The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-12-13 00:00:00

trommtrrfai kilt:.-OE4 ;Bar. At Awelve o'clock, at the brokers' office, Exchange-street street East, 12 to 15 casks Palm Oil.—Wm. and Joseph White. Cotnnu at sbalt&_ NEXT 'WEEK MONDAY Ou MONDAY next, the 15th instant. at Twelve o'clock, at the Broker's Office. IS, Hacklll's-hey, 1000 Bags Palermo SUMAC, of the " Anchor" brand, , now landing ex Csipe.—Apply to B. W. JACKSON, Bilker. On account of whom It may concern. On MONDAY rczt. the 15th instant, at One o'clock, at the Brokers' Office, 4, Lower Castle-street, 18 Ba'es Maceio COTTON, damaged. ex Amelia; lying in Campbell's, Gradwell-street ; Also, 28 Bales Mobile COTTON. Inn rior. FAIRCLOUGH & CHINN, Brokers, 'CM MONDAY next, the 15th instant, at Eleven o'clock, at the Commercial SaLroom, Temple-court, r's - 2 large Boxes t;3 Small Ditto .1 St. Michael's ORANGES, ex Gazelle 144 Chests S-ville China ORANGES, 677 Half-chests Ditto DIT TO, ex Ann 55 One-third Ditto DI .TO, 169 Half-chests Lisbon DIT PO, ex Magic° ; 664 Ditto St. Übes DI PTO, ex Sultan ; 773 Dit o Lisbon DI TO, ex Patriot ; 220 Ditto Ditto DITTO, ex Corinthian (s.s 604 Large Boxes' t St. Michael'. ORANGES, 81 Small Ditto I ex Leon Raymonda ; 2000 Boxes Palermo ORANGES, 32 Ditto Ditto Bitter DITTO, 30 Ditto Mandarins DI !TO, 50 Bags Fine Naples WALNUTS, 283 Bags Messina NUTS, 150 Bags Spanish NUTS, 56 Bags Turkey NUTS, 40 Bain Sicily WALNUTS, :50 Half-chests Port ONIONS, r 50 Boxes Lisbon DITTO, 50 Barrels Almeria GRA rES. Apply to JAMES kiIAM, SON & CO., Brokers. ex Calpe (..s.) WE T :)NESDAY On W ADN9D • - ir next, the 17th Instant) at Twelve o'clock, the Brokers' Office, Dale-street, 40 Cases GjJlll ARABIC, Bab laIItRABOLAILS, lons Loose CO., 7 Bales MADDER ROOTS. BROWNE, HUNTER & CO., Brokers a.&, THURSDAY On THURSDAY, the 18th irs'ant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' Office, 2, Dale-street, About 9 Tons BUFFALO HORNS, eX Christopher Newton.—Apply to BROWNE, HUNTER & CO.. Brokers. FRIDAY On FRIDAY next, the 19th holt., at Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' Office, Apsley.buildings, Oldhall-street, 2000 Bundles RATTAN CANES, Just landed.—Apply to Messrs. Thomis and John Brocldebank, Mer chants; or to JEFFERSON & TAYLOR, Brokers, R. J. N ODD ER Will respectfully offer his Selection of Parisian and English RIDING and WALKING HATS, BONNETS. and CAPS, with every description of Trimmings, Feathers, Laces, &c., of the most fashionable and tasteful kind. 81, CHURCH STREET. CLAYTON HALL, CLAYTON SQUARE POSITIVELY THE LAST WEEK THE BROUSIL FAMILY, IN CONSEQUENCE OF THEIR DEPARTURE FOR WINDSOR, BY COMMAND OF HER MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY. THIS MORNING (SATURDAY), A CONCERT AT HALF•PAST TWO. EVENING AS USUAL, AT EIGHT, VOCALIST—MISS 11AltWICK. AdtOMPANYIST—MIt. HOLDEN Doors open half an hour before the Performance. Boxes, 25.; Stalls, Is.; Gallery, 6d. Children Half-price CLAVTON HALL, CLAYTON-SQUARE, BY GENERAL DESiREi SHE BROIiSIL FAMILY WILL GIVE THREE CONCERTS NEXT WEEK On MONDAY EVENING, the 15th instant, at Eight o'clo,k, a CONCERT, for the BENEFIT of BERTHA. On WEDNESDAY MORNING, the 17th instant. a JUVENILE PERFORMANCE, at Ralf-past Two, for the BENEFIT of CECILIE and ALOIS. On SATURDAY MORNING, the 20th instant, a CONCERT at Half-past Two, which will positively be that'. LAST APPEARANCE IN LIVERPOOL. Boxes, 2s ; Stalls, Is ; Gallery, 61. Children, Half •price TII I BBOU S I L IN CHESHIRE. FAMILY A CONCERT AT THE ASSEMBLY ROOMS, NEW BRIGHTON, On TUESDAY EVENING, the 10th instant, AT EIGHT O'CLOCK. TWO CONCERTS AT THE ARGYLE ROOMS, BIRKENHEAD, ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY EVENINGS, The 17th and 18th, at Eight o'clock. NORTHERN TIMES PERMANENTLY ENLARGED DOUBLE ITS ORIGINAL SIZE IT IS NOW AN EIGHT PAGE DAILY PAPER, POSSESSING THE LARGEST CIRCULATION AND 19 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 messengers, by Eight o'clock, for the Annual Subscription of £1 18s. Od. in advance. OFFICE, 19, Sou'ru JOHN-STREET, LIVERPOOL. Ifintibtru (itueo SATURDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1856, THE DAY'S NEWS The weather has been most tempestuous during the greater part of the week. The storm appears to have been general all over the country. The return of the steamer America in such a disabled state tells of the fearful gale which she encoun tered in the Channel. Our Scotch and Irish exchanges teem with accounts of the gale of Tuesday. The military camp on the Currough of Kildare was visited by a storm of unexampled fury on that day. Great damage has been done to the erections, which will cost a pretty smart sum to repair and make good. Our shipping intern genle give lists of casualties which must prove serious to the purse s of the underwriters of Lon don, Liverpool , Glasgow, and Dublin. At Glasgow and Greeno':k, and the coast along the Clyde, the storm was very severe. The accounts from Perth, Edinburgh, and P t indeet are equally as bad. The wind blew with extrome force, and did damage of no small extent to house property. The agitation for a total repeal of the income and property tax continues to increase in magnitude and importance. Meetings are being held in v ar i_ s and re one parts of the country. The speeche so. %dons adopted are earnest and determined. We do not see why a requisition should not be got up and presented to his Worship the Mayor of Liver pool, requesting him to call a town's meeting. To the people of Liverpool the matter is one great moment, and we should lend our aid in obtaining the abolition of an impost which is unfair in principle and obnoxious and unjust in practice. The people of Brighton, Southwark, and Aylesbury have assembled, and given their hearty aid and support to the cause. From the number of mem bers of the House of Commons which have attended these meetings, there is reason to believe that, should Ministers resist the demand of the public, with regard to these particular taxes, they will find themselves in a minority, a circumstance which would, no doubt, lead to a change of government or a dissolution of Parliament for us. Dr. Challiner, at the Southwark meeting, held on Thursday, remarked, " the popularity of the present Government would soon be de stroyed if it attempted to take advantage of the strict letter of the Act of Parliament to continue the present rate of income tax beyond the Ist of April next. The recourse to such a quibble would be more characteristic of the proceedings of the Russian diplomatist than of a British Minister." Whilst alluding to taxes, it occurs to us to mention that there has been a Church rate battle at Bath, where conduct of a very disgraceful character was carried on, and language calculated to lead to a breach of the peace was made use of. It is full time that something was done by Parliament upon this subject. Indeed, nothing will suffice but the pure voluntary system or the enactment of a law which will meet the requirements of the Church, and not wound the conscientious scruples of the Dissenters. Mr. Berkeley continues his labours on behalf of the ballot question. He has replied to an article which the leading journal published the other day. He argues that the question is a popular one with the country, and sarcastically censures the editor for relying on the prestige of the paper, and asserting this or that, knowing that its sic vac passes current with the generality of readers, where argument would be expected from an individual who has not the advantage of thundering forth opinions in the first person plural, from so distinguished a ballot box as the Times office. Mr. Berkeley also intimates that the Times takes a great liberty with its readers, in supposing them so devoid of sense as to swallow such a dose of " flap doodle," which he interprets to be the essence of the stuff on "which they feed fools." Mr. Baron Bramwell, in his charge to the grand jury of Essex, took occasion to refer to the ticket of leave system, and denied that it had anything whatever to do with the amount of crime that was alleged to be committed by the persons who re ceived " tickets of leave." This opinion runs in direct opposition to the views propounded by his learned brother, Baron Alderson, on Monday last. Judge Bramwell does not wish it for a moment to be understood that he advocates the continuance of the ticket of leave system. It might, or it might not, be advisable to return to the system of transportation, or that some other system of punishment should be substi. tuted ; but, whether the ticket of leave system was retained or abolished, he thought that either course ought only be resorted to upon some ground that was reasonable, and in accordance with com. mon sense. From the Continent there is a variety of inter esting intelligence. Our Paris advices state that public attention continues to be directed more and more to the approaching elections. It has been determined to nominate General Cavaignac for Paris. The other Liberal candidates will be M. Carnot, Minister of Public In struction, under the Republic in 1848, and M. Goudchaux. The Republican party are determined to take active part in the elections, and, although divided among themselves, they still hope that the government of the Emperor can be made to all by creating a vacuum around it. It seem that the Government, yielding to the remarks addressed to it by the artists, bas resolved to post pone the opening of the exhibition till June, that being a month later, instead of a month earlier than usual. Parties who had begun to loose their heart at the thought that they should be unable to complete their work in time have now regained confidence, and are working away as industriously as ever, but with much more satisfaction. Our last advices from Sicily are not of a satis factory character. They are, however, sufficient to prove that the revolt is not yet stifled, and that it has from the first assumed an importance very different to that ascribed to it. We were told, in the first instance, that the insurgents amounted to only about two hundred men, indifferently armed and equipped, and acting, apparently, without any very settled plan. So ran the report. It is now stated that in the neighbourhood of Palermo the whole of the population had been in ferment, and that three thousand men had assembled with arms in their hands, stimulating each other by their cries, and showing the most determined hostility to the King and his government. Travellers recently arrived from Palermo bring this intelligence ; and they add that troops in considerable force had been sent against the insurgents, had encountered them, but that the issue of the engagement was unknown. Incomplete as is this news, it is of a far more pro bable kind than that hitherto circulated. It was scarcely probable that, after suffering so much, the people of Sicily would attempt a movement that could only end in failure and cover them with ridicule. Failure any popular movement may end in ; but, if conducted with some amount of pru dence and capacity, it ca n scarce l y d raw contemp t or derision upon its originators. There is great unwillingness among the Paris journals to publish news from Sicily, and still more to comment upon upon that news. This is not hard to explain, or to understand. The French government has as much cause as ever had despotic power to fear the effect of any popular rising in an adjoining state, for the purpose of overthrowing the rule of tyranny. French people are amazingly clever in drawing comparisons, in establishing resemblances, and in seizing upon past or contemporary events, that may be made to bear on their own condition. A revolution in Sicily, if extended and successful, would do great harm to Napoleon 111. This insurrection in Sicily must have the effect of rousing the Neapolitans, and putting the public mind in a fever. The Liberal party with all their prudence and patience, may not be able to keep the excitement within the bounds of " order"—and the consequence, we fear, will be great destruction of human life. But even that would ba scarcely worse than the life of agony which the'people lead under the iron rule of Ferdinand. One thing, however, is clear : if the King does fall ,by the hand of an assassin, lie will be the victim of his own insane policy. No man can goad his fellow creatures to madness with impunity. It would seem that he has already had a narrow escape. The accounts received are more full than the telegraphic despatches. It would appear that on the 28th ult., when about half the troops present at the review in the Champ de Mars had passed before the King, a private of the Foot Chasseurs quitted the ranks, and rushed on the King with fixed bayonet. A colonel of hussars rode at the assassin, and knocked him over beneath his horse. He was at once made prisoner. The King, without manifesting emotion, continued the review. The Princes and the Queen, who were but a few paces off, observed the same demeanour. It was only after having returned to the palace that his Majesty acknowledged that he was subtly hurt on the side. The corps diplomatique immediately went to the Palace to congratulate th e Ki ng on hi s esca p e . At 8 o'clock in the evening the King, with the Queen and his children, went to church of pie die grotta. The assassin is a Calabrese. He had entered the army as a volunteer. The effect upon his Majesty muat be very startling, and must render his life hereafter very uncomfortable. Indeed he had been uneasy about his personal safety before the ambassadors left, and since then chances against him must have greatly increased. He may have doubted the fidelity of the army in case of insur- rection, though boasting of his confidence ; but he could scarcely have apprehended that a soldier would venture in this public manner to take away the life of his sovereign when he must have been well aware that he would thereby sacrifice his own. The , Presse d'Orient of the Ist of December states that the fall of Herat occurred on the 26th of Octo ber. The courier who was despatched with the news by the Persian commander in chief was not more than eight days in crossing the vast plains which separate Herat from Teheran. A courier was also sent at the same time to Constantinople. Several of the shareholders of the Royal British Bank have petitioned the Court of Bankruptcy. under the private arrangement clauses, to obtain protection for themselves and property. According to the last advices from India the Indian Government are promoting the formation of a new town on the Mutlah near one of the termini of the proposed Caloutts. and South Eastern Railway. It is stated that, as the North ern of France Railway Company will not hold their meeting.until the spring, arrangements have been made to defer the final ratification of the contract for leasing the Mons and Manage Railway to the Ist of May next. Meanwhile, the representatives of the two companies will superintend the traffic. MR. COBDEN has abandoned Free Trade .to sustain the conirabandista of war. Philan thropists and political puritans have ever been doomed to experience excessive self-deception and disappointment. And why should not Mr. COBDEN covet his share of both ? When addressing himself to the "Bradford Committee for Investigating State Affairs,'' on the subject of the right of search, in time of war, he says:— " Before any alteration can be made in the law of nations,' a corresponding change must be effected in our municipal law. lam afraid the law of nations has been hitherto little more than the will of the strongest, modified and slightly controlled by the progress of civilisation." Now we have never read a more clear and correct definition of that bugbear the " law of nations." That strength shall prevail is a universal law. It may be crossed, worried, and thwarted for a time, as Mr. COBDEN has been, but it must triumph at the end, or bow is it that matter is so submissive to mind ? It cannot withstand this essence of all human strength. And Reason, which always lays down the shortest road to victory in war, as in all other worldly affairs, will pursue, through all time, " the even tenor of her way." A true appreciation of the difficul ties to be encountered has placed Great Britain among the foremost nations of the earth. We owe nothing to our numbers, as a nation. We are strong only in proportion to our intelligence and foresight as a people ; and in every armed con test in which we have been the strongest, we have enforced the " right of search" in war, and to question the philosophy and justice of the course we have followed, is simply to dispute the reality of the remarkable victories we have won, and singular success which is set down to our account. Mr. COBDEN is perfectly at liberty to adopt such a course. The will of the strongest, will always supply the law to which nations are expected to subscribe ; and how Mr. COBDEN " can foresee great benefits to the cause of peace and humanity in a variety of ways from the change " he advocates we are quite at a loss to comprehend. If nations pledge themselves not to.aid belligerents in a war in which they take no part, and such unholy traffic as that of slavery, and punish their subjects for attempt ing to compromise the honour and peace of their country ; still the right of search in some modi fied shape would be necessary, and could not be refused where there was no breach of faith con templated by a neutral or unoffending Power. No civilised nation capable of defending their independence could possibly feel aggrieved at being called on to give proof of their integrity as parties to a solemn contract entered into on behalf of humanity and unive.sal peace. The slaver, the pirate, the smuggler, and all who sail freighted with munitions of war for a bellige rent have, one and all, good reason to dispute the propriety of their being questioned as to the precise object they have in view, and the character of the cargo they have on board. But what has an honest merchantman—a proud Fair Trader to hide from the gaze of the world ? She has no more to fear from being boarded at sea than she has when her cargo is consigned to custom house officers in our rivers or docks. We therefore think that Mr. COBDEN has lost his way when he says that free and commercial nations would best serve the cause of " humanity and peace by confirming the decision of the Congress of Paris," which w ould at once relieve all evil-doers on sea from the surveillance they are now exposed to. The dicta laid down at the Conference was simply a re-echo of the cry raised by slave holding States against the right of search. Mr. MARCY spoke in the interest of slavery when he asked us to " exempt private property afloat from capture during war." This is the first time we have been given to understand that private property of a lawful character was sub ject to the danger of being captured afloat, either during war or peace, If Mr. MARCY means to call carga of slaves, the_booty of the pirate, the cargo of the smuggler, or the munitions of war in transitu to the port of the enemy of a friendly Power, we fear the immunity he asks us to concede would not add to the variety of benefits to the cause of humanity and peace which Mr. COBDEN seems to have in his mind's eye. And we may here raise the question — whether under any circum stance, the right of search can he given up by the United States, or any other commer c i a l country, having a due regard to the pecuniary interest of commerce. The Fair Traders of all nations require protection in peace ; and the safety of the fleets and armies engaged in blood shed will call for the right of se a rch in the name of humanity and common sense. Those who have abjured all traffic in man's flesh and blood, will also demand that our common nature shall not be outraged by allowing the slave-ship to go afloat unmolested by the law, whi c h they can enforce. But why should we discuss the subject ? why rake up a mountain of disagree able topics ? Mr. COBDEN has reminded us that, " the law of nations has been, hitherto, little more than the will of the strongest," And it T HIS DAY, THE NORTHERN TIMES.---LIVERPOOL, SAT U RDAY must ever remain so, until the leading Powers of the world coalesce, to put down all. those abomi nations which now disgrace our race, instead of uniting their voices to secure for the slaver and piratical partizan, the utmost protection afforded to lawful commerce. ♦- THE Liverpool Courier gives "another warning to dishonest Assurers. This case," says our sagacious cotemporary, " was precisely similar in its bearing to the notorious one of LAURIE V. THE MERCHANT'S AND TRA DESMAN'S MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, tried at the last Liver pool Assizes, and frequently referred to in these columns. The recent decision, therefore, is an other proof that our remarks on honeSt and dis honest assurers are confirmed by the highest possible authority in the country." The G amp family are profound dreamers. Where others are satisfied with a nod, a wink, or a generous yawn, they fall into a deep sleep, snore, and suffer all the agonies of nightmare. That the whole of a numerous family should be so afflicted, is really very lamentable ; for, in the recital of what they hear and see in their somnolency, fre quently deceives the less drowsy portions of mankind. For example, the Courier tells us that " an important case to the assurance world was tried at the Court Gf Queen's Bench, on Saturday, before Chief Justice CAMPBELL. It was that of GOSLING AND OTHERS, executors, v- THE NEW NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY. The widow and children of GEORGE GOSLING, Corn Factor, at Reading, tiec eased, as plaintiffs, sued the defendants for payment of a life policy for 6001., effected by deceased, with:the - company in question. The deceased died about twelve months after the granting of the policy. The claim was resisted on the ground of fraudulent misrepresentation and concealment, it having turned out that GOSLING was a man of intemperate habits, whereas he was represented to be quite the re verse. The jury gave an immediate verdict for the defendants." We have given in italics that sen tence in the Com ier's statement, which proves most incontestibly that there is no analogy be tween the cases of GOSLING V. THE NEW NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY, and LAURIE V. THE MER_ CHANT'S AND TRADESMAN'S MUTUAL LIFF ASSUR. ANCE SOCIETY. In GOSLING'S case it is alleged that " lie was a man of intemperate habits, whereas Ire was repre_ sented to be quite the reverse." Here, it must be observed, that the life actually insured is assailed, and not the health of the GOSLING family. In Mr. THOMAS LAURIE'S case the life of the insured is not disputed. The " Merchant's and Tradesman's Office" admit all Mr. LAURIE has said of his own health and habits to be true. The Merchant's Office resist the payment of 500/. insured on certain representations with regard to the health of Mr. LAURIE'S family, made in the handwriting of their agent—Mr. ROBERT WEBSTER. Where then is there a shadow of resemblance between the two cases which the Courier has the cool temerity to say are " pre cisely similar ?" It may suit the purpose of those who have " concealed " intemperance to complain of, to use the columns of a newspaper to deter the representatives of insured persons from seeking to rPenver the arronunt of their policies; but the public must not allow them selves to be misled by the wily ways of Assur ance diplomates. But to return to Mr. Gos- LING, of Reading. If that gentleman was an intemperate man—an habitual drunkard—one half of Reading must have known it ; and, by an Insurance Company's using the ordinary amount of caution employed by bankers, mer chants, and tradesmen, the dangers to the , assurers of concealment and misrepresentation of an outward and visible risk, might have been avoided. The agents of. Insurance Offices in our large towns can find out, during the life-time of those they insure, everything concerning them. If the friends of intemperate men will not give the information, there is no lack of maw-worms, busy-bodies, and harpies, to tell all they know, think, see, and have heard people say, for generations back. In this universal arrangement of friendship and enmity—manly disregard concerning the business of others, and insatiable love of med dling in the affairs of one's neighbours, the re presentative of an insurance office need never be at a loss how to get at the truth, before he sub mits a proposal to his principals. If he has a doubt respecting a marriage, birth, or death, he can demand proper certificates. It might so happen, that the latter of these very important documents might be supplied by a professional insurance medical referee, in a large way of busi ness, and this might be open to many grave objections on a close investigation in some in stances ; still, all the legal evidence required on these points may be obtained, and, with all the gates to truth thrown open to Assurance Com panies, before a -proposal is_ accepted, and prior to the issuing of a policy,we deny their right to dispute their contracts, which have been ren dered void, by bringing to light the laches of their responsible officers, or some unusual inter lining of a proposal, such as Mr. ROBERT WEB STER took upon himself, as shown on the trial of LAURIE V. THE MERCHANTS' AND TRADES MAN'S MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. The juries throughout the country seem to have overlooked the fact, that Assurance Companies can guard themselves, by the exercise of com monplace discretion, against fraudulent proposals; and that they have abundant time to enquire, in the lifetime of the insured, into whatever may be considered false in the specification on which their contracts are based. W fiere this has been done, there can be no cause of action shown and where it has been proved, that an Assurance Company have not done their duty towards themselves, during the life of their customers, they are not entitled to a verdict which may bring ruin on an insured's widow and orphans, by involving them, in the costs of a trial, to re cover the sum guaranteed. Lawyers may take a different view of this n what subject ; but ever Will, we think, Si( he community >ther class - , we believe to be a simple common sense solution of the offices re- question. The great majority 01 t cently established, repudiate the principle indisputability ; and, strange to say, that these very societies are the chief disputants in our courts of law. And this is certainly one of the :rease worst features connected with the vast in which has taken place in the number of insur- ance establishments within the last few years. We were in hopes that the advan these new companies held out by they appear to be more on the veracity of insurers real than But it seems as if they relied were far mor than on their own discretion as men of business, baying a large money-stake in the validity ,f the transactions they embark in. This is shoN ,n their frequent appearance as litigants before our legal tribunals after the death of those have received with consider whose premiums they able avidity during the life of the insured; and a very short time will suffice to teach the insured public, which of the two systems offered to them is the most secure— na,mAy, the indisputability of policies after death, or open contracts, which may involve the repre sentatives of the insured in the ruinous costs and misery which generally fall on poor men in search of their legal rights, The civil laws of England were not framed for the needy, and for a poor widow, aged mother, or orphan children, to think of grappling with a Joint-stock Company with a capital of a million, which may be only repre sented by a few big names, and as many empty tin boxes, is sheer madness, as the LAURIE family have discovered to their cost, in defending a case in which the life of the person insured has never been questioned. The Courier cannot be aware of this truth, or it would never have ven tured to misread its readers so far as to call it " precisely similar" to one in which the man insured, Mr. GOSLING, is said to have made mis representations, and concealed facts about him self, which have since come to light. THE COURT. OSBORN; DEC. 11.—Her Majesty drove out yesterday, attended by the Duchess of Atholl. Prince Albert and the Prince of Wales, accompanied Prince Frederick William of Prussia to Portsmouth, in the Royal Yacht Fairy, yesterday afternoon, and returned at five o'clock. The Prince of Prussia arrived in Paris on Thursday, at two p.m. Prince Napoleon and the military authorities received him at the Northern Railway station. Two battalions were drawn up in the courtyard, where four carriages of the Emperor were in waiting. The two Princes, esccorted by a squadron of the Guides, proceeded to the Palace of the Tuileries, where they alightel, The Earl and Countess of Derby and Lady Emma Stanley have left town for Knowsley Park, Lancashire, for the Christmas. Lord Stanley, M.P., has arrived in St. James's-square, from Lancashire. The Duke and Duchess of Argyll, who have been stay ing with the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland at Stafford House, have left town for lnverary Castle, the family seat in Argyleshire. The widow of the late Colonel Thomas Polhill, of the Bengal army, died a few days ago at Valenciennes, in the 97th year of her age. This aged lady was one of the detonues of the Emperor Napoleon, and had resided with the same family at Valenciennes for the long period of fifty-four years. Lady Leigh gave birth to a son on Wednesday last, at Stoneleigh Abbey. SMITHFIELD CLUB CATI'LE SHow.-The attendance on Thursday, at the Cattle Show, is said to hare been greater than on any previous single day since the establishment of the club. From the hour at which the doors opened, until 10 o'clock evening, one continuousl stream of isitors poured into the yard, and several times during the day the crowd was so dense as to occasion a complete " dead lock," the inconvenience of which was only modified by the admirable arrangements of the police on duty. A letter from Portsmouth, narrating the arrival there of Prince Frederick William of Prussia, oa his way to France, says : —" We were somewhat amused with the numerous fresh made English deal boxes, which gave us an idea that they contained many good things in the shape of Christmas presents' from Osborne to Berlin." - PATENT THIEFTAKER.—A pickpocket detector has been invented down east. It consists externally of a oase re sembling that of a watch in size and shape. It has a fob chain or string, and is worn in the pocket like a watch. Within the case is a bell and spring hammer, the latter connected with the fob chain. The supposition is, that the thief will suppose that the watch chain is attached to a bona fide watch, and will, accordingly, pull the chain in order to obtain the prize, but, instead of getting the watch, the watch gets him.—American Paper. NEW POSTAL TREATY WITH FRANCE.—The lifoniteur of Wednesday contains an Imperial decree, promulgating a new - postal convention between France and England. The instrument, which contains thirty-eight articles, was signed on the 24th September, and ratified on the 18 h November 1 ist. It provides for two exchanges per diem of letters, newspapers, &c , between the p)st offices of the two countries, the British granting a subsidy to one service of steamboats, and the French a subsidy to the ether. Powers are also given under which the post office of either country may r. quire captains of vessels proceeding from a port of one country to the other to carry a mail. In the case of war between the two countries, the postal communications are not to be interfered with without given notice, duly served. The English postage for a letter not exceeding a oz., will remain as at present, 4d, but more favourable conditions are made for British letters passing through France (for India, &c.) The convention will be carried into effect as soon as possible, and not later than Jan. 1, 1857. FACTS ABOUT THE ANIESICA.N PIIESIDENTS.—Four of the first seven were from Virginia. Two of the same name were from Massachusetts, and the seventh was from Ten nessee. All but one were sixty six years old on leaving office, having served two terms ; and one of them who had served but one term would have been sixty six at the end of another; Three of the seven died on the 4th July, and two of them on the same day and year. Two of them were on the sub committee of three that drafted the declaration of independence, and these two die, k on the, same day and year, and on the anniversary of the declaration of independence, and thus half' .a century from the day of de claration. The names of three of the seven ended in son, yet neither of these transmitted his name to a son. In respect to the names of all, it may be said in conclusion, the initials of two of the seven were the same ; and of two others, that they were the same ; and the initials of still two others, that they were the same. The remaining one, who stands alone in this particular, stands alone also in the love and admiration of his countrymen and the civilised world— Washington: Of the first five only one had a son, aad that son was also a president. FRIGHTFUL OCCJRRENCE AT THE LONDON DOM-4)D Thursday morning, shortly after eight o'clock, a frightful accident occurred at the entrance of the London Docks to a man named Edward Walker, aged 40. It appeared that the unfortunate man was a labourer, and it is usual for a' great number of men to be waiting outside the gates every morning for employment in the warehouses, and other parts of that vast establishment. About the time above named there was a crowd of labourers assembled in expectation of work, just as a heavy laden waggon passed into the docks, when Walker made an attempt to enter before the vehicle, and in his haste to do so he was crushed most fearfully be tween a lamp-post and the hind off-wheel of the waggon, and before the horses could possibly be stopped, he received frightful injuries. His screams for help was distressing to hear, and when-released he fell to the ground in a mutilated and insensible condition. He was carried immediately into the surgery of Dr. English, of Upper East Smithfield when the poor fellow was examined, and found to have been completely scalped, the whole of the flesh, and the integu ments on the right side of the head were likewise torn away, and the skull bone was fractured. The right shoulder bone was dislocated, and there were also other external injuries. A stretcher having been procured, the unfortunate man was conveyed to the Landon Hospital, where he remained last j evening in a low and dangerous eonditiost. 6. 1 ° 1 1 . ' " . " .. - - . - - ' ' . - - 1 1 ' . . - . . - . . . -. . .. ." . • I°' QUEEN'S HALL, BOLD STREET HOFFMAN'S ENTERTAINMENT. It needed no ghost to tell us that this entertaintuentt, would not only surprise but deligll't the inhabitatsall. o Liverpool, for we believe the attendance at the h since Monday night, has been unprecedented in flambe"' and we know that the expression of applause and aPP"" bation bestowed on the whole has been positively eetbr siastic—almost amounting to furore. O n these pol°` 1 ; then, nothing more need be said. The hall is W arden to suffocation every night by a first - c lass audience, sell° applaud to the echo, and any who miss the" prese nt oP t ; portunity will lose one of the most beautiful tre:ra ever presented to the public in Liverpool. A w 0 about the performance' and performers. The 111110,t, Band—voices representing all sorts of instruments--°l4 eight performers, is the :most exquisitely unique,,aps pleasing we have ever heard. When we say " t his, t h e mean a band in the ordinary way, for, before this , tu est o never was an attempt made by the voice to it'll' musical instruments. In this respect, these perforates; stand unrivalled and alone. So elevated in T til f e ore that beyond them nothing can aspire. ' n :per notices, we purpose entering on the merits of ` ' e ac h former, and his peculiar style, but at this mea e t o bi cannot help observing the compass of four o ctal. , s o Mr. W. T. Parke, and the magical flexibility of th n iir of Mr. That-ton, who, perhaps, will never be equiw e all the parts which he performs. His powers as a 1 0 6 0 phonist are the most superior and pleasing that b e is imagined, and we have no hesitation in say ing that °too, utterly matchless in all respects. He is a gentlen3n tog and before he stands three seconds before Y°tii'ell admire the man for all his qualities. The exq,dt-0-heer popular song of " My pretty Jane," as given by Id the " Van Dunck, is worth going miles to hear, t b the Huntsman's chorus, from " Der Freichut2, w„l,bsat; " Echo," by the whole band , is on l y short a e ," e ii c itei ment. That our popular song of " O ld Towler' rapturous applause—and no wonder. . Then, . 6 ( 0 ,0 comes on Mr. Thurton in the second part, en d ' ana real enjoyment could be felt, it is in listening Wit't the looking at him. We have only to say again , , t j o tte' public are much indebted to Mr'. Ho ff man for tu; to oes duction of this entertainment, and we are es: l aded they are beginning to pay the debt, bj ni g htly -11) houses. .1 JULLIEN'S GRAND ,CHRISTMAS FrA,lt Mons. Jullien has made arrangements fel . %b . , series of three grand concerts, in St. George's " AA ID' the evenings of Friday, December 26 , and Sateloo and for the first time will give a morning peat/0104 Liverpool, on the later date. The follovring ar!cipsls the artistes of celebrity enrolled as perpetual Pfl" in the number of M. Jullien's orchestra : Herr Kcenig Herr Kliege l M. Lavigne Herr Richer Mr. Hughes M. Brodelet M. Schreurs M. Leloup De Yong ' Herr Klein Mr. Jarrett Herr Jamer . t M. Sonnenberg Herr Haag ! poser M. Le Hon Herr Van Mr. Hardy H e rr Her mann Herr Schmidt Her r Enfre CblP lk ° • p v. M. E. Vieuxtemps Mr. Horatio in , M. Lafosse Herr Opp e9be M. Duhem Herr StcSkel M. Simar Herr Grieberl ~c., M. Dewunek Mr. Simn3ollds' ' A M. Demunck, Jeune j a llio . In announcing his provincial tour, gee s ,' 01 states that the programmes will consist of. tee 0 ,0 mental works of the acknowledged great Ina ste ' i c ) lt gl l i will be intermingled with those of a big ber There will be a number of new compositions, ee l : t V expressly for M. Jullien's recent series of cone, e , rt h s e iet r°l Majesty's Theatre and Surrey Music Hall, vii f " r ;ar ti t c b c ,7o duced, and will comprise operatic selectiotis gre atest: o od works which have recently achieved the in the chief theatres of Europe. The tua. f .s t re it , Def t ' orchestral overtures and symphonies of - lel% r, t ki :, hoven, Mendelssohn, Weber, Spor, Kossinl, " Il l e e rre': will be given. That celebrated basso, Herr Car ' f Iff ° will make his first appearance at the concerts 0 ' OW Jullien here. Also, Madame Eurnei and ° a l er t. , she guished vocalists. The leaders engaged are tost,,, j ; reurs and Mons. Kettenus, and Herr Kce n ig , es a n d" - piston. From the host of talent engaged,ells ... splendid selections to be performed, these Ce llc sure to be well patronised and supported. rig MUSICAL BAND PLAYING ON TEM EgC • FLAGS• TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN I.ll4l3;iiibirj Sir,—Can you inform me if the order R e d ? sn'y military band playing in the town be rescinde" to pi s not, why is the local artillery band permitte°o% each Saturday on the Exchange Rags. P lref ell 0 course of last summer the Bolton band W 35 alO i b playing in Lord street by a police OifiCert an d s Liverpoolband was prohibited in like - manners 09° in e qually Y as good uniform, and possess B r e' ... I musical talent as the baud alluded to. — ,Ol- 10 ' A Si; BANKRUPTS --- ma ROBERT YELLOWLEY BARNES, floor-cloth --aufaCliitert City-road. fr FREDERIC TAE HUNT, warehousetaail. Watilriet City. rl' CHARLES PEARSON, ship Owner, Carnberg6ll. op als. - ugS ALFRED CHARLES AYRES, Surgeon an" Ramsgate. do HENRY Mopsy, ironmonger, Castle-street, p pD square. f oal SAMUEL GEORGE KIDD , Reed o sher, Singe Hull. GEORGE MOUNTFORD, grocer Worces ter. JOHN PARR, woollen draper, 'WolYerhaulPt°6, oho THOMAS BALE, builder, Kidderminster. , 100 ° BENJAMIN RICHARDS, sailmaker, NeWP"'' 10* shire. Por,„ r ilr MAJOR Kraxur, brick manufacturer, Jarrii,4 o " WILLIAM FLETCHER ROBERTS, apothecary, Marsh, Gloucestershire. JOHN BOWDEN, brewer, Victoria groves of" v al et ) THE WEATHER has again most unaccou l l ta n bilcl ls s ac e otni v ld e o, r s a p l hhe t e i ar m te, es during the last twenty..feur us-1 1/. hs e n oel long• t oed - ° ic° . Cl f found person engaged on board a flat, on f l i t tbe f yesterday in the canal L ds etr" t how I t s —The body of a man, 11 , 4 . 0 00 9 ", or , near ee .bp ,t ceased is described as a sober , steady person , toe d v" body got into the canal remains to be ase ert2- se i AMAN Itm aDyEart r oe a p7v i r n Na : isEnenn a s. n to d i.s s f o r f o t s , t b u p t r e t v h a e i r l e e d i s the inquest, which will be held this day. 3 A CHILD POISONED.—A child, nor ie, d o. named I ° hs ; ( l'eil 0 1 ;f ° . weeks, the son of a railway porter, who r es Luenc e _ u t - slle rington street, Park, died yesterday in eolo"bis'., - 0 11, quantity of laudanum being given to it; w li etbet 11 1 intr de or otherwise, remains to be ascertained on th s )0 07 which will be held on the body this day, hi' 7° '', t ie coroner. u . 0 1 % 017 R AUSTRALIAN TRADE. --TO-daY , -e ss t sbil ) 11110i naloteorankataeloia _ and sa Wilson despatched their splendid elipPehourf!Pastei 2000 xont,onusndoferoatrhgeo,Wanhditen short Star Flag, p , 1 f i. o r f ep t ti f r i i . l/ in elt a Their regular packet onthe 2etth of this °°„ - i t , ', Ow clipper ship " Cyclone" is rapidly filling w": 0 0, A reStf passengers, and will sail at noon on Saturdsin% age ' R OI 5 A fortune teller has established himself in,'; deo se!, trona, this week, " for a short time onlY, , : h f OA( ter to o reveal one's " future partner, to " res° `,.." - t 5 tbeitgbr communicate other desirable information s: gt o ed 013 ,18 01 on payment of 2d. ! Notwithstanding the bs r - oit. ° o - 14 1 ' andenm e e n y t en o s f om th e e n n o in le e s t s ee s n i t l h ly centurhy,ayseeooroensg°olo th e elan. —Gloucester Chronicle. men, derd sl 6 „Aed tio ( o r THE AMERICAN MAILS.—The Canada •-,-„ t 0..-, morning, for Halifax and Bosto n, taking 1 ; 7;0'1"/ SP pNaeswsenygoerrks York, with i t t h h e tAhemuersincoal. weeklyTh E naai o v4 a , : e s ' cie - r ilo w ii . v l : o6 o : o The E ur o p a v . ero t J. d , to eight o'clock in the usual course, st ' .. 1 la te office,and to nine with late fees, will be ta ll-8 ;0 1 I. in; Stage box will be open, w ith an ' of Is per letter, up to ten o'clock, SUDDEN DEATH OF A SPANISH MBf°:Cellafid:d°14ii1:111112:1:115::°°111: day merchant Mr. Laurence B s ir p n e 3 n in ce g r h ant, who resided at. 133, 6 1 - tr . e t o ' ; 10 8 1 t i e. died suddenly in the Mill road, Everton, 00 h i s 39 i t 0 _to a bo ut o iled 0 It appears that the deceased gentleman w I, wa s 1 •i s f of age, and that for some three years past --8 po tn Acio e i cough, and spitting of blood, with other elicills' a ol showed disease of the heart and lungs. lii ta Ple e /le a 1111°P .d li had recently informed him that the only. °- -11 :01 i', A l eov it s recovery was to try his nativeair, in SP° ; h - viotil",a le" . , s b . seem that the doctor also predicted tha t u „lie dee74o, on suddenly, and in the manner it did. A,, b u t vi Ao OP , his o ffi ce in Water street in his renal boat., d fell - co te got to Mill road he threw up some blood , a n d at °S o teP t i expiring almost immediately. was c onver. p i pf t O , the West Derby Union, where medical aid wsost9oooool attendance, but life was extinct. From th e , o gst te t o b e y the deceased, it became unnecessary te .-° nitre i the medical gentleman (Dr. INfoore) who bo ld an rol l, %to the body, as the cause of death deceased was much respected, both as a ra private gentleman. was quite sPr erc hask ~