The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-09-29 00:00:00

PARISH OF LIVERPOOI THE Medical Relief Committee of this Parish are desirous of ascertaining the NAMES and AD DRESSES of MEDICAL GENTLEMEN AND OTHERS, who would be ready, in the event of the CHOLERA making its appearance in Liverpool, to undertake the Medical treatment of Cases, or the duty of house to house Visitation Applications to be forwarded to the undersi EARLY AS POSSIBLE. nod, AS By order of the Medical Relief Commmitte( CHARLES HART, Vestr_y_Clerk of the said Parish PARISH OFFICE, BROWNLOW HILL, 28th September, 1853. SERVANTS WANTING SITU ATIONS PERSONS WANTING SERVANTS, should Advertise in the NORTHERN DAIL/ TIMES Published every Liverpool, and 9, Princess-street, Manchester OltaUtGE SIXPENCE morning, at 19, South John-street, TO CORRESPONDENTS No notice can be taken of anonymous communications. Whatever is intended for insertion must be authenticated by the name and adds.( publication, but as a guarrantee of his 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 Publishes CHARLES WILLmEst, and those from London may be sent to the care of Messrs. Simpkin, Marshall, and Co of the writer ; not neees THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1853 WE ventured yesterday, on the authority of a late Editor of the• Morning Herald, that instruc tions which imply immediate action of a warlike character on the part of the British fleet in the East, had been sent both to Admiral Dundas, and to Lord Stradford de Radcliffe. On the same authority, we added that a portion of the squadron recently concentrated at Queenstown had been or dered to proceed northwards. The leading journal of yesterday sneers, after a very uncon plimentary fashion, at the first part of this announcement, and affects to deny its accuracy, by repeating, what everybody knew before, that both the Admiral and Ambassador, had discretionary instructions al ready. We have nothing to do with the feud be tween the Times and the Herald, a feud which leads each paper to throw gratuitous doubts upon an 3 exclusive intelligence published by the other : nor do we wish to interfere between the attack and the defence, But as we copied, and commented upon the statement, and by that act implied our belief in its substantial accuracy we feel it incumbent embarassing contradictions which n appears to conceal or pervert it It is at least conceivable that full power may hay( notwithsta womised aut to makc any requisition upon the Admiral, case might require. The two things are consistent with each other, and in the present state of the Eastern dispute, both are probable. The Times might na- " The simple facts are, that : tarally have occurred even to Admiral Dundas order Lord Stratford de Redeliffe might Stratford, on his side, has had powers to mak( been in read ss to at ive him, and Lora .1 tion that might appear to him - justified by the eng the case on his own responsibility." noes of To use the the Times' own expression, " it might matters there is and an agent ; that there is a wide difference be road acting on his own re tween a Minister al sponsibility," and his acting upon " full powers sent to him by the government at home c.k.n am. bassador is but the servant of his government, ap pointed to carry out their wishes if he can ; but the boldest perhaps that our diplomacy has ever pro duc iettl e u.Lu rosponsiouity ot mat war resting upon Himself. We are inclined to think there has been a little shuffling between the principal and the agent on this very matter has comp( the government to arrive at the de cision implied by the orders for part of the screw fleet to proceed northwards—a fact of which the same difference betwe•2n Lord Stratford acting upon tions from home, as there would be if the Master of the Exchange Newsroom, in the exercise of his discretion, were to turn out the subscribers at any time he pleased, or a resolution of the committee to that effect. Every body can understand the difference of responsibility incurred by a police-eon- stable effecting a capture with or without a warrant, upon a mob with or sanction of civil authority. Lord STRATFORD'S position is exactly analogous. He is or by without the a military officer firing invested with a certain amount of authority, for the exercise of which he is responsible ; but receiv- ing specific instructions from his superiors to do a certain act he is no longer responsible It is . tht government who send him these instructions. l'h( Times does not draw this distinction whilst assum ing to co that it states Lord STRATFORD to be responsible for every movement to be made by Admiral Dundas's ittt Iv the I istinctly said was that government had sent full powers to act more e :iergetically in support of the Turks," meaning the •eby that the fle e t s h ou ld en t er th e D ar d anelles. Is it st possible , therefore, that the Herald may b e strictly co. rrect, and the " simple facts " of the Times be two or three months old ? The pr esen t s t a t e of general opinion., which is no mean criterion, leads us to think so. We believe that the government have been driven by the com:fion voice of Europe to make a demonstra*A of which they would have been glad to shift the responsibility to the shoul ders of their ambassabor; but Lord STRATFORD has proved too subtle to fall into the net. We say we believe that the Government have been driven to make the intended demonstration by the unanimous voice of Europ There is no doubt that in our country the majority .of th people aro convinced that we have been dallying with this question in a manner unworthy of the power and spirit of Englishmen; and, from a letter we received the other day from an English resi. dent in Denmark, who well knows public feeling on this question all over Europe, we are sure tha what is general conviction here amounts to fiery indignation there. Our correspondent, it will be perceived, speaks with some warmth. " Public opinion here (I relate facts ions) is in a flame at the not my• own opin state of the Abercteen Cabinet If a the four Lords " are not now impeached, tnen there is no crime of which an English minister can possibly be guilty, which can call down upon him the just retribution of his indignant country." " Our Cabinet has trampled upon all principle and public right." " It has _equally every English in - lerest, monetary political." and the I "It ha barefaced conip . which history cl how any exarn i and openly sacrificed and commercial, and )st, even to the lif blood and the most iped his night-robe has taken Enzlish empire or Turkish safety; " It has vent its time in trashy and with which the Czar ha.. nn crinnln stem awling " notes and is now in the position to be drawn into au endless series of false mools and destructive compulsionl " It has called itself the strongest state in Chri,stendom, yet it has sheltered its own inaction behind the fears and trepidations of kingdoms which no One could expect to take in interests." a, which adhere to England, old to Prussia by English hands. Those the lead in opposition to Rus are day bir di which' d „Ive any signs or disin - clination to b,ccOnr RussiAu—are doubly sold and doubly purchased by Eats= and England in conjunction.” "It is now evident that - nothing will wake the sleeping English PEOPLE but the occupation of Constantinople (no one know how soon that event may arrive), and then it wili be TOO LATE ! We do not concur in all that is here said. But we have not the smallest doubt in the world, that these passages are, in the main, a true representa tion of European opinion, and that the unanimity of its expression has, as we have said, forced the British Cabinet to " pluck up." We could not, however, have anticipated, before we read the above passage from the Times, that they were waiting for one of their own agents to arrive at a decision for them THE GRAND DUKE 01? TUSCANY is again acting a part in the drama of Despotism, before the eyes of civilized Europe. Scarcely has the remembrance of one tyrannical deed of his passed from the pub lic mind than he perpetrates another, hardly less odious in character, and, certainly, not less unjus tifiable in principle, than that - which immediately preceded it. This modern CALIGULA has, evidently, a peculiar penchant for torturing poor, weak, inno cent, and inoffensive women, and upon very flimsy pretences. In this revolting particular he resembles his illustrious contemporary, NICHOLAS 1., of neither "pious, glorious," or "immortal memory !" and the brutal flogging of the Basilian Nuns, as well as the incarceration and petty persecution of the MADIAI and Miss MARGARET etTIi!iINGHA3IE, will long be re membered together as unparalleled examples of modern barbarity in the persons of the Muscovite CZAR, and his Florentine Brother. Par nobile fratrunt ! In this extraordinary age of printing, and rail roads, and electric telegraphs —this age of realized Utopias !—when thought is transmitted with the rapidity of the lightning-flash ; and when the gen tle humanity of our laws provides even against the infliction of cruelty to animals—such deeds as those to which we advert, may, indeed, fill us with wonder and concern. They too forcibly remind us of an era in the world's history—from the con templation of which every sensitive and cultivated mind turns away aghast !---When the race was im sed in the slough of barbarism, and when, with ss and keenness of the blood-hound. all the swift' Who would not instinctively shrink from the presence of a spectre ? BELSHAZZAR trembled when he beheld the hand-writing on the wall! MACBETH nerved ! And shall creep up from its slimy charnel house, and once again stalk abroad in the golden cerement sunlight of European civilization, and fling its tainted odours in the pure face of Heaven, and not fill us with horror and alarm ? tentatE to aver th he is bound to conform to the letter of some municipal requirement and that in consequence, he is compelled, as it were, to incar- cerate a help" ng a copy o s young lady in a Tuscan jail; and iliktn Bible lnd a translation of the PillYl Progress, to a few e Tuscan States. We do hope peasants within tl Live lady, and not only so, but obtain a sfttisfactor reparation for the gross indignities inflicted on her person, and the consequent insult offered to the itish nation. There was a time when, in de- fence of an injured woman, a thou Sand ardent hearts, and a thousand eager hands, would rush to Steed, with quivering lance iviliza- 1 men's habits, it has not changed True, knight errantly, as practiced the rescue, on prancii tion has cliang their natur( backward and abysm of time.' But there still ex ists a knight errantly of another but no less formid dable kind—the PRESS—a power which ultimately like DAVID, with the " sling and stone i power, of public opinion, yet slay al: the UOLIAH'S am enemies of the human race It is no justification for a Government or a GRAND DUKE to point to certain statutes as a set-off against their degpotic acts. We say, if such laws are patent on your statute•books as will not bear the light of the Nineteenth Century, expunge them in GOD'S name ! once and for ever. Nations and States that will not go on with the progress of the world, must be dragged on with it. The former is the better and most politic course, and, certainly, the most grecabl Now we can well imagine what sort of a government that must be which must needs dread a printed book ! That such a thing is possible in these days, would appear incredible did not established facts place the matter beyond dispute. The Foreign Office is now in the hands of a new ecretary, of whom Lord PALMERSTON, in his late speech at Perth, said " to know that the conduct of our foreign relations " is now in able hands—that my noble friend Lord " CLARENDON, who is now at the head of that de " partment, has penetration to see where the inte " rests, and the honour, and the safety of the coup " try are to be sought—that he has sagacity to dis- cover the proper means for pressing and establish- ing and maintaining those interests—and that he has firmness, and energy, and perseverance to =to arrive at a successful id beneficial result. If my noble friend Lord as I am sure he will, the cor- CLARENDON receive " dial support of the country, you may depend upon " it that he will not disappoint the just expectations We trust, therefore, that in this fresh instance of Tuscan intolerance, Lord CLARENDON will show that his more time-honoured colleague is right in the estimate he has formed of his qualifications for office IT can scarcely be wondered at, that with the horrors of a European war gathering thickly around us, the state of affairs in China should attract less at tention than the peculiarity of the subject may seem to merit, We suppose, nevertheless, that most of our readers are aware that the Celestial Empire is probably at the present moment in the throes of a revolution—a revolution remarkable as befalling a nation where only what is old has been regarded as good—remarkable as to its outset and so much of its progress as is known to us—but most remark able from the fact, that Truth, or something at least akin, to Truth is at length making its way in the very stronghold of superstition and error. The seed sown by the missionaries of the "barbarians,'' has sprung up, and is bringing forth its fruit. It is not our purpose, in the few remarks we have now to trace the rise and progress of the rebel lion which threatens the existence of the Tartar Dynasty in China, or to speculate on the possible results of the movement, in a religious or moral pOint Of view. Regarded in this asneet, the state of things is indeed most strange, so much of false hood is mixed up with the more truthful records of Chinese history, ancient and Modern—so much of error, with some amount of truth, in the aeed of the insurgents-•:-Oid so Much off` bombast and out rageotis absurdity in the manifestoes of those who as yet hold the reins of government. The fad, how- ever, is patent and should not be last sight df It is long since the Chinese governed China,, and it has ever been the imperative interest of the ruling power, to keep the natives, as far as Might be, in a state of ignorance, as well as durance Vile, td cheek, as far as a wholesome dread would allow, all the friendly advances of the " barbarians," and when coerced into something like fair dealing, to render nugatory all the benevolent efforts of the strangers. Fraud, falsehood, chicanery of every description, have been encountered. The ruling dynasty was well aware that its authority consisted in the re taining old abuses. The strength of Sampson, Was, we are told, in his hair,the proWess of the Celestial E: MPEROR, and his mandarins, consists in their time-honoured pigtails. Old abtises, how ever, cannot triumph for ever ; evert in China and we may hope that the time has now arrived, when the denizens of that fair and beautiful land will arouse themselves, to take their proper position among the nations of the earth, As far as climate, fertility, extent of territory, harbours in which the whole. world's Mercantile fleets might anchor, rivers Which Might tittriApott their freights into every interior region, nay, even, as far as the capa bilities of the inhabitants, down trodden and brutalized as they aid, are `emiceriied, rre luithi reason why China may not shake herself free from the accumulated dust of ages, and bring into full action the commercial resources, which, although deadened have nevertheless been eonspicu: ons in the annals of European enterprise. It is in this point of view, that the subject is more immediately interesting to ourselves. Although, wherever there are ladies who loVe their souchong, or husbands who wickedly grumble at the price of gunpowder tea, China is, indeed, a hdueehold woad, yet to all intents aiid purposes, as far as the commerce of the Chinese depended on themselves, they have been about only as usefully employed as that quaint junk of theirs now Moored at Rock Ferry. Whatever commercial tidVaritage *e have gained from china, has been dragged thence, even as the aforesaid specimen of NOAH'S ship-building craft Was, with endless difficulties and dangers; brought from its native shores. it 18 scarcely necessary to enquire whether the somnolent, self-satisfied, never seeking, ever con tent status of China and. the Chinese has been the result of the dominance of the Tartar dynasty, or has arisen from more occult catises ; nor need we pause to moralise On the question, whether the European polders would be justified in their case, by intervention on behalf of the insurgents. Such intervention has, we learn, been sought . by them from the British authorities on the spot, and re fused. We are inclined to think that extraneous assistance, could it With propriety be afforded, would be as irripolitic as unnecessary. This need not be regarded only as the question of a nation re belling, under whatever pretence, against its lawful sovereign; or even against the ruthless domination of a foreign despot: The rthiVerlierit appears rather the result of the awakening faculties of a people who have never hitherto known their own rights, or appreciated their own power. Perhaps the very best and kindest thing that the "Barbarians" can do, is to leave them to themselves, and thus permit them to discover, by the experience of one brief struggle, how little they have been—how great they may be. There is, in fact, so much of absurdity and superstition still mixed up with the declara tions of the insurgents, that to adopt their cause might be to lend countenance to falsehood, merely because there are greater falsehoods extant in the Celestial Empire. From one point or view, however, we cannot but regard the present state of things in China with much satisfaction. Whichever of the belligerent powers proves successful, an impetus must be. given to our commercial relations into that vast and most healthy country. Both sides look up to us, not for present advice and assistance only, but as the future recipients of the produce of their hitherto united energies. In such a result, is not the shipping interest of Liverpool primarily concerned? GARRYOWEN AND GLORY" have been from, of old associated in the annals of song, and not the least amusing of its attempt to acquire the ad ditional honor is the periodical outcry, which Limerick, in common with a few other Irish ports, has made about a " Transatlantic Packet Station." The violated treaty has not yet been sufficiently atoned for, and as one more retribution, a savan Viceroy, on a mere visit, to the country, has been bored by what had long previously bored every body else. The Earl of Germains may count him self fortunate that he escaped with only a single sly sentence on the subject, introduced_ into the many addresses presented during his sojourn in Limerick. We thought it made the impression intended; but it serves, at least to show, that there are some minds in Ireland more tenacious of the piece of folly alluded to, than might have been imagined. However, the length of time during which this whilome favourite topic may last, is perhaps, as uncertain as the meaning of the topic itself. And the extent of begging or borrowing which the term " packet station," may imply, as referred severally to Cork, Limerick, Galway, or Kenmore, may have its intervals of public discuss ion, as long as begging or borrowing from the Imperial Treasury remains an unobliterated idea. There is, indeed, something delightful in the naivete with which a Packet Station is talked of at the other side of the channel. It is, as it were, a lar gesse; and anybody who promises to give to it, from Lord Derby down to Mr. Wagstaff, may become a public benefactor or a political humbug for the time being. One would think, to be sure, that where such exceedingly practical matters as steam-ships come to be talked about, they would not be long in assuming some practical and developed form. That, however, is not the mode in which affairs of business are managed in the more practical portion of her Majesty's dominions ; and, although the pro ject of sending the American mails from an Irish western port, has been spoken of for for many years ; we are still at a loss to know whether it is contemplated that the National Exchequer should only supply the vessels employed, or else pay besides the sailors who would man them, with mayhap a substantial premium to the commis sioners of the chosen harbour. We do not make these remarks for the purpose of entering on the discussion of a question already set at rest, nor, indeed, of in any way offending out-dying prejudices. But a little advice may not be out of place; and when we tell our Irish friends that had their desire for a Packet Station been the most plausible in the world, their course of action: would have spoiled it; we only do so for the purpose of hinting how such matters are transacted by those who know more about them. If there were in ex istence a regular line of steam-ships between the opposite coasts of Ireland and America, the de- 'ITV NORTHERN DAILY nuts. niand to havelheir elaim recognised would be just enough, and no doubt would be taken into account but when we find nothing of the sort, when w find the Government called on, in effect, to run the vessel's thetaselVes .for the :ostensible benefit of Ireland; why we hear then seMethiri,g itz, , ry pre posterous, and very nonsensical, and .which ought not to be put forward by men in full possession of their , facultieS; If this means anything, it means that the Government shoui d enter pa6Seriger trade in competition with private parties; for the Irish Packet station advocates would hardly restrict . them to the catPlage of letttrs Ybt, in this point; we haVe the key to the failure of the whole scheme. ft may be relied on---4t is indeed, as certain as any conimercial truth of the day, that if a steam passenger trade from Oralway,_Cork, Or Linierick, to New York, were a paying speculation, it would not be left untried up to the present. We believe there are men in Ireland sufficiently enterprising to have made the 03tiierinient'befole this, had there been any fair probability of success : and if there are not, there are too Many stirring spirits in England, not to have thought of it long agd: The real pith of the case, however, is, that the emigration £roni Ireland is not exactly of that caste, to whom, time is money, and who must travel fast, at any expense; whilst on the etiier hand, those, who, week by week, crowd the Anierican mails front this port, prefer to cross the Atlantic WithoUt a preliniinary sea iaraat dud it purgatorial land-trip diVided bbtween "jarvies " and twenty-miles anlour.traitis WEST DERBY BOARD OF GUARDIANS the usual nibeting of the West Derby Board of Guardians was held on Wednesday. Mt. Hampson in the chair. There were also present, Messrs. Al pass and Heyes, vice-chairmen, and Messrs Wors ley, Rosliell, Brown, Smith, Molyneux, Medealf, JoileS, RI and 4; birch, W: Geej Shaw, Jeffreyes„ Davis, Tattersall, Craig: The rhinutes Of the last day's proceedings Were read: The balance. remain-_ hag in the handS of the treasurer *as - 5:3,408 Os. Gd. On the motion Of Mr. Medealf, seconded 14 Mr. Heyes, cheques were passed for the ibilowing amounts for the piirpeses of •• Out-:relief—to Mr. Allan for £BO ; Mr; Olney £0; Mr. Potts £B5 ; Mr. Lytligod ; Mr. Wihon, for county rate, £242 4s. Gd., making in all the amount of 88. 4s. Gd. The usual salaries and small accounts for the week were ordered to be paid. A communication was rOeiVed, front the Health : Committee of the Bo fotigh of LiVerpetd, feqUestiiig :the co operation of that Board in taking precautionary inezigiifeS to preVent the spread of Cholera. In reference to thi communication, was resolved that. a deputation from that Board should be appointed for the pur pose of co-operating With the Heath - Committee of Liverpool, in carrying into effect such measures for the purposes contemplated, as might be deemed advisable. The gentlemen appointed to compose the deputation; were the Chairman, the Rev. W- Badnall, and Mr. Roskell. The tender of Messrs. J. and Alfred Shepherd for the supply of second triatitpflour, Was accepted; Mr, Alpass moved that Mr. Barnabas Barrett be appointed vaccinator to the workhouse, in the room of Mr. Dean, which Was 'seconded and carried. It was also resolved that the Board appoint [l...clerk or book-keeper at c, salary of £4O per annum. Mr. Alpass moved that the appointment take place that day week, which wa% seconded and agreed to. Mr. Clayton• was autho rised to prepare plans for the producing of addi tional accommodation in the workhotie for the purpose of storage. The Board then adjourned. EARTHQUAKE IN LOUSIANNA.—A letter from New Orleans says :—" The earthquake of the 11th September was Toy gerietil along the Lake coasts and is believed to have been without precedent. It *e§ not felt in this city. CO'NELAGRATTON AT BLACKBROOK COLLIERY very extensive conflagration, which broke out some weeks since in the Blackbrook Colliery, St. Helen's, belonging to Messrs. Southern and Brownlow, is still raging , despite every effort which hits been made to subdue it. The flames spread with such rapidity that one of the galleries, several hundred yards in length, became, in a very short space of time, a raging mass of fire. Despite the efforts which were made, the continued trial of Mr. Goldworthy Gurney's plan of filling the pits with carbonic oxide, and the introduction of Phillips' annihilators, the fire had not yet been wholly extinguished. So great was the heat, that the wrought iron bars of one of the underground furnaces was completely melted. It is expected that in about a week, the fire will be entirely got under, ST. 141:LtSS PETTY SESSIONS.—At the petty ses sions held yesterday, before the Rev. S. S. It. Evans Dr. Zillar, and Richard Pilkington, Esqs., a large number of common lodging-house keepers were summoned for in fringing the provisions of the act for the better regulation of common lodging-houses. The most numerous class of offences were for not opening the bedroom windows and turn ing down the bedclothes from nine o'clock in the morning till eleven. The Rev. Mr. Evans said that this act of par liament was passed with the view of checking, if possbile, such awful visitations as that which was now overhanging this country ; and it was highly necessary that the police should inspect these houses daily, and by increased vigilance see that the building and the rooms were kept clean and sweet. In most cases a penalty of five shillings and costs was inflicted, the reverend gentleman observing that if the party were again brought before him, he would inflict double or treble the penalty. Three parties were fined forty shillings and costs each. Thirty-two parties were summoned for non-payment of water rates to the com missioners for the improvement of St. Helens, and warrants of distress were ordered to be issued in case of non-pay ment. A man named Joseph Simms has been committed to Kirkdale for 21 days for non-payment of these rates. MEETING AT STAFFORD ON THE EASTERN QUESTION. On Monday night, a crowded meeting of the inhabitants of Stafford, convened by public requisition to the Mayor, was held in the Lyceum, for the purpose of memoriahsing the Queen on the Russian invasion of the Turkish provinces. Among those present on the platform were Mr. J. Turner, Mayor of Stafford, Mr. David Urquhart, Mr. Peplow, Mr. Owen, Mr. Martin, Mr. Flint, &c. &c. The Mayor, Mr. J. Turner, having been called to the chair, Mr. Owen moved that the actual events in the East have shown that the pro cess at present adopted for managing the intercourse of nations is injurious to England aid beneficial to Russia. That by means of it the physical power of Great Britain ceases to exist for the maintenance of our interests and the protection of our honour, and that, on the contrary, it comes to be used for ends injurious and fatal to the one and the other. That such a state of things is not endurable, and must be altered ; that while it endures freedom, is an empty word, government a mockery, and peace or war alike danger ous. That this borough shall employ every means within its reach to induce its representatives to put au end to perma nent embassies, to secrecy in diplomatic business, and to compel a return to the legal practice of the constitution, so as to prevent intercourse between the servant of the Crown, and the representative of a foreign state, save under the warrant of the great seal, issued for that special pur pose. That it will adhere to no projects of reform, in which this restoration is not included. And that it will use its best endeavours to induce the other constituencies of the kingdom to act in like manner. Mr. Peplow briefly se conded the resolutions, which were then put and carried unanimously. Mr. Urquhart inveighed against our diplo matic system. He said, having withdrawn from the Crown the power of nominating its servants, and Parliament not venturing to interfere in diplomatic affairs, because they belonged to the prerogative of the Crown, there actually remained no power to control diplomatic affairs. The con sequence was, to place the Cabinet, for the time being, in the hands of the ablest diplomatic representatives of another Power. Now, as Russia was the ablest Power in that respect, as she had formed her men with that very view, all men of tried capacity and long experience, and as they were placed in all the capitals of Europe, there was an articulation of influence which was permanent and unchanging in its effects, sending the shuttle, with its twisted thread, from Vienna to London, and so weaving its web of despotism all over Europe. (Applause.) In that way every government was led to do what Russia required, just at the time she required it. But they might say, if diplomacy was so injurious to England, how did Russia gain all her ends by diplomacy ? hy, because her diplomacy was nothing but chicane, and when honest men resorted to chicane, they could only use it clumsily, and the clever rougue outwitted them. Now, there were only two ways for them to meet Russian diplomacy, either by opposing it with a great English diplomatist, or by getting an English Minister to look a Russian ambassador m the face. He did not, however, promise them that they would be able to get either, if they tried. How did Russia gain her power ? By her knowledge of men and things; not the abstract knowledge gained in Cabinets, or the forensic experience of debate, but the practical knowledge of life. England did not organise men for that purpose, and, therefore, they could not hope to get men able to cope with a Russian ambassador. But they had another resource—to withdraw. They were not able to deel with Russia. That was clear. There was no need or advsntage in their havixg tellers of lies in foreign Courts (hear). The hon. gentleman then entered into a history of the negotiations which had taken place respecting the passage of the Pruth ; after which votes of thanks were passed to the Mayor and Mr. Urquhart, and the meeting separated, MONE,TAAY AND COMMERCIAL LIVERPOOL, Wednesday Evening The intelligence received from London, is more satisfactory than it has been for some time. A Con siderable reaction took] place both in the English and Foreign market. As affairs stand at present, little reliance can be placed on the reports we hear. As the experience of the last month amply testi fies. The Marlborough, from Sidney, reported late yesterday, brings 70,000 ounces of gold on freight: There are other vessels reported from the same quarter, but their names and freights are not yet known; The price of gold in Paris appears id be 0..08 per Cent dearer than in London, the premiums bBitig, per Millet.; and the exchange at short 25:07. Ham burg letters of the 24th inst. quote the price there at 426, and the exchange at shcirt 13-2, which make the price of Gold 1.52 per cent. dearer than in London. The exchange at New York on the 17th inst., for bills on London at 60 days' sight, was about 1092 7 , and the par of exchange between England 'and America being 109 23-4(5, it follows that the exchange is 0.33 per cent. against Eng. freitt which two niOnths ; interest must be de ducted, By the Overland Mail we litttri3 commercial ad vices from Bombay to August 29, Calcutta, August 19, and Canton; August 3. The Bombay Money market was ih a healthy state. Money was abun dant for all legitimate purposefjo The Bank had reduced the rate of interest 1 per cent. fibrer but , lion wa's in demand for China. The crops are fiv vOurably spoken of. A good deal of business had been done during the last month, and prices gene rally had risen ; but the price of piece goods and yarns was scarcely reinunerative, and that of metals still tinder the cost for which they could be landed. The rates of exchange quoted. are-2s: 1 5 7 16 d, for first-class credits; and 2s. 1 3-Bd. for document bills at six months' sight. On China bills at 60 days' sight on China, had risen to Rs. 247 to 250 per 100 dollars, and even at that were not easily had, On Calcutta, bills,. at GO days' sight are quoted at Rs. 99 to 99k. The advices frefil Canton state that nothing had been done in imports during the last two months, except for local consumption and on speculation, iii consequence of the low prices. The commercial information brong,ht by the Indiana from the Cape has not come to hand. The colony is said to be quiet and prosperous: By the Marlborough we are in receipt of advices from Melbourne to 2nd July. We extract .from Messrs. Wallin and Son's Circular the following information : " Our fast adviceS, per Shanghai, reported inac tive markets, which State of affairs, we regret to say, has been followed up by a setions decline iu almost every article of commerce; the reasons for this, which we expressed in our last, still exist in an aggravated degree ; with the addition of im mensely crowded imports. These depressing causes being all of a transitory nature, their effect will also be temporary ; and on the opening of the roads to the interior we' look for a brisk demand and remuMirative prices, The unprecedented re ceipts of American flour have caused a rush of sellers, and sales have been ftade at rates so irregular that we can scarcely give a quotation one large parcel has been taken at 19s. per barrel for shipment to England ; sound, sweet flour is comparatively scarce, and for such there is a steady demand for immediate consumption : heavy oats continue in request; light sorts dull, at 8s: per bushel : large speculative purchases of oatmeal have been made at 2d, per lb.: bran much wanted Carolina rice scarce—Aracan has been sold as low as 4s. 6d: per cwt:: provisions have shared the general stagnation; Honans' but ter has been sold at 2s. ; American, ls. 9d. bacon, hams, and cheese quiet for the present ; pork for ships' use saleable ; lard is never asked for but in small quantities for chemists' use : malt liquors — porter and ale are worth 14s, and 12s. per dozen respectively : wines and spirits—claret and cham pagne are out of season; and consequently dull; port in bottle more inquired for; sherry qiiiet ; brandy firin i at quotations ; case whiskey, labelled and capsuled, is Worth 349. per dozen, and rather saleable : bricks are worth A:18 per 1000 ; arrivals of lumber are eagerly watched for, and bought with avidity : general produce; boots and shoes of heavy make, are worth 75 per cent. on invoice; candles wanted ; soap steady ; square twist tobacco there is a ready sale at our quotations : cavendish is not worth more . than 10d. ; tarred and Manilla cordage still required ; naval stores saleable ; sugars scarce : gold dust remains at 3 17s. 6d. per oz. exchange on London—bank drafts at 30 days' sight, 2 per cent. premium; Lighterage 40s. per ton, and upwards ; storeage, 4s. per ton per week.' The adverse rates of the Foreign Exchanges for some time past, have excited much uneasiness at home and abroad. The change that has taken place in the value of gold itself, and the relative values of gold and silver in foreign markets, cannot be attributed to the causes which have hitherto produced fluctuations in the exchanges, The extraordinary increase in the production of gold, has led to a marked change within the limits of this empire. Formerly our colonies, more particularly those of Australia, were dependent on England for supplies of both manufactures, and metallic money or bullion; and, consequently, the current value of both was measured by our standard of value, or what is better known as the " Mint price for gold," 17s. 102 d. the ounce. Since, however, they and the United States have become gold producers, that metal has been treated simply as a commodity, leaving its value to be decided by the demand in other countries. In all gold-producing countries, the value of the precious metals was previously regulated by the cost of its production, and must have continued so; but from the discovery of large surface deposits, gold can now be produced at a nominal value, as compared with any other period in• our history. The difference between the nominal value, and the actual price of gold in our market, is the profit of the producer. Now, if we assume the cost of pro duction to be 10s. the ounce, (which would be amply remunerative, seeing the little labour ex pended in its production), it would be quite impos sible to ascertain the actual rate of exchange between any two countries on the principle hitherto employed, i. e. " the sovereign or pound in account being a fixed and unvariable quantity of gold at 17s. 10-411. the ounce., the real value of gold in the English market being only 17s. 9d. the ounce. The employment of our Mint price in calculating the rates of exchange, must therefore be both erroneous and dangerous. If, for example, in converting Foreign corn into British, we were to base our calculation on the Mint price of £3 17s. 102 d. an ounce, we should have the differ ence between the Mint price and the market price, of £3 17s. 9d. for or against us. Again the value we give to Foreign monies is based on our mint price for gold, and not on the actual market price of the day ; from which it would appear that the " fixed and invariable quantity" of gold in the sovereign, has led to a belief that the invariable quantity implies a fixed and invaraible price for the gold of which it is composed This is the error into which those who prepare the cur rent return of exchanges appear to have fallen, but we cannot conceive anything more dangerous to the Monetary and Commercial Interests, than the publication of the foreign Exchange returns, which are based on such erroneous data. THE EASTERN QUESTION-A requisition to the Mayor of Leicester is in course of signature in that town, requesting him to convene a public meeting of the inhabi tants to express their feeling upon the Eastern question. PEACE CONFERENCE AT EDINBURGH.—The pre parations for this conference are proceeding.. Richard Cob den, M.P., John Bright, M.P., Edward Miall, M.P., George Wilson, Esq., of Manchester, and other influential individuals, have signified their intention of being present. COTTON FROM INDIA.—Mr. William Rathb one, of Liverpool, has received instructions from the Hon. East India Company, to forward to Mr. Hugh Fleming, the Soeretary to the Manchester Commercial Association, to be disposed of by him in Manchester, 650 bales of cotton from the Dharwar collectorate, received from Bombay, per the Dundonald. PROPOSED METROPOLITAN MANIFESTATION IN SUP PORT OF TURKEY.-At a meeting of friends to the inde pendence of Turkey, held at Anderten's Hotel, Fleet-street, yesterday evening, Mr. J. A. Nicholay in the chair, the following resolution was unanimously adopted :—" That a metropolitan aggregate meeting, for the purpose of eliciting an expression of public opinion with regard to the Russian invasion of Turkey, and the duty of this country in con sequence thereof, be holden on the earliest possible day; and that a sub-committee be appointed to forward the necessary arrangements, and to report to a, general meeting of the committee on Saturday evening, October 1." The sub committee having been appointed, the meeting adjourned until Saturday evening, at the above-mentioned place. TURKEY AND RUSSIA. The Turks are concentrating an army of 100,000 men on the frontiers of Persia. The Persian and Ottoman soldiers fraternize, and large numbers of refugees, Hungarians and Italians, have joined the The Mottiteur states that, upon the demand of the Ambassadors of F'rance and Great Britain, and with the consent of the Ottoman government, two French and two British frigates had passed the Dardanelles and anchored off Constantinople. The Czar will remain three days at Olmutz. Complaints of certain losses of property ; which Austritiff subjects have suffered on Turkish soil / are still pouriffg in upon the Austrian Embassy at Constantinople: The indemnities demanded by Austrian subjects represent a very large sum. M. de Bruck has the most energetic instructions on this subject, and the Divan may expect peremp tory demands on his part, which will be even more exorbitant than the demands preferred by C Leininget The followin g letter of the Constantinople cot' respondent of the Times appears in tiiP second edition of that journal. It is dated the I.stk inst. " The Niger and the Tiger, and the French Mogador, and Magellan, arrived Yesterday morning from Besika Bay. steamers, i kjacci " The day before yesterday the Mussulman sacri ficial feast of KOUrbal Bairam was ushered in by salvos of artillery from every Turkish man-of war, and from the different forts in the Bosphorus. At a very early hour in the morning the Sultan issued from his palace of Top Ka . pou, clothed in hie Imperial costume, having on his hea.: l a fez richly ornamented with diamonds, and surmolinted by the white plumes of the egret. He was surrounded by all the dignitaries of the empire, and followed by every grade of officers, civil and military, in their official union. The cortege passed between files of soldiers to the sound of military music, and en tered the mosque of Sultan Ahmet, After certain religious ceremonies, the Sultan and his suite re turned to the Palace, where his Majesty took his seat on the throne. Each officer of the empire within a certain rank prostrated himself to the earth and kissed the foot of his Sovereign, this homage being due to him as the Caliph and head of Islam. " The feast of the Kourb - an Bairam continues four days, when the whole of the Mussulman population, in their gayest dress, indulge in feast ing and merry-making. At the commencement of the feast the streets are choked with thousands of sheep led by wild-looking armed Turkoman shep herds, who bring them to be sacrificed. Each head of a family is bound to sacrifice at least one, and. thousands are distributed to the poor for this - A " The bearers of the petition for war were referred to, the Sheik it Islam, who endeavoured to recon cile the acts of the Ministry with the precepts of the Koran ; with doubtful success, however, since simi lar events recently occurring prove that there is a. strong fermentation in the minds of the Mussul man population. About two days ago a deputa tion of Mederess, or theological students of a lower grade, waited on Rifaat Pasha, the President of the Council, and late Foreign Minister, and in the most energetic terms told him that the peace party, of which he is an influential member, were betraying their country, and that there were thousands of good Mussulmans ready to defeat their machina tions ; that they were determined not to allow any further negociations with infidels, but were pro, pared to march to battle. Having thus expressed their sentiments, and frightened the Pasha ex- ly, they quietly took their departure. The other day the police discovered a monster petition. going the round of the Mussulman quarters, and being signed by people of all classes, including, I am told, several high officials. The petition was precisely of the same nature as that presented the other day to the Council." • On his arrival at Moscow, the Czar listened to_ nn address from the Metropolitan Philarates. The address was to the following effect:— " Most pious Lord—The orthodox Church has at all times beheld in you its defender, but to-day, your power is revealed to it in a far more striking manner. You have arisen with the armies which support the overwhelming power (toute puissance) of the Imperial word. The terror which those armies have spread among the foreign Powers, convinces us that your august word aid your arms will vanquish the forces of your enemies, COLONIAL CAPE OF GOOD HOPE By the screw steam-ship Indiana we have advices from Calcutta to July 15th ; Madras, July 21st; Point de Galle, July 20th; Mauritius, Aug. 9th; Cape of Good Hope, Aug. 20th ; St. Helena, Aug.. 29th; Ascension, Sep. 10th; St. Vincent's,;Sep. 10th ;. Vigo, Sept. 25th, which port she was compelled to put into for coals. The Indiana made ,a splendid run from the Cape to St. Vincent's, and would have arrived here some days earlier had she not expe rienced a succession of light weather. She is now, however, only two days after the Post Office time. The storm which prevailed along the coast for several days does not appear to have extended south ward. The news from the Cape continues of the most satisfactory character. The whole of the na tive tribes are reported to be quiet and submissive. Within the colony every thing prospers. The want of tonnage was still felt at the Mauritius. The fluctuation in price of sugar was confined to a shilling up or down ; but unless 50,000 tons of shipping can be obtained between this and the shipment of the crop it will be delayed, and those who cannot wait be compelled to sell at a decline. Even if the required shipping is to be had high rates of freight must be anticipated. The Loharre, iron vessel, was met by the Nina on the 13th of July, in lat. 30 50 S., long. 20 14 30 E., abandoned; cargo, jute, hides, and linseed. From papers found on board, it appeared the vessel left South Shields in August last year for Calcutta, and that she left the latter port in February or March last. There was no date on the log slate after the 24th of June. The captain of the Nina stated he could do nothing with the vessel, as he had hardly hands enough for his own. _ _ The Meander, Commodore Talbot, the Dart, brigantine, Lieutenant R. Deane, and the Hydra, Commander Morris, were in Simons Bay. 7he Dee, steam-troop, Lieutenant Commander Smith, sailed ou the 2d of August, for the Mauritius. AUSTRIA The Emperor, on his return from the conferences Olmutz, would proceed to Ischl, in the early part of October. The Earl of Westmoreland was to leave Vienna on the 23rd, for Olmutz, and M. de Bourqueney, the French Ambassedor, at the end of the week. A letter from Bucharest, of the 13th, in the Press, of Vienna, says. : _ _ The Ost Deutsche Post states that the trial of is moveable telegraph has been made at Olmutz- Batteries placed in carriages, having the form of mnibuses, and wires covere d with gutta percha, place the Emperor's tent in communication with all the commanders of corps, and through Ohnuti with Vienna. EAST INDIA HOUSE, YESTERDAY. A Quarterly General Court of the Proprietors and Di rectors of the East India Company was held yesterdal a t 12 o'clock, in the Company's house, Leadenhall-street ; sell Ellis, Esq., in the chair. The minutes of the last Court having been read, The CHAIRMAN stated that an hon. and gallant proprietor had given notice of the following motion :—" That topic s of all correspondence relating to Meer Ali Morad, which hag taken place between the Indian and Home Governments, °, a date subsequent to the 27th of February, 1853, be law before the Court of Proprietors." He stated that WI Court had no objection to the production of the paper s called for. Mr. M'KrixoP gave notice that he would, at the nest l Court, move for the production of papers connected v it a the Eastera and Steam Navigation Company. A goll y opinion prevailed that the Court had not acted liberiu: o or fairly with the Company, and the production of tho' papers, therefore, became necessary. - Mr. LEWINS moved for the correspondence with referent to the removal of Mr. Grant and another from the Cl Court of Bombay.. t ye No person having seconded the motion, it fell to ground The mooting then broke up.