Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-12-01 00:00:00

ST. GEORGE'S HALL. P EOPL E'S CONCERTS. (Under entirely new Management.) EVERY SATURDAY EVENING, ON SATURDAY NEXT, &Ts INSTANT, AT EIGHT O'CLOCK. The Public is respectfully informed that an arrangement has been made with the unrivalled HUNGARIAN BAND, CONSISTING OF THIRTEEN PERFORMERS, To appear at these Concerts, when they will play their best-and most approved Selections of OVERTURES, POLKAS, QUADRILLES, WALTZES, AND OPERATIC PIECES. The Management has great pleasure in announcing that HERR KALODZY Has arrived from London, and will perform A GRAND SOLO ON THE VIOLIN For the first time since his severe indispositon. CONDUCTOR -HEIR SARKOZY. MISS ARMSTRONG, Having made a decided hit on Monday last ; at St. George' s Hall, And the Small Concert Room is also eng tged, and will ring the popular Song of " HOME, SWEET HOME," "WELCOME MY BONNY LAD,". And the new Ballad. "LET NE BE NEAR THEE." PIANIST w • • .-.... • • • • . • • .... • . ...Mr. 3. P. VfILLEY. Admission, Sixpence. Reserved Beats, One Shilling. Tickas can be purchased at Messrs. Hmae as id Sou's Male Warehotte, 57, Chnrea-street. Holders of tickets will be admitted into the H&1 earlier, and et a separate entrance. For particulars see Book of Words, Twope• ace each. doinintrital Zalro.—libfs Dan, At twelve o'clock, at the Commercial Saleroom, a quantity of Fruit ; and at , halfrivist one o'clock, at same place. :';25 boxes Americans Cheesz, and 160 Westphalia Hams.—Geo. Bad( suach and Son. •At twelve o'ctock, at the brokers' office, 16, Exchange-buildings, 900 barrels Asnerican Rosin.—. 7. H. Rayner and C:o. • At one °Vaal:, at the broken' Wilco Victoria-buildings, EaOkit's-Isty, 755 bags Wo:d.—Perkins and Robinson. A:gUSEMENTS, PUBLIC MEETINGS, &c. THIS DAY. Rol AL Amrutroz.traz—Dramati: Performance-7 p.m. KINGS...EeI "CI Ett E !VAIL ETE, 'Della-street-7 p.m. Lx ,, mapooi, ...kcADEmot's Eximaurcw, Postoffica-place. apiAL CoLosseum--General Entertainment--6.30 p.m. ter F.sr advertisements see seoold page. NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS. 'persons- seeking I?mployntent, parties requiring Strva,nts, Assistants orClerks, and those in search of Apartments, or having Lodgings to let, can best bring their wants under the notice of the .public, by advertising in the NORTHERN TIMES, and which, from its large circulation, is the -most efficient •medium, of publicity in thi district. The cash price for this special class of advertisements is new ••reituced to THREEPENCE FOR TWENTY WORDS, and for eeery kadditional five words en penny. Etc korthPrn TVESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1857. THE DAY'S NEWS. The ! quarterly meeting of the Chamber of - Commerce vats held yesterday. The report of the Council, which was read, ,was of an interesting -character, but its purport hes already been in the hands of -ant. readers. It states that a sub committee of delegates from the various Chambers of Commerce of the country,las been appointed to -consider the I rovisions of a new bill on commercial ,Jaw; after alluding to the .Mersey Dock and :Flarbour _Board. the report *asses on to review the dock accommodation in Liverpool, in which it in stated that such is quite insufficient for the -commerce of the port. The Committee of the Council have forwarded a communication to Lord !Clarendon in favour of an expedition to exp'ore the river imbesi, in Africa. It is also hoped that the Government Bill for the erection of the General Post • _ L/0 FtliMbtiU• 111 Directors had appointed a deputation to wait upon tho:Dire,:tors of tae Bank of England in reference to ,the suspension of the Bank Charter Act, and they concurred in such a proceeding. Just after tho ;meeting of the Council had broken up, it was intimated that tho.. Bank had forestal Led their reso lution, and the deputation did not..of course, pro ceed to London. The Chamber ic of opinion that -the Liverpool . office in London should be continued. The charge .of Mr. Justice Wightrnan to the Granath - 11.y, in the Aesize Court, yesterday, was of a ratherinteresting character. His Lordship states that Ras two. years. since ho sat on the bench at Liverpool, and that the crime of the county has increased, that is, in ,naarabers ; but that, comparing the peptuation now with then, he is inclined to believ6allatit has decreased, though very slightly. He again :made some .very pertinent remarks upon tls.e.becsetting.sin oUrunkenness, to which he traces many of the criraes committed, and com plained aaf the practice of many magistrates, in not taearing down and retaining with the depo sitiens, tkortatements of the accused, when ,they make any faeloore the magistrate. " This omission tends greatly ,to impede the due administration of justice." 7he , several cases tried yesterday will be found reporzetl at the full length which their importance eequiree. The enquiry ;into the death of the seaman, Rod erigo, wasa-esuraed yesterday. Several witnesses were examined—Firmer, whO went out as second mate, and came2aome.as boatswain in the Elizabeth, said that Leonia-Ant:v-01e captain ill-use the deceased on one oceasiott, but that he had often heard the captain swear at hire, and Roderigo cry out, as if he -PIL6 being flogged. Rimmer did not think that the deceased was fit to undertake the duties of an able.seaman, but Ire coraZd take the wheel. The cross-examination of thin witness di.l not elicit anything in favour of the prisoners, on the contrary, the further he was brtiteel the more he told against the accused. The steward said that he had gone out ; tile Elizabeth, and returned :in her. He alwayasaw Roderigo very ,quiet, and he obeyed orders. Seale other evidence was given, and the inquiry was afijourned. A focrth eff3rt was made to launch the Leviathan yasterclu, and, so far, it was successful. Jo the evening the whip was within four inches.of the water. It is ho-yed that to-day's flood will zee the ship resting .on ,the mighty waters of the deep. As far as foreign news goes to-day, we may.nctice that another Continental calamity has occurred in the Paris Citadel 'of Vincennes. The interior of the tower over the entrance fell on fiunday morning with a terrible craeh,.harying a whole military post in ruins. The loss of life must have been serious, as sixteen dead bodies were taken out of the ruins . in the course of the .day.—The people S and Government of Germany are bent upon ctfind ag in cut the true remedy' ; ainst the ravages of " the financial crisis. The Assembly of the citizens of Hamburg, extraordinallily convoked by the Senate, has empowered the latter to issue bonds to the amount of fifteen millions Mark Banco. These bonds will be advanced to the merchants on the security of deposited goods. This is an imitation of a measure of the adventu rous Prussian financier, M. Hanseman, who, in 1818, on the same principle, created so-called " Darlehen scassenscheine." The Prussian Government has, by royal ordonauce, repealed for the period of three months the laws regulating the amount of interest. The Second Chamber at the Ifague„ on Friday, rejected the budget to the minister of war, with the slight majority of thirty-six against thirty-two. Count de Morny, in opening the legislative assem bly at Paris, boasted of the inexhaustible resources of his country. Telegraphic despat4hes have !open received of the Australian Mail, which has reached Alexandria. The Squatter Land pin, which has been f ic f4 4 4 lQlsly puslwl through the Lower THE NORTHERN TIMES.---LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1857. House, had been rejected In the Upper. Nothing is said of the resignation of the Ministry in eon sequeloe. Trade was dull. THE aspect of afl•'airs in Belgium, is at the present moment of a most important and serious character, and the period when the contest between the Priesthood and the Liberal party must be decided, is fast approaching. As an evidence of the nature of the coming contest, we have only to refer to the circular issued by the head of the New Administration to the Governors of the Provinces throughout the Belgian Kingdom. This circular is •a reply to the Jesuitical saphis teries of the priesthood, whose conduct clearly shows that they have studied morals in Sigouri, and logic in Escobar. M. ROGIER, the Prime Minister of Belgium, exhibits in the circular alluded to, a calm and dignified tone, and the principles and line of policy he earnestly and eloquently propounds strictly constitutional. He places before the public the real merits of the controversy, and with force and reason ap peals to the electors to rescue the State from embarassnients, which, if aggravated, must sooner or later plunge it into all the horrors •f a civil war. Menacing although the present position of Belgium is, we have faith in the good sense and wise discrimination of the King and his Liberal Ministers, notwithstanding the fact that the:main object of the Clerical faction is to sub vert the relations between the Church and the Government. We have, en previous occasions, alluded to the causes which led to the dissolution of the late Chamber, and showed that His Majesty, King LEOPOLD, was compelled to adopt that course in consequence of the attempts which the Church was making to overrule the Lay authorities of the country. And now fearing that His Majesty's appeal to his people may result to their disadvantage, they use all sorts of schemes and false statements and public ridicule to prop up their strength in the new chamber. It is to meet these slanderous statements that M. ROGIER has issued the circular, In it he desires the local' authorities to place the policy of the Government in a broad and intelligible light be fore the electors, and combats the several items contained the impeachment preferred by the more rancorous members of the opposition. In little more than a week, the electors will be called upon to record their votes, hence the necessity of controverting and demolishing the sophisteries put forth against the prerogative of the Crown and the duties of the administration. As a matter of course, the clergy are loud and bitter in their complaints,—and from what we know in this country of their partizans, they are sure to find sympathisers in the United King dem,—that they have been made the object of an aggressive mevement, and that Belgium has been unnecessarily convulsed by the impolicy of the administration. To this, the answer of M. Rogier is more courteous and explicit than his antagonists had any reason to anticipate or expect. He shows that the defeat or retirement 01 Lae LiaLuonc mantstry, ieii nun and his party in possession of place and office, but the same time put them in the power of ,a hostile and bitter opposition, sa that it was inconsistent to expect that he could carry on the government of the country, and guide the legislation of the Senatorial Chamber, three-fifths of the members of which were entirely antagonistic to his authority. It is only by Ithe Church that Bel gium has been compromised in political dis cussions—the priesthood made obnoxious, dange rous disputes commenced, and the intelligent classes of the people goaded on, until at last their chief alternative lay only between violent resistance on the one hand, or humiliating sub mission on the other. Looking at M. RoGIER's circular, we observe that the principle of the new Cabinet is that ,cf "order" and " progress, " whilst that of the Opposition is merely to produce a national torpor. As the most effectual and powerful ally of spiritual tyranny, he has undoubtedly scattered to the winds the unfounded imputations cast upon him by his antagonists. They have accused him of annexation tendencies and revolutionary sympathies, and have gone so far as to cast a doubt upon his sincerity as a Christian. Such, however, is but the language o f a Inere faction, for it is well known that the late Ministry were political incendiaries, whose mis chievoug meddling forced the country back into disreputable conflicts between the supporters and the enemies of civil and religious liberty- It is nothing new for the slaves of the Italian Propo ganda todopt such an unworthy mode of war fare for tie purpose of establishing aad perpe tuating ecclesiastical tyranny. The master under whose banner they fight owes no allegi ance to the truth, in Any form,",and this policy they pursue is without conscience. Neverthe less, we cannot close our eyes to the fact that they possess both influence and power. To experi ence they combine the command of the pulpits, which are notorious for Romish anathemas, whis pering treachery into the ear of the innocent but ignorant peasant, and sedition into that of the soldier; they crawl into families, and leave their objectionable teachings in the minds of women and children, and thus the masses of the illiterate are led to believe that the Throne itself is a conspiracy, and the Government and Liberal party a rebellion against the temporal and spiritual interests of the people. M. ROGIER has ably refuted all these allegations of the ex-ministers, and has shown the electors of Belgium that the best interests of the country Cart alone be attained by the principies• and I policy which his able circular puts forward, and as such it is calculated to do much good before the day of voting, December 10, arrives. It will show to the various constituencies through out the Kingdom of Belgium that their duty is to repel the pretensions of a class of politicians, who, when prescribing a scheme of Charity and Education, were known to have a concordat in their pocket. We have made these remarks from the fact that, although many may deem the matter of minor importance to this country, it is one that interests England in no small degree ; for nothing should be deemed insignifi cant to England that relates to the vicissitudes and the prospects of religious freedom on the Continent. We take an interest in Belgium because her King is nearly related to our own good Queen, and is the chosen Sovereign of the people over whom he has presided with ability and much discrimination. The clergy have factiously opposed his designs. He has appealed to the nation, and we hope that the general response will be to strengthen the hands of his present advisors, and rescue the Government of the country from a faction whose bigotry is only equalled by their ecclesiastical tyranny, and opposition to civil and religious iberty. THE KING OF DELRI—Just added to Allsop's Royal Wax Work Exhibition, Lime-street, Liverpool, modelled from a sketch taken in the City of Delhi. LEWIS AND COMTANY'S NEW ESTABLISHMENT FOR BOY S' CLOTHING.—Number of boys clothed for the week ending Saturday, November 28th, 694; corresponding week last year, 410 ; increase, 284. BENEVOLENCIL—Yesterday, Mr. Mansfield received £l5 from Mr. Healing, a retired merchant, as an instalment for the opening of a soup kitchen for the relief of thepoor who are in distress. This most excellent example, no doubt, will be followed by other benevolent persons. CAUTION.—One of the presiding magistrates at the police court yesterday, in the case of some dock informations, intimated his intention of inflicting large fines on persons who neglect to remove their goods from the dock quays— fines heavier than the cost of removal—there is no lack of men now, and this notice should be a warning to the parties concerned. MIDDDE-CLASS UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS.—We under stand that our energetic townsman,Mr. Alderman Holme, has consented to take the chair at the meeting to be held on Thursday evening, at the Collegiate Institution, in reference to this subject. Those who remember his admirable speech at the laying of the foundation stone of the Free Public Library, will regard his assistance in the proposed movement as a subject of congratulation. TRIAL TRIP OF Tun ADRIATIC. —The New York Post of the 16th November, says :—" The Adriatic returned from her trial trip about half past nine o'clock this morning. She went out to sea on Friday and Saturday, some fifty miles, up Long Island coast ; on Sunday she rounded Block Island, and returned to Sandy Hook, and cruised about until morning. She ran up to sixteen miles an hour against head wind. Her greatest speed was made from a measured point at Sandy Hook to a measured point off Governor's Island—just eighteen nautical, or twenty one statute miles. She ran this in one hour and four minutes, starting against tide. She had on at this moment about two-thirds of her available steam, and was about half laden. This speed is equal to the highest attained by the Albany steamers Oregon and Vanderbilt, upon their great trial trips two years ago. This speed would take her to Albany in seven hours. Thera was no perceptible jar in the machinery, every part of which seemed to work in perfect unity. The trip was pronounced in the highest degree gratifying by all the guests on board, among whom were Messrs. Allen, Collins, Captain Cavendy, of the Washington, Lieutdhant Belaveneta, of the Russian corvette, Lieutenants Taylor and Temple, of the United States service, Professor Grant and others. She sails for Europe on Saturday. Captain Cavendy's Tripod for taking the latitude, and Professor Grant's Calciure light, both new inventions, ware pro nounced satisfactory, and adoated. The indisposition of the Earl of Scarborough (says the Nottingham Journal), consequent upon an accidental fall backwards in attempting to cross a ditch while out shooting on the Longshaw Moors, in August last, has created feelings of the deepest regret throughout the y Au. %4.11J1.0 LILO spine has we understand, been severely injured. The advice of Dr. Ferguson and Dr. Bright, two eminent metropolitan physicians, has been obtained. They have recommended that the noble earl should refrain from the least exertion. HIGIDIORE v THE EARL AND COUNTESS OF HARRINGTON. —ln the course of a correspondence between the Earl of Harrington and the Rev. F. J. Jones, which we lately published. in relation to this prosecution, Mr. Barron, of Elvaston Castle, near Derby, was accused by that rev. gen tleman of '‘ much wilful misrepresentation, and something worse." We are glad to see by the local papers that Mr. Jones has thought it right to recal the imputation and publicly acquit Mr. Barron of the charge. CELT AND SAXON.—We have now in this city a fair opportunity of testing the relative physical characteristics of the Celts and Slxons. We have a Saxon regiment—the Elthorne Militia—composed, in the bulk, e f men who are not only under size, but literally dwarfish in personal prop rtions. We will not compare them to our Celtic Consc.abulary, who tower above them like giants; but, c)ntrasting them wi h the Irishmen of the 59th, and oth-r depots now in Cork—recruits who have joined even since the reduction of the standard height for the army— they will not stand comparison with the Irishmen, in height, bulk or bearing.—Cork Report. OLD Lars.—The comfortable inns of the country are crumbling away before the system of railways and the social changes in the habits of the people which they introduce. Not long since the Old Black Boy, of Chelms ford, departed, leaving the site upon which he had so long stood as a legacy for the improvement of the town, though the provisions of his will have not yet been carried out; and now the Lion and Lamb Inn, a cosy hostel, though it cannot boast the same honours of antiquity, is about to clo.e its doors, and bid the weary wayfarer pass on to seek elsewhere the good fare and slippered ease it has been accustomed to supply. The inn appeared to stand con venient for the traffic to and frqm the railway ; but having, it appears, for some time ceased to be profitable, it will be seen by an advertisement, the furniture is about to ba brought to the hammer, and the house will be converted into a private dwelling. Chelmsford Chronicle. A. BOY FATALLY CRUSHED AT THE KERKSTALL FORGE, NEAR LEEDS.—On Friday morning Mr. A. Horsfall, deputy coroner for Leeds, held an inquest at the Sovereign Kirketall, on view of the body of William Child, a lad eleven years of age, and the son of Mrs. Child, widow of Kirkstall. A little after six o'clock that morning, the boiler makers in the forge were engaged in removing a boiler, and Mr. Young, the foreman in the department, placed the deceased at the point at which he was required to work. Unfoieuriately for himself, deceased moved to another point, and ao the boiler was being removed, it gave way and crushed the lad between the dome and a place in which certain rollers were working. Deceased was almost immediately extricated, but he did not give any signs of life, and expired without a groan in about eight minutes. • His head and his chest were both crushed.—The jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death." PROTESTANT INTOLERANCE AT ICZLSO.—We (Weekly Register) have this week received particular accounts of a transact on which illustrates the liberality of the sons of John Knox. The Catholic Church at Kelso having, as we all remember, been wrecked by a Protestant mob, an alvertisement was published inviting contracts for rebuild ing it. The successful offer was that of Mr. Black, a resi dent in the town, and a Preabytertan communicant. As he set to work jvith good heart, he received from the Rev. Dr. Boner ' his minister, a letter of remonstrance, to which he replied that he was a sincere Protestant, and that, in taking a contract to build a Catholic chapel, he no more identified with its worship than a mercer who sold silks which might be bought for vestments and altar hangings. , Next Sunday (we beg Dr. Boner's Pardon for not writing Sabbath, but we have a weakness in favour of the English language, and want our readers to understand us), Mr. Black publicly presented himself to receive what in Scot land is called his "token,"—the ticket of admission to the Presbyterian communion. It was refused in the face of the whole congregation, and the cause of the ref usa l publicly announced. Mr. Black, therefore, is now excom municated for working at the restoration of a Catholic church. Who can doubt that Dr. Boner wants only the will, not the power, to imitate the example of his brother ministers in Norway, who a few weeks ago succeeded in throwing out of the Norwegian Parliament the bill by which it was proposed, in a slight degree, to 'mitigate the existing persecution of Catholics. For our part, we say ones more, thank Clod for the British constitution. TELEGRAPHIC NEWS. By British and Irish Magnetic Telegraph. TURKEY. A despatch from Constantinople states that Lord Stratford de Redoliffe was to leave for London on the 3rd of December. THE DANITBIAN JA9SY, NOVEMBIER 27. The Country remains tranquil. FRANCE. PARIS, MONDAY NIGHT. The Three Per Cent. Rentes closed at 67f: 20c THE BIRMINGHAM AND MIDLAND COUNTIES' CATTLE AND POULTRY EXHLI3ITION. FROM OUR OWN REPORTER. The Birmingham and Midland Counties' annual exhibi tion of fat cattle, sheep, pigs, roots, and domestic poultry, commenced yesterday, and will extend over to day, to-morrow, and Thursday. The exhibition, as on former occasions, is held in Bingley Hall, and in no previous year has there been a more splendid collection of stock of every description than is now to be seen within the walls of the immense building. The display of fat cattle surpassed that of any previous year, the exhibitors consisting of the most distinguished breeders and agriculturists from every part of England, and including, amongst others, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, who exhibited several noble specimens. Amongst the exhibitors from this district were the Earl of Burling ton, Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire; Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Townley, High Sheriff of Lancashire ; and John Naylor, Esq., who carried away the first prize for the best Hereford steer, beating his Royal Highness Prince Albert, and several others. Colonel Townley, High Sheriff of Lancashire, took the first prize, with the extra prize of £2O and gold medal, and silver medal, as breeder for the best short-horn cow. He also obtained the second prize for cross-bred fat oxen. _ _ The display of sheep includes choice lots of Leicestershire wethers, South Downs, Shropshire, black and grey faced, and cross brads. _ Of pigs, there was also a numerous lot of specimens, and amongst the successful exhibitors were Prince Albert, and Colonel Pennant, of Penrhyn Castle, Bangor. The Poultry, as on all former occasions, was perhaps the most attractive feature of the exhibition. There were no less than 1,498 pens exhibited, comprising altogether, nearly 5,000 birds. There is an unusually large number of gold and silver Hamburghs shown, and in this class, Mrs. W. C. Worral, of Knotty Ash, carried away the first prizes, for both golden pencilled and golden spangled Hamburghs, for birds exceeding one year old. Mr. Richard Teebay, of Fulwood, Preston, took the first prize for silver spangled Hamburghs, of more than a year old. Captain Hornby, of Knowsley, attained the first prize for a noble pen of Dorkings, exceeding one year The Rev. Stephen Doune, of Oswestry, the first prize-for Dorking pullets, and Captain Hornby, the second prize. Mr. Thomas Stretch, of Bootle, who is now one of the most dis tinguished breeders in the county, took the first prize for the best pen of Bair Cochin Chinas, exceeding one year old. In Buff Cochin China Pullets, Mr. Stretch have also two pens marked " highly commended." Mr. 11. Forkes, of Blan3ford, Dorsetshire, taking the first prize in this class. Mr. Stretch also took the second prize for a single Cochin China Cock, the first prize having been awarded to Mr. Mansfield, of D orchester. In Bramah Pootra fowls, Mr. Teebay, of Fulwood, Preston, took both the first and second prizes. Mr. Gilbert W. Moss. of Liverpool, was awarded the first prize for the best Dorking cock, and Captain Hornby the second prize. This was a splendid class. Mr. Moss was also successful in game fowl, taking the third prize for birds exceeding a year old. In this class Baron L. de Roths• child took the first prize. In addition to the classes before named, there is a fine display of Polish fowl, Malays, Bantams, gold and silver laced, and white and black ; geese, Aylesbury and Rouen ducks, turkeys, 8;e There is, besides these, nearly twenty classes of pigeons, including about 200 specimens. Notwithstanding that the admission was 5s the hall SOY %a ..1.1.7 011,11 t ULU:Ai Las successful. We perceive that excursion trains to Birming ham will leave Liverpool and other places to-day, when the admission to the exhibition will be reduced to ls. The son of General Lamoriciere is dead: An accident happened at Vinciennes, from the falling of a tower, by which thirty-two persons have been killed. PARIS, Sunday.—A conference of the Maritime Powers will be held in London, on the subject of the African Emigration, and its bearing on the slave trade. REPRESENTATION OF FIFE.—The rumoured probability of an early vacancy in the parliamentary representation of the county has caused some stir amongst our politicians, and it is, we believe, arranged that, on the retirement of our present member, the whig party will solicit the suffrages of the electors for Hay Erskine Wemyss, Esq., of Wem3ss Castle. EMBEZZLEMENT OF THE SHREWSBURY AGENT OF MESSRS. PICIEPORD AND CO.—On Friday, James Ellidge, the Shrewsbury agent for Messrs. Pickford and Co., railway carriers, was brought up on remand before the mayor, Mr. T. M. How, and two other magistrates, charged with having embezzled several sums of large amount, belonging to his employers. In consequence of some suspicion as to the honesty of Ellidge, who, for four years had enjoyed their confidence, Messrs. Pickford and Co. had sent down Mr. Marshall, a confidential clerk, to investigate the accounts, when defalcations to a serious extent were discovered. The prisoner, who declined saying anything in his defence, was committed for trial at the ensuing assizes. A CHRISTMAS DODGE.—We beg to caution our agricul tural friends against a trick which is annually attempted at this particular season upon some classes. We allude to a particular species of advertisements which make their appearance some few weeks prior to Christmas, announcing the want of supplies of fowls, ducks, geese, turkeys, pork, &c , for the London market. In many cases there announcements are mere attempts to swindle unsuspecting country folks out of the supplies prepared for Christmas demands. Delighted with the idea of getting " London prices" and extensive orders, little farmers, and their wives, too, answer these advertisements, and of course obtain the desired " orders." Turkeys, geese, and pork are despatched per rail to the address stated ; but alas! no remittance ever reaches the unhappy sender—and on calling a week or two afterwards, it is discovered that the so-called " dealer" was some regular swindler, and merely hiring a room, temporarily, in a back lane near Leaden hall, Newgate, or the Borough market, for the purpose of more easily duping the unwary —or, even, perhaps, only having his letters left there.—Galway Vindicator. IMPORPANT DECISION IN THE MANCHESTER BANKRUPTCY COUR.T.—A long hearing, extending over three days, was brought to a conclusion on Friday, in Mr. Commissioner Skirrow's court. It was in the bankruptcy of Messrs. Bradshaw and Collinson, of Salford Mill, Burnley ; and the argumen's arose upon an attempt by Messrs. Marsland and Co. to prove for £764 upon the joint estate of the bankrupts.—Mr. Saunders, barrister, instructed by Mr. Richardson, appeared for Messrs. Marsland and Co. ; and Mr. Shipman appeared for the assignees of the bankrupts. It appears that the debt was contracted by Mr. Bradshaw before the partnership between him and Mr. Collinson was entered into, and was for machinery, 6,:c. supplied to Mr. Bradshaw's mill. For Messrs. Marsland and Co., it was contended by Mr. Saunders, that a proof could not be re ceived upon the seperato estate, and that they were en titled to prove upon the joint estate, imesmuch as there was an understanding after the partnership that the partner ship were to be liable. Mr. Saunders supported hie argu ments by quoting cases of a similar description, and the opinion of Lord Justice Knight Bruce. Mr. Shipman contended that the partnership had never been treated by Messrs. Marsland and Co. as liable, and that their own books showed that Mr. Bradshaw alone was considered the person liable for the debt, which was contracted with him before Mr. Collinson joined the concern.—His Honour yesterday gave judgment, and after referring to the cases adduced by Mr. Saunders, and the books and documents in the estate, decided that Messrs. Marsland and• Co. must prove upon the separate estate of Mr. Bradshaw; for the examinations which had been taken did not show that the creditors had in any way assented to become creditors of the joint estate, ner had anything been done by the bank- rnpts to give them that right. His Honour promised to prepare a written and more elaborate judgment upon the case.—A short time since, a similar attempt was made to prove for £2,500 upon the joint estate, and was success fully resisted by Mr. Shipman, on behalf of the assignees. THE INDIAN MUTINIES. THE CALCUTTA MAIL. Wo have already supplied our readers with full details per the Bombay Overland Mail. The following letter of the Calcutta correspondent of the Times will be read with interest : CALCUTTA, 00T. 22. With this mail you will probably receive Gene ral Wilson's account of the capture of the Palace and the King of Delhi. It has been suppressed in this country, and will not be published till after the departure of the mail. The object of this proceeding is, doubtless, to secure to the Cabinet the earliest information. The practice, however, is injurious, and should be stopped by the President of the Board. It creates a feeling of uneasiness, as no merchant is able to calculate the probable effect of despatches he has not seen. Trade is sufficiently embarrassed already without the addition of arti ficial uncertainties. For the rest, the information before the public is decidedly satisfactory. The Golden Fleece, the Thebes, and the Columbia have arrived, and the remainder are expected daily. A great depot of Europeans is to be formed at Barrackpore. Five thousand men will be encamped on the Calcutta naaidan (plain) and about that number at Raneegunge. As soon as these arrangements aro completed, security will be re-established in the metropolitan counties. Travelling up the Grand Trunk Road, we find that order has been re-established at Hazareebagh and throughout the greater portion of Chota Nagpore Bands, rather of Deceits than rebels, however, still harass the valley of the Soane, and, strange to say, a portion of another regiment, after all hope of its officers, had disappeared, mutined and murdered officers, Two companies of the 32d were stationed at Deoghur, in the Swathe district. They were believed to be faithful, and retained their arms. On the oth of September, however, Lieutenant Cooper, then in command, was shot at on parade. Lieutenant Cooper, Mr. Ronald (the Deputy Commissioner), Lieutenant Rannie, and perhaps one Sepoy fled into a house. The house was immediately set on fire, its inmates driven out and murdered, under a shower of balls. Lieutenant Rennie, however, was saved by a havildar, who was wounded in hie defence, and is now safe at Bhaugalpore. The body of Lieutenant Cooper was then chopped up, the trea sury plundered, and the mutineers set off for the Grand Trunk Road. It is believed they will be met by her Majesty's 13th, just sent up by railroad Lieutenant Cooper was remarkable for his attach ment to his men, in whose sports he often shared, offering prizes to the successful. The fact increases the horror of the event, but in truth the power of feeling horror has died out of us. After hearing of an English girl found hanging by the hair in Nana Sahib s palace, with her flesh sliced from her bones by swords, the murder of an officer seems almost nothing. In truth, it excites no feeling whatever, all sympathies being swallowed up in a craving, burning thirst for vengeance, In Behar the position of affairs remains as before, the scattered parties of mutineers pressing slowly northward, evidently to reach districts where the population are more sympathetic. Ameer Ali, the Mussulman appointed by Mr. Halliday, with the sanction of the Government of India, to put down the Mussul man movement in Patna, has, it is said, resigned. Another Mussulman will probably be appointed as a " measure of conciliation." It is impossible to describe to you the feeling with which these ap pointments are received by Europeans, official and non-official. Still proceeding northward, we find Benares still safe under the protection of some Europeans and a Madras regiment. Her Majesty's 53rd, or rather a wing of that corps, is clearing the road thence to Allahabad. A more important movement is, however, in progress, to describe which I must carry you further northward. After the fall of Delhi, General Wilson despatched a column under Colonel Greathead in pursuit of the fugitives. Marching rapidly southward, on the sth of October he came across the Gwalior mutineers, he_ ..___:-, -Lg.-es. lit: euL LUCM up. unituilug a loss of 500 men and 11 guns. On the 10th he reached Agra, and was attacked again by the muti neers, reinforced by the Delhi fugitives, but the enemy was repulsed with immense slaughter, and driven headlong as far as the Kharee. Few par ticulars have reached us, but it is presumed that this victory has finally relieved Agra. A second body of fugitives made for Oude, as I reported last mail, but their arrival at Bithoor was notified to 1 the British at Cawnpore. The officer in command, Colonel Wilson, sallied out with a very small force, attacked and routed the enemy, but was unable to attempt a pursuit. In all these engagements the want of European cavalry is bitterly felt. The mutineers display the poltroonery which might be expected from their cruelties, but they march fast, and in this war slaughter, not mere dispersion, is our main object. They are as dangerous in small parties as in great bodies, and in this country no man forgets that the scoundrels are murderers running from the gallows. Cawnpore itself is believed to be safe, and, strange to say, the road between that place and Lucknow seems to be open. At all events, a great convoy of provisions, guarded by only 250 men, reached the Alumbagh in safety. General Havelock, with about 1,000 men, and all the women and children, is believed to be with or near (for accounts differ) General Outram, who, with 1,500 men, is iu Lucknow itself. Sinister rumours of all kinds are floating about, but 1 believe they are wholly without foundation. General Outram can hold Lucknow, though he is ffearfully outmached, and he has received provi sions and ammunition. I question if there is a party in Oude which will attack this party while General Havelock is alive, but an accident to him might alter the position of affairs. The Sepoys, like all other Asiatics, hold the death of a leader a signal for victory, and invent all kinds of rumours to that effect. You will very likely hear many such, but they were up to the latest accounts mere falsehoods. Even the story of General Havelock's sickness rests apparently on native talk. There is a statement circulated that General Havelock is cut off from communication with General Outram, but this appears improbable. All that is certain is, that Outram waits eagerly the advance of Colonel Greathead's column. General Wilson remains still in Delhi, but he has appointed Colonel Burn Military Governor, and another officer Governor of the Palace. I can give you no news from the Punjaub, as my intelligence comes via Bombay, and your Bombay correspondent will anticipate me. Indeed, he ought to have the latest information from the North-West, as the roads to Western India are open and the post still travels ; our post does not, except on Government account, and Go vernment will give no detailed information to any one. The moral effect of the fall of Delhi has been great, but we are still too few to strike great blows. No great body of troops can be available for another month, and even then there will be grea t difficulty in finding carriage. The Government is adopting every expedient in its power to collect means of transport. The zemindars have been requested to furnish elephants, and bullock carriages are building in Calcutta. This will, however, be the great diffi culty, and it ought to be supplied from England. It is not too late eren now. We want a dozen little steamers, regular Thames ferryboats, and 5,000 light vans, with covers, and wheels of iron without tires. It is difficult in places to mend tired wheels. A few thousand tents, too, would be very much in place, if Beut in swift steamers. It has been sug Bested that Government eight seiz s all private carriages ; and compel every zemindar to give up his elephants ; abut all revolutionary energy is wanting. The Press Law is still in active operation. The Calcutta papers have been warned for republishing articles from the Press, and the Friend of Indict was compelled to expurgate The Times of the 31st of August. It contained a sup position that religion might be at the bottom of the Sepoy cruelties, w hi c h i s s t r ictly the truth, but is calculated to iuterfere with religious proju. dices. The Government is on this point strangely' sensitive. You are aware that by law the public!' tion of a Bible is now a p en al offence, puni shab, ! by seizure of the presses. Of course the law not enforced in such cases, but it aiV o t to the contempt of the natives. ." native journal has been warned, much less . 52; pressed, and I enclose a copy of the - 1 / 1 1r5v . st Patriot, a native journal, whose railing ageld, the English is not even noticed. lon W ag but I do not personally know, that the Christ i ' reg of Krishnaghur recently offered to supplY egV e i t for the army, who are much wanted. .7 fig petition was rejected because they applied gor ily' subjects, but as Christians. I enclose my auti-1.,5 fer the story. No one here believes that re,liris a nd thil 3 , 4 had anything to do with the revolt, perhaps the place to give you the belief of t i e l f community on that point. The revolt is in t .' u se a opinion a great Mussulman conspiracy, or di, by (I give the name privately). This ,!„ ° 0 5,. vidual, partly by working on their religious feenla partly by large bribes and larger promises, se efts, the principal Mussulmans of most reginel,e",,,,d, They industriously spread the report that Canning intended to convert the Hind oes, . d to that the Enfield cartridges were int endeu es' break ,the caste, and so .render further ra.„,. sures easy Having succeeded in o btain ; the support of the influential Hindoos L they os , ceeded to plan the massacre of the Enr ° ,,P a loa Every European in Bengal was to have Per ie u' on s• the night of the centenary of Plessey. rations were nearly completed, when t'l e.. i3at Hewett's blunders at Meerut saved the en 3 Pi' e ,.o3 for the mutineers' success at Meerut not a Eur°creir could have survived to tell the tale. By the vfew of God the telegraph was in existence, and ill „ a t hours the danger was understood from L'0.,. 61 ',, a 'a6t to Travancore. You know the rest, but I m" t i l e also record the universal belief that unie ss . 03 c vengeance of England is as mighty as the qbe our Sicilian vespers may yet be repeated. tua Government, I believe, is still of opinion that,bia movement has been a sudden and unintelliPees burst of fanaticism. In that ease two eircueestttly remain unexplained. First, the juncture of '' tiv e sulmans and Hindoos ; secondly, that the n s ti fm i, Christians, except at Delhi, have not snt. - ea The people of Jaunpore, moreover, have e'n'ocl voluntarily to rebuild the mission churc h schools, and in no proclamation issued by 0- - jes , is there any mention whatever of the missioetTeie No plan whatever has yet been announced m,ot for the reorganization of the army. It i. s „ to believed, however, that Government will obJZ,te the " English " plan, or will attempt to reheb t " v , - )ye the Sepoy force. The great difficulty will be ` O 3 pressure of class interests upon Governmen t ' 9 '40 the existence of a desperate oonflict o f opt l ." 00 , among its officers. The result will be int teti as unless orders are issued from England so ele' r At to require obedience instead of discussio g. the present public opinion is concentrated c di tic eo question of vengeance, The following Sen te :eat from the Friend of India are understood to repre— the universal idea :- 1. That in districts under martial law, and during 14 . , 14 -t t ecl warfare, the loss of life and property should be rep by military necessities alone. tted 2. That every mutineer who has taken up arms or (1 -- his ranks should die. shot' 3 That every rebel who has taken up arms die. 4. That in every village where a European lo s ad s! murdered, a telegraph cut, or a dala stolen, a swifc tribes should exercise summary justice. • 11 0 5. That every village in which a European fug itl°- been insulted or refused aid should be heavily fined. 0 ;11 It is believed the Government measure tog fall short of this as regards the villagers, but 1: 1 ° 0 o f regards the mutineers. There is as yet no sigio Lard Canning's intentions, but I do not believey` t ig, upon this point he will be found Ivanting. however, impossible to tell, as the policy of arev` bs s meat varies every week. The Disarming Ae. t f ed not been put in force. When it is, it is bell that whole classes will be exempted from its eS r tion. If they are the measure is nugatory• If ki ll body can buy weapons except Europeans , theY c ias soon be as common as at present. Who is to de st to how many revolvers a Bengalee Zemindar oug"Go. have? The greatest difficulty now pressing orleera vernment is the disposal of the disarmed nu ltin ;tiere There are more than 20,000 men in this FTs'eese; One party would put them to death as niu t f t eern another, and a much larger one, would se°'baad to the Andaman isles ; a third talks of a l s „, 9 of 'anent ; a fourth, of reorganization. The c - ",,,,,, 1 v r0• Government are not known, but it is most Araacl. bable that these men will ever again be flog ast One or two regiments may, but the remaind, er s - is la at least be. dismissed. At present they are o r ' jot pay for detaining European troops in in conYe i f l t ee positions. This, however, is not the fault ° its administration. Government cannot issue decree until the European troops have arrived'oe P.S.—Sumbhulpore has been seized by 3 0 00 named Sunder Shah, a released convict, with L o s ruffians, not Sepoys. It is this disorgan iza which is so dangerous, more so even tha n tea mutiny. There is a report that the troops °' of Rajah of Travancore have shown symptoreso disaffection, but it requires confirmation.,'lbi precise number of men slain and wounded at n v rti e e ia stands as follows :—During the assault, 1, 17 ' 00 0 66 °Beers ; during the siege and assault, -5 ; 0 11, men, 220 officers. The original force wa s - 3,000 men and 160 officers, and the numberviiil officers never reached 400. This statement suet enable enable you to perceive how necessary laces reinforcements have bec mo elligence receive' tw e. cee' OCT. 23.—Tho latest into firms the statements given above. The e els divisions of the Lucknow force have, it s e a ss certain, effected a junction, and General o °, tr eie has now therefore some 2,300 men with him Residency. This force is strong enough t° s , any native enemy, but it is donbtful if it i 5 t ee ciently provisioned. A desperate attack 013 09 Queen's palace, headed by Outram himself , 59 0 0 0 / to have been repulsed, and the British for s e- t , ee o remains for the moment inactive. Rounu lies immense bands of armed Sepoys and pees: 4 o - 0 0 numbering in the aggregate at least l eg men: With one exception, every landir the in Southern Oude has declared again st d on British, not from any dislike, for the slam° b ate saved British officers; but from a desire t° ° tr oll the spoils of a falling dynasty. If General O e t for has or can obtain provisions he may hold °u o re any time; if not, he must cut his way to Ca ci w ri ( 0 00 sword in hand, with, I fear, frightful loss. u° o ll o Greathead has gone into Agra again. Th el3- 13e t proceeds to Mynpoorie, and so to Cawnpore. the ho cannot hope to reach Lucknow much bef°c d ief 4 end of this mouth, and meanwhile men, s cu s d to especially, must eat. There is no force to se" b ale his aid, except this column, and the question turns on its arriving in time. Rewah Rajah, it is reported, though still To fill, has fled from his palace to some fort. , o Sora political agent, Lieutenant Osborne, is 61 % 0; left alone. His position and conduct are a :6 £4 1 collent illustration of the scenes taking P'e'd till over India. )pile is a young Madras officer , f ile ; 1 , 4 this outbreak but little known to any one' now living in Rewah in a tent without a ' are" companion, without a friend within one htl t 000 miles. He is so ill with liver eemplai° jo 6 he cannot lie down, taking rest only fin als' chair. He has no guard, no soldiers, sea or reliable servants. Every day a" •ae to the soldiery surrounded his tent, threats" l put him to death by torture. e their aaltil itß s t siS power, but tells them he can take at lee Se lives before he dies. And so, day by day , til d e seit a ll lives, sick almost unto death, all alone , 031 . s eat, murderers t all round, confident only that 11 , oa f : is to remain at his post, and that Go d i s tee him still. It is not such men RS th e . se eee ch Sepoys • can subdue. So magical, weedy is the influence of character, that to thin 10 Lieutenant Osborne, the sole European ia te's Rewah, is felt by the natives to be at leas t a 14tere for the regiment around hi m . To this hour, 'force, fore, they are willing, when not stopped b f w and s ; to convey his messages and obey his c° ll3 Two more companies of the 321 Native ego have mutinied at Rampore Hat. Their olei;owsee away safely: Th e rema i n i ng companies a t . ee rei . have demanded to be led against the a somewhat dangerous experiment. ........... 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