The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-01-07 00:00:00

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PI( Always on ear A TIMES i 3 VOW containing the Day, up to the hour of going to Press, theorie convert prolo ithns in his citadel, b bombard have no moment the abs which hitt( in the e of t must again year ; and we may be called upon for an e Indust amoun vial em bably more depres ---..--.-...--- Currency Question has bE s are r s own a .t the " I 3 are no to the mildness of a 'rosts and pe g sno nal p vent was ish whicl question o fling with th indebted thi ggravations of human misery storms bring nue, and propert3 within the nex :I if it is not y per cent. on that er pro- all these facts staring us in the face, we repeat, this is no tin, for tr a que on which affects the exist- e of e class of socie The B aMonists sa and. brings gold into our .ely grant this, and a boldly to ans 'or with- out ar. cation what has become country, bete of the gold that reached this Le Ist of January 1848, and the 3Mpt to tell us where ALI gold rec it period has gone answe he House ( S RIO amounts rece 3. th© years abovc Ira in question was ordered ommons on ti bought 8 41,779,t 8 116,7 735,95 560.95 igion, no pit. the last about to inflict on societN yard show of morality balm amount 1 in vain t f the metalli _sperate characters who are still at large there is hope of escaping death, no matter how diabolical their crimes may be ? It all depends on the legal colouring of their defence, and the legal ingenuity they can call to their aid when before a coroner' London Times, o r any other jury or the judge. As an example, therefore, the hanging of one man out of a number found guilty and sentenced for taking the life of a fellow-creature cannot by any possibility have a good effe3t. On the contrary, it inspires the multitude with a belief that the law of death is only very partially administered ; and the very opposite result to that soug h t i s all that is attained. Again, there are some who contend that all those who commit murder are labouring under temporary insanity, and they cite the verdicts returned by coroners' juries in cases of suicide, and the statistics adduced by high medical authority in London some few years sinc which went to show that in almost every case where persons who attempted self-destruction, had by proper medical aid been restored to health, subsequently died mad. And the man who coolly contemplates the savage and nliuman butchery of a fellow creature cannot be sound state of mind. He can have no "4-r no thought of the misery he is r, no respect for the out nd, above all, his disregard e first law of nature—self-preservation —goes _ _ ar to prove that the longer Zthe miscreant spends neditating on the commission of his crime, the G mod, B.A his want of all thoso attributes which , however, to travel into these LIVERPOOL ROYAL INFIRMARY, January 5, 1856. Admitted—ln-patients, 27 ; out-patients, 3 ; casuals du r ing the last week, 1;1 Discharged —In-p a ti en t s : cured, 9 ; relieved, and at own request, 8 ; made out-pati en t s , 6 ; irregular, 4 ; d ea d, 1 ; rema i n in the house, 157. House Visitors—Joseph G. Livingston, and Hugh Perkins, Esqrs. Physician and Surgeon for ensuing week—Dr. Dickenson and Mr. Stubbs. House Surgeons, Mt. G. B. 'Raiford and Mr. C. Webster. Chaplain—Rev. H. J. . Robert Hutchison, Esq., Treasurer. OUTRAGE IV MASON -STREET, EDGE-lIILL.-011 Friday a gentleman was knocked down, badly treated, and robbed of his watch and other property in the above street; and, although he held out for a considerable time against his assailants, and called loudly for the police, yet no con stable came to his assistance and the ruffians got clear off with their booty. Our informant (upon whom we can rely), states that this and some adjoining streets in the locality, are infested nightly by a set of desperate characters, who prowl about committing depredations, and that seldom, even in the day time, is there a policeman to be seen. This notice, it is hoped will attract the attention of Major Greig, _.. ..unvictions on the and that he will at once remedy the great evil com- All we contend for is the administration plained of. I The Liverpool Share Market has been inactive at yesterday's prices : and at the close they remained unaltered. Closing prices as follows : Aberdeen, 11 111 Birkenhead, 131 134. Caledonian, 27 271. Ches ter and Holyhead, 11-1 Ht. Eastern Coun ties, 84 £3B. East Lancashire, 171 172. Great Northern, 22 22/. Ditto A, 91 94. Great Western, 514 52. Lancashire and Yorkshire Stock, 70 76-1 Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport, 131 14. Lon_ don and North Western Stock, 93194. Manches ter, Sheffield and Lincoln, 231 238. Ditto Prefer ence, 132 131 Ditto New 6 per cent Pref., 7-16 2p. Midland Stock, 63f 631. North British, 71 71 North Staffordshire, 82 81d. South Eastern, 17 17 1-16. York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 161 16;. York and North Midland, 221 22k. Dutch Rhenish, 11 16 id. Great Western of Canada, 241 241, Ditto New Shares, 2* Op. Great Luxembourg, 101 10 d. The money market during the week has been more than usually light. In London in the - early part of the week, the demands on the banks for discounts were very heavy, and extreme rates were freely paid. This demand is said to have been produced by the heavy amount of acceptances falling due on the 4th, and the payment of ten per cent instalments of the 5,000,0001. Turkish loan, (being the last but one), which fell due on Tues. day. The efflux of gold to France continues, and the whole of the 416,0001., brought by the Donald MlCay from Australia, has been purchased by the Bank of France, which is still paying a premium to secure supplies as soon as they come in. The last importation from America, about 62,0001, has also been taken for the same destination. The 571,0001. in silver, and 60,000/. in gold brought by the West India steamer has been deposited in the Bank to-day, but it is the general belief that the silver will be sent to India and China, the demand for which continues unabated. About 400,0001. is now due from Australia; with this exception we have now received all the specie that we have reason to expect for some weeks. Insurances have been effected upon several amounts to be shipped from the United States on continental account, so that it appears that a system has been organized to obtain as much as possible of the Californian yield from New York, whilst purchases are still made in this market of the Australian parcels as they come in. Against this co m p e titi on we h ave nothing to set but the natural operation of the Exchanges, which, at present, owing to the large import of corn, do not leave any profit upon the shipment of gold from America. Under these circumstances the position of the Bank naturally invites attention. Chester - The Bank returns, we published this morning, aro generally regarded as unfavourable. The Bullion is 161,6021. less than last week, and the Reserve has diminished 482,3271., while the Private Secu rities have increased 573,737/. These changes shew the extent of pressure to which the Bank was subjected last week. The Bullion is now at its lowest point in 1855, being in both departments only 10,820,1631. against 13,834,6571. in the corres ponding week last year. From these causes the Stock Market has experienced a continuous decline during the week, amounting, on some values to 1, and others to 1/, per cent. Consols closed last Saturday at 883 to and yesterday at 871 to 1. The fall was, undoubtedly, accelerated by a belief that, as the quarter's revenue up to the end of 1855, shews a deficiency of nearly 4,000,0001. a loan will shortly be announced, whilst, in order to provide for the dividends due next week, the Government has been in the market as a seller of stock. Foreign securities have been very heavy, and they aro all lower. The Turkish 6 per cents were done on Saturday at 83a; to-day they closed at 811 to t, being a fall of 21. 10s. The New Scrip has fallen Railway Shares have fluctuated, but the decline in them has not been equal to that in Consols and foreign stocks. The continuous good traffics, and the approaching dividends, keep them on the whole steady, but there is not much doing. Exchequer Bills have been at 12s dis, but the average price is from Os to 4s. To-day the transactions have been limited, and, although the quotations were rather weaker in the morning, the closing prices were the same as those at the termination of business yesterday. There is no particular feature to notice in regard to the operations, but the bank returns are con sidered unfavourable. Consols opened at 87 to 871, at which they remained some time, but the final quotation was 87k. The New Three per Cents. were steady at 87i to 871, and the Reduced 871. An improvement of about to 1 per cent. occurred in Bank Stock, which was marked 207.. Exchequer Bills have recovered Os. and 4s. discount, and there was a rumour late this afternoon that the Government contemplate a funding of these securities to the extent of between 0,000,00)1. or 7,000,000/. The settlement of the English Stock Market is fixed for the 15th of January. According to a statement compiled by Messrs. Haggard and Pixley, the exports of bullion from London during last year amounted to 14,221,610/, or 3,321,733/ more than in 1854. The augmentation has been chiefly of silver, and during the last six months the ship ments of this article alone have been to the extent of 6,933,380/. These totals are irrespective of what has been forwarded to France by way of Folkestone and Dover, and which represents an important aggregate amount. The moveMents of the precious metals this week have been important. The arrivals amount to about 600,0201., which comprise 631,260/. from the Pacific, &c., by the Tyne steamer; 61,6301. from New York, per America ; 3,1301. from the Peninsu la, per the Sultan. The ascertained exports have been to the extent of about 727,8501., which in cludes 416,0001. per Donald M'lCay, for the Bank of France ; 277,3071. per Pera, for India and China ; and about 50,0001., by private hand, to the Conti nent, and 100 ounces of Gold, and 600 ounces of Silver, for the Continent, through the London Custom House. Some excitement was stated to exist in Chili, in consequence of the discovery of a rich gold field near the old mines where gold washing was suc cessfully carried on by the Spaniards during the rule of old Spain. Naciamento, the place spoken of, where an American is stated to have extracted 10,000 dollars worth in fourteen days, is at the head of the estuary of the river Bio Bio, in lati tude 35 deg. south, on the frontier of a territory belonging to a warlike tribe of the American Indians. A scientific gentleman, who had visited the country, states that its geological forma tion appeared to be of the highest auriferous character. In the Mincing-lane markets, which re-opened on Wednesday, after the Christmas recess, the business transacted has been of an unimportant character, and the heaviness apparent in the early part of last month has not diminished. Sales of sugar at former rates have almost been impracti cable, and in one or two instances a reduction of 2s to 3s per cwt has!been conceded. On the Ist instant, the stock at the four chief ports of the United Kingdom was 66,750 against 114,531 tons at the same time in the previous year, and 84,289 in 1854. Coffee, both plantation and native, has been in limited request, but rather higher prices have been realised by private contract. The stock in London on the Ist of January, 1855, was 8924 tons against 10,589 in 1854. Cocoa has been dull of sale, and rum is ld to 2d per gallon cheaper. Rice has been at almost nominal quotations. Saltpetre, at a slight decline, has been taken to a small extent and cotton has been steady. Messrs. Smith and Charles in their circular, to-day, make the following remarks in reference to the Tallow Trade : Nothing has transpired in relation to the mission of Count Esterbazy since the date of our last circular ; the same disbelief in a pacific solution of the question prevails to which we then alluded. Meanwhile tne position of our, markets has undergone some little change. The deliveries on January to March contracts have been far less than was generally anticipated, and this has strengthened the convic tion entertained in some quarters that there is an oversold asked her the subject o I become a wido --~~--- her meditation 3 iofmyold account for that period. The stock on the Ist instant was 18,904 casks against 35,000 in 1855 ; 43,000 in 1854 ; 47,000 in 1853 ; and 64,000 in 1852. There are about 3,000 casks afloat, and until the recent re-opening of the German ports (occasioned by the mild weather), this appeared to be all that we should receive till the end of March. Shipments are, however, going on at Memel and other ports, and the doleful political position of Prussia, which was commented on by one of our leading journals of Monday will, no doubt, stimulate the efforts of holders of Russian produce lying in Prussia to increased activity in its dispatch ; and this will probably be further augmented by the extraordin ary difference in the price of tallow for delivery on or before March, as compared with the price for delivery atter that date. These two things, then, Ist, the political position of Prussia, which may lead to a blockade of her ports later in the season; 2nd, the difference in market value of from 31. to 5/. per ton in a tallow delivered on this side of March as compared with a later period, will, as it seems to us, furnish the holders of tallow in Prussia with the strongest inducements to press forward their goods, even at the cost of additional charge for conveyance; and in the meantime the effect of these considerations will be to deter manufacturers and consumers from purchasing more than they can possibly avoid till the beginning of April. For the first two or three days of this week our market was extremely inac tive ; the demand has since improved, and our concluding prices are-spot, new, 68s. ; old, 665. 6d. ; January and March, 68s. ; March and April 675. ; April to June, 635. 6d. ; October and December, 603. ; town tallow 665. net cash. Delivered to last night, 565 ; arrivals, 1469. The public sales consisted of 570 casks, 153 of which were sold. St. Petersburg advices are to the 27th ult. Ex change, 35 11-16. Nothing doing in tallow. Memel prices, 1456 for spot at St. Petersburgh, and 138 spot at Moscow ; carriage 65 to Koono ; for delivery in St. Peters burgh next day, 124 cash, and 133 10i down. We quote palm oil 48s. 6d. 475. ; cocoa-nut oil, Cochin, 475, Ceylon, 46s ; linseed oil, 445. In London the English Stock Market continues flat. The additional decline established to-day, however, scarcely amounted to an ith per cent. The prices at tho close of the day boino• 871 871. An unfavourable impression was produced by the weekly Bank Returns, which is interpreted as indicating a probability of continued sales of stock to meet the financial necessities of the Govern ment. The general demand for money to-day was good, but less active than yesterday. The large masses of Bills falling due yesterday, the 4th, have been remarkably well met. At Paris to-day the Three per Cents experienced a decline of I to •Z per cent. The imports of the precious metals this week have been heavy, but consist chiefly of Silver, the value of the arrival is about 696,0001., but the proportion of Gold is comparatively limited. The ascertained exports of the week are about 278,0001., chiefly in Silver. It is known, however, that the Gold brought by the America and the Donald M‘Kay, has been taken for the Continent, in addition to the sundry amounts withdrawn from the Bank, Business in Railway Shares to-day was singularly small, and the market was altogether free from any important variation in price. The following are the closing quotations :-Caledonian, ; 541 541 Eastern Counties, 81 81. East Lancashire, 691 701 Great Northern, 87 88. Ditto A, 73 74. Great Western, 511, 52. Lancashire and Yorkshire, 762 701. Leeds Northern, 111. London and North Western, 93,i 941. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 231234. Midland Stock, 63k 631 North British, 281 291. South Eastern and Dover, 561 571. York, Newcastle and Berwick, 661 671. York and North Midland, 441- 45. On Friday last, we drew attention to the approaching departure of :Dr. Scoresby by the Royal Charter to Australia. We are glad to be able to add to our former statement, that the experiments referred to, have now been made to Dr. Scoresby's entire satisfaction, and that in addition to the service he is about to render to nauti cal science, he has most kindly promised to g ive his most valuable aid in the religious exercises of th e Sunday dur ing the voyage. CORONER'S INQUESTS.---On Saturday the deputy coroner Mr. Statham, held the following inquests :--On the body of a respectable female, named Mary Havdock, aged 77 years, who resided in Field-street. The deceased was very deaf, and a few evenings ago, she was passing through Great Homer-street, when she was knocked down and ran over by a shandry, and received such injuries in her head that slie died from the effects. There was a man in custody on suspicion of being the driver of the vehicle, but, as there was no proof of the fact, he was discharged. The jury found that death was accidental.—The details of the follow ing cases appeared in our paper of Saturday, and the following are the verdicts :—William Jones, a fireman on board a steamer, accidentally drowned. Jane Willis, falling down stairs ; verdict, accidentally killed. Elizabeth Rath, died from the effects of burns, by her clothes catching fire, accidental death. A boy, named Dewhurst, choked by a bean ; verdict, accidental death. John Moore, ac c id en t a lly killed on board a ship, by a piece of iron falling on him ; verdict same as on the preceding case. William Jones, accidentally drowned, verdict same. Archibald Roston, a watchman, accidentally drowned in one of the docks, verdict same. There is a man down east, rather a facetious chap, whose name is New. He named his first child Something ; it was Something New. His next child was called Nothing, it being Nothing New.—American Paper. A handsome young bride was observed to be in deep reflection on her wedding-day. One of her bridesmaids ' I was think- eaux I should marry A fresh departure of pilgrims for" Jerusalem 'and the Holy Land will take 'place at Marseilles towards the end of February. About the same period another caravan, formed in Germany, will sail from Trieste for the same destination. WAKLEY AND WINE.—A. commissioner of the Insolvent Debtors' Court, one of the wittiest men of the day (Mr. Sergeant Murphy), was dining lately in company with Mr. Wakley, the well-known coroner. "Do you like that wine, Wakley ?" asked the commissioner. " Very good, indeed," said Wakley. "Al," said his friend, "being a coroner, I thought you'd There's a body in it." The Emperor Alexander 11. has ordered a special court to be formed at Kieff for trying captured Poles and Hun garians. The former are to be punished with death, the latter delivered to the Austrians for execution. So many Polish and Hungarian prisoners are taken, in irons, to Kieff, that no fewer than four judges, ten secretaries, and executioners innumerable, are continually employed in their condemnation. Rossini had accepted an invitation to dine with a certain lady, whose dinners were known to be arranged on a most economical scale. The dinner offered to the maestro formed no exception to the general rule, and he left the table rather hungry. "I hope you will soon do me the honour to dine again with me," said the lady to him, as he was taking leave. " This minute, if you like," replied he. Jun vssEx.—At the commencement of the inquest on the body of Mr. Sterling, who was so barbarously murdered near Burnopfield, one of the jury (Mr. Burnett, of Beda lodge), who had been summoned, failed to attend, upon which the coroner, J. M. Favell, Esq., inflicted a fine of 401. A few days ago a writ was received from the treasury by the Sheriff of Durham, to enforce payment of the fine. The writ has since been executed, and the money pal l —Durham Advertiser. COLLISION ON THE NORTII WESTERN RAILWAY.—A collision took place on the line of the London and North Western Railway, at Watford, on Friday evening. It ap pears that shortly before nine o'clock, the up express train being due, a coal train was ordered by the station master to be shunted into a sliding, to let the express pass, The engine of the former had not quite cleared the main up line, when the express, which had been signalled at the tunnel, and had considerably slackened speed, ran into the engine of the coal train, and threw it as well as some of the trucks, off the line. Some of the passengers in the express train are stated to be " considerably shaken ;" but no serious injury was the result, except the stoppage of the line, which was not cleared for some hours after the occurrence. DISSOLUTIONS OF PARTNERSHIP.—Anne Powell and Mary Howell, Chorlton-upon-Medlock, Lancashire, teachers. J. Logan and H. H. Nicholson, Liverpool, general produce brokers. G. Glen arid T. D. Anderson, Liverpool. E. Lodge. G. Marshall, and T. Blenkhorn, jun., Paddock, Huddersfield, and elsewhere, manufacturing chemists. M. Kennedy, J. S. Scholes, and IV. Hirst, Manchester, com mission agents, so far as regards M. Kennedy. A. Sleigh and S. H. Sleigh, Liverpool, brokers. F. Boldemann, T. Berries, and J. B. Alexander, Newcastle-upon Tyne, corn factors, so far as regards F. Bolderman. R. Booth and J. Ashworth, Salford, Lancashire, manufacturers of British gums. R. Brennard and W. T. Rimmer, Liverpool, merchants. T. B. Hayward and A. B. Hayward, Liverpool, tailors. F. Shearburn and T. Haller, Kingston-upou-Hull, tea dealers. W. Nichols, R. Gaunt, and I Gaunt, Wilsden, West Riding of Yorkshire, worsted spinners. IV. Dunlop and C. Hastings, Bradford, Yorkshire, commission agents. W. Harwood and A. J . Ashforth, Sheffield, omnibus pro prietors. J. Millar, R. Barbour, and J. Stevenson, Bradford, Yorkshire, or elsewhere, as far as regards J. Millar. W. Foulis and A. Grierson, Blackbu rn , L ancas hi r e, travelling drapers. H. J. Street and R. Balshaw, Liverpool, brokers. E. Reuss, G. Kling, and F. A. Tafel, Manchester and Bradford, commission merchants, so far as regards F. A. Tafel. J. Demount and E. Middlehnrst, Liverpool, 011 grant agent. A. Ralli, T. Ralli, S. Mavrogani, C. T. Ralli, P. L. Vlasto, P. T. !Rain, D. T. Raih, J. T. Ralli, and A. V. Ralli, London, Manchester, Calcutta, Corfu, and Constantinople. Emma Calvert and J. E. Calvert, Leeds, dyers. R. M. Whitlow, R. Radford, and T. Whitlow, Manchester, a ttorneys. A. Sparrow and B. B. P ea k e, Liverpool, general commission agents. N. Armstrong, jun., and W. Wise, jun., South Stockton, Yorkshire, and Stockton-on-Trees and West Hartlepool, timber merchants. G. Hayter, J. Wrenn, and S. W. Silver, Liverpool, merchants. F. Ellam and L. Sheard, Lindley, Yorkshire, cloth dressers. T. R. Gee and J. Pennington, Liverpool, wholesale tea dealers. T. A6son and K. Powles, Liverpool, attornies. A. Crooke and 11. It. Whistler, Liverpool, brokers. SECOND EDITION. FRANCE LATEST INTELLIGENCE. The Moniteur of yesterday notifies that, by a decision of the Finance Minister, the interest attached to the Treasury bonds is fixed as follows, to commence on the 7th instant :—At 4f per cent per annum, on bonds having from three to five Bullio the We in T purchased I vas no 7,090,584 self-pr ful sentence of the law, and who is borne away insensible to his cell, and is finally carried all but lifeless to the place of execution, feel that punishment which outraged humanity awards him ? In either case the murderer is lost to all sense and feeling of the infliction that awaits him. He has no thought of his guilt, no idea of his shame, and he dies like a dog, knowing nothing of eternity and without hope ! If men were con- scions of their real condition at such moments, the scenes witnessed at public executions would be far different to what they are. But they are not, mid period It certainly THIS DAY. lONS, ex Rc IRO SST) N' & LEVY, a BARK ramley-Moore 0., Brokers. th John-stree, r CHE THERI &NNUM. N DAILY s of the n so gloriously a written and spok are th whether R wily mon ace invariably endE The tradir be heard to le multitud .y mus othing more th 3rstand h comes should rise t pence ; and they cannot f , and a ci hiii t Three d It EXPORT They ( iunits s to be r( admit th NORTHERN DAILY TIMES.-LIVERPOOL, MONDAY, JANUARY 7, 1856, ias not been added to the capital account, ior do returns. No one will pretend to say that the Bank lost What, then, has s it appear in the bullion a vast sum of money )ecome of it ? ous- metal of even-handed justice. If one man is to escape by a quirk or quibble, which amounts to an indictment against the morality and common sense of the age in which we live, and another is to die on the gibbet and be hurried into eternity for a precisely similar crime, the punishment of death is but a lottery, in which all the odds are against the fair administration of the law,—a tooth 1 for a tooth, an eye for an eye. But, why call it punishment ? If the wretched Sing, JONATHAN HEYWOOD, had been conscious of his situation, and had viewed the instruments of ed for him, as a punishment, could he t, and with a firm gallows, and bounded lightly up to the very spot on which he was about to die the most fearful death ? Can the man whose nerve fails him when the judge alked from his cell erec to the passes the as MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL. LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY EVENING The Liverpool Cotton Market has been rather more active to-day, but in consequence of the liberal supply offering, prices are with difficulty maintained. The sales amount to 7,000 bales, and include 1,000 taken for speculation and export. A return of the number of vessels that have entered this port last year has been made up, from which we learn that there has been a decrease as compared with the previous year, the numbers were, in 1854, 4,390, and in 1855 only 4,280, being a reduction of 182 vessels. If that gold appeared on the ace of the Bank's weekl an s were d—What )f aold which t y returns, it could scarcely hey pu .ere wc was suffering from a since we are has become of th ie Bank Di of June, 1854 ? a Englis ie end of a f t...... a proceeds of 1 in store, o he Ba natural, we will 1 that on auantity, and race of the se return lo foius to deal in alpable, that within a bought so much I. all we want to 3 much, i hulk ? If the Bank have 10 those who ent it most, but, on the other THE COURT t slip through their )üblic at large, will be inces in our inquiries, to know what has become hich the country so much needs ? Moreover, some feas. ble explanat would satisfy e commer munit perfection o 1r Bul show them the of 1844 is capable of accumu- ng any fabulous amount of bullion as a basis of silence all the clamour of rs, by proving'to them that while nt gold to meet all the wants of t was a matter of little 'ether we had a paper or a metalli But of this our Bullion oracles may ed that, before we drop the agitation, we eive a reply to the very plain question, Told has b ecome of the vast amount of the Bank of England from the Ist of le 31st of May, 1854 Liz execution of JONATHAN HEYWOOD took place tlirkdale Gaol, at noon, on Saturday last ; and 1 - , nour of Lancashire be it said, the to th the thousands assembled to witness 3 revolting sy ctacle, wa most solemn and no indecent levity of manne or language, rushing to get close to the gibbet ; and, above .ejoice to learn there were not more aan fo n. fifty v- omen present, in a crowd Of ),000 p sons, and that the females tender years and the poorest class ce to be hearc I in that vast con- sionaries, calling sinners to repentance on the e a sinne was about to die, and raising voices in praise of Him who was ever this Ladies were there, and e opportunity of distributing through the a solemn wa to those who had ld one who was abou t to E career death lepravity and crime by an ignominious and, much and w s mer may di us questi all must applaud the zeal and cod by these good people on that awful occasion Still, we are not amongst ho b eve the punishment of death the solemnity t, hick we allude kely, in any hardened in crime with ) attempt to take away life, i D ourinc,r under some unconquerable impulse, 3me incipient type of insanity or some o less erous eservation to on the glorious uncertainty of the law o long as judges and are uncle .ded as to what really constitutes It is not enough for tho safety of man Flhould be hanged out of five or six men charged with murder at the same assize. But then we may be told that hanging five or six men at a time would be too appalling an exhibition for these days. What then becomes of that evenhanded justice that forbids us to hang one culprit and spare his brother in crime ? Would cates of the punishment of death leav r who deliberately contemplates a murder as are proved to be in favour of an acquit transportation? JONATHAN H YWOOD was hanged for the same offence as that committed by O'NEIL ! Their crimes were identical ; but thg one was sentenced to death, whilst the other escaped with transportation for life! Whatjustice is there in this ? Is it not monstrous to commit two men to prison, try them for the same crime, and hang one and transport the other? Does it not show the it remains for the public to enquire diligently into the whole question of the punishment of death, and to lay down some more certain and impartial system of removing all murderers from society at has become of the remainder of the I than that at present in operation. WINDSOR, FRIDAY.—• The Prince of Wales and Prince Alfred went to London yesterday, and attended Mr. Faraday's lecture at the Royal Institutioyi. Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston and Viscount and Viscountess Hardinge arrived on a visit to the Queen. The following had the honour of dining with her Majesty in the evening :—Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston, Viscount and Viscountess Hardinge, Lady Caroline Barrington, and Col. the Hon. C. B. Phipps. His Royal Highness the Prince went out hunting this morning. Mr. Parkes, her Majesty's consul at Amoy, lately returned from a mission to the King of Siam, had the honour of an audience of the Queen. SATuanA.v.—Her Majesty and His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Lady Ely and the Equerries in Wailing, left the Castle this morning, and travelled by a special railway-train to London, in order to inspect the Gallery of Painters in Water Colours, in Pall-mall East, and afterwards of viewing the Crimean photographs. Lord Palmerston took leave in the fore noon, having to attend a meeting of the war department. Lady Palmerston accompanied his lordship to town. Admiral Lyons, who arrived here yesterday on a visit to her Majesty, took his departure this morning, having been summoned by the Queen's Secretary of State for War to attend a conference held at the War Department. Lord Hardinge likewise proceeded to London this morn ing for the purpose of attending the War Conference. His Royal Highness, the Prince of Wales, with his brother, Prince Alfred, went to London to-day. The other members of the royal family took their usual exercise. The Queen and Prince Albert, attended by their suite, returned to the castle from town, by a special railway-train. Her Majesty, before leaving London, paid a visit to her aunt, the Duchess of Gloucester, at her residence, Gloucester House, Park-lane. NEW COUNTY COURT JUDGE.Mr. Sergeant Miller has been'Apposntedthe county court judge at Leicester by the Lord Chancellor, in the room of the late judge. THE NEW JUDGE.—We understand that Mr. Bramwell' Q C., has been appointed one of the Barons of Her Majesty's Court of Exchequer, in the room of the Right Hon. Sir James Parke, resigned. -.-......0,__-. MOVE3IENTS.—His Royal Highness, the Duke of Cambridge was present on Saturday at the meet- Par Department, and at which Lord Panmure, Lord Palmerston, Lord Clarendon, Lord Hardinge, Sir Edmund Lyons, and Sir Charles Wood His Excellency the Ambassador of France paid a visit on Saturday afternoon to Lord Clarendon, at the Foreign-office Downing-street. POLITICAL attended ATT RAC ;TIONS FOR T3E PUBLIC IN THE EXECUTION OF A ATURE !-At the police-offices,on Saturday, t was remarked that there were scarcely any spectators in the courts during the morning, though on Saturdays they generally muster in large numbers, and their absence was attributed, justly we have no doubl . , to the FELLOW- C superior attraction held out to them in the execution of the miserable culprit Heywood, at Kirkdale. Even for pickpockets, and the other classes of offenders, who make their appearance before the magistrates, the spectacle of the hanging of a fellow-being was equally irresistible, and in their numbers too an equal diminu tion was observed. In the case of pickpockets, the remark may perhaps be modified, for on being attracted to the execution they were also, no doubt, influenced by the consideration that there a wider field than could be presented in the markets, for their skill and industry, would be found. THE COUNCIL or WAR IN PARIS.—In the course of a few days a general Council of War is to be held at Paris, at which, England will be represented by His Royal Highness ;the Duke of Cambridge, Sir Richard Airey, and Sir Harry Jones, together with Admirals Sir Edmund Lyons and Dundas. The object of this council is to collect, to interchange, and consider, all possible information with respect to the war in every quarter, but it will not be in the province of the council to plan campaigns, or to decide, in the beginning of January what is to be done in April. The council having deliberated fully on the important subjects which will suggest themselves to them will communicate the results of their labiurs to their respective governments, who will discuss the questions which may be raised, and having decided them will give the orders necessary to secura the objects they may have in contemplation. The Constantinople correspondent of La Presss says that Marshal PeLssier will be represented in the approaching Council of War by General Martimprey, the chief of his staff, who is in Paris at the present moment, and in whose judgment and knowledge the Marshallplaces the utmost confidence. -_-..,...______ MIT Ina. APPOINTMENTS.—The Gazette of Friday makes the following announcements :-Ist Regiment of the Duke of Lancaster's Own Militia: T. Mona, Gent., to he Quartermaster.—Royal Lancashire Militia Artillery W. H. Weldon, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant. PROMOTIONS IN THE CUSTOMS,—Mr. J. Trevan, principal coast officer at Runcorn, has been promoted to be controller at Deal. Mr. Baldwin, controller at Liverpool, has been promoted to be collector at Newcastle. Mr. Daw,fcon troller at Leith, has been promoted to be controller at Liverpool. portance months to run ; at 5 per cent. on bonds due at six to eleven months after date; at 51 per cent. on bonds at one year's date -4. RUSSIA. A despatch dated Berlin, Jan. 5, announces that the members of the Great Council of War, now assembled at St. Petersburg, occupy themselves more especially upon the questions relative to those points of the Empire which are of the most special importance in a strategical point of view. The fortifications of Kieff are to be completed by the termination of the winter months AUSTRIA The same despatch mentions that the Austrian Government intend to communicate to the German Diet all the propositions for peace which have been sent to St. Petersburg. SARDINIA Despatches dated Turin, yesterday, notify the departure from that city of General De la Marmora to attend the Council of War about to be holden in Paris INDIA AND CHINA MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, SUNDAY. The Peninsular and Oriental Steam-ship Com pany's steamer Indus has arrived here with the heavy portion of the India and China mails, bringing 38 passengers, and dates from Alexandria to the 23rd; Malta, the 27th; and Gibraltar, the 31st alt, FRANCE. (PROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, FRIDAY EVENING. You were told by me, a few days back, that the French government had received information that there was no likelihood whatsoever, of the Austrian propositions being accepted by Russia. To-day, the Journal des Debats, which occasionally receives diplomatic intelligence from the highest quarters, contains an article, which confirms, to the letter, the authenticity of my information. On the 27th December, it says, Count d'Esterhazy, the Austrian minister sent to St. Petersburg, presented the pro positions of his government to Count de Nessel rode, who received them without any emotion, and without any other remark, than " I will take the orders of the Emperor." Count Esterhazy was, continues the Debats, to wait till the 4th January for an answer, and in the event of none being sent, was to ask for one, and to wait till the 15th—after which, supposing Russia still to continue silent, he was to leave with all his legation. It was not doubted, however, that - Russia would reply; but it was not doubted either, that the reply would only be to the same effect as the circular which, under date the 22nd ult., she has sent to her diplomatic agents, and which, as is known, proposes to exclude all ships of war from the Baltic, except those of Russia and Turkey, and to leave those two powers to settle between themselves, without the inter vention of the Western governments, the number of vessels each shall maintain a propo sition absurd, and even insulting to the Western Powers. On such terms, negotiations are evidently impossible; but, says the Debats, "nothing indicates that Russia is dis posed to propose any other for the moment, and we are assured that she prefers to run the risk of a third campaign." It adds that, in consequence, the " war is not near an end," and it casts the responsibility of its duration on Russia. In the course of its article, the Debars intimates that, though his mission will fail, it is probable that Count Esterhazy, before taking the formal step of breaking off diplomatic relations with Russia, will wait until he can receive new instruo tions from his government. This is a new proof that Austria has not yet got to the end of her dis graceful shuffling, and not yet shaken off her abject fear of Russia. _ I hear that the French government has received despatches from Germany to day, which lead it to apprehend that the minor German governments will declare that the neutralisation of the Black Sea, proposes by Russia, in her circular of the 22nd December, under the conditions therein mentioned, is satisfactory in every respect; that the Western powers have no right to expect any' thing more; and that Germany, for her part, will declare herself perfectly satisfied therewith. If the minor German governments make such a decla. ration, no surprise need be felt, as it would be but another proof of their base subserviency to Russia; but the lesson would be a good one to the French government,—for really it has sacrificed its owri , dignity, and that of England, by the extraordinary pains it has taken to win over those governments to their cause—as if England and France needed the paltry support they can give The substance of the Russian circular of the 22nd December, referred to above, has arrived to-day in the Belgian papers. As it will be in England before this letter, I need only say that its meek protestations of a desire of peace are regarded with contempt, because they are knowil to be false. The Vienna telegraph informs us that the chances of an understanding being come to between Prussia and Austria are increasing. If this be so, Austria will naturally be less disposed than ever to break off with Russia. Before concluding allow me to say a word about myself. Since I have had the honor to be your correspondent, I have on innumerable occasions anticipated • evep the fo remost of your great London n cotemporaes in obtaining important intelligence; but I have seldom cared to take the trouble to draif attention to the f ac t , trust i ng to the sagacity o' , your readers to discover it for themselves. I beg however, now to be permitted to remind theni that within the last fortnight my letters have con; tained not fewer than thr ee i mpor t ant pieces 0 intelligence of which the London papers knell' , nothing. The first is that noticed above—namely that the French government had learned that ne chance of success awaited the Austrian proposition ° —a fact of the very highest consequence at th e present juncture. The secon d was t h at the Fren ch' government will, before long, have to apply for a new loan—also a fact of no little consequence' The third was that the famous pamphlet on th e necessity of a Congress was about to appear' Thus, from what it has done, your readers n'e o entertain the con v i c ti on th at, f or t h e future, the NORTHERN DAILY T IMES w ill b e excellently Well informed on continental and French matters.