The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-11-17 00:00:00

~`~ I EASTERN 113 tPEAT OF THE RUSSIANS! B UCHAREST IN FLAMES I We received the following startling telegraphic c des patch late yesterday afternoon: The Vienna erres pondent of The Times states that the source Ivl n ' e uee it i s d er i ve d i s exce ll ent, b ut t h at at t h e t ..:Irtle tim e th e i ntell i gence i s of so extraordinary a character that it must be received with caution. VIENNA, Wednesday Morning.—" The Turks Bar e alre a d y passe d B uc h arest,w hi c h i s i n fl ames in t hree places. `` The Russians are retreating on Cronstadt. Fifteen thousand Turks have been despatched to • , I ntercept them through the Principality of Qe rvia. " The Austrian government have ordered an C roatia. „ corps to be immediately concentrated in ‘ , ro at i a. „ C ronstadt, i n Transylvania, i s s it ua t e i n th e di rect line of re t rea t f ro m Bu c h ares t, su pp os i ng th e Au k • - slans to have been cut off from their commit qleations with Moldavia. Atiother despatch gives the following : VIENN A , Tuesday Night.—On the 1 lth the Turks It : t acked the Russian entrenchments at Olt en it za , ti t Were repulsed. there were heavy rains on the 10th a nd 11th ; tide Danube is greatly swollen ; the roads are im passable, and operations are impeded. Polinour here says that the Turkish army is Pa t ti cut off and routed. The rumour requires con firmation. Northern Railway shares conse gaently rose 3 per cent. out of doors. 'he following telegraphic despatch, dated Tues -1,4' has been received at the Turkish embassy in ar il - OTTOMAN AMBASSADOR AT VIENNA TO THE OTTOMAN AMBASSADOR IN PARIS. "VIENNA, NOV. 15. T heco communications from the theatre of war „, ka,e down to the 11th instant. At that period plug 'decisive had taken place." cir ° many reports of a conflicting character are in h, eil lation, that the last quoted telegraphic de tric,4tieli would be of considerable importance, but for I t ' late r a n d more important one from The Times. ii)e t all events puts an end to the rumour so t‘i te striously circulated, that an engagementf had r oils 4 place, in which Prince Gortbcha a b a ' a d the Turks, and driven them into the Oth • 11 x . er accounts have been received from the seat to the 11th, from which it appears that the th e; 's repulsed, on that day, an attack made upon Il es entrenchments entrenchments by Prince Gortschakoff. A th e v a telt from Vienna, received subsequently to loe t c/la e given in the Moniteur yesterday, states the iza t i t (4 th e Russians, in the battle of Oltenitza, at 1 ,2 ~,oeo.than 2,000 killed and wounded, instead of ( 11e and another account carries it to 3,000. •Cli e a ccuracy of either it is impossible to guarantee. th e k ?riginal despatch proceeded, it appears, from tior t .„ r ench Consul General, at Bucharest, and the to Ll' l lblication of the later account, (supposing it e C orrect). might be owing to unwillingness oh it o l l art of the government to expose the error of ha tt p r o functionary—an error, by the way, very ha ti lal, even at Bucharest, considering in whose L 'ild the country, of which it is the capital, is. Nitetters from Vienna, of the 12th inst., announce 4, 11, Omar Pasha had crossed the Danube in per ret,,,alad was at the head of 35,000 men, ready to atta ck the Prince Gortschakoff, who threatened to .ge:lc the Turks in their position. kij yr ivate letters from Erzeroum, of the 26th ult. t4 , ll ollnce that the Turks had concluded an a lliance ;Lellsive and defensive with Schamyl, and with the tribes[of Mingrelia, Imeritia, Gouriel, `4 the other independent tribes of that part of ' ka. Those countries can furnish 80,000 warr i ors , 64 practised in mountain warfare. I:l.`o:•larrison of Sebastopol had marched against r :,,, 0 0 7 % - •ai,,, ans. The garrison was replaced by - viaco,i' 9 il 'from the camp of Odessa, which were L ett - ' 4 by troops from bceseinm. tile ride. Manifesto of the Czar had been read in all 11 4de "11 rches on the 4th. A corps d'armee was to 1 .. 1 ; orders to embark from Odessa for Georgia, for t ' l ltorce Prince Woronzoff, who urgently asks laa tw ile eours. The embarkation has been counter as th e d since the proclamation of war by Turkey, naval forces of that power in the Black Sea t eCel a ". effectually hinder the corps d'armee from ,eeed ', r ag its destination. The forces will now pr 0,44,0 ,44, , 4 4, " 5 the Principalities. Russian cavalry had bo t ",,, ° r(lered to proceed to the Danubian provinces, t ec ei T s e Estate of those countries, in consequence of ti av e - *" rain, is such as to preclude any operations, tEtt, l °4 the high roads. The marching orders of t}4 TrY had therefore been withdrawn. t ctv „ i ees from Constantinople, of the 3rd, state thethe fact of the passage of the Danube, and for t ,' l teeess in Asia, where the Turks had taken the t to ( ,; 'e S B of Schafkatil, had been announced to the ~ 's now in the capital. It is also stated that ''s=eeks had offered to advance money to the by way of loan. ' 4 4v: learn from Constantinople, that the Turks •D . erossed the river into the Island of Tschatal °bablyttte from Tultsha—formed by the Kilia l el l , lll . ll ina arms of the Danube, which places p i ll ; directly opposite Ismail. On the 24th, Gortschakoff sent away all the Turks from I lrea f ,` - ` 4 , with bag and baggage. The vessels which e a t aking taking in their cargoes at Ibraila have also g lea . 4 nt over to the island opposite. As this 4 14:, 11 , r e was a source of great annoyance to some titref' a ll captains, the rice-consul demanded of x li lly' ee al authorities some explanation, but the ,Ail„ re Ply given was " strategic considerations." :,ecei," l4 et Pacha, the commander of Varna, has Nt:L e d orders to fire on every Russian ship of war ' 4 5l; t4 Y pass within gun-shot. The state of siege „ku e ,,, e ll proclaimed at Galatz. Abdullah Pacha, 4 4t• iti, \ti sh. chief, who had been detained at Con • . "Ple, has been permitted to return to his Ple ' It •is understood that the Turks have pro .lot to pass the Pruth or the Kuban, a large ea aSl au river, one arm of which falls into the h as the Azoff, and the other, the Chervoi Protok, ~"0 Black Sea. The Austrian government °R °I -v en the Knight's Cross of the Francis t e Dl' r, l vo - . o 's order to Messrs. Werry and Turrel, the ) 1 4, 'Il glishmen who defended the Austrian -1 11 R: at Smyrna against the attack of the The e al s. - t roops at Kalifat are so elated, that their I ,thi b , il ders have great difficulty in keeping them '4l b ounds. The Turks and Wallachians are 0., , , • jig a4v , ? et on very well together. We have medi- Ma l ees that, from Giurgevo, Oltenitza, and take ra h above 3,000 wounded men have been a to the hospitals at Bucharest. C r , qe i ;hat ti. - 8 L of the various letters of the 31st, from ti C e ees,;" o oe, is as follows :—The news of the 4 ,''rpr6'", ll . l passage of the Danube most agreeably the Turks. At Turtukai, opposite Olte 'low te Arnauts led the way, and were speedily e d b the Egyptians, who swam across the ti tit a l tis, however, was merely an experiment, as t th e ri'vaelnne,nts soon returned to the right bank atti el', laden with booty. Mention is made of e nee,. lz, 4,00„ Batoum, between Selim Bey's troops \ Russians; the latter are said to have had k ti t i: ll k among rig whom were 22 officers. The '9 have yet to learn how to make bul tOltia:p Russe, lost 195 men, and had 380 tl t ,N4 The attack i s - said to have been fur -0127 s ome diversion made by Schamyl on the 4: the Russians. As soon as the news of the I' Wag "es in Bulgaria reached Constantinople, the o Co mmunicated to the reprentatives of 4 Iv a nd England, an d th e y a d v i se d that bl I V 1 1, 1 : should be continued. On the 29th fi e , 4 Cr waited on the Sultan, and in the 1141111-le t ' his Emperor placed the French General , Whot his disposal, with six other officers of to: oo itl q tlewould arrive on the 2nd of November. ‘oh s 0 1 ,, audience mention was also made of I, Q ,' - rev e lend' soldiers, who would be landed Nahal' r th e tr aty Sultan might be pleased to direct. ‘ , 4 t fl eet t"rd, on his side, declared that the Eng- W°lll d enter the Black S ea an d ac t on Wit h the Turkish vessels. A corps of from 15,000 to 20,000 men will be kept in readiness at Malta, "to occupy Greece, if that country should attempt anything against the Porte." The correspondent of the Trieste Z eitung says :—" The Russian expedition to Khiva has at - length opened the eyes of the English gentlemen- here; and they no longer take the trouble to con ceal their hostility towards Russia." M. de Bruck has again promised that Austria will re main neutral, if no fugitives are employed in Europe. Austria has given the Porte tranquillizing assu rances in respect to Montenegro. A deputation from Afghanistan has appeared at Teheran, and invited •Persia, in case of war between Russia and Turkey, to espouse the cause of the latter. It is added that the invitation was couched in lan guage which made it very like an order. A hatti sherif of the Sultan, which was read at the Grand Divan, at which his majesty presided, has caused the greatest enthusiasm. The monarch expressed in it the pleasure he felt at the firmness of his mi nisters and the loyalty of his people, and declared that if the war was not at an end before the spring he would gird on the sword of his fathers, and place himself at the head of the army. The new Greek Patriarch at Constantinople has presented a most fulsome address to the Sultan. The Russian government has appointed a governor for the two Danubian Principalities. A deputation from Affghanistan had arrived at Teheran with an invitation that, in the event of a war between Turkey and Russia, Persia should take part in the contest against the latter country. This requisition was framed very categorically, and accompanied by a threat is case of refusal. The Gazette, of Darmstadt, gives the communica tions made by Austria and Prussia to the Germanic Diet. After announcing the extent to which he pro poses to disarm, the emperor says that he has no intention to take part in the hostilities between Turkey and Russia. On the contrary, he has chosen the present moment for effecting a partial disarma ment, in order to give a new guarantee of his pacific sentiments; and of his confidence in the amicable termination of the dispute ; and that his govern ment ventures to encourage and to express the hope that its attitude, and the tendency of its policy, will find, in the deliberate judgment of the other governments of Germany, such an appreciation as will tranquillise their anxieties. In conclusion, the emperor trusts that they will give him their effective support and assistance. The Prussian envoy expressedithe same sentiments. The leading Vienna newspapers, the Lloyd, the Ost, Deutsche Post, and the Wanderer, have all ar ticles bitterly complaining of the conduct of Russia, which, considering the influence of the govern ment over journals in that capital, may be taken as significant of the feeling of Austria. FRANCE. PARIS, Tuesday Evening.—There are reports to day of another victory of the Turks on the 7th or Bth ; but as the letters from Vienna of the 11th give accounts from Bucharest of the 9th, in which it is stated that nothing had taken place since the affair of Oltenitza, they were not believed. The tone of the persons who surround the em peror has become very warlike, but it appears that, with the exception of a few after-dinner phrases by the emperor to military men, his language is so pacific as to cause great mortification to the gentlemen of his court, who are clamorous for war. Up to the present hour no orders have been given at the Ministry of War which would seem to indicate an intention of sending troops to Turkey, but I am positively assured that every arrangement has been made for transporting. 28,000 men, if General Baraguay d'Hilliers should inform the government that this measure is ne cessary towards the security of the Ottoman ter ritory. " A naval engineer of the first class at Toulon has been ordered to hold himself in readi ness to proceed, with vessels recently built, to the different ports of Algeria, to report upon their capability for the transport of troops. Avowedly these vessels are to convey troops to Algeria ; but may it not be intended that they should take others from Algeria to Turkey, if the war between that country and Russia should be prolonged? GERMANY. BERLIN, Nov. 12.—Voss. Gazette publishes the death of General von Radowitz. The statement is incorrect. The Baron appears to have passed tlnough a crisis, and is still very feeble. Yesterday he gathered his family around him, and was also visited by the-King. To-day he. is something better. ITALY. The official Journal of Rome announces the ap pointment of Monsignore Saconni as nuncio at Paris. The official Journal of Milan contains a new de cree, confiscating the property of seventy-two Lom bard emigrants. THE BRAZIL° AND RIVER PLATE. In our paper of yesterday we announced the arrival of the royal Brazilian mail packet Severn from the Brazils. We now give additional parti culars. The Severn left Rio de Janeiro five days after the departure of the screw steamship Braziliera, which vessel reached Liverpool on the sth inst., thus beating the Severn five days in the homeward voyage to England. _ . BRAZILS There had been an outrage upon British subjects at Rio de Janeiro. Two Englishmen, one a mate of a merchant ship, and the other a laborer at the gas works at that place, were impressed as they were walking in the streets on the morning of the 21st September, and sent on board the Cariacu, Bra zilian government transport. As the sailor was disabled by an abscess and the laborer was useless, they were landed, without a word of explanation or a shilling of wages, at Pernambuco on the 7th October. The sailor's name is Thomas Willis. He went to Rio as second mate of the Midas. The other, Thomas Stephens, arrived at Rio as passen ger in the ship Calcutta, from Australia. The accounts from Monte Video have been anti cipated by the Braziliera's arrival at Liverpool. RIO DE JANEIRO, OCT. 14. Since the departure of the Braziliera, our coffee market has continued active, and 40,000 bags have been purchased at continually advancing prices ; so favorable, indeed, is the opinion of the article, that some 20,000 bags have been bought on specu lation- -in the re-sale of a part of which consider. able profit has already been made. One or two large parcels are withheld entirely from the mar ket, the dealers resolving to wait for still higher prices, which there is every probability of their obtaining, as our stock actually available does not reach 50,000 bags. Should the Olinda (expected on the 21st from Liverpool) bring favorable news, there is but little doubt that prices will rise as high as in 1850. In fact, it is just now that whatever real deficiency there is in the crops will be felt; but we apprehend that supplies will again become free in the begining of the year, and a great re action take place. Dealers themselves evidently dread this, and few will be found to speculate beyond the present year. Exchange has become firmer since the last con veyancedand considerable amounts have been taken at 28 and 28k, 60, and 90 days. Since the Tay, about 450,0001. have been passed, principally at 28 and 28i. The government is disposing of the shares of the National Bank at a premium of 10 per cent. COFFEE.—Superior, 5,000 dots. to 5,200 dols. ; good, Ist, 4,800 dols. to 4,850 dols. ; American as sortments, 4,900 dols. to 5,000 dols. Stock this day (Ist and 2nd hands), 80,000 bags. Shipped since Ist instant, 55,485 bags. SUGAR.—White, 2.600 dole. to 2,800 dols. ; seconds, 2,400 dols. to 2,600 dols. ; brown, 1,800 dols. to 2,000 dole. Stock, 650 cases. FREIGHTS.--Channel, 45s to 50s ; Hamburg, 40s. to 455.; Havre, 40f.; United States, 65c. to 800. The latest news from Uruguay was that all was quiet in the capital. THE PLATE. The government of Buenos Ayres had notified to the other provinces that it was ready to co-operate in the work of national organisation, but not on the basis of the compact of San Nicolas, nor with Gene ral Urquiza as director of the Thirteen Provinces. The representatives of the latter, however, assem bled at Santa Fe. hold firmly by Urquiza, and it was thought that thirteen revolutions must take place before their dispositions were changed. Business during the month of September had been good. The local demand was active and steady, and still larger transactions might have taken place, but that the wholesale market was ill assorted. The sister provinces are doing little with Buenos Ayres. The British Packet, which gives out that the cause of Urquiza is lost, admits that the political uncertainty has a baleful effect on the trade with the interior. Importation is limited, only one vessel having arrived d irect from Liverpool with a general cargo. A few judiciously selected cargoes, says the Packet, are much wanted. The tariff question was still unsettled, and flour, grain, tea, coals, and lumber were dear. The sup ply of hides and tallow was short, the enhanced value of cattle having indisposed owners to kill. The extravagant prices last quoted are still main taind. The prospects of the wool harvest were cheering. The clip is expected to be the largest and best ever remitted. The amount of exchange on Efigland, passed per the Severn, is estimated at 130,0001 sterling. (From our Second Supplement of Yesterday.) VIENNA, TUESDAY NOON. An official dispatch says :—" The Russians dis lodged the Turks from the island opposite Giur gevo, but it was immediately retaken by the Turks." TUESDAY EVENING.—The Turks repulsed the attack on their position at Oltenitza on the 11th ; they still held the island opposite Giurgevo. VIENNA, 11TH. The enthusiasm at Constantinople is- still more strongly excited by the publication of the Sultan's Manifesto, read on October 31st, in a National Assembly, presided over by the Sultan himself, when he announced his intention to buckle on the sword, to proceed to Adrianople, and march at the head of the troops. The arrival at Shiraz of the deputation from Affghanistan, which came to induce the Shah of Persia to declare against Russia, produced pro found sensation at the Persian court. The Shah did all in his power to delay the decision, and to suppress an anti-Russian movement. PARIS, TUESDAY, A despatch has been- received, stating that the Russians lost .3000 men in the battle of the 4th inst. From that day to the 11th there was no military event of importance. Hostilities were confined to some skirmishing on the outposts. The Turks have 24,000 men at Oltenitza,, and same number at Kalafat. The Russians have 35,000 men at Budexhli between Bucharest and Oltenitza, and established head quarters there. The Turkish envoy in Paris received the following message on Tuesday, from his colleague at Vienna : " the news from the seat of war is to the I lth, at that date nothing decisive had taken place." After November 23rd Turkish ships will be declared law ful prizes for the Russians, even if their cargoes be not wholly Turkish property. Neutral flags shall enjoy full liberty. The Russian Government has appointed a Go vernor for the Principalities. The Emperor of Austria and King of Prussia have formally declared to the German Diet that they do not intend to take part in the hostilities between Turkey and Russia. 50,000 Turks crossed the Danube at Kalarxil, between Oct. 27th and Nov. 3rd. The Greeks had offered to advance money to the Porte by way of loan. The Times leading article says the reports of a lodgment of the Turks at Oltenitza, of a severe battle fought afterwards, and of the dis comfiture and the retreat of the Russians, which were all substantially true, and that they pointed not to a single engagement but to a series of en counters on the same spot. The Times now awaits news of the battle, which probably occured when Gortschakoff arrived in person at Oltenitza. Unless the Turks were reinforced, it is not unlikely that they may be driven across the Danube, still there would be a strong body left in Wallachia, indeed, there would be the left wing intrenched at Kalafat, which numbers greater than the de tachment at Oltenitza. Respecting the unexpected inferiority of the Russians the Times cannot accept the surmises that the reported events are owing to the Russian commander's stratagem, or his inconsiderable strength ; sickness may have deterioted the efficacy of the troops, yet a large army is decimated in a day, and there were ample opportunities of re oruiting, it. Pe hapa tho tanxtla. ;a may have carried his dissimulation •so far as ulti mately to have deceived himself, expecting to win without fighting. He may have permitted the strength of his army to sink so low, that at the the shock of war ; at any rate, of sustaining the reputation on which he relied. NOTE —The Telegraphic News in the Times of the repulse of the Russians on the 11th, tends to disprove the truth of the rumour that the former bad been defeated by Gortschakoff. PORTSMOUTH, TUESDAY. The Times Naval News- A sailmaker at this port who has just returned from St. Petersburgh, where he has been chief sailmaker in the Government dockyard, states that every Englishman employed in the Russian arsenals has been summarily dis charged. VIENNA, 14th—Exchange on London, 11 19. ST. PETERSBURGH, Bth—OnEssA, 4th—Exchanges on England more unfavourable, and owing to large purchases of Wheat it now pays well to send gold to Odessa. BANKING NEWS.—The Times says the drafts of the Isle of Man Bank (Holmes and C 0.,) were refused acceptances on Thursday, but merely from a temporary cause—the death of one of the pro- prietors having been followed, within the last day or two, by that of the only survivor. The estate is understood to be in every respect ample. STEAM" COMMUNICATION B_ETIVEEN LIVER POOL AND CANADA. Our Canadian advices report that great exertions were making to increase the steam communication between the ports of the St. Lawrence and Great Britain. The company with which M'Lean, M'Larty, and Co., of this town, are connected, are building three first-class powerful screw steamers of 1750 tons, to be called the Ontario, Erie, and Huron, which are to be placed on the line next season. The line having been found self-supporting, several Cana dian competitors have been brought into the field. Le Canadian, of Quebec, informs us that Messrs. Gilmour, and Co., of that city, are going to build seven large steam-ships •of 2000 tons each, to run between the St. Lawrence and Liverpool, Glasgow, and London. We also learn from the Montreal papers that a company has been formed in that city called the " Montreal Screw Steam Navigation Company" of which Messrs. Edmonstone, Allan and Co. are the agents. The first vessels of this line are already contracted for, and are now build ing in the Clyde. They are to be 1875 tons new register measurement, and will be fitted with engines of 350 horse-power, which arc guaranteed to propel the vessel ten knots an hour, and enable them to make the passage from Liverpool to Quebec in a period not exceeding twelve days. The first of these vessels is to be completed by the Ist of June. Besides these, we are further in formed, there is yet another company in process of formation in Montreal, to build one or more ocean steamers for the Canadian trade, for which a large amount of stock has already been sub scribed, but we have not learned that their ar rangements are yet in such a forward state as to give them to the public. A Montreal journal also states that, " Messrs. Edmondstoue, Allan and Co. are making the following additions to their line of sailing vessels. A splendid iron clipper ship of 850 tons register, building by Messrs. John Reid and Co., of Port Glasgow, and a wooden one of similar dimensions, under construction by Messrs. Robert Steel, and Co., of Greenock, the celebrated builders of the Cunard steamers. These ships will take their places in the line early next spring.' FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Saturday night between 8 and 9 o'clock, as the steam ship Minerva, trading between Liver pool and Belfast, was being hauled through the Nelson Dock gates. Robert Cruickshank, second engineer on board, was standing by the larboard wheel (one of those about the platform which are used for stopping and starting the en gine) just as they had closed the gates, Cruickshank put his head behind the wheel, and the cutter of the air pump touched his head. The head engineer shouted to the man to come away, saying sharply " What are you doing there ?" The moment he was spoken to the second time, one of the spokes of the wheel caught him on the head, and knocked him down on the lever. The engine was immedi ately thrown ,out of gear and stopped, but the man was killed by the blow. He was perfectly sober at the time. An inquest was held yesterday and a verdict of accidenta death returned, THE NORTHERN DAILY TIMES. ACTION TO RECOVER POSSESSION' OF HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. In the Ball Court, on Tuesday, before Mr. Justice Erle, an action was brought against Mr. Lumley, the well-known lessee and manager of her Majesty' s Theatre, to recover possession of the Opera House. There were several plain tiffs joined in action—Mr. Hughes, an attorney at Worces ter ; Messrs. Lyon and Barnes, attorneys in London ; and Mr. Storer, a gentleman of fortune, who had all advanced money to Mr. Lumley at different times to carry on the theatre. Each of these persons had recovered judgments against Mr. Lumley, and proceedings were taken by them by elegit, as it is called, in order to recover possession of the Opera House, of which Mr. Lumley had a long lease. The plaintiff's case consisted in putting in the judgments and the registration thereof, and the issue of the inquisition of digit, and the sheriff's return. As various very important questions of law were subsequently raised in the case, the dates became important ; and it appeared that Mr. Hughes had recovered a judgment for 1,1431. 10s. on the 10th of August, 1852. This judgment was registered with the Senior Master of the Common Pleas on the same day, and on the 11th it was registered in Middlesex, and the writ to the sheriff was issued on the 4th of November. Mr. Storer's judgment was for 2,5691., on the 22nd of July, 1852, and was registered on the 22nd of July at the Common Pleas; on the 4th of January it was registered in Middlesex and the writ issued to the sheriff the same day. Messrs. Lyon and Barnes's judgment was on the 18th of September, 1852, for 22,4821. 16s. 2d; was registered in the Common Pleas the 18th of December, 1852, in Middlesex on the 20th of December, 1852, and the writ lodged the same day. The writs remained at the sheriff's office till the 26th of January, 1853, when they were all executed. The inquisition was in the common form, and possession of the Opera House was awarded to Hughes under the eligit until his judgment was satisfied ; it was then awarded to Storer to hold subject to the interest of Hughes, and as to Lyon and Barnes, return was made that the sheriff could not deliver possession to them, as it had already been awarded to Hughes and Storer. Upon these judgments and proceed ings the present action was brought ; and it was contended that one other of the plaintiffs was entitled to recover pos session, Hughes being, as it was contended, the person entitled to priority. Mr. Noggins submitted, first, that Hughes was not en -tared to recover; Storer's judgment was the first registered. If that were so, the award of possession by the sheriff to Hughes was inoperative ; and so Hughes had no right to re cover. Then, also, as to Lyon and Barnes, they had no title at all to recover, as no possession had been awarded to them by the sheriff. Mr. Justice Erle directed a verdict for the plaintiff Hughes, with leave to Mr. Hoggins to enter a verdict for the defendant, or vary it according to the rights of the parties. Mr. Hogging then said that, as to Mr. Hughes, there was another answer, that the contract on which the judgment was iecovered was usurious, and so void, under the statute of the 12th Anne, chap. 16, being for more than £5 per cent. per annum on the security of lands. The advance made by Mr. Hughes was £l,OOO, and the instrument securing it was a warrant of attorney for £1,140, and the security of the lease was referred to. Mr. Hughes, the plaintiff, was called to prove the amount of the advance, but on cross-examination he stated that the advance had been made under an agreement in writing ; on which a discussion took place as to whether a notice to pro- _ - OOLICO to 1. duce, served on the defendant, was sufficient to call on him to produce the agreement, or enable the defendant to give secondary evidence of it. Mr. Justice Erle said the question raised, of whether a transaction of this kind was usury or not, was a very im portant one, and had lately been before Vice-Chancellor Kindersley, in the case of Lane v. Horlock. He thought it best, therefore, to admit the evidence, subject to the opi nion of the Court whether it was admissible or not, under the notice to produce. Mr. Hughes was then examined, and admitted that the transaction was as had been stated ; that after paying tra velling and other expenses, he would have been entitled to more than £5 per cent. on the advance out of the £1,140. Mr. Hoggins then said there was a third defence as to Hughes, namely, that his judgment had been satisfied by payment. He then called for an agreement, which was pro duced, which set forth an agreement by Hughes to transfer all his interest in the Opera House, under his judgment, to Mr. Gye for a sum of £5,000, which had been paid. by Mr. Gye to Mr. Hughes, and therefore it was contended that his judgment for £1,140 was satisfied; and so all his in terest under his judgment was paid and satisfied. Mr. Hughes admitted that he had received the £5,000, but stated that he had paid upwards of £3,000 for ground rent and other matters, and was liable for the accruing rent; he also said that he had been called on to repay the £5,000, on the ground that he had not delivered up possession of the Opera House to Mr. Gye. For the plaintiff, Mr. Hughes, it was contended that the agreement put in was a mere agreement for a lease, and did not at. all affect the question, and that the judgment was still unsatisfied. Mr. Justice Erie was at first inclined to think th.pavTant z. oi Lou u,oot, balaJlieU ue juuguleuL of a 1 . gus ; after reading the a g reement, his lordship said that he thought it was not intended by the agreement that Hughes's interest should be absolutely determined, for if so Gye would then lose his interest. Is w Ls-a - Ovum 4xx -mat veruict S110111(1 be taKen tor the plaintiff Hughes, subject to leave reserved to Mr. Hog gins to move to enter it for the defendant on the points raised, or turn the questions into a special case. Verdict accordingly. THE STRIKES IN THE MANUFACTURING DISTRICTS. BURNLEY. At Burnley, the masters at each mill were accessible to their workpeople on Saturday morning, and many of the operatives sought interviews. It was found that great numbers were already in a state of much destitution, and were ready to give up all connexion with the combinations, but still the employers are of opinion that any attempt to re-open their mills at present would be premature. The employers' first meeting after the close of the mills, does not take place for some days. BACITP. At Bacup the operatives have been peaceable. No over tures have been made by the people to induce the employers to re-open their mills, which there is a talk of keeping closed for three months, unless trade should very much improve. The stocks of goods on hand in that neighbourhood are very large, and if the operatives and their employers were reconciled to-morrow, it is supposed that the manufacturers would not be induced to run their machinery more than three days per week. None of the funds subscribed to the turn-outs are shared either by the people at Bacup or Burnley ; and the working-men's committee, on whom the responsibility devolves of causing the strike at Bacup, have literally nothing to distribute among the workpcople. Since the strike, they have only been able to di v id e l s . 4d. p er head, avid that dividend exhausted their funds. Some of them go out singing in neighbouring towns, and selling ballads, and derive a miserable pittance by begging from door to door. BURY. At Bury, there is no change since Friday. The operatives have had open-air meetings every day, and on Tuesday morning, about 5,000 of them mustered in Union-square, and after forming in procession, proceeded in the direction of Heywood anl Rochdale. No interview has been sought with their employers since the closing of the mills. WIGAN. The following letter from Mr. Peace, agent to the Earl of Balcarres, appears in The Times of yesterday : TO THE EDITOR OF TILE TIMES. Sir,—ln your article on the Lancashire strikes, in last Saturday's Times, I observe an error into which your re porter has doubtless been led by misapprehension of the in formation furnished to him at this office ; and I therefore request the favour of your correcting it in your next impres sion. It is therein stated that John Holland, assisted by his three sons, as drawers, obtained certain fortnightly wages. Now, his three sons are not drawers, but colliers, and they and their father have each a drawer. Taking the first fortnight in which they worked (as shown by our account) 10 days (of eight hours each day,) they earned altogether £l3 10 6 From th -; is to be deducted the amount paid to four drawers, at 2s. per day each, and each 10 days' wages .. 0 0 Also to be deducted the expense of oil.. .. £0 2 6 Ditto tools .. 0 4 0 Ditto powder .. 0 6 9 0 13 3 13 3 Nett earnings .. £8 17 3 This, divided by 4, gives for each man 2%. 4s 31d.; and this divided by 10, the number of days worked, gives 4s. Sd. per day of eight hours. Again, it is stated that the most industrious miners do not work more than 10 days per fort night, but the fact is that such miners work 11 days per fortnight ; but, taking the whole miners, at any colliery, they do not average 10 full days per fortnight, and at some collieries not more than 9 days. I remain, Sir, your most obedient servant, WILLIAM PEACE. Haigh Colliery, Wigan, Nov. 14th. Despatches were received at the Colonial Office yesterday morning from the governors of the Falkland Islands and the West Coast of Africa. SUPPOSED INFANTICIDE. — On Tuesday afternoon the attention of police constable, Benjamin Hassett, on duty in Church-street, Everton, was called by a gentleman to the body of a new-born female child lying exposed in St. George's church-yard, Everton. It was wrapped in a white cloth, The constable removed it to the dead house Prince's Dock. Mr. Kemp, surgeon, made a post mortem examination of the body and found that the cause of death was suffocation from pressure upon the mouth, whieh might have been caused by accident or intentional violence. An inquest was held yesterday and a verdict returned of death by suffocation, but how produced nolevidence appeared. 81TRETVSBURY RACES.-YESTERDAY. In the MATCH announced between Mr. Warrington's b. f. Voucher, Bst. and Mr. W. Hutchinson's Bushabelle, the former received forfeit. The COPELAND HANDICAP, of 5 sevs. each, with 60 added 18 subs. About three quarters of a mile. Mr. Dawson's The Merry Monk Aldcroft. Mr. Halford's Topsy Hughes. Dead heat. Second race won by a l eng th, The MARKMOOR STAKES of 3 sous. with 20 added. Mr. E. Fenning's b. g. Tonic Charlton, Mr. Drinkald's gr. c. Grey Tommy Won easily by dlength. The SEVERN STAKES of 2 sovs. each, with 20 added, 15 subs. Twice round. Mr. Hutchinson's b. f. Jujube Mr. Cowell's b. f. Effie Deans. Won easy. , The GRAND ANNUAL STEEPLE CHASE of 5 sovs. each, 2 ft. with 50 sovs. added. 16 subs. To run over about four miles. Mr. Evans's b. g. Bourton aged Task er. Mr. Land's The General aged Darling. Sir. Edward Smythe's bl. g. Peter aged Sly. Seven - others ran. This was a splendid race, the fences beinc , taken cleverly by all the horses, m ore p ar ti cu l ar ly by Peter 6 and Bourton, who were the chief favorites with the ring. The struggle lay between Peter, Bourton, and The General who alter nately occupied the first position, and had the speed of The General been at all equal to his fencing qualities he would undoubtedly have won the race. Bourton won by a length half a length between The General and Peter. Two mis haps occurred; Montagu fell at the water leap, and Oliver the jockey appeared to be severely hurt ; another horse fell at one of the fences at the back of the course, but we were unable to ascertain the name, as the jockey remounted and soon obtained a place iu the cluster. • HURDLE RACE of 40 toys. added to a Handicap of 5 sovs. each. 22 subs. Mr. Johnson's b. m. Star of England Tasker. Mr. A. Sait's b. h. Timothy Sait. Five others ran. Won cleverly by a length. LORD MINTO AND THE GOVERNMENT. —A correspondent of a daily contemporary, writing fr:,ni. Florence on the 7th inst., says :—" Lord Minto is here, and I hear from the best authority that not many days ago the police set spies to watch who went to call upon him at his hotel, such is the suspicion of this miserable government. SALISBURY ELEcTroN. The polling at this election took place on Tuesday, when Major Buckley, the ministerial candidate, was elected by a majority of 255 to 88 over his opponent, Captain Roberts. The city throughout the day, was a scene of continual excitement, and at one time bordering on riot. TOWN'S MEETING ON THE Tnniusn QUESTION. We understand that a movement is on foot, having for its object a town's meeting on the Turkish question, and that a requisition will, in all probability, be presented to the mayor in 'a few days, desiring him to call a public meeting of the inhabitants, for the purpose of discussing what the duty of government is in the present vitally importnt crisis. THE PILGRIM FATHERS. - The Rev. C. M. Birrell delivered a short explanatory lecture last night upon the historical event, one scene of which is depicted in Mr. Lucy's painting. The lecture was delivered in Pembroke-place chapel, and was principally designed for the instruction of the children connected with the schools attached to it. S Taal persons, howeVer, attended besides those for whose improvement the occasion was chosen. The rev. gentleman described in plain and simple terms adapted to the com prehension of those he desired to instruct, the cause of the departure of the Pilgrim Fathers, and the events which followed the landing of the Mayflower at the shore where they raised a new home. He pointed out the different individuals constituting the group of the painting, and explained the part which each bore in the remarkable event it seems to illustrate. It is only moderate praise to say that although the reverend gentleman did not endeavour to depart from the purely instructive nature of his subject, as designed for the improvement of children, his discourse was listened to with much interest, and contained many points from which intellectual advantages were derived even by those to whom the incidents of the event were already perfectly familiar. - FATAL ACCIDENT AT THE PORTLAND BREAKWATER.—A shocking accident happened on Monday at the works of the breakwater of the harbour of refuge now forming off here, by the giving way of the timber viaduct supporting the rail way. • About eleven o'clock, a train, consisting of a loco motive, tender, and four waggons, the latter filled with stone, was proceeding along at a moderate pace, when sud denly the driver noticed an alarming oscillation of the via duct, and, looking in front, observed that some of the tim bers had given way. He instantly shut off his steam, but finding that an accident was inevitable, he and his stoker sprang off the engine into the sea, and thus escaped; but in a moment or two afterwards the train reached the point tis - ddisrEtia‘dust breaksmen,iv t iOP precipitated into the sea. Te two breaksmen were not seen afterwards, which has led to an inference that they were crushed to death between the waggons. As soon as possible, the - sunerintendent pf the works caused several divers to 0 (town about the spot, ana searen for me Domes An Lae tinny— tunate fellows, but up to Monday evening their efforts had not been successful. THE SOUTH AMERICAN STEAMER 44 OLINDA" TESTI MONIAL TO CAPTAIN HAnala.—The screw steamer Olinda, which left this port on the 24th September, after expe riencing considerable detention at Lisbon and St. Vincent, reached Pernambuco on the 18th of October, and Bahia on the 20th. Captain Haram received the following gratifying testimonial from the passengers on board :—" On board the Olinda, off Pernambuco, 18th October, 1853. My dear Sir, —We are now about parting, and I cannot leave without expressing to you my heartfelt thanks for your uniform kindness to me, and gentlemanly attention during my voy age from Liverpool. I might go further, although I fear it may be considered presumption on my part to give an opin ion thereon, and say, that your prudence in the anxious dif ficulty you experienced in dense fog on our arrival off Lis bon, and your correct navigation of the ship during the voy age, is above all praise ; and I am sure that I am correct when I assure you that every passenger on board coincides with me in the feeling which I have taken the liberty to express in this manner. I may further add, that the vessel you command has, as far as I understand such matters, behaved remarkably well in fair weather and in foul, and that I hope your good self, and the worthy officers whose companion ship I have enjoyed in our short passage, may ever enjoy health and happiness ; being ever, my dear sir, yours most sincerely, WILLIAM WILSON." "We cordially agree with Mr. Wilson in the preceding." Signed on behalf of the passengers, FRANCEDE PAULA DEAS FERNANDES, M. A. PATCHATT, THOMAS WIATT, &C., &C. THE REPORTED ARRIYAL OP THE INDIAN QUEEN, AND THE LONDON MORNING J OURN ALS. —On Monday after noon, the electric telegraph announced in London, by mistake, that the Indian Queen, from Australia, had arrived in the Mersey. It would seem that the information caused much excitement in the city, and not the least amusing part of the business was the activity imparted to the gentlemen connected with the morning papers. Our London corsapondent, writing on Tuesday night, says :—So eagerly s everything from Australia watched and grasped at, that the London journals of to-day have fallen into a rather curious error. Yesterday afternoon, the arrival of the Indian Queen at Liverpool was telegraphed, and so ready are the daily journalists to jump at con clusions, that it was immediately assumed that she was the expected vessel from Port Philip, and the city writers wrote flourishingly of her rapid passage out, and home, of her bringing £300,000 worth of gold, and the effects this large arrival of Australian gold had upon the funds and the money market, &c. The Morning Chronicle writer' was particularly unfortunate in his assumptions, and great was the chagrin of the jounalists to find that the Indian Queen reported, was a vessel from Barbadoes and not the celebrated sister to the Marco Polo. As the Indian Queen was advertised in the Melbourne papers to leave on the 23rd August, she would probably get away by the end of the month, and may be daily looked for. Sailing, however, so soon after the steamer Argo, she can hardly be expected to bring much gold. THE FASTEST VOYAGE TO CHINA AND BACK.— The clipper ship Chrysolite, which arrived in the Mersey yes terday from China, has accomplished the fastest passage on record, from England to China and back, She left this port April 16th, and has, therefore, only occupied seven months to a day out and home again. The Chrysolite left Hong Kong on the Ist of August and passed Anjer on Sept. Ist, rather a long run. From there she made an excellent run to the Cape of Good Hope, which she reached on 28th of Sept., made her number off St. Helena, (but did not call there) Oct. 7th, passed Ascension, Oct. 17th, and made the Western Isles Nov. 2nd. From that date to the sth she encountered very strong gales from north to north-north west, accompanied by a tremendous sea. She had her deck swept repeatedly, and had her paint house ando ther erections washed away. The first land sighted by the Chrysolite was Mine-Head Light, on the south east coast of Ireland on Sunday last, since which she has had to contend against unfavourable winds in making her way up channel. The Chrysolite has had to contend against a celebrated London clipper, the Cairngorm, commanded by Captain Robertson, which beat her several days on the way out. The Cairngrom left Hone (gong afterthe Chrysolite and beat her three days toAiljer, which she passed the day after the latter, but has not srice been heard of, so that the Chrysolite has redeemed her laurels. The greatest number of miles logged in one day by the Chrysolite on her passage out was 278, and coming home 290 ; so presevering and determined to make a good passage was Capt. Enright, that we understand he has not slept in bed since leaving China, until getting a Liverpool plot on board. The Chrysolite is the property of Messrs. Taylor, Potter, and Co., and last year she beat everything from China, bringing the first new season teas. This time her cargo consists of teas and silk. She reports passing on the 28th Sept. in lat. 35 7 south, long. 19. 28 east, the Bassorah Merchant from Bombay to London; Nov. 8, th 2 City of Manchester in lat. 44, 31 north, long. 17-21 west, and Nov, 13th the Consort 15 miles west of Mizen-Head. The Chrysolite is lying in the Prince's dock. LIVERPOOL MARKETS.—YESTERDAY Written expressly for the Northern .I) it SUGAR has again been taken to a fair kit 0 tie.. ~' day consisting of 1,500 bags Benares, a to-6, d -- 6ii : tll dt o 1,400 bags _ Dates, 'at 33s ; 660 cases larae. 'ilk.bl . li 4i ' - '1 i . 1 1‘,, -'-, Bahia and Macao, 'at 17s 6d for very tyaer v. . , ' for good, and at 22s 6d to 23s 1 cwt forighttp .;.•- ~ " -.-- il 7d .wrilf . No sales have transpired in Molasses,%tibt g 4 . , •':•\. - t'S Rica.-4,000 bags . Bengal have been at ';' is 4` ';VV::,- ,:.' --e.) . 4...4 5,000 bags Moulmein, at 14s; and 45G-4) v,, A - 13s 71 ti/ cwt, all to arrive. /...+ %.,_, t-`' , 2 1% . • : . 4 , 4 ;51 tz Five hundred bags Saltpetre are reported at 28s/amlaiazi is? cwt, 5 to 81 1) cent. refraction. TEA.—A large business is reported to-day at improving prices, common sound congou is quoted at is lid to is 2d tt, lb. At the auction to-day comparatively little business was effected—the Argols and Tartars being all bought in, with the exception of a few casks of the former which brought 93s for white; 24 bales fine Persian Berries went at £3 12s 6d ; 150 bags French Sumac, all faults, at Ss 9d to 9s ; 50 bags repacked Myrabolams, at 8s 6d 1,9 cwt ; 20 chests Bengal Indigo, chiefly at 3s 9d to 4s 8d ; 2 cwt India Rubber, at 97 1 ,d If? lb ; and 30 tons common Fustic, at £6 17s Gd tan. Corm:N.—Since Monday we have had a continued quiet market, but prices are nevertheless firm, a t the full quota tions of Friday last. The sales to-day are 5,000 bales, 1,000 having been taken on speculation and for export. LONDON CORN EXCHANGE.-YESTERDAY. The arrivals of foreign wheat continue large. To-day's market was fairly attended, and a moderate amount of business transacted at the full prices of Monday. In the value of flour and spring corn there is no alteration. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Beans. Peas. Flour. Engli.<l 1250 ...6570 —.. 1480 .. 1110,ks Scotch ... Irish ... 3600 ... ... Foreign 16960..1550 ... 8770 ... 1540slcs , brls. EDINBURGH MARKETS.-YESTERDAY. CORN.—Large supply of grain in to-day's market ; sales quiet, and prices up. CATTLE.—Number of sheep this morning less than last week. Demand brisk, and last week's prices fully main tained. SALFORD CATTLE MARKET.-YESTERDAY. There was a large supply. The market was heavy, and some articles remained unsold. The best qualities sold well at full prices. Beasts, 1,769; sheep, 6,200 ; beef, 4to 6 ; mutton, .6 to 74; calves, 5 to 6A-. GLASGOW CORN MARKETS.----YESTERDAY. Fresh supplies liberal during the week. Weather on the whole favourable. Trade dull, with however a slight revival in the last few days. At to-day's market attendance small, and though wheat and flour were held for full prices, yet the business done was limited, and last week's rates not exceeded. Barley dull, and sixpence lower. Beans a small sale, and in favour of buyer. Peas without change. Oats and oatmeal each sixpence cheaper, with little inquiry. DUBLIN CORN EXCIIA.NGE.—TUESDA.; Nov. 15. There was but a moderate supply of home-grown grain at market to-day, and a considerable portion in very bad condition. Although we do not alter our quotations of Friday last, the market was rather sharper for the best qualities of wheat and barley. Middling and inferior descriptions of everything met a very dull sale. Nothing doing in Indian corn. White wheat, 38s Gd to 42s ; red ditto, 36s to 40s; barley, 16s to 20s ; bere, Iss to 16s ; oats, white, 13s 6d to 15s 6d; ditto tawny, 12s to 14s ; rapeseed, 27s Gd to 29s 6d; oatmeal, 14s 6d to 16s; bakers' flour, 22s to 265; Indian corn, 480 lbs, 40s to 45s 6d. A Cabinet Council was held at the Foreign Office yester day, at half-past two. THE UNIVERSAL ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH COMPANY.—A prospectus has been issued of a new company, " The Uni versal Electric Telegraph Company," which proposes to effect a further material reduction of charge, by using the improvements recently patented by Mr. J. W. Wilkins. It is proposed to convey a message between any p o i n t o f th e company's line, which is to be extended throughout the United Kingdom, for an uniform charge of 6d per message of 20 words, and one-halfpenny for each word extra. The proposed capital is £300,000., in £2. shares. . , POSTAGE OF PRINTED BOOKS TO THE EAST INDIES, NEW SOUTH WALES, &c.—The following notice has been issued by the General Post Office :—" In consequence of the great difficulty and expense attending the transmission of heavy packages across the Isthmus of Suez, it has become neces sary to rescind the regulations under which printed books, magazines, reviews, and pamphlets addressed to the East Indies, Ceylon, Mauritius, and New South Wales, are at present forwarded via Egypt, and to restrict the conveyance of such becks, &c., to the direct mail-packets proceeding to those Places. In future, therefore, u a i l u l bong and m ot a b u n: 2 • rams, intended to be forwarded through the post, under the privileges of the colonial book post, will be conveyed by the contract mail-packets, via the Cape of Good Hope, leaving Plymouth on the 15th of each month; and books, &c., for New South Wales, will be sent by the contract packetsdes- P"'"' - ."'"'"VT,angle. in go months of the sailing of which notice is issuea irom tn postage on books for the above-mentioned British colonies and possessions, and the regulations for their conveyance, will remain as heretofore, with the exception of the restric tion as to route laid down iu this notice." A CHOLERA PATIENT "AT HOME"— HEARTLESS TREAT MENT BY RELATIVES.—An inquest was held at London, on Tuesday, before Mr. Baker, coroner, on the body of a woman named Mary Bryant, who had died from cholera.. The deceased was the wife of an industrious labourer, who occupied a damp room in a densely populated district, where a great number of persons had died frem cholera. The evidence adduced at the inquest disclosed most un natural conduct on the part of certain relatives of the deceased. It appears that, on Friday last the deceased was seized with cramp in the legs, sickness and diarrhem Her feet were placed in a warm bath, and she was afterwards put to bed. Her husband came home, and, on finding her in a dangerous condition, gave the attendants 10s. to pro cure food, firing, and medical aid. The son also pledged his coat for 55., and a clergyman who was called in, gave them 2s. more, making a total of 175., the w h o l e o f w hi c h the sister and mother of the deceased took away, although there was not a particle of food in the house, or nourishment for the deceased or her children. They were afterwards found rolling about in a state of beastly intoxication in a public-house in the neighbourhood, and, when asked for some cash by the dereased's daughter, it was ascertained that the money had been squandered away. A surgeon was called, and after seeing the deceased, gave a mixture. Tho drunken mother and sister afterwards came into the room, and when spoken to about the money, ill-used the deceased in a shameful manner, and it required some force to eject them. The deceased was supplied with a little warm brandy by Mr. Morgan, a publican, but she gradually sunk, and died on Saturday morning, at two o'clock. Mr. Baker said he had never heard of so gross a case of brutality during the whole of the thirty years he had been a coroner. Unfor tunately, however, the evidence would not warrant a verdict of manslaughter. The jury therefore found one of "Asiatic cholera ; " but at their request, the two female drunkards were called into the room, and received a severe reprimand from the coroner. MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE OP THE TOWN CLERK OP NEWBURY.—Much surprise has been excited amongst the inhabitants of Newbury, by the somewnat sudden dis appearance.of their tows clerk. It appears that Mr. Henry Bunny, the gentleman alluded to, is the son of a Mr. Jere Bunny, who has for a great many years held a most respectable position in the town as a solicitor. It has been for some time suspected that the town clerk's pecu niary affairs were in an unsatisfactory state. Special attention was directed to the circumstance in conse quence of information which reached the ears of some of the townspeople that Mr. Bunny had engaged a shepherd and a bailiff to proceed with him to New Zealand. As soon as this became generally known, Mr. Bunny dis appeared, and all attempts to capture him have been ineffectual. Some of the creditors sent a special mes ssenger to Plymouth, in order to ascertain whether he was on board a vessel called the Duke of Portland, about pro ceeding to New Zealand. The messenger found Mrs. Bunny and her children there, but the absconding town clerk could not be traced, although a suspicion still prevails in the town that he was on board at the time, attired in female's clothes. On Saturday a letter was received from Mr. henry Bunnr, addressed to the mayor of Newbury, giving in his resinali ion of the town clerkship, as well as three other offices which he held, namely the clerkship to the local board of health, the clerkship to the justices, and the clerkship to the commis missioners of taxes. At the same time a letter was received from Mr. Jeremiah Bunny, the father, stating his belief that his son would never again volunt ar il y appear i n New bury, and expressing his deep regret at what had occurred. It is said that the town clerk's defalcations have a r i sen from undue speculation. Oftarriages, anZr Oratb4. BIRTHS. On the 15th inst., the wife of Mr. Theophilus Wilson, of a son. On the 15th inst., at Percy-street, the wife of Llewellyn Lloyd, Esq., of a son. MARRIAGES. On the 14th inst., at St. John's Church, Mr. Adam Haslam to Miss Catherine Poole. On the I4th inst., at St. Bartho'omew's Church, by the Rev. T. Robinson, Mr. Henry Wilding, plasterer, to Al , ce, daughter of Mr. Henry Staniforth, bricklayer, all of this town. On the 14th. at St. Bartholomew's Church, by the Rev. T. Robinson, Mr. Thomas Ellis, but , her, to Ellen, daughter of Mr. Thomas Brock, manufacturing chemist, all of this town. DEATHS, On the 16th instant, at the house of his son, West Derby, George Withers, Esq., of Brook House, Herts, late Treasurer to the Liverpool Dock Estate. aged 71 years. On the 13th instant, at the residence of her father, Elmsley, West Derby, in her 22nd year, Margaret. wife of Geo Spu stow MORI-, Esq. On the 13th inst., at his residence, Mount Vernon-road, in his 69th year. Major Alford. of the Bengal army. and recrutti , g ()Meer in this town f , r the Hon. East India ,ervice. From his ethciency in his depart. ment, his zeal and assiduity iu the discharge of his duty. the Hon, East India Company have sustained the loss of a valuable * officers On the 14th inst., at Brougham-street, Torteth-park, aged 87, Elizabeth, eldest surviving daughter of the late Mr. Joseph Jones. 15 ) '24