Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-04-22 00:00:00

6.ammatird ,Sates. NEXT WEEK, MONDAY On MONDAY next, the 25th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' Saleroom, 0 dhall-street, 120 Tons LIMAWOOD, . now l an dir4 . ex F. Gerstacker, Queen's Dock.—Apply to Messrs Leech, Hermon, and Forwood, Merchants ; or to JOHN BARON and SON, Brokers. On jMONDAY next, thi 15th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the 3, Exchange-alley North, Chapel-street, Tons LINSEED CAKE, om Venice.—Apply to ex 'ranti Me ye THOMAS SILL, 13rolmr, On MONDAY 21 t, the 25th ,stant, at Twelve o'clock, at tile nice, 16, Exchange-buildings, xrrets American ROSIN, _ Nevr 'fork, Apply to Messrs, J. IL RAVNER and Ca, I3rokers gSDAY A wham it may concern wit nct, the 26th instarit,tt Half-Past Onei)'clock precisely at H. 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CHARLES TURMEAU AMERICAN SOLACE.) HISTORY OF THE WORKING QLASSES, Every Saturday, in the NORTHERN' DAILY TIDIES, Price One Penny Under no circ accompanied Barfly for thor's real name and' address, not neces but as a guarantee of good faith. NOTICE TO OUR CHESTER SUBSCRIBERS. OUR CHESTER SUBSCRIBERS ARE INFORMED THAT, IN FUTURE, THE " NORTHERN TIMES " WILL BE SUPPLIED IN CHESTER BY THE AGENT OF MESSRS. W. H. SMITH & SON, FROM THE RAILWAY STATION NEWSPAPER OFFICE. AMUSEMENTS, MEETINGS, &c.—THIS DAY. LIVERPOOL EXHIBITION Rooms tPostrottice Place),—Adam and Eve ODD-FELLOWS HALL (St. Anne-street).—Mr. F. MaeCabe. THE PARISIAN GALLERY OP ANATOMY, Paradise-street. gar For particulars see advertisements on Bth page. .p.jaly to Giosvenor, 1-ve Parliament by the late member, Jry properly declines all interference, preferring to leave 'the choice to the unbiassed judgment of the electors. Mr. S. R. Graves, of this town, has been solicited to offer himself for' Southampton, but has declined, preferring again to court the suffrages of the electors of his native town,--New Ross. Sir. Digby Seymour, who was talked of by some of the Tory party for Liver pool, has issued his address to the electors of Beverley. Mr. Bright's election for Birmingham is to be opposed, as also is that of Mr. Muntz ; one of the opposing candidates, is a solicitor, who resides in the county, and the other, Mr. T. D. Acland, who once represented West Somerset. The walls of the City of London are plentifully placarded with the name of Lord Stanley, as a candidate, but, it - is said, he had given no authority for such a proceeding. The death of Dr. Bethel, Bishop of Bangor, is announced. - Our columns this morning are crowded with reports of local meetings, including the one .on Social Science, the Dock Board, the Health and Workhouse Committee, to which we have only space here to direct attention. The health of the town continues satisfactory, as will be seen by the report of the Medical. Officers of Health, the deaths being below the average of the same period for some time. Small pox has disappeared altogether. , _ At the Dock Board, the Chair - man announced that the bill which had been promoted by that board in Parliament, had received the Royal assent on Tues. , day last, before the prorogation of Parliament, Lambert, the barfier, of Lime-street, who stands charged with a conspiracy to defraud merchants at Dundalk, Belfast, and Dublin, was brought up at the Police-court, yesterday, and committed on two charges. He was, however, again remanded on two charges from Dublin. There appears to be a wide spread conspiracy in this case, Its' well as a factory for the fabrication of forged notes ; on the trial it is expected that some curious revelations will be made. THE APPEAL TO THE COUNTRY WE have already had occasion to remark upon the divers reasons that are given for the appeal of Lord Ivlioi the candidates for the country's suffrages stand respectively, and the political purposes they severally seek to subserve, a few more of their addresses, nly just issued, furnish us with fresh and forcible illustrations. I Strange to Say, in . the very outset of our examina tion of the now lying before us, we find two, from opposite quarters, telling precise'y the _same story-=-putting the issue upon exactly the same, ground—only changing the places in which their political rivals are desired separately to stand, and the. values they are considered .relatively to bear. The Secretary of State for 'the Rome Department, Mr. SOTHERON ESTCOURT, ought to be a good autho rity in the case ; and in soliciting his re-election at the hands of the constituency of North Wilts, he says to them,—" The issue upon which this appeal is made to the constituent bodies of the empire is not, as some have said, whether there shall be a reform in our representative system, or no reform. If it were so, I might ask whiCh paity.has given-the'best proof of sincerity in the cause of reform—ConServa fives, who brought in and pressed as far as. they could a measure which at least bore the marks of careful preparation ; or their opponents, who, when they held office, 'made no such endeavour, and who have now so effectually stopped all chance of reform for the present session ? But, in truth, our disa greements on the subject of the late Bill introduced by the Government do not raise the real question upon which the sense of the country must decide. We might have arranged those differences if another question had not been involved—Which party shall rule at the helm of the State ? This is substantiaey the issue submitted to every constituency." This is Which party shall rule at the helm of the State r The Cons vativc tions and ti ording to the no- of Mr. SOTHERON ESTCOUR himself a Minister and a Conservative —even, too, on the ground of Reform, as " the party that has given the best proof of sincerity in the cause." Now we find an Opposition, a Liberal candidate (Mr. .MILDmAY) coinciding in this view, as regards the issue, but, of course, being as far as the poles asun der from the idea of the ConServatives being the party that "shall rule at the helm of the State." The hon. gentleman thus puts it to the 'Hereford shire electors :—" The question now distinctly sub mitted to you by the Ministry is, Whether the con duct of the country's affairs shall remain in the hands of those who have always halted in its path, or whether it shall be entrusted to those who have bees the originators and consistent advocates of every improvement effected during the last quarter of a century ?" Here, then, we say, is substan- Home Secretary,—only that instead of Lord DERBY and the Conservatives, the honourable candidate for Herefordshire would have, we suppose, either Llrcl JOHN RUSSELL and the Whig Liberals, or Mr. JOHN BRIGHT and the " Advanced " Liberals. The identity thus modified is a sort of Mutato tamable, de to fabula narrate? " Change but the name, the tale is told of you It is told in favour of the Conservatives, by the Conservative Mr. SOTIIERON ESTCOURT; and in favour of the Liberals, by the Liberal Mr. HUMPHREY M LDWAY In the borough of Hertford, we find the Conser vative candidate„ Sir WALTER FARQUHAR, making Ministerial fidelity to the question of Reform the touchstone of confidence and claim. Lord THE NORTHERN TIMES FRIDAY,, APRIL 22,1859 el ) t. FRIDAY, APRIL 22, 1859 THE DAY'S NEWS The chief interest will centre this morning in the news from the Continent, and which is, indeed, not only important, but most alarming in its character. Late yesterday a telegram was received in London, from Turin, by the Tinzes, and published in a third edition of that journal; in which it is stated that General Gyutai had been ordered to present an ulti matum for disarmament, and the sending away of volunteers, and the telegram adds that if this is re fused war is to be declared in three days. The same telegram states that two more divisions of the Aus trian army of 80,000 men have been ordered to the Ticino, and that the English proposal for a congress upon the same conditions as that at Laybach has been refused. It is said that the Government re ,ceived the substance of the information above, and a Cabinet Council was summoned immediately. The information received prior to the foregoing we pro ceed to summarise. The .31oniteur of . yesterday contained the following:—" England has made to the four other great 'powers the following propositions :- 1. To effectuate, previous to the congress, a general and simultaneous disarmament. 2. The disarmament to be, regulated by a military or civil commission, independent of the congress; this commission to be composed of six commissioners, one of whom to be a Sardinian. 3. As soon as the commission shall have commenced operations the congress should assemble, and proceed to the discussion of political questions. 4. That the representatives of the Italian states - should be invited on the congress immediately after -its assembling to take their seats with the represen tatiVes of the great powers, absolutely, as at , the .congress of 1821. France, Russia, and Prussia have given in their adhesion to the proposal of England correspondent of tile Times says, it is certain that, in France, there is no cessation of armaments. The Herald's correspondent says : troops continue to concentrate at Lyon 'Masses of An army is to - be collected on the Rhine frontier. Numerous cavalry regiments have already begun their march thither. Two regiments of heavy cavalry, the carabineers, which had been quartered at Versailles since 1848, left on Wednesday for Strasbourg. Military men consider this fact very significant. A regiment of hussars has been ordered to proceed, by forced marches, to the Piedmontese frontier. General Renault's division was ordered, on Monday, to com mence its March from Lyons to the frontier. A battalion of chasseurs had proceeded six miles when it was recalled, but in the night they departed by railway, The - Vienna correspondent of the Times says that avourable accounts had arrived from the SUCCESS of the Archduke Albrecht's mission. It was asserted that, although Prussia would not take any steps of importance until France had definitively rejected the propositions of Austria, preparations were being made for mobilising a part of the Prussian army. Four army corps are to be ready, in the first instance, for this emergency, each corps consisting of 32,000 men. Three army corps of the army of the German Confederation are to be placed on the Upper Rhine. The danger of war is considered so imminent at Frankfort that the Federal Diet, which has been holding secret sittings, has resolved not to adjourn for the Easter holidays. A letter from Berlin states that the editors of newspapers in Prussia have been requested not to publish anything connected with preparations for war, or movements of troop s . The s emi-official Russian gazette, Preussiche Zeitung, publishes an article which states that the assembling of the congress is becoming more and more doubtful, and that the state of affairs has assumed a most serious aspect. Ic induces the 'Russian Government to think that it is a proper time to make proposals to the Federal Diet for the purpose of taking measures for its own interests and safety. Government has even preceded the proposals, by ordering three coys d'arnzee to be placed on a war footing. These measuros are merely of a defensive character, and without any aggressive signification. Advices have been received from Constantinople to the 13th inst. The apprehension of war has aroused fears of an insurrection in Turkey. The deliberations of the Divan have lately been addressed to the consideration of the attitude which it should assume to meet coming emer gencies, and Omer Pacha has been summoned. The 'Journal de Constantinople quckes letters from the Danubian Principalities, confirming the, report of Russian armaments in Bessarabia. The. Greek Government is making a new loan. The concession of the railway from the Bosphorus to Smyrna has been granted to an English company, represented' by the editor of the Journal de Constantinople. Letters have been received tending to confirm previous reports that I'oo,ooo Russians are' to be assembled in Georgia. The Bombay mails of th arrived. The news has 26th of March has 'en chiefly anticipated by _ „ the telegram published some two days since. The details are, however, highly satisfactory. It is said that the rebellion has been so completely suppresed that that there is nothing to say respecting the movements of the rebels. The Election News is meagre. The Liberal can didates for South Laßeashire continue their tour, and yesterday those on the other side made a beginning, and, strange to say, that Ormskirk and Southport were favoured with speeches from the four candidate. In Chester, the contest between Mr. Salisbury and Mr. Humberstone will be very severe, Mr. Grenfel has resigned, and his supporters are re commended to vote for Mr. Salisbury, but a large number will, it is said, vote for Mr. Humberstone. Nevertheless, Mr. Salisbury's friends count upon a certain victory, and certainly, if the electors of Chester study their own interest, to say nothing of the great political principles involved, they should s to be accompanied to bu TWIN RUSSELL, in 1852 and 1854, he shows, pro mised, but withdrew Reform Bills ,; and Lord PALMERSTON in 1857 and 1858, promised, but never produced such measures at all. Whereas, he de dares, "in 1858 and 1859 Lord DERBY promised and kept his word by bringing forward a Reform Bill, which was read the first - time ; but upon the second reading, political parties, agreeing only in their opposition to the Government, combined to prevent the fair discussion of the merits of the bill in committee. The consequence is, that a favourable opportunity of satisfactorily, and I may say , patri otically, settling this great question without agi tation, after giVing it their calm and impartial consideration, to whiCh the House was pledged, has been lost." This altogether constitutes, of course, a combination of reasons why the appeal to the country should be answered in favour of Lord DERBY'S- Administration. Very different is the estimate which Mr. JAMES WHITE, the Liberal candidate for re-election at Plymouth, puts upon such an Adminis tration.- " Her MajestjT's Ministers have counselled the Queen," he tells the electors, "to dissolve the present Parliament.. Thus Toryism," he adds, "audaciously challenges the verdict of the people on the great question of Reform of .our Representa tive Institutions. The truth and earnestness of my countrymen guarantee that the result of this appeal must be the early expulsion from office of its present occupants." The contrast here with what we have adduced immediately before it, is very striking. Again, we see another striking contrast in Cum berland. The Han. CHARLES HOWARD (Lord CAR- " The -Conservative. Government brought in a Reform Bill, but- that Bill did not materially extend the franchise in towns ; .it deprived of their freehold franchise voters for the county residing within the limits of-a -Parliamentary Borough, and insisted upon an identity of town and county franchise, which is at variance with the practice of our Constitntion." For these . reasons, of course;:he voted against it. While Major TIiONIPSON, addressing the constituency of Cockermouth, in the same county, says.—" Believ ing as I do, that the Bill would have extended the franchise to great numbers most worthy to have a voice in the representation of their country,= believing, as I do, that the. disfranchisement of all the smaller boroughs would have been attended with great injustice—believing, as I do, that the present is a most inopportune moment to weaken the prestige of England abroad, by showing dissenSion at home, I am of opinion that the Bill ought to have been sup ported through a second reading, and those amend- Merit§ Which might be considered necessary have been introduced in committee." We have still another striking contrast, in Mr. J. H., WINGFIELD'S. address 'to the electors of Peter borough, when he declares,— " The Ministry have been drivqn to appeal to the country by a resolution framed by Lord JOHN RUSSELL, •whiCh, while it professed to impugn certain portions of the Govern ment Reform Bill, rather in matters of detail than of principle, was really intended as a vote of censure on the Ministry, and too evidently as the stepping stone for the return of the Whigs to office." But see how differently Lord PALMERSTON'S Attorney- General, Sir RICHARD BETTIEL, thinks of it. Ad dressing the electors of Wolverhampton, after describing the present conjuncture as one fraught with peril to the peace of Europe, and insisting therefore that it was not the time for involving the State in all the excitement of a General Election, he _ v.v.. a wavu vu uuc tom. unu t.rovernthent called for the condemnation of every wise, discreet, and patriotic man, to whatever •party he might belong. They have dissolved Parliament at this critical moment, and left England without a Govern.. ment because the House of- Commons rejected their Reform Bill but instead of appealing from that House to the Country, 'they . state that they do . not mean to re-introduce that measure, on the ground of the rejection of which they chose•at this important' period to throw the country into the paralysis which must attend the*peiied . 15f a contested elec tion." This is 'not exactly' 'a correat =statement of the case ; but it serves its authOr's turn. In short, it is - all very much a serving of tuns. ,It- is for every one, therefore, to exercise his own judgment. The whole case is now before the several constituences of the country. We have, in these columns, endeavoured to present both sides'. Of it fairly .as it stands. And there is no slight interest in looking " on this picture and on that." But, what is of far more consequence, there is no slight instruction also. There can be no difficulty, one would think,•en such an occasion, in deciding ,no excuse whatever, at such a what side to take crisis, for halting between. two opinions THE DYNAMIC MERITS OF STEAM SHIPS THIS is a subject of very great practical importance in a maritime country like ours ; and it is therefore very satisfactory to find that its introduction at the great meeting of the British Association at Leeds, last year, has had the effect of attracting to its consideration considerable attention. Let it only be remembered that Dynamics is the science of moving powers, particularly of the motion of bodies that mutually act on one another, and it will be under stood at once how importantly it bears upon the merits of steam navigation, in its practical operations. Nov the British Association, be it known, has had. Lure into the statistics of shipping, with a view to rendering statistical records more available as data in further ance of the improvement of naval architecture as respects the adoption of the form. of ships to the requirement of ,sea-ser7ice. Their mode of proce dure, we lea:rn, was, by 'a. system of collation and induction to discover practically those types and elefnents of construction which have been found by experience most conducive to good performances at sea. And by a Report just issued, it appears that it was intended, in the case of steam ships, that the statistics of the original trials to which steamers are generally put when new, should also be collected, classified, and collated with reference to the subsequent performances of the same vessels at sea, whence it might be determined to what extent and in what respect the usual smooth water trials of steamships may be indicative of the probable properties to be expected of the same ships at sea as respects their dynamic capabilities. This certainly contemplated the acquisition of some very important practical knowledge of the real economy of steam navigation ; and the committee have, in their report, the satisfaction of making known "that this attempt at practically inquiring into the peculiarities of construation to which the good or bad qualities of steam-ships may be attributable, has not been wholly fruitless, for, although ship-owners, ship-builders, and marine engine manufacturers have been generally reluctant to communicate particulars whereby the dynamic merits of ships may be numeri cally classed and compared, the results of which classification and comparison might, if promulgated, affect the commercial value of their propelly, and the relative professional reputation of constructors, still, in reply to the before mentioned circular, infor mation has been communicated, as to the performance of vessels, particularly steam-vessels, by which it appears that a great difference exists between steam ships as respects their economic capabilities for the performance of mercantile steam transport service, leading to the conclusion that the general aggregate of steam service is performed by vessels of inferior adaptation for economic duty, and consequently at a rate of prime cost expenditure, and, therefore, Ulti mate charge on the public, greatly in excess of that which would be involved if all steamers were of the superior class of, excellence that has been already, in certain cases, actually attained." This, then, to go no further, were a fact well worth knowing. In illustration of their principle, the committee adduce the steamer Bremen, as a'model for the purpose,—as being the vessel which gave, it seems, " the highest co-efficient of dynamic performance" of any vessel brought before them. They regarded it, they state, as affording a felicitous exemplification of naval architecture as respects type of form adapted for easy propulsion. And having given the statistical data as to its elements of construction, 'they Wish it to be observed " that the maximum immersed section is at the middle of the length, and that the vertical sections are in such ratio - to each other, with reference to their respective positions, that the curve of ver tical sections will be a' close approximation to a parabola." It would be beyond our ability, and, indeed, it would be out of place in these columns, to go at large into the scientific details of such an experi ment as this.' We can only glance, and that very imperfectly, at the bare outlines of the case. But even this may not be altogether uninteresting or uninstructive ; while if it conduce in any wise to draw attention to the whole subject more closely and more extensively, it may not, humble though the effort be, altogether fail of effect. The real object in view is to promote an improved type of build in our steamers ; and the public importance of such an object may be judged of by the fact that there are now, according to the Board of Trade returns, nearly nine hundred steam vessels, of which considerably more than one-half are sea going ships, employed in the commercial transport service of this country, and that 'the ratio in which this service is performed by the aid of steam appears to be constantly on the increase. DEATH OF THE DUBLIN CORONER.---The Dublin papers of last evening, announce the death of John Elliott Hyndam, Esq., city coroner, and agent, at Dublin, for foreign pass ports, which occurred yesterday morning at his residence. MR. S. R. GRAVES.---Our respected townsman, Mr. S. R. Graves, though he has never yet been in parliament, ap pears to have impressed various constituencies in different parts of the kingdom, by his Capacity for dealing with some of the most pressing questions of the day, particularly, connection with shipping and mercantile affairs. After refusing offers froth his native town (New Ross), and from Sunderland, Mr. Graves has this week been much pressed to stand for Southampton, blit this flattering offer he has, we understand, also felt it his duty to decline. Though differ ing somewThat in politics from Mr. Graves, we feel assured that, if elected by : any constituency, he would make an ad mirable business member of the House of Commons. LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. BILLETING OF SOLDIERS.—GeneraI Peel has conferred an opportune boon on the Licensed Victuallers throughout the country, by raising-the billeting allowance from ltd p er d a y p,+ CRESCENT . CHAPEL LITERARY SOCIETY.—The usual weekly meeting of the above society was held in the "School-room, William Henry-street, on Wednesday even ing last, when Mr. C. Hughes read an essay on " The best means of reducing the National Debt." Mr. J. W. Reader, Thos. Maltman, J. Labouche r e, J os i a h S m ith, an d ot h er gentlemen, addressed the meeting, all advocating a redtic tion of the national expenditure, and the exercise of politi cal economy, as being the only means by which the end' in _view can be attained. Next week, an interesting debate will be held, on " The present aspect of Continental affairs, and whether it is expedient for England to take any part in the impending struggle." GOOD FRIDAY.---TO-day being Good Friday, all the public offices, private counting-houses, shops, and other public places, will be closed. All business will be suspended, as is usual. .The railway traffic will be the same as Sunday.. FlRE.—Last night, a fire broke out in an extensive new building situated in Dean-street, Edge Lane, the properly of Mr. Brooke, builder. The house was not quite completed, and the fire originated in the back portion of the building. 'An engine from Hatton Garden, and one from Prescott street, fire stations, turned out and proceeded to the scene of conflagrationovhere Major Greig and Mr. Hewitt were in attendance, under whose direction the flames were com pletely extinguished in a - few minutes with very little damage to the premises. CLAYTON-HALL.—Henry Duckworth, Esq., F.G.S., will deliver his interesting lecture, entitled " Eastern Sketches," at this popular place of amusement, on five distinct times during the forthcoming week. .The first on Monday even ing next. The lecture, which is of itself most instructing and amusing, will be further enhanced by a magnificently painted Diorama . of the more interesting places and locali ties in Egypt, beginning at the Point De Galle, and leaving off at Alexandria. Among the more prominent of the pictures here displayed, are the Sphinx, as it appeared in the 12th century, and as it now presents itself to the Eastern traveller, views of the Pyramids, Mosques, and Tombs of the Moualook Sultans, and of the Old tort, Alexandria. Of itself the entertainment is calculated to draw a crowded audience, but when the entire profits are to be devoted to the funds of the Royal Infirmary, sure we are that the benevolent as well as the amusement going portion of our populace will give it their hearty support. CORONER'S INQUESTS.—Yesterday, the coroner held the following inquests : On the body of Mary Roberts, 66 years of age. She lived in Down-street. She was burnt some days ago, and died in consequence. Verdict, " Accidentally burnt." On the body of a.child, named Edward Thompson, five weeks old, who was overlain by accident in bed. Verdict, "Accidental death." On the body of Mary Rothwell, 70 years of age, who lived in 10 Court, Circus street. She had a fall a few days ago, and died from the effects. Verdict, "Accidentally' killed." On the body of Mary Spelman, 66 years of age, who died in the Northern Hospital. This woman was paralysed, and her clothes having caught fire, she died in consequence. Verdict, " Accidentally burnt." On the body of Mary Simmer, 44' years of age, who lived in Ben Johnson-street. She was much given to drink. About a week since, whilst in drink, she fell down some steps, and receivsd such injuries, that she died. Verdict, " Accidentally kill e d w hil s t in drink." ST. PA.UL'S • CHURCH SClloo . l.3.—Last evening a tea meeting of the teachers and friends was held in the rooms, Edmund-street. Mr. John Sinnott occupied the chair. In the course of a lengthened address, the chairman severely censured several of the church commissioners, whose oppo sition to necessary repairs for St. Paul's confessedly did not rest on the merits of the case under consideration, but upon personal strife between themselves and the first minister of the church. Such a mode of proceeding was alike disgrace ful to the commissioners and the trusts that they had to decide upon. _He concluded by invoking greater energy on the pirt of Protestants, and suggested trial some concise mode of action should be adopted in order to meet the con stant malignant onslaughts made by certain individuals on St. Paul's Church. 111 r. Thomas Lowe, secretary of the schools, next addressed the meeting, and alluded to the course about to be adopted with respect to the appointment of churchwardens of St. Paul's at the coming Easter Vestry, at which time, it is understood, no gentleman can be pre vailed upon to accept the office. He exceedingly regretted that Mr. Brownhill, the present vestry churchwarden, should have determined to vacate the tryst after a service of eight years, without having obtained that which he has been striving for, viz., the renovation of the half-delapi dated fabric of St. Paul's. No man could have gained more esteem, or greater confidence with the people of the district. The speaker subsequently proposed a vote of thanks to the churchwarden for his valuable services, expressing, at the same time, regret that he did not stand a longer time the maliciaus attacks of the enemies of St. Paul's. The resolution was seconded by Mr. Thomas Taylor, who agreed with ,the remarks of the previous speakers, and being put to the meeting was carried unani mously. The meeting was subsequently addressed by other gentlemen. The tea, &c., was supplied by ltr, Radley, of Edmund-street. rHE LATEST TELEGRAMS. AUSTRIA AND PIEDMONT. THE ULTIMATUM. ORDERS FOR DISARMING, OR, WAR IN THREE DAYS. The Times publishes, in a third edition, the fol lowing important telegram from Turin : -- " General Gyulai has been ordered to present an ultimatum for disarmament, and the sending away of volunteers ; if refused, war is to be declared in three days " Two more divisions of the Austrian army of 80,000 men have been ordered to the Ticino. " The English proposal for a Congress, upon the same principles as that of Laybach, has been refuse The Times adds, we have reason to believe the same intelligence has been received by the Govern- THE BOMBAY MAIL. The general news by the Bombay mail of March 26th has been anticipated. so peaceable throughout India that there is . little to say respecting the movements of rebels. A grand entertainment was to :be given to the following regiments, previous to their departure for England : —l4th Dragoons ; 64th, 86th, and . 7Bth Regiments of Foot. The greater part of the : correspondence is devoted to financial topics and the new customs tariff. The whole of the mercantile classes. at Calcutta and Bombay are in arms against the tariff, and protests have been sent down to Lord Stanley by the present mail. The duty on cotton thread, twist, and yarn, is raised 'from 3 to 5 per cent. ; that upon metals, woollens, cotton piece goods, and all other manu factures of cotton and silk, from 5 to 10 per cent. ; that 'on beer, and all other ferinenfed' liquors . ; from 5 to 20 per cent. ; and the duty on haberdashery, millinery, and hosiery, has been raised from 5 to 20 per cent: On tobacco a duty of 20 per cent. has been imposed where none existed before. In the exports, duty on grain, pulse, and indigo has been doubled. BOMBAY, March 25.—The cotton market is perceptibly advancing in activity. Oil see d s fi rm at last quotations. Rates of freight steady, being £1 12s 6cl to £1 15s 6d to Liverpool Import market for cotton piece goods quiet ; sales in these and in bleached and fancy goods not important during the fortnight THE NEGOCIATIONS The Berlin correspondent of the Daily News says more and last attempt is now being made to maintain th e peace of Europe. Prussia now offers, if possible, in con junction with England, to conclude a treaty with Austria on certain conditions, six in number," which are specified: It is further asserted, by the Daily News, that "if Austria will accede to these conditions, Prussia, everituallysupported by England, binds herself, as a set off against these con cessions, to induce France and Sardinia to keep the peape secondly, to oppose any armed intervention in Italy, bi France, if needful, by adequate military assist thirdly, as the ally of Austria, to declare war against France, as soon as the French troops begin to cross the Alps." It is stated in a postscript that the mission to Berlin of the Archduke Albrecht of Austria has been attended with the most complete success, and that he has signed a military convention with Prussia, by which the latter engages to send to the Rhine an • army of 280,000 , "men, under the personal command of the Prince Re- gent, if the present negotiations for maintaining peace should fail. This imposing force will be further increased by the contingent of Bavaria, 69,000 men, and the Bth Federal Artny corps, 60,000 men, whilst the other contin gents will receive orders to hold themselves in readiness to march. THE COURT WINDSOR, WednesdaN glio arrived at the audience of her Majesty The Chevalier Massimo d'Aze- Castle yesterday afternoon, and had an The Royal dinner party in the evening included her Royal Highness the Princess Alice, Lady Mary Hood, Colonel F. H, Seymour, Major Elphinstone, R. E.. and the visitors staying in the Castle. The Queen, accompanied by the Princess Alice, walked in the Home Park this morning, and visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Bent at Frog-more. The Prince 'consort rode out on horseback, attended by Captain Du Platt. CONFIRMATION OF THE PRINCESS ALICE.---Yesterday morning, the Archbishop of Canterbury left London, and proceeded to Windsor, for the purpose of performing the ceremony of consecration on the person of her Royal High ness the Princess Alice. The ceremony was appointed to take place in St. George's Chapel, the Archbishop being assisted by the Bishop of Oxford. The inquest on the dead body found at Ramsgate ha resulted in an open verdict, The Emperor of the French has presented Mr. Henry Bradbury with a magnificent gold. snuff-box, surmounted by the imperial crown and cyph er i n b r illi ants. CONSUMED BY LIGHTNING. Fires by lightning have been unusually frequent of late. A conflagration so caused has just destroyed the village of Schwarsenbach, in the canton of St, Gallen (Switzerland). A chapel, twenty-eight private dwellings, sixteen barns, and many other buildings of less importance, were burnt down. There was so absolute a want of water that in less than two hours the flames only became extinguished from everything being consumed. REV. C. H. SPURGEON.—AIthough the foundation stone of the New Tabernacle which Mr. Spurgeon intends to build will shortly be laid, the large sum which will be required for the bi.ilding has not yet been raised. Mr. Spurgeon has now devised a plan whereby it is thought he will raise a considerable sum. The rev. gentleman intends to preach in the chief metropolitan chapels, making collec tions for the object he has in view. Many of the chapels have already been offered to him, and the first he intends to preach in is Whitfield's Tabernacle, Moorfields, on Wednesday week. THE GOLDEN ROSE.—" The Pope," says a letter from Rome, " recently, in accordance with annual custom, blessed what is called the golden rose. This flower, which is made of the purest gold, and ornamented with precious stones, was rubbed with balm and incense—his Holiness reciting verses explaining the mystic meaning of the benediction ; after which he took it in his left hand and blessed the people. Mass was then celebrated in the Sistine Chapel. The gold roses are ordinarily sent to female sovereigns, sometimes to princes, and sometimes, though rarely, to towns and corpo rations. The one of last year was sent to the Empress of the French, and that of the year before to the Queen of Spain." ALARMING MISTAKE,—On Saturday, an accident, caused by the incautions use of gunpowder, occurred at the house of Mr. Bailey Pittock, grocer, West Bergholt. From inquiries we learn that amongst other goods Mr. Pittock purchased some packets of gunpowder in mistake for black lead, which was given to the servant to clean the stoves. The powder not answering the pnrpose, the girl returned it to her mistress, who incautiously threw it on the fire. A terrific explosion was instantly the consequence ; Mrs. Pettock's clothes were enveloped in flames, she was severely burnt, and narrowly escaped with her life. The windows of the lower room were shattered, and the neighbourhood completely alarmed by the shock. Mr. Pittock was at Col chester market when the intelligence was commnnicated to him.—. Essex Herald. __ HE C T ELETIONS. pOlff MEETING OF CONSERVATIVES A T SOUTII= - AND ORMSKIRK. and A annumotheerrousa meeting was asofhte he Conservative fi r S M i r c'n et t o li v.: l)° . rt ; which the Hon. Mr. Algernon Egert on and . i f p g ot i stated their political views. The meeting at S°ut ; „ -- the was held in the Town Hall, Mr. T. R. Bridestoo chair. On the platform there were—Mr. J. A. Dickson, and other influential conservatives, togetheLd the Rev. Mr. Haskets, and some of the leading .-or of the district. The hon. Mr. Egerton having be ell y duced, was received with loud cheers. He itated sheafta was a supporter of Lord Derby's government, from ito that the party, of which he was the lea der and hti'sif the only one, in the present state of political et sufficiently strong to hold the re ins of geverl;l3l and to obtain the sympathy and support °- country at .large. Mr. Egerton declared biniself opposed to the ballot, which, he stated, be be " regarded with hatred. He believed t he afford no 1 protection to voters against the a With regard to church -rat subject, he said, tb ions upon the to some qu, firm supporter of tne Uriun. - tertained liberal' views towards the menthol he was a denominations, and he was favourable to the of question, the much vexed church-rate " h - P. by any means that would interfere with` 4 influence of the establishment. In reply to thol, Qy i to whether he would support ministers going t°, m° m j Egerton said he could not answer a que stion of 6ll Zties and which was surrounded by so many dl the contingencies, but he believed a war would L'y !h Lor erby's goyernrseuL - A driven, and that it would certainty be-the last he would advise. Mr. Leigh, in his address, w7s-iitttelergo than an echo of the sentiments of Mr. Egerton • 31%troltil style of speaking and personal appearance 05.400,41 provocative of ridicule, reminding the spectator ve'l 85 $ 45 ," of a sketch of a heavy swell, with large Peg -t r drawn by Mr. Leech, in the pages of Picric , ' t he ''") however, restored to his legs by a remark froillbsttles Mr. liaskets, to the effect that he had fought the „, r ot . o , his country at Inkerman, and that he was not likeq Iry be novice in, political contests. During the reglai ll i e . ictfl: proceedings, Mr. Leigh was regarded, by the Ir te — opo ici i 'd titular (for a number were present) with tlae,gr e ", see ° " fi c? interest. On the motion of the Rev. Mr. Ilesic e r m ilati e- 0 by. Mr. Forshaw, solicitor, Liverpool, a vote 01 "i e ctor s l l l in the candida.te‘= support ofjh o e e d near, pledging the the meeting, was adopted. Daring the cours 6 doge of the proceedings, Mr. J. A. Tobin Iva He characterised with some severity the c° l3 leading liberal politicians in neglecting the Ministerial Reform Bill, not becawe objectionable in theniselves but because tlie%eoll! meeting from a Tory cabinet.* The at Ormskirk codit the following part of the day, at which the same .10 0 addressed the electors , much in the same str ain as REFORM MEETING, .AT THE CONCE RT dt,' We are - glad to perceive, by announcement, st* George Thompson, late M.P. for Tower Ilarale'tsi',6lo" -world-wide reputation in. connection with the = l-11 , 1 . 5 , movement, is to_ address a meeting of Ref °l : l l 3 - 1 , eye Concert Hall, Lord Nelson-street, on Tn e t l V, e , next, the 26th inst., under the auspices of tnore" Reform Club. A few days ago, _Mr. Thompson in'ficiioo,4 large meeting of Reformers in Manchester, and . den tli 0 11 pleasure of his many admirers, time had impaired his wonderful powers of oratory' . - % p bold„ s f L eilf, ago, the name of George Thompson was a houjoil "10' much as John Bright's is at the present day. „..verptot,io. readers will remember his former visits to I). , e , r ivg o oti will be glad to have an opportunity of ag ain ,; It is scarcely necessary to say that the visit of x r ' Ole to the club on the question of Reform is a t the opportune. • g el ,tie GLASGOW. Ott A crowded meeting was held in *t he n 3 lo s .„ol last night, to receive Messrs. Buchanan an d present members, and hear explanation', atbeceeu e is t candidates for, the next Parliament. The ." - vo s 4 i 0, Provost in the chair. Mr. Buchanan, v lllO u gerb _'with cheers, said he had only been induced W ilog e boot' for re-election at the unanimous request of a 8 11 9fellow citizens. lie defendeil generalii he had given in Parliament, but d of the Reform _ Bill, an, tbe q- Government has not any business to deal vvitil..A job l i re of reform. He did not . exactly approve of IPL e u to ° , tte .sell's resolution, and thought it would have "'", iae` f at; accordanee with parliamentary tactics to h 3c b it , second reading with a decided negative. Althcalgote still in favour of the ballot, and wouldn bill' he did not think it was absolutely f o rta . 0 • He would not, however, oppose al*? Div g~ because it did. not include it. lie vi ni h a ao• rla general adherence to Lord John Russell's se":lo,zia declared himself in favour of still preserving f 6 1 11 '4 boroughs, as he believed they were the means of t ile people for statesmen,' who could not by an - obtain seats: (in the question.. ,of aft continent, Mr. . Buchanan. advocateded tu,. neutrality'on the part of Great Britain, sa eq ues . . t/ ' an honourable as well as a Safe course.' On t h his having voted against Mr: Black's Annu'i to ana l ti o Bill, he explained that the question was sarr;o t he P d great difficultieS, and he Was unable to amree ropoocb , ciple that the money which was by this the be taken away from the ministers ° I A - I gor P e should go into the pockets of the landeupe'tio,c.6o,l, Mr. Dalglish, but briefly addressed the a i rs ' a t 113 4 pointed out the unequal distribution of mencl be te re, and advocated the equal electoral district sY S feria' tiol i favour of Lord John Russell's bill for r.eaterfll also advocated the doctrine of n °9 l -l e lect ° o s°l , with the foreign powers at present. Sever aL vp res sl t 10: questions to the candidate, but elicited no new e io oo sll , o o' Buchanan and Dalglish were proper persi 9n tition ' l9 o° Glasgow. There is no prospect of any 0131)°rorie5', to election, although, if time had allowed, the ' 0 (1%40 1,500 strong, , would have brought forward a. f otio n ae r oppose Dalglish, as they expressed great dissatisrarliv his liberal views. He is, however, safe for this It D W Mr. Digby Seymour has offered himself for .i 4 h eferli ° deg Two candidates have appeared at Birm ing re sl ofl sitioncotuontty, and th the old members other ;fir. T. v `clan mbers; onerisa sol.icAitorawnd, Rh the 110 represented West Somerset. erra nd a re g It is stated Mr. P ee l an d M r . Busfield F wok, a successful canvass at Devonport. the ch s ii s 31)1 ; Owing to riotous proceedings in Finsburk t be t , a elif of Sir M. Peto's committee has announced tu % tre lfr friends will not again expose themselves to u' but will leave the result to the polling. SPORTING INTELLI°S TATTERSALL'S LATEST BETTIIqa NEWMARKET HANDICAP 8 to 1 ag _y E sTEltp°' st Poo l 0D _............_____ ______..- to 1 agst Old Robert. 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