The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-04-30 00:00:00

TUB ANNUAL SUBSCRIPT DAILY TIMES TO THE NORTHERN TWO GTTTNENS m ANNITTVI. Ely TABtrrit Mina WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30, 1856 THE downfall of the PALMERSIOII Cabinet can no longer be looked upon in ;lie light of a national calamity. The restorati:ln of peace has removed all that tole ran ce w l- :auh threatening circumstances and iminent d 7Angers demanded. To those who really u r.:derstand the pathology of politics, the greP` . wonder is, how the party to which the -OREM lER has been so long attached has escaped that azote which destroys official life. For upwards of two years the Imperial Government has been living on the patriotism and loyality of their political rivals and enemies. Strong in the faith that" I am the Parliamentary Alpha and Omega,' , Lord PALMERSTON ventured to rebuke his friend and ridicule all opponents. Powerful in repartee, and overflowing with the conviction that " I am the right man," the noble lord's answers, at the close of nearly every debate, pro yoked a renewed and angry discussion, or filled the House with amazement, and the cougtry with mingled feelings of discontent and regret. His government has been faulty, and his leadership as objectionable as thpeycould well be in the face of intense public solicitude, and perfect unanimity in the popular voice. But totally irrespective of the personal hostility which the Premier may have created, neither his Cabinet, party, uor the House of Commons •as at present constituted, have the power of carrying forward the national business, or giving a high moral and national tone to thef,foreign policy of the country. The PALMERSTON Cabinet desire the centralisa tion of all local power in the hands of government, and they are carrying out an object in d, tail, which they would not openly venture to avow and bring forward as a substantive measure. The rate payers want to be relieved of local burdens, by simply enforcing economy in the administration of a.ornorate and other local revenues, but not being strong enough to att )t the work of municipal {n• other reforms in the self - government of the country, they up the reasonable nom- plaint of the Reformers, establish government boards to take local affairs into their bands, and if by considerated and prudential management a surplus of receii the credit of the xpenditure remains to er, it is swept away to London, and fi ept in patro to the metr gone ! The same ( Pasting Tolls and of England shipownei and COMMERCIAL STATIONERY, _ SOLD BY CTIARLESViLLMER. WHOLESALE STATIONER AND PRINTEIt, 19, SOUTH JOHN-STREET, LIVERPOOL. THE attention of Merch a nt s , B ro ke rs , Trades men, and others, is respectfully drawn to the m owing list of CASH PRICES for LETTER PAPER superfine large thin Cream Laid Ditto ditto Blue Wove Per Ream. For 3 Reams s. d. Je s. d. . 6 0 0 17 6 • 6 6 0 18 0 . 6 0 0 17 0 Ditto ditto Yellow Wove Bank-Post (Towgood's) for Foreign )1 7 6 1 1 0 Corresp•mdenee Ditto French, extra 761 1 0 FOOLSCAP OR CUSTOM HOUSE PAPER. Thin Blue Laid Middle Yellow Wove, ENVELOPES. letil Adhesive, cull letter size. Toick Yellow Wove, ditto Per Ream. For 3 Reams .... 9 0 1 6 0 .... 9 6 1 7 6 ss. per 1000, ..... 6s. per 1000 i NOTE PAPER Lan, 1 YING BOORS ,zed and indexed e prompt attention. NPER WAREPIOUS r"-STREET, LIVERPOOL, for 5 quires, or 38 6d per ream for 5 quires, or 3s 6d per ream - 500 do, 7s 6d; 580 do, 83 6d T BOOKS, tured on the premises, in!the ce, and at prices equally low, AND STEAMBOAT TRICE TWOPENCE John-street, and by all iperfine Large Cr Ditto Ditto B. LP,TTER ( Half-boa r 4 )V4V.ves, 6s; 480 do, b erery atAserip bast - sty - le, on Orders from the C WHOLE 19, SOUT \TTILLMEI GUIDE Sold by Cir BoorAirir THIS DAY, Tais DAY, the 30th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' oftee, 16, Exchange-buildings, 170 Tiercs North American TALLOW, landing ex Roderick Dhu, in the Stanley Dock.—For far ther particulars apply to J. H. RAYNER & CO., Brokers. THIS DAY, the 30th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Public saleroom, Exchange-buildings, 200 Bags Palermo SUMAC, ex Frankfort; now landing in Nelson Dock.—Apply to Messrs. Vianna, Chapple & Co. ' Merchants, or to SPENCE, BROTHERS, Brokers, On account of whom it may concern. This DAY, the 30th instant, at One o'clock, A Large Quantity COTTON PICKINGS, partially damaged by salt water, ex Favorite, from Apala chicola.—Apply to E. Moon & Co., or to THORNELY & POWNALL, Brokers, 9, Exchange-alley. 0-MORROW To-itonnow, the Ist May, at Twelve o'clock, in the Commercial saleroom, 30 Cases EGGS, landing ex Dionisa, from Corunna.—Apply to GEORGE BADENACH, Broker, subversive of all rights of property ! We need scarcluits that-the PALMERSTON Cabinet have not Stiength enough to carry any spoilation measure of the kind, although they have the animus. Take the Bank Charter question, on which the stability of trade and commerce, and all the incalculable monetary interests of the empire are mainly dependent, and it will be found that they have neither the moral courage to face the demands of the bullionists, nor the practical knowledge and political influence to combat the Currency and Banking Reformers. On the leading fiscal, or financial questions of State, they are equally impotent. They dare not grapple with those glaring anomalies which the Finanical Reformers are incessantly pointing out Direct taxation, that as imperatively necessary most unpardonable expedient in a country where the people are always ready to accept a really equitable adjustment of national burdens, has proved the salvation thus far of a Ministry who have not the power of dealing intelligibly and fairly with the question. Finally, we need not revert to Lord CLAREDON'S Treaty of Peace, as the pure and unmistakeable type of the PALMERSTON Cabi net's war policy. That memorable document will go down to posterity as the most paltry sequel of one of the bloodiest political tragedies ever enacted, and will out-live the memory of its authors for countless generations. Can we be surprised, then, to find Statesmen and Parlia mentary leaders calling- their partisans around them, and asking what is best to be done, and how, and on what principle, the nation is to be ruled henceforth ? It would be perfectly preposterous to say that existing leaders have the confidence of Parliament, or the House of Commons that of their constituents. The policy and conduct of the war have destroyed the former, and the terms of peace have demolished the latter. The re-election of the present members would not strengthen the hands of the effete Liberal, Whig, or Tory leaders. They must, oue and all, seek new adherents from the sound and practical intelligence of the age ; and the electors must take care on whom they bestow their votes. The Legislature who would openly violate the rights of property, under any pretext, without securing to the owner full compensation, and who 4 had ;no saving :voice in war— abandoned their high privileges in negociations for peace, surely requires reforming, and the infusion of some genuine English spirit into their en &alt. E E S MADEIA A WIN (Via the East and West Indies), In tntts, Pipes, Hogsheads, and Quarter-casks—in bond Duty paid-, in Bottle, in Three and Six Dozen Cases. Apply to JOHN DRIVER, 4, Exchange-alley North. R NODDER, HATTER, 81, CHURCH-STREET, Begs resneetfully to inform the Nubility and Gentry of Liver pool that his NEW STYLES for the Season are NOW READY .or Inspection. EARLY DELIVERY OP THE "NORTHERN TIMES."—Any subscriber within four mites of the Liverpool Exchange, or at Rock-ferry, Tranmere, Birkenhead. Woodside, Oxton, Claughton, Seacombe, Egremont, or New Brighton, who does not receive his copy of the 4 , IN.Tonvittatv TIMES," by E;ght o'clock will oblige the publisher by addressing a note g oruer mat toe tvestigated and removed. As may ix cause of complaint our messengers commence their delivery at five o'clock on greatly facilitate its completion if ter-boxes in their doors through dropped, as the detention at at present, and causes delay and each morning, it w subscribers would havi which the papers mig some' houses is very g diqappniramPut to orb: lbscribers EVENING EDITION An Evening Eclition of the NORTHERN DAILY TIMES is now Published every Afternoon, at Three o'clock, containing the Markets, together with all the News of the Day, up to the hour of going to Press. nobody knows where, the 3,000/, ear forwarded mr local Marine Board has et would iso transfer the n. Dues of the great seaports Trade, not that the cant should have the benefit of any saving that might be effected by local re forms, but that they may have the surplus of each year's income for Ministerial purposes, and, to attain this end, they would pursue a policy TAE composition A general election is now admitted to be inevitable, as we predicted some weeks since ; and the national voice will assuredly be raised in favour of Parliamentary Reform. All the people can ask, is a comprehensive and strictly equitable extension of the franchise. If direct taxa tion is to be continued, all those who pay the income on property tax have a Constitu tional right to a vote both in Parliamentary and Corporate elections. How much further the extension of the suffrage should be carried, is for the public to decide. But we claim for every man who pays taxes the right of representation. This would probably throw too much weight into the scale in favour of "protection," and we should then find the Free Traders and ultra-liberal parties uniting for the admission of the educated classes and 5/. householdorg —.els, into our representative system. Great care must, however, be taken in selecting men who are to be returned to the House of Commons to decide all these weighty:points—that none but Free Traders—men who feel convinced they are right, and who will openly express their onnvirtinn—are chosen. Tn ,1,1-ain a perfectly safe—by which we mean an equitable adjustment of the franchise—the trading community should take special care that men are not returned who would sacrifice the greatest material interests of the Empire to foster the political bugbears of the day, and keep the spoils of patronage always in the laps of a few pampered families. States governed by favouritism have always become infa mously corrupt and despotic, and to restore and conserve our Constitutional iustitutions, the popu lar spirit of the nation must be revived in the Senate, and at the next general election. THE LOCAL MARINE BOARD, Yesterday, we alluded to the resignation of the Local Marine Board of this port say, the six members elected by the shipowners—viz., Messrs. J. P. Palmer, James Beazley, Joseph Mondel, W. J. Tomlinson, S. R. Greves, and William Mann, and two of the four nominees of the Board of Trade—viz., Messrs. J. Aikin, and Thomas Brocklebank. The gentlemen who have thus resigned, occupy a high position amongst their fellow-townsmen, as thoroughly practical men, as large shipowners, and, consequently, men who have a deep interest in facilitating the business of the port. When such men feel called upon to resign, we conceive it to be our duty to place the matter before the large body of shipowners of the port. The misunderstanding between the Board of Trade and our Local Marine Boar], originated, we believe, some two or three months since, in the Board of Trade refusing to adopt therecommendation of the Local Ma rine Board, to raise the salary of their secretary, Mr. Towson. [And here, by the way, we may remark, that but few of our fellow-townsmen, connected with shipping, know how sadly over-worked Mr. Towson is, and how much our shipowners are indebted to him as the discoverer of the great circle route to Australia.] Considerable correspon dence took place on the subject referred to, and we enter tained the hope that all differences between the two boards had been settled—indeed it was so stated—but it now appears that the Board of Trade arrogate to themselves the right to fix the salaries of the officers here, in direct opposition to the Mercantile Marine Act, which act gives such power to the Local Marine Boards, as will be seen by clauses 122 and 123, as follows : In every seaport in the United Kingdom in which there is a Local Marine Board such Board shall establish a Shipping Office or Shipping Offices, and may for that purpose, subject as herein mentioned, procure the regaisite premises, and appoint and from time to time remove and re-appoint superintendents of such offices, to be called shipping masters, with any necessary deputies, clerics, and servants, and regulate the mode of conducting business at such offices, and shall, subject as herein mentioned, have complete control over the same; and every act done by or heron: aaj► deputy duly appointed shall have the same effect as if done by or before a shipping master. The sanction of the Board of Trade shall be necessary so far as regards the number of persons so appointed by any such Local Marine Board, and the amount of their salaries and wages and all other expenses; and the Board of Trade shall have the immediate control of such shipping cffices, so far as regard! the receipt and payment of money thereat ; and all shipping masters, deputies, clerks, and servants so appointed as aforesaid shall, before entering upon their duties, give such security (if an . ),) for the due perform ance th.reof as the Board of Trade requires; and if in any else the Board of Trade has reason to believe that any shipping master, deputy, clerk, or servant appointed by any Local Marine Board does not properly discharge his duties, the Board of Trade may cause the else to be inves tigated, and may, if it thinks fit so to do, remove him from IT office, and may provide for the proper performance of his duties until another person is properly appointed in his place. It will thus be seen that the Local Marine Boards are by Act of Parliament to appoint their servants, " and have mplete control over the same"— the Bard of to their "sanction" onl power extendi —and y pro- perly so, for how is it pos:Able that officials in Lnn,.. be at all aware of the value of the services of the various clerks in the Establishment here—indeed what better proof can we bring forward, as to the desirability of " Lec al Management," than the Board of T r ad e h av i ng actually, by or i d a er ag ,r e a m is e e n, raised the salary of one clerk, who was at the very moment under notice to quit for inefficiency. No, we must n can have Local Ifftrlzagement —the system of " centralisation'' must be grappled with. The " Local Marine Board" of this port, who, for the last two years, have given so much of their time unpaid to the interest of their brother shipowners, deserve to be, and must be, supported by them ; we must not have our port made into a second Balaklava ; we want no highly paid admiralty gentlemen sent here to manage our own affairs ; it is as plain as the nose on a man's face that this same Board of Trade are determined, if they can, to take away our Town Dues; it is as plain as noon-day that they will next endeavour to take our splendid docks under their paternal care ; but we hope Liverpool will speak out and show them that we can, and will, manage our own affairs without the assistance of any Admiral Boxer's, or Commissary General Filder'sl The revenue of the Liverpool Local Marine Board, is about £B,OOO per annum, and thecost of management about £5,000, leaving a surplus of £3,000, which is annually remitted to the Board of Trade, in London, derived from fees or taxes levied, chiefly, upon our shipowners. What becomes of thi s ? If Liverpool produces a surplus of £3,000, over and and above all the disbursements connected with carrying out the Mercantile Marine Act of this port, why not reduce the fees? At present, every ship of a 1,000 tons pays £2 73 63, before she can " ship" a crew, and the same amount before she can "pay off" a crew. A poor mate, before he can get a master's certificate, must pay £2, and every sea. man has 2s deducted from his wages, on being paid off. Why not reduce the former, or abolish the latter altogether, with such a surplus ? We ask why ? and will answer the question. There are Lowe's, and Farrer's, and Bucley's, and Wallser's, with high salaries to be paid, and who have each a few friends to provide snug berths for. If, then, this growing evil of " centralisatioa" is to be " nipped in the bud," let our shipowners, before it is too late, call a meeting, and uphold these whom they deputed to represent them in maintaining the management of their own affairs, so far as the act of parliament allows them. Will any gentlemen of standing be found to succeed the retiring board ? We think not.— Veramos. Since the above was written we have heard that a meet ing of the Shipowner's Association is to be held to-day, to consider this question. THE COURT The Queen held a Privy Council at three o'clock on Monday afternoon, at Buckingham Palace. It was attended by the Prince Consort, Earl Granville, Earl of Harrowby, Viscount Palmerston, Sir George Grey, Earl of Clarendon, Lord Panmure, Sir Charles Wood, the Right Hon. R. Vernon Smith, Lord Stanley of Alderley, Earl Spencer, Marquis of Breadalbane, and the Duke of Wellington. At the council, proclamations were issued announcing the peace, and appointing Sunday, the 4th of May, as a day of thanksgiving. Her Majesty gave audiences to Viscount Palmerston, Sir George Grey, Earl Granville, and the Earl of Clarendon. Prince Albert rode on horseback in the forenoon, with the Prince of Wales and Prince Alfred, attended by Colonel F. H. Seymour. The Queen and Prince Albert, accom panied by the Princess Royal, honoured the Princess's Theatre with their presence in the evening. CABINET COUNClL.—Yesterday afternoon a Cabinet Council was held at the private residence of Viscount Palmerston, in Piccadilly. The sitting was of considerable duration. DEATH or MR. Fox, M.P.—Accounts reached Dublin yesterday, afternoon, bringing the melancholy intelligence of the death of Mr. R. M. Fox, one of the representatives in Parliament for the county of Longford: THE ARMY Ili THE CRIMEA.—The Gazette of list night publishes a despatch containing Dr. Hall's report (for the week ending April 15th) on the sanitary state of the army, which continues excellent. The weather had become delightful. Only 12 out of 16 deaths were fairly attributable to disease. There were again two deaths caused by drunkenness. THE MARQUIS or DALtiousru.—A letter from Malta, doted the 23rd instant, states that on the 20th, H.M.S. Tribune left with the Marquis of Dalhousie, Lady Susan Ramsay, and Dr. Grant. The other members of Lord Dalhousie's suite proceed to England via the continent, there not being room to accommodate the whole in the Tribune. The Tribune is to be towed by H.M.S. Furious as far as Gibraltar, so that his lordship may suffer as little as possible from the motion of the engine. There was no improvement in his lordship's leg, which con tinued very bad. The Tribune manned yards on his embarking. LORD STANLEY.—Lord Stanley has accepted the chair_ manship of the Kirkdale sessions. The following is his lordship's letter : " St. James's Square, London. April 24, 1856. " Gentlemen,—l have the honour to acknowledge your letter, of yesterday, announcing my election as chairman of quarter sessions. In reply, I beg to state that I shall have pleasure in accepting that office, and in fulfilling its functions to the best of my power.—l remain, gentlemen, your obedient servant, " Messrs. Gorst and Birchall " STANLEY." THE PEACE REJOICINGS.-It had been intended that the peace rejoicings in London should follow the day of thanksgiving, which, we believe, it was originally con templated to fix for the 14th of May. That day, how ever, falls within the Whitsun-holidays, when the Court and a large number of persons will be out of town. It has been determined to postpone the exhibition of fire works to the 29th of May. This day having been set apart for the celebration of her Majesty's birthday, the expressions of loyalty which invariably finds vent on that occasion, as well as the public gratification at the return of peace, may be most appropriately combined. The postponement of the rejoicings from the time of the proclamation of peace, arises from the time which is necessary to prepare a display of this kind worthy of the occasion, and of a great national exhibition.—Globe. ROYAL SWEDISH RAILWAY.—At a meeting of the Royal Swedish railway bondholders, held yesterday, at the London Tavern, Mr. Rhodes in the chair, resolutions were passed for authorising the '7,directors Ito issue an amount of preference shares, (not exceeding £83,334) of £4 each, to be appropriated to the present shareholders, share by share, bearing 7 per cent preference dividend during the first five years, and 6 per cent afterwards. The first payment 0141 to be made on the appropriation, and a further payment of .t . l in four months ; the remaining .£2 not to be called until the result of progress made shall be announced at the next g3neral meeting. That no pay ment of interest on existing shares shall be made till the completion of the line, and that the first payment of interest on the obligation, including that which shall then be in arrear, be postponed till the 27th of April, 1857 ; lastly. that the directors be authorised to appeal to the Swedish government for such modifications ,of the con. cession as may be deemed 'necessary. CAPITAL PUNISHMENT,—It will be perceived that a meet ing has been called for next Friday night, to urge upon the Legislature the abolition of the punishment of death. The meeting will be held in the Teutonic Hall, Li me Street, and will be presided over by Mr. W. Rathbone. The present sta'.e of public feeling renders this a most favourable opportunity for bringing the question before the notice of parliament, supported by a distinct and general expression of the opinion of the country. THE CANVASS FOR SUNDAY SCHOLARS —A very inter esting meeting took place in St. Clement's schoolroom, Windsor, on Monday evening last, in furtherance of the canvass movement for sunday scholars in the West Derby district cf our town. The meeting was well attended. All the teachers of St. Clement's, along with those of Aigburth street Wesleyan school assembled, as well as other friends who take a lively interest in the success of the undertaki ng , and who are pledged to give their support in carrying it out. The Rev. G. Lewis, curate of St. Clement's church, pre sided. Messrs. Breeze, Moore, Meacock, and Copeland, severally addressed the meeting, setting forth the objects of the canvass, its importance at the present time, and the good that may reasonably be expected to result from it, if prayerfully, zealously, and impartially carried out, and the encouraging symptcms that have been already begun to be manifested by the cordial union of all Evangelical dissenting schools with the Church of England to carry out the desired object. At the close of the meet ing, several donations were received to defray the expenses of the canvass, and about fifty names, in connection with St. Clement's schools alone, were enrolled as canvassers. MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL. LTYEEPOOL, TUESDAY EVENING. The tone of the Cotton Market to-day has been quiet, and only a small business has been done, the sales amounting only to 5,000 bales, all of which have been taken by the trade. Prices, although not lower, are scarcely so firm. The Share Market has not been active. Prices closed as follow :—Aberdeen, 121 13. Chester and Birkenhead, 151 151.1 Caledonian, 29i 291. Chester and Holyhead, 15/ 151. Eastern Counties, 99 10. East Lancashire, 19 19/. Great Northern, 231 231. Ditto A, 9; 91. Great Western, 61 611. Lancashire and Yorkshire Stock. 878 871. Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport, 161 17k, London and North Western Stock, 100 1001. Man chester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 271 28. Ditto Pref., 111 12. Ditto New 6 per cent. Pref., 1 ip. Midland Stock, 73; 73g. ,North British, 8 1 88. North Staffordshire, 6 51d. South Eastern, 21 3-16 21 5-16. York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 19 3-16 19 5-16. York and North Midland, 271 28. Leeds Capital Stock, 151 Da. Buffalo and Lake Huron, 1; 2p. Dutch Rhenish 1/ 1-7 4 p. Great Western of Canada, 25 5-16 25 7-16. Ditto New Shares, 31 38 p. Ditto 2nd issue, 31 32p. Great Luxembourg, 7 7d. _ There was a moderate business done in the Liverpool Corn Market to-day, and prices had an upward tendency. The amount of business done in the Manchester Goods Market has been limited, and sales were made for both goods and yarns on easier terms. We have advices from - Akyab to the 10th of March, and quote the following market report from the circular of Messrs. Wienholt, Mohr & Co.: — Our expectations, with regard to lower prices, as expressed in our report of 25th ult., have not been realised to any extent. On the 27th and 28th February, the news of peace appeared to take effect, and some rice was bought at 58rs (equal to 6s 8d per cwt f.0.b.), 59rs,' and 6Ors, or 63 9id to Gs Ild per cwt, f.o.b. The demand for the large amount cf tonnage in port, waiting for cargo, however, could not be restricted long enough to establish lower rates, and since the end of last month prices ruled steadily, at 61rs to 64rs, equal to 7s to 7s 4d per cwt f.0.b., and 65rs, or 7s 41:1 per cwt f.0.b., has been paid for Narice. The steamer due here the 11th inst. is expected five days later this time, we therefore cannot receive the letters from Europe of 26th January before the 13th inst. if forwarded from Calcutta per Overland. The contents of the letters expected by this mail may yet exercise some influence on our market in case orders should be cancelled, and ships be ordered to proceed to other ports without leaving cargo here, but the tenor of the letters of last mail of sth January, bringing the first news of peace, is not so depressed with regard to the future state of the grain market in Europe, as to warrant expectation of withdrawal of orders and ships to any considerable extent. Accounts from St. Petersburg to the 18th instant mention that the market for hemp and flax had recovered, and a brisk trade doing in tallow. Sales of tallow have been effected at 136 roubles per berkowitz for 100,000 poods, deliverable in August, and 7,500 ditto at 139 roubles. Articles of import were much in demand, but most of the traders were waiting for the opening of navigation to lay in their supplies, when prices are expected to be lower. The advices from Australia, received yesterday by the Overland Mail, report that about 300,0001. in gold were en route for this country by the ships Fantome, Indemnity, Sultana, and Steboneath. Besides those, several other vessels may soon be expected from the colonies. Advices from Antwerp report favourably upon the cotton and wool markets there during the past week. The news from America of the improvement in the quotations of cotton regulated the market, which exhibited an upward tendency. The business transacted was considerable, and the following rates ruled with firmness :-2,600 bales American good ordinary at 31i to 32 centimes per 4 kilogramme ; good ordinary ditto 33tc. to 341 c. Public sales of wool were held an the 24th instant, which attracted a large number of buyers, and the prices obtained denoted a rise. These comprised 1,188 bales Buenos Ayres, 62 ditto Lamb's, and 48 bales Australian. The report of the directors of the Sambre and Meuse Railway Company has been issued in anticipation of the meeting. The directors proposed that a dividend of 3s 6d be declared on each share of the original capital of the company payable at the offices of the company on and after the 26th May inst., provided a sufficient number of proprie tors, either personally or by proxy, and represent ing a requisite amount of stock, be present to legally constitute the meeting called in Belgium for the 9th inst. _ The proclamation of peace in the City has tem porarily impeded business, and the dense crowds that assembled round the Royal Exchange rendered the streets in that neighbourhood impassible. The Unity Joint Stock Banking Association having obtained a royal charter, commences busi ness on Thursday. The following were the closing quotations of Foreign Exchanges :—Amsterdam, short, 11 19 to 12. Do., three months, 12 14 to 12 2. Rotterdam, do , 12 14 to 12 2. Antwerp, do., 25 65 to 25 TO. !Brussels, do., 25 65 to 25 70: Hamburg, do., 13 114 to 13 111 Paris, short, 25 371 to 25 45. Do,, three months, 25 70 to 25 774. Marseilles, do., 25 721 to 25 771. Frank fort, do , 121 to 1211.1 Vienna, do., 10 21 to 10 25. Trieste, do., 10 2to 10 27. Petersburg, do., 361 to 365. Madrid, do., 495 to 49a. At four o'cloclo the recovery of 4 per cent, which was established after the recognised hours yester day afternoon, was fully maintained, and at a later hour a further rally of 4th per cent was quoted. The market finally closed with firmness, the prices being quoted at 92 5-16-92 7-16. This favourable change was partly caused by the more confident belief that the position of the ministry is not imperilled by the debate on the Kars question, but the impression was stronger in well informed quarters to-day, that the forthcoming loan will be altogether moderate in amount. The influx of gold into the Bank also caused a very favourable feature. To-day's rally was the more remarkable. inasmuch as it occurred in the face of a unusually heavy demand for money, which caused as much as 7 per cent. to be paid in some cases for short loans in Consols. The pres sure appears to have been chiefly for stock exchange purposes in connection with the settle- ment now in progress in the share and foreign stock markets. At Paris to-day the Three per cent Rentes closed a shade better than yesterday. Of the 421,000/. in gold brought in by the Blackwall and Beemah, about 341,0001. was, to-day, sent into the Bank. The Railway Share Alarket experienced an improvement this after. noon, following the movement in Consols. The heavier stocks were especially more buoyant. The closing quotations were as follows :—Cale donian, 59160. Eastern Counties, 94 95. East Lan cashire, 7678 Great Northern, 941 95 ; ditto A , 981 991. Great Western, 625. Lancashire and York shire, 88. London and North Western, 1005 1005. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 274 28. Midland Stock, 731 735. North British, 344 351. South Eastern and Dover, 715 714. York, Newcastle and. Berwick, 76 78. York and North Midland, 545 555. RAILWAY ACClDENT.—Yesterday morning, about nine o'clock, a melancholy accident occurred at the Broad-green Station of the London and North Western Railway. It appears that a woman, with her three children, was pro ceeding with the train, join her husband, who is a book binder at Warrington, when, as the train was passing Broad green, one of the children, a boy about three years of age, pushed open the carriage door—which, it would seem, had not been properly fastened—and the poor little fellow fell out between the train and the edge of the station platform. The train was stopped, when it was found that the child had sustained such extensive injuries, that it is feared that amputation of both legs Will be necessary. The mother and child were sent back as quickly as possible, and conveyed to the Royal Infirmary, where the little sufferer lies in a dangerous condition. ALLEGED CASE OF MURDER.—iII our paper of yesterday we published the facts connected with a murderous assault, committed by a man, named Robert Hudson Jones, on an old woman, named Isabella Brew, at No. 18, Great Rich mond-street. It was, as we stated, expecte d that the p oor woman would die, and, as anticipated, she expired on Monday evening from the effects of the injuries inflicted on her. The man remains in custody. Yesterday the coroner empannelled a very respectable jury to enquire into the case, and, having viewed the body, the inquest was ad journed to this day. The coroner stated that he had written a letter to Mr. Mansfield, and had received his reply, in reference to a question that arose regarding the prisoner. He had also written to his worship the mayor, and the town clerk, on the same point. Ho would have an interview this morning with the mayor, and at one o'clock this day, when he would proceed with the inquest, he would lay the correspondence, and state the result of the interview to the jury. The inquest was then adjourned to one o'clock this day. .sue HEED' 71108.— LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30,18‘6, LATEST INTELLIGENCE. REDUCTION OF THE RUSSIAN FORCES Despatches, dated Konigsberg the 28th instant, announce the receipt of information from St. Petersburg, that an Imperial decree had dissolved 337 Bruschines and six regiments of Tartar Cos sacks, pressed this year into the service of the Jusin government, forming altogether 350,000 militians of the empire. SYRIA We learn from Marseilles, under yesterday's date, that the disturbances which had broken out at Ripousi has been suppressed. FRANCE. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, MONDAY EVENINCI, In the Legislative body to-day, M. Fould, Minister of State, presented the text of the treaty of peace. Count de Morny, the President, delivered a speech, in which he spoke of the advantages which France had gained from imperial policy, and from con chiding so glorious a peace, after so brief a war. The chamber, he added, would permit him, in its name, to thank the Emperor for having associated it, in some measure, in one of the most glorious acts of his foreign policy, by communicating to it the treaty of peace. Tho speech was received with loud cries of " Vive l'Empereur !" and the deputies really seemed highly flattered at the deference shown them by the presentation of the treaty to them. M. Fould said that he would communicate the President's observations to his Majesty, and retired. The treaty was also com municated to the Senate, and no doubt a similar speech was delivered by its President—though, as that august body sits with closed doors, there is no knowing. The treaty it annexes, and the protocols of the Congress have been printed, at the Imperial Printing Offices. They form, together, a large volume, comprising upwards of 200 pages. Between 2,000 and 3,000 copies of the volume have been struck off, and a copy is to be given to, amongst other persons, each member of the Senate or Legislative Body. The publication of the documents is officially announced for to-morrow in the Moniteur, but it is not easy to see how one journal can contain all. I learn from a good source that the government has definitively abandoned the intention it at one time entertained of dissolving the Legislative Body in the course of the year. A sad affair occurred in this city this morning. A speculator on the Bourse, named Pelot, having become embarrassed, called on his brother-in-law, a M. Niquet, living in the Rue Laffette, just opposite Rothschild's bank, to advance him funds ; M. Niquet thought fit to refuse in very decided terms. Pelot having a pistol in his pocket, said that he would shoot him if he would not comply. Niquet again refused, and Pelot, true to his word, discharged his pistol at Niquet's head, causing instant death. The wretched murderer then dis charged a pistol at his own head, and injured himself dreadfully, if not mortally. The terrible event was the general topic of conversation at the Bourse, and naturally caused a most painful impression. There has been a rather heavy decline in all securities in the Bourse to-day. It was caused principally by the oppressed state of the Money Market, and by the fear that the approaching liquidation will be a difficult one ; also, by the decline of the English Funds in London, and the expectation of a loan in that capital. Some foolish r.,,Torts were besides spread, and credited, to the effectthat war between England and the United States was imminent ; Lord Palmerston meant to resign if he were not allowed to fight; that the grand review at Spithead was meant as a menace to the States, and that on that account the French Emperor would not go to it. The subscription of from one to five sous per head, for presenting an " homage" to the Empress, is attaining, I am told, vast success in the provinces. The letter which the Emperor Alexander has addressed to Count Orloff, in sending the ratifications of peace, and which, as you will have seen, is published in the Moniteur, is considered a proof that Russia has made peace with perfect good faith, and that the Czar really means as he says, to employ all his efforts to develope and strengthen the prosperity of his empire. The Nord of Brussels confirms the news I sent you some days back, of the retirement of Count de Nesselrode from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Russia, and of Prince Gortschalieff (the diploma tist, not the General,) being appointed his suc cessor. A telegraphic despatch from Milan says, that the Gazette of that city (the Austrian official organ) pretends that the Sardinian government means to present a bill to parliament, for exacting caution money from the newspapers, and giving it the right of suppressing a newspaper that may have been condemned five times ; also, that the Arch bishop Franzoni, of Turin, is to be created a Cardinal, and is to return to his See. But these statements, considering the source from which they come, must be received with caution. THE EMPEROR ALEXANDER TO COUNT ORLOFF. The following is the letter addressed by the Emperor of Russia to Count Orloff, referred to in the communication of our Paris correspondent : Count Alexis Federowitch,---The exchange of the rati fications of the treaty, which you signed on the 18th (30th) of March, and which have been sent to you to-day, has just put the seal to the work of pacification entrusted to your care. This peace had been sincerely desired by my father, of imperishable :Memory. Animated by the same sentiments, I accepted the propositions respecting it as soon as the object was attained, which the Emperor Nicholas had proposed to himself for securing the des tiny and rights of Christianity in the East. Relying on your oft-tried devotion to the throne and country, I named you my first plenipotentiary for the conclusion of a peace, the conditions of which were to afford a solid basis for firmly securing the repose of Europe. The attitude full of loyalty and uprightness which you assumed from the very commencement of the nugociations, did not fail to open a path towards a solution of the difficulties besetting you, and towardi a re-union with the powers that were at war with us. The accomplishment of this great and laborious mission has fully satisfied my expectation, and the fresh deserts you have acquired while engaged on it give :you an addi tional claim upon my heartfelt gratitude. Under the auspices of this peace now re-established, my first care will be devoted to developing and securing the prosperity of the empire which God has confided to my solicitude. lam firmly convinced that I shall always find in you a zealous co-operator, and a wise councillor, amid the toils of power that await me while striving to attain this sacred object. In testimony of the high confidence . which I repose in you, I have just ra ised y ou to the dignity of President of the Council of the Empire, as likewise of the Com mittee of Ministers, also of those of the Caucasus and Siberia. At the same time I reiterate to you the assurance of my unchangeable good wishes. ALEXANDER. Saint Petersburg, April 5 (17), 1856. : LONDON GAZET rE JOHNDICKENSON, Cosham, Hampshire, licensed victualler and dealer in artificial manure. MORRIS BROD,E Noble street, Cheapside, and Compton street, Brunswick square, fancy box maker, - and importer of foreign goods. Jos. ARCHIBALD JOYCE, Rood lane, Fenchurch street, merchant. EDWARD DEACON COOPER, Bawdsey, Suffolk, grocer and draper. JOHN Davis, Shrewsbury, printer and bookseller. THOMAS WILLIAMS, Crickhowell, Brecon, grocer and draper. JOHN WYLDE, Sheffield, licensed victualler. Gro. CLAYTON and GEO. CROOKS, Sheffield, grocers, tea dealers, and hop merchants. SUSAN STONE, Littledean, Glouces tershire, innkeeper. EDWIN TomniNsoN, late of Barns Bray, Crayford. Kent, India rubber manufacturer, water proofer, and dealer in waterproof clothing. JOHN INKna- SOPE. Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire, brewer. JOHN HYDE, Stockport, Cheshire, spindle maker. SAMUEL BUDDS. Kent, paper manufacturer, and Chafe_ ford, Gloucestershire, silk throweter. ROBERT ORRELL. Ashton-under-Lyne, Lan cashire, chemist and druggist. SARAH WoordlinGE, Win chester, butcher. EDWARD LAW. New B iry, Cheshire, me rchant and shipowner. Jos. HALE BRYAN, Lambeth Walk, Lambeth, oil and colourman aid tallow chandler. BENJAMIN FOSTER, Newcastle-on-Tyne and Wallsend, ° draper and grocer. IMPERIAL PARLIAM EN HOUSE OF LORDS.-TIIESDAY, The Royal Assent was given by commission to the following bill 9, viz., the Exchequer Bills (£21,182,7 00 ) , Public Works, Public Works (Ireland), London Docks, Knottingly Gas, Colonial Bank, Weymouth and Mel combe Regis Gas, Chorley Water, Haslingdon Water, Lancaster Gas, and Southport Water Bill. Lord AVELAND was introduced, on his elevation to the peerage, and took the oaths and his seat. The Earl of ELLENDOROUGH presented petitions prat ing for an improvement of postal communication between the mother country and the Australian colonies. - THE 'THANKSGIVINGS FOR PEACE. The Bishop cf EXETER suggested that some means should be adopted for exhibiting thankfulness to the Almighty for the restoration of the blessings of peace.. thought that church accommodation should be pravidea for the people ; and that while there was such a wain, the opening of places of amusement to the public ought not to bethought of. THE KARS DEBATE. The Earl of MALMESBURY moved that the summons' that was to have been issued for the attendance of Peers on Friday :next should be discharged, and he with drew the motion in reference to the fall of Kars that stood in his name for that day. He regretted that he was compelled to take this step, but as the discussio n could not proceed without reference to the terms of peaces he thought it his duty to s withdraw his motion, but to reserve to himself the right to make any motion that he should think proper in the debate on Monday on the protocols of the Paris Conferences; He wished to know what were the terms of Lora, Clarendon's motion on the subject of the Treaty of Peace. The Earl of CLARENDON replied the terms of his Motion would be made known on Friday. 3,er The Mercantile Law Amendment' Bill and the cantile Law Amendment (Scotland) Bill, went throng" committee. The House rose atlseven o'clock. *: HOUSE OF COMMOI\TS.—TIIESDAY The SPEAKER took the chair at fotlr o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS , : The Bath Gas, the Boston Gas, „and the Canada Company bills were severally read a third time L!11 passed. The Aberdeen and Scottish Mid l and jun r c o ti v7: Railway Companies Amalgamation, the Leet.ls Imp ment Act Amendments, and the Sleaford and Iv attersha Turnpike Trusts Bills were considered, and o rdered t°' be read a third time. u BANDS IN THE PUBLIC PARKS. mi The Marquis of BLAIVPPORD asked the Chief Co rn- sioner of Works if he would state what arrangement s th e been made, or were contemplated, with reference to ' performance of the military bands in the public par" 4., Sundays ; and whether preparations were contemplate_ in such places, for the accommodation of the perform s a '_ and the public, by the erection of an orchestra, an d place for the sale of refreshments ? ::Sir B. HALL said that last Sunday 79,000 assemble_ and their conduct was so good that it was his intention proceed as he had begun. - (Loud cheers.) After some remarks from Lord R. G rosv enor, C °/. North, and other gentlemen, the subject dropped- THE ILLUMINAIONS. In answer to Lord Hotham, did' The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said tha t be not intend to propose a separate estimate for t he firu : works on the Queen's birth-day. They would be Pr i t c l vided for out of the Civil Contingencies. They well' probably amount to about £6,000. OBSOLETE STATUTES. Leave was given to Mr. L. King to introduce a bil l t° repeal certain statutes which are not in use. DEPOPULATION OF IRELAND. the Mr. WMAnoN drew attention to a petition fren l , inhabitants ‘ of certain parishes in the county of selectGaill-• presented last year, and moved for a ' n ed committee to investigate the allegations co ot e nvy in the petition, and to consider the' exPe die esale of devising means for restraining the wh ol • depopulation of rural districts in Ii •eland. appeared from the hon. member's statement, that Pollock, a Scotchman, had purchased an estate thro the Encumbered Estates Court, and though they did not owe one penny of rent, and had agreed to pay in ctdvance into the bank to be withdrawn as the money P eeajn o f due, Mr. Pollock bad served t them all, with notioo ejectment. Mr. BELLEW seconded the motion. Lord PALMERSTON deprecated the arbitrary exerciSe the rights of land owners, in the manner in which it wa: described, though it would be unwise to remove SOL': rights. He hoped that members would not continue th.% discussion, which stood in the way of the debate on t?... Kars question, and moved,,,that they;should pass t o the orders of the day. Mr. DISRAELI made some observations to the same effect. While agreeing with the justice of the complain' involved in the motion of the hon. member, if the des cription that had been given was correct, he abstained from expressing any opinion on the motion, and recom• mended the adoption of the proposition made by Lor d Palmerston. After some remarks from Mr. MooRE, Mr. F. FRENcgt Sir S. STEWART, Mr. POLLGCK, and Mr, MAGUIRE, Mr. M'Marrorr withdrew his motion, and, in accordance with the motion of Lord Palmerston, which was adopted, the House passed to the orders of the day. The Bankers' Compositions Bill was read a third time and passed. THE FALL OF KAR9 The debate on the fall of Kars was resumed by Mr. J. G. PIIILLIMORE, who condemned the speech of A' Whiteside as that of the advocate rather than that of a and expressed an opinion that some more fitting time might have been selected by the right honourable member for tile' display display of his rhetoric, adding, that the destinies of were not to be swayed by antithesis and gesture. He vindicatel the conduct of Lord Clarendon, of Lord Panmure, and f„, Lord Palmerston, charging the whole blame upon tho aPs, t ' . „" of Lord Stratford de Rodcliffe and the imbecility of Soo"' senator'' Pacha. Mr. K. SEYMOUR. moved an amendment, to the effect, t hat it was inexpedient to express an opinion i b n upon the quest until after the debate upon the treaty of peace had ta place.the THE CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER denied that Government had assumed any responsibility with regardja; the war in Asia. The importance of the fortress of Kars ” t recognised both by the English and French Governments,' bug, it had been felt that it was more important to concentrate t whole strength of the army against Sebastopol. This wasmza. kerj" accordance with the true principles of military strategeY, with the opinions of the most renowned generals of every offv; In a strategical point of view, there was no doubt that Kat' wS o , second to Sebastopol in importance, since consequence resulted from its capitulation and he referred ~ the proceedings at the Paris Conferences, ' in support of 1 3, . opinion. With regard to the amendment, he could not adopt it, as it merely involved a postponement of the snbjectr w hi . c on , could be of no advantage. lie looked upon the original won , 0 no operation t: as a direct censure on Government, and he called upo n House to give a decision upon that i. Sir J. PAsTNoTorS concurred in ssue the tributes that had bee! paid to tho bravery of General Williams, and he c ould at' but think that if the General Williams , h iams, e catastrophe oftn _ have been avoided. With regard to the arguments . Chancellor of the Exchequer, that Sebastopol wa s the areal' point of attack, he remarked upon the importance of ICar 4 the possession of which left it open lo Russia to overrun er Asia Minor, and to reach the Bosphorus. Ile attributed th e loss of this fortress to the vacillation and want of energy the part of the Foreign Ministry. He referred, at son2e, length, to the despatches of Lord Clarendon, in supporting his views, and concluded by stating his intention of supp the motion of the hon. and learned member for Enn iskillen. , Mr. LAYARD reminded the House that he had drawn thou' attention so long as three years ago to the position of Minor. For the neglect to provide for the defence f )01 Minor the government of Lord Aberdeen was responsible ; a . ho could not, by voting for the motion before the House, attach blame to the present government on account of the transactions that owed their origin to the neglott of their predecessors in office. He disputed the expediency of holding Kars, and expressed an opinion that General Williams should have retreated to the ridge of mountains between liar's and Erzeroum. Mr. MAGUIRE supported the motion condemning the con , of Lord Stratford de Redcliffe. Sir W. HE ATRCOT E supported the amendment of gr• Seywer. Mr. WARREN thought that the motion ought to be met w itit a direct negative. Mr. SERGEANT SHEE strongly defended the conduct of Lord Palmerston. Sir E. B. LYTTON moved the adjournment of the debate. Lord PALMERSTON resisted the motion. Mr. DISRAELI supported the motion for adjournraen t • The House divided when the numbers appeared.- 17 3 For adjournment 243 Against it Majority.... Mr. MArmis moved" that the House do now adjourn. at Lord PALMERSTON' opposed the motion, but viatild object to the debate bairn: adjourned to Thursday, TI'M agreed to, and the House adjourned at a quarter to one o'4-'4 ao SUSPICIOUS CASE OF DEATH,—The coroner opened inquest, yesterday, on the body of John James Brown' a, coloured seamen, who resided at 22 Court, Maguire-stre and who was tw en ty-t wo ye a rs old. From the ev idence 01 a female, n ame d A nne Johnston, in whose house the deceased lodged, it appeared he was married to but twa t oung woman, named Margaret Dunce, on Friday week, f they lived very unhappy since that time, in consequence another man, named Campbell, The deceased died on Monday, and from certain matters that transp ired, and the sympt o ms which preceded death, it was stated that strocog suspicions of foul play attaches to some one. A rnedi gentleman is at present engaged in making the necessary exami nation of the body. The jury viewed ehth remain! yesterday, and the coroner adjourned the inquest to a" twelve o'clock this day. *.,... PR( Pr och 1 e ,„ 13 f , tr a ~_ ...e u) . th Wh en W1,,,_