The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-12-02 00:00:00

THE THEATRE OF WAR IN ASIA. The mission of the two Turkish armies in Asia is to break the circle of iron in which General Woronzoff has for years been endeavouring to confine the Caucasian Insurrection. Abdi Pacha, leaving Erzeroum, is to penetrate into the valley of the Rioni, and to march straight before him on Coutais, and from thence to Tiflis. Sehm Pacha is charged to operate on the coast of the Black Sea, and to restore to Schamyl his liberty of action and of obtaining stores. In Asia, the frontier territories of Russia and Turkey divide themselves, in a military point of view, into two distinct theatres doperation. It is the high ridge, or rather con catenation of ridges, connecting the Caucasus with the table land of Central Armenia, and dividing the waters that run toward the Black Sea from those which the Araxes leads to the Caspian Sea, or the Euphrates to the Persian Gulf ; it is this ridge which formerly parted Amenia from Pontus, that now forms the partition of the two distinct districts where the war is to be waged. This range of abrupt and generally barren rocks, is traversed by very few roads—the two principle of which are those from Trebisonde and Batun to Erzeroum. Thus for all military purposes, the hills in question may be considered as nearly impassable, forcing both parties to have distinct corps on either side, operating more or less independently of each other. The country on the shores of the Black Sea is intersected by a number of rivers and mountain torrents, which form as many military positions for defence. Both the Russians and the Turks have fortified pests on important points. In this generally broken country, (the valley of the river Rioni is the only . one which forms anything like a plain), a defen sive war might be carried on with great success against a superior army (as very few positions are liable to be turned on the land side, on the account of the mountains), were it not for the co-operation of the respective fleets. By advanc ing, and, in case of need, landing troops, upon the flank of the enemy, while the army engages him in front, a fleet might turn all these strong positions, one by one, and neu tralise, if not destroy, fortifications which, on neither side of the frontier, are very respectable. Thus the possession of the Black Sea coast belongs to him who is mastu of the sea. The country in the interior, on the inland side of the mountains, comprises the territory in which the Euphrates, the Araxes, and the Kur (Cyrus) take their rise ; the Turkish province of Armenia is on the one, the Russian province of Georgia on the other side of the frontier. This country, too, is extremely mountainous and generally im passible to armies. Erzeroum on the part of the Turks, Tiflis on the part of the Russians, may be said to be the two immediate bases of operations, with the loss of which the possession of the whole neighbouring country would be in evitably lost. Thus the storming of Erzeroum by the Rus sians decided the Asiatic campaign of 1829. But what is the immediate basis of operation for one party, will be the direct object of operations to the other. Thus the roads connecting Tiflis and Erzeroum will be the lines of operations for both. There are three roads ; one by the upper Kur and Akhalzikhe, the other by the upper Araxes and Erivan, the third in the midst between these two, across the mountains by way of Kars. All these roads are :guarded on either side by fortified towns and posts, and it wnnld hp diffimilt to say which would bo for Turks or Russians the most eligible. Suffice to say that the road by Akhalzikhe is the one which would lead a Turkish army most directly upon the insurgent districts of the Caucasus, and the object of the Russian general would probably be to turn the advance of the Turks by a corps advancing from Batun up the valley of the Tchorokh by Otti upon Erzeroum ; the road from Batun joins that from Tiflis only about fifteen miles from Erzeroum. The key to the theatre of war in Asia, and on either side of the hills, then, is Batun; and considering this as well as its commercial importance, we need not wonder at the efforts the Czar has always been making to get hold of it. And Batun is the key of the theatre of war—nay, of all Turkey in Asia, because it commands the only passable road from the coast to the interior —a ro•id which turns all the Turkish positions in advance of Erzeroum. And which ever of the two fleets in the Black Sea drives the other back into its harbours, that fleet commands Batun. Now, it is exceedingly probable that Captain Slade (Mus haver Pacha) has only left with a division of steamers to support the enterprise of Selim Pacha, and we must expect to learn soon that the eastern coast is cleared of all the ob stacles which the Russians have taken pleasure in creating. As soon as the Turks shall have done their duty, we may be certain that Schamyl will do his, as, though abandoned to his own resources, he has for twenty years successively com batted the most renowned Russian generals. Schamyl was born in 1797. His beard became greyish at an early age, but his hair is light, and his constitution, though apparently weak, has been so well preserved and exercised that he pos sesses almost all the advantages of youth. He is the first horseman, the first marksman, the first swimmer of the Caucasus, though in that country able horsemen, swimmers, and marksmen abound. But Schamyl is not only an excel lent general ; he is also a most able administrator. Religion is in his hands an instrument of rule, and also an instrument of moralisation and patriotism. Since 1834, when he suc ceeded Chasi Mollah, who died at his side at the breach of Himry, in an engagement with the Russians, not a single act of weakness can be alleged against him. Sober, chaste, active, comparatively emignteneci, ne nas never empioyea tne power with which he is invested for the satisfaction of his personal passions. The sect of which he is the chief is called Muride, and its object is to destroy the schism which exists between the followers of Ali, of Abou-Bekr, and Omar. He has nearly succeeded in the Caucasus ; and of one hun dred tribes, different by origin, traditions, and, to a certain degree, by language, he has formed a people ready to die for their faith and their country. Let Sehm Pacha give room for operations, and let him supply ammunition to such a man, and Russia will soon feel all the conquests which during the last fifty years she has made by cunning, intrigue, and cor ruption in Mingrelia, Gonna, and Georgia, tremble in her hands, and then slip from them altogether. TRICKS, BUT NOT HONOURS.— Lord Mayor Sidney, in presiding the other day at a meeting of those very common people the Common Council, expressed himself excessively " anxious for the honour of the Corporation." We are de lighted to have it in our power to relieve Lord Sidney from further solicitude, by entreating him to cease from all anx iety for "the honour" of the Corporation, as we can as sure himt hat the alleged cause of his anxiety does not exist. —Punch. THE DANGERS OF INFANCY.—The two serpents that Hercu les strangled in his cradle were a couple of bottles of Daffy's Elixir and Godfrey's Cordial. If he hadn't killed them, the would have killed him.—lbid. THE OLDEST LAWYER.—We see announced the " Death of the Oldest Lawyer." How old he was, we cannot say-- but we always thought " The Oldest Lawyer" was what is properly called " The Nick of Time."—lbid. A RBI-mum (nv IfEcm). —lt is not the sharpest blades that are always the truest steel.—lbid. THE ENGLISHALkN'S CASTLE. "The Englishman's House," says the proverb, " is his Castle ;" and so it is, but then it is etiastle which is subject to many attacks (such as the house tax, poor tax, &c., &c.), and which requires for its defence no end of shot. The expenses of its support are fearful—so much so, that frequently is the castle swallowed up in its keep.—lbid. PUNCH'S PRIZE JOKE SHOW.--By way of counteracting the attraction of the Prize Cattle Show, which we think fosters a rather questionable taste for looking upon " fatty deposits," we propose to institute a Prize Joke Show, and we hope that the produce of the pen of wit, will be more satisfactory than the contents of all the pens in the Bazaar of Baker-street. A specimen of the style :—lf I want a — , yself, why should I be foolish to present a sculp tor with the marble fu. 0.,. work ? Answer : Because if I did, he would be sure to chisel me ow. of Ibid. ABERDEEN FOR CHINA. —An English Ambassado, ;c, needed for Canton. We beg to propose the EARL or ABER DEEN. Such a selection would be a great compliment to the Chinese,—the noble earl being very like a tea-chest ; namely, varnish without, and lead within.—lbid. FLIRTING.— (By an old hand at it).—Flirting is a most amusing game. It is true there is nothing gained by it, but then there is nothinc , staked. In fact you may call it, ~HE PRESENT I'ASHION OF BONNETS.—A lady dresses first, and then puts on her bonnet. The bonnet is, now, completely an " after-thought."—lbid. GREAT THEATRICAL EVENT. —The last week has pro duced an entirely new—translator !—lbid. " GOOD" OF THE GIBBET.—A miserable creature stole a watch under the gibbet at the late hanging. Alderman Humphrey, on the Bench, said, "You came out to witness the execution of a fellow-creature, but it does not appear:to have done you ang yowl." How odd Certainly no good : - for the thief, with his hand upon the watch, only thought of time, the hangman vainly preaching eternity.—lbid. WHEN ! —When a woman listens to you, she is criticising yon.---Ibid Docroß WISEMAN.—Onbis departure from Golden Square, the subjoined notice, written in the Docter's own hand, was affixed outside his door---" Gone to Rome ; will be back for mass in Westminster Abbey."---Ibid. BOARD or CUSTOMS.—The Board of Customs have issued a noticed, announcing an open court for the purpose of hearing and deciding complaints, and for investigating matters relating to the customs's revenue. A room in the Custom-house has been set aport for the purpose, and the new court is to sit on Tuesdays and Fridays, every week, when necessary. The Rev. James C. D'Evelyn, Curate of Carrickfergus, has been appointed to the Perpetual Curacy of East Dean, in the Diocese of Winchester. A POLITICAL PRORLLM SoLvro.—Why are diplomatic papers called circular notes ?—They are called circular, be cause they frequently arrive at no definite end.—Punch. ROYAL AUSTRALIAN MAIL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY. —The Gazette contains a formal notice on the part of the Royal Australian Mail Steam Navigation Company, that it is their intention to apply for powers in next parliament to enable them to amalgamate with the General Screw Steam Navigation Company. DEATH OF THE LATE VICE PROVOST OF ETON COLLEGE.— On Monday morning the Rev. John Septimus' Grover, until within the last eighteen months vice-provost of the college, breathed his last in London. Mr. Grover had attained his 87th year. Mrs. Caroline Chisholm has arrived in Edinburgh, where she will remain for two or three days, while making some arrangements for the re-union of families divided by emigra tion. We understand she is the guest of Mr. R. Chambers. 4—Edinburgh Witness, RAILWAY AND OTHER PLANS DEPOSITED AT THE BOARD OF TRADE. SESSION 1854. The following is a correct list of all the plans, &c., of rail ways, &c., lodged at the Board of Trade up to eight o'clock on Wednesday evening, relative to Bills to go before parlia ment in the coming session, 1854 : ENGLAND AND WALES. South Midland Railway. Thames Embankment and Railway (London and Westminster). Conway and Llanrwst Railway. Eastern Counties Railway (stations enlargement, Wisbeach Branch). Oxford, Sevenoaks, and Troubridge Railway. Southwark and Crystal Palace Railway. Lon don and West Kent Railway. Wellington Docks, South wark. West-end and Crystal Palace Junction Railway. Sydenham, Farnborough, and Otford Railway. Exeter and Exmouth Railway. Potteries, Biddulpb, and Coneeton Railway. Birmingham Canal Navigation (Tramways). Wycombe and Oxford Railway. Blythe Harbour Improve ment Dock and Railway. Darlington and Barnard Castle Railway. Lymington and Brockinghurst Junction Rail way. Wrexham and Ruthin Railway. York and North Midland Railway (Branches). Carlisle and Silloth Rail way and Dock. Barnard Castle and Bishop Auckland Junction Railway. Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhamp ton Railway (Chipping Norton Branch). Hertford, Ware, and Welwyn Junction Railway. Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railway (Stratford-on-Avon and Stour bridge Branch). Ditto ditto (Cradley Loop). South Me tropolitan Railway. London and Oxford Railway. London, Tilbury, and Southend Railway (Extension and Devia tions). Swansea Bay and Lougher Valley Mineral Junction Railway. North and South Wales Railway. Great West ern Railway (Berks and Hants). North Yorkshire and Cleveland Railway. North London Railway (Station). Spalding, Bourn, and Stamford Junction Railway. Lan cashire and Yorkshire Railway (Middleton Branch). Eastern Union Railway (Branch to Wymondham and Eye). Fu St Suffolk Railway. York, Newcastle, and Berwick (construe tion of Docks). Blyth and Tyne Extension to Tynemouth Railway. Leominster and Kington Rail way. Thames Improvement. West-end of London and Crystal Palace (Extension to Wandsworth) Rail way. West - end of London and Crystal Palace (Extension to Bromley and Farnborough) Railway. London and North Western (Shrewsbury and Newtown.) Railway. Havant and Haley Bridge Railway. North Metropolitan Railway Extension, Leicester-square Junction and South Kent Improvement. Shrewsbury and Hereford Station Enlargement. Rugby and Oxford Junction Rail way. Montgomeryshire and Rea Valley Railway. Darenth Valley Railway Extension. South London Railway. New port and Abergavenny Railway (Extension to Swansea). Tottenham and Hornsey Junction Railway. Caermarthen and Cardigan Railway. Stockton and Cleveland Union Railway. Direct Southern and Thames Terminus. Thames Embankment and Railway (London to West London). South Eastern Railway (Bromley Line). Great Northern Railway (Horncastle and Kirkstead Junction.) Salisbury and Yeovil Railway. Dover and Canterbury Railway (East Kent Extension). Stockport, Disley, and Whaley Bridge Bridge Railway (Stockport to Whaley Bridge.) Caterham Railway. East Lancashire Railway (Dock Branch and Lines at Liverpool. Bradford, Wakefield, and Leeds Railway. Stockton and Darlington Railway (Branches). Leamington, Warwick, and Stratford-upon Avon Railway (from Stratford to London amd North NV estern Railway at Warwick). East Lancashire, Lancashire and Yorkshire, and Manchester and Southport Railway (Branches). Dowlais Railway (Extension to Vale of Neath). Vale of Towy Railway. Whitehaven, Cleator, and Egremont Railway. Ffestini og ßailway. Torquay and South Devon Railway (Extension). Llanidloes and Newton Railway. Swansea Vale Railway. Swansea Harbour. Llynvi Valley Improvements. South Devon and Tavistock Railway. Severn Valley Railway. Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway (Extension). Dartmouth, Torquay, and South Devon Railway (Extension). Ffestiniog and Machno Rail way. Norfolk Railway (Aylsham Branch). Norfolk Rail way (Lowest )ft Harbour). Wells and Fakenham Railway. Nuneaton, Hinckley, and Leicester Railway. Border Coun ties Railway. Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax Junction Railway. Portsmouth Railway (Deviations). South Devon Railway (Alterations). A mberg . ate, Nottingham, and Bos ton and Eastern Junction Extension Railway. Shrewsbury and Chester Railway (Branches). Cannock Railway. Great Western Railway (Stratford Branch). London and North Western Railway (Haydon-square Branch). Rhymney Railway. South Staffordshire Railway (Extension). Lon don and North Western Railway (Junction Lines at Shrewsbury). South Wales Railway (Branches). South Wales and Northamptonshire Junction . Railway. • SCOTLAND. —Caledonian Railway (Lesmahagou Branches.) Perth and Dunkeld Railway. Caledonian Railway (Alter ation of Wishaw and Coltness, &c.) Kinross Railway. Sel kirk and Galashiels Railway. Ayr and Maybole Junction Railway. Inverness and Nairn Railway. Great North of Scotland Railway (Deviation, &c.) IRELAND.—Kilkenny and Great Southern and Western Railway. Cork and Bandon Railway (Extension.) Belfast and enmity Down Railway (CnmhAr to T)nwnpatrirlr ) donderry and Enniskillen, and Londonderry and Coleraine Railway, (Bridge at Londonderry.) Belfast and West of Ireland Junction Railway (Armagh to Cavan) Clones and Cavan Junction Railway. Belfast and West of Ireland Junction Railway (Armagh to Clones.) Londonderry Bridge. Midland Great Western Railway of Ireland (Tullamore Branch.) Dublin and Wicklow Railway (Extension.) Tuam Railway. Londonderry and Enniskillen Railway (Extension to Fintona.) Great Southern and Western Railway (Exten sion to Athlone.) Cork and Waterford Railway (Alter ations.) Wexford and Wicklow Junction Railway. Grand Junction Railway of Ireland. Cork, Blackrock, and Passage Railway (Carrigaloe to Midleton.) Irish South Eastern Railway (Extension from Scarawallish Bridge to Wexford.) Mallow and Fermoy Railway. Bagnaldstown, New Ross, and Wexford Railway. Dundalk and Enniskillen Railway (Extension.) Tramore and Dunmore Railway. London derry and Coleraine Railway (Castle Dawson Extension.) Ballymena, Ballymoney, Coleraine, and Portrush Junction Railway (No. 1.) Ballymena, Ballymoney, Coleraine, and Portrush Junction Railway (No. 2.) Downpatrick, Belfast, and Dublin Railway. THE AMERICAN EXHIBITION-MINERALOGY OF AMERICA. The mineralogical department of the New York Exhibi tion I have already spoken of as being decidedly the most interesting and complete. It is imueasurably the largest and finest display of the kind we have ever witnessed, and Europe itself has had few that exceeded it generally ; while no display of American mineralogy in the Old World ever could have approached it. The arrangement of this depart ment, like everything else which depended upon the mana gers, is done almost as badly as can well be imagined. The classification every observer has to make for himself ; and yet at the head of this business stands one of our most dis tinguished, and probably our most noisy mineralogist. Of course, the gaping multitude see little but the gold; and really, to a philosopher, those massive lumps do look desira ble ; but California is by no means the only portion of American territory that contributes this precious metal. It is found there in considerable quantities from six other states : New Hampshire and Maine, in New England ; and Virginia, North 'and South Carolina, and Georgia, in the south. 1 have never seen so large or beautiful a display of iron ores. Iron is found in every State of the Union, and it is here exhibited from nearly all. Nickel, which is used so extensively in the manufacture of what is called German silver, and which is now being discovered in many places, here f‘irn;APs its best specimens from Lancaster county, Pennsylvania. This menu great deal of in terest. Of our 31 States, tin comes only from New tramp shire. Pennsylvania and Maryland give us chrome; the latter, also, cobalt ; while we have bismuth from Connecti cut. I t seems amazing to an American that we should be importingly lead, with such a disnlav of it from so many ... g nus rnis ore in the exhibition are from Ulster county, in New York ; but it is mixed with pyrites and blonde in large qualities. But next to it Wisconsin represents herself in large masses of pure galena, of complete crystalisation in cubes. North Carolina furnishes good specimens of phosphate, carbonate, and sulphuret of lead; while Massachusetts and Connecti cut exhibit the latter; but the best display is from the Wheatly mines, in the State of Pennsylvania. The Wheatly mines were discovered about two years ago by a gentleman of that name, who has attained considerable reputation at home and abroad as a mineralogist. The crystals of phos phate, sulphate, carbonate, and chromo-molybdate of lead are very fine ; while one mass of galena is labelled " 300 ounces of silver to the ton." The New Jersey Company shows the completest speci mens of zinc ore, in the mining and manufalture of which we . Fe making extraordinary progress. The demand for zinc is increasing in the United States most rapidly, where it is taking the place of white lead. Scientific men from Europe say that they have never seen anything that com pares with the huge blocks of pure copper sent from Lake Superior. Some of them are of fabulous size, and almost absolute purity ; but there are contributions of copper from nearly all the Atlantic States, and from other sections 1,000 or 2,000 miles distant. Mexico and South America, with different countries in Europe, show silver ores its in contributions of qu i c k s il ver; b u t we have no specimen of silver ore from any one of the United States unmixed with lead. The " column ar sec ti ons " of coal-beds offer a very interesting study. The oilstones from Lake Superior are thought to be quite equal t o any i n the world; and the slate for roofing sent from Vermont is remarkably fine. A rage for minerals has . gone through this country, and thousands of amateur mineralogists have collected cabinets, in which they have displayed far more sympathy for science than knowledge. In the north-west corner of the g eo l o gical part of the Exhibition are some exceedingly be a utif u l ammonites from Great Britain. The exhibition is now beginning to contribute something prac tical to art and science. The arrangements are as complete as they are likely t o b e , an d a l arge number of scientific men and artisans are making it a business to observe and inves tigate. Over sixty thousand of the pupils in our public and private schools have visited the Palace, and a considerable number of our authors are preparing to write treatises on the various departments.—Letter in Me Times. THE NORTHERN DAILY TIMES. SHORT TIME MOVEMENT BY TEE EMPLOYERS. The millowners find that, owing to the depression in trade, there is such a decrease of demand as to make it desirable, in some cases, as a financial question, to close their mills, but this is not generally the case ' and a system of short time, if extensively acted upon, will better meet the objects of the majority. Actuated by this feelimg, some of the em ployers at Burnley, who have been really distressed at wit nessing the sufferings of the operatives on strike, opened their mills on Monday to such of the workpeople as might present themselves for four days per week, with the reduc tion of the 10 per cent. advance from the weavers, but con tinuing it to the spinners and cardroom hands, in conse quence of the better position of spinnings in the market. The same course has been adopted at Padiham, and the ex periment has succeeded beyond expectation. One employer states that there was a perfect rush among his workpeople to enter the mill. Some of the employers have taken ad vantage of the opportunity afforded by the strike to intro- duce new machinery, and, these alterations not being all completed when the hands returned to work, their disap pointment was great at finding that this would prevent them resuming work for some time longer. Out of 57 firms at Burnley, and at Padiham, which is the total number in the union of masters, nearly all have re sumed work four days per week. The number of opera tives has been estimated at 12,000 to 15,000. At Ashton, Stalybridge, Dukinfield, Newton, Hyde, and Glossop the number of mills gone upon four days' work per week is. from 90 to 100. Instead of 40,000, the number at which the looms were estimated in a recent statement, intelligent and well-informed manufacturers are of opinion that 50,000 would be nearer the truth. The estimated con sumption of 9,000 to 10,000 bags of cotton spun per week would be correct; but the total number of operatives is said to be nearer 60,000 than the lesser number at which they were calculated in the statement referred to. The number of persons employed at the looms is estimated at 25,000 ; and, though the balance of 35,000 is a large number to be employed in spinning and its preparatory processes, for the consumption of 10,000 bags of cotton, it is explained by the fact that a large proportion of the spinning is a very fine counts of yarn, in which the quan tity of the raw material used is always comparatively small and the labour comparatively large. At Stockport there has been a meeting of the masters, at which a resolution was passed that notice be given to the operatives to go upon short time (or 40 hours per week) from Monday week next until Christmas." No attempt is to be made at present to reduce wages, although it was complained that the market would not support the rates now giving for weaving. By this movement 20,000 opera tives and, upwards, chiefly engaged upon long cloths, T cloths, and other fabrics, a large proportion of which are exported to India, will be affected. From the above statements, it will be apparent that in the Ashton district about 60,000 hands, and at Stockport 20,000, will be thrown partially out of employment, in ad dition to the 50,000 or ,60,000 at Preston, Burnley, and other places, who have been wholly out of employment, but of whom a considerable proportion at Burnley have been allowed to resume work for four days per week. The consumption of cotton has largely increased since 1850, but the proportions of each district will probably still hold good and taking the entire consumption at 36,000 bales per week, and deducting 61 per cent. of the whole for Pres ton, where the mills are idle, and one-third of the other 30t for short time in the other places, there is total of nearly 17 per cent. as the decrease of consumption of the raw material, and the same figures will give a tolerable idea of the extent to which the wages fund of the entire manufacturing district will be effected. A meeting of the working classes of Birmingham, con wgened by placard at a short notice, was held in the public office of Birmingham, on Monday night, for the purpose of adopting measures in support of the cotton-spinners and colliers at present or lately on strike in various parts of Lan cashire. An artisan named Hawkesford occupied the chair, and Mr. Ernest Jones attended to advocate the claims of the turn-outs ; but there was a miserably thin assembly, of operatives. Out of the many thousands of workmen em ployed in Birmingham and the neighbourhood, the meeting, when fullest, did not consist of more than 80 persons. The CHAIRMAN, in opening the proceedings, said, from communications received, he believed that numbers of the spinners gof Preston and other places were absolutely starving, in consequence of the closing of the mills ; and he contended that if the masters had the right to close their establishments, the land ought to be thrown open for the support of the people. (Cheers). He read a letter from Wigan, calling upon the artisans of the town and country to help the struggling operatives of that locality. (Cheers). R. CROWE, a working man, denied the right of the master cotton-spinners to close their mills; they had no right to interfere with labour, which was the property of the work man. The speaker concluded by moving a resolution to the effect : " That, in consequence of the millowners of Preston, Blackburn, Wigan, and other towns in Lancashire, having closed their establishments, 70,000 persons were thrown out of employment, and some of them in an actual state of alai v ation aua that the meeting denounced in the strongest terms the conduct of the millowners." WILLIAM JACKSON, a shoemaker, seconded the resolution, which was carried unanimously. W. DALZELL, an operative, who on former occasions has appeared as a " turn-out " advocate, moved:— " That, while deeply sympathising with the operatives of Lancashire in their present sufferings, they, the operatives of Birmingham, pledged themselves to render them all the moral and pecuniary assistance in their power." (Cheers). In the course of his address the speaker said,—Suppose a man started in business with 1,0001. and in the course of 20 years he made 20,0001., living all the whole time in luxury and splendour, I beg to ask what was the con dition of the working men by whom that fortune was made during and at the close of that period ? They were in the same position as they were 20 years before. (Cheers). Now, I contend that 19,0001. of that 20,000/. ought to be divided as profits among the working men: (Load cheers.) A man named Goucu seconded the resolution. Mr. ERNEST Joriss, the chartist barrister, then came for ward to support the motion. He commenced observing that they were met at a time when, under the blessing of free trade, they were promised an abundant trade, cheap bread, and high wages. It was singular, however, that under such circumstances there should have been more strikes than ever before had occurred at one time in the kingdom. It was the men of the Manchester school who had given them the pledges to which he referred, although they were cautioned at the time that they woura prove all illusory. Their mis sion that night was to organise a resistance to the conspiracy then existing in the kingdom of capital against labour, and that was to be done by uniting together for the establishment of a labour parliament. Free trade, he said, had caused agriculturists to go into the manufacturing d.stricts, and there compete with the manufacturers. The master cotton spinners said the men had no business with the profits only when it suited them ; but when trade was dull, profits small, and competition great, they at once said they must reduce wages. So that it was not the law of supply and demand which regulated the price of labour, but it was dear cotton and small profits which regulated their wages. (Cheers.) Therefore, if a master had a right to reduce wages because profits were lower, he (Mr. Jones) contended that the work ing man had a right to demand an increase of wages when profits were larger. (Cheers.) The manufacturers during a period of brisk trade, robbed foreign nations, and, in a period of dull trade robbed the working- classes at home. (Cheers.) They (the operatives) did not want confiscation, nor to inspect the books of their employers, but such wages as would enable the working classes, not only to earn enough to keep them respectably while at work, but to maintain them in comfort in their old age. (Cheers.) There were iNce% capitals, money and labour; and if money had a right to profits, sl has labour -*hr. more so, because labour made the money, and not money the labour. (cue...) These manufacturers said they could not afford to concede 10 per e mit ~ b an " - j c.. o nave been doubled, and made them 100 per cent. (Cheers.) The speaker condemned the present isolated support rendered to the " turn-outs " in Lancashire, and which, in the case of Wigan, if not remedied must lead to failure. He urged the necessity of a labour parliament. The motion being seconded and carried, the meeting shortly afterwards broke up. The collection at the door exhibited "a beggarly account of empty boxes." OBJECTS OF THE POST OFFICE INQUIRY.—A committee is now sitting at the treasury for the purpose of inquiring into certain matters connected with the establishment of the General Post-Office. They are engaged upon a revision of the system of appointments and promotions, the scales of salary, the numbers of officers, and the distribution of busi ness in the Post-Office; but they do not enter into ques tions connected with the general postal system of the coun try, except in so far as such questions bear upon that of the establishment. INDIA LAW COMMISSION.—The Master of the Rolls ; the Chief Justice of thp Common Pleas ; the Right Hon Sir Edward Ryan, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Calcutta from 1838 to 1842 ; Charles Hay Cameron, Esq. (who succeeded Mr. Macaulay and Mr. Amos as fourth or legal member of the Supreme Council of India, and as President of the Law Commission at Calcutta) ; John M‘Pherson M'Leod, Esq. (who served as secretary to the government of Madras under Sir Thomas Munro, and as a member of the Law Commission at Calcutta) ; John Abraham - Francis Hawkins, Esq. (who was ten years re gistrar and two years a judge of the Sudder Court of Ben gal) ; Thomas Flower Ellis, Esq. and Robert Lowe, Esq.; have been appointed commissioners to consider and report upon the reform of the judical establishments, judical pro cedure, and laws of India, under the 28th sec. of the Go vernment of India Act. Frederic Millet, Esq. (who was employed in 1833 to revise the civil regulations of the Ben gal code, and afterwards filled the offices of secretary to the Law Commission at Calcutta, and member to the Supreme Council of India), has been appointed secretary to the com missioners ; and we understand that the services of Neil B. E. Baillie, Esq., who has practised for many years in the Sudder Court at Calcutta as yakeel (a profession which in cludes the duties of barrister and attorney with us), and who is well known as the author of some valuable treaties on Mahonietan law, has been secured as assistant sme ary. THE COMBINED FLEETS OF FRANCE AND ENGLAND. A letter from Malta, Of Nov. 22nd, says :—The main body of the English fleet left the Dardanelles on the morn ing of the 9th of November, in a quasi calm ; but early on the following day (the 10th), getting a fair wind, they reached Beikos Bay, in the Bosphorus, during the same forenoon, the Sans Pareil, Britannia, and Bellerophon fol lowing each other pretty closely. The Trafalgar came up during the evening; subsequently, the Rodney and Arethusa (which had been aground), accompanied by the Retribution and Niger; and on the 14th, the Leander (from England and Malta), towed up by the Sampson. The Arethusa was being towed up by the Fury ; but after passing Galipoli, it came on to blow so hard that the latter, unable to go ahead, cast off, when the frigate, in making for an anchorage, on the northern shore, about an hour after, very thick weather prevailing, struck on the same sunken rock which the Fu rious had been on a few days previously, whilst conveying Vice-Admiral Dundas to Constantinople, and when, as has been already announced, he shifted his flag to the Tiger. The Fury, seeing the disaster, soon lashed herself alongside the Arethusa, and took out all her upper deck guns, but she was not got off before the following morning. A diver has examined her since this second disaster, but reports no other damage than the rubbing off of a few sheets of her copper sheathing. On the 14th, the Capudan Pacha, having in his suite the prinicpal officers of the Ottoman and Egyp tian fleets, paid a visit of ceremony to the British and French admirals, under a salute of 19 guns from the respective flag-ships. In the upward progress of the van division of the com bined fleets of England and Fance, it had been arranged that the two British and two French line-of-battle ships, with their attendant steamers, should enter the Bosphorus together ; and that, although the French ships, which hav ing been favoured by the wind in getting an earlier start, had actually reached the Seraglio Point nearly two days be fore their English consorts, still they refrained from enter ing the straits without them. When, however, the Albion joined, in tow of two steamers, without coming to, or holding any communication with the French ships, she pushed on to her destination ; and these latter, requiring some little pre paration, oil getting under weigh with only one steamer to each ship, found the wind and tide too strong, and being thus compelled to anchor again, did not eventually reach their destination until one day after the Albion and Ven geance. It could matter but very little whether the ships came into the Bosphorus together, or which of them pre ceeded : but when once an arrangement or engagement is entered into or made with parties who show a disposition to maintain it, the same should be most scrupulously and faithfully observed and fulfilled. • Rear-Admiral Sir Edmond Lyons, second in command in the Mediterranean, arrived at Malta in the Terrible, from Plymouth, early on the morning of the 18th, and left for the Bosphorus on the morning of the 19th. The Queen, three decker, reached Malta at noon on the 22nd, and would im mediately leave for the Bosphorus. The Ardent, with the London mail of the Bth of November, only left Malta for Constantinople on the 16th, having been in dock when the mails and dispatches arrived. The Caton, French war steamer, from Constantinople, arrived at Malta on the 14th and left for Toulon on the 15th. The Modeste returned to Malta from Corfu on the 19th. The Balbec, screw-merchant steamer on the 19th, and the Brigand on the 20th, arrived from Liverpool ; the former left for Syra, Constantinople, and Smyrna, and the latter for Alexandria, on the day of their arrival. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Vectis left Malta for Naples, Civita Vecchia, Leghorn, Genoa, and Marseilles, on the 15th , whence the Valetta, belonging to the same company, arrived on the 20th. OSBORNE, TUESDAY.—His Royal Highness the Duke of Brabant arrived at Osborne, at half-past 12 o'clock, from Dover. LIVERPOOL SHIM'S FOR AUSTRALIA.—LiverpooI excels every other place in the size and tonnage of the ships dis patched to Australia, as the following figures show :—The average tonnage from Liverpool in 1853 was 538; from London, 484 ; and from other ports, 2,33. A matrimonial alliance, we hear, is on the tapis. between Mr. William Lowther, nephew to the Earl of Lonsdale, and Miss Parke, daughter of the Right Hon. Baron Parke. NEW IRISH LANDLORDS.— Lord Charles Pelham Clinton, brother of the Duke of Newcastle, was the purchaser of the whole of the Bere estates of the arl of Bantry. We regret to hear of the severe illness of Major General the Right Hon. Sir Ger.rge Arthur, Bart. There are but slight hopes entertained of his recovery. Extreme ill-health obliged Sir Arthur to return from his last government of Bombay in 1846. ENGLISH IRON AND COAL LN FRANCE.—The import of coal from England into France amounted in 1852 to 664.633 tons of 1,000 kilogrammes, and:that of coke to 2,733 tons. In the same year France received 1,792,155 tons of coal, and 169,398 tons of coke from Belgium. Coal was also obtained in considerable quantities from Rhenish Prussia. As regards pig iron, the total amount imported into France from England in 1852 was 15,002 tons. She also received 1,841 tons of iron in bars, and 270 tons of steel from England. ANOTHER FREE TRADE "SIGN OF TILE TIMES." —Ad-1. vices from Stockholm states tb at the members of the commercia union of Stockholm have unanimously agreed upon sending in a petition to the King for a thorough revision of the customs laws. The petitioners point out the desirability of a very low tariff on all raw materials and all articles of food, of the repeal of all prohibitory laws, and of the in troduction of duties according to measure and weight, in stead of ad valorem. _ QUARANTINE REGULATIONS AT GIBRALTAR.-All vessels arriving from Great Britain and the northern ports, with clean bills of health and health on board, be admitted to free pratique ; that all vessels with touched bills of health, but which have had no sickness on board during. the passage, be subjected to a quarantine of observation of seven days; that all vessels arriving with any cases of epedemic or con tagious disease on board, be subjected to a strict quarantine, with a guard boat astern, until the inspector of health reports to the Board of Health, which will decide on the duration of the quarantine or destination. Tax EXPENSE OF MAKING A BARON.-Yesterday, a re turn of Mr. Hume's was printed, showing how 4501., charged in the civil contingencies of last year, was expended in creating General Lord Fitzroy Somerset a baron of the United Kingdom. - The Crown-office charges were 3901. 15s. 4d., and the Patent-office charges 291. 18s. 6d. The expenses are remarkahle. To the Stamp-office, 1501. 2s. ; Lord Chancellor, great seal fee, 21. 6s. Bd. ; clerk of the Hanaper, 241. 13s. 4d. ; deputy ditto, 11. ls. ; Lord Chancellor's purse bearer, Si. ss. ; porter to great seal, 11. ls.; gentleman to ditto, 6/. ; sealer, 1/. 2s. 6d. ; deputy ditto, 10s. 6d. ; chaff wax, 1/. 2 s. 6d. ; deputy ditto, 10s. 6d. ; royal household, 1041. 6s. 10d.; principal usher of Scotland, 61. 13s. 6d. ; Scotch heralds, 16/. ; English ditto, 36/. ; earl marshal, 51.; garter king at arms, 20/. ' • gold emblazoned skin and boxes to hold patent and seal , 91 . Of the Crown-office charges 201. went to the attorney general, and 71: 7s. 6d. to the clerk of the patent to the attorney-general, and 11 10s. the stamp duty on warrant. To the engrossing clerk, 1/ ls. for engrossing the warrant and for parchment. Thus was spent 4201. in making a member of the house of peers. The authority is " ancient usage." CONSECRATION or BISROPS-On yesterday morning the ceremony of consecrating the newly-appointed bishops of Natal and Graham's Town, took place in St. Mary's, Lam beth. The officiating prelates were the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Bishop of London, and the Bishop of Ox ford. The church was crowded, although admission was obtained only by tickets. Long before the hour appointed for the ceremony the bells rang a merry peal, and the church organ played appropriate and solemn music. The reverend divines elevated were the Rev. Dr. John William Colenso, of St. John's, Cambridge, and the Rev. Dr. John Armstrong, of Lincoln's College, Oxford ; the former nomi nated to the bishopric of Natal, and the lattar to the bishoptio of Graham's Town Tlivine service was performed 1, 7 *I.. Bolt Marlos Dalton, the rector, assisted by the Rev. Messrs James, Ensom, and Gregory; after which the Bishop of Oxford ascended die pulpit and delivered a most appro priate and impressive sermon. After the service the new bishops were duly admitted to their sacred office by the imposition of hands. The proceedings occupied several hours. TWO HUNDRED AND FrETY LIVES LOST BY SHIPWRECK. -It is our painful duty to record the details of another fearful catastrophe at sea, the wreck of the British ship Lady Evelyn, Captain M'Clellan, commander while on a voyage from Hon g -Kong to San Francisco, and the loss of no fewer than 25lives. The ill-fated ship-a Quebec built a vessel of 875 tons-left Hong-Kong on the 29th June with a cargo of merchandise, having also on board 230 Chinese emigrants and some other passengers, amongst whom were an English gentleman named Sutton, Major Poore, of the American service, and two Portuguese merchants. Soon after leaving port she encountered bad weather, in conse quence of which she was compelled to put into Amoy to refit. She left Amoy on the . l6th of July. On the 19th, a violent storm came on ; and, notwithstanding all the efforts of her crew, she struck, about four o'clock on the following day, on a reef known as Richard's rocks, off the south-east end of the island of Typaisan, lat. 24. 42 N., long. 125, 26 E. Such was the force with which she struck, that she parted immediately just abaft the mainmast, the after part of the ship drifting away, loaded as it was with human beings, not one of whom escaped. The longboat having been de stroyed by the fall of the mainmast, which killed several persons who were standing around it, Mr. M'Rae, the second mate, one or two of the cabin passengers, and about 30 other persons, took to the fore-riggin g . There they remained until tu e'se o'clock the followin , rday, when they made an attempt to reach the shore. Whether all succeeded is not known, but amongst those who did were Mr. M'Rae, the steward, M‘Gee ; three able seamen, named Purdy, Peter Josephs, and Benjamin Tucker ; one of the Portuguese pas seitgers, two females, and 22 Chinamen. One of the Chinese women was also safely carried ashore on a spar. The survi vors of this fearful catastrophe, who were most kindly treated by the natives, remained on the island two months and four days, until they were taken off by her Majesty's steamer Hermes, which had been sent in search of them. [We published an account of the lamentable loss of this vessel so far back as the 31st October; but as the above contains more full details, and as all the London journals record them now, we, too, place them before our readers.] POLICE COUR 7 Y . ESTERDAY! STEALING A COAL—Ellen Woods, an elderly female, was charged by police constable 81 with stealing a coat, from the boarding-house kept by a German named Shiebuilt, in Paradise-street. The coat, quite a new garment, had just been taken to the establishment by the tailor, and deposited in the back parlour, when the prisoner entered and was about to walk off with it, when she was detected with it concealed under her shawl. This day she denied all knowledge of the robbery, but when apprehended by the police, she said " she did take it, but did not know what she was doing." Hav ing on a previous occasion been before the bench, she was committed for two months. STEALING A KNIFE AND FORK.—Mary Burns was com mitted for one month on a charge of stealing a knife and fork. She had been repeatedly similarly convictel. STEALING LINEN.—Mary Jones was committed for trial on a charge of stealing a quantity of sheets, shirts, &c., from the house of Mr. Millhurst, Vauxhall-road. The pri soner was detected in a yard near the premises with the goods in her possession. The goods had been, only a short time before the apprehension of the prisoner, safe in the kitchen, which had been temporarily left by the housekeeper. The prisoner was an old offender. STEALING SACKS.—Patrick Quigley, the keeper of a cellar in Addison-street, was committed for one month on a charge of stealing ten sacks, the property of John Welsh, Hudson street. The sacks were stolen by a boy named Shaw, and taken to the prisoner's cellar, who, there is every reason to believe, keeps the cellar as a depot for stolen property. STEALING CO-U.S.—Thomas Cooper was charged by police officer, 550, with stealing coals. The owner (if the coals, who lives at Severn-street, Everton, stated he suspected that some of his coals had been stolen, and therefore watched in the cellar; he had been there only a short time when he cauet the prisoner with the coals in his possession. Com mitted for seven days. HOUSEBREAKING.—Thomas Jones and Peter 1111Guiness, two juveniles, were charged with being in a bakehouse, in Vauihall-road, occupied by Mr. Whitmore, for the purpose of committing a felony. The police officer stated that he as on duty last night at eleven o'clock, when the premises were safe ; he afterwards tried the premises, when he dis covered the door had been forced open. He " knocked" (signalled for other police to come), when the two lads came out of the cellar. He found a candle and a lucifer match box on the premises. Jones was committed for three months, and the other prisoner for seven days. TUE GREAT COTTON RO'iBERY.—The evidence of all the witnesses having been finally completed, and read over in their presence, John Woods and Nancy Handle were fully committed for trial at the sessions. The usual caution having been given to each of the prisoners; they replied, " They had nothing to say." ROBBERY OF ENGLISH SAILORS ON BOARD AN AMERICAN VESSEL.—John Roe and Toseph Wear, the second and third mates belonging to the American vessel The Franklin, which arrived in this port a few days since, were charged with steal ing a quantity of clothes belonging to some of the crew of that ship. It appeared that the accused were Americans, and the complainants were Englishmen ' • and that as soon as they embarked on board the vessel at New York, they had their clothes stolen from them ; but being afraid to speak, they never made any complaint until they arrived in this port, when they gave information to the police, and the pro perty, at least a portion of it, was found in the possession of the accused. The presiding magistrate regretted that the sailors had not sailed under their own flag. One of them stated it was because he had not a registered ticket, and that he had been robbed of upwards of £lO worth of clothes by the American crew, and that the first mate of the vessel was afraid to give information, because the defendants had threatened his life. The magistrate expressed a hope that the law would soon be altered with regard to the register tickets, and committed the offenders—the one for two months, and the other for seven days. PICKING POCKETS.—,Tohn.Ronham was committed for three months, for picking the pocket of a female in Denman-street yesterday. FALSE PRETENCES.—John Scoles, formerly remanded, and .Henry Simmons, were further remanded on a charge of con spiring together to defraud Mr. Hodges of some rope. The facts of the case have already appeared in this journal. Jane Caluff who was injured in the accident to the "Cam bria," Dublin and Holyhead steamer on the 31st of October, died at Holyhead hotel on Saturday. INDIA HOUSE.—On Wednesday a court of directors was held at the East India House, when James Grant Lumsden, Esq., was appointed provisionally a member of council at Bombay. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.—OXFORD, Nov. 30.—The two vacant scholarships at Balliol College were this day awarded to Mr. King, commoner of Balliol, and Mr. Bowen, from Rugby School. There were 21 candidates. Mr. D. M. Owen, 8.A., Probationary Fellow of Balliol, has been admitted to an actual fellowship. THE MILITARY AT BLACKBURN.—It appears that the secretary of state for the Home department has promptly complied with the request of the authorities of Blackburn to have a military force stationed there during the turn pourtess,thanndmoanrchMedoniudtaey t a he co h m ur p u a u n g y h o , f an th d e h 34 a t v h e regiment taken up t f h ro e m ix quarters there. REWARD OF HUMANITY.-The Board of Trade has re ceived a communication from the foreign secretary, statin g that Captain Correo, of the Brazilian merchant ship Sophia, has been awarded a gold medal and a gratuity of twenty-five guineas for his services in rescuing six of the crew of the British barque Chusan, whom he picked up at sea; and for his subsequent kind and humane treatment of them for several days for which he refused to accept any remunera tion.—Shipping Gazette. THE AMERICAN MAILS.—SOUTHAMPTON, Wednesday, Nov. 30.—1 n consequence of the temporary withdrawal from the New York, Southampton and Havre mail line of the steam-ship "Franklin" for the purpose of repairs, we un derstand there will be no mail this week from the United States via Southampton. The steamer " Washington," which left Southampton on the 9th of November, will, on her arrival at New York, be taken off the line to undergo repairs, and, as the " Hermann" and " Humboldt" will also probably omit, one or two trips, there is a likelihood of the operations of the American mail steamers to and from Southampton being temporarily suspended. The "Hermann" is expected from Bremen on Sunday next, and will leave for New Zork with the usual semi-weekly mails on Wednes day, the 7th of December. Cnoss-Examirrxriorr. --Lawyer—Will you, on your so lemn oath, swear that this is not your handwrititing ? Delinquent—l reckon not. Lawyer—Does it resemble your handwriting ? Delinquent—Yes, I think it don't. Lawyer—Will you swear it, don't resemble your writing ? Delinquent—Well, I do, old head. Lawyer—Then you take your solemn oath that this writing does not resemble yours in a single letter ? Delinquent—l guess I do. Lawyer—Now, sir, how do you know ? Delinquent—' Cause I can't write.—Bunn's Old England and New England. THE SCHOOLMASTER. ARROAD.—The following curious incident is reported from Lower Bavaria. A peasant died, and was laid out for burial. His niece, who lived in the house, watched an opportunity when she believed no one saw her, and then stealthily pinned a letter to the grave clothes. That letter was addressed to her mother, who died 14 years ago, and it was the poor woman's belief that her uncle would find means to deliver it in the land of the dead. It is to the following purpose :—" Dear Mother,—As there is now such a favourable opportunity, I send you this letter, with the request that you will cause me to dream three numbers in the lottery, for I suppose that you are aware that I am very badly off. May be that this paper gets rotten, but as nothing is impossible with God, please to en treat our Lord God (TI rrgott), and give me news of three numbers which arc sure to win, and so, I remain, your faithful daughter.—MAßlA." The direction was, " To my dead Mother in Eternity."—Kolner Zeitung. 0 NEWS FROM THE THEATRE or WAR.—Our latest news from the theatre of war is from Astley's Theatre, where the war is carries on with unnaggiui , ° eueLgy. . Last night the Russians had entrenched themselves in a strong position in front of the enemy, and the Russian General, Widdicomb, turned the right wing—a wrong one having been shifted by the negligence of a scene-shifter. The enemy were in position at nine o'clock, and a French officer made towards a standard which he eventually carried. On Saturday afternoon a body of Russian soldiers received their pay from the treasury, which is understood to be amply supplied. In the evening the battle was resumed with great vigour ; but both parties eventually laid down their arms. The Russians were much harassed, and set fire to Moscow in several places with bits of tow steeped in spirits of wine. The city burnt with great fury for nearly an entire minute, when it was terminated by a decisive blow from the mouth of the master carpenter. —Punch. ,CONSUMPTION OF SMOKE.—At a meeting of the Society of Arts, held in London, on Wednesday evening, a paper was read by Mr. Frazer, on " Furnaces made to Consume their own Smoke." He detailed the effect and operation of a furnace called " Juckes patent," used by Hanbury and Co., the brewers, and which he said was found effective. It has been used since 1847. It was found that a fire of fifty or sixty feet area could be worked for any number of hours without the slightest appearance of smoke from the chimney shaft ; but the process of "banking-up," before referred to, required the whole principle of the machine to be put in abeyance, during which time smoke escapes from the shaft, and sometimes in large quantities, and no plan has been discovered for its prevention. Considerable difficulties were encountered in the application of the principle to the furnace last mentioned, but they had been removed by experience. The total cost of fourteen furnaces, including brickwork, had been about 3000/. The consumption of coals in the establishment was about 6,000 tons per annum. The saving in the coal account, since the introduction of the patent to July Ist of the present year, had been 8,338/. From which was to be deducted for casualties, which have been referred to, and sundries, say 350/. The above economy had not arisen from less weight of fuel consumed, but owing to the screenings or dust of coal only being required for the furnaces. Should the difference of price between large and small coals be reduced, the economy would be less in future years.—Mr. J. L. Stevens, a patentee of furnaces, remarking on that spoken of by Mr. Frazer, said—Mr. Frazer had not shown that the apparatus in question was equally applicable to all purposes, such as getting up steam to a higher power than ordinary, or to meet any exigency that might present itself, LIVERPOOL MARSETS.—YESTERDAT. (Written expressly for the Northern Daily Timed A , SuGA.O has been operated in to s ome extent to-dalt "m a, sales of Plantation reaching 530 hhds, includin g Auld; chiefly at 32s 6d to 34s 6d ; Demerara at 31s 3ito 34s No sales have transpired in Molasses, with grainy, at 37s 6d to 38s 6d ; also 300 bags low bra" Bengal, all faults, at 26s to 27s if? cwt. One hundred bags Guayaquil Cocoa are reported at 3 0 if? cwt. ast Rim—Of the Bengal offered to-da only 50 ba c ol sol for 153 400 pockets with all faults, y t t 13 3d il O ft wen a s first-class damaged. st In other articles we have to notice 30 chests Shellac, .0 44s $ cwt; 70 tons St. Domingo Log wood, at X 6 s; a ri . Rum, or Caffe e _ , .. tons Lima Nicaragua Wood, ex quay, at £l3 15s e 0 and 400 batrs, Niger seed, at 47s 6d iii qr. mar ket T. There has been rather less animation in the_.„,oo 1 to-day, but quotations are without alteration. CoD;ce Congou is worth is 32 li, lb ; some considerable sales been made in low Typing Gunpowder at stiff r ates. 10( Corrox.—The market was slow, particularly t li e re cotton. The sales were 5,000 bales, o f which I,ow " for export and speculation. MANCHESTER CORN EXCHANGE. —IN e' From the circular of Mr. Thomas Swallow, old e° change, we take the following extracts : esPe cis " The inactivity in the Corn trade, no ted in 117 r on this day desire on the part of holders to realise ; an d buyers for every article continued to act with little business resulted. A few sales of new flour weL e i bold at a decline of 2s V sack ; but the millers ge nerv , 0 with much firmness, under an impression that prices w a higher range at no distant day. - free ted "This day's naarketis thinly attended, and the sa.e ll i e ylea are quite in retail. Wheat is 2d V7O lbs lower, and is is V sack and barrel cheaper. Old oats firm, :dal ( ' de' ld to 2d V 45 lbs easier. Meal is steady in pri ce d s r° mand. New beans are in good supply, and new 1 01 % - r itte rl , offered at a decline of is V qr. Indian corn must be O r down is 480 lbs. Malt is fully is V load worse ‘() s GLASGOW PIG IRON MARK - ff.-I' oo— c 0/ Market closes firm at 79s for nixed numbers ; here. cautto t,oreed The election of a member of parliament for the s°utberl4 0/the division of this county, occasioned by the elevatiol ce try Earl of Warwick to the peerage, is fixed to take e r 0 0 myrrow, when a special county court will be he l p t 0 purpose at the Shire Hall, at ten o'clock. 1/13,ipote" present time, Mr. Evelyn Shirley is, as it was a n he would be, the only candidate. ......,,...................-...,..,.........—..w.........- - - :-....—,.....-.. BIRTHS. 1111 On the 28th ultimo. at Fornham-hall, near Bury St. Eclu'lw ru'' Lady Manners, of a daughter. c ' I On the .6th ultimo, at 111, Aldergate-street the wife of -$ e ' Brand, surgeon c ult of a son, still-born. Gills'P' On the 26th mo, at Bruges, Belgium, the wife o f :ei Vecqueray, N:sq., of a son. ,1 W. On the 25th ultimo, at 24, Granville-square, the wife o f op ton, Eq.. of a son. 11' On the 24th ultimo, at Greenlands, Irton, Cumberland, 11 ' 1. 1 Brockleban 6th k, of a son. On the 2 ultimo, at Stirling, N. 8., the wife of L . F. G.13e9. t y Esq., 8!d Regiment, of a daughter. On the 26th ultimo, at the Royal Asylum, Gartnavd, Cil°s(3°'Dfo wife of Dr. Mackintosh, of a danghter. Stei Sh ' 1 On the 28th ultimo, at New Brighton, Mrs. J. Adant p 9 -, On daughter. ___l the it s- , On the 23d ultimo, at Roshine' J odge. County D0neg.....,. Co John S. Charley, Esq., J.P.. of the is and of Arelon ° ll;eir.,o Donegal, and Finaghy-house. County Antrim, of a son an % iievr On the 14th ultimo, at Dungannon, the wife of.Courten27 ...A d 11 9 " Esq., of a daughter. _ A f f ''' of , On the 19th ultimo, at Killinchy Farm-house, the ~ .•e _ ,° , 4 . .`a Moore, Esq.. Consul of France for Drogheda, Dundalk, "" o r of a daughter. ....., 0. 0 On the 20th ultimo, at Armagh, the wife of the Rev. W . 0 0 5.13 c mard, of a daughter. i, Mrs. - On the 18th ultimo, at Ballug Castle, County L0u,..., Parks, of a daughter. re' ' 4 On the 29th uitlmo, at Hyde-park-gardens, the Hon• or Kinnaird, of a daughter. nabe'i Sh ah On the 29th ultimo, at Highfield, Manchester, Mrs. •••• stone. of a son. , J. 14- On the 29th ultimo, at Arrowe, Cheshire, the lady of i rti Es O q., of a daughter. " On the 27th ultimo, at Partick, Glasgow, the wife Of D r ' ,'of CO' Newman, tt.N., of a son. iand 7E / I , l ' , i f On the 26th of October, at Havana, the wife of George wife gi Esq., of a son. eth On the 21st October, at Gwindy Grange, near Madras, St. Leger M. Grenfell, Esq., Civil Service, of a daughter. 00 MARRIAGES. Ties e 'nsrO P° bir On the 25th ultimo, at St. Anne's Church, by the ~4 , ... Buchanan, Esq., to Mary Bamforth, niece of Lieutenant '''" o f tli i street. 1 esthfO ii is On the 24th ultimo, at St. Anne's, Stanley, John. e- d s a r.- yial e ' late James Hardy, Edwards. Esq., of Liverpool, to 00 0 31 ,.5. daughter of the late George Blakeney, Esq., of Ballis„a , C p r art'daalt b ; At the British Embassy, Brussels, by the Rev. Nv• e ior.',ool'; Thomas Barton, Esq., of Bexhill, Sussex, to Mary Anne . o ate b i r e '', ter of James Hilder, jun., Esq , of Robertsbridge, in tb e 17 0 01 i On 30th ultimo, at St Catherine's Church, Trawl . .. 0 w C:; - , of Rev. John Newton Pall, 8.D., Fellow of Queen's Col tiS by- A da Oil and Rector of Newton Tony, Wilts, to Bessy, secon.. 1 0 0 . 1 WI late William Nicholson, Esq., Liverpool. c 11i/' at''„ - 0 , On the 26th ultimo, at Rugby, by the Rev. J. D. --° lOO. b-. 1 Canon of Worcester, Isaac Spooner, Esq., of Lincoln's riottei,, Aug, 0 at-law, only son of the late Isaac Spooner, Esq.. to ri, "( 1 At the Catholic second daughter of the late John Chatfield "..Y l ''' lands, nrigad 13 e . r t o o m L s g o r u o i v s e a . M a ry At Newton Purcell, Capta in ei ,a_ „. .. ,r, ree .. g Richard Snead Cox. E.. 0 Bishop, is the couhty Orfi=rord n , to Maria Teresa, third °Pliel' A lA Geoege Weld, Esq., of Le A ag n ra n mH E al d , a i u n z t h h t e er co of un M t r y . o a f nl.sne o 2so 7 o'j f i llelswelt . . , in C t t ' t: - th ia e r‘ 26; " ll ' . ' of ' Aug., at Montlrrekal,°AlA7dfr°rchaibshanild'rew. Mowbraylorsi Fevrier, daughter of the late Wild= Haliwood, Esq., o f Derbyshire. f Ito DEATHS. e b , On the 10th of February last, at Rio de Jan eiro, of f_e t oe 0 0 John Kirkpatrick Richardson, aged IS years, only so n of tol,,ei ' 0 Richardson, of this town, and nephew of Edward MO jor NORTHIIitIY DAILY Thugs Office. r 0 • t, On the 28th ultimo, at his residence, 11, Hardwick.st ree Davis (late of Ranelagh-street), aged 52 years. ife l f.r dff of On the 2 fe i v t e h r, u t l h ti o m ß o e , v a . t pludoerkmetaigesGtoleob,eagHooduSset,yCearsolllt ii se rector of the parish of Edermine. in the diocese of Ferns: 4, tlie . 1 On the 25th ultimo, at his residence in Pleasant -Ar e ' or Robert Cardew Lockwood, aged 73 years. fi b, If On the 25th:ultimo, at 35, Lower Dorset - street , Debe ti , A r Geo. 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