The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-10-10 00:00:00

Commercial tare. ON TUESDAY NEXT. ON ACCOUNT OF WHOM IT MAT CONCERN. To-morrow (Tuesday) the 11th instant, at the Corn Sale Room, 14, Brunswick-street, 1100 Qrs. Yellow Indian Corn, 500 do. White do., 620 Barrels Western Canal Flour. FRED. LYON, Broker. Apply to THURSDAY. On Thursday next, the 13th instant, at One o'clock, at the Brokers' Sale-room, Derby Buildings, Fenwick-street, _ The A 1 Brig MARY GILLESPIE, V\ 264 tons register, built in 1850, and classed A 1 i 9l titte; for four years ; is sheathed with zinc, and is well - • adapted for the West India trade. Length, 95 feet 7-10ths, breadth, 20 feet 9-10ths, depth, 15 feet6-10ths. Lying in Harrington Dock. For further particulars apply to Messrs. TANTON and DATIDSON, or to TONGE, CURRY, & CO., Brokers NOTICE The Proprietors of the NORTHERN DAILY TIMES have now completed their arrangements for securing the delivery of the paper at the following places every morning, at, or before eight o'clock. BIRKENHEAD WOODSIDE TRANMERE ROCK FERRY WATERLOO SEAFORTH I BOOTLE WALTON EVERTON FAIRFIELTI AIGBURTH. HOUSE AGENTS HAVING PREMISES TO LET OR SELL SHOULD ADVERTISE IN Till NORTHERN D AI L .Y TIMES AT A CHARGE OF SIXPE N C E. Offices-19, SOUTH Joins . STREET, LIVERPOOL; 9, PRINCESS STREET, MANCHESTER SERVANTS WANTING SITUATIONS. PERSONS WANTING SERVANTS, should Advertise in the NORTHERN DAILY TIMES, CHARGE N C E. Published . every morning, at 19, South John-street, Liverpool, and 9, Princess-street, Manchester. SIXPE TO CORRESPONDENTS, No notice can be taken of anonymous communications. Whatever is intended for insertion must be authenticated by the name and address of the writer; not necessarily for publication, but as a guarrantee 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 WILLMER, and those from London may be sent to the care of Messrs. Simpkin, Marshall, and Co. garOttn Atittl firm. MONDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1853 FROM the latest advices received touching the Eastern difficulty we are enabled to state, that the declaration of war made by the SULTAN against Russia, and which produced such alarm in the public mind ever since the news first reached this country, is, after all, merely conditional SULTAN grants a limited period—said to be four weeks—to the CZAR, to withdraw his troops from the Principalities, ere such declaration of war be carried into effect. We see, therefore, no neces. sity for warlike anticipations. On the contrary, it is more than probable that, in the mean time, the friendly negotiation of the GREAT POWERS wil effect. a peaceful and amicable solution of this question ; and thus save Europe from being again embroiled in a horrible and bloody war. The French and English Governments have addressed notes to the Russian Government res- pecting the acceptance of the Turkish modifications: They are in reply to M. de NESSELRODE'S last despatch ; and are said to be written in very strong and decisive terms. Both countries are determined upon upholding the sovereignty of the SULTAN, and the integrity of the Turkish empire. Another Cabinet Council is to be held it Downing-street this afternoon THERE is a class of the genus homo, ycleped " Croakers," who invariably strain their coarse lungs in crying down every new and important enterprize. Miserable, craven creatures are they, who live in an atmosphere of ennui; and as they can never prosper in anything they themselves under take, will allow no undertaking to prosper. Mr. ALBERT SMITH has done good service to society in writing the natural history of other noxious bipeds. We wonder it has not struck him to employ his erudite pen in giving to the world a faithful por traiture of these phenomena! But it is not too late yet; and we hope that that gentleman, on his return from the glaciers of Mont Blanc, twill adopt our hint. We shall gladly take a number of his books for gratuitous circulation among our " croaking " acquaintances. No sooner had the projected establishment of a Daily Paper been made public, than a huge swarm of these nonnaturals infested us on every hand. Never was mortal so ceaselessly haunted, or eternally dunned with black forebodings ! Manifesting deep concern for our interests, as a matter of course, these " croakers" cautioned us as to the danger of trying such an experiment, and warned us of the consequences, if we did. Posi tively it required no small resolve to withstand their importunate—" Don't attempt it !"—" 'Twill never succeed."—" Bah ! Liverpool can't support a Daily Paper !" As it happened we were neither dispirited nor disheartened by the predictions of such " Sir Oracles," but determined, at all hazards, to execute our purpose. We possessed faith suf ficient in the intelligence of the people—confi dence sufficient in their hearty co-operation—and knowledge sufficient of the want that existed, to justify such an enterprize ; and, consequently, we set about it with energy and with spirit. A n d although many and serious difficulties beset us in the commencement of our career —now, happily, all overcome—we are amply rewarded for our labours, and cheered into further exertion, by the unexampled success which has crowned our enter prize, and in so brief a period. The facilities afforded the merchants and manu facturers of the North, of obtaining early informa tion on important matters, have doubtless been one cause of the success of our paper. Within the past fortnight, several instances of this nature have occured. And even no later than Friday, we gave early intelligence of the arrival of the Frank lin, at Southampton, at 9 o'clock the preceding night, as well as the first account of the fearful Irish railway accident ; matters which our contem porary of Lord-street considered sufficiently • momentous to justify the issue of a second edition. Such facts speak plainly enough as to the benefits conferred by a well-conducted DAILY Newspaper ; and not only show the absolute necessity that exists for such an organ, but powe9ftilly_ estab lish its claims upon an intelligent mercantile com unity. We cannot conclude without tendering of grateful acknowledgements to our London and Irish contemporaries, for the flattering critiques they have bestowed upon our labours, as well as to our subscribers and advertising friends generally, for the support they have so readily and exten sively rendered. We now reiterate our former assertion, that no efforts shall be spared on our part to render the NORTHERN TIMES pre-eminently worthy of the popular favour, as well as of the important national interests it is designed to advocate. Lest it should be considered a dereliction of duty, we beg to thank our " croaking" friends for their miserable waste of sympathy ; assuring them that, should Mr. ALBERT SMITH adopt our suggestion, we shall faithfully fulfil our promise as regards themselves. But, in the mean time, as a little seasonable advice can do no possible harm that we know of, we would bestow upon them this piece of sage counsel—Go and eroke no more! THE Mersey is, after all, the great trunk-line on which Liverpool and the North of England must depend for the realization of their hopes in all those immense undertakings now going on in our port and the surrounding shires. And yet, strange to say, the approach to this noble stream is be coming hourly more difficult and dangerous. Rocks and sandbanks are allowed to hold their primitive positions without the least heed being bestowed upon them. Happily rocks do not grow, or else the limbs and branches of those immediately about the mouth of our river would long ere this have thrown their cool shade over those silvery sands where we delight to indulge our amphibious propensities. But it is not so with sandbanks that are fed daily by a river which in its meanderings passes over a vast stratum of loose sand, which is carried down and deposited by its waters at the outfall of the stream. Thus formed, and growing into fearful magnitude, we find those at the very mouth of our river raising their heads to the height of three and even ten feet above the level of low water mark One of these threatening objects to the tempest driven mariner and his ship-owner is very properly designated " High Bank ;" whilst the largest of the remaining and almost innumerable groups are :ailed " North Spit, North Bank, and Brazil Bank." Each of these form a link in the chain of growing sandbanks which lie across the mouth of our river, and which must eventually destroy the navigation of its estuary if not attended to immediately. The whole series of banks here alluded to are separated from each other by narrow arteries, which form the deep water channels for large shipping. These, however, are frequently filled up to a con siderable extent by the moving of the smaller or shifting banks. Thus in time they may become entirely filled by the increasing accumulations from the river ; and when this event does take place, our port will be reduced to a very low rank. A glance at the chart of the river and its estuary will con vince the most unskilled in such matters of the danger to be apprehended. But let us now look at the subject from the opposite side, and let it be taken for granted that " sandbanks do not grow," and that "the river and its approaches are all right enough." There are many who say and think this, while others feel it to be their interest to remain silent; but as such opinions exist, it is necessary to deal with them. Let us suppose a ship with a fair but heavy wind, running over one of these banks, with four fathoms water, which in calm weather would be sufficient for all our purposes of navigation, but when a heavy pressure of the atmosphere occurs, which we term a gale, the four fathom soundings would be reduced to one-half or perhaps less; for it must be remembered that the height to which the waves rise under atmospheric pressure not only adds to the distance the ship has to go, by the undulations it produces, but it also reduces the depth of the water, by the displacement by which the ascending wave is formed. If the wave in this case should rise to the height of two fathoms above the smooth-water level, the depth of water left between the waves or in the space called the " trough of the sea," would be two fath oms, or twelve feet. Here, then, a ship drawing fifteen or eighteen feet, might keep her course under the impression that she had four fathoms, whereas she would in reality have only the rough-water depth of two fathoms, when she must most inevitably take the sand either stem or stern. It would be perfectly useless here to recount the number of vessels that have been driven and lost on one and all of these banks, as we feel assured that it is only necessary to direct public attention to the real magnitude of the evil in question, in order to have it remedied. Indeed, it is hard to believe, in this age of improve ment, that the dangers we point to arise simply from the existence of a number of sand banks at the mouth of the Mersey, all of which are ac cossible at low-water, which renders it all the more singular that nothing has been done towards re moving them. No one will, we hope, pretend to say that they cannot be removed; such an assertion would be a grave insult to the whole engineering profession. The fact really is, that the vastness of the under taking has led to the belief that it is quite imprac ticable. But if we look to what Glasgow has done for the Clyde, it becomes a reproach for Liver pool to entertain such a notion. The improve ment of the Clyde navigation was undertaken by the shipowners of Glasgow, after ages of neglect and, pooh ! pooh ! from drowsy conservators, Elder Brethren, and a host of other authorities, to whom everything short of a close retention of pay and place is an impossibility—an application was made to Parliament for the necessary powers to com mence the work of improvement. This was speedily obtained, and in a few short months the impossibilities of the officials disappeared in rapid succession, and the Clyde became a safe navigable river for vessels of the largest tonnage. Let us hope, then, that the shipowners of Liver pool will follow the example of their brethren of the Clyde, and that we shall soon see a bill before Parliament, conferring the necessary powers on some local body for the improvement of the navi gation of the river Mersey. To carry out this necessary object, a committee of shipowners should be formed for the purpose of obtaining proposals and estimates of the cost of the work to be done; and having done this, the committee should pre pare their bill, and place it in the hands of one of the borough members to carry through Parliament. As for looking to the conservator of the Mersey —a government gentleman who resides in either Surrey or Sussex—or to the Trinity Board, who think they do quite enough when they light our coasts at a most exorbitant charge—is quite absurd. That the improvement we suggest is most necessary, no one will pretend to deny; and that the shipowners are the persons who ought to com mence the work is equally obvious. But, should the shipowners neglect the important work, we hope the Toivn Council will give it their attention. They have, or can raise, ample funds to carry out all the preliminary inquiries and arrangements which must be made before any. positive proposi tion can be made-to Parliament. In the Meantime, we are on the verge of another dreary winter, and let us hope that our neglect of a paramount duty may not swell the frightful mortality which must occur in bad weather in the estuary of the Mersey in its present state THE appalling railway accident which we exclu sively reported in the NORTHERN DAILY TIMES on Friday last, is the first recorded on the Irish rail ways, and one of the most heart-rending that has. ever occurred in any country. Such fearful calam ities, however, cannot happen without some distinct and definable cause ; and in the case to which we are alluding, we are told, that the accident arose from the breaking of a portion of the locomotive en gine attached to a passenger train, which caused the train to stop and stand on the up-rail for about half-an-hour ; and that while standing still, a lug gage train came up at full speed and ran into it, causing an amount of death and destruction-too fearful to contemplate. The circumstances under which the accident occurred are such as may arise under the most careful management, and in any part of the world. The pending inquiry before the Coroner is there fore one of universal importance. The origin of the accident being strictly stated, it remains to be seen whether the engine which broke down was properly inspected by a competent superintendent of locomotives previous to the starting of the passenger train, and if reported fit for work, whether the subsequent breaking of the engine be attribu table to any want of skill or attention on the part of the driver, and if the means employed by the ;omparty. to guard against collisions in such 3ommon-place cases are sufficient for emergencies, such as the present. If the examination before he Coroner does not throw some light on these points, the whole proceedings will amount simply :o a record of woe and lamentation, which the public must deplore, but cannot remedy. With regard to the means employed to warn the approaching train of danger, was all done that might have been done? Despatching the guard down the line with a red light was doing one thing, but where was the driver's whistle ? The night, we are told, was dark and foggy. This is no uncommon ,hing, but in such cases the whistle is the warning ,o be employed. This, however, was not used. The guard with his red signal light was all that was thought of ; but if the whistle had been blown with its full power at short intervals, or contin- uously, from the moment at which the passenger train stopped, the probability is, that its shrill sound would have been heard when the light could not have been seen, and that this terrible event would have been prevented. In using the light, it is not at all likely that the guard walked at the risk of his life on or between the rails on which his train was standing, but on the contrary, that he went for safety on the down line of rails, and if he did this, the driver on the luggage train would naturally enough take the red light shown by the guard for the light of a down train, in which case he would be perfectly justified in the absence of a signal from the whistle, to keep on at full speed. That the driver o f the luggage train must have seen the light is quite certain, and that he took it for some signal for the down-rail, instead of the up-line, which he was on, is, in all probability the fact. Should this prove to be the case, as we feel assured it will, the whole 'blame, if any, reverts again to the company If the passenger train's engine was in the slightest degree out of . order when it started, no amount of reprobation or pecuniary loss is too great for the company. If on the other hand, the engine was in perfect working order when it com menced the journey, and that the train was fur nished with proper lamps, which were all properly lighted, then the whole blame lies between the driver of the passenger train, who neglected to sound his whistle, and the passengers who were so lamentably unfortunate as to have remained in the carriages, while the engine was under repair The Great Southern and Western Railway Com pany, has for a long time been held up to Europe as an example, both for the excellence of its management of capital and traffic, and as one of the best paying lines of its age. We should there fore be sorry in the absence of the most conclusive evidence, to attribute any blame to the Directors or officers of the company. As long as railways are in existence, we shall • be subject to their dangers, which are after all ninety-nine per cent less than those of the old coach or even omnibus system. That the chances of railway accidents may be further reduced, we are ready to believe ; and we most sincerely trust that all the circumstances attending this last catastrophe will be coolly weighed by the Directors of railway companie s generally, and arrangements made to secure the stoppage of trains where danger is imminent, the safety of passengers, and the prompt use of signals, both of sound and light. In fact, past dangers should be the guides to future safety. REVISION OF THE MUNICIPAL LIST.—The revision of the list was resumed on the sitting of the Court at ten o'clock on Saturday : one-fourth of the objections having been only . gone through up to twelve o'clock on that day, the Mayor said that unless some agreement were come to between the parties, as the list should be concluded by the 15th, he would only sit for every other day. The business lasted from eight o'clock in the morning, until twelve o'clock at night. It would certainly be an inconvenience to himself to do so, but yet he should save the time of the public, and not suffer gentlemen to attend in Court day after day to the serious neglect of their business. Two o'clock having been fixed on for the hearing of the objections in Rodney Ward, up to the letter " J," the Court-house at that hour was very much crowded with parties either claiming to be put on the list, or who were objected to. The Mayor again asked if some ar rangement could not.be oome to with regard to the objec tions in this Ward.—Mr. Buckmaster replied that he was prepared to make the same liberal offer he had already made —to withdraw all the objections, provided the other side did the same.—Mr. Davis said that he could not withdraw the objections.' The reason the Liberal party had issued objec tions this time, was because last year they were without cause objected to in great numbers, and they had in conse quence either to submit to the loss of their votes, or attend in Court at great personal inconvenience. They had accord ingly resolved to check that system by retaliation on their part. The objections were then proceeded with. LIST OF PASSENGERS PER NIAGARA STEAM SHIP, — From Boston :—Mr. Edmunds and lady, Mr. A. Prout, Mrs. Hebron, Miss P.LBridge, Mr. Winslow, lady, and servant, Mr. I. Wilson, Miss Moore, Mr. Wilbor, Mr. McKenzie, two children, and servant, Mr. Spencer, lady, two children, and servant, Mrs. Bradshaw, Mr. Blakie and lady, Mr. W. Blakeborough, Mr. Thompson, Mrs. Blakebourough, Mr. Nesbit, Mr. G. Davis, Mr. Brt, Mr. R. E. Clarke and lady, Mr. Wallack, Mrs. E. Spring and child, Mr. D. An derson, Mr. J. Berkenshaw, Mr. Wright, Mr. P. Smith, Mr. McDonnell, Mr. H. E. Robbins, Mr. W. Hastings, Mr. W. Bitt, Rev. It. McNeill, Mr. Pentland, Mr. T. N. Williams, Mr. Chappel, Mr. G. E. Perkins. From Halifax :—Mr. Penrice and lady, Lieut. Col. Taylor, Mr. Jno. Goodall, Mr. J. Le Brun, Mr. Davies, Mr. Lane, Mr. Vaughan, Mr. Haves. GAMBIAN LITERARY DEBATING SOCIETY.—A con cert and meeting of a miscellaneous, in aid of the funds of this society, took place at the Assembly Rooms, Great George-street, on Friday evening. The attendance was very respectable. Dr. Lodge presided. Miss E. Williams, " the Welsh nightingale," assisted, and sang several national songs in a very pleasing and effective manner. Some gen tlemen of ability gave Welsh recitations, and explanations of the historical customs of that country, and the perfor mance on the Welsh harps was most pleasing. THE PACKET SHIP NEW WORLD.—A paragraph was inserted in the NORTHERN DAILY TDIBS, of Saturday, representing that two of the crew of the New World had jumpsd overboard, whilst that vessel was on her passage from New York to this port, in consequence of the ill-treatment received from the officers. We have since, on. investigation found there was no ill-treatment whatever, , -and therefore take the earliest opportunity of correcting the error, and egret that we should, in any way have given currency to a paragraph containing the misrepresentation. THE NORTHERN DAILY TIMES. THE SHIPWRECK OF THE ANNIE JANE -THREE HUNDRED AND FORTY PAS SENGERS DROTVNED. In our publication of Saturday, we announced the total loss of the Annie Jane, belonging to this port, with between 400 and 500 souls on board. The Annie Tane was a large vessel, and sailed from Liverpool, for Quebec, and Montreal, on the 9th ult., with some 450 emigrants, most of them Irish families. It is presumed that she had made some pro gress across the Atlantic, when she encountered the late fearful south-westerly gales, which disabled her and rendered her unmanageable, and in that hopeless condition, she was driven back and dashed on the terrible coast of Barra, one of the Hebrides. Such is the terrible character of the coast, that there is little chance of a vessel being rescued when once it is entangled among the reefs. Several of the survivors contrived to get a passage from the island over to Torber mory, a small seaport in the hie of Mull, and from them the authorities learned that 348 passengers were drowned. and 102, with Mr. Bell, the chief officer, and 12 of the crew saved. A mesage states, the master, Mr. Mason, was also preserved. FRIVOLOUS OBJECTIONS TO VOTERS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN DAILY TIMES. SlR,—Having received a letter from a certain Mr. Maurice informing me that my vote was objected to for the municipal election, and requiring me to be at the Sessions house to-day (Saturday), I went, and found several persons waiting, like myself, to the neglect of their business. While there, and finding that my name would not be called till Monday, I had a conversation with the redoubtable " Mister" Buckmaster, he having objected to my vote for the borough, and then having withdrawn his frivolous objection. I ad dressed him : he could, however, give me no satisfaction, say ing it was not his doing, but the people who employed him ! I. said, " If you have withdrawn your objection to my vote in the one instance, why not in the other ? " I was not honoured with a reply. A gentleman's name happened just then to be called, and not being' present, his vote was struck bff the list. Our worthy Mayor said, in reference to that case, " that he had seen the gentleman the whole of the pre vious day in the Court, and it was a pity he was not there, because not being there to substantiate his claim, it was not allowed !" I cannot help expressing my contempt for any party who can, for a political purpose, rob honest tradesmen of their valuable time, and regret that they are obliged to resort to such paltry means to bolster up a rotten cause.— I am, Sir, yours, &c., A TRADESMAN. CORONER'S INQUESTS.-SATURDAY, DEATH FROM EXCESSIVE DRINKING.—An inquest was held on the body of Emma Gaskill. Ellen Sumner deposed that the deceased resided with her, at 9, Doncaster-street. She was in receipt of an annuity, and earned money also by sewing. She was in the habit of drinking, and was very tipsy on Wednesday . evening when she went to bed, at 9 o'clock. Next morning deponent found her dead in her bed. Mr. George Kemp, surgeon, deposed that he had made a post mortem examination of the body, and found the cause of death to be congestion of the lungs, in all probability set up by excessive drinking. Verdict accordingly. SUDDEN DEATH.—An inquest was held on the body of James Byrnes, a labourer. John Edmonds, deposed that he was drinking with deceased all day, in Fisher's public house, on Friday, and whilst with him he perceived blood coming from his mouth. He followed him to a druggist's shop in Cleveland-square, kept by Mr. Taylor, and in a few minutes afterwards he saw him dead in the shop.—Mary Goodwin, a servant in the shop, deposed to deceased coming in—they first thought he was tipsey. He put one hand on the rail in the shop, and fell with his head against her shoulder. She saw a great quantity of blood coming from his mouth. He was dead in a few minutes after coming into the shop. Verdict, died by the bursting of a blood vessel, caused by excessive drinking. FATAL ACCIDENT AT THE DocKs.----Saturday an inquest was held on the body of William Wilkinson. Margaret Wilkinson, his wife, deposed that deceased was the captain of the flat " Mercator," belonging to Mr. Ellison. He was discharging his vessel in the Brunswick half-tide basin, when she went to him, and they were going to the Trafford dock, to load coals for the Halifax boats. They had a line made fast to the flat's bows. Deceased was forward in the bows bringing the rope to the winch, to check her in. He told witness to shove the tiller over, and she did so, and he then said, " steady her again." She saw him stoop down to loose the rope, and at the same moment heard him say, "Oh ! dear !" She then saw him fall overboard. She was of opinion that when he stooped the rope came across his eyes, as she swung it the wrong way. He had no one to assist him, as he had paid off his men that morning for drunkenness. Police constable 424, deposed to finding the body just outside the cockle slip, and removing it. A verdict of accidentally drowned was returned. Same day, on the body of Garrett Real. Thomas Mahony deposed that he came to Liverpool from Cork on board a steamer, on Thursday night. Garrett Real, the deceased, was with him inithe same boat ; they were to go from Li verpool to America, in the ship " Queen of the West." The deceased went out before him, towards the quay, at the Clarence Dock, and fell overboard. It was a very dark night. When he was taken out £lO 4s. was found on his person. Accidentally drowned. FATAL ACCIDENTS.—On Wednesday last, Mrs. Williams, residing in Gardwell-street, fell down steps, from the effects of which she died on Saturday evening.—Mr. Daniels, one of the pilots, fell overboard on Friday night, and was drowned. The body was recovered, and put on board the steamer Telegraph, and from thence transferrrcd to the dead house, An inquest will be held to-day. CHOLERA IN LIVERPOOL—FEARFUL MORTALITY. — Since Saturday no less than thirteen deaths from Cholera have occurred in the Workhouse ; of this thirteen, ten were emigrants from the Isaac Wright, two from the Silas Green man, and the remaining case was a pauper, who had been actively engaged in removing the dead bodies of the Cholera patients; she was perfectly well at 10 o'clock on Saturday night, but so violent was the attack of the disease that she was dead in ten hours. In addition to the deaths from Cholera in the Workhouse, two deaths from the same disease are reported to have taken place in Kent Street. On Satur day evening three German emigrants, who had been on board the ship Emma Folds, were brought from a house in Kay Street to the Workhouse, suffering from Cholera; and a fourth, from a German lodging-house in Paradise Street. The total deaths from Cholera in the Workhouse up to last night, have been forty-nine ; but, with one or two exceptions, the deceased parties were all German and Irish emigrants. CABINET COUNCILS.—The second Cabinet Coun cil this week was held yesterday afternoon (Saturday). The Ministers were not summoned in the usual manner, but from some oversight Sir William Molesworth was not summoned for the first, which was held on Friday afternoon. Im mediately on this being discovered, a telegraphic dispatch was forwarded on Friday evening to the family seat of the right hon. baronet, in Cornwall, summoning him to the meeting of his colleagues yesterday; but as Sir William's house, Pencarrow, is at least 40 miles from the nearest railway station (Plymouth), it was found to be impossible for the right hon. gentleman to get to town in time. With this exception, and the Duke of Argyll, who left town onFri day night, the whole Ministers of the assembled and remained in close deliberation some hours. Sir Lines Graham being in official attendance on the Sovereign, of course could not be present. Another Cabinet Council has been summoned to meet at the Foreign Office on Monday, at two o'clock. — Observer. DARING ATTEMPT TO ROB A JEWELLER'S SHOP, YESTERDAY ArrErmox.—Yesterday (Sunday) afternoon, about half-past 4 o'clock, one of the assistants of Mr. David Falk, jeweller and silversmith, Market-street, close to New Canon-street, Manchester, went, according to his usual cus tom, to the shop of his employer, to see whether all was right. On entering the premises, he was horrified at finding in the shop a person busily engaged in packing up goods, and who, it may readily be imagined, was still more astonished than the assistant at the unwelcohie visit. An alarm was speedily given, and a policeman, who was near the premises at the time, was speedily on the spot. The robber was of course immediately given into custody, and removed to the A. division. He is a young man about 18 of years age, dressed in fustian, and has a respectable appearance. He was ex ceedingly dirty when caught, but that may be accounted for by the labours he must have undergone "before he obtained admission into the' shop. On search being made, it was found that a table-cover, filled with plate, was wrapped up and ready to be taken away. In the shop were found various implements of house-breaking, such as jemmies, crow-bars, knives, &c. Subsequently to his apprehension, the prisoner stated that there was no one connected with the attempted robbery but himself. If that be so, the efforts he must have undergone to effect an entrance into the shop were of a most extraordinary character. Over Mr. Falk's shop are several warehouses, and it is supposed that the robber must have found his way through them all before he reached the pre mises upon which he was apprehended. Immediately over the shop is the warehouse of Messrs. Welch, Mor getson and Co., shirt, stock,' and cravat manufacturers, and betwen their floor and the ceiling of Mr. Falk's shop, a hole large enough to admit of the passage through it of a man was cut. From this hole to the floor of the shop, was hung a piece of doe-skin knotted, in order to afford facilities for the egress of the robber from the pre mises, when his cupidity was satisfied. From this aperture in the ceiling a string was likewise suspended, and that string was attached to the bundle containing the plate. While we were on the premises, a police officer, by means of a ladder, ascended to the hole in the ceiling, an thus effected an entrance into the warehouse of Messrs. Welch, Morgetson, and Co., where he found the halves of four £5 notes. We understand the prisoner says he found those half-notes in the safe of that firm. The officer also found an empty purse, the contents of which, amounting to £2 ss. were taken from it by the prisoner, upon whom they were found. During the progress of the prisoner through the various warehouses which he must have entered, before he obtained access to Mr. Falk's shop, he possessed himself of several bags of sheeting, which he spread upon the floor of the shop, evi dently for the purpose of deadening the sound that might be caused by the falling of the pieCes of material driven down the ceiling. It is thought that no propeify has been re moved from the shop. The prisoner will be brought up for examination this morning. DISCOVERY OF THE NORTH WEST PASSAGE. On Friday afternoon, the important intelligence was re ceived at the Admiralty, that the long sought for North West passage had - been discovered. Commander Inglefield, of Her Majesty's Ship Phcenix, has arrived in town, and announced to their Lordship's the gratifying fact of the safety of Her Majesty's ship Invetiga tor, Captain M'Clure, about which great anxiety began to be felt. Commander Inglefield also brings tidings of the dis covery of the long sought for North-west Passage. He is the bearer of despatches from Sir E. Belcher, Capt. M'Clure, and Capt. Kellett. No trace has been discovered of Sir John Franklin's expedition, and Captain Inglefield announces the loss of the Breadalbane, the consort ship of the Phcenix, and the death by drowning of a gallant officer of the French Imperial Navy, Lieutenant Bella. The despatches thus received are filled with long and highly interesting details connected with the expedition; but some idea of the news contained in them, may be gathered from the following ex tracts, made from Capt. Inglefield's official report : "Her Majesty's steam sloop Phcenix, off Thurso, Oct. 4. " Sir,—l have the honour to report to you ' for the infor mation of my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, my arrival from the Arctic Regions, bringing with me the im portant intelligence of the safety of the Investigator, and the discovery of the North-West Passage, though unhap pily, without finding the slightest traces of the missing expedition, either by this route or on the field of search occupied by the squadron under Sir Edward Belcher's command. "I am the bearer of despatches from that officer and Cap tain Kellett, and Lieutenant Cresswell, of the Investigator, whom I appointed from the North Star as supernumerary to this ship, ]s charged with the letters and journals of Com mander ill'Clure. " As his journal is of considerable length, I will endeavour o acquaint you with the substance of it, that their Lordships nay thus be early informed of the leading features of the :nvestigator's discoveries." Commander Inglefield then proceeds to give a narrative of the principal events connected with the expedition of the Phoenix, from the time of their arrival at Disco. In this statement he makes mention of the death of M. Benet, a brave and enterprising Frenchman, who seems to have been attracted to these explorations in the. Arctic Regions from the very dangers by which they are surrounded. The des patch proceeds with an illustration of what Arctic Naviga tion is. and the latter part is chiefly occupied by a summary of news from the searching squadrons, and especially of the discoveries made by Captain M'Clure in the Investigator. He says : "And now, Sir, I beg to narrate, in a summary manner, the intelligence gleaned from the searching squadrons ; and, first, with reference to Sir Edward Belcher, I have little else to say but that he had wintered in a spot he had named Northumberland Sound, in lat. 76 62 N., and lon. 97 W., near the position now marked in the charts of Wellington Channel as Cape Sir John Franklin. From Captain Pullen I learnt that not the slightest traces of the missing expedition had been met with, either by this or the Western branch of the searching squadron, and that it was evidently the intention of Sir Edward Belcher to return to Beechey Island as soon as possible. For the rest, Sir Edward's des patches will convey all further details. " Captain . 'Cella wintered at Dealy Island, Melville Island; he had a narrow escape of losing his ship on the night of his departure from Beechy Island ; she grounded off Cape Colbourn, and was only got off after the ice had set down upon her, casting her over on her broadside, and with the loss of sixty feet of her false keel. " It was a party from his vessel that discovered the despatch of Captain M'Clure at Winter harbour, and was thus led to the Investigator's position, a brief account of the voyage and discoveries of which I will now relate. " When at Cape Parry open water to the northward in duced Captain M'Clure to push for Banks's Land, and when about sixty miles from this cape they fell in with an unknown coast, which was named Baring Island. Passing up a strait between this island and a coast that was called Prince Albert's Land, they reached the latitude of 73 deg., where ice impeded their further progress. The season suddenly changing, the ship was beset and forced to winter in the pack. Drifting to the southward, they were ultimately frozen up in lat. 72 40 N., long. 117 30 W. " The travelling parties in the spring found no traces of the missing expedition, but discovered and laid down much of the adjacent coasts. " On the 14th of July, 1851, the ice broke up, and, free ing the ship, an endeavour was made to push to the north ward towards Melville Island, but an impenetrable pack in lat. 75 35 N., long. 115 W., precluded their completing what their autumn travelling parties had proved to. be the northwest passage. An attempt was now made to round the southern shore of Baring Island, and proceed up the west side, and with great peril to the vessel they succeeded in reaching as far as lat. 74 6, and long. 117 12, where they were frozen in on the 24th of September, 1851, and have never since been able to move the ship. Their record was deposited at Winter Harbour the year following Com mander M'Clintock's visit, while employed on Captain Austin's expedition. " There are two remarkable discoveries mentioned in Captain M'Clure's Journal—viz., some smoking hillocks and a petrified forest." The following are a few extracts from the proceedings of her Brittanic Majesty's discovery-ship, Investigator, since parting company with the Herald, upon the 30th of July, 1850, off Cape jisbourne " Oct. 26. Discovered the entrance into Barrow's Strait, in lat. 73 30 N., long. 114 14 W., which establishes the existeqce of a north-west passage. "Aug. 16, 1851.—Finding our passage into Barrow's Strait obstructed by north-east winds setting large masses of ice to , the southward, which had drifted the ship 15 miles in that direction during the last 12 hours, bore up to run to the southward of Baring Island. "Sept. 24.—At daylight, observing Barrow's Strait full of ice, and large masses setting into this bay, determined upon making this our winter quarters, and, finding a well-sheltered spot upon the south side of the shoal upon which we last night grounded, ran in and anchored in four fathoms, lat. 74 6 N., long. 117 54 W. This night were frozen in, and have not since moved. " No trace whatever has been met with, or any informa tion obtained from the natives, which could by any possibi lity lead to the supposition that Sir J. Franklin's expedition, or any of his crews, have ever reached the shores we have visited or searched, nor have we been more fortunate with respect to the Enterprise, not having seen her since parting company at the Straits of Magellan, on the 20th of April, 1850. " This notice was deposited by a travelling party in April, 1852, consisting of Captain M'Clure, Mr. Court, second master; John Calder, captain of the forecastle; Sergeant Woon, Royal Marines; George Gibbs, A.B. •, George Bonn sall, A.B. ; John Davies, A.B. ; and Peter Thompson, cap tain of the foretop. " Whoever finds this, it is requested it may be forwarded to the Secretary of the Admiralty. "Dated on board Her Britannic Majesty's discovery ship Investigator, frozen in, in the Bay of Mercy, lat. 74 6 N. lon. 117 54 1 W.. April 12, 1852. " POBERT M'CLURE, Commander. "Unless there is a vessel now at Melvile . Island, it is not my intention to re-visit it, but make the best of my way down the straits. " R. M'CLTIRE." The Observer of yesterday, has the following remarks on this long-looked for discovery :—" The geographical prob lem of centuries has at last received a solution. The North- West Passage has been discovered. It is perhaps well for humanity that the vexed question has been at last set at rest, for such is the nature of man that year after year would only furnish fresh victims to science in pursuit of the discovery of this junction between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. The result of the discovery, however, is absolutely nil; beyond its value as a geographical fact it is not available for any useful purpose. All that has been practically proved is the fruitless fact that by spending some years in the ice, and by incurring a most frightful risk, almost amounting to a cer tainty of death, a ship may be able to force her passage throiigh the narrow inlets,. choked up with ice, which sepa rate' Behring's from Davis's Straits. Hundreds of lives have been lost, and heaps of money have been expended in establishing this fact. azi bono ? The primary object of the expedition to which this discovery is owing, has not, however, been achieved ; the fate of Franklin is still shrouded in as much mystery as ever ; and, though the North-West Passage is now known to exist, nothing is known as to whether he survives or whether he and his com panions have perished." SHOCKING ACCIDENT AND Loss OF LIFE ON THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.—On Saturday afternoon, about half-past three o'clock, an accident of a frightful character, by which one unfortunate man has been killed, and several others seriously, if not fatally injured, took place near the London terminus of the Great Western Railway at Paddington. A new engine honse is in the course of erection for the Great Western Railway Company, situate at Kensall New Town, about half a miio down the line from the terminus, and but a short distance from the ticket platform; and on Saturday afternoon, about the time above-menrioned, when the work men were fully employed in the building, a massive iron girder, from some, at present, unexplained cause, fell to the ground with a terrible crash, striking and crushing the men in its course to the ground. The greatest consternation prevailed, and the poor workmen wore lying about wounded and crushed in all directions. One poor fellow, named John Draine, was found immediately under a portion of the girder, with his scalp cut completely off, his thighs broken, and otherwise . "Tserionsly mutilated.. It is needless to say that, when taken up, life was quite extinct, and his body was at once conveyed to the dead-house of St., Mary, Paddington, in the Harrow Road. Those sufferers (eight in number) found still alive were conveyed with _ the least possible delay to St. Mary's Hospital, where they received every attention from Mr. Henry Lawrence, the house surgeon, and the other medical officers of that valuable institution. 11 , 10NETARY AND COMMERCIAL LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY EvENING' The Liverpool:. Share market closed with con siderable firmness after a week of unexample d Shares of all kinds fluctuated in price .. +. ,,e, an extraordinary extent, but the amount of sha" which really changed hands was not la r g e . )10neer; was exceedingly tight during the week, but thl is a prospect of a re-action, as we feel assured tin i f money will accumulate too rapidly to - admit bankers keeping up their present rates of discouti` The Cotton market closed firmly ; the sales wer is e i 5,000 bales, of which 1,000 Were for export. J produce markets were all remarkably steady at 1 ' closing of business. By the steam-ship Niagara, which arrived Sunday afternoon,, we have advices. from New Yog i to the 27th Sept., Boston, 28th, and Halifah, 30 , ° She also brings 181,000 dollars in spe c i e on freiguw The New York Money Market was becoming ill° l.° active. Money was much more plentiful at abof, the rates stated in our last accounts auxi6ty money on call was 7 per cent. There was an i ll : creased demand for foreign bills, and the exchang„e' were advancing. The latest quotations were 101 to 1091, being an advanca of per cent. on the las prices quoted. The Corn Market continues stead , ' notwithstanding the immense quantities ccimingfo' ward from the inland States. Should the suppli,, es continue to be pushed forward it will be ve ry dill' . cult to sustain the present prices, Some larga purchases have been made for expo r t a tion, bt it t little will be done in this direction i n th e presen A state of our markets, where great un cer t a i n ty all' doubts exist as to the real .extent of th e wan ts t this country. The Cotton market is said to have been activ e and firm at former prices, but the business doll° was not important. The present position of the American None!' market appears to be quite as anomalous a s our own. With the coffers of all the banks filled with bullion, an immense surplus of produce , for e 5; port, an increase in manufitcturing enterprise, and a rapid cash demand for every ar ti c l e imparted' money is almost inattainable, and ever y s p ec ies 0 ' stock and securities are depressed, and rule vel a little above panic prices. Thi s we repea t is,' most singular fact. Ho w l ong it will continual an important question fo r thi s country. It woul d be premature to offer an opinion at this moment a 5 to theprobable turn the monetary affairs of til e States may take, but after the a rr iva l o f anodic' ., mail or two, we shall be able to anticipate even t° with greater certainty. The London Stock Exchange though recovcrill from the recent panic, is very f ar f ro th b e ing settled; and the business done is of a very specs; lative character. Stock is sa id t o b e scarce. "'Pi following is the result of the re t urns o f th e Banli°' England, for the week ending the Ist O c tobef , when compared with the previous week : Public deposits .. 6,738,755/, ; Increase 26,49 01 ' Other deposits .. 11,885,565/ . ; Increase .1,046,380„i; Rest .. ... 3,682,113/. ; Increase 16,5 34 ' On the other side of the •account— Government securities 12,339,083/. ; the same as before. Other securities ... 19,124,799/. ; Increase 1981,5761; Notes unemployed .. 6,258,5501. ; Decrease 871,0151 Theamount of notes in circulation i522,773,37 5 i' t being an increase of 837,9301. ; an d th e stoc k °' bullion in both departments is 15,612,5621., sholl' ing a decrease of 68,2211.; when. compared the preceding return. The increase of £2,000,000 in the private secure; ties show how great the pressu re f or money ho been since the bank have raised their rates discounts. It appears now by the smallnsss of the public deposits, that the bank will, in all probab'l' e be called upon to aid in the go vern ment in t'' payment of the dividends. If thi s s h ou ld pr°l a ~, to be the case, a f ur th er a d vance i n th e bank's rg"to may be expected, as the Treasuryhas apriorclaim a to support. Consols closed 02f to 928 ; 1nc 11 4 3 ;4 Stock, 245 to 248 ; Exchequer Bills, 6s. to lls. u ,r a Mexican Stock is 24 to 25* ; R uss i an Four-all": 4- Haifs steady at 97; Spanish 444, an d th e Deferred' 21.4 ; Dutch 621, and the Fou r p er C en t s., 93 t o VI ex div. The principal imports of gold are about 15 from the West Indies, and £50,000 from N a ' York. Official notice has been given at the • Bank . a England that the October dividends will be PO i to the public on the thirteenth inst. Messrs. Matheson and Co, have advertised t b f, payment of the dividend on Illinois bonds, aris l ~,0 from the collection of th e Mill e tax prior to the 30th of Juue. In the railway market very little business done to-day. Prices, however, show a disposit to return to their former range. The increase in the traffic receipts for the 11, is as follow ;—Binninghams, £3,345 ; Great 1 1 5 , terns, £3,569 ; South Westerns, £718; £1682; York and North Midlands, and Berwick; ; £4,110 ; Brightons, £245 less ; Dovers, £9l;d Yorks, £4,103; Caledonians, £2,654; Chester Holyheads, £1,341. • Owing to the crowded state of our columns.,,, must refer to the quotation s o f stoc k s and s had which will be found in an o th er part of our paP BULLION MARKET AND FOREIGN ExcHANGg 5 ' We give the current price of Gold, as follow's , assist the merchant in calculating the rates 0 , Foreign Exchange, by the actual current rates bullion, as last reported : APY London, 775. 9d. ; Paris, -; Hamburgh,--; ve r sterdam, -; Vienna, -; St. Petersburg, -- ; lin, -; Milan, -; Constantinople, -; Alexa 3 . l "; -; Bombay, -; Calcutta, - ; Hong Kong, Sydney, 745. 6d. to 755. ; Port Phillip, 775. ; - • Victoria, 775. 6d. ; Oven s , 76 5 . 6d.; Montreal, New New ' York, -; Boston, £3 17s. 9d.; San FranCP' - ' ; Mexico, -; Brazils, -. _ _ • We subjoin a return of the Foreign Exchang es { calculated according to the London Mint price X 3. 17s 101 d. the ounce ; ti 1 9 Amsterdam, short, 11 17 t o 11 17i ; d o , 3 mon ths, - to , to 11 19 , 1; Rotterdam, 3 m. 11 19 t o 11 19i ; 3 m. 25 40 to 25 45 ; Brussels, 3 m. 25 40 to 25 7 t o Hamburg, 3 m. 13 7j to 13 71; Paris, short, 25 71 2 1 25 12} ; do, 3 m. 25 40 to 25 45 ; M arse illes, 3 in. 2 . 5 , -. 16 to 25 50 ; Frankfort, 3 m. 1204 to 1201 ; Vi enna , 3m. "11 to 11 20 ; Trieste, 3 m. 11 20 to 11 25 ; Petersburgh,,L, to 37i ; Madrid, m. 49,1 to 50; Cadiz, 3 m . 501 torgio; Leghorn, 3 m. 30 10 to 30 20 ; Genoa, 3m. 25 55 to 2' -II Naples, 3 m. 411 to 42; Palermo, 3 m. 124 i to lO r t o , Messina, 3 m.124 ¢ to 125 ; Lisbon, 3m.52 to 53k; OP9 < , I 3m.53t0 53 4 - 1 -; R. Janeiro, 60 days, to York,. ditto, lon to 109* ; Boston, ditto, 0 , 1 04 ." ' Foreign Gold in bars, £3 17s. 9d. ; Mexican I ) °,-,',;sr Os. Od. ; Silver, in bars stand, Os. Od. ; East India u ' e e parry's Bills. House Bills 60 days ; Calcutta Co's Rap 24i; Bombay ditto, 25; Madras ditto, 24k. STATE OF TRADE. MANCHESTER, SATURD- Our market to day has presented no new feat since the date of our last report. The transact i° d in Cloth and Yarn have been limited; the r eda rg , quotations, however, have brought more orde a c and if producers would but meet buyers, more ar tensive operations would be the result. The 0 cline which has been going on for several weelcs e o now to some extent arrested, and many buy feel more confidence in oper a ti ng , par ti e ulaT te t , low and middle numbers of M u l e and Iv°'qo' Fine Nos. are not much wanted, the Rtissiail son being nearly over, and the home trade buY e b id Declining to purchase except at a cousidc . ,r! fo f deduction On present q uo t a ti ons . D ou bl e d n e f are more freely offe re d, • w ith a d ec li n i n g dency. or , The British and N or th A mer i can ma il steam „V Asia, sailed from the M erse y on S a t ur d ay, w i t h a great - ber of Passengers and a large Cargo. RAILWAY TRAFFIC.—The traffic returns of raitl V! in the United Ki ng d om amoun t e d f or t h e wee k ended 4 October, to £364,302 ; an d f or th e correspon di ng last year to £360,620, showing an increase of 133, 6 0 01 10.19 per cent. Th e gross rece i p t s f or th e e i g ht r e having their termini in th e me t ro p o li s amounte d 1° „ 0 11 week ending as above to 1155,198; and for the earl? ing week of last year to £150,323, showing an ine re as V £14,975, or 9.96 per cent. The incr ease on the 14 `, To rt Counties Railway amounted to 12,010 ; on th e G r eat 1 ,4 ) ern, to £4,104 ; on the Great Western, £3,569 ; o n the o cl , don and North Western, to £3,660; on thc or t f s o and Blackwall, £240 ; and o n th e S ou th "to to £7lB ; and on the South Eastern to £91 3 A ; , c ri £15,220, but from this must be dedu c t e d £245 the `-co in the receipts on the London, Brighton, and South of leaving the increase £14,975. The receipts on th e , ; 1 lines in the United Kingdom amou n t e d t o 1199, 0 t 0 1i for the corresponding period of 1852, to £180,297 an increase of £18,707 in the receipts of these lin added to the increase on the metropolitan lines of makes the total increase £33,682 over the eorrea ti ; week of 1852. The total receipts from the Ist Sae c the Ist ,OCtober amounted to £12,845,404; for tu ° o ponding period of 1852, £11,326,502 ; s h ow ing al l ;0 4 'f of £1,518,902, or 13.41 per cent. ove r th e - corre period of 1862