The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-02-20 00:00:00

Commercial ,"iles. THIS DAY whom it may concern THIS DAY, the 20 h instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' office, 1, Oldhall-street, 100 Tons PALM OIL, ex Catherine, on the quay, east side Wapping Dock, Apply to N. WATERHOUSE & SONS, Brokers THIS DAY, the 20th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' office, 20, Hackin's-hey 24 Cases LIQUORICE PASTE, 3 Do. DITTO JUICE, landed ex Rita, from Bilboa.—Apply to Messrs. F. D Oleaga and Co., Merchants, or to A. & S. H. SLEIGH, Brokers. Tits ANNUAL SUBSCR3PrION TO THE NORTHERN DAILY TIMES Is TWO GUINEAS m ANNUM. `LING EDITION, s r An _Evening Edition of the NORTHERN DAILY TIMES it now Published every Afternoon, at Three o'clocA containing the Markets, together with all the News of th Day, up to the hour of going t 'o Pren, EARLY DELIVERY OF THE "NORTHERN TIMES_ subscriber within four miles of the Liverpool Exchange, or at Rock-ferry, Trawnere, Birkenhead, Woodside, Oxton, Claughton, Seacombe, Egremont, or New Brighton, who —Any does not receive his cop THERM publisher by addressing a our messengers it woul v facilita s completio in their doors On accoun WEDNESDAY THE subject of steam communication with Aus tralia has f the attention of ti several Australian 1 the House of Government, at home and in II Colonies. Mr. LABDUCHERE assin, Commons afew nights since tl at the long disturbed steam communication was about to be what,it was hoped, would prove an endur .ing basis The Colonial Minister even went'so far as to say that a Treasury minute on the subjec buted, and tenders issued for a t had been distri nonthly commu- nication, half the expense of which will - be borne by this country and half by the colonies—the steamers to touch at King George's Sound, Mel bourne, and Sydney, with a branch service to Port Adelaide, Van Diemen's Land, and New Zealand. The Colonial Office has a mortal dislike to Liverpool, and a strong predilection in favour of Southampton, if we may judge by the foreign mail which the latt r enjoys ( r the form a, Egypt, a, Mexico Havan Sr.ew Grenada, Chili gua, and all th foreign colonies in the West Indies. It divides with us the United States and British North Ame- rican mails hile it shares with Plymouth those tc 1 the AN Madeira, Tenner f Afric mails t ampton India, H fondu whole of the W India —against which Li rpool has on mails, and America and Ur share ted Stat J. 131 a Now we ar to be transferred to Southampton riot aware that Southampton possesses one s over Liverpool. And vet natural advar here is centralisation displaying itself in dimensions as great as the spirit that guides it is unjust towards the maritime interests of every other port in the realm. The ships of Southampton are certainly not superior to those of the Mersey. The great bulk of the foreign correspondence of this country belongs to the North. Three_ fourths of our exports consist of manufactures and minerals, and yet our letters are carried away as far as possible from our looms and our mines. A market is made by the Londoner and lost by the bona fide producer in the time occupied in the transmission of mails from the point at which they are landed to :the districts to which they are addressed, and all to continue to favour the the centralisation of mails in one particular With regard to the Australian steam communi cation there are, however, many points to be considered. Monthly packets will not be sufficient for the vast trade which is springing up between the Australian Colonies and the mother country. aiu,, its en lepends on the selectec the time occupied in the passag Eight ,times within the 1 lye months we have had the vast superiority of the Panama route made manifest without any organisation, and simply by accident. Moreover, we are running a race for early intelligence against our ever active if.nd enterprising competitors, the United States. We rmist-get our commercial advises as soon as they reach New York, or we shall miss the great aim and end of steam c ommunication. No steamer capable of performing the entire voyage to Australia without stoppage will avail us one jot in the work before us; and to secure the utmost despatch, the Australian Colony with which we have the largest trade—import and export—should be selected as the packet station, leaving to the the conveyance of mails to all the others. Our branch service and passengers rulets should remember that we are treat ing of a subject in which many millions annually are at stake. We are not reviewing a war budget which passes away with a season of bloodshed, butt we are addressing ourselves to a matter of trade by which millions live in peace and hope to prosper through all time. It is, there fore, expected that those who have the direction of such mighty affairs in their hands will look dili to what they are ab out, and will do t h e b est gently for all. The question of expense dwindles down to a mere cipher .vhen we consider the, true character of the objects we have in view. What sane man would-allow two or three hundred thousand a ye ar to stand in the way of a really efficient line of coin- ach montin,, subscribers would hay which the papers mi some houses is very great at prese disappointment to other subscribers BELMONT SPERM CANDLES P RICES PAI DLE COMPAN are now prepare above l Wir works, Bromboro' Poo', near Belmont, Vauxhall, London, 1411 SYLVESTER L. SAMUEL, WATCH AND CLOCK Manufacturer, 2, York-Street, Duke-stree•, Importer of American Clocks and Foreign merchandise. Shippers and the TRY the WORKING TAILORS' ASSOCIA TION, 15, Williamson-street, Church-street. Th, Style, Quality, and Fit not to be surpassed in the Traci zlation isenrolled ander Act of Parliament.—H. SMITH, Manager This Aliso FIRST EXHIBITION of the FRENCI SCHOOL of the FINE ARTS in Liverpool, includin MAD'LLE ROSA BONHEIIR'S GREAT PICTURE OF 'THE HORSE FAIR, Is NOW OPEN at the Liverpool Academy Rooms, Old Post•ofce place, Church-street. Admission men's Season Tickets, 5s atalogu, Ladies' D s Cd.—Open from Tei till Five o'clock . B. FRODSHAM, Secretar sing this country from the slough of panic and bullion starvation ? Viewed politically, it would afford that relief to the State it now so much needs, and which it must continue to receive to enable its machinery to work smoothly and Disguise it as we will, Australia is the upon whit 1853 1854 18 55 way Corn traffic )1.1 119.4 btirz,lD The Cotton Market has shown no change to day, and a moderate business has been done at steady prices, the sales reaching 7,000 bales, of 1,500 were taken for speculation and export. The Liverpool Share Market has been quiet but steady throughout the day, closing without any feature to remark upon :—Aberdeen, 12a 121. Chester and Birkenhead, 131-, 14. Ca. ledonian, 278 28. Chester and Holyhead, 128 13. Eastern Counties, 10 101. East Lancashire, 18 184 Great Northern, 221 23. Ditto A Shares, 9a Great Western, 574 571, Lancashire and Yorkshire Stock, 811 82. Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport, 15 158. London and North Western Stock, 1018 101.1. Man chester, Sheffield and Lincoln, 24 24Z-. Ditto Preference, 11 111. Ditto New 6 per cent. Pref., p. Midland Stock, 693-, 70. North British, 7-1-, 71. North Staffordshire, 68 6d d. South Eastern and Dover, 191 19 7-16. York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 188 19. York and North Midland, 25i 253. Leeds Capital Stock, 141 151 Dutch Rhenish, 11-16 13-16 p. Ditto New Shares, 2 3-16 2 5-16 p. Great Western of Canada, 26 268. Ditto New Shares, 31 3d p. Great Luxembourg, 9,1 8d d. There was a fair business done in the Liverpool t to-day, and prices generally had an le all I improving tendency. m Madrid r the pE Cruz, to general contribu - Alen that the general our of the pro- ster of Finance, nctroi duties by lid that the s only oppr ri. It is articles of eon sumption, whereas the new law will be oppressive upon all. Thatthe old law was only burdensome to consumers,while the newlaw will be equally so upon - id provinces t, under the general tax is made with perfect equality. The retirement of the former able Minister of Finance, Senor Bruil, is much regretted through out Spain, in the present state of financial affairs of the nation. The Moniteur has published a financial state ment of the expenses incurred by the French na tion in prosecution of the war against Russia, which shows a considerable increase yearly, during the three years it has lasted. The items are as follows : 401,641,82.5 f. 601,251,025 f. 1,079,801,425 f 2,082,694,37 M. The foregoing shows an increase in the expendi ture for the army and navy of France during the past year as compared with that of 1851 of 478,550,400 f. ; the total of the year amounting to more than the two previous years. Should the war continue this year a further increase on 1855 is expected. These figures are significant of the pressure upon the financial resources of France, as influencing the Government in the present pacific aspect of affairs. The half-yearly meeting of the Blackwall Pail )y was held to-day, when some discus sion took place. The net revenue for the past half year wa5•23,8901. 14s. 5d., from which the interest on debentures was deducted, leaving 19,3331. 75..4d. available for a dividend of 3s. 6d. per share. There' )me complaint about the falling off in the The report and dividend were agreed to. The English Funds to-day were rather lower in price, closing 1, to per cent. below the final quo tations of yesterday. The final quotation of the day was 901 to 90-4. This fact is attributable to extensive sales made throughout the day in pre paration for the new loan. No other firm than that of Messrs. N. M. Rothschild and Sons has invited subscriptions from the public. They pro pose to tender for both the 5,000,0001 loan, and the funding, and all applications will be considered as joint applications. The public are thus invited to subscribe for the whole 8,000,0001. To-day 89 or 894 per cent. was spoken of as the prcbable figure for the whole 8,000,0001. The deposit of 20 per cent. is a heavy one, and will tend to check the disposition to subscribe. NetertheleS§ it is fully expected that the total subscriptions will be far in excess of the amount required. Notwith standing a general demand for money to make the deposit, no pressure was expe rienced to-day. In Lombard-street, thj supply of money on offer was liberal. In the Stock Exchange the current rates were 6 to 7 per cent. upon Government Securities. Messrs. Roths child's list will be closed on Thursday, at two o'clock, p m. The subjoined are the last quotations of the Foreign Exchanges :—Amsterdam short, 11 193 to 11 19. Do Three Months, 12 121 to 12 1.21. Do., 11 111 to 11 111. Antwerp, Do., 25 Brussels, Do, 2557.1 to 25 64 Ham , to 13 111 Paris, Short, 25 S'' Months, 25 77 to 25 seilles, Do., 25 80 to 25 821. Frankfort Vienna, - Do., 10 Do., Thre( 2*. Mar 1201- to 1207 Trieste Do , 10 2 36 to SO. Mad 1, Do French Funds closed Lo-uay much the same as yesterday. The Freight Market continues very dull with very little inquiry for tonnage. Vessels are offering freely, which, in the present state of the market, tends materially to increase the depres. sion. The confident anticipations of peace have led to a good deal of speculative chartering for the Russian trade; ships having been chartered for tallow from ports iu the Black Sea, and Sea of Azoff, at rates ranging from 68s to 80s per ton, with the option of cancelling, if peace is not declared by the Ist of May. For Archangel en gagements are proposed on similar conditions, at .5s 6d for oats and 90s per standard hundred for deals. The Railway Share Market to-day was gene rally fairly supported. The following are the closing prices : Caledonian, 55156. Eastern Counties, 101-I6 10 3-16. East Lancashire, 71 73. Great Northern, 931 931. Great Western, 57j,- 571. Lancashire and Yorkshire, 814 82. London and North Western, 1001 101. Manchester Sheffield, and _Lincolnshire, 241 251. Midland Stock, 691 70. North British, 29 30. South Eastern and Dover, 64j-, 641. York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 71 72. York and North Midland, 51; 52. THE WEATHER has been very changeable for some days past, and since Sunday the atmosphere has been very cold, and although not actually frosty, the weather continues severe. ARCHITECTURAL SOCIETY.—We hear that the vext question of Architectural Competitions is to be brought under the notice of this Society, by Mr. Hay, the president, in consequence of the Town Council having decided to invite a miscellaneous competition foil the Library and Museum. As this is a knotty subject, and one on which opinions differ ,greatly, even in the profession itself, an animated discussion may be expected. ST. CHRYSOSTOM'S CHURCH. —We understand that on Sunday next the Rev. John Macnaught will preach two sermons at the above church, one on the " External" and the other on the "Internal Evidences of Christianity," and we have no doubt from the acknowledged abili y of the rev. gentlemen that the church will be fully attended. LIVERPOOL YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION.— The eleventh lecture of the series, in connection with this institution, was delivered in Hope Hall, Hope-street, last night, by the Rev. R. S. Candlish, D.D., of Edinburgh. Notwithstanding the extreme coldness of the night, the hall was crowded to overflowing by a most respectable audience, and numbers of persons also in vain endeavoured to obtain admission. The subject of the lecture was " Conscience and the Bible," and its treatment by the rev, gentleman was most comprehensive and masterly. It 'would be vain to attempt an analysis of it, nor would it be just to the lecturer to mar his discourse by what, under any circumstances, could be but a most imperfect condensation. We shall not, therefore, attempt it. The chair was occupied by the Rev, M r . Wright; and on the conclusion of the lecture, the thanks of the meeting were voted by acclamation to the Rev. Dr. Candlish. ARREST OF AN ABSIJONDING CLERK.---Robert Wilson, ged 54 years, late cashier in the employment of M essrs. T. & J. Brockletank, ship owners and merchants of this town, absconded on Tuesday, the 12th instant, and was charged with having embezzled large sums of money, the property of his employers. A reward of £2OO had heen offered for pprehension. Yesterday, about three o'clock, Inspectors and Kehoe, of the detective police, succeeded in arresting him' in a house in Plant-street, off Brunswick read, where a sum of upwards of £3,200 was found on the person of the prisoner. The amount of his defaleations has not at present been stated. The prisoner, when arrested, stiali:mheorhuaidne. missed a train, and but for that he should have Ile added that he felt happier no w than he had the last ten years. The prisoner was lodged in the - ' lu men, and will be brought before the magistrates WICONISDAY, FEBRUAIIY 20,1850, LATES INTELLIGENCE. SECOND EDITION. THE PEACE CONGRESS PARIS, TUESDAY EVENING The Conferences will commence on Monday nexl+, `should Mali 'Rocha, the - Turkish Envoy, arrive, as expected, by that time. Count Orloff, the Russian Plenipotentiary, will reach this city on the 21st inst. The Sardinian Envoy will attend the Conferences on an equal footing with Austria. My dear Count, any one else vere, Kami( any object likely to be beneficial to all. They call themselves the Union Finandere (Financial Union.) A report froth . the Minister of State to the Emperor, says that the sum expended for the works of the Louvre up to the end of last year exceeded 1,000,0001. sterling. The works are certainly splendid, but that is a large sum to take from the pockets of the people for masonry and sculpture. --..._ PARIS, SUNDAY EVENING , Count de Boul Schaunstein, Austrian Negociator to rthe Conferences, arrived in this city last evening at half past ten ; Lord Clarendon arrived at mid night. Count Orloff, the Russian Plenipotentiary, was expected in the night or, this morning ; but on enquiry at the Russian Embassy in the Faubourg St. Honore, an hour ago, I learned that he had not arrived; ho is, however: expected almost every moment. His arrival will make the Plenipoten tiaries an grand complet, with the exceptiOn of Aali Pacha, , the Turkish Ambassador, who is not expected for a few days. Lord Clarendon is accompanied by Mr.. Fane, Mr. Spring Rice, .Mr. Vivian, and Mr. Lister of the Foreign Department, and by M r ., Ponsonby, his private secretary. He has taken up his quarters at the Hotel du Louvre. He has to-day had inter views with the _Minister of , Foreign Affairs, and other political personages. ish Pleni peace. Notes viction is stil ie London Times, expecting the ntiary to take a bold and decided onferences, has excited a good Jere, as it is considered a clear wing ti rally eni t at all desirous of however, the con ained that peace iR FCZa certain ; and even in official and. political quarters, in, which formerly it was scouted, it is beginning to creep in. I was informed to-day ,by a person who, I know, sometimes approaches the Emperor, that his Majesty, only yesterday, said that he thought peace was probable, and that, for his part, he desired it. But on forther occasions I have hinted that the Einperar - does - hot always hold it politic to say what he really thinks or desires ; and I still cannot help suspecting, in spite of all I hear, that in this grave matter.his professions must be received with doubt. It is so often that I am . able to' anticipate the correspondents of the London newspapers,: in pro curing important intelligence, that for along time past I have not thought it worth -while . . to 'draw attention to the fact. Happening to see to-day, however, that the Press of London, in • one of its articles, announces somewhat pompously, that the Emperor of the French has written a letter to Lon- . don to say, that though he is favourable to peace, he attaches far greater importance to the English alliance, I beg to remind you that-I was able to make - a statement to that effect very many days ago. Indeed, I have more than once noticed that the Press, notwithstanding the fuss it makes about its peculiar sources of information, has, in matters of considerable importance, been behind the Northern Times, and this has led me to suspect, (be it said, entre noes,) that it is a very diligent reader of your-Paris correspondence. The Constitutfonnel publishes a letter, dated St. Petersburg, (I say dated, because know positively that its. St. Petersburg correspondence. is written in a government office in Paris.) It asserts posi tively, that the Russian government is. really desirous of peace ; and is much pained at the doubts of its sincerity which are entertained in England. It repeats the old story of the Czar haVing been induced to adopt a peace policy;.partly in conse quence of the remonstrances of his wife ; partly from its haying been proved to_him that he was most grievously mistaken, in supposing that England and France were utterly incapable of making another campaign; and-partly because he • had ascertained, beyond all, doubt, that frightful corruption prevailed in his empire —that he had neither the armies, nor the barracks, nor the military stores, he believed' he had—that all Europe was in a fair way of making a coalition-against him, &C. The letter, after giving details of the marriage of the Grand Duke Nicholas, says it is very probable that the' Dowager Empress, who has become alarmingly ill (she herself says that she will certainly not live till March, the anniversary of her husband's death), will very shortly retire to Berlin. The letter concludes by saying that the Russians (so peaceable have they become !) deny that they had hand or part in the unfortunate affair of Mr. Murray, at Teheran, or in exciting Persia to take Herat. An early visit of the Czar Alexander, to Berlin, is talked of. By arrivals at Marseilles, we have news from Constantinople to the 7th. It had been determined that the conferences on the Danubian Principali ties should be suspended, and that:the resolutions come to should be sent to the conferences at Paris, to decide on the matter.' - Up to the 2nd, 3lans continued to fire from th e N or th ern _ - That 5,000. English troops Crimea wast certair to be replaced by other but they The )rn ify the Bay o .1 of Franco is at this The cotton Letories have received considerable f the latter from the United States. o'clock I "agi' MURDER OF TWO CHILDREN Elizabeth Ann Harris, of Uxbridge, was brought up before Mr. Thomas Dagnall, and Mr. A. F. Greville, on S.atard,f last, charged with the murder o f Ell en an d A gnes Harris, respectively age d five and two years and a half, her children, by drowning. The prisoner is twenty-five years of ago and unmarried. She has had three illegitimate children — t he two deceased and an infant six months old, She has been an inmate. of Uxbridge. Union for some m onths, and from the evidence it appeared : that she left that place ea Friday morning with her three children, accompanied by little girl, her niece, aged ll years. They all proceeded to West Drayton, about three miles from the union, the prisoner, saying she i n t en d e d go i ng to P ortsmouth, to meet the father 0 1 her last child. They 4ent to the De Burgh Arms about 11 and remained th ere all the afternoon. About ha lf past six o'clock the prisoner gave the infant to her nie ce ' saying she was going to put' 'the other children to bed at Mr. Co zens ' s , th e R a il way Arms. She went ou t with the children, and returned in about twenty minuteFr saying •she had put them to bed, and sent her nieco t° Uxbridge by the omnibus. The children were found in the canal. A young woman• said she saw her son afterwards run p ast t h e i r h ous e without the children, all", she ran in the' direction of West Drayton. She was seen hY another person on West Drayton bridge about the same tim e —that is, between Yienaley-bridge and the De Burgh Arms. A letter was read which bad been found on the prisoner, from a man (who is married), the father of her last child, expressi n g a desire to have her with him at Portsmouth. The prisoner was comitted for Wilful Murder. THE MURDER AT HOXTON CONFESSION OF THE MURDERESS. By the zeal and perseverence of Inspector Hutton and Sergeant Townsend, circumstances have come to ligbt which establish the fact of the poor child, whom they discovered so horribly mutilated in the cellar of the house No. 18, Linton' Freet, Holton, being either the illegitimate offspring of th e illegitimate child of her CclestincTSoinmer,; deceased brother A direct confession of the murder has been since made by the miserable - parent, she alleging that the act was committed' with a knife, and that she was impelled , to the commission of it by frequent quarrels with her husband, who was obliged to pay 613 a week for its keep, but at the same time she asserts Dt to be her brothel's offspring. Mr. Sommer distinctly denial this, and states that 2s 6d a week only was paid by him 11 agreement before his marriage with the prisoner —that slieb sum was always paid willingly by him. The prisoner has not made any remark relative to how she disposed of the knife, nor can any clue be found as tQ th e place of its deposit, She has been married two years, and Mr. Summer's circumstances were very respectable. The houses N0..,18, is elaborately furnished. THE SALEM.—This fine ship, about NAM so !nue ? ' anxiety was felt for some days, we are glad to say, sailed 0 0 Sunday, from Queenstown for Melbourne, after going„ through, and escaping all the perils, of the late gales: . 11 " the passengers w ere we ll, an d l etters speak in high terms °`, the captain and the ship. We regret to learn that in consequence of the severe indisposition of Wilbraham Egerton, Esq., of TattOn-park' the highly respected m em b er f or the northern division o' , this ' county, William Tateon Egerton, Esq., has been unexpectedly called from his parliamentary duties, and we fear, for the peesent, he will be prevented from attending - them. THE HEALTH OF MR. BRIGHT.--Mr. Bright, M.P., bas been unable to resume his seat in parliament this session, it consequence of indisposition arising from an affection of the liver and bilious attack. The hon. gentleman wa s very unwell when he ottended the: Manchester soiree to himself and colleague, a few days before the assembliet of parliament, and up to the day preceding that meeting, it was doubtful if he would be able to , take part in the; proceedings. • Yesterday a dejeuner was given in the sale-reen2' ,Temple-court, b y M essrs Tr i mmer and Grainger, of Col street, in celeb ra ti on o f t h e fi rst sale of bacon, cheese, an! . ., lard held by th a t fi rm .' A b o u t 200 sat down to a Splendid repast, which was presided over with great ability by Mr• Gecrge Badenach. After full justice had been done to the viands, which were supplied with lavish profusi:3l4 the chairman 'pioposed as a toast the health of th e firm,, the donors of the feast. The toast was r sponded to with great effect by Mr. Grainger, and the proceedings which followed gaVe - higla gratification to all who had the happiness to be present. • CORONERS INQUESTS. — Yesterday P. F. Curry, rsci," borough coroner,_ held the following inquest s : On body of Esther Hall, aged ..50 years. Th e d ecease d re side at No. 160, Falkner_street, and for some time passed, she complained very much of a pain in her heart, and yesterday morning, whilst at breakfast, fell suddenly an d died: Verdict, died of n a t ura l causes.—On the body of Esther Cook, aged 76 years, who died suddenly at No. 25, Lonsdale-street. On Sunday the deceased, who was as infirm person, fell d own s t a i rs, and died from the effects; of the injuries.. Verdict, accident a l death.--On the body ?' Thomas Ashcroft, who died at the Northern hospital, 114 consequence of injuries received by a portion of a wall ill Water -street falling on him. Verdict, accidental death.- -- ) There were three or four inquests held on children, itiv" amongst them on the body of a male child found f" waste ground off Burlington -street, and from the evic it appeared that death was caused by violenoe, and the found a verdict of wilful murder persons unknown. ;ainst Earn o persou - s or ST. CHRYSOSTOM'S WORKING MEN'S AssocrAnorr.- - Within the last few weeks, Cirough the exertions of tbe , incumbent, the Rev. Mr. Macnaught, and a few friends of the working classes, one of these popular places of iestrue: tion and amusement has been established for the E ,6 °l district. The success whi c h h as attended it has far am-passe': the most anxious expectations of its promoters. Lae'. evening the inauguration was celebrated by a tea party, at the National School-rooms, in Mill-lane, Everton. Upvier", i " n" of two hundred o f th e working men and their wives ~.e families partook o f a most excellent tea, provided by xi.' Melbourne, confectioner, with his usual lib era lity, i n the lower schoolroom, which was tolerably decorated f or the., occasion. The company afterwards adjourned to the upPe school-room, the wall of which were decorated with flee and banners, furnished by th e f r i en d s of the association . The Rev. Mr. Macnaught presided, and was supported 11 several of the inhabitants and working men who, bad be en ' instrumental, not alone to forming this useful association. but also of providing the treat they were now enkjing. The Rev. Gentleman briefly addressed the company, and congratulated himself and those around him at the pleasing sight the room that evening presented, when so large t! number of the working classes were met together for rations!, amusement, which had been provided by themselves. I; was, he said, such associations as those that were require in order that th e c l asses for whom they were intended inigh have a place of recreat i on and amusement after the toilg ° 4 the day, and expressed his delight at seeing so lung established in the various districts of this populous tower. Mr. Eaton then briefly addressed the meeting. course of the ev en i ng var i ous songs and glees, were sung by the members of the church choir, and several addresses were delivered by working men. A most delightful evening vv ss spent, and the company did not separate until rather a lat e hour, concluding with the National Anthem, which WO, sung in a most enthusiastic and patriotic manner. SUICIDE. —.On Friday morning, Xr. Charli:Je Shaw, who performed the part of Harlequin in the pantomime at the theatre, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, threw himself into the rive! Tyne from the balustrades of the old bridge, and sv ii ' L drowned. BANDITS BETWEEN ROME AND NAPLES.—The dili<gen f . bet mean Rom e an d N ap l es was again robbed on the night of Febru ar y 3 , near the Ponte delli Casettoni, and only half a mile from the post-house. The bridge was barricaded; and on the diligence arriving at this point two armed tue* presented themselves, more being in the background, vt " dashed out the light, and having rifled the passenger ordered them to he with their faces On the ground. la . this position th ey remained one how and a half, whilst the banditti leisurely examined the baggage 'and help than' selves. The light of the diligence had been seen by t he ' brigadie r a t t he post-house the long delay in it s arrival, no ordersbut,notwithstanding were given t o ascer t a i n the: were a There were n i ne passengers, amongst whom, e t a Mr. S now, an Englishman, M. Franz the keeper of th e Hotel d'Allemacme, in Rome, and a lady, a ll th ree i n the coupe, who through some mistake were not touched. -- ' Letter front Naples (Feb. 11.) WRECKS AND CASUALTIES.—A return has just been printed of th e wrec k s an d casualties on or near the coasts of the United Kingdom in 1855. The result is deplorabl e , :. The total number of w rec k s and casualties were:l,l4l. " 176,544 tons, Of th e vesse l s, 963 Were British, 11 colo nial, and 116 foreign ; of which number were totally wrecked 272, strand e d and recovered 246, stranded (bu t whether total or pa r ti a l l oss not reported) 167, totallyl°- ,s in collision 55, s er i ous l y damaged in collision 178, damaged in collision 14, leaky and foundered 49, leaky O put back to di sc h arge and repair 47, destroyed by fire A, found derelict 19, dismasted and otherwise damaged abandoned 20, capsized and sunk 9, seriously damaged DI • spontan eous combustion of cargo 2. Of these 676 oceurr is e e o r u i , on the e as t coast, 231 on the west coast, and 117 on the south coast of G reat B r i ta i n ; 127 on the Irish coast, 10 ; the Scilly :I s l an d s , 6 off the Channel Islands 34 off hi Northern Islands—viz, Orkneys, Sh e tl an d , and ' Ltebrid(:; 1 3 off the Isle of Man, and 7 off Lundy island. In 185 1 the total number of li ves l ost was 469 ;in 1854, 1,549 , 1853, 689 ; in 1852, 92 0. The number of collis , l reported is greatly on th e i ncrease, being 247 against 94 This registered. in 1854, 73 i n 185 3, and 57 in 1852. increase is, perhaps, attributable, in part at any ra te, to t he same cause as th at o f the number of wrecks al; r e,. mentioned. Total a mount paid to life-boats during ! year, £582 as. 8d; t o t a l amount as rewards for savi D u! life, £655 3s, from which we must draw those supplies '1 our greatness mainly depends. 'To k, therefore, of a comparatively few pounds either the o y or the other in such matters, is to trifle with the commercial wants of both the parent and offspring. The United States are not dependant on even a fortnightly communi cation with Australia. The traffic between our Colonies and California, and across the Gulf of gives them a much more frequent con veyance of both letters and passengers. And if Southampton is to have the advantage of the steam mails to Australia, there will be still room for Liverpool to establish a bi-monthly line, via Panama. But this would lead to the same con fusion which now attends the division of the an mails The Isthmus route has nevertheless, such tha tender for obtain it, b% guru ; and our Borough representatives should use their influence to secure the retention of one out of the two postal I ute, and we again that the without fear of contradiction, 3 to or from Melbourne to this average passa o port, would not exceed 15 days Southampton has to show us that it can beat this ; and it will take all the facilities we can secure for the under taking, to enable us to outrun the States in the race after commercial intelligence. If anything could be gained by producers, or by any other class of traders, more immediately interested in the quick •1-. of Australian advices, Liverpool would be trap si compelled to v and w her claims to a fair share of th 9 patronage of the C °lonia' office, ally can be gained beyond shipowners' But where nothing re-' with the members for Lancashire and --- Cheshire, will bestir themselves to obtain for the entitled that to which it is so justly Southampton can 1 ve upon fashion. In the North exist by toil and trade, and let us not 3 must abmit quietly to being denuded of those portions Government favours which render the one and ti iothing more than mode- remunerative and To throw on Austraria 'eeble as she is, one-half of the expense of se commercial facilities of which we shall enjoy share, appears to us to be anything but 1 though a Coun ty Court attorney boast of having escaped in a case of non with nothing more than his client's costs to t his hoped that the Minister of the Crown lo is entrusted with the destinies of the most valuable portions of ou ill not be heard v too loudly over his sapiency, or that petty conomy to which Mr. LAB OIIC HE RE ears to have given way in the present instance THE COURT BIICIUNGHAM PALACE, TIIESDAY.—The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Princess Royal, Prince Arthur, and the Princess Alice, and attended by the Hon. Beatrice Bvng, the Hon. Mary Bulteel, Major-General Bouverie, and Captain Du Piat, honoured Mr. Burford by a visit 1 Interior of le City of Sebastopol. The Prince e on hor with th e Prince of Wales an 'red. The Duchess of Ke It visited her Maje Buckingham Palac Viscount Palmerston had an idience of the Queen in the afternoon. Her Majesty and rime Albert, accompanied by the Princess Royal and rinco Alfred, honoured the Olympic TI h their TOWN I MORGE'S-lIALL Mayor, to con- abitants to protest agains lition of the town dues, was yesterday in the Town Hal', at one o'clock. Th by nearly 2,000 His worship d to cor ne the m Tting for Friday, at St. George's Hall quisition, with e signatures, we publish in our columns to-day at.—lntell The re, es that th ence from Hamburg, dated the 17th carryin 840, in pia( nto effect of the Constita- 1849, has occasioned a Ministerial crisis in Hanover. Several members of the Cabinet have tende red their resignation to the King. LzommaTzu EL2CTION.—The candidates for the repre sentation of this Borough, Mr. Campbell, (li' Mr. Gathorne Hardy, (conservative), were nation on Monday. A poll was demanded, morning., at ten o'clock, the numbers stood tbus—.i. for Mr. Campbell, 24 .—Majority for Mr ), and t in nomi- , 50; and yesterday MR. SEROBINT WILKINS. - -It is with in that we are enabled to state that the t, after his severe attack of illness, passed a bly better yesterday ; and it is the opinion of his medical advisers that, in two or three days, he will be sufficiently recovered to resume his pro fessir— ILLNESS OF much sa earned serge ght, and was considers with it - - 4.- - on that Mr. J. C Ewart mons last night the petit wincti was sent up from this town on Mondey evening, in favour of opening the national places of amusements for the benefit of the working classes on Sundays. The petition wls most numerously and respectably signed. Besides the ;natures of the judge of our county court, and of our nendiary magistrate, it embraced those of 16 magistrates, hopkeepers and trades ; and consider- 138 merchant, 1,064 s ni:l 49 publicans ine, moreover, the exceedingly short time that was allowed for preparing and obtaining signatures, we think such an array of names, embracing all classes, affords an indisputable proof of the opinion generally held in our community on the subject to which the petition has reference. Mr. Clercs second ball this season took place on Monday evening last,and was very respectably attended. THE GREAT SALE OP CATTLE AT EASTRAM YESTERDAY. —The annual sale by auction of cattle, fed by Messrs. Tort and Li m. was held yesterday at Bankfield's farm, near Eastham. The auctioneers were Messrs. Thomas and Henry Banks. The sale commenced at about half past one o'clock. The or of Messrs. Littled ale and Torr that was offered for sale yesterday consisted of 75 extra prime short-horned and West Highland heifers, bullocks and cows, 100 fat sheep, and a number of fat pigs. The sale was very numerously attended,. the buyers coming principally from this town and the neighbouring towns of Cheshire. , Gentlemen who had regularly attended the sale for a great number of years all declared -that there bad never in their recollection been such a large and well fed a number of cattle offered by Messrs. Littledale and Torr. mong the buyers were Messrs. Thompson, Lamb, Brown ,(l, Dridden, Richard Banks, Thomas Huc,,hes, Crew, of ter; Cross, Leicester, Tomlinson, Griffith, Walter, Thirteen short-horned Cows realised 22t1 lOs. short-horned b u ll ocks produced £721 -tried heifers, £3ll 7 5. 6d.; one hundred £2OO ss. ; and four prime fat pigs The total amount realised by fat Leic were sold fcr I the sale was X 1,657 A. 6d lustralia fif 01 luable ssessions as Would it now 1 most iterially i❑ r Tnment bill lowest possible fi THERN TIMES.-LIVEIIPOOL, MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL. LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY EVENING THE CONFERENCES, The Independanee Belge publishes the following as the conclusion of the final interview of Count Buol, the Austrian Envoy to the Paris Conferences, with his Imperial Master :—A few hours before his departure, Count Buol had the honour of a private, reception by the Emperor. It is stated that the Sovereign, at thi final interview, gave to Minister new proofs of confidence as h able. to.the one as to the othe he said, " you know bettei than policy rich I have followed in the present qu tion, and the intentions by which I have all through been actuated. In replying then to one and to all, -do not adhere to the strict letter of your instruc tions ; all that you do will be well done if you solid basis, and which will therefore be honourable to all parties." We learn .from Berlin, under date of the 18th inst., that the Austrian propositions on the Eastern question will not be discussed in the Federal Diet . till Thursday next. The Allied Powers and Austria are stated to have determined on a temporary occupation of the Turkish territory after the conclusion of the peace. This will be done with a view to guarantee the tranquillity of Turkey, whilst the reforms in favour of the Christians are, carried out. The Danubian Prin: cipalities, Constantinople, Gallipoli, Adrianople, Varna, Trebizond, and Erzeroutn are named as points of occupation. Russia is to take no part in this measure of precaution. THE EAST. MARSEILLES, FEB. 19 The Ganges has arrived. Aali Pasha is expected here to-night. He will bring with him the decree of the Sultan sanctioning the proposed measure relating to RefOrm. The Porte, it is stated, will demand that the Principalities shall remain distinct, but admitting fsr each of them the establishment of an hereditary Hospodar. -..-.-- THE FRENCH FUNDS PARIS; TUESDAY EVENING The transactions on the Botirseto-day closed at the following prices :—Four and a Half per Cents., 97f ; Three per Cents., 73f 65c. FRANCE. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, MONDAY EVENING A " change has come over" the Parisians to-day, they no longer consider peace as so absolutely and positively certain as they have done for weeks past, nor even as they did yesterday. What has shaken the belief in it, in courtly and political circles, is, that Lord Clarendon, though he only arrived in Paris on Saturday night, at a late hour, was received by the Emperor yesterday in private audience, at the Tuilleries, before Count Buol, the Austrian negotiator, who arrived several hours previously, and before Baron Brunow, the Russian envoy, who had been here for some days previously. M. Brunow perhaps could not lave properly been receive( Jut that Count Buol should n forced to wait for him, so it seems, contrary to etiquette—he being the representative of an "ally," having, arrived first, and being, moreover, the plenipoten tiary of an " Emperor," who is diplomatically But what has made a far greater than a Queen greater iimpression on courtiers, and courtly and political circles, is, that the _Emperor received his lordship with the most marked cordiality, and in a manner to show that he attaches the highest importance to the English Alliance. " Decidedly," is the general exclama tion in the circles referred to, " there is no chance of breaking off the English alliance, and as England is for war, the Emperor cannot be so anxious for peace as has been supposed." The ordinary public is not aware of what is above related ; but its faith in peace has been spoken not less seriously, by the publication in the. Journal des Debats of one of those diplomatic articles, which it alone, of all the Euro pean press, has the means of procuring, and which contains some unexpected revelations According to the Debats the Turkish plenipoten tiaries will insist that the destruction of the military. arsenals in the Black Sea, to which Russia has given her consent, shall comprise Nicolaieff, inasmuch as the naval dockyards and arsenals there, are quite as menacing to Turkey as Sebas topol itself was ; but that the Russians will main tain that the conditions accepted do not comprise Nicolaieff, inasmuch as that place is not " in" nor " on" the Black Sea, but is a considerable distance inland, and is morever not navigable by vessels of war. .As to the Aland isles, the Debats thinks that Russia will not 'object to undertake not to fortify - them ; but, HI revanche, it doubts greatly that she will give up Kars without the surrender of the points in the Crimea occupied by the Allies. As to a cession of territory for a " rectification " of the frontiers. of Russia and Turkey in Asia Minor the Debats says that Russia will certainly not con sent to it. Finally, Turkey means to demand an indemnity for her own expenses, but to this, says the Debats, Russia will certai n ly not consent. Thus, then, it appears that Russia has not in reality made the sweeping concessions that had been supposed. It appears also that one at least, it may be two great powers are evidently exciting Turkey to raise up difficulties--else she would certainly not think of so doing. Count Buol, the Austrian, Baron Brunnow the Russian, plenipotentiaries have been presented to the Emperor to-day; but I have not yet been able to obtain positive details respecting the re ception. It is probable, however, from what I hear, that nothing particular took place. The police deny the truth of a statement which was set afloat by the Belgian newspapers, and has found its way into those of England, to the effect that, on arriving at the Strasburg station, Baron Brunow received an ovation from a crowd, and had a bouquet thrown into his carriage with the inscriptio n " Vivo la Russia!" Nothing of the Accounts f ro m th e East state that th e news o f th e took place. kind Czar's acceptance o f th e peace propositions had been Some ti officially ma d e k nown to the Russian , authorities in me tt,4o . I told you that a certain number Georgia, Armenia, and the Caucasian provinces. of hankers had . formed themselves into a A Russian convoy of seventy-five men on its way sort of association, ostensibly to offer their services with provisions to the small garrison left at Kars, has to the government when required, but really to entirely perished in a snow storm. influence the money market according to their The divisions of the Russian army encamped in the interests, and to counterbalance the Credit Mobi• mountains have had their supplies nearly cut off by the Tier. Th ese bankers have since added to their severity of th e weat h er . number, and co m p r ise not fewer than 34. All are c A bulleti n h as b een rece i v ed at St. Petersburg from at the he a d of f i rst rate f i rms, an d some of them of enera: finders, the new com_mander-in-chie in the English ones. Amongst t h e P ar i s members Crimea. It r.: e ntions some affairs of outpost s , th e date of the assoc i ation are R o th sc hild and Co., is to Jan. 26th, and it does not appear, th ere f ore, that Blount and ernes and Co,Barthelemy orders had been given to suspend hostilitie s . Pacha, with the army of 32,000 men, i s still at and Co. Co.,.Omer , Durand and Co , and Talabor and Co. Redoubt Kaleh. The as soc i at i on is b y no means a partnership, but At Kertch, on the 29th ult, the camp received two very tvtio con- opposite reports —one of peace, and the other of a is simply p simply an assemblage of caitalists "lout() their resources in certain propo r ti ons f or l mediated attack by 1 0,000 Russians, It is hoped, that in addition to discounting bills at a long date (ninety days), the Bank of France will shortly reduce its rate of discount. The affair of the Transatlantic steam vessels has not yet been settled, the Company having been called on by the Governmental Commission, to answer a multitude of questions as to matters of detail, and especially asto the speed to he obtained. The Franco- American Company, which lately bought vessels in England, will commence its service between Havre and New York, and Havre and Brazil, in the course of the present month. At Havre, during the week, the sales of cotton amounted to 17,300 bales; the arrivals to 33,000 ; and the stock is 82,600-47,000 bales more than at the corresponding period of last year ; a further arrival of 30,000 bales is, besides, expected. The closing quotations were Ifr. higher than those of last week. PARIS, SATURDAY EVENING. • The German papers bring us the text of the despatch in which Count Buol, Austrian Minister of Foreign Affairs, recommends the Germanic Diet to adopt the five conditions of settlement proposed to Russia. The principal argument he uses is, that the first four are peculiarly favourable to Germany, and that the Diet may be sure that the fifth one, though somewhat vague, will not be allowed to contain anything not rigorously required by the interests of Europe. The Bourse today cOrnpletely recovered from the sort of panic which seized it yesterday, and closed with a rise. THE CRIMEA Camp, Sebastopol, February 6. Yesterday afternoon the Russian fort Nieolaieff was utterly destroyed by the French engineers. Although the immediate intention and object of the very heavy fire which was poured into the town, on the 29th ult., is not yet known, it is now very generally believed that Russian boats were crossing at the time it first occurred. Some additional precautions have been taken in consequence of the occurrence alluded to. Nq further news respecting the progress of the peace nego.- ciations has reached us since the mail of the 19th o f January. The mail d ue y es t er d ay had not arrived at a late hour last night. We have very variable and severe weather since the last mail left. On the 2nd and 3rd inst. there were heavy showers of sleet, hail, and snow, with strong gales of wind from the west and north-west. ' Yesterday the weather was settled and frosty, with a breeze from the north. This still continues y News. `SHE EAST.