The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-11-02 00:00:00

BLOOMER & CO.'s PATENT ANCHORS. —MESSRS. BLOOMER & CO. beg to inform their friends that they are now prepared to EXECUTE OR DERS for their PATENT ANCHORS to any extent; and, referring to the circulars that have been distributed by cer tain interested parties, cautioning against the purchase of these anchors as an implied infringement on other patents, Messrs. B. and Co. beg to say THAT THIS IS NOT AN INFRINGEMENT ON ANY OTHER PATENT WHAT EVER, and that they are prepared to give their friends their indemnity against any law costs or otherwise connected herewith. CHAINS, CABLES, COMMON ANCHORS, &c.. on the shortest notice. Apply at the offices—Liverpool : 9, Strand-street; Glas gow : 17, Gordon-street ; London : 3, Idol-lane, Tower treet ; or at the works, West Bromwich. T 0 BE SOLD, Freehold of Inheritance, situ ated at the North-end of the Town, a Corner Public House, and Corner Flour Shop, together with Six Houses, all fronting a wide street, forming a complete Block, the like seldom in the Market. Rental, £lB4 10s. per annum. Price £2,200, of which £1,600 can remain thereon. Also £l,OOO Trust Money to be lent on Freehold. Apply to GEOBGE BYFORD, 44, Dale-street. THE STEAM-SHIP .1 1- V\GOLDEN AGE • !! FOR AUSTRALIA. Is now ON VIEW in the HUSKISSON DOCK; She is largest and most ma • cently fitted steam ship in the world.—For Cards of As sion apply to MILLERS & THOMPSON, 4, Drury -lane, Liverpool. CotninerciA talos. THURSDAY NEXT This day, (Thusday,) the Ist. November, at half-past One at the Corn Sale-room, 14, Brunswick -street, About 8600 Bushels Ghirka WHEAT, Per Vertunno, from Odessa.—Apply to ROBERT PROCTOR, Broker. WEDNESDAY. On account of the Importers On Wednesday, the 9th instant, at Twelve o'clock at noon, on the Quay of the Toxteth Dock, Liverpool, 7,467 Pieces, first, second, and third quality PINE DEALS, containing 247,990 superficial feet. 14,858 Pieces, first, second, and third quality, SPRUCE DEALS, containing 478,326 superficial feet. 1,196 Pieces DEAL ENDS, containing 18,276 superficial 16,175 Pieces 4i-feet PALINGS. Just arrived per Monsoon, from St. John's N. B. Subject to the usual revision of the Liverpool Quay mea surement. The Brokers will undertake the shipment of all Deals purchased from this cargo, charging the buyers the cur rent rates of Cartage, &c., and also guaranteeing the correct delivery to the carriers as invoiced. 3,276 Pieces St. John-SPRUCE DEALS, &c, 18 Cords LATHWOOD. 93 Logs St. John's BIRCH TIMBER, 2,905 feet, aver aging 144-inches string, just arrived per Magnet, from St. John's N. B. Apply to Messrs. LAMPORT and HOLT, Merchants ' CHALONER & FLEMING, Brokers. WE announced, in our impression of yesterday, that part of the Turkish army, numbering twenty six thousand men, had crossed the Danube at Kalifat ; and that so far from an armistice being likely to be concluded, positive hostilities were the most probable result. The intelligence received from Vienna since last we wrote, is entirely con firmatory of that which has already been laid be fore our readers, and induces us to believe, that by this itrte, not only has " the tocsin of war" been sounded, but that a bloody engagement has posi- tively ensued; Last Friday, it appears, the Ottoman army made the passage of the Danube, and the engagement of the hostile forces was expected to take place on FRIDAY. IMPORTANT SALE Of Honduras Mahogany, Walnut Wood, Rio and Bahia Rosewood, Teakwood Boards, Bird-eyed Maple, Bird-eyed Maple Veneers, Pencil Cedar, Honduras Rosewood, Log ends of Honduras Mahogany, &c., &c. At BIRKENHEAD, on Friday, the 11 th instant, at Twelve o'clock, in the Honduras Sheds. 140 Logs HONDURAS MAHOGANY and 68 Pieces HON DURAS ROSEWOOD, being the entire Cargo just landed ex Crusader, from Belize direct. Apply to JOHN CARMICHAEL, Esq., Merchant. 184 Logs HONDURAS MAHOGANY, and 1 Log CEDAR, being the entire cargo just landing ex Cora zan de Maria, from Belize direct. Apply to WILLIAM VAUGHAN, Esq., Merchant. 250 Logs HONDURAS MAHOGANY, being the cargo hourly expected (if in time) ex Luna, from Belize direct. Apply to Messrs. HIDE, HODGE, and Co., Merchants. These cargoes contain every variety of quality and size, viz., Wood suitable for Joiners, and Builders, Railway Carriage and Coachmakers, Machinery and Cabinet purposes, with a splendid assortment of rich Veneer, Table, Counter Top, and Panel Logs; in fact, every person's requirements can be found in this large assortment. 95 Planks BAHIA ROSEWOOD, ex Busaco, which was not landed in time for the last sales. Apply to JOSEPH TOPLISs, and Co., Merchants. 391 Planks BAHIA ROSEWOOD, just landed ex Rubin. Apply to Messrs. DEAN, YouLE, and Co., Merchants. 143 Planks RIO ROSEWOOD, just landed, ex Thomas Mellor. Apply to Messrs. MELLOR and EASON, Merchants. 132 Planks IRIO ROSEWOOD, just landed, ex Thomas Mellor. Apply to Messrs. J. and R. HUTTON and Co„ Merchants. The Rio Rosewood is of superb quality, remarkably large and sound, containing splendid veneer and chair wood It has been selected in Rio by a person there perfectly acquainted with the article, and an extravagant price paid to secure a first rate parcel ; the Bahia is also of fine size, fresh, and contains a good assortment of rich veneer planks, many being 5 cwt. and upwards. 34 Planks BIRD-EYED MAPLE. 2 Cases BIRD-EYED MAPLE VENEERS. 20 Logs PENCIL CEDAR, just landed ex Golden Age, from New York. Apply to FRANCIS FOSTER, Esq., Merchant. 218 Curls UNITED STATES WALNUT WOOD, just landed, ex William Nelson, On account of the Im- porter. To which will be added (if in time) other Mahogany, Roo. wood, &c., &o. HOLME, SLATER, and CROOK, Timber Measurers and Brokers, HOUSE AGENTS HAVING PREMISES TO LET OR SELL SHOULD ADVER TISE IN THE NORTHERN DAILY TIMES AT A CHARGE OF SIXPENCE Offices-19, SOUTH JOHN STREET, LIVERPOOL; 9, PRINCESS STREET, MANCHESTER. SERVANTS WANTING SITUATIONS: PERSONS WANTING SERVANTS, should Advertise in the NORTHERN DAILY ' CHARGE SIXPENCE Published every morning, at 19, south John-street, Liverpool, and 9, Princess-street, Manchester. TIMES NOTICE The Propiietors of the NORTHERN DAILY TIMES have now completed their arrangements for securing the delivery of the paper at the following places every morning, at, or before eight o'clock. BIRKENHEAD II BOOTLE WOODSIDE { WALTON TRANMERE 1 1 EVERTON ROCK FERRY WATERLOO FAIRFIELD SEAFORTH AIGBURTH. TO CORRESPONDENTS Whatever is intended for insertion must be authenticated by the name and address of the writer; not necessarily for publication, but as a guarantee of his good faith. We cannot undertake to return rejected communications. All communications, Books for Review, etc., to be for warded to the Editor must be addressed to the Publisher, CHARLES WILL3IER, and those from London may be sent to the care of Messrs. Simpkin, Marshall, and Co. Rfirtijtrn fiutts. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1853 No resistance whatever was offered on thepart of the Russian troops cumstance is accounted for owing to the ( Prince GORTSCHAKOFF is said to msess in tas superior. military skill, as well as regard cipation of the upshot of this terrible There are rumours of a special Ambs lclor being ordered to the PORTE Considerable anxiety prevails in the Metr( in consequence of this fresh intelligence, for,whi the public mind had been altoget aer unprepared, as an armistice was considered to have been con eluded, in order to allow time for what was gene- rally believed would have proved a successful negotiation. WE have been favoured by the Chairman of the " Library and Museum Committee" with the current Report of the Institution, upon which we venture to offer a few strictures suggested by a perusal of the same. Perhaps there never was a time when philan thropy was more misdirected, or when ch obtained to such an extent, as the present Quad nostrums and jim-crack panaceas are unfortunately too much the order of the day,; and whilst "HOLLO WAY'S Ointment," and similar infallible remedies are announced for all " the ills that flesh is heir to," there are not wanting patent elixirs for mental and social infirmities—perseverance in the use of which being the only condition of cure ! As far as we ourselves are concerned, we have little faith in either, considering it bett( "Bear the ills we have Than fly to others that we know not of Free Libraries for the people cannot, however, be regarded in a similar point of view. Provided that the benevolent sentiment does• not rest satis- fled with this one object, we hail such institutions as appropriately meeting a most decided want. Still we must confess, that there does exist danger of philanthropy being contented with thi singlE achievement. Of course, tis a very desirable ob ject that the artizan class should have every facility afforded them for obtaining information. But we all know well enough that there must exist neces sary conditions ere such a boon can either be appreciated or become generally acceptable. Whilst the working classes of this country are ill-fed and ill-lodged, there is little hope of their cultivatin to any considerable extent, literary tastes whilst we should much regret to undervalue an object so utilitarian as the general establishment of Free Libraries, we yet conceive that the frequent erection of model-lodging houses and public ba would be more essentially conducive to th nutan condition and social progress of the int Were physical comforts more highly estimated, and the lawn of health more generally complied with, intellectual culture would become a necessity—and the majority of those who now seek the tavern ane the tap-room as a refugium peccatorurn would, it all probability, resign a polluted atmosphere o: tobacco-fume and unlimited potations of "half and half," for less debasing and unprofitable indulgences. We are glad, nevertheless, to find that the esta blishment of a Free Library in Liverpool has not proved a failure. The experiment has only been tried twelve months; and although no great hopes were entertained, at the outset, of its success, experience now warrants a different conclusion. We cannot do better than give the following particulars from the Report itself : The Library was opened on the 18th of October, 1852. From that period down to the same datt, of the prooont year there have been issued to readers the number of 111,723 volumes; in addition to which there have been 16,960 read ers of periodical publications which are left lying on the tables, making a total of works perused of 128,683. The average nnmber of books issued per diem is 394, and of readers of periodicals 80. Assuming the average number of books in the Library during the year to have been 10,000, which is near the truth, the numbers issued are equivalent to every book in the Library having been read thirteen times over during that time. Gratifying as the result must be, it does not fairly represent the demand for the advantages of the Library. The utmost number which the present rooms can accommodate at one time, even with inconvenient crowd ing, is 140 to 160 persons. In the evening, which is of course the principal time for readers, the rooms are always filled, frequently crowded to a most inconvenient extent. The discomfort arising from this source, and from the stifling atmosphere which the frequenters of the rooms have to submit to in consequence, is.a sufficient evidence of the avidity with which the inhabitants avail themselves of the advantages of the Institution. So far the result is most gratifying, and fully warrants those further measures which are being adopted for the extension of so manifest an advan tage to the labouring classes. We only hope that those for whose direct benefit it is intended, will appreciate the same commensurately with its worth, and " seize Time by the forelock," in order to bring themselves within the range of its operation. Although we perceive, by the excellent classi fication given in the Report, that works of light literature form nearly one-half of the books read— by the way, not an unhealthy sign in itself—still the number of readers requiring a higher range of instruction, are not at all inconsiderable Work on Metaphysics, Natural Philosophy, Law, Poli. tics, &c., are in repeated requisition, and certainly show a higher condition of intellect amongst the masses than one would be disposed to give them credit for. We have not the slightest doubt bu that, under certain conditions, the working class would rise greatly in the social scale As it i there are but too many potent influences perpetu• ally and imperceptibly at work, to disease their bodies and debase their minds. And it is pretty clear that none but themselves can become their emancipators. Never before was the language LORD BYRON—so often reechoed by the Irish " stump-orator "—more appropriately applied-- " Hereditary bondsmen, know ye not Who must be free, himself must strike the blow ?" There is, unfortunately, amongst the class we speak of, too great a dependence placed upon extraneous aid. Were they only in possession of that necessary virtue, self-reliance, their own characters would become more elevated—their tastes more cultivated—their homes more healthy —and the philanthropist would be no longer under tho necessity of devising and completing schemes for their advantage. EVERYONE is interested in the price of necessary food ; and all reasonable persons are willing to pay for such a fair price, having respect to the cost of production, and a reasonable profit to the grower. But when, by some factitious manoeuvre, an artificial price is created to these articles —a price exorbitant and unreasonable—we than feel that we have just cause to complain, and we look about for the agencies producing the mischief. The country is just now passing through such a period of artificial and extortionate prices upon the articles of food ; and we hesitate not to say, that the heartless cormorants who have perpetrated the mischief, deserve the execration of mankind. The farmers and growers are not the parties in fault ; for they are not to blame in getting the best price they can in the market for their commo dities. But we are to look, first, to the heartless despots of Eastern Europe, who, for seven months, have kept up the clamour of war; and then, secondly, to the English and French capital ists, who, taking advantage of this war-clamour, rnE NORTHERN have in combination turned out speculators by bir engrossed t ie corn, as to become, temporarily, tile arbiters of With this power in their hands, they have turned t ;revs without conscience or com- punction, and have brought Wheat up to 7s. the . quarter higher than it was in the corresponding 6, when famine was at' the door, and i people were on the verge of the grave by Now we assume as fact, that there is starvation .ot the lightest danger of famine the coming year: Even in 1847, when the speculators en grossed the'corn-trade as now, and after they had put on . the ; screw at high-pressure, raising Wheat to the enormous price of 102 s. sd. the quarter, by May-day it fell more than one-half in price, viz., 525. 11d.; in four short months thereafter, and before the new crop had come into market—fell, aye.! to the total destruction of the holders, and to such a commercial derangement throughout the kingdom as had not been witnessed for thirty When the bubble had burst, it was found 3 stocks of Wheat and Flour, in the Ware louses of England and Franee, hat the enormous Ind that, in fact, there had at no time been any Scarcity. The history of such like panics, if they do not sery " To point a moral, or adorn a tale," at' least should be noted as way-marks, or rather as beacons, to warn us from destruction's coast. If the famine of 1847 was an artificial one as to England, tenfold more so is the one foreshadowed for the coming year. At the former-named period, the worst potatoe - blight ever experienced in Europe had almost annihilated that esculent. Not in Britain only, but throughout the continent, the loss was almost total. Previous to that time Ireland had depended upon that root as the prilici 1 food of her. common people ; hence, its total failure cast forth 4,000,000 paupers upon the street To relieve this appalling starvation, England let loose .froin the Consolidated fund X 9,000,000 of distress reaching the of money ; and the cry a shores, a handsome s response came from the United States for Irish relief. But these im mense sums of money, brought into market to buy corn withal, served to enhance the price thereof, and hurry on the crisis. Add to the failure of potatoes, the sad falling-off in the grain crop, that year, throughout Ireland, and you will have a vital element of want for the whole kingdom. The " land of the shamrock " is the granary of Britain, and if that granary fail, great is the distress of the people. t, how altered is the position of affairs now, of 1847? This year, potatoes came in shout Europe ; and it is astonishing to ) has never figured upon the subject, to be old the immense saving of bread-corn by the use 1 throug of this radical esculent. The fact is, this year, Ireland, instead of requiring millions to save her from starvation, will export millions of surplus products to England., Another consideration to be named in favour of an adequate supply of bread, is the economy prac tised in Scotland and Ireland, as to consumption, in times of scarcity. We say nothing of English men on this head, who will have their white loaf, make [or break, sink or swim ; but in Ireland, Scotland, and all the small Northern Islands, where the price of corn is high, oat and barley meals are the only grains consumed. This lengthens out the wheat crop for sale most essen tially. Be it, then, that there is some deficiency in the harvest of England, France, Italy, &c.; yet there are redeeming features even here. The crops in the German and Scandinavian States are very fair; and the speculators have not exhausted them. But we look that the ~United States . of America and Upper Canada do much in this emergency. The crors there this year are highly satisfactory ; and the capability of that country to flood England with grain, if the price warrant it, cannot be ques tioned. Since 1847, the means of supply in that vast untry have doubled. Not only have thirtymil- lion:of acres of land been subjugated to the plough, which were then a forest, but the facilities of tran sport, both internal and transatlantic, have been quadrupled. If the present prices centime, we shall see, between this and July next, such trrivals of flour and grain from the West, as have never been witnessed before. In 1847, the United States sent us something short of 2,000,000 quarters; but unless prices decline, they will send muchnaore this year. It is, however, our most earnest hope, that the alarm of war may blow over ; and then the corn speculators will be.placed where they night to be ; the prices will *so decline, that the wolers can live on their wages—strikes will cease as I natural con sequence—and social and commercial prosperity will crown the year with plenty. The United States mail steamer " Baltic," sails r New York this day with the usual mgils and passengers. YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION.—fast night, the first of a course of lectures to the numbers of the Young Men's - Christian Association, Manchesbr, was delivered in the Corn Exchange. by the Rev. Hugl Stowell, Hon. Canon of Chester. The subject of the lecture was " The Love of Pleasure." RENEWAL OF LICENSE TO THE QUEEN'S THEATRE. — Yesterday, at the Manchester City Police Court, the license for the performance of plays at tilt(' Queen's Theatre, was renewed for twelve months. Mr. Beswick, chief superin tendent of police, having spoken favourably of the conduct of the theatre during the Past twelve months, the application was merely a matter of form. MEETING OF HAIR-DRESSERS' ASSISTANTS.—A meet of the hair-dressers' assistants was held last night, in their rooms, Cases-street, Mr. Carlish occupied the chair. Mr. Astley, of Bold-street, attended on the part of the employers. The following resolution was proposed by Mr. Roberts and carried unanimously :—" That this meeting adjourr, and that an appeal should be made to the employers, to sry the experiment of closing at half-past seven for all the vorking evoninge in the week, except Saturday, and then at nine . „ LIVERPOOL PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY.—The seventh subscription concert of this society, took place laFt night, bid was attended by a crowded and fashionable sudience. The performances consisted of the exquisite music of Mendelsohn's" First Walfrings Night," and an admirable selection of the noble old glee an Madrigal melody •of England. The principal vocalists were Mr. Endersohn, Mr. Lockey, Mr. Stubbs, and Mr. Retry Phillips. Mr. I. L. Hermann was the conductor. Tle performances commenced at a quarter to eight o'clock, aid up to closing, "-tened to with the most umninglei gratification by the audience VISIT Or HER MAJESTY AND PRINiE ALBERT TO THE CRYSTAL PALACE, SYDENHAM. SlOTtly before eleven o'clock yesterday morning, her Ma , sty, his Royal High ness Prince Albert, the Prince of V ales, and the juvenile members of tho Royal Family, acOmpanied by the King of the Belgians, and the Duke did Duchess of Brabant, attended by their suite, left Windsor Castle in a special •i the South Western railway, en route for Syden arriving at the station in the Wandsworth )yal party were received by the railway officials under a splendid marque!. Several royal carriages were road, the i - up to the station, and the dislinguishedvisitors them, proceeded at once to Sydenham, red by Mr. Laing, M.P., Sir J. e principal directors of the It wad the intention of the Royal p ar ty t o Veral haws in the Exhibition. having entered where her Majest Paxton, Mr. 'Gro'ire. and ti uompany spend WAG'. ER CASE .—LIIMLEY V. GYE .-Th e ;e ofLumley v. Gye is still pending, and will be i e sittings after the ensuing Michaelmas Term. tin against Mr. Gye for inducing, as is asserted, Miss Johodna Wagner, the celebrated German artiste, to break he alleged contract with Mr Lumley, who lays his aat no less a sum than £30,000. The principal as, including Miss Wagner herself, being beyond the regular jurisdiction of the English Courts, a commission has been issued to take their evidence at Berlin, where their examination and cross-examination will be conducted by English counsel, through the medium of a sworn interpreter. Mr. Hayward, Queen's Counsel, has been named sole com missioner, and will discharge, pro tante, the duties of a judge at a nisi prius trial. The commission is to bo opened at Berlin on the 7th inst, damag )AILY TIMES. The follhwing was published with a portion of our impression of yesterday.] ANOTHER RIOT AT WIGAN. . (FROM OUR- OWN,,RE PORTER.) WIGAN, TUESDAY MORNING Last night a mob of about ,300 men and boys attacked the Saw Mill at" Lord Crawford's Colliery, New Springs, Aspull, and - were fired on. It is believed two of thein are' wounded, but none of the rioters were left on the ground. The Saw Mill is - a large building where the joinering, smith-work, and wagon making required for the Colliery is done, and about 120 Welsh Colliers ( " knobsticks," as they are here sometimes called,) are at present lodging in it. It is about two miles from the centre of the town. It is said, that yesterday afternoon the authorities received an intimation that an attack upOn'the place was meditated, and that threats had been used by turn-out colliers to the effect, that they would have the Welshmen's blood that night; and Mr. Peace, manager of the colliery, was warned. About Six o'clock the mob came to the Saw-mill, from the direction of Wigan, armed with sticks, and making a great noise. Inspector Gillet and ten county policemen and Mr. Peace and half-a-dozen of his men tried to prevent the rioters coming through the gate leading into the Saw-mill yard, but after standing a shower of stones for some minutes, they retreated to the Saw-mill, and the mob then broke through the gates, and advanced about sixty yards to where a large fire was burning ; this gave forth a bright light, a thing they did not appear to want, therefore they threw it over. A shot was then fired at them from the Saw-mill, and they retreated to the gate; but rallied and returned to within a few yards of the building. Four shots were then fired at them, and they retreated and ran towards Wigan. Two men are said to be wounded, one in the face, and another in the leg. It is said one had to be carried away. The military were sent for from Wigan, but when they arrived, all was peaceable. Thirty soldiers, and Mr. Acton, county magistrate, remained at the Saw Mill .all night, but the rest of the troops were marched back to Wigan. Two additional troops of the 34th regiment of infantry were tele g raphed for from Preston, a nd arr i ve d a t 10 o ' c l oc k, and at 2 o'clock this morning a troop of cavalry came from Manchester, having been sent for. The troops are quartered at the new Public Hall. • Scholes (inhabited by colliers and factory people,) was much excited, when the report of the attack and firing spread through the town, but towards half-past 9 the streets became less thronged, and by 10 o'clock few were to be seen out of doors. All is now quiet. About one o'clock on Sunday morning, the houses of five " knobsticks " (labourers who have gone to work in coal-pits belonging to Lord Crawford) were attacked by about fifty men with blackened faces, and the windows were smashed, but nothing further done. These houses are at Blackrod, 32 miles from Wigan, and they are the property of his lordship. FURTHER PARTICULARS WIGAN, Tuesday evening This morning I forwarded you the particulars of an attack, which was made last night, on the Saw Mill, at the Earl of Crawford and. Balcarres's Colliery at New Springs. It cannot be distinctly ascertained how many of the rioters were wounded, when they were fired upon from the Saw Mill, but there is every reason to believe that five of them received injuries, more or less severe. One of them was so much hurt, that his comrades were seen carrying him away when retreating, and there are drops of blood in the Saw Mill yard. Of course the wounded rioters have great cause to keep their mishap a secret. There are now nearly 350 soldiers in Wigan, and at the saw-mill, the 50 of a guard still remains there. A mounted-messenger, named James Johnson,. employed by the authorities, was fired at as he was : riding through Scholes, but was not injured. Between 11 and 12 o'clock last night a crowd of about 100 persons congregated near the church gates. Wallgate. and about fifty yards from the market, and they shouted and became disor derly. Information of this was immediately con veyed to the Public Hall, and the mayor, with Mr. H. Woods and M. Evans, borough-magistrates, set forth, accompanied by policemen and special constables, to the number of about twenty; but the crowd had dispersed when they got to Wallgate. After assuring themselves that the streets were all in a peaceable state, the authorities ordered back their force to the Public Hall. Nothing further of moment occurred during the night. To-day, the principal streets of the town were much thronged, especially the Market Place, but this cannot be much wondered at, when it is re membered that there are many thousand turn-outs, and that the municipal election was proceeding. The Town Hall, which is in the centre of the Market Place, was the polling booth for Swinley Ward, where the closest contest in the borough was carried on ; and it was surrounded by a large num ber of perspns. The least movement caused a crowd to collect, so great is the excitement in the borough. Scholes was also much thronged by groups of colliers and other persons, but no dis turbance was created. Throughout the town, scouts are placed by the authorities, and at short intervals they send reports to the Public Hall, as to the state of their respective districts. The Mayor and Magistrates are thus kept in possession of a knowledge of the state of all parts of the borough This morning, two-thirds of the colliers (150) employed at Bickershaw Colliery, belonging to Messrs. Ackers, Whitley, and Co., resumed work at the prices upon which they turned out, and this has excited strong feelings amongst the colliers who are still on strike, and who threatened to pull the works on the surface down at night. The Col liery is situated in the township of Abram, midway between Wigan and Leigh, being about 32 miles from each place. • The colliery was guarded last night by officers of the county constabulary, under the command of Mr. Superintendent Fowler, of the Leigh division. At the time of my despatch leav ing Wi g an no outbreak had been reported at the Public Hall. All was peaceable in the town. The following notice has just been posted on the walls of the town : " NOTICE AND CAUTION. " Notice is hereby given, that in consequence of the riotous proceedings and felonious acts which have been re cently committed in Wigan and the neighbourhood, her Majesty's Justices of the Peace, actin& in, and for, the borough of Wigan, and the surrounding district o f th e county of Lancaster, deem it necessary, for the preservation of the peace, to prevent, and they have determined to pre vent or disperse, all processions and meetings, or assemblies in numbers. " All persons are therefore cautioned against attending or taking part in any such proceedings; and all persons who shall, after the issue of this notice and caution, attend or take part in any such processions or public meetings, or large as semblies, will be apprehended and dealt with according to law. " BY ORDER OF THE MAGISTRATES, " ISt November, 1853." LIVERPOOL BANKRUPTCY COURT.- YESTERDAY (Before Mr. Commissioner Perry.) In Re TYilliarn Tweddle. The bankrupt is a soap-boiler, and carried on business in Cherry-lane, and this day his son was examined at considerable length by Mr. Pemberton,: but nothing im portant was elicited.—Further adjourned. In Re Patrick Drum The bankrupt carried on business as a glass-bottle dealer, in, Hanover-street, and his bankruptcy was declared in November, 1849. He came up for his certificate this day. It appeared that at the time his failure was about to occur, he advanced £lB3 to relieve his father who resides in Dublin, from some difficulties ; but this sum the father will not pay, in consequence of alleged inability. Mr. Yates, junr., who appeared for the assignees, said that this transac tion between the father and son was a fraudulent one, and the father, though he alleged the contrary, was still in a position to pay the money, and would be compelled to do so. His HONOR thought that there was no ground for further s uspension, he could not allow more than a third class e rti fic ate. FROM OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT LONDON, TUEsitDAY EVENING. The telegraphic news from Vienna, both last night and this morning, is of the highest importance. There is no longer any doubt that a considerable detachment, if not an entire moiety of the Turkish army have crossed the Danube, and by this time an encounter has taken place with the Russians. The Turks appear to have crossed on the 27th, and a battle was expected on the 28th. They do not appear to 'have been molested in the act of crossing, from which it is inferred that the Russian commander feels confidence in the successful issue of the contest. Further news is loOked for here with the greatest anxiety, but more is expected before to-Morrow. In the mean time some parties affect to doubt the authenticity of that now received. They are however wrong. It is stated that a special ambassador is to be sent to the Porte, but I cannot trace, the rumour to any better foundation than a report which pre vailed yesterday upon the Bourse at Paris. REV. H. S. BROWN'S LECTURES. • The Rev. H. S. Brown delivered the first of a series of lectures upon the Religions of the East, at the Concert-hall last night. The attendance was exceedingly numerous. The first lecture referred to the religions of China, and the philosophy of Confucius. After a - brief description of the civil institutions and social habits of. the Chinese, the Rev. Mr. Brown proceeded to describe their system of education. It consisted simply in what were called the sacred classics, and woe to the student who dared to breathe one syllable that might, in any respect, seem to contradict., or to go beyond the teachings of Confucius. To be able to read, to have obtained some tolerably incorrect notions of the geography of their own country, and to be convinced that no other nation in the world was equal to theirs, all the others being barbarians and devils, and to be able to hold some babbling toner . sation upon the opinions c f their philosopher, constituted learning amongst the Chinese. Th e great object of all schools there, was simply to instruct the people to read their own language, in order that they might read the sacred classics, and learn from them the great principle of absolute submission to the government, upon which the whole fabric of Chinese despotism stood. It was an exact illustration of the words of Pope.—" a little learning- is a dangerous thing, "—for it wa s th e k now l e d ge which puffeth up, not the knowledge which edifies. They took care of the minds of their youths, as they took care of the feet of their young children—they cramped both. (Applause.) He knew of nothing with which the original essays composed by their scholars could be compared, except the majority of the orthodox sermons in England, than which, nothing could be more stupid and uninteresting, or less on al. (Loud laughter, and applause.) The Reverend lecturer then proceeded to describe the religions of China. The prin cipal religion was that of Confucius, who seemed to have been born about 550 years before Christ. It was difficult to say, whether he should be re garded simply as a philosopher, or as a philosopher and theologian. Confucius did not venture to introduce his principles as anything new, for, if he had done so, they would never be received, but he represented them as the revival or restoration of the principles of government and religion which existed in a fabulous golden age of Chinese history. By this means they were received. They were contained in what were called the sacred classics. These sacred clasSics were nine in number, four books, and five canonical works. The four books contained the principles of government of Confucius and some of his views with re gard to religion. The first canonical book contained a col lection of sacred songs, which might compare in antiquity, although in nothing else, with the psalms of David. The second contained some political works. The third was called the book of rites and ceremonies, and was said to contain no fewer than 3,000 rites and ceremonies, which regulated the whole course of Chinese manners and behaviour, from the presentation of the most solemn sacrifices down to the most paltry poihts of etiquette, The next was Confucius's his tory of his own times. The last was a very singular and wholly unintelligible work, containing a mystical system of the universe, which was of little importance to us, except that it seemed to indicate the pantheistic tendency of the Confucian philosophy. In some portions of these works would be found many sound axioms and admirable moral i principles. There were also several sound political axioms, amongst which the lecturer quoted—" He who gains the hearts of the people gains the throne, and he who loses the hearts of the people loses the throne"—" How is the man to serve his prince, who, when out o f office is only anxious to get back to it, and when in office is only desirous to keep it." (Applause and laughter.) The lecturer also quoted some of their proverbs, one of which, he observed, would uyyly v.x y Laub iu nngic L u t i-e t Th e U l an li t b oots does not know the man in shoes"—(great laught er )— an d another which, he remarked, might be heard with advanta g e by most persons—" Let every man sweep the snow from his own door, and not busy himself about the frost on his neighbour's tiles. (Applause.) Some of these maxims were not so ad mirable, for they inculcated the system of private venge ance, and other equally objectionable doctrines. The lec turer impressed upon his hearers, that the Chinese were by no means a religious people, and were as indifferent as any race in the world to man's state in a future existence. Con fucius seemed himself to have been all at sea regardinc , reli gion—in fact, religion with him seemed to consist chiefly in submission to Government, and he did not even state clearly whether he believed in the Sublime Being at all, but com manded his disciples to worship all the elements and pheno mena of nature. The lecturer expressed a strong doubt whether the movers of the present revolution in China would be able to. overthrow the tenets of Confucius in a few months, which had been so firmly established in the minds of the Chinese nation. No man who ever lived had been so revered as the Chinese philosopher. For two thousand years he had been revered as the very personification of wisdom—for two thousand years, no matter who might be seated upon the throne, no matter what . the name of the yellow-lobed son of Heaven who held the sceptre—Confucius had been virtu ally the ruler of upwards of 300 millions of people; and he was still as much revered as ever, and sacrifices still pre sented to his departed shade. (Applause.) The lecturer then briefly described the nature of Buddhism, and other sects which had been introduced into China, and concluded by announcing that, in his next lecture, he would take a survey of the origin and progress of the present Chinese revolution, with a glance at its possible result. During the lecture, the rev. gentleman gave several humorous descrip tions of Chinese and Tartar superstitions, ceremonies, and medical systems, which were received with laughter. At the conclusion he was warmly applauded. MURDER OF A POLICEMAN IN CAVENDISH- STREET About a quarter before two o'clock, yesterday. afternoon, a great crowd of persons assembled about a public-house in Edgar-street, to which it is said that two or three of the voters at the municipal 'elections had retired. The parties inside seemed anxious to get away, but the rough crowd outside insisted upon getting money from them before they shonld be allowed to pass. Police-officer, 95, who was at the time on duty in Mary bone, came up just at this moment, and perceived the crowd, which shortly afterwards took the direction of Cavendish street, and in that street he first saw the deceased man, police-officer, 732, whose name is Richard Sunderland. He seemed to be remonstrating with some person in the crowd, and in a few minutes after the officer saw him clap his hand upon his groin and then fall down. When next he saw him he was a: corpse in Rose-hill dispensary. He was re moved there about two o'clock, and died about five minutes afterwards. From information received by the police he very soon after this arrested a young man about 18 years of age, named Thomas Copeland, who, it appears, was seen by more than one witness, deliberately t o ra i se hi s hand (in which he held a knife) and stab the officer in the groin. The wound divides the fem oraljartery,and proved fatal almost immediately, from bleeding. The unfortunate officer was a man of tha mildest disposition, so much so, that it was contemplated by by - his superiors to remove aim to some less rough neighbour hood than that where his beat was. lie has left a widow and five children to mourn his untimely fate. The alleged imurderer, Copeland, is a j well-known thief, and one of the most desperate characters in Liverpool, having been previously convicted of stabbing. He will be brought before the magistrates this morning. STATE OF TRADE, MANCHESTER. TUESDAY Our market has been quiet to-day,-and in yarns, particu larly so. Some spinners who are now out of contract are anxious sellers and prices are in some instances lower than last Tuesday. In all export yarns, there is little doing, and bundle yarn is cheaper than cob, so that many spinners are declining bundle orders. India and China yarns are difficult of sale, except at very low prices. For India 50s. 100. perpound, is now the quotation. Yarns for home trade consumption are accumulating in consequence of the decreased demand, on account of the strikes in the manufacturing district around Manchester. All in cob are lower than this day week, 325. twist in par ticular, is much depressed. Producers at this number, aro anxious sellers, _ _ The yarns are in some instances quoted id. to 2d. per bound down since last week. Very few orders given out however. Doubled yarns are depressed with very little en quiry. • GLASGOW MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS. - Tuesday, the municipal elections throughout the various wards of the city are taking place to-day, but are causing very little interest, politics having now very little to do with contests for civic honors. Almost all of the former members of council who are candidates, will be re-elected. the following day MONETARY AND 00111.31014; )11 ' e' LIVER TVESPI d P OOL, -•• ga, g e , The .West India mail stea mer afterl l '" rived at Southampton yesterday lake 43 passengers and advices from Jainv-toty nidad to the 12th, and St. Th omas more ins firm.t.The m T a h rk e et; ia a g t da J l a e m na aie h a as a l ro r a eli g eb t :t 452,192 dollars in specie, 28,000 of 11(' account of the Mexican dividends. The news brought by the Arabia pre ,f lot to ,„ ..‘ corn market quiet to-day. The , tin lo week were barely sustained. The spee;,,l which has existed for some weeks has 11 .0 ,t', an sided, while the quantities taken for t y l li!lp D ias w su a m nt p s t . i o This ar showsjus stthiffiatctiehnetTtroadr:iesecti:" not likely to be influenced by Ill er o Our quotations of this day se'nuight t4 SQ a guide for the trade done this day' . 4 41 0 The shipments to Ireland comPlls' Akkelit ters wheat, 1344 quarters Indian e t ; tli 'fi. oatmeal, 2017 sacks, and 3757 barrolisirto Lulu coastwise, 2033 quarters wheat, 29 1 ( 1 11 10 , X, 11 1 , 0,t corn, 576 sacks, and 10,949 barrels de an There was hardly so much doing g the market closed at the v i c es of thi s Oats were dearer; 4s. per 45 lbs. t ot Barley and peas were unchanged. gc"1 0 t\I NT were 4s. per quarter dearer; 495. Pe r p et s t d la dit i hi a eT.oe n nhfrpuee c iel nl\ o r‘i , : p • ap n olr isionica b dcaede r o : s,. o nt u oeo g fav h del t yar sattnh inquiry u d ei. v as a td eralsyc for. oArc t o c f th l be s ei : ieb.ottoo ' l ? There was 'a fair inquiry for oatmeal, alil4 ported in Spanish flour was trifling , '%" 0, 0 " day. BULLION MARKE T Sto 4 " ( 6)),, We give the current prices of Gold , a i „,' Li z ] assist the merchant in calculating 70 ( 4toPari, Foreign Exchange, by the actual cu rl ' %4 4141 1 bullion, as last reported. itt t: 114 11 z is s in t y e dn, rd_a e m y, , 774 A n ; Vienna, n —en; a tg , us;B e . It 4 London, 775. 9d.; Paris, —; Harabargh' icrp: s. 9d. . ; Mexico, —; Bombay, ; Calcutta, -; I lac k lAa to A t k —; Victoria, 775. 6d. ; Ovens, 765. - 6d. ; ``. New York, —; Boston, £3 17s. 9d. • calce subjoin a ulated £3 17s. 104-d. the ounce : Amsterdam, short, 11 161- to 17; do 3 re T4t,llt to —l9 ; Rotterdam, 3m. 11 181 to I , A " '0 jOhe Po — to: 4 1 2 04 d F o ;o 3 nkf m o . r 2 t, s 3 35 m. t0 12 - 01 3m. 25 35 to 40 ; Brussels, 3 m 25 Li, ' b„ 11 s 3, St Hamburg, 3 m. 13 6i,- to 7i• " I ttl ' th / 4 to o l : 2 M oa a ; rs V e j ili nli ne* , Zt . 4„, -"4 to 19 ; Trieste, 3m. 11 18 to 11 22; re',' l o t „ h7t4r h , to 37,1 ; Madrid, 3 m. 49-1,- to 50; Cadiz, 3 , 4 15' t - 1 7 Leghorn, 3m.3010t0 30 20 ; Genoa, 3 51. r i IP t t i ; I ! Naples, 3m. 41i to 42; Palermo 3 1 11 . ) • 4 qt "," Messina, 3 m. 1241 to 125 ; Lisbon, Palermo, —n °‘ Ot t ' 3m. 53h to 53+, ; R. Janeiro, 60 day- 2°„" ° York, ditto, 1094 - to 110 ; Boston, ditto, b' i" 4 / P the London oFnod;roeGiegeal:falt. ;to' acik: Gold in bars, £3 17s. 9d.; Mexican Dollars/ in bars stand, Os. Od. ; East India Company bel l 60 ds ; Calcutta Co's Rupee, 2s. 44d. , Os. 15-16ths, ; Madras do., 2s. 41d ; Hong Drii l Os. 104 d. ; Sydney, 30 ds. idis., 1 pr. ; Adelainj'o, 0 pr.; Launceston, 30 dis., 1 pr.: Hobart i l° f ' 0 dis. 1 pr. ; Wellington, &a., dis. 1 dis., [A d 05 ds., dis., *pr.; Alexandria, 99' Shang " Os. ld.; Canton, 7s. 9d. to—. a- ; it.ckr;nAoao:Nnoil sEtosufhirxat, Fusepothtin.hßaiEopillglopteee;„l:7vurasisg,,,,;;:: v.ll. lettll l E R4ks F • gn,,,z kf l4 it . . Th.( k r all 4 ' t.,„ liti D i°ll k t , the SHARE MARKETS.—YEsTs IO • 4 ,) I LIVERPOOL—The market has been Laclnaodns Birkenhead,e eß s a sisrhtkiereaendhia Birkenhead, lao t 2s h rit e .4i sr he q s:h u r ea o ar, t n a eds t 6 i , quotations below. Cheshire,e-IE6 o 3a w s ;.t Eastern ni T oin h lcd e ;ool3.e ! or t: to; d Western, 1024 ; Midland, 60-591 ; Nott ll ,oo South Eastern Stock, 171- ; York an d North P 5, The following are the closing pri ces : —C a l e doni , ,% t , Eastern Counties, 12-1; Lancashi re an d Yorkoj London and North Western, g 102-3 • South Eastern, I/• , -a: York‘ P the ri ;! r. Ise t and Nort Thu Stock, 19-20. MANCHESTER.—The : ES e T ai E ed ß on .— jan T , h 2 e s f i ol ; low i i , n an g Lancashire ,the 1 act! of ; London ana North Western, 10 0 tn 191 til e .Nt, / 7-16 d; Manchester, Sheffield, and is Ray`, Railway Consols, ; South Eastern, I i 1 eo o/ 1 Wales, tt x.n. GLASGOW. - OW.—Tho market ws buoy a nt to t" terday, Caledonians selling at an advance o f f ) h. l 1 Glasgowland South Western, 17s 6d hi g her ; t w l Nel, ll 5s ; and Edinburgh and Bathgate, 20s adva ol l ; 61 14 erf t; 1 , Tuesday, a fair business is doing at yesterday's o ,pi _Auld DUBLlN.—Consols, 92i ; for account, 14th N er fA 34 per cent. Stock, 94i; for account, 941 ; 8a 4 4,0 e/Al Hibernian Bank, 28 paid, 31 ; Dublin and / 3 '1, 1 I h il; , l l C 4 Railway, £45 paid, 46; Dublin and Bray, 5 "It Southern and Western, 60 paid, 501. !tr.N r •llt rpth:4l4o.; - ..e 1,44 e( BANKRUPTS. g . 11 From the London Gazette of last rig o4 4 Pr i, c -ew I ttiE °lll k Micah Mellor, Innkeeper, Clare, Suffolk. .00 r ba ,_ George Winter, and James Waiter, Builders' • liitl it o4 ( Sussex. Jeffery, Coach maker, pper North "' Inn-road, London. C' , Ti„ e,P Lionel Goldsmith, M erc h an t, Queen-stree t ' ' l l'v e „ London. 4 r Jot Charles Smith, Victualler, Vi c t or i a - roa d, 'l l 4 , London, Middlesex. :4 4 4 James Alcock and Richard Bell, Auctioned ' e lsCF Stafford. 41 % ' '' , Gregory Barrett (the e ld er ) an d G rego ry , t ki N t younger), Carpet manufactu rers , Kidderminete" Av, street, Newgate-street, London. bi 1 lkie t II Henry Bolt, Silversmith, Birmingham. 1 4 e John Bywater, Tailor, Notti ng h am. - 0 1 i v ~ ... )1 d Twiddle Wire . John Roberts, Wi re d rawer, 're4 Gov tester. cester. t . 1 1 t William Ridge, Tailor, Exet er . , r, 4 ea 4 . Thomas Avison, Stone m erc h an t, l a t e o f L' i tk ( I) William Tweedle, Soap boiler, Liverpool. ti, e re James Andrew Howard and Jonathan HowII I Hollinwood, Lancaster. lifk.pe cc John Hammond Bell, Hosier, Manchester. .iN err; III 3 : 4 : It i AO tli )trl h t °o l4l (: k kltt r. t • 14°1) ° I N t, 0 1 lo t '' tr, t : , 11 4 4 , 14 4( rky ti - ;), 1 4r 4 4.( ! 41 41 t 1! r0 1 ,q t y ( 'hotti , til * f.i ) kVat l , q ] l rat s ' ;1 1., Ni l t idi 11 4 tw, ql 0 14 1 4},,, 1 i l ti ktki ttl q ,a ) , N 4 1 I t I ttE: li;Aar DISTRESSING DEATH OF A LUNATIC .---- 0 0 , an inquiry was held by Mr. Wakley, a t the io , County Lunatic Asylum, as to the death of an inmate recently admitted th ere . D ecea sed . , ' of age, and had been a butler in the service of Woodbridge, a gentleman connected with the P, O and Co., brewers, and w h o res id e d at VT9coi Newport Pagnell. It appeared that P ars ons, Ja . : l o, unwell and evinced symptoms o f men t a l aberrar, I the direction of his maste r , t a k en t o L on d o n servant. At a coffee house, whore lodgings 11 0 0 1 sfor them, the deceased was treated by a raedi aid the case was a dangerous one, and th e p a tielt be taken to the Middle sex Hospital. 1), taken there accordingly, and complained : wards of his treatment, having been strapped • bed. To a witness to who m h e ma d e thi s comp l seemed rational and collected. From the Middl: deceased was taken to Marylebone Workho ' was placed in a bedroom stated to have been was very violent, making frequent efforts t° tearing his strait-jaoket to shreds. Admitted Asylum on the 22nd of October, he was found t° with severe bruises upon the face and body, being so injured that he could not bear his put on. Then he was said to be weak an% being admitted to the I n fi rmar y, di e d on tu Bagley, the senior physician at Hanwell, der', had made a post mortein examination, proved of bruises upon the body, an d gave his opinion had died from exha us ti on a ft er mania , ITS natural disease of th e b ra i n , an d i rr it a tion, " the external injuries he had received. P .c otti summing up, expressed his opinion that neidi j dlesex Hospital nor in the Marylebone at deceased received the care and attentio n case required. He thought the übscribeo nors of the hospital had a right to expect , should be done to mee t th e requ i remen t s 01 e the present. There seemed, however, to be 11 05 pliances for treating insanity there ; recourse tit had to straps and manacles, and where hi lt ` t'" existed, such treatment, added to the fury °f rer tended to fan the flame, and to hasten a fatal es ' I Wakley further commented -upon what, l ie g ua,,„ - . first and most serious error in the whole case , d e ce 7 ,lo led to all that followed—viz., sending t 13 1,,,,,5e h 1 ' e 1! from the country, while in a deranged 5t 3 . ,,1 0 5a ;0 0 , to no home, but merely to a person upon " e hb the slightest claim, The jury, after seru e d e otb turned the following verdict :—That the iistyA William Parsons was caused by a m ortal e cite o;;# duced by bruises on divers-p ar t s o f his bottr , b oo in an improperly padded room i n th e Mar3t e 05 c Pi and the jurors further say th e y co nsider 14 to seo 0 4 1 master, the said Mr. Frederick Woodbridg e dic l ' e li° o fortunate William Parson s t o L on don, as te of to said William Parsons was in an insane c r-sirtSi they consider that the treatment of the Sa la ' 1 , 0 I . I I V in Middlesex Hospital and in the Mare, e l ; o ° o not at all creditable to the character of The inquiry laded sons hours. ,/ /