The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-04-24 00:00:00

DIE NORTHERN TIMES.-LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY, ♦PRIL 24, 18i&.

have received a commission of the peace as a mark

of high favour, we cannot understand how it is
that an experienced lawyer could not have been
selected to fill the office of chairman without con-
ferring on him a princely income, unless, indeed,
it is that they are not the men to be placed over the
heads of hereditary squires and nobles of the shire,

and are not beings to accept honour without prof.

But Mr. WILLIAN RATHBONE'S leaving the Court
House on principle, just as the principle for which

he contended was about to be put to the vote,
has surprised both his friends and admirers,
The venerable philanthropist moved his
resolution in favour of the appointment of
" a professional gentleman acquainted with the
" principles and practice of law as now adminis.

tered," as Chairman, under a conscientious

conviction that the responsibility now resting on
the shoulders of non-professional magistrates is too
great, and failing to carry his motion, he suddenly
withdrew from the room, whereas he ought, in our
humble opinion, to have endeavoured to carry out
his principle as far as possible, by raising his voice
in favour of the most experienced, able, and best
qualified member of the bench being raised to the
chair, and openly protested against the elevation
of one of the youngest and most inexperienced
men on the list of justices to the office, which he
would not have filled by any man who was not
well versed in the " principles and practice of the
" law as now administered."

Lord STANLEY, the chosen chairman, is only
thirty years of age, and is nothing more as yet
than a fancy-fair orator. The noble Lord
admits himself that he has no qualification
whatever for the office, and in his letter
to Colonel 'WILBRAHAM, he tells the bench
if they will be such toadies as to pass by
the " fine old English gentlemen," who have earned
their brother magistrates' esteem, and the public's
confidence, and confer the honour on him he will
accept the office. That Mr. DAVID HODGSON

should insult every :senior member of the county
bench, for a scion of Knowsley, is a matter which
will not create much astonishment ; and, that
Mr. JOHN RossoN should second Mr. HODGSON'S
motion, is quite natural, after the recent rejection
of his elaborate scheme of territorial reform ;

but that any champion, together with the friends
of consistency, should have abandoned the election,
is much to be regretted. Lord STANLEY has

shown no qualifications for the office thrust upon
him by serfish adulators, beyond those so laughably
enumerated by Mr. WILLIAM EARLE. The noble
lord's picture gating on the Sabbath—his votes
in favour of Maynooth, and earnest solicitude for
the classical instruction of the working classes are
little diableisms, for which Mr. HODCiSON'S, high
priest can find no absolution. MR. JOHN

ROSSON may wipe away his guilt by
penitence and fasting, without adding much- to
his temporal sufferings, as there are few better
subjects for a forty days abstinence, or a six months
pilgrimage.

The real grievance complained of appears,
however, to have been the large amount of judicial
business imposed on the bench, which requires
that Alagistrates should be tiler " learned in the

" law," in order to secure the uniform administra-
tion of justice, the respect of the bar, and the
confidence of the public. There is as much self-
condemnation as novelty in all this. A Magistrate
condemns himself, and the whole bench, when he
seeks to secure the uniform administration of
justice. Mr. RATHBONE must have discovered
very recently that justice is not uniformly admin.-
istered,
,or we presume we should have heard
something of it' long since. With regard to the
respect of the bar, that can never be gained,
except the bench will forego their own sound
judgment, and allow the wigs on both sides, in
every case, to bristle with triumph. And public
confidence can never be won so long as
common sense is outraged by placing a
boy Magistrate at the head of the bench of

Magistrates of a county such as Lancashire. Only
fancy an inexperienced justice of the peace appeal
ing to an equally untaught chairman ! Such a
scene would be quite enough to make the bar
scratch their horse-hair, and rail at their worships.
But none of these things were heard of only a very
years ago. It is very lately that Magistrates have
been required to go into the law of evidence, to
hear appeal cases, and deal with crime in a strictly
judicial capacity. Formerly the Justice of the
Peace was only required to hear charges brought
before him, and commit or discharge the accused,

on matter of fact testimony.
The mazes of what is now called " evidence,"
were left to a judge to wade through in the
presence of a jury, and in this way justice was
uniformly administered, but it is very different
now. The local Magistrates have been petitioning
Parliament for years to make all sorts of changes,.
and to confer upon them the power
of doing this and that, until they
at last find themselves covered with
the sacred responsibilities of the judge, with-
out the unimpeachable knowledge, and spotless
ermine, of the forensic scholar. The Magistracy
have seen the Constitution openly violated, in
order to gratify their lust of power; and they can
hardly be surprised to find that they have lost the
respect of the bar, and the confidence of the public,
when they. are found straying into matters which
the most superficial observer can see, they were
never meant to give an opinion upon,"much less to
visit the subject with heavy pains and penalties.
But the present system will work its Own cure.
The power of the Magistracy will be brought back
within strictly constitutional limits, and trial by
jury re-established in a great majority of cases, in.
which they now exercise discretionary, and purely
judicial powers, in a way in which we are left to
infer, justice is not uniformly administered, and
which has lost them the respect\ of the bar, and
the confidence of the public. Meanwhile, it
appears indispensably necessary that there should
be a Deputy-Chairman of Quarter Sessions, or
some officer of unquestionable legal abilities
appointed to aid the bench in the discharge of
those complex and unconstitutional duties, which
are so well e.:plained in these few words:—
" The principles and practice of law, as. now
" administered."

MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL,

LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY EVENING

The Atlantic has arrived at this port from New
York with -dates to the 12th inst., and has brought
5 000 dollars in specie. In coust-quence of the
late hour at which -her papers were !Anded, the
effect of her advizes upon the Cotton Market was

not tested. There has, however, been a firm
feeling all day and a grhui business has been done,
the sales reaching 15,000 hales, of which 6,000 were
taken for speculation and export. Prices were
steady all day.
In the Liverpool Share Market the amount of
business done has not been large, but there has
been a good feeling, and the market closed" steady
at the following quotations :—Aberdeen, 12,-1 13k.
Chester and Birkenhead,- 15-4 151. Caledonian,
30 301. Chester and Holyhead, 16 161-. Eastern
Counties, 10 10k. East Lancashire, 19/ 198.
Great Northern, 238 234. Ditto A, 93 91. Great
Western, 63164. Lancashire and Yorkshire; Stock,
881 881. Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport, 17-,1-, 171.
London and North Western Stock, 1003,- 101. Man-
chester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 28k 288.• • Ditto
Pref., 113-, 12. Ditto New 6 per cent. Pref., 2 In.
Midland Stock, 741 742. North British, 81 81.
North Staffordshire, 6 53d. South Eastern and
Dover, -218 211-. York, Newcastle, and Berwick,
19 0-16 19 11-16. York and North Midland, 27;
28k Leeds Capital Stock, 151 151. Buffalo and
Lake Huron, 1 13-16 1 15.16 p. Dutch Rhenish, 11
Great Western of Canada, 264 261. Ditto
New Shares, 37, 3,3 p. Ditto 2nd issue, 3g 34p.
Great Luxembourg, 74- 7d.
Owing to the naval review the attendance was
to-day limited in city circle, and business was
lull in nearly all branches, but the closing quota-
tions of the Funds were II per cent better than those
of yesterday. The final prices were stated at 93 3-16
to 93 5-16. This slight improvement was attri-
buted to the publication of the text of the peace. The
1 quiet to day notwith-
)arations against the final instal-
falling due to-morrow on the

M

t remair

In the Stock Exchange, however, there
was more demand for this purpose, and, for short
loans on Government securities, six per cent was
asked. At Paris to-day the Three per Cent Rentes
exhibited scarcely any variation from the
closing quotations of yesterday. The Railway
Share Market to day was excessively dull.
Caledonian, 60 601. Eastern Counties, 1.0 101 East
Lancashire, 76 78. Great Northern, 943 95. Ditto
A, 783 791. Great Western, 631 63/. Lancashire
and Yorkshire, 881 881. London and North
Western, 1001 101. Manchester, Sheffield, and
Lincolnshire, 28z 29 Midland Stock, 74 74z.
North British, 311 351. South Eastern and Dover,
72 72k. York, Newcastle, . and Berwick, 78 79.
York and North Midland, 561 561.

new loan

STEAM TO CANADA.—Yesterday steam communication
between Liverpool and Canada was resumed by the
departure from the Mersey of Messrs. Allan and Gilles.
pie's steamer North American, which sailed with a full
cargo and 150 passengers for Montreal.

RESPITE OF CELESTINA. SOMMER AND MARY ANN
HARRIS.—On Tuesday afternoon, Mr. Weatherhead, the
governor of Nawgate, received an official respite from Sir
Geerge Grey for these two women, who were ordered for
execution on Monday next. Immediately on its receipt,
the sheriffs, with the R?,v. Mr., Davis, the ordinary, pro-
ceeded to the cells of the unhappy women, and announced
to them the royal pleasure. Both received the welcome
tidings with earnest thankfulness.

THE THEATRE ROYAL.—The extreme pressure upon
our columns to-day precludes us from doing justice to
the histrionic and lyric talents of the operatic company
who appeared last night on these boards. Never was the
Atnina in "Sonnambula" more beautifully rendered than
by Madame Gassier, and we rejoice the more in the
success of the fair vocalist's achievements, from the
knowledge her appearance before the audience afforded
of a restoration to health. The theatre was crowded to
excess, and the prima donna was welcomed by long
continued and justly earned plaudits. At the fall of
the curtain enthusiasm was at its highest pitch. To-
morrow, " Don Pasquale" is the theme, and we much
doubt whether the operatic company will not be hailed
with the same rapture that greeted them last night.

Mr. England's lecture, on Ancient Classical Literature,
will be given at Blackburne House this afternoon.
DkATII FROM DROWNING —On Tuesday night a man,
named Robert Mulliken, the mate of a schooner called the
Jane of Wick, whilst crossing a plank in the Wellington
dock, fell into the water and was drowned.

IN RE WILLIAM PARSON CIE.--In the case of this
prisoner, Mr. Cross attended yesterday at the Police Court,,
and tendered the name of a gentlenian, as bail, in the room
of another already mentined as ono of the sureties. The
case was again ordered to sand over to this day.
The steam ship City of Baltimore, Captain Robert
Leitch, belonging to the Liverpool and Philadelphia scrdtv
steam ship Campany, left the Mersey yesterday, about noon,
with 63 cabin passengers and 150 tons cargo, and discharged
her pilot off the port at 1.30 p.m. She resumes the sailings
of the company's steamers which wore suspended owing to
their being engaged in the transport -service. The steam
ship Kangaroo, Captaii Erving, belonging to the same
company, followed close after, for Balaklava, to bring home
troops from the. Crimea.

• SOUTHERN AND TOXTETH lIOSPITAL.—WEEKLY REPORT,
APRIL 23, 1856.—1 n patients ;—Discharged : cured, 15 ;
relieved, 0; at own request, 1 ; irregular, .0. Dead, 2 ;
entered, 18 ; under treatment, 56. Out patients : cured,
59 ; entered, 61 ; under treatment, 46. Treasurer, James
Houghton, Esq. Visitors, J. Farnworth, Esq., and B.
Platt, Esq. Honorary chaplain, Rev. D. T. Barry;
B.A. Physicians and surgeons for the week, Dr. Cameron,
and. Mr. Churton, House surgeons, Mr. E. C. Garland,
and Mr. William Townsend.

THE MILITIA SEWnCE.—The deputation of Colonels of
Militia who waited on Lord Panmure last week, laid before
his lordship the hardships which the disembodiment of the
*Militia would involve upon the subalterns and medical
officers, many of whom had relinquished permanent employ-
ment in order to officer that farce. Lord Panmure—after
hearing Colonel Wilson Patten, M.P., Colonel Knox Gore,
Colonel Sir J. Yarde Buller, M.P., Colonel Ouseley Hig-
gins, M,P., and other ofacers-,promised to lay the matter
before the Cabinet next day, as it was one worthy of every
consid9ratig•

Bony FOUND.—The body., of a man, fiupposed to have
been a sailor, was picked up at half past six o'clock on
Tuesday evening, in the Crosby channel,: and was conveyed
to the dead-house. Decomposition had considerably
advanced, 8Q that identification could not be made. Two
letters ,which were found in the pocket of tbe_unfortunate
deceased, may probably afford aclae to his identification,
They are written in a . bold plain female hand, and bear
date respectively the 16th and 19th March. The first
taunts the deceased with having left London. without seeing
the writer, acknowledges her possession of his likeness, and
concludes by wishing him every happiness. The second
'conveys a denial on the part of the writer that she is engaged
to any one, and gives the " req aired promise," at the same
time expressing her detertnination not to leave her mlther
while she lives. Both -letters bear the signature "M. A.
Paddon." At piesent the death'of the deceased is involved
in mystery.

THE LONDON SWELL MOBSMEN.--Yesterday, Mr. Camp-
bell applied to the presiding magistrate (Mr. Park3r), who
committed Smith, one of the " mobsmen, ' from London, on
behalf of the female who calls herself Mrs. Smith, for an
order to see him at Walton jail. His worship said, from
what had passed on Monday, when the, female obtained an
order to see Smith, .he did not -think it would further the
ends of justice if he granted the present application. There
was a regular day for,visiting prisoners, and she could avail
herself, of that day. Mr, Campbell said it was of importance
that she should see her husband before that day. Mr.
Clough (very dryly) I dare say it is, but I think it . would
frustrate the ends of justice to let her see hiin now. The
lady then stepped forward and said, "I would be very sorry
indeed; sir, to frustrate the ends of justice." Mr. Clough
(with a sceptical look) :Of course not, ma'am—of course
not, ma'am!" Mr. Campbell said he would not press the
application for the present, and the lady left, looking indig-
nantly at Mr. Clough.
4 dri.en and, a nd
iuserrs:
LIST OF PASSENGERS BY TEE ATLANTIC.—Messrs.
English, Osborne, Benjamin, M'Cune, Mr. and Mrs. Griffin
Prase. Saredhulatnzd, thy p h
i
and child,
Mr.ild Ma
nrcl. Mrs.d M
Packard
Baremore, Messrs. Adams, Kraft, Serapte .
r, Mr, and Mrs.
Kerser, Messrs. Stone, Jones, Friedlan Schniidt,
Scherer, Boare, Warner, Tessin, Peek, Sagogo, M'Rae,
Toote, Taylor, Mrs. Brolly and child,,Messrs.
Mayo, Nicholson, Hargraves- and party, Waterling, F. E.,
Howe, Mr., Mrs, and Miss Brydon, Sims, Livermore, Ber-
keley, John, 'Mr. and Mrs. Jones, -Mr. tar.gdon, Mr. and
Mrs. Howe, Mr. and Mrs. Keen. Mr. and Mrs. Bendel!, two
children, and servant, Messrs. Sherman, Henry, Dagraw,
Collins, Jones, Bonsman, Turner, Mr. and Mrs. Kemp,
Mr. and Mrs. Jusein ; Messrs. Clark, Ruse, Jamison, Pajal,
boinstein, Bullett. Leming, Colman, Andre, Hatcher,
Simpson, Cherry, J. Raphael and friend ; Mr. and Mrs.
Muning, Mr. and Mrs. Kurz, Miss Weber, Mr. Edwinson,
Mr. Ashburner, Mr. Callum, Mr. Tunstate.

LATEST INTELLIGENCE. I

THE INDIA AND CHINA MAILS.

SOUTHAMPTON, WEDNESDAY,

The Peninsular and Oriental Steamship Com-
pany's steamer Ava has just arrived here with the
heavy portion of the East India and China mails,
bringing 130 passengers, and dates from Alexan-
dria to the oth, Malta the 13th, and Gibraltar the
18th instant.

FRANCE.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

PARIS, TUESDAY EVENTNG

I am assured that Count de Morny is winding up
his various stock-jobbing operations, with the view
of going to Russia either as ambassador extraordi-
nary at the coronation of the Emperor Alexander,
or as permanent ambassador—l am not aware
which, but think the former most probable. His
retirement from .stock-jobbery will afford a good
deal of pleasure to the speculating world, as they
suspected him (erroneously let us hope) of Making
use in his speculations of knowledge, obtained by
his relationship to the Emperor, and his position
as President of the Legislative Body, whereby he
was almost always certain to gain. But if stock-
jobbers rejoice to get rid of him, many a fair lady
will lament, for he is quite a lady's man, and gave
the most charmingfetes and balls.
M. Cucheval Clarigny, is, I understand, to cease
to be editor of the Constitutionnel, and, indeed, it is
probable, that his retirement will be announced
to morrow.

I am told that the Government has prohibited
the entrance into France of a new Belgian news-
paper called the Presse Beige. The reason of this
measure is that it displays great hostility to the
French Emperor.

I hear that the public functionary upon whom, as
I told you in a recent letter, an attempt was made
to bribe, is a brother of the Prefect of Police, M.
Pietri.

You will have seen by the 11!oniteur sent to you
this morning that the Government has decreed
Certain reductions in the army—the dissolution of
a regiment of Algerian Cavalry, of two regiments
of infantry, and of part of the Foreign Legion.

The Sardinian Government ratified the treaty
of peace on the 19th. If one are to believe the
Univers, Count de Cavour, the Sardinian Prime
Minister, was, by the advice of the Emperor
of the French, resolved to adopt a concilia-
tory policy towards Rome, and to enter
into a concordat with it—also to modify the exist-
inv, Cabinet, dissolve the Chambers, and shackle
the press. 13ut this is so contrary to what the
Count's recent conduct would lead one to expect
that we may be pardoned for doubting it.

The Journal des Debats in an article on the
English report on the French Universal Exhibi-
tion says that the English exhibitors took advan-
tage of the suspension of the Customs' laws to
bring in large quantities of prohibited articles, and
that the Fretch had bought them up eargerly ; and
it adds, " This free communication, though tem-
porary, will not be without effect in promoting the
success of free trade. The public has eaten of the
forbidden fruit, and has formed a great liking for
it." This is very well, but unfortunately a few
days ago, in the Legislative body the government
was obliged to make a solemn declaration
that it has no intention of abandoning
the cause of " protection, and that the cus-
toms reforms it has or may introduce are not to
be considered as preparatory to the adoption of free
trade. The necessity of making such a declaration
is a proof that France is not yet ripe for free trade
but still there is reason to believe (as I told you
long ago) that the Government, though avoiding
the name of free trade, will not the less continue
to make reductions in the tariffs.

St. Petersburg despatches announce that Count
Orloff has been appointed President of the Council
of State, and . the Council of Ministers ; that
Moscow is to be made the centre of all railways,
and that they. are to he executed with all possible
despatch ; that the lighthouses in the Baltic and
the Black Sea are to be re-lighted ; and that the
export of oxen. meal, skins, goats, swine, brandy,
cables, cords, &c., is authorised.

THE NAVAL REVIEW.

SOUTHAMPTON, TUESDAY

In anticipation of the forthcoming review the
excitement is intensa ; trains following each other
in rapid succession are arriving, and thousands of per-
sons have congregated to witness the various embarka-
tions. All the numerous fine steamships, as they proceed
down Southampton water, present a magnificent effect,
and have the appearance of a war flotilla. The mem-
bers of the Houses of Lords and Commons have arrived,
and are now embarking on board their respective vessels.
The urrangements are working admirably, and there is
not the slightest confusion.
DEPARTURE OF HER MAJESTY.—Her Majesty and his
Royal Highness Prince Albert, accompanied by his Royal
Highness the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, Prince
Alfred, and Princess Alice, left. Buckingham Palace at 25
minutes to 9 o'clock, yesterday, and proceeded in six of
her*Majesty's carriages to the South Western railway
station, Wandsworth-road, escorted by a party of the 3rd
Light Dragoon Guards.
The morning was at first obscured by a slight mist, but
at an early hour the occasional sunshine gave a promise
of a fair, if not a very brilliant, day for the great spec-
tacle. Shortly before eleven, a royal salute announced that
her Majesty had embarked on board the royal yacht from
the Clarence yard, and another salute was fired as her
Majesty approached Spithead. On arrival at the fleet her
Majesty was received by Vice-Admiral Slr George
Seymour, the Conamander-in-Chief.
As soon as it was known that her Majesty had quitted
the land, np went suddenly three little balls to the top of
the foremast, where they burst out into tiny flags,
fluttered for an instant, and were hauled down again.
Away go so many little balls to the fore of every vessel
in the fleet and repeat the :lame process, artd then those
ponderous dark bulls, so silent, so deserted looking, so
gloomy, spurt out lightning, smoke, and thtinder from
their grim ports. What the Royal salute was from such
a tremendous fleet our readers can better imagine than we
describe.

The Royal yacht passed gaily through the fleet to the
flag-ship of Admiral Seymour, and received in her pro-
gress innumerable royal salutes. Nearly every yacht club
was present in every form, frem the clipper schooner of
200 tons down to the Thames cutter of 10, clothed in their
snow-white canuass, big gibs and gaff top-sails set, and
flitting over the water in every direction, they formed the
most beautiful coup (emit that could be conceived, stretch-
Ind away for miles. tacking to and fro, running out of
every creek along the isle, and firing their tiny armament
with wonderful zeal and tolerable regularity. The dusky
forms of the numerous steamers struggling under the
enormous loads of living creatures who swarmed from stem
to stern, on paddle-box, rigging, yards, strikingly con-
trasted with the livelier hues of the sailing vessels, and
relieved their monotonous appearance.
The French steam-frigate Chayala, Captain Longueville,
with. Rear-admiral Jurien de la GraViere and a deputation
of naval officers on board, was especially conspicuous for
the rapidity with which it responded to the usual natal
compliments, as were the Dutch officers on board their
little instruction corvette.

At about half-past eleven the order was given to get
under weigh. This waa soon done, and then gradually
assumingthe following order, and escorted by an innume-
rable number of yachts and steamers, the fleet put majes-
tically to sea. And now we resign our pen for
the moment, in the hope and expectation that our next
assumption wiillenable us to describe one of the most
joyous scenes which ever fell to the lot of the Monarch of
these realms, to hold presidency over. The gorgeous
scene must have been magnificent, and until details reach
as, we must abstain from an attempt at description.

LIEUTENANTTORD.--This gentleman, Nyho has re'ired
from the office of marine surveyor of
,the port of Liverpool,
was presented yesterday, by the Pilots Committee, with
a handsome box. Mr. Wilson,, the chairman, of the
committee, presented the gift, which bore the following
inscription—" Presented to Lieutenant Lord, R.N., late
marine surveyor of Liver Pool, from the Pilots Committee,
as a marts of esteem, April, 1856."
11.onnrisrA BkftBARITY.—:-Oa Monday an inquest was
opened at the Leeds workhouse on view of the body of a
child named Patrick Collins. On Thursday a peculiar group
of mendicants attracted attention, consisting of 'a mother,
one child walking, and two children in her arms. One of
the children carried had been evidently got np to excite
sympathy; it displayed the painful peculiarities of a de-
formed trunk, from which both its legs had been lipped off.
The child was. crying bitterly. A party of females got
around }lei% seized the poor child,' and' unloosed several
wrappers in. which its .lower limbs were enveloped. The
emaciated legs. of the child and its puny arms had b!en
tightly bound over the chest. The arms tltted into cavities
on each side of the body, and the doubled legs fitted into
depressions in the stomach. The indignation of the spec-
tators was incense at this evidence of barbarity. The poor
child has since died, and the mother iS in custody,

AMERICA.

ARRIVAL OF THE ATLANTIC

The United States mail steamer Atlantic, Capt.
Eldridge,. arrived in the Mersey yesterday after-
noon, from New York, with .106 passengers, 5,000
_ _ .

dollars in

e, and adVices to the 12th instant,
which are four days later than those previously
received, but which contain very little news of
interest to readers on this side the Atlantic..
The steamer Washington, from Southampton,
which had been seventeen days at. sea,

spoken at four p.m.," on th 3 12th, but nothing had
been heard at Halifax of the steamer Cambria,
from Liverpool, which was in her fourteenth day.

The commercial-accounts now to hand, partake
much of the same character as those last received.
There was still an active but not increasing demand
for money in New York, and loins on call were
Still negociated. at • seven per cent., without
much difflaulty; whilst sixty days paper,
was very readily negociated; at from eight.
to twelve- per cent. The Stock Market ruled
tolerably steady, and,, in the absence of foreign_
pews, was without any excitement. There was a
moderate business done in' Foreign Exchanges,.
for remittance by the Atlantic, and the Market,
which opened rather dull, subsequently improved
a trifle. The quotations on London ranged from
1098 to 1092. There was a Moderately active
demand for cotton, and prices had iniproVed from.
a quarter to three-eighths of a cent per pound:
The improvement was chiefly based upon the
falling off in the receipts at the Southern ports.
There was a moderate,business doing in flour, but
prices had slightly declined. The wheat market
was steady, and prices firm. Freights were without
material change.
A tremendous fire occurred at Philadelphia, on
the 10th, which destroyed property to the amount
of 200,000 dollars, the particulars of ' which are
thus briefly given by the New York Courier and
Enquirer :

The .Artisan-building, back of Chestnut and Four
streets, was destroyed by fire last night. It was five
stories in height, built in the form of a hollow square, and
every psprtioil- occupied by workshops—the machinery
being driven by an engine in the basement. The losses
are estimated as follows :—Hulings and Cowperthwaite,
owners of building, 60,000 dole, covered by insurance:
Mr. Duval, lithographer, 100,000 dols, insurance 80,000
dols ; G. W-Simons and Brothers, jewellers, 20,000 dols,
insurance of 8 000 dols ; C. and C. P. Warner, watch case
makers, 15,000 dols, insurance-5,000 dole Messrs. Up-
dyke and Heppard, jewellers, 15,000 dol§, insurance 5,000
dols ; Moss and Brothers, blank-book, cloth, and satinet
printers, 30,000 dols, insurance 10,000 dols;. J. A. Camp,
lithographer, 8,000 dols, insurance 2,000 dols ; Mr. Watts,
silver-smith, 3,000 dots, no insurance ; Cowperthwaite
and Co., booksellers, had 12,000 dols worth of stock in
the , hands of printers in the building, and
mostly covered by insurance. The amount of loss
sustained by the following named- occupants- is not yet
known :—Mr. Gaskill, bookbinder, loss, very heaiy ; Mr.
Samuel Eakins, electro-plater, partly insured ; Mr.
Williams, paper stainer; Mr. Morgan, spectacle maker;
Messrs. Mehem and Thompson, printers ; Mr. Ross, stair-
rod manufacturer.; Messrs. Robb, Pile and McElroy,
printers. The aggregate loss 'is supposed to be 201,000
dollars. Mn•, Duval, lithographer; had forty steam presses,
and an immense stock of stones. Among the'stock in his
establishmnt, were the lithographs of Commodore Perry's
work on the Japan Expedition. The plates belonged to
the government, value about 6,000 dollars. They were all
complete, and ready to be .sent off. The fire spread so
rapidly, that scarcely anything ) was saved except from
the lower floors. The United States Hotel, near the
scene of conflagration, was slightly damaged by fire, but
more by water. The boarders all fled, and the house
was flooded by the engines.
In the Senate Mr. Seward had delivered a very
powerful address in favour of the admission of
Kansas as a State of the Union, which had
attracted a great deal of attention, and in some
quarters created great enthusiasm.
In reference to the state of affairs with Central
America, a Washington letter-writer says, under
date of April 9 :
The effort to get some action of our Government in favour
of the Nicaragua Transit Company against Walker, has
been reneged without success. The friends of the President
state that if Walker gets safety through his present war
with Costa Rica, the President will recognise his Govern-
ment. HeiFs, of Kentucky, the former Minister to Central
"AMerica, recommends it. The latter has been here to con•+
suit with the President on the subject, and it is said that he
has declined the appointment of Minister as Wheeler's
successor in Nicaragua.
In the Senate, on the 7th, the report of the
Committee of Foreign Relations made their'
report on the Sound Dues matter, but it contained
no new facts, and was chiefly a reply to' speeches
made by various Senators, at various times, upon

the power of the President to abrogate treaties.
The New Orleans papers publish later news
from Mexico, which give the following official
account of the surrender of Peubla by the lievo-

lutionists :
The reaction which made Puebla its head-quarters,
says the Progress. has terminated in the surrender of
the rebels who had promoted it 1 The only particulars

that we have upon this important event, will be found by
the reader in the following important documents, just
received by his Excellency the Governor of this State. We
omit all comment at present, in order not to delay the
publication of this extra.
Private Correspondence of the President of the Repub-
lic.—To the Most Excellent Sr. D. Ignacio de la Llave,
Vera Cruz.—Pnebla, March 23, 1856, three o'clock, a.m.
—My esteemed friend : After a previous day and night
of great fatigue, I have scarely time to inform you that
this city is now in pos session of the Supreme Government.
I have agreed to a capitulation, in the terms of which
I send you a copy, in order to spare the city from greater
miseries.

In accordance with this, and with the disposition to be
made of the surrendering officers, some will have to leave
the Republic; and I have to-day given to General D.
Leonardo Marquee a passport for that purpose, of which I
infirm you, that being aware of the fact, you may keep him
under survtillaoce from the time of his arrival at your port
until his embarkation. _ . .

_
I do not desire to keep back this gratifying information
from you, and, therefore, I send it to you by express; in
confidence, until appropriate circulars shall be issued.—l
remain; &c., J. COMONFORT.
Army Of Operations on Puebla—General-in-Chief—ll:ld
Secretariat : Considering that civil war is the g eatest of
evils for a nation, especially at a moment when it is endea-
vouring to establish itself ; that the power of the govern-
ment is re-organised by the State to which the insurgent
forces have been confined ; that these are ready to submit
to obey the government by which the desired result is
attained in the state of political affairs, while the misery and
destruction'to which the, innocent inhabitants of this city

would .otherwise be reduced are avoided: the Most Ex-
cellent Senor, the President, General-in-Chief of the Army
of Operation on Puebla, has deemed it meet to agree to the
following capitulation, through the M. E. Sr., the Governor
of Guanajuta, D. Manuel Doblad ), and Generals D.
Vicente Roses and Ramon Iglesias, nominated by his Ex-
cellency, and
,Sr. Licenciado D. Pascual Almazan, and
Generals D. Ignacio Orrnachea and D. Miguel Andrade,
nominated by Gen. D. Carlos Oronoz, on whom the corn-'
mend of the insurgent forces has fallen :
ART. 1. The troops in garrison In the square of 'Puebla
shall be at the disposition of the supreme government, and
shall remain quartered at such points as the latter shall
designate' under the strictest responsibility of their respec-
tive chiefs.
AWL 2. The wishes of the troops shall be consulted, and
absolute freedom shall be at once granted to all privates who
do not desire to continue to bear arms.
ART. 3. The Major General of the army of operations.
against Puebla shall designate the places in which the
artillery and the stores for the park shall be deposited, the
delivery of both to be attested by the receive can
persons
whom the government shall appoint to receive and take
charge of them•
Ara 4. The generals, chi4s, and officers in the square,
shall proceed to take up their residence at the points to be
indicated by the supreme government, while the latter
shall determine in what manner they are to remain in the
army.
ART 5. Thep roperty of private persons, which may
have been taken for the defence or service of the place,
and which may be in it on its being occupied by the
besieging army, shall be restored to its owners on claim and
identification.
ART. 6. The wounded of the place shall be considered
and assisted the same as those of the supreme government.
ART. 7. The government shall dictate such measures as
it may deem proper, in order to provide for the security of
the persons and property of the city.
ART. 8. As soon as this capitulation shall be signed, the
M. E. Senor, the president, shall designate the hour and
manner of occupying the place.
PUEBLA, March 22, 1856.—Manuel Doblado, Vincente
ose
#iosas, Ramon Ig,lesias, Pascual Almanza, J Ignacio
Ormacheav Ernaiz Miguel Andrade.
Copy—Headquarters, in Carm-n, Puebla, March 22, 1856.
J. M. CAMPUZANO, Secretary."

NEW YORK MARKETS.—Arm 12,
kFor three days preceding.)
AssEs : The scarcity of both descriptions, 'with a fair
demand for export and hoine use, has carried up the prices
ot pot 50c and of pearl 12ic sikice our last, with sales of 150
brie pot at 6 dole 25c to 6 dole 62 c, and 25 do pearl, 8 dole
121 c to 8 dole 25e. The stock yesterday iu the inspection
warehouse of Messrs. Lester, Palmer & Co. consisted of 65
brls pot and 16.d0 pearl—together 81 brie.
COAL : Liverpool is scarce and wanted, and there is little

of any kind afloat, but several parcels remain in store nn
268 tons Hull brought 5 dols 75c cash.
COPPER : New sheathing is steady at 32c, and yell,
and roue
metal 26, 6 mos. Ingot is in moderate demand,
firm.
COTTON: An active demand has prevailed sin,
for home spinning, export, and on speculation, and I
have advanced to of a cent. The improvement st
to have been based upon the falling off in the receipts a 1
the principal shipping ports except New Orleans, and al
cipated favourable advices from Europe, now fully
due..l
sales are estimated at 18,000 bales, two-thirds of
IVI?
is in transitu between southern ports a Eur
nd ope
market closed quiet, pending the receipt of .forr
advices, but very firm, especially for parcels on
ket
the
We revise our quotations to conform to.the mar
close. The following comparative figures of receip'
the cotton ports from Ist of September, export
United States, stocks on hand, &c., lot
may be interesting—the period embraced is t.
months , Exports to Shipped to
• --
Foreign Noethern
Receipts. Ports. Ports.
1856....2,907;624 ' 1431,267 ' 601,174.
1855.:'.:1,996,423 • 1,409,910 4V1,716
1851 .. 2,226,782 • 1,316072 . 661,553
1853.... 2,821,144 1,619,708 674,168
1854.... 2,341,303 1,421,543 685,70 r.
I $5l 1,885,410 1,162,482 447,869'
1850....1,728.197 889,401 573,840'
1849.... 2,198,353 1,386,483 544,070.
1848....1,173,273 1,034,686 375.932
1847... 1,495,588 737,827 3591867 '
FLOUR AND MEAL : A Fair demand prevails for' tie
trade, but for export there is nothing of moment dcin,
prices have not varied materially since Tuesday last''
river is mow opeti.to Albany, though it is hapilY.Prc'l
that there will be any material increase in the receipts
next month, as the stock at tide-vvater is Understood t°
light., The market is now governed wholly II- the r 13,,,
trade demang,, foreign orders ,being still below the
_val'lt
rates. Tlie ruling opinion is, that should the export deidt; be
continue as for some time past, light, tere will bar canal:
any improvement in prices after the resumption of e
navigation, as the supplies in the Western States (4irs ore
lieved to be unusually large for the ,season. The. sales
for
17,000 brls, the market closing flat. The der3"7,ps see
"anada continues moderate, and the common elr3,'"as
Gales 2,500 brls at 6 dols 87ic to 9 "''s (0,01
4. Southern fiour arrives freely, and with 3 P'Tbo
supply and.inoderate demand the market is depressed
:,ac
sales aye 4,800 brls, closing at 7 dols 25c to 7 dols 6-qco.
mixed to straight brands, 7•dols 75e to 8 dols 62P for
mon and medium fancy and extra, and 9 dols to 1011.0,ir
good and'choice do. Rye flour is dull, and price! ;"", for
the purchaser.; sales, 500 brls, at 4 dots' to 6 re-
fine to superfine. Corn meal is steady, and in is
quest ; sales 1,000 br's at 4 dols 31a to 4 dev,s c'l.l-
tor Baltimore and Jersey, and .4 683 "e for
dots e, k be,
wine puncheos are nominally 17 ols.
flour; is out ofa season, and prices are d
therefore 11°—
iu el
- Export, from Ist to 11th April:
1856.

lower

,nr last

stocgi

3855

Wheat flour .... ......... ..... brie 21,062
„, cat
GRAIN: The wheat market has rated, floil
last, but closed dull yesterday, and unsettled.
is light both for home use and export, and the. sNchels
quite equal the demand; the sales include 3,000 b 1 du>r
inferior to prime white Canada at 1 del 750
98e 4,506 white southern, 1 dol 85c to 1 dot dSO
6,300 red Tennessee, 1 dol 61c to 1 dol 700; beet
red Western, 1 dot 60c. The demand for Ile has
very active, mainly fur settling contracts' and for,. ef."rolies
but, with increased prospective receipts, the ruar6_e:•„,
in favour of the buyer ; sales, 68,000 bushels, cl"l;friv
95c to 100 e; included in the sales were arcels to ""ancl
'next week at '1 dol 'to .1 dol 5C.' Barley is se!r„c:feur
dearer, with a good demand;' sales, 2,000 bushels u" state
_rowed Canada at 1 dol 29c, and 2,500. good,to prinie
45,000
both' 1 dol 25c to 1 dol 30c. The corn market opened 109" fair
regained, its budyancy.before the close ; the detnand is fair
both for home use and export, and the sales reach l GrA
w
bushels at 63c to 65c for sound western" mixed, 63c,t,°„
for round white arid yellow, and 60c to 66c for h",
yellow southern, including 4,800 white gg Dev.erellsolo
68e, and 10,000 old mixed western. in store 650. Dos.
are dull, bat pries are without material -change. bushels
and peas are 'without change ;of the former 400 jet
State sold at 2 dols 25c to 2 dols 50c. Peas are quiet
200 bags southern black eye sold at 2 dols' 25e to .J
cOl,
50c ; and 100 bushels of Marrowfat 1 dol 8112 Arne'
Canada are dull at 1 dol 5c ; 130 brls split North
rican Mills sold at 2 dols 120 cash.
• Export fro& Ist -to 11th April. 053.

Wheat
Corn ..
IRON : The demand during the past Week
ul23trsse'ae-'
_p
light for all kinds; and confined chiefly to retail
_f o-
tions. Scotch' pig is scarcely so firm as before. nostorof
lish sheet, 1,200 bdls sold within our range. .t. bond.
275 packs Russian, sheet sold at 151 c, 6 months 11!,, fur'
LEAD : Holders of pig remain firm, and we no. o, 50
ther sales of 100 tons English at 7 dols, Cash,
0"
do. best, 7 dols 12ie, time and interest ; 1,000 pig. s
lena. 7 dols .12 ; 1,422 do. •Mextcan 5 +AS Soe

11"1,2".41
119,.,4

soil lo old, 6 dolsOrlean cash. coII-
iOLAtSSES : New sis in good demand, so-A ricefr
mands full prices, but foreign is rather dull, and DO.ter
favour buyers. Sales 150 hhds. Clayed Cuba at p,/
44t0
32ie; 200 Cuba Muscovado 32e to 36c; 400 %o
Rico, 37c to 43c ; 100 Trinidad, 37c ; 1,400 briga J7O
Orleans, 43c to 47e, the latter rate for choice; ,30, Teiv
Texas, 41c to 43c, 4 months. At Boston, '3OO lalws.l-1;, 6
Cuba sold at 32,1 c ; and 100 do., for distilliugf
months. TIV or
,16
NAVAL E.TORES : Turpentine is without
movement worthy of notice; for Wilmington 13 °'' - s Dirits
is refused—stock. on hand 7,000 to 8,000 brls. itates,
Turpentine is held more firmly at a little betteroror;
33,,;c cash having been paid for some in shipPil32.
the transactions, however, have been limited, 190Yer000 to
unwilling to accede to an arlvance—Stock, 16' s
Anb
17,000 brls. Common rosin maintains its firtileeL'oos.
some holders refuse our highest figures for large
0"e and
Tar has still further declined, the stock being Tts
the demand light—stock, 18,000 te, 20,000 brlin wer'
s des are only' 500 br:s spirits turpentine at 37dcer; 7,6°
chartable; and 380 to 38!,c cash, in shipping or,' 70c to
Wilmington and New Berne common rosin 1 `,45 Ws
1 do! 77-c per 310 lbs afloat and 'delivered ' and 7.50
ington tar, as it runs, dol 62-lic to 1 dol 76(%; ;r1 rd.
Williamston do (small size) dos 50c, orderi,oai'sines
Ist
91

Received
Turpentine...-. .
Spirits Turpentine

Since our last.
...brie. 67
... 1.698

Rosin
TarB7s bat
..
PROVISIONS market for pork oPenei at the °s
t,
the buoyancy was subsequently regained, 0'1,0.4 1:06,
yesterday prices stood about the same as on the. 01140
The demand continues moderato, mainly
ner
trade, and the stock on sale is not large
brls, closing at 15 dots 50c to 15 doll
and 16 do's 371 c to 16 dole 50c for mess. I' c'r kinds a`c,
deliverable in August at 15' dots 3730. Orlci conttnthe
inactive and nominal. , The demand for b'c niy is
limited, and with a large 'and increasing suP-r7OO
market prices have slightly . receded gales' try Fruits
closing at 8, dols -25 e toi 8 dots 750• for. coon a
9 dots 25c to 10 dots 50c for mess, 12 dots tr° repacl4,e
for Vermont mess, 10 dots 50c to 13 dais for trs 0111
western, and. 13 dols 50c to 14 dots for eilti sin
%
Prime mess is dull; and the market- depressed. Ir but with
sales within our range. Beef hams ‘are. inaetiveiro steadf,',
a small supply, the market firm. Cut meats ath n3ostu
with a fair enquiry; sales 600 hhds, and 170,00-I.4tilde°'
in bulk, at 73c to 71c, for dry salted and pickled suderate,l9,
and 83A to sic for hams. Bacon is firm, • and. lialc to BSut
active ; sales 1,000 boxes retrimmed middles, at. "nd
for May delivery; and 380 'boxes ribbed' Ica otinain'
middles, deliverable in Baltimore, 94e., :L'ira 01091
unchanged;' with a fair demand,; sales 1,900 bris,,_ robe
heaVily at 91,-OA° 10c for fair to prime.. Butter' l',oo. ,
easier, and dull at' quotations. Cheese" sells at 8c to '0530
Rice : The market continues to be, very much dePt yht ;
Pr 1,8
the demand both for export and home use being veri of tP-
prices ate unsettled and the stock heavy. The sales 4co
week amount to about 600 tierces at 3 dots 8730
Sue, cash. f the
•
SALT : Liverpool has arrived pretty freely, uti,t o
AnaslY
receipts 8,105 sacks were sold, and reported •Pre'a" ova°
the market is dull, and buyers seek a reduction ;L.,, to f2ict
of Cadiz arrived yesterday, and was taken at .264-
4 months.

has induced a demand for Canada, and this, ill 11
11
too
,A.:lrln3Ys
with a good
SUGAR : The
opening_encil:iryfroofmthethHe utdrasolne latnidvreuin:,pcitiiet:
rendered our market more active than for s`nne tlie.-1-I:'se
but while a firm buoyant feeling has revailed, Pric2°.,iised.
undergone no change, though full rates We been re"Siees4
an the 1111 elude
FREIGHTS are without material change,
has been moderate. To Liverpool the rigagenlentslfl3 Iller'
about 100,000 bushels corn and wheat e mostly the -0r .od
ast,
050d0t,o106droisninbu2lsk and ship's to ,-,,, ;
1,700 boxes cheese, 30ss3::0i2p0'8080 bales
ss
; li.o g cotton,0007;113 r:es t:: j')(
;Lill 8;
aneb bacon, 25s ; 100 brls oil, psi and bl
At
Excic, sailing to day, 700 to 800 boxes cheese, 45. we;
7iceso
a9alropNuetGr
thlche:enBTt.ahmperereemasw.
base
rfboat irret
i. s l:
Nvt t 1 ee dqounoetefabrintseouA,tprf°l7l;er:
60 days, and 5f 122-te short sight. 87.,' 5f
184 The otrall9le-
PHILADELPHIA, April 11.—Iron Market : ' -der'te.
1 tions in pig- iron during the week have been mode
, althlugh there has been considerable enquiry. s'
.
checked by the firmness of holders, The quotatio:,,
28 dole for No. 1, 26 dole for No. 2, and 25 (lois for -1-)4,qt,.,
Sales for the week, 1,590 tons bars and rails,, in rnall"-jilrs
improving rates. Rails 65 duls fur cash. .rails firms,
70 dole to 75 dols.
101\7c.BwCo°r:Li:AsNelglinAg
lc. Sales to-day, 9,000 bales, middling is VOted et tii fit
101 C. Mess pork, 16 dole. Rio coffee, 12c.
nforirl
50c., 10.—Cottontard hints
kaedgivi alsncciesudot,:ivtg°
exchange, 8i prem.

saes 13.