The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-11-16 00:00:00

§paim ON SALE, a low SPRING VAN, suitable for Furniture or other Goods, in good repair, &c. May be seen by applying to Mr. Richard Lindford, 73, Park-lane. Commercial figato. THIS DAY, ------------- On account of whom it may concern. Tins DAY, the 16th instant, at Twelve o'Clock, at the Brokers' Office, Exchange-buildings, 69 Bales Surat COTTON, all faults, Fer Fanny, from Bombay; in Langsdale's Sheds, Sefton street.—Apply to T. and 11. LITTLEDALE & CO., Brokers. To be Sold by Auction, at Tonge, Curry and Co' s Sale room, Derby Buildings, at One o'clock, on a day to be named in a future advertisement, the following most de sirable RIVER FLATS, Built at Winsford and Northwich, and hitherto employed in the Salt Trade, and which will be sold with all stores be longing to each. These Flats are easily converted into sea going vessels, and are eminently suited for the coasting trade. 1. MARY ANN, 115 tons burthen, square-sterned, in good working order. 2. RICHARD, 115 tons burthen, ditto. 3. MARTHA 120 tons burthen. ditto. 4. TARPORLEY, 120 tons burthen, ditto. 5. TWO BROTHERS, 90 tons burthen, ditto. 6. NERO, 100, tons burthen, ditto. 7. ELLEN, 120 tons burthen, ditto. 8. TELL, 120 tons burthen, ditto. 9. RICHARD, 150 tons burthen, round-Bterned. May be seen in Birkenhead Dock, four or five days before the day of sale. Apply to Mr. CROSS, Winsford ; D. HOMES, Esq., Liver pool, or to TONGE, CURRY & Co, Brokers, Liverpool. TRW STEAM-SHIP a•- . . ,-I . loh t GOLDEN AGE FOR AUSTRALIA. Is now ON VIEW in the HUSKISSON DOCK; She is largest and most ma,,,mnificently fitted steam ship in the world.—For Cards of Admission apply to MILLERS & THOMPSON, 4, Drury-lane, Liverpool. HOUSE AGENTS HAVING PREMISES TO LET OR SELL SHOULD ADVERTIS.E IN THE NORTHERN DAILY TIMES AT A CHARGE OF SIXPENCE. Offices-19, SOUTH JOHN STREET, LIVERPOOL; 9, PRINCESS STREET, MANCHESTER. 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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1833 DESPATCHES received by submarine telegraph from Vienna, inform us that hostilities were re newed near Bucharest on the morning of the 11th. An opinion prevails that OmEa PACHA will venture to make a passage of the Danube above Galatz, with the view of reaching Moldavia. It is stated that between 90,000 and 10,000 Turks have already crossed the Danube. The report is accredited at the Turkish Embassy, The Wanderer publishes a. letter from Bucharest, of the 6th instant, stating that, after a series of murderous conflicts on the 3rd, 4th, and sth, the Turks sustained their position on the Wallachian bank of the Danube, while the Russian forces took refuge in their intrenchments near Oltenitza. Advices from Kalifat of the 3rd, state that on that day the Turks had not quitted their position, as they were awaiting reinforcements to march upon Kraz ova. The communications between Galatz and Odessa have been interrupted since the 28th. Advices from ConstaiAinople of the 31st ult. state that the Turks hay. 3 obtained possession of several Russian forts in Georgia and the Caucasus. These forts are Cartoor, which was taken by the Kurds; Fuhler by the troops from Damascus; and Surmine Istrat and Kuchat by the Bachi-Bozouks. The National Zeitung, commenting on the late brilliant success of the Turks, speaks as follows : " This manifesto invokes the name of God, and calls the cause for which Russia has taken up arms, the just and holy cause of God. The Sultan did not think fit to expose the shirt of the Prophet; the Scheik-ul-Islam took care not to pro claim a holy war. It is against Russian usurpation that the lurks are defending themselves, and not against Christianity. It is not a struggle between the crescent and the cross—between two religious professions; but a weak empire, recently entered into the path of reforms, defends its existence against the aggression of a powerful empire, which exists only by servitude and intolerance. The Russian manifesto has not the right to say that it is a war for the Christian faith. There is nothing holy in the war which Russia has excited. A usurpation, anything but Christian, has caused Russia to arm : a temporal and mundane domina tion at all price, that is the symbol of its orthox, faith." Full particulars of the glorious victory recently won by the valour and intrepidity of the Turkish troops may shortly be expected. The following incidents, however, have appeared in the Copirte Zeitung's Correspondenz "The island in the vicinity of Turtukai forms a natural battle-ground (Wafenplatz). The troops with which the Turks made a beginning on the 2nd, after a corps of about 14,000 men had been concentrated between Tschatalsha and Turtukai, remained concealed in the bushes, favoured by the fog. On the 3rd about 6,000 men were posted on the island, 2,000 were on board of barges ready to be conVeyed t 3 the opposite shore, and about 4,000 or 6,000 men had already landed on the left bank. During the night from the 3rd to the 4th inst., the passa g e was attempted over the smaller arm of the river near Oltenitza, and was also carried out by force of arms. The 2,000 troo p s on board the barges sailed around the island, and were the first to reach the Wallachian shore. The Russian pickets were posted along the Danube. One of these pickets was at g Oltenitza; the reserve w er e posted the -distance of a shOt behind this place, amounting altogether to about 5,000 men. During the combat reinforcements arrived. The engage ments commenced at dawn of day. On both sides the troops fought with bravery and perseverance. The cannonade lasted unremittingly for eighteen hours. Towards noon, the contest seemed to draw to a closelby a retreat of the Turks to their vessels but was soon renewed. In the even ing the Turks were established along the river side, and the Russians behind Oltenitza. The conflict is described as an exceedingly murderous one, and the losses on both sides must have been very considerable. The Russians performed all that could have been expected of them, considering the disproportionate numbers of the enemy. But the Turks also fought with a bravery inspired by an extraordinary de gree of fanaticism, which is likely to destroy the illusion which many have hitherto indulged in with regard to the military prowess of the Turks. On the sth the cannonade was resumed." THE present position of the affairs of Europe is beginning to show that the despotic powers view all Constitutional Monarchies with the same dis trust and abhorrence which they have always be stowed on those minor Free States whose subjugation they have undertaken for their own safety. At a moment when the great and vitalising institutions of Constitutional Monarchy may be said to have gained a decisive victory over mere theories, gnd are beginning to mould themselves gradually into the shape of democratic forbearance, and enlight ened toleration—when the national mind appears resolved to uphold all that is really good and use ful, and, at the same time, to resist the dogmas of the experimentalist, we find the despotic powers endeavouring, by force of arms, and political in trigue, to strike a deadly blow at the constitutional charter of this and other States. Looking at the power and prevailing disposition of these absolute Monarchies, and the jealousy and alarm with which they view the march of Consti tutional Empires, the time has arrived when Eng land must form a series of new international rela tions, which shall combine, in one great bond of mutual support, all those Constitutional States now in existence, in order to check and resist success fully those despotic rulers who would have their will both the national and international law of Europe. Opposed to this necessity we shall have to combat the opinions of many leading Constitutional autho rities, who believe that the cause of rational freedom has out-grown all risks and dangers ; but if we look to the broad map of Europe we will find that the Constitutional States are few and far between, and the space really reserved for the enjoyment of the blessings of civil and religious liberty is still less and wider apart. These facts, when carefully weighed, at once account for the gross bigotry and effrontery of those petty Despots who have so recently outraged the better feelings of European manliness. These demon fry who refuse their people the right of thought, and so deprive them of the divine power of action, must indeed view with deep concern the rapid progress of those nations whose onward bent is the result of an un bridled mind. Human energy, subdued by the base and degrad ing suspicions of tyrannic rule, is incapable of the toil that makes the freeman independent, and Con stit'utional Nations great. Industry being laid prostrate, virtue forsakes the homesteads of the despotic States, and the vile cupidity of their rulers has its millions of savage tools ready for the ac complishment of their worst designs. Call this the legend of bygone times, but still it will serve as the mirror of to-day. There is no weakness greater than a belief iu man's perfection. On this head persuasion must be resisted and safety secured by stripping the hypocrisy of maudling partisan ship of all insolent assurances and glaring false hoods. The despots of Europe are as much the foes of Constitutional Government, as they are the ene mies of red Republicanism.. The former destroy by rational progress what the latter would put at once to the sword. The fear induced by the pre sence of these two elements in Europe has spread from Vienna to the citadels of Cabal and Lahore, taking in its way the AUTOCRAT of Russia, with his millions of unenlightened tools. Austria's bank rupt condition alone holds her back from display ing the woman-flaying banner of the House of Hapsburgh, on the Turkish frontier. Russia has already taken the field to extend and perpetuate her despotic sway; and while she professes her un shaken. friendship for England, she endeavours to call to her aid the most savage enemies with whom we have to deal. For friendship's sake she rouses the worst feelings of the Tartar tribes upon our Indian frontiers, and to retard our progress she would curtail our Empire. It is true, that in Turkey the CZAR may find a second BELISARIUS, and that England may even tually be induced to play the part of another JUSTINIAN, by paying a sum of money to restore the peace of Europe; but this will effect nothing. The non-productive elements of one portion of the human family. must as assuredly feed on the pro ductiveness of another, as that the locusts are compelled to migrate and spread themselves over those plains which are more fertile than the land that gave them birth. Insanity, or this stern ne cessity, is all that can be urged in extenuation of the CZAR'S aggression on Turkish territory. If war be with him a necessary condition in the existence of his dominion, what guarantee has England that an invasion of her territory, where it is possible, will not be attempted? In India our military exploits have raised a HARDINGE and a GOUGH to the Peerage and to wealth, but have they Won us the friendship and allegiance of the Affghans and the Sihks ? Shall we again have to force tho Khyber Pass under the fire of Russian guns, to extend our military occu pation of Scinde, and withdraw our troops from Lahore. These are the dangers to be apprehended from the existence of [such despotic states as AUSTRIA and RUSSIA ; and to keep them effectually in check, the only means left is the close alliance of the Constitutional Powers of Europe. With this view America might not be tuiwilling to lend her powerful aid, and thus we may be -spared a season of bloodshed, which a less comprehensive line of policy might produce. Russia, in breaking through her treaties with England and France, can scarcely be admitted into. a fresh alliance with these Powers. She must, therefore, seek Austria and Prussia as her allies, with as many of the small despotic fryas she can find on the Continent; and if she meets with the success which may naturally be supposed to attend her overtures, the political equilibrium of. Europe will be no longer maintainable. The Cabinet that takes upon itself to deal with matters of such grave rational import in the council chamber, assumes the highest functions of the legislature, and we trust that such an assumption will be amply justified by the results it may produce. A DEMONSTRATION recently made, by a few en thusiastic teetotallers at the Corn Exchange in Manchester, furnishes topics worthy of comment. The gentlemen met to organise a new association, and get up a national agitation, with the view to suppress all traffic in spiritous liquors and in intoxicating drinks, by legislative enactment. We have all heard how the State of Maine, the extreme north-east nook of the American confede ration, rendered herself conspicuous, if not ridicu lous, by pushing the temperance principle to the same outré extreme. This Manchester movement exhibits its Masters-of-the-Ceremony emulous of like celebrity. When we note among the leaders such men as Mr. JAMES SILK BUCKINGHAM, Dr. F. R. LEES, of Leeds, and Dr. JABEZ B URNS, of London, we are quite prepared to look out for some extraordinary display, and an ultimate injury to the cause they essay to promote. In lintine, let it be distinctly understood, that we by no means oppose that great moral and reli gious movement, embodied in the Temperance Societies, which has been so successful in Britain and America, in the partial suppression of a for midable and an appalling vice, and the snatching of millions from the drunkard's grave. On the contrary, we advocate that noble effort of philan thropy and mercy ; and so long as the champions of that cause shall restrict themselves to the legitimate limits of moral suasion, just so long will they find us by their side to uphold their hands. But the movement in question is of a very different character, and calls for the stern and steady rebuke of the `public Press. It is an effort to substitute a penal enact ment of law, for what exclusively belongs to the pulpit, the platform, the press, and moral influence. It goes upon the principle of restoring that long since exploded barbarism embodied in the sump tuary laws. It assumes to tell man what they shall eat, and drink, and sell, and buy ; and to coerce them to obedience in that line, by pains and penal ties. The enactments they propound, are to stand out equally against beer and wine, as against gin and rum; for, not content with prohibiting traffic in ".spirituous liquors," they include all "intoxicating drinks " as well. Now it appears to us that the gentlemen who made such a spectacle of themselves at the Man chester Corn Exchange, have not learned to discriminate between penal coercion and moral restraint. There are many social vices, to which the municipal laws of the country cannot extend, lest they encroach on the civil rights of the community; and we regard the vice of intemperance as one of those. True, a brawling drunkard in the streets may be taken up and fined—simply because he disturbs the public peace, and becomes a nuisance. In the abstract, he has the right to make a beast of himself if he will; so he disturbs not others :—Sic Were tuo, ut alienum non ledas, being as applicable to this personal right, as it is to the rights of property. But the principle assumed in this movement goes much farther than merely to restrain men from getting drunk. It says, that, men shall not traffic in an article that may be abused. It declares that the legislature, by penal enactments, should prohibit the citizen from buying or vending anything that may be perverted to an injurious use. It seems to us, this is a flagrant attack upon the rights of conscience. Let us see. Men often injure them selves by an excessive use of tobacco; so, to carry out the principle, traffic in that article must be re strained by penal enactment. Others again take opium, to the injUry of health, and the shortening of life; so the traffic in opium must be restrained by law. A great many others (aldermen included) . injure themselves, get dyspepsia and gout, and cut short the thread of life by over-feeding on roast beef; hence, traffic in beef must be restrained by pains and penalties. Ay, even the gentle sex, the lovely ones of creation, often injure health, break down the constitution, and shorten life—the elder ones by the excessive use of tea, and the young nymphs by the use of busks and tight-lacing ; so tea, busks, and stays must be driven out of market by penal statutes ! Why, really, our friends of the Corn Exchange have taken an onerous task upon themselves. The names of the social mischiefs are legion ; and we wonder when our friends were about it, they did not make a clean sweep of the whole batch, so as to entitle themselves, par excellence, to the designa tion of " RADICAL REFORMERS." There is no use in going but half way in these matters. When men assume a principle, they are bound by considerations of consistency to carry it out in all its corollaries and sequences. But, if after "putting their hand to the plough, they look back," they are not fit .to be entrusted with the great concern of SOCIAL REFORM. Mr. David M'Clellan, woollen draper, Prices street, with a zeal untempered by the slightest particle of discretion, has thought proper to rush into print, and charge one of our reporters with con cocting, in collusion with some agent of Alr. Shrivall's, a report of an affiliatio n case , in which the latter gentleman was the defendant, " utterly contrary in every respect to the facts of the case, as most clearly developed by the evidence pro duced." Being himself, to some extent, interested in the result of the - case, Mr. M'Clellan was scarcely an impartial judge; and had he taken a little time to reflect, (a precaution to which we fear he is not much prone), he would scarcely have placed himself in the ridic u l o u s p os iti on which he now occupies. The liberty of the Press is one of the favourite topics of declamation in which men of Mr. M'Clellan's calibre indulge ; in theory they proclaim its unfettered freedom, in practice they are the most petty and despicable despots in exist ence. Mr. M'Clellan's name happens to become mixed up.—whether justly or otherwise we do not stop to inquire,—in a case in which a female seeks to affiliate a child on Mr. Shiivall. The case is ad journed fora week; in the meantime, Mr. M'Clellan hears that his name is brought in question. and he rushes to our office—denounces. the system of ad ministering justice in Courts with closed doors, as directly at variance with the spirit and intention of our Constitution, and in vites us, and, he says, us alone, to send a reporter to demand admission on the adjourned hearing of the case which took place on Saturday last. Our reporter is present, with many others ; and, exercising a sound discretion, he does not gra :tify the desire of Mr. Arelellan, who wishes that our columns Should be filled with a lengthened re port of a case which might indeed gratify pru rient curiosity, but would scarcely add to the repu tation of the conductors of this Journal for the ex ercise of a sound and wholesome discretion in the admission of reports of a very exceptionable cha racter ; and because this discretion is exercised, Mr. M'Clell.an (liberal-minded :man) instantly des patches a note, demanding his account, and order ing the discontinuance of his paper. Strange to say, we have expunged Mr. David M'Clellan's name from our list of subscribers; and notwith standing its erasure, the NORTHERN DAILY TIMES still exists, and is likely to do well. We may add, we shall be happy to perform the same operation for any other gentleman who shall attempt to dic tate how this JoUrnal is to be conducted, even at the risk of exciting a prophetic exclamation as to our fate from Mr. M'Clellan! But apart from this consideration the matter assumes, in our eyes, a far more serious aspect. A charge of collusion is madel against one of our re porters, who may be, for aught he knows, as little susceptable of improper influence as the gentleman who makes the charge professes to be, What are the facts ? Our reporter 'seems to have acted independently of both parties. The solici tations of Mr. Shrivall to suppress the case alto gether were unheeded, and on the other hand the disgusting details -which Mr. M'Clellan was so anxious to have given to the world were suppressed, and the facts of the case briefly, but correctly, given in the main, notwithstanding Mr. M'Clellan 's distinct allegation to the contrary. We subjoin the correspondence which Mr. M'Clellan has thought proper to publish : TO THE PUBLISHER OF THE NORTHERN DAILY TIMES. SIR, Pleas:, give the bearer anaccomt of what I owe you for the DAILY TIMES to thisdate, and discontinue sending me the paper. The report in the DAILY TIMES of this morning of the case of Mr. Shrivall is so utterly contrary, in almost every respect, to the facts of the case, as most clearly developed by. the - evidence produced, that I cannot believe it can have arisen from acci dent, or even the stupidity of your reporter, but must THE NORTHERN DAILY TIMES. have been concocted by some collusion between him and some agent of Mr. Shrivall's. I shall send a copy of this note to the Mercury for publication to-morrow.—l am, sir, your obedient servant, Price-street, Nov. 14, 1853. DAVID M'CLELLAN. MR. DAVID M4CLELLAN. have to acknowledge the receipt of your note of this day, and will thank you to state precisely the inacu racies of which you complain in the report to which you allude. As it is your intention to publish a contradiction to-morrow, you will be pleased to let me have an answer by the bearer.—l am, sir, your obedient servant, CHARLES WILL3IER. The NORTHERN DAILY TIMES OFFICE, 19, South John street, Liverpool, Nov. 14, 1853. MR. CHAS. WILLMER. Sir,—l have no reply to make to your note just received, except to say that my answer—a full report of the case— will appear in the Mercury to-morrow.—l am, sir, your obedient servant, _ DAVID M'CLELLAN. Price-street, Nov. 14, 1853, Six o'clock. P.S.—I shall 'also publish your note and this reply. D.M'C. We shall add a supplementary note which Mr. M'Clellan seems to have forgotten. It shows the strong desire which animated him to have the case fully reported, and it may also indicate why anything, however accurate, short of a verbatim re port of a case, which lasted upwards of five hours, should have been denounced as utterly contrary to the facts, and concocted in collusion with some agent of Mr. Shrivall. The following note, written in pencil, and without date, was left at the resi dence of the publisher of the NORTHERN DAILY TIMES, at an early hour on Sunday morning last : DEAR Stn,—The case yesterday was a terrific exhibition of villany and perjury, and I was glad to see a reporter from the DAILY TIMES. I call, however, this morning, to tell you the cause of a reporter from the Mercury being also there. Mr. Nyberg, the magistrates' clerk, had been to the Mercury office to tell them about the case, and that it ought to be fully reported.—Yours truly, DAVID APCLELLAN. We have no desire to prolong a discussion of this nature, and with the simple advice to Mr. APClellan, that he should be more /cautious for the future about making charges which have no foundation; and in dealing with newspapers, he should eschew the shop, and transfer his custom elsewhere, without making a public display of his folly. We subjoin a letter which we have received from our reporter :- - • TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN DAILY TIMES Sin—ln reply to a letter from Mr. David M'Clellan, which appeared in the ilfercury of this day (Tuesday), I, as the person who report ed the case of Wilcock v. Shrivall for the NORTHERN DAILY TIMES, have to state, in the first place, that the report in question is substantially correct, and gives the facts of the case as they transpired in evidence accurately, and with truth. One error I certainly fell into: I mentioned that the mother of Mr. M'Clellan was ex amined as to the character of the young girl, who was plain tiff in the case, when the lady who gave this evidence was a Mrs. .Windron, a friend of Mrs. M'Clellan. It must, however, be quite evident that this inaccuracy in no way changes a single salient feature of the case, nor does it alter it in any way to bear favourably or unfavourably on any of the parties concerned. As to the insinuation of the reporter acting in collusion. with Mr. Shrivall, or any agent of his, I indignantly repu diate the charge; and I think it was base to make it without considering better whether it was likely to have foundation. The only conversation I had with Mr. Shrivall was this : When I was leaving the Court, he asked me not to give the report of the case ; I replied that I had no discretion in the matter ; that if he pleased he might call on Mr. Charles Willmer, 19, South John-street, who was the person with whom such discretion lay. In conclusion, I willingly leave it to the public to judge whether my report, short though it be, is not a fair, impar tial, and (with the exception of a merely accidental inaccu racy as to a name) truthful outline of the case as it came out before the court on Saturday. Youn REPORTER. The Earl of Aberdeen will give a Cabinet dinner to-day, at Argyll-house. A Cabinet Council will be held at the Foreign-office to-day at half-past two. COOL! VERY CooL.—Yesterday, police officer No. 509, had his pocket picked of a book and two shillings, whilst in attendance in the magistrates' room, sessions house. BALL AT WARRINGTON.—Last night, the annual ball in aid of the local charities of the town took place at War rington. The attendance was large. CLERICAL APPOINTMENT.—The Rev. Robert Vincent Sheldon has been appointed to the curacy Of 13t. Matthias Church, Liverpool, on the nomination of the Venerable Archdeacon Brooks and the Rev. Augustus Campbell, rectors of Liverpool. SUDDEN DEATH.—Mary NPICay, a married woman, re siding at 4, Waterloo-place, Sultney-street, died suddenly of apoplexy, on Saturday afternoon, whilst engaged in cleaning the house. SUDDEN DEATH.—Saville Richardson Roundel], a single gentleman lodging at 93, Bedford-street South, Abercromby square, of eccentric manner, but very temperate in his habits, was found dead in his l• ed on Sunday morning. The clothes were all straight, and he lay calmly as if asleep. Dr. Sinclair pronounced the cause of his death to be apoplexy. FATAL ACCIDENT.—John Russell, a little boy eight years old, son of Mr. Russell, 133, Pitt-street, got a fall on Sa turday evening, when climbing over the rails of St. Michael's church. On 'Monday, at 1 o'clock, the boy died. Dr. Percy, who attended him, pronounced the cause of death to be concussion of the brain. FATAL ACCIDENT AT THE BRUNSWICK DOCK.—Joseph Getley, a shipwright, 75 years of age, was working at the ship " Prince of Orange, in Brunswick graving -dock, on Friday afternoon. He was on a stage which had been erected for the rep a i rs o f th e vesse l, w h en his foot getting on the cross-plank, it sprung, and he fell off the stage, He was taken to the South Hospital, where di e d on Monday. ACClDENT.—Yesterday morning, at about six o'clock, George Irving, 36 years of age, a labourer, living at No. 22 Court, Porter-street, working at Mr. Harrison's bread bakery, in Vulcan-street, fell through one of the traps in the ware house, producing a very bad scalp wound, and severe con tusions of the breast. CONCERT LAST NlGllT.—Madame D'Anterny gave a concert last night in the new and elegant Music Hall, .Bold street. The performers were Miss Jessie Hammond, Madame D'Anterny, Mons. D'Anterny, Mr. E. L. Hime, and the wonderful prodigy, Arthur Napoleon. Mr. H. V. Lewis was the conductor. There was a tolerably numerous and fashionable audience. The various performers acquitted themselves most creditably. The pianoforte solos of the child, Arthur Napoleon, (eight years and a half old) were perfectly astonishing, his wonderful execution frequently elicitieg much applause. AUSTRALIAN MAILS..—The Post Master General in Lon don entered into contract yesterday the 15th with the char terers of the Matilda Wallinbach a splendid Jersey-built clipper ship, of 1,300 tons, to take the mail of the 4th December, for Melbourne. This is the second ship from this port which has entered into contract for the Australian mails, the last being the Helene which, sailed the 4th Octo ber. The Matilda Wallenbach, now loading in the Prince's Dock, is well worth the attention of parties wishing to go to Australia, having very superior accommodation for pas sehgers. MEETING OF THE HAIRDRESSERS' PHILANTHROPIC SO crETY.—The second anniversary meetin, ,, of this useful society took place on Monday evening, at Mr. Pugh's tavern, in Basnett-street, Mr. Benjamin Roberts in the chair. Mr. 'Renshaw, the secretary, read the report, by which it ap peared that during last year £6 12s. 6d. had been given to distressed applicants for relief, and that there was a balance in the hands of the treasurer of £lO 17s. 11d. The ex penses of working the society for the year was only £2 10s. 'After adopting the report the members supped together, and spent a very convivial evening. AWFUL CONSEQUENCES OF A PRIZE-FIGHT.—On Thurs day last a prize-fight for £3O a-side took place between two me/liters of the pugilistic art, named Rory Gill and Ned Donnelly. They hired a steamer and went to Ifilbre Island, but the police were on their track and routed them from there. They then crossed over to the Formby Sands, where a fight is said to. have taken place which lasted an hour, when the sponge was thrown up as a signal of defeat by a man known as " Nobby Claike," who acted as one of the seconders of Donnelly, and Gill was declared the victor. Gill was brought to Liverpool dreadfully punished about the head, and was seen immediately on his return by Dr. Somers, of the Rose-hill Dispensary. Dr. Ackerley was subsequently called in, but erysilpeas setting in in Gill's face, baffled all medical skill, and the wretched man died on Mon day night last, at his residence in Thurlow-street. An in quest will be held this day. Last evenin", we heard that a man known to the police as Newmarket Jack, and who was one of Gill's seconders, was taken into custody to await the result of the coroner's inquest. CHURCH OF ENGLAND SCRIPTURE RE:IDERS' SOCIETY.— Last evening a meeting of the friends and subscribers of this society, resident in Rodney-street Ward, was held at the St. James's School-rooms, St. James's-road. Mr. Fleming, town councillor, occupied the chair. The Rev. Mr. Pollock, and other gentlemen entered into a detailed statement of the operations of the society for the past year, showing the good consequences which had resulted from them, and appealing to the sympathies of the audience in support of the society. The Rev. Mr. Falloon moved, and Mr. Payne seconded, the following resolution :—"That this meeting being deeply sensible of the great spiritual destitu tion of large masses of the population in this town, and having confidence in the system of lay agency as employed by the Liverpool Scripture Readers' Soclecy, hereby appoint the following gentlemen to form a committee for the purpose of managing an effective canvass of this ward, and to aid in extending the operations of this important and valuable institution by procuring new subscribers." Mr. Gregson then moved a vote of thanks to the chairman, after which the proceedings terminated. LIVERPOOL DISTRICT COURT (IF BANKRUPTCY. (BEFORE MR. COMMISSIONER PERRY.) In re Peverelle. A CASE or FRAUD.—In this case, Louis Peverille, one of the creditors on the estate, was summoned as a witness. Mr. PEMBERTON, the solicitor to the bankrupt, said, that from information afforded to him that morning by the witness, Mr. Louis Peverelle, he had sent for Mr. Yates to his office, to hear what he said with regard to this debt, and also with regard to his books. Mr. Peverelle had not brought his books, and the reason he gave why he did not do so in obedience to the summons, was that a communication was made to him by a M r . John Poncia, who was also a creditor, who stated that the witness would have to prove in a proper way, and he had not brought his books, because he thought no power could compel him to do so. He (Mr. Pemberton) told him he would have to produce his books. The total amount of Mr. Peverelle's claim was £412, and he purported to give credit for £ll, which reduced the debt to £4Ol. He (Mr. Pemberton) told the witness that he would have to show by whom the goods were sent, the time of delivery, and as a matter of course the delivery receipts. From questions put to Mr. Peverelle in the presence of Mr. Yates, he must say this debt was not anything like the amount put down on the face of the balance sheet, and which had been attempted to be set up by Louis Peverelle. He (Mr. Pemberton) had told him to answer every question put to him, to have regard for no one but himself in this transaction, and that if he had been induced to make out this account to £4Ol, at the request of any one, he must tell who the party was, and tell his localit y . His HONOR : What is to become of your client ? Mr. PEMBERTON did not think he should appear for him any further, and certainly would not have done so so far, but that 'he was of opinion the bankrupt would not be guilty of being accessary to placing such a debt on the file. It would be remembered that the bankrupt stated to him. (Mr.Pemberton) the penalty he wouldincur by such a proceed ing. Why he had done so, he knew not. He must answer for himself. When he was before your Honor, he (Mr. Pemberton) had told the witness who was now about to be examined, to answer every question, regardless of everybody but himself in the transaction, and to state everything. Mr. YATES :The witness is ready to confess the fraud. Mr. Lewis Peverelle was then examined at considerable length by Mr. Yates, touching certain fabricated invoices of roods, purporting . to have been supplied to the bankrupt. It appeared that on the 7th October last, the witness was applied to by the official assignee, Mr. Cazenove, for a statement of his claim against the estate. He accordingly sent in nine invoices, or accounts of goods, purporting to have been delivered to the bankrupt, the gross amount being set forth as £412 I ls. 21, - -d. • but he now admitted that these accounts were manufactured for the pur pose of increasing his claim against the estates, and that the real debt due to him was somewhere about £lO. He said that he fabricated those invoices at the request of the bankrupt, and that he brought the amount up to the desired sum of £4OO, by in creasing the price and the original items, and adding others which were fictitious. He altered his day book, but not the ledger, to correspond with this fabricated amount, and he observed that if his books were produced, they would prove the fraud which he now admitted. Mr. YATES, during the course of the examination, showed how the fraud had been committed, and how the newly fur nished accounts were easily detected to be fabrications. Among the papers delivered to the court was the original invoice of the bona fide goods furnished to the bankrupt by the witness, who is his uncle. This invoice was partially burnt, but sufficient remained to shew how the prices and items in the new invoices were filled up, and' the fictitious ones added in. The COMMISSIONER , said that he regretted very much to have heard the examination, and he thought that the witness himself must have regretted it, if he bad any proper feelings. The witness replied that he deeply regretted his conduct. The ComussioNEn. proceeded to say that what the conse quences might be to the witness, and the other parties, remained to be seen. It was then agreed, after some discussion between yr. Yates and Mr. Pemberton, that the warrant for neglecting compliance with the summons of the court should not issue against the witness if he undertook to produce, on Thursday, his books, and the letter of the bankrupt requesting him to make out the fabricated invoices. The case was accordingly adjourned to half-past one o'clock on Thursday. SHREIVSBURY AUTUMN RACES. These races commenced yesterday under very favourable auspices. The day was beautifully fine, and there was a numerous and fashionable company. There were also full fields, first-class horses, and capital running. The racing - commenced with The ABBEY STARES of 3 soya. each, with 20 added. 13 subs. Mr. Mosley's b g Romeo, 3 yrs (Cliff) 1 M. Armstrong's b f Salad, 4 yrs 2 Mr. Drinkald's bg Inder, 3 yrs Nine others started ; won easy. The SHREWSBURY HANDICAP of 50 sovs. added to a Handi cap Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. 31 subs. Mr. J. Robbin's br g Jack Leeming (Hall 1 Mr. J. J. Hende rson ' s c h h Louglißawn .... (Crouch 2 Mr. Hewitt's b c Cleveland _ • (Kendall 3 Twelve others ran. The ASTLEY HOUSE STAKES of 6 sots. each, with 25 added. T.Y.C. 13 subs. Mr. Chilton's ch h Middleborough, 7st 81b .. (Osborne) 1 Nine others ran. The Cortnux HANDICAP of 60 sovs. added to a Handicap Sweepstakes of 10 sovs each. 40 subs. _ _ all 1 .oswell's br f Annie Sutherland, 3 yrs.. .. (Bates 2 Mr. Ledger ns May-day by Venison, 5 yrs (Wells 3 Mr. Palmer's Catherine Parr . Sir J. Bi br f Suth (Ashman 'BF' Eieven others ran: The RACING PLATE of 20 sovs. added to a Sweepstakes of 3 sovs. each (heats.Y 7 subs. Mr. Carter's b f Eccentricity, 3 yrs (Hall 2 1 1 Mr. G. Munroe's b f Lady Sarah, 3 yrs (Cliff) 1 2 2 Mr. Bennion's ch c Roger Thornton, 3 . yrs A sum of 40,000 f. has been sent by the Emperor and the Empress of the French to the Patriarch of Jerusalem for the French missionaries in Syria. . A new operetta, entitled " j Love's Alarms," the music by ►fr. Edward Fitzwilliam, will be produced at the Hay market on next Thursday. THE SEAT roa CLONMEL.—It is probable that Mr. John O'Connell will be returned without opposition. The con stituency are estimated at 230 available votes ; of these about 80 are conservatives. MORTALITY or FOXES.—Within the last eighteen months no fewer than forty foxes have been found dead by the keepers and woodmen in the vicinities northward of Aberyst with, having died from the mange. The complaint seems to bo rapidly spreading.— Welshman. LONDON AND NORTH WESTERN RAmwAv.—Parliament ary notices of this company state that they propose to go to parliament for powers to purchase, or lease, the Haydon square Branch of the London and Blackwall Railway, to provide hotel accommodation at Euston Station, for pro vision as to Wolverhampton Station, and for additional station accommodation and land at Birmingham, Harrow, and Cottingham. THE SOUTHAMPTON MAIL—The Peninsular Company's new screw steam-ship Ncona left Southampton on Monday morning for Bombay, f( on which place she will be put upon one of .*the lines in Lo oast occupied by the company. The General Screw Company's steam-ship Indiana (Captain Lambert) alga loft All Monday for Tndia and the Cape, call ing first at Plymout'a for her mails. The Indiana had on board about 100 passenpiers, all of whom she shipped from Southampton, £20,000 in specie for India, about 500 bottles of quicksilver, and a large cargo of bale and case goods. REPEAL OF THE TAXES ON KNOWLEDGE. —A public meet ing was held at the public office, Birmingham, on Monday, Mr. Boodle, of the Birmingham Journal, in the chair, the purpose being to take into consideration the best means of aiding the removal of the two remaining taxes upon the use of paper and on a free press. After a statement had been made by Mr. Dodson Collett in reference to the general business of the meeting, it was resolved, on the motion of Mr. George Mo 4 r, that further effort be made in Birming ham to assist the exertions of the Central association • and Mr. , Scholefield, M.P., and the mayor, were respectively - appointed president and treasurer of the association. DARING AND IMPUDENT BURGLARY.—A daring burglary was perpetrated on Sunday night at the house of Mr. Young, South-street, Peckham. The family having gone to church, a gentlemanly dressed young man inquired for Mr. Young„ and being told he was out, expressed a wish to write a note to him. The servant girl, who was alone in the house, hesitating at this, he seized her by the throat and carried her into the parlour, threatening to cut her throat if she made an outcry. He then let in two men, who bound the girl hand and foot. They made he r tell where the plate and other property were deposited, which they succeeded in carrying off, to a valuable amount. On return of the family they were unable to get into the house, and a ladder having been procured, the servant was found thrust into a cupboard. No clue of the burglars has yet been found. NON-LIABILITY OF RAILWAY COMPANIES.—TWO CAMS establishing the non-liability of railway companies in certain cases where the carriage of goods is concerned, have just been decided by the county court judges. The plaintiffs in the first case, Messrs. Benson, of Huddersfield, brought an action for 6/. 18s. 6d., against the London and North Western, the alleged value of a quantity of cheeses con signed to a house in Manchester, and which were delivered crushed and damaged ; but as it was not clearly shown that the damage occurred upon the railway, or from wilful neg lect, the paintiffs were declared non-suited. In the second case, the action was against the Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee Railway Company, for 6/., owing to detention in the delivery of goods in London, and booked by the com pany, the court deciding that the company were not liable, unless it could be shown that the detention took place on their own line. MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL• y Ell: 11111a LIVERPOOL, TUESDA Y CAA We have no change to notice i n our „ Oa to market to-day. The sales are estimated at e a 6000 bales, of which 1000 bales were ta' o the speculation and for export. With resP e , et s ta tes, present and future cotton-crop of the Unite'. lat Lee, we find the following article by Dr. Dau le t which is published in the Agricultural DeP arw of the Patent Report for 1852 and 185 3 . .„ 'the " At this time the average crop of cotto n alts at United States is estimated at 3,000,000 of 10."011/ 400 pounds each. In 1821, the export was 06 4 124,893,000 pounds, while in 1849 it had i ncl. !, s o to 1,026,602,000 pounds. These figures slln„ht advance of more than 800 per cent. in twentr e 'ciii • of flog u l years, and the prospect is, that the dem and : 0 1 equal, if it do not exceed, the supply fo years to come. Hence the production t he article is destined to increase much faster thou es. population ; for as civilisation and conole r ,. c i , e r ies, tend, the number that Will consume cotton la' bi and the annual consumption of each pers ° T e ad reason of his greater productive power, in a still greater ratio. In other words, theft causes that increased foreign demand M O %O 800 per cent. in twenty-eight years, will allo t he the amount now imported 300 per cent. i L t we next quarter of a century. Dr. Lee thinks tu" t he have the land and climate most desirable f,° r at ice annual growth of 9,000,000 of bales, and tnded shall probably have the labour and capital Il e ' At for the economical production of such eruP s '.,eld half a bale per acre, only 18,000,000 of acre. o%- t he be planted to realise the crop named, wu l l e od, four States of Georgia, Alabama, AlississiPP,', Texas contain four times that number of al choice cotton lands." d e The Liverpool Corn market was much less - oft to-day than was anticipated, considering the n° the of the intelligence brought from Americabl, nc e Asia. There were but few buyers in attennof and the general transactions in Wheat were e ll t s a tie moderate amount, few parcels of any nntgli A l K ill eN satio he being taken; holders were, however, firm, 311 " for currencies of Tuesday were fully maintained. no t Flour, also, which was in fair request, tol d freely offered, we repeat the rates of that day' e rf , looks well for both the trade and cons l l',elo Barley, of which a number of secondail P a 'ad appeared, was 2d. per bushel cheaper; chef g el qualities supporting our late quotations. -v"idi are in slow request. Fine Oats, from se ar ; r ir, realise their previous value, but i n f e rior cle s 'oe tions are somewhat cheaper. Oatmeal dul l ' ~t 3l l the value scarcely supported. I n di a n Corn ,ice' in retail demand, but without any change in Pl e d The receipts into this port from Ireland , Tuesday last, embrace a fair quantity of pa r ',. - 10° moderate supply of Oats, a con s ide r able be t of Oatmeal, and a re-shipment of Indian Coru , little produce of other kinds thence, or ef, o ti coastwise ; of foreign Wheat, however, the i1%t.1) is large, amounting to nearly 26,000 quarters' ; s lll upwards of 17,000 barrels of Flour, both price?' der from the United States and Canada, the retn.,,,upt of the former being chiefly from G a latz and Dry We have also to note a tolerable arrival of ILO Corn from Ibrail and Salonica, with a few - 1- '0 from Hamburgh and Larach ; whilst the OP" hence are fair, but not extensive. The moven) of Irish produce, which are taking place i n ot; port at the present time, were explained Monetary and Commercial article of the 4th 'dip The French papers report a ve r y sensible 111 1 of the price of Corn in nearly all the mark ets 11 France. These reports, going out to Alfieri ° dr the next packet, will produce a correspondingoitl cline in the States mark e t s . This Pr° l3 ' 4 pu should inidcei msifionlo.stha almost 0, v g i h th t s o t f a n b by the li : g trade. that ha t s pfal .rt :e e ; In Manchester, the dulness which has n t , 11 . 13 0e 5 aY 1 j the market for Y st ar a n ll s d f e oi s ' e s: p tn t e io l n ve s e a k r s e p t a o s d t reduced. In the prospect of war in tbeiod to shippers to the continent cannot be perstpos. ff ' operate to any extent, while home-trade-F ( eOZ are still limited to what is indispensabesill '4; for immediate wants. Fin e Y arns a rea m o'4 coming more plentiful, and a r e consequelnall easier in value. Double Yarns continue d i s h sale, and an active demand for In Cloth,. great irregularity preYndls , _O f ir, u cts no&rril,eve circular of one eminent fil'ln says w itbo• been a dull and inactive market. Prices.' o f being quotably l ower , arc s till i n f a vel" o buyer." l , 4 Notwithstanding the threatening a'r p i n tsi l3 : foreign affairs the London Stock Market rnr its buoyancy, and the public have becom e s lA " CF purchasers of Stock. A very large businesas:" clone in Consols, at the following quotati: tb 95 to 05k for money, and 948 to 95 for the ug re f cember account Reduced, 93 . 1 to 94; NeW,celfr Cents., 95f 96 ; India Bonds are ls. dis• ; quer Bills, 3s. to 6s. prem. iet / f The Foreign Stocks were remarkably q u aL ye' Brazilian, 97 99 ; Equador, 5 58; Dutch Cents., 63 64; ditto 4 per Cents., 94i 954; I;'tie,23ll' Bonds, 1121 981 ; Granada Deferred, 8 ; IW i i, - e pt s4 25a 251 for the 30th inst.; Portuguese 4 per 41i ; Spanish, 451. c kel , This being the make-up day in the Share M o t* dealers were chiefly Occupied making up acct f eel In the Share Market Caledonians and 0 00 t Northerns were 10s. higher for the next n e ' c i Lancashire and Yorkshire, 65/ for money, s il . ;c ilie r for time. London and Blackwall per cent. 'PI for the account. Midlands, 611, 62 for t 1 104 settling. North Westerns were dealt in P o pe for money. Luxembourgs improved 9, 3 , for 01 1, 0 8 and 9 , 1 for time. French Shares were firm. 1 ,0 15 doing in Mining Shares. London Dock Ste c rol! 110 to 110 f. The Australian Land Cempanie s A p ell all higher for the next account. Australia n o pt' cultural, 43. Peel River Land, a prem. Australian Land, 36. General Screw Crystal Palace Sh are , prem. o ° ' The Bank of Amsterdam has raised its discount from 21 to 3 per cent. A YO ° From Ceylon we learn that there is a denTb t in this year's coffee crop equal to 40,000 civt,: e tte, f ; prospects for the coming year are said to be uiir, The South American, Brazilian and African iv)) arrived at Falmouth in the course of to-daY. dates are, Buenos Ayres, 3 ; Monte Video, „ ; 0 1 0 Janeiro, 15; Pernambuco, 23; St. Vincent, 515 Te e Teneriffe, 5; Madeira, 7; Lisbon, 11th Nev . a ci e ' royal mail steamer Severn brings 10,0001. in eplica and the Faith, from the West Coast of " a ir'' . 6,0001. Trade was exceeding brisk at Rio.P n , Coffee sold at full prices. Exchange to the ally large amount of 450,0001. was done on - 1 -A s oc e At Pernambuco the exchange amounting to eVe i had also been done, at 2s. 3M. The exper t ik lio was not brisk, the sugar. being . late. ' f isrp was plentiful and discounts low. From 'iife"; we learn that a large influx of gold had taken ; co ol' and that sovereigns were therefore at a 0 of 50 reis, while silver was scarce. is' # f foil', 0 We give the current prices of Gold, as te s ' O l to assist the merchant in calculating the 1 . - a tcs Foreign Exchange, by the actual current 1 bullion, as last reported • „TaEs' Ati r BULLION MARKET AND FOREIGN ExogA , - - • pr . London, 775. 9d. ; Paris, Hamburgh,•<,:, 13 „14, sterdam, -; Vienna, -; St. Petersburg, '; lin, -; - • Constantinople, - A le). 4, -; Bombay, -; ' Calcutta, ; Hone del' Sydney, 745. 9d. to -s. ; Port Phillip, 775. 6d; al, A.; Victoria, 765. 9d. 77s ; Ovens, 765. 6d.; Moutrev. rz e New York, £3 6s. Bd. to £3 9s. 2d. ; Boston, £ 3 ; San Francisco, ; Mexico, -; B r azils, long, 775. 6d. ; Fingal, 725. ; Melbourne, • 775. " South Wales, average, 765. 24d. 11 0 ' 1 We subjoin a return of the Foreign E o or ie e calculated according to the London Mill". A , £3 17s. 101 d. the ounce :- n 1 15 ,00 Amsterdam, short, 11 417-, to - -; do, 2 moat ito.lo to -- 19 ; Rotterdam, 3 m. 11 181 to -19 t ; t`' 3 m. 25 35 to - 40 ; Brussels, 3 m. 25 35 t t ° 2 5 ,31 V Hamburg, 3 m. 13 361 to 13 36a ; Paris, s ll °''''l,.2a l l°' -; do, 3m.2525t024 70 ;. Marseilles, 1 ,,161 to 42 ; Frankfort, 3m. 1194 to 1191 ; 0 1 '41; to y 0 to 19 ; Trieste, 3m.1135 to 11 40; Petersburg h ' so .‘,65„ 31-16 ; Madrid, 3 m. 50 10 to -; Cadiz, 3, 11 , t i5 to - 1 241', Leghorn, 3 m. 30 10 to 30 20 ; Genoa, 3m. 2 ; 2 41 to or oP; Naples, 3 m. 414 to 42; Palertno, 3 Messina, 3 m. 1241- to 125 ; Lisbon, 3 m. --- 7,4 0 3rv 0 re,„'?( 3m. 53h to 534; R. Janeiro, 60 days, nu t ; silv` e York, ditto, 1094 to 1091 ; Boston, ditto, ; Gold in bars, £3 17s. 9d. ; Mexican Dollars,, ' OOl5. 6 in bars stand, Os. Od.; East India companY:„baY a°' Bills 60 ds ; Calcutta Co's Rupee, 2s. ld. ; l on g, 1L! . : 2s. 1d.3-16 ; Madras do., 2 40; lionn /a id, 3° 30 c l ;g s , 6s. 6d. ; Sydney, 30 ds. 2 3 / 4 dis., 1 p pr. ; Ade Hobart Tow n, Gee lo to , 0 pr. ; Launceston, 30 dis., 1 pr. : 2 pr. ; 0 dis. 1 pr. ; Wellington, &c., dis. 1 dis., fL; d. 6 7s. 9d . to ; Victoria , 21 ; Jamaica, 1 ; pr. • Alexandria, 991 ; Shanghae, 7s. 2 d t° Triaid s St. Thomas's, 32 ; Berlin, 6 161. . I c