The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-12-23 00:00:00

Commercili al:'4-1514 ;Bar. At twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' Office, 30, Exchange alley North, 250 bales Jute.—Shand, Higson and Co. At twelve o'clock,' at the Brokers' Officc, 5, Exchange buildings, 588 bales Jute• —Salisbury, Turner. and Grey At twelve o'clock, at the Bro 227 bales Jute, and 150 bal Hunter and Co. rs' Office, 2, Dale-street, Bombay Hemp.—Browne, At twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' Office, Victoria-build ings, Hackins-hey, 250 bales Jute.—Corrie and Co. At twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' Office, 10, Cook-street, 1 761 bales Jute.—Edward Grey and Co. At twelve o'clock, 100 bales Bombay Hemp.—Finlay, Lawrence and Lance. At twelve o'clock, 100 bales Jute, and 1,325 barrels com mon American Resin.—Cox Brothers. At twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' Office, 18, Hackins•hey, 70 tierces Carolina Rice, all faults.—A. and H. S. Skigh At twelve o'clock, at the Broker!' Office, 2,000 bags fine Rice.—T. and H. Littledale and Co. NI Owe o'clock, at the Brokers' Office, Druid-court D de-street, 40 tons prime new Valonia.—E. b Knowles. At twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' Office, Colonial Build ings, Dale street, 1,687 bales Jute, and 100 packages Tea.--Bushby and Co. ? At the Brokers' Office, Lancaster Buildings, Tithebarn atreet, TT 450 bags superfine Aidin C Amata Valonia —James Gordon and Co. I'onuntrziat SILO. PHIS DAY aTais DAY, the 23rd instant, at Twelve o'clo. k, at Shand, Higson and Co.'s office. 30. E,chAnge-alley North, 250 Bales JUTE, no* landing ex Churingee. from Calcutta. Albert Dock —For further particu:ors apply to SHAND, HIGSON & CO., Brokers. On account of whom it may concern. Tuts DAT, the 23rd instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' Office, 18, Hackin's-hey, '0 Tierce , Carolna ItICE, all faults, landed et Louil Napoleon, from Boston • and Eliza Bonsell, from Charle&too Open for inspect on in Hughes' (late Barton's) Ware house, l'able - y-street. —Por particul rs apply to A. & h. SLF IGH, Brokers. the 23rd Instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' Office. 2, Dale•street, 227 Bales JUTE, 150 Bales Bombay HEMP. BROWNE, HUNTER & CO., Brokers Apply to THIS DAY, the 23rd inst tnt, at Twelve o'clock, at the B °kers' Office. 500 Bales JUTE, now landing ex Ante Royden, Albert Dock.—Apply to T. & H. LI ftLEDALE & CO., Brokers TO-MORROW TO-114' ORROW. the 24th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the BrAers' Office, 2, Dale-street, 500 Pates Bombay MADDER ROOTS, .470 Bags NUX VOMICA, 100 Bags MYRABOLAIVIS. BBOWNE, HUNTER & CO., Brokers Apply to To•aittacm, the 24th instant. at Twelve o'clock. at the the Broken' oEice, 7, Exchange-chambers, 237 Bags SALTPETRE, now landing ex Medina, fr„m Calcutti. in the Albert Dock.—Apply •^ FRANCIS J. EATON, Broker. To-stoxaow, the 24th instant. at Twelve o'clock, at the Broker.' Office, Exchange-street East, 10 Tons Fine American LARD. j ost arrived ex Ericsson, from New York.—Apply to W. & J. WHITE. Broken,. AT ASPHALTS ROOFING FELT. durable, and perfectly Waterproof Roofing, C;IE PENN! PER SQUARE FOOT. W. W. POWELL Office and Warehouse-8. CSBLE•STREET._ A chea:), " DAN WEBS I ER." Jost imported from the Ravana, Some Cases CIGARS, oY phis ; nd other celebratel Brand , . Apply to R. NOIMISON & CO., 3, Old Hall, Oldhall.street. F OLEY'S AMERICAN GOLD PENS CHARLES WILLMER4 WHOLESALE AND RETAIL STATIONER, 19, SOUTH JOHN-STREET ,] Respectfully Intimates to Merchants, Traders, and Dealers, th:t he ',as been appo . nted Sole Agent for the Sale of FOLEY CELEBRATED AMERICAN GOLD PENS, which are universally Aknowledged to be far superior to any other Manufactured either in Amer ica or Vis Country, They are sold Cheaper, are made of the best Gold,with aupel for Points, and are war ranted to wear at least ten years. In America they have been exten sively used fir that perio.l, ar,cl aro preferred to new ores. The Prices range ; rom FIVE SHII LING S to a guinea each. Supplied Wholesale, by Charles Willmer, 19, South John-street, Liverpool. THE MILLION M USIC FOR to learn sweet mus , c, Nou only need go To Seventy-nine Dale-street, where y u will find A master of talent, whose genius doth show In playing the Accordeon, to strengthen the mind The Ftutina, as graceful, is taught with success, Whose soft thrilling notes are delightful to hear; tha chaste. Concertina doth m,gic express, To gladden the heart when rude sorrow is near. 3 The name is GEORGE JORDAN, whose fame is well known; The Cornopean, Saxhorn, and Flute he repairs ; Thus, Musical Instalments. when old they are gown, , He manages neatly to powerful airs. He deal. in Accordeons and Flutinas too. And Concertinas unrivalled for swe.tness of tone; Now, Christmas is coming, he promises you To teach you those instruments sweetly, you'll own. 1 THE ART OF PLAYING on the Accordeon, Flutina, or Concer tina taught in a superior style, in a few easy Lessons, for Ten Shillings. Accordcons, FlUtinas, Concertinas, Musk Boxes, Cornoplans, Sax horns, Trombones, Clarioners, Flutes, Violins, and every other article in the Musical line, of the best make, cheaper than any other st .blishment. Evi.ry description of Musical Instruments tuned, ibpaired, or taken in exchange at GEORG E JORDAN'S iSIUSICALWAREHOUSE, 7g, DALE STREET, (Opposite Sir Thntua,'s Buildings, Liverpool.) CLAYTON HALL, CLAYTON SQUARE On FRIDAY EVENING NEXT, the 26th DECEMBER, MISS ...ORGE WILL APPEAR IN HER NEW DRAMATIC ENTERTAINMENT, ENTITLED "HOME AND FOREIGN LYRICS," EMBRACING CHARACTERS AND MUSIC OF MANY LANDS.' Writteu expressly for her by Alias AMELIA B. EDWARDS. The Whole of the Music by J. F. DUGGAN. NOTICE The worth and music of the Songs of this Entertainment are Copyright, and cannot be sung in public without the permission of the Composer, Mr. J. F. DUGGAN. PROGRAMME -PART I illiss Julia St. GeorgO"sTour round the World in search of this Entertainment. THE RESULT. D-lineations of Characters from Real Life, and representative specimens of the Dlu , ic• of Many Lands. The Address, Miss Julia St. George. England to the Rhine—Bernese Girl—Ails, F. Manby Mr. Corney Fitz—Naples—The Molo—The Zingara—Greece and Sapoh ) Athens—Smyrna—Constantinoole—Mr. Theoplalus Jones Turkish Story. London to Ostend—The Rhine. Song, Belnese MAden— . No, no; I will not breathe his name." Mayance to Basle, Semi-lmpersma ion—Mks Frank Manby, one of the " Strong-minded Brigade." Basle, Berne, Interlachen, and the Lake of 'I horn. Semi -Impersonation—Mr. Corney Fi z an Emerald of the first water. Irish Song—" Tim Doolin," and what became of him. GREECE. _ _ _ The lonian Sea—Comparisonolltalian Steamers—The Pock of Santa Maura—rhe Old ',enemies, fr,rn which Sappho (the impas sioned poetess of Lesbos) threw herself—The Dream. Solo, Piano forte—Ancient Greek March. Impersonwion : I ramatic Recitation Sappho. Grand Recitative a,d Air —" Blossoms of Pieria, fade!" Miisitonghi, Athens, &c. TURKEY Monday three times a week at Smyrna. Smyrna to Constanti• nople—Mr. lheophilus Jones, the gentleman who has a taste f r poetry, and who is always in search of a rhyme. Semi imoersaaa two—Mr. Throphilus Jones. A Turkish Coffee-honse—Old Mus tepha's Stiry- Song (Turkish)—" You're slender as the clove," &c. ITALY, Naples—Neapolitan Life on the Molo. The Zingara or Gipsy Fortune-teller, Song—" wou'd you have your fortunes toll ?" Solo, pianoforte—" 1 a Tarantella" Macaroni Seller—Ballad Singer—Water Sellcr—Policinello (Punch). &C., &C. Song (Italian) —" Oh ! bella to dormi." PART II Calcutta—Mi3s Margaret Allison — Captain Crawler—lndia to I.enrit a—Emigrants-t-New York—Miss Jemmtrna Poppies, Sissy— America to France—French Post Boy—Joan of Arc—Mrs. Jenkin Turn ,ous—Conclusion. Socie'yinCalce ta. Impersonation—Mies Margaret Allison. Scotch Ballad—" l'o ye mini the said pist years?" Captain Crawler, " the most languid man in the world." - • INDIA TO AMERICA. Captain Crawler, the most languid man in the world. Emigrants —Song of Home. Engii•h Ballad—" Those other times." NEW YORK. Semi-impersonation—Miss Jemmima Popples. Her love of apple pies. Semi-impersonation—Sissy (Negro Gir;), Negro Melodies— ' Aludder dear, good night," and " folly she can bail an' bb.ke." AMERICA TO FRANCE. impersonation—French Po3t Boy. Song— life," &t'. Oh, a pleasant ROUEN The most poetical assomatiou counect•d with it—Joan of Arc. Impersonation—Joan of Arc. Dramatic Recitation. Grand Recita rive—.' By Heav'n insplied." War bong—" The hostile flag." I n persona ion—Mrs. Jenkins' Story of her visit to the Continent— Her Domestic. Tummus. Impersonation—Tummus, North Coun try song—" Oh, what can I do but die—ie—ie." Conclusion Song—" Good Night, kind friends." The whole of the Songs of this Entertainment are in course of pub- Pe4tion ; to be had of Miss ST. GEoRGE,SS, Albany-street, Regent's Park, and all Musie , ellers. Boxes, 2s. Stalls, Is. Gallery, 63. Children under Twelve years of age H.lf.price, to the Boxes and Stalls only. Every Evening at Eight. Saturday Mornings at half-past Two TO CORRESPONDENTS. We have several letters in type, which will appear in our impression of Friday morning. AMUSEUENTS, PUBLIC MEETINGS, &c THIS P•AY Liverpool Academy's Exhibition—ten a.m. to ten p.m. Queen's Hall—Hoffman's Organophcnic Band—eight p.m. Royal Colosseum—General Entertainment—halfpast six. Freemason's Hall—Gallery of Anatomy—eleven a.m. to ten p.m. *.* For particulars see advertisements in first page, (71 Lae :1;1 I t ) fll TUESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1856, THE DAY'S NEWS, Affairs on the Continent begin to assume a more threatening and complicated aspect Prussia and Switzerlaud are completely at loggerheads with each other. Diplomatic relations have ceased pro tem , and, should all we hear prove correct, Frede rick William seems intent to carry fire and sword into the Swiss Cantons—devastate their fair pro vinces, and for the mere purpose of gratifying a personal pique, let slip the dogs of war in the very centre of Europe. As matters at present appear, they are anything but hopeful. What makes this dispute between Prussia and Switzerland more serious in its character, is the fact that the Emperor of France has so unexpectedly, and, as many think, unwisely, accorded his support to the pretensions of Prussia. Let us hope that the sudden convention of the Swiss Federal Assembly for Saturday next, the 27th instant, will have the effect of proposing the adoption of a course which will prevent the occurrence of actual hostilities. The following is the latest news respecting the affair which has reached us. Prussia has refused _ _ to treat directly with Switzerland. All the Federal staff officers of Switzerland have been ordered to return to their posts immediately. 20,000 mcn are to be put under arms without delay. One half under General Bourgeois, will be stationed at Basle ; the other half, under General Ziegler, at Schaffhausen. The van and reserve are to be in readiness to take the field. The Grand Council of Berne has unanimously granted unlimited credits for the purposes of war. If we can credit a statement which appears in one of the Paris papers, the Presse, it is more than probable that the Swiss Government is resolved to exhaust all its resources rather than make the least con- cession to the pretensions which would involve the moral suicide of the Confederation. From Berlin we learn that orders arrived at Stettin, on Saturday last, for the mobilisation of two divisions of the army stationed there ; similar instructions have been sent to other corps -- According to late intelligence from Constanti nople, it appears that the British ultimatum has been sent off to Teheran ; the bearer is Ferouk- Khan. The ultimatum, according to our advices, demands a revision of the treaties with Persia, the evacuation of Herat, authority to found factories along the coasts of the Persian Gulf, and the con cession to an English company of certain railways to be made across the Persian territory. Persia is supported by Russia in demanding neutrality from Turkey, but England demands permission for the passage of troops across Turkish territory. The Imaum of Muscat has refused to pay his annual tribute to Persia. Alluding to this matter, we may mention that 'Russia is disposed to take an active part in the Persian war; but it is said that there is a strong party at Court opposed to plunging the country again into a war, and particularly as the enemy would be England. The Paris journals are still engaged in specula tions regarding the approaching Conferences. One of the papers—the Constitutionnel—refutes the rumours as to an adjournment of the Conferences, or the doubts entertained in high quarters as to the utility of opening them. It is said that the delay which has taken place has been turned to account, and the spirit and conciliation and the judgment which decided the reunion of the Plenipotentiaries have not ceased, in the meantime, to reconcile differences of opinion, and to conduct matters as nearly as possible to a solution. There is every appearance that some few sittings will suffice for the labours of the Conference, and that these sit tings will not be prolonged beyond the first days of January. 'There is reason to hope that the ques tion of the frontiers of Bessarabia will then be settled, as well as the other difficulties of less im portance which relate to this part of the treaty. The labours of the Congress will receive from the first days of the new year their definitive sanction, and no further obstacle will exist for their exe- cution, We have later news from Madrid, which men tions the discovery of a revolutionary club. The Octroi has, as we anticipated, been re-established. and the loan of 300 millions has been finally con tracted with M. Mires, who remained the highest bidder, though the price which he has offered must be considered as extremely low, so little do the capitalists of Europe expect that tranquillity will be preserved in Spain, or that Spain, under the present government, will be able regularly to meet her liabilities. Intelligence from Naples informs us that the wound which was inflicted upon his Majesty was fast recovering, and that he was receiving deputa tions to congratulate him on his late escape.— Numerous bands of prisoners were arriving at Palermo every day. The judicial authorities are actively engaged in examining into the affair. — There is no doubt that the leaders in the insurrec tion will be condemned to death. It is, however, stated, that the orders have been sent from Naples prohibiting any execution, the royal clemency reserving to itself beforehand every latitude for deciding on the fate of the guilty. A meeting, having for its object a praiseworthy and important purpose, the inculcation of " provident habits," was held yesterday at St. George's Hall. The meeting was called for the purpose of promoting a burial society under the superintendence of a committee of some of the most distinguished merchants and gen tlemen of Liverpool. We regret that, from a variety of causes, the attendance was extremely limited. The chair was taken by Mr. Frederick S. Hull, and we hope that a good founda tion has been laid, although certainly under rather discouraging circumstances—for the forma tion of a society which, if under proper manage ment, and having for its chief officers persons of activity and integrity, will do much for the lower classes of the people of Liverpool—induce them to exercise habits of forethought, and lay the foundation for securing to themselves, or any one dependent on them, whenever Divine Providence shall see fit to visit them by death, the means of procuring a decent funeral without, as is so often the case, being obliged to be incased in the humble parish coffin, and their friends and relatives to become tern porary beggars to secure the aid and assistance of the Select Vestry or the Poor Law Guardians to procure a burial. The speeches of the several speakers at St. George's Hall yesterday, are worthy of a careful perusal by the working classes, and as the matter is one of no small importance, it has our best wishes and humble advocacy. The party accused of being the murderer of Mr. Little, at Dublin, has been before the magistrates, but from what transpired, nothing reliable as to his participation in the crime has yet been elicited. 'Fire accused is to be again brought before the Dublin Magistrates this day, but we fincy that the prisoner for want of legal evidence must be dis charged. Some of our London cotemporaries are beginning to find ft alt with the Irish Government for the manner in which they have deemed it their duty to manage the whole affair, and condemns the authorities for keeping secret the several ex aminations which have taken place regarding this awful tragedy. One of the London papers of Saturday, after reviewing the whole matter, thus concludes :—" Hitherto, we fear, the crown lawyers (though gentlemen of great talent) have scarcely risen to a level with the difficulty before them. pm .~t:~.~ The Attorney General (Mr. J. D. Fitzgerald) is a most eminent nisi pries lawyer. In commercial cases, and in arguing points of law, he is seen to great advantage. But he never had serious criminal cases to conduct; and his col league, Mr. Christian (the Solicitor General) is a profound equity barrister. an adept in spinning the finest web of casuistry that ever could be woven out of " contingent remainders." It is only barristers, whom long practice in criminal cases has armed with habitual firmness in dealing with nice questions of life and character, (which may depend on single questions in a cross examination), who are equal to the responsibility of denouncing the party on whom suspicion gloomily 'converges. Barristers unused to such arduous cases, like surgeons not conversant with amputations, become nervous when the sword of state is handed to them. They dread the conse• quences of wielding the deadly instrument ; and while they squeamishly falter, villians get ready their IN eapons in every alley, and the garrotting association thrives apace in increased security." The miscellaneous intelligence of this day's paper will be found of much interest. It will be perceived that there has been a fearful explosion at the New Bridge Ironworks, near Leeds, and two men have been rather severely injured. Another attempt at murder has been made at London. The miscreant is in the hands of justice. An extraordinary ease of money lost and found, will not fail to attract the reader's attention. A heart-rending case of murder and suicide is reported to have taken place at Coalbrookdale, on Saturday. The unfortunate man is said to be insane. NORTHERN TIMES " MERCATOR," the great Currency Charlatan is again before the public. He addresses him self to his credulous countrymen from Printing House-square. His theme is the renewal of the Bank Charter Act of 1844, and he commences by asking :—." Is that measure to be renewed " and rendered permanent in its present form ? Is it to be subjected to important modifications, " or is it to be altogether repealed, and the " management of the circulation and the security " for the maintenance of cash payments to be " restored to the state in which they were before " the act of 1844 was passed ?" The Govern ment, adds the enlightened querist, must shortly declare its opinion, and tender its advice to Parliament and the country, with a view of coming to a " final settlement " of this question. It is well that we have received so much intelli gence on reliable authority. An attempt to renew and render the law—i. e. usury in its present form permanent—will, we feel assured, be stoutly resisted by the mercantile and tax paying classes. No amount of wire-drawn sophistry or adroit use of Board of Trade Returns and other official statistics which every counting-house runner prides himself on having mystified and rendered useless, will induce the public to lose sight of the palpable fact that, the practical operation of the Bank Charter Act of 1844 has produced nothing but panic, national distruit, " unmitigated bankruptcy " in the highest walks of commerce, and most intolerable usury. To talk of rendering such things permanent is, we trust, the surest way to excite the contempt of all thinking men. MERcAToR leads his readers to believe that there is no such word as panic in the English language, and that the commercial revulsions which have occurred within the last twelve years are merely so many dreams. When speaking of the leading virtues of his memorable act, his effrontery appears most startling. "It " has," he says, " protected the bullion reserve and " faithfully maintained the value of our paper " money through a period of very trying circum- " stances, and, while discharging this, its pecu " liar and appropriate function, the restriction " imposed by it upon the paper issues has not " been found inconsistent with a wonderful " development of industrial energy, nor has the " application of those restrictions, even in their " most severe and stringent form, verified any of the sinister predictions of its opponents. It " has not destroyed credit, it has not paralyzed " the operations of trade, it has offered no serious " interruption to the safe and healthy expansion " of national prosperity to an extent of which " there is no previous example. While, however, " it has thus extinguished the predictions of its " opponents, it has realised all that its advocates " ventured to promise on its behalf." There is something so excessively impudent in these few sentences, that we are surprised to find any man with sufficient audacity to give them utterance. Since the Act of 1844 was passed, 100,000,0001. of bullion have been brought forth to give a sem blance of truth to the predictions of the fathers of that Act ; and, if it had not been for this immense and unexpected supply of gold, what would have been the inevitable fate of this mighty Empire ? The Act in question has not, and never can, " protect the bullion reserve " and maintain the value of our paper money." We are, at this moment, paying an anti-corn mercial rate of discount for money simply because the Bank Charter Act has not protected the bullion, and maintained the commercial value o paper money - The value of our bank notes : is preserved by their being made legal tender. Take from them this character, and bring us into another war, and then we shall have an opportunity of seeing how lone: the bank note will retain its value. Saying it has not destroyed credit, paralysed the operations of trade, and offered no serious interruption to the safe and healthy expansion of national prosperity, is merely giving expression to so many self evident falsehoods. It has done everything which its authors say it has not done. Public confidence has almost disappeared within the last tvi elve years, or since the Legislature, and the bullion quacks in and out of Parliament, have taken upon themselves to decide what is " safe and healthy" in trade. MERCATOR is evidently one of those wise men whose nostrums must not be questioned. A Parliament composed chiefly of landed gentle men, lawyers of every degree, soldiers, sailors, and as few mercantile men as possible, must surely know best when the merchant and trader has had enough of trade, a sufficiency of circula tion to pay wages, the proper amount of credit to carry on their business, and the exact expansion of industry which is required to secure us the largest amount of national prosperity. Grant MERCATOR this privilege, and allow him to exer- cise A theright claimed by the " select few," and he will not quarrel with the " ignorant abuse" he receives from the Currency Reformers. Let him and his compeers rule trade and commerce as they please. Leave them to declare who and what is deserving of credit. To regulate when and how the Empire shall be prosperous. To say when labour shall be employed and left to starve. Then we shall not ruffle their temper and defeat their " Bearish" machinations. But we do not feel disposed to surrender the world-wide dominion of commerce to any clique of self elected dictators ; and we shall seize the earliest opportunity of informing MERCATOR why we so refuse. He invites discussion, and he shall have no occasion to complain of Liverpool's back wardness in accepting his challenge. THE COURT, Ise WINDSOR, DEC. 20.—Her Majesty and Prince Albert visited the Duchess of Kent yesterday afternoon, at Frog more. The Queen and Prince Albert walked in the grounds adjoining the Castle this morning. The Princess Royal, Prince Arthur, and the Princesses Helena and Louise visited the Dachess of Kent. Princess Alice rode in the riding SUNDAY, DEC. 21.—The Queen and Prince, the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and Princess Alice, the Ladies and Gentlemen of the- Court, and the domestic household, attended Divine service this morning in the private chapel of the Castle. The Hon. and Very Rev, the Dean of Windsor performed the service. The Prince of Leiningen was also at the service. DISTRIBUTION OF HRH MAJESTY'S CHRISTMAS BOUNTY MONEY.—This morning her Majesty's annual Christmas bounty was distributed by the Lord High Almoner, Mr. Hanby, and other of her Majesty's officers, at the Almonry office, Middle Scotland-yard, Whitehall, to upwards of 200 poor and aged men and women. Lady Margaret Beaumont gave birth to a daughter, on Friday last, at the family mansion in Piccadilly. Her ladyship and the infant are going on favourably. On Saturday morning, as the Earl of Abingdon was returning on horseback from Waterperry House, the seat of the Right Hon. J. W. Henley, M.P., where he had slept the previous night, his horse stepped upon a stone and fell, whereby his lordship sprained his ancle. His lordship was removed to the Angel Hotel, Oxford, and Mr. W. Rusher and Mr. F. Symonds, surgeons, having been sent for, adopted the necessary treatment. His lordship was enabled to proceed the same evening to Wytham Abbey. The noble earl is going on satisfactorily, and the injuries he has sustained are not of so serious a character as was at first apprehended. ' On the 13th inst., a solemn " Te Deum " was performed at Vienna, at the church 'of the Franciscans, to return thanks for the late providential escape of the King of Naples. Among the persons present were the Empress Mother, the Archduchessesses Sophia, Elizabath, and Maria, the Achdakes Charles, Ferdinand, William Leopold, Henry, and Maximilian d'Este, the ministers, the diplomatic body, the staff of the garrison, and the municipal autho rities. RUSSIA ON THE LOOK OUT.—Among our latest intelli. genco from St. Petersburg, is the announcement that Prince Bariatinsky, governor of the Russian provinces of the Caucasus, had coasted along the Caspian Sea on his way to Astrakan and Tiflis, and had halted at Petroffski, This fortress, the existence of which is almost unknown. is perhaps destined to play an important part in the events which are likely to come off in Persia. It is said that Prince Bariatinsky is instructed to take advantage of the eventualities which may result from a war between England and Persia to found an important establishment at Petroffski. It is added that all the commanding officers of the different corps composing the army of the Caucasus had met in conference, to receive instructions in conformity with the latest orders of the Czar. THE KING OF BELGIUM AND HIS ►SUBJECTS.—A Royal manifesto has been sent to all the communes of the king. dom, thanking them for the brilliant demonstrations with which they celebrated the 25th anniversary of the King's reign. It reads thus—ln the national fetes celebrated in the capital of the kingdom, as well as in those given in the chief towns of the provinces, I have perceived with emotion the spontaneous manifestation of the noble and excellent sentiments to which Belgium has accustomed me, but which the circumstance of the 25th anniversary of the inauguration of my reign endows with a special character of solemnity and grandeur. I should have liked to have visited the most, humble communes, in order to feel myself surrounded by those faithful subjects .who do not constitute the least important portion of the conntry, to the happiness of whom I have consecrated a whole life of solicitude and devotedness. lam happy, through the organ of communal administrations, to acquaint the entire Belgian people of the strong sentiment of gratitude with which-my heart has been penetrated at the sight of so much affection and of so great a confidence. THE ADRIATIC.—This truly magnificent steamer still lies off the Novelty Works, where the workmen are giving the last finishing touches to her machinery. In the opinion of good judges she will be ready for sea in a few weeks, not improbably in a fortnight. Since she has been lying off the Novelty Works she has been completely furnished throughout, and in a style of unequalled mag nificence. From her sixteen metallic life boats, which will hold sixty passengers a-piece, down to the salt cellars in the steward's pantry, there is not an article of safety, comfort, and luxury, in which she is not com pletely appointed. Her interior resembles a palace; there is a labyrinth of saloons, parlours, drawing rooms, and little snuggeries for tete-a-tetes and flirtations, all vieing with each other in beauty and sumptuousness of decora tion. In the opinion of old and experienced seamen no ship was ever BO thoroughly fitted out at this port, and we hope to see this floating Alhambra soon steaming down the bay, bound for the shortest trip ever made across the Atlantic.--New York Paper. MELANCHOLY DEATH —On Saturday' afternoon, a pauper, named Edward Sweeny, arrived at the Coiling wood Dock, in charge of . a person from the workhorse hospital, Wallworth, Surrey, London, to be passed to his native place, Cork, by the steamer. On arriving at the dock, the poor fellow sat down and expired almost imme diately. - • - LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY FATAL ACCIDENTS.—On Sunday evening a man, name at present unknown, fell into the Prince's Dock when coming from a ship, and was drowned.—Mr. George D. Stanley, second officer of the R.M.S. Persia, died on Sunday, in consequence of injuries received on board on Saturday. He was accidentally struck by a capstan bar. and was fatally injured, so that death followed. He was a much respected and intelligent officer, and his death is deeply deplored. SHOCKING DEATH OF Two CHILDREN IN ST. MARTIN'S STREET.—On Saturday evening, about half past six, Bridget Cochran, who resides at 22, St. Martin's street, put her two children, named Margaret, aged 6, and Catherine, aged 4, to bed in an upper room of the house. About half past, eight a woman who resides in the same house, and whose name is Emma Kelly, smelt fire. She went to the room in question and found the bed on fire. The children were removed and found quite dead, having been suffocated. The bed was composed of shavings, and it was supposed that the mother had allowed a snuff of candle to fall on the bed, when putting the poor children to sleep—a sleep from which they never awoke. DANGEROUS CASE OF STABBING —OE the night of the 7th inst., a number of Greek and Spanish sailors, met in a public-house, called the Blue Anchor, in Charles street, where they had some drink, after which a quarrel took place. A Spanish sailor, named Petro Lard°, took out his knife and stabbed a Greek named Andrew George, in the hand, and also in the breast. The sufferer was taken to the Northern Hospital, where he remained, and was not able to leave until yesterday, when the prisoner was brought up before Messrs. Henn and Challoner, at the Police Court, and both prosecutor and prisoner were represented by interpreters. The prosecutor said he was stabbed without any provocation, and this was confirmed by two unfortunate females, who said they saw the whOle affair. Surgeon M‘Gowan, from the Northern Hospital, gave evidence as to the nature of the wounds, and said, that on the breast was a very serious one. The prisoner denied having used a knife, and alleged that he was dread- I fully beaten by the complainant's pa rt y . The p risoner was sent for trial. FOREIGN INT PT FRANCE PARIS, St The Constitutionnel publishes an ar emanating from an official sourek of the Conferences. It notices, fo, contradicting them, the rumours wL their way into the " foreign journal an adjournment of the conferee entertained in high quarters £ opening them, and the new d Plenipotentiar arisen from the prete who sious of are to sen which w;re not admitted by oti might lead to the abandonment altogether Tho Constitutionnt no t - oundation fOr these rut reason to doubt that the P. assemble at the period alread towards the end of the present month ous nature has occurred to th r the meetit to impede the preparation ft. that the delay had been foreseen and wa No time has been lost, as the. Ct. not be held before the arrival of ins ructions the Ambassador of the Sublime Porte '- vocation dates from the Ist of Do" )reference cou r : and the instructions of the Pox 2th. The bearer the Grand Vizier, and he is ,ed in Paris in few days " The delay which has taken place (observes the Con stitutionnel) has been turned to account, and the spirit of conciliation and the judgment which decided the reunion of the Plenipotentiaries have not ceased, in the meantime, to reconcile differences of opinion, and to conduct matters, as nearly as possible to a solution. There is every appearance that some few sittings will suffice for the labours of the Conference, and that these sittings will not be prolonged beyond the first days of January. There reason to hope that the question of the frontiers of sarabia will then be settled, as well as the (0 4 - of less importance which relate to thi^ The labours of the Congress will re, days of the new year their definitive further obstacle will exist for their execution It then alludes to the organisation o bian Principalities, and the impossib yoking the Divans in order to ascerta' of the population, owing to the presence of form, troops on the territory. The foreign occupatic has not yet ceased, because the frimtier question not yet decided. When the question is decided th troops will evacuate the Moldo-Wallachian terri, tory, and the Divans will forthwith assemble. When the wishes of the principalities are ascertained, the European Commission will terminate its labours ; the Conference will once more, and for the last time, assemble in Paris, as the treaty prescribes ; it will take under consideration the wi' Moldo-Wallachian people as expressed by Divans, as also the report of the European. Co mmission, which will serve as the basis of that im portant question. The article concludes : We may, therefore, flatter ourselves with the hope that this last phase of negotiations which have kept alive th , attention of Europe since the Congress in Paris, wil' longer meet with any serious impediment , T difficulties ceive from the first )n, and no 1, of co n the wishes hes of tit and that the hies will take new organisation rec effect in the spring. aired by me i So far as regards the period of the meeting of th Congress, the few number of sittings_ require( some other points referred to by th - I informed you several weeks ag 3 Constiuttionnel, ). The French Government then appeared to att ante to the points iu debate, and to the differences which have necessitated the re-opening of the Con import ed to weigh ferences. Some whose opinion is en think, on the contrary, that it would be dangerou to allow Russia to take any advantage, however trifling in appearance, of the suppressio /Jeri, if not of positive trickery, of which she gave proof during, the last conference, It is unnecessary to recapi• support of that view perfectly justified in requiring the execution of the treaty of Paris in spirit as in I( that decision it is not probable that it will From its yielding on the question of the Col it is inferred that there is little doubt of the ma jority of the Congress being in f glish view of the question, and ceded on a matter of form in ( reality. It is true that for mans afloat similar to those to which th alludes. It was even said in certo the Emperor himself had expresso utility of a second Conference, an tated between England and Rus owing to his desire that Sardinia, al. lation, after expressing one opinion another at St. Petersburg, decided English version, and that this decision enab rile I ment i r. From it of the En- past r mstitutionnel ain quarters that I doubts on the I long hesi that it was much vacil in London and Emperor, when pressed by our diplomacy on the point, to say that there was.no need any positive declaration, seeing th of Sardinia would, in any case, give England. Indeed, it has been sta last two or three days, that no positive answer for him to make Of 1 110 0 , by that measure. di o I' 4 been as yet given on the subject, though it was M. Michelot, the celebrated com e 1 , st, 5 01 0 shown that the moment must soon come for that Theatre Francais, died on ThursdaY„' ' b oot o is, decision one way or the other. On these points I residence, Massy, in his 71st year.' l‘i i ; a che ti tile am rather incredulous, from the source .3 from, which with Telma, Fleury, Mademoiselle . 0 of i ja these statements emanate, and I still incline to Mars, and Georges, one of the g ler „ c esfi l ft ter s the opinion that, whatever divergence of opinion French stage. He was equally 51.1 :orrflo 0 may have existed, France and England are now tragedy and comedy. His last grea;, , it ou agreed on the main point. were the Jeune Atari, in "Henry ll' (IJ .000" i 5 The Russian party do their utmost to produce Catlos, in " Hernani." ~ boe' „.sri the impression that Bolgrad and the Isle The ruins of a Roman theatre ha v 4 ' t is 7 0 .) P a of Serpents have in reality very little to do vered at Trigueres, near Montargis ; j',„ae, f l ,P,O°: long from the back of the pit to al? 6 ie'ld ot Y ew with the presence of the British fleet in the Black Sea ; of Persia, acting. as it is belived, under the spectators. The interior of the theatre niece , i influence of Russia, is the real cause of our con- uncovered. PJP tinned occupation, .and that that occupation will P.S.—I omitted to mention that ti r s ge'l e joo l i continue long after the closing of the Conferences. Prussia—or the Petit Prince, as il e , -ii , o „ b il e In the same quarters we are told that Austria called in Paris—leaves to-night, a t 1i refuses to join in the Conferences, until she shalt His departure had been fixed for ~o st s I I " s , he was induced to give his Imp - 0 .%, have obtained the assurance that the Powers who ss al" signed the Treaty of Paris abandon the idea or the day. e` ; Fr u eP o union of the Danubian Principalities. We already It is said that though the King b y aoc w al g know that the Porte was always opposed to that not gratify the desire of the EmPel i T ni r p er°':, Alii ii : c t . union, that Russia did not seem to very hostile an invitation to the Tuileries, the ''''„ -- ;;o o , t w i s, ' Pi l o to it, that France supported it, that England at to him. "If the mountain will no ',„-iia. don t'„o one time held no very fixed opinion on it; but met, Manomet must go to the reetinasse a i' o that Austria, for reasons which I lop g ago explained, deal of negotiation is stated to ha s ,' a. r dea , t ' il ee , e ie , would never listen to it. If such la. the case, and subject. The Grand Duke ef.,;t, Fr ai Ve ° P•o I cannot at this moment assure you of the accu- Prince of Prussia, father of the r e : l t ;ifee t rlio 1 racy of the fact, it would be an additional obstacle their good offices, but as yet withol l ", to Y in the way of the Conferences. I conceive, how- however, talk of the Emperor's vis"' ever, that the union of the Principalities is a February or March next. question apart, and that it is not necessarily corn prised in that of the • - -' l,- el" of these -. provinces. within the PO' 6 - cf 9 ; mint Visskolski, Grand ba a 11 th s e r .. 00 nies at the Court of St. re on his way to Nice. A ialleS ' he Pardalas, with salt, from jo 3 ' .ast L i g ht under Vor'argo were fortunately saved , b tit the cargo The Loire, he Loire, which had began t° returned to its bed. Petersbug, " organ: go Too The Journal des - Debuts cts t the French merchants to Persia presents a good market for Frew which has hitherto been overlook of enterprise left open to the Engl ked 1 The De, refined taste—desirous of obtaining what is hand some and good, and not unwilling to pay for it de Challaye(late French Constil at Trebizond) to his Govern inent last year that a great numbe of French articles might be advantageously di: posed of in Persia, but that the articles shout be of the best quality, as the Persians are well skilled in traffic ; and not having, like the Turk an aversion based on their religi( opinions for I everything which represents willingly receive and purchase E ngravings, particularly thos Dean ( I represent deeds of arms The Debats ( ing the French merchants that hitherto n( le they have :naland has r commercial lected this market, strengthened predominat who are eternally manufactu cotton goods, impose on ti the necessity for finding, m Is the Cebat land's material greatnes be no stop. Th legend of the Wandering J moving." would be A. stiiking instance of the ad the trade in articles of first nec found by comparing the price at Smithfield, London, and 1 AUSTRIA VIENNA _ DV( of Halib place ciS IS ou , . : .r anxious aY ,, on z s t ,ot yet been will take fixed, but it is believe ,d the ik b b o firr,log , Bay, the son of lle,ilschid PrtsiPl;Otilivoil niatters which equallY that natural, this Governinent I%boolo go speedilyat the frontier question i oefeter tw o other and satisfactorily settled, bu it s At 4 0j0 OCetigat 10'0013 ' he Imperial Cabinet knows O r e st ) 0 0 0 1 to spare neither troublellopofolY ng about the union of the ~.eadi,cji 'ld it fears that she 113 s tal'e'' fre!'iiil _..,,,0t o f loci ,orte!lo , K a ',,,g to leave C' riiso is morally certain tnorfel of the Powers to lo t ' (003 Y o f tP„, Moldavian and Wl° o ioa pir • - of tlio r _et bunt t f t es,.an : i uld declare in ll y protest on toe paxwt, be of little or ne ,:tll° declined to have any share 1-.05e site f the kingdom of Greece, beutisote;lo it must eventually bee°llle,ci t0;001 t and Count Buol is opP°s-4e De' -Adavia and Wallachia, bee9ll ,ul6r ENCEA )AY EVENING on t 1 -;^h 1 subject Dose of Liave found relative to doubts utility of ies that nal tie Pone ant date ie of t .~~- __.._.~ Monday last. The price of beef at Smithfield varied from If. 14c. to if. 72c. the kilogramme, the average being lf. 43e. The price of beef at Sceaux varied from if. 20c. to lf. 60c. the kilo gramme, the average price being lf. 40c., a shade lower than at Smithfield. Now, if we examine the retail price of beef in London and in Paris the same day we find that in London, where the t rad e is free, the price of beef was quoted at from 98-1' to f. 55c. the kilogramme, while in Paris, caber the price is regulated by Government, beef wee quoted at from If. lc. to If. 50c. the kilogramme . - A letter from Madrid, of the 17th states es follows 1 the destitutio al n NarvaeZ havt4. It is amid the gre scarcity of fot, b. prev , s of Ge. opener ' , plendour. The contrus A the 'd on that occasion tin,.. ry o, is too striking not td , cteL public disco": no less remarkable that•many of the influenial, tarty to which the General belongs were n tho saloor the magnet ry of the fed attention, aid increased the - 1 their warmest conga'ruts to the Queen on the suppression of the insurr ectio ,ily, quite as much as if her Majesty had Herself suP" sed it, and allusions ora very piquant kind were 004 The Cortes have present to England and France ou Made Ceio vied The state of the press ind is deploratle. te is no law, no fixed rule by which writers can reg ul a rs their conduct. That which in the morning they the allowed to publish is prohibited by the censorship evening, and though generally all are subject to this trary conduct, yet the Government in var i a bly singled out 0 the Norte Espanol for especial severity, from the that paper being considered as the organ of Gen. ° P I . ( nell. The plan is evidently to stifle the liberal portionrst the press. In the meantime the Absolutist and Ca journals not only enjoy great liberty, but in many the conduct of the Government is regulated by theirhe suggestions. The Court and the Government awa ii c , t eli arrival of the Ambassadors of France and Englan d $i et great anxiety. They were apprehensive that a n °P would be produced in the progress of reaction• prudence and reserve of these diplomatists have, 1 10 „ w e ,. attracted their attention. For the first few days the E s c and one or two other Ministerial papers did their I Ye s .,"„dei rouse the sentiment of nationality against the ai",` - a which it was supposed the Ambassadors would a ss t u r i - ti but the public generally laughed at their 1 33 Li0 harangues, emanating, as every one knew, frog' 13 `4 ,- "ho who were always humble before Louis rhilliePe,A'r'S were ever ready to lick the dust off' his Anlbliiite d . 4 shoes, and who now prefer friendship a nd., B 4 - s -a with the Emperor of Russia and the ri- 1/3 7 g oecr i Naples, to that of France and England, w 110 „ 9 ,"" the treaty of quadruple alliance. The conu —t tho Lord Howden and of his colleague deserve s t ha highest praise. It is impossible for any one to desert tia° either of them offers any pretext for conflict Government. The ministers are quite sufficient of th e y yeas' to raise up numerous difficulties and dangers by tht ir d the tionary policy. They are fairly entering on the Ot,' "Their celebrated Calemarde, minister under Ferdinand iri."ite +'t• conduct is quite_ as arbitrary,- and their rule is el- if despotic. They have recently issued orders for th e d closing of the shops and cafes precisely as he did ; an oDarit 'neasures, which are considered by them as Precaattz 86 _ great irritation among the public wit h l e rill e ' antage whatever to the Government. The rai 13 , 113 01 01 1 it stir out without being accompaned by police agenld, se l ` .ninister is attended by three of them as a body 0 ° 1;001 when his carriage stops at the door of a house, two IN,' Oro place themselves at the corner of the street, and tl, e o , at the entrance of the house. All wear large clog 1 , carry under their arms a loaded blunderbuis. t 114nP f The nomination of M. Mon to the Erabassei ihie has surprised every one. . It is known that he was he of the Moderado opposition w hich was against the na th e loan. It was desirable to get him out of the via9 , ,,1 5 0 011 , appointment was decided on some time since , and w ed i t ' carried into effect, as the Court of Rome has also 113 representative to Madrid. f tb In a previous letter I mentioned the probabilitlo:o retirement from the Ministry, of General Urbi, st a o i Minister of War. That retirement has taken 1 0 , e c e l ' a pers his successor is the Marquis do la Constancia OD° Figueras.) The Government hesitated for s° lll i d e d i f/ between him and General Mazarredo, but at last de favour of the former. Figueras is a grea t nullity fro° not, and never had, any prestige whatever in the arn i J! • O f , which be kept pretty much away during the civil svs%,:,,atf on the other hand be had alwaYs been the faithful s er f obi' - "-eneral Narvaez. Gen. UrbiStondo gets the Pl t `he King's household. This may be considered F the abandonment of the Carlist plot, b u t as, tit. By his appointment to an cffice in the ° lv ; in th unary party will still have a point d'eti'l* prod= .. ra 13 " General O'Donnell had an interview with the alle be Hold t. Some of the Ministers who saw hila i ll , Fay b e I ; * got much alarmed, and a Cabinet Council , 1 , 0 3 ; 't, As in this country Ministerial 013ili'iliote' .zsult of Palace intrigues, ' l° j oiti fi ; lie- trig ° , l e .—. nimself as secure for a single day • Mel' he has employed against others. _Joke forward to be turned out by the sato° lr i ,` co' erence General O'Donnell informed the Qle e , g ,, t i r t i. was aware that his name was made use of to n ) l a teu i i ° o and that plans of military conspiracies were att r3 do. - t him with which he had nothing whatever to e d t 13 30 wished to inform her Majesty of the fact, and h k °P evi i . tli iie gave no credit to such Tumours. He we" -13 0h 0 " to - , 4 for propagating such falsehoods 14 '1 gi oreo, ' nut of Madrid. He then anod e , ssrl b er , and particularly to Gener a ,;s Dr ° , t e(i whom he knows well from his having beep "',., P er eii , conspirator on other occasions. The Qoee-ain oa t►jey 0 Donnell's ,anxiety; she told him he roighL r e , i of ':, e s• fectly tranquil, as she did not believe a icor, - s or'li During, t il e t b e rumours, and that she was satisfied with 11 , i ' s o'D ° 51ic "he rained then turned on the loan, an - ,,d in 1 3- ined to her Majesty the bad effect produe' Palace most always the r the moti the Government, r's must 'aril, on of.btu