The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-05-31 00:00:00

Mantel. ------- WANTED to Hire or Purchase, an easy BATH CHAIR, suitable for an invalid lady.—Apolv, uer post, P. 6, Gores Piazzas. WANTED, APARTMENTs.—One or two Sitting-rooms and four Bedrooms, in a farm-house, anywhere about Hale, Wootton, Broadgreeo, or Gateacre.—Address, Box G. 43, Post-oßice. A YOUNG Married Man, of good businewi habits, requires a net, manent Situation as BUOKKEEPER, or otherwise. In a respectable mercantile firm. Good referencea.—Addreas T. K. S., Northern Times office. CARTAGE. —A party commencing in the above business would be glad to treat with a few goody' houses for their cartage, the advertiser being well acquainted with wharves and railways.— Address C. A. P.. Northern Times office. AMANCHEiTER COMMISSION HOUSE, of long and first rats standing, wishes to increase its connectim among the large Shipping Monies in liverpo )1, as their buyer of Manchester goods ; and to houses of undoubted respectability, largo and liberal credits will be given. —Address A. 97. Post office, Manchester. WANTED, a SOLICI TOR, for a First-class Tailoring and Out- fitting Establishment. —A liberal salary and commission will be given to a competent man, who has a good connection with captains, and the shipping gene , ay —Ad-ress by letter (Z. It.), at the Northern Times office, stating qualifications and where last employed. Co be 3Let. TO be LET, a commodious WAREHOUSE, with Counting houses -I' and Offices complete, situated at the bottom of School lane, and suitable for any wholesale business.—Apply at 77, Lord street. EA-BATHING.—To be LET, FURNISHED, for two or three 0 months, a detached Vi GLA, containing three sitting-rooms, nine bedrooms, large garden, &c.—App y to Mr. Johnson, Post-office, 3 outhport. O SHIPWRIGHTS, SHIPSSIITOS, COOPERS, &c.—TO be LET, at the North End, convenient to the Clarence and San don Graving Docks, a desirable with buildings suitable for office, &c.—Apply to Mr. Jordan, Steam Saw Mills, Great Howard at, eet. TO WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS and OTHER.—TO be LET, for - a• a Termiof Years, the MILLS, WAREHOUSE, OFFICES, &c., in Wood-street, lately occupied by Messrs. Edney & Raines, as wholesale druggists, including the Frigine and Machinery, now ready for work. The Premises, which are very commodious, will be Let together or separately, and immediate possession can be Oven. —For further particulars apply ti Mr. George S. Sanderson, 13, James-street, Liverpool. 0 UTH PO RT. —TO be LET, a we l-furnis - ed HOUSE, 0 delightfully situated hi tha best part of Lord-street. about lye minuses' walk from the Railway Stations, and may be entered upon early in June. The House will not be Let for a shorter time than four months, and may be had on very liberal terms for one, two, or more years.—For particulars apply to Mr. Grigg, Bedford house, Southport. N.B.—lt is particularly requested that no one will apply who intends taking in visitors. en at, ON SALE. a very Handsome Grey PONY, about 12 hands 1 Inch high ; six years old. Apply to C. W., Box C. 13, Post-office. KENTLEDGE.—A large and welt-assorted Stock always on hand Also, BALLAST (Pi3l IRON. V% ILLIAM F. SIM, Sweeting-street. TO be SOLD, a handsome Ayreshire COW, giving five to six quarts at a meal. and is six months gone in .alf.—Apply to Mrs. Czoss, Butcher, Algbrirth. AIN SALE.—A fine BAY MARE, 15i hands high. six years eld. 1 warranted sound, quiet in saddle or harness, and has carried a lady. Also, a DRAG and HARNESS, in excellent order.—Apply at Pacs:srr's Stables. 0 dham-street, where , hey may be seen daily. ADDRESS MR. PRIEST, BIRKENHEAD. HOUSE,! HOUSES!! LAND LAND ! —ON SALE, in large or small lots, variously situated, and ranging in price frcm about reloo to e6.,ooo.—See H. P. Priest's Cheshire and Lancashire Property Circular. Can be had g . atis and free by post. Cheshire offices. for the Sale acd Letting of Land and Houses, Market-cross Chambers (one door from Market-square) Market-street. Birken head. *wow A _ ea -11 " ---- -- L --A rtt ,- • ). • 170, 10.7114=Van W'l./7W E 3 .;,i7l ffilmex4l CT HOWARD U 0 !X Z ' lir ON SALE, at M'Elroy's Coop , . are, Bentinck-street.inear the Stanley Dock, the following Stoek, viz.:- 600 Tons of Old PALM OIL CASKS, trimmed ready for'shipping, Price 325. per tun. 4'o New PALM OIL CASKS, at the following rates :- 42. inch Puncheons, standing, 325. Od. ; Do., in sh Joks,'233. Od 40 30s. Od. ; OP I/ /7 31 'a ,9 ~ 255. 9d _ - 21w. 6d. 20!. Od, 30 ~ l• 23i. .3d. ; PP ~ - . iSs „ . 6d. 390 New WATER CASKS. warranted to pass the G.Aernment sur vey. Price 12s. per 100 gallons. 350 Second-hand Ditto, at 9s. to tos. per 100 gallons. lifionty. MONEY. —WANTED, good MORTGAGE SECURITIES. — Apply to R. S. EvEzrrr, Accountant, Leicester-buildings, King-street. Commernai *atm THIS DAY, On account of whom it may concern 1 Tins DAT, the 31st instant, nt Twelve 'Q'clock, at Hughes and _ Ronald's, Atbertoa-buildiags, 19, Dal e-street, 87 Bags WOOL, }all faults, 17 SIIEEI'iRINS, ex Lucy Ring, from Monte Video —Apply to Isaac Radwen, jun and Co., or to HUGHES & RONALD, Brokers This DAY, the 31st instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' office, 16, Fxchange-buildings, 1190 Barrels Rouch TURPr:NTINE, 350 Barrels Am.r.c..n 'FAR, ex Mary Macrae, from Wilmington, in the Waterloo Dock (west side).—Apply to Messrs. Crooks, Oray & Co., Merchants, or to J. H. RAYNER & CO., Brokers. NEXT WEEK TUESDAY On account of whom it may concern On T1:7631104.7 next, the 3d June, at Halr-past One o'clock. at Golding and Nash's saleroom. C rn Exchange, Brunswick-street, 700 Packs English Manufa.tured (Seconds) FLOUR, 40 Do. Do. DJ. (Thirds) DITTO, 500 Sacks RICE SHUDES, 140 Do. Damaged WHEAT. For particulars apply to J. 8c M. HARNETT, Prokers. On TUESDAY next, the 3rd June, at the Brokers' (Ace, Brunswick-street, About 2700 Quarters of partial , y heated Indian CORN. For fu ther particulars apply to Richardson, Brothers and Co., Merchants, or to GOLDING & NASH, Brokers. 1255 Sacks Stored in Poole's Warehouse, Barton-street Bs7 ~ ~1 1 Ho . me'i Rack Gorse. 2450 „ Pt Earle's, „ 5 and 6, Lancelot's-hey. 700 „ „ Hodgson's „ Duudee street. On TUESDAY next, the 3rd June, at the Commercial saleroom, Temple-court, 500 Fi,kins Cork BUTTER, 25 Do• French DITTO, 300 Boxes American CHEESE ♦pply to GEORGE BADENACH, Broker. THURSDAY On THURSDAY next, the sth June, at Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' office, 13, Exchange-but dings, 230 Tons MOTHER-O'PRARL jest arrived ex Oeffntrd, from Pearl Island, In Albert Dock.— Apply to T. & EL LI ITLEDALK & CO., Brokers. The scenes of filth and mountains of decomposed abominations which surround the men on the heights before Sebastopol must not only endanger the lives of our troops,but must be most revolting to all the senses of civilized beings ; and that an effort has not been made to get the bulk of the army away before this, has amazed the entire country . Does the Government stand in need of transports, provisions, or anything else to rescue thousands of men from certain death? Everything they require can be supplied at a few days' notice. What, then, is Routine about ? The stores in camp ought to victual and provide all the wants of the pas sage home. Tonnage and water is all that can be needed to secure them safe transit from the field of pestilence to the shores of their native land ; and, if these be not at once supplied, or something done, more than the gallant Guards will have reason to look with an expression of dismay at what is going on in the Crimea. Camp life in that country has killed more men than all the powder and ball that have been expended since the campaign began. But, apart from the reckless waste of life which must ensue, if the troops are left in their present position, a due regard for economy ought to induce the Govern ment to cause them to be brought home. An army can be much easier and cheaper pro vided for in their own country than they can on any foreign station. They can be quartered, fed, and better taken care of for one-fourth of the money they cost abroad, and being less liable to sickness, their effective strength must be greater when required. It only wanted a determined effort to have had every British soldier out of the Crimea before this, and that that effort has not been made, must bo tho astonishment of every reasonable man in the community. Je serai ci votes tout a l'huere, is but sorry comfort for a War Minister to address to a large and noble army threatened on every side by death from disease. The nation, we are assured, would incur any cost sooner than our gallant soldiers should be sacrificed to pestilence only 3,000 miles away from their homes : and unless some sufficient reason can be assigned for their being kept there in such numbers as they are at present, the public will not readily excuse those who are responsible for the mortality with which they know must follow. No money or exertion was spared to get them together where they are, and no consideration, much less a few pounds, ought now to prevent our bringing them home, or to some other quarter where life would have a fairer field. There must be fully 65,000 or 70,000 British soldiers still in the Crimea, and fifty per cent. of the number may fall victims to camp diseases in the frighttlil state that country must be in, this summer, if they are not removed without delay. R J. NODDER, 11). HATTER, 81, CHURCH-STREET, Begs respectfully to Inform the Nubility and Gentry of Liver pool that his NEW SIYIAS fur the Season are NOW READY for Inspection. 10001 BUSINESS ADDRESS CARDS, I 12 s 6d ( Printed in the Beet Style for ) BY CHARLES WILLMER, GENERAL PRINTER, NORTHERN TIMES OFFICE, , SOUTH JOHN STREET, LIVERPOOL 1000 POSTING BILLS PRINTED FOR 50 5 • BY CHARLES WILLMER, GENERAL PRINTER, NORTHERN TIMES OFFICE, 19, SOUTH JOEN STREET, LIVIERPOPI COXCAIERCIAL STATIONERY, BOLD BY CHARLES WILLMER, WHOLESALE STATIONER AND PRINTER, 19, SOUTH JOHN-STREET, LIVERPOOL. THE attention of Merchants, Brokers. Trades• 1 men, and others, is respectfully drawn to the fol o Ning list of CASH PRICES for LETTER PAPER: Superfine large thin Cream Laid Ditto ditto Blue Wove .. Ditto ditto Yellow Wove.. Rink Post (Towgood's) for Foreign I 7 6 1 1 0 Correspondence Ditto French, extra thin Per Ream. For 3 Reams a. d. a' a. d. . 6 0 017 6 . 6 6 0 18 0 . 6 0 017 0 761 1 0 FOOLSCAP OR CUSTOM HOUSE PAPER. Thin Blue Laid Middle Yellow Wove, Per Ream. For 3 Reams, 901 6 0 961 7 6 ENVELOPES. Laid Adhesive, full letter size. .. • • Thick Yellow Wove, ditto.... .• .. .• •, • ... 6s. per 1000. ... 6s. per 1000. NOTE PAPER• Superfine Large Cream Laid, is for 5 quires, or 3e 6d per ream Ditto Ditto Blue Wove, la for 5 quires, or 3s 6d per ream LETTER COPYING BOOKS, Halt-bound, calf, paged and indexed, 403 leaves, 6s; 480 do, 7s ; 500 do, 7s 6d ; SSO do, 8s 6d ACCOUNT BOOKS, of every description, manufactured on the premises, in the best style, on the shortest notice, and at prices evally low. Orders from the Country receive prompt attention. WHOLESALE PAPER WAREIMITSE. 19, SOUTH JOHN-STREEP, LIVERPOOL. THE time is fast approaching when men must speak out, and openly avow their opinions on public questions. Statesmen are slow to disclose their personal prejudices, and embarrass a party by an unguarded expression of individual feeling. We, therefore, take Lord PALMERSTON'S speech on the Irish Church Temporalities as indicative of the existence of the growing necessity to which we have alluded. The noble VISCOUNT must have felt the full force of the pressure from without when, in answer to Mr. MIALL'S motion, he felt constrained to say :—" Enter " taining a deep, a settled, and a rooted con " viction—that a church establishment is essential " in every country in which it is thought desirable " that religion should be diffused and inculcated " on the minds of the population, being perfectly " determined never to agree to the substitution of " the voluntary system for that of an establishment, " seeing that the motion goes directly to a point " which I am anxious to avoid, and believing also, " with reference to that part of the motion relating " to Ireland, that it would be at variance with the " engagements contracted between the two coun. 0 tries at the period of the Union, I feel compelled " to give my vote against the proposition of my " hon. friend." Now, all those who have read Mr. MIALL's speech attentively, will have observed that the honourable member never said one word about substituting the voluntary system for the Estab_ lished Church system of Ireland. Mr. MIALL neither attacked the creed, discipline, or revenues of the Irish Church establishment. He merely asked the House to resolve itself into a com mittee to " consider" the Temporalities of the Irish Church, and other provisions made by law for religious teaching and worship in Ireland ; and, to avoid being misrepresented, he had prepared three resolutions embodying the precise objects he had in view ; and that these may not be misconstrued, we give them at length :- 1. That it is expedient to make provision for the applica tion to other than eccleEiastical uses of all sites, glebes, tithes, rent-charges and estates, at present enjoyed or received by any c:erical person of the Protestant Episcopal communion in Ireland for the support of Divine worship according to the rites of the said communion ; but so as not to effect in any manner existing life-interests, and to pay due regard to any equitable claims which may arise out of the secularization of such property, 2. That it is expedient to exclude from the estimates annually presented to this Hnusa an amount of the grant commonly called the Regium Donum, all sums on account of new congregations—and also to reduce the said grant, The Irish Church has become, as "Mr. MIALL very truly remarked, a mere political engine, instead of a great spiritual agent working in the hearts and hands of Irish society. The over worked clergyman gets little more than a pauper's share of the rich bounties the State lavishes on the recipients of its munificence. And yet, while there are numbers of poor working parsons, whose incomes are too small to admit of their devoting the whole of their time to their spiritual duties, we are told that Church property cannot be redis tributed, without endangering the existence of the Established Church itself ! The Premier has been made to say that we are a " practical people ;" and the noble lord cannot be surprised if the country should reject such puerile reasoning, nor can he wonder if a question should be raised as to the consistency of declaring " a deep, settled, and " rooted conviction" that an Established Church, of a fixed and distinctive character, is essential to the well-being of society, and sanctioning, almost with the same breath, grants to rival churches, thereby raising them to equal power and importance in the State. Happily, the eccentri cities of statesmen can have but little influence on Protestantism, in the broad acceptation of the word. We are wholly indebted to the voluntary system, for the progress which Scriptural know ledge and faith have made ; and let whoever may enjoy the loaves and fishes of the State Church, England will continue, voluntarily, to fulfil her , Christian mission ; and although the Established, or State-endowed, Church of Ireland may, one day, be Protestant simply ; and the next, a sort of poli tical trinity, or incomprehensible union of three religions in one establishment, comprised of Pro testant, Roman Catholic, and Presbyterian, the Protestant voluntary system will accomplish what no Established Church has done—spreading the Bible all over the tale of the habitable globe ! THE BIRKENHEAD BILL. DOCKS HOUSE OF COMMONS, FRIDAY NIGHT The committee re-assembled at twelve o'clock to-day . Sir William Clay in the chair. The other members present were Sir Joseph Paxton, Mr. Esmond, Sir Edward Dering, and Mr. J. C. Ewart. The examination of Mr. Rendell, C.E., was continued. He considered that the passenger traffic, accruing to the Birkenhead and Cheshire Junction railway company would be very much interfered with, if the great low water basin was abandoned. The accommodation pro- vided by the low water basin was much greater than would be afforded by the proposed landing-stage at the Woodside basin. The wharfage accommodation also of the retention of the low water, was much greater than could be otherwise provided. The wharfage frontage would not be less than 800 feet. The interests of the general public would be consulted. By Sir Joseph Paxton : I have contemplated the railway station being placed on the south reserve, and there I think it ought to go, as being most advantageous to the public. By Mr. Webster : The Birkenhead docks, the area of which is about ten acres, would accommodate sixty yes. sels of an average size, besides river craft. He did not think that, with one entrance, as proposed by Mr. Hart ley, the trade of 150 acres in the Great Float could be carried on. If so, there could be no doubt that an enormous sum of money hal been thrown away at Liver pool, but he did not say that Mr. Hartley had thrown away money at Liverpool in this respect, because he did not think so. In Liverpool there were eighteen entrances to an area of 170 acres, and therefore it was obvious tillt one entrance to an area of 150 acres was altogether insufficient. He originally designed to have a lock in the north reserve, but he was compelled to give up this idea in consequence of the land being in the occupation of the Liverpool corporation. He was strongly in favour of a lock there, and had always advised it, and the opposite party ought to remember that opinion before condemning him. The witness here read foom a report of Mr. Hartley, senior, published in )844, in reference to the emptying of the mud flats, in the tidal way of the Mersey. Mr. Hartley called it a " fluid mud," and, therefore, it appeared to him, that Mr. Hawksley could not be correct when he stated that the silt of the river was " sementi tious matter." He (Mr. Rendell) therefore thought he had good grounds for wishin4 to carry out his plans, as he had originally proposed. The witness was examined for a considerable time longer, but his evidence was more of a technical than a general character, having reference to the volume of tidal water iu the Mersey, and its velocity. The witness was still under examination when the committee adjourned to Monday next. THE TUB ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION TO THE NORTHERN DAILY TIMES is TWO GUINEAS m ANNUM. Ely kartijun (gimeo SATURDAY, MAY 31, 1856 Rounrue is going mad again in the Crimea -80,000 French troops have already escaped from it and its innumerable plagues. The Sardinians are to follow, but the whole British army, with the exception of eight or nine regiments who have just flown to more salubrious regions, are to remain to the last, and make the most of typhus, cholera, and whatever other scourges a Crimean sun can draw from a filthy and pestilential camp. " The " Guards look on," says our correspondent. " at all " this with an expression of dismay, and begin to " think their Royal mistress has forgotten her " household troops." These gallant fellows may well be, and no doubt are, surprised to see a pre ference given to troops of another country, but they can scarcely hope to take precedence in a war where every man and drum-boy have done their duty, with equal honour to themselves, and credit to their country. The Guards will get away in their turn, but when is that auspicious moment to arrive? The QUEEN has not forgotten the gal lant household troops. The probability is, that the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER has not calcu lated the cost of getting our army home as accurately as could be wished, and that they will have to wait for a supplementary Budget to be brought forward, or until some other war service is required. of them. In either case it would be well to incur the expense of removing them to some healthy locality on the shores of the Bos phorous, where typhus would be much less likely to decimate, and cholera to annihilate, the whole of our available military strength. NORTHERN TIMES.---LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY. and the new grant now annually made for the professorships of the Belfast College, according as the lives fall in of any persons at present in the receipt of any moneys out of either of such grants. 3. That the Chairman ask leave to bring in a bill to carry these resolutions into effect. Here the utmost asked for is the re appropriation of Church property to the support of Divine worship according to the rites of the Protestant Episcopal communion, and the discontinuance of State endowments for Church purposes and religious teaching. To Mr. Mistis motion, and the popular spirit of his resolutions, the PREMIEU has opposed his " deep, settled, and rooted conviction," that an Established or State Church is essential to the dif fusion and inculcation of religion on the minds of the people. Had the noble Viscount supported his opinion by statistics, we fear the reverse would have been the inevitable impression, a recital of facts would have left behind it. The great spiritual work of these realms is not carried on by the Established Church. Protestantism has outlived the necessity of State subsidies. Other Churches may crave such aid, but biblical religion has grown beyond the help of Parliament, and we owe its diffusion and inculcation oq the mind of this, and nearly every other nation, to the voluntary system. While the State Church has been hugging its millions of revenue, the voluntary communions have been spreading the Scripture far and near, without listening to compromises with rival churches, or empiric controversalists, on incomprehensible dogmas. We need scarcely say more, in order to show what the Established Church, with Parliament and the Consolidated Fund at their back, have not done. The Episco• palian clergy are not, as a body, in the slightest degree reprehensible for the omission of their church. Many of the Irish Churchmen are the most zealous and meritorious pastors on the race of the earth, but we find in the Church, as we do in the army, navy and civil service, that zeal and merit are rarely thought deserving of pecuniary favours. MONETARY AND COMMERCIAT LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY EVENING Thii Cotton Market, up to the close of the week's business on Wednesday evening, uniformly pre sented a dull and drooping aspect, consumers having been deterred from buying anything in excess of their immediate requirements by the advices of liberal receipts and declining markets which continue to be received from the States, and the prices then current exhibited a decline as com pared with those ruling on Friday last of 1-16 d to id per lb in American descriptions, this being most apparent in the classes ranging below 6d per lb. The reduction, however, of 1 per cent. in the rates of interest announced yesterday by the Directors of the Bank of England has imparted more tone to the market to-day, and the above quotations are again pretty much on a par with those of this day week for all descriptions of Cotton. The sales of the week amount to 40,410 bales, 33,030 of which have been taken by the trade, 3,400 for speculation, and 3,080 for export. To-day's business is estimated at 8,000 bales, 2,000 of which have been taken for speculation and export. The Committee's quota tions to-day' for fair cotton are as follows, viz.:— Bowed 61d, Mobile 6,1 d, and Orleans 7d per lb. A fair amount of business has been done in the Liverpool Share Market to day, and prices have been firm, closing as under : Aberdeen, 134- 131. Chester and Birkenhead, 16. Caledonian, 30a 301. Chester and Holyhead, 15416. Eastern Counties, 10-L- - 101. East Lanca shire, 19k 20. Great Northern, 231 211. Ditto A, 9k 10k. Great Western, 61 61. Lam hire and Yorkshire Stock, 931 931. Liverpool, Crosby and Sou'hport, 171 17g. London and North Western Stock, 1021 103. Manchester Sheffield, and Lin coln, 29a 30. Ditto Pref., 11-1 11g. Ditto New 6 per cent. Prof., ;1 ap. Midland Stock, 794 79k. North British, 81 9. North Staffordshire, 6 5-la. South Eastern and Dover, 21 13-16 21j York, New castle, and Berwick, 201 291. York and North Midland, 29i 30k. Leeds Capital Stock, 171 18. Buffalo and,Lake Huron, If IQp. Dutehilibenisl.l 1 9-16 lip. Great Western of Canada, 26* 261 Ditto New Shares, 3 1-16 3 3-16 p. Great Luxem bourg, 8 1-16 Bd. As there have been no public sales of foreign and colonial produce during the last two days, the Mincing-lane markets this week have necessarily been dull. Prices have been firmly supported, however, for most staples, and sugar has ruled rather dearer. At the wool sales there has been less firmness, but no material decline in the quo tations has occurred. LITEST INTELLIGENCE. --..---....-- SPAIN A despatch from Madrid dated the 29th instant, states that a force consisting of three ships of the line, three frigates, two corvettes, and four steamers is ordered to the Gulf of Mexico. AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE EDINBURGH ONE DAY LATER NEWS. The steamship Edinburgh arrived at Greenock yesterday. She left New York on the 17th inst., and has made the passage in 12 days 22 hours. On the 22nd instant, the Edinburgh spoke the Baltic in a dense fog. The Edinburgh brings New York papers of the date of the 17th, from which we learn that advices from Honduras, to the da that the good feeli Walker in that con clang In con of the 1 h ult., sated formerly entertained for G judicial repo circulated in regard to the treatment of his fileTl in Nicaragua. The question whether Honduras will join Costa Rica against Walker, however, was not settled It was rumoured in Honduras, that Guatemala was arming against Walker, and would bring a large force into the field. On the 16th, the Cotton market at New York was quiet, and prices unsettled ; the sales were nonfined to 500 or 600 bales. At Charleston, on the lath, the sales for the week had been 9,000 bales, at ic to -lc decline. The receipts for the week had been 7,000 bales. FRANCE. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, THURSDAY EVENING. ~~..r IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT, HOUSE OF LORDS.-FiIiDAY Their lordships met for public business at five o'clock: The Commissioners of Supply (Scotland) Bill was read a second time. The Preservation of the Peace (Ireland) Bill paiso.l through committee, an arrangemen t b e i n g made to limit LONDON GAZETTE BANKRUPTS.—JAMES WALKER HINNES, and not JAMES WALKER MIRONES, as fOrmerly advertised, Tonbridge Wells, watchmaker and jeweller. WM. Dopros, Wenlock road, City•road, and Leadenball-street, engineer and iron founder. B. RIDGE, Putney, Surrey, apothecary. ALFRED QUILTER, Ma!don, Essex, grocer and tea dealer. THOMAS CRAVEN, Birmingham, builder and contractor. F. GEORGE BEALE, Glouster, bill broker and money scrivener. GEORGE ROWLAND, Eri,h, Kent, brewer. A. BUCHANAN, Plymouth, baker. CATHERINE SOLOMON, Bristol, outfitter and woollen draper. GEORGE WINN, Bottesford, Leicestershire, builder and contractor. GEORGE BINNS and GODFREY BINNS, Harthead Moor, Yorkshire, cloth manufacturers. WILLIAM HILL, Cleohury, Salop, timber merchant. RICHARD PARRY JONES, W►tchurch, Shropshire, scrivener. GEORGE TINDALL, and BANSON GEORGE WILKINSON, Great St. Helens, ship and insurance brokers. J. SEDDON, marble mason, sculptor, and warehouse keeper, Liverpool. The recent measure proposed in the French Legislative Body, relative to the formation of an Industrial Company, under the sanction of the government, for the purpose of draining the lands throughout the country, is to be examined by a committee appointed by the Chamber. This mea sure has met with much opposition, and many amendments have been presented to the Council of State to modify its conditions, especially that which relates to the concession of a sum of money by the State. Accounts from Paris state that the new French Societe en conzmandite, so much spoken of lately as intended to rival the well-known Credit Mobilier Society, and projected by M. Calley Saint Paul, has been d( finitively constituted by an act signed according to the statutes therein pro vided under the commercial code ; and the follow ing gentlemen named forits direction :—M. Calley, M. Edmond Odier, Roman and Co , M. Alfred Leroux, banker, and Prince Mare de Beauvau, chairman of the Saint Rambert and Grenoble Railway. This society has been obliged to con form to the regulations of a Societe en commandite, instead of a joint stock company, in consequence of the recent edict prohibiting the founding of any new institution of the kind for some time to come. The Trust and Loan Company of Upper Canada this day held their meeting, and the proposed dividend at 7-1- per cent. per annum, out of the balance standing to the credit of revenue, viz , 9,7101. 19s Id, was agreed to. The reserve fund formed a separate figure of 9,8171. 19s 11d. A resolution was passed adopting the report. The reduction made by the directors of the Bank of England, yesterday, in the minimum rate of discount, has been freely commented upon in city circles, and although most parties were unprepared for such a speedy and important change, there is a general feeling of satisfaction that the monetary con dition of the country has sufficiently improved to justify the alteration. Many blame the authorities in Threadneedle-street for adopting the measure re ferred to on a partial holiday, such as yPsterday uedoubtedly was, but when it is remembered that, owing to the reduced value of money " out of doors," the Bank of England for some days past has "transacted scarcely any loan or discount business, no surprise can be felt at the course adopted. The effect of the measure on all branches of trade will be highly favourable, and an impor tant stimulus will be given to the general pros verity of the country. The rate of money on call is reduced from 5 to 4 per cent. BANK OF ENGLAND RETURNS An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cap 32, for the Week ending May 23, 1856. ISSUE DEPARTMENT. Debit. Credit. Notes issued .. £24,413,875 Government __ Debt Other securities 3,459,900 Gold Coin and Bullion 9,938,875 £24,413,875 Total .... 424,413,875 BANKING D: Debit. Proprietors' ca pital Rest Public deposits 3,535,203 Other „ 11,472,481 Seven day, and other bills 742,904 IBPARTMENT. Credit. Government se- curities £12,479,416 Other securities 15,377,046 Notes 5,081,960 Gold and silver coin 619,929 Total .... £33,558,351 j Total . £33,558,351 The foregoing Bank Returns show the following results when compared with those of the preceding week :—Notes issued, increase, 740,2601; bullion in both departments, increase, 756,9391; rest, in crease, 10,800/ ; public deposits, increase, 543,2471; other deposits, decrease, 878,0161; seven days' and other bills, decrease, 44 2331. On the credit side government securities remain at the same amount as in the previous return, viz.: 12,479,4161; other securities, decrease, 1,333,7661. Notes unemployed, increase, 945,2851. Actual circulation, 19,331,9151, decrease, 205,0251. The following are the closing quotations of the Foreign Exchanges :—Amsterdam, short, 11 18 to 11 181. Do., three months, 121 to 12 1 Rotterdam, do , 121 to 12 11. Antwerp, do., 25 64 to 25 671. Brussels, do., 25 621 to 25 67-1. Hamburg, do., 13 101 to 13 11. Paris, short. 25 372 to '25 421. Do., three months, 25 70 to 25 75. Marseilles, do., 25 70 to 25 75. Frankfort, do , 1201 to 1211. Vienna, do., 10 18 to 10 22. Trieste, do., 10 20 to 10 24. Petersburg, do., 361 to 371. Madrid, do., 491 to 49 . In the face of a decided improvement in the Money Market, the Funds show heaviness. Prices closed per cent lower than yesterday, viz., at 942- to 941. The check arises from apprehensions that the dispute with America is becoming more com plicated. The statement that the President of the United States has decided upon recognising the government of General Walker in Nicaragua, gives rise to considerable discussion. The Con3ol Market is rendered the more sensitive at present, by the approach of the monthly settlement. The Lombard-street discount houses to-day lowered the rate allowed by them for money on call, from 5 to 41 per cent. In the Discount Market, there was a good demand for accommodation, at the reduced rates now established. In the Stock Exchange some demand was stimulated by to-day's settlement in the Share and Foreign Stock Markets, and money commanded 4 to 5 per cent. on Government Secu rities. The London and Westminster Bank lent money to-day to some extent on stock. The Railway Share Market is strensthened by the expectation that the renewal of debentures will be on easier terms. At Paris to-day a fall of 1 to was established in the 3 per , cent Retakes. At the close the prices of Railway Shares stood as follows . —Caledonian, 6 1 1 61 1. Edinburgh and Glasgow, 61 62. Eastern Counties, 101 101. East Lancashire, 79 80. Great Northern, 95 96. Ditto A, 78 80 Great Western, 61 62 Lancashire and Yorkshire, 931 931 London and No r th W estern, 1021 102 k. Manchester, Sheffi eld, and Li nco l ns hi re, 291 301- Midland Stock, 79 i, 79a. North British, 351 361. South Eastern and Dover, 721- 731. York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 821 831. York and North Midland, 591 591. The Moniteur announces that the baptism of the Imperial Prince has been fixed fur the 14th June. You will remember that I told you several days back that it would certainly take place between the 12th and 15th. The official journal says that all the archbishops and bishops, and the mayors of all the chief towns have been invited to attend the ceremony. To this I can add, from my own pri vate sources of information, that the cardinal who is to officiate is expected here on the Bth, and that, in addition to the Abbe Coquereau, chaplain general of the fleet, the Emperor has sent one of his aides-de-camp to Civita Vecchia to receive him. Also, that on the auspicious occasion two days' holidays will be allowed to all the clerks and employees of the public offices. A Belgian paper stated some days back that the Poles had presented a complaint to the Minister of Foreign Affairs at nothing having been done for or said about Poland iu the Peace Congress. I learn that it is quite true that such a paper has been presentee—by the way it is called, I know not exactly why, " a protest," and that the Poles resident in Paris feel great irritation against the government for not having done anything for them, after all its professions of sympathy. I find in one of the semi-official papers of to-day the confirmation of a piece of news I sent you on Monday, namely, that Count de Morny will leave this city on the 20th, on his mission as Ambassador Extraordinary to St. Petersburg. The same journal announces the probable visit of the ex- Queen of Denmark—a probability which I long since mentioned to you. Prince Oscar of sweden has left Paris to visit the principal dockyards and ports, but he is to return to attend the baptism of the Imperial Prince. Cou'it Orloff, says the Pays, has quitted Paris I hear that M. de Cesena, one of the principal editors of the Constitutionnel, is about to quit that journal, and to be charged to establish with the aid of the government, a weekly taper on the plan of the Lon don weeklies. Hitherto, there have been no weekly political papers in liaris—at least none that have been able to keep their ground• But, in truth, there is no room and no need of any ; for, as daily papers here are about the same price as the Daily Times, and as weekly papers can't possibly be much cheaper, it follows that every body will prefer having a daily paper to a weekly oue. The government has presented to the Legis lative Body a bill, which is of considerable commercial importance. It refers to what are called societes en commandite—that is, companies which are supported by the capital of private parties—and introduces various reforms relative to the examination of the accounts, the general operations of the companies, the pre vention of frauds, such as the declaration of fictitious dividends, the drawing up of false inventories, &c. It is impossible to take up a newspaper without finding advertisements of new companies with enormous capitals in shares In the morning newspapers for example, I find a new company for Tan Yards, at Illkirch and Strasburgh with a capital of 200,000 f. ; one for building at Neuilly, with a capital of 160,000 f.; for doing and mining coal pit operations what the Credit Mobilier does for finance and the Credit Foucier for land--its capital is 800,000 f. ; and others for building at Paris, for lending money on mortgage at San Francisco, for erecting large establishments for the sale of groceries &o. Add these to the companies already in the market, and we find that the sums which the public is called on to subscribe, and do subscribe, form a stupendous total. The friends of the government assert, that all this sort of thing proves the prosperity of the country. Granted. But experienced men say that it is being pushed much too far, and, like all excessive speculation, will lead to a crisis. There is a talk of the amalgamation of the Lyons and Mediterranean Railway Companies. It is expected that the German Zollverein will allow the free importation of foreign iron, and that Bavaria will allow the free importation of wheat. OVERLAND MAIL. THE INDIA AND CHINA MAILS The steamer Bombay arrived at Trieste with the India and China mails on Thursday, at 1.30 P Iv., in 141 hours from Alexandria, which port she left on the 23rd. The mails were to leave Alexandria the same day, with advices from Calcutta of the 23rd April ; Bombay, 28th April ; Hong Kong, 15th April ; and Shanghai, 6th April. .._ The Bombay news we have already anticipated. Exchange at Calcutta, 2s 2841. At Calcutta there was but little activity in the produce market. The indigo season had closed. There was no improvement in the money market and loan. The bank charge 16 per cent interest. At Canton trade was reviving. Piracy was on the increase in the neighbour hood of Kulan. The total exports of tea from China have not fallen off. Exchange at Canton, 4s. 11d. ; at Shanghai, 6s. 51d. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.—Yesterday, before the Common Sergeant, Harriet Graham, aged 30, was indicted for attempting to discharge a loaded pistol at John Monroe Graham, with intent to do him some bodily harm. Mr. Parry prosecuted, and Mr. Sleigh defended. It appeared that the prosecutor is au actor at the Princess's theatre, and tha prisoner, who is an actress, bad lived with the prosecutor as his wife, hut were separated in consequence of her bad temper. Upon the 2d of May, as prosecutor and Mr. Brazier were leaving the theatre, prisoner came up, and snapped a pistol at prosecutor's head. She was seized, and the pistol, which was loaded, and fortunately did not go off, wa.; found at her feet. The jury found her guilty, but recommended her to mercy, in which the prosecutor joined. The court said they would defer passing sentence. THE WELLINGTON STATUE. In answer to Lord CHELSEA, of The CHANCELLOR of th e B XCHEQUER sa id, that f the £BO,OOO voted for the funeral of the late Du ke Wellington, there was a sum of £25,000 unappropriate_ 3 It was intended t o a pply thi s sum to t h e e rection ! I a statue of the late Duke in St. Paul's Cathedral, I f , vote for the purpose w hi c h wou ld be propo sed receiveo the sanction of the House. As soon as the subject 114 . 11 been matured, sculpt ors wou ld b e i nv it e d to send 1 designs for th e m onument , w hi c h wou ld n ot cost tv °r6 d than £25,000 to execu t e . Th e G overnme nt poss es ' the power of inviti ng d es i gns to be sent in with out sanction of Parliament, and he did not think it vi°° ' be necessary, this session, to ask the House to sanctioo the vote for carrying ou t th e one w hich Wig ht be selected. MILITIA COMPENSATION. On the motion that the House, at its rising, aci..l° lll" till Monday next, Col. GILPIN drew attention to the subject of nliliud compensation, contending that the paymaster sho ldf l il consideration of his heavy responsibilities, receiv e a t equal remuneration, on the disbandment of a n. regini e " with a re g i men t a l surgeon, to whom it was proposed 1.7. give twelve m on th s p ay . H e a l so thought t h a t the 011 1 commissioned officers and men sh ou ld rece ive an 601 113 0 sum beyond the rem a i n d er o f t h e b ounty w hi c h was c!ut, to them with that awarded to the soldiers of the for legion. Mr. PEEL held that the paymasters had no claim to an . equal remuneration with the surgeons and assistao: surgeons, and stated, with regard to the non-celul ie sioned officers an d p r i va t es , th at t h ey wou ld receiv e ! remainder of the bounty immediately instead of ba° lll° to wait ti nary or March for it. t h e in VALrJLE observed that this was only giving that to whi c h th e y were a l rea d y ent i t l e d, a nd Pre ssej . t , lle ,0. necessity for consid er i ng t hi s matter , and avoid g is " . l cause for dissati s f ac ti on i n t h at b o dy which m'4b r always be reli e d u p on as t h e nursery o f the regh-e army. ed Affer some further discussion, the subject droPp and the motion for the adjournment was agreed to. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY BILL. h aid Mr. BOUV ERIE th en move d t h at t h e Souse s -° o r resolve itself into committee to consider the clauses the Cambridge University Bill. Mr. WALPOLE concurred generally in the measure Mr. P. URQUHART supported the Measure. Mr. HEYW OOD su pp orte d t h e pr i nc iple of the bill. Remarks having b een o ff ere d b y Mr. J. and Mr. WIGRAM, the House w en t into committee. Clauses up to 26, in c l us i ve , were agreed to after co siderable discussi on . The chairman t h e n ter"- progress. The West India L oans Bill went th ro ugh com in i tte :, The Police (Co un ti es an d B oroug h s ) Bill was read third time and passed. The Board of H ea lth Bill went t h roug h committeeb•ts The Poor Law A men d ment Bil l , a nd the Sm all Imprisonment Acts Amendment (Scotland) " The udicial Proceedure Bill . went severall J passed a second reading I , corn' throng" m itte h e. Te Reformatory a n d I n d ustr i a l S c hools B i ll was read a third time and pad. ~ l'll w ag The committee on t h e e Joint Stock Ban k s Ti postponed till Monday next. The !louse adjourned at one o'clock. - e e TUE DUKE OF BADEN.—Yesterday morning his sestet Highness the Regent of Baden paid a visit to wrestatinsil-e Abbey, and the two Houses of Parliament. o'ls,Se:teller t H h ighness had not an opportunity of proceeding 11.1 * - jo g Scotchanthe ap b p a e r a , ls t . he Lord Chancellor at the time hear ..,1 APPOINTMENTS. —Viscount Sydney has been allf" var i Lord Lieutenant of K en t, i n th e ro om of th e late be en Cowper. Mr. G eorge R ussell, o f t h e Treasuryhagk is the a room in' appointed Assistant Secretary to the Board of Wor ir. of Mr. Th orn b orrow, su perannuat eJ. t e a Rivers Wilson, of th e T reasur y, has been appo i on 0 Private Secretary to M r . J ames Wilson, in s uccess Mr. Russell. AMERICAN MAILS.—The royal mail steame r 2, 11 " - for sails this day for Ne w Y or k, with the 'rai ls ' ' ... i, c i'ost America Letters will b e rece ived at the Genera ~_..e, Office up to two o'clock in the usual coarse, an d to i fry fer . with the payment of fees. The box on th e I'4 to :oar stage will be open for the receipt of letters o'clock, and a fee of a shiling will be payable her e * • n la LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF ART.—IIIfOTRISII OII j 5 Pyle] the our advertising columns of the examination sv 3ie d Art Inspector-General of the department of Science an , r o• is about to hold in the National and other schools sv(i.el;o drawing is taught. Prizes will be given to all those v ',,,.. w ill c 0 . ,. reach a certain standard. The examination rnence on the 12th of June. e on, at this court COUNTY Q COI:RT.—No case of any importance caw yesterday. _ Abo ut' THE a FOURTH —OVAL LANCASHIRE MILITIA. „...,,,I, 900 of the men of this regiment arrived here li to tho .. Dublin) by the Cleopatra, and at once proceeded of the London and North Western 13 . 311° I .;:;e• nestLitreot, and were conveyed to Warrington, 'w ", 4 1 they will be disembodied. The band, during th em '. ll itjr• of the regiment to the station, played up tune of " Home, sweet home." li a log CORONER'S I NQUESTS. —The Coroner held the foi.)-' lto,o,;. inquests yesterday :—On the body of William Llig who died at the Royal Infirmary, i-a consequence itil... injuries received by a fall at a new building body lit 'f• , street ; verdict, accidental death. Or: the verdict' child that was smothered in bed by overlaying v el-• accordingly. the old faint its operation to five years APPELLATE JURISDICrioN. The LORD CHANCELLOR moved the second reading 01 3 bill to improve the Appellate Jurisdiction of the nous ° of Lords. The bill provides that two judges shall be appointed to assist the Lord Chancellor in h earing appeals, and that they shall be created peers for life, and shall be called Deputy Speakers of the House. It also provided that the persons selected for the office must have previously filled a high judicial post for a period of five years, and that the salary of each shall be £ s ,°° ° ' It is also provided by the bill that the House shall be at liberty to sit after the close o f th e s essi m f or the dis charge of its legal duties. Earl GREY contended in favour of the right of the Crown, to create life peerages, but thought that in the right, the Government had been error, if not of indiscr e tio n . He suggested that wer-. abrograting by this bill, the power of h er sty to create life peerages, th e y s hould extend its vi,iens, and au.horise th e con f err i ng of such p eel ; ges on members of the oth er H ouse , w ho were sel ected to fill ministerial offices, that required a seat in their the cxereise o /llae. WILLIAM thought that the bill would lIIDI t the constitutional prerogative of the Crown, and gage notice of his intention t o move amen d m ents in cc)—m- Earl Fi mittee The bill was read a second time. The Annuities (No. 2) Bill an d th e National Galled Bill were read a second time. The Fire Insurance Bill went through committe e ' The House rose at eight o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—FRIDAY The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. PAUPER REMOVAL BILL. In reply to Mr. THOMAS DUNCOMBE, h ave Mr. BOUVERIE said th e G overnmen t wo uld no t 1 taken charge of th e S co t c h an d I r i s h Pauper Remov a l Bill, if they had not been convinced of the exped iel i cl of its provisions, an d it was t h e i r i nten ti o n, 13 °" 1 ' ti . standing the numerous p et iti ons aga i nst it, to Pers e h l :: with it. If, howev er , th e S cotc h an d I r i s h 03 " 1 „ r were united against it, an d a numbar of Englis h We bers entertained objecti ons t o i t , t h ere wou ld be lilt 6 chance of its passing.