The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-03-05 00:00:00

STRENGTH OF THE RUSSIAN ARMY The following s t a t emen t o f th e s t re ngth and distribution of the Russian army in the Crimea towards the end of January, from a highly trust worthy source, h as j us t b een rece i ve d, an d is likely to be correct in a ll- important points. The divisions are set down at the regulation number of 9,600 men each. It i s more t h an pro b a bl e th a t this is C.oesiderably beyond their effective strength. In We may be well assured that it is, although at.effective stre ng th h as n ot been ascertained. Taking, however, the nominal strength, we get a t otal of 67 ,000 infantry,l9,ooo cavalry and artillery, a nd 300 guns, divided as follows:- 3RD CORPS D'ARMEE, COMMANDED BY GENERAL sotramozaNzi.„ te eeventh Di vision (Reserve)—Stationed on the Upper l bee 9,060 i n f antry an d 36 guns; reg i men t s o f S mo l ens k, u ▪ o hiloff, Vitebsk, and Polock. ~.,B " enth Divisi on ( act i ve ), at Kora'ea ; same strength, same - wrnents. Eighth Division, on Mackenzie's plateau ; same strength ; re giments of Diebitz, Pultowa, Kosemiencuk, Alexopolsk. Ninth Division, on the Inkerman Heights ; same strength ; moments of Y e l ec k, S tevs k , B rana k , an d E r i van . T R CORPS VARMEE, COMMANDED BY GENERAL OSTEN- BACKEN. Tenth Division, on the Katcha ; 9,600 infantry and 36 trtins ; regiments of Ekaterinbutg, Tobolak, Tomsk, and akolavansir. Eleventh Di v i s i on, on Mackenzie ' s H e i ghts ; same IZngth ; regiments of Selenghinsk, Yakutsk, Okhotsk, and mschatka. Twelfth Division, on the Jozoba ; same strength ; regiments of Azoff, Dnieper, Ukraine, and Odessa. ...,t very regiment h as f our b atta li ons o f 600 men eac h, an d o f one is a m ili t i a b atta li on. T h i s g i ves 67 , 000 men an d fives 2 gnus. Each fi e ld p i ece h as 1 5 men an d 15 h orses , w hi c h addition 3,780 men and 3,780 horses. " 0 cavalry in the Crimea are about 15,000 *fibres and lances, distributed as follows : Li ght cavalry, under Prince Radzivil, near Eupatoria : Horses. .2,400 108 Pour regiments, each 600 horses horse Artillery Battery, 8 guns — lagoons under General Montressor, near Perekop Three regiments, each 800 horses. . .. 0 Mile Artillery, 8 guns - I st Regi ment , near Eupatoria . 800 2d R egiment, Almakorman 3 r 4 Regiment Bench Battery, 8 guns ' Ten Regiments of Don Cossacks Three Cossack Batteries Tyro Regiments of Hussars at Simpheropol ...A,200 15,048 bet T r wo divisio ns o f G rena di ers are supposed to be E upatoria. Also, Black Sea Cossacks (In ettrir3) and Militia at Arabat, Kaffa, &c. The untion of the whole Russian army out of the 22 l ea has a l so b een state d to me . ,7; t e 4 rPs d'A.rmee do. 60 1 do. do. an art.'s and Grenadiers less the two divisions of the latter sup- Poland and Army Posed to be at Eupatoria, if of the North. A t hey are there 41 11 Stavropol there are believed to be 22,000 pi e l Kutais, 24,000 under Beboutoff; Moura sol,,s "lay is estimated at 100,000 men. The b e , ce s from which these statistics are derived 11 10 ;,„g within the Crimea. I am disposed to rely e r; '2 upon that part of them which relates to the wea n army than to the Russian army in general, and ailth doubt Mouravieff's having 100,000 men, T,.2 11 01 in that number are included all the ir-rracaucasian garrisons and troops, regular and k o M ar. This, however, does not pretend to be tre e an approximate estimate. Some of the r " Ps stated to be at Nicolaieff are probably at --mess& Ismail Nicolaieff Ukraine Nicolaieff THE NEW POLICE BILL Monday, a special court of the common council of tio n — vm.• Was held for the purpose of agree. big upon a peti -110;2, Parliament against the " Police (Counties and tli e ; o :mgo) Bill." The court was unusually crowded, and 1, 1 ;' was a large attendance of aldermen. e following petition was unanimously, and amidst acel arn ti To a th elation ad opted : ?NJ- t II • the Commons of the Unit ed .. Kingdom, in anent assembled. The humble petition of the Lord gayor, a l dermen, and commoners of the city of London, -4:?.!ntrion council as sem b led. bee___'‘heweth. That a bil l is now b e f ore your h o nourable intituled ' A Bill to render more effectual the Police 4-annties and Boroughs in Eng!and and Wales.' tin That one of the principal effects of the said bill is zb eit t rlY to deprive municipal corporations of the manage la st. and control of their police, and to place the same strsotna.tie for the ornm hands of one of her Majesty's principal secretaries time being. That your petitioners most Pbe r e ipe 'Y object to such an infringement of the rights and slaii n nthe people. That the centralising tendency of - i t e of in the opinion of your petitioners, subver ineah o Lhe tem it th at the of self-government whic h . is so col et of this free na.thin, and which expert the, p h i '"own to have materially contributed to advance hat te e ritY and Promote the liberties of the country. toe re , Perseverhig efforts of the government, to reduce h atit jensible local administration of free municipal of th: Li ° ll B to the condition of mere agents of a minister of the er°we, display a tendency towards centralisation to su'isiboat o bjectionable character, calculated ultimately toy e ,Z v ert and destroy the principles of local self pirli;Ment enjoyed by, the people, and recognised by 1 7. r oent. -.oa r h, Petitioners therefore humbly pray your honour- It I „ . ,"use that the said bill may not pass into a law." eau7„Vseresolved that a copy of the bill, together with tii,;e7,..!!ie petition, be forwarded to every corporation soisiotry. 4ltSToti LOCAL BOARD OF HEALTH to4ll ordthar? monthlY • meeting of this body was . held t s.t J-„Tek yesterday, in the Aighnrth Hotel, Atgbur o th " 11 A. Tinne, chairman, in the chair. w att they rnembers present were, Messrs. Chaloner, Moss, T l/ ' Morris, Goodwin, Chidson, and Bevan. nainutes of the last meeting were read and con- A ed. AL co at Ai L uver sation took place i n re f erence t o the draining to s o lg ° , 4 ,rth Vale, but the subject was further adjourned T oitet h so me arrangement could not b e ma de with the abin t • ark Board, and the owners of the property T h uag on th e road. eoui rrn e P aa r oeeedings of the works committee were read and of se TheY recommended that plans for a system b re -,vierage for the district be advertised for, and that tw o tb nllns of £7O and 430 be given to the designers of the The most approved of. orrt °llt go t iug members this year are Messrs. Moss, Pritt. and Chidson, and the election for new ev iler will take place on the 31st of this onth. No will be entitled to vote, unles s h e d e p os m its a state t_cf his c l a i m w i t h Mr. J. B. Lloyd, clerk of the fia t rull). !Mr the isth instant. The annual general meet h ~' Co fix far We es day the 26th . instant. ncludeded the general business THE ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE THE SPEECH OF THE EMPEROR OF THE FRENCH. In our impression of yesterday we presented an outline of the speech delivered by the French Emperor on the occasion of opening the session of the Corps Legislatif for the current year. We have since [received the speech in full, which we now subjoin. The Emperor said : Gentlemen,—When last I called you together it was a time of serious solicitudes. The Allied armies were being exhausted by a siege in which the obstinacy of the defence made success appear doubtful. Europe, under a sense of uncertainty, seemed to await the end of the struggle before proncnac:ng on either side. To sustain the war I asked a loan which you voted unanimously, although it might appear excessive. The high prices of commodities threat ened the labouring classes with general distress, and a perturbation of the monetary system gave cause to appre hend a decline of the transactions of commerce and manufactures. But, thanks to your aid, thanks to the energies dis played in France and England, thanks especially to the support of Providence, these dangers, if they have not entirely vanished, are for the most part overcome. A grand feat of arms has decided, in favour of the Allied armies, a war whose intensity is without example in history. Siace that event the opinion of Europe has been more openly - pronounced. Everywhere our Alliances have been extended and'confirmed. The third loan has been opened without difficulty. The country has given me new proofs of its confluence by subscribing a sum five times greater than that which I had asked. It has sup ported with admirable resignation the sufferings insepar able from a dearth of provisions—sufferings which, however, have been mitigated by private charity, by the zeal of :the municipalities, and by the ten million francs distributed to the departments. Arrivals of foreign wheats are now producing a sensible diminution of prices. The fears caused by the disappearance of gold are passing away, and employment has never been more plentiful nor the public revenues more considerable. The adventures of war have re-awakened the military spirit of the nation. Voluntary enrolments were never so numerous, nor was more ardour ever exhibited by the conscripts drawn by lot. To this brief outline of the situation I have to add facts of a high political signification. The Queen of Great Britain, wishing to give a proof of her confidence and her esteem for our country, and to render our relations more intimate, has visited France. The enthusiastic reception which she found here must have convinced her Majesty how profound were the sentiments inspired by her pre sence. and how well they were calculated to fortify the Alliance of the two peoples. The King of Piedmont, who, without looking behind him. had embraced our cause with that vigorous courage which had formerly :distinguished him on the battle-field, has also visited France to conse crate a union that was already cemented by the bravery of his soldiers. These sovereigns have had opportunities of seeing a country, but lately so agitated and disinherited of its place in the councils of Europe, to-day prosperous, peaceable, and respected, making war, not with the momentary delirium of passion, but with the calmness of justice and the serenity of duty. They hive seen France, which sent two hundred thousand men across seas, convoke at the same time at Paris, all the arts of peace. as if she had meant to say to Europe, " For me, the war that now rages is but an episode; my mind and my strength are still engaged in the arts of peace; let us neglect nothing to understand each other, and do not compel me to bring all the resources and all the energies of a great nation to bear upon the battle field." The Plenipotentiaries of the belligerent and Allied Powers are now met at Paris to decide on the conditions of p: , ace. The spirit of moderation and equity which animates all of them bids us hope a favourable result. Nevertheless, let us await u ith dignity the end of the conferences, and be equally ready either to draw the sword, if we must, or to extend the hand in friendship to those who have fairly met us in the field. Whatever may happen, let us occupy ourselves in striving by all proper means to increase the strength 'and riches of France. Let us draw yet closer, if that be passible, the Alliance formed by a community of glory and sacri fices, and the reciprocal advantages of which peace would make yet more apparent. And finally, in this solemn moment of the world's destinies, let us put our confidence in God, that He will gu;de our efforts in the way most conformable to the interests of humanity and civilisation. _ _ _ _ . . This appeal seems to have been heard, and the winter, by suspending hostilities, has favoured the intervention of diplomacy. Austria resolved on a decisive step, which introduced all the Influence of the sovereign of a vast empire into the deliberations. Sweden united herself more intimately with England and France by a treaty which guaranteed the integrity of . her territory. Lastly, from all the cabinets, counsels or prayers arrived at St. Petersburg. The Emperor of Russia, the inheritor of a situation which he had not created, appeared animated with a sincere desire to put an end to the causes which had brought on this sanguinary conflict. He accepted with determination the propositions transmitted by Austria. The honour of his arms having been satisfied, the Em peror did himself honour when he deferred to the clearly expressed wish of Europe. ROLLS COURT, DUBLIN. -YESTERDAY -_ESTERDAT THE TIPPERARY JOINT STOCK BANK This being the day appointed for the hearing of the petition filet by Messrs. Morrough and Kennedy, a suit of Rafferty, a shareholder in the Tipperary Joint Stock Bank, praying that the company might be placed under the provisions of the Joint Stock Company's Winding-up Act ; the court was crowded by parties interested in the case. After hearing counsel, The Master of the Rolls proceeded to deliver judgment, and having reviewed in general terms the case as it was brought before him pronounced it to be a fraud of so gigantic a character as no living being had ever seen anything like it. His Honour read extracts from the report issued by the bank to the shareholders at a meet ing held on the Ist Febrnary, 1856, in which it was stated that the assets of the company were equal to £109,000 whereas it appeared to him that their assets would not exceed 835,000. That Mr. James Sadleir the sole manager and director, had permitted his brother, the late Mr. John Sadleir, to overdraw his account 'by 200,000, by which the bank had become a defaulter to the amount of .4400,000, whilst at that very period, namely, on the Ist February last, Mr. James Sadlier declared the payment of a dividend, at the rate of 6 per cent., to the share holders, carrying over £3,000, and upwards to the re served fund, which was represented to be £17,000, wad further representing the bank to be in a flourishing state. In conclusion his Honour said, he could have no difficulty in complying with the prayer of the petition, that the company should be wound up. and that it should stand dissolved from this day. The only difficulty that ap peared to him was, in the appointment of the manager for the purpose. After stating that Messrs. Morrough and Kennedy had acted most properly in the present proceedings, and had ex oressed their desire to be relieved from :the carriage of the order, his Honour directed that they should carry it into the masters office, and issue the usual summonses. His Honour also referred it to the master to appoint a solicitor in the case, taking care that no solicitor having connection in any way with Mr. James Sadleir, or with the drawing up of the report of the bank read on the Ist February, 1856, should be appointed to the office. an X 0 THE EDITO R OP THE NORTHERN TIMES, tiewish you w ill b e ki n d enough to express to ci tizens of Live r p oo l, t h rough your esteemed journal, senthnents of gratefulness we feel for the warm and `'nexpect,e4 support, and liberal patronage, bestowed upon o ar establishment in this y; send we feel it is our duty at th e close of our successful season to return our best thanks, and bid a grateful farewell to the generous inhabi tants of Liverpool. At the same time allow us to thank , nu specirlly for the kind and beneficial critiques inserted u pon our company in vour respeeted Journal.—Yours, &c. RIMBERT tic LAMBERT. Directeurs, du Cirque Imperial de France. 1 L iverpool, 4th March, 1856. 10 XTETH PARK LOCAL BOARD OF HEALTH The usual weekly meeting of this board was held Yesterday, at the boardroom ; Mr. J. R. J ff ries, in the 44 ehee of the chairman, presided. The o e th e e r . members re.sent, were Messrs. Rathbone, Rogers, Anson, Sid ", Lathbur Allows, and Lea. The Cler k read Y' the minutes of the last meeting, like 'wise those of a sp ecial meeting, which were confirmed like an adopted. QIN t he motion of M r . All p ass , secon d e d b y Mr. Rogers, e,Proeeedings of the finance committ ee were rece i ve d - adpted. They embraced a recomm en d at i on t h a t costssith do lane should be lighted with gas, an d t h at t h e Whole distric ts pa id , should out of a rate to be levied on t h e t iThe Sewerage Committee fort reorted that they had had ;meaof.erence with the agent the Earl of Sefton, and exelvie the Garston commissioners, relative to the 2 P4ir ing of the road, called Aigburth Vale, but, in enn i:eloence of the Wavertree board of health not having _rt. re presented, and as i t appeared that they were l i i _ r rtl es in some degree i n t erested, the law clerk was " ee ted to communicate with them on the subject, and port th ereon to a future meeting. t he cl er k laid before the board the estimates for the ta les for the ensuing year, which would be about is 2d, i la t: l _3d in the pound ; but at the suggestion of the Z i a tt t e rna , a :i t t l l l t e subject was referred to the finance com a request that they wonld report thereon at ure n ieeti ,, odiAcifutrueretcriansacTing some routine business, the board N'OR' Hlllll4l TIMNS.—LIVIRPOOL, litittifitispAY, MARCH THE BIBLE IN SPAIN In the Madrid Chambers, on the 23rd ult., M. Batles, one of the deputies, demanded why the government, upon the request of the ecclesiastical vicar, had prohibited the circulation of a bible recently printed at Madrid, the text of which was conformed to the approved text 1 M. Batles prefaced his query by a profession of Catholic faith :—" I was born catholic," he said, "and I hope to die in that belief; but if protestantism consists in pro testing energetically against the numerous vices, the un paralleled excess, the culpable egotism, the scandalous frauds, the notorious bad faith, the audacious resistance to the laws, the deadly influence of the court of Rome upon Christianity, the abuse of power, the unjust and illegal in trusion of t hat court in the rights and privileges of nations and monarchs—if protestantism consists in denouncing the shame!ess and criminal disobedience to the constituted authorities, preached without ceasing, and to-day with more scandal than ever, by a great number of ecelesias tics—l declare boldly that I am a protestant, and I am certain that my opinion is shared by all good catholics who desire the triumph of the cross, and the propagation of the doctrines of Christ throughout the nations of the earth." The Minister of the Interior having admitted the fact denounced by M. Batles, and having attempted to justify it by an unrepealed law of 1820, expressed himself In these terms :—" There was no need for M. Batles in making his interpolation to deliver such a speech. There was no necessity to accumulate grave charges against all the ministers of the church and against the Roman Pontiff, visible head of the Church of Jes s Christ, and temporal sovereign. (Violent murmurs of d i ssent-) These murmurs will not prevent me from ;expressing my opinions. These interruptions come not from the Spanish nation, eminently catholic. A minister of Isabella 11., catholic Queen of Spain. cannot allow any one to insult, without a protest, the chief of the religion which the Spanish people professes. How can he do otherwise, when without provocation, without authority, and so inopportunely, a deputy allows himself to outrage, in the midst of par liament, the chief of the ca tholic tu church. What ! representatives of th s e oon c ousg r nt Do you wish as it already vote h tve you forgotten so . declaring r S e p t a e n s i t s h o f n s a a ti ) o .i n ng ? , t t o he gi r v e e lig y i o o u u r s constitution does not ratify this has been said, that your had voted the toleration of other enemies unitunite or the th e p unit} ? Even if you religious worship, it would be none the less imprope r . to censure the chief of a relig ion which has civilised Europe." These remarks of the minister gave little satisfaction, especially as they wer e su pp ose d to indicate anpproach a ing resumption of th e f ormer i nt i ma t e relat ion s between Spain and the court of Dome. THE MURDER OF Miss HIN1)1.--The trial of the men charged with the murder of Miss Hinds, in Cavan, has been postponed to nest assizes, on the ground that copies of the informations, which it appear s are very vo l um i nous , were not furnished in time, and some not furnished at all, to the prisoners' attorney. THE BIRKENHEAD COMMISSIONERS The usual weekly meeting of this board was held at the public offices, Hamilton-square, last erening. Mr. Laird presided. The other commissioners present were, Messrs. Willoughby, M'Whirter, Tyler, Hornblower. G)lborne, Harrison, Bell, Bradley, Hind, Aspinall, Holme, and ILugh. The Clerk read the minutes of the last meeting, which were adopted and confirmed, as were also the ptoceedings of a special committee, held on the 11th ult, for the purpose of adopting a petitio❑ to the House of Commons relative to the bill in that house with regard to the Birkenhead dock bond holders. LIGHTING AND WATCHING COMMITTEE The proceedings of this committee were lead and confirmed. The Chairman of the committee congratulated the township on having at last procured a new engine, which had been tried and found perfectly efficient. The cost of it was £246, and out of that sum £lO7 had been collected from the different fire insurance offices. Mr. Aspinall also congratulated the board on having such a good engine. THE MARKET COMMITTEE, The proceedings of this committee were read . . Mr. * Tyler directed the attention of the board to the extremely inconvenient place of holding the county court, and for the magistrates' meeting. Both these authorities had nsade complaints on the subject. It was universally admitted that the place was very incon venient, and the subject was referred to the market committee for them to report on what would be necessary to make it more suitable for the purposes to which it was applied. THE HEALTH COMMITTEE. The proceedings of this c3mmittee were read and confirmed, but did not contain any matter of public interest. THE ROAD AND IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE, The proceedings of this committee were also read and con firmed without comment. Mr. Hornblower briefly explained some alterations which were about being made in a road at Claughton, and presented the plan to the board. _ _ Mr. Aspinall called the attention of the board to the disgraceful state of tho roads in Bridge-street, and Cleve land-street, which, during the past wet weather, had been almost impassible. Mr. HOrnblower said he thought that it arose from the want of gravel. The Chairman said he would direct his attention to the subject, and have it remedied as speedily as possible. THE FINANCE COMMITTEE. The proceedings of this committee were read. An applica tion had been made by the water committee relative to making some new arrangements for a better supply, but the committee had declined to give any information for the present, or until such a time as the report of the gas and water committee had been further considered. The subject will be further considered at a future period. THE FERRY CIIIMITTEE, The proceedings of this committee were read, as was also the following statement of receipts for February, 1855, which were £1,477 lls, 3d ; ani for 1856, £1,603 15s. 81. Receipts from the 24th of April to the end of February, 1855, £23,950 9s. 3d. ; and for 1856, £23,063 9s. The working expetAliture, rent, &C., during the same period was £19,012 149. in 1855 ; and in 1846, £19,379 9s, 9d. Mr. Harrison moved the confirmatio❑ of the proceedings of the committee, which were unanimously adopted. THE FREE LIBRARY. The Clerk read the proceedings which had taken place at the public meeting held on the above subject, at which it had been decided that the act should be adopted, and that a library and museum should be established. Mr. Golborne mond the formation of a committee for carlying out the act. Mr. Harrison offered a few observations as to the formation of 'he committee, recommending that some ratepayers, besides commissioners, should be appointed, as he was of opinion such an arrangement might be more advantageous in carrying out the object. He seconded the motion. After some conversation, the following gentlemen were elected as a committee—Messrs. Laird, Harrison, Whitting ham, Bell, M'Whirter, Golborne, Dove, Carmichael, Craven, Roger, Dalton and Jones. PUBLIC OFFICES, Mr. Harrison suggested the propriety of a committee bseng formed to get up a society to procure a building suitable to ti e town, which he said would cost about £lO,OOO, and he thought it would be a remunerative specu lation. He would do all he could to assist in the project. No motion was made on the subject. At the suggestion of the Chairman, the meeting was adjourned until Friday next, when it will meet for the purpose of signing a petition to Parliament, relative to the insertion of some clauses into the bill before the House, relative to the agreement made with the Liverpool Corpo ration, for the completion of the Birkenhead Docks. THE MURDER OF MR. CALLAGHAN. The correspondent of the Evening Mail, writing from Portumna on Saturday, supplies the following additional particulars :—The spot where he was murdered is about 150 yards from his resieence, and yesterday exhibited one of those spectacles easier conceived than told—a round deep pool of clotted blood, surrounding an indentation in the soil the size and shape of the hinder portion of the human skull; and into this cavity, hard beaten, the head of the unfortunate gentleman was pounded with stones on almost every side, while the sward about for several yards is spotted and spattered with his blood. Many rumours are rife, but the main facts, I believe, show that Mr. Callaghan had obtained this property lately, had ejected some of the occupying tenants, introduced a Scotch steward—in fact, had commenced upon the alienating system. However this may be, he was killed on Friday night last, about eleven o'clock, at the end of a house out of which he had evicted a widow, and from within the walls of which it is thought was hurled the first stone. EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY The contest between the various candidates for the office of directors in this line was brought to a close Fist evening, and much excitement and interest is naturally felt by shareho'ders and the public as to the result. The friends of each of the candidates have used their utmost exertions to insure their return, but, we believe we are right in stating that the result of the poll will show that most, if not all, the retiring directors will be re-elected. As regards Mr. Waddington, the chairman, the result of the poll will, it is expected, be different to that enter tained by a large number of the public, but not of his friends, who are so satisfied with his conduct and the manner in which he has defended himself from the asper sions that have been cast on him, that they are sanguine of his return by an overwhelming majority in his favour. The poll will not be declared until to-morrow (Thursday). BETTING ON HORSE RACES In the bankruptcy court, London, yesterday, a bank rupt named Glen, describ e d as o f R egen t- s t ree t , b a k er, and of the White Bear, Piccadilly, licensed victualler, came up before Mr. Commissioner Evans for his certi ficate. The most important ground of opposition was that the bankrupt had betted extensively on horse races. than .4'20 in one day, which involved the certificate. The bankrupt the e d h t a e d tal los r t e more fesal pf alleged that he did not bet on his own account, but on commission, for noblemen and gentle men. His Honour, in giving judgment, said that the charge of fradulently contracting a debt did not appear to be proved. As to the charge of gambling. his Honour said—The witness and opposing creditor swear that he betted by direction of the bankrupt, and paid bets for him mach exceeding 201. The bankrupt, in his exami nation, states that he does not recollect whether he did what was stated by Cochrane, the opposing creditor, but if he made the wagers it was on account of thitd parties ; but he could not name the parti( s, and he could not, or would not, produce a book in which he had made such. I therefore fully consider that the bankrupt did lose more than £2O in one day. and am obliged, under the 201st section of the 12th and 13th Vic., c. 106, to refuse the certificate altogether. Protection was granted for one week, to enable the bankrupt to appeal if so advised. LONDON GAZETTE BANKRUPTS.—WM. B F.NNETT, Margaret-street, Caven dish-square, victualler. DAVID LAY, Liverpool, flour dealer. R. NEWTON, Birmingham, baker and provision dealer. C. PARIS PooL, Lawrence-lane, warehouleman. JAMES BAKER, jun., Exeter, linen draper. Jo EN Hiscom, Brook-street, Holborn, boot and shne maker. SAMSON BAZIBR, Twyford, near Winchester, grocer. HENRY BRISBAND, Birmingham, butter manufacturer. THOMAS JONES, Shrewsbury, draper. WM. HORNER, Birmingham, publican and brickmaker. THOMAS HILL, City-road, lincensed victualler. C. 11. JOSEPH CULYLITS, Cullum-striet, merchant. ROBERT WELSH, Manchester, wollen merchant. THOMAS WARREN, Knight Staunton, grocer and tea dealer. C EDW. BIRD, Old Broad-street, City, merchant. WM. M'Comuicx, Manchester, builder. J OHN YOUNG Surrey-street, Strand, ale and porter merchant. HENRY SMITHIES, JOHN SMITHIES, and JAMES SMITHIES, Blackburn, Lancashire, ironfounders. WM. S MITH , Bradford, and Yorkshire, grocer. JOHN TRAVIS, and THOMAS DURDEN KERSHAev, Prestwich-cum-Oldham, cotton apinners. THE WILECK OF THE JOSEPHINEWILLI 9 .—DovER, Marton 2 —The divers employed on the sunken wreck of ~ the ship J osephine Willis, off Folkestone, have been suc cessful in their opera' ions during the last few days. All the spars, riggin g, & c have been cleared away , an d t hey have been able t o penetrate into the chief ca b in an d remove a quantity of lugg age, b ear i ng the name o f Miss L ogan an d Mr. Ray. They also secured a mahogany chest from the cabin, which it was found contained the ship's plate, besides many other articles of value. They expect in a short time to be enabled to get all the property belonging to the p m a a s d se e r:g s e h r o s ul f d rom the th w e el e t a h b e i rn . p to get at the ro N ve elt favourab l e, we ekattempts will be sarp. THE VOICE OF THE CHURCH OF ENG LAND ON THE DUTY OF KEEPING HOLY THE SABBATH DAY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMES. Sir,—ln your paper of Friday last there was a letter from "A Churchman," ent:tled "Sabbath defence," in reply to a letter of mine, of February 20, 18.56. However much I may feel compelled to differ with the writer, on the subject under discussion, I think there can ba but one opinion as to the spirit and goad temper which pervade the entire letter. I cannot bat regret, as a clergyman of the Church of England, that the teaching of our church, on the Sabbath question, should be deemed by "A Churchman," as" hardly relevant to the main question." To my mind there are two questions which lic at the foundation of the whole subject : Ist. For every Protestant Christian : Does the Bible teach • that the Sabbath is of permanent and uni versal obligation 2nd. For every member of the Church of England : Does our church teach the same ? Your readers will perceive that my opponent calls him self " A Churchman ;" that in the pamphlet on which I made a few observations, he accuses Dr. M'Neile (in defending the Divine obligation of the Sabbath) of assuming a theological position not even recognised by the Church of England ; and, in addition to all this, J. W., one of the writers of the pamphlet, desires " that all honest hearts should make a stand against those dismal superstitions about the Sunday ... . • instead of the spirit of the Gospel and the tenets of the Church of England." It does appear to me, therefore, to be a question of very great imp - lattice, to ascertain what is the teaching of the Church of England on the subject of the Sabbath. In the second paragraph of " A Churchman's" letter of Friday last, I am informed that I unintentionally misrepresented the views of the authors of the pamphlet, when I said, that according to certain statements of the pamphlet, the writers were of opinion that on Sundays " it is lawful at any hour to buy and sell whatever a person pleases, that it is a day for rational amusement, innocent recreation, and pleasure." I never said that " according to the law of the land, the writers of the pamphlet say, that it is lawful at any hour to buy and sell on the Sunday ;" but what I did say in both my letters and now again repeat, is, that " the pamphlet does not teach that there is nothing in the Law OF GOD which prevents this." When I made this statement, it was with the recollection of the following passage, amongst others. At page 12, the writer, after informing his readers that, on a Sunday evening, the publichouses and beer houses are crowded to excess, and that " the spirit and beer-sellers are as honest and as respectable a class as any tradesmen in this city," he adds :—" We are opposed to any laws interfering with the freedom of this community, in buying or in selling anything, at any hour it may suit him ; because we believe such prohibitory laws to be false in principle, and we know they have proved impossible in practice." It will be evident from this quotation, that I have not misrepresented the views of the authors of the pamphlet, and that the following passage, intended by my opponent as a courteous rebuke, is more applicable to himself than to me :—" From this, it is clear that Mr. Bardsley has not read the pamphlet very carefully. His time has been em ployed. But it is hard that the authors should suffer from his oversight." We have, next in order, following my opponent, to call attention to the latter part of the 7th article of our Church which says, "no Christian man whatsoever is free from the, obedience of the commandments which are called moral.' If, as I said in my letter of Feb. 20th, the fourth com mandment be one or those " celled moral," it settles the whole question, as to the teaching of the Church of Eng land, on the duty of observing the fourth commandment. My opponent seems to agree with me in this, and, there fore, labours to show that the fourth commandment is not included. To prove this he gives us a definition of moral and positive precepts, and endeavours to support his views on this point by a reference to Barrow and Bishop J. Taylor. Whether this view of moral and positive com mandments be right or tot, would be an interesting subject for consideration, if we were discussing the 20th chapter of Exodus. The question is not, whether the fourth com mandment he entirely, in the strictest and highest sense, a moral commandment, hut whether it is included in those which are eared moral ? The seventh article does not, when speaking of the civil and ceremonial commandments, say, which are called civil and ceremonial. The compilers of the Book of Common Prayer, and Articles, were perfectly well alquainted with the arguments of those who declared that the fourth commandment is not in the highest sense a moral precept, and hence the words, " the commandments which are called moral." I think no one will deny that the ten commandments have always been so distinguished from the civil and ceremonial laws of the Jews. In sapnort of this statement, as far as it respects our Church, I respectively invite the attention of " a Churchman," and of your readers generally, to a few particulars. In the baptismal service the godfathers and godmothers are instructed that they " shall chiefly provide that the child learn the creed, the Lord's prayer, and the ten commandments ;" and the same is repeated in closing the service. In the Catechism we are told that the god fathers and godmothers promited for the child that he should keep God's commandments, after which the child, ;n answer to the question, " Tell me how many there be?" is taught to answer, " Ten ;" and the fourth is given in full with the rest. I fear that the godfathers and godmother of my respected opponent must have neglected their duty to their godchild, for they promised at his baptism that he should keep ten commandments, whereas he does not hesitate to say that he, as a Christian, has nothing to do with the fourth. In the confirmation service we again read of ten commandments, which the candidate is required to know. He also promises "to believe, and to do, all those things which his godfathers and godmother under took for him." They undertook that he should keep the tan commandments ; he therefore when he was confirmed made a most solemn promise that he would keep the fourth commandment. I would therefore submit for the consi deration of my opponent, whether he, rather than our , Church may not be charged with having a "mutilated Decalogue." The ten commandments form part of onr Communion service; here we have the fourth, as well as the other nine ; after such commandment has been distinctly read, the people are to " ask God's mercy for their transgressions thereof for the time past, and grace to keep the same for the time tocomee."agaAinftetrantghhetto p ten commandments , &c., writehave been read, we are all these thy laws in our hearts, we beseech thee." Before leaving this branch of our subject, I would ask every candid reader,whether it is not abundantly clear that our church teaches, that the fourth commandment is universally binding, and that it is therefore one of the commandments " called moral" in the seventh article. As my opponent refers me to Burnet, on the 35th article, I will refer IA to Burnet on the seventh article, who not only considers the fourth commandment to be included, but writes as if no other opinion had ever been entertained. Conclusive, as I con ceive the evidence must be—from the Book of Common Prayer—that the Church of England maintains the Divine obligation of the Sabbath, it may strengthen the convicti ,n, in the minds of some churchmen ' to know that this is the opinion of our great Liturgical writers. Sea Mant "on Common Prayer, Communion Service." Dean Comber and Wheatly, "on the Commandments." I come now to examine " A Churchman's" remarks on my arguments, drawn from t h e Communion service. I hope I shall be excused for saying, that had he not assured us that he is " a churchman," I should: reading h certainly is have remarksar rivedon th at e a very introductiondi tre rent o fh t e conclusion, ten after commandments into the communion service. My opponent argues that I have no proof from the communion service, that the fourth commandment is binding, because -I.—ln this service there " is confusion, or worse." 2,—The chu rc h h as mu til a t e d t h e Decalogue, by omittirg from the first commandment, the word., " which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage." 3.—Christians worship God, not on the Sabbath, bit on the Lord's Day. 4.—To hold the Divine obligation of the Sabbath is a doctrine of the Romanists, and not of the Reformers. s.—That to pray, " Lord have mercy upon us," after each commandment, is inconsistent and absurd, as it would be:to acknowledge that "we are guilty of theft, adultery, murder and the like." Is it possible that these can be the arguments of " a churchman ?" I shall endeavour briefly to reply to them in order. - - --- • I.—l see no confusion in the Communion service, by intro ducing the ten commandments; I find, on the other hand, that every churchman prays for grace to enable him to keep th 3 fourth, as wel as the other nine. 2. The words, " which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage," are no part of the fifth commandment. From this mistake of my opponent "it is clear that he cannot have read the church catechism very carefully. His time has been employed, but it is hard that the authors should suffer from his oversight !" But I think on reflection, my opponent will sac that the omission of the words in the Communion service prove that in the judgment of the compilers of that service, the Ten Commandments are, in the main, of universal application. The words in question, which form the introduction to the commandments, furnished to the Israelites a powerful motive for obedience; to the Christian they are not strictly applicable ; therefore, in the Communion service they are omitted ; whilst in the Church Catechism the words are retained, but distinguished from the first commandment, of which they form no part. 3. To the third argument I reply in the language of Burnet on the 7th article—" But though it seems very clear that here a perpetual law was given the world for the separating the seventh day, yet it was a mere cir cumstance, and does not at all belong to the standing use of the law in what end of the week this da y was to be reckoned, whether the first or the last. There bein g in this no breach made on the g ood an d moral design of this law, which is all in it that we ought to nolo!' sacred and unalterable." Fee also the passages quoted in my last letter from Pearson and Hooker. 4. My opponent thinks that I shall be greatly surprised that I am defending a doctrine held by the Romanists. My sympathies with the Church of Rome are certainly not very strong. I believe it is Hooker that some where xtdiciously remarks, "That we had better fellow our enemies in doing what is right, than our friends doing what is wrong." The English reformers proved themselves to be men of great boldness, in openly denouncing the errors of the Church of Rome, and in rejecting what was essentially superstitious; they also proved themselves to be men of great wisdom and moderation in. retaining whatever they found to be scriptural in doctrine, spiritual in devotion, and edify ing in practice. If, therefore, the Church of Rome held, and does still hold, the Sabbath to be binding, that surely is no valid reason why " A Protestant Clergyman," should reject the fourth commantment, which says, "Remember that thou keep holy the Sab bath day," and the observance of which, as " A Pro testant Clergyman," he is bound to enforce, How ever, Sir, I do not admit that Roman Catholics were ever strenuous defenders of the fourth commandment, except it be as enforced by church authority ; much less do I admit that the English reformers, as a body, ever denied the divine obligation of that command- In proof of the statement of my opponent, I em referred to Lingard, the Roman Catholic historian, yid. 7, note N. On referring to the London edition of 1829, I find that the notes only run in vol. 7, to note H. I failed also in dis covering any reference to the subject in the general index I shall feel obliged if my opponent will inform me to what edition he refers, and also furnish me with a quotation on the subject. That the English Reformers could not have been opposed to the Divine obligation of the Sabbath, is to my mind clear and evi•lent, from the teaching of the Prayer Book and Homilies; but if further proof be desired by any one, let him read the following from the Catechism of King Edward the second's Prayer book :—" Last of all this ought we to hold steadfastly, and with devout conscience, that we keep holily and religiously the Sabbath day, which was appointed out from the other for rest and service of God." (Parker Society, p. 497.) I refer the reader also to the passage I quoted in my last letter, from Archbishop Parker, the Protestant Archbishop of Canterbury, who saes, that by consent of writers, the fourth commandment is binding on us as well as on the Jews. I cannot but express great surprise, that " a churchman" should feel that to pray for mercy after each commandment "is simply absurd." Our Saviour teaches us that the Commandments require per feet love to God and perfect love to man ; they extend to the thoughts, feeling;, and affec tions ; our Saviour teaches that an unclean thought is adultery, that anger is murder •, and St. Paul declares that covetousness is idolatry. We should remember, says Archbishop Seeker, that " when any sin is forbidden in them, the opposite duty is implicitly enjoined." My opponent, on this point, quotes a passage from Mant "on Common Prayer." Ido not object to a word of it; Ido regret, however, that he did not real on, for, in the very same page from which he quotes, I find the following : " And because see have offended against them all, we must kneel down as criminals ought to do, and diligently con sider, as the priest reads them, what sins we have done against each commandment ; and whin we have found out the particular transgressions, we must, at the close of every command, most earnestly beg pardon for them, saying, ' Lord have mercy upon us.' "—Dean Comber; Merit "on Common Prayer." And again, in the same page :—" Though I cannot say this prayer for mercy after every one of the commandments was very ancient, yet surely it cannot be denied to be very useful and pious; and, if there be any that think this might be spared, as fitter for poor publicans than saints, let them turn t) the parable of the publican and pharisee going up to the temple to pray, Luke 18, and there they shall find an answer."—Bishop Sparrow. My opponent admits that the Homilies, " which contain a godly and wholesome doctrine," teach the divine obligation of the fourth commandment. I readily grant that we are not bound by every expression in the Homilies, but to use the words of Burnet,—which my opponent has omitted, though they come between the former and the latter part of the passage he has quoted, and therefore should have been marked with a few asterisks,—" Upon the whole matter, every one who subscribes the articles ought to read them, otherwise he subscribes a blank ; he approves a book implicitly, and binds himself to read it as he may be required, without knowing anything concerning it." I shall conclude my letter by respectfully asking from my opponent answers to the following questions :- 1. Does the Baptismal servic - T teach that it is our duty to learn and keep all the ten Commandments ? 2. Does the church Catechism teach the same ? 3. Does the large Catechism, as found in King Edward II 's prayer-book, positively enjoin the duty of keeping holy the Sabbath ? 4. Does the Communion service teach that the fourth commandment nay be transgressed, when she requires us to pray for God's mercy ? 5. Can we transgress the fourth Commandment if it has ceased to be binding ? "Where there is no law there is no transgression."—Romans iv., v. 15. 6. Does the Homily, " Of the place and time of prayer," state and enforce at full length the binding nature of the Sabbath ? I remair, yours, &c., JOSEF'!" BARIY , LEY 29, Huskisson-street, March 4th, 1856. POLICE COURT.-YESTERDAY, (BEFORE MR JAMES AIKEN • STRANGE. - 3 girl, apparently about 14 years of age, named Margaret O'Donnell, was charged with picking the pocket of a person named John Mullins, of a box, les., and a handkerchief. The complainant said he was going home from a steamboat, rather " fresh," when he met the prisoner and another girl, who " attacked him." and took his money and handkerchief. The • box which had con tained the money, was found on the prisoner, but there was only 3s. 6d. left in it. The man's handkerchief was also found upon her. The girl said the man had'given her the money and handkerchief to induce her to go home with him, but when she refused he gave her into custody on the charge. The girl was committed for one month. RUNNING AWAY FROM TILE BAILIFFS.—Maria Gaffney was charged with stealing a variety of bed clothes from the house, No. 16, Raymond-street. On Saturday night, after 8 o'clock, officers Astic,. and Hargraves met the pri soner with a considerable quantity of bed clothes in her possession, and on asking her some questions, she said she was running away from the bailiffs, who had got into the house. On inquiry, however, it turned out that she had stolen the property. She was sent to jail for a month. ASSAULT BY A FEMALE.—Mary Robinson, the keeper of a house of bad character, was charged with having assaulted an unfortunate girl named Mary Murphy, and stealing her shawl. The complainant was entering the house where she resided, about half-past twelve on Mon day night, when she was met by the prisoner, who, with out any provocation, struck her two violent blows on the head with some weapon, cutting her severely. The pri soner then ran off with the shawl, which had dropped from the shoulders of the proseentrix, when she fell from the effects of the blows. The prisoner, who did not offer any defence, was sentenced to one month's imprisonment with hard labour. (BEFORE MR. MANSFIELD.) ALLEGED ASSAULT ON A GIRL.—A girl named Elizabeth Burns, 13 years of age, late an inmate of the West Derby Union Workhouse, but now a servant at Mr. Brown' s, Boundary-place, charged a person named A. Signor Spoia, LL. D., for having committed a criminal assault on her. The defendant was described as "of Rome, profes sor of the Latin and Italian languages." It appeared, from the evidence, that he lodged in the house where the girl was servant. This was the only portion of the evi. dence that can be published, and after hearing the whole case, Mr. Mansfield said, the conduct of the girl was very disgusting, and that it would be impossible for a jury to convict. It would be useless to send the case for trial, and he therefore discharged the prisoner. CLAIM Pox WAoes.—John Shaw, late the master of the ship Joseph Busby, summoned the Messrs. Sparks, the owners, for £42 183 wages. Mr. Bluck was for the claimant, and Mr. Riston for the defendants. The amount of wages was not disputed, but it was contended that the wages had been forfeited in consequence of the conduct of the mate. In support of this view of the case, it was shown that the log book was badly kept by Shaw, and that for three months he kept no log at all. For this he had been tried before the Local Marine Board, and his certificate suspended for six months ; and it was there fore contended that this conviction disentitled him to his wages. On the other hand, Mr. Bluck contended that the punishment was for a certain offence, and therefore, h av i n g suffered for that and paid the penalty, his clai m for the wages legally due to him was not invalidated. Mr. Mansfield, after considering the case, made au order for the amount claimed. (BEFORE MESSRS. STITT AND AIKEN.) ASSAULT ON A WlFE.—Anne Pollard, a respectable looking person, summoned her husband, John Pollard, for having assaulted and thrown a bucket of water over her. Mr. Bluck was for the defendant, who was describwi as a whitesmith. The complainant keeps a broker's shop in Bolton-street, and she detailed a series of assaults com mitted on her by her husband. She said she was willing to live separate from him if he allowed her sufficient sup port for herself and children. In reply to Mr. Bluck, the complainant admitted that she was accustomed to " take a drop,' but never too much. She used to be out late at night, but that was in consequence of her business. After some discussion, it was mutually agreed by the parties to separate, and that a certain allowance should be given to Mrs. Pollard. The case was then adjourned for a week, in order to have the arrangements carried into effect. ROYAL HUMANE SOCIETY.—A special general meeting of the members of this society took place on Menday, at the offices, Trafalgar square, when his grace the Duke of Wellington, one of the vice presidents, was unanimously elected president of the society in lieu of the late Duke of Norfolk, who had held the office for many years. TRADE REPORT.-TVESDAY. --..-.----- LIVERPOOL COTTON : There has been a fair demand for Cotton to-day, and an ample supply, and the market closes very firm. The sales—including 100 Pernambuco, at 61d to 71d; 300 :Bahia, at 611 to 67d ; 150 Maranham, at 61-d to 6-I,d ; 200 Egyptian, at 6d to 81, and 700 Surat, 4id to 4;d — are reported 8,000 bales, of which 1,500 are on specu lation and for export.—M ANCIIESTER : More cheerful feel ing here to-day, and althou. h not much more business doing, prices arc a shade better. SCOTCH PIG IRON : 68s 61 cash ; three months open, prices quite nominal. Tons. Shipments last week „ same week last year .. .. „ „ 1834 Aggregate shipments from I.t Jan. 1856 to date 59,878 for 1855 78,523 Decrease 18,645 Present estimated production per week • . tons 13,00(1 Same period 1355 Price to-day, 68s 63; Di t) same time last year, 565. SUGAR. c3ntinues to be actively enquired for, with prices ap•ain is favour of the sellp,rs; the transactions comprise 120 hhds Demerara, chiefly grainy, at 40; to 41s 6d, 3,600 bags Bengal, at 41s 6 , 1 to 433 61 for Benares, 43s for Cossipore, and at 37s t) 373 91 for Dates, all faults, 950 bags Madras at 333 t) 34s 6d, 3,000 bazs brown Bahia at 22s from the quay, and 600 bags white Brazil at 253 34 t) 27s per cwt. MOLASSES : There is nothing to notice. Rum : Only a small parcel of Demerara sold at previous COFFEE : 200 bags Madras are reported, but the price has not transpired. TEA : There is no alteration to notice ; the trade con tinue to supply their immediate requirements at firm currencies. Ricr.: The sales are confined to 30 tierces Carolina at 23s per cwt. SALTPETRE: 32C) bags Calcutta have found hnvers, at 34s 3d to 354 for 31 to 3 per cent refraction, and 700 bags Bombay at 17s to 21s per cwt HENiP : At auction, 100 bales Manila brought Z3B per ton from the quay. _ _ _ LINSEED : 1,500 bags damaged have been sold. CORN : The market this morning was tolerably well attended by local and country dealers, but the utmost apathy appeared to prevail generally thronghout the trade, and the transactions in any article were of the mist trifling charac ter. It is almost impracticable to give aca irate quotations, but the following is an approximation to the redaction from the rates of this day week, which would have generally been submitted to by sellers, viz • Wheat 34 to 4d on the finest, and fully 62 per bushel on all inferior qualities. Barley Si per 60 lbs; Beans Is 61 to 2:, and Indian Corn 2s per qr ; Oats Id to 21 per bushel; Oatmeal Is per load, and Flour 2s per sack and barrel. Arrivals and exports from the 26t', February to the 3rd March, 1856. inclusive : From Ireland, 1,643 qrs wheat, 387 qrs barley, 20 qrs malt, 5.819 qrs oats, 1.5 qrs beans, 2,870 sacks oatmeal, 1,951 sacks flour, 21 brie flour ; Coastwise, 780 qrs wheat, 392 qrs oats, 2 q-s hears, 7 sacks oatmeal; United States, 6.737 qrs wheat, 7,077 qrs Indian corn, 9,927 brls flour ; Europe, &c., 80 qrs oats; Egypt, 6,140 qrs wheat, 1,534 qrs beans • Into Runcorn, 13 qrs wheat, 500 qrs oat s , 868 sacks o atmeal. Total, 14,313 qrs wheat, 387 qrs barley, 20 , qrs malt, 6,791 qrs oats, 1,5.51 qrs beans, 7,077 qrs Indian corn, 3,745 sacks oatmeal, 1,951 sacks flour, 9,951 brie flour. To Foreign parts, 20 qrs barley, 2,451 qrs oats, 18 qrs beans, 12 qrs pease, 60 qrs 'lndian corn, 42 sacks oatmeal ; Ireland, 479 qrs wheat, 10 qrs b rley, 25 qrs malt, 8,790 qrs Indian corn, 630 brls Indian cornmeal, 767 sacks flour, 160 brls flour; Coastwise, 1,625 qrs wheat, 10 qrs pease, 39 q's Indian corn, 7 sacks oatmeal, 235 sacks flour, 406 brig flour. R. MAKIN &SoNS. LONDON, SUGAR : This article continues to have confidence, and the public sales are going off well. Refined is also in good demand. Grocery lumps, 49s to 525. COFFEE : There has riot been a public sale to-day. TEA : The public sales are progressing heavily, and the importers are buying in largely. RICE: : 2,000 bans Bengal sold in public sale from 93 6d to Ils 6(1, according to quality; 7,000 bags offered. SALTPETRE : 500 bags sold in public sale. Refraction 111 t) 141,31 s to 31s 6d. COTTON : 500 bales sold at a shade advance. RUM remains dull. lii other articles no material alteration. TALLOW : The market remains quiet, at the following quotations::—Petersburg Y. C., on the spot, 695; March, /593 ; March to April, 64s ; April to June, 528 to 52s 6d; October to December, 51s 63. ITAT : Mr. E. J. Davis reports the snpply short ; trade without alteration. Prime meadow hay, 1008 to 1054 superior ditto, 1103 to 115 s ; infererior ditto, 70s to 90s ; rowen, 70s to 953; clover, 100 a to 130 s; second cut, 100. to 1201 ; straw, 23s to 28.. YESTEP.DAT'S MARKETS. DUBLIN CORN : In the memory of any person so depressed and lifeless a market never -vas seen in Dublin. Every species of grain was offering at lower rates. Wheat 2s 6d, and oats Is, and at those figures only a trifling business was done. Indian corn unsaleable, although forced at a consi derable reduction. Coax Burrert : lsts, firkine, nil, 102 s ; 2nds do. 1201; 3rds, 31 do, 108 s ; 4ths, 101 do, 97s ; sths, 10 do, 85s; 6139, 72s_ 4chs, 6ths, and 6ths, of kegs, 4a per cwt less CORK CORN: White wheat, 35s alto 37s ; red do, 30s to 359; barley, 15s 9d to 20s ; oes, 11s 8d to 14s. Pork 445. LEEDS CORN : Wheat dull, and 44; cheaper ; barley firm ; beans and oats 2i lower. Mr. G. V. Brooke and Miss Catherine Ilayes are at Melbourne attracting . laTge audiences. Mr. Brooke hzd nerfo►med 117 nights is Melbourne and 59 in GUNBOAT FLOTTLIA.—It is rumoured in the fleet at Portsmouth that a review aid mock engagement of the rt• boat flotila is lik.ly to take place shortly in the presence of her Majesty. The Emperor of the French, at the personal request of Professor Nisard, has par.:oaed five of the students Nrho ere lately sentenced to imprisonment for the disturbances at the Sorbonne. The Innilidde Busse announces that it win no longer be an exclusively military journal. In future:it will contain theatrical articles, military news not being likely to be of sufficient interest to its readers. The Royal Artillery now at Leeds barracks, amounting to 247 men, besides commissioned officers, with 200 horses, will leaieLeeds this week, orders having been received for their embarkation at this port on Saturday next, for the Crimea. THE PACIFIC,—Some small insurances are understood to have been effected on the Pac'fic on Monday, at the rate of 80 per cent. The va!ue of the ship is about .0120,000, and she is said to have had a cargo of 700 tons of fine goods. Happily, her number of passngers were smaller than usual, the total being 46, including six ladies and two children. THE CONCORDAT.—It is related that the Austrian govern ment has requested the Pope to direct the Italian bishops to take no steps towards the realization of certain conditions of the concordat, until the imperial ordinances which refer to them have been published. If they obey, it will be a sign that the Pope has more influance over the Austrian clergy than has their liege-lord, the Emperor. _ _ THE BANK OF WALis.—The prospectus of the " Bank of Wales" is issued, with a commencing capital of £lOO,OOO, subject to increase. It is stated that one half the shares have already been taken up in the Principality. The head office is to be at Wrexham. Power is to ba reserved in the deed to the sli:r.holaers to wind up the affairs of the hank if at any time the auditors shall report that one fourth of its capital has been lost. QUEEN'S COLLEGE MUSEUMS, B IRMINGHAM. --.At a mewing of the finance committee of this institution, held on Wednesday last, at which Mr. Charles Rateliff presided, it was reported that Messrs Chance, Brothers, with that liberality which has ever distinguished that firm, have most generously p-esetted the whole of the expensive glass required for the roof of the new museums. A contribution of 1:100 was announced from Lord Leigh, £25 from 3. Henderson, Esq, and £5O from the medical professors of the institution. A Vienna correspondent of the Weser Zeitung shows how the difficulty connected with the arsenal of Nicolaieff is to be got over; acc or di ng t o hi s vers i on , th ere i s to he Ru.stan Lloyd's company formed, with its seat in Odessa, and its shipbuilding yard at Nicolaieff; its vessels are to navigate the Bug and the Dnieper, the Black Sea and the Mediterranean. Nicolaieff is thus to cease to be a military arsenal, but its works are not to be destroyed, but rather to be converted to the peaceful purposes of commercial navigation. COLLECTION OF MEDICAL KNOWLE DGE —A meeting of medical men of all nations represented now at Constantino ple, was recently held in the so-called " Casino," The ides of it originated in the Scutari hospital. Dr. Pineopp, on* of the civil surgeons attached to the hospital, was the chief promoter of it. There are four systems of medicine and surgery face to face in the English, F renc h , S ard i n i an, an d T ur kish hospitals , and as many different systems of ad ministration, every one of which has its advantap over the others in some respects, and its shortcomings lc others. The study of 'each system and an exchange of ideas on the most interesting questions connected with the most frequent cases of field surgery and medicine, as well as with the general administration of hospitals, was therefore likely to be of advantage to all parties. At the meeting a resolution was passed to assemble twice a month regularly, to discuss questions of a practical interest and the diseases which are most prevalent in armies, such as typhus, dysen tery, congelations. &c. Besides this a committee was formed, composed of members of each nation, to draw up the statute of a i‘ Permanent Medical Society of all Ns" gone."