The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-06-17 00:00:00

THE NORTHERN TIMES.---LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY.

other respects for the sea life to which they are des-
tined. The undertaking is certainly one which has
the strongest claims upon us, both as Christians and
as political economists. As Christians, we must all
desire to see a door opened to those whose present
circumstances make repentance almost impossible,
while, as political economists, we shall rejoice at
seeing an attempt made to mitigate, however
slightly, the existing scarcity of seamen, by

abstracting boys from the mischievous and dal%
gerous classes of society. Sailors are our protec-
tion in time of war, and the sources of our wealth
in time of peace ; and there is every reason to hope
the present enterprise may add seventy to eighty
trained men annually to the number. It. is only
proper that Liverpool, the largest commercial port
in Great Britain, should be the first to set an
example (which we hope may be followed else-
where) of carrying out this noble scheme.

MONETARY ANT) COMMERCIAL,

LIVERPOOL, MONDAY EVENING

There has been considerable activity in the
Liverpool Cotton Market, and holders offering their
stocks less freely has caused an an advance in
prices of from 1-16th to kth of a penny per pound.
The total saleS reach 12,000 bales, and include
5,000 taken for speculation.
The Liverpool Share Market opened with
a firm tone, and gradually improved through-
out the day, closing at its best at the
following prices :—Aberdeen, 13 131. Chester
and Birkenhead, 151 15k. Caledonian, 30!
301. Chester and Holyhead, 151 161. Eastern
Counties, 10-1 101. East Lancashire, 191 191.
Great Northern, 231 24. Ditto A, 9s 98. Great
Western, 61 611. Lancashire and Yorkshire Stock,
931 931 Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport, 174172.
London and North Western Stock, 1021 1021.
Manchester Sheffield, and Lincoln, 293 30. Ditto
Pref., 113,- 12. Ditto New 6 per cent. Pref.,
Midland Stock, 791 791. North British, 88 9.
North Staffordshire, 6 ssd. South Eastern
and Dover, 21 9-16 21'1. York, Newcastle, and
Berwick, 20 9-16 20a. York and North Midland, 291
29k. Leeds Capital Stock, 171 181. Buffalo and
Take Huron, 1 lip. Dutch Rhenish, 1 3-16 1 7-16 p.
Great Western of Canada, 252 26.. Ditto New
Shares, 31 34p. Great Luxembourg,4 88 81d.
A commercial letter from Odessa, dated the
30th ult, announces a considerable rise in the
price of wheat. No change was expected until the
arrival of corn from Poland towards the end of
this month. The wheat to be found in the neigh-
bourhood of Odessa is of very inferior quality.
There is neither barley nor rye to be purchased at
Odessa, or in the interior, Accounts from Bessa-
rabia state that there is still a considerable sup-
ply of wheat of superior quality, but it is held by
parties who are not inclined to sell at less than 16
silver roubles the chetwert. The quarantine has
been temporarily suspended at Odessa, which is a
great advantage to the numerous foreign vessels in
the port.
The royal mail ship Marco Polo, sailed from
Melbourne on the 26th of March, for Liverpool,
with 68,737 ounces of gold, and 41,140 sovereigns
on freight, valued at upwards of 316,0001. This is
in addition to the 700,0001. shipped on board the
Medway, Morning Star, and George Marshall, the
arrival of which may be shortly expected. A total
of more than a million is here shown.
The half-yearly Portuguese dividends are adver-
tised for payment. It must be repeated, however,
that the government perseveres in the iniquitous
system inaugurated two or three years back, under
which the interest upon all classes of Portuguese
bonds—Five per Cent., Four per Cent., and Three
per Cent—was arbitrarily fixed at the rate of 3 per
cent. per annum. Portugal shows at length some
desire to remove this financial stain, but until the
reasonable requirements of her creditors shall have
been actually complied with, she remains in the
position of a defaulting state.
A special meeting of the Great Northern Railway
Company is called for the l.st of July to consider
two bills now before parliament, one of which
refers to the North Western Railway Company,
whilst the other enables the Metropolitan Rail-
way Company to form a junction with the Great
Northern line.

A special meeting of the Caledonian Railway
Company is to he held on the 28th instant, at
Glasgow, to approve a bill for making a line from
the Clyde and Forth Junction Railway to the
Caledonian Railway.
A special general meeting of the Irish Peat
Company is also called for the 25th instant, to
receive a report on the state of the works, and to
consider the propriety of completing the drying
house.

Messrs. C. J. Harnhro and Son notify that " the
interests on Zealand Railway Shares, guaranteed
by the Danish government from the 28th of April
to the 30th of June next," will be payable on the
Ist of next month.

The Admiralty will receive tenders to-morrow
for the conveyance of stores (combustibles, ball,
cartridges, deals, &c.), from the river Thames to
Sydney, Auckland, Point de Gallo, New Bruns-
wick, Grenada, Trinidad, Colombo, and Gib-

BAPTISM OF THE
IMPERIAL PRINCE.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
PARIS, SATURDAY, MIDNIGHT.

The baptism of the Imperial Prince, which has
been so long expected, has taken place to-day,with
extraordinary pomp, and has excited immense
curiosity. The day was ushered in by the firing ofg
artillery. By order of the Government, the Bourse
was not opened at all, and the Post-office closed
much earlier than usual. This, added to the
intense lave of sight-seeing which characterises the
Parisians, caused the day to be generally regarded
as a holiday ; and, from twelve o'clock, scarcely
any business was done any where.
Although the Imperial cortege was not to leave
the Tuilleries before five o'clock in the afternoon,
people began long before mid-day to assemble on
the terraces of the gardens of the palace, and
at other commanding spots in the line of
procession. Somewhat later, but long before
the appointed hour, crowds collected along
the line the procession was to take ; every
window of every house was filled with specta-
tors ; and on the vacant sites, hero and there,
stands were erected, and were one and all crowded
with spectators. Before five, national guards, and
troops of the line, were drawn up on each sido of
the line to be taken, all the way from the Tuilleries
to the cathedral of Notre Dame. The houses were
splendidly decorated .vith flags, not only on the
line of procession, but in all parts of the city ; and
at a great many houses the English flag was to be
seen, as were also, though fewer in number, the
Turkish and Sardinian ; there were likewise some
few Austrian flags A large body of cavalry was
collected in the Place de la Concorde.
About half-past four o'clock the Cardinal Le-
gate left the Tuilleries to proceed to Notre Dame.
He and his suite were in carriages, and a large
gilt cross was carried before him as an emblem of
the Papal dignity. He was escorted by light
dragoons. His presence excited much curiosity,
but gave rise to no manifestation of enthusiasm.
He was received at the entrance to the Cathedral
by the Archbishop and clergy, and was conducted
in procession to a throne which had been prepared
for him, the music playing Tat es Petrus.
The interior of the cathedral was completely
changed by the preparations for the ceremony
A vast estrage was erected in the middle of the
transept, and in the front of it was placed an alter.
On the right and left of the transept, were stand-
ings for the diplomatic body and the great bodies
of the State, and above, were two tribunes com-
municating with the gallery of the transept. Other
tribunes were erected in other parts of the church.
The roof was painted (a novelty which seemed to
many persons to destroy the stern gravity of
the venerable cathedral) ; an immense num-
ber of chandeliers were suspended from it
and. velvet draperies decked with gold fringe,
and the initials " N." " E." ran from column to
column. Outside at the entrance was an immense
canopy, and poles bearing streamers.
Just after the arrival of the Cardinal Legate,
the Church presented a magnificent appearance.
It was filled from floor to roof with prelates,
judges, ambassadors, servators, functionaries, Sm.,
&c , in robes or uniforms of every art and every
hue, and by ladies wearing ball dresses of the
costliest quality, and most exquisite make, and
diamonds and precious stones of untold value.
At five o'clock the procession, to the great delight
of the vast multitude of impatient spectators, began
to move from the Tuilleries. First marched the
trumpeters and band of the Carbineers ; then came
General Korte and his staff; then two squadrons
of the Carbineers, two of the 11th Dragoons, with
the band, and two of the Guides, with the band.
Afterwards came outriders, and three carriages
containing the aides de-camp and officers of the
Prince Napoleon, Prince Jerome Napoleon, and
the Princess Mathilde. Then came three carriages
with six horses, with outriders, containing ladies
of honour, chamberlaines, and other functionaries
of the palace. Next were three other carriages,
also with six horses, containing personages of a
higher degree—namely, the Grand Chamberlain,
the Grand Marshal .of the Palace, the Grand
Master of the Ceremonies, the Grand Master of
the Emperor's Household, &c, &c. In the next
carriage, which was drawn by six horses, were the
Princess Mathilde and the Duchess of Hamilton,
who, being nee Princess. of Baden, is a relative of
the Imperial family. In the next carriage, like-
wise drawn by six horses, were Prince Jerome,
Prince Napoleon, the Grand Duchess of Badon,
and the Prince of Sweden. By the side of these
two last carriages rode aides-de-camp and orderly
officers. Then came a carriage with eight horses,
containing the little Imperial Prince, his nurse,
and gouvernantes. The vehicle was preceded by,
six outriders, and the horses were led by grooms.
Marshal Canrobert rode at the right hand side
door of it, and another Marshal at the left. Then
-came the Imperial equerries. and afterwards, in a
carriage drawn by eight horses led by grooms,
were the Emperor and Empress. At the right
hand of the vehicle were Marshal Baraquay
d'Hilliers, Grand Huntsman, the General Com-
manding the National Guards, and the first
equerry ; at the left were Marshal Castellane, the
General Commanding the Imperial Guard, and the
aide-de-camp. Following the Emperor's carriage
were aides-de-camp and orderly officers, the
squadron of the Cent Guides, and six squad-
rons of heavy cavalry, with two of artillery, and
their bands. _

The procession was certainly very splendid. The
varied uniforms, the military parade, the magnifi-
cent carriages, the gorgeous Imperial liveries of
green and gold, and the horses, nearly all of which
were of great beauty, formed a tout ensemble which
was really pleasing, even to the jaded sight-seer of
Paris. As the cortege passed on, with "solemn pace
and slow," the National Guards and troops pre
rented arms, the people shouted with enthusiasm,
" Vive Empereur !" " Vive Imperatrice !" " Vive
1' Prince Imperial !" whilst the ladies at the win-
dows waved their handkerchiefs. The Emperor
and Empress, who were in a carriage of surpassing
splendour, and the upper part of the body of
which was formed almost exclusively of glass,
were very gracious and bowed right and left ; they
both seemed very happy, and the anxiety to get
a glimpse of the little Prince was very great, but
though he was held at the windows few were able
to gratify it. The Empress wore a white dress
over one of light blue, and had diamonds that
must have been worth at a moderate computation

almost half a million sterling. In her hair, round
her neck, at her ears, on her arms, round her
waist, wherever in fact it was possible to display
diamonds there she had them. And right well
she looked with them. The Emperor was in
uniform.
Arrived at the Cathedral the Emperor and
Empress were received by the Archbishop and
Chapter, and after receiving holy water, incense,
&c., proceeded under a canopy borne by canons to
the place provided for them. The cortege, as it
swept up the Cathedral, was of surpassing magni-
ficence. The little Imperial Prince was enveloped
in a splendid mantle, decked with ermine. He
was carried by the_ Gouvernante, Madame Bizot,
widow of the general killed at Sebastopol.
When all the personages present had taken their
places—an operation which took some time—the
Cardinal Legate went to the altar, and chanted the
Veni Creator, the organ and music accompanying
him. Whilst this was being done, what one called
the " Honors" of the child, that is the chrism
cloth, the vessels containing salt, and other
things used in Roman Catholic baptisms—
were placed with pomp -on creden tables near
the altar. The Cardinal then performed
some other ceremony, and the child was
conveyed to the fonts. The Emperor and Empress
then ascended a throne, and all the personages
who took part in the ceremony grouped themselves
on the estrade. The rest of the baptismal ceremony
was then gone through, in the order prescribed by
which served as a
the Catholic Church. The vase

ifont, is in copper, of very curious workmanship,
and was brought by Saint Louis, King of France,
from the Holy Land, in one of the crusades. When
the ceremony was concluded, the child was handed
j to the Emperor, and he. held it up in his
arms showing it to the people. As his Majesty
did this, a chamberlain advanced, cried three times
" Vivo le Prince Imperial ! —a cry whieh was re-
peated with entbrasiastn by the vast multitude in
the church. The exhibition of the child by the
Emperor, and the shouting, formed a brilliant and
moving spectacle. The child was then taken away,
1 conveyed back to the Tuilleries in grand procession

the Empress first clasping him in her arms. A
Te Deum was then chaunted in glorious style, the
Cardinal Legate afterwards pronounced the Pon-
tifical benediction, and the ceremony terminated.

The Emperor and Empress, the Legate, the
rchbishop, the great Court dignitaries, the
illf3reign Ambassadors, &c., afterwards proceeded
l 6 the Hotel de Ville, to attend the grand ban-
uet offered by 'the Prefect and municipality.
About 300 persons, in all, were at this banquet,
ind they were of the very highest distinction.
It is needless to say .that the dinner
,was the most exquisite that could possibly
be produced, and that the valle in which
it took place, and all the adjacent rooms,
were fitted up with extraordinary splen-
dour, and yet with the chaste taste. Everybody
was in uniform, with one exception, and that was
a gentleman in a plain black coat; he was, (under-
stand, either the United States minister, or some
representative of the United States legation.
Doubtless, the Americans have good republican
reasons for not putting their ministers in uniform,
but oli this grand occasion, and in such a
distinguished assemblage, it cannot be
denied that the dark coat formed a blot on the pic-
ture. Both the Emperor and Empress were very
gay. It was observed that the latter ate .very
heartily, and that she made pretty considerable
havoc on a large dish of asparagus A band played
several admired morceaux during the dinner.
After nightfall, the Hotel de Ville, and all the
public buildings, together with a vast number of
private houses, were brilliantly illuminated. In
the Avenue Victoria, opposite the Hotel de Ville,
which was elegantly decked with triumphal arches,
tree, and streamers ; blue and red Bengal lights
were employed at intervals, and they illuminated
the. Hotel de Ville, the tower of Jacques, and the
neighbouring houses, in the most brilliant manner
imaginable. The spectacle was really an extra-
ordinary one, and the Emperor and Empress,
who viewed it from the Hotel de Ville, were de-
lighted with it.

'At half-past ten their Majesties left the Hotel
de Vile for the Tuileries, and on their way were
greeted with enthusiastic acclamations.
All Paris was on foot to see the sight, and vast
multitudes of provincials were brought into town
by cheap railway trains, and everything passed
off with the greatest order, and there were no
accidents.

FRANCE.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT-)

PARIS, SUNDAY, ONE, P.M.

To-day is observed as a fete in honour of the
Imperial Prince, and the post-office closes at the
unusually early hour of one in the afternoon. We
have had firing of artillery, and the people are now
flocking to the theatres, where there are gra-
tuitous performances, or to the Esplanale of
the Invalides and the Barrier du Trone, to see
pantomimes, military spectacles, and climbing
greased poles, and at night there are to be splendid
illuminations and displays of fireworks.

The Cardinal Legate, on his presentation to the
Emperor on Friday, delivered a Latin speech, to
which his Majesty replied as follows :—" I
_am

very grateful -to - his -Holiness, Pope Pius IX.,
for having consented to be godfather of
the child whom Providonce has given me.
In demanding this grace from him, I
wished to call down in a special manner the protec-
tion of heaven on my son and on France. I know
that one of the surest means to merit it, is to
testify all my veneration for the Holy Father, who
is the representative of Jesus Christ on earth."
This list sentence has been a good deal remarked.
When Baron Brunnow was received by the
Emperor on Friday, Ss stated in my letter of that
date, he presented the Emperor, in the name of
the Czar, with the Orders of Saint Andrew, Saint
Alexander, Newaki, the White Eagle, and Saint
Anne.

On the occasion of the baptism, M. Rouher,
Minister of Agriculture and Commerce, the
Marquis de Castelbajae, ex-Ambassador, and
Vice Admiral Baron Dubourdieu have been
appointed servators. A vast number of naval
and . military officers, and of soldiers and
sailors; have been nominated to, or promoted in,
the Legion of Honour. Moreover, 780 civil, and
303 military offenders, have obtained a pardon or a
commutation of their punishment, .and 251 petty
offenders have had fines imposed, and then re-
mitted.

The ex• Queen of the French, and the Princes
and Princesses d'Orleans, have given 25 ,000 francs
to the fund for the relief of the victims of the
inundations. It is not true, as was stated in the
Pays yesterday, that the French refugees in Bel-
gium, have refused to contribute to the relief of
their suffering countrymen ; on the contrary, they
have made them a remittance of 150 fr.

General Sir W. F. Williams, of Kars, has had
the honour of being received by the Emperor, and
has had•the dignity of Commander of the Legion
of Honour conferred on him.
The Journal des Debats considers that the Ameri•
can affair has, at last, really become very serious ;
but the Assemble Nationale thinks that England
and the United States will temporise, and will end
by avoiding war.

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

TURKEY,

MARSEILLES, SATURDAY.

The Sinai has arrived from Constantinople with news
to the sth instant. The treaty with Greece relative to the
repression of brigandage has been ratified.
There was a talk of a military occupation of Turkey.;
the English fleet was expected.
The Bairam was celebrated with great pomp. The
Sultan had held a review of 30.000 men.

The Journal de Constantinople pretends that the Rus-
sians destroyed the fortifications of Kars on the 13th of
May. before they delivered up the town to the Turks, and
that they have also demolished the fortresses of Reni and
Ismail, contrary to the spirit of the treaty of Paris. This
news requires confirmation.
The news of the destruction of the fortifications at
Reni, Ismail, and Kars, had produced a great sensation
at Constantinople.
Letters from the Crimea come down to the 3rd. The
English fleet was expected there to embark 25,000 men
before the 15th. Tartars were arriving at Balaklava in
great numbers. The English evacuation was going on
slowly. Trade at Balaklava is in a deplorable state, and
many forced sales under executions have taken place. A.
good deal of merchandise is to be re-shipped for France
and Egypt.
Another despatch of the same date says telegraphic
orders from London had been received at Constantinople
that -all the vessels in port should proceed at once to the
Crimea to bring away troops, on account of the extra-
ordinary heats.
A. new line of French steamers is established between
Constantinople and Galatz.