The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-12-03 00:00:00

RUSSIA AND TURKEY. AFFAIRS OF THE EAST. (Pr om our Seco n d Editi o n of yesterday.) t?I, I4N A , THURSDAY EVENING.—On the 25th the advanced„ from Kalafat, 12 English .miles, v);Arajova, and formed an intrenched camp e p as men. Large bodies of Turks at the same .04 the UP and down the Danube. twe e „ e26 th, the Turks constructed a bridge Ti le - Ailstchuk and the Island of Mokanon. I ,Wliole o f t h e Polish army h a d marc h e d t o Itr ess rlt leipalities. Invalids out of Russian ' 4) e s and part of the Imperial Guard will .11 and has 4 z demanded of the Porte the return of iti e 4 h Bs . ia ll consul-general, and that his authority Th e - b ise his functions shall be granted to him. cAussian steam frigate Wladimir has been t a j a n Egyptian war . steamer. The Bessarabia teli rt a Turkish stedmer Aa ,EsT.—The Turks have resisted all the i h r, s", ; the Russians to expel them from their Position below Hirsova, at the confluence alonitza and Danube. G alatiin letters state that the 4 th and s th e t a reserve co rps are in movement—they have i t :sarabia, and are about to enter Wallachia. the TUESDAY EVENlNG.—Bucharest advices inti 2 Oth state that the Russian war steamer t ir tik j , oa a cruise in the Black Sea, had Ni i - ; to Sebastopol with two prizes—a Turkish 4p t i" e r steamer with a cargo of people, and an an f , en-gun steamer—the latter offered des 'clNlNstance. The Russians had two killed and 1 - 11 , 4 ed. This' s authentic. t urd 4 tortic/e's • Paris correspondent writes on 0 1 40 evening, that hopes are again enter eestin°f a pacific settlement of the Eastern :440 , but it is considered exceedingly ques j * b e Whether either of the belligerents will e 41 ,3 res Willing to entertain any proposal for a iklae Daily to negotiate a treaty of peace. k:11 0 - 1 ,"- L a i/Y News mentions that large quantities ki, 4 a(l fallen, and that military operations are ~,Ith":4 impossible. The wreck of a ship of the s quadron is reported. L 'N k ' rt lount to be remitted to this country by 'or dividends, &c., during the next four will probably be from £300,000 to £400,000, "kie l - 4 ' 3 one-half the total which has just been I .ll e 3' removed. I MO has a leading article on the Eastern NePeeting the position of Servia and her de 1111e/115en the Turkish government for the return i t tlssian consul-general. The neutrality of 7 1m. v ould be the most favourable circumstance Ir e ':,e3', but the above step and other reasons 4 to it impossible for the former to main- S he difficult position of neutrality, and the k o f ee l a no confidence that this state of things will if hostilities continue it is scarcely possible Ok k C "a. should remain . untouched by them. At Y\, 1 (1 11 tune it is certain that the court of Vienna 11, 4il ti lts ° t view with indifference the encroachment on the Servian . territory beyond the f1 e 1 4 4,' and before the Emperor Nicholas omi t° Oki; serious a movement, he will probably re thyetkan Austrian army of observation is about 'se oc `qed in close proximity to the scene of el irrences. 11 e I'URTHER PARTICULARS. I,44te4ln:option of offensive operations on an orb aid scale by the Turks along the Da nube, ` 4 e li 4l aificant indications of the determination „MPeror Nicholas to carry on the war with k Oct an account of one or two affairs in the between the Russian and Turkish ves -I,4llig"kn the main features of this day's "fighting t t hlte ell ee:' As regards the movements of the 0: 6 learn that on the* 25th they advanced fo, tua lat, 12 English miles, towards Krajova, 'IN, fined . te b rs , an intrenched camp for 8,000 men. cues of Turks at the same time passed O ti : e l d vn the Danube. The next day the Turks 4 1 41 of a bridge between Rustchuk and the 'lag s °f Mokanon. The advance inland from Iv Would thus appear once more to foresha t tlch a pproaching combat at Krajova, perhaps ': °) Nii ,arest ,* Considering the smallness of Prince 4 a "ff s army, and the length of time which giaiixplga,teslttzf.ore fresh troops can arrive to a t Yunlikely that Omar Pacha discovered nul s l weakness, and is in • to wake a fregh attempt to expel him from incipalities. This view seems all the more e from the fact that we are still without ial explanation of the motives which have ro l Omar Pacha to retire behind the Danube, ofi c Z,e than one account states that Prince Turkish is completely puzzled at the tactics 14 Turks commander. ( i ft ',io t , 14 '4 had been bombarding the Russian 401) 1 . Giurgevo from Rustchuk, for some ev io il, 4 ;try lis to the 26th, with their long range " tlu' a mong which there is one of such calibre i°ti l ,4,l - balls fall not only into Giureevo, but even Ve ht. t he barrier situated on the road to Bu.. 1, 0 , 4 t Iva Probably the result of this bombard ktNi„s their occupation of the island, for the ' ll of, 'which they had so persevaringly con l'khe teP' ( 1, 14 -s have, however, resisted all the efforts 11 1 ,41 17 4 the Danube ; the Russians have been % e ,, 1 tp R 0 !. 1111 .. ous attempts to expel the Turks from ,k 41 1 1,, %lon at Piva Petro, near Hirsova, at the 1 1.1, 1 re 4 ) , ee of the Talonitza and the Danube ; there they had uniformly failed, the Turks 4, 5 ', 11- k w hil eeessfally resisted all their efforts. c 4) . ‘ `,,lxte°ltnts from Wallachia concur in repro ttl'lNtile exasperation of the people at the Isat:;til the Russians. The administrative tepL ll of W'entered a protest against the incor p o Wallachian militia with the Russian ,ttl4'l l ' Political discussions are strict l y pro -44. ( "11 e - grier threats of the most ferocious kind , Of the Boyards who were lately arrested 'eat to the fortress of Bender, in Bessa el'ehtte, k t gtq from St. Petersburg say, that the late 94 1 ' I\l . `, the East have greatly irritated the Ern ),.4ll4tettenolas, and that those who are best ac -44 ho With his intentions do not think that he , t",1 .1 t o ; ) enter into any negociations, or listen to th kt `lt cesitions for a compromise. t 4,, I:est accounts from the Danube announce kl ) ;,` l 'ge body of Cossacks having passed the " v e Turtukai during the night to recoil 4 • W ere surprised by the Turks and cut to 13 4 :ot ti I f't ,'"ht , e , l ' l e Black Sea, we learn by advices dated tV~ the 29th, that the Russian war steamer S % !q t,) ,on a cruise in the Black Sea, had re . - i lyN e oebastopol with two prizes—a Turkish_ bragki 10 r steamer, with a cargo of pepper, andthe t --gun steamer Pervazy-Bahri. The 4.red a desperate resistance. The leßus te44lll two killed and two wounded. I tat e N 4 with several vague statements of the Mt ll ° , f negociations by the powers, we have ti lf ,` that the French government has re the r of the Emperor Nicholas to the ,',Dae s ifi ve propositions which have emanated 17 t e l ,_ 1 " t : ; and c that in that answer the Czar k t ,o4,:uat he cannot accept of any project NeY,‘Voent that does not issue direct from k '4 ( .7,,, 1 'd that henceforth the fate of arms I ° kio rki ` , e the question. hi,llll,.. o njournal has some speculative remarks question of renewed negociat ions with il e i ,ed not delay our readers. 1 1 ,' (1 th -13 araguay d'Hilliers in his address, ad- S4 ltibi e Cause of peace, provided peace was r e W ith the independence of Turkey. The ~- P Lied i n the most cordial manner. He 4 o t t. th e necessity of putting a term to the tk ( Ptin e . Russia, and declared that the Dann vieeprlalities must be evacuated. 1 4 4 4 „, foi.:,,, ee e.ived from Trieste state that the Ot def:s in Asia have followed up their suc -01;t the epee of fort of St. Nicholas by the cap • er tresses of Usurgheti and Souchoum (e4 .`4lO G 4 tlrk, eorgian.s, it is stated, are favourable 1 1; 14 i EL I : 1 1 i t th,„ - ers has led a portion of the fifth "Liiihalt had--turY corps across the Pruth, between e ° l va but of Osten Sacken's corps A (P b een ' seen. orit e 4 / 1 1 our r • • s, r Thi rd Edition of Yesterday.) i f a v e l I rrUEitall informed EVENING.—Our correspondent that telegraphic advices 't t tl 'lN l , fir st ° l!s nature have reached Paris to-day. lON °r Of 1 1 : , )l ace it is-said that as soon as the t g 4tt oltussia heard of the passage of the havea_ enitza, and the defeat of his force s, Ibitt 4 1 1 1. tuciertits for the whole army of Poland . kik ' l l4 e , and determined °ll g th _hits guards and the invalids who ' 3 Russian fortress to supply the place of the troops to move from Poland. If this be true, it shows a determination on the part of the Emperor to push the war with the utmost vigour; and it at the same time proves that the troops which were to have reinforced Prince Gorts chakoff's army have been otherwise disposed of. After what has transpired as to the war now raging in the Caucasus, there can now be little doubt where the troops have been sent. lam also informed that the Turks have suddenly again assumed the offen sive; that they have marched from Kalafat, and en trenched themselves, and that there is again a chance or a probability of their entering Bucharest. CHRISTIANS IN THE TURKISH ARMY. A letter in the Journal des Debats, speaking of the composition - of the Turkish army, says :—"You are doubtless aware that among the irregular corps of the Ottoman army there are already a certain number of Christians ; they are said to amount to seven or eight thousand, mostly Catholics of Bos nia or Albania, It is now in contemplation to form regular corps of Christians. The government will commence by a regiment of Cossacks, Christians of the Greek Church, who emigrated in the time of the Greater Catherine, and to whom the Turkish government gave land in Dobrodia, on the right bank of the Danube. A regiment of 900 horsemen is to be raised, which will be commanded by Sadyk Pacha, a Pole by birth, and who, after having made the campaign of Poland, in 1830, came and demand ed an asylum in France; and when the republic with drew from him the passport which secured to him protection, he went to Turkey. M. Chaikowsky there became Sadyk Effendi, and has only recently been raised to the rank of Pacha. He is one of the most determined enemies of the Russian govern ment, and his well-known sentiments have caused him to be on two occasions personally named in the dispatches from St. Petersburgh to the Divan. This regiment will be formed at Constantinople ; and to prove that Mussulmans can live on good terms with Christians, these Cossacks, during the time necessary for their instruction, will be quar tered in a barrack partly occupied by a regiment of Turkish cavalry. The new note proposed by France and England has just been presented to the Divan, and, contrary to what was at first thought, it is England which urges in the warmest manner its signature by the Porte. It is, however, positively stated that the document has not yet been submitted to the council of ministers, and, according to general belief, there is no doubt of its being rejected, PRUSSIA. According to advices from Berlin of the 28th, the senior member, acting pro tent. as president of the Second Chamber, delivered a speech to the effect, that " Events of the deepest importance had shaken Europe; that two great powers were engaged in war; that the Prussian government had maintained the national independence; that in every possibility Prussia, supported by nances in the best state, and an army distin guished by its courage, would be enabled to throw her remonstrances into the balance, and to oppose encroachment in whatever quarter it might ori ginate. (From our Second Edition of Yesterddy.) PORTUGAL—The Times morning article says it is understood that no news of an attempted outbreak in Portugal has been received at the Portuguese embassy, or the foreign-office The statement is therefore believed to be without foundation ; while it is also said that according to the dates given, it is impossible it could have been trans mitted as was reported to Madrid.. MONETARY. PARIS, THIIRSDAY.-At the Bourse the settlement of accounts was satisfactory, and consequently the Funds rose. Three per Cents closed at 74if., and Four-and-a-Half per Cents at 1004 f. THE SWEDISH DIET. STOCKHOLM, Nov. 24.—The King opened the Diet tc-day in person. His Majesty's speech contained the following passage :—" Agreeably to the de mands of my royal duty and the present political position of Europe, I will cause to be laid before you a statement of a complete system of defence. Such a system is imperatively called for, in order to place the country in a position to preserve its independence." NEW BRUNSWICK. (Front our Third Edition. of Yesterday.) The new ship Tyrone, Captain Dormard, arrived here to-day from Bathurst, New Brunswick, having made the passage in fourteen days, from land to land, and brings the latest dates from that quarter. For some time before her sailing, the early ap proaches of a severe winter had set in, which was hindering labour. It was feared - that the vessels in port would have to lay over the winter, on the Susannah, which was loaded, and rmdy for sea, being frozen up. Accounts from the ports higher up the St. Lawrence are of the same tenor. THE JESUITS EXPELLED FROM BADEN.—The Archbishop of Frieburg, has presented a protest to the government of Baden against the expulsion of the Jesuit preachers from the Grand Duchy. The minister of the sovereign replies that the mo tive on which the government acted was an evi dent intention on the part of the holy fathers to circumvent the government and evade the law re gulating the settlement of religious order in the territory of Baden. The only guarantee which the government has at any time for the behaviour of a foreign clergy is the confidence that the archbishop himself will watch over them, but this confidence, alas ! is gone, and the government can no more allow the Jesuits to settle within its jurisdiction. HANovEn.--The Augsburg Gazette contains a letter from Hanover, which says:—The political colour of the new minis try is not as yet clearly defined. The opinions of the presi dent of the council are alone known. The king insists on the restitution of a part of the domains which have been, since 1848, transformed into state property. His majesty wants to have matters re-established on the same footing as previously, because the dotation of the crown is taken from the revenue of the domanial property. The ministers who lately resigned were not of that opinion, and that circum stance was, in fact, the cause of their resignation. LOMI3ARDY. —By accounts from Milan it seems that the return of Count Gyulai, or the apprehension of that of Maz zini, or a mixture of both of these evils, has been the signal for the most unprecedented precautions against anything like surprise —such, indeed, as are only taken by troops, in an enemy's country, and not always then. Guards are placed in parts of the town were no guards ever were before; the numbers at the different posts are doubled ; the soldiers so employed are secured from being overpowered by any sudden onslaught of a mob by stout stockades ; even in the theatre the officers of the garrison have a pen so railed off for them as to protect them from the animosity of the multi tude, and a private entrance assigned them ; and to render security doubly sure, civilians are not allowed to enter the theatre without showing their passport, or carts di sicureza, at the door. IMPORTANT TO 4, EXCURSION " RAILWAY TRAVELLERS. WHALLEY V. THE LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY. This was an action brought in the county court at Man chester, and tried on the 29th ult. Mr. Etty,' solicitor, of Liverpool, appeared for the railway company. The plain tiff claimed to recover the value of certain luggage lost by him on his journey from Birmingham to Manchester by one of Marcus's excursion trains in October, 1852. The learned judge, after perusing Marcus's bill of the trip, held that the railway company was NOT liable for property lost on their line, and belonging to passengers by excursion trains. DEATH OF AN OLD RAILWAY OFFICER.—MT. Eborall, the goods' manager of the Birmingham station of the London and North-Western railway, died suddenly on Wednesday morning last. He was a most able and faith ful servant of the company, and was much beloved by all those under him. SCOTCH FARMS.— Large quantities of sheep tare being imported from the Highlands into Wigtonshire to eat up the surplus produce of the enterprising agriculturists of that county.—North British Daily Mail. DEATH FROM INTOXICATION.—A man named George Clecry, a mason, who has lately pursued a course of dis sipation, was found in a state of perfect intoxication, on Monday evening, about five o'clock, in May-street. He was taken to the police-office, and placed near a fire ; but about twelve o'clock, seeing that he was exhibiting symp tom of serious illness, he was conveyed to the general hospital. He was then in a perfect state of insensibility, and the stomach-pump was applied by Dr. Breaky, but from that time until Tuesday evening, when he said a few words to his wife, he did not show any symptoms of con sciousness, and died at an early hour yesterday morning. An inquest was held by Mr. Jackson and a respectable jury, yesterday, when, after hearing the medical and other testi monies, a verdict of " died from the effects of intoxication" was returned.—Northern Whig, THE NORTHERN DAILY TIMES. IRELAND [FROM OUR OWN conansroNnENr.] DUBLIN, FRIDAY. The annual dinner of the Licensed Victuallers' Association was rendered more interesting than ususal yesterday, by the attendance of several notabilities. The lord mayor, himself a member of the body, occupied the chair, and was supported by a number of members of parliament, alder men, town councillors, and other citizens of respec tability. Mr. Dargan was also present. When the health of this last-named gentleman was pro- posed, he said—My lord mayor and gentlemen, I am always delighted to be amongst my fellow citizens, but I certainly did not expect any such reception as that with which I have been greeted to-night, and the manner in which you have re sponded to the kind notice which the lord mayor has taken of my name quite overpowers me, and renders me incapable of responding adequately. (Applause.) But, at the same time, while 1 deeply and sincerely thank you, and while I am proud and gratified to see such a manifestation of feeling towards me, I also prize it, value it, and am still more deeply impressed with simple gratitude and sincere feeling. (Applause.) The lord mayor in proposing my health which you have so kindly and generously responded to, coupled it with the sentiment of " industrial independence." That is a sentiment which I greatly admire and value —I think it is one that properly felt for, and feel ingly acted upon, will always be an advantage to those who possess it. (Loud applause.) I believe that perseverance, simple right, an intelligent mind, and industrious labour will always obtain indus trial independence. (Applause.) I never hear the name of independence mentioned but my own country and my own fellow-townsmen at once occur to my mind. I have heard a great deal about the independence that we were to derive from this, that, and the other place, and of the great expectations we were to have from the people of other countries coming amongst us. But while I value and prize, as much as any man living, the great advantages that can and must result from that intercourse—much of which has happened to us this year—l never was more deeply im pressed with any feeling than this, that our indus trial independence must be dependent on our selves. (Continued applause.) Ido believe that from simple industry and careful exactness in the prosecution of our energies—of which our people have so much—a fairer chance, nor a brighter prospect has never arisen than we have at present. I do sincerely trust that our bright prospect will not reduce our energies or our labours. We have made but one step, but that perseverance which I have before alluded to as a great agent of success, will cause us to prbsecute our endeavours, and finally arrive, as we could, and I firmly believe we will, within a short period, at a position of equal comfort, equal happiness, and equal just pride with any other people. I have been for a very long time listening to the pity that was given to us, but I hope I will never hear of that again. (Deafening applause.) I am most sincerely and deeply grateful to you, and I beg to return you my best and most heartfelt thanks. (Mr. Dargan re sumed his seat amidst prolonged applause.) KELLY V. BIRCH.—This .case, so much canvassed, came on again yesterday in the chancery court. You are aware that Mrs. Kelly, the party complain ing, alleges that the defendant, who acted as her solicitor and agent in money affairs, had appro priated to his own use several thousand pounds entrusted to him by her for the purpose of invest ment on her account. Mr. Sergeant Christian was heard for the respondent, and contended that the money alleged to have been embezzled was a free gift, and made over to Birch when the case of Thewles v. Kelly was pending, that it might not be impounded in case, it was decided that Miss Thewles was the rightful possessor of Mr. Edmund Kelly's demised property. After hearing Mr. Hughes, Q. C., for the petitioner, the Lord Chan cellor decided on granting a re-hearing of the peti tion, confining the respondent to the question of gift, and not permitting auy allusion to the alleged illegal assignment, The criminal proceedings against Birch conies on to-day. In the court of Queen's bench an action has been tried, in which Mr. Edward Swords, a highly re spectable gentleman' was plaintiff, against Mr. Dycer, the well-known livery stables proprietor and horse dealer. It was for injuries caused to the plaintiff by a carriage having been driven over kiln by defendant's servants. Mr. Swords, an old luau of seventy, had sustained very serious hurts. He had been confined to his bed for three months, and afterwards he was attacked by a cancer, which was said to be developed by some bruises he had received from the injuries inflicted. On this last point there, was not sufficient evidence ; but for the other injuries, the jury found a verdict for the plaintiff for £5O, in addition to £5O already lodged in court INCUMBERED ESTATES COURT.—The estates of Robert Otway, Esq., county Tipperary, were yester day sold by the Incumbered Estates Commis sioners, and realised £21,050, being twenty-four years' purchase. AWFULLY SUDDEN DEATH.—A respectable farmer, named Webb, residing at Dunmanway, County of Cork, whilst walking in the street of that town a few hours after his marriage, suddenly fell on his . face and was taken up dead. Francis Spaight, Esq., the esteemed shipowner, was declared elected Mayor of Limerick, yesterday. The legality of the election has, however been chal lenged by his opponent, Alderman Watson, who threatens to bring the matter before the Queen's bench. AN IRISH METHOD OF SUPPRESSING PUSEYISM----A correspondent of theßanner of Ulster,who signs him self 1 " A Puritan," writes thus :—" During the past week, the usually quiet town of Killileagh has been the scene of no little commotion, an event having occurred there which has disturbed the compla .cency of many of its high church folks, and tickled the humour of its Presbyterian population. A few months since, the worthy rector of Killileagh im ported an English curate to assist him in his parish. The new arrival, pitying the defective spirituality of the souls of his cure, thought fit, after the Pu seyite fashion of his own country, to ornament his back, during the services, with an addition to his ordinary vestments of what is generally known among the people as a goat-skin, but which is eccle siastically styled a hood. This innovation did not excite much dissatisfaction, as the appendage and the person seemed to suit each other; but when the rector himself, at the instance of his theologi cal supplement, presented himself to his congre gation dressed in a red hood, not a few felt highly affsgriovoa at the oisht mU indignant at the cause. They fancied they beheld mystic Baby lon in the scarlet of their pastor, and, resolving to have no fellowship with the works of dark ness, they protested against what they considered popish innovation, and left the church. Such was the prevailing state of feeling in Killileagh when, a short time ago, a powerful lecture was de vered there by Mr. Alexander Field, a native of the place, on the Puritans of England, in which the puritanic aversion to the episcopal vestments, and among them the hood, was defended, and the popish character of the garment fully exposed. It seems that this had the effect of rousing into action the protesting puritanism of the high church congregation, for, on Sabbath week, one or more of them entered the vestry, and left the ' mystic Babylon' of the rector's hood a spectacle of shreds and patches. A vestry has since been held to in vestigate the matter, but who the offending parties are has not been discovered. A reward, it is said, is about to be offered to find them out." - MORALITY IN EMIGRANT SHIPS.—The Freeman of to-day says :—An emigrant ship has, it appears, been recently driven back by contrary winds to an Irish port, after having almost reached its destina tion beyond the Atlantic ; and we may easily sup pose that the miseries endured by its living freight, tossed upon the ocean for some ten or twelve weeks, must have been painful in an extreme degree. But to the ordinary miseries that were to be expected on such an occasion, others, of a de scription we should hope less usual, were added. Among the passengers it appears that some women of an infamous character were admitted, and the conduct of these wretched persons, and of others equally wicked with themselves of the other sex, was such as filled the moral portion of those on board with the utmost horror. We are assured that scenes of debauchery were witnessed on board too abominable to be described. Mr. J. N. Murphy (liberal) has been unani mously cleated Mayor of Cork for 1804. THE HO I'. AND .REV. BAPTIST 21 7 0 EL AND PROTESTANT MISSIONS, TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN DAILY TIMES SIR, —During the short time I have subscribed to your paper, I have welcomed its appearance on my breakfast table with increasing pleasure. I was glad to observe, as I thought, signs of life and vigour about it, which led me to hope that a star of no ordinary magnitude had appeared in these northern latitudes, to throw a clear and steady light over our commercial and political horizon. But these anticipations were , destined to a sudden and unexpected obscuration. On the morning 'of the 27th instant, I found an article on the Hon. and Rev. B. Noel's address on Protestant Missions in France, which for flippant reasoning, intem perate language, I have rarely seen excelled in any of our provincial papers. It is not my object to defend Mr. Noel. His character, both as a writer and divine, occupies too lofty a position to be much affected either by censure or praise% while his noble renunciation of place and emolument in the Establishment at the call of duty, ought to command for him the respect and esteem of every right-minded individual. Neither is it my inten tion to defend the address he delivered on the occasion of his recent visit. Of course, if any one expected, as you appear to have done, a graphic sketch " of men and manners," it is not surpris ing that you should be disappointed, as he only professed to give information on the state of reli gion on the continent. Perhaps this may also account for your styling it " a rhapsodical dis course," savouring too much "of conventicle twaddle." What may be the precise meaning of the latter phrase, perhaps you would kindly ex plain, for the benefit of you dissenting readers who might readily retort that it is quite as easy to " twaddle " in the pages of a newspaper as in a conventicle. • But you proceed to ridicule the idea of attempt ing to alienate the Catholics in France from their allegiance to the Pope; and you add, that while we formerly laughed at the Pope for seeking to make us Catholics, we have now fairly turned the laugh against ourselves by seeking to make them Protestants. It is true, indeed, that the grandilo quent language of the Pope's bull, in which he claimed the whole territory of England as his own ecclesiastical province, excited a smile in those who knew how little ground there was for such pretensions. But it is quite a different affair with the legitimate efforts of the Romish church to extend its boundaries. Instead of exciting ridicule, they ought to command respect, and induce those who deem it a system fraught with fatal error, to redoubled eflbrts on behalf of a purer creed. My chief object, however, in writing, is to call your attention to that portion of your article in which you denounce all missionary efforts on the plea that all our exertions are required to remove the ignorance, vice, and misery of our home-popu lation. lam aware this is a very popular notion; btit it is as hollow as any fallacy abroad in society. It is founded on the assumption that if the funds now devoted to missions abroad were withdrawn, they would all flow into streams of charity at home. But this is contrary both to reason and experience. To reason, because the principle of benevolence is strengthened, not weaken ed, by exercise, and the more we help our fellow creatures in distant lands, the more are we inclined to alleviate the wants of our own countrymen. It is also contrary to experience, for who are the parties who arefound establishing day-schools--teaching the chil dren of the poor from sabbath to sabbath—sending the town missionary and ,scripture reader into every nook and alley of our large towns—diving into the lowest haunts of poverty and vice, and training the offspring of the drunkard and thief to habits of honest industry ? Who, but the very men who are seeking to reclaim the savage from the cruel superstitions and degrading habits of heathen ism ! If this be true of individuals, it is equally true of nations. The same country which supports the largest army of missionaries, and which struck the fetters from the slave, is the country where more benevolent attention fis paid to the wants of the humbler classes than any other in Europe. For proof of this you have only to consult Samp son Low's book on the charities of London, where you will see a collection of institutions and societies for the benefit of the poor, such as never before were collected in any city in the world. There is not an ill that flesh is Their to," but you will here find an institution specially adapted for its re moval or mitigation, and these institutions are sup ported by voluntary contributions ; to the amount of hundreds of thousands of pounds annually. Indeed so much is this the case; as to strike every foreigner with astonishment, one of whom was led to remark that—" the English build their poor houses like palaces, and their palaces like hospitals." So far from its being a ground of complaint, that too little is done for the poor, it has become a serious question with many whether we are not overdone with charity in the present day. Bedford, for example, is pauperised by its 69 • charities. The true way to elevate the masses is not to teach them to look to societies ;or institutions or parish unions in the hour of want; but to inculcate the virtues of temperance, economy, and self-reliance. Let us by all means do what we can to banish want and wretchedness from our midst, but let us never suppose that the performance of this duty releases us from, or is compatible with, the dis charge of our obligations to enlighten ignorance and alleviate human suffering, under whatever clime it may be found. The one we ought to do, but not to leave the other undone.—l am, yours .espectfully. THE PRESTON STRIKE. FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT. PRESTON, FRIDAY EVENING.—Mr. Cowell having returned from London to-day, a meeting was convened in the Orchard this afternoon, to afford him an opportnnity of giving some account of his metropolitan mission, The CHAIRMAN (Mr. Waddington) having offered a few introductory remarks, Mr. COWELL presented himself and was greeted with general acclamations. He gave an account of his interviews with the representatives of the various trades, stating that he found them unanimously determined to render assistance to the operatives of Preston, and not to allow them to be crushed. At one of their meetings in London, a friend rose and urged that the Preston operatives should co-operate. A succeeding speaker said it was of no use talking of them about co-operation now ; they wanted " brass,' and brass they must have. Let them talk about co-operation after their dispute was settled. The Preston operatives were struggling against a united power, but it was against the accursed power of the " shoddyocracy." The masters asso ciation hadelli nn * uu im, tnat placard tuey offere a notice, to the effect that all who choose to resume work at the prices paid in March last coulddo so. This was the great testing point of the whole agitation. Would the men return to their work ? ( No). The fate, not only of themselves, but of their neighbours, depended upon their action at this crisis. If they succumbed posterity would curse them, and their children's children would never forgive them. Let the masters but give the prices they were paying when they locked up their mills, and they would find plenty of hands ready to go to work. (Hear, hear). Mr. J. BOWMAN exhorted his hearers not to resume labour on the terms proposed by the masters. He was not one of those who believed that trade was so bad as was represented by the interested portion of the community. He would not say that it was so good at present as it was in June or July; but it was good enough at all times for masters in other dis tricts to pay their hands from five to seven per cent more than was given in Preston. (Hear, hear). The meeting concluded with three cheers for the ten per cent. STABBING.—At the police-court, yesterday, a man of dissipated appearance, named Chapman, was charged with stabbing a person named John M'Bride, on Saturday night last. The prisoner stated, in reply to the bench, that the complainant had struck him first. A witness was here pro duced, who stated that the prisoner first began the attack, and that he (witness) had had his coat cut an attempt which the prisoner had made to stab him also. Mr. Tracy fined the prisoner in 61. and costs, or in default payment, ordered him to be imprisoned for two months, remarking that he must be an assassin, or he would not have made such an attack as he had done.—N. B. Hail. IMPORTANT TO RAILWAY CONTRACTORS.—A case of con siderable importance to railway contractors was decided by sheriff Tonnent in the small debts court, Airdrie, on Tuesday, the 29th ult. The pursuer, a railway navvie, raised an action against his employer for repetition of a sum of wages paid him in lines or orders for money, (the orders though for cash, were discounted by the workmen for goods), and which were alleged to be so paid in violation of the act 1 and 2 Wm. IV, c. 37, commonly designated the Truck Act. The sheriff, after hearing parties' agents fully, and adjourning the case for two consecutive days, dismissed the case upon the ground that the act did not appear to extend to navvies employed exclusively in the formation of a railway...6...z .8. COUNTY CO URT-YESTERDAY. The court sat at the usual hour yesterday. CURRAN V. SMITH.—This was an action brought by a young man named John Curran, to receive 51. from Joseph Smith, car-driver, residing in Scotland-road. The amount was claimed for injury done, by the accidental discharge of a pistol by defendant's son, to the plaintiff. It appeared that both the young men were employed together, and that while at work, the younger Smith was doinc , something with a pistol, which he believed was not loaded, when, happening to touch the trigger, it went off, and the contents were lodged in plaintiff's side. Plaintiff stated that he had to go to the hospital until the wound was cured. Smith stated that he had offered to pay the plaintiff his wages, and tad. a day and his expenses, but the offer was refused. His Honor, after remarking that it was by singular good for tune the accident had not terminated fatally, asked the plaintiff who had advised him to the wise course of sum moning the father of the young man. Plaintiff stated he was advised to do so by a person whom he met in the street. His Honour said the action could not be supported, and the best thing, therefore, he could do for the plaintiff was to strike it out, as the father could not be held to be liable. The case was accordingly struck out, his Honor ordering that the court fees should be returned to the plaintiff. LAUER V. APKENNA.—This was an action brought by John Lauer, bookseller, against Peter M'Kenna, tailor, Park-lane, to recover the sum of 11., the price of binding a copy of Fullerton's bible. John Savage, a person in the employment of plaintiff, stated that the defendant gave an order to have the bible bound according to a specimen which was shown to him for 11. When the book was delivered, the defendant objected to it, on the ground that it was not bound in calf, and opened it so roughly that the band was broken. He then refused to pay for it, and sent for a policeman to put witness:out of his shop. The witness stated that the band was not broken when the book was delivered. The plaintiff admitted that the boards were not so strong as those of the specimen shown, but said that in every other respect the binding was the same. Mr. Grocott appeared for the de fence. Evidence was given to show that when the book was delivered it was in such a condition that it would soon fall to pieces, and that the band was actually broken. The de fendant also denied having handled the book roughly. His Honor was of opinion that the book was not bound as it should, according to specimen. He gave a verdict for the plaintiff for 12s. 6d., and costs out of pocket. A SCENE.—KENNY V. GLYN.—III this case James Kenny, a boarding-house keeper, living in Simpson-street, summoned Messrs. Glynn and Co., Itedcross-street, mer chants, to recover the value of a seaman's note, issued by the captain of a vessel named the Liffey. Mr. Pope appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Hime for the defendant. Mr. POPE proceeded to state the case, in a manner which attracted the attention of all in court. The plaintiff was called, and was being examined, when Mr. Pope rose and proceeded to make some observations to the court in support of the case. When Mr. Pope had re sumed his seat, His HONOR turned towards the plaintiff, and said :—I de cline to go on with this case, because I do not think your attorney is in that condition in which he ought to appear before me to-day. Let this case be struck out. If your attorney comes into court in the state in which he now is, unable to attend to his business, he ought to pay the ex penses of the client whom he has brought here unnecessarily. Call the next case. Mr. Pope in a few minutes withdrew from the court. PRESERVATION OF LIFE FROM SHIPWRECK. On Thursday a meeting of the general committee of the Royal National Institution for the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck, was held at the offices, John-street, Adelphi. The chairman of the society, Mr. Alderman Thompson, M.P., presided on the occasion. The SECRETARY, (Mr. R. Lewis) having read the minutes of the previous meeting, the silver medal of the institution was voted respectively- to George Bonner and Richard Rioch, coast-guard men at Collieston, on the coast of Aber deen, for their gallant services in saving with a shore-boat a portion of the crew of the Russian schooner Elise, which was wrecked near that place on the 19th of October. It appeared that the vessel was bound -from Liverpool to Elsinore, with a valuable cargo of cotton yarn and salt, and had sprung a leak on the 16th of °eV:l)er, when between 200 and 300 miles from the Scotch coast. She bore up for that country, keeping the hands day and night at the pumps till the 19th, when the pumps became choked up by the salt. At ten o'clock on the evening of that day, the vessel had six feet of water in her hold, and soon afterwards struck on some rocks near the mouth of the river Ytham. The captain and carpenter having succeeded in reaching the shore through a heavy surf in the ship's boat, proceeded to the coast-guard station. It was now about midnight, and Lieut. Lodder, R.N., chief officer of the station, with his two men, imme diately attempted to get off to the wreck in the small boat in which the master came on shore, but after two attempts they were compelled tolgive it up, the boat having been swamped on both occasions. Having been thus defeated in their praiseworthy endeavours, the two men above named launched a small private skiff, and in spite of the very heavy sea that was then running succeeded in reaching the wreck, a distance of two miles, and in taking off the remaining portion of the crew (consisting of four persons), with the ctehx: matt, . n o f d the aa mate, „.. w h o d o i c t o o w n a safstaeird the had l v e sasshd vessel struck.himself to He had on his body two watches and a tin ca.e. At noon the vessel parted amidships. Through the noble exertions of Bonner and Rioch, under the instructions of their intelligent chief officer, to whom the committee unanimously voted their thanks, four of the wrecked crew were thus rescued from inevitable destruction. It appears that since the establishment of the society, nearly 8,500 persons have been thus saved, and for rescuing whom the institution has voted rewards amounting to nearly £9,000. It was reported at the meeting, that the new life boat placed at Boulmer only a few months ago by the Duke of Northumberland, and presented by him to the society as its president, had a few days since been instrumental in saving the crew of the Robert Nicol, of Perth, which was wrecked near that place on Thursday last. Captain Henderson, R.N., C. 8., Comptroller-General of the Coast-guard, having been elected a member of the com mittee of management, the proceedings closed. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT. IN RE THE REV. THOMAS BAGNALL BAKER. This insolvent, the former incumbent of Woburn chapel, St. Pancras, was finally heard on his application to be dis charged under the act. Mr. Sleigh appeared, on the present occasion, for Mr. Benjamin Peach, an attorney; Mr. Cooke, with whom was Mr. Sargood, supported the application for discharge. Originally the case was before the court on the Ist ult., and again on the Bth of the same month. An opposition was made on the part of a Mrs. Bussell, who was a creditor for £6OO for money advanced. The money was obtained through Mr. Peach, as attorney for the insolvent, and it was alleged by Mr. Baker that he only received £430 of the money. He further said that £lOO was deducted as premium, and £7O as law costs. On the second hearing, Mrs. Bussell denied that £lOO was deducted by her, and that she had advanced the whole amount. It turned out that Mr. Peach was trustee for Mrs. Bussell, and it was held that Mr. Peach was the creditor and not Mrs. Bussell, and he was ordered to be served with notice. The commissioner intimated that Mr. Peach should attend. Before the case on the present occasion was entered upon, Mr. Commissioner Phillips said he had last night received a letter in favour of the insolvent. It was a long letter, but he had not read it, for when he saw its object he put it aside. It was very reprehensible to write to a person who had to decide upon a case in a court of justice. He thought that by the position of the insolvent, he would have known it. 'he insolvr The insolvent declare He had not heard of it. :new not Mr. Commissioner Phillips said he wag I _I• - 1,;„, __ 3-1 au. Ate couta make great allowance for the feelings of the person who had written it, but he must say it was very improper conduct. It had entirely failed of its intention. POLICE COURT.—YESTERDAY. STEALING A GOOSE.—John Jones, a person of the most unprepossessing appearance, being unshaven, and his gar ments all in tatters, was charged with stealing a goose from. St. John's Market , the property of Mr. Bowes. The pri soner was seen to take the goose from the stall, and when apprehended it was found upon him. In his defence he stated, when he entered the market, having been commis sioned to purchase a goose for a lady, he was in a state of intoxication, but he knew that he had upwards of I ls. his person, but when searchei he had only a few coppers, therefore he did not want to steal it. Havieg been pre viously convicted for a similar robbery, he was committed to prison. THE GLORIOUS 88TH.—Michael Tale, a military-looking young man, in shabby-genteel attire, was charged with robbing Patrick Farrell, a soldier belonging to the 88th Regiment, of 11s. From the statement of the complainant, it appeared that he had obtained a furlough to visit his friends in Newry in Ireland, after an absence of many years, for which purpose he had got his captain to advance 25s , 21s. of which he had carefully deposited in his purse, and the 4s. he kept loose in his pocket. Anxious to be with the early friends of his youth, he repaired to the Dublin Steam Packet Company to ascertain at what hour the packet de parted, and being informed that it did not start until eleven o'clock at night, he left the quay, and in his perambulations fell in with three soldiers belonging to the 34th regiment, with whom he sat down to enjoy the parting glass, when they were joined by the prisoner, who formerly, if he did not at present, belonged to the same regiment as himself. Having regaled themselves, until the complainant became Bacchus pleni, he invited the prisoner to his lodgings to take tea, and then they retired to bed together, but the prisoner placed the sol dier's clothes on a bed, and after a time, said they would have some more ale. He went to get the ale, but the land lord refused to have the house disturbed at that hour of the night. When the prisoner returned, and taking the com plainant's purse, counted the money in it, and persuaded , him to leave the house, which he would not do. The money in the purse was handed over to the landlady, but it ap peared that instead of being 215., the prisoner only handed over 10s. He most positively swore that no money was taken out of the purse from the time he had deposited the 21s. in it. The prisoner denied the taking of the money, and stated that the soldier of the 88th was in a most dis graceful state of intoxication, which was confirmed by the landlady and other witnesses. The magistrates admonished the soldier for being in such a state, and discharged the prisoner. CHARGE OF ROBBERY.—Thomas Toss, a soldier belonging to the 34th regiment, was charged with stealing 255. from the purse of Peter Cornell, on board the Telegraph packet, from Dublin to Liverpool. The complainant stated that he was a passenger on board the packet, with the prisoner, last night, and that during the voyage the prisoner put his hand into his pocket, and took therefrom the above amount, all he possessed in the world ; and upon accusing him of the theft, he threatened to knock his brains out. As the complainant could not give a very satisfactory account of how the robbery was effected, and it being proved that the soldier was very drunk when he went on board, and bad only a few shillings upon his person when searched. The prisoner was dismissed. THE DALE STREET " DUFFERS."—Ambrose Flinn was charged with assaulting John Reynolds. The complainant alleged that he had met the defendant in Dale-street, on the previous evening, when he had knocked him down, and stole 1 ls. 9d. from his person. The accuser and the accused are two men belonging to,a gang of fellows, denominated the " Dale-street Duffers," who obtain a livelihood by imposing upon the innocent strangers, who arrive in this town, by pretending to sell them smuggled tobacco, &c., and it is not unfrequently the case that the parties falling a prey to these rascals, get robbed of all they possess. There being no evidence of the robbery, but a witness, one of the gang, swearing to the assault, the case was referred for adjudication to the other court, there being only one magistrate present. Susricious CHARACTERS.—Edward Barrel; Michael Doreen, and Thomas Taggett, were charged by the police with lurking about the Clarence graving-dock, for the pur pose of committing a felony. They were apprehended the previous afternoon, but upon being searched no property was found upon them. They had each been several times before convicted, and the magistrates committed them to prison with hard labour for three months. ROBBERY ON BOARD AN AMERICAN SHIP.—John Wat kins, a sailor, was charged with breaking open a chest, and stealing therefrom a watch and eight sovereigns, the property of 'another sailor, belonging to the ship Ni agara It appeared that the robbery had been committed two days after the vessel sailed from New York, conse quently the magistrates had no jurisdiction, but expressed a regret that Englishmen should toil under the flag of another nation, and thus subject themselves to such robberies. TILE WORKHOUSE V. THE BRIDENVELL.—A little girl named Bridget Taffy was charged with stealing some cotton from the docks. There being no owner, and as she stated she had no parents to provide for her, the magistrate asked her if she would go into the workhouse. This she at first refused to do, but being informed that she must either go to the workhouse or the Bridewell, she consented to go to the former, and the police officer who had apprehended her, was instructed to place her with the overseers. BEER HOUSES. John Wright, the keeper of a beer-house, was fined 60s. for keupia,. open his house after twelve o'clock. He had been fined several times formerly. John Bridson, a beerhouse-keeper, m Pri.ucez street, appeared in reply to an information for selling drink en Sunday morning last. Mr. Aspinall, barrister, for the defendant. Officer 165 stated that on Sunday morning last, at half past nine o'clock, he observed two men (one of whom he knew to be a barber living at Moorfields) knocking at Bridson's door, and were admitted, and he and 717 went down two or three minutes after, and looked through the window, and saw two men standing at the table with a glass before them. On the hairdresser being questioned by the officers, he positively denied any one being with him.—£s and costs. William Willmott, who keeps an eating-house in White chapel, appeared to an information laid against him by inspector Skermer, for entertaining prostitutes. He was fined 40s. and costs. John Tilley, keeper of an eating-house in Whitechapel, was fined 40s. and costs for a similar offence. PUBLIC HOUSE CASES. Frederick. Watson, the keeper of a public house at Low hill, was charged with selling ale after twelve o'clock on the night of Saturday last. Police-constable 703, was on duty at a quarter-past twelve o'clock on Saturday night, when he saw a person leave with a jug; he asked what was in it, and was told it was ale, but to be positive he tasted, and found it really was ale. Police officer 556, noticed the same. A female assistant stated that the landlord and landlady were both ill, and that she had been left to manage the business, and at the time she drew the ale, the waiter was engaged in turning a drunken person out of the house. She did not know that her clock had struck twelve. The Clerk : It was only a quarter-past twelve, was it !. Police-officer 713 : Just a quarter-past. The magistrate ordered the case to be dismissed. Joseph S'milh, a publican, was summoned by officer 165, (Wilson), with selling drink on Sunday. Mr. Snowball appeared for the defendant. Officer Wilson stated that he visited Joseph Smith's public house in Vernon-street, at a quarter past twelve on Sunday morning last, and saw three men inside.; but when he was admitted they were gone. He found several measures containing ale, and two with whiskey in them. Mr. Snowball;then cross-examined the officer, as to whether inspector Skermer or himself went in first. I 'to - Ski id he he -fficer'E _nspector Lermer sai caunil*vg,.clt _ • - , n , ___ not:—, •41/31 LW, .e corro e d ue h hear or gaw d tae'inen and a woman lborated the lattey )f the offi, r part a evidence. Mr. Mansfield : How long were you in conference with the landlord before he let you in ? Officer : About three minutes. Mr. Sleigh informed the court that Mr. Peach was not He was fined 40s. and costs. in attendance, as he was obliged to be at Chester. That John Thornton, a publican, appeared in court in answer gentleman had felt it to be his duty, from the publicity to an information for selling drink on Sunday morning last. given to the ease in the newspapers, to instruct him that Officer 165, accompanied by 717, noticed four men go into there was no foundation for the statement wh1t:143.1,a. been the defendant's public house by the back door, at half-past made against him. ten °a enridav morning last. In a short time afterwards Mr. Commissioner Phillips asked whether the learned he and 717 went 11, waited a few minutes, when a ^”. counsel wished an adjournment in order that Mr. Peach female brought four glasses of ale, of the men handed might attend. It was important that he should be called. her a sixpence. Mr. Cooke resisted a further adjournment notwithstand- Mr. Owens appeared, and stated that the defendant left a ing that the insolvent was on bail. female in care of the house, and that he was not at all aware Mr. Commissioner Phillips thought it was important for she sold any drink.—A fine of £5 and costs was imposed. the reverend insolvent that Mr. Peach should attend. Richard Baines, a publican, appeared in reply to an in- An account, signed by the insolvent, was handed in by formation laid against him by officer 717, for selling drink Mr. Sleigh, and he admitted his signature. He was ill on same day, and about the same time. Mr. Black for the when he signed it. In the account £ll9 was charged for defendant. Officer 717 stated he went to the back door of costs, counsel's fees, &c. In the schedule, £lOO was stated to the defendant's public house, in Denison-street, at eleven have been deducted as "premium." o'clock on Sunday morning last, accompanied by officer A clerk to Mr. Peach was called and stated that he was 165, and saw four men standing there; and during the at Chester. He was in town on Tuesday, and directed him time he was waiting, three men came out, and the four to oppose. He did not know of the application for an men went in ; 717 went in with them ; and the landlord adjournment. It was made on account of the suggestion of asked the men what it was to be "one said whiskey and the learned commissioner. another said ale" ;—when the landlord observed 717,he said His Honor, after a long discussion on the point, and as- to the men "he would not fill out any now" —they must certaining from the registrar that an adjournment had not go.—Fined 40s. and costs. been granted on the facts now proved, declined to grant the Anthony Scallan, a publican, in Waterloo-road, appeared application for an adjournment for the attendance of Mr. to answer two informations, one for selling drink on Sunday Peach. morning last, and another for having a communication with The insolvent was then examined as to his circumstances an eating-house. Officer 165, stated that at eleven o'clock when he borrowed the money in 1851. He had been sued. on Sunday morning last, he was passing along Waterloo and only had some furniture. He was living in the Kent- road, he saw six or seven men drunk go into an road. He was to pay eight per cent. as for 6001., and to eating-house, and he, accompanied by 717, went in insure his life for 1,500/. and saw two sailors go to the back door of the eating-house Mr. Sleigh 'submitted that the debt with Mr. Peach had and enter a publichouse ; they followed them in, and saw a been contracted without reasonable or probable expectations man sitting down with whiskey before him. He was ordered of payment. to pay 40s. and costs on each information, and he (Mr. Mr. Cooke was heard on the part of the insolvent. Mansfield) would direct the inspector to make a report to Mr. Commissioner Phillips gave his opinion. The only the visiting magistrates when the time comes round. question was, whether the insolvent had reasonable expec- The following is a list of beerhouse-keepers fined yester tation of payment. It was not pretended that there were day, for selling drink on Sunday morning last :—Richard any misrepresentations. Here was a sum of money ad- Gillrick, Adlington street, 40s. and costs; Hugh Jones, vaned at 8 per cent., and an insurance effected to 1,5001. Chadwick-street, ss. and costs ; Isaac Auvel, Dindell-street, His Honor went over the facts, and held that the case had acquitted ; Jeremiah Grady, Bolton-street, Park, ss. and not been established, and that the insolvent was entitled to costs ; William Groves, Cheapside, acquitted ; Sanders, his discharge, The insolvent was accordingly discharged. I Bolton-street, Edgehill, 40s, and costa,