The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-01-18 00:00:00

_ VIVPN containing Day, up to ~,be FRIDAI RUSSIA'S PEACE yesterd the Pea r r~ sfi JANUARY ACC EPTANCE )SITIONS strife to tha Ind in 1 morning, ...colonel Chap. EL also ai ADOLPHUS •FITZCLARE His lon a rest ) A CL Etch t Duleep Sin Marquis of negoci ompanied the P. le VE 'rincess 3 A, amily, t. —We regret to le. sins in much ti , ura, 9 -4.--- r annu ancholy ev )c k on .t the t will be r bro iighest point rtainty that still prevail as to the of the communication from St Aberdeen, 11 114. Chester anc _ Great Nor Great Western, 54 55. Stock, 794 , 79:-. Liver- pool, Urosby, and Southport, 141 144. London and North Western Stock, 961 97. Manchester, Sheffield and Lincoln, 241 25Z. Ditto Preference, 1311 13i. Ditto New 6 per cent Pref., 7-16 Qp. Midland Steek, X 6 6 .66&. ^ North British, •7A 7 q . North 8 q nick, 172 171. York and Dutch Rhenish, - 1 x all 1 lip. Great Western Ditto New Shares, 31 38p 91d. e proprietors of the London )y a dividend at the rate of s declare and a bonus e the e vailable for dividends 3551. Os The divi ible on and after ti e Markets t )on became of the put accept so inten t the Ci the prices et businc ntellif TIMES.---LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY, JANUARY 18, 1856. &ND CO IERCIAL. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. ECOND EDITION. a had uncon- I THE published f n early hour the ter of course, quite r a while, grave doub RUSSIAN ACCEPTATION. PARIS, THURSDAY EVENING. To-day it was o it were not on iounced on the Bourse ms as a ba that Russia had ace ,ed the ultimatum " pure Other despatches received in the course of the 3 16th tant, conveys ern pti in„ of ti 3 45,000 c cted mnic in t upwards of s were genera in most ca prices Cotton was The Rail w !xeited. T ned to t ,he el n all the princi losing quotations rti r .counties, 8 London ncl. Berwick ULS TAN. 1 m Corn pa Desides 33 ora rubber, 1 tn ,nd Id, 66 )ple to the effect ie Gen no, was concen I been ordered ti al Kale to convey in thy, PIED NIONT at was A. despatch dated Turin, Jan. 16, announces that a bill for the loan of thirty millions of francs had that day been adopted by the Chamber of Deputies by a large majority. NAP T Intelligence from Naples to the date of the 16th, announces the refusal of the Neapolitan govern ment to permit the exportation of corn. No political interest had bezn created as had been anticipated. 0 GREECE From Athens under date of the 11th instant, we learn that the brigands had been completely hunted down. SPAIN, Advices from Madrid dated the lath instant, declare that the government has announced to the Cortes the nomination of M. Ecosura to the Ministry of the Interior; of M. Lugan to the Ministry of Public Works ; and of M. Ariasyia to the Ministry of Justice. THE BALTIC The English war steamers which have re-entered have succeeded in capturing traders laden with contraband of wa ACCEPTANCE OF THE PEACE PROPOSITIONS BY RUSSIA. We yesterday received, by the Submarine Tele graph, a despatch from lent in these words own Paris correspon- sia has NA , W )NESDAY, TEN P.M unconditionally s of the A accepted th )ndon Times reach& inF; nu in tel itlitar it rpnrlers and th t VPRI- :y tote court 0 vent ac pt the Austria' es to its authenticity THURSDAY MORNING- f that empire in tl 1, the preservation of Nicolaieir shall not e question of the limitation of the fiber of ships to be maintained by Russia and key is conceded. Turkey is, for mere naval ce, to maintain a sufficient force to repress e traffic." lie a slight retrospect it may be mentioned -c the Continentfil . mornir this a veil rr led ar ro t hat seye _*lay , contain intelligence which, in some degree anticipates the later pacific news which reached us by telegraph. The Journal des Debats states that Count Nessel rode, in his reply (the first to the Austrian Cabinet) insists repeatedly upon the sincere desire of the Emperor Alexander to restore peace to Europe. " The Emperor," says the Minister, "is not seduced by the love of conquest; he seeks to glorify his reign, not by adding new provinces to Russia, but by developing the germs of its material prosperity. The internal regime of Russia requires profound reforms, without which the Russian nation cannot hope to attain to the degree of civilization which other nations have reached. The Emperor is convinced his mission consists in introducing amongst his people some grand social and civil ameliorations, and he is impatient to commence his work." eeeive The Correspondent Austrichienne, the official organ of the Cabinet of Vienna, declares that the diffi Gullies in the way of the Austrian proposals being purely of form, there is yet room for hope that peace will be re established The issian Organ, Le Nord, predicts the end of the war, on account of the large concessions which Russia had made_ A letter from V ano, says : " A nna of the 13th, in the Corriere movement is remarked at present _..e diplomatic world here. In the course of this morning the French, English, Russian, and Prussian ambassadors had each a conference with Count Buol." Referring to the last telegraphic despatches the Globe of last night says —" We have reason to be lieve that the announcement that the Austrian accepted unconditionally ultimatum has Russi substanti correct - Leu as a basis for nev,ociation. We have no auue do p ubt that the Allied Governments will meet this aceopt- in a f rit, and with a fire, to conclude a safe and able pea( t iot forget, )Ive ver an diplomacy on for FRANCE. (FROM OUR this capital o pt th OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, WEDNESDAY EVENING ally th ion of territory de; ) the Fren on Tu people at the glorious deeds of arms It was in the great combats of the d, of Inkermann, and of Sebastopol, that the alliance of t nations was consecrated by both armies. May God grant great alliance may ever continue, to the advantage of gland and of France. As for myself, my dear comrades, ehonour afforded me is the more grateful, as I have served ong with you, and as I have beheld with my own eyes your ravery, and your great military to Its led -frorr ded his passports. t the presenta- land has deigned to authorise and soldiers of the ;hip which exist y and the Eng! it, Army of the East, as the d _ you have endured so many fatigues, and so I sincerely thank the Emperor for his goodness _Sing so graciously conferred on me the honour of being permitted to distribute these medals in his presence. nany danger 4 THE FRENCH FUNDS, PARIS, THURSDAY EVENING. At the close of the transactions on the Bourse to-day, prices were quoted as follows :—Fsqur-and a-Half per Cents, 951.; Three per Cents, 67f. 30c. CAUTION TO BUTMERS.—SamneI Locket, butcher, Pownall-square, was charged at the police -court by Inspector Jones with having exposed for sale 95 lbs. of beef not fit for human 'food. The defendant was fined £2. John Waddington and Thomas Jones, slaughter house keepers, Scotland-road, were charged by the same inspector for alike offence, and fined E 2 and costs. LIST OF PASSENGERS PER PACIFIC, FROM NEW YORK, JAN. 17, 1856.—Stuart H. Brown, bearer of despatches, F. H. Whitmore and lady, Miss Curtis, Henry Whitmore, Mrs. P. 11. Hopkins, Mr. and Miss Van Anken, Dr, H. W. Buel, Polignac de Merson and lady, J. Coates, Jun. David Sellers, Ch as . E. Bertrand, Theo. A. Havemayer,, Edwin Ilillyer, Is , .ae Seligman, Geo. King, Jesse Thayer, S. M. Beir, E. T. King and Son, Samuel S. Bristow, John Guy Vasser, William S. 0. Gonne', IV. H. Darcy, D. Fraser, loaquim Estrado Manuel Lopez, Mrs. Vandent,ergh, Jose D. Gomez, A. Schotsman, A. Dambricourt, H. C. Laight, Charles Dutilh, John Atkins, E. Ilirschfeller, Chas. T. Van Kessler, Alfred Harand, A. Piele, L. Althoff, Thomas Burge, Wm. Arnot, Charles Burt, Isaac Wolf, Edward Price, William Ransom, Edward Payne, Peter Richards, Alfred Jarvis, William Wilson, T. Bergman and lady, W. Delf and three sons, William Harvey, C. Meleher, Henry Stoneall, A. D. Sweeny, William Raphael, Daniel Raphael—Total, 63. HI+TORIC SOCIETY.—The scientifi section of this society met last night in the Grand Jury-rooms, St. George's• hall the Re 7/. Dr. 1 ...mo the dona as having be en rece i ved were ng the follow . Geological Society, the quarterly „ vol xi, 1855; from the Dublin „ the journal of the society, vol i, parts j 34-48 ; vol i, 1844-48 ; vol iv, 1849-51 ; i 3; vol vi, p ar t s 1 and 2, 1854-55; from the Royal-Society, vol 7 of the proceedings, No. 16; from Mr. Tip.th _ e London volume of the society Geological S 1, and 4 You will no doubt have observed, long before this, from my letters, that the general opinion in i the great question of peace and war rarely remains for many days together at a fixed point. You will therefore not be surprised, after the accounts which I have given you of the gloomy views entertained for some days past, to that a much more cheerful view is situation, and that, in consequence, a s taken place at the Bourse. What appears e caused this renewal of confidence in a he revival of the re- d a day or two ago, that Baron Seebach, mbassador, has been authorised to tell Powers that though Russia has re p by prepared to mall; ae; and next, the Correspowlence itively re- ing exacted in the i9ns, and that Prince Gorts- fficially taken of // favourable ct created by this news was increased the message of the President of the United States being much milder towards England than was expe.ted; and it was still further increas ed by the Moniteur having published a report from the Minister of Finance to the Emperor, on the state of the finances ; which report says, that the deficit of 1854 will not reach 70,000,000 f, (2,800,0000 and that of 1855 will only be 50,000,000 f. ; that there still remain 535,000,000 f. of the recent loans to disburse in expenses of the war; and that the floating debt is only 625,000,000 f. (121,000,000 f. less than last year), and the amount of Treasury bills in circulation only 168,000,000 f. As a set off to the couleur de roe view of things which is taken to-day, it must be mentioned that it is alleged in a Berlin despatch, that Eng land, in addition to what is set forth in the Aus trian propositions, peremptorily requires that the fortifications of the Aland Isles shall, on no account be rebuilt, and that Russia will not consent to this. I am assured to-day on authority which is entitled to tho very highest respect, and English authority too, that the understanding between Austria and England is much more intimate and friendly than is generally supposed, and than the recent state of their relations would cause to be expected. Indeed it is said that their communica tions have lately assumed such a very cordial character as to cause some little disquietude to the Emperor of the French. • He has hitherto striven hard to gain the good graces of Austria, and has succeeded to a great extent. Hi 3 alliance with her increased his power and prestige in Europe, and the idea of seeing himself supplanted by England is naturally not palatable to him. A Trieste despatch gives bad news from the Asiatic provinces of Asia. The Russians were only at three hours' march from Erzeroum, The despatch mentions a report that the Allies were to evacuate the Crimea, with the exception of Kamiesch and Balaklava, and that the English -were to march against Tiflis, and the Sardinians to join the Turks at Erzeroum. As to the French, nothing is said of them. .This report, however, merits no credit, for the Council of War now assembled at the Tuileries can alone decide what the plans of the new campaign are to be. The despatch further says that Omer Pacha was to leave for England, but this is either a mistake or an absurdity A Berlin despatch tells us that a sort of Congress the petty princes of the Confederation is about be held in that city, and that the Prince Regent Baden and the Grand Duke of Weimar had eady arrived to take part in it. diers are to be seen everywhere with their English medals on t the Ens iish Embassy last night, the distribution of the ery brilliant, on( n, did ball v Lady Aimmatemree.7- - , TIIE RUGELEY POISONING CASES. THE CHARGE AGAINST THE POST-MASTER-- HIS COMMITTAL FOR TRIAL PROM OUR 017 N REPORTER • RUGELEY, THURSDAY. The adjourned investigation into the charge; preferred against Mr. Samuel Cheshire, the post-master of Rugeley , for opening a letter respecting the results of the analysis of the stomach and intestines of the late Mr. John Parsons Cooke, written by Professor Taylor to Mr. Gardener , solicitor, of Rugeley, and making the same known to William Palmer, was resumed this afternoon, at the Talbot-hotel, Rugeley, before the county magistrates—. Dr. Harwood presiding. The room was much crowded during the proceedings. Mr. Phillips, solicitor to the post-office, was again in attendance, to conduct the case on the part of the post- master-general, tt The facts of the case, and the admission of the accused at the'former hearing, to the extent that he found the letter lying open in the post-office, and after looking into the letter, communicated its contents to Palmer, have already appeared in the papers, and the case had been mainly adjourned for the purpose of the examination of Mr. Ward, the coroner, to whom Palmer communicated Dr. Taylor's letter after receiving its contents from Mr. Cheshire. The attendance of Mr. Ward had also been requested by the bench, in consequence of the evidence given by George Bates at the first hearing on Thursday last, and from which it has been inferred that Palmer endeavoured to tamper with the coroner with reference to the inquest on the body of Mr. Cooke. At the commencement of the proceedings, Dr. Harwood, the Chairman, said : Our meeting here to-day is chiefly to obtain evidence from the coroner re. specting two letters which he is said to have received from William Palmer on the Bth and 13th of December respee' tively. I believe he has been summoned—Does 1 10 appear ? Mr. Bergen, superintendent of the Rugeley police: ,No; he states that he has inquests to attend, and has sent a letter. 4 Ellis Crisp, inspector of police at Rugeley, was then examined : He said that on Friday last, the 11th of Jane' ary, he served the coroner, Mr. Wm. Webb Ward, with a summons to:appear here to-day, and produce two letters named on the face of the summons. lie said, " Ireri well." Thomas Addison, clerk to Mr. Ward, the coroner, Wa g next calkd, and said he resided with Mr. Ward. 'TO morning Mr. Ward gave him two letters, and desired hi' to give them to the magistrates. lie said to witness that he could not attend, in consequence of having an inques t to attend to-day at Copend. One of the letters given me by Mr. Ward to deliver to the magistrates is directed to the magistrates, and is as follows : Stafford, January 17, 1856- Gentlemen,—l send you the letter I received from Mites; I have none other, nor can I give ant evidence against Cheshire ; if you wish to examine me oil sny question relat" ing to William Palmer, would it not be well to do so after the enquiry is concluded now pending on the body of Walter Palmer? I must apologize for my non-attendance to day, as inquests require my presence elQewhere.—l am, yours obediently, WILLIAM WEBB WARD. , To the magistrates sitting ae the Post-office Enquiry, at liugeley. The other letter was directed to William Webb Ward, Fan_ Dr. Harland read the letter, as follows, remarking that there was no date to it : My dear sim,— I am sorry to tell you that I am Oi l/ _confined to my bed ; I do not thtnk it was mentioned at the , inquest, y es t er d ay, that Cook was taken ill on 'Sunday and Mondafnight, in the same way as he was on theVoesdai night when he died; the chambermaid at the Crown Hot e l' Master's, can prove this; I also believe that a Tr"" by the name of Fisher is coming to prove that he received money at Shrewsbury ; n 0 here, he could only pay Smith £lO out of £4l 1 owed him. H a d y ou not better Smith t o p rove this? And again, whatever Professor- Taylor may say to- mo rroscf be wrote from London last Tuesday night to Gardener to sag' 'We have this d a y fi n i shed our analysis, and can find ~ traces of either strychnia, prussic acid, or opium.' , W 11 9: can beat this f rom a man li ke Taylor, if he says what het"'t" already said, and Dr. Harland's evidence Mind you, knc it in black and white, what Taylor sa id t .t o Ga , , 1 is strictly p r i vate and con*lential, but is t Ar regards his betting I know nothing. of it, is of ro good to any one. I hope the verdict to-mor •o will be that he died of natural causes, and end it. 1. vet Ward ? WM. P. Dr. Harwood: I believe there was another letter demanded in the summon said to have been sent by Palmer, end received by the coroner from Bates, on the 13th of anon' ber, and bearing upon this question, which has not bell Mr. Phillips: Have you brought any other letter froragr Witness : No; Mr. Ward denies positively have, any other letter from Bates than the one he has sent George Bates was then re-called and repeated the statement made in his former examination. He distinctli swore to delive r i ng a l etter from Palmer to Mr. Ward, 011 the Sth of Deeembep at the Dolphin, on the same day SS he took him the game from Palmer, and also to delivering a second letter from Palmer to Mr. Ward, on the lath of December; he met Mr. Ward coming from the railwel station at Stafford, between the station and the Junction Hotel, and it was there he gave him the letter. Mr. Frantz, a dealer in game, at Stafford, deposed to tha last witness, Bates, c o mi ng to ' hi s shop on the Bth of December, and giving him a letter from Mr. Palmer; the letter contained an order for some game ; he supplied OW game, with the excep ti on of one pheasant, and, by th direction of the last wit ness , sent them to the Junction Hotel. M r . P a l mer stated in the letter that they were t present for L on d on ; they were booked to Mr. Palmer, 11061 were not yet paid for. g received again t called,reht edirection, aid he received ved redirectedth e gam i :: 1 the t Mr.G Junction Be d, a Hotel,l t r s o q uested by Mr. P a l mer. Dr. Ha rwoo d sa id i t would now become the duty Of the bench to commit the prisoner for trial at the assizes, to Staff9rd gaol, on a charge of misclemeanour, for opening letter passing through his hands as postmaster of Rogerar atd they now gave him an opportunity of saying anything he liked in his own defence. After being cautioned. The prisoner said : I do not think I have any nnswer to the charge. I have admitted that I opened the letter. /in" the letter never left the office, and was never out of th e , offiee at all, but l oo k e d up in Mr. Gardener's bag. I do net think I have anything further to state beyond what I have already stated, unless I have a copy of the depositions. Dr. Harwood : There is your own deposition, in which you admit opening the letter. At the prisoner's own request, the deposition made by himself was here read. Dr. Harwood : Do you admit the truth of the delia" sitinn ? The prisoner: I do, but I hare proof that the letter n evef left the office, but was despatched to Mr. Gardaner at °Mock in the morning. The prisoner was then full committed for trial, but wag admitted to b a il, hi mself in £lOO, and two sureties of ,Siu CORONER'S INQUE STS. — Yestesclay the Coroner held O' g , following inquests :—On the body of a child, named Howe ], Howell, aged five years, who resided with his parents o , t , No. 23, Cli ve - street. On Monday the child pulled a not r Verdict accidental death tne effects of The ninthnr of peace bewilderm =wit will, t,h 1 the dangers of disap e, develops themselves with 'eller in another court ,) L. , . sue r rent AT er L J snw steamaime lit, wt BRALTAL-H Sentinelle. St. ,George, CA T 1 &c., for Liver 31. S. Prometheus, ~LM.S land the French pre preclude a -Mali ment of the D GORTSCHA lIOFF ne!e from comma n d of the Russian t Crimea, rom and ttle General Luders, hitherto comman d er o f th e army in the. South, is a ppointed in his stead. i ;;;;gu a K r o n t i t y is in re t m he oN re(t Prince Paskiewitch,Field-marsharof the Russian armies, authorised At. de Foulon, to conjure, in his name, the Russian Cabinet to accept the proposals for peace. of Bridge he Bridg hod of cor p stone found in Nurt the women of the distr hefuture evening. •.,.. in the enrtoh eodflotutehbre: r, secretary to the Archmqlogicai Le secretary mentioned that the read the second Ttei,heeen paperi Rnge gentleman v w.axiv,s w ho orau. tl mdpworbaeoessreent forthcoming a r ite e nhn a c d oppmra t oir h nci the gl principal proceeded dnut t ao part of a paper by John Hodgson Hinds, Esq., on the history of the western portion of the kingdom of Northum berland, down to the time of the 'tonna' conquest., a Massy, Of Ch at city • • j uruni at tne time of th e acc i dent, and was severeiT .sured by the jury. —On the body of William Radford. Ito resided at No. 1 Court, Cr owe -street, and who die mddenly on' Wednesday evening, after taking his tea° Verdict, died by the visitation of God. --On the body ° Edward Smith, who resided at No. 6 Court. Graysou_ s treet. old, and was formerly tl Ile went out y ester d ay morning ° k ' early died bho ur, fell in t h e yar d , and died of apoplexy rdict,y the visitation of God. THE eAsE of Tule Putn NEZ.--The dispute betwee_il ilessrs. Bramley.llloore and Co. an d t h e Receiver of proitN with regard to fees charged in respect to the salvage of ° anchor, dropped from the Pied Nez, has bePa ated by the Boa r d o f T rade having directed 0° rto return the a moun t. T he case had excited much : to not from its int r i ns i c importance, but from '` being considered t o a ff or d a means of testing a ge nera principle. In thei r rep l y to the Board of Trade, ackno v ..; 'edging the award, Messrs. Bramley-Moore and Co. state tt to be matter of notoriety, that a systematic plan of Ow l ; Bering ships is c arr i e d on i n the river Mersey ; that it is ° uncommon thing fo r t h e b uoys of anchors to be cut awsl; in order that the anch ors may be afterwards picked uP salvage; and that, in their opinion, the fees claimable such cases operate to prevent the system from being vigor ously put down, The deceased was (arty x year: Very 1 Irtterest 1 and