The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-05-09 00:00:00

TO CORRESPONDENTS THE HOLIDAY. — Z. Hems very anxious for a three days holiday, on the occasion of the forthcoming peace cele willing to pay the loss of wages that working classes ? If so, we shill be bration would accrue to th( glad of h name and address EVENING EDITION. An Evening Edition of the NORTHERN DAILY Timis is now Published every Afternoon, at Three o'clock, containing the Markets, together with all the News of the hour of going to Press. Day, up to th IN TA THE NORTHERN DAILY TIMES is TWO GUINEAS PER ANNUM. h FRIDAY, „MIN h Pni (0 3/.4 Y 9 THE monster land job we noticed on Tuesday was nearly consuroated by the Town Council on Wednes day, despite the appeals of an opposition in which honest men of all shades and party in politics were united. As a sample of Corporate corruption, we believe the proceedings in this affair are with out a parallel in the blackest !pages of municipal malversation. The land which is doomed to be jobbed away is of secondary importance, in our estimation, to the want of public rectitude the transaction discloses. It makes every honest man heartsick, as Mr. ROBERTSON GLADSTONE very properly expresses it, to think that, in the Council Chambers of this great country, such acts of barefaced spoliation can be perpetrated with impunity, by men bound by an oath to do justice to the community to which they belong. The ratepayers had better hAe given away the site of the Old Gaol than had their claim to the right of self-government so blackened, at a moment when a powerful Cabinet are using a feeble and lifeless Parliament in carrying forward measures of centralisation, and are bent on sweeping all local management into the hands of the Government. After such a display of moral terpitude as that witnessed at the Council meeting of Wednesday, we shall be at a loss to know how to defend our pretensions to the right of managing the affairs of the Borough. It certainly woultl not be wise for the Burgesses to have much land to deal with, seeing that th;,,y do not know the extent of the estate they claim to be theirs ad cannot nforee the sale of what they do know to be their own, to the highest and fairest bidders. The Council have, however, a standing resolution to the effect th orp prate property shall be sold by public auction; but, in the present instance, this most politic and necessary rule is openly violated, without the slightest justification being adduced —the" Council relying, no doubt, on obtaining the sanction of the Lords of the Treasury to the alienation of t he most valuable slice of the Borough property for an inaqequate or paltry consideration. But we would have the triumphant side of the Council to think a littl they are about and the to pause awhile before they suffer Treasury h the Corporation have acted the reso upon f suddenly departed from II a case us, to b strongly opposed TT) J. NODDER, . HATTER, 81, CHURCH.! STREET, Begs respectfully to inform the Nobility and Gentry of Liver pool that his NEW SfYLES for the Season are NOW READY or Inspection. AITILLMER'S RAILWAY AND STEAMBOAT y GUIDE, for MAY—PRICE TWOPENCE. by Ca taL WlLaatsa•, 1,0, South John-street, and by all COMMERCIAL STATIONERY, CHARLI SOLD BY WILLMER, WHOLESALE STATIONER AND PRINTER, 19, SOUTH JOHN-STREET, LIVERPOOL. riIHE attention of Merchants, Brokers, Trades men, and others, is respectfully drawn to the foi l. owing list of CASH PRICES for LETTER PAPER: Superfine large thin Cream Laid Bank Post (Towgood's Per Ream. For 3 Reams s. d. s. d. , 6 0 0 17 6 6 6 0 18 0 6 0 0 17 0 761 1 0 1 1 0 HOUSE PAPER For 3 Reams, 1 6 0 9 '6 1 7 6 'AP ER, ss. per 1000 6s. per 1000 )r 5 quires, or 3s 6d per ream r 5 quires, or 3s 6d per ream Blue Wu Yellow Wove . for Foreign 1 extra thin FOOLSCAP OR CUSTO3I Thia Middl low Wo Adhesive, full letter Taick Yellow Wove, ditto no Large Cream La • Ditto Blue Wove, Is f Halt-bonnd, c LETTER COPYING BO 0 K S ~,d indexed, 490_leaves, 6s; 480 L. 10, 7s; 500 78 6d; 580 do, 8s 6d ACCOUNT BOOKS, of every description, manufactured on the premises, in the best style, on the shortest notice, and at prices equally low. Orders from the Country receive prompt attention. ;WHOLESALE PAPER WAREHOUSE, 19, ES OUTH JOHN-STREET, LIVERPOOL, at E..,aiels THIS DAY On account of whom it may concern THIS DAY, the 9th instant, at Half-past One o'clock, at Golding and Nash's saleroom, Corn Exchange, Bruns wick-street, 544 Barrels Stained arid Damaged FLOUR, lyinz on the Bramley-Moore Dock - Quay, ex Floating Zephyr, from Philadelphia.—For particulars apply to J. & M. HARNETT, Brokers. On account of whom it may concern This DAY, the 9th instant, at Half-past One o'clock, at the Broker's office, 10, Brunswick-street, A Quantity of Heated and Damaged FLOUR, ei Floaticg Zephyr, from Philadelnhis.—Apply to WILLIAM PARKE, Broker. THIS Dar, the 9th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' office, 13, Exchange-buildings, 1325 Bundles 00111 YARN, ex Lydia Al'llenry, from Bombay ; 6 and 7, Albert Dock.— Apply to T. & H. LITTLEDALE & CO., Brokers. ow landing the 91 instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' office, 1365 Bags Z New Bengal RICE, 1000 Pockets ex Cheroke Albert Dock.—Apply to LITTLEDALE & CO., Brokers. Tins DAY, the 9th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' office, 1000 Bags Arracan RICE, now landing ex Hope —Apply to 3,.:: H. LITTLEDALE & CO., Brokers. abrogation is so The whole affair negotiated by a director of the Railway Coin- This pany, who are to be the fortunate leassecs same direc is also a Town Councilman, who is an Alderman and a member and bis )tiler, of the Fina for the eo-iti the railway )rnmittee, seconded the motior i.of tile understanding whicl and the committe( had arrived a I letter of the Man conform GLADSTO That the moved an amendm MIS DAY, to th " surveyor be instructed to divide the site of the I " Old Borough Gaol into lots suitable for the I " erection of warehouses, and that the same be put I n bri " up by auction in the usual manner, on seventy.. " five years' leases." Will the Lords of the Treasury countenance any other system of dealing with Municipal property, so long as a trace of the Corporation Reform Act remains on the statute book? We think not. Let their Lordships read the plain and un varnished history of this job—let them look to the 94th section of the Act sth and 6th WILLIAM IV., Cap. 76, and then turn to sections 96 and 97, and ask themselves if they can legally sanction the leasing or selling of any portion of a corporate estate except by public auction, or without the most searching investigation, on oath, into all the facts, when it is openly alleged by a large number of a corporation that their property is about to be disposed of for an "inadequate " consideration." We have long since despaired of keeping.munieipal jobbers within the pale of Con- stitutional o TZE NORTHERN TIMES.-L MONE.‘TARN. AND COMMERCIAL. LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY EVENING, The American advices have failed to produce any increased activity in the Liverpool Cotton Market, but holders continue to show great firm ness, whilst the trade buy but sparingly. The total business to.d:wy amounts to 6000 bales, of which 1500 have been taken for speculation and export. _ . _ _ _ In the early part of the day the Share Market showed great firmness, without, however, leading to any business of importance. The same feeling prevailed until late in the day, when prices became rather easier, closing as under :—Aberdeen, 13 132. Chester and Birkenhead, 158- 154. Caledonian, 294 30. Chester and Holyhead, 154 16. Eastern Counties, 91 9i. East Lancashire, 19 191. Great Northern, 231 24. Ditto A, 9,1 98. Great Western, 61i 62. Lancashire and Yorkshire Stock, 88 888. Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport, 167,- 171. London and North Western Stock, 1008 1001. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 284 29. Ditto Pref., 111 12. Ditto New 6 per cent. Pref., 7-16 9-16 p. Midland Stock, 741 748. North British, 88 81 North Staffordshire, 6 51d. South Eastern, 21 3-16 21 5-16. York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 19 191. York and North Midland, 271 '2B. Leed Capital Stock, I:sa 15. Buffalo and Lake Huron, 2 24-p. Dutch Rhenish, 1 3-16 lip. Great Western of Canada, 26 9-16 26 11-16. Ditto New Shares, 3 9-16 32p. Ditto 2nd issue, 3 9-16 38p. Great Luxembourg, 81 81. d. In the Manchester Goods Market there has been very little business done to-day, and prices have not undergone any important alteration either for Lords I Goods or Yarns. The following is a statement of traffic receipts of the Great Western Railway of Canada by pas senger and goods trains for the week ending 18th April, 1856,, and for the corresponding period last year :-18th April, 1856—total receipts, 16,0251. 125.; 20th April, 1855—d0., 11.662/. 12s. 7d. ; Increase, 4,3621. 19s. sd. Aggregate gross re ceipts from the commencement of the current half•year to date, 121,5581. 13s. .6d. sterling ; do. for the corrreaponding period last year, 85,0201. 7s. 5d do. Accounts from the Belgian grain market state that there is a downward tendency in the prices of wheat and flour. At Waremme wheat is 38f 250 per 104 kilos, being 75c lower than previous quota tione ; rye, 27f per 95 kilos, a fall of lf ; and oats, 25f per 121 kilos, being an improvement of lf. At Antwerp American wheat is 17 florins per 80 kilos, and white Zealand 171 florins, with no sellers. American rye is 101, florins, and native grown 10 . 1, to 104 per 70 kilos. Zealand barley is in demand at 7/ florins per 62 kilos. Reports from the French grain and flour markets show very little variation in prices, but the demand is not great. At Paris the factors declared to 3,713 sacks of flour, of which 1,695 sacks were sold for 30 days' bills, and 1,591 for cash, at an average price of 54f 16e per 100 kilos. For the 4 marks, buyers were not numerous, and prices ruled at 88f for the current, and 88f 50c for four months. At Havre, sales to the amount of 3 972 barrels of American flour realised from 29f 25c to 37f 35c per barrel. Letters from the French cotton factories ,this week mention that business is brisk, with a good demand for light fabrics. At Mulhouse, prices have a downward tendency, notwithstanding the large orders in hand, and the arrival of fresh commis sions from the chief towns. The supply of raw material is steadier, which has contributed to the decline in prices. The naval estimates for the year 1856.7 have been issued this morning. The amount of the original estimate was 19,876,6681; but it has been reduced to 16,568,6141, in consequence of peace. The sum already voted is 16,780,1541, leaving 811,260 to be made up. The annual meeting of the National Provincial Bank of England was held in London this day, John Laurie, Esq., in the chair. The report was highly satisfactory. Three new branches had been established, viz., at Hanley, Salisbury, and Conway. The result of the year's operations was thus : Net profits of 1355 Reserved fund ... £84,304 12 9 162,890 13 8 £247,195 6 5 Deduct dividend for 1855 36,100 0 0 Leaving rest or undivided profits, 31st Dec., 1855. £211,195 6 5 The directors announced a bonus of 8 per cent. in the company's stock, in addition to the half-yearly dividend at the rate•of 8 per cent. per annum. The reserve fund would then be 175,195/. 6s sd. In consequence of the large increase of the bank's business an issue of 15,000 small shares of 20/. each would be offered at par to the proprietors, The report was adopted, and a vote of thanks was given to the directors, to D. Robertson, Esq., the general manager, and officers of the establish ment. The variation in the Funds to-day was limited to about g per cent , and prices closed at 934 to 933. This was settling day in Consols. A disposi tion to operate for higher prices is still observable, encouraged by the steady investments of the pub lic and by the belief that the next Government loan will be of no small amount. The belief is expressed that, although the rates of money may not be immediately reduced, the period of greatest stringency has now been passed. The demand for money was, to-day, active, especially for Stock Exchange purposes, in connection with the monthly settlement in Consols. The Bank's minimum rates of discount are generally main tained, but no pressure is observable in commercial channels. At Paris, to-day, the Three per Cent. Rentes closed much the same as yesterday, The arrivals of specie continue large. The Colonial Wool Sales commenced to-day, and will terminate on the 31st instant. There was a full attendance of buyers,, and the bidders were very spirited. An advance of fully 10 per cent. over the prices current in March may be quoted. The Railway Share Market was rather weaker this afternoon,—the following being the final quota tions:—Caledonian, 501 60. Eastern Counties, 9 13-16 9 15-16. East Lancashire, 76 78. Great Northern, 94i 95. Do. A, 79 80. Great Western, 611 611. Lancashire and Yorkshire, 8811 888. London and North Western, 1001 1002. Manches ter, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 281 29. Midland Stock, 742 741 North British, 34i 35. South Eastern and Dover, 704 71. York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 771 781. York and North Midland, 551 551. THE QUEEN'S VISIT TO ►SOUTHAMPTON WATER„--The Town Clerk of Southampton on Wednesday, received official notice that the visit of her Majesty to Southampton Water, to lay the foundation stone of the new military hospital near Netley Abbey, is posponed until the 14th or 19th inst., in consequence of the inclemency of the weather, and because the preparations for laying the foundation stone are not in a sufficiently forward state. --.-- ELECTION EXPENSES.—Yesterday morning was issued a return to the House of Commons, moved for by Mr. Duncombe, 11i. P., of the names and descriptions of election auditors, &c., and of election expenses made up to the present time, in continuation of a parliamentary paper issued last session. At the election at Liverpool, at which Mr. Ewart was the successful candidate, Mr. Ewart's expenses were £1,309 Is 8d ; Sir S. G. Bonham's £1,313 18s Id. Tnn Customs' BILL or ENTItY.—An error occurred in our yesterday's impression, in a paragraph relative to the im provements recently introduced by Mr. Price Edwards, the collector, into the Customs' Bill of Entry. It was stated the value of duty on goods imported into Liverpool during the first three months cf the present year was £10,447,864. It should have been stated as the value of " duty free" goods imported during the same period. A very material difference, as will be at once seen. The value of imported goods, which pay no duty, is one of the new and important features in the publication to which we before alluded. CORONER'S COURT YESTERDAY. The Coroner held inques's yesterday in the cases reported in our publication of Wednesday. The details were the same as already given, and Nerdicts were returned in accordance with the facts stated. AMERICAN MAILL—The royal mail steamer Canada, will sail tomorrow for Boston and Halifax, wi.h the Canadian and United States mails, &c. Letters, in the usual course, will be received at the General Post Office up to eleven, and with late fees to twelve o'clock. The box at the Landing-stage will be open to one o'clock, with additional late fees, which is one shilling on letters. VERPOt FRIDAY, MAY 9, 1866 LATEST INTELLIGENCE. FRANCE The letter of our own Paris correspondent had not arrived at the hour of our going to press. POLITICAL AMNESTY The Queen, being desirous of marking the return of Peace by an act of grace and clemency, has given orders that a full and free pardon shall be granted to all the persons now under sentence for political offences. By this act of generosity Mr. Smith O'Brien and his associates, together with Frost, and those who were sentenced with him, will be allowed to return free to the United Kingdom. The only exceptions will be two or three persons who broke their parole in escaping from Australia. TURKEY. CONSTATINOPLE, APRIL 28 The Journal de Constantinople, which had been sentenced to two months' suspension, has been pardoned. The troops at Adrianople having left that city, some disturbances connected with the hatti-sherif had taken place. The Governor of Smyrna has left for Magnesia. The Porte is busily occupied sending troops into Syria to repress the disturbances there. The Circassian Deputies, who attract great attention, are daily visiting the great dignitaries. of State. French and Sardinian troops are daily passing the Dardanelles, en route for Marseilles and Genoa. Two regiments of English cavalry have embarked from Scutari on their way home. The 12th Lancers are preparino• to return to India, and will take the horses of 6 a regiment of Hussars with them besides their own. The men of the Hussars are to come home. It is rumoured that Saleh Pasha and his steward are acquitted of the murder of the Greek girl at Varna, and a groom alone found guilty and con demned to death. but we have never failed the ;ht side. We can get law if nothing more from the Government. Ti he united voice of Liverpool Premier send Mr. Lowt and his spoliation bill up oisters of St. Stephor, to ruminate over their sins, and Mr. LowE out of the way for the session and we have, therefore, a strong belief that the ne voice will succ, .ed in getting the Treasury, not only of the to refuse their sanction to the leasing of the land in ques- tion—but that we shall have an inquisition to enquire into the whole of the circum stances connected with the recommendation of the Finance Committee, before a jury of " twelve in "different," and the land valued by persons wholly unconnected with either the Corporation or the Railway Company. The Burgesses have some protection in the Municipal Reform Act, and to that act we would direct the especial attention of Mr. ROBERTSON GLADSTONE, and all those opposed to him, The Council have no right to sanction the leasing of land in perpetuity, and right well they must know it. But then, Mr. WOODRUFF tells the public, whose interest it is to look closely into the whole of this transaction, that " less than one-half of the members of the Finance " Committee were present when the recommenda " was adopted." The Lords of the Treasury will know how to appreciate such an allegation. If it be a fact capable of proof, we question if the land negociators will venture to face an opposition in Whitehall, based on such a strange occurrence. The prodigal side of the Council have been defeated within the last two years, on matters in which the common-sense course and equity of the case was not so manifestly in favour of the Burgesses' 'pockets. And if Mr. ROBERTSON GLADSTONE, Mr. EARLE, Mr. SFIEIL, Mr. HODSON, Mr. WOODRUFF, and those gentlemen who voted with them against this undisguised job, will follow up their defeat in the Council Chamber, by a memorial to the Treasury, their labour will not be thrown away on their townsmen, even if it should fail to frustrate the designs of their opponents. THE COURT THE LEVEL—The Queen held a levee on Wednesday afternoon in St. James's Palace. The court was fully attended, the presentations of gentlemen exceeding three hundred. The Queen and Prince Albert entered the Throne Room, attended by the Duchess of Sutherland, Mistress of the Robes; the Countess of Gaiusborough, Lady in Waiting; Earl Spencer, Lord Steward ; the Marquis of Breadalbane Lord Chamberlain ; the Duke of Wellington, Master of the Horse ; Earl of Mulgrave, Treasurer of the Household ; Lord Ernest Bruce, Vice-chamberlain; Viscount Drum lanrig, Comptroller of the Household ; Earl of Caithness, Lord in Waiting ; Viscount Torrington, Lord in Waiting to his Royal Higness ; Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps Keeper of her Majesty's Privy Purse; Mr. R. Ormsby Gore, Groom in Waiting; Colonel Francis Seymour (Scots Fusilier Guards), Groom in Waiting to his Royal Major-general the Hon. Charles Grey, Equerry in Wait ing; Captain du Plat, Equerry in Waiting to his Royal Highness ; and Messrs. G. Cameron and Henry Farqu harson, Pages of Honour in Waiting. The Queen wore a train of maize and white glace ground, lamee silver and brocaded with bouquets of green leaves and red and gold berries, trimmed with silver blonde. The petticoat of white tulle, worked with three flounces in straw over white satin. Her Majesty wore a diadem of diamonds and opals. The Foreign Ambassa dors and Ministers were introduced, when the presenta tions to the Queen took place in the diplomatic circle. At the general circle the presentations were, as already stated, exceedingly numerous. The following gentlemen presented addresses to the Queen: Mr. Stephen Heelis (Mayor of Salford), Mr. Charles Gibson (town clerk), and Alderman Ross, a deputation, presented an addrers of congratulation on the restoration of peace, from the mayor, aldermen, and burgesses of the borough of Salford. Mr. Heelis and Mr. Gibson were presented by Lord Palmerston. Mr. Joseph Orme (Mayor of Stockport), Dr. William Raynor (magistrate), Mr. John Vaughan (town clerk), Mr. Henry Coppock (clerk to magistrates), presented an address of congratulation from the mayor, aldermen, and burgesses of Stockport on the ratification of the treaty of peace, which has so honourably terminated the severe struggle in which her Majesty's forces have been engaged. Mr. James Watts (Mayor of Manchester), Mr. Alder_ man Nicholls. Mr. Alderman Neild, and Mr. Heron (the town clerk of Manchester), a deputation, presented an address of congratulation from the mayor, aldermen, and citizens of the city of Manchester on the re-establishment of peace. Mr. Watts was presented by Viscount Palmers ton. The Queen and Prince Albert, attended by the ladies and gentlemen in waiting, returned to Buckingham Palace after the levee, escorted by a detachment of Life Guards. Her Majesty had a dinner party in the evening, which included the Duchess of Kent, the Duke awl Duchess of Buccleugh, the Duke and Duchess of Argyll, Lady Anna Maria Dawson, Lord Cowley, Lord Raglan, Sir George Cooper. Colonel Francis Seymour,(Scots Fusilier Guards), and Lieutenant Cowell, of the Royal Engineers. The baud of the Coldstream Guards played during dinner March of the Israelites ("Eli ") Costa Grand Selection—"Setnirainide" Rossini Polka—" The Gazelle " (cornet obligato) D. Godfrey, The Queen's private baud attended after dinner. ";THE CRI➢IEAN ENQUIRY.—This Board met yesterday, but in consequence of the continued severe indisposition of Colonel Tulloch, was unable to proceed with evidence, and was adjourned till Wednesday next. THE MURDER OF MILI. KELLY.—DUBLIN, THURSDAY.— On application to the Court of Queen's Bench this day, Mr. Streven's (in custody on a charge of being concerned in the murder of Mrs. Kelly,) has been admitted to bail on two securities of £lOOO each. FRENen. Snips of Wm.—Yesterday, at eleven o'clock, the French ships of war Artimese and Agile got under weigh in Kingstown harbour, and put to sea for the coast of Scotland. By special appointment, Captain John Byrne, of the Ariel steamer, plying between Dublin and Glasgow, took charge of those vessels to navigate them on their passage through the channc>l. LCS3 OF THE E ANT SHIP RAC — Yesterday. a tele graphic despatch was received from Dublin announcin that the splendi merican ship Race belonging. to Messrs. A. Taylor and Co.'s line, Which sailed ftonac'tliis port on mday last for New Yo rk with a full number night of passengers, had struck on a slow bank oa the of the 6th, where she still remained at the last accounts, with very little prospect of her being got off. The Arklow smacks had safely landed about 500 passengers. ITALY TURIN, MAY 6 Count Cavour, in answer to interpellations ad dressed to him in the Chamber of Deputies, declared that the negotiations now pending, on the subject of the affairs of Italy, imposed upon him a great reserve. He explained the moral and mate rial advantages arising out of the treaty of peace. The Italian question has been brought before the Congress, and France and England have frankly adopted the views of Piedmont. Austria wished to consider it as non avenue, but this was rejected The Italian question is henceforth an European one. The Minister declared, in conclusion, that the relations between Sardinia and Austria had not improved. The Piedmontese government placed its whole reliance in the omnipotence of public opinion. ODESSA Correspondence from Odessa, under date of April 22d, mentions that there were then in the roads, 23 vessels of various nationalities, viz.: one American, one Neapolitan, one Dutch, two Sardinian three Greek, and the rest Austrian. Two g nglish steamers were also there on the 18th, and officers from on board had visited the tomb of Captain Gifford, of the Tiger. The letters represent the accounts which have reached Europe of the epide mic as greatly exaggerated. At the close of February 140 deaths per day took place in the hospitals, but for the past month the average daily number has not been more than twleve or fifteen. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS.-TIIIIRSDAY The Peers assembled this morning, and proceeded to Buckingham Palace to present their Lordships' Address upon the subject of the Treaty of Peace to her Majesty. On their return at five o'clock, Lord LYNDIIIIRST presented a petition from Thomas Dunne, one of the men charged with the murder of Miss Hindes, complaining of the refusal by the Attorney-general for a writ of fiat to enable him to appeal against the ver dict against him. Lord Campbell, the Lord Chancellor, Lord St. Leo. nards, and Lord Brougham justified the conduct of the Attorney-general. on the.motion of the Lord Chancellor, the :Mercantile Law Amendment Bill was ordered to be referred to a select committee, in order that an opportunity might be afforded for hearing the objections of certain mercantile men to the measure. The Earl of ELGIN postponed, till after the Whitsuntide rbeess, his motion on the subject of the Army in the North American Colonies The Lord CHANCELLOR presented her Majesty's reply to their lordships' address, which was similar in effect to that read by the Speaker in the House of Commons. Lord COLCHESTER gave notice, that on the 22d instant, he should draw attention to the declaration presented to Parliament with the treaty of peace, with respect to the maratime law. His object being to elicit the opinion of their lordships as to the expediency of abandoning the ancient rights of the country in this respect. The Lord CHANCELLOR announced that her Majesty, being desirous to confer a signal mark of her favour on Sir William Fenwick Williams, for his distinguished ser vices as her Majesty's commissioner in Asia Minor, and especially for his defence of Kars, recommended their lordships to concur with the House of Commons in granting him a pension of £l,OOO a year. (Hear, hear.) Earl GRANVILLE announced that Sir W. F. Williams was to be created baronet by the title of Sir William F. Williams, of Kars. Lord PANMURE moved a vote of thanks to the army, the navy, and the militia. The noble lord, in reference to the navy, pointed out their services in the Baltic and Black Seas, and remarked that its services had also been employed during the continuance of the war in moving 435,000 men, 54,000 horses, and 340,000 tons. The, Earl of DERBY seconded the motion, which, he was convinced, was one on which they would be unani mous. He expressed his hope that the army and militia would be kept in a state of efficiency in time of peace. The Duke of CAMBRIDGE spoke to the fortitude and bravery of horses and men, and remarked that the vote of thanks of that house would be received with the greatest gratitude on the part of the survivors of the army. The Earl of CAnuroaN:spoke to the same effect, and added a eulogium upon the late Lord Raglan. After some remarks from Earl GREY, the vote was unanimously agreed to. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE complained of the pen sion to Lord Dalhousie, and took the opportunity of opening the whole subject of the Government of India, and the employment of torture in the collection of the revenue. After some remarks and explanations from Earl Glanville, the Earl of Albemarle, the Earl of Harrowby, and Lord Panmure, the subject dropped. Their lordships rose at half-past nine o'clock. FRANCE AND THE PRESS OF BELGIUM BRUSSELS, Wednesday.—ln the Chambers this day the foreign minister, on answering the interpellation on the recent speech of Count Walewski on the press of Bel gium replied, that that speech had not been officially communicated. When that communication should take place, the answer would be read, and would be com municated to all gove.rnments, firmly maintaining the rights of a constitutional and independent country. It was further asked, whether any foreign powers had asked for any modification of the laws relating to the presi in Belgium. The minister said he would answer with one word—never. The sitting broke up amidst immense cheering and enthusiasm. PRUSSIA. The Berlin correspondent of the Times gives an analy sis of a report made by a committee of the Prussian Chambers, showing the region of the Russian prohibi tive system, and the Russian frontier exclusive system, on the eastern provinces of Prussia, which is not only prejudicial to commerce but contrary to existing treaties with Russia. THE DEPUTY LIEUTENANCY.—The Earl of Ellesmere, in a note, dated " Bridgewater House, St. James's, London, sth May," states to Mr. Alderman Barnes, of Manchester, that her Majesty has been graciously pleased to approve of his appointment as deputy-lieutenant for the county of Lancaster. FIRE LAST NIGHT.—Abut half-past nine o'clock last night a fire was discovered in the shop of Messrs. Mac donald and Brodie, hat and cap manufacturers, St. James's-place. Mr. Hewitt, with the fire brigade, were quickly at the spot, but the whole of the stock was already consumed. They succeeded, however, in preventing the spread of the fire to the premises above and alongside. The stock is said to be insured in a Manchester office, but to what amount could not be ascertained. The pre mises belong to Mr. Mason, tea dealer. LOCAL MARINE BOARD.—Yesterday Messrs. W. Mann, S. R. Graves, W. J. Tomlinson, James Beazley, Joseph Mondell, and J. P. Palmer, who a few weeks since resigned their places at the Local Marine Board, in consequence of the interference of the Board of Trade in the discharge of their duties, were re-elected without opposition to the same office. the polling, which was held in the grand jury room of the Session House, Chapel-street, commenced at ten o'clock, and at its close at four o'clock, 289 votes were recorded for each gentleman. THE RUSSIAN EMBASSY.—The Brussels papers already designate the future British ambassador at St. Petersburg in the person of the Earl of Westmoreland. FISHERY HARBOURS IN SCOTLAND AND IRELAND.--It appears that between January, 1846, and the 14th of April, 1856. £72,200 was advanced on public account for building, adding to, or otherwise improving and maintain ing fishery harbours in Inland, and a sum of £33,500 for the same works in the sister kingdom of Scotland. ----- BELGIAN HONOURS:—The Belgian lifoniteur announces that King Leopold has conferred the Grand Cordon of Leopold upon the Emperor Alexander 11. The same orAer is conferred upon Count Nesselrode, upon Count Orloff, and on Prince Dolgourouki. Pince Henri di Ligne is sent as Envoy Extraordinary on a special mission to the Emperor of all the Itussias. WELLINGTON COLLEGE.—We are authorised to state that Monday, the 2nd June, has been definitively fixed, by command of her Majesty, for the cermony of laying the first stone of the Wellington College, and for the subse quent military review, which were to have taken place on the 3rd instant, and that the programme:of,the cere mony will, in all its principal points, be the same as that Which has already been published. TRANSMISSION OF NEWSPAPERS TO THE COLONIES- —A treasury warrant appears in the Gazette respecting the transmission of newspapers by post to British colonies, which expression is to include the conveyance by any British, foreign, or colonial packet boat. The charge for the conveyance of newspapers between one British colony and another British colony by the closed mails, via Marseilles, through the United Kingdom, is tobe 2d each. SALE OF A RENTER'S SHARE IN DRURY-LANE THEATRE. —On Wednesday, at Garraway's Coffee-house, Change alley, Mr. Cla r k, of the firm of Messrs. Farebrother, Clark, and Lye, actioneers, offered to public auction a .e3OO renter's share iu the Theatre Royal, Drury-lane, entitling the holder to a transferable free admission and to a clear rent of Is. 3d. per night of performance, the property of the late Mr. William Merry. The sale was attended by a number of gentlemen connected with the theatrical world. After a brief competition it was knocked down for £45, being a slight advance on the price realised at previous sales of similar property. TELEGRAPH COMMUNICATION. - -a memorial is getting up in Southamptiou requesting the Emperor of France to permit a submarine cable to be laid down between that port and Havre for the purpose of establishing a telegraphic communication between England and the continent by way of Southampton and He 're. The Hurst telegraphic station will shortly be e4ablishcd, the Peninsubr, Royal Mail, South Western Packet, Ocean Steam Navigation, and Southampton Steam Tug Companies, together with the Post-office department, having subscribed the necessary funds to pay its em2enscs. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-THURSDAY The House met at two o'clock, and after the transaction of some private business, proceeded to Buckingham Palace, to present to her Majesty the Address of the Commons on the subject of the Treaty of Peace. The House re-assembled for public business at live o'clock, when The SPEAKER read the following REPLY OF HER MAJESTY TO THE ADDRESS ; "Igratefully acknowledge the zealous and cordial co— operation of my people in the prosecution'of the late war, and the firm and uniform support by which you have enabled me, in conjunction with my Allies, to conduct it to a satisfactory conclusion, while it is most gratifying to me to know that the resources of the empire are unim paired. I heartily concur with you in the hope that, under the favour of Divine providence, a peace, based on the common interests of Europe, may be long continued, and may promote and secure the welfare of my people and the civilisation and happiness of mankind. FOREIGN ENLISTMENT QUESTION Mr. H. BAILLIE gave notice that, shortly after the Whitsuntide recess, on going into committee of supply, he should draw attention to the foreign enlistment ques tion, and make a motion on the subject. MESSAGE FROM HER MAJESTY'. Lord PALIKERSTON appeared at the bar with a message from the Crown, which he delivered into the hands of the Speaker, who read it to the House. It was as follows "Victoria Regina.—Her MAJESTY being desirous of conferring a signal mark of her favour and approbation upon Major General Sir W. F. Williams, K.C.13., for the eminent and distinguished services rendered by him, as her Majesty's commissioner, at the head quarters of the Turkish army, in Asia, and particularly in the gallant defence of Kars, recommends it to the House of Commons, to enable her Majesty to make provision for securing to Sir W. F. Williams a pension of £l,OOO per annum, for for the term of his natural life. (Loud cheers.) The message was ordered to be taken into considerstion to-morrow. Lord PALMERSTON further announced that her Majesty had given to General Williams the title of baronet, and that it was intended that his title should be Sir W. F. Williams, of Kars. (Renewed Cheering.) VOTE OF THANES TO THE ARMY AND NAVY. Lord PALMERSTON, in proposing a vote of thanks to the army, the navy, and the militia, referred to the gallantry , of the forces at the battles of Alma, Inkermann, Balak lava, and in the two attacks upon the Redan, and to their constancy under the difficulties and dangers to which they were exposed. He thought the loss on our part, which was in all 22,000, was extremely small, considering the position which we occupied, and the pestilence that for a time raged ; and remarked that the enemy had 90,000 buried under the soil on the heights that surrounded Sebastopol, and had lost iu all during the war, not less than 500,000. With regard to the navy, by the refusal of the Russian fleet to hazard an engagement, they had not had so much opportunity as the 'army of distinguishing themselves, but they had lent assistance in the embarka tion, disembarkation, and transport of troops, and had even served 'in the field before'Sebastopol. The noble lord then referred to the devotion of the militia, and to their rapid progress in discipline. Mr. DISRAELI seconded the motion. Mr. A. STOFFORD eulogised Admiral Dundas. The motion was then unanimously agreed to. The House then went into committee on the reformatory Schools (Scotland) Bill, when a motion was made that the House be counted, and there not being forty members present, the House adjourned at half-past seven o'clock. THE LATE ELOPEMENT FROM LONDON.—This day week we published the details of the elopement of a married woman, named Elizabeth Horn, the wife of an excavator, residing at Poplar, London, with a " navvy," named John Fennel, and the fact of their arrest in Liverpool, by Sullivan of the detective police, with nearly £2OO in money, which the officer got with the parties. He also got a considerable quantity of property with them. The parties had also paid £25 on account of their passage to Australia in one of Messrs. Baines' ships, and Mr. James Baines, of that firm, at once returned the amount to the officer, on being made aware of the facts. The parties were taken to London by Sullivan, and were brought up at the Poplar police station, along with a woman, named Sarah Howis, who had been arrested in London on a charge of having assisted the man Fennell to remove some of the property belonging to Mr. Horne. The case was investigated at the police court in London, when Mrs. Herne was discharged, but Fennel, and the woman Howls, were committed for trial at the Central Criminal Court, and the case will come on there on Monday next. CHEMISTS' A.CSOCIATION —The usual fortnightly meetingof this Association was held at the Royal Institution last evening, the President (Mr. Abraham) in the chair. Mr. T. J. Williams, Lord-street, was elected a member, and Messrs. Pearson and Tomlinson associates of the society. Mr. Mercer m ade a communication to the meet ing, on the subject of transferring the Collodim films used in photography from the glass plates on which the pic tures have been produced, and , exhibited specimens e of the process es of M Innes, Archer, and Rollason. Dr. Edwards and M r. Archer exhibited two very excellent and economical microscopes, one, the Society of Arts Pr i ze Microscope, by Field, and the other manufactured by Mr. P a rkes, o f Birmingham. Mr. Archer also placed b e f or e the meeting a simple and ingeniously constructed dissecting microscope, also made by Mr. Parkes. T. C. Archer, Esq., then proceeded to deliver a highly interest ing lecture on the products of the natural order of grasses (graminacece), illustrating his remarks with a valuable and numerous collection of specimens. At its conclusion a short discussion ensued, and a vote of thanks was unanimously passed to Mr. Archer. H, CHESTER RACES• a eaw Thj attendance on the Roodee yesterday vr,'"_„d very numerous, the grand stand, the Dee stand , 6 r u o. other parts of the course being much crowded. Th e P c _, , gramme, which was very attractive, included seven races the Dee Stakes being the principal event. Da this ton there was a considerable amount of betting, being the favourite. Precisely at two o'clock we SP ° of the day commenced with ors• THE DEE STAND CUP Of BO sovs given by the Propric to added to a Sweepstakes of 5 sovs each. receive 10 sovs out of the Stakes. Seven furlouP 13 subs. Lord Clitden's ch f Melissa, 3 yrs. • • • • .... g Mr. Cockcroa's ch f The Medway, 4 yrs ....• ************ • • ' 3 ' Mr. Morris's b c General Pic tou, 4 yrs . .................... 4 Mr. T. Walker's br f Dame Junith, 4 yr 5...... • • ..... ••• • • ° Mr. F. Fisher's b g New Brighton, 6 years...... • ••• •• • • ° Ellingro Mr. Walier's b m OctEvio, aged...... .................... • 0 Mr. Smith's b h Coen, 5 yrs .............................. • 0 Mr. Adkin'sTh c Flatterer , 4 yrs Mrs. Osbaldeston's b c Claret, 4 yrs ... • . 0 ...... • • 0 Mr. Merry's gr c Cock of the North, 4 yrs ..... .• • .... • ° Cll,k's b.:J Lady Florence, 3 yrs.. ...• • ...... • e ..... Lord Wilt al's ch c King Chat, 3 yr 5..... .. ...• ••• •• " u Mr. Barber's eh c Naughty Boy, 2 yrs .............. ••• • ." the r. Betting : Even on Medway, 5 to 1 against an/ a bout The favourite took the lead, the rest lying together ,de two lengths behind her. At the bridge, Melissa in front• desperate effort, and near the distance, went to The race was now closely contested between : l u r , by a Medway, and General,Pictott, and Melissa svi'' l3l , n r a d th e length. General Picton was about two lengths beu seCund. re st ~1 11 The CHESHIRE WELTER Cur of 100 sovs , the W ith ,7„ 'W specie, by subscription of 20 sovs each, 10 ' ft cpto t" sovs added. inner to give 2 doz. of CharaPagu„i gobs" members of this face. Grosvenor Course.---' eight of whom declared and pay 5 sovs. each , Mr. Morris's ch h Eulogist, (and 51b ex) 6vs ••• • •'''•' 9 Mr. Parker's b f One Act, (and 101 b es) S yrs ......... ".. 3 Lord Wilton's b g Shoreham, 4 yrs • ........... Mr. Barber's br h Goorkah, 6 yrs. ....................... ' g Dlr. J. Davies's ch g Titterstone, (h b) .............. 0 Mr. Pringle's b g Blarney, k; . ed (h b) .................. 0 Sir T. Barke's ch h Morgan Rattler, 5 yrs .• .......... ••" Mr. S. Abel's b g Cavendish, aged .. ...... ... Sir. E. J. Irwin's ch h Simon Pure, 5 yrs ............... 0 . • Mr. H. Lane's ch h Humboldt, 5 yrs ......... .to Betting : Even on One Act against the field. 5 _ le aa against any othe - . The favourite went off wi th the go, at a rattling pace, closely followed by Shorehani_os Goorkah. They remained in this position until ch0:4;10 opposite to the stand, when Eulogist made a P t° got to the front STAKES , winning 10 on the post by a neck- ded, THE DEE of soya each, with 200 so" ;goad for three years' old colts,_ Bst 71b, fillies Bst 21b • psi to receive 50 sovs out of the stakes, and win=s, s obs. 25 soya towards expenses. Grosvenor course . --e" Mr. Jas. Cooksun's b c Bird in Hand _ ...... Admiral Harcourt's br c Eli ngtou Mr. Magenis' b c Viscount ' . Mr. Coperthwaite's b c The Wild Irishman Mr. Dawson's br c Bobby B • Lord Eglinton's b c Omer Pasha Mr. H. Hill's ch c Stanhope • • • Mr. J. Scott's b c The Result Mr. Aladlow's b c Lawn . . ................ ........... St Stan, Betting : 6 to 4 against Ellington, 4 to 1 ag,a 4 7he /1 10 : hope, 6to 1 against any other. Stanhope nia ue ,; beinlb ning at a rapid pace, the favourite and Bobby • There well up, and the nick about two lengths behincl e 0 3 was no change in the position of any of the 11° o , rs ,..ohOP ef the bridge turn, when Bird in Hand shot past 0- 000 and took the first place. At the distance a farth er e ras took place, the favourite going to the front, an d t h er e 50 d a beautiful contest home between the first, se, e netigt h ' _, third, Bird in Hand winning on the post by - s° irS• ; The SCURRY HANDICAP of 5 sovs. each, w" #4, - 30 added. Three quarters of a mile.-11 subs. r Lord Wilton's ch f by Birdcatcher—Sacrifice, 3 Yrs ........... Mrs. Osbaideston's b f Lunelle, 3 yr 5..... . ............. 0 Lord Wilton's br c by Touchstone—Lady dorliva, 2 Yrs . • •.• • 0 Mr. Foley's b h The Trapper, 5 yrs .• • ••• ........ . • • 0 Mr, Arrnst ong's b f Alcyone, 4 yrs Mr. Cockcroft's ch f The Medway, 4 yrs ................. • • 0 Capt. Christie's b f Roving Betsy, 4 yr 5...... ••• • ..... ; ... o ner Betting : 6 to 4 aginst Sacrifice, 3 to 1 a , ainst e d sto 1 against any other. The Trapper led,' follow un til The Medway and Lunelle. There was no alter ation ilt t o. the lot came to the distance, when Birdcatcher wutoreell front, and there was a splendid .contest hom e bet pO O Birdcatcher and Lunelle, the former winning on te by a head. nd sus' Charlton,who rode Roving Betsy, was thro wn, 3 fisrloB tamed rather serious injury, a few paces before art'iort; at the bridge turn. The horse also fell, but was Tlotate° Charlton, on being conveyed into the jockey's roonl , s a Oat that the rider of Luuelle ran sgainst him, and forc e hor se to the rails, which caused the accident. Wh en the 'ibis fell, Charlton fell on to the rails, and severely bruise of right thigh. He was taken home in a cab. 'der --,, Bullock, the rider of Lunelle, and Wynne, the r !idea, the Trapper, were fined £5 each ; .and Wynne disiVll%.o 0 1 for riding during the week, for disobeying the or ue ' the starter. 100 soltr MARQUESS OF WESTMINSTER ' S PLATE, value e ach' added to a Handicap Sweepstakes of 10 so's . er to Second to receive -€2O out of the Stakes, and win' oar e• pay 10 sovs. towards expenses. Grosvenor 0° 30 subs. Mr. Barber's ch c Pretty Boy (51bs extra), 3 yrs ........... Mr. R. l'Anson's br f Berezina, 4 yrs ............... .••• " Mr. R. Read's b f The rilosquito.4 yrs . .... • • • • ' .... Mr. W. Smith's b h Old Noll, 5 yrs ....... . Mr. J. M. Stanley's b gNeopteermus, 4 yrs .......... .• o Sir J. Hawley's ch f Kedan, 3 yrs. ..................... Betting : 7 to 1 against Berezina, 24 to 1 against gO s Zoing 4to 1 against any other. The Mosquito made the. r : n , at a very quick pace, Old Noll and Berezina 1 1 1. T. up, with Pretty Boy about two lengths in the rea c k : the passing the stand the first time round Old Noll t % t hee , first place, which he maintained to the distance,,oself Pretty Boy challenged, and went to the front, e'dinglit followed by Berezina. The contest home was exce close, Pretty Boy winning by a length. added' The SELLING STAKES of 5 sovs each, with 30 sous an • Three years old, Bst, four 9st 6lbs, five lOstL : 010; aged lOst 31b ; mares and ge ldings allowed 31 °. e otere u ners extra. The winner to be sold for 4'200; P an, 141 b to be sold for .el5O, allowed 41b; 8113; u Ir a , afte r £5O, 201 b ; and £3O, 241 b. To be sold by 0 000 the race, and any surplus to go to the race file" round and a distance.-7 subs. .. Mr. Samwell's br c Usurer, 4 yrs (£3O) ..... ......... .. ••• 0 Mr. W. Robinson's ch f Little Emma. 3 yrs .• . . • ••• 0 Mr. C. Thorpe's ch g Little Tom, 6 yrs (£ 3O ) . ........... •• " 0 Mr. E. R. Clark's b I Plausible, 4 yrs (£3O) , ............... 0 Mr. Stebbing's b f Kitty, 3 yrs (£3O) .. . ... • Mr. Dawson's br c Huby by Poynton, 3 yrs (- 30) '•' s gal .„ Betting : 6 to 4 against Little Emma, 3,t°fravour"'" any other. Little Tom made the running, t ae arri vin f, 'and Kitty being well up. About 20 yards befall' WOO at the distance Usurer went to the front, an 5 0 half a length. wit h pst TRIENNIAL PRODUCE STAKES of 1 0 so vs each , " sovs added, for two years old; colts Bst 9113,_: 00 d the Sib. Winner to pay 10 sous toward s e x p enses' second to sore his stake. T.Y.C.-9 suns- Mr. Pedley's ch f 111adame Palissa (61b).... Mr. T. W. Redhead's cL c Sir Colin Betting : 6 to 4 on Palissa. lengths won easy .I;;..several LATEST BETTING. THE BERET. 7 to 2 agst Wentworth (taken) 8 ... 1 ... Ellington (taken) 15 ... 1 ... Rogerthorp (taken) 25 ... 1 ... • Fly by Night (taken) 45 ... 1 ... Leamington (taken) - 1000 ...15 Barbarina, colt (taken) 7 ... 2 ... Cannobie (taken) 8 ... 1 ... Fazzaletto (taken) 25 ... 1 ... Prince (taken) • 40 ... 1 ... Newington (taken) 50 ... 1 ... Coroner (taken) 11 ... 2 ... Scott's Lot (taken) b 2 After was d against i e n r g e tonhadb eginmb for the Deeetrhbey. Stale to leg' —__•_-_-_--• The appearance of the, crops in France is so fate... ar e o grab ie as to influence the corn markets. The farel : , es induced to sell their produce without delay, dP le are generally uprds o of £150,000 a n Tian gold is stated to oo h of av t e he lAL RELATIONS W I TH ...mall parcels of gold continue t o arr i ve fro m Par — a other parts of the Continent. 1 /sl' COMMERC esP e° liamentar • ) papers of yesterday, is published the Corr for dente respecting the late convention with signed Japan, b 1 bf opening certain ports in Japan to British shiP e ' Lor d Admiral Stirling. It is concluded by a letter freill,.,„ the bffereecAepnAttalrlyanrivritviotehdth:;oug bstarrina:ci- Clarendon, expressing the " entire approbation" 1", government of Admiral Stirling's proceedings. j3orge' THE QUARTERLY RETURN OF MARRIAGSS, MOO AND DEATHS for England is generally favourable. d t he than the average number of children were born , e l l i i n ter deaths were much below the average number in the 7i a ges quarter that ended on March 31, 1856 ; thereinabelo returned for the last quarter of the year 1855 ma rried the average number. 303,548 persons were x ,,,0n (151,774 men and 151,774 women) in the year 1 , 8 , 1 ° 0 - 'OO that the rate of marriage was 1,616 person to even' ...s - ' tea of the population living, whereas the average in the years 1846 —55 was 1,682. The births of 169,2 5 2 c l i j a rch were o ere registered in the winter quarter that ended . eve r 3 This number is absolutely the hig hest that h e f birth ig rat 499' ° f to been returned in a winter quarter ; and th e ra 3,585 in 100,000, or much above the average, 3, season, h litre i4 ATTEMPT TO ITURDER.—At the Marlboroug...soto Police-court, on Saturday, Harriet Graham, wife °f 4 ,,, t Munroe Graham, an actor, was charged with attenit'-g3td°, fire a loaded pistol at her husband. Mr. Grahare 6 t he about 12 o'clock the previous night he was corning fre t et , stage entrance at the Princesb's Theatre, Oxfora_cl-.:tvirege, having hold of a gentleman's arm. when he saw his A it. who instantly presented a pistol at him, and seaPP,iho The pistol was taken from her, and found to be damp. ~,„ for tw is ` t `ei prisoner said she had been Mr. Graham's wife years, but was separated from him. She took the P v° her out with her, but not intending t o use.it to &Pr - - 11 husband of life. She saw her husband in t h e street, andol, the impulse of the moment she pilled out the pistoLaiu.„ presented it at him, intending o nl y to fri g hten him. X LI ' committed.