The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-12-22 00:00:00

--~-oniinertlacY - ~1~-~• -- 7 T ' il - ii - ili - AY. THIS DAY, the 22nd instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Bolters' °dice, 16, Exchange-butldings, 606 Barrels Common American ROSIN. now landing .— Apply to .1. H. RAYNER & CO., Brokers. 0-I\fo Rit OW. To-moaanw, the 23rd Instant, at Twelve o'clock, at Shand, Higson and Co." 25 0 0 Bales JUTE, now landing ex Chnringee, from Calcutta. Albert Dock.—For further particumrs apply to SHAND, HIGSON fr• CO., RrnkerP. - • • On a count ot whom it may concerti. To-stortaow, the 23rd instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the fly,kers' Office, 18, Hackin's-hey, 70 Tierce, Carolina RICE, all faults, landed ex Louis Napoleon, from Boston ; and Eliza Bonsell , from harlestnn. Open for Inspect en in Hughts' (late Barton's) Ware house, Tabl y-street.—For particul rs apply to A. & S. H. SLEIGH, Brokers. To-moaaow, the 23rd Instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Broker4' Office, 2, Dale.st'eet, 227 Bales JUTE, 150 Bales Bombay HEMP. BROWNE, HUNTER & CO., Broker, Apply to WEDNESDAY. , EOn WanwasnAir, the 24th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Br, , ter• ' tiffice. 2, Dale-street, 500 Bales Bombay MADDER ROOTS, 470 Bags NUM VOMICA, 1000 Bags 113YRABOLAMS. BROWNE, HUNTER & CO.. Brokers A pp:y to On ti EDNESDAY nett, the 24th instant, at ' welvelock. at the Brokers' Office, 7, Exchange-chambers, 237 Bags SALTPETRE, now landing ex Medina, fr.m Calcutt, in the Ale,t, Dock.-- Apply to FRANCIS J. EATON, Br.,ker. " DAN WEBSIER." Just Imported from the Havana, Some Cases CIGARS, of alit; and other celebrated Brand•. Apply to, R. MORRISON & CO., 3, Old Hall, Ovtlhall.str et. THEI NORTHERN TIMES PERMANENTLY ENLARGED . • To DOUBLE ITS ORIGINAL SIZE. IT. IS NOW, AN EIGHT PAGE DAILY PAPER, POSSESSING THE 'LARGEST CIRCULATION, AND IS THE BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM IN LIVERPOOL. SMALL ADVERTISEMENTS; SIXPENCE EACH. The NORTHERN TIMES is delivered every morning at Subscribers' residences, within five miles of the Liverpool Exchange, by special messenzers, by Eight o'clock, for the Annual Subscription of £1 18s. Od. in advance. OFFICE, 19, SOUTH JOHN-STREET, LIVERPOOL. • F OLEY'S AMERICAN GOLD PENS. CHARLES WILLMER, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL STATIONER, 19, SOUTH JOHN-STREET, -Re•pectfnlly Intimates to Merchants, Traders, and Dealers, th_t he has be, n appo nted Sole Agent for he Sale of FOLEY CELEBRATED AMERICAN GOLD PENS, which are universally acknowledged to be far superior to any other Manufactured either in Ame ica or t , is Country. They are sold Cheaper, are made of the best Gold, with superior Points, and are war ranted to wear at .cast ten years. In America they have been exten sively used f )1' that periol, and are preferred to new ores The Prices rang- 'mom FIVE SHI LOWS to a guinea each. Supplied Wholesale, by Charles Willmer, 19, South John-street, Llv, rpool. USIC FOR THE MILLION. To learn sweet music, you only need go To Seventy-nine Dole-street. where y u will find A master of talent, whose genius doth show In playing the .Iccordeon, to strengthen the mind. The F:utina. as graceful, is taught with success, Whose soft thrilling Timis are delightful to hear; While the chaste Concertina doth rn4gic express. To gladden the heart when rude s;rrow is near. The name is GEORGE JORDAN. whose fame is well known; The Corn,pean, Saxhorn. and Flute he repairs ; Thrs, 51usii al Instium..mts, when uid they art grown, ife manages neath to pan erf al airs. He deals in Accordeons and Ft!ttinas too, And Concertinos unrivalled for sweetness of tone; Now, Christmas is cemifg, he promises you To teach you those Instruments sweetly. you'l! own. The art of playing on the Acco•deon, Fitrina, or Concertina taught in a superior style, in a few easy Lessons, for Ten Shillings. Accordeons, Flutinas, Concertina', Mum c Boxes, Cornopitns, Sax horns 'I romblnes, Clarioners, Flutes, Vi 'line, and every other arti.le in the Nlus cal line of th- best mak e,ch«aper than any other est blishment. litvry description of Musical Instruments tuned, sepaired, or taken in exchange at - _ GEORGE JORDAN'S MUSICAL WAREHOUSE, 7g, DALE STREET, (Opposite Sir Thoma-% Buildings, My:l'pp°l.) AMUSEMENTS, PUBLIC MEETINGS, &c. THIS DAY. Liverpool Academy's Exhibition—ten a.m. to ten p.m. Queen's Hall—Hoffman's Organophonic Band—eight p.m. Royal Colosseum—General Entertainment—half•past six. Freemason's Hall—Gallery of Anatomy—eleven a.m. to ten p.m. St. George's Hall—Meeting of Protective Burial Society— twelve o'clock noon. •,* For particulars see advertisements in first page. Eke Rut Timpo MONDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1856. THE DAY'S NEWS. Last Saturday the Chester murderer, Jackson, suffered the extreme penalty of the law, and to-day three other fellow mortals are to lzei launched into eternity, at Winchester. while other convicts, at • York and Maidstone, await a similar fate. A party has been arrested on suspicion, charged with the murder of Mr. Little, at Dublin, but we fear that as yet the real delinquent has not been captured.' . To.day a meeting is to be held in St. George's H 01, for the purpose of forming a new burial society. According to the advertisement calling the meeting, the new society is to be brought into existence under favourable auspices, and rather distinguished patronage, as a reference to the advertisement calling the meeting will show. The question is an important one to the industrial classes, we shall therefore have a word to say upon the subject in a day or two. onnject 1u " t o The opposition to the income and property taxes continues to increase more and more every day It will be perceived from the proceedings of the Liverpool Financial Reform Association, inserted in another column, that the matter has engaged the attention of the committee. Meetings are being held in all the leading commercial cities and towns of the United Kingdom ; and we are much mistaken if the Chancellor of the Exchequer be not fully convinced, befote the '3rd of February, that it will he a difficult task for him to attempt the re imposition of a tax which has become truly un• popular with all classes of the community. We would appear to have no end to the system of frauds which is being carried on in public com panies hence on Friday afternoon, shortly after the officials of the Great Northern Railway, who had been attending the ( lerkenwell Police Court, on the charge against Redpath and Kent, bad left the Court, they returned, having in custody Thomas Hogden, a clerk in the registratio n d epar t ment o f the same railway. H e was at once placed at the bar before Mr. Tyrwhitt, on the charge of being concerned with Rei'path in the commission of the forgery of which the latter stands charged. It appears that Mr. Mowatt, the secretary of the coinpanv, having his suspicions aroused, looked into the transfers. and found that the prisoner had been the attesting witness to a forged document, purporting to transfer 1,0001 41 per cent stock of • the Great Northern Railway from Redpath to Mr. Stephen George Hammond. From the nature of the document there could not, in Mr. Mowatt's • _ idea, be the least doubt that the prisoner knew that ire — document was a forgery ` . — The - prisoner, in defence, said that he did not know that the docu ment was a forgery, and he was only the attesting witness. The prisoner was remanded. The intimation given by Mr. Mansfield of his intention to prosecute all parties engaged 'in Christmas treat lotteries, has been the subject of much gossip during the last few days. Mr. Peake, having been specially referred to by the stipendiary magistrate, ad dressed the Solicitor of the Treasury, urging in brief but emphatic terms the great hardship to which he would be subjected from the fact that he had incurred heavy responsibilities, and prepared every thing for the lottery going off on the appointed day. , The reply of the Treasury is to the effect that the matter is in the hands of the Liverpool authorities, and therefore no interference can be made. Mr, Peake has resolved to obey the law, although it will be to him a serious loss. ! He will, therefore, return to all subscribers the amount which they have paid for their tickets ; but whilst doing so, •he and many of his friends feel that an injustice is perpetrated by the arbitrary line of con : . duceivhich the Liverpool authorities have adopted, for if his Christmas treat lottery is illegal, no also ere the Art-Unions of Liverpool, London, Dublin, and Glasgow. Our at:ention has been called to a statement; which appears in the columns of a L•mdon con temporary, to. the effect that transports are taken up . to .carry troops, to Persia. This is hardly crcdible.• We eaßnot believe that such a step would he taken without first summoning Parlia ment together, and obtaining - that; authority. Should it, however, prove otherwise, it is clearly the duty of the country to stigmatise and oppose conduct, not only unusual, but unconstitutional. We have New York advices of the 10th instant. The news contained therein is interesting, and somewhat alarming, for it reports a negro rising in the south western states, and we are informed that some scores of these unhappy slaves haire already been 'shot or hanged, in fear of course, by their owners. The whites were ,arming and orga. nising,. and so, too, were the negroes. The Southerns who would revive the slave trade had taken fright, and dropped the discussion of the nefarious project. Animated and protracted debates had taken place -in both Houses - of Con gress on the Presidential Address. These discus sions, as might naturally be suppotied, turn upon the slavery question, and ,the .objects which the Republican party have in view. In neither branch of Congress does th , re appear to have yet been a division which would indicate the state of parties. The news from the Continent will be found at full length in other columns. .Froin Paris we learn that all the _plenipotentiaries, save that of Turkey, who waits his instructions, have received their powers, and are ready to enter on -the business of Conference. The same letter speaks of what the Confiirencels likely to be - occupied with: . hut we perce7ve by It telegraphic despatch that the French Government has informed the Cabinet at Vienna of its inablility, "after mature consideration," to accept the interpretation of the Bolgiad and- Isle of Serpents questions in the absolute tern - is pre pounded by England, Austria, and Turkey. The declaration is said 'to -haire been unexpected; and may _postpone the Confere n c es i n d e fi n it e ly. The Paris correspondent of the Independanee Beige says it is rumoured. that the -Emperor ,Napo leen has written an autograph letter to the King of Naples, there being 'at present no official repre sentative of France at /laples,.to cangrattilate him on his escape from assassination.' . - Accounts have been received from Naples to the 15th. All the English in that capital, residents and visitors, had signed an address of congratula tion to the King, and had -gone to the palace to present it ! His 'Majesty showed great emotion at receiving the address, and exp resse d hi s gra ti tu d e for the proceeding All foreigners of distinction, as well as the population. have visited the King to offer their congratulations ! A letter from Vienna in the Boersenhalle, of Hamburg,-says :—" It is announced as positive that the Porte is preparing fresh difficulties by obsti nately opposing the incorporation of the Delta of the Danube with the territory of Moldavia, and that Gholib Pacha, a'son of Resehid Paella, has left for Paris on a private mission relativ e to this affair." Our last advices from St. Petersburg inform us that Count V. Esterhau, the Austrian Ambas s.idor, has had within the last few days an interview with Lrinee Gortschakoff, in which some conversa tion took place on- the subj at of the reply of the Cabinet of Vienna to the Russian memorandum The Prince remarked that the pretension of Austria to occupy the Principalities until the question of the frontiers should be settled was inadmissible for two motives—first, from the declaration of Count Buol at Paris that the evacuation of 'the Turkish territory by Austria presented less difficulty than . that by France and England, and that it should • take place before ; and secondly, because the projected instructions drawn up at Paris for the members of the Commission for the organisation of the Principalities declaring expressly that the Divans could not meet until the foreign troops should have evacuated the Principalities. The Austrian Ambassador confined hiMself to replying that Russia could not invoke the treaty of Paris so long as she occupied any point of the Bessarabia', territory, which she bound to cede to Turkey This conference was consequently without result ; and it is probable that the Russian Cabinet will reply in writing to that of Vienna, which may, perhaps cause d new delay in the meeting of the Conference of Paris. According to Berlin advices of the 20th, it would appear the Federal Council have ordered 20.000 men to be put under arms. A reserve will likewise be formed Col. Borgeoas will occupy Basle with 10,000 men, and Colonel Wiegler will go to Schaffosen with the other 10,000 men. The Grand Council of Berne unanimously granted unlimited credit for purposes of war. THE Financial Reform Association have just issued one of their periodical pamphlets, entitled —Cooking of the National Accounts; What they are, and What they thigh! to Be. The facts arrayed in this brochure will appear very startling to the uninitiated. We think we see the amazementdepicted in the merchants countenance after reading such an announcement as this :L.-- " No. 1, Cash Account, shoWing the whole of " 'the Financial Operations of the Lords' Com " missioners of her Majesty's Treasury, in con.- nection with the ,Income and Expenditure of " the United Kingdom, between the Ist April, " 1855, and the 31st March, 1856.' This, he " imagines, will give him exactly the information " he requires. Glancing at the foot of the page " to the left be sees the total receipts set down " at 133,261,3891. 13s. 4d. This enormous sum " he finds to be composed of the following items : " Balance in the Exchequer' (at the Banks of " England and Ireland) on the 31st of March, " 1855, 3,9.19,7741. I is. 8d ;' Total Income' " (from Taxes, Crown Lands, and Miscellaneous " Receipts) 69,808,996/. 2s. 2d. ; Repayment " of Advances,' 1,245,248/. 17s. 4d.; Money " raised by creation of additional Debt,' " 26,478,750/. ; 'Conversion of unfunded Debt,• " 2,101,2001.; Supply raised by renewal of ' Securities,' 16,430,700/. ; Temporary ad " vances received,' 1,740,000/. ; and 4 Exche " quer Deficiency Bills,' 11,506,720/. 2s. 2d " To the commercial mind such things are wholly unintelligible. We bear occasionally of a romance of the Counting House, and the loss of princely fortunes in a labrynth of irregular totals. The worst of Whitehall cannot, however, be told in one breath, or seen at a glance. The • _ . _ _ Financial Reform Assodiation have discovered thiS, and they invite the - reader to turn his eyes first to the right, and then the left. " Casting " his eye on the opposste 'page the investigator " sees the Total Expenditure' for debt, army, " navy, and civil purposes, stated at 92,532,859/. 4' 7s. Bd. To this, sum are added sundry other items, the last of which is 5,600,6211. 6s. 10d., " set down as a Balance in the Exchequer on " the 31st of March, 1856,' and thus " both sides are squared. Here the be wildered pursuer of financial , logarithms be comes dumbfoundered, and, doubting the accumu latiie evidence of his senses, rubs his eyes, and returns to his studies. Having waded, for a second time, through " No. 1 Cash Account," he ventures to turn over a leaf ; when, lo ! he finds that the 133,261,389/. 13s. 4d. total of receipts is a phantom. The fiscal FRANKENSTEIN ceases to be the monster he first appeared as the reader gets deeper into the novel or conte bleu. The Association have also discovered this ; for they tell us that, on turning over another leaf, the reader finds another " table, in which the " Total Income, including Balances,' is set down at 73,171,781/. 15s. 94 dl., with the Expenditure " conforming down to the three farthings. Turn " ing the leaf again, he lights upon another table " in which the Total Income, with certain abate " ments, is given as 65,704,4901. 15s. 10d., and " the Total Expenditure as 88,428,3451. Os. 11d. Once more pursuing his explorations, he sees a " fourth statement, from which : it appears_that " the Income, making, certain deductions, was " 70,397,0911. 13s. 6id., and the Expenditure " 93,120,9451. 18s. 7,1 d." Here we lose sight, for a moment, of the national accounts " as they are r and we cannot take leave of this portion of the subject, without offering a tribute of praise to the ingenuity displayed by our arithmetical novelists. • T. . _ _ : Mr. DISRAELI can never regain the laurels Sir G. CORNEWALL LEWIS has won and wears in this department of the State's service ; and great credit is due to the Financial Reform Association for the pains they have taken to show us how the national ledger should be kept. Their last pamphlet is, in a word, a most masterly expo sitiOn of our disgraceful and highly criminal mode of dealing with the hard-earned money of the nation, who labour from early dawn to sun set for the revenue taken from them. It leaves no item in the long list of fiscal abuses untouched, yet the Association scarcely ventures to hint at the word e Retrenchment." They seem to have no comprehensive view with regard to a' speedy reduction in the national burdens beyond wha t might possibly follow an improved system of book keeping in government offices. They allude to an income of 133,261,389/. 18s. 4d. as something excessive ; but their satisfaction appears to be complete when they find that it may not have exceeded 92,532,8501. 7s. Bd. ; nor do they say one word about the 5,600,621/. 6s. 10d. excess of taxation taken from the tills of the country and set down as a " Balance in the Exchequer " over and above the wants of the State. This large sum could have been employed at a profit if it had not been absorbed before it was actually needed, and with great advantage to the whole community. Its free circulation might have averted all the commercial difficulties experienced in 1855. The pressure of taxation in the years of war was excessive, and it is not likely to be less in these days of peace. We have at present several large camps in England and Ireland, and a war fleet which will swallow 37,049,6441. this year just as readily as they did in 1855. The " reductions " which have taken place in these departments will be found to be little more than nominal, as military and naval retrenchment has no friends, not even in the Financial Reform Association. This society evidently thinks that if the State accounts were kept properly, and a few trifles struck out of the balance sheet, that the Government could keep just whatever armed forces they might think proper. This may arise from a wish not to give offence in certain high quarters. " Retrench ment " in a straightforward and comprehensive sense is not, however, what the Association seek in their last publication. They have no principle to propound with regard to what ought to be the basis of taxation—how the expenditure ought to be provided for, and a revenue created, without taking the only avail able means of commerce from the till of the trader. On these subjects they are as purely Whig and PEELITE as though they had the Earl of DERBY for their president, and Lord PALMER STON as their deputy-chairman. They pass., by in silence the great substratum of- finance, and confine themselves to raking up from the Exchequer's accounts a frightful grievance. By pursuing this course they have failed to scare a Tory or alarm a Whig Administration. They have not succeeded in forming a party of sufficient importance to do more than nominate two or three silent members of Parliament ; and they are fast falling away, we regret to add, from a great Reform League, down to the standard of a provincial Tract Society. They have left the worst of the evils of which they complain untouched, and the decline of their influence and popular favour proves that they are too superficial for the age, both in the selection of men and treatment of measures. WE published, on Friday, a letter from Mr. JAMES M`DONALD a person who was once the smoke inspector, or " your engineer," as he was wont to style himself. The libellous charge con tained in the ex-inspector's epistle we can afford to treat with the utmost derision and contempt. With regard to the value of our enlightened author's legal opinion as to what constitutes a patent right, and the validity of the claims set up by rival inventors, we must leave the public to decide. Of the mechanical applications adopted by the contending parties, one of whom our Vere .4dpetus loves most dearly, while he evidently hates the other as the rude disturber of his official peace. That he knows nothing whatever THE NORTHERN TIMES.---LIVERPOOL, MONDAY - of the chemical portion of the question in which he - would kindly instruct - the -NORTHERN TIMES we are thoroughly convinced ; and it will be as well for us to tell Mr. M'DONALD, once for all, that the public will not listen to corporate . Gngstici on a topic of such immense imp irtance to the whole community. But we will not close our columns against- Mr. M`DorrALD, or any correspondent who may think proper to rebuke us, until we have first given him the benefit of his own words, where we proclaim. his ignorance. Mr. M‘DoNALD, shall have the full advantage of this principle of fair play. We only ask the reader to mark care fully what he , says :—" There is but one simple " remedy for the prevention of smoke, and that " is the admission of the requisite quantity of air " to the furnace during the process of combus " tion. This is one way, certainly, of getting rid of one of the most difficult of all chemical pro blems. To decide the " requisite quantity of air" which ought to be admitted into the furnace to prevent smoke and secure the greatest amount of combustion, is not quite so simple a matter as Mr. M'DONALU would have the world believe. If our Correspondent has solved this great pro-. blem, future ages will be deeply indebted to him, but he has not. He only wants " the requisite quantity of air ;" but whether that quantity is a hatfull or a cart-load, he does not deign to inform us ; nor does he appear to care a jot whether we give him cold air to keep down steam, or hot air to explode the gases the instant, they come in contact with them, without checking the steam generating temperature of the furnace. Mr. M`DONALD only asks quantity. He cares nothing about quality. If he can prevent smoke, he desires nothing more, If the steam-owner wants to keep up his poweriAnd keep his.furnace doors open, he must get a larger boiler. Never mind the cost of ftiel. Boonomise smoke and let coals take care' of themselVes. What does Mr . . MT° NALD know or care about such matters ? Men who assail the Editorial brotherhood need scarcely bother themielvei about 'Rich trifles. After having passed over the gulf Of mechanical applications, all of which, in our humble opinion, are as essentially different ' both 'in - construction and the results they produce, as human inge nuity _could 4nake . them; and having flown over the ocean of chemical ends to be attained to give us the most perfect combustion of fuel—which would be the greatest boon that could possibly be bestowed on the steam employers of •the world,! we find Mr. • Al.` DaTA.LD--:—", your engineer this same person, standing on the summit of a mountain; self-laudation, exclaiming to the way ward crowd below :—" Here no quackery is " required—no tax on the already overburthened " furnace owner in the shape of a Royalty, for a " so-called patent right, which patent is _neither " more or less than a copy of one, by the only " man in England who thorpughly •understands " the theory and practice of" combustion." • Will Messrs. STARTUP AND_ BROWN and Professor ELSTON favour us with their opinion on the sub- ject of quackery and the law of patents ? These gentlemen know more of perfect combustion, if we . are to believe what we hear, 11111. Mr. M‘DoNs LT) could tell us in a month. It may he all quackery ; still, we like to see gentlemen of the same cloth flocking together But why should we lean so heavily on Mr. M'DONALD. He is only af. aid that " blarneying " jobbers" will take advantage of the Smoke Prevention Act " for the purpose of filling their " own purses," and he adds, " I have always set " my face against anything of the sort, and that " is, perhaps, one reason why I am not now your " smoke inspector." This comes in very strangely with the strong prejudices expressed by Mr. M'DONALD for certain names which he uses in his condemnatory letter. Whether Mr. M'DON ALD acted up to the letter of the Smoke Nuisance Act, or to the spirit of his favourite master's teaching, we will leave the Health Committee to determine. But, in the meantime, we will ven ture to deny, in the name of the Liverpool public, that the " suppression of smoke is practicable" by the means recommended by Mr. M'DONALD, except at a ruinous cost to the employers of steam. That " its suppression is practicable is " now sufficiently notorious " we are free to admit—but by whose plan ? The patent furn ace at the Waterloo Station, Great Howard-street, and the " infallible specific " adopted by Messrs. HICKS AND Co., of Bolton, have not proved " dead swindles." When we alluded to the results attained at the Railway Station, our remarks were based upon official data. And until Mr . IVPDONALD can bring forward something more than his own very questionable knowledge and experience on such weighty topics, we would strongly recommend his friends to counsel him against rushing into type, as the assailant, of . those who devote some time and study to the subjects on which they essay to write fpr the public. In consequence of the extraordinary delays wh'eb occur in the transfer department of the G..eat Northern R .ilway Company, the Stock Exchange Committee, with a view to the protection of their members and of the public, have adopted a resolution that buyers of stock in this company, or in its subsidiary lines, shall not be required to pay for such stock until the requisite vouchers of the regularity of the transfer shall have been obtained from the company's office This dechion amounts to a suspengion, in this particular case, of the ordinary Stock Exchange rules regarding payment for stock Its effect will be that each buyer will obtain, before parting with his money. the company's of f icial certificate that the security purchased is genuine. FUN IN AN IRISH Couivr.—ln the late case of Galbraith v. Angell, in Dublin, judge and jury, lawyers and wit nesses, seemed desirous ol extracting from it as much entertainment as possible. The following is a sketch of a portion of the examination of a witness :—Mr. Whiteside : Now, listen to me ' • apoplexia, parenthesis, syncope— which of these is the hardest to cure? (Laughter.) Wit ness: What do you call " parenthesis? " Mr. Whiteside: lam asking you that Did you ever read Goldsmith ? He was a medical student, you know, like yourself. Did you ever read him ? Witness : No, never. Mr. White.- side: What! never read Goldsmith, and you a professor? Witness: Ha, hah! Mr. Whiteside: Ha, hah! (Laugh ter.) Witness : What do you mean ? (Renewed Laughter.) Do you know the meaning in our tongue of the word " murder ? " • Latterly I do. Did you know it when you "executed" the translation ? (Laughter.) Mr. Butt : Now, he did not say "execute ;" I said it. Mr. White- side : Did you finish it then; that is what you meant ? (Laughter.) Witness : You are very witty. Mr. White side You are very good humoured, and more candid than some of your own witnesses. Mr. Whiteside (hand ing the witness a proof sheet): Look at that. Well ? Witness: Well? Me. Whiteside: Well? Witness: Well ? (Laughter.) HOW many " wells go to a river ? FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE_ AMERICA. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESP3NDENT • NEW YvliK, DEc. 9,.1856. The, attention of the public has been principally occupied during the plisC , :veek wit h dent's Message—a dbeurnent which has.surprised even his Mends. _ Throughout the Free States the Message has been received with almost universal derision, or at least, that portion of it vvbieli is devoted to the slavery question. It is the first time since the -Republic, was formed, that a President of the ULitid Stites has taken advantage of lie position toargue the Slavery question, and to misrepresentthe views of his opponents. Mr. Ple,-ce.unhesitat ingly ascribes views and objects to his 'palitical opponents which they disclaim, and he omits facts in reference to the conquest of Kansas, which are the most important part of its history, He boldly declares that the Missouri compromise was uncon stitntional—that is, that Congreaa - had noTright to keep Slavery out of the territories. It is_ very strange that Jeffergion, Madison, Clay, and all the great men of the past, and southern slaveholders 00, should have declared the prohibition constitu tional, and that it should have been left for President Pierce, in these latter days, to discover that they were all mistaken. Yet Mr. Pierce 'does so, and, at the same time, endeavours to fasten upon the_Repubiicaus the stigma of ,disorganisers and disinnionFats, Whereas they alone cling to the ancient order of things. The Message has been thoroughly discussed in the Senate, and the President has received several scorching attacks. Mr. Butler, of South Carolina, in the course of a speech, expressed a desire to know who wroie a recent article upon American Slavery in the Edinburgh Reniew, said article having excoriated the, peculiar institution. In the House the great bone of contention has been- the question of Whitfield's reception its a delegate from Kansas. Five, sixths of the inhabitants of Kansas refused to vote in the list election there, as, under the bogus laws of the territory, they were obliged to swear fealty to Slavery before they could vote. Under such inhuman laws Whitfield was elected, not a sixth of the citizens voting.- -The first day of the session the House rejected Whit. field, but, upon endeavouring to reconsider the vote and clinch the matter, the enemies of freedom contrived:to put the matter -over, and, eventually the Whitfield party will triumph, and he will be received. • -a , • In Kansas matters ate brightening ;an d evidently because of the tienientrous victories given against the administration in the Free States. The old Kansas -policy ha been Wondemned wherever it was understood-in the Northern, States, and the Government cannot longer refuse slap of justice to the territory. After all there is.more of show than reality. in for the abotninable f law.s which were passed by the ruffians of. Missburi;'continue to be enforced. Them seems .to be a certainty that Sen. Cass, who has. been :so decidedly passed' by the people of his native. State, will be .appointed to the .post of Secretary of S,tatte in Mr. Buchanan's new Cabinet. The old man has, tinting his life,: been a hearty , hater,-of England; inasmuch as he fought her ttn'Ops in the war 'of 18t2. He cannot f.rget it, and in thilges in warlike speeches :against his ancient enemy, to this day. But if Mr. Cass really becomes Secretary of State, England has not much to fear from his policy. He is too gletit a coward in his old age, and his fears may be our safety . The .reports by the heads of the departments have been handed in to Congress, and represent the country generally Ito be in: ii4louriabing condi tion., The Secretary of the Treasury recommends a moderate reduction of the Tariff, aryl possibly we' may,see all imports upon such raw materials as wool, silks, : furs, hid and skins, , eetirely aboliSted. It is recommended also that the duty be removed from salt. • During the Pierce administratiep, the nation has diminished its public debt by several millions, di:Ai - o,k the administration of the -has been more expensive than any preceding it in time of peace. The revenues have also been greater. There can be no doubt but that the new Cabinet of Mr. Buchanan will consist of abler men than that which has ruled Mr: Pierce. It will be a more Conservative ' Cabinet.. . Such men as' Jefferson, Davis, and Mr. Douglas will have less influence' with the President, and a more moderate class of men will be at the helm. We have no certainty, however, against a con flicting southern dynasty. If the south demands Kansas she will have it, and a half dozen more States, but it is barely possible that she will see the necessity for moderation. The winter is just setting in, but mildly, and " plenty crowns the year." The excitement of the election is rapidly dying away, and ,the public mind turns gladly to more quiet subjects. INDIA AND CHINA MAILS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) SOUTHAMPTON, SATURDAY. The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company's steam ship Colombo, Capt . Field, has arrived, bringing the above mails. On her pas sage home the Colombo experienced strong wes terly winds between Malta and Gibraltar, and after leaving Cape Finnisterre encountered heavy gales from the veering round to the N.E. on making the channel with heavy. sea. The Colombo brings 74 passengers, besides 160 boxes oranges, 2,054 hales silk, and 205 packages also 30 packages specie, valued at £20,886 1.2 Od. The dates are Alexandria. December 7 ; Malta, 10th ; and Gibraltar, 15 , 1 i. The following ships of war were at Malta:—Princess Royal, Conqueror, Brunswick, Hibernia, Wanderer, Oriel, Osprey, and Weser The following vessels were ots3rved on the voyage :—Dee. -11, Peninsular and Oriental (s.s.) Candia, in lat. 36.30, lon 13 N., homeward bound ; rind Tasmania, in lat. 37 N , lon. 11.3 E. Dee. 12, Eliza, in lat. 37.20, lon. 5.10 E. Dec.-16, signalled R.M.S. Avon, off the mouth of the Tagus, who reported the Ripon having put into Corunna ; Peninsular'arid Oriental (s.) Tagus, in lat. 38 58 N., lon. 9.32 W. From G-,braltar we have the followipg - BIIIPPING INTELLIGENCE. Arrivgd-December 6 h, the setiooner Alegria do Minho, 17 days from Liverpool, with clals fir uibiraltar ; 17th, steamer Taurus, 6 days from Liverpool, with a general cargo for Constant inople4cleared) ; 9:13, steamer Scamander, from Alexandria and Malta, with a general. cargo for Liver pool, (cleared) ; 12th, steamer IC imik, 0 days from Palermo, with sumach and fruit, for Liverp 01, (cleared ; The brigantine German Maid, 28 days from Palermo, with sumach, for Liverpool, (cleared). FRANCE. PARIS, FRIDAY EVENING. The second Plenipotentiaries of Great Britain, Austria, Prussia, Sardinia, and Russia have apprised Count Walewski that they have received their iustruciions, and that they are ready to take part in the conferences. The - instructions for the second Turkish Plenipotentiary are all that are now waited for, and they are expected to arrive about the 23rd or. 24th of December. .The conf; renees may consequently commence on the 26th or 27th. Nothing has yet been determined with respect to the resumption of diplomatic relations between Austria and Sardinia, the that of those Powers not having yet notified diplomatically to the second that the .sequestration has been removed from the property of the Lombard refugees naturalised Sar dinians. In consequence of this state of 'affairs Victor Emmanuel has not yet sent to compliment the Emperor of Austria on the oecasion: of his journey to Lombardy. It is said, however, thatwhen the Austrian .Government communicates officially that the sequestration has been removed, a high dignitary will proceed from Turin to Milan to salute the emperor in the name of the King of Sardinia, The Nord of Brussels. contains a letter from Berlin, which says ; I have heard in well-informed circles rumours of the partial mobilization of two corps, d'armee having been ordered. Our military organization requires that course _of...proceeding in cases of military-. operations on a large tscale. Each corps d'artnce is composed of four regiments :of infantry and four of cavalry, or a rerim?.nt of artillery; one of infantry of the reserve, a battalion of riflemt-n, an d . a detaehmenot pioneers —a ttog,ether a fore 6 of 21,000 men but on being mobilized four regiments'of infantry and four of cavalry of the - Landwehr are added to.the corps d'arviee: and it thereby becomes 36,000 strong. lam assured thoL several battalions or carbineers, which are equal to 01 best troops of, that description in Europe, will form F ar e of the expedition: Be certain that at this moment tfte plan of a military expedition is positively settled, and ths.! it will be carried out with rapidity, unless; indeed , In e ',dents of another kind.should happily occur•to prevent t"'" !effusion of blood. A letter IrAn Frankfort states that the Pinss t- ,, 'Representative, M. de •Bisrnarek-Schenhausen , !presenting to the Germanic Diet Ate note ° the Bth addressed by Prussia to the•vorious Go; ' vcrn men t 8; to - 0k oecv sion to thank the Confederit e d u :Powers.for the diplomatic steps which they b e taken toinduce Sw;tzerland to follOsv - a.concilia tori course. The following telegraphic despatch has be e received . : TURIN, pf c• - 0 Accounts from Constantinople to the 10th state that s° French vessels were expeeted in the Bosphorus. The Russians have landed arms and amunition at Zella. with The works in the arsenals of Persia are going en Eros great activity , . according to instructions received Teheran. of The Siecle Publishes an article on the revision,, 1)- -- _ lily the electoral lists, in which it argues the leP t of - the' distribiltion of voting bulletins, and °nir ; b8 eludes by calling on all electors to profit by rights conferre 1 o a them by the Constitutio n • extract the fdlloWing Passages • • itself 01 ' 11 Although the Admitir=traiion has shown , ce d liberal than the Court of Caes:tion, the circular cdcl_lTT,st by the Minister of the Interior, on the 233 of April does not sufficiently. recognise the right of the free cite lation of the voting bulletins. It is, so to sav, :f t6lerance that it attaches this bill; tin to the prefess too f political faith. We have in our hands the opinion ° b e barrister, which has obtained the adhesion.of a great talt n na t of distinguished members of the bar at Paris; it doe the leave the slightest doubt. with respect to the sense O A I law, and it appears destined to convince the most prti, ll , l i r minds. The right of distributing voting bulletins IT"Sd therefore be an amiable concession on the part o f the on ministration, but it will be proclaimed what it really i O, O O forced corollary of the right to vote. Strength alwaYe ire where the limits granted by ihe law and ilieC ons titutio n ii no rtepented. To struggle-when no obstacle exists, wh e o go personal inconvenience Can, arise, is very easy. o° dull commences with virtue, when the accomplishment of 6 , 1 111 is accompanied with difficultits. This doctrine, coo° opposed to political inaction, has ever been advocated bl t bs We proclaimed it with energy and perseverance o' n ot morrow of the law of the 31st May, 1350, and 9ro lot the ceased to support it in days when triumph apPe' g re ,.„,ing leastrpossible. We .are thtretore consequent in ins vision the country at the present hour of the annual riliald of the' electoral lists, which is now being acc01.; 15 2- , according to the terms of the decree of tied We entertain a great respect for all conFel% t he opinions, and it is not our wish to infittert re ss decisions of any one ; but to abstain from entering the alts b,cause little hopes of a triumph are entertained, or ° ne gro the advantages - of the positio I have ceased to exis t, s"r to to us to be contrary to the logic of words or ide' 4. is to Prance' only what is visible credited. To oe incur the danger of. being forgotten. It appea rs b ° oclf beEv to superfluous to insist on so simple a truth, understands that to adopt this abstenii cs'" ld 9 0 0 renounce the benefits of universal Piffrage. The prertaio of the principles of 1789 should be" opposed rn ; r oust counter revolntiinary tendencies, a-id an open opin`°; a l be explessedhy depositing in Vie. electoral urn a l e o a patriotic voting bulletin. nus e° , l s A telegraphic despatch from I(lndrid that .thil 300 Million loan has been detinit e ly ild e judged to -M. Mires, _at-42 56 ;M, lEot hgelt agent having offered 42 50. the A further improvement has taken p1ae ° ,,, 03 the Battk of France. ,The cash in hand has, s' n n f. lad monthly return, in - credsed. by 10,000, 0 ° ° 0a The receipts .of. the . Orleans Railway C' io r during the week ending the Bth inst. al° 9 7,33' 1,202,21;4r 26e; being an increase:of 217, 472 ' les' of compared- with the corresponding wee , c u n ary' `year. 'The roes i.oceipta sinee'the first of J 4 , 0 amount to 49,104 7 . 44 f 750, being a detre s l : lot compared ivil h the corresponding period ° year of 693,474 f 48c• • • • MARSEILLES, bo ss; abstaint M &dean, first seeretnry to the French riP 3 to at Co.nstantinople, has arrived, and leaves - for Paris. lletaehmenti froth the 18th and 72nd re, l t to of infantry have arrived here, arid are aboa embark for Algicra. 15 r1(1 The injury..caUsed to the railway by the w ii -slip Tain has been- rePaired, and the sery continued as bef)re the accident. AUSTRIA. • .._ 7 ...—_ As some of the North German i' VIF,NNA , 1) „ ° ,,. 00 8 rs c- a - 8 00 11 0 to affirm that Austria " wishes to rtitlt e t po sy- 0 0 of thePrich countries lying on the Lower Pn o tl 3B a semi-official Austrian writer has explaine'c'eure c , tlumns of the Augsburg Gazette, why the c ' „ pro; tion of the Danubian Principalities has b.e c fi d 0 ' longed. The Vienna corres pon dent, in sle" IR O attempting to excuse the policy of Auslr i ; l :i P ri 1 41 3 says, that the army of occupation was 181 ;, n litl e davia and Wallachia because Russia ol'r el? a disinclination to fulfil some of Ou l u O c e l ditiorts of the . treaty of peace. S Y I-1 13 e °W a r Saint Petersburg Cabinet has ceded l o tig h e e and the Isle of Serpents, there 1 61 li r of ./,', be a motive for occupying , any 1 98r ," } , ba,' l ., - ; Turkish territory, " and, consequentlk.,ll44ll,:o lions of Aultria and the vessels of lior : "*"Austr' d . withdrawn." We are then told that the the occii Government never thou , .. , lit of prolonging t o 01% tion of the Danubian Principalities, nOoot% reorganisation was complete, but the sl Bl : t iyfe l/ e r ; incorrect. " The Imperial Government gr, e iv , 0 13 4 that the Ultra-Liberal party will P t ; it I °- cl hand in Moldavia and Wallachia, °Tod , : Ti t' endeavoured to petsuade France, ll ''' : ' s ot' ! e bt, Turkey, to let the European Conillo,18.„ t iCb og form its, duties without delay: - Torl‘ e i ge at 0 perhaps, have been induced to 8° „ /3 09 f r i . ) ° ,it Austria, offered to withdraw her l i r cl f yosi. ne r the neighlrOurhood of Bucharest Ang n issi o ,i i France distinctly stated that her 01) „, 113 , r i est 1 1 -'li. would not be instructed to go to 1 311'° " - ; ,,,etI t , e , i t both Principalities had been Oomp letelL'` o ce,'"„ - e r England spoke in the same se nse.tis,' r . , I : 0 0 erg probably somewhat less positively. A . v!%lo o ,iy. learns front Blic barest that the 0 1 ' - ee ive u a d Moldavia and Wallachia have a lrenJY,„ re l livt os 4 oa structions from the Porte to convoke IP% o pe r iot hoc, but the news can hardly be corre Bt ' a a d of ' l / 40 , 0 1 who is generally extremely well inf° llll ' s teO B • Ti ci! is passing - in Wallachia, states that ro f 3 tbe Pi l Ao i , Ip b via e olai t .iitiet a lits l iin t est e sii t ela t uisaa t na o wtlii . v v nli a liltii r i: tl iine s nlleff t orta l l i nlt e ,nrteielt r ,die e ev - i o et,elo t! i i tse t , n ietssh i tt s ie tt nofAo t nEf i rs o :b n otsip:_is ° ,:4o,rrt b ioit e ha e irovn o raoitei r eori l i l br , o , itio o :t: l tively settled. It is said that the Stil l ' the province will certainly not be e aDi o . 0_ Ill el" Pi II 'll 11(4 0 1 .1. important such Lombarda large placeso ~r o r t he!, n force. .2 0 go to Milan, but it is a settled rotl t e t h e e eal' it ra ti f in° Verona, Peschiera, nod Brescia) , an "„ - ,,c,11°' A O ttvevyeluleiti.ishwairl(lurytraorbrtitvbelyatpajlsisilaantioY at Thte fir: Pt 27th h the instant. road b ( o 7 o , l : e ti t h il ir ' e i e l v tl e l o ci e ) :v et ' of the new year. Baron lless lea v h es ipis l l° Venice this evening, but. Baron Ba c- t. rare: received a summons to go to Italy. . t Do- It is here related that a now Credl ~,, 0 41 . ° • g te be established at Venice, but P er rt l i!e I ‘ lll tt i al l ° of Firj supposed ane e t on ffietrimj o3t-htahteanfiwcilitinnonet (liis - te l 6 -s t d °1111 : 1 1; 3° proposal. If the Emperor has givorls,Vasiy l o ose the Venetians, without having P re er is o fc bao k the opinion of Berm Bruck, the matt cr etiil, o 3 6 ' settled; but you may be sure that a nd L0 n 3 ,014 is not a necessity for the Venetians 8, Crd it o, o°°) ti e a s n t d ab t l h is e h re By the end of June next the V i en na , r 6,,, po, will have a capital of 60,000,000. 1 -1 ,r' sh olii,i,,,,io reason hedi l T V n t Z ej i n u ttr i p li f l O e Vi t 1 : 8 e; capitals. The Italian nobles aro, e b l' ec oso. o p er sirous of establishing a new bolo' , . a of i . c ol branch iis no banks Milne?) 003 hope, as founders, to obtain a trio° e cent. on the net profits. The . Aus sibl e in t • '