The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-05-14 00:00:00

THE ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION TO THE NORTHERN DAILY TIMES is TWO GUINEAS PER ANNUM. E4e Am:km film WEDNESDAY, MAY 14, 1856 AT the Quarterly Meeting of the Town Council, at which the monster land job was brought forward, there were only thirty-five votes recorded out of sixty-four ! Since St. Patrick made his appearance art ongst toads and snakes, we never remember hearing. of such a scattering of men who ought to have been at there post, as there was on Wednesday last. Many of the ordinary RlP porters of the jobbers, kept away probably from good taste and honourable feeling. The whole affair may have been rather too much for them. But where were the "independent" Town Council- men who have so much to say about corporate corruption on the advent of each succeeding month of November? The Ratepayers only had fourteen men to vote on their side. If it had not been who to their honour be it said, the " job" would have been consummated. Such was the degradation Liverpool had to witness at the last Council meeting, and the Burgesses will be curious to see what will be done to-day. Many Councillors may possibly excuse themselves by pleading a heavy pre . ss of private business, a perfect crush of " urgent family affairs," indisposi tion, births, marriages, and deaths, and every thing else which will furnish a colourable pretext for their absence from the Council Chamber, where the Borough property was about to be sacrificed, as they must have seen by the summons sent to each of them. We saw what was meant the moment we read the recommendation of the Finance Committee, and the experienced eye of a zealous Independent Councilman could scarcely have been deceived. It will be hard, therefore, to induce the Ratepayers to accept an excuse for so gross a neglect of the public trust reposed in those who stand pledged to their constituents to oppose jobbery under whatever guise it may be attempted. To-day may regain the lost ground, and show the municipal electors that they are not wholly left to the mercy of men who one day squander their money in buying land at 81. per square yard, and who dis pose of most valuable building ground the next for V. 10s. the square yard. The worthy Alderman to whom we alluded yesterday will, no doubt, explain these matters ; as well as the propriety of paying 21. I.os. per square yard for a certain bank on the Cheshire side of the river, on which the earth raised in making docks is to be deposited, with the certainty of its having to be removed again, as a prelude to making excavations, which:are contem plated at this moment, and must be undertaken at no distant date, to complete the Parliamentary dock plans now before a committee of the House of Commons ! Should no explanation of these transactions be given, the public will be puzzled to know what to think. We would, consequently, entreat the gentleman who took the lead in them to speak out, and let the town hear what sort of commodity land really is, and the conditions which render a square yard of a semi-wilderness as valuable as a yard of building ground in the centre of the greatest commercial town in the kingdom. Ifor these gentlemen The public mind was never before so open to information as it is in these reading times of ours, and any instruction an Alderman may vouchsafe to impart to the multitude will be read with excessive gratification. But we question the expediency of giving the site of the Old Gaol to any railway company, or applying it to any purpose which is likely to increase the heavy goods traffic in a thoroughfare which is very much overcrowded already. Old Hall-street is too narrow now for the number of people and conveyances passing to and fro from sunrise to midnight, and if we are to have the heavy goods and baggage of a prosperous railway aided to what we see at present, the next thing we shall hear of will be a plan for widening streets. The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company can get plenty of back land, or building ground, on the opposite side of their line, and so divert a considerable portion of the growing traffic from Old Hall-street and Great Howard-street. But what do a Railway Board care about the blocking up of thorough fares. They want a site for a station close to, or within a cartage length from, the docks, and want it for nothing, or certainly will not give more for it than the value placed upon it by an Alderman. If Liverpool was a small country village—a little fishing town—it might be advisable to make a few Railway Directors a present of the land they might ask for, in perpetuity; but this great entrepot of the world's commerce needs no such patronage, and can make the purchasers of land pay the full market price for every inch of ground they may require. The Council will, it is thought, pursue a course to-day which will enlighten the Directors of the Railway Company in questions on this head. A railway station on the site proposed, may be a great disadvantage, instead of a benefit, to the whole locality, while there are a hundred other uses to which it could be applied which would really be of service to the shopkeepers and every other class of inhabitants in the neighbourhood. The whole question will, moreover, be warmly dis cussed in the Council, and the general meeting of the Wards, held at the Clarendon-rooms, yesterday afternoon, and of the Ratepayers of St. Paul's Ward, last evening, though not numerously attended, were sufficiently enthusiastic and unani mous to show the Corporation what the Burgesses mean ; and that the adoption of the Finance Com mittee's job will be followed by a most energetic appeal to the Lords of the Treasury to veto a scheme which cannot be too often held up to public execration. THE latest intelligence received from Denmark, represents the Sound Dues question as being in a state of abeyance. Russia has agreed to the capitalisation scheme. Great Britain, the public will be rejoiced to hear, has declined to pay 1,000,0001. as her quota towards the abolition of a piratical tax, levied on the ships and merchandise of her subjects. Whether this refusal was based on the financial difficulties of the day, or on a simple principle of equity, remains to be seen. The CZAR'S ready acceptance of the terms proposed by the Danish Government, looks as if he fully approved of them, and would have no oljection to demand of other States, the fulfilment of the conditions to which Russia has been the first to subscribe. We will not, however, speculate at this moment, on the eventualities which t'_ - ,ese circum stances may lead to, at some future date. The Sound Dues come under the denomination of passing tolls on shipping, a species of taxation, against which the PALMERSTON Cabinet have taken an oath of abjuration before the House of Commons. They would fain abolish all such taxes in this Borough, and, therefore, could not sanction them at Copenhagen with any show of consistency. That some determined stand has been made against the scheme for capitalising the Danish Dues, is quite evident from the tone of the Press of Denmark on the subject. . Having failed to work successfully on British sympathy, the cry is, what shall we poor Danes do if we are deprived of the rich spoil we have made of the ships and cargoes of all nations? England's commiseration for the afflicted has been carried to great lengths before now, but then her suppli cants have always had some show of equity and reason on their side. They have not, after taxing our trade and industry for centuries, borrowed our money, and when a day of reckoning has arrived, said; " capitalise the taxes we demand without " consideration, or any show of justice, and pay " yourselves the money due' to you." All that R uss i a would have to contribute to the Sound Dues abolition fund, would be a mere baga'clie, as compared to England's portion, more particularly, as she not unfrequently pays her debts to inferior powers in kicks instead of copper. Still, as it would be a great matter for the CZAR to divert the friend ship of Denmark from the Western Powers, it is ?ME O.OI3,THEEN T:MES..LIV)IipooI just possible that ALEXANDER may pay Russia's share of the exaction project. But England must be no party to the purchase of a right of way for her ships and commerce on the seas. Once countenance such a precedent, and where will the like demands end ? There is no calculating the danger to be apprehended from the admission of such a principle. The histoi y of the Sound Dues are too well known to the people of this country to think of their being tolerated for any length of time, and the British and Danish Governments must make up their mind to their speedy abolition. Our scribes who never bestow a thought on the heavy burdens pressing on trade in these days of com petition would have us pursue a very different course. The Copenhagen correspon dent of the London Times attempts to give the whole of the present scheme .a most singular political colouring. He says : `` England, whose interest it seems to be to watch " over the independence of Denmark, has declined "to enter into the proposed arrangement. It is " easily understood that the payment of more than " I,ooo,oool.—the proportional share of Great " Britain—may awaken apprehensions in a con " stitutional Government; and no Government " can be expected to be inclined to call upon " the nation whose interests are committed to " their care to pay a similar sum." This is the old story of Great Britain's watching over the inde pendence of other States, and paying her millions of hard earned treasure for the high privilege of intermeddling in the affairs of others. But our inestimable cotemporary continues in a still more erratic strain :—" But the English nation " has interests of a higher order than pecuniary " ones—interests calculated for future times— " interests of European influence and hegomony. " From this point of view I think England might " try to indentify its own advantage with that of " other nations, and I am scarcely wrong when I " affirm that the British sympathy of this country, " which in later years have greatly increased, " would be considerably impaired if Denmark's moderate and reasonable proposals should meet " with opposition from the very country which has " the solution of the question in its hands, and which, of all States, is the one best qualified to " prepare a transition from the existing state of " things to another state more consistent with " the exigencies of the time, without violently "making away with old traditions," Was there ever an equal amount of folly put on paper to justify the expenditure of a million of money ? What have we to do with the " making away with " old traditions?" European influence and hegomony may be too dearly bought. The great influence we want is freedom for our commerce from all unjust and arbitrary taxation ! What can Denmark add, or take away, from our influence as a mercantile or political Power? She has mulcted us to the extent of millions in the payment of dues, and will continue to do so if the people will let her ; but she was not so ready to side with England against Russia in the late war. We owe her no homage, and we are not bound by any rule of international law or public equity to continue paying her several hundrecrthousands a•year, for which we receive no consideration beyond a right to navigate an open sea way ! And since the British Cabinet have been prudent enough to decline entering into the capitalisation scheme, it is to be hoped that they will not, at the eleventh hour, lack the moral courage to say " these Sound Dues are a public " nuisance—let there be no more Sound Dues'" lEDNESDAY, MAY 14, 1866 MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL. LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY EVENING The Liverpool Cotton Market has been quiet to-day, and only a small business has been done, the sales amounting to 5,000 bales, of which 1,500 have been taken for speculation and export. Prices have been fully maintained. The amount of business done in the Share Market hak not been large, but the market has been steady, and prices closed as under :—Aberdeen, 124 13. Chester and Birkenhead, 151 151. Caledonian, 202 201 Chester and Holyhead, 15-1 - 16. Eastern Counties, 99 10. East Lancashire, 19 191. Great Northern, 231231 Ditto A, 98 91. Great Western, 601- 614. Lancashire and Yorkshire Stock, 892 891 Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport, 161 171. London and North Western Stock, 991 100. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 281 29.. Ditto Pref., 111 12. Ditto New 6 per cent. Pref., 7-16 9-16 p. Midland Stock, 741 741. North British, 88 81 North Stafrordethire, 8 51,d. South Eastern and Dover, 214 211. York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 192 198. York and North Midland, 271 28. Leeds Capital Stock, ln 151 Buffalo and Lake Huron, 11 lip. Dutch Rhenish, 11 11p. Great Western of Canada, 261 26 11-16. Ditto New Shares, 31 3ap. Ditto 2nd issue, 3 9-16 38p. Great Luxembourg, 81 811 There was only a small attendance at the Liver pool Corn Exchange this morning, and the trade generally was dull. _ _ - In the Manchester Goods Market there has been but a small amount of business done. In Yarns there was little done, but prices ruled firm. Cloth was much the same as on Tuesday last. The Funds to day were very favourably affected by the explanation made by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, at his interview with the city capital ists. Notwithstanding several sales in preparation for the loan, and an increased demand for money, there was a steady advance up to the termination of business, prices finally closing 3 per cent, higher than yesterday. The Fund quotations were 93_ 2 _ 931. The demand for money was to-day active in nearly all quarters. Until the release of the sur plus deposits on the loan next week, the market must be exceptionally disturbed, as the aggregate of the subscriptions will, doubtless, be far in excess of the sum required by Government. The following were the closing quotations of Foreign Exchanges :—Amsterdam, short, 11 181 to 11 191. Do., three months, 12 11 to 12 11. Rotterdam, do , 12 I/ to 12 11. Antwerp, do.; 25 621 to 25 70. Brussels, do., 25 621 to 25 70. Hamburg, do., 13 111 to 13 Hi. Paris, short, 25 40 to 25 471. Do., three months, 25 721 to 25 772. Marseilles, do.; 25 721 to 25 77. Frankfort, 110 , 121 .to 121 k. Vienna, do., 10 21 to 10 24. Trieste, do., 10 22 to 10 26. Petersburg, do., 36k. Madrid, do., 491 to 50. At Paris to-day the Three per Cent Rentes showed scarcely any variation from the final quotations of yesterday. The Railway Share Market was generally better, and prices at the close were as follows:--Caledonian, 59 592. Eastern Coun ties, 9 l 1-16 915 16. East Lancashire, 76 78. Great Northern, 95 95i. Do. A, 79 80. Great Western, 60k 60g. Lancashire and Yorkshire, 891 891. London and North Western, 1011 1017 i. Manches ter, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 281 29. Midland Stock, 741 75. North British, 341 35. South Eastern and Dover, 73 73/. York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 772 791. York and North Midland, 55/ 551. THE NEW LOAN. INTERVIEW WITH THE CHANCELLOR OP THE EXCHEQUER Yesterday afternoon, by special invitation, a consi derable number of bankers, merchants, and others, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in reference to the proposed new loan of five milli ons . There were present the Lord Mayor, Mr. Weguelin—the Gover nor of the Bank, Baron Rothschild, M.P., Baron Gold smidt, Sir Joseph Paxton, M.P., Mr. Capel, Mr. R. Ricardo, Messrs. R. and T. Thornton, Mr. Cazenove, &c. The Chancellor of the Exchequer (who was attended by Mr. Hayter, M.P.) said he had asked for the present interview for the purpose of affording any further infor mation that might be required upon the subject of the proposed new loan. He regretted that Lord Palmerston was unable to attend on account of indisposition. The terms of the loan wore fully set forth in the letter which he had addressed to the governor and deputy governor of the Bank of England. Her Majesty's government proposed to contract on Mon lay next for a loan of five millions sterling, to be raised on consolidated per Cent. Annuities, upon the following terms : " For ever . * .€lOO subscribed in money, the contractors will receive £3 per cent Consolidated Annuities. The biddings to be made in such annuities. " The interest on the .W 3 per cent Consolidated Annuities will commence from the sth of January, 1856. " The days of payment, and the proportions of the con tributions to be paid, will be as follows : "On Thursday . , May 22, 1856, a deposit of RIO par cent. " On Thursday, June 12, 1856, a payment of .e2O per cent. "On Saturday, June 28, 1856, a payment of .e2O per cent. "On Thursday, July 24, 1856, a payment of '2O per cent. " On Thursday, August 28, 1856, a payment of £lO per cent. " On Thursday, September, 1856, a payment of .4'20 per cent. " For each instalment after the deposit a proportional amount of stock will be created for the contributors. The stock for the deposit will be created at the same time with that which will be due on payment of the last ins tal went. "No discounf win be allowed for prompt payment. " Script receipts will be issued by the bank in the usual manner." He (the Chancellor) did not know whether he could give any further information Mr. * Cape' observed that two payments were to be made in June, one of them on a Saturday, the most incon • venient day of the week that could be fixed upon. It would be well if this payment could be postponed until the 10th of July. _ _ The Chancellor of the Exchequer said he could not postpone, but he could advance it. He had named the very last day possible. Baron Roih'schild urged that there would be no use in putting back the loan, inasmuch as if Saturday was the day the amount could always be paid on the Friday previously. - The Chancellor of the Exchequer was afraid that Satur day (June 28) was the last day that could be named for that particular payment. Mr. Capel said that, as the governor of the Bank was present, perhaps the Chancellor would put a question to him relative to the advances on scrip during the shutting of the books. Mr. Weguelin (the governor) said the Bank was always ready to advance on government securities at the current rate of interest. The Chancellor of the Exchequer thought perhaps he might mention, that the loan which was now proposed was calculated to cover the whole of the estimated ser vice of the year, with the exception of two millions, and he should propose to take power for issuing upon this exchequer bonds, in the event of the market being favour able, in order to cover that margin of two millions. These two millions, however, would not, under any cit.- cmstances, according to his calculation, be required till the end of the present year, or probably not until tho first three months of 1857. That would cover the entire estimated expenditure which was now before the public for the present year. It would be for the discretion of the government whether they would require any con tingent vote for any additional expenditure that might take place. But that would be the extent. Mr. Capel wished to know whether he was to under stand that the Chancellor would not fund the Exchequer bills ? The Chancellor of the Exchequer said it was not his present intention to take any steps for funding the Exchequer bills. In answer to a question from the Lord Mayor, The Chancellor of the Exchequer said that as it was difficult to estimate the expenditure of a war, so it was difficult to ascertain the expense of bringing home the troops, but at the same time he confidently expressed an opinion that the two millions would not be required. The object of the govern men t wou ld b e t o t r ansact the busi ness in a manner best ca l cu l a t e d t o sustain the public credit. Baron Rothschild—The biddings are to take place on Monday next ? The Chancellor of the Exchequer—Yes ; on :Monday the 19th, at ten o'clock, at the Treasury. Baron Rothschild—And the first payment is to be made on Thursday, the 22nd inst. The Chancellor of the Exchequer:—Yes. A deposit of 10 per cent. The interview then terminated. R. J. NODDER, HATTER, 81, CIIURCH-STREET, Begs respectfully to Inform the Nobility and Gentry of Liver pool that his NEW STYLES for the Season are NOW READY 'or Inspection. G ENTLEMEN'S NEW OUTFITTING ESTABLISHMENT, ;5, CASTLE-STREET, LIVERPOOL. NEXT DOOR TO THE GATEWAY OF ANDERSON'S MERCHANTS' NEW DINING ROOMS, DAVID ANDERSON, PROPRIETOR. THE ABOVE ESTABLISHMENT IS NOW OPEN. The Assortment comprises a very choice selection of FIRST-CLASS GOODS ONLY, suitable for those Gentle men frequenting the neighbourhood of the Exchange, and at more moderate prices than it has been usual to obtain them for. SHIRTS MADE TO ORDER, the fit warranted, and the materials guaranteed to be of tho best qualities and makes. A select assortment of LADIES' TIIIST QUALITY GLOVES will be kept. ANDERSON'S 5, CASTLE-ST., LIVERPOOL. WILLMER'S RAILWAY AND STEAMBOAT GUID E, for MAY—PRICE TWOPENCE. 1331 d by CH•RLES wila.mart, IL4, south John-street, and by all Booksellers. COMAIERCIAL STATIONERY, BOLD BY CHARLES WILLMER, WHOLESALE STATIONER AND PRINTER, 19, SOUTH JOHN-STREET, LIVERPOOL. THE attention of M( men, and others, is rope( owing list of CASH PRICES for 'chants, Brokers, Trades fully drawn to the fol- LETTER PAPER Per Ream. For 3 Reams, s. d. .e s. d. , 6 0 017 6 , 6 6 0 18 0 , 6 0 0 17 0 Eiaperfine large thin Cream Laid Ditto ditto Blue Wove Ditto ditto Yellow Wove Bank Post (Towgood's) for Foreign 761 1 0 Correspondence Ditto French, extra thin 761 1 0 FOOLSCAP OR CUSTOM HOUSE PAPER. This Blue Laid Middle Yellow Wove Per Ream. For 3 Reams, .90 1 6 0 .96 1 7 6 ENVELOPES. Laid Adhesive, full letter size. ~ Thick Yellow Wove, ditto .... ... ss. per 1000, 6s, per 1000. i NOTE PAPER. v atine Large Cream Laid, is for 5 quires, or 3s 6d per ream. Ditto Ditto Blue Wove, is for 5 quires, or 3s 6d per ream. LETTER COPYING :BOOKS, • Half-bound, calf, paged and indexed, 49011 eaves, 6s; 480 do, 7s; 500 do,' 7s 6d; 680 do, 8s 6d ACCOUNT BOOKS, of every description, manufactured on the premises, in the bast style, on the shortest notice, and at prices equally low. Orders from the Country receivelprompt attention. WHOLESALE PAPER WAREHOUSE, 19, SOUTH JOHN-STREET, LIVERPOOL. Cornintrcial c‘altt. THIS DAY. THIS DAY, the 14th instant, at One o'clock, at the Brokers' office, Exchange-buildings, 7 Bales COTTON, • ex Ben Lomond, from Apalachicola; 60 Bales COTTON, all faults, ex Blanche, from Bombay ; 30 Bales COTTON, ex America, from Bombay, all faults ; Sundry SMall Lots SURAT. as per Sample; 20 Bales RAGS. T. & H. LITTLEDALE & CO., Brokers. Apply to THu DAY, the 14th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' office Oldhall-street 12 Bales Orleans COTTON, all f,iults, A Quantity of PICKINGS, ex Glencairn, from New Orleans ; lying in Blundell's, 364, Dutton-sheet,—Apply to BUCHANAN, BROWNE & CO., Brokers. On account of whom it may concern. Tars DAY, the 14th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Broker's office, 7, Exchanze-chambers, Tithebarn-street, 500 Barrels Rough TURPENTINE, all faults, just landed ex Hope, from New York, east side Huskisson Dock.—Apply to FRANCIS J. EATON, Broker. TO-MORROW TO -MORROW, the 15th instant, at the Commercial saleroom, Temple-court, 225 f,-Drums, and 200 Boxes Turkey FIGS, 100 Boxes, and 100 4-Boxes LAYERS, ex Calpe, 50 Boxes, and 15 Barrels Val. ALMONDS, ex Iris, 10 Mats Jordan SHELL ALMONDS, 1 Bag and I Box Sicily ALMONDS. THOMAS PARRY, Broker, 13, North John-street. Apply to TO -MORROW, the 15th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' saleroom, 600 Bags RAPESEED, now landing ex British Flag, from Bombay.—Apply to MOLYNEUX, TAYLOR & CO., Brokers. TO -MORROW, the 15th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' office, 13, Exchange-buildings, 1252 Bags Ben - gal RAPESEED, — ex Palatine, from Calcutta, 2 and 3, Albert Dock.—Apply to T. Sc. U. LITTLEDALE & CO., Brokers. On account of whom it may concern To•MoIRow, the 15th instant, at - one o'clock, at the Brokers' office, 13, Exchange-buildings, 54 Bags Benares SUGAR, all faults, ex Palatine and The Duke, from Calcutta.—Apply to T. & li. LITTLEDALE & CO., Brokers. FRIDAY. On account of whom it may concern On FRIDAYre;:OI; 16th instant, at B.alf-past One o'clock, at Golding and Nish's saleroom, Corn Exchange, Bruns wick-street, About 400 Barrels Western Canal FLOUR, For particulars apply to J. & M. HARNETT, Broken NEXT WEEK TUESDAY, On account of whom it may concern On TUESDAY next, the 20th inst., at lialf-past One o'clock, at Golding and Nash's saleroom, Corn Exchange, Bruns wick-street, About 1000 'Sacks Coarse English Manufactured FLOUR For particulars apply to J. & M. FIARNETT, Brokers, EVENING EDITION Itir An Evening Edition of the NORTHERN DAILY 1'134E! is now Published every Afternoon, at Three o'clock, containing the Markets, together with all the .News of the Day, up to the hour of going to Press. THE COURT OSBORNE, May 12,—Her Majesty, the Prince Consort the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and Princess Alice, attended Whippingham parish church yesterday morning, where the service was per formed by the Rev. G. Prothero. INSPECTION OF CAVALRY FROM THE CRIMEA BY HER MAJESTY. PORTSMOUTH, May 12.—This morning Her Majesty intimated her desire to make an inspection of the men of the Bth Hussars, who returned here yesterday after noon in the steam-transport Oneida. The troops con sist of 400 men, with 170 horses. Her Majesty arrived at six o'clock, landing at the dockyard. The Queen passed up and down the lines of the Hussars, and then inspected the invalids by the Severn. The Hussars then passed by Her Majesty and suite in slow time, and were followed by 150 of the invalids, walking ; four omnibusses were full of those who could not walk, and the litters of those going to the hospital. The Hussars again passed at quick time, and then went on board the Oneida for conveyance to Ireland. Her Majes'y did not reach Osborne t 11 half-past seven. ARRIVAL OF LORD DALTIOUSIE.—From a despatch, dated Portsmouth, Tuesday 12.15 p.m., we learn that the Tribune steam-frigate, with the Marquis of Dalhousie, Ex-Governor General of India, on board, had just arrived. DEATH OF THE EARL DIGBY.—This venerable nobleman died on Monday, at the age of 83 years. By his demise tha lord-lieutenancy of Dorset, and the colonelcy of the militia of that county become vacant. His lordship is succeeded in the barony only by his cousin, Mr. Edward St. Vincent Digby, son of the late Admiral Sir Henry Digby, G.C.B. THE SPECIAL MISSION TO RusslA,—On Monday evening, Major-General, the Hon. Charles Grey, one of het Majesty's equerries, and the bearer of an autograph letter from the Queen to the Emperor Alexander 11., congratulating his Majesty on his accession to the throne, left London for St. Petersburg on his mission, accompanied by his aide•de•camp Captain Fletcher, of the Scots Fusilier Guards. EMIGRATION TO AUSTRALIA.—The Colonial Land and Emigration Society recently, on the application of the Chaplain of the Industrial Schools, granted a free passage for three girls belonging to the probationary servants' department of these schools. LIVERPOOL CANVASS FOR SUNDAY SCHOOL SCHOLARS. The finance committee of the Liverpool vestry recently acceded to an application from the committee foa conduct ing the canvass for Sunday school scholars, to allow their officers to furnish them with the names and numbers of children in the several streets within their departments, in order to assist the canvassing committee in their operations CORONER'S COURT.—Yesterday the coroner held inquests on the cases reported in our yesterday's imp e , iun, and also upon the body of a child named William IL Davis, whose crents reside in Burlington-street. The deceased was seventeen months old, and died under rather suspicious circumstances, while its parents and neighbours were in drink, from the effects of, as was stated, " wetting the child's head." There being no conclusive evidence that the child had been wilfully put to death, the jury, after censuring the conduct of the mother, returned a verdict in accordance with the fat's deposed to in evidence. SHIP LAUNCH AT WORKINGTON.—A fine vessel of 520 tons burthen was launched on Monday last from the build ing yard of Mr. C. Lamport, Workington, amidst the cheers of hundreds of spectators. The new craft received the name of the " Factory Girl." The building of this vessel is due to the enterprise of Mr. John Leech, merchant and manufacturer, of Manchester, and there is an appro• priateness in her name as a companion ship to the " Shuttle," also belonging to him. The " Factory Girl" embraces in her construction all the latest results cif expe rience and science, tending to produce solidity and symmetry, and she ranks A 1 at Lloyd's for thirteen years. It is gratifying to find that she is intended to trade from Liver pool, so that we shall have another instance of the manner in which the property of our manufacturing neighbours tells directly to the benefit of our " good old town." The judges of naval structures will soo n b e a bl e t o f orm an op i n i on o f this new specimen, in the waters of the Mersey. LONDON GAZET rE BANKRUPTS.-.-GEOBGE GREGORY, Whitechapel Road, and Church Lane, Whit chapel, baker. Josiv WILLIAM GREAYOR, the elder. High-street, Bow, wholesale iron monger. HENRY LIYERRIDGE, Eckington, Derbyshire, surgeon and apothecary. HENRY SYERS, Sheffield, anvil manufacturer. EDWARD KEMP ABINGDON, Berkshire, grocer, tea dealer and provision merchant. FREDERICK M`KINNELL AND GEORGE SMITH, Liverpool and of Huyton Quarry, Lancashire, manufacturers of waterproof and air proof fabrics. JOHN SAMUEL WAKEFIELD, Hartlepool, Durham, watch manufacturer, jeweller, and innkeeper. JAMES B. Lo ,- ;xr, Truro, Cornwall, mercer and tailor. JOHN BEARNE WAY KER, Newton Abbott, Devonshire, draper. FRANCE. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, MONDAY EVENING What principally excites attention to-day is, the note which the Sardinian Plenipotentiary pre sented to Lord Clarendon, and Count Walewiski, on the 27th March last, It does not refer to Italy in general, as was believed at the time, but to the Roman Legations, and it demands, further, a quasi independence, namely, the French Codes for law, and a native army for the maintenance of order, &c. In consequence of yesterday being observed as a holiday, not one of the morning papers has ap peared to-day. The Emperor and Empress did not, I learn, go to St. Cloud yesterday to take up their definite residence, but only for a ride. They are, however, to go there for the season this week, perhaps, to-morrow. The Empress was so weak that the Emperor had to carry her in his arms to the carriage. The Emperor and the King of WurteMburg witnessed to-day the manoeuvring of a detachment of artillery of the guard in the courtyard of the Tuileries. They were both on foot and in plain clothes. With the view of diminishing the excessive dearness of meat, which is one of the great greivances of the Parisian population, the Government, I hear, contemplate 'encouraging the formation of a com pany to import oxen on a grand scale from Den mark, Holstein, and other cattle-producing countries in the north of Europe. The preparations for the great Universal Cattle Show and Exhibition of Agricultural Productions, which is to take place in this city towards the end of the month, are rapidly proceeding. The weekly commercial report says that nothing has yet been decided with respect to the establish ment of lines of Trans-Atlantic steamers. The unfavourable weather which has existed so long is stated to have done considerable damage in the vineyards of Burgundy and the south. The young crops have not yet been injured by the weather, but prices have advanced. The cotton manufac- turers in the provinces have received fewer orders of late, but those sent to them some weeks back are sufficient to keep them in activity. At Paris retail business is dull, but a fair number of orders from abroad have arrived. The Marseilles telegraph announces the receipt of Constantinople news to the Ist. The treaty of peace was to be published the next day, and the return of the Russian Legation was expected. The number of French who had left the Crimea was 35,000. The corps d'armee of Baidar had returned to Sebastopol, and General Luders had consented to allow the French cavalry at Eupa toria to go to Sebastopol by land. The Sultan had expressed a wish to have several Anglo-French divisions to stop at Constantinople, on account of the disturbed state of the country. There had been more disturbances in Syria and at Marasch ; the English Consul and his family had been asassinated. The insurrection in Magnesia had been quelled. According to the Copenhagen despatch, Russia, Sweden, and Norway, have consented to the doing away with the Sound Dues, by means of a capitalisation. The semi-official Pays of this morning, contains a note which confirms what I told you yesterday, as to the question of the Belgian press, being declined to be brought to a satisfactory conclusion. It declares that the government is satisfied at the Belgian government having published in its official organ, the Moniteur Beige, an article stating that what the Minister of Foreign Affairs said in the Chamber was, that he would never consent to a modification of the constitution, and not as the telegraph made him say, that he would never consent to a change in the laws of the press ; and that the government means to reserve to itself its full liberty of action within constitutional limits, in order to propose such modifications in the said laws, as may appear to it necessary. THE TRIAL OF W. PALMER, OF RUGELEY. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING There is now no doubt whatever that the trial of Palmer, for the Rugeley poisonings, will be proceeded with to morrow, at the Central Criminal Court, and continued daily until the extraordinary charges against the prisoner shall have been fully investigated. Up to yesterday it was thought that the prisoner would merely be arraigned to-morrow, and that the investigation would be postponed to Monday next, but it is now distinctly understood that the Crown will altogether oppose the postponement to Monday, on the ground that it would be attended with a very serious expense by detaining the numerous witnesses in the case who are now in town. It has been decided to take the case of Mr. John Par_ sons Cook first, and in the event of there being an acquittal of the prisoner on this charge, then the prisoner will be charged with the murder of his wife, Mrs. Ann Palmer . From all that can be learnt to-day, and from the general impression prevailing in the Old Bally, amongst the pro fessional and other gentlemen engaged, it is believed that the Attorney-general's opening address will occupy the attention of the court for about three hours, and that the case cannot possibly close before Saturday evening, at the soonest. A conviction failing, the second charge will be proceeded with early on Monday next, and should this be the case, it is confidently believed, considering the pecu liar circumstances connected with the alleged murder of Mrs. Palmer, that the investigation will not finally ter minate before the middle of next week. It is more particularly with_reference to Mrs. Palmer's case that the examination of Dr. Taylor is exciting such interest among the medical profession. The excitement manifested is daily and hourly on the increase, and to-day the Old Court, in which Palmer is to be tried, and in which the Recorder is now sitting, is literally beseiged by the public, the attendance being swelled by the hundreds and thousandsiof strangers who are eagerly seeking admission to the trial, but whose applications are uniformly refused for want of space. With reference to this part of the subject, it may be said that the arrangements made by the sheriffs, are the subject of general complaint, so far as regards the provin cial press, which has' been uniformly excluded. The representatives of the press, generally, could not have been admitted, but the provincial daily papers might have been admitted as well as the metropolitan, had it not been purposely designed to favour the latter. We have, how ever, made arrangements to give a full report of the proceedings of to-morrow, and subsequent days. ADDRESS OF THE CIRCASSIAN CHIEFS TO THE SULTAN.— The following is a translation of the principal passages of the address presented to the Porte on the 24th ult., by a deputation from the mountain tribes of the Caucasus : " Some thirty years ago, your servant, Zauzade Sefer Bas, having chosen twelve delegates among the twelve Circassian tribes, provided them with credentials and despatched them to your Imperial Porte, with a declara tion that the l'adishah—our only light and fountain of prosperity—being our only sovereign and master besides —we were determined never to separate from his rule. Ever faithful to the State, and to the true faith, we lived in expectation, when a great functionary came to Circas sia with a mission, and provided with your Imperial fir man. Your sovereignty was thus established in Circassia. We rejoiced with our children, offered up prayers and sacrifices to Heaven for the prolongation of our Padishah 's days and his triumph over his enemies; swearing also before the Eternal God, that never_ till doomsday should we acknowledge any other master. When this war broke out, in which our Padishah, together with the two Allied Powers, fought the Muscovite—the undersigned, your servants, entered the lists and did their best under the command of Sefer Pacha. But as now the news of p eace has reached, and there is no mention made of Circassia, this petition, drawn up by the different tribes of our race, and declaring that we shall never separate from our Padishah, has been entrusted to 350 delegates. Now, according to the maxim that all things return to their source, we have turned towards your Imperial Majesty, and while we kiss the dust under your feet, we abjure you to order that we be placed for ever under the majestic shadow of your Imperial throne." LATEST INT ELLTGENC THE KING OF WURTEMBERG A despatch from Paris, dated yesterdap 1 ft the nounces that the King of Wurtemberg ie- French capitl that morning. procee d The Emper a or and Empress of the Frenc h o-morrow (this day) to St. Cloud. THE PRINCE OF SWEDEN orni g Intelligence, dated Hamburg, yesterdayrived us that Prince Oscar of Sweden, who had a rf p a ns, at Lubeck, proceeded at once en - rou te t° - unaccompanied by the Queen Dowager. THE FRENCH FUNDS PARIS T UE SDAY E III4I ISY' At the close of business on ' the Bours e t° ' the Three per Cents. were quoted at 7 5 f. 200. SARDINIA. ,„ or In the sitting of the 9th of the Chill: 11 ' 1 ; 0 yr Deputies, at Turin, M. Deviry, reporter of the at mittee on the election of General la marraon•ing Poncalieri by 205 votes against 44, in anno h u ft the validity of the said election, proposed t- - A t i ft thanks of the Chamber be awarded to the t e sa general for his untiring energy during the Cri — . o l campaign. This motion WEIS received with wi no applause, and the thanks voted accordinglY, ce president of the Chamber then read a Ine ti°n t: l tlie* posed by several members, to the effect , tial l "„ v i,, thanks of the house be voted to the army se ull „,; r al which was at once acceded to amid g e L a rct applause ; whereupon Count Costa de Beat 2r 7 o us• rose and exclaimed, " May the noble and gell e ,:,pr alliance with the Western Powers exercise a , uto influence on the destinies of our countrY! of rest of the sitting was occupied with matter° local interest. Sardin ian The Marquis de Villamarina, the a minister at the French court, arrived at Ter ill ° the Bth. NAPLES ur On Tuesday night, the 6th instant, as the S t chese Taliocarne (minister of Sardinia) was N ab ~. ning home by the Riviera di Chiaia , e h i lv fi ck , , assaulted by three men, two of whom, from nemi no g: laid hold of his arms, while the third, with of lis• stiletto pointed at his breast, robbed hie ). watch, chain, purse, &c., the other two taking watch, his capote. It was about half-past ten e- n g and few people were about. The Marchese ,onbel liberated, rushed immediately into the Pha.orarlitt9er of the British Legation, and informing Mr . son . of the affair, the latter darted off with a ","" t bs pistol in the direction indicated. Arrived,fl,mig .spot, he found a suspicious-looking fellow " - Ti l e ing about , whom he immediately arres ted. th e Marquis with other assistance was soon t he ground, and the fellow was given in charge of the gendarmerie and the guardio di polizia. T h° is not yet known. THE OVERLAND MAIL, By the arrival of the Tamar at Trieste, we tiru itli receipt of the Bombay journals to the date of the lto ult. From the summary of the Bombay Times of date we quote the following:— i n tell i. The past fortnight continues, in matters 0f hfp gence, a blank. Dost Mahomed continues at Canuaa d js where he has narrowly escaped assassination, au of suffering from the usual embarrassments of an late treasury and mutinous army. He is said t° t he written to Persia, that he asked the friendship e,' British government because of their possessing se o p posts in his neighbourhood, and because the SO B '. its not at the time applied for his favour. The r eport Is „. d i c ta; € all likelihood untrue; if not, the reply is contra ts We have heard nothing of late of the movelVe n ce o , Persia, we have at present no reason to suppose her gyp. ings towards us hostile, but it is matter of the In c t ha preme indifference whether they be so or not. Wil e° o otli hon. company's steamer Victoria left Bushire on the ••ce, of March, the town was being put in a state o f defe i no, but not certainly with any very alarming degree ofs'ill', There were rumours at Bonder Abbas that Dost I‘l3oo-4 med had been beaten at Herat, where forty of hi s bane' had been captured, and 20,000 of his people. ,f h - r jeic no reason whatever to believe that the Ameer cow , ' "i ha t. such a force into the field at all, or for that matter 7 ly he had ever got beyond Candahar. There is certely f thy nothing in the way of exaggeration on the face 0. earth like a Persian rumour. •raci Profound peace continues to prevail througho ut doe and we have heard of no disturbance of any deeuiiPnro on any of our borders. The arrang emen ts in Otlue pro' teed peaceably and quietly, as they have done Iff op3 tha first; and it ought to be considered something fo e re integrity of the press of Indi a , th a t in spite of tu a nd sources at the disposal of the dethroned monarch, p o t the lavishness with which h e s e ems inclined to eTrtb them, scarcely a single journal among us has ste°d of in his defence. The preliminaries for the absorptioa the Baroda dominions are beginning to be taken• a to Heavy showers and thunderstorms have begu the make their appearance up and down throughot.l% of country, and we now begin to hope for an early la' rain. said tbst The Governor-General is at Calcutta • it is hot he proposes remaining in Lower Bengal 'during t he Try to weather and rains, proceeding to the upper O ull „ ec ted, November. Lord Harris is at Madras, but is, es r Dort' to proceed on a short visit to Ootacainun a. Elphinstone remains at the seat of governmen t ' w y but The pressurg in the money market h:.ls given the state of the market f o r cotton-piece goo ds 1 11-. ; °- encouraging. Freights are firm. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE . BOMBAY MARKET, from the 2nd W the 6th AP i t, fort' The pressure on our money market has, during d in our night, abated to some extent, and, as anticiPa ted last report, the banks have reduced their rates of fi; 2 per cent. all round; and, as bullion in c l e g an co piai ell ng both from England and China, arriving that a further reduction in rates must take plac e s°° IMPORTS. we ate 0 ' A fair amount :of business has been done, 13 most pally owing, however, to the desire felt by close holders to sell off, owing to the rapidly approanh ieg oviq of the season—the market for cotton piece goo ds , m ote' assumed a dull appearance, and the prices la % ref being now obtained with difficulty for grey go eus ; 110 5 shirtings of 40 and 45 inches have declined; madaP e long and T cloth are in fair request, at a slight decline ; 40 , cloths and domestics of all descriptions are dull of s' eo od BLEACHED Goons--Shirting, low to middling, 111 0 5 to' demand, but fine rather dull—the same remark 313137dight' Madapollams. Satin spots are in fair request at 1/ - decline COTTON WOOL. —T h e 2x m a P r O k ß e T t s h . a a we ea r . r e r n an a b i n t il t : he t e e ji ll ig o_ r i o ; s t e l I , ll° ' last advices from home caused an advance 10, : oiS" — Dhollera, Oomrawutty, to 105 r., 100 r., and W ir— .1 t m h e es n eirk , E h E o p w s e w v e r o , 0 L I h is i h n a v v e e r yd good demand; 0 11/1 " r a g u e e have ted. advanced, i,ile l att er but is A B l e a a r r Ichorasg r a o solo as last HEMP.—Rajapore and Ghattee, for local ,:i rio 1:1 : 4 are in good,demand. Theye is no change in q a." 1 . 0 1 . g °vs. 0 00,•-, PER.—Bhutcole and Malabar are bet° change in c I m ol a gL n d d i. demand, :pmi Dr he P ag nE good s is 'ree l s ai .cn—eds,L. andinse e Niger; i ge and r: r is a p s e ea a r r e e e both ; u du 1 1 . i s 11 0 , i COCHINEAL is somewhat difficult to be put of f • t all. SAFFRON is very dull of sale, and in no enquirf_yaourablo OPIUM.—Last accounts from China were so 1 „ 11 „ s t , fc ' r that prices have advanced, and we no w 1.; 1 e , 17;. Mundleiseir, 1,135 r. to 1,140 r. ; and for Io'°"-' off _ to 1,130 r. paPe r A EXCHANGE.—Advanced to 2s 2d for first-olas-. Cv ',nano—, arrival of the China mail, and at that rate h as bias Su steady, although we heard of purchases of bao n k l a ; 04 2s lid ; local credits were let off at 2s 2id to 2s " 6 0 W s documents may be quoted to 2s N i l ; on Calcutta) sight, 99r ; on China, 60 days' sight, 218 r. ter irate FREIGHTS.—There is a backwardness :to enter the fresh engagements, particularly for China, w hither h e rate is entirely nominal, and none can be Warn ed ' ° t. Liverpool and London tonnage may be obta,—seed at immediate shipment at £4 5s per ton, and for 10, 1 _ _ a te. £4 lOs ; otherwise £4 7s 6d per ton is the currea' ---- THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. i n clL. Cape of Good Hope papers to the 22nd March ,.v sive have come to hand. On the 13th his ' of vice n e o..., the Governor, Sir G. Grey, opened the third Scssirifur itnhe first Parliament of that colony, with the usu s i r a ffr alities. Peace and prosperity prevailed, Th e ". dIY chiefs expressed a strong desire to continue frieoliugb relations with the British Government, end though his every dependence was placed upon their tvert”nieut Excellency declared that the executive Goverrl'ihat would not be lulled into any unw i se sec urity o b re ak account, but at all times be prep are d for auy ou, . that might be made, though at presen t not at a ll e. i 1 i peeled. The exports of colonial prod uce had riselip ' 1 's ~, value in one year from 666,0001 to 970,0001. The hs ee wool alone bad increased during that p eriod 446,000 634,0001.