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gtgcs. ON SALE, a low SPRING VAN, suitable for Furniture or other Goods, in good repair, &c. May be seen by applying to Mr. Richard Lindford, 73, Park -lane. Contract 4. LIVERPOOL DOCKS.—SCHOONER BUOY TENDER. TO SHIPBUILDERS. THE Dock Committee of Liverpool are willing to receive TENDERS for BUILDING a SCHOONER BUOY TENDER, not to exceed 90 tons burthen, new measurement. The Specification may be seen, and further particulars ob tained, on application to the Marine Surveyor in this build ing. Tenders, addressed to "The Chairman of the Marine Sub-committee," endorsed " Tender for Buoy Schooner," to • be sent, under cover, to the Secretary, not later than MON DAY, the 12th day of December next.—By order, DANIEL MASON, Secretary. Dock-office, Liverpool, 31st Oct. 1853. LIVERPOOL STEAM TUGS. THE Liverpool Steam Tug Corn - 4- pang is ready to receive Tenders for 41Z[Kh Charter of Steamers of not less than Eighty '''' Horse-power, adapted for towing by single hawser. Forms of Tender may be had by personal or written application to the Manager, WILLIAM DANTIC, No. 5, New Quay. ,alt4i 13p Ruction. Extensive Sale of capital HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, removed from a first-rate establishment in the country for the greater facility of sale. GRICE respectfully announces that he has instructions to SELL by AUCTION, Tnis DAY, the 17th instant, at eleven o'clock prompt each day, on the Premises, St. Anne's-street, An extensive Assortment of modern and useful FURNI TURE, comprising 10 sets of Mahogany Four-post Bed steads, Half-tester and French Bedsteads, 12 prime seasoned Feather Beds and sundry Bedding, sets of Mahogany and Painted Drawers, Toilet Ditto, Washstands and Dressing Tables and Ware, a capital Winged Wardrobe, pair of hand some Toilet Tables, with Marble and Ivory Tops, several Box and Tray Dressing Glasses, Cane Chairs, Carpets, Com modes, &c., several sets of Mahogany Chairs, capital Sofas and Couches, Telescope Dining Table, with extra Leaves, a Bookcase and two Pedestal Sideboards, a small Enclosed Ditto, Chiffonier and Cabinet, two Easy Chairs in Leather, one ditto in Hair-cloth, three handsome Chimney Glasses, in Gilt Frames, Brussels and Kidderminster Carpets, modern Bronzed Fenders and Polished Steel Fire-irons, Oil cloth, Stair-carpet, handsome Hall Table, with Hatstand attached, Spring Timepiece, Kitchen Utensils and Effects. - May be viewed each morning of sale, and Catalogues had on the Premises, or from Mr. Glum, 40, Whitechapel. 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THW STEAM-SHIP I,* GOLDEN AGE 1 FOR AUSTRALIA. - - Is now ON VIEW in the HUSKISSON DOCK; She is largest and most magnificently fitted steam ship in the world.—For Cards of Admission apply to - MILLERS & THOMPSON, 4, Drury-lane, Liverpool. Commerriai THIS DAY THIS DAY (THURSDAY), the 17th instant, at One, in the COMMERCIAL SALE ROOM, Temple-court, 1250 Boxes 700 1 Boxes Bunch Muscatel RAISINS, in layers, 40041 Boxes 1160 Boxes 460 1 Boxes Bunch Muscatel RAISINS, 400 Boxes 3 Barrels Lexia RAISINS, 255 Frails 10 Barrels } Malaga Sultana RAISINS, 6 Frails 85 Frails Malaga FIGS, 85 Boxes Jordon ALMONDS, - Per Huma, from Malaga.—Apply to JAMES AIKIN, Esq., Merchant, or to JAMES ADAM, SON & CO. Brokers, • 32, Redcross-street. On TUESDAY next, the 22nd instant, at the COMMERCIAL SALE Room, Temple-Court, at half-past One, 1000 Boxes American CHEESE. Lately landed from New York.—Apply to GEO. BAbENACH, Broker. 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Owing to a pressure of news we are compelled to omit a report of the proceedings of the Salford Town Council, which we shall publish to-morrow.. THE CURIOUS AFFILIATION CASE.—Mr. Wybergh has called upon us to say that he had no commumcation with the reporters for the Mercury, in reference to the affiliation case, " Wilcock n. Shrivall," beyond that which inci dentally took place in the magistrates ' room, at the sessions house. Mr. M'Clellan's statement, therefore, that Mr. Wyberg had called at the Mercury office, is altogether inaccurate. Whatever is intended for insertion must be authenticated by the name and address of the writer; not necessarily for publication, but as a guarantee of his good faith. We cannot undertake to return rejected communications. All communications, Books for Review, etc., to be for warded to the Editor must be addressed to the Publisher, CHARLES WILL3IER, and those from London may be seen to the care of Messrs. Simpkin, Marshall, and Co. Xlittlyrit Nig Cum THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1853. THE intelligence which comes crowding in from every quarter relative - to the war in the East, is so confounding that it is almost impossible to follow the real historical thread of events. It appears, however, that on the 21st of October, at Constan tinople, the greatest excitement was produced by the publication of the SULTAN'S manifesto. This document had been previously read at a National Assembly, when the SULTAN announced his inten tion to buckle on the sword—to proceed to Adrian ople—and march at the head of his troops. in this resolve MAHMOUD shows that he has not for gotten the post which his kingly ancestors have filled with so much honour to themselves and their country. Simultaneously with the announcement of the SULTAN'S movements, we learn that a depu tation had arrived at Shiraz, from Affghanistan, which came to induce the SHAH of Persia to declare openly against Russia. This event is said to have produced a deep sensation in the Persian Court, and that the SHAH did all in his power to suppress an Anti-Russian demonstration. It is most difficult to decide on the value which ought to be placed in such statements as the above. The feelings and actions of DosT MAHOMED being thoroughly anti-British, it is not likely that his Mussulman predelictions would be sufficiently strong to sanction the departure of any such de putation from his dominions. The part which this ruler may eventually take in the pending contest, however, is matter of such importance as to pro duce the most anxious solicitude on the subject, and we feel assured that such is felt by the public. In the meantime 50,000 Turks have crossed the Danube at Kalarxil, between the 27th of October and the 3rd of November. On the 4th instant the Russian army was de feated at Oltenitza, with the loss of 3,000 men. From this date to the 11th hostilities in this direction were confined to skirmishing on the outposts. During this interval the Turks had collected a force of twenty-four thou sand men at Oltenitza and an equal number at Kalafat. After the defeat at Oltenitza the Russians retreated to Budexhli, between Bucharest and the scene of their defeat. At this point the Russian force amounted to 35,000 men. The victory of the Turks on the 4th inst. tends most positively to disprove the previous rumour of their defeat by Prince Gortschakoff. The intelligence we are enabled to lay before our readers to-day not only confirms the truth of the reports previously received, but adds a list of brilliant achievements by the Turkish arms to those already recorded. The Russians are making, as we predicted in the NORTHERN DAILY TIMES, a precipitate retreat towards Cronstadt, in the Russian province of Transylvania. This town is not a military position of any note, and will, in all probability, share the fate of Bucharest, through which the Turkish army is said to have marched, leaving the town in flames in three places. Considering the character of Eastern towns generally, there is little doubt of this city being reduced to ashes. The most in trepid act of the Turkish leaders is shown in de spatching their left wing, amounting to 15,000 men, to make a detour through the Principality of Servia to intercept the retreat of the Russian troops. This movement having caused considerable alarm in Vienna, the Austrian Government had given orders for a strong army corps to be immediately concentrated in Croatia. Private letters from Erzeroum of the 25th ult. state that the Turks had concluded an alliance, offensive and defensive, with the Circassian Chief SCHAMYL, and with the Mussulmans and other independent Tribes in certain districts in Asia. These countries can furnish 80,000 warriors well practised in mountain warfare. This event places the CZAR in a two-fold difficulty, and bids fair to rescue CIRCASSIA from his iron grasp. The Russian garrison at Sebastopol, however, had marched against the Caucasians. The Garrison was re placed by 15,000 men from Odessa. These were replaced by troops from Vecesenek. OMAR PASHA had crossed the Danube in person, with 35,000 men, ready to receive Prince GORTS CHAKOFF, who threatened to attack the Turkish position. In addition to all this startling and highly satisfactory intelligence, Constantinople letters of the 31st announce, that as soon as the news of the occurrences in Bulgaria reached Constanti nople, it was communicated to the representatives of France and England; and they advised that the war should be continued on the 29th, The French Envoy waited on the SULTAN, and in the name of his Emperor, placed the French General BOSQUET at his disposal, with six other officers of rank, who would arrive on the 2nd of November. During the audience, mention was made of 40,000 French soldiers, who would be landed wherever the SULTAN might be pleased to direct. LORD STRAT FORD, On his side, declared that the English fleet would enter the Black Sea, and act on the coast with the Turkish vessels. A corps of from 15,000 to 20,000 men will be kept in readiness at Malta to occupy Greece, if that county should attempt anything against the Porte. 3,000 wounded men have been taken to the hospitals at Bucharest. M. BAsiLI, the Russian Consul General in Syria, has sailed for Leghorn. 8,000 Druses and Naplou sians under Emit ENIM, are preparing to proceed to Constantinople. The Greeks had offered to advance money to the PORTE by way of loan. All the Russian pontoons had been sent to Giurgevo. The Turkish forces at Oltenitza consist of 17,000 regular infantry, 3,000 Bashi-Bozouks, and 4,000 artillerymen, commanded by General PRIM. Re port says that KLAPKA will supersede him. General SOIMONOFF is said to have dislodged the Turks from the island opposite Giurgevo. ISMAIL PACHA com mands 24,000 Turks at Kalafat. The Russian Go vernment has appointed a governor for the two- Danubian Principalities. THE Council and PRINCIPAL of King's College have earned for themselves a very unenviable repu tation. These self-constituted Inquisitors have fulminated their first decree, and condemned their first victim for holding certain opinions, not, in their judgment, in accordance with the principles and teaching of the Anglican Church. The result is, that Professor MAURICE has been deprived of an office which he had so efficiently filled, and emi nently adorned, for several years. The publication of the " Theological Essays" ori ginally called forth opposition from the Inquisitor_ general and his colleagues of the " Sacred Tribu nal." Inflated with a supercilious sense of personal infallibility, Dr. JELF took upon himself to pro nounce authoritatively what was heresy and what was not—judging of the doctrines of the Church not so much by her canons as by his own cranium— his dory, of course, representing pure " orthodoxy?, He first took occasion to remonstrate with - sthe reverend delinquent, but'the answers he received, and the explanations afforded, only served to add " fuel to fire," by exasperating his ire and inflaming his resentment. Finding the author so incorrigible a heretic, he finally summoned all the members of the Council, in order to pass sentence of excom munication upon so flagitious a dissentient from Church principles and polity, Dr. JELF himself being the chief exponent of both. To this sum mons twenty (out of fifty) members attended, and the result of the cabalistic deliberation was, the expulsion of Professor MAURICE from all honor, office, and emolument, in the said King's College. Now, it is essential that one or two circumstances should be borne in mind. It must be remembered that the question at issue was entirely of a theolo gical character, having reference to the philology of the phrase " aionion," " eternal," in connection with the doctrine of future punishments—Mr. MAURICE viewing the same in a spiritual, Dr. JELF, in a literal, signification. Now, this being a purely theological and speculative question, it would, at all events, have looked seemly, were the matter exclusively referred to an assembly of ecclesiastics, who would be best able to discuss the etymology of the phrase and pronounce an opinion as to the Church's teaching on this point of controversy—if indeed the Church ever uttered a voice on the sub ject. But what is the fact ? Why, out of the twenty individuals present, only two theologians could be mustered, viz., the BISHOP OF LONDON and a solitary archdeacon ! The other members of the Council were exclusively laics ! and consequently unfit judges of such a grave question. From the decision of the Council Mr. MAu RICE justly dissents. In a letter, which we have already published in full, he disclaims against the dogma tism and domination taught and assumed by th e PRINCIPAL and his colleagues ; on the obvious grounds, that they had no authority delegated to them to become ecclesiastical censors of his faith, or self-made expositors of the Articles and Formu laries of the Established Church. He observes : I cannot, my lords and gentlemen, believe that, great as are the privileges which the right reverend bench has conceded to the Principal of King's College, their lord ships, the bishops, ever intended to give him an authority superior to their own, superior to that of the articles by which they are bound ; I cannot think that they wished to constitute him and the council arbiters of the theology of the English Church. Such a claim would be as alarming, I apprehend, to the public as to our ecclesiastical rulers. If some parents have been suspicious of the influence which I might exercise over their sons, I believe that there are few parents in England who will not complain that the college has departed from its original principle, when it gives such a scope to the private judgment of its chief officer, or even to the judgment of the body which manages its affairs. The public mind needs to be aroused on this subject. Heresy, or no heresy, it will never do for one clergyman to sit in judgment on the opinions of another clergyman. If this state of things be permitted, there would be no end to disgraceful broils and petty warfares. The Church's useful ness would speedily be destroyed, and endless party feuds and angry disputations would lay waste her fruitfulness, and render her unprofitable as " the barren fig tree "—only fit to be " hewn down and trodden under foot of men." An " invasion " like this is the worst our country could experience. We' boast of having free laws—free institutions— freedom of opinion —and the right of private judgment. We must beware hew we suffer such privileges to be wrested from us. Depend upon it they cannot be valued too highly, or guarded toe vigilantly. We want neither English popes, nor English inquioitoro, nor an English Inquisition. 0 dear no ! the day is gone by for such things as these. We must raise our voice against rampant dogmatism and clerical intolerance, come from what quarter it might. If individual clergymen violate the constitutions of their Church, there are tribunals expressly appointed to inquire into the merits of the case and judge accordingly. To such let the recusant be amenable—not to the surrep titious authority and soi-disant jurisdiction of a self-formed clique. As well may Professor MAURICE take exception to Principal JELF'S theological opinions, and bring him to account for the same as being contrary to the tenor of the Canons and the constitution of the Church. Fortunately, our Reformers left free latitude for individual speculation, and ample scope for polemic discussion. There are many:matters of theology, which, in the nature of things, must ever remain doubtful. Even com mentators have but served to render "darkness more dark," by futile attempts at explanation— just as men with diamonds writing on glass, ob scure light with scratches. It will not do, therefore, for narrow-minded ignorance and domineering bigotry to set a boundary line to thought or pre judge a question entirely out of its province, and beyond its ,jurisdiction. CICERO says that " Truth lies in a deep well." The way to reach it, therefore, is not by angry bickerings and jarring controver sies, but by quiet investigation and diligent re search. But Professor MAURICE has placed Dr. JELF and his compeers in.what Brother JONATHAN would term a " reglar fix !" In one part of his letter he requires to be informed what law of the Church he has transgressed : I think it due, then, to my own character, as a Clergyman, to the interests of the college, and to the liberties of the English Church, that I should call upon the Council, if they pronounce a theological sentence upon me at all, to declare what article of our faith condemns my teaching. I conjure them not to use any phrase in condemning me which they would reject as loose and vague if the property or the life of a fellow-citizen were in question. Whether I have unsettled the faith of my pupils by giving an interpretation of the word "Eternal" which I had maintained to be true (and especially important for students in Divinity) before I was asked to join the theological department, the after lives of those pupils must determine. But if I have violated any law of the church, that law can be at once pointed out— the nature of the transgression can be defined without any reference to possible tendencies and results. It is this justice, and not any personal favour, my lords and gentlemen, which I now request at your hands. As the Council of the College have in their sapient wisdom thought fit to pass sentence of "anathema" against Mr. MAunieE, on the ground of a clerical error in faith, it would have been but just to him and honourable to themselves to afford a direct and satisfactory answer to the important question put to to them. But, no. They dare not venture to com mit themselves by such a course. So they have acted the part of a judge who condemns a reputed felon for an offence committed against the law, al though he is unable to point out the particular statute under which he is convicted. It would appear as if to believe too little was safer than to believe too much, For instance, some years ago a Reverend Mr. MNEAL, of Trinity, or Brazennose, we can't say exactly which, published some pitiable specimens of his gifted muse, in the shape of some " hickory-dicliory-dock" rhyming, called " Songs and Ballads for the People." The reverend poetaster has not failed to afford the public, in a few lines, the sum-total of his religious belief. He says : " I pray My best for the Church and the Queen every day— And I know nothing more, and I hope never may! Which nobody can deny." But we have never heard of this gentleman being subjected to any systematic persecution, or being sent to " Coventry" by his clerical associates. It was reserved for the PRINCIPAL of King's College, and his brother Inquisitors, to open up a new course—and bring about not a new—but a revival of an old ecclesiastical policy. We say more to their " eternal" shame ! Professor MAURICE may be regarded as the Protestant GALILEO ! and fu ture chronicles will be sure to record—" 1853 the Inquisition first established in this country by Principal JELF!" IT can be no less refreshing to the public mind than it is to an individual to turn from the dark and dreary career of despotism, to the bright and promising prospects `which attend the steps of free and enlightened nations. If this were the place for elaborate philosophical inquiry, we would en deavour to point out the practical working of the two rival systems of human thought which owe their origin to the master-minds of those great ancient teachers, PLATO and ARISTOTLE. From the temples of remote antiquity, the cloisters of the middle ages, and down to the triumphs of the Puritans in the western world, and even to the present hour, we can trace from the teachings of those rival schools of philosophy the existing causes of divisions among nations, and the pro longed reign of degrading Cainism. The struggle for ascendency among nations has, to a certain extent, dwindled down to the fights of faction. Happily for humanity, however, one quarter of the globe is still left where the broken bonds of the world's great brotherhood may be re united and enjoyed beyond the reach of the discord ant dogmas of the Philistian ages, where men's rank is measured by a stately intellect, and where sterling mind alone can venture to handle matter. If the good and greater attributes of human nature arc capable of perpetuation, the western hemisphere must inevitably become the home of man's most lasting glory. It is there the quaint and sober philosopheme, " Union is strength," proclaims its own mighty power, and bids the cuckoo despots retrace their steps and adopt the course of better and keener thought. It is here this element of human greatness throws its power over a desert world. It is here that "mercy seasons justice," and Heaven pours down its endless blessings. A people who wedded themselves to peace and toil may be supposed to have nothing but the wants of a passing existence to show for their labour ; but while the wretched victims of the rival philosophy are shedding blood and carrying death and desolation wherever they turn, the great western civiliseris girding worlds of primitive darkness with the zone of light. Forests are explored, deserts traversed, and ere time is suffered to destroy the foot-track of the solitary traveller, out pours the nation, and as if by magic, the electric wires are spread, and the rail is laid, by which thousands are carried forward in search of fresh fields for increased toil. The idle, sluggish, benighted Serf profanes the ears of peace with murdering cries of war. America sends her ships to tell us of her " God speed.' She conceives a railroad, which shall unite two great oceans, and shorten man's steps around the earth. 'Tis done. A. canal to bear the surplus 01 her abundance to the famished children of other distant lands. 'Tis made. She hears that Mam mon governs industry and morality in other coun tries, and she sends us gold that toil may prosper and virtue hold her own. Time and space sepa rate her people east and west. The fact is a re proach which is quickly silenced by the puffing locomotive and the electric battery. Such is the career of the men the illustrious PALMERSTON would call " cousins," forgetful that the dotage of the parent is but too often the sport of youth. In our vague conception of the future of such a race, we must not, however, pass over those formal matters by which facts are established. An able and esteemed American cotemporary, the ?iew York Evening Post says :—" It appears from the abstract of the seventh census, published this year, that the United States possessed at the be ginning of 1852, as much completed railroad, with in 3,300 miles, as all the rest of the world put tc gether !" This is no shallow assertion. The fact is proved by careful statistical comparison. "In the United States there were in operation, at the time alluded to, 10,843 miles ; in the various coun tries of Europe 14,143 miles. By the beginning of 1853, the completed roads in this country had in creased to 13,000 miles, while European roads had grown to 16,000, making the difference at that time only 8,000 miles. There were also at the begin ning of this year 12,680 miles in progress of con struction in the United States ; in all, therefore, constructed and constructing, 25,000 miles. On the same authority there is no exaggeration in say ing that before 1860 there will be in our country 85,000 miles of completed railway." In these great efforts of human hands the whole of Europe is defeated, beaten, shamed. It is not in the great works of man's pro gress that the petty tyrants and besotted des pots of continental Europe are found to spend their time. Concocting schemes for loans, marriages, cruelty, and oppression, are the masterpieces of their ambition and their lives. But mark the bold relief in which the promise of reward for America's industry stand from the dis mal records of European wickedness and folly. Pursuing the subject of railways, our American cotemporary says :—" The capital invested in them estimated at 20,000 dollars per [mile, is 140,000,000 dollars. That invested in agricultural implements is stated at 150,000,000 dollars. It would appear then that the capital invested in all the railroads is but very little more than sixty' per cent above what is invested in the ordinary implements of industry." The stupendous array of figures which belong to such gigantic undertakings are carried on until the arithmetical calculations of their cost is swallowed up by the geometrical increase of profits they yield to the community, which our cotemporary' demon strates as follows :—" The agricultural products of the country amount to about 1,500,000,000 dollars. Suppose the 12,000 miles iu construction should, as improved agricultural tools, increase the value and amount of these products equal to one per cent. on the value above given, this would amount to 15,000,000 dollars, equal to more than 6 per cent. on 240,000,000 dollars, the capital invested. Again, suppose these 12,000 miles to stimulate a country ten miles on each side, they would affect an area of over 153,600,000 acres. Supposing the road to increase the value of land equal to an average of one dollar an acre, we have an addition of over 153,000,000 dollars to the wealth of the country from this cause—over 60 per cent. on the capital invested. The cash value of farms in the country is stated at a little over '3,200,000,000 dollars. Again, suppose over 12,000 miles of railroad to increase this value 8 per cent. ; they add to i t 250,000,000 dollars, thus wiping away the whole of their cost and more." We know of no passage in the history of nations that equals this. Well might the American Ambas sador tell our cabinet ministers and the citizens of London that "his country was progressive," and that " this was truly the age of utilitarianism " As a diplomatist and an American, he might have said more. He might, in mildly denouncing war. have held up the startling blessings that peace had bestowed on the country he had the high honour to represent. He might have read to the heroes of Europe a lesson from the homilies of American industry which might have turned the PRINCE of "Orthodox" Faith from the foul tenor of his ways, to those of justice, peace, and mercy. In missing the opportunity, America has no reason to be pleased, or Europe to be thankful. The article from which we have baen writing will be found in extenso in another column. It is worthy of atten tion. • THE RUSSIAN TRADE WITH ENGLAND. INTERVIEW WITH LORD CLARENDON. An interview took place on Tuesday between Lord Cla rendon and certain eminent English merchants engaged in the Russian trade, whose object was to gain from his lord. ship the expression of some decided opinion as to the dan ger of this trade being interrupted by possible political changes. It was represented to his lordship that English merchants are in the habit, at this period of the year, of making heavy contracts in St. Petersburg for Russian pro duce, such as hemp, tallow, &c., deliverable next season, and upon which goods very heavy advances, amounting sometimes to the entire contract, are made to the Russian dealers. The reply of Lord Clarendon was to the effect that, whilst her Majesty's government are using their ut most exertions to avert war, caution in relation to these transactions is nevertheless advisable : and, in fact, a hint. was given that it would be as well for the Russian mer chants to avoid risking their money under present circum stances. This interview formed a topic of current conver sation in commercial circles during the day. The United States mail steam ship Atlantic sailed from the Mersey, for New York, yesterday forenoon, with 103 passongers, and a fair cargo. THE Crvir. SERVICE.—By a recently issued return it ap pears tat in the course of last year the increase in the num ber of persons in public departments was 1,462, and the di minution 30. NEW RAILWAYS.—The papers begin to get filled with the usual parliamentary notices for new bills for railways. The projecting mania seems, however, to be confined in a great measure to suburban railways, and central terminus projects. ALLEGED CRUELTY ON BOARD THE " GREAT WESTERN." —Michael Toomey, one of the hands on board the Ameri can packetship Great Western, was brought into the North ern Hospital late on Tuesday night covered with bruises and contusions, which he said he had received from the officers on board during the voyage from New York to Liverpool. Another man from the same ship, named Peter Collins, was brought in the day before with bad injuries of the legs, pro duced, as he alleged from the same causes. CUSTOMS APPOINTMENT.—Mr. Isaac Harris, who has been for the last two years one of the night officials at the central detective office, High-street, has been appointed to the"situation of a weigher in the Customs at this port. Whilst connected with the police, Mr. Harris has borne an unblemished reputation, and his courtesy and civility will be remembered by every party who has had occasion to transact business during the night at the central police office. In Isis new position, lie will no doubt, render efficient service. TOWN IMPROVEMENTS.—In connection with the town improvements now in contemplation, we yesterday had the opportunity of seeing a design, by a resident of Liverpool, for a statue of Wellington, which is exhibiting at the shop of Mr. Walmsley, Castle-street. As a design, it is exceed ingly artistic ; half the globe supports a pedestal upon which stands the hero of a hundred fights surrounded by his generals. The pedestal bears the inscription, " Glory be to God, and peace on earth to men of goodwill." But although we admit the design has artistic merit, the proper realization of the idea of the designer would involve a work so colossal, and expensive that we believe it to be impracticable, so far as the funds raised in Liverpool for the purpose are concerned. SOICETA Anmorrien.—The sixteenth dress 'concert of this society took place at the Mechanics' Institute last night. The galleries were very well thronged, but the dress seats were but thinly occupied. Both as regarded the selection of pieces and the skill of the performers, the concert was a very creditable one, although not possessing the remark able brilliancy which, in a society scarcely more than infant, it would be seeking too er oo w mu e ch pr t in o ci lo a o l k ly for. fro ni T t h h e e concerted instrumental pee music of Mozart and B ee th oven, and were l) executed 1 style which received general applause. Mr. Graham, 14r a . Santley, and Mr. Armstrong were the vocalists, and re ceived approbation in the shape of encores warmly called for. Mr. Santley's performance of a celebrated scena from Der Freyschutz, received marked applause. Mr. li. V. Lewis performed some very well executed piano -forte solos. Mr. Charles R. Herrmann conducted with judgment and skill. aCorssu3rPziorr OF DOGS IN PARIS.—The day before yes terday, says Galignani' s Messenger, some police agents in plain clothes, being in an eating-house at Montrouge, heard two men at a table say one to the other, "Is he dead ?" " YeS; but not witnout some trouble; ne struggled hard, and I was afraid of being surprised." "The other must be killed, or we shall be betrayed." The officers, thinking that a murder had been committed, took the mon into cus tody, and, in order to remove from themselves the serious suspicions which their conversation had excited, they con fessed that they belonged to a gang who occupied thems e l ves in stealing dogs, which they killed and sold to the low eat ing -housekeepers outside the barriers, to make up for any deficiency they might have in the supply of hares and rabbits. Several of the accomplices of these men have been taken into custody. FURTHER EXPOSE OF THE LONDON CORPORATION BY Mn. SHERIFF WALLlS.—Yesterday Mr. Sheriff Wallis was examined before the City of London Corporation Commis sioners, and much as has already been elicited to the dis credit of the Metropolitan Corporate body, this gentle man's evidence is perhaps less complimentary than any which has preceded it. Mr. Sheriff Wallis says, in answer to questions put to him :—I was elected to the office of sheriff. The office has fallen into disrepute because of the lobbing propensities of the under-sheriffs. I was pressed to take the office, and I did so because no one else would take it. The office is au expensive one, and it is shorn of all its privileges, and the sheriff sits in in the Court of Common Council as a mere dummy. Some persons are anxious to serve the office of sheriff for the purpose of becoming .alder men ; but as the aldermen - live a long time, vacancies are few. The elections are not conducted with purity with res pect to lord mayor, aldermen, and sheriffs, although I be lieve the election is pure as to common councilmen. Cor ruption is the general character of civic elections. I have known £1,500 expended in proeuring an alderman's gown ; since the contest between Sir Peter Laurie and Sir John Key. the expenses have greatly increased, and particularly with respect to the long shore men. In wards where there is a large class of small occupants it is more difficult to ob tain an alderman's gown. Many have made money by the office of lord mayor, and many have spent more than they received. The election of chamberlain has always been in fluenced by money. ARCHITECTURAL SOCIETY.—The usual fortnightly meet ing of the members of this society was held last night, in the Royal Institution, Colquitt-street. Mr. Verelest in the chair.—The secretary announced the subject for the next competition to be a church to accomodate 400 persons, in the style of Palladio ; scale eight feet in the inch ; t wo elevations, and one perspective view of the exterior. The drawing to be sent in by the 28th December. A member asked if there were, at the railway station in Lime-street, a gentleman's waiting-room ? He had looked for one there and could not find it ; and if it were not there, it was much wanted at such a station. The secretary replied that there were two refreshment-r(»ms there, and that gentlemen could remain in them whil 4itingfor any train. Another member said that he had been lately at Wisbeach, and that on examining the church of St. Peter, which was undergoing a thorough repair, he remarked a very singular circumstance connected with its construction. He observed that it had two naives and two chaneels, with aisles running north and south of each naive. This building is comparatively a modern building. Mr. Watson of Halifax, then' proceeded to read a paper on ventilation, and to explain the nature of his patented self-acting double-current ventilator. He observed that the object of ventilation was two-fold—first, the removal of noxious gases, and secondly, the supplying of fresh and wholesome air from without. Mr. Watson then proceeded to analyse the chemical composition of the at mosphere, and by subsequent experiments, illustrated his observations. To jarove the truth that oxygen was the main element of life, he had recourse to a very simple ex periment, and then proceeded to observe that his system of ventilation was to allow the heated air to escape, and the cold air to enter spontaneously by their own elastic forces. He showed that heated air did not pass, as was generally supposed, through a hole in the roof; wherever such a mode of ventilation was adopted, because there was a more powerful agent in the shape of the cold air outside, forcing its way in. He then enumerated some of the various modes of ventilation adopted for somo time, and stated that ( the great merit of his patent was, that it insured the greatest possible amount of pure air with the least draught. The experiment by which he illustrated his theory was very simple. He placed a glass shade, with a long, and in proportion to the body of the shade, a narrow neck, over several lighted candles, which flickered for a short time, and then, the oxygen in the shade being consumed, died out. But the moment that he divided the neck of the shade with a plate of zinc, or some other material, then the candles burned with a much steadier light than in a room, and this phenomenon was explained by a subsequent experi ment, which shewed that while the heated air escaped through one compartment, cold air at the same time entered through the other compartment of the neck so divided. The rationale of this, however, remained unex plained, but Mr. Watson stated that the effect produced by his patent in the various houses and public buildings which he had ventilated, was precisely that which was illustrated by the expel iment of the shade. A brief discussion then ensued on the subject, the chairman and other gentlemen stating that while the theory of Mr. Watson's patent was very plain, they feared it did not remedy the great defect in all other systems, namely the draught. The thanks of the society were then voted to Mr. Watson, after which the meeting separated. THE NORTHERN DAILY TIMES. --- MONETARY AND COMJICERC IA L' . a sa LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY E ms . OWING to the conflicting intelligence j r ,, tu at seat, of war, the London Stock market nu'-',,at considerabl in the earlier part of to-daY , k u ilos c the continued success of the Turks becam e boo: confidence became greater, and increased,i ao ancy soon followed. Consols opened at i 94 t y with a declining tendency, but by Inidl Y r ooo receded to 93 1 , and in the course of the alte i vii they rallied again, and subsequently- to til e 0 d we closing they touched the opening Pric e ' 511 finally quote 941 t 94',„ The Railwad at y Share market was m uch. Nc ea r j South Westerns were better. The closing P ti ,,f will be found in our list of the latest qtlo4loo Gold, Land, and Bank shares were we ll suPP at In s t he quotations. In the Foreign House the business done unimortant. In the Iron market, Scotch pig was (1- ' ate , 795. 6d. In the London Corn market, there NR IIS trifling share of English wheat to -day' 9 ,1*, supplies of foreign are not large. Ira do' steady, but there was not much business d ins Foreign was held at full prices. Flour , were unaltered ; barley and beans steady stLe'iaol ratess old ; d slowly;sees were the unchanged. oat trade w-as steady at ARRIVALS. British—Wheat .. . 1,250 Irish—Pats • „ Barley . . 6,570 Foreign • • „ Oats . . . . 1,404 „ Malt . . . . 3,330 Flour . . . 1,110 The traffic returns of the London and Norv; c y 4 ern Railway, which were issued late this we e . ' 1 ,1‘, 4 the following satisfactory results :-111181. X 48,004 ; same period last year, X 44.9 7 6; 1 1, 13 3,0261. The returns of the Manchester , P ei and Lincoln Railways were equally satisfae'2, receipts being for the last week X 78 16, °T l ' .1;6924 for the same period last year ; increas e '?' , By the Iberia, arrived at Southamptont%e ing, we are in possession of advices to the r ° dates :—Gibraltar, the Bth; Cadiz, the 9,1; ' bon, the 11th, and Vigo, the 12th instara,' vessel brings a large quantity of fruit, and in specie. ship fei From Antwerp we learn that the s--. E . : from Constantinople to England, put i llt lesl where she must discharge, as her earg° es At Odessa, on the 4th instant, the exelin n ,,g e unfavourable to England, and owing to tu d purchases of grain, it now pays well to F ell to that port. nr ket. • Since Monday, the Liverpool Cotton In - 5 5 continued very quiet. Prices are neverthele at the full prices of Friday last. The saleso amounted to 5000 bales, 1000 of which Ore l on speculation and for export. d g f Our Share market has been steady to d closed without feature, beyond stock beil i r' and in the hands of good names. 0 5, ere In the Manchester Stock market, thde#o slightly improved feeling—Midlands we 3 e at 61i; South Eastern and Dover, at 1E? tr The Leeds Stock market was also bet te , Caledonians (preference) closed at 91; Union, 8 ; 1. OW 5 of We give the current prices' of Gold, i° 1 0, ei to assist the merchant in calculating tb e t rE tte' Foreign Exchange, by the actual mile' bullion, as last reported : 'G f5 : BULLION MARKET AND FOREIGN Exc.- pg - fo r London, 775. 9d. ; Paris, —; 0 sterdam, —; Vienna, —; St. Petersburg , Ale olv j lin, —; Milan, • Constantinople, ;., n ocrrd i - ; Bombay, ; 'Calcutta, —;- g o ng-L. - 10r Sydney, 745. 9d. to —s. ; Port Phillip, 775. 6 d; t0 91, 4 ,3 - Victoria, 765. 9d. 77s ; Ovens, 765. 6d.; Mon 17 , New York, £3 6s. Bd. to £3 9s. 2d. ; Boston, X 3 ; San w. F e r s a u nc b i ; Mexico, ; Brazil s ' 63. long, 775. 6d. ; Fingal, 725.; Melbourne, 775. Smith W a l es , average , 76 5 . 2-id. ; 70,L 1,0.• 1 calculated acco oin a rdi 011 10,1 d. the ounce := e n t g m t a o i ofth th e L on don Fodio•enignivirnt pro, ntlis 11 Amsterdam, short, 11 41 , ` T ,1, to —•, d o , 2 ra ° l - : to 19 ; Rotterdam, 3 m. 11 18 1 to ' g * 25 "75. to - 3m. 25 35 to 40 . ; Brussels, 3 m. 25 Hamburg, 3 m. 13 361 to 13 36'1; pans, 5 3 %. 25 —; do, 3. m. 25 25 to 24 70 ;Marsei ll _ e !, l ,, 30. I!*,. to 42 ; Frankfort, 3m. 119 1 to 119 i • Vienna' 3/3„'zh,' to 19 ; Trieste, 3m. 11 35 to 11 40 Petersbar;. :50 - 0 5Y , 31-16 ; Madrid, 3 m. 50 10 to —;. Cadiz, 1,. 5 . '45 tt r , 124 4 3 t o m a ._ 3 4 4 1 to R Leghorn, 3m.3010t0 30 20 ; Genoa 3 10 ) 1. - 0 Naples, . s J s an 2 c;ir P o Messina, 3 m. 1241 t o 125 . Lisbonalulermo,a3:'s: 1 : 131 . t a 0 t0 5 4 8.v03 rei i York, ditto, 1091 to 1091 • Boston, ditto, —to . Sil! 1 Gold in bars, £3 17s. 9d. - ;'Mexican Dolars, in bars stand, Os. Od. ; FAA India Compaq's F3 1 , 1 , 1 ,:d0. 6 1 Bills 60 ds ; Calcutta Co's Rupee, 2s Id. ; 6s. 2s. 1d.3-16 ; Madras do., 2 4Ad Hong 16 - ° "' 6s. 6cl. ; Sydney, 30 ds. as., 1 ; Adelaide, 3 0 3 0 it 0 pr. ; Launceston, 30 dis., 1 pr.: Hobart Town/ Geelc odig. 1 pr. ; Wellington, &c., dis. 1 dis., 2 P r. ,; Ca D pr.; Alexandria, 99i- ; Shanghae, 7 8 7s. 2d. to ..°?Vd, 7s. 9d. to —. ; Victoria, 2 2 ; Jamaica, 1 ; St. Thomas's, 32 ; Berlin, 6 161. SHARE MARgO., gG. PRLCEi• i 6 k 'ednesday, November 10:1 6 London and • •• . :74 London,aud S. w•a • s Manehk,rver, shetne, 70 - Lincolnshire ••• •• ,61 1 Midland Stock ..... • • North British •• ••• • •. Do. Preference..... • Norfolks .... • ••• •• '• s N h o r rLh ,.buryail Staffordshire.dro.• • Do. L. snd N. W. P - 60 South E and Dover •• 6 41 York. New.. and Ber.• Do. Extension. • • ••• 4 ei Do. Preference • (3 York and North MI" '• Do. Preferenee. • • • •• LAND SILX III3 ' Agricultural ......... • 669 Peel River ........ South Australia. • • • •„• c 5.5.4, FOREIGN DV Mexican .......... • • ' Spanish New Deferred • 0 .. 0 1, Do. Passives ..... • • •• •• 1 0: Do. Threes ...... • • " ~• Russians Do •• '• THE FUNDS, s roCK AND CLOSI ENGLISH MARKET. Consols Account .941 D l I o. Money Bank Stock Exchequer Bills, L. •• 1 6 pin. Do. Three and a Quarter per cent. RAILWAY SHARES. Abergate, Nottingham, and Eastern Junction Caledonian 54 Do, Preference 94-100 Bristol and Exeter .. East Anglian Eastern Counties I2i 131 East Lancashire Eastern Union, A Do B. & C Edinbro' & Glasgow 59 61 Great Northern B2i 3/1- A. . B. Great Western sl 2 Lancashire & Yorkshire 64i 5 Do. Fifths l2l 134 Leeds Northern l2} I3i London Brighton and South Coast SHARE MARKETS.—YEsisnDO' O °A / LIVERPOOL.—The market to-day has beef s Stock being scarce, business closes firm. The x, 1 4 Caledonian, 27i; Lancashire and Yorkshire, V 6 1, 1 001 London and North Western, 1024-c a, ; South - Eastern Stock, 181. The foileWinc , are '" iTy prices :—Caledonian, 271 5-16; Eastern following are 'P Lancashire and Yorkshire, 64k ; London . r. t 4 2.34. e 0 Western, 102 1 1 • Midland, 611 &; South - 0*- 3-16 5 —l6 ; Sheffield Stock, 202 1. net 114 1 MANCHESTER.—To-day but little bust , a ffr done, at lower prices. The sales are : —Aberdee ll ,6 o 57 per cent., x.d.w. ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, F. ..(1; London and North Western, 1041 7 : ,Or Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 201; Midland Rail v* 614 ; South Eastern, 181. LEEDS.—The sales are:'—Caledonian, Pre? 9 f; fi t{' ern Union, B, 81. DllBLlN.—Consols, 93k ; for account 9t 11 , 0 1; 7 4 , 4 93k ; 3t, per cent. Stock, 95 ; for account, 95; le, 220 ; Ballast debentures, 4 per cent. (gov. see.), lo olV! 952; Alfred Consols, 9:3- paid, 271; Mineral P Ireland, 7 paid, 16` ; Cork and Passage ' t Railviel es 161; Dublin and Kingstown, 100 paid, 174; G r e nt. 'ern and Western, 50 paid, 51 ,7 -,,; Ditto, 4 per c a t 3 paid, 21.; Waterford and Limerick, 50 paid, 2"' Despatches were sent off last evening to t. the West India Islands. COST OF WAR.—The government of the p spent in the last four years of the war with . lowing sums: in 1812, 103,421,5381.; in 1813, in 1814, 116,843,8891.; in 1815, 116,491,0 51 diture during the war, from 1803 to 1815 1,159,729,2561. sterling. LORD HIIN'FINGTOWER'S BANKRUPTCY. — Court of Bankruptcy yesterday, the commisst the bankrupt's certificate for six months, books, which every person rendering himself bankrupt laws was bound to do. He (his 1 1 ' take time to consider whether he ought W on the subsequently acquired property. THE GLOVE TRADE.—Accounts were rec e y , on Monday, from Yeovil, Somersetshire, relativ' this branch of trade, and of a highly satisfact business being brisk, and the hands pretty 1l ! provisions the prices are not so favorable; 0; to coals, which are for the most part forwa rd they are sold at Is. per cwt., little more than money paid for them in London for the sam e ELECTION RIOT.—On Tuesday afternoon,,:s Buckley, was assaulted by the mob after t 'i' aio ttg 4 ,0! Salisbury. As he was passing down a etr e : la id, 3 0 . e ety, friends, in which some new drains are b. O - 11, f the s o at of flints were thrown out on either side ana qb 001 ‘. these were picked up by the mob and. ,„ directions,Pitch him into the draT d • oor 1 0 7 all sides. On arriving at the White Ilar, r a y !I t ll' struck the Major-General's hat. About D ho tel t wards, Major-General Buckley left carriage drawn by two horses, which P r° rate out of town. te_ ceede d a '1'1 ) 29 Ll' o' l the go , 0 00 rnited ,tay Fraov a - 5 q, ,20, , 1 % . 1; 11 0 0, 6 itt el 4 ,/ [ll ° le o ° j ot ter 5 t O e for 11 fe , • bl ..) a [loo°` - o e o 101 P vc 9te ? • ain O t t I to t he l O c j ve . ,tort' ilea e 0 ' ; bu t , v on 111 a otl cl u- • r All l .l ° , eti°,,,h' de! Co ildj aa i ell 41 1) 1 till