The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-02-13 00:00:00

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HE NORTHERIs WO GUINEAS m ANNUM News of t disappointm r miles , Oxto Seacombe, Egremont, or New Brighton, s copy c MIIRST EXH j SCHOOL of the MAD'LLE Is NOW OPEN place, MI men's Sea: " NORTHERN TIMES," by FRENCH erpool, includin ONHEIIR'S Old Pos ' Ditto, 3s C4e JAnttrn Man WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1 THE report we published y,, proceedings in the United States' a. respect to the Central American question, given it an altered complexion. Congress called upoL the PRESIDENT for the production of a despatch of kLord [Jous RUSSELL'S, dated January, 1853, and its presentation served as a signal for a very Warm discussion. Mr. CLAYTON was the first to rise and to criticise the conduct of the British Government, not only in relation to this matter, Nhere lyre have been forced 11.838. He instanced but in every case to resort to our conduct to the Affghans and in Arabia, when we had to deal with half•civilised, or wholl EARLY DELI subscriber within at Rock-ferry Claugh does not ri Eight o'clock will o bli ge t h e pu bli sher b y addressing a note to him at the office notifying the fact, in order that the cause of complaint may be investigated and removed nations, as a warning t savagE the States as to what they have to expect at our hands. Because we were compelled to send an army to Cabul, as they sent their troops to Mexico, and because we would not leave the refractory city of Aden as a continual menace overland communications than th would their overland that if the aggressive polic, necked, the cities of hingt n would soon be in our shed to M ship and alliance ndemniti ndependence I JOHN alluded t Great and of ail, events must foil t be attac or port from And Lord " What is his despatch, adds that— essential and of immediate importance is, that the authorities of Greytown should be ready to assume either unqualified independenc engagement Mosquito had s fend Mos, 3me j S of a century, to pr vi th an r qualified )uld put an es of bloodshe Mosquito , and in the despatch alluded to 1 ngland ha I Sta e from th ,ion on t ttiat neighbourin admitting nglan 1 declared the fact, the Bri atch with th memorab do all that honour and f the M tral America languag at once all that Mr. CLAYTO has said with respect to our aggressive policy, as far as America is concerned. What has since occurred cannot be so easily arrived at. If Lord PALMERSTON has treated his former colleague's v, that all treaties a pecially dec Elrod to a, and that 3 nation thin ed to ti CLAYTON I loss pon it world to infer 3. ndoned this, that, and th other, passed over in silence 3. S till by th, the policy of this count hich Lord JOHN laid do nue t to do all that honour and 11f of th 3 Mosquito nation —to adh f Washington, of the 10th —and not to assume any sovereigntl in Central America with India any have Gr absencE own f the States belie England were not at New York and Was Lord JOHN I for itself S_ MA YSTALS, CKING & NEPHEW, Brl Ralf-past On e o'clock Nash's saleroom, Corn despatch, ho alluded to Spain's power on the America__ --- which have followed it, " Great Britain, instead of having au 111LCIGOI " the defence of the Mosquito Indians, for the san, "of rescuing part of the territory of Central " America from Spanish controul, and obtaining an " authority for her commerce, has no other interest " in Mosquito than that which is dpriv.a t, and the changes _ .... —....., uu irom. an honourable regard for her old connection with the Indian nation of Mosquito." This decla- Ltion was followed by an assurance that our Govern connect a desir throughout the which were found temper of its inha of the country. In observes, England obstacles—th( whole of its t to the beneficial change to have taken place in the s and t general condition very truly in superabh among the belligerent States of Nicara Rica, and ese little Honduras Fortune favoured mbatants alike. Victories, in fact, w uglily distributed, and the ravages of nterced( isequently, there was n and no vanquished P They all had equal rights ; and they invariably when they arrived I at the real matter lispute, it was impossible to I Ze 1 the tated ald be a mat 3 lea' e and independent city or port, to such relations of fr Is might b 3 afire I to ; that c‘altt NORTHERN TIMES,-LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 18456. upon through the channel MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL. LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY EVENING, These hag been a very active Cotton market to day, and a large business has been done at an advance of id. per pound in prices. The total sales reach 15,000 bales, of which 8000 have been taken for speculation and export. The Liverpool Share Market has been firm throughout the day, very little business being done, however, beyond the arrangement of the account. The rates of " continuation" are still high : Aberdeen, 121 12/. Chester and Birkenhead, 131 14. Caledonian, 274 28. Chester and Holyhead, 13 131. Eastern Counties, 91,- 101. East Lancashire, 18 181. Great Northern, 221 23. Ditto A Shares, 9f 91. Great Western, 55/ 561. Lancashire and Yorkshire Stock, 811 811. Liver pool, Crosby, and Southport, 10 151. London and North Western Stock, 1001 1001. Manchester, Sheffield and Lincoln, 241 25. Ditto Preference, 11 111. Ditto New 6 per cent Pref., 7.16 9-16 p Midland Stock, 691 691. North British, 7* 7-,1- North Staffordshire, 8 74d. South Eastern and Dover, 18/ 19. York, Newcastle, and Ber wick, 19 194. York and North Midland, 264 261. Leeds Capital Stock, 141 141. Dutch Rhenish, 9-16 11-16 p. Ditto New Shares, 2 2 1-16 p. Great Western of Canada, 25/ 251. Ditto New Shares, 3* 34p. Great Luxembourg, 981 d. Only a moderate business has been done in the Liverpool Corn Market to-day, and prices generally were lower than on this day week, but holders were more firm than on Friday last. There has been considerable depression in the Liverpool Iron Market today in consequence of the reported failure of a large operator, and which caused the price of warrants to fall rapidly to 68s cash. The Manchester Goods Market has shown more buoyancy to-day, and spinners and manufacturers have been more firm in their demands as to price, and in some cases have even demanded higher rates, which, however, were unobtainable. Only a moderate amount of business was done in either goods or yarns. _ _ _ The Brazilian mail has arrived at Southampton and the letters will be delivered here in the morning._ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ . In the Prussian legislative chamber, on the 9th inst., the minister of finance submitted to the mem bers a statement of the present condition of the national debt, which has been added to during the past year. The sum stated was 227,670,917 thalers. Taking the value of the Prussian thaler at 3s, this is equivalent to 34,100,6371 sterling The receipts of the State railways in Belgium for the month of December, 1855, were 1,777,423 f. In the corresponding month of 1854 they were 1,687,773 f ; and in 1853, 1,565,329 f, showing a gradual increase. For the same years, respectively, the total receipts were 23,308,0914 22,474,857 f, and 20,908,12tf. These returns are independent of the receipts on lines belonging to companies through Belgium. A meeting of the creditors of Messrs. J. Scott Russell and Co., shipbuilders at Blackwall, took place this morning. The balance sheet, as prepared by Mr. Coleman, showed liabilities to the amount of 122,9401. 19s. 10d., and the estimated assets 100,2351. lls. 10d. Resolutions were passed appointing the following gentlemen to act as inspectors, viz., Messrs. Samuel Beale. T. D. Gris sell, and John Jones. It was stated that a dividend of 10s. will be paid in six months, by which time many of the existing contracts will have been completed. Tlie Funds to-day rose d to 1 per cent., and showed much firmness to the termination of busi ness, finally closing at the best point—namely, 92 3-16 to 92 5-16. Investments and speculative purchases decidedly preponderated. The uneasi ness excited by the dispute with the United States, has been alleviated in consequence of the news brought by the steamer America presenting no fresh unfavourable feature. It is hoped that the intelligence of the submission of Russia to the terms of the allies will lead to a satisfactory modi fication of the tone of the United States Govern. ment. Hopes of a pacific result from the Paris Conferences, have given the chief immediate stimulus to prices. In the Stock Exchange money is easier, at 5 to 5& per cent. on Government Secu rities. In Lombard-street to-day, however, the demand for accommodation was very active, and some tightness was experienced. At Paris to-day the Three per Cent, Rentes showed a rise of 2 to per cent There appears to be still some inquiries for gold for exportation, but no supply is offered from the market. The developement of the com mercial resources of Turkey is likely to attract considerable attention on the part of capitalists in Western Europe. The first of the undertaking s with this object is now announced, under the title of the Ottoman Bank. The chairman is Mr. Layard, M.P. The quarterly sales of indigo commenced this day. There was a full attend ance, and the sales opened firmly and with good spirit. The demand was good for all descriptions. The following are the latest quotations in Foreign Exchanges :—Amsterdam short, 11 16 to 11 18. Do. Three Months, 12 to 124. Rotterdam, Do., 12 to 11f. Antwerp, Do., 25 55 to 25 60. Brussels, Do., 25 55 to 25 60. Hamburg, Do., 13 101 to 13 101. Paris, Short, 25 35 to 25 40. Do., Three Months, 25 75 to 25 80. Mar seilles, Do., 25 75 to 25 82. Frankfort. Do., 1201 to 1208. Vienna, Do., 10 40 to 10 45. Trieste Do , 10 41 to 10 47. Petersburg, Do., 361 to 361. Madrid, Do., 491 to 491. The Railway Share Market to-day was firm but inactive, closing at the following quotations : Caledonian,ssl 56. Eastern Counties 10. East Lan cashire, 72 73. Great Northern, 91 91k. Do. A, 75 76. Great Western, 56 564. Lancashire and Yorkshire, 811,- 811. London and North Western, 1001 101. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 24125. Midland Stock, 691 691. North British, 29 30. South Eastern and Dover, 621 63. York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 75 76. York and North Midland, 511 511. THE DEAN or CHEsrun.—We regret to state that this venerable dignitary is very ill, and that his state is con - sidered so precarious as to excite the most serious apprehen sions. He is daily getting weaker, and we have the sorrow of mentioning that but the feeblest hopes are entertained that he will rally. SUSPICIOUS CASE —Yesterday, a report was made to Mr. Blake, the coroner's beadle, that a child died in Crosshall street on the 7th inst , although the case was not reported before yesterday. There is some supposed neglect, or other wrong, connected with the case ; but we forbear to say more until an inquest (which will be held this day) determines. SOUTHPORT YOUNG MAN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION.— Last evening, the Rev. Canon Stowell, M.A., of Manchester, attended at the Town-hall, Southport, for the purpose of delivering a lecture on behalf of the funds of the above institution. The Rev. C. Hesketh, M.A., the president, occupied the chair. There was a very large attendance. The subject the lecturer selected for his discourse was " Self Culture." A most delightful evening was spent, and the funds of the association were considerably augmented by the proceeds from the lecture. SUNDAY SCHOOL AND LITERARY INSTITUTE. Last night the last of the series of lectures in connection with this institution was delivered in the Concert-hall, Lord Nelson-street. The chair was occupied by R. A. Macfie, Esq , and the attendance was numerous. The lecturer for the evening was the Rev. Mr. Chown, of Bradford, and the subject of his discourse " Caxton and the Press"—than which perhaps no more interesting or instructive topic for a lecture could be selected. The rev. lecturer was most felicitous in his treatment of it, and was frequently applauded during the delivery of his discourse. CORONER'S INQUESTS.—Yesterday, the deputy coroner, (Mr. Statham), held the following inquests :—On the body of Andrew Brewin, who fell from a house in Harrison-st., under the circumstanas stated in our paper of yesterday. The jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death," and one of the gentlemen spoke strongly against the practice of "pigeon flying" on the Sabbath-day.—On the body of Henry Crawford, a smith, who died from injuries received by falling into the hold of a ship. Verdict—•' Accidental death." --On the body of Anna Maria Brown, who died suddenly, as reported in our paper of yesterday. Verdict— " pied front natural causes." ALARNIING - F78.; AT MANCHESTER.—On Monday night, a fire of a most alarming nature was fortunately discovered in the pil e o f b u ildi ngs chiefly occupied by Mr. Robert Humble, the extensive draper and clothier, Oldham -street. Considerinc, the difficulties in the way of M r . R ose and his brigade,' from the difficulty in discovering the fire in the first instance, and afterwards from the intense heat and smoke that met them and impeded their efforts, it is truly wonderful that in a short space of an hour and a half all danger was averted. If the fire had raged undiscovered for another ten minutes, the whole of the pile of buildings must have fallen a sacrifice to the devouring element. The origin of the fire is at present unknown. The loss will amount to several hundreds of pounds, but Mr. Humble is insured, as we understood , for u p war d s o f 3,0001., i n th e London and Liverpool, and the North of England Insurance Companies. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. SECOND EDITION. THE CONFERENCE PLENIPOTENTIARIES A despatch dated St. Petersburg, the 10th inst., announces that Count Orloff left that city on the 9th, en route to Paris, to attend the Peace Confer- ences there as the representative of Russia. The Count was to be at Berlin on Wednesday (this day). A Vienna despatch, dated on Monday last, mentions that Count Buol was to leave for Paris on the following day (yesterday). THE PEACE CONFERENCES Advices dated Berlin, Feb. 11, inform us that the committee of the Frankfort Diet has deliberated on the Aystrian propositions, and recommends an adhesion to the preliminary bases, with a reserva- tion as to the propositions that may be presented relative to the fifth point. THE FRENCH FUNDS PARIS, TUESDAY EVENING, To-day the Paris Funds closed at the following prices :—Four and a Half per Cents., 97f 25c. ; Three per Cents., 73f. 75c. FRANCE. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, MONDAY EVENING, The confidence in peace appears to gain strength every day amongst the public, but amongst the higher class of politicians the same doubt exists. The public will have it that a perfect understanding must already have been come to with Russia with respect to the interpretation to be given to the fifth point of the conditions ; but the politicians think the contrary, and even if they be in the wrong in this respect, they say that a dissension will certainly occur on some point or other, probably on some comparatively insignificant matter. I hear it stated, that within three or four days after the meeting of the Conferences, it is the intention of the Allies to be, as the French say, " fixed," as to the real intentions of Russia. The fifth point as interpreted by them, will be pre sented to her to sign —and if she consents so to do, well and good —peace may be considered certain ; if, on the contrary she hesitates, makes objections, requires delay, the Conferences are at once to be stopped, and the war is to be resumed with vigour. It is stated that iu the event of the Conferences taking a favourable turn, the Emperor of the French will propose that immediately after them a Congress of Sovereigns shall be held to decide on all the questions pending in Europe. Amongst these questions his Majesty will, of course, not forget that which he has so much at heart—the striking out from the treaties of Vienna of 1815 of the clauses which prohibit the Bonaparte family from ever sitting on the throne of France—clauses which are effectually set aside for ever, but which he, nevertheless, considers as humiliating. The German newspapers tell us that Austria is so confident of peace that she has already begun reducing her army, selling a vast number of horses and bringing back her siege and pontoon materiel from the Russian frontiers. Despatches received to-day announce that Prince GortschakofE, late commander in the Crimea, has been nominated Imperial Lieutenant of Poland and commander of the Central Western armies ; also that Count Orloff had not left St. Petersburg up to yesterday. They also state that a committee of the Germanic Diet has recommended the Diet to accept the four principal points of the Austrian conditions, but to make " reserves " with respect to the interpretation which may be given to the fifth one, Apropos of Count Orloff, he possesses a very dis agreeable reputation, and a very ugly nickname in Russia. It is believed that, to oblige the Emperor Nicholas, whose friend and tool ho was, he admin istered poison to the Emperor Alexander and the Grand Duke Constantine (the uncles of the present Alexander and Constantine) ; and the nickname imposed on him is that of the " Poisoner." It is uncharitable to assume that he is a murderer, especially as he has all his life been in high favour with the Imperial family of Russia ; but it is to be regretted that he has never taken the trouble to silence his enemies who boldly accuse him of being one. STRAITAN, PAUL & CO.'s BANwiturrcr.—The bankrupts were brought up yesterday morning from Millbank Penitentiary to the Court of Bankruptcy, to undergo their last examination. The proceedings occupied the day, and were adjourned to the lUh of March. The bank rupts were taken back to Millbank Penitentiary. SUDDEN DEATH Or A GENTLEMAN.—On Monday after noon Mr. Robert Napier Cunningham, a well known and respected merchant of this town. and who resided in Hamilton-square, Birkenhead, died suddenly at the George Hotel, Dale-street. A medical gentleman was at once in attendance, and declared the cause of death to be apoplexy. The case was so clear, that it was not deemed necessary to hold an inquest. THE MURDER AT PORTSMOUTH.—The inquest on the body of the late Assistant-surgeon Hope, of the convict establishment at Portsmouth, who was murdered on Friday morning last, was resumed on Monday, on board the Stirling Castle hulk, by Mr. Swainson, the Admiralty coroner, when further testimony was adduced to show the vindictiveness of the prisoner towards the deceased, and also towards Mr. Williams, the chief warder, and Mr. Bowler, the surgeon of the convict establishment, both of whom the prisoner expressed his regret at not having " finished" also, as then, he said, he should have been happy. The Rev. J. K. Walpole, chaplain of the estab lishment, deposed that the prisoner had told him he had resolved, on the night before the accomplishment of his premeditated purpose, that he would give Mr. Hope another chance for his life, alluding to his desire to be examined again by the deceased touching an alleged complaint which required the treatment of cupping, and which deceased would not certify the necessity for doing. The prisoner, being thus disappointed in his object of being restored to the invalid deck, said to the chaplain, " I did it without a pang." A convict named Hayes, No. 716, deposed to the prisoner having had a part of a razor, set into a small wooden handle, about his per son for some weeks, on the pretext of using it at work in the oakum-house. The prisoner interrupted this wit ness in his testimony, and stated to the jury that he had had two of these knives or razors in his possession, and in fact, a third, and that he had been in the hulk about 10 months, and had never been searched once. The truth of this statement seems to be doubtful, for it is the custom of the convict s erv i ce to search all prisoners on leaving the oakum house whenever they are employed therein. The prisoner was present, place d b e f ore the jury be tween two warders, in the gallery of the chapel, and he asked several questions, imputing cruelty and oppression on the part of the deceased and other . officers towards him; but the evidence did not support his accusations. He said " the razor " could yet be produced, and it was on the lower deck, and he hoped the jury would hear his statement of the treatmeit, he had received, which was Lhe " cause " of his murdering (for he made no disguise or equivc .ation about having done so) Mr. Hope. After hearing the evidence of Mr. Kealey, surgeon, of Gosport, who deposed to the death of the deceased having been caused by the wound in the throat, which had penetrated to the spine and severed the jugular vein, the jury returned a verdict of Wilful Murder against the prisoner Jones, who was removed to Winchester gaol to await his trial. SOUTH AMERICA. SOUTHAMPTON, TEE• 12. The Royal Mail Company's steam ship Avon, Captain Revett, arrived this morning at 11 o'clock, with the usual mails. The latest dates brought by the Avon are—Buenos Ayres, Jan. 2 ; Monte Video, Jan. 5 ; Rio de Janeiro, Jan. 15 ; Bahia, Jan. 19 ; Pernambuco, Jan. 22 ; St• Vincent, Jan. 30 ; Teneriffe, Feb. 3 ; Madeira, Feb. and Lisbon, Feb. 8. The Avon brings in all, 84 passengers, among whom are Lord IL Cholmondeley and two daughters ; also the crews of the ship Coronation, of Hull, and the bark Did ° ' of the Cape of Good Hope, condemned at Madeira; also the crew of the brig Bianco. The Avon brings specie to the amount of 28,0001., al s° diamonds, precious stones, and pearls to the amount of: 22,2581., and in freight, a small quantity of tapioca, an d' ` sundries from Rio, 6 bales of tobacco from Bahia, of cochineal from Teneriffe, a few small parcels of W in° from Madeira, 300 boxes of oranges from Lisbon, a lso 4720 z. of gold dust from the Cuba mines, consigned to Mr. Oxenford. 700 bales She spoke off Cape Horn H.M. steamer Sharp shooter. On the 2d January, latitude 7.30 north, longitude 28 ' 3 : west, a Dutch bark. February 9, latitude 41.52 _io rt-9 longitude 9.53 west H.M. steamer Urgent. The cholera still existed in Rio and Bahia. At gi ° Grande it was very bad and had carried off great numbers of the black and coloured population. It wa s also raging with great virulence between Bahia and Pernambuco. Great scarcity of the necessaries of life continued to be felt at the Cape de Verds, owing to no rain having fal len for three years. -- In the Canaries they are cultivating the cochineal insect with great success In Madeira the weather has been bad for Merchants are turning their attention to the growth ° the sugar sane, corn, &c. nent pursue this course ; and let the American pe compel their rulers to do likewise, and we shall have nothing like war between the two countries to apprehend. " PARLIAM ENTARY REPORTING • Under this head our metropolitan cotemporary the Times, of yesterday, publishes an article which, for modest assu— rance, " ont-Herods" - anything that ever appeared in the columns of that leviathan wonba.be monopolist. In laying claim to the exclusive privileges of the London laily papers, the Times, with its wonted adroitness and duplicity, announces that " the gentlemen who report the debates in Parliament have for some time past experienced consider able difficulty and annoyance in discharging their duties, owing to the crowded state of the galleries assigned to them in the two houses," and proceeds to state that " the evil h as gradually grown up to its present aggravated form from the relaxation of the rule which up to the present period g to tt porters' galleries none bu lon daily papers g to to tak the ac .cy of the latter statement any rale whic legraphs have opened to the provincial press in 1. For two years we have availed ourselves of the node, but without satisfaction to our readers, and to ourselves. To have refused the adoption would have thrown ns on the columns of some other London paper, and thus we rrendered the advantage of early information tntage of a " deluge of debate." We have nity" we desire to gratify, but we owe a duty rom which the sneers of the writers of Printing shall not induce us to swerve. It is in fulfil• or the ( aty that we have established our own galleries of both houses, and the very first ;harge of their ved to increase our conviction of tile necessity ccredited representatives in both )ur own reporters on Monday to our readers pool public generally, of which our telegraphic d not contain a word, and which the Times 1 of in such a manner as to render it compara. sof " preposterous innovation." Let us retort upon it the charge, and ask whether, on a very recent occasion, in our town, its representative supplanted the g in the manger ?" n for monopolizing a seat at the e was t tin a pn anti , thn (g , to the exclusion of the Liverpool journals, of which, but for this " innovation," would Times' writers with enough. " unless morning the debate are insatiable," to fill its pages on ccount supplied by its " own Reporter" e usurpation of the Times on the occasion to i we refer, is in perfect unison with the attempt at Lsiveness which it now makes, and which we shall not THE COURT The Queen and Prince Albert left Windsor Castle at four o'clock on Monday afternoon, accompanied by the Prince of Wales;the Princess Royal, Prince Alfred, the Princesses Alice, Helena, and Louisa, Prince Arthur, and Prince Leopold. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness went to the Great Western Railway Station, attended by the Duchess of Wellington, Lord Dufferin, Col. the Hon. C. B. Phipps, Major-General the Hon. Charles Grey, and General Sir Edward Bowater. A special train conveyed the Royal Party to the Paddington terminus, from whence they :proceeded in seven of her Majesty's carriages, escorted by a party of the 3rd Light Dragoons, to Buck ingham Palace, where the Queen and 'Prince arrived ai five minutes before five o'clock. THE SABBATH DEFENCE MOVEMENT AT SOUTHPORT. a Tuesday evening, in compliance with a most numer- ously signed requisition from the inhabitants of Southport, Dr. Wood, the chairman of the commissioners for that district, convened a public meeting at the Town Hall, Southport, for the purpose of discussing the above sub ject. The meeting was most numerously attended, and amongst those gentlemen who addressed the meeting were the Revs. C. Hesketh, H. Brocklehurst, G. Greenbatch, Dr. Goodman R. Jackson, Mr. Stead, Rev. J. Wilson, J. Mocatta, Mr. Gascoigne, Mr. Banon, Mr. Hamilton, Rev. J. Phillips, Mr. Forshaw, and Mr. Kershaw, &c. Dr. Wood occupied the chair, and in the course of the evening the following resolutions were unanimously tingr regards' the Sabbath as an ordinance essentially divine. It believes that it was given by God to man, immediately on his ci cation, as a day both of religious observance and of physical rest; that, having meantime obiained a distinct recognition, it was solemnly re-enacted in the publication of moral law; that its sanctification was continually pleaded for, its profana tion continually rebuked, by the voice of the prophets; that it was redeemed from traditional corruption by Christ himself, who being the great founder of the Christian church, did not hesitate to pro claim himself " Lord also of the Sabbath ; " and that, accordingly. it was presentlytransferred by the inspired apostles to the first day of the week, when it became thenceforth especially "the Lord's day," being the day of his resurrection. 7. That this meeting solemnly believes that (the Sabbath is essentially desecrated, whether by its own profanatiOn in evil works on the one hand, or by its simple secularisation, as a day of mere amusement or of worldly business on the other. It sees, therefore, with profound sorrow the licensed opening of public-houses on the Sabbath, for the sale of intoxicating liquor, to the great and ackow ledged demoralisation of the people; and it regards with the utmost apprehension the existing or proposed provisions for their so•called amusement, whether by music in the public parks, or by opening musenms, exhibitions, or other like places. 5. That while this meeting is thus persuaded that the religious observance of the Sabbath is of universal obligation, it entertains an espec al sympathy with the working classes of the community in this matter. It deeply feels that the working classes, engaged as they are for six days in almost unremitting toil, stand most of all in need of the sign of the Sabbath as God's remembrances to their souls, and of all the blessed privileges In which it abounds to them and to their children; and it cannot but fear that if the Lord's day ever become a common day among them, the interests of religion and morality will surely suffer proportionately, nor will the divine authority of the other nine commandments of the law be acknow ledged, when that of the fourth is openly set aside. A petition. embodying the above, was unanimously adopted, and a vote of thanks concluded the business of the meeting. TRIAL OF THE WALLASEY COMMISSIONER (FROM CUR OWN REPORTER.) KNUTSFOED, TUESDAY NIGHT The trial of Mr. William Callow, one of the Improvement Corn. missioners of Wallasey, near Birkenhead, on the application of Mr. Morgan Lloyd was yesterday fixed for 10 o'clock this morning, on the ground of ➢ir. Welsby, the learned recorder of Chester being specially retained for the defence. When the hour arrived, some Mr. Bretherton h na fur contract- y must Now, before pro ception iy We deny th udes the representatives of ry. Long. a of the one 1 This was the strained to the oe, alar paper h nv oth upation of the ba 1 of the Commons, and t them at the bar of . .a_auuac VL 1 the notion that it is established Nay, furtl increased accommodation now afforded to houses, the entree should be limited to the London papers to the exclusion of their provincial brethren ! At present, however, the morning papers have the monopoly of th( seats in the front row, and with this we thint that, with t press in both whole of th, The suggestion that the claims of all the country papers ould be allowed, is too absurd to merit a reply beyond the et that the claim will never be made by the whole of the ;il array of 650 newspaper reporters in rivalry for seats 658 legitimate representatives of parliamentary con ies. If the claim be urged, it will be by journals ,ed in large communities, who desire to supply those s whom they "live, and move, and have their being,' that information which, with all the vauntings of the not to be found in its columns, not having surrendered, og stared, that owing to the extreme indisposi. o the defers Lion under which Mr. Callow was labouring, it was with great difficulty that he could be brought to the court. There were three indictments against the defendant. The first was for obtaining money under false pretences t rom Mr. James Henry M'Kinnell, at Seacombe ; the second for the like offence from Mr. W. Rathbone ; and the third for a like offence from Mr. J. C. Ewert, M.P. The defendant pleaded not guilty. Mr. Beavan and Mr. Brandt, instructed by Mr. Greatley. of Liver_ pool, appeared for the prosecution : and Mr. Welaby and Mr. Merge. Lloyd, instructed by Mr. Bretherton, of Liverpool, for the defence. After some delay the defendant was led to the bar, and surrendered in discharge of his recognisances. On being seated, the Chairman remarked, " The prisoner appears extremelyjill."—Mr. Welsby— No doubt of it.—After a private conversation with the prisoner's solicitor, the chairman said that from what Mr. Bretherton had stated, it was very doubtful whether the prisoner was fit to take his trial.—Mr. Welsby said there was no doubt of that, for there had been very great difficulty in bringing him to the court.—After consulting with ,his brother magistrates the Chair man said, It seems to me that It would.be cruel to try him in the condition in which he appears to be. I'll tell yott what we propose to do. We have sent for our medical man (the surgeon t 3 the gaol) and he will consult with the medical man m attendance upon the prisoner, and we will be governed by his opt nion.—Mr. Webby —I understand there will be several medical gentlemen of eminence from Liverpool here very shortly—gentlemen who have been in attendance upon Mr. Callow—and they can give information as to the state in which he is to the medical gentlemen whom you have appointed.—Mr. Trafford—lt certainly appears to us that he is not in a fit state to be tried. The court then proceeded cne ae wished was to again withdraw calledtheh his plea of —M notr. W guilty, l sb t y y thenand t o s a d plead th a g t w l his ty to the first indictment. On this, the Deputy-Clerk of the Pe a(-Ye on an indictment char g i ng hi m with obtaining money under fase l . pre tences from Mr. J. H. M•Kinnell, and ask e d if he wished to with draw his plea of not guilty and plead guilty, the prisoner, who ro s e from his seat with very great diffi cu lt y, b owed assent. dri elsbY then rose and said that he had already s t ate d to the bench that this was a case which would impose a very great difficulty on himself pursued and his learned friend with him, as t o th e course to besued with respect to it. The court had a l rea d y heard from the medicalr gentlemen that, In all probability, if the trial proceeded, the conse quences might be very dangerous to the accused, and probably if the court, in its discretion, were to order the trial to be postponed, the consequences to the prisoner, from the anxiety of mind under vhich he was labouring. might be most dangerous of all. Although great deal might be said not only with regard to the law of the ase, but also as to the facts which, in his (the learned counsel's) anion, would not bear tie unfavourable impression which had put upon them, and which had Induced him to come to the scion that the result would be favourable to his client; yet. 'nto account the condition in which the defendant appeared 'urt, and the nature of the charge against him, he (Mr. thought it right to advise him to take the _ate he was then taking. Having done so, it -- was impossible ✓ him to say that he was not guilty of the offence with which e was charged, although if the trial had proceeded, he should a• e boen able to show that there were circumstances of very great His learned friend (Mr. Beavan) acting with that dis retion which he always exercised in cases of that description, Joking at the state in which the prisoner was, and at all the clr umstances of the case, did not propose to proceed upon any of the tiler indictments; and with respect to one on which the prisoner Headed guilty, did not ask for any extremity of punishment. He rusted, therefore, that the Court, looking at all the circum -maces, would consider that the defendant, in a moment of temple had done wrong. and that the consequences of that wrong ,d reduced him to the melancholy condition in which he then appeared before the Court.—Mr. Beavan said he appeared for prosecution. and never being anxious unduly to press against pri teareteto him that under all the circumstances of the dbe wrong to do so. He therefore thought the ends old be served if the court were to pass sentence upon prisoner on the Ind ctment to which he had pleaded guilty, and then take a verdict of acquittal upon the other cases. Tho Chair man : The indictment is for embezzlement. Mr. Welsby ; No, it is for false pretences within the statute, by stating that the weight ^•.tr than It actually was. Mr. Welsby then proposed to • to character ; and afterwards, the medical the Chairman, after privately consulting with said they wished to hear the medical witnesses. Mr, W. T. Callon, surgeon, of Islington, Liverpool, was then called, and he stated that the Prisoner was in a very bad state of health. Other medical testimony was also given, after which the chairman stated that the bench were unanimous in discharging the prisoner, on his entering into his own retognizances to eppear for judgment when called u pon. The prisoner h av i ng en t ere d into the recogniza n ce, w as at epee discharged, and left for Liverpool with his friends. re the c ers, it ap ustice w call witnesses PERNAMBIICO.-JANUARY 2T. ---------- --- The past month has been an important once, and sales and imports have been heavy. Business in dry go ods limited. Exchanges have fluctuated from 280 to 2 91 :7 4 and a large amount has been transacted. S ugars : Ontr% heavy, and quite equalled by shipments. Prices ice. % stiff. Cotton bought np at 51;200 to 0400, but ent lie were trifling. Freights are lower. The British Packet of Dec. 29th states, that the hel l ' invasion of Flores was the event of the week. He dieer il. barked at Las Piedras with some three or four co in ' panions, and on the 24th was at the head of a par t c numbering 100. Colonels Orono and Cardoso, advised ° the assemblage, immediately started in pursuit and to thei r effective co-operation, the easy discomfiture of the en' terprise must be mainly ascribed. Of the dispersed party► 20 had been captured by the authorities, of Santa F e ' Meanwhile, Flores and his staff, aid some 60 followed' shaped a course southward, and nothing further is know of their movements. On the southern frontier, Colonel Gonzales, a n d Ocaurpo, with a force of 1,000 men, had assumed t he offensive, and had penetrated the desert to attack '4°- Indians. REVIEW OF THE MARKETS. Rio DE JANEIRO, January 11.—Business has be el :f generally, more limited than is usual at the opening the year. IMPORTS. Gig 01 Cargoes, 4 coals, 1 codfi s h, 2 d r y goo d s , 4 d r y goo 01 sundr ies, 3 flour, 3 flour and sundries, 1 ice &c., 7 jer 0 beef, 1 salt, 2 wine oil an d sa lt, 3 w i ne sa l t & c., 2 W ine an sundries. ALE AND PORTER : No sale reported. BUTTER : Sales important of Irish at 570 to 600, modergEt of French at 550 to 540 rs per lb. CANDLES : Of 730 boxes composition imported, tilE' bulk has been disposed of at 740 to 760 rs per lb. CHEESE : Dutch via Hamburg, sold at 15250. COALS : Sales of steam, 882 tons at 13$ t o 1455-- an )40 tons smithy at 155500 to 16$. COPPER : Sales of sheathing, 9i tons at 720 an d a t to 750 rs. per lb for picked weights. Pru e FLOUR : The impression seems to pr eva il that r y have been at the lowest, unl ess f u t ure arr i va l s be l ie large. iff PIECEGOODS : Trade has been far less animated than, of usual at the opening of the year ; a temporary quiri fancy goods is all we have to note ; meantime upwardS of 2,300 pkgs have been imported. SAILCLOTH : Sold 535 ps Scotch at 17$ t o 18$ fo r oar row, at 298 for wide. . SALT : Arrived 26,880 alqueires, of w hi c h 23 00 and 00 previous stock have been placed at 560 rs to 580 rs. WINDOW GLASS : Of 3746 boxes imported, part has W ell sold at 75500 to Bsooo WINES : Good qualities maintai n th e i r pos iti on ; no ary descriptions are more difficult of sale. EXPORTS. e etr COFFEE has con ti nue d fi rm, b ut the transactions have b re d, exceedingly limit e d, i n consequence of the high prices requ i Of the sales, 4,700 b ags f or t h e Channel, &c, 4,580 °et, terranean. 3,300 Cape o f G oo d H ope, the extremes for a 513" ments having beenss2oo and 55400. $ 9OO SUGAR : Sales for exp or t a ti on , 135 cases Campos at . 2 to $3, and at 3$800; 113 cases Bahia, at 25450. HIDES : No sales reported. FREIGHTS : Very little done, and quotations nominal. ed EXCHANGE : Bills to a moderate extent have been 1 /fi c o f upon London at 27f,- . ; to I, upon F rance , at 346 t o 34' direct, at 342 to 343 for indirect. IMPORTS. ---- ---- 0 1 PERNAMBUCO, Jan. 8: Owi ng t o th e past week b e i ng bo of holidays, business has n o t b een as i mportant as migh t 0 expected. BEEP JERKED : Dep r i ve d o f any arrivals, the stoc k s be , gradually been red uce d to a b out 1000 arrobaa of liouto'' uA o t eo o and 4000:ditt o o f Ri o G .; to day we quote former s s B'n 6sooo, and latter 63000 to 73000 per arroba. ° ( BurrEit : Several sm a ll r ece i p t s h ave come to WI o of Irish ; and sales are sa id to h ave b een made at abo ut quotations. 10 ° COALS : A small sale, taken from on board the r is' Hamburgh, has been made at 7$ per ton ; a cargo per thian, from Liverpool has been sent on to a Southern por t ' bo o another cargo per R ec ipr oc ity h as b een disposed of at a 95500 per ton. CODFISH : The receipts since our last prices curret tt been from Newfoundland. FLOUR : Our bakers have again stopped pnrchasieg' ve rs' already large quantity on h an d , together with the eed otir, t tt arrivals, make our stock to-d ay a b out 12 000 barrels, a" , quotations are quite nomi na l ;—besides a very small '03,0' Lisbon Flour at 29$ pe r b arre l , we do not hear of anY actions whatever. O f MANUFACTURED GOODS : The already heavy arr i ! s l ol late have been followed by others per Cineen, Rosar i° ,;o o, Black Prince, from Liv er p oo l, per Amethyst from V and per M inesota from Philadelphia. EXPORTS. tl O , SUGAR : By the last a d v i ces f rom Europe v. 13 0A ".„.00 prices were on th e d ec li ne, and that rates were vo;;;;a0, holders finding n o p urc h asers; consequent of these rootc several sales have t a k en place here at from i ii o 25400 for browns to fine yellow, and from to 25800 per arroba for low to fine The total entri es s i nce I st i nst. have been 23,375111&': to 1,670 to ns . P ara ib a and Maceio Sugars : °( told of sales o f f ormer port ' s at about 25400 f: latter we aro not aware of any sales having taken plac e ' o sto COTTON : O n ly 24 b ags have reached us since the Istalril and consequentl y not hi ng has been dotng in this articl e the past w ee k , we t h erefore give our quotations as n ° Maceio and P ara ib a C otton : Of former we hear of liv„ o boo whatever, but of latter, transactions have taken place 1t our quotations. a t HIDES : Several enquiries prevail for (his article, higher prices. th ° FREIGHTS : Very little has been doing this week,: an o ph i ra only transactions we h ear o f are as follows :—Tho ,t has engaged a cargo of cotton from Paraiba to Liverre ° oo 0; 1 per lb. and five pe r cent., and the Freema n , cotton, 1.1 to same port, at 7116ths per lb., and five per cent. EXCHANGE : We hear of an amount of £13,000 ' been tran s a cte d at 281 d. et DrscOuNTS : The bank rate s till cont i nues to ru le 3t -(/ cent, per annum, for b ills to mature within six months date. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. l ef Sectg e roO! Rio ns JANElRO.—Arrivals—De c. 14, ship Pilo t Fish, „ , Dec. 15, Mary Anne, C arr i sa l ; D ec. 27, barque Myster'rof4, Dec. 29, br g Flori t, Hardi ng; D ec. 31, barque As t a rte, erp oo o lo, Jan. 7, barque Caroline Chisholm; Teesdale—all from 6 0 0 r 6; BUENOS AYRES, Dim. Sailings for Liverpo o ' l A fe o Grayson; brig Eliza Jenkins Deane ; barque Neptu o e , ,,, J. o° o schooner Bosphorus. Gibson; Ipswich, Gaille; b ar ,, q- r ee' , Cattier; brig Gauntlett, Bell. Arrivals : Crusader , " a ag'' C l ' Liverpool ; brig A. sett, from Liverpool. „„ g e PERNAMEUCO.—C'ear e d for Liverpool: English ba_`,loo.,,,ltet; via Paraiba, with 1200 bags of brown sugar; also. Fr e ' ; direct, with 1400 bags brown sugar, and 726 bags riverP itli Baine, via Paraiba, with 116 bags of cotton; Town of - bags of cotton, emir. - 0 01. IP 22u0 bags brown sugar, via Paraiba; Queen of the Te'q o . and NW begs of brown sugar, via Oster,