The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-03-24 00:00:00

AUSTRALIA. T he ship Li g ht n i ng, as a l rea d y announ ced, arrived off Queenstown on Friday, from Melbourne, and this morning the owners have received letters an d Papers from the Captain, which, unfortunately, give a rumour of the loss of the Black Ball Line of Packet ship Schomberg, off Cape Otway. The captain of the Lightning, in his letter to his owners, says Off Castle-haven, Thi s —.es • Ship Lightning, March 20, 1856. the eat inform you of the sad inteligence of the loss of tw at'' crew about thirty miles to the northward of Cape t at "' crew and passengers saved. I received the inkr th ati through the pilot boat, off Port Philip Heads, and 6 ,7 had been informed of it that morning by the steamer e ' x 'en, which was on her way to Port Fairy, and had P rn r elalY put back to convey the news to Melbourne. 0 , 411 0 Lightnin g h as b roug h t on ly 12,000 ounces catgeld, 14 00 bales wool, 500 tons copper ore, 14 0 tallow, and 120 passengers. T he Bl ac kw e ll 611:l sail s .d for Lond on on t h e same d a y a s the Light -I:hgsailed for Li ver p oo l. 0 11 tee The Red Jacket was to leave again for England tu January. u The advises from Melbourne are over three N:oeeks later than those previously received. The t hT il lercial accounts generally are satisfactory, but 1 , , , political condition of Victoria was not in the Z I T settled condition. In the Legislative Council for t Govern ment had been defeated upon a motion and i e „ a clePtion of the ballot, by a vote of 35 to 25, ft con sequence, the Governor was left without 84131alnistry. Mr. Nicholson had been commis trhilllV:° f orm a new one, but after nearly a week's tn ee i s n e . f u l " not, at the latest accounts, been sue , Previous to this final break up of the b, tv is "rY there had been some serious disagreement h l . „ " / , 11 the members and the Governor, Sir th r Z• .lothare,and some of the executive officers had beret --511 Up their appointments, but were induced ai n. them. The Melbourne papers give asP a rticulars which place the conduct of Sir as Ol e , th Hotham in a worse light than before , and , uuti,." colonists allege, show him to be utterly 4sx ,: to occupy the new position he is called to 0 0 ; 146 . The movement had its origin in the er noe _ over h; a determination to keep a tight hand ti o , ' 8 executive to the last. The new constitu e t was received on the 23rd of October. On the ex 61 November the governor summoned the ecutive to give their confirmation to the esti ,' a t , t6B . To this course they demurred. They had e fl h t ion that immediately on the proclamation ezt "' e new constitution they would to some h a become become responsible ministers. They th had no hued in the preparation of died estimates ; to judge from their language they th a not altogether approve of them, and were, tu' ref°r6, , shy of giving their assent to an expendi julTir they did not like the responsibility of h e ll ;; 11 ,, 11 - The governor, however, would nut ofi : °I any departure from the usual plan. The 1 . 0 eials could not resist. They would not resign t he r e of losing their pensions, and they were, ur ... , obliged to do as they were told. But they 2°° n as the new constitution was proclaimed 4 felt freer to act. The colonial secretary was p t t b it ° , l dened then to ask the governor in what e () C" c m• as to the responsibility he considered the eial s to stand, and intimated that the existing ha considered combination of officials could not b.,,Considered a responsible ministry, since they not been brought together by mutual t t e ement, but by the arbitrary appointment of beene governor. Their official conduct had not )3 the result of mutual consultation, but had tit he guided by the orders they had received. , governor did not agree with Mr. Haines 's °n responsible on this point, and forwarded to him a minute T u t,- re sPonsible government as he understood it. "IS made matters rather worse, and the result was an a ppeal to the Attorney-general as to the ex pediency of issuing fresh commissions to the ir cials. The Attorney general reported in favour of t his plan, and the executive were consequently e ach favoured with a circular telling them that they " released" from office on political grounds. h - teY all acquiesced in the release, and asked foe 1-, ei r Pensions. Mr. Haines was then re - appointed ,ahi e f Secretary, and requested to form a Ministry, W "` c li he did out of the same band of officials With two exceptions The happy state of things thus brought about was not of long duration, for as we have stated above, a defeat in the legislative council has caused a thorough break up of the ministrv. The.l Melbourne dye of the 11th of Decemb er given the following account of the swearing - in of Sir Charles Hotham :-- Yesterday, at noon, the eere n , itot . -- "Y of swearing-in Sir Charles Hot ham as e rnor of Victoria, under the new constitution a ct, took place at Government House , in the Presence of the executive council, several members twAr the legislative and city councils, and about wh e . ll ,_Y or thi r ty citizens. The apartment in T he the aff a i r w a s conducted was quite filled by en ew Commission, and also the oaths were read Rusden, the clerk of the executive council, r,`,B.tacellency standing by the vice-regal chair, the Justice, Sir W. A. a'Beckett, being seated at 6 ri ght hand. His Excellency having complied v . lt. h t he usual formalities and attached his signa ture, to th e various documents, the Chi e f Secre tary' the Attorneeneral, the Commissioner of Trade and Customs, and the Commissioner of Publ i c a : Works, t oo k t h e oa th o f allegiance to him the representative of her Majesty. The governor (111 1. bowed t o th e gent l emen present, and they t zu h i, : utir ew• At the same moment a salute was fired, e guard of honour osted in front of Govern it:Mt 111)11 80 presented arms, and the military band er atte ndance struck up a lively air. There was a t h °cv , cl of peopl e ou t s id e , w h o we re in expectation „ the ceremony would take place out of doors, but expectation was disappointed. Th e, news of th e f a ll of Sebastopol had been re. , gi (e"red • It rea c h e d Melbourne by the French _ G ertrude, from Calcutta, and caused universal .:iatisfaction, and in many places public holidays 114 (1 been held in commemoration of the event. The 2lelbourne Herald announces that blacklead Plumbago has been found in considerable 'quantities at Blackwood, a sample of which is in the hand s o f M r. Clarke, the gold b ro k er. C opper , t Plumbago and gold may be said to abound in locality. „ The dem an d f or l a b our was ver y active, and g reat difficulty was experienced in obtaining a number of agriculturists. Wages had an nPward tendency. 4 The Sydney Herald announces that it had been e l l e mined to invite Mr. Charles Gavin Duffy, th: was expected to arrive in Australia during s v ' d m onth of December, to a public dinner in ne °, ‘ , lle 3 7 - A committee was appointed to make the s sary arrangements. e subjoin full details of the COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Best new hay (trusse MELBOURNE. GOLD. -1114 price of gold during the week has been steady at 75s per oz. f or m i xe d , an d f rom 68 s to 72 s p er us. fur amalgamated, with a good demand, since T ues d ay , w i th the ver • v c p o t n io s li de o r f a a bl f e ew small lots for Sydney, in which trade we fl ex ncl ee increase je I. ' during the week, equal to 20 per c ent . o f our average We have no particular advent to chronicl e f rom the ) diggings. S me persons have been in town from the Nicholson River, Gipps Land, who speak well of the place, though as yet very few have been induced to go there. Mount Blackwood diggings will soon be deserted. The diggers have fled from there, and in many instances left their tents, tools, &c., behind them, not thinking them worth carrying away. The rush is principally to the Back Creek, Elphinstone,—and there the reefs are of a very rich character, as well as soma fair alluvial diggings. Total receipts for the week per escorts, 43,226 ounces. WooL About 700 bales have been brought to auction, 'which were not competed for with so much spirit as last week. As prices, which have been lately given are not warranted by accounts received from England, they cannot reas onabl y ° expected to be so fully maintained TALLOW : For shipment, mixed, £35 to £3B ; mutton, £3B to £4O. BIDES : Country salted, from 10s to 12s. fey : The business of this market has been uniform and steady since our last report, and, with the exception °f a slight di s p os iti o n in prices to advance, there is no variation from our last previous quotations : Per Ton £6 0 0 to 6 5 0 Best old hay, do. 11 0 0 Heat new hay (bundled), 5 0 0 to 5 10 0 LABoun : We have to report a continued steady demand for both good men and women servants, wages having a decided upward tendency. Good agricultural men servants are very much enquired after, and we are unable to supply the demand, which is likely to be the case for months to Come. When we consider that haymaking alone has nearly Bleared the market at of able-bodied men, We ElaY well surmise a scarcity for securing the other crops, now nearly ready. Thorough good female servants can freely obtain engagements, in respectable families, for either town or country ; and the gold fields are weekly taking up numbers of them, at an advance of about twenty per cent. over the city rates—their travelling expenses allowed. Country blacksmiths are scarce, and very much enquired after. Mechanics in general are more in demand ; iu short, the Meibourne Labour Market is in a very healthy state, and any man able and willing to work can obtain it, at a fair rate of wages SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. Melbourne, arrived—Dec. 1, Albatross, from Liverpool ; Dec. 10, Parsee, from Liverpool ; 11, Daphine, from London ; Elizabeth, from Belfast ; 13, Indemnity, from London ; 17, Elizabeth, from London ; 18, Invincible, from Liverpool; Balmoral, from Liverpool ; Neleus, from London ; 19, Steboneath, from London. Sailed—Dec. 11, Emma, for Liverpool; Dec. 16, Admiral, for London ; 14, Prince of Wales, for London. Sydney, arrived : Dec. 5, John Bibby, from Liverpool ; Dec. 13, Light of the Age ; Dec. 4, Kate, from Ports mouth; Wonloomooloo, from Gravesend ; Alliance, from Liverpool ; William Prowse, from the Downs. Sailed : Dec. 6, Eliza, for London ; Dec. 11, Centurion, for London. Geelong, arrived: Dec. IS, Elizabeth, from London, Launceston, arrived : Dec. 4, Hero, from London. Hobart Town, arrived : Dec. 3, Albion, from London ; Dec. 4, John Bell, from Greenock ; Dec. 13, Derwentwater, from London. Adelaide, arrived: Nov. 27, Fop Smit, from London; Dec. 1, Royal Albert, from Plymouth; Dec. 3, Gloucester, from London ; Dec. 4, Agincourt, from Plymouth. TRADE REPORT.-SATURDAY. LIVERPOOL.—Pm IRON : Our market for warrants closes at 68s. Buyers, cash ; 68s 61 seller s. 'AND )N.—TALLOW : The market is quiet to day, at the following quotations, which showed no recovery whatever. Town tallow 45s 3d nett cash ; Petersburg Y.C. on the spot, 47s 61; March to April, 47s to 47s 6d ; April to June, 475; Oct. to Dec., 47s 61—Market averages Town tallow, 47s 6d ; fat by dos, 2a GI; yellow Russian, 48s 6d ; melted stuff, 35s ; rough do, 22s ; tallow graves, 16s; good dregs, 7s. Conic Coerr: White wheat, L9s. Red do, 36s ad to 38s 6d. Barley, 13s to 133 91. Oats, 111 to 12s. Do, 12s to 16s 6d. Pork 46s per cwt. Nsw nY CORN : Sinclair and Walker report oats 6s 61 to 7s per cwt. No other change. DROGHEDA CORN : We made no alterations since last quoted. Ttie market was firm, but little business was done. Barley for seed may be noted 61 per barrel higher. Millers and merchants' white wheat, 393 to 41s ; do red, 37s to 393 6J ; barley : malting, 153 to 193 6i ; do grind ing, 15s to 16s ; oats, per barrel, 13s to 143. EXTRAORDINARY ESCAPE OF TWO PRIS ONERS FROM THE MODEL PRISON. On Saturday morning, a full description of two well. known convicts, who made their escape on Thursday last from the model prison, l'entonville, was circulated by the commissioners of police, Scotland-yard. The escape of the prisoners.seems to be unparalleled, and beyond all pre vious prison breaking. It appears that the two prisoners had been some time incarcerated in the jail—one being sentenced to fourteen years' transportation, and the other for ten years. They were two daring characters, and one was a relative of the notorious Hackett, who escaped from the same place several years since. They were safely locked up in their cell late on Wednesday eveniug by one of the warders, and the door was protected by one of locks, but by some means the fugitives succeeded in opening it, but how at present seems to be a miracle, for nothing whatever has been disturbed in the lock, nor was there even a scratch upon the door. The warder entered the cell at an early hour on Thursday morning, and to his great astonishment he found the cell empty. An alarm was raised, _and on subsequent search being made by the governor and officers, it seems that the prisoners, after opening the door of the cell, walked along the passage, where they found an iron trap door, weighing three nundred weight, which they must have forced up, and got upon the root of a low,buildinz. From thence they scaled a lofty wall by a ladder made of wax ends, which brought them to the roof of the prison, where they must have encountered several difficulties; for they descended and ascended at least six times before they could have reached the outside of the jail. The ladder was found hanging upon the lofty wall of the exterior part of the prison, and must have taken the convicts a long period to have constructed. One of the delinquents was a shoemaker, and the other a brick- layer. A meeting of the prison authorities has since taken place, and one of the officers suspended. The pri soners, of course, had on the jail uniform, and although the police have been actively engaged during the last twenty-four hours in search of the,lugitives, they have at present avoided detection. THE NORTNIVIN TiIifOooLIVIIRPOOLi VONDAYA MARCH 241 WO CAUTION TO SEAMEN At the Thames police court on Thursday, Mr. Ingham was occupied for several hours in the investigation of a charge preferred against William Moran and Michael White, of unlawfully making and assisting in making a false certificate or report of the service, qualification, conduct, and character of a seaman named James Stokes, which offence is declared by the 176th section of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1854, to be a misdemeanor. Mr. E. H. R. Coleman, principal clerk to the registrar of seamen, conducted the prosecution for the Board of Trade, and said the attention of that board had been called to an evil of great magnitude, the forging of false certificates of service and discharge of seamen, and the forging of false certificates of character. lie was afraid the forging of these documents had been carried on to a great extent, and had been productive of the most serious consequences. Captains of ships, rely ing on certificates of service and written characters, had engaged men as able seamen, so described on certificates, who turned out to be incompetent and worthless when they got to sea. There were other results demoralising to seamen, and injurious to the commercial interests likely to follow by,the issue of false certificates, and the Board of Trade:were determined to check the practice by every means in their power, and to prosecute in every case that came to their knowledge. The evidence for the prosecu tion being concluded, Mr. Ingham sentenced the prisoners to six months' imprisonment, with hard labour. The Rev. Henry Melville, principal of Haileybury College, has been appointed to the Canonry of St. Paul's Cathedral, vacant by the elevation of the Rev. Montague Villiers to the Bishopric of Carlisle. THE LATE FIRE AT COVENT-GARDEN.—A Subscription has been opened for the benefit of the Misses Brandon, the daughters of the well-known box-bookkeeper of former days, whose property having been invested by their father in Covent-garden, they have been (by the late fire utterly deprived of their means of living. It is intended, we hear, to purchase them an annuity. THE COMMISSION OF GENERAL OFFICERS.—The Board of General Officers appointed to inquire into the conduct of the Earl of Cardigan, the Earl of Lucan, and other Crimean officers, has undergone some changes since its first appoint ment, and now consists of Lord Seaton, Lord Beauchamp, General Rowan, Sir John Bell, General Peel, M.P., General Knollys, and General Sir George Berkeley. It is expected that the meeting of the commission, which is appointed to take place at Chelsea Hospital on Tuesday next, will be merely for the purpose of arranging the course of proceed ings, and that at least a week or ten days will elapse before the board will meet for the reception of evidence. VALUE OF EDITORIAL TIME IN SYDNEY.—The author of an article in a late number of Chambers's Journal, descriptive of life in Australia, thus describ - ss his visit to an editor in Sydney :—At my first call I came to the palacelike house, the ground-floor occupied by the printing office. On the first floor, among other advertisements ' I found a tablet informing visitors that the editor cannot be spoken with unless paid for his valuable time; accordingly everybody, without exception, is advised to buy a ticket of admission at the door of the waiting-room--one hour cost ing 10s, half an hour Bs, fifteen minutes 3s. Such were the contents of this regular price-current of time. DISSOLUTIONS OF PARTNERSHIP.—W. and J. Duckett, Burnley, stonemasons. J• Harwood, J. Ley, and J. Glaze_ brook. Heywood, Lancashire, cotton spinners. H. Whalley and J, Brindle, Chorley, plasterers. W. Marsh and J. Bovil:e, Kingston-upon-Hull, spirit merchants. W. Towers, J. Wilson, and E. Riley, Ripponden, near Halifax, silk waste dressers. G. C. Dobell and W. Huddles one, Liverpool, forwarding and commission agents. J. C, Cortis and C Maples, Kingston-upon-H u ll, em ig r ation and forwarding agents. S. Newton and J. Scattergood, Stockport, manufacturers. and J w J. and . \ F.. Fielding, H Fiel a d r i r n is g o , n, Rochdale, sheffiald t , eadealers T. J. c manufac turer of electro-plated goods. J. dT F. Sutcliffe, Skircoat, cotto n sp i nners . G. Thorn an Thompson and J. Hilton , Oldham, cotton spinners. R. Palmer and C. D. Hitchcock, Liverpool, te a dealers. E sufferings he her is graduallyreco;;;ing lIR Ttis from the l MMES. APisaACCOTJC ment. It is rum oure d thatEcmo n p fi r e a s e s - M. Dubois is t o receive 600,000 francs, not only for hi s services, but to compensate him for the fearful anxiety o f m i nd he underwent w h en it became inevitable that violent means about the birth. The poor n o smust be resorted to, to Empress for hours believed that every moment wouleFloor E o her m and never ceased recommending her soul to the mt. ' intercession of the saints ; and this conviction upon his imperial part, of course doubled the res p onsibiliti e s and tli ) e atie nervousness ees of M. Dubois; con se q uentl y it is held that 20,00 olthe relative dearness of the t wo e p ochs weal conside re d, t oo ) is no more than the equivalent, in 1856, for the 10,0001. awarded in 1811 to his father, for his attendance upon the Empress &aria Louise, at the birth of the King of Rome. Commandant Pave the orderly officer of the Emperor, who was charged with thei mission of announcing officially to the Municipal Commission of Paris the birth of the Prince Imperial, has been gratified with a pension for life of 10,000 fr, a-year, which he is to receive from the funds set apart for the Civil List. AMERICA. The United States mail steam-ship Arago, Capt. Lines, with the French and English mail, from New York, arrived at Southampton, on her way to Havre, on Friday evening. The Arago brings eighty passengers, specie to the value of 404„000 dollars, and 2,500 barrels of flour. By her we have intelligence from New York to the Bth inst. On the afternoon of that day the Arago passed, six miles east of Sandy Hook, the royal mail steamer Arabia, from Liverpool, bound to New York. She brings no intelligence of the missing mail steamship Pacific. There is little news of political importance by this arrival. The State Democratic Convention of Pennsylvania have put forward the name of Mr. Buchanan, ex• Minister to London, as its choice for the next Presidential term. The correspondent of the New York Herald, in Washington, telegraphs as follows, under date the 7th it - Ist : It is stated by those in confidential relations with Mr. Crampton that he has no apprehension of being dismissed ; everything, however, depends upon circum stances. General Cushing said to a gentleman to-day that England would not withdraw her representative, " but," said he " if they do not, he will certainly be dismissed." Nous verrons. Mr. Crampton'a discovery of Lord Clarendon's directin, that he should communicate to Mr. Marcy the contents of a despatch relative to an arbitration of the Clayton-Bulwer treaty dispute, occurred in this wise :—Another Foreign Minister was at Mr. Crampton's house, and they were talking about Lord Clarendon's assertion that Great Britain had offered to arbitrate, when Mr. Crampton remarked that he had a letter from Lori Clarendon on the subject. The letter was produced and read by Mr. Crampton. Upon reaching the concluding paragraph, he exclaimed, " I did nut notice that before ; what shall I do ? " He decided to send the letter immediately to Mr. Marcy. This explains the eircamstanec noted by Mr. Marcy of the receipt of the document at the State Department at eleven o'clock at night. In connexion with the fact that a large British squadron is understood to be on the way to the coast of Central America, I will mention that I have learnt to-day, that the government of Great Britain sent word to Mr; Marcy several weeks since, that British subjects in Central Ameriea had supplicated them for aid, and that they should afford them protection. This looks a little squally for General Walker, but it the British lion puts his paw upon the American steamers bound to Nicaragua to overhaul them for men and arms, I appehend he will get some of his claws pulled out. There may be something hot besides the climate in that region before long. Secretary Marcy has been very busy for the last forty eight hours preparing elaborate despatches, which go out in the European steamer to-morrow, with reference to our present difficulties with England. Complete instructions to Air. Dallas will accAmpany the despatches. The despatches brought by the America were received at the Sate Department yesterday. Mr. Marcy has thoroughly sifted their contents. There is nothing decisive or definite in them, notwithstanding there are various rumours afloat that they are of a belligerent character. I am informed this evening from a creditable source, that Mr. Crampton will be transferred to some other position, he having intimated a desire to that effect. After what has transpired between himself and our government, the same authority says that the ritficulty between England and the United States will be amicably settled. The Washington Union of the 6th inst. concludes a long editorial article, published, it was supposed, by the authority of the administration, with the following declaration : " But we cannot forbear to add one remark, which is that Great Britain is thus threatening the United States with war, not. because we have infringed her laws, or insulted her sovereignity in any the least things what ever, but only because, after she had infringed our laws and insulted our sovereiguity, we courteously request her to relieve us from the presence of her minister, Mr. Crampton, fur reasons the most cogent and un answerable.' In the Senate a bill had been introduced for the construction of a railroad and telegraph from a point on the river Mississippi south of hit. 37 to the Pacific at San Francisco. Mr. Sumner's resolution, directing the com mittee on foreign relations to consider the expe diency of some act of legislation to effectively abrogate the treaty with Denmark, and to repudiate the payment of the Sound Dues, was considered. Mr. Sumner argued that the notice given by the president by direction of the senate in executive session for the termination of the treaty was defec tive, inasmuch as treaties are a part of the supreme law of thy land, and can only be abrogated by the action of both houses of Congress, approved by the president. Messrs. Seward, Pessenden, Col lamer, Crittenden, and Stewart sustained Mr. Suinner's views, and Messrs. Mason, Toucey, and Cass opposed them. The resolution then passed, and the senate adjourned. Intelligence from Sierra Leone has been received to the 19th of January. Fever prevailed generally along the coast. An American brig of 200 tons, completely equipped for the slave trade, and pre pared to take in a large cargo, hail been destroyed at Bona Vista. The disturbances still continued at Liberia, and a large force under General Lewis had been despatched against the insurgents. At Bathurst the black inhabitants had mernorialiEed the Governor to admit six of their number as members of the Legislative Council of the colony. The Governor declined acceding to the request. A schooner belonging to Fairhaven was struck by the ice off Rock Point on the morning of the 4th inst , and the captain and cook were drowned. The crew, 10 in number, remained in the rigging for 27 hours, and were badly frostbitten when rescued. A. bill has been introduced in the Senate of Louisiana prohibiting the emancipation of slaves in that State, unless the master furnishes a bond that they should be transported out of the United States. LAUNCH AT TRANMERE Although shipbuilding had been abandoned at Tranmere Pool for upwards of seventeen years, it is being pursued with extraordinary activity since its recent renewal by Messrs. Harland, Redhead, and Brown. Only a fortnight ago they launched their first vessel—a tug steamer—and on Saturday they sent :a second steamer off the stocks. The latter is a handsomely-modelled wooden paddle boat, 90 feet in length over all, 16 feet beam (32 feet across the paddle boxes), 9 feet depth, and about 100 tons builders measurement. The little vessel looked exceedingly well ou the stocks, her hull being painted in light colours. All being prepared, precisely at 12 o'clock the daggers were struck, and the vessel glided rapidly into the water, after being named.the Elizabeth, with the usual ceremonies, by Miss Galloway, a young lady from Manchester. A salute of six guns was fired after the vessel was fairly afloat. She will be brought over to Liverpool this week to receive her machinery, which will consist of two side lever engines, of 40 horse power collectively, manufactured by Messrs. Galloway, of Manchester. The owner of the Elizabeth is a wealthy Maltese merchant, of Constantinople, named M. Dementina, who intends to use her as a pleasure yacht for excursions from the Crescent city, upon the Golden Horn and Bosphorus. I On Tuesday evening, whilst the performers at the theatre in King Charles' Croft, Leeds, were enacting an adaptation from the novel of " Temptation," one of the actors, named Waterhouse, who was representing the villain of the piece, was suddenly seized with a fit of apoplexy, and died soon afterwards. THEATRICAL DEMONSTRLTtON.—A private letter from Sienna, of the 10th inst, gives the following account of a demonstration there in favour of the celebrated artiste Maria Piccolomini :—" We left Florence yesterday to be present at the benefit of the Piecolomini before her depart ure for Mantua and Paris. A great many Florentines were with us, bound on the same errant as ourselves, and the railway station was positively encumbered with bouquets of white and red camellias, ordered by her admirers, said to hate b - en to the value of more than 100 dollars. The theatre was densely crowded ; every passage was choked by people who could not find standing room in the pit—far more, in fact, than the house was ever intended to hold. Th 3 opera was Verdes Iroeatore. After the first act the people lost all controul over their feelings; they c3ntinued con stantly applauding their favourite before the curtain, and showering , bouquets at her feet. This was repeated at the conclusion of each act, and at the finale it appeared as if they never would cease. For half an hour she was obliged to remain and receive this boisterous homage. She was deluged with bouquets, crowned with garlands, and, amid waving of handkerchiefs, clapping of hands, sho u ting of vivas, accompanied with baloons sent from the boxes, and gold eaf and flowers thrown on the stage, she was at length allowed to retire, but not before the lights were being extinguishe , l . At the door she was received by th e gentlemen of sienna with candles, who formed a pr,ces,ion to light her home, preceded by a band of music. It was truly a most interesting sight, and one that must have been deeply felt by the person in whose honour it took place' SOUTH LANCASHIRE ASSIZES On Saturday afternoon, the Hon. Baron Martin, and the Hon. Mr. Justice Willes, arrived in town by the four o'clock train, at the Lime- street station, and were conducted to their lodgings i❑ St. Ann's-street. Shortly after, Mr. Justice Willes, accompanied by the high sheriff of the county, R. N. Phillips, Esq., of the Park, near Manchester, proceeded to the Assize Courtt. in St. George's Hall, where the commission was formally opened, and the courts were adjourned until this day, when the business of the assizes will be proceeded with at eleven o'olock. Yesterday, the two judges attended divine service at St. George's Church. The high sheriff of the county, the mayor of Liverpool, and several members of the corporation were also present. Special Juries to try the following cases have already been summoned :—Firth v. The North of England. Cradock v. The City of Dublin Co. Gie v. Ward and others. 'White head v. Sparkes. Taylor v. Wakefield. Alexander v. The Asiatic Marine Insurance Co, Mat tin v. Frangspulo. Oxley v. Murtong. Hall v. Moore. Edmundson v. East of England Mutual Life Assurance Company. Baruis v. Gabbs. Ferney 'v. Tonge, (new trial). Petrie v. Nuttall. Hart v. Batchelor. Leon v. 'Wilkinson. Flower v. Eliza. Haley v. The London and North "Western Railway Co. Ireland v. Anchor Life Assurance Co. Hooper v. Howard. Smyth v. Schillizzi. Hill v. Marriott. PI itchard v. Wright. Bird v. Holder. Reed v. Farnworth. Lewis v. Brownlow. Lister v. Newto❑ v. Broughton. There is also an important case between the Corporation of Liverpool and a contractor, as to some metal dock gates, in which the quality of the metal forms an important question. Several scientific witnesses, from London, are expected to arrive, and the case promises to be :one of general import. ance. Mr. Sergeant Wilkins will attend the assizes, although his health is in a feeble state. We understand that, during their stay on circuit at York, the members of the bar repealed the old conventional law which required all barristers to take lodgings in private houses The bar mess is held at the Adelphi, where it is expected many of the juniors will take up their quarters on this occasion. Next year barristers may, perhaps, be permitted to accept the hospitalities of solicitors during the assizes. Nora verrons. ADMIRALTY COURT, DUBLIN.-THURSDAY. EXEMPTION OF QUEEN'S SHIPS FROM ARREST. The Resolute, Screw Transport. The Resolute, the ship in question, had been arrested under warrant of the court, in a cause of collision, at the suit of the Dublin Steam Packet Company,. for damage done by tier to the St. Columba steamer, their property, in Kingstown harbour, on the .15th inst. ; and an inter ventional suit had also been instituted against her by the owners of the schooner Virtue, the °waters - of the cargo on board, the Resolute also having at the same time and place, ran down end sunk that vessel. Immediately after the arrest of the transport the Lords of the Admi ralty alleged her exemption trom arrest of the court, upon the ground that she was the property of her Majesty, and upon instructions to that effect the Queen's Proctor served notice upon the parties that he would move the judge accordingly, and appeared under protest of the jurisdiction. Dr. Gibbon, in the absence of the Queen's Advocate on circuit, appeared for the crown, and moved on the affidavit of Nicholas Pentreath, the master commanding the Reso lute, stating that the vessel was the property of her Majesty, and then employed in the public service, and relied also in further proof upon the official certificate of the commissioners for executing the office of Lord High Admiral to the same effect. He then cited the case of the Athol, 1 Wm. Rob., and the authorities were referred to, to show that such vessels were exempt from the process of the court. Dr. Hayes appeared for the promovents in the matter, and said that being now satisfied of the fact that the Resolute was the property of the crown, they would sub mit to the law, as the court would lay it down; that at the time they sued out the warrant, they had no knowledge of the tact, and regretted that it was at this stage of the proceedings only they had arrived at it. The Court: lam bound to say that nothing appeared in the affidavit which led to the fiat in this case, which could make me surmise that the promovents had any knowlege of the vessel, under arrest by means of their affidavit, being property of the crown. And I may add that their ready submission now to the law, as it should be pronounced, leaves to the court the opportunity always to be desired, of delivering its decision with a conscious ness that it will have the more weight, because thus acquiesced in where it may be the least welcome. With the merits of the case the motion has nothing to do. It is a motion, however, not of form, but of substance, and one of great importance to the suitor, its results being to deprive him of his most substautial guarantee for his damages and costs ; a guarantee, moreover, the peculiar privilege of suitors in this court. By the ancient maritime law the owners of a vessel doing damage were bound to make good the loss to the owners of the other vessel, and for the purposes of enforcing this obligation, the owners of the damaged vessel might resort either to the courts of common law or to the court of admiralty ; and if they preferred the latter, they had their choice of three modes of proceeding—viz., against the owners or against the master personally, or by a proceeding in rem against the ship itself. This proceeding against the ship itself can be resorted to in the court of admiralty alone, and by the arrest, under such proceeding, offers the greatest security for obtaining substantial justice, in furnishing a security for prompt and immediate payment. These are the words of Dr. Lushington in his judgment in the Volant. It is to be borne in mind that the suitor in this court has his two other modes of proceeding also, and is, therefore not remediless should he be confined to these two, and lcise that just now so well and attractively described, It is of this last remedy alone, broad and secure though it be, which the present motion seeks as a right to deprive him of ; because it rests itself upon a principle broader than any class interest, and involves the security of the general weal. The able argument in the Prins Frederik, 2 Dod, which bears so fully upon these points is as fol lows :—" There are things, a class of things,whieh are not subject to the ordinary rules applying to property ; which are not liable to the claims or demands of private persons, and which are described by the public as, extra commercium publicis usibus dsstinata—suoh as the forum, the walls and bulwarks of a city. Ships of war belonging to the state should be included in this class of things from their very nature and circumstances. They are destined to the public use, not only for the convenience of the State, but for its defence and protection. The very security of the State depends upon their free use; for, if they could be in'er rupted ;and detained from public service to meet any private exigency or claim, that security might be endan gered." In affirmance of principles such as these, it must have been that, at a very early day, Lord Stowell, in the case of the Comus, declared that the court declined to entertain suits against or to detain ships of war by its process. That declaration, as well as the decision, have been uniformly acknow ledged, and are now recognised as established law. But, independently of this, there are other and distinct principles which tend to deprive the suitor of his remedy in rem, where it is a ship of war, by pointing out to him the remedy in personam, as his proper and necessary one. In the case of the Mentor, 1 Rob. Lord Stowell's words are " The actual wrong-doer is the man to answer judgment—to him responsibility is attached• in this court. He may have others responsible to him, and that responsibility may be enforced, but it is the constant practice to have the actual wrong-doer before the court, and every man must see the propriety of that practice." Dr. Lushington, in the case of the Athol, alluded to at the bar, commenting upon that decision, in the Mentor, says, " The result of that decision, and the observations which fell from the very learned judge, directly affirm the prin ciple that in cases of tort or damage committed by vesse:s belonging to the :crown, the legal responsibility attaches to the actual wrong-doer, and the injured party must seek his redress not against the parties who may be indirectly involved in the transaction, but from the person who immediately commits the injury. The same principle is borne out by the decisions of the courts of common law." Under the circumstances, then, of the ship under arrest being a ship of war, and in the public service of the Crown, both upon principle and the author ity of decided cases, I must direct her immediate release from that arrest. With respect to the parties, both in the original and interventional suit, who are, by this decision, deprived of the ship, their greatest security for obtaining substantial justice, I have to remind them, that their remedy against the master of it is still open to them ; andj:that in such cases it has been the practice of the Lords of the Admiralty to direct an appearance to be given for the defence of the action, in order that the court might adjudicate upon it; restoring, by this act of justice, the suitor to as good a positioe as he had ori ginally stood in. To use the words of Dr. Lushington, in the case of the Athol, "I will say that sitting here as a judge in a court of justice, I am bound to express the opinion that I cannot apprehend the high personages who represent her M a j est y in her office of Admiralty will avoid doing justice, or that upon due consideration they will take upon themselves to say that they will be themselves the exclusive judges upon the merits of the present case ; whether they shall appear or not is not a matter for this court to determine. Let the release of the Resolute .ssue. A great impression prevails in Paris that Prussia is desirous of recovering the good graces of England. The Vienna Gazette announces the appointment of Count' Appony to be Austrian Minister at the court of St. James. LIMITED LIABILITY.—At a meeting of the chamber of commerce on Tuesday, the question of limited liabilit3 in partnership was discussed, and it was unanimously re solved that it is desirable that some legal provision should be made by which persons employed in a manu factory or trading concern, as servants, may be remu nerated by salaries or wages dependent in anount upon the profits of the business ; without being rendered liable to the responsibility of partners. A. petition to this effect has been drawn up, and will be transmitted to the House of C o mmons.—Greenoek Advertiser. 4 ••,, CHESS MATCH II Y ELECTRIC TELEGRAPIL—This curious application of modern science is fixed to take place between the Manchester and Liverpool Chess Clubs, on Friday, the 28th inst., at five p.m. It has been arranged that some of the leading players of each club should meet at the electric telegraph office of their respective towns, and play the game on the premises, in order to save time. The moves on both sides will immediately bo forwarded to the: Manchester Chess Club, in Ridgefield, which, on this occasion will be open to the public, and all will be welcome who take an interest in chess. It is expected that the game will take about four or five hours, and will be finished early in the evening. It has also been arranged that the prize recently won from the Liverpool Club. viz., a handsome ivory set of Staunton men and board, shall be played for at the Club ; odds will be given, in order that players of every grade may have an equal chance of success. About thirty names are already entered as competitors. SENTENCE OF DEATH YOB. MURDER.—At the Exeter Assizee, on Thursday, Mary Weeks, aged twenty-eight, was indicted for the wilful murder of her male child, a boy between three and four years old, on the 3rd January last. It appears that the prisoner was to have been married to a widower named Warren, but she had told him that she had only one child, whereas she had two, and upon the discovery - of that fret the marriage was broken off. The prisoner carried off this child from Warren's house on the evening of January the 3rd, and it was afterwards found in the river by a fisherman. A black apron was tied over its head. On the same evening a female resembling the prisoner was seen near the river crying, and she did not return home to her lodgings till nine o'clock, when she appeared to be very much distressed. She stated, in answer to enquiries, that she had sent her little boy home to her mother'e, at South I Lawton ; but. this was denied by her mother, an aged wo man, who was called, and was mu ch affected in giving her evidence. Whilst the prisoner was in gaol it was alleged that she made a confession to another prisoner who slept in the same cell, and stated that Warren bad hinted to her that children were often picked up drowned, and nobody found it out, and she , exclaimed, " Good God ! You don't me an me to do it r" and it was upon this suggestion that she was induced to commit the crime. The defence was that Warren had been actuated by a desire to get the La reward, which had been ordered for the apprehension of the pri soner, and that his testimony was not to be relied upon. The jury returned a verdict of Guilty, recommending the prisoner to mercy on account of the treatment she had received from Warren. Sentence of death was thereupon passed upon her, the judge siyinc , that the recommenda tion of the jury should be forwarded to the proper quarter, but she must not entertain any hopes of mercy. An applic ition was then made that the sentence should be stayed on account of the prisoner being " quick with child." A jury of matrons was then empannelled, who decided that such was the case, and his lordship thereupon ordered sentence to Le deferred until after the prisoner was ' delivered. POLICE COURT.-SATURDAY (BEFOILY MR. DIXON.) CAUGHT AT LAST.—A person of gentlemanly exterior, whose name appeared on the charge sheet as William Stacy, of No. 2, Melbourne-street, Netherfield-road North, described as a commercial traveller, was brought up by Povey and M'Culloch, of the detective police, on a charge of having stolen several sums of money from Mr. Greenwood's public house, Renshaw-street. Povey said he received information from Mr, Greenwood that some one was in the habit of robbing him of considerable sums of money, and that from certai❑ circumstances which transpired, he suspected the prisoner, who used to come every night to the bar. Mr. Dixon : What took him there ? Povey :Ho used to go there every night as a customer of Mr. Greenwood's. Mr. Dixon : What is he? Povey : He is now a commercial traveller, and was formerly in the employment of Messrs. Jeffrey, Morrihh and Co, of Compton House. The officer continued to say that he told Mr. Greenwood to mark some money, and so did he (Povey) also. A watch was then set on the bar in the evening, and on Thursday evening several persons saw the prisoner take money from the cash box, which was in a cupboard in the bar. Povey watched and saw ,him take something out of the box, and put it into his pocket. The officer followed and found six half-crowns that he had previously marked in the prisoner's pocket, and also a shilling. In the prisoner's waistcoat pocket he found four half crowns that Mr. Greenwood had marked on the previous night, and which had been stolen on that night. Mr. Greenwood sail he had missed sums of money, and told the rperpisioied thatnerth i ats t waomes yonng wasrob w b o iri n him w , ho wh a e t u te t n l d ie ed pr t i o son ti e le r bar (as Mrs. Greenwood was confined to her bed by illness) and to look after her. He had the greatest confidence in the prisoner, and never suspected his honesty, until he was told by a person who saw him take money from the cash box. He had know him for about five years, three and a half of which he was employed in Messrs. Jeffry and Morrish. He used to come every evening to the house, and he, the witness, would have left any sum at his hand, so great was his confidence. He had, however, found him out now, and as well as in the money taking, in two falsehoods ; he had represented himself as an unmarried man, and that lie was about to get married to a young lady with £4OO a year, both of which stories were untrue. Tire prisoner, in reply to the charge said he came from Manchester, and had first rate testimonials as to character, and that ho had done business for Messrs. Jeffry and Morrish. Mr. Dixon said it was clear that the persons who gave him testimonials did not know his character. Ho was fuily com mitted for trial. THE WRONG MAN.—A well dressed woman named Amelia Woods, about 30 years of age, was charged by police officer James Munchie, 772, under the following strange circum stances. It appeared that the officer was on duty in Hotham street the previous night, when the prisoner accosted him, and told a very pitiful story, the amount of which was this : Her hu.band (she said) was in the Crimea, fighting the battles of his Queen and country, she came from Dublin and was on her way to join her husband, whom she resolved to see, but she was in a sad condition, as all her money was spent, and she did not know what to do until next day, when she had resolved to apply to the officers of the Patriotic Fund for assistance. She told so doleful a tale, and with such apparent sincerity that the constable believed her, and took out his purse to give her a sixpence to get a lodging. The moment he did so, she snatched the purse and ran away with it, shouting previously for the police. An officer came up and stopped her, and then she tore her dress, saying the policeman 772 wanted to take improper liberties with her. The officer they. charged her, and at the station, t h e f em ale searcher there, found the purse of the complainant which contained 18s., concealed on the prisoner. In reference to what the prisoner alleged in regard to the policeman, Mr. Clough said there was attention paid to it at first, but after a thorough investigation of the case, it was found that the story of the officer was quite correct, and there was not the least foundation for hers. Mr. Anderton, one of the clerks, looked over the records of the court, and said the prisoner was a well known thief. Committed for trial. ROBBERY OF WATCHES.—lnspector Murphy brought up a person, named James Brown, who keeps a shop in Peach• street, on a charge of being concerned in a robbery of twelve silver watches. under the following circumstances. It appeared that a dozen silver watches had been invoiced from Mr. G. Healey, in London, to Messrs. Henry Dixon and Co., of No. 9, Rumford-place, and that on the night of the 14th the office of Messrs. Dixon was entered by means of the window being broken, and a case, which con tained the watches, stolen. The inspector was on the look out for the property, and he was called on Thursday even ing, by Mr. Hutchinson, a pawnbroker, where the prisoner was offering one of the watches for pledge. The prisoner told the inspector that he lead purchased the watches from a man named McDonnell, b u t that he k ne w nothing more of the man. The inspector then proceeded to his shop, and in a drawer there he found eight of the missing watches, and subsequently he got three more, pledged, so that he recovered the entire lot. The prisoner said, in reply to the charge, that he bought the watches, very early one morning, from a man named M'Donnell, who told him he lived at No. 16, Eldon-place ; that he agreed to give him £5 for the a j o b," and that he did pay him £4 12s 6d on account, but that M`Donnell did not come for the balance. Remanded. CAUTION TO PAWNBROKERS.—In a case where a sailor prosecuted a woman of bad repute for robbing him of his coat and some money, it appeared that the coat was pledged at Mr. Wood's pawnshop, in Whitechapel, Mr. Clough said lie wished to inform the bench in this case that there were numerous and serious complaints made by the police of the conduct pursued at Mr. Woods. It was in the centre of all the bad houses in Peter, Preston, and the adjoining streets, which were full of vile persons. Robberies to a large amount took place there every hour of the night, and what he had to complain of was that Mr. Wood's shop was opened very early for the purpose of taking in stolen property. The people in the shop must be well aware that the characters of the females who pledged the property was of the worst description, and that they could not have come by it in any other than a dishonest manner. Ile would now warn Mr. Woods to be cautious in future, as there was a sharp look out kept on him. A young man who attended from Mr. Wood's shop, said they never took in stolen preperty. If they had any doubt about it they always required the person that owned it to attend or send a note. The magistrate said, in consequence of what the superiutendant had stated of the house, he would order the coat in the present instance to be given up to the owner, and let Mr. Woods be at the loss. He cautioned him as to future conduct. CHARGE OF EMBEZZLEMENT. —A young man of highly respectable appearance, named Joseph Lee Bell, a collector in the employment of Messrs. Higgs and Jones, Lord-street, was brought up by inspector Horne, on a charge of the above nature. From the evidence it appeared that some days ago he received a sum of £1 19s 6d from Messrs. Hill and Co., Water -street, and that on the same day a youth in the estab lishment of the complainants, received,a sum of £1 15s from a Miss Young. The latter was enter ed in the book, but it was o u t n h g e , , of re A ta i i i n n in Y g a al n l d eged sub th: ti t tu t t l e i d e prtishoanteroferas:fdesstrhs.e namenill The unfortunate young man said he was now aware of his position, but that he was not conscious of what he had b een doing for the previous fortnight, as he was labouring u nder del i rium tremens. Ile would pay the money, and do all in his power to make atone ment for the offence. He was remanded for seven days. Money. Mr. Mansfield, in his court, dispased of the night charges, and after doing so, observed that some days since a foreigner, a teacher of languages, had boen charged before him with an assault on a girl. He (Mr. Mansfield) on that occasion dis missed the complaint, without hearing any evidence for the defence at all, as there was clearly no case against the accused. He was informed thas the publication of that case in the news papers had done the gentleman considerable injury; he was sure the gentlemen tf the press who were now present would do the man the justice of stating that he (fir. Mansfield) considered at the time, and at present, that there was no foundation what ever for the charge. Ho trusted, for the man's sake, this would 'et the matter right with the public. THE PENDING PEACE Peace is so certain that - people now only talk about th date of its official announcement. As it is not anticipated that the sub-commission appointed to decide upon details not of sufficient importance to occupy the attention of Congress, will have very much left them to do, it is be lieved that very soon after Easter the world will be in formed that the war is at an end. Some fix it for the 27th• The proclamation of peace, however, need not be delayed by the proceedings of the sub-committee, and the great points once agreed on, the treaty may be signed forthwith. The Prussian plenipotentiaries have already presented them selves twice at the Conferences. They were courteously received, and their conduct, it appears, has given no cause for complaint. Their position must have been rather awkward under all circumstances, but they comported themselves with proper modesty, offered no opposition, and suggested no difficulties, in thelway of an arrangement. Russia, notwithstanding occasional fits of coyness, no doubt to enhance the value of her favours, has ended by conceding almost everything that was asked—neutralisa tion, Nicolaieff, Principalities, and territorial rectification ; and one would suppose that at this moment her only regret is that no further concession is asked of her Not withstanding the grace with which Count Orloff yields to the Allies, there are occasionally some cutting allusions to Austria—polished to be sure, but not the less keen. The territorial concession was dangerous ground to touch on, especially for Austria, and all the arts of M. Buol did not prevent him from suggesting corrections in matters of dip.omatic lore which were not to the taste of the Russian Plenipotentiary. It was hinted that the expe rience of Russia was inferior to that of Austria, and admitted with proud humility that so far as practice went in matters relating to territorial concessions, Russia has very little advantage indeed ; her acquirements were all jon the other side. It is not difficult to perceive that the government he represents is hated or mistrusted by all. Prussia eyes her askance, and Austria, in turn, regards her rival with undiminished suspicion and dislike, and feels still uneasy at the prospect of any thing like liberal institutions being established in the Principalities. Peace will be made, no doubt, but whether in the meaning of the mot attributed to one of the Plenipotentiaries —une paix, et non la paix—. time alone can tell. A rumour prevails that Prussia is desirous of recovering the good graces of England, which her conduct throughout the war had forfeited.— Obser SIR CHARLES NAPIER Sir Charles continues his controversy with Sir James Graham. In a letter which appears iu all the morning papers, he says that on the 18th of July he sent in the following report on Sweaborg : " The only successful manner of attacking Sweaborg, that I can , see, after the most mature consideration, assisted by Chads, who is a practical man, and knows more about gunnery than any man in the service, is by fitting out a g►eat number of gunboats, carrying one gun with a long range, and placing them west of Sweaborg, and south of Helsingfors. Every shell from them would tell somewhere and parhaps not five per cent. from the enemy would take effect. Back them by the fleet, to relieve the men, and in the course of the summer S weaborg would be reduced to ashes, and Helsing fors also, if it was thought proper ; and I don't see why we are to be • mealy mouthed' in the time of war. The ships, you will see, could not be destroyed, because they could, move out of the way." Sir Charles adds :—" This letter the Admiralty deny having received. I wish to know what Sir James has done with it; He said I sent home no report before the 23d of September, which was the reason he could send no appli ances in 1864." The Admiral goes on to say, " With regard to Bomar sand, Sir James read two letters of mine, recommending 10,000 men to be seat there ; but he suppressed the extract of another letter as follows The third plan is to attempt Aland Islands. To do this (as we have no troops) it would ba necessary for the whole fleet to proceed to the anchorage pointed out on Captai❑ Sullivan's chart, leaving vessels at the entrance of the gulf to watch the Holsingfors squadron. Land all the marines, and the French troops, which would amount to 5,000, a great number of heavy guns, and lay seige to Bomarsuud, attacking at the same time in front, if found practicable; if not, land 10,00,1 seamen, and make soldiers of them. Why did Sir James suppress this, unless in order to injure me ? It is worse than Captain Christie's affair." With respect to Sweaborg, the Admiral repeats v► hat he said before ;—" My second reconnaissance, an account of which was sent home on the 23rd of September, was received by the Admiralty on the 4th of October, the day that the report of the capture of Sebastopol arrived; and they perverted my letter, wickedly and maliciously, and goaded me to attack Sweaborg, contrary to the opinion of two councils of war : and on the 9th of October, the day that they knew Sebastopol was not taken, without waiting fur my reply, they contradicted the order, andltdirected . . . the selling ships to come home, and my squadiun to go to liel. How does Sir James get out of this? Ho blinked it altogether, and told the house that the battle of - - , . Alma was taught ou the 15th of September. That had nothing to du with my report, which was dated the 23rd. and arrived the day of the hoax ; and that was what caused the quarrel between the Admiralty and myself ; and Sir James managed that so well, that he led the house entirely away from it. Sir James says it was my neglect in not sending home a report before th• - . 23rd of Sep tember, 1854, which prevented him from sending ap pliances necessary for the attack of Sweaborg in 1454. I have shown that I did send my report, the 18th of July ; and as for his talking of sending out appliances, it was quite impuss,ble, and he knows it was." In conclusion, Sir Charles denies that his "nerves are gone," or that he " has the gout:" By a new regulation the Board of Inland Revenue have ordered that any Expectant who shall have to travel any distance exceeding five miles from the place where he has, been instructed, or last employed, or directed to reside, will be allowed fur his travelling expenses 3d per mile for every mile travelled. We read in the Boersenhalle of Hamburg :—lt is said that Prussia has the intention of operating a complete reconciliation between the courts of Vienna and St. Petersburg, and that, with that object, there will be an interview between the Emperors of Anstria and Russia and the King of Prussia in some town near the borders of the three countries. INTERESTING TO GAS COMPANIES.—On Tuesday, the magistrates at the town hall, Preston, gave judgment in an appeal against the poor rates by the Preston gas company, which was heard last week. In 1838 the company was as sessed at the rate of £1,200; and since that time the amount has been gradually increased in consideration of the increase of the works, till at the beginning of 1855 they were assessed at £1,972. In November last the overseers raised the assess ment of that sum to £3,520, and it was against this amount that the company appealed. Several witnesses were called on both sides. Mr. It. Voyers, of Preston, said he had gone, through the accounts for 1854 and 1855, and estimated th; rateable p operty of the company in the township of Preston at £4,547 10a. 43. Mr. J. Bentley, of Kendal, estimated ilk it at £4,410. Mr. Fisher, of Manchester, on behalf of the company, stated that he estimated the value of the rateable, property at £2,114 16s. 6d., but explained that he had not taken the value of gasholders into his calculation, as he did not consider them rateable property. Mr. D. Bellhouse, oli Manchester, made the net rateable value £2,108 3s 23. Mr. Rope, the managing engineer of the gas works, said that last year the company paid a dividend of ten per cent, amounting to £7,800, of which £2,545 78. 83. was taken from the reserved /mad. In giving judgment, Mr. Ainsworth chairman, said the magistrate 3 bud decided that the gaso meters and purifiers were rateable. The gross value of these articles was £13,697 ; and the annual value £B9O 6s 13, from which must be deducted one-fifth for depreciation, £l7B is 23, leaving the net rateable value £712 4s Ild. After having gone through the whole of the accounts, and setting down what in their judgment was an equitable amount as the rateable value of each description of property, they made the gross rateable value 43,243 Os 53, The increase upon the old assessment is, therefore £1, 9 ,70. ' An extensive burglary was committed on Friday, at Chatham, on the premises of Mr. Clift, pawnbroker, higiL street. The thieves carried off about a dozen gold and silver watches, a large number of rings, besides a quantity of wedding rings and keepers, several Crimean and other medals which had baen deposited in pledge, as well as other property. The burglars appear to have effected an entrance into the premises by prising open the cellar window in the street, which they closed down again after them, to disarm suspicion. The next meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of - Science has been fixed for Wednesday, August 6, at Cheltenham. Dr. Daubeny will preside. The special secret tries for the next meeting will be Capt. Robertson, lt.A., and Messrs. Beamish and Hugall. During the search instituted by the editor of the _Newark Times for female compositors , it is r eported that the following short dialogue too k p lace : Brisier " Mr. llenpec, have you got any daughters who would make good type-setters ?" Ilenpe c : No, but I ' ve got a wife who would make a very go od Devil. Tux KNIGHMBILIDOR PUSSYI TES : -At a meeting held on Thursday, for the purpose of securing the return of Mr. Westerton as churchwarden of St. Paul's Knightsbridge, Mr. Beal, one of the speakers, stated (Mr. Westerton being pia sent), that Mr. Westerton had been offered 5.000/. in hard cash, and a seat in Parliament f or hi mse lf o r friend, if he would give up the contest with the Hon. and Rev. Mr. Liddell, the incumbent. This s tatement having been positive) , denied by Mr. Liddell's friends, Mr. Westerton has aanounced that immediately after the election for churchwarden, next Monday, he will publish a pamphlet, not only fully verifying th e s tatement, but giving a nar rative of the whole of the circumstances connected with Lk. case