile - The Baines, nothing of any great moment has transpire. government and the legislative council have been net petual spahble ever sin ce the proclamation ef the c oo canstitute)a, chiefly caused by. the ministry resigui ri g,„,•(by in the morning, to be appointed again in the afternevrios the governor), iu order to give them a hold on the Pr °l . R is e of of the act of constitution, relating to pensions, lner e 'r t pad salary,. &c.—This extraordinary farce of resignations ills o - bs of waiting for the assembling of the new counei,l l 4 ,„ t et e'ected under _the new ,constitntion—this rather .)au tr i l t haste to get their fingers into the colonial pocket, b r° down, and very justly too, the whole wrath of the cotivote upon their heads. A series of resolutions, embodYing li d o red of censure so severe that no ministry could ever hav e , aby to face the country after it, bad it passed, were defeat.' Di g one majority— the whole force o f no mieeeign bav ost been brought to bear upon it—and even of would be of no avail, but for the treaeb i t' ra di' one man, and he, too, a digging member, elected liX,i e sell cal a constituency as there is in the colony, wite sela k "„' not —body and soul—to the government ; the p w r o ie u e iu m . „, : ::: yet transpired. At present, the ministry are as but a few more such victories as the last destructive as a defeat. The Van Dieman's Land co" nine has been settled by the decision of the judge of the!°;rreer; court in favour cf the souncil, and against the and the ignominious flight of M r . Hampton, who C °;i e verl all his immoveable property into cash, an d disapPea: 1 10 ° suddenly between two days, it is supposed for bera',l ; Oh the money he has acquired by means that, i n Great P!' so ree would probably have compelled him to do the S te ;sess service on the treadmill, will, doubtless, purchase 10°1,-,41 as in parliament, and cause him to be universally resP ec oa n' t has a worthy citizen, and an uprightilegislator. . 13414 , 8. s We; been visited by a severe scourging in the way °V s the many buildings deatruyed, and several lives. 14°se n - ff i lais h i principal sufferer in the merchandise part. Ar „ `a se" man, named Nichols, of the firm of Moodyi.ilic.''' s e lcf , P B Smith, was so severely burned in endeavouring r a few from the building, that he died in great agog'', T.' 03 the hours. There is no fresh news of any consequence I d iaarY mines ; no new discoveries, and no very Otra° Wear 05 yields. The improvement in busines s h a s been follow 'Bad a matter of course, by a rise in the price of b to o ' other things accordingly. Lighterage has gone uP ta eost and 10s. Ballast, from 4s. ad. has risen to Ss. . I:3tea and towage and stevedoring has advanced • proportionatelY'nesr all kicds of trade bear a livelier and more healthy oPurO ancd. Salt provisions continue at high rates; a 18'14teri pected arrivals from the South American coast ha ve gain' lily lowered the price of flour, but it must advane!i t i;ther Oats in remain as before. Rice, peas,' maize' M o cke d ' grains are very low, and tee• , markets . ' ° "eitba Butter remains firm at Is. 3d., and will adva nce ' boa s ' articles of merchandise remain about as at last votaitace The Emma takes about 45,000 ounces of geld- j c ssie shipments are being made to Sydney for coinag e • vi r : T. Munn not in. . DOCK COMMITTEE.—YEsTERDAY. The usual weekly meeting of this committee iva,sories at one o'clock yesterday, in the dock offices, Mr' (i i gosr 6 ` Turner in the chair. Other members presen,t - 7d s toll e ' F. Shand, Chaloner, Rounthivaite, Robertson t'jjolsle' Smith, Hubback, Rathbone, Evaus, Barber , and Lockett. a d co The minutes of the last meeting were res.,,, firmed. ar• tell l'he committee of works recommended that the f 30 of the Kirkstail Forge Company, for the forgin,g 0 0 0rt 4 ,, longitudinal iron girders for the railway . at tu, e „ r Pc" docks, and the tender of Mr. E. Butterworth, f"" tons of cotton waste, be accepted. Confirmed. , • mice The warehouse committee reported that an aPPn„ - t t l3° had completed the term of his apprenticeshiP Dee l ! Albert dock warehouses, and that his conduct 118 ,„holls` satisfactory. He was now lading clerk at the NO`- , - - at £BO a year. _ ; „t ,„ The marine committee acknowledged-the receiym. letter from Lieutenant Lord, R.N., thanking thenVolieP. superannuation allowance granted him, on his re" „d from thu office of marine .surveyor to the board; one from Lieutenant Parks, thanking th em for his ° L . ' went to t ue office. I the Mr. Evans asked what had been the amount °l -- retiring allowancA granted to Mr. Whiters ? oa The'Clman replied tha o t t £2O. Mr. Evans observed hat was an allosvA a lic t e l,or d ' salary of RI ,000, and here, i n i h e ease of Liell,teri n 6 00. an allowance of R 290 was given on a salary of 4. o veo lo The Chairman replied that Li eu t. Lord had b ee prof' years, and that his health had been completely down while their surveyor. - tbe The matter then dropped. do t th l . 4 per The harbour masters' co mm itt ee r ecomovn xBO salary of Mr. Barrow be i ncrease d from to annum. Confirmed. This concluded the general business. LYCEUM NEWS-ROOMS Cl Yesterday evening at six o'clock, a specia',,„ll i e a r ly the proprietors of the above rooms was f library, having been called on the 'requisition ~°„ores, seventy members, directed to the master of the % le pr li, order to take into consideration the conduct of the sident, in withdrawing from the room, on the I s t ; ;i i sev:Cif a memorial addressed to the committee, to w . 17 , 3" atar'' names were attached, placed there for the (ter such proprietors as might agree with its' raYer..nd (ter The room was crowded by the menibers, jarair, several propositions it was at length agreed that; so, Lr Holme, Esq., do take the chair. Having " - 0 0 a t 'lv Holme observed that he would have wished sa ot 1:1 0 0 , gentleman had been chosen, as he really di d o vi t .to c° of any thing about the di ff er ences th a t they had t a ttoos sider, but he would be glad to hear the obs ej i t 'er• , gentlemen who were acquainted with the 018- x tlieb tli The master, Mr. Peers,`read the requisition c o w tha t meeting, when the chairman remarked th at s teel t 'of object of the asqembly had been stated, h e s ioa gentlemen would keep their tempers in the dis ci° d the question before the meeting. ' Dr. M'lntyre then came forward to address th e : e l :s 'lol re and after some introductory observations, be . r• 11 o f i t h e state that he would'put the assembly in posse fis- 5 00 ;De simple facts of the case. On several former oec a bo at subject in reference to the e re cti o n of railingo a er ectiva Institution, had been befo re th e co mmittee, and railings . 6114i3c 0f such railings had been objected to, it b eing reb ile 1 railings were unnecessary , and would damage th e 3 ., te e tural beauty of building. This year the COrnolb,(l approved of railings being put up. If the rail° er e o' her offensive to him when he saw them on paper,,theY v, ol eo' 0 more so now he saw . them'put up. Tie had'heen i t ael v of the institution for thirty years, and he always h a „,ittee 4 : that opinions were expressed by members to the conn dry means of respectful memorials. He acc or di n gly %tel l -- e a up a memorial in the usual way, and on the I st ' D .- 0 10 ;v sent it to the newsroom for the sign a t ure o f such to iC as agreed with him, but not being able to go 121° L - stivi room himself, he wrote a n o t e t o t h e mas t e r, r" - t e lgd to be placed in the room. The allegation wc, a ' Do o ; i iti pros dent of the committee of the institution, goo i 0 removed this memorial from the .room, on the ;- the •' first instance, been that it was offensive, and also that it s hould o° h e left mittee for consideration before being - n ose n ot room for signature, and out of th i6 , b3d„ r co dispute. Dr. M•lntyre contended that 4 ' e ac eor".: t . oe presented to tj- iu acted disrespectfully to Mr. Downey, but, i n ~a p Pa'a e a with the usual custom of the institution • t t this, he read two letters from former masters p e, t d. who stated that they did not know of any other_en at ior, ia x and ill h e ro e that followed by Dr. M'lntyre, having ever t h e b o ve After detailing the circumstances at length, 01' e l ? of the substance, he contended that he had and correctly, and that the president bad no right j cc n oted ti o t eal the memorial. FrOP ' is Mr. Mlougblin, after some observations, ~ .e ra be it resolution to the effect that it was' he right , at . address the committee in respectful mem orials' tbe P was an arbitrary assumption of power en 'natter. r- The have acted as he did in the The tero:utia was secondtd by Mr. Peak. ~,, a ad l n ) Wne.t tO Some geestions were th , o put, by Mr... , ree.;e aaa j e roe ~ f usi oaf art o f Wiatyie., to Mr. Peers, the master, removal of the memorial, and, after some e°" t he t ea t 0 time spent in this way, t °le ri Mr. Owen proposed a resolution to the 0 , 0 - 0 0 4 ve rs A president had done nothing that he was 11 ' t ,d " 8 0 or' doing, and that his authority should be supPoL lo ptio b terf gentlemen spoke pro and con, amid some itni, Jaeg. o ve slight confusion, mingled now and then w' n et, „ 1 4 ; was r T o and . at the conclusion the amendmen t , I too erl there appeared for it 46, and for the origin a .. o leo 4 e., and the latter was therefore carried, when ' two to 1 ' 9 0 13 out 0 it was like Mr. I)owney's coat of Wa , o e lreef A vote of thanks was then passed to M r : b ore. the meeting separated, having lasted over two lamiarge_ , ar