Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-03-21 00:00:00

are not wanting in perspicacity, and they foresee that
the magisterial
tone assumed by the Emperor Napo-
leongive equal offence to the Prussians, and to
Se inhabitants of the second and third rate German
tates. The French Monarch may be likened to a
schoolmaster distributing marks to his pupils ; the
anover,
impetuous little boys (Bavaria, Wurtemberg,
&e.) get bad marks, and the big boy
(Prussia) gets a good one because he has maintained
reserved attitude." 'lt is not my intention to
enter into a criticism of the Moniteur article, but I
cannot refrain from observing that its author has
splayed a strange want of positive knowledge.
18e sp,eaks of the "animosities and prejudices of
13,' and does not seem to know that the Germans
Fare exceedingly proud of the part which their
tehers played during that eventful year. It was
r
deriek William 111. of Frussia, the father of the
present Ring,
1813 who took the lead in Germany in
; and in the month of March issued at Breslau
_LIII address which roused the patriotism of the
t• ermans to the very highest pitch. At the same
.une With the article of the Moniteur came the fol-
lowing' news from Baden :
" Oa the 12th inst. the Ministers of War of those
German States which furnish contingents to the
Bth federal corps d'armee held a conference in the
castle at Bruchsap,
The States alluded to are Wurtemberg, Baden,
and Hesse Dramstadt, which between them raise a
federal corps of 30,000 men.
Ile intelligence received from Lombardy and
Venice is scanty and of little importance. In fact,
PLora must now look to Turin rather than'to Vienna
news_.
The armaments are carried on with as
rlie,a energy as ever, and should France take the
e'a she will find that Austria is no contemptible
adversary. During the last 24 hours there has been
1, further rapprochemedt between Austria and
01118 sift• The Holstein Estates have been taking all
dO7B Of resolutions, but no one now troubles himself
eut.the doings at Itzehoe.
It is related that Count Sclick is gone on a special
fission to St. Petersburg.

mails of the 4th, hence, arrived at Gibraltar on
the 10th.
The following telegram has been received by the
Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation -Com-
pany, this day :—" The Pera, which left Southamp-
ton with the Bombay and Australian mails on the
12th instant, reached Gibraltar yesterday afternoon ;
all well. Detention caused by terrific gales."

not offering sufficient to satisfy holders. Quotations-
not changed —nominal. Freights less -active than
the previous week, and no chance for improvement;
the harbour being full of vessels of all nations. Ex-
changes—London, 10d to 101 d prem..; New York;
2 to 3 discount ; New Orleans, 1 to 2 premium, short
sight. Health of Havannah and country good. The
tobacco crop is large and of good quality.
We are in receipt of Tampico dates to the 26th
ult. The liberals were actively prosecuting the war.
Jaurez had taken the field and gone to Vera Cruz,
which is in a perfect state of defence. General
Espaga had been taken by the liberals at Aguas-
caluntes

SECON EDITION.

NORTHERN TIMES OFFICE, MONDAY, 6 30 A.M.

AMERICA.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
NEW YORK, March 8,

The weekly statement of the New York city banks, of
their average condition for the week ending March 5, shows,
as compared with the returns for the preceding week, a
decrease of $645,016 in loans, $1,415,809 in net deposits,
and an increase of $334,711 in circulation $299,794 in
specie. We aunex`the averages for the week, and for the
corresponding date of last year :
Date Loans & Disc. Specie. Circulation. Deposits.
Mch. 5, '59 125,221,067 26,769,965 8,071,693 86,800,028
Mch. 6, '5B 105,021,863 32,739,731 6,851,624 90,382,441

ARRIVAL OF THE CANADA.
The Royal Mail Steamer Canada arrived here this
morning at two o'clock, but it was after four ere the
mails were landed. She brings 67 passengers, and
$200,000 in gold, and 5,0001. in English sovereigns.
She sailed from Boston on the 9th inst.
10th March, 11.20 a.m., twenty-five miles off Seal
Island, R.M.S. North Briton, bound west.
10th March, 9.20 p.m., ten miles east of
Liverpool Light, passed R.M.S. Arabia, bound

west.
11th March, 8.40 a.m., twenty miles east of
Sambro Light, passed 4.M.5.5. Osprey, bound
for Halifax.
14th March, in lat. 43 10 N, lon. 46 53 W, passed
the R.M.S. Asia, bound west.
18th March, in lat. 49 43 N, lon. 23 44 W., at
three o'clock, a.m., passed a screw steamer, bound
west, supposed to be the Alps.
March 20, 7.20 a.m., off Minehead, met R.M.S.
Persia, bound for New York ; received from her the
crew and passengers, consisting of 10 of a crew
and 6 passengers of the brig Agnes, of Glasgow,
from Troon, bound for St. Vincent, West Indies,
which vessel was run foul of and sunk by the Persia,
the previous.night, about 20 miles E.N.E. of Tuskar.
The news is four days later than that previously
to hand. "

From Washington we learn that the Postmaster-
General of the United States, the Hon. Aaron V.
Brown, died in that city on the evening of the Bth
inst. _ . . . . _

SARDINIA.

n'r„ultix, March 16.—Notwithstanding the impres-
81—s communicated to me by Sardinian officers as to
the strength of the contingent just called out, I have
ascertained beyond a doubt that it will very little, if
sali
henio time to
30,000 men: And. I suspect it will take
on .ime to put these in a condition to move—not
account of the men, who have all served their five
Years already
trts but by reason of the necessity of pro-
-
°f hoi?-'a Port and equipment. I have not yet heard
alth ses having been purchased to any great extent;
greaTlir,';4l anticipation of war, horseflesh has here
four fe' sell in- price, and anything decent upon
snapped hat tii4pat Presents tself in the market is instantly
sphuerleltaismde igoAirlonnat of horses were brought here_ been
England, where they had
They a)°,e ,uy a commission of Piedmontese officers.
at cost officers' use, and are supplied to them
Mean rice dicers
the Government.
the soid.vhlie Volunteers continue to come in, and
lers
Youa will re
called of the reserve—provincials as they are
presenting themselves to the authorities.
easily imagine the great inconvenience
nut sifoaed to
innumerable families by the calling
the op `"q contingent. A committee, headed by
p4tiesrehsidents of the Senate and Chamber of De-
putiesbeen formed to raise subscriptions for.
tutee that will be left necessitous, and even desti-
tam' °Y the departure of their husbands and
ft ers.
It is hoped that not only this country, but
a1,412:,11 general, will show itself prompt to meet the
e `tr„`",'• I presume that no attempt will be made to
2c-„„-iii,a it to any non-Italian countries, for, assuredly,
-i,'ere north of the Alps is any sympathy felt
6:4". the bellicose preparations that render it neces-

Mr. M'Lane, appointed Minister to Mexico, would
leave Washington on the 9th inst. for New Orleans,
and take the Tennessee, sailing on the 15th instant,
for Vera Cruz. So desirous is the government that
he should be in Mexico without delay, that a tele-
graphic despatch will be sent by the State Depart-
ment to . detain the Tennesee, should Mr.
M‘Lane by any chance not be able to reach
New :Orleans by the regular day of sail-
ing. Mr. M'Lane goes out with discretionary
powers to recognise and present his credentials-to
whatever government he may find in a position to
maintain itself, and based on the will of the people.
It is believed he will find the constitutional govern-
ment in that position. Still the administration,
whatever may_ be the sympathies of our people
towards the liberals, will not interfere with either
party, but will be governed by the existing state of
things. In fact, the administration is careful
not to take any step to • afford European
Powers any pretence for interference. In con-
sequence of this resolution of the administra-
tion, Senor Mata will return to Mexico in a few days.
The question of recognising the constitutional
government of Mexico is, therefore, transferred from
Washington to Mexico. It is believed that Miramon
will not be able to take Vera Cruz. General Robles
is with Miramon, in command of the artillery. It is
said Robles has sent orders to dispose of his effects
in Washington, and therefore does not expect to
return. informatioa has been received that the
French vessels of war were about to be withdrawn
from Vera Cruz.
The Senate had ratified a number of treaties with
the Washington and Oregon Indians ; also the Cass-
Herran treaty, by a large majority, after amending
it by a provision to the effect that those who have
not already presented their claims may do so before
New Granada shall take final action on the subject.
The treaty provides for the settlement of all claims
against that Republic, including those prior to the
Panama riots. General Herran was in Washington
to ask in return a provision for the settlement of all
questions in which New Granada is the claimant ;
among others, those relating to the transit of mail
. matter across the • Isthmus, and The tonnage tax.
She has proposed liberal terms for settling these in
equity.
The New York _Herald, in relation to the Session
of Congress just ended, says :—The Thirty-fifth
Congress has finished its miserable career of folly
and faction, and has dissolved and dispersed. As
we expected, the pressure of the heavy business of
the session into the last three days resulted in much
bungling in finishing up the regular appropriation
bills. With these short comings on the part of
Congress in reference to the doMestic machinery of
the Government, and in regard to the critical inter-
national relations of Mexico and Central America,
whether the President, through the long regular
Congressional recess before him of nine months, can
or cannot avoid the alternative of an extra session, a
few days or a few weeks will probably determine.
All the bills relating to the Post Office Depart-
ment, including some twenty millions of appropria-
tions, fell through for want of time, after the
exhaustion of the session in frivolous debates and
buncombe speeches. And so the immediate question,
whether there shall or not be an extra session, de-
volves upon the Postmaster to answer ; and we sup-
pose that his answer will be : " We shall try to get
on as Mr.• Cobb does, upon credit, and upon our
expectations of the next Congress." For all other
purposes, financially, the re-issue of twenty millions
of treasury notes will do ; but in the absence of any
modification of the tariff, to increase the resources of
the treasury, the next Congress will have, as its first
duty, the task of providing for the redemption of a
hundred millions of public debt and deficiencies.
A fire occurred at Memphis, Tenn., on the night
of the Ist inst., which destroyed half a square on
Mainistreet, including five newspaper establishments.
The loss is estimated at $150,000.
The trial of the case of the barque Laurens has been
commenced at New London. It is a proceeding in
the name of the government to obtain the forfeiture
of said barque, lying in the harbour of New London,
on the ground that she was fitting out for a slave
voyage, in violation of the acts of 1794 and 1818.
Mr. James W. Hannum, of Boston, alleges that he
is the true and sole owner of the Laurens, denies .all
the allegations of the libel, and demands that the
bark shall be restored to him.
Letters from the Paraguay fleet contain well-
grounded reasons for the, belief that Lopez was
making active preparations for the defence of his
territory, and if our difficulty with him should not
be settled by negociation there may be some fighting
to do on hand. Appliances on board the ships for
removing obstructions from the river were very ample.
Paraguay was spoken of as having a good soil for
the cultivation of cotton.
We have news from Hayti dated at Gonaives and
Port au Prince on the 20th ult., brought from the
former place by the brig H. C. Brooks, and from
the latter port by the brig Isabel Beurman, arrived
on Sunday. At Gonaives everything was quiet and
trade improving. Port au Prince was quiet, but the
inhabitants were apparently dissatisfied with Geffrard,'
he being rather unpopular there in consequence of his
demand on produce exports and the power which he
is commencing to exercise, which they presume will
soon expand to tyranny. •
A despatch from New Orleans, dated the Bth inst.,
contains late news from California. It says : " The
steamship Quaker City is below with San Francisco
advices of the 19th ult. The steamship Golden
Age left on that day for Panama with $1,250,000
in gold, and one hundred passengers. There
had been heavy rains thronghout the State.
The prospects were good for a large trade. The
mining accounts are favourable. Water was plenty
in the gold districts. The steam-ship Uncle Sam had
again sailed with troops for the Colorado river. By
this arrival we learn that Miramon was still pre-
paring to march on Vera Cruz, at which place Juarez
was preparing to make a desperate resistance. The
overland mail arrived at San Francisco, Feb. 17th."
avannah advices are to the 2nd inst. The feeling
still continues strong against the Thirty Million
Dollar Cuba. Bill. From the country we learn that
thestq yieldpf
gars 132,00 Q bexes cane is quite equal to that of last year,
141aVkQt dull, burrs

ately
fi
enollisions saw it stated that there had been -slight
4 on the Lombardo-Sardinian frontier, but
:ett, be,ween the troops ; nor, I can assure you,
ii:eisen civilians ; or, if there have been, they
nothingueen so exceedingly slight that we have heard
hour °I. them here, although within four or five
4 of the frontier referred to.

NAPLES.

A letter fr
tiierillg ar 113,rtiri:T,t °nl Naples says
rived at - Portici on the 9th from
the ; ---oggerio, a large steam frigate, which:
pBPee'ally fitted up for his accommodation. . Froni
unable alace at Bari the King, who had for some been
, to rise on account of great pain in his side,
iraconveyed to the vessel in a litter carefully closed
The Qeurtains. Troops lined both sides of the streets,
tiouut de
130-lleen, who was bathed in tears, the Duke and
Co chess of Calabria, the Count de Trani, and the
Caserta, followed on foot.
, but it All the popula-
,2: assembled behind the troops, knelt as the King
z-ed
was impossible to catch a glimpse of
and The whole scene was a melancholy one,
ve reSetribled a funeral. On arriving in t e
Lobel, the it:
4.-Ing caused the curtains of the litter
,eo, the
open, and -with his hand saluted t.hde
r pPle who had collected near the quay ; they crie
been tva a Re ! ,
' Viva la Madonna!' A report had
,s-. BPread that the King was dead, and the greater
aiii, the King was
part of the people believed it until they saw his Ma-
tiest. 3' salute them. On being disembarked at Por-
conveyed in the litter to the.
Pia \ev,aY, where a train was in waitinj, and 'vas
be c ' in a carriage, one entire side of which could
be or closed as desired. The other members
l'i.a(he Royal Family took their places in other catr-
-witVs, and the train proceeded direct to Casser e
been°at stopping. at Naples. Positive orders have
given that no one shall be admitted to the
Palaceand in order not to cause emotion in the King;
Ma in c°osequence of these orders none Of. His
-leBtY's brothers have yet been to visit him."

SPAIN:
The
111 All following telegram has been received
to..da 4.1t,11),, March 16, Evening.—" In the sitting of
consa me Congress unanimously agreed to take into
the Secretion the proposition for impeaching before
Po l.& coate Estevan Collantes, ex-Minister of
Ten Affairs."
The chamber
-Madrid journals of the 14th have arrived.
with the
of Deputies had again been occupied
eotkle "7.° affair of Mendizabel's statue, but had not
11,114: any conclusion. The discussion of them
'3alai„— of Marine having been commenced,
the ,3,1. pi oposed that the navy should be augmented,h is strength of it being, he said, insufficient.
the R by°Position was received with marked favour
thate hamber, but the Minister of Marine showedßeoeNa,te'ru-nnancial state of the country did not allow
G
sacrifices to be made for the navy than the
withe.a,rull ent had resolved on, and the motion was
Par C,,awn. Although it has been stated that pre-
°einag.t -ns for an expedition against Morocco were
that.!nade, it appears from a letter from Tangiersf
the Spanish prisoners so long in the hands o
ioors had been given up."

TRE
INDIA AND CHINA
MAILS.
bhi"cTiiiimProN, Saturday Morning.--the steam-
-13611, Ceylon, Capt. Evans, has arrived, and` brings
general an,lvassengers, £10,700 in specie, 2,014 bales silk,
cargo.
„.?ne left Alexandria March 7th;
Pri
h.
pr. nee Gholun Mahomed, Prince Zerozeshah,
Bukht, and nine attendants are passengers,
the t 3 P•ln, yesterday, she exchanged colours with
sailingLshisibpoNn.epaul and the Company's steamer
'Quid°, for
Her M •
It s Majesty's ships Euryalus and Caradoc, the
";"11 Mail steamer Teviot, the Peninsular and
‘il:ll4aelgt earn,
apental steamer Panther, Austrian steamer Arca-
ulsa, United States' steamer Macedonian, and the
IV Egyptian fleet were at Alexandria.
At Malta were her Ma:est 's ships
Marlborough,
y
Ariel queror, Centurion, Princess Royal, Vulture,
Reeruit, Tartarus, and Medina ; also the
Russian ship of war Cesarewitch and corvette
Medlead.
At Gibraltar, her Majesty's ship Argus,
-F,changes at Gibraltar—on London, 501 to 501 ;
Paris, 528; Marseilles and Genoa, 529,
Ih`The Ripon, with outward Inditv and China

Malta, 11th ;

1240. Wheat very dull. Freights to Liverpool .7-16 d.
Sterling exchange, 108 a. New York, 60 days, 21 and
sight d to 9-16
',twit or PASSENGERS per R.M.S.. Canada, Capt. Lang,
arrived here • sailed from Boston, March 9 ; Halifax,
March 11 :—Dr. H. J. Bowditch, Missißowditch, Mrs. A,
E. Rykert, Messrs. J. H. Kynoth, Bradford, Westhimur,
J. Platte, S. R Halle, A. Bulyn, J. B. Kelly, A. Henbuck,
Dr. E. M. Quackenboss, G. H. Hughes, Rev. John Cordner,
Messrs. J. Phillips, H. Wensell, W. Mayer Thos. Fielding,
A. Borrowman, F. Lahinzen, Mrs. Kendrickson, F. Butter-
field, D. Bell, Mrs. Carswell, Mr. and Brooks, Master
Brooks, Messrs. W. Buck, Daniel Knight, J. Abbott,
Messrs. J. M. Dickens; J. T. Dickens, R. Richter, C. A.
Cassid, Samuel- Green, William Foster, Thomas Packer!
William Wheale, W. S. Marsh, S. Lehman, E. Kents, J.
P. Apter, John Hartwell, J. C. Bollman and sister, L.
Stafford, C. W. Smith, M. Schaps, William Stevens,
George Hazeltine, Edward Mendock, J. Watkins, F.
Ferguson, Deputy Commissioner General Turner, Colonel
and Mrs. Turner and three children, Mr. R. Hutchinson,
Mr. Hamoin, Hon. R. B. Dickins, Messrs. Alexander
Adams, Thomas Hill, John Carruthers, David Gregory,
John Peive, Mrs. David. Gregory, Mr. William Cunard.

THE QUEENBOROUGII MURDER.
HOME CIRCUTT.-MAIDSTONE, MARCH 18.
Frederick Prentice, aged 20, was charged with the
murder of a young virl named Emma Goppins. Mr.
Deedes and Mr. F. M. White appeared for the prosecution.
The offence was committed a few weeks ago. The prisoner
was a labouring man, and he came to reside at Queen-
borough about twelve months before the fatal occurrence,
and very little was known of him before that time,
but he was always considered a rather sullen and
morose young man. The deceased was the
daaghter of a labouring man at Queenborough,
and was stated -to be a very pretty, and at the
time she met her untimely end she was only fifteen years
old. She had for some time been employed as a serve.'
the lOse Inn, at Queenborough, and the
the habit of frequenting that house,
attention to the deceased, which caused his
to joke Min- about her. But it did not appeni
any way returned these attentions, but, on the central.,
she always appeared to be afraid of the
On Sunday, the 9th of January, the deceased v t
another young girl, named Emma Edwards,
soner was seen. to be watching them, and when I,ey hat
passed he followed, and the deceased was st
alarmed that she ran away and hid herself
the following. r
committed. It

AUSTRALIA.

ippeared

prisoner was il

and he paid great

n companions

that she in

out wit

and the pri

evening
that

murder was

used went

up every evening a uouL nail-past. eig Lib
to the Ship Inn, at Queenborough, to fetch beer
for her mistress's supper, and on this evening she went out
with a jug, as usual, and on hdr way she called at her
father's house, and stayed there a few minutes, and then
went on to the Ship, where she was served with the beer,
and then went away for the purpose of returning to her
mistress's house. A very short time after she had left the
public house, a violent scream was heard, and upon some
persons going to the spot, the deceased was found lying in
the road with her throat cut in a frightful manner, and
quite dear' with an open razor covered with blood, and a

ARRIVAL OF THE SIR WILLIAM EYRE
AND THE SALDANHA.
The Liverpool Line of Packet ship Sir William
Eyre, Captain Jopp, arrived here on Saturday with
nine days later news from Australia, having left
Melbourne on the 25th December, with 11,741 ozs.
of gold, 2,198 bales of wool, 2,330 hides, 54 bales
sheep skins, 40,420 horns, &c., &c., and twenty
passengers, including Mrs. Trottman, Mrs. Estcott,
Total 62,000 bales. Average 6.5-16 d. Miss M. Prentice, Miss E. Prentice, Master Prentice,
There is now in Excess in receipts
of 945,000 bales compared with last year. Mr. Robert ifliney, and Mr. Thomas Whitney, in
of 568,000 bales on 1856-7. Crop, 2,939 M. the eabin, ..
of 416,000 bales on 1855-6. Crop, 3,527 M. . The Black Ball Liner Saldanha also arrived here
New YORK MARKET.-An active business has been done
yesterday, with Melbourne dates. of the 23rd Dec.
in this market throughout the week, buyers being stimulated
d intimated, the news is nine days later,
by pacific aceounts,from Europe, a rapid decline of receipts, As ahead Y
and renewed activity in all the southern markets, The but it is not of much interest or
importance.
business has been general, all classes of buyers participating, The Tasmania had arrived at Melbourne, from
and the salesinelude cottOn on the spot to arrive and in transitu. Liverpool, and the Sussex from London; also the
Prices have gradually advanced, and closed 8c to ic dearer. Augusta Amelia from the same place. The Tornado
on the week, middling upland being quoted 124 to 12k. had sailed for Liverpool, and the Wooloomooloo had
Transitu cottons have been in active demand, aud improved sailed from Sydney for London.
to the same extent. The week's sales are 25,000 bales, of Mr. Bell had been newly elected for Grant
which about 15,000 cotton afloat, ou the basis of Ilc. for
ar„.44, : You must unute-___
County.
middling Gulfs, with -Id freight, and 11te. for middling, The price of gold remained at former quotations,
Atlantic, with 5-16 d to 3-Bd*freight.
SOUTHERN MARKETS (by telegraph) : The past week has viz., from 76s to 78s 6d, and for ingots it was 73s 9d _ ,
• I e Llbu..,-- _
been one of unusual activity in the staple, the recent foe per oz. The number of Ships sailing, and the mail
reign advices and dedlining receipts having been responded steamer had caused a considerable demand for gold, -- ae,,;,, to hex s_
to by an active demand in all our markets. The demand which was not fully met, the quantity offering being
has beenlOr all markets, including some speculation, and being limited. The news from the mines is of a
prices may be generally quoted le dearer on the week. At ' satiefactory character. The shipments from Mel-
New Orleans the week's sales reach 72,000 bales, and prices
I bourne to England were as follows : Tornado, to
have advanced te. At Mobile, with a large business, prices 1 Liverpool, 29,163 ounces ; Morning Light, do., - yam,.
have•also advanced 1c to ic, middling being now quoted I
1180 to 111,e, with sales for the week of 34,000 bales. 13,703 ounces ; Anglesey, to London, 24,699 ounces ; . e ...ea ne
Columbian (ss), 23,437 ounces ; variously shipped this •••••
Buyers on English account at that point have been en-
year. 2,311,601 ounces ; total, 2,402,507 ounces ;
couraged by the low freight-the current rate to Liverpool
being now 11-32 d to td. An active demand in the Atlantic valued at £9,245,404. This is exclusive of the gold
markets has also put prices up 4c. both at Charleston and I shipped by the Sir William Eyre and the Saldanha.
fast clearingof
Savannah, and the tendency is still upward. Our table I The labour market was
the un-
above shows the latest quotations from each point. The employed persons at very liberal wages-that is
total sales for the week amount •to 162,000 bales, being , agricultural labour-but skilled artisans continued
nearly double the quantity received at the ports. I very numerous, seine only partially engaged,
RECEIPTS.-The decline in receipts, of which we advised . others entirely, without work. Females toter-
the commencement in our last, continues with somewhat ably plentiful, but their wages kept up. Married
greater rapidity than we expected. We advised you that 1 couples very plentifeil and the demand only moderate,
the decrease this week would be 20 to 30,000 bales. It a great difficulty exiting should they have children.
proves to be 35,000, (the week's receipts being 84,000 bales, The wool sales had ben postponed for a week.
against 119,000 last year,) reducing the excess to ~
945,000. Next week there will be a further ' ;The advices from England had had a good effect
ff of probably 30 to 40,p00 bales. upon the Melbourne' market, and although there is
fatting o
A portion of the present week's decrease must certainly no decided advance quoted, still prices are firmer, and
be ascribed to wet weather in the interior,. and the conse- those buyers who were previously wavering acquired
quently bad condition' of the roads. But still there is . more confidence. There was little doing in tallow.
enough to prove that the receipts must show a steady and From Sydney, New South Wales, there are advices
generally rapid falling off as compared with the large received by telegraph at Melbourne to the 21st
deliveries of last' sing. December. Some of the firms who are reported to
EXPORTS : The exports to Great Britain this week be iinplicated in the customs frauds arc said to be
amount to 55,000 bales against 49,000 last year, making 'making arrangements with their artslfttelleeeit.trt4
the excess of exports since beginning of the season 201,000 In the Legislative Assembly? ••.,.110.- Colonial
bales -precisely the same excess ich we showed on 4th
January. During the last two months we have therefore .
Secretary, in answer to a questionepul•ta•liiin, said,
cleared for Great Britain no more cotton than in cor- he hoped that arrangements for election by ballot,
responding period last year; but in consequence of the under the new election bill, would be, completed
favourable winds the arrivals there have been much larger. before the completion of the lists. on :.th.o I,2th of
of Captain
.. , :.; ,. e. • )
Of recent clearances from New ' Orleans we regret to April. . ueterrieg to tee .. .
..
learn that a large proportion, estimated at 95,000 bales, are The amount of gold coin issued from the ' Sydney.. "thoughtwish - 'Youel •''and - . his tamn
still detained at the bar, of which about 60;000 bales are mint, for the week ending the 17th 'Deeenaber, it better; that - the marriage should no'
supposed to be destined to British ports, including several was 25,000 sovereigns. The gold dust received!liit : take place until after his .-reeurn. , .:Defendint =Mel-
'o' • •
j inely weut to,Cliina. He was Arrsnecessful in his veyages,
of the ships cleared in January, of which we gave a list in . the establishment during the week was 3,569 sitme.,l4.,.
. ,and appeared to be. oeclever afelrisine men. During his ab-
out circular of the 16th ultimo. Deducting this and the
_Business generally was quiet. Governmentaito*ii-...,„. ,
excess in arrivals at British ports prior to the 18th ultimo,4. seneo a copstant, eel' leipnaderee.:C between the ;parties ;took
~, ~
tures were quiet. The demand. for fine-dila pods I place, both of them writing •by every mail The letters of
there is now, known to be actually at sea for Great , .n
Britain about 100,000- bales less cotton than last „
li provisions, oilman's stores, &e-, &Co ' was "lio4.,f'ltherdefendant.wbre exceedingly voluminous, and formed a
year, taking the corresponding dates from all points. but for ordinary descriptions there was .little
,re-.- very formidable, pile; in -front of the •leagued counsel.
Counting the detained cotton, as if actually cleared, the quest. The Wool market was firm, the sales of . the Seite.ral... extracts ;froni. the letters" were read. They
exports to Great Britain are still 30,000 bales short of those week being 400 bales. The highest price obtained usually commenced, "My • 46.4?"."E1fy," and concluded
to the same date in 1855-'56--the 3,500 M crop year. 3 d lb. Tallow d supply,and My dearest Elfy.'!- One of the►
letters contained 'the
was !,- per was a goo
The week's exports to France are again small, adding up 1 prices followhice paSsago --" I am very much pleased.- with odor
hardly so high. Hides have declined is to interesting
much P. . . ) e
but 6,000 bales against 9,000 last year, making the total lis Gd each. ---- letters, put there not scandal in them.
' (Laughter.)' :In- other letters deferidzint gave a minute
330,000 bales against 242,000 last year, and 323,000 in The South Australian Parliament was getting
1855-'56. To other foreign ports the exports are 290,000 through its business with great speed. count
-In the ae •Qt: his professh d prospects, and in one
he said-" I send in the box certain. tik.ures cut in bambOo,
bales against 165,000 last year, and 304,000 in 1855-'56; Assembly the Attorney-General had obtained leave Which will do for our little
_garden When We are 'spliced."
and American spinners have taken 512,000 bales against to introduce a bill to facilitate the release of . insol- (Laughter.) In another' letter *defendant; referring to the
144,000 last .year.
vents from custody. The bill was introduced, read
plaintiff's portrait, .said-"I "must get' John
,Chinaman to
Pitosreces : We fear our manufacturing friends are
1 three times, and passed, at one sitting.. : make your left arma little' longer. (Renewed laughter.)
making a mistake in relying so implicitly upon the Liver- Other. letters were reed, ; all of Wald): 'contained endearing
pool market for their future supply. At the beginning of
-.9, .• * • • - character which
expressions, although not of that rapturous
the season the speculators who usually supply that market , -
general ros erity ,
made an egregious mistake. Seeing' the p p SHIP BURN
TED IN THE MERSE I
Nr tire Semetimes found in love epistles. • A few months before
his `arrival fft'hoinc
.4..fc'tictint wrote 'to •Iplantiff..: expressing
of trade, they concluded, without sufficient reflection, that AND - earnest hone they, would, he' united before twelve me"'
cotton must be safe. They consequently gave 114 c to 12e .
at our southern Ports for cotton which we have all LOSS OF LIFE. '- . ; --er.tioir beads.' On his return to Engle- '
-ediately to the plaintiff's '
along maintained planters would have given for -- • ' ^e. went to part;
10c, had buyers been less impatient, and shipped an'erne,.
On Saturday afternoon, shortly after. one o'clock, a fire be on the most attectiona, t .
excess of 200,000 bales•upon the previous year by the end of I
I broke out on board a Dutch ship, proceeding to sea. the. a.e.-, '
December, as to prevent the possibility of the cotton selling ,
Her name is the Equator, and she was outward
at a profit. Had it not been for the extraordinary. I
bound for Batavia. She is. a large barque, and
favourable state of trade with spinners, which was supported
went down the river on that morning, having a keneral
by the demand from India on a scale far beyond what
cargo. When going down, it was discovered that a fire
,had
could have been reckoned upon when the October
broken out in the after part of the ship, which spread
and . November shipments were made, it is apparent
with great rapidity, and in a.short time had reached . the I have.i.
that the losses would have been still more serious
mizen mast. Great volumes of smoke issued from 'the vessel, , .tile same. I Tn,--4-
than they were, followed up as the shipments were by the
and occasional blazes came forth. The wind was very fresh I
immense excess of receipts which we have lately had to
from the west, and blew the volumes of smoke over the ship,
advise. Taxing this into account, together with the large
so as to almost preclude people from working or getting at the
early imports at Liverpool, it appears to us that a degree of
seat of the fire. The vessel's head was then turned, and she
strength and confidence has been shown by holders there,
Was again faced up the river, and soon after ran on shore
greater than the shippers had any right to expect in face of off Eeremont. Two engines, reels, &c. were at once des.:
an excess of 206,000 bales at that port alone in December
from Hatton-earden and a large number of fire-police
patched. , ,
and January over those of the same months last year.
were also sent off in a steamer to the ship, and at
But now we enter upon a different state of affairs.
once commenced to play on her. The stroke still con-
Hitherto we have had to advise enormously increasing
tinned to increase, which showed that the fire was
inine round
receipts and a large increase in exports, and withal prices Soon as the
ga g.circumstance became known
latest. dates are already relatively higher at Liverpool
through town, great excitement • prevailed, and
than with us. The question now arises, how will they rule
thousands of people from 'Change and that locality, rushed
after weeks and months of diminished receipts and exports
towards the landing-stages, where the rumours about the
from 'this side ? Will Liverpool importers, who have lost
vessel, the origin of fire, &c., were as numerous as the
so much by their early imports in consequence of the excessive
faces of the people who had collected. It was stated
past supplies, be slow to take advantage of the diminshing
(eenerally, that there was a large quantity of gunpowder on
future ones to get a share of the profits now divided between board ; 'but this was incorrect, as she had only the
the grower and spinner ? We fear, as we have more than once
usual allowance for her own individual use. Later in
intiinated to our friends, that nothing but a serious Euro-
the afternoon, two additional engines were despatched.
pear war can prevent a material advance in the value of ,
the ship dried about four in the afternoon, and the
cotton during the spring and summer, and we should only
fire continued unabated. She was partly scuttled
be doing an injury were we to encourage them to rely upon
and the flames for some time seemed subdued ; but when
the Liverpool market for the latter half of the season, how-
being swung to the tide, she burned up again, on the flames
ever prudent policy it has been during the first half. catching some spirits, together with the wind blowing on
NEILLBROTRERS AND CO.
the burning side, and, at much risk from the flames, the
BY TELEGRAPH. engin • es were kept playing till midnight, when she was•
NEW Yoke, March 8, eve.- Cotton steady, sales 2,500
thoroughly scuttled, the water:being. level with the gun-
bales ; mid uplands, 124. Flour : Receipts, 9.110 brls ;
wale. The vessel is burned amidshipteto the water's edge,
sales, 9,400 ; state and western unchanged and less active ;
and she was beached higher up by yesterday afternoon's tide.
unsound 4 25 to 5 ; superfine state 5 6eto 5 85 ;extra state
en The mizen mast fell at half-past one yesterday morning;
6 50 to 6 75 ; round hoop Ohio 6- 75 to 6 85 ;
comm- killing abe atman, and the mainmast at half-past four.
to good extra western 6 65 to 6 85 ; southern firm,
The foremast was standing last evening. No accident
sales 4,300 brls ; mixed to good 6 25 to 6 65 ;
further than the boatman dossing his life is reported. The
fancy and extra 6, 75 to 8 ; Canada extra 6 60 to 7 60.
Equator is a Dutch barque, of 595 tons, commanded by
Corn quiet ; sales 8,000 bushels ; mixed western. 88 to 90 ;
Captain Appel, and was consigned to Messrs. Toe, and Co.,
nominal, new white 85 to 86, new yellow Jersey and
and Messrs. J. Tyer and Sons. The loss is covered by
Southern 86, to 87. Beef steady, sales 1,050 bbls, country
insurance.
mess 8 50 to 9, prime 6 50 to 7, repacked Chicago 9 50 to ..
11. Pork firmer, sales 650 bbls. mess 17 87 for new, 17
IMPORTANT TO FRIENDLY SOCIETIES.-ILLEGAL. INVEST..
374 to 17 45 for old, prime 13 12 to 13 25. Baeon quiet, MENT OF FUNDS.--A ease of great importance to -Friendly
hams 84 to 94, shoulders 64 to 64. Lard dull, sales Societies has just been heard at the County Court at Leeds.
350 bbls 114 to 12. Butter quiet, Ohio 11 to 18, State The plaintiffs were a portion of the members of a Friendly
17 to 27. Whisky 27k. Rice firm, sales 160 tierces Society at, II•olbeek, called the Brotherly Love senate, and
34 to 44. Sugar steady, sales 550 hhds., N. O. 74 to 8, the defendants were the trustees of that society, which
muse 64 to 71. Coffee quiet, no sales, Ris 101 to 16, is a branch of the Ancient Order of Romans Friendly
Java 144 to 15, St. Domingo 9,i to 94. Spirits turpentine Society. For some time past it has been the practice
firmer, sales 4060 brls. 50 to 51 ; crude 3 874 ; rosin quiet of the trustees, with the consent of a majority of the
at 1 724 for common 900 brls Wilmihgton tar 2 75. Iron members of the society, to invest part of the society's
firm. Scotch 30 to 31. Oils dull, linseed 67, lard 61 to funds in a Loan Society at Holbeck, called tba
55 5e ; sperm 141 to 1 5 ; whale 58c to 60c. Hides firm, Brotherly Love Loan Society. The minority protested
sales 17,000, Orinoco 25, California 25, Southern 17. against such investment as being illegal, but without effect.
Tobacco firm, sales 50 hhds, 11-y 6 doll to 6 doll 12c. Several months ago a meeting a the society was called,
Tallow dull, 2,0•,000 lbs 101 d. Wool quiet and unchanged. when a majority again decided that part of the fundeshould
SAVANNAH, March 7 : Cotton quiet, sales to-day 750 be invested in the Loan Society. Subsequently the minority
bales. incompel the trustees
took the present proceedings order to
.n
AugusTA, March 7 : All qualities of cotton advanced to perform their duty. The application was for au order i
under the Europa's advices, sales to-day 2,000 bales. c trustees to _with-
the nature of an injunction to compel th
CRADIESTON, March 8 : Cotton sales to-day 2,000 bales, t
draw the funds invested in the Loan Society amounting
any
closing with an advancing tendency. 4106, and to restrain them from hereafter investing
New OimeeNs, March 8.-Cotton advanced le; sales to- part of the society's funds upen personal security, or upon
day 12,000 bales, mid 114 to 14. The Europa's news any other security not authorised by The defendants
eaused the advance. Sales of last three days 30,000 bales ; consented during the sitting of the
court lavr.
to do all that the
receipts same time 21.500, against 46,00(1 last year. Sugar plaintiffs reatiitecl of them, and to pay the costs..-Zred4
(440, at 64 for fully fair, Flourisadeaueed I,2ie,isupettue la mercury,

cap, both of which articles subsequently turned out
to belong to the prisoner, lyinc, by her side.
The deputy-clerk of assize having read the indictment to
, •

malice forethought, killed and wounded Emma Coppins, he
asked him, in the usual form, whether he was guilty or not
guilty. The prisoner, in a calm, firm voice, replied, "I am
guilty." Baron Martin, addreSsing the prisoner, said : Do
you understand that you are charged with the crizne of
murder with malice prepense, and that if you plead
guilty, or are convicted of that offence, you will
certainly be, executed. ? So consider well what
you are about. . Prisoner : I am guilty, my lord.
Baron Martin : Do you wish for further time to consider
what yon will do ? Remember, it is a very serious matter.
Prisoner : I cannot speak against my conscience. Baron
Martin: You must understand that by pleading not guilty,
you merely say that you desire to have the crime proved
against you, and you do not speak at all against your
conscience in taking that course. With this observation
I again ask, whether you wish to haVe further time
consideration, or do you persist in pleading
? Prisoner I cannot plead otherwise.
Irdship then ordered the plea of guilty to be recorded

and the prisoner was asked. in the usual form w
had anythi—

of death should not be

to say w

passed upon him

The prisoner made no reply. Baron
the black cap, and passed sentence in

in the usual forru

isoner, iv

slightest emotion at any y

3etrayed t

then re

don of the proceedings, was

BREACH OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE.
FIVE HUNDRED POUNDS DAMAGES.
WESTERN CIRCUIT, EXETER, March 17,

MITI T. Y ovEL.--uounsei ror Llle pututuut, 1111. Va.,
~ and .Mr. Prideaux ; counsel for the defendant,

Slade and Mr. Younge.
This was an action •to recover compensation in damages
for a breach of promise of marriage.. The plaintiff is Miss
Harriet Elfrida-S'mith, daughter of an oil merchant at Ply-
mouth,- and -the defendant is a master in the royal navy, and
the son- of -Capt.•Youel, of the same town. In Nov., 1853,
anAcquaintance commenced between the parties. The young
lady was then about 21. years of age, of great personal
attractions, and the defendant was a few years older. In
1854 he made proposals of marriage, and was accepted.
After that he was a frequent visitor at the house of plain-
4411%.1qIielcal A3114)(7411. Yyo.ucl also was stated to be
fiour of .tlie< :eagagenient.- In February, 1854, file
defendant was appointed to the command of the:gaCeborse,
and went -to -China: *He expected to have been, abseilt
twelvemonth; bfit •he was away four years., .!-ytexiou,s
to .• his'leaving England. defendant .-AnxioUs
to marry, but plaintiff. :.expregsed

mat pursuits ui

passed .ov.erAlleir heads.' On his return to England defen-
dant came - immediately •to the plaintiff's house. They
visited. friends together, went to parties, and appeared to
be on the most affectionate terms: 'On the last occasion
the' defendant, on,
.returning from a party ,with the
plaintiff, kissed her, and said to her, "If I ilo•not come
to-Morrow morning, as usual, do not think anything
of it, .as I am not well;. rod bye, .dearest.' The. defendant
_ - 41.‘0 next day, or the next, upon whialt 'She

wrote a letter, ann.t
singular.answer . ...etved your note,
the same, I must refrain from all further intercourse with
you, for I nll^l- marriage will cause nothing.
au%• live in that state •I

In iFply to

ilutdiscord between our familia, .
cannot". The plaintiff's father then had an interview with
the defendant, and asked fel' an' explanation of his conduct.
He said, " Our tempers won't agree," and afterwards he
said, " I cannot love her; I've been trying to do ?9,. but I
cannot." The result of this conduct was that the' plaintiff
became seriously ill, was attended by a medical man, and
having kept her bed. for a fortnight she was removed to

Torpoint for change of air
• Mr. Slade, for the defendant, admitted the breach of
contract, but said that his client (feeling that he no longer
loved the plaintiff) had wisely and considerately broken off
the engagement, for if the parties had been married they
would have led an unhappy and miserable life together.
He then addressed the jury in mitigation of damages.
His Lordship having summed up, the jury returned a
verdict for the plaintiff—damages, £5OO.

Madame Itistori has arrived at Paris from Turin. A
brother of this lady is, about to enrol himself under the flag
of General Garibaldi. The son of the celebrated singer,
Tamburini has also left Paris to join the Sardinian army.
Oulu. CON%—DAZIAGES £l,OOO —At the Tipperary
Assizes on Thurisday, the case of Cashell against Harding
for criminal conversation. was decided. Damages were laid
at £5,000. The jury found for the plaintiff, £l,OOO. The
plaintiff is a dispensing doctor at Tormatrara, in the county
of Tipperary, and thetlefendatit, Mr. Jonathan Harding,
is a young gentleman of property in the same
district. The details" are better passed over. The
1 following is a copy of a letter addressed by the defendant
Ito Mrs. Cashell after their guilt had been disaovcred
by her injured husband :—" Oh,. my God, wha to have I
done to make you both miserable ? Whathave ,
said about you I know. not, but I recollect sayingfor,
' That woman I would not injure.' Oh, I don't care
myself, it is for you both. lam mad ; I don't know what
andi it will be in
lam doing. Oh do tell him if lie speaks;
the mouth of all and every one, and it will make matters
worse than they really are. I fear to write to you, I
can.
if
you Call, let me hear from you, and tell me all.
never sec either of you again. God help us. I am the
same to you, and I will always think of you. ,I will never
be happy again. I'm in, such a state I know not what rm
i,
doing. I dread the treatment you will g•et now that it &
known. May God forgive me. May God protect you, and;
may God comfort him. No one at Beaborough
I gillkin teout
any-
thing of it, except he tells himself .auything. .
of my mind if I don't hear from you by return of post,
send it under cover to me, care of lli. ALtn letterstrong .w,
ase„
Wicklow-street, but write the direction as if the
for use. I was thinking of writing to him and telling him
I loved you—not to blame me, but that wus. all, and that
I will never go next or near either of
Pu again ; and I will
tell him I will let him kill me if he wishes,
and that I will
meet him anywhere be likes for i
heavens llam a d I 'dreadful man. dratt PurPose. Oh,
him, myself, or 'any °ale • not even will never be forgiven.by.
hate, ' tie myself_yrnii I God. It' is not to you I
Say might I write to him ye. • I don't know what to' do.
I tllinckanlmTtigwhrtit;:omLoro6r.d direct
me for the Last what to do . I I
For-
give me if ve,A c i . an, Ever Tow erring and affectionate
fiends ~ " DANNIE,"