The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-11-26 00:00:00

itailluar foticaS. LONDON AND NORTH WESTERN RAIL WAY. NORTHERN DIVISION. NOTICE FOR DECEMBER. 'THE Train leaving MANCHESTER for Sta tions on the North Union Line, at 9 30 A.M. will be despatched at 9 20 ilas. The 10 40 A.M. Train from PRESTON to LIVERPOOL, will start at 10 50 A.M. The 5 5 P.M. Train from LIVERPOOL to BIRMING HAM, will leave at 5 15 P.M. The 5 15 p.m. Omnibus Train from LIVERPOOL to ST. HELENS, will leave at 5 25 P.M. The corresponding Train from ST. HELENS Junction at 6 5 P.M., will leave at 6 16 P.M. BY ORDER, General Manager's Office, Lime-street, Liverpool, November, 1853. ipubikatfon. PEW SYSTEM.--Read " THE CHURCH OF THE PEOPLE," No. 1, Price lid. Sold by T. Sowler, A. Heywood, Hale and liowarth, and all Booksellers in Manchester; and by DEIGHTON and LAUGHTON, Liverpool. CTA:intrattii. TIVERPOOL DOCKS.—TENDERS FOR I CLOTHING AND HATS.—The Committee of the Liverpool Docks do hereby give notice that they are will ing to receive . TENDERS for SUPPLYING the under mentioned UNIFORM CLOTHING and HATS, namely— CLOTHING. Ten Suits for Piermasters, &c., consisting of Frock Coat Waistcoat, and Trousers. The letters P. M., with a, Anchor between, to be Embroidered in Gold on the Collars of the Coats. One Hundred and Eighty Suits for Dock Gatemen, con sisting of Jacket, Waistcoat, and Trousers. The letters L. D., with an Anchor between, to be Embroidered in White on the Collars of the Jackets. Ten Suits for Men employed on the Landing-stage, consisting of Jacket, Waistcoat, and Trousers. The letters L. S. to be Embroidered in White on the Collars of the Jackets. Twenty-one Suits for Gatekeepers at Albert Dock Ware houses and Graving Docks, Keepers of Weighing Materials, consisting of Coat, Waistcoat, and Trousers. The Collars of the Coats to be Embroidered in White. Ten Suits for Messengers, consisting of Coat, Waistcoat, and Trousers. Two Suits for Foremen of Sweepers, consisting of Frock Coat, Waistcoat and Trousers. The Collars of the Coats to be Embroidered in White. HATS. _ _ Two Hundred and Thirty Hats : 22 without Labels : 208 with Labels on Glazed Leather, similar to those now worn. Samples, marked to correspond with the tender, must be sent in, and each tender must state the time within which the whole will be supplied. Tenders must be sealed, marked " Tender for Clothing," or " Tender for Hats," and addressed to " The Chairman of the Sub-Committee for the Department of the Harbour masters," under cover to the secretary, not later than twelve o'clock, noon, on Wednesday next, the 30th instant. The committee do not bind themselves to accept the lowest tender.—By order, _ DANIEL MASON, Secretary. Dock-office, Liverpool, 24th November, 1863. BOROUGH OF LIVERPOOL.—The Health Committee of the Council of the Borough of Liver pool are ready to receive TENDERS for the SUPPLY of HORSES, CARTS, and DRIVERS for the Carting in the Borough Engineer's Department, from the 12th of Decem ber next ensuing until the end of the year 1854. Specifications and particulars of the work required to be done, and of the regulations to be observed, may b e obtai ne d at the Borough Engineer's office, Public Offices, Cornwallis street, Liverpool. Sealed tenders addressed "To the Chairman of the Health Committee," endorsed "Tenders for Carting," must be left at the Town-clerk's office, Public Offices, Cornwallis-street, on or before Monday, the sth day of December next. By order, Wac. SHUTTLEWORTH, Town-clerk. Cornwallis-street, Nov. 24, 1853. - WBATHS' ESTABLISHMENT, Renshaw-street; hitlaw's Patent Medicated, Sulphur, Hot and Cold Baths. Mr. J. GODFREY, Surgeon,. Proprietor. WILLIAM ROBERTS .& CO., Ship Store Dealers and Export Bottlers, 10 and 12, Cooper' Bow, Liverpool. FORBES BROTHERS, Importers of Cognac BRANDY. Hhds. and qr. Casks, Pale and Brown, in bond. 25, South John-street, Liverpool. GLENACHAN MALT WHISKEY. AA, OBERT LITTLE, Wine & Spirit Merchant 5, Vernon-street, Liverpool, Sole Agent. ALTER MORGAN (Successor to James Marsden and Sons,) BRUSH MANUFACTURER, 33, SOUTH JOHN-STREET, A Liberal Discount allowed on Family Orders. PUBLIC NEWSROOM, 8, GREAT CHARLOTTE STREET. 150 Papers taken in Weekly—English, Irish, Scotch, Australian and American. London, Dublin, and Liverpool Directories. Admission, One Penny. Navy and Army Lists at Half-price. GAS CHANDELIERS AT WILLIAM PENN SMITH'S MANUFACTORY, 26, HANOVER-STREET, NEAR THE BOTTOM OF DUKE-STREET. FOR GOOD and CHEAP HATS and CAPS GO TO ROBB S'S LIVERPOOL HAT EMPORIUM, 22, OLD HAYMARKET; CORNER OF MANCHESTER-STREET. BUY HOBBS'S GUINEA HATS for 15s. each. "The most elegant and economical Hat worn." THE LIVERPOOL HAT EMPORIUM, 22, OLD HAYMARKET, CORNER OF MANCRESTER-STREET. ENLARGEMENT OF THE "LEEDS TIMES." L EEDSTIMES ENLARGED, price 41(1., or ss. per quarter. Weekly Circulation 7000 Copies, being sixfold the average of provincial journals. A copy forwarded on receipt of five stamps. Scale of Charges for Advertisements forwarded Gratis: . TAMES HEVEY, ACCOUNTANT and GENERAL AGENT, 13, CAMDEN-STREET. POSTING BILLS, in Black or Coloured Ink, executed in the best style on the shortest notice, by CHARLES WILLMER, at his General Printing Office, 19, South John-street, Liverpool. DOUBLE DEMY BILLS in Black Ink, Ss. per hundred. GALVANIZING IRON WORKS, 13, New Quay. All kinds of Iron Work Galvanized promptly. Galvanized Sheet Iron, &c. ALEX. SMITH & CO. TEA. —The entire advantage arising from the Reduction of the Duty on Tea, from the lowest cash buying,—and from the best and most extensive selec tion of the article, is secured to Purchasers at the Establish ments of BINYONS, ROBINSON, & CO., Tea Importers Manchester. ATERCHANTS' DINING ROOMS, LANCASTER BUILDINGS, Liverpool, close to Exchange, Tithe barn-street, Railway Station, and Prince's Pier-head. Fresh Native OYSTERS, TURTLE, and GAME. Commodious Private Rooms for Ladies, and large Smokier Room. F. E. MORRISH, PROPRIETOR. WRITING, BOOKKEEPING, &c. MESSRS THOMPSON, No. 8, Clayton - square, Head Teachers in Liverpool a quarter of a century, guarantee to every pupil a good HANDWRITING in a few Lessons. BOOKKEEPING by Double Entry thoroughly and practi ca ll y taug h t i n a few d ays. MRS. and MISS THOMPSON give PRIVATE LES SONS to LADIES, or attend out, if required. MEDICAL ADVICE. DR. LEWIS, Author of several Medical Works, may be consulted for the speedy and effectual cure of Nervous Debility, Depression of Spirits, Indigestion, Illusions of the Mind, Scorbutic, Skin, and other diseases, &c., &c. Attendance from ten till two, and from four to nine. Sundays till two, Address 44, N e l son -street, Great George's-square. Private entrance to surgery, 1, Bailey-street. ABERCROMBY WARD, APUBLIC DINNER, to celebrate the return of WILLIAM EARLE, ESQ., as one of the Represen tatives of this Ward in the Town Council, will take place on TUESDAY• EVENING, the 29th instant, at SIX o'Clock, at the House of Mr. CRAIG, Mulberry-street. Geo. MAX WELL, Esq., in the Chair. Tic kets, including Wine, 6s. each, to,be had at the (Ace of the NORTHERN DAILY TIMES, 19, South John-street, and at Mr. CRAIG'S, Mulberry-street. COALS. —BEST HOUSE COALS First Quality, his. Second, 145.,_ Third, 13s. per Ton. Discount, FIVE PER CENT . f or READY MONEY. BY S. B. JACKSON, 44, DALE -STREET, and 21, MOSS-STREET. EDWARD KELLY & CO., Wholesale BUTTER Warehouse, a place for supplying Shopkeepers with every Description of Lump Butter, Coarse, Middling, and Fine. Nos. 1 & 3, Upper Dawson-street, back of St. John's Market, Liverpool. Present Prices-9d., 91c1., 90., 91d., 10d., 104 d., 100., 101 d., Ild. Permission to choose from a stock of 5 tons. WHITE OXIDE OF ZINC AND PATENT OXIDE OF. ZINC PAINT. ON SALE, WHITE OXIDE OF ZNC, in Powder, and PATENT WHITE ZINC PAINT, of the genuine manufacture of the Nouvelle Montagne Zinc Company, Belgium. Guaranteed free from all admixture or adulteration. For particulars apply to H. CHAPMAN & CO., Sole Agents for the Company, 17, James's-street, Liverpool. NTORTH AND SOUTH ACCOMMODATION 11 OMNIBUS, between St. James's Church and Kirk dale, from St. James's Church, a quarter past nine morn ing, and a quarter past every hour till a quarter past Eight every evening. From Kirkdale a quarter before Ten, morning, and a quarter before every hour till a quarter to 9 every Evening. Route—Great George's-street, Berry-street, Renshaw street, Lime-street, St. Anne-street, Great Homer-street. Fare— 3d. inside, and 2d. outside. 1, Fox-street, 21st November. RICHARD J. - NODDER SATTER AND CAP MASER, Begs to inform the Nobility and Gentry of Liverpool and its Environs, that his NEW AND FASHIONABLE LADIES' BONNETS,. IN WHITE BEAVER AND FELT, PARISIAN MATERIALS, &c., YOUTHS' AND CHILDREN'S FANCY HATS, VELVET CAPS, PARISIAN HATS, &c., ARE NOW READY FOR INSPECTION. ALTERATIONS, &c., IN THE NEWEST STYLES, 81, • CHURCH-STREET, LIVERPOOL. MRS. BROOKS, Widow of the late Mr. John Brooks, Dentist, 55, Great George-street, begs most respectfully to thank the Gentry and Public of Liverpool for the very kind support she has received since the lamented death of her husband, and is happy to inform them that arrangements have been made with a gentleman of great experience in every department of Dental Surgery from London, to carry on the practice for the benefit of herself and children, and earnestly solicits a continuance of that sympathising patronage for which she feels so much indebted to the numerous patients of her late husband. GUSTAVUS HAMILTON, Solicitor and Irish Law Agent (Finn G. Hamilton & Sons,) 30, South Frederick-street, Dublin, and 47, Chancery-lane, London, Master Extraordinary of Her Majesty's High Court of Chancery in England, for taking Answers, Affidavits, Proofs in Bankruptcy, and depositions of Witnesses in Ireland, and Commissioner for taking Affidavits in Ireland out of Her Majesty's Courts of Queen's Bench, Common Pleas, and Exchequer in England, also Master Extraordinary of the County Palatine and Duchy Courts of Lancaster; Agent to the Monarch Fire and Life Assurance Company of London, and Local Solicitor to the United Guarantee and Life As surance Company of London. OHN WALKER, Contractor for Corrugated and other IRON ROOFS, Portable IRON HOUSES, STORES, &c.; SOLE MANUFACTURER by appoint ment of NASMYTH'S PATENT FLOORING GIR DERS, SUSPENSION BRIDGES, &c. ; Co:rtigteil aid Galvanised IRON MERCHANT. WORKS.—MILL WALL, LONDON, and GIL LBROOK, BIRKENHEAD. OFFICE —3, INDIA-BITILDINGS, LIVERPOOL, AGENT—ROBERT WRIGHTSON. Reference, by permission, to Prices Patent Cavetle Com )any's Works at Brombrough, now being roofed by Jobn Ofalker. Qranunerciat "atN. MONDAY NEXT. Splendid pier and chimney glasses, gasaliers, silver-plated cruets, empages, 8-day clocks and timepieces, organs, paintings, wardrobes, en suite of oak drawing and sitting room furniture, upholstered in embossed velvet, valuable a lma, bottling-rnarrhant's stork, 6 e allnn oiippPr still, weighing machine, scales and weights, bottled porter and ale, casks London vinegar, useful Whitechapel, harness and mare, modern built drag harness, casks, barrels, half barrels, tubs, bottle racks, &c., &c., Hill's Rooms, 54, Hanover-street. BY MR. HILL, On MONDAY next, 28th, and WEDNESDAY, 30th, each day at 11 o'clock, NIODERN AND USEFUL HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, splendid pier and chimney glasses, pianoforte, costly gasalier, 8-day clocks and timepieces, ma hogany cabinets, cheffoniers, sideboards, 100, centre, dinner, card, and snap tables, sets of well made Spanish maghogany chairs, lounges, carpets, nearly new, hearth rug s ,. hall tables, chairs, lobby, hall, passage, and floor London-painted cloths, modern mahogany four-post, camp, and bedsteads with crimson-figured damask hangings, mattrass.s, 14 feather beds, sets of chairs, French half-tester bedsteads, mahogany chests of drawers, wardrobes, toilet, and dressing tables, washing stands, toilet and dressing glasses, commodes, car peting, rugs, kitchen furniture and utensils, nest cage, shop drawers, scales and weights, machine scales, measure, office and shop fixtures, also the bottling ale and porter mer chant's stock, size gallon copper still with copper still head, pewter and oak wo rms , t u b es , t u b s , stove , &c., for same, spirit fountain taps, piping, casks, barrels, strong White chapel, harness, mare, modern-built drag, cart saddles and breechings, &c., &c. TUESDAY NEXT. ON TUESDAY next, the 29th instant, at half-past One o'clock, at the Corn Salesroom, 14, Brunswick-street, 104 Barrels 1 Prime American Thin Oblong 27 Casks f LINSEED OIL CAKE. ROBERT PROCTER, Broker. Apply to THURSDAY NEXT, On THURSDAY next, the Ist December, at One o'clock, at the Brokers' Saleroom, Derby-buildings, t 04,,; The Chester-built Barque Ate.:; ELIZABETH RADCLIFFE 222 tons register, built in 1834,. classed 12 years A 1 to 1846, was continued 4 years A 1, had special survey in 1852, when she was classed red star, and resheathed with yellow metal, is now discharging her, cargo in the Albert dock, and is both abundantly found in stores, and in first-rate condition. Length 93 9-12, breadth 23 1-12, depth 15 6-12.—Apply to Messrs. J. Prowse and Co., owners ; or to TONGE, CURRY, & CO., Brokers. Chimney glass, timepiece, paintings, pictures, piano -forte, &c., Crown-street, top of Pembroke-place, BY MR. HILL, On THURSDAY next, the Ist December, at Eleven o'clock, on the Premises, Crown-street, GENTEEL HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, sets mahogany and other chairs, sofas, couches, and sofa beds, centre, Pembroke, card, snap, and lady's work tables, easy chairs, carpets and rugs, mahogany cabinets and chiffonier, marble-top side or hall table, fenders fire irons, hall chairs, tables, lobby . clOth, stair carpets, Ads, mats, modern eight-day timepiece, mahogany and other excellent four-post camp, tent, French, and half-tester bed steads, mattresses, feather beds, chests drawers, dressing and toilet tables and stands, glasses, ware, commodes, wardrobe cane and other chairs, carpeting, damask curtains, and other furniture, kit c h en t a bl es , c h a i rs , utensils, generairequisites clock, &c. On THURSDAY, the Bth December next, at Three o'clock, at the Brokers' Saleroom, 3, York-buildings, Dale-street, The splendid Screw Steam Ship, 11111k\ ... VICTORY; AS 4 - Length 144 feet 4-10ths. B A== - Breadth 25 feet 2-10ths. Depth Depth from spar deck Registered tonnage, 297 tons ; total measurement, including spar deck, 617 tone. Built of iron, in 1849, under the par ticular inspection of an eminent surveyor, her scantlings are unusually heavy, more so than any other vessel of her ton nage afloat, she has four water-tight bulkheads, secured with strong angle iron beams crossing, her engines are by Hicks & Son, of Bolton, with cylinders 50 inches diameter each, and 4 ft. 6 ins. stroke, estimated power 170 horses, with expansive gear, and small engine for feeding boilers; the latter are in good order, having lately received new brass tubing, and they, with the engines, were thoroughly over hauled within the last nine months, at a cost of £lBOO, she has superior accommodation for forty cabin passengers, is full schooner rigged with three masts; has a spar deck, covered with gratings, which can be laid solid, securing space for a very large cargo; speed under steam twelve miles an h our , un d er sa il very fast, draft of water, loaded, 12 feet aft, 104 feet forward, shifts without ballast, and can go to sea with 20 tons, is peculiarly suitable for the Medi terranean or Australian trades, particularly the latter, her light draft enabling her to go up to the wharf at Melbourne lying in dock,---For inventories and further particulars, apply to •• CUNARD, MUNN and Co., Brokers. HOUSE AGENTS HAVING PREMISES TO LET OR SELL ' SHOULD ADVER T I S E IN THE NORTHERN DAILY TIMES AT A CHARGE OP S.I X P E .N C E. Offices-19, SOUTH JOHN STREET, LIVERPOOL; 9, PRINCESS STREET, MANCHESTER. SERVANTS WANTING SITUATIONS PERSONS WANTING SERVANTS, should Advertise in the NORTHERN DAILY TIMES, CHARGE SIXPENCE. Published every morning, at 19, South John-street, Liverpool, and 9, Princess-street, Manchester. 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 I BOOTLE WOOD SIDE 1 WALTON TRANMERE ROCK FERRY EVERTON WATERLOO I FAIRFIELD S EAFORTH AIGBURTH. TO CORRESPONDENTS. To OUR READERS.—We are sorry that in the hurry of going to press yesterday morning, a transposition occurred in the arrangement of the report of Mr. Noel's speech ; and that the error had not been detected in time to re medy it. The letters of Mr. H. C. Langton, and of " Observer," on the imports and exports of Bullion, have been received, and will appear on Monday. Whatever is intended for insertion must be authenticated by the name and address of the writer; not necessarily for publication, but as a guarantee of his good faith. We cannot undertake to return rejected communications. All communications, Books for Review, etc., to be for warded to the Editor must be addressed to the Publisher, CHARLES WILMER, and those from London may be sent to the care of Messrs. Simpkin, Marshall, and Co. ,P.Brfljtrit Ritil Matto. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1853. THE annexation of the Sandwich Islands to the United States, is an event which cannot fail to pro duce, a season of bitter recrimination in both Houses of the American Parliament, and no small discussion in the diplomatic circles of Europe. Already the London Standard directs the attention of its readers to the importance of the official dis patches which appeared in the NORTHERN DAILY TIMES of Thursday. The history of annexation, whether European or American, does not, we must confess, redound much to the honour or humanity of the great aggregationists, The inroads of civilised nations upon the rights and sovereignties of the aboriginal peoples, have been marked in all ages by a degree of ferocity which brands the professional civiliser with all the worst crimes of the savage. In every direction we turn, we find the aboriginal tribes of distant countries plundered and prostrated deeper and deeper in the abyss of darkness and of slavery, than they ever were before. How to govern the Hindoo -Low to treat) with the Tartar —on what terms to negOciate with the Mogul—in what language to lead the African negro—and in what way to guide and to define the actual rights of the civilised nations, appear to be in as much obscurity as it was one thousand years before men wrote or the Messiah preached. The annexation of Indian sovereignties to Eng; land, has produced bloodshed and miseries on both sides, which are too appalling to relate. The annexation of Algeria to France has proved no less terrible in its consequences for the hopeless Algerine; and the annexation of Texas to the United States, brought massacre upon massacre on the Indian tribes, while it extended and per petuated the horrors of African slavery on a soil where it had been for ever forbidden. Here, then, the common interests of humanity forbid the pro gress of annexation. At some period of human history, a limit must be set to the aggregation of nationalities, and this may prove the period best suited for the enforcement of some intelligible in ternational understanding on the subject. Here again we have the utmost urgency exist ing for the close alliance and active co-operation of the Liberal Constitutionalists of Europe, and the enlightened and anti-abomination section of the American people. An annexation south of MADI soN's line is a signal for The abolitionists of the States to prepare for the defence of the indepen dence of the Sandwich Islands. They look more closely to the statistics of humanity as the basis of a proud nationality, than the despotic princes of Europe or the pro-slavery advocates of the Ame rican Union. Mr. LUTHER SEVERANCE, the United States Commissioner, approaches the question of annexation with great tact and plausibility ; but the antecedents of annexation have fortunately gone before his able exposition of the law of na tions. The protest of the British and French Consuls is explanatory and concise. They begin by informing the King, KAMEHAIIIA, that they have heard of the extraordinary course adopted by some American merchants, landed proprietors, and other citizens connected with the Protestant missionaries residing on Oahu, with a view to in duce his Majesty to alienate his sovereignty and the independence of his territories, by an imme diate negociation for annexation to the United States; and that they were aware also of the coun tenance and support that a memorial which those gentlemen had addressed to his Majesty to that effect, had received from high official functionaries at Honolulu, all of which proceedings had caused considerable excitement among the French and British residents. In this portion of the Protest of the representatives of England ant France, we see strong grounds for maintaining the indepen. deuce of the Sandwich Islands. In the christiani sation of the people of Eastern Asia, England has quite as much interest as she has in the conversion of the people in the Western portions of that con tinent; and it is a matter of the first importance td have a free and independent State in the Southern Pacific, as the basis of our missionary labours among the Asiatic nations. In addition to this strong ground of opposition on the part of England to this annexation pro_ ject, the protest points out with great force, that Great Britain and France have entered into solemn treaties with the Sandwich Islands, by which the king, his heirs, and successors, are bound to extend at all times to French and British subjects the same advantages and privileges as may be granted to subjects or citizens of the most favoured nations; and that the joint declaration of England and France, of the 28th ITovember , J 843; was founded upon the clear understanding that KAMEHAMA was to preserve his kingdom as an independent State. - • • On the strength of these treaties and the con- THE NORTHERN DAILY TIMES. stitutionallimits within which the King holds his dominions, the protest was based. And to these points the American Commissioner responds by saying :—" To me it is not surprising that the mer chants and landed proprietors, whether Americans or others, should perceive great commercial advan tages in such a connection, considering that the principal part of the commerce of the islands is with the United States, and that the islands must look almost exclusively to the Pacific coast of the United States for a market for their products and the means of paying for their heavy imports. I per ceive, therefore, nothing very extraordinary in the project remonstrated against. - And if now, or at any future time, it shall be found decidedly for the interest of both countries to unite their sovereign ties, I am unable to perceive any treaty of moral obligations on the part of either to forbid the de sired union or any good reason for foreign inter ference to prevent it." There is something so extravagantly ridiculous in the foregoing asser tions relating to the commercial dependence of the Sandwich Islands on the United States, that their author could not escape contradiction.. In truth the facts are so widely different to the statement of the American Commissioner, that he absolutely contradicts himself in the second para graph of his dispatch, where he goes on to say, that " French and English subjects might still be en titled to the privileges of the " most favoured nations," and, on the score of commercial advantages, cannot well complain of being subjected .in these islands to the revenue laws of a country which consumes and pays for French manufactures and other pro ducts to the amount of 40,000,000 dollars annually, and of British goods to the amount of 100,000,000 dollars annually—the revenue laws of a country rapidly growing, and whose trade is now of more value to Great Britain and France than that of any of their colonies, if not indeed of all of them added together, vast as English colonies are. Here Mr. LUTHER SEVERANCE proves our case. He shows in fact, that by the annexation of the Islands in question, England will forfeit commer cial advantages, which yield a return of 100,000,000 dollars annually, and whose trade is now of more value to Great Britain and France than that of all their colonies put together, vast as English colonies are. ,Beyond this point it would be futile to follow Mr. SEVERANCE. The object of the American Go vernment is now before both the people of France and England, and their respective Cabinets, and we must necessarily pause awhile to allow time for the expression of some well-matured opinion from the administrations of the two great commercial nations whose interests are jeopardised by a re-enactment of all the horrors of pro-slavery aggression. In the meantime England is not in a position to abandon so large a portion of her foreign trade and other vital interests, in order merely to appease the hungry ambition of the slave 7 holding annexationists of the Mississippi. AN extraordinary case has lately been brought before the Consistory Court, wherein a lady— mirabile dictu !—sues for a divorce, a mensa et thoro, against her husband, on the alleged ground of adultery and. ill-treatment.. Full reports of the proceedings have been going the round of the newspapers; and although they in no wise tend to edification, still the principle involved is most important, and deserves the utmost consideration. Signor Ciocci, a young gentleman of prepossess ing manners and considerable acquirements, who holds the appointment of Italian Professor at Eton College, Brighton, pays his addresses, for a con siderable time, .to a lady (we believe the daughter of a clergyman), named Miss JE3i. IMA FRANK. She is somewhat older than her admirer, and is in possession of alarge fortune. They finally become man• and wife ; • and, • for • a short time, much affection seems to exist between them. After a few months, however, Mrs. Ciocci leaves her home—remains for a considerable time concealed —and subsequently institutes the suit to which we have before alluded. Evidence pro and con is adduced of a most disgusting and contradictory character—and the Court, in order to consider the evidence, reserves its judgment. In matrimonial contests especially, it is most difficult to arrive at the truth, or know which party to censure ; and those legally appointed for such a purpose, have both a disagreeable and onerous duty to perform. Ordinary Courts of Law are bad enough,. Heaven knows ! but even that of Chancery itself, in its un-reformed condition, would have been prefer able to these musty, dusty, rusty, ,extortionate Ecclesiastical tribunals. English law is, in several instances, fearfully defective ; in none, perhaps more so than with reference to divorce. The very attempt to obtain justice, in this respect, involves a protracted litigation, and an immense outlay of money ; consequently, the wealthy can only ven ture on such a course. It is an old saying, and a true one, that " there. is One law for the rich and another for the poor ;" and this reproach is only too well merited. Why should not justice be attainable by all individuals alike? It is . monstrous and iniquitous to suppose that, because one man is more prosperous in a worldly consideration than another, he should have legally an undue advantage over his fellow. It is an essential requisite in the constitution of justice that it should be equally and easily attainable by all clasSes of a community irrespective of their social rank or condition. We have no disposition to relax unnecessarily the bond of matrimony; but we contend that, under certain circumstances, the law should permit and afford facilities to parties not only to live apart and enjoy the conjugal name merely in a prohibitory sense, but to have full and free permission to form other matrimonial alliances. We can hardly con ceive of a tyranny greater than that which obliges parties of conflicting tendencies and tem peraments, and with no common sympathies or interests, to live together in daily intercourse, in open violation of all that is solemn and beautiful in the marriage compact; and which, even in case of positive infidelity, affords no relief without a most harassing and expensive course of litigation, first in the Ecclesiastical Court ; and, secondly, in the upper House of Parliament. The laws of most countries have empowered husbands to put away their wives. Among the Jews, Greeks, and Romans, this privilege obtained ; and the same authority is exercised to this day by the Turks and Persians. The laws of England do not sanction such a right—although they have formerly permitted the employment of corporeal punishment by the male. But, says Sir WILLIAM BLACK STONE, " This power of correction was confined 'within reasonable bounds, and the husband was prohibited from using any violencQ to his . wife, aliter quam ad.Virum, ex causa regiminis et !,eastigationis sue, licite et rationabiliter pertinet. The civil law gave the husband the same, or a larger authority, over his wife; allowing him, for some misdemeanours, flagellis et fustibus acriter verberare uxorem ; for others, only modicum castiga tionem adhibere." However, in the reign of the second CHARLES these laws were modified. We only regret that so many should be found at the present day resolved to • stick up foi old privileges. The Divorce Commissioners have had this matter for a long time under consideration. They have pointed out the expediency and necessity of modifying and simplifying the lawS appertaining . to divorce, and assimilating them more closely to the character of other legal enactments. And there can be :little doubt that in this age of "sweeping reforms," Ecclesiastical Courts stand a very poor chance of a much longer existence. The real permanent bond of matrimony is union of will. All other unions are unnatural and unblest, and therefore no marriage. Remove this and the compulsory alliance of the sexes becomes tyranny of the very worst description. To force individuals to consort together under such circum stances is then nothing short of the most refined cruelty. And any law that would sanction or oblige thereto deserves to be reprobated. MILTON very properly condemns the ignorance and iniquity of the Canon-law in providing for the right of the body in marriage, altogether overlooking the wrongs and grievances of the mind. But there is a powerful tendency among mankind to innovate in legislation; and some people prefer being, miserable according to law, than to be happy without it. Have we not instances enough, and of daily occurrence, too, where married persons of dissimilar tendencies become guilty of the most cruel acts towards one another. Feeling the bond of marriage strong as death and intolerable as Hell, husbands and wives take each other's lives. in order to free themselves from the terrible thraldom. No later than this very week one wretched culprit expiated his crime on the gallows for the murder of his wife ; and instances of matrimonial cruelty, especially on the part of husbands, have seldom been more numerous. Indeed, the Press of London have deemed it a duty to draw public attention to them in leading articles, so serious an aspect have they assumed. The Morning Chronicle proposes flagellation for the male delinquents; but we much fear the cure is as bad as the disease. Strangulation has been tried, with no good effect, upon the community —for such crimes have since both increased in number and in aggravation. The remedy we would propose is, to modify the inexorable and inviolable bond of marriage ; and let the plea of unsuitability of temper, or personal cruelty, on the part of either husband or wife, be a sufficient justification for the granting of a divorce—placing in the hands of ordinary magis trates the jurisdiction to legislate summarily in such cases. Nor is this a novel idea. It is neither inconsonant with reason or justice, and has been sanctioned by the wisest lawgivers of antiquity. This practice very generally obtained amongst the Jews ; and some of our best writers on Canon Law, including PAULUS FAGIUS, are of opinion, that divorces might as properly be permitted amongst Christians. The express intent of allowing divorce amongst the Jews was, according to the eminen t writer MAIMONIDES, " to preserve peace in marriage , and quiet in the family." PALEY, however, takes a different view of the case; and as he regards " love to be neither general nor endurable," would have the marriage compact to be indissoluble. He observes : " If we trace the effects of such a rule upon the general happiness of married life, we shall perceive reasons of expediency, that abun. dantly justify the policy of those laws which refuse to the husband the power of divorce." He further expresses an opinion that the marriage contract bein g irrevocable, has a tendency to cause wedded parties " to make the best of their bargain," albeit it is a bad one, and to create mutual forbearance and good will : —" Seeing they must either both be miserable, or both share in the same happiness, neither can find their own comfort but in promoting the pleasure of the other." We are very sorry that experience does not favor the argument of the learned theorist. We believe the rather with MILTON, " that man ought, even for love's sake and peace, to move di vorce upon good and liberal conditions to the di vorced ;" and " that it is less a breach of wedlock to part with wise and quiet consent betimes, than still to foil and profane that mystery of joy and union with a polluting sadness and perpetual distemper." But some will say, Such a condition of the law would lead to serious results, as facilities would thereby be too easily afforded for parties upon feigned, or slight pretences, to take improper advantage thereof. We, for our part, do not think so. We conceive, moreover, that the same would have a most salutary tendency, and powerfully tend to check that devilish feeling which causes husbands and wives to adopt systematic cruelty to each other; from which, indeed, no class of society is at present exempt. Persons not infrequently form matri monial alliances without consideration, urged either by the impulse of passion, or from motives of self-interest. By-and-by they disagree—their tempers, tastes, habits, and dispositions, do not coalesce—disappointment gives place to regret-- regret to passion—and passion but too frequently gives itself vent in deeds of disgusting cruelty— occasionally iu blood ! And yet those' parties are, as the law now stands, man and wife ! " 0 per verseness !" 'Tis a gordian knot, indeed, the marriage tie! Of course, in some cases, the wealthy have their remedy; but the poor have no alter native but quietly to submit to their very unenviable fate. How long is such an appalling state of things to continue ? How long until justice shall equally and equitably be acces sible to all classes without distinction ? Had this been so, the wretch who lately paid the legal penalty of his crime on the scaffold, would have been saved to society ; and his children would have been redeemed from the obloquy of carrying the murderer's stain upon their brow We are per fectly sure that had VOLTAIRE lived in these evil times, he would not say what once he did, that "if the Manche were bridged over, all the women of Europe would hurry to England as to the paradise of wives 1" Her Majesty held a Privy Council at Windsor Castle at three o'clock yesterday. Her Majesty will leave Windsor for Osborne to-day. _ Dispatches were sent off last evening from the Colonial office to the governors of the North Ame rican colonies. EXTENSIVE FORGERY BY A LIVERPOOL GENTLEMAN.-- Durink the present week a discovery has been made that an extensive forgery was committed on the Borough Bank of this town by Mr. Wm. - M'Curtin, of the firm of M'Curtin and Riley, provision merchants, Mathew-street, so far back as the month of October. Mr. M'Curtin carried on an ex tensive trade, and until the discovery of the forgery to which we allude, was supposed to be a man of probity, and pos sessed of considerable means. It would appear that on the 18th of October last a bill for £1540, drawn by Mr. M'Cur tin, and purporting to be accepted by Sir David Roache of Limerick, who is extensively engaged in flour and corn opera tions in the south of Ireland, was cashed at the Borough Bank. The bank authorities had not the slightest suspicion that the acceptance was a forgery until, on the presentation of the bill, Sir David Roache repudiated it, and denied hav ing any knowledge of the party by whom it was drawn. It was accordingly returned protested, and then the fact that a forgery had been committed by Mr. M'Curtin was clearly established. The matter was then placed in the hands of the police authorities, but up to the present Mr, ]'Curtin has succeeded in eluding their vigilance. It is suspected that this is not a solitary case ; but that several other forgeries, and for considerable amounts, will now be dis covered to have been committed by Mr. M'Curtin, some of whose private friends are also said to be likely to be heavy losers on his account. A dissolution of partnership between Mr. M'Curtin and his partner, Mr. Riley, who, we believe, is also his father in-law, has been announced. We under stand that Mr, M'Curtin was in town on Tuesday, and that he intimated to the solicitor for the bank that he would meet the crisis he felt was coming. A reward of £lOO has been offered for his apprehension.—From our Second Edition of yesterday. .....im. MONETARY AND COMMERCIO. VOS ll4° ' L IVERPOO L, FRIDAY Not Withstanding the semi-political weagnretart the Bank of England, as shown by t he y T O published in this day's NORTHERN DAIL ~0 09 we do not apprehend any material of the the money or produce markets, at any of th e i" to jo centres of trade and commerce. The Pr. _ e cko eti provement in the value of government stosscribe foreign and colonial produce must he t osti to the operation of a new element in o u r rial system. The production of gold in Able b quantities at a nominal cost must ine yita d duce the most marked changes in e ll f co eta where that metal has fo r med the basis of fiscal and commercial operation, and thc) to red understand the effects which are lik el y to from the gold importations now pouring country, give stability to a market in wh ich es soon see them revelling in the rais fe , l i t ies others. Those who mea s ure conanle'' f their real value, totally irrespectiv e ° flo iti (7s ,, of parliament, will understand the, xdepti; of our monetary interests, and ww or s no small advantage from the expeaditure gb time in mastering a subject which, 0 1, be appears abstruse to many, is capable ° res t understood by all classes of society. Ti nable„; advance in the value of C onso l s i s attriv" d or, the large importations o f go ld we a re ca ll 4n d announce almost daily ; and t o -day We Irj English Stocks are quoted at an advance cent. Consols closed 954 t o 951 f o r 111 °7P 1 ', time. Three and per cents, 961 to 06 d 4 ' s pro" Stock, 216 to 218. Exchequer Bills, 5s t eL t dri,c' The foreign house was not well attende d i , f otf; but in the business done, our quotations day were well supported. Russian Stoo', o s, 111 to 13 ; four per c en t s ., 97 to 99 ; Meg' to 251 ; Spanish, 451 to 461. It is again reported th a t th e French 06" < „e 5 eV is about to raise a Loan o f 160,000 , 000 ill' c ti The Railway Share Market was les s , cb spV to-day; but the quotations sh ow little or n° .14 ,v i rif from those of yesterday. tol e` The London Produce M ar k e t s h ave been; .1 active during the week an d c l ose d firtn' l ,o 4 , sugar market was well supplied with Pr ial ie India, but the demand was limited at 305 :, fi te0,, A 7 Refined was better. G rocery l umps we re vi 445. to 445. 6d. Floati ng carg o es o f foreiV ii ;vj were also in demand a t f u ll ra t es . For e()etdip demand increases, nativ e C e yl on w as 01 k 5; 465. 6d. to 475., Rio 445. to 495. T e a was ; , d Y demand, but we notice no alt era ti on in pr` c.s -0' rice all sorts were a shad e l ower . Cotton „ rather low. 1,00 In the{LondonCornMark e t th ere wa s a s W " - r, ply of fresh wheat, whil e th e supp l y o f fore o/ good. Prices were sustained, but nothing / 4 Flour and malt have no t c h ange d. o , l t s io ° quoted 6d. per quarter high er . We suur usual return of the arrivals : British Wheat 1070 Foreign 22,16 0 " Barley 2110 46 5, 870 " Oats 840 9, 830 " Meal 2830 " Flour 1530 << b 1,2 8 ° 5 r Irish Barley 600' an d '7,ou " Oats 19,610 The Liverpool Cotton Market has been., Tri the week with a fair , demand, of some 6 0 ° e ,,:tiel"r bales per day, and the low or inferior cltly"," 0 0 e lf American more in request both fronl and speculators, the prices of w hi c h were e ss,l; dearer than they were a w ee k ago—wiheo,l; ception, there was no chang e t o not ice in ", e4 4e' 4 of American cotton. Brazil s were in fai r : re lle lo t without any change in prices. E gy ptians and irregular. There has been a fairsleing r e Surats. 5860 bales Ameri can , 360 Bab ig nams, 370 Egyptian, and 1870 S ura t, &C., ' l- 0 1 0 ; 0 1 on speculation a n d f or expor t ; an d of i : by the trade. Th e actua l export coIIBISD °00: t o American, 110 Brazil, & c ., an d 1650 Eo, s " an A i' o s in all 2460 bales. Th e sa l es t o day ',01141- 6000 bales, of which 1000 are t a k en o n sr and for export. 0 11- " ar e, In our corn trade we have to notice,tiliveel‘*eA returns of sales of British Wheat tw a 'aing 65,173 qrs. at 725. 9d. p er qr . ; correse: last year, 96,792 qrs. at 40s. 11d. er al e ' ba re 5 The Grain trade thin , yeek 11.6.Pt58 — Th e tone, with Cy to low-"refrained h ave lar g e millerS the • tenor to y d` buying wheat i n market --"CePt very rately—for two or three ln a weeks, and we ,h a i riftt r : only a few speculative investments, rn hy,. lll3 ,, r ii i i s t 9 making soma concession of price. Ili er- t o fair attendance of millers and dealers at i. e , s el it , Exchange this morning, who supplied t t e- Icl• to a moderate extent, at a reduction of l ioa e i bushel on wheat, and 3d. to 6d. per barrel c : i ll e cli ll , 4 from last Tuesday's rates. Indian corn d, ). 0 , is to 2s per quarter, and was i n small dennl a ol best oats gave way ls. 2d. per bushel , 1 :160 0 ferior Irish, new, ld. to 2d., an d nea rly uns a id Oatmeal was 6d. per load cheaper. Bar ie c t ee . 2d. per bushel easier. Beans and peas un e i di a y o r We subjoin the lat es t course o f ForFT. change : Amsterdam, 11.16.1; short, 11. 1 g 204: werp, 25.15.201; Paris, 25.25.27 k; short, 24 'firi 0 1 ,,' Frankfort, 11814 ' • Vienna, 11,30 nominal' 11.31. nominal; Leghorn, 30.5.10 ; 13.451. Rates a little higher. BANK OF ENGLAND RETURNS. An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth 1 71 _ 4 0 .32, for this Week ending an Saturday, .Now""" 1853. ISSUE DEPARTMENT. Debit. , 1° Government 1 i1, 010, i Debt . „ . j -4,. fl'' '; Other Securities. •,','lst,, l '' GoldCoin&Bullion,, Silver Bullion . • q.' . y e a x ; 3 f Credit. Notes Issued.. £29,150,715 29,150,715, BANKING D . -PARTMENT . , Li Credit. i Debit. 04 , Proprietors' % _ l ie, , j £l4 553 000 Government } X V ' ' & Y Capital .. " Securities g 0 9 '90 1 4 Rest 3,217,322 Other Securities 9 4 If 60 Public Deposits . 6,034,154 Notes Other Deposits .. 11,632,208 Silver & Gold } Seven-day, and } 1,259,013 Coin -- - "<ji other 8i115... X3(3,%. £36,695,6971 f:4 The Bank of England returns for tn io olr ending the 19th of November show the ic) ;1 1 44 results as compared with the returns for 5 6,4 1 ceding week. Notes issued, decrease ~,s t , Unemployed notes, increase 554,2301. c rek t l crease 5,862/. Bullion in both departments , ' ll 4 ltl i 63,2441. Active circulation, decrease t e r o t Public deposits, increase 1,024,9321. 0 t1 7 4 - posits, decrease, 149,5611. Seven-day an de bills, decrease, 62,9181. On the credit 5 ,..1, ** - 0 1 government securities have increased 711,1°20e in the other securities there is a decr e 44.2,8011. crerior Our Share Market begins to show 1 11 , i - ef '0 symptoms of revival daily, and unless 1049 ;rtt e ,,1 investment has entirely forsaken the 1 , 1 pc]) -t districts, a marked improvement in this 1)2 ; li 3ti ; our business must soon take place. Til e ,,, -- for il " , t be large sums in the hands of the public 0.;;;t., vestment, and consequently a re-activ; necessarily ensue. To-day the market wa and closed firmly at our quotations. THEATRE ROYAL.—Last evening the me mber s c e.,,,,e r Manchester Shaksperian So c i e ty gave a perforiarot.7 proceeds of which are t o be presented to the 8 110 1 ,1 0 t1 17 500 pital. The performances were " Much Ado about e s €l, 4 . and "Twelfth Ni g ht," pl ays w hi c h amateurs tO C S C" successful in representing. The house was. crowde d A poetical address written/by Mr. J. B. Rogerson ws, s e e t tl by one of the members. At the conclusion of lie ocp. mance the members of the Manchester Shakespegelo saps were entertained to supper at Mr. Lawton's iy a t oP e As usual at host Lawton's, the viands w ore a' class, and admirably served. ? iji t t‘l' DOCTOR SUTHERLAND, a gentleman well know n has D ee b t: if eb o i pool, as of great eminence in his profession, the c d e efi week through Liverpool on an inspection 0 h or yards, and has been accompanied by the chu r s t he l e 0 14 the parish. We have heard that the visit .01 likely doctor, who has been in a public capacity, _! .9 ,, a rds• followed by the closing of several of our grav7 ati or ii iiiy , AccioEim—Robert Pierson, residing in N: s l ,, roti oa whilst working on board a vessel in Mr. Cato b_m eti lp iy 4 a yard, fell into the hold, and sustained a severe2 s re cel` and contusions on the face. The above ease . '" r . at the Southern Hospital. rt froolor` 4 d ELECTION OF W AR D AssEsso.—n. Salt _ or o ar, faJ c r yesterday morning, Mr. William Wilson, If so for was elected, without opposition, a ward a ss ' friars' Ward in that borough. FOR SALE, ital, The Fine British-built S mac k AMLWCH PACKET, 627 700-3500ths tons per register. Length 39 feet 2-10ths, breadth 13 feet 2-10tlis, depth 7 feet 9-10ths ; is an excellent carrier, upon a light draft of water and well suited for coasting purposes; now lying in Canning Dock.- -For particulars apply to RITCHIE, MACKAY, & CO., 6, Cook-street. Ai, f ;1, 1