Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-11-21 00:00:00

v ; '7l fIP t. „ xi,urtillyru (9 1 I -. •„. , ~ t`f , .9 SATURDAY, No rEtrBEE 21 1837. THE DAY'S NEWS. Yeiiterday, there was a muTh better feeling in commercial circles both in Liverpool and Lcedon, but confidence is yet far from heing.testored. The pressure for money continues undiminished, especially at the B ink of England. The other monied esablishmoots discount much less freely than usual, and every mercantile and Lianking firm is anxious to mike an unusually lorgi provi . , sion o money. the operations of the Scotch and Irish bankers have 14in in the same direction, and the stoppage of the Wolverhampion Dank has.caused many banks in the midland and other districts to turn securities into money , by wa y of 'precaution It is easy to understand unit these various influences keep up an active demand at-the Bank The a dviees.from Ireland and Scotland, however, report the state of affairs as mtieh quieter. In both c ountries the pressure upon the ibanks for gold L. _rapidly sub ling, and, but for the ex:reni,J caution of the banks, coin would probably flmv nick freely - to London. CoujAing with this the more satisfac tory- tendenziy of the bullion movement between this • country and America, the Continent, an d t h e East, there seems grounds for hopeful an tlcipation s. The Bank • It3ttn - ns publish2d in last night's Gazette are again of a rather-unfavourable chiti'acter. the bullion - in the Bank on -Wednesday last wets only 6,484 being a- decrease in the week of 080 412 1 Tnerc is a decrease.of .3,047,141./. in Government securities,. but an increase .of 4 183 817/ in of her seettri The item of naes issued states . that 2,000,0001 of' the total amount are issued under the authority of „ the GJvertleaent letter of Nevi The approaching meeting of Parliament I) . ?gin3 to be a tonic of some interest to political gossips. A London cotemporary yes'.ezday says :—" Again and again i is insisted upon, by those who profess to be in tlio.col,n lence cif tniui ter s, that the P.A- Marnent is V) meet in:D ?ettrrtb _o,nly for the purpose of dealing wiat the Bank Charter Aot a 6 means of allaying the financial pani:., but then, in the same breath, ,we Aro informed thatthe panic will be .all over bofon: Parliament meets, so tha', if sa, thet - e can be -no need of an early meeting of • Pwliatnent 1 . .4 that - sole and exelnsive purpose, for which it is said to have been called: The' inten tion of sueh MinisteriaLstaterrients muse be to' allay excitement by false pref brit this does not appear' likely to succeed, for commercial and monetary men naturally inquiro how the 'assni- Nina of Parliament a few wick'ss earlier eau restore confidence in matters of business, and 10-4 it happens that a debate on -the Bank Charter Act can he - more use:ul in December than in. January. No doubt the Minister's intention is to get the _panic entirely allayed -by a.!:ietriber, so that be may be, - able at; °lice- to say to Parliament, 'We must have resources for -110-Incli,anwar.' Thm tiz,h. 11-incurable Sidneyillerber's has been enligh`ening the Wiltshire folks-With his verzi n't of the situation of aff2iis ire India, At. an, agricui tural, dinner, at Warinater, on. Monday, in responding to the toast or, !stile county members," Mt% -Herbert .said, he was pond, not only of the arroTand of the civilians -in India who had shown such tact and daring in dealing with disciplined hordes of mutineers, but he was proutalso of the calmness an 'vigour which had been displayed by Lord Canning, comp!aints aainst whom had only a , isen anions a certain section at C dva Aze, because he would not, pluo;, , ,eheatil)ng into )11: - a-uir , ..1.s which they reeornmentied. They had •st , l - 1 saternonts of G-,:ant having Tly,raied-schne of til'ose who took part in .tho airocities of-. ! CaWilpore, - and who had 'given Ohstody by ,Genoral Neill, but -he did not believe u. word of those SintOaentF t opposed. as they.- were; to the dictates of human . atmosphere- .of Caleatta, was rife with faliititte., and Ire, had uo doubt that many of these -reports were owing to that n e.'ssary and vigorous ineasta:4 of Lord' suppression et the press for the time baing. He had nothing to scy ev.';4it in adsairatienr.nd prais3 of the manner in which our troops performed their duties at It ,Was a magnificent_ siege, and was Imo ked — ,Aioughou! by the greatest intrepidity: Of ail the sieges of India it was, 9erhaps, the most diffi tilt of accompiSh anoat,; tut, he thought that the cam ryti,Tri of General Havelock had eclipSed everything,' Mr. Herberi, seems to, thielt-that - !here is nothing Irk a sOldield life, and that they are one of the ctlasr; ineu . witness what he says upon the subjt;et-4- , it was acid that men who, enlisted got only_ a shilling a-isy, but he should he able to prove that this was not true. When the Government origi nally.offered a bounty of. £s..nearly the whole et it was got black for the man's kit; but that plan had" very properly been abolished, i ns t ea d o f the Government cheating the people to enliSt, the .peOple cheated the Government . , for their pay was a _day, when, in reality, it was called a shiliing much noir,.r two. Jo addition to the shilling, the soldier was allowed a penny-for beer money, whin'a male his wages 7s; 74 - 1,. a WOE k But it was said Vri. was dedacted from this for bis bread and meat. 01 course there was. Evera body had, to, t übrnit to such P., deduction from his income ; the m £lO,OOO a year must pay ails but,CiteL'a Lill, and the labourer with .93 a week mast do the sable. Bat look at the advantage contZuy.d upon the soldier For th:s 41 1 ha got a poutt..l of bread and three quarters; of a pound of meat, cad this the GrAtern ment did not obtain for - less titan of l The soldier, therefore, got an acickatage of Is 2 i week. Then, again, his coAking was done, and he had extra bread , c off e e, sugar, antravegetables at Bost_ /n i ce. Compare that with the tabourer, who had to pay a large profit to the shopkeepe:. This advantage could not be set down at leas ihan 71 a week. Then he got 'a Coat, a pair of 'trottaerF, and a pair of boots every year, a shako every two, attd . a• greatcoat every three years. He. put at a/3 a week, or .52s a year. Then hella.: l lod'ling bedding, fuel, light, anal the use of a libary, whiah 113 , thought would be sai 1 to be cheap at 2 1 a day,. His medical attendance, too, at the I:.)trost , contract price would be 2il per week, an 1 there was a prospective pension of 10.1 a day after 21 years' service, and which, according to the Northampton tables, could not be purchased at less than 21 a week. All this gave a total of 13s. 50., but it did not include contingent advan sages, such as good conduat pay, extra ratioue in sMITHSONIAN HOTEL, BROADWAY,COMST of HOUSTON-CIREET, Nsw YOR K. NILMed In honour of the SIIITILSONIAN INSTITOTIGN, Established at WASHINGTON, by the U. S. CONGRESS, With Funds boqueathed by JAM'ES SMITEISSN, of ENGLAND, flaying the Frienisli.p of Vie:OFFICER-3 of the NATIONAL INSTITUTION Is conducted on the,System of Hotels in ENGLAND. CHAS. H. SMITH. AMUSEJIEST3, PUBLIC MEETINaS, &c. TIIIS DAY. TiZA.T3S RoYAL —Prologs )r. Anderso a—7 p. •r) NOT AL AmPHIViIEATILE—DraIIiti: PL lan - mace-7 p.m. rECILELAitmoste HALL— norna.s's Grand Cm Narti —8 p.m. I.lmaz.Ba's CIRQUE YAM sTa, Dali-street.-7 p.m. . Livziroor. ACADEAV'S EXHIBITION, Postoftice-p:ace. Bow. CoLossscrx—General Ent,,rtainaaeat-6.30 C:3" For adveltisemeati see seeo p vz3. NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS. Persons seeking Employment, parties requiring Servants, Assistants orClerks, and those in search of Apartments, , or having Lodgings to Let, can best bring their wants , under the notice of the public, by advertising in the . 11 . 013THERN TIMEi, and which, from its large circulation, is • the most efflaient medium of pubticity in thi district. The cash price for this special class of aive , asent cuts is now reduced to . THREEPENCE FOR TWENTY WO 31)8, and for every u,icli!ioual jive words ,one penny, THE NORTHERN TIMES. ---LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1857 hot climates, and rations to soldiers' wives. But above all there was the chance of promotion to non commissioned and commissioned ranks, and such cases were not so rare asraight be imagined.; the average of the last 12 year;,, exclusive of the Land Transport 'Corps. had amounted to 36. He thought therefore it should be more generally known that we underrated the wages of the soldier.; that every opportunity was afforded for his mental improve ment ; and that with our short servitude of 10 years a young man of 18 could not do better than serve until he was 28, for he (Mr. Herbert) felt assured that he would return home mare capable of supporting himself, and be a more useful member of society than before he went out." The City of Dublin Steam Packet Company continues in a flourishing state. The half-yearly rnee:ing was held on Wednesday, when a dividend at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum, free of income tax, was agreed to. In the report, the following passages occur..in reference to the promised improvement in the passage and passenger corn- - munieation between London and Diiblir via Holy head :—" There are to be two mails' daily—one in the morning, and one in the -.evening—in each .direction; the morning depavure .from London.to be half-past 7; and from K.ngstown 7 o'clock ; the night departure from London, half-past 8, and from W.agstoWn half-past 7, The entire distance to be, accomplished in 11 hours as a maximum, subject to • the penalty of 345. for each minute's delay; but such penaltY not to be incurred :or fogs or other causes certified •as•- beyond the control of the companies. Fur large packets, at least 300 feet in length, and with 600 poise power each, to be built for the service. Special express trains for the Ii ish mails and passenger trailia to run between Holyhead and London in connection with these packets. The contract t( - ) be for 14 years from its commencement, which is to : take place within two years, subject to a power of Government of putting an end to it after the first five years, if they have - reason to be dissatisfied with the manner in which it is generally performed, in which ease they will purchase the ships at cost price•" A scene that is fortunately novel in this country has taken 'place in the . Court of Queen's Denial!, Mr. - Robert Bellamy, a magistrate of the county of Durham, having been found guilty of a corrupt act in discharging ,his magisterial functions, was brought up to receive the sentence of the Court. That sentence . was. a fine. of. 2001._ and im prisonment for twelve months. He was con; vinted on a charge of leaving extorted two sums of 1/. from two mer, who were brought before him on an accusatioo of having poached on his own land. . He, threatened that unless they paid the money he would send them handcuffed to the prison at Langhester, where they would be fined a mueh larger sum. , The local portion of oar columns this morning contains several interestin7, items or news. Yt stet day the decision of the County Court Judge, in the 0/se - of the 11, - )yalOak Burial Society, was delivered. The ,judge. before wh,,m the case r, as heard, is of opinion that the rules, &a , &1, which were recently passed at a public meeting, of the society, are not legal. Another case of alleged ill-treatment and cruelty on board a merchantman on the voyage frAn Africa to Liverpool, will ha brought before our Stipsn - Hary- Magistrate this day. The captain and mate of the ship have been arrested, and are present in 13aidowell„ There is a variety of interesting intelligence from the Contintat this morning. It is announced that an English note has beeri• tratismittel to the' Cabinet of,C , penhagen. - I .l l hli note, it is•said, is biased upon the reports•of Col. Hodges and Consul GansraLWad, the Special commissioners of the• UThreign 011ie, wlio inquired into and reported on tne grievances of . the Holsteins-is, and strongly rec.ennsiends . - to - the I)uiish G v-ernment to rern)ve ;ill ground for complaint .as • soon as p )ssible. We also learn that Deurnark. in reply, as it seems, has addressed a !Imp: explanatory 4espatch to her anent:, abroad, whieh she defends her views on qUestiOns' , cons'drtifti.,,i 'the domains, and the tax at'oan el the .Duchies if par ti. The S,Xan Diet 'was op;:ied on Monday by lie King in person. It will he seen that the King. who far ex-leads the genera! 'standard of edueatiGnsl sequirements among the, sovereign, families of Eiilk)pe,,glorifies in having been able to preserve peace to his eountry •during the - Eastern war, and exults over.the las ing blessings it_ has . son ferred on the - agricuiturc,• industry, and commerc 3 of Saxony. The reports respect ing the critical state of the economical fabric in the Austrian empire, and parti cularly in the manufacturing provinces, are tlightful. Proteeiive taxes,. :paper-money, and ao lai t r 3, have ci )no their w,rlc . The latest reports nom, 'Purin show that the. clerical party has the strongest pssition among the incsngruous sections opposing the G.;vernment. The Government truij nity is,` however, quite safe. A l.yin2ow.ier expl: - ,si - on at Thiyenee has resulted in ki;ling 2i , and w)unding 469 pCrSUES WE are not exactly " within twelve - hours of barter." Our commercial condition is not quite so desperate. Trade may exist three or four days longer' 'Without our having to - resort : to the payment of:debts and taxes in kine. Tiidse who have the command.:of what is called " money" are paying it away a great disadVantage, with an honest conviction that things -will mend. Others, who - cannot, - sell their produce in a country which stands in the bitterest need of all they have to dispose of, are sacrificing their substance to obtain .money at the usurimis rate of 10 per cent. discount. This is a state of things which cannot last. It is useless for men , of business to deceive thernselves any longer.- Chaos has overtaken British commerce: "trade. is left without a vestige of leg , timate credit. Meney, as defined , b y law, we have: next to none. Tne Values of cash and credit no longer exist. Toe Bank of England, which was the first .to contract its business .to avoid embarrassment, demands 10 per cent. for its' promises " to pay on demand" From the trader who has in his stores, two, three, or four pounds in stock to meet every pound he owes ; and to obtain this credit accommodation the latter is Dbliged to pledge his substance at from 10 to 25.1 per' cent. below its market value, in order to leave a broad margin fur systemised depreciation. "Cash payments" have long since ceased to exist except in name, and they can never . again be attempted under our -present money-laws. Our export trade cannot be thrown back as it was in the two years immediately following 1845 In that year our foreign customers tO.I 145,000,000/., and this vast amount was cut down by bullion trickery, in:a precisely similar - manner to that to which the country is now exposed. to between 70,000,0001. and 80,000,003/,, within two or three years. The - exe.use for this was the " over speculation" of 1845, and the famine of 1847. The latter, certainly, gave a solemn air of consistency •to the Dullionist's (elk , and crickedness. Providence has no't afflicted us, however, wit') famine in 1857; nor can the London Times accuse the commercial world of having indulged in " realdess buoyancy." Fiance has been suf fering severely from a want of gold and silver to' execute orders for her manufactures. America has lost millions, through the inability of her pEople to forward their produce from the interior to the seaboard. Austria has lived upon credit, which its manipulators declared only a few months ago, was inexhaustible, but which, they now find, has buried all her substance beneath many fathoms of debt. Holland has eaten up the whole of her long cherished metallic currency. Prussia is dragging on the worst half of a miserable existence on a shabby allowance of a nondescript paper money; while Russia flourishes by her government issue of legal tender paper roubles. If, then, we look around us, first .on the Continent of Europe, and then in America, we cannot find a trace of " over-trading," but, on the contrary, the natural course of things has been stopped by the want of some reasonable medium of interchange. The exhaustion of the facilities which renders credit a reality, and industry, seconded by the bounty of Providence , a blessing, has been followed by . chaos._ •' Con vertibility," in its meanest and most illogical sense, is no longer possible. All the monetary theories which have been thrust down our throats for the last forty years have been demolished by the practical operatiJn of the 'Bank Charter Act within the last three months. They have added tea per cent. to taxation by tolerating usury for credit, and, at least, an average of fifteen per cent. more by the depreciation of the products from which taxes are paid. Add twenty-five per cent. to 80,000,000/. of Imperial and local taxation, and where, we would ask, is the cash to come from ? It is in this direction, after all, that the country is most seriously impoverished, and unjustly oppressed by our monetary system. Instead of being able to add taxation to the price of what we have to sell, we are compelled to orce sales in depressed markets to pay the demands of the State. Now, if the Bank of England is worthy of 14,000,0001. of credit, to how much more must the State be entitled ? The Crown can form a basis of currency which all its subjects must respect so long as it is confined to its own legitimate wants; and, if the tax ttion of each year was ,added to the available means of trade in the shape of legal tender, in payment of taxes and ,duties, instead of being taken directly out of the traders cash balances, which are not, in many instances hi own, what a substantial and per manent relief it would give to the whole Empie. Our Colonies stand more in need of this Imperial or taxation money, than even - the mother country. They are left in the most woeful and hopeless condition by our disreputable bullion quackery. By far the greatest number of them drag on existence in la' perpetual state of bankruptcy. The dangers impending are therefore, of a national character. Tney are universal and Itn , perial as regards Great Britain. But, such is the blindness of selfishness, and such the homage we pay. to fallacies when once launched before the world, that, men of mind and intense loyalty, are not wanted to make it appear to a credulous public, that the failure of Bank, and the want of caution on the .part of some half-dozen commercial houses, have produced the collapse of the entire social system of Caristendom. The London nines for example, would have Scotland believe that the Western Bank of Scotland was the cause of all the commercial diStress cf that country; and it would have us to understand that the Liverpool .Borough B tnk had beggared Liverpool, and had helped, not a litte, to break up the trade credit of America But these paltry - subterfurTes, can only serve to outrage the good sense and the good feeling of the country. It is quite certain they will not remove the; black clouds which are hanging; over the realm,, or help the State to get its -- SOOOO,OOO/. of revenue. If they'; would do 'either of these things, — we - might excuse the Bullionists for demanding ten per cent. for credit, based on eighteen-pence of cash inthe pound. - But since they will do neither one or the other, and since there is no bullion to pay debts; it behoves the advisers of the Crown to see instantly that so . 'dangerous a vacuum in the heart of the Empire, is filled up. The suspension .of the Bank Charter Act came just three weeks too, late, and it is to be hoped the 3rd of December next will not prove three months too. late for the meeting of Parliament. The State and commerce of England can never. - right themselves on a bullion basis. It has humiliated and prostrated both, and before either , can rise again it must be given up by either one Qr other. It could never have been seriously meant for a basis of taxation. NO dynasty would entrust its throne to so uncertain a foun dation. Nor should empires risk theirexistence on quick-sands., We have had enough of the Bulliopist's shallow artifice, and empty, national vanity. The latter has betrayed us, while the former has robbed us of our real wealth and good name. We are not rich in bullion, nor never shall be,: in proportion to our numbers and growing necessities, and some means of existence mus,t, be promptly found for our millions of working hands, that will be wholly independent of a metal which we can never control. We can, and do, govern taxation, and if it were made - the basis of our paper-currency, it could only be in excess of the demandl; when the Government economised theirexpendi•ure, and we should have money for all domestic purpos6, which would not be taken (rein us by the Movements of tracle, under any other pretext. We should then hear no more of the impropriety of granting gigantic relief to " first class houses," while less extensive traders of irreproachable character, and with an abundance of property are suffered to go to the wall. The'Crown would then be exercising its highest prerogative in fostering constant employ ment, and the increased power of production we should derive from measuring the wants of in dustry by the taxes it has to pay, would enable us to command two-thirds of the bullion of the world. But not a moment must be lost in bringing some really comprehensive and rational scheme of relief, into practical operation. THE approaching meeting of Parliament suggests to the politician the duty of urging upon the congregated wisdom of the nation, the para mount importance of procuring a real and substantial reform in the representation of the people. Statesmen of eminence, and even different classes have given the question their best and most earnest consideration. And it is now pretty well understood that an extension of the Franchise must be conceded, and that those who contribute, directly or indirectly, towards the taxation of the country shall have a voice less or more, as to the mode, manner, and extent of how their contributions to the support of the State, shall be expended. We are not on the present occasion going to urge the validity of the propo-- . sition contained in the foregoing remarks. It is too self evident to require any elucidation--that the minority should rule the majority is monstrous in the extreme, nevertheless it is, and all our legislation'has gone upon this, a most objection-; able principle. . It appears, however, that that ' principle is doomed to a short existence, and that a scheme more in union with the spirit of the age, and the wants and political, desires of the people will be concocted and brought forward in the ensuing session of Parliament. As Re formers, we are glad of this. We rejoice to know that the people of the United Kingdom, are prepared and determined to take their stand upon the grand question of Reform. Already meetings upon the subject haVe taken place, and reso lutions, earnest and emphatic, have been proposed, seconded, and carried unanimously, all of which urge upon the country and the government the duty of devising s scheme of political representa tion in Parliament, which will give to all classes and creeds of the people, a right, and a voice, as to the nature and principles of our legislative enact ments. We regard this as a wholesome sign of the times, one evidence of the progress of society, and a determination of the masses to take up and exercise their proper position in the body politic. It has .been the constant aim and study of this journal, to advocate an extension of the suffrage.; in fact it is one of our finest principles; and hence it is that we regard the movement in the Reform ranks with much satisfaction. The people of this country have too long been trampled upon by. an oligarchy, which has neither sympathy or feeling with the masses. It is the interest and earnest desire of that order, to trample upon every attempt to ameliorate and imorove the political condition of the people. For these reasons we rejoice to know that the ensuing session will not be allowed to pass over without steps being taken to enforce, and, if possible, carry through Parliament an act, aiming at the reformed representation of the people, giving to a great proportion of the rate payers of the United Kingdom, a voice as to the tone and tenor of the legislature of the Country: We should hail such a measure as a step in the right direction; but to be complete it must he accompanied .by a clause enabling the voter to pronounce his opinions by ballot as to the fitness of parliamentary candidates. We are glad to see that this very topic is beginning. I to be considered a sine qua non in gentlemen who aspire to take their seats in the House of Commons. Reading' has set us the example. The electors then are fully alive to the subject ; and although they cannot induce the illustrious COBDEN tO enter Parliament, they seem deter_ mined not to allow any man to become their representative who does not only pledge himself to Parliamentary Reform, but vote by ballot. The justice and expediency of this movement we have, over and over again, urged upon our readers ; consequently, the movement has our warmest and best sympathies ; and rejoiced shall we be to find that after a long, an earnest, and an energetic struggle, truth and justice have effectually assailed the barriers of aristocracy, and compelled the wornout system of bygone dnys•to - give place to a better and more legitimate order of things. We regard the extension of the franchise as most important, and essential to the age in which we live; but any extension of the suffrage, without the shield of the ballot, would be not only • useless, but positively injurious, in a political point of view. If we entrust the manhood of the nation with the power of selecting our senators—they who frame and make our laws—it is decidedly essential that that manhood should posssss free power, scope and will, to exercise their electoral privileges as may seem to them the most desirable and conscientious cause. Nothing but the ballot can secure this. The influence of press, age, and prelates, as well as commoners, now step in and mar the best and liberal designs of voters. Intimidation, too, is resorted to, and a few dayS more will show us the final and most conclusive argument ever urged in favour of the ballot ; we allude to the government prosecution of the Galway priests, about to open in the Queen'S Bench, in Dublin. The attempt to move the Great Eastern, on Thursday, was not suelessful. The Tinzes defends the English soldiers at Delhi, against the accusation" of the foreign press. THE COURT. MARRIAGE OF THE PRINCESS ROYAL.—A Berlin corres pondent, writing under date of the 17th inst., says:— "Prince Frederick William will stay at our Court till the end of this month. The day that has been hitherto spoken of as fixed for the marriage was January 18, the anniver sary of the elevation of Prussia into a kingdom ; but it is to be hoped that, even should various eventualities, easily to be foreseen as probable, not render any alteration of the day imperatively necessary, the decision now about to be made on this point may be in favour of a somewhat later day in the season. The police that has been almost rebuilt for the young couple will not, although the building has been carried on with the greatest possible despatch (and throughout the greater part of this year the bricklayers have been kept at work till midnight), be ready for occupation till late in the summer. It is true that the apartments to be occupied by the Princess Royal consist of that portion of the old palace which was too handsome and too commodious to require any alteration, and, consequentlY, cannot be included under the category of freshly-built rooms; but, nevertheless, the medical men who have bean consu l ted on the subject have pointed out that the vicinity of se much brickwork' which at the commencement of spring must be still damp, would alone suffice to produce injurious effects on the health of the young couple; and that the rest of the palace, which is almost entirely new, would be perfectly unin habitable for the members of the househol I, unless they should expose their health to almost certain injury. The young Prince has, therefore, yielded to those represe eta dons, and it has been arranged that the briial couple shall, on their arrival at Berlin, occupy the suite of apartments in the Royal Schloss known as King Frederick William the Second's apartments, and which the Prince and Princess of Prussia, and their daughter, the Grand Duchess of Baden, with the Grand Deka, occupied as newly married couples. The general effect produced upon the people here will be certainly much diminished by the young couple not taking possession at once of their own kingly palace which is rapidly gaining in ex: ternal and internal beauty and importance, and is admirably situate 1 as the future cinosure of a nation's hope's. One of the most attractive features of the ceremony of the bridal couple's entry into Berlin has already been struck out from the programme, viz.—the groups of young girls who, according to ancient cuetom, were to receive the bride, themselves in bridal costume. The Prince of Prussia has expunged this from the future programme, to keep his own heart free from the responsi bility of having exposed so many persons of tender age and constitution to the probable inclemency of a February day in Berlin. The Hon. Miss Seymour, sister of Colonel Seymour, is the only English lady of honou: who wtll accompany the Princess Royal to this country. As I have mentioned before, the Countess Perpoucher is to • be Mistress of the Robes (Oberhofineisterinn), and the only other appointed that I have heard of is that of Countess Itynar, of a noble Silesian family, to be Lady in Waiting. The debates that took place in both Houses of Parliament last spring on the subject of the dowry to be voted to the Princess Royal have been translated here by order of the Court, but whether for the purpose of forming the commencement of an archive for the future house of .the young . Prince, or merely to enable certain persons not conversant with English to read them, has not transpired. The building of the Gedeuk Halle, or commemorative saloon, in the new palace, is cempleesd, and it remains now only to be deco rated with works of art, a task which a committee of the most eminent persons of the industrial and fine arts have taken upon themselves to execute, as a testimonial of their feelings towards the future occupants- of the palace Subscriptions are being collected now from the elite of the population for this purpose. The city of Berlin intends to present the young Yriace on his marriage with a table, a vase, and two candelabra (probably branch candlestick,) of silver ohey have been designed by a very eminent sculptor, and are now being modelled by very skilfal hands, after which they wia be submitted to the galvano plastic process, The Bargermeisters of the diffe Int large towns on the Rhine, such as Cologne, Ceblentz, Dthseldorf, Barmen, Krefeld, and Troves, have also met together to consult as to what offering their towns can collectively offer on this auspicious occasion. Tile committee the: has been formed of the nobility, the representatives of the towns and.of the rural communes of Silesia, have met in deliberation as to the best msnner of expressing their feelings of affection and respect to the young Prince on occasion of his, marriage, and have decided on founding a charitable institution of some kind, that shall be far removed from any nepotism or connection with any perzieuler class or interest. On occasion of the Prince of Prussia's jubilee at the beginning of this year (the fiftieth anniversary of his entrance into she army) the programme was formed also of a charity to be called Friedrich- WilholtnVictoria- Landes Stifung, which shall, on the coming wedding-day of the princely couple, and on every recurring anniversary, confer on one young wedding couple out of each of the eight provinces of Prussic, without dis tinction of religion, the sum of ono hundred th.alers, as a help to wards commencing housekeeping. There has also been another committee formed here, chiefly of -men connected with the landed and agricultural interests, for collecting from the agriculturists of the whole kingdom a sufficient capital to furnish interest enough to supply deserving young men, of not more than 22 years of age, who have devoted themselves to the study of agriculture, with a yearly alloVance of Zi(V'thalers, to enable them to travel in countries in which farming is carried on to a higher pitch of perfection than it is here. This, of course, is with a view to their acquiring a greater knowledge of the improvements in use elsewhereeand on their return home spreading that knowledge. This institution is also being got up in honour of the app - oaching marriage, and is to be named the Frederich-WilhelerVietoire Stiftung COURT RECEPTION 011 TIM SIASISSE AXIB IS 3ADORS.— Her Majesty the Qaee-, on Thursday, at Windsor Castle, held a Court for the reception of the Ambassadors from the King; of Siam. The Ambassadors arrived at Windsor Castle shortly before one o'clock, attends I by Mr. Fowlo and Cap - ain Clavering, royal navy. Phya Mintei Ssuriy wanse and Chan Man Sarbbedh Bhacty ware the repra sentatives of the first or major King of Siam. Chamun Bidaclo was the representative of the second King of Siam. In the suite of their Excellencies were Chamun Rajamate and Nai L'iehae Sare.bskich, officers in charge of presents, Mom Rajoday, Royal Interpreter, Captain Achune, and Captain Dak. Their Excellencies were passed up the grand .staircase, and into the Gaard'astatber (which ware lined by the Yeomen of the Guard, under the command of Cap ain Morton Herbert, the Exon in Wai-ing) and were conducted into the Tapestry Room. Sohn aLer one o'clock the Queen was condacte 1 by the Lori Steward and the other officers of state to the Throne Room. Her Majesty was accompanied by his Royal Highness the Prince Consort and her Royal Highness the Princess Royal, and was attended by the Ditches of Athol and Lady Caroline Barrington, Ladies in iVaitirg, and the Gentlemen in Waiting His Royal Highness Prince Frederick William of Prussia, attended by the gent!emen, of his suite, was present at the reception in the Throne Rope). The Earl of Clarendon, K.G., the Queen's principal Secretary of State for Fore'ga -Affairs, steed in attendance near her Majesty, at the audience. The Ambassadors were conducted by Major-General the Hen. Sir Edward Cust, K.C.I-1., Her Majesty's .faster of the Ceremonies, and Mr. Norman Macdonald. Gentleman Usher, from the Tapestry-room, through St. George's hall an - 1 the G:and R sception-room, to the door of the Throue•room, where they were received by Lord Ernest Brace, Vice-Caamberlain, Sir William Martins and Sir Frederick Smith, Gentlemen Ushers, by whom their Excellencies were conducted to the Queen on the throne. Phya Mantri Sariy ;cause, one of the representatives of the First or Major King of Siam, bore autograph letters from the kings, written in gold. get The presents from the two Kings of Sista Majesty the Queen were arranged on either 01 0 the room They comp ised an eastern cr °l las, gold and enamel, enriched with, diamonds, en.". 10) and rubies ; a gold collar, thickly studde d isi d rubies ; a large star, a massive ring set with disalon (l et) a variety of precious stones ; a golden belt enrielle'whits rubies, a chair of state or throne, a rare and valuable, shell having a number of jewels inserted, a CV s t i edla! of agate, a state palanquin, state saddle and, 1 " -- bo.tr number of umbrellas covered with gold embroide4 and cups of solid gold, silver salvers with g ilt ele lo ol edges, a metal drum, and a variety of other ° io ta rarity and curious workmanship, together with a i. P6 O Ol Ol , of the court of the Kings of Siam. The Mai l 80 0 5 having been introduced, the first Ambassador d the following address --" May it please your etostipp and excellent M ejesty to permit us to acquaint Yotirif , Phls That we of the Siamese Embassy, viz , Mantri Suriywanse, the first ambassador, 'obi Sarbbedh Bhacty, the second, and Cham illi tee roi Bidacks, the third ambassador, having receiTe d e T e astA mandates of their gracious and excellent Siamese tiZigrA Phra ; Bard Somdetch Phra, Paramendr 31a1111''es0t and Para ; Bard Somdetch Phra Pware ll . rei d e Mahiswareso ; the former chief or m jar Je-lostra; Siamese kingdom and its adjacent tribatall -1010; Laos, Cambodia, and several provinces of _.,the t ia" tV; Peninsular; and the latter our most rer . ;011 tjj ,z reign, the second King of Siam, to convef_;eo7" Majesties' royal letters, with the . presents, and lay the same at your roY el feet, as a mark of respectful and sinter of ° I ; of both their Majesties, the two if-ivg in istl a to your most gracious Majesty, the all-powe'tpfrs lightened Sovereign of the United Kingdom Of l ,f t e l d . d Ireland, and the vast British colonie e parts of the world, on which the sun we la. ° We have now arrived at your most graol° 4o o6 lo o Fop]. feet with all the royal Siamese letters an d r 1 1 eere ll ,go• our charge. We therefore pray that you • gd ere- A , assure your Majesty, with all sincerity, that 00"-# both their Siamese Majesties, have paree il _ e ed n ' ion s mutual friendship between your Majesty's d° P"4-107,1 the Siamese kingdom has undoubtedly boot ° :of closer than before, in consequence of your 00 ; i;io 9s Majesty's good opinion, and is the source Oilertif happiness and comfort to the people who ar e subjects of bath nations. Also, that PS lt il g ad; Majesty having honoured both their Itlaiestt:tal 50 Siamese kingdom, with your Royal friendslliP-00 gence, in a higher and more intimate ula ulie n t f tlte P e before been bestowed upon any of the nations " e4t iei j " by giving Royal answers to both their geid communications, therefore the gratitude and isvri feeling of our sovereigns are expressed at levgo fl o Royal letters now brought by us. And also 70011 this Embassy have received your gracious 1/11 ,. 6 1 0 611 01 Majesty's Royal favour on board you: 3.lB,o stf fe ej el • war, and have been conducted with perfect fool way from Siam to your Majesty's 4 10 ' 0 11 0 1 Our arrival and residence here weio e treated with the highest resp ct and attentic'cortli manner by your Majesty's Government, wbosc tb ereP o giv .s i:s great pleasure to acknowlelge e , b g to assure your Majesty that we will not ° l a 03( 1 1 upon our return to nor native land, bath to °"eoil ment and everywhere, the kindness and 1winch11011:', w i nch we have been received, the remembralicacro be handed down to our posterity. We are s o il cannot more fully express the g:atitu Is 'lilt t he ti ? hearts upon the present occasion, ow: 1 g to, • the laying before your most gracious -;Nl4jes`;); letters from our two Kings of 'Siam; the ; 0 0 0 rnt, Pbra : B ard So,tch Phra Paramendr 3 03 , 14 waresa, and the aecJin e• penyin roval P r ` f l ee r. - og gtl tioned aorlenumewed therein. We r e ' t e otte our gracious overcigns, that your most 4 tters will please to accept the royal presents nn ;eel we now have the honour to present ; 111311,jeitie:3c which will fill the hearts of both their to . 01 iur xpres-i'r'e joy. We pray that 3 o'ir :beeleci M .jestrwiil pardon any er:or tint maY t g e j inarlvert4ntly byaddressing US in Y ollf 1te ,55 eljt ),(o/ 1 Majesty." The fi ArnbassadOr t bect 'est are' autograph letters from the Kings of Siani. 2 . fit t 'd was pleased t) reiura a most gracious et tire 6 . to nation of the ati(lienc'.>. Th EN:c7,ll 2llo'eg l i r re i G3orge's Rill, an I were afterwards 13% Waterloo Gallery, e was set43"' , LEWIS AND COMI'ANVi w EsTanttsti,3le4l;:eBs:ijill CLOTHING.—Number of boys clothed for t n i dia ye r Saturday, ,3Bl ; N i o r t: c e r rn ea b s e e r , 2 1 6 4 9 t1 . 1, 650 ;co resP ° ' fe! l ,, j i ij CORONER'S' INQUESTS.—TI Cron es ti f i geg 0 :4 1 inquests yesterday. Th details of these jo , r o into our impression of Fri,i&y. Oa the boy° te of o f ! a tailor, wh hanged himself whilst i n a Oboclliprp insanity. Verdict accordingly. On ille t o tl e° ii o ,o l O'L'arv, who lost her life by falling in f dic;—"Accidental death," Oa the b who (lied in a house in S!ock]alt getting out of bed. Verdict—"D:e d On tb! body of John ti:eiste7, who wa':,„ -' fre; c jf`lor b olrd the , tennier S imp by a b r -,' n- the 17 pi e cranks. Verdict—"Acc'clen'al death." o fer nam?d Anne Eat ry, 8 week; old, th i t w 3 o pe ° l llJi j Verdict accordingly. pfce e „f g e. SERIOUS FIRE LAST NlGHT.—Shoret . 4e tre e all last night, a fire broke out on the Pr,;o•'op tee worth, ship chandler, &,c., &c., Temple-street, p a t t e . o st n r c e e et, g u ia n -e d n e ,.: . d t i h r e ec .` t F io i n te o,if Pr , _vi i :t e . e r ip ti e f; n po pi i i reels from the Colling.vood and r u t' quickly on the spot. The West of Pfb P o od i lho li j ' o ag t j also in attendance. There was en, ; 00 1 1 , 0 0 t 0 ,0 4 , water, and after about two hours' Pt i/ l hag t tr; flames were g3t under. Much darn,gl, 6 t ori of f' D O , the build:tag is completely unrooieLuP g r_oe c po f being of a rather inflametle na Vire ° ,,t 07,7 it became a prey to the .flanses• a a ctutflot„e!‘ believe insured, but to what amo unt t' tita rr e n ago EN : gav B e ll % a 3l- c T c li otint (4' T the a spl , ,ndid vessel, named the Brotinitn t/4 0 01 .14 iff !ti e f tr,, for the " United Steam-Tug CornP" 'the 14 0- j have now to announce the arrival, il a t , tit t ice sister ship, the United Kingdora,"- (*frOfroiallt for the same comnany. She is the, ; it t e th a fleet of powerful stearn.tu o4 . C' o ter'o r l bailding to meet the wants' fp " thiS g ~a r to 03 ,, 13 1,1e0 and adapted in all winds and wee tu r to ° 15 3 to vessels in distress, and w tow siP s i;e 1 0 of' o o, e f' whatever their tonnage may be with jr P ° o :24 fee', beam, and feet deep, f t 8 „, ° C ,O ergines of 130 hone power. 8 116 l oo st °- has been put together with the It B , e r e ig ith 4 . 0 special inspection of the , able 13 1813 , t ea Captain Newton, who has been to It n lt or a her and Vary important department - m a t c f u f t r o P o w m th a e l.d 4 from Mr. Almond's, the •bailder's jp o o, e i i o e a r r t 6 t h e h Y :S w a n f i i t i e e l l : d P n e r ::: of d 3 years. A stiktemen_a, s t 40 1 ji o'clock h b e y r ealPhEin, tco,,,151101110;e,, n Sit uraldefit; who afterwards left her, in charge° 13 , "" frv' t , e ta John Bibby, and the extgireer, gr. ( 1 f o gg t iel e e p notwithstanding head win& act es channel, she it is here on Wei ° Sort o, s allSo‘ o forenoon ; thus rnaking a sin fr° al l the (Wybef. i P n o to r t o c f co L u i n v r t sptiof stiff 1 machinery,i n tLt e o s Ai n t ,d t f il ar r o g ra th t e b.! ° b o ll l , l° li i e c t l ,. \:( l inseparable from a steamer ` mph his 60 , 0 or can only be regarded as a titi °l3 " f o r ti le o fj , of our commercial arran go ts ., _ , ro, s ad poet. We have seen her tog foe tu 00 10: - a Au je t h to • f ib e average steaming has .been uP o , es o ; int ?enlist a tiding the disadvan!% jil t s bi 0 . 0 1 ,0 above-named,—a result rEfleeli o f the to model of the manager the ett ) 4k ntly also be pernatcte'd to . o__Y„ seis irig handsome reward to the ee7,.Tio the '„ !Oro, the face of adverse Cirillaai ts rranitg ',ol! ,t` , thus fearlessly launch then ' OO in 5 ; 0 / speedy revival of better ttirq3cievesgid. return for the espital thus leo_parii 1700,00 r, “United A ttrac t ' to V? g 0 1 ' have seen, and, besides being an of 40 0 t he! internal arratgementsihstea will to „ f tb! We understand that her a niit obe;' v to r 04 0 0 0 She was visited yesterday o:„ iio unee ci d bite' in the shipping trade. wil°,Pc us eful, be wished for, as a powertut can bear 0. TEI The POI "Jae person 14 the I'm Thessai . The TI It ild close( A notie `lf Deem Finding This ( - 11 Allister St George a nd on A: acts of br Ine distil has been Profess° modes wit' A more le: taken will that the pt again an o Illogical (3 Place last 'theatre wa from Live bights in a next week three nigh Re will a ) 11 43 alrea and Want 'this very The e tragedian, Week, h ( atd also other eha though no express a Who the tragedian! approval tentation Baker's a( 4 part hi ipprovai Stu:l3 of :tormec othl l'Plaudec " i b k lght, an( heir eng( Mr. E. e vening. t he 1 ast In the Dream'' quartette Xeettre. repeated. and Ms! evening I the shore VhatE ye, patrensg and has tunic:lllnel and t he many c f the now Prcduce( I: l oPulari been rei Cult lo a accompli The sam nigh knew be Played, Byron "methin and saying ta People's musical offers wi ing the got up 1, Could no an enor people a Py to ea to the E PR the perf point to e‘ hear appeara Clew ga' 'layer E P)pular The house ih nom en exciting finest I Lond or less almost crisis. the pr certain " diffie each of busine: tame public Bucctess much i excel le good h two O'l tricks patron the which to thi. 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