The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-04-26 00:00:00

EARLY DELIVE t Roc' OF THE terry, Tran-nere, Birkenb( Claugb ton, cause of compl aint m each morning, it wot subser ❑ld bay dropped present, and c EVE I EDITION air An Evening Public Tviis is z rig to Press ' NORTHERN TIMES." —Any n four miles of the Liverpo•►l Exchange, or ad. 'Woodside, Oxton e "NORTHERN TIMES isber by addressing a note ie fact, in order that the tizated and removed. A e their delivery at five o'clock on ;ready facilitate Its completion if r : toxes in their doors through as the detention at and 4 of Me NORTHERN DAILY ery dflernoon, at Three o'clock, es, together with all the News of the ~IZe nri jj curtNli SATURDAY, APRIL 26, 1856 THE House of Commons has arrived at perfect unanit coalition of tars Re at last, parties Lkll parties, or rather the are agreed that Parliamen- —that the country is perfectly with thi present electoral divisions and that the imaginable ten constituencie 11, WC COMMERCIAL STATIONERY, SOLD BY CHARLES WILLMER, WHOLESALE STATIONER AND PRINTER, 19, -- SOUTH JOHN-STREET, LIVERPOOL. THE attention of Merchants, Brokers, Trades men, and others, is respectfully drawn to the fol owing list of CASH PRICES for LETTER PAPER Per Ream. For 3 Reams s. d. ,e' s. d. 6 Superfine large thin Cream Laid.. Ditto ditto Blue Wove .. 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X 'WI SR, South John-street, and by all tat THIS DAY WOOL SALES 26:h instar* washed, fine fleece, and t WOOL Merino), ;y„,o,u, Italian, Sfax, &i ABR A.ll GARTSIDE & CO., Wool Brokers tint of whom it may concern THIS DAY, ant, at One o'clock, About ) Bales COTTON, ago of the Mobil 11 faults, from Mobile, and Quay.— escriptio THIS DAY, th 1000 Bales Ear'. India 540 Bales Pe NI WAY IBOAT Brokers' saleroom 263 Bales Eg. 1800 Bales Apply to being pert of t Islay; lying on the north end of the Prince's Dot Apply to Edward Bates, Esq., Merchant, or to H. JNO. WEBSTER, Broker, 7, Rumford-street NEXT WEEK TUESDAY, xt, the 29th inst., at Half-past One o'clock !ri m e rcial saleruom, Temple-court, 63 Boxes American CHEESE, )g ex steamer Atlantic, from N. tb Mesas. David Stuart and Co., Merchants, or to TRESIMER & GRAINGER, Brokers tow la ;w York.—Apply Bank-chal s, Cook-street On TUESDAY next, the 29th inst., I Half-past One o'clock at the Co room, Temple court anding E:t now 1 Doherty 612 13. - aes American CHEESE, ex Empire, from Nt w Yoik.—Apply to John ~ Merchant, or to TRIMMER & GRAINGER, Brokers, Bank-chambers, Cook-street, , unt of whom it may concern On TtrESDAY at One o'c the Brokers' male-room 10, North John-stret 91 Ballots ALPACA, damaged by sea water, qaomi, from Islay, via Glasgow.— Apply to ABRAM GARTSIDE & CO., Wool Brokers, Top J. NODDED 81, CHURCH-STREET, Bogs resneettilly to inform the N,,bility and Gentry of Liver pool that his NEW STYLES far the Season are NOW READY fir Inspection containing the Mar Day, up to the THE ANNUAL Su ItHC DAILY TIMES ui with its constituencies, the best tnper with their representatives this is not a true interpretation of the recent " count out on the question of Parliamentary Reform, the only inference the public can draw from the reception aiven to Sir JOSHUA WALMSLEY'S Reform Bill is, s not the man to deal with such motion for lea. to introduce a that its au matter VILLIE is a G 1 RUSSELL, or a as on the Legislative stage. There is nothing more natural than that the fondlings of political fortune . should look upon their prestige as essential to the success of measures akin to those with which their names have been associated. But Sir JOSBUA, doubting the popularity of such a commonplace illusion, has given notice that he Will, •On the Bth of May, move again for leave to being in his Parliamentary Reform Bill, and we are much mistaken in tbe,honourable member for Leicester if he does not fulfil his promise. Lord JOHN RUSSELL abandoned his Reform Bill in the session before the last, in pursuance of the unanimously expressed wish of the people who, in the excess of their laudable patriotism, would not undertake its discussion at a moment when the undivided attention of all classes of the community wits required to prosecute war to a successful issue. But this great end has now been attained, an d there is nothing whatever to prevent any indepen- dent membe mmons bringing forward the question Q Reform Sir JOStiIIA WALMSLE public an opportunity of Judging of the merits of his proposed Bill. It is tolerably certain, however, that the House of Com- mons knows something of its nts and are not ured with it t be that members of ie countr desire a sary think it r] ask Whigs Cotigtrvatives and Peelites, Free Traders and Protectionists, Bullionists and Currency Reformers, Parliamen tary and Municipal Reformers, and Financial Reformers, whether they are satisfied with the present state of party in either branch of the legislature? It cannot be denied, that the Reform Bill of 1832, has disappointed every body, except: those who belong to the compact, into which some three or four families entered immediately after that bill was' passed. The danger - of entrusting the destinies of this great Empire to a few men of traditional repute, has long been dreaded, and its , nsequ ences could not have been more bitterly brought home to the British public, than. they have been within the last two years of war. The Statesmen of 1832 were not the men far 1853.4-3 and 6. They were not the diplomatist to prevent a resort to arms, nor to direct the military strength, and defence of the country's rights and interests in war. Armies of hero's perished in their hands, and millions of treasure slipped through their fingers, and were swept away like chaff in a whirlwind. The Whig Refor mer of 1832 was not the Free Trader of later years. The representation given to us in the Reform Bill is not that which we have to-day. If the increase which has taken place in the population within the last twenty-four years, be taken into account, it will be found that our constituencies are smaller now than they were under the old rotten borough Take Liverpool, for instance, with its population of 162,344 persons in 1824, and with its 375,055 people now, and only 17,433 registered Taking the population as the basis of representation we are actually losing control over, instead of gaining power, in the imperial legisla- Our advancement in education, arts, tees, territorial power, wealth, and numbers, franchise electors! instead of being allowed to participate natu rally in the representation and politico' distinctions of the country are most stu diously and ingenuously excluded from the franchise. In a town such as this it will scarcely be believed, that only a fraction over 1 in 27 of its population have a right to vote at elections of members of parliament, and that of this number there are nine hundred freemen, nearly two hun. dred of whom do not live in the Borough, or exercise any other right of citizenship, beyond that of trading with the port free of Town and other Dues This state of things is very satisfactory no doubt to those who are dividing its spoils, but it is any- thing but t towards the millions who have Ives within the last twenty-four years for the franchise, and are still denied the pialified then, right of voting at elections by every species of inconvenience and quibbling that men can be exposed to. When a man goes forward to register his vote, the whole process is made as troublesome and repugnant to his feelings, as an Englishman, as possible. And thousands, who have an unquestionable right to be on the roll of voters, never register on this account. Others, again, who know the means resorted to to carry elections, conceive it to be the height of immorality o have anything to say to the franchise. And r numbers who will not regis ter, in order not to offend a political enemy for the sake of an electioneering friend. All this is particularly favourable to that nepotism, imbecility, family combination, interminable retention of place, power and emolument which we have witnessed for the last four-and twenty years. Lord JOHN RUSSELL'S Reform Bill brought its changes with it, there are still greate but it rendered subsequent changes in our repre sentative and administrative system utterly im practicable. Incessant defeat has damped the emulative spirit of a people growing in enlighten ment and wealth. It has handed over the entire legislative power of the realm to a few families who have as complete a monopoly of the House of Commons, as the authors of the Reform Bill of 1832 have of the Treasury; whilst it has left the public to enforce by agitation, which is at all times dangerous to the peace and well-being of society, those measures which have contributed most to the greatness and stability of the Empire. To Reform such a Parliament, must indeed be both advisable and necessary; and it is to be hoped that Sir JOSHUA WALMSLEY will follow up his motion, and that the country will support him in securing a comprehensive and equitable extension of the franchise. ITHERN GUINEAS PER ANNUM TINE NORTHERN TIMES.-LIVERPOOL, SATUBDAT, APRIL 26, 1666. THE COURT The Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary visited the Queen on Thursday, at Buckingham Palace. The Prince Consort rode on horseback in the forenoon , attended by Colonel F. H. Seymour. The . Prince of Wales and Prince Alfred honoured the Gallery of the New Society of Painters in Water Colours, in Pall-mall, with a visit. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, accom panied by the Princess Alice and the Princess Helena, took a drive in the afternoon in an open landau and four: The Queen had a dinner party in the evening. The company included the Duchess of Kent, the Duke of Newcastle, the Earl and Countess of Clarendon, Lady Fanny Howard, Lord James Murray, General Vivian , and Admiral Sir E. Lyons. ROYAL BIRTHDAY.—Yesterd iv being the birthday of he Royal Highness the Princess Alice, flags were hoisted in all the usual place; and peals were rung from the bells of several metropolitan churches. Tint TREATY OF PEACE.—lntelligence has been received from St. Petersburg that Prince de Liechtenstein, bearer of the ratification of the Emperor Alexander, has quitted that city, and may be expected in Paris towards the end of the month. --.11.-- MEETING OF MlNlSTERS.—Yesterday afternoon, a meeting of Cabinet Ministers was held at the War Department. There were present Lord Palmerston, Lord Panmure, Sir George Grey, and Sir Charles Wood. Lord Hardinge was also in attendance. THE ARCHBISHOP OF YORK —We 'egret to learn that his Grace the Archbishop of York is at the presert time seriously indisposed at his residence in London, and it is quite improbable that his grace will be enabled to hold the Confirmation announced by him to take place in June. CIVIL SERVICE SUPERANNUATION. — This committee met yesterday, at one o'clock. the Chancellor of the Exchequer in the chair. The Actuary of the Customs Assurances Fund was examined at considerable length, and entered into a.staternent of the rules laid down for insurances, after which the committee adjourned. ---*-- SUDDEN DEATH.—Yesterday morning, a man named Michael Downes, about 40 years of age, was found dead in his bed, in a court off Newman-street. He had retired to rest quite well. FATAL ACCIDENT.—On the 21st inst., Peter Logan, aged 14 years, who was engaged in the mills of Messrs. Wright and Crossley, Rainford Girdens, unfortunately got entangled in a strap of the machine, and received such injuries, that he died yesterday. BANKRUPTCY . COURT.—BEFORE MR. COMMISSIONER STEPHRNSON.—Yesterday, J. N. Bl ke, formerly carrying on business as a c , mmission agent and dealer and shipowner, came up to pass his last examination. Haling satisfied the learned commissioner, he passed, and the 23rd of May was fixed for him to come up and receive his certificate. THE REPRESENTATION OF OLDHAM.—A portion of the electors of the borough are already beginning to bestir themselves, with a view to the general election, which is t Expected to take place ere long. Several meeti 's of aso tion of M Fox's committee bave been lately held for the e of selecting another candidate to represent that ;h h NIL W. J. Fox end it. d~a all,reea to solicit either Mr. John Platt, the mayor, or his brother, Mr. Jas Platt, to allow himself to be out in nomination. We'have: heard of no other active 'movement in any other section of the constituency ; but a feeling is entertained, and has been expressed, by several who supported Mr. Fox at the last election, that this attempt to oust Mr. Cobbett will endanger Mr. Fox's return. MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY EVENING The tone of the Cotton Market remains without change, the sales to day amounting to 10,000 bales, 8,000 of which have been taken by the trade. The total business of the week reaches 08,060 bales, of which 52,690 have been taken by the trade, 32,210 for speculators, and 7,100 for export. Piices to day are less firm than on Monday, but they are still quoted an eighth of a penny per pound higher than on Friday last. • Iu reference to the Wool Sales which have been held here during the week, we quote the following from the circular of Messrs. Perkins and Robinson : • The wool sales, which commenced here on the 22nd instant, have brought a large attendance of buyers for the home trade, and a few purchasers for export. The competition up to the present time has been animated, and the currency of the last London sales is maintained. The quantity offered comprises about 12,000 bales of all sorts, including 7,700 bales 'East India wools. White East India. of superior flocks, is much in favour, and as much as 131 d per lb has been realised for these. The best yellows are also in good request ; middle and low yellows are going off at an advance of id per pound, while the medium qualities of white are the cheapest. There is little change in other descriptions. During the whole of the day the Liverpeol Share Market was very flat, and exhibited a drooping tendency, closing as follows :—Aberdeen, 12/ 13k. Chester and Birkenhead, 15i 151. Caledonian, 29 291. Chester and Holyhead, 16 16.1. Eastern Counties, 91-, 10. East Lancashire. 19/ 19k. Great Northern, 231 231 Ditto A, 91 91. Great Western, 611 621. Lancashire and Yorkshire Stock, 87a 871. Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport, 174 174, London and North Western Stock, 1001 100/. Man chester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 281; 28k. Ditto Pref., 111 12. Ditto New 6 per cent. Pref , Midland Stock, 73 74. North British, 81 81. North Staffordshire, 6 skd. South Eastern 21k 21 7-16. York, Newcastle, and Berwick. 191 19 19k. York and North Midland, 27k 28. Leeds Capital Stock, 154 151. Buffalo and Lake Huron, 1a Ip. Dutch Rhenish 11 14p. Great Western of Canada, 2.5/ 25/. Ditto New Shares, 3 31p. Ditto 2nd issue, 3 3&p. Great Luxembourg, 7 3-16 7 1-16 d. Of the Tallow Market, Mr. F. J. Eaton reports as follows : The demand this week has somewhat slackened, and the business on the snot is confined to small parcels of P.Y.C• at 50s to 50s 6d, and North and South American at 494 to 50s 6d per cwt. as in quality ; for the last three months 600 casks P.Y.C. are reported at 47s 3d per cwt. Although the deliveries in London have again been large, prices are quite 6d per cwt lower, the closing rates being 47s on the spot, and 46s 6d to 9d per cwt Oct. Dec. The half-week delivery is 988 cks againgst 910 cks last year, and the stock is now 20,079 cks against 32,552 cks in 1855. Accounts from Constantinople, by way of Mar seilles, mention that the cessation of the blockade of the Russian ports in the Black Sea, with the free export of grain, and the raising of the restric tions on commerce by the Sublime Porte, has created great activity amongst the maritime traders of that city, A crowd of vessels of every nation set sail on the 15th inst , for the Black Sea, when the notification arrived from Odessa, which was published officially by order of Count Stroganoff, the Governor-General of New Russia. This Im perial decree announces the export of cereals, spirits, wines, hemp, &c , to foreign countries on the old basis, with especial mention of the re establishment of commercial relations with France, England, Sardinia, and Turkey. Letters from St. Petersburg mention that the Tallow Market has become active, and prices, which exhibited a decline on the 11th instant, were again recovering. The sales for delivery in August had risen from 136 silver roubles per berkowitz to 138 and 139, with the greater portion to be paid in advance. Potashes are dealt in for July at 20 roubles, with all the money paid in advance, and 21, with a portion. Linseed Oil is in demand, and flax rules at 25 roubles. The Grain Markets are not much improved, but Rye is firm at 6 roubles. Exchange on London is steady at 37 I, and on Paris at 390, 392. The Anglesea, Captain Thorne, has arrived off Plymouth, from Port Philip, with 31,319 ounces of gold. The following were the closing quotations on Foreign Exchanges :—Amsterdam, short, 1.1 194 to 11 191. Do., three months, 12 11 to 12 21. Rotterdam, do , 12 11 to 12 21. Antwerp, do., 25 624 to 25 674. Brussels, do., 25 621 25 671. Hamburg, do., 13 114 to 13 114. Paris, short, 25 374 to 25 474. Do., three months, 25 70 to 25 774. Marseilles, do., 25 701 to 25 774. Frank fort, do, nu to 1214. Vienna, do., 10 20 to 10 24. Trieste, do., 10 .21 to 10 26. Petersburg, do., 361. to 364. Madrid, do., 494 to 494. BANK OP ENGLAND RETURNS An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cap 32, for the Week ending April 18, 1856. ISSUE DEPARTMENT. Debit. Credit. Notes issued . • 123,683,205 Government Debt Other securities 3,459,900 Gold Coin and Bullion .. , . 9,208,205 .£23,683,205 1 Total ... , £23,683,205 BANKING DEPARTMENT. Debit. Credit. Proprietors' Ca- Government se- pttal Rest Public deposits 2,969,753 Notes 3,668,600 Other „ 11,907,623 Gold and silver Seven day, and coin other bills.. 796,057 Total .... £33,383,323 Total ... £33,383,323 The foregoing Bank Returns show the following results when compared with those of the preceding week :—Notes issued, decrease 221.9251; bullion in both departments, decrease 222,9351; rest, increase 451; public deposits, decrease 473,38:31; other deposits, decrease 407,0781; seven days' and other bills, decrease 12,903/. On the credit side govern ment securities show an increase of 199,3961; other securities, decrease 765,1621. Notes unemployed, decrease, 226.440/. Actual circulation `?0,014,6051, increase 4,5151. The Funds showed heaviness to day, more espe cially in the afternoon. The Market closed at the lowest point of the day, and to A worse than yesterday, the final quotations being 93 934. This depression was mainly attributable to reports that a New Government Loan will shortly be announced. According to the day's rumour, the amount of the Loan will be 10,000,0001., in addition to a funding of 5,000,0001. in Exchequer Bills. The expectation that to-night's Bank Return would exhibit a considerable decrease in the bullion, also assisted the prevailing tendency downwards, depressing at a time when business is remarkably languid. It may be hoped, however, that the next loan, unlike the last one, will probably be called up very gradually, and will then, perhaps, even if much larger in amount, occasion less pressure in the Money Market. The belief that this new financial operation will suffice to clear out all the remaining expenses incidental to the war, will also have a favourable influence. As regards the efflux of gold, it must not be forgotten that the drain is at present merely exceptional, being on account of the Turkish Loan. The remittances will terminate within a few weeks, and, moreover, 560,000/. in gold is at this moment off the coast, on board the Anglesea and Blackwall, and upwards of half a million more is believed to be close at hand, though kept out by the prevailing easterly winds. Despite these re-assuring considerations, however, the threatened creation of new Stock, at a moment when the market is already well supplied, must necessarily, for the time, tend to check any ten den cy town rd s improvement. The general demand for Money was to-day more active in the Stock Exchange. Short leans on Govern ment Securities were not &a:linable below 6to 64 per cent. At Paris to-they the 3 per cent Rentes closed much the same yesterday. The Railway Share Market was, generally, worse to-day. The following were the eloaiug quota tions :—Caledonian, 594 594. Edinburgh and Glas. gow, 60 62. Eastern Counties, 10 East Lanca. shire, 76 78. Great Northern, 934 94; ditto A., 78 79. Great Western, 614 62. Lancashire and York shire, 874 88. London and North Western; 1004 1001. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 28 284. Midland Stock-, 734 744. North British, 334 34k. South Eastern and Dover, 714 72. York, Newcastle and Berwick, 764 774. York and North Midland, 55 56. , THE ARMY IN THE CRIMEA. (FROM OUR OWN CORRISPONDENT SEBASTOPOL, APRIL 11 Just this day week, on the 4th of April, I wrote to. you with all the rigours of winter upon us. Clotheil in fur•lined coats, wrapped in woollens and flannels, we were endeavouring in some way to protectofirselves against a November Easter, whose very touch blistered the skin like heated iron. The ground was covered with snow, and all was wintry and miserable. I now write with the thermometer at 70°, and the air so oppressively hot, that the very act of writing is a laborious exertion. A Sirocco wind is blowing, and the very thought of last week's snow is refreshing. The day after the terrible day of frost and snow (the 4th), a S.W. wind set in, and we seem to have been suddenly transferred into the middle of summer. Spring, there has been none ; probably, the Crimea is too barbarous a soil for that gentle season to visit, Be that as it may here we are in the middle of summer, most suddenly and uncomfortably warm. With respect to news the tables are now turned again, and England looks to the Crimea for the latest intelligence. There is, however, little to tell, the last excitement being the announcement the day before yesterday in General Orders of permission being given to the army to pass the Tcbernaya without any limit, and also that three days leave would be given to officers who wished to explore the country. The favourite baggagers of infantry mounted officers will suffer in proportion, and the Russians will have an opportunity of seeing how the British soldier can make 5/. worth of horse flesh go across country. Great interchange of civilities, more convivial than creditable, have already taken place, and Russian soldiers in that state—which Bacchus would be proud to see them—are met in every camp. I rode yesterday to the ruins of Inkermann, on the Russian side of the Tchernaya, which go by the name of the " City of the Dead." The most interesting part of the ruins are the crypts or excavations in the rock. They were first supposed to have been made by the Tavri. On the top of the rock still stand the remains of a castle, built by Diophantes, the general of the then date, who was sent to the aid of the inhabitants of Kherson, (the present Sebastopol) against these Tavri, about 50 BC. These ruins, considering they are about 1900 years old, are in wonderful preservation. They are built in a semicircle of about 200 feet, on the very summit of a rock, and are surrounded by a fosse and wall as a protection against incursion from the neighbouring steppes. The name of the castle was Eupatoria, and the view from it is very grand. From the interior of the castle there is a staircase, hewn out of the solid rock, leading to the crypts below, and from them to a small Greek chapel, also hewn out of the solid rock. This chapel is very curious ; in front of it has been erected a small balcony, from which there is a beautiful view of the valley. The crypts were in later times inhabited by a sect of Christians called the Arians. They consist of one room, have doors of wood, a hole in the centre for an oven, and a corner of the rock raised about a foot for a bed; they have been, however, much destroyed by the excavations made for stone in building Sebastopol. Inkermann, I might add, is derived from the two words, " in," and " kerman," a castle. The more you see of the Russian soldiers, the more you are struck with their hardy and soldier-like appearance. They are peculiarly strong made, powerful men, and always have their arms in first-rate order. In my next I hope to give you an account of Backtche serai, and the interior of the country. FRANCE. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, THURSDAY EVENING. It is quite true, as I told you yesterday, that the Government, expecting that the treaty of peace would be published in Le Nord, the Russian jour• nal at Brussels, gave orders that the paper should be seized ; but as it turns out that the Independance of the same city, and the Daily News, of London, have got hold of the treaty as well, it was seen that it would be useless to seize one paper, and accord ingly it and the other two have been allowed free admission. But the Government is greatly exas perated at the publication. " Bribery and corrup tion" were of course employed to get at the treaty, and the government has commenced a strict search, to ascertain on whom, and by whom it was employed. It has reason, I understand, to believe that the treaty was got from the National Printing Office, where it was sent to be printed. You will have observed that, in the text of the Daily News, several articles are omitted, and the same articles do not appear in the Independance or the Nord. The Daily News ascribe the omission to the loss of a " slip" of copy ; but the fact, I am told, is that the said articles were given to one single workman to compose, whereas all the others were, as is usual in printing offices, distributed amongst several ; and this man either would not give up his copy, or composition, or for some reason it was not consi dered safe to ask him for either. Neither of the semi-official journals of this evening. reproduce the treaty, and both declare that they will wait until it shall, after official ratification, be published in the official Moniteur. This publication, I am told, will take place on Sunday. The ratification of Turkey to the treaty has arrived to-day; that of Russia was sent off on the 14th, and if not already arrived, will do so shortly; that of Austria had not been given up to the 20th. What I told you the day before yesterday as to Count de Morny being about to go to Russia, and to retire from his stock jobbing and other specula tions, is confirmed to me today. He is now engaged in winding up his affairs, and is about to resign the chairmanship of the Grand Central Railway Company. I hear that the Emperor requires that all high functionaries who, like Count de Morny, have been enuaged in stock exchange operations, shall put an end to them ; they having, as he says, bad ample time to enrich themselves, and a continuance in such transactions being calculated to bring discredit on him personally. As Count Murat, son of Prince Murat, was yesterday riding .on horseback in the Rue Vauneau, his horse was knocked down by a street cab, and the count had his shoulder dislocated. • At a meeting of the Credit Mobilier Society yes terday, a dividend of 178 f. 70c. was declared. This added to the twenty-five franc interest paid on the Ist January, makes the total revenue per share 203 francs 70c. (rather more than £B.) From a return published by the Moniteut it appears that the average price of wheat for all France for the month of April is If. 33c. per hector lite less than it was last month. It is said that Prince Napoleon is about to spend two months in visiting England, Ireland, and Scotland. The police have seized to-day the London Morning Advertiser, Morning Chronicle, and Telegraph, for halving published articles, stating that the Emperor is in debt to a large amount ; that the losses of the French from typhus, in the Crimea, has been much greater than the government admits, &c, Some sensation has been caused here to-day by the publication of a letter, announcing that the Prussian government has resolv!d to carry out, forthwith, its long entertained project, of surround ing Berlin with a double line of fortifications, similar to those round Paris. The plans of the fortifications are already drawn up, and the government proposes to employ the sum of 15,000,000 thalers, which remain .in its bands, of the votes made by the Chamber for military preparations with regard to the Eastern war. A Russian despatch says that M. de NI eyendorff is to be Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia, in the moth of Count Nesseirode, and that Prince de Gortschakoff is only to replace him temporarily. The same despatch says that a Te Deem had been chanted at St. Peter's in honour of the birth of the Imperial Prince of F 7 ance. LITEST INTELLIGENCE. THE PEACE TREATY, The Pas is correspondent of Le Nord observes : Each of 1.110 Foreign Legations has sent to its government - a copy of 23 protocols of the 23 sit tings of the Congress. These 23 protocols form about 1000 pages in quarto. It would seem, then, that the publication will be of great length, and will occupy the Moniteur for some time. The nature of these protocols will be found more inte resting than the public expect, and will reveal incidents little dreamt of. They will have an influ ence upon European politics of a wry important character There is a rumour at Paris that Lord Cowley will be appointed British Minister at St. Petersburg, and that he will be succeeded in the French capital by Earl Stanhope. RUSSIA, A despatch from St. Petersburg, dated the 24th instant, confirms the announcement previously made, that the Czar has definitively appointed Prince Gortschakoff, at present Russian Ambassa dor at Vienna, to be Minister of Foreign Affairs. THE FRENCH FUNDS PARIS, FRIDAY EVENING At the close of business on the Bourse to-day, the quotations of the Funds stood at the subjoined rates :—Four and a Half Der Cents, 03f. 90c. ; Three per Cents, 74f. 20c. THE FRENCH ENYoT TO ST. PETERSBURG.—A Paris journal states positively that General de la Rue will be the new Ambassador to St. Petersburg, M. de Morny's mission having reference to the coronation of the Emperor Alexander. In consequence of a memorial from the army paymaster, Lord Panmure has cousented to the honorary rank of Major being conferred upon nose paymasters who may retire upon half-pay after a service of thirty years ; but his lordship can see no grounds for granting honorary rank to to this class of officers while on full pay, nor for increasing the rate of retirement allowed to them by the warrant of the 6th of October, 1854. ADULTERATION OF FOOD.—A testimonial is about to be presented by the members of the medical profession and other gentlemen of rank and influence, to Dr. Hassan, in acknowledgment of his great and meritorious services to the public as detector of adulterations in various articles of food. This testimonial was to have been presented on Wednesday evening, at the Free masons' Tavern, but the ceremony was postponed in consequence of the naval review at Spithead. NEATII HARBOUR IMPROVEMENT. —Considerable im provements in the entrance and navigation of the river and harbour at Neat! are to be carried out. The Neath harbour commissioners have taken Mr. Brunei's advice, and that eminent engineer has given his opinion that by care the entrance may be deepened to the extent of four feet ; and he. has b: , en commissioned to carry out his plan, which is gradually to form banks, continuous or detached, carefully watching the effect of each advance, and syste matically surveying the whole, so that the guiding walls of the channel can be varied as required. THE NATIONAL GALLERY.—Afiibill has been brought in by Mr. Wilson and the Chancellor of the Exchequer to extend the powers of the trustees and directors of the National Gallery, and to authorise the sale of the works of art belonging to the public. It authorises the said trustees and directors to order the sale, from time to time, of any pictures and works of art under their care " which they may adjudge to be unfit to be preserved as part of the national collection." Pictures and works of art given or bequeathed to the nation will (unless the donor or testator mike other provision) be vested in the trustees of the National Gallery. THE LATE MR. JOHN SADLEIR AND THE ROYAL SWEDISH RAILWAY.—The report of the committee of investigation has been published. It appears that no forged obligations had been discovered, and only one parcel of forged shares, amounting to £20,000, which will, of course, be withheld from circulation. The shares wronfzfully issued in dupli cate, however, are stated at -el9,7oo,:whilst the over-issued obligations amount to £12,263, but of these latter a large proportion is held in a deposit merely. The nominal value of the shares, original and duplicate, over-issued by Mr. Sadieir, is £275,345, and of the obligations £43,477. In addition, he has:given acceptances of the company to the extent of £27,591, for which the company did not receive any consideration. The gross total of Mr. John Sadleir's liabilities to the company, are estimated at the enormous sum of .e 346,413. ADULTERATION OF FOOD.—Before the Select Committee which sat on Thursday, Mr. Scholefield in the chair, Mr. John Jackson, a miller at Wakefield, was examined, and gave a very interesting account of the manner in which alum and composite matter was ground up by small millers with wheat, thereby adulterating the flour, for the pur pose of giving it a better colour. • lie thought that recent exposures had done much good, and that millers in exten sive business would not attempt to commit, similar frauds. knowing that their whole stock would be liable to seizure at any time. He would recommend a wholesale inspection of all flour mills, that is, the appointment of a person who really understood what he was inspecting. Many of the persons who inspected flour did not know ground alum from flour, and knew not the difference between Egyptian and English wheat. The rule for appointing inspectors ought to be men who understood what they were examining, instead of which incompetent persons were appointed, thereby leaving the door open for fraud. CAMBRIDGE ASYLUM FOR SOLDIERI' WIDOWS.—OD Thursday a meeting of the friends and supporters of this charity took place at the London Tavern, the Houourable Colonel Liddell in the chair, when eight widows were elected from a list of thirty-eight candidates, and a statement was circulated that Lieutenant-General Thorn, of the Buffs, bad undertaken to erect, furnish, and endow in perpetuity, with allowances for the inmates, eight rooms of the propo:ed addition to the building for widows of non-commissioned officers and privates of his regiment. He had also generously offered, at his own cost, to erect a chapel attached to the asylum, capable of holding one hundred persons. As the committee thought it desirable that the portion about to be erected should contain, at least, twenty•eight rooms, and as the cost was estimated at about £4,550, they appealed to the public to assist them in carrying out this proposition, whereby a perma nent home and allowances would be afforded to sixty eight soldiers widows. THE EXPENSES OF COUNTY SHERIFFS.—The proceed ings at the recent Suffolk Assizes with reference to the High Sheriff of the county have led to much discussion in the district, and it is said that the fine of £lOO im posed by Chief Justice Jervis will be resisted. The expenses attending the office of sheriff in Suffolk are estimated at £l,OOO, but £2OO of this sum is generally repaid by the government under a " bill of craving." The following are some of the items charged to a High Sheriff in a recent bill :—Rubes for chaplain, £3l 10s; tavern expenses at assizes, £63 18s od ; hire of horses and carriage, harness, &c., £238 ; coachman and servants' liveries, trumpets, banners, silk scarfs, shoe-buckles, whips, &c., £45; javelin men's liveries, £lB6 8s; pay ; ments to javelin men and trumpeters at assizes, £B6 10s.. judges' officers, £l9 19s; ringers, £6 6s ; clergymen for the use of pulpit, £2 2s ; clerk and sexton, £1 is ; marshal, £2l is 6d ; judges' beer (rather a mysterious item,) £l7 83; bailiffs, .£-10 19s ; messengers, £l5 15s ; jailers, £8 Ss ; under-sheriff for attening assizes, £42 ; under-sheriff's expenses, £l2 9s 6d ; advertise ments £l6 lOs ; miscellaneous (about) £55 ; bill for passing sheriff's account at treasury, £l3 10s. At th sessions there are further expenses—for javelin men, £25 4s ; under. sheriff, for striking juries' precepts, &c., £33 12s; seven officers for summoning juries, £l4 14s; clerk of the peace, £4 4s. THE DESPERATE BURGLARY.—At the Eclington court house on Wednesday, Thomas Jarvis, of Siaveley, miner, was brought before Messrs. H. Bowden and W. L. Bag shawe, on a charge of being concerned. along with seven other men, in a desperate burglary perpetrated at the house of Mr. Samuel Hodgkinson, farmer, of Beighton Fields ' on the morning of Taesday week. Jarvi s was anprehended on the morning of the robbery, having been spoken to by one of Mr. llodgkinson's grandsons, as the man who first entered his room. Seven other men, named John Haigh, Joshua Haigh, William Pol lard, Samuel Shaw, John Rodgers, John Berresford, and John Shaw, were subsequently apprehended, snd taken before the magistrates on Monday along with Jarvis ; but the whole of the men, with the exception of Jarvis, were remanded at large, as none of them could be identified, the burglars having worn masks and veils over their faces. Jarvis, however, was po-itively identified by George Needham, grandson of Mr. Hodgkinson, who stated that the wind blew Jarvis's veil on one side Os be entered the bedroom, and afforded witness a full view of his face. Mr. Patteson, solicitor, appeared for the prisoner, and called several witnesses, who stated that Jarvis was taken home and put to bed in a helpless state of intoxication at twelve o'clock on the night of the robbery, which was perpetrated at three o'clock in the morning, and therefore could not possibly have taken part in it. A mask and veil were found in prisoner's house when he was apprehended, and Needham speaks most positively to him. The bench on Wednesday committed him to take big trial at the next assizes at Derby. The prisoner was admitted to bail on his own recognizances to the amount of £5O, with two sureties in £25 each, IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT• HOUSE OF LORDS.—FRIDAY. Their Lordships met at five o'clock.l Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition from the corpora tion and inhabitants of Halifax, complaining of the griev" antes of married women by the existing statOS'f the law- A brief discussion took plac . .) with regard to secondarf punishments, but nothing of importance transpired. MARRIAGE WITH A DECEASED WllfeS SISTER. Earl of St. GERMANS moved the second reading o f th's s i s ter. bill, to legalise marriage with a deceased wife's " 1 - The argument in support of the proposition d erived fro scripture, and founded on the 18th chapter o f Levitice, was really in favour of no prohibition. T hat chap e. prohibited such marriages during the first w ife's lifetime ; and the logical inference was, that it allowed them afte the first wife's death, and, in supporting this re asonirg ; the noble earl quoted largely from severa l modern d ivhe and ancient fathers. The Bishop of OXFORD moved that the bills hould be, read a second time that day six months. The right r r it prelate denounced the bill as repugnant to the Cliristia institution of the women of England, and expressed a beas P e : that it would be rejected by such a large majoritY wonld deter them from any future attempts to introduce such a measure. The Earl of ALBEMA R LE and Lord REDEsDAt, sup' ported the bill, as remedying a great social evi l ' a h n , contended that such marriages were now prohibited eJ the law of God. Lord DUNGANNON opposed the measure; a nd , the f i bi o li f was further supported by Earl Grey and the Bari ° f Ellesmere, and opposed by Lord Campbell, the BishoP of Cashel, the Bishop of St. Davids, and the Dish* of Exeter. Their Lordships divided. The numbers were For the measure .. 24 ... Againstit ............................................. 43 Majority ................................... The bill bill was consequently lost. n 'clock' Their Lordships adjourned at a quarter to twelv e - HOUSE OF COINIAIONS.—FRTDA Y. The SPEAKER took _he chair at four o'clock. The Bath Gas Bill PRIVATE and the BUSINESS. Worksop Gas Big vi er° severally read a third time and passed. the The Boston Gas Bill, the Canada CompanY m - ' l3 ll Eastern Union Railway;Bill, and the Leeds Wa ter - were considered, and ordered to be read a third tittle' The order of the day for the committal of th e Barnsped, Canal and Colleries Railway Bill was read and discharge 8 . iti ra O Mr. L. KING moved CATUTE for a ` copy copy of the rnernora.nu n , f the Attorney-General to the plan of proceeding in et) sideration of the statutes.—Agreed to. ; a or Sir. J. SHELLEY presented a petition from the pa r— , a 1 St. Martin-in-the-Fields against the Metropolis 11°- Management Act. THE CAL . Lord JOHN RUSSELL ECCLESIA.S brought up theCOMMISSION r eport of tba committee on the Ecclesiastical Commission. Mr. J. G. PnLLLtMORE gave notice that on MondnY, Mr. Whiteside's motion on the fall of Kars, House he sh oo move an amendment, expressing the opinion of that that the calamity was attributable principally to .the feeling existing between Lord Stratford de Redeliffe General Williams. old Colonel FRENCH gave notice that on Monday I . l ' ° the enquire of the Government, whether the islands in Danube were by the treaty of peace to be restored to Turkey, or to be claimed by Russia. THE FALL OF KARS WILLS AND AD MINISTRATION BILL. In reply to Mr. R. Phillimore, t, the The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said that it was not inteution of the Government to withdraw the Wills an d Administrations Bill in consequence of the defeat of the Church Discipline Bill. COMMUNICATION WITH IRELAND. In reply to Mr. H. A. Herbert, A h Ir. Wits ON said that up to that time no comm uaic tions a d taken place between the Government and the 4 North Western and Chester and Holyhead RailWai 1111 ,4 the City of Dublin Steam Packet Company with reS' to the regulation of the postal and passenger communica tion with London and Dublin. There were reasons W Il Y: delay was both necessary and proper, but the Governmee; were now prepared to propose tenders to the coraP anie upon such terms as would probably lead to their aocessief. As soon as an rrrangement was concluded, h e should ute: prepared to lay on . the table all the papers on the suhjec THE TRENCH DUTIES AT SEBASTOPOL. ro On the motion that the House at its rising do adiau till Monday, Mr. C. STANLEY enquired whether a n y dig , t , ll3 ; guisbing mark of honour or reward was to be g,;,,0 to men who had been engaged in the arduous ( 3 ' l " rl l, te' ) of the trenches and attacks u pon the enemy's ju vvcid who e d during the siege of S e b as t o p o l, or if it was that the Crimean clasp which i s bestowed up on 3 , l ll n r w ing ever were employed, to be the only mark of the 4 t he constancy displayed by those gallant men throughen- a' hardships and dangers of that protracted siege. the Mr. PEEL said that no do u bt the duty performed is the trenches before Sebastopol was the most ardour that static. devolved upon an army, and all must admire th e eeestaded and gallantry of the men so engaged. It was inter forfor that the Sebastopol clasp should be given for that rom other services, and he did not think that it detracted " 5 ,st the value of the reward that it was worn b y other inferior merit. MASTERS IN THE NAVY. Mr. LAYAUD complained of the incorrectness of a r etu tb il i , furnished to Parliament, in reference to masters ill navy. Mr. B. OSBOR NE explained that the errors ar ose th ri) ba gi cl the inadvertence of the head of a department, 1111°001- been recently appointed, and who had negle cted to - pare the return with the despatches. DAY OF THANKSGIVING. In reply to Mr. BYNG, int 1 Sir G. GREY stated that it was intended to aPP ° l c 3 tton was day of thexchanged, aanksgiyiqg fo nd a r the special peace a form ofs soon as proer ;i the r at be drawn up for the occasion. TROOPS FOR CANADA. In reply to Mr. LANG, of tr ° h ° e P y s J L Lord PA 1 ERSTON explained that the num ber 1 sent to Canada was little more than 4, 000 men, 83(,,,,th were only intended to replace those that had been de''' . e at the commencement of the war. THE ARRANGEMENTS THE NAVAL tho.,r:r, r Sir C. Noon tendered a FOR long explanation of rangements made by the Admiralty for members a or, liament to witness the naval review, sho wing that e/ that axviS precaution had been taken to preven t mishap , ' and t he the delays that occurred were chiefly attributable to bad " arrangements of the railway company h After some discussi o n, in the cours e of whic" the Chaplin spoke in defence of the railway subject dropped, an d th e mo ti o n for adjournment to ri on day was agreed to. COUNTY BOROUGH POLICE BILL., The House then went into committ ee Counties and Borough's Bill. On clause one being proposed, lea thou g it to coon' Mr. HENLEY moved an amendment , Leav ri p3OSt ties to provide such a police 00 the Police force as they thought the expedient. He objected to placing the police under observed control of Government, or a chief constable, and - on that the passing of this measure, would Plac e a frorel power over the constabulary in the hands of the , d all Secretary, as if the metropolitan police were extended over the kingdom. Sir G. GREY defended the measure, urging that werlhtY(l four tl counties had adopted the system ' , and in no cal, had L nin x ,,, er t eiied the power which they possesse returning The elarnsoe the old constabulary system. M. T. HAINE 0, gr. PAKINGTON. was also supported by Lord LovATI:i sir j. s, Mr. EVELYN, Mr. M. Gusset., and Mr. 11 —ENTINCK, Mr. HAMILTON, and Captain Sgongi-J'9 supported the amendment. Upon a division, there appeared For the clause For the amendment.. Majority ........... ............... The a cluse ws then agreed to. which th e Clausea2 was agreed to after a division , in - numbers were : .. 198 Forthe clause ..................................... Againstit ........................................... fit Majority .............................. 136 The House then resumed, and the chairman reportea progress. The other business was disposed ef, and the nous ° adjourned at half-past one o'clock.