Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-05-30 00:00:00

FRANCE. Friday.—The Moniteur publishes to-d . -,, y addresses of the three great bodies of the State the Senate, the Deputies, and the C;Juneil of i „te•—to the Empregs Regent, and her Majesty's res thereto. It is said that the Deputies are P 1 to understand that there will be an extra it 'nary sitting towards th&month of August, when, a ppears, the Emperor is to return, after executing first series of military operations or military I,__llinphs. But, whether the holyday of the elators be long or short, it was natural they t„ s cr tild not wish to separate without repeating to the Oress Regent and the Prince Imperial in person, ti t. assurance of their entire devotedness as i il Jects to his Majesty. When personages 11„ e M. Baroche, M. Troplong, and M. de O. I IY act as the interpreters of the great es, of which respectively they are at the head, 7esses of Legislative Chambers must be far erent from what they were in other times—a me re Customary, unmeaning formality. Eloquent pr ofessions of loyalty and affection were formerly . :Posited at the foot of the Throne by men whose .2de.ct did not afterwards exactly correspond 1 h the hopes founded on them. What value was d 4't 0 11 them by those to whom they were ten ered it is useless to inquire, but it would be th the highest degree unjust to suppose that e decla ra tions of loyalty heard yesterday by the •allgust lady who hits courageously assumed the e ight of gover nment do not mean precisely what h asay. The names of the speakers are more than klfficient guarantee for their sincerity. Few in deed „ of their contemporaries can afford to reproach either with change of opinion. It is true that M. 1 4 0che once knelt before another shrine. Doubt :B he followed for a while the light that burned . 1 ,.848; but he may say that he thought " the light m'ell led astray was light from heaven." Great 02 1 are often fatalists. Napoleon I. believed in Star M. Baroche had also a star in view • d ing his onward career toward prosperity ; that of the Legion of Honour, not to speak of the Presi 4, of the Council of State, is well worth a small flee. The inflexible consistency of M. Troplong's k?htical career it is impossible to call in question. ( 4 )f r . l sunflower itself, whose constancy to the object it its worship is proverbial, is not more unvarying. h ar la true that the interesting flower in question can iktt c i lly keep attending on the rising as well as on the th ,, lig luminary without, to a certain extent, oo "ging its position. This is, however, of secondary it:sideration ' • the main object is not for a moment t eight of. An Irish poet, whose name, by the ItZ, Was not so well known as it deserved, and whose a have lain for many a year near the cork trees of cl,.e 'tra once wrote some beautiful lines on a seal, re- Prese • nting a mariner guiding, by the ray of a single r, a l one l y b ar k over an un known sea, and amidst dar kness,, an d t e mpest. The helm is firmly grasped, dthe eye is ever fixed on the solitary star above h i ::: the more beautiful for its loneliness. The h . " en the seal was Si je to perds, je suis perdu ! g o e fortunes of the President of the Legislative I ns lTs so closely depend on the prosperity of o FPerial policy as to leave no doubt of the sincerity d e the speaker when he proclaims his unalterable ojetedness to the Emperor. There were, perhaps, h ' . :ner constellations by the light of which he guided u 8 hark i n ti mes o f y o re, but those times are gone 1 ; these constellations are vanished, and can no t ri er serve him. The single star that glitters in irpl ace i s the only one by which he can now der. An order of the day something to this 7 t ect, has, I am told, been addressed by Marshal agn y an to the army of Paris is important, under existing circumstances, that the t 2 l sions of the army of Paris should be exercised in the "tice of artillery. For this purpose instructions will be tell to each corps by officers quitting the military school thiv t to the non-commissioned officers and afterwards to the •tes. This instruction must be accelerated as much as •-.0.11b1e. A s t o the 2nd and 4th divisions in the garrison aris, two guns will be for that purpose placed in the poleon, Prince Eugene, and the Reuilly barracks. The g e neral commanding the division will come to an under cedin g - with the town major, and with the colonel pro o,?nally commanding the artillery. The troops in the f r i i r Will be exercised with the concurrence of the artillery The commander of the Ist division will adopt the 'lary measures. 41 '1 proclamation, addressed in German, in Italian, g In French, to the Hungarians serving in the Austrian army, contains the following passage :-- h o 'le great France-Sardinian army, after having freed o i,r from the Austrian yoke, will enter into Hungary in 0 1 r th a t your coun t r y ma y become free as quickly as ble. The French and Piedmontese are consequently allies and your brothers. Do not fight against them, Itl it .Would be almost a suicide. Pass over to our side ; \n il meet you with the Hungarian tricoloured flag . . If ee„ ti cannot come to us unite with the Italian troops in the a t e of Austria as soon as they shall revolt. tr , i : ne army of the East is immediately to be in '"a, ed from 80,000 to 150,000 men. Bonet Willaiimez to leave Paris to l&ow to take the command of the siege fleet at et i o.n, composed of 32 vessels and gunboats. Rear- Q`uaral Dupony is to have a command for cruising *; h tlae coast, and Captain La Ronciere le Noury . operate in the rivers. b n a n l• Talleyrand Perigord has been appointed Am sl.sador to the Court of Naples. 4 41 arshal Pelissier assembled yesterday , at his hotel, ot /7 eral of the general officers who are to form part k„ s t he Army of observation placed under his orders. b a ,rng them were General Thierry appointed Com cCh".l2,der-in-Chief of the Artillery, and General 4 , o a:ad-Latour, , baud-in-Chief of the Engi ti'e,r,a of the Army, under the command of Marshal e l !lssier. plt is reported that M. Benedetti, Director of the 4 14 itical Department in the Foreign Office, has been 'pointed to an extraordinary mission to the German 4 federa ti on . AUSTRIA. / V . lENNA, May 25.—1 t was intended that the t i4eiter Zeitung, of this morning, should contain a 011 1 ailed accoun t o f the battle fought at Montebello, the 20th inst., but no bulletin could be published, One courier from the head-quarters of the army 4,: hot yet made his appearance. The thing may, Par improbable, but it is a positive fact, ve t the military authorities in this city do not t know how many men were put hors de combat ithe affair alluded to. In military matters great Orcvements have been made, but there is still a Zrge quantity of red tape on hand, which it might t. 71 Well to get rid of. Instead of forwarding straight Vienna an approximate . estimate of the men Idled,C wounded, and missing, Count Stadion ha s sent an exact list of them to Count GY l llai, at head-quarters, whence it will be tx 4ll Snlitted to this city. His Majesty impatiently til lleets his despatches, and his subjects as impati kulY expect the, publication.of an abstract of them, but h Parties must remain some 48 hours on the tenter- Ook, 1 e of expectation, because routine requires that commander of corps shall report to the general kir y cgrimand of the arm, and not directly to the d b i tary Chancellerie of the Emperor. The absur thiti', of the thing is evident ; but it is not likely a change will be made in the system, as the 4 4 s urians are very particular in matters of etiquette. th t Was stated in a postcript to my letter of yester tcZ' a part of Garibaldi's corps is at Varese, which itt r , In about seven English miles from Como, and si4t fifteen from Milan. The appearance of kil a k a large revolutionary band in Lombardy, p re es the Austrians feel uncomfortable, but under N v i ii s eet circumstances it is not likely that there qe, be a rising in any part of the provinces. Urban's flying corps was formed for the "se of maintaining peace and order in Loin- N 7; but, as the left wing of the Austrian army to . 4 . 1111 d reinforcement, it about ten days ago went t o V.radella, a small town on the road from Vo g hera is enza. It is, however, probable that Urban Cle' ll in Lombardy, as the 9th army corps, under ktti,7 4l Count Schaafgotsche has reach ed its desti fh4l' The Austrian tacticians are of opinion t h at e iuore important encounters between the two ar;nies will be on the two wings, it being evident that the greater part of the Sardo-French f or ces have been withdrawn from. Alessandria, the centre of their present line of operations. It is probable that the head quarters of Count Gyulai are at Pavia. Pavia is in a state of siege, and on the 19th inst. the inhabitants of the city were ordered to deliver up their arms to the military authorities within " three times twenty-four hours." The Pavia correspondent of the Oesterreichische Zeitung observes that it would have been better if the order had been given some time ago, as many persons have recently been assassinated in the streets. Among the victims are the correspondent of a German paper, who ventured to write against Sardinia, and a young Italian girl, who had formed an intimate connection with -a German. The fortifications at Pavia are on such a grand scale, that it is evident the Austrians are resolved to make a firm stand on the left bank of the Ticino, and to retain possession of Lombardy as long as they possibly can. Almost all the labourers employed in the construction of the fortifications at Pavia are Piedmontese, who are but too happy to receive two zwanzigers (16d.) a day for their work. More troops are about to leave this city, for notice has been given to the public that, for some days after the 26th inst., no local trains will run on the southern railroad. On the 21st instant a brigantine managed to run into the port of Venice, and her erew related that a part of the French fleet had made an attack on the island of Lissa, which is the Malta of the Adriatic. The island is strongly fortified, but it is not probable that it would be able to hold out very long against a powerful enemy. It need hardly be said that no official information of what is passing at Lissa has been received here. THE STATE OF PIEDMONT. TURIN, May 25. —Until the French have got up all they want, and are in a perfect state of efficiency, there seems little chance of my having any important event to record. From one day to another, however, they may find themselves complete, and assume the offensive. A bulletin yesterday afternoon announces that the French Emperor was starting for Voghera, there to establish his head-quarters. He was to be followed by the whole of the Imperial Guard, of which a good deal of the cavalry is now arrived. Voghera, as you will see by the map, is well on towards the present front of the Franco-Piedmon tese, on the high road to Piacenza, and at little more than three Italian miles from Montebello. If this army remains inactive for many days longer, it will, I suspect, be less for want of men, horses, or guns, than from the necessity of getting up large stores of provisions before commencing a forward movement. The Austrians have cleared the' frontier provinces, and, should they have to retreat, will probably not leave a great deal behind them in those of Lombardy. I hear that the French have already consumed a great part of the rations laid in for the Sardinian army, and it is certain that at the Piedmontese head-quarters there is no superabundance of forage for horses, and that some kinds of it were running rather short a day or two ago. It is no light matter to victual an army of upwards of 20,000 men ; the amount of transport required is prodigious, and in this the French are said to be deficient. The fol lowing are the latest bulletins : TURIN, May 24, Evening.—General Garibaldi has made 47 other prisoners. Yesterday the Austrian boat Ticino approached Intra, on the Lago Maggiore, and demanded that two persons who had been taken prisoners as spies should be given up. The drums beat to arms, and the alarm bells were rung; the National Guard assembled in great numbers also from the neighbouring villages. Then the Ticino drew off, firing at the island of San Giovanni, and at the Castagnola. No one was hurt on our side. General Gyulai has transferred his head quarters to Gar lasco, whence he has published a manifesto under date of the 22nd, by which he orders all the inhabitants of the villages occupied by the Imperial troops to give up their arms of every description within 48 hours, under pain of being shot should they 'not comply with the injunction. Parma is in 'serious apprehension on account of the fury of the soldiery, urged to undisciplined conduct by the reactionary party. The Austrians, who had arrived at Rezzio, are retiring with the Modenese troops to Brescello, where the Duke is making preparations for defence, cutting down the trees and inundating the plains. MAY, 25, Morning.—Yesterday morning General Garibaldi was at Varese. The announcement of the arrival of the first liberating troops has excited great enthusiasm. The people everywhere declare themselves for King Victor Emmanuel and for the national cause. INDIA AND CHINA. CALCUTTA MAIL. The dates received are to April 22nd, being four days behind the news last received from Bombay. The ship Lady Clarendon, of Liverpool, had sailed; the Levant had arrived ; the arrival of the Hydaspes at Canton is announced. The English advices of March 18th had had a de pressing effect on some of the markets at Calcutta. The advices trom Hong Kong are to April 13th, and have been partially anticipated. The Russian Minister at Pekin is said to have refused to communicate officially except with the Emperor. A system of kidnapping coolies for Havannah had been discovered. The Portuguese are chiefly impli cated. A rumour of the evacuation of Canton by the allies had caused great dismay amongst the Chinese, as it was feared the rebels would make an attack. The Polly, of Liverpool, left Shanghai March 29. The _Englishman says : The condition of the, rebels still in arms becomes daily more desperate and more wretched, as they are hunted and their resources cut off from them; but though beaten, they are still numerous enough to be troublesome, and from the mistaken course pursued with them, many of them are by no means hopeless of another chance. They fight only when compelled, but plunder at every opportunity, and oblige us, at great cost, to follow their movements, and when at last any number find themselves hemmed in, they give themselves up,with arms in their hands yet hot from their last exploit, and are received under the terms of the still open amnesty. Literally such was the case with a party of about 75, who looted a factory near Buxar, and when they found themselves cnt off from escape, next day gave themselves up as we have said. Officers coming down assert that the Sepoys are often heard to say : " Yes, we are beaten ; the Bengal army has lost its chance • but you have got the Madras and Bombay armies, and the time will come." We should be glad to have ground for saying the struggle is at an end. The country is settled ; but a glance through our columns will show that, though approaching that consummation, there is yet work to be done, and the worst season to do it in. From Hong Kong intelligence is to the 13th of April, The Overland China Mail of that date gives the following in its summary :--- Baron Gros, the French plenipotentiary, left this on the 7th instant in the Audacieuse for Singapore, from whence he returns to Europe. M. de Bomboullon, at present at Macao, is now the French Minister, and the Legation will be removed to Shanghai next month. The Bishop of of Victoria has also left, on a visit to Australia. From Cochin China there are more particulars of the taking of Saigon ' which does not seem to have cost a single life to the allied French and Spanish force. The booty is said to have been immense, both of arms and of copper cash. From . Shanghai there have come rumours which may possibly have some influence on the course to be pursued by the British Minister to China. It is said that the Russians have established their Legation at . Peking, and that their Minister has been attended there by a large retinue, but that he has already had a difference with the Chinese government, from his refusing to communicate officially with any one but the Emperor himself. It is also reported that Ticn-tsin (where the treaty was conclnded) has been occupied by a large number of Chinese troops, and " diffi culties " are apprehended when our Minister advances to Peking with the ratified treaty. At all the ports business has been dull during the last fortnight; but the resumption of the iminigrarion of Chinese to California has slightly increased the demand for shipping. The continued dryness of the spring has caused a consider able rise in the demand for rice at all the ports and at Macao. There have been lately many and gross instances of kid napping Chinamen in order to send them as contract coolies to the Havannah. This slave trade has not been carried on i at Hong Kong, but on the mainland, especially in the NORTIIERN TIMES, MONDAY, MAY 30 1859 neighbourhood of Canton and Whampoa, and the Chinamen thus kidnapped are said to have her taken down, chained iR lorchas, to the neighbouring Portuguese settlement of Macao, where they are placed in barracoons, and shipped off, chiefly in French vessels, for Cuba. COMMERCIAL. CALCUTTA, April 22 - , MONEY continues abundant, but the Bank of Bengal has maintained its former rates. What the effect of the new loan opened by government yesterday, at 51 per cent, will be, has yet to be seen ; but it cannot improve the position of the old loans, nor can the government hope to gain much by the announcement. FREIGHTS : No alteration in rates since our last issue. Tonnage yet large, and . produce scanty ; and prices keep light. Business continuing • for England and America as before; for China, nothing doing. The EXPORT MARKET is altogether inactive. From several districts favourable rains are again reported, and though some partial damage has been experienced from hail, &c., on the whole, the reported prospects are vary favourable. • AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE NIAGARA The Cunard steamer Niagara, has arrived with New York dates to the 17th, Boston 18th, and Halifax 20th inst. The Niagara brings 150 passengers, and $1,039,929 in specie. The news to hand is not of much interest or importance. Mr. Dallas, the American Minister at London, had informed the State Department at Washington that the British Government disapproved the treaty negotiated by Sir .William Gore Ouseley with Nicaragua, and that Sir William had been directed to return to Nicaragua and conclude a treaty in accordance with his instructions. _ The secret intrigues, plots, and counterplots of the caucus and convention managers, of all parties, factions, and cliques, for the next Presidency, have actively commenced in various quarters ; but, as usual, the New York democracy, hards and softs, are foremost in getting up a row. The American papers are full of reports of the proceedings of the various factions, but so far they are not of the least interest to English readers. The Southern Commercial Convention had orga nised at Vicksburg resolutions, offered by a delegate from South Carolina, in favour of the re-opening of the African slave trade were vehemently opposed by Governor Foote, of Mississippi, who denounced the sentiments of the South Carolina gentlemen as high treason, The Governor declared that it was the duty of the government to acquire Cuba, and gain a pre ponderating influence on the Isthmus. Resistance to the administration of a republican President was proposed. A New York paper, of the latest date, says : It is stated, on what is regarded as reliable authority, that owing to the disturbed state of affairs in Italy likely to ensue in consequence of the war in Europe, it is by no means improbable that the Pope will repair to the United States. The Holy Father would, no doubt, receive a hearty welcome. .• A New York paper, in noticing the award of $162,000 a year to David H. Johnston, of New York, for the conveyance of the mails between that city and San Francisco says : It is contended that $162,000 would never pay, and that the contract, therefore, is not bona fide. The object, however, is not so much to make money directly by the con tract with thegovernment as to make the passenger business pay, in virtue of the government endorsement of the line. The contract is only for nine months, and after theline is estab lished a more profitable contract may take its place. Enor mous profits have been made by those lines which are now carrying passengers to the Pacific, and this has stimulated rivalry and competition to such a degree that we have no doubt responsible parties could be found who would carry the mails gratuitously in order to get the chief share of the passenger trade. Advices from Pike's Peak state that there has been much suffering there, and starvation for want of provisions. A supply of provisions was on the way thither. - There is a report in the St. Joseph's Gazette of the burning of Aurora and Denver City, on account of local rivalry. _ _ In the New Orleans papers by this arrival, we find the following paragraph :—" Captain M'Donald, of the barque George Stuckey, which arrived here, reports that while off the Brazilian coast, he was twice fired upon by an English man-of-war, to him unknown. Captain M'Donald hoisted his national colours, and they had been up but for a moment, when the Britisher altered her course." The last arrival from Mexico brings us Mr. M‘Lane's. reply to the protest of the Miramon government in Mexico. Mr. M‘Lane, after reciting the positions taken in the protest, and stating that, when Mr. Forsyth recognised the Zuloaga govern ment, it was de facto the government of Mexico, and that political relations with it were closed, not because the United States failed in negotiations for the purchase of territory, but because the Zuloaga government trampled upon all principles of international law and comity, continues as follows : Still later, when almost the entire Mexican nation had repudiated the central government, and the constitutional government of President Juarez was fully restored to its functions, and accepted by more than four-fifths of the republic, through its special minister in Washington, Senor Mata, it invited the government of the United States to reopen political relations with the republic of Mexico. The great extent of territory in the republic of Mexico, bordering upon that of the United States, and the very important and intimate relations—political and commercial—that have been established between the two republics by existing treaties, and the enterprise of the citizens of both countries, make it the imperative , duty of the government of the United States to re-open political relations with the republic of Mexico whenever a just regard to its own dignity and the laws and usages of nations would enable it to do so. Under these circumstances, although a civil war existed in the republic of Mexico, and the government, of which President Miramon is the hief executive, held pos sessson of the capital of the republic and two or three of its principal cities, the government of the United States could not well refuse to recognise the constitutional govern ment of Mexico as the rightful and de facto authority with which it was his duty to negotiate in relation to all imperial questions at issue between the governments of the two republics. Stating that four-fifths of the Mexican States and all the sea ports of that , country recognised the government of Juarez, Mr. M'Lane says that these considerations were enough to warrant the accept ance of the overtures made to our government by Seno Mata, and then continues : In this act of recognition of the constitutional govern ment by that of the United States, nothing is signified that can properly be regarded as a departure from the impartial neutrality which has always directed the policy of the United States in relation to the Republic of Mexico in those civil wars and contests for the sovereignity of the Republic which have heretofore afflicted the country ; for, although strictly speaking, it rests with the nation to determine in whom the legitimate authority of the country resides, yet foreign states must of necessity judge for themselves which of the contending governments or parties they will recognize by sending to or receiving ambassadors, or whether they will suspend altogether diplomatic relations with the nation in question, and either alternative may be adopted without affording any just cause of complaint. In reference to the particular case now under consideration ' no thing has yet been done by the goveriiient of the United States, or its reprentatives in Mexico, which denies to the government in the city of Mexico, of which President Miramon is the chief Executive, all its rights as a government where it exists, whether these be rights of war against its enemy, or political rights over all those properly subject to its actual authority wherever the same may be established, and all attempts emanating from that government to misrepresent the policy and political action of the government of the United States must only tend to disturb the state of impartial neutrality which it now occupies. Mr. Ocampo, in his rejoinder, after declaring that the Juarez government is merely an ephemeral usurpation, says— It wastes the public funds, destroys the institutions of learning and public charity, the more clearly and fully to give the lie, by its acts, to its pretensions and pretences for life, liberty, and property. But your Excellency need have no uneasiness on this account. This bloody and long protracted drama shall terminate, and the final result of its protest will be that posterity shall award to it the merit of the logical deduction to be drawn between its pretensions and its declarations. Destitute, as they are, of the legitimate title to speak in the name of the nation, nothing they can say is binding upon her; neither is there any danger that the subsequent assent by the whole Republic shall hereafter hall, 1r its acts. Your Excellency may well rely, as you do and ought to, upon the wisdom of y o ur government, upon tfle good and substantial reasons which your Excellency had to act as you have done, and upon the just right and material power of that government which your government has recognised as the only legitimate government of the Republic, and do not fear that this Republic can be obligated to anything by the rebel faction of the capital which does not comport with its interests. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, NEW YORK, May 18.—The belligerent aspect of foreign affairs has not as yet seriously disturbed our money market. Capitalists are less desirous of granting long loans, but on call and short time, on first class securities, money is in easy supply at 6 per cent., and large sums on call can be had on easier terms. The general belief is, that the effects of the war will be favourable to the general interests of the United States. The sound stocks cannot be permanently affected by foreign war. Much foreign capital will doubtless be sent here for investment, and without any speculative influ ence, our best securities will generally be taken as they are put into the market, at fair prices. The recent decline in railroad shares, is a natural consequence, after a steady advance of some weeks, without any foreign panic. But the_e eircums:aices combined have doubtless cause I greater reaction than would otherwise have occurred. Prices are, however, fast gaining their former point. Speculation will occasion a fluctuation in prices, but no permanent decline need be looked for under the present state of affairs. Business is moderate as usual at this season. The imports are large, much in the excess of the previous year. The Produce and Provision Markets have been in an excited state. The Cotton Market irregular, and sales have been made to some extent at a reduction of lc to . 1c per pound. The weekly statement of the New York city banks, of their average condition for the week ending May 14, shows, as compared with the returns for the preceding week, an increase of $160,503 in loans, and a decrease of $313,764 in circulation, $915,207 in specie, and $175,404 in nett deposits. We annex the averages for the week, for last week, and for the corresponding date of last year : Date Loans & Disc. Specie. Circulation. Deposits. May 7, '59 129,519,905 26,086,632 8,804,697 88,872,043 May 14, '59 129,630,408 25,171,335 8,490,393 88,696,639 [Same time last year : —] May 15, '53 114,119,288 34,730,728 7,502,975 83,599,295 WRECK OF THE POAIONA. OFFICIAL REPORT OF THE INQUIRY The Editor of the Wexford Independent has obligingly forwarded us a copy of the official report of the inquiry into the wreck of the above unfortunate ship, which we subjoin. " To the Lords of the Committee of the Privy Council of Trade and Plantations. "We, the undersigned Justices of the Peace for the county of Wexford, having been requested by an officer appointed by your Lordships to enquire, in pursuance of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1854, into the circumstances connected with the wreck of the emigrant ship Pomona, on Blackwater Bank, on the 28th of April last, beg to report that we pro ceeded to make such inquiry on the 7th and 9th inst., and, after hearing the evidence, which we herewith transmit, and availing ourselves of the co-operation of Capt. Harris, Nautical Assessor to your Lordships' Board, submit the following as our report :---The Pomona, an American vessel of 1,202 tons register, sailed from Liverpool on the 27th of April last, bound to New York. She had on board a cargo of general merchandise, 400 emigrants, a , crew of 44 men, and four tithe" - -••'nnsed to have been persons, smuggled on board, making a grand total of 448 souls, and of these only 24 were saved. All the regula tions of the 18th and 19th Victoria, called the Passengers Act, had been complied with ; we therefore infer that th , ship was properly found, and in all respects seaworthy. T' ship sailed on the morning of the 27th ultimo, will). a fair wind, and between four and five o'clock that afternoon, passed Holyhead at a distance of about ten miles. From thence the course steered was W.S.W., till a quarter to eleven o'clock p.m., when a light was observed about one point on the starboard bow. Shortly after this the ship was hauled to the northward and eastward, or away from the light. and was so continued till half past four o'clock a.m., when the helm was put up, the yards squared, the course steered west, and in a few minutes the ship struck. Such is the brief account of the disaster which led to the loss of the Pomona. As often happens when these calamities occur, few survive to record the par ticulars, and those few as in this case, for the most part illiterate seamen, devoid of all responsibility, and ignorant of the lights or position of the ship. We can, therefore, only form our conclusions from the evidence brought before us. The first position then in which we find the ship, as deposed to by the third mate (and that without any great certainty) was between 4 and 5 p.m. on the 27th ult., then abreast of Holyhead, at a distance of about ten miles. The mate states that he thinks the course steered from that position was W.S.W., the wind being on the port quarter, and the rate of sailing might vary from 6to 7 knots. This course, from the position assigned ten miles off Holyhead to the floating light on the Blackwater Bank, is W.S.W., and the distance is about 60 or 65 miles. At 11 p.m. a light was seen about one point on the star board bow ; it was thought to be revolving, and supposed to be Tuskar. Some misgivings as to its being the latter light seems to have crossed the captain's mind, for after this light was seen the ship was hauled to the northward, apparently to wait for daylight. At half-past four, a.m., it being then good daylight, but thick, showery weather, the ship was kept away due west, and shortly afterwards took the ground. From the evidence, it appears that the master was on deck during the first watch, for he gave the orders to haul the ship off on the starboard tack shortly before midnight. Again he was on deck at half-past four a.m. ' when he himself gave the order to the helmsman to put the helm up and steer her west. But he does not appear to have been on deck during the middle watch, when the ship was drifting to the northward with the helm a lee. That morning, neither at daylight nor at any time during the previous day had the lead been hove, to verify the ship's position ; and after the vessel beat over the bank, the anchor was most injudiciously let go. Had this not been done, it is more than probable the vessel *mild have drifted on shore, a distance of about two miles, and many lives would have been saved. The exertions of the Collector of the Customs and the Coast Guard, to render assistance, were most meritorious, as also that of the life-boat authorities at Cahore. It is much to be regretted that, on this occasion, the shoalness of the Wexford Bar, and the state of the tides precluded any assistance being afforded by the large steam vessels lying in the harbour, where this disastrous shipwreck occurred. Having maturely weighed all the circumstances which appeare'l to us to have led to this lamentable shipwreck, we are of opinion that great blame is attached to the late master, Charles Merrihew, inasmuch as that, when the light was seen at 11 p.m., and supposed to have been the Tuskar, no soundings were ' taken to verify his position ; and subsequently, after stand ing to the northward for four hours, he bore up due west, before any indication was given either by a sight of the Blackwater Light Vessel or a cast of the lead, of his then position. We, therefore, find that the " Pomona" was lost by " default of the master." Rumours have been circulated that drunkenness and disorder prevailed on board the ship prior to her loss. We desire to remark that the evidence adduced before us disproves the truth of such allegations. (Signed,) CILARLF,S A. WALKER, J.P., & V.L. Jourt "%Vault, J.P., Mayor. Court-horse, Wexford, 9th May, 1859. I concur in the above report. (Signed,) HENRY HARRIS, Nautical Assessor DESTRUCTION OF THE SHIP DAL.RIADA BY FIRE. The total loss by fire of the Dalriada, while on her voyage from Bombay for Liverpool, is thus reported by the captain :—" The Dalriada sailed from Bombay February 3 (seed, cotton, and oil) for Liverpool, having a crew of thirty-six men all told ; and Captain Ewing having also his wife and child on board. They had a pleasant voyage with light winds up to March Ist, being in lat. 9.50 S, and long. 69 E, when at 5 p.m. an alarm of fire was raised, and smoke was found to be forcing its way from under the covers of the chain pipes forward ; these being taken off, the ship was found to be all in flames on the port side, as far as could be seen. Alt hands set to work to pour water down through holes cut in the deck, but in spite of the most strenuous efforts, at midnight the fire was spreading very rapidly over to the starboard side, and working more slowly aft ; also the foremast commenced to burn, although some hands had been pouring water upon it from the time of the discovery of the fire. At this time there were two feet of water in the well, which was attributed to the quantity of water poured down, as the ship previously was making little or no water. The scuppers were stopped up, and the decks flooded to keep them cool, and water ran down through the holes that had been cut forward. At one a.m., on sounding the pumps, the ship was making no more water than usual. About this time a crackling noise was heard, close to the water's edge, a little abaft the fore rigging, and, on examination, they found the pitch boiling out of the seams, the smoke coming through, and the planks scorching hot. Finding the fire to be increasing, and work ing aft very rapidly, the decks, fore and aft, as far as the front of the poop, scorching hot, and the pitch in several places melting in the seams, although there were two or three inches water on deck ; and expecting every moment to see the flames bursting up fore and aft, the longboat and lifeboats were got out, in preparation for abandoning the ship. At 3 a.m. there were 31 feet of water in the well, and the flames were bursting up forward as high as the top-mast stays, setting fire to the sails, the smoke and flames driving all hands aft. At 4 a.m. a heavy squall struck the ship, causing the flames to burst up with redoubled fury, with volumes of smoke filling the poop and cabin. The ship was put before the wind, which cleared the cabin of smoke, and enabled them to get some provisions on deck to take in the boats. At six o'clock there were 9 feet water in the well, the fire having burned the ship's side close to the edge, and the flames bursting up the port bilge pump an poop ventilator. All hope of saving the ship being lost, the boats were got alongside. At 7 a.m. the ship gradually settling down forward, and the foremast beginning to totter, all hands got into the boat, and pushed off from the ship. In about fifteen minutes the flames burst up for and aft. At 8 a.m. and at 9 o'clock the main and mizen masts fell with a tremendous crash, and the ship was enveloped in one mass of flame. The crew, being divided into three boats, made sail, and stood to the north-eastward, hoping to meet with a ship, or to fetch some of the isles of the Chagos Archipelago. Next day, finding that the small boat could not sail so well as the others, the people were taken out of her, and she was set adrift, and they proceeded on their way, the captain, his wife, and chid, and 21 men in the long boat, and chief mate with 13 men in the lifeboat. Providentially they encountered only fine weather, and for five weary days and nights they held anxiously on their course ; and in the afternoon of the sixth day from leaving the burning wreck, all being well, they reached the Island of Diego Garcia, where there fare three cocoa oil manufactories, by the managers of which they were most kindly and hospitably received and cared for. The captain describes their kindness, and especially that of his entertainer, Mons. Gassian, as beyond all expression. Here, too, they were so fortunate as to find the Futteh Salaam, Captain Croade, who had put in for water for the coolies on board. The captain received them on board his ship, and treated them with the greatest kindness on to on their passage to Calcutta, and Captain Ewing es take the opportunity publicly to express the gratitude felt by him and his crew, both to Captain Croad and to their kind hosts at Diego Garcia." water's COURT OF EXCHEQUER—May 27. (Before the Lord Chief Baron, Mr. Baron Martin, Baron Watson, and Mr. Baron Channell.) GIBBS AND OTHERS V. THE MERSEY DOCKS AND HARBOUR BOARD.—This action was tried before Mr. Baron Martin at the last summer assizes at Liverpool, when a verdict was found for the plaintiffs. The Attorney-General moved for a new trial on three grounds, but the court only granted it on one : viz., on affidavits of surprise and fresh evidence. The plaintiffs are very extensive merchants in Linden, and agents for the Peruvian Government. A ship called the Sierra Nevada, of 2,000 tons burden, arrived in the river Mersey with a cargo of guano for them, valued at $20,000, and on the 16th of April, 1858, about a quarter of an hour before high water, she attempted to get into the Wellington half-tide basin at Liverpool, bat before doing so she had discharged enough of her cargo to decrease her draught of water one foot five inches, leaving her draught 22 feet 10 inches forward, and 22 feet 9 inches aft. A steam-tug towed her nearly to the basin, and with a fair wind upon her she was making her own way in, when from some cause or other, her progress was suddenly stopped, and every endeavour to move her afterwards proved of no avail. When the tide fell she was discovered resting across the sill of the basin, and being thus left without Suppor, t the immense weight of her cargo broke her in no was e irely destroyed, and the wreck FROM COTTON , The effect of the unfavourable political news as made known to us by the arrival of the Persia was more fully developed upon the varions markets of this country during the latter part of last week. As expected, a decline was experienced, and middling qualities touched lie .in Mobile, 1 lie in New Orleans, and something below these figures in Savannah and Charleston. On Friday last, however, holders refrained from pressing, and on Saturday a slight improvement was perceptible, with somewhat increased sales. The quotations as received by telegraph show the current prices at the close of business on Saturday. The accounts to 4th May ftom London are considered more satisfactory, politically, as far as Great Bri tain is concerned, and will in a great measure prevent any serious decline on this side, as the _impression is strong that, should England be enabled to maintain a strict neutrality in the Continental imbroglio, she will need large supplies of the raw material to supply the extensive demand for cotton manufacturers which cannot with certainty be supplied by any other country. In this market, during the week, we have had no regular business, and prices are still unsettled. We know, however, that some sales have been made which have not been reported, and at prices which have not transpired. The quotations annexed represent the nominal state of the market, with one or two sales for cash down, at something less. Our export buyers are not doing much in the uncer tainty which still hangs over the political horizon of Europe ; our domestic buyers are taking only small parcels for actual wants; the chief business done has therefore been on specu lation for disposition at a future day. Holders are not disposed to force sales, believing we have in a great degree discounted the effect, as far as known, of the disturbed state of Europe. The sales since 10th May we estimate at 2,500 bales, and the export for the same time has been—for Liverpool, 1,092 ; Hamburgh, 313 ; Rotterdam, 105 ; Bremen, 72 bales. Total, 1,582 bales. Cotton in transitu has been neglected. The only parcel we hear of was a lot of 600 bales low middling Orleans,with freight at 13-32 d, reported sold at 101 c. Some parcels have gone forward on owners' account, and the,offering stock is now very light. It is difficult to give quotations with any degree of exactness ; the chief difficulty in the way of trans actions being the large margin required by bankers in the purchase of exchange based on bills lading. By telegraph the following has been received : NEw Om sews, May 14.—Receipts for the week, 8,500 bales (net) ; same week last year, 16,000. Sales for the week, 5,500. Middling nominal at llic per lb. Exports for the week—To Great Britain, 20,000 ; to Havre, 3,000 bales ; stock on hand, 170,000. Exchange on London, 1091 to 110 i per cent. Freight to Liverpool, id per lb. 16th.—Sales to-day only 60 bales. Holders were firmer in their views, and asked 112 c for middling. MomLE, May 14.—Receipts for the week, 4,000 bales ; same week last year, 7,000 ' • sales for the week, 8,000 ; middling, 111 c to 11 1 c per lb. Export for the week to Great Britain, 1,000 bales. Freight to Liverpool, 5-16 d. CHARLESTON, May 16.—Market unsettled, and declined ie to ic per lb. on the better grades. Sales to-day 1,700 bales. Receipts for the week under review amount to 27,000 bales, against 53,000 in the corresponding wek last year. The excess, which, last week was 725,000 bales, is now reduced to 699,000, and will undergo a further reduction next week. The weekly amount arriving at the Gulf ports is now quite small. Exports are to a fair extent to all foreign ports, and our stock is being gradually reduced. The following is a statement of the movement in cotton since Ist September last as compared with the previous four Tears : 1859. 1858. 1857. 1856. 1855. Receipts at Ports .3,529,000 2,830,000 2,802,000 3,289,000 2,406,000 Ex.toG.Britain ..1,666,000 1,338,000 1,224,000 1,570,000 1,185,000 to France ... 377,000 337,000 351,000 443,000 359,000 „ other F.P. ... 485,000 291,000 354,000 443,000 214,000 Total Exports .....2,528,000 1,996,000 1,932,000 2,456,000 1,758,000 Stock on hand 449,000 575,000 340,000 404,000 325,000 Ofwhich, during the past week, included in the above : Received at Ports ... 27,000 53,000 23,000 45,000 40,000 Ex. to G. Britain .. 52,000 32,000 29,000 33,000 21,000 France ... 9,000 15,000 10,000 17,000 6,000 9,000 3,000 5,000 4,000 Total Exports .. • 67,000 56,000 32,000 48,000 42,000 SUMM tßT.—Recelpts : Increase at the ports compared with 1856, 2 00 bales. Exports : Increase to Great Britain compared with 404 18 96,000 bales, decrease to France 66 , 000 , increase to other forei g n pot , 42,000. Total increase in exports 72,000. Freights—To Liverpool Id to 5-32 d per lb, and to Havre lc. Exchanges—On London the current rate remains at 110 to 1101 per cent; on Paris 5.121 to 5.181. Wm. P. Wazonr & Co. LATEST NEW YORK MARKETS NEW YORK, May 17.---Ashes unchanged, pot $5 50c, pearl $5 75c. Cotton heavy and lower, sales 600 bales, middling uplands 101 c to 11c. Flour : Receipts 5,407 brls, sales 8,400 ; State and Western dull and heavy at the close but unchanged; unsound $4 75c to $5 75c, superfine State $5 75c to $7 20c ; extra State $7 35 to $7 70e, round hoop Ohio $7 95c to $8 25c, common to good extra Western $7 35c to $8 ; Southern dull, sales 2,800 brls, mixed to good $8 to $8 25c, fancy and extra $8 50c to $9 50c ; Canada extra $7 75c to $8 75c. Wheat dull and heavy. Corn dull and depressed, sales 13,000 bushels mixed, West ern nominal at 95c, white 94c to 95c, yellow 98c to 981 c, round ditto 98c. Oats firm ; Southern and Jersey 51c to 58c, Northern and Western 58 to 621 c. Beef firmer ; sales 700 brls; country mess $9 to $9 75c, prime $7 to $7 50c re packed Chicago $l2 to $l5; prime mess---sales 100 tcs India at $3l 25c. Pork advanced 50c, sales 5,000 brls prime buyer's option 30 days $l6 • 500 mess, buyer's option till June 1 at $lB 50c ; mess dull and nominal at $lB 50c, prime $l5 50c to $l5 75c, sales 11,600 ; western prime mess $lB. Rains 81c to sic, shoulders 71c to Bc. Lard firmer, sales 1,700 brls 12:c to 121 c. Butter steady, Ohio 17c to 20c new, State 17c to 20c new. Whisky 301 c. Rice firm, sales 450 tierces 4c to 5/c. Sugar dull, sales 265 hhds, Muse 6/c, P R 61-c to 7c. Coffee quiet, sales 125 bags, Java 15c, St. Domingo 103,c. Molasses firmer, sales 115 hhds, New Orleans 55c, Muscovado 33c to 34c. Spirits Turpentine unchanged, sales 600 brls, 56c on spot, 52c to 521 c to arrive ; common rosin $1 70c. Iron steady, sales 30 tons Scotch 23c to 24c. Linseed oil steady at 66c to 68c ; lard higher ; sperm and whale dull and nominal. Hides firmer, sales 8,000, B A 26c to 261 e, California 23c. Tallow firmer, sales 15,000 lbs at 1 lc, small lots 11/ . c. Freights to Liverpool unchanged. Wool quiet at previous quotations. ARRIVAL OF THE BREMEN ------- - The Bremen arrived at Southampton on Friday, with the United States mail. She left New York on the 14th instant. The news is unimportant. The ship William Tapscott, from Liverpool, arrived out on the 13th, and the steamship Adelaide, from Galway, on the 14th. two. The g was afterwa"rds raised by means of lighters. The question was, what stopped the_entrance of the vessel into the basin? hief. For the de fendatits it was contended that the vessel drew more water amidships than the numbers on her stern indicated, and that she " sagged," or curved downwards, and deceived the authorities at the basin as to her actual draught. Mr. James Wilde, Q.C., Mr. Cleasbv, and Mr. Vernon Lush- resting On the sill had caused ington now showed cause against'the rule. The Attorney- General, Mr. Edward James, Q.C., Mr. Forsyth, Q.C., and Mr. Quain appeared to support it. The reading of the judge's notes of the trial, and the arguments of Mr. Wilde. and Mr. day; and the further h davits, with the Irned the ina of the case wes postponed, at isbv, c the request of ti Nttorn till 'Monday ( morning. ENORMOUS DEFALCATIONS 1?1" A TAX COLLECTOR. On Saturday morning, M. Layton, the vestry clerk of Islington, Loudon, obtained a warrant from the magistrates of the Clerkenwell police-court, for the apprehension of Mr. William Wellington Turner, a tax-collector for the parish. of St. Marv, Islington, and lately residing at 4, Canonbury villas, Highbury, on the charge of feloniously embezzling the sum of £7OO and upwards, received by him for and on account of the vestry of the parish of St. Mary, Islington. Mr. Turner has been in the employ of the parish for many years, and it was not until within the past few days that any suspicion has been entertained of him. The books have since been gone over, and although the sum of £7OO only is mentioned, the loss to the parish is understood to be much greater. The warrant has been placed in the hands of police constable Randall, 172 N, one of the warrant officers of the court, and it is expected the prisoner will be in custody in the course of the day. DESPERATE ATTEMPT TO MURDER POLICE-SERGEANT. Much consternation was caused in London, shortly before two o'clock on Saturday morning, by loud cries of alarm and the springing of rattles of the police in the neighbourhood of Sparrow-corner and the lower part of the Minories, nor far from the intersection of the locality by the Blackwall line of railway. Inspector Scott, of the fifth or Seething-lane division of the police, being upon his rounds, with his acting-sergeant, Oliver, heard the cries of some parties for help, and upon reaching the lower part of the Minories they heard terrific screams from one of the houses in the neighbourhood. Sergeant Oliver entered the premises with his inspector, and was informed that a powerful fellow, a black, who had taken a lodging at the house, was upstairs destroying every article of furniture upon which he could lay his hands, at the same time swearing in a most frightful manner, and threaten ing to stab any one who might dare to approach him. Nothing daunted, the intrepid sergeant, however, proceeded up stairs, but neither he nor Mr. Inspector Scott could find out what had become of the ruffian, whose violence was sufficiently manifested by the wreck the rooms exhibited. Oliver upon thisproceeded to the attic, where the fellow was not to be found, but the sergeant thinking he had got on to the roof, was getting out of the window after him, when the wretch commenced a most brutal and cold-blooded attempt to murder him, stabbing him in the head, neck, and shoulders. The brave fellow struggled desperately, and nearly disabled the fiend, who, our reporter was informed, raved and roared in frantic fury. The noise being heard, the maniac was beaten off and secured. and poor Oliver immediately attended by a medical gentleman, who pronounced the attack to have been so fearful that no hopes could be enter tained of his recovery. He was as speedily as possible taken to St. Thomas's Hospital. His brutal assailant is so much injured as not to be expected to survive. No man in the force, we learn, is more respected than Oliver- 4 4*as been some years in the establishment. DARING A PRISO.YER TRAIN. ESCAPE OF A RAILWAY On Saturday morning, information was circulated from the chief office of police, at Scotland-yard, London, of a daring escape of a prisoner from custody by jumpin g fr...m a railway train while travelling at a great speed on the Tilbury and Southend Railway. It appears that on Thursday a description of a man (a German) was given at the different police-stations, who had absconded from his lodgings, at No 1, Tenter-street North, Goodman's-fields, carrying with him two gold and silver watches. On Saturday morning about eleven o'clock a man answering the description was observed by detective officer Crouch, 114 R division of Metropolitan police, to pass over Shooter's hill, and later in the day, from subsequent information he obtained, a telegraphic message was despatched to Super intendent Everest, of the Kent county constabulary, at Chatham, requesting that the man might be taken into custody. He was accordingly apprehended at Sittingbourne. Crouch, on Friday night, proceeded to Chatham, and took charge of the prisoner, and at .once started for London with him, taking the train at the Tilbury station, and entering a second-class carriage. During the time the train was in motion, the prisoner kept in conversation with the officer; but, about a mile from the Minories he suddenly rose from his seat, opened the earri,,,, and holding by it, jumped out. The officer, how ever, succeeded in catching one of the skirts of his coat, which he held fast in his hand, the prisoner at the same time contriving to keep up running with the train. In an instant the open carriage door came in contact with some empty carriages standing on a siding, and which, flying back, struck the officer on the head, causing it to bleed, and stunning him for the moment. On recovering himself Crouch found the skirt of the man's coat which he had been holding prisoner by, in the carriage, and on looking out of the carriage window saw his late make his way over the parapet of the railway, leaving his hat on the line of rail. station, e door, THE FORGERY BY A YOUTH John Groves, the youth who was committed for trial from the Mansion House on Monday last, on a charge of having defrauded the directors of the National Provincial Bank, at Peterborough, of £l,OOO, by forging and uttering a cheque for that amount, was brought up on Friday to meet any further charge that might be brought against him, it having been stated at tho close of the previous examination that there was good reason to suppose that he had committed other for g eries. Mr. Rees now appeared for the prosecutors, and Mr. Hocombe (Elcum and Hocombe, Bedford-row) for tne prisoner. Mr. Rees : There was a cheque for £2 10s' 6d found on the prisoner when searched at the station, which at the last examination was supposed to be a forgery. It turns out, however, that it is not a forgery —that is to say, a legal forgery ; for although it is in the prisoner's handwriting it is in another name. We do not intend therefore to proceed upon that charge. Mr. Ilocomhe : I think, my lord, that as this charge of forging a cheque for £2 lOs 6d is not to be pressed, it is a pity that the parties were instructed on the last occasion to pronounce it a Orleans of a forgery, forgery. Lord Mayor : He wa s comm i tted then upon a charge of obtaining £l,OOO b y and it was said that he had comm i tted another forgery. That statement can do no h arm unless, f o ll o wed up by an indictment, and y ou, now hear that the solicitor to the prosecution says they do not intend to prefer any other charge. That ought to satisfy you. Mr. Ilocombe : I th in k we have cause o f complaint. The draft of £2 lOs 6d was granted by the bank, and was paid for by the prisoner's own money, and vet it was pronounced to be a forgery. Lord Mayor : It was the duty of counsel to state the fact, if the draft was supposed to be a forgery; and it was my duty to remand the prisoner , for inquiry. Th e i nqu i r y h as be e n ma de, and no new ebl . s is to b e p resse d. Wh a t more can y ou require ? ch M pub- Ilocombe: Well, I hope the press will give as s m o u therw i se licity to this as . they did to the other proceedingi;ief clerk) it may prejudice my client. Mr. Goo dman Oh, it's absurd to say that, when the prisoner committed on a charge of forgery t The prisoner was then remove, back to await his trial on the principalliea mount of £l,OOO. d to ana soon after core: ,A already stands charge. ved has ,ing ng , ing the di's