The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-08-13 00:00:00

SEtautar. 1 Sabbatarian movement on the Continent, ordering ------------ WANTED, an APPRENTICE, in a Drysaltery Warehouse, to all shops in Rome to be closed on Sunday , except whom a progres•ive salary wi I be given.—Apply, in own of the grocers, who arm handwriting, to Box it. 47, Post-office. itted to be open to ten ;clock a m W ANTED, by a Young Man, aged 20, a SITUATION in a Mee. Our , chant's or Bruker's offic e, or in an y other em pl o y ment where O assize intelligence, contains to-day but the he could make hi n , gel f gem rdl:y useful. He has been for some time -- past in the al.ipp • ne wa y , ~ no would have no ob j ection at taking* eommon-place record of burglaries and forgeries, shipping clera'a .ituation. Would have no objection to go abroad.— with some civil cases of no great interest. The Apply, by letter, to C. 28, Northern Times office. ,-, only exception was a second trial of an action against the shabby Manchester .Corporation, by a Mr. Scott, injured by the negligence of some of its ro be *vet. TO be LET, with immediate possession, a BREWERY, in good working order, twelve barrels in length. Any o•.e entering upon the a , ove business will find this an evcellent opportunity, as the fixtures wi►l be sold at a great sacrifice.—Mor further particulars apply to Mr. S. Jones, Glotie Tavern, Da vson-street. servants, in which the jury, against the opinion =of the Judge, gave a second verdict for the plaintiff Mr. Gray, a Liverpool attorney, who got his client, the defendant, better terms in the County en matt Court by volunteerir without authority, to appear A DDRESS MR. PRIEST. BIRKENHEAD. HOUiE, I ..Cl. HOUSES!! LAND! LAND! I —ON SALE, in large or small lots, variously situated, and ranging in price trim about £lOO to £6l,4loo.—See H. P. Priest's Cheshire and Lancashire Property Circular. Can be had ratlis arid free by post. Cheshire otfices,"tor the Sale alid Letting of Land and Houses, Market-cross Chambers (one door from Market-square) Market-street, Birken head. for the plaintiff also, received yesterday a severe rebuke from the Judge, with an intimation that the Ditto New - 6 per cei: flair is not yet at an er Mr. Pollock, with p 'eat spirit, has taken the of the funds of the Royal Ozk But. North bti and Dover He has the tern of C New Shares, 9A- 9Sd 1 prices hay cases puny, for THE NORTHERN TIMES.---LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY. ETARY AND COMMEIiCIAL LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY EVENING LATEST INTELLIGENCE The Liverpool Cotton Market has been very quiet to-day, and only a small business has been done, the sales amounting to 4,000 bales, of which fully one-half were taken for speculation and export. Prices remain without change. The'Liverpool Share. Market has been steady to-day, and a fair amount of business has been done at full prices, the closing quotations being:— Aberdeen, 14 14k. Chester and Birkenhead, 161 161 Caledonian, 291 291. Chester and Holy head,. 17 171.' Eastern Counties, .91 91. East Lancashire, 211 211. Great Northern, 248 241 Ditto A, 10f 10-1. Great Western, 631 64. Lan cashire and Yorkshire Stock, 97i 971. Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport, 181 18-1. London and North Western, 1071 1071 iVianchester, Sheffield, ad •LincOln, 34 341. Dito Pref., 121 121 Pref 11-16 13-16. Mid -6 North British, 9 1 9 __shire, - 41 41d. South Eastern, 146 221. York, Newcastle, and 21. York and North Midland, 291 Capital Stock, 18 181. Buffalo and Dutch Rhenish, 21 2-0 ina.da, 25 5-16 25 7-16. 2 11-16 p. Great Luxem- SPAIN MADRID, TUESDAY Great discords are said to exist already among the chief of the Moderado party. Ros de Olava, who has been the principal adviser and supporter of O'Donnell in the late events, is said to have separated from him, and new complications are expected. • FRANCE. (rßom OUR OWN CORRESPOND ENT.) PARIS MONDAY EVENING, rn Market has exhibited more activity to shown an upward movement. in aemand at an advance of 2,1 to 3d There was a moderate business done The' Conititutionnel in an article, which appears to come from a semi official source, intimates that there .is no ground for apprehension with respect to what hits recently taken place in the Black Sea, for that, first, Russia has already given up Kars; second, the Isle of Serpents is not worth disputing about, its only importance being as the site of a light; house, and diplomacy can easily settle to what power it is . to- belong ; third, Russia may be re• quested to make concessions with regard to the giving up of Bolgrad, which is required from her in order to draw the new frontier line of Bessarabia —the precise line adopted by the Congress of Paris, which will he by Bolgrad, having been drawn on maps produced by her, but which turns out to in some instances, an advance of _ AUSTRALIA. ARRIVAL OF THE ROYAL CHARTER The screw steamship Royal Charter, under the command of Captain Boyce, arrived in the Mersey yesterday evening, from Melbourne, after a passage of seventy-eight days, bringing advices to the 25th of May, and which are twenty-three days' later than those previously to hand. The Royal Charter did not leave Port Philip Heads until the 26th of May, although the latest papers received by her from Melbourne are dated the 24th. During the passage she met with a succession- of easterly gales and contrary winds to Cape Horn, and in lat. 59 S., lon. 90 W., she fell in with several icebergs. She has hi-ought home 327 passengers, 181,000 ounces of gold, and 10,000 sovereigns, besides a large quantity of gold and jewellery in the hands of passengers. The value of the whole of the gold brought by her is estimated at about 800,0001 'sterling, being, we believe - , the largest he M( in one imount ever PHIS I) 27, Tithebarn-stre 25 Tuns SHANK BC bow landing ex Favurite, from Saen.s Ayres, Prince's rock.— Avply to 1 4tAC HADATES, Jux., & CO., Brokers. On FRIDAY nex FRIDAY at Twelve o'clock precisely , huildi n g!, le Brokers' nffice, 19, Excha About 159 Bales Ame ican CO T damaged by water.—Fer furth r particula MAR+ Brckers 011 FRI LA? ,e 15th instant, at E k on the Quay 84 OAK PLANKS, 8 in. thick, 2 56 DITTO, 6 .. 2 DV To, DITTO, 543 OAK PLANKS 20 to 47 160 OAK LOGS, from 14 to 54 feet long, 13 to 21 inches square. 29 WA LNU LOGS, 12 to _3 .. 12 to 25 6 WALNUT PLANK, Sand 8 in. thic;i, 15 to 20 feet long, 18 to 20 inches broad ; being the I saw now landing ex Dasha•ray, from New Orleans.— Apply to Messrs. Crooks,4 , ray t 4 C , Merehants, or to FARNWORTII & JARDINE, Broker. THE PRICE OF THB NORTHERN DAILY TIMES IS NOW TO ST:I3,iCitIBERS IN ADVANCE 38 PER ANNUM. Attention is respectfully drawn to the above announce inent, and parties living within four miles of the Lioerpdo ) , Exchange, who desire the latest news from parts of the World upon their breakfast tables every morning, should, to prevent disappointment, send their names and addresses to the Office, 19, South John-street, Liverpool. Copies of the NORTHERN DAILY TIMES can be sent through the post by affixing a penny postage stamp on the envelope, or three copies can be sent in one cover Same cost. The NORTHERN TIMES is registered r transmis s to foreign countries RJ. NODDER, * HATTER, 81, C lIIITtCHATRE ET, Begs respectfully to inform the Nobility and Gentry of Liver y)] that his NEW STYLES for the Season are NOW READY for Insppction. Iye #ifirt4tra WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 13, 1856 THE DAY'S NEWS The screw steam-ship Royal Charter arrived hen ht from Melbourne, a 78 days' passa h news to the 25th of May She brings 327 passengers, 181,000 ounces of gold, and 10,000 ns—in all, abbut £BOO,OOO. In five months boyeteig the colony has sent us the proportion of gold pre, dicated for the half-year—viz., one hundred tons s he last adviees from the gold regions ar very favourable, and speak of nugg ets ,from 26( ounces and upwards, as by no means uncommon The price has fallen to 31. 16s. per ounce. The receipt of gold at Melbourne for the three months bnding May 11 was 861,700 ounces, against 495,460 for the corresponding period iu 1845. The summary of news we give elsewhere will be found highly interesting, Our papers, foreign and English, arc full of doubt, fear, and speculation, about some contin gent revolution in Italy. The only influence for the actual state of things, is that of Austria and the Roman Catholic church. The great movement, though largely affected by the Mazzinian policy of an Italian republic, is evidently directed towards an Italian monarchy. The point d'appui is Piedmont, but the Archimedes directing the action of the lever would appear to reside at least as remotely as the Tuillefies. Our last accounts represent the Sardinian Government lending itself to an active agitation in favour of Italian nationality, while Austria is placing herself in a state of war like preparation unprecedented, even during the late campaigns. Our Parisian Correspondent gives an amusing account of the last of the Imperial difficulties, lath, which- wa have been made acquainted. The Elpperor had been so effectually protected from the manifestations of his subjects' love or hate, during • his late railway trip from Luneville tb Paris, that on his arrival there were no means of exit, for him and some obese courtier or two, except through the carriage window. We may easily suppose the Empress in her pretty English receiving him as he emerged with an adage • not, perhaps, unfamiliar to her thoughtful wisdom—" When poverty enters at the " door, love flies out at the window l" ::The delay and difficulties which the Russians place in the way of fulfilling the late treaty, are so bold iind unexpected, and have so little warrant in any facts known to the public, that they are beginning to cause serious uneasiness, and no doubt prevent that rise of prices which the favourableness of nearly all our harvest reports, and the immense arrivals of gold, tend to produce. The anxiety is not diminished by the fact that the French Government has declined to join its fleet to that which our GovernMent has ordered back to the Black Sea, an d has advised the Sultan to restrict himself to diplomatic manifestations. The loss of influence in Turkey, in favour of France, which we have pur chased by our late costly war, will be ill indemni fled by fiading ourselves isolated as an European Power when protesting against the renewed encroachments of Russia. Our news from Spain add to the horrors of a civil war, scarcely finished, those of an impending famine, and an actually experienced cholera. As if these were not enough, however, incendary fires are spoken of as common in Castille. The cholera reigns at Valdemorlelo, near the Escurial, and at Madrid. As we are going to press, it is announced by the electric telegraph, that serious discords have arisen between O'Donnell and Ros de (Marta, which forbode a break-up of the present government, in which ease Narva' z will problibly refuse the ambassadorship to St. Petersburg, sa id to be offered him. The Pope has placed himself at the head of the be incorrect The Emperor and Empress will, I am told, leave between the 17th and the 20th for Biarritz. A singular circumstance occurred at the Stras• burg railway station when the Emperor arrived from the swelling of the wood'or a derangement in the lock—it was found on Saturday impossible to open the door of his Majesty's carriage, and he had, after waiting some time, to clamber through the window as best he could. AR his suite followed in the same way, except ene fat unfortunate, who had to be dragged out by force. A grand ceremony for the Parisians has taken place to day—the solemn distribution of pri'zes to the pupils of the public schools who have con ducted themselves properly during the y ear. Marshal Valliant, Minister of War, who is acting pro tern as Minister of Public Instruction, presided, and Marshal Duke Pelissier was present. Marshal Valliant, in. a speech to the pupils spoke eulo gistically of his brother Marshal, and said that his example was a proof of how high a man might rise by good conduct. On this old Peliesier, in French fashion, threw himself into his arms and kissed him. _ _ It is said that M. Mires, the well known capital ist, intends to bring an action against the agens de change of the Bourse, to compel them to negociate the shares of hi a Caisse des Chemins defet—a thing they have refused to do, on the ground that, in March last, the Government ordered them to negociate no new affair "in the course of the present year, and that the Caisse is a new affair; having been formed since then. The matter excites considerable interest in the money market, not only on account of the point in dis pute being a curious one, but on account of M. Mires being the principal proprietor of the Con stitutionel and the Pays, two papers which support the. government. Some Belgian papers say that M. de Persigny, the French ambassador at London, is to be sent on a special mission to Italy, partly to report on the state of the country, and partly to endeavo u r to induce the Pope to come to Paris to crown the Emperor and Empress. But lam able, from inquiries made, to assure you that there is no truth in the statement, and that M de Persigny, as soon as his visit to Germany shall be over, will return direct to London. The Nord, of Brussels, says that an immense extent of railway in Russia has been conceded to a French company, headed by Baron Rothschild. The Madrid papers say that General Narvaez will probably be sent to Moscow as ambassador of Spain at the coronation of the Czar. This will naturally lead to the re-establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries. We read in the Paris correspondence of the Brussels Independance : There was a grand dinner at the Minister of War's yesterday, on the occasion of Marshal Duke Pelissier's return. All the general officers of the army of Paris and the high functionaries of the war administration were present at this banquet, which, it is said, passed off with entire cordiality. The conqueror of Sebastopol related, it is said, some anecdotes connected with his glorious cam paign, and told them well. He alluded also to the fact of his having been provisionally a governor general'of Algeria so often, and thereby gave rise to the conjecture that our African colony will soon see him Again. _ _ _ The Marshal had some right to make himself the theme of conversation in this way, for the following is what I have myself heard on this head. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Marshal Pelissier had been preceded on his road to Marshal Vaillant's by a note from the Emperor, which contained the following phrase :—" I have been much pleased at my conversations with Marshal P. He is a man who has kept pace with his position. Present him on my part to the Empress." I►i consequence Marshal Valliant went yester day, after the dinner, to the theatre of the " Gym nase," where the Empress then was, and obtained an audience at St. Cloud for his guest at two o'clock this day. The following is an epitome of what transpired during the interview : "What can Marshal Pelissier desire now ?" asked the Empress. " I think," replied the minister, " his ambition aims to be the Governor- General of Algeria" "Well and good ; but what are we to do with Marshal Bandon ?" rejoined her Majesty. " There is the situation of Grand- Ecnyer that has not yet been filled up," finally observed the Minister of \Var. If I am well informed, this last observation removed all difficulties. THE OVERLAND MAIL. TRIESTE, Monday, August 11 —The steamer Australia arrived to-day, at half-past eleven o'clock a m., in 10S hours from Alexandria, having left Alexandria on the 6th inst. The India mail was to leave Alexandria on the same day, with intelligence from Calcutta to the 3rd July, Bombay to the 10th ,Tu)r, Hong Kong; via Calcutta, to the 14th of June, and Singapore to the 24th of June. Forty inches of rain had already fallen at Bombay. There was much cholera in and about Agra. Bombay exchange was 2s lid, and the money market easy. Freights have declined. Trade is quiet. At Calcutta exchange was 2s 1:1:1, without extensive operations. The produce market was dull The accounts of the indigo crop are bad, and the yield was estimated at 130,000 maunda. Freights at Calcutta were very low. American ships accept eight dollars per ton to the United States The mother of the ex King of Oude was to proceed to England by the Indus, from Alexandria on the 6th inst. THE MAINE LIQUOR LAW.—Last evening a lecture was delivered on the above' subject, at the Craven-rooms, Bir kenhead. There was a very good attendance, and the lecturer was warmly applauded for the manner in which he illustrated his subject. THE WEATHER changed ag yesterday. About ten in the morning there was a slight shower, and another about one o'clock, but heavier. About five there was a heavy shower, but, in the intervals, the sun shone out, and the heat continued. The evening was fine, and the prospect of a e-ntinulnce of a fine term of Autumn weather looks sufficiently promising. SERIOUS ACCIDENT. Last evening as Mr. John Phythean, a farmer residing at lull Bank, was entering the town, his horse took fright and run over the parapet with the shandry. Mr. P. was thrown out, and fell with his head against the w all, receiving a fracture, which rendered him insensible. Ho was immediately conveyed to the dispensary in a state that left no hope of his recovery. The horse continued its career, and when near the Adelphi Hotel knocked down a lady, who was severely injured, and then came in contact with the lamp-post. This did not check his speed, but he gallopped at a furious rate along Lime-street, but without doing any further serious damage. the adviees now a favourable on, in the fiftl the pieeious metal often allotted task. Mining was be regarded DI the ha with t month of the yes one hundred tot proportion o named as the colony still pursued as a lucrative employment, and th discovery of several nuggets, ranging from 260 tc 28 ounces, Korong, are reported. the same time, the old fields are steadily ant successfully worked. The returns of the weekly escorts received at Melbourne, for the thirteen weeks ending May 17, show a falling off, but this is accounted for by the fall in price from 3/ 18s 9d per ounce, which was freely paid on the gold fields. In March the price . rapidly fell to 3/ 16s, 'eh had been the ruling buying price since the - April until within _ the sailing of the F total receipts of gold at _._ 23rd to May 17th, was , 861,700 ounces, against 495,460 for the corresponding period of last year. The receipts for the week ending May 24th were 51,21 A ounces, being an increase on the previous week of nearly 15,000 ounces. The Walmer Castle left Melbourne on: the 21st of May for London, haVing on board 43,000 ounces. The Kent was announced to leave for London on the . sth of June, and it was expected that she would , hawa froM 75,000 to 80,000 ounces. -Grave .complaints con tinued to be' made of the miserable mail arrange ments.between England and Australia: The price of Gold at Melbourne was quoted at 77s per ounce. Exchange on London was quoted at -par for drafts against gold. The ships Salem, from Liverpool ' • Tuder„ from London ; Caldera, from London; Clutha, from Glassow ; Athelstan, from Liverpool ; Sardinia, from Liverpool ; and Cartyne, from London—had all arrived out at Melbourne, but the mail ships of the 20th of February, and the 7th of March, were still due, although the former had been 94 days et sea, and the latter 78 days. We here subjoin a full summary of the news specially prepared for 'transmission by the Royal Charter, and everything of interest that had tran spired between the 30th of April and .the 24th of May : Probably in the whole course of the annals of this colony, there has never been a season so favourable to health, the operations of agriculture, and the movements of commerce, as that we are now enjoying. The extreme dryness of that preceding has been followed by one dis tinguished for its beautiful alternations of sunshine and shower, clothing the earth with the most luxuriant crops, and imparting spirit to all the operations of commercial enterprise. Yet at this moment trade in Melbourne is dull. Deprived of advicesfroin Britain since the middle of - February, tantalised. with inefficient imports, and apprehensive of their continuance for some length of time, the Melbourne merchants are holding their stocks in the prospect of a rise in prices, and of course to the tempor ary stagnation of trade. The arrivals of the two overdue mails of the 20th of. February and 7th March, will do much to restore the markets to a healthy condition. A comparative view of the commerce and revenue of the first quarter of the present year, with the similar quarters of three previous years, derived from Mr. West_ garth's statistics, will afford a most gratifying proof of the wonderful advances which the colony has made in its material prosperity, despite the sevzre ordeal it under went a few short months _ . middle of )yal C Eelbourne from Feb let quay. Ist guar. Ist guar. Ise quay. 1853. 1851. 1835. 1650. 48,283 686,137 865,8'.:8 1 989,478 2,615 315 2,9 , 1,157 4 492,6i0 1,484,',90 5 303 184 2,808.171 3,328,878 Shippin inwards, tons 118,229 205 642 127,128 115,157 Custom's revenue for R 136,491 22? 566 245,017 410 992 157,815 213.023 214.859 18 1,"4 1 524,295 592 504 676,028 741,528 The same valuable authority displays to us that the yearly average of the three years' imports preceding the discovery of the gold fields. viz., 1848-1850, gives the amount at €533,000. The yearly average of the next two (1851-2) when the impetus of the gold discoveries was partially but not entirely realised, gives the amount at £2,550,000. The average for each of the three succeed ing:years. (1853-5), when the full tide of commerce and population had reached Victoria, amounts to no less than £15,052,000. Comparative view of the quantities of the principal articles of export, being the pr an od d uceBs of the colony of Victoria , f or the years 1853, 1854, 15 : Chief Articles of Export. 1853. 1854. )' 151 135 5,3'24 28,6'5 Go'd exported , Imports ,ozs 650,141 5 Trod ens of land sales, Tot4l public revenu., Articles. Sh-ep ...... 749 ........ -- Ta110w............ Tons 598 1614 ..... lb s 20 342 591 23 99 8, W 001... ....... . 400 22,353,373 G 011........ ........ o zs 2 497,7 23 2,144,699 - 2 751,405 Th e Customs' Revenue, for the four weeks ending the 20th of May, amounts to A'102,393 8s 3d. Shortly after the gold discoveries, the attention of the colonists was strongly directed to the subject of railway, communication, in consequence of the great traffic with the mining districts of the interior, and the expense and Hob difficulties o' the land carriage. The Melbourne s on's Bay Railway wasp rojected in 1852, to aid the dis charge of vessels in the overcrowded harbour, and was completed in 1854. A branch of line of about two miles is now being made to St. Kilda, through the suburbs of Emerald Hill. The Melbourne, Mount Alexander, and Murray Railway was projected about the same busy and enterprising season as that to Hobson's Ba). This great scheme, however, has met with much less success than its lesser contemporary, notwithstanding that the paid-up stock bears an interest, guaranteed by the Colonial Government, of five per cent per annum. This company was disappointed in the expectation of raising the requi site capital in London, and has, therefore, confined its efforts to a short line of nine miles connecting Williams_ town with Melbourne. 'But this offshoot being still un finished, afler a long delay, and the further progress of the lino appearing to be exceedingly uncertain, the local government have recently purchased the whole interest, with the view o f ex p editing this most essential under. taking. The Williamstown branch is expected to be completed towards the middle of 1857. The line from Geelong to Melbourne, which was projected at Geelong, and simultaneously with the others, promises a more suc cessful issue, and that without further government aid than a guaranteed dividend upon part of the capital stock. The entire length to the point of junction with the Wil liamstown line, a distance of forty miles, has been con tracted for, and is expected to be in readiness for the trains in the beginning of 1e57. On the Ist July of this year, the first ten miles of the line, namely from Geelong to the Duck Ponds, will be open for traffic. The greater part of the locomotive machinery has already arrived from Britain. The original estimate for the line was .W 350,000, an amount, however, that will be exceeded.by about twenty per cent, owing to a higher compensation for land, and higher rates of freight and insurance on the plant, &c , than had originally been estimated for. The amount already expended (May 1856) is €320,000. The total cost is computed to approach £12,000 per mile. A. wide extent of telegraphic communication has been a e c d t o i l r y s carried are air out. ealy In at - for some time in t he contem p lation of the g overnment, and the present promising aspect of the colonial finances wil o l p g e r r e m a i t t coefntthraol si se d v i i v e i w s o divisions n being c o speedily One of these is the line from Geelong to Ballarat, a distance of sixty miles, which is to be finished in N ove mber next, at a cost of .e 73 15s pe r mile. It is pro posed that this line shall be subsequently extended west ward to connect Fiery Creek (Raglan), w ßelfast, Portland, and so on to the arrnamboob South boundary, to meet a line that is at Australian pr templation of the South Australian present in the e•in other great Victorian telegraph line government The Mel bourne in a north-westerly dire proceeds from t• e t Gishorne, and Kyneton, to theon. by way of Kelton Castlemaine and Sandhurst. T mining townships of To this distance the line is expected to be completedalso in November, and at a cost of £64 per mile. A continuation of this line is in project, to pass Violet Town and Becchvvorth, and at Albury on the Murray, to meet the expected communica tions from Sydney, on the part of the New South Wales _ government. The supply of land still continues to be considerably in excess of the demand, although the selection of choice lots has not fall• n off. The Surveyor . General's department is active enough for the present requirements of purchasers ; but we incline to the opinion, that so soon as the new Legislature seta fairly to work in the establishment of a sound land system. that agricultural ' operations will sustain a rapid impetus. At present, the number of those disposed to invest 'in the cultivation of the soil is comparatively few, being confined to such as have had already some experience as farmers. This class has been largely remunerated. The results both in the quality and quantity of the produce have been calculated not only to confer credit on the energies and skill of our own agri culturists, but to prove that at no distant period we shall be able to compete with older, and, in the opinion of some, more faiouraley circumstanced countries. It is impossible to judge, with any degree of truth, of what Victoria is capable of as an agricultural country, whilegherEefforts, are .still partial and uneystematized, and she is without an efficient method of irrig,atio o. We have in this colony some of the richest land in the world, and when once an aericultural interest is created, and it begins to be seen that reservoirs will have to be: constructed in every suitable situation , then, and not till then, will the capabilities of the colony for the growth of grain be fully ascertained . The supply of labour is a question to us of the deepest interest ; and the want of hands will be severely felt r l „ proportion as more land is taken up. The advent 01 peace in Europe will be to this colony, in this respect, a source of sure benefit. The stream of emigration will vo largely fed by two classes of the home populations-U9 such as have made money, and by those who have been reduced by the influence of the war. We may reaonablY expect that many a returned soldier will be anxious to bring his family to the) land of gold, nor will 1 last to feel the attractions of a permanent peace. un other hand, many who have suffered from the wt v almost necessitated to emigrate—they will come in til hope of repairing their shattered circumstances, and 610 the works of independent industry will be rap;_ eraased. Upon the whole, peace_ promises well r will he for ociety under his official protection powers by statute, ye lie will use it The I ondon papers have•been publishing yes, mised on Monday. One passo enough to be r d in full. After attributing Dove pro, I continued to believe in his power for some weeks after I was committed to prison. I believed that he had the power to save me unti► June or July. On the day when I . wrote the letter ceeds Devil; anamencing 'Dear I was in a low, despona ing, and queer state z that day thought of committing nent which was ound upon m s evening from search made that d y would have been probably used for that purpoSe. In the evening of that day I wrote that letter, but I cannot tell you my feeling at that time. I did feel certain that the devil would come to me that night according to my request. I wrote that letter but never intended it to be seen by any person." The hanging of such a man is surely that extremity of justice which begins injustice. and el THE Russian. Commandant of Kars is said to have.communfeated his willingness to surrender that fortreas to. the Turkish authorities. For the truth of this report, however, we have no better authority than a telegraphic despatch. General MOURAVIEFF, it is well understood, was in favour of the retention of the Ottoman citadel, and resigned ,his command when he found his counsel had been rejected by his Imperial master. We hope most fervently that all this may prove to be as the friends of peace wish it, and that the Isle of Serpent's affair will also be adjusted without further difficulty. If Russia will not read and abide by the Treaty of Paris as it is written, and will r further provoke the Western Powers, the consequences will be terrific, indeed. The Muscovite had many sympathisers throughout the late . contest; but where is the man, with the slightest pretensions to a spark of honour, who could justify the open and wanton violation of a Stock hns not solemn compact before the ink with which it was ? If the crowned Russian iicia ate in the concession held on the B>h ins t Mutual 45 to '25 Hamburr. Barrett which was written — Ireland." Perhaps one shilling per barrel was paid. In,the'Manehester Goods Market there has been a moderate business done, and the tone has been firmer. Producers are firm in demanding higher I oaf.' t describe my feelings• I I Pr ?amship Royal Charter arrived here at a Melbourne, after a passage of seventy-eight days, bringing advices to the 25th of May, and about 800,0001 worth of gold, besides 327 passengers. The Walmer Castle left Melbourne for London on the 21st of May, with 43,000 ouneas of gold. The funds experienced a further improvement to-day--opening with consols for account at 95k, sing at On- 951. But there was little business done from the absence of dealers from town. In the Foreign Market the business was limited, and prices generally were without material altera tion. Brazilian 5 per cents were 102/, Mexican, 228. Portuguese 3 per cents were dealt in at 40 3 t. Sardinian were steady at 92i 92k. Spanish 3 per cents for money were 451 and for the account, 448. Turkish 6 per cents were quoted 1038 1031 ; and the 4 per cent guaranteed, 1031. Belgian 41 per cents realised 99k; and Dutch 21 per cents, 651; The Railway Share Market showed more activity, and prices generally remained firm. There was a slight decline on the North Eastern Berwick, which fell to 84 7he following are the latest quotations :—Caledonian, 58 581. Eastern Coun ties, 9 13-16 9.15 16 East Lancashire, 80 88. Great Northern, 97 99. Ditto A., 82 Great Western, 631 632. Lanerashire and Yorkshire, 97198. London and North Western, 107 107 i. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 33/ 344 Midland Stock, 83a 83-1-,. North British, 36 37. South Eastern and Dover, 731 741. York, Newcastle, and Ber _ _ _ wick, 83 84. Y - Ork and North Midland; 584, 581 The Foreign and Colonial Lines have been more dealt in at about previous rates. Riga Shares are The resolution of the Committee of the xchange with respect to this undertaking yet been made 'known: East Indian are 31 Great Luxemburg, 51, Northern of France, 414 ; and Paris and Lyons, 57k. • The amount of specie brought in by the Niagara, it is anticipated will be immediately forwarded to the continent, the demand for that quarter con- tinuing. The half yearly meeting of the London and Blackwall Railway Company was held to-day, at the London Tavern, Mr. I. Daniel in the chair. The report stated that, for the half year ending the 30th of June, there was an increase of 2,149/ in the receipts for passenger traffic over the corres ponding period of 1855. The increase in the receipts from the Tilbury and Southend Railway amounted to 9811, or 46 per cent. The traffic from the Eastern Counties line had trebled. and that from the North London gave an increased receipt of NU. There remains a profit on the working of 20,842%. The report presented by the directors was adopted, after some discussion, and a dividend of 2s per share was declared payable to.morrow. The Riga and Dunaburg Railway question yes terday again engaged the earnest attention of the Stock Exchange Committee, who have had the d.rector!s - of the company before them, No decision has . yet been arrived at, the further consideration of the affair being adjourned until to=morrow. It is presumed that the committee will make some recommendation with reference to the call of 41 which i the directors require to be paid by the 20th instant. It is suggested that pending the com pletion of t arrangements between the company overnment, the proceeds of this ,ended as " caution money" for , should be deposited in the hands of trustees nominated on behalf of the company. _hareholders, however, will probably require positive assurance that this money shall not be „nted with unless Übe terms contained in the niginal prospectus of the undertaking be finally sanctioned. The official manager of the Tring, Reading, and Basingstoke Railway Company advertises a second and final dividend to the shareholders of 3s 6id the Spanish financial agents advertise another auction of the foreign redeemable debt, to take place at Mathid on the 30th inst. The sum appro priated to this purpose is 2,076,112 reals. Accounts from Paris state that the arrangements in connection with the launching of the Paris and Soissons Railway project, in which the Northern Railway Company of France is interested, are expected to be shortly officially announced. The concessions of the Transatlantic lines of steam communication, so long expected from the French Government, appears to have been definitively adjourned. Many persons are of opinion that a decision would have been arrived at ere now had the three competing companies been willing to amalgamate ; but it must not be overlooked that the state of the money market compels the French Government to act with increased caution in respect of new con- It is reported at Paris that the French Austrian Railway Company is negociating with d) Austrian Government for the purchase of the railway from Vienna to Trieste. It is further stated that the mines of the 13. - tnat are to be shortly handed over to this company. A meeting of shareholders in the Departmental Railway Company of Franco was to have been i on t' ' at Paris, but was ad iourned..v til the 9.(ith, owing to the attendance taut, atu meetings are newly announced— rtsmouth.Railway Company, for the 30th 3 Insurance Society, for 2Sth instant ; and Metropolitan Railway COM instant. . wool sales continue to be well the biddings are spirited. About we been sold up to yesterday, and prices are fully supported. There remain about 25,000 bales to be sold, and the trade seem fully prepared to take every bag. The following were the quotations for Foreign Exchanges :—Amsterdam, short, 11 16 to 11 17. Do., 'three months, 11 19 to 11 191 Rotterdam, do., 11 19 to 11 191. Antwerp, do., 25 52i. Brussels, do., 25 45 to 25 521. do,, 13 8 to 13 81. Paris, short, - 25 to 25 321. Do., three months, 25 57i to 25 622, I\larseilles, do. ; 25 60 to 25 65 Frankfort, 410 , 119 to 120. Vienna, do., 10 19 to 10 21. Trieste, do., 10 20 to 10 23. Petersburg, do., 371 to 371. Madrid, do., 49. 1 , to 49g. AN HONEST GERMAN. —Yesterday morning, a poor German boy, named John lialliman, picked up, near the Waterloo-dock, a document which he saw was of some value. He gave it to a police officer, and the paper proved tai be an order for £ l3 , drawn at New York, the 12th of July, by the bank of the Lish Emi g ration Sockty, on the branch Bank of L eland, at Cork, iu fivuur of Cornelius There was a torn envelope about the letter, on Cornelius Barrett, en route to Cork, _ , e pub:icatiou of these facts may DO the ra , acs of I.:storing the order to its owner. ratified has had time to dry heads of Europe were to countenance such perfidy, what safety would they have henceforth in similar Political morality is as essential to the well-being of the great family of nations, as unerring integrity and a due regard for the ordinary obligations of a business life is in trading and commercial pursuits. It is expected, consequently, that the verbal proinises and written pledges given by Russia at the Peace Conferences will be rigidly observed, and if they are not, that every European Power will denounce her gross breach of faith. When the free navigation of the Danube was demanded in the general interest of Europe,' it to be supposed that the Allies would have allowed their enemy to hold an island at the mouth of that very river? Why, sanction- ing its occupation by a military force would be tolerating the renewal of the career of encroach ment which has led to so much bloodshed and waste of treasure. What haize France and England to compensate them for their heavy losses, beyond the free navigation of the Eastern rivers and We did not go to '‘N s fanatics in religion. o politics drew the sword in the cause of humanity, and for the advancement of that public prosperity which Russia and every other Power must be taught to respect. And can the CZAR suppose that France and Great Britain will suffer themselves to be juggled out of the principal heirlooms war leaves after it? Russia may remain a Celestial Empire if she pleases, and the Austrian territories may continue as impregnable to the " barbarians" of the West, as the City o Pekin, but they cannot deny way to the millions of Turks, Wallachians, to us the right of Nloidavians, and Eervians, whose soil is watered by the Danube Austria and Russia are quite at liberty to do what they like with their own. Bat it is exceed- ingly paerile to suppose that tho greatest Pow( of Europe will sacrifice the immunities they enjoy by their relations with other independent States. We seek no political advantages in the East, and we will not suffer our commercial and other material interests to be longer subverted or retarded by shuffling politicians, and tricking diplomacy. If the CZAR wishes for peace, he knows the terms on which the Allies consented to its restoration ; and if he will not abide by the conditions laid down, he will find that hostilities, when once renewed, as they will be if the Treaty of Paris is not complied with to the letter, will be resorted to for broader objects, and with far less inclination to forego the advantages of a series of victories unexampled in history. We have no faith in granite batteries when opposed to the resolute will of the gigantic fleets we can send to sea. It may have been sound policy to save our ships and allow an enenp y to hug a false security, but when the day does arrive that Cronstadt must be taken, St. Petersburg born- barded, and Muscovy'i po;rer annihilated, Great Britain will find her NELson for the Baltic, and a WELLINGTON for the East. France will also play her part in future scenes of glory ; and it mattorz not what may befall the rest of Europe, the patriotism, loyalty, and unanimity of England is equal to any exigency diplomatic chicanery may create. THE COURT. The Queen and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, and the members of the royal household, have gone on a cruise to the Channel Islands. '1 he Right Hon. Henry Lab)u chore, the Secretary of State for the Colonies, is also in attendance on the Queen. HER MAJESTY'S CRUISE TO THE CHANNaL ISLANDS.— The royal squadron put into Dartmouth harbour at one p.m. on Monday. The Victoria and Albert, the Fairy, the Irene, acid the Vivid, comprising the royal squ a d ron , rema i ne d during the night at Dartmouth. Oa board the Victoria and Albert are her Majesty, Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, Prince Arthur, Princesses Helena and Louisa, Colonel Phipps, Captain Du Plat, the Right Hon. H, Labouchere, and Sir James Clark. hand Victoria. Oiir latest reports of the tabour MI firms us in the opinion that there is plenty of room for as many of all classes of servants as we are likely to receive. Thorough domestic servants are greatly in request, WI although the approach of vva weather has created some little flatness in the demand for fartn labourem such 2.. feature can only b married couples y regarded as temporary ithout families range (with ratitct from £7O to £B5; do. with families, £55 to 30 to £65 ; stock-keepers, £4O; hutkeepers, 0 ; shepherds, e2B t o:d ploughmen, 30s per v arm labourers 9a to 101 per bushel ; bullock drivers for roans , for farms, 25s to 308 do. ; horse to "° es per week ; is, 253 to 303 do. ; haycutters acid trn ton ; male cooks, 25s to 45 week; waiters, _ 30s do. ; blacksmiths, 50s to 60 The most interesting feature that we have to re' upon in a social point of view is the movement in. ' of shortening the number of hours of daily labou'• has begun with a good deal of enthusiasm th, doubt; whether it will be able to hold its own k. winter is over, is matter of speculation. There is . sound reason in the nature of the pleas put forward the working men in r - The princi drivers for r '53 do., or 6s to 7s I 203 1 .e can be your of the change. )n the physical frame of ten hours I are the effect u under tile c Victoria, at (1 7; the next place, the moral neces t exists for the devotion of lay to rec tion of th( ion and mental culture operative classes naturally retort with vehetnenci the scientific economist, and upon the more favoui sections of society, that they build and advocate publ ic libraries and philosophical institutions, and then p' caly shut out from the benefit, the very class for w it , they profess so commendable a care. "We are wool 'out," say the operatives, " with excessive labour." True' most true, who can ds-ny it? We confess that hithert u we have met with no legitimate answer to the plea. what , then, are we to do ? Beyond the preparations for the coming campaign, there is . of importance to note in the political world present. The work `of collecting the Electoral Lists !, the two new Houses of Legislature has just been COtn_ A pleted. It has been a work of excessive costliness, and very extravagantly conducted. The total cost of colle;:__ tion and revision, including the advertising of the lists_ 1 _ 1 : the public journals, cannot be estimated at less than £60.000, and will probably cost a great deal more. Solve of the journals have benefited pecuniarily by this arrant% ment to a large extent ; and the.result is already evidenc e in the altered tone with which they speak of the prese nt unconstitutional Ministry. Fierce denunciation has M' , suddenly softened down into mild apology or faint pralsf, By a judicious distribution of the extensive patronageli; their command, the Government are undermining 13 ' strength of their opponents. At length, however, there are beginning to be heard ti l l first certain, though still faint, indications of the come political struggle—if a struggle it is really to be; possibly there may be nothing more evoked by the fir.',; elections under the New Constitution tha n a littl e h e althy political excitement. Two parties ar e , c l ear l y , requ i r ed I ,`; create a contest—which cannot be (like the Irishman f reciprocity) " all on one side." B u t are t h ere, i n po int fact, two well-defined. and opposing political parties. ,"; the colony? Have we got h ere anyt hi ng correspondl7; to the Whig-and-Tory co n fli c t o f pr i nc i p l es Which 11 become hereditary and inveterate in the old couritrY:o These are questions on which e ve ryb o dy aaho oa r t. '„, anything at all about " politics" is beginning " speculate. And as yet, it must be allowed, there , no satisfactory reply to them forthcoming. Polipc o, parties—if parties there are to be—are as yet 0_ 1 , 3 crude, inchoate, and quite elementary state ; they : ie , not yet so fully developed as to be distinctly Vis l V, l o Nor, until the indications of the coming campa':.: e t have become more decisive, is it possible to pff", o with certainty anything respecting them. All that_ '2, 0 can infer from the names of the candidates for the t7 i n Houses at present before the public is, that there w,„ O be a government party, and probably an opposition. 1 4: v speak of the first as a certainty, because _it is the n4l . fixed fact in the existing undeveloped state of things ; c of of the second as a probability, because, although soro- — 5B / the canditates are bound by their antecedents to opP O l the present government, it is note% orthy that not one 4 , those who have addressed constituencies, with the Orel i tion of Mr. C G. Duffy, has inti ma t e d hi s intentSln.„3J doing so. The fact, that the gre a t .. r e s p ons ihilit y " tion has not been brought forward p rom i nent l y by tot ---a:a- , - -- indication that th e y have " or the nature of those very c"p stitutional principles which they are avowing their re 3 ' ness to maintain. A second "indication" we gather 1.0 0 the names and addresses of the can di dates i s, t h a t then will be a good deal of splitting upon minor questions 1g the new Parliament, while the great questions af, is t il i l l e out of the position of the government, and out of ` tti . grand primary point of a reform of the New Co nst.- rf tion, are not touched on at all. Candidates are v e o7 4 eager to let electors know that they hold particular vie o n on education, on state grants to religion, on railways, r i opening up the lands, and so forth ; all which are v e , i s good topics in their way, hut are still only subordin and secondary. It. is very possible, then, and even lil ;,g that in the ne w assem b ly we shall have endless discusslT-0, respecting the relative m er it s o f th e two systems of cuts, cation, about the .6'50,000 clause, and such like poio o f while the property qualification question, and others equal impo r t ance, will be suffered to remain in abeyance/,, A third " indication" —and a very unfavourable oft_ tii which we n o t e i s, a d i sposition on the part of constitor, cirs in provin c i a l di stricts, to make their chsice of a ea ,l 0 didate turn altogeth er on the probability of his being ' to gain some material advantages for their dist rit r t The people of Portland, for example, will stlPP; s e the Collector - of Customs simply and exclusively becit i ` s ' e ; he can "get" more for. Portland than anybody e `,1,0 This is expli c itl y avowed by the local journal ° e Guardian. It is an avowal which does infinite disholl ° 4 to the people o f Portland, for they ought to see, what fri g honest minded ob server can see, that the stateme nt equivalent t a conf ess i on of their being open to bribe'l. The opennes s w ith w hi ch those members of the go vern, ment who have come forward as candidates have e°„ - ,1 cised this kind of influence on the constituencies reforr`v to, flings additional discredit on both parties. We ffro36e believe, however, that these gentlemen have overs t ' o f their mark ; that there is already a strong. f e eling, g disapprobation of this ki n d o f i n di rect b r ib ery pervacti"„v the minds of the en ti re commun i ty ; anti that the ov e i - 0 will show that there is sufficient moral force in the eeeP ti a ot Victoria to repel with indignation any attempts , 1 3'.. whomsoever made, to establish here a system of vv ll° sale corruption. No public question is agitated, at the present MOM' or with greater vigour and earnestness than the q o e uestion 0 ' the impolicy of p u bli c grants for the support of religion, that principle i s em b od i ed i n the fifty-third clause of t o New alo ll Constituti on A c t. A lthough the numbers of I who belong to th e var i ous denominations of Christiro'of which share the grant of £50,000, greatly exceed that o f the few religious bodies who oppose it, yet there is a 1 1 prevalent sentiment a ga i nst i t more or less pervading 'O, classes in the community. In addition to this the 01/ 3 0 0 nents of the grant are incessantly active in the inculea ll ", of their prin c ipl e on the whole body of the coloniolie Thus, an immense meeting, numbering not less than 2, 1 4. persons, was held t wo even i ngs since, in the largest bull g ing in Melbo urne, at which the voluntary principle or very ably and energetically advocated. eel Mr. C. G. D u ff y h as j ust returned to Melbourne fr-Ati an electoral to u r i n th e W estern District. He has see "": his tlection for Warrnambool ; all intended oppoSit l having retired before hi s personal appeal to the electors His speeches have m a d e a great impression throulti_,°ji the colony ; and his r e p u t a ti on i s rap i dly becoming f11".,5, established. At first hi s I r i s h " antecedents " w e re 10' a apprehended by certain parties in the colony, bat n et if particle of that feeling now exists. Mr. Duffy has bold, ° announced himself as an uncompromising opponent of to present Ministry, and an advocate for the inmedis organization of a constitutional Opposition. A s we batioo said above, th e s t a t e o f po li t i ca l p ar ti es i s s till too cha•o to predict any general result with confidence ; but need not have the slightest hesitation in asserting t" i fy whatever aspect the political future may take, Mr. D° 0t is sure to be at some future time (and not very dis l ; 3 , either) e leading and influential memb e r of the Gov,e rnent of Victoria. iemselves, is an yet formed correct idea THE MARKETS. We addressed you last on th e 30th u lt., per 0! ,•sl • ar r i Lang, and we were then able to s p ea k i n ver y satisfact° r t terms of the general prosp ec t s o f t h e E uro p ean iml' c 'd business ; and' although b ut a shor t ti me h as e xpir oa since then, our market during the past month has l' e characterised by such dulness and apathy, and affectet i much by very large impo r t a ti ons , that we cannot reP° o to-day so favourabl y as we did then of man y lead'y articles of import. The only branch of the import tr,:fo; which has at all g i ven s i gns o f ac tivity, h as b een buil":,o materials, in which specu lation, owing to the exten o o nature of the p u bli c b u ildings now being erected, has D , o f busy, based on the assumption that the ruinous resuit.,o all shipments m a de to this market within the last t v : s , yea; s; will effectually deter anything like large shiproen.,il Notwithstanding this improvement, which in sl oe s of pist heavy losses , is again making many P ar c i,i9 very sanguine, we cannot advise our friends to • 0 0 either timber or metals to any large extent ; as altho :10 prices here have risen, they are still far below a 0 at which, shipment are profitable, and we hotel are further prospective improvement ra th er doubtful. Viewg a f r aid, indeed, that building, which was about b e ,; 1 0 l a rgely resumed, will again now have to be put off, 0,„,0e cont inued stream of emi gra ti on w ill cause th e 0 ,0 market to be far easier than what it is ; in fact, if .9, 6 i0 t a ctive measures, for providi ng us w i t h more abuo" iy ill labour be not soon organised, every branch of trade 0 1 suffer enormously. Not only are wages far higher Ij o vo than they were six months ag o , b u t the workmen been able to carry the eight h ours ' ques tion ; and ~1 , 00 causes combined, have increa se d the cost of bull"