The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-01-11 00:00:00

.ofigfftrA Commercial Salts. THIS DAY. Tars DAY, the 11th Instant. at Twelva o'clock, at the Brokers' office, 1310 Bales JUTE, how landing ex Harold, west side Prince's Dock.—Apply to Messrs Thomas and John Brocklebank, Merchants, or to T. & H, LITTLEDALE & CO., Brokers. Tuts DAY, at the Brokers' office, 13, Exchange-buildings, 496 Bales JUTE, natant. now landing, ex Chariot of Fame, emit]; end Waterloo Dock.— Apply to T. & H. LITTLEDALE & CO., Brokers. On account of whom it may concern. Taxa Da.i. the 11th instant, at Half-past One o'clock, at the Brokers' office, 10, Brunswick-street, About 750 Barrels FLOUR, .. 20 00 Bushels WHEAT, saved rom the wreck of the ship Constitution, and now lying at the wreck sheds, north-west side Princes Dock.—Apply to WILLIAM PARKE, Broker. T 0-M 0 R R 0 W. On account of whom it may concern TOMORROW, the 12th instant. 2 Casks FLAG ANNATTO, For inspection in Vernon-street —Apply to ALEX. S. MACRAE, Broker. NEXT WEEK, TUESDAY On TUESDAY next, the 15th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' office, Victoria-bui'dings, Hackin's-hey, 506 Bags RIC 64 Do. SAL' p ~,E TRE, 1 now landing ex Tempest, from Bombay. 400 Do. PEPPER, _ 510 Do. RICE, landing ex 3fagna Charta. from Bombay CORRIE & CO., Brokers.. Apply to On Toast:air next. the 15th instant, at Three o'clock, at Browne. Hunter & Co.'s officL., 2, Dale-st eet, 500 Bales Fast India WOOL. BROWNE, HUNTER 8z CO., Brokers Apply to T H U RSDAY On Tit AY next, the 17th Instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' office, 2, Dale-street, 3 Tons East India IVORY, now landing' ex Tempest.—Apply lo BROWNE, HUNTER & CO., Brokers, On THIIRSDAY next, the 17th irstant, at Twelve o'clock, at Browne, Hunter and Co.'s office, 2, Dale-street, 57 Bundles Blood and Green STONEq, 5 Cases Do. Do. DITTO, 4 Do. GAMBOGE, 187 Bags Yellow SIUSTARDSEED,I. 1200 Do. MYRABOLAMS, 500 Do. NIGERS FD, 500 Do. POPPYSEED, 100 Dc 80 Cas, 1. SALTPETRE, !es CASTOR OIL. BROWNE, HUNTER & CO.. Drokers. App'y to TO TIMBER MERCHANTS, RAILWAY CARRIAGE AND COACH BUILDERS, MACHINE-MAKERS, CABINET . MAKERS. JOINERS, AND SHIP BUILDERS, &c. On Tamest)AT r eat, the 17th ins , ant, at Twelve o'clock, in the Honduras Sheds, Birkenhead, 182 Logs Honduras MAHOGANY. measnrin 89,757 feet, sa`e measure, contai .ing rlch Cabinet, Counter-top, and Table Logs, fine Panel and Machinery Wood, in Logs of the following sizes at itt. just landed ex Ageno.ia. fr m Honduras 1 Log, 45 inches deep. 10 Logs 2 1 .. 35 1 14..25 iq 7 inches deep I .. 34 1 .. 33 5 .. 28 25 .. ender 20 inch Pa. •• 9/1 Logs Honduras MAHOGANY. of good quality and fair a:ze, rangiuz up to 45 feet long, being the cargo just landed ex St. -Croix. 273 Logs Honduras MAHOGANY. ex Atlantic. 50 Do. Do. DITTO, ex Vera. Apply to .1. Carmichael, Esq.. Merchant 633 Planks Rio ROSEWOOD, ex sundry Tease 1910 Do. Bahia DITTO, 338 Do. ZEBRA[ 00D. 3oxes MAPLE VENI & SLAT, R ex sundrq vessels TO Vater•street, I fiber Measurers and Brokers, , g-street, Birkenhead VINEGAR. PICKLES _ _ Prepared ex Always on Sale, b: en halt. TO EXPORTERS L,ES, JAMS, &c., resaly for Exportation, SAUC EVERY & C0.,.35, South John-street, CHEESE FOR EXPORT. NORTH WILTSHIRE, TRUC EC LE, and Other CHEESE, in Stock, and carefully packed. Apply to CLIBRORN di THOMAS, 35, North John-street, FOB. SALE, BY AUCTION, on Thursday next, the 17th inst., at Three o'clock, at the Brokers' saleroom, 5, Yor-buildings, Dale-street, the fin • - t 7 Barque BLACK SWAN ; about 4 0 tons 0 ‘l.. 306 . . ;th, 115 feet, breadth, 25 feet ,t New Gla=gow, Nova Scotia in has nelive. ed 680 r4ns coals in iyea• s' clssiricatio Nova Sco with clean swept T k elecn Ste , enabling her t 4-lOthi 1854, Boston, and fretur s we'.l low rther the ground: 1 er cabins are finished, and she Lying in Stanley Dock,—For inyen.orif-a and , particulars manly to CUNARD. ER N.TT, and AUST EN, 5, York-buildings ; and 110, Leadenhlll-stre2t I ondon. TO THE NORTHER. THE ANNUAL S U 133 MUFTI° N DAILY TIMES is TWO GUINEAS m ANNUM EVENING EDITION air An Evening Edition of the NORTHERN DAILY TIIIES is now Published every Afternoon, at Three o'clock, containing the Markets, together with all Me News of Me Day, up to th our of going to Press, brAttni /MN Cnuts FRIDAY, JANUARY 11, 1856 DIPLONACY has enjoyed rather a merry Christmas and happy New Year, if agreeable anticipations and a determination to do good have anything at all to say to human enjoyment. It requires, however, to be a diplomatist, and one of a vulgar or past age, to participate in such revels as the " peace negociations " concocted by Austrian statesmen. If Russia had really desired peace she might have obtained it in the spring of last year, and on terms which the Constitutional party of Europe considered anything but honourable or evenhanded. She determinedly refused those terms, and continued the war with redoubled vigour. She desired no peace, and only sought by conferences to gain time to deepen her plots and fortify her position. In a word, despotism entertains a long cherished belief that it can set Constitutional Europe at defiance, and that its signal triumph over all we delight to call civiliza tion is but a question of time. Absolutists have THE commercial intelligence from America, published in the NORTHERN DAILY TIMES of Wednesday, contained a mass of statistics which cannot be too carefully reviewed by the manufac turing and trading community of the North. In our race after prosperity we have little to hope for from poor governments or exhausted nations. Where peace and plenty reign, there commerce must seek its abode, and human industry and enterprise their honest reward. We can only draw driblets of supplies from peoples pining under the burthens of intolerance, impoverished by iron rule, or wallowing in the sloughs of despotism: We, therefore, turn with increased delight, as we cross the threshold of every new year, to the progress made by those enlightened nations whose freedom has won for them that prosperity which imparts stability to their own existence, and diffuses its innumerable blessings throughout those countries which enjoy their friendship and specially for their'work, I constant intercourse no confidence in our institutions. They cannot persuade themselves that a free nation can resist the inroad of that strength which a military despotism can send into the field. They admit the superiority of our civil polity, and admire the extraordinary social condition we have attained but they upon the history of our progress and nething by far too ephe- peace as meratto stand the t -3 and the convulsive .e have to shocks of war. These are th it, and the errors we have t Nations who make themselves soldiers can onl , exist by triumphs, and must, therefore, plunge into, to all the risks of, war. Their mental and its them To America the manufac turing districts of England must ever look for trade and profit ; and to us the States must in their turn coma with their produce, and for their supplies. submit to its scourges as a ion of thin, s. Russia is one of Such compulsory obligations have not their origin in chance. Man's industry requires room, and the accumulated millions on small islands, spread over continents in obedience to a great natural necessity. And hence the circles of demand and supply are' widened ; and, when rational freedom and civilisation accompany the exodus of man, the glorious triumphs we now witness over the poverty of what is called over population in old countries, and the inexhaustible resources of the sNilderness in America and England, is the consummation of the original design. From the day on which the PILGRIM FATHERS landed on the inhospitable shores of America up to the present hour, the States and transitorius or favorable to Russia at a Is it I: y math fiVitittitt4 Wit* tiMboottlitiii 4 ool4 l ittittikit o lANtAtit ii balanced; and from this day both may be said to be starting afresh on a new cycle of greatness and And two such rivals, so full of energy, genius, enterprise, and a determination to conquer all that stands in the way of their further progress in the arts, sciences, and dominion, never before appeared on the world's stage. Other nations may join in their rivalry, but none appear to possess the peculiar aptitude required for the difficulties of the race, or the enjoyment of winning the prize. All nations would share the profits of incessant commercial toil, but few have the relish for the unceasing labour, immense risks, and racking anxieties of a trading life, and an endless round of commercial adventure. We must, therefore, look to America at once as our great friend and competitor ; and, while she mingles friendship with her rivalry, there is nothing to prevent, at the end of the next three. quarters of a century, that glorious spectacle of success which has marked the career of the two countries for the last seventy-five years. We cannot turn to our bullion statistics, with any degree of satisfaction. They are too much mystified for practical purposes, and can only be dealt with by theorists who can draw inferences from darkness, and evanescent assurances to sustain their own particular crotchets. OIV Banks make one set of " returns" to Parliament and another to the public. We have, however, in America another people, and can get a more distinct view of their bullion operations and general monetary condition. And what do we find ? By the bullion returns we published on Wednesday, it will be seen the gold fields of California produced, from their discovery up to the 24th of December last, little short of 82,500,0001. The States have also imported, from foreign countries, something over 7,500,0001., making a total of about 90,000,0001. ; of which quantity they exported, up to the 31st of Decem_ ber, 1855, about 46,500,0001., leaving in their Banks and circulation, 43,500,0001., being upwards of 27,000,0001. more than they had for all pur- poses in 1818. That this enormous production of gold—brought to market at a nominal price, first flowing iato their banks, and giving life and stability to their trade, then leaving their shores for materials to enrich them in railways and other internal improvements, fructifying as it passes from hand to hand in the great circle of commerce—must inevitably make them a most powerful nation . But England has her gold fields ; and although we cannot, at this moment, give the same straight forward account of what becomes of our bullion , still we will not be left far behind the States in command of metallic treasure. Where they lead we can follow; and it would be hard for ono to shake off the other in this world's social progress. The accounts received from the States with regard to the sugar crop aro, on the other hand, most discouraging. The demand for sugar, taking into account the world's consumption, keeps rather in advance of supply, and when it is broadly announced that the deficiency in the American sugar crop has been variously estimated at from 60,000 to 90,000 hogsheads, it becomes a very serious matter, as it would be impossible to withdraw the least of those quantities from the established sources of supply without causing an almost universal derangement in the markets for that staple. America will feel this as much as we shall, and unless the cheap sugars of Siam be brought to onr rescue, the pressure on this commodity will be almost universal and excessive. The tabular statement of the American sugar crop, which we gave on Wednesday, shows that the production of the present year will be con siderably less than that obtained since 1851 ; and we cannot, therefore, rely on receiving any large supplies from that quarter. We make these remarks in order that some of our Legislators may turn their attention to the subject, and may be prepared to resist any attempt to advance the duty on this favourite article of taxation, and that the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER may have timely notice that the price of sugar may possibly rise 50 per cent- above the maximum on which he based his calculations when reimposing duties on that commodity in the last Session of Parliament. MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL. LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY EVENING. There has been no change in the Cotton Market today, and the sales only amount to 6000 bales, inclusive of 1000 taken for speculation and export. An unusual amount of attention being at present drawn to the receipts of cotton at the southern ports of the United States, we have drawn out a comparative statement, date for date, at each port, showing at a glance, the increase and decrease this year as compared with the year 1852-53. 1852.53. 1855-56. Increase, Decrease. New Orleans .... 739,128. , 667,751... ..82,377 Mobile Florida Texas ...... ... 19,252.. 24,749... 5,497... Savanna Charleston Other Ports 11,342.. 7,651.. .. 3,691 1,262,828 _1,252,505..76,372 86,635 76,372 Actual Decrease.... ~ ..10,263 This statement is from the different prices cur rent of corresponding dates each year, and the contrast is a most remarkable one. This year, it was reported that a very large surplus of the last year's crop was left in the interior, and that the new crop was unusally large ; yet, with all, we find that, although the western rivers have been in good boating order nearly all the season, the receipts are actually 82,377 bales less than in 1852-53. In 'A.Tobile, the rivers have been up earlier, yet the receipts are not equal to 1852-53 The only excess of receipts being in the Atlantic seaboard, where the railway communication with the interior has more than doubled in extent since 1852, and the facilities of getting the crop to mar ket, increased in proportion. From these facts, we would ask whether it is not natural to come to the conclusion, that the large estimates made" of the probable receipts of 185:5-56, have been exag gerated, and that we shall, ere long, find that the present expectation of large receipts will be disap pointed. We may notice that the receipts for the first eleven weeks of 1853, average 118,000 bales per week. The following is a list of vessels now at sea, cleared per New York list of 26th December, received per Baltic : NEW ORLEANS. 2 38 2 0 4 5 L. G. SAVANNAH Irne t C a o ......... . . 3 280 03 Eliza Bonsall Milton 7/ J. P. Harward 2llO Charter Oak Arkwright 3990 Normandy . 4325 Ashland Arabia Heber John Cottle .. 4828 CHARLESTON. St. Louis Shakspeare Dorcas Prince Caravan Richard Anderson Plymouth Rock Monmouth Magistrate . Wellfieet Westmoreland Alfred Storer Carlyle Clara L. Preble 1125 Ben Bolt Windermere Ashburton l6OB Nich. Riddle ..... MOBILE. Governor Langdon Portland NEW YORK. J. Thompson Arctic .... tlarvest Queen Driver 18,083 71,785jSavannah Char:eston . 3400 New York , 2022 TOTALS. 1134 2695 1588 1992 2303 646 1017 869 71,785 . , 18,083 .. 9,712 .. 3,352 X 664 4 quarter. During the continuance of the present easterly winds, however, no Australian arrivals will probably take place. At Paris to-day the Three per Cent. Rentes closed much the same as yester day, while the Four-and-a-Half per Cents. were rather better. The Railway Share Market to-day was stronger, although business remains very stagnant. The following were the latest quotations : Caledonian, 531 541. Eastern Counties, 81 East Lancashire, 69 70. Great Northern, 87g 88. Ditto A, 72 73. Great Western, 511 52k. Lancashire and Yorkshire, 751-, Leeds Northern, 12k. London and North Western, 932 931. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 23 23k. Midland Stock, 621-,; 63 7 1. North British, 28g 29. South Eastern and Dover, 561 57. York,. Newcastle and Berwick,. 66g 67g. York and North Midland, 442 45. The following are the traffic returns for the past week : ---- ENGLISH LINES. . Bristol and Exeter Blyth and Tyne . .... 591 Cheshire Junction Chester and Holyhead Deeside Great Western Great Northern Kendal and Windermere Lancashire and Yorkshire ... 20,669 London and South Western ...... 12,390 London and North Western.. .. 51,393 London and Brighton .. Manchester and S. Junction .... .. 746 Midland Newport, Abergavenny, &c. Oxford, Worcester, &c Shrewsbury and Hereford l,llB South Eastern . . South Devon ..... „. Shropshire Union .. ....... Taff Vale Wes., Cornwall West Hartlepool . 2,515 Whitehaven Junction Whitehaven and Furness 229 IRISH LINES. Belfast and Ballymena . 862 Cork and Blackrock Dublin and Wicklow 305 Waterford and Limerick SCOTCH LINES. Aberdeen Caledonian Dundee and Arbroath .. Edinburgh and Glasgow.. ...... Edinbu-gh, Perth, and Dundee 3.405 Glasgow and South Western 7,253 Great North of Scotland Scottish Central FOREIGN AND COLONIAL Great Luxembourg Dutch Rhenish Grand Trunk of Canada Antwerp and Rotterdam Liege and Turnhout ... 302 1,912 ... 4,468 ... 547 ... 112 Corresponding week last year. ▪ £ 4,610 • . 671 1 993 3,600 172 • • • .... 19,874 ... 18,716 138 19,205 11,436 46,173 10,171 708 23,899 541 2,755 1,056 17.291 2,126 798 LATES INTELLIGENC SECOND EDITION. RUSSIA. A despatch from Berlin states that Count Nes selrode has confidentially declared to M. de See bach, that, in his opinion, Russia had adopted, in the declaration of the 22d December, the furthest concession that she could make. THE FRENCH FUNDS. 5,4221 This afternoon, Messrs. Robert A- Munn and Co offered for sale by auction, at their offices, 3, York buildings, Dale-street, five vessels, in the aggre gate 5,273 tons. Of these two were sold—the Mount Lilac, a very fine new Quebec-built ship, 1,346 tons, of seven years class, which was knocked down, after a spirited competition, at 7/. ss. per ton nett cash ; and the City of Toronto, 835 tons old imeasurement, sold at £5,800. She is also a fine new ship, built at Toronto, on Lake Onta rio, and for seven years class. The Tehernaya, 1,326 tons ; Inkerman, 063 tons ; and Acadia, 803 tons, were withdrawn, but we believe prices will be civet) closely approximating to those previously demanded. We understand these gentlemen sold by private sale a new Miramichi ship of seven years class, of 960 tons, at 7/. 18s. per ton old men surement. It is gratifying to find this important interest is in such a healthy state, indicating as it does that an active spring trade may be looked forward to. In addition to the above sale, we believe Messrs. Curry and Co , and Messrs. Cunard, Brett, and Co , had auctions, but we have not been favoured with the results. The Liverpool Share Market opened with a dull tone, and continued flat until towards the close, when the improvement in Consols caused an advance of 1 to 1 per cent. in the heavy stocks, leaving off about the best :—Aberdeen, 11 111. Chester and Birkenhead, 13 13k. Caledonian, 27 271. Chester and Holyhead, 111 111. Eastern Coun ties, 88, Si. East ;Lancashire, 17 5-16, 17-4. Great Northern, 211 22k. Ditto A, 9 91. Great Western, 511 521. Lancashire and Yorkshire Stock, 761 761. Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport, 134. 14. Lon don and North Western Stock, 931 931. Manches ter, Sheffield and Lincoln, 231 231. Ditto Prefer ence,7-10 ap. We read in the Gazette de Lyon:—"A merchant in our 131 13i. Ditto New 6 per cent Pref., Midland Stock, 621 631. North British, 71 71. c city has, in a concert o r with m i e several cii North Staffordshire, 81 81d. South Eastern, pally consist of second hand furniture, kitchen utensils, 16 14-16, 17 1-16. York, Newcastle, and Berwick, mattresses, and a very large quantity of second-hand 164 16L York and North Midland, 221 22f,. Dutch coats put into good repair. More than 1000 quintals of Rhenish, 13-16 11-16 d. Great Western of Canada, hams, sausages, &c., will be carried out by the same 241 241. Ditto New Shares, 21 21p. Great vessel. Luxembourg, 101 10d. PAYMENT or DIVIDENDS.—A resolution was passed by In the Manchester Market to-day there has been the Manchester Town-council on Wednesday, on the motion less demand for both good s an d yarn , b ut prices of Mr. Alde rman B arnes , secon d e d b y M r. Alderman Hey have shown no important c h ange . wood, to th e e ff ec t th a t a grea t pu bli c as well as private advantage would be secared if th e p r i v il ege were granted of Telegraphic despatches f rom M a d r id ment i on that the Cortes had throw n ou t th e transferring Government Secu r iti es , an d rece i v i ng the petition from dividends thereon in that city, and in all other towns in the City of Saragossa, relative to the reduction of which a branch of the Bank of England has been esta the budget. Also, that the committee appointed blished ; and it was determined to memorialise the govern by the Spanish capitalists to demand the estab- ment on the subject. lishment of a new Bank of Credit, purely national, THE RUSSIANS AND THEIR CZAR.—There is a great had drawn up their draft of the proposed society, abatement of the gross personal worship with which he and presented it to the Cort es . was once treated. A very old inhabit an t o f St. P eters- An indemnity has been a ccor d e d to M. Chede burg rel a t e d t o me th a t, i n hi s you th, the common people went down on their knees and crossed themselves at the villa, by the United States government, as owner approach of the Czar; but that he had lived to sees of the ship Abeille, for the goods which had been great change, when the majestic figure of Nicholas failed 3r and ee t b h d a e t n ,o m p a e n tn y seized by the Customs at San Francisco, under an to commana a greater homage than a respectful obeisance error of the officers of that department. The aml the sign omitted hlet the ERGEANT.—Li, utenant p Berry, amount of this indemnity has been transmitted by lattera, o G f :N o Ni f e o I I i t l e h E r e y a t ß 7O r y n o A ss s ' the secretary for the foreign department to the who is at the head of the recruiting staff in Preston, is iaxTOß a T sri l k N French Bank of Deposit at Paris, which is directed now engaged in investigating a charge of extorting money, to pay the same into the hands of the parties brought against Sergeant Jean of the 63rd Regiment. The entitl6d to it. sergeant had spent the evening at a public-house with Mr. The English Fu n d s s h eave d renewe d heaviness teinaZidnsthna'ta pawnbroker, and calling th e nex t day re the this morning, pending the d e lib era ti ons o f the pawnbroker the pawnbroker h a d en li s t e d, on which p gave a sovereign for the sake of a compro weekly Board at the Bank, but the market sub- mise. The sergeant, who is an old soldier, will probably sequently became firmer in character assisted by be discharged without pension. the announcement that the Directors had separated . The Malta Times contains an account of an examination without making any change in the rate of discount. a a t nd th co e m e T t it ie lf a o l r trial of thee officers for misconduct Rumours that Russia, although rejecting the They are Lieut. Robert Hodson an Royal IC hArriirle a r s y D a a n y ci Austrian proposals for peace, may, perhaps, put Lieut. Alex. Nixon Montgomery, 7th Royal Fusiliers', and forward counter-propositions, also stimulated the they are charged with resisting the police in the oxecu recovery. Prices finally closed at the best point tion of their duty, ani with having threatened of the day, and fully i per cent. higher than the the e olice with loaded fir e - arms . D uring t h e hearing o yesterday, namely, at 861 to 868. The balance of I have ase been attended e of violence w vteoroylt serious I!ace, conse quences. might opinion, it is evident, points strongly to a conti- Some sixty or seventy soldiers rushed into nuance of the wa r , and thu s th e late reduction in the corridor of the Palace of Justice, upsetting the con the price of Consols may be regarded as partly stable on duty, it is supposed with a view to rescuing the caused by the preparations for the reception prisoners, The iron gate leading to the Courts was of the anticipated Government Loan. Mean- Court n t e ls closed, before le the rus soldiersou t could Baia an while, the immediate necessities of the Treasury are Courts, e and joining pe t o h p emselves to the few policemen met by the proceeds of the continued sale of stock. present, the soldiers became alarmed and retreated, If Government sells Savings Bank stock they striking, as they retired, right and left with their belts must replace it with other national securities, and and sticks. , A fight ensued, but fortunately no heads the general effect of the operation varies little from were broken. lee THE GERMAN LeoroN.—The German Legion at . /Kulu , that which would attend a new Loan, although the thanks to the care of Brimad'er-General Woolrulge, are announcement of the latter may be, by these means, getting on remarkably well', scar ely , ase of drunkenness temporarily postponed. It is computed that or punishment required, and se c areel a y' n ever a man absent upwa r d s o f a million of stock has already been from parade. Christmas-eve, a day perhaps more generally thrown upon the market from this source. The kept in Ge rmany t h an i n E ng l an d, was k e pt lik e whe by , Money M ar ket to-day was easier, a more liberal 1 the German Legion. The few men still remaining in the supply being induced by the release of the di v i- b arrac k hospital had a Christmas tree arranged for them dends, We may repeat, however, that an unfa- by Dr. Pincopp and his lady, while their comrades at Ku rourable anticipation prevails as regards the next lulee kept the day on a larger scale. They decorated their two or three returns of the Bank. Of the specie barracks with evergreens, illuminated them most tastefully, freight of the steamer Tyne, no less than about and mnamented t e t e hem Ge with neral elegant iveeiiid t e r a w ns e p s a t r h enci . es and 5 45,200/. was in dollars. The bulk of this large . , appro pria t e ber t appeared ps was received by the g men with cheers snpnly, we learn, has been purchased for account and when Sergeant-Major stepped forw d d ; apps se . ar an made an of the Bank of France. this feet furnishes priate speech, expressing in the name of his comrades additional eYidencP of the continued severity of the gratitude they felt for the kind feelings expressed in the the d ra in upon the stock of specie held by that General's order of the day, ending with a promise to endure, establishment. The Gold, ea.. the Tyne, ameunting with pleasure and perseverance, the hardships which they to abo u t 60,0001. has also been absorbed by the may he called upon to endure during the ensuing campaign, continental demand. Any fresh imports of under the auspices of the General. their leader and friend, the precious metal that may reach this and shouts of " God save our Queen." Letter from country are expected to be taken for the same Constantinople. PARIS, THURSDAY EVENING The French Funds closed this day at the following prices :—Four and a Half per Cents, 91f. 30c. ; Three per Cents, 02f. 95c. REPORTED LOSS OF HER MAJESTY'S SHIP ROYAL ALBERT For the last few days reports have been current to the effect that the fine screw three-decker Royal Albert had either been lost or seriously damaged, and Sir Edmund Lyons has been given as the authority for such rumour. Now, we believe that the gallant admiral did receive, since his arrival in England, some report from Captain Mends, stating that a screw was loose (we must be excused the pun), but that all would be shortly right again.— Standard. The steamer Ebl.ana, running between this port and Dublin, at six o'clock yesterday morning, while rounding the east pier of Kingston-harbour, came in contact with a trawler (No. 45) which sunk. The crew, however, were saved, and brought in by the steamer. EASTERN COUNTIES.—A special meeting of this company is appointed to be held on the 25th inst., for the purpose of taking into consideration the general position of the board of directors and the state of the company's affairs, and of adopting such measures and resolutions as may be deemed necessary for the due and proper administration of the affairs of the company. astituted ; and fully two-thirds e entertain precisely similar And, until France and y make up their minds to clear ad delusion, and to show of the West is not purely no peace more durable ian that rejected by in April of 1855 nna at a power, who has ,ts and heavy sacri- lanev in Eastern Et the GREAT pam ticular )n and subjugation of the likely to abandon his "At a distance of 150 years,'' this country have been the source of mutual he pamphlet of which it was profit to each other, until now we find their @ON was the Author," the respective populations and wealth are pretty equally general training f and makes them Turki tradit says tt said the Empe he will of 1 save in mere " ideas of PETER the GREAT hare found before " them a regenerated Europe, drawing after it " already the Eastern world into its principles "of order, justice, and tolerance, by the sole " attraction of the wonders of civilisation, and raising aloft the Cross in the metropolis of '' Islamism. The will of PETER the GREAT was " from that moment accomplished." Our Author is somewhat precipitate here. The " idea" of PETER was, first to take possession of Constan tinople, and to inoorporate the whole of the Turkish territories with the already overgrown Russian Empire. And, although civilisation outrun the " ideas" of those days, Russia is, nevertheless, resolved to carry out her policy in Eastern Europe at any cost. If we could discover less depth in her designs, and were in doubt as to the magnitude and the reality of her intentions, we might be disposed to believe that she would be glad to accept peace on any terms short of the bitterest degradation. But, the moment has arrived when the will of PETER must be accomplished, or for ever aban doned The Cross has been raised in the Capital of the false prophet, and with the fall of Islamism the long cherished hopes of the CZAR must be for ever laid aside. The struggle has not, how ever, assumed, as yet, the character of a dying effort on the part of Russia. We view her power and general resources through precisely the same medium through which she sees the strength and stability of Western Europe. And, with all these errors, blunders, and dangerous hypotheses running through political and diplomatic minds, we must expect to hear a good deal more than we have already of Con gresses of Crowned heads, peace conferences, and mercy knows what besides. But, setting apart all the groping, grovelling, and diplomatic specula tion of the day, let us make Russia's case our own. Let us suppose that we had on the frontier of our Eastern possessions a troublesome neigh bour, we had resolved to subdue; or a valuable expanse of territory which we had determined to subjugate and annex to our Indian Empire, and that Russia, or any other European State, ventured to interfere in the contest, should we abandon our fixed purpose, and the even tenor of our way, because we had to make war upon one, two, or three Powers, who had thought proper to take up the quarrel? We think not. The course we should pursue would be to throw all our strength into the contest, and resist all conditions of peace until we were :fairly overpowered. This is exactly what Russia has done and will continue to do. Therefore, we must overpower her precisely as she would prostrate us. In the spring, the CZAR will t e ll us i n very intelligible language what he h as ga i ne d b y di plo. matic pauses in war, and t r ifli ng w ith peace negociations. The fall of Sebastopol gained him a loan of 7,500,0001. from Holland, and six months inaction in the Crimea will enable him to over whelm his enemies in the East in the ensuing spring ; and, should diplomacy fail in everything else, its triumph in these two respects will long be spoken of with exultation by Russia, and chaunted with delight by those who sympathise with her cause. Meanwhile, we are informed by our Paris correspondent, that there was great indignation felt at Constantinople against OMER PACHA for not having relieved Kars, and that there was a talk of sending that hero before a court martial, and confiscating his property ! This reads very liko a grand climax of intrigue. OMER PACHA is the only chief upon whose honour, energy, and genius, the Turkish nation can rely. To remove him from his command, an d open l y rob him of his property, would, indeed, be Russian gratitude and sound Muscovite policy. OMER PACHA will have nothing to fear, however, from a court martial composed of anything beyond Russian emissaries, and Turkish ribalds, maddened at his brilliant career. OMER did all that any general could do to relieve a besieged fortress. He selected Redout Kaleh as a place of debarca tion, as from that point he was enabled to march against the enemy's reserves, outflank MOURAVIEFF on his extreme left, and, at the same time, cut off all his communications with Gumri. That he did attack the enemy's reserves, and rout them, and advanced within a few miles of Kutais, and threatened both the flank and rear of the besieging army, is certain. And, if that was not relieving Kars, we do not know what was. Had he marched direct for Kars, he would have left a strong army on the Ingour to have harassed his flank, and presently to have taken up a strong position on his rear, when, indeed, he might have been charged with want of generalship and ordinary military foresight. But, as it is, we hope to hear no more of Oriental scheming, Greek treachery, and Russian intrigue with regard to the conduct of that really great man. His past career gives him an indelible claim on the gratitude of the French and English nations, and his future services may be required when lofty genius, untiring energy, and great military experience, alone can wrest the Ottoman Empire from the grasp of Russia, or an Austrian army of occupation. THE COURT WINDSOR, J&NUARY 9.—Earl and Countess Granville arrived yesterday on a visit to her Majesty. The dinner party included the Duchess of Kent, the Princess Royal, the Count of Flanders, Earl and Countess Granville, the Belgian Minister and Madame Van de Weyer, Lady Fanny Howard, Baroness de Speth, Col. the Hon. J. and Lady Sarah Lindsay, and Captain Burnelle. THS COUNCIL OF WAR IN PARIS.—The steam-ship Vivid arrived at Calais on Wednesday afternoon, having on board his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, Admiral Lyons, and Major-General Airey, en route to Paris, to be present at the Council of War to be held in that capital, on or about the 11th instant. After a short stay of about ten minutes his Royal Highness, and the other distin guished individuals, took their departure for Paris, a special train having been ordered by the Emperor to be in readiness to receive his Royal Highness and his fellow-travellers. A telegraphic despatch has been received announcing the safe arrival of the illustrious party in the French metropolis. On his Royal Highness leaving the railway carriage he entered one of the Imperial carriages that hal been awaiting the arrival of the train, and pro ceeded to the Tuileries, where he was most cordially received by the Emperor and Empress. General La Marmora, and several other members of the council have also arrived in Paris. The gallant general is stopping at Meurice's hotel. THE MANCHESTER TURN-OCT.—A great number of operatives are still on strike at Manchester, but about 100 of Messrs. Birley I; Co.'s workpeople resumed work on Wednesday morning at the reduction. Some few have gone in at other mills on lower terms. The stoppage of a large mill has thrown a considerable number of operatives out of employment. ARRIVAL OF THR PERSIA.—This leviathan of the deep arrived here yesterday forenoon, and is now in the Hus kisson Dock. So much has been already stated of this vessel (reputed now to be the largest steamer in the world), that but little remains to be added. She will, no doubt, even here, where wonderful vessels are the rule, cause much attraction. She has been described by the best judges, as the finest modelled vessel ever built—her appearance being singularly graceful and light. The Persia is the first iron paddle-wheel steamer built for the Cunard line of royal mail boats, and her proportions are as follows :—Length, 390 feet ; in the water, 360 feet. Breadth of the hull, 45 feet; over all, 71 feet. Depth of hold, 32 feet. She is built in the most substantial manner, and is calculated to be very fleet also. She has seven water-tight compartments, and is fitted up in a style equal to her wonderful size. No doubt she will attract thou sands of visitors during her btay in this port. WoonswE FERRY.—The subscribers to the fund for dis tribution amongst the captains and crews of the ferry steamers, will be much pleased to learn that a sum, reaching naarlv £6O, has been collected, and that it was yesterday distributed amongst the men—about forty—at the ferry, by Mr. J. H. Hind, assisted by Mr. 3. M. Hanney, Mr.- M`Gregor Laird, jun., Mr. R. Godwin, and Mr. Reed, the manager; the men receiving from 20s to 35s each, according to the rank and responsibility. Mr. Hind addressed the men before distributing the money, urging upon them to make a good and proper use of the money, and also im rressed upon them that one great object of the subscribers to the fund, was to stimulate them to increased good conduct and steadiness ; for the charge of the captains and crews of the Woodside ferry steamers, in bad and f ogg y wea th er, when so many lives were placed in their hands, was one of very great and serious responsibility. The men all expressed themselves very grateful indeed, for so acceptable a mark of approbation, and promised to endeavour to merit a Ilin tinuance of the good opinion of the public. power. UM*tio_i!'tocka..,t FRANCE (FROM OUR OWN CORRESpONDENT.) PARIS, WEDNESDAY EVENiN - • I am told the reply given by the Russian goi ment, to the propositions of Austria, has air reached the French government, and amounts to what was expected —a virtual 3.e! to accept the said propositions. The precise t 4 of the refusal my informant could not state ; he has reason to believe that they are to the c that the propositions cannot be accepted " in • present form," or something of that kind.. though, however, I mention what has been sai me, as in duty bound, I cannot, at this morn positively assure you that the fact is as stated. I believe I can inform you with confidence the English Government has addressed grave dispatch indeed to Prussia. In it, it dee. that it is she who is mainly responsible for breaking out, and the continuanze, of the war her refusal to act energetically with the Allies, that it is she who has 'caused Europe to be bri up into two camps —one representing civilisat the other barbarianism. She is, moreover, ace . in tolerably plain terms, of paralysing thf3 will of Austria towards the Allies. And sl seriously invited to reflect that a persistence it policy will not only lead to a prolongation of the but it will most likely drag her into it. The I after some complimentary remarks on her mili power, calculated to tickle her pride, hints perhaps, in the event of war, she would no certain to succeed against France, England, Austria ; and it says that even if she should, advantages of her victory would not probabl: of long duration. The note therefore expre the hope that Prussia will reconsider• her po. and will throw the weight of her influence o the side of the Allies. You are aware that amongst the condition which Russia is required to consent, is the ees of a portion of territory, " to secure the naviga of the Danube." This portion is, it appears that lies beyond the mouths of the Dan thereby fixing her frontiers beyond the Sazyk. It is asserted here that it was ErN l which insisted on this condition, and that Fv consented to it with manifest repugnance. slso asserted that it was England which, in of France, insisted that the neutralisation of Black Sea should be interpreted to mean, a wl other things, the destruction of all Russian tresses on its coasts. A despatch of Marshal Pelissier, dated the ult„ gives an account of an attack on a Bus , post near the Cardonne Bell, by a small (lei mont of the troops of General d'Autemarre, NYI resulted in the slaughter of 18 Russians, one them a captain, and the capture of 20 others. The Moniteur announces that the United have paid an indemnity to the owner, M. CI ville, for the cargo of the Abeille, one of the yes illegally seized by the custom house of Francisco in 1848 and 1850. Two battalions of the 50th regiment of the and three of the 39th. having arrived from Crimea, made their solemn entry into Pails morning. They marched down the Bou headed by General Niel, to the Tuileries, " .1 they were passed in review by the Emperor large crowd assembled at the Tuileries to them, and applauded them ; but there was not like the enthusiasm that was manifested on 29th ult. The men were seedy and dirty, but, so much knocked up as th e i r comrades on the occasion. On the Bourse to-day the greatest discolll ment was manifested, and every thing fell tuol . ' less heavily. A despatch from Madrid says that on Al' ll ' some drunken soldiers on guar.l at the Citi: attempted to get up disturbances, but t ` General Espartero had them arrested promptly re-established order. The following appeared in our Extra Editio ol yesterday : THE CRIMEA (Special Correspondence of the Daily News.) 6 Camp, Seb as t opo l , December * There is very little of interest to corniniv;icate. The weather has continued very mild since tIJ mail left until to "day, when the frost has again severe. Christmas-day, like that of last year, I, bri.;:t, dry, and sun n y, w i t h an atmosphere as resPo dent as it was exhilirating. In all parts of the e s t from the head quarters of the commander-in-chief huts of the private soldier, Christmas parties t i e assembled, and the usual fare of the season ablil° o l There was plenty of m err i ment an d there appeared co very little excess. The rations issued to the me° t H tinue to be excellent in quality and slinkie r ' quantity. The regimental hospitals are nowhere crewdeti , fi what sick there are, are reported to be suffering onlY / , such ailments as are naturally met wi t h at this sea s" ngl and. The enemy is apparently very busy on the MOP ° heights increasing the defences, There has not been any slackening of the fire Ira) north side. On Christmas day and the evening 0 , charge of shot and shell was remarkably eeii ti:ad No gun opened fire from the south side. The Paris correspondent of the Times states t ) 1) authority of a private letter from Vienna, tbaL o9 l , acceptance, or rejection, by Russia:of the Austrian P t s .o sitions depends a good deal, if not entirely, on Pr il The instructions of th e Prussian Minister at l? Petersburg are to giv e th e most conciliatory coacq Count Nesselrode. The Berlin correspondent Times says, that these instructions were not sent special courier but by telegraph. OMER PACHA'S RP,TREAT. 4 1 ') ST. PETE T ;SBURG, NVEnTfusv A OfEcial reports from 11P.ngrelia announce that Red Kal cha has retreated v:lth his entir e army to Pa eh. His troops suffered much from the inclement vvelij) Our detachments, including the Mingrelian greatly harassed the rear of the Turkish army. oi The V tenn a Milit ar y G azette learns from its corf'„pd dent at Redout Kaleh, t h at the Turks there are 11" to communicate with Soukham Kaleh by land. ACCIDENTAL DEAT/I.—On the 26th December, 11 !; named Mary Mark e y, seven Sears of age, residing 1 0 ;1 Eldon-street, was taking a pot off the fire, when her c ignited, and she was so severely burned that sh e yesterday. A frf l CONCERT IN CLAYTON HALL.-A con cer t o f mere- d o was given last ni g ht, i n t h e Clayton-hill, Clayton by a band and chorus of fifty performers, members c o l Philharmonic and other societies. The programme very excellent one, an d th e cost of admission small, b"o0 audience which these combined attractions drew tog e n4 was not numerous. The selections were chiefll bb 4 Handel and Haydn, but we must speak in very 86 ,0 1 praise of the manner in which they were rendered. , a d, were some good voices am ong the chorus, but the 17f, of any thing like precisi on, un i ty, or spirit, thiengre whole performance, sh ewe d t h at they had but indiffer,e if at all, practised together. "Lift up yr ur heads, fairly sung, but the violins, which were wretchedly ° t pr j tune, obtrusive, and weak and vacillating when f services were mo s t needed, largely detracted froll i pd enjoyment which would otherwise have been derived, it. The chorus would have been much better 1 4 and the chorus which we have noticed, as w e ll as 11 others, was deservedly encored. them. The performance, as a first effort, was well rcee th ' LAUNCH OF AN OAK S ntr. - -Yesterd a y at one o'ci i o‘ p - k 50 ,j was launched from the yard of Messrs. Itovden and, ofl Baffin-street, a splendid oa k sh i p, said toi he the I ' ' t d vessel ever built in Liverpool of that material. S V O, teinly looked fitst- rete , and nothing that science coul leof and money carry out , h as been left undone to toir* i. Dll vessel a credit to her builders, and to sustain tho nt d character of the port. As intimated, this ship is cig l r o lF of the best and most seasoned oak, and the att e o li° bestowed on her construction leaves nothing to be „'''s ri for. her dimensions are as follows ;-I, , ,ngth, 1 ,',4, 1 6 inches; beam, 35 feet ; depth of hold fkom E.nar-ac" ' r, feet ; tonnage, 1,140 old measurement, rnd 1,174 ne r ff i ' from her peculiar construction she is calculated to 5 i ; 38 ;,,, large cargo, and the same time to be a last sailor: 01 15 been built particularly for the Calcutta trade, the 1) $ lie; (Mr. Tioyden) and Mr. Tyrer being the owners. a ll ( called the Anna R ,, yden, after, we believe, the good L c o ‘ t the chief owner, For ROITI3 time past we have n ot E e di large an assemblage collected at a launch ; all seem s take a deep interest in the interesting proceeding o o one o'clock, the preliminaries being arranged, the " '1 7 0; 1,1 were struck," and the noble ship floated into th0,,00; amid the enthusiastic applause of the multitude, t 'eii charge of cannon, &c. The ceremony of naming th e „, e d / or what is known as the " christening," was perfe% o ty, Mrs. Boyden, who with a large company of / 3 u l f e d gemlemen, occup ie d a platform at the bow of the eilLl7;i launch was effected in the b es t s t y l e, and not t he accident took pla ce . W e w i sh the noble croft suceo" 515 1,813 315 203 2,780 11,305 4,713 3,364 6,516