The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-11-04 00:00:00

HOUSE AGENTS HAVING PREMISES TO LET OR SELL SHOULD ADVER TISE NORTHERN IN THE DAILY AT A CHARGE OF rIMEs SIXPE N C E. Offices-19, SOITTH YOHN STREET, LIVERPOOL; 9, PRLNCESS STREET, MANCHESTER. SERVANTS WANTING SITUATIONS'. PERSONS WANTING SERVANTS, should Advertise in the NORTHERN DAILY TIMES, CHARGE SIXPE N C E. Published every morning, at 19, South John-street, Liverpool, and 9. Princess-street, Manchester. m Apßo POOL.—J. E J WORKS, B r iae N gs o t ß o T a v o T un ß c E e E that L he v Ls ß on hand a large STOCK of superior MARBLE CHIM NEY-PIECES, in the newest designs, from £2 to £25 each. MONUMENTS, TOMBS, BATHS, &c., at very low prices. Q UEEN'S HEAD DINING-RO OM S WILLIAM FRANKLIN, GEORGE-STREET, OLDHALL-STREET, Tenders his best thanks to his numerous Friends and the Public for the uniform support he has received during the eleven years he has occupied the above premises, and assures them that it will be his study and pleasure in future to facilitate, in every possible manner, the comfort of his Cus tomers. tile. The Culinary Department, being under the especial Superintendence of Mrs. FRANKLIN, will be found to main tain its high reputation for the character of its Viands. 111 HE GENERAL WEEKLY SHIPPING I LIST, and POSTAL and MERCANTILE DIREC TORY. Published every Saturday, price 3d, or 4d., stamped. Contains a well-arranged and authentic List of ALL VESSELS and STEAMERS taking freight, sailing from the United Kingdom for foreign ports. Also a Weekly Diary of Foreign Mails and Rates of Postage. A large circula tion throughout the kingdom makes this a first-rate medium for Shipping and General Advertisements. Printed for the proprietors by J. HADDON & SoN, Castle-street, Finsbury. Agents for Liverpool.—J. TURNER, Derby Buildings; GEORGE J. POORE, 42, Castle-street, and JOHN PETRIE, 10, Rumford-place, by whom Advertisements and Subscriber's names are received. • WHOLESALE, Retail, and for Exportation, at E. EASTEE'S, 5, ST. GEORGE'S -CRESCENT, 53, CHURCH-STREET, and 52, HARRTNGTON-STREET, (Office, 5, ST. GEORGE'S-CRESCENT,) An immense Assortment of Ladies and Gentlemen's DRESSING CASES and WRITING DESKS, LADIES' WORKBOXES, . PAPIER MACHE ARTICLES, TRAVELLING BAGS, CHESSMEN, BACKGAMMON LOXES, BAGATELLE TABLES, MUSICAL BOXES, &c. Handsome ROSEWOOD ACCORDEONS, 4s. 6d. each. FLUTINAS, and other MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS in great variety, equally Cheap. Large TABUTS - of highly perfumed SOAP, at Half the usual Price, ROCKING HORSES, RACE GAMES, the new NURSERY YACHT, CHILDREN'S CARRIAGES, and English and Foreign TOYS of every description. A Quantity of Empty PACKING-CASES, of all sizes, to be SOLD Cheap. MILNERS' HOLDFAST AND FIRE-RE SISTING SAFES, CLOSETS, DOORS, CHESTS, BOXES, GUNPOWDER MAGAZINES, &c. AT MISERS' PHCENIX (212°) SAFE WORKS, WINDSOR, LIvERPOOL, (Show Rooms, 54, Lord-street.) LONDON DEPOT, 47A, MOORGATE-STREET, CITY, GREAT FIRE AT THE GIITTA PERCHA COM PANY'S WORKS, AND DEFEATED BURGLARIES. " Gutta Percha Company's Works, City Road, London, Bth June, 1853. _ "SIRS,—We consider it only our duty to inform you of the entire preservation of all the Books and Papers,* con tained in the large Safe you recently . supplied us with, although exposed during Sunday last to a fire which de stroyed the larger part of our Works--this is the more re markable, as the intense heat has in many parts melted the outside of the Safe. "We are of opinion, that so successful a vindication of the merits of your invention cannot, on public grounds, be too generally known ; and we therefore leave you at liberty to use this letter in any way you may wish. " We are, Sirs, your obedient Servants, THE GUTTA PERCHA COMPANY, ' HENRY FORD BARCLAY. "Messrs. Thomas Milner and Son, 47A, Moorgate-Street, City, London. * Including £5,000 of cash and bills. THE STEAM-SHIP c . t ` GOLDEN AGE FOR AUSTRALIA. .40 Is now ON VIEW in the HUSKISSON DOCK; She is largest and most ma: .ificently fitted steam fillip in the world.—For Cards of A. 'ssion apply to MILLERS & THOMPSON, 4, Drury-lane, Liverpool. Coinmertiai Ipa FRIDAY • This Day (Friday), the 4th instant, at Twelve o'clock pre cisely, at the Broker's office, 2, Hargrave-buildings, About 900 Barrels }. l7leaborg TAR. 7) 120 i-Barrels Apply to S. A. BENCKE, Broker, , For PRIVATE SALE, I ,4PA\ . The fine First-class American Clipper-ship .IZAA, STAFFORDSHIRE; 1,817 tons register ; Built at Boston, in the Autumn of 1851, by Donald WlCay ' the celebrated b u ild er o f th e Fl y i ng Cloud, Sovereign of the Seas, &c., &c. This Ship is well known in this trade for her rapid pas sages; she also made the quickest run of 1852, from Boston to San Francisco, 101 days, and from Calcutta to Boston in 81 days, the shortest passage on record. For terms, &c., apply on board, Huskisson Dock, to Capt. Josiah Richardson; or to TRAIN and CO. For SALE, The fine Brigantine ..;; ~‘• GLIDE, of Halifax, N.S. ; 142 tons per register. Length 76 feet 1-10th, breadth 20 feet 8-10ths, depth 12 feet 2-10ths ; built at Cape Breton, last year This ves sel is well put t oge th er , an d strong ; carries a large cargo, and having a flat floor, draws but little water ; now dis charging a cargo of sugar from Matanzas, in George's Dock. Apply to ROBERT MORROW, SON and GAR BUT, 10, Trafford-chambers, South John-street. MONDAY NEXT DROITS OF ADMIRALTY. On account of whom it may concern. On Monday next, the 7th instant, at twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' sale-room, Derby-buildings, Fenwick-street, A quantity of ANCHORS, CHAINS, BOATS, RIGGING, SAILS, &c. _ _ now lying in the Admiralty Depot,'Wterloo Dock, and Coaptnan's warehouse, Chorley -street.—For catalogues, &c. apply to Messrs. H. C. CHAPMAN, and Co., Receivers of Droits of Admiralty, or to TONGE, CURRY, & Co., Brokers. NOTICE The Proprietors of the NORTHERN DAILY TIMES have now completed their arrangements for securing the delivery of the paper, at the following places every morning, at, or before eight o'clock. BIRKENHEAD WOODSIDE TRANMERE ROCK FERRY WATERLIOO SEAFORTII BOOTLE WALTON EVERTON FAIRFIELD AIGBURTH. TO CORRESPONDENTS Whatever is intended for insertion must be authenticated by the name and address of the writer; not necessarily for _publication, but as a guarantee of his good faith. We cannot undertake to return rejected communications. All communications, Books for Review, etc., to be for warded to the Editor must be addressed to the Publisher, CHARLES WILLMER, and those from London may be sent to the care of Messrs. Simpkin, Marshall, and Co. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1853 A few hours must now dispel the cloud that hangs aver modern diplomacy, military sincerity, and telegraphic veracity. These have one and all been placed in a remarkably dubious light in the pending difficulties between Turkey and Russia. Should concurring events Jeave no escape from war both its cause and effects must be carefully weighed with regard rather to the future, than the past or present interests of the world's peace• The cause of bloodshed in this case admits of no question. Its effects will be to show the danger to trade and commerce by the prolonged existence of a power which can only be controlled and brought to 'a sense of justice by a combination of brute force which may not be always available, and which at any time is debasing and demoralising to bring into action. To preserve such a power as one of the weights which gives gravity to what is called " the equili brium of Europe," is to look for safety in the fable of the "frozen snake." If the Russian hordes now on the Danube, once taste of the cup of vic tory, humanity may well quail at the thought. Where are the combined Cabinets whose guarantee for the safety of European freedom will go for a groat, should the Russians be suffered to revel in triumph in the capital of the Turkish Empire? If hostilities have commenced, which Heaven forefend! the interests of Europe demand that they shall be decided in the Principalities. Russia must be beaten on the frontier of the territory whose Sovereignty she has so daringly usurped. And when defeated, she must be driven back within her own territorial boundary. The accomplishment of this object will require the exercise of every strata gem. Circassia must be subsidised--Poland must be roused, and Hungary called to arms sooner than one victory should be allowed to inflame the savage breasts of the Cossack and the Serf. Un civilised man carries with him still the demon type which has left its impress even to the present time, on the face of European nations. To parley with them we now find, is to hug danger and foster desolation. Peace, we all had hoped would have crowned three-fourths of the century in which we live, but all hope is vain, where a rathless ambition " holds the sceptred sway." An Emperor who endangers kingdoms to appear a hero, is the deadliest foe that ever entered the pale of monarchies. The red rags of unrestricted and untaught democracy are the banners of stouter allies of kingly safety, than truant princes or autocratic fools. Does NICHOLAS suppose war is like a review which gives a zest to a jovial supper ? Does he think the dirge of Pestal and the woes of Warsaw are forgotten by the great family of man, who have been charmed to veneance by one, and appalled with horror by the:sorrows of the other? If the Tung has really drawn the sword, where breathes the people that will not applaud the act ? Where is the State that has not suffered by saving the aggressor from the penalties justice would award to his transgressions ? England has lost her millions in trade, but that is all. She has not sight of where her folly lies, and what her fu ture interests require. The dictatorial voice that forbid the Dardanelles to receive her ships, and struck a rude cordon round her commercial free dom in Eastern Europe must be for ever sile:)ced. If England wipes away these degrading restric tions upon her, national rights, and sees her fu ture interests established on a more solid and com prehensive basis, she will benefit by the result. But the enemy's power is vast, and no puny efforts .will accomplish so great an end. Chance alone can avert the direful calamities of war, if one particle of truth remains with the continental ma nagers of the electric wires which brings us news from the scene of Russia's last exploits. If the Turks have crossed the Danube in force, their object must be to carry confidence and succour to the people of the Principalities, and to raise the cry of war beyond the Carpathian Mountains. By this movement the Turkish ranks will increase in numbers at every step, unless effectually checked. This will cause the diversion of a considerable body of the Russian troops, and will not be achieved without a sanguinary conflict,while Omar Pacha will be thus ralieved of the presence of a portion of the Russian force. How he may avail himself of this advant age remains to be seen. To disturb much less to destroy the -Russian camp, at this severe season, wonld be to destroy the enemy's hopes, andrender a prompt advance or precipetate retreat inevitable. The crossing of the Danube would be a daring enterprise for either of the armies, but should the Turks under Omar Pacha's command, attempt it, the Russian troops will be exposed to further fa tigue and greater sickness,and should defeat await the Turks, the loss on both sides would be pretty equal. But beyond all these speculations lies one greater than all, that is, as to the temper in which the Nations of Continental Europe will recieve the tidings of a defeat on either side. France will burn with indignation at a triumph of the Russian arms. Germany will goad the Governments of Prussia and Ausitra into action. The minor des potisms may become frantic with despair at the loss of their great protector, and thus Europe may be once more in a blaze, and the final result of all may prove most disastrious to civilization. With all these probabilities impending, we await the coming news of the next few days, with the most intense anxiety. THE year 1853 will long remain conspicuous in the annals of Irish history. We regard it as the beginning of a new era for that country—an era bright with hope, active with enterprise, and with results. " Shams!' without number have been tried —`demagogues have fattened upon Irish credulity—" Conciliation-hall" nostrums have been plentifully dealt out—and the crowning farce of the " League,"—alias the " Brass band " patriots, with Mr. LUCAS at their head,—has been " got up," and the benefits they each and all have conferred upon the Sister Isle, just amount to—nil. A genuine Irish patriot is nearly as difficult to be found as a " four-leaved shamrock," which, perhaps, might be regarded as a mythical repre sentation of that eminent individual, WILLIAM DARGAN, whose name must ever be associated with all that is patriotic, noble, and generous. Whilst soi-disant patriots have done little more than increase party feuds, deal out profuse promi ses, which never were likely to be realised, and fill their pockets with the national "Tint," it was cheering to behold a genuine lover of his country and kind, who, at immense personal and pecuniary sacrifice, volunteered his services to promote Ireland's regeneration. All honour to the name of WILLIAM DARGAN, and the Great Industrial Exhibition, which his genius has conceived, and his princely munificence has supported ! At a time when politico-religious strifes pre vailed to an inconceivable extent—when famine, pestilence, and emigration, were decimating the whole country; when Hope had given place to Despair, and one's heart fairly sickened at the thought of Irish misery and degradation, it was consolatory to behold a single individual coming forward with a scheme so eminently calculated to soften down existing asperities, and arrest the evils which so extensively prevailed. The Irish Industrial Exhibition, which has just closed, has done more towards the regeneration of Ireland than all the speeches delivered by the great "Liberator " himself, or the combined declama tion of Conciliation-hall. What a glorious and encouraging spectacle was presented within the walls of the Irish Exhibition on Monday last ? Instead of witnessing a display of rampant " orangeism, " and hateful " ribbon ism," we might have seen collected together nearly THE NORTHERN DAILY TIMES. 24,000 Irishmen, in presence of all that tends to elevate the mind, refine the taste, and purify the heart—eagerly listening to the enrapturing grand Hallelujah chorus, the .effectiveness of which was increased by the aid of five hundred performers. Surely after the long reign of Discord which has preceded, we will not be considered superstitious if we regard that display as the jubilate shouts of a revivified nationality, which, like the " giant form" in the Castle of Otranto, has burst the cerements of its tomb. The enthusiasm displayed on the day set apart for closing the Exhibition, cannot well be over-rated. Every one was anxions to " take a last fond look " at the noblest spectacle ever presented to the public eye. The doors were opened 'at ten o'clock ; and before twelve the galleries of the building were thronged with as fine a collection of natural beauty as any Metropolis in Europe might be challenged to pro duce. Visitors kept pouring in like a torrent; and notwithstanding the price of admission being increased to half-a-crown, considerably over 21,000 persons assembled. Upon the arrival of their Excellencies the Lord Lieutenant and the Countess of St. Germans, the National An them was struck up, upon which the vast assemblage burst into one hearty and enthusiastic cheer, which made the walls and roof of the building reverberate with acclamation. We ear nestly hope that the " evil days " which have fallen upon Ireland, have for ever passed away — indeed, we believe that they have—and that the true " Conciliation Hall," which a patriot's genius has erected, may be viewed as an earnest of " the good time coming, " when hellish Discord—the only reptile which ST. PATRICK did not banish— shall be destroyed—when universal amity and prosperity shall prevail—and when Ireland herself shall cease to be a reproach—and, in the words of RIENZI'S prayer for his fallen country, " rise from her long prostration, and appear like unto a bride adorned for her husband," thus eminently real ising the appellation of " Great, glorious, and free — First flower of the earth, and first gem of the sea. " GAS " Meters" are the great Wizard inventions of the ago, "They are meters," save the mark ! And " they are not meters." Oh ! propitious discovery! They are " pressure guages," say some peisons. " They are not pressure guages," exclaim the Gas Companies. When such disputes as these occur, honest ends are often attained. For our own part we question much whether the great Wizard of the North ever played off a greater delusion on the public with the same success. The Gas Meter is a great conjuring box, and those who perform the best tricks with it, are mainly indebted to engi neers and chemists, who act as the accomplices cf the adroit performers, The first and great peculiarity of all gases is the extraordinary extent to which they expand and to which they can be compressed, and coal gas, by some strange perversity of physical arrangement, is capable of greater compression than many others. The Portable Gas Company of London usually compressed their gas in the bottles, in which they delivered it to their customers to a density of 2,000 lbs. to the inch, or about 133 atmospheres. The evil of this high den sity or pressure was, that the gas passed through the consuming pipes at precisely the same density at which it stood in the bottle or magazine. The consequence was that the jet was discharging gas at a pressure of 2,000 lbs. to the inch, instead of in a volume equal to .about 4 or 5 lbs. to the inch, which is all that would be required to produce the most brilliant light. Hence the quantity of gas consumed was 1,995 pounds to the inch more that was actually necessary for the purposes of lighting This was not a fatal circumstance for the con pany in question. They, as a matter of course, employed the "Meter," which registered most ac curately the number of pounds pressure to the imh, with which the Company charged its customers in the usual way, "as per Meter," for so many de u sand feet. Now this Company's mode of thing business will §erve to illustrate the gross imposi tion, if not actual fraud, to which the publi) are exposed, in being made to pay for any pressure which the Gas Companies choose to put or their "Meters," instead of the low luminous volume required. At one period the public were allowed tie privi lege of burning gas without a " Meter," but they are now compelled, forsooth, to use an iistrument of plunder, by which companies grow rih. Liver pool has long been fleeced to a fearfil extent by this " Meter," and " extra burners" s3stem. The latter is perhaps a shade more iniquibus than the Meter itself. The quantity consumes is regulated by the pressure at the head or soiree of supply, totally irrespective of the bore of the pipes or jets which convey it to the points of con sumption, or the number of aifices through which it is discharged. Large pipes ar e used for convenience and economy in delivery. Plenty of pipe room relieves the gasometer by drawing off the gas ; and it matters not what the bore of the pipes may be which :lonvey the gas from the main to the gas " Meters" cf the consumer, the pressure on the " Meter" wal be precisely the same ; and let the orifice through which the gas is discharged be ever so smal:, the density of the jet, and the quantity of gas expended will be equal to that which the feed-pipe itself could die. charge. Were it not for this, the fact of gas being compressible would no longer be tenable. To be charged, therefore, for the mere sub division of a column of gas, which would be cm sumed by one as well as fifty burners, is an imposition to which the public ought not to sib mit. The plunder of the " Meter"-scheme may be carried on to any extent. The Companies lave only to increase the pressure, by employing mithi nery to force the gas into their pipes, wher the " meters" will do their part, and the fleecirq pro cess may be increased ad libitum. It is really a monstrous thing to say that all these CorFrations have been established by acts of Parliament, and that the collective wisdom of our enlighteied legis lative conclaves has not discovered the possibility of fraud being perpetrated by such means to an ex tent hitherto unknown. That the chemical and engineering professions have remainA silent so long is equally astounding. Every chemist is aware, or he ought to be, of the compressibility of gases, and cial gas in parti cular, and every practical enginee? must, or ought to, know the utter impossibility cf measuring any given number of cubic feet of gas at a given density—say 5 lb. to the inch—by the gas " Meter" in ordinary use. A real Meter is an instrument which will take ia a certain quantity, in feet or inches, at a giver density. If 51135. to the inch be sufficient it should be constructed to receive, and give off so many inches or feet at 5 lbs. to the inch density, totally irrespective of the pressure in the feed pipes Such an instrument would really be a Meter, and not a mere guage, which registers pres sure only, and debits the consumer with four times the quantity of gas he really requires ! That the Gas Companies will relinquish the gigantic advantage they have over the public is not at all probable. What then ought to be done ? The course we would suggest is to call meetings in every Ward in the Borough, for the purpose of petitioning both Houses of Parliament for a most searching inquity into the •charges and proceed ings of incorporated Gas • Companies. It is high time the Legislature should be made acquainted with the system by which the British public are openly " diddled " out of millions annually. Man chester should bestir herself, and if the Northern towns generally were to direct their attention to this vital question a great national benefit might result from unity of action. Gas light is too essen tial, by far, to the welfare and comfort of this coun try to be left in the unsatisfactory position it is in at present. As for looking to the shareholdets in Gas Companies for any commiseration or assistance is perfectly futile. They have quite enough to do to look after and secure their own interests, as will be seen by a report of certain proceedings before the Recorder on the 29th ultimo, which appeared in the NORTHERN DAILY TIMES of the following day. In exposing the system we have done our part, and we now say to the . public, " Go, and do thou likewise." CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN ROBERT SON GLADSTONE, ESQ., AND THE MAYOR OF .LIVERPOOL. The following correspondence has been handed to us for publication : [Copy No. I.] . • • • .SIR,—In the course of the observations that fell from you in the Town Council, at the meeting on Monday last, I understood - you to say, that you had, on several occasions, been provoked to retort, but that you had been determined, to bear in silence the remarks that had been made by me. You must be aware that it would have been in vain for me to attempt to . reply to this statement at the moment ; but I am not aware, in fact I deny, that, on any occasion, I have made use of language inconsistent with the fair and legitimate rules of debate, or such as was unbecoming the appoint ment I hold as a representative of the people. You will oblige me, therefore, by informing me what it is you refer to, when I will take an oppor tunity of pointing out another error you committed, as well as the irrelevancy of your observations, in so far as they relate to the real and main point at issue. I am, Sir, your obedient Servant, ROBERTSON GLADSTONE Samuel Holme, Esq., Mayor, &c., Town-Hall. Union -court, 2nd Nov., 1853. COPY No. 2 Town-Hall, Liverpool, Nov. 3, 1853. have neither time nor inclination to enter into a correspondence on the subject to which your note refers. When I have vacated the position which I now hold, I shall be quite prepared, in the Council- Chamber, to answer any questions you . may be pleased to put, and to vindicate any opinions which I have ever uttered. - I am, Sir, your obedient Servant, SAMUEL HOLME Robertson Gladstone, Esq. [Copy No. 3.] Sin,—l have received your note of this day's date. In it you inform me, that you have neither time nor inclination to enter into a correspondence on the subject to which my communication refers ; but that when you have vacated the position you hold, you will be quite prepared, in the Council- Room, to answer any questions, or to vindicate any opinions you may have uttered, Permit me to remark that, inasmuch as neither time nor inclination were wanting, on your part, to make a statement, which I contend is an unfounded one, it appears to me not' only yOut duty, but an act' of justice towards the individual to whom th ,atement refers, that you should, whenever called upon, be prepared to verify it at all sacrifices, either of time or convenience. You have no text for attempting to shelter yourself—you have no fair grounds on which to procrastinate, until a season more convenient should arrive. A plain answer is required to a plain question ; and, as tie party concerned, I cannot recognize any right or authority you may claim to defer answering, for a comparatively indefinite period, that which ought now to receive a prompt and decisive reply. But since silence is the course you have marked out for yourself, it will be for me to appeal to a competent tribunal—the public—who, I cannot doubt, will be able to form a correct judgment between us, and to determine whether the only and proper inference to be drawn from your con duct, is, or is not, that you have made a statement which you have no means of substantiating. Before I conclude, I will endeavour, though somewhat hurriedly, to redeem the promise I made in my first communication, that I would take an opportunity of pointing out another error you had fallen into, as well as direct attention to the irrele vancy of your observations, in so far as they relate to the real and main point at issue. In the . course of your remarks at the council meeting on Monday last, you said that, when I was Mayor of Liverpool, I had assisted in laying the foundation stone of the Collegiate Institution, and on that occasion had invited you to a dinner at the Town Hall. You are mistaken ; I was not Mayor of LiVerpool when the foundation , stone was laid, but I was so when that institution was opened ; and inasmuch as one of my brothers was specially invited to take a part in the ceremony, I did give a dinner at the Town Hall, and I would have done just the same thing for the Mechanics' Institution. But the case is altogether foreign to the point I brought before the notice of the council. What took place, in respect to the Collegiate Institution, was within the precincts of the borough, where, if any thing was said or done that was wrong, it would of necessity be at once known, and a remedy be speedily applied ; but, the objection I raised, re ferred solely to your travelling beyond the precincts of the borough -4o your visit to the Mayor of London, without the knowledge or sanction of the council, and where and when, you, in the capacity of Mayor of Liverpool (and it was to be presumed, as representing the views of the council), did dis cuss the subject of Education, in what form or manner is immaterial, thus establishing a prece dent which, I believe, to be dangerous to the best interests of the corporation, and opposed to the rights, independence, and freedom of the members of the Town-Council. I am, Sir, Your obedient servant, ROBERTSON GLADSTONI Samuel Holme, Esq., Mayor, &c., Town-Hall. Union-court, 3rd Nov., 1853 LAUNCH OF THE." OTTAWA." Yesterday, shortly before one o'clock, the splendid new screw steam-ship, Ottawa, was launched from the building yard of Mr. John Laird, Dingle. This splendid vessel is in tended for one of the line of the Canadian Steam Navigation Company's line of screw-steamers, to trade between Liverpool, Quebec and Montreal, during the summer months, whilst the navigation of the St. Lawrence is open; under contract with her majesty's provincial government of Canada, and also in winter in conjunction with the great railway companies of Canada, via Portland. The Ottawa is beautifully modelled, her lines being remarkably fine, and her entire proportions combining capacity and elegance. She is 240 feet in length, with depth and beam in proportion, estimated measurement, 1,200 tons, and burthen upwards of 1,500 tons. She is to be fitted by Messrs. Fawcett and Preston, with engines of the most approved construction, about 300 horse-power ; which will be considerably exceeded in working, judging from the beauty of model, fineness of lines, and the skill of her builder, the Ottawa promises to be one of the fastest screw-steamers that has yet crossed the Atlantic. Mr. Laird is also building for the same Company three other very large screw steamers, to be named the Ontario, Erie, and Huron (atter the great Canadian lakes), each of which will be upwards of 2,000 tons burthen, and of proportion ate power. It is expected the Ontario will be launched in a few months, and it is the intention of the Company to com plete as early as possible this magnificent fleet of screw steam ers, which we learn will be under the direction of Messrs. M. Kean, M. Larty, and R. Lamont. A. very large company was in attendance to witness the launch, and the noble vessel, on the triggers being drawn, glided majestically into what is become her future element, amidst the discharge of cannon, and the cheers of the parties assembled. We perceive that Mr. Laird is building in the same yard titre,: new steamers for the African Steam Company, also a new steamer to be called the Bahiana, for the Brazilian Steam Company. All those vessels are fast drawing towards completion. .. MOAT TA R, Y AND COMMERCIAL LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY EVENING • Great efforts are being made on the, Continent to economise food, and keep down the pricb of corn. The legislative body at Frankfort have just forbid den the purchase of potatoes for• distilleries and starch factories, and the free import of grain in the Zollverein is prolonged to the . 30th September, 1854. French newspapers publish the usual Monthly re turn, which fixes the duty on the importation of corn for the next fortnight. The average price for all. France is 27. 92c. per hectolitre. The price of bread in Paris for the first fortnight of the present month is maintained at 40c. £he Pays says :—" The movement of importation amply respond to the wants of our market. The deficiency in the harvest this year is, it is well -, own, less than it was in 184(i. At the latter h. and dUring the period of supply . of 1846-47, antity imported was 16,081,029 hecto -, But, as has been several times . remarked, it must not be forgotten that a considerable por tion of this enormous quantity, to the amount of a quarter or a fifth part, remained unemployed for the wants of 1847. There will be, therefore, no advantage, in the' arrivals exceeding the actual quantities, and there would not even be any incon venience in their diminishing in a short time. In fact, what is desirable is that the import should be sufficient to satisfy the wants.. without causing a definite surplus in the market, in the event of the year 1854 furnishing a good harvest, as there is every reason to hope it will. Supposing that the quantity of 50,000 hectolitres a day, or near it, be maintained, -the import at the end of December, 1853, will amount to six millions of hectolitres of corn, including the three millions already imported. If it continue in the same portions to the end of June next. France will have received about 15 millions of hectolitres in ten months." It is con sidered probable that the ships now 'loading at Odessa will bring away not less than 600,000 quar text of wheat. the total q u .These„ satisfactory advices from the Continent, added to those of a still more encouraging charac ter from America, caused the London speculators to pause before it was too late, and consequently the Market closed yesterday in a languid state, and if the Liverpool Trade act with equal caution, little harm can be done. The large exports of grain which have taken place to Ireland within the last few weeks are nothing more than what is usual at this season. In the autumn, the Irish millers impoil grain for the purpose of keeping down prices in their own markets, and when this has been accomplished, they commence milling and keep up a regular export of flour to this country. In a few weeks, therefore, we may expect heavy arrivals from the Irish ports. The Tagus steam-ship from Gibraltar brings £5,000 in specie on freight. The Lisbon Board of Health had declared Liverpool an infected port from the sth of November, and had compelled the Rattler to discharge into the Lazaretto. The Tagus brings a large cargo of fruits and a variety of other merchandise. Bills upon London were scarce at Lisbon, and money remained over at 54 for three monthS. Oporto Bank Shares were quoted sto 6 per cent. premium in metal. The Commercial- advices from South America by the Magdalena are not important. A second remit tance of gold, value 45,000 dollars, had been re ceived at Panama, from Australia for New York. The net profits of the railways of Chili amount to 223,000 dollars, or about 12 per cent, upon a capi talAonf .1,8. advertisements , dollars.nO appears in the London papers, which states that th e B ank of England is autho rised to pay forthwith, upon the application of such holders as may ha ve di ssented from the pro posed con Version, the amount of the various petty' stocks known as New South S ea Annuities, Three per Cents. 1751, and Three per Cents. 1726, which will fall due .on the sth of- January next. The discount to be charged is' four per cent., and no sums of stock will be received less than 10001. The total which may thus be called for is 2,380,001/., the aggregate amount of the three stocks having been 3,134 ; 240/., of which the portion to be con verted is only 754,2391. This measure is generally looked on with satisfaction, as it will throw a con siderable sum into the Money-market, where it is much needed at the present moment. Under the influence of this timely relief, Consols closed at At 4 to. or, for account, and 947,- to 95* for money. Three-amba-quarter per Cents., 99 *• ' Bank Stock, 21.5 to 216; Excheque r Bill s , l s. to ss. premium. In the Foreign House, a good amount of busi ness was - transacted at the following quotations Mexican, 26. t, to Hi; Spanish -New deferred, 20i io 22; Passive, 41 to 5; Ditto Three per cents, 44 to 45. The Liverpool Cotton-Market was flat again to day. The sales amounted to 5000 bales, of which 1000 were taken on speculation and for export. Our Share Market has been remarkable firm again to-day, and closed nearly at its highest point. THE RIOTS AT WIGAN. [FROM OUR OWN REPORTER.] WIGAN, THURSDAY NIGHT 1.1 • An outrage was committed last night, but it was fortu nately not attended with any serious results. About six o'clock, an attempt was made to blow up the engine shed of a pit belonging to the Moss Hall Coal Company, on Am berswood .Common, Ince, about a mile-and-a-half from Wigan. The roof was destroyed; and a portion of a wall, fifteen feet long and nine feet high, was thrown down by the blast. One of the company's servants had just left the place, when he heard a report of gunpowder, but did not re turn to ascertain whence the noise proceeded ; and it was not until this morning that it was discovered the outrage had been committed. Nothing of a suspicious nature was found in or near the shed, but a small piece of a fusee such as colliers use to blast with. No person was seen lurking about the place, and as yet the police have been unable to obtain any clue to the perpetrators of the act. The damage is estimated at from £8 to £lO. The engine is not injured. During last night, mounted messengers were employed to carry reports as to the state of feeling from three of the out townships, to, the mayor and magistrates assembled at the public hall. The places from which they started were the Sawmill at Haigh, the police office at Pemberton, and the police office at Ince ; but there was no attempt to create a disturbance. This morning, the men employed at the Pemberton col liery, belonging to Messrs. J. Blundell & Son, again turned out, without assigning any reason for refusing to comply with the terms agreed to by them the day before. At noon to-day, the forty men of the 34th regiment of infantry, left on Monday night at the sawmill, under the command of Lieutenant Westhead, were relieved by the same number of rank and file 'under the command of Captain Sfaxwell, from the public The usual county o tabulary force for the district around Wigan has been strengthened by seventy or eighty addi tional officers, and all the constables carry cutlasses. Captain Woodford,',chiefconstnble of the county, and Captain SheppFd, assistant chief constable, have been in Wigan and the neigh bourhood the greater part of the week. This morning two carts, each drawn by a number of colliers, were takenthrough the town attended by a number of men, who entered shops and other places and asked for relief, which the people at once gave them, being afraid to refuse. The bread, pota toes, and other provisions which they received they put in the carts. Both parties were stopped by the police, and told that if they did not desist, they wou ld b e t a k en into custrdy. The warning had the desired effect: T wo car t s were ou t at Pemberton in a similar manner, and one at Ashton-in- Mackerfield. The Mayor, on hearing of it, sent a request to the superintendents of the constabulary to put a stop to it in their respective districts. This day is the last day onwhich the magistrates will receive claims under £3O in amount, from parties whose property suffered by the riot von which they have the power: to adjudicate. Parties who claim more Phan that sum must bring an action at large." W hen my report left to-night all was peaceable in the town and neighbourhood. FATAL ACCIDENT TO A BOY.—Edward Dunne, a boy of 11 years of age, fell into a teller at No. 1 Court, Manesty-lane, on Saturday, and died on Wednesday morn ing, from the injuries le had received. The Floating Mariner's Church has been re move into the Canning Dock, and a large bank of mud marks the spot where it was formerly moored. This is . be cause the dredging machine could not be brought back under it while afloat. DEATH FROM EXCESSIVE DRINKING. Sylvester Mc Conachie, a man 40 years old, residing at 41, Bridge water-street, died suddenly in bed, on Wednesday evening. His death was caused by excessive drinking. ACCIDENT TO THE LIISITANIA. - Yesterday, the trial trip of this fine screw steamer was to have taken place, but unfortunately, in crossing the river opposite to Mr. Laird's building yard, she ran aground between Rock Ferry and New Ferry. She was got off on this morning's tido without damage. FATAL ACCIDENT AT THE DOCKS.—MiChaeLAPLeaD, a dock labourer, on Monday afternoon, was stowing salt in bags on board the Ame r ica n s hip " Western Continent," when one of the bags slipped from the slings, and struck deceased on the head. He died on Tuesday, and aninquest was held on the body yesterday, when a verdict of acciden tal death was returned, LATEST NEWS• Northern Daily Times Office, Friday Iliornist THE WAR BETWEEN TURKEY 11,00`‘' RUSSIA—ALLEGED DEFEAT OF 1 " TURKS. The news from the seat of war is of the 'I)F t he important character. Hostilities between Turks and the Russians have now been 0 1 ` 1111 _ ced with determination on both sides, an d tj Turkish army is said to have sustained a trous defeat in an engagement with the Ens' 9 ti The following appears in a third edition °f Morning Chronicle : " VIENNA, WEDNESDAY.-0111" 4.; l e " ' respondent writes on the 25th-,--` Hostilities toe' commenced in Asia. A serious engagerae'l place.on the 21st. The allied fleets lie at LaP °j' in the Dardanelles." ^ .foF " Our Vienna .correspondent telegraphs its lows :—" A refugee tumult has taken place a t Pe The Russian chancery officials have left for O'l e`4 Russian subjects are placed under Austria n I'f, tection. Namik Pasha has left for Paris and 1 don, charged with a special commission W ill Porte." • The Vienna paper, Austrian 6'orrespoll ol° ' ports that the Russians have repulsed the j in Lesser . Wallachi a . Thi s requ i res confirl2l9tja A despatch from Trieste dated Wednesdar, which appears in the St an d ar d o f l as t n igh' fi e f s --" The Lloyd's steamer has just arrived witi ° oB from Constantinople to the 24th October' fleets had arrived in the Dardanelles, near f e t saki. The Russian officials have embarke J ,a$ Odessa. The Russians are placed under 1 015 r, An order has been sent to 010, protection er cha to avoid an encount er . Th e arr i va l of vf o i off officers in Constantinople is announced, co English in Schumla. The R uss i an g enera' ye sulate ,of Smyrna is transferred to Athens. 3 ' general opinion is that peace will be mainisi ll 9 Paris advices of Wednesday state that 0 ! / ii iel 4 morning of that day General Baraguay d' 11 ,,W left the French Capital f or M arse ill es i n o rder `„',lo bark for ConStantinopl e , w ith i ns t ruc ti on s fr () YO Government respecting the Turkish question . oor report already at hand, that the Turkish t r eo ly had crossed the Danube on the 23rd ult., firmed by a despatch which had been . receiv e the French Government. 11 114 Advices from St. Petersburgh to the 22 0 '' a state that on the 2] st., Prince Paskiewitsch 119 ' 0 5 0 audience, 'and took leave of the Emperor; Prey,' ° his departure for the seat of war, in order waio command of the Imperial army in the DO' province. fl afl It is stated that should the Porte reject ti arrangement which the Czar had accepte w 0 11 latter would decline all furthe r n e g o ciatioll ' a Y ° the great powers on the question ; and it i , s v O ° said, that in the event of a rejection of 1 1 " Porte, the King of Prussia would inter °. further in the dispute. . LONDON SHARE MARKET—YESTERDO: te oev I The n ews from the seat of war has caused somo c s , c , ' C e and uneasiness in t h e mar k et to -d ay. T he sa l es are 'pi,i; and York s hi re, 641-5 d onians, 521 3 ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 58-60; 1103 iii; Midland Stock, 64- ; London and North Western , 6 4 i; South Eastern and Dover, 1,: 4- 4 1, York and North Midland, 4./ '' -8 ; Eastern C ou nti t e ' v „ East Lancashire, 64-6 ; Great Northern, 811 2•• eviev 1; London, ' 1 1.— i ; ern, 804 - .li ; Leeds Northern, 111-12 and South Coast, 96-8; London and South w es terOt /40t Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 194-20; 0 00 British, 27-8 ; North St a ff o rdshire, 6-54 d ; York, Sc and Berwick, 631-41. HOPI EMIGRANTS ARE sl,'ll4l'7llj.tjli th e e" A case of more than ordinary importance occupied , tion of Mr. William Earle, the Magistrate, who pr, the second Police Court yesterday . t.wo respectable l ot a - : men, named John Meade, and Thomas Simpson, des .d e r ;; f l ,l '' provision dealers in Strand-st ree t, were b rought up by of the detective force, under the following circumstanct s :P . Monday last it wo u ld a pp ear , Meade went on board ty a sir; tralian emigrant ship, M arco Polo, where he mot a ladl l bo" Eliza Brooks, who, in comp an y w ith h er h us b an d, is It e ° lf: . , proceed in the vessel to Australi a , an d i n t ro d uc ed hi l/1 . 4 the shipping clerk to M essrs . B a i nes an d Cou3Pa's o ffr owners of this famous vessel. In virtue of tbe a which he thus assumed, he proceeded to shew an so Brooks the berths which they were to occuPPise; in the discharge of this pretended duty he se e , tiated himself into the lady's f avour th a t shed o tV, communicative, and told him she wanted tins an bris: - articles for the voyage. Meade at once undertook ° A pt , them to a place where th e b es t ar ti c l es o f t h e de sc ' a rfi l ; required could be had at a very mod era t e cos t, a nd /DI:, 0" ance of this undertaking, bro ug ht th em t o hi s ow n 0 1)4 ;l0 4 ' introduced them to his partner Simpson. After the i" t i r i tion, Meade seems to have i ns t an tly l e ft th e s h o p. S tf ° then told Mrs. Brooks th a t h e was th e aut h or i se d ag e : ec it", Messrs Baines & Company, and th e on ly p ar ty a uthor' s ,fia serve provisions to parties on board the ships of that that if he did anythi ng w r ong h e would be Sure to custom. He then shewed them several samples of 0: 46 1 ;01 induced them to p urc h ase seven j ars o f li me j u i ce , e ight £l l° of biscuits, preserved tripe, sauce, and 431bs of butter , e ter which were charged at prices of the most exorbitant chs ra w er e the amount for the whole being £3l. Those good s 1 1° , purchased on the re p resen t a ti on t h at if they oe',, purchased, Mr. & M rs . -B roo k s , an d f am il y, w ou ld .b" starved on the passage to Australia. There were sundri articles which Mr. Simpson would fain have added, but r oe ( Brooks finding she was limited to £3O, declined to make 1 ‘ 1 0 . 0 t` ) purchases. Shortly a ft er , th e c i rcumstances b ecame 1 0 1.,, Messrs. Baines, and the police authorities were iirue',bi l communicated with, an d th e case was put into Nitinr{ill° hands. H o succee d e d i n b ringing al l the circumstances PI case to light ; found the property sold for £3l, was ne t oo: for £l5, and that the overweight charged on the 110 s f il , b other articles was very considerable. The above facts ha been proved in evidence, i br s . Mr. Earle said, he was satisfied f rom th e ev id enc e . that was some attempt to deceive this poor woman, and her fa b ed' "and," said he, "I should lik e to state that whenever I sit,hell' I shall protect them, becausel k now f rau d s are committed on t he they are greatly to be pitied . When they are going out 0 1 i; country, they are robbed of their money. Mr. 1 331 1 e5 ;t j e would be very well to prevent p eo pl e • f rom go i ng on te ,( l your vessel ; that woman swears most positively that went on board the vessel. Mr. Baines : The difficult; is to know those parties. The prisoners were remanded till Monday. CONCEALMENT OE BIRTH.—A young man ri e Clegg, one of the principal clerks i n th e em pl o y of 31011,, Horsfall and Sons, of this town is in custody in Birke,„° charged (in conjunction with a female domestic) with,lo o concealed the birth of a c hild. E nqu i r i es o f a PtplAce nature relative to thi s c h arge are sa id t o h ave "taken before the magistrates at Birkenhead. T, 1 1 ' 3 1 ADELPIII THEATRE.—Mr. Stuart, the • --- tragedian, and f ormer ly o f th e Th ea t re R oya l, i n ITTe r n ~ 1 1 is fulfilling an engagement at the Adelphi theatre bend PT, Bcrtulphe, in the Provost of Bruges he has attrac te r oc" houses, andi the intensity o f hi s acting has elicited be fof e applause, the audience enthusiastically calling him f Pe t the curtain each evening. Mr. Stuart's last night O formance is Tuesday next, when he will take his hee eo, " MUD-LARKERS."—The George's Dock hanger during this week, been allowed to run dry, a curious i t tec t has presented itself at low water. Numbers of those C o te', prising explorists, yclept " mud-larkers," have, tr. 4‘l o L themselves in the treacherous bottom, to seek have, to '; treasures." Yesterday afternoon, many of them wer" o rile', seen at work, and one indefatigable individual in theth near the basin, succeeded, with the help o f o thers °~ lo st Pier-head, in ha u li ng up a quant i ty of metal cast, / ,9 1 711 1 5 at different tim es i n th e process o f shipping. t oo - t surprising disc overy , h owever, was a rea l "bl a ck al 3 t le c in the shape of an enormous " cob" of coal, weigh v itt o tl s oP; half-a-hundred we i g ht. "Ah !" remar k e d a bystander, " I w i s h I cou ld fi n d suc h a s plendid 111 , 1 ,1:ed now coals are s o d ear ." Of course th e " m ud-larke rs , all they get, and they deserve it too. A nn st INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS.-11 51 `Amo n g premiums awarded by the Council of the instit, to Aff t ; Civil Engineers, a Telford Medal has been awardeacriptleol Thomas Duncan, C.E., of this town, for his " Des r d4 of the Liverpool Corporation Waterworks." A Telt, C.. 00 was also awarded to Mr. William Alexander 8r0.0.,._v15.4,, for his paper "On the Improvement of Tidal - 0 4 0.1 ) 0 and Drainage ;" to Mr. John Barker Iluntingaw_ ' a d 0 , for his paper entitled " Observations on Salt Vi r atei r , Vev Application to the Generation of Steam ;,, also to te d t o jamm Cheverton, for his paper " On the use of IT A , e l3 3 oo ks • as a Motive Power ;" and a Council Premium 0i,„ . „, PO P ' Mr. Robert Rawlinson, C.E., for his paper OU la 4 v age of Towns," M r . Th e B P, Lo " k i th, and si2 ft-4k'; thi,X Pa ttie Te tn o f 4o ;31. qi c at t ht I 1 / 4 , tr, o t er rd, 4 4 Ft 1l 4 ri,i 1 1 ,,S k,, , A ) , a,°N. 14.)„it,i;