The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-11-21 00:00:00

CRAYON SKETCHES. BY THE COUNT DE GABALIS. Drawn expressly for " The Northern Daily Times' NO. T. BE it so Stop the press by all means, and let the NORTHERN DAILY TruEs enjoy something like a holiday, while these snatches of modern romance are thrown off like gleams of sunligh',, on the bleak desert of every-day life. The TIMES ought to desiderata some little rest—some occasional re pose—as, since the first dawn of its existence, some seven or eight weeks ago, it has never ceased working for the advantage of the northern empo rium of commerce—of this admittedly primary port of the universe for shipping, traffic and enter prise—and its paces are now become the practical telegraph of South John Street. A letter from Bendigo turns up a deep train of thought, and awakens sweet and strange and curious recollections. , coroner for the county of ! The same young gen tleman who was nearly obliged to wear his Macin tosh for life, summer and winter, for better for worse. The very same. There was no great need of ingenuity to work up a tale of the days of the Hatchpools and the Geraldines, amidst the wreck of princes and chieftains, and the erratic but bril liant careers of the military and high -blooded adventurers which the folly and the flimsiness, and the bigotry, of the second James had sent all over the continent. But think, after all, that our own days, chained down as they are to the regular rou tine of more ordinary habits, should be so richly strewn with the Australian spices and odours • of romance ! It is truly wonderful ! The story of the coroner for been • in. general circulation since the occurrence took place, a few years ago, so that there can be no breach of delicacy whatever by recapitulating its principal features. Indeed, for that matter, one of the Limerick papers of the day contained the entire particulars of the untoward affair—and something more—one of which was sent by post, even to a member of his family, in the capital of south Munster, ere the final adjudication of the ease in the Ecclesiastical court had been made. The was little more than an overgrown effeminate boy when the lucky—or unlucky—circumstances turned up which we are now about to narrate. He is a native of Cork, and the eldest son of Mr. of facetious -- memory, one of the best raconteurs in the parish of the Holy Trinity in the beautiful city, who had only to begin weaving his web of narrative when he drew it forth as freely and as fluently as the conjurer draws his mystical ribbon, and as interminably. The father had been some years dead; but his mother, a pru dent and respectable woman, conducted the estab lishment—that of hairdressing and perfumery—by means of a foreman. So notable and industrious was she, that the children, several boys, never felt the want of the deceased parent, and the subject of our present notice was, at the proper age, bound apprentice to an apothecary and surgeon. He was a kind, docile, and well-tempered young gentleman ; but his manners were so gentle and bland, that the world, always censorious, seemed to consider them effeminate, and the estimate was no way lessened by the more than ordinary degree of attention which he bestowed upon his outfit. His neck-tie was put on to a nicety; his shirt pins were ornamentally neat; and his vest was cut with all the precision that characterised the fashionable establishment of Murphy and O'Connor. The hat boasted a Parisian nap as sleek and as glossy as velvet, and his handkerchief was redolent of Eau de Cologne. Altogether, in manners, habits, and appearance, he was a model for the profession as a surgical student. Unknown to the world, for who could suspect one so young, so gentle, and, withal, so lady-like ?he had been for some months in the habit of paying the most assidious attentions to a lady, who, of course, must be presumed to bane been youthful, though, if we mistake not, she wore - uu 7 highly literate, and recherche in her reading and pursuits, she was captivated by the bland suavity of the young student's manners—and this would be no wonder. Their places of residence were not very remote, and, besides, there were, at the time, many literary institutions in the city where they were enabled to meet each other weekly. How ever, they did not want for opportunities of coming together, and their attachment appears to have acquired additional strength from its secrecy. At length, in the completion of his professional studies, he found it necessary to visit the Metropo lis ; and, whether the neglect was intentional, or otherwise cannot be satisfactorily ascertained : left, at all events, without ou...‘,, i ..fopriate leave taking which accompanies mutual affec t;‘,.. up to this period, however, there seems to have been no clear explicit understanding between the parties, neither in the shape of a proposition of marriage, nor promise of any kind solicited or given, as customary in such engagements of the heart. • We have reason to believe, though of course we cannot be certain, that no correspondence occurred between them during his absence in Dublin, and the rumour of the day, amongst his friends, went so far as to say that Sackville-street saw no indication of the disconsolate lover in —. But months rolled by—as they will ever roll, despite of the various entanglements of the heart—until, after the lapse of nearly a year, the young student, ripe and ready for the exercise of his lancet, and for his grand entrée into his pro fessional career, returned to his native city. The star of his destiny here culminated, when days passed by without having paid a visit, either by way of courtesy or the renewal of love, to the fair object of his former flame. There were no indica tions whatever of any intention on his part to renew their acquaintance, and it had been so quietly carried on during its transitory existence, that it excited neither comment nor suspicion. The idol had fallen from its pedestal, and the shrine was desolate. However, matters were not suffered to lie dormant after this fashion, particularly as he „had become more than ever an object of attraction and solicitude, even in a wordly point of view. He was now a professional gentleman, about to step out on a career of utility and profit, where wealth and fame, perhaps both, would await his acqui sition. One morning, shortly after his return from the Metropolis, he was startled by the announcement of a visitor at his dwelling-house, in George-street, in the city of Cork, who was stated to be under some unusual excitement and who was unknown to the other members of the family. On going down to the shop parlour, he discovered that it was Mr. , the brother of the young lady who had been formerly the object of his de votion, such as it was, but which had evidently ceased to rule or guide him. What could have occasioned the visit? He thought he had acted with consummate prudence when he privately availed himself of a casual opportunity of explain ing to her that their intimacy, on its former footing, could not continue, and in which determination she appeared for the moment to agree, passively at least. However there was the brother, and after some customary salutations, though of a very frigid character, had taken place between them, Mr. ---- abruptly referred to his sister and required to know his intentions respecting her, and whether he proposed to make her matrimonial reparation. Young peremptorily denied having ever said or done anything in connexion with Miss --- which could render him liable to such a requisition, repeating over and over again, that his attentions to the lady had never exceeded the gentlemanly limits of good breeding and courtesy. Any real injury, personal, Or otherwise, he had never done her even in thought. But his disclamations were of no use, and his earnest disavowals went for nothing. The result was, that he was requested to make the same, or similar statements, in presence of Miss s family and her own. The young gentleman consented to do so, glad to get rid of the matter, as he thought, so easily. But he was greatly mistaken. When they reached the private domicile of the - .s, the entire affair began to wear a. very different aspect. Only imagine his astonishment, When he saw himself surrounded by all the appearances of a marriage ceremonial which had been ostensibly some time in preparation. The marriage license stared him on the table ! The parties were of different _ religions. The lady belonged to a branch. of the protestant community, the Unitarian, which has won golden opinions for itself with the people of Cork, and is deservedly ranked high in public es timation. The young student, or surgeon, as we should now learn to call him, as he had completed his studies, was of the Roman Catholic persuasion, arid a sincere and .respectful observer of its.,ordi nances. He now saw arrayed before him his intended wife per fas aut nefas, her father, her mother, her sister, her brother, and—an Unitarian clergyman. But his sharp, yet, bewildered eye, caught sight of some objects on the side table, far more bewildering than all these, formidable as they were—a pair of pistols ! The clergyman stood robed for the performance of a ceremony. Could it be his marriage ? Nothing more nor less. The nervous sensibility of this, young surgeon, led him to apprehend the pistols were loaded—and so they . were ! There was no sort of disguise upon the point. The brother once more became the prin cipal actor, and soon removed 'his doubts ; he declared that his sister's peace of mind had been irreparably lost, and her reputation injured, per haps gone. Mr. must at once afford her the only reparation in his power, by marrying her , otherwise, and he laid his hand on one of the pistols—he must take the consequences. The skeletons in the ancient Egyptian festivals never did such execution as those pistols. The young surgeon shook inwardly, not like one, but like a bundle of aspen leaves that had no room to flutter as they liked ; he trembled all over. His remon strances and explanations were treated as chaff, and passid as the idle wind. The marriage knot or the pistol bullet. The gentleman surrended at discretion. He had no liking whatever for lead in any shape. To escape the fatal alternative he per mitted the performance of the ceremony. Miss and became man and wife. The drawing rooni, where the rites and the scene occurred, was now thrown open, for the door was unlocked which had been previously secured by the brother, and the key ostentatiously placed in his pocket, and the Rev. Mr. the Unita rian clergymen walked off. But the --'l4 were no fools, but were wise in their generation, and knowing that the surgeon's family were Ro man Catholics, they had provided a clergyman of that religion to complete the union of the parties. He was now ushered up stairs, and he was called upon by old crowning validity to the new Hymeneal contract. This ceremony, too, is over. The young surgeon, poor fellow ! lady-like and effeminate as he was, up to this moment sustained himself uncommonly well through these strange and sudden and peremp tory movements, but now that the alliance appeared to be complete, and that the parties around seemed appeased in the relaxation of their rigidity, his spirits quailed, he sank on . a chair and fainted. Poor fellow ! He soon recovered, and as if he had drawn fresh energy from his insensibility, he im mediately appealed to the clergyman who still re mained, for protection, and demanded to be let go at large and return home. No impediments were offered on the part of the parture. Proceedings were immediately com menced in the ecclesiastical court of the Cork and Ross diocese, and the proctors were soon up to their chins in business. The story became the table talk of the South of Ireland for some time, and, strange to say, through the medium of a Lime rick paper. But that is of no great consequence, one way or the other, The young surgeon soon mustered spirit enough to show himself in his customary promenades, and the fact is that natu rally he appears to have had spirit enough, or, to speak even more intelligibly, pluck enough to bear up against anything of the kind, but for the sud denness and novelty of the combination. He was extremely young, not at all of age, and had been almost entirely reared tip by a most affectionate and doting mother, and it was no great wonder that on being abruptly called upon in this violent manner he did not display all the firmness of one conversant with the ways of the world. However, he had the satisfaction to learn that the Ilishop's Court soon decreed the forced marriage an illegal one. The public Of Cork, although they commisse rated the young lady under the circumstances, felt that the ecclesiastical authorities had done their duty. STRIKES IN THE 21IANUFA.CTU.RING .L 7 x-rt SERIOUS DISTURBANCES AT BLACKBURN. On Wednesda: evening Blackburn was again the scene of a disturbance which created great alarm amongst the peace ably disposed inhabitants. Throughout the day knots of men and women (Preston factory operatives) were to be seen strolling up and down the town, some singing— " We'll never be content Till we get the ten per cent." But they did not attract any particular attention till they searched the omnibus that met the 12 o'clock train from Preston, in the hope of finding some "Preston master." No fear, however. we. cut dusk, when the num „t rreston operatives was considerably augmented by the Blackburn factory hands. Then they savagely asked and looked for the Preston masters, saying, that they (the masters had come to Blackburn to induce the manufac turers ere to stop their mills, or work short time till the Preston dispute was settled, so that the Blackburn hands could not so munificently support the Preston turn-outs as they had hitherto done. The first person that experienced the fury of the mob was Mr. Henry Nightingale, foreman to Mr. Catterall, manufacturer, of Preston. He was followed from the Bull, up Shorrock-fold, and to Union street, where be took refuge in St. John's Tavern. He rushed into a bed-room, and immediately afterwards fainted, from the effects of the severe kicking and blows he had expe rienced. Mr. Garth, tailor, of Preston, was also attacked, but he was not much hurt: He escaped from his assailants into the shop of Mr. Woods, bookseller, from which it was announced that he was not a manufacturer, but a knight of the needle. This crowd, much disappointed, left their in tended victim, and retraced their steps to the Bull Hotel, in which they confidently expected there were still several vic tims to the ten per cent. movement. [The Bull, we ought perhaps to state, is the Exchange of Blackburn every Wed nesday, and there manufacturers from all parts of Lancashire meet weekly to transact business.] No other Preston chaps,' however, came out of the inn, and that so enraged them that they kept up a volley of hisses, groans, &c., till between eight and nine o'clock, when Mrs. Sansom, landlady of the Bull, gave the mob permission to send two, four, or six of their number to search her house. They immediately took advantage of the permission, and in a very short space of time three companies, each headed by a servant, were in quest of Preston manufacturers, in order, if found, to give them up to the fury of an enraged mob. Their search, how ever, was in vain, but it appeared to satisfy them, and also the thousands of lawless individuals who were waiting out side. One of the inspectors said to a servant, as he was pass,- ing through the kitchen, "It's very well you've let us look through, or else there would not have been a whole pane of glass left in your house to-night." Every minute after six o'clock it was expected that an attack would be made on the Bull, and, with the view of preventing that and a general riot, the watch committee and the superintendent of police concentrated all the con stabulary force of the town (about 19), and the fire brigade, in the old market-place, in front of and contiguous to the Bull. Shortly after that step was taken, the borough ma_ gistrates were called together to consider the propriety of sending for the soldiers. Before the magistrates, however, met (many of them living at a considerable distance from each other) the crowd had dispersed, and the town appeared tranquil. A general opinion was expressed throughout the evening that as Blackburn is the seat of periodical disturb ances, soldiers should be stationed in the town continually. Between eight and nine there could not have been less than five thousand operatives in front of the Bull. NEWCASTLE. The threatened strike of the Tyne seamen, which at one time caused a considerable amount of uneasiness, seems now entirely abandoned. The termination of what looked very like a serious embroilment of the employed and the em ployer is due to the men theinselves, in courageously taking their own affairs into their own hand s , an d deciding adversely to the views of a parcel of noisy and interested delegates and secretaries. If these men had had their own way the trade of the port would have been brought to a standstill. Though a truce has thus been declared between the owners and the seamen, there is little doubt the former will take every opportunity to weaken the union, for the rules and regulations issued by the delegates with regard to the employment of sailors on board of ships seem to be intoler able to the owners, and will be resisted at every opportunity. I 'Despatches were sent off on Saturday evening to the Go vernors of Malta, Hong Bong, Ceylon, Gibraltar, and the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands.] PARIS, FRIDAY. —The Bank of France has resolved that the rate of discount is not to be raised. The advances on Railway Shares are to be reduced from 60 to 50 per cent., and the advances on obligations are fixed at 70 per cent. 0 DESSA, 7th.—Continued animation in grain, and most extensive business done. The purchases during the week ending October 4th were 100,000 qrs and on the two following days they reached 65,000 qrs., about 25,000 of which were for the Neapolitan government. Prices still tended upwards, and freights were as light as ever. Scarcity of ship s caused two Russian ships to be chartered at a deduction of about 25 per cent. - to compensate the right of capture. GREAT FIRE AT EXETER. —One of the most destructive fires known in this city for the last 30 years occurred on Thursday night in the premises known as Scotland House, arid etzended from Fore-street into Westgate. The stock in Scotland House alone was valued at upwards of £3OOO, Which was entirely destroyed. The totardamage however, is far beyond that sum. EASTERN WAR. (From our Second Edition. of yesterday.) The Tin esmontains an important leading article. It examines some. of the effects of the important events in the East on the political relations of Europe, and especially considers them in connec tion with the policy, the interest, and the duties of this country and our allies. The attempts to patch up the quarrel before hostilities commenced having failed, the struggle can now only be terminated by the adoption of regular preliminaries, and the ultimate conclusion of a treaty of peace. All the past and future relations of Turkey and Russia are thrown open to controversy ; all exist ing treaties are annulled, and it depends entirely upon the final result of this war, and the attitude assumed on these questions, in what form and to what extent these speculations are ever renewed. of Turkey is enabled to treat for peace on equal or superior terms, she will then have shaken off a series of conditions intending to place her in hu miliating subjection to Russian influence. If Russia succeeds in crushing the forces of "the Ottoman Empire, it cannot be doubted that she would exact the revival of all her former treaties, but impOse terms still more onerous on the Ottoman Empire and fatal to the independence of the East. To such a result it is needless to say that Great Britain, France, and the German Powers cannot in honor or policy submit, and that if Turkey were reduced to the condition she was in when the treaties of Bucharest and Adrianople were signed, we should be bound by every consideration and at all hazards to oppose the enlarged preparations of the Court of St. Petersburg. Russia has therefore no choice but in the man . ner in which she may abandon these pretensions. If she actually undergoes a defeat by the Tnr4 - s, she loses the results of a century of ambition and intrigu,e, and if she triumphs over the Turkish forces, she must prepare to encounter behind those forces two at least of the greatest nations of the world, who have indeed a great and wise reluctance to take up arms, but who will most assuredly never lay them down, if war be once begun, until they have chastised the enemy of the peace of Europe, and dictated the terms of an honorable settlement; such is, in either alternative, the result to which the Russian Government and other states of Europe must now be prepared to lOok, whatever the result of the hostilities now going - on. A moment may shortly (wir between the termination of the campaign and the niter* operations of the war, and the use made of that moment by Europe will- probably be decisive as to the possibility of extinguishing this conflagration. If ;.he Emperor of Russia persists in this wild and wicked course, he has nothing before him but war on the frontier of the dominions, and if he provokes continuance, his country will not come out of this contest without an injury to her political influence, a consideration even more fatal than the destruction of their fleets and the waste of her resources. If the German Powers join England and France with heart and hand, it is impossible to doubt that Europe has the power to enforce her will, Operations in the Provinces will be interrupted by the season, or by the attainment of some definite result of the campaign. Are the mediating powers unpre pared to impose terms of accommodation? If England and France are driven to employ their forces in the Dardanelles, that resolution will ma terially affect the issue of the war, but the Times cannot flatter itself that it will at once terminate the contest. Russia relies on the neutrality of the Servian powers, 40 hopes, ere lorig,to enjoy them altogether, in opposition to the Western powers. Peace can be peremptorily imposed on Russia and Turkey, but with the co-operation of Germany; and if war do ensue the Courts of Vienna and Berlin, next to that of St. Petersburg, will stand responsi ble for it to posterity, if 'they neglect to perform their part in repelling this aggression. 24-7 ? ')OUGLAS JERROLD 4ND MR. In the Sheriff's Court, Westminster, on Thursday, a tailor, named Andrews, residing in Cork-street, Bond-street, sought to recover from Mr. Douglas Jerrold, the popular author, the sum of £l9 65., for clothes delivered, at his re- quest, to Mr. Henry Mayhew. The liability was denied. Mr. Stammers appeared as counsel for the plaintiff, and Mr. Hawkins (with whom wao Mr. Needham) for tho- de fendant. In December, 1849, Mr. H. Mayhew called upon t h e plaintiff with a, letter qt introduction from Mr, Jerrold, he being his tailor at the time, Some clothes were ordered and subsequently delicvered to Mr. Mayhew, The bill was £l9 65., and the question was whether Mr. Jerrold had made himself personally liable for the same. The bill was not delivered to Mr. Jerrold until September last, when the liability was denied, and the present action was brought to try the question. The case attracted a good deal of interest from the peculiar nature of the evidence given. The plaintiff stated, that in consequence of the note frem Mr. Jerrold, introducing his son-in-law, Mr. Henry May hew, he went and made inquiries, and afterwards saw the defendant, and told him that he had heard Mr. Mayhew had been a bankrupt, and, from his extravagant habits, he would not trust him, on which Mr. Jerrold said—"Oh , I always intended to be responsible." He told the defend ant that any guarantee he gave him must be in writing , as he had lost £4O by a verbal promise through the person who had introduced him (Mr. Jerrold) to him. He how ever told Mr. Jerrold that if he made the clothes by his orders it need not be in writing, on which Mr. Jerrold said that a man must be a very contemptible fellow if his word was not as good as his written promise. Something was said at the interview about the... Statute of Frauds being made to assist frauds. Mr. Jerrold asked wh a t c l o th e s Mr. May hew required, and he enumerated the articles in the bill which had been delivered, consisting of two suits, on which Air, Jerrold remarked that they were more than he.thought were required, but he added, "Make them, and no more." It was understood that there should lie a special entry in the book. He was requested by Mr. Jerrold to endeavour to get the money from Mr. Mayhew. He made several applications, but could not get the money. He applied to Mr. Mayhew in the Queen's Prison, at the request of Mr. Jerrold. A letter written by the plaintiff to the defendant was put in evidence, in which he requested payment, and it detailed, a co4veqation in which Mr. Jerrold said he owed him nothing, and that was e pod Sgxqn," on which Mr. Andrews remarked that it was not good English, for it was neither honest nor true. Mr. Andrews said Mr. Jerrold had paid him his bill which had been running for four years, with interest, and owed him nothing. Mr. Jerrold told him that Mr. H. Mayhew was on the Morning Chronicle, writing the "London Labour and the London Poor," and was at that time (December, 1849) in the receipt of from £7 to £lO a-week. The principal part of Mr. Jerrold's debt was contracted in 1850, and he paid him in 1851. Mr. Jerrold had told him " that he was too dear," and the account was sent in to Mr. Jerrold after he had ceased dealing with him. Mr. Hawkins, after some formal evidence, addressed the jury. He had the honor to appear for Mr. Douglas Jerrold, and that gentleman would never have resisted the claim 'had there been the least pretence for it, as he should prove by the evidence he had given before the jury. Mr. Douglas Jerrold stated the alleged conversation he had had with Mr. Andrews, giving a very different version of the affair. He told Mr. Andrews that Mr. Mayhew was in an excellent position on the Morning Chronicle, and he was safe tetrust him to £lO. He did not say he meant to be responsible. He had no recollection of any conversation about a guarantee in writing or the Statute of Frauds, and did not believe it had occurred. He certainly did not tell Mr. Andrews to make the clothes to his order. He (Mr. Jerrold) had been paying large debts for Mr. Mayhew, and it was not likely that he would make himself liable for liew. debts. He knew Mr. Mayhew had been extravagant. When he gave Mr. Mayhew the note he said he wanted a suit of clothes. He did not tell Mr. Andrews to make a separate entry, but to charge it to his account. He did not in any instance admit his responsibility or ask Mr. Andrews to supply the clothes on his account. All he said was, that Mr. Mayhew was safe for £lO. The account was first sent in to him (Mr. Jerrold) in September last, and it was long after he had ceased to deal with him, as his charges were too high for him. He met Mr. Andrews in the street, and told him he owed him nothing, and after that the action was brought. Mr. Jerrold added in his evidence, that he had paid hundreds of pounds for Mr. Mayhew, who had married his daughter, or he might have paid this bill. In answer to a question, Mr. Jerrold said Mr. Mayhew was eight years younger than he was. Mr. Under-Sheriff Burch°ll facetiously remarked that that answer was rather avoiding the question, which was as to Mr. Mayhew's age. (A laugh.) Mr. Jerrold.—He is 50. Mr. Under-Sheriff Burchell.—l hope that is not con sidered " elderly." (Laughter.) Mr. Hawkins,—He is no chicken, then. Mr. Jerrold.—Oh, no, he is no chicken. (Laughter.) Mr. Hawkins said, he asked the question to show that Mr. Mayhew was not to be considered as Mr. Jerrold's son, for whom he had ordered clothes, as appeared from tie bill he had paid. Mr. Jerrold was cross-examined at considerable len , rth, and repeatedly denied thhat he had ever said he woulfi be responsible for the clothes, After Mr. Stammers had replied, The learned Under-Sheriff left the case to the jury. He went over the evidence, and told them that they had a THE NORTHERN DAILY TAMES. painful ditty to discharge, to say by their verdict to which side they gave credence. The jury had, at their request, the plaintiff's account book handed to them. After some consultation in the box, the jury returned a verdict for the defendant. THE POSITION OF THE BELLIGERENT ARMIES. (From the Observer.) The latest telegraphic despatches state that the Turks have recrossed the Danube at Turtukai, abandoning Olte nitza, where they twice defeated the Russians in the present campaign, and abandoning alio the strong position of Giur gevo. - The telegraph, however, is so thoroughly an instru ment in the hands of the Austrian government, and the Austrian' government is so thoroughly in the interest of Russia, that it is quite unsafe' to attach any especial credit to its announcements, unless they are corroborated by an independent source. They are not so in this instance ; and, therefore, the news though possibly true, must be received with very great caution. It is difficult why it should be an object of such glorifi cation to Russia flow—assuming the fact to be as stated— that the Turks should have recrossed the Danube at the point indicated, when it is borne in mind that the Turkish army made, and was permitted to make, the passage in the first instance without the slightest molestation. Again, it is not easy to comprehend how the Turks, after being vic torious in several skirmishes, and at least in one pitched battle, with a base behind them consisting of the main body of the army under Omar Pasha, and a fortified island in the middle of the river, and with entrenchments of considerable strength in their front, upon which they generally_ place more reliance than troops trained in the tactics of Western Europe—it is not easy to comprehend, it is reßeats34, how they should have been oblige ct to eyaouate thdir position ; All these considerations stamp the news with doubt to say the least of it—and render its probability exceedingly sus picious. One circumstance certainly would explain this retrograde movement in a satisfactory manner, inasmuch as it would reconcile the discrepancies which the account presents upon a close and critical analysis. Concurrent statements exist to the effect that the animal heavy rains had set in, on the Lower Danube, and that, in consequence, the whole plain of that river, to the foot of the hills in Lesser Wallachia, was submerged, Tn this case field works —such as those occu pied by the Turks in front of Oltenitza, would be untenable —in fact, the whole flat country, as already stated, being swamped; they would be good for nothing. Under those circumstances it would be only good policy of the Turkish general to mid his troops, to the higher ground on the right or Ottoman shore of the river ; where, still retaining military possession of the island in mid-stream, they would have, as it were, one foot firmly planted in Wallachia, while the Other 'was firmly plantedin their own country. It is probable, therefore, that should the telegraph have told truth, at least in so far as the reculatie in question is concerned; this will be found the. real Gann of the rearward movement of the Turkish army. But should that state ment remain unconfirmed, still more should it be contra dicted, the votive of the rumour is easily explainable. Some days previously to the day named as that on which the retreat took place, it was known at Vienna, the focus of all the telegraphic intelligence from the seat of war at the present moment that Namik Basha had set out on his way to England from Constantinople, with proposals for a loan to the Turkish government ; and it was surmised that as Turkey and the Turks had always stood high in the money market for integiity ands what is more to the purpose still, that as a nation It is not bnrdened with any other debt, so that the desired loan would in fact be in the nature of a first mortgage, it was not impossible it world be promptly effected. Here is cause enough for the propagation of a lie on the part of Austria--,independent of the prospective in terest which thafpower has in the destruction of the Otto man 'Empire, in the shape of the provinces of Bosnia, Servia, and the littorale, or coast line of Albania, passing into her possession. In this state of things, and in the absence of all definite news on the subject, it will be wise to accord no especial credence to the primary fact of the retreat of the Turkish army across the Danube at Turtukai ; and, in the second, whatever amount of belief may be attached to it, it will be wise not by any means to look upon it in the light of a de,. feat, until such discomfiture shall have been satisfactorily preyed. In the meanwhile it should be borne in mind that the Turkish army occupies other strong positions on the Wallachian or left bank of the Danube, namely, at Krajova, ICalafat,at at Rustchuk, and, probably, by this time at Braa and Galatz, which latter fortified towns it is rumoured they have taken ; and also that even if their centre was re pulsed, in part, at Oltenitza, their right, assuming the occu pation of Braila or Galatz to be the fact would be in a state to close the road against return to the R u :s i s , ia i n:r_m o, y in the event of a defeat on the one hand, or to shut out short sup plies from Bessarabia and Russia Proper on the other. The flu. Turkish general would seem, there. fore, to be complete for his purpose; that in the event of a single defeat, the Russian army would be caught like a rat in a trap, bet ween t wo hostile armies on its flanks, having the Danube in front and the spurs of the Carpathian mountains, which separate Hungary from Wallachia, in the rear. How the Russians may fare in Min gary, in case they are compelled to ta ke refuge in Transyl vania, is for 'the Hungarians to determine ; there are offensive arms enougS left among the Magyars still, and stout hearts are not wanting, How they ought to fare at the hands of the Hungarians is another question, PRESTON. OPEN AIR MEETING OF WEAVERS. PRESTON, SATURDAY. This afternoon, an open air meeting was held In the niT42rd ; and was numerously nttende4 hy the power.loom weavers of the town and neighbourhood. Mr. Waddington, of Preston, presided, and all the chief delegates were present, including Messrs. Cowell, Walton, Grimshaw, Matthew, Brown, &c. Mr. MUTTER remarked that the manufacturers' associa tion in Burnley (where he resided) professed to be hostile to all combinations. But with what grace could a combined Society profess to be opposed to the principle of combination. As wdll might the staggering drunkard say he was opposed to drinking and that he was a friend to teetotalism. Mr. MArrnEw having addressed the assembly, Mr. GEORGE HOWELL referred to a meeting held last night at Holmfirth, Yorkshire. An Independent minister in that locality (the Rev. J. Macfarlane) being solicited to preside over that meeting, he wrote to Mr, Thomas Miller, the champion of the millowners of Preston, in order to ascer tain whether a reduction of wages took place in 1849, and whether the millocracy of Preston gave any pledge to re store the amount when trade revived. Mr. Miller's reply was as follows ; " The wages were reduced in 1849, but no promise was made by the general body of the masters to raise the wages again at a future time. We ourselves made none, and I know many others who made no such promise. There may have been some individual cases, where some such hopes may have been held out at that time ; but I believe them to have been very few in number. lam aware that such a state ment as that alluded to has been frequently made, and the masters have had it in contemplation to give it a public denial. The reason they hve not done so is, that they think it unsuitable to meet every charge which is made against them. My opinion is, that it is desirable to place the fact right before the public, and I believe their intention is to do so the first opportunity. There has been a consider able advance of wages since last January." He (Mr. Cowell) fully believed that Mr. Miller never made any such promise. But he would tell them why. He did not think that any operative in the employ of Mr. Miller ever dared to stand before him ; if he had attempted such a thing, he would be told to put his coat on and go about his business, (Hear, hear.) On Tuesday night, he (Mr. Cowell) attended a delegate meeting in London. The trades there represented expressed their determination to use their utmost exertions to secure subscriptions in order to feed the Preston " revolters." (Cheers.) Having completed an outline of his mission during the week, Mr. Cowell, at great length, referred in terms of condemnation to au article in the Times of Friday, on the Preston strike, and next stated that tho riot which took place at Blackburn last week, was owing to the Preston manufacturers going over to that town for the purpose of inducing the Blackburn masters to close their mills. He concluded by calling upon the operatives to be firm, and they might rest assured that they would ultimately gain their object. After several other speeches, the meeting closed with three cheers for the ten per cent, IRELAND (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) DUBLIN, SATURDAY EVENING. THE CLONMEL ELECTION. The deputation of the league yesterday met what the Freeman calls " a large body of the electors and non-electors of the bOrough." Messrs. Lucas, Gray, Duffy, and Father O'Shea addressed the meeting, and were enthusiastically received. They were all loud in their deprecation of Mr. John O'Connell, who, however, still stands his ground. It has been since ascertained that the committee of electors have decided in his favour, and the respective parties belonging him and to the League were very near coming to a physical encounter on yesterday evening, The Tipperary Free Press and the Telegraph concur in representing the reports of the Freeman sent from Clonmel as a tissue of mis representations—whilst they themselves, affirm that there is no doubt of Mr. O'Connell's return, and that the greatest enthusiasm prevails in his favour. Dr. Gray, it is thought, will be the league candi date, THE WAY IRISH APPOINTMENT S ARE MADE.—A matter at present pending in the court of chancery evinces, to say the least of it, the want of due caution shown in selecting officials for Irish ap pointments. You may recollect that some time ago, I stated that a Mr. Mae Dougall had been promoted to a very responsible and profitable situation. in the courts. The selection was made by the .attorney-general, whose clerk Mr. Mac Dougall was. It has now come out, that at the very time this piece of good fortune happened to him, a proceeding was being pressed on in the , court of chancery, with the intent of striking him off the roll of attorneys, to which profession he belonged. The accusation against him is that he prevailed on a gentleman whilst in a state of lunacy to sign certain deeds of transfer and mortgages, and the affair will shortly undergo a lengthened investigation,—a preliminary part of which has been already.commenced. People are very free in their censure of the attorney-general, to whom good taste would certainly have dictated a post ponementcharacter was perfectly cleared. sur a Tieelv a s of effected. h i his friend's o --`Other's. The ie. appointment p le p iffe o en i n eltiv t e m ihav: e tc. n ht_h t we until his SINGULAR INSURANCE CASE—During the after sittings of last Trinity term, a singular case against the London and County Assurance Company came on in the Court of Common Pleas. The plaintiff ! was a Miss Devereux, and the action was brought for £1,500, the amount of a policy on.her n2other's .. n . n d e e n p t e n b d y e i t l h t the plaintiff l a a i n r. t r i e t . l • --.- guessed, e ; 'that s. 13 lady aeni e h d a , v i i t n b g e died s a i,,v f o e r s. n v , days after the i^ r : el, fi o et u h s esillstdn4gdetiees; grounded suddenly f dilfee N r v dor I: rno i . : n il . c c: t °ll ,l :sec:s:l-agent .. wd, as may be a d s e o ce n as tl e l d e of the insurance company had fill notice. It also appeared that the plaintiff ':yid had a policy almo s t completed • ~ wail another • company, when the agent for the London and county e s t a bli s h men t s t eppe d i n and interfered to get the plaintiff's patronage for his own employers. Under these circumstances the ats e tawfi few same time d i a aa lgy against i. a no s s 1 bee t.Td oethr ti n ehn iigssno, thelt c vh o ea u intc solvency s ayu e s io. o tt fu f t discu s s i o n fo r jury at once found for the pl a i n tiff, b u t a mot i on ia f t n h o t I s e ' t i h a n l a eu n s e o t id ee ay levo a am c s e ps ed aomn ed ye: ite shi ta T ne tmouttEhe improbable pTh E rauo w sib. s kabsbe l F hee ß na O ad 3 I prue T b. e I C fll. createdßoo K s heremsEeYecie. — t tibnheygeotnltvseiail Danube, i n e ub i tbe • they should lodge £1,500 in co ur t. a e b il l i e gen e ce e ' h a e n l d d t i o t protest against the dallying course pursued by the goyernment. A proclamation has been posted up for 10,000 volunteers for the navy. THE FLOUR TRADE IN IRELAND.--The weekly. arrivals of wheat in Dublin, by the Great Southern and Western Railway, have lately averaged 12,000 sacks, On one day last week, 9,700 sacks were lying on the platform at the King's bridge terminus. Large quantities of foreign are ground at the mills in Cork and its. vicinity, and forwarded to Dublin. The railway company have been unable, on some occasions, for want o.f an, adequate supply of goods' trucks, to despatch at once the extra quantities of produce offered to them for transmission, _ . THE BISHOP OF JEausALEm. —The following cir cular letter has been addressed to the several clergy men of the diocese of Dublin, Glendalough, and Kildare, in transmitting to them copies of the protest adopted by the four archbishops of Eng land and Ireland, "Palace, November 4, 1853. " REV. AND DEAR SIR—I forward you a paper drawn up and signed by the four archbishops of our church, which we have felt ourselves called on to make public. " You will observe that we do not pretend ourselves to pronounce any decision as to the complaints that have been made of Bishop Gobat. But we have declared—what we certainly are competent to declare—that the charge publicly brought against him did not emanate, as it appeared to do, from any authority of the church, •cc For myself, I have not become minutely acquainted with the particulars of what has taken place at Jerusalem, but I have not learned that anything the bishop has done, or proposed to do, is at all at variance with any stipulation made at the first establishment of the bishopric. It does not appear that he ever claimed authority over those who chose to adhere to a different communion, or assumed any terri torial titles of dignities inconsist en t with the just rights of the magistrate. "Now, this is the kind of claim and assumption which, when recently made by the Pope and his prelates in our country, excited general alarm and resentment. But it was well known that the Pope and other ministers of his church always invited Protestants to join that church, and were ready to receive converts into it. And of this no complaint was made. Bishop Gobat, as far as I can learn, has done no more than to invite and receive into communion with our *hose who consider our doctrine and worship to be pure and scriptural, and who wish to ronounee what every sincere member of our church must regard as grievous error. I am, dear Sir, very faithfully yours, (Signed) Ijp. DueLfx.", -P QL,..row CO URTS.-SATURDAY. SMUGGLING.—Owen Owens, a seaman, was convict e d o f smuggling lib. 14oz. of foreign manufactured tobacco, which was found concealed on his person—of the value of 18s. 9d. Ile was ordered to pay the value of the tobacco or be committed for 14 days. Samuel .Raddon, seaman, was charged with smuggling three-quarters of a pound of tobacco, which was found in his pockets, cut up, when stopped by custoin.house officer on the Brunswick d oc k H quay, e was fined 7s. 6d., or go to gaol for 7 days. STEALING CorroN.—A young girl, named Catherine Murphy, was convicted of stealing cotton, which was found upon her when apprehended. She has been committed twice before for the same offence. She was sent to gaol for one month. PICKING PoclcE9N—Ziward Donovan and Tames Conran were charged with picking the pockets of various gentlemen of handkerchiefs in Leigh-street and Richmond-street, at half-past seven, on Friday evening. When arrested, four silk handkerchiefs were found on the person of; Donovan.— They were both sent for trial to the sessions. . John Santer, Robert Betts, and Moses Turlong, were charged with picking the pocket of Mr. John Woodward of a silk handkerchief, (in Friday evening in Tithebarn-street. Joseph Holmes, a private watchman, saw the three priso ners endeavouring to pick several gentlemen's pockets, and at length perceived Betts accomplish his purpose; he at once arrested him and took the handkerchief from him, which Mr, Woodward identified. Betts, who had been six times before committed, was sent for trial to the sessions, the other two prisoners were ordered to bo imprisoned for ono month each. ROBBERY OF AN EMPLOYER.—George Williams was ar rested betwen five and six o'clock on Friday evening, at a brothel in a lane off Dale-street, by detective officer Scott, having in his possession five new silk handkerchiefs and seven pairs of gloves ; he endeavoured to account for this property by saying that he was a dealer in such articles. The officer subsequently made inquiries, the result of which was, that the goods were identified by Messrs. Cook and Townshend of Byrom-street. The manager in their establishment proved that on Friday morning prisoner, who had been in their employ ment, was discharged for being drunk ; the value of the goods produced was altogether two pounds ten. The prisoner was sent for trial to the sessions. COMMITMENTS. —Mary Simpson convicted of stealing 3 lbs. of butter from the shop of Mr. Henry Thompson, 8, St. James's-place, was sentenced to be imprisoned 21 days. Isabella Johnson was charged with stealing a bonnet and counterpane from the house of a woman named Johnson, in Albion-street. Prisoner was lodged for charity on Thurs day, and on Friday evening at dusk she absconded with the property. Ordered to be imprisoned for 21 days. John Swan, a little boy, for knocking down a girl of about his own age, in Stanley-street, and robbing her of seven pence, was sentenced to 21 days' imprisonment. Mary Ann Ryan, a girl of the town, arrested in Preston street on Saturday evening, running away with a watch on her person, supposed to be stolen, was remanded for seven days. . . James Allen for stealing 24 lbs, copper from Bandon grav ing dock, 21 days' imprisonment. THE ALLEGED ILL,IISAGE OP SEAMEN ON BOARD THE AMERIC4N PACKET-MP: GREAT WESTERN. --John _Forde, second mate on board the above ship, was brought up on the charge of ill treating men upon the high seas, who are now in the Northern hospital, Mr. Bluck defended the prisoner. It was decided that the vessel being American, the magistrates had no jurisdiction, and the case should be referred 'to the American consul, The officer said that he had applied at the office and was told the consul could not interfere. MANCHESTER.: WAREHOUSE ROBBERY. —On Saturday, at the City Police Court, Manchester, two men, named Thomas Garstang and Joseph Rawson; were charged with having, on the previous day, stolen 18 yards of wrappering, of the value of 375., the property of Mr, Thomas Forshaw,. packer, Palace-street Buildings, Inspector Maybury l of the deteotive department, stated that in consequence of information he had received he went on the previous day to the warehouse of Mr. Forshaw, and as did so ho saw the prisoner Rawson standing in an entry about 20 .yards from the, warehouse, with a sheet of wrappering and a rope under his arm. Rawson was looking toward Forshaw's warehouse. Witness then situated himself so as to command a view of the doors of the warehouse, and in a few minutes afterwards he saw the prisoner Garstang come out of the engine‘house, and walk in the direction to where they had seen Rawson standing. They remained there for a couple of minutes or so, when Rawson came out with a bundle of wrappering upon his back, tied round with a rope, and went towards Palace-street with it, When he had got a few yards from the warehouse Garstang came out. Witness followed him, passed him, and followed. Rawson, who was carrying in his hand a piece of paper. He followed him to a cellar in Queen-street, into which he went, and returned directly afterwards without the bundle, but he had a piece of wrappering and a rope in his hand, similar to those he had when witness first saw him. Witness then went up to him and took him into custody. Ile told him he wos charged with stealing a piece wrappering which he had left in the cellar in Queen' he had taken from ,the warehouse of . replied that he had not stolen it, that h carry it, but could not tell by whom , to the cellar, and found the piece of door, covered over with a door mat, ant it. It was the same that Rawson was carry! placed a mark upon it as be was doing •P' and the wrapping in charge of a constal to Mr. Forshaw's warehouse, where h! He told Garstang that he was charged along with another man in stealing from the warehouse about a quarter of an said that he had stolen no wrapping, ' about it. Witness then took him into Mr. William Ward, clerk in the empli identified the wrappering produced (that as the property of his employer. It w. warehouse by witness, along with . fif They were all safe the previous m 1 They About one o'clock he went to dinner, who was a packer ip. Afr : F94haW's elppl the warehoyse. On )p4 churn out of the I,yggilato. wraPPeri" fie then etas and missed that now produce was about 375. Both prisoners wer' sessions. RO2BERY BY A DOMESTIC SERVANT, lice Court, on Saturday, a female nam , was charged with having . on the 15th o. a purse containing 20s. in silver, the pro) son. The prosecutrix stated that she was a ton, of Harpurhey cottag e . O n t h e about a quarter to six, she was l oo ki ng in Oldham-street, when police constal came up to her and asked her if she had immediately felt in her pocket, and purse and money in it were missing. II afterwards, she saw the prisoner in custo( had the purse as well. The purse pi tained 20s. as it did when it was first lost Irving Watson, a police constable, on duty, a little before six o'clock on 15th, in Oldham-street, he saw the last at a shop window, in Oldham-street. the prisoner had picked the pocket of fill up to her, and ascertained that she had 1( the prisoner, and took her into custody, money in her possession. The prisoner, was committed to priso) with hard labour. ROBBERY IN SMITRFIED MARKET— ter City Police Court, on Saturday, charged with having on the 18th of Nov , tumbler glasses, of the value of 556 d, th( Batty, Thomas Bates stated that that he was Batty, of Coop-street, glass and china day night he left four crates, containing longing to his master, in oop-street, That was about ten o'clock, and at that safe. Next morning about seven o'doel of the crates had been broken on the side was left in the crate, as if some of the gl out of it. Another witness proved that he saw th, goods from the crate. Committed to the sessions. ROBBERY FROM AN EMPLOYER.—IaI the Manchester City Police Court, on Sf to take her trial at the next sessions, on several articles of wearing apparel fron Rogers, of the Railway Inn, Liverpool Roi STEALING IRoN Itiv - rrsn.—On Satrdf ter City Police Court, Samuel Hewitt ant_ r iot,' were committed to the sessions, on a charge of from their employers, Messrs William Droog e Y a quantity of iron rivets. $ l4 The Marquis and Marchioness of Westrainsterill, , Lidies Grosvenor, are staying at Eaton Chester. THE BIRMINGHAM AND MIDLAND - the Thursday evening a meeting was held in g Hall, Birmingham, for the purpose of bril 3 s; . the public the claims and progress of the instil /o On was a most numerous attendance. Sir R. rel i t cler l first resolution, " That it is essential to the a T ol iae° efield c p lat classes se th c e o p u r d in a r meat of the resources of this district, rich i n i ' - for il t ! and struc a t r io t. n ), o f M t the industrial scho I manufactures, that ample provision be rnali, e i ,, g of 5 ,;; 1 e tli which was carried unanimously while 16 c, RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION IN R USSIA — • the Christians of all confessions enjoy full rehg l° Russia is just now distinguished by persecu,h °3 o .cel Catholics. The Ami do la Religion says :—" A e ;tiori ~-" Moscow most afflicting reports of the con. Catholics in Russia. The prior of the Doman )01, at St. Petersburg—a man highly esteemed L;iiiir t ,, was, only a few months ago, carried off by. 6 4 night, no one knows whither. He re°el3-or. A . fuverndelit as t 4 ,.,, a en i 3 r papers were seized. The ground of 015 tr e atment front . ' in the fact that the prior had answered a letter et, in which some particulars respecting the 1311 .1 sub? Father Bobola were requested. The Catholics P. 3,0 14 to annoyances of every kind. Their frequent co'"°, of forbidden, and at the confessional the eonv ersa f - the father is placed under restriction. The rulers 0 er , Greek church are persecuted in a similar nie° ll o c iepe j convent has been sackel, and the monks have be! . , t t: to Gitomar. At the latter place they were at mildly, afterwards they were required to go over ro t ! united Greek church, the religion of the eni e o oo, when they refused they were ill-treated in ever)* cy n sso s manner. The brethren are all scattered, and 6) 04 3 Russian convents. Among them was one very le higj ie, w 9 able theologian, who sought interviews with the 6C of n bishop. They discussed together the doctrine 4 cen churches, and the end of the argument was tt` i car A priest was bruised and beaten in body. Seven, p „ i tir priests have been sentenced, why, no one knows,' , be meat with the pletle, which has taken the place pad A surgeon attends the infliction and suspends tu", meat if the victim's life is in danger. The suffe, r b e t taken to the hospital, recovered, and then brono r iest receive the full complement of blows. One roo s t lately died under the treatment. Last year n lo ,r e ese t j Polish families were compelled to leave Odessa ,_ sent their children to the catholic school there. since been compelled to enter their children at the t iv Moscow and Bid, where no priest of their 01 0 0 te r ; 4 , allowed to see them. A lady made a pilgrin* te a Holy Land, and there passed over to the nal deal church. When she returned, she was a pprehe s prisoned, and otherwise ill-treated. „a 5 THE NORTHERN DAILY TII-u* - 5 11 Is Published every Morning in LivEaPooL and MA simultaneously, end the following are the rates and - - 0 - 1 4. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTI_I IN LIVERPOOL. 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