The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-06-02 00:00:00

will, from the Ist June

r boxes open an hour latei

have

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t the railways at seven

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present, its idea of taking measures for preventing

Ins from unduly assuming titles, and the aris

pens,,

tocratic "De " before their names—a thing very
common in France. Such measures would give
rise to a good deal of ill feeling against the Govern-
ment and would be advantageous only to its
greatest enemies, the old aristocracy.
Serious complaints have frequently been made
by the captains of commercial vessels, especially
English and American, of the absolute inefficiency
of what are called the courtiers maritimes to get
through the work cast upon them, whereby the
foreign shipping interest, being obliged to employ
their services, are subjected to the greatest incon-
veniance and delay. These courtiers are only nine
in number,—the same as they were in 1776,—and
only four of them speak English ! The Govern-
ment, it is said, in compliance with the earnest
prayers of English and American captains, is about
to increase their numbers.

I am informed that the Count de Morny has
refused to accept the title of duke or prince which
the Emperor wished to confer on him, previous to
his departure for St. Petersburg, also that he has
declined to accept the dotation which his Majesty
offered. The Count told the Emperor that he is
quite content with his present name, his political
position, and his private fortune.
The preparations for the opening of the agricul
tural and cattle exhibition on Sunday are nearly
completed. The exhibition takes place in the vast
building in the Champs Elysees, in which the
exhibition of last summer was held. The Tran-
sept is laid out as an English garden, and contains
some fine specimens of flowers, trees, and shrubs
On the ground floor are exhibited English, French,
Scotch, Dutch, Swiss, German, and Hungarian
oxen and cows. In the upper galleries are
small agricultural instruments, models of
farm buildings, specimens of agricultural produc-
tions of France, and all foreign countries. Outside
are sheds containing oxen, sheep, swine, and
poultry ; also agricultural instruments and
machines. The British portions of the Exhibition
arc very fine, and those of British implements in
particular are truly splendid; but of oxen, cows,
and sheep, the most curious are from Hungary_
Many of the attendants on the live stock are
peasants—Hungarian, Swiss, Tyrolien,
Scotch, English, and Irish—and all wear their

peculiar national costumes—many of which are
very picturesque.
The weather here continues extraordinarily
unfavourable. We have not yet had anything like
seasonable spring weather, but have been con-
stantly afflicted with a chilly temperature
winds, and almost incessant rain. Today the

temperature is as cold as in November, and rain
has been pouring down

ly all day

Vegetabl

3 are consequently very dear, and great

apprehension is felt as to the futui

)pears, from a report pres

fled to the legi

lative body, that the war h
the burden of paying rente, amounting to nearly
£3,000,000 a year (71,709,380 f)

imposed upon France

Most of the papers reproduce, not without
affectation, this extract from a Russian letter, in
the Corriere of Vienna :—" A great number of
troops -are now on the march towards the countries
bathed by the Indus and the Ganges." This
assertion is, however, so extraordinary and in-
credible, that I suspect the Corriere makes some
gross misprint. Russia, at all events, is too pru-
dent to draw on herself the ill will of England by
even appearing to menace her Indian possessions.
As to her being able to menace them seriously,
the idea is absurd.

Madrid letters say positively that Spain will
make war on Mexico if the government of that
republic does not satisfy her demands. Spain, it
appears, has a budget of grievances against
Mexico, the most important of which is her refusal
to fulfil an engagement to pay the claims of a
number of Spaniards.
A letter from the Hague says that the Dutch
Government has been invited to adhere to the
resolutions of the Peace Congress about abolishing
piracy, &c., and that it will not hesitate to do so.

The political object of the visit of the Emperor
Alexander to Berlin is, it is said, to make a mani
festation destined to counteract the effect produced
by the treaty of the 15th April.
P.S.—Just at the moment of closing my letter,
I receive the information from an excellent source,
that the government here is greatly irritated at the
recognition of Walker by the United States.

THE LATE HORTICULTURAL SHow.--.Owing to a clerical
error in making out the list of prizes awarded at the exhi-
bition recently held at the Botanic Gardens, the first prize
for strawberries was stated to have been allotted to
Martindale, Esq., whereas it should have been to Harold
Littledale, Esq. ; George Smith, gardener.
LAW INTBLLIGENCE.—Before the Lords Justices an im-
portant appeal came on from a decision of Vice-Chancellor
Stuart. The matter originally presented to the court
below was raised ex parte the incumbent of the perpetual
curacy of Guilden Sutton, in Cheshire, and the Rector of
St. Bridget's Chester, in re the Birkenhead, Lancashire,
and Cheshire Junction Railway Company. Mr. Dart
appeared in this appeal on behalf of the company. It
appeared that in 1851 the company purchased for £320 an
acre and a half of land, to which the perpetual curate and
rector were jointly entitled. The venders petitioned for the
investment of the money, and that the dividends might be
paid to them, the company having paid it into court. The
costs of the petition were paid by the company, who also
discharged the expense of a power of attorney fer the ven-
dors to their London bankers to receive the dividends. In
1854 the curate died, and his successor procured a fresh
power of attorney for the reception of his share of the divi-
dends, and, the company refusing to pay the costs of it, the
Vice-Chancellor ordered them to do so, and they appealed.
The learned counsel argued that the Lands Clauses Con-
solidation act did not apply to such a case; and, secondly,
that the question ought to have been brought before the
court by petition, and not by summons.—Mr. Charles Hall
appeared in support of the Vice-Chancellor's decision.
Their lordships considered the order of the Vice-Chancellor
correct, and dismissed the appeal with coats,