The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-05-10 00:00:00

a CELEBRATION OF PEACE THE COURT AT THE CRYSTAL PALACE. The Queen held a court on Thursday afternoon at Buckingham Palace, for the reception on the throne of addresses congratulating her Majesty on the peace, the House of Lords, the House of Commons, the Corporation of the city of London, and from her Majesty's Commis sioners of Lieutenancy for the city of London. The Lord Chancellor arrived at three o'clock, wearing his state robe, and attended by Mr. John Shaw Lefevre, Clerk of thex eesterda Y afternoon was fixed for the inauguration at trystal Palace, Sy denham, of Baron Marochetti's 480e,,t1ta Monument and Peace Trophy, and it was an se:,e_oed that the ceremony would take place in the pre of"‘e her Majesty, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, 9a the Court Her • oclo c k f • Majesty had fixed half-past three b„ „ or the commencement of the proceedings, but the ''telog was hr own t , own open to the public at eleven o'clock. ue latter hour up to her Majesty's arrival there a..eontinuous flow of annual ticket-holders and others, lai " p ul o a l cill °t begrudge paying _half-a-guinea to witness the Theslog spectacle. visit ors mo ons appeared to consist for . the most part of a nd ahl."mg in the middle and higher walks . of life, loteri tairably alt " cl nfth the toilets of the ladies were possibly not egether • Yet ad suitable to the external atmosphere, they were the uniform, „ adapted for the balmy temperature of the Iver e °' the Palace. The majority of the gentlemen wit m, and their costumes blended pleasingly g oo n° gay colours displayed by their companions. h and n after eleven o'clock most of the seats enclosing the pi e d s° m, e dais —placed in the great transept—were occu ofti;ewg'ile in an orchestra erected to the right, the band of the a rds were performing the choicest pieces of music awni ngs In front and at the back of the dais immense %nee " Y• h a d been erected, and these it was whispered M aroc aled th e magnificentbut i llallowed work; of art upon which Baron sadlhetti has been so long engaged. The of f icials were to /e' Pest ered by applications from influential individuals b to take a stolen glance at the hidden objects, ereo.??ry case they were inexorable. They were proof of tb:ealost the winning entreaties and diplomatic wiles assesnm ine re curious section of the fair part of the the and until her Majesty's wishes had been taken, U nable awning hung tantalisingly before the eye. bilhgh ,t, (ee t the veil, the visitors wandered various courts, and found ample means to Va s up," w ay the tie. An interesting portion of t er scene fr o% --e presence m of numerous weath-beaten veterans tlpoi),„`Ele Crimea, whose persons often testified to the 0k,..,..te nature of the struggle in which they had been 7: l ‘ . Was t 4rtion of the building to the north of the transept arriv a l:" r elY closed up to the time of her Majesty's „ At t hn 4 . k"PtOp he time our report left the company were on the s't„l; expectation. It was understood that her kiade,v,reparture had been telegraphed, and the directors a PPro -a ? e every preparation to give her Majesty an trance reception. At this period the aspect of the gall er •Pt Was most strikingly picturesque. All . the st ate les were thronged with spectators ; the chair .het o ,"„ a d been placed upon the dais, and the guards . of them' w, ere stationed, forming an avenue through which AIk;AL suite would pass. On her Majesty taking her Qattra„ °ll the dais, the bands of the Coldstream the A — and royal artillery, and the full band of , 4 cin °4l ,P a nY were to perform " God Save the Queen." be e r 'ett, from Mr. Costa's oratorio of " Eli,' was to and byn Madame Rudersdorff, Mr. and Mrs. Locker, b e ati; e l. 4,botaas, and the Scutari monument would then s, After r u t " the singing of a hymn to a Russian national air, kW: l a ce trophy will be exposed, amidst strains of d4 l e 7,. r eesie and a chorus from "Judas Maccabees." gort ~I°lrt the same oratorio (sung by Mrdame Ruders klee 1 ; 0 ' 4 ' 4 Mrs. Lockey) follows, and durin the perform /P.,°llla-L,tihe bands of " Rule Britannia,'' her Majesty 'der — re to the north end of the builinh, and shortly wards return to Buckingham Palace NEW LOAN OF FIVE MILLIONS. tie f to th e Lowing Treasury notice was communicated Stock Exchange yesterday Do wning -street, Thursday Evening, May 8,185 G. th e Ztlemen,—l request that you will make it known in to 4 7 1141 manner that her Majesty's government propose of £5 act on Monday, the 19,1 of May, 1856, for a loan tents'9oo,ooo sterling, to be raised in Consolidated £3 per 4 nm:hies. t o el? e very £lOO subFeriberl in money, the contractors will to ,t b e 43 Per cent. Consolidated Annuities. The biddings ? Made in such Annuities. interest on the £3 per cent. Consolidated Annuities r f i °rntnence from the sth of January, 1856. e da.s of payment, and the proportions of the contri " b ‘T B th be paid, will be as follows : ` r ll ThUrsdav May 22, 1856, a deposit of £lO per cent. ' 4 Thursday ' y, June 12, 1856, a paymet of £0 per ccnt. 0 4 Saturday, June 28, 1856, a py of £2O per cent Da Thursd Thursday, July 24, 1856, a payment ef £2O per cent. ay, August 28, 12.56, a payment of £lO per ten 2 ,4 Thursday, September 18, 1856, a payment of £2O per 741. 4 1 ;_ur each instalment after the deposit a proportional atoc u i rt of stock will be created for the contributors. The with that the deposit will be created at the same time w , that which will be due on payment of the last in "len t. 0 discount will be allowed for prompt payment. a ScriptOer recel t will be issued by the Bank' in the usual p s 1:11 math! biddings to be made at the Treasury on Monday be for the Ing, ten t 1 ir 9th i sum nstant at ten o'clock. The biddings to . e . proi4.l._ Palmerston and I will be ready to receive, at a T uee r 3 37 meeting at the Treasury, at one o'clock on f iesir o a7 next, the 13th instant, any gentleman who may be • a obtaining further information on the subject. T h , s i n, Gentlemen, your obedient servant, G. C. Luwis. " Governor and Deputy Governor of the Bank of England LOCAL DUES UPON SHIPPING ett:i li p e . co mmittee met on Thursday, Mr. Lowe in the Reeling, , 0 kr „aivi,l, e etlng, mayor of Salford, said the question of the of Liverpool had attracted great attention in * as H. for several years past, and the general opinion levrtthe Corporation of Liverpool had no right to 4 tiel a -ue° a tax. They claimed to exact the dues, but Wite e -- s nled any . obligation to make a return for them, and hi e) , a believed th a t a t commo n law no such right as that tat q ' was asserted by the Corporation of Liverpool could lt hP f all(1 he was not aware of any precedent for such an of t} (l ,:"' The only limit to these dues was in the discretion e°r l 3 oration • Pinar• Readlam . • The reason why no objection had 4 eiv de to the imposition of these dues until the last etcp are AA was, that the subject had not before been hot eft ir 7 into so fully, and the injustice of that tax . was 13.tie;,!learly understood ; directly this was ascertained, 04,;'° 11 rs were made to bring the matter before the Nthnient and Parliament. Aei l & t he Chairman : He was clearly of opinion that it *as L eas e for the intervention of Parliament. Witness to explain the operation of the Municipal Cor- P ooe t v , (l4 Act ; when Sir J. Duckworth moved that . the Il hitee" e elearel The committee having remained in con • a n l l foe an hoc e, the parties were re-admitted, and, ti l Bwe r tO a question. from the chairman, witness said bee ° hßht, A h r a t s _ the question o . f , the legality of the dues had 8 „,,,.e0 at the time of tue passing of the Municipal ' ll 3l* — ge clause would have been inserted to protect the le interests. 41 4 4r . lleadiam • If the original grant were produced °l th °bl igat' • es lon would be found to attach to the collection lae. due5.4 . 1 ,ti047,, r •,_ Watson: To establish the legality of the impo edererin t no dues under a grant from the Crown, he con be it necessary that such dues should be proved to Pre„ sal ne as those originally levied, or, in other words, ih▪ atablisteontinuity and similarity ; and this could not be 0 . '0 4 tl i ', l, He could not refer to any document to pr9ve 1‘ the ' lle a clothed with any trust, but his reading -11 ,te - ,„,was w , e t re hat there must be some duty performed f or the Dower to levy dues. t * ) ,%'e' norsfall: He still maintained . that the dues "e " l ed arbitrarily and without limit, notwithstanding . i' l , l4 l lslblieation of the tariff, because such tariff was variedlq th e p i e to time, and many articles were not mentioned hrl,Ariff at all. Rtatl t lr- Readlam : He denied the right of the Crown to la ur hen "e s upon property not in its possession at the time, ^di e ic k articles which were not imported at the period „ th e grant was made. Z i ?Rra,' l 7,,C . , ll a . iyman: All prescription implied a grant, and ' 4l . ti e ,„ rind he m ade of dues upon articles unknown at m t. eeing, 4 4 , 11 1le t e o nt1 41 - o ,_: hal l aSq, ec o n f Liverpool, general merchant said his fed to the Liverpool Town Dues. ae tie llited to"ltveespeciacclelyotoofothe tax upon salt, which the cost of the exported t r : t ve e i k . t er TF i ls was P a e v r Fry injurious impost on trade, and li expansion. rho trade in salt had been R 4t ion f r Ul g of late years, and was subject to large c?mpe -t• ore works on the Mediterranean, Cadiz, Lisbon, I be' s, other places. He objected generally to the t!d. t x r Town Dues on articles of import and export , 4 . l l vele, ' ev ed it wo u ld b e grea tly to the advantage of 1,7, 'it if some compensation were made to it and Dues altogether abolished. This would i' s ucli t i o - a serious grievance, and it would also be, ete /e nal heneht if the distinction at present existing witne? freemen and non-freemen were done away. Sk tiorC s b lv as not prepared to suggest the mode of cornpen tbe,e, ot thought that, as the - corporation had a title . to clue s tt , Which had been recognised by act of part o government should make some compensation to ,`‘raii c , Wt - The dues were decidedly an encumbrance to t he and their removal would afford great facilities to I vhi e j L a de of Li verpool. He objected to the W eaver dues, u~liwere double th e amoun t o f th e Town Dues, and on hel ot ,' article as salt the tax was most oppressive. The Wee f the Town D ues h e p a id for salt in the last year atid £lOO for other articles. 1.1.1014,3!!:- Duncan: He had exported 10,000 tons of salt : L e 1 3 ast year, upon Due had he been a freeman, :k r - qu have saved the Town sof6d a ton. t 4 o tla p u li t e i r n on, Town -clerk of Manchester, was recalled, wr i , e , returns of the poor and other rates in the B :' , Ps of Manchester, from the years 1851 to 1855, xp, ri `,,ated that a sum of upwards of £541,000 had been !it t4i ,ra been corporation within the city, and which la st „!..!ad repaid by single proprietors within the vo‘verity years. atVo. other witnesses being in attendance, the committee uriled until Thursday, May 22. the Parliaments, Sir Augustus Clifford, Bart., Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod, and also by his secretary, mace bearer, and train bearer. His lordship was accompanied by the Earl of Ellesmere, the mover, and Lord Glenelg, the seconder, of the address, and also by the Bishops of Oxford and Limerick, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Earl of Albemarle, Lords Ashburton and Stanley of Alderley. On being ushered into the presence of the Queen, in the throne room, the Lord Chancellor read the address from the House of Peers, to which her Majesty returned a most gracious answer. The Speaker of the House of Commons arrived in his state coach, wearing his gold robe, and attended by Lord Charles Russell, Sergeant at Arms, and other officers of the House of Commons. The right hon. gentleman was accompanied by Messrs. Deni son and Herbert, the mover and seconder of the address. The Speaker read the address, to which her Majesty returned a most gracious answer. The Lord Mayor and the corporation were ushered to the throne room, when the Recorder read Ihe address from the Lord Mayor, Alder men, and Commons of the city of London. The Queen returned a most gracious answer. Her Majesty's Com missioners of Lieutenancy for the city of London were introduced, when the Lord Mayor read the address of congratulation from that body. The Queen was attended at the reception of the addresses by the following minis ters—Viscount Palmerston, Sir. G. Grey, Earl Granville, Earl of Barrow by, Mr. Labouchere, Duke of Argyll, and Sir C. Wood. Sir George Grey and Viscount Palmerston had audiences of her Majesty. The Grand Vizier had an audience of the Queen, to deliver a letter to her Majesty. His highness also delivered the Order of Medjedie in diamonds to Prince Albert, from the Sultan. The Grand Vizier was accompanied by M. Muslims, Ahe Turkish Ambassador, and was presented by the Earl of Claren don, K.G., the Queen's principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and conducted by Major-General the Hon. Sir Edward Cust, K.C.H., her Majesty's master of the ceremonies. HER MAJESTY'S STATE BALL The Queen gave a grand State Ball on Thursday evening at Buckingham Palace, to which a party of 1,900 were invited, comprising the royal family, the whole of the diplomatic corps, foreigners of distinction at present stay ing in this country, the ministers and officers of state, the ladies and gentlemen of the royal household, together with a numerous party of the nobility and gentry. On this occasion the new state rooms lately added to the Palace were opened, in addition to the ordinary state apartments. The Grand Hall, Staircase, Picture Gallery, and Drawing-rooms were illuminated and decorated in the usual manner. _ _ . A. branch of the Grand Staircase of the Palace leads to I , the first apartment, called the Promenade Gallery ; a , room of 95 feet in length and 31 in height, with a covered roof from which the apartment receives its light. The lower part represents an open gallery, with vases filled with flowers under its arches ; above these a series of panels has been introduced, with chiaro—oscuro paintings of children. Eight colossal classical busts by Mr. W. Theed, are placed along the walls on marble columns. , This gallery admits on one side to a new ante room to the state apartments, and on the other to the Ban quetting Room. The principal exit, however, is by f ; a large and richly-gilt folding door into the ball and concert room, opposite the staircase entrance. The ball and concert room itself is an oblong square, measuring 112 feet by GO without the two recesses at the east and west ends ; the height is 48 feet. At the end towards the west a bold arch, supported by Corinthian columns and surmounted by emblematical figures of Fame holding a medallion, upon which are the profiles of the Queen and Prince, rises above her Majesty's seat. The lunette formed by this arch will ultimately be filled with a copy from Raphael's Parnassus. For the present occasion, however, it hos been decorated by an allegorical 1 1 composition representing " Britannia sanctioning Peace," exemplified by children with branches of olive, while a rising lion indicates the watchfulness and sttength of the nation. At the opposite end, another arch, but without enrichments, confines a similar recess, containing the orchestra and a richly decorated organ; at the foot of this, and along the two sides of the room, a triple row of seats covered with red silk extends. The roof of this apartment rests on a wide cove, enriched with stuccoes Below the cove, a cornice and frieze, richly ornamented in stucco, separate the walls from the ceiling. The upper part of each of the two side walls is divided into thirteen compartments, seven of which are the windows, which at night are filled with gas light, and six are sur rounded with large borders, and represent figures of the Hours, taken from sketches by Raphael, and exe cuted above life size, by Professor N. Canzoni, at Rome, where the originals are existing; within similar spaces on the sides of the arches the arms of Great Britain are sus pended from flower and fruit knots; arabesques on gold ground and marble panels fill the other spaces in the corners, while the four spandrils formed by the arches contain four cupids from Raphael's frescoes in the Far nesina Palace. The whole of the length of the lower part of the two side walls is covered with a rich silk, decorated with the national devices in flowers, and executed from Mr. Gruner's designs by Messrs Jackson and Graham. On the north side of this apartment are two large doors with sculptures by Mr. Theed, of which the one is that leading from the promenade gallery, and the other open ing into a similar room, called the approach gallery, and through which the state dining-room of the palace is reached. Opposite to each of these doors is the ball and concert room. A mirror of the largest size, viz., 10 feet by 15, has been placed to correspond with the doors. The ten candelabra of gilt bronze which are placed at the two sides of the seats of her Majesty and the royal family, and at the sides of each of the doors and mirrors, as also the two lustres in the recess on the west end, have been executed by Messrs. Barbadienne and Co., from Mr. Gruner's design. Each of these candelabra supports forty-three wax candles. Thus for the upper part of the room the soft clear gaslight is used, and for the lower part the mellow tone of the wax. The Approach Gallery has its walls painted in imita tion of tapestry, divided by pilasters with scrolls, in the style of Raphael; and the two ends, with hemi-cireles arising from the curve of the roof, have been adorned by Mr. Theed with large reliefs, representing the " Birth of Venus." and " Venus Descending with the Armour for Achilles," in life size. Round these high reliefs are suspended knots of flowers and fruit, which descend to the base of the doors. . _ _ The last of the five new apartments is the Banquetting Room, which forms nearly a regular square of 66 feet, with a dome in the centre, and measuring, from the floor to the middle of the dome, 42 feet. A large blue tent, sown with golden stars, and bordered by cords and arabesques, extends over the whole of the doom. The walls of the upper part of the room are divided into panels alternately painted with Raphael arabesques in colour upon a red ground, and with the Royal Arms in chiaro-oscuro on a gold ground, each panel being sur rounded by a rich frame. The north and south -sides contain a frieze in relief, each divided into one large and two small compositions, of which the principal o taken from Raphael's history of Psyche, to which Mr. Gibson, the Royal Academician, has made some additions ; the whole having been modelled and executed by Mr. Theed. In the lower part, Mr. Moxon has executed a variety of panels of various coloured marbles, as he has also executed all the other marbles and guilding in the whole building. This room is lighted by a gas lustre descending from the dome, and four other smaller ones in the corners of the roof. The most effective illumination, however, is produced by the many candelabra on the buffets and tables. The general company began to arrive soon after nine o'clock, and were ushered through the Grand Hall, which was lined by the Yeomen of the Guard, commanded by the E.xon in Waiting, to the State Saloons. Shortly before ten o'clock the Queen and the Prince Consort, with the Princess Royal, Duchess of Kent, Duchess anti Princess Mary of Cambridge, and the Duke of Cambridge, quitted the White Drawing Room, and were conducted by the Marquis of Breadalbane (Lord Chamberlain) through the Saloon or Music Room, Yellow Drawing Room, Dinner Room, and Approach Gallery, to the new Ball and Concert Room. The assembled com pany followed her Majesty and the royal circle into the Ball and Concert Room. A quadrille band of 34 performers, led by Mr. Laurent, was stationed in the orchestra. The performers appeared in new and handsome unifbrms of scarlet richly laced with gold. After the National Anthem a quadrille was formed, in which her Majesty opened the ball. The Queen wore a dress of blue tulle over blue silk, with three flounces, trimmed with ruches of alternate blue and white tulle and broad white blonde, with branches of blush roses, leaves, and stems, the whole dress ornamented with diamonds. Her Majesty wore round her head a circlet of diamonds. The Vrincess Royal wore a skirt of ruches and bullions of tulle over rich glace silk, tastefully trimmed with pink roses. The body and sleeved to correspond. Tha princess wore on her heada wreath of roses. The Princess Vary of Gambridge wore a dress with three skirts of white, tulle over a rich glace silk petticoat, each skirt ornamented with satin ribbon and rich blonde. The front of the dress was looped up with white and pink moss roses and buds. A bouquet of torquoise, and a diamond stomacher, and the sleeve ornaments to match. A magnificent diamond necklace. The princess wore round her head a wreath of pink and white roses and buds, studded with diamonds. His Royal Highness the Grand, Vizier appeared in a very handsome Turkish uniform,: and Meer Jafeer Alee appeared in an Eastern costume. A succession of dances followed the opening quadrille, which included , WALTZE Les Vepres Sieiliennes Russian Melodies IL Laurent, .Gungi. POLKA, Les Zouaves H. Laurent GALOP, Malakhoff IL Laurent. -- V Shortly after midnight ; the Queen and Royal Family withdrew, and soon after the company broke up. The garrison of Fermoy was thrown into iniescribab l e horror and excitement at the dinner hour (one o'clock) en Tuesday, by the cold-blooded murder of Sergeant Owen Guinea, of the 68th Light Infantry, by Private Charles Nl‘Cready of the same corps. The following particulars are authentic :—M'Cready was confined on Sunday last for some misdemeanour, an I, in a spirit of revenge, is said to have ithen declared that he would " mark" the ser sergeant (Guinea) who had placed him under arrest. This morning he was awarded the slight punishment of six days' confinement to barracks for the offence referred to. Nothing was said by him at the time, but between his liberation from the guard-room and the arrival of the customary dinner hour he contrived, unperceived, to load his rifle. A short time before the hour for mess, Guinea was combing his hair in front of the barrack window, pre paratory to joining his comrades at table, when M'Cready, standing at the opposite window, raised his rifle to the hip, and shot the sergeant in the left side, the ball passing through the lower part of the abdomen, and lodging in the wall immediately below the window sill. Medical aid was promptly afforded, but the wound was mortal, and Guinea expired in about twenty minutes, after enduring the greatest agony. On being shot, the sergeant turned round and exclaimed, " Oh ! oh ! ' and immediately fell. He became sud denly insensible, and remained so until death terminated his sufferings. M'Cready was instantly seized. He remained for some time near the dying man, and witnessed, unmoved, his expiring struggles. At one moment, seeing a sergeant who had perceived the escort to be unarmed, hand a bayonet to one of them, the morderer exclaimed, "You needn't fear, sergeant, if there were no one in the room I wouldn't stir. I shot him, and I'm ready to swing for it !" Not the least expression of sorrow or contrition for the awful crime he bad committed was pereeptib!e in the pri soner's mariner. Sergeant Guinea was a most worthy non commissioned officer, had been nineteen years in the service, and was highly esteemed by all ranks. M'Cready has been handed over to the civil power. ATTEMPT TO DESTROY SIX PERSONS SUICIDE OF THE PERPETRATOR, On Thursday morning, the inhabitants of Rochdale were surprised by the intelligence of a deliberate attempt, by Mr. James Taylor, landlord of the Boar's Head Inn, Baillie - street, to destroy his wife's life, the life of his own babe, and the lives of four other persons who visited his house on Wednesday evening. Taylor is the natural son of the late John Holland, formerly a magistrate of Rochdale, and by trade a tallow chandler, who at his death left consider able sums of money to Taylor and his other brother and sister, both of whom reside in Rochdale. It appears that James Taylor, probably from a fondness for drink, chose the trade of a publican, and fur some time past has kept the Boar's Head Inn, opposite the Tweedale Hotel. For the last two or three weeks he has been drinking to excess, and it is supposed that he was suddenly seized with delirium tremens on Wednesday morning last, when he began to show a strangeness of conduct to wards his wife, which caused her to feel great alarm. She left home in dread, having no doubt seen him in a similar state before, and went to her sister's named Garnish, who keeps a beerhouse in Toad Lane, and there she stayed till evening, when Taylor followed her and asked her to go home with him. She hesitated, but Mr. Barnish persuaded her to go, and she went with him, but her fear of him caused her to get two men to stay with her during the night, because, as far as we can learn, in such fits he has been accastomed to ramble about more in the night than in the day time. One of these men was called Thomas Blomley, and when he went to the house it was about half-past ten o'clock. Taylor filled him a pint of ale. At the same time there was a man there called Thos. Healey, and another called Brierley, to each of which he filled a half pint of ale. Healey and Brierley complained of the taste of the ale, and the former immediately began to vomit and fell upon the floor. Blomley assisted in raising him, after which he was taken home. Brierley then became dizzy, and also went home; a few minutes after Blomley became so affected that he immediately left and went to the house of Mr. Burnish, in Toad Lane, where his wife was staying. When he got there, he was unable to give any account of what was amiss with him, and showed a disposition to go out to the potty. The Burnishes were astounded, and assistance was rendered to him, while his wife went to the Boar's Head, to ask what had been done to her husband. Site shortly afterwards came back saying that Taylor had poisoned them all Mr. Peter Johnson, who happened to he present, immediately ran for a surgeon, and after a little delay Mr. Cheethum's assistant arrived. This gentleman, for some hours, paid unremitting attention to his patient, who began to show signs of consciousness, and yesterday afternoon he was rapidly improving. Mr. Collingwood was called into tile of the others, and he and the third man are out of danger. When Blomley left, Taylor was left in the house with his wife, his b the, sev , n weeks old, and a man called John Chadwick alias " Whisky." Taylor entered into converse time with him about Chester races, and whilst doing so h went to the fireplace, picked up the poker, a dangerous heavy weapon, and began to stir the fire. At that time his wife was sitting within two yards of him. Suddenly he twisted the poker round and firmly grasped it in his hands, lifted it upon his shoulder, and dealt his wife a most powerful blow upon the top of her head and felled her to the ground, her head being laid open with a frightful gash. He then attempted to deal a blow at the child, but Chad wick succeeded in preventing him by springing forward and wrenching the poker from his hands. Taylor then turned round upon Chadwick, who did all he could to save his life. In the meantime, Mrs. Taylor, on being struck, screamed out, and her cries bringing the police to the house, the mad man was secured and taken to the police office. While on the way to the station, the policeman observed Taylor put something to his mouth; the officer struck his arm, and a bottle fell to the ground. At that time he was within a few yards of the station, and, on arriving there, the officer left Taylor and went for the bottle, on which appeared a label with the inscriptior, " Whitehead, drugeist. Essential oil of almonds." Dr. Collingwood was sent for, but Taylor died at the police office in about an hour and a half, in spite of all that could be done for him. The wound upon his wife's head turns out not to be so dangerous as was anticipated. The other parties are recovering, and Mr. Blomley is expected to be well in a day or two. been urallY leeP . , l Y nlstl • oul w i rc ies, talk" inslor k Li °re P r` a nd w e pt is to 19,1 It Wi.. ; ~ catb el f6c e o : c )rino I 1•11 r ot 1. Lll 13° ()n age 3y the .711, On both e b ad ," d an int TOdo bly b° r tbe f th e f 0 1° arta ° I ttiO 0. , .‘' i eper3 rigt e, a .e 31 . 01,9 t — tat L flsea 1)0 3 011 1 : 3. and ) next you" 01'31_ 1 - iS 1° Od tclW to - )CI 39 13° 1 O nti r <lite 1 00 t o to " a 3 t ►f Gd fte i ? irtit in th °l. 11 l f ose so ot Y are , ii i to ; the Q~in~ ;.. the one. 11110 1/ Piec rio l9 Tbe 1 the/ • tv% been P ie. t 3 t" MORTHERN TIMES, MURDER OF A SERGEANT OF THE 6STH REGIMENT COLONEL TULLOCH. The following 13 a copy of the certificate of Sir James Clark and Mr. Martin, as to Colonel Tulloch's state of health : Eaton-square, May 6. \Vo certify that we were called to Oolone]lloch yesterday afternoon, and have visited him again this morning. We find him labouring under such a degree of bodily and mental exhaustion, arising from long continued mental exertion and anxiety, as to render him totally unfit to att;nd to any business. We are further of opinion, that complete bodily and mental repose is necessary for the recovery of his health. JAMES CLARK, M.D. J. R. MARTIN. The gallant colonel has been thoroughly exhausted—an exhaustion as complete as that of the overworked men and horses in the Crimea—in the performance of a task too arduous for any one man's strength. THE MURDER or Mats. KELLY.—An action for defa mation of character, claiming damages to the amount of £5,000, has been instituted by George Streyens, Egq., against Mr. Christopher W. Campion, the late Mrs. Kelly's confidential solicitor, for having charged Mr. Strevens with being concerned in the conspiracy to murder that lady. The plaintiff has retained Mr. M‘Donough, Q C., Mr. Whiteside, Q C., and Mr. Heron, as his counsel. The action having been instituted in the Court of Exchequer, will be tried before the Lord Chief Baron at the sittings after next Trinity Terra. AWFUL FIRE—SEVEN LIVES LOST.—A most destructive fire occurred in Strabane, during the night of Tuesday last, the Deat and Dumb Institution there bsing almost entirely consumed. The most terrible circumstance connected with it is, that Ito fewer than seven children belonging to the establishment lost their lives. It is stated that six of the children have been burned to death, and that the body of the other is supposed to he buried in the ruins. DEATH OF Sia WILLIAM HAmiLxox.—This celebrated scholar and philosopher died at his residence, Great King street, Edinburgh, at seven o'clock on Tuesday morning. He had been in precarious health for several years ; but the attack which carried him off, and which was, wp believe, of the nature of pange t .tion of the brain, was of about ten days'Auration. By this melancholy event, the chair of logic and metaphysics in our University, which Sir William Hamilton filled for twenty years, becomes vacant. z--Bent.rnan. I H ~, i P REGianms wi lt C ANA pi.—Five regiments in the Crimea have received orders to hold themselves in readiness to go direct to Canada. They are the 9th, 17th, 39th, 62nd, and 63rd Regiments. Several of these were serving in the Mediterra - lean, previously to coming Eastward. It is understood that Lieutenant General Sir William Eyre is to go in command of this force. An investiga s tion took place in the Sessions House, Prescot, yesterday, before the Land Tax Commissioners, into certain frauds charged upon . Mr. Thomas Hughes, collector for Everton township. The commissioners were the following magistrates—Mr. Thomas Edwards Moss, presiding, Rev. W. James, S. R. Evans, and Mr. Spencer James Steers. The witnesses summoned to give evidence in support of the charge, were Mr. Charles Edward Macqueen, Mr. Richard Shaw, Mr. Thomas Kirk, and Mr. Thomas Bird, all of Liverpool. Thomas Hughes was then put forward, charged on in formation under the Land Tax Act, 38 George 111., with having, while being a collector of land tax for the township of Everton, on the Ist of October, 1853, 4th of October, 1854, and sth of November, 1855, received from Thomas Kirk Is as land tax fraudulently, and having at other periods received like sums from the other parties named. The defendant stated that he admitted the charges contained in the informations. Evidence was, however, gone into, to show the extent of the frauds, with a view to determine the amount of punishment. The extreme penalty provided in the act, was £4O. . Mr. William Mayne, surveyor of Everton, stated that he had received about fifty receipts from different indi viduals in Everton township for land tax, whose names were not mentioned in the duplicate at all. Mr. Thomas Kirk deposed that he lives at 109, Salis bury-street, and had paid to the defendant the sums mentioned in the information as land tax. On examin ing the duplicate, he found no entry of his name, Fro:n enquiries he had made, he found that several parties living in Everton-crescent, Fox street, Everton-brow, and Great Homer-street, had paid sums as. land tax, and had receipts, whose evidences were not included in the duplicate at all. In many cases the parties gave him the receipts, but in other cases persons declined giving up the receipts, lest they should be brought into court, and also because they were afraid of the collector. Mr. Macqueen deposed that he lived in Salisbury street. In 1853, he paid Hughes is ; in 1854, 9d ; and in 185:3, 9d, Mr. Macqueen's name was .not in the duplicate. Mr. Richard Shaw deposed that he was several times applied to by the defendant for land tax, but had always refused to pay, even when Hughes threatened to put bailif f s into the house. Mr. Shaw stated that he made enquiry, and obtained receipts from several parties, whose names were not in the dupli cates. Among the rest was one from the late Arch deacon Brooks, for his house in Everton•road, 2s 6d. He had also seen a receipt for land tax paid by the Collegiate Institution, but there appeared to be a reluct ance to give up the receipt. None of the houses mentioned were liable to land tax. Mr. Charles Pemberton, solicitor, said he had been acquainted for some years with Mr:Hughes, as collector, when he resided in Shaw-street. He had only just come into court, and had been requested by Mr. Hughes to. give him any assistance he could. With the per mission of the magistrates he would comply with that request, if he could, although he did not see how, not having beard the whole of the case, be did not see what assistance he could render. Mr. Hughes stated to him that he thought, on coming here, it was a private court, and, therefore, he did not provide himself with a professional adviser. Rev. Mr. Evans asked why Mr. Hughes considered it was a private court ? The defendant said appeals had always been heard in private, and such he considered should be the case oa the present occasion. The Rev. Mr. Evans said the hearing of appeals was quite a different matter. It was the wish of the com missioners that in cases of that kind the hearing should be as public as possible. This' was fair towards the defendant, as well as for the interest of the public. The case for the prosecution having closed, The defendant requested permission to make a state ment to the court in his own behalf, and permission having been granted, he proceeded to read the following statement, although more than once advised by Mr. Pemberton to leave the case in the hands of the court : .LIVECIPOOLI SATURDAY, MAY FRAUDS BY A RATE COLLECTOR INVI /3 LIGATION AT PRE3COT.-YESTERDLY. (FROM OUR OWN REPORTER TO THE COMMISSIONERS OF TAXES, Gentlemen, —I beg leave to submit to your indulgent con sideratio❑ a few remarks referring to the unfortunate position in which lam placed. I shall not attempt to vindicate my con duct in point of law, for I know it to be in this respect indefensible, and I am conscious that I have acted in direct violation of it. But I feel anxious to offer such observations as may possibly extenuate the gravamen of the charge brought against me. I havo collected, it is alleged, under the denomination of land tax, a larger amount of money than the law has sanc tioned. This I admit, but I. must beg leave to refer to two circumstances, of which one induced me to commence and the other to continue the collection, though illegal. Several years ago I incurred, in various ways, an expense of £9 or £lO in defending an action brought against me for what was alleged to be an illegal seizure for tha non-payment of taxes. I acted in this matter under the advice of your clerks, Messrs. Rowson and Cross, and also of Mr. Cottell, the surveyor. Subsequently I brought the matter under their consideration for the purpose of ascertaining in what way I was to be reim bursed the expenditure to which I had been subjected. The answer to my enquiry was, that the only method sanctioned by law was by laying an assessment upon the township of Everto❑ for this express purpose ; that they would allow me to make an assessment, and procure the sanction of the commissioners to authorise we to collect the amount claimed. I humbly solicit your attention to this point. There were then in Everton about 4,000 occupiers, and the few pounds charged i❑ the duplicate would ❑ecessarily have to bo divided in due propor tions among the whole. My predecessor, David Griffiths, had been a defaulter to the Government, and a re-assessment, as it was termed, had been laid upon the township, to cover the amount of his defalcation. The labour and annoyance which this collection imposed upon me far exceeded that of the regular collection of the taxes, and the remembrance of it deterred me from the repetition of any act resembling it. At a subsequent meeting in this office I again introduced the subject, and intimated to Mr. Cross and Mr. Easther, the surveyor, that I conceived a small addition to the land tax for a few years would open a method by which I might he reimbursed. Mr. Cross replied (and I well remem ber his words), "That plan, Mr. Hughes, is you cannot increase the amount of land tax charged upotfEver. ton. If you adopt it, it must be on your own responsibility ; the commissioners cannot give their sanction to it." Mr. Easther remarked—" I wish, Mr. Hughes, you had done it without consulting us." In this originated the illegal or fraudulent collection in question. I may add, that about two years ago another action was brought against me under circumstances somewhat similar, and altogether I have incurred an exoenditure of £l2 or £l3. 1,4141 now, with your permission, advert to another subject which had considerable influence in inducing me to proceed in this illegal collection. The number of dogs annually assessed by me in the town ship of Everton amounted, I believe, to nearly 550, and I have usually collected not less than 99 per cent, of the duties. I am unable fully to explain to the commissioners the immense labour and incessant annoyance which the collection of these duties imposed upon me. Nevertheless, I considered it my duty to assess all persons who kept dogs, irrespective of their circumstances in life ; if these were good they ought to pay; if poor and unable to do so, they ought t) part with them. I allude to this circumstance in order to have an opportunity of stating that for several weeks each year I found it necessary to employ a person, almost for the express purpose, in assisting me in the collection of the duties charged upon dogs. A large number of persons assessed would actually remove from their abodes for the sole object of evading the payments, and these I consider it my duty, if practicable, to discover. I may add, that of the four townships under the superintendence of Mr, Mayne, in Everton alone, nearly as many dogs were assessed as the aggregate of the other three. I shall - new advert to another subject, not for the purpose of claiming merit or praise —for what merit can a person claim for simply discharging his duty?—but because the unfortunate position in which I am placed compels me to bring it under the notice of the commissioners. I was appointed to my office in the year 1847, and during the whole period down to the present time I have never once been censured by the commissioners, or by their clerks, the Messrs. Rowson and Cross, or by any surveyor, whether Mr. Cotten, Mr. Esther, or Mr. Malne. The absence of censure I consider equivalent to an approval of my conduct. In fact, I have frequently, both by Mr. Cottell and Mr. Easther, been commended far my diligence and the unceasing energy and industry with which I have discharged my important duties. In the adjacent townships, now under the supervision of Mr. Mayne, for several years, both the commissioners and the sur veyors were subjected to much annoyance by the misconduct of the collectors. This sometimes proceeded from imbecility, or inattention to the discharge of the duties of their offices, and sometimes from embezzlement and defalcation. And oven my predecessor, Mr. David Ciriffiths, collected from the township o f gverton, by means of false books, nearly Xl5O annually, under the denomination of window duty, property tax, and assessed taxes In general. These frauds were, as they were discovered, reported by me to Mr. Cottell ; and I wil t ' venture to assert that since I have held my office everything liable to assessment has been brought Nta elOge, as far at least as m y knowledge extended. In the past year, as Mr. Mayne can attest, I have assessed 450 new houses an d prem i ses -of various des cr ipti ons , rendered liable since April, 1855. I may add that these assessments weie made beton the investigation of the present unfortunate subject by the overseers came to my knowlcidgo. 4tnd now, gentlemen, I am shortly aho ß t to retire into the obscurity of private life--'into that obscurity which I have for many years ardently desired. My evil fate, or destiny, or my own imprudence, has made me a tax gatherer, and in making me one has brought me very largely into public notice, whilst the wish of my heart has been expressed by the philosophical poet wLen he remarks— " Non male vixit, qui vivens morinsque that he has not ill discharged the duties of life who, living and In reference to the penalty, if the commissioners conceive it imperative upon them to inflict one, I humbly trust that my past services as assessor and collector will not be overlooked, and induce them to reduce it to the smallest possible amount ( Signed) THO3IAS HUGHFS. The commissioners then retired, and after some con sideration, returned into court. Mr. Moss said : Mr. Hughes, it is with very great pain the bench see a person of your education and ability placed in the situation you are in. They are of opinion that there are certainly six cases brought against you, and proved against you, of illegally levying money. They find you guilty of these charges, and they cannot say how far beyond these it may have gone. The bench, therefore, sentence you to the extreme penalty of £4O. The defendant said the money should be paid, and asked if any other charge of a similar nature could be brought against him. Mr. Moss : We cannot enter into that; we have dis posed of the cases at present against you. Defendant : I believe, sir, there is only one person in the township of Everton who would, under any circum stances, come forward to re-open the charges. There is one person, and that person is now in court. Mr. Shaw : I have not paid any of the tax myself, if he alludes to me, and therefore I cannot re-open the case. Defendant asked what time he would get to pay the money. Mr. Moss said he should be paid immediately. Defendant : I am not able to pay it immediately, unless I pay it out of the public money. Mr. Moss : Have you any of the public money in your hands? Defendant : I have. Finally, seven days' time was allowed to defendant to pay the fine. Mr. Shaw applied to be allowed to examine the re-assessment of 1817, to ascertain whether he had been rightly charged with a sum of £2 odd. The court, however, declined to grant the application, rot conceiving it would be of any advantage to re-open a question so long out of date. The proceedings then closed. POLICE COURT.-YESTERDAY (BEFORE MR. T. BOLTON.) A FAST YOUNG MAN OF THE ARGYLE ROOMS.—George Duke, who in exterior, was " highly respectable," was brought up by detective officer Carlyle, on a charge of having embezzled £lO7, the property of his employers, Messrs. Adams and Sons, fruit merchants, 37, North John-street. The officer said: The prisoner was a clerk in the employment of Messrs. Adams, and the charge against him was for embezzling £lO7 ; he (the officer) was sent for by the firm, and in consequence of what he was told, he proceeded to look for the prisoner. About half past ten on Thursday night, he went to Smith's Argyle Rooms, in Newington, when he saw the prisoner in com pany with a prostitute, named Elizabeth Jones, where they were dancing, and after they went through a " set," he arrested the prisoner; and on his person he gat a gold watch and chain, and also some daguerreotype likenesses, including one of himself, set in gold, and a large one in a case, containing portaits of himself and " Lizzy Jones." At this stage of the proceedings, Mr. Bluck said he appeared for the prisoner, and said he had no objection to consent to have depositions taken at once and let. the prisoner go for trial. However, he did not at present plead guilty, as on the trial there might arise some legal objection to the charge of embezzlement. The bench said there must be some evidence given, and Mr. Mossford, the cashkeeper at Messrs. Adams, stated that on the 17th of April, the prisoner had received £l-15 17s 61 from Messrs. Fletcher and Firth, and that he had only accounted for £135 17s 6d. On the 9th of April he received £ll I4s from Mr. John M`Cabe, fruit dealer, John's Market, and for that he had not accounted at all. On the 29th April, he received from Messrs. Fell and Co. £33 10s, and had not accounted for it to the house. He said there were several other cases against the prisoner. but the magistrate said the three cases were quite enough to send the prisoner for trial. Gentlemen belonging to the three houses mentioned, were produced, and proved having paid the prisoner the sums of money as stated. He was then fully committed for trill at the sessions. Carlyle stated the following facts : The prisoner's parents are respectable, and he should have resided with them, but instead of that he lived in a cottage at the cornea• of St. Vincent-street with the woman Elizabeth Jones, and both used to spend the greater portion of their evenings at the Argyle Rooms. On Wednesday the prisoner employed a " trap," and took several abandoned women, frequenters of the Argyle Rooms, to the Chester races. They had an expensive champagne dinner provided by the prisoner, and attracted considerable attention on the course, and also on the road home, not thinking (said the officer), that his race would be cut so short. In the cottage he found about £4O worth of property and money, the former consisting of dresses and other things, which the prisoner had purchased for the woman Jones. The prisoner, when Carlyle arrested him, said he did not think he had " fecked " so much money. Tile officer got a small leather bag containing rings, pins, and other jewellery, which the prisoner had purchased. The watch and chain are worth over £3O. Two of the " young ladies " who were at Chester with the prisoner attended in court, and watched the case with apparent anxiety. The prisoner is about 25 years old. PUBLICANS' CASES John Neville, of Adlington Street, was charger' for Sunday trading, and the case being proved, he was fined 5s and costs. _ _ _ . Margaret Brooks, Bailey Street, was charged for doing business on Sunday at prohibited hours, and the case being proved, a tine of 23 6d and costs was imposed. BEERROUSE CASES Michael Ryan, Carlton Street, was charged for doing business on Sunday at prohibited hours. ' Fined 108 and costs. Joseph Cook, Adlington Street, was charged for selling ale on Sunday morning. The defence was that the ale was given out for sick persons. Fined is and is costs. Peter Byrne, Atkinson Street, was charged far doing business on Sunday morning. Acquitted. James Taylor, of Vauxhall Road, was charged for se lling ale on Sunday morning. six men were found drinking in the house. The defence was that the men were lodgers, and this being proved, the ease was dismissedL . James U. Shaw, of Naylor Street, was charged for selling ale on Sunday morning at ton o'clock. The defence was that the persons found were lodgers. Dismissed. John Waugh, Sussex Street, was charged for doing business at illegal hours. Fined 5s and costs. Patrick Burns, Glover Street, Park, was charged with selling ale on Sunday morning. A woman was got going out of the house with ale ill a Jug. Fined lOs and costs. Anne Whittaker, of the Potteries, Was charged with doing business at prohibited hours. Acquitted. William Corn, Roger Street, Windsor, tined 2s 6d and 'costs for Sunday trading Jane Mulaney, R( fined fis and costs eniStreet, charged for a like offence, Maria Sloan, Duncan Street, charged with a similiar offence. Acquitted. Henry Banigan, Harding Street, Windsor, for a like offence. Fined £2 and costs. (BEFORE MR. MANSFIELD.) VIOLENT Assaum—Philip Neill, who had been remanded on a charge of having committed a violent assault on his wife, was brought up. It appeared that the beating which the prisoner had given the poor woman was of a very violent description, and that rupture had been producied. He was in the habit of ill-treating her very much. Mr. Mansfield instructed the medical gentleman who attended the woman, to provide proper instruments necessary for her state, and that he would see him paid. lie remarked that from her state, there was hardly any chance of her being able to support herself and children; during the time for which he was about to, send the brute of a husband to prison. He thanked God, there were thousands of benevolent and most charitable per sons in Liverpool, and he did not know of a more deserv ing objea than this poor woman. For the present, he would order the poor woman some small assistance, and have her sent home in a car; he trusted her case would attract attention. Ile then sentenced the prisoner to pay a fine of 420, or in default, to be imprisoned for Six months, and kept to hard labour. The decision seemed to give satisfaction to all who heard it. Tax OTTOMAN PLENIPOTENIARY.—His Excellency Aa li Pacha, first plenipotentiary from the Ottoman Porte at the recent Congress accom p an ied by a very numerous suite, arrived at Qiaridge's Hotel (late Mivart's) at a late hour on Tuesday night, from Paris. The suite of the Paella consists of no less than seventeen persons. His Excellency contemplates a septo of some weeks in this country. Itussimi TQL&RATION.—Tho Warsaw journals state that the re-opening of the English Protestant church in that city has been authorised by the Russian Government. THE MURDER or Miss Buil:A.—The Attorney-General has refused to give his fiat for the bringing of a writ of error in the case of the convict Dunne, convicted at the last special commission of Cavan for inciting and hiring others to murder the late Miss Hinds. The law v( ill, therefore, take its course on the 16th instant, when the two convicts left for execution, must expiate their hideous erime t u . WONDERFUL, DECISION !—ln a court situate not more than a hundred miles from Birkenhead, and which is pre sided over by a " very able lawyer," a case came on and was decided a few days ago, and the result has caused an extraordinary amount of conversation amongst the "legal world" in particular, and the public of Birkenhead in general. The facts are these—A few days since a young woman summoned a person before " his honour, the judge," to show cause why an order for 2s 61 a week for the support of his illegitimate child should not be issued against him. The defence in the case was that the defendant was not the father, but that one or two other persons whom he named was the father of the " babby." The woman admitted that she was improperly related to the two men stated, but she strongly maintained that the defendant was the father or the child. A dispute arose on this point, and after some discussion his " honour " decided on adjourning the case until the two me❑ men. tioned could be brought forward and examined. This was done, and the parties were accordingly brought for ward on a subsequent day. The case was heard de novo, and it did transpire that the three persons had been improperly conversant with the woman. The judge ap peared in doubt some time how to decide the case, but at last he came to the following conclusion, which is said to have given satisfaction to all partices concerned. He ordered that each of the three men in question should pay one shilling a week towards the support of the " infant." The reason stated why all have been so pleased with the decision is this—the mother gets 61 a week more than she could have got from one person, and the other parties get off for a shilling instead of hall' TRADE REPOT COTTON : The cc dull and inanimate the absence of any pressu maintained the at late rates LIVERPOOL. sales are reputed 47,490 hal F pee u! ation, and 4,680 for expo crown. FRIDAY. excepting for the lower ad Egyptian dal , and steady, The weekly of which 12,760 are on This week. PricespaidlCurrt. Prices Import] Sales. I Description. this week•l Mid. Fair. _ d. d. l d. d. 6616 918100 SUpland a I n s I d a nd . - 751 t 0 00 36 12} 6 12 116 18 381340 10450 Mobile - -41 6 7 -1 6 ! 6 3.16 ei: 8:54 13793 New Orleans 42 to 72i 6 5.16 7 2921 4090 Brazil ---61 to 72; 65 • • 62 1870 Egyptian - -6/ t o 9i 6i f3i 40 West India - 7i t o 81 1 64 fif 42 . 13 9563 East India - 3 to 5.1; 44 4 11-16 22733 i 47490 61180 33930 1020 55050 SCOTCIi Pm IRON : Oar market for warrants closes at 75s to 759 3d, cash Sucrau! The market has qeen rather quiet, but holders are very firm ; the sales, howzver, are. confined to 2,200 bags Paraiba, at 40s 6d per cwt. MOLASSFS : 200 puns clayed Cuba are reported, at 18s 9d per cwt from t''e quay. Rum : No transactions have taken place. COFFEE: At auction, 60 cases Malabar realised 655, and 270 half-bales Mocha 735; and by private, a small parcel St. Domingo 51s per cwt. TEA : The market is unchanged, with few sales. BICE: There has been a fair business done, 1,365 bags and 1,000 pockets new Bengal having realised 119 9d to 123 3d, 750 bags old chiefly 103 91, and 900 bags yellow cargo 8s 3d per cwt. 0, 18116 dying, has escaped the notice of mankind. For the remnant of my life, my only desire will be for the enjoyment of that peace and repose, which, during many years, have been strangers to my bosom. No day has dawned upon my happiness, and the shades of night have ever found me anxious and depressed, and harassed by the duties of my office. Yet many a bitter pang and many a sigh will accompany the recollection of the unfor tunate circumstances which have finally caused my resignation. These will only aggravate the distress which I shall ever feel from the conviction that nearly ten years of my life have been spent in di-charging the duties of an office alien to every sentiment of my heart. _ _ _ The overseers who have prosecuted this affair to the present unfortunate issue, allege that their motives were pure and dis interested. lam bound to believe this assertion, and I trust very sincerely that their own consciences respond to it. Many, indeed, have observed a most singular coincidence in the cir cumstance that the parish office of Overton, which, for many years, has enjoyed a bad pre-eminence for the mism ,nagement of its affairs, is the centre whence these proceedings have emananated. THE JUDGEMENT OF SOLOMON ECLIPSED AP ►SALTPETRE : 600 bags cwt for 16 per cent rufractio ‘fathas are reported ; at 228 6d per JUTE: The public sales this morning went off with fair competition, and being of good uniform quality, realised rather better prices ; ranging from £l4 2s 6d to £l9 55 per ton PROVISIONS: The sales of beef since our las+ been very largo, reaching to about 7,000 tierces. rabic decline has been submitted to in forcing a portion of these les, but the market is effectually relieved, and for the small report have A conside- stock now in first hands fi At an advance of be reckoned nrri val r barrel, the late sm of pork has found eager buy lised an advance of 6,1 to is 3,000 boxes will, whea d probably bring back landed, give a seasonable supply, , prices to last Week's rates. Laid is st the advanca impart great firmnes price Ind ; the large consumption, liov .tut the sales reach 200 tons. A cheoFe contmu,i to In tallow ain cleared ty, but holders meet buyers free demand for liwced c tive demand in the tier assists the The harsh w We have to note a stead y eonsump. orn market du►ing the week, and we quote 1 per 'Nibs ; flour is to Is 61 To day we again prices higher on wheat 2d to 2,, per barrel ; a'td Indian corn is per quarter had a good retail demand, and Really choice 11 lie full prices noted was such g scarce, arid fa: extreme prices are paid CORN : We had a fair attendance at our Corn Exchange this morning, and experienced a steady trade for most deicrip- Lions of wheat, at the current rates of Tuesday ; also for flour, good qualities of which realised rather more money. In the value of oats, barley, and beans we quote no alteration, whilst oatmeal met with more enquiry, and is tho turn dearer. A. good amount of business was done in Indian corn, especially in white, which was in good request, at full prices, Arrivals and Exports from the 6th to the 8:h May, 1856, inclusive : Ireland, 200 qrs wheat, 150 qrs barley, 360 qrs oat s , 66 qrs b eans, 1,272 sacks - , _ Its, 40 qrs pease; out, of Europe, 154 qra , 8,135 qrs Indian 1,350 qrs wheal, oatmeal, 190 Canada and other British wheat ; United States, 1,9 corn, 2,552 barrels tliur : ; Coastw 20 Europe, 4,105 sacks flour ; qrs wheat, 150 qrs barley, 375 qrs oats, 66 qrs bear., pease, 8,135 qrs Indian corn, 1;272 sacks oatmeal, 4,295 sacks flour, 2,552 barrels flour. Exports: Ireland, 1,111 qrs wheat, 5,232 qrs Indian corn, 959 sacks flour, )10 barrels ; Coastwise, 125 qrs wheat, 50 qrs beans, 1.5 qrs Indian corn, 7G barrels Indian meal, 35 sacks oatmeal, 271 sacks flour, 631 barrels flour; Foreign parts, 12 qrs barley, 150 qrs oats, 25 sacks oatmeal. ?,520 c Total, 1,044 40 qrs R. MAKIN AND SON LONDON SUGAR We have had a quiet market this week, hut prices cen supported, although the amount of business has been below the usual average. The refined market without altera tion. RICK; There has been rather more firmness in this market, yet the market has a heavy appearance. RUM ; Business has been done to a limited extent, at fully previous rates; strong Jamaica, 3a ld to 4s; Demera►a proof, 2s 4d. COFFEE : A fair amount of business has been done, chiefly in public sale, but prices have with difficulty been supported. Native Ceylon, Os to 535. TEA : The market has been dull during the week, but prices have beau supported. SALITETRE has been dull of sale, and sales to a.ny extent could not be made without giving way in prices, SPIOSS have sold heavily, at a shade de , ,line. Corrort : A small amount of busir,,ess done, at previous TALLOW : The market is firm, but not quite so much doing, Town tallow is quoted 46a net earth ; Petersburg YC on trio spit 461 ; May to June, 43s 9d; October to December, 46s 3d to 46s 6d. HOP : Our market continues to be well supplied with all kinds of hops, in which an average business is doing, above quotations. This week's imports are 79 bales from Hamburg. Mid and East Kent pockets, £3 5s to £6 6s per cwt; Weald Kents, £3 to £5 sa; Sussex, £2 16s to £4 15s, CORN : The present week's arrivals of English whelt, coast wise and by land carriage, have been very moderate, and the show of samples here to day was limited. For most kinds we had a steady demand, at prices fully equal to those of last Monday. The imparts of foreign wheat are under G,OOO That grain changed hands to a moderate extent, on In barley and malt very little was doing, at Monday's currency. The supplies were moderate of oats was good, and the oat trtdo ruled heavy, at Monday's decline in value. Beans and peas were unaltered in price. The flour trade was steady. YES'TERDAY'S MA Wheat dull at late pric oats, fine qualities, very firm and in moderate request. :B uns rather dearer. WAKEFIELD CORN BELFAST CORN : Suppl rain made the market fii es from farmers of in. Wh Wheat 1 red, 153 to 1&s 94 per cw•t Oats, no ci Foreign wlicßt and bid corn dearer. g ton dearer on the week, and it fair demand, and 5a per ton dearer. per barrel dearer. CORK BUTTER 4the, 101 s ; .stha, 95s lsth, I, the, 75, WIRRIL STAKES Theodora, ,1 J Smaritan 2 I Stork Four ran Ten ran. Saucebox 2 I Alfon 1 1 Stork Won by two length UANDICA Claret 1 J New Brighton Nine ran CHESHIRE STAKES Prince of Orange Lady Florence SWEEPSTAKES ..._1 I A.cyo Fou'r ra LADIES' Alcyone ..1 1 Usurer Nine ran. PRODUCE STAKES. Delano walked over. descripi: o 5a t:o 16 di whe Indian 1253; 3rd SPORTING- INTELLIGENCE I'ItESTER RACES Y ESTERDAY GRAND STAND CUP. I I Mirage Won in a canter by two lengths, EA TON STAR RS. All, as