The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-02-06 00:00:00

CO nimerrial Qalrts. THIS DAY, Tins DAY, the 6th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' saleroom. 18. Chapel-street, 11 Bales COTTON. and A Quantity Wet PICKINGS, ex Undine, from Ciarleston, damaged by salt water; lying in Messrs. E. Zwilchenbart and Co.'s warehouse, Covent-garden.— Apply to DANIEL C. BUCHANAN & CO., Brokers. On account of whom Tilts DAY, the 6th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' office, 20. Hackin's-hey. 155 Bags Arracan R I C E, all fau ex Bellcarrigg, from Akyab.—Apply to A. & S. H. SLEIGH, Brokers, Tuts DAY. the 6th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at tht. Brokers' office, 20, Hackin's-hey, 250 Bags RAPESEED, all Inas, landed ex Caribou, in Stanley Dock.—Apply to THIS DAY, the 6th A. & . S. 'H. SLEIGH, Brokers ant, at Twe 'clock, at t' Brokers' ;ely la; ded ex Laura, hia.—For further parti ula-s apply CHARLES BARCLAY, Broker. Taxa DAY, the 20 Casks Fine \V lust ',tided ex Messrs. Mifflin, thris & C. TO-DILOBROW, tk Brokers' now landing ex Queen of instant. at Twelve o'c'ock, at the sings. OIL, r-baggi .lars, apply to J. H. I;AYER & CO., Broke THIS DAY. the 6th s Fine BROWN TARTAR. ALEX. S. MACRAE, Broker r ci-M 0 R R 0 W, Cant, at Tar.' g. North Joh 240 Tirrcea Carolina RICE e Laken, from Charleston.—Apply to MARQUIS, BAXTER & CO., Brokers TO -MORROW, the 7th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' office, 11, Templ " Barrels CURRANTS, ex Corin 10 Cases I 9 Skeleton Cases 1 S ex Tamaulipas LLES, 1 and Euphrates) 1 Turkey Fl ex various steamers 2507 Boxes 23 Barrels DA 150 Boxes Layer DIUSCA 90 Do- Jordai ALMONDS 150 Cases Persian SULTANAS, ex Thessalia 2000 and .}-Drums DITTO. ex varior 435 B sea Turkey Eleme RAISINS, ex B SO Barrels 95 Kegs j D IT f 0, Soft Shell ex Tweed, u+ steamers, Iritish Queen, ex Parliament, } ALMONDS, ex Asia. Apply to lOUGHTON & LEVY. Brokers en &air. CONSIGNMENT OF PARMESAN CHEESE FROM GENOA Apply to GEORGE S. YATES & CO., 3, Rumford-place FURNISHED APARTMENTS TO be LET, a Large Elegantly Furnished DRAWING-ROOM, with one or two BEDROOMS, looking into a Garden, and within two minutes' walk of Abercromby Square,—Address to 14, B, Northern Times office. HE ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION TO THE NORTHERN DAILY TIMES is TWO GUINEAS PER ANNUM. EVENING EDITION Gir An Evening Edition of the NORTHERN DAILY TIMES is now Published every Afternoon, at Three o'clock, eontaising the Markets, together with all the New of the Day, up to the hour of going to Press. Rgrthttll /Tiinto WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 0, 1856 THE Liverpool Town Dues are, to all present appearances, among the things doomed. Mr. LowE, the Vice-President of the Board of Trade, Whose speech on the law of partnership we have so justly lauded in another column, brought for ward, in the House of Commons on Monday night, his bill for the abolition of Passing Tolls, Town Dues, and other local taxes imposed upon shipping. This gentleman is an innovator, who has adopted justice for his motto, and reason for his weapon. Ile has already inoculated the Govern went to which he belongs Which they were n example and Parliament great principle without " can be safe or s quite prepared Government lee more that which no man's property ecure—namely, tbat it is not in " the power of any one class to tax another except " for the benefit of the class that is taxed." Now, we entirely agree in the propriety of upholding this fundamental doctrine, but there was a time when some of 3.1 r. LowE's Ministerial brethren would have felt their respectability seriously compromised by the enunciation of such a purely English aphorism. Whether Mr. Lov, is going too far r too fast Ye can upon for the team with which he has to won not pretend to say ; but it is possible for a legis- lator to outrage justice in the application of a perfectly sound precept. When men go back to first principles in law making, they generally assume that society is in a primitive or natural state. They forget altogether the thousands of years of mental darkness, and the many centuries of political blindness and corruption, which have afflicted the world. They pass over the habitual weakness of men in investing their substance in rights improperly bestowed, and in abuses at which a more reasoning and moral age absolutely revolts. Mr. LowE talks of Town Dues, and other vested rights of Corporate bodies, as though those rights, derived by individuals for conspicuous services rendered to the Crown, and purchased from the descendants of grantees, could now be swept away with out doing a gross injustice to that class for whose benefit they were purchased. The Town Dues of Liverpool were purchased for the benefit of the inhabitants of the Borough, and no class derive greater benefit from them than the ship owners of this port, and the persons using this harbour for the shipment and import of mer chandise. The Legislature have created in this town a monster corporation with a rapacity unequalled in the municipal records of this or any other country, and having created this leviathan of prodigality, who has already taxed a population of less than half a million to the tune of about 120,0001. per annum, exclusive of 125,0001. for town dues,—having called into existence local bodies, with such powers of taxation , and h av i ng sanc ti one d th e i r b orrow i ng millions of money to be expended as they please— the Legislature cannot, with any show of justice, turn round and say " notwithstanding, we are the " authors of all this, we will sweep awa y the D ues " wehave sanctioned, a n d t h row the burden upon " local ratepayers." The Liverpool Corporation cannot exist if it be denuded of its income, and the ratepayers of the Borough cannot bear the imposi tion of 125,0001. a year added to their present burthen. They cannot pay the interest of money borrowed in direct opposition, in almost every instance, to their most solemn protests. And according to Mr. LOWE'S own theory, it remains for the Government to show that the money raised on the Town Dues was expended for their benefit, before they tax the town directly for the payment of the interest and principal of the Town Dues' debt. The Liverpool public are no friends of local taxation. They are always willing to do justice to the shipping interests of this countr3 second the determination of the Government " to " enforce the doctrines of Free Trade to their legi 4. timate conse quences." But with regard to our Town Dues, they put in a special interpleader setting forth a right obtained for a valuable consi deration. It was originally a tax levied on the and to trade of the town by an individual, and the inhabi tants purchased and continued it for their own benefit, and we are not at all prepared to admit the doctrine that Royal Charters or Acts of Parliament involving large money considerations, can be abrogated at will by the Legislature without compensation. The application of such a principle might lead to the grossest injustice and oppression. What Corporate Reformers demand is, that the power of taxation now possessed by Atunicipal shall be materially curtailed, and that hall be closed against jobbery. showed us in the course bodies door Lover his speech taring necessity with principles for For xists for such a change The right hon. trayed, in the clearest light, the aentlema lation and other disgraceful misapplication of great burdens of corporate prodigality, which fall upon the ratepayer every succeeding yea] and, having widened the tice of which he complained, so as Ire th utmost amount of popularity for his he would throw the dead weight of the accu- i errors mails NORTHERN TIMES.-LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1856. MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL. LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY EVENING, The Liverpool Cotton Market has shown rather less activity to-day, but still a fair amount of busi ness has been done, the sales reaching 7,000 bales, and include 3,000 for speculation and export. Prices remain without change. The Liverpool Share Market has been dull and drooping all day, and the announcement of the Midland Dividend being only at the rate of 31 per cent per annum, instead of 4 per cent, as was expected, had the effect of still further depressing that Stock, and prices closed heavy at the lowest point of the day. Aberdeen, 123 124. Chester and Birkenhead, 1:11 14. Caledonian, 28 28k. Chester and Holyhead, 13 131. Eastern Counties, 9'4 10. East Lancashire, 18 18k. Great Northern, 23 23i. Ditto A Shares, 9,3. 91. Great Western, 56 561. Lancashire and Yorkshire Stook, 81k 81-L Liver pool, Crosby, and Southport, 01 1:"),. London and North Western Stock, 1001 100i1 Manchester, Sheffield and Lincoln, 247 3 251. Ditto Preference, 11-! I 11g. Ditto New 6 per cent Pref., B ; th Midland Stock, 691 69k. North British, 71 7-;?.. North Staffordshire, 8 711 South Eastern and Dover, 181 18 11-16. York, Newcastle, and Ber wick, 181, 18k. York and North Midland. 241 241. Leeds Capital Stock, 141 141. Dutch Rhenish, . Ditto New Shares, 2 1.16 2 3-16 p. Great Western of Canada, 25 251. Ditto New Shares, 2i 3p. Great Luxembourg, 84 1 811 The Corn Market still continues its downward course, and. at the Liverpool Exchange to-day with a good attendance of buyers lower prices had to be accepted. Wheat was from Od. to Bd. per bushel lower than on Tuesday last, and flour further de clined ls. 6d. per barrel, and 2s per sack. Indian corn was sold at 365. for small parcels of mixed American. The Manchester Goods Market was quiet, but firm in tone. There was not much business done in either Goods or Yarns, but prices were very well sustained for both. Accounts from Odessa to the 21st January state that the prospects of peace have been received with unbounded satisfaction by the mercantile community of that city. Its immediate effect was to raise the price of wheat. Good qualities, which could be purchased at four silver roubles per tchetwert, rose at once to nine roubles five kopecks. The quantity in store was estimated at 75,000 tchetwerts. The payments of the fourth of the month have generally been met with punctuality, but the an nouncement of Mr. J. Scott Russell's suspension yesterday afternoon created some surprise. The liabilities are stated at 180,0001, but, as yet, very little is known of the probable assets. The variation in the Funds to-day were unim— portant, business being limited. Generally the market is steady in character, although devoid of the buoyancy which was imparted lately by specu lative operations ; any tendency in the direction of improvement is restrained by the preparations for the settlement of the monthly account in Consols, which terminate on Thursday next. The price for the new account of the 14th of March continues to . ; 1-1.6 per cent above that for money. This high rate of continuation, coupled with the con tinued dearness of money, checks the disposition to effect speculative purclv ses. The closing prices today were 001 to . At Paris to-day the French Funds closed about the same as yesterday. The whole of the 320,0001 in gold brought in by the Shalimar, was to-day sold for exportation. The subjoined are the closing quotations in Foreign Exchanges :—Amsterdam short, 11 171- to 11 18. Do. Three Months, 11 191 to 12. Rotterdam, Do., 11 191 to 12. Antwerp, Do., 25 50 to 25 55. Brussels, Do., 25 50 to 25 55. Hamburg, Do., 13 10 to 13 101. Paris, Short, 25 30 to 25 35. Do., Three Months, 25 70 to 25 75. Mar seilles, Do., 25 70 to 25 75. Frankfort. Do., 120 to 1201. Vienna, Do., 10 45 to 10 48. Trieste Do , 10 45 to 10 50. Petersburg. Do., 0 to 0. Madrid, Do., 491 to 40k. The Railway Share Market to-day was weaker, business closing at the following rates :—Caledonian, 56 561. Eastern Counties 0i- 10. East Lancashire, 72 73. Great Northern, 01 914. Ditto A, 76 77. Great Western, 551- 551 Lancashire and Yorkshire, 811 Kt. London and North Western, 100 i 1001. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 25 251. Midland Stock, 63'; 66;1. North British, 30 31. South Eastern and Dover, 62 621. York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 741 751 York and North Midland, 401 401. THE PENINSULAR MAIL. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) SOUTHAMPTON, FEB. 5 The Peninsular and Oriental Company's Steam ship Sultan, Capt. R. W. Evans, arrived here this morning at 3 a.m., with the usual Peninsular Her dates of sailing were from Gibral tar, Jan. 29 ; Cadiz, Jan. 30 ; Lisbon, Feb. 1 ; and Vigo, Feb. 2. She had no communication with Oporto. The Sultan brings 10 packages of specie, value £330 4 , and her general cargo comprises 175 cases eggs, 18 casks wine, 11 tubs leeches,, 862 half chests oramies, 65 bags almonds, 780 baskets chestnuts, 103 bags orchilla weed, 79 boxes dates, and 23 packages sundries. She also brings 59 passengers, among whom we re George Rennie, Esq., rx-Governor of the Falkland Islands, his lady, and family. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE, GIBRALTAR, JAN. 16.—Arrived, steamship Emerald, thirty—two days from Smyrna, with 'fruit, for Liverpool ; steamship Lebanon, twenty-five days. from Constanti nople, with a general cargo for Liverpool (cleared). 17th—Steamship British Queen, eleven days from Smyrna, with madderroot, for Liverpool ; schooner Vixen. twelve days from Liverpool, with bale goods, for Gibraltar. 18th—Schooner Elizabeth, thirty-three 'days from Nice, with oil, for' Liverpool. 20th—Schooner William Henry, thirteen days from Liverpool, with a general cargo, for Gibraltar; steamship Arno, seven days from Liverpool, with a general 'cargo for Gibraltar and G"neva (cleared); schooner Barbara, twenty-two days from Liverpool, with coals, for Gibraltar • steamship Albanian, nineteen days from Trieste, with fruit, for Liverpool, (cleared.) 21st.—Brig Elizabeth, 21 days from Liverpool, with coals for Gibraltar ; brig Isabella, 29 days from Liverpool, with coals for Gibraltar ; schooner Rip ple, 16 days from Liverpool, with bale goods for Gibral tar ; steam-ship Tiber, 41 days from Marseilles, with madderroot, for Liverpool, (cleared.) 26th.—Steam-ship Teneriffe, 84 days from Liverpool, with general carao. for Malta and Gibraltar, (cleared.) 27th.—Brig Hero, 35 days from Liverpool, with coals, for Gibraltar. Exchange on London at 90 days date, 51. Freights as last quoted. GIBRALTAR.—The Earl of Aberdern, steam transport, left, Jan. 29, for Malta and Balaklava, after repairing damages sustained on her outward voyage. The Win ton, steam transport, came in on the 29th Jan., 9 days from Malta, with shot and marble. After discharging shot she will leave for Spithead. The French steam sloop of war Phoenix arrived. Ten sail of merchant shipping are on shore, a great many with mastheads, sterns, and bulwarks gone. AT LISBON.—H.M.S. St. George, 120 guns. The new Portugese pacts t which ought to have sailed on the 6th Jan. was still in port, as well as several British and foreign vessels undergoing repairs, having suffered from the recent gales, and a French steam ship of war has arrived. Off the Barlings on the tad Feb. the Sultan exchanged colours with the Madrid, steering to the south. The surprise of the sudden acceptanc e o f the proposi tons by Russia continues throughout the country in Turkey. STccicitotzt.—The Grand Chamberlain has left this city for London, hearing the order of the Seraphim, for His Royal Highness Prince Albert. At Vienna the Q ueen ' s s peech had the effect of damp ing the ardour of the stock-jobbers, although it was known the peace protocol had just been signed. We believe that official intelligence has been received of the complete destruction of the docks at Sebastopol, which have now all been blown up. —Morning Post. The Noniteur of yesterday publishes the names of the plenipotentiaries of the six Powers which will take part in the conferences of Paris. Prussia is excluded from this list. THE ACCIDENT IN HIGH STREET.—Thomas Jones, the poor fell ow w h o was so seriously injured i n High-street, on Monday evening, and who was taken to the i Royal Infir mary, had hi s l eg amputated yesterday. He s going on as favourably as can be expected. The Euphrate arrived at Marseilles yesterday m orn i ng with advi ces f r om Constantinople to Jan. 28, and from the Crimea to the 26. A Grand Council assembled at Constantinople, Jan. 26, to discuss the p ropos ;ti ons of the Allies on the fifth point. It was believed they had been accepted. Though not entirely approving or adopting the pro posals to Russia, the smaller German States are di spose d to forward the views of the Paris conferences to send Russia. As this Prussia some " moyen rep resenta ti ve s and to accept, as a basi s , t h e conditions plan agreed satisfies to by neithert h the allied Austrian powers or and terme " will be adopted. THE COURT WINDSOR, FED. 4.—The Queen and Prince, accom panied by the Royal Family, walked in the grounds adjoining the castle this morning. Viscount Drum lanrig, Comptroller of the Household, had an audience of the Queen to present the address from the House of Commons, in answer to her Majesty's speech from the throne. THE BANK CHARTER Act —ln the House of Commons last night, Mr. Glyn inquired whether any steps had been taken for giving the statutory notice to the Bark of England, preparatory to the revision of its charter ; and whether it was the intention of the Government to in. stitu te an inquiry before a committee of the House, or other. wise into the working of the existing Bank Charter Act The Chancellor of the Exchequer speaking for the govern ment, replied to the effect that a time of war when the bank was paying away extraordinary sums of money, was not a fitting period to institute any such enquiry, and that government had no intention of taking any steps for the purpose. This is a tolerably distinct in timation that the existing state of things is not to be interfered with ; at least so far as the present government is concerned. The Lord Chancellor last night introduced into the House of Lards a bill which has more importance than would, on the first view, be supposed, and which is evidently intended to meet a difficulty which otherwise might arise in a matter which has lately so much engaged public attention. We allude to the Rugeley poisoning cases. Already our readers are aware that steps have been taken to remove the trial of the accused from the Stafford assizes, and on the returns of the writs of certiorari, the court of Queen's Bench will have to determine the court to which the indict ments shall be remitted. It seems that doubts have arisen as to the authority of the Court of Queen's Bench to order the removal of trials under criminal indictments from the assizes to the Central Criminal Courts, and to remove those doubts is the scope and object of the Bill No doubt can now be entertained that the trial of Wm. Palmer will take place, as we originally stated, at the Central Criminal Court. DEATH OF THE EARL OF LISTOWEL._%Ve regret to announce the death of the Earl of Listowel, which sad event took place at half-past two o'clock on Monday afternoon, at hlorison's hotel, Dublin. His lordship was struck with paralysis on the 2Gth ultimo, and, though he rallied for a few days, he began to sink rapidly on the morning of his decease, and from that time no hopes were entertained of his recovery. The late earl, who was in the fifty-sixth year of his age, was a Knight of St. Patrick, Vice-Admiral of the province of Munster, and a Lord-in-Waiting to the Queen. His lordship is succeeded in his titles and estates by his eldest son, Viscount Ennismore, (now Earl of Listowel,) a young officer in the Scots Fusilier Guards, who was wounded at the battle of the Alma, and i s at present serving on the staff of the army in the Crimea, as aid-de camp to his uncle, General Windham. - BLIND Awrucw.—A pro forms meeting of the trustees of the Blind Asylum was held at ten o'clock yesterday morn ing, for the purpose of correcting the list of vice-presi dents. LIVERPOOL BANKRUPTCY CoURT—YESTERDAS—(Before Mr. Commissioner Perry) :—ln re Thomas Parker.—The bankrupt was the proprietor of the Claremont Hotel, Southport. This was a dividend sitting. Mr. Frodshaw appeared for the as.,ignees, and said that, as the present sitting would close the proceedings under this bankruptcy, he thought be might take the opportunity of congratulating the creditors that, through the instrumentality of the court, they would now receive such a further dividend as would, with the previous ones, pay them their debts in full, with interest. Mr. Commissioner Perry said he concurred in the congratulation to the creditors, and said that, th oug h not to the same extent, there w ere many instances in which creditors had received larger dividends through that court, than they would otherwise have obtained. SUNDAY SCHOOL AND LITERARY INSTITUTE. ••••••• The weekly lecture connected with this institute was delivered in the Concert Hall, last night, by the Rev. J. Makepeace, missiona-y from India. The chair was taken by the Rev. C. AL Birrell, at half-past seven o'clock. There was rather a thin attendance. .44er a hymn had been sung and prayer said, the chairman briefly introduced the sub ject of the evening, observing that he knew the meeting had not come to hear a speech from him, but to listen to the lecture of the Rev. Mr. Makepeace. He expressed some regret that arrangements made that year should have caused two courses of lectures to be delivered almost simultaneously, which he feared had the effect of causing many of the public to feel almost a satiety. He then in troduced the lecturer, who he observed from his long re sidence in India brought an Oriental mind to d ea l w ith an Oriental subject, and might therefore be considered " the right man in the right place." The Rev. Mr. Make peace then proceeded to deliver his lecture, the subject of which was " St. Francis Xavier." The lecturer traced the history of Indian missions from the first expedition sent out by the Portuguese, and blended with it a biogra phicalnag narrative of th e lif e and career of Francis Xavier, of wh om h e observed, tharatthough there were ma ny cir cumstances connected w ith h i s m i ss i on wh i ch must be a pplauded. deeply regretted, yet it s h ou ld b e acknowledged that for en rho _ e e u ,r n gz a c o w u irtahg taken u e a , and hal o m o a f r t r y e r n .l o i w k e n le e t t o u r the a c s a u f s r e e s . quently loudly Pon himself, his name must be al ways sur- LATEST INTELLIGENCE. SECOND EDITION. THE CRIMEA A despatch dated Constantinople, Jan. 28, informs us that Marshal Pelissier had received notice of an intended Russian attack on the division holding an advanced position in the valley of the Baidar, which division the Russians trusted to surprise To render this attempt ineffectual the whole right divisions of the Allied armies were kept under arms during the entire night THE FRENCH FUNDS PARIS, TUESDAY EVENING The transactions on the Bourse to day closed at the following quotations :—Four and a Half per Cents., 97f 50c.; Three per Cents., 72f. 65c FRANCE. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, MONDAY EVENING The Russian circles in this city are greatly exasperated at the tone of Lord Palmerston's speech, as it is not so favourable to peace as they expected. In obedience to orders from Russia, these circles are doing all they can to secure peace, and to make the public believe that peace is not only desirable but inevitable. The great object of the Russians at this moment is to create a separa tion between England and France, and the means they employ to effect their purpose would astonish honest John Bull, if he knew them ; even members of the Imperial family of France second their schemes. To effect this separation, nothing can be so favourable to them as peace, and therefore, it is, that their govern ment is probably sincere in its expressed intention to accept the Austrian propositions with perfect sincerity. The political parties in France, who support Russia, are also anxious to see the Empe ror embroiled with England, as they think it would be the best thing in the world to facilitate his overthrow. Amongst the rumours of the day, is one to the effect that, in the event of peace being concluded, Russia will be required to enter into liberal coin" mercial treaties with all the Allies. Preparations have already been commenced in the hotel of the Russian Embassy in the Faubourg St. Honore for the reception of the Russian nego ciators, Count Orloff and Baron Brunow. Since the war commenced the Embassy has been closed. A telegraphic despatch from Vienna says that Prince Gortschakoff, the Russian Ambassador had demanded the admission of Prussia to the approaching conferences, and that the Austrian cabinet had consented, but that the English and French ambassadors had left it to their govern ments to rep l y . By the Indus we have received letters from Constantinople to the 24th ult. They give no aecouut of the effect produced on the allied armies by the unexpected prospect of peace, the e ph being so much out of order t t lt l : gra tcommunications with the Crimea were delayed. At Constantinople and in different parts of Turkey the astonishment caused by the submission of Russia continued. The conferences relative to the Christian populations had terminated —those on the Danubian principalities were about to he re-opened. The Ambassador of Sardinia was about to leave, having been recalled by his govern. ment, and he was to be replaced by a charge fratraires. The cause of his recall was not publicly stated, but it was no doubt the refusal to allow him to take part in the Con ferences on the Principalities. New disorders had been committed by the Bashi Bazouks, at Schoumla. The French Ambassador at Teheran was endeavouring to arrange the affair of Mr. Murray. The Archbishop of Paris has notified to the faithful, that they will be allowed to abstain from the customary vigorous fasting in Lent, providing they deposit in his hands a certain sum, as alms for the poor. This measure has given rise to many sarcastic observations, as it is considered a bartering of the ordinances of the church for money. On (lit that Q , ieen Victoria has strongly recom mended the Empress to employ chloroform in an approaching delicate event, and has offered the serviees of her special attendant to administer it. The physicians of thp Empress, however, do not approve of the recommendation. PEACE NEGOCIATIONS. The Moniteur of yesterday publishes the names of the plenipotentiaries for the conferences. They are the same as those already published, namely— For France, Count Colonna Walewski and Baron de Bourqueney ;for England, the Earlof Clarendon and Lord Cowley ; for Austria, Count Buol- Schauenstein and Baron Hubner ; for Turkey, Aali Pasha and Mehemed-Djemil Bey; for Sar dinia, the Chevalier Massimo d'Azeglio ; and for Russia, Count Orloff and Baron Brunow. The conferences aro hardly expected to last a month, and the armistice will be for two months. Count Buol is expected at Paris soon. The arrangements at present existing are that the plenipotentiaries are to take up their quarters at their respective embasies. In structions have been received by M. Seebach, who is tharged with the affairs of the Russian resi dents, to prepare the hotel of the Russian Embassy for Count Orloff and Baron Brunow. It was not known at Vienna on the 31st in generally well informed quarters whether Prussia would or would not be admitted to the Conferences ; or that she wonld give in her adhesion to the propositions of the Allies as the conditions of her admission. It was believed at Vienna that the principal object of Austria in laying these propositions before the Diet was to give Prussia an opportunity of declaring her intentions. We learn from Vienna (Feb. Ist,) that the French and British ministers there received on the 31st ult., instructions to sign the Protocol. Immedi ately after the receipt of their despatches, Sir Hamilton Seymour and M. de Bourqueney com municated their contents to the Austrian Minister for Foreign Affairs, and to the Turkish Embassy. In the course of the evening it was settled that the Representatives of England, France, Turkey, and Russia should meet at the Foreign Office at 12 on the Ist inst., and then and there sign the im portant document in question. At the appointed hour the four diplomatists had assembled, and they and Count Buol attached their signatures to the subjoined protocol : In consequence of the acceptance by their re spective courts of the five propositions contained in the document hereunto annexed, under the title of draft of preliminaries, the undersigned, after having paraphed it. conformably to authorisation received to that effect, have agreed that their go vernments shall each nominate plenipotentiaries, who, furnished with the full powers necessary for proceeding to the signature of formal preliminaries of peace, shall conclude an armistice and a definitive treaty of peace. The said plenipoten tiaries will have to assemble at Paris within the term of three weeks dating from this day, or sooner if it can be clone. _ _ Done at Vienna, this Ist day of February, 1856 (The Five Signatures.) Five copies or " expeditions,"as they are techni cally called, of the protocol, are to he prepared, and one given to each Government. Count Bnol will leave for Paris on or about the 12th, and M. de Bourqueney two or three days sooner. ww=veoge GAiiSTON LOCAL BOARD OF HEALTH The ordinary monthly meeting of the above board, was held at four o'clock, yesterday, at the Aigburth hotel ; Mr. J. A. Tinne, chairman, in the chair. Other members present—Messrs. Chaloner, Lightbody, Watts, and Chedson. The minutes of the last meeting were read and con firmed, as were also those of the finance committee. The Law-Clerk announced that he had heard that tile' North Staffordshire company had withdrawn the bill for the extension of the railway from Garston to Liverpool. Mr. Watts said that he had heard from a person villa should be well informed in the matter, that the reverse was the case • that the company were determined to prosecute the bill, and, if they attained it, to commence the line at once. The Cnairman also expressed a belief, that the bill . would he proceeded with. The Surveyor was directed to obtain tracings of the' plans. The proceedings of the works' committee were read and confirmed. They contained nothing a interest. The Chairman suggested that it would be well to watch the new public health bill, which was certain to be prosecuted this session. The suggestion was adopted, and the sub-committ ee : appointed some time since was re-appointed, and 01 . fierea' to report from time to time on the matter. Mr. Liglitbodv referred to a notice posted on door of Childwall church by the vestry, stating that the cemetery was now full, and that theiC:ould do no more than they had done, to provide additional ground. Be believed that the Marquis of Salisbury, the owner of the nroperty in the neighbourhood, would not let any land for the purpose. The Law-Clerk thought it was the duty of the over' seers to attend to the matter, and that they had the • power of convening a meeting on the subject. It was agreed that Mr. Lightbody should speak to the overseers in reference to it. The Law-Clerk having stated, in answer to a questloo from Mr. Watts, that the lithograph copies of the plan s of the township would be ready in a week or so, it wns agreed that before the next meeting of the board, the works' committee should advertise for plans of seweriug and draining, This cone - luded the business COUNTY COURT:-YESTERDAY. (BEFORE JOSEPH POLLOCK, !ESQ., JUDGE.) This was the opening day of the tir.iit Febru:try entat. FRAUD SUMMONSES.—A considerable number of fraud summonses were heard, and the following orders fur committal made :—Edward Sephton Windsor, 10 days for non-appearance ; Michael M'Donnell, Knotty Ash , 10 days for non-appearance; Esther Blackburn, street, 30 days to Lancaster Castle for n on - a pp ea rance ; Daniel Jones, Back Bridport•s'reet, 10 d a y s f o r ; 1 °., 11 ; payment ; William S u tcliffe, Duke-str e et, 10 d a ys non-appearance ; William Stavely, Shaw's-br o w, 1 0 „ days for non-payment, committal not to i ssu e for • month ; John Keap, Holden-street, Windsor, 10 day o for non-appearance; Edward Pri c e, C a ble- s treet, tailor,. 10 days for non-appearance ; John Rogers, U n ion-swat , Toxteth-park, 10 days for non-appearance ; Christopl i ver Yeoman, 10 days for non-payment, committ a l to issulP in a month ; Jane Parker, Portland-pla ce , 30 d a ys t 0 Castle, committal to i ssue i n a m onth ; Richard Taylor, Hunter-st ree t, 10 d a y s f or non-appear ance ; Peter Gillhuly, 10 d a y s f or non - a pp ear ance; James Proctor, Wavertre e , 10 d a y s f or non -p a yment, t° issue in a month ; J o h n S m ith, Atki ns '-pl ace , Bostoek street, 10 days for non-payment, to issue in a month Thos. Montgomery, 10 d a y s f or non -p a y m ent, not to issue for six weeks ; John Williams, 10 days for non-appear' ance ; James Mooney, 30 days for non-payment, to issue ' in a month • John Jones, the younger, 10 days for nul y appearance ; Wm. Lonsdale, 10 days for non-appearance ;" Herbert James Naylor-street, 14 days for non-appea r ante ; Mrs. Williams, Duke-street, Lancaster Castle, 3 v days, to issue in 10 days ; J o h n Wh ee l er , B e dford-street , Toxteth-park, 10 d a ys for non-app ea r ance ; John A.l lol ' Shadwell-street, 10 days f o r non - a pp earance . vitt- INSOLVENTS. In the case of Arthur Dunne, a prisoner lately in the Walton Gaol, as insolvent, a n or d er was ma d e o n tll application of Mr. Chilton, for an allowance of 45 week. The detaining creditors were Messrs. Woff 0 0 : Carter. Charles Paine, of Finch-street, ale and P orte , dealer, received his final order without op p os ition' Joseph Darlington, Castle-st ree t, E ver t on , rece i ve d 1) 1 5 final order without opposition. Anne Geaghan, mond-row, widow. This case was adjourned until the' 4th of March, in consequence of the illness of insolven t : John Park, 104, Park l a n e , wa t er p roo f an d car t sheet_' ing manufacturer. This case was adjourned until t hv f 4th of March, insolvent t o accoun t f or t h e d escr iption ' 9 ' his goods given to the auctioneer. James Hatton, Pitt street, slater and plasterer, passed his first examination, and was appointed to receive his final order upon ° i . e. 4th of March. John Lath am L upton, M ountpleas an," coach wheel-wright. The petition was dismissed I: consequence of the petitioner having given an erroneou description of himself. TOXTETH -PARK LOCAL BOARD OF HEALTH. Yesterday mem morning,bers crn o at po sihalf-pastcomposing e commissioners m o i ' s c s l i o o c n k e , rs t l3 : following this board, assembled a t th e Public-offices, ToXtel,. Park, for the purpose of transacting the monthly b 11 , 5 1 , 1, ness connected with th e di str i ct — t h e c h airman (:" Greigson), Messrs. Jeffery, J. Rogers, Avison, Seddelef Alpass. J. H. Lea, and Lathbury. t , The Clerk re.td th e m i nutes of the last . monthly tne e- e ing, at which it was d ec id e d t h at the reporters for th ' press should be admitted to the deliberations of t 12 ,1 board ; hence it is, th a t thi s i s the first time have had the opportunity of giving a report of its pr` ? ceeiinzs. 1 ,; e 11 With regard to that porti on o f t h e business vr"'-, related to the extension of the borough, nothing "'- done, as the chairman stated that the bill relative theret°' had been withdrawn by the Liverpool corporation. 0 The Clerk then read th e p rocee di ngs of the sewe ra4 committee, which reco m m e nd e d th at a sewer should !'(• made along the district of Grove-park, hut, after a br ie rt conversation, on the m o tion o f Mr. J e ff ery, the re pl , was received, but not adopted ; it being resolved that IP subject he further considered by the sub-committee. va The Clerk then read a lett er from the. General 1 303 : 4 , of Health, sanctioning th e a d. ipt i on of certain Ph'''. provided they were properly coloured.' A letter was also read from the Surveyor, asking fel t time to complet e hi s survey. A month was grant,,, Another letter was also read from the Surver r b o assistant, with regard to whether the plans wer e t° 't made on the large sc a l e , u p on w hi c h i t was d ec id e d t°, o an application should be made to him for the purP ° of ascertaining the costs. A memorial was r ea d f rom th e i n h a bit ants o f Ai g hlirt h vale, requesting the repair of a certain road vv l t ieli o present was in a very dilapid a t e d an d d ang er° state. ' The chairman said there wa s some diffi cu l ty in dips ing with the memorial, as the road, although in , eh Toxteth-park district, had h ouses on one side vryoo were within the district co nnec t e d w i th the Gar,s;cit board of health and l an d s on t h e other side belonged to Lord Sefton. Mr. Jeffrey inquired whether Lord Sefton bad the power of stopping up the road ? te° Mr. Alpass s a id hi s l or d s hi p h a d the power, and 0n,1% years since the Gar s t on p eop l e h a d d one so by erecP a brick wall. th e The Chairman soid ther e was no d ou bt b ut t hat wood was the private property of Lord Sefton. 11$ 4 Mr. Jeffrey asked th e c l er k w h et h er t h e b oar d any power at all over the road? oi The Clerk said ther e was a difficulty in the matte r 's , the road was not within the jurisdiction of the b° ° o o If it was within the township there would be difficulty in the matter. Mr. Jeffrey : If it i s a p r i vate road the board . 5 - g flo control whatever over it. Mr. Alpass said there was no doubt but that the b e ia had the powe r o f repa i r i ng the road, and comPe d' Lord Sefton to pay the half of the expenses. bait Mr. Lea : But wo u ld hi s l ordship consent to pal the expenses ? Mr. Alpass: We can make him. • te' Mr. Jeffery, f or th e sake of d ec idi ng the 013 t-. moved that the memor i a l b e re f erre d to the sesve r ' g committee. a The Chairman suggested that it sho u ld b e re f e rre or j a sub-committee, and that they should confer with li Sefton's agent and the Garston Boa r d o f H ea l t h, with view of having the matter amicably settled. 0 6 Mr. Lathbury said that th e repa i r of this roa d vi very heavy tax on Lord Sefton, th ° After a brief conversation it was decided tba7 tte ei matter should be r e f erre d to the sewerage conOrli,too with a request th a t t h ey should confer with the Ga r ' oft Board of Health and Lord Sefton's agent, a nd OP thereon to a future meeting. b The Clerk th en read over some accounts, 0'1"c-- requested to be paid. boa rti Mr. J e ff ery asked to whom the accounts of the tile were submitted, prior to their being laid befor e board. The Clerk :We have no finance committee. 0 0d Mr. Jeffery said it w as mos t i rregular that the b the shauld not have a fina nce comm i ttee, and tha t It accounts should only be referred to the clerk appeared that they were a b o d y w i thout the li m bs. /e n , The Chairman said the body had of late grow° la rge. A desultory conversation then ensued on the subs t Is after which th e f o ll ow i ng gentlemen were aPP° i A ll ip e o6 sl finance committee :—Messrs. Jeffery, AviEon, and Siddeley. poi° After transacting some rou ti ne b us i nes s the adjourned. f past legislation on those who still inhabit those eirenmscribed localiti( where the Crown and Parliament have rivalled each other in the commission o Mr. HORSFALL came gallantly to the rescue of the Town Council; but he only ventured to speak of our sanitary regulations and the great prosperity which Liverpool has attained, nothwithstanding Town Dues, Dock Charges, Sanitary, and the host of other rates his townsmen have to pay. Our worthy representative was, something like ourselves, overpowered by the voluminousness of Mr. LowE's introductory remarks. He might, however, have contended that the abolition of the Town Dues, as proposed in the new bill, would be one of the grossest pieces of injustice ever perpetrated on a community who have not been parties to a system which Parliament have sanctioned " for ages, and now only reprobate to conciliate the Manchester interest, and to lull a popular clamour which has for its object a far different and wider measure of Corporate Reform. Finally, our space will only allow us to add that Mr. LowE has talent enough to be as dangerous to a popular cause as intellect is ornamental in the Senate; and as such legislators are worth watching we shall not fail to bestow marked attention on his four and five newspaper column orations, and to note how far the application of the laws he brings forward will tally with the lofty and liberal inspirations which embellish his loquacity. MR. LOWE'S speech, which he delivered in the House of Commons on Friday, on the law of part nership, is one of the most luminous productions we have ever read, and cannot fail to lead the people of this country to point to that right hon. member as one of the ablest men of our time. For practical knowledge, profound thought, clear rea soning, and boldness and soundness of principle, it, would be difficult to find its equal in the Parlia mentary annals of this country ; and we hail the appearance of such talent in the Legislature, as a timely earnest of the maintenance of the greatness and glory of our commerce and civil rights. The sub. ject on which Mr. LOWE spoke, is one which interests every individual in the community. There is scarcely a man—not a pauper within the walls of a poor-house—who is not a member of an association of some kind, from which he seeks benefit or profit, and who would not join other companies of a provident or remunerative kind, if the law did not interfere with his doing so, and he could risk a trifle of his earnings to carry it on without endangering all the substance he possesses on earth. For the poor man, the combination of money, intelligence, and energy, is peculiarly necessary and advantageous. As lie cannot afford to risk much, it follows, as a natural consequence, that he cannot be a heavy loser, whereas he may be a large gainer, as the success of the innumerable companies now in existence amply testifies. With the wealthier classes whose united means and intelligence have led to such a vast develop ment of the mineral, manufacturing, and other productive resources of the country, it is infinitely more necessary and advantageous, in a national point of view. Their combination has made Eng land what she is in arts, science, and manufactures. And yet, with this source of national greatness, the Legislature have been incessantly tinkering and endeavouring, by law, to curb the free action of enterprise in a vain hope of steering clear of rocks and shoals which are, for the most part, imaginary. The Law of Partnership and our Joint Stock Company Acts were framed to enforce the pay ment of debts, no matter whether contracted fraudulently or not, by one of a firm upon his innocent partner, and to make shareholders liable to their last sixpence, for debts contracted by the directors of a concern in which they never engaged to pay more than the amount for which they subscribed. This system was unjust and mani festly oppressive ; and, if it had not been that the public have nobly braved these dangers, and openly disdained the law, we might have been to this day without a railway, a canal. a mercantile steam fleet, an linsuranee com pany, or a Joint Stock Bank.ve might have remained as we were in th e t i me of E)iIGE when Mr. LOWE tells us th e f ormation of ppublic übl " companies and commercial a ssoc i at i ons was strictly prohibited by Parliament. I t was not until 18 4 that this prohibition was abolished, and it was not until the first of VICTORIA, and again in 1844, that the Legislature attempted to interfere wiih Joint Stock Companies. In the latter year, however, the Joint Stock Companies' Act was passed. Next came the Joint Stock Companies' Amendment, and lastly, the Winding Up, and the Limited Liability, Acts. The first three were identical in principle, and uniformly abortive in practice. They neither checked the formation of companies, as witnessed in 1845, and up to the present day, nor did they guard the shareholder against fraud, nor the public against the consequences of mismanage ment, in the direction of concerns of the greatest magnitude and utility. The Limited Liability Act of last year recognised all the glaring defects of the pre-existing laws of partnership, registration and promotion of Joint Stock Companies, and merely gave the public the power of forming companies with limited liability under conditions, which, although not as arbitrary as those relating to unlimited liability concerns, were by far too restrictive to lead to its general adoption. It was, therefore, a failure, and it is flow proposed to r epeal all these A c t s , t o and to abolish th e present s y st em of r eg i s t ra ti on, give us an entirely new Joint Stock Companies Act with limited liability, and a new Winding Up Act. Of the first of these measures we will allow `Zr. LOWE to speak The new bill has a double principle—compulsory and permissive. The compu l sory clauses provide that all part nerships consisting of more than 20 members, and estab. lished for gain or profit, shall be incorporated for the benefit of the public, and in order that any legal proceedings in whi"h they may be engaged may not be unnecessarily delayed. By the second part of the bill all partnerships or associations consisting of more than six, and less than 20 members, having gain and profit for their object, as well as all associations whatever, whether established for educa tion, religious, or any other legal purposes, if they consist of more than six members, are permitted to avail them selves of the benefits of the act. There are two classes of companies omitted from the bill, I say so with regret, but it has been done in adherence to the principle on which the measure has been framed—to confine ourselves to the amendment of the Joint-Stock Companies Act, and to the application of limited liability to large and small partner- ships in the most efficient manner, without interfering in difficult questions such as those connected with banks. Banking companies have an act of their own, and therefore we do not propose to incltne them in the present bill, though, individually, I should have wished to apply the same law to all companies. The second exception, which I also regret, relates to insurance companies, which have bean omitted in deference to opinions that we are bound to t I respect." With regard to registration, every company rected by the Act is to sign a document, to be a " memorandum of association and regis n." This document is to be signed by at least seven shareholders; it is to contain the name of the proposed company ; to state the object of the company; whether it is to be limited or unlimited ; the number of shares into which it is to be divided; and, if the company is limited, the word " limited "is to appear That document is to be filed with the registrar, and upon its being tiled the company is entitled to registration, from which it follows, that it is incorporated and pos sesses all the privileges of a corporation, with the right of suing and being sued. This will simplify the law of debtor and creditor in such cases, while the Winding Up Act gives the creditor the power of winding up any company unable to pay its debts, and the non-payment of a debt for three weeks is to be taken as an act of bankruptcy in all companies. This will, we are inclined to think, be hailed as a very beneficial change by the public, and as far as we can judge from a perusal of Mr. LOWe3 elaborate review of the whole question we think the new Limited Liability Bill will not disappoint its authors, who say " its principle is " the freedom of right of unlimited association— " the right of people to make what contracts they " please on behalf of themselves, whether those " contracts appear to the legislature beneficial or " not, as long as they do not commit fraud, or " otherwise act contrary to the general policy of " the law." Why this freedom of contract and right of unlimited association are not to be extended to banking and insurance companies we are at a loss to conceive. But on this branch of the subject we will offer some remarks at an early date, as that is the great focus of monopoly which the public must see broken down before the Joint Stock system of the country can be rendered safe or remunerative.