The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-06-02 00:00:00

ARIPTON'S DISMISSAL & Men en. Isil and North American Royal Mail Captain Wicktnan, arrived in the en o'clock last night from Boston and rs la 8 , 'lin g 133 passengers, and 774,092 20th mo 13 le. Als o d a t es from N ew Y or k t o "lon to th e 21st, and Halifax to the the ail inclu s i ve. alifax, and at tttTan-i.er Canada from Liverpool had arrived Was Passed by the America Japers now to hand is tant character. The cognised the Walker athe 15th, sent a uncin g the fact ength in another erally filled with the of the rela s of England and 9 reports are so con- arrive . ~pon, and . that is oonditio th e „„„ 11 of affairs is very critical, and t i asecr_ ne Y of the President is evidently pre .Ve tl._ t ? war. In order that our readers may Ll e Va" lu ll eat information, we shall quote from tll6 11 1 ; 1°11s .111 eiv York journals at length, dividing Q tara ante .l, • . 's Government question from the t t ,lie i l li e t w °ll •tr ul ellitY. With reference to the former, U 3, part 3, in „-Lork Albion, the organ of the British trn ~„,'New Yolk, says : tell i)°; w ed York, last, it was generally believed . t , ha . t reftnin Britain and the United States were of one m t i l nd im m . i , e R to „ i•d „ Norio the lately organised and grea tha y t day ‘retidetn.crtltnent that rules in Nicaragua. ;. see tteeit le tce made a change in his policy, and Ou officially "ee. This P adre Vijil, of whom we made mention la t s o t Politie than ecclesiastic, who is certainly more devoted . 5 t'0n4. 4141 1 to piety and who is said to eschew the anti the x i lsl doctrines Of the Romish Church, is therefore now it hot Otagoart Minister at Washingtfn. Mr. Mare . o_ %a . lhai'l dispossessed with as much delicacy as possible , hat fo-,Pliftly Protested gainst being set thus aside, and !tel l ,;:il ,qtnpathisees e a ngst his late colleaes. It i lrel l- ' ts at they " t eme plite uniting in a remonstrance. gii e j they cannot be s e o m sim le. Mr. Pierce, we l. a i r t 1 1l th,tr? ,onderstand, is noted p for his singular infelicity lltoor4tog his time, and in thus furnishing another 1 1 :ol e o tL', he has incurred the ont-spoken contempt of tiNesi-el of hi s countrymen, if their organs in any sense_ '°4llcl d ti a;: rn ' But only let ie diplomatic outsiders be 'testedte ' - ' llg in this matter also, and Mr. Pierce will be tote e "" a roa r of b tion. Few sane persons fail fil litt l " 4 t the recognition "pro f Isrcaragua is addressed to the d, tii _ steri n , B.r. o th, 'crati e t , e , ‘ ) 3 l it that may be I represented in the ensuing 'il l teter e uav ention at Cincinnati ; some even . assert that thNotel praeleeisawarded to the clerical foreign envoy s ,. over ables Patr cu) the rejected American, is a shrewd . bid for tiliistc?tilaeoßteio°llf Archbishop Hughes. So does this detest a p a nation's external policy, t?lles,blicaodriie_s_ll,l a Y . lle t ru he w pi r th and marrow there may be in tt ., ttk e i o e,, ustuutions. Truly a more . piteons political te:DeonlA 4ll sc arcely be imamined, than is afforded when li: tl,lll ti4 °f No country are driven up, like lambs to the Ti ts e a ' 14) °De of these sam e tricky conventions. But we i'eitlay;ll, this is not sam e ince. The move of Wed ?, eOn;,, s followed on ou T r hii r rs o d v ay, by a presidential massage s"„allailiVsst exceedingly long and rather uninteresting, I.7gerl: - as it g o - over - much familiar ground, and "e 1344. avaido committal as as to the future. The f,4t pa ti ° f the ''t4l B l l - " l a, at d Rivas-Walker rule, the recent outrages tit tle )it t ,,, b , the state generall of Central America, 4 40 %14 4. WellJ l be believed, ample d material for dozens lit tie tt is to he se American squadron r_on in the waters of that Walker himself we hear 1 41 ,,, or tth,.. .re-inforced. 0 s t i',up of t ,t s u s ,g A noisy public meeting on his babel; ob,,;rl,took place 4 8, " C aptain Rynders school of statesmen and t it , ei thatat the close of last week, and we : aP l'e I a c ommittee emanating therefrom, has issued ~T lO rh i ci . s a h t il t° , o t . h e , n b enevolent, on behalf of General Walker - 3 ai l - "Le cnmraiVpe ca lou for " shoes," lte add „ flanuel shirts," to ll be fo dl rw y arded to these hot thenfurers--Mr. Pierce's new allies. if we felt ,ed ti `e would ext be no connotes and revolvers 'tits °u e shipment, we might be tempted to 'Orleanst of pity for heroes in distress. But is supplying the fighting material, °rk the victualling depart- eve :- dor. the Padre led degree of ive Col to the priestly ;sent a highly on Nicaraguan to in March, and ❑st. The prrsi- 2 rein _,Ly with other forei g n government. Bat from te -mt °l' 6 6. g the Rivas-Walker ktiiallition ritte,."eh seems to . have e wi r , e h gard m ed isehi t e li f e , Peti a leulat eci l , Walker as f LII O clic' Th e t ° involve the country ri te btlt kgehlti act will, very likely, add th in e em w b a a r rr l a -e ss r - y ri We e es eonneetMWith Central American affairs It of al ltot b r -- of a war growing h., stieh e teve in the possibility te e ,, c ,khr e tts _, e. The commercial ;;; °1; e1 ;ft:tia`ciliss°the Nicaraguan. l . interests o f should o u h ti l e eclin.ezistene > as the Rivas Administration is l t e h d e ge on it y . Ith l a . th e _,e, there is no choice but d he also states, b et s vein b e t't_ea of President Pierce, 1 4 3 1'hi ll , Q e lv preseTthedforting to Colon v e i l . a r n ench, that if the 1 ) 1(1 eltv ile W ottld d So it was not . t n .by the Padre . e ji . l F had been presented e qt h i ,. •acter _have been received . tep, u tot ben Colonel French that . caused his rejection, lit ea e r l a e n lat ed theg Govt to convince Pr . esident Pierce f thctao.. of Ales' ernm.nt de pre and de a kle4 tb °ll ol th Nt h ad ea e re cognition of Walker's Gove.rn threY,,NF, ,Ilsed some alarm, the Crampton diffi ckeqi4,,-eg,arded as far more serious ._ and th t 114' Evidel*i. ihe New York Times says to . complete tar, 4rlll olly . J the purpose of the President it w ith a ‘14„0,41,1,°f his a dministration by closing T e %ti'' 185311eY 4(04 that catastrophe. ecir litti , a ed f ,. the country at peace 1 t)'lB.s.d red by °l,ll°lirddomestic u e s x t 4tte b irl e n e oa n lf ick,9loe i u Y r th _e finality . of c_om e p in i ti e 'l tis, 4°_al address indulged On both ) et.!!?,‘,,," .p'f..sing,..vthe faith the d the entire tha li e v n e e l r ie g s y t . perpetuation ofil ;,,,hVtior,--'4.o7lltlia toa illustrates the fidelity adhered 7:1 ( 1 ti g one part of this engagement has been tie th °lt lee at the position of our foreign affair . s et „,,,(teepest salicitude in regard to the other. A r what 5 e1 1 , 1 ,' 4 one European power, seem :, ,rom 1 ofti; c atch of the President's temper through the I llao e° ,:g,an, and the significant acts preceding . eae' n ,, 4 l, It th e recede message itself, to be almost inevitable. o] leiti,jt:'3' present itself in a disposition which her qicy e " f ri the part of Great Bri . ta a in, e, Ti.eate touchiag Central America forbids us to under existing ;tic Th e teeognition of Nicaragn of tt i c e alll . ot do otherwise than alienate the . friendl e y of the ht do and drive them into ar.oo,,lll.and. The whole horizon d m a o rk re en i fi nt i l n ni de a e t d ate "' 641 a tr C rampton's dismissal, the same 4 ; de.,. el ) , 4rarrlpnand ashingtonleave 41.:Peatehe from IV • ist n e o r, ro w o i m il t b o e do i u m b - t 1 1 isa l i s , , ; British min led., the '°..; his government will hardly withrirti,"Priety of the act, become n - a_de r,„,, the very remarkable mis-statements which when they , ..n trai , t , is intercourse ,:` tuo4'l2le4etraine'rile:an. question, have been with our statesmen ' e ,e n ' 64 t by the publication of the corres- Nr, °- c that subject. The equivocal position of ratapton has been placed in the refa -44 r'int °di his statements by senators Clayton, detliaten-en, will be rendered much worse by the bite -i4 letter another of his statements by Mr. Cass. ' if ;„,T t ter, was the advice of the wily demon to -":" such sagacious spirit had given a similar ' 0 Ur, opnz he might have been saved iplomatic agents must of be cautious to write none -at them when pub anpton tters. t lUdgra n Cabinet had actually 11, we must leave the Alowing, extract— "ork Tribune.) y 19, 1856.—1 t is understood r. Crampton will leave the ving his passports, and members of his Legatien -...y ree eretari and atter othe i., AIPORTANT FROM AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE AMERICA ITION OF WALKER'S GOVERN RENT CONFIRMED. RESSAGE TO CONGRESS PROBABLE WAR BETWEEN "GLA. N D AND AMERICA with him, not included in our dismissal, his object being to close the Embassy entirely, and thus emphasize the sus pension of intercourse. General Cass's exposure of Mr. Crampton's misapprehensions of him, augments the latter's personal embarrassments. (From the same.) - - - THE NORTHERN TIMES.---LIVERPOOL, MONDAY. SPECIAL MESSAGE CONGRESS. On the 15th of May Mr. President Pierce transmitted to Congress the following important message on Central American affairs and the recognition of the Walker Government : To the Senate and House of Representatives : is more emphatically the situation of the United States wis h respect to the republics of Mexico and Central America. Notwithstanding, however, the remoteness of the European states frcm America, facts of the same order have not WASHINGTON, Monday, May 19th, 18.56.—The Cabinet sat to-day until half-past four o'clock deliberating upon the answer of the British Government. It will meet again to-morrow morning, which is an unusual proceeding. The character of the reply divests the issue of any threatening consequences, except those necessasily resulting from a suspension of friendly intercourse between two Governments at peace, if the dismissal takes place. The paper is un commonly adroit and ably put. Much labour has been expended on it. The British Government now distinctly disavows having entertained any intention to violate our municipal laws or outrage our national sovereignty. Whatever we may believe to the contrary of that declara tion, no adverse action can be predicated on the assumption, consequently the disclaimer must be accepted so far as the government is concerned. While the controversy rested upon the supposed countenance or connivance of the British government, it was necessarily serious in every material aspect. Relieved of all doubt on that point, by positive assurances, such apprehensions are easily satisfied. The qnestion is plainly resolved into one of personal application affecting Mr. Crampton and the consuls. Lord Clarendon thinks they are not guilty ; we think otherwise, and there fore they are unacceptable. (From the New York Daily Times.) WASHINGTON, Monday, May 19.—The cabinet con sidered Crampton's case to-day, but came to no decision, It appears that the British documents in this affair, laid before parliament, have not yet arrived, and perhaps it is deemed necessary to await these before sending the minister his dismissal. The cabinet will meet again to-morrow. (From the same.) The expose of Mr. Crampton's falsehood, made in the Senate to-day by Mr. Clayton, and sustained by the evidence of Mr. Crittenden, is admitted to place the British Minister in a very awkward position. True, it involves no greater moral degradation than did the disclosures of the enlistment business, hut the evidence in the present case is so irrefraga ble that it cannot be disputed even, and this fact will give greater weight than ever to the circumstantial evidences of Mr. Crampton's duplicity which months ago satisfied unprejudiced thinking men that he was not a fit person to represent his government at Washington. This last occurrence will go far to reconcile his government and the British people to his dismissal when at last that is effected. (From the same.) WASHINGTON, Sunday, May 18.—The city is full of erroneous statements that Crampton is dismissed, which is generally believed. The despatches from England declining to recall him were received yesterday. They are conciliatory in tone, but persist in presenting Crampton's assertion, that what be did in the enlistment business was done with the knowledge and consent of Mr. Marcy, as evidence that he is not guilty of violating our law, and ought not to be re called. The despatches have not been considered in Cabinet yet, but they will be to-morrow, and Crampton dismissed. Thus far, however, his diplomatic relations remain un changed. There seems to have been an explanation of the circum stances leading to the recent interference with the Orizaba's passengers by the British frigate Eurydice, at San Juan, of which the public hitherto was ignorant. Information has been laid before Mr. Marcy, showing that Commodora Vanderbilt and Jopeph L. White's party in New York sent a special messenger out on the Orizaba, to inform the British commander in the waters of San Juan that the steamer had 500 filibusters on board, and to invite his interposition to prevent their landing. (From the Courier and Enquirer,) WASHINGTON, May 19.—The Earl of Ciarendon's last despatch denies the facts on which this government bases its demand for Mr. Crampton's recall, and adduces evidence supporting its views. This despatch has not been con sidered in the cabinet, and no communication has been had with Count Sartiges on the subject. It has not been deter mined to dismiss Mr. Crampton. Long cabinet meetings were held to-day, and on Saturday, but this subject was not touched upon. To-day, at three o'clock, it was privately announced to opposition senators that the difficulty had been settled, that the Ea.l of Clarendon's last despatch was satisfactory to the president and secretary of state, and a publication, announcinc , an adjustment, would be m a d e to morrow morning, I 6 doubt this. A correspondence has taken place between Messrs Clayton and Crampon. Mr. Clayton yesterday sent to Mr. Crampton a long communi cation, explaining what had been said. Mr. Crampton replied through a friend to day. It was stated at four o'clock that a reconciliation had been effected. (From the Journal of Commerce.) MR. CRAMPTON'S dismissal of the Bri tish Minister,—for that event may as well be assumed, now that its certainty has become apparent,—is regarded with vague apprehensions in commercial circles and by capitalists, Nobody however believes that war is likely to ensue tpon it. The objections urged against Mr. Crampton are entirely personal. Be is held by the Administration to have vio lated our laws; and although his own government, with a itdd their Amhae;atlor from rebuke, have listened indulgently to his exculpation, the Cabinet at Washington persist in regarding him as an unacceptable re presentative, and having in vain requested his recall, accept the ungracious alternative of tendering him his passports. The British government will of course seek to vindicate its course on the question which has bad this result, by an appeal to parliamentary support. But whatever be the verdict of the House of ,Commons, it is certain that the predominar sentiment, both in that body and among the of entire friendliness to the United S sentiment which must control the gov .ssion of r( i any ear tending to the dis turbance of those relations between the two countries based upon the mutual benefit and advantage growing out of them. If the dismissal of Mr. Crampton should provoke that of Mr. Dallas, there the matter may be expected to end, till a change in the persons entrusted with the conduct of one or both of the two governments shall open a way for the resumption of direct diplomatic intercourse. Meantime any necessary communication from one to the other may be made through the good offices of a neutral legation. The harmony which has met no interruption since the peace of 1815, is not likely to be seriously disturbed now. We have no unsettled questions of boundary with Great Britain. There pre vails a common sentiment in Amer Ica and England in respect to the blessings of free trade, and of the various instrumentalities adapted to extend the freedom and fre quency of communication and intercourse. Every advance in wealth and productive resources on the part of either, is felt in beneficial influences on both sides the Atlantic. Neither has reason for jealousy of the other's influence, for its expansion onl3 enlarges the field of commerce and dif_ fuses the comforts of civilisation, and it seeks no exclusive privilege. The people of both countries are intent on enjoy ing the fruits of a policy so reciprocally advantageous, and have no disposition to cut off the source of their bountiful supply while yet its treasures remain but partially de. veloped. Occupied in the various pursuits that consti. tute the industry of the most enlightened nations on the globe, intent upon the promotion of personal objects, the accumulation of wealth, and the bettering of their con dition, it is of little moment to them individually, whether Mr. Crampton did or did not intend to violate the laws of the United States. In comparison with the vast stake at issue upon the question of peace, one people is as ready to make atonement for. as the other is to forgive, any aggression which he may have sought to commit. Beyond the circle of persons in power, there is no feeling of triumph here, or resentment there, excited by the spec tacle of this government, expelling the representative of that. The friendly relations of the two countries are too closely intertwined to admit of the bond becoming loosened, even by such an unusual demonstration. The sentiment likely to be excited, is one of regret that, in the judgment of the United States Executive, such a recourse should have been thought necessary to vindicate our sovereignty and laws, and a determination on the part of both people to prevent any results injurious to the common prosperity and obstructive of human progress. There will ever exist a difference of opinion regarding Mr. Crampton's culpability. There are some among us who think that in the course he pursued he expected to receive the concurrence of public approval here, and that the object of his government in obtaining recruits could be accomplished without violating our laws or infringing upon our sovereign rights. Una sso . elated individuals are at perfect liberty to leave the United Stab's with the intention of taking military ser vice abroad, and it is a nice question in what way the agent of another government is at liberty to make known here the terms on which his principal will enlist men with out subjecting himself to censure for hiring, retaining or enticing men to enlist. But whether Mr. Crampton be guilty or not of the design imputed to him, he was restrained from accomplishing his purpose while the offence was inchoate, and his go‘ ernment has disavowed any intention either to violate the laws or to infringe upon the sovereignty of the United States. And in both countries the sentiment is unanimous, that there is no existing injury or grievance to excite and keep alive a feeling of resentment in one against the other ; and that sentiment is sure to be developed into practical manifes tation, whenever a well-founded apprehension shall point to the possible rupture of friendly relations threatening a fresh disturbance to the harmony of the world and a lamentable check to the progress of Christianity and the advancement of civilisation. (From the Boston Advertiser.) WASHINGTON, May 20, 1856.—We understand that the cabinet has definitely determined upon the dismissal of Mr. Crampton, although several days may elapse before it is consummated. Mr. Crampton contemplates the speedy publication of a vindication► of himself from the imputation of falsehood in his letter to Lord Clarendon relative to Mr. Clayton. His exl - lanation, as it is under— stood, is that the conversation to which Messrs. Critten den and Fish testify, related to the Belize and not to Ruatan. Mr. Cass will not charge falsehood upon Mr. Crampton, but will say he supposes the latter must have misapplied to the Bay Islands something that he had said relative to the Belize. The steamer Empire City had arrived at New Orleans with 200,000 dols in gold dust, and a fortnights later news from California. Advices from Kansas of the 16th instant, state that large numbers had responded to the proda mation of Gov. Shannon and the U.S. Marshal, and a battle was anticipated shortly. 600 men were assembled at Lecompton, and 400 at Frank lin. A large company was to leave Kickapoo on Saturday for Lecompton, with two cannon. They are all well-armed and provisioned. It is reported that ex-Gov. Reeder succeeded in making his escape, carrying away with him a considerable amount of funds, belonging to friends. The New Brunswick government met at Fred ericton on the 16th inst, but nothing had trans pired at St. John as to their doings. The American ship Chicago, of 1242 tons register, had been put up for charter at St. John, to carry a cargo of deals to London, and bid off at L 4 Os. sterling per St. Petersburg standard. This, says the Courier, is an advance of four or five shillings on the last engagements at this port for London. OOMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE MONEY AND STOCKS.—The same features as noticed in our last circular of the 13th inst.—very limited transac tions and lower prices—have characterised the week's business. The heavy export of specie by the Persia, though without immediate effect upon prices generally, still prevented any active speculation, and a general feel ing of uneasiness in regard to our relations with Great Britain also keep buyers out of the market, which leaves off with a decided downward tendency. The fluctuations have been trifling up to Saturday, excepting Panama, which declined five per cent., under the apprehension that the recent accident on the road might result in some con siderable losses to the company. Today the decline was general, on the rumours of the dismissal of the British Minister to Washington. Money has been less active ,than during the previous week, and the supply in all cases equal to the demand. The foreign orders for our stocks remain very limited, and probably will not increase so long as the rates of interest in England and on the conti nent remain as high as at present. Exchange firm ; limited transactions on London, 109 t to 109 k ; Paris 5 17i to 5161. MARIE & KANZ. Fiona : there was no change in our market previous to the receipt of the advices per Asia, on the morning of the 17th ult. Some orders haying come to hand by this arrival, and the general tone of the European markets being more favourable, holders advanced their preten sions, and succeeded in obtaining an advance of 15ic to 25c per brl on the better descriptions of good shipping qualities, which has since been maintained. Western Canal and State, common. 5 dols to 5 dots 50c per brl ; good shipping, 5 dols 75e to 6 dots 50e ; Ohio, Indiana, &c., 6 dols 75c to 7 dols ; Canada, 6 dols 25e to 7 dols 50c ; Southern, 6 dols 50c to 7 dols 50c ; fancies and high extras, 7 dols 50c to 9 dols and 10 dols 50e. WHEAT is without change in price, with rather more doing for export. Southern 165 c to 180.3 per 60 lbs ; Genese and western, 155 c to 170 c; Canadian, 160 c to 175 c ; Western red and mixed, 135 c to 160 c; Southern red, 150 c to 165 c. INDIAN CoRN must be quoted 3c to 4c per 561 b lower. COTTON.—The market remained quiet and dull until the receipt of the accounts per Asia, since which there has been a better demand, but holders would be obliged to make some concession to effect sales to any extent. The sales are estimated at 7,000 bales, of which 4,000 are in trcinsitu. Uplands—Very ordinary to middling, Sic to 101 c ; (ordinary, 92c ; low middling, 101 c; good middling, llic.) Fair to good fair and good, Itic to 121 c and 121 e; (middling fair, Ilic; fully fair, 12c.) 111obi'es, Louisianas, &c.—Ordinary to middling, Sic to Ile ; (good ordinary, 103 c; low middling, 100; good middling, Ilic.) Fair to goo 4 fair, 121 c to 134 c; (middling fair, 121 e ; fully fair, 13c.) Good and fine, none. The exports, &c., of cotton since Ist September are as follows: To Great Britain. Receipts. Stocks. Total Exports, 2,443,000 1,560,000 3,234 000 ammo Last Year, 1.728,000 1,163,000 2,406,000 372,000 Year before, 1,630,000 1,140,000 2,599,000 613,000 FREIGHTS are rather easier. To Liverpool, for cotton, 3.16 d to 7-32 d per lb ; flour, 2s to 2s 3d per brl ; grain, 5d to 6d per bush. To London, flour, 2s to 2s 3d per brl. To Havre, cotton, ic per lb ; flour, 65c per brl. EXCHANGE on England is in moderate demand at 1091 to 1091 and 110 per cent. Bills on France, 5.161 t to PRovisiows.—Pork is irregular, with sales of 450 brls at 19 dols to 19 dols 25c for mess, 15 dols to 15 dols 25c for prime, 13 dols to 14 dols 50 c for rump mess, and 16 dols 50c to 16 dols 73c for western prime mess. Beef is quiet at unchanged prices ; the sales are 280 brls. Beef hams are steady, with sales of 110 brls at 14 dols to 17 dols. Bacon is in demand, and the market is bare of stock. Cut meats aro firm, with sales of 130 casks at Sic to 10c for hams, and 71c to 74c for shoulders, the lower rate in bulk. Lard is easier, with sales of 200 tcs and brls at 10c to 101 c. Butter is firm for good qualities. Cheese is unchanged. LATEST BY TELEGRAPH NEW YORK, May 20, 6 p.m.—Ashes firm, pots 6 06 to 66 pearls 71 to 71. Cotton firmer, sales 2,000 bales. Flour 61c lower on corn., sales 7,600 brls, common to strait State 556t0 6; Upper Lake 5 75 to 6 25; corn. to good 6to 6 37 ; Southern firm, sales 1,800 brls, mixed to good 6 25 to 7, fancy and extra 706 to 8 25; Canadian 52 tot 61, extra 61 to Bi. Corn closes dull and heavy, sales 27,000 bush, mixed 55 to 57, white 58 to 61, yellow 57 to 58, round do 56 to 57. Pork closed easier, sales 520 brls, mess 19 to 19 12, prime 15 to 15 25, Western prime mess 10 30 t.. 10 i'3• tied, y, bales 300 Lilo. vO4lOlll wee. 8 to 9 50, prime 7 to 8, repacked Chicago 12, prime mess 14 to 17. Lard firm, 300 bris 10 to 10k, choice 101. Bacon scarce and wanted, hams 91 to 10 scarce, shoulders 7i to 71 do. Butter firm and in demand, Ohio 14 to 17, State 18 to 20. Sugar dull and'heavy, sales 100 hhds, MUM 6to 8, PR 61 to 8. Molasses firm, N 047 to 48, Muse 35 to 37. Oils firm, sales 10,000 gal. linseed 83 to 84, lard 88 to 90. Spirits Turpentine.-300 brls 41 to 42c per gal. 3,500 brls rosin 165 to arrive, 1 671 to 170 here. Iron firm, 60 tons, Scotch 32 50 to 33, 6ms. Tobacco firm, 30 hhds Ky 9to 13. Rice firm, 350 tcs 350t0 4 12. Tallow heavy, 17,000 lbs 101 to 101. Freights to Liverpool easier, cotton 7-32 to 3-163, flour 2s to 2s 3d, grain 53 to Md. Stocks lower and dull. Money and Exchange un• changed. Illinois Central bonds 851; Canton 211; New York Central 892 ; Erie 5 4 1; Illinois Central 99 ; Read ing 87 ; Galena and Chicago 1092; Cleveland and Toledo ; Michigan southern 93k. ier Majesty has hononred the committee by naming " The Royal Naval Female School" as the charity to which the receipts of the perform. mice at the Royal Italian Opera House Lyceum on Monday are to be applied. THE ARIATEUR PANTOMIME.- A NEW PLANET.—Another planet was discovered on Thursday morning, at the Radcliffe Observatory, Oxford, by Mr. Pogson, the first assistant. It is a little brighter than a tenth magnitude. Mr. Pogson saw the planet about midnight on the 23rd, but the sky clouded over before he could obtain a satisfactory observation. THE ROYAL SOCIETY.—The Fellows of the Royal Society have been summoned to attend a special general meeting of the society on Tuesday, June 3, to consider a proposal from government to give apartments to the society in Burlington-house. The occupancy of this very desirable locality, which we trust will be cordially approved by the Fellows of the Royal Society, will be a step towards bringing the chartered scientific societies of the metropolis in juxtaposition. THE EMIGRATION CosturssioN.—lt appears by the sixteenth general report of the Emigration Commissioners issued on Saturday morning, that the emigration from the united kingdom in 1855, amounted to only 176,807 souls, being less than half what it was in 1852, and less than three-fifths the average of the eight years ending with 1854. The decrease is chiefly in the Irish emigration. In 1855 no less than 22,821 emigrants returned to the United Kingdom-18, 402 coming from America, and 4,419 from Australia. The commissioners believe these persons to have been, generally speaking, possessed of money. NAVAL ARSENAL AT CORK.—On Saturday a deputation consisting of Lords Bernard, M.P , and Dungarvon, M.P., J. I. Heard, Esq., M.P., John F. Maguire, Es q., M.P., and the members for the city of Cork, waited by appo nt ment upon Lord Palmerston, at his residence in Piccadilly, to submit a memorial from the inhabitants of Queenstown, calling for the construction of a naval arsenal in the har bour of Cork. Lord Palmerston expressed himself desirous of giving the question every consideration, in conjunction with the heads of the Admiralty, without, however, pledging himself or the government to any specific course. LOLA MONTES WHIPPED BY A WossAN.—The Ballaarat Times, of March 3rd, contains an account of a whipping at length administered to this terrible whipper, by one of her own sex. Lola Writes was engaged to perform at the Ballaarat Theatre, for Mr. Crosby. She quarrelled with him about accounts, abased him, and was then set on by his wife. Mrs. Crosby broke a vdhip on her opponent, then seized Madam by the hair—the rest may be imagined. The Ballaarat Times says that Lola Mentes will not be able to appear for a long time cn the stage. - - ACCIDENTS IN THE Panrcs.—George Smart, while stand ing in the Green Park, sustained a severe lacerated scalp wound, occasioned by the falling of a rocket stick, from the effects of which he shortly died. Several cases of serious and, in some cases, irreparable injuries have been taken o St. George's Hospital, viz. : —Patrick Burke, smashed to . John Cossell, total blindness by the falling of a rocket stick. George Wilding, blindness of the right eye which it is feared will seriorsly affect the left. Thomas Morris, severe fracture of the head, from the falling of a rocket stick. Sarah Fenn, blindness of the right eye, and the left slightly injured. SHIPWRECKED MARINERS' SOCIETY.—The seventeenth annual meeting of this institution was held yesterday, at Willis's Rooms, Lord Haddo, M.P., in the chair. The report stated that no less than 3,085 vessels wrecked, foundered at sea, or abandoned, had been reported at Lloyd's during the past year, and the society had relieved 5,990 persons, including 2,368 widows, orphans, and aged parents —and 3,622 mariners and fishermen who bad been assisted to replace their clothing or boats lost or damaged by storms —in all 55,568 persons since the formation of the society in 1839. The average increase of subscribers amongst the seafaring classes at 2s 6d each had been 4,000 per annum during the last five years, making now a total of 42,000. Rewards for saving life on the high seas and the coasts of the colonies have been given since January, 1851, to the g 4 a s t 7 the 7 l s ° a s v . amountffor as sis ti of n n besides g o f 10 gold 1,696 lives. a d 47 silver medals, I transmit herewith reports of the Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Navy, and the Attorney-General, in reply to a resolution of the Senate of the 24th of March last, and also to a resolution of the House of Represen tatives of the Bth of May inst., both having reference to the routes of transit betw3en the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans through the republics of New Granada and Nicaragua, and to the condition of affairs in Central America. These documents relate to questions of the highest importance and interest to the people of the United States. The narrow Isthmus which connects the continent of North and South America, by the facilities it affords for easy transit between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, rendered the countries of Central America an object of special consideration to all maritime nations, which has been greatly augmented in modern times by the operation of changes in commercial relations, especially those produced by the general use of steam as motive power by land and sea. To us, on account of its geographical position, and of our political interest as an American State of primary magnitude, that isthmus is of peculiar importance, just as the Isthmus of Suez is for corresponding reasons, to the maritime Powers of Europe. But, above all, the impor tance to the United States of securing free transit across the American Isthmus, has rendered it of paramount interest to us, since the settlement of the territories of Oregon and Washington, and the accession of California to the Union. Impelled by these considerations, the United States took measures at an early day to assure suitable means of commercial transit by canal, railway, or otherwise, across this Isthmus. We concluded in the first place a treaty of peace, amity, navigation and commerce with the republic of New Granada—among the conditions of which was, a stipulation on the part of New Granada guaranteeing to the United States the right of way or transit across that part of the Isthmus which lies in the territory of New Granada, in consideration of which the United States guaranteed in respect of the same terri tory the rights of sovereignty and property of New Granada. The effect of this treaty is to afford to the people of the United States facilities for at once opening a common road from Chagres to Panama, and for at length constructing a rail way in the same direction to connect regularly with steam ships for the transportation of mails, specie, and passengers, to and fro, between the Atlantic and Pacific States and territories of the United States. The United States also endeavoured, but unsuccessfully, to obtain from the Mexican Republic the cession of the right of way at the northern extremity of the Isthmus , which had came to be an object of solicitude to the psople of this Republic. In the meantime intervening between the Republic of New-Granada and and the Mexican Republic lie the States of Guatemala, Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica—the severed members of the former Republic of Cen tral America. Here in the Territory of the Central Ameri can States is the narrowest part of the Isthmus, and hither of course public attention has been directed as the most inviting field for enterprises of Interoceanic communication between the opposite shores of America, and more especially to the Territory of the States of Nicaragua and Honduras. Paramount to that of any European State as was the interest of the United States in the security and freedom of projected lines of travel across the isthmus by the way of Nicaragua and Honduras, still we do not yield in this respect to any questions of territorial aggrandizement, or even of exclusive advantage, either of communication or of com merce. Opportunities had not been wanting to the United States to procure such advantages by peat-eel rnAana and. with full and free assent of those who alone had any ligitimate authority in the matter. We disregarded those opportunities, from considerations alike of domestic and foreign policy. Just as even to the present day we have persevered in a system of justice and respect for the rights and interests of others, as well as our own, in regard to each and all of the States of Central America. It was with surprise ant regret, therefore, that the United Statcs learned a few days after the conclu-ioa of the treaty of Goudaloupe Hidalgo, by which the United States bacame, with the consent of the Mexican Republic, the rightful owners of California, and thus invested with aug.. mAited special interest in the political condition of Central America, that a military expedition, under the authority of the British government, had landed at San Juan del Norte, in the State of Nicaragua, and taken forcible possession of that port, the necessary terminus of any canal or railway across the isthmus within the territories of Nicaragua. It did not diminish the unwelcomeness to us of this act on the part of Great Mitain, to find that she assumed to jus,ify it on the ground of an alleged protectorship of a small and obscure band of uncivilised Indians, whose proper name even had become lost to history—who did not constitute a State capable of territorial sovereignty, either in fact, or in right, and all political interest in whom and in the territory they occupied Great Britain had previously renounced, by by successive treaties with Spain, when Spain was sovereign of the country, and consequently with independent Spanish America. Nevertheless, and injuriously affected as the United States conceived themselves to have been by this act of the British government, and by its occupation about the same time of insular and of continental portions of the territory of the State of Honduras, we remembered the many and powerful ties and mutual interests by which Great Britain and the United States are associated, and we proceeded, in earnest good faith, and with a sincere desire to do whatever might strengthen the bonds of peace between us, to negotiate wish Great Britain a convention, to assure the perfect neutrality of all interoceanic communications across the Isthmus, and as the indispensible condition of such neutrality, the absolute independence of the States of Cen tral America and their complete sovereignty within the limits of their own territory, as well against Great Britain as against the United Stites. We supposed we had accom plished that object by the convention of April 19, 18.50, which would never have been signed nor ratified, on the part of the United Ste' e!, but for the c inviction that in virtue of its provisions neither Great Britain nor the United States was thereafter to exercise any territorial sovereignty, is fact or in name, in any part of Central America, however or when soever acquired, either before or afterwards. The essential obj et of the convention, the neutralisation of the Isthmus, would of course become a nullity, if either Great Britain or the United States were to continue to hold exclusively the Islands or main land of the Isthmus, and more especially if, under any claim of protectorship of Indians, either Government were to remain for ever sovereign in fact of the Atlantic shores of the three States of Costa Rica, Nicaragua and Honduras. I have already communicated to the two Houses of Con gress full information of the protracted and hitherto fruit less efforts which the United States have made to arrange this international question with Great Britain. It is referred to on the present occasion only because of its inti mate connection with the special object now to ba brought to the attention of congress. The unsettled political condition of some of the Spanish American Republics has never ceased to be regarded by this government with solicitude and regret o❑ their own account, while it has been the source of continual embar rassment in our public and private relations with them. In the midst of the violent revolutions, and the wars by which they are continually agitated, their public authorities are unable to afford due protection to foreigners, and to foreign interests within their territories, or even to defend their own soil against individual aggressors, foreign or domestic ; the burden of the inconveniences and losses of which, therefore, devolves in no small degree upon the foreign states associated with them in close relations of geographical vicinity or of commercial intercourse. Such failed to appear conspicuously in their intercourse with Spanish American republics. Great Britain has repeatedly been constrained to resort to measures of force for the protection of British interests in those countries. France found it necessary to attack the Castle of San Juan de Ulla, and even to debark troops at Vera Cruz, in order to obtain redress of wrongs done to Frenchmen in Mexico. What is memorable in this respect, in the conduct and policy of the United States, is, that while it would be es easy for us to annex and absorb new territories from America, as it is for European States to do this in Asia or Africa, and while, if done by us, it might be justified as well on the alleged ground of the advantage which would accrue there from to the territories annexed and absorbed, yet we have abstained from doing it in obedience to considerations of right not less than of policy ; and that, while the cou rageous and self-reliant spirit of our people prompts them to hardy enterprises, and they occasionally yield to the tempta tion of taking part in the troubles of countries near at hand where they know how potential their influence, moral and material, must be, the American Government has uni f)rmly and steadily resisted all attempts of individuals in the United States to undertake armed aggression against friendly Spanish American Republics. While the present incumbent of the Executive Office has been in discharge of its duties, he has never failed to exert all the authority in him vested to repress such enterprises, because they are in violation of the law of the land which the c3nstitution requires him to execute faithfully, because they are contrary to the policy of the government, and because to permit th(m would be a departure from good faith to those American Republics in amity with us, Nhicb are entitled to, and will never cease to enjoy in their calamities the cordial sympathy, and in their prosperity the efficient good will, of the government and people of the United States. To say that our laws in this respect are sometimes vio lated or successfully evaded, is only to say what is true of all laws in all countries, but not more so in the United States than in any one whatever of the countries of Europe. Suffice it to repeat that the laws of the United States pro hibiting a'.l foreign military enlistments or expeditions within our territory have been executed with impartial good faith, and so far as the nature of things permits, as well in repression of private persons as of the official agents of other governments, both of Europe and America. Among the Central American Republics to which modern events have imparted most prominence, is that of Nicaragua, by reason of its particular position to the Isthmus. Citizens of the United States have established in its territory a regular Interoceanic Transit Route, second only in utility and value to the one previously established in the territory of New Granada. The condition of Nicaragua, would, it is believed, have been much more prosperous than it has been but for the occupation of its only Atlantic port by a foreign power, and for the disturbing authority, set up and sustained by the same power in a portion of its territory, by means of which its domestic sovereignty was impaired, its public lands were withheld from settlement, and it was deprived of all the maritime revenue which it would other wise cAlect on imported merchandise at San Juan del Norte. In these circumstances of the political debility of the Re public of IS icaragua, and when its inhabitants were exhausted by long continued civil war between parties, wi ther of them strong enough to overcome the other, or per manently maintain internal tranquillity, one of the contending factions of the republic inviting the assistance and co-operation of a small body of citizens of the United States from the State of California, whose presence, it appears, put an end at once to civil war, and restore appa rent order throughout the Territory of Nicaragua, with a new administration, having at its head a distinguished indi vidual, by birth a native of the Republic, D. Patricio Rivas, as its provissional President. It is the established policy of the United States to recog nize all governments without question of their source or their organization, or of the means by which the governing persons attain their power, provided there be a government de facto, accepted by the people of the country, and with rcscrvo only of time as the recognition of revolutionary governments arising cut of the subdivision ot parent States in which we are in relations of amity. We do not go behind the facts of a foreign government exercising cctual power, to investigate questions of legitimacy. We do not enquire into the causes which may have led to a change of government. To us it is indifferent whether a successful revolution has been aidel by foreign intervention or not— whether insurrection has overthrown the existing govern ment and another has been estab): ' -^ according Led in its plat to the pro-existing forms, or in a manner adopted for the occasior, by those whom we find in the actual possession of power. All these matters we leave to the people and public authorities of the particular country to determine ; and their determination, whether it be by positive action or by ascertained acquiescence, is to us a sufficient warranty of the legitimacy of the new government. During the sixty-seven years which have elapsed since the establishment of the existing Government of the United States, in all which time this Union has maintained undis turbed domestic tranquillity, we have had occasion to recognise Governments de facto, founded either by domes tic revolution or by military invasion from abroad, in many of the Governments of Europe. It is the more imperatively necessary to apply this rule to the Spanish American Republics, in consideration of the frequent and not seldom anomalous changes of organisation or admin istration which they undergo, and the revolutionary nature of most of these changes, of which the recent series of revolutions in the Mexican Republic is an example, where five successive Revolutionary Governments have made their appearance in the course of a few months, and been recognised successively, each as the political power of that country, by the United States. When, therefore, some time since, a new Minister from the Republic of Nicaragua presented himself, bearing the commission of President Rivas, he must and would have been received as such, unless he was found, on enquiry, subject to personal exception, but for the absence of satis factory information upon the question whether President Rivas was in fact the head of an established Government of the Republic of Nicaragua, doubt as to which arose , not only from the circumstances of his avowed association with armed emigrants recently from the United States, but that the proposed Minister himself was of that class of persons, and not otherwise or previously a citizen of Nicaragua. Another minister from the Republic of Nicaragua has now presented himself, and has been received as such, satisfactory evidence appearing that he represents the Government de facto, and, so far as such exists, the Government de jure of that, Republic. That reception, while in accordance with the established policy of the United States, was likewise called for by most imperative special exigencies, which require that this Government shall enter at once into diplomatic relations with that of Nicaragua. In the first place a difference has occurred between the Government of President Rivas and the Nicaragua Transit Company, which involves the necessity of enquiry into the rights of citizens of the United States, who allege that they have been aggrieved by the acts of the former, and claim protection and redress at the hands of their Government. In the second place, the Inter oceanic communication by the way of Nicaragua is effectually interrupted, and the persons and property of unoffendiug private citizens of the United States in that country require the attention of their Government. Neither of these objects can receive due consideration without resumption of diplomatic intercourse with the Government of Nicaragua. Further than this, the documented show that while the interoceanic transit by way of Nicaragua is cut off, dis turbances at Panama have occurred to obstruct, tem porarily at least, that by the way of New-Granada, involving the sacrifices of the lives and property of citizens of the United States. A special commissioner has been dispatched to Panama to investigate the facts of this occurrence, with a view particularly to the redress of parties aggrieved. But measures of another class will be demanded for the future security of interoceanic commu nication by this as by the other routes of the Isthmus. It would be difficult to suggest a single object of interest, external or internal, more important to the United States, than the maintenance of the communication by land and sea between the Atlantic and Pacific States and Territo ries of the Union. It is a material element of the national integrity and sovereignty. I have adopted such precau tionary measures—and have taken such action for the purpose of affording security to the several transit routes of Central America and the persons and property of citizens of the United States connect e d w ith or using- the same as are within my Constitutional power, and as exist ing circumstances have seemed to demand. Should these measures prove inadequate to the o bj ects that fact will be communicated to Congress with such recommendation as the exigency of the case may indicate. rRANKLIN PIERCE. We have already communicated to the public, that the official notification of the under sherriff of Stafford, has been received by the governor of the prison, that the sentence of the law is to be carried into effect on the morning of the 14th instant, at eight o'clock. For ourselves, we may be permitted to say, that we loathe to approach, ad interim, the miseries of the condemned cell in which the wretched culprit awaits his doom, and though others attempt to intrude upon that wretched solitude, we shall not lend ourselves to such a tyranny. If the convict Palmer should make a confession, our appliances enable us to convey the fact to the public; and, in the mean time, we will not lend ourselves to the reiteration of the many idle rumours which are current on the subject. It would seem, accord ng to the information received from authentic sources, that the convict is already in a state of great physical and mental prostration. It would indeed be almost miraculous that he should be otherwise after the fearful ordeal to which a twelve days' solemn investigation has exposed him. Palmer evinced almost the acme to which human self possession can arrive, and hence we are are far from surprised that after the ultimatum there should have been a reaction which it was impossible to subdue Again iNe repeat that an indulgence in conjectural reports touching the arcana of Staff miserable inmate, will not be r a sincere ,rd gaol, with its sorted to by us, though e actuates us that a full confession may fter corroborate the righteous and just ver the most unexampled and patient enquiry, a jury of lict whic our countrymen have pronounced SCOTCH FISHERIES.—The Chancellor of the Exchequer has resolved on a further investigation into the public advantage of continuing the Scotch Fisheries Board, and has selected Mr. Bonamy Price and Mr. St. John, the latter an officer of the Customs, to conduct the inquiries, and to report on the whole question. Those gentlemen will proceed to Scotland forthwith on this duty. THE Pooa LAW.—The eighth annual report of the poor law board, just published, shows that in the year 1855, £5,890,041 was expended on the relief of the poor, being an increase of £607,188, or upwards of half a million, as compared with 1854, and equivalent to an increase of 11.3 per cen . , and to an increased rate per head on the popula tion of id. The increase is attributed in a great measure to the severity of the wi , :ter. The increase extended to every county save Durham, where there was a decrease of 0.3 per cent. MORE CONVERSIONS.—The Weekly Register and Catholic Standard of Saturday announces that two clergymen of the Church of England have been received into the Roman Catholic Church. The one is the Rev. F. Temple, M.A., Fellow of Balliol College, Oxford, and late Principal of the Government Training Cul lege at lineller Hall. The other is a son of the celebrated Rev. Dr. Arnold, of Rugby. The same paps also gives particulars of the return and public reception of the Rev. N. Crotty, a priest, who left the Church 30 yews ago. ME WELLINGTON COLLEGE.—The laying of the foun dation stone of the Wellington College by her Majesty will take place this day, a little after one o'clock. The Vice-president (Lord Derby) will previously present an address, and after the ceremony the Queen will retire to the Royal Pavillion, where the governors will have the honour of lunching with her Majesty, who will afterwards review the troops under the command of the Duke of Cambridge. The royal party will leave at half-past four for town. Special trains will run from the Waterloo and Loudon-bridge stations to a temporary station within a quarter of a mile of the college. DECIMAL COINAGE.—The state of the decimal coin age question is now as follows :—After the strong recommendation of one particular plan by two scientific commissions, by a committee of the House of Commons, and by a vute of the house itself, followed by the organi sation of an association containing hundreds of parlia mentary and hundreds of commercial names, and sup• ported by the Bank of England—Lord Palmerston appointed a royal commission, consisting of Lord Mon teagle, Lord Overstone, and Mr. Hubbard, to consider the whole question. This commission has now been at work some months ; but none of its proceedings have been publi4ied. THE PUBLIC LIBRARIES ACT.—Returns have been made to Parliament, on the motion of Mr. Ewart, M.P., relative to the establishment or rejection of free public libraries. At Birmingham a proposal to form a public library in Itis2 was lost on a poll by a large majority. At Bolton, 662 to 55 votes determined the formation of a library. The general results have been " most satisfac tory At Liverpool there is a library of 32,000 volumes.. The result is "satisfactory beyond all expeCtation." A new library and museum are projected at a cost of £40,000. The City of London, like Birmingham, enjoys the excep tional and unenviable distinction of rejecting this useful means of diffusing knowledge among the lower orders. At Manchester 40 persons feebly opposed a majority of 3,962, by which the Act was formally adopted. Salford possesses a good library. The Act was adopted at Sheffield by 883 to 232, and the results have hitherto been " most cheering and satisfactory." At Warrington there are a museum and library combined, to which there were 11,018 visitors in 1854-55. A new museum is in course of erection, the site of which is kin lly given by Colonel Wilson Patten, 'M.P. SELECTIONS FOR A NEWSPAPER.— Most people think the selection for a newspaper the easiest part of the business. How great an error. It is Ly all means the most difficult. To look over and over hundreds of exchange papers every week, from which to select enough for one, especially when the question is, not what shall, but shall not be selected, is no easy task. If every person who reads a newspaper could have edited it, we would hear les* complaints. Not unfrequently is it the case, that an editor looks over all its exchange papers for something interesting, and can absolutely find nothing. Every paper is drier than a contribution box ; and yet something must be had—his paper must come out with something in it, and he does the best he can. To an editor who has the least care about what he selects, the writing he has to do is the easiest part of the labour. Every subscriber thinks the paper prin ed for his own benefit, and if there is nothing in it that suits him, it must be stopped—it is good for nothing. Just as many subscribers as an editor may have, so many tastes he has to consult. One wants something smart, and another something sound. One likes anecdotes, fun and frolic, and the next door neighbour wonders that a man of sense would put such stuff ,in his paper. Something argumentative, and the editor is a dull fool. And so between them all, you see, the poor fellow gets roughly handled. And yet to ninety nine out of a hundred these things do not occur. They never reflect that what does not please them may please , the next man ; but they insist that if the paper does not suit them, it is good for nothing.—Atnerican Journal. THUNDER STORM IN SUSSEX.-A violent storm of thun der and lightning, accompanied with heavy rains and hail, visited the western part of Sussex on Thursday, extend ing to Brighton, Lewes, and neighbourhood. In the vicinity of the former place, a bullock was killed by the lightning, and the electric fluid struck the wires of the telegraph between the Ford and Littlehampton stations, doing considerable damage, and passing into the latter station, completely destroyed the telegraphic instrument. Fortunately no person was touching it at the time, or the consequences might have been serious. The rain fell in torrents; and at Worthing the town was almost deluged, but we believe no particular damage resulted, though the thunder and lightning was terrific. At Shoreham the storm raged most furiously, and was nearly being attended with a fatal result. Five or six of Mr. Bailey's workmen were engaged on the mast of a ship, which was in the course of erection in the yard, when they were all struck by the lightning, and were all more or leas injured, one most seriously. The rain, however, fell In such torrents between Lewes and Keymer, that a portion of the rail way on that line was completely inundated, and the trains had to rass through water for some distance. At Chaney the parsonage house was completely surrounded by the flood. At Heathfield a farm servant, named Piper, was struck by lightning while sitting near a window eating his dinner, and was killed almost instantaneously. His, master was sitting in the room, and at the same moment experienced a severe shock, but escaped from personal injury. The storm came on so suddenly, that it is feared the damage done to the cattle will be very great, and the growing crops are much injured in many places. re RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.—A special general meeting of the London and North Western Railway Company is called for the 12th of June, to consider three bills now before Par liament. One is for " altering the Crewe and Shrewsbury line ;" the second is to "enable the Luton, Dunstable, and Welwyn Junction Railway Company to alter the present authorised junction of their railway with the Leighton Boa zArd and Dunstable branch of the London and North Western Railway ;" ani the third authorises the construc tion of a line from the Oswestry and Newtown Railway to Shrewsbury, with a branch to Winstanley.—At a special meeting of the proprietors of the Midland Railway, at Derby, on Friday, Mr. Ellice in the chair, the bill now pending to enable that company to raise additional capital for the purpose of enlarging the station and adding to the working stock, to accommodate their increasing traffic in minerals and goods, was approved by a resolution passed with only a short opposition from Mr. Parsons, of Bristol, who complained that the shareholders had net been made acquainted with the provisions of the bill in time to consider it properly. In reply to a remark from Mr. Gee, the chairman said the directors would not spend the whole of the money now autho rised to be raised ; us that gentleman anticipated, within ten months of this time, but that they did not think it desirable to exhaust all their powers, and ought never to hold less than £lOO,OOO. They were not going to ask for additional capital before they found it absolutely necessary. By the bill in question, they proposed to raise £400,000 in new shares; alio powers to borrow ore-third of the money ; and to take powers to bring to life again those shares which were dead and had become ; , forfeited. s m • R.3,..,..,e, am. THE CONVICT PALMER.