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Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-12-31 00:00:00

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THIS DAY.

'ln is DAy, the 31st inst., at Twelve o'clock, at 1, Oldhall-street.
A Quantity of China and Indian CURIOSITIES,
SILK and CRAPE s_HAWLS, CHESS MEN, FANS,
WORK and GLOVE BOXES, &c.
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MONDAY.

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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1856.

THE DAYS' NEWS.

We have some additional advices respecting
bombardment of Canton. They are, however,
—ter which does not sufficiently enable
'non an occurrence which has
—orcial city in. the Celestial
1-nd its fleet. The
belligerent
- con.

of a chart...
us to comment, _
destroyed the first comt.._
empire, and entirely demoliet,
alleged cause of Michael Seymour
operation is, the reprehensible and inhume...
duct of the Chinese authorities in seizing a _
number of British sailors and cutting off mentb

the heads of four. No doubt, when the
Overland Mail arrives we shall be in a position
to state the true cause of the quarrel, and satisfy
our readers as to which was the right side and
which was the wrong, Already the effect of the
news has shown itself, and bears out our remarks
inyesterday's monetary and commercial article, for
we find that not only here but in London, specu-
lation in Tea has set in. Our advises, received
from London last night, state that the news
received from China has already produced some
excitement in the tea and silk trade. The value
of the former article has risen about 11d. per lb.
for the common qua'ities, and 2d. to 10d. for the
better descriptions, and a considerable business
has Been transacted at that improvement. There
is now, however, rather less activity than was
experienced immediately after the news arrived,
and the present quotation -for common Congou is
110, to Is. per lb. The stocks of silk are gene-
rally very light, and prices are exceedingly firm,
with an upward tendency. Very little influence,
however, has been exercised on prices, by the
bombardment, as the trade consider that no serious
difficulty will arise from that event.

Our news from both Prussia and Switzerland is
of a more satisfactory character than for some weeks
past. We learn that an influential member of the
Swiss Federal Council, Dr. Furrer, who was presi
dent of the Swiss Confederation during the Sunder
build war, left Berne on Sunday on a secret mission
for Frankfort. This was regarded as a mission of
paramount importance. Another member of the
couucil, Frey, left at the same time for Basle. On
the same day, the Swiss envoy at the French court,
Barmann, arrived at Borne. No doubt he brought
the joint note of the Powers, and the missions
just mentioned were the immediate result.
Whether warlike or peaceful there is -no indi
indication. We have received a copy of the
communication from the Swiss Council to
the Federal Assembly. It consists of a recapit
ulation of the ne,gociation to which the Neufchatel
difficulty has given rise. The ground which the
Federal Council takes in defending its conduct, is
that it has never unconditionally refused the
release of the prisoners, but had offered it on con-
dition of the simultaneous recognition of the
independence of Neufchatel. The same modera-
tion of language is observable in this document az
has hither to characterised the papers issued by the
Prussian Government. The Federal Council
decl,res it would be content with a simple guaran-
tee that the independence of Neufchatel should be
the result of the negotiation on which Prussia
declares she is willing to enter if the prisoners be
released. This must give rise to decided hopes of
of peace A committee has been entrusted by the
Assembly with the duty to report on the message of
the Council ; and the Assembly has adjourned sine
die, to give the committee time to prepare the report.
From Berlin we have advices of an equally
pacific character. It is stated that Prussia has
adhered to the promises held out in the joint note
of the Great Powers. The Chamber of Wurtem-
berg has protested against the concentration or
passage of Prussian troops on 'Wurtemberg
territory. The chief grounds alleged against the
passage of troops through Wurtemberg being that
such a step would impose pecuniary burdens upon
Southern Germany, and interrupt trade and com-
merce. The protest also sets forth that " Switzer-
lan I has always been the most peaceful, the most
' inoffensive, and the best neighbour of Germany,
as she enjoys our esteem, friendship, our full
sympathy, and is, moreover, united to us by
reciprocal commercial interests."
With regard to the expected Conference at Paris
there is as yet no definite intelligence, it is, how
ever, confidently expected that that event cannot
now be delayed much longer. The political gos-
sipers have had food for much talk of a recent
visit of M. Guizot to M. Thiers, to talk over the
prospects of the forthcoming general elections.
M. Guizot, ever since he has been out of office, has
been much more anxious to play a part in politics
than M. Thiers, who, immersed in his historical
pursuits, is well content to stand aloof from active
participation in tlie events of the time. It is
rumoured accordingly that M. Guizot's sug-
gestions for an understanding between the
different fractions of the monarchial parties
were very coldly received by M. Thiers.
The Paris Presse contains an article of some
interest on the subject of the island of Karrak,
which the English have taken as their base of
operations in the Persian Gulf. That island, the
Presse declares, belongs to France, having been
ceded by treaty in 17G9 to M. Pyrault, French
consul at Bassora, by Kerim Khan, vakil of Persia.
The article concludes as follows :—" In present
political circumstances the rights of Franca on Kar
rak might produce complications of an unexpected
nature in the Anglo-Persian difficulty. We may
mention one single instance which might arise were
Persia, our ally, to express her discontent at seeing
an English army transform the French Island of
Karrak into its base of operations; this would
suffice to compel the French Government to inter-
fere in the question." The Moniteur announces
that Count Kisseleff, the Russian Ambassador,
was received on Saturday by the Emperor, and
presented to him a letter, in which the Emperor
Alexander notified the birth of Prince Nicholas,
son of his Imperial Highness the Grand Duko
Nicholas and of her Imperial Highness the Grand
Duchess Alexandra•Petrowna.

Among the domestic topics of the day worthy of
notice, is the charge of Mr. D. Hill to the Grand
Jury of the Borough of Birmingham, on tran
sportation and tickets of leave. Mr. Hill, after
alluding to to the practices of other countries with
regard to the treatment of their criminals, remarked
that I- ngland was the only country in the world
which had recourse to transportation for the
disposal of its criminals. He considered that
we might alleviate our condition at once
without any change in the law as it now stands
The ticket of leave, as dealt with by the authori-
ties, he said, might just as well be a piece of blank
paper. It purports to hold the bearer to the
liability of being sent back to prison if he shall
associate with notoriously bad characters, or in any
way not " prove by his subsequent conduct that he
iswortliy of her Majesty's clemency." This is the
theory. The practice is to indulge him in every
species of misconduct short of committing another
offence, cognisable by the criminal law, when, of
course, whether he had or had not a ticket
of leave he would bo deprived of his liberty. That
a document so dealt with is an absurd affair must
be admitted, and if it had been made the subject
of ridicule none could have been surprised, and no
one ought to have been offended. But to make it
a grave object of attack is, certainly, to emulate, and
even to go beyond the absurdity of treating its
conditions as waste paper.
General Codrington has entered upon his canvass
for the suffrages of the electors of Greenwich, and
it is said his prospects of success are good. Although
the gallant general has a large circle of military
friends at Woolwich, who are also electors of the
borough, not one of these was requested to sign
the requisition inviting him to become a candidate,
as it was deemed prudent that such invitation
should emanate entirely from civilian electors—
who alone signed the document. His opponent,
Colonel Sleigh, one of the proprietors of the
Daily Telegraph, is also prosecuting an active
and energetic canvass, and his friends aver
that he will be the winning candidate.
Mr. J. Stewart Wortley, the new Solicitor General.
has issued his address to the Electors of Buteshire,
The leading tenets of his political creed may be
gleaned from the subjoined extract from his
address :—" Attached to the essential institutions of
my country I have ever been ready to redress abuses
by the application of practical remedies, and it is
by this rule that my conduct will continue to be
regulated. In joining Lord Palmerston's adminis-
tration I hope for opportunities of being serviceable
to my country. I hope to bear my share in further
and extensive improvement in the law, in the pro-
motion of liberal but religious education, in the
adjustment and fair distribution as well as of the
honours as of the burdens of our great and neces-
sary establishments, and in the assertion of the
honour of our country in the presence of all the
nations of the world. I adhere to all that I have
said of my determination to resist the encroach-
of the power of Rome, whether open or

insidious, as injurious to religion and subversive of
the truest and most precious freedom?'
The proceedings in yesterday's Polies Court
Were of an unusuallyinteresting character. Two
cases, in particular, deserve special notice, namely,
the charge brought by Martin Maguire, the " ticket
of leave 'man," against Mr. and Mrs. Moore, of
Wood-street ; and the complaint made by a police
officer against Major Greig, the head constable. It
appears that the Major, on going his rounds on
Sunday afternooe, observed three police officers in
conversation in Great George's-street, which is
contrary to the Major's orders. • He accosted
the plaintiff, and ordered him to go to the
end of his beat. This order the policeman
proceeded to obey, but that in the estimation of
the Major was performed in too slow a manner,
and he called repeatedly to th officer to proceed
" quicker:: applying his cane I,•peatedly to the
back and shoulders of the policeman. Such was
the tenor of the charge. Major Greig replied to
this that he merely touched the officer, and not
with any view of assaulting him. The charge was
dismissed. We forbear making any comments
upon the matter at present, but shall take another
opportunity of returning thereto, and then endea-
vour to show that principles of vast and serious
importance are involved in the fact of the Head
Constable acting as he did
The Ragged School Society held its annual
meeting last night. From the report which was
presented, and a copy of which will be found in
another column, we are glad to learn that this
society is silently, hut certainly, doing much good
among a large number of the outcasts of Liverpool.
and laying the foundation of a useful, because a
moral, education among the most indigent and
neglected children of this large and populous
borough.

ANOTHER Conference is to take place, and at
Paris. At its meetings, matters are to be dis-
cussed which have been already agreed to. The
whole affair is to be a mere parade—a show from
which a hieroglyphic is to be produced to startle
our nurseries, and decorate the walls of many a
Senate. The late war has, however, proved a
triumph for Russia in every respect, except in
the field, where her troops had to confront those
of the Allies. As warriors, we have won every-
thing. As statesmen and diplomatists we have
gained nothing, if time should not prove that we
have lost all for which wehave shed so much blood.
The childish delays which have taken place in
bringing about the final adjustment of the terms
of peace have done incalculable mischief in keep-
ing the public mind unsettled, both at home and
abroad. France has suffered most bitterly from
this cause. England has shared the reverses of
her Ally in a modified degree ; and it appears to
us that Austria's protracted occupation of the
Principalities, and the proposal Russia is said to
have accepted, with regard to the Bessarabian
frontier, are all in favour of the success of the
Cz AR's tactics, and the ultimate triumph of his
cause. The last project mooted, and which it is
said the Emperor ALEXANDER agrees to, is—
First, " both the Bolgrads are to be ceded to
" Moldavia ; second, the Delta of the Danube
" and the Isle of Serpents are to be ceded to
" Turkey, and Russia is to retain possession of
the piece of land between the Yalpuk and its
" tributary as a compensation for Old Bolgrad
" (Tabak)." This may be thought a good
arrangement at a cursory glance.

" The area of *the above-mentioned territories,'
says our Austrian informants, "is said to be
" about 180 square miles, with a population of
" between 8,000 and 10,000 souls." Now, there
is something in the magnitude of these conces-
sions, which should induce us to pause and look
narrowly into the future. The hereditary policy
of Russia is to endeavour to infuse the Musco-
vite element into those countries which have
successfully resisted her attempts at their sub-
jugation by arms ; and here we find her following
up her designs on a grand scale. The Ottoman
population of Wallachia and Moldavia does not
exceed 1,520,000 souls, and these few helpless
people are to have a Russianised host, estimated
at 8,000 or 10,000, tacked to them. This num-
ber may be thought too small to cause any
serious alarm ; but they are, nevertheless, quite
sufficient to show us that Russia has succeeded
in getting the point of her favourite wedge in,
where the sword has failed to secure her ambi-
tious ends. She sees also, in the occupation of
the banks of the lower Danube, that the Princi-
palities are virtually cut off from the SULTAN'S
dominions. Thus the CZAR finds the conquest of
Turkey approaching rapidly. Political strategy
is doing what brute force could not accomplish.
Austria can form no alliance with England, so
long as she continues her open antagonism to
the spirit of the Treaty of Paris.
France could scarcely sanction the violation
of Turkish independence, to the maintenance of
which she stands pledged as deeply as Great
Britain. The Austrians, then, occupy the position
of mar-plots, which Russia seems to know how to
appreciate, as it gives her, in her minority of
one, as much power and security as she could
obtain by a • large majority. The Allies could
find no difficulty in compelling the Czar to keep
his engagements. The question is, how to keep
together a majority against the common enemy
while the Austrians retain armed possession of
the soil of the very people for whose indepen-
dence they wen. to war ? Russia will not unite
in ordering the Austrians out of the Principalities.
Throwiug open the Danube is not in the
" interest of Germany " or Russia, with their
competing rivers, seas, and hopes. France takes
narrow views of social changes; Great Britain
alone seems to comprehend the advantages of
commercial progress on broad and equitable
principles. She therefore stands alone in Con-
tinental Councils when she seeks to secure for
commerce its natural freedom. She has no
supporters in such a cause, and smooth as the
surface of the diplomatic current may appear,
the under plot will, if possible, defeat her, and
withhold from her the reward due to her glorious
victories in war.

The public to whom we address these remarks
will have an opportunity of judging of their
value within the next year or two. The free
navigation of the Danube is a great European
question, and if it is possible to defeat the
development of its countless advantages to the
millions whom we hope to benefit by it; it will
be done. What faith, then, can we have
in the result of this second Conference ? The
material progress and social prosperity we

seek, must, we fear, come from a far different
source. In our efforts to tranquilise the surface
of continental society, we shall not be able to go
deep enough to remove the rocks and other
obstructions which lie in the way of any great
extension of free commercial intercourse. The
ruling policy of the great European Powers is
against us, and if we can hold our own for' the
present, we must leave time to work out
those changes which belong to a higher stage
of true economic knowledge and political
amelioration than that which prevails on the
Continent in these days. The necessities of
mankind are multiplying with astounding
rapidity ; and as the mother of invention is ever
pregnant with genius, we may find the wants of
one mistaken State ministering to the cravings
of others in obedience to those natural laws
which diplomacy is but too apt to despise. Such
are the hopes with which we must, consequently,
meet the shortcomings of the Paris Conferences,
where the cause we have espoused has few
friends, as it is not understood, and cannot be
made intelligible, to the diplomatic mind of the

DIRECT TRADE FROM CHICAGO TO EUROPE.

The slavery question is not the only subject of anxiety
or of discussion. The people of the West are demanding
Free Trade. They perceive that so long as the United
States Navigation Laws exclude British ships from the
coasting trade of the lakes, the Canadian Government will
not either widen or deepen the canals. The lower import
duties levied in Canada compared with those levied
by the United States Tariff for the protection of the
manufacturers, are also exciting considerable attention, as
will be seen from the following extracts :
Considerable talk has of late been made in the newspa-
pers in regard to the trip of the Dean Richmond from
Chicago to Liverpool, as establishing the feasibility of a
direct trade between the Western States and .Europe.
Another vessel has since been chartered to perform the
same trip. It appears, however, that the trip of the Dean
Richmond was not a good speculation, financially con-
sidered. It has been represented that the vessel was sold
in Liverpool at a profit of 9,350 dols. ; but a letter from
Messrs. Cunard, Brett and Austen, of Liverpool, states
that there was an actual 1088 of 6.000 dols. The vessel
cost 19,000 dols., and was sold for 13,000 dols.
The Chicago Tribune throws a wet blanket upon the
pleasing vision of a direct trade with Europe. It says :
After all the published opinions, we must come down at
least to the facts as they are developed by experience.
Until the Welland, Lachine, and Rideau canals are
enlarged, and until our Government can be pricked,
coaxed, or shamed into the improvement 'of oar lake
harbours, and the deepening of the channel of our St.
Clair Flats we are inclined to believe that direct trade
with Europe will be chiefly confined to the newspapers
of Canada and the North West. So far as our end of the
route is concerned, we are not without hope that the
people of the West, will, before the lapse of many years,
see that their interest demands that they should be more
independent in their political action, and by refusing to
recognise the chieftaincy of those on the Atlantic
seaboard who make up political issues for them, set up for
themselves, and insist upon a recognition of their rights.
When that time comes, we may be sure that what has been
so long denied will be cheerfully accorded, and that the
obstructions which now hinder the enlargement of our
commercial intercourse with European ports will be
removed. As long, however, as we choose to look to New
York and Boston for the cue to political action, we have
no hope that the demands of the Northwest will be
heeded. A Western party,' embracing all men who will
unite in exacting justice from our government to Western
interests, is the indispensable pre-requisite to the perma-
nency of our European trade.

The trade of Chicago has nearly closed, and the year's
business has been enormous. The receipts of grain at
port alone have baen 24,000,000 bushels, forming of itself

an immense business for the railroads terminating at that
point. The shipments of grain: have been 19,757,988
bushels ;1 last season, 15,655,882 bushels ; increase,
4,092,106 bushels. The shipments in lumber show an
enormous figure, being 456,003,556 feet ; last season,
299,492,429; increase, 156,531,127.
Mr. Bidder, who has been superintending the opening
of the Grand Trunk Railway has, we understand, just left
Montreal for England, with the view of making arrange-
ments for a through ticket system from every shipping port
of importance in Europe to any part of North America.
That is, the Grand Trunk Railway have made such
arrangements with all the leading Railways in the United
States and in Canada, as will pass their passengers to any
part of North and Western America upon tickets to be
given to the passengers in Europe. Thus, passengers
who take through tickets from the Grand Trunk agents
at Bremen, Hamburg, Liverpool, Glasgow, Belfast,
Dublin, or any other leading port, will be conveyed
to any point in Canada to which a railway runs, or
to any place in the United States where a leading railway
has a section without the tEoub!e of making even an
enquiry, or the delay of a single unnecessary moment.
Each passenger will be supplied with a ticket, map, and
even time-table, which, whilst it secures him against all
impositions, vexations and delays after he lands, will tell
him the very hour almost he will arrive in the extreme
west of America, or in any part of Canada. If this system
is thoroughly carried out—and we are led to believe that
Mr. Bidder is well adapted for the task—it will tend to
revolutionise the whole passenger traffic between Europe
and America, as well as in America itself.

CLAYTON HALL,

MISS JULIA ST. GEORGE'S HOME AND
FOREIGN LYRICS.

Many eminent actors, after completely mastering the
mimetic art on the regular boards, have brought their
treasures of delineative acquirements to bear upon some-
thing which gives more complete scope to their special
powers, and concentrates their energies on what is known
in our time by the title of an " Entertainment." The
elder Mathews and Yates commenced it, (and we have
often wondered that the younger Mathews never yet
essayed in the line for which he is essentially gifted), and
in later times ladies have entered the lists with the male
" entertainers,' and have won their laurels well, particu-
larly in the cases of Miss Emma Stanley, and Mr. and
Mrs. Henri Drayton ; and, though last, not least, the
accomplished Miss Julia St. George, who has paid Liver-
pool the compliment to produce her olio here—
it having never before appeared on any stage until
Friday evening last. This lady is an established favourite
with the London play-goers, having earned her fame by
her brilliant impersonations and singing, in burlesque and
comedy, at the Lyceum and Olympic, and bringing with
her thorough knowledge of personal representation, a
charming person, and an unusual contralto voice, it is
not surprising if she has achieved a complete success in
her new entertainment, which is entitled "Home and
Foreign Lyrics." The story is in fact a very extended
tour, which embraces the greater portion of the civilised
world, and there are introduced stories, persons, and
songs, characteristic of the various places. Some of the
characters are completely " impersonated " by a rapid
appearance in the necessary costume, and these changes
are at times most striking ; and one finds that even dress-
ing may be elevated into one of the arts. Others, again,
are pourtrayed by an assumption on the stage of a demi
toilet, which completely disguises the fair representer.
There are songs and stories incidental to home life, to the
ordinary tour of Europe, of Greece, India, America, and
France. Of these, we would say the graphic story of 'fir.
Jenkins' (a cockney's) visit to the Continent, the Yankee
" help," Captain Crawler (tho most languid man in the
world), the French Postilion, and Joan of Arc (in full
costume), are assumptions that call forth the delight and
wonder of the audience from the extraordinary versatility
displayed, each being excellent in accent, demeanour, and
" get up." The Yankee girl is life, and the chivalric em-
bodiment of the Maid of Orleans, is one calling for a very
high order of talent. The music, which is composed by
Mr. Duggan, is of a recherche character, admirably suited
to each subject illustrated ; and in almost every style of
song there is to be called a gem. The recitative, " By
Heaven Inspired," and the martial air following, are as

noble as their theme, and are delivered by Miss St.
George, mail-clad, with such fervour as to thrill her
hearers. The entertainment is on the whole a most
delightful one, but it would be improved by a little more
compactness, and many of the characters are worthy of
greater elaboration—doubtless, this will all be effected,
as Miss St. George progresses• Meantime, those who can
enjoy, for two hours, a mixture of the grave and gay in
word and song, and high art in representation of
character, can have all at a trifling cast nightly, at the
Clayton nail. There are also morning performances.

HOFFMAN'S ENTERTAINMENT, BOLD•STREET

TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMES.

Sir,—/is you are always the friend of the working man,
will you permit me to suggest, through the medium o
your columns, to Mr. Hoffman, that the charges for his
entertainment—excellent though it be—are too high for
artizans and others to enjoy an evening at the hall. 1
venture to say that if the prices were lowered his receipts
would increase, at the same time that many of our vtorking
classes, with their families, would be enabled to spend
agreeable and intellectual evenings at this house. If the
2s seats were reduced to Is, and the shilling places to 6dP
it would be much more profitable to himself, at the same
time it would confer a boon on the class to which I belong.

ONE OF THE MILLION.

[The suggestion of. our correspondent is an excellent
one, and no doubt will receive due attention. We like to
see the million enjoy themselves, and particularly at such
an entertainment as Mr. Hoffman's. which is calculated to
instruct and amuse. We hope the idea will be adopted.]