The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-06-19 00:00:00

I ALUABLE FREEHOLD BUILDING LAND, AT LISCARD AND NEW BRIGHTON.—TO be SOLD, that very eligible FIELD, called " The Orchard Pea," containing about five statute acres of Land. situated in the Rake-lane, between Liscard village and New Brighton, and nearly adjoining the property lately pur chased by Robert Bell, Esq. This land, lying high, commands one Of the finest views in the parish of Wallasey, and is particularly adapted for the erection of a gentleman's residence. Also, to be SOLD, a large LOT of BUILDING LAND, adjoining the Ferry at New Brighton, having a frontage to the river Mersei of 70 yards, and running back about 320 yards.—Apply to Mr. I'. B. Hughes, IS, Exchange -alley North. Liverplol. GWERSYLLT.—TO be SOLD or LET, a newly.erfeted DWELLING-HOCH with suitable OUTBUILDINGS, alt late at Gwastad Bridge, about eight miles from Chester, and about three miles from Gresford and Wrexham Stations, on the Chester and Shre Asbury Railway. The house is built of stone, and is situate on an eminence on the bank cf the river Alyn, com ma•nding a beautiful vi,w of the valley of Gwersyllt. It contains three entertaining-rooms, and nine bedrooms and dressing-rooms, with stables, coach-house, and proper offlles and conveniences. There are about ten acres of LAND, which would be sold with the house.—For further pa, Ceuta rs app:y to Mr. T. M. Penson, erthitect, Chester; or to Messrs. Duncan', t•quarey, and Blackmore, 1, Exchange -street West, Liverpool. T 0 ENGINEERS PACKERS, &c . FOR SALE BY PRIVATE CONTRACT, TWELVE HYDRAULIC PRESSE 3 of the following dimensions 3 of 13 Inch Rams—Rise 6 Feet. " 7 6 ~ 6 inches. 1 Large Wrought Iron Water Tank, 8 feet by 10, and 6 feet deep. 1 Small Ditto Ditto Ditto, 8 „by 12, and „ All made by Messrs Belllr.use and Co., of Manchester. Also, 1 Large Weighiug Machine, to weigh up to Twelve Tons, and 1 s m' il r ".C2tre rr hyVaVI I MPISV I ST ti 0131115, 1315 LalleipUln. g at the Hay Stores in Cherry Lane, off Merybone, Liver. titulars app,y to Mr. John Gannon, on the premises furthe TO-MORBOW On account of who n it may concern. To-xoaaow, the 20th instant. at Half-past One o'clock, at Golding and Nash's Saleroom, Corn Exchange, Brunswick-street, About 28Q0 Quarters White and Yellow Indian CORN, ex Exchange, from Hav,nnah —For particulars apply t J. & M. HARNETT, Brokers. On account of whom it may concern. TO-MORROW, the 20th instant, at Half-past One o'clock, at Golding and Nash's Saleroom, Corn Exchange, Branswi , k.street, About 2500 Bags Chili FLOUR, ex Pelican, from Valparaiso.—For particulars apply to Bfessrs. Graham, Kelley and CI., Merchants, or to J. & M. HARNETT, Brokers. On account of whom it may concer❑ TO-MORROW the 19th instant, at Half-past One o'clock, at the ex Beerta IT, Broker's Office, 10, Brunivii ck-str. et, 648 Barrels FLOUR, 'endrica.—A pply to WILLIAM PARKE, Broker, NEXT WEEK TUESDAY. On TIISSDAY rext, the 24th instant, and following days. at Four o'clock, at the l3rolsers' Saleroom, Hackin's-hey, 250 Bales Fast India, 109 Do. Entre Rios }WOOLS. 1500 Go. Peruvian, Egyptian, Oporto, and other Apply to PERKINS & ROBII , NON. Wool Brokers. p J. NODDER, _Lt. HATTER 81, CHURCH-STREET, Begs respectfully to inform the Nobility and Gentry of Liver pool that his NEW STYLES for the Season are NOW READY for Inspection. THE GENTLEMEN'S SHIRT WAREHOUSE, 24 and 26, B OLD-STREET P. L. MACTAGGART, SHIRT MERCHANT talanter. WANTED, a HOUSEMAID.—AppIy at Abercromby-square. WANTED, PREMISES (with Steam Power attached), suitable for a Manufactory.—Apply, by letter, to S. P., 50, Northern Times office WANTED, a Good Strong PONY, from 14 tr 15 hands high. Must be quiet, and steady to ride or drive, with good action, and moderately fast. Price not to exceed X2O. For address, see Reference List, Northern Times office. WANTED, a SOLICITOR, for a First-class Tailoring and Out fitting Establishment. —A liberal salary and commission will be given to a competent man, who has a good connection with captains, and the shipping generally.—Address by letter (Z. R.), at the iVorthern Times office, stating qualifications and where last employed. PARTNER WANTED.—The Advertiser, possessed of some Capital and experience in business, is desirous of forming a PARTNERSHIP With a gentleman (either an American or English man), having about equal means, and being thoroughly and inti mately acquainted and conversant with American Ship Brokerage, and the Chartering of Ships to the United States and elsewhere.— Address U. S , Northern Times office. Co be Ed, MO be LET, a well furnished COTTAGE, No. .1 Waterloo.—Apply at No. 4. 2 on the Terrace, TO be LET, in Bottle, a very large HALL , well adapted for a Meeting House, Club Room, or any other such purpose, being at the present time occupied as a Pie' e of Worship, with seats and everything complete.—Apply to Mr. Parsons, Mersey Hotel, Bootle. TO be LET, near the Clare .ce Dock, large and convenient COTTON SHEDS, having open frontages to ltegent-street and Carlton-street, and capable of storing about 7000 bales of cotton. There is also a good Shop and Dwelling-house on the premises.— Apply to Tnomas Vernon and son, Brunswick Dock. PARKGATE.- TO he LET, a g >ad HOUSE, opposite the Dee, containing two kitchen, good cellars, butler's pantry, two parlours, one drawing-room, nine bedrooms, with Rood flower and kitchen gardens. The house has been fresh papered and paicted inside and out.—Apply tr Mr. Johnson, 14, Duke-street; or Jones and Son. Neston. W ROLESALE DRUGGISTS and OTHERS.—TO be LET,for a Term of Years, the MILLS, WAREHOUSE, OFFICES, &c., in Wood-street, lately occupied by Messrs. Edney & Raines, as wholesale druggists, including the Engine and Machinery, now ready for work. The Premises, which are very commodious, will be Let together or separately, and immediate possession can be given.—For further particulars apply to Mr. George S. Sanderson, 13, James-street, Liverpool. Ott 4z,ale. A FEW OLD CLOTHES TO BE DISPOSED OF.—Apply, by letter, to 0. C. J., Northern Times office. KENTLEDG E.—A large and well-assorted Stock always on hand Also, BALLAST (Pig) IRON. ILLIAM F. SIM, Sweeting-street. ON SALE, a very handsome BLACK MARE, a capital hack , steady in harness, and carries a lady.—Afply to W. C. 13, Post-office, Liverpool. 1 O b SOLD. a very handsome young BAY MARE, five years old, 153 hands high, good stepper, steady to ride or drive. — Apply to W. Boothby, 11, Hope-street, off Mount.pleasant. TOXTETH PARK CEMETERY, SMITHDOWN-LANE.— NOTICE.—The Burial Board are now prepared to SELL GROUND for Gravesend Vaults, and for Interments in the above Cemetery. For scale of charges apply at the office of the Registrar, at the Cemetery ; or to the Clerk to the Board, at the Public Office, Park-place, Toxteth Park. ADDRESS MR. PRIEST, BIRKENHEAD. HOU4E I HOUSES!! LAND I LAND ! ! —ON SALE, in large or small lots, variously situated, and ranging in price from about 13100 to .4'6 ),000.—See H. P. Priest's Cheshire and Lancashire Property Circular. Can be had gratis and free by post. Cheshire offices, for the Sale and Letting of Land and Houses, Market-cross Chambers (one door from Market-square) Market-street, Birken head. MANUFACTURER. Timr, THURSDAY „TUNE 19, 1856 source Danish Sound Dues Committee com menced their work on Tuesday, and under very favourable auspices. The first witness examined was Mr. Bowitrso, Registrar of the Board of Trade. This gentleman began with the Treaty of Holland, dated 1544, and brought down the diplo matic history of the Dues to 1841. He then gave us some rather valuable information with regard to the late and present manipulation of revenue from this source of taxation. Originally the amount stipulated to be paid as Dues was limited to one per cent., but it has now risen to two-and a-half per cent., to which other charges have been superadded, which are very nearly as much more. Now, there is a vast difference between a tax of one per cent. and 47, per cent. It forms a serious item when spread over the ships and merchandise of countries using the Sound, and the largest trader in the Baltic. Deduct or three-fourths from the Dues British must to she with excessive weight on England, as two-third ships and goods now pay, and the Danish charges would not be worth cavilling about , except •. • _ on principle. Our quota towards the capitalisation fund would not amount to 250,600/. if the treaties THE are rigidly observed. The proportional share now demanded of us is set down in round numbers at 1,000,0001. Before yielding a timid submission to such an exorbitant demand, we would ask what particular era or arrangement, does it date from? One per cent, was the Sound charges agreed upon and pro vided for in the treaty of 1841. And, whatever amount has been taken from us in excess of that sum, we ought to be allowed credit for in the final adjustment of the Dues. We might, with all consistency, demand its re-payment. It is quite certain that we never stipulated to pay more than one per cent. ; but Mr. Bow RING states that " the "practical effect of the treaty of 1811, in consequence "of its complicated character, is to make us pay " more than one per cent." Here our diplomatists are again at fault, but what to do with that? The Danish Government must have known, for the last fifteen years, what we agreed to pay, and that 47,- per cent. was not one per cent. And the Cabinets we have had at home within that time ought to have looked to the unwarrantable embargoes Denmark was laying on British shipping and merchandise. Had the Chambers of Commerce remained silent, and if America had not threatened to resist the further payment of Dues after a certain day, the Danes might have gone on mulcting our ship owners and merchants for ever without molesta tion ; and, what is more, 1,000,0001. of English money would have been given, in all probability, to the people who have been for years drawing nearly four-fold more revenue from us than they had any right to ! When Mr. B °WRING was asked by Mr. VILLIERS, the Chairman of the Committee, whether there was anything " unfair" on the part of the Danish Government in carrying out the treaty, he replied, " No ! I do not think that they ever charged more " than appears on the face of the treaty itself." This does not tally with this witness's statement with re spect to the Danish Government having consented to a reduction of the Dues in 1841, and that" they took " the average value of ships for the ten previous " years, and made the reduction on that principle,'' which Mr. HUTT said " was to reluce all charges "to a standard of one per cent." The avowed object of the valuation and remodeling of the duty was to obtain an abatement of the excessive im posts ; but now we are told by this witness, a government employe, that the " practical effect" of all we have done is to make us pay nearly four-fold more than we actually agreed to ! After having given publicity to these facts, the commercial com munity will be anxious to hear on what pretext the Sound Dues Committee will venture to support the capitalisation project. Confide recte agens will, no cloullt, be their motto, and the public will most unquestionably support them in that course. But we must have no more consequences of complicity to deplore. Denmark have we IS our debtor. We have paid three times the amount we undertook to pay her in Sound Dues ; and if unjust and exorbitant taxation will not be submitted to longer, she must accommodate herself to the times, as well as all other Stees, and obtain a revenue from a less unreasonable THE public must have read with much regret the many painful statements made in the course of the debate on the army estimates in the House of Commons on Tuesday. The laxity with which the State accounts are prepared for Parliament, their unintelliginle character, anti the preference shown for forci o n mercenaries over the troops of England, are all matters which must make a deep and lament able impression on the popular mind. If the thoughtless official servant had to bear the burden of the charges which these irregularities lead to, there would be little room for complaint ; but where their 'ls on the frugal and already cad weight fa over-taxed classes of the community, they become insufferable. It appears from Mr. PEEL'S speech that there are 21,719 foreign troops in the British service, and their cost is, according to Colonel DONNE, 601. per man, whereas our own sol diers only cost 151. or 101. Necessaries were also given to the foreign legions which were not bestowed upon our own troops. Sir DE LACY EVANS complained loudly on this score, more espe cially with regard to the extraordinary favour shown to the German corps. With these re doubtable warriors, favouritism and toleration have been carried to the last extremes of excess. They are to be rewarded for the dangers they have encountered in this peaceable land, not as the gallant heroes who have served in the Crimean war are to be, but as Germans really deserve. The Foreigners are to get twelve months' pay when they are disbanded, and a free passage to America or the Cape, while our own Militia are to receive only Ms., and are to be left to get abroad as they can. This is, to say the least of it, unfair, and it ought to be rectified at once. It is equivalent to an insult or reproach to the British army, and injustice towards our militia. General Sir D. L . EVANS spoke of it, as every British officer must, and he evidently felt, as every soldier in her Majesty's service must feel. And what must the gallant veteran's emotion have been when he said distinctly that, " there was a German influence exercised "in this country which ought to be set aside. " When they were disbanding the militia and the troops of the line in the most ungrateful manner, to send up German recruits, who had never fired " a shot in the war, to be established as it would " seem, permanently at Aldershott, was not a state "of things which should be allowed to continue." These sentiments were received by the House of Commons, with sufficient approbation to show the Ministry that their present policy, as regards . the military affairs of the country, is thought most objectionable. We wanted no foreign recruits in our service, as we have stated all along, to aid us in the late war. There was a superabundance of English bone and sinew r, - -ady for the ranks, if proper bounties had been offered. We need not have gone iu search of less, reliable materials, if we had held out the same inducement at home as we did abroad Great and warlike Powers going to weak and less determined nations for soldiers, is a novel and dangerous expedient. The money spent in the Turkish contingent can be justified, as the object was to give the SULTAN, our Ally, the means of defending his dominions, after the French and British forces had been withdrawn. The Ottoman required re-organising, and we undertook to establish a nucleus from which the necessary instruction might be imparted to the whole of the Turkish forces. There was some show of reason about such a design. But what did Great Britain want with 21,000 Germans, Swiss, and Italians ? Lancashire, alone, could have supplied double that number of sterling Englismen, if s _ forward means had been taken to procure them, and this i 3 a fact which it would be well for some member of Parliament to convey to Europe through the house of Commons It is most impolitic in the present unsettled state of the Continent to leave the world under the impression that we are dependant on such paltry traight NORTHERN TIMES.- aid for defence. A British army must necessarily be a costly affair, and when we chose to find the money to raise* its numerical strength to seven or eight hundred thousand men, we can do it. These are the truths which ought to be proclaimed to surrounding States. We want peace, and will forego much to keep it now that we have it, but there is danger at all times in a tacit admission of weakness, although foreigners may doubt it, and know it to be assumed. The recruiting system of England, whether in time of peace or war, is most dis couraging, and is looked upon by all classes as positively unjust and cruel, and to this system alone may be ascribed our want of men in the hour of need. The poor recruit gets literally nothing to leave behind him with his relatives or friends, or to take into his regiment. If he arrives at his depot with a solitary shilling in his pocket, he must be an old soldier before he has seen the colour of his comrade's facings. We cannot, in justice, attribute this source of military weakness to " German influence ;" for it was in vogue for half a century before we took council of Russia and married the largest part of Germany. It is, in truth , a purely national and orthodox piece of folly and abuse, and since Sir DE LACY EVANS has directed public attention to the subject, we hope he will not lose sight of it until he has placed the country in a position in which it will be totally independ ent of the services of foreign auxiliaries- The English people have no objection whatever to the Germans as neighbours ; but a German camp on this Island is quite unnecessary, and Aldershott is by far too near our hearths to be pleasant; and, to preserve a good understanding between all parties concerned in the debate of Tuesday last, it would be well for the Government to take the broad hints of the Commons, and not leave the subjects alluded to to be taken up by less scrupul ous commentators, and more ardent leaders out of doors. THE COURT 21, Oxford-street, THE STATE BALL, Her Majesty reviewed the troops at Aldershott under the command of Lieutenant-General Knollys, on Monday afternoon, and again on Tuesday morning. The Queen was accompanied by the Prince Consort, the Princess Royal and Princess Alice, and the royal visitors now on a visit to her Majesty. The royal , dinner party at Aldershott, on Monday evening, included Lieutenant- General Knollys, Major-General Sir R. Airey, Major- General Baron Stuttenheim, commanding the British Foreign Legion, Colonel Hutchinson, Colonel Crombie, Colonel Napier, Colonel Harvey, Colonel Barker (Royal Artillery), and Lieut.-Colonel Wardlaw, commanding Royal Drag ions. Her Majesty and the royal party lef t the Royal Pavilion at a quarter past eleven o'clock on Tuesday morning, for Farnborough, travelled from that station to Vauxhall by a special train on the South Western Railway, and arrived at Buckingham Palace at a quarter before one o'clock in five of the Queen's carriages, escorted by a detachment of the 3rd Light Dragoons. Prince Albert presided in the afternoon at a meeting of the Commission for Promoting and Encouraging the Fine Arts in the rebuilding the Palace of Westminster. The Countess de Neuilly and the Duke and Duchess de Nemours paid a visit to the Queen in the afternoon, and also visited the Regent of Baden, and Prince Frederick William of Prussia at Buckingham Palace. The Queen gave a state ball in the evening at Buckingham Palace to a very numerous party, comprising the Royal Family, royal foreign visitors, the whole of the diplomatic corps, the ministers and officers of state, the ladies and gentlemen of the royal household, foreigners of distinction now in this country, and a large party of the nobility and gentry. About 2,000 invitations were issued. The Ball and Concert Room, the Promenade Gallery, the Approach Gallery, the New Ante-room, the State Dining-room, Yellow Drawing-room, Saloon, White Drawing-room Picture Gallery, and Green Drawing-room, were all opened for this reception, and several of the suite were tastefully decorated with rare and beautiful flowering shrubs and plants, as were also the recesses of the Grand Staircase. The Foreign Ambassadors and Ministers, the Cabinet Ministers, the Officers of the Royal House hold, and those having the privileges of the entree, entered the Palace by the Equerries' entrance in Pimlico. The general company alighted at the Grand Hall, and began to arrive soon after nine o'clock. Her Majesty, the Prince Consort, the Princess Royal, with the Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary, the Regent of Baden, Prince Frederick William of Prussia, and the Duke of Cambridge left the White Drawing room, preceded by the Marquis of Breadalbane, K.T., Lord Chamberlain, and the other Officers of State, who conducted her Majesty and the illustrious circle to the Pall and Concert room, which her Majesty entered at ten minutes before ten o'clock. The company from the Picture Gallery and the State Saloons followed the royal party. Her Majesty wore a dress of Indian muslin embroidered iri gold sprigs and a broad gold border in bouquets trimmed with bunches of red cactus and green leaves, ornamented with diamonds. The Queen's head-dress was formed of red cactus, green leaves,' and diamonds. The Pincess Royal wore a rich blue glace dress covered with blue and white net, trimmed with bunches of cherry blossom ; the body and sleeves trimmed to corre spond. Her royal highness's head-dress was composed of cherry blossom. The Duchess of Cambridge wore a dress of white silk with a triple flounce of point d'Alen con, each flounce edged with satin ribbon and white marabout fringe. The corsage was trimmed to corre spond, and the stomacher covered with large sapphires and diamonds. The necklace was diamonds. Her royal highness's head-dress was formed of a pearl tiara and lilac feathers. The Princess Mary of Cambridge wore a white tulle dress with graduated bouffants from the top to the bottom, over a rich white glace petticoat, trimmed all over with bunches of corn flowers. The corsage and sleeves trimmed to match, with bouquets and diamond ornaments. The stomacher an I necklace diamonds. The Princess's head-dress was composed of corn flowers and diamond stars. After the first quadrille had been danced, a waltz, " The R England " (H. Laurent), dedi cated to her Majesty the Queen, was played. THE PosT•orrlCE AUTIIORITIES.— Again at the Post.. office last night the demand for postage stamps could not be supplied, to the great annoyance and inconvenience of our commercial community. It may be that the insufficiency of the supply may arise from the pending arrangements with Messrs. Bacon and Petch, the con tractors, for we observe that in the House of Commons on Tuesday night the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in reply to Mr. Whiteside, said that it had been deter mined to adhere to the same system, and that insttuc tions had been given to renew the contract, but coupled with a condition that either party might determine it if dissatisfied, on notice. It surely is censurable in the authorities with whom the matter rests, to have pro crastinated in effecting the arrangements until the stock has become exhausted, as appears to be the case, and is but another instance of the evils of routine. THE AMERICAN PRESIDENCY. - It is stated (on the authority of a private sourco of intelligence,) that the Democratic Convention held at Cincinnati. has nomi nated Mr. James Buchannan, for President, and Nir. J. C. Breckenridge, for Vice-president. THE FOUND DUES PAID UNDER PROTEST.--ELSINORE, June 17.—The treaty of commerce between Denmark and the United States having expired on the 14th inst., the first American vessel that has appeared in the Sound since that event is the Sarah Bryant, Cap tain Gellerson, which arrived this day, bound from Cronstadt to New York, with a cargo of Russian pro duce. She paid the Sound dues, but under protest. -LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY. LARY AND COMMER FRANCE. LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY EVENINC The Liverpool Cotton Market has again been quiet, and a ‘ small business only has been trans acted, the sales amounting t 0.6,000 bales, of which 1,000 have been taken for speculation and export. Prices are scarcely so firm. A large business has been done in the Share Market to-day, and a very buoyant feeling has pre vailed. ,The market closed firm at the following quotations :—Aberdeen, 13 13/. Chester and Bir kenhead, 15/ 151. Caledonian, 311 311. Chester and Holyhead, 161 161. Eastern Counties, 10 7-16 103. East Lancashire, 20 3-16 201. Great Northern, 24 241. Ditto A, 91 10. Great Western, 63/ 631. Lancashire and Yorkshire Stock, 95 95/. Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport, 171 171. London and North Western Stock, 104 1041. Manchester Sheffield, and Lincoln, 301 31. Ditto Pref., 111. 111. Ditto New 6 per cent. Pref., 9-16 an. Mid land Stock, 801 801. North British, 91 9/. North Staffordshire, 6 Sid. South Eastern and Dover, 22 22 1-16. York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 20 15- 16 21 1-16. York and North Midland, 292 30. Leeds Capital Stock, 181 191. Buffalo and Lake Huron, 11.11 p. Dutch Rhenish, 11 1 13-16 p. Great Western of Canada, 261 26a. Ditto New Shares, 31 3 13-16 p. Great Luxembourg, 81 81d. From St. Petersburg we learn that trade is becoming active, and preparations are being actively made for the prosecution of commercial enterprise. The letters state that at no previous period were the local traders so busily occupied with such arrangements, several merchants having left for nearly all the principal towns in Europe to found branch establishments, agencies, &c., through which the trade of Russia can be more quickly developed. The construction of banks, railways, and other important undertakings were likewise engaging attention. The Russian government and the mercantile body also are fully aware that to repair the damage done to their country by the war, in a commercial point of view, energetic measures will have to be adopted, and the greatest encouragement, therefore, given to the various projects which are being mooted with that object. • Letters from Constantinople state that financial questions continue to be the order of the day in the capital of the Turkish empire. The non-arrival of the representations of the Paris Credit Mobilier Company, has strengthened the chances of foreign capitalists, who have offered their services to the Ottoman Government, to establish a National Bank upon a sure basis. It is said that there is likely to 'be a fusion pf the interests of Messrs Rothschild EROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, TUESDAY EVENING with those of Mr. Layard, who is at present at Con stantinople, as the representative of the Ottoman Bank recently formed in London. Accounts from the, French Wool Markets state that the attendance of buyers on the plains of Versailles, Brie, Valoise, and Maltien, for the new clip, has been smaller than usual. This is attri buted to the high prices demanded by the wool growers, which amount to 1.5 and 20 per cent. above those of 1855. - Under these circumstances the manufacturers are not inclined to lay in large stocks. The prices of best merino wools in grease, averaging from lf. 18c. to lf. 20c. per kilo, show an advance of 30 per cent. on last year's uotations. According to a Parliamentary return jnst issued the numbet;tnd tonnage of vassels entered inwards and cleared outwards at the twelve principal ports of the kingdom for the year 1855 was as follows, viz., entered inwards, 24,006 vessels, tonnage, 6,372,301 ; cleared outwards, 22,863 vessels, ton- nage, 6,426,566. The number of vessels that entered each particular port was—London, 9,770; Liverpool, 4,197; Hull, 2,058; Bristol, 567; New castle, 3,836 ; Southampton, 839 ; Leith, 1,200 ; Glasgow, 412; Greenock, 266; Dublin, 297; Cork, 360 ; and Belfast, 204. The Belgian Moniteur publishes the following return of the receipts on the State railways, for the month of April, and the four first months of this year compared with the corresponding periods last year. The items are as follows, showing a falling off in the gross receipts for the month, and a favourable increase during the four months 1855. 1,888,936 fr 4,655,013 Total for April - Previous quarter 1856• 1,747,362 fr. 4,968,375 Total four months 6,544.950 The receipts of the telegraph establishment during the month amounted to 28,401 f. The falling off has been both in the passenger and goods traffic, and attributed to the opening up of the new line from France to Northern Germany. The Funds to-day though remarkably firm were qniet. A fresh rise of per cent. was attained in the morning, but owing chiefly to the inactivity of business was not maintained to the close, the market finally leaving' off the same as yesterday, namely at 94i 94-2. Speculative attention was to day diverted from this department to the Markets for British Railway Shares and Turkish bonds, in which an important advance took place. In most quarters there is a sanguine expectation of a steady improvement in the Money Market, and speculative operations are stimulated by the belief that prices of most descriptions of securities will gradually advance towards the range of quotations which prevailed prior to the breaking out of the late war. In Lombard-street to-day the supply of money was superabundant, and the demand good. At Paris to-day a preponderance of Money pur chased is indicated. The difficulty with which recent settlements in the Rentes and Railway Shares have been effected seems to have greatly damaged most of the speculators, numbers of whom hasten to realise upon a ny rally. The belief remains that a disastrous financial crisis will eventually super vene in France, but that necessary element of a monetary crisis, general distrust and unwillingness to lend, is happily as yet absent. The Railway Share Market to-day was extrordinarily buoyant; operations for higher prices were freely prosecuted, and the rise in most cases averaged I to 1 per cent. London and South Western Stock rose 2 per cent. The closing quotations of Railway Shares stood as follows :—Caledonian, 62- 631. Edinburgh and Glasgow, 59 61. Eastern Counties, 108 101. East Lancashire, 791 801. Great Northern, 961 97. Ditto A, 781 791. Great Western 631 641. Lancashire and Yorkshire, 95 95k. Leeds Northern, 181 19+. London and North Western, 104 104+. Manchester, Sheffield,' and Lincolnshire, 30i 311. Midland Stock, 801 801. North British, 361 37. South Eastern and Dover, 73+ 734. York, New castle, and Berwick, 831 84k. York and North Midland, 591 60. We understand that Abraham Ormerod, Esq., of Ridgefoot House, Todmorden, has been put on the commission of the peace for the county palatine of Lancaster. DISSOLUTIONS OP PARTNERSHIP.—T. Shaw and E. Wild, Liverpool, glass dealers. J. H. Monk and T. England. Hustead'e-mill, near Doberosa, Yorkshire, silk waste dressers. A. Barlow (deceased), B. Warburton, and S. Holker, Bury, Lancashire, bleachers, so far as regards A. Barlow. J. Barff and W. Barff, Wakefield, woolstapers. LIVERPOOL BANKRUPTCY COURT, Y ESTERDAY. —(B e f ore Mr. Commissioner Stevenson.)— In re J. R. C l ummow.— The bankrupt, builder, of W rex h am, appl i ed th i s day for his certificate. He was unsupported, and was opposed by Mr. Gregory on behalf of the assignees. His Honour granted a certificate of the second class, after nine months suspension, without protection for the firsts three months AN EPISODE IN THE HISTORY OF THE COVENANTERS. — The original historical painting bearing this title, the work of Mr. Alexander Johnston, is now on view at Mr. Jeffrey's Fine Art Repository, 88, Bold-street The painting illus trates an incident of Scottish history in the year 1685. A Covenanter killed in the " good fight" is being interred in the glen of a Scottish mountain, and grouped around are the figures of stern and mourning friends and relatives. It is the closing hour of the 44y, and the sunset which light up the glen with its parting rays, and falls upon a loch in the background, contrasts with the sombre character of the scene and the incident. The subject is treated by the artist in a manner worthy of its touching and dignified nature. Engravings of the picture are being prepared. RATING OF TELEGRAPHS IN TOWNS AND CITIES.--Yes terday, Mr. James Aiken and Mr. H. Romilly sat in the magistrates' room of the Sessions-house, Chapel-street, to hear appeals against assessments under the poor rites. E Among the parties who appealed were the nglish and I r i s h Magnetic Telegraph Company. They were represented by Mr. Bright, their manager in Liverpool ; and he complained that not only were they assessed at £5OO a year for their station in Exchange-buildings, but that they were now'assessed at £25 for the mile and a half of wires which ran through the, town. Against this laster assessment he appealed, on the ground that the expense of maintaining their wires in town was far greater than the income derived from them, and that the company were already taxed sufficiently high on their termini. Re mentioned that such appeals had been decided in their favour in London and elsewhere, and that the assessment, inome places, had been reduced to is. per mile. The magistrates, acting on those decisions, reduced the assessment, in this instance, from £25 to 20s. ~m, -, ..00, 7 25F5rNE11M01111MreiteM15M.4 4. 5.V . C.:5EP1 E T V4i0PVC,MF0ULC.1g44,..4.37..,a7.1...,"1-0, 1 LATEST INTELLIGENCE The telegraph will have informed you of the appearance of a imperial decree in the Moniteur, prolonging the session of the Legislative Body to the 2nd July. Count de Persigny, French ambassador at Lon don, has been promoted to the dignity of Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour, and the French Consul at Dublin, M. do Burggarff, has been named a member of the Order. A very magnificent ball was given to the Em peror and Empress, at the Hotel. de Ville, last night. The decorations and lighting of the vast apartments were truly splendid, and there was a profusion of flowers. - The dress of the ladies were, as usual, exquisite, and the uniforms of the gentlemen very fine. Dancing was kept ,up to a late hour. It is the intention.of their Majesties to give two balls at St; Cloud in the course of the week. I am assured that General Changarnier has written a letter to the Emperor, asking permission to return to France; but that the terms in which it is couched are not sufficiently humble to please his Majesty. What reply will be given to it, lam not in a condition to state. The Bourse, notwithstanding the vast sum (600,0001.) advanced yesterday by a company of speculators, to facilitate the railway liquidation, has again closed to day with a rather heavy decline. The Money Market is evidently in a depressed state from the over speculation of the last two months. The bankruptcy of M. Place, pronounced on the 31st of May last, has been set aside, on the grounds—firstly, that he had not, as was stated, suspended paynient or been executed at the Bourse ; secondly, that he has no immediate liabilities which he is unable to meet ; thirdly, that he did not take to flight, but merely left Paris to go to Algeria to visit some lands and quarries about to be conceded to him, and that the moment he learned by telegraph that proceed ings were being taken to have him declared a bankrupt, he set out for Paris, but could not arrive before the 2nd, owing to the inundations; and fourthly, that his principal creditors had declared themselves satisfied of his solvency. The tribunal, however, declared, that at the moment the bankruptcy was declared, his affairs were in a bad state, inasmuch, as they presented a deficit of 2,478,000 f. (nearly £100,000 : ) According to Place himself, on the contrary, his assets were 15,717,000 f., liabilities 13,880,000 f., so that there was a balance on the right side of 1,837,000 f., but the tribunal said that he had counted as assets an item of 4,315,000 f. for speculators, not yet realised, and it struck it out. If I am correctly informed the government has received information that Souloque, the Emperor of Haiti, has been overthrown ; but if the thing be true, the news will, no doubt, have reached Eng land by this time. lam also told that the govern.. ment has received telegraphic despatches to day, stating that brigandage is spreading more and more in Greece, and that so audacious have the brigands become, that they have actually murdered two officers of the French army of occupation, - at the very gates of Athens. And I am assured, besides, that other despatches, which have reached it to-day, state that a sanguinary conflict has taken place between the Austrian troops and the peasantry, at some place in Wallachia (the name of it was not given to me) owing to the former having, with their usual oppression, seized all the carts and other vehicles of the latter. The affair is represented as very serious, and it excites some apprehension. I have some reason to believe, that the tele' graphic despatch from Madrid, received yesterday, announcing that the French Government had been accepted as mediator between Spain and Mexico, was in error. No mediation, in the diplomatic meaning of the term has, I am assured, been offered or requested; but France has professed her readiness to exercise her good offices between the two powers, and Spain has shown a readiness to avail herself of them. This is all that has been I done. THE LIEUTENANCY.—The following gentlemen have been added to the list of deputy-lieutenants for the county Palatine of Lancaster :—Sir Robert Tolver Gerard, Jonathan Har greaves, Esq., and •Richard Smethurst the younger. THE MILITIA.—The Gazette of Tuesday evening pub lishes the following militia appointments :-6th Regiment of R lel Lancashire militia—Ensign Alexander Beaufoy Thompson to be lieutenant, vice Ceadock, appointed to the 2nd W,-st India Regiment ; Ensign Thomas Acres Ogle to be lieutenant, vice Whelan, appointed to the 12th foot. PARLIAMENTARY REPaESENTATION. —OR Tuesday night, in the House of Commons, Sir Joshua Walmsley, who had a motion on the paper for leave to 'bring in a bill for the extension of the franchise, and for the amendment of the representation in England and Wales, said his object was to obtain a fall discussion of the subject. and ho thought he should best attain that object by postponing the motion till a future opportunity. FlRE.—About half .past seven o'clock, yesterday evening; a fire broke out in the drying store in Mr. Haigh's yard, Frazer-street. The West of England engine was the first to arrive, quickly followed by Mr. Hewitt. with the reels, &c., from Temple-court, but owing to the difficulty experienced in getting at the fire, it was not extinguished until after a laborious exertion of an hour and a-halt's duration. The stcck and buildings are insured in the Liverpool office. WATERLOO mint Sgsixonni.—lt has been officially inti mated to the inhabitants, in a letter from the General Board of Health, addressed to William Hall, Esq., that the supplemental bill, applicable to the sanitary improvement of the district, has passed both houses of parliament, and only now awaits the Royal assent. When this has been given, instructions will be issued for the guidance of the proposed local board, from whose administration of affairs very important advantages are anticipated. BRIGANDAGE IN GREECE SOUTHERN AND TOXTETH HOSPITA,L,—WEENLY REPORT, JUZcE 18, 1856.—1 n patients :--Discharged : cured, 11 ; relieved, 0; at own request, 0 ; irregular, 1. Dead, 3 ; entered, 2p, ; under treatment, 61. Out patients : cured, 58 ; entered, 52 ; under treatment, 35. Treasurer, James Houghton, Esq. Visitors, Rev. T. Robberds, and John Rogers, Esq. Honorary chaplain, Rev. D. T. Barry, B.A. Physicians and surgeons for the week, Dr. Cameron, and Pr. Petrie. House surgeons, Mr. g. C. Garland, and Mr. William Townsend. ECCLESIASTICAL INTELLIGENCE. --The Lord Bishop of Manchester on Tuesday, at the Diocesan Registry, St. James's Square, instituted the Rev. John Pedder, M.A., to the vicarage and parish church .of Garsang Church Town, the same being vacant by tht death of the B.ev. James Pedder, the late incumbent there, on the presentation and appointment of Elizabeth Pedder, of Church Town Gar slog, widow; Isabella Moss, of Lincoln; Richard Pedder, of Preston, Esq. ; and the Rev. John Pedder, of Finisth waite, in this county ; the trustee and devisees- under the will of the Rev. James Pedder, deceased, and as such the patrons of the said living, and his lordship at the same time issued his mandate for his induction thereto. GOOD TASTE OF AMERICAN CAPTAINS WAR. The following incident may be taken as a good omen, and certainly wchibits the best feelings on the part of the numerous, intelligent, and gentlemanly American captains at present in port. Yesterday, from •oue end of the docks to the other, the American ships had their national flags flying, and all their gayest bunting " out"for the day. In the majority of the ships the English flag was also hoisted, and altogether, the vessels wore the most holiday appearance. The American shipping, and other houses along the line of docks, had their flags afloat also. At first it was not rightly known why this display of 4 .‘ bunting" was exeibited, but on enquiry we were inforratd that it arose in this way. The American captains, and other citizens of the States, being assured that there would not be any war between, the two countries, testified their feelings in the very becoming manner mentioned. We have heard the good taste shown spoken of highly, and we trust the day will never come when any other than the most affectionate feeling shall prevail between the two important nations. Despatches from Athens, dated the 11 , 1 " 1 " -- n state that an enquiry, instituted by the '' —er ith meat, had resulted in tracing a connection vv.,.c. the system of brigandage, so ,disgracefully tised, to several 'high personages f\;•ertiaetilon Indignant at the state of things the inve st Lc" the has disclosed, the Ministrrhas resolved on punishment of the parties implicated. THE FRENCH ,FUNDS PARIS, WEDNESDAY dav At the close of business on the Bourse t°- the Three per Cents were quoted at 71f. 15e. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCI EAST INDIA AND CHINA 'MAILS SOUTHAMPTON, NVTE DNbv- and The Pera, Captain Ta, of the Peninsularieven Oriental Company, arrived this morning at e leven dift o'clock, with the heavy portion of the East ero , passen fo , and China mails. The Pera brings 136 among whom are the Hon General Lowe, General Brooke, Major and Mrs. APP by, Colonel Anstruther, C.B , Hon. Miss Aberero c in t. Sir Charles Maclean, Colonel Williams, an d 31) the lion. George Grey. J une 4; The dates of sailing were , Alexandria, ° Malta, 8 ; Gibraltar, 13 and rleY, 13 (1 She brings on freiaht, 2,364 bales , 26 et , ds , 23 boxes of silk, 22 boxes of sill f t s pg d e r ff s : ll of cases of shawls, and 82 packages o _ Her Majesty's `ships at Malta on the, y'd o c, June were, The Hibernia, Royal Albert , t-i i ar r - ou s; and Shearwater. At Gibraltar, The V ./I f: v - 0 1 transports, Hydaspes, and Sydney, both end the i eft for England with troops on the, 13th, an steam ship Mauritius. 9th the Pera exchanged with On the C 010) N o) H. M. S. Exmouth and the transport Orineee n` steering towards Malta. On the 11th e~ an d signals with her Majesty's ships Cen turici- • Royal George steering in same directier" with same , day passed the company's ship In On the tae outward East India and China mails. th 12 e 12th , about 140 miles east of Gibralta r, P a sse United States frigate Congress, steering " eat r aer stes the 17th exchanged colours with th e Vesta, bound to Oporto. that d i° By this arrival we have intelligenee,,roool, remainder of the crew of the Hymen, of which was plundered by the Riffian Pir ates ' , lne ° at Gibraltar en route for England. has completely gone to pieces. The details of the capture :—On the 14th of gaY,,' ll v ese ei been becalmed tho two previous days , its - o f the i was forced by the current to within 15 M iles ; Car ° l a . nd, and about the same distance west eL lo re, res Forcas, when 1.1 boats put off from th e n s beiag each containing from 17 to 25 men, each 1139 '" armed with a musket, pistol, and di rk ,' coa l ' boarded the barque, and • immediat,e',Y,, „ r tiel' menced plundering her of every ninv ettu r: they could lay their hands on, after rich frrohlleowginsgviol; owner and- crew were taken ashore and " f; t' cif s* in the hands of the pirates for twee'-',., keP r During the whole of this time,' having he e- ci o ld on b a very small allowance of barley br e li e jos 1)f b rackish water, they suffered great harde'f7;,oted' being marched into the interior, almost bar e „ t ter under a burning sun, with scarcely a drop t . c i t ed to quench their thirst. They were in a I : t r e e / el: l e: I condition until relieved by Her Majestys Ariel and Retribution, from the efa ce L s e ate s6 crews of which they received the F' ‘ , - ' l kindness. A claim has been Inau'iti behalf T of the owner by the G °11 , 5- Th ° , _a.ugeirs, on the Moorish Goverrnen'.;gra Hymen sailed from Liverpool on the April, with a cargo of 600 tons of coal, bo t ! 1 e ll, Ancona. The crew consisting of 14 ine ll -. 11 including the owner as passenger. Sh e ° half insured. Gibraltar Exchange on London at 90 daYs' is quoted at 501 SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. kness9 GIBRALTAR, June 6.—Arrived: Barque Bla c I,v e days from Alexandria, with cotton and wheat for over; pool (cleared) ; steamship Armenian, days frpf, 6 6 1 5 : , poal (cleared ). ' June 10.—Steamship Tenerio-'d Dl from Liverpool, with bale goods for Gibraltar O m MO; (cleared); brigantine Girvain Maid, 12 days fr A ° 3WI N seilles, with madderwood for Liverpool ( 11.—Schooner Aeron Queen, 21 days from LiverP_,,, coals for Gibraltar; steamship Frankfort, 2 9 (I 'd) 31 Genoa, with a general cargo for Liverpool 01eare_ni, c leare o oo 'l, 12.—Steamship Pactojus, 6i days from bale goods goods for Alexandria (cleared). THE EAST MARSE ILLES, Wednesday:—The In dus has 9:riltbele from Con stantinople, which port she le f . t I,aci° 9th. The Russians have admitted geuk lis s ia o di (Prince Stourdza) to the conferences. The. lll ! n s el ° Turks. Bayazid before restoring it to has r been assassinated.TheSOrito tlitl From the Crimea date of the 7th instant. Lord Gough arrive the of the French Consol a t „Le precedingWednesday. The Coldstrefull ~,ilou left on the same day, on board the Againeo;ool The_ 2nd battalion of the Royals nlevfatseten::ll6o.o:o Friday (the 6th) Lord Gough i C lle 501 ) with part of the 31st regiment. Abe Pelissier and the French and English ~k ivi—b y 9 114 , with the Order of the Bath. Lord 1' 0 '1;4 I° ' Generals' Barnard and Dacres, have England THE HIMA.LA.YA. ,v ," ea S ,.r p ll ith cr ea M d ajeenstyT'suesetdeaaym:silniipB Hdiemyeal3alaboatrs otitili, t m om d. Halifax, where she had 'landed from she lefte iterranean the 62nd and 63rd reoirael!tsi;alidea Halifax on the Bth inst. with ;few i 'l l i, do ilie s soldiers and about thirty of the wives 0" '''.- piec e ' of soldiers formerly sent to their nativ°,.„. tb 6 (Halifax) when their husbands departed w ri t he Crimea. No ship of war was at H' b, wilic,, ,the .Himalaya left. Her. Majesty's sloop A.1 . , 3b v %; ba l/4 , e cruising in the neighbourhood . Adn3lrai'-- s al :JO . N r vas , expected there about the 18th, with a 5 ,3 (0 . on. The Himalaya has beenabsent froll, l .L (1 L os mouth 40 dayS . only, and' during th9,l, pelt it run more than 8,000 knotS; and conveyel t ,.`" f „ (l -c i 1 .1 al tire nB a days.reg i m re-coal e Shenftosrof troops 'froni Malta to fi ga - b - oo r ' will go ohirdtoersP.orstshmeojautilin iilT.srt.rod condition NEW ZEALAND The Seringapatam, colony Justice of the on Tuesda from. New ZealaTtrices i. , y evening at Bristol. Her aL" sari to th e ~ 8 among. whom of March. She brings thirty pass chiet whom is the Hon. MV. gar,ti.rb - 0 tl l6 generally have ma G d o e m a in d e e r O c id iaeld . Improvement. g gt ' lti c The exports of New Zealand for the .- .1.-- IP , 'PO ter of the present year, are estimated cons' fila tio bouring provinc e : l"y. to exceed 00,000/. The increase in the P°P-oeiglr is steady, and quite as rapid as that of any c totl . T hTeh epolitiimpressioncal prospects the e e enqeuvga l o ly o v s: l t : i n s : r, 0 , e tl i Browne, is highly favourable, and the c° `tioe• r i an in bond, give him the benefit of their candid / to too h The d prices current are—Flour, 34/ to-36T. India, over proof, in bond, 6s to 7s , f ote li selling t wanted, 101 to 161 per quarter cask; readily at 30s in bond; good Per" , e , 4 04 in active demand, 18s to 2ue'aevo, i ll bot tle '; ie asp:efts:WOO o 43s ; good sherry required in bond, 9 1 to 1 i l •ol' bottle, 36s to 428. Drapery dePressed. WO' •. mongery r in goad demand, and likely to co r ' t vuo l ' reights to London ltd per lb for wool. , : I ' l ., t lt , premium of exchange on London 3 per Crent -3 of discount, not exceeding three months' exceeding three months, 10 per cent. £0 1" AUSTRALIA ° $ Cainei .---- Advises have been received from Sydnei,,;tterl"-r to the 20th of March. Trade was rather do t. ' - , e vir 1 11 ',; i : being chiefly absorbed' by the elections for t", e ,, pol` t§ liatnent. Messrs. Cooper and Donaldson,. t": bativ e ;; candidates, had been returned for the SY° l a c e ' and no A coalition to return four candidates for 1 0 01 P a believed to have proved successful, but the 0 of the poll had not been finally declared.