The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-08-27 00:00:00

THE NORTHERN TIMES.---LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY. WANTED, by a res WAREHOUSE teiant at. a Situation a. a Alerchai neighbour letter, address A., No, IO be LET, Furnishe detached COTTAGE able terms will be offered S., Post-office, Liverpool. On FRIDA and Nash's sale For further particul On accc On FRIDAY next, ILA Nash's s Co be iLet ate ex Plutareh, from New York particulars apply to —Apply by —Address J. C sorted Stock always on hand Ait NETT, Brokers aft OT le o'clock, at Golding Brunswick-street, HEAT, Waterloo Lock.—For further J. & ➢l. BARNET F. Brokers. NOTICE The Corrsiawmrs of (0 ex Albert Gallatin, informed that the above expense.—Apply to triangle) 44 Bales COTTON New Oiliar re respectf Warehoused at their risk and W. PEARCE & CO., Brunswick.street. TEAT PENCE will buy FIVE QUIRES of SUPERFINE CREAM LAID NOTE PAPER, at CHARLES WILL MER'S WHOLESALE PAPER WAREHOUSE, 19, SOI7TH JOHN STREET, LIVEEPOOL NODDER, TVEDNESDA HATTER t iTittito UGUST 27, 1856 THE DAY'S NEWS There appears to be a perfect calm in the poli• tical circles of the Continent. Spain continues tranquil, and France is motionless, as far as public opinion is concerned. O'Donnell is resting on his or rather bayonet allowed to rer " of living fa to solve; but is no peace for reac Spanish credit do-nothing Governm movements of influence the Funds nals abundant ma amusement Bayonne, and How long he will be the buried dust a problem we cannot pretend 31 assured, that there The The Emi f his class ruler, the Council of Mir mblesome to a M. Abbatucci, M In France, th, en Bonapar nd tourists seem to ►hen the in drill, and who I afford the French jour and culation id Empress were at to return the Imperial s presided over by Prince Louis St. Sebastian out at 'Ma- esired by the Emperor France, is bout to re-enter it appears, the Spanish Basque provinces, with the object of studying their language, antiquities, and He is anxious to compare the various dialects of the Baseuense, which are very numerous, and differ widely from each other. His rambles are not expected to extend beyond the three provinces and Navarre. The Prefects of Depart ments have been directed to obtain from the chief persons attaining an amount of defensive strength that would relieve her from all fear of her overpowering The Piedmontese continue to arm and make warlike preparations. Letters from Turin state that the fortifications of Alessandria and Casale idvancing. The troops are employed n constructing the works. Grand military nanceuvres are about to take place. Furloughs en suspended. General Trotti has assumed the command of the fortress of Alessandria. The subscriptions opened for the purpose of purchasing 100 guns, to arm the new fortifications of Ales sandria, already amount to a considerable sum. Mazzini was said to be in Piedmont, but others considered it more likely that he remained con cealed in Switzerland, whence he continually for wards proclamations to his partisans in Central Italy, where he still exercises some influence. The meeting of the Special General Vestry, and the difference of opinion between Mr. Mansfield and the Coroner's Jury in . the case of the Bond street_murder, constitute the most prominent fea tures in our local intelligence. The Vestry think that 21 acres of burial ground is not enough for this populous Borough, and; as Mr. Woodruff stated, " the meeting was called together for the purpose " of considering the desirability of appointing a burial board, and either to have Walton Ceme " tery or to make such other arrangements as may "be thought proper for the burial of the dead, " upon a scale becoming the importance of a parish " like Liverpool." There was no objection raised to the rector or the burial board ; the' object being ply to adopt a plan which would give greater In the course of the ua to the public debate the right of dissenters to a separate burial ground was warmly advocated ; and the meeting was reminded that if a dissenter intered his friends at Walton, no religious service other than that of the Church of England could be read over the body. This is certainly a great grievance, and we are happy to find that the advocates of the dissenters' rights gained a signal triumph over their adversaries. Howthe Stipendiary Magistrate and the Coroner will adjust their differences of opinion —the former having committed a prisoner for wilful murder, and the latter having returned a verdict of man slaughter—remains for time to decide. Meanwhile, we congratulate the learned judges who have pre sided at the Assizes, and the numerous jurymen who have devoted so much of their valuable time to the service of the public, on being released from their protracted and onerous duties. THE criminal business of the Assizes having terminated on Saturday, we cannot be thought premature in offering some remarks on the numer- ous cases of a diabolical character which were brought before the Court. The calendar was unusually heavy, and murders of the most frightful kind formed its leading and most deplorable features. We never before read such a mass of crimp dating from unbridled passion, jealousy, petty revenge, and those vices one meets in every circle and in every-day life. There was not one case tried in which the incentive to murder was traced to its old associate—plunder. In no instance could cool premeditation be brought home to the murderer. The deaths of the victims of the accused were caused by some outburst of passion , or some savage practice but too common in the ordinary walks of society. A tongue too ready to provoke—a hand too ready to strike—a mind too apt to conceive an insult where none was meant, and too prone to recollect paltry wrongs when inflicted, filled our dock with murderers of both sexes at the Assizes. Let those who doubt this statement turn' to th 3 reports of ,the late trials, and let the multitude be on their guard, and remember the little it takes to place any one of them in the felon's dock, as an assassin and murderer. The trials of MART STRINGER, for child murder ; the brute JAMES POWER, for killing a brother seaman ; JAMES and ANDREW BRACKEN, the latter of whom is sentenced to be hanged for killing a man in a drunken row ; MILES MELIA, for murdering an old fellow. labourer ; JAMES HODSON JONES, for killing a woman ; THOMAS FAY, and lastly BETSY MCMULLEN, for killing her husband, by giving him " quietness" powders when intoxicated, are full of salutary warnings to drunkards, and vicious and incautious Of the ten cases of manslaughter, and four of murder, brought to trial, there is not one which is not directly attributable to drunkenness and unchecked ferosity. Burglars and highwaymen are bloodless criminals in these days. Murder has taken up its abode in ordinary life. It has become the scourge of those who allow the savage impulses of their nature to overcome their reason I attachment to life, and the ever present danger to all who associate with such characters. Young boys and old men, thoughtless girls and staid married women, are all liable at any moment to be engulfedin the ocean of misery which deluges our prisons, if they throw off their self respect, if but for a moment, and suffer themselves to become the companions of desperate men and women. The records of the present Assizes show, as we have before observed, how a small and apparently insig nifi3ant difference of opinion, a hasty word, a base thought, or a hurried blow, will reduce a woman in the bloom of life to the condition of a lost and hopeless slave; and how quickly it carries men to the convict ship and to the scaffold. Brief and painful as these records are, would to Heaven it were in our power to keep them constantly before the great masses of our fellow-men. It is well, however, that the cause of the crime of murder can be so distinctly traced that there is no longer a doubt that it can be grappled with, and may, eventually, be materially diminished, if not in opposition to I I entirely overcome. Drunkenness, we are proud to say, is decreas ing, and if every man who retains possession of his senses, and can curb his passions, will keep but of the company of violent and dangerous characters, and will use his influence in persuading others to be peaceable and orderly in their con duct both in and out of doors, much may be done to arrest the growth of that ferocity which leads commission of murder and other heinous offences. The annals of living crime before us are not so bad that we should despair, .if every sober and thinking man did his duty towards his less enlightened and even heartless neigh bour. Had any friend stood near the wretched captives who have just been found guilty and sentenced to transportation and death, and whispered one word of friendly counsel in their ears at the moment they were about to outrage the laws of God and man, they would now, in all probability, be free and deserving members of society. Let us hope then, that while we have able and merciful judges and juries to administer the law, that we shall also find legions of " good men and true " to work' against the torrent of crime which springs from sources which are no longer unknown, and cannot be disguised. And when commencing the good should remember the proverb—laborownionrkia MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL, LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY EVENING. The Cotton Market has been quiet to-day, the sales amounting to 4,000 bales, of which 1,000 have I been taken for speculation and export :—The Cot ton Trade, its condition at the present moment, and its future prospects, call for the serious atten tion, not only to thoselengaged in the trade, but every individual interested in the prosperity of this country. We say so advisedly, for all will admit the magnitude of the trade itself, and the wide-spread influence that it exercises not only at home, but in our commercial relations with the whole world. The increase in it has been so rapid that it is within the recollection of many when the annual consumption of the raw material was a mere trifle, nay, if we will only look back to the year 1841, we find the consumption to have been only about one-half of what it is now. We may, there fore, be excused if we place before our readers a few statistics of the present stock and probable supply to meet the growing consumption. All we desire is to render a plain indisputable statement, so that all may know as clear as figures can show, what are the prospects of the trade. Statistics are sought after eagerly—sought after, and strange to say, ridiculed—and stranger still, followed in spite of the ridicule—laughed at in public, yet in private checked over most carefully, and secretly acted upon, sneered at for the pure love of con tradiction, yet quietly guided and influenced by the solid truth that there is no better guide at hand. In the first place we find by the general brokers Price Current of 22nd August, the total stockin Liverpool was bales ; hut it is generally admitted that at least 40,000 bales have been forwarded from the quay direct into the country, and not included in the brokers returns made weekly, we shall therefore deduct this amount, and of course add it to our estimate of consump tion. For the import to the close of the year we shall estimate the quantity at sea, 40,000 bales ; to and of the new crop to arrive prior to 31st December, 180,000 bales ; making a total of 250,000 bales of American to receive to 31st December. And for other descriptions we shall take it at the same as last year, which will ap proximate near enough for our purpose. Say : Total stock, 22nd August. Import, American 250,000 „ other kinds ... Total supply .. 1,217,600 As to consumption and export we find that adding, as we before stated, 40,000 bales to the brokers' estimate, the total outgoings for the first thirty-four weeks of the year reach 1,508,500 bales, and in the same proportion for the remaining eighteen weeks of the year will take 830,380 bales, reducing the stock on the 31st December, 1850, to 386,620 bales, against 428,810 bales on the 31st December, 1855. Now, the question arises, are we correct in surmising that the trade will require for the rest of the year in proportion with the past. We believe we are rather below than above the mark, for new machinery is being weekly set in motion, and the trade in Manchester is so profitable at the present time, that there can be little doubt the consumption now going forward is as great as at any time in the history of the trade. To justify us also in this estimate, we may state, what is admitted on all hands, that spinners hold very small stocks at the mills, and that, there fore, their supplies must be drawn from this market. We have thus far confined our attention to the supply and demand. for this year out—we will now look forward to the year 1857; and, first, let us ask as to the probability of the amount required for our consumption. We have peace with all the world ; we have the world as our cus tomers ; and if we are favoured with a favourable gathering in of our harvest, we shall have a well fed busy population at home to clothe. The number of new mills now building is, perhaps, larger than ever known—so much so, that there is an estimate very generally made that these new mills will require as much as 4,000 bales of cotton per week. This, added to our present large con sumption, will swell the requirements of the trade of this country to at least 45,000 bales per week. Surely, we may ask, where is the supply to come from? Can we expect another crop in the United States of 3,500,000? We shall require 3,700,000, and even that will leave us with a smaller stock at the end of 1857, than at the close o f this year. We may turn to India, and ask for a supply from thence. Brazil is giving us less rather than an increase. Egypt may furnish us with a few bags more, but it is to the United States alone, that we can look for any hope of supply. Truly, consumption has outstripped pro duction, and machinery is constructed faster than the raw material can be produced to keep it in motion. No wonder the trade are so anxious to hear of favourable reports of the cotton crop, for they well know the effect of bad weather, insects, bad picking season, or an early frost, all of which the crop is endangered by. The trade require an enormous quantity to keep prices moderate, and it remains to be seen whether their requirements will be supplied. We have seen that the large crop of this year has failed to maintain the stock on a par with last year. What will be the result if any accident to the growing crop ?—it is easy to imagine. We append Messrs. Neill Brothers and Co.'s report of the crop, received per Arabia: — Since I wrote you last, no further receipts of the new crop have reached us which, with the accounts now coming from the country, confirm the reports that this crop, as an average, is fully a fortnight later than last season. We do not hear more than the usual complaints from the planters, and for the past two weeks there has not appeared a para graph in print on the subject, indicating that all is goinr on well thus far. But it must be borne in mind that, unless we have a very fine season for picking, and also a late fall, the crop will fall further short of the last season's than is at present anticipated. We shall commence the new season without any arrears of old cotton in the country, while last season was commenced with a stock of fully 200,000 bales in the interior. The stocks at all the shipping ports will be the lowest ever known, and from present appearances, prices will rule higher at the opening of the coming season than last year. It will be well for operators on the other side to keep this in view, and arrange their orders and limits accordingly. Another fact not to be lost sight of is, that even under the most favourable circumstances we cannot expect as large a crap as the last, and should the next three months be not as good for picking or maturing the cotton as last season, a considerable deficiency may occur. For the first three days of this month we have had drenching showers, but it is the general opition that they were confined to the Gulf shores. NEILL BROS. & Co. The Liverpool Share Market opened flat, but improved during the day, and closed steadily at the following quotations : Aberdeen, 13 13!. Chester and Birkenhead, 158 161. Cale donian, 28k 281. Chester and Holyhead, 17 17k. Eastern Counties, 9-1 91. East Lancashire, 20.!,- 20k. Great Northern, 241 24. Ditto A, lo'4 108. Great Western, 65 651, Lan cashire and Yorkshire Stock, 98k 984. Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport, 188 18k. London and North Western, 1071 107 k. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, :34k 341 Ditto New 6 per cent. Pref 11-16 13-16 p. Ditto Pref., 121 12g. Mid• land Stock, 834 84. North British, 9 ok. North Staffordshire, 41 41d. South Eastern and Dover, 22 7-16 22. York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 21 21k. York and North Midland, 291 30. Leeds Capital Stock, lir 15-16 18 1-16 Buffalo and Lake Huron, id. Dutch Rhenish, 28 21p. Great Western of Canada, 251 25g. Ditto New Shares, 21 2 11-16 p. Great Luxem bourg, 9 9-16 Sid. The Corn Market has been firm to day, and prices have shown an upward movement, Wheat being from 3d to 4d per bushel dearer. The Manchester Goods Market, although not very active, has been firm, and prices show a tendency to harden. This has been a very active day in the London Stock Market. Discounts were easy and money plentiful in the Stock Exchange. Consols, how. ever, opened heavily, and receded about 1 . To wards the latter part of the day they rallied again, but finally closed at about the midday quotations owing to the unfavourable news received from Paris. We annex the latest prices :—Three per Cent Consols, for money, 954, 4, 4 ; do. for account, 10th Sept., 95Z, 4,4; Three per Cent Reduced, 954, 4; Ne,w Three per Cents, 964, 96 ; India Stock, .238#1Bank Stock, 2174, 2184; Three and a Half per Cent Exchequer Bonds, falling payable in 1858, 1004, 4 , Exchequer Bills, l ls to 14s p remium ; and Exchequer Bonds, 1004 to 4. The London Railway Share Market was tolerably active to-day, at a decline of about !to 1. The following are the latest quotations : Caledonian, 58 584. Eastern Co unties, 94 9a. East between winch p Lancashire, 83i 841 Great Northern, 971 981. Do A, 86 87. Great Western, 657.,,- 65--„. Lancashire and Yorkshire, 981, 98k. London and North Western, 1071 1073. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 34 342. Midland Stock, 83 84, 1 4 . North British, 363 37. South Eastern and Dover, 741- 751. York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 83 841. York and North Midland, 59 593. The Miscellaneous Share Market was dull but firm. From the 9th to the 25th inst. the amount paid into the Treasury of the. East India Company for bills upon India was 24,9881. The public sales of Colonial Wool terminated yesterday. The second series of sales of Colonial Wool of the season commenced the 17th ult., and concluded this day, comprising :-23,950 bales Sydney, 26,729 bales Port Phillip, 8,037 bales Van Dieman's Land, 10,010 bales South Australian, 3,429 bales New Zealand, 837 bales Swan River, 6,360 bales Cape of Good Hope-79,38 ; 4,226 bales East Indian. The quantity of wool sold on this occasion, as above shown, exceeds all former sales. The opening prices were ld to lid lower than the latter sales in May, and no improvement was observable till early in the present month, when prices advanced to the closing rates of the last series of sales, and continued firm to the end, notwithstanding the unfavourable change of the weather. Operations for foreign account were extensive ; probably about 15,000 bales were taken. About 4,000 bales of Australian wool, which arrived in time for these sales, are held over for ensuing sales. The departures from the port of London for the Australian colonies during the past week have comprised seven vessels—three to Adelaide, two to Sydney, one to Port Phillip, and one to Hobart Town, with an aggregate capacity of 5,026 tons. The rates of freight exhibit no material variation. The Sir James Brooke, iron screw steamer, of 550 tons, belonging to the Borneo Company, left London to-clay for Sarawak, calling at Singapore, Mr. Harding, the official manager of the London and Mercantile Life Assurance Company, reports that the amount of capital, for which the deed was subscribed for and shares allotted, was 60,6701., but that the total amount paid up was only 2.8311., being 5s per share on 11,325 shares, leaving there fore a balance of 4,7521. due in respect of deposits upon 19,010 shares, and 53,0861. as the amount of capital still uncalled for. The Dublin Produce Markets have been depressed for the last week, as may be seen by the official customs returns, which we subjoin --The total sum paid since June 30, 144.6051; same period last year, 174,0951; decrease, 29,490/. The exports of beer and porter, have been very large, the total amounting to 3,265 hhds for the week. Extent of flax grown in Ireland in each of the following years :—ln 1850, 91,040 acres ; in 1851, 140,536 acres; 1852, 137,008 acres ; 1833, 174,579 acres; 1854, 151,403 acres; 1855, 97,041 acres; 1856, 106,826 acres. _ The following were the quotations of Foreign Exchanges :—Amsterdam, short, 11 151 to 11 16-1. Do., three months, 11 181 to 11 19. Rotterdam, do., 11 18! to 11 191. Antwerp, do., 25 40 to 25 50. Brussels, do., 25 40 to 25 50. Hamburg, do., 13 7: 7 1 to 13 8. Paris, short. 25 272 to 25 35. Do., three months, 25, 571 to 25 671, Marseilles, do., 25 60 to 25 67 Frankfort, do , 1191 to 1191. Vienna, do., 10 19 to 10 21. Trieste, do., 10 22 to 10 23. Petersburg, do., 371 37g. Madrid, do., 494 to 49i. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. A' correspondence from Tuscany, in the Genoa Corriere Mercantile of the 18th, gives an account of the moral condition and state of parties in the Grand Duchy. The writer says that the national and constitutional party is by far more numerous than the reactionary faction and the Republican coterie, and that all the talented and distinguished men of the country belong to it. As to the man ners of the population, the correspondent was happy to state they were distinguished by that gentleness which had become proverbial in Europe. As a proof of it, he observed that the penalty of death, long abolished by the Tuscan code, was recently on the point of being applied, when the Grand Duke thought proper to pardon the criminal, and that this act of clemency met with universal approbation. The Roman Journal of the 19th inst., announces that Prince Flavio Chigi, Archbishop of Mira, Ambassgdor of the Pope to the Court of the Emperor Alexander 11., left Rome, with his suite, for Russia on the 17th. The Swedish journals continue to repeat with great pertinacity the confident statement that the Rus sians are commencing the conversion of the Island of Kaskoe, known to be very suitable for the pur pose, into a fortified marine establishment. Gen. von Berg, who was there at the latter end of last month, accompanied by two engineers, is under stood to have inspected the works already in progress there. The Swedes profess to dread the future Kaskoe more than they did the past Bomar suml, and their papers say that the Government has taken steps to counteract these plans of the Russians by sending Capt. Rudberg to Paris, though how people can expect to counteract Russia by application in Pal:is is by no means evident. The new Russian Minister at the Courts of the Grand Duke and the Elector of Hesse, as , well as the Senate of Frankfort, M. de Labenski, will shortly take up his residence in Darmstadt, having only a bureau in Frankfort, and his predecessor M. de Glinka, will soon leave Frankfort and pro ceed to Rio Janeiro, where he will be accredited to the Emperor of Brazil. ,engineers of the departments, answers to a series pf questions re rind the practi( into effect ti 2 easur Emperor's letter of th ing the causes of inundations, best adapted to carry 2ontained in the st of July last is important From the East )nstantinople declares, as we did some days since, that the union of the Danubian Princi- Journal de C 3.1." The P resse cr Orient announces palities a petit who are accused of the Greek endeavouring t the native clergy and the language be watching the fro earnest of Turkish the 500,000,000 piastre yore said to Greece ; and as an idded, that of the Bank of Constantinople, 300,000,000-were subscribed in one day. From St. Petersburg we learn that the Empress Mother having arrived safely at St. Petersburg, Grand Duke Michael and Wilhelm of Prussia, the steamed out to Prince antine preparations for the coro Russian's thoughts ow are so numerous that Grand Da k, meet ther nation The departures f_ _ the aggregate is said to amount to an emigration The Emperor will make his solemn entry into that town on the 29th inst. All the church steeples are already decorated or surrounded with framework for the illumination, and the price for a single window to see the coronation procession pass by varies from 150 to 200 silver roubles. Whil this is going on on the surface, we findth all the eßussian Vi ce Admiral von Glasena p is in specting Norwegian maritime establishments and arsenals very carefully ; from these elaborate measures of precaution and surveillance the rest of Europe may of Sweden's m easure how apprehens i v e Russia is THE QUEEN OF OUDE AND SUITE SOUTHAMPTON, August 25.—Arrangements are about to be made for the speedy departure of the royal family of Onde from Southampton for London, where magnificent apart ments will be fitted up for them. The Queen Mother of Oude has told Mrs. Brandrn, her interpretess, that the visit of the ladies of Southampton on Saturday gave her much pleasure. The two Princes went out for a drive this after noon for the first time since landing. They rode out in a four horse baroucbe, driven by postilions. A number of eunochs and native gentlemen followed in flys. A large crowd assembled to witness them leave the hotel. LEVER OF THE QUEEN OF OUDE. SOUTHAMPTON, August 23.—The mayor of this town, Richard Andrews, Esq., the Marquis of Conyngham, Lord Francis Conyngham, R.N. the Hon. Mr. Talbot, the Earl of Hardwicke, and Lady Emily Yorke, visited the Princes of Oude at the Royal York Hotel here on Friday, and as a large number of resident nobility and gentry of the neighbourhood expressed a wish to visit the Princes, the latter held a levee yesterday. The Queen Dowager of Oude also received a limited number of ladies. The time for visiting the Princes was fixed at half-past three in the afternoon, and that for the Queen-mother at four o'clock. Soon after three o'clock unusual bustle was observed at the hotel. The crowd before the building became greater, and there was much excitement in the interior. A notice was affixed to the inner doorway, written in Hindostanee and English, that gentlemen were not allowed to enter. Gold and silver mace bearers stood inside the door to guard the entrance. Messrs. Brandon, Rogers, and other inter preters were also in attendance, and none were allowed to pass in but the nobility and gentry. The reception was held at the upper part of the hotel, where the Princes reside. Oriental servants were stationed along the staircases to show the way to the reception-room. The visitors passed by the apartments of the zemindars, jagheedars, and other native gentlemen who have accom panied the royal family of Oude to this country. At half-past three the reception took place, Major Bird acting as master of the ceremonies. On entering the reception-room the two Prince's of Oude were seen stand ing at the farther end, dressed in a magnificent costume. The heir apparent had on a cloak of scarlet and gold. His head-dress consisted of a coronetted-shaped cap of rather large size, the most prominent ornament of which was a string of large precious stones projecting from the cap. In his hand he held a scimitar sheathed in a mag nificent scabbard . His uncle, the brother of the ex king, v as dressed in a blue and silver cloak, with head dress of the same materials, and of a fez-like shape. By the side of the heir apparent were two gigantic Nubian eunochs and two other officers of state. Two officers of the royal suite stood by the side of the Prince's uncle. Major Bird led each visitor forward, and mentioned the name to the princes ; the visitor bowed and retired to the other end of the room. As soon as the room was full of visitors, the Princes sat down on a sofa, and the visitors on chairs. Amongst the visitors so introduced were the Earl and Countess of Hardwicke, the three Ladies Yorke, Vicount Royston, Admiral Ayscough and family, Sir George Wombwell, General Sir George and. Lady Pollock, the mayor, high sheriff, and some of the magistrates of Southampton, and a number of the gentry of the town and neighbourhood. Sir George Pollock entered into conversation with the elder Prince. Seve ral of the higher order of officers of state mingled with the visitors. The gravity of the Orientals and the pro found homage which the dependents paid to the Princes were strikingly peculiar. After the visitors had been sitting for a short time the Princes rose, and the former then stood up, made their obeisance, and retired, after which other visitors were admitted. Both of the Princes appeared remarkably affable, and their countenances seemed to indicate an amiable disposition. Soon after four o'clock about 30 ladies of Southampton were ad mitted into the presence of the ex-Queen. Mrs. Brandon an English lady who long resided at Cawnpore, in Oude, and who accompanied the Queen to this country, acted as interpretess. When the visitors entered the apart ment, the Queen was sitting on a sofa, attended by eight native ladies, one of whom held over head a species of fan. Her Majesty was dressed in splendid shawls, but her head, neck, and one arm were uncovered. Her hair was cut rather short, and brushed back over the the head ala Chinois. She wore two massive earrings, but no other jewellery about her head. Ber features bear a strong resemblance to her grandson's, the heir apparent to the Oude throne. She is a stout good-looking personage ; is not very dark, and appears younger than she really is. She has a pleasing voice, and from her features and manners would appear to possess a kind and affectionate disposition. She received her visitors affably, and seemed gratified. She pathetically lamented to the Countess of Hard wicke, one of the visitors, and of whose rank she seemed to be aware, that she could not speak to her in the English language. The interview lasted about a quarter of an hour. The visitors saluted her by making an obeisance, and then stood round her. During the interview the Princes of Oude entered the apartment, and sat by the side of their parent. The native ladiesraere dressed much like the Queen. There are three native physicians attached to the royal family and suite of Oude, whose names are Hukkeem Mahommud Musseeh, Hukkeem Alleeooz Zumman, and Hukkeem Meer Shoojah Hoosiain. The pay of the moonshees, or writers, is £5O a month. There are five in the suite, whose names are Musseehooddeen Kahn Bahador, Mahammud Bakur, Owladallie, Kumrooddeen, and Koothooden. Two of the officers of the Indus (the steamer in which the royal family of Oude came to this country) had their cabins towards the forepart of the ship. Against the door of one of these cabins the chief eunuch one day erected his screen, and brought the ladies of the suite to enjoy themselves away from their cabins. Suddenly the eunuch heard a slight noise in the officers' cabin ; he in an instant locked the door, the key being ou tside, and the officer was imprisoned f or two hours. Had the door not been locked, the officer, on leaving t e cabin, Trould have stepped into the centre of the harem. TREMENDOUS CONFLAGRATION A fire of considerable magnitude, and attended with a serious destruction of property, broke out on Monday night, about eight o'clock (and at midnight was far from being entirely extinguished), in a clump of buildings adjoining what is termed the Kidney Stairs, or ferry, situate near Dowson's ship dock, at Limehouse, near London. The fire was supposed to have originated from the spontaneous combustion of some oily cloth on the premises belonging to Mr. Gilbert, a sailcloth manufac• tnrer, &c., whose property was adjoined on either side by the Plough Tavern, belonging to Mr. Kimmaples, the iron works in the tenure of Mr. Kelsey, and several others. The total loss, at a moderate calculation, must amount to many thousand pounds, but whether the sufferers were insured or not it was impossible to tell, owing to the great excitement which prevailed. LATEST BETTING. LEAMINGTON STAKES.-5 to 2 against Quince (taken). 5 to 1 against Imogene (taken). ST. LEGER.-10 to 6 against Fazzoletto (taken). 7to 4 on Two laid. THE COURT assoarTE, August 25.—The Queen and Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, attended divine service at the parish church, a t Whippingham, yesterday morning, where the Rev. G. Prothero officiated. LONDON GAZETTE BANKRUPTS. —Enwirto JACKSON, High Street, Poplar, Middlesex, draper. SAMUEL BAYLEY, Bourne mouth, Hampshire, hotel keeper. Thomas PERCIVAL WILLCOX, and EDWIN WILLcox, Bristol, contractors, limeburnera and brickmakers. THOMAS HULSE, Stoke upon-Trent, Staffordshire, inn keeper and crate manu facturer. CHARLES WATERS BASKS, GEORGE BANKS, and ROBERT BANKS, Bermondsey, New Road, printers ani publishers. CHARLES HAMILTON COLLINS, Win chester Buildings, Southwark Bridge Road, merchant and commission agent. JAMES RICHARDSON. Cambridge, tailor and hosier. GEORGE PUCKSIN TITNSTALL, Stafford- shire, grocer. JOHN MICHELL, Crew Hole, and Westbury-upon-Trym, Gloucestershire. HENRY TURNER, late of King Street, Holborne, then of Coventry, then of Manchester, then of the Crimea, and now of Belve dere Terrace, Belvedere Road, Surrey, late ribbon manufacturer, and then licensed victualler. WILLIAM HENRY WHEELER, Michelton, Gloucestershire, brewer. WALTER ADAM SLATER, Standish and Preston, Lanca shire, coal proprietor and coal dealer. JosIAH BINNS, Duckinfield, Cheshire, cotton manufacturer. GEORGE DOIDGE, Birmingham, painter and glazier. RALPH BRADY SIMPSON, Deptford, Durham, builder and briekmaker. TUE STAR OF THE EAST.—This fine vessel, under the command of Capt. Christian, arrived in London from Shanghai yesterday morning, bringing 2,419 bales of silk, valued at £250,000 ; also 15,665 chests of tea, and 179 packages of sundries. DOVE, TUE PoisoNErt.—This criminal, so little less noto rious than Palmer, and whose case excite-I so much public attention, may be seen, as life-like as it is possible for art to make him, at Alsop's Gallery, in Lime-street. It has surprised hundreds, who have seen the original, that the statue could be so perfectly like it. As a work of art, it is worth seeing, even without other interest which attaches to the likeness. THE BOY ROCITE.—BENEVOLENCE.—A lady, a subscriber to the NORTIIERN TIMES, has kindly forwarded to us £1 for the benefit of the boy Roche, who escaped from the late fire in Shaw's Alley. We have handed the amount to Mr. Crossley, of South Castle-street, who has taken so much interest in the poor boy's welfare ; and that, along with other sums received from benevolent persons by Mr. Crossley, will be properly applied, and according to the kind and charitable intentions of the donors. THE WEATHER.—VIOLENT GALE. —On Monday night the town and neighbourhood was visited by a violent gale, from a point south of west, and such as is quite unusual at this time of year. It resembled a fierce equinoxial storm, and continued from about five o'clock in the evening up to nine yesterday morning. We have not heard of any damage done by the gale, but we fear the result. The weather, yesterday, was dry and fine, with a brisk breeze, and we understand, that in our local districts everything looks favourable for the harvest. BANKRUPTCY COURT.—( Before Mr. Commissioner Perry.) —ln re John Brundley, of Abbott's Grange, Chester, and. formerly of Tarvin Hall, schoolmaster.—This was an adjourned meeting for the bankrupt to pass his last examina tion. Mr. Aspinall appeared fir the bankrupt, and Mr Conway for the assignees, who examined the bankrupt at considerable length, touching his receipts and expenditure since 1850, the date when his balance sheet commenced. After some observations from Mr. Conway, the bankrupt was allowed to pass, and the 22nd of September was fixed for the certificate meeting. ARRIVAL OF TILE STEAMSHIP ANGLO-SAXON AT CANADA.—The Canadian Royal Mail Steamship Anglo- Saxon, Captain M'Master, anchored off Indian Cove, at the entrance to the harbour, before midnight on Saturday, and arrived at this port yesterday morning at five o'clock. She sailed from Liverpool on the 30th ult, at 10 a.m., and has thus made a rapid run of ten days fourteen hours (in cluding detention by fog at the entrance to the Straits of Belle Isle. The passage is, we believe, the fastest on record via St. Lawrence. The intelligence to hand by this arrival is four days later from Europe than that brought by the Asia, at New York, whose mails reached Quebec only on Saturday afternoon. The passengers proceeded by express train to Montreal, and thence to Brookville and Toronto, accomplishing the distance from Liverpool to Toronto in twelve days. When the Illinois Central Railway is com pleted, the voyage between Liverpool and New Orleans will -be made in fourteen days by the Canadian route.— Quebec Chronicle. CORONER'S INQUESTS.—Yesterday the deputy-coroner held the following inquests :—On the body of a boy named John Bevin, who was an apprentice at Messrs. T. A. Mackay & Co.'s, shipwrights. The deceased was fourteen years old, and was at work on board a ship in the Bruns wick dock, when he fell into the water and was drowned. Verdict, accidentally drowned.—On the body of William Wells, aged 66, who died in consequence of a fall. On Sunday morning the deceased attended a wedding, and took some drink, but not much. He fell down a trap door that was open, from a parlour in which he was, and from the effects of the injuries which he received, he died. Verdict, accidental death.—On the body of Richard Woods, who was killed in Warwick-street by the pole of a timber cart. The facts appeared in our paper of yesterday. Verdict acciden tal death.—On the body of a man, name unknown, who cut his throat in Church-lane. The facts of this case appeared in our paper of yesterday, and there was no further evidence in the case, and the jury found a verdict that the deceased died in consequence of injuries inflicted by himself.— On the body of a man, name unknown, who was drowned, in the Clarence-dock, on Monday evening. The deceased tell into the dock by accident, and he lost his life in conSO , quence. Verdict, accidental death, aged MAN, r Two Months, a situated at Southp, FOR SALE. a Small PONY free from vice —Apply at KENTLEDGE.—A larg Also, BALLAST (P. 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Cheshire offices, for the Sale and Letting of Land and Houses, Market-cross Chambers (one door from Market-square) Market-street. Birken head. ) A Y Tuts DAY, the 27th Instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Public Saleroom, E. Co Bil.gs SALTPETRE Apply to Messrs. Thomas, rocklebank, Merchants ; or to TLEDALE de CO., Brokers. R.' al, CHURCH-STREET, robility and Gentry of Liver pool that his NEW STYLES for the Season are NOW READY Begs respect for Inspectlo, M' M AR I A N AMERICA ENCHANTRESS 41:TEEN'S ~ BOLD STREET ON MON ?TEMBER TO CORRESPONDENTS Tff LAT. RAILWA from W. Cozens, p( ap eared in 0 ,, r paper yester tton prevents its insertion to-day ratALs.—we have received a long letter :e officer, in reference to a paragraph which The length of the communica- SIM & CO., Sweeting-stree he TICKET of a GOLD LEVER for .el 4. The Northern Times etter, F. M., awwwwwitimiq NEWRY, WARRENPOINT, AND ROSTREVOII RAILWAY COMPANY The twenty-first ordinary general meeting of this company was held at the Clarendon Rooms, Liverpool, yesterday, Mr. F. Shand in the chair. REPORT During the past six months no additions have been made to capital account. The traffic returns for the past half-year show, as compared with the corresponding period in 1855, an increase of about six per cent., viz.:— Passengers. Goods and Live Stock. Total Parcels. X s. d. s. d. £. s. d. X. s• d• 1856.. 42,205 1,193 10 2.. 191 9 7 17 19 4 1.402 19 1 1855..43,011 1,189 0 8 .. 117 16 8 .. 13 1 11 .. 1,319 19 3 Increase £B2 19 10 The working expenses, including repairs, for the past half-year. amount to £754 17s Bd. The very unfavourable state of the weather during the early part of the summer had naturally a very prejudicial effect on the receipts, but since the fine weather has set in the traffic has increased in a grater ratio than in any former yen*. In orner to effect a saving in t' e present rate of interest which is incurred on the advance from their bankers, your Directors have de , ided on exercising the borrovv.ng powers of the Company, by offering to take money on debenture, rather than issue the remainder of the Preference Shares. Third Class Return TiAtets have been isaued since Ist July, and are likely to answer extremely well. Your Directors observe that aCompanv is now bring formed for ext 'tiding the present Ne Nry and Enniskillen Line to Armaoh should this be effected the most beneficial results to your Company may be anticipated. An arrangement for a junction between this Company snd the Newry and Enniskillen Company would thee become of primary importance, and a resolution empow,ring your Directors to join that Company in an application to Parliament, as well as to authorise any traffic arrangement that may be deemed advisable, will be submitted to the meeting. In moving the adoption of the report, The Chairman said, it would be seen from that report, that they were then in a position to take advantage of their extended lines of communication with Ireland, which were then in the course of construction, as, during the last half-year, the traffic had increased in a very material degree. Mr. Lupton, of Newry, seconded the adoption of the report. Mr. Magee, of Newry, directed the attention of the meeting to the importance of the company making a junction with the Newry and Enniskillen CompanYy, under the present circumstances, as it would then have a tendency of developing, in a most material degree, the traffic with the interior of Ireland. For his part, be had no hesitation in saying, that if the junction was carried out, that their property would be doubled in value. He estimated that a line forming a communica tion with Armagh could not be more than £5,000 or £6,000, and might easily be carried out if the Newry and Enniskillen Company would pay half the expense. Some conversation followed, which terminated in the adoption of the following resolution :—" That the directors be, and they are hereby authorised and et"; powered to make arrangements with the Newry and Enniskillen Railway Company, for the amalgamation or lease of the railway and works of this company with that company, or for the formation of a junction between' the lines of the two companies, or the reciprocal work ing and interchange of traffic, or for such mutual. running powers, or for the working of the lines of this company as they may deem desirable and advantageous, to the interests of this comp an y, an d t o ma k e or j o in ana co-operate with the Newry and Enniskillen Railwai Company in making an application or applications to parliament in the ensuing session, for effecting all or all of such purposes." A vote of thanks to the chairman concluded the busi ness of the day. THE MURDER IN BOND STREET THE INQUEST Yesterday, the Deputy Coroner held an inquest on the body of William Goote, who was killed in Bond street+ on Sunday, the full particulars of which appeared in our paper of yesterday. The father of the deceased, 3 respectable shoemaker, from Kendal, proved that the deceased's name was William Goote, and that he WO 29 years of age. Patrick Duffy was examined, a nd gave the same evidence as he did on Monday, reported in O f impression of Tuesday. The wife of Duffy, in addition, said : Whilst he r husband was out, the prisoner entered the room wher e the deceased was lying, and he told her to go away, 35 she had given him enough of the knife. She put her,; arms round him, and said, "I did not intend to do it. She then kissed him, and said she was sorry for doing . it. The deceased was dead at that time. The prisone r ' was not exactly sober at the time. Witness thinks the' prisoner was jealous of the deceased. Donald 111‘Donald, police officer 112, was examined'His evidence was the same as given at the police cour t on Monday. Surgeon Sayers, of the Northern Dispensary, v/ 11 A ° made the post mortem examination of the body, sa l ", - The wound was a quarter of an inch long. It w.l t between the fifth and sixth ribs of the left side. penetrated the lungs and the perilardium, and entere d the left verticle of the heart. That caused death. The Coroner did not think the evidence sufficient I.° warrant the jury in finding a verdict of wilful m and he was, therefore, of opinion, that a verdict of mail slaughter was the only one they could return. The Jury were unanimously of that opinion, an found accordingly. SCIENTIFIC THEOLOGY A FEW PLAIN FACTS TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMES. t Sir,—There is a vulgar proverb, " Th row pl en ty of (lir some will stick." My assailants in your columns of 13 v s , week, especially " my friend" " Scientia," appears to ha t , read this proverb to advantage. I freely admit my inabilitY reply to the abuse with which they have favoured me. j' never advanced sufficiently far in sc'entific studies to re ti e the Billingsgate Calculus, and, consequently, am too ignor, f ! gt , of "the higher branches of mathematics," to enter the l ie d : with men of such a " wide grasp of mind" as your lear ile ol ; correspondents; and candidly confess that, though not , to Irishman, as "my friend" supposes, l am t oo green' 0 , appreciate his logic—l beg pardon, I s h ou ld h ave said " " mathematics." 7 But, however incompetent I m a y b e t o f o ll ow the -°tf f to , flights of your correspondents, I ma y ven t ure, per h a ps ' intrude upon your space with the s t a t emen t of a few s ir" facts. t 1. Let " the lovers of fair pl ay " observe, that ;t -ray assailants are anonymous —not one o f t h em has ven,th-a to affix his signature to any one of the false assertions 11 .4; unworthy insinuations which th ey h ave t h ought i t beceria l o f to make—and that I challenge them, or any one of thelThA t throw off the mask, and make good any one statement wb l ,:it, they have made, either as to m y argument i tse lf , or the 81 3 " in which I have conducted it. 2. It is a fact, that every argument which I have 11— „d remains unanswered, and every statement unshaken, a " g o that every charge of misrepresentation which my anonynigo: friends, from " Verax" downwards or upwards, as they ra t i• prefer, have made against me is false, and that I am rel lo r . to prove it to be false, whenever any one of them has A courage to show himself. This is a plain challenge, it be met again only by " the higher branches of nia t '" en , matics," the public will know how to estimate these " tific" theologians. 3. /t is not true, as your correspondents insinuate, II I !! some of them even assert _that I have ever descended,itt., - eto abuse or to personalities in my conduct of the argn fn - 4 0 I have written nothing, I trust, unbecomin g a Christian " t gentleman. If anything of the ki n d can be- pointed o l t st, am ready to express regret, and ap o l og i se f or i t. I rep" under this head, the challenge given under the last. 4 09 4. I have been myself assailed in the most abusive :06 —reckless assertions have been made, charging me wi t : t of basest motives, and with the most dishonest rnanageni e- og the argument. I ha - e contented myself with r ebilt; s of these charges, and challenging my accusers, and partien' a to . that " much abused (?) man" " Verax," to meet me fe c oisi face, as we must meet in a coming day. So far, the 6 1 , 7 011' is all on one side. "Ego vassu lo tasatuns." Ido no t nr ie it to be otherwise, and assure my assailants that my r ,jO O cipal regret is on their own account an d on t h at o f r e" itself, which is thus dragged in the dirt. dde I would be happy to except, from these observations t o t' correspondent " W."—did I not d e t ec t i n hi s letter tif, withstanding the studi e d contrast in tone) the famiainr°- of " Verax." 0 0 As soon as he comes forward in a manly and ahr i to 4 manner, and expresses his regret for the false acet ig rae which he has made against me, under his, old sigeegi ' l e shall be prepared, and so will the discerning public, t : ° , ll o° him credit for sincerity in the charitable language whw makes use of under the new. be f 3. In the mean time, let " lovors of truth , t refu e l / 0' that "Verax " and " W." (to say nothing of other s l i f e toe tures), are but different masks under which the sate s f erf has successively appeared t o sustain different, an d „ 0 011 e . inconsistent, character s; and, if we were to purt 0",, enquiries a step further, and ask who this actor i L a tor' . appears upon the sta ge , now, in the character of a vie d : bell. to redress the wro ngs of a "'much abused man ;"av: that of an accu ser , who sticks at nothing which u l9 , th him to damag e th e o b ject of his hatred ; and, lastly 10 0 4 1: of a Christian peacemaker, counselling opposing P o lo (being himself the only one who needs the counsel) t° le F l y one another." I say, whoever shall take the troll pl o t comparing th e actor with the parts which he has acteoldeg feel that th e per f ormance a ff ords as good a sPecol s "pious fraud," and of the odium theologieurn, 28 been witnessed i n the annals of th a t most humiliating intellectual exercises—" religious controversy." otie l l ,s It may be that, as one of your courteous corret e to t o say, I a m "behind the age," but it does appear tor t , "0,,. strange that, in the middle of the nineteenth c eu rthrilol in this enlightened place, it is impossible for "-Wor d minister to vindicate the plenary inspiration of the Cod, without giving rise to such painful p r oceed had made use of the weap ons th at h ave b een used Nei me, how would I not h ave b een i mpale d i n the' blic• is charity," and held up to the execration of the P u tio lfr remain, sir, your ob e di en t servant, JosrA.o B. August 25,1856.