Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-03-07 00:00:00

THIRD EDITION NORTHERN TIMES OFFICE, MONDAY, 3 P.M. MID -DAY EXPRESS. RESIGNATIONFRANCE. OF PRINCE NAPOLEON. There was a rumour i n P ar i s on S un d ay , w hi c h i s f ueh eved .3 uy the correspondent o f t h e T i mes to b e well patiod, that Prince N apo l eon h as sen t i n hi s resig til Minist er of Algeria and the Colonies, and '!" i t has been accepted. The retirement of the' .2. l i!ice, or ev en hi s offer of retirement, it is added, "11 be regarded as th e s i gn o f a mo difi e d po li cy. th4oeaunts from Ch er b ourg state that the sh i p of at „! line Au s t er li tz has been disarmed, and placed .uong the r eserve. Itr l t is said th at the officers belonging to the French a IY of oc cupat i on at Rome, who are absent on le ave, are or d ered to join their regiments forthwith. T rade-b et _ in Fra nce i s d escr ib ed as rather worse than in baL'er• The falling off in demand for consumption s a. e nsed a d ec li ne in sugar, oil, and other articles dull at use. Credit i s ex t reme l y li m i te d . T ra d e i s la rd Havre, B or d eaux , M arse ill es, an d other e toms. The flour and corn markets of Paris are firmer. P AR TURKEY. c ons is, Monday. —According to a t e l egram f rom Pointe tan tino I direct, Sussib Pacha ha s b een ap ed i P e s a Mnister of Finance, replacing Suffeth Pacha. The Pa ella has been appointed Ambassador at Paris. ti;eoita.llachian deputation has arrived at Constan- THE lONIAN ISLANDS. A th e 28th ult. a deputation of the Legislative '' '' o s n seril blY Presented to the new Lord High Commis_- p si r -er the reply voted in answer to Mr. Gladstone's noticing of Feb. sth. His Excellency, after e.ennteleritr:aLlvith regret the refusal of the Assembly to nil:the reforms proposed, said, in reference to I _ange . in the Protectorate •. It 'is impossible for in to 411 . Y time, or under auy circumstances, to enter on _ communication with the Legislative Assembly whichandion which h as a l ready received an answer, dut enc2.to must be cons id ered as finally settled. My 18 o to the obs erve the const i tut i on, and en f orce obe laws. _ MnraoPoti in fair TA.TNIICISAT ' ir I A jI S Pri M m A e R b iC e E as T ts S• and sheep were Daly! a request, at full prices. In other breeds there was moderate business done, on rather easier terms ; rraelialtiseesdan6dspitgos sold slowly at last week's currency. Lamb . 7s der 8lbs; beef from 3s 2d to 4s 10d , t 4 ton, 3s 10d to 5s 8d; veal, 3s 10d to 5s 6d; pork, 3s 3° ,460 8 2d Per B lbs. &c. Total supply :—Beasts, British calve' fa 140 ; sheep, British 18,680, foreign 1,280 ; 13 s Br ,n 87, foreign 40 ; pigs, 550. k iTleg i t trG4 O P. There is a good business doing in all extre. of new hops, the skew of which is very moderate, at iii,vorae uotations. Yearling and old qualities move off t tY, at late rates. aboirb,°•)r 11 foNEy —Consols opened firm, at an advance of 96 n . t',,?nd have been well maintained. They opened at 96,..1 t- ;-.'l, advanced to 96g., and are now steady at 96 to fir' . 44st price of French Rentes, 69. Shares . opened el, at Fren c h an advance of about 1 per cent. Canadian steady. 1: good. beast L o d. CORN. —The weather since Friday has bee . n aadl fu l , but to-day is overcast. Arrivals of foreign grain fresh up sour are very small, and of English wheat -„ t eeder at .riugli, i , e . We have a limited attendance of buyers ; and F oreig n Wheat sells slowly, at last rte a -; d heavy sale, but no change. Monday ' sß rle and pri o c a e t s s . ser aa i i i at last rates, with fair demand. a Norfolk y flonr s unaltered, and very slow sale. LO CAL INTELLIGENCE. THE Sc Sat„d u11i54 °tura'. —This - splehtlld yebncl ltilet.l vu fair cargo a for Melbourne, with 150 passengers and a very of goods on frcielt. arriiev:llll.TßE ATL ANTIC.--The steamer New York, which f ur f . ` 1 at Southampton from New York, o rep th orts passing, in 4 ° t ll . r ,l l l ooll3,46th.rough three fi e ld s o f i ce, n e 24th Feb., l'ieSeutlez°2'—'od Saturday, a man named Henry Thomas 17 9 ,aged 55, pressed in a shipwright, cut his throat, in his house, minddord-steet, Park. He had been very depr for sorne time past. Altai ti . Mail Steamer Asia, eap tai 01 11\ AI Ams. —The Royal 0 41 11 I 'M, sailed for New York direct, on Saturday, ear Y bafore noon, with about 60 passengers, and a large so of Britishand Continental goods. n 4 IR To -0 4 „,. 1 , WN COVE CIL.--A special meeting of the Town th b b l , aas been called for Wednesday next,to dispose of fin e asuless which was postponed last week in favour of THEweather and the race-course. B o Nturd °rOTA.--Tilig screw steamer arrived here on are rv . a Y! from Valparaiso via Rio Janeiro, buther dates v linder_l:leiPated by the arrival of the Brazi b ; 11 T AE an d that she comes here to receive new oilers. al)." AmpurrnEATan.—Madame Celeste will . make her titheel;Z4tnhe: Linivetrhpisooitheatre to.night, in a drama _which is public. No actress stands higher in ceiesestimation of the Liverpool public than _ THEte."4"e is a more general favourite in Liverpool. b 110°, LAniEs' DEsionavrum I —Sharpen your scissors and hileeat,uestiisf:usi pina,tveenrittiol:zdies' Scissors . Sharpener, a new by which every lady can en , ily keep teeei issors sharp and in good order. One sei.t free on Lo u r of Is in stamps, by Aitken and Co., 83, Fleet-street, ca h " ' C. Wholesale and for exportation. Terms I,_ Established 1851. to TAE Ihsri, BAKER FUND. --It can scarcely be necessary e in • esPecial attention to the fact that the performances is Ind , -t toyai , ° ' the Baker Fund will take face in the r plea . as been to-moral,/ (Tuesday) evening. The appeal which h R ad lolaade to epublic is one founded, upon long services fail t ng-standint, gratitude, and will not, we feel convinced, The meet withba warm response. Co nno.,4llllaal Missionary Meeting of the Methodist New _ttott„--I°ll, will take lace this evening, in Bethesda chapel, The t;ern-treet, The chair will be taken at seven . o'clock. fre, o etin 3 will be addressed by the Rev. WilliamCocker,_en . tree Itevatbeaa ; the Rev. Mr: Franks, from Haward - , te nry i t • ,M.lVhite the Rev. William Mills, the Rev.' Tiii,N -rs uell, and the Rev. A. C. Bevington. :o'clock bP-:a.--On Saturday morning, from four to five It a arldeonll: llC ' 43 Penh of thunder were heard overof the f l e 'ar, and ~,,.-},B"rrt. It is rather unusual at this season h that there l',,Triade it the more remarkable, was the_ fact_ atte n d ants was no Pher e ~,,a --.', usnaih, 'panv thunder. Te h atmos raja nor lightning, nor any other of the 411 1 clear, as us ual, and t e li c e °m m - orriing afterwards was fine ~ , 0 , 1 1, ,,z , young lea n ria, "r lAGISTRA.TES' COURT. —On Saturday, Aude:lned James Benson, was brought up before a Me-srs. Pl B Poon :„-,,and Gibbons, charged with having stolen a silver_ ee inrei;"4. a BilVeir fork from the house of Mr. Horace J had , bee n ~:read, 'Walton It appears that the young man ._ doinge:Tl°3-ed to do a 'ob of work at the cistern, and while q u esti on , ' contrived to secret and carry off the ; articles in t eonth s r !'. The court sentenced the prisoner to three Tot imprisonment. the . week t odiu I/POOL ROYAL I NFIRMARY.— Return fo r - . Pati eii g AlarCh sth, 1859 Admitted : in-patients, 47 , out : !I:1 • 4 s i : 16 ; surgical casualties, 17. Discharged: cured, ;; irr e i gn ev i e a d l: and at own request, .12 i made out-patients, For til ,0; dead, 4; remain in the house, 192. 4111 C. e .- ens uiag week. Visitors : Messrs. R. Brooke, Stnbb Melly ; phvsician, Dr. Vose ; surgeon, kir hun te s ; house suigeon, Mr. T. S. Walker ; junior , A.ll, surgeon Mr. J. Allen ; chaplain, Rev. H. J. Garrod Robert Ilutchison treasurer. ----___ A•ra op 11• & l ess, sti e d rec "slit. W. K. LOFTUS.— Shortly b e f ore go i ng t o je tolr eived the melancholy news that our distin e - It dl t ' rasnlan, M r . W. K I!. Loftus, is no more. boilt°4l Lek bscess on the liver, on board the ship Tyburnia, kicealtstllieafter his embarkation for England from India. 1,111. uhrOnirie. Itek,' GovluiNt-ENT REFORM BILL—At a meeting of the J'.3-,,,, Committee of Norwich, held on Tuesd9 , last r e , o i y k.,olnaan, pmq., insult to th e!1----" That the Ministerial Reform Bill is an a _ in the chair it was ultanimouslY th t ~e. Intelligence of the nation, and utterly unworthy f Nab:lPort of any who profess to be Reformers, as the ac i r o f any provision for lowering the o . occupation Iv ro Ise in boroughs is a deliberate confirmation of the iv orl ll . arid injustice pressing on the • great body of the ,in tr eat „g linen of this country, - who have too long been ev er e " as outcasts by that constitution which they are xiii ic y rea d to uphold and defend. That this committee, Eizt i on this vital defect, thinks it unneces -407 to allude to other objectionable features of the parplrnent scheme, and calls upon all Reformers in beyparklent u nhesitatingly to reject it, and to insist whi'ja thorough and satisfactory measure of Reform at once brought in, and the dismissal of a Ministry to tii ; has proved itself unworthy of the confidence of the ` t Y) and incapable of carrying out its wishes." LATEST TELEGRAMS. AUSTRIA DRESDEN, Saturday Evening.—The semi-official Dresden journal publishes a letter from Vienna, in which it is stated, -Austria has, according to article 47 of the final act of Vienna Wiener Schlussacte, proposed to the Federal Diet preparations for war Kriegsbereitschaft. VIENNA, Saturday.—The article of the Moniteur of this day has produced on our evening Bourse a great rise, National 76 50.77, Metalliques rose proportionally, Exchange on London at noon, 12.50. PRUSSIA BERLIN, Saturday.—The solemn christening of the infant prince has taken place this day, at one o'clock. The name of the young prince is Frederick William Victor Albert. A general illumination for the evening is prepared. BERLIN, Sunday, March 6th.—According to advices received here, Lord. Cowley will leave Vienna on Wednesday next. SWITZERLAND. BERNE, March G. The Federal Council discussed, in its sitting of yesterday, the state of political affairs, and unani mously decided upon defending and upholding by every means in its power the integrity and neutrality of the Swiss territory. Besides the above, a resolu tion was voted to extend measures for defending the country in case of need, and in accordance with the treaties to such part of Savoy as might be found necessary in order to maintain the neutrality and in tegrity of Switzerland. Communications relating to these resolutions are to be addressed to the diffe rent European govern ments. THE FRENCH FUNDS. PARIS, Saturday, 11 50. a.m.—The pacific article in the Monitcur of this morning has produced great excitement here. Rentes commenced at 68 50 rose to 69, and are now 68 70. 1 15 p.m.—The agitation has somewhat subsided. Rentes open, 68 70. 345 p.m.—The Bourse closes very firm. Rentes 69 for money, and 69 10 account ; being nearly 4- per eent. higher than yesterday's closing. Austrian railway shares are also 22f, and Lombardo-Venetian 191 higher. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. AUSTRIA The following is the text of the Austrian despatch of the sth of February, addressed to the Austrian representatives at the different Courts of Germany : " VIENNA, Feb. s.—The serious anxiety which affects the political situation 'of Europe since the commencement of this year has also been seriously felt in every part of Germany. To the astonishment of the governments and of the nations who desire peace, and whose efforts tend to so many important results of which peace is the condition, general confidence in the future has been shaken in a lament able manner. There does not exist any serious difference ( Zerwiirfniss) between the Powers which can explain this anxiety, but the fears which have manifested themselves seem the less inclined to cede to a more favourable appreciation of the state of things as they cnnnot be traced. to legitimate causes. " If this general feeling of uncertainty is to be deeply regretted, a salutary effect, and which it is impossible not to recognise, has, on the other hand, been produced by the unanimity and decision with which public opinion in Germany, in presence of the eventuality of war, which appeared certain, has pronounced itself in favour of an energetic co-opera tion. " This fact, which none can deny, is a bright and satisfactory light in the sad darkness of the present moment. " The language of German statesmen, as of the press, has widely spread the impression that Ger many would look upon itself as threatened as a united power (Gesanuntmacht), if Austria, by an un just attack on her possessions in Italy, should find herself called upon to take up arms against one of the greatest military powers in Europe. The convictions of the whole of Germany have united in an energetic protestation against a return of the days of the Con federation of the Rhine. With a common consent which commands respect, youblic opinion has declared that if the rupture of the public law of Europe should threaten a German Power, even should it only be at first in her non-German possessions, all her allies ought to make common cause with her, so as to preserve peace by the moral force of so powerful a union. And in case, against all expectation, that result should not be obtained, would protect in com mon from tta 'c, the possession of a member of the Confederat:cn as well as the sanctity of treaties ; and thus shield, at the- same time, the honour, the dignity, the safety, and the power of united Germany. " Under these circumstances, not a few German Cabinets have expressed to us their wish to examine closer by what firm determination, and in what form, a joint line of action, 'in case of an attack on Austria, could be adopted so as to be prepared at a moment's notice. On various sides our opinion has been sought on the state of affairs, especially as whether it would be opportune to provoke a declara tion from the constitutional authority of the German Confederation, or to prepare resolutions for eventual adoption by that authority. This induces us to make confidentially known to our allies our views upon the necessities of the present situation. " This situation shows an improvement in the political symptoms which indicate in a more re stricted manner the existence of a danger of imme diate war, but at the same time, by the absence of all guarantee, that the explosion of war in Italy may take place at any moment, under, Any pretext what ,ever, and again threaten, in a serious manner, the peace of Europe. Faithful to its moderation and love of peace, the Austrian Cabinet will exert all its influence to prevent ulterior complications. But we cannot close our eyes to the fact that, as long as the policy of Sardinia perseveres in its present character, contrary to the law of nations, and calculates upon war and revolution, war presents itself as the pro bable consequence of our firm resolution to defend against every attack the rights of Austria, in Italy, as resulting from treaties. " Under these circumstances, we must in truth at tach a great importance to the conviction being fully established in Europe that Germany, closely united, will not allow such an attack to be made. " We do not, it is true, draw the conclusion there from that the suitable moment has arrived to open deliberations at Frankfort and for the German con federation to take decided measures. "We must take into careful consideration the presumed effect that will be caused abroad, as well as upon the internal situation of the Confederation ; and, under the necessary influence of those consider ations, we, for the present are inclined to the opinion that the firm establishment of the common action of Germany with Austria, in case of war, ought not to assu me th e o bli gatory forms of the Federal Constitution as long as the realisation of the even tuality for the advent of which the community is prepared has not presented itself as certain. But we need not give the assurance that the opinions our august allies may wish to bring to bear upon this essential point may beforehand count upon our most serious attention, and will be by us eagerly taken into consideration. '" Nevertheless, we think that it is decidedly de sirable already that the Governments of Germany, as members of one great body, should mutually communicate the convictions which animate them in presence of the dangers of the future, which it is impossible to disown, and prepare themselves, by a firm agreement, to hold at the proper time the same lIE NORTHERN TIMES, MONDAY, MARCH 1' 1859 latiguit . ge, conformable to the circumstance'', and efficacious either towards Sardinia or towards France, or finally towards both States together. We shall receive with lively interest and warm gratitude the assurance that this view is shared by our allies, and that in particular the Government to which you have the honour of being accredited is, on its part, disposed to co-operate in the establishment of the full certainty that Germany will act in concert with Austria, a result the success of which would be certain, especially by choosing the proper moment and the suitable form. " You are authorised to use this as a confidential communication.—l am, &c., "8u0i.." THE EMPEROR NAPOLEON AND SIR FRANCIS B. HEAD The following letter has been addressed by the Emperor of the French to Sir F. B. Head: [TRANSLATION.] PALACE OF THE TUILERIES, March 1 My dear Sir Francis, —I thank you for ha v in g collected together, in order to send them direct to me, the different articles which you have had inserted in the English journals, for you thus give me the opportunity of expressing to you all my gratitude for the sentiments of which you have not feared the spontaneous manifestation in my favour. I have seen in them, and I am much touched by it, a new proof that my old friends in England have not forgotten me, and that they know how much I always preserve for the English people the esteem and the sympathy which I felt during my exile in the midst of them. Even in writing to you to-day I detect myself in recollecting as a happy time the epoch when, proscribed, I saw you in Eng land. It is that in hanging one's destiny one only changes one's joys and sorrows. Formerly the afflictions of exile alone appear to me ; to-day I see plainly the cares of power, and one .of the greatest of them around me is, without doubt, to find oneself misunderstood and misjudged by those whom one values the most, and with whom one desires to live upon good terms (vivre en bonne intelligence). Thus (ainsi) I consider it very natural that the parties whom it has been my duty to oppos4 and to repress should bear me and should seek the means to injure me; but that the English, of whom I have always been the most devoted and the most faithful ally, should attack me incessantly in the journals, in the most unworthy and the most unjust manner, is what I cannot comprehend ; for, in truth, (de bonne foi), I cannot discover any interest they can have in exciting the public mind against France. If, in my own country, I chose to act in this man ner, it would be impossible for me afterwards to restrain the passions which I should have let loose (dechainees). I have always entertained a great admiration for the liberties of the English people ; but I regret deeply that liberty, like all good things, should also have its excess. 'Why is it that, instead of making truth known, it uses every effort to obscure it ? Why is it that, instead of encouraging and developing generous sentiments, it propagates mistrust and hatred P I am happy, then, among all these manceuvres of falsehood (mensonge) to have found a defender, who, guided by the sole love of truth, has not hesitated energetically to oppose to them his loyal and disinterested voice. Believe, my dear Sir Francis, In my sentiments of friendship, Sir Francis Head, Croydon. NAPOLEON. SECOND EDITION. NORTHERN TIMES OFFICE, MONDAY, 9 A.M AUSTRIA The Times has received the following despatch, dated VIENNA, Sunday Evening.—The article in the Paris Moniteur of yesterday has produced a very favourable impression upon the Emperor of Austria and upon Count Buol. The leading statesmen believe that the governments will come to an understanding, and that peace will be maintained. So much inflammable matter is however collected in the Italian Duchies that au explosion is to be feared. There is a rumour of a probable resignation of Count Cavour. THE PACIFIC NOTE IN THE "MONITEITR." Soon after the addresses of the invading colonels were published in the Mouiteur, the French Government caused it to be declared that, with the exception of the official column, it had no ccncern in and no control over that journal ' • and that whatever appeared in its pages otherwise was exclusively the personal affair of the writer. The pacific note of Saturday does appear in the non-official part. The Times treats this note in a bantering style It admits that it mistook for an establishment of a war footing that army, that navy, and that material which the Emperor has established for the purpose of profound peace. It trusts that it may be forgiven the wish that the new kind of peace the Emperor has invented, could be made a little less expensive to his labours. The Daily News, in a leading article, says that such is the course of disingenuousness, such the proposed mystifica tion of the statements and arguments of the entire paper, that its gravest assurances lose all their value. We shall not pretend to pronounce what particular object the publi cation of this document was intended to serve. We have examined it with a desire to find, if not a frank exposition of French policy, at least some intelligible principle, some significant fact, which might appease the just anxiety of the public, and guide it in the protection of its interests. We have found nothing of the kind, but instead, angry recrimi nations, fastidious perplexities, and sterile denials. THE REFORM MOVEMENT. The Press expresses the opinion that the government, in deciding upon the £lO uniform franchise, "have committed a grave constitutional error, and we are compelled, with the most sincere regret, and approving much of the measure, to declare our strong disapprobation of it. The government, we are convinced, will find it absolutely necessary to recon sider this portion of their scheme." DISMISSAL or• Mrs/ISTERS.—We learn by telegraph from Norwich, that a public meeting is to be held in that city - this day (Monday), to petition for a substantial measure of Reform, and for the dismissal of the present ministers• of the crown, on account of the insult they have offered to the country by the measure they have laid on the table of the House of Commons. We are further apprised that the Liberals of Norwich are entirely united in opinion and action.—Star. _ A Brighton correspondent of the &Thbe says the effect of the Government Reform Bill on the constituency of 'the eastern division of the county of Sussex, in the borough of Brighton alone, will be to disfranchise totally 1,035 county voters, now on the borough register. In addition to these there are 136 county voters, not on the borough register, who may them claim to be registered for the borough ; making a total of county voters, in Brighton, disfranchised by the new Reform. Bill, of 1,171. By the new reform bill of the government, which pro poses to give the county franchise to £lO. householders, nearly'loo will be added to the electors in the parish of Dawlish. As we have already above 200. voters, who are duly qualified, our parish will have its own polling booths when the next election for South Devon takes place, that is, should the hopeful Derbyitemeasure pass into law, of which there is but little chance.— Western Times. The scale of savings-bank deposit in the new reform bill is set too high ; for there are few depositors, comparatively, of £6O. On inquiry we find that in this town and county the number of £6O depositors is not 450 - a mere bagatelle in the two constituencies There are about 1,350 £2O depositors iu the town and COunty of Leicester. —Leicester Chronicle. WILL THERE BE A DISSOLUTION ? —The Leeds Mercury says it learns from a reliable source that the Conservatives, on Friday, told Lord Derby it would be fatal to _dissolve Parliament on the Reform Bill. A general election is, therefore, less probable than it would have been had Lord Derby's supporters had confidence in the measure. NAVAL AND MILITARY The transport Mary Ann, Captain W. Ashley, with the 58th Regiment, 104 days from Auckland, New Zealand, for Portsmouth, was off Plymouth on Friday afternoon. • The corps of Royal Marine Light Itifantry being much below its required strength, recruiting for that branch of the service is now proceeding very actively. Orders have been received at Portsmouth Dockyard, by telegram, from the Admiralty, directing that establishment to enter immediately 348 additional shipwrights, 20 caulkers, 8 joiners, 46 smiths, 12 sawyerS, 4 plumbers, 13 millwrights, and 162 labourers. Sir William Armstrong's gun was, on Saturday, brought out in the Royal Horse Artillery-square, at Woolwich, for drill practice. The entrances to the square were strictly guarded by extra sentries and non-commissioned officers of the corps, who•were ordered to exclude, without exception, all persons not wearing the uniform of officers of the garri son. At the termination of the drill, the gun was restored to its temporary shed and secured from observation and in spection by lock and key. A party of engineer officers pro ceeding to the literary and scientific institution of the garri son, were informed by the sergeant on special duty at the gate that they could not, be allowed to pass, He moreover added that the general himself would not be admitted out of uniform. These restrictions arc sanctioned by the com mandant of the garrison. Notices have been posted at the gates of Woolwich and Deptford Dockyards, notifying that upwards of 200 ship wrights, joiners, caulkers, &c., were required for immediate service. The Admiralty order for increased labour at Devonport Dockyard extends to more than 630 men, and includes 320 shipwrights, 56 smiths, 15 pair of sawyers, and 160 labourers. Brevet Colonel John Brownrigg, C. 8., has exchanged from the Quartermaster-General's to the Adjutant- General's Department, Dublin._ Brevet Lientenant Colonel M. Mayow, has been trans ferred from the office of Assistant Adjutant General to that of Assistant Quartermaster General to the Curragh Camp. The Militia Commission, during the past week, have taken the evidence of the Dake of Newcastle and Earl (Loy:. W understand thi3y will not resume their sittings for some time. We believe, however, that very few more witnesses will be examined.—United Service Gazette. The appointment of Assistant Quartermaster General at Gibraltar has been vacated by Lieutenant Colonel Willis, who has become Assissant Adjutant General at Malta, vice Lieutenant Colonel Hallewell. Lieut. Colonel Hallewell has been appointed Deputy Quartermaster General at Malta. DISEMBODIED MILITIA REGIMENTS:—A fatigue suit, including jacket, cloth trousers, forage cap, and boots, will, in future, be issued every alternate year to the permanent staff of disembodied militia regiments. The fatigue suit will be issued in the year no dress clothing is received, and will supersede the second dress suit sanctioned by War Office Circular, Bth July, 1854.—United.Serviee Gazette. NAVAL APPOIN'TMENTS.—Captains : Edmund Heathcote, to the Doris, commissioned ; H. Caldwell, to the Mersey, commissioned. Lieutenants : John Liddell, to the Doris ; George 11. Parkins, to the Mersey. Masters : Thomas R. Collingwood, to the Doris; C. J. Polkinghorne, to the Mer sey. Paymasters Stuart Watson, to the Mersey; Edwin J. Forster, to the Doris. Clerks : W. J. C. Rowe, to the Monty; Charles McKern, to the Doris. Assistant Clerks : J, T. Seale, to the Mersey ; Robert G. Gordon, to the Doris ; Richard Crabbe, to the Renown. SEAMEN AND MARINES INVALIDED.—A parliamentary returnissued on Saturday - morning shows that the number of seamen invalided at home, between the Ist of January, 1856, and the 31st of July, 1858, was 1,811. The number pensioned or granted gratuities was 637. Between the same periods, 715 marines were invalided, and 429 pen sioned or granted gratuities. A chess match is now in progress at Paris between M. Mongreclien, the president of the London club, and Mr. Morphy. The two first games were played on Saturday, the 26th.ult., in the preSence. of several eminent French players, among whom were noticed M. de Riviere and M. de St. Amaut. The conditions are that the winner of the first seven games, as was the case in Mr. Morphy's matches with llarrwitz and Anderssen, is to be the victor. Present score :—Morphy, 4 ; Mongredien, 0 ; drawn, 0. PROPOSED Na•.w Docxs.—lt is currently reported that another gigantic important project will be brought before the public shortly, •for constructing three docks, to be the largest in Europe, near the mouth of the Medway, in the Isle of Grain. The site selected will offer remarkable ad vantages to Government for ships of war of all classes in time of need. Very great facilities and important savings will be offered to merchant vessels from all parts of the north of Europe, enabling them to unload tufty-two miles from London. A railroad to form a jnnction with the North Kent at Strood will be laid down.—Xaidstone Journal. Mr. Rarey has had a great reception in Berlin, where his levees have been attended by some three hundred subscri bers; on one occasion no less than four princesses, with their consorts, were among his audience. A Cruiser the Second was found for him on February 21, and the cavalry mess were so determined to defeat him that they entered into a subscription to have the horse brought up from the interior of the country—a task of enormous difficulty. He was a large powerful sire of the French Normandy breed, and two grooms and a muzzle could scarcely keep him in decent order before he was handed over to do battle. However, he gradually gave in, and became one of the most dutiful of su ur bjects. Mr. Rarey is at present, it appears in St. Peters- DEAFNESS. —We understand that the celebrated aurist, Madame Gardner, is practising with her usual success, several cases of an inveterate nature having already been benefited by the treatment adopted by this highly talented lady. ADDITIONAL WORKMEN FOR CHATHAM DOCKYARD.— Considerable excitement has been occasioned in Chatham on its becoming known that a telegraphic despatch had been received from the Lords of the Admiralty, directing nearly 300 additional shipwrights and other artisans to be immediately taken on in that establishment. The whole of the men employed in the dockyard are also to work early and late, by task work, in order to complete those vessels of war now on the stocks. SOUTHERN HOSPITAL. —Weekly Report.—Admitted : Accidents and urgent cases, 50 ; medical and surgical cases upon recommendation, 13 ; total, 63. Discharged : Cured, 10 ; relieved, 4 ; irregular, 0 ; died, 1 ; total, 15. Attending as out-patients, 30. Remaining in the hospi tal, 62. Treasurer : James Houghton, Esq. Visitors : W. Mouutfield, Esq., and S. Hindly, Esq Honorary chaplain : Rev. W. Leveson. Physician and surgeon for the ensuing week : Dr. Cameron and Mr. Hamilton. House surgeons : Mr. John M. Bateson and Mr. C. Pemberton. LIVERPOOL D PENSA ES . —Number of patients during the past week : - New cases received advice and medicine at the institution, north 264, south 170 ; total, 434. New cases visited at their own houses and supplied with medicine, north 84, south 62 ; total, 146. Grand total, 580. Rev. Rector Campbell, A.M., president. Captain Bourne, vice-president of North Dispensary. Mr. Chas Booth, vice-president of South Dispensary. Mr. Francis Mill, treasurer. Mr. J. Whitby Williams, secretary. T rbiEppc Mnorfinlds. COMMERCIAL, Great excitement prevailed to-day throughout the Stock Eichange. The markets opened at a general advance, con sequent upon the important article in the Xoniteur, although .some tendency to reaction consequently took place. The result already has been an advance of 4 per cent. in the English Funds, and a material rise in nearly all' other classes of securities. There is a strong disposition to interpret the article in the Moniteur as an indication that the Emperor Napoleon is shrinking back in face of the aversion of his people to war, and of the hostile attitude of Germany. His part, however, is a difficult one, for the more hesitation he shows the less likely is Austria to make those concessions, the attainment of which he apparently thinks indispensable to his prestige. At Paris the Three per Cent. Rentes exhibit the extraordinary rise of about one and a quarter per cent. —Daily News City Article, Saturday Evening. The article in the Ilioniteur this morning, notifying in the face of all the demonstrations made since the first of January, that it is quite absurd to charge the Emperor Napoleon with having caused uneasiness, created an improvement in the English Funds. Of course it cannot be said that confidence is materially re-established, the phraseology of the article in the Idoniteur being such as to prevent the slightest faith being placed in it as a scrupulous production, but the impression is undoubtedly strengthened, that if a European war be still intended, an effort will be made, with the concurrence of Sardinia, to delay it so that it may be brought about on some other field than that of Italy. —Times City Article, Saturday Evening. Mr. Gladstone arrived at Paris on Sunday morning, on his way to England. The Elaine, with the Bombay mails, arrived at Mar seilles on Sunday, at nine a.m. They left for London at ten a.m. ; twenty hours' quarantine. There were some open air meetings in Hyde Park on Sunday. They were professedly demonstrations in favour of Parliamentary Reform. But few of the police were visible, but in case of any disturbance a large number of the force could have been quickly on the spot. The Paris correspondent of the Times, in reply to a charge in the Moniteur, of having misrepresented a recent conver sation between Prince Napoleon and Count be Persigney on the Italian question, says that the Moniteur is no authority on this point, and that if there be any incorrectness it was because his report was a very modified account of what passed. _ THE REFORM BILL AND THE LIBERAL PARTY.—The Times announces that the heads of the old Whig party held a meeting on Saturday, at which it was determined that Lord John Russell should move a resolution as an amend ment on the motion of the Reform Bill, declaring that the House of Commons will not assent to the disfranchisement of those electors who now possess county votes in respect of property situated in boroughs, or to the proposition that the non-resident proprietors of freeholds in boroughs should vote, in respect of them, f,,r election of borough members. It is supposed that this re, .lution will unite in its support the whole of the i .;h,,.•5~ BREACH OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE At Hertford, on Friday, the breach of promin case of Taylor v. Starkey was tried. It was an action to recover damages for a breach of promise of marriage. The defen dant pleaded that he had never made the promise as alleged in the declaration. Mr. Hawkins; Q.C., and Mr. J. P. Murphy, were coun sel for the plaintiff: Mr. Lush, Q.C., appeared for the defendant. _ Mr. Lush, addressing the jury, said that the plaintiff in this action, Emma Taylor, was a young lady about nineteen years of age, who, sued as a minor by her next friend, had brought the present action against the defen dant, Richard Starkey, for having broken his promise to marry her, and when the jury had heard the evidence he should lay before them, he believed they would be of opinion that the defendant had acted in a most unjustifiable and heartless manner towards the plaintiff: The father of the plaintiff kept the Rose and Crown Inn at Newport, in Essex, and the defendant, who was six or seven and twenty years of age, was a farmer, and lived with his mother in the same parish, about two miles from the residence of the plaintiff. It appeared that he was first introduced to her about Christmas, 1857. and he very shortly afterwards ex pressed the greatest affection for the young lady, and inti mated to her parents his - intention to make her his wife. He was in consequence received by the family on the most friendly terms, under the acknowledged sanction of the plaintiff, and he was sorry to be compelled to inform the jury that he took advantage of this con fidence that was reposed in him, and of the affection entertained for him by the plaintiff, to seduce her, and the consequence was the birth of the child. The parents were, of courSe, totally ignorant of the unhappy condition of their daughter, and the defen dant continued his attentions • and upon his expressing a desire that the marriage should take place in London, the mother of the plaintiff went to London and gave the neces sary directions for the publication of the banns. and when she had done so she returned to Newport and told the defendant what she had done, and he expressed his satisfac tion at it. It was then arranged that the marriage should take place on the 12th of October, and the defendant went to the house of the plaintiff's mother on the 10th, and said that lie would send for the luggage, and on the llth they were to proceed to London, and the marriage was take place on the following day. At this time, of course, all the necessary arrangements had been made for the marriage, the plaintiff's wedding dress had been bought, and the brides maids, appointed, 'and there was no suspicion that the defen dant would not act in an honourable manner towards : the young lady. However, it turned out that he had resolved to break the solemn promise he had made, for from the 10th of October to the present time the plaintiff saw nothing more of him, and although she wrote him a letter, in which she reproached him with his conduct, and begged him to come to her father's house, and give her some explanation, he took no notice of it, and the plaintiff was at length compelled to bring the present action, and to ask at the hands of the jury some compensation for the grievous injury she had sustained at the hands of the defendant., Mrs. Elizabeth Taylor deposed that her husband kept the Rose and Crown, at Newport, and the plaintiff, Emma Taylor, was her daughter, and she was now about nineteen years old. They had three other daughters. The defendant was a farmer at Newport, and he was first introduced to their family at Christmas, 1857. Soon afterwards, he said to witness that he would have her daughter Emma for a wife, and no one else ; and after this he was on terms of inti macy with nein, and generally came to their house two .or three times a week, and he was looked upon as her daughter's 'intended husband. In September - , 1858, in consequence of a communication that was made to her by. her daughter, she went to London and gave instruc tions for the publication of the banns for the marriage of the defendant and her daughter at Christ Church, Maryle bone, and she returned to Newport on the 18th of September, and told defendant what she had done, and be said he was very much obliged to her, 'and lie at the same time addressed her daughter, and said, " We have been prayed for the first time, 'old woman." (A laugh.) At this time her daughter's wedding dress had been bought, and the banns being out on the 3rd of October, that day was fixed 'for the marriage. The defen dant, however, put it off until the 12th. on acconnt, as he said, that the wedding cake was not ready. (A laugh.) His cousin was to have made the cake. The defendant came to their house Du the Bth OctOber, and said that he would send the housekeeper on the following day for the luggage, and it was arranged that they should go to London and get married, and stay in town a few days, and then , and take up their abode at the defen dant's mother's. She never saw the defendant again after this interview. Tier daughter was delivered of a child on the 28th of January last. return to Newport Cross-examined : The defendant was quite a young man. He lived with his mother at a small farm of about fifty acres which he assisted to manage for her. Her daughter had no property. The very first time he came to their house the defendant said that he was determined to have her daughter dead or alive. (Laughter.) She was not aware of the de fendant ever having sat up with her daughter after the family had gone to bed so late as four o'clock in the morning, but he might have stopped on some occasions as late as twelve or one o'clock. At the time she went to put up the banns she was not aware that her daughter was in the family way. The defendant d;cl not ask her what business she had to put up the banns ; but, on the contrary, he expressed himself perfectly satisfied with what she had done. She described him as a corn dealer, residing at Suffolk-place, Edgeware-road, "in and out of town." (A laugh.) She did not know what the defendant meant by saving that they were prayed for for the first time, when she told him that they had been asked once in church. Mr. Hawkins said he could not understand what was meant by being prayed for before marriage. They might, perhaps, require it afterwards. (A laugh.) Mr. Lush said he hoped this was not the result of his learned friend's experience. (Renewed laughber.) Re-examined : The defendant himself proposed that the marriage should take place in London, and the reason he assigned for it was that he did not wish to be married at Newport, because the people were so ignorant. (A laugh.) Caroline Taylor, the sister of the plaintiff, deposed that the defendant constantly came to the house, and was treated as one of the family, and was always looked upon as a suitor to her sister. He always behaved as snch, according to her notions. (A laugh) She had frequently heard him say that he he would have her sister and no one else. The defendant requested her to be one of the bridesmaids, and she, of course, agreed to do so. (A laugh.) . . . . The letter 'referred to by the learned counsel in his opening address was then put in and read. it commenced by apologising for writing on such a bad piece of paper, and a good deal of laughter was created, when it turned out to have been written on the back of a recipe for making ground rice pudding.- Mr. Lush then addressed. the jury for the defendant, and he said it was very unfortunate for him that this was one of that class of cases in which the law would not permit him to give evidence, for if he could have given his evidence he would have told the hury what were the real facts of the case, and would ave given a very different interpretation of the nature of the connection that had existed between him and the plaintiff. As the matter stood, however, he said it ap peared to him that the jury ought to pause upon the evidence before them before they came to the conclusion that the defendant had ever made any promise of marriage, and he observed that if they should decide against the plaintiff in this action, she would still be enabled to compel , the defendant to support her child by another form of pro ceeding. He then commented upon the 'condition of the defendant, and appeared to be entirely dependent upon his mother, who had not a shilling in the world, nor any home or place to take his wife to, and he urged that it was extremely improbable that under such circumstances he ever should have made the plaintiff an offer of marriage. The learned judge having summed up, the jury, after a short deliberation, returned a verdict for the plaintiff. Damages £5O. ARMY GRANTS. —The sum of .£1,050,000 will have to be voted this session to make good the deficiency of cer tain army grants for the year 1857-8. The deficiencies occur to the amounts voted for wages of artificers, labour ers, &e., clothing- and necessaries, provisions, forage, fuel, light, &c., warlike stores for land and sea services, fortifi cations and civil buildings, and barracks. The deficiency would have been reduced to :£189,098 if the surplus on certain other army votes could have been taken in aid, but owing to an alteration made in the Appropriation Act, 1856-57, these surpluses must be paid into the Exchequer. GENERAL THOMPSON AND THE NORTHERN REFORM U NION PETITIONS. —General Thompson, m.p , a letter, dated " House of Commo ns, F eb. 28 ,' , writes as follows to the Northern R eform Unio n , _ concerning th e p res entation of the petitions collected by the Union to I t v h i e th H th o e us p e e o ti f ti C o o n m s. mon o s n : — co " ns l u h lt a a v t e io d n on of done the best I o friends could in th e the usual I H v a o y u s t e h , a i n t t w o a l s is v k ot t e r d y i b n e g tt t e o r p t r o es p e r n e t s e t h nt e m them in whenthe motion came on ; the reason being that there is always danger of being thrown over and v declared t oo l ate. The w131 4,c0. Youolsenuniber knowpresentethd that v as 42, with signa tureserything is doue to prevent speaking on petitions, and e it is only with f great difficulty that anything the kind can be done. I struggled for the right of speaking as long as I was able ; tbshauyetinmwgahttteoen-rnlisgehtrttle,etaurna6:daintsot parliament, in 1857, I found wasbrieflynithe.is ( M l Th b a el t ie l ve s v u e c r e b e a e l d l e y d in CMourn.trSepee; Speaker 600 yards of petitions from the North th?se is prayingvetr yfor now, ma be first ofnhoiondg, built suffrage u r a o n n d b . a A II I. nTshae MUSICAL, DRAMATIC, LITERARY, AND ARTISTIC NEWS AND GOSSIP, Alterations of the orchestra for the Handel Festival at Sydenham are now in active progress. The space for the performers is to be increased, so as to accommodate 4,000. It is also to be inclosed ab ove an d on every s id e i n a man ner which,it is expected, will concentrate and increse the body of sound collected. The London contingent of the chorus is, we are informed, complete. The works selected will be virtually the same as those chosen two Tears ago, with the addition, it is possibie, of the .Dettingew . Te Deum, and a forcible chorus or two from the less hackneyed ora torioa of Handel. The Handel Centenary Commemoration is to be celebr a t e d at Edinburgh in the first week in April. The agreeable mezzo-soprano, Aldlle. Jenny Meyer, inteudi4 to visit London. • Rossini's soirees in Paris are, we hear, becoming more attractive than ever. /ler Majesty has paid four visits to the Enlish Opera, Covent Garden, during the last area weeks, Mr. Balfe's opera of " Satanella" and Mr. Wallace's " Maritana" being Charles Kean as th the attractions. Mr. Harris, who succeeds Mr. lessee of the Princess's Theatre, commences his campaign next September. Among the artists already engaged are Miss Carlotta Leclercq and Mrs. C. Young. A strange experiment, says the INstrated Tines, has been tried at Drury-lane—that of corn erting a standard drama into an opera. M. Guerient, the once celebrated hat. Wells, has been engaged by Mr. Phelps as actin , for his Berlin trip. M. 4uerient's of the German language will doubtless be- of great service to the company. kquin at Satiketi timate knowledge The Era states that Mr. Samuel Emery, the comedian, who for 16' years has maintained a prominent position at our principal London theatres, is about to leave • England on an extensive professional tour: Early in the month of August next helms made arrangements-to sal for America, and, after fulfilling a series of engagements sir the United States, he will proceed to California and Australia. Mdlle. Olga Marietta, the juvenile danseuse, who bids fair to become a Taglioni and Rosati of the day,,has returned from a most successful tour on the Continent,. and is now in London. At Berlin she danced 21 ni#htu- , during the festivity of the Royal marriage, and in Mur oc h. s h e had the honour to be received by their Royal Highne sses th e P r i nce and Princess Adalbert of Bavaria, and met with the distin guished approbation of the Court and aristoeracy.of Bavaria. Madame Guyon, so long the ornament of the Boulevard - performing at the Francais as Cleopatra in Cor- Rodogune." She , declares with; power and dignity, and her style of beauty lendsitself admirably to the rule of the Egyptian queen. _ _ _ theatres, is neille's " The French Opera at the James's Theatre (says the h,enteum) has for the moment ceased to 'be--a termination which was to be seen. There are rumours that it may re open, with a troop of artists superior to those who have figured there, but these, we apprehend, are rumours, and nothing more. • Many literary gossips will be disappointed, but well wishers of literature will he delighted, if a rumour which reaches us prove trne—that the famous squabble between two literary stars (of very different magnitude, but moving in the same orbit) has been arranged. Thackeray and Yates, it is said, are reconciled, and the Garrick Club breathes The Critic says, "We are at length enabled to state, upon evidence of the highest authority, that the author of the celebrated ' Vestiges of tho Natural History of Creation.' first published in 181.1, and which has since gone through several additions, was the late Dr. George Combe, who died about a year ago. The authorship of the Vestiges,' after having been attributed to various per sons, as the late Lady King (Lord Byrom's Ada, sole danghter of my house and heart') Dr. Carpenter, Lord Brougham, &e., was at length almost universally laid at the door of Mr. Robert Chambers, who, however, had nothing to do with it further than that he may have looked over some of the proof sheets ; in which case Mr. Page's asser tion, that be was requested by Mr. Robert Chambers to correct the proof-sheets, becomes intelligible." The Presse, which was the organ of the war party, has, we hear,. been sold to M. Solar, the owner of the Pays and the Constitutionnel, both semi-official papers ; thus avoiding_ —was, in his way, a ♦ery every embarrasment T. K. Hervey able man. It was Hervey who carried the its high spoke in the ladder of success. We mast ever think of Hervey with a sense of the many services he has ed to 'periodical literature. Ile wrote well; better still, ho was an excellent editor —knowing and hilly fat— now no more 4.thi neuns to filling the duties of an editor. The scheme for the erection of a People's Palace at Muswell-hill is being quietly matured, and its publication may be expected shortly. A board of directors is in course of formation, and will comprise persons of recognised position and means ; and the list of honorary patrons, which we have seen, is a strong one. An interesting feature of the plan is the proposed approp r i a ti on o f 30 acres o f l an d t o benevolentinstitutions connected with art, science, literature, music, the drama, horticulture, and the railway interest. Committees are at work in each department making the necessary arrangements for the erection and endowment of the different colleges, the designs for which are all to be submitted to the approval of Mr. Owen Jones. _ _ Mr. W. C. Macieady, the eminent tragedian, is now, we understand, conducting a schoolat Sherborne, in Dorsetshire. Vidclle Class Reporter The days fixed fur receiving pictures, &c., for the ensuing exhibition of the Royal Academy, are Monday, the 4th, and Tuesday, the sth of April next. The total number of paupers relieved in England and Wales in the sth week of January. 1858, was 976,773_ The number relieved in the sth week of January last, was 871,691, or a decrease of 105,082. SMOKING BY BOYS.-By the way, there ought to be a sumptuary edict against smoking by brats under age. I come into town frequently on the top of an omnibus, about the time the clerks come in; and to behold on the roof of the vehicles the long rows of whiskerless, sallow, sulky boys, sucking at clay pipes, is nauseous to behold. They smoke away their appetites, and what little brains they have, and grow up, or rather don't grow up, miserable little snobs, despised of man and contemned • by woman.— Literary Gazette. PAULIAMENTARY PAPE ON THE CORN TRADE.—On Saturday an interesting paper on this subject was published. It contains particulars of the different varieties of grain, flour, and meal imported into the United Kingdom in 1858; showing the countries whence the same were brought, and the quantities from each in 1868 ; the quantities of wheat and wheat flour imported during each of the six years ended with 1858; and the quantities of wheat and wheat flour, barley and barley meal, &c., entered for home consumption in the United Kingdom during the same period. From the first tab le, the quantities of grain Sce., imported in 18 58 , we find that the greatest aggregate quantity of corn, grain, meal, and flour was received from France, the number of quarters being 1,695,405. Of this number, 1,283,465 were wheat or flour. This is the largest quantity of wheat received from any one country in the time mentioned, the United States sending us the next largest quantity, 1,098,871 quarters namely. The United States also, next to France, sends the largest aggregate number of quarters of all kinds of gra i n and flour, takn t )gether, 1,500,481. Re erring still to the aggregate of all kinds of grain, the southern ports of Russia are, after the United States, the largest senders. Prussia, the northern ports of Russia, Denmark (inc e lu x d p i o n r g te.r t s he ol Duchies),rthe Danubian Provinces, and Egypt, being the countries from which, after thewthalrleaeehfiirastanmae:ltoioindaevia,d, weor Russia received the largest quantities, their names bei ß n u g s. froannidanother table that it is only that the men tioned in an order corresponding to that of their exports to us. Denmark and the Duchies are the largest barley and barley meal ; the northern parts of iBtt)ehdoseof any other country. ,In exports of wheat from withinFlOlnasr t sda i o atmeal Ic e nae a 1 l tclai j ‘oi . cerl P nrlBe r a. sus larger 6t s , s m i . a etr , aher o e t f fi( Iht United ai y Bdl : sl. advance of them and of allother the exports of wheat and flour States were incomparably: ill within the qua California the countries. Thus, in 1856 except 185 - 811 I c o o s u , n s t B r 4 y the largest more than 29,962 quarter :i . uar T te h rs is , w qu h a i n le tit F y ra o i t ice sent na the largest received from any 2, wheat 3 444,371 1a52:105:584 from the United States and y th ea e r n s' ame s bei years. In each of the six prac ticable in 0. 0 and 1858, the United States have been exporters • in 1855, however, the quantity sent was oni q'rs. The countries from which more whic i t was exported in 1858 than in 1857 arc the follpwing, them e mentioned in in increase s order s been nearly made i s npr acpro portion- to the quantity sent—France, Danubian Provinces, Egypt, Holland. Both the Turkish dominions and the Italian States have largely increased their exports since 1857, but this seems to arise more from the fact that the exports in 1857 were very unusually small, tae from any increase in agricultural activity. The country from which the smallest quantity, of wheat has been received is Spain—the number of quarters .being 5,364. The exports of wheat from this country also have regularly decreased since 1854. A third table shows the total quantities ofgrain entered for consumption. in the United Kingdom during. the last six years. : lift quantities are ascertained by deducting the quantities over entered, and the quantities expel-led after payment of duty, from the gross quantities charged with duty on importation. The greatest quantity of any grain entered for consump tion in any of six years is 6,112,016 qrs., the grain being wheat, and the year 1853. The greatest aggregate quan tity of all kinds of grain entered for consumpt 1888—the number of qrs being 11,2 .on was ilk id the fol in which lowing arrangement of - the years sho the greatest quantity was "COTAS11111( !stY: i i::„„crd 0 lon!; that it to