The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-04-01 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL-LAST NIGHT

" L'homme blase," in its English dress an
doonce
" Used Up," served up last night to introduce to 11
mare Mr. Charles Mathews, in his character of Sir
Coldstream. This comic rama has become so UniVe,r6'but
known that it is useless to refer to its story or incident's/oh
from its depiction of the manners of a certain class 0, di,
its eccentric and humorous points, and the excellent 'Woo
it must always be an interesting piece, while there ter•
comedian equal to the exigencies of the leading 0113,rfincart,
Mr. Mathews was as usual quite' at home in his,lotis
sketching in delightful contrast the immovable
Coldstream, and the hearty Joe, and not a mot of the sever'
ling dialogue missed. Our old friend Baker slightly °e 0
acted Adonis Leech. Mr. Villiers was burly and sageghese
the injured Locksmith, and a Miss Florence (new lad,
boards) lent ',a charming grace to the little part of
exhibiting much intelligence and feeling. conic/
The second piece, " the Great Gun Trick," we it
have thought hardly fitted to amuse in the proviect;; to
being really a squib produced at Drury-lane T,11,,,.e'1,3 d''
ridicule the much puffed proceedings of the " the
while he was permitted to invade with his " Inairover
sacred shrine" of the lamented Covent-garden. •
Ais 11 of
p
it has merits beyond its ephemeral intention, 0" atbusetic;
droll allusions which are sufficient to amuse, in the ieriev
of a plot, with the aid of some really there'scleve.,
i11;0,
which Mr. Mathews introduces as if to show
limit to his cleverness, and that he is really eaPasp°„rtpour
Between the pieces after, the band had played Farta,,—sipani.
la Syrie, our national anthem was sung by the ch"colos/
(Miss Page, Mrs. Power, and another lady taking ,t d house
in honour f the newly-declared peace, A well fille r.
reward'sd the efforts of management and actors.
Mathews plays every evening during this week.

TfiE PEACE.-OFFICIAL DESPATCU igo3

LORD CLARENDON.

(From the _London Gazette Extraordinary/ 0 this
FOREIGN Onus, March 31.—A despatch has don, bet.
morning received from the Earl of Clarenu?„,oreigo
M.j. sty's principal Secretary of State for !nature
Affairs, dated Paris, March 30, announcing the loreigli
of peace at Two o'clock on that day, at the poi,
Austria,oOfffice Pa r
i so: of France, o
tof treatytSbaccireo p
,
and of Turkey, have affixed their ofsigßnautsusirae;
aTnhcee,Polfenpirpuostseian
,tiari es of Great 13rAioi ~
which puts an end to the war, and which, while,,„„ the
establis,-- the
tively settling the Eastern question,
tranquility of Europe on solid and durable balaris ill
exchange of the ratifications will take place at foie"
four weeks, or sooner, if possible; until then, the
lations of the treaty cannot be made public."

AMERICA.

ARRIVAL OF THE AFRICA

%MimsWoe
tir The British mail steamer Africa, Captain
;,).,,nannon, arrived in the Mersey last evening, from
flaw York, with advices to the 19th ult., bringing
4'Bo forty-six passengers, and 790,971 dollars in
13Pecie,
4,311 e steamer Herman, from Southampton, had
Cved out at New York, but nothing had been
heard of the missing steamer Pacific:.
ic advices now to hand are three days later
:;tan these brought by the Baltic, but the addi-
t"ooaal news they supply is very meagre. In
tk°iMercial matters there had been very little
kuloiage. There was an increased demand for
tb,ll°Y. but the rates of interest do not vary from
1,71:ie last reported. The supply of capital on call
v arge, and loans were readily obtained at from
elerhen to eight per cent. The chief disbursing
Wa—eri,t, in the Money and Stock Market
tae the Nicaragua Transit affair, which
inererePorted by the last arrival. An
causeditsed supply of Foreign Exchange had
forj,:,; a slight decline in the q
08-1 uotatio
111 e c(3t 1.'4
°n London, which stood at 1 to 109,.
prices market was rather more active, and
N a shade firmer. Flour was dull, with
prices
ab°° t6l Cents per barrel lower. The wheat.
nallyetthvireassamexeremely dull, but prices were nomi-
The
dents "'ate of the relations between the govern-
to e 8 of Great Britain and America continued
eo:-"PY a large share of attention, both in
betwgr:„ss,Pd out of it, but all fear of a ruptured
tike thud two countries had, apparently, cease
conside.'llistutent question the New York papersd
Riven s',r that the British government had
Rard t„"„ %Iflcient explanation, and with
think
i;';'he Central American question they
latter is
susceptible of an easy settlement. The
enti Ilibestion h d been further debated in t e
4441itee%Clit flew facts or argument had been
In the Senate a bill had been reported, authmo.-
Inetlihelp' to
People of Kansas to form a state govei
-LO rite 16e, alner George Law had arrived at New
20th „, w.,r,lth the Californian Mails of the
Reid or' rebruary, and 1,219,053 dollars in
4004:8t The advices from California by the
Otfialv are anticipated.
era re_ ezioan advices are to the Bth ult., from
the 29f1'_u,' General Comonfort left the capital on
f
the t;41-r ebruary, tout himself at the head o
12,0,96°?Pa to besiege Puebla. He would have
rev°,
,A,,, tizs and 48 pieces of artillery. The
Pleolimt,"'stn at Puebla were about 8,000 strong.
flan cfe-errrs„who led the revolt at the Castle of San
A The `-'"°a, had been sentenced to be shot.
urleaniParture of Nicaragua filibusters from New
8):8 °Ponly proclaimed in the papers.
e„:43'e advices from Havana to the 10th
his tourneral Concha was at St. Jago de Cuba on
11,14:11)„,„ °,f inspection. Several hundred Africans
h'ltates7-14 landed from English ships. The United
l'lritish-:),11,sill had been entertained on board the
,f Co of war Powerful. Mr. Bayly, member
inell°/3.ress) from Virginia, was about to return
'My and 'le Was still in low health. A New York
33rit her -
daughter had been insulted by some
saltflaw officers, but no fight ensued. The
ad ~11,5 t the city was good. Copious rains had
Ineficial effect on the growing sugar cane.
itnPrerv:aad
somewhat declined, and freights had
.